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VOL. XI. NO G5.
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<To Buy Your jewelry s I
Nothing in Town to Compare WithN
(' the Quality that We are Giving /
£* You for the Low Price Asked. Si
C Quality and moderate prices makes a force that\ ;
> irresistibly draws into our store the best patronage r
( of this section. Many years here in business, always 3 '
S with a full line of goods above suspicion; chosen C
{with a care and judgment comm- nsurate with its «
* desirability and adaptability to refine tast<-, makes \ ,
our store a sale place to invest. C
£* Repair work done on short notice and gtiaran-Q
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C DUSHORE, PA. The Jeweler^
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HARDWARE :
No Place Like this Place
For Reliable
ST O VES and RANGES, ;
COAL OR WOOD.
HEATERS; \
ONE OF WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS.
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House rurnishiug Goods, Tools of Every„ L
Description, Guns and Ammunition, 1
Bargains that bring the buyer back. j
Come and test the truth of our talk.
£ lot of second hand *tove« and ranges for sale cheap.
We can soli you in stoves anything from a fino Jewel Base
Burner to a low priced but e&tiefp.ctory cook stove.
Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and
Genera! Repairing, Roofing and Spouting.
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The Shopbell Dry Good Co.,
\ 313 Pine Street,
WILLI AM SPORT, PA.
Soft Warm Blankets and
Comfortables.
There's all the ditference in the world in blankets ami comfortables.
Prices doesn't give yon much clue to their actual value—for a very poor blanket
or comfortable may eaeni fur better than it in—at first.
We're blanket and comfortable "specialist"—proud of tke fact tliat, as poor
ones cannot get into this store —they cau't leave it.
You may be sure of one thing—the money you spend wish us tor blankets
brings you lull value. For the prices you'll be asked to pay will return as much ol
beauty and soflnoes, and actual durability s- any store can give you.
White and Grey Cotton Blankets, good, I irge sizes, for
50c to $2.00
White and Colored Blankets, with small per oe lit of cot-1
ton. They a-e so soft and ftne you could h.irply tell them
from all wool, for
$3.00 to $4.50.
Then we have the strictly all wool Blankets, in white,
grey, sea 11't and fancy plaids. An excellent assortment to
select from, at
$5.00 to $lO.
Comfortables and Sateen or S lkoline covers. They are
filled with pure white cotton. Some specially good val
ues for SI.OO, $3 75
Muslin Underwear Sale.
We are having our Annual Sale o( Muslin Underwear
this week We lave been planning for this for several
weeks We are now prepared to show the best garments
you have ever purchased for tiie price.
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LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1907.
Death of John 11. Lawrence.
Mr. Joh 11 H. Lawrence of Dushore,
died January 17, at,the home of hi*
son, Win. J. Lawrence of Kane, Pa.,
where Mr. Lawrence luid been vis
iting fur about two weeks. The re
mains were taken to Dushore and
funeral services held on Sunday.
Mr. Lawrence was born in Sulli
van county, April 11, 1833. lie was
formerly engaged in the mercantile
business at Dushore in that town's
early days. Mr. Lawrence was elect-
Sheriff of Sullivan county in 1865.
For many years ho served as Justice
of the Peace of Dushore Boro. which
< 'tlii e he held at the time of his death.
Nine children survive: Mrs. I). 11.
I'ealer, of Lopez; Mrs. D. H. Lornh,
of Sonestown; Win. J., of Kane; C.
T., of Dushore; Mrs. J. P. Little, of
Stockton, California; Orvil 11., of
Waverly; Mrs. D. McDonald, of
White Salmon, Washington; Mrs.
A. J. Bradley, of Lnporte. Mr.
Lawcence is also survived by a
brother William of Canton, Pa.
As Edward Eckert,of the Milliner
Drug company, was driving near
I'orksville, Thursday, some part of
the harness broke, frightening the
horses and causing them to run. Tur
ning the team into a bank he was
thrown out and sustained to broken
ribs.
Considerable surprise was created
in the Columbia county court on
Monday when Judge Evans senten
ced Mrs. Elizabeth Krebs and Mrs.
Laura llarr to serve one year in
jail. The women were arrested sev
eral weeks ago on the charge of shop
lifting. Through their attorney they
reached an argument with the dis
trict attorney that the case would be
dioped, and were almost prostrated
by consternation when Judge Evans
refused to allow the case to be settled
and pro ounced sentence on the
I risoners
u:*Luke M'lk'ima, nestled in one rr
the coldest Sections of Sullivan
county has been like a little salt lake
in one of the sunny southwestern
climes, for the ice on the still water
has not been thick enough to make
i good crop for harvesters. Laporte
residents agree that the year has
never been equalled for mildness,
but the air in.the mountain town
iias been so pure that the health of
the people has been the best.—Wil
liamsport News.
The Construction of the proposed
electric trunk line between Chicago
mil New York, which will pass
through Schuylkill county, touching
\shland, Mahony City and Tania
q'ia, which will be the largest elec
tric road in the world, and on which
I \>w York can be reached from Chi
cago in ten hours, is now practically
an assured fact, according to the Chi
cago Chronical, grouud having been
broken for the first road bed at La-
Porte, Ind. Inside of ninety days, it
is claimed, the first cars will leave
La Porte.
iVn;> r: In Ci ran'JTt*.
The thirty fourth nniin.il session of tlia
Pennsylvania Rtste grang;\ held at
j DuboK brotvrlit out nn attendance of
| something like 1 .300 delegates and vls
' I tors. The secretary's report showM
' an Inoreii.-: 1 of thirty now granges and
seventeen reorganized granges during
the past yenr, with a total member
ship of 5,472. There are nbout r>o,ooo
' members of the Order In tho elate. A
vust, amount of business was transact
ed, and the election of officers took
place. There was a lively contest be
tween State Master Hill and I>otiirer
A. P«. Cornell for the office of master.
; Mr. 11111 was re-elected, however.
The national grange liked the roport
of lt» legislative committee so well
that It ordered 100,000 copies printed
for distribution.
Death of Muryland'a State Munter.
- ! Hon. Joseph B. Ager, master of Ma
ryland state grange, died on Dec. 0 of
' heart trouble, lie was born In Massa
chusetts seventy years ago. In 1879 he
j moved to Chlllum. Md„ and engaged In
truck farming and later lu the tiusl
r ness of dairying. He was recently
1 elected to his fourth consecutive terra
- as master of the Maryland state
* He ntterulod tho nntionftl
grange meeting in Denver a few weeks
. ago, which overtaxed his vitality, and
Since that time he had been 111. lie
I whs a genial old geutleman and had
done a good work for the Ord9r In his
state.
Hunters Bitterly Oppose Dollar Tax.
A largely attended and enthusias
tic meeting was recently held at
Lock Haven, upon invitation of tin
local gun club for all lovers of fail
play and the chase to express view?
on the pending bill before the Legis
lature upon the proposed law to levy
a tax of $1 and require a license ol
evt ry man who goes into'the woods
or fields to hunt.
Mr. R. 11. Stewart, President of
the meetingjstated that the object of
the meeting was to voice the senti
ment of thejpeople in reference tr
the proposed law to tax all citizens
31 and require them to take out
liscenses for the privilege of hunt- (
ing, wheather for one hour or one
lay or as many days as the season is
open. His arguments were against
the enactment of such a) law.
Philip S. Kift, another enthusiast,
was against the measure. After ex
pressing the belief that the love of
hunting is born in a man he launch
ed out in a speech of opposition to
the taxing of hunter-. He said that
if citizens permit this $1 tax to be
imposed upon them it woultl be but
a short time until the tax will be
increased to s"> a head or possibly
$lO and then more. He said the
rich will'be'able togo into the woods
or forests for sport, but that poor
men will not.
Bill to Amend the Primary Election Law.
The first bill to amend the prim
ary election law introduced in the
Legislature makes the act apply to
all the of the state at both
ihe reg |,; .maries. The provis-1
ioti wnici.- u...*es optional theappli-j
cation of the law to boroughs and '
townships nominations is full ofi
mischief. It has been the cause of!
most of the confusion which some;
people have experienced, and its I
constitutionality is doubtful. It was ;
not well thought out, and ditl not ;
lesignate any auth'.i ?y to determine '
when borough and township nomi- ]
nations should be made under the j
new system or when under the old.
of the county commissioners;
have assumed to decide, but the law i
gives them no such power. In all i
discussion of the matter no good'
reason has been advanced why all
nominations all the time should not
be under the uniform system. It is
more or less confusion to have two (
ways of doing things of this kind.
At the primaries next June there
will be no exceptions. Primaries
will be held in accordance with the
new law in all the districts ol the
state and it was a mistake not to
have made the act just as general
for the winter primary. The fact
that the proposed amendment is in
troduced by a member from Warren
county, where there are no cities—
only boroughs and townships—quite
plainly shows that there is no reaxin
why borough and township nomi
nations need to be made an excep
tion. The two or three mistakes of
this kind in the act have given those
who have always been opposed to j
the system all the chance they have
had to quarrel with the law. They
have improved it to the best they
knew how, but they have not creat
ed a sentiment for a change back to
the old ways. No such change can
bo made, and it will not be difficult
for the Legislature to take the crud
ities and inconsistencies out of the
existing act.
Progress and invention is rapidly
revolutionizing the order of things
on the farm. Less than ten years
ago farm life had but few charms
and endless hardships compared to
the ways of tho city. The telephone,
rural delivery and (he automobile
are driving tho city dwellers in sear
ch ot a country home,which tends to
increase the value of the latter and
at the same time bring to the minds
of the city folks a full realization of
the physical benefits and advantag
es to be derived from life in the
con n try
An inmate of the Danville insane
asylum named Nathan Wilcox, of
I Williamsport, who was thought to
have escaj>ed from that institution
was found crouched under a bed in
' one of the dormitories
State Lite aud Sullivan Railroad Cor»j4-n>
Defendants is Bif Svit.
Ex-Senator M. E. McDonald of
Scranton, is plaintiff in an action for
damages just filed at Towaudaiu the
office of the prothonotary of Brad
ford county. The proceedings is
againstjthe State Line A Sullivan
Railroad Company, the paper* in the
case have been served upon Presi
dent (). A. Baldwin. Tha damages
claimed are $1,500,000.
The defendant oomjMmy owned
and operated a tract of land ia Bulli
van county, which is estimated to '
contain at this time 20,000,000 tons
of coal. The State Line
company operated a mine there
prior to 1902, Charles Henry Davis
being president. By a resolution'of
the directors and with the consent
of the stockholders, Davis is saidjto
have been authorized to enter into a
lease for the coal under this land,
sell the coal yards and]other personal
property of the company, and Davis
was given fall power to make the
lease. /
On December 17, 1991, is
•laimed to have mat M. J. Murry,
of Dumnoie, who is operating a mine
near Lopez, and Mr. McDonald at
The office of Davis, by appointment,
ind iutu'a lease
by which Murry and McDonald
wore to take over the coal lands
upon consideration to be afterwards
agreed upon. Then, it is further
laimed, that on September 29, 1902,
the defendant company, through
Davis, made an agreement to lease
ilie lands for a period of ninety-nine
years; on Oitober 9, the plaintiff Mr.
McDonald, met a Sir. Coffin associat
ed with McDonald in the business
for.the company, and talked of the
rtlaus, upon the understanding that
McDonald would have the lands.
But after a meeting of the direc
tors of the company, held on De
cember 24, 1902, the plaintiff alleges
ihat Davis refused to turn over the
property or any part "112 it, and on
April 13, 1903, Davis wiote Mr. Mc-
Donald that "physical possession of
the mine had been delivered over to
the Connell Anthracite Wining Co."
The Council Company* is now the
biggest coal producers ia Sullivan
j county fields. The suit is the largest i
;n the figure of damages wanted
j that has ever been instituted in the
Bradford county courts, and the trial
; of it is expected to be full of interest.
Something decidedly unique in
lawmille construction and operation
will be the new mill of the Central
Pennsylvania Lumber company, to
be located near Sheffield,in Warren
| county, for whitch the site has been
-lecurcd and cleared and ou which
work will be started as soon as Spr
ing opens and building operations
can be pushed along.lt will be a lar
,>ro structare of solid concrete,and the
mill will be driven by electricity,
both the nature of the plant aad the
power that will be used being new
for the sawmill purposes.
The proposed structure,for which
plans are completed,will be a three
iiand mill,with a capacity of 200,000
feet a day for a single crew or 400,-
000 feet a day for double crews,day
and night. From 50 to 75 millons of
feet of timber a year are to be cut,
this giving an idea of the magnitude
of the mill, which will exceed in size
any that the Central Pennsylvania
company now has. The mill of the
company at Laquin may be stated
by way of comparison,is a two baud
mill and will cut from 125,000 to 140,
000 feet a day
Terry McOovern, former idol of
the fighting world, the winner of a
quarter of a million dollars, is today
probably hopelessly insane in a san
itarium, his fortune of $203,200 gone
and his family in want
| That his daughter may have the free
| use of her right arm, which she is at
present unable to move, Samuel
1 Clemens will suffer a large strip ol
i his skin to be taken and grafted to
, the little sufferer's arm.
His daughter Sara,was burned by
' a bon fire on the eighth of December.
The child got well but has beeu un
able to move her arm, the member
remain in a stiff position,Jthe forearm
at right angles to the upper arm.
The girl's father will have over a
square foot of skin taken from his
body.
75C PER YEAP
BifcHttft ITfcMS.
Mrn. Jatne* J. Conner* ' r X-1 1;-. d
was visiting Dushore fii-mlo last
week.
Mrs. K. F. Hcbaad and Virginia
Kinsley were Dushore visitors Sat
urday.
Frank MeMahon in'i J. A. Hels
man were at Ilarrisburg last week.
The dime social held at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Humgarl
ner of Mildred Thursday uight, fjr
the benefit of the Presbyterian chur
ch was a success.
John Connors and Charles Jack
son, were Dushore visitors on Hat
unlay.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mc-
Mahon on January 7, a daughter.
Mrs. Arch bald Hay is very low
at this writing of typhoid pneumonia
S. A. Delffenbach was at Dushore
Sunday attending the funeral of ZVTr■.
John Lawrence.
Miss Jennie Hay ol Towanda, was
called home un account of the seri
ous illness of her motker.
Mrs. If. E. Watson returned home
last week after spending some time
with New Albany friends.
The members of B mice Lodge
No. 002 is making arrangements for
holding an oyster supper on Febru
ary 22, 1907.
The members of Katonka Tribe
will hold a smoker on Monday
night January 28.
The citizens who B>akc up the
real sinew ana backbone of thy coun
try begin to see how they are being
ground by the various trusts that
feed upon them. There is the labor
trust, the first in the Held, on one
side to stop the supply of coal, stop
the factories auti cut off WIJI* when
they order strikes and throw whole
communities into distress and want,
and the capital trusts on the other
side.
The common citizens number n
bout seventy-eight millions and the
labor trust about two miiiion. The
rights and interest of the citizen*
represent therefore, seventy eight
points as compared with two points
for the labor and capital trusts. This
means a very heavy majority of the
readers of newspapers and buyers of
merchandise are uot members of
labor unions or any other form of
trust and their power is and should
be supreme, both in elections and
government.
There is a groat middle class in
this country which belongs on the
side of neither organized labor nor
capital; the professional classes; the
farmers; the salaried people; ihe
small owners of property. It is,
after all, the greatest class of the
country. It has never, however,
been brought fairly face to face witli
the inquiry where its interests lie iti
this controversy.
The coal atrike suggest this state
of affairs in a timely way. There
are half a million r.mers, u few
thousand, perhaps, of ooal and coal
railroad owners and operators, and
the reet of our 80,000,000 people rep.
resent the class who pays for the
essential product of the mines.
Everybody has come to understand
that the consumer pays for the strike
and incidentally that he shivers
while thestiike is going on.
It is this great aeutral class, or
middle class, or whatever you mil it.
not directly oounected in a particular
labor problem, is the one which wiil
make its views felt. It is unorganiz
ed,.it has never made an effort to or
ganir.e. It is divided among dif
ferent parties, and it has all kinds of
political and economic views.
This class is going to look into the
merits of these questions about which
labor and capital have hail so much
to say for years. It is going to i:i
quire "Where do we get off'.'" It
will be discovering, very soon after
we see labor and capital arrayed at
the ballot box and at the political
convention, that it pays the bills;
and when it gets ready to take a
I possitiou there will be doings, it
will help tfir real solution of ques
| Hons that the politicians have been
j dodging. It will come nearer the
light solution than either of the
1 , more directly Interested partiea.