RLOOMSBURG, PA., THURSDAY JULY 8, 1909.
NO. 27.
WHEN YOU WANT TO'
Open a bank Account Have a Check Cashed
Borrow Money, or Make an Investment
CAIX ON THE OLD RELIABLE -
The Farmers National Bank
OF BI.OOMSBURQ
Capital, 800.000 Surplus 8100,000
0 M. CKKVELING, Pres. M. MILLEISEN, Cashier.
DIRECTORS
I. L. Moyicr N. U. Funk C. M. Crkvkuno C. A. Klp.im
W. h. White C. W. Runyon Dr. J. J. Brown M. Mulkiskn
3 Per Cent. Interest Paid on Time Deposits.
WANTED MONEY.
H. W. Cole Writes Threatening
Letters to Prominent Ber
wick People.
PROBABLY INSANE.
Believing that his mind is affect
ed relatives of H. W. Cole, who is
in jail at Wilkes-Barre, charged
with threatening to dynamite the
homes of C. R. Wood in and Mrs.
E. S- Jackson, of Berwick, unless,
he be paid $io,ooo, have decided
that he is better off in jail than he
would be at large. EHas U.
Young, of Berwick, Cole's brother-in-law,
who went to Wilkes Barre,
to go upon his bail bond for $2,000
and get him released, decided after
a long talk with Cole to let him re
main wh:re he was and came home
to report to Cole's relatives.
Cole's friends assert that his
mind is unbalanced, declaring that
none but a man of unsound mind
would demand that a cashier's
check be mailed him knowing that
he must inevitably be captured
when he tried to cash it.
WANTED THB CASH.
Iu the first letters alleged to have
been written by Cole, demanding
$10,000 from Mr. Woodin and
$1000 from Mrs. Jackson, he want
ed the money in cash. The in
structions to each of his intended
victims were identical. The mon
ey was to be placed in packages
and sent by wagon along the road
towarJ Foundryville and dropped
from the wagon when a signal
light whs displayed. Both parties
made an attempt to capture the
letter writer by seudir.g armed
men in the wagon, but no light
was shown, although the wagon
was driven all the way to Found
ryville and return.
STORM STOPrfD SECOND TRIP.
The next day letters were received
stating that the wagon had been
seen, but as there were two men in
it the money would have to be
sent the following nignt with but
one man. A terrific storm pre
vented the trip from being made at
that time.
As no more letters were receiv
ed for several days Mr. Woodin
and Mrs. Jackson concluded that
the affair was at an end, although
they continued to have their
homes guarded day and night 'to
prevent the dynamiting, as threat
ened iu tlie letters.
CAUGHT BV DECOY LETTER.
Then came -the letter to Mrs.
Jackson, demanding that a cashier's
check be mailed to an address fur
nished. Then the postal authori
ties were called in, and Inspector
Holtby, of Philadelphia, and Rose,
of Wilkes-Barre, sent the decoy
check in a registered letter. It
was delivered to a woman near
Benton, who declared that the let
ter was for her, but the inspectors
did not believe this and watched
the bouse uutil Cole appeared, and
captured aim as he was leaving
with the check in his possession.
Cole's family knew nothing of his
arrest until after he had been
lodged in" the Wilkes-Barre jail,
when lie write" them that he had
been arrested for selling medicine
he manufactured without putting
the pure food stamp upon it or pay
ing the tax.
Cole's wife has been a resident of
Berwick for several years, during
most of which Cole has been em
ployed in the lumber woods near
Benton. She does not believe her
husband could be in his right seus
es to have written the letters it is
charged he did write. She says
he was a postmaster at Cole's
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH.
In-this age of what we call civil
ization there comes annually a pe
riod of tomfoolery and bloodshed
which could hardly have been
equalled by Nero's gory festivals.
We proudly boast of it as a grand
and glorious celebration, and listen
to speeches about forefathers, and
the liberty bell, and taxation with
out representation, and perfectly
good tea th.it was spilled out of a
boat, and what not.
And while all this is most patriot
ic and should be even more indulged
in by good citizens, yet we seem to
overlook all of the idiotic things
that are going on around us. It is
not until we pick up the paper the
next day and read two columns of
real patriotism and ten pages of ac
cidents that we realize that the day
at a bird's eye view has passed
something like this:
Some hundreds of youngsters
who have no business to be outside
of the nursery have been allowed
to run out before breakfast and
blow off hands and legs and blacken
their eyes with cannon crackers
all of this could have been avoided
by a bit of sense on the part of the
parents; older children, who ought
to have known better, have stooped
over "unlighted" crackers and
squinted into the barrels of toy can
nons, thereby promoting the inter
ests of the undertaking profession.
The afternoon is made exciting
by an exhibition of the "national
sport" which is broken up iu the
seventh inning by a free for-all
fight; supposedly lull-grown indi
viduals have attempted to be regu
lar humorists by pointing revolvers
at others, thus giving the tombstone
makers additional work; the eveu
ing has been enlivened by careless
fools amusing themselves by shoot
ing rockets into a crowd or by ex
ploding a cannon or two to send a
few dozen into kingdom come; the
day is fittingly brought to a close
by shooting a few rockets and
things on top of wooden roofs and
starting a several thousand dollar
blaze, which is put out after sever
al hours by those who are not oth
erwise occupied in ministering to
the wounded and making funeral
arrangements for those whose lives
have been snuffed out through their
own carelessness or that of patriotic
souls who probably have never read
the Declaration of Independence
nor heard of Thomas Jefferson, but
who kuow that a certain day iu
July is offered to them in which to
make fools of themselves. All of
this is part of the Glorious Fourth.
The chances are that if the esti
mable gentlemen who were instru
mental in framing the historic doc
ument could have foreseen the row
that it was going to stir up annual
ly, they would have been coutent
to have posed as targets for British
muskets rather than that their pos
terity should be blown to pieces by
Chinese crackers.
NINETY-FIRST BIRTHDAY.
Mrs. Malvina Barton of Normal
Hill celebrated her ninety-first
birthday last week Monday. She
resides at the home of her daughter
Mrs. M. A. John, and possesses all
her meut.il faculties, and good
health. A pleasant surprise was
tendered her in the 6hape of a visit
from a number of relatives on the
occasion.
Creek for some time and a promi
nent business man and certainly
would have knowu that such letters
were criminal. He always sup
ported his family, she declares, and
was a good husband, and loves his
children, cf whom there are five.
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Jwpr-n it is long rememtsi-cJ." Lnmon. Lcr(TV
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SERVICE.
BLOOMSBURG PENNA
CHIPMAN HARRIS.
On Wednesday, June 30th, at
high noon occurred the marriage
of Miss Sara, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Jacob Harris, of Buckhorn,
to Albert E. Chipinan, of Seaford,
Delaware, at the home of the bride's
parents. The ceremony was per
formed by Rev. W. W. Hartmau,
of Hollidaysburg, au uncle of the
bride.
Dr. I. L. Chipman, of Wilming
ton, Delaware, brother of the bride
groom, was best man, and Miss
Mae House, of Bloomsburg, was
the maid of honor. Tbe bride's
gown was of white chiffon taffeta
trimmed with Irish point lace, and
the maid of honor wore a gown of
apricot silk mull with bead trim
ming. The bride carried a bouquet
of white lilies, and her attendant
one of daisies.
Miss Oua Harris, cousin of the
bride, presided at the piauo, and
rendered most effectively the march
from "Lohengrin" as the bridal
party entered the room. The home
was elaborately decorated with
daisies, white lilies, rhododendrons
and roses.
There were many beautiful and
costly gifts of cut glass, cbina, lin
en and silver. About 70 guests
were present.
After an elaborate wedding din
ner, the bride and groom left on au
extended wedding trip including
Philadelphia, Atlantic City and
New York. They will make their
home at Seaford, Delaware, where
the groom holds a lucrative posi
tion. NEW ISSUE OF COUNTY BONDS.
The county commissioners have
issued $14,000 of new bonds at 4
per cent, with which to pay off a
like amount of 4 per cent,
bonds now due.
The new bouds will be exposed
to public sale on Saturday, July 17,
at 10 o clock, a. m., in the Lom-
missioners' office. They will ma
ture as follows: $1,000 in 1920;
$1,000 in 1921; $r,ooo in 1922;
$1,000 in 1923; $5,000 in 1935, and
$5,000 iu 1936. No bid will be ac
cepted at less than par.
They have also issued $10,000 in
4 per cent bonds,, half of which
will mature in 1933 and half iu
1934, and also $1400 in similar bonds
that will mature in 1937.
All of these are to replace 4
per cent, bonds now due, and there
is no increase of the county',s in
debtedness, but a considerable sav
ing by the reduction of the rate of
interest.
MISS CAMERON A BRIDE.
Miss Gonzella, daughter of Glas
co and Mrs. Cameron, was married
on Wednesday evening, at home,
to Rev. Herbert L. Hughes, a re
cent graduate of Wilberford Uni
versity. He has been appointed
to a pastorate at Tucson, Texas.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. P. A. Scott, D. D. of Wil
liamsport. It occurred on the 35th
anniversary of the marriage of the
bride's parents.
The groom will leave for his new
field of labor this week, and his
wife will join him later,
FREE CONCERTS.
The citizens Band gave the first
of a series, of free open air concerts
cn Main street last Thursday even
ng. A fine program was rendered.
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TOWN COUNCIL.
The Town Council at its meeting
Tuesday evening took up the ques
tion of the continuance of the Wi
nona Fire Company. Boyd F.
Maize, Esq., appeared iu behalf of
that organization stating that a
new order of things has been insti
tuted and that improvement is
promised. The council decided to
withhold their appropriation for a
year, to be paid at the end of that
time providing improvement is evi
denced. Various other matters were at
tended to, among the most note
worthy of which was the decision
to call an expert from the Health
Department at Harrisburg to look
into the unsanitary couditions along
the abandoned canal bed. This is
a topic which has heretofore been
freely discussed. It is to be hoped
that the needed remedies will be
applied.
A GOOD AUCTIONEER.
John S. Williams has met with
phenomenal success as au auction
eer. Starting in here as a cryer of
puplic sales many years ago, he
soon displayed his ability in that
line, and his services were much iu
demand. Later he worked into the
business of selling horses at auc
tion and made a wide reputation in
that line, his services being called
for at many distant points.
He is now employed by Baney
Bros., Newark, N. J., at a large
salary, and in addition he holds a
sale one day each week in Buffalo
for another party at a very flitter
ing compensation. He recently
sold a pair of coach horses in New
ark for Baney Bros, for $1700, the
highest price ever realized for a
team, iu that state at public auc
tion. PASTOR ELECTED.
At a congregatioual meeting of
the Reformed Church on Wednesday
evening, Rev. W. C. Slough of
Shamokin, was unanimously elect
ed pastor. It is hoped that he will
be able to assume his duties here
by September 1st. The call will be
presented to him at once.
The congregation also decided to
build a t-vo story addition on the
upper side of the church, the sec
ond story to be used as an organ
loft, and the first as a Sunday school
room. A pipe organ is a probabi 1
ity in the near future.
Other improvements are now be
ing nude iu the church.
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CHOSEN PRINCIPAL.
From a large number of appli
cants for the position of Principal
of one of the city schools in Wilkes
Barre, our townsman F. H. Fritz was
chosen. He will have twelve teach
ers under his direction. The term
begins September 1st and continues
for ten months. ,
,Mr. Fritz is a son of Hon. and
and Mrs. A. L. Fritz, and graduated
last month at Bucknell University
wilh the degree of Bachelor of
Arts. He is fully competent to fill
the position of Principal with cred
it to himself, and with satisfaction
to the city.
DOES THIS FIT YOU?
"I am an old man, and I have
had many troubles, but most of
them never lnppened."
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