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nLOOMSDURG, PA., THURSDAY MAY .;o, igo7.
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ADDING NEW ACCOUNTS
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Farmers National Bank.
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $150,000.
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 Financial
Strength this Bank Occupies Front Rank.
C M. CKEVEUNG, Pres. M. MILLEISEX. Casiiikr.
MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAM.
The program for Memorial Day
as arranged by Knc l'ost G. A. R.
is as follows:
FORENOON, MKMOKIAI. DAY.
Comrades will meet in their hall
at 8 a. m. and start for Almeclia
cemetery by trolley at 8:30. The
Tost and Sons of Veterans will as
sist societies, schools and citizens
of I'.spy and Almedia to decorate
the graves of fallen heroes after
appropriate services. A detail will
be sent to decorate at Vanderslice
cemetery and all the graves except
the circle in the old and new Uose
mont cemetery, in the forenoon.
Al'TK RN'OON.
Ent Post Xo. 250 G. A. R all
soldiers and sailors will assemble at
the hall 011 West Second street at 2
p. tn. after the parade of the Sons
of Veterans and civic societies led
by the band will inarch up Center
street to cemetery where the fol
lowing service will bo held: Prayer
by Rev. P.aileyof the United Evan
gelical church; reading of Presi
dent Lincoln's Address at Gettys
burg by L. C. Williams; G. A. R.
and .Sons of Veterans Memorial
service, during which the graves in
the circle will be decorated; bene
diction by Rev. E. H. Bailey.
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Memorial services in the Court
House at 7:30 p. m.: Singing,
"Columbia the Gem of the Ocean"
by the audience, led by Harry Bar
ton; prayer, by Rev. G. R. Smith,
of the Baptist church; recitation,
"The Assault on Fort Wagner,"
Harold Moyer; Memorial Address
by Rev. M. L. Ganoe; solo, Miss
Cora Edwards; recitation, "An Un
known Speaker" Lillian Raber;
short addresses by members of the
Post and others; An Oration by A.
Bruce Black, "The Songs of a
Nation"; singingbythe audience
led by Harry Barton.
Places of business are requested
to close at 2 p. m., and remain
closed during the balance of the
day.
All citizens are requested to deco
rate their places of business and
homes and join in the exercises of
the day.
W. O. Holmes, C. S. Furman,
M. P. Lntz, Robert J. Mori is, W.
R. Ringrose, Committee.
NATHAN B FOWLER.
Another old soldier has gone to
his reward. Nathan B. Fowler
died at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. I M.Gilmore, iast Thursday
afternoon. His illness was of short
duration, lasting only a few days.
Mr. Fowler was born at Fowler
ville, this county, Feb. 14, 1821.
He was a son of the late Daniel and
Charity Fowler. For the last 39
years he has been a resident of
Bloomsburg. He was a carpenter
by trade and in his earlier years
boated on the Schuylkill and Penn
sylvania canals.
On December 31, 1846, he mar
ried Miss Rebecca Perkins, of Briar
Creek, who died 26 years ago. Sur
viving him are the following child
ren : Mrs. 1 M. Gihnore, Mrs.
Dora E. Yost, Mrs. IS. I,. Barton,
and twelve grand children and
seven great grand-children.
Mr. Fowler was a consistent
member of the Methodist church.
He enlisted in the army early in
the war and served until. June 14,
1865 at the close of the war.
The funeral services were held
ou Monday afternoon, and were
largely attended. Rev. Dr. Ganoe
officiating. Ent Post G. A. R. of
which the deceased had been chap
lain for twenty years, attended in a
body, and a guard of honor of the
Sons of Veterans escorted the remains.
SATURDAY'S COURT.
A short session of court was held
on Saturday morning.
Judge Kvans stated he had pre
pared an opinion in the appeal for
a jury of view in regard to the pro
posed opening of East First and
ICast Fourth streets but had failed
to bring it with him. He consider
ed, however, that one jury would
be be sufficient to serve on both
views, and that the jury should be
appointed under the laws as amend
ed by the Act of May, 1901. This
provides for the appointment of
only three jurors instead of six to
constitute a jury of view. The
Court made the report of the view
ers returnable the first Monday i::
July.
C. W. Miller, master in the di
vorce proceedings of Mary E. Mor
dan vs. Isaac Mordan, recommend
ed a divorce on the grounds of cruel
and barbarous treatment and the
Court nude the order.
C. E. Kreischer, Esq., was ap
pointed master in divorce upon the
petition of E. J. Fly im Esq., for
the appointment of a master in the
proceedings of Mary Lewis vs.
Morris Lewis, both of Centralia.
John G. Ilirinan, Esq., present
es the petition for the appointment
of a master in the divorce proceed
ir.gs of Fred Swisher vs. Dora
Swisher, Millville parties. the
grounds being desertion.
Rev. J. R. Murphy was appoint
ed guardian of Arthur Cronin, the
minor son of P'lizabeth Cronin.
In the appeal of taxpayers
from the report of the county audi
tors of KJ05 the bail was reduced
from $500 to $200 and the time for
forfeiting the recognizance was ex
tended twenty days from Saturday.
Court crier Clark Richart, who
has been seriously ill for some time,
was back in his place at the open
ing of court, Saturday.
Judge I'A'ans declared the Court
would break up the practice of re
turning criminal cases which should
never have been brought and will
under 110 circirrstances permit the
costs to be placed on the county.
This statement was called forth
when he refused the petition to
place the costs ou the county in
the case of the Com.nonwealth vs.
Bessie Harrison, arrested upon in
formation lodged by Officer Spell
man of the D. L. & W. Railroad
on the charge of receiving stolen
goods from the D. L- & W. station
at Berwick. The costs amounted
to about $75.
EDUCATIONAL PICNIC.
The first annual Columbia County
Ivducational Picnic will be held at
Rupert Grove Saturday, June 8,
or the Saturday following, in case
it rains. This picnic is designed to
bring together all the people of the
county who are interested in good
schools. It will be a basket picnic.
The Bloomsburg & Sullivan rail
road will sell excursion tickets
from every depot one fare for the
round trip. The follow ing speakers
are expected to be present : Hon.
Fred. T. Ikeler, Bloomsburg, Re
presenting the Directors ; Supt.
James Coughlin, Wilkes-Barre,
J Representing the Teachers ; Hon.
; Henry Houck, Lebanon, Repre
senting the Children ; Dr. D. J.
Waller, Bloomsburg, Representing
the Normal School.
A match game of base ball will
be played between the Bloomsburg
and Berwick high school teams.
All persons who can are request
ed to bring quoits, croquet, or other
games suitable for the occasion.
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Absolute Safety, with Satisfactory Service.
Hazardous or Speculative Business, Earnestly
Discouraged.
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On This Basis We Invite Business.
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Wm. II. IIiolay, Cashier.
A. Z. Sciioch, President.
We go to press a day earlier than
usual this week, as our office will
be closed ou Memorial Day,
20 YEARS A BISHOP.
Honor tor Right Rov. Etholbert Talbot.
Twenty years ago Monday the
Right Rev. Ethelbert Talbot, D.
D., LL. D .bishop of Central Penn
sylvania, was consecrated a bishop
in Christ church cathedral, St.
Louis, by Bishop Whipple, of Mil
waukee. In connection with the
ceremonies in honor of twenty
years in the Episcopate of the
bishop, that were held in the Na
tivity Pro-Cathedral at South Beth
lehem on Monday and Tuesday the
thirty-sixth diocesan convention of
the church in Central Pennsylvan
ia held its sessions with more than
sixty clerical and one hundred lay
members in attendance. The first
session was held Monday afternoon
the principal feature of which was
the annual address of the bishop.
That evening the aniversary ser
vice was held presided over by the
Rev, Roger Israel, I). IK, of Scran
ton, chairman of the anniversary
committee. The congratulatory
address from the committee was
read by the Rev. P.. S. Sanderson
of Bethlehem. Felicitous address
es were delivered by the Rev. Wil
liam P. Orrick, D. D., of Reading,
and Bishop Darlington, of Harris
burg. On behalf of his friends in
the diocese, Major Ivverett Warren
of Scranton, presented Bishop Tal
bot with a check for $2,650 as a
testimonial of the regard in which
the clergy and laity hold him.
After the service a reception was
tendered Bishop and Mrs. Talbot.
ST. MARGARET'S GUILD.
The reception given at the Par
ish House last Thursday evening
by St. Margaret's Guild, to com
memorate their 25th anniversary,
was a delightful affair. The at
tendance was very large, and the
hall was beautifully decorated with
flowers and palms.
The guests were received by Mrs.
C. W. Funston, President of the
Guild, Rev. Dr. Zahner, Miss Lil
ian Vanatta, Rev. D. N. Kirkby,
Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Diggles. A
pleasing musical progrim was ren
dered in which the following per
ons took part: Normal School
Mandolin club, Mrs. Klla Fox Gil
bert, Miss Mary Lewis, Mrs. Ar
thur Ileimiller, Miss Blanche Fox.
Mrs. Funston read an interesting
report of the work of the Guild,
and brief addresses were made by
the two former rectors present,
Rev. Dr. Zahner and Rev. D. N.
Kirkby.
Refreshments were served by th
young people. Throughout it was
a most enjoyable affair.
OFFICKKS KMCCTED.
At the annual meeting held on
Monday night the following offi
cers were elected. President, Mrs.
Robert Hawley Jr., Vice President,
Mrs. Arthur Ileimiller. .Secretary,
Miss Leverett, Treasurer, Miss
Marr.
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BOMBOY'S IMPROVEMENTS.
Frank Bomboy contemplates
some extensive alterations and im
provements in his meat market at
the corner of Main and Jefferson
streets. The floor will be lowered
and a glass front put in, and the
interior newly furnished and equip
ped. Not long ago a large and
handsome new refrigerator was in
stalled. Mr. Bomboy and his son Paul
are progressive and up-to-date, and
have beeu conducting a first class
market, but they intend to improve
on this, and when the alterations
are completed they will have one of
the finest in this section.
NEXT SATURDAY'S ELECTION.
The primary election, under the
uniform primary law, which will
be held next Saturday, will inaugu
rate a series of departures, not the
least of w hich w ill be that the time
honored and serviceable county
convention following the primary
will be omitted and the county com
missioners will declare the results.
In the past the county conventions,
especially of the party in the as
cendency, were generally crowded
with incidents. Under the old
order if there was any factional op
position or any personal antagon
ism in the campaign it was sure to
crop out in the convention and as a
result the proceedings were often
more stormy than edifying. The
change brought about by the uni
form primary law is probably not
much to be regretted. The county
convention will be remembered
more for what it was than for the
good it accomplished.
The election under the uniform
primary law requires for each vot
ing place a new ballot box to be
kept separate from the one in use
at the general election.
The election will take place on
Saturday between the hours nf 2
and S o'clock p. m. At the closing
of the polls at the primary election
the officers will first count the
number of ballots cast for each
patty, making a record thereof;
they will then count the vote cast
for the different persons named up
on said party ballot. Aftet certi
fying to the number of votes cast
the officers will replace the ballots
counted and canvassed in the boxes
and lock the same, after which
they will place the returns of votes
and the register of voters for each
party in separate envelopes and
seal the same. These envelopes on
or before noon on Tuesday follow
ing must be deposited by the judge
of election in person or by register
ed mail with the county commis
sioners, who shall on the succeed
ing day at noon publicly commence
the computation and canvassing of
the returns and continue the same
from day to day until completed.
The successful candidate will re
ceive a certificate from the county
commissioners.
The qualifications of electors en
titled to a vote at a primary are the
same as the qualification of elec
tors entitled to vote at elections
within the election district where
the primary is held. Ex.
DIETRICK CASE.
The trial of Peter Dietrich for
the killing of "Corky" Jones was
before the court in Danville this
week. A jury was secured on Mon
day without any trouble. District
Attorney Gearhart and Judge
Hinckley represent the common
wealth, and F"red Ikeler and W.
Kase West the defendant. The
evidence was all in ou Tuesday,
and the arguments to the jury and
the Judge's charge were made on
Wednesday.
This is Dietrick's third trial. The
first time the jury disagreed, the
second time Dietrick was convicted
and sentenced, but the Supreme
Court reversed the case and sent it
back for a new trial which has now
taken place.
PREACHED TO ENT POST.
Ivnt Post G. A. R. attended the
Reformed church last Sunday morn
ing, and listened to an able sermon
by Rev. J. D. Thomas.
Crusade Commandery, accom
panied by the Catawissa Band,
went to Harrisburg on Monday to
attend the annual Conclave of
Knights Templar.
ALL
SIZES
The m1 (normal Mini who wants
a good lifting Suit is not with
out our gates.
We're readv for the lono
slim Man who can ncvei get
Clothing cut right for him. The
extra size Man who can never get Clothes large
enough in certain localities and the short, thick
Man who always has trouble because his sleeves
cover hi hands and his Coat collar rests on top
of his head.
Don't Say We Can't Fit You, Sir
We believe we can surprise you in two ways.
Fiijst, by giving you a perfect tit.
Skc'ond, by charging you only a moderate
price for a Suit less perhaps than you have
been paying for Clothes that never fitted nor
pleased you. Put us to the test!
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Trading StampsFriday
and Saturday.
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Clothier, Hatter and Haberdasher.
Exchange Hotel, Bloomsburg.
Come in and see us,
we'll treat you right.
CHEAP BOOKS !
To close out an estate a private library is for
sale. It includes
HISTORIES, THE POETS,
NOVELS, BIOGRAPHIES,
BOUND MAGAZINES,
RELIGIOUS WORKS,
and many miscellaneous books.
There are about ttOO volumes, and have been
divided into lots at
5c, 10c, 20c, 25c, 50c. and $1
per book.
Set of 3 Books that Cost $3.75 now $1
Set of 5 Books that Cost $20 now $5
Very Cheap, and a Hare Chance to get
Good Books at a Nominal Price !
GEO. E. ELWELL,
Agent.
COLUMBIAN OFFICE.