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BLOOMSBURG, PA., THURSDAY OCTOBER 12, igoj.
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ADDING i iWIIM'S.
AT THE
Farmers National Bank.
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $140,000.
We are constantly adding new accounts and our business
is increasing at a very satisfactory rate. If you have not al
ready opened an account with us, we invite you to do so now.
In Point of Business Success and Financir
Strength this Bank Occupies Front Rank.
C. M. CliKVKHNtt, Prks. M. MILLKISKX. Cashiek.
MASS
The Campaign Opened Mere
by W. H. Lsurry, and Eugene
Bonniwull, Esq.
DEMOCRATS ENTHUSED
The fi-t polit-csl meeting ( th.
campaign i hvM in th: Com l
House 'in lu if. 'M-im.;. ICvltv
seat was filk-d m-d llr? aiulietiee
listened t t!i' v eel lent s;ceol.s
with rapt attv j: .ion , and sbowul
their appreciation by fieip i i
applause. The speakers were Hon.
W. II. H-rry, candidate lor state
treasurer, and Kugene Honniwell,
Esq., of I'hiladelphia. The meet
ing was called to order by County
Chairman Clinton Herring, who
made some very practical remarks
on the local campaign. Geo. li
ISlwell, Esq , was chosen to preside,
and J C. Kulterjr and C. K. Ran
dall elected secretaries.
The Catawissa and Orangeville
bands were both here and discoursed
fine music on the street and in the
hall. Many representative IK-m
crats from all parts of the counts
came to hear the speeches, ami
Chairman Herring's first meeting
was a great success in every way.
COUNCIL ! 0
The regular monthly mee!:n ' of
the town council was held ou Mi, a
day 1 ii'ht. Col. Freeze pic-;,. ..
a pet :tii u signed bv residents oi
Center street asking for an aic light
at Cei.ttr street and Pine Alley.
Referred to committee.
President Yctter reported that
work had been stopped on Ceuter
street paving because the brick were
not perfect. The company pro
mises to replace them.
A number cf pavements were
ordered laid. A double crossing
was ordered over Seventh street at
Strawberry Alley.
Residents on West Third street
remonstrated agaiust the removal of
the arc light from the alley to Bar
ton street. Crossing was ordered
laid on Kast Fourth over Penn
street. Contract for rebuilding arch
over run west of Market, was
awarded to J. Gross, lowest bidder,
for $40.
W. V. Robbins presented his
bond as tax collector, Title
Guaranty & Trust Co. of Scranton,
surety, which was approved. It was
ordered that unpaid taxes for 1904
be settled by January 1st., 1906,
and tint liens be filed for any re
maining unpaid at that time.
An ordinance was passed fixing
a license of $4. 00 for each non-resident
hack.
Committee on light was instruct
ed to ask for bids from the electric
light companies for a new contract.
The solicitor was instructed to
prepare au ordinance regulating
the speed of automobiles iu town.
The committee on water was in
structed to get a uew contract with
ths Water Co. and report at next
meeting. After passing bills the
meeting adjourned.
Dining Hall at Fair
Grace Lutheran Church of. West
Berwick has charge of the dining
hall at the fair grounds this week.
Rev. II. K. Ilarman, the pastor,
spent some time in purchasing
turkeys aud chickens, and secured
over 100 of the former, and 200 of
the latter. The same church had
charge of the dining hall last year,
and they served an excellent meal.
Though at great inconvenience in
bringing their provisions fo far,
hey served every one very satis
factorily last year, and are expect
ing to ha Vile even larger crowds
his year.
THIRTY YEAR8
Owing to absence from home we
Hf 'lt cted to mention in our issue
of S ptetiihtr 2Sth that the Comtm
11 1 A N' had completed thirty years
nn! r its present management. On
O.to'-er ist, 1S75, the present
c lin r bei'iniic a partner in the
;;i; r, and though several changes
have t.iktii place since then, he
remains now as the sole propiietor.
Mneh his transpiied (luring that
thiity years. Hloomsburg has
gnwn and developed, and her pop
1 ..lion lias been doubled. Print
ing ( (li. es have increased from three
to a do. :n or more in the county.
I.oeal d.iily new-papers and the
rural free delivery routes have
made it much harder to edit a coun
try weekly than it was in the days
before their advent. Nevertheless
the weekly still retains its distinc
tive field, aud notwithstanding the
increase in the number of news
paper offices, Hie Columbian has
kept up with the procession, and
still retains its reputation as the
largest and best printing establish
ment in this section. Tub Col
t'M n'. n', so long as it remains un
der t lie present management, will
continue to be a clean and reliable
foully newspaper, democratic in
pieties advocating that which it
believes to be for the best interests
of the whole party, and never the
t nd or organ of any ring or faction,
and always advocating that which
it believes to be for the good of the
community without regard to politics.
STATEMENT OK CONDITION OF
OOUfiTY COMMISSIONERS.
Charles L. Pohe, and Jerry A.
I less were regularly nominated for
the office of county commissioner
by the Democratic county conven
tion last June. Under the rules of
the party they were declared the
nominees, and as such they ought
to have the support or every Demo
crat. Mr. Pohe received the high
est vote of any candidate at the pri
maries, and there can be no possible
question as to the rule in his case.
Mr. Hess received the highest vote
on this side of the river, and follow
ing the decision of Judge Dunham
in the Fisher case three years ago,
he was declared the nominee. All
the other candidates took their
chances, and announced themselves
as candidates subject to the rules oj
t t .... a' a .. a t r 1
ite aemocranc party, iiaving aone
this, it is not a square deal to enter
the field as an independent candi
date, and it would uot be fair uor
right to defeat a man regularly
nominated just because the rule
under which he was nominated may
not be entirely satisfactory. If the
rule is not right, let it be changed,
but until it is changed let us stand
by it. That is the only way to
maintain our party organization and
supremacy. Any other action at
this time might put two republi
cans into the commissioners office.
Vote for Pohe and Hess.
Cows by Express-
Seven cows, bought at the sale at
John R. Bennett farms at Danville
last Thursday were shipped from
Danville by the Adams Express Co.
on Friday. F.ach one was in crate,
and they were sent in a special car
to Kuoxville, Tennessee. J. P.
McDonald was the purchaser.
J. W. McRoberts of Aledo,
Illinois, and Mrs. Klizi Hoffman of
Montoursville were here on Mon
day and Tuesday. Mrs. Hoffman is
a sister of the late Joseph Weaver,
and '.he only one of the family
living. Mr. McRoberts to a son of
Mrs. Phoebe Adams deceased, who
was also a sister of Joseph Weaver.
1 0e (f foom00urg QWionaf Q&mft
At close of Business Friday, August 25th, 1905.
COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY'S CALL.
Resources.
Loans - - $238,127.09
United States Bonds 100,000.00
Other Bonds, - 178,904.92
Furniture & Fixtures, 8,000.00
Cash and Resrrve, 80,493.60
$605,525.61
Liabilities.
Capital Stock, - $100,000.00
Surplus and Profits, 26,773.28
Circulation, - 100,000.00
Bank Deposits, 14,667,07
Individual Deposits, 364,085.26
$605,525.61
A. Z. SciIOCM, President.
Wm. II. IIidi.ay, Cashier.
The Royal Arcanum.
ItOffers Stronger Inducements
to New Mambsrs Than
Ever Before.
It is Ufa Insurance at Net Cost
Never before have the workers of
the Royal Arcanum had such a
strong argument to present to their
friends and associates as au induce
ment to join the Royal Arcanum.
The new plan emnodies the best
modern thought in fraternal protec
tion. It allows the new member to
choose the method of securing his
protection best suited to his personal
convenience.
First of all the Rcyal Arcanum
has a fraternal record of over twenty
eight years. It has collected and
disbursed nearly one hundred mill
ion dollars. It has exemplified the
principle of fraternity iu all the
forms incident to our modern
American life. It has visited the
sick, comforted the bereaved, pro
tected orphan children, alleviated
the distress caused by fire and
flood, developed and cultivated in
numerable friendships, protected
the community from pauperism, and
exercised the most extended influ
ence in elevating the great middle
class of our people.
All this has been done by a com
bination of fraterni'y and business.
Its business methods started on a
haphazard scale of assessments.
From its own experience it has
wrought out a plan for furnishing
protection at actual cost which has
stood the test of scientific analysis
and has proven to be correct and
adequate.
No more haphazard assessments,
no more readjustment of rates of
assessment, no more re-rating of
members at their attained ages, no
more questions about the future:
cost of protection, and no more
question as to how long the Order
can possibly live. The Order will
contiuue along the same fraternal
lines as heretofore, but with per
fected plans, rates scientifically ad
justed and maximum cost assured.
There will no longer be the neces
sity for Councils and members to
be continually reaching out and
urg ng reluctant acquaintances to
join the Order. The rates will take
care of the claims under normal
conditions, and our workers can
exercise discrimination by intro
ducing into the Order ouly the very
best material within the sphere of
their acquaintance.
To preserve the normal condi
tions, after they have been restored,
it will only be necessary to replace
by new members those who have
passed over or lapsed. The labor
and strength required to work up
class initiations aud make a large
growth will be unnecessary. In its
place will be substituted the occa
sional presentation of the Order to
a friend who will be socially accep
table to the Council, who is a be
liever in fraternity, and not merely
a seeker after the cheapest form of
life insurance for the largest amount
he can obtain.
The new Royal Arcanum will ex
emplify in a still greater degree the
aims and possibilities of a modem
brotherhood. It will be composed
of men who are willing to pay the
cost of their protection, who believe
in fraternity, and desire to practice
it without loading a portion of their
owu burdens upon others. " Bear
ye one another's burdens" will
have a new meaning and exempli
fication. Fraternity will resume its
r.al place iu the Order. Kuch mem
ber will assume his own share of
the common burden, aud those who
are strong will have an opportunity
Johnny Get a Gun
While You Can Cot Such
Values at J. C. WELLS'.
The following well known
American gun, single barrel,
relf ejector, made by Hopkins &
Allen, they are beauiies, always
$6.00, now yours for $3.98.
No use in explaining the
American double barrel gun
made by the Hartford Arms Co.
Well, we are letting this gun go
for $14.00.
The Stevens Arms Co., double
barrel guns, good values at $18,
now yours for $14.50.
Don't forget we have the Bel
gium double barrel gun, honest
value $10.00, as a leader we
maks it $6.98.
For Sale by
J.Q. Wells.
to assist, in individual cases, these
who are weak.
Uud-r such inspirations will the
rew era dawn upon the Royal
Arcanum. Let every loyal mem
ber preach this trospjl to his friends!
Omit the claim for cheap protection
and substitute therefor Royal
Arcanum permanent protection at
cost, with fraternity as the basis
upon which it stands aud as the
inspiration of its growth and perpetuity.
S-t Gabriul'8-
St. Gabriel's Church, C.le's
Creek, has undergone some repairs
recently. Bishop Darlington offer
ed fifty dollars towards painting
the church if the congregation
would put uew shingles on the roof.
These improvements have been
made, and the building is iu better
condition than in many years. It
is hoped that funds can be raised to
repair the rectory, and that the
services of a regular pastor may
soon be secured. For about twenty
years the Rev. John Rockwell was
the rector, and resided there per
manently. Before his time, the
church was served at intervals by
the Rev. J. McA. Harding of L,a
porte. Since Mr. Rockwell's death
there was no regular pastor until
Christ Church at Berwick was or
ganized, when it was placed iu
charge of the resident missionary
there, who also served St. Jobu's
church at Catawissa. There is a
vacancy at Berwick at present, so
St. Gabriel's is without regular
pastoral care.
At times the rectors of St. Paul's
church, Bloorasburg, have held
services there. When the old
church was destroyed twenty-five
years ago or more, it was rebuilt
largely through the efforts of Col.
J. G. Freeze and Rev. John Hewitt.
The parish is one of the oldest iu
the diocese, and for mauy years it
has been kept alive by the interest
taken in it by the late Johu Swart
wout of Cole's Creek, and his
family,
Bewara of Pickpockets.
At every fair reports come in of
the many people who&e pockets
have been picked. The thieves will
be here next week, and every one
should be ou the lookout for them.
The point usually worked is at the
entrances to the grand stand when
there is a crowd. Keep your money
in a safe place, and don't carry auy
more with you than is necessary.
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