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RLOOMSBURG, PA., THURSDAY JULY '29, 1909.
NO 29.
WHEN YOU WANT TO
Open a bank Account Have a Check Cashed
Borrow Money, or Make an Investment
CALL ON THE OLD RELIABLE -
The Farmers National Bank
OF BLOOMSBURG
Capital, 860.000 Surplus 8100,000
0 M. 0 LIB VE LING, Pres. M. MILLEISEN, Cashier.
DIRECTORS
J. L. Moyer
W. L. White
N. U. Funk
C. W. Runyon
3 Per Cent. Interest Paid oh Time Deposits.
JAMISON CITY FIRE.
Single and Double Houses Hazed by Flames.
Fire, evidently caused by defec
tive flue, resulted in the destruc
tion of a double house, owned by
Perry Hess and a single residence
owned by Miles Miller, In the up
upper end of Jamison City Tuesday
morning. The loss will be abont
$2,000. Practically all of the
household goods were saved, and
no one was hurt.
Mrs. Adeline Rhone and Thomas
Vanllorn occupied the Hess house
and Mr. Miller lived in his own
property. At about 8:30 o'clock
in the morning, a neighbor noticed
smoke coming through the roof of
the Hess house occupied by Mr.
Rhone, and quickly spread the
alarm. In a few minutes the
whole roof of the house was in
flames.
Practically all the residents of
the town responded to the alarm,
and set to work to save the house
hold goods. Everything but a few
pieces of upstairs furniture was got
ten out.
The flames spread quickly and
the Miller home adjoining was on
fire in a few minutes.
A line of hose, owned by the
Elk Tanning company was laid
from the tannery dam, 2000 feet to
the scene of the flames, but because
of the long distance and the diffi
culty experienced in getting the
hose connections together, it was
nearly a half hour before they
could get a sufficient stream of wa
ter to extinguish the flames. Once,
however, it was in working order,
a powerful force pump sent a
stream of water with a pressure
that sent the burning weather
boards flying from the side of the
buildings. In less than twenty
minutes after the water was start
ed rightly the fire was extinguish
ed, but not before both the houses
were beyond repair.
The fire caused great excitement
for a while, and it was feared that
other houses would catch but by
the strenuous work and carefully
watching the sparks this was
avoided.
Both properties will likely be re
built. They were only partially
insured.
ADDITION TO SCHOOL BUILDING.
At a special meeting of the
'Bloomsburg Scliool tsoara neia in
the office of Fred T. Ikeler Thurs
day eveninsr for the purpose of let-
finer t1 contract for the new two
story addition to be erected during
the summer to the tnn street
Krhnnl hnilrlincr II. B. SharpleSS.
the lowest bidder, was awarded the
contract. There were a large num
her of hidders. It ivill be com
pleted in ample time for, the fall
school term.
Bible Class Picnic.
The Mens Adult Bible Class pic
nic at Kleim's Grove on Saturday
was well attended, over tour hun
dred beine present. "-The Cihzens
Band furnished music. The "day
was enlivened by games and ath
letic events.
A game of base ball between the
Bible class team and the- Ushers'
Union team of the Lutheran
Church, resulted in a victory for
the latter, the score being 11-10.
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BETTER ROADS.
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Owing to the warning sent out
by District Attorney Small, super
visors are getting busy, and as a
result the county roads are being
put in better condition.
C. M. Crkvkuno C. A. Kleim
Dr. J. J. Brown M. Miixeisen
REUNION.
The reunion, celebrating the for
tieth anniversary of the pastorate
of Rev. A. Houtz, will be held in
the Whitenignt grove, at Zaner's
station, on the B. &. S. R. R., on
Saturday, July 31. Services will
begin at 10:30 A. M. and 2:00 P.
M. The following speakers will
be present: Revs. J. E. Guy and C.
D. Lerch of Danville; Rev. W. J.
Kohler of Strawberry Ridge; Rev.
J. K. Adams and Prof. A. U. Lesh-
er of Berwick; Licentiate W. S.
Garhart of Lancaster; Mr. W. D.
Snyder, of Columbia, Pa.; Mr. C.
A. Herring, Esq., and Mr. J. M.
Harman of Orangeville.
All are cordially invited to attend
this historic reunion, and partici
pate in its joys and pleasures.
The pasto" in this his last reun
ion with his people and friends, is
very desirous to meet and greet
these whom he baptized, confirm
ed, married and ministered to in ho
ly and sacred things.
Those attending the reunion can
either bring their dinner with them,
or have it served to them in the
grove for 25 cts. The dinner and
festival in the e'ening will be for
the benefit of the Ziou church, to
whom the grove is leased for that
day.
HOUSE BOAT TRIP.
The Shickshinny Echo of last
week said:
"The house boat 'Yips-Addy-I-
Ay' which left Towanda on June
2 2d passea here Monday Boating
seaward. The boat tied-up for
about two hours. The captain is
E. Hale Codding; first mate, Wil
liam H. Little; gunner, Karl D.
Shiner; cook, W. Frances Holmes.
At Nanticoke Holmes returned
home and here Shiner turned back,
leaving Codding and Little in com
mand.
Mr. Shiner came to Bloomsburg
and spent a couple of days with
Prof. F. H. Jeukius and family,
and then returned to his home in
Wysox.
NEW LIBRARIAN.
The Board of Managers of the
Bloomsbarg Public Library has
elected Miss Blanch Williams 11
brarian for one year from August
1st, at a salary of $40 per month.
Miss Dorothy Worthington was
elected assistant librarian for one
year at a salary of $10 per month.
PROF. FRANK RESIGNS.
Prof. Charles O. Frank, for the
past four years teacher of Latin
and Greek at the High School, has
resigned hi3 position to accept the
priucipalsbip of the Huntington
schools, lie is a good teacner, ana
his departure is much regretted.
GONE TO SEATTLE. .
E. B. Guie, Esq., daughters Eno
laand Claudia, and son J. A. Guie,
Esn . of Catawissa. have eoue to
Seattle. Wash., on an extended
visit. They will be the guests of his
son, Ii. li. liuie, sq., atia iamny.
Mr. Guie expects to accompany
his son E. H. on a trip up into Alas
ka during the visit.
Rev. Duraville a Methodist.
The Christian Advocate, a Meth
odist paper, announced last, week
that the Rev. J. W. Dumville,
ousted from the Jamison City pas
torate for refusing to give up
tobacco, is. now a Methodist
preacher at Washington, D. C.
Experience In invc;lir;, In busi
ness ventures, and ev?n evperl
ence in selecting n Rjr.k my Ne
costly nr.d tlierekre u.iplcasar.r.
moral: You will
peri?hce at tri's
WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS
AND ASSURE YOU OF
CONTINUED EXCELLENT
SERVICE.
TiERLOOMSBUnG NATIONAL
BLOOMSBURG. PENNA
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
The Democratic State Central
Committee met at. Harrisburg on
Wednesday and fixed that city as
the place for holding the state con
vention, and the time August 4th.
This county was represented by
county chairman J. H. Mercer, and
District President, J. G. Harman.
At 1 o'clock the State Commit
tee met at the Board of Trade, the
attendance being very full. State
Chairman Dewalt was named for re
election by William J. Brennen and
elected by acclamation amidst ap
plause. Mr. Dewalt made a brief
speech of acceptance, returning his
thanks and asking the assistance of
every worker in the party.
I recognize the responsibility
of this position," said the speaker,
"but whatever I can do to further
the interests of the Democratic par
ty and bring victory is at your ser
vice. There seems to be an idea
that this is an 'off year.' That is
a mistake. There never is an 'off
year'. Every year we must stand
up and fight for Democratic princi
ples. But the chairman cannot
fight alone. He must have . the
help of the leaders; he must have
the help of the rank and file, and
we must imbue the people with
that idea. Help must come from
the county chairmen. Each one
owes a duty to the State chairman,
that he must use every effort to get
the voters out and be on the aggres
sive. The offices to be voted for
this year are some of the most im
portant in the gift of the people."
The speaker then defined the du
ties of Judge of the Supreme Court,
State Treasurer and Auditor Gen
eral, saying that the latter official
held the most powerful position in
the State. These offices, he said,
are more important than that of the
Governor.
"We will nominate a candidate
for Judge of Supreme Court this
year," he said, "with some hope
and show of election. See that
every Democrat gets to the polls
and supports Democratic principles.
We want an honest and economi
cal administration of affairs in this
State. 7
BONDS BRING PREMIUM.
At the public sale of 4 per cent,
county bonds by the commissioners
last Saturday a premium of $162.75
was realized on the $14,000 issue.
These bonds were issued to re
place a similar amount of 4J2 per
cent bonds that are over due. The
county saves Y per cent, interest
and realized a profit on the new
issue.
ARM BROKEN.
Mrs. Simon Shaffer who lives
beyond Irondale, had the misfor
tune to break her right arm above
the wrist. She was on the way to
town with berries, and was accom
panied by her sou. In front of
Wood A. Keller's she failed to no
tice a low wire fence, and;fell ever
it with the above result. Her in
jury was dressed by Dr. John.
MISS HERRING GONE TO EUROPE.
Miss Laura Herring, daughter
of ex-Judge Grant Herring, of
Suubury, sailed Saturday morning
from New York on the White Star
Liner Baltic, for England. Miss
Herring wil make an extensive au
tomobile trip through England and
Scotland before returning, and will
also visit her brother Donald, who
is a student at Oxford University.
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It is long reaionltrd." -Eracroa. U"Vs
remember your cx- 3
Kank pleasure.
THE BAPTIST ASSEMBLY.
The Fourth Annual Summer Meeting on Au
gust 4-1 3 at Lcwlsburg.
The fourth annual Baptist sum
mer assembly will be held at Lew
isburg, August 4-13. The pro
gram for this year is up to the
standard of other years and an even
larger attendance of Baptist young
people is expected. The campus
at Bucknell is used for most of the
classes and the assembly includes
both profitable religious study and
recreation. The program for this
year will be as follows: Mornings
8:30, devotional service. Claude
Kelly, D. D., Bellevue; normal
hour for Bible school teachers, E.
M. Stephenson, D. D., Colorado;
10, mission study classes; "The
Frontier," Jacob Sallade, D. D.;
"Cuba and Porto Rico," R. II.
Moseley, D. D ; "Why and How
of Missions," Rev. Frank S. Dob
bins; "South America," Miss Fran
ces D. Cope; "Stewardship and
Missions," Rev. Ambrose M. Bai
ley; "Methods on Young People's
Work," five mornings, President
W. M. Courscn; "Junior Work and
Vacation Bible Schools," four morn
ings, Rev. E. A. Harrar, 11, "Bi
ble Studies," E. C. Dargan, D. D.,
Macon, Ga. Vesper services, 7 p.
m. August 5th, "Experiences in
City Mission Work," Rev. H. C.
Gleiss; August 5th, "Teacher
Training," Rev. L. W. Hainer;
August 7th, university reception;
August 9th, young people's work,
R. G. Slifer August 10th, "Choos
ing a Life Work," Mr. Jacob Sal
lade; August nth, "Evangelism."
Evening lectures, 8 August 4th,
platform meeting; August 5th, Prof.
Frauk H. Green, West Chester;
August 6th, Prof F. E. Green; Au
gust 7th, university reception; Au
gust 9th, Prof. E. B. Pollard, D.
I).; August 10th Russell H. Con
well, D. D.; August nth F. J.
Fanning; August 12th assembly
concert.
DEEDS RECORDED.
The following deeds have recent
ly been entered on record by Re
corder of Deeds Frank vV". Miller:
Commissioners of Columbia
County to A. B. Cole for a tract of
land in Sugarloaf township.
Lydia W. Drinker to Nora C.
Waeuer for a lot of ground in
Hemlock township.
Lydia W. Drinker to Nora C.
Wagner for a property in Hemlock
township.
D. M. McIIenry and wife to
Margaret Catterall for a property
in the Borough of Berwick.
Harry R. Stees et al to Auber J
Robbins for a house and lot of
ground in the town of Bloomsburg
W. E. Weaver et al to Nellie
Carpeuter for a property in the
Borough of Benton.
J. L. Dillon estate to Trustees of
Joseph Ratti Hospital for a prop
erty in the town af Bloomsburg.
Sarah and Norman Watts to
Henrietta Watts for a tract of land
in Pine township.
Henrietta Watts et al to Thorn
ton and John Watts for a tract of
t7 ';ifill'V&
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laud in Pine township.
BELGIAN HARES.
Harman & Roan have a fine
pair of Belgian Hares at their Cen
tre street shoe store. They are
more than twice as large as the or
dinary rabbits. The animals were
procured from Boyd Evans of Ty
rone, formerly of this town, and
are of fine strain.
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