THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA.
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K. V. M. LOW, -J.
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DIRECTORS :
Mvkon I. Low,
Geo. S. RonniNs,
J. M. Stavek.
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Jr. K. V. M. Low,
Dr. J. II. Vastink,
Accounts of banks, corporations, firms and individuals, solic
ited upon the most liberal terms, consistent with good banking.
THE COLUMBIAN.
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THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT,
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I' L' Ul.ISi I Kl K .KkY Till KMi.VY MllRSIMI,
At lil.njiiis.iur;;, the Comity Scut of
Cohnnlii,! (.'n.iii'v, Viitiylv.uua.
(IKO. Iv I I. Kl.t., Kt-.tOR.
I. I. TASKl'.U, I.ocM. I'.ihtor.
CKO. C. ROAN, 1 ori man.
Tkrms : lnii!i." the county At.oo a yc.tr
in .nlv.uu e ; $1.50 if not paul in a.Uance.
Outside tlic county, t.2j a yc.ir, strictly in
vlvance.
All coiniiuiiiic.iiions shoiiM le ntMreseJ
Tilt: COl.fM HI AN,
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TMCRSDAV, RLV 25. 19..1.
The fairness of the Republican
congressional apportionment will
be better appreciated when it is
understood that 675,000 Republi
cans who cast their ballots for Mc
Kinley are given -:S representatives
while the 4J5.000 Democrats who
voted for Bryan are allowed but
3. That is, the Republicans take
a Congressman for everv ji.ooj
votes and give the Democrats one I
for every 141,000. Taking six'
times the representation that they j
allow their opponents may look ail
right to the ordinary ringster, but I
we doubt if there is a decent politic-1
iau or an hottest minded citizen in
the Commonwealth who will con
sider it a fair deal.
There are a few newspapers and
a few so-called Democrats that are
protesting against a fusion with In
dependent Republicans on a State
ticket this fall. There were a few
men elected as Democrats in the
last Legislature who declined to
fuse with the ins.rrgents, and who
followed this up by voting for the
machine candidates for President of
the Senate and Speaker of the
House ; who voted for Ouay for
United States Senator, and who
voted for every machine measure
that was presented during ihe ses
sion. These men, who could have
changed the whole program by
joining the Democrats and Insurg
ents, are now naturally opposed to
a movement tint will defeat the
machine in the State election.
They could have taken the control
of the Legislature from the hands
of the machine, prevented the elec
tion of Quay, and saved the State
from the mass of iniquitous legisla
tion that characterized the entire
session. They were despised and
denounced by their fellow members,
and their names will sink into ob
livion as traitors to their party.
Surely the inrluenee of such men
can have but little effect on the ac
tion ot the state organization.
The Democratic party must purge
itself of such material. It can do
to by joining forces with all men
in the state who desire honest gov
ernment, just legislation, economi
cal administration, a free ballot and
an honest count, $jtd a general re
form of the many abuses that have
crept into our state affairs. There
is no national issue in this state
this year. Free silver, the tariff,
Imperialism and the like have no
part in Pennsylvania politics at
present. It is entirely a matter of
state only that we have to deal
with,' and all outside issues should
be avoided. The burning question
of the hour is whether tlu- conduct
of public affairs in this Common
wealth shall be wreste 1 from the
spoilsmen who are ewriehmg them
selves at the expense of the people.
What harm' can come to the
Democracy by fusion with that
branch of the Republican party
that is fictions of throwing off the
yoke tan has burdened their party
for years, and who are milling to
juiti f.irc-f wit'.i us to redeem the
state? Certainly none whatever.
The good that could be accom
plished by such a fusion is incalcul
able. It would mean the end of
Ouay domination, the overthrow of
the gang that now holds Pennsyl
vania in its iron grasp, the beginning
of a new political era for our grand
oM state.
Thk Coi.f.Miu.N has never
swerved from Democratic princi
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Vick Prks't
Cashikr
Asst. Cashikr
K. r. TrsTiN,
Loi'IS CiKOSS,
ples, and it yields to none in alleg
iance to the party of the people ;
but it believes that a refusal to
unite with those who have not
hitherto acted with us and who are
now willing to join their forces
with ours for the accomplishment
of great good to all the people of
the state, is neither sound Democ
racy nor good politics. The dele
gates to the State Convention from
this county will secure the approval
of their constituents by voting for
any fusion that may result in the
overthrow of the Ojuay dynasty.
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Advice From tho Eutmy-
It is a good rule in politics as in
war to find out what the enemy
wants you to do and then do the
other thing. It is a fact whose sig
nificance cannot be overlooked by
the Democrats of Pennsylvania that
the principal newspaper which rep
resents the Quay-Durham interest
is mos: concerned for the nomina
tion of a "straight" Democratic
ticket this fall : that Republican
partisans generally are of this same
view, and that protests against "fu
sion" are coming simultaneously
from persons recognized through
out the State as Quay Democrats.
All the bogus Democrats who went
over openly to Quay in the late Leg
islature are earnestly against fusion
with the Independents. All the
machine leaders insist that it would
be a great mistake.
Sincere Democrats who wish to
accomplish results, for the Com
monwealth and lor the party will
ponder these facts, and observing
that all the forces of the enemy and
his allies are earnestly opposed to
fusion, they will conclude that fu
sion is what the enemy most dreads,
and that it is, therefore, the wisest
plan to follow.
The Democratic party Is not in a
position at this time to carry an
election in Pennsylvania unaided.
We need not stop now to discuss
the reasons why. We have simply
to consider facts, and it is a fact
that it cannot command, on mere
party lines, a majority of the voteis.
By putting itself at the head ot the
movement for the reform of the
State government and inviting the
co-operation of the independent
Republicans, it can enter into the
campaign with every hope of suc
cess. Out of such success will be
developed without effort a strong
and confident party organization
that will become again "a forceful
factor in the State. That is what
the Republican machine does not
want. It is what the Democrats
ought especially to strive for.
This year's election in no possi
ble way involves any question of
national policy. It concerns only
tlie rescue of Pennsylvania from
the organized band of political
plunderers who have fastened their
control upon every branch ot pub
lic authority. To this essential end
the Democratic party should both
invite and seek the cordial union
and co-operation of all good citi
zens, and as cordially unite with ev
ery organized effort to regain the
political liberties of the Common
wealth. This is the opportunity
1101 10 oe tnrown awav, as the op
portunities of the legislative session
were sacrificed by so-called Demo
crats, who made their own private
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iii-.iv.Mi 1 uc yuay macnine.
The fear of an independent fusion
that the machine now manifests is
sufficient evidence that it is the
right policy for Democrats to sup
port. fV:i?.i,i';ii 'J'imes.
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Compulsory EJuc.uioa Law Hi-pealed.
A New Act Supplants It - Hoavy Penalties lor
Its Violation.
The I'ord Compulsory education
bill, which has just Ixvn signed by
Governor Stone, repeals the present
compulsory education act and is re
garded as one of the most import
ant school measures since the euact
uiftit of the law establishing public
sctioois. it provides that children
between S and 16 years shall be
sent to a day school in which the
common luiglish branches are
taught continually during the entire
time in which the public schools in
their district are in session, unless
excused by the board of the school
district.
The net does tiot apply to chil
dren between 13 to 16 years who
can read and write the Knglish
language and are regularly em
ployed, or to children who are being
taught in Knglish in the common
branches of learning bv a governess
or private teacher in a family. Em
ployers of children are required to
furnish annually before the third
Monday of the school term and
quarterly thereafter to their board
in their districts the name, age,
residence and name ot parent or
guardian of every such child under
16 years.
Heavy penalties are prescribed
for violation of these features of
the law. School boards are clothed
with authority to appoint attend
ance officers to arrest and apprehend
truants and others who break its
provisions. The compensation of
these officers is fixed by the boards
appointing them, but in townships
shall not exceed $.oo a day. Tru
ancy and incorrigibility shall be
deemed disorderly conduct, and
children convicted of this offense
may be sentenced to any special or
reformatory school.
Assessors are required to make, at
the spring registration of voters, a
list of all children in their respect
ive districts, between 6 and 16
years, to be returned to the com
missioners, and by them to be fur
nished the secretary of the school
district prior to July 15.
Teachers are required to furnish
the attendance officer or superin
tendent with a list of all chi.dren in
their school who have been absent
three days or their equivalent with
an excuse. A superintendent ot
school, secretary of the board, at
tendance officer or controller, who
neglects to comply with the act is
liable to a fine of 25.00.
LATE STATE NEWS.
Alex Kcket, of Scranlon, went :
to sleep along the railroad track
tiirir Minitmirsvillr" Fridnv vnVlit '
When he awoke Saturday morning
several of his toes were missing,
they had been cut off by a train.
Anna Kowaltluk, who left
Johnstown in March, was arrested
m Cleveland, Ohio, on Monday, and
confessed that while in Johnstown
she killed her baoe, one day old,
bv beating out its brains against a
wall.
A twenty-pound cannon ball,
believed to have been used in the
attack against Forty Fort at the
time of the Wyoming massacre dur
ing the Revolution, was found Sat
urday seven feet below the surface
at West Pittston.
The recent storms damaged
York county's wheat crop, estima
ted at i,Soo,ooo bushels, so that
millers and grain dealers are grad
ing all new wheat as No. 2, for
which they pay only 60 cents per
bushel. Old No. 1 wheat brings
65 cents.
David Clay, who murdered his
mother, .Mrs. Rebecca Clay, at Mt.
Aetna, by brajng her her with a
hatchet, was taken to a Harrisburg
Asylum Friday afternoon. The
Court decided he was not not re
sponsible for the crime. Clay said
he killed her because she was a
witch.
There are no more cases of
smallpox at the Sanitary Hospital.
The place will be renovated and
closed. One hundred and sixteen
small-pox cases were treated there
during the past six months without
a single death. Half the cases were
from Harrisburg, and the others
from neighboring towns.
William J. Hinden, oa Friday
made application to the Court for a
divorce from his wife Elizabeth, on
the ground that she was the grand
daughter of a negress. Hinden
makes affidavit that he was married
on March 29, 1901, and that his
wife obtained the marriage by fraud,
in that before the marriage she
alleged she was a white woman,
when in fact her grandmother was
a negress.
Kicked by a horse until nearly
every bone in his body was broken.
Henry Tilberry, 11 years old, of
Maple Hill died Monday. The boy
was ruling on a lny rakes which in
descending a hill ran against the
horse, causing the animal to kick
furiouslv. The lad was thrown
from his seat and became tangle .1 in
the rake in such a manner that he
became a target for the horse's
heels.
Do you want a good second
hand bicycle ? If so, go to Mercer's
Drug oc Nook Store. One ladies'
wheel, 59.00, with new tires ; one
gent's wheel, style, Sentinel, a bar
gain at $11.00; one gent's wheel,
style, Reading, for $11.00; one
high grade Columbia wheel, gent's,
fr $9-5 I ne Rcadiug Special,
with coaster brake, tor $16.50.
New last year ; one Crescent tan
dem for $25.00.
jRJieumaiism
What Is the use ot tolllr.fr U:e rtirunintto
Hint lie fools as if his J0I11U wove beiiijr dis
located 1
Ho knows that his sufferings ors very
murh like thn tortures of the rack.
Whnl h want! to know Is what will jor
miincntly cure his (llsoo.se.
That, nooordliifj to thousands of grateful
trMltiionlub, Is
Hood's Sarsaparilla
It promptly neutralizes the sold In the
blood on whirl! the disease depends, com
pletely eliminates It, nnd strengthens the
system against Its return. Try Hood's.
The Annual Picnic-
The Royal Arcanum Ticnic As
sociation of this district held its
meeting Monday of this week, at
the Central Hotel, Sunbury, Pa.
The Councils in the district were
well represented.
It was decided to hold the annual
picnic at Island Park, near Sun
bury, Wednesday, August 14th.
This beautiful park is well known
and centrally located. It is confi
dently expected that not less than
three thousand people will be in at
tendance. The 1 2th Regiment Hand
will furnish the music. It is prob
able that Supreme Regent Joseph
A. Langfitt will be present and give
a short address. No lengthy speech
es will be tolerated.
An eftort will be made to secure
the attendance of the Bloomsburg
Royal Arcanum Glee Club, that in
itself will be an attraction. Pro
vision will also be made for a series
of athletic sports, games and con
tests, which heretofore have proved
exciting and interesting.
An excellent dinner can be se
cured on the grounds for 35 cents.
The Picnic Association is com
posed of Councils at Muncy, Wat
sontown, Milton, Lewisburg, Sun
bury, Shamokin, Mt. Carmel, Ber
wick, Danville and Rloomsburg,
and represents the best people of
their respective towns. The loca
tion of the picnic grounds is espec
ially favorable for a large attend
ance from this section. The train
service is excellent. Further infor
mation will be given by posters, &c.
The Pennsylvania Copper and Mining C.
This company .is located in the
Atlantic Copper Belt, at Central, Pa.
Its capital stock is $2,000,000.
There are 1,000.000 full-paid non
assessable shares.
The business force is: Dr. Thos. H.
Carey, President, Central. Pa.; B. F.
I-r.tz, Treasurer, Divide, Pa.; Joseph
P. Fritz, Secretary, Central, Pa.; Met
allurgist and Chemist: A. S. Fritz,
Jamison Ci'y, Pa.; Consulting Attor
ney, A. L. rnu, Bloomsburg, Pa.
The Atlantic Copper Beds reach
from Florida to Labardor. These
vary in the amout of copper held in
deposit from the rich glance down
ward. But as the icet smelting has
now supplanted the hot smelting for
all weaker ores, an average 3 per cent
copper is a magnificent proposition
According to surveys and from the
reports of other scientific men it is
no uncommon thing to find in the
Atlantic deposits millions of tons of
similar ore.
From more than one hundred as
says, the ores of The Pennsylvania
Copper and Mining Company have
given an average above 4 per cent. ,
copper. Besides this there are work
able quantities of magnesia, alumi
num and some iron; traces of silver
with now and then a start of gold.
The company has opened 16 mines
which gave ores assajing from 30 per
cent, down to nine-tenths of one per
cent." There is ore enough in sight
to keep the plant running from 5 to
10 years. These deposits, which are
from a few inches to six feet thick,
have benuded by glacial action.
There is now erected a plant capa
ble of handling 150 tons of ore a day.
Its machinery is complete and paid
for. Its prodjet will need no refiner,
being metahc copper. And its man
agement will be in careful hands;
those acquainted with the methods
which made the low grade '"Lake"
mines famous. By the method used
in this plant 1 per cent, copper should
pay more than expense of smelting
and other-vise handling it.
About 16 million pounds of fine
copper are being extracted yearly
from the Atlantic beds. Some places
ore is brought from 700 feet under
ground. Here it is found at the sur
face. Cost of mining, handling and ex
traction, will be about $2.75. This
would mean a profit of 25 cents on
each ton of a 1 per cent. ore.
For any information address the of
ficers of The Pennsylvania Copper
and Mining Company.
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Girtca Keuuion.
There will be a reunion ol the Gir
ton family in Aqueduct Park, Rupert,
on Thursday August Sth. All Girtons,
relatives and friends are cordially in
vited to attend. S. J. Johnson,
Secretary.
Stops tlie luuiih
and W r k h oil tlie Cold.
L&xiiive liroiuo ululi. Tablris euro a cold
in one d. No cure, no pagr. 1'rloe, ic.
Townsend's
CLOTHING HOUSE.
THE LUCKY NUMBER,
1025,
was held by Mr. Geo. W. Hess, Jeweler, ike, Bloomsburg,
who intends to make the trip to the Buffalo Exposition.
We have started another series ol tickets and are now
giving one with every sale of one dollar or more, and on Au
gust 1st another drawing will take place for the last
FREE TRIP
To Buffalo Exposition.
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We are offering big reductions in
Summer Goods, in
Men's, Boys' and Children's Clothing
AT
Townsend's
Clothing House.
? ili'l 11 1111 ll Hi.
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Our Great fl
n
Clearance Sale!
Will begin Thursday, July 18.
We will not weary you with a lon introductory as
to the importance of this sale, but simply say to you,
now and here, that the sole object of this bi-summer
selling is to dispose of all surplus seasonable merchan
dise, and to that end we have carefully gone through
each section and so reduced prices that there can be no
mistake about the bargain nature of the occasion. Of
course, a week of such selling, at such prices, means a
present money loss, but what matters that when we
gain a two-fold object : We clear our shelves for the
autumn stocks, and at the same time give our public a
buying benefit that they will appreciate. Just a short
time this sale lasts, and it will make a record for itself
if money-saving plays a part in your buying economy.
Muslin. I Most Pronounced Reduction
io yards of Unbleached In Stocking Prices.
"usuui we uuve
sold at rc a vard. at j.oc
io Yds. of Bleached Mus
lin, not the kind that is
full of lime, at 52c.
10 Yds. of Bleached Mus
lin, same quality as Hill's,
at Cqc.
S furt Waists,
All our this season col
ored Shirt Waists, that sold
from$i 00 to Si 75,reduced
to 75c.
A lot of $1 00 and $1 25
Shirt Waists reduced to
39c
Ladies' Muslin Underwear.
Odd lots of soiled or
mussed Underwear, one
fourth to one-third off.
10 per cent, discount off
of all the other Ladies'
Muslin Underwear.
Ladies' and Misses' Slices.
A lot of Ladies' and
Misses' Shoes, not all sizes,
most of them z and 3
size, but good goods at 49c
a pair.
A lot of Oxford Ties,
most of them 2i and 3
sizes, reduced to 49c.
10 per cent, discount on
all our regular shoe stock.
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Gtn'l Suptrmttndont.
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acne tyrv-ncoCftf I
id-Summer
12AC .Misses ilose re-
duced to 9c a pair.
Lawns and Dimities.
All our Lawns and Dim
ities at 10c per yard. A
great many we sold at 20,
22 and 25c. We don't want
to carry any over.
Parasols.
Our whole stock of Para
sols reduced at least one
fourth in price.
A Lot of Dress Goods
At Half Price.
15 pieces of Dress Goods
worth 50 to 5GC. per vard,
reduced to 25c. White
Pique Silks at half price.
Light Silks.
A lot of Silks most of
them sold at 50 and 6octs.
per yard, but we want to
close th;m out so we cut
the price to 25c. per yard.
A Lot of Summer Cor
sets at 23c.
Remnants.
Our stock has been gone
through and the remnants
have all been taken out
and marked at a price to
sell and we have not con
sidered cost.
FURSEL.
We HANDIEST AND REST WAY
TO
IS BY THE
Handiest and Best Route between
the PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION
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