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A llegany C ounty N ews The Most Tborous;blv Read Newspaper^ m Soutbern Alleganv and Nortbern Potter Counties VPLUME XX WHITESV.LLE, ALLEGANY COUNTY, NEW YORK, THURSDAV NO VEMBER 19, 1914. MESVILLE SCHOOL'S M EIBII IS AN EVEi (i? MUCH VARIEIY li i Reproductions of the World's Masterpiiice# Will bo on Display, Sup plemented^ by Orchestra Music, Piograw, Refreshments and a Pare©.— No One Should Miss the Opportunity of Attending the Exhibit and of Helping the Local School. The people of W h itesvilll and ric- iixity h a r e an extnaordi'Eiary opportun- j ity ihiis T>^eek on Fridijy and Satur d a y evenings. An A rt Exhibit will* be ^ivem a t Chapin hall for the hcniefit o f the Pic•■'Tie Fund of the Whites- j vllle Public S'dliooil. The opportunity [ as presented to the public of viev/in-g th e largest and best iCoMection of the W orld’s M asterpieces aaid of assist ing the schiol in purchasing isome df these mas'‘’’erpaeces for the w alls .of o u r local school building. More than 4his the public will be favored with a program of music, re citations and drama, and be furni^ied refreshments The Exhibition of Pictures. The Exhioition of Pictureis is one o f mor than ordinary interest. It • oonsist-s of 'carhcui phiotographia and ^PigraviPigs, Loaned by the M son A rt Pub. Co., Inc., Belmont, Mass. The collection is a larger one and 'coutains -only the very best reproductions of th e m asterpieces of art 'of different countries and periods. Nearly ©very gallery and country im 'the world would have to be viisited to '-see the original pictures which are here brought together in on/? collection. The colle h ion comprises two* hun- dired subjects retpresenting all the principal s diools of art and includ- ing m any reproductions of sculpture, 43trchitecture and im p o rtant views from nature. No city or town should he indif ferent to tile culture and refinem ent of .its people It is part of the school work to inculcate these qualities in its children through w h a tever means it has a t its disposal. The wholesoma and refining influence of pictures of th e ’right sort cin the ®ch,ool walls is 'HOW generally recognized .as one Of '.(tiie most valuahle means of se curing thi.s end. T h e funds for pur- chasinig isuch pictures,-* a s well as an opportunity to make a selection from a very large number, is .secured .by m eans of the exhibition. Th.e larger the attendax.ee, the greater the num ber of pictures that can he 'secured for the school. The Added Program. In addition to tlie a r t exhibition there will he a very interesting pro gram each evening. On Friday evening a pirograqn, con sisting of 18 num b ers, will bo pro- senied by the grades. This program includes recitations, vocal and in- strumerxi'al solos, diailogs, choruses. TL'lie h ig h , jchool orchestm VfiU fur nish music and there will be refresh- meni?. , f On Saturday .evening, in addition to tlxs art exhibit, ■’he orchestra music and the refreshm ents, a farce “A Work of A rt\ w ritten by Prof. George E. Urinton ei&peciailly for this occasion will be ipr.es.e.nted. ' Mr. Erlnion’s ability as a play w right was made notable last spring in the presentation, of his first a t tempt, “The liongiest W ay ‘Round”. The faree for next Saturday night is just as w itty amd just as full of suT prises as was 'the form er pi-ay. Mark Peet will appear an the role of Jack Arnold a young airt s tudent in.'Pairis. Harold OrlttGinden acts the ‘part of a ’retired millionaire, Mathew H. Arn old, of Ch'cago, U. S. A., Jack’s father. T'he French landlady is port rayed by Mi-sist Clio Ainsworth hnd the part of heir daughter is taken by Miss Blarian Chase. Robert Jam es and HerbeaT Reynolds aptpeajr in the roles of ai-t students and artists. The p ople of this 'seoticn will be well repaid by le'nding their suppo-rt to this worthy cause. The price 'of admission is 20c. Everyone should plan To .attend each night, because th.3ie is something different each time. mi ROUTE IB Hdad From Main Street, Canisteo, to Town Line of Greenv/ood Will Be Advertised Early This Winter for Construction This Season. T h e division headquarters at Hor- nell of th.. state higli^way depart m e n t announced Tuesday th a t the state; highway from Canisteo to the txreenwood tov/-n line, intcluding the Oreenwood strC'ert- p aving in Can.isteo, w ill be advertised 'SOon after the first of the year and the contract w ill be let for construction this coming sieason. Engine r Ha.rr,is of the Plornell of fice was in Canisteo Tuesday after noon secur'iiig the final papers for forwarding to Albany. T h a t night he . m e t the board of village tiustees- in a. special session, and everything was closei up so fair a s the local offic ials are co.icerned. Mr. H a rria istat- •ed tli.at the specification's will he forwarded to Albany a t once and the contract will be advertiised to come under the $2,000,000 fund th a t re m ains for road -construction from this year’s appropriation. The village of Canisteo voted the money for the Greenwood street pav ing two years ago. P a r t of it was •expended on the Main street pav ing. Altliough there is no iroad In th e county more traveled and more needed than the fitate road from Canisteo to Greenwood, RexviUe an.d W h itesville ‘the state departm ent 4M nothing about it, although it was promised to be built last year. The specificatioms will call- for a 22 foot brick pavem ent fro^m the Ma.in street paviug to 6th. street. From there to 9th street it will be a 24 foot Hassam con-crete pavement. Hmm thi.ire to the Purdy Creek bri-dg and up to the Greenwood to^wm line tile regular 16 toot state road coif- Struotion > yi H be used, according to the .statement made by Engineer Har- a-is.—Canisteo Times. Sovocool—Spicer Miss Stella .Spicer, youngest daugh te r of Mr. amd Mrs. Grant Spicer of ■Whitesviile, and John Sovocool of Ad dison, were united in m a rriage a t th e Southside B aptist parsonage, Hor- nell, W ednesday afternoon, Novem b e r 18th. Mr. and Mrs. Sovocool will make theiT dome in Addison. Their many friends in this section join with The N’e’ws in .extending the very heartiest o f congratulations. MRS. A. M. DEAKE UIEOHBAYA.M. Highly Respected and Well Known Whitesville Lady Died at Her Home on Vv/ildman Avenue .at the Rips Age of 98. In the death of Mrs. A. M. Deake, which occurred at the family home on Wildman .avenue Monday morning Whiftesville loses one of its oldest and most highly respected- Chri-stian women. One whose home life and Christian fortitudie, her faith in -li&r C reator and i-nt rest in the welfare and hettennent of those about liier, i-s Avorthy of emulatron. Amanda M. Carver was bom in C;ayii-ga county Decemb-er 24. 1821 and v/'as the oldest of eight 'chiildren born to Julius and Pol-iy Ho-we Gaiwer. In .early woma.nhoo-d she ’m ited with the Baptist church, in which siiie .hold membership to the 'end. I 111 Septemher 1844 at Nunda, N. Y., she was limited im marriage ,witli Wiljiiam R. ■Deake, aind in 1S66 oamc to this village. To them two children were born; Mary P. (Mrs. G. ,L. Blackman) whose death occurred ,in 1907 and J. W. C. Deake of Twin Fail'S, Idaho. Her husband, .Wiliam R. Deake died in 1900. She is surviv ed by one sister, Mrs. M. C, Kelly of tbis village, hi^r son J. W. C. Deake, of Twin Palis, Idaho, and one grand- £cn, Fred ,.S. Blackman of 'Olean, N. Y. The funeral was held a t tlie hom-e yesterday afternoon a t 3 o’clock. Rev. H. I. Chattin officiating. Interm ent in Rural cemeiary. . Will Go to Virginia. Prank O. Lathrop of the N. Y. «& P. R'y general offices at 'Canisteo expects to go to Yirgiaia -goon wh-er-c he has accepted the position -of gen- eial m anager of new railroad to be built and operated there.. The road is to ho built to o.pen up large lumber tr.acts, .and it will have a large freight business from the start. Mr. Lathrop is a competent man; He is also poorm aster of Canisteo, and if he moves south with his fam'ily, their departure will be greatly -regretted. —Canisteo Time-s. A Novelizatiem of Eugene Walter’a Famous Drama by Webster Denison PRETTY, yoiing \vidfe wants fine clothes and a luxurious living; her husband cannot afford to give them to her htm- estly. He finally satisfies her desires at the cost of his honor and in the end he pays the price. You’ve seen this situation yourself many times probably. A big, gripping, realistic story that handles the theme without gloves—a startling picture of the extent to which .the lust for wealth—the get- rich-quick idea—spreads its poison through tixe whole structure of character. STARTS IN THIS ISSUE Troupsburg Has Scare It is r6po’»*ted th a t Troupsbutrg has tw o or throe dfphtheiiia .cases. Prob ably it is nothing more than, septic sore throat emd -th-o town ehouM not ■be blacklisted a s W hitesville V a s a few weeks ago. ( V. Some Potato Crops Nearly 50,000 bushels of potatoes ■were raised this year on, Spencer Street farniis, in the *oAvn of Pike, Wyoming county, -witliin a disbanoB of one mile.. Jam e s Stoutenberg heads the list with 6,500 bushelsi from 17 acres, and Supicrvisor C. H. Thomas j served one term as a Senator from Maine, is a Democrat who hoped to be Secreta't'y of Agrk-ulture under Wilson, ad w a s put on the eommis- comos nest with 7,400 .bushels from 21 aoros. Hog Cholera In Genonee Co. Hog cholera ban broken out ha Genesee county and is spreading with fearful rapidity. NUMBER 31. BUFALO S SUSQUEHANNA RiD TO^ BE SOLMO SOUTH BUFFALO RY. Public Service Commission Sees No Difficulty in Acjjustlng Rates So That the South Buffalo Railway. Company Can Operate the B, & S.— The South Buffalo Road ia Apparently Only Roa0 That Can Take Over B. & 8. and Operate It at a Profit. ALBANY, Nov. 14.—Gomm.isslon.x„r mad-e to ctmmiissioneir Hodson, sup-- M artin S. Decker of Die public-ser- j plemented Ly communications to the vice commission Thursday, expressed | commission itself, th a t the execution the hope Lhat there would be little ; of the court order for the ahandoning further difficulty im the way of saving of the B. & S. wauld- result in h a m the Buffalo & Susquehanna railroaid j to the patron® of the road, i ‘dividual’ for it® patrons between Buffailo and I and business iinteres'ts. Through im W^xlisville through the purchase o f , terventlon by the commission’,s coun- the road by the South Buffalo. He | s-el. Judge ■ale, l the court order was bases his hope on, the recent decision | stayed until December 1st The com- of the interstate commerce, commis--! m ission thereupon took action which siOH, modiifyinig its earlier decision in the ind-ustr al .railroads case smd now hoilding .in effect that the South Buf falo and some other roads are entit led to m-ake joint lates with the trunk line,S'. Commissioner Decker says tlrnt has proved thoroughly effective. The South Buffalo was apparently the only r-jad th a t could take over the B. & S with any -possible -ohance of profit and itlien only in the vovent ‘that the So ith Buffalo could have its gotiationis are ,now under way between joint lateis with th tiunk limes in ‘the bond.h dders of the Buffalo & - ---------- .Susquehanna and the South Buffalo railroad which are expected to result in an arra igeme'mt for tliep urchase of the B. & S. This 'arrangeme-nt will then come before the public-service com.miss'ion for approva'l aiid lif such arra'ngem-ent is -equitable an-d other wise in coinfirmity with law, no rea®oi appears why it -should not be sus tained. The case came before th.e publ.ic- service commision through com,p]iaintis from residents along the Euffalo & Susquehanna and repreisentations by the attorney for the South Buffalo intersL -\e traffic restored. T h e pub lic service com,mission authorized Commissioner Decker to join witli representatives of the interest® af fected in informal repreis-entation to the .interstate commerce comm.issiion. W ith J. B. Olmsted for B. & S. ship pers, J. L. Hammond for the South Buffalo, and Charles K. Beekman for B. & S. bondholders, Commissioner Decker w ent to 'Washington and they presenlied a full statem e n t of ■all the- points involvecl a t a conference* with Com,mi&siioners Clements,, Clark Daniels of the interstate commerce commi-sision. M JTON m ill Gffi SOFT JOB AS COOiElJ SPECIAL COMMISSION Nev/ York World Says that Secretary of State Bryan’s Private Secre tary is Appointed to “ Lame Duck” Commission at Salary of $5,000 Per Year and Expenses.—Most Important Duty Will be to Discuss ,the Boundary Between United States and Canada. Th irLeends of T^.Ianto'h Wyve-Il in j Congress allows the co-mmiasion ttis county will -be interested in tlie ?100 OOO a year. The C o m iutesion^ I are to rece-ive- $7,o00 each ana the following from Jie New lo r k World: isecreta'-y gets $4,000. The remainid-er WASHINGTON, Nov. 17. —M rnton'fcf the appropriation,-is sperA as the M. Wyven, private sGcrelary of S-ec- — —— ra'bary Bry^.n-, was appointed counsel to the International Joint Commission to-day. The position was created to day. The salary will be $5,000 and expenses. Mr. Wyvel‘1 probably wil'l make sev eral trips icrozs the country at the (jovernment’s expense; he will em ploy a secretary, and it is probable that his expenses will approximate $5,000 a year. The International Joint Commission is o.ne of the- famous \lam e duck” commissiens created in President Rooaevslt’s time to take care of \statesm e n ” retired by their constit uents. It meets occasionally and discusses the whereabouts of the boundary between the United States and Canada. The commission at present is com posed of Jam e s A. Tawney, ObadiaJi Gardner and R. B. Glenn. W hitehead Klutzz is its .'Secretary. Tawney ,vas a standpat member of the House, defeated ,:n tha Damo- cratic landslide of 1910. Gardner MAN RILLED BY N. U P. TRAIN A. F. Nijchols, A Promineir Rasident of Shinglehouse Was Killed Near That Place Last Monday, While Crossing The Track With Stone Boat. A. F. Nicliol'S, 67 ye-ars old, was kil led on th tracks of the New York & Peninsy’^'-aniia Railroad at Shingle house -shortly before noon Monday by train No. 2 wh'ich goes through th.i -3 village at 10:21 every morni,n,g for Shiingleiiouse Mr. Nichols- was riid,i.n-g on a stone- boat near hi's- fa,raxi m Shinglehous-e •when tile ’accideuit -took place, a t a point known as Rabbit’s Cros;s,inig. The view -of the track was ob-structed by a gro-wt.i of und-erbru'sh amid it is evident th a t Mr, Nichols did n-ct h e a r the approach of the train although the crew insists that the bell was be ing,-rung as -uisual for the crossing. The team had crcsis-ed the track i,n s afety and the engi-ne struck the stone boat on which Mr. Nichols wals riding full n the side. The force of the im,pact ca-rri-ed the heavy heat and Mr. Nichols- up the .racks for some diata-nce, aOthough he was isom-e dis'ta'nce from the track when picked ap. Both l«.gs- .wree broken and o-ne side of Ills skull was crushed. He wa-g dead when t-he train crew msaiche-d him. Mr. Nicbolis has been a lif-efotng resident of Sliin-glebous-e and was la very prominent man. He was a, mem ber of the Board of Directors of the F ir s t National Bank, of tha,t village, and for a mimber of years has been one of tile county commissioner® of highways. He is 'Survived by his wi'dow and five children, Mrs. Ira Bixby of Shair- on lOenter, Mrs. David Lewis, Earl Niclicls, all®of Shinglehouse. The .son, Fall Clea,ning ■Clean-Up Day is an establi'shed in stitution. Tnousamds of citii-eis and to^wins are ■urying to- scrub amid/ 'comb the streets and hom'e grounds b j general emulation. But all of thesfe publicly appolinted clean up days seem ■to come in the spring. There is then a general Xeeiling of dress parade. In the fall, ash-heaips. withered flowier iStalks, heap's of litter, a-(5cumu‘late day ,by day and few seem- to care. Womankind dc-e® not sh-are this slov-enii-neiss im jber dominiiouis in-sade. Fall hioUBie'Cleeining is as much a 'date of the ,cal-endair ais the spri,nig toilet At ,any time mow you may go hetne to find your ’favorite easy chair .out on the 'lawn, a'md your living -room a battle field 'Of mops and b-rooms. People of refinement, imcluding many who lack wealth but ha'Ve .tine gift of .n,eatnes‘s-, have had, their cleam up d.ays ever since they ^.owne-d ch * rented a dweHing. But for many hard working 'people,, orderly gr-oumd-s se-em almost Impossible. Gr,ass amd weeds are allowed to grew untouch ed, coops and out-buildings become shabby, fences topplie over. The toil some breaidw,inner looks at th© ugly diisarray with weary discomfort, but philosophical] y reflects that it i-s abo» as goo,d ais his neighbor’s If a place is unkem'P-t and tumble- down, it declines in value. But a couple of ‘lours a week wifli 'keep any small pla-ce looki>n,g neat and tidy, so that it will advanice in value. There .is a tonic feeling in ’nea<t- ness'. Keep your place- .trim and trig amd y-ou can hold your head up, as istra-ngei-s paes aloEg. You lee'l ui .s-en.&e of ach.Severnent in- presenting to -th-e inispecting eyes cf your nsighbors self-respecting borne. Many -a hard working man m ight much b.etter b<k oU't ill itbs freish air raking his lawn in S'pai-o m-ommsts, -xatlier than lol ling in the housp with a headache. Spoke at Church Sunday Evening. Mrs. Carrie Chattin gave a' very inteTestm.g talk -last Sunday eveniug at the Methodist church, by way of a 'report of the recent m eeting of the Earl, was with Ihis lather at the tim e of the w o m e n ’s of the acoiasnt, . Pore.gh Missilonary Society of the commi-ssion see-s fit. Seve-ral times in Republican Admin i'Strations, Hcii-s-s Demcciats criti cised seve.eTy the extravagance -of the com'm'ssion. Attem pts were made to abolish it as useless, but frie-rds -of thf> “Lame Duck” Com-- milS‘&ioner,s prevailed and it has been accepted \s a permane'ut institution. The act creating the cemmission provides that it slmll hanclG q -II dis putes ari.'itirg uLder the Treaty of; 1908, which settled the Canadia-n j boundaiy line. Wyvell has h'sen a supporter of Secretary Bryan since Mr. Bryan’s first canipaig-n for the Presidency. H@ ran for Congress in New York in the last two campaigms, but wa® defeated. As far as -can he as 2 ertained, the need of a oommission counsel ha-s just been discovered Opened “Win My Chum” Week. Rev. Cliartes H. Gall of Oauisteo, spoke a t the M ethodist cjiurch l?.s;t Monday evening on “Am I Disap- pointin^g My Parents or God?’’, and opened “Win My is being conducts sion when ha “lost out.” Glenn is a ‘League. Mr. Gall is not CJitiy p.n .In form er Governor of North iCarolina teresticg and forceful speaker, but and a friend of Seorotary Bryan. he« im presses his auditors w ith a sin- Klutza the j^-cretary, is a friend of cerity th a t oftsn-tm e® ha® more in- Bryan. fluence than word©. Chum” week, which is being conducted by the Epworth S. S. Officers Elected. A t tlie regular ‘session of the Uni- vsrsalist Sunday iSchoo’' last Sunday, Nov. 15, the foilowi'njg offfoers' weve elected for the ensuiiiig year: Super- infcendeL-t, A. M. Richmond, 1st. Ag'st. Supermtende-nt, >H. S. Richmond, 2nd. Asst. Superintendent, Susie Barney, Superintendent Cradle Roll. Mrs. A. M. Richmond, Secretary, Harold Crit tenden, A>, Sec’y, Leland Rlch- mon’d, Treasurer, Elvena Arm-strong, Asst. 'Ir-easurer, Mabel Burdick; Org anist, Mrs. C. S. Bloss; Asst. Organ ist, Elvena Arm strong; Librarian Miss Inez Richmond. The appointm ent cf teachers -was also held a t the same time with but few .changes. Sons of Veterans Notice On account of *he sclioo-l enter tainm e n t to be h.eld next Saturday evening, the meeting cf the S. O. V. has been Postponed until Saturday N-ov. 28. The county association S. 0. V. will be he.’d a t Eoiivar next weeb W ednesday evening, N-pv. 25, ' Cleared $7.00 The Sons of V eterans dance hold last week W ednesday ev^ming was mot only .a social success, but a fi nancial success a® well. The boys cleared about |7-0^ ovoi and above 8*11 expenses. Methodist Episeoipal church o.f the World, which was held in Buffalo, from Oct. 29 to Nov. 5. The Execut ive Board is the center and most concrete p-> .of the ,¥/. F. M. S., and while- Mrs. C h a ttin i^ not a mem- bier of the Board, she particiipa-ted as a visitor. in the m any good things to he enjoyed at such a conference where the whole mission movement of the world was represented, W h itesville has a W. P. M. S- organizsd som e months a go and \w-hile Mrs. Chattin attended the Board meeting upon her own. responsibility the society enjoy-ed th-e benefits of the knowledge she gained when sh-e gave a mor© oxfonded report at a m-eetin-g hold a t the home ef Mrs. C. H. Austin, Tuesday afternoon. The foreign missionary movement is one that means much to the heath- lands, and .it can not seem other- v/ise than that if more people grasp ed the real significanc-' of .it, a s ex plained by Mrs. Chattin, more people would co-operate, ' Station Broken Into The railToad station a t Newfi-eJd Junction w a s broken- into, sometime Tuesday nj.ght of la s t week. The saie was taken up the track some dfe- ■tance and was -Blown open. Not much mauey was secured and just how much other thing® w ere taken is n»t definitely known. No clue ha® y e t led to the identity -of the guilty parties.
