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‘Thc: News enjoys a larger •subscription List; in. This Section Thani Any Ot,her Paper.— It Is a, Paying Ad vertising Medium. A llegany CoiMTY N ews The News Is $1J25 Year and Worth ll ;.—Ho Pay no paper.—It Cointalns All the local and Vicinity VOLUME XIX WHITESVILLE, ALLEGANY COUNTY, NEW YORK, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 19, 1914 n u m b e r 44 REV. ANO MRS. HERU i Thirty-three Persons Attended FeO,st an,d Reunion at Whitesville House Last Monday Evening, And a, Very Enjoyable Time Was Had. The dinner given hy the IJniVersai- ast D ram atic Cluh in honor of Rev. tand Mrs. H errick at the WhitesviLle H o u se last Monday evening was at tended by nearly thirty-five People, a n d was very much of a success An •eivery way. It was given as an ox- jpression of appreciation ofthenaem - (ibers of the Dramatic Club for the w o rk done by Mr. Herrick in behalf lof the Cluh in the P^st. (Covers wore laid in the two din in g rooms of the hotel for forty peo- !ple, but owing the had weather ^hut thirty-three came. Mr. and Mrs. IMuckey bad arranged tbe following anenu, which was served at 9 o’iClock: Cream of Tomato Soup Saltines Olives pickles H o a s t Chicken -- Gravy ■Mashed Potatoes French Reas Bread and B u tter IFruit Cocktail W afers Ice Cream Cake Coffee 'Mints (No particular program had been ©.rranged in advance, although th^e w o rd was given out that this was to ^ e a meeting of “actors and acitress- -es, so everyone was to be prepared sfco do some stunt. Mrs.. H, C. P o tter ■read a very well prepared paper, Jwbich gave a history of the elub, .and some of the interesting ,anec dotes connected with it. This was fop ioiwed by some original poems and on members of tho Club, prepared by Mrs. Agnes Jacohs. Mr. ^ n d Mrs. George Forsythe sang duet^ TThe rest followed, each telling a sto ry , joke, or einging a song. Bot-) IMr. and Mrs. H errick responded to Ithe “heBt wishes” of the party, by expressing their appreciation of the ^co-operation of the Dramatic^ Ciub, sand the many happy associations i3ronght albouit t'hrcyngh it. Very clever souvenirs were found flon each plate as- the party entered ithe dining rooms. On the cover was a. picture of Rev Herrick, the date, «place and reason for the event. On -ihe n e x t'page Was the menu. On the ithird page was a list and date of ail ^;he home taien.ts presented by the fcliub. ,0n the fourth and fifth pages w a s space for each person to write 2iis or her autograph so th a t after ^lil* present had v/ritten their auto- igraphs in each others’ books, the sou wenir became a valuable one, for \*^old tiime’s sake.” A t midnight th e party broke-up, <8ach one declaring i t had indeed beer ^ reunion of .“actors and actresses.” Those present were: Rev. and Mrs. H e rrick, Mr. an.d Mrs. H. c. Potter GMr. and Mrs. G. C. Coats, Mr. and M rs. H. D. Jacobs Mr. and Mrs, G., *W. Fk>rsythe, Mr. and. Mrs. R. A. Cas key\ Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Barney, iMr. a n d Mrs. A. W. Barney, Mr. and Mrs. iD. M. Spicer, Mr. and Mrs, Fred Cor- -meB, AIT. and Airs. C. S. BlOg'S, Mr, iand Airs. H. J. Parker, Dr. and Airs T j . G. Probas'CO, Air. and Airs. B. D. IBriggs, Airs. Ella Greene, Mrs. Bertha IFosbury, Alessrs. Henhert Peet, ;^e^- Ihent Spicer and Prof. G. lE. Brinton. fflARLBSILiN OF ALFREDID MONDAY W as Clerk of Board of Supervisors . o-f Allegany County for Over 30 Years. — Was Sick But a, Peiw ; Days. iChartles Stillman- of Alfred, one of Ithe best known men in. Allegany -sGOunty, died last evening a t biS €iome, his demise following an. ill- mess of pneumonia of but a few days ■duration. Air. Stillman had served as- clerk of tbe Board of Supervisors of this county for the past 30 years. H e was &2 years of age. His wife an d three daughters survive to mourn •his loss. T h e funeral will be held this after noon at 2:30 o’clock. County Hospital fcr Allegany A committee appointed by the board o f supenisors and composed of Su- '^ervisor Fred ^lulltin of Friendship. ‘Chainuan; Supervisor Fred Coats of Stiobbuig and Supervisor Hardj- of jElushford m et a t Belmont last week AVednesday to make ainangement to ^engage a professional nurse to visit tsvery town in Allegany county to de term ine bow ma.ny cases of tubercu losis tbere are in the county, bow they are treated, etc. Tbis vrork is to be done with a view of erecting a tuberculosis bosPital in this coun ty , if it i i found that one is needed. T b e board recently appropriated !$609 to defray tb e expense of this investigation. The work Is to be be gun early tbe coming s-pring. C u r S e n a to r “A c tive” •Senator Bussey b as introduced a b ill ^asking for an appropriaion of $20,000 w ith which to establish a game farm In Wyoming county. iSurely ‘Senator Bussey has a warm spot in his heart foTAlWgany county —Nit! It Lo.O;ks to. us as Though Those |n- terestjed ip Route 4-B Did Not Have The. Political “Pui!” That Other Towns in Steuben, Have. The news was given- out through papers, in Steuben county, a coupi-e of weeks ago, to tbe effect that Route 4 from iWoodhull to Jasper had been •held up a year to allow for th e com pletion of the iGo'hocton-Wayiiand I’oad. People along proposed Route 4-B, which is tO' run f rom Ganisteo to Wh-itesville, consi<3ered th is turn in affairs as very unfavorable to Route 4-B. W hen The Ne-ws^, several weeks ago, said that Rout© 4-B would prob ably -be started this spring, the state m ent was based upon the result of a conference held at HornialL w ith Engineer-F. S. Strong and several Apolitical 'leaders of the county. At th a t confereace it was proposed to prevail upon Senator Seeley to secure the permission of Commissioner Car. Iiisle to hold up -t-he construction of six miles of state road between Jas per and Woodbull on Route 4 for a year, and use that money t© s-tart Route 4--B. Inasmuch as th e Woodbull Jasper road- is not heavily traveled and does not need such immediate at tention as Route 4-B does, the plan appealed to all as feasible. iT’he plan was set in motion, and just as the people of W hitesviile, Rex vdlle. Greenwood and Ganisteo wer© expecting to hear the favorable re port from Albany that Commissioner iCarlisle had consented to carry out the plan, the news came th a t Air. Car lisle had consented to hold up the Wood-hull-Jasper road, but that Ooboc ton-Wayl'and would be th e lucky towns, to get the road this year. The people along proposed Route ,4-lB do not take kindly to the idea of wait'in.g until others gat w h a t they want, We feel th a t we have waited long enough. Asseaniblyman J. L. Seeiy, Jr., of iCanlsteo, was interviewed .by a Can- isteo newspaperman recently, and stated th a t while the road on Route 4 from ja s p e r -to WoodhuLl would be put off until next year, he expected th a t the state road from. ;Canis.teo to Jasper ■would fiurely be completed this year, and if the present good roads bill now before the legislature which carries an appropriation of $10,900,- 000, for road construction this year, becomes a law, a start would also be made on Route 4-B w ith it paving of (Greenwood street an Ganisteo. He said th a t in any event thre© pieces would probobly be built this year; ■the Choocton-Wayland, CanisteO-Jas- per, and Bath-Hammondsport. The residents of W hitesviile, Rex- vi'lle. Greenwood and Ganisteo have done everything possible t© get a fair consideration of the road, th a t •will help this section. The heart of the whole m a tter is: our political influence is not as weighty as th© other fellows’ therefore we will have to wait until our tim e comes. Aastraflans Prefer the City. ^More than one-third of Auatralla's residents live in four <dttes—Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne and Brisbane. ANDNynySATAGE0F92 Remarkable Hallsport Woman, Who is 22^ years Passed The Allotted “Three Score and Ten,” Is Enjoying Good Health, and is Industriously Engaged in Pie;clng a Silk Log-Cabin. Bed-Quilt.—She Lives Witih Her Daughter, Mrs. J. G. Stout. (S taff Correspondence) To he ninety-two years o-Id is •quite an uncommon, occurrence in this day .and age of hustling and worry, yet at H a llsport resides a lad.v wno is ninety-two years old, and x*ai>py, ac-' tive and up-to-date. She U- '\liranda Wilcox Beach, and lives with her daughter. Airs J. G. Stout. ■Affs. Beach was 'bom near P e ters burg, Renn&elaer county, July 10, 1'82'2. Wihen two years old she came to the town, of Independence, where her father, with true pioneer zeal, at once began building a house on the AIRS. MIRANDA BEACH i(’Bhapshot taken ahout two years ago iby one of her grand^sons with no idea of getting a good picture.) farm niaw owned by George ‘N. Blo&s. The girlhood days of Airs. Beach w e re apent on this farm. She • was a great lover of the heautles of nature autd spent much time in cultivating and studying beautiful flowers. She fir»t studied in a district school. sSbe later went to Alfred Uni versity, where she finished with hon ors. A t the completion of her stud ies, she taught district school for a while. On (Alarch 15, 1846, she was united in m a rriage to Columbus Beach of Beach Hill, town of Willing. Four children w ere born to this‘ happy union: S. A. Beach, of Belmont; Flo ra AI. Babcock, wif© of A. A. Babcock who died in 1900; Adel'bert Beach, who died in infancy, and Airs. J. G. '.Stout, of Hallsport, with whom Airs. Beach now resides. -Air. Beach, ner husiband, died thirteen years ago, in 1901. “Aunt Aliranda”, as Mrs. Beach is •known to hundreds of neaghbors. and friends, has always- enjoyed good health She is a person with a sun ny and kindly disposition -which may account for her longevity. Shb has always dons whatever good she could among her neighbors-, in whatever community she lived. .If her friends and neighbors were sick, they would always send for “Aunt (Aliranda”— her kind' words, pleasant smile and ■cheery disposition, 'has always been a •great itonic among the sick an.d. the down-hearted. Although now ninety-two years of age, and one of Allegany iCounty’s oldest inhabitaa-ts, ®h©' is industrious ly engaged piecing a silk log-cabin 'bed-QUilt. During the last few years, she has perfectly knit some of the Jmost difficult patterns of lace. The fortunate friends and relatives who are iu possession of these artistic •pieces of handwork, prize th^em highly ■not alone for the associations they bring to mind, but also for their actual monetary value. Aunt 'Miranda's mind is as- keen ■and active ag a woman’s of twenty- fie years. She is well- versed in cur rent events and in the day’s im portant questions. (Ske is, therefore, a very enteresting person to visit with. 'Her man.y friends throughout the country join w ith Th© News in wish ing h e r many more years of active, helpful service, in which she finds so much enjoyment. Prove it Yourself We often make the assertions in this paper, that: ‘‘The News is YOUR Home Paper.’’ “The News is the Complete Newspaper of this section.” “The News is a paper that is EDITED, and not space filled up.” You now have a copy of The News in front of you. Read it through carefully. COMPARE it with any weekly newspaper that you may take, or any that you may see* In the comparison, note these points: The News covers its own territory thoroughly; The News has an editorial policy and consist ently adhers to it; The News maintains interesting and instructive departments. The News is an emphatic proof of every state ment we ever made concerning it—and you cannot read it through without proving it, yourself. . $1.25 per year, in advance— and worth it. 3034 R EO m VOTERS COTTAGE Horn M I ALLEGANY COONIY ANDOVER PAVEMENT WOOLD BE WASTE OF PUBLIC FUNDS Cowmisslonep Jo,hr> H. Delan.ey of \Ijh# D^artjmen.t Efficiency an.d Ec- oqnomy at Alban,y, Ta^kes a. Crack at Anidover a,nd Says That If Anp doyer Pavemeint is Built it Will bq Pra,ctlca,lly tbq Same as Stcial- in.g $16,022.67 from the State. ANDOe W HELD UP IN WELLSVILLE So,me Desperadq Tried to Make En- tran.ce into Hem© of W ciisviile Lady ajird Lajter Atta,cked Mr. Forn.ess An.doyejr on, Public Street. (Staff Correspondence) ■WeO[lsville,Feh. 16—^Ahout 8 o’clock ISiiuiday evening, While Airs. Amelia .Sturm and her two daughters, who reside on East State street, were sitting in the front part of their resi dence, they heard a noise in the kitchen. Thlnkin.g th a t the wind had iblawii open a door, ou-e of the girls went to close it and found it was. be ing forced open by someone outside. .She immediately threw herself against the door in order to lock it and called for her m o ther to help her. They succeeded in fastening the door and* as the daughter ran to lock the front door the door beU rang. Dis covering that it was- Eugene Forn-ess o? Andover, wbo had com© to call, they adm itted him and asked him if he had seen any one around the res idence. He said th a t b© had seen a man run awa:/ from the house, hut he had thought nothing of the occur rence. They investigated, but were imable to find any trace of the in truder. Later in tt© evening, when Air. Forness left, he was confronted by a man a t the Erie railroad crossing, -who shoved a revolver in his face and de manded him to hold up his hands. Instead of complying with the request Air. Forness struck tb e highwayman a blow in tb© face, and fearing an attack by a possible pal of the rob ber ran to the Ackley House, which is located nearby. Air. Dolan, the proprietor, when informed of the as sault, sent in a police alarm, but th^ posse were unable to locate the des perado. The description of th e man eoincided with th a t of the on© seen running away earlier in- the evening from the residence of Airs. Sturm. iCommissioner John H. Delaney of the departm ent of efficieuicy and economy at Albany now takes a sec ond crash at the highway departm ent ■He h as filed a protest w ith th© com'p- troller againist th© letting of a con tract by tbe commission for the build ing of a brick-paved street, 1.51 miles long, through, the village of Andover, this coimty, at a cost of $41,875.27, or $27,'37(2 a mile. This cost is figured on t'he low e s t'hid'received on Jauu- ary 30th. The engineers-’ ©stlmate was $40,'300. Delaney charges that the building of a,brick pavem ent through Andover would be a waste of public funds. He also alleges th a t the proposed con tract is of questionable legality. He says, th a t Andover b.as a population of only 1,136 and is not connected •with any improved, state highway. D irt roads connect this village with other villages., he says. ■Bituminous macadam constitutes the standard type of state I'Oad for route No 4., which the streets propos ed to be paved belong, asserts Deian- ey. Under the state highway law, a Village such as Andover is required to pay tke difference between the cost of an extra wide or mor© expens ive type, such as brick pavement, provided the village authorities desir© it. In the proposed' Andover agreem ent however, the village is to be assess ed only $8,400, according to the fig ures prepared by the highway ©ommis ■si'on, whereas th© difference between : ithe s ta n d a rd type cost and the brick pavem ent cost amounts to $24,422.67 “Gonsequently, if this contract should he executed,” says Gommissioner De- laney, “THERE WOULD BE A . w j a s t e o p - s t a t e f u n d s AAIOUNiTING TO $16,02.2.67, “If the bituminous macadam sec tion of road now in existence betweei ■WelliSYiHe and Scio has proved un suitable for th.e traffic, then a new standard type for this locality should he established by the highway com mission. and the village proportion of cost properly determined upon that (basis, before any contracts for brick pavem ent in isolated villages are awarded,” the commissioner holds. \lACK THE HUGGER\ IN ILLSVILLE An, Unknown Culprit; Hae Terrorized the Women of Weilsvili© by His Ruffianly Attacks Upon Two Ladies When Returning Home at Night. (Staff Gorrespondence) AYellsville, Feb. 16—^Th© residents of WeU-sville, especially the women, are in the grip of terror caused by tbe ruffianly attacks of a “Jack the (Hugger.” Several ladies and working girls have been trailed and set upon by this scoundrel, the first account of which took place near the B. & S. depot, where there is a dark and des olate crossing. Within- th© last week sim ilar attacks have been made in the W ard Annex, which is likewise dn a dreary location owing to the nu m erous shade trees and proximity to th e Eri© railroad. The description of the m an operating in this soetjon. tal lies with th a t of the person seen n e a r i the (B. & S. station, 'being describ ed as a tall man,wearing a short over I’coat and a slouch hat, and walking ‘.with a shuffling gait. Two of his vic tim s warded him of by jabbing lijm ■ w ith hat pins, but as scon as they . could summon assistance no trace ',of the culprit could be found. Several women vvYo ar© compelled to return home late in the evening, being employed down town, h-ave pro cured licenses perm itting them to car ry a weapon to defend themselves against the co-wardly ruffian A couPle of young men masquerading as wo men, have walked ahout town in the places frequented by “the hugger” in hopes of catching him, but &o far their efforts have been in vain. If the scoundrel is caught, he Is liable to suffer mob-violence as popular in dignation is at fev©r pitch. The city police fore© is drawing their salary as protertors cf th© peo ple and it is to be hoped th a t they will m ake a special effort to bring the villian to halt before he commits some henious crime.. Whale’s Long Time of Troubles. ^ \Wliale are estimated to' live 1,060 Xivars. While Figures do Not; Forqtell Any El!e,c*!lqni Results, They Show That the Progressive Pari;/ is Qtill Airveu Th© Guba P a triot la'St week pub- ’lisihed the tabulated euroi-iment of votorg in Allegany Gounty. According to the figures published, there a re 9,094 registered voters, who ■are eiligible to participate in the pri m aries that will be held this fall. There are 1,923 Democrats register ed; 4,260 Republicans; 1,270 Progres- sives; 446 Prohibitionists; 112 So cialists; 12 Independence League; m d 9i94 No Party Designation. It Is interesting to. not© th a t there are 2<337 more Republican® regisitered t'ban there are Democrats, and also th a t the registered Republicans out num ber the registered Progressives by 2990. The registered Republicans outniumber the combined registered Democrats', and Progressives by 1067. In th© town of In.d;ependence there are registered: 72 Democrats, 145 Re publicans and 29 Progressives. Demo^ crats are very nearly all registered. There were 13 Progressives register ed last year, which shows au incre-as< this year of 16. In Wellsvill© there ar© registered 2'23 Democrats, 345 Republicans, 237 'Progr©s6ives. 'While these figures cast very lit- tie light on coming elections they do show this: The Progressive P a rty of Allegany county is a lively corpse— ary much alive. CHARLBAJUrOF ILLSVILLE IS DEAD Died -at One 0 ’'Clock Tuesday Aftey Long llln.ess.—Was W©!! Known in, Po|il;ics Throughout State. 'Charles A. Ball, for many years one of th e best known men in New York State and also widel.y known throughout the country, died at his home in lYellsvillo, Tuesday, Feh. 17. •H© had been in poor health for two years, -but had failed rapidly the Past month. Air. Ball was sixty-three years old and had aivrays resided in Allegany county. He v/as assistant secretary o f 't h e Republican Nation al Committee in 1888 and 1892, and served as deputy clerk of th© Nev/ York State Senate for nearly a doz en years. For a number of years he was identified v/ith tbe headquarter’s ■work in ail Republican State cam paigns. In recognition of his servi ces, Governor Odell appointed '.Mr. Ball Secretary ,and chief executive of ficer of the X©w' York State Commis sion to the St. Liouis Exposition, a post th a t he filled with conspicuous ability. T h e immediate family consists of a wife, a daughter, Airs. Bert Van Wie-of Rochester, and a son Raymond a senior a t Rochester University, who survive. To Begin ,W ork on Ganisteo River It was Announced at Homeil last week th a t the plans for the ‘Canistso river improvement bill th a t have been in the hands oif state engineer for the last few weeks wqil he sub- •mitted to the superintendent of the public works and that actioa will be begun early in th© spring. Last Thursday Mqrnjng Guests W ere Awa,k^n;ed by Shcj-uts of “Fire” And to G©t Out Quickly.—Tw » Men, Injured by Jum p ing. W ith the tem p e rature a t IS degrees belaw zero, the cry of “Fir©” roused- the twelve or fourten s]©©pin'g occu pants of the Cottage Hotel, the lead ing hos'telry In Angelica, at 2 o’clock last Thursday iMomiDg. The fiire had started from an overi heated gas stove and' had gained su«h (headway before discovery th a t th& dozen people when aroused had to in- s'tatttlly dhoose between' fire aud froat.. All except two managed to make their escape by the S'tairway, but John Fitzgerald and John 'Shererhad only tim e to get to a second story- window, cli'mb out and let themselvea- fall to the frozen- ground heneath. Fitzgerald was hot very badly h u r t ■but Sherer has a compound fracture of the leg. He was tak^en t© the home of his brother in Belfast. Fitzgerald is a Horneli m achinist who has been .working in the Shawmut shops- in th a t village and staying at the Cot tage Hotel. Sherer also w a s a ma?- dhindst in th© shops. The hotel building was owned by the Roohester Distilling Company. It was burned to the ground scarce- lly a vestige being left. The loss is es.t'imated at about $25,000 and is partly covered by Insurance, Jam e s D. Gibson- was the proprietor. As it ■was the leading hotel in Angelica jt ■probably will b© rebuilt at once. The residence of E-dward Webb adjacent to thfe hot©! wa-s damaged badly by the fire but was saved. Many of the roomers in th© hotel who had to make their es ?ap© in th e ir nightclothing or v/ith such garm ents as they could seize in their hast©, some have frostbitten e-ars and feet. Several of the firemen a! 5 0 suffered from the intense cold and not a few of the spectators. T h e fire suffers quickly found shel ter in nearby houses which were thro-wn open to them. All Poultry Owners and Fanciers ar© Urged to enter Their Di.”d3.— ^Thero Will be no Entrance Fee and Poul try Will Be Cared fcr Free of Charge. During Farm e rs’ IVe-jk, February 23-26, there will be held at the State School of Agriculture a-: Aiirod Uni versity, Alfred, X. 1'., a P-ouitry Show a t which exhibits are eligible from any part cf western New York-: Ribbon prizes only wll; be given, but th© poultry Tvill be judged by Prof. iW, G. Knim of the SAts College of Agriculture at Com©:: Tjniversit:^ jPouliry fanciers wisl jug to secure the benefit of Prof. Krum ’s judgment v;ili do well to enter their birds at this show. There will 0 © no entrance Fees and the birds vrL^l 03 cared for ■by the school free cf charge. Anyone ’wishing to exhibit may eommunicate with Pr{>f, F. -S. Place, iState School of Agriculture, Alfred, N. Y.
