Republican News Item.
VOL. iX. NO. 13.
('This Is the Place
< To Buy Your Jewelry * s
C Nothing in Town to Compare WithS
( the Quality that We are Giving /
J You for the Low Price Asked. N
C Quality and moderate prices mnkes a force that\
3 irresistibly draws into our store the best patronage r
I of this section. Many years here in business, always 3
Swithafull line of yoods above suspicion; chosen C
r with a care and judgment commensurate with its .
\ desirability and adaptability to refine taste, makes \
112 our store a sale place to invest. C
112 Repair work done on short notice and guaran-Q
S.teed, by skilled workmen. Your orders appreciated.
( > RETTENBURY, >
<, DUSHORE, PA. The
COLE
No Place Like this Place
For Reliable
STOVES and RANGES,
COAL OK/ WOOD.
HE A TERS;
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
Genera! Repairing, Roofing and Spouting.
The Shopbell Dry Good Co.,
313 Pine Street,
WILLI AM SPORT, PA.
Special Stocking Sale*
We'll crowd the storking section this week with such values as these.
One ease of Ladies' Fast, Black full-fashioned Hose. These are not the
shapeless kind, but arc knit to lit and the best quality you ever bought
for 1 'Jcents.
l)necase of Childrens' Fast Black Kihhcd Hose of extra value. AN e
can lit out the boys and girls with better stockings than you have been
in the habit of buying for 1-.'. cents.
MEW FLANNELETTE
In handsome Persian designs and fancy stripes and "igures, either
light or dark colors, specially suitable for dressing sacqiies or waists, at
11, 121-2, and is cents.
OUTiNG FLANNELS
We are showing some new styles and extra good qualities in out
ing flannels at N, '•>, I<> and 11 cents.
TABLE LINEN
We have several (litres ol two yard wide lull bleached Table Linen that was $1.25
a yard: the napkin:; lo match this cloth have all been Hold, We have reduced the
cloth to
Si.uo a Yard.
LADIES' WRAPPERS
We've got several prides of neat styles and perfect fitting Wrappers. You
wouldn't cut and make such garments as these for the prices that we quote them—at
75C tO sl.o=l
WHITE BEL) SPREADS.
We oiler Iw> special numbers iii white Crochet Spreads that are very cheap.
They are extra large si.-.e- and neat Marseilles patterns that are neatly hemmed
and ready tor use. l'ri/c #I.OO and 1.-"> We have a fine line of better qualities at
reasonable prices.
WASH GOODS
We have just received another case of ''Mandarin Silk." The first lot only last
ed n few davs. This fabric is thirty inches w ide and soli Itnisli, at Sc a yard.
WOOL Dl! HNS tiiii)|)S. We are closing out a small lot of colored Wool Dress
(loodsthat have been selling at 51 Ic and 75c. They are 40 lo 50 inches wide.
While the lot lasts the price will he d'.l cents.
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LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1904.
UNCLE SAM AS AN INSPECTOR.
TTncle Sam: "None of these Democratic life preservers for me. I want uo
Slocum disasters on the old ship of state."
NEW JERSEY ROADS.
HOW THEIR IMPROVEMENT HAS BEN
EFITED THE GARDEN STATE.
Crop» ((ulekly Marketed and Sold at
Uood Protltn—K«rui> la tireat D«-
maud—Tlte State Aid Law I'M Huad
luai»roveiu«ut.
Robert A. Meeker, the state super
visor of roads iu New Jersey, says that
the good roads In that state have aided
iu materially Increasing its popula
tion. Commuters who formerly found
It necessary to live near a railroad sta
tion now In many cases live as far as
live miles distant. The schools have
been strikingly benefited iu the increase
and regularity of attendance, aud in
many other ways the luterests of the
state have been advanced. Though
forty-second iu area. New Jersey has,
according to Mr. Meeker, twice as
many miles of good roads as any state
lu the Unlou. That Is something for
which the state may well be proud.
It is said that in one neighborhood
itlone, t'uiou county, the improvement
of the roads has changed values so
greatly that men who a few years ago
were struggling farmers, with earnings
so scant that it was difficult to make
two ends meet, are now not only well
to do, but absolutely rich. They can
sell their crops at good profits, they can
grow more profitable crops, they can
get these crops quickly and cheaply to
market, and their lands, for which at
low prices It was formerly almost im
possible to find purchasers, are now In
demand at prices which, compared with
the old order of things, seem fabulous
anil the mere mention of which sug
gests a most unaccustomed condition
of opulence.
Mr. Sleeker recently described the
plan and uiethod of road Improvement
under the state aid law as follows:
"The New Jersey state aid lnw is
first and foremost a home rule or local
option measure. The people along the
line of a certain road, wishing to have
the same Improved, prepare a petition,
requesting the board of chosen free
holders of their county or the govern
ing officers of the smaller political di
visions Im Improve the highway iu
front of their respective properties.
The governing body before whom this
petition is presented considers it, in con
section with others of the same nature,
and. if It hus not sufficient fluids to
build all, selects those which lu its
Judgment are most important.
"After i>o doing it instructs Its
•ngtneer to prepare plans, profiles,
BOAD IN UNION COUNTY, N. I.
cross sections aud specifications. When
these have been prepared the engineer
presents them before the local author
ities for their approval or rejection.
If they receive the stamp of local ap
proval they are tlieu forwarded to the
office of the state commissioner of pub
lic roads, who then proceeds to satisfy
himself, by personal examination of
the papers placed before liiiu. and also
of the road which it is proposed to Im
prove, whether the same is of suffi
cient general Importance to be improv
ed in accordance with the plans and
1 aneclflcatious submitted to him. It
the proposed improvement and the
method of making the same meet with
his approbation he signifies it by In
dorsing upon the specifications his ap
proval thereof. This indorsement car
ries with it the guarantee that the
state will pay one-third of the actual
cost of construction.
"We have often been asked by peo
pie Interested in good roads whether
state aid lius proved beneficial to the
people or not and wh:it our experience
has taught us of the practical value
of the same. Our reply is that state
aid for road Improvement has proved to
be oue of the graudeet conceptions and
in its euactuieut one of the wisest, best
and most beneficent acts that have ever
been placed upon the statute book of
the lawmakers of any commonwealth."
In length of road built and contract
ed for under tke state aid law New
Jersey takes the lead, with WW miles.
That was the record at the time the
report of the commissioner of public
roads for 1903 dosed. New York fol
lowed. with 484 miles: Massachusetts,
with 480; Connecticut, with 4f>4.
GOOD ROADS.
Koternor Haehelder of New Hamp
shire <i ii Highway lui|iroveiaeat.
New Hampshire is one of the states
which are making rapid strides in the
improvement of her totals. Governor
Bachcldcr of that state and he is also'
an officer of the national grange—ls a
very enthusiastic advocate of road
improvement. In a recent address he
•a id:
"The development and prosperity of
any state or nation depend In some
degree upon the transportation facili
ties provided, and such facilities in
clude not only our rivers and harbors
and our great railway and steamboat
companies, but also the highways over
which all our product* and all our peo
ple are transported.
"The Important matter now before
the friends of good roads is to arouse
the people to a realization of their re
sponsibility in securing favorable state
and national legislation on the subject.
Another Important matter is the con
struction of roads adapted to the needs
of truvel over them. Much harm has
come to the good roads movement in
some sections of the country through
the advocacy of more expensive roads
than the resources of the people would
warrant and demand. Costly stone
roads are economical upon portions of
our highways, but we must uot over
look the fact that there Is H vast mile
age of roads that could be permanently
improved by the Judicious expendi
ture of a comparatively small mm of
money per mile. We should give due
prominence to this fact in considering
the matter from u state or national
standpoint.
"As an official of the national grange
1 desire to say a word for the farmers
of the country in regard to national
aid for rond building. The farmers
have been loyal to the Interests of the
nation in every emergency in the paat.
They have contributed their full share
in proportion to their wealth to the
revenues for the support of the gov
ernment. The ablest statesmen and
most successful business men contrib
uting to the development and prosper
ity of the country point to the farms
as their birthplace. When our coun
try lias been In danger the farmer boys
have responded nobly to her defense.
We have uncomplainingly contributed
our share to the enormous expendi
tures of the national government for
river and harbor Improvements, the
construction of canals and the erection
of costly buildings in our great
and we do not regret it.
"We now ask In the name of Justice
that national aid be granted for the
improvement of highways. Thla In
j volves the establishment «112
policy, but the extension of the former
UIU Wa aak tliu Soval aunoort of
I
I those who have been benefited by our
contribution to other public matters to
which I lave referred. I believe the
farmers of the nation, representing
more than a third of our population,
i (ire practically unanimous in favor of
such a movement and will give it their
unqualified support."
United and Firm.
The Democrats had hoped that they
would receive something like support
for their proposition to tinker with the
tariff from the Republicans of lowa.
They had hoped that a platform would
be adopted by the convention at Des
Moines which could be used In an at
tempt to create a division of sentiment
on the tariff issue lu the Republican
party. They have been bitterly disap
pointed. The Republican party of the
whole country stands united aud firm
for the maintenance of the principle of
protection for American Industries.—*
Albany Journal.
It has never yet been definitely
determined to what extent lightning
rods are a protection to the building:
to which they are attached, but the
consensus of the best opinion is that
they do protect, and as the average
annual tire loss in the I'nited States
i5|4,.'153,000, builders and property
holders usually find it wise to invest
in the necessary protective conduct
ors. A committee of the National
Fire Protective Association, a body
closely affiliated with the insurance
interests, has been making a study
of the problem, and in a preliminary
report makes some interesting sug
gestions as to the proportion to roof
area and the kind of roof. One
point which the committee makes
which will be new to many persons
is that the lightning rod should nev
er be insulated, but should he fasten
ed to the roof by clamps of the same
kind of metal. It is also stated that
the conductors should never be run
through iron pipes, this injunction
reversing what used to be a very
common practice. Figures collected
by the committee show that barns
are the buildings most frequently
struck by lightning, dwellings [and
churches coining next in order given,
and the rejiort quotes the following
as the order in which various kinds
of trees are susceptible to lightning:
oaks 100; elms 77; pines 33; tires 10;
tir tret* in general "_'7; beeches 2.
For the information of veterans
who are anxious to understand the
operation of the order granting pen
sions tit certain ages, the following
will be found of interest: "The order
entitles a claimant who has passed
the age of sixty-two years to a
month; after sixty-five years, to $8;
after sixty-eight years, to #l2, and
after seventy, to *l-. This ruling
modifies the former practice of the
office, fixing the minimun and max
imum at sixty-five and seventy
five years respectively. I n carrying
out this order, official red tape has
been done away with. If a veteran
who served ninety days or more, in
the Civil War, and was honorably
discharged, and who litis passed the
age of sixty-two, will write to the
commissioner of pensions, there
will be supplied to him an applicant
blank and the necessary instructions.
The services of an attorney are
not required, the only expense is the
payment of the notary's fee. Vet
erans must understand, however,
that they cannot draw two pensions.
If they are now drawing a pen
sion #0 or #lO a month under the
general law, asunder the act of June
27, IH9O, and have reached tin age
which, '.under the order, entitles
them to an increase, they can have
; it by making the necessary applica
! tion but they must relinquish the
pension they have been drawing up
!to the time their uaines are placed
j on the new roll.
Regarding the proposed division
lof the Diocese of Central I'ennsyl
| vania of the Protestant Kpiscopal
j ehurt h, the secretary has compiled
i a statement at the request of Bishop
| Talbot. The new diocese will lie
composed of Jlarrisburg and Will
iamsport and deaeonries, embracing
the following counties:
! Clinton, Lycoming, Sullivan, Cen
ter, t'nion, Northumberland, Mon
, tour, Snyder, Juniata, Cumberland.
Perry, Dauphin, Fulton, Franklin,
Bedford, Adams, York, aud Lan
caster. The strength of the diocese
• will be greater than many others
land will have seventy parishes.
75 TS. PER YEAR
Sudden Death o! Howard W.
Meylert.
Howard W. Meylert formerly of
this place, and brother of K. W.
Meylert Esq., died at hjs homo in
Susanville, California, Ivlphday.Sppt.
5, after a short illnessf. ,Of>tyj>hoid
fever He leaves a wlf l and one
child. Mr. Meylert left Laporte in
the early eighties and has made bis
home in California since that time.
He will he remembered by all our
older citizens. A more complete
sketch of his life will appear in a
future issue of the News Item.
Another One on the New Railroad.
Binghamton, Sept. 3.—During a
conversation here last evening, C.
K. Harvey, chief engineer of the
proposed Hinghamtou and Southern
railroad saitl:
"If my career is not cut short I
will build the road surveyed six
years ago under the name of the
Binghamton and Southern. If Con
sul General Charles M. Dickenson
had not preferred the social and po
litical distinction given him by his
appointment as United States Consul
General to Turkey, at Constantino
ple, this road would he now an ac
complished fact, and would be pay
ing dividends to the stockholders.
The preliminary survey parallelled
the Philadelphia and Heading road
for four miles from Williamsport to
Moutoursville, crossed the Loyal
sock creek and ran up the creek to
Hillsgrove, Forksville, Dushore and
to Binghamton. This survey made
the route 11 <> miles long. It crossed
the state line about two miles above
Vestal and runs through the Choeo
nut valley. The grade of this was
one foot in one hundred, a lighter
maximum grade than either the
Eire, Lackawanna or New York
Central. Mr. Dickinson's withdraw
al did not kill the enterprise. It
only postponed it and now it will be
built."
The State Hoard of Health hopes
that before winter smallpox will be
entirely stamped out in this state.
No cases have appeared in either
Philadelphia or Pittsburg, where it
had been epidemic for more than a
year, since .June last, and the great
diminution of cases in the last two
months in all other parts of the state
appears to indicate an early termina
tion of the scourge. Statistics of
the State Board show that the total
number of cases in the state in July
was ninety-four, and two deaths.
During August nineteen cases and
one death were reported. In June
there were sixty cases and nine
deaths, and in the previous month
:27l cases and twenty-one deaths.
The greater number of cases oceur
ing in July were confined to Schuyl
kill county, which had fifty-two
cases and two deaths; Lebonancame
next with lit cases; Dauphin ami
Northumberland counties with 5
each; Indianna with 8, aud the re
maining cases were scattered in Al
leghany, (ambria, Carbon, Dela
ware, Jefferson, Lycoming, Mont
gomery, Sullivan and Tioga coun
ties.
The attaches of the Department of
Public Instruction have prepared the
warrants for the distribution of the
school fund to the various school dis
tricts which have made their reports
to the department. The warrants
will be sent out on September Ist-
Two hundred districts in the state
have not yet sent a report to the de
partment and warrants for these dis
tricts have not been made out be
cause the law provides that a report
lie made from a district before its
apportionment of the fund is made.
I'p to this time I Hi) of our township
high schools in the state have made
a report to the department and war.
rants for these have deen prepared.
There are a number of schools which
have not been heard from, and under
the provision of the act if the reports
are not received at the department
l>y September Ist, those schools neg
lecting to make a report will lose
their appropriation for this year.
Amos B. Sprout Dead.
Amos B. Sprout, of Picture llocks,
died Wednesday of last at 'the
age of TS years. He was one of the
best known citizens of his town and
was a deacon of the Itapiist church.