Republican News Item. VOL. IX. NO. 16. C To Buy Your Jewelry ' s QNothing in Town to Compare ( the Quality that We are Giving / / 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 Cof this section. Many years here in business, always 3 S with a full line of goods above suspicion; chosen 112 (with a care and judgment commensurate with its S \ desirability and adaptability to refine taste, makes 1 Q our store a sale place to invest. C P Repair work done on short notice and guaran-Q i Steed, by skilled workmen. Your orders appreciated. *> RETTENBURY, ) $ DUSHORE, PA. I'lie^Jewelen^ HARDWARE^ 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. 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. Simuei The Shopbell Dry Good Co., 313 Pine Street, WILLI AM SPORT, PA. *< Blankets and Comforts Chilly nights suggest that Blanket season is near at hand. The assortment is now at its best. All our Blankets are carefully selected and may he strictly relied upon. We buy and sell only the bent Blank ets. We keep a full assortment of the celebrated Muncy Wool Blankets. Wool Blankets. White Blankets, Scarlet Blankets. Cotton Blankets, Colored Blankets, Fancy Blankets, Crib Blankets, Grey Blankets, Robe Blankets. BED COMFORTS in a great variety of lloral effect patterns either light or dark colorings. They are filled with pure white cotton. EIDERDOWN COMFORTS when you are looking for Eiderdown Comforts, don't forget to see the nice sateen covered ones we are sell ing at very reasonable prices. The New Tailored Suits and Gowns. Suit making has reached a high state of perfection. This perfection you will find fully emphasized in our stock. They are the representative styles from repre sentative makers. Tailored Suits Itairi ('oils. Dressy (! iwns, Tourists ("oats. Silk Waists, Children's Coats. Rvening Wraps, Infant's Coats. In every new style and shape shown for fall or winter. Subscribe for the News Item LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1904. White Goods for Waists. The sale of white cotton Waistings, has Keen so satisfactory that we have largely extended the assortment. You are in vited to see|these new designs in white mercerized Waistings. Golf Blouses. Ladies' Knit Wool <iolf lllouses, sever al styles to select from in navy, gray, cardinal, hlack, white. I'rices range from to THE GR.ANGE Conducted by J. W. DARKOW. Chatham. N. Y.. Frees CunrttpondctU Hew York State Onmi/e A PERMANENT INSTITUTION. rax, Preunl and Future of the Grange—lt Has Come to Star- The lowu Farmer, in a a editorial en titled "The living Grange," gives an Interesting review of the past, present end future of the Order in that state. It says: Our older readers are all familiar with the history of the grange—lts origin In the seventies and mighty pfotest uyalnst some evils under which farmers were suffering. Its permanent Influence on legislation, as shown by the phrases In common use granger legislation, granger railroads, etc.—and of the wrecking of the grange In BO many western states because its leaders and the people generally paid more attention to the Immediate work of cor recting present evils than to the perma nent work of developing the social and In tellectual side of the farmer's life. It may be noted In passing that nut only did the grange establish In the highest court of the land the right of the people to regulate railroads, but out of the grajige grew most of the co-operative movements that have been so effective in recent years. In lowa, for example, the mutual Insurance companies grew for the most part out of the grange; to a lees ex tent co-operative creameries, co-operative stores and factories. This we believe to be true In all other status. It naturally would be. When people learn to know each other by meeting monthly or semi monthly for social enjoyment, for com parison of views 011 public' mutters or the study of agricultural questions, partisan animosities are broken down, and they begin to understand each other and are thus able to co-operate for every good work. In the west comparatively few of the original granges remain, but these are centers of agricultural life wherever we And them. A second generation Is now coming up under grange Influence* and we do not believe there Is one of these living granges anywhere existing which has not had n marked effect for the better in every department of agricultural life. Happy Is the community that has a grange hall and regular meetings, where young and old. rloh and poor, inen and women, boys and girls, meet all together and thus come to know each other and become unified in sentiment and In aim. In this respect the grange meets a lung felt want, and it would be a blessed thing for the entire western country If His grange or some other organisation cover ing the same field and conducted on the same plan or similar line® were organised. Of all the farm organisations that have been organized In the last thirty years the grange Is the only on« that remains. The farmers' alliance movement sprang up like Jonah's gourd in a night, spread over the country like wlldflre, lived a life of Intense activity for a tew years and then passed away. It had a great deal te do with political parties, and Its spirit to atoms extent remains, but it did not touch the real Intellectual and social life of the farmer So with the Farmers' Mutual Benefit association, snd so 14 wIH kx» with all similar associations which are organ ized In time of some specific object and then pass away as soon as that object bus been accomplished or ha* clearly failed of accomplishment. Tha grange goes down deeper; It takes hold of the social, Intellectual and business ltfs of tiis com munity, and when ones established and held true to Its original purpose K Is there, like a church, to stay, while organizations that are Intended for political effect pass away in a very few years. All honor to the men who organized the grange and have held it true to its original purpose. FAITH OF THE FOUNDER. A Story of tbe First Missionary Work For the Grange. A characteristic story of Mr. O. 11. ICelley, the founder of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry, is given below, taken from the forthcoming "History of the Grunge," by the editor of thin department. It was immediately fol lowing a session of tliu national grange in Washington, at which time It was decided to send Secretary Kelley out to do the llrst missionary work for the Dew Order, to visit the different states nud interest ttte farmers lu the work ol' organization. The time for missionary work had come. Home one must go out into the harvest Held and gather the harvest these enthusiastic founders of the Or der believed to be ready for tbe gath ering, so on nn afternoon in April. 1808, Secretary Kelley started for liar rlsburg. He relates an amusing inter view with William Saunders, the trees urer of the national grange. He was seated at his desk, and as he handed him some blank dispensations for him to sign Brother Kelley remarked in a joking way; "Here I tun, ready to start." "Start for where?" Mr. Saunders as'.ie.i. "I have bought * ticket for Harris burg und Kinp there Uiu li:'N» place. I propose to work tny way to Minnesota, organising "Have you got any money V "I have about HSU.JiU of gwtnge finals, but Intend to pay ray wity as I go." "Well, you are u fool to start on such a trip." "Can't help that. F.ioi or no tool, you shall hear front me, and I'll make thu organisation a success or burst." The faith of this man was remark able, for there were discouraging tluieM before him, stsch us he had scarcely dreamed of, but perseveruuee «u<di as his overcomes nil obstacle#, so he went out to the work. Vet Te*. The country Is not yet ready to for get the four years of Cleveland disas ter between 18t»3 and 1807.—Camden (N. J.) Post Telegram. BASE BALL lAt Korksville Kair. The Dushore, Bernice and Hillsgrove Teams will Contest for the Championship of Sullivan County. Wednesday 0ct.5,2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6,1 p.m. j DUSHORE BERNICE vs vs HILLSGROVE. OfW( ™NER. All These Teams are Strong Ones, Each Claiming the Championship, and Lovers of Base Ball will fcnjoy a Rare Treat. I The Judge Denounces Lie. Scouten's Dushore Herald contain ed an attack on Judge Dunham in last week issue, based on an affidavit of M. F. Mathews. Wliile we were of the opinion that no sensible man would l>elieve the charges against Judge Dunham, we submitted the matter to him and his reply appear* below in the form of an affidavit. And thus ends lie No. I. State of Pennsylvania, > County of .Sullivan, j ' K. M. Dunham being duly sworn says, that he has read the affidavit' published in the Sullivan Herald of! ! Sept. 21, 1904, purporting to be made i by M. F. Mathews relative to the: prosecution against John (>. Scouten i for obtaining an assignment of a judgement by false pretence, com menced by Jos. S. Molyneux. That he was employed in the case men tioned, having l>een employed the \ same as in any case by a client. That he never went to set! Jos. S. j Molyneux to induce him to bring the prosecution ami never agreed to save said Molyneux from costs or or agreed to pay any costs and never signed any agreement to that effect. That he has never paid any of the ! costs in the case, nor has he ever j been asked to do so. And 110 one' ever hinted to him lie was under any obligations to do so. In fact, j that he had nothing whatever to do j with the case, except to help try it! same as other cases. That the costs ; were equally divided between the 1 prosecutor and John (i. Scouten de-j fendant. K. M. I>rMl AM. Sworn and subscribed before me this 27th day of September 190-4. TllO K. K KNN Ki>y, I'roth. A Tritk Well Stated. We are very much [Je.ixeJ that the press of tiie country is taking an inter est in the advancement «112 the grange. We recognise tiiut it to one of tha most powerful auxiliaries in our land, and wi trust that the wine pleasant rtt iationsiiip that e sluts between it and the Order uisy be maintained. Or ganization ia the watchword of the hour. and if the grange keeps pace with tboae engaged in other pursuit* there must he a clone affinity he twees it and the press. The grange I* the only farmers' organisation that has its connecting links from ocean to ocemt and from the gulf to the grent lake* It will continue to grow and prosper so long as secularism and partisanship shall he kept outside its gates K. R Norris. Master New York State Orange. Flrlil Meeting* Ohio. Large and enthusiastic meetings of Patrons of Husbandry have been le!d ! In Ohio. Stiite Master Dertliick. Gov ! eruor N. .1. Bachelder of New Hump- I shire. Hon. W. W. Miller, secretary ! fltate board ef agriculture of Ohio, and I Governor Herrick were among the | speakers. At the Mantua picnic there I were over 5.000 present. Governor , Herrick extended the welcome of the ! state to Governor Bachelder. After : the exercises the two governors and Btate Master lierthlck held a recep tion. and hundreds greeted the dlslin -1 guished officers. Two granges from | different sections 112 the state chartered ' trolley cars and intended the I>aueaster meeting in a body. 1 1 FUEL MAY SELL AT SI.OO PER TON. Scranton Man Claims Invention by Which Cakes ol Culm Coal May be Used for Fuel. John H. Reible, of Scranton, who j recently invented a switch lock and thrower, now comes forward with 1 ! another discovery which may revol utionize the culm industry and ae ; complish that which others have fail- | ed to do. He claims to have di>- } covered the chemical process of cak- I ing culm for fuel purposes and to sub stantiate his claim made a practical test of the discovery. He had pre pared three grades of culm, the fin j est dust, the rifted culm and the culm just as it was taken from the dump ] which he used in making the h st. - These were formed into the size oi 'small stove coal and placed in an or dinary range at seven o'olock and al- I lowed to burn at a high pressure 1111- 1 til eleven o'clock when the stove was dampened off for the night, and the culm was covered over with the i regular anthracite coal used in the j stove. In the morning he disco ver ged that the anthracite had burned away and crumbled to fine ashes while the culm blocks remained in tact and burned through and only crumbled after being broken with the shaker. They were as hard as stones when put into the stove, and I burned as readily a.s coal, but did , not kink like former culm cakes have done when tested. , Mr. lleiblejclaims the culm blocks lean be made into any size to be used | in any kind of a stove or furnace. He further claims that his discov-j jery is water proof and non-explosive and is harmless and can be made up I cheaply at possibly a dollar a ton or less. Business Men Are Satisfied. The business men are opposed to any change in the Government al this time, Senator Aldrich says, and he is in a good position to know their feeling. Business is improv ing, and when every element of .doubt has been removed in Novem ber it will quickly show a more rap id advance. The cotton crop is expected to ex ceed that of any previous crop in the history of the country. Wheat is short but selling at a high price, and in every way the farmers are pros pering. They want no change of government. It could do them only harm. And 110 one else could be benefited, unless it be such Demo cratic politicians as expect to get of fices and such corporations HS fear the enforcement of the law. Should Parker by any chance be elected in November all would be uncertainty. His party denounces the tariff as robbery, wants the Phil ippine Islands discarded, and the back track taken generally. What could be the result excepting doubt, a change from certainty to uncer tainty and the distress that would j follow, just as it did under the last Cleveland administration. 75 TS. PER YEAR I Sullivan County Court. In re: estate* of J. B. Magargel deed. and W. C. lingers deed, rule ! granted to well real estate. Eliza M. (iordner vs Frank Cord tier. Divorce decreed. Comth. vs Mrs. Lewis Gratta. Ver dict not guilty. Comth. vs Chas. Bryan-threats. Bail forfeited. James MeFarlane vs Michael Col lins. Settled. Cases in divorce disposed with as follows: Daniel Suber vs Emma Suber-alias subpoena awarded. William Wallizer vs Katie Wall izer—advertisement directed made. Samuel Epler vs Gertrude Epler: Emma L. Tubat h vs Emil Tubach J. H. Bolin appointed commissioner. Robert F. Bradley vs Isabel Brad ley: Cora Williams vs David E. Williams: Lena Decker vs William Decker—A. B. Kilmer is appointed commissioner to take testimony. Amy 1,. Meyers vs Fletcher Mey ers-—sheriff directed to make publi cation. Austin Brown vs Cora Brown divorce decreed. Comth. vs Charles Bryan—mal icious mischief. Verdict, not guilty and prosecutor to pay cost. Chas. W. Kelley vs Henry Battin; judgment entered. Patrick Hannon vs Henry J.Cook; judgment entered. Robt. Stormont (use) vs Virginia Brewster; Broth, directed to amend the record. Naturalization of James Hpencejr. William Brown and Tony Columbus. Petition to view road in Davidson twp. Viewers—James Bennett, X. Persun and J. < Pennington. Comth. vs Arthur Currie—arson; True bill. Deft, to appear at next term or forfeit bail. Di re: Petition fur guardian of Joseph <Jausel; date of hearing, Oct. 22, at courthouse. - SONESTOWN. Mrs. ltebecka Arms, who for a long time has been endeavoring to get a widow's pension, has at last won her claim and lately received *582.73. J. Thomas Laird of Berks county, spent Saturday and Sunday with his parents, Mr. aud Mrs. Will Laird. He is well pleased with his work of telegraph operating. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Harkie De wald, September 22, a son. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Freas were called to Benton Saturday to see his sister who was very ill. They re turned Sunday with the good news that she was better. Mr. B. (jr. Welsh preached a grand sermon last Sunday evening, that caused one to stop and consider on his way of living. If we could hear j more of that kind of sermon the j world would be the better for it. Harry Phillips of Jersey Shore, is visiting his parents here. MNs Ida Morrison of l'ittston, re turned to her home Saturday altera I four weeks visit here, i Mrs. Xiles Weed of Williamsport, spent Sunday with her parents, D, W- Darling and wife. The box social last Saturday even j ing was a success in spite of the 1 rain, over #t"> being cleared, j Miss Ada Hall visited Maine Hy ian at Mapleton last week. Miss Mable Ha/.en spent last week with relatives in Hughesville. j U. W. Simmons and wife, and Loyd Freas and wife are spending this week at Beaver Lake, fishing. Miss A. Edgar went to William sport and spent the day with her daughter, Miss Myrtle, who is a student of the Lockliaven Normal School. B. (J. Welch was a business man i at Williamsport last Saturday. It seems t'lat already some of the ; Democrats are mixing the money question and claiming that while Judge Parker's telegram was an un equivocal statement in favor of gold, yet that the message does not mean necessarily to bind the party. There ! was promise for a time of apparent , Democratic harmony on the money question, but it seems to be quite a way yet from a "closed incident" and gives evidence of a tendency to break out into trouble at any mom* | eut.
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