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THE COLUMBIAN.
ESTABLISHED 1S66.
THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT,
establ1shkd 1837. consolidated isgo
1'ublisiied Evkky Thursday Morning,
At Bloomsliurg, (lie County Scat of
Columbia County, Pennsylvania.
GEO. E. El. WELL, Editor.
1). J. TASKEK, Local Editor.
GEO. C. ROAN, Foreman.
Terms i Inside the county ft. oo a year
in advance ; f 1.50 if not paid in a.lvnnce.
Outside the county, if t.25 a year, strictly in
Advance.
All Cii'ninunications should lie addressed
THE COLUMBIAN, liloomshnrR, fa.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 29. 1903.
urease
BILL TOR A
MOSUJIENT.
SOLDIERS'
Democratic Stalo Chairman S'.cals a March
on His Republican Colleague's
in the Legislature.
Democratic State Chairman
Creasy stole a march on his Repub
lican colleagues in the Legislature
by offering a bill to appropriate
$150,000 for the erection of a mon
ument on Capitol Hill to the mem
ory of the Pennsylvania soldiers
and sailors who participated in the
war of the Rebellion, from 1861 to
1865. Mr. Creasy's measure pro
vides for the appointment of a com
mission of five citizens of Pennsyl
vania by the Governor to supervise
the selection and erection of the
monument.
Though nearly thirty-eight years
have elapsed since the close of the
Civil war, Pennsylvania has no
monument to the soldiers of the
Rebellion at the capital. After the
termination of the Mexican War
the Legislature hastened to place a
column on the hill to the memory
ot the Peunsylvanhns who fell in
that conflict. Mr. Creasy thought
that, while a bill was being rushed
through this Legislature to erect a
monument to Simon Cameron, and
while an effort was being made to
join with Virginia to place a statue
of the Confederate General, Robert
E. Lee, this would be a good time
to agitate for a monument to the
soldiers and sailors who fell in the
War of the Rebellion.
"Mr. Creasy's bill will prove a
problem to the Republicans in this
Legislature," said a Democratic
member. "If they don't pass it,
they will be censured by the old
soldiers, and if they do, the Demo
cratic State Chairman will get the
credit of proposing it."
BALLOT REFORMERS MEET.
Committee Holds a Long Session at Demo
cratic Headquarters.
.
The Committee on Ballot Reform
of the Democratic State Committee
appointed to draft a new election
and personal registration law in con
fortuity with the pledges of the Erie
convention, met . Friday in Hams'
burg.
Participating in the conference
were John J. Green, the chairman;
John II. Fow, J. K. Van Dyke, th
secretary, and William T. Creasy,
chairman of the State Committee
The absentees were George W.
Guthrie, who is in Florida, end W
U. Hensel and John S. Rilling, pre-
vented from attending by business
engagements.
The subject was carefully dis
cussed. Mr. Fow submitted the
draft of a bill that involves many of
the features of the New Jersey law
Mr. Creasy lavored the Australian
system. It was decided to meet
again on the evening of January 29
when the Democratic members of
the Legislature will be invited to
attend.
t
With a bill pending in the Legis
lature of Pennsylvania to provide
tor a statue ot Lee and one in the
Congress of the United States ap-
propriating headstones to mark the
' graves of Confederate soldiers bur
ied i:i the North, it would seem
. chat the era of good feeling was at
the very threshold of universal
brotherhood in the American nation.
Free of Charge.
HOW TO GET GOOD R0AD3-
It is gratifying to learn from Gov
ernor Pennypacker's inaugural ad
dress that he appreciates the import
ance ol an improved system of public
roads. V nether the money neccs
sary to put the roads of the State iu
a satisfactory condition can be pro
vided as the Governor suggested, by
a tax on some of our natural pro
ducts or not, is not essential.
The funds which the State should
provide in addition to local taxes for
road purposes can be secured easily.
There is already in the State Treas
ury a surplus that could not be put
to tetter use. The way for good
roads is clear and easy of accom
plishment. Some objections and apparently
valid ones have been raised to Sena
tor sproul s bill. It is not ueces-
ary in order to secure the needed
reform to do more than make the
ppropriation provided for in the
road law approved by Governor
Hastings in 1897. This bill was
prepared by Hon. John Hamilton,
Secretary of the Department of
Agriculture, after profound study
nd with great care, and seems to
be adequate in every respect. It
uthori.es sufficient State aid 111
ddition to the local taxes for road
purposes and institutes continuing
boards of supervisors, provides for
the employment of skilled road
masters and everything necessary
for a scientific and systematic im
provement of the roads in the State.
With the million dollars required
to make this bill effective a single
ear would be sufficient to show
such an improvement that the people
would never think of gome back to
the present method, which has given
Pennsvlvania about the worst roads
n the whole Nation and which have
gseatly retarded the material prog
ress of the State.
The Governor could not do better
in the consultations with politicians
which he proposes to hold than to
persuade them to make the Hamil
ton road law effective without delay
This is the simple, direct way to
get the good roads which the Gov
ernor earnestly favors. Patriot.
According to the Postmaster Gen
eral's report, the rural free delivery
service is being developed so rapid
ly that it is expected to cover the
rural districts of the entire countty
within the next three years. When
that achievement is realized the
total area covered by the daily free
delivery system will be about a
million square miles. This com
pleted set vice will require about
40,000 carriers, and its gross annual
cost, not counting the compensa
ting revenue, will be about $24.-
000,000. And there is no dotiot
that it will be well worth the money,
increasing the value of the farms,
bringing the farmers and the dwell
ers in the rural regions generally
into close touch with the business,
social, educational and religious in
fluences that are constantly lifting
the country up to a higher plane.
snar
A Cough
" I have made a most thorough
trial of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral and
am prepared to say that for all dis
eases of the lungs it never disap
points." J. Early F:nley, Ironton, O.
Avpr'i! fl'nmr V.rrrsil
won t cure rheumatism ; 9
we never said it would.
It won't cure dyspeps
we never claimed it. iJut
it vill cure coughs und
colds of all Kinds. Wq
first said this sixty years
ago; we've been saying it
ever since.
Three t'.:n : 2rc, 50c, (I. All ituiiU't.
4 4 . 1
Consult yonr doctor. If he nr.va take It,
then Uo a lie hay. If he tell you im(
to take It, then ilun't take It. He kuowe.
Leave it with him. Wp are willing.
j. u. akc.ii uu., !.oweu, matt.
XtuMmmuaitmmmmmmmaiauai
LIOENSB COURT.
Out ot Seven Applicants In Berwick,
But I
Two are u. anted.
An adjourned session ot license
Court was held in Room No. a, Wed
nesday morning at len o'clock.
The application of J. H. I airman
for hotel license in Berwick was grant
ed. The application for wholesale
license of J. F. Shoemaker, in Berwick
to store and sell malt and brewed
liquors, was taken up. witnesses for
application were himself, B. F. Spoon
enhercr. former nrnnrietor of the St.
" o' " . " . . . I
Charles Hotel, Edward Schenck, at
restaurant in
Berwick.
Edward Womer'i application for
hotel license in Ccntralia borough
taken up.
This is a new applicant for the old
Lentraiia house. His tuness was
pi oven and license granted
The application of C. E. Crawford,
in Light Street was withdrawn and
witnesses in the case discharged.
Applications of J. F. Shoemaker,
Jacob Salsburg and M. Fnedlander,
for wholesale license in Berwick were
refused and the application of Andrew
Lynch for wholesale license in said
borough granted. The hotel applica
(ions of Dan'l Eckard nnd Frank
Friesler, in West Berwick were re
fused. The above were new applica
tions.
John T. O'Donnell and Patrick
O'Reilly, new applications for restau
rant license in Ccntralia borough,
were granied. The application ol
James Flynn, for wholesale license in
Ccntralia borougn was withdiawn
Application of Samuel Gwgrove,
for a license in Conyngham townsnip,
reluscd.
l ne new application at Aristes in
Conyngham township, was granted on
the 19th.
Petition to sitisfy mortgage of
M arietta Drake, piesentod by C. W.
Miller, attorney, and the court made
an order that the Recorder satisfy the
same upon payment of the proper
cost.
A. (La nt li IT 7,r. T.. ,
ai wit; iivju'..ii ji jj. a . ban, ijvj ,
ne cases ot Thomas E. Harder vs.
John A. Shuman and Evenden Bros,
vs. S. G. Bryfogle, were continued.
UM1F0RM DIVORCE LAWS.
Ail Religious Bodies to co Enlisted in
Movement.
The Kpiscopal, Presbyterian and
Methodist committees, in further
auce of common action by religious
bodies to secure uniform marriage
and divorce laws, met iu New York
and elected an Executive Commit
tee, of which Bishop Doane of
Albany, has been made Chairman
and Rev. Dr. W. II. Roberts,
Stated clerk cf the Presbyterian
General Assembly, Secretary.
The meeting was in St. Bartholo
mew's parish house, and there were
present Bishop Doane, Rev. Dr.
Green and Rev. Dr. John Fulton,
Philadelphia, representing the
Episcopal Church; Rev. Drs
Roberts and Dickey, Philadelphia;
Rev. Dr. Mcllvain, Baltimore; Rev.
Dr. Niccohs, St. Louis; Rev
Dr. McCoughan, Chicago; Judge
Lanuing, Trenton, and John E
Parsons, Mew York, represanung
the Presbvtenans, and Bishop An
drew, Rev. Dr. W. V. Kelley aud
Judge Reynolds, representing the
Methodists.
The delegates agreed in the
opinion that common action by all
religious bodies in America is de
sirable to abate the number of di
vorces, and to secure uniform laws
on the subject of marriage. The
Executive Committee was elected
for the purpose of directing the
common aim and enlisting repre
sentatives of other religious bodies
Work is to be undertaken at once
by the secretary of the committee
Oharters Must Bo Definite.
Governor Pennypacker has called
a halt upon indiscriminate granting
of charters by the State Department
to associations whose stated purposes
of incorporation are vague, indefinite
or of too blanket a character.
Attorney General Hampton L
Carson, Deputy Secretary of the
Commonwealth Lewis E. Beitler
and Corporation Clerk John F.
Whiteworth were all in consultation
with the Governor Friday regard
ing four charters which he declined
to sign until the purposes of cor
poratiou were made specific and
plain. The language of the stated
reason for organization was amend
ed to meet his views and the chart
ers issued.
It is the first occasion within the
memory of the oldest employee of
the State Department when a Gov
ernor questioned what is regarded as
a mere routine affair, or did any
thing but sign in a perfunctory way
what was handed linn.
The Y. M. C. A. has ordered par
allel bars and a vaulting horse for
the gymnasium. Never before has
there been such interest manifested
in gymnasium work, and the pur
chase of this new apparatus will in
crease it still more.
J2n JinciQtii Foe
To health and lmripinpss is bcroinia
as ugly as ever bmioo tin.o immemorial.
li crtusra btmc'ir.i in the nock, dis-
fisurca the fel.in, iii'Lunci thj mucotia
membrane, v.arlvs tbo muscles, weak
ens tl.c bonea, winces tho power of
resiatanrr to diaes and the capacity
for recovery. a.iJ develops into con-
sunlit' ';t.
"A tur.ch oriMife't en the left aide of
mv tiix-k. it enured (.'rent pain, was lanced,
ami became a ruiinhu sure. I went Into a
(Toncral dc.'lliie. I wt.s permianed to try
llonil's S.ir.niimrlil.'i. and when I had taken
Klz bottle mv neck was healed, and I have
never hud any trouble or tuo Eina since.
Mm. K. T. RNYnr.n, Troy, Ohio.
...
flOOU S J G.rSCipCLriU(l
and Pills
will rid you of It, radically and per
manentlv, aa they have rid thousands.
DEATH OF 0. M. BLAKEti-
General Charles M. Blaker, whose
illness was noted in these columns
last week, died of Brights disease, at
the home of his cousin Dr. Honora
Robbirs Grimes, on First Street
about eleven o'clock Saturday morn
ing. He had been in poor health
for several years. Since the early
part of October, his condition had
been critical and only once or fvice
since that time had he been able to
be out. His last appearance on the
street, was in December, when he
called in the Columbian office.
There was a great change in his ap
pearance, and his pallid features de
noted the seriousness of his illness.
lien, matter, was born in Hem
lock township, this county October
30th, 1834. He studied law with the
late Robert F. Clark, and was ad
mitted to the bar, but never engaged
actively in the pursuit. During the
Civil War he served as Brigadier
General of the State Militia, for
Luzerne, Sullivan, Wyoming, Mon
tour and Columbia Counties. At the
close of the war he went west, and
was Clerk of the Senate of Nebraska.
Later he returned to this County,
and for a number of years taught
school. He took a manifest inter
est in the political affairs of the
country and by reason of his constant
reading was able to advance good
argument on most any subject. He
had a large acquaintance and was well
iked for his earnestness and good
nature.
He is survived bv four half siste.s
and two ha.t brotiiers. The funeral
occuried J uesday morning, the re
mains were taken to Greenwood for
interment.
Mrs. Moaenry Dvia in tad Penitenti
ary
Mrs. Alice McIIenry, wife of the
late Thomas W. McHenry, who was
called from his bed on the night of
February 3, iqoi and cruelly murder
ed, is now dying ot consumption in
the Eastern Penitentiary, where she
is serving a term of one year and six
months, for having perjured herself,
in giving evidence in connection with
the case. Though her term will end
in April next, the managers of the
institution say that she will not live
until its expiration, and they have
written the Court requesting that an
application be made to the Board of
Pardons for her release. It is her ex
pressed wish that she be permitted to
die among triends. It the woman
knows more about the murder of her
husband, than she has yet told, she
may now, conscious as she is of
death's approach, disclose it.
Uatiwissa Division Busy
Twenty trains a day, in addition to
the local freight and passenger trains
are now passing through . catawissa
each day, on the P. & R., and that
road is busier than it has been for
many a day. The engines which are
stationed at Catawissa number about
twenty-one and are constantly kept in
use. The railroad men are conse
quently making better time and more
wages. 1 he coal is principally bitum
inous and the average number of cars
to a train is thirty-six making the
average number of cars 720 and the
average number of tons hauled up
wards of 12,000 per day.
Notice
The A. M. E. Church having been
recently remodeled and as I have
labored hard to pay off the debt, and
have not quite raised enough yet to
settle all the claims, I want to keep
my word with the creditors, my word
is an mat 1 nave. iow 11 there is a
friend or friends that will heln me
keep my word and help a good cause
by giving a donation to the above
.tit
named cnu.cn, please send your
contribution to the Pastor, and I shall
see that the amount is paid on the
debt of the same. Any amount will
be thankfully received. Please send
us a donation for a good cause, and
God will bless you and yours.
Rev. F. A. J. West,
No. 169 William Street,
Bloomsburg, Pa.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Eftate of Blitha Sttwr lain of Centre lummhip,
otl.'B Is hereby Klveu that lctteranfariminiu.
tnil'in on t ho cat am ot l.hmia minor, lute ot
i;t'ime townfhlp, duci'tim-d, have been Kr.mtt'd
to the uiidnrMi;in'd udmtiilHtraioi to whom all
penoi!H iiirtobtt-d to stild etmite ure ipnuehlt d to
muko pu.vuttmiH, and iliohe imvlnif claims or d
minds will uiiku known th kuuic wiiuoul d
l.l.V t'O UUAflNA NTINKK,
Clinton IIbukinu, Administrator.
Atty. -J-a-ov"
BIG REDUCTIONS
IN ALL
SUITS AND
AT
ownsen
FASHIONABLE
CLOTHING HOUSE.
Sale of
Underwear
More shelf cleaning here. Good dependable.
warm winter underwear
children at lower prices
offered for another year.
MISSES' AND
RIBBED UNDERWEAR.
Size 16, Reduced to 5c;
18, " " 8c;
" 20, " " ioc.
" 22, " " I2C.
24, " " I5C
50c. Quality of Men's Fleeced Underwear, Reduced to 39c.
50c. " " " Shirts, (No Drawers,) Wool and Cotton
Reduced to 25c.
A lot of odds and ends in underwear at half price.
Misses Ecru Ribbed underwear, all sizes, reduced to I2jc.
10 per cent discount on all other underwear.
Corsets.
A big lot of $1.00 Corsets, reduced to 49c.
Our Shoe Sale will end Saturday,
Jan. 31st.
You possibly know the kind of shoes we sell at this
store. If you don't know, we would like you to visit this
store and take a look at this shoe stock. Every pair of
shoes will have a reduced price on them this week.
Linen Sale will begin Saturday, January 31st.
Some Special Good Values in the
Grocery . Department.
Prunes. 5c, 8c, 10c, I2jc, 16c and 20c lb.
Pie Peaches, ioc can or 3 cans for 2 sc. '
Fancy Table Peaches 3 lb. can 18 cents.
12 cakes Art Soap for 25 cents.
Extra Standard lematoes 3 lb. can ioc.
One brand of blended flour, 50 lbs. for $i;oo.
F.
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE.
Notice in norebv irlvpn that, let tern tcHtumont.
aryon the estate of .Im-mlah J. biower, lumot
the town ot iiloonmbmif, county of Colutnbln,
reminvivHiiin, umwatu-d, nave Been grunted to
E. 11, Hrower. ri'Hlilent ot mild town, to whom
till pPI'HOhS Indebted to Hiild estate aie requested
id iiimkc payment,, and those Having claims or
di miinds will muku known the mime without
delay to K. B. WtOWElt,
treo7.ii, Atty. Kxecutor.
!-!! fit.
Lamps! Large and small, a very
large line at Mercer's , Drug and
Book Store.
P
WINTER
OVERCOATS
Winter
This Week
for men. women and
than they'll again be
BOYS' GRAY
Size 26, Reduced to iSc.
" 28, " " 20c.
" 30, " " 25c.
" 32, " 25c.
34. " 30c.
Purse!.
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE.
Notion Is hereby given that letters teHtnment
nry on the estate of Eliza II. brown., Into of Mm
town of Hloomsburif, County or Columbia, Penn
sylvania, doeeused, have been granted to K. II.
Brower, rosldert of said town, to whom all per
fcoiiN Indebted to said estate are reouosled to
make payment, and those having' claims or do.
munds will make known the game without, do
1J" . B. II. DHOW Kit
iHKKzi'Aity, Executor.
A very fine line of albums, and
some beauties too, at Mercer's Drug
and Esoli Stcrs. 75 tc &.50'
d9s