THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG. PA.
Pains in the Back
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STRONGEST BANK IN THE COUNTY
Surplus
Aro pymploniB of a wenV, torpid or
fctoo.ooo
Stagnant condition Ol 11. J Kidneys or
livi.r. -.,d nro a warni'i-i it is extremely
SILVER DOLLARS
TO BE
First National Bank,
ha.:a'tioii!i to reflect, 00 importuM
ia a l.t-slt'-.y nctu-n o: tnc-f r;.i"s.
They are continuity attended by ss
of eriorgy, luck of cvmrapp, and pomo
linxa by fclr jiuy iotcbodintf and 0.2"
Bpondoiii.y.
"I hint nlr.s tit my bacK, could nit sleep
nnd wh"ii I uot up In tho nutniliiR folt
worse than the nWiit before. I bcirsin taking-
Hood s Sarf.npurillu and now I can
sleep and fret up feelintf rested nnd able to
do my wotk. I attribute my cure entirely
to Hood's Snrsnparllln." Mrs. J. N. I'efiiy,
care H. 8. Copeland, Tike Koad, Ala.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
and Pills
Cure kidney and liver trouble, relieve
the back, and build up the whole system.
Make no mistake, but deposit your savings in
the Strongest Bank.
OFFICERS:
5. V. M. LOW, President, J. M. STAVER, Vice President.
E B. TUSTIN, Vice President. E. F. CARPENTER, Cashier.
DIRECTORS:
TWENTY
M. l ow. . C Yorks,
v H Tu.iin Fred Ikeler.
J. M. Scaver, M. I. Ixw.
THE COLUMBIAN. ;
ESTABLISHED 1866.
THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT,
6sr.ui.isiiKi 1837. Consolidated 1869
Published Evkkv Thursday Mornino,
At Bloomsburg. the County Seal 01
Columbia County, Pennsylvania.
(JKO. E. Kf AVICI. L, Editor.
1). T. TASKEK, Local Editor. .
GEO. C. ROAN, Eokumas.
Tekms: Insiilethe county $1.00 a year
in advance ; $1.50 if not paid in alvance.
n ,(vfle thecounty, f 1.25 a year, strictly in
A lvnce.
Ml i'tm nunications should be addressed
THE COLUMBIAN, Blooms urn, l'n.
VIIURSDAY, DECEMBER 17. 19"J
GOOD ROADS-
Stale Grange Convention. Add.es by Hon.
0. L. Rhpno. Wilkes-flarrs, Pa.. Dec
embers, 1903.
This is not the time or place for
extended remarks upon any sub
ject, but for your information I will
say that perhaps the most import
ant matter for your consideration is
that of good roads. Tons aud car
loads of literature have been written
on the necessity and desirability of
good roads, demonstrating that yon
can't build a good macadam road
with clay and sand any more than
you cau make a silk purse out of a
ow's ear. The only question now
emaining is, who shall pay for
them. In 1894 I delivered an ad
dress upon the subject in this city
to a convention of county commis
sioners, who adopted my idea, and
it was afterwards approved by the
State Bicycle Association, and by
the State Grangers, and that cul
minated in the act of 1895, uuder
which our county has built and
paid for many miles of roads in this
county, and we have now a short
section about completed at the ex
pense of the county, known here as
the Dallas road, and no doubt you
will be pleased to go and see it. We
' think it a fair specimen of the roads
which are to be built under the act
of 1903, popularly known as the
Sproul bill.
The dominant thought in the act
of 1895, and one that has domi
nated my mind ever since is this,
that the thoroughfares or highways
contemplated by the act of 1903
are not township roads at all, there
fore, the townships ought not to
be required to contribute any thing
towards the cost of them. The high
ways or thoroughfares contemplated
by the bproul bill are those which
will be found in the laps and folds
of the mountains behind which lie
many townships on the borders of
adjacent counties, or they will be
found to be the leading lines of road
through the rich, fat, river bottom
lands, and the rich and populous
mining and manufacturing districts,
or in townships where there are
found suburban residences. What I
conceive to be township roads are
the cross roads of the township, the
byways of the townships, and those
lines which lead to and from the
farmers' houses to the farm villages.
Those the townships always have
and must continue to improve and
keep in repair at their own expense.
But, I repeat, that highways, lead
ing thoroughfares and main .lines
running through the laps and folds
of the mountain to the various rail
road stations and those running
along the centres of the river val
leys, are not township roads, they
are first county roads, and when
plaoed together become State roads.
This I consider to be a rock bottom
precedeut to any progress in the
making of good roads. This feature
is absent from the Sproul bill. It
requires the townships to pay one
sixth of the cost of any section of
road. Now, the cost of a road
properly built is from six to ten
thousand dollars a mile, so that at
kast cost, say of six thousand dol
lars. the State would pay four
thousand dollars, the county one
thousand, and the township one
thousand. No township outside of
the rich suburban villages can afford
Frank Ikeler, J. II. VoMlne
Geo. S. Robbins, S C. Creaiy,
Louis Gross,
II. V. Ilower,
to pay from one thousand to fifteen
hundred dollars a mile for any
number of miles, located in the
farming districts, and I repeat they
on ht not to be reouired to if thev
could. Under this provision those
townshitis which need btate and
county aid first will get it last 01
not at all.
Another reason why townships
should be exempt from paying any
portion of the cost of improved
roads is the inequitable and unjust
distribution of the public taxes.
Corporate wealth pays five mills on
the dollar to the State : wealth
leaned out on interest in the vari
mis forms navs four mills on the
A
dollar to the State, and no more,
thus, they bear' none of the local
burdens. Farm lands pay no State
tax, it is true, but they bear thei
full share ol all local taxes, which
in this county, and presumably
i;i every other county, arc at least
three times as much as the taxs on
these other forms of wealth. I re
cently received a card from the tax
collector of a township where I pur
chased a farm tor four thousand
dollar;. lie informed me that mv
taxes were $48.50 for this year.
Now, if I had loaned that money
on a mortgage, my tax would have
been just $16, aid uo more, and if
I had borrowed the money to pay
for the farm, or stock it, my tax
would have been $48.50 plus $16,
or $64.50.
Now, I shall not follow up the
question of the unjust levying and
collectiou of taxes any further.
That was pursued to its fullest ex
tent by Mr. John Wanamaker some
years ago iu a campaign document.
The next proposition I make is
this, that greater inequalities come
from the distribution of taxes than
from the collection of them. That
is, all the taxes gathered into the
State and county funds are distri
buted in the cities among the "tax
eaters" there, aud, except a small
pro rata share of the school tax paid
from the State into the various dis
tricts, I cannot now call to mind
any expenditure of public moneys
in the farming district, the trend
is all the other way.
Prior to 1830 the farmers them
selves with ax and grubbing hoe
hewed out their highways. About
1830 the St3te expended a large
sum of money in building canals,
which was a great blessing to all
the people. Those canals have been
abondoned because they have been
superseded as lines of traffic by the
railroads.
The next great public improve
ment undertaken by the State was
the establishment of a common
schojl system in 1854. The people
halted, balked, and some of them
swore against it, but it has pro
gressed until now it is universally
approved as the greatest institution
of the land.
Since the inauguration of that
magnificent enterprise the State has
undertaken at its own expense to
provide a grand system of charities,
until now every helpless person is
ong Hair
"About year ago my hair was
coming out very fast, so I bought
a bottle of Ayer's Hair Vigor. It
stopped the falling and made my
hair grow very rapidly, until now it
Is 45 inches in length." Mrs. A.
Boydston, Atchison, Kans.
There's another hunger
than that of the stomach.
Hair hunger, for instance.
Hungry hair needs food,
needs hair vigor Ayer's.
This is why we say that
Ayer's Hair Vigor always
restores color, and makes
the hair grow long and
heavy. ti.o iti. Aiidninuu.
If your tfniKniht annul imply jrou.
end u one ilollur 11,1,1 wo Wn express
you a bottlo. ha lure and giro the nam
of your nearest express ntlii-e. Address.
J. C. A V l:K CO.. Lowell. Mum.
furnished a home The deaf, the
dumb, the blind, the insane, the
idiotic, the criminal, and we are all
proud of these institutions; there is
uplift about it; there is an outward
swing about it that thrills us all
when we think of it.
I confidently believe that we are
on the eve ol an enterprise that will
be of still greater blessing in a
financial sense than sithcr of those
which the State is now so magnifi
cently supporting, I mean the era
of good roads The Spoul bill is
aimed in the right (".irection. It
will dourtless need amen Iments
now and then, but we must stand
by it, in the main, and as farmers,
I would advise you to insist upon
its amendment at the present time
only in respect to that feature of it
which I have already referred to.
It is bound to win, and no one is
mote interested than the farmer,
although everybody will be blessed
and benefited, and ten years from
now, or twenty-five years from now,
we will all wonder that we have so
long continued to wade through
the dust and mire of our country
roads.
Two thousand years ago the
people of the provinces of the Uo
man Empire were in about the con
dition that our rural districts are
now, and thev made no headway in
any change until they raised the
cry that all roads lead to Rome;
then they built roads which for a
thousand years were the admiration
of the world.
Sj it would be with you; if you
cau get the State and the counties
to assume the building of the roads,
and you agree to keep them 111 re
pair under the direction of a county
superintendent of highwavs, who
should be an engineer and a man
of character, you will find that the
blessing which will come upon you
will be inestimable.
The act of 1903 appropriates six
millions and a half of dollars for
this purpose, to be expended in the
next six years. That, supplement
ed b the county fund of one-half
more, would make in that time ten
millions of dollars, and that would
build 1,500 miles of first class
macadam roads, nnd nearly all of
that money will be poured into the
rural districts, which will increase
your wealth beyond the dreams of
avarice. Go on with this enter
prise, and take the magnificent sum
which is tendered to you by the
btate authorities, and the result
must be entirely satisfactory.
DBLTT OF P0LITI08 IN PENS'A
State Chairman Penrose Communicating
wim nit Lieutenants. The Democrats
Will Meol in April.
The Republican county leaders of
rtnnsyivania are being notified by
oiaie cnairman renross that the
Republican state convention will be
tieia in Harnsburg not later than
the third Wednesday of April next,
so as to have it out of the way be
fore the national convention, which
is likely to be held the middle nf
June. The Democratic state com
mittee will also meet iu Harrisburg
on the third Wednesday of April to
fix the date of the state convention
and elect a chairman to succeed
Senator James K. P. Hall, of Ridg
way, who is again a candidate.
The only nominations to be made
by the conventions next year will
be for a justice of the Supreme
Court to fill the place made
by the denjli of Chief Justice Mc
Collum, which is being temporarily
filled by Samuel Gustine Thorn
of Philadelphia, Democrat, by ap
pointment of the governor. The
only other business of the conven
tion beside adopting the usual plat
forms will be to elect delegates-at-large
to the national convention
and approve the sixty-tour national
d-legates chosen by the delegations
rpm congressional distri cts.
BUY AT HOME. N
All the stores are very
with their displays of holiday
pretty
goods,
au iniuiigs 01 cnnstnias s
are busy selecting their
shopr
:ers
Rifts.
Bloomsburg has stores of whir4i
it
is
may wen be proud, and t
little need to go away, from
there
home
. " . """pping. ieep tne money
in Bloomsburg.
A EOAKE AT DAHVILLE-
Danville had a scare on Monday,
occasioned by the arrival th?re of
the Beunett-Moultou Theatrical
Company, one of the number of
which was claimed to be affected
with small-pox. The fact was
learned after the train left sha
mokin, when the conductor observ
ing the strange and unusual ap
pearance of the man's face, asked
him the cause ol it and he answered
small-pox. He ascertained the
company's destination and immedi
ately sent word ahead to Danville
to be on the lookout. The Bo.ud of
Health took prompt action, and sent
officers to the station to forbid the
company to leave the car. It
was finally decided to quarantine
the victim, and he was accordingly
put in a car with a nurse, aud run
in upon a siding at Dougal, a short
distance below Milton. The other
members of the company are at
West Milton, but will disband and
return to their homes as soon as
they receive their pay.
Later in the day on Monday, it
was learned that every member ot
the company had been vaccinated,
after taking an antiseptic bath;
every bit of their clothing and bag
gage had been thoroughly fumigat
ed before their arrival at Danville,
and under the circumstances it
believed that all danger of contagion
so 'ar as the other members of the
company were concerned baa been
removed. The company was book
ed for Danville all this week.
A PRETTY WINDOW-
Since the enlargement of Pursel's
store front ample opportunity has
Deen given tor decorating the win
dows. They are always attractive,
but just now Mr. John Knies has
surpassed himself in arranging the
lower window. Great taste has
been displayed, and the result is
exceedingly attractive. It is trim
med in white silk, and contains a
great variety of holiday goods. It
is attracting much attention. Mr.
Knies took a course of lessons in
decorating, in New York last fall.
and this in conjunction with a
natural talent for that kind of work,
has made him an expert at the
business.
What Shall We Have for Breakfast ?
This question rii-s in the family every
day. Let us answer ii today- Try Jell-O,
a delicious and healthful oessert, i'reparcd
In two minutes. No boilinc t no balcine t
simply add boiling water and set to cool.
Flavors; l.emon, Orange, Uaspherry and
Stiawberry. Get a package at youj grocers
lo-uay. 10 cents. Jj-I7 4t
Corner Stone Opened-
The corner stone cf the old Pres
byterian Church was reached on
Wednesday, and iu it was found a
small tin box. The contents will
not be known uutil the return of
Mr. F. G. Yorks the end of this
week. The box is at his house.
The meptillir nf the Tmun Pminr.il
held last uiht appointed W. V.
Robbius to collect the 1903 dupli
cate. Among the other business
trarmnrrpH wac the na ecu nt r( o
resolution recognizing the Good
iir.'it .
win rire company as tne lourtti
fire company of the Town, and
flssip-nino the rnmnenu that tvl!.
O O " J"- -
tion in all future parades and de
monstrations.
O A. T C IX I A .
Bears the 1 Km m "m kml BOqpK
11
1
Silverware as Gifts.
At almost one third less than
Jewelry Stores charge
you for it.
Children's Cups, Cream and Sugar Sets,
I Match and Hair Receivers.
Cake
Butter Knives,
Tea Sets (either 3 or
miTATlON TIFFANY WARE
at about l-IO the cost of the genuine, and
it takes an expert to tell the difference.
Fruit Bowls, Syrup Jugs,
Tobacco Jars, and Smoking Sets,
ROGERS SILVERWARE.
Wm. Rogers' Knives, Forks and Spoons
in 2 ounce goods. Dessert, Table
and Tea Spoons in Handsome
cases, either Oxidized or Bright.
F. P.
BLOOMSBURG,
The Strenuous Like.
KverV HaV th SV&Im niirla a CMrtnln
- -J w ... " wva luill
nunniitv nf iiiitrmrtn mniiur -v .! k
,t -.... ..j . . . . .... v.- ...HI,., IU BUfl'IJ IIIC
deficiencies of the dny before. The building
up process must begin at the breakfast table.
u2t" tn new cereal, tattes good and fur-
iiiMica uiui material, a ureakiast ol Jt
fits the entire hnHv fnr th
the day. Jf ig made ot bebt selected
makes vou want nnnihr Ynn ran UrN
f -- - w vmv 4
at any meal. At grocers eveiywhere, ,t-ia ly
P. M. REILXY,
Practical Plumber, Steam, Gas and
Hot Water Fitter-
steam and Hot Water Heating. Lead Burn.
ing. Sanitary Dumbing of all Descrip.
tions. All Work Guaranteed.
Estimates Cheerfully Furnished.
438 CENTRE STREET, BELL'PHONE
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
GlVgF)
For Particulars see
Window at
Townsend's
Clothing1 Store,
Bloomsburg, Pa.
I
Dishes, Sugar Shells,
Childrens' Sets.
4 piece sets.)
PURSEL.
- - PENA.
W. H. riOORE,
main and iron stkeicts,
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 pair.
W. H. MOORE,
Cor. Main and Iron Sta.
BLOOMSBUBG, PA.