Republican News Item.
VOL. XI. NO 20.
C To Buy Your Jewelry \
C Nothing in Town to Compare WitliN
( the Quality that We are Giving /
) You for the Low Price Asked. \
L Quality and moderate prices mnkes a force that \
> irresistibly draws into our store the best patronage r
I of this section. Many years here in business, always J
S With a full line of goods above suspicion; chosen *
(with a care and judgment commensurate with its «
y desirability and adaptability to refine taste, makes y
Q our store a safe place to invest. C
Repair work done on short notice and guaran-Q
S teed, by skilled workmen. Your orders appreciated.
RETTENBURY, >
No Place Like this Place
For Reliable
STOVES and RANGES,
COAL OK/ WOOD.
HEATERS;
ONE OF WINTERS GREAT DELIGHTS.
House furmshiug Goods, Toois 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 yon 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.
jSjmuel
The Shopbell Dry Good Co.,
313 Pine Street,
WILLIAM SPORT, PA.
The Nev Poll Suits
Are arriving every day.the line will soon lie complete. Season after season
we are selling more suits. We have every reaton lo believe that our efforts have
been repaid an.l thai your confidence in nato eecuro the bast styles will lit sustained
when you see what a tine showing we will have ready in a lew day#.
New Walking Skirts
We have secured ihe whole market until we I'ouml the mo.-t stylish, most ;
serviceable walking skirls that would be shown anywhere. They are both plain j
Colore and the new plai Is and the new Knglish mixed effects.
THE NEW WOOL DRESS GOODS FOR FALL
Are on the counters. Kvaryhody who wishes <|iiiet. rich, tasteful things in!
dress labries will llad them here. Not a desirable cloth or color missing. There
are two fashionable cloths this season, Broadcloths and Panamas. We have an
excellent assortment ol both.
Plaids Are Stylish
I'laids ire once more in f.tvor and are made in some lovely color combinations.
Thev a'' 1 'he <|niet and combretone plaids, not loud as the few years back.
Corsets of the Best
Before the new gown n new cors«t of course. Let us help yon to select the
right one. We cannot allord to have anything but the bent at the various prices.
Oitieallv selected models make U| the fall assortments, KverT corset shows the
new line* demanded by late styles. Whether you buy one lor 5o cents or the very
finest we can suit you.
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LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1906.
I
Dear Editor: A* Monday, Sept.
j 17th was the 1 Itli anniversary of tin-
Battle of Antietam, I trust that you
j will not begrudge the son of a t.'on
j federate soldier space to state a few
brief facts in regard to it. The ob
ject of Lee in invading Maryland
j was to test the feeling of the Mary
landers in regard to secession and to
obtain recruits and supplies from
them, but not to establish a base of
supplies north of the Potomac, for
that was deemed inexpedient and
hazardous. It proved a risky and
disHppointing test, as a large major
ity of the people took no pains to
conceal their loyalty to the I'nited
States government, and those who
sympathized with the Confederacy
were lukewarm and generally un
willing to expose themselves to
danger or make any sacrifices. It
was indeed a disheartening proposi
tion that Lee had to face when his
armv passed t'iro' Frederick en their
retreat westward to the mountains.
The soldiers were worn out from
long marches and were closely pur
sued by the Yankees. It was the
I intention of the Confederate com
mander to cross the Potomac at Wil
liamsport, at Hancock and points
farther up and thus avoid a general
engagement; but this he was not al
lowed to do for his rear guard was
vigorously attacked and driven
through the gaps of the South Moun
tain into the wide valley beyond.
This placed the Army ot Northern
Virginia in a critical position. To
the.west of them for many miles
was a comparatively level country
with but little chance to fortify; to
the south a broad and almost im
passable river, and from the east
and north the Army of the Potomac
was advancing in full force. A hur
ried council of war was held anil Lee
decided to give battle at a point be
tw- en Antietam Creek and the Poto
mac Itiver; his military eye dis
cerned it as the strongest point he
could select for defense. The Con
federate Army in its advance north
was reduced by detatchments to les>
than 10,000, while the I'nited State*
Army was twice that number. The
battle commenced early in the morn
ing and continued with scarcely any
intermission until long after dark.
For the numbers engaged it was the
bloodiest and most desperate battle
of the war and perhaps of modern
times At the close of the day there
was slight change in the positions of
of the two armies, and although
many tierce bayonet charges and
counter-charges were made and the
utmost valor was displayed by both
*ides, it goes down into liiMory as a
drawn battle in which both sides
ran claim victory. Lee was com
pelled to give battle to save his army
and this he aeconiplii-hed before the
dawn of another day. Cnder the
cover of darkness with his camp-fires
brightly burning as if he intended
to continue the tight on the morrow,
the Confederate commander sudden
ly broke camp and passed the Army
of Northern Virginia across the
Potomac on hastilly but skilfully
built pontoons. 11c had effected his
retreat without the loss of a single
piece of artillery and none but the
Confederate dead and some of the
wounded were left behind. Lee had
completely out-genera led McClel
lan.
Of the thousands of Confederate
soldiers who found graves on north
ern soil we cheefully believe they
1 have little to answer for. There is
uo record during the invasions of
1 Marylmd and Pennsylvania of a
Confederate soldier insulting a
! woman or taking what lie <1 id not
j pay or offer to pay for in the scrip
that was current in the Confederate
I States and in their armies; there is
| no record of a soldier of the Army
; Northern Virginia insulting or ill
treating a prisoner of war. If this
j were done it was invariably in the
: prison pens and by men who could
not be trusted to do their duty on the
battlefield. The officers of the Army
,of Northern Virginia by their — high
'character and noble bearing inspired
absolute confidence and exerted an
I exalting influence upon the private
soldier that has never been excelled.
To this was due their marvelous
elllciency and perfect discipline.
William Fit/.patrick.
In his Labor Day tribute to the I
cause he represents, Samuel Gom
pers said, as President of (lie Aineri- [
e*» Federation of l/ibnr, that in the I
last half century the working man ;
had ceased to have a bowed figure 1
and had learned to stand upright,
s(|uare on his feet, shoulders erect
and head held high. -Mr. Gompers
attributed ihis change to organized
labor, to the union. Hut had he
looked into the economic history of,
this country he would have found j
another cause, a great first cause, j
Mr. Gomper's dates, covering this \
change, tit in with the other cause, ;
the organization of the Republican
party, which was in the beginning,
as it has ever been, and still is, the ;
party of labor. It was organized on
the principle that slavery was sec- |
tional and freedom national. It was j
the lorce behind which gathered free j
labor to keep slavery out of the Ter- j
ritories, that free labor should not I
there have fo compete with slave
labor.
The Republican party has been
true to this principle, and it has done
more for labor through its economic
policies than has any other cause or
force. Hy protection to American j
industry, it has brought about a rev- i
olution in the conditions of labor. |
It abolished slave-labor, and its pro- j
tective policy has more than doubled '
the daily wage since the election of j
Abraham Lincoln. It has written
into law all the reforms that have
been made to protect employes thro'
factory inspection, mine regulation,
the prohibition and regulation of
•hild-labor, the protection and regu
lation of women who work in factor
ies, the prohibition of the importa- |
tion of convict labor, and the restrie- '
lion of the sale of convict products at i
home.
_
Good old tines are an illusion and j
i snare, and the man who sighs for j
them his little conception of what i
ihey were. Return to them, would i
you? Then rise on a cold morning j
md wash at the pump, put on a I
pair of cow hide boots that rival a tin j
[•an in stiliuess, pull 011 a woolen j
shirt over your back, and sit down 1
'o a bare meal with your thlee-legged
-tool dancing around on a split slab
floor, eat corn pone and bacon for a
steady diet and labor fourteen hours
"lit of twenty-four. <«o without a
daily paper, a fly scfeen, a mosquito
bar, a spring mattress, a kerosene
lamp, gee-haw your oxen to market 1
and >it on the floor of an ox cart as
you wend your way to church or a :
frolic. Parch corn and peas for cof
fee and sassafras for tea, and see ho v
you like it. —Exchange.
Some of our exchanges have made j
mention ot the fact that the fanners
along the line of the rural routes]
have contributed a bushel or so of I
oats or corn tn the carrier. This is a j
suggestion that might well be acted j
upon by the patrons of every route. !
The carriers have a government job, !
but it is bv no means a ''private J
snap." It takes a good deal of man- 1
agement to make both ends meet j
when they arc obliged to keep I
two horses, live in town and buy j
ill the necessiry provisions at the j
market price. The carriers of our |
county have gone over their routes j
during the muddy weather at a 1
great inconvenience, and are al- j
ways faithful in the performance of i
their duties. A bushel or so of corn \
given to the carrier would hardly be I
missed by the farmer, but it would
be a great saving in the expense ot
horse feed and the generous act
would certainly be appreeieted by
I hi' faithful mail man.
Harry Hartman, a Shamokin bus
iness man, recently drew cents
from the Mineral Railroad and Min
ing Company's ollice for service as a
slate-picker boy in ISKB, at which
time lie worked oic-fourth of a «lay,
resigning his position and neglected
going to the pay of lice for remunera
tion. At a banquet a few evenings
ago lie was a speeehmaker and told
of his brief experience at the collery.
All oflidal of the Mineral Company
heard him, and looked up the pay
rolls of isss, discovered that ll irt
man was credited with a quarter
dollar, lie was notified and went
for his money.
Present Pension Law.
I
i Legitimacy.- A minor j
I child to he pensionable, must be the
I child of a woman to whom the sol
-1 dier, its father was legally married,
notwithstanding the soldier solemn
ly declared and recognized it to be
his legitimate child.
Desertion—Voidable Enlistment.—
In IHi.l the enlisment of a minor un
der the age of 18 years was voidable,
and a repudiation of such enlistment
on the part of the minor by the act
of desertion would constitute no bar
to pension on account of disability
incurred during a period of second
enlistment.
Disloyalty—Pensions having er
roneously been granted to the soldier
under the act of June 27, 1890, he
having aided and abetted the late
rebellion against the authority of the
United States, section 47lti, Revised
Statutes, positively prohibits the
payment of the pension that may
have accrued to him to the date of
his death, to his widow.
Division of Pension.—lt Imving
been decided that upon a proper con
struction of the law and upon evi
deuce in the case the division of the
pension and the payment to the wife
of this pensioner, by virtue of the
act named, were erroneous and with
out proper warrant of law, the re
fusal to restore to him the amount
of which he was deprived is like
wise illegal, and it is directed that
-uch amount shall be paid to him.
Line of Duty.—lt appearing from
the evidence in this case that at the
time this soldier lost his life by
drowning he was absent from his
command on a pass attending a pic
;iic for his own pleasure and amuse
ment, lie was not in "line of duty"
within the meaning and intent of
those words as used in the pension
laws, and his death under such cir
cumstances confers no titje to pen
sion upon hi s minor child uuder the
provisions of section 1702, Revised
statutes, and the decisions of this
Department.
Pensions under Special Acts and
the General Law.—A pensioner uu
• ler a special act of Congress may tile
i claim for pension under the gener
al pension law and, by surrendering
his or her pension under the special
act, take the pension to which he or
she may prove himself or herself en
titled under the general law.
Must Keep Roads in Fair Con
dition Or Goto Jail.
If the council men of the borough
of Taylor continue to be good and
continue in their efforts to place
their roads in a condition of repair
the court will not inflict sentence up
on them. At the last session of the
grand jury the councilmeu of that
borough were indicted for maintain
ing a nuisance, which nuisance con
! >isted of permitting their roads to
' run down and become almost im
! passable. They were tried at the
June sessions of criminal court and
J were convicted. Sentence at that
i time was suspended in order to give
them an opportunity to put the roads
i in condition and to indicate an in
-1 tention of being better in the future.
Since that time they have com
menced the work of improving the
; roads and their counsel stated that
| they meant to keep on repairing un
! til all the roads were in good condi
| tion. The matter was brought to
the attention of the court by Ditsrict
i Attorney Lewis, when he moved
for sentence.
The councilmen were not in court,
' but their counsel, James E. Wat
kins, stated that the roads are being
repaired and will be as fast as it is
possible for them to be. Judge Kel
ly remarked that he had made up
his mind what to do in the ease
| and would not wait for the council
i men to appear. He then said that
if they shell continue to improve the
roads he would suspend sentence up
on the payment of costs by the coun
cilmen. The suspension of the sen
tence will be perpetual, provided
the roads are kept in proper condi
tion, but if they are not the suspen
sion will be lifted and the council
men will feel the strong arm of the
law.
75C PER YEAR
DERNICE ITEMS.
Mrs. 11. W. Osier of this place, i*
finite sick nt this writing.
Mr. andMr*. Fred Reoherl of Ches
ter, Pa., was 'phoned for on account
of the severe sickness of Jus mother.
She died on Sunday morning. In
terment was In the new burial
ground of the Lutheran church on
Sugar Hill.
Mr. and Mrs. Dougher of Mildred,
were Wilkes-Barre visitors on Fri
day.
Samuel Duncan of Mildred, has
moved his family to Vintondale,
Pa., where he intends to make his
future home.
Daniel Donavan of Berwick, Pa.»
Is visiting at this place.
Frank McMahon was a William
sport visitor on Saturday.
Mrs. I.J, Weaver was a Towanda
visitor on Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs, William Barlow of
Mildred, are Scranton visitors this
week.
Miss Grace Shadd of Mildred, has
returned to school at Towanda, after
spending the summer vacation with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John C.
Shadd.
Miss Mary Lang of Kingston, is
visiting friends at this place and
Mildred.
George and Catherina Shadd, son
and daughter of William Shadd of
Mildred, returned to Juniata to at
tend school.
Albert and Alfred llelman and
David Sheelds left on Monday to at
tend the Elmira Business College.
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Hope of Mil
dred, are spending this week at
Binghamton, N. Y., attending the
Centennial.
Dr. Osier and wife of Dushoro,
were visiting frieuds at this place on
Sunday.
There was a large gathering of old
and young people at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. James J. Connors of
Mildred, on Sunday, on the occasion
of their son John leaving to attend
St. Bonaventuresschool a t Allegany
X. Y.
Mrs. Charles Watson, of Mildred,
is visiting Binghamton friends this
week.
The members of Katonka Tribe
No. :i:U>, Improved Order of lied
Men, Mildred, turn out in a body on
Wednesday to attend the funeral of
their deceased Brother Henry Mc-
Kibbens of Lopez, who died at Say re
Hospital on Sunday. The following
Brothers were pall bearers : Charles
Watson, James Spence, sr., L. Low
rie, James J, Connor, Joseph A.
Helsman and John Lonie. Inter
ment in the St. Frances Cemetery at
Mildred.
Every vote cast by Dr. Samuel in
the recent session of Congress was in
support of President Roosevelt's pol
icies, which have placed the United
States in the forefront of national
greatness. If you are wise for your
own interests you will return him to
Congress.
Milford Smith of Berwick, was in
the woods with bis wife at Rock
Glen last week when a uittlesnake
ran across the path and a few feet
down a bank coiled ready for tight.
Mr. Smith got a stick and taking
hold of the limb of a tree leaned
over to strike the snake, when the
limb broke and he fell directly upon
the reptile. He grabbed it by the
neck, and held it from him until he
could kill it. The snake measured
four leet in length and had nine
rattles.
Potter county dairymen who own
12,000 cows and market 2,500,000
pounds of butter and cheese, with a
value of $500,000, hope by their re
cently-formed organization to in
crease the average production per
' cow by improved methods and to ob
tain better markets.
Mrs. Caroline Hiue, wife of C. O.
Iline of Shunk, died September 7,
1!)0(>, of heart disease, aged 59 years,
six months and l«> days. She leaves
/besides her husband, four children,
: three sons and one daughter to
1 mourn the loss of a kind mother.