VOL. VIII. NO. 18.
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' HARDWARE
No FlaceTHce this Place
For Reliable
STOVES and RANGES,
COAL OR WOOD.
HEATERS;
ONE OP WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS.
House Furnishiug 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.,
»■ 313 Pine Street,
WILLIAMSPORT, PA.
Money Saving Chances.
Such chances as these are only possible at this season
year, when every effort is being made to clean up
mer stocks.
Wash Dress Fabrics. Shirt Waists Suits.
(iood styles and colorings in Lawns We liave a few Ij!l(lleH - Wa ,|, shirt
worth 0c to . c at Waists in desirable styles in plain white
3 1-2 c and neat colored figures and stripes, that
I.awns and Batistes, all this season's w ® art ' offering at one-half the regular
styles, 10c anil 12c qualities, at price
K/->
. White Shirt Waists.
I.awns, Oimities, Batiste and hotted y ou cnn | ||ly (] lose handsome white
Swiss Muslins in desirable styles and Shirt Waists at a saving of fully one-half
colorings, regular 12Jc and lac qualities, the regular price. Thev are this season's
Bc. most desirable styles. Come and see them.
One lot of Colored Striped Mercerized
Madras in blue, red, green and black. AH Wool Challies.
This has been a favorable fabric for shirt We have few pieces of all wool Challie
waists and Shirt Waists Suits, reduced with satin stripe or fancy figured, worth
from "'Oc to*' 9° and 75c, that have been reduced to
12 l-2c. 50c.
Children's Wish Dresses, . Also some 50cquality ot ail wool t hal-
And Sailor Suits, made ol plain and '' eH to .
fancy striped Oinghani or Chambray. 39c.
■Some are trimmed with embroidery, _ _
others have yokes of white pique. These Silk Mulls,
were considered extra value at $1.25 to In white and black and evening shades,
$2.00, prices changed now to either plain or polka dots. These are the
85c to $1.50. best imported quality reduced to
Corded Wash Silks. 35C-
The regular 50c qualities in pink, blue
cardinal, yellow, tan, lavender and gray
stripes on white grounds. Neat desirable Farasols.
designs reduced to Black and Colored Parasols will he
35c. closed out at less than half price.
THE SHOPBELL DRYGOOD CO.
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Republican News Item.
LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1903.
SOLIHER_AND JURIST
Interesting Career of Judge Thomas
A. Morrison.
ON REPUBLICAN BTATE TICKET
Candidate For the Superior Court, Who
Hat Fought Bravely For the Flag
and Honored the Bench On Which
He Has Served.
TSpecial Correspondence.]
Harrisburg, Sept. 8. —In view of the
fact that neither of the Republican
candidates for the superior court will
appear on the stump in the campaign
this fall to speak for himself, citi
zens of Pennsylvania will naturally be
interested in reviewing the careers of
these nominees.
Thomas Anderson Morrison, of
Smethport, McKean county. Pa., one
of the Republican candidates for the
Judge Thomas A. Morrison.
superior court, was born in Pleasant
ville, Venango county, Pa., May 4,
1840. His paternal grandparents come
from the north of Ireland, locating in
Centre county, where his father, Wil
liam Morrison, was born in 1804. Wil
liam Morrison Anally located at Pleas
antville and became a leading farmer.
His mother was Elizabeth McMaster,
of Scotch descent.
Judge Morrison received a common
school and academic education at
Pleasantville and a course at the
Pennsylvania State Normal School of
Edinboro, and a partial course at
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Later he caught
school occasionally.
A BRAVE SOLDIER.
In July, 1862, he enlisted as a pri
vate in Company A, 121st Pennsylva
nia Volunteers, and while serving at
the front lost his left arm at the
shoulder Joint and received a severe
wound in the left knee at Fredericks
burg, Va., December 13, 1862. After
lying in a shelter tent near Fredericks
burg for two weeks after the battle
he was removed to Washington and
spent the winter of 62-63 In Armory
Square Hospital, being unable to walk
until the next spring. In April, 1863,
he was discharged and returned to
Pleasantville, and in 18C4 and 1865
held the office of justice of the peace
in that place. He was treasurer of
Venango county In 1868 and 1869.
Later he was deputy Internal revenue
collector at Oil City and connected
with the editing and publishing of a '
newspaper at that place.
Afterwards he engaged in business
iod read law, and In 1875 was ad-
Itted to the bar. He practiced his :
profession at Pleasantville until 1879.
when he removed to Smethport, where, i
he was engaged in a successful prac
tice until September, 1887, when he
was appointed by Governor Beaver
Judge of the 48th district, composed
of McKean and Potter counties. In
Noember of the same year he was
elected to the same judicial office for
10 years. So satisfactory was his
term of service that in 1897 he was
accorded unanimous nomination by his
party in both counties, and in Novem
ber following was re-elected for an
other term of ten years.
During Judge Morrison's second
term Mc Kean county was made a sep
arate judicial district, and on Septem
ber 10, 1901, he was commissioned
president judge of the 48th district,
composed oi the county of McKean.
The Judge served on the bench until
December, 1902, when he was appoint
ed Judge of the superior court by Gov
ernor Stone to fill the vacancy caused
by the retirement of Judge John I.
Mitchell. On December 30, 1902, he
was commissioned as a Judge of the
superior court until the first Monday
of January, 1904.
Judge Morrison is now one of the
nominees of the Republican party for
Judge of the superior court for the full
term of ten years from the last men
tioned date.
During the 15 years of his service on
the common pleas bench he establish
ed a reputation for prompt, efficient
and fearless discharge of duty. He
enjoys the distinction of never having
been compelled to adjourn court for a
sSngle day on account of sickness dur-
ueany ii> years of ierv, ice. He has
never missed a session of (the superior
court since his appointment.
Judge Morrison has been an earnest
Republican from his boyihood days,
and never neglected voting for a Re
publican candidate for president, nor
for a governor or any other important
candidate of his party except in the
f&U of 1862, while he was at the front.
While the Judge has not been an ac
tive partisan since he went upon the
bench, yet he has been well known as
an earnest supporter of the principles
and policies of the Republican party.
WAGES OF OUR WORKMEN.
They Are the IllKhrat Paid In Any
I'irl of the World.
It Is n fact generally known that the
American-workman receives the high
est wages paid in nny country In the
world. Some statistics recently com- j
piled by the labor bureau at Washing-1
ton give a fair idea of the relative wel
fare of the British, French, Belgian and
American workman from 1870 to 1902.
The rate given is the average per day:
Great United
Britain. Paris. Liege. States.
I*7o 11.30 $1.06 69H 12.20
187ti 1.40 '6 1.12 .63 2.18
1886 1.39 1.25% .63 2.47%
1896 1.49 1.33 .66% 2.45%
1902 1.45 1.34 .66 2.50
The figures given are those obtaining
In the large centers of population. They
show that the American workman re
ceives much higher wages than the
workman In either Great Britain,
Franco or Belgium. While the Amer
ican workman may not be able to buy
shoes and clothes as cheap as his Brit
ish cousin or live within S2O a month,
as can the British workman, his income
is so much greater than theirs that he
enn afford to pay higher Itvlng ex
penses and still save a larger amount
of money ench month.
Official data gathered by the Massa
chusetts bureau of labor show that in
Great Britain 00 per cent of the occu
pations In which men are engaged pay
less thnn $lO a week, while lti the Unit
ed States this percentage Is but 25 per
Cent.
The labor bureau's statistics show
that the department store girls of Chi
cago average $320 a year, which is
more than is earned'ln a year even on
the basis of 800 working dnys a year
by Belgian bricklayers, carpenters,
blacksmiths, house painters, teamsters
or laborers. The sum Is also larger
than the amount annually earned by
common laborers In Greut Britain or
France.—New York Commercial.
The Esuence of Service.
Togo beyond the letter of any obll«
gation and serve another freely, gener
ously, to give time and energy more
than 1b expected, more than may be
rightfully demanded. Is the surest way
to advancement The essence of this
kind of service Is sacrifice.—Rev, Dr.
Raymond, Schenectady, N. Y.
Covnty Teachers
Only Twenty-Five Per Cent.
Able to Pass Examination.
A Higher Standard of Scholar
ship is Demanded.
RESULT OF NEW LAW. \
County Supt. M. 11. Black held
special examination in his office at
the courthouse on Tuesday. (If the
eight applicants whom were exam
ined only two passed. Strenuous
efforts for a higher standard of schol
arship among teachers is the deter
mined purpose of the Superintendent
and his courso is at once commend
able. Last year he was distinct in
making it thoroughly known that
unless the teachers prepared them
selves for a higher standard of quali
fication serious results would likely
follow the examinations. And so it
did. The warning heralded a year
previous was evidently little heeded
and the natural consequence has been
realized. The tension of a more con
servative marking and a tendency
toward a better standard of efficiency
in school management, proved to be
a task in which a great number have
failed. Only twenty-five per centum
of applicants throughout the county
have proved themselves worthy of
the title and distinction they wish
to bear. The new school law increas
ing the minimum wages of teachers
demands that a higher standard be
maintained and it is but the duty
of the Superintendent to safe guard
the directors from employing any
but those qualified. Supt. Black is
turning a deaf ear to the appeals
for slackening his pace in endeavor
ing to elevate the efficiency of our
teachers. There is but one hope for
the incompetent—wake up, hustle,
get ahead, keep ahead. How much
more gratifying the results will be
cannot be told in words.
! DEATH CAME
SUDDENLY.
SAD CASE OF WELL-KNOWN YOUNG
MAN OF DVSHODE.
PLAYED HARD AT BASEBALL
Dane Carpenter Passed Away Tuesday.
In Good Health Twelve Hours Before
Death Claimed Him.
DUSHORE NEWS ITEMS.
! I>ane Carpenter came home from
Danville where he had been employ
ed, on Saturday evening, pitched a
game of baseball on Monday, was
taken with convulsions at 10 p. m.
and died at 2a. m. Tuesday. Dane
was a very popular and an exemplary
young man, 24 years of age. He
served in the army during the Span
ish war seeing much service in Cuba
and later in the Phillipines. Ilis
sudden death is much regretted.
Miss Emma Connoly of Bingham
ton, spent Sunday with friends here.
Miss Bessie Howe of Scran ton, is
visiting friends here.
Mrs. Minor Wilcox and daughters
Jessie and Mina attended the Mel
ville family reunion at Clreenwood,
Pa., Wednesday.
Mr. Harry O'Boyle ofScranton, is
visiting his friend Thomas Carroll.
Paul Corcoran of New Albany
spent Sunday with friends here.
John Btuidall of Forksville spent
Sunday with friends at this place.
- MVNCY VALLEY.
S. J. Bitter visited at Laporte
Sunday.
Miss Nora Moran of Binghamton,
is spending a few weeks with her
parents at this place.
Miss Mabel Jarrett of Eagles Mere
is visiting her sister Mrs. H. B. Ben
nett,
Messrs. James Moran,Chas.Taylor,
James Magargel and Bert Miller at
tended the dance at Dushore Wed
nesday night.
Miss Myrtle Miller of William
sport visited her parents on Satur
day.
Mrs. H. E. Johnson and son How
ard spent the past week at Unity
ville.
Howard Bitter of Lairdsville spent
Sunday in town.
Miss Blanche Miller returned to
Bloomshurg Monday after spending
her vacation with her parents at this
place.
I'. M. Taylor was a Williamsport
visitor on Monday.
A number of people from this place
enjoyed the excursion to Harvey's
Lake Saturday.
P. H. Farrell of Dushore, was
making business calls in town one
day last week.
Miss Julia Conneston of Bingham
ton is visiting her cousin Miss Mabel
Moran.
11. E. Johnson of Muncy spent
Sunday with his family at this place.
The Hughesville Fair.
Every endeavor has been made to
make the thirty-third exhibition of
the Muncy Valley Farmers Club on
the Hughesville fair grounds, Sept.
22 to 25 inclusive, the best in the
history of the club, and from pres
ent indications the hopes of the most
sanguine will be realized to the
utmost extent.
Improvements have been made on
the grounds and everybody awaits
the morning of Sept. 22, when will
be ushered in the greatest fair ever
held in Lycoming county. The races
will be hotly contested, as there will
be a number of fast horses entered.
Low rate excursion tickets will be
sold on all railroads.
A Grand Opening at Hotel Magargel
K. 11. Magargle, the enterprising
landlord of Hotel Magargle at Hones
town, will give a grand opening ball
on Thursday evening, September 17.
Extensive preparation is being made
to provide the occasion with every
conceivable comfort and amusement.
Everything will b(? of the best and
the price marked down to $1.25 the
couple. A general invitation is ex
tended to all. September 17 th.
75 TS. PER YEAR
AN UNUSUAL
ACCIDENT.
PROMINENT ELKLAND FARMED KILL
ED WHILE HAVLMG OATS.
LOAD PARTLY SLID OFF
Frank Darby Was Crashed to tenth.
Had No Chance to Escape.
PIATT NEWS ITEMS.
On Friday of last week this com
munity was shocked and saddened
by the sudden death of Mr. Frank
l)arhy, the result of an accident
while engaged in hauling oats. x He
was on a load driving to the burn
and ingoing down a steep pitch in
the road a portion of the load slid
off in front of the wagon, taking Mr.
Darby with it. lie was thrown in
such a manner as to be unable to es
cape a terrible death, the front wheel
passing over his head, killing him
instantly.
The funeral which was largely
attended was held Sunday in the
Deciple church at Hillsgrove, the
Kcv. C. Delmont of Alba officiating.
In the few years of residence here he
and his family have merited the Jre
spect of the community, and deep
sympathy is felt and expressed for
the bereaved widow and fatherless
children who have borne with
christian fortitude this trying dis
pensation. The deceased was 4t>
years of age.
The new school house is complet
ed. A teacher is now wanted.
Mrs. Lottie Bower of Jersey City,
is visiting friends and relatives in
this section of the county.
Able McCarty is out again after a
few weeks illness.
Ellen McCarty called on Mrs. N.
K. Woodward at Lincoln Falls last
Friday.
A social at Phtlip Haumunk's last
Thursday evening was enjoyed by
many of the young people.
MILDRED.
L. Lowrey was at Wilkes Bar re
attending the Caledonian games.
Samuel Herst the Mildred painter,
is painting William Collin's house.
Chas. B. Watson, his daughter
Junet, and son Charles, were in
Wilkes Barre, Avoca and Scranton
last week.
John l'.Murphy is doing the paint
ing 011 F. J. Murphy's house.
Thomas Collins of Arcida, is visit
ing his parents Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
Collins.
\V. B. Brown of Pittston is visit
ing his family and calling on old
time friends at this place.
The Red Men committee is making
arrangements for a big time on Oct.
f)th.
Mr. and Mrs. Adon Roberts and
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Donovan o*
Murray Heights were calling on old
time friends in town Sunday.
The Mildred orchestra—John P
Murphy, F. J. Murphy, Chas. Cool
and David Cook furnished music fo
the union dance at Lopez Frida
night.
Patrick Daley of Dushore, ws
calling 011 friends here Sunday.
There is trouble brewing for son
of our young sports and when it do
happen there will be 110 one to blam
Three pale faces for adoption
Katonka Tribe No. 336, on Mond
evening, September 14th.
Ask F. W. Gallagher of Lapfl
how he likes to ride the goat.
The speakers of the Union la
day, September 7, were Messrs Ji
Fallon of Wilkes Barre, ami Thoi
J. Llewelyn of Avoca.
The Mildred orchestra played
the Union dance at this plact
Labor Day. Their music was e
good.
TheUunton mines run four
last week.
Bernice High School will op<
Monday, September 14th.
Maggie Watron who has
visiting friends at Scranton
Avocia, returned home 011 Mo
Prominent Lawyer Dead.
E. J. Jordan, a member
Wyoming county bar, died At
at his home in Tunkhannock
lingering illness of consun