VOL. IX. NO. 4-7 This Is the Place C To Buy Your jewelry C V Nothing in Town to Compare WithS ( the Quality that We are Giving j / You for the Low Price Asked. N y Quality anil moderate prices makes a force that invsist b!v draws into our store the best patronage r :tion. Many years here in busint * always j with a full line of goods above suspicion; chosen C 112 with a care and judgment commensurate with its 1 S 1 sinbili'.v and adap!ability to refine taste, makes \ { our store a sale place to invest. y 112 Repair work done on short notice and guaran-Q S, teed, by skilled workmen. Your orders appreciated. X RETTENBURY. > % DUSHORE, I'A. The Jeweler. $ HARDWAR No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, GOAL OB WOO O. HE A TERS; ONE OF WINTER'S GREAT D7~JLIGHTS. 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 any tiling from a fine Jewel Ease Barrier to a low priced but satisfactory cook stove. Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and General Repairing. Roofing and Spouting. Spring Opening You are all invited to see our stock of Hart, Schaffner & Mark Hand Made Suits at sls. $lB and S2O. There is no merchant tail >r in the country who can make suits, even if you paid sjo, that would equal the H1: it, SchalTner & Mark suits. We also have thousands of suits from s\sotolo o>. Our entire stock is brand new and we buy such large quantities that enables us to sell at least 2s per cent cheaper than any other store. See our stock of SHOES, and Gents Furnishing Goods. it will positively pay you to come an see our large stock. You can not loose anything *f you purchase amounts to #io or over, as you will be paid your car fare both ways. Jacob Pe* 112 HUGHE SVILLE, PENN'A. Notice: Rubber Boots and Shoes at manufacturers' prices. Subscribe for the News Item LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1905. HOW, UNDER EXISTING CHILD LABOR LAWS, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL DEFECTS ARE MADE. Eminent Physicians Ttll the Result of Pennsylvania's Shameful Neglect of the Future Citizens —Statistics Taken Front Official Records That Prove the Deductions of These In vestigators. Striking statistics are those com | pile. l by the Pennsylvania Child Labor Committee which show the pro port i m of children whose mental an-.l physical unfitness Is traced to bondage ol! mind and overtaxing of body through long continued and premature labor. Dr. Charles Roberts is quoted as giv ing some striking results of the exam ination of 19,840 boys and men. Of these oa 15 belong to the non-laboring classes of the English population, namely, public school boys, naval ami military cadets, medical and univer sity students; 13,931 belong to the ! artisan class. Ti e difference in height, | weight and chest girth, from thirteea 1 to sixteen years of age, is as follows; Height (Inches). i Age 13 11 15 1C Non-laboring | class 58.70 01.11 (13.47 68.40 I Artisan class 35.93 57.70 60.58 02.93 2.86 3.35 2.19 3.47 Weight l Pounds). Age 13 14 15 1G j N'on-la!»oring j class 88.60 99.21 110.42 125.::4 j Artisan class 78.27 84.01 S»«i.7'» 108,70 10.'!.; 14.60 13.63 19.04 Chest Girth (Inchest. 1 Age 13 14 15 16 : Von-laborlng 1 class 28.41 29.05 30.72 33.08 | Vrtisanclass 25.24 20.28 27.51 28.'.<7 3.17 3.37 3.21 4.11 Dr. W. \V. Keen, of Philadelphia, j ibserves: "It will be seen, therefore, jihat individuals in the non-laboring lass, between thirteen and sixteen, ■xcced tho'-e of the artisan class in height, by from 2.80 *» 3.47 inches; in weight, from 10.33 to 19.04 pounds, and in chest girth, from 3.17 to 4.11 inches." Dr. Roberts comments upon this, as follows' "The contrast presented by the columns of figures representing the non-laboring and the artisan class, from the age of twelve to seventeen, | shows the marked effect of social sur- I : roundingg on the development of the j ! body; the one class being retarded and 1 leprcssod li> laborious occupations j I and unsanitary influences, the other expanded and probably exaggerated ' by the prevalence of circumstances \ favorable to growth." When a child becomes a wage j earner it taken on the importance and j authority of the grown-ups. whose au- I oritv it soon lrarns to dispute. The ; .yhild in school is in its most natural, ' healthful environment, at work it is j in an unnatural, artificial and danger- [ ous environment. To put children under fourteen years t in factories or stores for ten hours a | day or night, lor six days or nights a i week; to require boys of the same age 1 to deliver messages, togo to and fro, \ between all sorts of people and all 1 sorts of places, for ten or twelve horns I per day or ten or twelve hours per i night, for six or seven days a week, ; is to invite delinquency or even de- j generacv. .Mr. NibecUer, the superintendent of ! the House of Refuge, at Glen Mills, i Pa., was asked: "What proportion of ; your boys were school boys at the i time of arrest and what proportion 1 working boys?" His answer was: ' I ! can give no proportion, for the reason j that the school" boy is such a rare i exception with us. I can say out of our experience here that the lines of com- ; mitment and lack of schooling run ' parallel." "Were your boys, then. ! mostly idlers, or were they working i boys?" His prompt answer was: "We • have very few, if any. boys who were not working boys at the time of their ! arrest, or just previous to their arrest; j that is, they belong to the class of j working hoys. Of course, some 01" ' them worked irregularly; they tried j first one job and then another, found ; the work too hard-—sometimes, too 1 hard mentally: sometimes, physically. 1 A large number of the boys are illit- : crate." The Pennsylvania Child Labor Com mittce lias not done all it has set out to do. Nolthei has it ceased trying. Child labor is the surest road to Ir responsible citizenship. Xot the S lit:-11 KM I 111 ic Kind. We trie.l Mr. Bryan and licked out of our boots twice. We have tried his exact opposite and got licked out of mil boats again. What the Demoo 1 racy seems to need is n happy medium. -Memphis I'oiumerclal Anpenl. News Items ol General Interest to Sullivan Covnty Readers. Mr. Michael Donovan of Many Valley, who was employed :it work at tin* tannery that place, stiU'ered a paralytic stroke vv!iilo ; t j his work between the hours of four ! ami live o'clock Tuesday morning. lie was «|nickly carried to his home ! and a doctor summoned when every ; thing possible was done to relieve ; his suffering, hut his condition is Iso critical that there is 110 hope for r covery. Ilis daughter, Mrs. Jnc joh Fries of tins place was Munition ! e<l to his bedside on Tuesday. 1' jer l-'nright of Mildred was called to ' administer the last sad rites of the | clturch to tin- sick matt. - - Mrs <'. \V. Brink of Kagles Mere, 'died of earner last Thursday night nt .Georgetown, 11., where she It: d | been the past wint« r under the care jof a specialist \\ ho, il was hoped, ; Would he able to afV -t•.! her relief ! from her suftVrintf, hut lite dreadful ! aftliction w:ts too I'.ir advanced and its deadly progress could not be !checked by the best medical skill, i Mrs. Ilrink is survived by her litis j band and live children. | (borge \V. Fox, a llughesville I man. is at the William-'port llospit jal suffering from an injury that may j cause the loss of Iti.s right arm. To j save the arm which is severely! crushed, pieces of the elbow will I have to be removed. The eifort to | istvethe injured member i- being! I made. Mr. Fox is a lumberman! land at the time he was injured was] conducting operations in Potter, j county. At Minn In- walked over a pile of logs and was thrown by tin jlo .s rolling, liis right arm. being! I caught between two of the heavy | I timbers, was crushed. Mr. Fox was j i superintendent of the Fagh s Mete; railroad tout ten years ago. and I | with his family resided at Sones j J town. J idge Charles K. Terry, in an op- j | ini 1 tiled last week upon the appeal j of ten taxpayers of Wyoming coun-j 1 ty, front the report of the county au- j tors, holds that auditors in Wyo | ining county are entitled to $2.50 ! per day only. While the general ! law of the state provides that county j auditors shall receive $3.50 per day ; 1 and mileage, there is an old special j i act applying to \yyoniing county! ! alone which fixes the pay of auditors j lat sv2.">() per day. The deci-iou 01 j [ the judge was based upon this act ! The hoard of auditors were uncertain i as to their rights under the two laws, j and split the difference, allowing! themselves pay at the rate of on per day, and for this rtasott i!>e ajt-1 peal was made by the aforesaid tax-, 1 payers. The engine'*"'" ''ps ol tin- pro-j posed new railroad, who have been | working in the vicinity of Hills-1 grove and Foiksville, came to La- j porte Saturday morning and took' the south bound train for other j I>arts. It was reported that the men 1 had not received any pay for their j work of the last two or three month-, but we cannot vouch for the truth of j this statement. Faster, this year coming 011 the 2:ld ; of April, comes within two days of being the latest it po- ihly can be. | It has a rjtnge of thirty-five days up-' which it can bill; the euv! : .cst being! March 22nd, and the late-! April 25. j In 1888 it fell on March 22 1., but cannot do so again until the year 225:. In the year 188U Faster fell on April j 25th. the latest date possible. This' had not oceured since 17:J<», and will not occur again until 191M, the only! time in the twentieth century' the ! next time being Chocolate Faster eggs especially ' come under the ban. It is said that j several samples of the coloring mat- 1 ler used in the manufacture of choc olate egg- has been tested and it is ! 1 alleged that they were found to con- 1 tain large quantities of pav.iftine wax : and powdered marble. 'I bis is unfit to putin the stomach of a child, tin 1 ' : inspectors say, and there will be 1 wholesale prosecutions brought. t Their Pay Tied Up. j V/yahisiug 1 '<nre«| oiulencc - The jealou>y that has been stnoul ! doring for monthsjbetween V. ( s. W. railroad promoters, the ('olonial Construction Company, the . I hree factors that have been hand | ling the contracts on the road across . country, has been at a boiling point , for the past two weeks and in conse , quince th-' funds of the road have . j been tied up, the subcontractors were ,j delayed in receiving their pay for 1 \ork done in February and rumors ; "112 all sorts have been flying around. ; In fact so nervous over the possible ; loss of their pay did some of the i workmen become that they were on ly too glad to discount their claims j during the week at front 20 to 30 per I cent. These claims' w ere quickley ! -nappeb up by some of our towns ' men and on Saturday were p:;id in j full its were,those workmen who 1 hung onto their time. The con rnefs with the sub contractors call ; for pay days 011 the twentieth of each | •!' each mouth for rhe previous , months work, an<l the squabble a | nong three companies and tii coi - ; - 'i|U< lit delay of cash f»r two weeks lit was due imusml i] )( . [ll t" ■;•! i n a j uonti the workmen.— Wyalusiiig j ilocket. Democratic County Convention ticcts Hew Cuunly Chairman. 1 <hi Monday the delegates to the I Democratic County Convention met I in the court roont and after orgattiz ! !ng elected It. l'. McCarty,of Fstella, county chairman; Clement i-'-.irreil,of 1 Onshore, secretary, and P. .1. Finan, I if | tern ice, delegate t<> the state con tention. The convention adjourned i to meet at a later date for the 110111- I .nation of a county ticket. I Too .Huclt Politics and Personal 1 itcrcst Displayed in Congress. I , t Fie•. Congress that adjourned four ; weeks ago and the special Senate I ses-ioii that adjourned two weeks ! ago, have receded far enough from j imediate view to permit prospective I -tudy. There is not much to be said , iu praise or envy. This Congress 1 | was not much more idle or less re sponsive to urgent duty, than other j 'ongrcsses since the Civil War per-; ! iod. The President, had marked out j | a splendid program of work to lie j I 'lone, but Congress was remarkably | [dilatory and nonchalant, lie urged ! j that the Interstate commerce t!om- j mission be empowered with the reg- j I illation of railroad freight rates; that | j j he great corporations engaged in 111 I 1 tft-state contnierce be placetl under! j National control; that a new Canal j ! < ommission be appointed; that the j j naturalization laws be revised; that i i Ihe tariff duties of the Phiippine Is-| | lands be reduced, and that Arbi-j ? : ration Treaties be approved. Fach ; :of these measures Mr. lloosevelt j I urged were of the greatest import- j a nee. Not one of them became a law. Lioes any one doubt that the ' I eoplo of this country are with the j j President? Are we to assume that j i 1 here was no meaning in that re-j ' nutrkabh majority, three timc ! greater than that given for tirant, McKinley, Lincoln or any other pres- i I ident'.' Nobody who knows Pres-! I ulent lloosevelt will doubt that hav- I ! ing put hi- hands to the plow he will i I not turn back. The country has 1 waited with more <>r less patience! forty years for a man with head, heart and hands to do some itn- ; periottsly needed things that Theo- • dore lloosevelt is striving to do, and there are those who believe the' Country wiii keep him in the White: House whether he will or not, until | his task i- done, and wi.l also indue ; course, by election, give hint a Sen- j ate less obdurate to the voice of the j people. Big Board Bill lo Pay. For the prisoners from Lycoming county which arc at the Eastern Pen itentiary the County Commissioners have received a bill for their keep during the past year amounting to *1,401!. 19. There were twenty-five prisoners from Lycoming County 1 serving various tei nis. The rate for each prisoner is twenty-three cents j per day. ; 1 75 TS. PER YEAR KISJLSG3OVE. I The barn at the mountain camp .: near Kuril's Merc owned by C. W. . I Soius was burned .Sunday evening. » Nine head of valuable horses, ton • sols of double harness, throe oxon, throe car loads of hay and two ear • loads of grain wore entirely des i Iroyed. The origin of tho tiro is un - known. Dr. Mervino, Miss Josephine Lewis, 11. W. Darby and IF. 11. (ireen attended a reception at tho Mrs. llucUol at Forksville Saturday • evening. The Commencement Exercises of the High Sell >ol will he held in the I nion Church Friday evening April, (!th. All are cordially invited. l'rof. L. 11. Green, 11. 11. Green, Misses Fofela Lucas, and Nellie Dar , hy enjoyed the sights at Fickelish , Itock and Highland Lake Sunday. The Revival Meetings at Christ's li' hurch closed Sunday evening, i ! Iv.'v. Wood and S:i!cj are now hold ing meetings at Laquin. Si-veral of our young sports attond i'd ! danee .mil ineidontall.v a fistic carnival on Ml. Vesuvious Friday "Veiling. ' Fat Morris has moved from his farm on Mt. \ esuivius to the house on Rural Ave. recently vacated by ' L. 1- iester, Mr. Fiedler moving to I liis tarm at High Land Lake. ! The log drive hung up at Harbor.-?' Mills Friday owing t<i low water. HcMLOCK GROVE ITEMS. Sunday School Sunday at 2o'clock, preaching at 3 o'clock F. M., by Rev. | S. 1!. iiidlack oi Muncy \'alley, F.i'ssie Allen was tiioguestof Edna • l i:iy Sunday. .Mur. l'liiiiipsof Benton spent Sun j day with her parents at this place. • Perec] L. A. Hay was a Ilughes- Cilie visitor Sali;: •.1 . Gilbert Ryder, wife and fairiily spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. I I'hi flips Ldward Mostellar is spendingseve j ral days wit i his wife and family. A1 'vl w.t is. aid l.e,vis Swank vi.-itcd Lewis Warburton Saturday. Howard Hayloft Monday for the Man.-tiold State Normal School where ho will take a cour-e of study. The infant child of Thomas Swank was buried Friday. Mr*. W. A. Bay and son Howard visited friends at Hughesvill" last week. ! II irwy Phillips of Benton ; is spending some time with his uncle A. G. Phiilips at this place. A large number of people from j ibis place attended the funeral of Jas. ! Bigger at North Mountain on Thnrs | day. Sup). J. F Uoese Iviilgore visited I the school last week. Bernico, Tracy, Martha and Ruth Luwerson visited at M. J. Phillips Friday evening. ! The Hemlock Grove Base Ball Team ; played with Sonestown Saturday. Albert Myers and family spent Sun day with Air. and Mrs. F. A. Ful , nier. ! Sun collector, Wise of Williams : port called on subscribers last week. A large number of men are eu gaged in erecting telephone poles on i the line which is being built be tween Fnityvilleand Muncy Valley. M.tde Tirings W«rm a( Uernice. i James Shovling returned to Bor- I nice one evening last week from ; Say re where he was residing with ! his -Lit j' who had secured his release j from the 1 Winvilie Assylum where i in l was placed last wiuter. Mr. Ishevling's conduct on returning I homo was such that Mrs. Shovling ! felt obliged to notify the authorities | and have him taken into custody but I when Mr. Shovling saw the officers approaching the house he uiade for the woods and escaped. All the banks in the District of Columbia are to be placed under spe cial olficial supervision. With all the improvements tho district is en gaged in now it cannot at ford any ehudwiekiug.
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