Republican News Item. VOL. VIII. NO. 22. This Is the Place C To Buy Your Jewelery.C S Nothing in Town to Compare WithN 112 the Quality that We are Giving / ( You for the Low Price Asked. S C Quality and moderate prices makes a force thatS 3 irresistibly draws into our store the best patronage r Cof this section. Many years here in business, always 3 S with a full line of goods above suspicion; chosen C (with a care and judgment commensurate with its . \ desirability and adaptability to refine taste, makes \ / our store a safe place to invest. C 112 Repair work done on short nolice and guaran-Q \ teed, by skilled workmen. Your orders appreciated. > RETTENBURY, ) COLO'S i > HARDWARE No"PlaceTJk'e'this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL OB WOOD HEATERS; ONE OF 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. \ 3UMMER merchandise is a thing of the past. New goods for fall and Winter are coming in row. They are Just the goods you're looking for. We want this store to be the first in your mind when you have dry goods to buy. Wool Blankets. • vc "' st ' e " l ' le nI!H assortment wehave.just ' opened? They are HO comfortable ami The choicer grades only, the good and inexpensive that anybody can attord to reliable qualities that we have taken HO |niy them. jnuch care to Helect. You know the value m< ' our \° r see. Jwo special values in (.hilurens We are showing several new and extra ISlack Ribbed Hose, double knee good qualities of white crocheted (guilts. an( j go It', size fi to 10. at 12 l-2c and 15c. Me rceilles patterns, neatly hemmed, all . ready lor use, at 75c *I.OO ami $1.25. New Autumn WaiStS Knit Underwear. Made of heavy, Duck, Pique Cheviot ~r , -, , ~,, „ anil Mercerized Madras Top notch tor For Men, Women and Children, Ihe j Kar , choogi here ' wi || prove chilly nights and mornings reminds one £ BatiH(kciorv t0 the buyer, that it is time to look up heavy under w.a-. This store is ecjui .ped to meet New Flannelette Waisting your every demand in this line. In choice new designs, dark and light Flannelette Wear shade in stripes, figures, dots and Persian i , . effects. Some patterns with side bands Mannelette Night iown k*> ir |Q r t r imniing. tiood qualities for 10c. Skirts have become very popular. Have j 2 12 and 15c. THE SHOPBELL DRYGOOD CO. Subscribe for the News Item LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1903. State Finances, State Schools and ; State Good Roads Law. • DEMOCRATS CAN REVIEW THEM Republicans, While Impressed With the Importance of the National Phases of the Campaign, Are Ready to Meet Opponents On Any Ground. TSpecial Correspondence.] Harrisburg, Oct. 6. —The Democrats who have been complaining because the Republicans of Pennsylvania are de termined to impress upon the voters of the commonwealth the influence which a large Republican majority in this state next month will have upon pub lic sentiment for the coming national election demand that "state issues" be discussed in the present canvass. The Republican party managers last week announced that they were quite ready to meet the Democracy upon any so-called "state issue," and they now call upon the Democrats to direct pub lic attention to the condition of the state finances as the most important state issue that can be considered at this time. The Republican spellbinders point to the report of the state treasurer, made at the end of the month of September, showing a balance of $13,939,191.34 in the general fund of the state treasury, with every dollar of this money abso lutely protected and drawing interest under the reform legislation passed by a. Republican general assembly. GOOD FINANCE AN ISSUE. This vast sum, available for state purposes, the public schools and the charities and other laudable objects, represents in a large measure the col lection of taxes from corporations. A considerable portion of this money had to be collected by suits against delin quent corporations through the attor ney general and the auditor general of the state, both good Republicans. Republicans of this state have for years pointed with pride to the fact that Pennsylvania has never lost a dollar through any Republican official and that today, as the result of contin ued Republican administration, her financial condition is better than that of any other state in the union. That she has any public debt what ever is due entirely to the fact that the bonds representing the same are not due and cannot be called in. There is today in hand specially available for fhe payment of this public debt a sum considerably more than required to meet this obligation. Pennsylvania is therefore "out of debt" and she has a large balance on hand to her credit. Attempts have been made by the Democrats to create the impress-lon that the large balance in the state treasury is being held from its natural chan nel. Such is not the case. All appro priations made by the last legislature are being paid promptly and as soon as other payments shall become due they will be met with the same prompt ness. The revenues of the state have 4»een extraordinarily large during the last two or three years. It is not generally known, but it is a fact, that under the laws of this state the greater the prosperity of the business interests of the commonwealth the greater will be the income to the state treasury. Everything has been booming re cently and, the revenues T>f the state have gone up accordingly. GOOD SCHOOLS AN ISSUE. The assured revenues of the next two years are sufficient to meet all the ap propriations made by the last legisla ture and to pay for the magnificent state capitol now under construction and leave a balance of several millions in the state treasury. In the expenditures provided for during the next two years there has been allotted to the public schools the sum of $11,000,000, which is far greater than the appropriation of any other state in the union for a like purpose, and there is a new appropriation of $1,000,000 for public roads to be ex pended under the direction of the newly created state highway depart ment, which is destined to give Penn sylvania the best system of good pub lic roads in the country. GOOD ROADS AN ISSUE. This "good roads" legislation pre sents another "state issue" to which the attention of the Democrats eager for a "state issue" campaign is called. The Republican party stands for this legislation passed at the recent ses sion of the general assembly, which is destined to give a fixed "and well considered policy for the' betterment of the roads and the highways of the state, so that the means of transporta tion between the farm and the neigh boring market may be Improved. As soon as the provisions of the new good roads law shall become better known it is predicted that It will in crease in popular favor and there will ! be a demand for Its enforcement with 1 additional appropriations, which will j come at the next session of the leglsla- I ture in accordance with the plans of its Republican advocates and cham- j plons. countyjewsT=^« Happenings{of EgXZ?* Interest to Readers Hany Towns. J Mrs. Klex Heess and Sarah Morri son, are spending this week with relatives at Danville. They also ex pect to attend the Bloomsburg fair before their return. Mias Amelia Phillips of Danville, is visiting Mrs. Hanniih Buck. Ex-Judge Taylor of Strawbridge, called on his daughter Mrs. A. T. Armstrong 011 Tuesday. Byron Campbell has moved back to this place, after spending the past year taking care of the power house which makes light for Eagles Mere. Mr. and Mrs. Wlll. Bobbinsenter tained their daughter, Mrs. R. P. Laird and l'ttle son, of Nordmont, all of last week. Mrs. It. W. Simmons and Mrs. L. Friesc were at Hugliesville one day last week. Wm. Staekhouse and wife of Uni ty vi lie, visited his brother Jerry last Saturday. Mrs. Emma Morrison of Pittston, returned home last Friday. She has been visiting Mrs. Alex. Hess and Mrs. Morrison the past week. Mrs. Jason Simmons of Muncy Valley,visited her mother, Catherine Miller, several days last week. Mrs. A.T. Armstrong and family returned home Tuesday morning after a three weeks visit at Philadel phia and New Jersey. On the sick list this week are Mrs. Foust, Pearl Houseknecht and the little baby daughter of 11. C. Boat man. Bela Glidewell anil sister Nora, drove to Hugliesville on Saturday to visit their sister Mrs. Barto over Sunday. Mrs. Ed. Messenger of Montrose, is visiting her brother and sister M. P. Gavitt and Mrs. J. W. Buck this week. Oscar Lewis and wife of Nordmont were calling 011 friends al this place Tuesday. Miss Mable Ilazen was the guest of Eagles Mere friends last week and from there went to the Forksville fair. Conrad Haraann of Maitinshurg, West Virginia, brother of Mrs. Geo. Kiess, is here on a several weeks visit. Mrs. Kiess is slowly recover ing from her severe illness. The annual report of the opera tions of the Dead Letter office has been propared for the fiscal year. The total receipts for the year weie something over 10,000,000 pieces— the largest in the history of the of fice —exceeding those of the preced ing year by some 850,000 pieces. Of the aggregate number 8,895,205 were opened. The money found in open letters amounted to #48,<>31, bu this sum included money (generally coin) found loose in the mails or in postofiices and confined to the Dead Letter Office. Commercial paper found, such as drafts, checks, money orders, etc., represented a face value $1,493,563. The number of me:t chandise pari els received was "55-1, 580, which were restored to the own ers. Letters which contained pos tage stamps in varying amounts from one cent upward numbered 249- 855. There was 554,201 misdirected letters and 131,082 letters held for postage. The staid residents of Harvey's Lake who bought expensive homes there some years ago, are growing weary of the crowds that visit the famous resort on Sundays now. They say it is becoming a regular Coney Island. Next season may see many cottages for sale, as those who desire exclusiveness have quit the place already. The many drunken fights of late have-brought the place into disrepute. Judge McClure 011 Monday dis charged the Snyder county grand jury without submiting any cases, as | there was no criminal business. Ev | idently the people in Snyder county are growing out of date. MILDRED. The Oinnel Company are tearing down all their offices and sheds and are moving them over to the new breaker, and by the looks of things Bernice will soon be a thing of the past. Last week the foundation for the new store was commenced and when the store is finished it will be one of the largest'in Sullivan county. The Gunton Mines worked four and one-half days last week. Pay day at the Bernice mines on Friday and Squire Lowry is happy. Schaad Brothers are doing a rush ing business these days. There is not a night in the week when they are not obliged to turn away some one who makes application for ho tel accomodation. They now have forty boarders. Constable C'ott and Samuel Cole of Dushore. were up here on Friday notifying two families to vacate the Cole building as they rented it from another party who had no authority to rent the building, so it looks as though there might be trouble ahead for some one. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Gallagher ( 112 Ijapc rte, took in the public raising up of chiefs on Monday night. Thomas Kennedy of Laporte, call ed on his red friends here on Mon day. Two of the executive board mem bers of the U. M. W. of A., T. J. Llewellyn of Avoca, and Frank Gongeleski of Luzerne, was at this place 011 Thursday and Friday. F. J. Murphy and Win. Collins have moved into their new homes 011 Penna. avenue. Simon Fromberg, our popular clothier, has moved into the house vacated by F. J. Murphy. Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Diefienbach were at Dushore Saturday. Samuel Herst and Patrick White accompanied T. J. Llewellyn and Frank Gongleski to Murray town 011 Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. ('ook were at Dushore Saturday. MURRAY HILL. Mr. Mike Rouse of Lopez moved to Bernice last Tuesday. The mines are shut down for a week waiting for cars. Mr. John Welch of Lopez has quit mining and gone to work for Jen nings Bros. John Cronley and F. Beaver have gone to the Randall mines to work. Mr. Jim Welsh of llingdale is moving to Sayre, where he has em ployment. Miss Kate Cahill of this place lias gone to Sayre. Mr. James Welsh and Alphonsus Welsh of Dushore called 011 friends at Lopez last week. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Rouse of Dushore called on friends at Murray town last Sunday. Mrs. Mike Gillfoy of Lopez, was a Dushore visitor last Tuesday. Mr. Thomas Collins Sr. of Satter tield, called 011 friends here 011 Tues day. Miss Dora Beaver of this place at tended the Forksville fair last week. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. McDermit of Lopez, a thirteen pound girl. Mr. Frank Meylert and Albert Conklin of Laporte made a flying trip through town Wednesday after noon. ESTELLA. * Among the many visitors at the Fair last week we were pleased to see our old friends Mr. and Mrs. Moses Miildaugh, Dr. Francis Chaf fee, t'aptain Kilmer and wife, and Mr. and Mrs. John Waneh. Sumner Bedford with his traction engine is making a threshing tour of Kings Creek, this week. Ernest Kaye and George More have gone to Laquin to work. Mist Cora McCarty of Campbells- 75 TS. PER YEAR ville, is visiting her Uncle, I). F. McCarty at this place. Herbert McCadden and two chil dren of Syracuse, are visiting the former's sister, Mrs. Ulysses Bird. Floyd More is driving team for J - J. Webster. MUNCY VALLEY. The Muncy Valley tannery is one of the Union Tanning Company's plants that evidently promises to furnish employment to many of the residents of that village for mauy years to come. This tannery which has been one of the county's leading industries for the past generation, is now taking on a new lease of life in the shape of entensive additions being erected and modern improv ments throughout the whole plant. One of the most noticeable features among the improvements is a mon ster wall which divides different portions of the building, and has been erected for the purpose of pre venting the flames, in case of fire, from communicating from oneportion to another. A new leach house and a new toiler also have been added. The new experiment in tanning which is being tried at both the La porte and Muncy Valley tanneries, consists of an extract made from chestnut timber, which is ground up, both the bark and the wood, and toiled down' and can be shipped much cheaper and easier than bark, and at present is obtained mostly trom West Virginia. Miss Ocie Collins of Picture Rocks visited friends in town on Sunday. Mrs, James Jlaus is visiting at Milton during the fair. Walter Remsnyder of Jamison City was in town last week. Mr. and Mrs. ElmerJßiggar of Ea gles Mere, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. U. W. Uiggar. Sheriff Cott of Laporte was in town on Sunday. Miss Bertha Wellington has re urned to Williamsport after spend two weeks here with her par ents. Mr. and Mrs. George Hay of Souestown called 011 friends here on Sunday. Harry llaus returned to Milton Tuesday morning after assisting his brother in his bakery during the summer. Alvin Hill of Jamison City spent Sunday with his family at this place. Cole's for October. The month opens up with bright prospects. There will be a contin uous stretch of high flood days from the 3rd to the 15, which will cause considerable activity in the business sphere; but from the 15, to the IW, there will be treacherous and de ceiving conditions. The strongest days of the current month will l»e the 3, 5, 15, 21, 22, 27, and 31. See | storms and signs for information. The position of fiery Mars tor bodes much excitement and trouble; also will arise a military spirit among the people. Disaster both on land and sea will follow with alarming frequency. Spain and Bul garia will be especially [unfortunate. Our President should be well guard ed, as the evil planetary influences will run mostly to the destruction of rulers. As the planets Vulcan, Mercury, Karth and Venus all take part in the battle of the elements, many au tumnal storms may be expected. Navigators 011 the great lakes and seacoasts should watch out for de structive storms of rain and sleet, hurricanes etc. Severe dashes of ear ly winter may be looked for, also some very beautiful October days, as the heat wave and cold wave will alternate. The shadow of the ap proaching eclipse will strike along the Pacific coast meaus more trouble of an unexpected nature. On the 5, the moon will cross the equator. Many severe storms will sweep over the country on or about this tunc. A regular vulcan j»eriod is central on the 20, date of new moon, there fore on or about this time warmer weather and rain will prevail, fol lowed by severe storms of wind, snow and sleet. The reactionary storms will occur between the 18, I and 15, and the 26, and 31. Watch I out for strange lights in the northern skies.