Republican News Item. VOL. VIII. NO. 14. 112 This Is the Place C Q To Buy Your Jewelery.C in Town to Compare ( the Quality that We are Giving / / You for the Low Price Asked. j C Quality and moderate prices makes a force that\ J) irresistibly draws into our store the best patronage r Cof this section. Many years here in business, always 1 } with a full line of goods above suspicion; chosen C ( with a care and judgment commensurate with its 5 \ desirability and adaptability to refine taste, makes \ r our store a safe place to invest. C r Repair work done on short notice and guaran-Q \ teed, by skilled workmen. Your orders appreciated. X > RETTENBURY, ) £l )US HO R E, HARDWARE^ No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL OB WOOD HEATERS; ONE OF WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS. House Furnishiug 'Goods, Tools of Every Description, Guns and Ammunition. Bargains that bring the buyer back. Come and test the truth of our talk. A lot of second hand stoves and ranges for sale cheap. We can sell you in stoves anything from a fine Jewel Base Burner to a low priced but satisfactory cook stove. Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and General Repairing, Roofing and Spouting. Sjiuudl Commencing July 6th, this store will close Wednesday after noon at 12:30, and every other day except Saturday at 5 p.m. during July and August. The Shopbell Dry Good Co., 313 Pine Street, m WILLIAMSPORT, PA. Summer Comfort at Little Cost. On the threshold of Summer now and a store teeming with fresh, crisp merchandise suited to hot weather wear, Summer outfitting is not a very costly business now-a days. The ready-to-wear has reached such a high state of perfection that one can buy all sorts of dainty garments for less price than you can furnish the material and have them made to vour order. SHIHT WAIST SUITS. OPENWORK HOSE FOB LADIES. The Shirtwaist Suit in an easy first as a They're much called tor this season, favorite summe costume. They are made lire to lots lor you to select from, the ... • . *i ,i price argument will impress you. Ladies in two parts, a sty is i » s n . q fast black lace striped hose made with ly stylish skirt, l'he prices are astonish- high spliced heels and double soles, an low on these suits. AVe have them extra good quality for 25c. from $2.00 and between prices up to $lB. Ladies' fast black lace lisle thread hose SHIRT WAIST TIME NOW. at ' laK ' ,eun selling at 50c. Here are quantities of cool sheer White "IT UHMBW-AB. Lawn and Madras waists in stripe and us S | )OW you our line. Ladies' low neck •Jacquard tlgures, fresh from the best and sleeveless ribbed vests at 10c, 121 c, makers. The prices are merelv nominal 15c, Swiss ribbed vests at 25c to $i 00. , ■ i.i r.- I.i Children's summer underwear in most when you consider the qualities and style. a]] , uies cou)( , Mk for It will be to your interest to make your Men's Halbriggan shirts and drawers selections from this assortment. at 25c and 50c. SOME WASH GOODS. BATH TOWELS. Better try to get first choice from these. We are selling some bath towels at v're cool dainty summer fabrics and Jower prices than you general,- pay for bath towels of like size and quality, l hev ost only a trille more than the or- |iOIII( , bleached and unbleached, hemmed rints. or fringed at sc, 10c, 12j, 16 and 25c. SHOPBELL DRYGOOD CO. for the News Item LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1903. ' TOWTYJIEWS I sniSTS Happenings o! ££££2r""> Interest to Readers *■"■* Towi *- EAGLES MERE. A special meeting of the P. O. Club was called to take into consid eration the proposed road from Eag les Mere to Sonestown, and the Sec retary was called upon to explain the advantages and disadvantages of the road to our own people and those of Shrewsbury township. He said as far as he could learn the scheme had originated with a lot of people living in Davidson town ship who wanted to haul their farm and garden produce, butter, milk and eggs to our place, and he thought it was altogether out of reason be cause it might interfere with the market for radishes and corn raised here. He said it was true there was about a dozen pair of chickens in Eagles Mere but he thought there was several bushels of potatoes rais ed right here and no doubt a hun dred ears of corn as well as twenty bunches of radishes, and he was for protection to home industries When someone suggested that our people bought bay and other supplies and that Davidson had them to sell, he replied that another bad thing was that it might interfere with the mar ket of farmers coming from Lycom ing and Columbia counties and that as Christians we ought to he kind to strangers. One of the members remarked that he had heard that the clothes pin factory at Sonestown had bought all the hardwood that may be cut on , thi> Geyelin property for the next ten years and he thought it would make some hauling for our teams if there was a good road to Sonestown. The Secretary called his attention to the fact that there was a railroad l>e tween the two places and that it was bad policy to take any business from the railroad in order to give it to our own people. Another member then thought that some bark intended for the Union Tanning Co. might get over the road and that we ought to do all we can against the Tanning lb., even if we did have to sacrifice some teaming work for our own peo. pie. The president called the attention of the Club to the fact that if we had more attractive drives it would likely lead the summer visitors wanting to drive more and that would make it necessary for our people to have more horses and carriages and also make them work over hours and possibly on Sunday, which the Club could not recommend. A small member in the back part of the meeting climbed on the bench to say that if a good road was made between here and Sonestown it might be possible that some foolish fellow might put an automobile stage and get Montgomery to it and then George would not have to buy any horses, if one should get sick and die, and besides that if the road was built the probability was that we would have people coming in here every day and disturbing the town, and the newspapers would get here the same day they were published, and our people would be in a state of excitement all the time with startling news instead of the way it was when the papers were two or three days old everything was gone by and we did not need to read them at all. A delegate from Shrewsbury asked permission to speak and said he hop ed the Club would oppose it as it would make some additional tax for them and give a lot of peopla work, and have a tendency to make Eagles Mere bigger than it is now and it is big enough already, and they are not in favor of any further growth that might increase the pro fits on farming in their township. He also said that Sullivan county was in debt and that he thought it a mistake to try to get people from New York, Philadelphia and other big cities to invest their money their money here so as to pay part of the debt. He was in favor of Sullivan people paying the whole debt them selves so that any movement in the direction of increasing the popula tion and wealth of the county should be opposed with all our might. HILLSGROVE. Misses Freda Mcßride and Liz zie Hoffman had a narrow escape from a runaway on Monday. The horse they were driving became frightened at a man who was carry ing a bed tick tilled with straw, and only with the utmost difficulty was the horse stopped. Milnor Jackson and wife of Piatt, were in town over Sunday. The new P. G. S. of A. District Pres., Harry Basley, and wife of Bernice, were in town several [days last week. Rev. John Bryan and daughter are the guests of Mrs. Galough. Thos. V. Kelly of Dushore, repre sentative of the Knights of the Mac cabees, is organizing a lodge here. The Proctor Ball Team ran up against Ilillsgrove again last Satur day and were defeated. They play ed well though, the score being 3 to 1. Mrs. John Brown of Wyalusing is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Ira Shaver. Mr. Vernon Mrs. Sad dler were in attendance at the Sun day School convention at Forksville. Miss May Smith called on friends at Forksville, Sunday. Mr. Betts of Williamsport was in town Monday and Tuesday. SHVNK. Miss Ida Kightniireof t Canton and friend Mr. Wilsey of Williamsport, are visiting the lady's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Abalina Rightmirc. Mrs. F. 1). McMullin and children of Walten, N. Y., are spending sev eral weeks with her sister, Mrs. A. E. Campbell. Mrs. J. L. Hoagland and children of Scran ton, are visiting her sister, Mrs. J. 11. Campbelle. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Williams of Canton spent Sunday with relatives here. Mrs. Lottie Bain and child of Buf falo, N. Y., is visiting her cousin, Mrs. J. W. Ilaub. Mrs. Alice Brown visited Jier sis ter in Waverly, last week. Mrs. J. 11. Campbell visited rela tives at East Canton Saturday. ESTELLA * During the fierce electtic storm of last Thursday evening the barn of F. C. Beinlich was struck by light ning and burned down with its con tents. Mr. Beinlich's son liolla and a little nine year old girl were milk ing in the barn at the time it was struck. Both were knocked down by the shock, but ltolla soon picked himselk up and carried his sister out and then succeeded in getting out the stock. The barn was soon a mass of flames as the bolt went through the hay mow. The loss is partially covered by insurance. Mrs. Raymond Meyers of Bernice visited at J. M. Osiers and 11. G. Littles Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. More of Estella and Mrs. Harding of Towanda spent Sunday at the home of Dell Brown on Pleas ant Ridge. Mrs. Geo. Johns is convalescing slowly. Haying is rather backward owing to the wet weather, but it is report ed a large crop this season. Mrs. J. W. Rogers and son Ray, of Forksville, were calling on friends at the falls on Saturday last. J. S. Shoemaker and Mr. Cran dell of Windfall, visited at Dell Browns last week. Larue Bird who has been sick for some time, is better at this writing. Rev. Bowen preached at the Lin > coin Falls church Sunday evening. X SONESTOWN. Mrs. J. C. Starr on Sunday enter tained Mrs. Norman Brink and children of Eagles Mere. Miss Flora Cook of Nordmont, visited her annt, Mrs. Bertha Con verse, on Monday and Tuesday. Mrs. E. J. Lock wood and family are visiting relatives at Elmsport. Among the attendants at exami nation this week were Frank Small, Harry Botsford and Martha Brun dage of Nordmont, Henry Warbur ton and Percy Bay of Northmountain Ida and Brady Boudeman of Unity - ville. Russel Conrad has moved his fam ily back to Tivoli. Misses Melessa and Whitmeyer of Hughesville were in town last week. A large number of our young people took advantage of the moon light excursion to Mokoma Park on Saturday evening, and report an en joyable time spent. Mrs. John Converse and children spent Sunday with Mrs. J. Penning ton at Nordmont. Mrs. Orrin Sherman visited in town last week. Miss Pearl Houseknecht has re turned from Williamsport. Miss Maud Sones of Beaver Lake was in town last week. John Wright is with Frank Ma gargle, employed in his hotel. C. W. Bwinley of Williamsport, will give a temperance lecture in the E. V. Church Wednesday evening. Mrs. J. P. Gray of Picture Rocks, has returned home after several days spent with her mother, Mrs. George Kiess, who is in very poor health. Mrs. Andrew Edgar, Miss Myrtle Edgar and Rev. J. O. Biggs repre sented the two Sunday Schools of Sonestown at Forksville during the convention; the first two visiting in Laj>orte on their return. Mrs. H. D. Lockwood is visiting relatives in Williamsport. Win. Landback has moved from Lopez to town. 11. D. and E. J. Lockwood, A. H. Starr and W. L. Sheets are camping at Hunters and fishing. The Davidson School Board met on Saturday and hired the following teachers: Henry Warburton, Hem lock Grove; M. D. Sweeney, Sugar Grove; Martha Brundage,Centennial; Frank Small, Sugar Point; Anna Speary, Glidewells; Percy Bay, Sheets Hill; M. P. Gavitt, Sonestown Adv. R. S. Starr, Inter.;W.B. Hazen,Pri.; Clyde Worthington, Muncy Valley Adv.; Emma Biddle, Pri. For Em mons no teacher has yet been found. It is a note worthy fact in nearly all the townships that many experienc ed teachers are leaving the profession a sufficient number to take their places is hard to secure. A Festival will be held in the E. M. It- R. station on Saturday eve ning. All are invited. Mrs. H. C. and Wm. Boatman are entertaining their nieces the Misses Croman of (Hen Mawr. MUNCY VALLEY. Ransom Biggar is now employed by Frank Magargle. Miss Pearl Bender returned to her homo at Stillwater on Monday. Mr. Roe McCarty was a visitor in town Thursday. Mrs. L. V. Burkholder of New berry is visiting friends at this place. A large crowd from here took in the moonlight excursion to Laporte. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Remsnyder of Jamison City, called on friends here Thursday. Miss Hannah [Kelly of .William sport, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Mat thew Taylor. James P. Miller and son Grant, and Miss Hattie Johnson of Hughes ville drove to Eagles Mere on Sun day. $250 Award tor James TompKins. The case of James Tompkins vs. Chauncy B. Wheatly, which was tried before arbitrators, brought a large Elkland delegation to Laporte on Monday. This is a case in which plaintiff seeks to recover damages for the loss of his barn by fire which he alleges was negligently started from defendant's fallow. The attorneys were E. J. Mullin for plaintiff and Thomson and Heess for defendent. Joseph C. Pennington, Miles O. Barnes and Wellington C. Graiffley acted a»arbitrators and rendered an Lward of $275 in favor of plaintiff. 75 TS. PER YEAR RICKETTS. *. A large excursion to Harveys Lake laHt Sunday, 52 ear loads of excursionists.. Rev. Xanders visited at G. J* Hentzlemans last week and preach ed Sunday morning to a large and appreciative audience. The A. D. K. initiated two mem bers last week and will initiate two each Wednesday until all applica tions are acted upon* Dr. Long of Dallas was here to see a few patients last week. Dr. Christian of Lopez was in town last week. The family of Chas. Bishop expect to move to Bernice soon. Mr. M. Travers was struck by a piece of a knot last week and cut his lower jaw quite badly. Miss Ossie Sellars visited at Ben ton over Suuday. Mr. Harvey our L. V. agent ex pects togo to Wilkesbarre in a few days to take a position in the freight office. Quite a number from here will at tend the picnic at Lopez on Saturday Smallpox Believed (o Threaten Laquin. A correspondent to the Towanda Review says: "Several cases of smallpox are declared to have de veloped in the lumber woods in the edge of Sullivan county beyond La quin and Wheelerville. Dr. Gamble of Wheelerville believes he has two eases of in one famil now under his care, and he stated that within the last eight days there have been ton cases contracted in three families. All the cases have been mild in char acter. "Dr. S. M. Woodburn was sum moned to Wheelerville on Monday to consult with Dr. Gamble, but did not see any of the patients. An effort is being made to prevent the spread of the disease to the lumber camps and the towns along theS. & N. Y. railroad." Accident at Bernice. Michael Foley of Satteriield was seriously injured while working in the mines at Bernice, on Monday by a section of the roof caving in. When taken out it was fuund that his chest was badly crushed and his leg and hip broken and mashed. Little hopes aro entertained for his recovery. Sunday School Convention. The 17th Annual Convention of the Sullivan County Sunday School Association was held in the Metho dist church at Forksville, 'August <>th and 7th, 1908. The convention was opened on Thursday morning at 10:30 with Pres. A. P. Starr in the chair. On Thursday afternoon the convention opened at 1:30. After a short song service the convention was favored by an excellent address of welcome by Rev. A. E. Smith of Forksville. The following subjects were then discussed: The Home and the School; Home Department; Cra dle ltoll; Home Influence on Child Life. In the evening at 8 o'clock the convention was favored by an excellent address on Soul Saving, by Rev. C. A. Oliver. Friday morn ing at 9 o'clock the convention open ed, after which the following Jsub iects were disc used: The Teacher and the Class; The Teacher Himself; The Class; The Teacher's Work; The Teacher framing the solution of many difficult problems. On Fri day afternoon the convention opened at 2:1 f>, after which the election of officers took place. We are glad to announce that all but one officer were re-elected. The following addresses were then delivered: The Book We Teach; The Material We Work On. Evangelistic Effort our Greatest Need. The convention closed on Friday evening at which time Rev. C. A. Oliver delivered an excellent address on Bible Study for Spiritual Profit. The following persons took part in the convention: Rev. J. H. Bo wen, Rev. A. E. Smith, Rev. J. O. Biggs, Rev. I'. H. Hoover, Mrs; A. M. Drinkwater, Rev. C. A. Oli ver, Rev. Fossold, Rev. J. H. Fish er, Rev. S. 11. Engler, Rev. S. B. Bidlack. The convention was a spiritual uplifting and we are safe in saying that it was one of the best that has ever been held in Sullivan county. It was agreed to hold next ' year's convention at liOpez.
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