The Mapleton Item

7 VOL. XX. MAPLETON DEPOT, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1908. NO. L5 \ a LOCAL NEWS. For fine box stationery, go to the Item office. The new Presbyterian church of Mount Union will be dedicated next Sunday. De Witt's Little Early Risers, the famous little liver pills, are sold by G. W. Wright. $5.00 will buy 100 lbs Granulated Sugar at Huston's at Saltillo if $7.00 worth of goods are bought at the same time, Hour, feed and fertilizer excepted. The waiting room on the north side ot the tracks at the station has been moved eight inches farther from the track to give more clearance for the large engines which run over the division. About eighty of Mount Union’s social set held an evening picnic on the Newton Hamilton camp grounds last Thursday between the 3.17 and 7.15 trains, tnem- bere of the party enjoying the outing im- ineusel y. Until further notice the regular meet¬ ings of Mapleton Grange No. 1134, P. of H., will he held monthly instead of semi¬ monthly. The date of the next regular meeting will he July 20th. By order of tlie Master. Eleven prisoners sentenced at Ebeue- burg by Judge O'Connor at the last term of court were taken to the Western Pen¬ itentiary on Friday. The county jail still has 135 prisoners but five of these are to be taken to the Huntingdon re¬ formatory. On Thursday, July 30, at Lakemont Park. Altoona, Pa., the Annual Methodist Day will be held. The greatest list of famous speakers ever offered on such an occasion includes Bishop Hughes, a won¬ derful preacher, and bishop Moore, a noted pulpit orator. Thursday, July 30. Tuesday evening of last week Miss Myrtle Wright, of Mapleton was elected first assistant to the principal of the Jun¬ iata borough schools. This is tlie same position Miss Wright so acceptably filled during the past year but 'the title is new. Miss Wright is one of tlie best instructors in Central Pennsylvania and the school hoard of Juniata appreciate her worth. Tlie camp of Patriotic Order Sons of America at Huntingdon, which lias al¬ ways shown a deep interest in tlie wel¬ fare of the public schools and has for sev¬ eral years been giving special certificates of honor to pupils of the schools for reg¬ ular attendance and good progress, lias adopted resolutions asking tlie hoard to reconsider its action reducing the school term from nine to eight months. Newton Hamilton Herald: We were shown a letter tlie other day from Fish Commissioner Meehan inanswerto an in¬ quiry as to how many rods could be used in fishing for game fish, and it said tiie number was unlimited. The law which said that they could only he taken by ‘Tod, hook and line” was only intended to describe a manner or method of fishing and not an attempt to limit tlie number of appliances that may he used at one time. Tlie thirty-ninth annual reunion, of the 9th Penna. Cavalry, which regiment was reunited in the central part of tlie state, was held at Hanover, York county, on June lltli. Seventy-five members re¬ sponded to their names at roll call, two of tne number, B. Frank lsenberg and Robert Decker, being from Huntingdon. Our townsman A. M. Parker, is a mem¬ ber of tlie regiment but was not present at this reunion. Tlie meeting next year will he held at Duncannou on the second Thursday of June. Tlie second largestclass in the iiistory of the West Chester state normal school graduated from tiiat institution last Thursday. Tlie class numbered nearly two hundred. Miss Janet Lucille Appleby, of Mount Union, and Miss Margaret Stevenson, of McVeytown, two students from this school who have taught successfully lor two years have been granted State Normal school diplo¬ mas which enable them to teach in the •common schools of tlie state without ■further examination. Mrs. J. R. McCaskey, postmistress at Hhermansdale, Perry county, who cele¬ brated her eighty-first birthday anniver¬ sary a few days ago, is believed to he the oldest postmistress in the United States, ip regard to age, and is tlie oldest ns to „ rvice, having held tlie office since 1877, aYeriod of thirty-one years. During Pres¬ ident Cfeveland'e first term another of tlie town’s citizens was appointed hut there was a general appeal to have her re¬ tained and when tiie* president heard of the circumstances lie revoked the appoint¬ ment and bad Mrs. .McCaskey continued. News of the Churches. Мппоовт Episcopal Church, Rev. J. H. AUe, pastor — Prayer Meeting every Wednesday evening at 7.30o’clock, led by tlie pastor. Preaching next Sunday morning at 10. 30 o'clock by the pastor. Other Sunday services as usual. The second quarterly conference will meet in tlie Mill Creek church Wednesday, July 1, 1908, at 9 o’clock a. m. Prrsbytbriax CiiCncn, Rev. Edwin A. ‘■nook, pastor — Prayer meeting every Thursday evening at 7 o'clock. Sabbath school at 9.30 a. in. Christian endeavor at 6.15 and preaching at 7.00 p. m. United Brethren Church, Rev. T. H. MacLeod, pastor. — Prayer meeting every Wednesday evening at 7.30 o'clock. M. F. Rot. lev, leader. Sunduv services: Sabbath school 9.30 a. in., J. M. Raker superintendent; preach¬ ing service 10.30 a. m.; Junior League 2 p. m., Mrs. Annie Slates, superintendent; Senior League 6. 30 p. in., B. F. Slates president; prayer meeting at 7.30 p. m. The fourth Quarterly Conference of tlie Mapleton charge will he conducted in tlie local church on Friday afternoon, June 26th at 2.30 by Rev J. S. Fulton, of Johns¬ town; tlie conference Superintendent. Rep¬ resentatives from Wayne and Mattawana churches are expected. Tlie lay dele¬ gate to annual conference, which will con¬ vene at Conemaugh, September 15th, will he elected ; also a general steward for the charge, besides tlie regular conference business. Tlie superintendent will preach in the Mattawana church ill tlie evening. PEHS0NAL NOTES. Prof. H. J. Weightinan, wiio lias served as superintendent of schools at Altoona for three years, and who was recently elected for another term will tender his resigna¬ tion to the board of education in tlie near future, as lie has accepted a position as superintendent of schools at Lower Merion, a suburb of Philadelphia, at a salary of $3,000 a year. Gardner— Shoop. T. C. Gardner, of Millerstown, and Miss Cora Shoop wore married last Monday afternoon at the home of the bride’s mother, Mrs. JennieShoop, on East Main street, Rev. J. Howard Ake being the officiating clergyman. Mr. Gardner has been employed since the middle oi April as second assistant at tlie Mapleton sta¬ tion. During tlie past three weeks he has been at the home of his mother at Millerstown on account of tlie latter’s ser¬ ious illness. Tlie young folks left for the east the same evening they were married. We extend congratulations. Found Father Dead at Roadside. The community of Cassville and vi¬ cinity was greatly shocked on Monday to learn that one of their most highly es- teemed citizens, John Taylor was fouud dead at the roadside near his home there that morning. • Mr. Taylor who is about sixty-three years of age was last seen alive chasing some dogs away from pursuing a few cattle. A little later Wesley Taylor, a son, began to look for his father and found him dead, prostrate at tlie side ot tlie road. Deatli was due to heart failure. The deceased was a highly respected Chirstian man, for many years a member of the Methodist church. Besides his wife tlie following children survive: Wes¬ ley, Jacob, Hays, Mrs. Oscar', Wilson, Mis. Edward Greenland and Miss Hilda, at home.— Semi- Weekly. Misses $5000 Wager by Narrow Margin. At 7.45 o’clock, Monday morning A1 Edwards, of King City, California, walked into the Item office accompanied by hi dog, a canine of (lie spaniel variety. Mr. Edwards left Los Angeles, '.California, October 10, 1907, under tlie auspices of the Los Angeles Club to walk to New York by a route, outlined by tlie Club, five thousand miles long. He was to leave Los Angeles without a cent and was for¬ bidden to solicit aid or riue any part of distance. If he arrived in New York on before June 25, 1908, lie was to receive a wager of live thousand dollars. On his trip lie has worn out several pairs of shoes and three canine companions. The dog now with him seems frisky enough to be in at tlie finish. Mr. Edwards real¬ ized that lie could not win the wager and very much regretted the loss, but says he will go as far as he can until Thursday evening, lie is ail intelligent,, athletic voung man, of cheerful disposition and has made many friends along the route. After a harty breakfast he continued his journey IromMapleton. — Miss Ettie Outshall, of Todd, is vi.-it- ! ing friends in Mapleton. — V. S. Godard, of Altoona, was a visi- i юг to Mapleton last Saturday, j — Master Sewell Gillani, of Hunting- j lion, visited friends here yesterday. — W. F. Fusick. oi Tyrone, spent a few hours with friends in Mapleton last even- ii«. — Mr. John Gleason, of Piiiladelniiia, is the guest of Herbert Hicks during this week. — Mrs. A. M. Menald, of Mill Creek, visited her sister, Mrs. D. B. Miller, yes¬ terday. — Misses Emilia and Mary Wright, of Colfax, were visitors to Mapleton last Saturday. — Mrs. Walter LamhersMi and children spent part of last week with her brother’s family at Spruce Creek. — Edward Landis and family, of Al¬ toona, visited over Similar with Mrs. John McMullen and sons. — Loy McCnrl was down from Altoona and spent a couple days with his parents tlie earlv part of the week. — T. H. McCliutock, assistant manager of the Tyrone Paper Mill, transacted bus¬ iness in Mapleton yesterday. — W. II, Spangler spent last week with his father, Harrison Spangler at East Etiola, Dauphin county. — Mrs. Barbara Spangler is spending a week with het son, Constable James G. Spangler, and family, at Altoona. --J. G. Hicks visited ins sister-in-law. Mrs. Margaret Hicks, at tlie Masonic home in Philadelphia on Sunday. — Mrs. Landis Himes returned home Saturday from a week’s visit with her husband in and about Pittsburgh. —Miss Myrtle MacLeod spent a few days visiting friends in McVeytown anil vicinity the early parf*of the week. —Mrs. Fred Hoffman and sons Frank and Phil are paying a visit to her husband’s parents in Clay township. —Prof. R. F. Beatty, of Petersburg was a visitor in town yesterday, being tlie guest of Dr. and Mrs, J. G. Spangler. — Miss Lena Palmer, of Mount Union, visited her uncle and aunt Mr. and Mis. George Palmer, Friday and Saturday. — R. C. Fields went to Mill Creek Sun¬ day to see his nephew Chester Swiler, who is seriously ill with tvyhoid fever. — H. H. Parker and wife, of Altoona, and W. A. Parker and wife, of Juniata, visited with Mapleton friends on Sunday. — Mrs. George II. Shoop and children, of Altoona, are paying a visit to triends in Mapleton and Union and Cass town¬ ships. — Reba and Paul Lucas, of Mifflin, have been visiting for several days with their aunts, Mrs. John White and Mrs. Hurry Stubbs. —II. L. Robley, of Altoona, has been spending several days in Mapleton and assisting to survey the lands of tlie E. Robley estate. — Clarence Coder, wife and child spent. Friday and Saturday with Mrs. Coder's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Greenland in Clay township. — Mrs. Jennie Swope on Thursday went to Centre Bridge, Bucks' county, where she will visit fora couple weeks with her daughter, Mrs. Maud Robins. — Miss Blanche Palmer has returned to the home of her uncle George Palmer after visiting far several weeks at the home of her grandparents in Shirley township. — Mrs. David Goodman, of Altoonni who had been on a pleasure trip to Schennectady, New York, spent Thurs¬ day and Friday with Mrs. Narcissa Good¬ man and son on Main street. — Buell Oswalt, who for the past several months lias been assisting his brother Clyde on tlie Boswell News, is paying a visit to his mother and sister at home. He will remain here until after tlie Fourth. —Mrs. W. A. Parks, of Newton Hamil¬ ton, and her sister, Mrs. Susan Drake, of Huntingdon, spent Saturday and Sunday with Mrs Narcissa Goodman and H. H. Swope and wife. The visiting ladies are relatives of Mrs. Goodman and Mrs. Swope. — Myer Shapiro, manager of tiie Ma. pleton store of Shapiro Bros’, took a brief respite from hie duties and visited friends at Boswell from Friday until Monday. During his absence Harry Sharer of the OrbieOnia store was in charge of the. Annual Eclipse of Sun. An annual eclipse <>f tiie sun will occur next Sunday ami will he visible lie re and in fact all over the United States, Canada. Mexico and Central Ameiicn. The eclipse will begin at 9.27 o’clock in the morning and end at 12.47 o’clock. Thejmth of tlie annual eclipse passes over M xieo City, Tampa, Fla., and the Bermudas, thence it crosses tlie Atlantic and terminates in Western Africa. Tlie duration of tlie entire eclipse is a little over six hours ami if tlie annual eclipse three hours and fifty minutes. Tlie first eclipse of tlie sun occurred tics year on January 3. It was a total eclipse and was not visible in this part of the country. On DecemlMir 23 there will lie a central eclipse of the sun, hut it is in¬ visible in North America. Borough Teachers Elected. Tlie Mapleton Borough School hoard at a special meeting held last Friday evening, elected as principal for tiie ensuing school term. Prof, J. G. Miller, of Mansfield, Pa. Mr Miller comes highly recom¬ mended by former school boards where lie lias taught. He lias had seven years experience. Miss Frances lsenberg, Miss Florence Oswalt and Mrs. Lou Dell were re-elected to positions formerly held and so successfully managed by them. With this well-equipped corps of teachers we have reasons to anticipate good returns. Big cuts or little cuts, small scratches or bruises or big ones are healed quickly by DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. It is especially good for piles. Be sure to get DeWitt's. Sold by G. W. Wright. — Miss Tillie Neige visited friends at Newton Hamilton on Sunday, — Mrs. James Buchanan and children epentche past week with friends near McVeytown. — William Chilcote, of Three Springs, was tlie guest of Joseph M. Baker’s family over Sunday. — Miss Maude Barclay visited tlie fam¬ ily of her aunt, Mrs. Sarah Ripple at Mount Union, Saturday eveningand Sun¬ day. —Mrs. M. W. lsenberg aiftl Elmer Rupert and family, of Huntingdon, were guests over Suuday of Mr. ami Mrs. I. W. Fleck. — Tlie Misses Helen and Margaret Gray, of Ickeshurg, have been visiting their aunt, Mrs. VV. H. Spangler, for several days past. — Mrs. Charles Shoop and children, of Turtle Creek, have been visiting for several days with her parents Mr. and Mrs. John A. McHugh. — Mrs. George Beaty, of Shirley town¬ ship spent Sunday and Monday ill this neighborhood, being guest, of her broth¬ ers, D. B. and George Miller, — Misses Effie and Belle Bookhainer, of Tyrone, arrived in Mapleton Saturday evening. Tlie latter returned home Mon- dry but Miss Effie will remain some time witli friends in this vicinity. — T. M. Wood and John K. Gillani at¬ tended the annual reunion of the Veteran Employees' association of the middle division at Harrisburg last Thursday. — Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Rex spent last Sunday with tlie family of S. P. Smith in Big valley. Mr. Smith has not been in good health for some time but is some¬ what improved. — Jackson Mounts and William Mounts, of Cove Forge, Blair county, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Mounts oyer Sunday. Tlie former, an old Juniata boat¬ man, is an uncle of our townsman, and is an excellent Christian gentleman. — Mrs. Joseph Patton and two children, of Altoona, came to Mapleton Saturday and Monday continued on their way to visit friends at Harrisburg. Miss Myrtle Wright who is in attendance at tlie com¬ mencement exercises at Millersville, ac¬ companied them to Harrisburg. — Mrs. G. D. Wood, who lias been with her sister Miss Ada Spangler at Saltillo since shortly after tlie deatli of her husband, spent Sunday at her home on Grant street. Miss Spangler accompanied her. Tlie Indies returned to Saltillo Mon¬ day evening, tins being Miss Spangler’s busy season in her millinery werk at that place. — Harry Bade, Sr., and Harry Eade, Jr., of Burnham, spent a portion of tlie past week with Mr. and Mrs. John M. Miller, of Mapletort. These gentlemen are both enthusiastic Odd Fellows and their presence at the regular meeting of Mapleton Lodge, No. 468, last Saturday evening, at which time two candidates were initiated, lent considerable interest Attempted Suicide. Yesterday morning somewhat of a sen- sition was mused in this coiiiiiiiinitv bv the report that William T. Webb, of Union township, had been shot. Shortly after six o’clock yesterday morning Henry Wagner and Lewis Iliines, I wo small hoys, fishing along Campbell’s creek in the Qumler woods above Hemv Miller’s residence came to a pool of bloop, a re¬ volver, a pipe and a hand of a straw hat. About the time of tlie discovery William Chilcote and John Patterson were passing on their wav to work and the hoys called their attention to the find. They com¬ menced searching foi- the cause and soon spied the body of a man lying under a dump of bushes about twenty-five yards farther up the hill toward the track ot the Juniata Sand Company. They ap¬ proached the body and recognized it as that of William T. Webb who lives on the Harvey place in Union township about three hundred yards down tlie creek from where tlio body lav. Farther up the hill iiis straw hat and linen collar, both bloody, were found, tlie latter being thoroughly saturated. This fact and blood stains found are evidence that tlie man wandered over a considerable area after tlie shooting before lie lay down in thejclnmp of bushes. The men noticed quickly that the man was alive and one gf them asked him if he recognized them and Webb replied that lie did. They assisted him to arise and with their assistance lie walked to Iiis home. Wehb had left his home between two and three o’clock Monday afternoon taking with him his revolver which Mrs. Webb save hud three chambers loaded. She says lie le t home with the pretention tiiat lie was going to Mill Creek and as he did not return in tiie evening she thought lie had been detained there in attending to busi¬ ness. When tlie revolver was found hut two chambers were loaded and although Wehb has given no account of the affair it is clearly a case of attempt¬ ed suicide, but as to when it occurred is shrouded in mystery. The indications are that it was done some hours before the body was found. After Welih had been taken home Dr. J. G. Spangler was summoned and lie made a hasty examination and discovered that the man had shot himself at the base of the right ear. He probed for the hall hut as Wehb resisted lie. decided to sum¬ mon assistance. Dr. G. W. Simpson ar¬ rived on sea-shore express and lie and Dr. Spangler made a further examination. Tlie lobe of tlie right ear is torn loose and the ball passed upward. The indications are that tlie sightof tlie right eye is de¬ stroyed. The bullet was not located, but from the condition of tlie organs of the throat it is tlie opinion of tiie physicians that theball is in the nasal or buckle cavity. Tlie man's condition is serious and it will he some days before the result of the wound can lie determined. Dr. Spangler will have him removed to the Altoona hospital to-day for an X-ray ex¬ amination with the nope of locating the bullet. Webb moved to Union township about three years ago from Altoona and lias worked in this vicinity at tli« carpenter trade and lias done some piano tuning. He was a good workman lint was addicted to the use of intoxicants. Positive evi¬ dence tiiat has reached us within tiie past thirty-six hours leads us to believe that lie lias been much depressed for some days, but whether this caused him to attempt the rash actor not we have no knowledge. State Road for Oneida Township. i Tlie State Highway Department has awarded tlie contract for a state road from the borough line of Huntingdon to a point near Thomas Campbetl’s, in Oneida township, to С. T. Eastman and L. F. Edwards, of Yardly, Bucks county, for $23,300. All the preliminaries have been completed except the signing up by the township supervisors, who are expected to do so before tlie close of the week. The length of tlie road is 2 1-5 miles. Tlie township’s share of tlie cost of con¬ struction is about $3000, of which amount about $1200 will he required hv private subscription to keep tlie township within its taxable limitations. Citizens of Oneida township, as well as many in Huntingdon, have agreed to subscribe tlie requ red sum. Tlie Slone Creek road is' one of the most largely traveled in Huntingdon county, and is the southern terminus of the Stone Creek Valley, which includes Oneida, Henderson, Miller, Barree and Jackson townships. Tlie state road is badly needed. Persons re¬ siding in Huntingdon should deem it a pleaspre to assist materially in the con-