Republican News Item. VOL. X. NO. 33. y \r-\/ V- —7 J <J This Is the Place C CTo Buy '/our jewelry s > ... . . r ) Nothing in I own to Compare With p [ the.* (Quality that We are Giving J ) Yon for tlie Low Trice Asked. \ C Qnalitv and moderate prices makes a force that \ iM'-si-st "oiv draws into our store the best { o| this section. Manv years here in business, always y S with a liiH line <>l lioods above suspicion; chosen ( 112 with a care and judymcnt comnv-nsurate with its . S desirability and adaptability to refine taste, makes 1 ( our store a sale place to invest. C ? Repair work done on short notice and guaran- 112 \ teed, by skilled workmen. Your orders appreciated. C > RETTENBURY, > <, nURIIORK, PA. The Jeweler. $ hardw j^^ No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL OB WOO D HEATERS; 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 ottr talk. A lot of second hand stoves and range? for 3ale cheap. We can soil you in stoves anything from a flne Jewel Base Burner to a low priced but satisfactory cook stove. Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and General Repairing. Roofing and Spouting. is? «s iti i i<3 foo' c* issfio re,)' ci. The Shopbell Dry Good Co., 313 Pine Street, WILLI AMS PORT, PA. Some Stylish Dress Fabrics. Come in and see t! err. Thev were bought for you. Whatever your dress tor ds thoughts m «\ be you can fird Ik re. liRDAIX'I.t >TIIS wool, I'.AIISPh Wc show in all tho new ninnies. Meets all the requirements loa home or . evening dres<ee. \Ve have both dark or evening slmd.s. Silk finished A'ool Henrietta in ael the |.;s<<r lil AL CItKPK popular shades. A luvorite colored wool material, yet in (i KA V Sl'lTl.vdS expensive. We have just opened a new lot I - i'iv SII.K ANI> \\ t >OL CKhl K materials lor Coats. Suits which we think I»irk shades lor the street, or light nr.'the best in the city. similes for die house dresses. BLACK GOODS An abundance of har dsome fabrics in the new st weaves. STYLISH WINTER GARMENTS FOR WOMEN, There's hardly a day goes by but what we cna show you something i ew n ihecioik ryom. I \HIKS Ct tATS r \ 11,( >ItKI) Sl' ITS Some nl the most slvlish cloth C'oi;t. •>I In a new variety of la lest styles, made the reason have jnsi l.een received. up of the must popular materia's. \V AI, K I Nll SKil' I S 1 111 I.UWKN'S .I A< K I'" rs We lone the best Skirl value you liiid In plnin e.doive and fancy inived lua anv.vliese |hi>' fabric-, Weil made icriulfi, made in various stylss. \ huge and moderately priced. as-oitmenl to choose from. Subscribe for the News Item I LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER2I, 1905. What Heclproeity Willi Cnba Ilaa t out Ini'le Kaai. The plain facts are that when we ! ft-erc selling Cuba twenty-live millions a year (In 190:'j anil buying from her thirty-four millions a year we {Kissed | the reciprocity treaty on the promise that it would give lis a morn fawrable ; exchange of trade with that island. But last year we sold to Cuba thirty-eight millions, of which two millions were | foreign products, and we bought from I Cuba eighty-six millions. To sell elev- ; en millions more >f our domestic prod ucts we bought ii iy-i\vo millions more . of hers. In I!H)'_' tin' trade balance ] against us was nine millions, in KIOS, j counting in even the foreign products , we sold her, the trade balance against us was forty-eight millions. Again, the plain facts are that 1 efore ! the Cuban treaty went into opei itiou | the beef sugar industry of this co 'ry j was in competition with the Ilavuney- | ?r sugar trust, and thus kept the price i to consumers down, as competition al- ! ways does. Hut the sugar trust's cam- ( paign for the removal of Cuban duties ; threatened the very existence of the 1 beet sugar industry of the United j States. The domestic producers were j Induced, therefore, to make a combina- > tion. called an afvasnient. with the ! Mavetneyer trust tor the control of the market, the restraint of trade and ihe regulation of prices up. As soon as the j Cuban treaty went into effect prices began to rise by the workings of that I trust agreement.—New York Press. LIKES PROTECTION. Cniinili, >,* iv l£iijoyiiiK a I'iiNle ami WanlN More of 11. The cotton mills of Canada have the benciit now of a protective tariff high er than for the greater part of the time since there was a Canada, and the mills have been prospering beyond all prec edent since that protection was thrown around them. They are calling for more of it, and as a benefit to the coun try they point to the fact that they have provided employment for the peo ple and will do more if they all are given more protection. It is conceded in Canada that these cotton mills will get what they want. The whole counrry is in favor of a more positive protective tariff, and that is what disturbs Boston. Another proba bility In the tariff revision for Canada Is that tlie British preferential may be con lined to the imports which come to Can ada direct from England. That might make considerable difference with the shipping that comes to Boston and Portland, Me., and from which places the goods are sent north and west over American and Canadian railroads, all of which cannot be changed by any talk about reciprocity with Canada.— Worcester Telegram. NOT TO BE CHANGED. Ti,riff In ii Safcpruuril of III,* Amer ican Stuniliinl of 1.11 init- Wheti American production is so enormous that after supplying domes tic needs there still remain manufac tures to the value of half a billion dol lars for export to the markets of the rest of the world, it must lie conceded tli.it even out and out free trade would not gain for the consumer any material reduction in the cost of the products he purchases. All that a general tariff reduction could accomplish would be the replacing of American labor with cheap foreign labor. No longer can the idea of a sweeping horizontal reduction of the tariff be seriously entertained. In a broad sense the tariff is simply an equalizer of la bor costs and the safeguard of the American standard of living. As such it has been taken entirely out of the realm of discussion by the ever in creasing volume of our exports of sur plus manufactured products.—Provi dence News. For Import,*!-* Only. The tariff revisers who demand that the change in the tariff law, whenever it shall begin, must not be oil the lines of keeping the American wage earner in his job, but must be on the .'ilies of getting articles offers In out market a I the lowest possible prices, whether they come from AtiiTirnu mills and factories or from those of tJermany, Kngland or anywhere else—these re visers. we submit, must waive all other considerations than the business of the importer, who would like togo into the American Held with a foreign article and outsell the domestic ar ticle. thus closing the mill and fac tory of our own country and putting out of work the American wage earn er. displaced by the foreigner. If this is not so. why should there be such a cry that a revision on Dingley lines will not satisfy the '-»»».tn!nses, etc.?— New York Press. I'omfnrtliifti A*NiirniM*e. The Richmond I.ender is convinced that "the only chance of tariff revision lies In the Democrats getting posses sion of all branches of the government, and the friends of revision would as well make up their minds to that fact." It is a comforting assurance. The country can now go right along making money and growing richer, secure in the stability of the tariff for some years to come. Then, three years hence, when the question of revision conies up again, the country will know exactly what to do with the Democratic ambi tion to get possession of all branches of the government. Communication. Kditor of the News Item: P.-riiiit tn< j a little space In y< u•• colli ii is Ik reply in articles appearing lately in the correspon dence from Bernice:- The i orr.\-poixh-nt lays ennsider abl • stress on the action of Cherry School Hoard in tabling the petition of Mr Dungleherg i'i r anpointment a» janitor oi Ueritice Graded School Building. The Chi rry Board of Di rectors are bound under legal con. tract wi.h the present janitor, Mr. Lowry; therefore they Could not do anything hut table the petition r« - ferreij to, when legal ami justifiable causes for the removal of Mr. l.owry had not been presented. Would your correspondent assert thai the Board should violate the conditions of a contract without cause? If he would assert this, then he displays lack of honesty in his own ideas of business affairs. The first step Mr. Dungleherg should have taken was to show some illegality in the election of Mr. l.owry or to show t mt he (Lowry) had failed to do his work properly. If the Board of Directors failed to elect Mr. Dungleherg two reason ß may be given. Mr. Dungleherg offered to do the janitor work for $14.1)0 per month but he offered no bid for doing tlx l work of truant officer tor Bernice Schools, The //oard advertised in the three Du shore papers that they would receive bids for both. Mr. Lowry offered a bid of #lO per month for serving as truant officer and janitor. Now, if Mr. Dungleherg was elected janitor at his bid of 51 l.!> 0, the Board would have had difficulty in matting anyone to act as truant officer for $4.10, the difference in tho bids of Messrs. Lowry and Dungleherg. As a member of Cherry Board of Directors and as one who did not vote for the present incumbent ofthe janitorship, I believe the board were intluenced by these conditions in the bids and consequently elected Mr. Lowry. On the other hanli Mr. Lowry might have had more friends in the Board than Dungclberg, Schell, or Lit/.elmau, the other bidders. Mr. Dungleherg was practically unknown to several of the directors and did not receive the vote of a director, while Mr. Schell received two votis and Mr. Lowry four. I'mler these conditions, 1 would like toask what is morally or loyally wrong about the election of Mr.JLtfwry? In another issue of the News Item besides attacking the Board on the election of the janitor (His eyes, perhaps have grown dim, watching jp the janitorsliip), he asked, "Does anyone know why we are gi ing to have only six months school'.*" riien, by an appeal to the voters, he seems to accuse the board members of graft, or some other illegal usuage of school funds. The correspondent has not openly or personally made charges against a director, hence, I 112 el that he assumes that the whole Board, including myself are grafters I and in this Mr. Kditor, you fltul a cause for the writing of this article, j I will endeavor to make clear the i reason why the Board contracted j with the for a six month | term of school. Cherrv School Ds ! trift employed twenty-seven teachers I during the term of li)0i Ho. Their salaries together with full repairs ct • | caused theumuinl expenses to exceed i the receipts. This was due in the main to the going into effect ofthe Teachel's Minimum Salary law which compelled the /.'oard to pay teachers at least $:l"i per month beginning with June 1004. The amount of or ders issued during any month ofthe school term would exceed a corres ponding month in a preceding term by over s2lllt. In the year an Ex penditnreof over Sloiin more than in preeeeding years was the result. The //oard for several years had heal levying the nitximutn tnillage of I:; mills on the assessed valuation no greater levy could be made with j otil permission of the court. This | permission the //oard decided, to ask as liny felt the t xpayers were already heavily burdened with taxation. They decided to lessen expens's this year and prevent a re i currence of last year's shortage by | closing some of the twenty-seven schools which had small attendance. They closed three and were com j pelled to reopen tlieiu by Ihe oppo sition of the patrons of the closed j schools and by the construction placed on Section 1 of the Act of .Jan. 22, ISO 7. As a safeguard against a large def icit the board by resolution fixed the term at six months with the pro vision that if funds warranted tin schools would be continued in session a month longer. If the I Board contracted with their teachers for seven months they wou'd have been compelled to pay them for seven months if necessary to borrow money to do so. Now, Mr. Correspondent, you have struck three blows in as many issues of this paper,—three blows in the dark by writing articles without giving your signature for publication. Colin* out in the open and tight good naturedly,—bear fashion. Don't skulk like the tiger or panther, ready to spring on the unsuspecting. Don't play the part of a butcher of reputations or a self-constituted re former basking in the sunlight of his own smiles. If you have some thing to present to the public about a particular official, —present it open ly. Don't try to create ill feeling towards officials who have tried to do what they have sworn to do. I i have tried conscientiously to perform ' my duty as a director and 1 believe! other directors have tried to do the ! same. We invite the taxpayers ami 1 especially you, Mr. <'irrespondent, | to attend the regular meeting of! Cherry Board next Saturday. You : may have a period togo over the j minute book, ledger ami order st.ul»s j which explain themselves. Co | next Saturday or at any other meet ing, examine, ask questions and ob tain facts. If taxpayers would do this more frequently, the district official would stand in a fairer or poorer light, as his official conduct, might cause him to deserve. Thanking you, Mr. Kditor, for your kindness, I am, Most respectfully, John L. Parrel Our automobile drivers must not ; forget to prepare for the new law ' which will become effective on Jan-i nary Ist. A state license fee of I three dollars must be paid and i j permit secured; one of the graft j provisions of the new law provides; that each person who drives a I machine must have a license. 11l an auto owner wants to allow his i son to drive his machine at times, the son must also have a license, and iie must <'lmnge license tags every time he changes drivers. The operator is licensed, not the machine, and every form of motor machine is included, even motor cycles. The license, no matter' what time ofthe year issued, ex pires on the 31st day of Decent her of the year for which it iissued The license is not effective until the tags are placed upon ihe vehicle front and rear, and the license must be carried by the operator, i for any constable or police officer ' may demand it. The operator ; must stop whenever signaled by the I driver of any horse or other animal. The Salvation Army woman at Seranton who refused to discrimi nate bet ween tainted and untainted j money, while soliciting funds to ' promote the work of the sooiety, showed good, practical, common sense, and the world needs more Christian workers of her kind. She claims she can do just as much good with a devil's live dollar bill as any other. Such a woman could • bring a half a score of sinners into i the fold while a goody-goody creature was going after one. i Thera should not be any red tape ! Inlisuess about-the work of saving souls. The man with a check for old St. Peter's gate never stops to ask whether the hand that lifted him up and p< inted o it the road to him was supported by a saint's or a sinner's dollar.- Exchange. 75C PER YEAR AGED WOMAN MURUERED AT MUNCY VALLEY. Brains Battered Out With a SticK of Stove Wood. ()ue <»f Ih«- most brutal murders ever committed was enacted in ilns county Wednesday evening about one mile below Aluucy Valley in a small shanty near tin- St roup farm. Airs. Whitmire, widow of the late Jerry \\ iiitmire was the victim of a cowardly assault in her home whete she resided alone and main tained since the death of her tmshand one year ago. Late J Wednesday night while a Flick hoy was passing the house he had his attention attracted by un usual appearances about the widow's home and thought it advisable to investigate matters. On reaching the door he found the woman's life less body laying at his feet in a pool of blood and besid her a stick of stove wood, the weapon that was used to commit the crime, fie notified the nearest neighbors and a more thoro ugh investigation was made. Imli calions directed toward the theory that the woman had been at work sewing on a machine when a rap at the door caused her to lay aside her work and eye glasses upon the sew ing machine where the lamp was burning and answered the call at the doer and when opened was struck with great force forehead with a piece of stove wood, which crushed the skull JJaiulj buried itself deep into the uufortunate'woman's head. There appears to have been no known reason or motive for this awful crime. She was a woman about ">U years of age and earned Iter saint living by daily toil. She has one daughter who is the wife of Win, MeFadden, Sheriff Buck was summoned to j Muncy Valley early Thursday moru ; ing where with the assistance of local authorities he will, if possible, take the guilty parties in charge or | any who may be suspected. I_u Luzerne county'.the court lujs adopted anew rule under which j applicants for divorces w ill Ik- com pelled to deposit SSO with thepro thonotary as a guarantee that all I expenses wili lie paid in a case of ! this kind. The divorce cases have cost the county a great deal of mon |ey of late, there being no expense ; to get them outside of the money i paid attorneys. I'nder the new rule the couutyjjw ill not have to bear any of the expense. It is es timated that divorces cost the county two or three thousand dol lars during the year now drawing to a close. Some attorneys believe that the new rule will cause a de crease in such cases. It seems like a proper rule to make. Persons who want a divorce should be made to pay for it and not saddle a part of the expense on the county. It will interest rural school dis tricts to know that they are requir ed. the same as now are the cities, t-<» send their children to school for the entire year, instead of as for merly being compelled to see that children attend at least four months in each year. Further, tow nships are required to appoint truant o(H --eevs and penalties are provided for violation of the law. the line not being less than five dollars nor more than lifty dollars, from two to ninety days imprisonment, or j both fine and imprisonment. j Postmasters have been notified » by the postal authorities at Wasli- I ington. who recognized the liability of postmasters to make mistakes and gev letters in the wrong boxes. , 1 that they have fixed a penalty of ■ 1 jj'jtl on persons taking mail out of . the olllce other than ilieir own and , not returning it. The law is to I have people look at their mail be . fore leaving the office and if thev should have mail other than their »i jjwti they must return it at once.
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