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I1LOOMSIWRG, PA., THURSDAY NO VEMBER IS, 1900.
NO 4'i
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
01- BLOOMSBURG
Capital, $60,000 Surplus 8100,000
0 M. CliEVELItfG, Pres. M. MILLEISEN, Cashier.
DIRECTORS
J. L. Moykr N. U. Funk C. M. Crkvemng C. A. Klkim
W. L. White C. W. Runyon Dr. J. J. Brown M. Milleiskn
3 Per Cent. Interest Paid on Time Deposits.
HIGH SCHOOL DEBATES.
Second Series to be Conducted This
Winter, Same as Last Season.
Superintendent W. W. Kvans
has arranged for the second series
of the inter-High School debates,
which have already begun.
Last year these debates attracted
much attention, and were attended
by large numbers. They cannot
fail to prove beneficial. They are
conducted under the following
rules:
Only members of the High
Schools in these leagues are eligi
Me to these debates and three per
sons selected by their schoolmates
shall constitute a team.
The visiting team will debate the
affirmative side of the question.
Each speaker will be allowed
eicht uiinutes for the speech and
eight tniuutes for rebuttal. If it is
desired, an intermission of four
minutes will be granted between
each speech ana tne remittal ioi
lnwi n c .
Debaters' may use notes but they
will not be permitted to read from
manuscript.
TVhaters shall not communicate
with anyone except their colleagues
during the debate or intermission.
Viehaters are recommended to
stndv the chanter on Areumenta
tion in Webster's English as a basis
for their method of handling the
mipstions.
The judges of these debates shall
be appointed ana assignea Dy a
committee of three teachers elected
by the County Teachers Associa
tion. No nerson shall be selected
to judge a debate who is likely to
have any interest in eitner ot toe
teams debating. They snail be se
lected from a list of eligible persons
prepared by the Superintendent
with the assistance oi me mumy
Teachers' Association.
Judges shall inspect the notes
and everything to be usea Dy eacn
debater and shall decide what is al
lowable before the debate begins.
They shall base their decision
solely upon the strength of the ar
guments presented which are not
disproved.
They shall not allow their per
sonal opinion of the question or
their feeling lor or against the de
baters or anything whatever to in
fluence them in rendering a deci
sion. They shall not sit together and
at the close of the debate without
conferring with each other, each
shall write his decision on a card,
sign his name and hand it to the
chairman who will announce the
result of the debate.
"The principal of the home team
shall preside over the debate and
shall see that everything possible
is done to insure a perfectly fair
and impartial contest. He is respon
sible for this and must see that all
disputes are settled when they arise
He shall read all the rules pub
licly so that the audience will un
derstand them Before the debate
begins.
He shall with the principal of the
visiting team, keep the time of the
debaters.
He shall send to the Morning
Press all the particulars of the de
bate as soon as possible after it is
over.
In each school there should be a
finance committee. In order to pay
the actual expenses of the judges a
collection should be taken at each
debate. The committee should pay
the expenses of the judges out of
this collection if it is sufficient. II
it is not, they should borrow the
amount necessary from the princi
pal or some other person willing to
advance it. If at the close of the
season there is a deficit, it is recom-
WEARING OF THE GREEN.
Tag Day Netted Three Hundred and
Fifty Dollars.
One hundred collectors with
green arm bands and green com
boxes and green tags covered the
town on Monday for the beneut of
the Bloomsburg Public Library,
tagged everybody and everything,
and collected the sum total of over
three hundred and fifty dollars.
None escaped the enticing smiles
of the fair maidens; none wanted
to; everyone was willing to give
something toward the Library
Fund. Maidens, matrons and boys
fastened tags on every person, dog,
wagon and automobile in sight,
and steadily filled the coin boxes.
Residences, factories, and stations
were visited, and even trains were
boarded to tag the passengers, not
to 'mention .the hourly onslaughts
oa trolley cars.
From dawn till darkness the tag
ging game continued, and by coon
green was seen all over the town.
The result is highly satisfactory,
and the Library Bo ird intends to
make Tag Day an annual affair,
THE F. P. PURSEL STORE.
Since the fire of last week, the
Pursel Store has continued to be
the main roint ot interest in
Bloomsburg. Many townspeople
have inspected it, and many have
driven or motored from out of town
to sec it. A force of the clerks has
been constantly on hand day and
night, and many times up to Sun
day night it was necessary to turn
the water on fire which again and
again broke out in the smouldering
debris.
On Thursday uight the safe fell
through to the cellar, which made
its removal difficult. John Gorrey,
with a force of men took it out on
Saturday and placed it in the office
of the United States Express Lorn
pany. Its contents were found to
be in good condition.
The large store room in the new
Robbius building on Main street is
being rushed to completion, and
about November 27th Mr. .fursei
will open up his store there with a
new stock of goods which he has
already ordered.
George H. Keiter has begun the
work ot cleanine up tne ruineu
building, and after the work of the
iusurauce adjusters, who arrived
yesterday, is completed, rebuilding
will be at once started.
MR. IKELER ON DUTY.
The many friends of Frank Ike
ler, Esq., Cashier of the First Na
tional Bank, are gled to see him
back at his post of duty again. For
a number of weeks be was seriously
ill, which culminated in an opera
tion for appendicitis. From this
he has almost entirely recovered,
and is now able to attend to busi-nes-
again.
mended that the amount be raised
by a social.
The standing of the various
teams will be computed iu the same
manner as in base ball leagues.
Any team refusiug or neglecting
to keep an engagement will forfeit
to the opposing team.
The semi-final debates shall take
place between the winners in the
Northern and Eastern Leagues,
and between the winners in the
Southern and Western Leagues.
The winniug teams iu the semi
finals will contest for the county
championship. The Morning Press
will award a gold medal to each
member of the champion team.
sSECGllfRETY-
"I am the jlhk if courtesy."
Shaktsptart
Tli nink of courtesy. Imply
ing Dcrfcction
respect and satisfaction, Is tne
study of evry successful Bank.
IHeral: Courtesy hert
as a Batik duty.
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SECURITY AND COURTESY
' have contributed largely to the
SUCCESS OF THIS INSTITU
TION.
We pay 3 per cent, on time deposits
ER100MSBURG NATION
TOO MANY WIVES.
Death of Montour County Man Dis
closes the Fact That He Had
Two Families.
The death of Howard Tames, a
widely known huckster, of Ottawa,
Montour county, and Hunter bta-
tion, near Herndou, has revealed a
remarkable state of affairs, says the
Danville News, the deceased having
been the husband of two wives for
a number ol years, both women
having raised families, and as far as
is known neither of them realizing
that she shared James' affections
with another until after his death.
James is particularly well known
all over Montour county, as for
years he has traveled over that sec
tion buying produce from the farm
ers. His covered wagon and two
rather worn looking horses are fa
miliar sights in Danville and vicin
ity. James was 58 years of age. His
death occurred at his Hunter Sta
tion home last week, Monday. He
was in the act of butchering a hog
when he fell over dead, heart trou
ble being the cause.
Not until after his death did the
great complication arise. He had
a wife and family at Ottawa, Mon
tour county, and a wife and family
residing at Hunter Station. Neither
wife knew of the other s existence.
After the end of the Civil war, in
which he fought with distinction,
James went to Ottawa, where he
married an estimable young woman.
To them were born five children,
who have grown to maturity one
a cultured daughter, and four fine
sous.
Some years later James went to
Shamokin. He kept in constant
communication with his wife, but
while in Shamokin he married
another womau, residing with her
as his wife on South Franklin
street. With the Shamokin wife
he raised a family of four children.
Considerable property was accumu
lated in Shamokin.
Shamokin people learning of
James' polygamous proclivities, he
deemed it best to move away, tak
ing up residence at Hunter Station,
where he had a store and other
property.
The widow residiug at Hunter
Station took the body to Shamokin
and shipped it to the other widow
at Ottawa for burial.
TEACHERS' INSTITUTE.
The Fifty Third Annual Teach
ers' Institute of Columbia County
will be held in Eloomsburg, Novem
ber tweuty-niutli to December
third.
Superintendent Evans has pre
pared the following entertaining
lecture course.
Monday, November 29, Concert
by the Chicago Glee Club.
Tuesday, November 30, Dr.
John Merritt Driver on "America
facing the East."
Wednesday, December 1, Lec
ture by Elton Packard, the cartoon
ist. Thursday, December 2, Senator
Gore, of Oklahoma, 011 "Social
Duty."
ACCEPTS NEW POSITION.
Paul Pooley, who" for several
years past has been a reporter for
the Morning Press, has resigned
that position, and accepted a clerk
ship at the East Bloomsburg station
of the Pennsylvania Railroad. He
is a young man of fine qualities,
and we wish him success in his new
vocation.
founded upn
Is Insisted upon
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BANK
A PLEA FOR SUPPORT.
Not An Advertisement.
Ixry year there has been a cry
raised in Bloomsburg for better the
atrical entertainment. The poorer
line of plays that have appeared
have teen criticised, and possibly
iustlv so, and the demand has re
peatedly been mads tor improve;
ineut.
The responsibility for the quality
of "jlays produced at the Columbia
Theatre rests fully as much, if not
more, with the public as with the
theatre management. Last winter
several very good productions were
offered, but the patronage was so
meagre that hundreds of dollars
were lost upon them, and the man
agement was forced to return to
the billing of second rate compa
nies iu order to pay expenses. For
this they were immediately censur
ed.
So far this season they have
found it necessary to pursue this
policy, but a test is about to be
made to see 1: tne public will sup
port something better. Manager
Lamed has arranged with tne ishu
bert management of New York to
send their productions here. The
first will be "The Blue Mouse,"
which will appear tomorrow even
ing. That this is a first class pro
duction may be realized from the
fact that it goes direct from Blooms
burg to fill a three weeks' engage
ment at the Adelphi Theatre hi
Philadelphia. It is a higluy hu
morous comedy by Clyde Fitch,
and proved to be a decided success
in New York. Chicago, and many
other ciues.
If the patronage is good, the
Shuberts will send other companies
here this winter, but if the public
does not support "The Blue Mouse
the service will be discontinued.
We therefore make this plea to
ihe Bloomsburg public, independ
ent of, and unsolicited by the thea
tre management, that "The Blue
Mouse" be given a good, big audi
ence, tnereay encouraging the man
aeement in securing several attrac
tive productions this winter. The
kind of plays to be offered in the
future depends in great measure
upon the patronage tomorrow even
ing. If Bloomsburgers want to see
good companies at home, they must
support the theatre when they
come, and failing in this, they musr
be content with wild west barn
stormers and slap-stick comedy.
A NEW INDUSTRY.
The Chamber of Commerce is
striving to bring to town a new in
dustry. If sufficient funds can be
raised, a steel tool factory will be
opened iu the building formerly oc
cupied by the Dillon Greenhouse
Manufacturing Co., which will
make a specialty of hand and cir
cular saws.
Solicitors will canvass the town
in an effort to raise twenty-five
thousand dollars. Nearly five thou
sand dollars have already been rais
ed. ORDINATION AT ST. PAUL'S.
The Rev. J. C. Grimes and the
d t V. niccles. the latter a
brother of the Rev. James W. Dig-
1 1 1 I J
gles, of town, wm De oruamcu
priesU by Bishop Henry James
TWUnrrtrm in St. Paul's lipiSOOPal
church on Sunday, Decembe- 15th.
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It is prooaoie inai mc uuug ui
the church, which is now under
way, will be couipletod by that
time.
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