Republican News Item. VOL. VII. NO. 22 ) Worth the PficeT / ? YOUR SAVINGS ARE WEL7- S WHEN YOU BUY RELIABLE JEWELERY. V r It wears and gives pleasure for years and always worth the price paid for it. Our many N / years of business at the same stand with the same 112 c principles of keeping nothing but reliable jewelery/ Q is a testimonial of what our goods stand for. j ? We intend that this store shall be first in yourC S thoughts when that buying reliable jewelery ques- C tion come up. Our prices have reached the bottom C \ scale, they can nowhere be made lower for the J S same grade of goods. \ Always Ready for Repairwork. S / Nothing but the best in repair work leaves our J \ hands. To get values come here after them. 112 Very respectfully, c > RETTENBURY, t y> DUSHORE, PA. THE JEWELER. C, HARDWARE^ Special Low Prices Now Prevail Wire fencing for farm, garden, lawn and poultry netting. Lawn mowers, wheel barrows, tin ware, woodenware, garden and farm tools, dairy supplies washing machines, wringers etc, of the latest in ventions. Paints, oils and varnishes. Mill sup plies and tools of all descriptions. t a'" * NECESSITY? lhe This wheel is as near Bicycle Tires, Lamps, Brakes and Sundries. Sporting goods, fishing tackle, guns, revolvers and I equipments. Roofing, spouting, plumbing, piping and fittings. Bicycle repairing and general job work. Samuel The Shopbell Dry Good Co., 313 Pine Street, .» WILLIAMSPORT, PA. W House Keeping Linens. <£ If you want honest linens that will wash and wear well come and select from these. Bleached and unbleached Table Linen 64 to 72 inches wide, extra heavy, good assortment of medium and small patterns at , 45 and 50 Cents a Yard. 72 inch wide unbleached and full bleached Table Linen in a large variety of neat designs. These qualities will inter est you if you are looking for the best qualities you ever bought for -2 SIOO K- Fine double damask satin finished linen in the best and newest patterns you have ever seen, ranging in prices from 1.25 U P TO 2.50. NAPKINS. TOWELS We have a full assortment of breakfast, of all ami. prices, fine damask '.unci, or dinner napkins to muck all the »»fl« ° «<?" f.ri HOSIERY. new idea in towels. Ladies' fast black and fancy colored ShCCtS 2nd PillOW CiISCS. lace striped or drop stitch hose at 25c Ready for use. What the use ot cntMng specially good value; better qualities up and sewing when the r.iade up article can to 1.25." Ladies' black silk hose at SI.OO be had for about the same price yop wou.Ul 1.25 and 1.39. Men's fancy and fast pav for the material. Pillow caSaf- Sc black hose 12J to 50c. We sell the best up'to 40c. Sheets at 47c up to a«- 25c hose made lor boys and girlS; '-ording to the quality of muslin. « Try The News Item Job Office WHEN IN NEED OF FINE STATIONERY. LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBERS, 1902. ; /;H 'V■ V? ,v. : : 1 ■ . Hb ' J ULYSSES BIRO. I'lysses Bird, Republican candidate for County Treasurer is a rep resentative farmer and surveyor of Elklnad township, lie is adescend ant. from one of the old families of Sullivan county, George C. and Harriet (Kaye) Bird, and was horn on the farm on which he now resides, October 3, 1 850. Mr. Bird received his education in the public school i>' d the Nor mal National University of Lebanon, Ohio, where he t<. >k a special course in surveying and book-keeping, graduating with high honors in the class of 1885. Our subject has a permanent certificate from the state for teaching and in his younger days taught twelve terms with marked ability. He has since devoted his time to farming and survey ing in Sullivan and Bradford county, being highly successful. In 1885 he purchased lifty-six acres of the old homestead farm, on which he has erected a handsome dwelling and convenient farm buildings. He later purchased an adjoining timber tract and engaged in lumbering. He is a mar. of exceptional business ability, honest and energetic, and he occupies a high place in the estimation of his fellow citizens. If elected to the important possition of trust he is now asking of Sullivan county voters, he will bring to the ollicea ripe ar«l cultured experience, which will give to all the assurance that the accf. Nts will be accurate ly kept and honestly adjusted. (Jive him your sup, >rt. Lopez, September 15, 1902. MK. WINO, Editor of News Item. I am glad you are calling attention to our county debt, for the people ought to understand it, and take some .steps to reduce the debt. I don't understand what right the c< mittissioners had to make such a big debt. One of my friends sent me Smull's I laud ltook and 1 llml in the Constitution of Pennsylvania, on page 2:12, "The debt of any noun- j ty shall never exceed seven per cer.- tum upon the assessed valuation of; the taxable property therein, nor! such municipality incur any new j debt, or increase its indebtedness to an amonut exceeding two per cen-1 turn upon such assessed valuation of property, without the assent of the j electors thereof at a public election in such manner as shall be provided by law." ; Now I don't know the assessd val uation of Sullivan county in 1890, but a friend who knows about it says it did not then exceed if 1.800.- 000. It appears that in 1891 a bond ed debt of |:!:{.000 was incurred, which was close up to two per cent on the then assessed valuation. In ' 185)0 a new series of bonds were issu ed amounting to $4.">00, increasing the bonded debt to £17.500, which was fully two per cent on the assess ed valuation of the county, and up to the Constitutional limit. It is a startling fact that during that same year in ad dition to the bonds, interest bearing, orders were issued for borrowed money amounting to $19,232 99. Was this constitu tional ? if not constitutional are not these interest Iwwing orders worthless? If illegal must we be taxed to pay t hem ? I ask these questions for information. H. W. Farmer. The re-union of the survivors of the 58th Kcgiment I'eun. Vet. Vol. will behild at Laporte. on Sept. 2t», 11)02, afternoon and evening. All old soldiers of the rebellion, and sol diers of the late war, and citizens of Lajmrte and vicinity are cordially invited to meet with us and partic ipate in the exercises. Joseph (». Heated. Pres. of Association The Act That E. G. Rogers Aided m Killing. Many of Sullivan county voters are inquiring into the merits of the bill establishing a law prohibiting the pollution of streams, which came before the last legislature and was [there killed. We here present the act as it appears in the Legislative Record, the substance of which reads as follows: iTo Pit EVENT I'llE POLLUTION Ol' THE WATERS OF TiIESTATE. An act to prevent the pollution of the waters of the State, being a further Hupplemcnt to an act entitled "An act lo eslabli&h a State Hoard of Health tor { the better protection ot lite and health | and lo prevent the spread of contagious and infections diseases in this I 'oinmon wealth." Section 1. be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, and hereby enacted by the authority of (lie same. That the State board ol Health shall hereatter be entrust ed with the general care and oversight of die purity of the waters of the State and shall provide such general supervision examinations and recommendations :i --shall be necessary to protect the waters ot the Sta'e trom further pollutions and to secur. the improvement ol the purity of such waters as may be already polluted, j Section 2. The term "waters of the State" wherever used in this act shall in clude all streams or bodies of snrtace water ami of ground water, whether nat ural or artilicial, within the boundaries of the State, the term pollution of the . water wherein used in this act shall be ' understood to apply only to pollution of human excreta and animal matter liable to decomposition. Sections to 8 deal with the man ner in which the law is to be enforc-1 ed which is suttieiently binding to insure suitable punishment for its , violation. I K. t». Roger's constituents want to know bow lie voted on this bill. He 1 , voted against it. With his assistance 'it was killed. Had this bill been ' passed, the Union Tanning Company I could no longer have polluted the ; pure streams of Sullivan county with i the tilth of their tanneries. If you 112 do not feel like rewarding Mr.Rogers , this injustice to his constituents,vote , i for Albert L. P"' ~. I ! In discussing this subject with >• ■ prominent Granger of Sullivan 112: county we were informed that this M lodge in various parts of the state, - including Kstella Orange, passed ! resolutions condeming the slaughter lof this bill and those voting to de feat it. Hon. Fred. A. Godcharles to Editor John G. Scovtcn. The following letter wns forward ed t<> John <«. Scout en in time for' publication in the Herald this week, j anil the same has been offered to the, other .Sullivan county papers: Milton, I'M., Sej»t. lit, 15102. | Mr. J. <i. Scouteu, Dushore, I'a. I My dearsir:—Your article publish- j otl in this week's "Herald" relleet-1 ing upon my father, C.A.Ciodcharles ; and myself is false in almost every particular. There is enough truth j in it to justify me in asking you to make my reply as puMic as was your statement. It is true that 1 am the son of my I father and that at one time prior to! IBSS my father in company with six ! other gentlemen was the owner of! the nail mills at Towanda, Northum-! berlund and Milton, in that year I this partnership was dissolved and > my father was allotcd the Milton j mill, when with S. A. < Jodcharles j and t'. I). (Jodcharles the tirm of the I C. A. < ioilcharles Company was or-j ganized aial from that date he had no interest whatever in the mills at Towanda and Northumberland. In the year IKDB my father failed in business, a failure caused directly , by the failure of Fuller Rros. A Co., New York, and Ilarrisburg Rolling Mill Company of Harrisburg. After father's failure my brother, William 8., and myself worke<l in the mill as nail makers under the , assignee and our wages were expend ed in the support of our family. After three years under the as- , signee the mill was sold at an as signee's sale and at that open public sale my brother and I, with money , and cmlit furnished by my grand father, S. A. Burkenbine, of Nor thumberland, Pa., purchased the mill ( and since that time we have been , t!'e sole owners. We have made a ( success in our business liecause we began as practical workmen, because we have been surrounded by faithful, skilled and well paid workmen, and , because the trade has been good. As far as the assertion that my father lives in a $(50,000 house is con cerned the truth is that my grand father Burkenbine, who was a man of some wealth, gave the land to my mother and provided the means to build the house, for her. It cost sH,ooo. If these assertions are doubted you are referred to the deed books of Northumberland county, an.! 1- "'-"man Reitmeyer, the archi tect and to W. ll.H.Hoffman «& Son, the builders, of Williamsport, l'a. 1 send you this letter because I believe in decency in politics as well as any other Held of activity. My father may have made mistakes, he certainly has been unfortunate in a business way, but all I ask is that I the people of this Congressional Dis trict shall look up the record of my self as a candidate for Congress and not attempt to besmirch my go<xl name because of business failures with which neither I nor my father had any thing to do, which eventual ly drove him to the wall, and at a time before 1 was of age. Believe me, sir, Yours truly, FItKD. A. (iOIX'HAKI.ES. A BEAUTIFUL WEDDING. In the M. K. Church whioh was profusely decorated with Howersand evergreens, on Wednesday morning at 8:80 occured the beautiful wedding of 31 r. Andrew Rose and Mrs.Lorena Litzclman, both of this place. At the hour designated many of our town people and visitors congre | gated at the church to witness the i service. Mrs. Edwin M. Dunham i presided at the organ and rendered a beautiful wedding march, j The contracting parties marched 1 up the aisle led by the groom's best | man, William J. Grittin of l'hila., : and the bride's maid Miss Irene Kotfe lol'Laporte. They were met at the altar by the pastor, S. B. Bidlack | who used the wedding ring service |of the church ritual that made them man and wife. Mr. and Mi's. Rose 1 after receiving many congratulations ' left on the lit o'clock train for a short j wedding tour. They will return -j near the last of the week and open - their new home already furnished jin the Chan. Tinklepaugh house. 75 CTS. PER YEAR. EAGLES MERE. , Stone and lumber are lieing deliv jercd at Hotel Raymond for the now addition that Is to be ready early in the season of next year. Ft will he i all under roof and securely enclosed ! before winter sets in. Mrs. C. C. McCormick will mod j cruize her cottage for next suuinier. A. C. Little has the work to do and !it is understood that it. is (o coni j inence us soon as possible. There j will be oo more attractive home on ! Eagles Mere Ave. next summer. Dr. I teed y, the widely known den list of 1 lughesville spent a day or two in town attending to profession al business and making nrrangments j for the building of a cottage on Min jeral Spring Ave. in the Chautauqua grounds, other improvements are in the air at that end of the village. It is said that the committee ap pointed by Council to workup the plans lor improved station facilities is meeting with a good deal of en couragement. It is probably in the right hands. Oil Wednesday the Drug Store gave us its last day and its departure is generally regretted as we have never been so well served either in the Drug Store or in the man in charge. Every body will be ready to greet Mr. Sutliffe with a welcome next year. Trappe, the Electrician and Plum ber has made his fortune and is go ing west to invest it in Ohio. Clar ence Dunham has kept as large a part of his outfit as possible in the hope that Mr. Trappe will be with us again. The plumbing establishment of Maloney & Son was closed last week and Charley has returned to Hughes ville for the winter. The last Philadelphia Sleeping Car left Sonestown on Sunday night and the last Parlor Car left on Mon day morning. The closing trips on the summer schedule on the Eagles Mere R. R. were made on Monday. The new schedule went into effect on Tuesday but no official copies have been issued as yet or none have reached us so information must be asked at the station. It is said that two round trips v»M be made daily for a time and then one trip per day will be continued for sometime after that. The Steamer is still running but on a limited time table. It seems to he understood that Captain Chase will proceed with the construction of the Stand Pipe for the Water Co. within a week or two and push it to completion so as to test it by filling it with water before freezing weatfter conies. Mr. Dunham is hard at it plowing up the lot adjoining the cottage of Mrs. Sallie D. Jones so as to convert it into a perfect lawn by next sum mer. Rev. Dr. Jones of St. Stephens Parish, Wilkesllarre delivered his closing sermon in the Episcopal Church on Sunday morning. Sen vices will be continued for several weeks longer. The Chautauqua Inn closed its doors for the season on Monday. In fact it might be said for the last time as it is now a thing of the past and the Forest Inn will take its place. The Chautauqua Light Plant made its last run on Sunday night until next summer. Mr. Henry Laussat Geyelin was a guest at Hotel Eagles Mere for a number of days. He is President of the Athletic Association of the Un iversity of Pennsylvania, and con sequently much interested in the visit of the Football Team now at this place. Mr. Geyelin is the hold er of quite a large interest in the Eagles Mere Light Co. lie is seri ously considering the improvement of his property on Prospect Hill in | connection with some of his Phila delphia friends. He has just return i ed from a stay of more titan a year , in France with his family. VARIETY SUPPED AT ESTELLA. i , The Ladies of Estella Church will ( serve a variety supper in the P. O. t S. of A. Hail on Saturday evening, ( i Sept. 20th, IJIO2, beginning at 7 p. ill. ( By order of Committees I Mits. MARY A. PKOTTS. Mas. F. A. BoYLi".
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