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; V M. LOW, President, J. M. STAVER, Vice President.
E B. TUSTIN, Vice President. E. F. CARPENTER, Cashier,
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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,
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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