Republican News Item. VOL. X. NO. 24. (To Buy Your Jewelry s C Nothing in Town to Compare With \ the Quality that We are Giving J ) You for the Low Price Asked. N C Quality and moderate prices makes a force that \ draws into our store ; the best patronage r I of this section. Many years here in business, always J wilh a full line of above suspicion ; chosen C r with a care and judgment commensurate with its . \ desirability and adaptability to refine taste, makes 1 / our store a saie place to invest. C r Repair work done on short notice and guaran-Q S. teed, by skilled workmen. Your orders appreciated. c > RETTENBURY, > < DUSHORE, pa. The Jeweler. $ HARDWAR| No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL OE WOO D HE A T ONE OF 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 Genera! Repairing. Roofing and Spouting. JS Jmu el us fs ore, Pa. The Shopbell Dry Good Co., 313 Pine Street, WILLIAMSPORT, PA. In (be Aids!' of Aatum lyisiness Stylish Autumn Garments for Women Ready to-wear Suits. Skirts, Co:its in the very newest styles —Our stock is more extensive than ever; we are now showing a s'ock of garments that represents the very latest ideas of the best makes. .* . , 0 ... White Goods for Waists. New Plaid Silks. ... , . • . The sale of White Ootton Waistings \\ e want yon to see these new 1 lanl Silks we liava. There is a large range of" has been so satisfactory that we have Scotch effects that arc in demand lor y inoreßße d the assortment. There Waists, excellent assortment, at isc., other pualities up to are «inite a variety of new designs in White Mercerized Waistings. BROADCLOTH One of the leading plain fabrics for fall and winter. It's the fashion lor street and home ciistnmes. "children*" Coats. Misses' Suits. We show all the new shades an 1 IdacU. 4 BLANKETS AND COMFORTS We buy and sell only the best makes. Bed Comforts, WOOL I'. LAN KI "IS. , • . In a great variety ol floral eflect pat. CO| IV) N HLANKKIS. terns, either light or dark colorings- CIU B BbA N K !•. IS. They are tilled with pure white cotton. w nil' k blAxKb i s, Eiderdown Comforts < 01.01 M.D BLANK K. IN. When you are looking for Ki<lerdown C KEY BLANKETS. Comlorts don't forget to sec the'nic- SCARLET BLANKbTS. sateen covered ones we are selling at U«)Bb I',LA X K KTS. V( ' rv reawMal,|t ' l ,ricos " Subscribe for the News Item LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY' PA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1905. HON. J. LEE PLUMMER A POPULAR CANDIDATE 1 1 Interesting Career of the Republican Nominee For State Treasurer, Who Will Be Elected By 1 An Overwhelming Majority. j . Y,EE ,* Republican Nominee for State Treasurer. From reports received from every county in the state. Colonel Wesley R. Andrews, chairman of the Republi can state committee, confidently pre dicts the election of J. Lee Piummer, Republican nominee for state treas urer. by over 100,000 majority, and he Bays he would not he surprised to see the figures reach nearer 200,000. Mr. Piummer has made a splendid candidate, and it is predicted by many that he will lead his ticket when the returns shall be finally computed. Plummer's Interesting Career. Mr. Piummer was born at Upper Tyrone Forge, Snyder township, Blair county. Pennsylvania, September 20, 1859. His grandfather and father were forgemen and worked in the forge at that place. His father, James S. Piummer, was U member of the Tyrone Artillery Company of the state militia, and at the fall encampment, j held at HoHidaysburg, in September, 1858, had the major portion of both hands blown off by the premature dis charge of his cannon. A lew years later he was appointed postmaster of Tyrone, and moved there with his family. Lee attended the public school and assisted in the sup port of the family by selling news papers morning and evening, and there are some men ahd women liv ing in Tyrone—not so oid, either— who remember very distinctly a bright-eyed urchin whom they were in the habit of addressing as "Lee," and who often persuaded them to buy j a 1.: jining newspaper in spite of them | selves. That was the modest begin | ning of his efforts after independence. His former patrons have always re- I maincd his friends. Graduating from j tiie Tyrone public schools at the age of 17, in the Centennial year, young | Piummer secured a clerkship at the j Tyrone scales of the Pennsylvania I Railroad company, and later was transferred to the transportation de partment and made passenger brake man on the Tyrone division. 111 ISBI he removed with his parents | to HoHidaysburg, the county seat ot" i Blair county, and of that town he has 1 ever since been a resident. 1 Young Piummer began to take an active interest in politics while yet a mere boy. He is a Republican, both by inheritance and conviction, and his intense interest attracted the atten tion of the party workers, with whom | he was glad to associate from early ■ } iuth, and he was actually elected to | membership on the county committee before he attained his majority. Work As a County Chairman. He was secretary and chairman a number of times. He was county chair man in ISS7, when an onslaught was made on Captain William B. Hart, Re publican candidate for state treasurer. At that time the Republican majority in Blair county was not large, the county as often being carried by the Democrats as by the Republicans, and many persons feared the county wouli cast ft majority against Captain Hart As a matter of fact, he had a majority of over 1300. This brilliant campaign made Mr. Piummer county chairman in 1888, and that year the county gave Benjamin Harrison, for president, a majority of over 2300, the largest ever given any candidate up to that time. In ISB9 the Republicans of Blair county were looking for a good man to fill the office of register and re corder. They nominated Mr. Piummer, and the people endorsed the nomina tion by electing him anil re-electing ; him three years later. He instituted many radical reforms in the office, per -1 forming its duties in the same ener- I getic and original fashion that had marked his previous life. While serv- I ing the people as register and recorder i he utilized his spare'time in the study j of the law. so that a few months after his retirement from office he was ad mitted tn the bar, of which he is now i an honored and useful member. Clear-Headed Legislator. In 1002 Mr. Piummer was chosen as ' one of the representatives from Blair | county in the legislature, being re elected in 19H4. At the opening of the session of 1903 he was appointed chairman of the elections committee i of the house, and was a member of ■ several other important committees. He displayed qualities which com | mended him to the attention of the leaders of the party and naturally marked him for higher honors. He was prompt in his discharge of all his leg islative duties. He was a total ab -1 stainer from intoxicants and always had a clear head. It was not surprising, therefore, to his friends to learn that he had been appointed chairman of the committee 011 appropriations for the session of ] 905. The work of the committee, un der his direction from start to finish, is the li"st possible testimony to his sincere purpose to serve the people of the state and bring about the best possible results for suffering human ity. as well as the public at large. More than 500 Hills were passed upon by the appropriations committee of the house, upon a large majority of which hearings were granted by the commit tee, at all of which the chairman pre sided. These hearings were free to the public, and all applicants were given courteous treatment. The appropriations were made after wards upon merit. For one thing, the Continue I to page Two. Milton Taylor Falls from Tree. Milton Taylor, of Mt:ncy Valley narrowly escaped serio.js injury la.st week while picking; apples at his home. He fell a distance of 20 or 2"> feet, and while he was pretty badly ' done mt, it is little short of a miracle j that he did not have a number of bones broken. Mr. Taylor had a fairly good apple crop at his place, and be was in the act of picking them wuen the accident betell him. He used a ladder where it was possible, but on one except ional tall tree it was necessary to climb higher up in order to get the fruit. He had climbed some distance, when lie stepped out onto a limb which appeared to be sound, but it was defective, and under Mr. Tav or's weight it gave way and hurled liim to the ground, about 20 or '2~> feet below. The unfortunate man fell heavily. He landed on bis right -ide, and was considerably dazed for the time be ing. While no bones were broken, his left wrist was badly sprained, his face cut and his right shoulder and and back badly bruised. The injury to his wrist will inconvenience him 112 r some time to come. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Dunham, who were, united in marriage on Oct. •'{, by the Rev. S. 15. Bidlack, have returned to Eagles Mere after a very pleasant wedding trip. They will reside at Eagles Mere. On Monday evening the Eagleite band serenaded them, and for a rousing welcome home this sere nade gets iirst prize. The serenading party made their presence known to the bride and groom by exploding a lot of dyna mite and discharging a number of shotguns and revolvers. A horse saw or two and t hen they did busi ness for a. time, and after Mr. and Mrs. Dunham made their appear ance the band played several very pretty selections. Notwithstanding the fact that anthracite operators decry the probability of a strike next April, when the pretent wage scale expires they are mining exceptionally large quantities of coal. It is proposed to make the remaining three months' production the greatest in history. The shipment of anthracite coal by all companies during the month of September was 5,082. tons as comppared with 3,!H>7,000 tons for the same period in 1904. For the year to date the shipments have been 43,1587,810 tons while in 11104 | they were 42,173,708 tons. There ! were a few days during last month | the mines were shut down. Besides ! the tour of President John Mitchell through the mining region also caused many mines to remain idle. With a report like that of ex ploding dynamite the huge drying cylinder of the Magee carpet mill at Bioomsburg exploded, blowing out the windows of the shipping floor and several on the floor above carrying away the windows and sash of .'SO or more windows, break ing a door, bending a counter shaft two and seven eighths inches in di ainter, but miraculously injuring no one. The water flooded the floor and for a time excitement reigned among the female employes. According to announccmanls made to the Binghamton Herald, a mill ionaire by the name of Cavanaugh resi ling at Easton, l\t., lias put up money for the road and work will be resumed at once on X. Y. Pa. A S. IW. Representatives of Allen, l)on ' noly A Co., have announced that all their machinery lying idle at Wya lusing is to be putin working order and that a large share of it is to be moved to other points along the line between L iwton, Dushore, Wyalu sing and Binghamton. 7SC PER YEAP EH-ISGROVE. Ward Brown and wife arc visiting i friends at Wyalusing. Mrs. John Speaker is visiting her old home in Columbia county. J. H. Hoffman who has been seriously ill is improving. George Redfort and wife of Gam hie township, Lycoming county, Sundayed with A. I). Bruin beck. Sam Darby is confined with a bad ly gashed hand which came in eon tact with a jam of hark knives. Bertie Ma pes of Lyman Run, Potter county is spending a few days in town, being the guest of Wallace Vroman's. Mrs. ,T. L. Christian of Lopez re turned toher home after a two weeks visit with her sister, Mrs. S. T. Ga lough at this place. Frank McCann and wife are visit ing his brother. William, who is seriously ill at his home in Bing hamton, X. Y. Jacob Case man, the new landlord is making extensive repairs on the Sadler House. John Scarback attended the Mas querade Ball at Eagles Mere last Saturday evening. Now they say that part of "their"' Battery was intoxicated, the reason they did not win, now isn't that the limit. Smother it, please. John Boy les has moved from Front St.to Rural Ave. Mr. Stackhouse of Muncy Valley was visiting his daughter, Mrs. Geo. Myers of this place last week. Sheriff Buck of La Porte was a business visitor in town last week. George Chapman and family ot Huntersville will move to this place soon. Fred ltinker,tran. u ted business at Estella Saturday, George Streehy, Canidate for Coilnty Treasurer was canvassing our town last week. After January 1, of next year ev ery birth and death in the si .!.> of Pennsylvania must be repor'"d to the officer in charge of the district wherein it occurs and certificates is sued by the authorities. The late assembly appropriated $20,000 for the establishment of a central bureau of vital statistics to be u -i r the under the supervision ot (lie state hoard of health and have charge of the state registrate of births and deaths. The state will be divided into registration districts, one for each city, borough and township. I'lus new department will relieve the assessors of a portion of work as heretofore they have attendee to the registring of births and deaths, re ceiving a fee of five cents for each one. A state registrar, a medical practioncr for at least ten years will be ai the head of the department and a local registrar will preside over each district. All deaths must be promptly reported to him and not one can be interred until a death certificate has been issued giving the name and occupation of deceased ) the cause of death, parents names and addresses, etc. Each birth must also be reported and a certificate is sued. in ease of plural hiiths a cer tificate must be issued for each child. The local registar provides all blanks and receives a fee of 25 cents for each birth and death recorded. The state registrar gets a salary of $">,000 per year with $4,000 for f»ur assistant clerks, |5,000 for incidental expen ses. Lawyer C. L. Munson, in court at Williamsport, recently created a de cided sensation in addressing the jury by charging J. 11. Birdsall, an officer of the {Fidelity and Casualty Co., of New York, with having made ; faces and grimaces for the purpose of influencing the jurym n. Mr. , Munson pointing his linger at Mr. Birdsall, declared: "Lycomingjuries are honest, and such an action is an 1 atrocious insult. That manner of conducting cases may do in New York city, but it is out of place here. At one time during (lie trial it was necessary for the court to reprove Birdsall for making audible com ments on the evidence while stand ! ing near the jury box.
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