THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURQ, PA. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OFUX4tt03X$I!UUGS, THE OLDEST AND STRONGEST. Capital 5100,000 . Surplus $100,000. With the Largest Capital and Surplus in the County, a Strong Directorate, Competent Officers and Every Mod ern Facility, we solicit Accounts, Large or Small, and Collections on the Most Liberal Terms Consistent with Sound Hanking, and Invite YOU to inspect our NEW QUARTERS. Per Cent. Interest OFFI C W.M. Low, Present. J it me M.8taver, Vic' President DI KEUTOK8: Initios M. Slaver, Fred I keler, (. Creasy. Clinton Herring, T..W. M.Lnw, F. (. Yol ks, Lmiin (Jross, M. K St:n-k!ium THE COLUMBIAN. ESTABLISHED 1866. THF COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, Cii Aiu.isiiKn 1837. C'onsoi idai Fit 1S69 i 1 1 im.'F.o Evf.rv Thursday Morning, A Uiojmsluirft, the County Scat ot Columbia County, Pennsylvania. t;KO. E. El.WF.l.L. Editor. GEO. C. ROAN, For km as . I'kiimm Insidr t'nc county J? 1. 00 a year '1 advance; 1 1.501 f not jmid in alvar.ee. U'- di-thecminty, 1 l.5 year, strictly in b Jv 1 ce Al: jominur.icationF siiould lie Addressed the coi..;iii:an. uionmsimrn, r. HUKSDAV, AIMtIL 22. lilO'.t Bills Approved by Governor Stuart Governor Stuart affixed his sig nature of approval to the following bills prior to the round-up of th. last day's rush: The Warehouse Receipts bill and the amendment of the act relating to contracts for work rind labor, changing the form of notice of in tention to file claims, and also the manner of service. Not requiring an oath from the applicant, and leaving the question entirely to the discretion of the Court when a change of venue is wanted. Forbidding Common Pleas Judg to enter non-suits of their own '.ion by reason of the absence of i.-attorneys of record when the es are called. Permitting a District Attorney w .10 has no assistant to appoint a lawyer to aid him in preparing in dictment? and trying homicide cas es, at pay not exceeding $400. ' That Justices of the Peace can only bind over the defendant in a surety of the peace case when the evidence shows the prosecutor to be in danger of being hurt in body or estate, and that the threats were made maliciously and with intent to do harm. Providing that the last will of a decedent, to be effective against conveyances of realty or mortgages negotiated in good faith, must be probated within three years of death, or before date of conveyance or mortgage. That where the decedent leaves a widow with no issue, she shall get $5000, if there is so much in the estate, and, in addition what the law already allows her. Making a new form of deeds for realty conveyances, and defining the words "grant and convey." Validating sales of real estates upon writs of levari facias awarded upon judgments obtained on pro ceedings subsequent to the passqge or Act ot 1901. Authorizing suit against the State for property destroyed by State police in making arrests in Jefferson county on September 3 iyo6. Allowing parties in interest to select auditors and masters, except in divorce cases. There are over 700 bills that will require his action. Signs of a Break. Has the Republican State organ ization determined to break with Governor Stuart ? The studied ef forts of "organization" leaders in the Legislature to give affront to the Governor by scheming to defeat measures of legislation which he is known to favor, notablv the mali cious assault made upon a depart-1 uicui ui u3 uuiuimsirauon, mar. ot A( v.: -3 i . . . Highways, indicate that there is an mifriendly disposition toward the Governor on the part of the ruling element in the Legislature. That this apparent kostilitv to the Ohif Executive of the Common-wealth " . is as unjust as it is unwarranted to tle people of the State whose con- hdence the Governor possesses be yond the peradventure of doubt. fully comprehend, and will gener ally attribute it to the fact that he has set his face against reckless ana nurttui .legislation no matter whence its origin or who its spon sors. Harrisburg Star-Independent. Paid on Time Deposits E U 8 : Myron I. Low, Vice President. Frank Ikeler, Cashier Myron T. Low, M. v. flower, Frank Ikeler. Primary Election. rcsitlons to be Volet! for. The primary election will be held on Saturday, June 5th between the hours of 2 and 8 o'clock, p in. for the purpose of nominating candi dates for the following offices to be voted for at the November general election: One person for Sheriff. One person for Jury Commission er. One person for Coroner. At the same time the following will I be elected by the several political parties: ! Five Delegates to Democratic State Convention. ; Two Delegates to Republican , State Convention. I Five Delegates and five Alter 1 nates to Prohibition State Conven tion. One Democratic Member of Standing Committee in each Elec tion District. One Republican Member of Standing Committee in each Elec tion District. One Chairman of County Com mittee for Prohibition Party. One Secretary of County Com mittee for Prohibition Party. One Treasurer of County Com mittee for Prohibition Party. One Prohibition Member of Standing Committee in each Elec tion District. A Shortened Form of Mortgage. There is a bill throuah the Leg islature prescribing a form of mort gage and acknowledgement that may be used in the conveyancing or releasing of lands. The Mcll henny measure is the terror, and looks very much like something that Governor Stuart would ap prove. Although the bill is not mandatory, but legalizes the use of the mortgage form set forth in the measure, or of one substantially the same, it is the belief that the pub lic will be gradually educated into substituting this common-sense form for the antiquated mass of re dundant verbosity. Outside of whatever may be re quired to describe the property mortgaged the McIIhenny form contains only 350 words, which, to persons familiar with the ordinary mortgage, is a comparatively small number. The bill provides that this form shall "have all the force and effect of defeasible deeds, and. when acknowledged in due form of law, may be recorded as other mortgages are recorded, and with the same force and effect. Where the indebtedness is payable in in stallments or to be repaid bv the payment of dues, interest, premi urns and fines to a building associ tion, or the obligation is given to secure the performance of some du ty or promise, the foregoing form, including the scire facias clause, may be changed to meet the actual agreement of the parties, without in any manner impairing the effect of the mortnaee as herein set forth. Williarasport Boom Must Go. The last lot of logs that will ever find a lodging place in the famous Williamsport boom are now reach ing the boom. They came out of Pine Creek, are the property of the Lentral Pennsylvania Lumber Com 1 nnnv arm rnrn annul 4 rv nrr I r ' . 0",-'w" ,CC1, 1 BC crown. iaric tlowe Iogs' about i..ooo feet, from lDe K-iie v-reeic region, are all sately stored in the boom, thus I leaving the logs of the Central Penn- 1 . yivania company me only oues to arrive. Just as soon as these loes are rafted out the work of demolish ing the big boom will begin, and by next fall none of the timbers will remain. A portion of it was torn out last year. OAO'JPOBIA. tto ?l!i9 Kind Have Always spb Kind m Have Always ;9sftvrs WASHINGTON From our Regular Correspondent. Washington, D. C, Apr. 19, 1909. The Aldrich substitute for the Payne tariff bill has finally been completed, or practically so, and made public. The Democratic iiK-nibers of the Finance committee were given 110 opportunity even to read the bill before it was reported to the Senate, the majority, solely by virtue of superior numbers, vot ing down the motion of Senator Daily to postpone a report until time should be afforded the Demo crats to examine the measure and at least present their views to the committee. This course whs typi cal of the high handed methods which the majority has purMied throughout the consideration of the measure. The Democratic mem bers of the committee were given no oportunity to examine witnesses or even to hear their testimony and, as Senator Aldrich put it, "The majority expects to assume the full responsibility for the bill". As was to have been expected, the Aldrich bill is not tariff revis ion in any sense of the word. In fact, the changes froM the Dingley law are t-o immaterial that in the opinion of many experts it has b-en simply a travesty on revision and a wholly useless disturbance of business to aUempt at all to revise the tariff. "Tariff revision by its riends" lias proven a total failure. There ae, it is true, a few spec tacular changes in the Aldrich bill. A duty of 3.5 Per cent has been placeel on foreign built yachts and the duty on champagne and wines has been increased somewhat, but on the other hand the duty on woolens has been increased, lumber is still taxed at $1 a thousand feet, the tax in gloves and hosiery is left the same as the Dingley law and, in a word, there are no mate rial reductions from the Dingley law on any of the real necessities of life. The Democratic Senators held a caucus today to consider what steps they should take in the interest of the consumers to secure some reductions on those things which the plain people are compelled to buy day after day and on which they now pay high tribute to the trusts. The Democrats will make an earnest fiht for reductions all along the line except hi those things which the South produces, such as lumber, sugar, etc. An ef fort will be made by the Southern Senators to restore the duty on lumber to $2 a thousand, which is the Dingley rate and the Texas and other Senators will doubtless seek to have the duty on hides in creased. . There is serious question as to whether the Aldrich bill will pro duce sufficient revenue to carry on the government and Senator Bai ley will introduce an amendment providing for an income tax which is in accord with the views of Pres ident Taft, although there is not the slightest likelihood that the Senate will permit any such amend ment to be added to the bill. However, the Republicans are themselves considerably worried for iear the President will send a mes sage to Congress urging that some form ot income tax be adopted. The House leaders having, as they supposed, carefully concealed a little "joker" in the Payne bill which would have enabled the Standard Oil Company to import the petroleum from its Mexican mines free of duty and would have afforded protection cf from 20 per cent upwards on all products of pe troleum, were detected in their lit tle game and were compelled to adopt a resolution recalling the bill and adding the products of petro leum to the free list, to the great chagrin of Speaker Cannon and his cohorts in the House organization. The House, under a provision of the Coiis.itution, will have to meet twice a wees while the benate is considering the tariff bill but these meetings will be pro forma, practi cally no business wiil be transacted; in tact, it is doubtful if there will be a quorum present at any time as most of the members have gone to their homes, so that the prospects are that there will be nothing do IT onic or mere is an immense difference between a tonic and a stimulant, up one day, stimulant. Steady progress day by day toward perfect health; that's a tonic. Ayer's Sarsaparilla is a tonic, a strong tonic The only Sarsaparilla entirely free from alcohol. Do not stimulate unless your doctor says so. He knows. Ask him. Do as he says. yer Co., Lowell, Mass. Constipation is the one great cause of breath, debility, nervousness. Has your ing in the House for the next three or four weeks. The Attorney General has made public a letter addressed to Swift & Co., the Chicago packers, in which he tells them that they have been nccvpting rebates but that they will not be prosecuted if they will promise to be good in the fu ture. Under the last administra tion the packers would have bs.cn prosecuted for such violation of the law, despite the fact that it was a custom of long practice and that the packers seem to have been igno rant of the fact that they were vio lating the law. It must be admit ted however, that it is doubtful if such a prosecution would have re sulted in a conviction, so it is per haps to the best interest of the pub lic that they should be left off with a warniug this time and the gov ernment thus saved the expense of a useless prosecution. V Then: -i;i bo general satisfaction over the decision of the Supreme Court of the United Stales affirm ing th : decision of the Texas courts imposing a fine of St. 600, 000 on the Waters-Pierce Oil Co., which is merely a branch of the Standard Oil Co., and ou ting it from the state. Legislature Adjourned Thursday. Oratory and Boisterous Hilarity at Close ot Session. With a flourish of oratory, the legislative session of 1909 came to an official close at noon last Thurs day. The forenoon was devoted chiefly to the bestowal of gifts upon the presiding officers and chief em ployes of the senate and huse, The usual big crowd attended the closing ceremonies. In the senate a magnificent set of silver plate was presented to A. E. Sisson, of Erie, the president pro tem. Senator Sisson also received ' a handsome china set and a solid silver set.- The presentation speech was made by Senator Ernest L. Tustin, of Phila delphia. A handsome silver set also was presented to Senator John W. Crawford, of Allegheny county, chairman of the appropriations committee. The house of representatives bes towed upon Speaker John F. Cox a magnificent hall clock, with chimes, a chest of engraved silver and a cut glass punch bowl and glasses. The senate was in session until 4:55 that morning and the house until 4:30 endeavoring to wind up the business of the session. Ad journment was then necessitated by the fact that the general appropri ation bill, carrying $28,000,000 for the public schools and the various State departments and the confer ence report on the Stuart road bill were not returned from the print er s. otherwise the business of the session was out of the way. The all-night sessions were marked by the usual scenes of hilarity. Mem bers sang songs, hurled showers of bills at each other s heads and marched about the halls. Mean while the legislation , was being rushed through at lightning speed, the noise being quieted only occas ionally when a bill was reached on which there was a contest. Other wise the clerks acted for the legis lature. Commissioners Want Tax Settlements. Will Require the Collectors to Close 1905- 06 end 07 Duplicates Soon. At the meeting of the Board of County Commissioners on Thurs day it was decided to enforce the collection of all back taxes. All the collectors will, therefore, be re quired to settle their 1905, 1906 and 1907 duplicates by April 27. Solicitor John G. Harman was notified to write letters to all the tax collectors instructing them of this action. If it is not done the bondsmen will be notified, and then if no action is taken the bonds men will be proceeded against. This was done because it is not likely that the court will approve the bonds of any of the collectors where these duplicates are not set tled. This is judged from the fact that the court was very chary about approving bonds where there was considerable outstanding mon ey last year. Stimulant ? way back the next: thats a sick-headache, biliousness, Indigestion, bad doctor ever recommended Ayer'i Pills to you? New Spring Suits! Spring Suits have arrived! 1 here's magic in that simple an notineement for where 's the wom.m who is not .ill eyes to see the new garment fashions? The Hew Sprins Suits Are Low Priced. A most remarkable feature about these handsome new models is their extremely low prices. Your spring outfit will give you a bet ter service a much finer appear ance and yet cost you a small price. Catering to every taste we've gathered an assortment of choicest correct styles. Prices $10 to $35. 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