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THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA-
STRONGEST BANK
V1 101,000
Capital (J
First National Bank,
OFK&UtmsiSUHG, I A.
STATEMENT.
At the Close of I'usiness November loth, 1904.
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E. W. M. LOW, President,
THE COLUMBIAN.
KSTAIUMIKO 1800.
THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT,
RSTABI.ISIIKI) I837. CoNSOI.llJAIf.UlW9
I'VIMSIIKI) EVF.KY Tlll.'RSIMV M Ok NINO,
Kl hliK)msliur, the County Seat of
Columbia County, I'ennsylvania.
GKO. E. KIAVKLL. Editor.
D. J. TASKEK, Eo'.ai. Eiwtok.
(JKO. C. ROAN, EontMAS.
V Mi: Inside the cointy ill 410 a year
Y alvance; 1.5'jif not paid in advance.
iilc the county, 1.2$ a year, strictly in
Advance.
All communication should l,e addressed
THE COLUMBIAN, l'ioomsl)iir, I'a.
THL'RSDAV, M RCII 30. 1915.
Political Announcements.
SUBJECT TO THE RULES OF THE DEMO
CRATIC PARTY.
Primary Election, Sattrday
Junk 10. Convention Tlksdav,
June 13th.
l-Ok COUNTY COMMISSIONER,
ISAAC REICIIART
of Scott Township.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER,
(north side)
GEO. V. STIC KXER
of I'loomsburg.
J-OR COUNTY COMMISSIONER,
(north side)
WM. liOGERT,
of Scott Township.
I'OK COUNTY COMMISSIONER,
(1101 th side)
' JERRY A. HESS
of Iiloomsbiirg.
IOR KEOISTER AND RECORDER,
THORNTON T. FREEZE
of liloomsburg, Pa.
J OR REGISTER AND RECORDER,
A. N. YOST
of Bloomsburg.
FOR REGISTER ANU RECORDER,
J. C. RUTTER JR.,
of Bloomsburg.
FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER,
GEORGE E. CLEMENS
of Berwick.
FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER,
FRANK V. MILLER
of Centralia.
FOR COUNTY TREASURER,
JOHN S. MENSCII
of Montour.
VOK P ROT 1 1 ONOT A K Y AN I; CLERK
OP THE COURTS,
C. M. TERWILLIGER
of Bloomsburg.
IOR COUNTY AUDITOR,
C. L. IIIRLEMAN
of Benton I'oro.
I OR DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
CHRISTIAN A. SMALL
01" Bloomsburg.
J OR COUNTY TREASURER,
M. H. RHODES
ot liloomsbusg, Pa.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER,
ELISIIA RINOROSE
of Center Township.
Subject to the rules ol the Rcpubli
can Party.
Primary Election Saturday, April
15th. Convention, Monday, April
Surplus
tl Jj.o.o
LIAI;M.1TII.S
tioo. 000. rx
47. 300.01
4C4,o:j 98
Surplus ami i roMs (net;
t irrigation
fdaS, 705.06
E. F. CARPENTER, Cashier.
NLW SYSTEM FOR TEACHERS' CER
THUATE8. Would Have All Imtruclori Examined by
S'a'e Bureau.
A new system for granting pro
visional, rrofessional and perma
t;ent certificates to public school
teachers in all counties in the State,
is proposed in a bil. introduced in
the house of representatives bv
John V. Carson of Beaver county.
it is proposed to have all public
school teachers examined fnr rr r.
tificates by a state bureau of exami
nations, instead of by committees
representing separate counties,
cities or boroughs, as is tlu case
to day.
The bill is one of interest to the
hundreds of public school teachers
throughout the state Tr
that the members of the examining
inireau shall be under the super
vision of the State Superintendent
of public instruction and shall ne
expert school men chosen by com
petitive examination. The bureau
is to prepare uniform questions to
be submitted to teachers anrlvinsr
for certificates. Examinations are
to be held as often as the State
superintendent shall d;em neces
sary, and it is stipulated that they
shall be held in all counties,, cities
and boroughs on the same date.
County, city and borough snnerin.
teudeiits of schools are to act as
agents ot the department of public
instruction in conducting examina
tions. The bureau of examination
is given power to Pass on cvaniiiu
tion papers and to grant certificates
wnen uiiorinea ny the state super
intendent that teachers have passed
at the required percentage in eacli
branch.
The requirements oftlip
grades of certificates shall be as
lollows:
Provisional certificates in
granted lor one year, to be valid
oniy in me county, city or lorough
wnere issued, and not to be renew
ed without re examination No
person shall hold more than hr,.e
certificates of this grade. Subjects
01 examination are to remain as are
now required for provisional certi
ficates.
Professional certificates are to be
valid lor five years in any county,
city or borough to which the pro
visions 01 tne act applies. Certifi
cates mav be renewed
examination. Subjects of examina
tion shall be the subjects of pro
visional certificates, and Pennsyl
vania school law, psychology and
science 01 eaucation, methods.
scnooi management and the history
01 euiicauon.
Permanent cet tificates shall '
valid for life in anv eountv rtv
borough in the State to which the
act applies, ana shall be issued only
to holders of professional certi
ficates who have taught at least
three full school terms. The sni-
jects of examination shall be the
subjects 01 professional certificates
and plane seometrv. English litera.
ture (including American) and auy
eight of the following subjects:
Ancieut history, mediaeval and
modern history, English history,
solid ecometrv. plane anrl snWirvil
trigonometry, physical geography,
uuiuny, y.ooiogy, chemistry, physics,
Latin, German, French,
A. teacher doinir denartmont nr
special work must be examined in
the subjects he teaches where such
subjects are not covered by the cer
tificate he holds.
The act is to apply to all coun
ties, boroughs and cities, the
licensing of whose tenrheru ia nnt
otherwise provided' for by special
enactment. It is specified that the
act shall take effect June 1, 1906,
but that it shall not make invalid
any certificate now extending h.
yond that time. '
It creates an uneasv. tn-irrlipn.
sive feeling in a fellow with a weak
back and an apathy toward the
spade and rake to see his wife look
ing over garden seed catalogues
and making copious notes on the
margin. "
IN THECOUNTY
WASHINGTON.
From our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, I). C, Mar. ?3, 1903.
The Venezuelan sitnation ha.
become somewhat acute during the
last week and the diplomacy of the
a Jtnitiistration is being taxed to the '
utmost to protect the dignity of the
United Stales and the rights of its
v.iii'.iu niiuuui je.-xji 111111 iu lie 1
application o f force. President 1
Castro i s running things with a
high hand. He has calmly forfeited
the entire property o f the New j
York and Bermndez Asphalt Com
pany by legal procedure it is true, j
but not until Lis contention that j
the property should be forfeited j
was denied by the Venezuelan1
Supreme Court and he had "reor
ganized" that court by the dis-'
charge of every member who voted
against him and the opjointmeut 1
01 others known to be ready to eon- J
strti the law in accordance with
the wishes of the President. Iu '
the case of one Jaurett, an Ameri
can citizen, Castro expelled him !
from Caracas because h e disliked
certain editorial utterances of Jaur
ett and entirely without process of
l.iw. In t lie case of the Orinoco,
Steamship Company, Castro quiet-j
ly forfeited their charter without'
rhyme or reason ard numerous1
other instances might be cited. j
I
Some time ago the United States 1
urged upon Castro the advisability
of referring the differences growing I
out of these claims, to a court of j
arbitration. Instead of remaining 1
. U T .. ...1 . I
pltte negotiations proposed by Min
ister Bowen, Castro quietly retired
to a country place and refused to be
disturbed, while lurid accounts of
his methods of "rest and recreation"
were all the information Mr. Bowen
has received. He has now returned
to Caracas, however, and Mr. Bow- j
en has been instructed once more
to press the representations of this
government that the questions at
issue must be submitted to an arbi
tral court and to insist on a catego
rical answer. Meanwhile, Castro
has executed what h e doubtless
regards as a coup intended to re
move all possibility ot th-: United
States taking forcible steps to recov
er damages for the wrongs of its
citizens.
It will b-2 remembered that three
years ago, when Great Britain,
Germany and Italy established a
"peaceful blockade" off Venezuela's
ports, the United States, with them
finall) consented to submit to arbi
tration the method of payment of
Venezuela's numerous creditors
and the Hague Tribunal decided
that those countries should be pre
ferred creditors to be paid from the
30 per cent of the customs receipts
of La Guira and Puerto Cabello,
which Castro promised to devote to
the payment of his country's debts.
Now, Castro according to European
reports, has agreed to devote 50 per
cent or more of the customs receipts
of all other ports in Venezuela to
the payment of certain hitherto
repudiated bonds held by Europe
ans. The purpose oi this move is,
of course, to virtually to award to
Europeans a mortgage on all Vene
zuelan ports, so that should the
United States be compelled to exert
force aud seggregate the customs
receipts of any port to pay the dam
ages growing out of Castro's abuse
ot American citizens, this govern
ment would be confronted by the
prior claims of European creditors.
It is not believed in Wasnington
that the European nations will
sinction such a "bargain" but the
outcome is awaited with some
anxiety.
The Senate finally adjourned
without action of any kind 011 the
Santo Domingo protocol and that
fact has doubtless emboldened Cas
tro to go farther than he would
otherwise have dared as the Domin-
Ay&rs
For hard colds, bronchitis,
asthma, and coughs of all
kinds, you cannot take any
thing better than Ayer's
Cherry
Pectoral
Cherry Pectoral. Ask yout
own doctor if this is not so.
Me uses it. He understands
why it soothes and heals.
" 1 had a turrlliltt cihikIi for wnnki. Thnn I
took Ayor'a ('hurry I'ortonil nntl only uuu
botllu iMjnijlBlf I y rnrml inn."
Miih. J. 11, Dankuhtii, St. Juniili, M Icli.
2.W.IHI0., I.OO. 3. i, A VKit no.
All 'I riii'i'l-' .
for
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Coughs.Colds
lean affair was unquestionably in
tended to create a precedent for the
application of a similar method of
collecting revenues and defraying
indebtedness to Venezuela. The
indications are that the Dominican
protocol w ill be approved, in its re
vised form, next tail, after which
Mr. Castro may conduct himself
with less temerity provided of
course, that he does not render
imperative a more drastic course on
the part of this countiy iu the
mean time, and further provided
that Santo Ilomingo does not ren
der impossible the ratification of
the agreement by some injudicious
act before Congress meets again.
Senators are leaving Washington
this week convinced that they will
be called back in October and the
President is assuring them plainly
that he proposes to recommend not
only railway rate legislation but
tariff revision as well. A strenuous
effort will be made by the "stand
p itters" to dissuade the President
irom saying anything emphatic on
the subject of the tariff but it is
doubtful if they will be as success
ful in this regard in the future as
they have been in the past.
There has been widely circulated
a report that prominent members of
the Republican party contemplated
placing a duty on tea and coffee at
the next session of Congress and
considerable sums have been expen
ded to get the statement into the
public prints. For a time it was
impossible to detect who was re
sponsible for the circulation of these
reports, "who paid the freight" to
borrow the newspaper slang of the
national capital. The facts have
now come out however. The wish
is father to the thought and the
brewers and distillers are footing
the bills. They, i t appears, are
fearful .that instead of revising the
tariff so as to afford less protection
and produce more revenue, the
stand patters will insist on adding
to the tax on liquors to meet the
growing nitional deficit. The facts
are that prominent members of the
two houses of Congress have never
seriously considered the proposition
to tax coffee and tea aud it is entire
ly probable that they would deem
it wiser to increase the tax on
liquors than to tax these necessa
ries of life. The increased liquor
tax could be collected without addi
tional expense, would prove a bur
den only to an industry which a
lanre percentage of the oeonle be
lieve the nation would be better off
without ami with which comnara-
tively few decent people have much
sympathy.
The New Trade Mark Registra
tion Law will co into effect nn
April 1 st. Users of Trade Marks
can get a copy of the law by send
ing a postage stamp to C. A. Snow
ftCo., Solicitors of Patents and
trade Marks, Washington, D. C.
Measures Signed by the Governor.
uovernor rennypacker has ap
proved the loilowing bills:
Authorizing the school board to
sell real estate, buildings and prop
erty, the title to which shall have
been acquired from the trustees of
an academy or seminary.
Authorizinir Aldermen. Macric
trates and Notaries Public to secure
marriage licenses for the principals
Providing that the stock of cor
poratious chartered under the oen
eral corporation act ot 1874 shall be
aeemeu personal property.
House bill providing that a sys
tern of humane education which
shall include kind treatment of
birds and animals shall be included
in the branches of study not re
quired by law to be tausdit in the
common schools, such instruction to
be taught 111 the common schools
such instruction to be given to all
pupils up to and including the
fouth grade of the public schools
and to consist of not more than
half hour each week during the
whole of the school. The bill pro
hibits experimenting with any liv
ing creature in any public schools.
A Coming Attraction.
Iladley's exhibition of moving
pictures at the Armory Wednesday
evening surpassed the rosiest anti
cipations ol the management. The
drill-room floor was completely fill
ed by a refined, cultured and ap
preciative audience. Each number
was received with well deserved ap
plause. The scenes portrayed were
numerous, varied and satisfactorily
acceptable. The fluttering or flick
ering was not nearly so noticeable
as in previous exhibitions. It
would, to the most exacting critic,
be a difficult problem to decide
which illustration was the most
worthy of honest endorsement. All
the pictures were not only eminent
ly satisfactory, but it was also evi
dent that they had in Mr. Hadley
the guiding spirit of master-hand.
Wilkesbarre News. Bloomsburg
Opera House, April 16th.
&nwu 1304 er musts mmaa.
Can't We Break the Ice?
Kxperi'tire lias taught n that where we c:n once irct elrwo enoupli
to a miwi to nhow and explain the ftuperior iii:ilitic of mir elutliitik, we
can make not only a sale, but a fteaily customer. Tlmt' why we're i"
anxious to have every man in Blooiiislniru examine our
NEW SPRING STYLES
Especially the $10 00 and $12.00.
At them moderate figure; we are ofTerinir Brmppy funey worsted,
cheviot and serge HUitM that cannot lie equaled for ntyle mid genuine,
value at within live dollars of our price.
CALL AND SEE THKM. IT WILL PAY YOU.
TOWN
am
The Exacting Women
In dress arc just tlie ones c arc looking
for with these
Nobby Covert Jackets
and
Finely Tailored Suits
At $4.98 A very nobby tan Covert Jacket,
wedge s earns, overlaid of silk and cloth, leg-o-'mutton
sleeve, tarned back cuff's, flap pockets,
mercerized sateen lining, fitted back; coat 24
inches long.
At $7.;sA decidedly swell tan Covert Jacket,
strap seams, overlaid stitched collar, leg o- mut
ton sleeve, plain cuff, fly front, fitted back, twill
ed satin lining; coat is 27 inches long.
At $10 Jacket of -French covert cloth, tan
shawl collar, leg o-'mutton sleeve, turned back
cuffs, box plaits, front and back and over shoulder,
fitted back, fly front, lined with tan colored
Taffeta silk; 24 inches in length.
Silk Shirt Waist Suits.
$10.50 Blue and brown changeable Taffeta,
side plaited skirts, with plaits breaking away at
the knee.
Waist blouse effect, 4 side plaits in back, 33
plaits on each side of box plaits down front,
girdle, leg-o-'mutton sleeve, tucked lo elbow!
turned back cuffs.
At $22.50 Cheviot blue, brown or black, 24 inch
Jacket, inlaid silk collar trimmed with narrow
braid, stitched yoke effect, back and front, lap
seams, leg-o-'mutton sleeve, turned back 'cuff
Jacket satin lined. 9 gore skirt wide box plaited
at knee.
F. P.
BLOOMSBURG,
STOP
wan JAYNE'S
Ail almost
uncAnrwnw
PURSEL.
PENNA.
SEftD'S
THAT
COUGH
EXPECTORANT.
infallible remedy.