THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA.
First National Bank,
Bloomsburg, Pa.
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J. M. Staver, Vice President.
E. B. Tustin, Vice President.
E. F. Carpenter, Cashier.
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THE COLUMBIAN.
ESTABLISHED 1866.
THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT,
Established 1837. CoNsounATF.n 1869
I'uiiusiiED Every Thursday Moknini;,
At Hloomsburg, the County Peat of
Columbia County, Pennsylvania.
CEO. E. ELWKLL, Editor.
I"). T. TASKKK, Local Editor.
GEO. C. ROAN, Korhman.
Tkkm: inside the county $1.00 a year
in advance; $1.50 if not paid in advance.
OuKide the county, $ 1.25 a year, strictly in
Advance.
All communications should le addressed
THE COLUMBIAN, I Ioomsl.urR, Ta.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 22. 1903.
Agricultural Society Meets.
There Was Absolutely no Contests on and
the Election of Officers Was a Matter
of Only a Few Micutes.
Treasurer Brown's Statement Shows a Bal
ance in the Treasury of $51 1.64.
The annual meeting of the Agri
cultural Societv was held in the
Court House Saturday afternoon.
There was not the interest mani
fested that has characterized some
of the meetings of the past, and
opposition to any one of the officers
for re-election was not even sug
gested. Neither was the atteud
mce large. There were less than
wo hundred in the Court House
aid many were not members of the
jociety.
The meeting was called to order
by President A. C. Creasy. H. V.
White was elected chairman, Harry
S. Barton and John Scott secre
taries, C. C. Yetter reading clerk
and C. B. Lutz and Wilson Creasy
tellers.
Mr. White took the chair and
thanked the members tor thf honor.
The election of officers was the first
thing on the program. Arthur C.
Creasy was elected president; F. P.
Hagenbuch, Elisha Ringrose, Hen
ry Deighmiller and Kmery D.
Hagenbuch, vice presidents; J. C.
Brown, treasurer; W. B. Allen,
librarian; A. N. Yost Secretary;
W. J. Hidlay. A. R. Henrie and
A. V. Kressler, executive com
mittee; J. B. Delong, John Scott
and H. C. Hess, auditors aud II.
V. White, member of the State
Board.
It will be noticed that there is
but a single change in the board oi
management, that being A. V.
Kressler.
C. B. Ent's name appeared on
the ticket for member of the execu
tive committee, but in view of the
fact that he will be a candidate for
Sheriff this fall he thought best to
withdraw.
II. V. White was re-elected as a
member of the Statj Board of Agri
culture. In accepting the office he
made a few remarks. He said the
meetings of the Board occur semi
yearly, at which time subjects are
disenssed that are of interest to
the localities from which each
member comes. The office has not
been a very desirable one owing to
the fact that the members have to
pay their own expenses.
There is a bill before the Legis
lature providing for the payment of
such expenses, but for some reason
or other it is not passed. Last year
he gave a week ot his time to ar
ranging for the county institutes
aud after traveling sixty-seven
miles was obliged to pay $12.84 out
of his pocket. Upon motion of A.
Z. Schoch it was decided that the
expenses incident to the office not
covered by the state will be paid by
the society.
Mr. White is of the opinion that
it would be wise to call the annual
meeting at 10 o'clock a. m. instead
of 2 p. m. as is now the custom
The morning session could then be
given to matters of interest to the
farmers and the afternoon to the
election of officers and other busi
ness. O. T. Wilson spoke of the need
of more extensive advertising on
ths part of the society. He has
Statement of Condition September 15, '02.
RESOURCES.
t.onni .... $294,14447
U. S. Ilonds . . . 50,000 00
Hanking House , . ( 27,56043
Stocks and Securities . . 18J, 706.75
Cash & due from llanks& U.S.Tr. 109,217 5J
Total
$664,629.18
LIABILITIES.
Capital .
Surplus .
Undivided Profits
Circulation .
Deposits ,
Totnl
f 50.000.00
125,000 00
1 1,067.24
50,000.00
428,561.94
664,629.18
occasion to do considerable travel
ing and is satisfied from observation
that other fairs advertise more than
the Columbia county fair.
William T. Creasy declined the
nomination as representative of the
association in institute work. He
suggested the name of Daniel S.
Munson, of Franklin township, and
that gentleman was elected.
" Treasurer James C. Brown, sub
mitted a printed statement, which
shows that 24878 admission tickets
were sld; 306,40 taken in at the
trrand stand; $1207,75 from stand
privileges and $1700 from horse
entries. These several amounts,
together with a balance, and some
other accounts made the amount
paid into his hands$i 1,604.86. The
premiums paid out amounted to
3';44i .55. and interest on bonds and
discount was $1060. Deducting
these and the other necessary ex
penses, leaves a balance in his
hands of 51 1.64.
At the conclusion of the meeting
proper, the Board appointed J. C.
Brown, A. N. Yost and W. B.
Allen as the. ground committee and
William Barrett, ground keeper.
Echoed Peport.
The follcwinc is the renort of Clos-
sen school, Orange township for the
month of December 1902.
Number of pupils admitted durinir
the month, males 2, females 1.
Number of pupils on roll, males 10.
females 7, total 17.
Average attendance during month.
males 9, females 6, total 15.
Percent of attendance durintr month
maltfs 97, females 100, total 99.
Those present every day during
the month, males, Jay Clossen, Olin
Dietterick, i'aul b'tler, Atwood Ruck
le, Leo Sitlerj females, Nita Clossen,
Ethel Sitler, Hazel Sitler, Bernice
Deitterick. Zelma Dietterick. Nelia.
Dietterick, Bessie Dietterick.
Those who have not missed anv
days during the term are Jay Clossen,
Nelia Dietterick, Zelma Dietterick,
Nita Clossen, Hazel Sitler, Ethel Sit-
ler.
Those not missinc anv davs since
admitted are Olin Dietterick, Jay
Clossen, Atwood Ruckle. Nita Clos
sen, Ethel Sitler, Hazle Sitler, Zelma
Deitterick, Nelia Dietterick, Bessie
Dietterick. Bernice Dietterick. Paul
Sitler, Leo Sitler.
Followinir are the names of narents
and directors having visited the school
during the term: Mrs. E. J. Sitler,
W. C. White, director; . J.
Kocher, director; Stanley Ruckle, di
rector: Chas. Eyer, Mrs. Chas. Eyer,
Mrs. Stanley Ruckle, Mrs. George
Kuckie, Mr. and Mrs. r. V. Clossen,
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Tones. Mr. and
Mrs. A. L. Dietterick.
Both parents and pupils deserve
credit for the interest triev take in
school work. Visitors always wel
come. Geo. W. Henrie. teacher.
Shamokin has a Liars' Club. We
have a lot of them in Bloomsburg
but they are not organized.
Hair Splits
"I have used Aver's Hair Vigor
for thirty years. It is elegant for
a hair dressing and for keeping the
hair from splitting at the ends."
J.A.Gruenenfelder.Grantfork.Ill.
Hair-splitting splits
friendships. If the hair
splitting is done on your
own head, it loses friends
for you, for every hair of
your head is a friend.
Ayer's Hair Vigor in
advance will prevent the
splitting. If the splitting
has begun, it will stop it.
Sl.Ot 1 liotile. All d.-ujjUti.
If your (IrnfrKiHt cannot supply yon,
nod us one dollar ami we will expreu
you a bottle. lt miru and (rive the nuuie
ot your rioarest exprims utiles. Address,
J. C. A VISK CO., Lowell, Muse.
COMPLIMENTARY W0RD3.
Bruce Patterson Formerly ot Orangavllle
Receives Position as Physical Director.
It will be a pleasing bit of news to
the many friends of Bruce ratter
son, formerly of Orangeville, to
learn that he has been chosen physi
cal director of the Wilkes-Barre Y.
M. C. A. The Wilkes-Barre Record
of last Saturday says of the appoint:
ment:
"J. B. Patterson, the new physi
cal director of the Y. M. C. A., is
expected to arrive in this city today
from the West, where he has been
located. Mr. Patterson comes with
the strongest endorsements from his
classmates and the presidents and
professors of the Bloomsbnrg State
Normal School of this State and the
Wooster University in Ohio, in both
of which places he was associated
with them, bing in charge of the
physical department. Iu addition
to the above a letter from II. W.
Stone, general secretary Y. M. C
A.. Portland, Oregon, who has
known Mr. Patterson in his work
on the coast, speaks in hearty re
commendation of him as a physical
director. Mr. Patterson's home is
iu Orangcville, Pa., and it was due
to the fact that he was desirous of
being near home that the Y. M. C.
A, of tliis city was able to get him.
He is a graduate of the Wooster
University in Ohio, taking the de
gree of A. B. He will enter at once
into the duttes as physical director
of this association. All the regular
classes will meet as usual during the
present week.
"Although Mr. Patterson is a
young man of but 27 years, he has
had five years' experience as a suc
cessful physical director."
GULIOK'S fATE STILL PENDIKG.
Prisoners Sanity Will be Determined by the
Board Appointed by tho New Governor.
In all probability the fate ot John
Gulick, the Klinesgruve murderer,
will rest with the new State Board of
Pardons.
Several months ago J. Simpson
Kline and George B. Reunensnyder,
of Sunbury, the gentlemen who have
so ably looked after the interests of
the prisoner since his incarceration
in the Northumberland county jail.
made application to the State Pardon
Board to have the penalty of death re
voked and an order issued providing
lor the removal of Gulick to an insane
asylum. The board took the papers in
the case and instructed the attorneys
they would investigate the mental con
dition of the prisoner and send for
them when they were ready. It was
understood also that the state would
send an expert alienist to Sunbury to
examine Gulick. Up to this time the
attorneys have received no word.
Thursday the Board of Pardons held
its last meeting and as the prisoner's
counsel have received no intormation
regarding the application it is taken
for granted nothing was done. The
new board, under Governor Penny
packer, is now in power and the case
will go over until its organization
which may be several months.
FATE IS UNKIND TO THIS COUPLE-
A man and his wife, says the Ash
land Advocate, occupy adjoining cots
in one of the wards at the State hos
pital at Fountain Spring. This is the
first time in the history of the insti
tution that this has happened.
The unfortunate people are Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Kitcn, of Mt. Car
mel. They are a ycung couple, and
have not been married very long, in
fact, they had not yet gone to house
keeping but were boarding with some
friends in Mt. Carmel, while they
were getting their home in readiness.
Kitch is a miner and worked at Lo
cust Spring colliery at Locust Gap,
where he was injured on Thursday
last by a lump of coal which fell and
struck him ou the head fracturing his
skull. He was taken to the hospital
the same day and his wife had been
making daily trips to the institution
until late Tuesday afternoon, when
she too was taken there in the am
bulance with her skull fractured. She
started from Mt. Carmel shortly after
dinner to walk to Locust Gap to get
her husband s pay at the Locust
Spring colliery office, and when she
was near Locust Gap she was struck
by a P. & R. freight train and injured
as stated.
The surgeons operated upon her at
2:30 o clock Friday, and while her
condition is somewhat critical they
hope to save her life.
Kitch was almost overcome when
he learned that his wife was at the
hospital and insisted upon being taken
to her at once. His lequest was com
plied with and an affecting scene fol
lowed.
The Millville Mutual Fire In
surance Company at a meeting held
at Millville yesterday elected Jos
W. lives, president, lillis lives,
secretary; William Masters, treas
urer and S. J. Kckman, W. W.
Eves, Cyrus DeMott executive
committee. Chandlee lives was
re-elected as the company's agent
Pains in the Back
Are ymptoms of a weak, torpid or
8tn.gnn.nt, condition ot tho kidneys or
liver, ond are a vvurning it is extremely
hazardous to nuRl'-'ct, eo Important
is a healthy action of theso organs.
They aro commonly attended by Vina
of energy, lack of cour.ipp, and some
times by gloomy foreboding and do
Bpondnncy. '
"I i':t.i ir. t.y lac::, c:uld not sleep
and when I tot un In tho morning felt
worse thnn the nlcl't before. I beran tak
ing Hood's farsnpnrllln and now I can
sleep nnd Rot up fi-t'llnff rested and able to
do my work. I attribute- my cure entirely
to Hood's Bars.ipnrilln." Mbs. J. N. riant,
care II. S. Copcland, Pike Koad, Ala.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
and Pills
Cure kidney and liver troubles, relievo
the back, and build up the whole system.
Will Cam d in Harnsbur?.
The Pennsylvania Reserve Corps,
famous as a fighting organization in
civil war days, will camp 3,000 strong
next summer in Capitol Park, Harris
burg. This was decided on at a meet
ing of members of the corps at the
Board of Trad. rooms Harrisburg
Thursday evening. The date will be
selected later. This will be the final
rally of the gallant old veterans who
stood shoulder to shou'der in the try
ing days of '61.
Tne meeting was called to order by
William II. Rauch. Major Levi G.
McCauley. of West Chester, nominat
ed lui'ge R. M Henderson, of Car
lisle as chairman and he was unani
mously elected. Caplain William H.
Rauch, of Philadelphia was chosen
secretary.
The chair was authorized to appoint
an executive committee consisting of
one member from each regimental or
ganization, which should have entire
charge of the arangements for the re
union and fix the date. A finance
committee of three shall be selected
fiom this committee to provide ways
and means. Captain William Penn
Lloyd, of Meclianicsbur'r, was made
chairman of this finance committee,
and his appeal for funds brought out
five dollars a piece from the members
prerent.
Brief remarks were made bv Major
Levi G. McCauley, General John P.
I aylor and Loioncl Bruce Ricketts
on the history of the old corps and the
desirability of having the reunion well
attended.
All the Reserves were from this
state. 1 hey were 1 000 strong and
selected from 25,000 recruits who of
fered themselves, each anxious to be
enrolltd. It was Governor Curtin the
great "War Governor'', who sent the
Reserves to Washington after the Bull
Run fiasco. They saved the nation's
capitol.
Lehigh University Register
The register of Lehigh University.
South Bethlehem, Pa., just issued,
shows the attendance of 581 students,
from 27 states and 6 foreign countries.
There aie 52 in the teaching staff.
12 courses of instruction areoffeied
at the University: the classical course,
the latin-scientific course, couisesin
civil, mechanical, metallurgical, min
ing, electrical, and chemical engineer
ing, Analytical chemistry, geology,
physics and electro metallurgy.
A list of the graduates of the Uni
versity, 124S in number during the
37 years o; its existence, indicates
that this institution is exerting a very
marked influence on the industrial
development of the United States,
and also of foreign countries.
The following prize scholarships
will be open to competition at the
annual examinations in June: Two
in the classical course of i3o
and $100 each and one in the latin
scientific course of $125 annually in
addition to fres tuition. Provision is
made for worthy and needy students
whereby they may postpone payment
of tuition until after graduation.
In the list of students is the name
of N. E. Funk from Bloomsburg.
Our representatives in the
Legislature should be made to see
the necessity of the $27,000 appro
priation for the Hospital at Foun
tain Springs. Its present accom
modations are totally inadequate to
meet the demands, and the new
bui'ding which is in course of con
struction, and in a half finished
state can not ba completed without
the appropriation. The institution
now has 115 inmates, and a mini
ber of these owing to the lack of
rooms and beds are compelled to
lie on cots 011 the floor. A Blooms
burg man had occasion last week
to visit the Hospital, and bis heart
was touched with pity as he view
ed the maimed and crippled lying
about on the floor. The attention
of our representatives should becall
ed to this matter and at once.
Rev. Johu Hewitt, a former rector
ot St. Paul's P. li. Chinch, now of
Columbus, Ohio, has been appoint
ed chairman of a commission that
is to report 011 the establishment of
a state reformatory for On 10.
HAPPY
NEW
YEAR
BIG REDUCTIONS
IN ALL WINTER
SUITS AND
Townsend's
I
FASHIONABLE
CLOTHING HOUSE.
I HAPPY i I
NEW I I
I YEAR I 1
Special Sale of
SHOES THIS WEEK.
Every pair of Ladies'. Misses'. Children's
Men's and Boy's Shoes
put on them this week.
about this Shoe Sale on
you to come to this store
price you can buy Shoes at.
... A FEW
Childs Shoes 5 to 8 at 59c.
worth 75 c.
Children's Shoes 8 to 1 1 at 65c..
worth 85 c. ,
Misses Shoes 11 to 2 at 80c.
worth $1.00.
Misses Shoes 11 to 2 at $1.19
worth $1.35.
Misses Box Calf Shoes 11 to 2
at $1.50, worth $1.75.
A lot of Ladies' Fine Shoes, worth 2.50 to 3.50, reduced to 1.98
Special Price on Rubber Goods.
A lot of Misses' Rubbers at 25c.
2.50; Mens Buckle Arctics at 1.00.
Bleached and Unbleached Muslins.
10 yds. of Bleached Muslin 50c, 10 yds. of Unbleached Muslin 39c
10 " " " " 66c; 10 " " " 50c
10 " " " " 75c; 10 - " " " 69c.
Outing Flannelette and Bates' Seersuckers.
10c Flannelette reduced to 6Jc; Outing Flannels worth 10c, at
7c; Bates Seersuckers 10c. per yard.
Special Sale of Ladies Muslin Underwear this week.
Wool Blankets Reduced; 2.98 all Wool Blanket at 2.256.50
Fine White Wool Blanket at 5.505.00 all Wool Colored
Blanket at 4.25.
Ghildrens' Silk Caps.
We will give a 10 per cent. Discount on Childrens Silk Caps.
Big Reductions in the Garment Room.
If you are in need of a Coat or a Suit, this would be a good
time to buy it. Some are reduced a fourth and some a third
less than their price.
F. P. Pursel.
Judge Ball of Huntingdon county
recently handed down a decision
completely vindicating Bishcp Tal
bot, of the Pennsylvania Diocese of
the Kpiscopal church, of all charges
of conspiracy preferred against bim
by Dr. Irvine. Thus the civil auth
orities sustain the decision of the
ecclesiastical body which recently
tried the bishop.
HAPPY
NEW
YEAR
OVERCOATS
AT
HAPPY
NEW
YEAR
will have a Special Price
We can't tell vou much
paper. But we invite
this week and see the
ITEMS . . .
Ladies' Shoes, all sizes at
$1.00, worth 9i.2j.
Ladies' Shoes, all sizes at
$1.25, worth $1.75,
Men's Shoes, allsizes at $1.25,
worth $1.50.
Men's Shoes, all sizes at $1.49
worth $1.75.
Men's Shoes, all sizes at $1.69
worth $2.25.
a pair; Mens Gum Boots a
The following qualifications are
required of every soldier selected as
a recruit: He must not be under
twenty or over t weuty-five years old.
he must be strong enough" to lifl a
100 pound weight with both hands
to a position level with hischest, he
must be 4 feet 8 inches in height
and able to run a course of 7 miles
in an hour, aud he must be of good
character.
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