THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURfl. PA: STRONGEST BANK Capital $100,000 Undivided Profits $30,000 First National Bank, OFH&UtmsilUllG, 1A. 5 Per Cent. Interest Allowed on Savings Deposits OFFICKKH: k:. V. M. Low, President. J. M. Htaver, Vloe President. K. B. Tustin, Vice President. E. F. Carpenter, Cashier. DIRECTORS: SW. M. Low, F. G. Yorks, Frank Ikeler, Joseph Rattl, i:. 11. Tustin, Fred Ikeler, Geo. S. Rohblns, 8. C. Creasy, J.M Staver, M.I. Low, Louis Gross, II. V. Uower. THE COLUMBIAN. ESTABLISHED 1 866. THE COLUMBIA IDEMOCRAT, Established 1837. Consolidated 1869 Published Every Thursday Morning, At Blojmsburg, the County Seat of Columbia County, Pennsylvania. GEO. E. EIAVELL, Editor. GEO. C. ROAN, Fohrman. Tkkmm: Inside the county $1.00 a year Id alvance: S I .Cot f not paid in aJvance, Outside the county, ti.25 a year, strictly in Advance. All communications should beaddresscd THE COLUMBIAN, BloomslurK, Ta. TIU'liSDAY, KEPT. 5, 1907 WHERE ARE WE AT? It is more than a year since the plundering of the Capitol thieves was brought to the public attention. Then the Governor of the State and the Auditor General explained and expostulated and declared that the State was getting the worth ol its money. Afterward the Attorney General set up a mild inquisition only to find that there was nothing to find out. But the plundering was of too gieat a bulk and gross u ss to be readily concealed. As ' public indignation grew the .ng found it was necessary to dis- .nble. They put up a decent man Governor. Mr. Stuart went about the State pledging himself if there was any grafting he would find it out and punish the thieves. As Governor, he kept his pledge by forcing the appointment of investi gators who could be depended upon to investigate. Their reports not only justified accusation, but show ed the looting to have been more daring and more extensive than the public had been led to believe. Now that the facts are matters of record and common bruit; now that the parties inculpated are known and within reach of the hand of the State, there seems to have come a sudden halt in putting the law in force. The Attorney General is out of the State. There is other work to do in the Courts. No steps have been taken to arrest the chief offenders or to keep them within the jurisdiction. There is even talk of putting off the date of trial until next year I What is the occasion of this sud den haft after a crime has been un covered, the enormity of which amazes , and astounds the whole country from end to end and from coast to coast ? Is it because there is an election in November? Is there a desire to keep something back and hold in check the public wrath until a Gang nominee can again be installed in the control of the State Treasury ? There would be no such hesitation and dilatori ness if any common thief had been caught cheating his employer or breaking into a bank or stealing a ham. Why does not the State Ad ministration put into the vigor of its pursuit, now that the quarry is m sigm, some ot tne vigor of prom ise with which it set out on the quest ? Meantime, while the hand of justice is stayed, the statute of limitations keeps on the run. Phila. Rtcord. Probably a Major General. After September the Twelfth will be the senior regiment in the di vision and will lead in the review, which is the feature of every divis ion encampment. General U. B. Dougherty, of Wilkes-Barre, com mander of the Third Brigade, will become Major General in command of the division on September 1, 1909. Unless some unexpected circumstances arise Col. C. M. Clement, of the Twelfth Regiment, will become Brigadier General in command of the Third Brigade, and with fair prospects of becoming a Major General in command of the Pennsylvania division. IN THE COUNTY Surplus $150,000 DREAD OP BERRY AND HARMAN Andrews Not In Hurry to Open il Full Blast Republican State Chairman An drews, at his headquarters, on Lo- cust street, Philadelphia, Tuesday said he was not yet sure that upon his return there next Monday he would carry out his original inten tiou of opening the establishment then at full blast. He might defer the opening for about a week. It is supposed that he wants to wait until he shall see how the people will receive the news of the formal notification of Democratic State Treasurer Candidate John G. Har nian, at Bloomsburg, next Wednes day. There seems to be great dread of the notification speech that State Treasurer Berry will make, as well as of the Harman opening gun. Chairman Andrews said that he had received requests from nearly every county that Republican Can didate John O. Sheatz should be sent there to speak. Mr. Sheatz said that if he shall get the oppor tunity he will be heard in every county. He is to attend the Re publican clambake in Allegheny City this week, and may make an address in Pittsburg before return ing home from that function. Ex-Senator Lewis Emery, Jr., was in the city Tuesday, and said that he did not expect to take an active part in the present campaign for State Treasurer. BANKS ASK CHEAP MILLIONS. Many New Applicants lor State Deposits. Because of the widespread de- maud for money the State Treasury balance of $15,000,000, on which only 2 percent, interest is required, is most attractive just now to bank ing houses. As a result there are applicants on file with the State Board of Revenue Commissioners from 75 banks and trust companies desiring to become State depositor ies. The State deposits are now carried in about 300 institutions. IN one ot the requests will be granted for awhile. At present the payments from the State Treasury are exceeding the revenues, and as a consequence the State lunds are being withdrawn from a number of banks and trust companies. One week's notice is given in advance of such withdrawals. Reduction of State revenue is only temporary. The personal property tax will be coming in soon, and then the surplus will begin to grow again. Game and Fish Laws. State Superintendent of Public Printing and Binding, Pomeroy expects the 100,000 copies of the game and nsh laws to be issued from the printers in a short time, and they will be distributed from the proper departments in an effort to educate people to the require ments of the law. For Thin, Poor Blood You can trust a medicine tested 60 years! Sixty years of experience, think of thatl Experience with Ayer's Sar saparilla; the original Sarsa parilla; the Sarsaparilla the doctors endorse for thin blood, weak nerves, general debility. Hut T)n thlt tr-nd old irtdtcln cannot do Its libit work If the liver It Inactive and the bowels ocmititatd. rot the bait poinible re- ftulH, Tmi should take laiatlva dotet of Ayer'i , run wlillw taking tne sanapanua. MadabyJ.O. Ayar Co..I0wen Alio manufacturer of J HAIR VIQOR. yers AOUECURB. CHERRY PECTORAL. W bar no rant I W publish tb formulas of all ouv niftdloln. . D 1 II BETTER BUSINESS ASSURED. Rcpoi Is from nil sections of the country as to the sentiments of men who are prominent in nil branches of business indicate that there are no good grounds for tak ing pessimistic views as to the bus iness outlook. These reports also clearly show that the overwhelming sentiment of the people is m favor of the rigid enforcement of the laws against corporations nnd men of wealth engaged in their persistent violation. 1 he cflorts of these men to cause panicky conditions because they are being required to obey the laws have 1k.vii fuily discounted by the people generally. The latter thoroughly understand the situa tion, and they decline to sympa thize with the law-breakers or to be frightened by them into com mitting indiscretions which are not warranted by the actual business conditions. Financiers of the greatest expe rience and highest reputation de clare that the present scarcity of money is world-wide and not con fined to the United States, and that therefore the enactment and en forcement of laws in this country preventing dishonesty by corpora tions and men of wealth cannot be held responsible for this scarcity They also assert that the present situation in the money market is a good thing, as it will serve to check speculative enterprise and to place business generally on a sounder basis. It is plain also to sensible persons that if the big corporations are compelled to do business in strict accordance with law and our multi millionaires can 110 longer do as they please and hold themselves above the law, the result must soon be to inspire the people generally with greater confidence in the lead ing business enterprises or tne country. Consequently when the all street crowd have been com pelled to bow to the inevitable and the affairs of our .big corporations generally have come to be adjusted to the new condition of things, we may look for a greater and more surely founded prosperity than ever before. Pittsburg Post. Delaying the Prosecution. There are no signs of a movement to begin criminal proceedings in the courts of Dauphin county against those inculpated in the grafting op erations at the State capitol, at the September session. The report of the commission was made to the Governor three weeks ago and de clared unequivocally that conspira cy and fraud had been revealed. The supplemental report signed by Senator Dewalt and Representative Ammerman recommended criminal proceedings at the earliest possible moment. The Dauphin county criminal court sits on Monday, Sep tember 23rd, for the fall term. Un- ess the cases are tried at that term they cannot be heard until after the election. They may not be tried at all. While the Legislature was in ses sion the minority members insisted that in the event of adjouenment before the completion of the work of the investigating commission, provision be made for the publica tion of the report. In fulfillment of an implied agreement to that ef fect a resolution was adopted that the report be made to the Governor with an understanding that it be immediately made public. The regular report signed by all the members of the commission and the supplement signed by Messrs. De walt and Ammerman were present ed to the Governor, but only parts ot tnem have been given to the pub lic. It is said that the salient fea tures of the supplemental report have been concealed. The obvious purpose of thus jug gling the subject is to pervert the work of the cotnnussiou to the ser vice of the machine. The real facts are concealed in the reports, and the measure of culpability as well as the persons implicated, Jleft to conjecture. Meantime the machine managers will claim that it is the intention to prosecute and punish the perpetrators of the crimes. But they don't prosecute and they can't punish until after the election, and if the result is favorable to the ma chine candidate there will be nei ther prosecution nor punishment. The experience in Philadelphia is substantial evidence of this fact. The machine is completely restored to power and plunder there. hellejonte Watchman, "Married men," says the Cyni cal jjacneior, "are divided into two classes -those who admit they are sorry and those who are afraid to." OA.BTOZIIA. Bean the Kind You Have Always BfllfiM mvm toi SEPTEMBER WEATHER. Hicks Forecast. Violently Stormy Weather. Prof. Hicks' predictions for the month cf September are for a decid edly stormy one. Words and Works says: A regular storm period covers the fust week in September, being cen tral 011 the 4th. A very threaten ing barometer, with high tempera ture will appear in Western ex tremes by the 3rd nnd 4th, and storms of much energy will sweep progressively over the country from the 4th to 7th. The culmination will come on and touching the 7th. Seismic shakes will be probable in many parts of the globe within forty-eight hours of noon on the 7th. A reactionary storm period comes close after the crisis of the first pe riod. It is central on the 9th, 10th and 11th. Remember, this is at an annual crisis of magnetic unrest, added to all the disturbing factors shown in the storm diagram. Heed all warnings and indications of growing storms, inland, on the coasts and on the seas, in the South especially. Heavy storms of rain, hail, wind and thunder will move out of the Northwest, also, and be followed by great change to cooler, with probable frosts. A regular storm period the 14th to 19th, is one of great and almost certain severity. It is at the crisis of the autumnal equinox. The equi- noxes 01 jupuer ana saturn are in full force. Vulcan, Venus and Mercury are all central in disturb ing energy, with Moon passing from first quarter to full at South declination and in peigee. The pe riod, and this whole central part of the mouth, is full of perturbing causes and phenomenal possibilities. Hurricanes and cyclonic storms should be anticipated about the southern coasts, with sympathetic, equinoctial, tornadic storms over the interior. The chances are that general storms and atmospheric un rest will continue until after a reac tionary storm period which is cen tral on the 20th, 2 1st and 22nd. Many volcanic and seismic convul sions will also be reported within torty-eight hours of sunset on the 21st. At the windup of this pro longed time of general and violent disturbances, look for a phenome nally high barometer, fierce north westerly gales, and a dash of almost early winter out of the Northwest. The boreal change will be approxi mately between the 21st and 25th. All the lake regions especially should beware of these storms and the change following. Make notes and watch 1 A regular storm period covers the closing week of September. It is central on the 27 th and its cul minating days fall on Friday the 27th to Sunday the 29th. This pe riod will bring its change to warm er, falling barometer and return of marked storm conditions. The chances are that September will be disturbed, if not phenomenally stormy and out of joint, to the last. Bloomsbure Souvenir Books, si half tone pictures, 35 cents, at the Columbian office. tf. Assessors Now Get $2.50 Per Day. With the fall assessments which will be started on Monday, Septem ber 9, 1907, the assessors of the county will get the first advantage of the new law which provides for the increase in their salaries. Here tofore the salary was $2 per day, but under a law passed by the last legislature, the legal rate is now $2.50 per day. This will go into effect with the fall assessment. The registry assessors are very happy over the increase in the amount of their wages per day. They have all along contended that the price per day was too small, and that a just increase should be allowed. The result of this agita tion was that the law was Iramed, presented in the legislature and be came a law. The clause in the law relative to this increase in salary is as follows: "It shall be the duty of each as sessor and assistaut assessor to keep an account of the several days by him actually employed in the per formance of his duties, and to make return of the same to the commis sioners of the county, verified by his oath or affirmation, and for each day necessarily so employed he shall receive the sum of two dol lars and fifty cents." Approved the 25th day of May, A. D., 1007. 1 Get TOWNSEHD ADVANCE STYLES. Fall Suits Fall Hats TOWMSEMD'S NEW STORE. Knox Hats. BUYING TIME FOR Thrifty Housewives Right at this time when good housewives are buying Furniture and Kitchen Ware, our extra values will make this store the mecca for nearly all of them. Now just a word as to this Furniture. We only ask that you look all around compare ours with other stock and we feel confident of your verdict "I CAN DO BET TER AT PURSEL'S." And the Kitchen Helps we can only mention a few in the space of course, but if you have a need in that line come here. We will save you money every time. Furniture. Rocking Chairs 1.50 to 15.00. Parlor and Library Ta bles 1.50 to 22.50. Buffets 20.00 to 39.50. Side Boards 10.00 to 35.00 China Closets 20.00 to 40 Extension Tables 5.00 to 3500. Dining Chairs 4.50 to 25.00 a Set. Couches 675 to 39.00, Chiffoniers 6.00 to 22.50. Bed Room Suits 16.50 to $100. White Enameled and Brass Beds 5.00 to 35.00. Kitchen Helps A full and complete line of the justly celebrated Et dleweiss cooking ware 10c to 1.50. Rochester Nickle ware in Chafing dishes, tea and cof fee pots, syrup jugs and what not all guaranteed. Scrub Brushes 10c to 25c White Wash Brushes 25 to 50c. Wisp Brooms 10 to 25 c. F, P. BLOOMSBURG, Cut off that cough Cxpccto and prevent pneumonia Tonchitis and Ths world's 8tandrd Thmnt - a m Medians tor 75 yczn. It of your dm&x tad kesp ft Stetson Hats Kitchen Helps Floor Brushes 1.00 to 1.50 Wall Brushes 60c. . Stove Brushes 15 to 25 c. Washing Machines 7.50 to 9 50. Clothes Wringers 1.75 to 3.50. Carpet Sweepers 1.75 to 2.7S. Cedar Wash Tubs, (three sizes) 90c., 1.35 and 1.75. Painted Pine wash tubs 75 to 90c. Galvanized wash tubs 80, 90 and 1. 00. Wash Boards 15 to 40c. Wood Scrub Buckets 20c Galvanized Buckets, 10 qt. size 20c, 12 qt. size 25c Fibre water buckets 35c. Heavy Tin water buck ets, 12 qt. size 40c, 14 qt. 50c, Enameled water buckets 38 to 90c. Heavy Tin Wash Boilers (with lid) No. 8 for 1.25 and No. 9 for 1.35. Heavy Tin Wash Boilers, copper bottom, No. 8 for 1.35 and No. 9 for 1.50. All copper Wash Boilers $3 PURSEL. PENN'A. with rant coniumntinn. O ahr.71 retrjy In (U Lout
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