THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURQ, VA.
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OF llXiOOMSBUKG, JL"A
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Strong Directorate, Competent Officers and Every Mod
em Facility, we solicit Accounts, Large or Small, and
Collections on the Most Liberal Terms Consistent with
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OFFICERS:
AC. W. M. Low, President. Myron I.
James M.Htaver, Vice President.
DI RECTORS;
TS.W.M.Low.
K.O. Yorks,
Iioui? dross,
M. E (Stockholm.
fames
Fred
H. C. Creasy,
Clinton Herring,
THE COLUMBIAN.
ESTABLISHED 1866.
THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT,
-"SsTABLtsiirn 1837. Consolidated 1869
UR1.KHED EVBRY THURSDAY MnRNINO,
At Bloomsburg, the County Seat oiJ
Columbia County .Pennsylvania.
GEO. E. ETAVELL, Editor.
GEO. C. ROAN, FoRt.MAN.
TtKMs: Insid t the county $ 1.00 a year
lo advance; 1 .501 f not paid in a lvance.
utsidethecounty, $1.25 a year, strictly in
vace.
Al! comTmnicntions should leaddrcsed
THE COLUMBIAN, Uloomsl.urj;, Ta
" HURKDA Y, FEBRUARY 11, 1909
Creasy Hits Exemption.
Satirically Demardi That Auditor General
Disclote Slate Loiset .
How much revenue the State has
lost on account of the trust com
pany tax bill enacted two years
ago is what "Farmer" Creasy
wants to know from Auditor Gen
eral Young. That loss, however,
since the law took effect, is author
itatively estimated to have been
about $350,000. The bill enacted
came from "Representative John P.
Moore, of Allegheny, and changed
"ie taxing of trust company stock
om the market value or actual
Ire to the book or par value.
There are 300 trust companies in
'.;e State, and the larger ones have
.-eu the principal beneficiaries of
tile Moore law, but one of the chief
two is in Philadelphia and the
other in Pittsburg. The stock of
the Pittsburg concern has had a
sel'ing value 20 times its par.
Representative Creasy presented,
on this subject, in the House, the
following satirical resolution of in
,uiry. Whereas' Robert K. Young,
Auditor General, in his last report
submitted to the Governor, has
urged a tax on bank deposits, fav
ors more rigid assessment of per
sonal property and a levy on trust
funds, and also seeks other meth
ods of imposing additional taxes:
and
Whereas, The last Legislature
passed the act of June 13, 1907,
which was entitled "An act to pro
vide revenue by levying a tax up
on the shares of certain compan
ies," etc.. and which act relieved
certain trust companies from the
payment of taxes which they had
heretofore been liable to pay under
the general law, und which act was
passed by that Legislature and ap
proved by the Governor, notwith
standing the fact that the Depart
ment of the Auditor General, after
making a thorough, painstakinr
and complete report on the loss of
me revenue previously derived
from such taxes, and which report
Jound that in the opinion ef the
Auditor General, if that act pasf-ed,
me Mate would lose :n revenue in
the neighborhood of $300,000;
.Resolved, That this House be
lore passing any law to increase
taxation requests the Auditor Gen
eral to furnish it with information
as to how much revenue has been
lost to this State by reason of the
passage of the aforementioned act
and that this information be fur
nisnea Dy mm as scon as he can
conveniently do so.
There is hardly a member of the
oenerai Assembly at Harrishnro-
who has not up his sleeve some
measure involving a new drain on
the treasury. Yet this is a time
when all business and employment
as going forward at a slackened
gait, and when the chiefest con
cern of men and women is to adjust
expenditure to lessened income.
The real task before the legisla
ture should be to devise economies
chat should help the people to bet
ter bear the burden of government,
but this is a labor for statesmen
which political buccaneers disdain
to even consider. Phi? a Record.
Paid on Time Deposits
Low. Vice Preslilont.
Frank Ikeler, Cashier
M. Staver,
Myron T. Low,
Ikeler.
H. V.Hower,
Frank Ikeler.
State to Pay Teachers.
Bill Introduced Carries $23,000,000
Salaries.
9
(or
A bill providing that from and
after June 4, looy, the State will
assume and pay so much of the
operating expenses of the common
schools as is compris-ed in the items
ot teachers wages was introduced
in the House by Walter S. Rey
nolds, of Lawrence county.
Twenty-eight millions of dollars,
or fo much of the annual revenues
and surplus fund of the State as
may be needed to carry the act into
eltect is appropriated by the bill.
The computation of the amounts
to be paid is to be made upon the
cost of the i;ems for the school
year ending June 1, 1909.
Consumptives Can't Marry.
Marriage of persons affected
with consumption and other diseas
es such as would affect their off
spring is prohibited by a bill intro
duced in the House by H. A'. Mc
Clung, of Allegheny county. It
provides that before a marriage li
cense shall be granted the appli
cants must produce a certificate
from physicians that they are not
afflicted with pulmonary tubercul
osis, epilepsy, venereal disease, in
sanity, imbecility aud idiocy. '
For a Water Commission.
Expressing the belief that the
purification of the State's water
supply can best be carried out by
the State in cooperation with the
counties, a resolution was present
ed in the House by W. A. Magee,
of Allegheny county, authorizing
the appointment of a commission to
investigate and report on the mat
ter of the water supply of the State.
ine commission is to be mmnns.
ed of five citizens of the State an-
pointed by the Governor, who
shall report before Anril r tr tVw
Legislature upon their' ilndiugs.
Disinfection ol Houses.
Dr. Samuel G. Dixon. f,tat
commissioner of health, has issued
circular calling attention to a npiv
feature that has been inantrurnted
by the State
tuberculosis, which is nothing lc
than a svstemaiic hons riiinfe-
ion. It is believed that d
occupied by persons suffering with
luoercuicsis uecome infected the
same as in the case of many other
diseases. It is to protect others,
especially families that mav imonn.
sciously move into such houses
after being vacated that the depart-
uic.ii 01 neaun nas nrnmr oi rr
fumigation in a'.l cases of tubercul-
osis.
The letter, reads as follows:
"Dear Ductor:-The c
-....iiiVVlHII
of houses that have been occunied
by persons suffering cf tuberculosis
is such an important feature of our
campaign against this disease that
this department has decided to ex
tend somewhat its services for this
purpose. District health officers
through you will be authorized to
perform House disinfection tor tu
Dercuiosis onlv. within th Umitc
of a borough or first class township
under the following conditions;
A statement in writing must be
made by the chief burcrpM
dent of the board of commissioners
setting forth the fact that the bor
ough or township is financially un
able to do the work and asking
that it be done by the board of
neaun. Upon the receipt of such a
communication you are authorized
to instruct the nearest available dis
trict health officer to disinfect the
house in ques.ion. Instruct the
officer tjiat in rendering the bill for
this service he must state on the
voucher that the work was done
under special orders from yourself.
By order of Dr. Samuel G. Dix,
on,
Commissioner."
OAS TO XIX .A..
Bsan tl ,? ins MDO uu Hava Always Bought
hi8 Kind Yw
Bifuuwa
of
WASHINGTON
Fiom our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, I). C, Feb. 9, 1909.
Congress which has now but lit
tle over three wf-eka forthp nassao-e
of many important measures before
inauguration continues to diwdle
and waste its time. This week it
has spent manv hours nnniintr over
I - - " O
a twelve thousand appropiiation for
automobiles for the White House
Representative Sims of Tennessee
and twenty-seven of his friends are
sternly opposed to the introduction
of automobiles for the President
and he with a number of his col
leagues have made speeches against
this their pet aversion. 1 heir ar
guments have been futile in the
lower House though and all of their
gory pictures ot the dead and
wounded who are left in the trai
of the gasoline machines succeeded
in securing only twenty-seven votes
against the appropriation to 185 in
in its favor. Mr. Taft will have a
machine. Mavbe he will have two
and he is to have a chauffeur aud a
footman and if the ordinary man is
a judge of such Miings he will get
all of the punishment that Mr
Sims and his liiends wisii him
The horse is a known and tried
luxurv but the automobile is a fit
tul, unreliable thing as yet and no
man can be the possessor of oue,
much less two or three without
having as much trouble as his en
vious Inends and enemies can wish
him. And if the automobile is a
care there are no mild terms for
the description of the load of troub
le he has undertaken in a chauffeur
If the automobile is still far from
perfectionlthe average chauffeur has
just emerged from the nether re-
gious. Probably Mr. Taft will not
be so unhappy in his automobiles
as the average man. His chauffeurs
will be responsible to some one be
sides the PresiJent who will hot
have to find out that his car is left
to stand in oil to weaken the tires;
that tacks are recklesslv sprinkled
in his carage for the same purpose
and that gasoline is soaked into the
inner tubes with the object of hav
ing them blow up. The chauffeuJ
has a rake off on all the suoolies
and repairs for his machine and it
is up to him to see that the car
which would ordinarily oehave like
an angel on wings does not pursue
its peaceful career. Presumably
there will be some one to see that
when the cars are turned in at
night the chauffeur does not take Ivs
family and friends out for moon
light drives aud it is to be hoped
that there will be some adequate in
spection of the car before it starts
out on a long trip so that Mr. Taft
may not find himself stranded miles
from a car line on a lonely road.
Still if all of these safeguards are
provided there will doubtless be
many times when the President
elect and his family will wish for
horses and when Mr. Sims and his
twenty-seven friends may indulge
in "I told y;u so's."
It is probable that the friends of
the movement for the conservation
of our national resources will see
Congress adjourn without having
made provision for that purpose.
So far that body has appeared con
tent to let the movement d:ift and
it is not likely the enemies of the
movement will allow an appiopria
tion to be made for it in the last
hurried month that remains. The
President has done his bi;st and
there may be other messages dis
patched to Congress with the ob
ject of prodding it on to its duty
in the matter. The enemies of con
servation led by the Speaker of the
iiouse are so numerous and power
ful tnough that u is not likely any
thing will be accomplished and the
nity tnousand dollars that the
President has asked for the hpo-in.
ning of the work will probably not
be forthcoming. Mr. Pinchot, the
national forester has returned from
his trip to Canada and Mexico for
the purpose of interesting those
countries in the movement nnH rv.
ports informally that these govern
ments are in tull sympathy with
the proposed work and that they
are eager to join the international
conservation commission that will
meet in Washington by invitation
of the President, February eigh
teenth. At this conference many
important questions will be discus
sed, among them the boider forest
fires which mav originate in nni
country and carry devastation into
Tml""i iiimi miiiiniimniiBMiiiiini, M 1 iii
Not Cotsghisng Today?
Yet you may cough tomorrow! Better be prepared for it
when it comes. Ask your doctor about keeping Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral in the house. Then when the hard cold
or cough first appears you have a doctor's medicine at
hand. Your doctor's approval of its use will certainly
set all doubt at rest. Dn a Hp nvc u i. ... '
diconoi in inis cougn medicine.
12EXZXy& L2f f&aM .. troubles, but'
the next and also the question of
the tariff on lumber and how its
removal would affect the matter o
the conservation of forests.
The thrilling incident of the res
cue of more thau oue thousand tier
sons from the steamer Republic
through the agency of wireless tel
egraphy has inspired Congress to
take some action aith regard to
equipping of all passenger carrying
steamers wit 11 tne apparatus, naa
the Florida been so equipped the
accident by which the Republic
was sent to the bottom would not
have occured for the two vessels
would have been able to exchange
signals in the fog. It appears that
the French Assembly has alreidy
taken ltn tlie snhirrt and it is nrob
r j 1
able that England will follow with
laws requiring vessels to carry the
wireless eniiinmetit. Its cost is
slight ranging fiom three hundred
to one thousand dollars and its
maintenance is not exorbitant, and
it is proposed by the Committee on
.Merc iatit Marine 10 ur?e mat nil
ocean steatmrs carrying more than
fifty passengers shall carry the ap
paratus.
The Chances of Local Option.
Hearing For and Against on Law this Month---
Advocates Ara Not Sanguine.
Local option now in the centre of
the stage will be given a full hear
ing on the floor of the House on
Februarv 2. This announcement
was made by Speaker Cox, who al
so set February 25 for the hearing
of the opponents of the bill. The
Law and Order Committee, which
has consideration of the bill, will
report it out without recommenda
tion.
Conferences which Representa
tive Fair has cilled of the local on-
tionists has brought together about
So members who are willing to
openly defend the bill. This num
ber will be increased to 70 or 75
when the bill comes to a vote, but
even the most ardent local option
advocates are not sanguine of its
passage.
Fleet is on Way Home.
With a booming farewell from
the guns of a dozen foreign war
ships, the American battleshin fleet
sailed from Gibraltar for home last
Saturday. It has been "sailing for
home" ever since the ships turned
their prows from the Orient, but as
long as there were intervening
stops aud ports 'of call, the sailors
hardly considered themselves home-
bound. The next laud they will
see will be their own, the next flag
the Stars and Stripes.
I he ships weighed anchor at
nine o'clock though they remained
with steam for several hours before
sailing. The home voyage will
probably be made with reduced
speed often knots an hour, as there
is no occasion for hurry. The ves
sels will uot raise their homeward
bound penants until they enter the
Virginia capes.
Editors Want Laws Published.
The State Editorial Association
Wednesday adopted a resolution
asking that the legislature enact a
law requiring newspaper publica
tion of certain laws, especially
those relating to the Departments
of Health, Dairy and Food, Fish,
Game, Factory Inspection and Ed
ucation, under the direction of the
heads of these departments.
The association believes that
such a course will make for a bet
ter public understanding of new
laws.
In order to obtain the passage of
such legislation, if possible, the
State Editorial association and the
Western Pennsylvania Associated
Dailies each appointed a committee
to work iointlv for this law Tr
was proposed that the next annual
excursion of the association should
take in a trio to the Isthmus nf
Panama, which would bring the
canal under editorial inspection.
The proposition is a good one. and
if it should be carried out a flood of
light would be thrown upon that
great national undertaking by the
rennsyivania editors that might
eclipse the result of Taft's investi.
gation. This highly interesting trip
wouiu come on next tail, and tak
ing in Havana, could he
plished in about fifteen days. At
Havana me editors could arrange
iur me raising ot the Maine.
J. C. Ai)et Co.,Lowell7Mi
' - mvmm. w yuur uocior aoout Ayer s Pills
The February Sale of
FURNITURE AND LINENS
Began at PursePs
Monday, February ist.
In this Sale we have "buzz-siwed" Furniture prices
and "torn" a good bit off Linen prices !
But then you extkcted that, and we only mention it
to emphasize the importance of this Sale to every person
having a home to furnish. Your main interest will center
'round the values. You already know that Pursel Fur
niture, like Pursel Linens, is of "first" quality that goes
without saying.
Linens of all Kinds
BLEACHED TABLE
LINENS.
56 in. bleached table linen
Reduced to 22c, was 28c
56 in. bleached table linen
reduced to 49c, was 59c
72 in. bleached table linen '
reduced to 60c. was 7?c
' 72 in, bleached table linen
reduced to 72JC, was 85c
72 in. bleached table linen'
reduced to 85c, was $1
72 in. bleached table linen
reduced to 90c, was $1.15
72 in. bleached double dam
ask reduced to $1.15,
was Si. 39.
72 in. bleached double dam
ask reduced to $1.25,
was JS1.75.
72 in. bleached double dam
ask reduced .to $2.00,
was $2.50.
72 in, bleached double dam
ask reduced to $2.19,
was $2.75.
UNBLEACHED TABLE
LINEN.
56 in. unbleached table lin
en reduced to 20c, was 28c
62 in. unbleached table lin
en reduced to 35c, was 45c
72 in. unbleached table lin
en reduced to 39c, was 50c
62 in. unbleached table lin
en reduced to 49c, was 60c
66 in. unbleached table lin
en reduced to 85c, was $1.
F, P.
BLOOMSBURG,
We Have Ten Styles of
Envelopes and Paperto Match
FOR
Invitations, Acceptances, Regrets
Announcements, &c.
Full size Wedding with two Envelopes, down tc
Billet-doux size with Card to Fit.
Twenty-Four Styles of Type
FOR CARDS AND INVITATIONS.
We Do All Kinds of Printing
Columbian Printing House,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
at Bi? Reductions.
MERCERIZED TABLE i
DAMASK.
58 inch' mercerized table '
damask reduced to 39c
was 50c.
58 inch mercerized table ,
damask reduced to 49c
was 59c.
70 inch mercerized table '
damask reduced to 59c
was 7 sc.
' TOWELINGS.
These prices are merest
hints of the prices, but
should suffice to eonvince
you that now is the time
for buying all the towel
ings you will need for
months to come. Best Cot
ton Toweling- 4JC yd.
Brown linen crash
reduced to 8c, was 10c
Stevens' 22 inch crash
reduced to I2$c, was 15c
Stevens' 20 inch crash
reduced to 11c, was 14c
Bleached Russian crash
reduced to 11c, was I2jc
Unbleached Russian crash
reduced to 10c, was I2jc
Red border bleached crash
reduced to 10c, was 12c '
READY MADE v
TOWEL BARGAINS.
Plain all linen Hucka
back Towels, 18 x 40 inch
es, (very heavy) reduced to
22c, regular value I2jc
PURSEL.
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