Republican News Item. VOL. X. NO. 4-. his Is the Place CTo Buy Your Jewelry S N Nothing in Town to Compare With X J ( the Quality that We are Giving / ; ) You for the Low Price Asked. N \ C Oualitv and moderate prices makes a force that\i j i rt'sist blv draws into our store the best patronage 112 ofthN s vtion. Many years here in business, always 3 | S with a full line of goods above suspicion; chosen C , ( with a care and judgment commensurate with its . , \ desirability and adaptability to refine taste, makes i / our store a safe place to invest. C : 112 Repair work done on short notice and guaran-Q i \ teed, by skilled workmen. Your orders appreciated. ; RETTENBURY, > < DUSHORE, I'A. The^ler^ cole^Z^^? HARDW jt^S : X No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL 0:R. WOO D HE ATERS; ONE OP WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS. House Furnishing 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 socond 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. (Sofe^iisftore^a. Would you goto a horse doctor if you were Sick ? Why then for Clothing Do You Not Come to Us? We have the largest stock of clothing in Lycoming county to select from lowest Prices. Come and give us a trial tor \our next suit. Will save you from $2 oo to $5 00 on a suit and give you up to date styles. We are over loaded with Clothing and Shoes. Come and see for yourself. If you buy SIO.OO or over, will pay your car fare both ways. You are safe in buying of us; if not satisfactory will re f'ind > our money. Jacob Per, HUGHE SVILLE, PENN'A. Notice: Rubber Boots and Shoes ac manufacturers' prices. Subscribe for the News Item LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA., THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1905. THE CHANGE Conducted by J. W. DAKIIOW, Chatham. N. Y.. Prent* CnrresiHindent New I'i/rk State Orange NEW YORK STATE GRANGE, j The Thlrty-necond Annual Smuloii lit OKileiiMliurK* The thirty-second annual session of the New York state grange assembled | in the opera house at Ogdensburg, X. Y., Feb. 7, Worthy Master Klliot It. Norris presiding. Secretary \V. N.i Mips' report showed that the total number of granges at last report was organized 2<> new granges during the past year, reorgan ized .">. disbanded and declared dormant 11. making the number of granges on the books Sept. .'lO, 1004, at which time this report was made up, r>STi. Several new ones have since been organized. The total paid membership on that date was 00,.'!9S and members in arrears, but still ou the books, making a total membership of »!l.r>;i4, a gain of 6.002 for the past grange year. Jeffer son county lias the largest member ship—viz. (i,2."i>. The next in order are Chautauqua. -I.Toli; St. Lawrence, 4,.'!7ti; Oswego, 4,"70; Monroe, 3,-Slii; Wayne, :j.700. There are.one .luvenile and lor- i ly-one Pomona granges in the state, and i tifty counties of the state have sub ordinate granges. Treasurer L\ A. Welling reported total receipts for the year if L5.734.01; ae- | crued interest, !jvl4.j.or>; total, .$10,070.00; lialancc ou hand Jan. 1. 11)04, $1.">,412.24, making a total of $:!4.402.20. Total dis bursements in 1004, !f10,02 1.77; balance .on hand Jan. 1, 1000, $17,007.4:1. Governor C. J. Itell of Vermont, master of the Vermont state grange, was introduced and received with the usual honors. At a later hour a recep tion was given in the hotel parlors to tiovernor Hell, who was attended by his two daughters and Colonel M. 15. Huberts of his staff and wife, lu the evening a public meeting was held at the opera house, at which the speaker: were Governor Hell and Past State Lecturer Mrs. S. V Judd. There was also an entertaining literary and music al programme given under the direc tion of the loeii* couiiuittee, of which .Major »V. 11. Oa'tli.-l;- was Hit efficient chairman. At the second day's session there was an increased attendance of delegates. A letter was read from J. E. ltice, pro lessor of agriculture at Cornell univer sity, urgiug that the state grange re new its appropriation for scholarship for 1005, and later in the session an ap propriation of SIOO, unused the past year, was made for this purpose. The legislative committee reported that there were no laws enacted during 1904 detrimental to the agricultural in terests of the state, but several were enacted that would work for the farm ers' interests. The committee said they are advocating as large au appropria tion for good roads as is consistent with the revenues of the state. They believe that the appropriation made last year to establish a state agricul tural college at Cornell will redound largely to the interests of the state. The committee have used their best ef forts to prevent what seems to them to be the consummation of a great iujus tice to the farming districts of tb state in the enactment of the law f>. the enlargement of the canals of tli state. They then rehearsed several o; the steps taken to prevent the letting of contracts for canal construction and also referred to the repeal bill intro duced ill tlie legislature, and they urged every member of a subordinate grange and every taxpayer as well to write to his senator and assemblyman urging that they work for the 'repeal of the canal act. The committee referred to the work of the Antleanal league, of which Hon. James Wood of Mount Kis co is president and Hon. John I. Piatt of Pouglikeepsie is secretary. Through these officers the services of Hon. Rllliu Hoot were secured to Investigate the question of tlie legality of the canal act. With him was associated Hon. Charles Andrews of Syracuse, who together pronounced the act unconstitutional | and advised taking further legal steps i to bring the matter Into the courts. ! At tills session of the grange ex-Gov -1 ernor Haclielder of New Hampshire I was present and addressed a public | meeting of the members of the Order and citizens of Ogdensburg In thr ?ven ! ing. Among the resolutions adopted were the following: Helative to the grange j good roads bill, known as house bill 10.7(JT>, which provides for the distribu tion of $24,000,000 among the states i for the construction of good roads (the resolution asks that the pro rata share coming to New York state, amounting to about $2,000,000, shall be divided be tween state, county and locality in tl.e same proportion as money for same Is uo\y raised); asking the legislature to ! enact such laws as may be n fcessary In establishing and operating stone crushing plants for macadam roads where suitable material is found with in reasonable distance of nur prisons and reformatories, with a view to hav ing tne stones quarried and crushed by prison labor, the prepared material to be furnished for roadmaking without charge; instructing the legislative com mittee to prepare a bill to be introduced in the legislature of the state to so amend the state law relative to Cor nell university that a trustee may be elected by the state grange for a two year term who shall represent the in terests of agriculture on the board of said university, to begin at the expira tion of the term of the present presi -1 dent of the State Agricultural society, and recommending that a new office bo Treated known as trustee of Cornell university; asking the legislative com mittee to secure If possible legislation to protect the public against the reck less use of automobiles by careless and irresponsible drivers and owners: that we request the I'nited States depart ment of agriculture to take such steps as in its wisdom is justified to pre vent the spread of the gypsy moth and brown tail moth into the state of New York, thus protecting our forests and fruit trees from their ravages; favoring '.lie bill now before the legislature en titled "An act in relation to the right of residents to vote on special tax elec tions in cities of the third class;" fa voring the modification ol' bankruptcy laws to render it more difficult for un -1 scrupulous persons to cheat their cred itors out of tlieir just dues: asking an ' amendment to the agricultural law whereby owners of infected cattle kill ed by the state authorities shall re- J ceive compensation for the same. | The committee on good of the Order reported that an invitation for the next i state meeting to meet at Auburn had been received and had been referred ' to the executive committee, as was | also one from Geneva. An invitation i for 1007 meeting was received from Ithaca, at which time the new agricul ; tural building will be constructed where in the meeting will be held if the in vitation is accepted; they favored the appropriation of the sum of sloo re maining unused from last year lor the Cornell scholarship be reappropriated | for the ensuing year; committee favor ed the revision of grange melodies used j by subordinate granges and also the printing of master's, secretary's, treas- I urer's and executive committee's re | ports and distributing the same among i the delegates at the opening of each au ! mial session; also reported favorably a i resolution recommending that county deputies be required to visit each sub ordinate grange in their Jurisdiction at ! least twice a year and that said depu ; ties be required to attend the annual session of the state grange at the lat | ter's expense. I The committee on education highly j commended Hie work of farmers' instl j tutcs and asked for their further ex j puuslon. They also recommended the j adoption of an amendment to the cou j stitution of the state grange to the ef fect that in the election of officers j blank ballot slips shall lie used coirtaiu | ing the titles of all the officers to be elected, with blank spaces for the ' names to be written, such ballot to I be taken at the opening of the first ! business session after the ballots are | distributed and a vote to lie taken at the opening of each subsequent business ; session until tlio election is accomplish I j The committee on common schools ad vised the members of the Order to take a deeper inteie.st in school grounds, making them inviting and attractive; they advocate a rudimentary course of | agriculture in the common schools and also the enactment of a law providing | for uniform text books, such books to I have indorsement of the state board of i education. They also recommended an j increase of the library appropriation j for rural districts and also that the grades of the district schools be ar ranged to better correspond with the ! grades of our high schools, so that pu ; plis entering the high schools from a rural district will not lose one or more j terms ou account of not having studied ! the proper subjects, j The committee on extension of the Order recommend that the worthy mas i ter send an officer to those counties 1 where the grange is at present uot or ganized to explain to the farmers the object of our Order and the advantages to be derived therefrom and to use every effort to organize subordinate : granges and that the press correspond ent end to the papers of such unor ganii id territory such grar.ge news as may be of interest to the public in the organization. They further recommend ed that subordinate granges use print ed programmes, distributing tlip same at least one session before the subjects of same are taken up. | A resoiutie. was adopted setting forth the fact that the state grange 1 favors such legislation as will effectual ly protect public health and agrieultur al interests from the effects of the im portation of diseased cattle into this state and providing examination by competent veterinarians of all suchcat j tie within eight days after their im portation unless accompanied by cer tificates from recognized competent au thority setting forth the fact of their freedom from tuberculous disease, and, while opposed to the importation of in ferior or diseased cattle, we would en courage the importation ol" all such ani mals as will raise the standard of qual Ity of our domestic animals. | The Pennsylvania Child Labor Com mittee has not done all it has set out to do. Neither has It ceased trying Summer School at Dvshorc. i Th" summer school for the teach- ! ers of Sullivan County will lie held j in Dushore High School building, opening Monday, June 20, 1005, and continuing four weeks. The following instructors have been engaged:—Prof. I>. M. Flick ( History, (irammer, and Orthogra phy; Prof. T. V. Kelly, Reading, Geography, and Civil (iovernment; Co. Supt. J. K. Reese Ktllgore, .Methods anil Theory and Practice of reaching. All teachers should patronize this -cliool. It is not conduct "d for profit the entire receipts from tuition being expended to secure able instructors. We are endeavoring to secure the adoption of the Illinois Course of Study in every school district io Sull ivan County, the purpose being to secure more elllcient work. The mere adoption id' this course of study will not secure tin 1 desired results unless the teachers of the county be come thoroughly familiar with this I course of study, and co-operate with j the superintendent by attending the 1 summer school the lull term. This j course of sludy will lie used as a bas -lis of all the work done in thesum ; liter school, and feeling that the time ; is at hand when the people lmav rca ; smably require greater professional j side of teaching will be emphasized. Progressive teachers w ill tind it to ! their advantage* to attend this school. Co. Supt, .1. F. Reese Killgore, Supervising Principal. Celebration at Laporle. There will be an old fashioned Fourth of July Celebration at La- I'orle. A meeting of citizens was ! held at the I'rothy. < >ttice 011 Satur day evening. It was unanimously agreed to celebrate at La Porte in the poor old fHsioned way. While the program is not yet announced it w ill include au oration of games of base ball between crack clubs, music, dancing picnic, boat races and other contests of strength and skill and a a magnifiicent display of tire works. The Commtttee appointed are as 112 illows: General, F.J. Mullen, A. J. JJrai'- ley, John Culver, W. A. Kennedy, K. P. Ingham;Speakers, F. M. Dun ham and F. W. Meylcrt; Transpor tation, F.J. Mullen; Base Bail, F. I*. Ingham, Ellery Swank and T. F. Kennedy; Amusements, Jos. Carpen ter, I-'. \Y. Buck and C. L. Wing; lie freshments, F. 11. Ingham, W. B. Hitter and W. 11. Rogers; Music and ! Dancing, T. F. Kennedy; Order, A. 11. Buschhausen and Jas. ('. Gavin' ind advertising, F. W. Gallagher, Jos. Carpenter and F. M. Crossley. ('. S. I lorton, of Williamsport, and S. B. Lhividge, of Binghamton, N. Y. have just closed a deal at Mehan, .Miss., which involves a tract of tim ber lands of more than 15,000 acres, also a saw mill and a railroad con necting the mill at Mehan, for about SIOO,OOO. It is expected that about June 1 articles of incorporation will be tiled in Mississippi incorporating a com pany with an authorized capital of 1,000, Out), to own and deal in lum ber, with the following directorate: t'. S. 1 lorton, F. (J. Davidge, S. B. Bavidge, T- B. (Vary, W. G. Garitt, Fugene 1 lorton and J. W. Fly mi, the latter of this place. Mr. Fly tin is also manager of the company, which will be known as the Cotton State Lumhep company, and will have a Mississippi charter. Besides Mr. Hort >n the following Wiiliauisporters are interested in tin company; A. 1). Herniauee, Carl I let die, S. T. McCormiek and F. 11. Mi- Curmick. As soon as the company i> incor porated an extension of about twenty miles will be made to the railroad 'that will connect the furthermost point of the timber lands to the town of Mehan, from where connection will be made with railroads that form the network throughout the I'nited States. The company will saw all kinds of wood and limber for the open market. The Binghamton, N. Y., papers have been publishing colums ol'stor ! ies to the effect that the Susquehanna j and New York railroad intend to ex tend their line from Towauda to that city C. S. I lorton, the President of the company, who resides at Will iamsport says there i> po truth in the ! rumors. 1.00 PER YEAR RICKETTS. The frost Saturday night killed lots of flowers ami garden plants that were put out early. Work on the new hall progressed rapidly last week, if all is well it will lie completed by the first of June. Mr. J. C. Miller had a narrow es cape from death Friday morning, while working in the mill. In at tempting to throw otf a belt his left arm was iau»ht and he was thrown several feet. lie escaped with a broken arm. Mr. John Bates's three year old son is very sick. Mrs. Theodore Sluyter was very sick Tuesday night but i-* improving. Messrs. Lewis and Cupp of Wilkes- Imrre were after speckled beauties on South Brook the tirst of the week. Mr. K. A. Bowman had his eye quite badly injured by a chip, while working in the woods. Rev. S. U. Bidlack Weds. Rev. S. I>. Bidlack of Mnncy Val ley, and Miss Emma Fiester of Ma pleton, were married at 1 o'clock last Thursday afternoou at the home of the bride's parents near Mapleton. The ceremony was performed by Presiding Eider Wilcox, of Will ianisporl, in the presence of a large number of invited guests. The bride who was handsomely attired in a silk costume, was at tended by Miss Maine Kaup of Hughcsville, asjnaid of honor, anil Mrs. Jacob Sutliffand Miss Taylor sis bridesmaids. The groom's best man was Kev.-Allen, and llev. King and Jacob Sutlill' acted as ushers. Mrs. Morris of Picture I locks, play el Mendelssohn's w d ling ni.i'ch us the bridal party entered the room. I'he interior of the house was hand somely decorated with plants and flowers. After the ceremony and congratu lations an elaborate wedding dinner \\ is served: The brjde was the recipient oft large collection of handsome presents among which were linen, china, cut glu*-; and silverware. The News Item extends its best wishes to llev. Bidlack and his esti mable bride. An act to which Governor Penny packer has attached his signature will remedy an exclusive abuse in many of the counties of this state. Fader the provision of the act all judgments given by justices of the peace against townships, boroughs or school districts must be tiled with the prothonotary within one week from the time of the rendition of judgment. Heavy taxpayers in many counties have had large bur dens in the shape of taxes placed upon them owing to the loose meth ods in which judgments have been sjiven against municipalities and school districts. ('. I'. Shaw, a prominent Bradford county Granger, writes: ''The grange is doing a great educational work. Asa result people are thinking ser iously upon questions that a few years ago were scotl'ed at. 1 feel es pecially proud of the progressive work as conducted in Pennsylvania. This is largely due to the fact that the principal officials are men who dare to lead. Prof. Surface was with us at our last Pomona grange meet ing and gave a good talk, dwelling especially upon direct legislation, llis address was enthusiastically re ceived by the nearly 400 members present. lam convinced that the initiative and referendum or direct legislation overshadows all other public questions in importance. Its adoption will bring two very desir j results it will lead the people to think upon and discuss public ques tions as they have never done before and thus become a powerful educator and what is of equal importance it will entirely disartn the lobbyist and boodler." A Memorial Sermon will be de j livered at the St. John's Episcopal j Church l>y llev. E. A. lleim to the | Veterans of the Civil War of Ea l'orte and vicinity on Sunday Mty | iNth. at 0.-'W o'clock, the public in ! general are cordially invited to at- I tend. Win. W. Loeb, Sec'ry.
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