NEWS: Cambria Freeman; Ebensburg, Cambria Cnty., PA; Oct 1908 Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Patty Millich Copyright 2011. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/cambria ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Cambria Freeman Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, 2 Oct 1908 Volume 42, Number 38 **[Most of this newspaper is faded and unreadable] Local and Personal Abner Lloyd, formerly a well known resident of Cambria Township, now of Missouri, is at present on a visit to relatives and friends about Ebensburg. George Huntley, the hardware merchant, is home from a trip to Barry, Vt., where he had been for a couple of months, visiting his sister, Mrs. Malinda Conant, who is aged 85 years and who has been seriously ill for several months. Postmaster "Bob" Lloyd has returned from an extensive trip through the middle West. He enjoyed himself immensely while away. The greater part of Mr. Lloyd's time was spent in Red Oak, Ia., where he has relatives. Rev. J. T. Jones will preach at the South Ebensburg Congregational Church next Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. This will be his last appearance in that pulpit prior to his departure for the West. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McDermott of the Seventeenth Ward, Johnstown, were in Ebensburg this week because of the condition of Mrs. McDermott's father, the venerable John A. Blair. Chalmers Evans of Batavia, Ill., is the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Evans of the West ward. Mr. Evans left Ebensburg 12 years ago and has been living in the west since. Miss Margaret Griffith of High street, daughter of Mrs. Dr. Griffith, has gone to Bryn Mawr College, where she will be a student during the term just beginning. Rev. James Jenkins of North Ebensburg is on an extended visit with friends in Iowa and Missouri and expects to be away until November. Attorney F. A. Shoemaker of this place will shortly remove to his farm in New Jersey where he will make his future home. David Ludwig and Lawrence Davis of Ebensburg have gone to Philadelphia where they entered Jefferson Medical College. Frank Crane and wife of this place are spending a month's vacation with friends and relatives in Philipsburg and Osceola. Dr. R. Devereaux and Squire F. J. Burgoon of Cresson spent several hours in the county seat Wednesday of this week. Visitors in Ebensburg early in the week were Joseph Bearer of Spangler and Joseph Griffith of Munster Township. Charles Troxell of Glasgow, Republican county chairman, was a business visitor in Ebensburg several days this week. John A. Bender, P. C. Kephart and Paul Dorusha of Nicktown were visitors in Ebensburg on Monday evening. William T. Moore of White Township, the well known fruit tree agent, is spending some time in this vicinity. District Attorney James W. Leech went to Atlantic City early this week to remain for some time. Miss Margaret Evans, chief operator of the Bell Telephone Company, is home from a 10-day vacation. Fletcher George of Lilly, the well known merchant, was a visitor in Ebensburg on Tuesday. Russell Evans and Max Schmidt, both of Hollidaysburg, were in Ebensburg several days ago. Miss Bertha Krug of Pittsburg is the guest of the Richard Burr family of Lovell Park. Prof. John McCormick spent Saturday and Sunday last with friends in Loretto. Milton Brown of Johnstown spent Sunday with his wife in this place. Michael Bracken of Gallitzin was in town this week. James G. Brawley and son, Walter, liverymen of Portage, were in town yesterday. Mrs. Joseph Brown of the East Ward is among the Ebensburg visitors in Altoona today. F. C. Sharbaugh of Ebensburg was in Pittsburg this week, attending the Sesqui-Centennial celebration. Col. J. L. Spangler of Bellefonte, the well known coal operator, was in Ebensburg on business Thursday. Miss Mabel Jones has returned home from an extensive vacation spent in the eastern part of the State. Mrs. A. B. Goodman of this place departed last week for Herrietta, Michigan, where she will spend the winter with her sister, who is a resident of that place. The Hon. Edmund Jones was in Hollidaysburg yesterday attending the Grange fair. He was greatly interested in the airship flight by Capt. Beachey and says that the aeronaut had complete control over his machine. Attorney Fred Barker has received word from his parents. Judge and Mrs. A. V. Barker are now the guests of T. L. Gibson and family of Baltimore, formerly of Ebensburg. The Barkers and Gibsons expect to go to Washington in a day or so in the Barker automobile. Thomas Cassidy, the well known Spangler barber, and his wife spent Sunday and Monday with Mr. Cassidy's parents. Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Cassidy of this place returned to Spangler on Monday after the funeral of Reardon Brown at which Mr. Cassidy had acted as pallbearer. Attends Tuberculosis Congress Dr. John A. Murray of Patton left Wednesday afternoon for Washington D. C. He will attend the International Tuberculosis Congress now in session there. Dr. F. C. Jones of Ebensburg expects to leave Sunday for Washington D. C. where he will attend the Congress, being a delegate from Cambria County. Dr. Jones will be gone Monday and Tuesday, returning home Wednesday. Opens New Pool Room in Barnesboro Nelson Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Brown of the Cambria House, in this place, Tuesday, purchased the pool room outfit of Elmer C. Davis and will move it to Barnesboro, where he will open out a pool room, cigar and tobacco shop. We wish Nels great success in his new enterprise. Took Seven to Pen Warden Knee Says State Prison Now Has Record Total of 1,301 Prisoners Warden E. H. Knee of the County Jail has returned from Pittsburg where he delivered at the Western Penitentiary seven prisoners convicted at the recent term of court in this county. Warden Knee's charges bore sentences aggregating sixteen and three-fourths years. The prisoners were: Michael Zambich, eight years for murder; Carmel Alcoma, two years for felonious shooting at South Fork; Angelo Remananza, two years for rape; Henry Whitaker, eighteen months for felonious shooting; Frank Gulko, fifteen months for felonious assault and battery and Charles Edwards and Chares Otway, one year each for larceny. Warden Knee was told that there are now a total of 1,301 prisoners in the "pen," a record for the institution. He was accompanied on the trip by Constable Isaac J. Harris of Johnstown and William Williams of Ebensburg. Were Admitted to Cambria County Bar The following young attorneys were last weak admitted to membership in the Cambria County Bar: John H. McCann of Allegheny Township; H. L. Sorber of Johnstown and Frank B. Wood of Barnesboro. Towns Feel Slump; Population Decreases Two towns in this section of the state are dying of dry rot as the result of existing conditions. They are Wehrum, Indiana County, and Greenwich, Cambria County. There was a time when Wehrum was a bustling community of miners. The Lackawana Coal and Coke Company employed a great number of men and the town had plenty of money. But the coal company decided that it had had enough of Wehrum and commenced moving everything possible to Vintondale. That spelled ruin for Wehrum and the town is dying gradually. The mines may be opened again some time, but at present the outlooks is very drear. Greenwich is also dying away. The Greenwich Coal Company has practically quit. As a result of this, the two hotels the town once boasted are almost to the point where closing up is advisable. As a result of the depression which has existed for the last year the population of Cambria County has greatly decreased. It is said by reliably informed people that if a census had been taken last summer it would have shown 150,000 people within the confines of Cambria County. Today however the total has fallen thousands below this. The foreigners who have returned to their homes in other countries or moved out of the state to places where there is more work have been greatly responsible for this decrease. In every town in the north of the county where the foreign population was large last year a difference is to be noted. There are empty houses everywhere and business men are complaining of a great fall off in the amount of business done. Persons who have toured Patton, St. Boniface, Hastings, Barnesboro, Spangler and other towns say that they have seen whole rows of miners' tenements closed, with the windows and doors boarded up. While conditions are improving to a certain extent the amount of business being done is nowhere near that of a year ago. Pistol Battle at Iselin Indiana, Pa., Oct. 2 -- Shot in a pistol battle at Iselin Sunday night, Nunzio Bottiglione was killed while Marliano Mucciante, Tony Lassari and three others wounded. Lassari was later secreted by friends and the extent of his injuries is not known. Mucciante is in the hospital at Punxsutawney where it is feared he will die.