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BLOOMSBURG, PA., THURSDAY JULY D, 1008.
NO. 27.
The Farmers National Bank
OF BLOOMSBURG.
Condensed report to the Comptroller at the close of business May 14, 1908
RESOURCES. LIABILITIES.
Loans and Invest- Capital . , $ 60,000.00
ments . , $519,828.45 Surplus and Net
U.S. Bonds . 60,000.00 Profit . . . 101,046.57
Cash and Reserve 135,602.36 Circulation . 60,000.00
Deposits . . 494,384.24
$715,430.81 $7i5.430-8i
3 Per Cent. Interest Paid on Time Deposits.
Capital, $60,000 Surplus and Profit $101,046.57
C M. CKEVELING, Pres. M. MILLEISEN. Cashier.
ARGUMENT COURT.
The followine business was trans
acted in court on Monday, it being
the regular monthly session:
Upon the application of Clinton
Herring. Esq., a charter was grant
the Christian church at Derrs.
In the divorce proceedings of
Mellick vs. Melhck, an anas sub
poena was issued.
James L. Evans, Esq., presented
a petition from the Berwick Trust
Co., guardian of William Neal, a
weak minded person, asking that
tli. Pnnrt allow a private sale of
real estate belonging to the ward
and situate on East Third street,
Bloomsburg, for the sum of $750;
sale to be made to Louise Mcl'her
son. The Court took the papers.
W. H. Rhawn, solicitor for the
County Commissioners, presented
to the Court for its approval the
contracts they had entered into for
the erection of the county bridges
in Roaring Creek and Madison
townships and Stillwater borough,
and also for the painting of the
bridge over the Susquehanna river
at Bloomsburg.
Thos. W. Hagenbuch and Sam
uel B. Hagenbuch, execntorS of
Peter Hagenbuch, deceased, vs. A.
C Hagenbuch. On motion of Fred
Ikeler, Esq. , the order of the Court
was modified.
In the estate of Kate J. Pope,
deceased, petition for the Court to
place a construction on the will of
the decedent and make other or
ders. On motion of Fred Ikeler,
Esq.. Mondav. Aueust 3, 1008, at
10 o'clock a. m.. is fixed for the
hearing. Notice to be published
in one newsnarjer in Columbia coun
ty and one newspaper in the city of
Adrian, Lenaure county, Micnigan.
In the estate of Marv K. Kries,
deceased, petition for a citation to
convev title. Citation awarded re
turnable on the first Monday of
September, 1908.
In the matter of the appeal of the
Packer Coal Co., upon agreement
of all the parties in interest, the
Court reduced the valuation from
$21,300 to $3485-
In the estate of James McCole,
deceased, the widow elects to retain
certain real estate and Thomas E.
Mohan and Martin Monaghan are
appointed appraisers.
Catawissa Borough Poor District
vs. Columbia county. On motion
ofL. C. Mensch, Esq., the Court
made an order that John Gaidtes,
an inmate of Wernersville hospital,
is a subject of Russia, and has no
legal settlement in Catawissa bor
ough. In the case of Lavina Rabuck vs.
Pennsylvania Railroad Co., rule to
take off non suit. The Court after
reading an opinion, made the fol
lowing order: "And now, July 6,
1903, reasons filed to take off non
suit are overruled, and the rule to
take off the same is discharged."
Com. vs. John Stevanko, rule to
show cause why that portion of the
verdict which directed that the
prosecutor pay the costs should not
be set aside. The rule was made
absolute, and the county directed
to pay the costs in an opinion hand
td down by the Court.
Iu the matter of the appointment
of a guardian for Abraham Hess,
of Jackson township, a weak mind
ed person. After hearing the tes
timony of Mrs. Thomas J. Hess,
Dr. I. L. Edwards, Z. A. Butt and
A. B. Mendenhall, the Court ap
pointed Thomas J. Hess, guardian.
Bond in the sum of $200 approved.
The bonds of the following tax
collectors were presented to the
Court and approved: John R. Sut
ton, Berwick; D. N. Williams,
Madison township; W. P. Zahner,
Main township; and J. H. White,
Mt. Pleasant township. j
STATE TO HELP MEN GET WORK.
Unemployed May Write to the Bureau ot
Industrial Statistics at Harrltburg.
Hereafter the State of Pennsyl
vania will receive applications from
the unemployed and endeavor to
put them to work. The scheme
has been evolved by John L. Rcck
ey, chief of the State bureau of in
dustrial statistics. Pennsylvania
has never had a bureau of employ
ment and although numerous in
quiries about obtaining men have
been received in recent years and
many requests for information
which might lead to employment
have lately been reaching the
bureau it has been unable to care
for them through lack of an appli
cation. Chief Rockey has decided after
study of the statutes that there is
nothing to prevent his bureau from
engaging in such work and has
opened communication with organ
izations of the Young Men's Chris
tian Association and other bodies
throughout the State, so that lists
of those desiring men or employ
ment may be kept.
"At present there is a demand
for men to aid in the harvest," said
Chief Rockey. 1 'I know of counties
where men can receive good wages
and substantial board and where
unless hands are obtained the gath
ering of the crops will be seriously
interfered with. The plan I have
adopted to assist the unemployed in
the cities and towns and bring them
into communication with the farm
ers is to receive applications at my
office for work and for men. Ac
cording to the district from which
these applications come I will dis
tribute the letters. I have estab
lished a system by which the State
Young Men's Christian Association
with 70 organizations, will assist,
and I am hoping to still further ex
tend it. I think in this way the
bureau can assist many worthy men
and relieve the farming communi
ties. I wish we could do more, but
we are restricted."
AGED MAN DEAD.
Clark Merrill, died at his home
at Light Street about 8 o'clock Sat
urday night of ailments incidental
to eld age. Had he lived until
September he would have been
eighty-four years of age.
The deceased was a native of
Columbia county and spent the
greater part of his life in the vicin
ity of Rohrsburg. He was a farm
er by occupation.
The deceased was a widower and
is survived by four sons and two
daughters: J. A. Merrill of Val
ley township, Montour county;
Benjamin and Orron Merrill of
Greenwood, Nebraska, Byron Mer
rill of Billings, Montana; Eliza
beth, (Mrs. George Grimes) of
Light Street and Miss Clara who
resides at home.
THE SOLDIERS' MONUMENT.
At a meeting of the Sons of Vet
erans Monday evening E. E. Bit
teubender, Commander of Eut Post,
and John Shaffer, of the Brockway
Camp, were appointed a publishing
committee to arrange for the dedi
cation of the Soldiers' Monument
in September. On that day the
Veterans Association of Columbia
county will meet. The old soldiers
and the ladies circle, also Sous of
Veterans are working hard to make
it one of the greatest gatherings of
any day Columbia county ever wit
nessed.
DeForrest Hummer met with an
Tiiesdav at the car
shoos, his left thumb being mashed
by a horizontal punch.
COMPTROLLER'S CALL.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
$t QlSfoomeBurg (ttattonaf ( anft
Af the Close of Business, May 14, 1908.
RESOURCES. LIABILITIES.
Loans and Invest- Capital Stock, - $100,000.00
ments $611,830.43 Surplus and Profits 51,620.16
Furniture and Fix- Circulation 100,000.00
tures - 8,000.00
Cash and Reserve 95,474.66
$715,305.09
Wm. H. Hidlay, Cashier.
BASE BALL PLAYER DEAD.
Harry Cole, who was struck on
the head by a pitched ball in a
game at Benton last Saturday af
ternoon, died at the Wilkes-Barre
Hospital on Monday.
When the ball hit Cole on the
head, near the ear, he exclaimed:
"Gee ! that was a dandy." He ran
to first and was given a runner.
Going to the bench he told the
players he was going to "stretch
out." He did so, and complaining
of feeling worse, he picked up his
glove and bat, and started to walk
home, a mile and a half in the
country. Scarcely able to walk
when he reached home he fell over
on the porch. When found he was
unable to tell how the accident oc
curred. By that time his right arm
was entirely limp. The skin was
not broken where the ball had hit
him but his head was black and
blue. A blood vessel had been
punctured beneath the skull and as
the blood clot increased the paraly
sis became the greater.
The deceased was 18 years old.
He was employed in the car shops
at Berwick, and lived with his wid
owed mother in that place. The
funeral took place at his home this
morning.
DROWNED AT ORANGEVILLE.
Clem Montgomery, son of Mr.
and Mrs. James Montgomery of
Orangeville, was drowned iu the
creek at that place, near the ceme
tery, on Saturday afternoon. In
company with Dana Sharpless of
Orangeville, and Charles Miller of
Plymouth, both young boys, he
went in bathing, the two boys re
maining on the bank. The water
was muddy, aud not being able to
see where he was going he waded
into a hole 13 feet deep, aud being
uuable to swim, was drowned be
fore help could riach him.
The other boys ran to town and
gave the alarm, and William Sharp
less and several others went to the
creek aud recovered the body after
a half hour's search.
Efforts to resuscitate him were
unavailing. He was ajbright boy,
and would have graduated from
the Hazleton High School next
year. He had been living at Ha
zleton for some time past with Dal
las Swank, and was spending his
vacation with his parents. His age
was 18 years.
The funeral was held Tuesday
morning.
A. C. & F. OFFICERS.
At the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the American Car
and Foundry Company at Jersey
City the entire Board of Directors
and officers were re-elected: Pres
ident, Frederick H. Eaton; first
vice presideut aud general mana
ger, E. F. Carey; assistant to pres
ident, W. H. Woodin; vice presi
dent, W. C. Dickerniau; vice presi
dent, J. M. Buick; vice president,
C. Price; treasurer, S. S. DeLano;
auditor, N. A. Doyle; secretary,
W. M. Ilager. Mr. Eaton's elec
tion is for the eighth successive
term. His administration has wit
nessed rapid strides forward in the
progress of the company. The an
nual report of the president showed
the following output of the plants
for the fiscal year ending April joth :
Total of 84,340 cars; 51,532 being
of steel, 32,063 of wood, 171 being
steel passenger cars and 574 wood
passenger cars. Gross sales for the
year, $104,310,559.97; amount of
freight paid to railroads on materi
h1 received and shipped, $6,625,000;
average number of men employed,
23 521; wages paid during the year,
$15,915,823.41.
Deposits 463,684.93
-
$715,305.09
A. Z. Schoch, President.
OPINIONS OF COURT.
coroner's fees.
At the opening of argument
court Monday morning Judge Evans
handed down an opinion that a
coroner is entitled only to mileage
for the holding of inquests from
the court house to the place where
the inquest was held. He also
stated that according to law an in
quest cannot be paid for by the
county unless there was a clear
case of doubt as to violence or crime
connected with the death 01 a per
son over whose body an inquest is
to be held.
TWO-CENT FARE LAW INVALID.
Judge Evans also handed down
an opinion declaring the two cent
fare law unconstitutional and re
stricting Columbia county from
bringing any suits against the Sus
quehanna, Bloomsburg and Ber
wick R. R. Co. for violating the
act. The S. B. & B. will return to
their former rate and it is unlikely
the county will proceed further in
the matter, the Supreme court hav
ing recently decided the act illegal.
The Court entered the following
decree:
"And now, July 6, 1908, this
cause came on to be heard on bill
and answer and upon the hearing
of the same and consideration there
of by the Court, and the Court be
ing satisfied of the sufficiency of
said bill, and the facts therein al
leged being admitted by the defend
ant, on the motion of Seth T. Mc
Connick, solicitor for the plaintiff,
the Couit hereby orders and de
crees: "1st. That the said Act of April
5, 1907, is unconstitutional and
void as to the plaintiff company.
"2nd. That the defendant, Col
umbia county, is perpetually en
joined from demanding of the plain
tiff, The Susquehanna, Bloomsburg
& Berwick Railroad Company, pay
ment of, or from bringing any suit
or suits against it for the recovery
of any penalty imposed by said Act
in the event of the failure of The
Susquehanna, Bloomsburg & Ber
wick Railroad Company, plaintiff,
to comply with the requirements of
the said Act or in case the said
plaintiff shall establish and maintain
rates of fare, which in the judg
ment of the plaintiff company's
president and directors are reasona
ble rates for the services rendered,
and in excess of the rales establish
ed by the said Act of April 5, 1907,
and shall charge and collect the
same from passengers using the
said road."
NORMAL SCHOOL NOTES.
Normal Hill is a busy place this
summer as always. Steward Fris
bie has a large force of men ex
cavating for the new kitchen ex
tension, and Prof. Dennis is direct
ing the work of the "poison squad"
engaged in giving the buildings
their usual thorough fumigation
and disinfection. The work this
year is being done with hydrocyanic
acid gas, one of the most deadly
agents known and requiring special
care iu its use, but effective and
useful in proportion.
Dr. Waller's office is being re
modelled and modernized in equip
ment under the direction of Mrs.
Hawley of town.
Mr. W. H. Eyer is rapidly mak
ing a park of the Normal grove
Things are certaiuly moving on
the hill.
GONE TO DENVER.
Hon. John G. Harman, delegate-at-large,
C. B. Ent, district dele
gate, and county chairman J. H.
Mercer are attending the Democrat
ic National Convention at Denver. I
SPECI AIL
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Summer
CORNER,
LAWS ARE ENFORCED.
Pure Food Agents Have Investigated Twenty
Counties.
A remarkable statement concern
ing efficiency of the pure food cam
paign in this state, was given out
Saturday by Dairy and Food Com
missioner James Foust at Harris
burg, who said, "Some time ago we
determined to thoroughly investi
gate the quality of various brands
of canned goods, soups, potted
meats, etc., sold in the state. We
concluded to make a comprehensive
job of it. Special agents of the di
vision, were sent into the following
counties: Mercer, Crawford, Erie,
Warren, Venango, Armstrong,
Westmoreland, Indiana, Blair.Hunt
ingdon, Clearfield, Centre, Lycom
ing, JNortnuniDenana, uaupniu,
Lancaster and Lebanon. The spec
ial agents of the division gathered
in all sorts of canned goods. They
collected corn, peas, beans, toma
toes, asparagus, oysters, perhaps
some other sorts. They accumulat
ed a large variety of the srandard
soups. They purchased a collection
of potted meats, consisting of chick
en, ham, tongue and veal loat.
Nor did they neglect weinerwurst
and pork sausage. These com
modities were put up in various
states of the union. They bore all
sorts of trade-marks and were va
riously branded. Having collected
our samples we sent them to com
petent chemists for analysis. Not
a single one of all the 350 camples
contained a chemical preservative
and none was artificially colored.
Were we disappointed? Why,
sure ! out it was a pleasant disap
pointment. For we would far rath
er commeud a manuracturer lor
making and a dealer for selling
honest goods than detect him 111 a 1
fraud. One thing about these
goods, however, I think you ought
10 leu me people. ine oranas
costing the most money were inva
riably the best, the cans containing
less water or juice. The corn was
of the best grade and well packed
in the can, the tomatoes were in
many instances whole, aud were
fine and plump. The others were
not injurious to health but they
were not the equal of the better
grades, and I am satisfied that the
cheap ones were the most costly,
since they contained far less sub
stance than the others.
OFF
Clothing.
MUST SHOW PENSION PAPERS
Serious difficulty is confronting
the notaries, justices and ; ension
ers in a number of the country
towns and all because the govern
ment recently increased the rate of
widows' pensions.
Under the law it is necessary for
a pensioner to present the original
certificate to the officer executing
a voucher each quarter. In the
smaller towns where all the pen
sioners are known, the formality
has been ignored. But last month
when the new law went into effect
the department called iu all origi
nal pension certificates aud now
find that in scores of instances the
certificate has been lost, in some
cases for many years. Several jus
tices are confronted with the facts
that their clients have not seen the
certificates siuce they were issued
by the government.
All concerned witnesses, pen
sioners and officers are placed in an
ugly light for each has placed him
self on record as having seen cer
tificates every time t'ue vouchers
were made out. The commissioner
of pensions will probably make an
investigation.
WILL SHOOT THE DOGS.
The town council recently passed
an ordinance requiring all dogs to
be muzzled, and providing that any
unmuzzled dogs running at large
shall be shot on sight, and impos
ing a fine of two dollars and costs
on the owners of unmuzzled dogs.
On Monday uight they authoriz
ed Chief of Police Baum to secure
some one to shoot the dogs, and he
has engaged Amos Welliver for the
purpose. The council is in earnest
in the matter, and public sen'.iment
is with them so far as muzzles are
concerned, but shooting the dogs
on sight seems rather harsh.
Wouldn't it be better to impound
the dogs and fine the owners. If
not redeemed in a reasonable time
the dogs could be killed.
BOYS IN CAMP.
With Prof. B. F. Bryant and
family a number of town boys are
camping for two weeks at Benscot
er's Pond, near Huulock's Creek.
They are Drehr Phillips, Harry
Funk, Gardner Kelchner, John
Townseud, Stanley Magee and Ash
ton Smith.