Republican News Item. VOL. X. NO 50. C To Buy Your Jewelry \ C Nothing in Town to Compare WithS 112 the Quality that We are Giving / ) You for the Low Price Asked. j C Oualitv and moderate prices makes a force lhat\ jirn sist bly drawi into our store the best patronage r (of ihi> section. Many vears her'- i . business, always J % wiili a lull line <>i uoods above suspicion; chosen v ' with a care and judumrnt comnv-nsurate wnh its t \ desirability and adaptability to refine taste, makes / our store a sale place to invest. C P Repair work done on short notice and guaran-Q \ teed, by skilled workmen. Your orders appreciated. A $ RETTENBURY, ) No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL OB WOOD HEATERS; ONE OF WINTERS GREAT DELIGHTS. House Furnishiug 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 General Repairing, Roofing and Spouting. S> jisisicf^ole^usftore^a The ShopbeH Dry Good Co., 313 Pine Street, WILLIAMSPORT, PA. Fabrics for Easter Dresses Whatever fabric you may favor—all Wool. Silk and Wool, or fine Cotton, is here—so many weaves that w< can't attempt to describe them line, all-wool batiste, either dark or We have just opened a uew lot o the new Pastel shades. It's a popular Serges with white ground and black fabric for dressing gowns. They are checks and broken plaids, for 50, 05, 75c and SI.OO 50 cents We show a hardsome line of stylish and serviceable mate.ials for lacket Suits— 50 inch Grty Suiting for SI.OO a Yard Silk Petticoats Tailored Suits We have received another lot of those Whatever vour requirement us to style stylish Silk I all eta .Skirts, I hev come p lt or C08t) ; tl a tailored suit or dressi 111 Old Hose, Kesedi. (irev. l ink. Alice , . , r lilne, tireen. Light Blue, Cardinal, White gow. ; our stock will meet it. home hand and Biack. They are only •> Oo some Kaster gowns are being shown now New Veilings |\| eW p ress Trimmings If you want a stylish Veil come and see the new veilings. We have plenty ol <if all kinds lor gowns, suitsand waist* the: correct styles and they don't cost are here, so manv kinds and different de much. . . , . » » aignn that we can't mention them here. v/hite Goods Underwear For waists or dresses we have a tine v , .. ~ , . . ~ , . variety to choose from-hardlv a kind V" «<» be wanting lighter weigh knii vou can think of isn't here from the plain soon. Y\ e have now ready «1 lawn .0 the tine. ex,,„isi tt . imported Swiss- "'en women an, es. Will vou take a li tt le time and look * he.her yon buy the least ex . , t all v ' . pensive or the very finest, you are assure, '' here that ii will be right. Subscribe lor the News Item LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1906. ORDINANCE. GRANTING PERMISSION TO THE St'LLI VAN COUNTY TELEPHONE COMPANY, OK PENNSYLVANIA. To CONSTRUCT, OPERATE ANI) MAINTAIN ITS LINE OF POLES, WIRES AND FIXTURES I'PON, ALONG, UNDER AND OVER THE S I'REETN AND PUBLIC HIGHWAYS OF THE no ROUGH OF LA PORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY, PENNSYL V AN lA. BE IT ENACTED AND OR DAINED by the Town Council of the Borouph of I.aporte, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, and it is hereby enact ed ami ordained by the authority of the same, that The Sullivan County Telephone Company, of Pennsylvania its successors or assigns, be and the same are hereby granted the right, privilege and authority to construct, operate and maintain its lines of poles, wires and fixtures upon, along, over and under ihe streets, alleys and public highways of the said Borough of Laporte, upon the following terms and conditions: Section i. All poles erected by the said company shall be located under the direction and supervision of the Town Council, or a committee of the said Council, and shall not be so placed as to interfere with the ordin ary use of the said public highways, obstruct entrances to gateways, or driveways, imped or interfere with the flow of water in ditches or drains, or unduly interfere with any shade trees growing along the said high ways. Section 2. Said Company shill be subject at any and all times to any and all general ordinances or sesolu tions now in force or that may here after be passed regulating the use of public highways or other public places in said borough. Section 3. Said Company shall j hold said Borough free and harmless at any and all times from any and all damages caused by the construction or negligent operation or maintenance of said lines in said Borough and shall at all times save, protect and keep said Borough harmless from any and all actions for damages for any acci dent to persons or property by jeason of the use, occupat ion and enjoyment of said highways as aforesaid. Section 4. The permission hereby granted shall not be. construed as precluding the Borough of Laporte from granting similar permission and rights to any other person, firm or corporation. Section 5. In case the said Com pany shall fail to erect poles and con struct a working telephone line with in a period of one year from the date of the passage of this ordinance, all rights and privileges granted herein i shall be declared forfeited. And ifj the said Company shall fail to keep and maintain a proper telephone pay station or stations within the said Borough, for the use of the said telephone line by the public, then and in tliat case all privileges and rights herein granted shall cease and deter mine and be declared forfeited, and the said poles, wire and fixtures may be removed by said Town Council, its agents or employees. Section 6. All expense of the pub lication of this ordinance, as required by law, shall be paid by The Sullivan County Telephone Company aforesaid, its successors or assigns. Section 7, This ordinance shall take j effect and be in force from and after ; the earliest period allowed by law. | The' above ordinance was passed at j a regular meeting of the Town ('Ollll- | cil cf the Horough of Laporte, Penn sylvania, on Monday, April 2, 19116. Approved April 2, 1906. W. H. RANDALL, Attest: < liieff Burgess. F. H. INGHAM, Secretary. Administrators' Notice. Notice in hereby given that I have taken letters of Administration 011 the estate of Frederick Arthur Bennett; lute of Shrewsbury township deceased. All persons having claims against said de cedent will please present them duly authemicauld for payment, and al! who know themselves to he indebted to him will please make payment to me. BOYD P. BENNETT, T..L&-F.H. Ingham,Attvs. Adtnr. Administrators' Notice. Estate of Sarah Whitmire, late'of Dav idson Township, Sullivan county, Pa. deed. Notice is hereby given that letters of administration c. t. a. iq«ju the estate of said decedent have been grunted to the undersigned. Ali persons indebted to said estate are request d to make pay ment; and those having claims or de mands against 1 lie same will make them know without delay. JOHN W. PAXTON, Administrator, c. t. a. Austin, Pa., .lan., 29, 1900. Send your raw fur-, and skins to Lichtenstein liros., and get the very highest market prices for skins in your vicinity. A first shipment will ■I convince you. Write for our new price list., LICHTENSTEIN BROS. 113 River Street, Paterson, N.J. State Factory Inspector Delaney has inaugurated a campaign against aldermen and justices of the peace throughout Pennsylvania who vio late the factory law by issuing em ployment certificate to children not legally entitled to be employed in mills and factories. Deputy inspect ors have been instructed to bring suit against all these offenders, and seve ral such prosecutions have been en tered within the past ten days. The law requires thata child seeking em ployment be fourteen years of age and must have certain specified edu cational and physical qualifications. To vote next year, a person must answer a great number of questions, according to a blank form of the new personal registration law received by the county commissioners from the department of internal affairs. The law goes into effect at the February election. Among the questions that must be answered are the following: Full name, occupation, place of residence, including the name of the owner or lessee of the house, length of residence in the state and election district, time and place of last regis tration, if any; place of birth, date of naturalization papers and before what court they were obtained, date of tax receipts, personal deeription, including color, age weight, and height, and then his signature. State Health Commissioner ! Samuel G. Dixon will call upon hank j officials throughout Pennsylvania to assist him in checking the spread of i disease by taking the precaution to , fumigate money before it passes out : of the bank's hands. Dr. Dixon has found disease pro- i dueing germs in tilthy paper money ; in circulation and says that un- I doubtedly many cases of communi- j cable disease throughout the State must be traceable to infected iponey. ; He has prepared a circular letter ] to be sent to every bank in the State j and believes it will not only prevent j infection but be of direct benefit to j the institution itself as a business j proposition. The letter isas follows: "As the germs of disease are found in money in circulation, the Department of Health respectfully suggests and requests that you co- I operate with it in the protection of j the health of our people by fuini- ; gating all money received by your ! bank before it is again putin cir- j dilation. Such a precautionary i measure, I am confident, w ill avoid many cases of sickness and death ! in your community." Governor Penny packer signed • I the bill which fixes a penalty of $lO, i ,or ten days imprisonment "for j throwing waste paper, sweepings, j ashes, household waste, nails or rubbish of any kind into the streets of cities, boroughs or townships, 01 for distui bing the contents of any receptacle placed upon the street or sidewalk for collection of sucli j sweepings." It is a law and should i be enforced. ' It is reported that Postmaster General Cortelyou will reeommet.d an additional yearly appropriation of 8200 for rural mail carriers for horses which their trips require. The present pay 5720 will leave the carrier about $460 a year for his labor, the balance being spent for horsefeed and repairs on buggies. For the kind of services the Post Office Department expects, the pay the pay is deemed too small. The , deficit in the Postal service last i year may delay the new appropri ation, however. "Where is the wandering boy to night?" If he is loafing on the street corners, with a lot of other ) young hoodlums, telling smutty ' stories and making indecent remarks i about people that pass, he is well 11 launched on the road to ruin. The ,• I home circle that is uot attractive . enough to keep the boy there even | ings lacks something. A very unusual, but interesting in- 1 eident took pla«'e at the Wyoming | Conference, when a Polish Catholic priest, the Rev. Joseph Davidowski, who is at the head of the Polish Catholic church at Plymoth, Pa., came upon the floor of the Conference asked to be admitted to the Metho dist Episcopal church. He is an ed ucated man but speaks broken Eng lish, and he explained that he and about forty families in his parish were dissatisfied with their religion and that they wanted something better and felt that the Methodists were the ones to help them. They were reading the New Testament, lit i x plained, and believed it and loved it. Bishop Goodsell was surprised and somewhat nonplussed by ti e novel situation, and told Rev. Davidowski that he would have to think the matter over. "You are sure you want to join us?" said the Bishop. The man replied that he had had the matter in mind for some time and was llrm in hi* conviction. "Then let it be clearly understood," said Bishop Goodsell, "that you seek us and not we you. Our church is not a proselyting church." After due deliberation it was de cided that the appeal could not be ignored, and the members of the for mer Polish Catholic church at Ply moth are now a part of the Metho dist denomination. The church property does not necessarily go with the congregation, but whatever dis position of it that is lawful, will be made' The Ladies' Aid Society, of Milan, Bradford county, is in a peck of trouble on account of a supper served by the ladies several days ago. It seems that there was a wreck on the Lehigh Valley railroad, and a pass enger train was delayed thereby. On the passenger train was l'ure Food Agent Simmers, who was on his way to Milan, but he did not reach there until it was past the .supper hour at the only hotel in town. He was hungry and was anxious to secure a substantial meal. Some one recom mended him togo to the church and patronize the Ladies' Aid Society. The pure food man went there and enjoyed a hearty supper, but now claims that the butter served to him was nothing more than oleomarga rine, and he is about to arrest a number of the members of the socie ty, as well as the grocer who sold it to them. A louutry paper up the state tells of a justice of the peace who was called upon to perform a marriage ceremany. It was his first attempt and he was at a loss to know how to proceed, but rose to the occasion, i J He commanded the happy couple t-i I stand and be sworn as follow*: "'iJo j you solemnly swear that you will obey the constitution of the United States and tin? State of Pennsylvania j and to perforin I'ie duties of your i office to the best of your al«ility, s>> j help you God?" The couple noddul I assent and the justice continued: i j " Then by the power in me vested o\ ; j the strong arm of the law, 1 pro-1 ' IIIPUI.CC vou man and wile, now ar.d ! j j forever, and you shall stand eoi >- : 1 mitted until the fine and costs are j ! paid, and may the Lord have mercy I upon your souls." An eminent physician of Scranton, in sp'-akingof appendicitis, said that there is absolutely no danger in an operation, if it is made within the first twenty-four hours; that it is the safest operation surgeons are called upon to make, if taken early, but as a rule, there is a natural dread of an operation in a family, and it is usually put off from day today until too late. He says people should lis ten first of all to the family physician and if he advises an operation, it should be inade; that physicians do not gain credit or fame by perform ing operations that are not necessary and that cannot be successful, but | only by successful ones, and that the i physician for this reason, if no other, j will advise honestly. He also says I that while there is an impression | abroad that doctor* like to advise operations for the sake of making them, the reverse is true, and that | only where necessary, are they like i ly to be advised. 75C PER YEAR BERNICE ITEMS. 11. A. Coniclin, ]). D. <i. M.of Laporte Lodge, installed the officers of iierniee Lodge No, !M>2 Wednes day evening of last week. Charles Sharp of Pittston is visi ting his parents on Sugar Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Daly were calling on friends at Mildred Sun day. It. E. Webber and Joel Saxon were Dushore visit"rs Sunday. Charlee Sick of Cherry. Mills, call ed on John Schand Sr. on Sunday. Mrs. Wni. McGeeof Mildred, who has been quite sick for the past six weeks is improving. Mrs. Robert Ramsay of Mildred, who has be en in poor health for some time on advice of Drs. Christ ian and Campbell was sent to the W Hiani.-port Jlospilel Wednesday. •be school directors were at this place looking for a site for the new school house, it is reported that if they can get the Conneil company's consent they will build opposite the sr.w mill, the ground that we sug gested four weeks ago. We would say that when they advertise for bids they will not let friendship have any influence wiih them, as it is a costly lesson to the taxpayers sometimes. As was to lie hoped and expected, the big fire insurance companies, domestic and foreign, stand ready to meet, the stupendous losses re sulting from the San Francisco dis aster. The companies are hard hit, but they realize that in this, as in other instances of great lire catas trophes, notably those of Baltimore Boston and Chicago, the thing to do is to demonstrate the wisdom of the public confidence in their ability and willingness to pay. Surely it is within reason to expect that business enterprises organized for the specific purpose of affording pro tection against money loss by fire wiil be prepared to satisfy prompt ly the demands of emergencies. It is understood thai losses by earth quake were not provided against in the politics written by New York companies, the New York statutes standing in the way, but as most of the destruction of San Francisco property wr.s wrought by fire the the total of uncompensated losses will be comparatively small. Ir is a great satisfaction to know that the insurance companies will contribute so substantially to the relief of the stricken California community. The great issues that arise in our national affairs completely over shadow minorquesiions connected with the interests of organized labor The one great question, that <»f the Protective Tariff, which is never settled and is always present, in cludes in it all other questious re lating to lab >r. The great Repub lican party stands for the Protective Tariff. Its policy has built. »p the magnilicent industrial system of this country and given opportuni ties for remunerative employment to millions of wage-earners. a result of Republican policy tht nation is enjoying an industrial prosperity tnat is the wonder and envy of the rest of the world, am \u.erica woikingmen are carnir.; w::ge» from 1<)0 per cent, to 400 pet ■ •cnt. higher than the workingmei of at)}' ether country. Independent labor action in po! ities could effect nothing iti the wa> of electing labor canidates, but i could be a seriously disturbing fac tor in election, to possibly brin; I about the election of a Democrati I Congress and President. The labor leaders would the j realize too late the colossal bin tide i they had made and the injury tin had inflicted on the cause of labot Nearly 400 dozen ctrjfs wcr*» fed th patients at the Danville Atsylum o Master. About dozen tli patients had medium boiled 112. breakfast, a few were decorated qjn the remainder went int) the varioi dishes of Easter Day.
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