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James M.Staver, VicePresident
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Myron I. Low, Vice President.
Frank Ikeler, Cashier
E. W.M. Low,
F. G. York,
Louis Gross,
M. K)Stn'k',)()iiHe.
iD I RECTO Its:
James M. Htaver,
Fred Ikeler,
8. C. Creasy.
Clinton Herring,
Myron T, Low
H. V. 1 Tower,
Frank Ikeler.
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CRUSH IIP EvRKY TlIVRIiW MoRNINO,
A" Wii.'tmsliurjT, the County Scat ot
Columbia County .Pennsylvania.
CEO. E. EIAVEI.L. F.iutcr.
GEO. C. KOAN.Fokeman.
Tkkms: Insuli the county $1.00 a year
taalvance; iil.5r.if not paid in atvr.ncc.
Outside the county, 1.25 .1 year, strictly in
t. vrce.
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THE COLUMBIAN, 1'loomsl.iirs, Pa.
THURSDAY, oCTor.F.n 7. I'.i0:
Democratic State Ticket.
Justice oi- the Sitrkmk Court,
C. LaRUK MUNSON,
of Lycoming County.
Auditor Generai.,
J. WOOD CLARK,
of Indian.! Comity.
State Treasurer,
G LOR OK W. KIPP,
of Bradford County.
Democratic County Ticket.
Sheriff,
W. P. ZAIIXHR.
Jury Commissioner,
A. C. IIIDLAY.
Coroner,
ROBERT PRENNE.W
THE SEVENTH AMENDMENT.
Among the amendments to the
state constitution that are to be
voted on next mouth is one at least
that ought to be defeated. It is the
seventh, and reads as follows:
District election boards shall consist
of a judge and two inspectors, who
shall be chosen biennially, by the citi
zens at the municipal election; but the
General Assembly may require said
boards to be appointed iii such manner
iw it may by law provide. Laws regu
lating the appointment of said boards
may be enacted to apply to citie ouly:
Provided, That such laws be uniform
for cities of the same class. Each elec
tor shall have the right to vote for the
judge and one inspector, and each in
spector shall appoint one clerk. The
first election board for any new dis
trict shall be selected, and vacancies in
election boards tilled, as shall be pro
vided by law. Election officers shall be
privileged from arrest upon days ot
election, and while engaged iu making
up and transmitting returns, except
upon warrant of a court of record, or
judge thereof, for an election fraud, for
felony, or for wanton breach of the
peace. In cities tney may claim exemp
tion from jury duty during their terms
of service.
This is the same in substance as
the present section except that
these words have been added: "But
the General Assembly may require
said boards to be appointed in such
manner as it may by law provide.
Laws regulating the appointment
of said boards may be enacted to
apply to cities only; provided, that
such laws be uniform for cities of
the same class."
The adoption of this section will
give to the Assembly the power to
take from the people the right to
select their own election officers,
and no one will doubt for a moment
that the boss-governed legislature
of this state would exercise that
power at the very earliest oppor
tunity. How and by whom election offi
cers shall be appointed would be
left entirely to the will of the law
makers. The adoption of this sec
tion would be a menace to the
rights of the people, and rob them,
of the privilege of having fa:r and
honest elections.
livery fair-minded and honest
citizen of the state should read this
section over carefully, and make
up his mind to vote against it, and
then go to the polls on November
2nd, and mark "No" on his ballot
at the Seventh Amendment.
THE BENCH AND THE MACHINE.
Dtr.ing the discussion of the ju
dicial salary section of the constitu
tion of Pennsylvania the very able
gentlemen who composed the con
vention of 1873 expressed their
opinions of the judges of the State
with considerable freedom. One
gentleman said "I have seen as
much log-rolling in the Legislature
in regard to increasing the salaries
cf judges as I have seen with ie
gard to the increase of the compen
sation of any other officer." An
other delegate in the convention
declared that "a judge is subject to
the infirmities of human nature
just as much as any other officer,
and I would hold him to the same ac
countability and give him no more
privileges." Still another delegate,
even more candid than his col
leagues, added: "They are the
most importunate beggars to have
their salaries increased that we have
in the Commonwealth. They hard
ly ever get on the bench that they
do not want their salaries increas
ed." In these expressions of experi
enced legislators there is concealed
the reason for one of the most cor
rupting agencies in the political life
of the Commonwealth. This con
stant importunity for the increase
of judicial salaries has more than
any other one thing in the affairs
of the State, debauched politics.
The late Senator Quay's mind was
alert enough to discern the advan
tage of the friendliness of the bench
and his successors in the leadership
of his party have profited by his
practice. The result is that there
has been more strenuous and fre
quent effort to increase the salaries
of judges than those of any other
office. The judges, on the other
hand, soon learned to appreciate
the liberality of the machine mana
gers to themselves and in a recipro
cal spirit prostituted the bench to
serve the machine. These beggars
msy be importunate, as the dele
gate in the constitutional conven
tion said, but they are not ungrate
ful. During the administration of
Governor Beaver a bill was passed
through both branches of the Leg
islature increasing the sakries of
judges which was vetoed on the
ground that it was iu conflict with
that provision of the constitution
which forbids the increase or de
crease of the salary of any officer
during the period of his tenure in
office. It was precisely similar to
the bill enacted during the session
of 1903, approved by Governor
Pennypacker and declared constitu
tional by Judge Von Moschzisker.
Three or four attempts to retire
judges on full pay at a certain age
have been made within the past
twenty years, which, of course, is
another method of increasing judic
ial salaries and at every session of
the Legislature during a dozen
years or more, efforts have been
made to increase the number of
judges, and the judges have shown
their appreciation of the favors by
helping the Republican machine
whenever it was possible.
- II atchman.
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TOWNSHIP ROADS MUST BE
MEASURED.
Law Requires That This Be Done by
November 13 to Obtain State Aid.
By an act of assembly approved
13th of May, 1909, a great change
is made in the administration of
township affairs. Briefly .summar
ized the new act provides:
The office of town clerk is abol
ished. Work road tax is abolished, but
may be adopted in any township
by a majority vote at any munici
pal election.
All road taxes are collected by
the township tax collector and an
abatement of five percent, is allow
ed up to June t or. all taxes paid
and a penalty of five per cent, add
ed on all taxes not paid before Oc
tober 1. Notice to pay taxes is to
be given by pesters, the same as
county, school and poor taxes.
The board of supervisors is to
organize the first Monday in March
each year by electing one of their
1111 in her as chairman and appointing
a secretary and tieasurer. The
secretary and treasurer may cr may
not be a member of the board and
both offices may be held by one per
son.
Supervisors may work on roads
and oversee work themselves or
may employ roadmasters. The rate
of compensation of supervisors for
work on roads is to be fixed bv the
1 , . ... . .
ooaru 01 auditors; tne wages per
hour of roadmastcrs and laborers is
fixed by the supervisors; the com
bined compensation allowed the
secretary and treasurer can nut ex
ceed two per cent, of the amount of
mency paid out by the treasurer
and within that limit the compen
sation is fixed by the board of au
ditors. The stale will pay the township
50 per cent, of the amount of cash
road taxes collected, not exceeding,
however, $20 for each mile of town
ship road.
It is further provided that within
six months after the passage of the
act the supervises shall measure
all pu! lie roads in their respective
township.-; and report to the high
way commissioners.
There are many other details in
the act, important in Ihemselves,
and it will require careful consider
ation before the effect of the pro
visions is understood.
It is to be noted that the provis
ion for measuring the roads is now
effective. The roads are all to be
measured within six months after
the passage of the act, aud that
means that all roads must be meas
ured before November 13, 1909.
This measuring may be done by a
cyclometer or by any method di
rected by the supervisors. While
this act does not in express terms
so provide, yet it would seem to
bear the construction that unless
such measuring is done and report
ed to the State Highway Commis
sioner within the six mouths the
township will not be entitled to the
50 per cent, from the State. Every
board of supervisors should note
this aud have the roads measured
and reported so as to be on the safe
side.
This act will greatly benefit the
townships having a large road mile
age, but will not be so favorable to
the thickly settled townships with
small road mileage. For instance
a township with 80 miles or over
of public roads, and a valuation of
$160,000, will receive the full 50
per cent., while a township with
$300,000 valuation and only five
miles of road will receive far le-s.
A levy of ten miles in the first
township would give $Soo from the
state, while the latter would receive
only $100 whatever its levy, This
larger aid to the poorer townships
seems to be equitable even if not
based on equality.
FaU Fashions in the Philadelphia
Press.
You,' your next door neighbor
and every other woman is puzzling
her brain now over what she is to
wear this Fall and what the child
ren are. Isn't it a fact? The solution
is wonderfully simple. You should
read the "Woman's Page" in The
Philadelphia Press. You will find
the newest fashions illustrated, but
not the impossible, for most of the
fashions aie real sensible styles and
patterns for everyday folks. On
the same page every day you will
find other suggestions, also helps
and answers to corrspondents and a
number of other things of interest
to women. The Philadelphia J'ress
is a great home paper whose news
is reliable and complete. We do not
ask you to take our word for it,
but read it for a week and we are
sure you will keep on reading it.
Any intelligent person may earn
a good income corresponding for
newspapers; experience unneces
sary. Send stamp for lull particu
lars. Empire Press Syndicate,
Middleport, N, Y. 9233t
School Appropriations.
All of the affidavits which form
the basis for the granting of the
state appropriation to the schools
of the various townships of the
county having now been received
from the various boards of directors
by County Superintendent Evans
some interesting figures have been
compiled which should serve as a
lesson to the directors of the coun
ty; a lesson which if properly
learned would bring to the tchools
of the county between $4,000 and
$5,000 each year which is due them
but which they do not get owing
to the low grade of teachers em
ployed in many of the townships.
The law governing the appropria
tion makes the minimum salary of
the teacher with onlv a provisional
certificate $40 and provides for the
payment of the difference between
that amount and the salary paid iu
1006 when the law was put into ef
fect. For the teacher having a per
manent or prolessional certificate or
those who are grail nates of a Nor
mal School and have taught two
years, it makes the minimum salary
550 and also provides for the pay
ment of the difference between that
amount aud that paid in 1906 which
at that time in most instances was
$35, making the difference or the
amount paid by the state in the
latter case, $15 per month and in
the former $5 per month. By em
ploying the former class of teachers,
the directors loose a large amount
of money which they could get by
securing higher class and more ex
perienced teachers without costing
them a cent more. For instance
Beaver 110 v gets $315 but there is
a possibility of its getting $735.
Benton likewise could get $735;
Centre could get $945; Cleveland
nd Hemlock, $735; Orange, $425;
Pine, $.sio: and Madison, S945,
while all of the other schools of the
county with the exception of Mou
tour which is getting its maximum
amount, could get from $100 to
5300 more simply by employing
higher class teachers. The county
according to the present basis will
receive $17,91 1 which, despite the
fact that many of the townships are
not getting all that is possible for
them to get, is more than that re
ceived by most counties owing to
the higher class of teachers employ
ed in the county.
The amount received by each
township is as follows: Beaver,
$315; Benton Boro., $600; Benton
township, $595; Berwick, $1,215;
Bloomsburg, $1 449; Briar Creek,
$840; Catawissa Boro., $967.50;
Catawissa township, $245; Central
ia, $720; Centre, $735; Cleveland,
$525; Conygham, $270; Fishing
creek, $630; Franklin, $350; Green
wood, $665; Hemlock, $560; Jack
son. $315; Locust, 525, Madison,
$420; Main, $315; Mifflin, $600;
Millville, $539; Mount Pleasant,
$420; Orange, $140; Oiangevillc,
$156; Pine, $490; Roaring creek,
$280; Scott, $350; Stillwater, $210;
Sugarloaf, $525; West Berwick,
$1,665; Montour, $480; total, $17,
911. Mi rning 2 'ress.
WAXTKDSuttrm Mayuzlnv munts an c;ir"
vmvawl rttinitil1 man or wmim In Mown?
littrrj ft cuUffl for renewal ant nullt'll new su'i
MTtiittnnK awing full nr ttHire lime. Ksiwrleuv
unnecessary. Any one run nan amoity jrhudu
aiiiuatntanvi'S ami build up a ihiiIihj unit
eriimtieit Irusiness without laiiital. Cuiu)lete
iiutjil anil Instructions free. Aililress, " 1'O.V,"
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Is it a Fake?
Thousands of copies of a type
written letter, that with regularity
each campaign is prepared under
the auspices of the Penrose-An
drews Republican headquarters in
Philadelphia, are now being mailed
through Pennsylvania, ostensibly
coming from the "War Veterans'
Club." The prettily-worded com
munication appeals to veterans of
Pennsylvania to stolid by the Ma
chine State ticket at the coming
election, and The Scran ton Times
makes timely comment: "If the
'War Veterans' Club of Philadel
phia' is in existence at all, it must
be composed of henchmen of Pen
rose, for use by the big boss in
campaigns." That the reputed
club is not a genuine friend of the
veterans is evident from the fact
that Candidate for Auditor General
Sisson (whose election is favored by
the so-called Veterans' Club) at
the last legislative session voted as
a Senator against the bill giving a
State peusion of $6 a month to
Pennsylvania veterans of the civil
war. He had no use for the old
soldiers then.
Roseraont Cemetery Co. Ollicers.
At the meeting of the Board of
Directors of the Rosemont Cemete
ry Co., held Monday evening the
following officers were elected:
President, Col. John G. Freeze;
secretary, S. F. Peacock; treasurer,
C. A. Kleitn; superintendent, W.
R. Ringrose.
Children Cry
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C ASTORIA
$100
Wmi A GflWSD NAME
The makers of STYLE-CRAFT CLOAKS AND
SUITS arc offering a first prize of $100.00 to the woman
who suggests the best name for their new fall
STYLE-CRAFT COAT
The Fashion Hit of the Season
Ten other prizes of $10.00 each will be given for the
ten next best suggestions. Contest is open to all women.
All you have to do is to call at our store to see the coat
sea it so you will get the right idea for a prize winning
name.
It is a decidedly new and distinctive model.
Everywhere it has been shown it has made a pro
nounced hit.
You should see it and try to name it,
Contest closes November 15th.
You can send your suggestions direct to the makers or
through us. Hut you must see the coat at our store if you
want to make a suitable suggestion.
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
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JUST A REMINIDER!
Here is a list of some of the printed goods and blank stock
that can be obtained at the
Columbian Printing Home
Perhaps it may remind you of something you need.
FNVr?T APr7v Allshes Commercial, Professional, Jnsur.
lill H fJUlrfil) ance, Baronial, Pay, Coin,
UUA TYffJfQ Letter J ea as. Note Heads, Bill Heads, State
kkLltiUl liui ments, in many grades and sizes.
fflRHQ & t si 'less, Visiting, Announcement, Admission,
Vniili) Ball Tickets, Etc.
ff ADT CTflMQ Admittance, For Kent, For Sale, Post
Mi1 OtUIll) M, Bills, Trespass Notices,
IN RflOKV A,lminiitnUor,s Executor's, Treasurer s Receipt
iii DlliU Books. Plain Receipts, with or without stub, Note
Books, Scales Books, Order Books, Etc.
H ATJiTV RITTV J'ri"''t 11 "y she from a small strut
liWWV i)Hil.lA dodger, up to a full Sheet Poster.
BOOKS AND
PAMPHLETS
MISCELLANEOUS :
Our Stock Includes :
Cut Cards, all sizes, Shipping Tags
Round Corner Cards. Manila Tag Board,
Card Board in Sheets, Bond Papers
white and colors, Ledger Papers,
Name Cards for all Cover Papers
Secret Societies. Book Papers.'
Window Cards. 1
Folders for Programs, Menus, Dances, Societies and all
special events.
Lithographed Bonds and Stock Certificates Supplied.
Wedding Invitations and Announcements, Printed or
Engraved.
Visitors are Always Welcome. No Obligation to Purchase.
We Do All Kinds of Printing
Columbian Printing House,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
WILL BE PLEASED 7 0 SHOW
SAMPLES OF THESE AND
ALL OP OUR WORK.