FIKBT NATIONAL BANK OF &DBHQRK. OA I'IT AT. - - *60.000 ei'iifiius - • aa's.ooo Does a (ieneral Ranking ISußrncus. S. D. STKKIOKKE, M. I>. SWAKTB. ['resident. CMhler : |K-r cent Interest allowed on certificates. h J. BRADLEY, Attorney at-Law. otlioe. comerjot Main and Muncy Sts. LAPORTK. l'A. Having opened an oftiee at 132rt Arcli St., Philadelphia, I shall still continue to practice in the several Courts of Sullivan Comm. When not in my office personally a competent person will be found in charge thereof. Bonds ol various kinds furnished. fKANCISW. MEYLERT, Attorney-nt-Xiaw. lfice in Keeler'a 1-Slock. I,Al'< tKTE, County, PA. | V. & F. H. INGHAM, ATTUKHBTs ATI AW, Legal business attended to in ihis ami adjoining counties _A POKTE, PA 112 J. MULLEN, Attorney-at Law. LAI'OKTE, V\ 'jft'K IC K IH COUNTV Btfll.PlWa NCAU I'OI VT IIUUBK j 11. CKO N1 IN, ATTOHTKV>AI LAW IfOTAHV PUBLIC. OFFItB <)N MAIN MTKBJCT. DUMIORK. PA LAPORTE HOTEL. V,~W, (lAJiIiAOHEH, Prop. Xewly erected. opposite ('ottri House square. Steam heat, bath rooms, hot and cold water, reading and pool room.anil harher shop; also good stabling and livery, | (Dbippewa Xtme Htlns. Lime furnished »n cai load lots, delivered at Right Prices. Your orders solicited. Kilns near Hughesville Penn'a. M. E. Reeder, MUNCY. PA. I For a well Kept: Up-to-date Stock of General Merchandise For pries that are Right For curteous treatment goto Buschhausen' /"ONIU-NcKii KKi'OKT <>l tlieionditlou of The v - V>" »i>t National Bank HI puslibie. in tile state r»f Pennsylvania at close of business May liUth. Ull '7. RKSOIKCKS. | I,i>ai" "i"l discount? J2,0M.-|7 77 is B6U I to si-cure circulation.. ....... oO.WiOOO i'ri't tun ii 1\ S. Bond- l. iOOOO Sloel w nlie- H:tM«SB3 Kun itUT '.'oo Hl' t'u' 'Mm Banks and appioved tics. Aitt. II.MVI til Ke< iUI i hi fund I . - Treasurer '2..'<11000 MpuUU.inl U'k'al Tender notes. . J0,431 Ol Total slii;i Jul 7s L.IAIIM.ITIKS. i '«pitai ■ fo.ooooo -i. and undivided |irolits :W,»»7y 00 circulation r.'.ioooo Dividends unpaid. Deposits 83'J.ts27h rotal $169,201 7X State of Pennsylvania county of Sullivan ss. 1, M 1). Swart* cashier of the above named hank .til solemnly swear inal the above statement is tiue to the best ol my know ledge and belief. M. I«. s\\ ARTS. Cashier. Siibsciincd and sworn to before tne tliis23lh dav of Mav l'.K»7. Ai.BKKT F. HEKSS, Mv commission expires Feby '27,0i1. Notary I'll blic. i Orrcci Attest: .1. D. KKKSER ) )•;. (j. sVLVAHA. -Directors, sAMI'KL Cl>LI 1 ., ) N T. BANKING HOI!SK offering prImoHTKAM HAII.KOA 1» BONDSwiII enicaire the services of salesmen who otn eon trol investment business within thoir neigb-, JjorUood. Address I.ock Box :"057,NewSork City TCovnty Seat \ Local and Personal Events I : I Tersely Told. J j Jinlson Brown, the popular can | didate for Sheriff was a county seat, visitor on Monday. The Misses Boies of Philadelphia | will return to Laporte next week 1 and spend the summer with Miss ; Fannie Meylert. Mrs. C. L. Wing visited friends in Picture Itoeks. the early part of | this week. ! Hon T. J. Ingham transacted : business at Williamsport Friday of last week. Max Frankel was brought to La porte Monday badly disabled with rheumatism. He has been a time keeper for ( 'has. Frey a bark job ber at Jamison City. At present Mr. Fratikle is improving slowly. Dr. \V. 11. Randall accompane l l»v his wife attended the Kith Dis i trict Medical Association held at I the Wilbur House, Savre, on Tu j day. i The ladies of the Village Irn* | proveuient Sn'icty wish to thank j the gentelmen who so kindly eou j trihuted towartl the purchase of hot j house plants, for a new flower lied j in the park. i The Village Improvement Society will meet at the home of Mrs. J. L. Suiyth on Tuesday evening July •) Mr and Mrs. F. A. Pauling and son, Mr. Clarence A. Pauling of Milton are guests of the Laporte Hotel for several weeks. j The Ladies' Village Improve ment Society is raising a fund to ! buy a monument for the grave of the Laporte Board of Trade. Following the established cus tom the News Item will take next week for vacation. Our next issue will he dated J lily 11. Mr. George Brown of Bear Mt.. I went to a sanitarium in William-' sport Monday where he will take electrical treatment for his heart. In spite of the backward season Kx-Sheriff Thos. Mahffey of this place, has ripe tomatoes in his gar don. We notice in our exchanges a number of towns are having heavy penalties to pay on account of dam ages sustained by dilapidated side walks. A broken board in the walk cost one town 5'2,500. A word to the wise is sufficient. Mrs. A. C. Parker, of Philadel phia. arrived last week and wilj occupy Miss Crocker's cottage on Main street for the summer. Mrs. Parker is accompanied by her brother, Mr. 11. X. Hirst and his son Master Elvin. This is the second season Mrs. Parker has spent at Laporte. and her return is welcomed by all. Her estimable Miss A. Sahlsteen. is also with her. A tile and drum corps has beeu organized among the young men in town. Two drums and several fifes have been purchased and we soon will hear the delightful, soul stiring strains floating on the /.ephry breeze that waft about the village park at twlight. The boys w ill give a dance at the Mokoma pa vilion on the evening of July 4th, to raise a fund for the purchase of a piccolo and another drum. Prof, and Mrs.L. Ford ami daugh-1 ter. Miss Mabel.of Philadelphia ar rived Tuesday evening and opened their cottage at Mokoma Place. New life is always infused about the tow n w hen the Professor makes his appearance each summer. He not only takes an interest iu town developements but also assists in making the religious services at the M. E. church very interesting du r ing the season. What a different appearance this town would present if the powers that are would simply enforce the sidewalk ordinance now upon the big book. < >ll one of our main street corners is a most outrageous walk. A disgrace. If the Burgess would get busy this stony foot-path () would no longer be a cause for the shafts of ridicule («> be justly thrust at the community which meekly olerates deplorable conditions. Our town now has the genuine! appearance of a summer resort The three colored servants at Miss Finuegan's cottage makes a new feature Laporte never before en joyed. The few remaining boardwalks iu town, (relics of better days,) nre; among Ihe Borough's equipment which may some day involve the | town in heavy damages to come out of the pockets of the "dear peo ple." The name of Laporte stands for a picture in the minds of many of our citizens.as well as all those who have lingered even for a few Meet ing days within the charm of its wooing beauty. It stands not alone as a pleasant picture but as a future ideal resort to its own few loyal citizens. The town is unique for its wealth in till that goes to make a charming summer abode, 'lake observation of the properties in town where the owners have realized and grasped their oppor- j tunity by adding a little touch to I nature's greatness. Is it not a i picture as appealing and inspiring j as any landscape painting ever dis-; played in public or private galleries of rare art ? it is with much regret that we learned of the vandalism which could hardly be thought to exist, in this peaceful town, performing its! shameful acts iu Mt. Ash cemetery, j Costly plants in full bloom over recently covered graves have been j broken down and ruined. It seems j next to impossible that we have j those in our town so low down in the scale of humanity that they will destroy and steal flowers from the dead. Let no one touch a! flower in our cemetery. To destroy j and steal from the living is bad j enough but to steal from the dead ; multiplies the enormity of the j . crime. We are pleased to note a determi nation on the part of some of our citizens, and the ladies in general to beautify the village park with large and handsome flowers beds. This is ceitainly most commendable bu there is a sequal to the story. The town council seem immovable in j their determination to allow such a | growth of hay as to make the beds j wholly obscured from the street. As | the growth is large and heavy will! some one make the Council a liberal offer for the crop'.' Ifelp the hon orable body to develope an abnormal i reputation as scientific economizers, j The next important step for prop-1 erty owners of Laporte to take is to elect a Board of Councilinen. Coun cilman that are >ane, councilinen with backbones, lfyou want a pros perous town where people can come who are disposed to make summer homes, then do away with and bury from sight all jealousy and spite work. Move for the common pros perity and mutual beuetit. Wake up, rub your eyes, roll up your sleeves and goto work. Do not j work with fear and trembling, but take for granted that blood will tell, j Dispose of our "scrapping" council j men, and every councilman who is ' so badly contracted from the neck up as to oppose the desires and pro gress of the Village Improvement! Society, because of the well known ' fact that all honors are pointing j their way. The "white wings" j already have the honors of getting the old town aroused from its slum j bers and they are moving right on, j moving everything that comes in their way. They invite masculine assistance. Who will lag? Don't flinch. Don't foul. Hit the line hard. Don't he a mollycoddle, "(io to work !" Yesterday we were asked if we ever saw a haldheaded woman. We auswered "No," we never did, nor did we ever see a woman waltzing around town in her shirt sleeves with a cigar in her teeth and running in to every bar-room she passed. We never seen a woman go Ashing with a bottle iu her pocket, sit on the damp ground all day and torno home drunk at night, Uod bless her, she's not built that way. Sunday School 10.00 a. m. Preaching 11.00 a.m. Epworth League 7..10 p. m. This is the order of service at the Methodist Episcopal Church next Sunday. Foley's honey and Taf cures colds, prevents pneumool ld. BOOMING HIS TOWN. How a Young Board of Trade President "Made Good" With the People. I Systematic' towu boosting is n fea- ! tuie of American business activity wliicli aims at the general good instead i of personal profit. One western towu j bail a board of trade which had slept alonst for years without doing anything in particular, except eating some food , once a year at a banquet and listening to some spread eagle oratory, says the Pittsburg Dispatch. The organization became moribund, and its presidency was ii n honor no longer sought for. The directors met and gave the place to a young man of the type "we like to encourage." The young man took his job seriously and went "to work. It wasn't long before he grew an Idea of his own. Every family that moved to town he spotted. Employment was provided for the breadwinners where necessary, and the new people were made to feel at home. When this personal atten tion had got in its work, a representa tive of Hie board of trade interviewed the head of the new family. This In terview was incorporated into a letter; mimeograph copies were made, put into stamped envelopes and made ready to mail. Then the letters were taken to the newcomer, and be was asked to address them to his friends "back east." The scheme worked like magic, and the population boomed. Of that idea many new ones were born. The young man lias been several times re elected president of the board of trade, and lie can have anything the people of that town can give him. School Gardens Create Taste. The educational value of the school garden cannot be overestimated. What we want to do is to teach the children taste—get taste Into the child, get taste into the household and then dually taste into the and when we have doue this we need not fear the results, says the Los Angeles Times. The lack of taste in the community generally Is an unfortunate fact, notwithstanding our grand school system, and may be attributed in a large degree to the failure to appreciate Its necessity by our educators. It is particularly pleas ing to those most deeply interested to note how universal is becoming the demand for school gardens. Iteform in many branches of public improvement would be far easier of accomplishment now had the children of the previous generation been trained in the funda mental principles of taste, the power of perceiving, appreciating and discov ering beauty and excellence. The more we consider ihe curriculum of our pub lic schools, the more we perceive how It could be improved to meet the chang ing conditions of our American life. Our children need far more than the three It's to tit them for citizenship as it is drawing upon us. The atmosphere and appurtenances of the schoolroom should tend to impart culture and taste, which in furn are transferred to the home and thus minister to the gen eral upbuilding. One of the surest and best ways to accomplish this greatest good to both school and home is to carry at times the schoolroom (figura tively, at least) out Into the pure and elevating atmosphere and Influence of the school garden. Notice is hereby given that a special meeting ol the stockholders of the Kagles Mere Light Company is called to convene at the la' a Hotel. Kagles Mere, I'ennsylvai. . . u'. |.m. on the 3d day ol August 1907, to lt.i-c r ct'u ion the ap proval or disapproval of t'u < proposed in c.rease ol* the indebtedness ol this Com pan v Irom $'25,000 to $">0,000. RAYMOND D. KKHUER, Secretary. Notice is hereby given that a special meeting ol' the stockholders ol the Kagles Mere l.inhi Cuii>paiiy is called to convene at the Lalvisilo Mou-I. Kagles Mere. Pennsylvania, on tl.i .M .! ;y ol August, 1907, to take action on the approval or disapproval of the proposed increase ol the capital slock oi this company from $'.'5,000 to $50,000. RAYMOND I>. KKHRKR, Secretary. In re: estate oi Benjamin <«. Welch, deced. The undersigned having been appoint ed executor ol the above estate, all per sons Indebted to said estate are requested to make payment, ami those having claims to present the same without delay, to 'ieorge W. < "lifie, Philadelphia, or 5614 German town Ave. Chelten Trust Company, Herman tow n, Philadelphia. License Transfer Notice is hereby given that the license granted lo Mary McKihhens will on the 2>ith day of June UK)7 be transfered to (leorge O'siewski. Mouse situated in the village ol Lopez, Colley Township Sulli van County Pa., and commonly known as the ''McKihhens House." TIIOS. K. KKNNEDY. Clerk. ('lerks'office, l.aporte,Pa., June 15,'07. Notice. Estate of Win. Hardy, late of Klkland Township, Sullivan County, Pa., deceased Notice is hereby given that letters ol administration upon the estate of said decedent have bean granted to the under signed. All persons indebted to said Es tate are requested to make payment and those ha\ ing claims or demands against same will make them known without de lay to ALLEN IIARDY, Admr. Kldredsville, l'a., June 5, 1907. FOLEYS>KIDNEYCURE 1 Makes Kidneys and Bladder Right Spring Opening. Ladies: Our Spring and Summer Goods are now open lor your inspection. We are showing the latest weaves iu Batistes. Organdies, Xilicyt Suiting Shimmer Silks, and Tailor Suiting. India binons and White Goods in all the fancy weaves. Yama Silks, the new wash silk, in colors Tafetta SiIX- and water proof Cravivitte cloth for Suits and Coats. Ladies' White Shirtwaists, ready to wear, Wash Skirts in black, navy and cadet blue, Undeagaruients elaberately trimmed with lace and insertion. Come in, we can please you in both quality and price, Gentlemen: We are showing the latest styles in Summer Suits, Hats, Caps, Patent Colt and Gun Metel Oxfords and Shoes. Come in and look us over and get prices before purchasing vottr summer outfit. Look over our Bargain Covnter. We have some real bargains you cannot get elsewhere, #2O worth Tickets SI.OO in trade Kree. Is that not worth looking alter. Yours for business, A. E. CAMPBELL. SHUNK, PA. FIRST NATIONAL BANK, HTJGHESYILLE, CA SSO.OOO° CK DeW,TT BODINE, President. Surplus and JEREMIAH KELLY, Vice Pres. Net Profits. W C. FRONTZ, Cashier. 65.000. , r , _ , DIRECTORS: I ransacts a General Hankinu Business. ' !*?}'"'>• J ~" b p * r ' Flallk Jeremiah kelty. Win, Frontz, W. C. Front/, Accountsoflndivitl- James K.Boak, John C. Laird, Lyman Myers, uals and Firms Peter Front/., C. W. Bones, Daniel H.Poust, solicited. INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS Spring Suits for Men, Boys and Children nre now here for inspection. Suits in black clay and'unfinished worsteds and Tliibets Homespuns, French and English Flannels, and Scotch Goods." Boys and Childrens' Suits in all the new fabrics and makes. Prices as well as variety are extraordinary. All new anJ up to date line of Gents Furnishings, Hats, Caps, etc. Also the only place in town where you can get the "Walk Over" >Sf)oe J. W. CARROLL'S, Hotel Carroll Block, DUSHORE, PA. GENERAL STORE (3D laporte Tannery, gd FULL AND COMPLETE STOOK ALWAYS FOUND HERE. Just received a special purchase of "Riches" Flannels, Lumbermens' Shirts and Drawers, Men's, Ladies' and Childrens' Mitts, Qloves and Hosiery. There's Lots Here t Show Yu From the City. x Fresh stock ol Diy Goods and Notions, Boys and Men's Hats and Caps, full line of Snagproof Shoes and Rubbers, Ladies', Gents' and Children's Goodyear Rub bers Woodsmen and Boys Shoes to suit all. Our Usual Quality of Groceries' and Provisions are Equal to the BEST. JAMES McFARLANE. I j' SEVi.RAL Reasons ■ u The Dent Course of Study. * B i Large I acuity of Experienced Specialists. 4 1. acuity arc Authors of the Leading Series of Commercial Textbooks ■ V l-mest Lunging and Equipment, Gymnasium, Baths, etc. ' _ u 1-ree Course of High-Class Lectures and Entertainments. i r J t.\.ui H0 Nc w TypeM'riters, and latest Office Devices. ■ (A Cmls for Graduates to fill Rood places exceed Entire Student Enroll* m I ment bv more than 50 per cent. ( I Ail'lotics linsehull, Basketball, and Field Day Exercises. I iuiwui*i u