Republican News Item. VOL. XII. NO 12. T524,000 $44,000 i , Which Do You Prefer • r 112 The average man earns about si,ioo a year. v. works 40 years and earns a total o( $44,00 in a / time. Ihe average day laborer gets &2.000 a day or / I S6OO lor a year of 100 days. He earns $24,000 in a J / life time. The difference between $44,000and524- \ 000 is $20,000. This is the minimum value of aJ ? practical education in dollars and cents The in-V \ creased seif respect cannot be measured in money. J ✓' Why not stop plugging: away at a small salary when \ V the International Correspondence Schools, of Scran- X 112 ton Pa., can give you an educat on that will make 1 I high salaried man of you > Nc matter what line of V s work you care to follow, this great educational In- x V stitution can prepare you in your spare time and at x r a small cost to secure a good-paying position. Ourr \local Representative will show you how you canX ( triple your earning capacity. Look him up today, r k He is ? C. IF 1 . ttttEnSTU A IN"» / C C. I. S Representative. . TO WAND A, PA. C6le 7 S^Z^^T^ HARDWARE^ ' " T * '* No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL OI?/ WOOD HE A TE ONE OF WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS. House furnishiug 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. £&v2tnaiel The Shopbell Dry Good Co., 313 Pine Street, , WILLIAMSPORT, PA. Lad es' (1)1) te LwnWa st The stock is at ib best just now, and any ideas you have may be readily satisfied here, as we have all the newest sty 1. s that have been shown this season, and above all a larg assortment to choose from. Tht> are neatly made and are reasonable in price. Ladies' and Children's Embroidery for Corset Tan Hose Covers Ladiei*' plain and lac* Tan lloee. ex- u . *, . tra good una lilies lor ( ' nr< * *' low * orne verv nandwoine 12-1 C to 50c a Pail- nmi " ew of Is inch Corset Cover CI, n's Tan iloscina'l sizes for Embroidery; Hie prices range from j JJi and 2">c 25c to 75c a Yard I...ants' Dresses and Wearabfes for Babies. , A<• liave jiisi Je Infants In tj»ut.s" ami Children's Hand Crochet 1 >resses with jfeisof taste and baby ed Sai'i|iies, irl plain or white or pink and like-beauty in itie.in*.' <omc plain. Others blue trimming-, L'fjc to 1.50. with la * and tuck* Prices start at'2so „ . . I ... ... , ..... .. •tin! n'j'i i "5 Jftr Bain sand ( hildrenV White Hull SliTh i I'resees ti .older babies. All ' ' ' dainty ami" well inn 'iron, line Cambric 1 "'""t"'mere Hands, 25c a,d :.().• or Nainsook, at 'in and up. Infants' \Vt»ol and Cotton Hose in Infants and ' 'lit yen's long or short white, pink, ijbte, tan ami fast black Skirts on waists at Ji: tosl.oo extra nualitieL lor 15c and 25c. Lz ilies' White Drjbsses. Ladies White, ii'wn and Swiss Dresses in the newest styles. Neatly niaA' and trimmed jdroidery or !a< es. It doesn't pay*to make them when you an buy nice ilressc here for So.tRI to 17.00. £ Subsc ihe for the Ifewsltem LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1907. .CLEANING OF STREETS; * What the Women of Kalamazoo, Mich., Have Accomplished. CUT COST NEARLY IN HALF. Women'* Civic Improvement League Took Up Problem and Proved It Could Be Solved —How Street* Were Flushed —Cans Provided For Rubbish. Writing ou "Charities and Com mons," Caroline Uartlett Crane gives an account of what has been done by Ihe Women's Civic Improvement league in Kalamazoo, Mich., a city of 32,000 population, to prove that It does not cost too much to have clean streets, says the Philadelphia Public Ledger. "We studied the matter of street cleaning as well as we could, ami then we asked for and received permission froiu the city council to take charge of six. blocks of the main business street for three months. Then we Introduced the Waring system, the salient fea tures of which are: "First.—Sweeping the pavements by hand with push brooms ond collecting the dirt Into plies. "Second.—lmmediately taking up each pile of dirt and depositing It, with the help of a small hand broom and shovel, Into a bag suspended upon a two wheeled bag carrier, which the sweeper pushes about with him. "Third.—Tying the bags when filled and depositing them In convenient places In alleys oi' along the street, to be removed by wagon. "Fourth. The 'orderly' or 'patrol' system, by which each man Is given a definite portion of the street to keep clean and Is held responsible for this portion. "Fifth.—A white uniform (of at least white coat and hat or helmet) and a wa terproof outfit for rainy da> s. 'Sixth. —Flushing the streets at stated Intervals—once a week—ln the absence ot drenching rains. "We secured carts, brooms, uniforms for the men. and we made three neat galvanized iron street cans, aluminium painted and inscribed, 'For Waste Pa per, Fruit Skins, etc.' We also succeed ed in getting the council to pass an antlspltting ordinance. We took pho tographs of nil the filthy downtown alleys and of the hideous refuse dumps which disfigured our naturally beauti ful river banks. "On the appointed day we began all along the line at once. The men be gan to seek the pavement, atal after they found it the fire department came out at 3 o'clock in the morning with some secondhand hose and Hushed the streets under the direction of the chair man of the women's committee. Dif ferent ways of flushing were tried on successive mornings until the right way was found flushing without noz zle from the middle of the street each way and either bagging the storm sewer entrances or stationing men with hoes to keep the coarser dirt from entering. Of course the best way to tlush is with a patent street flushing machine which works with compress ed air and w liich can be charged with air as well as water at any street hydrant. "(.nir very attractive cans were placed *t Intervals on poles along the streets, and boys from our Junior league distributed thousands of little dodgers like this: "PLEASE! "The Women's Civic Improvement league has undertaken to keep Main street clean. We ask YOU to help us. Please do not throw anything—paper, fruit skins, peanut shells or other litter- In the street. Put It in,the waste paper can at the corner. And. gentlemen, please do not spit on the sidewalks or in tlie gratings or anywhere but In the gutter. "Now. please don't throw this in the street! "Otir alley pictures were sent to the tenants or the o\v*prs, sometimes to the health officer, with the result that the alleys were cleaned up like angle and have beea kept fairly clom ever since. "The experiment was an eutire suc cess. The street was clean, people liked li, visitors commented ou it. mer chants said the M of dufet in their stores was twist noticeable, and we did > it with no an re cost to the city than the old dirty way—namely, $5 a day. "Tlieu the street commissioner un dertook to keap the street as clean as we did. but without the Waring sys tem. It cost htm SB.tK» a dny. "The league tiiMle to the city's com mittee ou street* and bridges an ex haustive report showing the need of really clean streets throughout the I paved district and demonstrating the sujierlorlty of Ihe Warlug system and Its relative cheapness. We succeeded I lu getting the Waring system Inaugu rated on three miles of pavement," Watch the Gate*. , The grange Is growing by leaps and bounds In many states. Large classes are beiug initiated. Let tbem not be too large or so large as to comprise some members who will be better out than In the grange, e , In Kentucky the grange has taken a new lease of life. Five hundred new grange halls have been or soon will be completed I't that state. I Organization among farmers for mu tual protection Is becoming more neces sary every day aud year. New YorK State Has Marrtafe License Law. Georgia the empire State of the South, has just passed a law prohib iting the manufacture and sale of liquors. Gov. Hoke Smith, the most prominent man in that state, promptly signed the bill. The Atlanta Gtorgianin advocat ing the passage of this act gave its reasons as follows: "First, we ba lieve it is best for the people. "Second, because we believe that from three to five million dollars a year in Atlanta goes to the saloons that may in part goto dry goods store, the Guilder, the contractor. One million in this direction would be better than five the other way. "Third we believe it is best be cause it would do more to regulate the negro who commits his greatest crime because of liquor, and whose most venal appetite is fired by it. This alone is of sufficient importance to try the experiment if all exped iences in the other states where (here is no negro population had been absolute failures. "The Georgian believes that the acts that brought on tha Atlanta riot were committed largly because of the aid of liquor. The Georgian and the people know that the riot was started by men from the saloons on that Saturday night. The Georgian believes before that regardless of the degree to which prohibition has been effective in any Northern State where the population is all white, if it half prohibits in Georgia, where there are nearly one and a quarter million negroes, or a negro for every white person, it will be an untold benefit. "The Georgian has no part in the fallacious argument that it will hurt us in the eyfesof the world at large and asks any man to show us how it can hurt us as seriously as did the riot of 1»0(!. That was the work of the .saloon. "The Georgian does not enter the prohibition movement from a pure ely sentimental-religious point of view. It does not tolerate the weep ing and praying in the streets in I 885 that we are told about. The Georgian will not help anything done for show. If women and men pray, they should do so to the God who only can answer their prayers and not on the streets. The Georg ian is in the fight ou a manly, free, and business basis—not to be run by preachers anil men, but to run with preachers—good men—-aud women and for God, homeand native laud— so help us God, ami keep us sted. fast." The Eighth Annual Reunion of the Little family will be held in the pavilion at Eagles Mere Park on Thursday Aug. If» 1907. The attendance at the reunion has been rapidly increasing from year to year and those in charge are mak ing a special effort this year to make the meeting a success. Special excursion rates from all points on the W. N. B. It. It.from Halls to Eagles Mere 75 cents round trip. Train leaves Hills 7:50 a. in. llughesville 8:0"). Picture ltocks 8:11, Muncy Valley 8:85. Return ing train leaves Eagles Mere at 7:35 p. m. All connection ol the family are cordially invited to be present. Sara A. Huckell Secretary. Every American with real red blood in his veins loves our flag. But do you posses-s a good one? Yon can get a beautiful flag almost free if you send check for $3.50 to THE PHILADELPHIA PRESS. This will entitle you to THE PRESS daily except Sunday, for one year by mail, postage paid, and also a fine hand-sewed flag, size 3x5 feet, fast colors fully guaranteed. This flag also is really worth the amount ask ed and then you have the great home newspaper of Philadelphia. Be a patriot! When you have a good flag you can demonstrate your patriotis.n at a tim> wajii 'Old Glory" should be displayed. If your children are set a good exam ple they will learn to love "Old Glory" like they should be taught. Today is the time to order. Send | all orders ro Circulation Department ! of THE PRESS, or hand your order to the newsdealer or postmaster. Georgia a Prohibition Slate. Governor Hughe.*, of New York lias signed the Cobb marriage li cence bill. It is anticipated that the bill will seriously effect the rushing business of the southern tier minis ter who have counted On for several years in joining Pennsylvania coup les who went across the line to avoid a law in their own state somewhat similar to the Cobb bill. It introduces a system of marriage li ences to be issued by town and city clerks in the place in which the bride lives and makes it the duty of officials preforming ceremonies to make return of these licences to the town or city clerk on or before the 10th day of the month succeeding the marriage. Violation of the pro vision is made a misdemeanor pun ishable by a fine of from $25 to SSO for each offence. Elmira has been a mecca for love sick couples who rushed there and had the knot tied. Corning also, has been a locale for many a ro mance many of which have ended happily, but not a few have resulted in hasty and ill timed marriages, liinghamton has also Ikjcii a favorite place for Pennsylvania couples and it was charged in the papers of that city that several ministers paid hack men so much for each couple bronghtto them. The Cobb bill in its original form specified that a couple could not be married until five days after secur ing the marriage licence. That clause however, has been stricken out. It is a question therefore whether the law will have (be effect desired as now a couple can be mar ried immediatly upon securing a licence. Isaac K. Brown mysteriously dis appeared after alighting from a New York Central train, accompanied by bis wife, shortly after noon Satur day. Immediatly after alighting off the train Mr. Brown hand' his wife a basket stating that be was going in to the men's waiting room a few moments. Mrs. Brown passed into the ladies' waiting room expecting Mr. Brown to join her soon. They bail been visiting their son in Jersey Shore the past fe v days and were returning to their home in Hills grove, Intending to take the 12:29 train on the Reading for Halls. .Mrs. Brown did not think anything of the long absence of her husband until the traiu arrived which they intended to take. She boarded the train and went thr >ugh all the coach es but failed to find Mr. Brown. She stated that he had not been feeling very well before starting. She was very much wrought up over his sudden disappearance for fear something mihgt have happen (d Mr. Brown who is about t»0 years old. A thorough search all around town failed to reveal anything. No one seems to have seen him. Mrs. Brown took the next train back to her in Jersey Shore. Mr. Brown had in Ids pocket all the checks for their baggage, and nearly all the money the couple had with them. —Williamsport News. Bloomsburg,—July 26.—Oliver Dank us, who hail four toes cut off in in accident at the local ice plant re cently, says his only regret is that the sm ill toe as well was not taken off for on that member he is bother ed by a corn. Bank us' life has been one coutin nous chapter of accidents. Several years ago he 112. 11 through a hay-loft and had the bones of his leg broken in two places and also had the knee cap of the other leg fractured in five places. He has also bad his arm broken two ribs fractured two fing ers and toes mashed repeatedly. The last Legislature passed a law i exacting a licence fee of SSO in every | county in which a gypsy band en- I camps. A convention of gypsies will ; l»e held near Flemiugton, Clinton I county, where one band is already ' encamped, to consider what the wan- I dering fortune-telling friternity had best do about it. The convention ! will be held about August 1, and it ! is expected that there will be iOO in ! attdhdance. 75C PER YEAR BERNICE ITEMS. Mr. and Mrs. ('. E. Jackson were Berewick visitors last week. William Brown of Wilker Barre is visiting his Grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Schoonover. Mr. and Mrs. Barclay Duggan is visiting his father Henry Duggan. The following Sayre visitors were at this place attending the funeral of Mr. Soloman Burns, John Fitsgarris and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Fitsgarris, Rex 8. Titus was a Waverly visit or last week. MargareJ Watson is visiting friends in Scranton. Alice Cunningham returned home on Saturday after spending the past week with her sister in Buffalo. Mrs* Brennan of Scranton is visit ing Mr. and Mrs. 11. P. M» Laughiin at this place. Mr. and Mrs. Cummiskey of Buff alo are spending their Honey JMoon witli the formers mother at Mildred. Mr. and Mrs. John Gilligan ot liornell are visiting his brother Michael Gillagan. Mr. Brennan and daughter of Williamsport spent two days with l>r. J. IJ. Brennan of Mildred. J. H, Thayer was a Bernice visit or Saturday. More ducks on Friday. John Hush of Nlagra is visiting friends at this place. Soloman Burns died at this place on Thursday, he has been in poor health for seveial years, lie is sur vived by a wife and fiv,» children all of whom reside at this place. De ceased was Oti years old. HEMLOCK GROVE. Services at the churches Sunday .is follows, at the M. E. Church Sun day School at 2 o'clock, Epworth League at 7:."!0 p. m. At the K. V. Church, Preaching Services at •'{ o'clock. All are i 11 vit' to attend the«e ser vicer. Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Fllliner spent Sunday as the guests of the formers parents at Eagles Mere. Itev. S. 15. Bidlack of M uucy Valley called ai the home of Win. May and family Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Flick and two daughters of Beaver Lake spent Sunday at the home of the latter* brother Mr. Peter Swank. Miss Mazie Phillips returned home after spending some time as the guest of friends at Benton. Mrs. Sarah Mosteller anil daught ter Mrs. A. G. Phillips are are visit ing friends in Nordmont. Mr. M. A. Phillips and Mi. Apple man of Benton called at the home of the latters brother J. Phillips Sunday. Mr. William Bay and Harry Arms were Soncstown visitors Sat urday. Misses Edna and Caroline Lay cal led on Bessie and Adna Fulmer Sat urday evening. M. J. Phillips returned home from a business trip to Bloom sbujg. The attention of the people of Sullivan Co. is again called to the Annual Sunday School Convention to be held at Overton Aug. nth and 9th 1907. A good attendance is de sired. Each Sunday School is ear uestly requested to send delegates. I'he general public is also invited to attend. Sudday Schools are re quested when possible to s«nd a list of their delegates to, Oliver Bender Chairman of the entertainment com mittee, Dushore Pa. it. F. I). If names are not sent in advance, this need not prevent any from attend ing but it will greatly facilitate the work of the committee. An interesting program has been prepared and it is expected that it will appear in print before the con vention. Teams will meet trains at New Albany for delegates. V. Hull Chairman. The new dog tax law does not ap ' ply in Susquehanna county. The county has a special law of its own, passed in the days when special legislature was permissible.
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