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THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA.
STRONGEST BANK
CAPITAL
9100,000.
First National Bank,
OFU&OUI&IHlllJUG, PA.
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INGS IN THE STRONGEST BANK.
O F F I C K H S :
W. M. Low, President. J. M. SUwr, Vitro President.
K. II. Timlin, Vice President. K. F. ('nipciiter, Cashier.
DIRECTORS:
H. W. M. Low, F. O. Yorks, Frank Ikelor, Joseph ltntti,
K. B. Tustin, Fred Ikeler, Geo. S. Bobbins, S. C. Creasy,
J. M. Wtaver, M. I. Low, LotiMiross, II. V. 1 lower.
THE COLUMBIAN.
ESTABLISH KD 1866.
THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT,
Estabmsiikd 1837. Consolidated 1869
Published Evkkv Thursday Morning,
At Bloomslmrg, the County Seat of
Columbia County, Pennsylvania.
GEO. E. EI. WELL, Editor.
GEO. C. ROAN, Foreman.
Trkms: Inside the county 4 1.00 a year
In advance; $1.5011 not paid in advance.
Outside the county, $1.25 a year, strictly in
Advance.
All communications should be addressed
THE COLUMBIAN, WoomsburR, l'a.
TIIl'RSDAY. SI'.PTEMISKR aS, 1905.
Democratic State Ticket.
FOR STATE TREASURER,
W. H. BKRRY,
of Cbester.
FOR JUDGE StTREMR COURT,
JOHN STEWART,
of Franklin County.
FOR JUDGE SUPERIOR COURT,
JOHN B. HEAD,
of Greensburg.
Democratic County Ticket.
FOR PROTHONOTARY AND CLERK
OF THE COURTS,
C. M. TERWILLIGER
of Blootnsburg.
FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER,
FRANK W. MILLER
of Centralia.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER,
CIIAS. L. rOHE,
of Catawissa.
TERRY A. HESS
of Bloomsburg.
FOR COUNTY TREASURER,
M. II. RHODES
ot Bloomsburg, l'a.
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
CHRISTIAN A. SMALL
ol Kli i.msburg.
FOR COUNTY AUDITOR,
C. L. IIIRLEMAN
HARRY B. CREASY.
A SONNET
Chauncy DePew
And Cortelyou
And Theodore too,
Got into a stew,
And looking quite blue
And they said, alack !
Pay the money back :
For any how
We're elected now !
But when they went there
The CofL-r was bare,
And John McCall
Had given them all
That he could spare !
Jailed For Llunning On a Postal.
Because he sent a request for two
month's salary on a postal card to
W. R. Power, a Cobb county School
Commissioner, J. B. Lynch of Tren
ton, N. J., teacher in a Cobb
county school, is in jail, charged
with violating the postal law, which
prohibits the sending of a "dun"
upon a postal card.
Lynch states that two month's
salary was due him and that his
wife and children m Trenton, N. J.,
were in need of funds. He spent
nis last cent tor a postal card, and,
ignorant of the law, sent a polite
request that the money be seut nitn
as soon as possible. He has written
to State School Commissioner Mer
ritt explaning the circumstances
and asking the Commissioner to
use his influence to have the charge
dismissed.
In the meantime he is in jail at
Chattanooga, Tenn., and unable o
make provision for his family in
Trenton.
IN THE COUNTY
Surplus and Undivided Profits
$150,000.
Penalizing Graft in Private Life.
Graft in public life is the margin
which any one of influence or posi
tiou adds to what should be paid by
the public and pockets it.
Graft in private life is exactly
the same. It consists in the shave
which all so-ts of agents, from the
purchasing agents of some great
railroads down to the maid of all
work in the house, collects cfTthe
purchases and supplies made for
the principal in the case.
When Lord Russell of Killoween,
attacked this evil in English life he
failed whollv to secure legislation,
but he gathered a great flood of
evidence to show what was done in
this direction. He proved that solici
tors gathered graft from the invest
ments which they made of the
estates in their hands by collecting
a commission off the bonds bought.
Clergymen got graft from under
takers in wliose way they threw
business. So did the physicians and
added commission from the apothe
caries. Architects collected a shave
on all supplies which went into a
building. Managing directors
gathered their share off corporations
exactly as insurance directors in
the big New York companies have
done. As for servants, from butler
to scullery maid, all of them were
in English houses gathering their
share.
The insurance investigations of
New York show how widely
diffused is this practice in this
country. English experience could
be matched point by point. Such
graft is undoubtedly here as in
England, where the Court of Ap
peals has passed en the question,
illegal. Lord Russell of Killoween
failed to secure legislation in Eng
land on the subject, his bill passing
tue L,oras and failing in the Com
mons ; but it is a direct result of his
efforts that the New York Legisla
ture has passed an act making any
secret gift, gratuity or commission
paid to an agent selling or pur
chasing any article a penal offense,
oe t lie gralt taken by the a cent of
a billion dollar insurance company
or by a servant buying the family
marketing.
As this sweeping law comes to
be enforced it will be amazing how
much private graft will be found to
be criminal which now passes as a
custom of trade, from the split com
missions of an insurance agent
down to the "divide" with servants
at the grocery. Phila, Press.
Mrs. Ella Wilson Reed wife of
W. S. Reed, died at her home here
Wednesday mornintr at ten o'clock.
She was aged fifty-two years and
had been an invalid for many years.
She was a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Wilson of Danville,
and had been previous to her marri
age, a popular school teacher of
that town. Mr. Reed has the pro
found sympathy of the community
in his bereavement. The funeral
services will be private, and will be
held to-morrow at 1.30. Interment
at Danville.
Mr. Campbell Strattou with one
of the strongest supporting casts
en-tour will appear at Grand Opera
House on Monday Oct. 2nd. as
Sherlock Holmes in "The Sign o!
the Four." The play isone that
everyone enjoys. It tells a beauti
ful story in a most attractive way.
The stage pictures presented are
unusual permitting of some very
pretty original sets. The first act
shows the rooms of Sherlock Holmes
and Dr. Watson at 232 Baker St.
London, and it is with the feeling
of being at home that one gazes at
the picture presented in this act, a
scene in the smallest detail a repro
duction of the room as given in the
story is shown, and as the players
one by one present themselves, the
audience recognize well the char-
I acters they ktv learned to know
and desire to love. The cast in
cludes Miss Gay Rhea and others.
Bearish
Bears the me wno you Have Always I
ine Kind You Have Always Bot
Statu Police Will Soon bo in Field-
Man Will be Ready tor Servlco rs Soon at
the Mounts Arrlvn Irom the West and
the Three Barracks are Completed
Pennsylvania's State police force
will be in the field on November 1,
unless something unforseen turns
up in the meantime to disarrange
the present plans.
But for the necessary buildings
to house the men and horses the
force could be organized ami the
squads sent out for duty in a couple
of days after the return from Europe
next Friday of Captain John C.
Groome, superintendent of the
force. Everything else will be in
readiness when he arrives. Cap
tain Groome is preparing plans lor
the barracks while on his trip.
While Dr. Francis I). Patterson
is examining applicants for ap
pointintnt to the force a represent
ative is in the West selecting the
mounts for the successful candidates.
The arms are also being collected.
There are to be three barracks,
located In different parts ot the
State. Each will have accommo
dations for quartering eighty police
men and their horses as well as of
ficers. The latter will consist of a
sergeant, lieutenant and a captain.
There will also rank among the
privates the necessary farnets,
blacksmiths, carpenters,' cooks and
electiicians.
The wages of the men will be as
follows: Privates, $720; Fergeants,
$1000; lieutenants, $1200, and the
captain, $1500. There will be a
deputy superintendent, who will
receive $2400.
It has not yet been decided
whether the men will wear caps or
felt hats. Their uniforms will be
in regulation army blue. They will
wear blouse shirts, and will be
equipped with carbines, revolver
and a long "billy."
No Eight IJour L'ay
Coal Operators Will Not Yield
One of the biggest coal operators
in Seranton who has just come from
Philadelphia, where he had a con-
f rence with President Baer, of the
Reading, declares, unhesitatingly,
and for publication, that the opera
tor will not. under any lonsidera
tion, grant the demand of the mine
workers for an eight hour day, and
that they propose to agree only
that the present agreement .shall be
continued. Announcement to this
effect will be made, he said, after
the miners hold their convention in
Shamokin, December 14.
An eight hour day." the opera
tor continued, "would be equivalent
to a 12 per cent increase in the
miners wages. If we granted that
it would be necessary for us to
raise the price of coal, and the pub
lie would not stand for that. We
are willing, however, to readopt
the present agreement with the
miners, perhaps, with some modi
fications that cm be mutually' de
cided upon.
I was speaking to President
Baer the other day. He said that
nothing will be done until the
miners finally formulate their de
mands at the Shamokin convention
on December 14, and present tbetu
to us lor our discussion. The oper
ators will not entertain the eight
hour day proposition, that is a cer
tainty."
To Finish in White House-
Exchange ol Ratified Treaties to Take Place
in Washington.
It can now be stated definitely
that the exchange of the ratification
of the treaty of peace between Ja
pan and Russia will take place in
Washington shortly after the treaty
has been ratified by the respecteve
sovereigns.
It is probable that this will be
done in the White House as a com
pliment to President Roosevelt, but
no definite arrangements have been
made nor has it been decided by
whom the treaties shall be exchang
ed.
Ayers
Impure blood always shows
somewhere. If the skin, then
boils, pimples, rashes. If the
nerves, then neuralgia, nerv
ousness, depression. If the
Sarsaparilla
stomach, then dyspepsia,
biliousness, loss of appetite.
Your doctor knows the
remedy, used for 60 years.
" Returning from the (Mitiaii war, 1 w a
perfect wrtii'k. Mr blooil wti lal, ami my
n.allli whi gone. Itntafw hottlt-a of Ayer'a
Sur.aparlHa cuiiil-'-y ruro.l nut."
11. O. llllUIJLKU, .uiiton, l'a.
1.00 a bottle.
j. rt. Avmi co.,
for
l.owiMl, Mum
y Impure Blood
Aid the Sarsaparilla by kooplngthe
tMwels regular with Ayer Pills.
For District Attorney
Vote For
CHRISTIAN A. SMALL
of Bloombburtf.
if:
Your Support is Respectfully
Solicited.
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FOR
County Commissioner
Vote For
CHARLES L. SANDS
of Mt. Pleasant.
mm
Independent Candidate.
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Bloomfburg Fair
The Columbia Coiiutv Agricul
tural Society will hold its 51st
annual exhibition rm October 10 11-
12 and 13. From all indications the
coming Pair will d-lipse all iortuer
ones. An attractive speed program
has been arranged as follows: Wed
nesday October 11, 2:18 Pacing,
2:27 Trotting and 2:4.) class for
County homes. Thursday Oct 12,
2:15 Pacing, 2:17 'fretting, 2:21
Pacing and free for all county
horses. Friday Oct. 13, 2:10 Class,
2:22 Trotting and 2:25 Pacing.
Free attractions will consist of
Parkers Trained Dogs, White and
Lamart Acrobats, and Tessier on
Wire and Trapeze, making six
acts, daily in frot.t of grand stand.
The poultry department will be a
show in itself.
All are moot cordially iuvited to
continue contributing to the success
of the Fair by exhibiting the pro
ducts of the Farm and Household.
The tenth annual reunion of the
Columbia County Veterans' Asso
ciation was held at Catawissa last
Saturday. The town was beauti
fully decorated with the National
colors. A meeting was hell when
iso veterans responded to roll call.
Orargeuille was chosen as the next
place os meeting. The following
omcers were chosen lor the to'.low
ing year: President, A. W Eve
land, Oratizeville: vice president.
J M. Harman, Millville; secretary,
lv W. Coleman, Orangeville; treas
urer, Joseph Fleckenstiue, Orange
ville; financial secretary, W. R.
Ringrose, Bloomsburg; chaplain,
Rev. W. R. Whitney, Bloomsburg.
In the afternoon at 1 130 there was
a parade, and a camp fire at the
Opera House with speeches and
music by the Catawissa Band. It
was a most enjoyable occasion for
the old soldiers.
L3i
Before that cough turns into a serious throat or lung trouble, stop it with
June's ICxpcctorauniit (O
It has proved its real value during 75 years., Ol3j?
Ask your druggist for it
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enough to be clothed in
One of Our Fall Suits
You can rest assured it won't go back on
vou in that manner. Wo attend to all the
y
shrinking before you get our garments.
Our stock includes all styles, all fabrics;
to lit all kinds of men. Some arc marked
as low as f.()0 and at various prices up to
as high as 18.00 a suit.
LETUSSHOWYOU OUR LINE.
TOWM
What We Show in
Colored Dress Goods
For Fall and Winter.
All Wool Cloths 3(5 inches wide at 32 J cents.
All Wool Serges 38 inches wide at .00 cents.
All Wool Henrietta 38 inches wide at oO cents.
All Wool Serges 10 inches wide at 7,1 cents.
All Wool Henrietta 40 inches wide at 1.00.
Hohairs 50 inches wide at 05 cents.
All Wool Collingsdale 10 inches wide at 1.15.
All Wool Storm Serges 12 and 51 inches wide,
steam shrunken at 50, 75, 1.00 and 1.50.
Mohairs 30 and 41 inches wide at 50c. and 1.00.
All Wool Prunellas 4Gin wide at 75c. and 1.00.
All Wool Panama Cloth 38, 40 and 48 inches
wide at 50c., 75c and 1.00.
All Wool Covcit Cloths 50 inches wide at 75c
1.00 and 1.50.
All Wool Broad Cloths 50 inches wide atl 00
1.25 and 1.50.
All Wool Cheviots 42 and 50 inches wide at
o0c, and 85e., and 1.00.
Steam Shrunken all Wool Heavy Suitings For
lailor Made Gowns, 51 inches wide at 1.25.
F. P. PURSEL.
BLOOMSBURG, - PENNA.
Autumn
Attire.
ATI or you'vo boon
(illicit in a sluAWr lias
it boon your exporionco
to find yourself too
'large for tlio new suit
tho next lime you put
it on? If you're lueky
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