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Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and
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LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY P£. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1905.
W. C T- U. Convention.
•
Tiir Annual County Convention of
tl><> \\\ C. T. U. WHS held at Lopez,
, August 30, 1 {)<»">. Following is the
report:
Morning Session:—Convention
opened with singing, Crusade Hymn,
followed by reading of 11(1 Psalm by
Mrs. 11. L. Pardoe and prayer by
Mrs. A. F. Nye. The President,
) Miss S. A. lluckel then appointed
| committees on Resolutions, o>n
dutials and soliciting subscriptions
W. T. U. |er odical-i. The min
j utes of the Business Meetings of the
j Executive Committee were then read
i and on motion, approved. Then re
ports were made by the officers and
superintendents of the various de
partments. Mrs. Noorish spoke for
a few minutes on the importance of
teaching the temperance lessons in
| the Sabbath Schools. It now being
12 o'clock, Mrs. Norrish led in the
! noontide prayer.
The afternoon session opened with
I singing by the Convention. Mrs.
Jennie Little conducted the Devotion
; ul Exercises. Mrs. Hot h rock read
the Greeting presented by her (by
request of Co. W. C. T. U.) to the
! Wesleyan Methodist Con fen 1 nee,
held at Lincoln Falls, in April, also
Resolutions which they pr sented to
lour organization. Mrs. Noorish
reported the W. C. T. U. Institute
which was held at Lal'orte last Jan
uary. The Co. President, Miss S. A
llucklegave her annual address, in
eluding a short resume of the work
done in the county last year. Her
talk was very encouraging and help
ful as veil as optimistic. She sug
gested that we take for our motto
this year these word-, "Agitate,
Educate, Legislate". Mi>s Bertha
May reported the Flower Mission
Dept. of Lopez Union. hoquets
sent hospitals at Say re ami Wilkes-
Barre, 50 calls made on the sick, 75
boquets with Scripture quotations
sent to sick. The Loyal Temper
ance Legion next rendered a.song,
entitled "Welcome, W. C. T. U."
The Convention then proceeded to
tire election of oitt -era, said election
rcsultingas follows: President, Sarah
A. Iluckle; Vice President, Anna .F
Nye; Cor. Sec'ry., Mary F. Snyder;
ltec. Sec'ry., Delia G. Flemming;
Treasurer, Mrs. White and Assistant
ltec. Sec'ry., Miss Cora Pealer.
Miss Jennie Rogers, Leader of the
iioyal Temperance Legion of Lopez,
being absent in the forenoon, now
gave her interesting report of their
work, she also read a short essay on
the need and value of tlii> Dept.
Rev. 15. F. Keller, Pastor of the
I church was requested to give a ' One
i Minute Talk" to the Convention.
lie responded with words of welcome
I and warm wishes for the success and
prosperity of the Union.
Mrs. Anna F. Nye then conducted
a "Quiz" on the Annual National
Leaflet and State Report. The
members answered the questions
readily and acquitted themselves
| with much credit..
| Mrs. S. P>. Norrish gave a Parlia
j mentary Drill which was both inter
jecting and instructive. Mrs. S. A.
Snyder then read a paper on Scien
tific Temperance Instruction and
isHiool Physiology- Journal. The
i subject of raising funds to pay expen
ses of Delegate to State Convention
: was discussed. The minutes of the
i two sessions of the Convention were
' read and approved.
The evening session opened with
exercises by the L. T. L , music by
I choir, devotions by Rev 15. F. Keller
Report of Auditing Committee. Mrs.
; Anna Potter, delegate, gave an in
teresting report of the State Con
; vention. Singing by the choir,
"Crumbs" trom National Convention
by Mrs. Anna F. Nye, delegate, was
! very ably written and much apprec i
I ated. Song by L. L., All around the
! World. Mrs. Sylvia I>. Norrish,
J State Worker and President of llrad
■ ford County W. ('. T. U. then gave
,an address on "Our Victories" Siie
: treated the subject in a very able and
masterly way. Her talk was very
helpful, instructive and interesting
as at. appreciativeaudiencecan testi
fy. Collection Spee.'h by little
Frances E. Custard, singing by choir
1 Report of Convent ioti m Resolution
llcnedii-tion by Rev Keller.
Resolutions— We, tho women of
the W. C. T. IT.ofl T . 0112 Sullivan County, '
in imnuul Convention, assembled, i
relying on our Heavenly Father lor |
guidance in our future work, ami
thanking liiin for help in the past.
Resolved—That we review thel
work of the pa-it year with thankful. I
ness for what has heen accomplished
I and feel encouraged to work with 1
| renewed zeal in the future.
Resolved—That this Convention,
through its members do all we poss : -
i l>ly can to prevent the Heed Sin >ot
; in the I'. S. Senate.
R( solved—That thin Conve ntion
is in accord with the laws requiring
Science Temperance Instruction in
our public schools and that we do all
in our power to see that the law is
enforced. . Z - a '
Resolved—-That this (» c - o |
goon record as opposed to tin —-——■
of the Anti.Contem Law.
Resolved—That we tender OIK
thanks to the L. T. Legion of Lop*/.
for tiieir presence and kindly assijf.
ance in making the Convcnti®*"; -a'
success. wi
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Resolved —That we express j ur
appreciation of the people of U\if.y x ,
for their hospitality in en Tt*i' .-ig
this Convention in such a satisfactory
manner.
Resolved —That we are thankful to
Mrs. Norrish f'tr her very efficient
helps. Also to the trustees for the
use of their church, and to ill who in
any way have contributed to tlie
success of this Convention.
Resolved—That we thank the
Press of the ('ounty for the gratuitous
printing of notices and reports sent
them during the year.
Committee, Mrs. S. ('. Snyder,
Anna F. Nye an 1 Harriet L. Rardoe.
Delia (i. Pit ming,
Rec. Sec'r.v.
John Mietlicll. president of the
I'nhed Mine Workers of America,
is sti lengthening (lie union in prep
aration for trouble. The trouble i •
expected to enter the anthracite
region next spring when the miners
shall demand an eight-hour day,
which the operators declare they
will not grant, in anticipation of
a strike the operators are 'storing
coal. Thus it is apparent that a
long and bitter struggle *\ ill be
precipitated with the general pub
lic as the victims, who will be
ground beneath the upper and neth
er millstones. How this conllct
can be avoided is not percept ible to
the public, at present. Everything
points to the greatest anil longest
striki in the record of the anthra
cite region. The operators assert
that if they concede the miner's
demand for an eight hour day it
will mean an addition of between
§5,000.000 and $(>,000,000 a year
to the wages of the mine workers.
The companies would have to pay
this, but only as the disbursing
agents of the consumers of coal,
livery dollar of the amount would
have to come out of the pockets of
the users of anthracite, for the coal
! companies would clap on an addi
tional fifty cents per ton to reim
burse themselves for the extra out
lay. And the public would behelp
j less.
j The lilmira Star says that reliable
information from Morris Run states
the company and the men at that
place have adjusted their differences
and reached an understanding by
which the company is to pay the
union scale of wages and the mines
i open for work two days a week at
fir.-t and the time increased as the
' orders for coal are received. It is
understood the company has an order
on hand for 100 cars of coal, to till at
! '
. once
The year's crop of grain raised on
tb"State Reformatory farm, at 1 lunt
ingden, has just been threshed, and
consists of 5:i2 bushels of wheat, ">22
I of oats and ~2 bushels of rye.
The corn crop is still to be gathered.
. The New Far Journal, of Hunting
. don, calls this a model farm, and rec.
ommends that its management
should be imitated by all farmers.
i
The current number of Success
says that the amount now spent for
education in the Unit'd States is
about two hundred million dollars a
yeai. From present indications the
annual appropriation for the navy
alone will soon very largely exceed
this sum, with prospects of indefi
nite expansion. Until recently the
combined military and naval expont-e
of the country were than one
fourth of those of education. We
are, therefore, progressing four times
as fast in the arts of war as in those
of peace.
The latest type of battleship will
i'ost eight million dollars to build, as
much as the entire appropriation for
the army and navy during the eight
years of Washington's presidency,
ince which time the military and
taval expenses have increased fif
teen times as fast as the population
ind when this ship is finished it will
he merely an experiment!
England has had the largest ex
perience in naval construction, and
has recently declared a great number
>f her warships to be useless. Eight
million dollars is more than three
times the cost of all the buildings
md equipments of Tufts College,
Boston University, Williams ii.nd
Amherst Colleges. The yearly
maintenance, operation, interest on
investment, deterioration, and gun
practice of this battleship will ex
ceed one and one-half million dollars
—a sum sufficient to pay every liv
ing and educational expense of three
thousand young men and women in
nir best colleges, or to meet the
school expenses of fifty thousand
•hildren. It costs more for the mere
material to tire one shot from Sandv
llook than it did to educate Daniel
Webster. A day's gun practice of a
single ship, firing at imaginary eni
uiies, costs more than it did to edu
cate Emerson, Lowell, {Longfellow
ind Phillips in Harvard College.
Anv increase in appropriations and
javal activity immediately produce*
.omsp'm'lintf increase in ictivity
>y the other great naval powers ol
lie world, and tlii*, in turn, excite?
is to further expenditure, so none
jains anything in relative strength,
rhe taxpayers of the different naval
powers of the world are kept in a
state of continual excitement and
ear by the activity of the others,
•acli believing there is some inten
ion to secure some unfair advantage
\nd claiming that no other reason
•an be offered in explanation of this
'xtraordinary and unprecedented
growth. There have been necessary
ind honorable wars, and the future
may have others in store. There
ire nobler sentiments than those o'
peace—duty, pat.iotism, justice and
honor—but above thcni all we may
write love toman. To deny one
penny of necessary appropriation or
to cease one moment's needed activ
ity in any genuinely patriotic cause
is >o wholly un-American that we
need not refer to it. Hut it is far
better to direct our labors toward
th<' things that will build up rather
than toward those that tend to pull
us down. It is far nobler and more
in accordance with the spirit of
American development and prog
ress to direct our energies into chan
nels through which we may uplift
our entire country and aid the whole
world.
The Milheim Journal, of Center
county, doesn't think much of the
Fish Wardens. It says: "We be
lieve in the State Constabulary, and
we think the members of that force
can earn their wages, but the Fish
Constables or Wardens as now con
stituted are out of place, and should
be discharged to the last man. The
State streams are so polluted that a
tisli has to crawl out on the bank to
breathe, and have grown so scarce
that a weak warden with one hand
could carry all they contain. The
tish laws read as if they were written
the last night of the session and were
passed while the members were
asleep."
Mrs. Uva Y. Cray, widow of tin
late Kev. Hdward Jaines(iray, 1). 1).,
died suddenly at her home in
William-port Thursday afternoon at
about four o'clock. During the:> 1
years of Dr. Cray's presidency ot
Dickinson Seminary, Mrs. (iray vva?
hi- co-laborer in every field. The
funeral took place Saturday after
noon.
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Death of Ellis Star.
| The residents of Hiilsgrove and
| vicinity laid aside their occupations
on Thursday last and gathered at
the Union church to pay their re
spects to the memory of William
Ellis Starr who passed to the
(ireat Beyond on Tuesday after an
illness of eight years.
Mr. Starr was horn in Muncy
township, and was the sou of An
thony and Hannah Starr. He re
ceived his educational training in
the common schools of his native
place. Early in life he learned the
millers trade, and, in 1875 leased
the Lewis mills on the Loyalsock
where by honest dealing and strict
attention to business he built up
an extensive trade.
He married Maria J. Green,
daughter of the late Wheeler Green,
to this union were born six chil
dren, Wheeler, Florence and An
thony, deceased; Harriet, Clyde
and John Sidney all of whom re
mained at home and assisted in
caring for their invalid father.
Politically he was a Republican
and held the ollice of school direct
or for fifteen years. Religiously
he was a member of the Methodist
church.
His long period of illness was
marked by a cheerfulness that was
characteristic of his whole life.
The obsequies were conducted by
by Rev. R. E. Huntley of Forks
ville; a touching feature of which
was the scattering of floral tributes
upon the casket as it was being
lowered into the grave, by little
Marion and Mildred Williams,
children who had been the sun
shine of his life in his illness.
Mr. Starr is survived by his wife,
one daughter and three sons; three
brothers, John and Thomas of
Lairdsville, and Charles of Jones
town: two sisters, Mrs, f '< wrge
Willits. and Mrs. Emma Rwnyon
of Lairdsville.
The Eagles Mere schools opened
on Monday*with E.G. Salisbury of
Shunk, and Miss Ada Chase of Ea
gles Mere, as teachers.
The Hughesville Independent
says: Preparations for the * are
| progressing satisfactorily a.id i>y the
time the time the fifth arrives every
thing will lie found in readiness.
The number of exhibits of li ve stock
and in the Agricultural, mechanical
and industrial lines, and the number
of entries for the three days' racing
will no doubt be larger and of a more
interesting and varied character than
ever before. Members of the Farm
ers club are working tirelessly in the
interests of the fair, and seem about
to realize tlie greatest measure of
success.
Sarah J. the eldest child of Mr.
and Mrs. F. It. Keeler died at the
home of her parents near Xordmont,
on Sept. 112», l!)o.j. The diseased was
1 I years and days old, and was a
child of much promise. Cause of
death, consumption from which she
had suffered for over a year.
Funeral services were conducted by
Rev. Thus. F. Hippie at Xordmont
M. E. church. Interment in Cherry
Grove eeiuotery.
A new law in Pennsylvania pro
vides that when any needy person
is bitten bya rabbld dog and is threat
ened with hydrophobia he or she
must receive prompt medical atten
tion at tbe cost of the poor district,
even if such treatment requires what
is known as the Pasteur method.
It is a good law.
Lots have been purchased and a
| do.-'.en new cottages are to be erected
at Eagle* Mere Pi" k before (he open
! ing of next season. The reti; on for
jbuild ; ng them is that the present
• i (<>tt i , i available for that purpose
are a'i rented Tor next sir-on, the
system cottagus having their
pleasant homes and dining at the
" Forest li>*i being exceedingly popu
< lar. The new buddings will be
handsome ones, modern in every ap
| pointment.