8 Town Clock Block Suits, Skirts, Shirt Waists, \ » Jackets, Silks, In This Village. "‘Warerly—During the past year that ithe Rev. H. B. Cook has been paslor of the Methodist church at Waverly he has endeared himself to all with whom he has come in contact, and it is the opinion of all that the best interests of the church will be sub- served If Be is returned. Accordingly the following resolutions have been adopted asking the bishop and the presiding elder to have him sent back to the Waverly charge: Whereas, Under the faithful min- istrations of the Rev. H. B. Cook our church during the past year has been blessed In all its departments, the earnest spiritual tone of his sermons appealing to all our hearts, while his ikind greetings and unswerving devo- tion to duty has endeared him to all Therefore be it | Resolved, That we respecifully {ask the bishop, who will preaide at ithe annual sessions of the Wyoming conference to return Brother Cook ito this charge for another year, and {that we request Presiding Elder HL H {Dresser to use his influence to that jend. Fringed Shades evra 8 dt $9 STATIONERY 10 fe 25¢ a box. Unusual value at 10¢. SHIRT WAISTS golag fast at only #S¢ & 8S WHITE SKIRTS, all prices. New lot, very pretty, only 88 and 9S¢. CORSET COVERS, 25 and 30c; good values “EASTER NOVELTIES. All sorts of fancy little Candy Boxes and Baskets, Chickens, Roosters Rab- bits, etc. § and 10c. Wee Chicks and Transfers le. FULL LINE OF 3 and 10c GOODS. St. Patrick's Day Post Cards, 2 for Se. . Beautiful Line of Faster Post Cards, 2 for be. GREGG'S RACKET STORE Cor. Broad St. and Park Wag YANN S28 was bom Mark Twain Is in Favor of Making the Lincoln Birthplace a National Park of Patriotism. {By Mark Twain) There is a natural hu- man instinct that is grati- fled by the sight of any- thing hallowed by association with a great man or with great deeds Mark Twain So people make fligrimages to the town whose streets were once trodden by Shakes- neare, and Hartford guarded her Charter Oak for centuries be- cause it had once had a hole in {t that helped to save the liberties of a colony. But in most cases the *iconnection between the greal man or the great event and the relic we revere is HAccidental. Shakespeare might have iived in any other town as well as Ia Stratford, and Con- necticut’s charter might have been hidden in a woodchuck hole as well in Charter Oak. But it was no weident that planted Lincoln on a Kentucky farm, half-way belween the Lakes and the Gulf. The asso- ciation there had substau.e in It Lincoln belonged jost where he was, put. If the Union was to be saved, it had to be a man of such an origin {hat should save it. No wintry New England Brahmin could have done it, or any torrid cotton-planter, re- ziurding the distant Yankee as a ipecies of obnoxious foreigner It needed a man of the Border, where ivil war meant the grapple of brother with brother and disunion a zaping wound. It needed one who knew slavery not from books only, yut as a living thing, knew the gooa that mixed with its evil, and knew the evil not merely as it affect- ad the negroes: Lut in ita hardly less haleful influence upon the poor whites. It needed one who Knew how human all parties to the quarrel how much alike they were at the bottom, who saw them all reflected in himself, and felt their dissensions Illke the tearing apart of his own soul. When the war came Georgia sent an army in gray and Massachusetts an army in blue, but Kentucky raised armies for both sides And this man, sprung from Southern poor whites, born on Kentucky farm and transplanted to an Illinois village, this man, in whose heart knowledge and charity had left no room for malice. was marked by Providence as the one to bind up the nation’s wounds” His AND BEST ASSORTMENT OF READY.TO- GARMENTS EVER SHOWN IN THIS SEC COME EARLY AND MAKE YOUR SELEC- y Handsome Spring Suits " Silks .and fancy materials They are model garments and just opened for Spring trade. -Frices $16.00 io £35.00. Prisoner Saves Life of Sheriff. Waverly—Ex-Sherift who iof Tioga county, now a resident of Owego, recently recovered $1,800 from ‘the Lehigh Valley Railroad as the re- sult of an accident which occurred {about two years ago on a trip to Au- burn. Thurston had Fred Kriss, the Wav- ‘erly murderer of Kittie Tobin. Kriss under sentence of death. The {two were riding together in the Le- high Valley coach, but were not fas- tened together by handcuffs or shack- les | When the accident occurred, Thurs- iton was pinned under the wreckage {but Kriss was perfectly free. Instead iof making anv attempt to get away {Kriss rescued the sheriff from the iwreckage and saved his life The two proceeded to Auburn and ithe Waverly murderer was ultimately iglectrocuted. The action of the con- ‘demned man in rescuing the sheriff ‘was not made public until the settle iment of the case the great citizen there. The farm is ideal for such a pur- pose. Consisting of one hundred and ten acres in the rolling bine grass region of Larue County, Ken- tucky, it Is crossed by a picturesque stream. has many shady groves, and possesses the famous rock spring near which it 18 proposed that the Lincolu statute shall be erected. But a short distance away, along the turnpike, stands the old mill where tincoin used to go with his father, the boy seated astride c sack of corn on the broad back of the old mare When the nark is developed it Is sald thal the Louisville & Nashville Railroad will establish a branch ter minal near the entrance. The plan of the Lincoln Farm As- sociation Is very simple, and seems to have been inspired by a profound bellef in the individual! patriotism of American men and women. Instead of appealing to a wealthy few to carry out the work, the Association has given its cause to the whole peo- ple, asking “every man, woman, and child in whose heart is the love of country and a reverence for the memory of Lincoln” to become a member Each member is called upon to contribute whatever amount Porter, Ex-Ambassador to William Travers Jerome, t Attorney of New York Connly;: Jen- kin Lloyd Jones, Director Lincoln Centre. Chicago; Charles A. Towne, Congressman from New York; Wil- liam H. Taft, Secretary of War; Ly- man J. Gage, Ex-Secretary of TreAs- ury; Norman Hapgood, of *“Colli- er's”; Ida M. Tarbell, biographer of Lincoln: Samuel L. Clemens, (Mark Twaln”); Augustus Salnl-Gaudens, sculptor; Albert Shaw, editor Bf “Review of Reviews’: Thomas Hast- ings, architect; Robert J. Collier, of “Collier's”; Clarence Mackay, Treas urer, President Postal Telegraph & = Cable Co: Richard Lloyd Jones, Secretary. Sh It is said that a million and a guar ter of the people in Pennsylvania have signed petitions against the passage of a local option bill. This is the most remarkable exhibition of public thirst upon record. Abe Thurston eApsuIyeIdmod France ‘0TL8 0) 00'I$ Wo SI] uopeadeul anok Jo uj snf ‘elLm AYom £1dad fujujvuod New Spring Jackets Are made of silk, covert cloth and fancy mix- . New, jaunty styles. Prices $3.00 to $25.00 Beautiful Separate Skirts plain, fancy mixtures and silks, an elegant pent of the latest models Prices from $3.50 te $14.00. AS jusjioNsn Exquisite New Shirt Waists Iwas In Beautiful New Trimmings In laces, insertions and all-over laces which are so very popular for Spring wear. Large assortment. ng Opening of Black, Colored and Fancy Dress Goods. We are showing our complete assortment of ing Novelties, together with a beautiful collec ; of plain fabrics Fancy materials 50c to $1.50 per yard Black materials 50¢ to $2.00 per yard. ~ Colored materials 50c to #2.00 per yard. Spring Silks. Silks are very popular, both In fancies and golors. Our new importations are now on Carpets and Rugs Linoleums and Mattings This is your opportunity to select from the largest and finest assortment of floor coverings out- side the iarge cities Carpets— 25¢ to #L55 per yard. Mattings— 25c to (0c per yard. Linoleum— §0¢ to $L.75 per yard. 200 Large Rugs, in all grades $5.50 to $50.00. was The Valley Record has a larger PAID circulation in Sayre than aly other newspaper. Larceny (ase Attracts Attention. Waverly—The hearing of the two | Blostein Brothers, who are under ar- {rest on a charge of grand larceny for ithe alleged stealing of junk attracted {much attention today. The people iwere represented by attorenys BD. F Levy of Elmira and F. A. Bell of Wav- ‘erly. The defendants were represent. ed by H. H Rockwell of Eimira and [F. E Hawkes of Waverly Some istrange schemes of finance were re- vealed, and it would take a genius to unravel the tangle the ttre aa EERE PPP PLETE PET were, Mrs Revs G. Miller is spending the day in Elmira Ww AY ERLY C ITIZEN SLAUGHTERED SKUNKS. | Mrs. R. D. Blackmore went to El- mira this morning. He Then Came Down Town, and Every One He Met Knew That He Had Been Close to Sneh Animals, OF SAYRE. $50,000.00 $12,000.00 S—————————————— Postage stamps at Strong's posta- toriuinz pen and ink free SNL WH Waverly—A well known business who resides in this village has an old abandoned cistern under the back of his house, and for some reason or other the skunks in the neighborhood have a penchant for! Mrs. J. H. Mercur of Towanda was " in Waverly jeosterday man Go to Mrs. Baker's for millinery Waverly street Jt Enjoyable Social. solicit your Banking Latest designs and will pay you per cent. interest per oT Waverly—The Farther Lights so- for money left on of Deposit or Sav- Account. department of savings special feature of this and all deposits, wheth- jarge or small, draw the ’ rate of Interest MH. SAWTELLE.. W. T. CAREY, Editor. $3.00 per year; 26¢ rates on application. tered as second-class matter May | i. &t the postoffice at Sayre, | ¥ the Act of Congress of mews that's fit to print” MARCH 22, 1907 | WOOD, Representative. { advertising matter may be | and Park Avenue. Mrs. J Snyder went to Elmira this morning Strong furnishes you transparent EE ———s. (George Akins and (amily Neb iy are visiting relatives in Waver- The perfcrmance ai the Mill Girl's Honor.” attack of the mumps All the latest designs in millinery at Mrs. Baker's, Bell phone i i } $ ; i } Miss Anna Lynch entertained a par- of her [riend. New York city an excellent Opening on assortment of millinery Tuesday and Wednesday Ervay and Mrs N.Y. H R Mrs. F. H H 8 their sister, Mrs sireet Mrs Haer, Ellis has Waverly's leading mil- returned from ready for Inspection Tinseled post cards Both phos. at fine of we Easter | =| {occupied by who intend to At it Rehearsing Steadily. Waverly preparation for the play “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” getting Into it. They enter In some manner unknown to the owner of the cistern, and once having gotten into the hole they are unable to get out Iwo of them got into the place, and yesterday began to make their pres- ciety held a most pleasant social at the home of Miss Susle Squires o {North Chemung street last evening {The attendance was large, and the {program rendered was one of the best lever given by that soclety to arise therefrom iing, went out and uncovered the hole The odor almost overpowered him, one {it didn’t kill the scent. | the other, that saturated the atmosphere through the neighborhood caused all the in- habitants to flee to cover of their {ing the morning. After putting the {skunks out of commission the man | {came down to his place of business, | but whoever he met gave him a wide | berth and passed on the other side Arrived at his office he soon had the place saturated insomuch that all who entered made some excuse and sought | the outer alr was responsible discovered what the | {trouble was and betook himself out {a walk out Into the country where | {the free winds of heaven could blow around him, and carry away the last vestige of the results of the morning's slaughter, This Is the Place. To get your bhalr cut, 15; shave 10c; shampoo, 15¢; hair singed, lic; whiskers trimmed, 10c; sea foam, 5c; massage, 15¢; moustache dyed, 20c; hair dyed, $1.00; ladies’ hair switches, cheap, razors honed 25c; shears | sharpened, 10¢c; scissors, 6c; new {handles on razors, 25¢. If you bave eczema call and get Lockerby’s ecze- ma cure, 50c a bottle Thousands {fish on hand the year round. Locker: ‘by Is also an expert taxidermist Lockerbs’s barber shop, 418 Waverly | [#treet, Waverly. 236-6m § LL. S Kremer went to Shickshinney today and on his return he will be ‘accompanied by his mother, Mrs, El- {len Kremer, who will make her home | BOWLING CONGESS. i i Meet In 1D0OR te He at Cinclunati-R. i P. Matak Made Record. i 8ST. LOUIS, March 22. The Cincin nati delegntion to the anuual conven- | tion of the American bowllug congress | secured the next congress and tourna {| ment for that city and elected August i (Garry) Hermann president of the | congress for 10078 | St Paul contended for the next weet | Ing of the congress and supported R { H. Bryson of Indianapolis for re-elec- tion to the presidency. The vote for the place for holding | the next congress resulted: Clocinnati, 1110; Bt. Paul, 50, and that for pres} dent; Hermann, 102; Bryson, 55 R. F. Matak of St. Paul broke the bigh mark of the present tournament in Individual class with a total of 617 His single game scores were 221 208 and 108. Following are the high scores made by individoals competing in the first six fights of twelve men each: R F. St. Paul, 8301; P. A. Birren of Chicage, ras Ne Quarter, at 10 te 1. NEW ORLEANS, March 22 — Horses at leng o4ds did well in the frat two races at the Falr grounds, No Quarter, Queen, at 7 to 1, winnlag the second, with Hasel M., at 100 to 1, second Juggler was Alsqualified after winning the fourth race on account of rough | riding by Nicol. The fifth race showed | i dates, Morales, who won easily. Cvame Beat Sands at Tennis. | BOSTON, March 22 -Jeshua Crane, | {Ir of this city by defeating Charles E. Sands of New York in the finals of birthplace is worth saviug The above article by the American author and humorist fers to the movement on foot of the Lincoln Farm a national park of patriotism Congidering the preservation Mount Vernon, ument the make classic tomb of lesser heroes of our Republic, it + Saint-Gandens' Lincoln By pevmissig + of “N fares’ Abraham Lincola It has been suggested that above the | Gaudens' famous Statue of Lincoln be erected he or she wishes, provided it is not fess than twenty-five cents or more than twenty-five dollars, and to every member is issued a large, handsomely engraved Certificate of Association, with the of the officers and trustees. The name of the member is then entered in the Permanent Catalog, which is to be kept forever in a place of hon- or In the Historical Bullding to be erected at the Park. Thus the funds are being raised by popular mem- ocoln, lever carried by an dent and fell of assassination ing when any action American There Ia no know- would have | at auction In August, [proceeds might be used to pay the {back taxes. All but one of the bid- ders represented some business con- cern, anxious tc get control of the property for advertising purposes; land averted what would have been !a nationa! disgrace He represented {a private citizen, who belleved the {historic ground should Le the prop- erty of the American people, and, fects. holder. ih the chy bership subscriptions, and already the names are coming in by bun- dreds from every State in the Unlon, more than fifteen thousand having joined before November 1. The labor unions, fraternal orders, his- torical societies, women's clubs, and organizations of all sorts have pledged themselves to spread the work during the coming winter, and seventy-five per cent of the daily newspapers, recognizing the broadly democratic spirit and typica! Ameri- canism of the movement, have prom- ised to give the tremendous weight of publicity to it The OMcers and Board of Trus- {ees of The Lincoln Farm Associa- tion, which has its offices at 7¢ Broadway, New York City, are as follows: Joseph W. Folk, President, Gor- ernor of Missouri: Joseph H. Choate, Ex-Ambassador to England; Heary Watterson, editor of Louisville “Courier Journal“; Cardinal Gib~ BRIGHTENS THE HOME ~ Jap-a-Lac Urightens everything it {touches. A quart can will make your floors, furniture and woodwork look illke new. It comes in thirteen eclors, land may be used in over a hundred {different ways. It Is tough, quick | drying, durable, elastic—the best, and {1s s adapted to more purposes than aay i varnish made. We're at your service with many other things in household needs, at proper prices. We carry only the better grades of goods--the kind we can guarantee with confidence. BOLICH BROS times. It is our aim to please our Ing all our food stuffs. We réspect- fully solicit your patronage. : Brothers’ Dining and Lunch 110 and 226 Desmond street Chas. H. CONTRACTOR,
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