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BLOOMSBURG, PA., THURSDAY MAY 21, 1908.
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OFFICIAL PROGRAM FOR MEMO
RIAL DAY.
Following is the official program
for Memorial Day:
FORENOON MEMORIAt DAY.
Comrades, Veterans and Sons of
Veterans will meet in G. A. R. hall
at 8 o'clock and start for Almedia at
8:30.
The Post and Sous of Veterans
will assist societies, schools and cit
izens at Almedia and Espy to deco
rate the graves of fallen heroes,
after appropriate services.
A detail in charge of C. S. Forn
wald, will go to Grovania, to assist
in the decoration at the cemetery
there.
All graves in the old and new
Roscmont cemeteries will be deco
rated in the forenoon except the
graves in the circle.
AFTERNOON MEMORIAL DAY.
The school children will assemble
at their school buildings at 1:30
where they will be met by the Cat
awissa Drum Corps and escorted to
the square to form in line. Ent
Post No. 250, G. A. R. all soldiers
and sailors will assemble at the
ball. West Second street at 2 p. m.
after the parade of the Sons of Vet
erans, civic societies, fire companies
and the school children, led by the
band which will march up Centre
street to the cemetery where the
following service will be held.
Prayer, by Rev. J. D. Thomas, of
the Reformed church; Reading of
Lincoln's Address, W. C. Johnston,
Esq.; G. A. R. and Sons of Veter
ans memorial service, during which
the graves in the circle will be dec
orated. Benediction by Rev. J. D.
Thomas.
EVENING MEMORIAL DAY.
Memorial services in the Court
House at 7:30 p. m: Singing by
the audience led by Harry Barton;
prayer by Rev. G. II . Hemingway
of the Presbyterian church; recita
tion by H. G. W. Smith, Storming
of Mission Ridge; singing, pupils of
High School, Our Own United
States; Memorial address, Clinton
Herring, Esq ; singing, male cho
rus of Bloomsburg High School,
The Boys of the Old Brigade; H.
A. McKillip will read a portion of
the 133d Regt. P. V., and seats will
be reserved for all members of that
Regiment who will notify the com
mittee that they will be present;
short addresses by members of the
G. A. R. and others; singing by
audience, led by Harry Barton;
benediction, Rev. Dr. G. H. Hem
ingway. Places of business are requested
to close at 2 o'clock, p. m. and re
main closed during the remainder
of the day.
M. r. Eutz, V. O. Holmes, W.
R. Ringrose, J. V. Shuman, Isaiah
Holter, M. C. McCollum, Commit
tee. EVENING STAR.
The most interesting object in
the evening sky is the planet Ve
nus. She is four times as wide as
Jupiter at his best, ten times as
bright as Sirius and one hundred
times as bright as the standard first
magnitude star. There is not the
slightest difficulty in seeing the
shadow i cast by her light, especial
ly in the dark where the planet
shines through a window and there
ftre no artificial lights to disturb
the observations. We believe that
it is not generally knowu that a
star can cast a shadow. She will
be at her greatest brilliancy ou the
29th of the month.
Prof. Albert will be one of the
speakers at the convention of school
directors of Lycoming county at
Wilhamsport next Saturday.
EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.
At the convention of the Episco
pal church in Lock Haven last
week the Bishop's salary was raised
from $4000 to $4500, with $500 for
traveling expenses, and $500 for a
stenographer.
A resolution was offered provid
ing that no parish can be admitted
to union with the convention that
does not pay the rector a salary of
at least $1000 and house rent. It
goes over until next convention
when it will be defeated, as it ought
to be.
The following officers of the dio
cese were elected: Colonel Chas.
M. Clement, Sunbury, secretary;
W. K. Alricks, Harrisburg, treas
urer; Frank C. Angle, Danville,
registrar, and C. LaRue Munson,
Williamsport, chancellor. Bishop
Darlington made the announcement
that Harrisburg would be the perm
anent Episcopal residence.
St. Paul's parish was represented
by Rev. J. W. Diggles and Samuel
II. Harman.
HIGH SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT.
The commencement exercises of
the Bloomsburg High School will
begin on Saturday, May 23, with
the presentation of a drama entit
led "Down iuDixie," by the senior
class, at 8 p. m. in the Normal Au
ditorium. On Sunday, May 24, at 7:30 p.
m. the class will attend the Presby
terian church, where Dr. Heming
way will preach the class sermon.
On Monday, May 25, at 8 p. m.
there will be a contest in expression
by the junior class, in the Normal
Auditorium.
Ou Thursday, May 28, at 8 p.
m.. the commencement exercises
will be held in the auditorium, and
on Friday evening the alumni ban
quet will take place.
BENTON SUMMER SCHOOL.
On Monday, May nth, the Col
umbia County Summer School held
the most auspicious opening in its
history. The students assembled
at 10 o'clock in the high school
room for organization. The fore
noon was taken up with registra
tion of students, addresses by mem
bers of the faculty, and other de
tails incident to the occasion. In
the afternoon the program was ar
ranged and ten minute recitations
given for the purpose of assigning
work for the following clay.
More than one thousand dollars
was received by the treasurer from
tuition and the sale of supplies.
The enrollment for the first day
was 110. Since then the number
has increased to about 120.
THE BLACK DIAMOND.
When asked whether the Black
Diamond Express would again be
placed on the road, Superintendent
Kinney said that whether it would
or not was uncertain, but if traffic
did not pick up that it probably
would not. At least he had no
definite information on the subject.
Ou the whole the Lehigh returns
from passenger traffic have not
greatly fallen off, but this is due in
a large part to the fact that this
train, which was very expensive,
has been taken ofl and the passen
gers that would naturally ride on it
have been compelled to take the
other trains.
At a meeting of the Ivy Club at
the home of Mrs. J. G. Harman
last week, the following officers
were elected: President, Miss Low
enberg; Vice President, Miss Car
pentei; Treasurer, Mrs. Hartline;
Secretary, Mrs. Harman.
COMPTROLLER'S CALL.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OP
1 0e ( foomaBurg QMtonaf (gfonft
. At the Close of Business May 14, 1908.
RESOURCES.
Loans and Invest
ments
Furniture and Fix
tures Cash and Reserve
$611,830.43
8,000.00
95,474.66
$715,305.09
Wm. H. HiDLAY.Cashieri
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION
Instructions tor Bryan Refused.
The Democratic State Convention
at Harrisburg on Wednesday nom
inated Senator Webster Grim of
Bucks county for Judge of the Su
perior Court, and elected the fol
lowing delegates-at-large to the Na
tional Convention: Col. James M.
Guffey, Senator J. K. P. Hall, Sen
ator Arthur G. Dewalt and John
G. Harman. The alternates-at-large
chosen were: Edward F.
Blewitt. of Lackawanna; John J.
Brew, of Erie; S. K. Hoyer, of
Blair, and B. Gordon Bromley, of
Philadelphia. Presidential electors-at-large:
Albert G. Barr and Jos
eph P. McCullen.
R. W. Irwin of Washington was
temporary chairman, and P. A.
O' Boyle of Wilkes-Barre, perma
nent chairman.
OUTLINE OP PLATFORM.
The platform commends the ad
ministration of State Treasurer
William H. Berry; condemns the
Republican party for its extrava
gance, mismanagement and refusal
to enact much needed legislation,
demands tha; the right of the states
and of the people shall be conserved
by strict and constitutional adjust
ment of the various functions of
the government; seeks a revision of
the tariff; the enactment of laws
giving labor and capital equal
rights; calls for the enforcement of
the anti-trust laws, proclaims
against the undue exercise of gov
ernment by injunction; demands
remedial currency legislation: de
nounces the tendency to ever-increasing
taxation; seeks the enact
ment of a law regulating and defin
ing the expenditures of moneys for
election purposes by candidates,
and believes that the army and
navy should be placed upon a foot
ing commensurate with the dignity
and power of the nation.
TARIFF REVISION PLANK.
The plank for tariff revision and
reform says: "We demand an im
mediate and just revision of the ex
isting tariff laws and insist they
shall be so altered that infaut in
dustries which have become great
giant monopolies shall be curbed,
so that the consumer may receive
at a fair price the commodities for
which he now pays an exorbitant
sum by reason of undue protection,
but at the same time we insist that
such revision should be based upon
the just protection of American la
bor when competing with foreign
manufactures."
This latter clause was inserted at
the request of the protectionist
branch of the party.
By a vote of 2 to 1 the convention
decided to send the delegates to the
National Convention uuiustructed.
This was a Bryan defeat.
REMOVED HIS STOMACH.
Robert Gracie, a well known res
ident of Sunbury, underwent a se
rious operation at the University of
Pennsylvania hospital last week,
when Dr. Frazier, one of the fore
most surgeons of the day, removed
two-thirds of Gracie's stomach.
Friends and relatives in Sunbury
have received word from the sur
geon, announcing that the patient
will recover. The operation was
one of the most serious ever per
formed at the U. of P.
PARISH HuUSE SUPPER.
A supper will be giveu iu the
Parish House this Thursday even
ing. The menu will be as follows:
Ham, cream potatoes, baked beans,
tomato sauce, egg salad, hot bis
cuit, jelly, coffee. Supper 15 cents.
Ice Cream and Cake 15 cents.
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock, - $100,000.00
Surplus and Profits 51,620.16
Circulation 100,000.00
Deposits 463.684-93
$715,305-09
A. Z. Schoch, President.
ONE INDUSTRIOUS REPRESENTA
TIVE. The lesson to be drawn from the
records of the session of Congress
just closing is not flattering to the
pride of thoughtful American citi
zens. Early in the session we pre
dicted that the session would not
be one of achievement. As a rule
sessions immediately preceding
Presidential campaigns are not fruit
ful. But it is within the lines of
conservatism to say that no session
in the history of Congress has been
so completely wasted. The major
ity has not only failed absolutely to
enact important and greatly needed
legislation but it has encouraged
vicious and profligate legislation.
So far as this district is concern
ed there is no ground for complaint
but that is the result of the vigi
lance and efficiency of our own Rep
resentative, Hon. John G. McHen
ry. He was a most patient and
tireless worker iu the interest of
the people and though he failed in
his expectations at times he suc
ceeded far beyond the average.
The Shamokin post office appropri
ation, the progress made in getting
more liberal pension legislation and
the adoption of his ideas concern
ing a bureau of mines and mining,
an emergency currency and guar
anteed bank deposits are ample
proofs of his adaptability to the
work. But the success of one mem
ber only emphasizes the failure of
the body.
The trouble with the present
Congress is that it is dominated by
politicians rather than by states
men. The Republican leaders of
both branches are men of long and
varied experience but they lack in
initiative. John G. Mclienry,
though serving his first session in
any legislative body, introduced
more important legislation and ex
ercised more influence for good in
the legislation of the session than
all the Republican leaders put to
gether. No act of public merit
which passed the session or was
seriously considered, bears the im
press of the mind of Cannon, Payne
or Dalzell. But most of the useful
measures got material help from
John G. Mclienry and many of
them were suggested by him.
COURT CRIER RICHART.
W. Clark Richart died at his
home, corner of Third and Iron
streets on Sunday morning at 8:40,
after an illness of less than a day,
from heart disease. He was the
court crier of this county, and was
at his post on Saturday, but was
taken ill there and went home.
He was born at Uuityville, and
was 61 years of age. He was a
member of the Methodist church,
and of the Knights of Malta.
Surviving him are his second
wife, .formerly Mrs. Alice Fetzer,
and two children by a former mar
riage: Miss Bessie Richart and
Lester L. Richart, superintendent
of the Bell wood Electric Light
Company. Three sisters also sur
vive: Mrs. Jane Vandine, of Iev
isburg; Mrs. M. E. Keller and Mrs.
G. W. Welliver, of Bloomsburg.
The funeral took place on Wed
nesday at 1 o'clock, Rev. E. M
Chilcote of Laurelton officiating,
assisted by Rev. J. E. Byers.
ELECTION EXPENSES.
Petitions have been filed in court
asking for the appointment of audi
tors to examine the accounts of
Elisha Ringrose aud C. Fred Len
bart as filed by them, showing their
election expenses in the recent
campaign for county commissioner
W. C. Johnston has been appointed
auditor in Ringrose's case.
FQK SWIL1E,
PKIICIE,
FK Just What You Are
looking: for in anything for Men,
Young Men and Children.
The Largest Assortment.
THE SMALLEST PRICE
CORNER.
FISH FRY.
A Danville special to the North
American says: There arrived in
Danville one of the largest consign
ments of fish fry ever sent from the
state hatchery at Erie. There were
twelve cans, all containing wall
eyed pike fry, and consigned to
residents of that town. The fish
were at once taken to the river and
deposited in the stream. This con
signment of fish fry is the first of a
number that will be received in
Danville this, season. There is an
organized movement all along the
north branch of the Susquehanna
to restock the river with fish and
again make the stream one of the
finest fishing grounds in the coun
try. The movement to restock the
stream originated among a coterie
of enthusiastic anglers in Danville,
and they have enlisted the co oper
ation of fishermen in other towns
and cities along the river, with the
result that millions of young fish
will be put in the stream this spring.
From Danville alone twelve appli
cations have been sent to the differ
ent hatcheries in the state. The
fish asked lor are wall-eyed pike,
pickerel, black bass", sunfish aud
yellov perch.
PROMINENT MAN DEAD.
David C. Black, one of the most
prominent citizens of Ceutralia, and
father-in-law of Register and Re
corder Miller, dropped dead at his
home last Sunday evening at 7
o'clock, lie had been having trou
ble with his heart, but only a lew
hours before his death he telephon
ed his daughter, Mrs. Miller, say
ing that he was feeling very well.
He was aged 61 years aud was
born iu Ireland, being brought to
this country at the age of two years
the family taking up their home at
Minersville. At the age of 21 years
he went to Ceutralia where he has
since resided.
He has been a merchant in Ceu
tralia for many years and was serv
ing his fourth term as justice of the
peace. During his life he held a
number of borough offices.
Surviving him are his wife and
five children: Mrs. Frank W. Mil
ler, of Bloomsburg; Mrs. Dr. Camp
bell, Sallie, Adelaide and Tillie.
Squire Black was an upright man
and an estimable citizen, and his
loss will be keenly felt.
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SEND'S
SEIWS
FRUIT OUTLOOK.
Averting to the reported destruc
tion of this year's fruit crop, by the
recent freezing weather and the
snow in some sections of the state,
which as usual is an exaggeration
of actual conditions, farmers here
abouts are authority in saying that
it is entirely too early to determine.
It is the presumptiou of- those un
familiar with fruit growing that
every frost is fatal that gives cur
rency to the stale joke about the
frequent destruction of the peach
crop. Peach trees blossomed in un
usual abundance this year. They
were subjected to light touches of
frost while in full bloom and suffer
ed no injury, at least on high
ground. In some sections they
showed no sign of harm. Yet the
tiny fruit may have been so weak
ened that all will fall from the
branches. Then, again, many
peaches may go to maturity. It is
so with other fruits. The ordinary
hard apple was caught in open blos
som its most tender stage, but a
few days will be required to deter
mine whether there will be no ap
ples. A so-called "black frost" 111
May, 1891, preceded an autumn
famed for its abundance of fruit of
all kinds. Inquiry among the farm
ers and fruit growers of this sec
tion fails to justify the claim that
the fruit crop is seriously injured.
Many of the best fruit growers de
clare that the blossoms have not
been injure! at all.
Mis. Mary Pucker Cummings,
who afe.v mouths ago endowed the
Packer Hospital bv eivinir to that
institution the Wilbur House, the
largest .hotel iu Say re, has under
wav a oroiect which will five nrnn-
A j n 1 L
erty worth between $35,000 aud
$40,orx to tne Lauren ot tne Re
deemer of Sayre. The announce
ment of this fact was made by Rev.
II. E. Hauna, rector of the church,
ou the second anniversary of his
pastorate.
m 1
Judge Galbreath of Butler couu
ty has decided that Supervisors are
eutitled to $1.50 per day. He says
that, while th; act of 1905 repealed
all other acts inconsistent with it,
that the act of 1839 provided for
compensation, while the act of 1905
did not; therefore the act ot 1889 is
still in force in regard to the pay of
$1.50 per day.
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