HE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURd, PA.
STRONGEST BANK
Capital
8100,000
Undivided Profits
$30,000
First National Bank,
SPer Cent. Interest Allowed 011 Savings Deposits
officios:
i",. V. M . Low, President. J. M. Stftver, Vice President,
i:. 15. Tustia, Vice President. E. F. Carpenter, Cnsliler.
1)1 11ECTOI18:
: W. M. Low, F. (LYorks, Frank Ikeler, JoHcpli Ilatti,
i-:. I?. Tuxtin, Fred Tkoler, Gen, S. Uobblns, 8. ('. Creasy,
J.M Sliver, M. I. Low, Louis Gross, II. V. Hower.
THE COLUMBIAN.
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THF COLUMBIA CEMOSRiT.
THURSDAY, OCTOHKR 10, 1!K)7
CSTAHI.ISH I - T 1S37. C'lNSOl IPA I F.I 1869
.'rm.isiiKii Kvkky Tin RiAY Morning,
At I'.lti.inKlHirg. 1 tie Count v Scat of
"o imilii a County , Pennsylvania.
rK.M nsiil e t he county $ t.oo n year
In a Iv.uicc ; l.5oif not paid in advance.
Ou'side 1 ho county, 1. 25 a yen r, strictly in
AJvance.
All :o miiunications should liCActilrcsscd
THE COLOMBIAN. Klonmslmrj:, Pa.
Political.
Democratic Stats Ticket.
For State Trkwrkr,
JOHX G. HARMAX,
of Bloomsburg.
Democratic County Ticket.
For Associate Jcdgk,
WILLIAM KRICKBAUM,
of Bloomsburg.
Sheatz and the Capitol Steal.
In behalf of the Machine candi
date for State Treasurer it is claim-
that he would prove a most vigi
it and inflexible guardian of the
nblic finances in spite of all the in-
lious influences that might be
jaght to bear upon him. With
his plea many an independent Re
publican had been almost persuaded
to vote for John O. Sheatz befoie
his full legislative record was spread
before the people of Pennsylvania,
with its ample proof of his support
of some of the worst schemes of the
Machine. As an example ot his
want of the vigilance that is gratu
itously attributed to him is his vote
for House bill No. 486, that con
veyed the technical legal authority
under which the Pennypacker-Sny-der-Mathues
Board of Public
Grounds and Buildings flung open
the vaults of the Treasury to the
State Capitol brigands.
Whilst the authors of the act
fully understood its sinister import,
John O. Sheatz was doubtless as
innocent as a new-born babe when
he gave it his vote. He merely
went along blindly with most of
the followers of the Machine who
were not in the secret of its legisla
tion. But how can this justify the
boast that partisanship makes in
his behalf? By what metamor
phosis can a careless and subser
vient representative of his party be
converted into a jealously vigilant
administrator of the finances of the
people ? Citizens of Pennsylvania
who sincerely desire a fit successor
of the intrepid William II. Berry in
the office of State Treasurer have
only to contrast the high legisla
tive record of John G. Harman
with the record of John O. Sheatz
and vote accordingly.-ZVZa. Record,
HARMAN NOT DISSATISFIED.
Democratic State Chairman Dim
eling telegraphed from Clearfield
Monday evening a positive denial
of all the essential points of a pub
lished report that State Treasurer
Candidate Harman had expressed
dissatislaction with the manner in
which his campaign was being con
ducted and had demanded that
there should be a stirring up by the
State Committee so as to improve
his prospect of election. Chairman
Dimeling asserted that Mr. Harman
had not made to him, or to anybody
so far as he knew, any complaint
whatever about the management of
the campaign. They were together
last Saturday and up to that time
Mr. Harman had been evidently
well satisfied that the State Com
mitsee was doing everything possi
ble for the success of the ticket, t
Mr. Dimeling added that he would j
have more to say upon his arrival
at the headquarters in the Hotel
Walton concerning efforts of the;
enemy to spread false impressions '
about Democratic conditions. 1
IN THE COUNTY
Surplus
$150,000.
THE REPETITION OF HISTORY.
As our Harrisburg correspondent
clearly shows in his letter of this
week the criminals of the Insurance
Department of the State have not
yet been prosecuted. In an inves
tigation which occurred in January
and February of 1906 it was shown
that the Insurance Commissioner
had p.'idded the pay rolls of the de
partment and carried as employees
men who had never been at the de
partment or performed any service
for the State. This was a criminal
violation of the law. It was con
veiling a department of the State
government into an agency for
paying unearned bounties to politi
cal dependents out of the revenues
of the Commonwealth and should
have been severely punished.
As a matter of fact, however,
there have been no prosecutions or
punishments. During the last gu
bernatorial campaign candidate
Stuart emphatically declared that
in the event of his election he would
prosecute the capitol grafters and
all other criminals who had been
guilty of looting the treasury. So
far as the grafters in connection
with the construction and furnish
ing of the capitol are concerned, he
is still keeping up a false pretense
of fulfilling his pledge. But he has
been in office for nearly nine
months and has not attempted to
prosecute any of the insurance
grafters though their culpability is
just as plain and the evidence of
their criminality has been available
ever since February, 1906.
A tree is judged by its fruits, ac
cording to the adage, and a man is
estimated by his actions. There is
every bit as much reason why the
insurance grafters should be pun
ished as that the proper penalties
should be imposed upon the capitol
construction grafters. But the in
surance grafters have been permit
ted to escape punishment tor the
reason that the authorities, includ
ing the Governor, believe that they
have been forgotten. In the event
that Sheatz is elected State Treas
urer, the same policy will be pur
sued with respect to the capitol
grafters. The Governor will delude
himself with the notion that the
people don't care and the prosecu
tions will be abandoned
Btlleonte Watchman.
PLACE FOR SCARLET.
To bt Ont ol Ihe State Railroad Commit
ilonere.
James Scarlet, Esq., of Danville,
who has won fame as a state capi
tol prober, is designated as one of
the state railroad commissioners
which was created at the last ses
sion of the Legislature. The com
mission and its staff will include a
secretary and an attorney, each at
a salary of $4,000 a year, marshal
at $2,500, inspectors, engineers,
clerks and experts of various kinds.
The three commissioners will each
receive $8,000 a year.
My Hair
Ran Away
Don't have a falling out with
your hair. It might leave you I
Then what? That would mean
thin, scraggly, uneven, rough
hair. Keep your hair at home I
Fasten It tightly to your scalp 1
You can easily do it with Ayer's
Hair Vigor. It is something
more than a simple hair dress
ing. It is a hair medicine, a
hair tonic, a hair food.
The beit kind of a testimonial
' Sold tor over sixty years."
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JHd by J. O. Ajbt Co., Lowell, MM,
f 8ARSAPAH1LLA.
yers CHkKitV PECTORAL.
WASHINGTON
From our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, D. C. Oct. 3, 1907.
In spite of the fact that the Presi
dent is out of Washington, politi
cal speculation is rife as to the out
come of the next nominating con
vention. Kvery politician who
drifts into town is full of talk,
rumors and speculation as to what
the attitude of the President will be
toward the candidacy of the several
"favorite son" Republicans who
are avowedly in the fight for the
nomination. This speculation is
almost profitless at this time, never
theless it persists and is more or
less interesting. It is a case of Taft
against the field, always with the
proviso on the part of the specula
tor that the President will not take
a third term himself. Everything
possible has been done to get fur
ther expressions of opinion from
the President as to his attitude to
ward renomiiiation and his prefer
ence for a candidate. It is not like
ly that there will be any further
announcement from the administra
tion on either of these points j list
no a. The President has already
expressed himself about the third
t.-im, saying that he did not want
it and would not take it. As to his
preference for the Taft candidacy,
lie 1ns given it his quiet but posi
tive approval. The same cannot be
said for any of the other candi
dates. He is not apt to make any
further statement on 'either subject
at present because it is by no means
a psychological moment. The con
vention is too far off for anything
but talk.
Advocates of the ship subsidy
bill are already at work in Wash
ington. There will be a desperate
effort made at the coining session
to get legislation of some sort
through. This is a measure that
has by no means popular support
throughout the country. All of the
seaboard cities realize that it would
be to their advantage if it materi
ally helped to build up the mer
cantile marine, but the inland com
munities may be regarded as in
different, with the element against
it that shies at the prospect of
heavier public expenditures of such
an indefinite extent as entrance to
the subsidy field would entail. It is
quite possible that if there is sub
sidy legislation, it will take a very
mild form and will be first . urged
to secure additional steamship faci
lities for South America. This is
unquestionably needed from a com
mercial standpoint though whether
even a heavy subsidy would secure
it is a matter for serious considera
tion. Admiral Coghlan has certainly
secured for himself a well earned
reputation as a troublemaker for
the government. He has just come
out in a long interview on the sub
ject of war with Japan and the
necessity of sending the battleship
squadron to the Pacific. It will of
course be recalled that it was Ad
miral Coghlan who got this country
into very warm water with Ger
many over his "Hocta der Kaiser"
poem at a banquet a few years ago.
There was notbiug of malice in his
reciting the poem, but it was just
jesting near enough to facts to be
very uncomfortable, and it came at
a moment when the relations of
this country and Germany were
none too cordial, though the gov
ernments of both countries would
willingly have had it appear other
wise. Now, when the situation is just
about the same with Japan, the
loquacious admiral comes out in
print with a long talk about the
possibility of war. He says that it
would be a good deal cheaper to
duplicate the American navy, and
that is what it would mean if the
battleship squadron is to remain in
the Pacific, than it would be to put
up a six month's fight with Japan
or auy other first class power. He
says that $150,000,000 speut in new
ships would make this country im
pregnable to attack by any power
and that it would be a good invest
ment, tantamount to a life insur
ance policy for an otherwise indi
gent family. He says also that it
would remove any possibility of
war and leave this country free to
develop commercially as it chose.
All this is quite true. But the in
opportunity of the talk lies in the
fact that it comes just at the mo
ment when Secretary Taft and the
Japanese higher officials are falling
on each others necks and swearing
eternal lnendship and scouting the
possibility of war. Quite naturally
if Japan has any lingering notion
of war, sL'e is not goiug to publish
the fact in advance, and the way
she struck Russia at the outbreak
of the Manchurian trouble is an in
dication that the Oriental and Oc
cidental minds work in different
channels and that any nation with
the faintest likelihood of Japanese
trouble on its hands, does not want
10 leave its gun at home when it
goes visiting.
. .
Secretary Root is making a re
cord as a close second to Secretary
Taft in cultivating international
friendliness. His journey to Mexico
is being watched by officials here
with the greatest interest. He seems
to have the faculty of doing and
saying the right thing to appeal to
the Latin-American mind, and the
reports so far of his reception in
Mexico are decidedly encouraging.
It was less than 20 years ago that
Mexico was not only rated as a
decidsly fourth-class power, but
was regarded as the last place on
earth for the investment of Ameri
can capital. Under President Diaz,
however, the country has developed
into a strong and compact nation
with ambition for commercial de
velopment and the ability to absorb
the best of everything modern.
Tens of millions of American capi
tal are invested in Mexico not only
in mining but in manufacture, and
they are regarded quite as safe as
investments in Canada. The Mexi
can people look to this country as
the model in commercial and me
chanical development, and it is not
only natural but appropriate for us
to take keen interest in the develop
ment of the big, strong state just
south of us. Mexico will be able
in the next few years to do more
towards solidifying South America
and keeping Central America in
order than this country could ever
do and it is well that she should
have cot only our friendship but
our cordial support. The visit of
Secretary Root to President Diaz is
a vital means to that end and seems
to be accomplishing its purpose
well.
It is announced from Ottawa that
the Japanese-Canadian controversy
is to be settled by the prompt pay
ment of $5,ooo damages to Japan
for the Vancouver riot, and that
Vancouver will be called on to foot
the bill. This will make the end
of the Japanese incident from the
standpoint of the Ottawa govern
ment, but the affair is sure to ran
kle among the people of Japan and
of the Pacific coast for a long time
to come.
THE TRESPASS LAW.
Hunters Should Keep Ofl Potted Landi.
It will be well for hunters who
are planning to go into the fields
and woods in search of game to re
member that the trespass law
is in force and that many farm
ers have posted notices on their
premises warning hunters and oth
ers not to trespass on their lands.
The hunter who tramps all day
through the fields with little suc
cess may be inclined to ignore tres
pass notices, but it will be well for
him to take heed of the warnings
lest his hunting trip shall cost him
dearly. It is required by the law
that trespass notices shall be con
spicuously displayed so that hunt
ers and others may readily see
them. Unless they are so posted
the farmer cannot collect damages
from those who walk through his
fields. The hunter who has to
search diligently for trespass notices
is not in much danger of being fin
ed for trespassing, for he is excus
able in supposing that because the
notices are not conspicuously post
ed none exist on that particular
property.
Bloomsburg Souvenir Books, 48
half tone pictures, 25 cents, at the
Columbian office. tf.
Wanamaker on Business.
John Wanamaker, in an inter
view in New York a few days ago,
said: "There is nothing the mat
ter with business. Wall street is
agitated, but Wall street is a world
by itself. It kicks money around
as though it was a football. In the
main it is a great game of specula
tion. At times the country is filled
with wonder at the power of a few
to tie up money and to project it
into great corporation movements
that for the time-being make banks
and trust companies their partners
and indirectly affect the mercantile
business. But the great country is
not affected by the spasms of Wall
street. It can be counted on to
continue in good financial health.
The real business of supplying the
wants of 80,000,000 people has to go
on because wants go on. I feel sure
that it can be proven that a large
majority of the mercantile world
was never in so sound a condition."
Before that cough turns into a serious throat or lung trouble, stop it witn
Jayn&s OpeciaraLfif
It has proved its real value during 75 years. taOld
Ask your druggist for it
ONE OF THE MOST
Popular Suits lor this season
consists of double breasted
Jacket with or without belt
and knickei liot'kersor "bloom
ers" as some people call them.
Here in a larue assortment
of beautiful worsteds, cassi
mcres and cheviots.
$4.00 to $8.00.
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CORNER.
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Thrifty Housewives
i
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Now just a word as to this Furniture. We only ask j
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." j
And the Kitchen Helps we can only mention a few
in the space of course, but if you have a need in that line 1
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whig uc, ic win save you
Furniture.
Rocking Chairs 1.50 to
15.00.'
Parlor and Library Ta
bles 1. $o 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 El
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.
F. P.
BLOOMSBURG,
BOYS'
Stylish Fall Soils
That will wear well, always
look well, and please t.ho I toy
as well as von, are tin; only
sort you'll find here a I the
right prices.
$2.00 to $8.00.
"DfiMiuatftdl J
TIME FOR
money every lime.
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
3.50.
' Carpet Sweepers 1.7 5 to
2.75.
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 1.25 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.