Ref: Town and Country Newspaper Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA Saturday - August 19, 1905 DEATH OF NOTED DIVINE Rev. Charles E. SANDT, on of the most widely-known and popular minister of the city of Allentown, died suddenly on Tuesday morning, of Apoplexy. Rev. SANDT officiated at the funeral of Mrs. Ammon SWARTZ at Red Hill, on Monday and was in the best of health and spirits on passing through Pennsburg on his way home. It had been planned by the family on Mr. SANDT to attend the funeral of an old neighbor at Freemansburg on Tuesday. While taking breakfast he stated that he did not feel as well as usual and decided not to accompany his wife and children to Freemansburg. The daughter and son were already dressed and waiting for Mrs. SANDT to get ready and Mr. SANDT was joking with the children, when he said he would lie on the counch a few minutes to ease the pain in his siee. On lying down he began to snore. The children spoke to him but he did not answer. The mother was called but on talking to him she received no response and in a few minutes he was beyond awakening. Rev. SAND was! born in 1861, near Stockertown, Northampton County. He was educated at the Keystone State Normal School, Muhlenberg College and Mt. Airy Seminary. He was ordained into the Lutheran Ministry in June 1885. At his death he was pastor of St. Mark's Church, South Allentwon, and served as supply at Lehigh Church and Alburtis. His wife one daughter one son and his mother survive. MARRIAGE LICENSES Warren H. BARNES, Souderton, and Mame M. RAUSCH, Sellersville. TO BE MARRIED AT EIGHTY George APPLEGATE, 80 years of age, of Bethlehem, was granted a marriage license in the Clerk of the Orphans' Court office Wednesday. Mr. APPLEGATE's intended bride is Mrs. Augusta WAHL, also of Bethlehem. She is 60 years of age and is a widow and it might be well to state that Mr. APPLEGATE is a widower. Mr. APPLEGATE was not anxious to have it announced that he had a marriage license issued, because, he said: "I am not quite sure of the woman. I thought it best to get the license first and make sure of the woman afterward." Mr. APPLEGATE is one of Bethlehem's wealthiest citizens, and to substantiate this assertion he had a lot of wealth on his person when he had the license issued. Said he: "I have given each of my three children $30,000 and, if they are not satisfied, I have a number of deeds in my pockets upon which I can realize as much more and give it to them, and have enough left to keep myself and wife." Mr. APPLEGATE is remarkaby well preserved and only a short time! ago went into the harvest field and assisted in gathering in the grain. PROHIBITION STATE CONVENTION For the benefit of those wishing to attend the Prohibition State Convention held at Williamsport, August 22nd and 23rd, 1905, the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company will sell excursion tickets at single fare for the round trip, with minimum of 25c, tickets to be sold August 21st and 22nd, good to return until August 25th, 1905, inclusive. For rates of fare and time of trains consult any P. & R. Ticket Agent. CUT PAY OF POOR DIRECTORS Basing his actions on a recent decision of the Courts of Lancaster county, Controller LIVINGOOD, of Berks county, will refuse to approve the warrants for the salaries of the Poor Directors on a $1500 salary but will adhere to the act entitling them to only $250 a year. THE DEMOCRATS NAME STEWARD FOR JUDGE The special Democratic State Convention held at Harrisburg on Wednesday, nominated Justice John STEWARD, Independent Republican, of Franklin County, unanimously for the State Supreme Court. Good will prevailed throughout the entire meeting of the convention. All partisanship was laid aside and the party by its action pledged itself to units with other political elements to drive the grafters out of office at the November election. BERRY accepted the nomination given him in May for State Treasurer in a formal speech that carried conviction not only for the members of the convention but for all honest men of the State. His speech abounded in hot shot hurled at the PENROSE-DURHAM gang. Following are some of his assertions: "If I am elected," he said, "It must be by clean methods. I will not be a party to the purchase of votes, either with money or by the promise of patronage. All men and all banks look alike to me. "A Democratic thief is as bad as a Republican thief, and a dict! atorial usurper, briber, or ballot-debauching traitor is no better in one party than in another. "If I am elected I will do all in my power to remove the transactions of the Treasury Department from suspicion. "The management of State funds presents one of the greatest opportunities for graft in the entire State, and the 'plum tree' incidents of the QUAY regime are not to be forgotten." The convention adopted the following resolutions: Whereas, It has been the carnest effort and fixed policy of the Democracy of Pennsylvania to secure a non-partisan judiciary, in order that justice might be administered without suspicion or delay and the judgments of our courts be respected and willingly obeyed; and, Whereas, The Hon. John STEWART, a distinguished lawyer and experienced jurist, whose public services and private life have endeared him to the thoughtful and patriotic people, and whose stalwart independence and services rendered the State by resisting the perpetration of politi! cal wrongs in the past, and opposing the personal rule of selfish lead ers made it possible to elect a Democratic Governor of Pennsylvania, has made it a pleasure as well as a duty of this convention to place him in nomination as a candidate for Justice of the Supreme Court and on occasion to prove to the people of our State, without regard to politics, that the Democratic party is sincere in its advocacy of a no-partisan judiciary and earnestly in favor of recognizing and rewarding officers and public-spirited citizens who perform their official and civic duties fearlessly and faithfully and demonstrate to the people that we are ready and willing to co-operate and unite with the friends of good government and pure politics, to the end that the grafter shall be driven from public places, and honest, fair and free government be given and preserved to the people of this great Commonwealth. Resolved. That we call attention to the platform of principles adopted by our party on May 24 last, and again invite to a "full union with us honest men of all! parties and organizations sincerely intent upon the reformation of public affairs," opposed to the corrupt leaders and base partisanship which have denied just election laws, personal registration, honest election and a republican form of government to the citizens of the Commonwealth. We approve the course of the Hon. John WEAVER, who as Mayor of Philadelphia, has come to realize that "a public office is a public trust," to be administered according to law and in the interest of the people. We commend and indorse the action of the people of Philadelphia, who now aroused, are bent upon exposing "grafters" and punishing the perfidious leaders whose treachery and insatiable greed have earned for them the deserved condemnation of being denounced as a "criminal combination masquerading under the name of the Republican party." And we call attention the the worthy, faithful, honest and able candidate of the Democracy - Hon. W. H. BERRY - as a man who would reform the Treasury of! Pennsylvania and make it a business institution instead of a party pe rquisite and political bank. CATTLE BRINGS GOOD PRICES At the cattle sale of HILLEGASS and GRABER at HARING's Hotel, on Thursday, the twenty-two head of Mercer County cows sold by Mr. GRABER brought an average price of $56.10 and the 26 head of Ohio Cattle, of Mr. HILLEGASS, were sold at an average of $44 per head. PROLIFIC COWS Within the past few weeks two of the cows of Henry BERKEY, of Old Zionsville gave birth to twin calves and this week the third cow not to be outdone by the other two, presented her owner with twins. The addition of six animals to the stock of Mr. BERKEY all happened within a month.