THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURd, PA.
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OFFICERS:
K. W. M. Low, President. J. M. Btaver, Vice President.
K. B. TuHtin, Vice President. E. F. Carpenter, Cashier.
DIRECTORS:
2 W. M. Low, F. G. Yorks, Frank Ikeler, JoAenh Ralti,
ti. IJ. Tustln, Fred Ikeler, Geo. 8. Ilnbbinii, 8. C. Creasy,
J. M Htaver, M. I. Low, Louis Gross, H. V. Hower.
THE COLUMBIAN.
ESTABLISHED 1866.
THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT,
Established 1837. Consouimi ei 1S69
Published Every Thursday Morning,
At lilojmalmrg, the County Seat of
Columbia County, Pennsylvania.
GEO. E. EI. WELL, Editor.
GEO. C. ROAN, Foreman.
Terms: Inside the county $ 1.00 a year
la advance; $1,501 f not paid in advance.
Outside thecounty, $1.25 a yenr, strictly in
Advance.
All communications should beaddressed
THE COLUMBIAN, WoomslurR, Pa.
THURSDAY, APRIL 2.r, l'.07
FOR ASSOCIATE JUDGE,
W. W. BLACK,
of Bloonisburg.
Subject t. tbe decision of the
Democratic voters.
FOR ASSOCIATE JUDGE
CHARLES A. SHAFFER,
of Berwick.
Subject to tbe decision of tbe
Democratic voters.
NOTICE PRIMARY ELECTION
For the Spring Primary Election to Be Held
Saturday June 1st, Between the Hours
of 2 P. M. and 8 P. M.. 1907.
' ' the Voters of Columbia County:
lu accordance with Section
. j ree paragraph Four of the Uni
; orm Primary Election Law
notice is hereby given that the sev
eral political parties in the said
county will vote at the various
polling places in the said county on
Saturday June 1st, 1907, between
the hours of 2 p. m. and 8 p. m. to
nominate candidates at the Spring
Primary election as follows, towit,-
One person for Associate Judge.
One person (or County Surveyor.
Two persons for delegates to the
Republican State Convention.
Four persons for delegates to the
Democratic State Convention.
Six persons for delegates to the
Prohibition State Convention.
One person for Republican Com
mitteeman in each election district.
One person for member of the
Democratic Standing Committee in
each election district.
One person for Chairman of the
Prohibition party.
One person for Secretary of the
Prohibition party.
One person for Treasurer of the
Prohibition party.
One person tor committeeman
from each election district for the
Prohibition party.
Jerry A. Hess") County
C. L. Pohe ' Commis
R. Ringrose ) sioners.
Attest A. B. Black,
Commissioner's Clerk
THE JUNE PRIMARY ELECTION.
The delegates to the State Con
vention to be held this year, and
all candidates to be voted for at
the November election, will be
nominated at what is termed the
Spring primary to be held on the
first Saturday of June, which is the
first day of June 1907.
The primary election will be held
by the regular election officers,
and the polls will be open on that
day from two o'clock to eight
o'clock r. M.
The tickets to be used at the
primary election are to be prepared
and furnished by the County Com
missioners. In order to become a
candidate and have your name
printed on the official ballot the
following conditions must be com
plied with:
first:
If you desire to become a candi
date for delegate to the State Con
vention, you must file with the
County Commissioners at least
three weeks prior to the first day
of June, your petition signed by at
IN THE COUNTY
Surplus
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least 10 qualified electors, of the
county.
second:
If you desire to become a candi
date for associate Judge in Colutn
bia County you must file your peti
tion with the Secretary of the Com
monwealth, signed by at least 200
qualified electors, at least four
weeks prior to the date of the pri
mary election, June 1st.
third:
If you desire to become a candi
date for County Surveyor you must
file your petition with the County
Commissioners at least three weeks
prior to the primaries, June 1st,
and signed by at least 50 qualified
electors.
fourth:
If you desire to become a candi
date for member of the County
Committee from your election pre
cinct, you must file with the County
Commissioners your petition at
least three weeks prior to the date
of the primaries, June 1st, and
signed by at least ten qualified
electors.
As the June primary will be the
first held in Columbia County un
der the Act approved Feb. 17,
1906, these suggestions and direc
tions are made by the Chairman of
the County committee to inform
prospective candidates as to what
is required of them under this pre
sent Act of Assembly.
These directions have been con
fined exclusively to such offices in
Columbia County for whom candi
dates are to be named at the June
primary of this year.
Every candidate for nomination,
whether successful or not, must
within fifteen days after the pri
mary, file with the Prothonotary,
a statement setting forth under
oath, either that his expenses did
not exceed $50, or if they exceed
ed $50, the statement must be
itemized.
James H. Mercer,
Ch'n. Dem. Co. Com.
' TO THE PUBLIC.
In this issue I announce myselt
as a candidate for tbe office of As
sociate Jud;e of Columbia county,
i have always been a Democrat,
and I assure you if nominated and
elected to the office which I now
aspire to fill, I will be guided whol
ly by my best judgment, and en
deavor to do my duty as I see it,
and as I have done it in the past.
I promise, if elected, so far as with
in my power, a fair, honest and
impartial administration, with equal
and exact justic? to all men and
special privileges to none.
I will endeavor to see all the
Democratic voters in thecounty be
fore the Primaries in June next,
and I will be content to abide their
decision at that time. Based upon
my pledges as herein stated I will
ask the voters to stand by me.
Sincerely yours,
tf. W. W. BLACK.
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Senator Cochran Doesn't Want It
Colleagues Want Him o be Candidate tir
Stats Treasurer.
A dispatch from Harrisburg pub
lished in Sunday's Philadelphia
North American says Senator J.
Henry Cochran's colleagues in the
legislature are trying to make him
the next Democratic nominee for
State treasurer.
Senator Cochran was interview
ed at his office yesterday, says the
Williamsport Sun, and when asked
about the reported effort to make
him the nominee for State treasur
er, said he had heard nothing of it,
and added that under no conditions
would he accept a nomination.
"When I said that I would tievpr
again be a candidate for office, I
meant it," said Senator Cochran.
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Roosevelt Seeing Enemies.
During these days, President
Roosevelt is seeing an enemy lurk
ing behind every bush. He claims
that there is a conspiracy against
him; but all this may be in his im
agination. Be that as it may, his
erratic utterances of late atVl his
display of bad temper have been
the cause of his losing many of his
former friends, iu his own party.
His manifest irritability leads many
to suppose that, notwithstanding
his declaration to the contrary, he
is anxious to secure another nomi
nation. But, in view of recent de
velopments, should he consent to
be a candidate again, he probably
would be badly defeated. His an
ger and excitement, because of al
leged discovery of a gigantic con
spiracy to buy the presidency of
the United States, might be excus
able in a chief magistrate who had
been elected under conditions, dif
ferent from those which attended
his election. But for Mr. Roose
velt to stand aghast at the specta
cle of a cabal of plutocrats, combin-
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uie cnoice ot a president, is ridicu
lous; it would be so even with due
regard for the seriousness which
naturally attaches to the baneful
use of money. President Roose
velt has practically admitted that
he was the beneficiary of what is
acknowledged to have been the
largest campaign fund ever collect
ed by the national committee of
any political party, and to which
the very men, whom he now accus
es of being engaged in an unholy
alliance to dictate the election of
his successor, were liberal contribu
tors. Mr. Roosevelt is evidently
suffering from an exaggerated at
tack of egotism.
Lock Haven Democrat,
Woman's Home Companion for May.
The possibility that a defunct
cat should have nine ghosts proba
bly never occurred to any writer
until Ellis Parker Butler contribut
ed his very funny short story "The
Chromatic Ghosts of Thomas" to
the May Woman's Jfome Compan-
ion. The story certainly will march
down the aisles of fame arm in
arm with "Pigs is Pigs" by the
same author. Mr. Butler's story
has plenty of good company. In
the same number of the Woman's
Home Companion are three other
exceedingly clever short stories
"The Wall of the Word." by Her
bert D. Ward; "The Madness of
Watkins," by Henry M. Hyde,
and "Their Innocent Diversions,"
by Jean Webster. Among the
special articles are "The Progress
of Women in the Last Fifty Years,"
by Charlotte Perkins Gilman;
'Shopping in Loudon" by Carolyn
Wells; "The Home Builders Plan
ning the House," by Charles Ed
ward Hooper, and "Europe on
Two Dollars a Day," by Esther
Brook. Lovers of music will be
delighted with the double-page
contribution "Fragrance," a new
song by Victor Herbert. Dr. Ed
ward Everett Hale, who writes an
editorial page each month, tells
about a memorable visit to Mount
Vernon. The department devoted
to the child labor campaign con
tains an important article on "Child
Labor and Education in Southern
Cotton Mills," by A. J. McKel
way, assistant secretary of the Na
tional Child Labor Committee. Mr.
McKelway reproduces an agree
ment made between parents and
mill owners, in which the parents
promise that their children above
twelve years of age shall work in
the mill." Grace Margaret Gould
describes the latest fads in gowns
ana trocks; Evelyn Parsons contri
butes new ideas for summer needle
work, and Fannie Merritt Farmer
describes emergency dishes in her
monthly cooking lesson. In the
pages for children Dan Beard tells
the "Sons of Daniel Boone" how
to build play forts, and Aunt Janet
sends a message to the members of
her "Club of Clubs." The May
number of this popular magaziue
is illustrated in colors an impor
tant departure for magazines of its
size.
All "Soap" Clubs May Be Taxed.
The bill now before the State
senate providing for the levying of
a tax upon all soap clubs or organi
zations of people doing business
with firms outside of the State if it
shall pass and be approved by the
governor will affect many people of
this town. If exact statistics were
made public the amount of busi
ness done by associations of people
in Bloonisburg and vicinity with
firms from other States would be
surprising. There are numerous
clubs that are called "soap" clubs,
which trade not only in soap, but
in many other branches of the
grocery trade. While the amount
of business transacted by any one
club is not large, if a tax were to be
levied upon it equal to the regular
mercantile tax the payment of the
same would undoubtedly prove
burdensome and destroy the profits.
According to the State rating all
mercantile establishments must pay
an annual tax at the rate of $1 for
business not exceeding $1,000; $5
for a business not exceeding $5,000,
and so on in the denominations of
fives. These clubs would likely
all be rated under the minimum
class, which would mean a tax of 1
$1 per year, but with the addition
al tax of $2 for every mercantile
establishment doing business and
their members would be compelled
to come back to the local trade with
their business.
How to Make Ashes Burn.
The remarkable secret for burn
ing ashes with coal discovered by
John Ellsmore, an Altoona cobbler,
and which has excited attention
almost the world over, is out. Al
most every householder in Altoona
is now using it with great saving
in coal bills. Several well known
chemists immediately after it was
announced that Ellsmore had soh ed
the problem of obtaining heat from
ashes set to work to try to discover
the formula. They were success
ful and here it is:
Common salt, one pound.
Oxalic acid, two ounces.
Water, one gallon.
Mix and moisten a mixture con
taining one part coal and three
parts ashes, and a better fuel than
pure coal is obtained.
The ashes of anthracite coal burn
as readily as do those of bitumi
nous. This mixture will upon be
ing placed upon a burning fire fuse
into a cokelike mass and deposit
but little residue.
It is claimed that the test has
been made in many places, and
that it works well. We have not
seen it demonstrated, nor have we
heard any one say how long the
ashes will burn. There is one pro
blem that still confronts us. If
the ashes are all consumed, and
everybody stops burning coal,
where are the ashes to come from
to make the fire with, after a while?
Crime and Bloodshed Rule Uncheckd
in Coal Region.
So alarming has become the
criminal situation in Noithumber
land county that citizens of Spring
field, a suburb of Shamokin, head
ed by the Hon. Monroe H. Kulp
presented a petition to the court in
Sunbury Monday morning asking
that Wm. Moore be appointed as
an additional county detective in
order that all persons guilty of
crime might be brought to justice.
In the past month more dastard
ly crimes have been committed
within a radius of two miles of
Shamokin than occur in the aver
age Pennsylvania county iu a whole
decade. Matters become still
worse when the fact is brought out
that of the last three murders there
is little hope that the assassins will
go to the gallows, while for two of
the murders not a single arrest has
been made and not a single piece
of evidence unearthed which gives
the slightest clue to the criminal.
A feeling of security pervades
the lawless Italians and when they
have occasion to use the knife they
do not hesitate from fear of being
brought to answer for their enme.
Souvenir Post Cards are printed
at this office.. Half tones supplied,
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The following letters are in the
Bloonisburg, Pa. post office: Wil
liam F. Askew, Mr. Samuel Davis,
Mr. J. B. Hoffman, Mr. G. Wilmer
Reinbold, Mrs. Edith Wagner.
Cards, Miss Bertha Abbott, Miss
Edythe A. Doty. ,
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Women's Jersey Ribbed
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Women's out size in
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Women's light weight
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Women's Spring weight
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Shirts with long or short
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Men's fine wool (very
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Boys' Balbriggan Shirts
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Children's Ribbed Cot
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