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THE BIG FOUR PAPERS HAVE 8000 READERS EACH WEEK, AND COVER THE LOCAL TERRITORY ABOUT 90% PE R CENT. VOLUME XXXV. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT ARCADE, N Y FRIDAY. JANUARY, 28, 1927 NUMBER 48 GORDON SAMPSON KILLED GETTING OFF FREIGHT TRAIN ./-rinFNT HAPPENED AT FARM- AC p R SVlLLE-Z)SUNDAY NIGHT. ALlGHTEDSAFELY BUT RUN f N foTP0ST. BODY FOUND BY TRAIN CREW AT 4 A. M. The uncertainty of human life was ...Sit home to the many friends Gordon Sampson, son of Mr, and & 5 %™ard Sapm'spn of Farmers- ^J^^rt .A°L »nt-.v-one years of age in Oc- ffi TnYit'Vthought they\ were 'o I to be married, although no \ ^announcement had been made was twenty-one year s has been calling on Miss Ruth I public aniiuunvvu.... . Missfis Esther and Ruth Johns- teach school at l'schua, arid- haye been driving their car as far as Ma- chias, where they took the train for Ischua. Sunday evening, Gordon wanted to see them safely on their way and accompanied them to Ma- chias intending to \hop a freight\ back home. The girls, endeavored to havo him promise that he. would not try to catch a freight but would wait for the 6 o'clock morning train. However, he had-rode the freight be fore and thought it all right, to do so again. At Machias he met a Mr. Wilcox who also wanted to-catch the freight. A fast freight came along and they boarded it. The freight i at a high speed and did not stop goes i until it reached Gainesville. Wilcox got off and went t o the depot and reported that another fellow had been on the train with him but had ^.disappeared. The next freight train 'going^west had an order to look out l-^for-him.. When the train arrived at Parmersviile TKey discovered—the-) body lying a few feet from-the track.- lle apparently had been killed in stantly. The -indication pointed to this solution r- 1 apparently he had alighted from the train all right, but' was running very fast, as his steps SEN. KNIGHT FOR JUSTICE Justice Charles H. Brown of Bel mont, Allegany county, is said to be planning to retire when his present term expires on December 31, 192.8. He_is nearing the constitutional limit. Dame gossip entered the names of Senator John Knight of Arcade, Sen ator William H. Hickey of Buffalo and—John B. Clogstan, deputy attor ney general of Buffalo in the race for that place. Clogston too is known to be banking on passage of a bill creating a new justiceship. • ISenator John Knight, attorney at Arcade represents the 44th Senator ial district which includes Genesee and Wyoming counties i n the .legisla ture. Senator Knight's many friends would be greatly pleased to see his splendid work and ability recognized by elevation to the bench. -» MRS. (CATHERINE KLUMP were MX or seven feet apart, he run int-e a postPused to support a railroad sign. Evidently his knee had struck the post first as the bone, was driven, through the flesh. The omy other \marks were some scratch es on his face and a cut on the side of his head, underneath j^his cap, which undoubtedly saved him from more serious cuts. The body was taken to the home of Thomas Johns, as the. family of his-varents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard j Sampson have scarlet fever. After a short prayer* at the home Tuesday, the f un^nl services were held in the Baptisjfchurch, Farmers- •villi- Station, RevT^Gomer Mills as sisted by Rev. Smith of Rushford, officiating. Two solos were sung by Mr Robert Warren, •'Face to Face,\ anil \Some Day We'll Understand.\ Interment was in Yorkshire ceme tery - \V* \ IU? is survived by his jfcrents, one sister, Mrs. Clarence Stone of Rush- ford and four brothers, Leon,. Lewis, Junior and Arthur, and hir grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Samp son of Yorkshire 'and Mrs. F. A. Kil- ton of Arcade. , Gordon was an exceptionally fine\ young man, respected by all who. know him. He\ had been ' rapidly making a reputation as a baseball Mrs. Katherine Klump died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. C. Greene, Park Street, Arcade, N. Y., Jan. ,22, 1927, aged 74 years, 6 months and 15 days. Katherjne Shoenthall was born in Buffalo, July 7th, 1852. Her parents later moved to the town of Benning- -ton,—where—the_ear1ier days—of_her_i life were spent. On Nov. 30th, 1871 she was united in marriage to Mr. Gottlieb Klump of that place.. To this' union was born five chil dren. Their third Child, Lena, de parting this life in -1890, age- 12. They lived in this town where they reared their children, moving to Yorkshire, twenty years ago, where they lived until the death of her hus band in 1918, when she moved to Arcade spending the remaining days of her- life with her children. She will be remembexed as a kind-and loving mother and neighbor, one whose happiness was in bringing joy to all those around her. Her life was a Christian one, worthy of God's richest blessing. Tho she is gone we are consoled--in the thought that she is with one whose loving kindness, removes all sorrow and pain. She leaves to mourn their loss, four children, Miss Katherine Klump Mrs. Archie Waters and Mrs. W. C. Green of Arcade and Mr. Fred Klurnp of Yorkshire and seven grand children and -one great grandchild, also three sisters and one brother, Mrs. Carrie Miller, Mrs. Christine White of Buffalo, Mrs. Mary Esthi- mer of Now York and Fred Shoen thall of Cowlesville, besides a large number of friends-. MR. AND MRS. J. F. SAMPSON, CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN OF \YORKSHIRE The above picture was taken about O'Dell & Eddy plant. That has been fifteen, years ago,~ and shows Mr. and! th _ e onlv death in th e family. Mrs. J. F. Sampson, their ten chil- • The dea& of Gordon Sampson tiiis . , * , ,.,, • Week is the first death among the dren and some grandchildren. There grandchildren. are now living nine of the children,. In the picture are Mr..and Mrs. J. , ..„ Hayes, having died January 30, 1915 F. 'Sampson, Howard of Rushford, j the grandchildren. -~ Gordon Sampson following an accident, when he fell Mrs. Howard Bowers of Buffalo, Mrs. is one qf the smalle'r of the graru}- into a vat of boiling- water at the Bert Evans pf South Wales, Mrs. W. I children in the group. K. Newton, Dr. Mack Sampson of Yorkshire, Mrs. J. D. Childs of Frank linville, J. E. Sampson, Mrs. Floyd Chaffee andJMiss Olive Sampson of Yorkshire; together with a number of ASSAULTED MRS. STEWART JACKSON FOUND UNCONSC.OUS ON FLOOR BY HER*'HUSBAND. $10 MISSING FRQM POCKETBOOK. O. H. BENTLEY r-Hon. O. H Bentley died, at his home in .Wichita, Kansas, Sunday, agpd 75 years. The funeral services were held Tuesday. Attorney Lynn player, and was an athlete of much Bentley of Arcade attended. promise. His death is indeed a sad blow to his family, who have been afflicted with scarlet fever for sbme time, as well as to his host of friend^. DAIRYMEN'S LEAGUE ANNUAL MEETINGJ The annual meeting of the TJri- County Dairymen's League .Local will bo held in the Wilson Hall, Ar cade, N. Y., Saturday, January 29th, at 2 p. m. Members are urged to attend- as the annual election of officers and other important business will come before the meeting. E. C. Sherman, Sec'y. ARCADE CHAPTER MEETING u Arende Chapter-R. A. M. will holdj a regular convocation this evening. Fur buyers in New York-cjty; are paying §2.50 for gray fox,, $ 2 t o $15 for red fox, $12.50 to $18 for mink, $fi.50 to $9 for racoon, $1.75 for muskrat-and $1 t o $2.75 for skunk, set. 6. H. Beetley was born in 'Arcade, the' son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Gid eon B.entley. • When a young man He went'to Wichita and took up the practice of law and became .one of thXmost.prominent attorneys in the stated—He-was elected State Senator for several terms^ ts- Mr. Bentley was'axttiirty-third de gree Mason. >. He is surviveds-by his wife, two brothers? Morris Bentley and D. C. Bentley .of Arcade, one sister, Mrs. Mary Johnson. ' MR.- BRYANT DEAD' . On January 16th, o Mrs.\ Stuart Jackson of Delevan was alone at her home on Depot street, Mr. Jackson and* little son had gone to Yorkshire and on their return home they found Mrs. Jackson unconscious on the din ing-room floor, - blood ? running from her mouth. A stove poker laid about 3' feet ffom her. She was uncon scious for 18 hours. Dr. 'Seyse of Arcade arrived, in a short time after .Mr. Jackson sent for him, but up to this 1 writing her mind has been a blank as to what happened. Hdr head, had one large ridge from the forehead Back, and $10 was missing from her pocketbook, which laid on the .table. >The State Police are watching towns closely in hopes of finding the intruder. STANDING COMMITTEES BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WISCONSIN HOLSTEINS ED. GEORGE, GEORGE BURNS AND FLOYD HOLMES SECURE CHOICE OF FORTY-THREE WESTERN HERDS. Some of the finest Holstein cows in Wisconsin were recently purchas ed by fid. George of Chaffee, George Burns of Delbvan and Floyd Holmes. Mr. George imported sixteen of these cows, six of which weighed over 1600 lbs. each. Mr. Burns secured thirty- five and Mr. Holmes twelve. These cows are the pick from for- ty^three of the best Wisconsin dairies and it is expected some godd reports from them will be forthcoming-in the near future. 1 ' Clarence L. Bryant, head of the I Bryant and Stratton Business Col-j lege, of Buffalo, for -the past thirty five. years, died January-25th. / JOHN NEAM'ON BROKE'LEG „ While engaged in drawing' logs from the Braymiller ' woods near Delevan; - John Neamo.n sustained a broken leg. He was taken. to a Buffalo hospital where the leg was ARCADE & ATTICA RAILROAD WILL HOLD ANNUAL MEETING ;E - W. FITZGERALD OF OLEAN WILL GIVE AD DRESS ON COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE.,, DINNER IN I. O. O. F. HALL. MOVIE IN HAMMOND THEA- IER. — , Tho Arcade and Attica Railroad Corporation wiirhold its annual stock- hold6rs meeting in Frank Hammonds theater on Tuesday, February 1st. Last year two hundred stock hold ers were-present-and-it-is-anticipated. that even more 'will attend this one. Mr. E.\ W . JWt .MrATnlH fWretar v of uie uiean Chamber of Commerce, will address the stockholders on Com munity Enterprise at the conclusion, of the banquet to be held in the I. O. 0. F Hall and served by the Metho dist Church -Mr^FitBgerald -i9 -well-known-horo .kwin^preBont -a^scxeen.play_aL.th: as the sponsor - of' the - Olean Flood Abatement Project which has saved the city* thousands, of dollars each year by flood prevention.' He- was the mam spoke i n the Olean Housing Corporation which has built up that section of Olean.. known as Seneca Heights ;r-also -the—Oleanj-\ParfeJm =J proVement Asociatipn which has re- -I snltprf in -n system of parks through- out_ that section. At present time he is directing the construction of a new municipal stadium and swimm ing pool. Through the courtesy of Manager Frank Hammond the Amusu Theater of the business session in the morn ing, • Chairman Carey Albro of the Wy oming County Board of Supervisors has announced the appointment of the following standing .committees:. Rules and LegislatioK^^Nevinger, Tozier, George. Assessment Rolls, Equalization and Apportionment — North, Roberts, Parker, Chappel, Hopkins. Taxation—Parker, Nevinger, Kel- ley. County Officers and Compensation —Roberts, North, Davis.. County Treasurer—Kelley, Davis, Battin. Coroners, Justices and Constables —Davaney, Hopkins, Roberts. Sheriff—Davis, \Kershaw Tozfer. Correction and Reformation—Mor row, George, Keenan. County Clerk and Judiciary—Hop kins, Battin, North. Elections—Chappel, Kelley, Nevin=j ger. Charities—Battin, Parker, Morrow JJependent Children—Keenan,' Da vaney, Kershaw^ Education, Defective and Soldiers' Relief—George. Morrow,, Chappel.—^ * Highways^-Tozier, Keenan, Dava ney. Finance—Kershaw, Chappel, Park er., ~. ' \ - HUGH EDWARD. LYNCH .Killed in-action-in • France, October 5, 1918. Son of Hugh Joseph Lyncjr of Arcade. Enlisted_in Co. L. 301st r Infantry. The Hugh Lynch Post. American Legion of Arcade, was so named in honor of .this hoy who gave his all for his country. CARD PARTY AT SS. PETER AND PAUL'S HALL ,A card party and social will be held at SS. Peter and Paul's Hall, Arcade, on' Wednesday evening, Feb. 2nd. Band No. 3 with 'Mrs. Augusta Murphy, leader, will- serve. . Come out and have a good time with.us. PETITIONS IN BANKRUPTCY Motor Toggery, Inc., of Buffalo! Nb schedule filed. - •; Bert A. .Ega'n, of Ovid,\ a farmer, liabilities $18,988, ,assets\$6.676. SOLDIERS GALLERY ; ELDON CALKINS The boys who stood by theii 1 Who has accepted a position with the Country in the World-War, and thur . Ne w York Life Insurance Company honored themselves and the coin ; with - headquarters in Buffalo. - Mr. munity»_ c- . Calkins is one of the young men of whom Arcadians are proud. He is a graduate of -ArcadexHigh School apd was treasurer of his Class, was the first, president of the Zetesian So ciety, and is doing splendid work with.a boy's class in the Congrega tional Sunday school. He is excellent company at any .time, and Leslie 'Sjpring states that he is an excellent cook on outing trips. He made a splendid record in sell ing tickets for the Chautauqua mm® mm-: BOX .SOCIAL AT HOLLAND •rj^On^-Friday evening, Jan. 28th, I'there. will pe a box social held in the Holland M. E. Church for the benefit oi the Methodist Church school. All are welcomer Come and help us. There will be music, games 'and [heaps\of fun. WYOMING ROAD CONSTRUCTION TWO MILES OF CONCRETE' BE TWEEN WARSAW AND VARYS,- BURG PROJECTED. The highway construction by. the state in Wyoming county for 1927 has about been decided on. Two \miles of the highway between War saw and Varysburg will be-rebuilt of concrete 18 feet wide. The Rock Glen-Silver Springs-Castile highway will be built as far as possible dur ing the summer. The contract has been Jet and work is now under way. The Varysburg-Attica road is under contract. It will require $.88,700 for the seven new bridges on the road and\ an immense amount of ex cavating will be required. The Portageville-Fillmore highway will be completed early this summer. The completion of the Hewitt map requires only the construction of roads across the corner of the town of Covington and as Livingston coun ty has announced jtjs intention of building the eastern connection- this year, i t will -be up to Wyoming coun ty to buivd the conecting link be tween Geneseo\ and Batavia. ' With the-Hewitt map completed the Greene map .will be takeji up and, that involves the construction of the * Bliss-Pike highway,_the Pike—Port- ageville highway and _ the Halls Cor ners-Attica Center highway. This highway is a connecting' link in another east- and west route acrosa the state.;- The construction of 'the -concrete highway from Attfca to Darie'n and the building of the Halls Corners-Attica Center highway will open up the best road between War- saiv_ and Buffalo*, .gr.ades._consider.ed. - Wij_i this latter highway builV all the' other roads from Warsaw to At tica wilUfcbfe -relieved of through traffic, for that road will be shortest and easiest in grade and most com fortable of all highways fronfWar- ( saw via Attica to Buffalo. It has been decided that the road from Perry Center, to Perry village .will be rebuilt of concrete 18 feet wide. The town of 'Perry is con sidering the,, advisability of standing the extra-expense incidental to wid ening the road to 2,4 feet. FRUBUS AND KUHN DISSOLVE PARTNERSHIP The firm of .Frubus & Kuhn, com posed of Frank H. Frubus and Elmer B. Kuhn, of Springville, has been dissolved by mutual- agreement. The dry goods department has been trans ferred to' Elmer B. Kuhn, who will continue to carry on, a dry goods business, .and'the groceries, rugs and wall paper of the firm have .been transferred to Frank H. Frubus,-.who will continue to carry -on- in * those lines. OLD FASHIONED DANCE AT JAVA CENTER , One of the biggest Old. Fashioned Dances ever held in this territory will be given in St. Patrick's Hall, Java Center, N. Y., Wedr.esday evening, February 2nd. Door, prize $5.00 in Gold. A six-piece orchestra famous for, old time, tunes has been engaged. The eigln-hand reel, 1 Crooked S, Virginia Reel, W^ltz, etc.,\ will be the order of the evening. Come hungry—You'll leave satis fied. Hostlers will be in attendance, and we have plenty ,of barn room for your horses.- _^Are the tickets worth $1.50? Just come and see. If you don't,' you'll miss the time of your life. A breast bone, flexible at the end indicates a fowl that is young and tender.' REFORESTATION RECOMMENDED BY ARCADE ROD & GUN SALAMANCA FIRM BANKRUPT H. A. Pemberton;& SonJ furniture dealers^ of Salamanca,- have - filed a voluntary petition in ' bankruptcy with-the-United-States-District-court pbicing assets at $32,655 and liabili ties at $45,603. \ GET YOUR MONEY'S WORTH BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.TO BE ASKED TO BUY IN FARMS AND PLANT-TREES ON THEM. BASS FINGERLINGSiAND- JACK RABBITS-TO BE SE CURED. When a business man buys, goods to sell, .he wants to KNOW just how much or how many he i s going'to get for a stipulated .sum. He does not take n man's word for what he gets. He checks up the goods when receiv ed. - - . . It is equally important that you know when you buy advertising. There is a wayyou can check up_on this matter of- newspaper-advertising. We' want every advertiser in ^this ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED •• Mrl.and MrsT~D: B., Whitlock ' of Warsaw, announce the\ engagement of their_sister,_Miss_Dori> l thy Burch, , ~ to Mr. Sterling Roberts, son of Mrrf P a Per to come and ask to see-our and Mrs. Wm. A. Roberts. subscription list,-and .in order to be 1 absolutely sure that the list is bona- fide} ask >to be' shown the receipts . from the postoffice on which are shown the number -of pounds pf pa- J. p.erii sent to regular subscribers and | those,sent out.as samples, ~— _SA¥E_5iLCENTS Gel This Paper For Paper $L00 Read How on Page'6 \We Are Sending Over J2.000 ftipgrl LU RBHUIUI G«liir>ihlH> Each an.d Every Week—and We Are' Glad to Say Our Li«t Is Growing—Estrange But True. It is a real pleasure to sh'ow you what you are getting for your money. T Our Want Ads. pay large return*.. The Arcade Rod fcnd Gun Club- at the sClub to <come and ask you for its meeting on' Wednesday, the 19th, passed a-resolution_in which'the Wy oming County JJoard of Supervisors is asked to adopt a plan,of reforesta tion whereby land in the county .which- is sold for taxes and is suit- liable, for-reforestation is to be bid in for 'the county, titles in same per fected and xarrangeinents made for the planting of pine and other trees. Arcade alone has fifty unoccupied farms, many of which are very suit able, for the growth of trees. - The-club-also-has under way the Securing of fingerling bass from the federal-hatcheries. These bslss cost money, but is \agreed that much bet ter results can be shown than from the fry-which has been secured in the past. _ ArraTVgeft _ ents - ~were also made to negotita'te ifor some jack rabbits which -will i bo reltncod ' in largo your x dollar. They have enough to do 'already and if you send it in unsoli cited it makes things brighter all around.-\ .. One gentleman-in Buffalo respond ed'immediately upon receipt of no tice of annual meeting with the fol lowing letter: / . - \Notice was recejyfed by the writer of\ your annual nreeting, and I was especially interested to note the good work of your CluW in; the number of cans of small fish distributed through out. the streams tributary to Arcade, and also the amount-of live-pheasants liberated nearby and the other good^ work done by the members of you? Club. I have been unable to avail myself of the privilege of fishing or hunting daring-the past year bat am Very glad to contribute my bit in the form of my 1927 dues to your Club and while T may receive no •tW ^MKyfc^gfit'thriie 'fi'Utii, tVubt thai! the younger generation may be the better therefore both in health and happiness by having such a Club in their community; Next week a list of the members in good standing will be published in swamps about this vicinity. To date only fifty have responded to the call for dues. This is rather discouraging-as-there were approxi mately four hundred hunting _ and trapping licenses issued to residents ^ ^ of Arcade alone in 1926. Don't ,j^hjL .paper-by-tho-clnb and we hope make it neces^T^^Sr ^JlnrTrffli ll-be-therer
