VOL. VII. NO. 37. YVW vv V/ v,,/ \A/ / V/ Nh '\A/V/ >-^ cßetter Than EverlS 112 lam better prepared \ / than ever to supply your \ wants in / C AND STAPLE JEWELERY, S j I invite your inspection J S at your earliest S \ convenience. \ > RETTENBURY, > { DUSHORE, PA. The Jeweler. S ; ' If f HARDWARE. ? ' For RelMbTet \ STOVESyand RANGES, COAL OE -WOOD. HEATERS; ONE OP WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS. House Furnishiugf Goods, Tools of Every Description, G,uns and Ammunition. Bargains thatjbring 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 ldw priced but satisfactory cook stove. Hot Air, Steam l and | Hot Water Heating and General and Spouting. The Shopbell Dry Good Co., y 313 Pine Street, WILLIAMSPORT, PA. , i w The Sale of Muslin Underwear IS AT ITS HEIGHT. Don't let the best things go before you do your shop ping. All te low prices previously advertised are still current. Every garme nt fresh from the best manufactur ers in the land. We urge you to examine them carefully. Note materials, workmanship, style, trimmings and every other detail. At the Linen Counter. Our si.oo Here are goods and prices that will Quality fall bleached Table Damask is purely interest the "head of th« house." a leader that has never been equaled. Real Irish Damasks, the perfection of Their white satiny surfaces show in strong fineness and finish, new spring patterns, relief many new striking designs. Pro- If vou are ready for a few new cloths or nounced cheapness is unquestioned. Then a dozen of' Napkins, never & better time we have napkins to match all paterns. than now to purchase them. \ • ji, _ , At TO Cents At $I " 25 t0 $2 " 5 ° D Our assortment of pure Irish satin fin- We are showing a very superior quality j ß ' >e d lable Damask is complete, There •of bleached and unbleached 'fable Linen «8 a firmness and grace about these that in neat patterns that are WOT thy of con- N OT ) LLN B but P«W> B'™. Then the flideration. designes you 'll be fascinated with. At 75 Cents LINEN SETS We sell 72-inch wide unbleached and Damask CJoths and Napkins is a large full bleeched Table Linen, very heavy variety of designs and qualities that range Scotch or Irish sort. They come in & in price from f5.00 to $23.00 for the set. large variety of new, neat designs. We We are showiing some new Lunch Cloths, own them cheap and you're going to* get Centerpieces, Carving Cloths, Scarfs, the benefit. Doilies and Squares. Snbscrihe for the News Item _ Republican News Item. LAPORTE,'SULLIVAN COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1903. COUNTY MEWS Happenings ot Interest to Readers J tony Towns. J MUNCY VALLEY. A. S. Buckley of Athens, General Supt. of the Union Tanning Co., vis ited the Stevens plant at this pjpee last week. Marguerite, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Moran, is ill. T. J. Moran has enrolled as a stu dent at the Rochester Business iversity at Rochester, N; Y. Miss Myrtle Miller of William* sport, visited her parents several days the past week. John C. Taylor is seriously ill. Lavina Rine of Mt. Vernon is vis iting her sister, Mrs. Geo. Spencer. Mrs. C. D. Stroup attended the funeral of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Harry Brink of Fairfield Center, last Sunday. P. M. Taylor and James Moran spent Sunday evening at Eagles Mere. Frank Quinn and Clarence Benja min of Athens, have accepted posi tions with the Union Tanning Co. at this place. Mr. Kolb of Muncy, Asst. SUpt. for the Prudential Insurance Co. was doing business in town last week. Wm. Bradley is ill with Quinsy. Mrs. J. E. Gallagher is very ill. | Quite a rivalry has been going on among the bark haulers to see who could haul the largest load. A. J. Hill holds the record for the largest load hauled direct from the woods to the tannery, his load weighing 12220 pounds. Sam Seoulesfthe Record for the Jlargest load weighed on the scales hero but he only hauled it on the main road, it weighed 15820 lbs. John Turner and Miss Clara Tay lor spent last Sunday afternoon with landlord Gallagher at Laporte. Miss Emma Biddle spent Saturday and Sunday at Dushore. Anna Minnier of Milton is visiting her parents at this place. Ellery Crossley of Laporte visited at J. W. Moran's last Sunday. Miss Florence Cummings and Miss Olive Carson of Williamsport, spent last Friday with Nora Moran. Taylor Bros, are among the first to fill their ice house, having about 100 tons harvested. Chas. Collins of Picture Rocks, was in town Sunday. Miss Clara Taylor was the guest of Mrs. Rohrhirsch at Hughesville last week, James E. llaus purchased a valu able horse of Chas. Crawley' last Saturday. John Girtoii, as well as'the people generally, feels quite elated over his appointment of constable of David son Twp. M. F. Shaw has resigned his posi tion with the Uuion Tanning Co. at Hillsgrove to accept a more lucra tive one here. Mr. M. Donovan, night liquor changer at the tannery, met with a painful accident last Thursday night by stepping in hot liquor and burn ing his foot quite badly. A. O. Miller of Williamsport Com* mercial College, spent Sunday with his parents here. SHUNK. A. E. Tripp and daughter Ella of Laporte, were visitors at W. E. Por ter's on Saturday. About thirty of the little friends of Miss Helen Williams were treat ed to a sleigh ride and dinner party on Saturday the 17. She received many little tokens of remembrance, and after spending the afternoon in dancing and playing games the mer ry crowd departed, wishing that the young lady's birthday came about three times a year. M2 • A. D. Dickerson is on the sick list. Mr and Mrt. Frank Packard were called to South Mountain on Friday night by the serious illness of Mr. Packard's sister, Mrs. Michael Dwyr. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Fanning gave a dancing party to a large number of the younger set Friday night in honor of their son Harold. A jolly time. In last week's Issue of the Review Editor Newell stated that "C. V. Parrish has moved to Caldwell, Clin ton Co." We wonder where Mr. Newell got his chestnuts this cold weather? Mr. Parrish moved his family to Caldwell over a year ago. A. E. Campbell is a business man in Elmira this week. Preparations are being made for an entertainment in the Hall, the date has not yet been Axed. A pleasant surprise party was giv en for N. Letts at his home on Wed nesday evening. Miss Bertha Brown of Piatt, spent Sunday with her sister Mrs. Jesse Kilmer. Courtship mid difficulty was plain ly demonstrated the other evening when a young man of this town ac companied his best girl home in a terriffic rain storm, which of course was entirely proper and very kind of him, but here is where the fun comes in. Having no umbrella he borrowed one of the stage driver and it was by no means a small one as it was intended when used on the road to cover wagon and contents. Thus equipped the couple set forth on their journey which was pleasant save the inconvenience of carrying | the large umbrella. But imagine the poor fellow's surprise when ar riving at the gate a gentleman step ped from the rear of the huge um brella and kindly thanked him for the shelter. The young man de clares he will not patronize the large umbrella again. ***" HULSGROVE Mr. Neering, boss tanner, is ser iously ill at this date there being little hopes of his recovery. Quite a contest was waged here last week between the teamsters hauling bark to the "tannery, and was declared a draw, as Lyle Grange and Ed. Mulnix each hauled eleven thousand pounds at a load. Mrs. Edward Buckingham of Cam mal, Pa. is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. 8. Harrison. Mr. and Mrs. Steven Harrison spent Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. Dewar at Procter. Lee Fagel came nearly being drowned last week while on the ice with other boys he slipped through an air hole but was saved from going under by Russel Biddle. Did you hear about Wallace set ting the alarm and not winding the clock? Two sled loads of merry young people left town Saturday night; one for Eorksvslle where they were en tertained by Dr. Woodhead and wife, the other load went to Hoppes town and enjoyed a social dance at Ward Birdsall's. Mrs. H. J. Sheely sold all her household goods at public sale last Saturday, and will make her future home with her daughter, Mrs. Jas. Tompkins, at Limestone, N. Y. A. J. Brong of Williamsport will move back to Hillsgrove in a few days. We shall be glad to have Adam with us again. Mrs. Horace Green, her daughter Nina, and son, Sidney, left last week for Scranton where they will visit Mrs. Green's daughter, Mrs. Elwood Laßarr. Mrs; C. H. Green (nee Elsie Bryan) of Laporte, is visiting her mother at this place. H. H. Green was down from Shunk Saturday and Sunday. What is the attraction Harry? Bay Barret, an attendant in the Insane Asylum at Danville, visited his parents here a few days last week. Doctor Gamble transacted business in Williamsport last week. Miss Edna Ludy has gone to Bing hamton to visit her sister, Mrs. Ur ban Moulthrop. Mrs. Ed. Mcßride who has been seriously ill with pneumonia, is bet ter at this writing. J. H. Hoffman is confined to his bed with an attack of gripp. Mrs. Anna Saddler left on Friday last for Canton where she will spend the winter with her sister, Mrs. Dav idson. {Government Ownership of Bail-1 VROAUS BY QENJ.G.WELCH. After the writing of the ajticle for lor last week's paper the public was informed through the loading dailies that control of the Reading Railway had passed to that of the Pennsyl vania R. R. Co. through a purchase of its stock by the Baltimore & Ohio R. R. which the Penna. R. R. con trols. It seems somewhat startling to the average reader but we have become so accustomed to such im mense moves that the surprise lasts only a few hours and then the news becomes history and moves out of the way for something else to come up. To railroad men it was not sur prising at all. It was felt that some such change was sure to come though no one not in high counsels could toll just how it would be done. The most peculiar feature of this transaction is that it 'mm*""- divided with the 112> T o 7 A Railroad indicating - ~ + ' zery large extent comp .uo.ru a a thing of the past between these two im mense corporations. It would be but a reusonably-to-be-expectcd re sult if, within tha next twelve months, those powerful factors should find some way togo farther than the so called "community of interest" plan and actually pool all their issues. Of the wisdom, skill and ability of the staff that manages Penna. R. R. af fairs no one has any question. It i s likely that the hundred thousand employes who, in this deal, pass un der the general direction of that company are almost to a man, wom an and child gratified with the 'change, because for years its policy has been one of consideration and kindness for its people. That the public will be advantagy,i is almost certain because the ink on the news paper pages was hardly dry before schemes for betterment are under consideration. Perhaps it may reach Sullivan County, who knows. While taking this optimistic view of the situation we cannot be blind to the fact that with the Penna. R. R. and the New York Central It. R. practically united the whole rail road interests of the United States east of Chicago are under one con trol and that control likely to cen tralize more and more closely as time passes by.' West of Chicago there are now but three large inter ests and to unify them is probably the next task. In the south the traffic of the re gion south of the Ohio river and east of the Mississsppl is almost dom inated by the Southern Railway and the Louisville & Nashville It. R. and it is pretty well conceded that the affairs of .both can be directed from one Wall street office. That these two will be merged in some fashion in the very near future goes without saying, though it may wait for the co-operation or gathering in of the Seaboard Line but it will not wait long after that is accomplished, and after the lawyers have found a way to evade the constitutional or legal difficulties in a few of the states. We notice that Editor Newell of the Review seems to see the way clear to deny the possibility of suc cessful municipal ownership of pub lic utilities in this country and any where near our part of it. Per haps Chicago would be by him re garded as too far away to bo a factor in the articles in the Item, but it is less than a day distant from us, and out there the problem of tranporta tion by street cars and elevated rail roads under city management Is very seriously discussed and among the quieter thinkers who do not say so much, but are apt thinkers and powerful "doers", it is beginning to be conceded ihat the only solution is in municipal ownership. We need not go so far from home. We are sure we do not have in our county a more careful reader of dai ly happenings than Editor Newell and he has undoubtedly noted that the Grand Jury in Brooklyn has ox pressed itself in favor of municipal ownership. We are sure that he will pardon us for reminding him that New York is building the Sub- 75 CTS. PER YEAR fway for rapid transit, and that it has planned so well in doing it that it is believed that in thirty years tne city will get back all its investments and interest and own the Subway free of cost to it. It has figured so wisely that already the railroad men seem to be planning for the use of the same tracks to enable the New York Central R. Rand the Penna. R. R. to reach all parts of the city that way. The system has be«n so well conceived that already con tracts have been let to extend it to Brooklyn. It speaks pretty well for municipal ownership in that case at least. Its results will be more far reaching than we can possibly con ceive now. COMMUNICATION. EDITOR, ITEM: k" $ fetching the articles r 1 ljout the government Hie railroads and oneof my neighbors takes the Review and we lend each other our papers so I see the things the Review man writest I aint sure that I get it quite straigh, but it seems to me that the Review man wrote that the reason why tho government should not take the railroads was because it couldn't make them pay and he proved it by the postoflice not paying. Now it really seems to me that the dif ferent people that have been writing for you have pretty well proved that the postofflee does pay in every way and that everything else that the government does seems to pay too. Now Mr. Newell has give us only one other reason why it should not be and that is because he dont want it. Now we want to discuss this thing in our debating society and we want Mr. Newell to give us some other reason for the government not taking the railroads beside the post office dont pay and he don't want it to. We are all very much interested and we expect now to get all the reasons there is. A SCHOOL BOY. ESTELLA. Very cold weather, but jast the right kind for the lumbermen who are improving the time ;to its ut most extent. Mrs. G. Vargason has been quita sick with pneumonia the past week but at present writing is slightly im proving. Dr. Davies is attending her. Rev. Bryan held a very interest ing series of meetings, but owing to a very severe cold and sore throat could preach only twice last week. Rev Bowen of Millview and Rev. A. Smith of Forksville, will hold services at the church this week. J. 31. Osier and wife went to Bry an Mills on Saturday to visit the former's brother, Mr. David Osier of that place. The Ladies' Sewing Circle will have a meeting at Mrs. U.JQ. Little's the last Thursday in the month. All are invited to be present as there is business of importance to transact. W. T. More took a load of hard wood lumber to Dushore on Tuesday. Sidney Osier and brother John of Bernice, came over 011 Sunday to visit friends at the Falls. The upper grade of the Estella school has purchased an organ, they also have a fine library which shows the push and energy of the pupils and instructors, past and present of the school. They expect to have a literary in the near future. John Botsford Dead. Mr. John Botsford of Nordpiont, whose illness was recorded ip last week's issue, died at his late home last Wednesday evening of pneumo nia in his 79th year. The deceased was one of the early farmers of Da v. idson township. He was industrious and was respected by friends and neighbors. He was a communicant for more than forty years of the M. E. church. A widow, five sons, Milford, Arthur, Judson, Jesse and Elmer, and one daughter, Mrs. Stan ley, survive him. The funeral ser vices were held at the Cherry Grove M. E. Church, Rev. S. B. Bidlack officiating, on Saturday.
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