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flLOOMSIWRG, PA., THURSDAY MARCH 20, 1908.
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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. CKEVELING, Pres. M. MILLEISEN. Cashier.
BISHOP FOWLER DEAD.
The Rev. Charles H. Fowler,
bishop of the Methodist Episcopal
church, died at his home in New
York oti Friday last.
Bishop Fowler's long life was
filled with activity for the church
and the cause of education. Born
in Burford, Ontario, in 1837, he
was graduated from Genesee Col
lege, now Syracuse University, in
1859, and was the valedictorian of
his class. He also headed his class
at graduation from the Garrett Bib
lical Institute, which he entered
soon after leaving college, and was
the first man to receive the honora
ry degree of I). D. from that insti
tution. After completing his edu
cation he removed to Chicago,
where he studied law, but never
practiced that profession.
Entering the ministry at the con
clusion of his law studies he served
as pastor of several churches in
Chicago during the next twelve
years, and in 1872 was elected
president of Northwestern Univer
sity. He remained at the head of
that institution for four years and
then became editor of the Christian
Advocate iu New York. He was
made general missionary secretary
of the church in 1880. and lour
years later was elected bishop.
Bishop Fowler was acting as pas
tor of one of Chicago's churches at
the time of the great fire, and it
was he who suggested the plan of
pooling the interests in the different
churches until all should have the
time to rehabilitate themselves.
As missionary secretary he or
ganized Peking University in North
China, Nanking University in Cen
tral China; the first Methodist Epis
copal Church in St. Petersburg;
established the McClay College of
Theology in Southern California,
and consolidated the three colleges
in Nebraska into the Nebraska
Wesleyan University at Lincoln.
He suggested and inaugurated
the Twentieth Century Thank Of
fering of his church, whereby more
than $20,000,000 was raised for the
church. He also originated the
Open Door Emergency Commission,
which eventuated in the great
Cleveland convention, at which,
with the bishop presiding, $225,000
was raised in a single evening.
He was trustee of Syracuse Uni
versity, Drew Theological Semi
nary, Madison, N. J.; American
University, member of the board of
managers of the Methodist Mission
ary Society, the Church Extension
Society, Freedmea's Aid and other
Methodist societies.
TO THE TAXPAYERS OP COLUMBIA
COUNTY.
I am acquainted with W. C.
Sweppenheiser, and have always
treated him, as well as other tax
payers of Columbia County, as a
gentleman. Schweppenheiser has
a right to do as he pleases with
every dollar he honestly earns, and
so have I. If I choose to spend my
own money for old books, it is my
own business I am willing to give
to others the rights that I claim for
myself. As to my proficiency as a
Clerk, and as to whether .my work
is up to the standard or not, the
books in the office are open for
public inspection. I have had 106
books to make up for the Spring
Primary that no other clerk ever
had, and I had no help in making
them. I was paid for this work by
the state last year the same as other
Commissioners' Clerks throughout
the state.
A. B. Black.
The Citizens Band was out" last
night, and made some fine music
on the streets.
THE COUNTY FAIR.
The Columbia County fair will
be held this year on Tuesday, Wed
nesday, Thursday and Friday, the
6th, 7th, 8th and 9th of October.
The total amount which will be
offered as purses for the racing
events will be $1200 or $too more
than last year. While the free-for-all
trot or pace purse has been re
duced from $600 to $500, a 2:30
class, for a purse of $200, has been
added for horses owned in the
county, which will give one more
racing event than usual.
Instead of acrobats to entertain
the audience between heats it was
decided to secure the famous Bat
ty's trained bears. A regular bull
fight in which men and real bulls
will take part will also be an attrac
tion, and it is safe to say that cith
er of them will be equal to anything
heretofore given.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7th.
No. i, 2:18 Class, Pacing, purse
$400.00.
No. 2, 2:27 Class, Trotting, purse
$400.00.
No. 3, 2:21 Class, Pacing, purse
$400.00.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8th.
No. 4, 2:12 Class, Pacing, purse
$500.00.
Np. 5, 2:16 Class, Trotting, purse
$500.00.
No. 6, 2:21 Class, Pacing, purse
$400.00.
No. 7, 2:30 Trot or Pace, in
County, purse $200.00.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9th.
No. 8, Free-for-All Trot or Pace,
purse $500.00.
No. 9, 2:20 Class, Trotting, purse
$400.00.
No. 10, 2:15 Class, Pacing, purse
$500.00.
CONDITIONS.
The conditions are as follows:
National Trotting Association rules
to govern with exceptions noted;
entrance fee 5 per cent with 5 per
cent added to purse winners; five to
enter, four to start; hopples not
barred; best in five heats; a horse
distancing the field will receive but
one premium. Entries close Tues
day, October 1st, 1908.
LADIES' COLONIAL MINSTRELS.
Banifit ol Y. W. C. A.
A number of the members of the
Young Women's Christian Associa
tion have organized the Indies'
Colonial Minstrels for the purpose
of giving an entertainment for the
benefit of the Association.
It will be given in Evans' Hall
on the evenings of April 2nd and
4th. The first part will consist of
an oho, the personnel of which will
be as follows :
Interlocutress Mrs. A. R. Hei
miller. Bones Mary Lewis, Lizzie
Moyer.
Tamborines Katheriue Gray,
May House.
Premier comedians Miss Ger
trude Miller, Miss Florence Ber
gold. First circle May Gross, Carrie
Smith, Blanche Smith, Aletha Bom
bov. Lena Bundy, Clara Eastman,
! Laura Wagouseller, Edith Krum'
Second circle-Mrs. Oviatt, Chris
tine Welliver, Elva Reaser, Amy
Ashworth, Ada Ashworth, Bessie
Eastman, Elsie Gilpin, Carrie Betz.
The second part of the program
will consist of specialties ending
with a farce comedy, entitled :
"Mrs. Black's Pink Tea."
An orchestra of ten pieces will
furnish the music.
The entertainment promises to
be a very enjoyable one, and is
worthy of liberal patronage. The
price of admission is only 25 cents.
To the Business Community
Our Aim In to make thin in every respect the PEOPLES' BANK, where all
may feel at honie.nrul be assured that by
tive Manacikment their luk-reM will lie well and Hakki.y Guarded.
WE EXTEND THE ACCOMMODATIONS OF A STRONG AND
SUCCESSFUL BANK.
3 Per Cent. Interest Allowed on Savings Accounts
1 0e Q0foom06urg
Wm. II. IIlDLAY.Cashier.
DEEDS RECORDED.
The following deeds have recent
ly been entered of record by Re
corder of Deeds Frank W. Miller :
John M. Clark, assignee of Neals,
to John Shultz for a lot of ground
in the town of Bloomsburg.
Harrison I). Miller to N. C Cra
gle for three tracts of land in Mif
flin townshipcontaining in all about
105 acres of land.
Sarah Frederick to J. C. Fox for
a house and lot of ground on the
South side of Main street, Catawis
sa. Elizabeth Fetternian to Isaac
Fetterman for G7 acres and 50
perches of land situate in Locust
township.
Francis P. Nertney et al. to
James O' Conner for the surface
right to a lot of ground on the
South side of Center street in the
borough of Centralia.
Oliver Lynn and Catherine Lynn
to Edward Hartman for 22 acres
and 141 perches of land in Center
township.
Washington National Building
and Loan Association to John J.
Henry for a house and lot of ground
situate on the West side of Leonard
street, Bloomsburg.
Berwick Land and Improvement
Company to William Purcell for lot
No. 444 on the South side of First
avenue in the borough of West
Berwick.
Joshua Zimrrerman and wife to
Thomas Aten for 47 acres and 58
perches of land in Mifflin to-vnship.
Thomas Aten, Sr., to Thomas
Aten, Jr.. for three tracts of land
situate in Mifflin township contain
ing iu all about 81 acres of land.
Commissioners of Columbia Coun
ty to Wm. Krickbaum for 3 acres
of land in Mifflin township in name
of George Longenberger.
William Krickbaum and wife to
Thomas Aten for 3 acres of land in
Mifflin township.
Sarah Robbins Stecker to Honora
R. Grimes for a lot of ground on
West First street in the town of
Bloomsburg.
James P. Pursell and wife et al.
to J. S. Grimes for lots Nos. 13
and 14 in block 2 of the plan of lots
laid out by the Inter-Burban Realty
Company known as 'Glen Heights.'
Silas W. Pettit et al. to James R.
Clendenin for their interest in a
tract of land in Beaver township in
the warrantee name of "Andrew
Clark," containing 372 acres of
land.
Chas. C. Rhoades et al. to J as.
K. Clendenin for their undivided
shares in a tract of land in Beaver
township in the warrantee name of
"Andrew Clark," containing 372
acres of land.
James R. Clendenin to Charles
A. Farnum for 372 acres of land
in Beaver township in the warran
tee name of Andrew Clark, except
ing and reserving the surface there
of and also use of sufficient ground
to construct switches adjoining the
S. H. & W. Railroad.
Charles A. Farnum et ux to Cab
in Ruu Coal Company for two
tracts of land situate in Beaver
township.
Andrew Fleming and wife to C.
V. Fenstennucher for a lot of
ground iu the borough of West
Berwick.
Wilson Wolf and wife to Abiah
Simsin for a lot of ground in the
borough of Berwick.
The letters D. L. & W. will be
removed from all Lackawanna
Railroad stock, and the word
"Lackawanna" substituted. This
will include the obliteration of the
old sign on 700 locomotives and
1000 passenger coaches, besides on
the other cars.
our Constant (,'are and Conserva
QWtonaf Q&mft
A. Z. Schoch, President.
PRIMARY ELECTION LAW.
As the primary election to be
held on April nth is the second
one to be held under the new elec
tion law, the voters are not yet very
familiar with the provisions of the
Act. We therefore print below
such portions of the law as apply to
the ballots and the methods of vot
ing which should be thoroughly
understood, as it will be observed
that there are heavy penalties at
tached to violation of this law.
Part of Section 8 is as follows:
The polls shall be open between
the hours of two post meridian and
eight post meridian: Provided,
That all persons licensed to sell liq
uors, either at wholesale or retail,
or as bottlers, shall be compelled to
keep their places of business closed,
on said days for holding said pri
mary elections, only between the
hours of one o'clock post meridian
and nine o'clock post meridian.
Primaries shall be conducted in
conformity with the laws governing
the conduct of general elections, jn
so far as the same are not modified
by the provisions of this act or are
not inconsistent with its terms:
But, provided, That no elector shall
be permitted to receive any assist
ance in marking his ballot, unless
he shall f.rst make an affidavit that
he cannot read the names on the
ballot, or that by reason of physical
disability he is unable to mark his
ballot.
Section to. The qualifications
of electors entitled to vote at a pri
mary shall be the same as the qual
ifications of electors entitled to vote
at elections, within the election dis
trict where the primary is held.
Each elector shall prove his quali
fications and his identity in the
same manner in which electors iu
the election district in which he of
fers to vote are, or hereafter may
be, required by law to prove their
qualifications or identity, on elec
tion day.
Each elector shall have the right
to receive the ballot of the party
for which he asks: Provided, That
if he is challenged, he shall be re
quired to make oath or affirmation
that, at the next preceding general
election at which he voted, he vot
ed for a majority of the candidates
of the party for whose ballot be
asks.
Upon executing such affidavit
the voter shall be entitled to receive
the ballot for which he has called,
and to cast his vote according to
law.
1 Section 14. Any person who
votes or attempts to vote at a pri
mary, knowing that he does not
possess the qualifications of a voter
at such primary, as indicated by
this act, or who shall vote or at
tempt to vote more than once at a'
primary, or who shall have unlaw
fully in his possession an official
ballot, outside the polling place,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and, upon conviction thereof, shall
be sentenced to pay a tine not ex
ceeding one thousand dollars or to
undergo an imprisonment not ex
ceeding two years, or both, in the
discretion of the court. No police
officer in commission, whether in
uniform or iu citizens' clothes,
shall be within one hundred feet of
a polling place during the conduct
of a primary election, unless in the
exercise of his privilege of voting,
or for the purpose of the serving of
warrants, or the preserving of he
peace.
Any election officer who permits
a person to vote at any primary,
with the knowledge that such per
son is not so entitled to vote, or re
fuses to permit any lawfully entitled
elector to vote at such primary,
with the knowledge that such per
son is so entitled to vote, or who
I Mill1
SPE1LTO
FOR MEN AND
Our Motto
has been, is, and always will be
The Same for Less Money, and
Better for the Same Money.
Our Clothing is better in ev
ery way.
Better in Style
because it has the same perfect
lines which you find in the very
highest price garments.
Better in Fit
because it is designed by men
who understand every variation
of the human form and the
same
Fit and Finish
in every garment no matter
what price.
Men's Suits $6.00 to $25.00
CORNER.
refuses to permit him to receive the
party ballot for which he asks, after
having executed the arhdavit herein
provided, shall be guilty of a mis
demeanor, and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be sentenced to pay
a fine not exceeding one thousand
dollars or to undergo an imprison
ment not exceeding five years, or
both, in the discretion of the court.
Any election officer or clerk who
shall be guilty of any wilful fraud
in the conduct of his duties at a
primary, or who shall make a false
return of the votes cast at such pri
mary, or who shall deposit fraudu
lent ballots in the ballot box, or
who shall certify as correct a return
of ballots in the ballot box which
he knows to have been fraudulently
deposited therein, or who shall
write false names in the lists of vot
ers for the purpose of concealing
the deposit of such fraudulent bal
lots or of aiding in the perpetration
of such fraud, or who shall conspire
with others to commit auy of the
offenses herein mentioned, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon
conviction thereof, shall be sen
tenced to pay a fine not exceeding
one thousand dollars or to undergo
imprisonment not exceeding five
years, or both, in the discretion of
the court.
Except as modified by the terms
of this act, election officers shall be
subject to the same pains and pen
alties for violations or neglect of
their duties at a primary as they
are or hereafter may be subject to
for violation or neglect of such du
ties at elections. In all other re
spects, officers officiating at prima
ries shall be subject to the pains
and penalties provided by law ior
offenses committed at primaries.
The existing laws relating to bri
bery at primaries shall continue in
force, and shall apply to bribery at
primaries as provided by this act.
MONUMENT CONTRACT LET.
The contract tor the erection of
a soldiers and sailors monument at
Bloomsburg was awarded to J. U.
Kurtz, of Berwick, last Friday,
whose bid of $7,795 was the lowest
of five submitted.
The'nionument will be erected in
Market square, and according to
the terms of the contract will be
finished by the 30th of next September.
H'IBmEE
CLOT 1ES j
YOUNli MbN !
COURT BUSINESS.
Court was in session on Tuesday
morning when the following busi
ness was transacted:
Emma J. Harmony vs. John
Harmony. Court handed down a
decree granting a divorce to the li
bellaut. In the estate of C. G. Murphy
deceased, upon petition proceedings
in partition were decreed bv the
Court.
Directors of the Poor of Conyng
ham township and Centralia bor
ough vs. Thomas I. Curran, form
er tax collector. This was an action
to recover from the sureties on his
official bond. After considerable
argument between Mr. Flynn, who
represented the plaintiff , and Messrs.
Ikeler and Harman who represent
ed the defendants, as to the suffic
iency of the affidavit of defense the
case was placed on the argument
list for the April term.
C. G. Murphy estate vs. Mary J.
Barry petition for a rule to strike
off judgment granted, returnable
the first Monday in April.
Sale of real estate ordered in the
estate of J. M. Sutliff, deceased.
Bond of Ellen Lynch, guardian
of Catharine Nertney approved by
the Court.
A petition was presented by C.
C. Yetter, Esq., representing that
John P. Aten had resigned as su
pervisor of Mifflin township and
requested that A. R. Henry be ap
pointed in his stead.
The Court made an order that
upon the resignation of Mr. Aten
being filed in the Prothonotary's
office the appointment would be
made.
Lutheran Reunion at Island Park.
At a meeting of the executive
committee of the Susquehanna
Lutheran Reunion association held
in Sunbury last Thursday, Island
Park was chosen as the place for
the next reunion and July 23rd will
probably be the date. A number
of noted speakers have been engag
ed and an especial program is being
arranged.
Owing to the crowded condition
of the Joseph Ratti Hospital, it has
been necessary to refuse patients
during the past week.
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