THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. PTTDT TP So frequently have we been called upon to 1 VULtlKj to provide bauk notes suitable for Public Sales C A I EC that we decided to get up a form especially ad tJilLtCtJ apted to this purpose. These uotes are payable at this Bank and relieve you ot all trouble as you can leave them with ua for collection free of charge. We Furnish These Notes Free of Charge. First National Bank, Bloomsburg, Pa. THE COLUMBIAN. ESTABLISHED 1866. THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, Established 1837. Consolidated 1869 Puhi.ishki) Every Thursday Morning, At liloomsburg, the County Seat of Columbia County, Pennsylvania. CEO. E. KT.WELL, Editor. 1). J. TASKER, Local Editor. GEO. C. ROAN, Forsman. Tkms: Inside the county $1.00 a year a advance; $1.50 if not paid in advance. Outside the county, $ 1.25 a year, strictly in Advance. AM communications should be addressed THE COLUMBIAN, KloomshurR, Pa. " THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19. 1903. A New Bill. The bill introduced in the State Legislature by Senator Harrison, making wife desertion a misde meanor punishable by imprison ment not exceeding one year, or a fine not exceeding $100, or both, is called to the attention of all charity workers and thoughtful people, who are requested to urge upon their senators and Representatives in the Legislature the necessity for the measure's speedy passage. . . Fow Ballot Kttform Bill. Mr. Ikler has introduced in the legislature the ballot reform bill prepared by ex-Representative John H. Fow, of Philadelphia, and in dorsed by the Democratic caucus. The bill provides for a practical re turn to the old vest pocket system of voting. All ballots are to be en closed in an official envelope distri buted by the election officers. Per sonal registration is amply provided for by the bill. m 1 Hon. Fred Ikeler delivered his lecture "The Needs ot the New Century" in Towanda last Friday before the Bradford county teachers' institute. Pennsylvania has eight Grange Mutual Fire Insurance Companies carrying risks aggregating over $15,000,000.00. One of the con ditions for admission in all of them is that the insured must be a member in good standing in a Subordinate Grange. Some of these companies have been doing business more than A quarter of a century- The aggre tgate cost has been about one half .of what the same class of risks costs in other companies- This is prac tical and profitable cooperation. Every citizen who neglects his public and political duties, who evades the obligations of partisan ship, leaving to others the details of government, is helping to create professional politicians. Political ' parties or divisions of citizens and TOters, have existed in all countries and all ages where government was safe, conservative and permanent. Our republic is in a large measure the result of political division, be- . cause its most cherished institutions and most enduring principles are the compromises of the views of extremists. We have no stronger guarantee of stable government for all future time than continued di vision of the voters of the country into parties, one acting as a check trpon the other. Therefore political parties are not only a conspicuous feature of our form of government they are" a part of the system itself. Political parties cannot ex ist without organization. They are vast machines created by the people to record and enforce the will of the voters, aud every part mi the mechanism must be kept in rder or disintegration results. Out of the necessity of organization rues the so-called political ma dkine. local, State or National, an institution that may be usful or iangerous iccording to its construc tion or control. If it is created for kuproper purposes, it will sooner ar later destroy the party responsi ble for its existence or be itself destroyed by those who made and otrolled it. Ex. WaECLER'8 GREAT CLAIM- 160,000,000 Suit Against Reading Co. Comet up In June. O. II. Whee"lerrof Williamsport, who has instituted against the Phila delphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company the "greatest suit in the history of Pennsylvania," a suit on the outcome of which "depends the title of more than half the properties in Pennsylvania, New York and the Virginias," is in Sunbury again, siys Tuesday's Sunbury Item. He freely tells the story of his long struggle against,'the soulless corpora tion," which for many years has grovn rich at the expense of him and his associates in the Robert Morris Land and Coal Company. The tract of timber and coal land claimed by Wheeler lies between Mt. Carmel and Ashland and comprises the rich est property owned by the Reading. Wheeler's suits now pending are six in ejectment, three for damages and one bill of equity against the company. Wheeler bases his c'aim on the original grant of the land by the Com monwealth to one Robert Morris in 1793. The grant included 154 war rants to 61,500 acres in Lycoming, Northumberland, Columbiaand Schuylkill counties thin valuable as timber tracts. Morris alleged to one John Nicholson, and Wheeler traces the transfer of the property down through the century until in 1S70 it came into his posession through John B. Douty, late of Shamokin, whose estate he is now trying to interest in the prosecution of his suits. Wheel er claims that every deed and transfer is properly ricorded and that his title is perfect. When Wheeler came into possess ion of the property, or at least into possession by deed, he organized the Robert Morris Land and Coal Com pany, composed of twenty-six men, many of them state officials, who are now deceased. He claims the Read ing company are tresspassers, and that when he erected three buildings on the tract near Locust Gap to take formal possession, agents of the com pany drove him away. Wheeler instituted suit in 1889, and as he claimed he could not get justice in local courts in which the corporation practiced subordination, he transferred his suits to Pittsburg and later to other places. He now has his ten suits on the trial list of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, and he says his case will come up for trial at Williamspoit next June. He sues for 7,768 acres in Northumberland and Schuylkill counties, and claims damages to the amount of $60,000, 000. He says that for many years the corporation has grown rich and has furnished employment which sup. ports 500,000 at his expense. Vv heeler is an o'd m?n, seve'ral years over the four-score mark. He says he has been a lawyer since 1841, when he was admitted to the bar, and that during the war he bore dispatches from Governor Curtin to President Lincoln. My Hair "I had a very severe sickness that took off all my hair. I pur chased a bottle of Ayer's Hair Vigor and it brought all my bair back again." W. D. Quinn, Marseilles, III. One thing is certain, Ayer's Hair Vigor makes the hair grow. This is because it is a hair food. It feeds the hair and the hair grows, that's all there is to it. It stops falling of the hair, too, and al ways restores color to gray hair. SI.04 Milt. All iroulrts. If yuur drnKjfi.t cannot auiiply you, end ut on. dollar and we will .xpreki you a bottle, lit ture anil give the nam of your nonrett einrett oflTca. A del rest, J. t:. A yfcK CO., Lowell, Hut, Auothur Scheme. Farmers should be on the look-out for a clever swindler who claims that he is organizing a 'National Thresh- ers' Protective Assoctation." He se cures the membership of many farm ers by assuring them that he is form- mg a national association by which it would be impossible to raise the price 01 threshing. 1 he membeis are re quired to sign a certificate which they arc told entitles them to a life member ship. Later their signature turns tip at the bottom of a note ranging in sums of from $5 to $50 . The Odd Fellows Orphanage. There was a meet in p nt Snnhnrv last week, of the following officers of the Odd Fellows' Orphanage nt nnyciertowti: 1'resident, W. II. Pallman, of Patterson; Vice Presi dent. K. C. Waener. ofGirardville: Treasurer. Robert A. Dnvis. n Mt. Carmel; Secretary, A. Hillard, of vv atsotttown, and Director. Dr. L B. Walley, of Mifflintown. This committee, acting on directions from the recently elected board of direct- ors, drafted plans looking towards the raising of the 540,000 fund wtiicn will enter into the construe tion of the new home ntthe Omhan age and will submit the same to the various lodges ol the state for ac tion. From Court House Corridors. Glass panels have been placed in the doors of the various offices in the Court House and the same nicely lettered. This is an improvement that has long been needed. Strangers will now be able to find the officials without questioning everybody they meet in the corridor. MARRIAGE LICENSES. Lewis Grossley and Miss Jennie Albertson, both ot Berwick. Harry B. Lewis of Girardville, and Miss Amelia J. Dyke of Centralia. M. L. lanard and Miss Laura Blevin, both of Berwick. Joseph Frederick of Sunbury, and Miss Meda Hartzell, of Bloomsburg. F. W. Hill and Miss Hattie La. form, both of Berwick. George A. Troy of Wyoming, and Miss Sarah . Smith of Berwick. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Perry D. Black and wife to Geo. B. Appleman, land in Rohrsburg. Aaron A. Hill to William Beck, Jr. land in Center twp. Elias W. Sitler to William Beck, Jr. land in Center township. J. H. Shultz, Exr. to Geo. B. Appleman, land in Greenwood. George B. Appleman and wife to J. II. Shultz, land in Greenwood. J. H. Shultz and wife to L. S. Phillips, land in Greenwood. H. W. Huttonstine to Geo. VV. Hosier, land in Mifflin. Frank D. and Cecelia May Sterner to Mary C. Cavenee, land in Blooms burg. Catharine Benfield to Mary C. Jones, land in Pine. Duval Dickson and wife to Ralph VV. Cope, land in Briarcreek. J. N. Suit et. al. to Alex. Suit, laid in Briarcreek. Berwick Land & Improvement Co. to William Krug, land in West Berwick. Anna Berninger et. al. to Thomas M. Mensch, land in Catawissa. The following is an extract from the annual address of Aaron Jones, Master of the National Grange: The wonderful growth, good repu tation and increasing influence of the Order is due to the high char acter of its membership, its conser vative and consistent course in standing above partisan, sectional or sectarian bias; and always stand ing solidly and unwaveringly for the right, fairness, equity and honesty in the exchange of commodities of farm, factory, and in all business, legislation, or other matters.The Order recognizes merit, culture, re finement and Christian character as of far greater value than wealth or official position. Good men and women, observing its work and the fraternal spirit which characterizes its members, have and are, seeking admission to membership. The future growth and permanency of the Order is assured. Among the bills Offered in the House this week was one by Repre sentative Vasbinder, of Jefferson, providing for the taxation of deal ers in cigarettes, which has become familiar by its appearance at past sessions. It provides that after the passage of the act all individuals, partnerships and firms engaged in the sale of cigarettes in the State, either wholesale or retail, shall pay to the Treasurers of the cities and towns iu which they transact their business the sum of $250 as an an nual license tax. One of the greate.it drawbacks to the growth of a town is the vacaut property held for a price. A west ern state, proposes a law under which such property be valued by a commission, and if being held by a greedy speculator it is to be taxed the same as improved property. Jlching Joints In the fingers, tors, arms, and other parts of the body, nro joints tlmt are inflamed and ewo'.lon by rlioumatlflm that acid condition of the blood which affects tlio muscles !o. Kud'erera droit l.j move, especially after silling or l'ng long, and their condition h cammor.ly worso In wet weather. "It lias b.vn n 1o-s ttme nlnee we have been without llonil'x arsnprirlllB. My father thinks lie could tint do without it. )'e has tTii trotiMvd with rheumatism Blnre he w3 a hoy, uml Hood's tinrisftpa rilla Is the only medicine hj enn take thnt v.ill rnahlo him to take his place in the field." Miss Ada 1oty, Sidney, town. Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills Remove the cause of rheumatism no outward application can. Take them. FARM EES' INSTITUTE. A Farmer's Institute will be held in the Lutheran church Numidia, next Monday and Tuesday, February 23 and 24. Four sessions will be held. All of them will be not onlv interest ing, but valuable to the people in general and to the farmers in partic- ul?r. The complete program as arranged, is herewith presented: MONDAY ATERNOOJ. Devotional services, Rev. Weicksel; Opening address, Dr J. C. Wint-r- steenj Sessions to be devoted to soil conditions Soil fertility, Col. John A. Woodward; Discussion; How to con serve soil mo'sture, Prof. Franklin Menkes, York, Pa.; Discussion; Soil cultivation, Joel A. Heir, Cedar Springs, Pa.; Discussion; Question box. MONDAY; EVENING. Educational session Music, Nu midia school; What is needed to make the public schools more efficient, Prof. W. VV. Evans, Supt. Public Schools; Demonstration of school work, Prof. J. II. Maust, Prin Numidia Schools; What education does the farmer need, Col. Woodward. TUESDAY MORNING. Devotional exercises, Rev. Weick sel; Feeding and care of cattle, Joel A. Herr ; Discussion ; Fruit culture, Col. Woodward ; Discussion ; Insect friends ai.d foes of farmers, Prof. Menges; Discussion : Question box. TUESDAY AFTERNOON. . Sanitary arrangement of country homes, Div J. C. Wintersteen ; Dis cussion ; Practical road making, Joel A. Herr ; Discussion ; Care taking worth hard cash, Col. Woodward ; The agricultural course at State Col legewhat is it? H. V. White; Reri tation ; Adjournment. , Acknowledge Their Gratitude. The Buckhorn band takes this means of thanking the public in general for the financial support so generously given them lately, and hope to show their appreciation ot these favors as far as possible by future services. The boys are very much encouraged by the ready re sponses and expressions of good will toward their organization lrom the public. Rural mail carriers are experienc ing many hardships just now be cause of the snow drifts. The roads in some places are entirely obliter ated. While placing paper on the dry ers at the paper mill at Catawissa on Monday, Jeremiah Ash had bis hand caught in the machine and badly burned. Several of his ri bs were also broken. Coryville Grange, No. 12 12, Mc Kean county, was organized May 22, 1902, with 45 charter members, meetings have been held every week since, 34 members have been initi ated and 11 admitted by diuiit, making a total membership of 99, with 5 applications on hand. Liter ary exercises are a prominent feat ure of our meetings. Supper is furnished by the members on the evening of each mor.th. A woman was shot dead on the streets of Lebanon, Pa. on Sunday night, in full view of scores of per sons, and in resisting arrest the murderer killed ,a policeman before he was landed in jail. The dead woman was Mrs. Ira Baker. She was standing on a street corner with her husband and several friends when a man, who at the time, was not recognized, stepped up to her and shot her in the head. She died iu ten minutes. The assassin escaped. Ike husband suspected David Sbaup, aged 25 years, who was con victed, -.but was out on bail pending application for a new trial for rob bing Mrs. Baker's stepfather, of $350. She was the principal wit ness against him. The police at once instituted a search aud at mid night Shaud was located. He re sisted arrest and during a desper ate struggle with the policemen he killed Cyrus Schaffer, one of their number He was finally landed in jail with out further trouble. OASTOniA. Bun th Kind You Have Always Bought BIC REDUCTIONS IN ALL SDITS AND Townsend's FASHIONABLE CLOTHING HOUSE. THE FEBRUARY From the woodman's axe ringing in the forest to the exhibition of the product of the world's best furniture makers on our floors to-day, is a far cry. It is a specimen of magic of American progress. It is evidence of the vast possibilities and divine achievements of American furniture manufacturers. We will Deliver the Furniture when you are ready. It simply means that we wish to encourage as much buying as possible before the normal buying time begins ; and you can get Furniture now at a much less price than later. This Sale will Begin Thursday, February 19, 1903, and last ONE WEEK. Bedroom Suits at 18.50 from 22.50. Bed nicely trimmed. Base of Dresser 45x22. Mirror 28x3a Large sized wash stand. $12.00 Couches at $10.00 While this sale lasts. $15.00 " " $12.98 " " " $14.00 " " $12.50 " " Rockers $3.00 Fancy Rockers at $2.49. 5.00 " " " 400. 5.98 " " " 5.00. 8.25 " " 7.00. 9.00 " " " 8.00. 11.50 " " 10.00. Chiffonniers $6.00 Chiffonniers at $5.50 7.00 " " 6.25 10.00 " " 9.00 14.00 " " 12.50 15.00 " " 13.98 Our Linen Sale F. P. West Arlington Grange, No. iaoo, Lackawanna Co., meets every Wednesday evening at Capwell's Hall. On Dec. 31, 1902 officers were elected, refreshments were served and a social time enjoyed while the old year passed out and the new one began. The grange is in a prospering condition, with hall furnished and working tools paid for, and some money in the treasury. WINTER OVERCOATS AT Morris Chairs $6.00 Morris Chairs at $5.00 8.98 " 7.50 11.50 - 9.00 12.08 10.00 8.50 11.75 Dining Chairs $5.50 Dining Chairs at $5.00 7.50 6.50 9.50 " " 8.50 II.00 " " oro I I .00 10.00 will end Feby. 25, Parse! Garden 8eeds High in Price This Year. The price of garden seeds has ad vanced to a higher point than at any other time for more than twenty years, on account of last year's unfavorable weather, and this may have some effect on the price of garden 6turTs next fall. The advance is particularly heavy on bulk seeds, such as peas, beans and corn, which have gone up fully three hundred per cent. I J Safe
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