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THE COLUMBIAN.
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
TUUkSRXY, MAV 4, 1905.
TESTIMONIAL.
Continucl from 1st page.
a deceased lawyer, and the otber is
a good, square meal.
"If you will indulge me for a
moment, I desire at tins time to say a
word iu the nature of a personal
explanation.
"I am presiding here tonight by
the selection and courtesy of my
brethren who have so kindly con
ferred upon me this great honor and
privilege. Surely it is tiot because
of my present standing at the bar,
because for some years past I have
been serving another mistress than
the law, and one equally as jealous,
and which has made me far more
familiar with a printer's case than I
am with 'The rule in Shelly 's case.'
But I am grateful to still be recog
nized as one of the irateruity, and I
accept my task with pleasure. If in
the performance of my duties I shall
cast a gloom over this assemblage
to such an extent as to give you a
chill, please bear in mind that be
foie the session is ended there is an
abundance of 'hot air' in reserve
which will be turned loose at the
proper time, and which, I hope,
will be sufficient to counteract any
frosty effects which my inefficiency
may have produced.
"The banquet of sixteen years
ago to which I have alluded, was
given by the Bar in honor of a man
f blessed memory, upon his retire
ment from the Bench, after a service
of twenty-seven years. It is a sing
tilar coincidence lhat at that time he
had been a lawyer tor fifty-six years.
The toastmaster and leading spirit
of that occasion was the gentleman
in whose honor we meet tonight to
commemorate the fact that he has
completed a service of fifty-six
years at the Bar, and to celebrate
the fifty-seventh anniversary of his
admission as an attorney-at-law.
"We are here tonight to show
oar esteem for a man who for all
those years has been a lawyer in this
community, and who is still in act
ive practice, and in the full possess
ion of mental and physical vigor,
ttough he has almost reached the age
ol four score years, Col. John G.
Freeze. He was admitted to the
Bar on the 19th day of April, 1848.
for many years ne was an acknovv
ledged leader in his profession
scarcely a case ot any importance
was tried in our courts in which he
was not concerned ou one side or
the other. His contemporaries were
Hurley and Comly and Baldy and
Clark and Jackson and Bucklew and
many other legal giants of those
days, all of whom have made their
last arguments, settled their final
accounts, and passed beyond the
dark river. In that period there
was much litigation concerning land
titles, involving large suras of
money, esiv-ally titles to coal lands
in the lov Vg;J of the county, and
in many Oi l.,e Col. Freeze was
one of the leading counsel. Such
suits are scarcely heard of here now,
the titles having been fully estab
lished. "In the Mollie Maguire trial of
Hester, Tully and McHugh, in 1877
Col. Freeze was one of the counsel
for the defendants. This trial,
which lasted three weeks, was the
most important murder trial that
ever occurred in this county, and
one of the 'causes celebre' of the
state. Many new points of homi
cide law and evidence were ruled,
and affirmed by the Supreme Court.
Of the fifteen lawyers who were con
cerned on both sides of that case,
only four are living, and they are
Col. Freeze. Hon. S. P. Wolverton,
of Sunbury, John M. Clark, who
was then District Attorney, and my
self. Franklin B. Gowen Frank
lin P. Hughes, Charles R. Buck
alew, John V. Ryan, Charles B.
Brockway, William Bryson, Linn
Bartholomew, Warren J. Buckalew
and the others have passed away.
"A larye number of cases argued
by Ol Freeze in the Supreme
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It's a warning, too, which only the
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a while I could sleep well and the tired
fueling had gone. This great medicine has
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Hood's Sarsaparilla promises to
cure and keeps the promise.
Court are recorded in the State Re-
ports, and there was scarcely a ses -
sion of that tribunal for many years
that his business did not require
him to be present. Asa lawyer his
success has been due to his exten-
sive knowledge of the law ntiH
ability to apply it; and to his being ' and although his client was after
a safe advisor, a strong advocate, a wards shown to have had nothing
most desirable colleague, an honor-; ? do with the Rea murder, he had
able opponent, and his unswerving ' since thought that "perhaps a little
fidelity to his client. He has relied
upon the strength of the law to win
his cases, and has never taken an
unfair advantage through a techni
cality. Always the affable and
courteous gentleman, to the young
er members of the Bar he has es
pecially shown a most kindly dis
position, ever ready and willing to
advise and assist them.
"As a citizen Bloomsburg holds
him as one of her foremost residents.
He has been one of the promoters
of her welfare in the matters of
education, religion, politics ana gen
eral improvements. The inceptiou
of the Normal School was the be
ginning of progress here. Soon
followed the incorporation of the
town, and the consequent better
ments. Col. Freeze was one of the
organizers of the school, a trustee
in the days when it cost money to
hold the position, as the trustees
were obliged to pay bills out of their
own pockets in order to keep the
school from the hands oi the sheriff;
still a trustee when the school is the
pride of the town, and one of the
best in the state. He is also a warm
supporter of the Public Library and
vice president of its Board of Di
rectors. "As a churchman, he has for
twenty years or more been the legal
advisor to the Bishop in the posi
tion of chancellor of the Diocese of
Central Pennsylvania, and a vestry
man. The tower on St. Paul's
church is a monument to his liber
ality. "With all his busy life and large
practice, he has been a constaut
student of literature, and the pro
ductions of his pen are "The His
tory ot Columbia Countv' several
volumes of poems, and numerous
pamphlets ou various subjects.
"Other Jpositious which he has
filled are: Member ot the Constitu
tional Convention of 1874; President
of Bloomsburg Bridge Co.; His
torianjof the Bloomsburg Centennial
1902; and he is now the President
of the Columbia County Bar Asso
ciation, and President of Rosemont
Cemetery Co.
"It is to such a busy and well
spent life that we come to do honor
tonight.
"But some one may say, 'All this
is fulsome flattery.' I say it is not
flattery, because it is all true. I be
lieve in taffy. I believe an ounce
of taffy given to a man while he is
able to hear and understand and
appreciate and enjoy it, is worth a
ton cf epitaphy served up after tbe
cold clods have rattled on his casket.
I believe a few words of commen
dation spoken to a man's living face
are better than columns of obituary
in the newspapers.
"And now, to you, sir, on behalf
of the Bench and Bar of Columbia
and Montour Counties, I extend a
most cordial welcome. We offer
you the hands of admiring sons.
and express the hope that all your
latter clays may be full of peace, and
joy, and comfort.
"I propose that we drink to the
health of our distinguished guesj,
our venerated friend, the lawyer,
citizen, churchman, scho'ar, and
poet, the Father of our Bar, Color e)
John Gosse Freeze."
When Col. Freeze arose to re
spond he was greeted with long
continued applause. He said tllat
he w ished he had such commandof
the Iingiish language as would 'en
able him to fully express the happi
ness that this occasion has given
him ITie rptnartra urAm full sit ;M
!., ,.,:.. om;..:u,.0.B ,r . 1
teresting reminiscences of ao years!
ago, and Of the time when Judge .'
uiweu was upon tne bench, when 1
more important cases were tried
here than in any other county in
THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMS BURG,
the state except Philadelphia and
Pittsburg. He paid a beautiful
1 tribute to the memory of Judge
Klwell, and said that when such
nitM1 as Judge Jeremiah S. Black,
' ?it ?UStice Woodward, P. Carroll
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had, came here to practice before
him, they found in him a man who
was in every respect their equal.
Iu closing he aeaiu thanked the
bar for the great honor they had
done him, and spoke of the occas-;
ion as one of the happiest in his .
life. '
The next speaker was Judge
Marr of Schuylkill County, who
said that up to six years ago he had
bpen a regular attendant at the
court in this county looking after
the interests of his clients, the coal
operators in the lower end. He
had been associated with Col. Freeze
as couuscl for many years, and
1 some times as opposing counsel, but
I he always found him the same af
I fable gentleman, and keen lawyer.
He spoke feelingly of the life and
1 character of Col. Freeze, and said
, that the bar and tbe worId were
better ,or such men- Ia speaking of
the M"1 Maguire cases Judge
i Marr sa'd that ne was counsel for
one of them at the first trial. in
which the defendants weie acquitted
banging would'nt have hurt him
any . " H is speech was a good one,
and was frequently applauded
Judge Hertiug next responded to
"lne Bench, " and paid a beautifu
tribute to Col. Freeze, closing with
the poem. "Rosemont" written by
tne Col. on last Easter.
"The Law" was the toast assign
ed to James Scarlet Esq., and after
a humorous introduction in which
he described his first meeting with
Col. Freeze, he gave an eloquent
and learned disquisition on "the
law."
Capt. J. B. Robison responded to
"llieuider Bar," and H. Mont
Smith to "The Younger Bar." Mr.
Smith was introduced as a lawyer
of the third generation, his father
and graud father both having been
members ot tbis bar,
Paul E. Wirt Esq., was asked to
speaic on "What I don't Know
About Law," but avoided the sub
ject and after humorously talking
about lawyers, he paid a beautiful
tribute to Col. Freeze.
A. W. Duy Esq., was introduced
as the first, and perhaps the last
Republican District Attorney of
Columbia county, and made a good
speecn.
jonu u. Harman responded to
"The Law-makers," and H. A.
McKillip made the closing speech.
James Scarlet then presented to
toi. freeze a parchment scroll on
which every man present had
written his name.
A rising vote of thanks was pass
ed for the use of the Elk rooms, and
then all joined in singing "Auld
Lang Syne," and the meeting ad
journed at 2:15 a. m.
It was a most delightful occasion
and one that will be remembered
through life by all that were
present.
The floral decorations were pre
sented to Mrs. Freeze on Saturday
morning.
1 nose wno tendered the banquet
10 coi. reeze were: Kobt. R
Little, H. A. M'Killip, Clinton
Herring, T. J. Vanderslice, A. J.
Robbins, Andrew L. Fritz, Clyde
inaries Vetter, C. M. Terwilliger,
J. C. Rutter, Jr., Wm. C. Johnston,
Robt. S. Howell, H. Mont. Smith,
James L. Evans, J. G. Jayne, B.F.
Zarr, Edward S. Gearhart, Ralph
C. Kisner, Thomas' G. Vincent,
Wm. Krickbaum. J. Simpson
Kline, Lewis C. Mensch, A. W.
Duy, W. D. Beckley, John G. Har
man, Wm. Chrismau, L. E. Waller,
Guyjacoby, N. U. Funk, Freeze
Quick, C. W. Miller, Geo. E.
Elwell, C; A. Small, W. II. Rhawn,
R. O. Brockway, C. E. Kreischer,
E. J. Flynn, Wm. Kase West, C.
P. Gearhart, S. W. Dickson, Clem
R. Weiss, A. N. Yost, J. Alexis
Guie, James T. Fox, G. M.Tustin,
Ralph R. John, Graut Herring, C.
C. Peacock, Fred Ikeler, Frank
Ikeler, J. II. Maize, Boyd F. Maize,
J. B. Robisou, C. J. Fisher, O. B
Mellick, Chas. C. Evans, Wm. E.
Elmes. Paul E. Wirt, James Scar
let, R. S. Ammerman, S. B. Karus,
Wm. L. Sidler, Wm. J. Baldy.
Charles S. Kline, C. E. Guyer.
The Prizj flow and Intelligent farmer
There are good plows on the market, but
the farhccing, intelligent, up-io-date fanner
calls for something more than that he wunts
the best. At the Fairs last Fall "LeRoy"
Plows in every instance were awarded the
firht pnse over all other Plows on the market. 1
If you want a Flow look around, investigate,
ask any farmer who has used a 'LeKoy'
Plow what he thinks of it, compare and suit
,"8 low ,0 your convenience, not your con.
venience to tL Plow. The .l.rov itn. u
complete; you will find just the plow adapted
oypur nee in tne ' Lsnoy." sold by 1
II. G. SUPPLEE. Bloomsburc.
Ps.
E. LOW, Lime Kidge, Ps.
SJhOOL blHEu'lORV CONVICTION
William W. Evani Ro-Elocted County Super
intendent by a Unanimoui Vcico.
The school directors of Colum
bia County held their convention
in court oom No. 2, on Tuesday,
convening at ten o'clock in the
morning There were present 131
members. Dr. F. ir. kedeker, of
Bloouisburg was elided cli.iii 111.111
of the meeting und J. H. Eisen
hower, of Mifflin and George A.
Laub of West Berwick, svcieltrits.
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Wm. W. Evans.
The first matter taken up after
tne organization had been effected
was the salary of the County Super
intendent. The general sentiment
of the members favored an increase,
but they appeared to be divided on
the amount. J. O. Hills, of Jam
ison City, an earnest advocate of
the cause of education, forcefully
expressedyehi9 views and moved
that the salary of the County Su
perintendent be fixed at $2,500 a
year, Jas. C. Browu spoke in favor
of the increast and seconded Mr.
Hill's motion. R. G. F. Kshinka,
J. B. Nuss Dr. L. B. Kline and
George A. Laub, also supported
the motion. Others expressed
themselves agreeable to an increase
but not to the extent of the motion.
The question was fully discussed
and a vote taken, resulting in the
deleat of the motion, forty-five in
favor of it and seventy-nine against
it.
At this juncture, Geo. A. Laub,
of West Berwick, moved that the
salary be fixed at $2,250 per year.
This was ammended to make the
salary $2000. The motion to
make the salary $2,250 was with
drawn and the ammended motion
was put to a vote. There were
ninety votes in favor to twenty
three against it, and the salary was
therefore fixed at $2,000. This is
an increase of $400 a year. Those
who voted against the amend
ment were the ones who were in
favor of making the salary $2500 a
year.
That William W. Evans, who
has filled the office of County Su
perintendent, s- ably and conscien
tiously, has the confidence and
support of every director in the
County, was fully demonstrated
when the time came for his re-election.
His was the only name
placed in nomination, and his re
election was unanimous. This
hearty endorsement of Mr. Evans
is as it should be. He has certain
ly accomplished a great wo k along
educational lines. All, too, by a
persistent, untiring devotion to
duty, and his re-election at an in
creased salary, comes as a fitting
reward for faithfulnes and loyalty
10 tne cause.
It is reported that there is a wide
spread and growing desire among
the young men of this vicioitv to
rush away to Panama for the pur
pose of helping to dig the canal.
We regard it as our duty to public
ly announce that the walking 011
the way back from Panama is very
poor in Home places.
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Last Friday, April 1905.
Embroidery, Insertion
and Beadings 25c. yd.
A large assortment of new
and desirable patterns in
high grade goods worth 30
to 75 cents a yard for
Friday Only 25c. yd.
f$&$r su'ecesson to' J
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Perhaps you like your gray
then remember Hall's Hafr
gray hair. Mops falling hair,
NOW IS THE TIME
of year when you think of cleaning
house, alno of cleaning up the rub
bish and foul matter which bus ac
cumulated about your premises, to
irunrd airniiiHf. uli-ki
ever give the second thought to the
m uuiii-in unxanitary 1 ninuilng
Fixtures which breed disease riht
in your own house. If you think
of installing
New Fixtures
I am ready to (iiiote you good prices
o n ,y TA X)A ltl HA XJ J A li Y
MFO. CO'SKiutmd Ouud. nil fnllv
guaranteed.
All Jobbing of Plumbing and Hoating
Promptly Attended to.
P. M. REIIXY,
13S Centre St. Bell 'Phone
Time to Think of
' Summer
Footneeds.
A rising thermometer sug
gests law shoes. Every wo
man hails with delight the re
turn of the Oxford season.
" John Kelly " '
shoes never before came to us
in more attractive styles.
Patents for Sundays and Tans
for every day.
The new lasts the smart pat
ternsthe wide ribbon ties
all deserve your thoughtful
attention. The most popular
styles at
$2.00 to $3.00.
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Comer Main and Iron Ss.,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
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Crayons, Framing, Copying and Bromid'
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j Our Pianos
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clude the following makes :
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Henry F. Miller,
Brewer & Pryor, Kohler &
Campbell, and Radel.
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