BEDI®LICAN EEWS ITEM.
CHA3LES L V.'iNG, IJditor.
Published Every Thursday Afternoon
By The Sullivan Publishing Co ,
At the County Boat of 3ulli van. County. !
IjAFOBTE, PA.
W ('. Ma>oN, I'tvskU'ii.
THOS. J. INGHAM. Sec'y Treux.
iv lered ;U the Post OtKce at Laporte, as
second-class mail matter.
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
For (iovernor
!•: I»\V 1N S, STUART, ol Philadelphia,
For Lieutenant (iovernor,
ROBERT S. Ml 'RPIIY. of Cambria. ■
For Auditor < ieneral.
H< >BERT K. YOI'NG, otTioga.
Secretary of Internal Affairs,
11 EN R V 1 IOI'CK. of Lebanon.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET. |
State Senator,
A. \V. DUY, of Bloomsburg.
Congressman, 1
E, W. SA Mt' ELS, Shamokin 1 1
Member ol Assembly, '
.)( HI X SCIIA AD, of Mildred. 1
Associate Judge,
KIIWI X WA R Hl'R'l'i )N, ol U\ erton. j 1
For Coroner,
1. R. I>AVI E, of Forksville.
Jury Commissioner,
li Ki«K« K W.i.A Wll F.NSON.Strawbridge J
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Idol Shuttered In That Famous
Brick Yard Deal.
STATE TREASURER IS SCORED i
112
Le:.'ing Newspapers of Pennsylvania !
Condemn Transaction With Institu
'
ticn Favored With State Funds.
Slate Treasurer Horry has not sue- i
i iled in getting the people of Penn- j
xylvania to take his view of his recent j
1,;i.-kyard financial transaction that "it .
is a private affair." with which his fei- :
low citizens have nothing to do.
The sensational developments in con- j
ji: iinn with this matter have caused ]
nu end of talk ana adverse comment i
'i 1 i'oti!;hout the state. Mr. Berry's |
course has met with almost universal
i ondemnation.
The attempt of Mr. Berry and his \
friends to mitigate the effects of this !
em e by setting up Ihe plea that the
t'M 1 e other members of the state treas- I
my board had forced the selection of
the Harrisburg Trust Company as a i
depository is laughed at. because of (he j
*■< 11-known fact that, while the board ,
. : o?s vote on the selection of deposito
ries. the State Treasurer alone deter- i
mines the amount of the public funds |
which shall be allotted to each deposi- ,
tory at. the seductive rate of 2 per cent. 1
One year ago, under Republican ad- j
ministration of the treasury, the Har
i 'burg Trust Company had only $220,- ,
000 of the general fund of the state,'
or about one-third of what Berry has
ailoted to it. The fact that the Har-j
risbiirg Trust Company has been fa- 1
vov il by Mr. Berry with one of the 1
largest deposits in the state during the !
period in which that same company has j
been acting as trustee for tlie bon 1 1
issue of the Fields Brick Company, in ;
which Mr. Berry is the largest stoek
lw >der will make it difficult for many ;
persons to believe the State Treasurer '
has not employed his control over the i
public funds as a means of rewarding
his business friends.
Has Been Most Liberal.
Berry's explanation that he went to
Harrisburg to float his bonds because i
he did not want people in Chester to
know his company was in the market!
for real estate has had little effect in j
lessening the sensational character of j
the news that he is doing business on j
a large scale with the holders of staled
deposits.
It is unfortunate for Berry that he j
should have found it. necessary, in case!
he really had togo outside of Chester |
to find some one to finance his project, j
to have picked out the one bank in the'
whole state to which he has been most]
liberal in the distribution of the peo- i
pies' money.
A Quick Change is This.
In this connection, the comment of,
leading newspapers of Pennsylvania is
interesting.
Last year the Democrats, Prohibi
tionists and mo-too Bincolnites rang,
all the changes of fraud in connection j
with the state treasury and the bor
rowing of money from the Enterprise!
Bank by Republican politicians, says j
John J. McLaurin, in the Oil City Der- 1
rick. Homer L. Castle stumped the
commonwealth to sound the praises of
William H. Berry, the Democratic nom- j
iuee for State Treasurer, and denounce j
to a finish William H. Andrews and
other Republicans for getting funds'
from a bank that held state money on
deposit. Berry was to "lift the lid,"
if elected, and reveal a terrible condi-;
tion of affairs. He won out enough 1
weak-kneed Republicans to give him
the victory, taking sufficient stock in
the hue and cry to cast their ballots
for Berry.
The new Treasurer, who had posed
ns a reformer of the thirty-third de
gree, implacable and immaculate foe
cf the practices he and his henchmen
In the campaign had "damned from
Dan to Beersheba and return," assum
ed his office indue time. Promptly he
lifted the lid and it paralyzed him and
the whole herd of corruption shriek
evs; to find every cent of the $13,000,000
in the treasury. What next?
William H. Berry has scracely warm
ed his official chair when, as disclosed
within the last three days, he did
precisely what William H. Andrews
nan none —borrowed money from a
bunk having state deposits. His case!
was especially aggravated because of,
his position as custodian of the state's
cah. Andrews was not a state officer,
yet he was hounded and traduced as
cash. Andrews was not a state officer:
crime.
Berry as a Borrower.
From the Harrisburg Trust Com
pany, in which he lias placed about
twice the amount of public money his
Republican predecessor saw fit to de- |
posit with that corporation. William
H. Berry has borrowed $50,000, giv
ing as security a mortgage upon a
brickyard and real estate in Chester
county, alleged not to be worth nearly !
this snug amount! The same trust
company is on his bond for $500,800,:
making "only a nominal charge" for
this important service, as Berry him-;
self admits. It would be interesting
and edifying to know just what interest
or commission the company has actu
ally obtained for the loan. Berry has
outdone Andrews completely, and the i
rhoek to the fusion band of office liun- I
ters is indescribable. William H. Ber- 1
ry, the man who went on the platform
last week to tell how $2,000,000 graft
would be unearthed in the furnishing
and equipment, of the capitol," is the !
latest "reformer" to fall by the way-
Bide, "hoist by his own petard."
It might gratify the public to know
exactly the financial relations between
Mr. Berry and the Harrisburg Trust
Company. Suppose he make an affi
davit that he receives no personal ben
efit from keeping a big sum on deposit
with the company, that he pays the
usual rates for the $50,000 loan, and
that none of the money so borrowed
was Qiven him some time before the
mortgage was executod.
Who'll be the next fellow who cries
"wolf" to be "weighed in the balance
and found wanting?"
Berry's Brick Yard.
State Treasurer Berry is a shattered
idol, says the Lancaster New Era. Not
only has he been proved to be a delib- 1
erate falsifier in his political speeches,;
but he has also been exposed as a fraud
and humbug. When he went through I
the state last fafl, seeking office, he j
laid the greatest stress upon the fact j
that prominent Republicans had bor-1
rowed money from banking institutions
in which state money was deposited.
He did not dare charge that the money ,
was not borrowed in a legitimate way, i
protected by proper collateral, and re
paid when due, but the fact that any
body interested in politics should bor
row money for his private business in
Berry's view presumed a crime. That, ;
of course, was before Berry had se-j
cured his election by false pretenses j
and the alluring prospect «112 making
a profitable investment in a brickyard
venture hatl presented itself. The '
change of conditions seems to hav« j
worked an entire change of view in
Mr. Berry. As State Treasurer he saw ;
nothing improper ingoing to a Har-I
risburg trust company, which enjoyed:
a large deposit and had gene on his'
bond for a nominal consideration, and j
from it securing a large personal loan j
although the same act on the part ol
a Republican would, of course, have
been a grave crime. But now that he
lias started out to explain the transac- j
tion. he appears to be getting into deej: 1
water. He says he w«nt to the Harris- i
burg bank, with which, prior to be- :
t-oming State Treasurer, he never did
any business, because he desired tc j
keep the deal a secret in his home city i
of Chester, yet the facts show that the j
details of the transaction were attend-1
ed to by a Chester trust company i
which precluded the possibility of its'
being a secret in his home town. Mr j
Berry must look for a better excuse. I
Why Was Berry Elected.
It is of* no earthly advantage for fu- j
sion organs to attempt a protection ol j
State Treasurer Berry, declares the Ti j
tusvllle Herald. He has been caugli !
with the goods in his possession. Aftet i
parading his virtues in flowery rheto-!
ric. he is forced to admit himself gtiil- !
ty of the very misdemeanors he charg
ed against others. He has placed the
state's money where he could borrow
readily to promote personal interests
He is bonded by a company "on very
nice terms."whieh has more than $700.-
000 of state funds on deposit. It was
to correct such wrongs as this that Mr
Berry was elected. What do the, Re
publicans who elected him think ol
that character of reform?
I
Berry Gets Tangled.
Berry has got his Pharisaical robe
i in the dirt and has become seriously
tangled, as his own statements indi
cate. sa\ s the Meadville Tribune, Re
; publican. He says that when he was
' about to assume the duties of his
office, a guarantee company demand
ed $2500 a year to guarantee his bond,
and that, in the emergency, the Har
risburg Trust company agreed to be
! come his bondsman for a nominal
1 sum. He also says that when the
board of officers, of which he is one.
met to designates the banks in which
I the state funds might be deposited
he voted against selecting the Harris
burg Trust company as one of the
state depositories. Let It be remem
bered that, while the depositories are
selected by a board, no one except
the state treasurer lias any right tc
say how much of the stale funds
shall be deposited in any one of these
banks. Mr. Berry, after the Harris
burg Trust company was made a de
pository against his vote, deposited
in that bank over $700,000, being a
larger sum than was deposited ia any
other batik in the state.
John D. Reeser's Big Store, Bank Block, Dushore, Penn'a
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i CASH DEPARTMENT STORE. I
fc \ t I —^ /■» 11 ]W largest Stock in the County is now r< ady lor your in-S
1I(LV 1 ULL 1 IX I Ll)vIIlCJlov_. spection. COATS, EUITS, MILLINEKY, BLANKI SV, OUT |
NG DRESS GOODS, AND UNDERWEAR.
Our Coat and Suit Department, is overllowing witb the choicest Metropolitan styles!
in Plaids, Blacks and Blues. They must be seen to be appreciated. WOOLEN BLANKETS nearly all colorsJ
dnd prices, bee our Window Display—Outings and Elanneletts, nearly 100 pieces to select fiom. ' 1
UNDERWEAR in their department. You will find ever) thing in woolen and cotton wear lor men, women ancl
children. BED COMFORTABLES from sl.oo to $3.50 they are beauties. |
John D. Reeser's Big Store. Bank block \
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Cultivate the Habit of buying reputable
good from a reputabe concern
We are agents for W. L. DOUGLASS SHOES fro-
to 5.00 p?
Wood School Shoes
If Jy rorboys has no equal.
always sa'tisfa tory.
A r 'OOD ASSORTMENT
\ V\ of CHILDRENS and
•1 \° 0 "-\ LADIES' Heavy Shoe
1 p \ o Fine Goods at correct
112 * >rlces -
If Ro Gus "Os
i?ckton . Nr *
1 Mass._ \ -A <4r\
Clothing Made fc to Order
All have the right appearance and guaranteed otsd
in both material and workmanship andjprice mte.
We also manufacture Feed, the Flag Brand. 11 is not cheap, but
good. Is correctly made. Ask your dealer for it or write us for prices.
NORDMONT SUPPLY Co.
General Merchants, mill 0 "
NOEDMOITT, IP.A.
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The Best place
to buy goods
Is often asked by the pru
pent housewife.
Money saving advantages
arealways being searched for:
Lose no time in making a
thorough examination of the i
New Line of Merchandise
Now on
I exhTblT foKTI
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STEP IN AND ASK
ABOUT THEM.
Ail answered at
Vernon Hull's
Large Store.
liULaßTOva* Pa.
CONDENI'f'O KKFoKT <il tin- condition of Tin- '
First National Hunk lit Onshore, ill the State
of Pennsylvania at close of business i-ci>t. Itii,
.11)00.
KBHOt KCES.
• Loans atnl discounts...
I'. s. 11..11.1s to secure circulation ••O.Wi
Premium on 112. s. Bonds l.'iooOO
[Stock securities
1 Furniture ..mju ' ( u
1 Due from BuiYk> and approved Res. A»t. til
Redemption fund I" S. Treasurer 2.ooott>
Speeiulnud Legal Tender notes '»>.,{» 4.
Total $455,841 84
1 liamutiks,
! ' apital £.»0,000 00 ;
' Surplus and undivided profits 10 i
| Circulation 15.90000 1
: Dividends unpaid V--V'
! Deposits «•*' l .
Tottil «SS,:HI SI ;
' Btateof Pennsylvania County of Sullivan ss. !
I M 1> Swarts pushier of the above mimed
! bankdo solemnly swear that the above statement
is tiur tuthelK.-toi my knowledge and Induf.
M. 1). SWAKTS Cashier.
Snlisciitied and sworn to before me this Mill
dav of Sept. l'.HXi. ALIIb.IU l\ Hhl-.s*.
Mv commissionexpiree Feby 2i, W. Notary I'ublic.
I tOmCIAUe> K.r,.KVLVAKIA. )
If M. KKLLOCiti, Directors. 1
K AMI'EL I'OLK. )
I
I *!'»> Cure Ci»i.ti|mtton forever.
I Take Cascarets Cu»dy Cutimrtic. I l * or'iV
\t u. c. G. fall to euro, druggists refund money
J. M. WIHTON, MUNCY VALLEY,
JUST I^EaEIX"V-EI3
Up to Dale Stock of Goods
Men's & Young Mens' Suits.
You are all invited to come and examine the goods.
Everything to be seen here is the most stylish, lhese
are the prices which you can get good suits for:
6.50 TO 12.00 -
Also a big lot of BOYS' SUITS. /
Sizes from 3 years to 16 years. Knee pants, assorted col- jj hV.
ors from $1.75 up. Also a big lot of Boys' School Knee j| II wM Wm
Pants, strong as you ran make them for little money. | h tijsg
A big lot of MEN'S WORKING PANTS at worth V jj
1.25. $3.50 pants reduced to 2.10 per pair. Also a big lot Jj/ mfljr
of MEN'S HATS latest styles; they are thoroughly up io
date and acceptable to those who want to wear stylish "pjuvi^ntfeL
hats. Also received up to date stock of LADJES' SKIR I S
AND COATS, FURS AND SWEATERS.
Sole agents for W. L. DOUGLAS SHOES.
From 3.00 to 3.50. Also received twenty-five cases of boots and shoes tor Ladies'
Gents and Children from 95c up; all new goods, no trash. All sizes and low prices.
Reliable dealer in Men's Clothing.
Jacob M. Wihton
MUNCY VALLEY, PA.
Wiliiamsport &. North Branch Railroad
TIME T_A-D3I_iIE.
In effect Monday. Sep. 25,
Read down Road uj»
Flag stations w hen tin ;Ibi . : i ked "V*
AM I' Mr. M. P.M 1' >*AM A. M. A M STATIONS. AMAMA.M. A. M. I'M 1' I! I'M I'M
10 15 lif 50 120521 030 10 20 7 f»0 Hulls... . ft ?(> 7to 9 ".7 12 l. r » 100 5 0-"» 060
10 2o 12 .v» 112 (23 5 2"» 033 f]o 25 f75? Peniisdulc... r. 15 757 <• 33 12 li 3505n0 <) 55
10 30 1 0"» 432535 011 10 35, XOl . ITnghcsvilh'... (i 05 7 -IS 922 12 (0 31. I "<o v 15
1 14 439 5 42 0 ft 10 42 lh 00 I'irture Hocks ] • lo 51 3 ;;o «.■ ::,s
i 19 I it .. o 4«.' fsoo ....( 1 amnuni io i» .2
1 2ft 1 51 ft ,'l H II ...Glon Mnwr 10 :.:s 3 • _»5
1 31 t's 00 7 «o fs2o ..Sirnu 1 ri«lKt lo : l . ... ]<;
140 f505 703 112 »..Beech('«l< ij .. . io 28 H 1:; . . -j ns
I I ' r » 07 7 u-5 820 . Miiih y Ynlley lo 2» < U'.» •,» 05
1 65 5 13 7 10—.... b ;.l ... .Soiß'«towi» 10 10 3 07 8 00
5 5 45 0 02 l.nj'ortf ... '• 22 7 In
f568 fO 12 liinpdale ... . « U 7
2* • • f«' 05 ft) 20 ..lk'ruin* > . n .»o
-r 609 ....SatteHldd..-. s 5o ... .
m A. M. A M A. M I'M I'M
A.M
PM PM AM AM AM I'M I'M PM
020 300 920 7 10 SoiH'Stown 915 240 510 900
70S 3 4SIO 0N 758 Kugk-S Mere h27 1 52 422 812
62$ 949 ...Dushon .. 766 628
7 2ft 10 50 ...Towauda... 7 05 5 30
1210 will:.- Barie §O6
500 400 1229 lodb 780 Wiliiamsport 630 1039 1289 687 1031
S. D. TOWNSEND, D. K. TOWNSEND,
Gen. Manager,Hughesville Passenger Agent,
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Try The rj- vv. I' m Office Once.
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