THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURO, PA, THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF U&OOMSBUUCU lA, THE OLDEST AND STRONGEST. Capital 8100,000 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 Banking, p.nd Invite YOU to inspect our NEW quarters: 5 Per Cent. Interest Paid on Time Deposits O F F I E. W.M. Low. President. James M .Staver, Vict- President, Dl ItECTO HH: Intnes M. Staver, Fred Ikeler, S. C. Creasy . Clinton Hrrrinsr, .K.W.M.Lnw, K.G. York, Louis Gross, M. EjStaekliouse. THE COLUMBIAN. ESTABLISHED i8f6. THKCOLUMBIAI DEMOCRAT, K TABI.ISHKH I837. CoNSOI.lDATF.il 1869 Pjblished Every Thursday Morning, Al Blojmsburg, the County Seat ol Columbia County , Pennsylvania. CEO. E. ELWELL. EniTOR. GEO. C. ROAN, Foreman. Tkkmm: Insidj thecounty !i.oOa year la advance; !t 1 . 5 o i f not paid in advance. OuH.le the county, $ 1.25 a year, strictly in v iicr. Al! communications should headdressed THE COLUMBIAN, Bloomsl.urc, Ta. THURSDAY, NOVEMBKR 11. 1!00 MUNSON FOR GOVERNOR. Wilf amsporter's Great Vote Brings Him Out Strongly for Further Honors. That prominent Democrats will meet soon to consider the future of the party in the nation and state, and that Attorney C. La Rue Mun son, of Williamsport, is spoken of as a prospective candidate for gov ernor in this state are the state mjnts made in an article published in the Philadelphia Ledger, It fol lows: "Conferences of Democrats, in spired by the revival of the party in tlie great Munson vote, will be held shortly to consider the future of th Democratic party in this state and nation. The idea of hold ing such a meeting of met) who be lieve in the principles of Jackson was suggested by a similar discus sion held by Democrats in New York some time ago. "C. La Rue Munson, as the standard bearer in the recent elec tion who united all fictions and brought back to the fold voters who had joined the Republican party, will take a leading part in the con ferences. Ex-Mayor Vance McCor ruick, of Harrisburg, who aided Muusou's canvass in an active and financial way, and Jere S. Black, cf York county, are among those who will form the nucleus of a move ment which has as its'first purpose the election of a Democratic Inde pendent Governor next year. TO INFUSE YOUNGER BLOOD. "There are about 350,000 natur al Democrats in the state, and more than 150,000 voted for Munson iu an off year. "The conference, according to those who outlined the scheme be fore election, will first consider re organization of the party. No radi cal steps will be taken to condemn leaders who have traded with the Republican machine, and all fac tions will be invited to assist iu the reorganization plans. Colonel James M. Guffey, Democratic National Committeeman, is in accord with the plans, and his advice to the committee, which saw him in Pitts burg more than a month ago, was to proceed without making the old time leaders conspicuous. There fore younger blood iu the State Democracy will be brought to the front, and the old leaders, like Ilar rity, Cadwalader, Guffey, Donnelly and Judge-elect Garman, of Wilkes Barre, will be sought for practical advice. "Vance McCormick and Jere S. Black have been suggested for chair men of the conference, and party men of all factious will receive in vitations to the meeting, which will probably be held late this month in Harrisburg. IFor Coughs'and Coids Troubled with a cough? A hard cold, bronchitis, or some chronic lung trouble? There is a medicine made for just these cases Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. Your doctor knows all about it. Ask him what he thinks of it. No medicine can ever take the place of your doctor. Keep in close touch with him. consult him freouer.tlv. triKr him fullv No alcohol in this cough medicine. T:c:AwCo..LowJUM. Ayer rills. Sugar-coated. Alt vegetable. Act directly on the liver. Cently laxa tive. Dose, only one pill. Sold for nearly sixty years. Aik your doctor about them. (' K K S : Myron I. Low, Vice President. Frank Ikeler, Cashier Myron T. Low, H. V. Hover, Frank Ikeler. TO ELIMINATE BRYANISM. "Norman E. Mack, of New York may be invited to the conference for the purpose of outlining the national policy as promulgated by the Saratoga conference of New York Democrats. While Bryanism will be eliminated as a result of the reorganization all efforts will be made to make it plain that the na tional movement is not directed against Bryan, so that no offense is offered to the Bryan followers. Preparations for the Gubernatorial contest here next year and for pre senting a strong and united party in the next presidential year will be made at the conference. "Such conferences, it is said, will be held in other states during the next six months. "With tne re-establishment of the Democratic party in the state, candidates for Governor are being discussed. Congressman A. Mitchell Palmer, Senator Dewalt and C. La Rue Munson are mentioned as fit ting leaders in the Gubernatorial battle. Friends of Mr. Munson say that he made himself a powerful factor through his great vote and rejuvenation of the party organiza tion." , New Postal Rules Now in Force. Registered letters mu.it now bear 12 cents postage, the increase of the registry fee from 8 cents to 10 cents bringing the total postage up to twelve cents. With the iucrease the government officials announce that the maximum indemnity to be paid the owner of a lost or rifled letter has been raised from $25 to $50. Other changes in the postal sys tem that are proposed include the establishment of a package registra tion system with a five cent fee, and of a special class for registered matter of high value, with an in crease in the indemnity of $100 and an increase in the fee to 20 cents, the limits fixed by law. It is pointed out that the pack age regulation will meet a public demand for a cheap and safe means of transmitting Christmas packages and others of like character, and that graduating the fee in accord ance with the risk involved and the amount of care necessary to insure safe transmission is in accord with sound business principles. Mother Gray's Sweet Towdert for Children. Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse in the Children's Home in New York, Cure Feverishness, Bad Stomach, Teething Disorders, move and regulate the Bowels and Destroy Worms. Over 10.000 testimonials. They never fail. At all Druggists, 25c. Sample FREE. Ad dress, Allen S. Olmsted, LeRcy, N. Y. 2t. We Have the Greatest Battleship. The battleship North Dakota, which made its trial trips last week, proved itself to be the fastest ship of its class in the world, surpassing the speed of its sister ship, the Delaware, and of the British battle ship Bellerophon, which has hith erto held the record. Its turbine engines developed a maximum horse power of 35,150. The re markable speed ot 22.25 knots was attained. The North Dakota was built at the yards of the Fore River Shipbuilding Company, at Quincy Point, Massachusetts, and cost over $7,000,000. SUPREME COURT DECISION. Supreme Justices Rule That Personal Habits of Members of a Brewing Company Are No Bar to Granting of a License if They Have Respect ed Law. A decision of stale-wide import ance. Affecting the present manner of handing down liquor licenses in Pennsylvania, and breaking away from all precedents, was made by the Supreme Court at Pittsburg Inst Friday in the case of the Indf ana Brewing company, of Indiana, Pa. Tile quarter .sessions court of Indiana county had refused the brewing concern a license and the Superior Court affirmed the decis ion. When the case came before the Supreme Court, however, both courts were reversed by a majority of one vote. Unusually strong opin ions were writ en by the justices. lie opinion of the maioritv. written by Justice Elkin, cf Indi ana, declares that the license was refused on the sole ground that the brewing concern was an unfit cor poration. It is announced that the personal habits of the members of the corporation should not be taken into account, but that the corporate acts of a corporation must be ex amined to learn whether they have violated the laws of the state. The opinion of the majority is concurred in by Chief Justice Mit chell and Justices Fell and Brown. The dissenting opinion, written bv Justice A. Leslie Mestrezat, is sun- 1 . portea by justices Potter and Stew art. A terse sentence in the dis senting opinion is as follows: "It practically annuls the act of assembly and denies the right to grant licenses by the court ol quar ter sessions, the only tribunal in vested by the laws of the common wealth with that power." Ihe decision is tar-reaching, and has an important bearing upon the power cf license courts under the Brooks law. The court did not meet until late in the afternoon. A number of de cisious, most of them Allegheny county cases, were hau led down, after which the court rose to nitet in Philadelphia the first Monday of January. NO REFLECTION? ANiTnONE IN TENDED. The Republican attributes to this paper an article 'concerning Judge Evans "cioing some detective work on his own hook" in Danville. The same article appeared in a number of our exchanges before we pub lished it- There was 110 reflection 011 the Judge intended, and nothing in the article to indicate any such intention. Judge Evans stated iu cpen court that he knew there were violations of the liquor law in Danville, and that he himself had seen them. His statement publicly to that effect was most commendable, and will, no doubt, have a beneficial effect up on the constables of Montour who have been reporting that there were no violations of the liquor laws. What they have failed to see, though it is their duty to look, Judge Evans saw without trjing. Some of the Columbia county constables had better sit up and take notice. Sell Less Wheat Abroad. The calendar year 1909 will show a smaller exportation of wheat than any year in the last decade, and an increased home consumption, both in amount and per capita average, says a report of the Bureau of Sta tistics on wheat production, expor tation and consumption of the United States. The continued decline in exports of brcadstuffs lends interest to the statement. The exportation of wheat for the nine mouths ending with September amounted to only 27,768,901 bushels, against 68, 1 78, 935 bushels in the same month of 1908; flour exports were 6,288.283 barrels against 9,428.347. This reduction in exports of wheat seems to be due to increased consumption at home rather than to any decline in production. The average annual production for the last five years has exceeded any earlier five-year period. Forest Fires near Pottsville. Forests covered with dried leaves northeast of Pottsville were the scenes of great fires on Sunday, the smoke and flames compelling a number of families to flee for their lives. The State having withdrawn its appropriation for fire wardens, there was a lack of organized op position to the progress of the flames, and thousands of dollars worth of damage is reported to young timber. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTOR I A RACE WASTE VS. RACE SUICIDE. Vital Statistician Says This Nation Sacrifices 200.000 Babies Annually. American race waste more seri ous than race suicide is pointed out in Census Mortality Bulletin No. 104, in which it is estimated that annually in the United Slates 200,000 babies tinder five years of age die from preventable causes. This great loss of life among the little ones at the period when they are most loving and most lovable could be prevented, is the opinion of l)r Cress y L. Wilbur, chief .si 1 tistician for vital statistics of the census buicnu, who prepared the bulletin on the basis of presentable knowledge of sanitary measures. For the accomplishment of effective preventative work iu this direction, Dr. Wilbur holds that the prompt registration of all bitths and the more careful and precise statement of causes of death by physicians are essential. SACR1FICK OK INNOCENTS. More than one-eighth of a million babies, under one year of age and fully ioo.ooo children under five years of age, died among about one-half of the total population of the United States in the year men tioned. It is considered probable that fully 200,000 more died in those cities and States not included in the census bureau registration area. In this connection Dr. Wil bur quotes Professor living Fish er's conclusion that of all the dis eases of infancy, hiving the medi um age one year, 47 per cent, may be prevented; and that of the dis eases of childhood having medium age two to tight years, 67 per cent, may be prevented. "It does not seem unreasonable," Dr. Wilbur states, "when we con sider the fact that there is appar ently 110 reason why infants, if properly born, and this means sim ply the prevention of ante-natal disease and the improvement of the health and conditions of life of their parents, should die at all in early infancy or childhood, except from the comparatively s:na 1 pro portion of accidents that arc strict ly unavoidable." AFFECTS THE NATION. The bulletin continues with a statement that the general death rate of a country is largely depend ent p.pon its infant mortality, be-cau-e the death rates of infants and I young children are high and they ah'ect a relatively numerous ele ment of the population. Exact study of the incidence of disease upnn infancy and childhood is mcst important, and it is imperatively necessary, and that there should be more effective registration of births throughout the United States for this purpose. The extremely im portant rate known as "infant mor tality" is the ratio of deaths of in fants under one year of ae, not to population but to the number of children born alive during the year. This most important ratio should be readily available for the compar ative study of deaths of infants in all of our States and cities, but, the bulletin states, in the great ma jority of them, unfortunately the registration of births is worthless, and ratios calculated upon the re turns would be deceptivi and un reliable. PHONE ON P. & R. Catawissa Division Being Equipped With Instruments as Auxiliaries to Telegraph. The Reading Railway company is introducing the telephone service at all passing sidings on the Cata wissa division between East Maha noy Junction and West Milton. The number of miles of trao'c tr be covered is 67 and there will be is telephone stations, located at East Mahanov function. Loftv. Girard, Brandonville, Krebs, Ring- town, Ferndale, Beaver Yalley, McAuley, Mainville, Catawissa, Rupert, Grovauia, Danville, Maus dale, Mooresburg, Dougal and West Milton. It is not thi mirnnsp n do away with the telegraph in the running 01 trains but to use the tel ephones as an accessory. It will enable the trainman who is not a telegraph operator and who may be miles away from a telegraph office to get into instant communication with the train dispatchers and, in many instances, save valuable time. It will enable train crews to know just where the train they are lying out for i.i and often times will enable it to get a right of way which it could not get for hours if it had to get word by a telegraph office first. This system is now in operation throughout the yards and on the basin branch where telephone boxes have been installed and the train crews, by using them, save much nine in getting a ngnt ot way and tnakiug the necessary movements. 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