VOL. IX. NO. 12. c To Buy Your Jewelry.. C C Nothing in Town to Compare WithV ? the Quality that We are Giving J S You for the Low Price Asked. S C Quality and moderate prices makes a force that \ j irresistibly draws into our store the best patronage r j of this section. Many years here in business, a ways j 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, \ Q our store a sale place to invest. C r Repair work done on short notice and guaran-Q S. teed, by skilled workmen. Yovir oiders appreciated. RETTENBURY, > DUSHORIi, PA. No ONE OF WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS. House Furnishing Goods, Tools of Every Description, Guns and Ammunition. Bargains that bring the buyer baek. 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 pricod but satisfactory cook stove. Hoi Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and General Repairing, Roofing and Spouting. The Shopbell Dry Good Co., 313 Pine Street, WILLI AM SPORT, PA. Snowy attractive Muslin rnderware that continues 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 \\' ( »,vc 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 worn. I liose arc others embroidered. We have made of Percale. .Madras, Linen and bunched them in lots, other cotton fabrics and silks. 25c, 50c AND 75c. Wash Petticoats. C ° ol Summer Corsets. We believe thee Petticoats to be NVvv m,,dels - Come aU<l SPe , i4 . l , .1 i i . We can recommend several makes better value than vou ever bought , , , ... ~,, ", e , . , at 50c to $1 00 that are made of before. 1 hev are niada of plain color • , 112 • i w i ,i light Batiste, but for those who and fancy striped Seersucker with ' ruffles or deep tucked flounces, at waut fi,,(>r w0 have th ° m SI.OO To $1.60 in '"-"er,,uabt.es. 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 (|iialiticsarc taken in consideration. Fancy Silks for Dresses. To merly ment 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 LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1904. GOOD ROADS GOSPEL HOW IT IS BEING PREACH I'D BY A MISSOUHI FARMER. D. Ward liluif, Inventor or the Uriiff, Lt'tilui'inu itti His «( luiiiruviau Country Hiilhiuiyn Sluny Adopt Iku Flan. The Missouri farmer, 1). Ward King who discovered that country highways can bi4 vastly Improved by use of u road dray, has Leon engaged to licllv or a series ol" lectures and has turned over Li* farm to others ami is devot ing ail of Lla lline to proucliing the gospel of good rouda. Good roads mci.'. lugs have Leo* held in various parts of Missouri, uiul kundreds <»1 converts lithvv been uiaile. After every ruin in Missouri hundreds of farmers drat; the roads lu frout of tLeir furies. and the number of these voluntucr re-id workers is Increasing every week. Mr. King's method of preaching good loads is similar to the ineiiiods of the old fasti lotted Methodist preacher, says iLe Kansas tfity Tlmns. lie tolls of tile awful possibilities for evil and for low priced lauds that lay lu bad roads and the inevitable reward* for good roads. He does not urge any change in tjie road laws, but Le does urge a change in tJie ttttii tale of all good citizens to ward the road ijuestiou. He urged that they make it a parsons 1 question and assume the responsibilities themselves and instead of blaming the road over see I'M go lo work themselves and tlx the roads. Then Le calls for converts. At eafrL meeting over half the farmers present promise U> ding the roads. Many of them do, and others take it up I after the> see tLeir neighbors' success. I The good results of the inatliud are far ! reaching, and there has beeu a greater Improvement in the roads of Missouri tluring the past year than there has beeu lu any previous 0»e years. Mr King's theory, wliiuh practice has demonstrated t» Le col lect, is that all clay and guiutie roads should be dragged with u light drag after eaeL rain or vret spell, Tb» ilrng smooths down the rough plaows and tills up the ruts. Wheu the SLIM dries up the road it leaves a rtmdh** as smooth and per feot as a cUy street. The discovery at tfcis method was hugely accidental. rive yeaia ago he lived en a small Itm wall improved farm near Maitland. Lie was not par ticularly interested is The good road movement as a national or state Issue, but the four miles of road from his farm to Maitland w«r« of great Interest to him. The road wss of that soft, sticky red clay that in wet weather clings to The wagon whirls in great lumps and In dry weather is as hard as rock and almost as injurious to wagon tires. Passing wagons in wet weather would dig deep ruts, and wheu the road dried up the ruts would remain. At best the road was verj poor. Many times when wheat was selling at a good price and Mr. King had many bushels of it the road would be so bad that he could not haul it to the market, aud when the road finally became passable th<» market would be low again. After many experiments he con strueted a small, lit'ht drag, using twe old timbers connected with light strips and began to drag the road in front of his residence. After each rain hi would ruu the drag over it, aud when the sun came out and the road dried up it was In pvrfect condition. When lie began to drag the road niauy of his neighbors told other neighbors that King was crazy. Others told King himself that he was crazy. The others didn't SKIV anything, but they believed he was erazy Just the same But the experiments prove.l that Kijg* uieth od was successful, aud he extended his operations until he was dragging all the road In front of his farm, ilis neighbors toek it up, and in a few months the road from his farm to Multlaud was us good »s any ill the state TiausiMirtation Over Ilirt RomlM. It is estimated by the bureau of road inquiry for the United Sta'es that the average cost of transportation over a dirt road Is 115 cents per ton per mile It is wlthlu reasonable limit to as suine that tLa average length of the tributary haul to the railroad is at least four miles. This luakes the average cost of every ton delivered to the railroads #l. In Plfcht Yf«m, Eight years ago the Democratic can didate for president declared that toil ing humanity was crushed under "a crows of gold." Statistics show that •'tolling humanity'' tvas piled up a little matter of $2,."V >0,000.000 in gold money in the country's savings hanks.—Kor ! walk (0.) ICotlector. I #«r<-ljr TlinMltrbfd. I Senator Daniel lulmonished hi* col leagues that "the country is threatened with the calamity of fusilier Republic an administration." it is. It is. And, what Is morn, It rafiier likes that sort of ct4amlt.\. Uosldu Journal. THE GRANGE,I —-»t Conducted by J. W. DARROW, Chatham. N. Y„ Press Correspondent Sew York Slate * j Grange ; GRANGE SCHOLARSHIPS. Mow tlie New lurk .State tirunicw Will Aid the YOIIIIK. tSpecial Correspondence.] We shall advance the cause of educa tion among ourselves and f"r our children • ' by all Just means within our power. WH especially advocate for our agriculture anil Industrial colleges that praetieal agricul ture, doinestle science and all tint arts j whleh adorn the home he taught In their I courses of study.—Declaration of X'ur ! poses. | 1 By this extract from the declaration j 1 of purposes we see that one of \he very foundation principles of the grange Is j education. The grange owes Its won derful success to the fact that It Las j practically envied out Its declaration of purposes. To show that it means just what it says anil is doing what it claims the New York state grange has appropriated money to furnish four | scholarships to Its members in Cornell university. The need of collegiate education was j never as universally recognized in this country as at present and the demand j for it never so Imperative. This need j and this demand are as imperative for the farm boy and girl as for any other | class, if not more so. As one of the main objects of the grange Is to stir lis members to the necessity of thought [ and interest in study—in fact, to kindle ! in its young members an enthusiasm ; for an advanced education- we believe the grange never did a wiser thing i than to plan to assist some of Its mem- | hers in a realization of the ambition | | thus encouraged. There ure several scholarships in i Cornell university, but the grange is the first to endow agriculture scholar- ! I ships. As th»» agriculture courses are; ! absolutely free. It will be readily seen , that the S3O donated by the state' grunge will make an agriculture schol j arshlp worth practically as much as the Sino scholarships in other courses. I where sloo must be paid for tuition. Thus a great opportunity is opened to j the young man or woman on the farm . who has been wise enough to become j a memlter of the grange and who Is j ambitious for a collegiate education, j The great value does not consist alone ! in the four scholarships, but the study, I the thought, the culture, developed by | I the aspirants will make them better, j 1 stronger and more independent and as ' sure the grange of which they are, i members of the more hearty support [ I and active labor in its behalf. The j I grange teachings all tend to Improve-j 1 ment, and when they lead to the com- j i plete education which comes of a col- [ lege course il would seem that they J are worthy the attention of every am i bitiouis boy and girl now upon the farms of the state. The Idea of these scholarships was' | one of the grandest the grange evei t ! conceived. 'The absolutely unanimous j I vote by which the plan was Indorsed • j by the state grange shows how thor- ! ' oughly oijr Order Is committed to tin j : cause of education and how fully lm-j I bued it is with the idea that "the great ; ! est good to ourselves and the world" j must come through an intelligent and | educated agriculture. The comprehen , ! sive plan upon which these scholar j ships are to be awarded, avoiding nuj possible favoritism, but relying soleh j upon merit, and open to every grange j member in the state, proves as never j before the desirability of a member i ship in the grange. As the young peo 1 pie are the life and hope of the grange so the grange Is constantly striving to do for Its young members, it Is hoped; and believed that the grange scholar i ship will prove an Incentive to many young people to unite with the grange \ and become interested In Its work. ' Thus combining the "higher" educa- ' tlon of the college with the "broader" , education of the grange will their lives ' be rounded out to the sphere »112 great- j est usefulness. W. N. GILRS. Secretary New York State Orange. Krrf I |i the Oraranlxntlnn. In speaking of the grange a few years ago, ex-Senator George F. Ed munds of Vermont said. "1 hope tli farmers will keep up their organisation and continue to press for Ihe slmpU justice and fair play they are entitled to." The organization is "kept up." and its members are pressing for "simple | justice and fair play" through the ' : channels of co-operativu efforts in the different departments of grange work, and we ask the thousands of farmers, with their families, who are not niem bers, to join our ranks and co-operate with UK, not alone for the greater nia ! terial prosperity which might come to them through business co-operation hi the grange, but also for the larger blessings which would come to l lie liotne through the culture and refine- | ment which are lClAaot ;o the broad ened thought ami <e"!r:l intercourse to be deprived from aciive membership In the order. S'O^ESTOWR iiisses Pearl and Blanche llouse kiK'clit were at Kngles .Merc on Sun day. .Miss Myrtle Kilgnr lias been visit i i«|f I'ushore Iriuids lor the |ia-t lew Utays. Mrs. U. \\ . Siiimions sjient two tla\s at Wiilismspoit last week j Missis Ada llall anil Malile Jla/(-ii anil Messrs Swank ami Olierrender •trove to Kagles Mere on Sunday. Mrs. .John Converse ai a I children went to .Xoriiniont ou Thursday to visit relative. Mrs. M. JlotKivanof Muney V'al : ley is the ginvt of Iter son of this [ jdaee. The clotlies ;>in factory Jhas re ( suined work and will run full time. The Lorah House is being reroof . ed. Miss- Pearl Iveeler of Williain- Hport is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Simmons. The i'. (). S. A. nehi a convention in town on Saturday. Mable ami Carrie Speary are at Kagles Mere. I'Mna and Roman Mencer of Vilas are guests of their brother in town. Jamison City and Sonestown play ed base ball on the home ground Tuesday afternoon. The score at tlie end stood 11 to I in favor of ; Sonestown. Sonestown team is one that is iiard to beat. Of all the games played this summer it has sul fered but one defeat then the score | stood 1 to in favor of Picture Hocks. Mrs. 10, J. Lock wood and Mrs. L. M. Sheets have been recently calling in Picture ltock. Mrs. John Veagle and Mrs. .Matt hias after several days visit have | left for their respective homes. Rev. 15. G.Welch occupied the i pulpit on Sunday in place of the teg ulor pastor Mr. Ash. j Mr. Welch can always be depend ed upon for a good practical sermon. SHUNK. !);•;>' and cool nights. llaying is all done in this section and the farmers are taking a much needed rest. Jackson Williams who had his leg amputated some time ago, and was taken to the home of his uncle :at (irover, for care, has returned to i his home at this place and is doing well, lie will be able to walk on crutches in a short time. Otis Williams of Canton is visiting i his brother and uncle at this place. ! Oats harvest is coming on earl> ; and th.ioutlook for a good crop is promising, if the potato crop is as ! good every where as here, we will be able to pay our taxes next year il S we can find a market for the potatoes. The mill of Francis Kilmer has j been idle for some time for some n j pairing and to give its emyloyes a 'chance fur harvesting, but ii will putfand blow its whistle next week News are,scarce ;it pn scut. - Haying is nearly completed now ' throughout the State and the crop is j good, according to the Phil uielphla Weather Bureau report. The yi. 1 ! ol : wheat and rye will be below lhea\- I erage. Other crops ire satisfactory. I Apples, pears aud plums are well jup to the standard, but peaches, as ■ prophesied weeks ago, will be j scarce. Hot in grapes is prevalent ' in many places. Among the changes to he asked for ' in fie Pennsylvania game laws al '' t'ie next session of the legislature, \ i ! in- Ui ini] use a tine of s.">o for robbing birds' nests, stop killing wild pigtoils for ten years, making ; o.v tiers of dogs responsible for the c'lu-ing of deer out of season, i.ii bidding the killing of game fot wages, confining the deer killing I weapons to a gun shooting one bul let, prohibiting the killing of migra j tory birds from January I to Uecem • her 1, increasing the lime when quails may be trapped from January J Ist lu April 1. No game animal can be shot this month and the only game birds that can be killed are p ION I rand woodcock. Daniel Schoonover of Mildred, was severely injured last Thursday by falling from the roof of a barn on I which he was working. 75 TS. PER YEAR I lev. Edward Henry Eckel, rector of Christ Church, Willianisport, and j a probable candidate for bishop of i the new Episcopal diocese, I as an | nounceil from the pulpit thai woman | who take off their Icifs in chu eh .10 not conforming to the teaching of si. I Paul. Mr. Eckel said that m< re ser i ions thought should be given to tin -s , that alow out gown, with a mere | semblance of a covering for should i ers and arms, should not be worn in | tin hou-v of worship, and that lit 10- j after hat less women and decollete j gowns are not wanted in his chmch. i lirist church is the oldest and : wealthiest co.*Jfregation in that city. Food and game fbh in the streams : ot eastern Pennsylvania must be pro tected from manufacturies located a lons the hanks,was the idea express ed ina paper read before the Ameri can !• isheries ('ommissiona t their op ening meeting at Atlantic City last week by \V. E. Meehan, Fish Conj ! missioner of Pennsylvania. In refering to the preparation of a I bill now before them, to be presetit -1 ed to the next Legislature to provide j for better protection of food llsli in I the water-of the state, .Mr. Median isaid; "From our investigation we ''mud that to remove the cause of f e & the pollution of streams air vers 1 thai whole business interest mie communities w<add have tone re moved. It is not tlu' department's attitude to destroy business, but we | hold that industries must not des troy the fish. Our new bill has 111<-1 with the approval of manufacturers of and all of the legislators to whom it has been presented. In brief it provh'" 'i t n - industries are to in permitletl to cause pollution of the waters of Pennsylvania and that where such pollution existed il may be abolished by the State Hoard of Health at the expense jointly of tin* State and the manufacturer affect ed." Mine workers' officials at Potttvile have brought suits against several prominent leaders who during the last strike collected funds for the re lief of the strikers, but who are sus pected of letting the monev remain j in their own pockets, rendering it ! necessary to resort to the law for the ! recovery of the boodle. The committee of the State < I range in charge of the campaign work held a meeting at Uarrisburg last week. File object of the meeting was to prepare iists of questions to candi dates, copies of which will be sent to subordinate committees in each grange, who in turn will send them to the candidates. The questions to be asked candidates for congress are: Will you if elected, assist in pass ing legislation which will enable A merican citizens to buy American i products as cheap at home as they jaresold for abroad'.' Will you use 1 voui influence to establish postal : -ti\ i? 1i - banks? Will you favor the I establishment of a parcel post? To candidates for senatorial and j assembly nominations the follow ing j questions will be put: Will you if j elected, favor legislation giving ! the trolley company the right to car |ry freight 111 Pennsylvania? Will you favor a tax of at least one mill 011 all personal and corporate prop erty fqr road purposes, this money to be applied locally in proportion to the road mileage to reduce road taxes? Will you favor legislation for a constitutional amendment giv ing the people the right to institute and veto legislation. Will you fav or a law whereby all license taxes, ! personal property taxi's and the tax | on county ami municipal loan-, shall > remain in the counties a 11<I muuici ! palities? The follow ing facts are of general interest. 1 'ut them out and preserve ; for future reference: East day for registering, votes, ; Wednesday, September 7. Last day for paying taxes. Satur j day. < Vtober 8. I ast day for filing certificates for ; nomination (state) Tuesday, Scptem j her '2~. Last day for tiling nomination pa pers (state) Tuesday, October I. Last day for filing cert ideates of nomination (county) Tuesdav, Octo ! her 11. Last day for tiling nomination pa j pers (eouuty) Tuesday, October I^.
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