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THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURO. PA
STRONGEST BANK
Capital
$100,000
Undivided Profits
830.000
First National Bank,
of lSDaaMsiiuucf,
Solicits the Business and Accounts of Farmers
and Business Men.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED HY A STRONG, CONS Kit VATI VK
AND HA FK MANAGKMENT.
5 Per Cent. Interest Paid on Time Deposits.
OFFICERS:
K. V. M.Low, President.
James M.Stawr, Vice President.
DIRECTORS:
E. W. M. Low. F. G. Ynrks, S. C. Creasy. Fred Ikeler,
H.V. Hower lames M, Staver, Myron I. Low, Louis Gross,
M. E Stai-kiiouse. Frank Ikeler,
THE COLUMBIAN.
ESTABLISHED 1866.
THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT,
'CSTABLtSH ED I837. CONSOI.IDA'I'EP 1S69
Published Every Turn mv Morning,
A" Bloomsburg, the County Scat of
Columbia County , Pennsylvania.
GEO. E. ELWELL. Editor.
GEO. C. ROAN, Kok&MAN.
Tkrm: Insidi thecounty f l.ooa year
In advance; 71.501! not paid in advance.
uiside thecounty, 1.25 a year, strictly in
a vance.
All communications should beaddressed
THE COLUMBIAN, Bloomsburg Ta
THURSDAY, AUGUST 0, 1908.
Democratic National Ticket.
FOR PRESIDENT.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN,
of Nebraska.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
JOHN V. KERN,
of Indiana.
Democratic State Ticket.
IUDGB OF THE SUPERIOR COURT,
WEBSTER GRIM.M,
of Bucks County.
democratic County Ticket.
FOR MEMBER OF CONGRESS,
JOHN G. McHENY,
of Benton.
FOR MEMBER OF LEGISLATURE,
WM. T. CREASY,
of Catawissa, ,
FOR PROTHONOTARY,
FREEZE QUICK,
of Bloorusburg.
FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER, .
FRANK W. MILLER,
ol Bloomsburg.
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
CHRISTIAN A. SMALL,
of Bloomsburg.
FOR COUNTY TREASURER,
JOHN MOUREY,
of Roaring Creek Township.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
.CHARLES L. POHE,
of Catawissa.
JERRY A. HESS,
of Bloomsburg.
FOR COUNTY AUDITORS,
CLYDE L. HIRLEMAN,
of Benton Borough,
(Second Term.)
HARRY CREASY,
of Blooms Durg.
. (Second Term.)
HON. JOHN G.McHENRY.
The Phila. Record of Sunday pub
lishes the following sketch of Hon.
John G. McHenry, Representative
in Congress for this district, in its
"Captains of Industry" series:
A leader in the Industrial life of a
rural community Is not as much
beard of as men of like capacities
who head the Industrial enterprises
in largo cKlea with newspapers of
.wide circulation to advertise their
(Prominence. To their own communl
tlea, however, men of thie type are
e necessary and Important as the
imtore widely-known captains of In
dustry of the great centers of popula
tlou, and 'when, as is sometimes the
case, a man Jt thie type extend the
phene of his operations to many rur
al communities he becomes a puJbUo
benefactor on a large scale.
Such a man Is John G. McHenry,
of Benton, Columbia county, Pensayl.
vanla, the present memJber of Con
gress from the Sixteenth district of
PonDsyrvtaaiia, comprising Columbia,
Montour, Sullivan and Northumber
land counties. Mr. MoHenry is one
of the youngest of the PennsylTant
delegation In Congress, bating been
IN THE COUNTY
Surplus
8150,000.
Myron I. Low, Vice President.
Frank Ikeler, Cashier.
born in Denton township, Columbia
county, April 20, 18G8, and having
Just passed his fortieth "birthday.
.He is a true son of the soil and re
ceived his early education in the pub
Jic schools of Columbia county and
in the OrangevKle Academy. His
early bent waS toward a business
life, and upon leaving school he
;ent a short period In farm work.
Displaying more than average man
iaslng capacity at the early age of
19, he was employed as assistant In
the management of a mercantile and
dumber business -with a small distil
lery attached.
1 The business grew 'and prosper
ed under his management, and In
(1901 the distillery was Incorporated
eparately, -the future Congressman
(becoming the head of the concern.
It is new one of the largest In the,
Rate, and pays to the Government
a revenue of a half million dollars
in Internal taxes upon Its an
nual output.
Mr. McHenry's distinguished trait,
however, consist In his recognition
of the prlncple that the prosperity of
an individual business concern in any
community depends largely upon the
average prosperity of the entire com-
iinunlty and upon the cultivation of
v proper spirit of co-operation among
nil the memlbers thereof. It has been
he chief work of his active life to
interest his neighbors and make
(them rart of every enterprise which
could he fostered to Increase the pow
a?r and influence of the community.
flls first achievement In this direc
tion wa9 the organization of a co
operative department store at Ben
ion. hMt t m
Another evidence of the place he
ihad achieved in the confidence of
jhls neighbors was furnished when
rfhe people of northern Columbia es
tablished a national bank at Benton
nnd elected Lim, although one of the
youngest stockholders, Its presi
dent.
The success of the Benton Nation-1
,al Bank led Air. MoHenry to suggest
to the State Grange that the farmers
ft Pennsylvania could free them
selves from the periodical stringency
tin money affairs due to the specula
Hive panics which from time to time
occur in the great financial centres
Iby establishing a chain of Grange
(Banks in the State. The idea appear-
ted reasonable and lbs application
.feasible to the' Grange leaders, and
(Mr. 'MicHenry was Invited to Inau
gurate tho system. .This he did, and
already a dozen banks of this kind
have been established or are in pro
cess of organization. The effect of
.this system of Grange Banks Is to re-
italn the surplus money of each com
.munlty in the community Itself, to
Ibe employed for the handling of
.crops, the promotion of local indus
trial enterprises and the attraction
,of trade to the neighborhood, instead
of being drained away, as has been
too often the case heretofore, to the
great speculative money centres, leav
Jng the communities from which it
was drawn without sufficient funds
for the transaction of local business
.whenever from any cause a mone
tary stringency arose In financial
icentree.
This plan of local banks, establish
ed for the purpose of promoting local
industries and rendering each com
munity financially independent of
Wall street or any other speculative
financial combination, has grown pop
ular in (Pennsylvania and promises
,to extend nto all the rural communi
ties of the United States, and the
credit of originating it and putting
Jt In successful operation In Pennsyl
vania belongs to Congressman Mo
Henry. If he bad accomplished noth
ing else, this achievement should
prove an enduring monument to his
public spirit, integrity and buaniess
capacity.
Mr. MfeHenry -was porn 1b a Demo
cratic eounty and has consistently
Aligned himself in poftbtos with his
Democrat! 0 neghUon. When only 80
; -years old he was elected oliirnn ef
the Democ ratio Committee of Oohun-
bla county, and during two cam
paigns displayed organizing capacity
which commanded the xsonfldence
and admiration of the local and State
leaders of his party. He was pro
moted to the cWalrman s-htp f a di
vision consisting of nine counties
of the .Slate, including those of bis
own Congressional district, and suc
ceeded in rescuing his district from
the opposition which had held it for
four years. He was made the Dem
ocratic candidate for Congress In his
district in the campaign of 190C and
was elected iby a plurality of 257C,
coming within KM) of carrying the
county of Northumberland, the most
populous In his district, over his Ite
publtcan competitor who was a resi
dent of that county and the sitting
member for the district at the time.
He has been renominated for a se
cond term, and there seems to be
little doubt at present of his trium
phant re-election.
WILL SOON MARKET COAL
The Cabin Run Coal Company, Beaver Town
ship, Rushing Colliery to Completion.
The Cabin Run Coal Co., operat
ing on the McAuley mountain, are
rapidly getting into shape to mar
ket coal. The breaker is complet
ed and the work of placing the ma
chinery began on Tuesday. It will
have a capacity of 10,000 tons per
day. As soon as the machinery is
installed the plant will be complete.
The power house with two steam
boilers, one 100 h. p. and the other
153 h. p., a dynamo and engine, is
ready for use, and the sawmill and
engine is in similar shape. An en
gine is in position at the head of
the plane to hoist culm to the
breaker, and all of this machinery
has been given a running test The
idea is to ultimately operate the en
tire plant by electricity.
Fresh mined coal will be sent
down to the breaker by means of
chutes, and will be taken from
three opeuings a drift and two
slopes. Coal will be taken from
the Baker operation and the Lon-
genberger tract. Several hundred
tons are ready to be put through
the breaker, and a number of min
ers are at work getting the inside
workings in shape. The force will
be greatly increased as soon as the
breaker is started, but at present
every suitable place is stocked with
coal and this must be removed be
fore the force can be increased.
ITEMS OP INTEREST.
Mrs. Annie E. Lynch of Mc
Keesport, Pa., died last Friday,
weighed 700 pounds. It took fif
teen men to handle the casket.
Ten new cardinals are soon to be
appointed in the Roman Catholic
Church, and one of them may be
an American.
State Treasurer Sheatz has ex
ceeded last year's record in pay
ment ot the btate school appropria
tion, the total disbursements for
this object in the 60 davs between
June 1 and August 1 aggregating
$4,069,141.78, or $1,670,723 more
man pam in tne. same period last
year.
In order to expedite the work
of the grand jury, Judge Fanning
of Bradford county, is r avinc mint
ed in pamphlet form instructions to
De sent to eacn grand juror when
he is summoned. When he comes
to Court, having read the explicit
instructions laid down by the
Judge, the juror will have a com
prehensive knowledge of his duties.
It has been found that the new
navy pay law, which went into ef
fect May 13, provides no special
rate of pay for officers on leave. and
one result may be that Civil Engi
neer reary will receive full pay,
$4500 a year, during his leave of
absence to look for the pole, in
stead of $2600.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany has placed a contract with a
Chicago firm to construct a new
coal wharf at the upper end of the
Nescopeck yards. The new struct
ure will be constructed of steel and
will require the work of many men
for a month or more to complete.
Upward of 25 cars of crushed stone
and several cars of cement will be
needed in its construction.
m. k, rreston, who cannot run
because he is in a penitentiary for
murder, persists in his refusal to
pose as the candidate of the Social
ist Labor Party for President, and
August Gillhaus has been substi
tuted for him. It shows how care-
tui the socialist Labor party is
about these important things, that
before Gillhaus was agreed on as a
proxy for Preston he promised that
in the event of his election he
would allow Preston to select the
Cabinet.
A.BVC
lh Kind You Haw Alwijn Bosght
MRX NEGLKCT TO DKAW WAGES.
One Railroad Holds 90,000,000 la
1'nrlnlincd Pay Cheeks.
Not less than $9,000,000 in un
claimed wage checks Is awaiting
claimants in the treasury of tho Sun
tet linen of Texas. Not a thousandth
part ever will be claimed, or the
owtii ,-rs would have called for It long
iijto. The money is kept In a spec
la' fund, and If a laborer shows tip
twenty yt nrs later and can prove his
claim, the money will be pnld to
hn:i. In this way the rallrond coni-p-it'.v
dif.Vrs fro.".) the tTlnlted States,
for mi all fovtrntnetit work unpaid
v.ivtcm tne uccrecltti'd to the general
fund .'liter the exp. ration of a year,
r.i:d tho government Is Just that
niuch t-hnad.
It Is hard to behove that such an
Immense sum as $9, ("00, 000 could ac
crue through tho lnborers not draw
ing their checks. Ilut most or the
work was done by Mexicans who dis
appeared without paying a word ns
to there whereabouts. Ignorant atil
untutored, the Mexican when he
wishes to quit, simply packs up his
btlon'ngs, and hiks out without a
word, never stopping to draw the
pay ho Is entitled to.
Negroes, too, add to tho fund, but
their contributions are not ro fre
quent as from the Mexicans, for the
nej;ro knows more about hov to get
what Is comirg to him. Hut It fre
qunnt'y happens that a negro work
in on the section gets wind of retri
butive Justice being on his track for
some offense committed elsewhere,
and he rromptly takes leave. Some
times! he sends for his wages later on,
but often It go-s to help swell the
unpaid wage fund.
What to do with the money Is a
question that has never been answer
ed bv the railroad company. The
practice In the past has been to keep
!t in trust, but the nmount Is loom
ing to such large proportions that
some other disposition may he
sought. Jt will probably will reach
lio.iiuo tn the next year, nnd no
doubt many of the claimants at'e
Long stnc dead.
Houses .f Suwdint.
Sawdust Is of great value In the
construction of house building ma
terials in Germany at least. In Ecrlln
already a number of buildings are
In process of erection. In whose for
mation sawdust plays an Important
part.
The sawdust Is mixed with certain
Inexpensive pulverized minerals, and
Is f rmed Into bricks, plastering and
so forth, by means of strong hydrau
lic pressure.
' It has been demonstrated that the
building materials constructed In this
manner are impervious to dampness,
and are quite fire-proof as well. They
are also remarkably firm and of ex
tremely light weight.
A still further advantage Is said
to be that the material ot this sort
can be tinted and colored to suit the
moat exacting taste with a slight
amount of trouble and expense, so
that the ornamental part ot house
building can be carried on from the
time the first sawdust brick Is laid
In its place.
MILLIE EATS EH ALIVE,
Uosco of the Freak Museum Not the
Only Worm Exterminator.
W. B Proctor the veil known soap
millionaire, Imputed a part of his
success to hlu soap's popularity
among children.
Mr. Proctor claims that habits of
scrupulous cleanliness could be form
ed in children if, at first, they were
paid to bathe. He had at the tip of
his tongue a number of amusing
anecodtes about the extraordinary
niercem ry character of the small
boy.
One of these anecdotes concerned a
little boy who came to his mother one
day for a nickel.
"Oh," oaid tho lady, "be Indus-
trtous and earn your money. 1 ara
tired ot always giving, giving to
you."
Tho youngster departed in
noughtful silence. Thereafter for
somo time, he did not make 6 single
demand for cash. His pleased moth
er discovered the reason for this obe
dience late one alternoon, when. In
a secluded part of her garden, she
found her. little son standlug in the
centre of an appreciative crowd of
urchins.
Directly behind him, quite neatly
printou on cardboi rd and tacked to
the arbor, was this announcement:
WILLIE JONKS WILL KAT
1 small worm for, 1 cent
1 largo worm for 2 cents
1 butterfly for 2 cents
1 caterpillar for 3 cents
1 hop toad for 5 cents
And the boy, .lis mother plainly
aw, was doing a tremendous busi
ness. Rice In India.
Burma has under cultivation for
rice nearly 7,300,000 acres, and this
U less than one-tenth of the total
" under rice In British Tndls
For 75 years the favorite
SUBSTANTIAL
Lowering of Suit Prices!
Today we commence .1
.... a... .1
to Do tne aesi 111 uie ui-Miinitnu ...
fr, thn linttnm of the matter, thes
Within a very short time the space o
...:n iniinn f,-r oiWfince summer
Will uw taivvii iv , . . . . .
price method is taken to get
in time to accommodate the
The following prices will prov
woman who has yet to purchase her !
10.00 SUITS
Latest styles stripes and plain colors). Sale Price $7.50.
12.00 SUITS FOUV39.98.
Blue and brown, self striped Pan am n, Prince Chap Style.
Sale Price $9.98.
1 1.00 SUITS FOR 1310.00.
Worsteds and self stripe Panama, PnHnce Chap and Cuta
way style. Sale Price $10.00.
17.50 SUITS F0II M5.50.
Excellent quality of Chiffon Panama, blues, browns and
black. Jacket 27 inches, J fitting back Vith dip front.worth
$20.00. Sizes 14 to 40. Sale PricJ $15.50.
18.00 mid 20.00 SUITS 17011 12.08.
Sizes 14 to 36 e ry suit a nJw creation.
22.50 and 23.00 SUITS Fpil 10.00
Elegant materials and tailorings-rblues, brown and
greens. Many of the best models. Sale Price $16.00.
25.00 SUITS FOR 17.50.
Excellent assortment, most all sizes? in this lot. Pest
styles included. High grade handsomc materials.
32.00 and 35.00 SUITS FOR 25.00.
The newest creations. Some of them copies of fine im
ported models, fine quality of fabrics good color variety.
Sale Price $25.00.
F. P. PURSEL.
BLOOMSBURG, - PENN'A.
We Have Ten Styles of
Envelopes and Paper to Match
FOR
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.
familfti
tdicine for throat and
period oil
. - Mnr. fr'o lil
Suit Sellintr dest
story. To get quickly
b few facts arc told.
1.
:cupicti oy these suits
trartnents. ThU 1
-
what Si
new arrif
ring Suits remain out
vais.
,e interesting to the
Bpring Suit.
FOR
7.50.
arcs
13
lungs.