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.
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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".