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The Whitesville News. A Clean and Independent Newspaper tor the home VOLUME XIX WHITE9VILLE, ALLEGANY COUNTY, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1913. NUMBER 26 PRACTICALLY ASSCRED CORONER'S JURY CALLS IT MURDER PHILATHEAS ENTERTAIN No,rth Hill and W est Un^Oin, Payiliohs and West Unjon Grange Hall were Visited by Un,kn,OiWn, Parties Saturday Morning and About $500 Darn- age Don,e, at the, Twoi Latter Places.—It is Thought That the Marau ders will be Eventually Ca.ught When, Cojd Bloo.ded Law Will Deal .With ,Them. ■ ■ ., . i i , i i ,. Li - I ' ■Some iunknowa miscreaait& m ade a visit to each of th e three, dancing i>a- ■vilion n e a r W hitesville early _ la s t Saturday morning and through div€irs ways ruined a b o u t $500 worth of prop e r ty . T h e three pavilions visited were ithe North Hill pavilion, th e W est .Un ion pavilion near Green’s cheese fac tory and the Grange hall about, mile and, a half east of town. Very little damage was done a t the N o rth Hill pavilion as it was secure ly locked and th e window-shutters fastened. B u t at both the W est Un ion pavilion and Grange hall th e des peradoes did about all the damage they possibly could and leave any buildings standing a t all. Windows, lamps and chairs were hroken a t both places. At the pavil ion the. piano was damaged beyond repair, while a t th e Grange hall only a few keys were ripped off and the ease m a rred somewhat. The W e st Union Grange hall was dam aged m o re than the pavilion. Even th e window frames were knocked out a s well a s the panels in th e doors. Stones, were found the next morning on th e floor as large, as a m an’s head. It is n o t known, for si»re who the marauders, are, but it is said th a t several parties in. W ellsville and And over are under suspicion, and >if suf ficient evidence can be gathered to m ake a case against -any of them they will get th e punishm ent -they de serve under the .law. It is not known what object the d’esperadoes' could have in injuring ■property -to such, an -extent. It is •very evident th a t it is th e work of a bunch, of hoodlums- who were drunk haustea the rem a inder of their drunk- crazed, and it is- h a rdly believed to : en devilment. he local talent for the parties- were . A careful investigiation is being seen and heard going to and from i made and if th e right parties are th e scenes- of th e ir deviltry on an an- found it is- a sure thing th a t they ■tomobiie. will get w h a t -is their due. ■ - . . . I I I I i -Shortly after m idnight a party in an auto, -awakened H. M. C lark a t Independence and enquired as to the whereabouts of the W est Union pavilion and th e Grange hall. At about 20 minutes to one an au tomobile was seen to go east oa Main street of W hitesville, contain ing five (or perhaps six) young m en most of whom were drunk, andwei;© singing and using far from moderatei language. The persons who saw th is auto could not tell who the parties were because of the brilliant -elec tric fights o r iPrestolite on the car It iS' thought -to -have been a Fordl car. Tracks- of th e auto showed a t both th e pavilion, and -the Grange -hall and can b e ' identified, it is though;^ from the odd treads on th e -tires. ^he Theory It is thought -that W ellsville par ties- who have either attended- or heard of the dances in this section on certain Friday and Saturday nigbta went out for a hilarious- tim e last Friday night. I t Is thought they made their first stop a t Genesee where they got keyed -up on; booze; next visited th e North Hill pavilion, wherer upon finding no dance in progress -de cided to try some other place. It is- believed th a t th e ir chauffeur was mix-j ed on directions land got into Inde-[ pendence by m istake where they madej inquiries- for the way to W hitesville; arriving in. ,‘W hitesville and seeing no evidence of a dance they went on to -the W est Union pavilion where provoked a t their luck they did what damage they could, and then went to itho Grange hall wber© they ex- Democratic Candidate Fop Me.mber of Assembly is Mee,ting the Ap- pro;Val of Voters As‘ each new day dawns, -F r ^ Litchard of Rushford wins more votes 'He simply can’t -help it. In him is em- bodied all the qualities- th a t a good live -representative a t Albany should -have, nam ely: -honesty, fearlessness, and frankness. H e is m aking preparations to tour th e county and m e e t th e voters face to face to talk with them and, by personal contact, convince -them of -the qualities we above menti-on. Mr. -Ldtehard’s election is practic ally assured if T h e News' figures cor- -rectly.. Allegany county ipeople are tired of m a tters as they stand a t Al bany, and want a man of Litch-ard’s type to represent them . T h e Andover News, in. comment ing -upon Mr. Uitchard, says: “Fred Litchard, the I>.emocratic-Pro- gressive -nominee for Member of As sembly from Allegany County, is from Combined Ag<^, 441 Years iC. C. Richardson, entertained a par ty of friends a t his- home on Main, street. Monday, Sept. 29, the -occasion being th e 84th anniversary of ihi». birth. Those who enjoyed the diay with Mr. Richardson w ere: Mr. and Mr% David Wilson, Mark B u tler and daugh te r Juan, J. Q. A. Woodcock, -and Mr. and Mrs-. -George Forsythe -and Mr. Rc-ha-rdson’s daughter, \Mrs. Alieen Hall. A dinner was served -after which th e aftemoon- was- spent in. vis iting. This ■ g athering represented some -of th e -oldest people of -our town Mr. Wilson is 92 years old, Mrs, Wil son 88, J. . A. W-o-odcock, 89, Mr, But ler 88 an-dMr.Ricbardson 8-4, making -a total -of 441 years for the five. The day was also Mr. Forsythe’^ birth anniversary. Mr. Richardson’s many friends join with The News- in wishing him many more happy and prosperous- -ann-iver- saries. The Condesery at Rexvjile The Newark Milk & Cream Com pany which .has been getting milk from two dairies at R-exville -the past summer, has- i t is said, made this -pro position to the patrons of of th e Rex- ville cheese factory: T h a t if the fac tory will shut -down about the first of October so th a t th e condensexy can It is thought by a num b er th a t of | have -all the- milk for the next six the seven who tried the examination | months, they will close their milk s-ta,- there being no Democrats amonng , tion the following six months, so that the -three highest, that Mr. Fortner j th e factory can have all the milk, m ay perhaps be appointed through They would also hire Mr. Murdock his -having been postm aster and at present acting postmaster. NEW OEPUTY POST MASTER ON THE JOB H Fortner Will Be Deputy at Lopaj Office Un.til Postmaster is Appointed S’;- . -Quite -a num b er of th e citizens of - WMt-esville were im d er the impres s-ion Tuesday th a \ a new postm aster had been appointed and th a t L. H. was the lucky -person. It was learn ed, upon investigation however, th a t Mrs. Slade the deputy, who has- been acting postm aster since her son, E. E. Slade, the postm aster, moved away, desired to be relieved of the duties and Mr, F-ortner had been made de- puty in her stead. M r ..Fortner was postm aster at this- place during Cleveland’s second adm inistration and -he performed -his duties to the satisfaction -of every one. At +he tim e of the recent civil ser vice exam ination, Mr. Fortner, al though he had -an admittance card,, was very seriously ill and could not take the exam ination so his name is not among the seven now (supposed ly) being considered by the civil ser vice -commission, th a t of Town Committee Issued New Call Monday Changing Caucus From Wednesday to Saturday The Democratic town committee issued a new caucus call Monday ehanging the date of caucus from W ednesday evening of this week t^ Saturday evening. No reason is made public for this, except that it is he,- lieved th a t -a m a jority of the Dem^<^- crats desire to endorse Leon Wili^ man, the probable Republican candi date, for road superintendent. The D em o erate are planning on putting a strong ticket into the field and as is customary they w ant to see w h a t the ' ‘Republicans do.” the cheese m a k e r to look after their station at Rexville during -the six months that they took the milk. The farmers held a meeting to see wheth er or not they will accept the proposi tion. _______________ _ His Mind on Something Else It is- not known w h e ther Robert James, one of W hitesville’s young men, has a “girl -on his mind” or not but it is quite evident th a t sometimes he becomes so absorbed in thought that he -does funny things. The other evening he went down by Reynold’s mill to milk his cow. After getting the anim al to stand just where he wanted it, and he was already to Success Coming l=fast It looks- as if B. B, JIcGinnis, for m erly of G ^ e s e e , now of Pittsburg, was to receive his success in a bunch. About the tim e h e received h i s . <ap- poinitm ent as appraiser of the Fort of Pittsburg, he was adm itted ito the Superior Court bar, says- th-e Gen-^ee Times. FRED iLlTCHARD a well-known, and much respected family in this county, whoso integri ty and ability has always been, above reproach, and th-e gentleman who was so unanimously nomnated. by both the Democratic and Progressive. P a r ties m aintains the family record un tarnished. Mr. jLitchard was the' candidate for member of the assembly last y ear on the 'Democratic ticket, and during the entire canvfL, one of th e most •hotly contested in the history-of the county; there was not a word breath ed from any party -against him, in any way. Fred Litchard was born in the town of Rushford, in 1875, and is the son of Ex-Supervisor A. L. Litchard. ^ After receiving a liberal education he good. Mr, It is Bclieived That Frank Jopcs Met Deai^h at Hands of Unkoowo person Frank Jones, of Ulysses-, -who was found dead last week Monday as a result of two reyolver s-hots, is- believ ed to hav-e been murdered, A jury of Ulysses residents held an- inquest Tuesday evening and Thursday. The Ulysses Sentinel says-: The body was viewed, th e scene of the, tragedy was visited, and. several witn,ess-®S were iswom. Some testim ony was pro duced th a t seemed- to point tow a rd a motive for murder, and a little sus picion rested -upon: Joe. Zalor, an Aus trian The hearing w-as continued lat er in -the; evening in- the Grange National Bank parlors, hut th e 3ury could not agree, upon, a verdict. It was -decided -to subpoena Mr. Zalor and his wife, as -witnesses- and also ■hold an -autopsy, and th e next morn ing Ur. Church *in. -t-h-e presence of Coroner Jones and -most of the jury probed the wounds to, see lexaetly what direction the hullets- had taken and w h a t part of the -head they had gone through. The bullet on the left side of the head had entered just be low -the temple and- had come out into th e mouth. The o ther o ne had en tered the right ear and had passed downward and backward, passing through the medula oblongata. It was supposed th a t th e one on. the lefit side was fired first, as it was thought the other one m u s t have produced in stan t death. The inquest -had been adjourned un til Thursday afternoon. In the mean tim e Mr. Zalor a n d wife and Charles Hendershot had been, subpoenaed and they together with E. J. Braun, o l Brookland, appeared a t the hearing; In view of th e fact th a t Mr. Zalor had' b een under some suspicion, we wish to state th a t he and the oth e r witnesses pr-oved so conclusive an alibi th a t no on-e should for a m o m ^ . think th a t he had any connection Whatev-er with the ©hooting. Bey-ond a doubt he was- tn Brookland a t the tim e of the shooting. There were many peculiar circum stances surrounding Mr. Jones’ death and -these together with the testi mony of -the doctor a s to the improba bility of the man having killed him self caused th e -jury to feel -that it was' not justified in ren-dering a ver dict of suicide. The verdict a s rend ered- w-as a s follows; •Ulysses, Pa., Sept. 2-5, 191S. ‘We, th e coroner’s jury, find th a t Frank Jones, late of Ulysses town ship of Pennsylvania, cam e to his death by two revolver shots, 32 cali bre, criminally fired by th e hands of some, person or persons' unknown to th is jury, and th.at this occurred on Monday, the 22-nd of September, 1913, between the hours of 10 and 11 a . m. “We o m it the greater p a rt of the de tails of this violent death, believing Jones A Very Pleasariiti Social Gat,her|ng Mot at the Methodist Church Parlors Friday Eve,n,in,g Misses Camilla Wood, Ada Dexter, Gertrude Rigby and Anna Austin very •pleasantly entertained the Philathea and B araca classes a t the Methodist church parlors last Friday evening. Philathea colors. About fifty young people were present. A fter a- lively evening s p e n t ' in contests singing and instrum ental mil- OF BRAVE SOLDIER Monument to Major Ke,en,an, Wh«i Gave, L ife-ai Chancellorsville Dedicated at Wellsville The handsome granite monument _____ a t -the entrance to Island P a rk WellS^ sic, a very dainty buffet luncheon w-%s' ville, erected as a memorial to the served. Members of both classes are looking forward to more such pleas a n t evenings. COMING OCT. 8 went 'on -the farm to work, where- -he remained until -a few years since he enxered the produce buying bus-mess, at Caneadea, N. Y. “Fred Litchard is -one of whom no honest .man will ever -need be asharii ed th a t h-e supported. He is a Progres sive-Democrat, .and is in favor of di rect primaries, and does not care who knows it. H-e will m ake a man no party boss can control in -the -leg islature,.-and will represent Allegany County fearlessly and as he believg^ th e m ajority of his constittuency de sires.” EO. BRIGGS TO OPEN EY Thes Building Formerly Occupied by E. S. Batterson, Being Prepared For New Occupant I t became generally known Satur day th a t -Ed Briggs is to soon open a -new grocery and lunch room -at th\a place in the building formerly occu pied by E. S. Batterson, next to the Whitesville House. Mr. 'Briggs was in Corning Friday where he, with the assistance of H. M. Bassett, selected a complete line of grocery stock, which is thought to now be on the way. The date of the “opening” -is not known as yet. Mr. -Briggs is a well known and po pular man of the town, who it is e::^- pected will conduct an up-to-date start operations, he discovered that place of business. His many frienc^ he had taken the swill-pail instead of! wish him ' ’ ’ the milk-pail, and so then “enjoyed*' a nice walk back home to get the right pail. in his new enter- Frank McGraw Improving F. E. McGraw who was so severe ly injured last week hy being thrown from a load of corn on th e Lester Baker farm, was moved to his home Thursday and is improving rapidly.. He is now able to walk about -the house. Genesee Has Organized T h e Genesee High School Basket Ball team has been organized for the coming iseason w ith Prof. E. B. Hill man, as- m anager and Howard LK-enyon. as eaptain*. T h is will be good new s to Basket Ball fans. i , ;. Takes New Position ■Glenn Robbins, formerly connected with the W hitesville News and for a short tim e City ditor of the Hom-ell Tribune-Times- has accepted a posi tion with the Canisteo Chronicle in the mechanical departm ent.—^Homell Trihnne-Times. Apples Go* Far By Mail W. L. L«embke of Belmont has ad vised th e Postm a ster General th a t h e has received safe and sotmd by parcel post a package of apples fr-o-m was addicted to the use of morphine. He h ad purchas ed a revolver a t .Lane’s drug store n week before he was shot and it is probable that this was- the revolver used in the shoo-ting, -as one of -the same: kind was found by -his side when he was found. “He -had heen to the cheese fac tory with the milk the morning -of the tragedy which occurred soon af ter reaching home. He -had been into the house kiss-ed his little -daughter^ and had gone to the barn and plac ed his horses in their proper places^ and then probably took place the ter rible deed w hether suicide or mur der.” SVong Cp|mpa.ny of Co.lqred Artists To Play in, Opera, Ho,use at Whitesviilei Next Wednesday Evening Bliy iLe Yard, who is this- Iseason a t th e head of th-e Original Nashville Students, is ,a colored comedian of rare ability. This season -he has -a new line of talk for his monologue, and a budget of side splitting paro dies of his own writing, which is gua anteed th a t they will please. The Original Nashville Students- will be seen a t Chapin Opera House for one might only, Oct. 8th. They are -all colored artists and real Creole -Girls, T h e m instrel first p a rt is one of the prettiest stage pictures ever seen, add during -this part, of th e enter tainm e n t will be introduced some of the greatest coou: singing and Buck and Wing dancing ever seen in this city with -any a ttraction. This is gnar- ■amteed to be the best colored show -that will play in this vicinity this sea son, and- all who miss seeing if will regret having done so. Five big acts ■are a lso carried. Prices for th e engagement have heen made within -reach -of all, and aeatgi are mow selling a t 25, 35 and 50c, so if you contemplate attending, secure your seats now, as indications point to a stand up house and a rec ord breaking attendance. FOR ROAD SUPERINTENDENT B. E, HeseltiOjn, Is Being Talked of Fo,r That Position, in, Town, of We,st Unjon, There is considerable talk in the -town of W est Union of urging B. fi. Heselton, to be. the Republacan candi date for road superintendent. The N-ews rejoices to hear this. Mr. Hesel- tom is the type of m an th a t W est Umiom, meeds to look after its roads, for there is- mot a township for many miles th a t has s-nch poor roads -and needs a good live, conscientious woiS^- er at the helm of the road depart- •SuperviS'Or H. C. -Barney is- lan -act ive good roads man, hut he has been -handicapped -to a certain -extent by the present road commissioner. With Mr. Heselton on the job, it is believ ed that much good road work can be accomplished. Here’s- hoping that Mr. Heselton will be nominated and elected. •late Major Keenan, was dedicated Monday afternoon of last week with impressive and -appropriate exercises. The ceremonies were under the direc tion of -the County G. A. R.., Relief Corps and Daughters of the Ameri can Revolution . At li2;80 o’clock, the procession, ■headed 'by the Temple band, m arch ed from city hall to Island P a rki There, a t -the monument, th e memor ial was- presented to the people, Wellsville, by A. E. Cowles, who w a s the prom o ter of the, raising of sub- scripfcions to pay for th e - m onument. Mayor W etherby, an behalf -of th e -peo ple, -accepted the gift -and turned it over -to Capt, [B-ai-dwin,, -of Cuba, -the ■head, of the County G. A, R., Mrs. Charles Palmer, of Friendship, rep resenting the County Belief Corps and Mrs. Mary Macken- of W ellsville as the representative of the D. A. R. The monument wa& then, dedicated by these represen-tatives of t-he vari ous societies with, the usual -ritualis- -tic service. The -procession then re-formed an^ marched :to the high soh-ool building, where -interesting exercisesi were given. SATURDAY NIGHT Much Excitement Anticipated in, Nam ing Tqwn, Ticket of Tha,t, Party The Republican caucus will be held next Saturday evening in the base ment of Firemen's building at « o’clock. The De-mocratic -and Progres sives- will likewise hold their caucus es' in -the sam e building. It is -thought Fred Clark will be the nominee for Supervisor. LeoS Wildman will undo-ubtedly be renomi nated for road commissioner, as will also IBirney Wilson for collector. Nev- -ertheless- a few spectacular develop ments are anticipated. REPUBLICANS ORGANIZE ILLSVILLE REBEKAHS HERE EAST EVENING 12 Cows For $700 Ed IBriggs last week, sold twelve grade Holsteins, four 'Of which were heifers, to IMack Crandall of Inde pendence for $700. Mr. Crandall came after the herd Monday. Lightning near Whitescorners ■Lightning struck the barn -on the farm of Levant Slocum near Whites- corners, Tuesday evening. A horse stall - ^ s badly shattered. -No other damage is reported. _______ GENESEE RACE TRACK OPENED T( M e m b e r s of W e llsv ille R e b e k a h Lodge Con,ferred That, D e g r e e Upon, T w o C a n d id a tes About thirty-five members of Wells ville Re-bekah lodge visited the Re bekah lodge of W hitesville last even-- ing and conferred -the Rebekah -de gree upon two candidates of the local lodge. The work is said to have been excellent and received many compli ments. Following the initiation a short pro gram was rendered after which a col lation was sered to all present. Genesee Now Has Hydrants Genesee village win in a few -days have a system of fire protection. -Ev er since the town was founded it has been -noted for its disastrous fires, simply because it had no means- of fighting the flames- once the fire was started. Thousands of dollars worth of property have been destroyed and the only thing ever done was to remark that it was too bad. At the time of the Easton Hardware fire last fall an agitation was started to get a system of fire protection and after much in vestigation and planning -iDy the toTiTi (Friday) when -the first of two days supervisors and the W ater company activities will be commenced. There '-m agreem ent was reached and hyd- will be -horse races, -automobile ra- i rants are now being installed. The ces, foot races, baloon ascensions,; next thing to do is to organize a i l ^ parachute drox>s, drum corps, m a rine, company. band, ball games, besides the usual i ------ -------------- - “midway” attractions. A big time is i Aged Lady Falls anticipated. I Mrs. W. B. Deake of Wildman ave- ----------- ------------ , :'ue, had the misfortune to fall while School Building For Public Use j uolng -her work Saturday aftem-oon The taxpayers of Wellsville school j by tripping on a rug. district will vote on Oct. 17th on the Mrs. Deake is a highly r^-pected question •whether the high sch-ool -ady in her-92nd year and was doing auditorium in th a t place may be used ner work in. h e r home a t the tim e of o r mot for th e purpose -of holding civ- of the accident, ic and political m eetings. Several o f : Fortunately no bones were broken. General County Committee Mrt at Be.lmont Friday and Elected Chairman an,d Secret.a,ry The Republican General Committee met a t Belmont Friday for organiza tion for th e coming year. The newly elected committeemen, who were chos en -on prim ary day. Sept 16th, were all present with one or two excep- The committeemen were called to order by the former secretary, Mr. A. J. Matson, -of -Bolivar. Mr. C. D. Buch anan, of Angelica, was- chosen tem porary -chairman -and Mr. Matson temporary secretary. On motion of Dr. Bacon, -of iBurns, Mr .Adelbert Snyder, of Cuba, was unanimously elected chairman for the ensuing yfear, and Mr. Adelbert J . Matson, of Bolivar likewise unani mously elected secretary and trea surer. The chairman was authorized to nam e the regular executive commit tee. A motion was duly adopted th a t Saturday, Oct. 4th, be the tim e for holding the regular town caucaus-es for the nomination of town officers, in those towns where the caucus has not already been held. There was an Interchange of opin ion among the members present and plans for the coming campaign, v/ere discussed. A Queer Disease A Greenwood correspondent tells of a very queer disease that has caused the death of numerous hens and chickens in that locality. Their combs turn black and after moping about for a while they die. It appears to be a new disease and as a rule, proves fatal as no remedy for it has yet been found. Racing Thpre will be Two Days of and Sports at Opening of Track The newly made race track at Gene see will be formally opened to-morrow ' T* ^ Jii Q \XTl C Vancouver. T h e -distance th e apples th e prominent citizens of th a t town At this writing she is able to :be set- traveled w a s approximately 3,150 j ■signed a petition requesting the de- ting up. Mrs. W. P. Muckey is ear; miles. clsion of th e m a tter. ing for her. TO SATURDAY NIGHT Met Last Evening, Elected Chairman And Secretary Then Adjourned The eleotors of the Progressive par ty in the. Town of Independence m e t last evening in caucus -and elected D. C. Barney chairm an and A, D. Howe secretary. Upon motion of G. B. Day th e cau cus was adjourned until Saturday evening a t 8:30 o’clock in the W, R- C. room in Firem en’s building. The JDemocratic and Republieani eapeuse© wEl be held the same night the same building.
