Republican News Item. VOL. VII. NO. 29. I Better ThaEverJ^ £ lam better prepared \ J than ever to supply your | N wants in ? > HOLIDAY GOODSS r AND STAPLE JEWELERY, S j I invite your inspection v p at your earliest S s convenience. \ S RETTENBURY, > <> DUSHORE, PA. The Jeweler. COLE HARDWARE? No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL OR WOO D. HEATERS; ONE OF WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS. House FurnisJiiug Goods, Tools of Every Description, Guns and Ammunition. Bargains that bring the buyer back. Come and test the truth of our talk. A lot of second hand stoves and ranges for sale cheap. We can sell you in stoves anything from a fine Jewel Base Burner to a low priced but satisfactory cook stove. Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and General Repairing, Roofing and Spouting. Samuel The Shopbell Dry Good Co., 1 313 Pine Street, WILLIAMSPORT, PA. A utumn Dre We are showing for Fall our excellent line of new black and colored dress materials suitable for tailor made suits besides the plain fabric. There is a strong demand for mixed suiting of the Scotch effects of which we are showing a very fine line. Then we have the best light in the city to show them in. SILLS. one Bide plain, filled with pure white cot «r .j mi . . ton at 95c up to 3.75. We cannot describe the large variety ot black and colored silks we have selected It will pay von to look at our white or for fall. Among the fancies my he men- grey blanketa before you purchase, as we tioned new plaids and changeable silks, have them at any price from 50c up to plain, colored taffetas in all shades. Black 0.50; also a full line of Muncy blankets in taffetas at 50c to 1.75 per yard. 20 inches white, grey and scarlet, to 45 inches wide. UNDERWEAR. Ready to Wear Department. r ,TT • r ror men, women and children in niedi- We have made extensive preparation in um and heavy winter weights. Ladies' this department fjr fall and winter. What full fleeced lined vests and drawers at 25 we show you will be the very latest as to and 50 cents; better qualities up to 1 75. style and maserials used in first class tail- Men's full fleeced shirts and drawers at or made suits, costumes, walking skirts, 39 and 50c. l'art wool and fine all wool and coats. The stock of fur we have is 75c to 1 00, 125 and up. New line of cliil larger than you have ever seen in this dren and infants underwear at the right city before. Novelties in fur boas and prices. scarfs with mutt's to match. Misses and TaVila T inono o«/l childrens Jackets and Coats. Merceri/.ed lable Llnens and Napkins, sateen petticoats at 1.00 to 4.50. Black This has always been one of our strong taffeta petticoats at 7.00 to 12.50. departments, but we think it much better riomfnrts nnH Rlnnlrofa this fall than usual. We are displaying uomtorts ana Blankets. new Linen Bel 8) tftl(le clothßi napki^ B / cen ° Extra large sine silkoline or sateen cov- tei" pieces, lunch cloths, scarfs, fine den ertd comforts; a large variety of dark and niark and huck towels, turkish bath light floral efTecta. Patterns some with towels, etc. The Shopbell Dry Good Co. Subscribe for the News Item LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20 , '902. COUNTYNEWS Happenings o! Interest to Readers Towns - J EAGLES MERE. Mr. E. S. Chase and daughter Ada attended the Voorhees-Gamble wed ding at Williamsport on Novem ber 12. Mr. W. of Philadelphia spent sev eral days in town last week superin tending some improvements at the Crestmont. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Dunham have returned from an extended wedding tour through New York Stale. The Post Office gave them a royal wel come in the form of a calithumpian serenade. Mr. E. S. Chase transacted busi ness in Harrisburg several days last week. A brilliant ceremony oecured at high noon on Wednesday, Nov. 12, when Mi&s Martha White Gamble, of Williamsport, and Harlow Chit tenden Voorhees of Philadelphia, were married at Trinity Episcopal Church. They left Williamsport at u o'clock p. m. where Mr. Voor hees' private car carried them to Halls Station, and through the court esy of Mr. Townsend, a special train took them to Eagles Mere, arriving at 7:15 p. m. A carriage was in waiting to convey the bridal party to the Emery cottage. Crestmont Inn was brilliantly illuminated and a series of gongs pealed forth to wel come them. Hotel Eagles Mere and several of the cottages were also il luminated. On reaching the beau tiful Emery cottage a genuine sur prise was in store for them, the house having been handsomely dec ora f M, and an elegant supper pro vided for Mr. and Mrs. Voorhees, the servants having proceeded them several days. At 9:15 a very loud and startling report was heard. It was not an earthquake, only six sticks of dyna mite. Then a constant din which had been planned for the occasion. Instruments consisting of circular saws, horse fiddles, tin pans and boilers. It was a splendid serenade in the calithumpian style. A large candlepower electric light was espec ially arranged for the occasion and when the bride and groom appeared it was suddenly flashed upon them with startling effect. Mr. and Mrs. Voorhees thanked the people for their hearty welcome. Mr. W. Y. Warner acting as spokesman, gave the congratulation for the entire village. The calithumpian band then rendered another selection after which refreshments were brought out and served, this was followed by another They then ad journed wishing the bride and groom a happy future. There will be services in the Bap tist Church next Sunday evening' conducted by Rev. 8. B. Bidlack. Subject of sermon will be "The One Commandment." MUNCY VALLEY. A. P. Starr transacted business at Philadelphia last week. Messrs. J. W. Elynn and Win. Kennedy of Laporte, spent Sunday in town. Rev. Father Enright of Mildred, celebrated mass here on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Minnier visi ted relatives at Unityville, Sunday. Misses Bernice Burkholder and Mazie Stack house of Eagles Mere, spent Friday and Saturday in town. Michael Enright of Mildred, was in town Sunday. Frank Snyder wears a broad smile over the arrival of a boy. Station Agent Donovan and sister Celia of Sonestown, visited their parents here on Sunday. Miss Marcel la Farrel visited her parents at Dushore, a few days last week. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Confer visited relatives at Lairdsville, Sunday. SHUNK. Mrs. Eldaah Wilcox returned Sat urday evening from a two week's stay in Philadelphia, where Jshe at tended the wedding of her sister, Miss Anna Cook. Mrs. Walter Baumaunk who has been visiting relatives here, return ed to her homo in Elkland Sunday. Fred Letts who is working at Ral ston, made a short visit here last week. C. A. Kilmer is conducting the by.irding house at Wheelerville, am' will board the employes of the rail road. Mrs. Mary Watts of East Canton, was the guest of Mrs. O. J. Will iams a few days last week. Frank Packard was in Elmira last Saturday. W. B. Hart and daughter of Campbellsville were calling on rela tives in town Sunday. Messrs. Ezra and Allen Williams of East Canton, were business men in town Friday. A number of our citizens with their wives were up to Cold Spring ou Sunday looking over the new railroad. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Edkin are visiting friends at Glen Mawr. Henry Campbell is on the sick list. HILLSGROVE. Samson Shaffer, who drives team for James Dutter, came near being killed on Monday morning. He was driving over the Company's scales with a load of hay, where there was scarcely room for the load to pass under the roof of the scales house. He was caught between the roof and the load of hay and doubled up in such a manner that it was at first thought his back was broken, but upon examination by Dr. Gamble, he was found to be very badly bruis ed but no bones broken. Fulmer Jenkins will soon leave for California, where he will roll leather in a large tannery. Another hop was enjoyed on Sat urday night by the young people at John Van Horns. W. L. Hoffman has purchased a new piano. Henry Andrews of Forksville, was in town last week clipping horses for Secules and McConnel. W. L. Hoffman transacted busi ness in Williamsport and Philadel phia, last week. Robert Northrop of Weston, has arrived with a diamond drill and will at once commence drilling for coal up Slab Run. The Ladies' Aid Society of the M. E. Church, held a chicken and waf fle supper in Saddler's Hall, last Saturday. LOCAL INSTITUTE. The first local institute for the year for Davidson, Laporte Twp.® Laporte Boro, Eagles Mere and Shrewsbury st hool districts will be held at Muncy Valley, Dec. Gth, 1902. Program. Question Box. Method of teaching primary read ing. Illustrated by class work.— Emma Biddla. Method of teaching numbers. — Mrs. C. H. Warren. An ideal rural school.—Frank Shoemaker. The importance of teaching Civil Government in our public schools. C. H. Warren. Drills, reviews and examinations. Prof. Stroh 1. Nature study in the public schools. Mary Clark. Language work for intermediate grades.—Harriet E. Grimm. llow cultivate a taste for good reading.—Anna Karge. Method of teaching advanced his tory.—Myrtle Edgar. Teachers of this institute district are expected to be present. Direct ors and friends of education are cor dially invited to attend. M. R. Black, Co. Snpt. I f v ISOJJESTOWN. A. T. Armstrong has purchased the J. H. Rothrock estate, and the family are this week removing thither. Mr. and Mrs. 15. G. Welch spent last week in Philadelphia. J. C. Starr, on .Saturday began his duties as conductor on the W. & N. B. R. It. Mrs. Alex Hess was [a Hughes ville visitor on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Warren were out of town on Saturday. The festival held on Saturday evening attracted a large crowd, and a very pleasant evening was spent. Miss Mable Ilazen spent Friday at Hughesville. Mrs. E. J. Lockwood and children have returned from a visit to the former's parents at Elimsport. About twenty persons from this place took advantage of Friday nights excursion to Hughesville, to see the moving pictures. A box social will be held in the M. E. Church, Saturday evening. Proceeds for the support of the pas tor. Everyone is invited and the ladies are requested to bring boxes. Clyde Worthington of Glen Mawr, spent Saturday night with his aunt, Mrs. H. P. Hall. Amandus Fritz of Jamison City, is visiting his brother-inlaw, Alex Hess. Wm. Donovan, station agent at this place, enjoyed his vacation last week with dog and gun. His place was filled by the regular Ass't agent, Howard Hess. E. J. and 11. D. Lockwood were in Elimsport last week on a hunting excursion, During their absence the washboard factory remained closed. Mrs. 11. L. Buck and Miss Mary Buck visited friends noar Unityville over Sunday. The regular Quarterly Meeting and Conference was held was held in theM. E. Church hereon Saturday and Sunday, Presiding Elder Black officiating. Rev. J. O. Biggs has finished a series of protracted meetings at Bethel. Miss Myra Long of Muncy Valley, visited Mable Hazen over Sunday and Monday. Miss Ida Crist was at Nodrmont recently. Miss Maud Laird of Nordmont, is spending a few days with relatives here. Miss Pearl Ellison of North Moun tain, visited Iteba Hess on Sunday. Mrs. Lon Converse and Mrs. Win. Boatman were Hughesville visitors on Friday. Mrs. Archer Morris and children of Nordmont, visited relatives here on Saturday. Miss Alice Pennington of Nord mont, visited Mrs. John Converse on Friday. New Schedule on W. & H. B. Railroad Elsewhere in these columns will be found the time table of the W. & N. B. railroad, giving the time of the new schedule which went into effect on Monday. The train which leavps Halls at 7:10 a. m. runs di rect through to Towanda and returns to Satterfleld at 7:30 p. m. General Manager Townsend, through his un tiring efforts to give the public a good train service has accomplished much in this direction by the pres ent passenger schedule. The only feature that seems unsatisfactory is the lateness of receiving daily pap ers as the early start from Halls fails to receive a delivery at that point. Mails are now re<"' .d at the La porte post office from points along the W. & N. B. R. R. at 8:37 a. m. The south bound mail arrives at 9:52 a. m.and closed pouch from W'ra sport & Potts R. P. O. at ti p. m. The offlec dispatches mail along W. & N. 15.and nearly all points at 8:37 and 9;52. Mail to all points except along \V. &. N. B. R. R., by closed pouch to Wilkesbarre, Ricketts & Towanda It. P. O. at 5:45. Train leaving Sat terfleld at 7:30 p. m. receives no mail at any point. The Socialists are Growing. The Socialists polled about as many votes in Pennsylvania as the Prohibitionists at the last election. In many other states the increase percentage was larger than at the previous election. The railroad cor porations are now making voluntary increase of wages. The socialistic cloud seems to have a silver lining. 75 CTS. PER YEAR. Deeds Recently Recorded. Joseph Miller and wife to Frank S. Miller deed for 145 acres of land in Col ley township. Consideration, S2OOO Thos. J. Ingham and wife to M. C. Mercur, deed for two tracts of land in Forks township. Consider ation SIOOO. Susan Baumgardner to Mary E. Hill, deed for lot in Dushore. Con sideration, SIOOO. John Hassen to John Hassen Jr. deed for land in Laporte twp. and lot in Laporte Boro. Consideration, SIOO. Philip J. Tubach and wife to Jose phine Smith deed for lot in Dushore. Consideration, S3OO. John L. Utz and Rush J. Thom son executors of John Utz deed, to Joseph Miller for land in Colley twp. Consideration, $1,121 18. Benjamin Worthington and wife to Byron Campbell, deed for land in Davidson twp. Consideration, 760.00 Railroad Corporations Increase Wages. Voluntary and almost simultane ous increases in wages by great cor _ porations mark the beginning o' ~~ new epoch in the industrial b'... =f of the United States. The follow -I ? shows the grants that have been cently made: Pennsylvania Rail road, 10 per cent incre. se to 140,000 employees, total annual increase of $8,500,000- Beading Railroad 10 per cent to 19,000 employees, annual in crease of $900,000. Union Traction Company, increase of 1 per cent an hour to 6300 employees, total in crease of $300,000. Increase in wages to the New York Central employees from 8 to 10 per cent will cost the Central not less than $5,000,000 per year. The total amount thus far that will go into the homes of the laborers over what was paid to them last year is $14,700,000. BARBERS MAY BE LICENSED. Legislative Bill Prepared to Bc|ulate Tonsorial Art. One of the early bills that will be brought before the next Legislature will be one that has been prepared by the officials of the Barbers' Union of Pennsylvania for the purpose of bettering the profession. Members of the fraternity have been consult ed, and their suggestions have been observed in the drawing up of Jthe proposed law. Should it become an act it will place the regulation of the practice of barbering under the State; will register and license those who wish to become barbers; will insure a sufficient training to the practioners; will demand better san itary conditions in barber shops gen erally, and will prevent the spread ing of disease in this State. A board of examiners is to be ap pointed, which is to consist of five barbers, for the purpose of enforcing the act. Before July 1, 1903, the Governor of the State is to appoint two master barbers and three jour neymen barbers to serve for a cer tain term of years, and these are to constitute the State Board of Bar bers. Any member of the board will have power to enter and make reasonable examinations of any bar ber shop in the State during busi ness hours for the purpose of ascer taining its sanitary condition. The proprietor of any such shop who is found to have tools, appliances and furnishings, in an unclean and un sanitary condition, will be subject to pr<_ secution and punishment.. The board is to hold each year, througout the State, at least four public examinations. Every person now engaged as a barber must, with in ninety days after the act has-been approved, file with the secretary of the board an affidavit, setting forth his name, residence and length of time during which, and the place where he has practiced his occupa tion, and will pay to the treasurer sl, after which a State certificate will be issued to him. Any person practicing the occupa tion of barber without having ob tained a certificate of registration, or violating any of the provisions of the Act, will be guilty of a misde meanor and will be liable to a fine of not less than $lO, or more than SIOO, and in default of which he may be committed to jail for from ten to ninety days.
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