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THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURA, PA.
STRONGEST BANK
Capital
8100,000
Undivided Profits
S30.000
First National Bank,
3 Per Cent. Interest Allowed on Savings Deposits
OFFICERS:
F-. V. M. Low, President. J. M. Staver, Vice President.
K. P.. Tustiu, Vice President. K. F. Carpenter, Cashier.
DIRECTORS:
SW.M.Low, F. O. Ynrks, Frank Ikeler, Joseph Ratti,
t',. It. Tustln, Fred Ikeler,
J.M Staver,
M. I. Low,
THE COLUMBIAN.
TH? C3LU V.3I& OEMOCSAT,
II.IS'I ::! EVERY TllfRSDAY Morning,
At IV.o iinsl urg, t!ie County Seat of
Co 1 uMiliin County .Pennsylvania.
r.KO. K. KI.WKU., Editor.
GEO. C. KUAN, Foreman.
Tkkm: Inside the county i.oo a year
laWance: i.ji'if not paul in a Ivance.
Outride t lie county, $ 1.25 a year, strictly in
advance
Ail on,intiunicntioni shoulil I'd Mresed
THE COl.'.'M HI AN, HSoomsiuir,;, I'a
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, l!07
WHO SAYS HARD TIMES?
Whit meats all this talk about
hard times, stringency in the mon
ey market, panic in financial cir
cles, and the like? It cannot be
possible that such calamities can
befall this nation under existing
circumstances. We have a Repub
lican President, a Republican Con
gress, a high protective tariff that
fosters infant industries like the
Standard Oil Company, and the
steel and iron trusts, thus enabling
them to contribute large stuns to
the Republican campaign fund. Of
course it is nonsense to talk of any
thing but prosperity while the G.
'. P. controls the reins of the na
. jnal government. In addition to
;e foregoing blessings, we are go-
g to have Sheatz for state treas
urer in Pennsylvania, and this will
"wave a tendency to keep the money
in the state treasury in circulation
in the hands of political grafters
and capitol trimmers. Possibly it
may lead to the erection of a new
annex to the Palace of Graft.
Money stringency ? Fudge! The
Republicau party, the inventors,
producers, and promoters of all that
is good and great in America, will
never permit such a thing to hap
pen. Iu fact, by their wise legis
lation and superb government they
have rendered such a thing impos
sible. But, mind you, if it does happen,
it will probably be the fault of Gro
ver Cleveland, or William J. Bry
an, or of the Democratic party in
general. The G. O. P. will not
tolerate the suggestion that hard
times is to be laid at their door.
IBUY AT HOME.
Now that Christmas is approach
ing, look around and see what you
can do at home before seuding your
money out of town to buy holiday
gifts. On this subject one of our
exchanges aptly says:
"What class of citizens expend
their money away from home ? The
patron of the mail order house or
the big city mercantile establish
ment is found in all classes of citi
zens. The rich spend more money
away from hom than do the poor,
but the poor, by patronizing the
mail order houses, help to take
from the home merchant that pat
ronage which is his due. And all
citizens who go a a ay from home to
make their purchases rob the to mi
of that .support which is so essential
to her progress and prospetity.
The habit of sending away from
home for g ods which cj be pur
chased as advantageously 'in their
home city is one which is at once
harmful and dangerous. It is wrong
to ignore the home merchant in or
der to seud your money to some
other city to merchants who have
no interest in this town and who
pay nothing in the way of taxes
toward maintaining the municipal
government. Buy at honit-, where
you can have a chance to see what
you are getting and because you
owe loyaltv to home enterprises.
Keep your mon.'y at home and
you will be he ping to build up the
towti iu vh oh vou earn vour mon
ey." '
OABTOXIXA,
Ik I:. J u... ii ii n la
II
IN THE COUNTY
Surplus
8150,000.
Geo, S. Hobbim, 8. C. Creasy,
Louis flross,
H. V. Hower.
The Grafters "Easier" in Mind.
The capitol grafters are percepti
bly "easier" in mind since the elec
tion. It may be said that they
never were iu very serious fear of
conviction. Their confidence in
the Muces of the Republican ma
chine campaign for the recovery of
complete control of the state gov
ernment influenced them to waive
a number of technical advantages
in setting a time for trial. Since
the cle:tion, however, they have
thrown off all disguise. They sneer
at even the suggestion of convic
tion. They literally laugh at the
law.
Of course those criminal conspir
ators understand that they will be
put on trial and probably at the
time set upon agreement between
counsel for the State and the accus
ed. Samuel Salter understood that
he would have to stand trial when
lie surrendered to the authorities
after the election of the "unspeak
able" John Weaver to the office of
District Attorney of Philadelphia.
tsut ne understood that the trial
would be in a frienJly court by a
"fixed" jury and that his acquittal
had been absolutely agreed upon in
advance. The capitol grafters have
precisely the same understanding.
They have arranged for a mistrial.
The capitol grafters were more
deeply concerned in the result of
the election than any other resi
dents of the State and they contrib
uted most liberally to the campaign
fund. They realized that the elec
tion of John G. Harman to the of
fice of State Treasurer meant to
them penal servitude and to the
State the elimination of graft. It
is small wonder that they were earn
est supporters of Sheatz and that
they secured the services of the ve
ual press, at the price of large sums
and self stultification. Their per
sonal liberty was involved.
Bellefonte Watchman,
Bloomsburg Souvenir Books, 4S
half tone pictures, 25 cents, at the
Columbian office. tf.
A Bad Job.
The state road in Montour coun
ty, between Danville and Mausdale,
after three years trial, turns out to
be a bad job. Recently the state
undertook to repair the roadbed,
and it was found that the road was
deficient in nearly every particular.
In some places there were only
three inches depth of foundation,
where there should have been nine,
and also the road is from one to
four feet too narrow along its en
tire length of about 3000 feet. One
of the great difficulties that the
state highway department has had
to deal with under the new road
law was incompetency among the
employees of the department. The
state is now engaged in bringing
the road up to specifications, and
has given to D. J. Rogers the work
of getting the highway into shape.
My Hair is
Extra Long
Feed your hair; nourish it;
give it something to live on.
Then it will stop falling, and
will grow long and heavy.
Ayer's Hair Vigor is the only
genuine hair-food you can
buy. It gives new life to the
hair-bulbs. You save what
hair you have, and get more,
too. And it keeps the scalp
clean and healthy.
Tho beiot kind of testimonial
"Soli tor over runty year."
i:d by J. O. Ayr On., Lowell, Ut..
Atia tuuiuiAumrttft or
SARSAf ABILLA.
1 PILLS.
CHEKRY PECTORAL.
It M
WASHINGTON
From onr Regular Correspondent.
Washing' on, D. C, Nov. 18, 1007
The report comes to Washington
from many sources that if Mr
Roosevelt is renominated the solita
ry hope of Democratic success lies
in a new man, other than Bryan,
and a new platform, while others
.are equally insistent that in the re
nomination of Mr. Roosevelt lies
the salvation of the Democratic par
ty, as it will surely place Mr. Bry
an in the Kxecutive chair. Among
the latter class of t rognosticators
in Washington, the recent utter
ance of Mr. Henrv Watterson the
editor of a prominent Southern
journal, who declares tha' the very
thought of a third term ts treason
and that "if, through any rnachina
tions of political conditions, or any
consp racy or party machinery, 11
couM present itself as an actuality,
the people will rise en masse, espec
ially in New Kngland, and crush it
as a giant might crush an egg shell"
is being quoted as gospel truth.
.Mr. uryan s recent u.'Ci itiou in
fa . or of immediate tariff revision i
wA-cme bv Democrats iu Washing
ton who believe that it will serve to
emphasize the utter incapacity of
the Republican party to deal with
the tari.T monster, which it has its
elf created. Already there are in
d cations of a lively row in Repub
lican ranks. Representative Burton
of Ohio, for instance, lias announc
ed his intention to resign the chair
manship of the Committee on Riv
ers and Harbors. He contemplates
this step because lie believes that
he is entitled to and hopes to force
the Speaker to apnoint him to the
vacancy on the Ways and Means
Committee created by the defeat of
Representative Grosvenor of Ohio.
The Speaker, however, cares noth
ing for the fact that Mr. Burton is
entitled to this recognition and is
determined that he shall not have
it because Mr. Burton has espoused
the cause of :he President and Sec
retary Taft, both of whom favor
revision. Like all ardent protec
tionists, Mr. Cannon is first a
"stand -patter" and with him jus
tice has to take its chances after
the protected industries have been
duly provided for.
V
The State of Oklahoma which
was admitted to the union last Sat
urday, is the first Democratic State
to come into the union in sixty-two
years, or since Texas was admit
ted. And it will have a greater
voting strength in Congress and in
Presidential elections because of the
fact that it is the largest State in
population ever admitted to the
union. It is a source of infinite
satisfaction to Democratic politic
ians in Washington that it comes in
just at a time when the party most
needs it to save the Democracy in
the United States Senat from the
disgrace of falling below one-third
of the membership of that body.
With the two Democratic Senators
from Oklahoma, the Democrats will
again have one more vote than the
one-third re.essary, and if united,
the party will have an unlimited
veto power in the consideration of
treaties. Although entitled by its
population to seven members of the
lower house, Oklahoma will have
but five, and of those five members
four are Democrats and one is a Re
publican. V
A call for the Democratic caucus,
which will assemble in the hall of
the House on the evening of No
vember 30th, at 8 o'clock, has been
issued by the Chairman, Represen
tative Henry of Texas. The ex
pectation is that John Sharp Wil
liams, of Mississippi, will again be
chosen minority leader, and it is
probable that few changes willjbe
made in Jthe party personnel of of
ficers. Mr. Williams has made a
decidedly capable leader ot the mi
nority and it is expected that with
fifty more Democrats at his back in
the forthcoming Congress, he will
make aa even better showing dur
ing the coming winter.
The financial situation is no long
er the chief topic of conversation
and discussion at the Cabinet meet
ings because of the steady and
wholly satisfactory improvement in
conditions throughout the country,
and particularly in New York the
outlook is greatly improved. Ac
cording to the Secretary of the
Treasury the fact that money is
now being sent to the West freely
through the usual channels, indi
cates, better than anything else,
that the stringent conditions which
have prevailed recently ure easing
up.
For four weeks before Christmas
Thk Columbian will go into every
home in Bloomsburg, and for that
reason will be an excellent adver
Using medium. It will be made
specially attractive during that
Movable Schools for the Farmer.
Department ot Agriculture Plant Novel
Method cl Instruction.
Movable schools for farmers will
be opened next in mth under the
direction of Deputy Secretary of
Agriculture Martin. The move
ment is uniq'. e, being the only one
of the kind in the United States,
and the schools will be observed by
the United States officials and the
agricultural officials of a score of
States.
The subjects for study at these
schools will be dairying and horti
culture. Prof. II. K. VanOrman,
of State College, and Dr. J. B.
Deitrich, of Scranton, will be the
teachers in dairying. The teachers
in horticulture will be Dr. George
C. Butz and Prof. J. C. Stewart, of
State College, and J. II. Funk, of
Boyertown.
These schools are to be conducted
free of cost and are for the special
benefit of those who have not had
nor may not have the opportunity
to attend State College and other
institutions where advanced agri
culture is taught. Should schools
which have been arranged for be a
succesv they will be conducted in
ever' county of Pennsylvania audi
the work enlarged so as to include !
poultry raising and other subjects
in which the agriculture classes of
the State arc interested.
The first school will be opened
with a c'ass of sixty persons at
Waverly, Lackawanna County, on
December 16, by Mr. Martin, in
person.
Classes have also been organized
in Lancaster, Chester and Bradford
Counties. These schools will be
separate and distinct from the
fanners institutes which are now
being held by the department
throughout the State, and will con
tinue until March.
Souvenir Post Cards are printed
at this office. Half tones supplied.
Tne Indian Famine.
A temporary shortage of circulat
ing currency, brought about by a
sudden and baseless collapse of con
fidence, is a sufficiently unfortunate
happening. It creates general dis
turbance and distress. But what is
such a visitation by comparison
with the present awful conditions
in British India, one of the most
densely populated portions of the
earth's surface, where half the
population will suffer to some ex
tent by reason of the failure of the
crops, and where as many as forty
million persons are threatened with
starvation ? The cause of the
trouble is a failure of the usual
rainfall. The monsoons that bring
the needed annual moisture were
ooked for in vain. In the famine
of 1900 the British Government ex
pended $70,000,000 .iu measures of
relief ; but it is estimated that iu
spite of all charitable effort one
million of the population in the
strickeu districts died of disease or
starvation. There is likely to be a
repetition of this terrible calamity
upon a more extended scale.
India is a country of farmers,
and the facilities of transportation
are so meagre as to make the task
of distributing food exceedingly
difficult. The lack of food is made
more terrible by the lack of water.
'When the wells become dry,
says an English observer, "the peo
ple use water from any foul hole
where a little moisture may be dis
covered." They know nothing
about sanitary precautions. Chol
era follows in the wake of destitu
tion. The roads are so bad that iu
remote villages where there is no
lack cf means to buy food it is im
possible to extend the needed relief.
These Indian famines are of pe
riodic occurrence. They are not
due to misgovernnieut, but have,
on the contrary, been greatly ame
liorated as a result of British domi
nance and the extension of system
atized relief. But the the task of
feeding and saving millions of
starving people which must now be
faced by the Indian Government is
one of appalling magnitude. (Much
has been done in the building of
railways and the extension of irri
gation works in making relief prac
tical le and in warding off more se
rious crop failures; but in the face
of the impending calamity a shud
dering fear will fall upon the hearts
of men the world over. Our trou
bles iu this blessed land are as noth
ing by comparison. Ex.
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TOWNSEND
THIS
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20
SUITS AND
Don't Fail to Avail Your
self of this Opportunity
COR!
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
$too.
White Enameled and
Brass Beds 5.00 to 35.00.
Kitchen Helps
A full and complete line
of -the justly celebrated Et
dleweiss4Cooking 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,
OFFERING
Off
OVERCOATS!
Kitchen Helps
Floor Brushes 1.00 to 1.50
Wall Brushes 6oc.J
Stove Brushes 15 to 25c
Washing Machines 7.50
to 9 50. '
Clothes Wringers 1.75 to
3-50.
Carpet Sweepers 1.75 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.
Soc.
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.
lungs.
time.