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ftLOOMSBURG, PA THURSDAY NOVEMBER 2, 1008.
NO 47.
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Capital, $60,000 Surplus 8100,000
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DIRECTORS
J. L. Mover JN. U. Ki nk C. M. Crhveung C. A. Ku-im
W. L. White C. W. Runyon Dr. J. J. Bkown M. Millkiskn
3 Per Cent. Interest Paid on Time Deposits.
THE DEDICATION
A Great Crowd Witnessed the
Ceremonies at the Present
tation of the Monument.
A FINE PARADE.
Probably the most imposing
open-air ceremonies ever witnessed
in this county was that attending
the dedication of the Soldiers and
Sailors Mounment on last Thurs
day. The weather was all that
could be desired, and thousands ol
people were present.
The parade started at 1:30 from
the Town Hall, headed by Chief
Marshal W. O. Holmes, County
Commissioners Hess, Pohe, and
Ringrose, and Assistant Marshals
W. D. Lentz and R. A. Htcks,
all mcunted. I he parade was
made up as follows:
Mounted Police
Catawissa Band
Sons of Veterans of Bloomsburg,
Berwick, Wilkes-Barre
and Milton
Spanish American Veterans
Patriotic Order Sons of America
P. O. S. of A Drum Corps, Danville
Citizens Baud
K. G. K. Coinmandery
Independent Order of Red Men
t Millville Baud
Carriages containing Speakers
of the day
Veterans of the Civil War
I.adiesof theG. A. R. and children
who were in the coupon con
test in band wagon
Bloomsburg Band
Friendship Tire Co. No. i
Winona Fire Co. No. 3
Orangeville Band
Rescue Ho-,eCo. No. 2
Liberty Fire Co. No. 4
The veterans of the civil war
joined the procession at the court
house after the parade had gone
down East to Fifth, to West, and
up Main. There were about 150 of
them.
The excercises at the monument
were opeued by J. C. Kves, Presi
dent of the Monument Association,
and the audience saug America,
led by II. S. Bat ton, and Dr.
Hemingway offered prayer, after
which Judge C. C. Evans in a very
excellent address, on behalf of the
county commissioners, presented
the monument to the public gener
ally, and the veterans in particular.
On behalf of the veterans H. A.
McKillip Esq. accepted the monu
ment in an eldqueut speech. We
regret that we cannot give all of
the speeches in full, but space for
bids. On behalf of the Grand Army of
the Republic, E. E. Bittenbender,
Commander of Eut Post G. A. R.
made an address of thanks for the
monument, and as his remarks
have not appeared elsewhere in
print, we give them in full.
He said: In the name of my
comrades of the Grand Army of
the Republic, representing as we
do all soldiers and sailors who de
fended the iutegrity and authority
of the nation, we thank you and
those whom you represent for the
monument. Its very silence is im
pressive. Without articulate speech
it is eloquent. It needs no words,
it is itself an oration. It assures'
us that our dead are held in remem
brance, those dead who gave their
lives for the security of the citizen
and the union of the states. It is
significant of brave and loyal obed
ience to the command of the nation
always and everywhere since the
bligatious of citizenship are not
restricted to time or place or to the
conflict of arms. It gives encour
agement for the future, since the
recognition and approval it gives of
patriotic fidelity and heroism will
CENTURY CLUB ANNIVERSARY.
The Century Club will be fifteen
years old on Friday, and in order
to properly celebrate the occasion
tliey will gather at the home 0
Miss Mary Tustiti on First street
at eight o clock in the eveninc
Invitations have been sent to all
of the present former tnemhprc.
Thev are nrinled in rivl th mnr
of the club, and worded in rhyme.
l hey read as follows:
la EiRhtccu Hundred and Ninety Three
1 lie euuiry luunclieU out to sea.
To celebrate this great event
Its members are on pleasure bent.
Will you te one to share the fun.
And to the Tustin homestead come ?
Next Friday eve at eight no more,
l1nuse knock at Mary Tustin's door.
We'll spend an hour in friendly chat
Then hear the history of our ,:Krat."
Iliiinn forget : come as ve be.
Fine clothes count nought in ourcountree
Mrs. Dr. Hemingway is the au-
tnor.
WILL COMPLY WITH THE RULE.
the Mate railroad commission
has heard from almost all of the
stieet railway companies in the
State regarding the rule that pas
sengers must not ride on the front
platforms of trolley cars, and all
say that they will comply with the
rule, which went into effect Mou
day. The commission anticipates
no trouble whatever in the enfo-ee-
metit of the rule and believes that
when the general public learns
that it was made by a commission
and not by the compauies there
will be no protest against those
who are prohibited from riding on
the front platform.
GOING OUT OF BUSINESS.
The Clark Store for the past
forty years one of the leading mer
cantile houses in this section, is
closed this week until Friday
morning at 9:30, for the purpose
of aranging the stock for a closing-
out sale. Prices are reduced and
every thing in the store will be sold.
Great bargains await the people of
this vicinity.
THANKSGIVING SERVICE.
Thanksgiving Service at St
Paul's Episcopal Church will be
held at 10 a. 111.
A Union meeting will be held iu
the Presbyterian Church in the
evening at 7:30.
be an incentive for the display of
public valor and virtue in all com
i'ikt time. There can be no doubt
r
th.-it the honor vou rav to the pa
triotic dead and to t'.ie memorable
eeds, will serve not only to make
American citizenship in these days
more reputable, but also to main
tain and oernetuate. through all
future generations the union and
authority of the United States of
merica.
Hon. W. E. Andrews, of Wash
ington. D C. theoratorof the day.
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delivered an eloquent and lmpres-
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sive speecn, wnica w.is uigmy com
plimented by all who heard it. He
made many friends during his brief
stay in town.
He was followed by congress
man John G. McHenry, who in an
able address clo-ed the exercises of
the afternoon.
The day was a great success in
every way, and all who had any
thing to do with it in any way are
to be congratulated and compli
mented upon the admirable manner
in which everything was doue, from
the inception of the movement to
procure a monument ftp to the final
motneut of its dedication.
1 0e QiSfoomeBurg
Is directly identified with the Farming. Mercantile and Man
ufacturing interests of this community, and with its ample Capi
tal and Surplus, Conservative Directorate, Progressive Manage
ment and convenient location, is equipped to Satisfactorily Han
dle New Accounts and to accord them that same courteous
attention which has been it vital factor in its Steadfast and Con
tinuous Growth.
3 Per Cent. Interest Allowed on Time Deposits.
Wm. II. IIini.AY, Cashier.
VIOLATING RULES
OF QUARANTINE.
Forty Federal Experts Have Ar.
rived at Danville Since
Friday and Been As
signed to Duty
Outbreak Near Lock Haven.
Two weeks ago Sunday State
eterinanan Leonard Pearson, ac
companied by Dr. r. V.. Munce,
arrived at Danville and took up the
fight against the foot and mouth
disease. In the two weeks interva
there has not been a day but that
they, along with their able corps
of assistants, have been working
overtime. Even 011 Sunday there
is no let-up.
The foot and mouth disease up
to date Las broken out 111 the fol
lowing counties:
Montour, Northumberland, Clin
ton, Juniata, Union, Suyder,
Berks, Lehigh, Montgomery, Dela
ware, 'Chester and Lancaster
twelve counties in all. The latest
outbreak is reported in Clinton
county, near Lock Haven. Several
agents of the State Livestock Saui
tary board seut out from Danville,
are now on the ground thete mak
ing investigations. Another out
break was reported near Pleasant
comer in Lehigh county. Several
State and Federal men were sent
there from Danville, Sunday.
Fully forty Federal men repre
seating the bureau of animal iudus
try, department ofagriculture, have
arrived at Danville since Friday
from different parts of the Union,
one being from Denver and others
from points nearly as far west.
They represent the leading cattle
raising aud slaughtering districts of
the United States. In each case
as soon as the expert arrived Dr.
Denuett, the Federal representative
assigned him to active duty in var
ious infected districts.
Many persons, it seems, fail to
grasp the full significance of the
county quarantine aud are slow to
realize that the rules and regula
tions adopted admit of no excep
tions. Several resideuts of Mon
tour and Northumberland counties
have stepped across the Hue and
bought cattle only to discover that
they are not permitted to remove
the animal out of the county in
which it was purchased. In one
instance the purchaser paid down a
certain sum of money to fasten the
bargain. Men have gone out of
the county to buy dressed pork only
to find that the same restriction in
part applies, as slaughtered hogs
can be taken out of one county into
another only after the head and
feet have been cut off and disposed
of. There is scarcely a day but
some one applies to O. D. Schock,
who is in charge of the head-quarters,
to see if something cannot be
done in his particular case. To all
the reply is the same. 1 he rules
are sweeping and must be enforced
in every case.
That the State means to rigidly
enforce the quarantine is demon
strated by an incident that occurred
at Berwick Saturday. Louis Bloom
drove a herd of cattle across the
ine from Columbia into Luzerne
county, intending to take them 10
Hazleton. It is alleged that he was
notified that he was breaking the
quarantine but paid no heed. The
State Livestock Sanitary board at
ts headquarters 111 Danville was
notified, when Bloom's arrest was
ordered. Under instructions from
headquarters the cattle were re
turned to their starting point at
Evansville. Bloom's caUle are now
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A. Z. ScnocH, President.
ALL JOIN IN WEEK OF PRAYER
C iristiam of All Names Asked to Join In Sup
Plication 1 st Week In Advent.
General interest is beiuc aroused
just now over the week of prayer
which, will begin 011 November 29th
and continue during the first week
in Advent.
This special week of prayer is be
ing held throughout the world as
the result 01 a conference of repre
sentatives of seven lay brother
hoods in the United States held in
Chicago. Following the conference
men's societies of all churches were
communicated with, so that all over
the world, eveu to the remotest is
lands of the sea, the word to ob
serve the week of prayer has gone
out.
"KEEP OFF THE MONUMENT."
That is the warninz that is hunsr
on each side of the monument iu
Market Souare. aud while it is not
ornamental, it was made necessary
by the fact that'children have been
defacing the monument by walking
trouud the base with their muddy
shoes. Policemen have been or
dered to see that they keep off, but
it will probably occur that the only
way to keep the base ol the memo
rial from being a play ground and
a loaling place will be to put an
iron tence around it.
DAILY SERVICES.
During next week nightly servi
ces will be held in St. Paul's
Church, when special intercession
will be made for all men and boys
On Wednesday evening the Rector
will deliver an address. All male
members of the parish are special
ly invited, but the meetings are
not exclusively for men, and all
members of the congregation, and
the public generally, are welcome
REAL ESTATE SALE.
John Reighard, executor of the
estate of B. F. Reighard, late of
Mifflinburg, Pa., will sell on Fri
day, December 11, 1908 at one
o'clock, p. m. a farm situated in
Scott township, adjoining lands of
James Reichard, Harvey Creve
ling, B. F. Zarr aud others, and
containing over 156 acres. It has a
two story frame dwelling, baru,
and other buildings.
The sale will take place at the
court house in Bloomsburg.
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LODGE OF SuRROW.
The local lodge of Elks has fixed
Sunday, December 6th for the
holding of their annual lodge of
sorrow. Rev. J. R. Murphy will
deliver the address.
under quarantine as are also those
of William Lamon, whose farm was
their stopping place. A violation
of the quarantine carries with it a
penalty of $ioo or imprisonment of
six mouths.
In Danville at present are some
natives of Germany, who recall the
outbreak of foot and mouth disease
u that country and are surprised
at the drastic measures adopted
here to eradicate the disease. In
Germany the cattle were not killed.
In 1901, Dr. Pearson states, aph
thous fever oroke out in Germany
aud the government tried to stamp
it out with the quarantine method.
It cost the government $50,000,000
before' it was finally wiped out.
Besides there was consideraole lot
of life In one town alone 26
children died ai the result of aph
thous fever.
TOWNSEND
We are
THE
No matter what you want
in Clothing or Furnishing
line you will fine it here
and you may be sure the
price is right.
TOWMSEMD'
CORNER.
PATENT OFFICE FREAKS.
Among the many queer things at
the Patent Office at Washington,
perhaps the very queerest is the
process lately patented for turning
corpses into gold statues, or inci
dentally into silver or bronze, if
money is an object, says the Post-
Dispatch.
No more ' dust to dust" for the
human body. Burial itself mav be
done away with, and our dear de
parted may stand around our homes
for all time.
The name of the patentee is Da
vid J. Block, a letter carrier, of
Chicago. He says he has been
eight years experimenting, and now
can turn the body of a man weigh
ing 1S5 pounds into pure gold for
$515 000 and into pure silver for
$300,000. He makes a bronze
statue, prcmeating the flesh to a
cepth of one-eighth of an inch,
which can be done for $2000, and
he guarantees that to preserve a
corpse intact for 100 years. Possi
bly he will go on and invent some
crockery process for even less mou
ey but that might be dangerous
because so breakable, aud one does
not want to sec one's loved one
broken up about the house.
Mr. Block has, in fact, sprung on
the Patent Office a very startling
idea. He has some samples of his
work that are amazing, to say the
least. Among them is a bunch of
American Beauty roses nietalized
five years ago. They are as hard
as a reck, but perfectly natural in
coloring, and wheu he opens the
box to take them out the scent
seems to be as strong as in a
fresh-cut rose. His wife wears
hatpins made by him of other
roses one an American Beauty,
another a pink tea rose and a third
a white rose. These he nietalized
two years ago. She has worn them
constantly, winter and summer, in
all kinds of weather. The odor of
them is exactly like that of freshly
picked roses.
Of course, Mr. Block naturally
refuses to divulge the process by
which he thinks he has conquered
the forces of disintegration. He
has arranged with one of the largest
casket compauies in the country to
handle the process. He says he
can never turn undertaker himself,
but he can show anybody else how
to do it,, so that there could be no
possibility of mistakes.
here with
(gD
What a Monkey Wrench is.
Not Quite So Zoological as its Miltading
Name Might Imply.
Of a plain tool with a droll name
the Rochester (N. V.) i'uion and
Advertiser says:
. A "monkey wrench" is net so
named because it is a handy thing
to monkey with, or for any kin
dred reason. "Monkey" is not its
name at all, but "Moncky."
Charles Moncky, the inventor of it,
sold his patent for $2000, and in
vested tthe money in a house in
Williamsburg, Kings county,
where he now lives. Iron, a Lon
don trade paper, savs that 80.000
dozen Moncky wrenches are ex
ported to Europe annually. "The
toolmakers and machinists of Eu
rope." savs Iron, "such as Kninn.
of Germany, Whitworth & Arm
strong, of England, and Hotch
kiss, of France, with their vast re
sources, are unable to produce a
Moncky or screw-bar wren:h equal
to the Anierhan wrenches, ami
consequently they have to import
inese 1001s trom tne states."
On the same subiect the same
journal continues: "Our American
contemporaries have everv cause to
be surprised at the astonishing fact
that thousands of tons of scrap-iron
are everv vear taken to the United
States and there converted into the
simplest of American mamifac
tures, the sad or laundry irou, and
then exported back to Europe at
no small profit. There is no one
comer of Europe where the Ameri
can small-cast hardware is not an
sale. In the matter of the common
pocket boxwood rules, the Ameri
can manufacturers so far excel all
others that, if not all European
nations, certainly all nations out
side of Europe are supplied from
America, ine manufacturers there
print on the rule whatever system
of measurement is followed by the
country for which the goods are in
tended. American augers aud
auger-bits are used the world over,
no other nation being able to com
pete. The Americaus with such
iacts before them may well be
proud of their manufactures."
The following letters are held at
the Bloomsburg, Pa., post office:
Mrs. Nora Iieishliue, Mr. G W.
Hudson, Mr. Abraham Kline.
Cards Miss Helen Espv, Mr- Her
bert J. Rober, Mr. H. J. Rober.