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RL 0 OMSB UR G, PA., THURSDAY MARCH 12, 1908.
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Farmers National Bank.
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $I5O.O0O.
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.
S Per Cent. Interest Paid on Time Deposits.
In Point of Business Success and Financial
Strength this Bank Occupies Front Rank.
C M. CUEVELTNG, Pres. M. MILLEISEN. Cashier.
JAMES M. KLINE.
James M. Kline, the. well known
and popular proprietor of the Cen
tral Hotel, died at his home on
Tuesday morning, after an illness
of a year and a half. His disease
was a tumorous growth which ob
structed the passage to the stomach,
so that it was impossible for him to
take sufficient nourishment.
He consulted specialists, and re
ceived treatment in Philadelphia,
but without beneficial results. As
a last reort two operations were
performed at the Joseph Ratti
Hospital by Dr. Laplace of Phila
delphia, but these were unavailing,
and he was brought back to his
home knowing that there was no
help for him. He gradually grew
weaker until the end.
Mr. Kline was a son of Harman
Kline of Fishingcreek township,
and his age was 45 years. He is
survived by his wife, formerly Miss
Abra C. Sutliff, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J W. Sutliff, of Hunt
ington township, Luzerne couuty.
and by two children, Pearl and
Harold. His mother, Mrs. Har
man Kline ; a sister, Martha, both
of Jonestown, and two brothers,
William and Hiram, both of Asbury
also survive. .
He at one time conducted a store
at Benton, and later was proprie
tor of the Kile Hotel at Emmons.
Subsequently he moved to River
tide and conducted a hotel until
: 901, when he purchased the Cen
tral Hotel and moved here His
house enjoys a high reputation for
its excellent table.
The deceased was a member of
the Friendship Fire Co. No. 1 ; of
Theta Castle, No. 276, Knights of
the Golden Eagle; and of Cata
wissa Aerie No. 478. Fraternal
Order of Eagles, which organiza
tions will attend in a body. The
luneral will be held on Friday at 2
o'clock, Rev. Dr. Hemingway offi
ciating. WHEELMEN ELECT OFFICERS.
At the annual meeting of the
Bloomsburg Wheelmen Club on
Tuesday evening the following of
ficers were elected for the ensuing
year: President, 1 G. M. Tustiu;
Vice President, James T. Goodwin;
Secretary, Gerald Gross; Treasurer,
W. C. Snyder; Librarians, W. E.
Johnson and S. F. Peacock; Audi
tors, H. S. Barton, C. R. Nagle
and Clem R. Weiss; Board of Gov
ernors. F. R. Carpenter, Fred Beg
linger, J. M. Clark, W. S. Reed,
F. H. Wilson, A. W. Sharpless
and C. T. Vanderslice.
The reports of the different offic
ers for the past year showed a
healthy condition of the club's af
fairs. A vote of thanks was ex
tended to J. M. Clark, the retiring
President- and nit the other officers.
for their very efficient and satisfac
tory management.
At the close of the meeting a
much was served.
MANY LICENSES REFUSED.
' The Judges of Luzerne county
have handed down their decision in
the liquor license applications,
which shows that over five hundred
applications were refused.
With but' only about ten excep
tions not a new house was granted
in the county. Several of the
prominent and principal places in
Hazleton against which remon
strances had been filed were refus
ed Rev. E. B. Bailey has been re
turned to Bloomsburg for another
year, by the Evangelical Confer
ence held during the past week at
Berwick. Thi9 is very gratifying
to his congregation and to the peo
ple generally.
ACCOUNTS
THE
APPEAL FuR FUNDS.
The ladies constituting the Union
Benevolent Society of Bloomsburg,
are in need of funds to carry on
their work of helping the needy
and deserving poor through the re
mainder of the winter. The offer
ing at Thanksgiving was much less
than usual and was exhausted ear
ly iu January; since then we have
been obliged to refuse help in sev
eral cases where it was greatly
needed. At present we have some
calls where there is real destitution.
For instance, a family of five chil
dren, ranging in age from twelve
years to two months, father out of
work, mother willing to work but
can't leave the baby, two oldest
boys sent to scnool one morning
this week without a bit of break
fast, because there was nothing in
the house to eat.
Now, past experience has taught
me that this state of things will not
long exist in Bloomsburg when the
people know the facts. I will sim
ply say we need clothing, especial
ly shoes, for children, vegetables,
meat, groceries, in short anything
to eat or wear, or money to buy
these things. You who have plen
ty please respond.
All articles left at Mrs. Demaree's
on Fifth street, or 143 West Firs"t
street, will be thankfully received
and judiciously used.
Respectfully submitted by
Mrs. M. C. Walker,
Supt. and Treas. of United Be
nevolent Society.
JACOB SHAFFER.
The death of this well known
man occurred at his home on East
street last Thursdax morning, at
the age of seventy years He was
born in Beach Haven, but has re
sided here for many years, being a
valued employe of Harman & H as
sert for the past 30 years. He was
a membet of Bloomsburg Council,'
United American Mechanics, and
of Theta Castle, Knights of the
Golden Eagle, and the Knights of
Malta.
Surviving Mr. Shaffer are his
widow and two children: W. E.
Shaffer and Mrs. Lizzie Acben
bach, of town. A brother, Charles
Shaffer, resides at Sbickshinny.
The funeral was held on Satur
day afternoon, and was largely at
tended. In the absence of Rev. J.
D. Thomas, the services were con
ducted by Rev. A. Houtz, of Or-
angeville, assisted by Rev. J. E.
Byers.
SUDDEN DEATH.
Mrs. William Fisher, of Orange-
ville, died suddenly on Tuesday as
she was returning to her home
from a baker's wagon in the street,
the cause being apoplexy. She fell
unconscious at the door, and was
carried in the house by neighbors,
and died three hours later.
Mrs. Fisher was the daughter of
the lats John Conner of Center
township and a sister of Charles
Conner, deceased. She was a mem
ber of the Lutheran church and n
ardent worker in the W. C. T. U.
She is survived by the following
children, her husband having died
last October: Mrs. R. R. Ikeler
land Bert Fisher, of Bloomsburg,
and Mrs G. S. Fleckenstiue of
Orangeville.
The funeral will be held from
her late home Friday morning at 10
o'clock, the services being in charge
of Rev. A. Houtz. Interment will
be made at Orangeville.
The paper book in the contested
wtinn rase of Tudcre Krickbaum
' is being prepared for the Supreme
1 court wmcu sus 111 iiuaucijjiua m
April.
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Wm. II. IIidlay, Cashier.
DEEDS RECORDED.
The following deeds have recent
ly been entered of record by Re
corder of Deeds Frank W. Miller :
Hiram R. Bower and wife to
Henry A. Lutz for lots 17 and 19
in the township of Briar Creek.
A. D. Poust to Li'liau Scolt for
63 acres and 58 1-2 perches of land
in Benton township.
Harry Grozier and wife to W.
E. Grozier for the westerly end of
a lot cf ground on the east side of
an alley running from Third to
Jackson streets between Mulberry
and Vine streets, in Berwick.
Geo. W. Bogart and wife to W.
R. Swentzel for 77 aires and 106
perches of land in Hemlock town
ship. A. W. Shunian and wife to W.
H. Fensterinacher for one and a
half acres of land situate in Main
township.
Cyrus B. Reese and wife and Hi
ram Reese to John Pooley for seven
acres and 119 perches of land in
Hemlock township.
John Pooley and wife to John
Prout for 7 acres and 1 1 7 perches
of land in Hemlock township.
Alexander Lilley and wife to
Elizabeth Moyer for 139 acres and
20 perches of land iu Franklin
township.
United States Lumber ana sup
ply Co. to Ralph A. Savidge for a
lot of giound in Berwick.
The estate of John Grey to u. .
Lumber and Supply Co. for a lot of
ground in Berwick.
II. M. Hockmanana wile to iJU
val Dicksou for a lot of ground
situate on the northerly side of
West Front street, Berwick.
Vernie Lilley and husband to
Josiah M. Pollock for a lot of ground
on the south side of Eleventh street
in Berwick.
Samuel Harris and wife to XI. J.
Harris for one-half of a lot of
ground on the south side of Freas
avenue in the borough of West
Berwick.
L. H. Boody and wife to John S.
Mensch and Mrs. M. E. Mensch for
lot of ground in the village of
Rupert.
Berwick Land anl Improvement
Company to Helma Sword for lot
No. 700 in the borough of West
Berwick.
F. R. Jackson and M. Jackson
Crispin, trustee to Richard Bates,
for lot No. 70 in Jackson and Cris
pin addition to borough of Berwick.
Hiram F. Everitt and wife to
Bruce Cole for a lot of ground situ
ate in the borough of Benton.
Lewis F. Leffler and Anna C.
Leffler to David Bechtel and
Susannah Bechtel for a lot of
ground on the north side of Front
street in Michael's addition to the
borough of West Berwick.
Alexander Dodson and wife to
R. II. Davenport for a lot of ground
in the borough of Berwick.
R. H. Davenport to J. Kimber
Lee for a lot of ground iu the
borough of Berwick.
W- H. Baver and wife to Ame
lia Apple for a tract of land in
Locust township.
Charles C. Diehl and Anthony
Diehl and wife to John II. Davis
and Etta Mummey for one-half
acre of land iu Beaver township.
Emma L. Smith and H. F.
Smith to Floyd Vansickle for 32
acres of land in Sugarloaf town
ship. Laura J.. Parker et al. to Bruce
W. Cole for a lot of ground situate
in the borough of Benton.
The Bloomsburg Choral Society
is now working on the Oratorio
of the "Creation" by Haydn, un
der the direction of Chas. O. Skeer.
It is reported that 'it will be given
some time this spring or early sura-pier.
A.Z. Schoch. President.
FIRE ESCAPES." "
(Contributed.)
The two terrible fire tragedies
which have happened lately, the
one at Boyertown and the other at
Collinwood in Cleveland, ought to
call the attention of every man to
the dangerous construction of pub
lic buildings. In those two ires
three hundred or more children
have been burned to death. Many
of them because the doors of exit
opened inwards. The jam of the
frantic inmates made it impossible
to open them, and the children in a
mass burned to death, in the sight
and reach of their more frantic
parents.
These two terrible examples
make the reason for calling atten
tion to houses more or less public
here at home.
The Court House is one of those
to which the general public ought
to look, and the one which appeals
to the largest public. And we sub
mit that in case of a fire during
any public function, court, lecture,
or county meeting, there must be
great loss of life or limb; for no
crowd could leave the court room,
and get down the winding stairs
and against the big, strong closed
doors and down the steps to an
other set of closed doors opening
inwards and ever escape from the
building.
From the court room there should
be side doors opening outward upon
an iron platform upon a flight of
iron stairs reaching to the ground,
and so in front. And all the stair
doors should open outward, as
should also every outside door.
The attorney of the Commission
ers should call their attention to
the question under consideration,
and not leave the matter until a
fearful accident horrifies the com
munity. Citizen.
TO HUNT OUT THE BAD ONES.
A commendable move is being
considered by a number of self
respecting and law-abiding Italians
in the western part of the state
which needs the support of all good
American citizens. The Counells-
ville Daily Newt says : "The Ital
ians of the coke region are to hold
a convention for the principal pur
pose of starting a movement to
ward having the criminal element
of their countrymen deported from
America. The idea is an excellent
one and if carried out ought to have
good results. As the conditions are
now the good have to bear part of
the burden of the reputation of the
bad. The workings of the so-called
Black Hand society and the free
use of the stiletto among a lower
class of Italians have caused a great
many Americans to harbor ill feel
ings against Italians as a whole.
This is entirely erroneous. Some
of the most broad-minded, most
progressive and most desirable citi
zens America has to-day are na
tives or descendants of natives of
sunny Italy. That a large number
of this class reside in the coke re
gion is shown by the inauguration
of efforts to have the chaff sifted
from the wheat in their ranks."
A largely attended meeting of
the stockholders of Nevada Copper
and Bullfrog Trinidad Companies
was held iu the Court House Tues
day evening to discuss the situa
tion. After hearing a report from
C. C. Peacock, Esq., who had vis
ited the offices of the two compa
nies, followed by considerable dis
cussion, a committee of seven was
appointed to confer with the direc
tors and ascertain what action they
propose taking.
SPRING OPENING DISPLAY
of Correct Spring Clothes
FOR MEN AND YOUNG MEN!
COME
BE OUR GUEST
TOMORROW 1
This Spring Opening
is really a Clothes Show
of great importance to
every man and young
man in town. Particu
lady since it is a verita
ble exposition in srcart
dress and the largest col
lection of
High Class
S CLOTHING
ever exhibited here.
Every new model for
Spring is here.
STEP IN AND
Look Them Over
CORNER.
BOWMAN'S BODY FOUND.
The body of Millard O. Bow
man, who was one of the seven vic
tims of the Mifflinville bridge dis
aster, was found at Steelton, below
Harrisburg. last Thursday. It
was fully identified by his brother
Harry and the Superintendent of
the York Bridge Company who
went down for that purpose.
The remains were brought to
Mifflinville where the funeral was
fold on Sunday, and was largely
attended.
The body was taken from the
home of his fathir-in-law, Levi
Hippensteel and then interred in
the cemetery, after which the ser
vices were held in the Methodist
church. Forty carriages followed
the body to the grave and the
church was unable to accommodate
the congregation who sought to
pay their last tribute. Scores stood
outside the church, unable to gain
admittance.
Rev. Worlev, pastor of the
church, trade a touching and im
pressive address, tears coursing
down the cheeks of many as he re
viewed the untimely end of him
whom they mourned. The Metho
dist choir rendered several beauti
ful numbers.
The floral tributes were many
and beautiful, including designs
from the York Bridge Company
and from the school children whom
Mr. Bowman formerly taught.
REV. M. L O'REILLY DEAD.
Rev. M. I. O'Reilly died sudden
ly at Danville on Tuesday evening
at 9.30 o'clock. He was ill only
about a half hour, and had walked
down street only a short time be
fore. Heart disease was the cause
of his (death.
Father O'Reilly had been the
rector of St. Joseph's Catholic
Church at Danville for the past
seventeen years, and was beloved
and respected by everybody. He
was also well kuown here, haviug
been rector oi St. Columba's Church
iu 1882 and 1883.
The funeral will be held on Fri
day morning at 10.30, and the re
mains will be takeu on the after
noon D. L. & W. train, to his
birthplace in St. Joseph's Susque
hanna county, for burial.
Ull.,1 '.W H1L,."
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PAY IN ADVANCE.
A recent ruling of the post office
department at Washington, which
became effective on January 1, 1908
makes it virtually impossible for a
newspaper publisher to send out
his paper without payment in ad
vance from the subscriber. This
result is nccomplished by declaring
that a daily more than three months
in arrears, or a weekly paper a year
in arrears, shall not be classified as
a legitimate subscription entitled to
be mailed as second-class matter at
a cent a pound, but that all papers
in arrears shall pay postage at the
rate of four cents a pound and that
stamps must be affixed.
It will readily be seen that it im
poses a burden upon the publisher
that cannot be borne. The one
way out would seem to be to re
quire payment in advance, all sub
scriptions to stop at the expiration
of the time paid for.
When once in operation the pay
in advance plan will work no hard
ship to either publisher or sub
scriber, but on the contrary will be
of positive benefit to both.
The publisher of this paper
therefore, calls upon all its sub
scribers who are a year or more in
arrears to make immediate settle
ment. This matter has been taken
out of the publisher's hands, and
he has no option but to obey the
ruling of the post office department.
The new postal ruling follows:
"A reasonable time will be allow
ed publishers to secure renewals of
subscriptions, but unless subscrip
tions are expressly renewed after
the term for. which they are paid,
within the periods:
Dailies within three months.
Weeklies within one year, they
shall not be counted in the legiti
mate list of subscribers, and copies
mailed on account thereof shall not
be accepted for mailing at the second-class
postage rate of one cent a
pound, but they must be mailed at
the transient second-class postage
rate of one cent for each four
ounces, or fraction thereof.
Under the old ruling the great
majotity of newspapers circulated
virtually free of postage. The new
rate on subscription in arrears of
four cents a pound is prohibitive.
The moral is plain pay your sub
scription arrearages and in advance,
or the publisher will be forced to
discontinue the subscription.
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