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BLOOMSBURG, PA. THURSDAY. APRIL 17, 190.
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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."
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-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.
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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.
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