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THE COLUMBIAN.
ESTABLISH Kl) lSf.6.
THS COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT,
EsrMii.isuK.i) 1837. Consolidated 18(19
PlMM.ISHKI) l'.VKRY 11IURSDAV MOR.NINO,
At MliHimsliuri;, the County Seat of
Columbia County, Pennsylvania.
gko. k. i:i.vi;i.i., Kkitor.
1). J. TASKKU, Local Kkitor.
GKO. C. ROAN, Korumak.
Tekm: tnsiilelhe county $1.00 a year
in advance: !fl.?oif not paid in a.lvance.
Outside the county, $ 1.25 a year, strictly in
Advance.
All communication!! should be addressed
THE COLUMBIAN, BloomsburR, Pa.
THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1903.
Political Announcements.
Subject to the Rules of the Demo
cratic Party,
Primary Election Saturday, June
6th, 3 to 7 p. m.
FOR SHERIFF
II . F. DIEFFENBACH,
of Bloomsburg.
FOR SHERIFF
CHARLES B. ENT,
of Bloomsburg.
FOR SHERIFF
W. V. BLACK,
of Bloomsburg.
FOR SHERIFF
B. F. RICE,
of East Scott.
THE MINIMUM SALARY QUESTION
As Settled by the Legislature.
TIvj Philadelphia Press and other
leading educators are exultant over
the legislative enactment regarding
the "Teachers' Salary Question."
Right here let me say, the teachers'
salary has been too low. But now
it will be higher. But will the
raise not prove a great and positive
injustice to very many of the tax
payers in our rural districts ? No
one will begrudge a good teacher a
good salary. But can any honest
man, no matter what his profession,
position, or condition in life, justify
an enactment by law that requires
any district to pay, or sacrifice more
of its property for the education of
its children than other districts are
obliged to sacrifice, or to pay for
the education of their children ?
Now I believe in a system that
works fairness, justice and equality
to all our citizens regardless of lo
cation and circumstances. Had
the legislature really had the tax
payers' interest at heart as well as
the teachers' they would have dis
tributed the state appropriation
equally among the teachere em
ployed, and the salary question
would have been settled once for
all, and in fairness for all, and in
justice to all. But the same dis
satisfaction will still exist for the
reason that the wealthy and popu
lous districts, with a light tax, or a
1 or 2 mill levy will be able to pay
$60 or $70 per month salary easier
than the rural districts can pay $35
per month, which will be both the
minimum and the maximum salary
for the rural districts. I fail to see
how any fair minded citizen can
put his foot on the neck of the
weak and help the strong. My
sympathies have always been with
the oppressed and opposed to the
oppressor. But this principle I
find has never been popular with
the well to do and wealthy com
munities. The latest Statistical
Report of the Superintendent of
Public Instruction in my possession,
is for the year 1896 ihence I cannot
be so accurate in my statements
here, but in connection with my
statements, I here give statistics,
a3 furnished by the Superintendent
of Public Instruction at the "Eighth
Annual Convention, Directors' De
partment of State Educational As
sociation, at Harrisburg" and pub
lished in the April number of the
School Journal, 1903.
The following is the Superin
tendent's statement of districts that
received more state appropriation
than they paid in teachers' wages.
"McSherrystown boro. , Adams
county, state appropriation $1045.
20. Teichers' wages $692.50."
The 1896 Report assigns 2 schools
to this district, hence an appropria
tion of $542 60 to each school, or
$346.55 paid in teachers' wages.
For a 7 month term would average
about $50 per month.
"Adams Co. Union school $306.
70, wages paid 253 75." Report
1896, schools 1. For a 7 months
term an average of $36.25 per
month.
Armstrong county, Rey burn
boro., appropriation $1588.45,
wages paid $883.75. No Reyburn
boro. reported in 1895. As the list
is too long lor our space I will only
add a few. "Plymouth twp. in
Xuzcrne county, received an appro
priation oi $7265.65 and in wages
$6825.00." In the year 1896 this
district reported 29 schools, and
paid in wages $235 per school, or
for a 7 mouth term about $33 per
month.
"Derry township in Mifflin
county received an appropriation of
$.3922.05 and paid in wages $3117. -50."
In the year 1896 this dis
trict reported 16 schools, hence this
district paid in wages $196 per
school, and for a 7 months term
$28 per month.
Now Benton township, Columbia
county has 7 schools, and paid a
salary of $28 per month for a
number of years hack, but Benton
township is obliged t levy as much
or more tax as it receives from the
state to pay even that salary. And
many other districts in Columbia
county must still go deeper into
their pockets than Bent n town
ship to rant; the needed funds to
keep our schools in operation.
MipenntenUent bchiclTer s state
ment in the School Journal is a
reveiation. Hie result of the last
legi.-dalion will prove more disas
trous to our rural districts than the
way it was betore. If all districts
will be obliged to levy as much tax
for school purposes as thev receive
from the state appropriation the
wealthy districts will monopolize
all the best teachers, and the
country districts will be intellect
ually starved as heretofore. Now
since the new condition exists let
the farmers press more than ever
the necessity of equalization of tax
ation. If the principles of our
school system were based upon the
principles of the "Good Roads
bill," or "Sproul bill." our public
school system would be faultless
and perfect. And we could and
should pay our teachers royal
wages. To base our school system
on iust and eouitable nrincin'es
should largely be engaged in by
our teachers and school directors of
all our rural districts.
J. C. Wenner.
oor,
" For two years I suffered ter
ribly from dyspepsia, with great
depression, and was always feeling
poorly. I then tried Ayer's Sarsa
parilla, and in one week I was a
new man." John McDonald,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Don't forget that it's
"Ayer's" Sarsaparilla
that will make you strong
and hopeful. Don't waste
your time and money by
trying some other kind.
Use the old, tested, tried,
and true Ayer's Sarsapa
rilla. 41.00 bj!U. All druiilili.
Ak ynnr ilooior wliat Iib ttilnk. of Avar.
Kir;iiittrill. lib knont nil ulioultliUurand
old I'uiiilly liitxlh-iun, follow hid uiivlce aud
wo will DetutiKiieci.
J. V. AVER CO., Lowell, Mill,
iMMiiwiiinaaiMHMii
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Spring Humors
Come to most people and cause many
troubles, pimples, boils and other
eruptions, besides loss of appetite,
.hat tired feeling, fits of biliousness,
indigestion and headache.
The sooner one gets rid of them tho
better, and the way to get rid of them
and to build up the system that has
sulforcd from thorn is to take
Hood's Sarsaparilla
and Pills
Forming in combination the Spring
Medicine par excellence, of unequalled
strength in purifying the blood as
shown by unequalled, radical and per
manent cures of
Scrofula Salt Rheum
Scald Head Boll, Pimplaa
All Kinds of Humor Psoriasis
Blood Poisoning Rheumatism
Catarrh Dyspepsia, Etc
Accept no substitute, but bo sure to
get Hood's, and get it today.
D0JNG3 IN COURT-
Monday's session of Court was only
a bref one, and the attepdjiice was
very I'giit. The Judges were all on
the bench.
Petition for appraisement in estate
of M. V. McHenry, late of Su Iwater.
The Court appointed K. B. Beishline
and Wtn. Miller as appraisers.
Estate of Elizibeth Welhver, late
of Benton township, deceased. Peti
tion for specific performance of con
tract, and order to make deed, etc.
The prayer of the petioner was grant
ed and deed ordered made.
Petition of Nathan Stetler for the
adoption of Reuben II. Davis was
then taken up. This matter has beer
in Court before and is being hotly
contested between the parents on
both the father and mother's side.
C. C. Evans appeared for the peti
tioner, and Fred Ikeler and T. J.
Vanderslice represented the respon
dent, Joshua P. Davis. Nathan Sidler
an! wife, Reuben Sidler, Geo. V.
Miller, Dr. L. J. Adams, Wm. S. Ash,
. B. Croop, Harry Knorr, Joseph
Sidler, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Adams
and Mrs E. K. Adams testified for
Mr. Stetler.
The respondents called M r s.
Joshua J. Davis, Miss Grace Brad
bury, Wm. Oman, Mrs. Henry Get
hng, Samuel Davis and Dr. H. V.
Hower.
In re Gi;o. W. Foster, a person of
known intemperate habits.
Now, April 20, '1903, it is adjudged
that George W. Foster, of the Town
of Bloomsburg, is a person of intem
perate habits, and all dealers in intoxi
cating liquors are hereby notified that
they shall not furnish to the said Fos
ter by sale, gift or otherwise, either
directly or indirectly, any intoxicating .
liquor; and further, it is directed that
the Sheriff serve a copy of this notice
on all liquor licensees of this town.
Bv the Court.
The above order was granted at the
request of Mr. Foster who personally
appeared at the residence of Jin!ge
Little.
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IT TAKES TIMUTO LkaK-SI.
To learn any tn.de and learn it
well takes lime. Boys never give
this matter any consider ition, until
after they have woikedat a trade
for probably a year or more. Then
the work grows monotonous, the
time required to master the busi
ness is too extended and the salary
is too small, so they decide to quit.
They go from one trade to another,
until middle age overtakes them,
then they decide to spend the re
mainder of their lives as day labor
ers. The boys make a tremendous
mistake. It is as one of our ex
changes says, the boys who learn
to be mechanics in this generation
will be the captains of industry in
the next. Parents who do not see
to it that their boys stay at their
trades the necessary time to master
them in every detail are doing their
boys untold harm. Apprentices do
not get high wages because they
waste material and require the time
of the high-priced foreman in the
business, to teach them the trade.
It takes years of patient study, hard
work and galling and sometimes
humiliating sacrifices to learn to be
a doctor, a lawyer, a civil engineer,
a druggist or merchant. So it takes
time to become a printer, carpenter,
machinist or what not. Boys, think
it over and take time by the fore
lock by learning some trade well.
It will make you the man of the
future.
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The Orphanage.
Wjrk will soon be begun on the
new Odd Fellows' Orphanage, near
I Snydertown, to accommodate 240
children in place of the present one,
which accommodates but 66, and
which is to be turned into an aged
Odd Fellows' Home. The new or
phanage is to be built of brick and
stone and is to cost about $30,000.
The grounds are already secured, the
plans have been adopted and is ex
pected to complete the building with
in the present year. At present there
are 66 children in the home.
"SOT TIME" NATIONAL AIR-
Chicago Profossor Says the Song HarmonCei
Yankee Spirit.
'Hot Time in the Old Town,' "
declares Prof. George Eduard, ot the
German department of Northwestern
University of Chicago, "is bound to
become the national air of the United
States.
"Both the music and the words are
m perf.'ct harmony with the Yankee
spirit, at d when the people want to
express themselves and can't think of
anything else to sing, they break out
spontaneously with 'Hot Time.'
They've sung it all around the world.
"The charge up San Juan Hill was
made to its music, and the band
played it when the United States
soldiers entered Peking, au.1 today
they are' singing it in the Philippines."
Prof. Kduard made these s ate
ments to hir German class on S ttur-day.
Xouug Men's Christian Association Pro
gress Abroad-
The Voting Men's Christian Associ
ation in Europe and other continents
is showing enterprise and growth. At
Copenhagen, Denmark, 1,590 mem
bers have enrolled, besides 1,200 boys
between twelve and seventeen years
of age in the junior branch, and 1,500
members in the soldier's department.
The Secretary. M. Ricard. has been
advanced to succeed M. Biering as
secretary of the National Committee,
and he in turn has been succeeded by
a r nn .
m. iiucn. i ne Associations in Europe
are not new. Many in Switzerland
and Germany are celebrating their
fiftieth anniversaries. The new Sec
retary at Rome. Italy, is M. FerrerL
who has been trained in the Associa
tions of London, Berlin, Geneva and
Paris. The national conference of
Associations in Finland meets at
Sordavala in Tune. The first anni
versaries of two railroad Associations
in Finland have been celebrated.
Four Others have hepn nrtianrpil
Oni is in Torneo. the most nniihi-rn
town in Finland in Lapland. Nor
way nas Peen holding a four days'
training course for Association secre
taries, with fifty men in atinf1."tnie
from all parts of the country. Sir
John Kennaway has officially recog
nized the army work in England In
sending a substantial contribution
towards its support, he said. "lam
persuade 1 that our army can derive
nothing but benefit from the Associa
tion. E'eht Associations have lietn
lormed among the soldiers of Ger
many. There are now fortv four
Associations in the city of Berlin.
giving special attention to young men
coming to settle' in the city. The
Wilhelin Strasse Association of Ber
lin lias I.600 members, anrl everv
Sunday afternoon 600 to 700 men
are present at its buildinir. The
building at Tientsin, China, has been
sold for $11,000. and the nroceeds
will be used in the erection of another
buildinn in a better location. Ch'anrrerl
n
conditions resulting from the war have
compelled this action. A University
Association buildinir has been elected
at Nanking, China, coning $2,500,
the gift of Mr. W. W. Cooper, of
Kenosha, Wisconsin; and at Singa
pore an Association has been formed.
In this city thousands speak the Enu-
ish language. 1 he organization there
s supported largely by Eneland ar.d
Wales.
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OLD MAIDS TO E0C3EVELT.
"Ho is Not the Mothor ol a Large Family,"
Says One.
A convention of the Old Maids of
Northern New York state was held at
Pittsford N. Y. on Friday. Miss
Amelia Higginson, the president, in
her opening address, said:
"The president believes in the rear
ing of large families. He has a right
to his opinion, but when he places
childlessness in the same category
with criminal acts he goes to far.
The president is the father of what
we Americans would call a large
family. He is not the mother of a
large family. (Applause.) We have
heard nothing about 'race suicide'
from the mothers of America, and we
never shall. Let the president grap
ple with the trusts, tariff and the
coming election. They are more in
his line. He can safely leave the
question of children in the hands of
the women of this great Republic."
April 28 Odd Fellows Day at Milton.
On account ot the above the
Philadelphia & Reading Railway will
sell snecial excursion tickets to Mil.
ton at the low rate of single fare for
the round trip, with a minimum of 25
cents, from Newberry, Mt. Carmel,
u?nviue, i3iooinsourg, catawissa ana
intermediate ticket stations. These
tickets will be good going and return
iner on all trains April 28th. Special
train will leave Milton at 11.00 P. M.
for Pottsgrove, Mooresburg, Maus
dale, Bloom Street, Danville, Rupeit,
Bloomsburg and Catawissa. Excur
sion fare from Danville 47 cents,
from Bloomsburg and Catawissa 75
cents.
Townsend'So
Townsend's.
STATEMENTS.
If this store puts a statement in print concerning its
methods or its merchandise you can depend upon that
statement being in every way backed up. We are careful
here never to make statements which cannot be backed up.
Public confidence came to us by a strict adherence to our
printed promises. We make some forceful statements in
this ad. concerning certain lines of fresh, seasonable goods.
Suppose you visit the shop and sec for yourself how care
fully they are backed up.
Hosiery and Underwear Opening.
The time is ripe for such an event. The importance
of the event can only be measured bv the reliability of the
offerings and the economy of the prices.
KNITTED UNDERWEAR,
Ladies' Fine Ribbed Vests with long sleeves and high
neck at 25 cents.
Ladies' Ribbed Vests, short sleeves and low neck,
10 to 25 cents.
Ladies Ribbed Vests, no sleeves, low neck, 5 to socts.
Men's P.albriggan Shirt and Drawers 25 and 5octs.
Boys' Balbriggan Shirts and Drawers 23cts.
WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSIERY.
Misses' Fine Ribbed Hose 2 pair for 25cts
M isses' Fine Ribbed Hose 15c pair.
Misses' Fine Imported Hose at 25c pair.
Misses' Fine Black Cotton Hose at 25c pair.
Boys' Heavy Hose 2 pair for 25 cents.
Boys Heavy Black Cotton Hose at 2Scts., a pair.
Important Muslin Underwear Selling.
We've made careful preparations for big sellinz of
Ladies' Muslin Underwear this season. When you see style
and quality linked to such low prices it will certainly pav
you to carefullv investigate. 1 ' '
Ladies' Night Robes 39c to 2.75.
Ladies' White Skirts 60c to 5.50.
Ladies' Drawers 25c to 2.98.
Ladies' Corset Covers 10c to 2.50.
4 piece sets of Muslin Underwear from 4.50 to 7.75
STYLISH SHIRT WAISTS.
w -T.hiS V1 be th-e seas0IVs Wffgest showing of Shirt
Waists. These waists are all of the most approved style
They are made of silk and all the popular weaves of wash
materials. The prices will surely impress you. Wash silk
waists 2.75 to 2.98. White lawn waists 1.00 to 2 08 White
Madras waists at 1.00 worth 1.75. Madras waist with smill
colored stripe 1.00, worth 1. So. Fancy silk waists 3 50 0
O.OO. J'S"
F. P. PURSEL.
Since the discontinuance of
passenger traffic on the S. B. &
B. Railroad between Orangeville
and Millville Junction, which oc
curred last Wednesday, the mail
communication between Blooms
burg and Millville is via Northum
berland and Watson town.
Try Tub Columbian a year.
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