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O F F I V V. H 8 :
J-.. V. M. Low, President. J. M. Htaver, Vice President.
E. B. Tustin, Vice President. K. F. Carpenter, Cashier.
T I RECTO KS:
V. M.Low, F.G. Yorks, Frank Ikeler, Joseph Itattl,
1). Tustin, I'red Ikeler, Geo. 8. Robbing, 8. C. Creasy,
J. M Staver, M.I. Low, Louis Gross, II. V. 1 lower.
THE COLUMBIAN.
ESTABLISHED 1866.
THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT,
EsrABLisiiKD 1837. Consolidated 1869
Publish Ki;EviiRY Tiii-rspay Morning,
At BloJinsliurg, the County Scat of
Columlii si County, Pennsylvania.
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In advance; ifl.Soif not paid in aivance.
Outside I he county, $ 1. 25 a year, strictly in
Advance.
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THE COLOMBIAN, Bloomsl-ur, Ta.
THrUSDAY, JULY 25, 1007
Our Ntw State Clia'nnun.
The Deniocracv of Pennsylvania
is literally "putting its best foot
forward" this year. The unani
mous nomination of John Hannan
by the recent State conuention has
been followed by an equally wise
choice of a State Committee chair
man on Wednesday. State Senator
George M. Dimeling will make an
ideal campaign manager, lie will
put into the work all the elements
which command- success.
Senator Dimeling's political ca
reer has been singularly brilliant.
He was elected Treasurer of Clear
field county, in which he was born
":cl bred, lit a Very early age, He
. chairman of the Democratic
.:;Ly committee cvhen Judge Alli-
1 O. Smith carried the election by
overwhelming majority and that
v.-;:lt was largely attributable to
h:i ability as a campaigner. His
election to the State Senate last fail
was a proof alike of his personal
popularity and skill in management.
His nomination, at the close of his
first session, as the candidate of his
party for president pro tern, of the
body was a compliment as rare as
it was well bestowed. It is seldom
that such a distinction is conferred
on a new Senator
The selection of Senator Dimel
ing to the chairmanshipof the State
committee, therefore, was an ex
pression of the highest measure of
of political wisdom and sagacity.
It will inspire confidence alike in
the integrity and the capability of
the organization. It is notice to the
public that the party has been re
stored to a condition of sanity and
sincerity. Chairman Dimeliug will
neither default nor blunder. If the
party fails of victory it won't he
his fault. Ex.
GROCERY STORES TO BE IN
SPECTED. Inspectors of the State agricultu
ral department are making an in
spection of all the wholesale and re
tail groceries in the State and see
ing that they conform with the new
food laws which have recently been
enacted and which require that all
goods displayed for sale in bulk or
packages shall bear a guarantee of
their purity and a statement of
their ingredients if they are manu
factured from any substance foreign
to the original article which they
are supposed to represent.
While the State department has
instruction toenforcethe law to the
letter, it is well understood that it
will take some time for the grocers
to dispose of the goods which they
hud on hand at the time the law
went into effect and every assist
ance is given to get the law into
operation as soon as possible so that
there will be no undue activity to
secure its enforcement;
As the terms of the law are very
intricate and might be misunder
stood easily by the novice, the in
spectors have been given instruc
tions to visit all grocers, and to
thoroughly explain all of the differ
ent provisions of the law so that
there will be no chance for any
question to arise in the near future
which might cause unwarranted
delays in bringing its operation to
the efficiency which is expected.
. . . . 1
. OABTOniA.
lean tls tl8 You Have AW8)" ou
IN THE COUNTY
Surplus
$150,000.
AN AUSPICIOUS CAMPAIGN.
We can call to mind no political
event which" aroused popular ap
proval as spontaneously and enthu
siastically as the nomination of
John G. Harman by the recent
Democratic State convention. From
one end of the State to the other
the hope of the party has been
changed to confidence and the indi
cations are that without waiting for
the formal notification of the nomi
nee, which has become a custom in
all parties, the active work of the
campaign will be begun at once,
livery Democrat in the State is
ready and anxious for the fray.
There will be no laggards this year
anywhere.
There is nothing surprising in
this condition of affairs, however.
The candidate is the sort of man to
inspire enthusiasm. Young, ar
dent, able and earnest lie will bitu-
seU plunge into the contest with the
vigor which commands success.
Gifted with all the elements which
attract popular admiration he will
go to the people directly and lead
them to victory. No other man in
the State is so well equipped for
such a campaign. Such substantial
and convincing arguments could be
offered in support of no other citi
zen. His record is the embodiment
of all the issues of the campaign.
Ue has worked for the highest
standards of political morality and
will accept no other.
In the Legislature Mr. Harmau
was the tireless, capable and ener
getic champion of reform. Happi
ly his antagonist )n the contest has
a record, also, which may be used
for comparison. But while he was
occasionally right, Mr. Harman
was always to be depended upon.
He waited for the assent of no man
to align himself on the side of the
people. Mr. Sheatz, on the other
hand, was not a free agent, liven
when he introduced the personal
registration law he made an apolo
gy. "By request," he appended to
the measure, which was equivalent
to a declaration that he had no in
terest in it Belleante Watchman,
Trespass Notices.
Card signs ,No Trespassing" for
sale at this office. They are print
ed in accordance with the late act
of 1903. Price 5 cents each, tf
Our English cousins have a queer
way ol twisting the pronunciation
of their proper names into a way
which would never be guessed from
the spelling. Look at this list and
the pronunciation: Bertie, Bartie;
Pontefract.Pomfret; Iunis-Ker, Ins
Karr; Verney, Varney; Berkeley,
Barklay: Pole-Carew, Pole-Carey;
Jervis, Jarvis; St. Leger, Silleger;
Pepys, Peeps; Dalgell.Deal; Glamis,
Glawms; Hawarden.Horden; Main
waring, Maunering; Beatichamp,
Beecham; Beaulieu.Beely; St. John,
Sirijon." Can they laugh at us
when we call our metropolis
N'Yok.
For
Dan
that
drug
There is ote thing that will
cure it Ayer's Hair Vigor.
It Is a regular scalp-medicine.
It quickly destroys the germs
which cause this disease.
The unhealthy scalp becomes
healthy. The dandruff disap
pears, had to disappear. A
healthyscalp means a great deal
to you healthy hair, no dan
druff.no pimples.no eruptions.
The beat kind ot a testimonial
"Sold tor over sixty years."
A
by J. o. Aye r Co., Low.ll,
lito maaufaoturors of
7 SARSAPARILLA.
yers
PILLS.
CHLHRY PECTORAL.
WASHINGTON
From our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, D. C.July 8, 1907.
In siite of a'l that has hcvn s;iil
to the contrary, the question of
whether or not h. II. Harmnnn
shall be subjected to federal prose
cution for his railroad manipula
tions is largely a matter of practi
cal politics. The lon-r exnected
report of the Interstate Commerce
Commission on the Harriman in
vestigation his been rendered and
is now in the hands of the Presi
dent at Oyster Bay. This report is
most of it old matter, with which
the public is familiar through much
newspaper discussion. It goes into
the inflation of the Alton securities,
the lease of the San Pedro Road,
the control of the Union PnrihV nnrl
the Southern Pacific by the same
management, Although they have
been decided to be competing lines
and various other incursions ot the
Harriman financiers into the joint
realms of railroads and politics.
The report makes but one practical
recommendation, and that is that a
railroad shou'd be prohibited by
law from purchasing the securities
of another railroad. This was Mr.
Harriman's method whereby he
was craduallv absorbing all the
railroad systems of the West and
by which he hoped eventually to
bring all the railroads of the United
.States under a single management.
1 ne report ot the Commission goes
into detail over all th ese transac
tions and speaks in scathing terms
of many of the practices. But the
word "prosecution" is not once
mentioned in the report, and the
wnoie tiling is lett to the Attorney
General for treatment or not, as he
deems advisable. There has been
considerable criticism of this report
and it has been commented upon as
weak-kneed and ineffective. There
was quite as much discussion in the
commission ns outside as to wheth
er any definite recommendation
should be made looking to either
criminal or civil prosecution. Frank
B. Kellogg, the special attorney of
the Commission, who practically
wrote me report, was much 111 fa
vor of prosecution; so was Commis
sioner Judson Clements. It was
understood that Commissioner
Clark was also in favor of prosecu
tion and Commissioner Lane was
wavering; but after almost innum
erable conferences and weeks of de
lay, the report was written simply
as an exhibit, without recommen
dation except in regard to the pur
chase of securities mentioned. Now
it is known that Attorney General
Bonaparte is rather in favor of pros
ecuting Mr. Harriman. He made
this plain at the famous Trust Pros
ecution Conference, held at the
White House just before the Presi
dent went away for the summer.
But there is too much. at stake in
the political line to make prosecu
tion advisable jnst now. It is high
ly probable that the matter will be
allowed to rest without action until
close to the time that some of the
Acts will be out-la wed by the stat
ute of limitations. Then there may
be action, but it will depend largely
on the political situation.
Civil Service Commissioner Mc
Ilheuy has just returned from atrip
through the South, where he has
been endeavoring to interest the
public in the Civil Service as a life
career for young men. He has de
livered a number of lectures before
the Young Men's Christian Associ
ations and Southern Colleges and
other educational institutions. The
Civil Service is decidedly short of
men competent to take the lower
clerical positions. People in the
South have shown little inclination
to select Government work as even
a temporary calling; much less has
there been any inclination either
North or South to make the Civil
Service a life career. It has been
'looked on more as a stepping stone
to isome Detter employment, and
tins is quite natural in view of the
fact that Government salaries are
not large, considering the expense
of living in Washington. The lower
places in the Service are badly
enough paid, but when it comes to
higher positions requiring technical
training, it is hard for the Govern
ment to get good men and absolute
ly impossible to keep, them, if they
show exceptional ability and any
private firm happens to want their
services. The Commission believes
that by arousing interest in- the
' South it will be able to swell its el
1 igible list, but it is generally con
ceded that there will have to be
further inducements offered,' both
in the line of salary and pension re
! tirement. before the Civil Service
in this country can be rauked as a
me career as it is abroad. s ,
Advices to the State Department
from the Hague indicate that there
is little probability of action on the
so-called Drago Doctrine at the
present session of the Peace Con
ference. Strangely enough, some
of the strongest opponents of action
in this line are the South American
Republics themselves. The Lrago
Doctrine, it will be remembered, is
a sort of supplement to the Monroe
Doctrine. lis gist is a prohibition
against the colle.tion of debts from
any of the South American Repub
lics by armed European force. Of
course, such a doctrine is distinctly
distasteful to European powers;
but objection is made also by some
of the South American Republics
that it would hurt th ir national
credit and handicap them in bor
rowing money abroad. On the other
hand, this Government lakes the
view that foreigners who lend mon
ey at exorbitant rales of interest
on questionable security to South
American Governments, should be
prepared to take their own risk and
not rely ou making the warships of
their home country debt collecting
agencies abroad.
!
It is greatly feared that Commis
sioner Neill of the Bureau of Labor
will not be able, after all, to avert
the telegraph strike which threat
ens to hamper the business of the
whole country. The attitude both
of the telegraph operators and their
employing companies is unreasona
ble. The demands of the men in
San Francisco for increased pay is
defensible, owing to the peculiar
living conditions with which they
are now faced in that city. The
refusal of the telegraph companies
to confer with them is unreasona
ble obstinacy. The telegraphers in
other parts of the country, on the
other hand, are equally unreasona
ble in their attitude towaads a sym
pathetic and it is feared that the
dispute cannot be settled without
an actual strike which will be little
short of a calamity to the business
community.
Trimmed the Lightning Rod Men.
1 lie papers ot the country are
full of stories of how lightning rod
fcharpers have buncoed the farmers,
but from Danville comes one of
how Farmer Jesse Bogert, of Li
berty township, got $140 worth of
rods on his barn for nothing. The
sharpers worked 011 him until he
allowed thetn to put up the rods on
his barn, for an advertisement,
Jesse looking wise and saying noth
ing. But when they completed the
job they wanted him to sign a
statement that it was a nice job,
just to show that he appreciated
the work and to show to his neigh
bors as an advertisement.
Jesse looked it over, said "huh,
guess not ; ain't signing any
papers." The agents stormed, cuss
ed and threatened, but Mr. Bogert
was firm, telling them to take the
rods down if they wanted to. After
offering to settle for $25, which
offer was refused, they drove away
cussing the fanner, who sat on the
fence and laughed at them.
Here's something new from the
Altoona Tribune that everybody
ought to read. It won't hurt those
it does not hit and it may let those
that it does fit see the estimate the
community puts on them: The
evil tongue frequently creates a
multitude of sorrows, sometimes
breaks up families and often fills
premature graves or the cells of lu
natic asylums. Reckless mendacity
is a vice of the most malignant
character. It is, indeed, character
less as well as merciless. Good cit
izens ought to combine to scourge
the tale-bearer out of the communi
ty to which he is so deadly a foe.
He is responsible for many evil
things that would never come to
birth had it not been for his exer
tions. Don't be startled by a crash of
thunder. No man ever heard the
shock by which he was killed.
Lightning travels at an inconceiv
able swiftnets in a second, while
thunder, like the report of a can
non, passes more slowly through
the atmosphere. The proximity of
danger from lightning is easily dis
coverable by' observing the length
of time which passes between its
flash and the report of thunder ;
for lightning and thunder always
accompany each other simultane
ously ; but at a distance the light
ning is perceived almost instantane
ously. It costs this country six billions
of dollars to care for her criminals
and paupers, and what makes the
cost appear the more disagreeable
is the fact that the larger part of
this money is expended in the
maintenance' of foreign criminals
and paupers.
.
Get
rr-
ft
Children's
l$ Off Regular Price
These Suits run from 50 cents to $2.oO regu
larly. Mouse .and Russian Blouse with Mootncr
pants. While they last you can buy them for
$2.50 - now - $1.90
2.00 - now - 1.40
1.50 - now - 1.00
1.00 - now - .70
.75 - now - .55
AH Straw Hats Price.
TOWI
July Clearance Sale
AT OB
We have on sale thousands of yards of brio-lit, new
Summer Dress Goods at bargain prices. Right in the very
heart of the wash fabric season, when the demand is at its
height, we have slaughtered prices in a way that makes
vour buying elsewhere an extravagance. Hut bless you we
have a regular feast of bargains all over the store. ' Read
every item here quoted they are all interesting.
s.
We have divided this vast
quantity into five different
lots for your quick choos
ing. We do advise you to
come early.
Lot i Including Lawns
in dots and stripes splen
did colorings. 5c the yard.
Lot 2 Thin dress mate
rials in Lawns, Voiles, etc.
Regularly 15 to 25c the yd.
Good variety won't last
long 9c a yd.
Lot 3 Cotton Foulards,
highly mercerized and silky
all new Foulard styles.
Some stripes and dots. Reg-
ulary 25c. On sale for 16c
the yard.
Lot 4 Printed Mulls
the prettiest and sheerest
Mulls on the market. Flor
al and stripe designs in all
the beautiful colorings.
Regularly 25c. Now iyc yd
- Lot 5 These exquisite ;
Cotton and Silk Novelties :
that were 30, and 50c are '
now 3"2jc the yard.
Fa P.
BLOOMSBURO,
Cut off that cough
ana prevent pneumonia:
Tonchitis end contumntion.
The world's Standard Thmat Anil I.imn
m at J r
meaicinc ior 75 years.
it of you fa&x nd keep' fc -
Wash Suits
BO2E?l 9&
Lot ol I::::;' Dress Skirls
We have gone through
the entire stock and placed
on sale one hundred Skirts
in Panamas, Mohairs, Chev.
iots, all styles, just half
price.
$6.50 Skirts $3.25
5.5o " 2.75
3-88 -1.99
LOT OF SPECIAL
EMBROIDERY
Suitable for Lawn, Mus
lin and Cambric. From
the narrowest edgings to
the 9 inch flouncing?, in
sertion to match. Divided
in three lots.
Lot 1, 5 cents a yard
Lot 2, 10 cents a yard
Lot 3, 19 cents a yard
PURSE!
PENN'A.
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