THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURO. PA.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
UP BLOOJBI1URG, FA.
THE OLDEST AND STRONGEST.
Capital 8100,000 Surplus 8100,000.
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, and Invite YOU to inspect our NEW
QUARTERS.
3 Per Cent. Interest
OFFICERS!
c r f T Prmlilniil. Mvrnn T. t,nw. VIpp I'rpitldpnr.
jam'egM.Stavt-r, VlcePresudent.
DIRECTORS!
K.W.M.Low,
F.O. Yorks,
Louis (Iros,
M. 13 Htackhouse.
James M. Ktaver,
Fri'il I kelt-r,
H. V. l'rnjty.
Clinton Herrinp,
THE COLUMBIAN.
ESTABLISHED i86f.
THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT,
F.STAnusHKn tS37. Consoi idatf.d 1869
Pdm.isiikd Every Thursday Morning,
At Woomslmr, the County Seat ot
Columbia County, Pennsylvania.
GEO. E. EI.W'EI.L, Editor.
GEO. C. ROAN. Foreman.
TitKMa: IniflcU the county $ l.oo a yenr
to alvance; fl.5if not paid in advance.
Outside the county, $ 1.25 a year, strictly in
sdtnnce.
All communications should hc.iddresscd
THE COLUMBIAN, IMoomshiirs, Ta.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1!10
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES
FOR REPRESENTATIVE,
WILLIAM C. JOHNSTON,
of Bloomsburg.
Reforming the Legislature.
The next Legislature of this
State will have some very impor
tant work to perform both in the
matter of repealing bad laws, im
proving laws that have merit as
well as faults and enacting new leg
islation that is needed. Under ex
isting political conditions in Phila
delphia and Pittsburg there is not
much hope of changing the party
complexion of the Legislature. But
there is substantial ground for the
belief that if the voters of the State
who desire civic improvement will
proceed with proper intelligence
and energy, the minority in both
branches of the Legislature may be
so materially strengthened that
good results in all directions may
be achieved.
The time to begin this work is
now. The place is in the selection
of candidates for Senators and Rep
resentatives in the Legislature. Our
friends, the enemy, have plenty of
troubles to distract, if not divide,
their forces, in various places. The
opposition to the re-election of
George T. Oliver, as Senator in
Congress, is already large and con
stantly increasing. The resentment,
on the part of the better element of
the party, against the methods of
the machine is not diminishing.
These facts will help the opposition
in efforts to elect better men to the
Legislature. Thousands who may
not be willing to vote against the
candidates of the machine will re
frain from voting altogether.
The magnificent effort of C. La
Rue Munson to secure a seat on the
Supreme bench last fall shows
what the right sort of a candidate
who proceeds along right lines
toward the fulfillment of his ambi
tions may achieve. His experience
proves that dozens of Democratic
candidates for Senator and Repre
sentatives in the Legislature mav
be successful if they are men of the
character to command popular re
spect ana nave the energy to pre
sent their claims to the people.
Therefore Democrats should begin
at once to select candidates for
nomination at the June primaries.
We ought to gain fifty seats in the
House and half a dozen in the Sen
ate and can if we will begin now
and act wisely,
Bellffonte Watchman.
Dt IVBay Be
"A hard chill, pain through the chest, difficult breathing.
Then fever, with great prostration." If this should
be your experience, send for your doctor. You may
have pneumonia! If your doctor cannot come at once,
give Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. When he comes, tell him
cxacuy wiwi you nave
ihv aicunui in mis cougn medicine.
Keep the bowel in good condition
an increased now
of blls
union,
Hi prcd-jce
Paid on Time Deposits
Frank Ikeler, Cuxhirr
Myron T. Low,
H. V.Hower,
Frank Ikeler.
GUARDS HEALTH OF SCHOOL
CHILDREN.
Commissioner Dixon Sends Warning
to Boards throughout State.
The health of the children in
"the little ted schoolhou.se" re
ceives the attention of State Com
missioner Dixon in a circular letter
that he is sending out to the secre
tary of every rural school board in
Pennsylvania.
The act of Assembly of 1907
provides that where heating is ac
complished by a common stove,
this stove shall in part be enclosed
with a shield or jacket of sufficient
height and suitable material so as
to protect all pupils while seated at
their desks from direct rays of
heat. It further provides that the
school rooms shall be furnished
with ample means of ventilation,
and that a thermometer shall be
kept in each room.
In the circular letter the commis
sioner says:
"The health officers of the sev
eral districts of the State, under in
structions from the Department of
Health, make two inspections of
schools each school year in town
ships of the second class and report
to this department on cards fur
nished them for that purpose.
These instructions relate only to
sanitary conditions, and the princi
pal matters of inquiry are ventila
tion, light, heating facilities and
water supply.
"Upon receipt of these cards in
this department notices are sent to
the several school boards calling
their attention to conditions which
should be improved or remedied.
"It is not oulv the Dumose of
the Department of Health in mak
ing these inspections and sending
out these notices to secure the ob
servance of existing laws regarding
tne sanitary conditions of schools,
but also to encourage and assist
boards of school directors to make
all necessary or desirable sanitary
improvements.
"Reeardine the matter of water
supply, it is, of course, always de-
siraoie mat tne cnudren be Inrnish
ed with the best drinking water
that can possibly be obtained in the
vicinity, and that sanitary measur
es in regard to drinking cups and
utensils for holding water be
maintained in the school room.
"If water is secured from a
spring or well, this spring or well
should be protected from surface
drainage and from water seeping
back into it.
"Individual drinking cups in
schools are a necessity and must
be provided either by the pupils or
the school authorities, and provi
sions made for fillinc them, either
by a cooler or, if a bucket is used, a
common dipper should be provided
and the water dinned from the
bucket in this dipper and the drink
ing cups filled in that way. The
children should not be allowed to
dip their cups into the bucket
The use of a common drinking cup
in the school room is exceedinerlv
dangerous and a constant menace
to tne health of all the dud s.
. , s i
1 iiese matters are of great im
portance, and it should be the aim
of all boards of school directors to
comply with these laws and to fur
ther improve sanitary conditions in
their schools just as much as local
conaitions will allow."
Visiting cards and Wedding invi
tations at the Columbian office.
IPoeiamooia
aone. Then do as he says
C. Aijer Co. , Lowell.Mi
ass.
j.ie ui ayer nils at bedtime will cause
a fititle laxative effect the day following.
WASHINGTON
!
From our Regular Correipondent.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 5, 1910.
Now that Senators Aldrich and
Hale have returned to the Capitol
it is expected that there will be
greater activity in legislative work
Senator Aldrich has been in Florida
where he went for the improve
ment of bis health. Senator Hale
has been in Maine looking after his
reelection to the Senate. He has
considerable opposition there and
many repnblicans and presumably
all democrats hope he will be de
feated. These two men Aldrich
and Hale are th: bosses of the Sen
ate. Aldrich especially, has been in
a way the most successful boss, if
having ones way with his party
counts, that the Senate has ever
known. He has been brilliantly
opposed in his own party notably
by Senator Deliver of Iowa. Sena
tor Adlrich is one of those mute
politicians who attains his ends by
mysterious silence and indefatiga
ble work. Senator Aldrich is op
posed to the postal banks but it is
thought that tlie President's recom
mendation to establish such banks
will be passed in spite of the op
position of Aldrich of Rhode Island
and Senator Jeff Davis of Arkan
sas. It is given out that the President
expects that the promises cf the
Republican party platform, reiter
ated by him in his campaign
speeches, will now be carried out
by the coaction of the insurgents
and regulars. The House Commit
tee on Rules no longer retains its
despotic power and legislative
measures v-an no longer b- put
through by the dictum of the Rules
Committee but must depend on
caucus approval. It really appears
that the truce has been brought
about through an understanding
that the House organization will
act with
into law
bill, the
and the
Federal
the insurgents and vote
the postal savings bank
iuterstate commerce bill
conservation bill. The
incorporation bill, it is
understood, may be postponed until
next session. The bill admitting
New Mexico and Arizona has
passed the House and it is said is in
favor with the Senate. There is
hope on the Republican side that
the ship subsidy bill will be enact
ed. There is considerable elation in
the camp of the insurgents who
claim they have weakened if not
broken the power of the Committee
on Rules, it is certain that the
Cannon-Dalzell crowd no longer
parade matters out of the Commit
tee on Rules with the confident ex
pectation that a majority of the
House will approve their action.
Party caucuses are the order of the
day where, after fair discussion an
agreement is made and this alone
receives the approval ot the major
ity in regular session. It is said
that th? insurgents are hopeful of
removing the Speaker, Mr. Can
non from the Rules Committee dur
ing the present session, it can be
easily understood that the Presi
dent is doing all in his power to
heal the breach in the Republican
party and to strengthen it for the
doubtful fight in the next Con
gressional election.
The social season is at its height
in Washington. Dinners and re
ceptions at the White House and
at the homes of the Cabinet minis
ters and at those senators and rep
resentatives who can afford them
are the order of the day, or rather
of the uight and it is interesting to
note the changes, small but signifi
cant, in social matters under dif
ferent administrations. The chief
innovation at the White House is
refreshments to all invited guests.
The number invited is not so large
by any means as during the ad
ministration of Roosevelt and his
predecessors but it is quite large
enough to fill the Executive Man
sion without crowding it. For ex
ample, the Congressional reception
was held last night aud some thir
teen huudred guests attended in
cluding members of the Senate and
House and the adult members of
their families with many visitors
to Washington and a large num
ber of the permanent residents of
the city. . The gates of the White
House grounds were thrown open
at 9:00 P. M. precisely aud the
long line of carriages and automo
biles that had formed began slowly
to move forward and discharge
their living freight. The guests
filed along the gallery and up the
stairs into the East room and
after waiting twenty minutes a
flourish of trumpets announced that
the reception bad begun, when all
filed by the President shaking hands
wuh him and Mrs. Taft and as ma
many of the ladies of the receiving
body as they desired to shake nauds
with. As they passed by the Pres
ident and the receiving group they
filed into the dining room where
refreshments were served. The
crowd was large and at times dense
but the ncvelty of eating in the
White House was for the first time
enjoyed by an unusual number.
About eleven o'clock the Marine
Band moved Into the East room
which was a signal for dancing, and
in this pass-time the President took
part with Miss Mable Boardman as
his partner.
There is no lack of evidence that
the Republicans in Congress are ex
tremely anxious with reference to
ths elections that are to take place
next November. On the other
hand the Democrats are hopeful
and it will not surprise political
wiseacres if the next Hous shall
be Democratic. This of course
will settle the question in another
way of Sieaker Cannon's dictator
ship. Another man, presumably
Champ Clark, will be elected as
Speaker of the Home.
The investigation in Congress
with reference to the cost of living
is proving a very delicate subject
to the Republicans, for they tear
that the tariff will be blamed and
that the party will suffer. Repub
licans as well as Democrats know
full well that in pite of party as
surances and in spite of the apptov
al of the tariff bill in the Presi
dent's Winona speech, the revision
was upward instead of downward
and the upward prices of every
thing that one eats, or wears, or
uses, since then, prove that the
Payne Aldrich bill was a snare in
which the whole American people
have been entrapped and robbed.
There is a fecliug of uneasiness in
the Republican ranks that may de
velop into a panic.
THE 1HURDERCR0P.
The Difference Between the German
and American Methods of Dealing
With Murderers.
The average number of murders
in the United States annually dur
ing the twenty year3 from 1885 to
1904, was 6, 597, according to Josiah
Strong's "Social Progress." In
1895 there were 10,500 murders
and in 1896 there were 10,662. In
Germany the convictions equal
more than ninety-five per cent, of
those accused of murder. In the
United States the convictions are
1.3 per cent. These amazing fig
ures are cited chiefly by way of
calling attention to an address de
livered recently by Hon. Andrew
D. White, former president of Cor
nell College and late American am
bassador to Germany. Dr. White
gave it as his deliberate opinion
that the alarming prevalence of
crime in this country is chargeable
to the practice under which the ad
ministration of criminal justice has
bicorae largely a game played by
clever lawyers. He pointed out
that there are forty three times
more murders in the United States
than in Canada and eight times
more than in Belgium, which has
more than any other European
country. Dealing with the matter
of penalties, Dr. Vhite declared
that 111 the United States only one
murderer in seventy-four is pun
ished, and that the average crimi
nal serves but seven years cf a life
sentence. For the dangerous condi
tions revealed by these figures Dr.
White would institute measures of
the most radical character. He rid
icules the vicious theory that crime
is a disease to be treated fis such
It must be dealt with as crime alone
and rather than coutinue the pre
sent defective administration of
justice be would put the profession
al criminal to death as a measure
of public safety. The proposal is
startling, but as between society
and the hibitual criminal, whose
interests are entitled to first consid
eration ?
IS IT STILL A HOLIDAY ?
State's Attorney General Has a Knot
ty Problem to Solve.
Attorney General Todd will be
called upon to decide another of the
knotty problems arising from the
constitutional amendments adopted
last Novemb jr. The act of Tune 23,
1897, specifies a number of public
holidays, including "The third
Tuesday of February, election
day." The constitutional amend
ments abolish the February elec
tions after the present year, but no
provision is made for annulling the
legal holiday.
The question atises whether
banks and other financial institu
tions will have to continue to close
on the third Tuesday of February.
.
The year 19 10 will be marked
by four eclipses two of the sun and
two of the moon. Both eclipses of
the moon will be visible in America,
but both of thd sun will be invisible.
The first total eclipse of the moon
will occur on May 2, aud the sec
oudjwill occur on Wednesday, Nov
ember 16.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
C ASTORIA
COME NOW
Onr Semi-Annual Event Emphasizing Marked Economics
in Table Linens and Allied Linens.
Come. Select your linens. This is a linen buying time
because it's money saving time. There is safety as well
as savings in buying linens here. We will tell you wheth
er a cloth is all linen, or cotton and linen mixed. You
must not be fooled. But whether you buy all linen or cot
ton and linen mixtures you'll get the biggest money's
i wortn you ever secured.
BLEACHED
f,6 inch
60 inch
66 inch
72 inch
70 inch
72 inch
98 cents.
72 inch
1.29.
72 inch
1-39-72
inch
1.59-
72 inch
1.98.
bleached table linen, regular value 25c now 20c
bleached table linen, regular value 50c now 45c
bleached table linen, regular value 75c now 69c
bleached table linen, regular value 85c now 73c
bleached table linen, regular value $1 now 89c
bleached double damask, regular value 1.15 now
bleached double damask, regular value 1.50 now
bleached double damask, regular value 1.59 now
bleached double damask, regular value 1,75 now
bleached double damask, regular value 2.25 now
Unbleached Table Linens-
56 in. unbleached table linens, regular value 25c now 20c
60 in. unbleached table linens, regular value 39c now 32J
60 in. unbleached table linens, regular value 50c now 45c
70 in. unbleached linens, regular value ;6c now 49c.
60 in. unbleached linens, regular value 6oe now 50c.
64 in. unbleached linens, regular value 75c now 58c.
Ready Made Towels Included in This Sale
Plain all linen huckaback towels 18x36 in. very heavy
regular value 50c.. now 39c a pair.
Plain huckaback towels 17x36 in. regular value 30c.. now
22 cents a pair.
Regular 30c Turkish batb towels reduced to 22c a pair.
Regular 50c Turkish bath towels reduced to 44c a psir
Plain huckaback towels 1732, regular value 20c apiece,
now 1 8c a pair. r
Every towel in stock reduced for this sale, and variety is
complete. Buy towels now.
F, P. PURSEL,
An Irresistible Bargain.
$1.75 Value for Only $1.15.
ALL FOR
only;
$1.15
McCALL'S MAGAZINE
Is a large, artistic, handsomely illustrated hundred-page
monthly magazine. It contains sixty new Fashion Designs
in each issue. Every woman needs it for its up-to-date
fashions, entertaining stories and complete information cn
all home and personal topics. Over one million subscrib
ers. Acknowledged -the best Home and Fashion Magazine.
Regular price, 5 cents a copy Worth double.
McCall Patterns
So simple you cannot mis
understand them. Absolute
ly accurate. In style, irre
proachable. You may select,
free, any McCall Pattern you
desire from the first number
of the magazine which reach
es you. Regular price, 15
cents.
DON'T MISS
THIS EXTRAORDINARY OFFER
Call at our office oraddressjyour order to
The Columbian,
FOR LINENS
TABLE LINENS
PENN'A
One Year's Subscription for I
- llt M m .
ivicirciii sriviagazine
Anv 15-Cent McCall Pattern
you may select
One Year's Subscription for
The Columbian.
The Columbian
is the oldest newspaper in
the county. It is not sen
sational, and what it prints
is reliable, and fit to be
read by anybody. Regular
price $1.00 per year.
Bloomsburg, Pa