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ALLEGANY COUNTY NEWS, WHITESVILLE. N. Y. ALLEGANY COLFNTY NEWS Edited by HERBERT M. PEET ^ P u b lish e d every Thur&day^by ^the Alle;^ as second-class mail the postoffice of W hitesville, N>. S U B S C R I P T I O N R A T E S . “No Pay, No Paper.” Is? : :\;f Months .................................................. “2 Three Single opy Al w a y s in A d v a n c e . A D V E R T I S I N G R A T E S Our advertising rates are based upon the cost system and the size of our cir culation. One inch, one insertion, « ec » ; ten nr more inches, one insertion, 15c per inch; adverti.sing done under contract agreem ent ranges from 10c to 15c per Card of Thanks, ?1.00. .Business readers, locals, classifiei vertising and obituary poetry 5 ceni re cash in advance, except ontract advertising, when ents are allowed. We JOB PRINTING Our office is Our office is especially equipped to handle the m o st particular commercial printing of all kinds. W e w ill design your advertisin.g matter, lay out your job work, and map out all sorts of pub licity campaigns. W e solicit your er quiries. Editor’s Own Column. How Long Will We Tolerate It? Ever since the Civil War, the Republican party has been the ruling party in Allegany county. Because of this, conditions have naturally become one-sided. Readers in the Republican party have had advantage of leaders in any other party, because public ofdces have been theirs without protest. No m a tter how fair-m inded and just a man may pretend to be, if he is one of an autocracy, he does not actually feel any obligation to the mass who call themselves a democracy. The majority of voters in Allegany county are now, and have been all these years, attached to the Grand Old Repub lican Party. Some have been so attached that they honestl}^ believe every Democrat to be a cut-throat, and if one should be elected to office, crops would die on the stalk in the field. The leaders of the Republican party have fanned this super stitions feeling and belief. They know that their lease of power depends entirely upon the county’s remaining “safely Republican.” The manner of the Republican organization is interest ing. In each of the townships in Allegany county the or ganization has two or three, sometimes more, “leading citi zens,” who are at the same time prominent Republicans. No matter what happens, these men are always loyal to the party. They trust implicitly in the wisdom of the inner cir cle who comprise the Back-Room Organization, and for a sum of $25 or the promise of a county office or job, or the position of Supervisor, they keep the voters in line, and each township responds with the customary majority on election day. With the assurance that nothing direful can happen, the members of the Back-Room Organization do whatever is to the “best end,’—for themselves. It is within the memory of the writer that, under the old county convention plan, the position of sheriff was promised to a man six years in advance. Other county positions were promised on the same scale The result was ver}^ successful—for the Back Room Or ganization. Then along came Little Miss Direct Primary. The Back Room Organization felt scared at first, but has since learned that the rank-and-file voters have “followed the lead er” for so long that the same result can be attained in the Di rect Primar3^ by passing the word along, as could be attained in the old county convention. “Dell” Snyder was promised the County Clerk job. He got it, and now HE promises himself a re-election, by com mon consent of the B. R. O. Whit Weir was promised the superintendency of the County Home, but “Uncle Dan” Crnnder feels he is entitled to a re-election, so the B. R. O. has promised Mr. Weir the position of Sheriff, meanwhile. “Del” Snyder would awfully like to promise Mr. Leggett of Cuba, the position of Member of Assembly, but Mr. Ferry wants re-election and Mr. Duke wants a whack at the job, too. So there are. We are not saying that these men are not competent public officials. “Uncle Dan” Crnnder is one of the best County Home superintendents that ever hung his hat in York state. P'or all we know, Mr. Snyder has conducted the affairs of Count^^ Clerk in a manner which would do any man credit. And it is said that Mr. Weir has been a most excel lent assistant superintendent of the County Home and a very good Supervisor of Angelica. But we do not believe that any well regulated common wealth should tolerate a condition that permits one man or a set of' men to say whom the free-born citizens of that com monwealth shall or shall not vote for. We do not beh'eve that a man should be rewarded wdth a nomination to an office to which election is assured, just because he has been a faithful worker in' a party organization, or just be cause he is a particular friend of some man in that organiza tion who feels it a privilege to promise that office. The right of voting on election day is a right we Ameri can people have, and one that our forefathers secured at a great cost of blood and suffering. What right has any man or set of men to trade this priceless privilege as so much coin? Is it au3^ different than paying debts with money from another man’s pocketbook? The Republican Organization of Allegany county in the past and at present pays its debts with the voter’s privilege. How long are we as a Common^ wealth going to stand for it? game concluded and some words were passed about the result of the game, it appearing that Dunham was a loser and did not have enough to make good the wagers he had lost. Hall said that Dunham flew mad and told Hall that he TYould shoot him and he answered Dunham, by saying that he would not dare shoot anybody. Dunham, at this, is said to have rushed to a' corner of the room in which there sat a rifle and catching up the weapon fired at Hall, the bullet passing between his teeth and penetrating his head.” The Free Press further says; “His (Dunham’s) firing on Hall was done while in a sudden fit of anger, or else intoxication which disturbed his mental equilibrium, and as soon as he realized the enormity of his act, he turned the weapon on himself and wrought his own expiation.” Poker.players are no respecters of the Sabbath; they easily “fly mad,” and sometimes take intoxicating beverage to stimulate the nerves which ai e under strain during the excitement of a game. It is hoped that young boys and young men in the families visited by T he N e w s will profit by this incident and the conclusions we have drawn therefrom. Profit Thereby. Last week we mentioned in our news columns the tragedy at Knox ville, in which one man died and another was seriously wounded as a result of gunshots fired at the close of a poker game, which was being played in the early hours of a Sunday morning. These facts should be sufficient to drive a lesson home to every young man who has ever played poker or who has thought that he vrould like to. All poker games do not end in loss of life, but not very many were ever played that did not terminate with some one losing money, and oftentimes, some one losing temper—and when temper is lost, more serious results are ayit to follow. The Westfield Free Press, whose report of the iiieideut is accepted as quite authentic, says: «At about three o’clock in the morning thei The Country Editorial Many editors of small papers refuse to give their readers editorials on the ground that editorials are for the large city papers and the pub lic does not care for the views of the country editor. As a matter of fact, the views of the rural population are really reflected by the editor ials of the large city papers, who glean tliem tVoin the country papers whi('h run editorials. The sound thought of the country is to be found in the rural dis tricts. Here, in the more or less quiet of the country, men and women read and study and g^xther data which results in conclusions founded on a solid basis. Sometimes this thought may be biased by the enthusiasm aroused by the impractical reformer or selfish politician who runs off at a tangent with some new fad or “ism,” but generally such fads are short lived and the sensible thinker of the country districts returns to the sane and solid and conservative attitude whieffi has always disting uished him. The editor of the country paper, therefore, has a duty to perform in crystallizing this thought and sending it out to the world as the contribution of his section of the country to the agitation of the day. The country editor, usually is a comx)aratively poor man, but he has sand and independence and a pride of work rarely found in other professions. Moreover he is brought into closer ixersonal contact with his constituency than the editor of the big city paper. It is safe to say that never before in the history of journalism have editorials been more widely or more carefully read, not, perhaps as in the old days, to base an opinion on the views of the editor, but for the purpose of getting all sides of every question. The Reason For It. Two weeks ago, we commended Hon. John O. Leggett of Cuba, for his independence and forethought as shown by a recent act of his in the State Constitutional Convention. Our editorial has been used by the Leggett Campaign Committee to further Mr. Leggett’s chances to receive the Republican nomination for Member of Assembly. We do not want our brother editors and our readers to misinter pret our, attitude and interest in the various Reimblican candidates. In our position as editor of The Alleganjr County News, we feel that we should not lose sight of the fact that, although this is an independent Democratic newspaper, we have probably as many, if not more, Repub lican readers than Democratic readers, and that we should express our honest convictions on all matters. Some editors, yes, many editors, who have political convictions and who edit a “party xiaper” feel it their obligation, to say nothing good of the opposing party and nothing bad of their own party. The day when this “dope” would be accepted at face value with newspajier readers has gone forever. If an editor is earnest and sincere in his contentions, his opinions will be read with in terest by his readers, even though they do not express the views of the readers. We edit The News with this in mind. They May Be Wiser-?-Later. P. K. Millspaugh, of Whitesville, is an aggressive candidate for the Reimblican nomination for Sheriff of Allegany county. Although Mr. Millspaugh has been associated with the inner circle of the Republican Organization of the county all his life, the Organization is not boosting his candidacy. Although P. K. is just as capable and would make just as good a sberiff as any man who aspires to the Republican nomination, the Organization evidently does not see in his nomination an opportuni ty to strengthen their bulwark of machinations in this county. If the Organization was playing square with all their “faithful,” according to*' their own “rules of the game,” P. K. would have the nomination with-' out opposition. No man has been a more faithful Republican, and no Republican has spent his time more ungrudgingly for the welfare of tlie Organization than P. K. • There’s a streak of ingratitude some-*- where. But P. K. is game. He has many friends who will not stand by and see him thrown bodily to the winds. He is fighting his own way> and the Organization may be wiser the day after September Primaries. Notice to Creditors In pursuance of an order of the Surrogate’s Court of Allegany Coun ty, New York state, made by Hon. Jam es T. W ard. D istrict Attorney and Acting Surrogate of said Coun ty of Allegany, Notice is hereby giv en to all persons having claims against the estate of Amanda M. Deake, late of the town of Indepen dence, Allegany County, New York, deceased, to present the same with proper vouchers thereof to the under signed, Executor of the W ill of said deceased, at the office of A. D. Howe, at W hitesville, N. Y., on or before the 26th day of August, 1915. A, D. HOWE, Executor. Dated at W hitesville, N, Y.. Febru ary 16, 1915. W h at W e W ant W e wouM not have you laccept our istaiteament a® to the value of Cham- berilaiiin’.s T a b lets liin oases of stoimiaoh trouble or constiipatioai, but do urge you to give them a trial. Othier® have done ISO amid been greatly benefited W hy not you? iMrs. F. P. Tritseith, 'Rome, N. Y., wiriites: “About five years ago my istomach wais very weak. I coiulid not eat 'solid .food. 'Friends tolid m e t'hiat Cliam'berliain’is Tablets w e re just wlmt I 'needed. I took three or four bottles of them iau,d my heialftih' h a s siimioe beeiiii of the he'St.” ‘For sale by E, ;S. Batterson, WhateS'- vMe; and H. O. WfaUen, Genesee, Pa W orthy of Your Good Opinion On m o st (Subjects' there isi a vast diifferenice of otp'i'nicn, huit 'Chamiber- 'la'in’s Tablets' wiin the good o'pinlon if ■not the praliisie oif aill who' use 'them. iMrs. Oren Coon, Puiaski, N. Y. w rites “C'damberliaiin’is Tablets aire t t e best mediicine I have 'ever 'Used for bili ousness and conistiipation,” For sale by E. S. B atter son, W hitesville, N. Y. H. O. Wallen. Genesee, Pa.________ _ N. Y. & P. RASLWAY T im e T a b ie Taking effect July 23, 1913 W est A |YT p.mla.mj 5 47 5 55 6 20 6 52 7 07 7 .22 7 27 7 30 7 46 7 50 S 02 8 15 Stations -4- 9 24 .9 50 10 22 10 39 10 50 Bllishurg ■ 1 1 r 3 r I'a.m p.m ■9 0 9 r E r i e ” j u n c t i o a . A . 19 03;3*39 c\ A ---- !0 n o O ‘2 i f 10 5.5 10 57' 1112 11 17 1126 11 38 11 51 Canisteo .............. 18 59iS 30- Greenwood .......... ]'S 36;3 05. W hitesville Genesee And’tws S&t’m’t Rose D a k e ........ Oswayo ............... ConeviUe .......... /Millport ............ Shinglehouse .. C e r e s ................... 8 04 2 n 7 5112 20“ 7 37 ;2 06^ 7 34/2 03. 7 31 !2 01 7 15 !1 45- 7 OS'l 38 6 50jl 29' 6 4 6 '1 17. il2m Connections Train 2 connects a t Ceres with P. & N. R. R. and eleotrie line ior Glean. Train 3 connects a t Erie Junction w ith Erie train 26 east. Train 4 connects at iShinglehous© with electric line for Bolivar and Glean. G. M. Beasor, Gen. Pass. Agt. Theo. Cobb, General Managfjr. P. F. P R E S T . D. P . S . of Canisteo, 'will be in W h itesville every Thursday for the practice of dentistry. Having had several years experience he Is able to rio all work in a satisfactory manner. Office in Firem en’s Building. Ac Do Mow© NOTARY PUBLIC ® ® Collection^; oi ail kinds of accounts. Legal Papers carefully drawn and executed w h i t e s v i l l e NEW YORK CRITTENDEN & HOWE Licensed Undertakers and Embaimets for States of New York and Pennsylvania All calls promptly answered, night or day AVith an automobile it takes but a few minutes to reach any one within a radius of ten or twelve miles. Cas» kets and work furnished at lowest possible prices. Stone and steel vaults kept on hand. Robes and suits fur nished. Flowers and floral designs furnished on request. Correct GLASSES Bring Genuine Relief. SEE RICHMOND th e O p tom etrist W h itesville, Friday, July 30. W ellsviile, Mondays, Tuesdays and Saturdays of every week. FIRE, LIFE, ACCIDENT, AUTOMO* BILE, TORNADO AND SURETY INSURANCE in. thtt Best Companies. Rates Rea- •enable. See Whitesville, N. Y. Motor Oils and Greases W e have ad d e d a new fine o f o ils and ^ r e a s e s j 9 d ilferen t gradeSg to oiBr Vine o f e lectrical su p p lies a n d Auto accesso riess and a s k your p a tr o n a g e w h e n in need o f a n y th in g in our llne» E x tra H e a v y l^otorcycie oil, per gallon =60 M e d i u m H e a v y , M o t o r c y c l e o i l .60 L i g h t M o t o r c y c l e o i l “ .60 F O R D S P E C I A L e n g i n e o i l .50 P e r f e c t i o n E n g i n e O il .55 P o l a r i n e M a c h i n e O il .35 U N I O N S P E C I A L O I L , t h e f a m o u s w h i t e o i l f o r F o r d c a r s .60 N o . 2 9 U n i o n a m b e r o i l .50 N o . 5 0 U n i o n , s p e c i a l o i l f o r l a r g e m o t o r s .55 5 lb p a i l s c u p g r e a s e .55 5 lb . p a i l s T r a n s m i s s i o n G r e a s e .55 5 ib . p a i l s U n i o n o i l s o a p .65 U n i o n C u p G r e a s e , in b u l k , p e r Ib. .10 U n i o n T r a n s m i s s i o n G r e a s e , .10 U n i o n F i b e r G r e a s e “ ^ .10 U n i o n O il S o a p .12 E b i n i t e D i f f e r e n t i a l G r e a s e , this Grease Contains GRAPHITE , 1 2 We carry a complete line of Bicycle, Motorcycle and Electrical supplies. We carry some Auto Accessories. We VULCANIZE tubes and casings aud guarantee ail we vulcanize. Cali or Phone to. The Electrical Supply Store F. D. M u c k e y & Son, P r o p r ietors W h itesville, New York m j i
