4 THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA- STRONGEST BANK IN THE COUNTY Capital $100,000 Undivided Profits S30.00O Surplus $160,000 First National Bank, 5 Per Cent. Interest Allowed on Savings Deposits OFFICERS: I-.. V. M. Low, President. J. M. Staver, Vice President. E. n. Tutttin, Vice President. M. I. Low, Vice rrenldent Frank Ikeler, Cashier. .DIItECTORS: i W.M.Low, F. G. Yorks, Frank Ikeler, A. U. Tustin, Fred Ikeler, Geo. S. Robblns, J. M Wtaver, M.I. Low, Louis Gross, H. C. Crensy, H. V. Hower. M. E Ktaekhouse THE COLUMBIAN. ESTABLISHED 1866. THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, JsTAiu.tsHF.n 1837. Consolidated 1869 PrRi.isiiKi) Every Tnrmrw Mr rnino, At Bloomsliurg, the County Scat of Co!uml)in County, Pennsylvania. GEO. E. Et.WEI.I., Editor. GEO. C. ROAN, I'outMAN. Tbk.mm Inside the county 1.00 a year IjalvaiKe; TI.501I not paid in nivance. Ontsiile thecounty, 1.25 a year, strictly in Ivance. All communication should lie addressed T 1 1 If. COL'JMBIAX. Moomsl.urc, Ta. Tl I UltSDA V. APRIL at), l!H)S. DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION Democratic State Committee Rooms Harrisburg, Pa., April 1, 1908. As directed by the Democratic State Central Committee at a spec ial meeting held in the Board of Trade rooms, in this city on Wed nesday, February 26th, 1908, no tice is hereby given that the Demo cratic State Convention will convene in the Orpheum Theatre, at Har risburg, WEDNESDAY, MAY 20th, 1908, at 11 o'clock a. m. The business for which the convention will meet wilt be. To nominate one candidate for iperior Court Judge: Two candidates for Presidential 1 '. lectors-at-Large, To elect in the manner provided ; the rules of the party: four Del , cgates and four Alternates-at-Large to the National Democratic Con vention; To certify the nomination of thirty-two Presidential Electors, as named by the delegates from the respective Congressional Districts of the State, And to act upon and determine such other matters, relating to the welfare and success of the party within the State, as may be brought before it. P. Gray Meek, Secretary. Georgu M. Dimeling, Chairman. JOHN 0. McHENRY'S OFFICIAL LABOR. As the first session of the Six teenth Congress draws toward a close the people ot this district have abundant reason to feel proud of the achievements of our Represent ative in the House, Hon John G. McHenry . Modesty is becoming in anew member of Congress and Mr. McHenry was sufficiently modest to get the approval of his more ex perienced colleagues. But he didn't allow false modesty to interfere with the full discharge of his obli gations to his constituency. In other words he was assertive enough to take care of his duties and modest enough to avoid the unfriendly resentment which "freshness" almost necessarily in vokes. Mr. McHenry suggested a good deal of the legislation which was enacted during the session and in troduced more legislation than most new members initiate. His finan cial bills were really the foundation of both the Aldrich and Fowler tills, though neither of these fol lowed the .lines to the purposes, which he indicated. For example his emergency currency bill pro vided for the issue of the currency by the government while Aldrich Eroposed that it be issued by the anks. Mr. McHenry's object was to relieve the people In times of stress and Aid rich's to Invest the banks with new sources of revenue and power. On the other hand his bill to guarantee deposits provided for a direct transaction between the government and banks while Fow ler's scheme created a lot of expen sive official machinery. The beneficent idea expressed in Mr. McHenry's bill creating a Bu reau of Mines and Mining was like wise stolen by the Republicans of the House. His plan was the sim plest in the world. It provided for a tax on the product of the mines to be collected much as the reve nues on distilled spirits are collect ed. The measure which was adopt ed by the leaders changed this to a complicated scheme which would cost nearly as much for mainte nance as it would have provided for the sufferers. But it enabled the House managers to side-track Mr McHenry's beneficent measure and prevent its passage without ma'iing open opposition to it. No Bryan Endorsement Delegates to Den.er Will Go to Convention Unlnslru itod. State Chairman George M. Dim eling, of Clearfield, and Secretary P. Oray Meek, were at state Dem ocratic headquarters last week ar ranging for the listing of the dele gates to the state Democratic con vention to be held in Harrisburg on May 20th. It is too early to make any predictions about the Bryan sentiment. Of course the state convention will have nothing to do with the national delegates except the four selected at large and the impression is that there will be no declaration for the Nebraskan un less by the date of the convention appears that he is certain to be the nominee. Mauy of the most prominent Democrats in the state are opposed to Bryan's nomination and will only accept him in case it is shown that he has some chance of election, which is now regarded as remote. Carnegie on Trusts. The appearance of Andrew Car negie as the defender of the people against trusts is the most pictur esque instance of "reformed pira cy" which America has yet produc ed. When the source of Mr. Car negie's millions is remembered, and when it is recalled that it is the in terest on the bonds of the United States Steel Corporation, and in some cases the oonds themselves, which he is industriously distribut ing for the building of libraries, for the promotion of scientific research, for the reward of heroism and for the pensioning of educators, the stupendous character of his conver sion will be apparent. vv hen Mr. Laruegie savs that the trusts and the Steel Corporation is one of the closest imitations 01 that institution which America fur nishes "rob a community of its right to competition, disguise it as we may," he makes a confession that should fill the heart of trust busters with boundless joy. It was doubtless made in lively recollection of the practice of the Steel Corpo ration to exact from the public $28 a ton for steel rails that cost from $12 to $m, and one can only con clude that Mr. Carnegie will next appear in the role of an advocate of the removal of the tariff which has made such extortions possible. Phila. Public Ledger. t T XT' I uoes lour Heart Beat Yes. 100,000 times each day. Does it send out good blood or bad blood? You know, for good blood is good health ; bad blood, bad health. And you know precisely what to take for bad blood Ayer's Sarsaparilla. Doctors have endorsed it for 60 years. On frequent mum of bad blood I a ting flih liver. Thle produce, constipation. FoUonout .ub.tance. ara then absorbed into the blood. Keep tba bowel, open wllb. Ar.r'. fllle. A" bw J, O. Ari Co., Iowll, KaM. yers aunulaotur.re af f HAIR VlOOt. AdUB CURB. CHERRY PECTORAL. We have Be eeerete I Wa pabllab the formulae ot all our m.dloln... ' "4 GEORGE GRAY OF DELAWARE. In the list of presidential possibilities the name of Goorire Ornv in hnW widely discussed. Ills public record shows thnt ho was graduated from rrlnceton college In the class of 1850 and took a course in Hurvurd Law school, after which he practiced law in Delawure. lie wus attorney general of Dela ware 187U-83, United States senator from that state 18X5-00, leader of the Democratic senators against the force bill and ugulust an excessively high protective tariff, member of the Canadian Joint high commission 1803 and of the Spanish peace commission In the same year, chairman of the nuthraclto strike commission 1002-3, chairman of the Alabama coal strike commission 1003 and has been sole arbitrator In sovernl other labor disputes. He Is now a member of the International court of arbitration appointed In accordance witn tue peace conrerence at The Hague and Judge of the United States court r appeals for the tblrd circuit The Turning Point of Imperialism. The over whelming defeat of the president's pet project for the auth orization of four great battleships, at a total cost of some forty millions of dollars, may be accepted as the first effective sign of a revulsion of public opinion against imperial ex pansion. That is, warlike expan sion, with the big stick fiercely dis played, as against commercial ex pansion, with the big stick kept modestly and inoffensively in the background for display and use only as occasion offers. It is now evident that the president counted upon the general satisfaction fol lowing the brilliant cruise of the battleships fleet to carry through his plan of rapid naval expansion in support of the big stick idea, but there is cause for congratulation that pride in our war power has been properly limited by a common sense view of its reasonable limita tions. Three chief reasons advanced in the debate in Congress for the pro posed wholesale investment in bat tleships were the defense , of the Philippines, the defense of the Panama canal and the confronting of Japan with overwhelming sea power for the protection of our Pacific commerce, and particularly of the "open door" cf Asiatic trade. As for the canal, it was first urg ed by President Roosevelt himself for the sake ot the navy ; because it would make possible the quick and safe transfer of a war fleet from ocean to ocean. It is rather con fusing that the canal is now point ed to as a reason for a great navy. Do we need the canal for the navy, or the navy for the canal ? With regard to Pacific and Asi atic commerce, and the fear of its menace by Japan as wc have as yet hardly a trace of such commerce in our own ships, and as the growing volume of our freight carried in merchant shipj of other nations is of value also to the merchant fleets of Japan, there would seem to be no cause for uneasiness, save as there may develop a predicted mastery of Chinese trade by Japan, or a generally arrogant and ag gressive policy on the part of that country. In spite of the fearful warnings uttered by Representative Hobson, such dangers seem far away, and not at all appalling. All of the conditions point to the urgency of preparation for commer cial and not imperial expansion Our productive capacity has out grown the home market. Our enterprise craves world-wide com mercial activity. Our great canal at Panama will give us commercial opportunities of which we should be prepared to take advantage, and the trade revival of the West Indies also waits upon the opening of that great highway, and upon the awak ening of our aggressive but not war-like sea power. Commercial, not imperial expan sion, is the bright purpose and pros pect to be set before us. It fills the Far Western sky with no grim war clouds, but with the golden glow of sunset over vast fields of grain, enough and to spare to save from frequent famine the millions of all Asia ; over fleets freighted for the ends of the earth with American manufactures and bringing back to us the welcome products of other lands, a tribute fairly paid, with good will, to enterprise and in dustry. And the first step is not to the building of a more colossal uavy.but to the reform of our absurd and obsolete trust-protecting tariff. Lancaster Intelligencer. An Ink Pencil Almost for Nothing. 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Here is your chance to get a great metropolitan newspaper, Ihe fhilaaelphia Press, for one year, together with this ink pencil both for $3.50. Send your order today. Elisha Rin arose has made a de- maud on the other county commis sioners that his name be placed on the ballot at the November election as a Republican candidate for coun ty commissioner. The matter has been referred to Solicitor Rhawn tor an opinion. OABTORI f L. tfl-J II. Iuua lb, ym awn m nw wwiyi mm EXCEPTIONALLY Attractive Styles IN WOMEN'S READY TO WEAR SUITS. The Invitation to This Early Exposition of Tailor Made Suits Suggests no Obligation to Buy. A great many women are buying as well as looking. They know the styles are correct. We have more than fifty different models, expressing in seventy-five different blendings of fabric, cut and trim ming, the very latest ideas translated from Paris modes by the best designers in this country. With the great variety of styles and the great variety of fabrics, it's going to be' a Spring of becomingly suited women, that's sure. Trices arc very accommodating $10.00, $12.00, $14.00, $15.00, $17.50, $18.00. $19.00, $20 00, $22.50, $25.00, 530.00, $32.00 and $35.00. Think what a variety that means. SPRING STYLES FOR GIRLS. This is a New Department in This Store. fJT'Already there's an array of Suits in the very smartest spring models the most stylish spring fabrics. The new semi-fitting Coat Suits, pretty and girlish; the dashing new Cutaways, with dip; the chic new Vested Suit then the new Fabrics, what a variety. It's easy to imagine how charming these Spring Suits will look flitting along the streets or tripping away to school. Sizes 11 to 18 years. Prices range from $10.00 to $23.00. Separate Skirts New Styles. Take a look at that rackful of the new Spring Walking Skirts. It is a delightful study of beautiful materials; lovely colorings, graceful styles. Panama, Serge and Voile are here; old friends, but with new faces. The stripes, the shadow stripes the soft color effects arejso pleasing. New ideas in trimming are worth seeing too. Be sure to see them. We price them $3.98 to $15.00. F. P. PURSEL. BLOOMSBURG, PEN N TV. We Have Ten Styles of Envelopes and Paper to Match FOR I Invitations, Acceptances, Regrets, Announcements, &c. Full size Wedding with two Envelopes, down' to Billet-doux size with Card to Fit. Twenty-Four Styles of Type FOR CARDS AND INVITATIONS. We Do All Kinds of Printing Columbian Printing House, BLOOMSBURG, PA. For 75 years the favorite farjaUjTfh sctomamni edicinc for throat and lungs. 1IJPW to-
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