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A A Bedford Gazette A I I 1 8 0 5 S. A. VAX ORMER, Editor and Publisher. The Bedford Gazette is a model among country York World. The Gazette is the leading newspaper of Bedford county and its circulation is far ahead of any of its contemporaries.

As an advertising medium it is one of the best in this part of the state. Regular subscription price per year $2.00. If paid in advance $1.50. AH communications should be addressed to Gazette Publishing Bedford, Pa. Friday Morning, July 12, 1907 DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET privilege has often led to useless bombardment.

The demanding of ransoms followed by a threat of bombardment has caused coast towns to impoverish themselves, hence the last article which prohibits bombardment from following a refusal of a town or community to comply with an unreasonable demand for money or munitions of war is most commendable. For State Treasurer JOHN G. HARMAN, of Columbia County. DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET For Director of Poor J. T.

ANDERSON, Bedford Township. For County Surveyor GEORGE W. BLACKBURN, New Paris. WHERE THE MONEY AVENT The Auditor General's report for which was made public this week, shows that for contracts in addition to their original contracts George F. Payne Co.

received The Pennsylvania Construction Co. was paid $410,884.30 for metallic furniture, and John H. Sanderson Philadelphia, got $1,980,661.71 for furniture, decorations, etc. Such is the report of the Auditor General who is in charge of the books of the state and it is no doubt accurate. But if some auditor should go over the books of the above- named companies he would no doubt find further distribution of those gigantic sums.

It would be interesting to know of the subdivision and the sub-subdivisions, for it is not improbable that part of it was put to uses which the Machine under which the fabulous sums were obtained would not want brought to light. BROADBRIM'S BUDGET (Continued from First Page.) AT THE HAGUE The Peace Conference now in session at The Hague on Wednesday wefl't into a rather extended discussion of the American Proposition re- garjding the restriction of naval warfare. The Spanish, Dutch, Russian and. Italian delegations agreed to the American idea with regard to bom- barflment as embodied in the following' six articles: First--The commander of a fleet must spare historical monuments, churches and buildings used for artistic, scientific or benevolent purposes, and hospitals, on the condition thai the are not used for military purposes and are designated by special signs, which must be displayed bv the inhabitants. Second--Betore beginning the bombardment of a town the commander of a fleet must do all in his power to inform the authorities ot the town of his intentions.

Third--Pillage is forbidden, even in a town or locality taken by assault. Fourth--The bombardment of undefended ports, towns, "villages or buildings is forbidden, but any military work existing in otherwise undefended places can be bombarded if the local authorities refuse to destroy it Fifth--Undefended places can be bombarded if they refuse to furnish a fleet with necessary provisions. Sixth--The bombardment of a town or village for refusal to pa a ransom is prohibited. These articles must necessarily commend themselves to all possessed of the altruistic spirit that ought to predominate in nations--collections of individuals--as well as among individuals. The application of the principle that "might makes right" bv armies and navies in times past has caused useless suffering and death.

Towns have been razed to (he ground, communities devastated and inhabitants either killed or made penniless bimply because armies and navies could practice their arts according to their power and regardless of right or suffering. Historical monuments have in limes past been ruthlessly battered to pieces and works of art have not bean spared by war's iconoclastic hand. Sacred edifices and benevolent institutions have shared a like fate and thus has the progress of the world be retarded. The forbidding of pillage even in towns and localities taken by assault Is a step humanity-ward for this very MERVINE PARDONED Seven and One-Half Years of Sentence Cut Off By Board. On Tuesday of this week, E.

M. Pennell, presented to the Board of Pardons in Harrisburg the application of Templeton Mervine of this place, tor pardon, and, on the same day, petition met with the approval that board, and Mervine is restored to liberty. The reasons assigned in the petition were: first, that the sentence was unusual, excessive and out of proportion to the offense committed; second, that the defendant had already suffered punishment sufficient to atone for the offense; and third, the dependent character of Mervine's wife and four little children. This petition was supported by letters from a number of the most prominent and influential people of the community, and the action of the board in pardoning the prisoner will be met with general commendation. On the night of December 23, 1904, the smoke-house at the Waverly Hotel was entered and two small hams two flitches and a roll of butter were stolen.

The same evening five plugs of tobacco and several pounds of candy were stolen from the grocery store of the late John O. Smith. The following morning search warrants were sworn out and the goods found at Mervine's home. The defendant had been drinking and made no attempt to conceal the stolen goods or to escape the responsibility for his crime. He waived a hearing, was committed to jail, and, on the 16th of January, 1905, plead guilty to two indictments charging him with stealing goods of the value of $23.

The following day the court imposed a sentence isi the two cases of ten years in the Western Penitentiary. At the time the offense was committed, Mervine was living with his wife and three children, the oldest nine years of age, in the West ward of Bedford borough, and two days before he was sentenced to the penitentiary the fourth child came to the home. The wife has kept the family together by means of her earnings over the washtub ancl contributions from friends, and the children of sufficient age have received the benefit of training in the public schools and in one of the Sunday schools in the town. At the time the sentence of ten years was imposed, every person conversant with the facts was surprised at its severity. The prisoner made no complaint and his record-at Allegheny has been a model for obedience to the rules of the institution.

Templeton Mervine's weakness has been that of most, of the men who fill our prisons, an over-indulgence in intoxicating drinks. Except for a spree, it is probable that the crimes for which he was incarcerated would not have been committed. He is a competent house painter, and now, that he has been restored to his wife and children, it is hoped that he will appreciate their faithfulness devotion in the time of his trouble and the good will shown him by the men who brought about his pardon. He is and can be a highly useful citizen, when not under the influence of liquor, and has a useful future if he will but shun evil companions and abstain from intoxicants of all kinds. His misfortune is an example for all young men.

Indulgence in the liquor habit invariably leads to sorrow and shame. There is no middle course for the young man who would be safe. He must totally abstain or perpetually run the gauntlet. The Gazette congratulates him on his pardon and wishes for him a prosperous and useful life in the bosom of his family. For him, liquor is a demon, and indulgence, even in a moderate form, is an invitation for trouble.

in which the robbery was committed sinks him to the level of a vulgar thief. It was done for the companionship of a common street-walker, for whom he had taken a cosy flat- house and to whom he gave thousands and thousands of stolen dollars. This base companion whom Jie picked up seems to have had some spark of sentiment for when she learned that he had abandoned a family she became so disguested with his treachery that, bad as she was, she betrayed him to tne police in the hope of getting the $20,000 offered for his capture. What a lesson! Here is a man who might have been honored and could have achieved high success in life, who chose the base part and now may die in a felon's cell. Broadbrim.

FOREIGN ATTACHMENT A Test Case of Interest to Lawyez'S of the State. Attorney B. F. Madore has issued a foreign attachment against The American Law Book Company of New York to recover $115.82, the value ot part of a set of law books known as the "Cyclopedia of Law and Procedure." This proceeding is of much interest to the legal fraternity of Pennsylvania as it is proposed to determine by it whether the American Law Book Company has the right to rescind a contract when it is only partially completed, the agreement giving neither party the right to rescind. Mr.

Madore has a copy ot the agreement. Some time ago he sold the volumes of "Cyclopedia of Law and Procedure" which he had already received, and the remainder of the books were to be shipped to the purchaser as fast as they received from the American Law Book Company. Having learned of the sale of the books by Mr. Madore, the American Law Book Company refuses to send him any other volumes under the contract. If the American Law Book Company has the right to act arbitrarily in this matter, then should any subscriber die before the completion of the set of the "Cyclopedia of Law and Procedure," whatever he had paid would be a loss to his estate, an incomplete set having no value.

There are five subscribers for the books in Bedford and all are interested in the final result of the suit. EIGHT TO SEVEN, Maryland Athletics, Cumberland, Defeated by Bedford Nine July 4. The most interesting and best-attended game of the season to date was played at Anderson Park on July 4 between the Maryland Athletic of Cumberland and the local nine. It required eleven innings to decide the contest. Official Score MD.

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A. E. LITERATURE In this column will be published weekly one or more selections of loetry or prose, selected from many ources and from best authors. 4 3 5 Green, Ib 5 R. George, 2b 5 Gayhauk, Reynolds, A.

George, ss Reed, 3b, Kempt, If 5 Valentine, rf 5 Ehbar, 3b 3 14 0 1 10 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 3 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 Totals 9 30 11 BEDFORD. H. Diehl, ss 5 Smith, If 5 Plecher, Ib 5 Earnest, "4 Burket, cf 5 C. Diehl, 5 Home, 3b 4 Mundwiler, rf 2 Arnold, 2b 4 Whetstone, rf 2 AB. R.

H. O. A. E. 3 0 1 2 3 9 1 13 5 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 Totals .41 12 33 10 Athletics 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0--7 Bedford 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 1--8 Earned runs--Bedford, Athletics, 4.

Two-base hits--Moss, Burket. First on balls--Off Diehl, off Reynolds, 2. Struck out--By Diehl, 11, by Reynolds, Reed, 9. Lett on bases--Bedford, Athletics, 7. Double plays--Earnest and Plecher; George, George and Green Hit by pitcher--Home.

Time of Umpire--Feight. MEDICAL SOCIETY BEDFORD PIANO CLUB CHILDREN'S DAY SERVICE Excellent P'' 'Aram Rendered at Mt. Smith Church. The Children's Day exercises held at Mt. Smith last Sunday evening were a complete success and the church was crowded.

Every selection was well rendered and those who participated deserve much credit. A beautiful service "The Bower of Beauty" was rendered as follows: Instrumental March. Amick Opening Chorus, Our Own Bright Day Invocation E. C. Keboch Bring Them Today Choir Scripture Reading, The Beauty of the Lord Address of Welcome, Grace Troutman Chorus, The Mighty A School Recitation, The Beauty of the Lord, Lillian Amick Chorus, The Beautiful Light.

Exercise, Bower Buds Anna Zimmers, Clymer Imler, Grace Smith and Harriet Smith Song, We Love the Lord Ethel Amick, May Shaffer, May Moorehead and Maymc Hoagland Recitation, Jacob's Vision, Hazel Troutman Chorus, When the Years Go By, Choir Exercise, The Flower Girls, and Song, Holds tions Adopted. The Bedford County Medical Society met in regular session last Wednesday afternoon in the court house in Bedford. Those present were Dr. Walter Trimbath, Dr. Walter de la M.

Hill, Dr. Ed. L. Smith, Treas; and Drs. W.

P. S. Henry, B. F. Hunt, S.

G. Statler, William Nycum, W. F. Enfield and S. H.

Gump. After a discussion of medical subjects a resolution was offered that a committee be appointed to revise the fee bill, and to communicate with all the physicians in Bedford county for the purpose of organizing an association to collect accounts due, and to protect themselves against "deadbeats," a list of which will be made and published in the near future. The following resolutions were adopted: Whereas, It appears by common consent that upon the Medical Profession are enjoined the performance of so many arduous and important duties toward the community and that they are required to make many sacrifices of comfort, ease and health for the welfare of those who avail themselves of their services; and after a caretul consideration of existing conditions, which are detrimental to the good of the public and unjust to physicians: when, as we find, upon careful comparison of notes that we are being by numerous parties who ask our services at all times, without any intention or desire to compensate us tor the same, therefore, be it Resolved, That we physicians refuse to attend those whom the members of this association report to the secretary as belonging to this class, unless said parties make satisfactory arrangements with the physician to whom they are indebted or, in an emergency, pay the physician upon whom party calls before the call shall be made. That we shall not forget the worthy and needy poor and nothing in these resolutions shall be construed as preventing any member from attending the worthy poor at a less rate or to give free services to those who are too poor to pay anything. Renders Excellent Program at Home of Mrs.

A. T. G. Apple. One of the most successful musicals ever given by the Bedford Piano Club' was that held at the home of Mrs.

A. T. G. Apple Thursday evening, June 27. The spacious parlors were converted into a veritable bower with flowers and evergreens, roses and southern magnolia bloom predominating.

The program, as given below, was faultless in its rendition and in its grade maintained the high standard adopted by this worthy organization. At the close of the stated program refreshments were served and a social hour followed, which -will long be remembered by those present. Program Part I L'alliance (Der Frieschuetz), Beyer, Op.149 Misses Jessie and Hetty Barclay, Mrs. Apple Rhapsodie Hongroise VIII Liszt Miss Josephine Smith Intermezzo Macbet'h Ruth Steiner Duo--Ungarische Rhapsodie. Barclay, Mrs.

H. B. Strock Fest--Polonaise. Op. 72 Mrs.

Apple, Miss Smith, MeGirr, Miss Shuck Part II Miss (a) Le Rossignol (The Nightingale) Liszt (b) Le Papillon (The Butterfly) Lavallee Miss Hetty Barclay Duo--Grande Fantaise Brilliante sur Opera: La Noce De Figaro de Mozart Miss Smith, Miss Shuck Caprice Espagnol Moszkowski Miss Elizabeth Metzger Perpetuum Mobile Weber Miss Smith Overture--Tannhaeuser Miss Metzger, Miss Hetty Bar-' clay, Mrs. Strock, Miss Shuck Social Krefl Marriage Licenses Trevarthon and Martha Helsel, of Broad Top. Dorsey H. Beegle and Cora Gorsuch, of Everett. Jesse Cutshall of Pittsburg and Emma Waited of Six Mile Run.

Paul Soltys and Maggie Guzck, of Langdondale. Charles E. Miller of Liberty town ship and Eliza B. Detwiler of Drab Blair county. The doctors sa they are compelled to take action as above stated because many persons, who are able to do so, persistently and systematically attempt to evade payment of their bills and it is to get rid of this class of practice that they are organizing.

We Will Troutman, Follow Jesus, Ruth Shaffer, Grace Cletus Mortimorc, Catharine Morehead and Anna Zimmers Motion Song, The Little Seed, Lillian Amick Solo, The Land of Smiles, Ethel Amick Reading Anna Dilling Chorus, Sweet Love Choir Exercise, The Bower Beauty, Florence Troutman, Rosie Moorehead, Mayme Hoagland, May Moorehead, Hazel Troutman, Attie Mooreheaa and Mary Shaffer. Chorus, Song of Tribute School Address By Pastor Announcements, Doxology, Benediction Ministerinm Meeting The regular monthly meeting of the Reformed Ministerium of Bedford county was held the National House, this place, at 1:30 o'clock, Monday afternoon. Those present were Rev. Dr. Walter E.

Krebs of Littlostown, Rev. C. J. Musser, editor of "The Messenger," of Philadelphia, Revs. C.

W. Warlick, C. F. Althouse, J. W.

Zehring, C. Gumbert, C. W. Summey and B. F.

Bailsman. A number of ladies also attended the session. Dr. Krebs delivered an excellent address on the "Immortality of the Soul," and an able sermon was read by Rev. Warlick on "Let there be light: and there was light." The next meeting will be held at the National House on Monday, September 2.

THE LONG AGO There's a beautiful isle in the long ago All flooded with golden light, And a'river that flows by the shelving shore Whose waters bright; There's a bark which glides with, a snowy sail, And the dip of a silver oar, And it carries us back to the shining are wondrous gates Of that beautiful past once Ah! every heart holds some sweet dream Of the days that have gone before. There were bright hopes roused in the long ago, Sweet flowers were gathered there, And the walls of this beautiful past are hung With many an image fail; A.nd oh! there is room for the feet to tread This path of the bygone years, There are joys that bloom in memory's fields, And a fount for our bitter tears, And a grave in which we have garnered up All the old-time hopes and fears. There are beautiful dreams the heart holds dear, Bright dreams of the long ago, And saered tears for the perished hopes That will never return--ah no! And thus to the tangled web of life We weave our smiles and our tears' Yet the soul has its holy memories That cling to the parted 3 ears-Ah! drop tke silken curtain now O'er the oW-time hopes and fears. Shut out the light of the long ago, Close the door of the past again, And stifle the yearning thoughts that fill The bosom with so much pain; Then roll the ponderous stone against The tomb that is dug in the heart, For why should these buried forms once more To life and beauty start? The future may hold some dreams as bright, That will not soon depart. --Scrap Book.

THE URBAN MUTUAL The Urban Mutual Insurance Company of this place was organized four years ago by Walter F. Moore and a few others familiar with the scheme of practical underwriting. The purpose in the organization of this company was to enter aja effective protest against the ever-increasing rate of insurance premiums by the Stock Companies and, further, to. demonstrate that people in country towns were being charged an unjust -rate, either to swell the profits" "of the stockholders "or else to bear an undue proportion of the burden those communities where the loss ratio is heavier than in country towns. What the Urban started out to do it has accomplished.

It began business with $200,000 of insurance ill force and at the end of four years, aa shown by its books it had, in round numbers, insurance in force to the amount of $1,400,000. The cost for all purposes to the as-- sured during that period has just, been two-fifths of what it would have' been in stock companies, making a saving to its policy holders of sixty per cent. The insurance departments of the several states treat the Premium Notes of Mutual Companies the same as they do the cash assets of stock companies and, on this basis, in point of financial strength the Urban is the superior of any Stock Company, as its assets equal $52.00 to every $1000 of liability, while the assets of the leading Stock Companies vary from $10.00 to $18.00 to every $1000 of liability. The people of this community should rejoice over the success of the "Urban," because it has made a great saving to those who patronized it, because its record had the effect of keeping the stock rates from advancing to a still higher figure in this county, and because it had the effect of reducing the rates on certain lines. It is manifest to the most unskilled that mutual insurance is bound to be cheaper, because it avoids the dividends to stockholders and the large expense to which stock companies are subjected.

Long live and prosper the Bedford "Urban." A Member. OUR DAILY BREAD A beggar boy stopped at a rich man's am homeless and friendless and faint and poor," Said the beggar boy, as the tear-drop rolled Down his thin cheek, blanched with cold. "Oh, give me a crust from your hoard today, To help the beggar boy on his way?" "Not a crust, not a crumb," the rich man said, "Be off and work for your bread." daily The rich man went to the parish church; His face grew grave as he trod the porch; And the thronging poor, the untaught mass, Drew back to let the rich man pass. The service began; the choral hymn Arose and swelled through the long aislag dim; The rich maa knelt and the words he Were, "Give us this day our daily Prompt and Satisfactory, Mr. J.

Roy Cessna, Bedford, Pa. Dear Sir: -I wish to extend my most sincere thanks to you, in behalf of the Great Eastern, for the prompt and very satisfactory settlement of claim on policy taken out with you while in Clearville, before leaving for college. And I highly recommend the company to a good protection I am, Yours "very truly J. WESLEY WARD, Baltimore, Md. For Rent --Seven-room good location.

house in J. ROY CESSNA, Real Estate and Insurance Ridenour Block, Bedford, Pa. MRS. EDDY TALKS broad." --Scrap Book. Deeds Recorded Isaac Conner, by administrator, to Elmer Conner, tract in East Provi dence; $300.

George S. Blatchford to William Browell, three lots in Hopewell; $800. John W. Imler to F. G.

Imler, 158 acres in Union; $1,000. William S. Reininger to David B. Teeter, 33 acres in South Woodbury; $835. Susan Kelley to Mary A.

Hervey, one acre in Liberty; $290. A. B. Teeter to Annie Neiswanger, tract in South Woodbury; nominal. Solomon Shrader to Jacob H.

Miller, two tracts in West Providence; $2,700. Jacob H. Miller to Treverrow, 2 tracts in West Providence; $2,600. Minister in Need Rev. and Mrs.

Joseph Barney, of Clearville, will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding on Tuesday, July 16. These 50 years have been spent in preaching the gospel and during that time Rev. Barney received so small a compensation for his services that every dollar was required for the support of his family. He was, therefore, unable to provide for old age; his voice and health have failed and he is no longer able to preach. Rev.

Morgan of the M. E. church made him a present of $5. Any amount which our readers may feel like giving toward the support of an afflicted minister, will be gratefully received by Rev. Joseph Barney, Clearville, Pa.

TO NORTH AMERICAN Wolfsburg Circuit $100 Reward, $100 The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly tipon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the "disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitu- (tion and assisting nature in doing its Preaching July 14 as follows: Mt. The propr etors have so mue Smith, Sunday school 9 a faith Ita curat i ve powers that they preaching 10 a.

m. Burning Bush, Sunday school 9:30 a. preaching 7:30 p. m. E.

C. Keboch, Pastor. You will be pleased with our neat Job work. GiTe us a call. offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.

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Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Barn Raising On Tuesday Charles D. Hershberger of near Cessna raised his new jank barn, the building being 40 by SO feet. Grant and Chris. Dibert, hustling barn builders of Bedford township, were the contractors.

So well did the work proceed that the rafters were in position by noon and much of the weatherboarding was on. One hundred four persons partook of the sumptuous dinner prepared by Mrs. Hershberger. Head of Christian Scientists Interviewed by Leigh Mitchell Hodges. Philadelphia, July 11.

Leigh Mitchell Hodges, special writer for The North American, has just returned from Concord, N. and has brought with him an authorized interview with Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, head of the Christian Science church. In view of the legal proceedings recently brought by Mrs.

Eddy's family to have her affairs administered by trustees, and the more recent appointment of medical experts to examine into her mental condition, the interview, obtained at first hand, will be very interesting reading. The article will be published in next Sunday's North American, July 14. July Burr Mclntosh Among the special features of the July Burr Mclntosh Monthly, which is now on all news stands, are a number of exquisite panoramic views of different parts of France, a reproduction of the best paintings shown at the 40th Annual Exhibition of the American Water Color Society in New York, these reproductions being shown in an unusual shade of art color. An interesting article on salmon fishing in the northwest showing a number of extraordinary photographs appears under the title of "Where Swims the Sock-Eye." Among the portrait reproductions are very fine pictures of Grace George, Margaret Bucklin, Fanny Ward Lewis, Adelaide Kcim, Lillian Kingsbury and Doris Keane, all prominent people of the stage. The color work of this July number is especially suited to the season and' is most exquis'te in its daintiness.

Back at the Old Place George M. Harry, formerly of place, whose cigar store was destroy- ad by the disastrous fire in Harrisburg last February, has leased for a long term of years his old location in what will be the New Columbus hotel. Mr. Harry's new store at the old stand, when completed, will be one of the finest to be found anywhere. The fixtures will be of ma-, hogany, marble and onyx.

Before' the fire Mr. Harry's store was a most popular place and the new one, when completed, will be more popular than the old. He intends making a trip to New York, taking with him a Ha? risburg electrician, in order to gel the latest ideas for electric lighting. The new store will probably be opened in November. Burr York.

Company, New Bt. Clairsville Reformed Charge St. Clairsville: Sunday school 9 (' a. preaching 10 a. m.

Pleasant- ville: Preaching 2:30 p. m. J. Wm. Zehring, Pastor.

Lutheran Church Services. On Sunday, July 14, at St. James, Pleasant Valley, 10 a. Coup, Home at 3 p. m.

W. Lingle, Pastor. St. Clairsville Lutheran Pastorate Services Sunday, July 14, as follows: St. Clairsville at 10 a.

Imler at 2:15 p. m. J. H. Diehl, Pastor.

Schefisburg Circuit Services at Buffalo Mills next Sunday at at Mann's Choice at 7:30. J. Guldin, Pastor..