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.
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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
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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.