Republican News Item. VOL. XI. NO 23. C To Buy Your Jewelry \ Q Nothing in Town to Compare Withes 112 the Quality that We are Giving v s You for the Low Price Asked. S C Quality and moderate prices makes a force that\ irresistibly draws into our store the best patronage r I of this section. Many, here in business, always J Swith a full line of above suspicion; chosen C I with a care and nt commensurate wiin its » \ desirability and ada lity to refine taste, makes } 112 our store a safe plact-iO invest. C / Repair work done on short notice and guaran-Q \ teed, by skilled workmen. Your orders appreciated. $ RETTENBURY, > <,dushore, pa. HARDWARE^ No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL OIR/ WOOD. HEATERS; ONE OF WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS. House furnishiug Goods, Tool?'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 stove 3 and ranges for sale cheap. We can sell you in stove? 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. Siiuuei The Shopbell Dry Good Co., » 313 Pine Street, • ' WILLIAMSPORT, PA. The Nev Poll Soils Are arriving every day, the line will soon he complete. Season alter season we are selling more suits. We have every reason to believe that our efforts have j been repaid ami that your confidence inns to secure the best st)les will h sustained j when you see what a fine showing we will have ready in a few New Walking Skins We have scoured the whole market until we found the most stylish, most j serviceable walking skirts that would be shown anywhere. They are both plain j colors and the new plaids and the new English mixed etlects. THE NEW WOOL DRESS GOODS FOR FALL; Are on the counters. Kvarybody who wishes quiet., rich, tasteful things in ! dress fabrics will find them here. Not a desirable cloth or color missing. There | are two fashionable cloths this season, Broadcloths and Panamas. We have an excellent assortment of both. Plaids Are Stylish Plaids are once more in liivor and are made in some lovely color combinations. They are the quiet and comhre tone plaids, not loud as the few years back. Corsets of the Best Before the new gown a new corset of course. Let us help you to select the right one. We cannot atlord to have anything but the best at the vaiious prices. Critically selscted models make up the fall assortments. Kvery norsel shows the new lines demanded by late stybs. Whether you buy one for 5o cenis or the very finest we can suit you. Subscribe for the News Item LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1906. THE SIXTIETH CO^TESS. The Sixtieth Congress will have ;jl> 1 unil possibly :?9.1 members. The | new State of Oklahoma is certain to he admitted and elect live members of the House. If New Mexico and Arizona accept joint Statehood there will be two members from that State. The Republicans have 2<~po members in the 59th Congress, or a majority of 111. To overturn this majority the Democrats will have to win 58 districts now held by the Republi cans. The Democrats have one ad vantage in 100 seats from the South which will not bo contested because political contests have not been al lowed in the South for many years. There is always a serious handicap on the Republican party because of an unequal contest in the North ! where there is a free ballot and a fair j count. This compels the Repuhli-1 cans to carry two-thirds of the mem-> bership of the House in the North [ and West, while the Democrats have i to make a tight for only one-third in 1 order to secure control of the House j of Representatives. This handicap 1 to the Republicans should be a re- j minder to every voter who believes ; in the policies of the present Admin- j istration. The endorsement of Pres- j idcnt Roosevelt can only be secured ! by the election of-a Republican Con- i gross. The election of a Democratic Congress would be a repudiation of the President's administration and j the 1 policies it represents. The contest has already taken j shape, not only as to policies, but as j to men. <>n the one side is the en- j (iorsenient of the Roosevelt Admin istration, the prosperous condition ! of the country, and the legislation \ enacted for rate regulation. On the) other side is the repudiation of Re publican policies, and railway rate < regulation, and the advocacy of the j socialDtit dogma of Government : ownership of railways. There is the i same division as to men. On one i side are Speaker Cannon and mem- i beers of the President's cabinet,advo- j eating on the stump the continuance j of present policies. <>n the other side is William Jennings Bryan, op j posing these policies and again ad- j vocating Socialistic doctrines, even, more radical than he did in 1800. ' The issue is with the voters of the j North and Wcr>t, and they must | elect two Representatives to one j Democrat in order that there will be \ an even chance to overcome the Solid South and its 100 Democratic j Democratic members without any j contest at the polls. Voters should be mindful of their ! duty and in this district cast their j ballot for E. W. Samuels for Con gress. At the Net!' House, Sunbury, last J i week the Congressional conferees of the Lincoln Republican party named j Dr. E. W. Samuel as their candi idate for Congress. Isiah llagenbuch i :of Bloomsburg, was made chairman ' | of the conference; and N. C. Cleaver j !of Mt Carmel, and William May of i Sullivan county. were the secretaries. Congressman Samuel was nominated ■ without opposition. Notwithstand ! ing the factional feeling in some i parts of tho State, with the charges j and counter charges against this can didate and that, the sixteenth Con igressional district, composed of i Northumberland, Sullivan, Montour and Columbia—one of the live hard I coal districts of the Keystone State I —shows its faith in the honor, in ; tcgrity and ability of our present i j Congressman by showing a deter- I initiation to stand by him as he stood by his district and the State. ! Dr. Samuel now has the nomination jof three distinct parties. He was | nominated by representative men, i duly convened as follows : Aug. 14—at Danville- Republican. I Sept. ll—at Hloomsburg—Prohibi- I tion. Sept. 20 —Sunbury—Lincoln Rep. What better test of a man's popu i larity than this. That Dr. Samuel will win seems a foregone conclu sion. trusts the people and the ' people trust him. It is worth while ; for the sixteenth Congressional dis trict of Pennsylvania to have such a man as their representative in the American Congress. Berwick Inde -1 pendent. |B. Worth Jennings Suffering of 111 Health Shoots Himself. The startling announcement that B. Worth Jennings of Jenningston W. Va. had shot himself was first believed to be an unfounded rumor, bat upon further investigation it was found to be correct. A self-inflicted gunshot in the mouth had placed him in a precarious condition and he was taken to a hospital at Elkins W. Va., where two Philadelphia specialists were attending him. Mr. Jennings has been in ill health and very nervous condition for many months, due, his friends believe, to over-work and worry connected with his extensive lumbering and build ing operations at Jenningston, a new town he had founded. Tempo rary insanity is the only theory up on which to account for his attempt at self-destruction. j He is well-know n throughout Sul livan county, having had extensive lumber operations for the past twenty | years at Lopez, where he in part nership with his brother, C. 11. Jen , ning, amassed a fortune rated at I over one million dollars. His many I friends are hopeful of his recovery jand restoration of health, which has iso desperately uudermined his facul -1 ties. Icc Cream Must Be Pure. A crusade for better ice cream, or jat least real ice cream in Pennsyl vania, is to be inaugurated by th< Pure Food Department. Dr. B. 11. Warren has instructed his agents all ' over the State that the standard fix | ed by the Pure Food Commission of ' the United States Government for ic.• cream will be the standard in the Keystone State. This standard de ■ dares ice cream to be a "frozen pro duct of cream and sugar." contain ing I I per cent, of milk fat,and fruit lor nut ice cream containing 12 per 1 tent, of milk or fat. Such adulterants as eggs, corn j starch and gelatin will not be toler ated, nor will coloring matter b» permitted. If milk is used the per I rentage of milk fat cannot be main tained; hence the cream will not pass muster. ' Heretofore the Dairy and Food ! Department of Pennsylvania lias never bothered about icecream, be j cause it never had a recognized | standard. Hundreds of ice cream 1 dealers, who palm off corn starch and milk or gelatin and milk as ! cream, will be put out of business. Samples of the cream sold are te Ibe tested at once and analyzed. Where cream is below the standard | prosecutions will follow. 01 Small Interest to Uncle Samuel. A great national event is about ' transpiring on this side of the Atlan tic which, if it were a Furopean oc currence would excite intense inter national feeling. Territory as largi in extent as England is coming into the United States, drifting into the area of our national domain with no power to gainsay or hinder. Reference, of course; is made to the trend which events are taking place in Cuba, where the United States Government is assuming con trol, to prevent the island from laps ing into a condition of governmental disorder, a duty imposed upon this nation when it assumed the respon sibility of freeing the Cubans from Spanish rule wild invested them with self government. They have proven ; themselves unable to avoid drifting into the political disorders that are characteristic of Latin American na tionalities, and the responsibility for the maintenance of orderly govern ment on the Island rests with the United States. The American gov ernment cannot shirk this obliga tion, and the action that is being taken is but a movement along a line ot duty which it has assumed. No other result can be expected of this movement than that the control , oft üba by our government w ill con tinue until the island shall become a ■ part of our republic by a process of • absorbtion mutually beneficial. The . annexation of Cuba appeared to be i Manifest Destiny half a century ago, > and now destiny appears to be work - ing out its end.—Sunbury Ameri | can. Teachers' Meetings—October. Teachers' Meetings will be held at tlii; following places on Saturday, Oct. 13. Two sessions will be held, the |morning session opening at 9 o'clock, the afternoon session, at 1.80. Lopez—President, H. R. llenniug; Secretary, Miss Wredc. Dushore— President, D. M. Flick; Secretary, Miss Heiber. Sonestown—President, J. 11. Isal lantine; Secretary, R. S. Starr. Kaglesmere—President, P. 11. My ers; Secretary, Miss Kentner Forksville President, M. R. Black; Secretary, Mr. Lundy. Hillsgroye— President, R. L. Mol lyneux; Secretary, Miss Dewar. Shunk—President, C. H. Warren; Secretary, Larue Bird. The following session will be fol lowed at each meeting. Those to whom subjects have been assigned will be notified by letter. Come pre pared to discuss these subjects even though they have not been assigned to you. Morning Session—Work has out lined in the course of study for the second month. Go over this work carefully, and in cage you fail to un derstand any of its provisions do not hesitate to ask for help. Question Box. Afternoon Session : "Third Year, Language." "Fourth Year, Geography." "How and When I Conduct the Writing Period." "The Course of Study. How to create a strong public sentiment in its favor."' "How to Save Time in School." With particular reference to the elimination of wasted time which can be spent to better advantage." "Is the Subject of Reading given enough attention?" Directors and patrons and friends of the public schools are earnestly invited to attend these meetings. Come nnd enter into the discussion of these questions. Give us the bene fit of your judgment and experi ence. Every teacher is expected to at tend, -and, upon request, t<> take an active part. This not mean that you must of necessity wait for the request, but applies particularly to those who are requested to pre pare papers upon the subjects enum erated above. J. K. Reese Killgore, County Superintenent. Wellsbero, Oct. <>.—A traverse jury in court, has awarded Charles 11. Cornelius, of Tioga, SIO,OOO against the Central Accident Insur ance Company, of Pittsburg for tin loss of his left hand in a gunning ac cident March 25, 1905. The case has been twice tried in the Tioga county courts, with the same result. Cornelius, who is one of the best known young attorneys in the coun ty, was riding in the smoker of a train on the Tioga branch of tin Erie railway, when his gun was dis charged and the charge penetrated his left arm, necessitating the ampu tation at the wrist. The company refused to pay the insurance, alleg ing that the plaintiff was overinsur ed and in debt, and that the injury was not accidental, but for the pur pose of getting the insurance. A. M. Loomis, a newspaper man in Westfield, N. Y., sued a hotel keeper for damages because the lat ter had refused to serve him with dinner, payment for which he wa> duly tendered. The landlord saiil that Mr. Loomis had printed un kind things about him. This th< court said was no excuse, and a judg ment of $75 was awaided to the plaintiff. The purpose of store advertising is not merely to sell goods, but to sell more goods—to make Iriends, build up a patronage that will not onl\ stick but grow. Newspapers reach the greatest number of people in the immediate vicinity in the most nat ural way, at the least expense, and they are therefore the best of all mediums for stores. In a newspapei you follow the lines of least resist ance—you follow an audience al ready assembled, to the people who want to read—their mental cosmos right—they are on your wire, and they won't/ing off if you hold their J interest. Attraction is the basis of all advertising—the store is the sun, j the customers the planets that re- I volve around it. 75C PER YEAR BERNICE ITEMS. E. Jackson whs h Hera n ton vis itor last week. C. K. Connell of Scranton, was visiting T. V. McLaughlin this week. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Basley of Sonestown, were visiting friends liere last week. Mrs. Mary Cunningham of Mil dred, returned home on Friday after spending two weeks with her <1;- igh ter in Buffalo. Mr. and Mrs. T. V. McLaughlin were at Dushore on Tuesday attend ing the funeral of John Cadden. William Newell of New York City, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Newell of Mildred. Patrick Hannon and Joseph Hels tnau were Dushore visitors on .Sat urday. Qfk .1. A. Weinman and son Ray mond is visiting Sonestown friends. Dr. J. L. Rrennan is a Wilkes- Barre visitor this week. The following were at Forksville attending the fair : Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Moyer, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Moyer, Mr. and Mrs. John Harney, Mr. ana Mrs. James J. Connors, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Shaad, Miss Ruth Moyer, Mrs Thos. Scheel, Mrs. A. Dougher, Miss Os ier, James Wheatley, H. W. Os ier, William Allen, Dr. J. L. Rren nan, William Burk, John F. White and Allen Ande. The entejtaininent given by the members of Katonka Tribe on Mon day night was well patronized. The hall was so crowded that there was not standing room. The Public Run ning up and Mock Adoption were well rendered. After this the Degree Team had their pictures taken atul then the follow ing chiefs with their squaws sat down to partake of the corn and venison prepared for them : Mr..and Mrs. T. V. McLaughlin, Mr. and Mrs. Frank McMahon, C. I}. Watson, James If. Spence and wife, John Lonie and wife, L. J. Lowrie and lady. Harry McLaugh lin and wife, James J. Connors and wife, F. F. Schaad and wife, Daniel Schoonover and wife, S. <). Norlhey and wife, William Allan and wife, Frank Allan and wife, Daniel Hofl'a and wife, Charles Cook and wife, Fred Sornoski and wife, S. A. Def fenbach and wife, Mr.Ci.il. K rum in and Alice Cunningham, E.Jack son and wife, John Fitzgerald and wife, I.(i. Weaver and wife, J. A. Helsman and wife, Harry Basley and wife, James Spence, sr. and wife, David Spence and wife, Thomas Spence and lady, Patrick Hannon and wife, Reed Fruehey and wife, William Collins and wife, William Potter and wife, William Hay and lady, W; 11. Brown and lady, A. May and wife, Frank Cramer and wife, Charles Coleman and wife, A. L. Weed and wife, Edward Brown and lady, Daniel Dempsey, Nick t'ato and Mrs. 11. E. Watson. After partaking of the good things, the chiefs with their wives and their lady friends trailed to their wig wams, all in one mind proclaiming it to be one of the b