far $ H LOO MS BURG, PA., THURSDAY JUL): igo7. AO. 2',). foil at VI J ,111 III WW ADDING NEW AT Farmers National Bank. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $150,000. We arc 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. 3 Per Cent. Interest Paid on Time Deposits. In Point of Business Success and Financial Strength this Bank Occupies Front Rank. M. CllEVELING, Pres. A CELESTIAL FLIRTATION. Sol and Luna Played Hide and Seek Lett Night. Celestial royalty was quite sportive last evening. The Queen of Niglit hid behind the earth about ten o'clock, and for two hours she refused to show her full, round, bright face to the King of Day, who was on the other side. She essayed to cast black looks toward him, but the terrestrial watchers who saw her one flushed cheek knew that she was really smiling all the time. Railing up over the hills about seven o'clock, clothed in a filmy, g.'Uy dress of clouds, she lookul bt.uitiful. A self-satisfied feeling came over her as she moved westward and saw the earth ly mortals gazing admiringly at her, and her radiance increased. And her pride was just, too, for wasn't she the brightest, most glorious thing in the heavens? Of course, Sol was bigger and even brighter than she. but the. earth dwellers couldu't see him now, for he had gone around to look down on those on the other hemisphere. Kven Mars, who was sai'Mig west ward, too, somi thirty-eight mil lions of miles away from her, seem ed insignificant compared to her. Truly, she reigned supreme. She was happy, frolicsome, and danced in and out among the clouds for nearly three hours. All this while, someone cine besides her earthly admirers had been watching her. King Sol from away across the celestial sphere had been staring at her. Now she liked to be admired, but the steady stare of her consort was objectionable. She didn't like it, and meant to let him know it. The Earth was conveniently near, and at ten o'clock she moved slow ly behind it. More and more ot its shadow covered her face, and an hour later she was half invisible. In a short time she would be entire ly out of the hateful stare of the Sun. But the Earth didn't like her to look so gloomy ; it wauted to see her cneerful and bright, and at foresaw what would happen if it interfered any longer with the Sun's gaze at his queen. So it prevented; this calamity, and dodged. Soon the enchantress emerged from her intended hiding place and smiled again on the universe. She was not offended at the earth for dodg ing, for, after all, she bad only been coquetting. It was past mid night when, beautiful as ever, she hastened westward, smiling at the earth, and casting occasional glances at her royal mate until, in the early morning, just as Sol ascended in the East, she sailed over the western brink on her triumphal journey to the other hemisphere. A begrizeled old professor who saw all this affair, mumbled some thing about it's being an eclipse, but then he is too old to appreciate the real truth of this celestial flirta tion. SATURDAY'S STORM. A storm came up on Saturday afternoon at quarter to five o'clock that did much damage. The upper Dillon green houses lost the glass roofs of two houses, the roofs at Hartnan & Hassert's and the Haw-ley-Slate factories were damaged, and many trees blown down in dif ferent parts of town. The 6torm covered only a narrow strip, and there was a slight fall of hail. Elmer E. Person and wife were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Zarr this week. Mr. Person is ed itor of the Williamsport Sun. He learned the printing business In the Columbian office. ACCOUNTS THE M. MILLEISEN. Cashier. CHURCH'S CENTENNIAL. The following interesting article by our revered townsman, I. W. Hartman, appeared in the Morning Press this morning: Blootnsburg, July 24, 1907. Learning that the Reformed church of Blootnsburg is about to celebrate its one hundred years since its organization, and as I have been a resident of Bloomsburg for 65 years, and a close observer of the changes during that period, feel, if I can, add a little to the in terest of the occasion, by noting a few historical tacts. My first knowledge of the old church upon the hill was when a boy on the farm, coming up to the great Loder revival meetings, when many of my associates were converted and join ed the different churches. The first regular pastor of the Reformed church to my knowledge was Rev. Danial Tobias who had several charges and preached, in German. He resided in a frame house where Dr. John's residence now stands. In alter years he erected a small building on the lot and opened a drug store. Rev. Ilenry Funk came on and assisted him Jin the several charges by preaching in English and afterwards became the pastor until about 1854 when he resigned. lie was succeeded by the Rev. Win. Coodrich, with whom I became intimately acquainted in connection as an associate in the organization of the Bloomsburg Lit erary Institute. He was a man of pleasing address and a good preach er. During his ministry the Re formed church building at the cor ner of Iron and Third streets was erected. Previous to that the con gregation worshipped in the old church at the head of Center street. He resigned and was followed by Rev. Sheip in about 1866. In the meantime a number of the country charges were cut off. They had one or two preachers for a short time until Revs. Hoffmeir and Krebs were known as pastors, when in 1885 Rev. Strunk was elected and accepted the pastorate. The church appeared to take on new life. I myself frequently, when an oppor tunity would offer, went to hear him and always came away pleased With bis own congregation I was sorry to part with him. Since then the church has had several preach ers who kept up the religious stand ard of good preaching. I think it was credit to the Rev. Breidenbaugh as a debt paying preacher and through his efforts the church was cleared of the debt. Credit should be given to the Snyder estate and Simon C. Slnve for its location and for good financial aid. My prayer is that the church may grow in large numbers and in spirituality. Yours, etc., I. W. HARTMAN. Pay of Jurors and Witnesses. Turors servineat the next session of court which convenes in Septem ber, will receive $2.50 per diem for their services. Witnesses for the Commonwealth at the same court will also get an increased compen sation of $1.50 per diem. For years it has been difficult to get persons to serve as jurors in trials, both civil and criminal because of the inadequate compensation relative thereto. The same trouble con fronted the prosecuting attorneys in getting persous to testify for the Commonwealth. The increased fi nancial recognition is expected to cause more persons to be willing to serve in the capacities indicated. I A festival for the benefit of the ' Hospital is now talked of. If de cided upon, it ought to have liberal support. On The Careful and Conservative Management t$t Q5foom06urg Invites Your Business. 3 Per Cent. Interest Allowed on Savings Deposits Wm, II. Hidlay, Cashier. TEMPERANCE SENTIMENT. The movement against the liquor traffic in this country is no longer to be ignored or minimized says an exchange. The time was when the temperance cause was regarded as a fanatical movement in which only radicals and extremists participat ed, but that day has passed, and there is now not a state or a section of any state where the war against the liquor traffic, legal or otherwise, is not going on with increasing success. Undoubtedly there have been sources from which anti-saloon sentiment has sprung. For a long time temperance lecturers aroused sentiment by depicting the horrors of drink and the evils of the saloon. Later, the church as a whole became enlisted in a move ment against the saloon as a great public evil. Railroads and corpo rations have added to the general current of opposition to the liquor traffic by requiring more and more a standard of total abstinence on the part of their employees. Lead ing physicians have come to de nounce the use of alcohol even as a medicine. Business men have come to see that the saloon is a harmful and unnecessary competitor of le gitimate business. Labor organi zations have enlisted increasingly under the temperance bauuer. Teui Ierance societies have crystalized temperance sentiment into a form where it is effective against the traffic and this idea has reached its perfection in the Anti-Saloon League movement, which seeks to strike at the root of the evil through the various functions of govern ment, legislative, judicial and ex ecutive. BUFFALO FLYER WRECKED. Two serious wrecks occurred near Sunbury last Sunday afternoon one in which the Buffalo flyer, north, collided with a boulder at Selinsgrove Junction, and the other throwing three freight cars from the track at the Sunbury end of the Northumberland bridge. The Buffalo flyer, due at Sunbury at about 4 o'clock, was bowling along at a good rate of speed at Selinsgrove Junction. At this point the rocky wall rises sheer from the track on one side. A big boulder had fallen on the track on which the flyer was due to pass. Round ing the curve, no time was given the engineer to slow down before the engine struck the obstacle. Both the rear wheels were torn from under the swiftly moving lo comotive. The momentum of the train was so great however, that it slid along the track for the distance between three telegraph poles be fore it came to a stop. Very fortunately the coaches re mained on the rails, and no one was injured, although the passengers were given a great fright and se verely shaken up. A freight train on the Pennsyl vania going toward Sunbury from Northumberland Sunday afternoon collided with a cow at the Sunbury end of the Susquehanna river bridge. The result of the impact was that three of the freight cars were ditch ed, one of them resting on the edge of the bank. At the scene of both of the acci dents the track was badly torn up, and traffic delayed for most of the day. Dog Days Are Here. Dog days have begun, that is, the deg star, Sirius, is in the as cendancy and is said to bring us the sticky, humid weather that housekeepers do not like, as milk sours quickly and provisions spoil soon alter being cooked. Basis of (Jtaftonaf Q&mft A. Z. Sciiocii, President. DEEDS RECORDED. The following deeds have recent ly been entered of record by Re corder Miller: Wm. Krug and wife to II. B. Gibson for lot in West Berwick; consideration $1800. Catherine Fetterman to Montelius and James A. Yeager for 32 acres and 71 perches of land in Locust township; consideration $2650. Freas Fowler and wife to Lsabelle M. Paden for lot No. 30 on La Salle street, West Berwick; consid eration $250. Ira R. Sutliff and wife to Thom as Smith for 2 ocres and 21 perches of land in Sugarloaf township; con sideration $435. Hugh Thompson and wife to Anna E. Housenick for the individ ual one-half of a lot of ground in Berwick; consideration $1533.33. Samuel II. Beishline, admr., to Marietta Beishline for two tracts of land in Centre township, contain ing 30 acres and 151 perches, and 5 acres and 10 perches respectively; consideration Si 220. Robert J. Force and wife to Al bert C. Young for lot No., 6 in Hudson Owen's addition to Ber wick; consideration $2000. Mathias Frantz to Henry II. Frantz for a house and lot of ground in Berwick; consideration, maintenance. Rosemont Cemetery Co. to Lam bert Pershing for lot No. 189 in Rosemont cemetery, Bloomsburg. Mrs. L. P. Pershing to Clark Ruckle for lot No. 189 in Rose mont cemetery, Bloomsburg. Catawissa School District to Thomas E. Harder for a lot of ground in the township of Catawis sa. Samuel Gaumer to Thomas E. Harder, for a lot of ground in the Borough of Catawissa. Mrs. L. P. Pershing to Clara Ruckle, for a lot of ground in the town of Bloomsburg. Ellen C. Hower and husband, to William Labalankis for 22 acres of land in Locust township; consider ation $1550. J. II . Kase et al to Leah C. Esh leinan for 13 acres and 32 perches of land in Centre township; consid eration $4000. Noah Fidler et al to Hattie L. Roberts for a lot of ground in Dick son's plot of lots in Briarcreek township; consideration $1300. D. A. W. Huebner and wife to Michael Blashchak for three tracts of land in Beaver township tract No. t containing 70 acres and 62 perches; tract No. 2, 106 acres and 40 perches; tract No. 3, 23 acres; consideration $3000. Susanna Miller and husband to Thomas E. Harder for lot of ground in Catawissa. Mary Knoble and husband to Thomas E. Harder for a lot of ground in Catawissa township. Geo. W. Reeder and wife to Thomas W. Harder for lot of ground in Shuman's addition to Catawissa. C. E. Kreischer and wife to Thos. E. Harder for a lot of ground in Catawissa. E. L. Kramer to Thomas E Harder for 25 acres and 130 perches of land in Catawissa township. Wm. Berninger, administrator, to Thomas E. Harder a lot of ground in Catawissa. Mrs. E. M. Jacoby died sudden ly at Traverse City, Michigan, last Thursday. The remains were brought here, and the funeral took place on Monday afternoon. The deceased was the widow of Dr. E. M. Jacoby, and a sister-in-law of Mrs. B. P. Foulk. She left here about a month ago to live with her son Edward. She was born near Catawissa. 14 REGULAR PRICE ON FANCY SUMMER SUITS ! THE SAME KEBMJCTIflN TRAW HAT BEN GIDD1RSG Clothier, Hatter and Haberdasher. Exchange Hotel, Bloomsburg. Come in and see us, we'll treat you right. 3 Per Cent Interest Paid on Time Deposits At a meeting of representa tives of the undersigned Banks of Bloomsburg, held July ist, 1907, it was decided to allow interest on time deposits at the rate of 3 per cent.' per annum. Subject to the rules gov erning Savings or Interest bearing Deposits. First National Bank Farmers National Bank Bloomsburg National Bank OFF ALL ZEES
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