Republican News Item. VOL. VIII. NO. 16. C To Buy Your Jewelery.C X Nothing in Town to Compare WithS ( the Quality that We are Giving / / You for the Low Price Asked. j C Quality and moderate prices makes a force that\ 3 irresistibly draws into our store the best patronage r Cof this section. Many years here in business, always J Swith a full line of goods above suspicion; chosen I (with a care and judgment commensurate with its . \ desirability and adaptability to refine taste, makes 1 Q our store a safe place to invest. C 112 Repair work done on short notice and guaran-r \ teed, by skilled workmen. Your orders appreciated. RETTENBURY, ) $ I)USH()RE, PA^^JThe^Je^ COLE ' HARDWARE^ For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL OK/ WOOD HEATERS; ONE OP WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS. House Furnishiug Goods, Tools of Every Dc ooription, filing 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 ijole^iisftore^fa, The Shopbell Dry Good Co., > 313 Pine Street, . . WILLIAMSPORT, PA. Money Saving Chances. Such chances as these are only possible at this season of the year, when every effort is being made to clean up summer stocks. Wash DTOSH Fabrics. Good styles and colorings in Lawns worth tic to 8c at 3 l-2c Lawns and Batistes, all this season's styles, 10c and 12c qualities, at sc. Lawns, Dimities, Batiste and Hotted Swiss Muslins in desirable styles and colorings, regular 12Jc and 15c qualities, Bc. One lot of Colored Striped Mercerized Madras in lilue, red, green and black. This has been a favorable fabric for shirt waists and Shirt Waists Suits, reduced from '2oc to 121-2 c. Children's Wash Dresses, And Sailor Suits, made ot plain ami fancy striped (iingham or (Jhamhray. Some are trimmed with embroidery, others have yokes of white pii|ue. These were considered extra value at #1.25 to $2.00, prices changed now to 85c to $1.50. Corded Wash Silks. The regular 50c qualities in pink, blue cardinal, yellow, tan, lavender and gray stripes on white grounds. Neat desirable designs reduced to 35c. THE SHOPBELL DRYGOOD CO. Subscribe for the News Item LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1903. Shirt Waists Suits. We have a few Ladies' Wash Shirt \\ aists in desirable styles in plain white and neat colored figures and stripes, that we are offering at one-half the regular price White Shirt Waists. You can buy those handsome white Shirt Waists at a saving of fully one-half the regular price. They are this season's most desirable styles. Come and see them. All Wool Challies. We have few pieces of all wool Chaliie with satin stripe or fancy figured, worth fi9c and 75c, that have been reduced to 50c. Also some 50cquality of ail wool Chal lies reduced to 39c. Silk Mulls. In white and black and evening shades, either plain or polka dots. These are the best imported quality reduced to 35c. Parasols. Black and Colored Parasols WILL be closed out at less than half price. THE GHANGE Conducted by J. W. DARROW, Prcai Correspondent New York State Orange JUVENILE GRANGES. How Organisation May Be Effected. Important Fncta Stated. There is n growing Interest in the or ganization of Juvenile granges. The following facts, promulgated at the ses sion of the national grange in 1800. will be of interest: Juvenile granges may be organized under such regulations as the state grange may provide, and each Juvenile grange shall be within the Jurisdiction and under the special charge of a sub ordinate grange. Any master of a sub ordinate grange may organize a Ju venile grange within his jurisdiction. Children or persons eligible to member ship in the subordinate grange, over eight and nnder fourteen years * age, are eligible to membership in t Ju venile grange. The membership fee is usually 15 cents and the quarterly dues 5 cents per member, although the fees and dues are regulated by each grange for Itself. The officers of the juvenile grange bear the same titles as those of the subon'inate grange, with the omission of the steward, his duties being per formed by the gate keeper. Each ju venile grange should elect a matron, who Is a member of the subordinate grange. A Juvenile grange cannot be organized with less than twelve per sons, four of whom must be girls. In organizing a Juvenile grange the master of the subordinate grange should select from the children eligible to membership twelve of suitable age and ability for officers. Their names should be enrolled upon an application form and sent to the state grange for permission to organize, for manuals, charter, etc. The secretary of the state grange will give information as to the amount to be remitted for manuals and other supplies, and after receiving the official authority the Juvenile grange may be organized. The bj'laws of the subordinate grange will govern In all matters not provided for In the In structions or In the manual. The ritual work of the Juvenile grange is uplifting and elevating In words and sentiment. Young people usually enter with great zest into the performance of their duties and becoufe Imbued with purer thoughts and more elevating Ideas of their duties and resuuuslbtll ties in lire. Horace Greeley and the New York Tribune were not the only ones calling attention to the distress of those times. The following news Item appeared In the Springfield Kepubllcan of Jan. 15, 1855: THE CKY FOB IiIIEAD AND WOItK. The committee of the unemployed worklngmen of New York havo ad dressed a second memorial to the city government, calling urgently for relief measures and threatening that unless something is done "they will be direct ly compelled to throw off all responsi bility as to the results now looming, like the dense preenrsor of a hurricane of death, over this unhappy city." They state—exaggerating the fact, we trust that there are in New York CO,OOO ablcbodled men, 50,000 women and 10,- 000 children out of employment, upon whose labor arc dependent 75,000 oth ers, making a melancholy aggregate of 105,000 suffering more or less severely from destitution, having disposed of their small savings and In many cases of their furniture to supply their press ing dally need. To feed tills host of the perishing, at least 10 cents' worth of food per day each Is required, which will demand a daily expenditure of $10,500. The bestowments of public and private charity, liberal as they are, are totally inadequate to supply the vital wants of the suffering working classes, and now deep murmurlngs are heard all around the cheerless hearth stones of proud, stern hearted men, who would prefer death to the crouch ing supplications of a repulsed beggar. The worklngmen ask the city govern ment to furnish labor to the poor, and the government has already responded by employing some 150 men in taking down and removing the ruins of the burned city hall. The men agreed that a new set of 150 should be employed every day until all applicants had en joyed the privilege of a day's labor. A person writing of the numberless applications for work says: "To try one of them I asked her—a stout, heavy girl of twelve, to whom I was contemplating the donation of a copper—how long she would work washing my floor and stairs for a three cent piece, to which she responded, with a burst of nature, 'All day, sir, and all winter at the same price.' " Better Try a "Blind' Pool." In spite of Mr. Cleveland's equivocal attitude at this time he Is still kept to the fore as a possible Democratic can didate for president. The Democratic party Is pretty short of material when it begins to imagine that It has to fall back upon Cleveland whenever a crisis comes. The party did not want Bryan and said so twice. It had Cleveland twice, but the Bryanltes do not want to try him again. Retter put a lot of names In a hat and draw out a candi date. Anybody will do to lead to de feat—Wilmington (Del.) News. r \ COUNTY NEWS Cohumls 01 Crating 1 Items Gathered by Ovr Happenings of SSr" Interest to-Readers Many Towns. I SONESTOWN. Mrs. B. G. Welsh of Eagles Mere, visited Mrs. Alex Hess Tuesday and Wednesday. Thos. and Ed. Houseknecht have been entertaining their mother who lives at Hdghesville, the past few weeks. Daniel Phillips has moved from the old homestead to his own home a short distance away. Niles Weed aud daughter Miss Pearl, of Williamsport, are about to return home after a long visit with relatives here. H. P. Hall is attending a P. O. S. of A. convention at Lancaster. Mrs. Geo. Simmons Jr. is confined to her home with illness. C. McCarty of Glen Mawr spent Sunday in town with Ray Parker. Frank Magargle is having his ho tel painted tond is a decided improv ment. A new outside steps will lie added and the veranda repaired. The Ladies' Aid of the M. E. church will hold a festival on the 20 of August, in the old station. All are invited. Miss Ethel Stack house is in Eagles Mere. Miss Mable Sanders of Picture Rocks, called on Sonestown friends Saturday evening. Mrs. John Watson and daughters were in Williamsport Monday. Misses Rita Armstrong and Myr tle Edgar were visitors at Eaglbs Mere on Saturday. M. Stackhouse of Watsontown vis ited his parents here over Sunday. Miss Mable Pennington of Nord mont, was the guest of Mrs. John Converse last. She returned home on Sunday with Miss Alice Penning ton and Scott Weiland who spent the day in town. Mrs. D. H. Lorah went to Dushore on Tuesday to attend the funeral of her grand father. A. T. Armstrong on Saturday transacted business at Hughesville and Eagles Merc. MUNCY VALLEY. Among those who attended the excursion to Eagles Mere, Saturday were Mrs. I'. M. Confer, Mrs. John Magargle, Harold Biggar, Masters Chas. Smith, Kari and Harold Ben der and August Jankosky. Messrs. J. W. Moran, Chas. Hop per and Chas. Palmatier have re turned from Ralston where they have been employed. Miss Olive Shaw returned to her home at Muncy, Saturday after spending some time with her grand parents here. ■*• ~ "Miss Vera Snyder of Muncy, is visiting friends hero. Mrs. C. M. Croll of Dushore is visitingjher parents at thisjplace. Master Willie Bradley is visiting Raymond Farrell at Dushore. One of our young men was so un fortunately situated as to have to walk from Eagles Mere to this place one night last week. Mr. H. E. Johnson left Sunday night for Muncy where he will be employed in the future. J. Howard Hitter spent Sunday with friends at this place. Mr. A. O. Miller, a student at Commercial College, Williamsport, is spending his vacation with his parents at this place. Messrs Geo. B. Miller and James Moran Jr. were Kagllta Mere visitors Saturday. Killed at Lopez. John Trump, who was conductor on the log train at Jennings Bros, mill at Lopez, fell between the ears and was run over. The accident happened last Thursday and termi nated fatally. His death was instan taneous. Mr. Trump was a single man 22 years of age and was to have been married within a short time. This is said to be the first fatal acci dent that has occured since Jennings Bros, have been in Lopez. HILLSGROVE. 7hief engineer ITarvey with a ci w of men as surveyors are here to work on the survey of the Bingham ton and Southern R. It. Lester Woodly has gone to Oak Grove to work. Henry Brown has returned fiom Highland Lake where he has been doingjearpenter work for Dr. Essiek. S. T. Galough and wife were vis iting at Leroy last week. The tannery was compelled to shut down a half day on Saturday on ac count of theDushore and Hillsgrove base ball game. Robert Manville and wife of Mun cy, visited at Miss Annie Ives last week. Dr. Davies, John Randall and Pat Scanlin of Forksville, took in the ball game on Saturday. Fred Jenkins and Ezra Mcßride have returned from Laquin. Ruasel Harrington returned from SAlt St. Marie, Mich., where he has beeg stationed with the 2nd Cavlery U. S. Regulars. He served through the Phillipplne trouble. W. L. Hoffman and family visited friends at Williamsport last week. ITarry Green is a delegate to Lan caster where the P. O. S. of A. meets this week. The Hillsgrove base ball club done up the Dushore tigers to the time of 10 to 0 in favor of Hillsgrove in a closely contested game last Sat urday. The score stood 9 to f> in favor of Dushore when the Hills grove boys went to the bat. In the tenth inning Hillsgrove scored a run and the game was off. Bartow and Morris <lid the brtting for the home team and Bressler and Coyle hatted for the Dushore team. Bar tow struck out seventeen men and Coyle <>. Hillsgrove will goto Du shore and play a return game short ly, on conditions that they do not enlist any more of the Ist nine of that place than they had with them here. ESTELLA. The Pomona Grange held in Es tella, August 20. and 21, brought a large delegation from the several districts of Bradford and Sullivan lodges being present. The address of welcome L. B. Speaker, was a grand paper full of interest and instruction. The re sponse was made by Mrs. Whorten by of Wysox, in her'pleasing style. The occasion was enlivened by songs by Captain Kilmer and others. The evening session was open to the pub lic and as we have heard no com plaint from that source, we feel safe in saying that it was enjoyed by a full house. The address by Louis Poilette of Wyso.t, also the address by W. B. Packard of Windfall, were excellent. The stli degree was conferred on a class of twenty-live. JMrs. Archie Adams and Jlittle son Arthur are visiting her parents, Mr. ami Mrs. W. T. More. : ~J. E. Brown, Mrs. Geo. Brown and Mr. and Mrs. Win. More are at tending the Shoemaker reunion held on the Windfall at J. S. Fentons'. Born to Mr. and; Mrs. Billie Brown, a daughter, August 24. Mrs. Mary Brown of {Lincoln Falls and Mr. Crandall of Windfall, were married at East Canton last week. MILDRED. The Connel Coal Company's new breaker is nearly completed and will be one of the best in the anthracite fields when it is finished. W. L. Randall expects to build a breaker at the Meylert and Randall mine. The Gunton Mines_were idle last week. The members Local Union 400 U. M. W. of America, are making prep arations far a big time on Labor Day, September 7. E. L. Davis, foreman at the Gun- 75 rs. PEfc yeAr ton mines is visiting his family at Nanticoke, l*a. Miss Theresa liar don of New York is visiting her p., -ents at this place. » The Ladies' Aid Society of th° Presbyterian church will have an en tertainment in the church on Wed nesday evening Sept. 26. All are cordially invited. Automobile to rent by the day or hour at John P. Murphys. Quite a number of the Gunton miners are going to the Murray mines to work. The following delegates were elect to goto Laporte on Tuesday August 25, to the democratic convention: Patrick Hannon, p. J. Crawley, Ed ward White and C. E. Jackson. F. W. Gallagher of Laporte, called on friends here Monday. J. P. Murphy was at Dusliore on Saturday. There is a building boom at Mil dred. The following gentlemen hav ing home." " " Mr own nearly com pleted: Edward Holmes, F. J. Mur phy, Wm. Collins and John J. White. Charles B. Watson, agent for the United Mine Workers Journal, was in Lopez on Monday getting sub scribers for that paper. Democrats Name County Ticket. The Democratic County Conven tion convened at Laporte Tiies'day and placed in nomination the follow ing ticket: For District Attorney, W.Howard Hill, of Dushore. For Coroner, Hush J. McHenry,nf Dushore. For Jury Commissioner, Willis J. Snider of Laporte. The convention was called to order by the chairman at 2 o'clock p. m. Chas. E. Jackson, of BernieC was elected to p.-eside. 11. L. White of liillsgrove, and J.C. Smith of Forks vdle were chosen for secretaries. The only features of notice Was the small attendance of delegates, the contest for theoffice of Jury Com. by Messrs C. P. llunsinger, P. H. McQee and the successful candidate. The other nominations were made unanimously naming tlie present en cumbents of office for re-election. Death ol John Diellenbadi. John Dieffenbach, formerly of Cherry township, died at Sayre where he had been making his home with his daughter, on August 22, at the age of 90 years. He was born in Columbia county but came to this county before reaching manhood. He was at one time prominent in the political affairs of this county, serving two terms as county com missioner and various township offi ces. In 1 Hit") lie was united in mar riage with Miss Elizabeth Hoffa and to them were born nine children, five of whom are still living. D E., C. A. and Geo. F. Dieffenbach, Mrs. Julius Vogel and Mrs. Geo.llaverly. Funeral services were held in the Reformed church in Dushore, Tues day, Rev. P. H. Hoover officiating. Rogers Family Reunion. One hundred and thirty-five per sons assembled at the fourth annual reunion of the Rogers family on the Fair Ground at Forksville last Thursday. This was the second re union to which all the decendAnts of Samuel Rogers had been invited. At this meeting, The Moses* Rogers Association, changed its name to The Rogers Association, Which in cludes all the decendants of John Rogers, the MaVtyr. During the past year a fund of two hundred dollars hasjbeen raised for a large monument. This monument stands in the Forksville cemetery oh the family plot of Samuel Rogers, who settled where Forksville now is, in 1800. Many of the Rogers families from this county and the surrounding counties were represented. Caleb Rogers of Trenton, N. J., Ellas B. Rogers and grandson of All&ntown, NT. J., and Miss Mary Shell of Phil adelphia, were among those from a distance. M. R. Black was elected president of the Association for the ensuing year, Sumner Rogers, vice presi dent, and Mrs. Mary F. Snyder, secretary and treasurer.
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