iff fflfffV r VOL BLOOMSBURG, PA., THURSDAY SEPTEMBER C, igo7. NO, 34. nil ll, ll! ADDING NEW ACCOUNTS AT THE 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. 3 Per Cent. Interest Paid on Time Deposits In Point of Business Success and Financia Strength this Bank Occupies Front Rank. 0 M. ORKVKLING, Pres. M. MILLEISEN, Cashier. ITALIANS CONVICTED. Pnrtnnando Calibro and his broth er Antonio were convicted in court on Wednesday under an wuhctmeut charging them with extorting mon ey by threats, conspiracy, selling liauor without license, and keeping a bawdy house. They are the leaders of the gang of desperadoes who have been terrorizing west Berwick and Briar Creek for some timp nast. Seven other men were discharged on a nolle prosei'.ii, there being no evidence to hold them. Jacco Frank was convicted of carrying concealed deadly weapons District Attorney Small conduct ed the commonwealth's case, and the prisoners were delended by Fred Ikeler, John O. Harman, A. W. Day and Jas. L. F.vans, Ksqs. The prisoners were brought in chained toirether. and a large crowd was assembled in the court room to hear the trial. The evidence was such that the jury had no difficulty in promptly agreeing upon a veraict. SENTENCES PRONOUNCED. On Thursday morning the con victed Italians were brought before the court, and sentences were im posed as follows: On Vortimando Calibro, on sev eral counts, a fine of $500, costs of prosecution, and uve years in tne penitentiary. On Antonio Calibro, a fine of $250 and costs, and two and a half vmk in the nenitentiarv. Ou Jacco Frank, carrying con cealed deadly weapons, a line ot $10 and costs, and three months in the county jail. TROLLEY CARS COLLIDE. A head-on collision occurred be low Barton's bridge last Thursday afternoon by which seven persons were injured. The Danville and Bloomsburg car was coming up, and the Columbia and Montour car going down. By some error in the block signal both cars got into the block, and were running at full speed at a point where an old build ing obstructs the view. When the cars came in sight of each other they were too close to avoid a col lision. The injured persons were all on the C. & M. car. They are: Chas. Stahl, motormau; Alonzo Fegley, Catawissa; F. B. Siugley, Authouy Thomas, S. L. Harlacher, Beaver township; Frank Fox and Harold Ervin, Catawissa. None of them were seriously hurt. The front end of both cars was badly smashed. WILL REPAIR JAIL. The County Commissioners have decided to make such repairs at the jail as will relieve its present un sanitary condition. The steam heat ing plant will be overhauled. The lower tier of cells will be connected with the heating system. New wash bowls and closets will be plac ed in the cells and a new concrete floor will be laid iu the main corri dor. The work will be done by contract after bids have been received. TAX PAYMENTS. Saturday was the last day for payment of state, county, town, school and dog tax iu order to save the discount, and collector Sleppy had a strenuous day, over $5000 being paid in. Up to this time he has collected about $26,ooc, the combined dupli cates amounting to about $44,000. This is about $jooo more than was paid in last year up to this time. September 9th is the last day to save the discount on town taxes. BLACK HANDERS. Jails Hereabouts Are Full of Them. The Black Handers are not onlv furnishing a laree amount of conv for the printers of this section, but are supplying tne jails with a large number of prisoners, thanks to the activity ot the State Constabulary. The Sunbury jail has a contingent of about twenty-five of the foreign tnugs, and witu twenty-eight pris oners now confined in the Columbia county jail Sheriff Knthas about as biff a houseful or. more correctlv speaking, jailful, as that county has nau in many a month. And what is more there is domiciled theie two alleged "kings" of Black Hand ar tists. a distinction that few iails en joy. Nicholas Gedro, the supposed icauer 01 tne Mariou Heights band, is locked up iu the cell here medi tating on the error ol his way in trying to escape, and by reason thereof is unable to talk the thincr over with Fortunato Calabra, the leader of the supposed West Ber wick eanir. As to whose methods are the best there is. therefore, no chance of determining. It is an entirely different bunch of Black Handers who nowoccunv berths in the Columbia county jail from those who entered the other night. Then thev were particular to imnress Sheriff Eut with the fact that he should go to no trouble whatever to accommodate them; that they were there only for the night and would without the least doubt pet all the bail they wanted the next morning. Jtim ! remarked a knowing pris oner. "You will find it a treat deal easier to get 111 here than out. lhe Briar Creek bunch have so found. The counties that have been terrorized bv the Black Hand miscreants have reason to feel re lieved by the active measures taken for their suppression and may hope that the time is not far distant when they will be as extinct as the Molly Maguires. TELEPHONE COMPANY PICNIC. The annual outing of the Peoples Ideal Telephone company, which has gotten to be one of the largest and most popular picnics that is held in this section, took place Sat urday at Billmeyer s park near Washingtonville. It was a most enjoyable day from beginning to end, everything combining to add to the pleasure. Those in charge of the affair es ti mated that there were at least 2500 people on the grounds, and they came from all over the coun try from Mnlville, Bloomsburg, Buckhorn and Jerseytown on the one side and from Milton, Watson town and Turbotville on the other and from all over the intervening couutry they came, until in 6ome places the countryside appeared de serted. Two bands, those from Exchange aud Buckhorn, furnished music for the occasion, and furnished it 111 large quantities. Other amuse ments were a base ball game be tween Kaseville 3ud Washington ville, and other games indigenous to the picnic. And then too the woods were full of good things to eat, which added not a little to the delight. The officers had on exhibition the company's charter recently procured Jroin the State, and also a stock certificate, one of which will soon be issued to each subscriber. The Lackawanna River is so near ly dried up at the present time that The Scranton Tribune hazards a guess that if it wasn't for the water that is pumped from the mines and drained into the bed of the stream there wouldn't be any Lackawanna River. On The Basis of Careful and Conservative Management 0e fffoomoBurg QWtonaf Q&mft Invites Your Business. 3 Per Cent. Interest Allowed on Savings Deposits Wm. II. Hidlay, Cashier. A. Z. Sciiocii, President. COURT PROCEEDING. Court opened on Monday with Hon. C. C. Evans, president judge and Associates Krickbaum and Yeager on the bench. The first case called was Com. vs L. S Keller who was charged with desertion and 11011 support of his children. The District Attorney stated that the husband had agreed to support his small children, but he refused to support those who had grown up. After hearing the case the Court sentenced the defendant to pay the costs of prosecution and to pay his wife $10 a month for the support of the two children who are under six teen years old. The next case was that against Clem Keller for not supporting his wife. These persons had been mar ried in Binghamton before th were IS years old. Sentence was suspended in order to afford hus baud and wife a chance to settle the trouble and live together again. The next was also a desertion case against A. K. Moyer. They had been married fourteen years and had five children. The hus band claimed that his wife refused to live with him in Foundryville but wanted to live iu Berwick and that as soou as he can secure a house in Berwick he will get one. Sen tence was suspended and the bus band was given 30 days in which to pay the costs. Iu the case of Bloomsburg & Sullivan R. R. Co. vs. Rohr Mc Henry Distilling Company the Court delivered an opinion render ing a verdict for the plaintiff for $823,00 the amount charged as de murrage for not unloading cars in the time required by the company under its rules. B. F. Rice and Cyrus Smith were excused from jury service. Road in Montour township. Re port of viewers confirmed nisi. Lottie Tones vs. William Tones. Subpoena in divorce awarded. Est. Mary Brewster. Sale of real estate ordered. Upon report of Col. Freeze, Mas ter, charter granted to P. O. S. of A. of Benton. Upon application of B. F. Zarr, Esq., a rule was granted upon the Poor overseers ot Hlaclccreek town ship to show cause why they should not remove iean ureaoenner, a pauper from Beaver township. W. H. Rhawn, attorney for Com missioners presented petitions for the approval of bridge contracts. He also presented petitions for the appointment of a tax collector for Conyngham township. There were two petitions and the . Court stated it would consider the matter. W. M. Vastine was appointed guardian ot Charlotte and Robeit Tyson with bond of $1,000. C. E. Kreischer, h,sq., presented petitions for the appointment of viewers to assess damages for the taking of additional land in Frank- in township for school purposes. License of H. F. Dietterick m Orangeville, transferred to C. H. Reice. Est. Sarau E. Johnston. Sale of real estate ordered. Est. Andrew McNinch. Sale of real estate ordered. Archie Averell vs. Borough of Berwick. Award of viewers filed John J. Keenan vs. Nellie Kee nan. Subpoena in divorce awarded. John G. Harman, Esq., appoint ed guardian of Innis Ratti of Como, Italy, a niece of the late Joseph Ratti. C A. Small, Esq. presented a petition for the removal of the Conyngham School Board. A rule was granted. Est. George W. Billman. Report Veterans Meet at Millville. The 1 2th reunion of the Colum bia County Veteran Association will meet at Glen wood Grove, Mill ville, September 7th Business meeting will be held at the audito rium at 10:30 a. m. Call at 1:30 p. m. when a number of good speak ers will be heard. Vocal and band music with short talks will conclude the program. All old soldiers and families and friends are most cor dially invited to come and have a grand good time. Good meals and other refreshments will be served at the dining hall on the ground at reasonable prices by the church people. of sale confirmed nisi. Est. Samuel Deibert. Report of sale confirmed nisi. Est. William Shaffer. Clinton Herring continued as auditor. Davis Bros. vs. J. L. Dillon's Executors. Hearing for prelimi nary injunction continued. Claude Houck vs. Alice M. Houck, application for the appoint-1 ment of a master. The first case called was that ot Commonwealth vs. W. W. Seybert of Briarcreek township who was accused of shooting Robert Knouse on the morning of April 2, 1907 with 111 tent to kill. Seybert's contention was that the prosecutor had beeu stoning his house about 2 o clock in the morn ing and that he had shot out the window to scare him away and with no intent to hurt much less to kill him. The jury took this view of the case and returned a verdict of not guilty. The next case was Common wealth vs. Joseph aud Taul Hite. This was a case from West Ber wick. Their boarding house keeper was prosecutor. He contended that the Hites assaulted him with intent to kill while the defendants assert ed with equal positiveness that the attack wis begun by the prosecu tor. All were foreigners and the evidence was takeu through an nterpreter. The jury acquitted the defendants. BENTON M. E. CHURCH. To Be Dedicated Sunday, September 15th. Great preparations are being made tor the dedication of the pret ty new Methodist Episcopal church at Kenton, which will be held on Sunday, September 15th. There will be a number of prominent speakers in attendance, and it will be a red letter event in the history of that congregation. The morning service will be held at 10:30 o'clock in the new church, and the sermon will be preached by Rev. Dr. John Kroutz, an emi nent divine, who has a pastorate in the Futh Avenue Methodist Epis copal church of New York City. There will also be special music, and a number of other features at the morning service. In the afternoon there will be a platform meeting, at which time there will be present a large num ber of prominent pastors, as well as a large number ot tne residents of Benton, members aud friends of the church. The afternoon meeting will be presided over by Rev. J. P. Top ing, the pastor, and will be of un usual interest to all of the members. At 2:30 o'clock, the address of the afternoon will be made by Rev. W. R. Owen. Other pastors who will be present at the day's services and make addresses will be Rev. Dr. Horning, Rev. S. P. Boone, Rev. Alexander Scott, and Rev. W. S. J. Dunville. : BEN GIDDING! : We arc showing a very nobby and snappy line of Fall Wearing Apparel lor Men and Boys. THE NEW HATS, THE NEW SHIRTS, THE NEW SUITS, THE NEW TOP COATS. A GENUINE Cravanette Rain Coat $15 BEN GIDDING 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
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