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.
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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.
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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<st entertain
ments they were ever at.
Be Mindful ol (he Law.
Hunters and other ..visitors to the
woods should not forget that the tres
pass law passed by the legislature of
1905 prohibits any person going upon
the land of another for any purpose
whatever, without the consent of
the owner of the land, provided the
said owner has posted proper caution
notices in conspicuous places on his
property. In tho eager hunt for
game hunters are likely to allow the
provisions of the law to slip their
memory.
The chief purpose of this law is to
prevent trespass on the lands of coal
companies, but its provisions apply
to all lands. Farmers whose proper
ty has been damaged by thoughlit.-.s
amateur hunters have taken advan
tage of this law and have pretty
thoroughly placarded their lands.
It will thorefore, be well for hunters
when they go into the woods to keep
as sharp a lookout fur trespass no
tices as they do for the game they
are in search of.