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rtL O OMSB UR G, PA., THURSDAY OCTOBER 31, tgo7.
MO. 42.
ADDING NEW ACCOUNTS
4T 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 Financial
Strength this Bank Occupies Front Rank.
C M. CKEVKMNG, Pres. M. MILLEISEN. Cashier.
HALLOWE'EN.
Tonight is Hallowe'en, the time
when spirits are supposed to go
abroad, and do all sorts of so-called
funny stunts. It has been the prac
tice in years past for boys and girls
and sometimes men who ought to
know better, to array themselves
in costumes such as spirits would
be ashamed to be caught in after
dark, and to go about the town
tearing down fences, defacing build
ings, stealing door mats, gates,
waqons, and everything else in
sight that was movable, on the sup
position that their acts were really
funny. Thev did not seem to re
alize that such conduct is malicious
mischief and larceny just as much
on Hallowe'en as at any othet time,
and can be prosecuted and punish
ed as such.
Tonight will see a large number
of masijueraders, and they will be
amusing so long as they do not
commit criminal acts. It would be
far more enjoyable for everybody if
a procession were formed and a pa
rade given in some sort of order
by the mummers, than if the even
ing were spent in the disorganized
and disorderly manner that has too
often heretofore prevailed in this
town. Amusement is one thing,
disorderly conduct and malicious
mischief are other things, and those
who indulge in the one should see
that they do not go so far over the
line that it becomes the other.
LICENSE TRANSFER.
A. h Fritz Esq has filed in the
Prothonotary's office an application
for the transfer of the hotel license
of Parvin Kile at Jamison City, to
John Vonkins of Dushore. The
matter will not be acted upon until
December court, when it is expect
ed the sale of the property will
have been made.
The hotel property is that which
was formerly known as Manor
Rest Inn, and later as Proctor Inn.
The building, when new, was the
finest hotel property in the county
outside of Bloomsburg, aud was
handsomely furnished. Its original
cost with the furniture was about
$16,000, but for different reasons
it never paid a fair return on the
investment, and the owners sold it
a few years ago at public sale to
Mr. Kile. It was a cnarming re
sort, and ought to have paid well.
OLiTrESIDENT DEAD.
John Amtnerman of Lightstreet,
died suddenly at his home after
taking a short walk. He was a
life-long resident of that village,
and a war veteran.
He is survived by his wife and
the following named children: Os
car, of Jamison City; Mrs. John
Shew, of Light Street ; William of
Coinpton, Illinois ; Mrs. Maza Dy
er, of Milton ; Charles, of Milton ;
Mrs. Ida Rissel, of Philadelphia.
The followiug brothers and sisters
also survive : James, of Forks j
Mrs. Sarah Hagenbucb, of East
street, Bloomsburg. and Mrs.
Guest, of Danville.
The funeral was held on Wed
nesday, in the M. E. church at
Lightstreet.
RAISING PHEASANTS.
Columbia county has the distinc
tion of having the only pheasantry
in the State of Pennsylvania. It is
conducted by Associate Judge El
mer Yeager, in Roaring Creek
township, who in addition to the
duties of his office will experiment
with the raising of pheasants.
They have been successfnlly raised
in Canada for years, but it is a bus
iness which is new in this country
and hence will be watched with interest.
DECISION ON INDIGENT INSANE.
Judge Evans, recently, at Dan
ville, handed down a decision in the
case of the trustees of the state hos
pital for the insane vs. Danville
and Mahoning Poor Dist.ict, of
Montour county, May term, 1907,
assumpsit. By agreement filed in
the case the parties dispensed with
a trial by jury and submitted the
decision of the same to the court,
pursuant to the provisions of the
act of April 22, 1874. This was an
action brought to recover for medi
cal care, maintenance and clothing
rendered Catharine Ilahn, an alleg
ed pauper, committed to the care
and custody of the plaintiff by the
overseers ot the poor of the defend
ant poor district. The court finds
that the said Catherine Hahn was
not an indigent insane person and
that the hospital for the insane is
entitled to judgment against the
Danville and Mahoning poor dis
trict. The decision is one of much
importance as it aims to break up
a practice pretty generally in vogue
throughout the state that of com
mitting persons to the various hos
pitals as indigent insane when they
have estates or some one responsi
ble for their care and keeping.
MAJOR CHAMBERL1N IN TOWN.
After an absence of many years
Major James W. Chamberlin is
visitiug Bloomsburg. He is a sou
of the late John Chamberlin who
was for a long time a justice of the
peace m this town. In his younger
days the Major was a clerk in the
McKelvy & Neal store, and later
conducted a tailoring establish
ment in part of the Hartman store
building. He served in the civil
war, attaining the rank of Major
Subsequently he was cashier of a
bank at Plymouth. He has also
been in business at Wilkes-Barre,
and for several years past he has
lived at Hampton Roads, Va. He
expects to be here until Christmas.
HAD TO REPRINT BALLOTS.
All the ballots for Northumber
land county had to be reprinted be
cause in the Prothonotary column
the word Prothonotary only appear
ed at the head, while it should
have read "Prothonotary and Clerk
of the Court of Quarter Sessions."
There were about 50,000 of them,
and they were piinted by J. I.
Steele of Shamokin. The error
was in the copy furnished him by
the commissioners.
BOYD F. MAIZE MARRIED.
Boyd F. Maize Esq was married
in the Presbyterian church at Ava
lon, Pa , on Tuesday to Miss Edith
R. Behrhorst of that place. A
large number of invited guests were
present. Miss Edith Maize was
maid of honor, and Warren Mar
shall of New York was best man.
After the ceremony a delightful re
ception was held at the bride's
home. After a wedding tour, Mr.
and Mrs. Maize will reside in
Bloomsburg.
THANKSGIVING SERVICE.
The Bloomsbunr Ministerial
Union has arranged for a union
Thanksgiving service. The meet
ing will be held in the Methodist
church at i:xo in the evening, aud
the sermon will be preached by
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Rev. G. K. Smitn, pastor ot me
Baptist church.
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W. H. Brower now occupies his
new property on Normal Hill, re
cently purchased by him from the
Misses Brown.
On The Basis of
Careful and Conservative Management
0e ( foomeBurg
Invites Your Business.
3 Per Cent. Interest Allowed on Savings Deposits
Wm. II. IIidlay, Cashier.
DOGS MUST BE TAGGED.
Every dog must wear a small
brass tag on his or her collar as
proof to the authorities that their
existence is being looked after by
some owner and that they have a
perfect right to live, according to
the law pissed by the recent legis
lature requiring every dog owner in
tlm State to nav to the county tax
collectors 50 cents for the privilege
of ownership.
This law has created a great stir
in the country districts and all the
canines in the rural districts will
Mmi li.'uv now collars and a bright
brass tag with a number and name
of county stamped on the center ot
tli hr.i5 nhnnt their necks. Woe
betide any misguided dog who fails
to comply with tne law.
Tlif nrt states that each tax col
lector in the county shall make a
return to the county commissioners
of every dog in his district and to
notify each owner that unless the
license price, 50 cents, be not paid
in ten days, the constable of that
district will be notified and the ani
mal killed. Each 50 cents paid in
to the county treasury will be plac
ed in a fund from which all dain
ntres will be mid in cases where
sheep are killed by dogs or where
a mad dog bites cattle, causing
death. At the end of each year all
money over $200 remaining in the
treasury will be divided between
the various school districts of the
county, while the $200 will be
withheld by the commissioners tor
the dog damage fund.
The law requiring eacn aog in
the county to be taxed, exclusive
nf thi cities of the third class, has
been in force for several years, but
the wearing ot tags on tne couar is
new. Heretofore when the tax
collectors innnired about the own
ership of a dog noticed about the
premises the animal was said to be
a "'tramp, " as a rule, and as the
law did not provide for the killing
of all unlicensed doS at that time,
very few canines were reported and
taxed by the commissioners. But
the new act providing for the death
of all dogs not licensed has caused
many tags to be sold to dog owners.
Th act nrovides for d cents to
be paid to the constables for each
dog killed by them, this to be paid
out of the dog damage tuna.
ALUMNI BANQUET.
The annual reunion and banquet
of the Luzerne Countv Alumui As
sociation of the Bloomsburg State
Normal School will be held this
evening at the Hotel Sterling in
Wilkes-Barre, at six o'clock. Dr.
Waller and a number of the pro
fessors ot the school win be mere,
and the Crusade Commandery
Quartette will give some vocal
selections.
DONATION DAY.
Saturdcv is Donation Day at the
Joseph Ra'ti Hospital. It should
be generously remembered on that
d.iv. Since its establishment it has
done much good, and many lives
have been saved by operations
which, hut for the hospital, could
not have been performed for lack
of means to go to a distant hospital.
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Arm Amputated.
Charles Barwick of Catawissa,
brakeman on the Philadelphia &
Reading road, fell from a box car
at West Milton on Monday after
noon and his right arm was crushed
below the elbow. He was brought
here to the Hospital, where Dr.
Bruner and Dr. J. M. Vastine am
putated the arm at the shoulder.
QUftonaf (ganft
A. Z. Sciiocii, President.
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION.
President Roosevelt has issued
the following proclamation:
Once again the season of the
year has come when, in accordance
with the custom of our forefathers
for generations past, the President
appoints a day as the especial occa
sion for all our people to give praise
and thanksgiving to God.
During the past year we have
been free from famine, from pesti
lence, from war. We are at peace
with all the rest of mankind. Our
natural resources are at least as
great as those of any other nation.
We believe that in ability to devel
op and take advantage of these re
sources the average man of this na
tion stands at least as high as the
average man of any other. No
where else in the world is there
such an opportunity for a free peo
ple to develop to the fullest extent
all its powers of body, of mind, and
of that which stands above both
body aud niiud character.
TEN TALENTS IN OUR CARK.
Much has been given us from on
high and much will rightly be ex
pected of us in return. Into our
care the ten talents have been en
trusted; and we are to be pardoned
neither if we squander and waste
them, nor yet if we hide them in a
napkin; for they must be fruitful
in our hands. Ever throughout
the ages, at all times and among all
peoples, prosperity has been fraught
with danger, and it behooves us to
beseech the Giver of All Things
that we may not fall into love of
ease and of luxury; that we may
not lose our sense of moral respon
sibility; that we may not forget our
duty to God and to our neighbor
ASKS RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUSTICE
A great democracy like ours, a
democracy based upou the princi
ples of orderly liberty, can be per
petuated only if in the heart of the
ordinary citizen there dwells a keen
sense of righteousness and justice.
We should earnestly pray that this
spirit of righteousness aud justice
may grow ever greater in the hearts
of all of us, aud that our souls
may be inclined ever more both to
ward the virtues that tell for gen
tleness and tenderness, for loving
kindness and forbearance one with
another, and toward those no less
necessary virtues that make for
manliness and rugged hardihood
for without these qualities neither
nation nor individual can rise to
the level of greatness.
DAY OK THANSGIVING AND PRAYER
Now, therefore, I, Theodore
Roosevelt, President of the United
States, lo set apart Thursday, the
28th day of November, as a day of
general thanksgiving and prayer,
and on that day I recommend that
the people shall cease from their
daily work, and, in their homes or
in their churches, meet devoutly to
thank the Almighty for the many
and great blessings they have re
ceived in the past, and to pray that
they may be given the strength so
to order their lives as to receive a
coutinuance of these blessings in
the future.
DILLON'S GREEN HOUSES.
A new stack has just been raised
at the boiler room of the Dillon
Green Houses on Normal Hill, to
replace the one blown down by the
wind recently.
The chrysamthemums are now
coining on, and the sales have been
large though the crop is unusually
early this fall. A little later they
will be out in all their glory.
The retail trade has been largely
increased, and there is now on
hand a fine collection of ferns,
palms, aud ornamental plants of
many varieties.
Our Overcoats!
WE'VE put the peg a
notch higher this year,
and we believe we are
showing the finest ready
to wear Overcoats ever
offered the trade.
Don't even think of
going to the high priced
Tailor for an Overcoat.
Very few Men do and
THERE'S NO REASON WHATEVER
FOR DOING SO!
We offer you the same
high grade of fabrics in
Cheviots, Kerseys, Mel
tons, Vicunas, Friezes,
etc., as the exclusive
Merchant Tailor.
Then, when it comes
to the style and Tailor
ingwe take off our hats
to no one.
OVERCOATS AT $10 TO $60
We've the Medium
Length Coat, the Long
Coat, the Storm Coat.
We've every kind of Overcoat for every style of Men. I
Nothing skimped and nothing narrow, mean or stingy
about our garments or our store.
BEN CIDDINC
Clothier, Hatter and Haberdasher.
Exchange Hotel, Bloomsburg.
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Come in and see us,
we'll treat you right.
NEXT TUESDAY'S ELECTIONS.
There will be elections in twelve
States on Tuesday next. In Mas
sachusetts, Rhode Island, Mary
land, Mississippi aud Kentucky a
Governor and other State officers
will be chosen; in New Jersey, a
Governor only; in New York, two
Associate Justices of the Court of
Appeals; in Pennsylvania, a State
Treasurer, and in Nebraska a Rail
road Commissioner and two Re
gents of the State University. In
Massachusetts, Maryland and New
Jersey the political contests are
more than ordinarily spirited. The
Democratic split in Massachusetts
has not served to diminish the pub
lic interest, although it makes prac
tically certain the re-election of the
Republican candidate for Governor.
In Maryland the battle between the
parties is made more fierce because
it involves the choice of a United
States Senator. In New Jersey
there is a fair stand-up fight for the
Governorship unhampered by the
choice of any other State officials,
making an unusually interesting
off-year contest. There are also
specially important municipal elec
tions in Cleveland and San Francis
co which are of more than local
significance.
In Pennsylvania the fact that
onlv one State official is to be chos
en on the general ticket will have
its effect in decreasing tne outturn
of voters: but not to the usual ex
tent. The attention of voters has
been foctissed upon the State Treas
urership by reason of the scanda
lous mismanagement of past years.
culminating in the exposures ot
enormous plundering in tne Diuia
imr of the State Canitol. It is felt
by thousands of honest voters that
the question of the condemnation
or condonation of the participants
in that six million dollar steal is di
rectly involved in the result of the
election. Ex.
School Enrollment
At the regular monthlv meetine
of the Bloom School Board the re-
oort of Principal Sterner showed an
enrollment of U13 pupils in the
schools.
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Dr. Champlin Honored.
Dr. H. W. Champlin, of Blooms
burg, formerly of Towanda, has
accepted a position in a large sani
tarium at Wernersville, Pa., where
he will be in charge of the medical
treatment, minor surgery, and eye
work of the institution. He will
enter upon his duties there the first
of December. Those who were
familiar with the doctor's practice
in this vicinity prior to ten years
ago will not be greatly surprised at
his appointment to such a responsi
ble position. His many Towanda
friends will be pleased to hear of his
good fortune. Towanda Reporter
Journal.
During his residence in Blooms
burg, Dr. Champlin and fairily
have made many warm friends who
will regret their departure from our
town. The Doctor has built up a
fine practice here.
The Prohibition Candidates.
Several gentlemen from Millville
were in town yesterday to learn
why the name of the Prohibition
caudidate for Associate Judge was
not printed on the ballots. The
answer to their inquiry was that
his name did not appear on the of
fficial copy sent to the Commission
ers by the department at Harris
burg. Either the papers were not
filed at Harrisburg. or else the can
didate did not receive enough votes
to entitle him to have his name,
printed on the ballot. There was
no fault either with the Commis
sioners or the printer.
Savings Deposits.
The First National Bank is loan
ing out free of cost small, beautiful
steel oxydized banks to persons
who want to take care of their
small savings. These little banks
are periodically brought to the
Bank where they are opened, the
contents taken out and credited to
the owner. By their use, it is hoped
many people will be induced to save
their money and become bank de
positors. .
Polls open at 7 a. m. and close at
7P n.