THE COLUMBIAN, BL00M5BURG, PA. 4 KSMnttZRBtKtESIBt Jlching Joints "GET HE Capital STRONGEST BANK IN THECOUNTY Surplus $l2j,0OJ In the fin bom, r.rms, mri otnrr parti of t!:e bo!y, rr. j.i.ts that are iniliiiiir,! ar.'l mvollon by r'.irtiniBtifmi th.it it-ji.i c,M,.;t' 1 "f -ho bU.1 which DOLLARS f lOO.CCO First National Bank, rfit'i'tJ iii'i-'1, -) t llllVlt'i'9 d'Vi.v. t li r.f'et fitting uf ly!:i : 1 ' rnj'il::lo-i t"'i' .:..','! ivo, efyiPiiftiiy ,c, nnd their v.oi'se ii wot JLA. wi't't l.w :. t. ., .r 1 - n 1 i tbn !"iri wo havfl t.p. 11 w.ilmol ilo.MiH .Sirsnpntilbi. My f-,, J.,T tllillKA liO t.'llld lint 1.0 Without It. ,le ii.is bivn trrtibbd with rhHimntism :ln-o hi w n bov. nnd Hood's SnrsnpR" lllln Is tlieotily nu'dlclno hu can tnko that Make no mistake, but the Strongest Hank. deposit your savings in ivlll t-iiiililfl bun to take bis place In the lii-M Mijb An. Doty, MJi.ty, lows. OFFICERS: ; V M. LOW, President, J. M. STAVER, Vice President. E B. TUSTIN, Vice President. E. F. CARPENTER, Cashier, DIRECTORS: Hood's Sarsaparilta and Pills Remove the cause of rheumatism no outward application can. Take them. '. ; i ii wiiMHijjiJuiiJwiaw WMnKli WUilKlial r mm m TWENTY SILVER TO BE V. i. Yorks, , (1. Yorks, Kred rkcler. M. I. l ow, THE COLUMBIAN. ESTABLISHED (866. THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, Established 1837. Consulidathj 1869 Published Evkkv Thursday Mokninc, At tiloomslmrg, the County Scat ot Columbia County, Pennsylvania. GEO. E. ELWELL, Editor. U. J. TASKER, Local Editor. CEO. C KOAN, I oklman. Tr.:--tnsi.lethc county t.co a year in advance; .f 1.50 if not paid in aUance. Outs le thecounty, $1.25 a year, strictly in Aivnce. All coininunications should be addressed THE COLUMBIAN, Uloomsliurn, Ta. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3 19'3 PASTOR AND FEOFLE It is a too coin mon occurrence that people are heard to say that they do not go to church because they do not like the preacher, or that they will not give anything toward the support of the church for the same reason. 1 hey com plain that the preacher does not call upon them; or that he goes only where he gets good meals; or that he toadies to the rich and neglects the poor; or that his vife is too dressy, or too gay, or 100 unsocial, or too solemn. Nine times out of ten, the people who make these com plaints hive made simlar ones all their lives. They have ap parently not been satisfied with any pastor their church has had, for years past. The truth is that they are always hunting for an excuse to stay away from church Sometimes it is one thing, and sometimes another, but the ex cuse is always ready at hand Suppose every one were to fol low the same line of action, what would beoome of the church or ganizations and the church prop erties? Expenses go on just the same, and somebody must pay the bills, and it follows that those who refuse to help either by their presence or their con tributions, are simply compell ing the willing ones to pay the delinquents' share for them, and shifting upon the shoulders of others a duty which they owe to themselves and to the com munity. Lvery church consists of two parts, the pastor and the con gregation. Each part has its duty to perform, and neither one has any right to shift its re sponsibility upon the other Neither one alone can make any church a success. The pastor should call upon his flock, but why is he expected to do all the calling ? Has the flock no obli gation to return his calls? Calls are social affairs, and what dif ferent rules applv as between pastor and flock ether than those which govern society in general? The pastor is expected to use his best efforts in the prepara tion of his sermon, but if he sometimes fails, is that any rea son wny au church services should be neglected? People wno go to church merely to be entertained by the sermon, and who will not go unless thev can be thus entertained, are not very strong pillars. When apathy and indifference creep in, and the life of a church seems threatened, it is some times the fault of the pastor, sometimes tne people, and some times both, though too frequent ly the poor parson has to bear all the blame. In order to avoid such a calamity there must be a strong bond of sympathy be tween the two. If the congrega tion will not stand by their pas tor, loyally and cordially, and assist and encourage him in his work, he ought not to be expect- V. M. Low, E. 1. Tustin, J. M Scaver, Frank Ikcler, Geo. S. Robbirn, Louis Gross, II. V. Mower. cd to succeed in his pastorate, or he is laboring under a burden that no man can carry. If, how ever, he is so constituted that ,ie cannot get in touch with his poop e. and has none 01 mat person.il magnetism which draws people to him, a congre gation can scarcely be blamed for losing some interest. If a preacher finds his congregation gradually meltingaway, and can nna no remeay ior it, u maueis little whose fault it is. When such a condition arises it is lust as much the duty ot the people to arouse themslves and try to intu.se new lite into their church, as it is the pastors. Give him an encouraging word, and a helping hand. Take an active interest in all the activi ties of the church, or at least in some one of them, and see how it will brighten and gladden the pastor's heart, and help him to penorm his duties in a tar more acceptable manner. It is com mon to attribute all the slug gishness in church life to the mismanagement or inability of the pastor, when the real fault lies in the coldness and indiffer ence of the congregation. A SURE SIGN- An exchange notes that one of the surest signs that, on the whole, the recent elections were favorable to Democrats is the fact that divers gentlemen are examining their light ning rods to see if they are in best conditions to attract the Presidenti al lightning. Your Uncle Grover is out in one of h's characteristic bids. The friends of Mr. Olney are declaring that the trend of things political in New England is toward the Democrats and that he would, if nominated, sweep Massa chusetts, Rhode Island and Con necticut. The same claim is made for Governor Garvin of "Little Rhody." It goes without saying, though it is said thousands of times every day, that the November elections have strengthened Hon Arthur Pue Gorman of Maryland. It is talked of everywhere that Mayor Carter II. Harrison of Chicago will enter the lists. May or George B. McClellan "Little Mac, Junior, " has a host of friends who are asserting that he is a man of destiny and will go up higher, even unto the White House. Judge Parker still has adherents galore; General Francis Marion Cckrell's boom is growing apace, and so 011 to the end of the chapter. To this situation the old saying "The more the merrier" applies. It is a good thing to have a multiplicity of candidates and a genuine contest. All these men and others not in foregoing list would not be burnish ing their armor and preparing to .struggle for the nomination if they considered it an empty honor. They believe that the chances of electing a Democrat are first-rate, A.sth of m my daughters had terrible case of asthma. We tried almost everything, but without re lief. Vt'e then tried Ayer'i Cherry Pectoral, and three end one-half bottles cured her." Emma Jane Entsminger, Langsville. O. Aycr's Cherry Pectoral certainly curesmany cases of asthma. And it cures bronchitis, hoarseness, weak lungs, whooping-cough, croup, winter coughs, night coughs, and hard colds. Three sites 1 25t Mc, SI. All dnnbti. Consult yonr doctor. If he says tk It, then do ai lie eav. If lt tells you not to take II. then don't lake It. He knows. UMIHlKDOin. vty are wining. F. U. AtCU lU Lowell, SUM. Frank Ikcler, J. II. Wine ma l""One and so do millions more. The chances are that this extraordinary session of Congress will very much augment Democratic prospects. Drunk with victory and power for seven years, Republicans have done many things which they ought not to have done and left undone many that they were in duty bound to do. HOLIDAYS AND HOLIDAYS. To Thk Columbian: Sir: In a late patent medicine almanac, I observed printed among the Festivals and Holydays of the Church, such secular anniversaries and legal holidays as the following, to wit New Year's day, Washing ton's birthday, Lincoln's birthday, .St. George's day, Decoration day, Independence day, Labor day, St David's day, and St. Patrick's day Certainly, one would think that even a patent medicine advertiser would have had more respect and reverence, than to have thus mix ed up the well known and religious ly observed Holydavs of the Christ ian Church, with mere secular and legal holidays, set apart to be ob served as such, by Act of Assembly, or by proclamation of President or Governor, as political or common anniversaries. It would have been quite easy to have made two tables distinct from each other. One of Church Festi vals for religious observance ; and another for secular and legal ob servance, for the gatherings o citizens and peoples for such cele brations of anniversaries and birth days and speeches and toasts as to them seem meet. The purposes are different, the words are different, the spelling is different, the definitions are differ ent, and the pronunciation is differ ent. By all means let us keep them separate. J. G. F DETEdTIVJJS ARE STILL HUSTLING- But Report That There ii Nothing the Clendennin Case. New in There is nothing new in the Clen dennin murder case, but the detec tives are hustling around and run ning down every clue. There were promising indications Saturday that the detectives were 011 the trail of the murderer, when a watch which had been sold to a farmer by a stranger and claimed to be that which was taken from the murdered operator, was reported to the authorities, but investigations proved that the watch was not Clendennin's. 1 he watch was very similar to that taken from the murdered man It was taken to Jersey Shore by Alexander Craw, of Corning, who had been sent to Smitbboro to se cure it. George Hammersly, of Youngdale, who had once owned the Clendennin watch and others who knew it was summoned to ex amine it but it did not prove to be thz sought-for time piece. Sheriff Shearer and Officer Bren del went to Youngdale Monday morning where they met Detective Lupoid and two of his associates 1 he five officers moved from place to place 111 Wayne township ques tiouing those whom they met, with a view 01 running out a clue on a new suspect. The officers haven't seen ht to give out the result of their investigation, hence no one outside of the little band of officers know whether or not this new clue may or will tend to fix the blame on someone in that community. Calvin Remley was the victim of a peculiar accident Monday morn ing. He was butchering a porker at his home at Fowlerville, and in a second attempt to administer a quietus to the hog, the first having been unsuccessful, it caught his thumb in its mouth and bit it com pieteiy on. u was all clone so quickly that he did not know what had happened. This is the first ucciueni 01 tne Kind that has ever come to our notice. Dr. Hower of Mifihuville was summoned and dressed the injury. Bears the f lh Kind You Haw Always Bcfffn Blgnatort JH K mum SUIT A3A1KST A PASTOR- Dr Bridenbaugh the Defendant in a Will Case Witness Suddenly Expires. Rev, The unexpected death-of the first witness brought a sudden close to the trial of the suit of ICUa L. Coughey, of Krie, and Frank D. Sliouse and Carrie L. Thompson, of Detroit, against Rev. Dr. Samuel R. Bridetiluugh, at Reading on Nov. 2.V . G. William Clcweil was on the stand when the noon adjournment was taken. He was apparently in the best of health, ruduy and vigor ous, although 74 ye irs of age. He was returning in tl e afternoon to go on the witness s and again when he died of hea t disease as he was turning the kiu b of the door to Judc Kndlich's courtroom. As the old mau reel d he was caught by Clarence Rhode, a juror. With out a word cr a sound he died. The case grows out of the will of Mis. Seraphine A. Dissler, who died at the age of 74 years. She left a will appointing Rev. Dr. S. R. Bridenbaugh executor and mak ing nini tier res auary legatee, lie was the pastor of the Reformed Church at Rending of which Mrs. Dissler was a member. During the lifetime of Mrs. Dissler she bad made presents to him of real estate, bank stock and cash, valued at over $11,000. That is not involved in this suit, hut is embraced in another action. The will made beqiu-sts of $6100 to others and then the bal ance of the estate was to go to Dr. Bridenbaugh. The plaintiffs in tlm case, who are nieces and a neph?v of Mrs. Dissler, claim that Dr. Bridenbaugh used undue influence to have Mrs. Dissler favor him in her will. That is the question to be decided in the trial. Owing the to death ot Mr. Clewell the case has been postponed until January. Dr. Bridenbaugh was for n num ber of years the pastor of the Re formed Church in this town. A BARGAIN FOR FARMERS. The AVk York Tribune Farmer ; a national illustrated agricultura' weekly ot twenty large pages, has no superior as a thoroughly practi cal and helpful publication lor the farmer and every member of his family, and the publishers are de termined to give it a circulation un equaled by any paper of its class in the United States. Knowing that every enterprising, up-to-to-date farmer always reads his own local weekly newspaper, the AV?i' York Tribune Farmer has made an exceedingly liberal ar rangement which enables us to ofier the two papers at so low a price that no farmer can afford to lose the op portunity. The price of the New York Tri bune Fanner is $1.00 a a year and The Columbian is $i.ooa year, but both papers will be sent for a full year if you forward $i.5 to The Columbian, Bloomsburg, Pa. Send your name and adddress to the New ork Tribune Farmer. New York City, and a specimen copy of that paper will be mailed to you. (Read our Clubbing Offers for 1904 on 5th page.) tf Willie Setley, the famous tramp ball player, who appeared here fre quently and who was in jail at Utica, N. Y., for seduction, has been released on bail. His trial is set for next mouth. . . A Dress Goods, Tailored Suits, Coats and Separate We will give a cash discount all week of 10 PER CENT. on all these articles. What you save on these will help make some one happy Xmas morning. F. P. BLOOMSBURG, Tiik Strenuocs Like. Every day the system needs a certain qunmiiy of nutritious matter to supply the dw ficienciw's of the dny before. The building up process must begin at the breakfast table. the new cereal, tastes good and fur nicies that material. A breakfast of "Jf " fits the entire body for the strenuous trials of the day. -Jf is made ot best selected wheat. uJtn has a taste to it. One dish makes you want another. You can eat "Jf at any meal. At grocers eveiy where. 3-iaiy JOS. WILLIAMS & CO, HAVE OPENED A FttUIT STORE At 109 Wrst Maix Street. Wholesale and Retail Commis sion Dealers in Bananas, Oranges and Lemons AT VEE7 SEASONABLE PEICES. For Particulars see Window at Townsend's Clothing: Store, Bloomsburg, Pa. ecia! Sale Weekc Skirts PURSEL. - - PENNA. W. Ii. flOORE, main and ikon streets, Bloomsburg, Pa. Our Fall and Winter SHOES are now in stock. By my careful watching the needs of the people in the shoe line I am able to furnish you with shoes for style, fit and service far above the ordinary shoe. Come in and let us Fit you with a tair. W. H. MOORE, Cor. Main and Iron Sta. BLOOMSBURG, PA. 1
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