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VOL. VIII. NO. 45.
f'Thls Is the Place £
< To Buy Yota JeweleryA
in Town to Compare With S
{ the Quality that We are Giving /
) You for the Low Price Asked. \
112 Quality and moderate prices makes a force that\
3 irresistiblv draws into our store the best patronage r
1 ofthi tion. Many years here in business, always 3
Si with a full line of goods above suspicion; chosen C
j with a aire and judgment commensurate with its •
\ desirability and adaptability to refine taste, makes \
/ our store a sale place to invest. C
? Repair work done on short notice and guaran-r
X teed, by skilled workmen. Your orders appreciated. \
RETTENBURY, S
<) DUSHORE, I'A. The Jeweler^^
CO Lb*
hardw J^sll
No Place Like this Place
For Reliable
STOVES and RANGES,
COAL OB WOOD
HEATERS;
ONE OP WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS.
House Furnishing 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.
Wo can cell 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
Genera! Repairing. Roofing and Spouting.
££>3iituef '-ik j
The Shopbel! Dry Good Co.,
313 Pine Street,
WILLI AM SPORT, PA.
CVFRYWHERE IN THE STORE YOU FIND CON-
I2 elusive evidence that the iuw season is at hand.
This store with its fresh, bright stock of rew mer
chandise 1 stands ready to be helpful to you in your buying.
SPRING GOWNS AND SUITS.
1
Here's a fine collect ion of the newest styles and the latest materials. i
Some of the best of the season's (> nviw ami Suits. The painstaking work :
put into these Suits tells its own story. 1 he styles are perfect and thej
tailoring the best. (iowns we cannot dcsctibe, better come and see them. ;
Every kind and lyle of Walking Skirts.
.New Jackets and Silk Waists, new Walking Skirts of all kinds.
SPRING DRESS GOODS.
The Foft,clinging fabrics that will be used for the season's gowns are
now being shown. Here you may .-ee Voiles, Crepes and all beautiful
Wool and Silk and Wool material that will be wanted this season. Plain
and Scotch effects for tailored suits,
A New Line of Hosiery to Select From.
We start the Spring season with a large stock of Hosiery for men,
women and children. You may buy Hosiery here and feel perfectly
easy. You have the best obtainable for the price.
OUR CORSET STOCK.
"We haven't every kind of corsets that's made,dut the department is
stocked with a number of makes, each the best of its kind. Drop in the
store when you need a corset and consult without' Corset sales-people.
Tell them your corset trouble and we will guarantee the one you will
get will lit perfectly and wear well.
THE SHOPBELL DRYGOOD CO.
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LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1904.
THE GRANGE I
Conducted by
J. W. DARROW. Chatham. N. Y..
Press Coirespondent New York State
Orange
A GRANGE OF 800 MEMBERS.
Largeit Organisation -of Thi» Kind
In the World.
Wolcott (N. Y.) grunge enjoys the
rare distinction of having 800 member*
on its roll. Wolcott is ft village of only
about 1,300 imputation, but the sur
rounding country has been worked over
and over, and nearly every farmer
and farmer's wife is numbered as a
member. F. H. I'lersou has recently
been elected for his second term aa its
master, and its
t present secre
elected for her
twenty-third suc
cessive term.
wus organized
two of them are
now living, and
eighteen are
r. it. i'iekso.v. still members of
(Master of Wolcott Wolcott gruiige.
grange.] From its very
beginning Wolcott grange has had a
substantial growth, owing largely to
the activity of a few of Its members
and its central location, having four
townships of Wayne county to draw
from. Although It hus granted demits
to forty-six members and death and
suspensions have claimed many more,
nevertheless it has attained the proud
distinction of being the largest grange
in the United States. It does not
change Its officers very frequently. It
bus bad only eleven masters and three
secretaries.
Wolcott grange makes a special fea
turo of Its literary work uud has an
annual printed programme containing
also a list of the officers and of the en
tire membership. It also gives special
attention to the social features of the
grange. It holds an occasional grange
fair, and once a year a farmers' Insti
tute is held under its auspices.
The Gr»f« In Polities.
There needs to be a word of warning
passed along the line that the grange
must keep its hands off partisan poli
tics and keep politics out of ttoe grange
or its influence Is gone. Those who are
not its friends would be only too glad
to see the Order Interested In partisan
political feuds and contests. We have
a very strong notion that an official of
a state or the national grange should
never become a candidate for any im
portant office so long as he holds such
official position. We commend the fol
lowing resolution adopted by the Con
necticut state grange recently to every
other state organization:
Resolved. That the state grange of Con
lectleut, loyal to Its past record, will ever
.lold Itself uloof from ull partisan politics
and will strenuously oppose any action
that will tend to array any one class of
our citizens against any other. The hon
or, good name and prosperity of the good
old state of Connecticut aro of more Im
portance than any Individual or class In
terests, and wo hereby pledge our ad
herence to It.
That resolution has the right ring!
It is worthy of ratification by every
state grunge iu the Union.
Columbia county (X. Y.) Pomona
grange voted to hold a "school of in
struction" once a year for the exempll
tlcatlon of the degrees and imparting
the unwritten work.
The Dutches* and Columbia Patrons'
Fire Itellef association carries over
$-1,130,000 insurance on farmers' prop
erty in those two counties nf NewYom
state.
West Newbury grange. No. lit;, of
New York has a membership of IS4,
two-thirds of whom are women. A
ladies' degree team has been organized.
National Master Jones will visit Kan
! sas in July to liven up tilings a little,
lie is a stirring speaker on gran.ee
topics.
Creator accuracy in the ritualistic
i and esoteric work of the Order is the
1 crying need of the hour in grunge cir
j cles.
I The largest grange county iu the
' United States is Jefferson county, N.
Y.. with 0,000 members.
Connecticut state grange has $lO.-
118.42 in invested fundi.
.vew Hampshire grangers are very
nearly equally divided as to sex. The
total membership iu the state is 20.H00
—13,031 men and 13.009 women. The
gains for the year ane: By Initiation,
3,108; by demit, 339; reinstatement, 378;
charter
At the recent Illinois state grange
meeting lion. Oliver Wilson of Mag
nolia was re-elected master for the en
; suing term. Mr. Thomas Kelle.v of
; l>uulap was renominated for secretary,
j but, having served in that capacity l'or
| twenty-five years, declined re election.
COUNTYNEWS
Happenings ol
Interest to Readers Man y Towm -
RICKETTS. ~v
Mrs. C. A. Bamhart dieil Friday
morning, March is. She is surviv
ed by her husband, two sons and two
daughters. She was il devoted wife
and mother, and a kind neighbor,
always ready to help the sick and
needy. Mrs. Bamhart will be great
ly missed in this community.
Mr. George Thrasher returned
from the Say re Hospital the first of
the week and is now under the care
of Dr. Bradford.
Smallpox is reported about ten
miles away and the people here are
rather uneasy.
Miss Minnie Get/, went to the
hospital Friday evening. Her many
friends here hope that she may ho
greatly improved in health by the
good treatment received at Say re.
Bobbin red breast was heard here
Sunday morning, but it looks tis
though he will have to use a shovel
to clear away the snow before he
can find his usual allowance of
worms.
SOUTH BSOOK.
Harry and lona Adams attend
ed the dance at Ed, Donegans last
Thursday night.
Mildred Kunkle made a flying
trip to Lopez Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Herd and son Wi 11-
tam attended the intertainment at
Lopez last week.
Margaret and Lizzie Kingsley
of Lopez visited at Mary I)on°gan
last week.
Alice and John Cahill of Lopez
were Saturday visitors of this place.
Tressa Welsh and Lillie Bonning
of Lopez were callers at M. Gil
foyles Saturday.
Arthiu- Fori is made Ja business
trip to Lopez east Saturday.
Miss Myrtle Foster of Kasson
Brook is visiting her friend Miss
Rachel Herd of this place.
Stella Welsh of Lopez was stay
ing with her Amu Mrs. M. Gilfoyle
several days last week.
A large crowd from Kicketts at
tended the dance at this place last
week and all reported a good time.
Raymond Kunkle who has been
sick for the past week is better,
Geo. Brown the Agent spent
Sunday at this place.
Mr. Dougless of Ricketts the pho
tographer was taking a few Photoes j
at this place last week. . j
Ed. Donegon had the misfortune
of loosing a valuable cow last week.
BERNICE.
Robert Mathews of Sayre was call
ing on friends at this place Friday.
Melville E. Chubbuck, D. C. War- j
tlen of Towanda was visiting Bernice
Lodge No. 90- I. <>.(). F. on Wed- J
nesday.
Mrs. F. Meyer accompanied bv j
Mrs. C. T. Lilley of Dushore is visit-;
ing friends at Bernice.
Thos. Pyne of Pittston was visit-;
ing his mother, Mrs. John Pyne on ;
Friday and Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Moses Miller of j
Towanda were visiting Mr. and Mrs i
John C. Sehaad last week.
Harry Basley was at Sonestown
on Saturday.
Miss Christina Ramsey, the young
est daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
Ramsey, was married on Wednes
day to Mr. Barclay Duggan.
Mrs. S. A. DieJTenbach, Mrs. Delia
Brown, her daughter and two sons
were at* New Albanv attending the
funeral of their aunt Mrs. Lewis
The Randall & Meylert mine was
shutdown on Monday-untill further
notice to resume.
| TheC'onnells mines nr.' only work-
I ing about half time.
' SONESTOWN.
"there are a great many people suf
fering with severe colds around here;
Miss Mary Buck and Mr. B. G.
Welsh among them.
Both of the churches have been
wired for electric lights, anil utmost
all of the houses that will have elec
tric lights are finished.
A. J. Bradley of Philadelphia was
in town Tuesday.
Mrs. 11. P. Hall and Mrs. Alex
Hess were shopping in William
sport last week.
Miss Ella Mcgranihnn of Eagles
Mere, is visiting Miss Jennie llazen
and other friends.
Miss Mazie Danley of Hazel ton, is
visiting Mrs. H. C. and Mrs. Will
Boatman.
\V. B. and Harry llazen were at
Williamsport Saturday.
Billy Donovan has moved into
the new house of John Watson, on
Main street, and Hugh Parker has
moved into the Byron Campbell cot
tage on the clifis above the station.
Mrs. G. I. Woodside entertained
her brother Wilbur Campbelle of
Glen Mawr.
Mrs. William Bobbins on Tuesday
cut and pared a mammoth pumpkin
which she had kept in the sitting
room all winter, and contained no
blemish. The pieces weighed fifty
pounds and there was nearly a pint
of seeds in it. She called it a granger
pumpkin.
Miss Rita Armstrong spent Satur
day at Strawbridge.
Mrs. Ben Taylor returned home
Sunday after a weeks visit with her
daughter, Mrs. Armstrong, tffld her
sister Mrs. G. Phillips. jL * «
Mrs. Harvey SimmonsWilfc"
iamsport, is visiting her cousin Mrs.
John Converse.
H!LLSGROVE.
Alfred Strickland has purchased a
saw mill in Fox Twp and will oper- j
ate the same this summer.
C. W. Sadler lias completed his j
bark job and will soon move into
summer quarters at Piatt.
Edward Molyneu.x recently deliv-;
eietl from the job of Mr. Sadler a j
load of bark weighing lsG,4u lbs. <>r
about 7 lbs. of weight to every lb. of
j horse flesh.
The family of Paul Galough narr
owly escaped death by asphixiation
from "as escaped from a coal stove
Sunday night at this writing all have j
recovered.
Four newly married couple have
made their apperance in town with
lin the past two weeks Mr. and
Mrs. Peter Wager, Mr. and Mrs.
Clias. Itosten, Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Benn
ett.
On Tuesday last girl babies were
born to M..and Mrs. It. F.. Jackson,
to Mr. and Mrs. Philip Folchrod, to
Mr. and Mrs. Peter llufsmith a son.
No Liquor in Potter County.
j Potter county, famous for 15 years
! as a Prohibition county, but in which
(licenses were recently granted, is
! once more to become a "dry county.
I This situation is a result t.f a su.
j perior court det ision, just handed
i down, which declares that all lic.ui
granted in the country are illegal.
A few years ago a bill was passed
i by 'the legislature repealing the pro
hibition law which bad been in force
lin the county for !;"> years. Asa re-
I suit of this action licenses were grant-
I ed and the sale of liquor has been go
I ing on since. The temperance people
| have been lighting the matter, claim
ing that the licenses as issued were
i illegal owing to some technicality.
The case went to the superior court
\ which now decliks, as stated that all
licenses issue I in that county are 111-
i egal.
Au appeal will be taken by the li
quor interests to the supreme court
; In the meantime the Pi places in the
■ county in which liquor are sold will
■ be closed.
75 TS. PER YEAR
Laportc to Share in Better Mail Service.
A united effort is being made by
the postmaster of Towanda and the
towns between there and William
sport to secure a better mail Service
on the Williamsport and North
Branch railroad. With that end in
view a meeting has been held in the
office of Postmaster Turner at Tow
anda at which were present B. S.
Fellows, of Williamsport chief clerk
of railway mail service; Postmaster
P. M. Newman, of Hugheflvill{Post
master John Scher,Jr.,of Dushore,
and Postmaster Keeler, of New
Albany.
It is the intention of these gentle
men to secure, if posible, the eatab •
li-hmentofa railway mail clerk on
the Williamsport and North Branch
through from Williamsport to To
wanda and return every day. At pres
ent no clerk is carried each postoffice
pouching on the train. A record of
matter properly mailed over this
route will be kept and the figures
presented to Superintendent Bradley
Such an improvement in the mail
service would be of great benefit to
Towanda business men. All south
ern and many western points could
be reached quicker than at present.
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington
and Pittsburg mail would be deliv
ered direct to the Pennsylvania lines
at Williamsport.
Strange Antics o! the Flood.
One of the queerest floods antics
happened at Espy, when it was dis
covered after the water had subsided
that more than two acres ot land on
the McCollum truck farm had been
raised up and turned completely a
round.
This farm lies between Kspy and
the D- L. &W. railroad,the soil of
which is Mack and moist,anb during
the severe winter it became frozen
hard on top, between the ditches,
which drains the water off, and it
was between these dityhes that the
iKhrtTaoved. Wh»n the flood and
high water came, it is supposed that
the water found a place to soak
through and i.s the soil on top was
i frozen to almost rock form, it was
j softer in under and water washed
I down through, turning the land a
! round in the manner described. Tht
I dstches and drains which ran East
land West now run North and South.
; The different strawberry beds and
I vegetable plots which w«*re near the
I house are now a couple hundred of
yards away and a like change exists
with all parts of the land. The two
acres or more of land which made
■ this complete cluing reached a depth
lof a foot or more land it has settled
down again in aluiostthesame place
! as it formerly occupied.
Will Sell Its Own Coal.
i The Philadelphia <S- Heading Coal
and Iron Company, will 011 April 1
become its own fiscal agent, reliev
ing tin' Furnace Company of Penn
sylvania, which has acted in that
capacity since Jan. 15t,1903. The
company will also pay at that time
the £1,000,000 Coal Trust five per
■ cent gold loan due on that date. At
; the same time the company will take
j up and convert into general tuorl
; gage 1 per-cent,bonds of tha Head-
Company, the John 11. Krause loan
IKS4-HHM of $20(5,000, the last of the
divisional coal land mortgage bonds
of which #12,000,000 were outstand
ing at the time of the reorganization
of the Heading companies.
Fined For Running Deer With ®o§.
Fourteen prominent Pittsburg and
Philadelphia politicians on Thursday
J plead guilty before Justice of the
Peace Barclay, of Clearlield, to the
charge of running deer with doga 011
the border line between Blair and
Clearfield counties and were each
fined SIOO and cost.
The commanwoalth wasrepreent
by Joseph Kalbfus secretary of the
state game commission. The game
commission profits to the extent of
one-half of the fines, S7OO and a heal
thful lesson is taught not only tha
| culprits who were punished, but no
j tiee is served on all hunters that the •
j law must.be observed,