VOL. XI. NO 12. <? To Buy Your Jewelry \ C Nothing in Town to Compare WithS ( the Quality that We are Giving / , ) You for the Low Price Asked. \ C Ounlitv and moderate prices m.ikes a force that \ irresistibly draws into our store the best patronage r Cof this section. Many years here in business, always p S with » full line of goods above chosen 112 with a care and judgment commensurate with its . \ desirability and adaptability to refine taste, makes \ / our store a safe place to invest. v / Repair work done on short notice and guaran-r \ teed, by skilled workmen. Your orders appreciated. S RETTENBURY, > ) u shore, HARDWARE.? No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL OB WOOD HEATERS; ONE OF WINTER'S 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 range 9 for sale cheap. We can soli you in stoves anything from a fine Jewel Ease Burner to a low priced but satisfactory cook stove. Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and General Repairing, Roofing and Spouting. jiiuicl The Shopbell Dry Good Co., 313 Pine Street, WILLI AM SPORT, PA. Summer Knit Handkerchiefs. I li->rlf\r\i/nor Have you enough Handkerchiefs? LJ I lOor\Af CUT. Few persons have 100 ninny. .Inly is , , ~ ■ i- •, i▼ i„_ „ a good handkerchief month with sheer It von have tin i Knit I mlerwear to „ h . . .. . , . , , • , , „„„ , nr , .. ,i line Mini nicely linisheil hemstitched ones bnv our assortment. Made Iroui the -■ „ ... , , ~ , , lor sc. G lor 25c. nest yarns hy the heat makers. Ladies low neck, short sleeve and sleev I"ii>e (ill Linen Handkerchiefs, some lis- Vesta (or are plain hemstitched, others ate em it)!". 12.1 c and 15c. hroidered and lane Irimnu'd, for l.adies' Kiblied Swiss Vest extra value ' )C '° lor 250 and 50c Fine Mercerized Silk Vests lor Knit Ready Made Sheets. Underwear, in most all qualities von . , , , could ask for. " We re sure housekeepers won t hesitate ahout buying; them when they see how — good and well made they are, plain hem O \KI ' I i Sheets for Summer Weight 55c ,o 75 °- Hemstitched Sheets lor ti ic to 85c, Corsets. It's not enough that a Corset he merely Pj||/"\\i/ P*OCPC light weight, but must hi/ perfectly shap- • IIIUW VyuSCO. Ed and good lilting as well as light. You . , , . . won't find better models or a better range Pillow Cases with plain hem ivady lor ol.stvles or better value than several use tor 10c to _oe. makes we are selling for *1.(10. Leas ex- Hemstitched p. I low cases llje to 22c. pensive ones are here as well in ample 1>lal " Bolster hiips for .51c to .uc. vari ty. Hemstitched Bolsters for 40c to 45c. Linens and Towels. Have you tried us fo.- Linens? Never Fine Damask Towels up to $'2.00. a qetter time than now. They are reason aide prices at Shophell's these days when Huck and Bath Towels in all .|iialities we are showing an excellent line of new an ,j p r j ( . t . p< designs ol Table Hamask, Napkins and Outer Pieces. It will pay you to spend a little time Plain and hemstitched Towels, at our Linen counter. I2|c to s(ic. Subscribe for the News Item Republican News Item. LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY, JULY 26, ISO 6. THE GR.ANGE Conducted by J. w. DARROW, Chatham. N. Y.. Press Correspondent New York State Qninoti GRANGE FIRE INSURANCE. | IleK.ortn of Several SiifW York Stat* I AaaoetntlonN For the I'ant Year. One of the most profitable forms of co-operation in the grange is in the Insurance organizations. Below are given the significant features of vari ous reports recently made: The Dutchess and Columbia Patrons' Fire Itelief association, with headquar ters at Millerton, reported on Jan. 1 2.3(H) policies in force, the amount oi risks carried being $5,040,000. The average losses for seven years have been SI.OB per SI,OOO of insurance in this company. The Patrons' Fire ite lief association of Jefferson county re ported losses the past year exceeding those in many years, lightning alone having caused SIO,OOO in losses, the to tal amount of losses being $20,000. Notwithstanding the large payments required, there was a saving of over s'_'B,ooo to the policy holders over stock company insurance. This association now lias about 7,000 policies, with $12,- 000,000 of insurance in force. The tv till receipts for the past year were ?;i, 104.57. The Fire Itelief association ol Wayne county reports over $6,000,000 of insurance on grange property in the county, Newark grange alone carrying $45,000 of this total. The Genesee Coun ty Patrons' Fire Itelief association, with headquarters at Batavia, has 1,110 policies in force, covering $2,510,200. The Chautauqua County Patrons' Fire Itelief association lias 3,820 policies ID force, covering $7,112,725 of property. The Steuben County Patrons' Fire Ite lief association has 2.074 policy holders aud a total insurance of $,'5,015,100. NATIONAL AID FOR ROADS. Farmer* Aid the Government, No*. I,et the Government Help Them, In a recent address before the Ohio state board of agriculture the lecturer of the national grange remarked that lie believed the movement to secure na tional aid for good roads was equitable and right. The people most Interested In better roads, said he, are those engaged in tilling the soil, comprising about one third of our population. The farmers of the country have by energy and iD dustry placed upon the markets of the world such volume of the products of the soil as to affect the balance of trade with foreign countries, making us a selling instead of a buying nation. They have responded nobly to every call issued in the name of their state and nation, in view of these and other facts that might lie stated they now ask in the name of justice that the roads upon which we all travel shall be Improved. Before the surplus now held by the national government Is dlstrlh uted to national banks without interest or the erection of expensive govern ment buildings in cities, which has be come a fixed policy of the government, proceeds further the 110,000,000 people of the country engaged in rural pur suits demand a recognition of theh rights In the improvement of highway* by national patronage. Hon. Cyrus O. luce. The Hon. Cyrt'. i (J. (.tin 112 ■■ v-or, of Michigan lias been otu- •!' i'. at farmers' insti t'i tutes, granges, etc., on nil sorts HON. CYRUS G. LUCE. ()f AS Michigan's farmer governor he made an honorable and valuable rec ord. He is still enjoying a vigorous old uge at his home In Cohlwater, Mich. A "ProfeHKorlal" Grange. A short time ago a grange was or ganized at the Ohio State university, th» first strictly "professional" grange ever Instituted. The officers were as follows: Master, Professor Homer C. Price; overseer. Professor Alfred Vivian; lecturer. Professor A. Q. McCall; steward. Professor C. B. Gal breath; assistant steward. Professor A. F. Burgess; chaplain, Professor J. W. Decker; secretary, V. 11. Davis; gate keeper. Professor C. 8. Plumb; Ceres Mrs. Homer C. Price; Pomona, Mrs. J. Warren Smith; Flora, Mrs. 11. A. Web er; lady assistant steward, Mrs. J. W. Decker The officers were Installed 1.-y ex-Governor N. J. Bachelder of New . Hampshire, national grange lecturer. A banquet followed. National Secretary Freeman made a hit when he said at I the time of organization: "I believe you ' will succeed. You appear to lie as lo« telllitent as the average grange." Many of the State papers continue ' to tell their readers all about the pr< - j posed orphanage which is soon to he j! Putin operation at Berwick hy the 11 orphanage and home association < »l"; j the P. O. S. of A.,, We observe in I In (he Tamuqua Courier on account t of the recent visit of Secretary Tlieo- i dore Harris, of the association to Berwick and of how he was received < by the local camp of the •'P. O. S. of < A. This till shows the importance < of a single letter. There are two i fraternal organizations in this State with almost identical names. The i one is (lie Patriotic Order Sons of < America. It came into being 1847, ! admits men only and now enrolls < over 85,000 members in Pennsyl vania alone. The other is the Pntri- i olic Order of Americans, a much i younger association composed (if men and women. This is the Order which is interested in the orphanage and home and not the Patriotic Order Sons of America. l At Laquin last Friday afternoon , Minor liiles, of South Towanda, who is employed in the factory of the Pennsylvania Stave Co., was cut on , the arm by an axe in the hands of an unterriHed Italian, and it required eleven stitches to tlose the wound. The blade entered the flesh near the shoulder and made a wound four , inches long. All business was suspended at the stave mill its soon as the assault be came generally known, and the Italian took leg bail towards Ralston probably en route for Williamsport, where he has a brother. The Italian name is Sam Morettn, a dangerous man with a knife, who was att in mate of the Bradford county jail a year ago last winter, doing time for running a "pig's ear" in t'ie Laquin district. He served on the stone pile, and one day was discovered with a key that would nearly unlock the manacle fastening ball and chain to his leg. Mr. Biles was running one of the stave machines, and San was a help er around the mill; every time Biles shut down the machine, the Italian would start it up in hisabsenco. Mr. Biles remonstrated with him for this, and that led to the assault. People residing in the rural dis tricts may have the use of a free li brary of tifty volumes, with practi cally no expense, providing the necessary application be made to the Pennsylvania Free Library Associ ation. Not many are aware of the easy manner in which the best literature can be obtained, with hardly any more (rouble than if the same people were residents of a big city and had the advantages of a free library, with thousands of volumes. All that ru ral residents will have to do, is or ganize, say seven families and apply to (he department, telling of the numherand kinds of books desired. Each club will have to forward $2 money order to show its sincerity. A librarian is elected and he is re sponsible for the safe return of the books. 11 is shirt having been caught in the set-screw of some shafting, Robert C. Hawk, a Pottstown printer, was hurled against the ceiling by the rapidly revolving shaft and held there as in a vice until Richard Heiges, a machinest, with his naked hands grasped the belt and threw it off. Hawk's clothing was torn to shreds and the upper part of his bf - dy terribly squeezed and bruised. Heige's skin was torn from his hands by the belt. The State game commission hi s determined to establish a number ol state game preserves, where for a period of six years there will be an absolutely closed season for all kinds of game. This scheme is following out the purposes of the act ol May 11, 1905, whereby the game coin mission was given authority in co operation with the stale forestry commission to establish such pre serves with the idea of propagating the wild fauna of the state. The new road in Berniee and Mil dred is being built of sand stone | and crushed lime stone, and when | completed i( will be one of (he best i toads iu the country. Convention Notice, The Annual Convention of the Sullivan County Sunday Schools will be held at IHllsgrove, August Bth. and 9th., 1906. The sessions will begin at 10 a. in.on the Bth. and there will be a morning, afternoon 1 and evening service each day. 1 The convention headquarters will be in the IHllsgrove Union church and it is anticipated that the 1 Christian church will also be opened for conferences and special meetings. It is itlso expected that the entertain ment committee will provide a head quarter for themselves in the school house nearby where the delegates 1 can be looked after without confusior. Delegates are requested to report to the entertainment committee im mediately on arrival and also to give their names to the registration com mittee. It is expected that each Sunday School iu the county will be represented and if possible by a full quota of delegates. Sunday Schools that have not elected delegates are re quested to do so at once and when possible to send a list of same and (he number of horses to the writer or simply direct to the Convention En tertainment Committee, Hillsgrove, Pa. A full attendance is desired and the general public will find a very interesting program. Delegates who do not send their names will be cared for just the same. This merely facil ila'es the work of the committee. Interesting Sunday School workers and speakers from away will bo pres ent. Look for press notices next week. Vernon 11 uII, Co. S. S. Chairman. The unusual number of barns struck by lightening in various parts of the State is a notable feature of th is season. The frequency of severe thunder storms this summer is of course, the primary cause. We nev er had more of them in a jjiven length of time than have occured within the last fffar or five weeks. The Danville' rJews thinks there is some reason other than the frequen cy of storms for the destruction of so many barns by lightening. It says. "Have not the farmers become more neglectful in providing the de fense of lightening rods than they were some years ago? This appears to be the case and why it is so, may lie due to the fact that some of the lightening rod men became so slip pery in their dealings that a farmer couldn't get his barn "rodded" with out running the risk of having a law -uit on his hands before the tran saction was closed. The cause of action was often a negotiable note worded in a way that made the hon est and mystified granger liable for tin amount almost equal to half the value or his farm. With such risks involved in "rodding" barn owners of those rural structures while not doubting the effaeaey of Ben Frank lin's lightening deflectors had reason to be shy of the lightening rod pedd lers. John < i. McHenry, of Benton, who has been unaininiously endorsed in the Democratic conventions of all the counties forming this ■ congressional district, (.blumbia, Montour, Sulli van and Northumberland, has just completed his selection of two con fi rees from each county who will meet in a conference utShaniokin on Tuesday, July 151st, and formally name a candidate to represent the district. Ti e men selected are as follows: From Columbia county: (i«n>rge E. Eiwell, Esq.; Dr. H. V, Hower, of Mitfiinville. From Montour county: W. («. p.trsel, Danville; Harry Elleubogen, Danville. From Northumberland county: J. I. Welsh, Shamokin; Hon. C. H. Dickerman, Milton. From Sullivan county; John <J. Scouten, Dushore; Alphonsus Walsh, Dushorc. The seventh annual reunion of the Little family will be held at Eagles Mere, on Thursday, August 10. I Special low rate excursion tickets . will be sold for the round trip. The first members of the Little family located at Eagles Mere iu 1802, the first death occuring in 181:1, and the > defendants are planning the erection » of a monument in the cemetery at t; that place in memory of their forc ' fathers. 75C PER YEAR QERNICE ITEMS. Mr. and Mrs. George Schaad of Parson, Pa. are visiting friends at Mildred. Mrs. F. F. Schaad of Mildred is spending a few weeks with her par ents at Cherry. C.K.Jackson has returned {from Ids Ashing trip and fish storing are all the rage. Talking of fish we may say that C. W. Morter had one of the prettiest baskets of trout that we have seen in a long time, and they were all caught in Birch creek. F. F. Schaad and John Scouten Jr. of Dushore, were at Rous Pond fish ing two days last week and they caught all kind* of fish. Frank caught a bullhead that measured fourteen inches. This same fish has been caught once a year for the last fifteen years but always got away. Some days ago a Mildred fisherman swore he saw a sea serpent in the pond but it is presumed that he saw the fish that Mr. Schaad has caught. Mrs. J. A. Helsraan left Thurs day morning for Philadelphia to vis it her husband who is in one of the hospitals where he was operated on for appendicitis. He is improving rapidly and is expected he will be home the latter part of the week. There is considerable hard feeling over the filling of office of school director. Wm. Abbey got the ap pointment over T. V. McLaughlin. Tom had the promise of four out of five directors, but as he had failed to consult the boss he was turned down. If it had been left to the choice of the people he would have been the man as he has all the qualifications to make a good director, and he is a man to whom no one could dictate. We notice by the papers that the school directors of Colley township are likely to get into trouble. Why not consult with your neighboring directors'.' They never get into trouble. Mr. and Mrs. John Hoffa of Du shore visited Mildred friends Sun day. T. J. O'Brion and party called on Cherry Mills friends Sunday. Vice President Voorhees of the Heading railroad, and his son Har low, who losfan eye on JHly 4, ac companied by several ladies in Mr. Voorhees' private pulman car, Sat urday were on their way to Eagles- Mere when at Halls Station their car was shifted onto a siding to wait the coming of the Eagles Mere train to carry them through. While awaiting on the siding, a train came along and had two pulmans attached which were also bound for Eagle* Mere. In shitting these two cars into the sidiug, for some unaccount able reason the brakeman could not control them and they struck the Voorhees car with such force that they broke nil the windows in their ear, knocked the dishes out of the bullet, broke them and sent the oc cupants all on a heap. Nobody was injured however. The in»lter was brough) up at.a meeting of the game commission re rentlv, and it was stated that tlie forestry commission has given the necessary permission, and three pre serves, each from two to two and a half miles square will be e-tablished at once. One will be in Franklin county near Mount Alto, and one each in Clinton and Clearfield coun ties, where the state owns many acres of forest land. It is proposed to surround these preserves with a single wire with notices of the res ervation placed every 100 feet or to, the idea being that the wire will serve as a warning to hunt"rs that they are state preserves, the common sense and public spirit of the hunter being trusted to prevent him from entering or shooting game thereiu. Speaking of the plan, Dr. Kalbfus . state game protector said: "This is ; the commencement of a great chain of preserves where game of all kind i may go, rest and breed. They will . not be stocked, and we trust that the animals and birds will go there „ from other places. We will rely up . on the people to nspect these pre , serves, our only precaution being a I wire and notices tacked on trees. If . this is done the whole state will ben efit."
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