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For Reliable
STOVES and RANGES,
COAL O~R, WOOD
HEATERS; *
ONE OP WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS.
House Furnishing Goods, Tools 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 you 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.
The Shopbell Dry Good Co.,
313 Pine Street,
WILLIAMSPORT, PA.
Nev Dress Goods
For Spring.
ARE ON DISPLAY.
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are proud of our selection—eager 112 r you to see them —
confident ot your approval.
For with a care we have picked ami chosen and purchased, and know
th.'it there are not to he Ibund more worthy a*id beautiful representativesol the new
c-t .mil lust in Spring Dress (Joods.
No\ city and excliiMvencss are the features of the rarest combinations of weaves
collors and ellect ever manufactured are included. Certainly the display is the su-
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tahries • I the moment. Make vour selections early when the fabrics, the weaves,
(lie color combinations and the prices arc sure to delight you.
Wide Material for Tailored Suit
We are showing an exceptionly large collection ol "»0 to st)inch fabrics for
•I acket SuiiH in the new stripes, cheeks and lancy miked materials, sonic excellent
values at Si OOand #1 2"> a yard.
Plain and Fancy Panamas.
Panamas are now reeogni/.ed as one ot (he very best materials ma<le for service
and then they are stylish. We have them in all the plain colors and fancy mixed
and over plaid clucks.
ALL WOOL BATISTE MIXED SUITING.
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LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1907.
Death of Former Laporte School Teacher.
rt will be learned with sadness
Iby many of our readers, the death
|of Mrs. Isabel I Hill, nee, Mc-
Laughlin a former school teacher
at the Laporte high school. The
following is taken from a Pittsburgh
paper.
Mrs. Isabel 1 McLaughlin Hill
died Tuesday night at the family
Laughlin of Oakdale. She graduat
ed from the Clarion State Normal
School in 1805, being one of the
honor graduates. From that time
until her marriage in July. 11)03. to
J. H. llill, she taught school at
Duquesne and Carnegie, being as
sistant principal at the latter place.
She is survived by her parents, hus
band, one sister, and one brother.
The funeral services will take place
this evening at her late residence at
7 o'clock, with the interment to
morrow at Freeport, Pa.
The finan i daffairsof the instate
Normal schools are to be probed hy
a joint committee representing the
appropriation committee of the sen
ate and house. The management of
those institutions will be required
to explain what they have done with
llk money given them by the state !
! in the past, as well us tell what they j
mean to do with the funds for which |
they are asking at this time,
j The coming probe is the direct re- j
-ult of a request made by the normal j
| schools for an increase of $050,000
over the special appropriation us- :
ually given the state.
Lock Haven t Xormal school was, i
it is said, in danger of foreclosure by
a Philadelphia trust company, by
reason of farming out its state funds
The investigation sub-committee |
named by Chairman Slieat/,, of the j
house committee, comprises Kcpre--'i
sentatives Shrove, Dunsmore and I
Flint); while the sub-committee nam
ed by Senator Crawford includes Sen- |
ators Heidelhaugh, McNess, Thoinp ,
son and (iodcharles.
There seems to he no end to the j
variety of meanness. William Start '
/.ell. a well known railroader, was i
recently killed, and a number of per
sons called at the home in Shamnkin |
to view tin- remains and sympathize !
with the widow. It was afterwards!
found that a watch of the unfortunate j
man was stolen hy one of the visitors.
The man who didn't advertise died j
long ago, and he died regretting the j
the fact that he didn't. He might
have died leaving a competence to
his family: but he didn't. He might
have cut a figure in the commercial
world but he didn't. He might have
lived without anxiety: but he didn't
He might have died without the un
pleasant consciousness that his young
children would be left to struggle
for their subsistence; hut he didn't.
In short he didn't; and that tells his
story.
An action has been begun by Mrs.
Martha Hungerford against the vill
age of Waverly. President Lawrence,
each of the trustees, and Jefferson
Bingham, street commissioner of the
village, for damages to the extent
of $5,000 for injuries sustained last
June by stepping into a hole in a
side walk on Waverly street.
The attorney for Mrs. Hungerford
is Charles Annabell, and he claims,
that, not only is the village liable
but all the officials as well whose
duty it is to keep the walks in a safe
condition.
Martha Peterman, a young lady
form"rly of Benton, Pa., was killed
in the Young Woman's Christian
Association building in Philadel
phia, on Sunday morning. She was
em ployed at that place as an tleva- |
tor operator and Sunday morning j
she ran the elevator to the eighth '
floor where she left it standing '
while she went to breakfast. When
she returned the elevator hail drop
ped several feet below the lloor.
Miss Peterman lay down on the floor
to reach the controller and run the |
lift back to the floor level, but In I
doing so she turned the lever tho j
wrong way and the car decended :
crushing her head.
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Object to Assessments.
! Tin* following from tin* Wilkes*
I Burn- llecord of Miirch 4, 1007. may
I lie of inii rest to Sullivan county tax
i payers, A. 11. MeClintock, rt?|»rt*-
' scnting tin- Lehigh A: Wilkes-ISarre
; t '<>ul ioil Saturday filed an a])|iea!
; from the decision of the board of re*
I vision relative to the reassessment
! and valuation of the company's coal
' lands in the city of Wilkes-Barre,
: and appeals to the Court of Common
j Pleas for a decision. The petition sets
j fnitli that the company's coal lands
I in the city have heen assessed too
| high and higher than coal property
| of other owners; that the valuation
' of $1(10 per foot thick coal vein i>
j far too high and entirely out of all
proportion.
The petition goes on and states
| how many acres, of coal lands tin
j conipany'owns in each ward and con
! tends that £,.*1,000 per acre of coai
I lands and $ 100 per acre for sui face is
j sufficient valuation. The total vain.
! ation in each ward of the company's
j properties is as follows: First ward
I #18,000: Second ward $80,700; Third
I ward SBOS, 150;\Sixth ward I, .".00;
Kiglith ward 527,0.*10; Ninth ward
! *25:5,500; Tenth ward $281,720;
Kleventh ward $180,010; Twelfth
ward $804,630: Thirteenth ward $B5l
- Fourteenth ward, 015,250; Fif
; teentli ward, 1,387,620; Sixteenth
ward, 100,170.
The further contentions of the
company are that the valuations and
assessments fixed hy the hoard of re
vision are ahove the market value
of the several properties that tin
valuation and assessment were not
made with due regard to the valu
ation ami assessment of the other
real estate in the city of Wilkes-Bar
re, but is at a higher rate than the
rate of valuation ot the other real es
tate; that the valuation and assess
ments are not just and equitable,
having due regard to the valuation
and assessments made 'of the othei
real estate in the city; that th«petit
ioner expects to be a hie to prove at
the trial of the cause that the above
list of valuations is correct, as mad*
up by Ilarry C. Mason, land agent
for the company.
Pleading guilty to the offense of
furnishing the liquor to George
l'hillips, that finally resulted in hi
death. William Barto of the Amer
ican House, lKighesville, was fined
>2OO and the costs of prosecution.
A petition signed by three hundred
citizens of Hughcsvilh' was present
ed asking the court to he lenient
in its sentence of Barto. At the
time of the death of young Phillips,
indignation ran high among Un
people of Ilughesville, but it was
afterward learned that Philips drank
from a bottle that was standing or
the counter when the bartender's
attention win turned in another di
rection, and that Barto was not r<-
sponsible for all ihe liquor drank by
by the young mun.
General Manager Atterbury of
the Pennsylvania railroad company
has ordered the removal of all steel
cross ties now in use on the Pennsyl
vania railroad as u.result of the rec
ommendations of the special com
mittee appointed to investigate the
wreck of the Chicago special near
Johnstown, two weeks ago w hen
many persons were injured. The
committee says they are unable to
account for the cause of the accident
but they are of the opinion that the
damage subsequent to the derail
ment was much more serious than
would hive been the case with
wooden ties. The three pultnau
cars that figured in the wreck, and
which were in a previous wreck are
now considered "hoodoo" cars and
will be burned by orders of the com
pany.
By Wa.-hington's Birthday the
hack bone of winter, to use a trite
expression, is supposed to be broken
and harbingers of spring are most
ly on the way. The present winter. |
however, seems to be an exception. '
—Sayre Presbyterians are trying
to collect "a mile of pennies," tliei
unique idea being a part of a plan
to wipe out the church debt. A mile
of pennies will add $814.48 to the
building fund. I
Newspaper Advertising Proveb lo be a
Profitable Investment.
The first M. K. church of Trenton,
X. J., was filled recently by news
paper advertising. It was a farewell
service in a sAieswhich two revival
ists had heen conducting in the
church for three weeks.
Following up a system of billboard
ind trolley car advertising that had
placarded the city for more than a
month, the church committee in
charge of the revival Saturday insert
ed ina local afternoon newspaper
i half page advertisement in tin
boldest of black faced type under the
startling headline,"Stop, Look, Lis
ten!" The advertisement detailed the
services of the day, offering as a spec
ial attraction a large chorus choir.
The effect of the advertisement
was all that had heen anticipated,
for long before the hour for the ser
vice to commence people began to
fill the building, which is one of the
largest auditoriums in Trenton.
One of the official board of the
•hurch, when asked of the effect of
the advertising, said: "When a thea
ter or a circus or a baseball -game
wants to get the people it advertises
for them. We simply adopted the
■tame method and we got the people.
With more than 100 persons profess
ing conversion during the three
weeks that we have been advertising,
we felt that the money had been
well invested. We did not wish to
be sensational, nor do I think we have
been, but we think religion is prac
tical and we took a practical way of
letting the people know what we
had to offer them."
Former Governor Penny-packer's
review of the administration, written
for the Philadelphia Public Ledger,
will appeal to fair minded men w ho
are familiar with the conditions of
which he writes as a very modest
summing up of the accomplishments
of one of the most eventful periods
in the history of our Commonwealth.
President Roosevelt has said, *in a
public address, that a single phase
>f the Pemiypacker administration,
the extra session of the Legislature
of last winter, has no parallel in the
records of any State lor the product
ion of so many good laws in a single
brief session. But that was only one
of many things for which the Penny
packer administration will be held
in grateful memory by the people of
Pennsylvania.
In consideration of the very vio
lent, and oft -times malicious manner
in which Governor Penny-packer
was assailed during his four years in
the executive chair, the great sarcasm
of his references to his critics acquits
liini of carrying any grudges out of
office. He can well afford to look
back over his administration and
smile at the iccollections of the
futile efforts to distort his motives,
misrepresent his statements, exagger
ate his mistakes and disregard his
good deeds.
This article is one of the most in
teresting, if not the most notable, of
the products of the pen of Samuel
W. Penny-packer. —Telegraph,
To Collect Fees.
For the purpose of collecting
money which he contends is due him
for fees Sheriff Sharpless, Northum
berland county has .brought suit
against the county commissioners at
Sunbury.
In his bill of particulars Sheriff
Sharpless sets out that he is entitled
to expenses and fees for serving requi
sition papers ordered by the county,
even though he fails to capture the
party wanted. The Northumberland
uominissioners contend that unless
the sheriff is successful in bringing
back the party that he is sent after,
he is not entitled to either pay or ex
penses, and they refuse point blank
to settle accounts of this kind.
Another item ill dispute is the fees
on committments where prisoners
have been sentenced to pay costs.
The commissioners taking the stand
that the county is not liable to such
cases. A third dispute is the pay- :
ment of fees on the collection of
money ordered by the county.
The Northumberland county com
missioners have repeatedly refused
to settle bills of this nature and will
likely fight the case strongly through J
the costs.
75C PER YEAR
BERNICE ITEMS.
James J. Conncrs of Mildred was
it Laporte visitor last week.
Kdward Ifannon has returned
home from Wyoming, Pa.
Thomas Ramsey who left for
Willkesßarre two week ago, return
ed last week.
Dr. Brennan accompanied Mrs.
John P. Murphy to t'ie Wilkes.
Barre hospital where she w ill re
ceive treatment.
James J. Conners and If. .1.
Schaad have received invitations to
the Road-maker's Convention to lie
held at Pittsburg, March 12, to 15.
Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Jackson were
at Dushore Saturday to attend the
funeral of Mrs. Jackson's brother,
Fred I tz.
Miss Uuth Meyer is improving
from her late illness.
NORDMONT.
Miss Ada Anders is home again
from Say re.
Mr. Clarence Hess, of Philadel
phia has returned home after spend
ing some time with relatives here.
Misses Madge Gritman, Alma
Horn, Anna Cox and Mabel Hunter
spent Sunday with Kureta Boat
man.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Boatman
spent Sunday with the hitters father
Noah Bogart of near Sonestown.
Roy Parker spent Sunday in
Hughesville.
Mr. Lean Fiest-er must have some
attraction near Sonestown lie visits
there quite often.
Cecil Botsford was shopping at
Hughesville Wednesday.
Raymond and Minard Peters and
Horace \\ ilson was iu Sonestow n
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Neutcn Philips and
family, and Mi-, and Mrs. 11. ('.
Hess spent Sunday at Lee (iavitts
of near Sonestown.
Mr. Fred Utz Dead.
Fred l'tz, the youngest son of
the late John l'tz of Dushore, died
at the family home, '1 hursday. Feb
ruary 2N, aged."32 years and "> days.
The funeral services were held at
the house on Saturday, an.l inter
ment was made at /ion's cemetery.
Charley Johnson convicted at To
wanda of participating in the min
der of Maggie Johnson and her
niece Annie Benjamin, for which
crime liiglar .Johnson paid the death
penalty, must hang, so declares the
supreme court in an opinion handed
down continuing the conviction and
dismissing the appeal taken by
Johnson's lawyers.
The postoilice department will ex -
clude any post cards which have
pasted on them, glass, mica or other
similar substance liable to injure
the persons handling the mails ex
cept when enclose! 1 in envelops.
Recently the Makers of post cards
have been adding glass and other
dangerous substance to their freak
cards with the result that there is
not a large postottice in the country
where the distributing desk is not
covered with tine pieces of glass etc.,
and frequently the mail men are cut
by these substances.
A principle once embraced in a
heart, will find its own way of ex
pressing itself in the outward; and
sometimes more than oneway, ac
cording to a man's condition. Let
the expression flow from the prin
ciple, and not take its place.
In France the telephone girl tells
the subscriber 'T am listening."
In the United States not only the
telephone girl, but all tin* other
subscribers listen to the conversa
tion over the wires.
The Pennsylvania Steel company
whose plant is located at Steelton,
is backing an application for license
the understanding being that tho
profit of the enterprise w ill lie turn
ed over to the town for improve
ments. The company's idea is to
"regulate" the drinking of its
foreign employes.