Local Items. Watch for the comet. ad is corrected weekly. All kinds of quality printing at the News Item office. Fred Schanbaclier of Sonestown was a Laporte visitor Tuesday even ing. Mrs. Morgan who has l)een ser iously ill for some weeks is slowly recovering. James Sickler of Colley has been painting at the Tannery for the past week. Edw. Hall and son Francis of Muucy were business men in La porte Tuesday. W. J. Devanney of Emmons, at tended the fuueral of Jno. Sweeney at Dushore Monday. St. John's Church, (Episcopal) Sunday School 9:00 a. in. Regular Service 7:30 p. in. The Village Improvement Society will meet at the home of Mis. F. W. Meylert on Tuesday evening May 17. Misses Nora O'Brien and Bar bara Farrell, of Dushore, spent Saturday with the latter's sister, Mrs. Leo J. Fries. Some of our street crossings are in great need of attention, and un less mended promptly may result in the downfall of comet gazers. Supt. J. E. Reese Killgore of Dushore attended the commence ment exercises here Thursday night and delivered an excellent address. Willis Edmister Esq., of Bing h a niton, is busy this week making many improvements on the Cherry summer residence on Muucy street. The work of cleaning up the Lake Mokoma grounds is progress ing rapidly, and by the time the season opens will be in excellent condition. _ __ We are pleased to note that parties having rubbish to dispose of are hauling the same to the dumping grounds provided by the borough council. Base ball—All those interested in the organization of a base ball team to represent Laporte are re quested to meet in the office of F. W. Mylert Esq. Friday evening at 8:00 o'clock. The May Sessions of the County CouHa will open Monday. This will be a busy week for Laporte as the indications point to one of the largest courts the county has ever held. Many criminal cases have developed which will take most of the week to dispose of. H. H. Kumni for several years bookkeeper for the Elk Tanning Co., at this place has been promot ed to an office in Portland Mills, Elk Co., Pa., and last week moved to that place. Mr. and Mrs. Kumm have been well liked in Laporte and many friends regret their de parture but wish them success in their new location. C. W. Saarn of R. D.|3, Dushore, writes: "1 hived one swarm of Carmiolan honey bees May 1, and oue swarm May 2. If any of our bee meu in Sullivan county cau beat this I would like to hear from them." According to the old rhyme, "A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay," Mr. Saam has the wherewith in those two hives to buy a couple big loads of fodder. —New Albany Mirror. John Hassen Jr., landlord of Hotel Bernard; has greatly im proved the appearance and conven ience of that hostelry by building a concrete walk in front which ex tends the full length of the prop erty. Edward Edler of Hughes ville has charge of the concrete work. Mr. Hassen has gradually improved the old Commercial Hotel, a touch here and there un til he has one of the finest hotels in the county. M. P. Gavitt of Sonestown was in this place Saturday. Ulysses Bird of Forksville spent Tuesday in the county seat. W. B. Snider of Nordmont was a business caller in town Tuesday. W. L. Saxer of Dusliore trans acted business in Laporte Tues day. E. E. Mecum of Williamsport was a business man in town Tues day. Glen Peterman of Nordmont was a business man in Laporte Satur day. ' Nute Malnut has l>een confined to his home for the past week with Erysipelas. The Ladies Aid Society will meet at the home of Mrs. Andrew Rose. Friday afternoon May 13. Rev. David L. Dixon waa called, to his home in Petersburg Saturday by the death of his father. Tli,) Ladies Aid Society will sell ice Cream at the residence of J. Y. Finkle Saturday, evening, May 14 . The Mokoma booklet for 1910e has made its appearance and whil it is neat and attractively composed and illustrated, still it does not ex aggerate the beauties, comforts and pastimes that the Lake and town of LaPorte offers to rest-seekers. Next Wednesday is the day scheduled for the comet's transit across the face of the sun from west to east. The exact hour ol the ex pected trausit is not known so if skies permit you should focus your eyes on old Sol's disk quite fre quently on that date. The following people from Nord mont and Sonestown attended the Commencement Exercises here Tuesday evening: Misses Nellie Hunter, Iva Hess, Freda Armee, Edna Jones, Dolly Snycler, Miss Young, Harry and Robert Hunter, Howard Hess, and Ernest Bots ford. St John's Episcopal church has been fortunate in securing a tine bell for building. The bell was formerly in use by a Williams port church. Owing to a gift of a new building with equipment to the Williamsport church the bell was offered for sale and was pur chased by the Laporte church. It is a large fine toned instrument and was placed in the belfry Thursday from which place it will peal forth its first music to Laportians on Sunday next. We are glad to speak of the ex cellent condition of the park as a result of the ladies' efforts with rakes and mowers and now think a movement should be started to secure some seatw for that beauti ful place. It might also be timely to mention the contrast beteen the appearence of the park and the Court House lawn which is sadly in need of some grass pursuader. We are informed that no fertilizer has been distributed on this lawn for fifteen years which probably is the principal cause of its ill looks. The grass has nearly disappeared in places while a fine crop of nox ious weeds is crouding its way in. Town beautifiers should give this their attention. Junior Entertainment. The Junior Entertainment was given on Monday evening in the school auditorium. Recitations, songs, and piano solos completed a very interesting program, and the audience was highly appreciative. The class colors, crimson and gold, adorned the stage in the shape of Indian wigwams, tomahawks, and bows and arrows. County M. D's. Meet. A meeting of the Medical Society of Sullivan County Was held at Hotel Bernard yesterday. Many physicians of the county and lead ing surgeons of various hospitals were in attendance including Dr. Guthries of Sayre and Dr. Nutt of Williamsport. SHUNK. Jesse Williams who has been suf fering from a severe attack of diph theiia is slightly improved at this writing. Mrs. Clara Andrus and Misses Emily Porter and Helen Williams of Canton visited friends at this place Saturday aud Sunday. Mrs. Frances Kilmer is ill at this writing. John McNamire aud son Leslie made a business trip to Sonestown last week. A few from this place attended the commencement exercises at Hillsgrove, May 4. Chas. Heinze, who haw been em ployed at Williamsport, returned to his home at this place, Saturday. The Commencement exercises of Fox Township High School were held in the church at this place, Saturday evening, May 7. The programme consisted of Instru mental music, a class will, by Belle Rightiiire, class prophecy by Hazel Yoorhees, aud an oration Abraham Lincoln, by the 'valedictorian, Edgar Campbell. The exercises were greatly enjoyed by the large number of people who attended. Harry Campbell, who is attend ing college at Lewisburg, came borne Saturday on a short vacation. . Mrs. James Campbell is nursing her niece, Mrs. Katou, at Forks ville. Mrs. SiuClaire of Williamsport is visiting Mrs. J. P. Kilmer. Emery liagley of Athens spent a few days of last week fishing iu the streams near here. % —— » • mmm ESTELbA. John Wheatle'y and daughter Pearle of Sayre visited bis mother and brother Edward over Sunday. S. P. Shoemaker is the champion tishcruAin in.this place. In half a day's tishing he caught seventeen trout and their aggregate length was just eleven feet. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rinker visit ed at C. J. Fullers Sunday. Mrs. Wm. Brown and two child" reu spent Saturday and Sunday at Indian town, visiting her parents. Albert Ray and wife and Miss Anna visited at J. Osier's on Sunday. Maude Pardo and friend of East Canton visited her parents Ira Pardo and wife Sunday. Some of the young folks attended the Commencement Exercises at Shunk Saturday evening. Harvey Porter of Shunk visited his daughter, Mrs. Sain Parish on Bear Mountain Friday and Satur day last week. MVNCY VALLEY. Mrs. Adam Bradley is on the sick list. Pearle Jillson spent Saturday and Sunday with friends at Eagles Mere. Miss Ruth Miller after spending some time with friends here return ed to her home at Williamsport. Vearle and Nellie Jillson are seriously ill at their home with the quinsy. Pearle Jillson, Kate, Etta and Jessie McCliutic and Charles Par meter enjoyed a ride from Eagles Mere to this place Sunday after noon. Arthur Basley passed through this place 011 Saturday evening en rtjute to Eagles Mere. Martha Remensnyder, Pearle Jillson, Josephine Houseknecht, Morte Houseknecht and Leo Peter man drove to Sonestown Sunday Evening. Mill Mao Injured. While making some repairs in his saw mill at Lincoln Falls, 011 Monday afternoon. Summer C. Rogers got his hand in a cut-off saw, nearly severing his fingers. Dr. Bradford of Forksville was cal led and dressed the injured mem bers. Mr. Kipp and the Treasuryship. A Harrisburg dispatch to the Philadelphia North American says: '"A lot of persons, by the way, have felt ever since Stober's death that Kipp is entitled to the office, be cause Stober died before the board to compute the vote met last Jan uary. It is argued by them that Stober couldn't l»e elected until that board found that he was elected; that that ltoard couldn't declare a dead man the state treasurer-elect, and that Kipp, being next highest, should have the place.—Towanda Daily Review. John Sweeney. John Sweeney died at Pittsburg where he has been working at the blacksmith trade, 011 May 5, of typhoid fever. He had l>een ill only a short time. The remains were brought to Dushore on Fri day and interment made in St. Basil's cemetery on Monday. De ceased was 32 years old. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Owen Sweeney of Cherry township. A wife and one child survive him. EXPOSES THE BEEF TRUST. High Price* Due to Fictitious Compe tition, Says Packer. St. Louis, April 25.—The high price of meat la due partly to flctlous com petition in bidding for cattle between buyers regularly employed by Swift, Armour and Morris and buyers em ployed by the National Packing Com pany, which is controlled by those in terests, according to testimony given to-day by A. N. Bonn, vice-president of the St. Louis Dressed Beef and Pro vision Company, In the investigation of the packing companies by Attorney- General Major of Missouri. Benn gave the list of stockholders in the National Company, which Bhows that the J. S. Swift estate owns 10,- 047 shares, J. Ogden Armour 60,158 shares and Edward Morris 19-,782 shares. The thirteen directors and the attorney own one share each. Midshipman Wilson Buried. Covington, Ky., April 25.—Attired In the full dress uniform of a midship man of the United States Navy, the body of Earl Wilson, who died at An napolis from injuries sustained In a football game, was buried in the fam ily lot at Independence, Ky. Still on Earth. A Missouri clergyman had in his pastoral flock a member who was re luctant about meeting the contribu tion basket. The pastor had thrown out many broad hints, but all to no avail. One day the member fell ill and was taken to the Ensworth Hospital. When the clergyman arrived the man was delirious. While the pastor was sitting beside his bed a wild yell of "Fire! Fire!" came from across the street The sick man drew himself up on his elbows. "Where —where am I?" he asked excitedly. "Calm yourself, bVother," soothed the pastor, with Just the faintest twin kle in his eye. "You are still at the Ensworth Hospital." SUMMERTCHOOL. The Annual Session of the Sul livan County Summer School will open at Dushore, Monday, June (5, 1910, and continue for four weeks. The work of this school has been carefully planned for the special benefit of the teachers of the county. Students are requested to bring textbooks. The instructors will Ik* Co. Supt. J. E. Reese Killgore, Prof. J. H. Balentine and Ex. Co. Supt. M. R. Black. * Tuition for full term $5., For Students attending less than full term $1.50 per week. M. R. Black, Manager. Register's Notices. Notice is hereby given that the follow ing Accounts oi' Kxeciitorp, Adminibtra tors etc., have been filed in iny office: Secoinl ami Final Account of Jacob J. Sulier. Executor of tlio Estate of Benjamin Suber, late of Cherry Township, Deceased. First ami Final Account of Andrew Administrator of the Estate of Jeremiah Edgar, late of Davldsou Township, Deceased. Second am' Final Account of Laura H. Lauer, Administratrix of the Estate of F. B. I'omeroy, late of Dushore Borough, Deceased. In the Enate of Albert S. White, late of David son Township, Deed. Inventory and Appraise ment of Personal Estate set ajmrt to widow. And the same will l>e presented to the Orphans Court of Sullivan County, to !>e held at LaPorte, I'enna., on the Sixteenth day of May A. P. 1910, at 3 o'clock P. M., for confirmation and allowance, and they shall then be confirmed Ni. Si,, and unless Exceptions are filed within ten days there after Confirmation Absolute will be en tered thereon. ALBERT F. II EESS, Register of Wills. Register's Office, Laporte, Pa, April 10, 1910. Best Right Prices For Dry Goods, Groceries, B:ots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, Gloves and Mittens, Notions, Fancy Goods etc. call and examine my slock. You will fin imy goods *and prices attractive. James McFarlane, LaPorte Tannery Printing The best is good en= ough for anybody. It is not too good for you. You get the best JM this Office I . Short Talks on " J Advertisind * * a. *.• People used to say: " Oh, I never pay any attention to advertisements; they never toll the truth.* Now it's different ; people do read advertisements and they believe them. Advertisers are becoming more careful and more scrupulously truthful every day. I know a firm of advertising agonts who also own a medicated soap. I said : " Is it really such a wonderful thing, and do you take the care you say yoti do in making it?" to spend money pushing than it used to. The best place to put _ "Pushing a arHcU.* an advertisement is in the paper that enjoys the confidence of the community. I believe that the standing of the paper reflects on the advertisements it carries. There is another thought which never occurred to me. but which was conveyed in a remark recently made to me by Mr. M. M. Gillam, the advertising manager at Wanamakcr's. He said : /$E d » " A sleepy paper gathers a sleepy constituency. An alert, wideawake, progressive sheet gets readers who like that sort of thing—or yfts them to its level." Wideawake people are the ones most influenced by advertising —progressive people who are not afraid of a new thing or a new idea; people who believe in the paper they read because they have learned to rely on it. Oepead upon this. If the editorials carry weight, {he ads. will pay." Put your trust and your money in th(it sort of § paper. Occasionally an advertisement will fall flat. Tlje wise man looks for tfco reason. He doesn't say blindly: "Advertising doesn't pay." He looks at the condition of general trade, at the weather, at the goods and the price and the way the ad. was worded. This is certain: A readable ad. in a readable paper will bo read. Probably not by all of the readers of the paper, but by a sufficient number to make the ad. pay, if the goods aro right. No doubt about it whatever. It's as sure as sunshine. Uf S A cloudy day comes sometimes, but it doesn't stay long. _ SarrT Ctfrrithi, tkari— Autiin Mat—, Ms far*.
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