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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.
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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.