( Q i i fiiM V OL 37. BLOOMSBURG, PA. THURSDAY. APRIL 17, 190. NO. 16 fftlfM mm II 1 II II 111 THE STROUP FUND. Legacies Left by the Wills of David and Esther Stroup to Help the Destitute in Bloomsburg. Some of the Money Lost by Unfortunate Investment. In 1883 David Stroup died. He kept a small store in the building now owned by J. A. Hess on Main street opposite the Episcopal church, and he and his wife resided in half the building. By frugality and economy he accumulated a comfortable fortune and when he died, after providing liberally for his wife, he made a num ber ot charitable bequests. Among them he gives as follows: "To the town of Bloomsburg in which I have long resided and where my property has been acquired, the sum of two thousand dollars, the same to be invested and kept at interest secure'y, the annual interest there from to be applied to the furnishing of necessaries to destitute persons, 'citizens of said town, who shall re quire charitable relief, and particularly and first, to the furnishing of fuel and light to such destitute widows and in firm persons of said town, and the procuring and distributing of such supplies shall be under the authority of the council of said town, and ac counts thereof shall be settled annual ly, The above trusts in the town of Bloomsburg shall be formally accepted by the town council by resolutions recorded upon their minutes before the same shall take effect, but after their acceptance any citizen of the town may apply to the Court of Common Pleas of Columbia County, as occasion may require, for any proper order, decree or judgment to define or enforce said trust, and cause the same to be executed ac cording to their true intent and purpose." This was accepted by the town council, and the trust was executed , satisfactorily so far as is known. In 1 89 1 Mrs. Esther Stroup died, and by her will she left a similar sum of two thousand dollars, to be used in the same manner, the wording of that clause in her will being almost identi cal with that of her husband. The beneficiaries are left to the discretion of the council, except that Mrs. Stroup provided that they shall be people who are not "public charges." Two thousand dollars ot this was invested in preferred stock of the Silk Mill, paying six per cent.; one thous and dollars in Carptt Mill bonds, and eieht hundred dollars in stock of the Brass & Copper Company. These securities were handed over to Presi dent Ikeler two years ago, at the be cinnine of his term, and subsequently the Brass & Copper Co., paid off their bonds to him. This eight hundred dollars was not reinvested as it was held until a thousand dollars could ac cumulate for investment. Ac the ex niration of his office Mr. Ikeler hand ed over to President Townsend the Silk Mill stock, the Carpet Mill bonds, and $Q7a.u in money, The Carpet Mill bonds will be paid off throueh an audit now pending for the distribution ot the proceeds of sheriffs' sale, and it is estimated that the amount realized on them will be about fifteen cents on the dollar, or $150.00. The loss on these bonds will therefore be $850. It appears that two hundred dollars of the prince pal had been expended in some way previous to Mr. Ikeler's time, but $173.31 of this has been made up by withholding the interest. The money invested in Carpet Mill bonds will be irredeemably lost except the 1 c per cent. Trusts of this character should be invested only through an order of the court, as otherwise the party who loses it by bad investment may be held responsible, if it can be collected. As it stands now the Stroup ' funds amount to only $2972,31 with a probable $150 to come from tJie uar pet Mill Donas, mailing 9312. stead of $4000. So far as we are able to learn, there has been onlv $t8oo in the fund for some time back. What became of the remaining $200.00? VSTED 0H0IR8. There was a time, and that com paratively but a few years ago, when vested choirs were to be found only in Episcopal churches of the school known as " High Church." Twenty five years ago there were very few of them outside of the cities. To have proposed then the introduction of a vested choir into such a church as St. Paul's, Bloomsburg, would have been met with open hostility by a large portion of the congregation, as a step towards ritualism, it not indeed, a movement towards Roman Catholic ism. When, about ten years ago, the vested choir was introduced here, it was not with unanimous consent. There were many who had misgivings as to the outcome, and a few who for a time absented themselves . from church on this account, but as they saw what an improvement it was, a larger choir, better music, uniformity of dress, more impressive services, all opposition ceased, and today there would not be one yote in favor of abandoning it. The aJvantages of vested choirs are being seen by others as well as Episcopalians, and they are growing in number. In " Holland's" letter to the Philadelphia rrtss last Sun day, the following appears: "There are, however, other evi dences of the gradual establishment of a community of interest among the denominational churches, notably here in Manhattan, where upon Easter Sunday, for the first time in any Baptist church in the United States, a vested choir took part in the ser vices of Easter Sunday. This was at the church which formerly worshiped in Twenty-third Street, and over which the Rev. Thomas Dixon was pastor. The introduction of a vested choir seems to have been agreeable to the congregation, but it is noticed that some of the other Baptist churches here have been disposed somewhat to criticise it. The criticism, however, is vague, and feeble, and the chances are that within a year or two many of the Baptist churches here will, now that the step has been taken, adopt the vested choir. It is not so long ago that the feeling has been forgotten that there did prevail in New York outside of the Episcopal and Catholic churches decided repugnance to the vested choir, but now at least one halt ot the Methodist churches in New York and one Presbyterian church here have vested choirs and the understanding is that several other Presbyterian churches are seri ously considering the introduction of them." Essentials to Good Banking. Modern Conveniences and Good Vaults. Courteous Treatment for Everybody. Conservative Management. We Invite Your Patronage On This Bsis. -THE- Bloomslmrg National Bank A. Z. SCHOCH, President. WM. H. HIDLAY, Cashier. The old water wheel, which for many years has done service at the Bloomsburg Iron Company's plant at Irondale. is beine removed. It was sold to Frank Drake. He wil dispose of it as old iron. DRESS GOODS In all the new weaves and welts, of the most wanted new 1902 fabrics A variety Different patterns, different cloths, different widths, at your price, practically. Extra fine grade and heavy weight, basket weave black hopsacking 54 in. wide, made from long fibre wool, will hold its shape when made into skirts. Thoroughly shrunk and sponged, per yard $2 00. Granite cloth, 38 in. wide, black and colors, all wool at 50 cents a yard. Albatross, 38 in. wide, all wool, 12 colors, equal to some 60 cents goods we have seen our price 50 cents a yard. All new Spring styles. Every feature a style feature. Every suit made from the best goods for wear, and the price is of interest to you. Black pebble Cheviot, Jacket lined with taffeta silk, lapels faced with Peau de Soie, velvet collar. Skirt made with deep flounce, lined with a per caline drop skirt, velveteen bound, $18.50. Black Venetian Cloth, Eton Jacket, lined with guaranteed satin, cuffs and lappels made of satin, stitched all over, skirt percaltne lined and trimm ed with five bands of black satin, stitched many times, $12.50. Other colors and grades, $5.00 to $22.00. SUCCESSOR 70 I. W. Hartman & Son, BLOOMSBURG, PA. SUITS SEE HERE PA! Give your boy clothes that he can be proud of, and he'll take better care of them than he does of the stuff that gets askew, rins and fades. Foor clothing for the boy is bad in every way. It's Bad because it gives no satisfaction to the buyer and It's Bad because it hurts the store that sells it. If you have been dissatisfied with your boys' clothing, TRY US. Boys' Suits in all the New Spring Fabrics and new cuts, at $2.00, $2.50, $3.00, $3.50, $4.00, $5.00. and $6.00. BEN GIDDING, The Clothier, Bloomsburg, Pa. Come in and see us, we'll treat you right. CHRISTIAN HO LIU AYS There is a growing tendency to wards a wider observance of Holy Week and Easter everywhere. Churches of nearly every faith through out the country held special services on the seven days preceding Easter. The old denominational prejudice against a display of the significance of the period is gradually disappear ing, and there is no reason why it snould not. The very foundation stones of the Christian religion are the facts that Christ was born; that he was crucified and died; and that he rose again. With many, Christ mas is a day set apart for gift-making and turkev dinners; uood-iTicJay is observed as a day when banks and government offices close because the law makes it a legal holiday; and Easter is observed as the proper sea son for eatine boiled eees, and com ins out with nev spring bonnets. The rapidly growing tendency to observe these days for what they really are, is to be most heartily com mended, and the lessons they leach cannot fail to benefit the world. We cannot believe that Christ lived un less we believe that he was born, and hence the observance of Christmas as the birthday of the Redeemer. We cannot believe that he died for the sins of the world unless we believe that he was crucified, and hence the observance of Good Friday. And un less we believe in the resurrection of Christ from the dead we can have no faith in the immortality of the soul, no hope tor a future existence beyond this life. Easter is the queen of all festivals, and in a few years will be universally observed as such. It is not pretended that the days designated for the observance of these fasts and festivals are the exact ones. Easter and Good Friday could not be so, for they are movable, But they are as near as it is possible to eet to them, and their observance helps to impress upon the mind the most important events, in fact the very corner stones of the christian religion. Read Mv Ad on 5TH Pace. WHAT SHE WANTS One of these pretty lockets which .are displayed in my window AS THEY ARE SO TOPUAR NOW. Plain round lockets differ ent sizes. Ornamented round lockets. Plain Heart shape lockets. Ornamented Heart shape lockets. Raised chaisingin rose gold. In fact everything that is new and pretty. Come in and Price Them. J. Lee Martin, Jeweler and Optician. Telephone 184a. I Have Moved Into my own yellow front building, former ly occupied by Ben Gidding's clothing store, and am receiv ing the following SPRING GOODS: Washing Machines $3.75. Get prices on Poultry Wire, and Fence Wire. T. GK "WELLS, General ITAnnwARE. STREET PROFANITY- Profanity on the streets is grow ing worse instead of better. Last Sunday evening as the church goers were on their way to service the loafers were getting in their usual work. At the First National Bank corner a crowd was gathered, and also in front of the hotels. Regard less of the fact that many ladies were passing they were pouring out profanity in chunks, and seemed to be dcine it puroosely. Is there no redress for this sort of thing! Must private citizens act as prosecu I tors, or nave they the rigut to ex pect the paid officers of the town to so nerfortn their duty that women and children will not be compelled to listen to oaths, aud obscauity every time they go on the street in the evening? Rev. J. D. Smith earnestly referred to this subject recently, and it ought to be agitated until it is stopped. Bloomsburg is worse in this respect than any other town we know of, and there is no use of trying to conceal the fact. It has that reputation with travelling men. Loud profanity on the streets can be stopped it the police will make an example by an arrest or two, and the imposition of a fine of 67 cents for every oatn uttered. xoxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The Leader Dep't Store. Wfxr Clnnfi c nave yu beea in LJl y SJJKm& our store since we changed the interior of it? It was a very pleas ant store to shop in before. The change makes it much more pleasant. Daylight everywhere and every opportunity to examine the goods. Never before have our lines been so complete and varied. The reason for this, that we make our selections from six more houses than we did before. This naturally gave us more variety. No one house possesses the ability and judgment to select the choice things, so we had a dozen large stocks to choose from and the result is a very carefully selected stock, the pick and the best of them all. We want your verdict on the stock. While we would like to have your ap proval, we will be as grateful for a fair disap- proval tor we iearn Dy our mvstaKes. While the weather is cold and Spring backward the warm days are coming. We are prepared for them. Shirt Waists-EiK these goods that we have had for three years. The patterns and styles are private to us, and can be seen in no other store in Bloomsburg. We have them at all prices. Look them over before buying. C d inAf C In this line we are always first. VclFpC LSNo other store corners the line of Patterns nor variety of qualities that we do. If you want your dollar to go further thau at any other place, look over our Carpet Department. We can give you a carpet for 25c a yard and we can show you a fine line at $1.50 per yard. Our half wool carpet at 50c per yard is the best value shown. It is heavy and good and made specially for us. Bring the measure of your room with you", we often have remnants that may just suit the size wanted and at low figures. PnitiifmABBiWe are carrvins the FUlll 1LUI W largest stock we have ever had. We have a number of special pieces which would add beauty to your room. If you want to Savb Money, call and get Our Pricks. Even if you do not buy, you will have a better idea as to how to buv elsewhere. THE LEADER DEFT STORE, 4th and Market Streets. 1 Bloomsburg, Pa. 0000000 OOOOOOOOOOO
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