Republican News Item. VOL. X. NO. 7. C To Buy Your Jewelry <y Q Nothing' in 1 own to , Compare Willi p 112 the Ouality that We are Giving / X You for the Low Price Asked. S C Quality ami moderate prices makes a force that\ irresistibly ilraws into our store Ihe best ( of this section. Many years here in business, a ways i Swith a full line of uoods above suspicion; chosen t {with a care :md judgment commensurate Willi its . \ desirability and adaptability to u line taste-, makes c our store a sale place to invest. C S Repair work done on short notice and guaran-r \ teed, by skilled workmen. Your orders ;:ppreciate«l. $ RETTENBURY, > $ 1 >USHO RK, I 'A. The Jeweler^ CQ_. HARDWARE^ No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL OIR, WOO D 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 socond 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. lyticr than made to Measure 11aii (V 3cl)(i| S"qer and AYorx 15, to and S2O its are equal to the finest made to measure, even if you would pay $40.00 *1 In.re is no country taylor that has the workmanship like Hart, Schaffucr and Marx's Hand Made Clothing. Hart, Sch.iffuer and Marx Clothing are leaders in style. They guarantee their suits to hold the shape for one year. We also have a large assortment of clothing for young men. Men's suits from $5.00 to SI2OO in all the latest make. Come here, we have a big variety and guarantee the Clothing and Prices and pay your car fare if you purchase amounts to $lO 00 or over. Jacob Per HUGHE SVILLE, PENN'A. Notice: Rubber Boots and Shoes at manufacturers' prices. Subscribe for the News Item LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA., THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1905. ' Tlu» Pennsylvania (Irange, Patrons jof Husbandry lias appointed its an-1 ■ 111 tal meet ing to take plaee iii Sunhu-1 I ry on the 1-!, 1 ."J, I I and to of Deccm ber. This is a great occasion with | the <>rangers atal always draws to j get her a great concourse ol people j from all parts of the Slate. Mr. C. i 11. Dihliue, who occupies a proini- j I nent position in I ho Orange; and is a j I member of I he executive com mil tee, | lis now in Sunhnry making the pre ; liminary arrangements for the an \ nual gathering at that place and a.-.- ! certaining the extent of the accomo jdation which the city can furnish to the great number of people who will jhe there. Sduhury is well provided I with hotel room and Mr. Oihline is j making arrangements with the ho- I tels lint will require a large number ! of private families to assist, in lion ; ing and feeding the visitors and it is his purpose to ascertain in advance; i j the extent to which this private ac comodation will be afforded. Of j course this entertainment is not cx- I pectcd to be gratis. Those of the j citizens who can assist in this way j may communicate with Mr. Dildine jor J. 11. Hyrod, secretary of the i Businessmen,s Association. I The annual convention of the Pat ' ron of Husbandry is greatly enjoyed ,by (.rangers pie tsure and business ■■ being combined in it< observant**. I Coming at the season when farm; ! work has been completed it is made a very enjoyable outing in which I some thousands participate, the i<Grangers w ill bring their wives with I I hem. ! Even the natives of the faraway I I'liillipine Islands have heard ol't.he Willi,unsport Board of Trade, fa | moils fur its hustling qualities and j novel advertising literature. .Manager Laird, of that <'ify is in receipt of a letter from the citizens of Manila asking for advice and sam ples of the literature sent broadcast by tins Williamsport Board. The | prominent citizens of that city aYe contemplating the organization of a business men's association, throuhg which their city can be advertised. I'hey have heard of the Williamsport Hoard of Trade as one of the most successful in the United States and would like to know how things are di lie in Williamsport. Mr. Laird w ill mail a variety of the literature gotten out by the local board to these people in the I'liillipine Islands. " VALUt: OF WIDE TIRES. I Ti»«* COM! of llniilinu Greatly Kt'tluc* eii by Tlicir I mo. Wide tires should be uscil on all heavy vehicles which traverse stone mads, says tin? Kansas City Star. A six or seven inch macadam road will last longer when wide tires are used than a lea or twelve inch road of the same material 011 which narrow tires are used. From the limestone quarries at Split IJocU to the works of the reducing company in Oeddes, Onondaga county, ,V V., is about four and one-half miles. Three or four years ago the work of improving this four and one-half miles of roadway was accomplished. Hough quarry refuse and for a part of the distance tickl stones were used, all hand broken to two and three inch sizes. This was covered with Hue, un sii'ted quarry chips, and a crown was 1 given to the roadway with an elevation of about six inches in a width of six tccn feet. Wagons were built for haul ing stone over this road with wide tires and axles of different length, as follows: Front tire, seven-eighths of an inch thick and four inches wide; dis tance between centers of front wheels, four feet five Inches; Ihe rear wheels Irnd tires one inch thick and six inches wide, the distance between center of rear w heels being live feet right inches, 'the axles were two and one-half inches front and three inches rear. The constant u-e of these wagons during the last tluve years lias produc ed a smooth, compact and regular sur ; face bctwcdi the quarry and the I works. The wide tires and varying | gauges excited much mention at tirst. and conflicting opinions regarding their utility were expressed. The result is eminently 111 their favor, and a general sentiment supports the ufce of these wagons for heavy loads. Loads of 1 stone varying from 8,000 to 16,000 pounds are continuously hauled over this road with no perceptible wear. The cost per ton of hauling stone has been reduced from 80 cents to IW) cents, and a team can easily earn from $3.00 to $t per day hauling wall stone, milk ing two round trips of nine miles each, | or a total of eighteen miles per day. A very close game of Base Ball j was played on Eagles Mere diamond Saturday, June 10, by the Pennsyl vania University students and the Forksville seconds. It took consid erable courage to face those mighty A thiols, hue nevertheless trie game w as called at 3:00 p. m. regardless of the consequences. Forksville smart ed the ball tojrolling and ran in three score the first inning, and the I*. I". students one. In the second inning Forksville ran their score up to live and the game stood live to one in j favor of Forksville until the -d\th j inning when the students tied the score. In the seventh inning Forks- j ville ran in three more, malting \ eight to five in favor of the Forks- j viile guys. The game stood this I way until the last half of the eighth ; when the huge men ran their score up to nine. Forksville tried to bet ter her score but could not make it in the ninth inning, this left the score eight to nine in favor of 111.» University boys. The game was in teresting throughout, and the Forks ville boys appreciate the kind treat in. tilt extended to them by the Stu dents while they were at Eagle* Mere. Bos back deserves much cred-1 it for his line work in pitching for he Forksville team. The advance guard of an immense swarm of "seventeen year locusts" is predicted for June. The territory over which the wing ed host will spread, says Profess >r (iurman, embraces West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, Al abama, (leorgia, Missouri, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania and the forests of New York. This means the devastation of fruit trees and j young forests in those states. The main body will arrive next year. When the last brood swept over the country seventeen years ago, the females deposited tln-ir eggs in the twigs of the fruit and other succulent trees by piercing the outer bark and | laying eggs In a envitv near the- pith. In a short time the eggs hatched and the resulting caterpillars fell to the earth. They furrowed into the ground and lived among the roots on the sap which they sucked from them for sixteen years. Scientists think the lervte burrow into the ground sometimes as deep as twenty-five feet. They go through twenty-live or thirty changes and when ready to inimerge, dig their ! way up through the earth incased in i a transparent shell. Thousands come up in a single night and early in the j morning are seen cutting their way through their shell, which is soft and j whitish. Their tender bodies Ma - come hard as soon as the sun strikes their wings. They stay in the for ests and orchards, where they pierce the twigs of the peach, plum, apple, pear and other nursery trees. The only way to prevent their ravages is to shake them oft' and kyp the swarm iu motion. The English spar rows eat them with avidity, but their attack upon a swarm of such bugs is futile. To encourage the planting of trees the (iovernor signed the bill allow ing a rebate of eighty per cent in the taxes on land on which there shall be planted forests or timber trees of not less than three hundred I to an acre for a period of thirty-five ! years, provided the rebate does not j amount to more than forty live cents an acre. The period of exemption is counted from the time the lauds have been planted. The act does not exempt more than five hundred acres of land owned bj any one per-1 sut or corporation. A number of the scholars of the public schools at I lughesville attend ed every day of the term, including j Dorothy Becdcr, who deserves a lot of credit, as she often during the term ' encountered weather conditions that would have discouraged older per sons. She is a daughter of M. E. Beeder and makes the trip to and from Chippewa on the train. Screnaders who called upon Mr. and Mrs. Frank llouck, who are spending their honeymoon at the Byan cottage, at Eagles Mere, an. nonnced their presence by setting oft' a inutility of dynamite and follow ing it up with shot gnus. Preliy Hone Welding. On Wednesday, June I!, Mr.Fred Eddy, oldest son of Mr. and Mrs.CL S. Eddy of Laporte, was united in marriage with Miss Eleanor Tripp, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. 10. Tripp of Laporte, by the Jtev. s. B. Bidlack of Muncy Val ley, in the presence of a number of invited iruests who were the imme diate relatives of the contracting parties. At .'! o'clock p. in. Miss Emma Cole of Out bore, rendered the sweet stiains of Lohengrin's wedding march when the bridal party dec-end ed to the parlor and took their places beneath an arch of evergreen where the solemn vows made tlieni man anil wife. The bride looked j charming iu a handsome costume of | white china silk, and was attended by Miss Fannie Tripp of Elmira, as bridesmaid w ho wore a lovely gown lof while silk. The tfroom had as his best man Mr. John Boss of Will iamsport. The rooms were beauti fully decorated with evergreen •>- ferns and flowers. After congratula tions had been extended to Mr. unci Mrs. Kdiiy, the guests were served with an elegant luncheon. Mr. Ed dy is one of Laporte's leading young men, and Mrs. Eddy is a popular young lady in this town where she lias grown to woniaifhood. They left on the evening train for a short wudding tour and will re turn next week to Willkcsbarre where the groom is employed. The truest* from out of town were Mrs. Harry Spencer of William sport; Mrs. Hetiry Tripp and daugh ter Eannie, of Elmira; Miss Jean neat Spencer of Picture Bocke, and ltev. and Mrs. S. B. Bidlack of Mun cy Valley. The bride received many hand some present*. BERNICE ITEMS. Mrs. I'. L. Merithew and Mrs. C. 11. Pflaum and children spent last Friday with the hitter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Merethew at New Albany. Mrs. Harry Basley and two chil dren of Sonestown, spent last week with friends at Bern ice, returning home Saturday evening. Mr. Ditchhurn of this place spent Saturday at Laddsburg. NORDMONT. > Mrs. Rebecca, Dent of Sonestown spc*it Sunday with her sister, Mrs. I T. S. Laird at Nordinont. Mr. and Mrs. Bates and family ! of Williamsport are spending a few days with the Stephens' family. Harry Botsford spent an evening last week at Ringdale. (iuesa he went fishing. The Nordinont Supply Co. are moving their store stock into the rooms which have recently been completed. The Sunday School festval which was held last Saturday evening was a decided success, financially, in • pite of rain, netting about §*so, Very appropriate Memorial Ser vices were held iu the M. E. Church last Sunday. A large crowd was jin attendance and a splendid ser | mon was delivered by the pastor. I Kev. T. F. Ripple. Miss Enima Karge of Ringdale spent Sunday with friends here. Master Lynn Converse returned to bis home at Sonestown, after spending a month with his Aunt, Mrs. J. C. Pennington. All are envited to attend the | festival which will be given bv the Base-liall-Team, Saturday, June 17 Ice-cream, cake, strawberries, ean ; dy. oranges and bananas w ill be for j sale. A petition is in circulation for a rural free delivery route to start from Lopez, through Murraytown to Corners, to Holmes Cor -1 ners, to MeCarrols Corners, to Ottens Corners, to red school house, to Peter son's, returning by way of Ernst's, J. Hun.singer's and Shady Xook to Lopez. Length of route, about 2:1 miles. If granted, it will supply 1 this section with mail. 75C PER YEAP HILLSGROVE. Mrs. Emma Dutter also John Brey are building large barns on their farms this summer. Herman Green is making some much needed repairs on the High School Building. Mrs. Cora Stull is beautifying her home with a new coat of paint; John Kirk is despensing the color. The Tan Bark Kings and the Bar ons crossed bats at Hillsgrove Park Saturday last. The game was a comedy of errors on both sides with enough sensational plays mixed in to keep the tans interested, score 11 —7 in favor of the Kings. This game gives Hillsgrove the undisputed championship of Sulli van County. About twenty patriotic gentle men not afraid of exerting a large amount of muscular force in the public service made a bee Tuesday and Wednesday evenings and up rooted the shummach and rank hriers wJiich for the past ten years has been allowed to deface our cem etery Now it is up to the young ladies of town to raise funds for a suitable gate and to individuals interested to reset the monuments. Hillsgrove Lodge No. 305, I. O. O. F. celebrated the twenty-third anniversary of their Institution on Saturday evening by giving a ban quet in their hall and on Sunday decorated the graves of their de parted brothers. Rev. lioundsley of 305 now lo cated at Crossforks gave the Mem orial address and was given rever ent attention by a large and ap preciative audience. George Streeby of the Dushor.i Gazette spent Friday and Saturday in our berg looking up data 'or hi« history of Sullivan County. Miss Nina Green was called to Scranton Tuesday by the illness of her sister, Mrs. Laßarr. Misses Mazie and Beatrice Green have gone to Kagles Mere for the summer. Mr. and Mrs. John Bry enter tained a large gathering of young people at their home Wednesday evening in honor of the niutuenth anniversary of the birth of their son. Frank. Mr. Frank was eomplctly sur prised but enjoyed the occasion none the less and appreciated tlx; numerous beautiful marks of es teem presented by his friends, later sending to each a souvenir photo. A sumptuous lunch was served after which the evening was spent in music and games. Raymond E. Barret and Mi*s Maj' Shade of Danville were mar ried at Williamsport Thursday. Ray is a former Hillsgrove boy now holding a good positson with the Traction Co. at Danville. His many friends here wish him a long and prosperous life. The amended law will not permit any child under fourteen to be em ployed at manual labor (luring the school term, and those between four teen and sixteen cannot work with out a certificate from the local facto ry inspector which sets forth the ne cessity of the case. In these days of keen competition it is not fair to a child to bring him up in ignorance for the sake of the pittance he can earn. The season, as a whole, has not been favorable to the crops of the country thus far this spring. All alontf cold weather with late frosts in many places, retarded vegetation unduly. In other localities rains in i terfered with farm work, as in the | South Atlantic and Uulf Statrs. In ; still others, like New Kngland and 1 the Middle States, there was a serious j lack of moisture, which also interfer- I ed with planted crops and farm work. The result has been that the eondit i ion of the crops is very uneven th« i country over.
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