Republican News Item.
VOL. X. NO. 33.
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<J This Is the Place C
CTo Buy '/our jewelry s
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) 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.
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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.