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A llegany C ounty N ews VOLUME XIX WHITE6VILLE. ALLEGANY COUNTY, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1913. NUMBER 29 He Slates His Position; as Being Un,qua,iifiedly For Direct Primaries and t;he. Discarding of the SUte Conyen,1;io,r^.—He, Urges Stete CopstU tutjionai Refo.rm and a More Pradtlca,! State Agricultural Burea,u.— Compare Him With the RepublVcani Candidate, Who Doesn't Know. Where, toi Gtand and Woudn't Dare to..State His Position if He Did. F red liitcliard is a man of his word. He has th e coumge of hjs- coa- irictions. H E DAH.B STAND' FOR RIGHT, even though it would seem th a t in, so doing he was spoiling his chanoegt of political advancement. Mr. liitchard is of the same type of a statesm a n as Woodrow Wilspn .and William Jennings 'Bryan. Mr. Ditchard a p preciates t h e fact th a t there are corrupt and powerful bosses in the Democratic party. He knows that th e r e is* h u t one way to rid th e party and state of these 'bosses and th a t is THROiUGH DIRECT PRIMARIES, and hy sending to the State Deg- islature men who will not only VOTE TH E RIGHT WAY on aU public ques tions, but will not aid any party boss, w h e ther he he Democratic o r Re publican, in. looting the state treasury and violating the state constitu tion. W h a t a contrast there is between Fred Liitohard and th e Republi can nominee for Member of Assembly. Mr. 'Ldtobard tells you w h e re h e stands. MR, FKRRY DOESN’T DARE OPiESsr HIS MOUTH. MR. FERRY DOESN’T KNOW W HERE H E OUGHT TO BE ON ANY PUBDIC QUESTION. HE DOESN’T ’ DARiE PROMISE ANYTHING. H E KNO WS THAT HIS VOTE AT A PB ANY ON ADD MOMENTOUS QUESTIONS WIDD BE GOVERNED BY THE ADDEGANY REP.UBiDICAN RING, WHO IN TURN, REOBIVE THEIR “HUNCH” FROM B o s s BARNES OP ADBANY. W h at a contrast' T h e Republican ring newspapers, in th e ir frantic efforts to keep Alle gany county under their control, are asking the voters of ithis county to not let “Tammany get the Assembly.” They are endeavoring to insinuate that to elect a Democratic Assemblym'an will be helping Tammany. T'hey know better! They don’t dare say ONE WORD against Fred Ditchard. They know 'he’s- honest, courageous and sincere. They know he towers 2ik© a naountain above the insignificant “ITl-do-just-as-you-tell-me to ” can didate on th e Republican ticket. Be not fooled by their “Tanamany ” gag. Instead, ask th e Republicans why their lassemblynaan last sum m er voted ngains't D irect Prim a ries; ask them if Mr. Perry will Vote TO DO AWAY W ITH WITH THE STATE CONViENTION, th e root of Barnesism and Murphylsm, Then Mr, Voter, if you can sudceed iu' getting a statem e n t from th e Repwhlican candidate for assembly, compare it with this frank state m e n t made by Mr. Ditcbard. ; , _ riR. LITCHARD^S STATEMENT Last fall I fully, fairly, a,nd freely stated my views to the people of Allegany County, an,d asked for their support for the office of Assembly- man,. I wa.s not elected but the vote I received was most gratifying and led me to believe more firmly 1;hat the pcioplq Want to, and are ent;itled to know, how candidates fqr the Sta,te Legislature stanid on, the impo.rt- an,t issues of the day. I want t|e make pUin, that the thin'gs I stood for then, I stand for tor dqy. In, other words my beliefs ha,ve npt changed In, the. slightest degree. I 'am for Direct Primaries for a|| elective Ojffices including ALL •TATE OFFICES. My reasons, in brief, are that I trust the people and ^believe that they, and not a, few alleged leaders^ are entitled to say who shall govern us. Otherwise th^ voters have no choice, for if the bosses of all parties nominate our State officials, then the voter has no alte,r- aiative but to choose between fao,ss-made candidates an,d he has no real •choice of his own. Let the majority of the pa,rties In, primaries na.me the candidates to the end that better officials will be secured, and that these officials when elected will better realize that they are responsible to 1ihe people and not to a party organization. The recent lamentable impeachment trial has epiphasized on.e thing, %» wit: That the public interests demands a change in our State consti- tbtion, A State Constitutional Convention is n.coessary. Among the things tO be taken up by that Cony«ntion is a change in the method o.f impeachment. If a, public servant deserves removal, the peo ple will find It out, and will know it soon enough. The demand for the removal of a public official should come from the people. It certainly should not come from a political organization or from a. small coterie of persons In, a position of great but temporary power. If elected, I shall, therefore, vote and work for measures which will secure such constitutional convention at the earliest possible date. The importance of Agricultural education, is being realized more and more, and I favor making the department of agriculture more practical. A farmer should be able to get such agricultural information as he desires from the State, and 1 favor the maintenance of an agricultural bureau which will enable him to get the information he desires accurately and promptly. And finally, 1 will say that 1 want every citizen of the County to feel free to come to me and advise me at all times, but I shall not be dictated to by any boss, and will owe allegiance to my constituents only, and shall vote as my conscience dictates, In, such a way that will meet with the approval of the majority of the citizens regardless of party. LIER LEOiRO IS Well Known and Prominent Resident of This Township Urges Farm ers to Vote For Litchard “Uncle” W a lter Decnard, former Republican supervisor from tbs town «f Independence, and one of tb e best known and most respected citizens •f tile towmsbip, wbo is bigb in agri cultural circles, issues tb e following statem e n t: “If the farmers of Allegany County knew Fred Litchard as well as 1 know DISTRICT EilNEER Fredrick Strong Will b* Division. En gineer With Headquarters in, Steuben County Tbe new highway divisions of tbe state, w iti the aUotmeitt of moneys for each and the appelatm e n t of en gineers to have cbargei of improve ment and maintenance, were announc ed Saturday by State Higbw^ay Com missioner, John N. Cariisle. Tbe eighth \ division which receiv ed §5,€'41,000 includes counties of him, there wouldn’t be a dissenting ' Allegany, Steuben, Yatas, Schuyler, vote cast against him at the polls Chemung, Tioga and Tonapkins. En- Nov. 4th, He Is the farmers true friend, and should be elected.” The above statem e n t comes from gineer Fredrick A. St#*ng is reap pointed with headquarters at Hornell. Two routes th a t w« understand Mr. Deonard unsolicited and bespeaks' a r e to receive early consideration en. urgent appeal #rom an honest and i a re the highways) leading from Canis- w rightcitizen. Those who know Fred teo to Greenwood, iifexville and ® tchard will vote for him, reg a rd -. Whitesville, and the b»© from Can- less of party lines. * isteo to Hartsvilie. PHILO V. PAYNE A highly respected citizen el this section who went to his reward Oct. la, 1913. M'ention was made in this pairer last week of the death of one of this Vicinity’S' bes'- known and m o st res pected citizens, Philo V. Payne. It is our good fortune to be able to re produce his likeness) in, this Issue of T h e NOWS'. Mr. P a y n e passed away a t his home in PayneviUe, a t 6 o’clock Sunday morning, October 12,. Although he had been in failing health for a long 'time, his demise was not looked for just then. He had been g-radualLy fail- •ing for some time, and yet th e hope was held -that he might survive the tem p orary depression and again be around among hiS' many friends.. But in spite of all that devoted hands could do, his' weakened h e a r t failed 'to perform its organic function and fastened; itself permanently up on the m ortal body. Philo V. Payne was the fourth of nine children, born to Major R. and Orilla Harris. Payne, June 20, 1844, a t PayneviUe. On July 20, 1867, he was united in- m arriage to Em ma Rich mond. The deceased leaves a most devot ed wife, a m o st exemplary daughter, Detty O., th e wife of C. € . Coats, .and a very promising grandson, Phil S., and wife. The whole family lived in one home. T h e -tie of love and affec- 'tion wasi strongly pronounced among them all, and they all did much for each other’s- comfort and welfare. Mr. Payne is lalso survived by two brothers, Cornelius of Oregon, and F rank H., of PayneviUe. Three sisters also survive, Mrs. Emmeline Payne of PayneviUe, Mrs'. D. W. Hull of N o rth Hill, land Mrs. J . M. Spicer of White&ville, beside a large circle of relatives and friends. Mr. Payne:-\yas a d.evout Universal- ist and generous in the support of the work of th a t church. He had been a member of th e local church for la good many years. He was a good sol dier in the Civil W ar, and was «, m em ber of Sawyer Post 833, G. A. R., of W hitesville. He was a strong Repub- I'ican, in politics. W e shall all m iss him,—^at the church, a t social gatherings on Mem orial diay, -at his home where many felt free and welcome to visit. But such is. life, and his- passing on, make the Heavenly host larger to welcome ■the loved ones who, will answ er )the summons when their turn comes. A prayer ^service was- held a t the late hom e -prior to th e service a t the Univeraalfe't church a t 1 o’clock Tues day. At the church a large cougrega- tion, th a t over taxed the. capacity of the building waited, while Mrs. Ge-orge Forsythe played on -the organ, a vari ety of the old-time hyms. Th':.n, the pastor, Rev. J. D. Herrick, .read the scrip tu ral account of th-e resurrection as recorded in tke 24th chapter of Duke. Then- M-rs. Forsythe sang “Beautiful Isle -of Somewhere.” This was followed by -a strong -doctrina;! s&rmoih on salvation by the pastor which brought comfort -and consol- atioiq- to; all Christians and believers of the larg e r faith. W ith concluding poem and prayer, paying just tribute to a life well spent, Mr. and Mrs-. Forsyth-e sang “Abide W ith Me.” Then -the body was accompanied by a large concourse of friends to Rural Cemetery, where consignm ent was made in. the family plot. I cannot think of them -as- dead, Who, -walk with m-e no m ore. There is, henceforth, no moire dead; They hav-e but preceded me 'to the Heavenly shore. C H E C Hn Do r wm Born, an,d Bred a, Demqcra,t,—Next; a, Ts^mmany Adherent In New York City, Next Republicani Supervisor From Friendship, Thqni the D ^ o - cralilc An,ti-Repubiican, Rin^g Dls'l^ict Attorney,' Now the Ring Candi date to Succeed Himself. How Much Faith Do. You Pl,ace in Him? A. 0. HOWE, ]R„ IN REAL ESTATE E ll Owns Ha,If Interest in Wellsville Realty Corporation, Rocontly inco,rporated With; Secretary of StatCi T h e many friends and acquaintan ces of A. D. Howe, Jr., of Whites- ville, will- be pleased to learn of his present association a t Wellsville with D. D. Christiana in th e Wellsville Realty Corporation. The new firm 'hag been incorporated with th e Secretary -of State a t -$10,000 and Mr. Howe owns one-half interest. The offices of the company are in th e Thornton building, Wellsville. Mr. Christiana has been a resident of Wellsville for seventeen years, and for th e past three years has been con ducting a very successful real estate business -under his own name, Mr. Howe, although a young man, has- a n excellent record of -influential and successful business relations^ When but a youngster, he was for several years private secretary to the Hon. J. Sloat Fassett of Elmira. Lat er h e became private secretary to the vice-president of the Sheldon Institu tion of Chicago. He w-as then advanc ed to mail o rder sales manager of that institution. While holding the latter position he -was also President of the BurLon G. Smith Company, % large printing concern, which not only p rint ed several nationally circulated maga- zines'but text books as well. He has a clear insight into big business, and is by the nature of his experience and business education is most capa bly fitted to conduct one of the larg est and most successful real estate firm s in Allegany and surrounding coiraties. Mr, Howe is a sincere and ardent advocate of newspaper advertising as being the principal method of creat ing business. An ad of the new cor- Ijoration will be found in this issue. Editor Colcord o-f Potter County do.ur- nja,l. Received C'harge of Shot While Hunting M. J. Colcord, editor of th-e P o tter County Journal, of Coudersport, was shot in the back wihile hunting with •a p a rty of friends in. Homer -towns-hip Friday afternoon. The bird shot from a shot gun went through several thicknesses of clothing -and lodged in Mr. Colcord’s back. A physician who was -hunting with the same party with the -editor gave -him in.stant attentioa removing the shot from th e back, and dressing the injuries. :\Ir. Colcord will be able to attend t© his editor ial d:uties as usual. “I do not ascribe the shooting -to my political enemies -or connect it in any way with th-e judgeship fight now on in Potter county,” said Mr. Col cord to a newspaper re'presentative th a t afternoon. “I was -out hunting with a -party of friends and got sep- erated from the other members of th e party. The shot I believe, came frem the gun of one of them who 'trained his gun in the wrong direc tion. “You m ay say for me that I believe th a t I have no political enem ies here who -would, be guilty of such an act. I have lived in Coudersport 20 years and have never been horsewhipped or dynamited, threatened wdth 'tar, or feathers, fire, ruin of other evils.” Editor News: Who is this man Jam e s T. W ard, :andidate for D istrict Attorney? He is a native of Alleg-any County, born -and bred a Democrat. As a young man he went to New York, where he r-eeided for a consid erable length of tim e. Being ambiti- oua- for political preferm ent, and “ to ■the mannea* 'born”, i t was but natural th a t -he should cast his lot w ith ■that City’si dom inant organization, Tam many Hall, L a ter after being adm itted ito practice liaw, he decided to, return to this, his native County, and settled ■at I^'endshi-p, where he entered upon th e practice of his profession. Once located in th e County of Al legany, it became clear to him, that no office-seeker need apply, unless allied w ith the Republican party. He -renounced his' Democracy, -and cast his lot with th e Republicans. H is itch'ing ambition for office ear ly developed, for a little later he sought and received at the hands of the. Republican party th e nomination for supervisor of the town of Friend ship, and w ^ by -them elected -to that office, and served as such one term . At -the expiration of his te-rm -he ag-ain sought -and -received from th a t party the nomiiiiation to succeed himself as supervisor. T h e people -of -the town repudiated this nomination and elect ed a Democrat to succ&ed him as su pervisor. The town of Friendship was so overwhelmingly Republican, th a t W ard regarded this defeat las. forever blight ing all h is hopes for office as a Repub lioan. His political convictions being of a character -easily adjusted to what he might deem his person-al interests, -he again turned to his “first love,” the Democratic party and received at its hands the nomination for District Attoni'ey, which was- seconded by the independent voters of the County, -and at th a t election h e was triuphantly elected, over the Republican candi date. H is term of office expires- January 1st, next. Knqwin.g th a t W ard was am bitious to s-ucceed him self in that of fice, for th e coming three years, a committee was appointed from the party -and people w-ho had thre-Q years before nominiated and elected him, to ascertain -from him If he again de sired to be nominated. To -that com m ittee he practically said, by acts if not In words: “Yes, I desire again to he made D istrict Attorney, but not -at th-e hands of those who had again res-us- sioated m e w ith the breath of politi cal life, n o t a t the hands -of those who ex-tricated me from tke political tomb •in which my Republican friends laid m e at rest. Oh no, hoys, not at yoar hands. You have done me a groat fa vor but I have no further use for you. To be sure I mad© use of you for my personal benefit, but th e tim e has come when l think I can use .the Re publicans m o re to my a d v antage, and,, you know politicians know -no such thing a s gratitude, and I have gone on my knees to the- Repu bican, 'boss es; a n d I'think they have fully forgiven, me for dubbing them “the corrupt Republican gang” and the oth e r mean things I said about them during 'the campaign, in which I was elected^ D istrict Attorney, and really tlm “Old Gang” doesn’t seem to .think they can get along without me, and' I think they .love me still, land I am going to return to them, .and take the nominiaition a t their -hands. To those who stood by m-e in th© hour of my. greatest need, I have 'no excuses to m-ake, no -thanks to return, no debt -of gratitude to repay.” “I <used you felows- to good advant age then, and its my judgment l oan us© th e other fellows best now. I may be w ith you next year, th e Lord only knows where I ’ll b e .politically :at -any given, tim e; personal interest is my only 'barometer. Ta-Ta boys.” T h a t’s- James- T. W ard in a nut shell. The Tammany Hall adherent, the Republican supervisor, th e Demor cratic -District A ttorney, itho now Re publican Ring nominee, and God only knows what .political acrobatic stunts will be next dictated by 'personal in terest. Do you brother Republican relish such a condition, th a t -the party m u st take -up a man for this im p o rtant -of fice who appears to be -a renegade from all parties, consistent and true to none. H a sn’t th e Republican party got good, consistent, Republican attor neys. com p etent to fill thisi office? Then why -do they try to force lonto you this political renegade, to 'the exclusion of able -and consistent R e publican (attorneys? Think dt over before you vote. Sure it is th a t no s-elf-.respecting Democrat or indepen dent voter can vote for him and ever after look hims-elf in th e face. They say he’s been a great Dis trict Attorney. If he hao -ever won but one- case th a t -has ever been real ly contested -during his three years of occupancy of -t'hat office, let him speak up 'and give th e num b er and title of th e cases, A Progressive R e p u b lic^. Wellsville, N. Y., Oct. 16, 1913- im STRONG IN fOLIER VALE ET The News' Correspondent at That Place Writse That Fori?i«r Has Many Friends Diatriot Masonic Convention There F rank E. Taylor, district deputy ^ Valley grand m a ster was in C anaseraga,; , . sounds Tuesday, assisting m making a r r a n g e - * ^ Dester J. 'In looking over our town ticket. For Alleged Damages In, Runaway April 18, 1913, D. N. Howe Files Claim Against To^vni D. N. Howe, who owns a farm a- bout one mile northw e st of 'town and ■operates a m ilk route -in this village, has filed a claim of $800 damages a- gain&t th e town of Indpeendence. It will be rememoered that -on April 18, 1-913, Mr. Howe suffered -personal injuries besides consideralbe damage to horse and wagon, when his horse ran away. TNIr. Howe, in his claim a- gainst the township says th a t the ac cident was caused hy neglect on the part of th e township, which permit ted a “thank-ye-ma’am” in *the high way, th e said “thank-ye-ma’am ” caus ing the wagon to jerk so th a t the fastening attached to one of 'the thills broke and th e wagon ran -oxto the th e horse. The horse became, fright ened and ran away. Mr. Howe was thrown from the wagon, rendering him insensible. The knee-pan of 'kis right knee was broken, and he sus 'tained many other injuries, besides the damage to 'his milk business and equipment. The claim will be audited by the town board next month. Should that body fail to recognize it as a worthy account, it Is probable that Mr. Howe will sue. 349 Registered in Independence The last day of registration in this township saw 349 voters’ names up on the registration books. There are fo T_r or five men v^^ho failed to per sonally register Saturday, and, thcre- fo:-e, are disqualified from voting next election day. m e n ts for the 35th Jtlasonic district convention, which is to be held in that village on Friday, Nov. 21. —Over 3,#89 copies of The News will be issued next week, containing a forecast of the county election. we w ere pleased to not© good men on it,—^men worthy of our votes. The friends -of ]ilr. Fortner, (and he has many in th is out-of-way corner of the town) are pleased a t th e nomination and feel sure he is IT all right.” WcHsvilJe Man Gees to Auburn Prisoq la county court in Belmont recent ly WiUiam'H. Benson, a man 59 years of age, with a wife and children at YTellsville, was sentenced to nine years service in Auburn prison for as= 'lalt, second degree, upon Flcrence A. Green, a li-ysar-old Alfred girl. WILL GET FOOLED Wan.t i;o Attend the Lectures Ccurs<? But riayen’K Secured Their Sea son, Tickets Yet The season ticket sale -and s e a t se lection for ithe Lecture Course open ed a t The News office Saturday m om ing. Half of -the tickets were secured on, th a t date, and more -are being tak en -each day since. It is reported th a t som© -people are w)«.iting to attend such, numbers as -they -desire and pay single admission. Our advice is— DON’T DO IT. In the first place single, admission will be 35 cents. In the second place there may be only, a few single ad mission tickets sold, as the Lecture Course com m ittee will reserve seats just as long as season tickets are sold Thus it may be that there will be no seats left for those who buy single admission tickets. The idea-of selling season tickets is to ^ v e the people of W hitesville -and vicinity an oportunity of seeing $3,00 worth -of e n tertainm e n t for $1.40 The season ticket at $1.40 entitles you to a certain seat throughout th e season. As it is possible to seat only about 250 people in the hall, i t will readily be seen th a t unless you hold a sea son ticket there may be no seat pro vided for you. W hitesville people nev- had a better series of attractions afforded them than those whis-h have bsen arranged for the- coming sea son. No one will want to miss Wal* 'ter Eeeles an d 'h is company erf high class singers and instrum ental artists. No one will fail to see John -B, Ratio, the famous inpersonator and humor ist. Who is there th a t would neglect to see -and hear the four young men in th e Collegian Quartet; Who is there that would miss Edward Am- heVst Ott, the world famous orator, who will give a speech, th e them e of which will set every tongue to going for miles around? And who would miss the home talent, in which w'ill appear a ll th e local favorites? All this entertainm e n t for $1.49. Get your sea son ticket befo-re they ar,© soM. A word to the wise ought to be suffici ent.
