THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURQ, PA.
Capital
$ 100,000
STRONGEST BANK
First National Bank,
OF BXaOCmSHUUG, PA,
Make no mistake, but
the Strongest Bank.
OFFICERS:
I. W. M. LOW, President, J. M. STAVER, Vice President.
E. B. TUSTIN, Vice President. E. F. CARPENTER, Cashier
DIRECTORS:
, W. M. Low.
E. B. Tustin,
J. M. Staver,
. G. Yorks,
, G. Yorks,
Fred Ikeler.
M. I. Low,
THE COLUMBIAN.
ESTABLISHED 1866.
THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT,
EsrABi.isuKn 1837. Consolidated 1869
Published Evkrv Thursday Morning,
At Bloomslurg, the County Seat of
Columbia County, Pennsylvania.
GEO. E. EI. WELL, Editor.
11. J. TASKEK. Local Editor.
GEO. C. ROAN, Fokbmas.
Tkkms: (njidethe county $1.00 a year
In advance; 9 1.50 if not paid in advance.
Outs.de the county, ft.5a yenr, strictly in
Ad ranee.
All communications should be addressed
THE COLUMBIAN, BloomsburR, Ta.
THURSDAY, JULY 2. 190.
YOTJ'EE nIQHT, BBOTHEE-
Politieal campaigns in this coun
try, says one of our exchanges,
have undergone a complete change
during the last quarter of a century.
It used to be that party men took a
deep interest in advancing the can
didacy of those who represented
their principles and did it because
they believed it was right, and
never dreamed of being paid for
their cervices, much less their votes.
Today it is different. The interest
in a campaign is measured by the
amount of boodle a candidate puts
up. The honest voters in both
rties deprecate this condition of
hings, but do nothing to prevent
It. Every ward or district has its
healers who make politics a busi
ness, and are always importuning
candidates for money for their in
fluence. The fact is. fully fifty per
cent, of this class of politicians do
not control their own votes, but if
you eliminate them from the politi
cal campaign of today it takes the
life out of it, because good people
have dropped out of the harness.
.
School Men Reprimanded-
Judge Mirr Carries Out Findings of Juryin an
Emphatic Manner.
Judge Marr at Pottsville on Mon
day imposed sentence upon James
Boyle, Daniel Gallagher, John Dona
hue, Richard McGee, school directors
of Blythe township and James Hughes
a "go between, who were acquitted
but sentenced to pay the costs and to
receive a reprimand from the Court,
applied the terms of boodler and
grafter to their conduct. The Judge
declared they were clearly guilty of
extortion and their acquittal was an
anomaly. He advised them to stop
their illegal ptactice or some other
jury may find them guilty and no
court would show mercy.
W- 0. Eichart now the Defendant-
Damages in the sum of $5,000 is
claimed by the David Mauser Es
tate against V. C. Richart. It will
be remembered that Mr. Richart
some time ago was granted a pre
liminary injunction restraining the
now plaintiff from using a lane in
Montour township, at which time
it appears he entered into a bond to
stand for all damage in case he lost
the suit. The court having de
cided against him this case is being
brought as a result. It is reported
that another damage suit against
him is on the tapis.
Settled by Agreement-
Judge Hart, of Williamsport
presided at a short session of court
on Monday, at which time the case
in equity between the First rsation
al Bank, of Bloomsburg and the
Magee Carpet Company was heard
By agreement of counsel the matter
was amicably settled, and confirm
ed by the Court. Ikeler & Ikeler
were counsel for the plaintiff, and
James Scarlet and A. W. Duy, for
the defendant.
Harvesting has already been
commenced. Miner Nagle of Espy,
cut a field of wheat on Saturday.
So far as we know, he is the first
in this section to inaugurate the
season.
Stir'lui
$iij,coo
deposit your savings in
Frank Ikelcr, J
Frank Ikelcr,
Geo. S. Kohbins,
Louis Gross,
II. Vutine
S. C. Creajr,
II. V. Hower.
Followed tne Example of Their Re
publican Bosses.
When that S50.000.000
emer-
spent
gancy war luua was Deing
witnout cnecK oy ine rresicieni iu
808; when ships which had been
sent to the junk heap were beirg
bought at labulous figures; when
contracts for clotlnng were being
made under private persons acting
as go-betweens were able to profit
enormously; when Uncle Sam was
buying explosive beef for feeding
his soldiers and when a great Secre
tary of the Treasury with executive
sanction was trafficking with J.
Pierpont Morgan in deals that
poured millions into the latter's
coffers, was it not natural that the
little fellows should follow the ex
ample of those above? Cau we be
surprised that bureau chiefs and
clerks and underlings of all degrees
should also seek a graft and work
it to the limit? The country was
drunk with the spirit of war. Duty
and destiny were spurring it into
patriotic paroxysms of benevolent
assimilation. The old flag was big
enough to cover any deviltry from
the purchase of rotten beef to the
betrayal of an ally. It was treason
for anyone to question either man
or metnoas. Ana so gramng in
high stations and in low began to
flourish. It was a time of glory
and of greed and greed kept a lap
ahead of glory in the mad race.
And now Postmaster General Fayre
weeps when he faces the appalling
mess of corruption by which he is
surrounded. The country is amazed
by the revelations already made.
It is in dread of those which are
yet to come. And while the Pre
sident professes a determination to
let no guilty man escape, yet he
permits Mr. Payne to sneer and
scoff at and discredit every effort to
uncover the frauds and expose the
thieves and scoundrels who infest
the postal sexx.-Joinstown Demo
crat.
Relief of Flood Sufferers.
Through Mayor John Weaver,
of Philadelphia, who is also Chair
man of the Citizens Permanent Re
lief Committee of that city, Satur
day evening Mayor Tovvnseud re
ceived an appeal for aid for the
Kansas flood sufferers. Contribu
tions and checks may be sent direct
to Messrs. Drexel & Company,
treasurers of the Philadelphia com
mittee.
Harriaburg Photographer Arrested-
J. W. Roshon, the leading Harris-
burg photographer, was held in $1,000
bail to-day by United States Com
niissioner Wolfe on a charge of send
ing photographs of the nude through
the mails. Roshon was arrested on
information furnished the postal au
thorities by Anthony Comstock, of
New York, who conducted a corre
spondence with the photographer
under an assumed name.
Dark Hair
" I have used Ayer's Kair Vigor
for a great many years, and al
though I cm past eighty years of
age, yet I have not a gray hair in
my head."
Geo. Yellott, Towson, Md.
We mean all that rich,
dark color your hair used
to have. If it's gray now,
no matter; for Ayer's
Hair Vigor always re
stores color to gray hair.
Sometimes it makes the
hair grow very heavy and
long; and it stops falling
of the hair, too.
11.01 1 kouia. All dreitUli.
If your dropetftt eannot anppljr yon,
end ua one dollar aud will expreaa
you a bottle. Be aura and cite the uaiua
Of your ueareat express office. Adtlreta,
I J. CAY EH CO., Lowell, Ma..
IN THE COUNTY
Spring Humors
Come to most people and cnuio many
trouble, pimples, boils and other
eruptions, bcide Iom of appetite,
diat tired feeling, flta of biliousness,
Indigestion and headache.
The sooner one gets rid of them the
hotter, and the way to get rid of them
and to build up the system that has
suffered from them is to take
Hood's Sarsaparilla
and Pills
Forming in combination the Spring
Medidno par excellence, of unequalled
strength in purifying the blood as
shown by unequalled, radical and per
nianent cures of
Scrofula Bait Rheum
Scald Head' Bolle, Pimple
All Klnde of Humtr Peorlaela
Blood Poisoning Rheumatism
Catarrh Dyspepsia, etc
Accept no substitute, bat be tare to
get Hood's, and get it today.
FROM COURT HOUSE CORRIDORS.
It is common to hear both sexe
repine at their change, relate the
happiness of their earlier years,
blame the folly and rashness of
their own choice and warn tho:e
whom they see coming into the
marriageable age against the same
precepitancy and infatualion, but
cupid keeps right on working just
the same. These couples have se
cured licenses during the week:
Ed. S. Breisch and Miss Lucille
Hughes, bot'.i of Mainville
Charles V. Folk and Miss Cora
L. Bankes, both of Catawissa.
John F. Clark of Altooua, Fa.
and Vas Carrie E. Neyhard of
Brooklyn, If. Y.
Frank W. Barwick and Miss
Clara Geeso, both of Catawissa.
John Unbewust and Miss Mary
E. McIIenry, both of Benton.
Edward Hartman of Catawissa
and Miss Margaret E. Schee, o!
Franklin township.
Jesse Boyer aud Miss Alice Piatt
both of Talmar.
William J. Keller and Miss Eurie
Rhoades, both of Aristes.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
William E. Yeager to Clara E.
Yeaeer, land in Slabtown.
Frank Ikeler, attorney et al to
ane Drake, land in Bloom.
Jno. B. Hunt and wife to Ster
ling Smith, land in
West Berwick School District to
Olaf F. Ferris, land in West Ber
wick.
E. B. Tustin and wife to Dora
Mover, lmd in Bloom.
George L. Reagan and wife to
Hudson O. Kline, land in Berwick
It is to be lamented that Blooms
burg young men have takeu the
initiative in Sunday ball playing iu
this section. On Sunday a team
from here journeyed to Montour
county where they engaged in a
game with an outfit from Danville.
There is no necessity for wasting
space on the people connected with
the game, suffice it to say that only
men of little regard for the Sabbath
and of little or no intellect can find
any attraction in Sunday ball play
ing. Certainly no man of self re
spect would attend an event of this
sort, much less engage in it.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany last week assembled trainmen
at Isescopeck. They were trans
ferred lrom Sunbury, Shamokm
and other points and will be used
in carrying out a new system of
haulage to tide water. The route
for coal to Philadelphia via Sun
bury and Harrisburg. is to give up
the major portion of its traffic to
that via Nescopeck and Pottsville
Up to the preseut only a smal
amount of coal has been hauled
over the latter route, but it has
been deemed shorter and less ex
pensive.
We overheard a preacher say the
other day that newspapers did uot
always tea tne trutu. lie was
right, but preachers don't alway
tell the truth either or they would
not occupy the pulpit more thau
one Sunday and they would find it
necessary to leave town in a hurry
The press and the pulpit go band
in hand with whitewash brush and
kind words magnifying little virtues
into Dig ones, lne pulpit, press
and gravestones are the great saint
making triumvirate.
The Columbia Co. Agricultura
Society is already distributing some
neat advertising novelties. Thi
fall's exhibition is to be moi
thoroughly advertised thau any of
us predecessors.
Special Examinations.
In order to accommodate those
persons who desire to be examined
after July 3, there will be a special
opportunity given in the Bloomsburg
iiign school Building, July 10, be
ginning at 8 oclock. All county
papers please copy. County Supt
w. w. fcvans.
NECROLOGY'S LIST.
Many Homes Visited Cy the Grim Reaper
During the Past Week.
Death, so called, is a thiny; that nuUes men
weep.
Ami et a lliird of life is pass'd in sleep.
Myron.
MRS. STEFHEN SMOYER.
Mr. Stephen Snioyer died from
affection of the heart early Friday
morning at her home in Mifflinville.
The remains were iuterred in the
Mifflinville Cemetery Monday morn
ing. BENJAMIN KISTLER.
Benjamin Kistler, a prominent
resident of Mt. P.easant township,
died on Monday morning, aged
seventy-four years. Three children
survive him. Mrs. John W. Mas
teller and Mrs. H. J. Pursel, of
town, and Freas Kistler who re
rides at home. The funeral took
place this morning.
MRS. JOHN YOHE.
The last summons came to Mrs.
John Yoke, at her home iu Mifflin
township about ten o'clock Friday
moruing. of last week. Death was
not caused by any specific diseases,
but was caused principally by ad
vancing vears. She had been in
r.t.1. lionUVi C-r a trmiT tim. Her
usband passed to the other world
.ly.v .w. r
several years ago. The funeral
occurred Monday afternoon, inter
ment being in the cemetery at
Mifflinville.
JOSErH II. CRAMER.
Joseph H. Cramer died at the
Danville Hospital for the Insane
last Saturday. He had been in that
nstitution fcr the past two years.
He was a son of Andrew Cramer of
this town, and was aged forty-six
ears. He leaves two children.
Ber-sie, who resides in Berwick, and
Clinton who is an apprentice in the
Columbian office. Mrs. Cramer
died about three vears ago. The
burial took place at Danville on
Wednesday.
HENRY J. KNORR.
Centre township lost one of its
oneer residents on Tuesday, when
llenrv J. Knorr passed away. The
end came at the home of his son-in-
law, J. II. Sitler, who resides on
the Evans Farm below Bloomsburg
He was born m Centre township in
iSxo, and was therefore 73 years of
age. I ue greater portion 01 ms
ife was spent in farming, in which
he was eminently successful. Per
sonally he was a mau of general
and pleasant disposition and at
tached to himself a host of friends,
Eight children are lett to survive,
as well as two sisters ana tnree
brothers. The children are : Har
vey, of Fowlerville ; George of
Nescopack ; Henry, Samuel aud
James, of Berwick ; and Lizzie
Emma aud Clark, who live at home
on the farm. The sisters are : Mrs
Clinton Herring and Mrs. Samue
Hosier, of v ilkes-Barre and the
brothers. Eli M. and Wesley of
Bloomsburg, and Francis, of Mich
igan.
The funeral took place Tuesday
afternoon, with Rev. A. Houtz, of
Oraneeville. officiating. Interment
in the Briarcreek Cemetery.
Box papers from 10c. to 50c.
at
Mercer's Drug aud Book Store.
Jr. 0. U- A- M- Elect Officers-
The annual election of officers
of
the local council of the Junior
Order United American Mechanics
was held in their hall Monday eve
nmg. These officers were elected
Councilor, Henry Cotterman ; Yice
Councilor, Charles Martenas : Re
cording Secretary. J. S. Barnes
Assistant Recording Secretary, J
H. Kitchen ; Financial Secretary
William aters; Treasurer, George
W. Moyer ; Conductor, George W
Sterner : Warden, John Yohe ; In
side Sentinel, C II. Troutman
Outside Sentinel, Isaac Shoemaker
Chaplain, M. T. Ohl ; Junior Past
Councilor, F. R. Drake : Trustee
A. L. Sober : Representative to
State Council, George W. Moyer
Alternate Representative, J.
Barnes.
E- S. Fornwald Moves up-.
E. S. Fornwald, who a few
months ago resigned his position as
ticket agent at the D. L. & W
Railroad Depot to accept a positiou
in the United States Express
Company s office, has mad
another advance iu position and
notice. He has been promoted to
money clerk in the Patterson, N. J.
office of the company. Mr. Forn
wald possesses the qualities which
cau hardly fail of getting a man
on in the world. His success is
the source of much pleasure to his
many friends.
CASTOR I A
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signatur
Townsenid's,
Townsend's.
July Sale of Ginghams,
Lawns and Batiste
H unci reds of yards at G
Plain Linen Colored
Lawns.
Nothing more stylish
this year, nothing more
serviceable. Dainty and
cool they make one of the
"swellest" of gowns. 12c,
15c and 18c yard.
Silk Ginghams,
The newest things in
Ginghams. Every wo
man wants a dress from
this stylish material. Still
a good assortment. Worth
50c, now 25c a yard.
Amorita Batiste.
One. of the coolest of
summer dress stuffs. They
are prettier this year than
ever. "Women that like to
buy good cool summer
dresses at small prices will
wantBome of these. Worth
15c a yard, 10c a yard.
Fans.
We have not really had
weather that would compel
us to use them. Not say
ing we will not, is it? Have
you seen the Japanese Fan
we are offering at 10c.
Other fans up to $1.
Women's Hosiery.
We have a genuine bar
gain in these. They are
well made, no seams, and
guaranteed fast black.
White feet that feel so
comfortable in hot weath
er. If we should purchase
them now at the present
price of cotton we would
be compelled to sell them
at 18c the pair. While
they last 2 pair for 25c
F. P.
The early closing movement goes
into effect, Monday. Our sub
scribers living outside of town will
will bear this fact in mind, as it
will save them a trip. All stores
will close at six o'clock every even
iug excepting Saturdays, the 15th
and Carpet mill pay days. This
will be the order till Sept. 1st.
I
THE
PLACE
TO BUY
YOUR
SPRING
Clothing
IS
reatly Reduced Prices.
Co-Carts.
Funny name, isn't it?
We are going to make
them live up to their name
however as we have priced
them so low they cannot
help but "Go." See our
special one, one of the best
if uot the best you ever
had offered you at the
price, $8.50.
Small Wares.
Red Cross safety pins,
assorted size?, 12 on card,
5c, a card.
Feather stitched braid,
5c, 8c and 10c.
Tooth Brushes, a splen
did lot and well made 10c,
12c, 15c, 20c and 25c.
Pin Blocks, either with
bright black, dull black or
assorted colored heads on
the pins 5c and 10c.
Parasols.
July and August are
coming and the Parasols
will then go faster than we
can supply them. Better
buy now while the assort
ment is good.
White Taffeta Silk, hem
stitched border 3 in. wide,
bamboo handle 3.25.
White China Silk, 5 in.
ruftle, natural wood han
dle, $2.50.
Mercerized
Ginghams.
Can hardly tell them
from the silk. We have
them in fancy stripes,
plain stripes, and figured.
worth L'Scayd, 17c yd.
PURSEL
Receipts of the post office show
that there is a steady increase in
the business of Bloomsburg. Dur
ing the past fiscal year there was
a gain ot seven aud three tenths
per cent, over the previous year.
It is not a "boom" business either,
but a steady, regular, healthy
growth that has come to stay.