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BLOOMSBURG, PA.. FItlDAY. NOVEMBER 22. 1895.
NO 47
IN DIXIE LAND.
We left the Quaker City on Tues
day, November uth, passing through
Wilmington, Delaware, and thence on
.down to Cape Charles, when we ex
pected to go by steamer across the
Chesapeake Bay, a distance of 36
miles. The steamer was in the dry
dock, and its place was filled by a
steam tug. There were a large num
ber of passengers, and the cabin was
small, so that we were very much
crowded, and the Bay was rough. It
proved to be anything but a pleasant
sail. We were pitched and tossed
about, and. several passengers were
seasick, and most of them were
alarmed. After two hours of this sort
of thing Old Point Comfort was
reached, and smooth water was before
us. From there to Norfolk and Ports
mouth was plain sailing.
At Portsmouth we took a sleeping
car through to Atlanta reaching the
latter city on the 13th at 8 o'clock in
the evening. Our tickets were over
the Seaboard Air Line, and the train
was composed of vestibuled sleepers.
It was a fine train of cars, run over a
well managed read. A shorter route
than the one we took is to go to
Washington, and there take the At
lanta Special over the Seaboard Air
Line. Any information concerning
this road can be found in an adver
tisement on the 7th page, of this pa
per, or by writing to T. J. Anderson,
Portsmouth, Va.
On our arrival at Atlanta some
difficulty was experienced in securing
rooms, but after a couple of hours
search very comfortable quarters were
found at The Talmadge, at reason
able rates. Ed. Callaway & Co., are
the proprietors, and any one contem
plating a visit to Atlanta, should write
to them for rooms.
Thursday, the 14th, was Penn
sylvania Day. At the Pennsylvania
Building we met numerous people
from' our State, among them being
justice McCollum and wife of Mon
trose, Judge and Mrs. Ikeler ; Miss
Stewart of Orangeville ; W. M. Gear
hart of Danville; Judge Metzgar of
Williamsport ; Judge Mayer of Lock
Haven ; Col. Geo. Sanderson of
Scranton ; Mr. McCoy and lamily of
Danville, and many others. It was
said that there were 5000 Penn
sylvanians on the grounds that day.
Speeches were made by Gov. Hast
ings, Lieut. Governor Lyon, Mayor
King of Atlanta, Justices Williams
and Greene and others. A free lunch
was served in the building after the
speeches, but there was such a crowd
that we went elsewhere for our dinner.
Thursday afternoon and Friday
were spent in sight seeing at the Ex
position, and Saturday morning we
visited points of interest in the city.
The capitol building is a beautiful
structure, and has a peculiar fact con
nected with it. An appropriation of
1,000,000 was made by the Georgia
legislature for its construction, and on
its completion there were nine dollars
left, which were paid back into the
treasury. We were in the Supreme
Court room, Senate chamber, House
of Representatives and the State
Library.
Leaving Atlanta at noon on the
16th, by the Seaboard Air Line, we
reached Washington, D. C, on Sun
day morning at 11:30 and will re
main here until Thursday. My im
pressions of the South, and a full des-
scnption of the Atlanta Exposition
must be reserved until a future issue,
G. E. E.
We Have Some of Them.
The following from an exchange
hits every comn.unity and Bloomsburg
is no exception. Some men take it
as an insult if a bill be sent to them.
No matter how long the account may
have run, or how long it may have
taken to aggregate an account of a
few dollars, the moment the printer
sends a bill, the ire of the person
owing the same explodes. How silly
this is. Why if business men did not
send out statements, and even in
many cases demand prompt settle
ments. th husiness of this world
would soon go to the bow wows. The
way to avoid getting a bill is to pay
what you owe in a reasonaoie urac,
Custom has made a reasonable time
thirty days. If you can't pay, all, pay
what you can. If you do this you will
not receive any bills.
The night School at the Normal,
or which mentioned has been nereio
foie made in the Columbian, opened
last MondAv nioht with twite a num
ber present. Whilst the attendance
Wac nnt ao lir,i as was CXDeCted. Or
as it KhnnM he. ouite a number ex
pect attending who were unable to be
present at the opening, ine manner
of Divmsnt of the tuition has been
changed to accommodate those who
rerpivrt tl-ir.ii. lumps we eklv and
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monthly.
THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDING!.
Since Mr. Johnston has declined to
be a candidate for re election, the
field is open to untried men.
The superintendency of the public
schools is unquestionably one of the
most important offices to be filled in
the county. It is "not a political
office, nor should it under any circum
stances be considered or treated as
sucn. ine education of the rising
generation, our boys and girls, is too
weighty, if not sacred, a matter to be
treated in any other manner than with
the utmost seriousness. Their success,
in this life at leasr, depends upon the
kind of training the schools furnish
them. Whether they shall become
intelligent, moral, yea, more, Chris
tian, men and women, depends unon
the character of the teaching thev
receive and the examp'es that are
set them by those who are appointed
to instruct them.
What the morals of the incumbent
of the highest educational office of the
county, or, to put in more expressive
terms, of the person upon whom such
great responsibilities rest, should be,
cannot for a moment even be made a
question by any save citizen or director.
What the officer's scholastic or
educational acquirements shall be the
aw specifies. Suffice it to say that
he should be competent to test the
fitness of any applicants for the posi
tions for which they are candidates.
Where he obtained or received his
acquirements, whether at a university
or at a country cross roads school
house, can not be a matter of concern,
provided he possesses them.
The law also broadly, but indefi
nitely, designates the professional
qualifications, namely, " skill and ex
perience in the art of teaching, but
what skill and experience signify,
every one defines for himself accord
ing to the opportunities or advantages
he has had of informing himself on
the subject. Accordingly, those terms
may mean much or little. kul may
denote the merest routine work, "hear
ing lessons " and preserving mechani
cal order " keeping schools, and.
experience, a certain number of years
of school-room work without any ap
preciable improvement.
A superintendent of the present
day should be a student of human
nature, especially child nature, should
be thoroughly acquainted with the
guiding principals of modern peda
gogics and their applications in all the
branches of the public school curricu
lum and to all grades of pupils. He
should also be familiar with the his
tory of educational methods. Any
one lacking these qualifications could
be little help to the great body ot
teachers. He might affect learned
and important airs while inspecting
schools, yet he would be nothing more
than a " figure-head instead ot a
real superintendent. P. L.
SUDDEN DEATH.
The citiiens of this place were sur
prised Monday morning by receiving
the intelligence that David J. Waller
3rd., son of Dr. and Mrs. D. J. Wal
ler of Indiana Pa. was dead. News
of this kind always carries a shock,
and it is much greater when the per
son is as bright and interesting, and
has before him as bright a future as
the subject of this sketch. The im
mediate cause of his death was in
flammation of the bowels, which was
caused by a cold contracted on Wed
nesday whilst out hunting and from
which he died last Saturday evening
at six o'clock. Day, as he was calied
by his friends was one of the bright
est, truest, and manliest boys we ever
knew. His life among his compan
ions was such an one as that they
could safely follow his example. He
was studious, obedient, and true to
his religious conviction, Whilst natur
ally of a studios turn, and retiring dis
position, he was always ready to enter
into any plans that would furnish
harmless amusement for his asso
ciates. He was a member of the
senior class at the Indiana State
Normal School and would have grad
uated next June. He was aged al
most nineteen years. The body was
brought here Monday evening and
taken to the residence of his grand
mother on Market Street. From
which place the funeral services were
held Tuesday afternoon at two
o'clock, and the interment was in the
Rosemont Cemetery.
If it is any consolation to the par
ents, they can be assumed tf that we
but give expression to the stntiment
ot the entire community, when we ex
teud our heart-felt sympathy in this
their hour of great bereavement.
The horse and buggy which John
S. Williams sold in front of the Court
House on last Saturday was purchas
ed by Samuel Bredbender of Mifflin
X Roads, for $39. Horses are cheap.
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This buckboarJ wagon free with every child's suit or
overcoat.
of filie greatest clothing sale of re
cent years. If est clothing inuric di
rect from Rochester Ware-rooms on
our tables and retailed at orices
that have brought caretul and cautious bnvers from every nook
and corner of this broad valley. No trash. TVo job lots. No
shop worn stun" found in this establishment. Everything: bought
tor this season's retailing, and sold at a close margin lor spot
cash, as it is bought. Can you afford to miss this great
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Suits at $5.00 that have never seen the inside of a clothing store for less than $7.50.
" " $6.50 " " " ' " " " " " " $10.00.
" " $10.00 " " " " " " " " " " " 15.00.'
Overcoats at $5.00 that have never seen the inside of a clothing store for less than $7.50.
" $6.50 " " ' " " " " " ' " $10.00.
" " $10.00 " " " " " " " - " $15 00.
Children's overcoats, $1.25, never seen the inside of a clothing store for less than $2.00.
Children's overcoats, $1.98, never seen the inside of a clothing store for less than $2.75.
Children's overcoats, $2.48, never seen the inside of a clothing store for less than $3.50.
Children's suits, $1.98, never seen the inside of a clothing store for less than $3.00.
, Men's white shirts, 49c, never seen the inside of a clothing store for less than 75c.
" col, shirts, 2 collars & cuffs, 49c, never seen the inside of a clothing store for less than 75c
Men's gloves, 25c, never seen the inside of a clothing store for less than 50c.
Men's pants, $2.00, never seen the inside of a clothing store for less than $3.00.
Men's pants, 39c, never seen the inside of a clothing store for less than 98c.
We pledge ourselves to you that every article advertised here is at our store. Take no stock in imitators.
Two doors below post office. Nearly opposite Court House.
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ELOPEMENT' IN MILTON.
The borough of Milton has been
greatly excited over the elopement
and marriage of two of the society
leaders, and inasmuch as they are
known to many of our readers we
publish the particulars as they ap
peared in the Williamsport Sun.
On Friday last Lawrence B. Fonda,
the only son of Colonel H. A. Fonda,
the millionaire of Milton, and Miss
Mary Helen McCleery, daughter of
Dr. J. P. McCleery, one of the town's
first citizens, journeyed over the
Northern Central railroad to Watkins,
N. Y. They were met there by a
school friend of the bride-to-be, who
just happened to be visiting at the
home of a Presbyterian clergyman.
At the latter's home the ceremony
was performed before a very few
witnesses. Saturday saw Mr. and
Mrs. Fonda again in Milton as if
nothing had happened.
They returned to their respective
homes, and it is supposed informed
their parents of Friday's journey and
its results. It is stated that both
families were considerably vexed over
the clandestine marriage and were
surprised that they should have thought
it necessary to leave home in order
to become man and wife. It is also
stated that the most amicable feeling
exists between the heads of the, fami
lies and the newly wedded. That
this latter is true may be surmised
from the fact that cards announcing
their marriage are now being printed
by Bailey, Banks & Biddle, and will
be sent out the beginning of next
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Fonda will, it is said,
occupy a suite of rooms at the Hotel
Haag during the coming winter.
Patronize Home Enterprise.
There is little inducement for
Bloomsburg people to go out of town
to buy, or purchase goods of travelling
merchants, who, if they travelled in
less genteel style would be called
"peddlers," when the local tradesmen
have such excellent goods, in large
assortment, at prices within reason.
Consult the advertising columns of
the Columbian, and start on your
shopping tour. All the live merchants
have their advertisements in this
paper.
" He is, right in it." We mean
Chief of Police Knorr, snd his new
uniform. Have you seen it ?
A New Fire Alarm,
An electrical system is needed in
Bloomsburg.
Bloomsburg should have an electri
cal fire alarm system. All citizens
should interest themselves in this
matter for it is of vital importance to
every resident that the fire protection
should be perfect.
The volunteer fire department of
this city has the reputation and record
of being one of the best in the State.
Every resident of Bloomsburg is justly
proud of our fire laddies and the good
work they have done. Yet the fire
men could do much better and quick
er work if an electrical alarm system
was put in. As a matter of fact, what
is now known as alarm, is no alarm,
as it can't be heard two square away
unless the wind happens to be blow
ing in the right direction. This matter
should receive the immediate atten
tion of the Town Council. No one
will " kick " at an expenditure for
this purpose.
NATIONAL EiiFORM. ASSOCIATION-
At a meeting of the Pastor's Union
which was held at the Y. M. C. A.
parlor last Monday, services were ar
ranged, for next week which will be
in the interest of the National Reform
Association. Rev. J. W. Dill, Nation,
al Secretary and other prominent
speakers will be present. The first
meeting will be held in the Methodist
Church next Sunday afternoon at 3
o'clock. The meeting Monday night
will be in the Baptist Church, and in
the Lutheran Church Tuesday evening,
Wednesday evening there will be two
mass meetings, one in the Presbyter
ian and the other in the Reformed
Church.
The subjects which will be discuss
ed at these meetings will be the bible
in the public schools. Reform in the
divorce laws. Sabbath desecration
and kindred subjects. The public
are cordially invited to attend.
Washington Camp No. 1 9, P. O. S.
of A. Light Street will present two
flags to the public schools on Thanks
giving clay as follows: to the Miller
town school in Mt. Pleasant township
at 9:30 A.. M. and to the Turkey Hill
school in Scott township at 2:00 P. M.
Able speakers have been secured and
a good time is expected. The chil
dren cannot be taught too early to
love the flag, and the parents should
make an effort to attend. You will
never regret it.
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Clothing Slaughtered, Sacrificed
ALMOST GIVEN AWAY.
Must Be Turned into Money.
Such low prices for good clothing have never been known
before and everyone who wishes to save a dollar will come
and see that what we advertise is the truth, the whole' truth,
and nothing but the truth. 10 per cent, off our low prices on
all clothing.
Knee pants worth 35 and 40c, now 15c.
Children's waists, worth 35 and 40c, now 15c.
Good heavy underwear, worth 35c, now 23c.
Men's mittens, 25c, now 15c.
Men's cardigan j'ackets, worth $1.00, now 75c.
Men's heavy gloves and fine kids, worth 75c. and $1.00
now 50c.
Men's working pants, worth $1.00, now 49c.
Men's fine woolen pants, wonh $2.50 and $3.00, now
$1.75 and $2.00.
Men's fine tourists and stiff hats, worth $1.50 and $1.25
now $1.00.
Pull down caps, plush and cloth, worth 75c. and $1.00,
now 25c. and 50c.
Elegant storm overcoats, worth $S.oo, now $5.48.
Even 10 per cent, off of those fine Rochester Over
coats, at $5.00 and $6.50.
Even 10 per cent, off" of those young men's and men's
suits at $4-00, $5.00, $6.50 and $7.50.
Children's suits and overcoats way below the regular
price. ' '
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