VOL. IX. NO. 12. C To Buy Your Jewelry. C V Nothing in Town to Compare WithX { the Quality that We are Giving / ) You for the Low Price Asked. \ 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 C ( with a care and judgment commensurate with its 1 \ desirability and adaptability lo refine taste, makes \ / our store a sale place to invest. 112 / Repair work done on short notice and guaran-£ S teed, by skilled workmen. Your orders appreciated. X V RETTENBURY, ) DUSHORE, PA. The^ewelen^^ COL HARDWARE^ No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL OK/ "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. The Shopbell Dry Good Co., 313 Pine Street, WILLIAMSPORT, PA. Snowy attractive Muslin I'nderware that combines so much comfort and beauty was never offered at more attractive prices. All these garm ents are full size and splendidly made of excellent Muslin and Cambric. LONG SKIRTS. ' DRAWERS. SHORT SKIRTS. CHEMISE. CORSET COVERS. GOWNS. Shirt Waist Suits. Women's Stock Collars. Nothing daintier, nothing prettier \\'e,ve made a purchase of dainty nothing so economical as the two- .stock Collars, an endless variety of piece summer suit. \\ e have about styles among them. Some are plain, every style that is worii. 1 hese are others embroidered. We have madeot' Percale, Madras, Linen .and hunched them in lots, other cotton fabrics and silks. 25c 50c AND 75C. Wash Petticoats. °° ol Summer Corsets. We believe thee Petticoats to be New them, better value than you ever bought We can recommend several makes before. They are mada of plain color !lt r,oc to 81 -°° that a, ' e made of and fancy striped Seersucker with Batiste > but for those who rullles or deep tucked flounces, at wailt finer ( l ualities w0 I,ave them 81.00 To 81.50 in bettei ' Qualities. Black Taffetas and Peau de Soie. When asked for here they are shown in all qualities and widths and the prices are very reasonable when the qualities are taken in consideration. Fancy Silks for Dresses. '1 o merly men! ion the kinds and varieties of each would make a pretty long list so we simply say come and see them and get the prices. ( Subscribe for the News Item Republican News Item. LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. p THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1904. DRAINAGE OF ROADS. Water Is the Grciilnl Knrrny of Good Hlarltwaya. Among *he elements ami fore is of nature there are several enemies of gooit roads, but the greatest of them is water. It washes away the material of tlie road. It soaks iuto the road and softens it so that the wagon wheels cut into the surface, making ruts and holes. It permeates and ■oftens the foundation so that the sur face of the road sinks or breaks up. 11l the winter the water that is in the road freezes, expands and loosens and disintegrates the road material. The most important thing in the building of roads is to lessen or pre vent the ravages of water. Yet no fea ture of the work is so neglected as this. Many local road supervisors seem to give no consideration to the ques tion of drainage, and the result is a ■ A' ;* '*2. * . .77*- £ -• I II •" ii'i'i i la ji HEBCLT or IMPROPBB DRAINAGE. regular mud blockade during several weeks or months of the year. The following are a few simple rules the observance of which would go far to ward bettering the road* of this coun try: First.—The road should be so located and constructed as to avoid steep grades down which the water rushes during heavy rains, tearing up and washing away the road material. Second. -The foundation of the road should be thoroughly drained by open aide ditches which will carry off the water, and where necessary tile drains Khotiia be laiu in the foundation itself. Third.—The surface of the road eliould be hard and smooth and have sufficient slope toward the sides to nhed the surface water. Fourth.—Huts and holes on the sur face of the finished road should be tilled as fast as made, so that uo water can lie on the surface to be worked up into mud. These rules are simple and easy to follow, and any one who gives any se rious thought to the matter can see the wisdom of following them. Still, they are almost universally ignored, as the condition of our roads abundantly proves. The bad roads of the United Btates are a blight, a curse, a disgrace, and all patriotic, progressive citizens should make a grand united effort to wipe them out and put our nation on n level with the advanced uations of Europe in the matter of roads. ROAD BRIEFS. What Various Slates An Doing to Improve Their Hlihwara. New York will establish a state plant to be operated by convict labor at Sing King to crush stone for use in con structing good roads. The Chicago Automobile club has or ganized a camera club to travel throughout the country around the city and take pictures of the bad roads. At all the road conventions held dur ing the last year the question of co operation in road building between the federal government and the states has been a leading topic of discussion, and every convention held up to this time hits indorsed the plan with practical unanimity. The farmers of Vermont are asking half a mllllou dollars for good roads next year. liurlag the past ten years Massachu setts litis showu an increase of Ooo.oou In farm values, audit Is at tributed mainly to good roads. It is said that a horse can pull 6,270 pounds on n level macadamized road, and it takes live horses to pull the sauie load ou an ordinary dirt road and tell horses to pull the load ill loose sand or mud. Costly For the Faraera. Many times It happens that the farm ers iu tlie stormy season cannot get to the railroads, and therefore the prod uce which he would like to market and for which the market Is clamorlug is cut off by bad roads. Could the farm er at all seasons draw his product* to the nearest shipping point he would use his own time to better advantage because he would do I his drawing iu dull seasons, and the rolling stock of the railroads would be far more ef fectual, because a steady supply of freight would in a measure do away with the congestion of tralttc which happens from time to time and which la a source of great loss to all con wrned. i SONESTOWN. Mss Mary Gray of Picture liocks waHthe guests of Mi hired Hall mi : Sunluy. Itis announced that the Clothes Pinfactory will very soon resume worj. William Swisher on Tuesday had his natdown to Muncy Valley and wasdescantuig on the merits of the afor> said animal. Jifome is having some im pro<t»ments made on his house. C«nley Oberrender was in Eagles Meis last Tuesday. A T- Armstrong made a trip to Eages Mere on Tuesday. Msses Celia Donovan, Bertha Johison and Blanch" Miller of Miuey Valley drove to Sonestown Tue<lay evening. Miss Jennie Hazen who has for a few days been the guest of her sis ter it Eagles Mere is again home. ttfville Hall, Clarence Freas, Cha-les Morrison, Mart Swank and Elovd 1 .arail who have been to Get tysburg with the 12th Itegt. N. G.P. of which they are members returned home last Saturday and Sunday. Burnley Anderson was in Dushore last Wednesday. Tlie Junior baseball team of this place drove to liaporte on Saturday to play a return game. The nine boys were accompanied by five girls, their mascot and a dog. In the face of such (aids the Laporteboys stood no chance whatever despite the fact that the ball ground was located on a hill containing a hornet's nest, the insects fought well for their town so did the boys, but the score at the end stood 12 to :t in favor of Sones town. Miss Myrtle Edgar and Agnes Laird called on Mrs. Thomas Liird of Nordmont Saturday evening. The picnic which was to have gone to Eagles Mere on Thursday of this week has lieen |>ostponed for satis factory reasons. Announcements will l»e made later. Miss Mae Donovan of Muncy Val ley gave a supper recently in honor of her Sonestown friends. Those present lieside the family were Miss Celia Minnier and Myra Long of Muncy Valley and the following from Sonestown, Misses Mable Haz en, Celia Magargle, Reba Hess,' Myr tle Fdgar and Ada and Mildred Hall. The girls had their pictures taken engroup andenjoyed a delight ful evening. A certain horse was quite active last Sunday afternoon in hauling young ladies, for particulars ask anybody in Sonestown. RICKETTS. a The 31st of July was a very warm day here. Mr. Morton Boyd, left here Thurs day, for a visit to his home which is iu St. Stevens Canada. Mr. John Lunley has gone to Oliv ers Mills, where lie has a new posi tion. Mr. John Morgan fell while work in-; on a log slide and dislocated his wrist. Mr. Mortin of New Albany, was a visitor hereon Sunday. Born to Mr. and Mrs. George Allen a son. Mr. Eugene Schock had the end of his thumb pinched off in the Mill on Monday. Miss Cora Herriiigton of Towanda visited her brother Mr. William Herrington on Wednesday. JJThe berry pickers .ire busy and re port a tine crop of berries. The citizen's Band of Lopez will hold a celebration at that place, August I ft. Extensive preparations are being made ami a big time is anticipated. Bradford and Sullivan counties Pomona Grange; No. 2:5, will ioii vene Willi Andawa Grange, No. 171 at Big Pond, August is |}i. Thurs day morning session will begin at ten o'clock; reports will be received and committees appointed. Dissensions on live questions will follow. After dinner the address of welcome by Andawa Grange and re sponse by Smilhlield Grange. Good speakers will be in attendance at all sessions ami good music will be fur nished. Open M-»i,)ii on Thursday evening. Hillsgrove's Fast Ball Team. The Silver Slippers Defeat the Williamsport Colored Giants Barton's Buzzing Bullets Bust Bill Town's Brilliant fivbble. i By llarty (irecn. Six hundred eager anxious fan tics handed over their twenty cts. to the gate keeper of the athletic park on j Saturday last and breathlessly a wa\ t ed the arrival of the Diamond Dan-- I dies. Our Silver Slippers in their faded I grays and the Williamsport Giants |in Sun burned blue and kiki re | splendent in natural war paint rang ! ingfrom chocolate to charcoal march ed across the Held to the inspiring strains of "Meet me at St. Louis," sung by our colored friends. Prom ptly at 2 I'. M. Umpire Bachle called the game and then pandemonium broke loose among the spectators, llillsgrove drew a blank in the first and second innings. Tin- Giantsdid the same, the third gave the giants a score on Mcßriile's error. The Silver Slipp ers sent three men over the lid on a two base hit by Mike Morris. The fourth, fifth and sixths were blanks. In the seventh we scored two on White's error, at this pointa sideshow opened in which a Hills grove Fan, anil a I'roctorville slug gar fought a five round draw. In the eighth thegiants scored on Sull ivan's error. The last half of the eighth the giants announced a bat ting rally, which failed to materialize. Pitcher Emery and seven of them sent the ball where no one was likely to find it, six tired but happy athletics came trotting to the home plate. The giants failed to find Barton in the ninth arid history records the contest as a brilliant victory for the boys our girls admire, the tune of 2 and 11. Manager I'on Dexter of thegiants congratulated the llillsgrove people on the support to give the best ama ture team in five counties, saying that out of twenty four gainesjplayed in the last three weeks had lost four games and the margin of the other three were less than the number of scores made by llillsgrove. ('apt. Mcßride laughingly assured our colored friends that they had all the black meat on the outside, that they were the best loosers and the whitest players his team had ever came up against. Beer and music followed until the Giants boarded theoverland fortilen Mawr. Score by innings. 1 2 :t -I '» H T k !» Giants 0 i> 1 it " «» <» 1 <>-2 Hills'veO (» :t o o n 2 <> 0-11 SHUNK. There was a Sunday School con vention at tin 1 church here Tuesday the 2t> there were able speakers fron abroad and some very fine musie. There was a charitable gathering at E. P. Earnings one day last week to do his haying it was well attended. Calvin Eleuiinings steps high and softly, and says its a girl. The haying in this part is about wiped up, plenty of it and a good quality. The thirtieth of July was the last Segal day of trout fishing, boys and children be careful, the law is strict. Thejtelephone is kept busy and the ladies visit over it every after noon and in the evening concerts with music from-E. W. Betts on his violin. The grist mill here run by O. J. Williams is full of feed and whole grain and he holds it at a very mod craft price, call on him at any time ,tiiil be satisfied at this we close. Family Reunion. The Annual Reunion of Rogers Family will be held at Eorksville, Thursday Aug. 2">, l!>04. Arrangements same as last year. By order of Ex. Com. Mary F. Snyder Sec. 75 TS. PER YEAR HILLSGROVE. | Saturday was a big (lay for the Hillsgrove base hall team. They with the Williamsport Colored (iian ts. The boys had just finished their new diamond and what the Giants got was hardly worth while mention ing: but they fought hard and were a gentleiuenly lot of players; about 500 paid admission fee. John Bart on pitched a supberb game and a pocket-full of coin-betting was lively fun from beginning to end. i'roctor ville sent over her usual number of toughs: the score was 11 to 12 in favor of Hillsgrove. lfillsgrove wandered over to Rals ton and played a return game with Italston team. It was a fast game from start to finish and should have been called at the second 7th inning < >n account of rain the game stood 1 to nothing in favor of Hillsgrove at the ending of the 7th. Talk about rain the boys did get wet and the umpire insisted on playing it out so they for hung innings. Then the game went over to Ralston: score:? to We understand the manager of the base-ball team here S. CJalough will have a couple of guards here after to keep order on the grounds while there is a game. lfillsgrove will cross bats with Forksville next, Saturday on Forks ville grounds. Garfield Harrison has returned home after a visit with friends u* Buffalo and Scran ton. Lewis Gumble and family of L:i- I'orte were at Hillsgrove on a visit last Saturday and Sunday, ('has. Spencer station agent at Hills grove was a caller in town Sunday. Oban Moultrhope haa returned to his work In Binghamton, after a visit here in the Grove. Mrs. F. L. Spoonerand Mrs. Ed. Buckingham of Carnal, are visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Steve Harrison at this place. l)r. l)avies of Forksville took in the ball game here Saturday, also Charles and Howard Flotts of Fstel la, and George Jenkins and Fred Cronmiller of Laquiu. \V. L. Hoffman has just complet ed an office to his store. Work on the Soues railroad is pro gressing very fast. ESTELLA. . The Quarterly Convention of the Church of Christ will convene at Kstella, beginning Thursday even - ii»ur, August llth. Friday afternoon there w ill be a meeting of theC. W. B. M. Splendid siugers, an evan gelist and six or eight ministers will be in attendance. A large tent has been secured, and it is hoped that much'good will come of these meet ing which will last two or three weeks. All are invited to attend the La dies' Sewing Circle at C. B. Wheat ley's. The eleven year-old son of W. F. Wheat ley fell from a stump last Sat urday, breaking his arm above the wrist. Dr. Davies was called and set the injured member, and made his patient as comfortable as possi ble. The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. William Keating was burled at Lin coln Falls last Saturday. Wallace lloagland. formerly of Lincoln Falls, now of McKecsport, accompaniad by his wife and moth er and his partner in his photograph establishment, are visiting at his sister's home, that of Mrs. Win. Keating. Mr. and Mrs. I. K. Brown of Jersey Shore visited relatives at this place last week. Mrs. (ieorge Teiter of Wyalusing returned to her home Sunday accom panied by her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Brown. Quite a number from this place took in the ball play between the Hillsgrove team and the William sport giants, and were glad to think that the laurels were left in little Sullivan. Dell Brown is cutting the hay on Mrs. Allen Brown's farm. We un jderstand that Dell has bought this ! farm and will move there in the 1 near future, and it is an open secret I that Mrs. Brown is going to a home i in Windfall, where she will reign as queen, and where a batchlor has j heretofore held sway. Mrs. Ceorge Brown slipped when I going down stairs,spraining her knee | so badly she cannot walk with it.
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