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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-17
Court Adjourned Until Saturday

Court adjourned at 3 o'clock yester-
day afternoon until O'Clock Saturday
afternoon, when argument will be held
on the motion for new trial in the
case of Commonwealth VS.. William E.
Pensyl
The grand jurors completed their
work about three o'clock Tuesday af-
ternOon and about the same hour yes
terday the traverse jurors we've dis
charged There was great deal of
important business before the court,
but 1t must be admitted that Judge
Evans cleaned up things in record
breaking style.
Judge Evans course III disposing of
the several cases is generally APPROX
ed. The sentences imposed, while not
undulv severe show that he intends
to see to it that justice is done in all
cases
Associate Judge l.. W. Welliver is a
new figure on the bench. but he main
tained his seat at the left hand side OF
the presiding judge with becoming
dignity and was faithfully at his post.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-17
COUNTY AUDITORS
COMPLETE WORK

| The county auditors have completed
their labors and the county statement
will be printed in the weekly papers
in February.
The total receipts for the past year
were $50, S57. 80, which includes bal'
ance of Sl4S0. 60 on hand at last settle
ment. Of this $96O5. 0S was from hotel
and other licenses.
The total paid out on county orders
was s23, 684. 80.
The court expenses and Common
wealth costs amounted to S4353. IL and
included jurors pay, district attorney y
fees, etc.
Fees connected with the sheriff S
office amounted to Sl0l2.S6.
Under the head of county commits
sioners, auditors, jury commissioners,
and county solicitor, s26lS.16 was
paid out.
Election expenses for the year
amounted to $l2l0.S7.
Assessors pay ran up to $l370. %.
The latter includes the triennial as
sessment, which cost 1926.
Under the head of bridge and road
expenses $l776.3 was paidout. In this
amount is included four township
bridges. There was $27 expended on
the new bridge as incidentals.
1t cost $40 to take down the ferry
cable.
The court house expenditures amount
ed to S2228. 80. In this is included the
item of 1921. 50 paid 5. W. Armes for
painting the court house. The new
balustrade and sheeting the balcony
with lead cost 1852 90. The new Law
atory complete ran up to 1885. Re-
pairing the heaters cost $l12.25. The.
balance of $2228. 80 is made up of cur
rent and incidental expenses, blank
books, coal, gas, etc.
The expenditure at the county Jail
amounted to $46l. SO. Included in this
are fuel, gas, clothing, bedding, medi-
cal attendance and general repairs.
Under the head of miscellaneous
items, which amounts to SS606. 81,
comes the support of convicts. re-
demption of county bonds, burial OF
soldiers, county teachers institute and
all other items of expense not enume-
rated in other columns.
The financial statement of assets and
liabilities shows the liabilities in ex-
cess of the assets to be 1884 26. This
comprises a reduction of $250O from
last year, which is an excellent show
ing considering the improvements
made during last year.
If nothing unforeseen occurs Mon
tour county will be out of debt inside
of two years The tax rate for 1907
will remain the same as last year-31a
mills.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-17
Broken Rail Discovered.

A broken rail on the ID. l.. d w.
tracks at the grounds of the hospital
for the insane, was discovered at a
most opportune time yesterday morn
ing.
When the rail, which the cold wealth
er had no doubt caused to snap, was
discovered, word was at once sent to
the hospital. from where the informa-
tion was communicated to the ID. l.
e W. station by phone The 1919
passenger was about due, and made its
way over the broken rail at very low
speed. Later yesterday the break was
repaired
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-17
Trolley Line to be Sold.

The Bloomsbury and Millville troll
lev road has been advertised at con-
stables sale
The road, which was in course of
construction last summer. has been ex-
perieucing financial troubles. and the
sale is the outcome. The road is COM
pleted some distance out of Blooms
burg and some distance out of Mill
Vile, about 5 miles in all
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-17
Over the Line and rIarried.

Clarence Cotner, of Grovania,a a well
known and popular young man who.
holds the responsible position of relief
operator on the d L. 81 W. railroad,
and Miss Clara Herman, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Herman, of Frosty
valley, who formerly resided on West
Mahoning street, this city, were quiet
ly married in Binghamton, New York,
on January 10th by Rev. Phillips.
The affair.was conducted with much
secrecy, not even the immediate fam
lilies of the contracting parties being
apprised of the wedding. The brides S
parents and friends thought that she
was visiting friends in Berwick while
the groom was supposed to be busily
engaged following his vocation at
Kingston
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-17
WASHINGTONvILLE.
Slippers rlade of Human Skin.

y pair of house slippers made out OF
a man dermis and epidermis-to be
more plain, made from skin taken from
the body OF man. The very thought
makes creepy graveyard chills ripple
up your spinal column causing an un-
canuy CHASTITY sensation. But never
theless this is true and Sunbury man
is the possessor of these very same
slippers, which the members OF his
family will not allow him to wear
around the house, forcing him to keep
them locked in his room and TO carry
an insurance policy against nightly
visitations of ghosts. There is an in
teresting story connected with the
slippers, as follows:
Several years ago railroad man
was killed while at work near VIII.
Transport. None of his relatives could
be located and as no friends came for
ward to claim the body and give him
a decent burial the body IN some man
ner reached hospital in ii 3 northern
part of this State where it was dissect.
ed. One of the doctors at the hospital
was interested in a tannery and se-
curing the skin from the mans body
he sent it to the tannery and had it
tanned. 1t was then taken to Muncy
shoemaker who made from it several
pairs of slippers and number of pock-
ct books and tobacco pouches. The
shoemaker displayed these goods at his
place of business and told from what
they had been made. As result the
good people of Muncy were so horrifi
ed that the shoemaker was boycotted
and he was forced to leave the town.
Just at this time the Spanish Ameri-
can war had started and he enlisted
| in the United States Navy, serving
through the war as an orderly to Rear
| Admiral Bob Evans. Some time after
the close of the war he took sick and
died but before his death he presented
a pair of the slippers to his coEsin and
it is this cousin who now resides in
Sunbury and who still has the slip
pers.
In appearance the slippers are Of a
saffron color and are very soft and
pliable. In telling of the slippers the
owner stated to newspaper repres-
entative that he had refused an offer
of one hundred and fifty dollars for
them.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-17
SMALL BOY
killed BY CARS

Levan Alderman, the young son OF
Mr.. ana Mrs. Frank Alderman, Vine
street, was killed, Tuesday afternoon,
on the Philadelphia and Reading
tracks, in this city, while trying to
board o swiftly moving freight train,
his body being found later by the crew
of switcher.
/ The tragic accident occurred shortly
after o'clock. and quickly drew
large crowd to The scene OF the catas-
trophe. Young Alderman, who was
aged years. had been dismissed from
school early owing to teachers grade
meeting. In company with several
companions, among whom were Ar
thur Rockefeller and Herman Dens-
berger, boys of about his own age, he
was playing about the P. e r tracks
at Hickory alley, between Hem lock
and Little Ash streets.
There is no one who saw the sad ac-
cident, but several people saw the lit
tie fellow just before he met his death.
Harry Morrall who lives nearby, saw
the boys playing about the tracks and
Mrs David Henry saw the lad as he
boarded the cars that caused his death.
Mrs. Henry was sewing at window
from which the tracks were in plain
view. She was paying no attention to
the boys playing outside, but as she
happened to glance up at one time she
saw young Alderman board a freight
train that was going in the direction
of West Milton.
The crew of the freight on which
the,boy was killed evidently did not
know anything of the accident, as they
proceeded on their way. Several min
utes later, however, the Danville
switcher came along the road at this
point, seeing the inanimate form ly
ing between the rails, stopped the en-
gine.
The boy was carefully moved to one
side. He lived for about twenty min
utes after the crew of the pusher ar
rived on the scene.
Alderman was the only one Of the
trio of boys who got on the freight, as
it was going too fast for the others to
board. When the body was found it
was lying between the tracks, only
about 30 feet from where Mrs Henry
had seen him get aboard. He had evid-
emily gotten so insecure hold on the
swiftly moving car that he was Jolted
off almost Immediately.
The boys body was terribly bruised
anu cut HIS worst injuries were
about the upper part of his body, his
left arm and head seeming to have re-
ceived the brunt of the injuries. The
whole left side of his head was ground
and cut to pieces.
Levan Alderman, was the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Alderman, who have
resided on Vine street, this city, for
about two years, having moved here
from Ardmore. Mr. Alderman was
formerly in the employ of the Welliv-
er Hardware company as travelling
salesman, and now represents Phila-
delphia hardware firm, and is at pre-
sent out on trip. The mother of the
boy is just recovering from al illness,
! and was Frustrated with grief when
told of the death of her son.
The dead lad is survived, beside his
parents, by sister vino is ! i years of
age and by IA brother, Samuel, aged B
years Levan was in the third school,
attending the fourth ward.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-17
JOB PRINTING
OfalI Kinds and Description

moyer, Officer Voris, Joseph Beckwith
and Mrs. Mary Beckwith. The evid-
ence went to show that Weller, Boyer
and Hughes, upon leaving the Rail-
road house, where they had been
drinking, were accosted by Richard
Mccormick and another who repre-
sented themselves as police officers and
threatened to lock them up unless
they paid fine; also that Weller who
possessed an openfaced gold-filled
watch with double chain, bearing a
red stone charm in the form of wo-
mans head, was robbed of the time
piece while in the hands of the defend
ant and others tat night.
Joseph Beckman and his wife, with
whom Mccormick boarded, stated that
the latter came home about half past
three 0 clock. Sunday morning, April
8th. He seemed excited and i'll at ease
and latter in the morning explained
that he had better leave, as he was in
danger of arrest. At the same time
Mr.. and Mrs. Beckman detected q
watch in McCormick's possession.
which corresponded to the description
of the one stolen from Weller.
Richard Mccormick was placed on
the stand. He denied that he had i'm
personated an officer, but said himself
and companion found the farmer boys
outside the hotel badly intoxicated and
they merely undertook to assist the
boys over the bridge homeward He
accounted for having the watch in his
possession by stating that he bought
the watch of stranger at the D. L.
& W. station about half past ten
o'clock on Saturday night April 7.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-17
Date Changed.

1t has been made necessary to change
the date aud the place of meeting for
the third annual meeting of the school
directors association of Montour coun-
ty from Wednesday. January 23rd Mt
the court house, to Friday. January
25th, in the Y. NJ G. A. auditorium.
The change was made necessary by
the fact that DR. N. G Schaeffer, State
superintendent of public instruction,
who is scheduled for tive addresses at
the meeting, had conflicting engage
ments for Wednesday the 23rd.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-17
Turkey Supper at Grovania.

The following party of men enjoyed
a turkey supper last evening at Stonge's S
hotel at Grovania W. Kase West, ia
cob H. Cole, Henry Divel. Frank
Jameson Harry Ellenbogen, George
Youngman, W. Fred Jacobs, Jno. R..
Jacobs, G. Lee, Henry Horner, A.
L. Voris.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-17
Y. NJ. c. A. VS.. Shamokin II. 5

The Y. NJ. 9. A. team will line up
IN is opening home game against the
strong Shamokin High School Team,
Friday night. January 18th at Armory
Hall DauyilIe's lineup will he as fol-
lows Peters, Captain; Welliver, Ed
mondson, Roberts, Kase and Leniger.
\ fast clean game may be expected.
Admission 2j cents.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-17
Funeral of Levan Alderman.

The funeral of Levan Alderman,
whose tragic death occurred on the p.
& r. tracks, Tuesday afternoon, will
take place Friday afternoon at 2
O'Clock from the family residence on
Vine street. Interment will be made
in the Odd Fellows cemetery.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-17

The high school boys of Meadville
got to playing billiards and rolling
ten pins far into the night, and as a
result the graduating class failed on
examination and now the police are
after all the billiard balls and bowling
alley owners.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-17

A smiling face is a perpetual bene-
diction in the home
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-17
Funeral This Afternoon.

The funeral of Mrs. Edward Cze-
will take place at the resi-
W. H. zimmerman, Mill
10 O'Clock this afternoon.
"de in Odd Eel
the funeral
k trolley
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-17
AFTERNOON SESSION.

Upon reconvening in the afternoon
the hearing of testimony began i'll the
case of Commonwealth VS.. Richard
Mccormick, the charge being imper
sonatiug an officer and extorting mon.
ey and valuables.
Our readers are pretty familiar with
the facts of this case, the details, as
brought out at the hearing having
been printed in these columns at the
time. On the evening April z, Ammon
Weller. accompanied by Solon Boyer,
Ira Hughes aud Orris Cherry, farmer
boys of Union Corner, came over to
Dauville and became intoxicated.
Weller is 10 years of age; Boyer is H.,
while Cherry is older
Ammou Weller was called as the
first witness. Others who testified
were Orris Cherry, Solou Boyer and
Ira Hughes. Chief of Police Mince.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-17
JOB PRINTING

The Office OF the AMERICAN
being furnished with a large
assortment of job letter and
fancy type and job material
generally, the Publisher an
nounces to the public tnat he
is prepared at all times to ex-
ecute in the neatest manner.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-03
NEGROES ENGRAVING
Moving to Sections not Threatened with
the Boil Weevl.

| The New Orleans Picayune says
weevil had upon the crop last year. an(
because in some sections, where the
weevil was found in large numbers, and
where the cultural method was not APP
piled. and small cotton crops in conse-
quence raised, the planters are now com
planning of their inability to secure ne
gro labor for their farms. The negro
| farmers. according to the statement OF
planters in the city from the western
the weevi is now to be found in large
numbers, are moving ahead of the pest
and going to eastern sections of the cot
ton growing area, where the weevil is
not found This is due to the fact that
the negro always raises small cotton
crop in the weevil territory because he
does not adopt the early planting and
intense cultivation remedies suggested
as cure for the weevil The fact that a
and gone to sections where the boil
weevi is not to he found, has caused
complaint from the planters, and caused
some of them to be short on tenants for
this year. As has been pointed out sew
erai times by prominent planters and
by the officials of the State Board OF
Agriculture and immigration. the COM
ing of the weevil will result i'll more
white farmers, who are able to apply the
cultural method in the growing of cot
ton, which will enable the cotton to BE-
raised successfully in spite of the raw
ages of the weevil
1t has been demonstrated in many in
stances that the boil weevil is. in a sense,
blessing in disguise 1t has led the
intelligent farmers to diversity the pro-
ducts OF the soil 1t & stimulating
greater attention to stock raising 1t is
encouraging the cultural method of
growing cotton. The thrifty farmer,
negro or white, must follow in the foot
steps OF his more alert and enterprising
neighbor. There must be something
more substantial than the lick and
the promise unfulhlled The old adage,
root hog or die" may be applied to the
shftless and the improvident who never
worry about tomorrow and have ready
pretext for not working In time the
shiftless must be superseded by the in
telligent and industrious toiler and
Ihone-maker.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-03
NOTICE To THE PUBLIC.

Any person or business firm contem-
plating changing their present address
TO another place will please notify me of
such change. Changes accepted up to
March 10, at which time the 1907 City
Directory goes to press. Your co-opera-
ton is earnestly desired. and | thank
you for such information, which will as
sist me in publishing the best city di-
rectory that Shreveport has ever had.
The best is none too good for Shreve-
port. Won't you help me give them the
best? Very respectfully,
LOUIS N. BRUEGGERHOFF,
Publisher City Directory.
Postofice box 5SS; old phones I445
and $50; new phone I445.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-03
BOARD OF HEALTH.

Vital statistics of Shreveport for the
week ending March ?, 1907.
Marriages-W White: E. H. Lopez and
Miss Efie Baird Colored: H. Scott and
Julia Bunkin: L. Smith and Bertha
Moore; J. Gibson and Annie Hinkle; A.
Williams and May Thompson; F. Mack
and Julia Tyler; |. Fl. Thomas and
Florence Dickson.
Births-White: NJ Hill and wife
girl; H. Brooks and wife, girl; F. S
Whitmeyer and wife, girl. Colored
H. L. Kirvin and wife, girl; s. Byrd
song and wife, boy.
Deaths-White: Mrs Katharine LII
china, 70 years; Frances X. Austen, 81
years; Mrs. Odum, Is years. Colored
Stella Jackson, 20 years; Henry Wat
kins, IS years; Matte Carter, 50 years
Ann Robinson, IS years; Emma J. Will
liams, II months; Lucy Goss, 20 years
Nonresident whites: d. R. Hoke, rs
years; Ben Crowder, 70 years; Pennie
Colquitt, II years; F. ]. Humphy, Sc
years: Z. L. Roquemore, 50 years. Nom
resident colored: Fidelia Booker, SC
years; Henry Barnes, 80 years.
OF the above 8 died at the Charity
Hospital, 4 at Shreveport Sanitarium
J. ASHTON BLANCHARD,
Health Officer
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-03
COL. CHARLES SCHUYLER
Will Leave in May for Europe to Secure
Immigrants for Louisiana.

The Picayune's Baton Rouge special
dated February %, says Col Charles
Schuler, Commissioner OF Agriculture
and Immigration. returned to the city
today from New Orleans, where he has
been for the past week on official bust
ness in connection with his department.
Colonel Schller makes the announce
ment that when he sails for Europe in
May, where he will make arrangements
for immigrants to Louisiana, and make
thorough investigation of the posi-
bilitie5 of immigration from the differ
ent European countries, that he will sail
from New Orleans over the French Line
to Bordeaux, France. Among the other
countries that he will visit Colonel
Schiller announces that he will go to
Spain to lay the foundation for the Sc
curing of immigrants from the sugar
cane section for the sugar planters of
louisiana. Commissioner SCHUYLER says
that he is informed that he can secure
several thousand immigrants who are
used to work in the cane fields, and this
will completely solve the labor problem
for the sugar planters. He has also been
i'll communication with the Illinois Cen
trail road officials i'll regard to their
steamship connection service with Eu-
rope, and mas informed the Illinois Cen
trial officials that he will be at Triest
when the first steamer of the proposed
company sails from there in June for
New Orleans. Mr. Schuler is greatly
over the outlook for Louis
lana at the Jamestown Exposition. He
states that the louisiana exhibit will
probably be shipped to Jamestown about
March I. That it is now packed and
ready for shipment, and he thinks that
a good showing of the States resources
will be made He announces that let
ter has been received from the contrac
tor for the Louisiana building at James
town that the building will be COM
pleted in every respect by April l, and
that it will be walled and rooted i'll
few DAYS
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-03
BAILEY DENOUNCED
In Words Direct and Forceful by Sen
ator Greer

The speech OF Senator Greer in the
Senate of the State of Texas in denun-
citation of Joe Bailey. is an arraignment
which should be resented personally. but
which the gentleman from Texas. recent
" whitewashed, will scarcely notice In
the course of his speech Senator Greer
said: Il am somewhat surprised today
that Senator Bailey should have called
Texans liars, dogs and scoundrels with
out their resenting it personally.
Certainly we are Texans, and we are
not in the habit of being called liars and
towards with impunity. Speaking for
myself. | will say that had | been in the
ton, and in my position in the Senate Of
the Legislature | desire to go on record
as saying that | don't give rap as to
whether this Legislature exonerates Bal
ley or condemns the newspapers who
libel the members of the Legislature, so
long as they sit idly by and allow Bal
ley to libel them with impunity. | think
that the worst offense has already been
committed in the libeling without re-
sentiment of the manhood of Texas by
Senator Bailey, and | see no use in pay
ing any special attention to the publica-
tons in the papers of William Randolph
Hearst.
Bailey was excoriated by other sen
ators who were not present when he was
exonerated 1t is evident that in his
speech Bailey exceeded all bounds Of
propriety, and he has discredited him
self by his attempt to belittle his oppo-
nents
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-03
ST. MARKS EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

Corner Cotton street and Texas ave-
nue.. Rev Jos. IL. Spearing, rector
Services today as follows Litany and
holy communion at IL am; evening
prayer at 5 pm. Sunday school $50 am.
Regular meeting of Parish Aid Society
tomorrow MONDAY, in chapel at $3.50
pm. Adjourned meeting of St. Mark 5
Guild tomorrow (Moniay) in guild
room at go pm. Services on Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at
q 80 pm; Friday at 8 pm. Everybody
cordially invited to all services.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-03-03
EARTH'S ANGELS
Mono ever saw an angel

None ever saw an angel
Except the ones in books;
! don't believe a mortal
Knows how an angel looks.
We guess at something misty.
With trailing wings OF white,
With amber tresses floating
And garments strangely bright.
But | believe that angels
Walk here in mortal gulse;
Though we discern but family
Throug heavy-lidded eyes.
Or see them as they leave us,
Who walked before us here.
Their angelhood quite hidden
Because it lived so near.
can remember angels
Who seemed but common folks,
Who wore old-fashioned bonnets
And faded winted cloaks;
Who came when dire disaster
Crowned lesser home mishaps.
Or when new claimants crowded
The dear maternal lap;
With curving arms wide open
To take the weary in,
With patient love to listen
To childish want and sin.
What better thing could angel
For childish sinners do
Than listen to their story,
And bid them strive anew?
And there are hreside angels
Upon whose faded hair
We see no crown of glory
And yet the crown is there.
Then, there are mother angels
With patient love, and true.
Whose loving hand upholds us
The darkest trials through
All, me the childish angel
Who beckons as | write
Perchance | should not know him
In mystic robe Of white
He wears schoolboy's jacket.
And where the shadows fall
| wait, through long and lonely year
To catch the long-hushed call