The following excerpts from the Friday, November 3, 1899 edition of The Sharon Herald (Vol. 36, No. 33), were reprinted in The Herald, Sharon, PA, www.sharon-herald.com in the Sunday, November 3, 1999 edition. Thanks to The Herald for allowing us to use this material and to Beverly Liston. Any notes in [ ] are my own remarks and were not in the reprint of the paper. >From page 5 of the newspaper: _________________ Church Case in the Supreme Court The long drawn out Jamestown church case of Rev. J.R. Wallace against the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian church of North America was heard in the Supreme Court at Pittsburgh on Tuesday. Rev. Mr. Wallace was installed as pastor of the United Presbyterian church at Jamestown in 1871, and he held that position until 1892, when he and the session of his church began to disagree. The result of this was that charges were preferred against Rev. Mr. Wallace in Lake Presbytery. He was accused of failind a proper respect to the session. There was a division in the church, many of the members taking the side of the pastor. The Presbytery dismissed Rev. Mr. Wallace from his congregation and he took an appeal to the Synod. The Synod reversed the Presbytery and reinstated him, and the Presbytery took an appeal to the General Assembly. The General Assembly reversed the Synod. Rev. Mr. Wallace was dismissed finally from his charge by this decision. He filed a bill in equity against the General Assembly, asking that an injunction issue restraining it from interfering with him in his pastoral duties at the Jamestown church. Te bill was dismissed by the lower court and an appeal was taken by Rev. Mr. Wallace to the Supreme Court, and was heard as above stated. No decision has yet been rendered. Needlework Guild Ingathering. The Sharon branch of the Needlework Guild of America will have its annual ingathering of articles for the hospital and for charitable purposes next Monday, Nov. 6th. Members of the Guild, who have not been visited by a director, and wish to contribute, please send the contribution, with name and name of the director to Miss Emma Bell, No. 5 North Water street. The report of the Guild for the last year shows 303 articles and $5.25 received. Sixty-two articles were donated expressly for the Elmira home. The Buhl hospital received what articles it needed, and the rest was distributed among the poor by the directors, who gave their personal attention to it, so that none but the most worthy and needy were helped. The balance of the money, after sending the yearly dues to Philadelphia, was made go as far as possible in buying groceries. A contribution of canned fruit, jellies, jams, etc., for the hospital would be very acceptable. Any one wishing to offer such a donation will please leave it at Hanlon's or Caldwell's grocery store. - Sec. Of Guild. Sharon Markets. There is no material change in the prices or in the quality of butter offered by Sharon merchants this week and it is selling from 28 to 30 cents. Eggs are the same scarce stock they have been for some time past and are quoted at 22 cents. The only new article in market is maple syrup of this season's run. It was brought in by O.J. Shatto, of Weldon, and sells for 90 cents a gallon. Potatoes are plentiful and a good stock and readily command 60 cents a bushel, while a few other quotations in the produce line: Onions 75 cents a bushel; cabbage, of good quality, 10 cents per head; cauliflower, 15 cents; squash 2 cents a pound. Winter apples, which are an exceptionally fine stock, are quoted at 60 cents a bushel; crab apples at 20 cents a peck; pop corn 35 cents; hickory nuts and chestnuts, very scarece, 75 cents and $1 a peck, respectively. Almira Home Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the Almira Home Association was held at the Home in New Castle, on Tuesday and officers were elected as follows: President, Mrs. R.J. Blevins; vice president, Mrs. D.S. Morris; recording secretary, Mrs. W.H. Aiken; corresponding secretary, Mrs. H.E. Butler. Miss Louise A. Hamilton was re-elected matron. A board of trustees from the five counties comprising the association, Mercer, Lawrence, Venango, Beaver, and Butler, was elected during the afternoon session, those from Mercer being: Mrs. A. P. Hamilton, Sharon; Mrs. Pierce, Mrs. Bartleson, Sharpsville; Mrs. Harry Watson, Greenville; Mrs. Louise Keck, Mrs. Q.A. Gordon, Mrs. H.H. Zeigler, Mercer; Mrs. Downs, Sandy Lake; Mrs. Dr. Martin, Grove City. There are nine trustees from each county. <more>