VOL. X. NO 31. \ \ I This Is the Place ( C io Buy Your jewelry \ r v Nothing in TIAVII to Compare Willi S j ( the Quality that We are (living- J ! / Yon for the Low Price Asked. J) j ( () |; ji ( V ;i!> i II) • cl<' r l!ll* prices MV-keS a force thai S tPr- sisi IH". dra-.vs mio our si ore Ihe best patronage r (' '"j thi- ,s-\ti<=!!. M:iuv \ears here i » business, always ) "Swi'it a in!! line «»i uoo.«s abov ■ suspicion, chosen C ( with a care ami }«u!-n; nt v- nm n>urate wilh its , V and adaptability to mine taste, makes \ ( our store a s:ne place to mvv sf. C / Kep sir work -lone on short notice and iuiaran-r \ teed, by skilled workmen. Your orders appreciated. X ( -> RETTENBURY, ) <'■. DUSHORK, I'A. The Jeweler. *> COLE .Svv—/ HARDWARE."? No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL Oli WOO D HE A T ONE OF WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS. House Furnishing Goods, Tools of Every Description, Guns and Ammunition. Bargains that brin G{ the buver back. O 1 Come and test the truth of our talk. X lot ofsscond hand stoves and ranges for sale cheap. We can sell you in stoves anything from a. tine Jewel Ease Burner to a low priced but satisfactory cook stove. Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Healing and General Repairing. Roofing and Spouting. S> j C^olc^iJysfiore^lPa. The Shopbell Dry Good Co., 313 Pine Street, WILLIAMSPORT, PA. Some Stylish Dress Fabrics. Come in a"d i! e ,y ". Thev were boug' 1 'or 5 011. i Whatever \our dress :. i> c.s il < ul: ; bmobe yo <an tr di hr • r.iiOAi" i.OTIIS wool, iiArisTi-: \v,. slum ill.till dip new shinies Meets lillilie r,,|uire,.u-i,iH i'.h Inane or HK.MUKrTA "'"V- vV " i: ,1: or ! t'Vfini g rtiinii s. I Silk tin'slieil vnol I i<'ll iri til in :n I Ihe j <et ' 1M Al,e |; K 111I 1 1 '. p>l iilhT s ll :i. 11" -. A I'.ivori c (Joloreii wool material, vet il - 111 ; A Y ->L T III X <iS expensive. We have just opi-neil n new hit of grov -II.K AN I > WltilL, elM.l'K nniM-rittls lor emits. Suits whieli ivc think |>■ rl% shinier. l.ir the sueet. or I iire the hest in the cilv. shinies t >r .lie house ilr'-sses. BLACK GOODS A ; i abun anc (112 lui sal Tics in the nevv st weaves. STYLISH WINTER GARMENTS FOR WOMEN. There's hardlv a day goes by bit what we ci a sli vv v ii something itw 11 diecotk nion,. I.AIMKseoATs i \n,i»i;!:i>si !Ts solne nl lle- lln.«t sl\ii>h chilli Cir.l ol In 11 i-i-n v il icty nl' iHlext ftyh'S. In.nlr Ihe .en .on Ii ii\v j a-i hecii ivi vli •< i. u | »»I lit m- - I |iopu ,nr ni.it el i«i K WAI.KINU SK 11( Is ell!I,I>I»KN"S .IacKITS We Inlve I lie best Skirl • i|i|e yoi| liml In e.loiee uml line* 111 i \ I line Utivwlie**' |Mi|il|lnr I'thii -, Mill iiceh* Irii..!., t.ri-le n \ ir,.iiis -yl \ .111'\ Mil l uiixlerntely ,iri, . n-->utliie: ! In ein. .-e IV■ tin. Subscribe for the News Item JzA LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1905. I THE CHANGE [ ConducJcJ by i I J. W. DAttRGW. Chatham, N. Y.. II l*rcsa Comn>ondetit AV w 1 ~ork i-,Uitc i Gran'je A TIMELY TOPIC. | } ELATION Or FOURTH DEGREE MEM BERS TO NATIONAL GRANGE. ' 'i'liey Should Attend its Meetinn* j When and Sulimil Kfn oiutimiN or V(<*ni»riulN to the Xn tionul <>raiiKe i iir t onniderution. Tlio impression is erroneous iLint the i national grange is not in direct and ; even intimate connection with tlie ! | lotirtli degree members of the Order, j Kays the national grange lecturer, j All sessions of the national grange, ex- j cept when higher degrees are being j conferred, are held in the fourth de- j gree, and sueh members are us wet- I come as those entitled to the voting j privileges. Under the constitution of ! the Order tin- voting privileges are re- j strictcd to the masters and their wives j or husbands of state granges, so as to I give the states most distant from the ! place of meeting an equal voice in its j deliberations as those near by. Were 1 it not for this provision, the members j attending from even a small . state ! where the national grange assembled ! might direct the affairs of the organi- i ::;itiou in which the members in all the I states are interested. The relations of fourth degree mem- j bers to the uatiomil grange should be | such as to cause them to take an active interest in suggesting matters for con sideration. such matters being trans mitted through their voting represeuta tives. These may be submitted in the form of petitions, resolutions or me morials and when introduced will be referred to tin* appropriate committees. t he great strength and influence of the national grange over tlie strength and inllucuce of other agricultural organi zations claiming to be national in char acter lie in the vast constituency which it represents through actual membership. The national grange is the representative of that constitu ency. but not the constituency itself. It is therefore of the greatest im portance that the wishes of that con stituency lie made known to the rep resentative body, and instead of a feel ing of intrusion in making those wishes known there should be a feeling of neglect of duty in not making them known They should also feel a sense of duty in at tending the sessions of the na tional grange when held within a rea sonable distance. It is a familiar say ing thai members of any organization will go no further in its work than the officers lead, but it may be said that the enthusiasm of members lias much to do with the zeal and activity of offi cers. The attendance of a large num ber of enthusiastic members from any state constitutes a great incentive to the representatives of that state, as well as to the national grange itself, for active interest and zeal in the en actment of laws and establishment of policies governing the organization. The active interest of the people in promoting any movement is essential to the activity of those in charge of the I ; movement. GRANGE AND SCHOOL. A I'ruffraniiiip From a >1 ichfjritii (iranKe. In the sirictly rural districts the | grange may and should have a general ! oversight of tlie schools. Each subor | dinate grange should appoint members i to visit the nearby schools and report ' on their condition to the grange, with i such suggestions as they may see tit to ! make. Thus the grange and the school , will be kept in touch with each other. ! Occasionally it is a g >od plan to ar -1 range* a special school and grange pro gramme. In which the teacher and pu pils should have a part. A suggestive ; program me given below is taken from I the Michigan lecturer's bulletin: ! XPrriAl. GRANGE AND SCHOOL I ROGRAMMK. Music, "Amiilea." Uii.i call; r> -p'uise t<y quotations from ! favorite authors ! Report of committee on visitation of I schools. 1 l';tper. "School jiti • t 11 epic Heading For i Children." I Topic. "Is i Poor District School the J Outcome ol le" I't at School System j ior Imtilf'i"ii • oti ll Part of the Pn- | I trons?" I Question: "What Is the Cost Per Pupil j J for One Your'* Schooling In the Rural . Schools of Yoi r Township? in Kuch | I I'tstriet"' (To he am vorod hy the lee- , turer.) General discussion. School sunn- and recitations Inter- \ | sjiersed. Urauifcm Appointed. M. V. ltrowii. secretary of West Vir ginia state giaiiKc. bus been reappoint ed member of the state board of agri culture by Governor Dawson, also Brothers Humphrey. Mcculloch ami Kluu. tine t.runice. M\ I ntra. Jttckson grange of Illinois lias held si\ Mictt'ssfnl fairs in its history, the lit<■ t having Just closed In September Thin was one of the best. The grange Issued u seventy-two page premium lint. 1.111 Ii ci- U'lil'in-, ii ] > 11) >i I in tin? [iillilie M'lnitil :■ t I llltflu'SVilH', \V:|S iicni'ly killi'il while :it pliiy vviih several liny e<iin|mnii»iiH, snys tlm 1 li(le|i( ii(l( ut. lii- injuries were , such flint it wiis necessary l<> reimive lIi III lo t lie WiHiiilllspiM't ll«is|>it;i . lull on iieeiuint • I' I li«- laet that lie eiiithl nut liave lii-(nireiitx with nim | ili the time, lie \\tiulii nut lie euii-l ; lenl'-ii until lie wii- t men Inune. Willi twii I.l' three other l>oy>,i j ymjnjT Itol'liins w■:i s at play in tlie j ; Vleinitv "I the -rlluni h"it|s«'. Sill I- j j ill-lily there iieclin <1 a 1111 \ 111», nil"! I ! I.ntiier was tlirnwn In the ynmiiti. ! while two nl tile hoys staitcl 111 j j'linp on his limly. Sevei ; al times lie pleadeil with the Imys »u 1 lei hill) lip. lint they tnnk lin nntiee j <»t" hi* appeal ami continued tn jump , on him. Ilf is helieved to he out of danger I now. The I'. A- it. hit-i followed the i'enn-ylvania in the free I .>ass hii-iness. which polilieatis had j ill ale a nni-ance inlolerahlu to the • rail reads. It instated that in some j ; iiislanees politicians made ii practice | ! ol' loaning indiscriminately tin it ! annual passes ci.niitlent that if they I lost them heinj; taken up they could exert enough of a pull In ! ayain recover them. A nolahle in stance occured in a suhorh of I'iiila delphia, where a man who had been favored with a pass loaned it to a man, who loaned it tn some one else, who in turn loaned it tn another par ty and so on, so that when the origi nal owner wanted tn use it, he was compelled to start in and systemati cally trace it, discovering tin* last man to borrow it had not yet returned. Naturally this state of all'airs eyuld not he tolerated, and it is a Wonder that the practice lasted as Ions? as it did. John Burns, of l.arksville, I.u- j /.erne county was badly squeezed i and scratched by a I a rye bear, while j hunting in Sullivan County, last Monday afternion. Had it not been j fir the bravery of his companions, I John Foyarty, Thomas l.oftus, !*«»- ( ter lilaine and Henry llelder, wlm emptied ten loads of bird shot in the body of the bear, he would have been I killed. The live men were through i tin- woods, when lite bear rushed | upon them and seized Burns, roliint; over and over wilh him while hi-j fellow hunters jiimped about, tiring | into the animal liuht and left when 1 they had a chance In place the inuz • zle of their jfuns against its body so i as not to injure Burns. Ihe beast weighed ITS pounds. | Burns' heavy hunting i-lotbes saved i him from fatal injuries.—K.\chanye. I The new landlord and t> na d law tti' i a number of its provisions are of j interest both to property owners ami ti null's. I-'or example, a i (instable I serving a writ of pnsessio i, eithei j for non-payment of rent nr forcibh j letenlion of properly afti r Hie ex-! piralion of lei.-e, is now p' rmiiied ; to break a door to jfain entrance | \nother provision makes i: lawfu' j for the constable to post 'be notice j '•in some conspicuous phio•" in tin ; event that lie cannot gain entrain*' to serve it personally. Tnisbiil wa-1 approved by the yovei nor mi April j lath of this year. Bev. Wiinier Cott'uian lite failhful I minister of the 1 >elaware Water t >ap I Methodist church, a week atfo lust j • Sunday ninrninfj preached a sernioii j to one pi r.son, the sexton. The! j downpour of rain kept every one ; j else al home. The clertry man said: "We are here to worship almighty (iod and should not (hsi-t becau-e | j others are absent. Our worship is a j debt we owe to < Jnd an I necessary ; I toourown spiritual Helf. lt>stwspok< ' ito single hearers. Xicndetntis and I the woman at the well of Samaria. I I'aiil and .lohn wrote epistles to in dividuals, which arc p- served with tlie jyospics ami the other epi-tles. The minister and the >e\t"ii -ani: tin hymns chosen, rccit* il the creed, bowed in pray rand i- nl the script ure lesson. The disc ' rse was on the unity of tic church When the 1111 llibefs nf lII* the storm t n'\ pi>.ini-(*i to attend i in future on lainy day .. . j The foiu 1 yreat rea.- "is which Mr. ; Waiutin i!o t n on-d, w hen postmas ter yenentl, will prevent the estab lishment i-f a p..reels post. Those ,j reasons are the American Kxpress , J Company, th" A I me Kx press Cini ; pany, the Weils-Farm• Kxpress Cmii | pany and i lie I'niled Mxpress i'.uii j pany. in Switzerland a man on n j tour may mail his vaii-e lo his next ! bote-, 112" (ieriiiiiiya traveler may leave his s el linen to In- w a-led j oid tn tiiiiiiM him by mail (). I>. i Krom some countries of Kurope par i eels can be ni'iih'd In Ihiseooutry j but they must be delivered by ar | ran .'ciiienl with one of the "four reasuns." We can mail a laru'e par cel from ('onstantinoph* In I'hicijfo, | not from New York to (Jhicajjo. Howard (.fray, who died at the | Willianisport iiospital on Saturday j last of tuberculosis, was the Gray I who some time affo was wanted by Ibe federal authorities on I lie charge of beinj; an accomplice tn a cotmlcr- I ft'iliny; scheme ill Albany Inwn-hip, j Bradford cminty, but was aeijnitted lat tint trial at Scran ton. A brother- I in-law of tiray, l)avid-nu was con j victed of beinjf yuiliv of making eouiitcrfeit money and was sent to the penitentiary. Gray had been ill fur a year or nmre lie was arrested several years ayo in connection with the robbery of the postotlice at I'iclure Bocks and served time for it- President Judye 11. M. Kdwards, of Lackawanna county recently sen teuccd two members of the Carbon dale Matla to loii« terms in the peni tentiary for terrorizing and black" mailing residents of the Italian colo ny in Carbondale. A few days ayo thejudge received a "Black Hand" letter threatening his life. It was written in Italian and had the usual I black hand and skull and cross bones I embellishments. The judge has j placed the matter in the hands of the ! county detective. On ! the detective the wnrding'nf the let- I ter has imt been made public. Tin' tri.lley project is being pushed I along at a lively rate, and if 111.• I eapiiidists who have the matter in I 1 I hand continue at the pace they are I now traveling workmen will soon be I busy making the roadbed and laying ! the tracks. Bast week Ihecciupauy'.- j engineering corps was in town, liav ] iug completed the survey between ' Munc.v and this place, and on Mon | day night of this week the borough j ' council of Muncy passed a hill on two i readings giving the company per ! uiission to lay its tracks The onli- j uai.ee will have t'» be passed a third ' i time and properlv signed by the] j tiorougll otlieiais before il becomes a 1 law. j . | 'I here \vas considerable discussion ! as to which style of rail should be ; a~i d on the line. While t,e cim-; ! pany Wauled a raii, snn.e nl the | cntillcillilen presl'iilcd argene'ids fa | voting a flat rail. Tne ••T" s.-ems to be in general use tiirotigliout the i •onntry nisi nets, and 'after consider- i ! ilile debate tlie bill passed tifst and .second readings, p< rmitting the use j •if the ' T" rail. According to the Muncy ordinance j which is similar to the one in force jat Bl(.oni»buig, the company must negiu work within one year from tin j Ii 11 a I passage of the bill, and com | plete the line within two years. At the next meeting of the local I council a sic ilar ordinance w ill tie I presented 112( action. independent. < hving to®TOe road giving way, a team of horses together wilh a load of lumber and their driver were all precipitated down a steep embank i mi nt at I'iclure Bocks on Thursday. The harness being caught in a tree j one of the horses was suspended in . Ilii- air, nearly ten fe, t from the ground: but the otlcranimal era-bed through the undergrowth beneath. I lie tre« d animal wa- gniten down wall) lunch 111 itt •' 111! Both well' badly injured. At the lime of the fall, William . Niiun, jumped aiitl is-caped injury. The r<iad was a newly made one . fir which rea-on it gave away under 1 the heavy load. I 7SO PER YiAP DERMICS. Mrs. I\it on w;is nt Will: •. ii.~r.ort SniiirdiN v;—ii inher '• u - \\! ( <> is in Hit* Hospital receiving tn-.ir. 1 iiient for injuries receive I four \vi (■• s . 1 ago in the mini's. Mrs. s. ! rimioip • MM I ■ -ick j l i-t hut is iniproving. Mrs. S. A. DiclT. u .ich of Mildred | is on the sick list. Daniel Selio.mover 'a.is* visiting I his tlmmhter Airs \\ ISne.vii -it j Wilkf s Inrn- hist w-. 5:. Patrick I iri-cnll of -:■( ■■ u- Hill had | i imrro v i scape Siiniiiry morning going to work at Murray town, ft J hits been the custom of the men who went to work with horses to run races to see w ho Sins i!ie best horse mid us two of them were trying the speed of their horses he WHS knock ed down mid Ihe buggy passed over him. Ile received two deep trashes in his head and a hrui-'-d siiomdei'. Men should hen little more circful about racing on the public thorough fare as then* are often chi'dicu on the ro-id. Mi-s Janett Watson of Ser.ititon, is vi»itlng her pan-uN at Mildred. We are wi l!sii<_f to write tin the actions of any officers who fails to do their duty hut we nin-t have the truth. We will wait sold se if l!;.- school directors have anything to •sty about the Jiitiitoi"-lii|>. (Juitea nutuher from here iitlei !- ed court this week. Are there any fish or pitue war dens at this place. According to the law the hunting season lIHS clos ed, i|iit it seems to have ju.-t opened around here, as the shooting on the „ Sabbath reminds one of the Kussian Japanese war. There will lie a dance in the A', of I•. Hall on January !. Tile Ladies' Aid Society of the L'reshyterian church will hoi I a fair in the K. of L H ill on Monday evening December IS. Come ;,il and help along a good cause. ( harics J. Kingsland, a iv > - |;ng musician, na> arranged in tie J. tier son Market court at New York ('it*', Saturday on a charge of having ah ducled from her home, (h'tievieve llortoii. the Kiyear old daugliler of the postmasler nt Sugar Ifuii. J'H. K ingslaiid was 11 e;.I in >».d!i:i hail, which he was unahle to f'un.ish, for llp|ieal'anee he fore the gran i Again insisting on the enforce | ment of va'ciuntion l:i>.\-. Dr. i Sati.uel <Dixon, State ('ommi.-.-.ion er, said m tlav: j "While the I' uited States tiovern | ment licenses and hold - until -npt t - j vision the vaccine farms cf the I country in order that our people may I have vaccine virus produced in ti e ! mire-i -h.ti fiii pn>t( . tiou again-t Ihe ilf'st teri'ilt|e and lo.tthesorne di-1 a-I' known toman, ai:d wliile the I'rus-i in l'!mpi'*e hy compulsory v;:c -! einal ion has practically < \ terminated ! smallpox, Ihe great .'Mate ''l I "*« ■ 1111 - ,sy|vania basil pi tcleo largely on the | intelligence o' lier people to guard | against tin- ili-ea-e by voluntary j vaccination. " I'o the credit of our citizens this j precaution has been widely taken, hilt Ihe 17,11(10 recorded cases of smallpox that haveoccured in Penn sylvania during the last few vents, | and which have given this State a iilnek mark among her sister f'oni j nionwe til lis, show the need of en forceing Ihe laws that have been j passed by our Legislatures for the | purpose of getting our people vacci ;nated. While thousnnds of school child ren throughout the State are being vaccinated with the consent of their 'parents, who desire to protect their little ones against the ravages of -mallpox. I am ashamed to -ay that certain men are going about the Slate, -eekiitg for self advertiscmcnf : to incite the igeorant a.i.-.inst vacci na'ionaudto inlluctice our school teachers to become law breakers." I >r. I ii\ori knows IV. m his iv pel ie'icc in lighting smallpox when it breaks out at intervals I.ere and there through the State that vac, inatioii is wise and essential; that It accomplishes what llle hig't est medical authorities of the world claim I'>r it.
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