THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURd, P-V. STRONGEST BANK Cnpltnl $100,000 Undivided Profits $30,000 First National Bank, UFU&OCtiMMliUKGt, i"A. 3Per Cent. Interest Allowed on Savings Deposits O V P I C K R H : i. W. r. Low, rrosldont. J. M. Staver, Vice President. E. H. Tustln, Vice President. K. F. Carpenter, Cashier. DIRECTORS: t W.M.Low, F.O.York, Frank Ikeler, Joseph Rattl, :. H. Tuatln, Fred Ikeler, Geo. R. Robbln, H. C. Creasy, J. M Staver, M.I. Low, Louis Gross, H. V. Hower. THE COLUMBIAN. ESTABLISH KI3 !86f. THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, THURSDAY, SEPT. 'JO, 1907 CsTAuusuKn 1837. Consolidated 1869 Published'Every Thursday Morning, At Bloomsburg, the County Seat of Columbia County , l'entisylvama. GEO. E. ELWELL, Editor. GEO. C. ROAN, Korkm an . Tkkms: Instil rt he county 1.00 a year a advance; 1 . 50 i f not paid in advance. Out'ide the county, $1.25 a year, strictly in AJvan.e. All communications should beaddresscd THE COLUMBIAN, Bloomsl.urR, Ta. Political. Democratic Stale Ticket. For Statu Treasurer, JOHN G. HARMAN, of Bloomsburg. Democratic County Ticket. For Associate Judgk, WILLIAM KRICKBAUM, of Bloomsburg. HARM AN AND BERRY TALK. isurer and Hit Probable Successor Very Frank. William H. Berry, State Treas :rcr, and John G. Harman, Demo cratic candidate for that office, ad dressed an enthusiastic mass meet ing at Spring City, last Saturday afternoon on "Civic Righteous ness." They drew a large audi ence. Mr. Harman spoke briefly on bis plan to carry out the Berry policy and guaranteed an honest term in the office he is asking for. He said that he was making his fight in the belief that the people in whom he had an abiding faith, would not re-' turn to the condition from which they were fast freeing themselves. Speaking of Sheatz, the Republican nominee, he declared that no mat ter bow honest a man may be in private life, when he becomes an integral part of a corrupt Machine he can be free no longer. "This election will determine whether we shall continue to keep the State Treasury out of politics and beyond the reach of the politi cal brigands who for years exploit ed it for their personal advantage and gain, or whether we shall re store the conditions which made possible our disgrace in the most monumental steal of modern histo ry. With such an object lesson as this, with such a record of manip ulation of our treasury in behalf of political interests as has been re peatedly charged and finally prov en, uo further or better excuse or reason could be asked lor or given for asking of the electors of this State a calm and sober considera tion of the issue which confronts us." Mr. Berry, the watchdog of the treasury, in his address briefly re viewed the disclosures that have been made during his term of office, and told the people that they need ed a free man to continue to watch the men and the ring that were willing and anxious to steal from the State. Both speakers were greeted with rousing applause. A TELLTALE EXHIBIT. Naturally the capitol "rafters and their tnends will never forgive State Treasurer Berry for having exposed the former's steal of $6, 000,000 of the public funds. Their organs from the moment he first made his charges, thirteen Tmonths a.o, uutil the present moment have nver ceased from lying about and reviling him. A year ago they de clared that bis charges were false, that there had been no grafting in the matter of the capitol building IN THE COUNTY Surplus $160,000 and furnishing, and they supple mented this by making wholly false assertions concerning Mr. Berry himself. The overwhelming evidence pro duced to support the truth of Mr. Berry's charges compelled these or gans to admit that the State had been robbed of at least six millions of dollars. Nevertheless they have steadily refused to give Mr. Berry any credit for the exposure, which every sensible and honest man in the State knows would never have been made had he not been elected State Treasurer. These same organs are now tell ing the people of the State that the men exposed by Mr. Berry are sure to be punished. At the same time they have shown their real feeling by again letting out their venom upon Mr. Berry, lhey now charge that, although he refused to pay Sanderson $108,000 and Huston $104,000, he did at various times pay a number of small bills for cap itol furnishings amouuting to the enormous sum of $23,967, which he should have held up. And then ,the organs go into fits and declare what a bad man and a spurious re former this man Berry is, and that it would be calamity to the State if he should be succeeded by a man like himself, John G. Harman, in stead of the candidate of the ma chine for whose success the capitol grafters are praying, John O. Sheatz. Surely the organs which make this silly attack upon Mr. Berry must think the people of Pennsylvania are fools, indeed. Iu thus assailing Mr. Berry they have not only exhibited their animosity toward the man who exposed the capitol thieves, but also the hollow ness of their own pretensions iu de claring that those thieves will be punished. Pittsburg Poet. John G. Harman, the Democrat ic candidate for state treasurer, needs no better platform than the ringing speech he made at the no tification meeting at Bloomsburg. As'a representative of his county in the lower house at Harrisburg he distinguished himself as a bold and aggressive champion of honest gov ernment, and was an irrepressible foe to the gang, which subsequent developments proved were then plundering the state treasury. He was the logical candidate of the party in the present crisis. On him the honest voters of all parties can unite as they did two years ago on William H. Berry, in the full as surance that he will continue the policies and reforms of his predeces sor. The situation should not be misunderstood. The election of Sheatz means that the control of the state treasury goes back to the gang, just as surely as the election of Reyburn in Philadelphia rein stated the McNichol-Durham ma chine in that city. Will the people of Pennsylvania stand for this ? Milton Record. Pale, Thin, Nervous ? Then your blood must be in a very bad condition. You certainly know what to take, then take it Ayer's Sarsa parilla. If you doubt, then consult your doctor. We know what he will say about this grand old family medicine. Tlds In the first quant I on your doctor would auk: "Are your bowel i-Hgulfir?" Ho known that d.illr net ion of thn bowuli Is it,bolullv IeiHiitUl to recovery. Keen your liver arlivu and your bowel regular by tekiUK luxmtive down uf Ayer's 1'ills. ri uo - M jcmO b J. O. Ayr Oo., Lowoll, Mm S Alio muiufittturara of HI . . JL ,B V"0B- X If 'PC AQUB ClIkR. ,V W W O CHEKBV PECTORAL m W. b.v. no or.U I Wo publl.h , th. formula, of all our m.diotn... WASHINGTON From our Kcyular Correspondent. Washington, D. C .Sept. 19, KJ07 The Navy Department admits that it has accepted tenders for about too, 000 tons of anil from English contractors, principally fo the use of the battleship smiadroti 011 its journey to the Pacific. This arrangement has of course excited much adverse comment in this country, but it is simply a case of the government doiiu what any private party would do, buying in the cheapest market. And the American contractors have them selves to blame for the opportunity neing opened to the foreign bidders. ineie nas been an organized at tempt on the part of the coal maz nates to "hold up" the government on coal contracts. 1 he coal con sumption of this country in the past vear nas oeen ereaier t nan ever ne- " n fore, but the reports r.f tin Mineral Kesources division of the ueoloci- cat Jsurvev show also that the nio duction has been greater than ever ootu in anthracite and soft coal. There have bceu 110 strikes, there has been no car shortage and not more than the usual freight con gestion, but there has been a cry from nil the niiumtr companies of a 1 shortage in coal, the cry being pre liminary to the raise in price which promptly followed. There have been threats also of an advance in the price of hard coal for domestic use, an .advance over anything that tins country has ever sullered be fore. 1 here is no apparent econo mic reason for this move, and the officers of the Navy Department have doue the natural and sensible thing in srointi abroad lor coal when they could get it. Such persistent grinding ot the unfortunate con sumer can lead to but one thing and that is further government ac tion against the extortionate com bines of one sort and another which protected by an insurmountable tar iff, will exact the last penny possi ble from the helpless "common people" for the bare necessities of life. The death was recorded in Wash ington this week of Maj. James Carroll, TJ. S. A-, the last but one of the famous yellow fever commis sion which developed the "mosqui to transmission" theory of yellow fever in Cuba just after the close of the Spauish War. The head of the commission was Maj. Walter Reed, curator of the Army Medical Museum in Washington and one of the greatest experts on tropical dis eases in the country. With him as second in rank was Dr. Carroll. The honor of disaovering the mos quito method of transmission was about equally divided between these two officers. It is hard to give more credit to the one than to the other, but Dr. Carroll was the man who offered himself as a sacrifice when the theory was to be put to its final test. He allowed himself to be bitten bv an infected mnsnni. to that had been feeding on yellow fever cases and he developed the disease within four days. It was a discovery that ranked with the dis- covery of vaccination against small pox or the discovery of anaesthet ics aud antiseptics in surgery. It enabled the authorities for the first time to understanding fieht vel- low fever which had cost millions of dollars aud thousands of lives in this country alone. Dr. Carroll was a martvr to science, for he nev. er recovered his health and died of a bacterial disease of the heart that was a direct result of his experi ments. Dr. Carroll had a remarkable ca reer and one that ouirht to be an incentive to any poor boy. He was born in England, had a good ordi nary school education and came to this country where he enlisted in the medical corps of the army. He was an expert microscopist and worked up in the service, being sent finally to Cuba aud being re warded for his work there by a commission as first lieutenant in the Medical Corps. It was not till about a vear aero that he was nrn- moted by special act to the rank of major anti unfortunately soon alter that he was stricken with his last illness. His medical achievement can scarcely be overestimated. The Navy Department has receiv ed confirmation of the report from Tokio of the disastrous explosion on the Japanese battleship Kashi ma resulting in the death of 32 aud the wounding of 1 1 men and offic-. ers. The condolences of the Presi dent and of the secretary of the Navy were promptly transmitted to Japan. The accident was pecu liarly interesting to the officers of the American navy, following as it did in the wake of the numerou s disastrous explosions in the turrets of American warships. The Japa nese government is very secretive about the details of all snrh ami. dents and it is not definitely known , whether the disaster was the result of a "flareback," Mich as has been responsible for so in my disasters iu the American navy, or whether it was owing to the deterioration of the famous shimse powder with which the Japanese shells arc load ed. The bursting power of these shells is said to be terrific and was exemplified in the destruction wrought on the Russian vessels in the late war. It is said however that the shimoie powder like the English lydite deteriorates very quickly and when it once goes bad will gooff with little or no provoca tion. The American navy has just se cured a new explosive reported to be even more powerful thau shi mose and known as Dunnite. This explosive has been subjected to all sorts of tests except that of time. It is said to have proved very safe and satisfactory to handle, but if it cun withstand the test of time, it will be the first of the Inch explo sives that has ever done so. Reports to the State Department show that the new expatriation law is working excellentlv and is hailed with satisfaction not only by this country but by the countries hav ing diplomatic dealings with us. It is nothing more than a law by which a naturalized citizen auto matically loses his American citizen ship alter residing abroad two years unless he renews it by registering before an American consul or min ister. The law is designed to check c the practice of foreigners who be come naturalized in this country and then go home and defy their native laws, relying on their Amer icau citizenship to protect them. This habit has been very common of late and has put this country in an awkward position several times. With the new hw however a man has to keep his citizenship fresh aua uc stamped distinctively as a subject cither of one country or the . . . . .... . ; other. A STATE SCHEME. Pennsylvania's Fight Against Tuberculosis in Ever County. Although New York Citv mav justly claim the first place among American cities in the administra tive control of tuberculosis, the dis tinction of putting into effect the most comprenensive state scheme for the cure and prevention of this disease is now held bv Pennsyl vania. One million dollars was appro priated by the last Leeislature for the use of the Department of Health to be expended in the struggle against this disease that is costinz Pennsylvania, like New York, many thousands of its citizens each year. With 6oo.oco of the appro priation it is proposed greatly to enlarge Pennsylvania's present sanatorium at Mont Alto, and in order that this may be accomplish ed the sanatorium site and a large adjoining tract have been trans ferred from the forestry department of Health. The whole forest pre serve has been carefully surveyed, the soil and water have been test ed, and at the same time prepara tions have been eroinsr on for the erection of the numerous little open air cottages which will form the main feature of the institution. The remaining $400,000 of this year's appropriation will be used to establish in every county of the state a special tuberculosis dispen sary where treatment will be given, and from which will be spread out through the neighboring towns a mass of information about tuber culosis and its cure. It is hoped that this feature of the work will be especially helpful in reducing the present tuberculosis death rate in Pennsylvania, because it will reach many thousands of persons who cannot be cared for in the sanatorium, and will teach them the things they ueed to know in order that the disease may ulti mately be stamped out. With these dispensaries all working in a com mon and comprehensive scheme, it is expected that within a few years consumptives will not be spreading their disease as they now are, and that many more persons than now will seek and follow expert advice about so caring for themselves that they may be cured. Young John D. Rockefeller will one day inherit his father's colossal tortuue. lie has already inherited his father's liver and nervous dys pepsia, says The New York Ameri can, and is said to be breaking down. Jayne' For 75 years the ONE OF THE MOST Popular Suits for this season consists of double breasted Jacket with or without belt and knickerbockers or "bloom ers" as some people call them. Here in a large assortment of beautiful worsteds, cassi meres and cheviots. $4.00 to $8.00. TOWNSEND'S CORNER. 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 35.00. Dining Chairs 4.50 to 25.00 a Set. Couches 6.75 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 Ei 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 25c. F3 P BLOOMSBURG, favorite familySdicifErCt k l JUMPS' Stylish FalS Suits That will wear well, ahvavs look well, and please the boy as well as )ou, are Ihe only sort you'll lind here at tho right prices. $2.00 to $8.00. 1 sszssaxsiBzmmn Kitchen Helps Floor Brushes 1. 00 to 1.50 Wall Brushes 60c. Stove Brushes 15 to 25c. Washing Machines 7.50 to 9.50. Clothes Wringers 1.75 to 3-5o. Carpet Sweepers 1.75 to 2.75. t 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 1 5 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 1.35 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 PURS Pas ILnu PENN'A.
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