Republican News item. VOL. XII. NO 24. -$44,000 3 Which Do You Prefer • / S The average man earns about si, ico a year. He J V works 40 years and earns a total of $44, 00 in a life V 112 time. The average day laborer gets $2,000 a day or / I S6OO for a year of 300 days. He earns $24,000 in a J J life time. The difference between $44,000 and $24- V 000 is $20,000. This is the minimum value of av r practical education in dollars and cents The in-V X creased self-respect cannot be measure! in J r Why not stop plugging away at a small salary when x lnternational lnternational Correspondence Schools, of Scran / 112 ton, Pa., can give you an educat on that will make \ V high salaried man of you ? No matter what line of 1 / work you care to follow, this great educational In- J x stitution can prepare you in your spare time and at x r a small cost to secure a good-paving position. Our£ \ local Representative will show you how you can X S triple your earning capacity. Look him up today. S VHeis > ? C. IF 1 . A IST . / CO I ,F? ' » HARDWARE^ No PlaceTJkS this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL OB WOO D HEATERS; ONE OP WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS. House furnishiug Goods, Tools of Every Description, Guns and Ammunition Bargains that bring the buyer back. Cotne and test the truth of our talk. ▲ 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 1 General Repairing, Roofing and Spouting. Samuet^ole^usAor^fa. The Sliopbell Dry Good Co., 313 Pine Street, PA. In tf)c P>est Possible 3t)ape This store is in the best possible shape for autumn and winter business. Every section is completely eqnip ped with carefully chosen merchandise that is being of fered at the lowest possible price. Ladies' Stylish Garments This store is justly proud of it* garment showing—Here are Stylish Suits. .lack eta Shirts. the choice ol the best makers and voit lout pay a fancy prict tor thorn eitl.v - open the stocking filing with some ex amine will convince of our desire to give irn values in ladies" hose at the bestat the lowest price, 12J, la, 2*» and 3,jc Plain and Mixed Suitings We are readv to show you the most complete line of fancy mixed Suitings and plain fabrics you will find everywhere for 50c. Outing Flannel We are showing a particular good assortment of dark and lij_'lit fancy striped and checked outing flannel. Every buyer will save money by buying these now a t Bc, 10c, 11c, and 12} cents. Plain Waists We l.» vejitst received a new lot of plaid silk and worsted waists that are very stylish and moderately priced. Subscribe for the News Item LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 241907. Rev. Madison C. Peters AttacKs Assaults Upon Personal Liberty in this Slate. Froid the Philadelphia Press Oct. 7, 1907. New York, October 6.—Dr. Madi son C, Peters in his sermon here on "Why the Church Has Lost Her Hold on the People" referred to the Fairbanks' "cocktail" incident and made reference to the interference of certain religionists in Pennsylvania with personal liberty and with mak ing Temperance a partisan political issue Dr. Peters said: "All men re sent interference with personal liberty. When fanatical men of straight-laced views undertake to dictate to broad minded men of liberal views and at tempt to guide them in the narrow path of their own stunted natures, as to their private business and per sonal relations with the world, —when the church does this, she strikes at the foundation not only of personal liberty, but interferes with what does not concern her in the least. "Churchly interference in private life has recently been emphasized in the matter of Vice-President Fair banks' luncheon to President Rose velt, where the serving of a cocktail has been made by the churches of the Middle West a political issue. If Mr. Fairbanks deemed it proper to serve cocktails in the privacy of his own hoiflc that was his own affair and he acted entirely within ti Juris diction of a free-born American. "Mr. Fairbanks has been savagely attacked in hundreds of sermons, all of theni lacking that Christian chari ty which, though supposed to cover a multitude of sins, as practiced by these men is not large enough to cover a single cocktail. And the church to which he lias given a life time of service and support, after a most bitter campaign, defeated him as a lay delegate to the general Con vention. Of course Mr. Fairbanks happens to be a real Christian gentle man, broad-minded enough to over look the pettiness of small minded men. yet who would blame him if lie kept out of the church for the future? While those ministers who have de nounced Mr. Fairbanks may repre sent the spirit of the church, the Yiee-President knows full well that they are not the true exponents of the teachings of Jesus." Then Dr. Peters who is a native of Pennsylvania, of Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry, and who was for many years a minister in Philadelphia and knows whereof he speaks.further said '''Hie attitude which the church is taking on the temperance question in Penn sylvania in its fanaticism is like that which the people of Indiana have shown toward the Vice-President. In the name of Temperance, political meetings are held in the churches, even on the Sabbath Day, with the avowed purpose of advancing the political interests of a minority party, denouncing men who had been con spiekms in the church for years, but who cannot see the temperance ques tion as some of their neighbors see it, with the consequent result that throughout the State in every com munity can be found men who were regular attendants and supi>ortcrs of the church twenty-five years ago, but who now never enter a church with the possible exception of attending a funeral of witnessing a wedding. "I believe myself in total abstinence for the individual, but that gives me no excuse for interfering with the personal liberty of my neighbor. Not withstanding mir proud boast of free dom. we are still both tinder secular and churchly restrictions. The church in her severe attitude is only living up to her old-time traditions, regard less of civilization and progress. When she sets her anathema on those who step beyond her narrow confines, she assumes a prerogative on matters alien to her jurisdiction. When she arbitrarily takes upon herself the reg ulation of private actions and usurps the right of conscience, striking, as she has in the Fairbanks' incident, at the privacy of the home-life aiui interfering with what does not con cern her, she will lose her hold upon the people. "The church is fundamentally wrong when she seeks to extend her jurisdiction to the affairs of private life. The people will not stainl tor such interference in Kurope, much less in America. The church is driving thousands from her doors l.y the assumption of an authority she does not possess. In the past she iins always suffered Ironi her meddling with personal liberty and freedom of con science. She is under the ban in Kurope at the present time for just this veiy of fence. II? intarferinf with the rights of others, religious fanatics in this country are driving men out of the church. The narrow-minded, conservatism, the petty intolerance, the contemptible bigotry dis played in the Fairbanks' attack ought to bea warning to the Americin people, for the American people will resent any in terference with what they believe to be their rights under the < 'onatitutian to en joy life, liberty and the pursuit of happi ness, not ai- the church dictates, but as they themselves see it. xx. Probably a limit to the price of j beef will be reached when the eon-! sutner refuses to stand another raise and quits eating it. Election in This State of Far Reaching Importa THE CITADEL OF PROTECTION National Administration and Na tional Party Policioo at Issue, and •Ito of tho Majority Will Bo Sig nificant. [Special Correspondence.] Harrlsburg, Oct. 22. Just two weeks from today the vot era of Pennsylvania will be called upon togo to the polls and decide whother they shall be enrolled as members of the party of Republicanism, the party of Roosevelt aad the party of Pros perity, or be enlisted with the Democ racy, the party of Bryanlstn, Hearst- Ism and uncertainty and demoralisa tion in governmental aad business con dition*. The verdict of Pennsylvania, given on Tuesday, November sth, will bo a verdict that will be fraught with na tional significance, that will mean much in Its bearing upon the great presidential contest which will begin Immediately after tho result of this election shall be announced, and which will determine whether Pennsylvania is to be a potential factor in framing the policies and la selecting the nomi nee of the next Republican national convention. The greater tho majority for the nominee of the Republican party, the greater will bo tho emphasis with which the voters of the state will her ald to the world their continued fealty to the administration and the cause of Republicanism In the nation. While reports of the most encourag ing character are being received by Chairman Andrewa at the Republican state headquarters. It is also a fact that great danger Is apprehended from a feeling of over confidence which exists among the great rank and file of the Republican voters. The fact that the party is united, that there Is no fusion movement in any couaty In the state and that the organisations of the Lin coln Party and other Independent ele ments have disintegrated, naturally gives a feeling of security to the coun ty and precinct committeemen of the Republican party. Danger In Over-Confidence. But it Is Just such a condition of af fairs that loads old-time campaign managers to be concerned about the polling of the Republican vote. Tak ing It for granted that victory was assured, has resulted in many a defeat. A great fallng off of the Republican vote, even though, the candidate fcr state treaaurer shall be elected, would, from.the standpoint of national poll tics. be a Republican defeat la Penn sylvania this fall. Within the last 10 days there have been undoubted signs of a revival of Interest In the Bemocracy. The Democratic state committee has. from some eource or other, been sup plied with ample funds with which to make an aggressive campaign. Their candidate for state treasurer Is ad dressing meetings nightly and a corps of spellbinders are at work In every county in the state lining up the Demo cratic voters for what they insist Is tho skirmish of next year's presiden tial battle. Democrata Are Looking Ahead. . These Democratic orntors are telling their followers that th<* Democrats of the nation are getting together, that they have bright hopes of winning the presidency next year and that tho Re publicans are divided upon the tariff Issue and upon other questions that will give the Democrats an opening In the coming.natlonal contest. Colonel James M. Guffey. who an nounces that he la a candidate to suc ceed himself on the Democratic na tional committee, is showing his Inter est In the national phase of the situa tion by rounding up his lieutenant* in the several congressional districts of the state and getting them to pick out men for delegates to the national con vention who will vote for his re-elec tion as national committeeman. Quffev wants Pennsylvania'a Republican ma jority to be cut down this fall so that ho can then announce that tho party is divided upon the tariff and that even In Pennsylvania, tho citadel of protec tion. there la a largo constituency among the Republicans who agree with the Republicans of the western and eaatern states, who are advocating the "lowa idea" for scaling down tho tar iff schedules. Worklngmen of Pennsylvania, manu facturers of Pennsylvania, business men of Pennsylvania and farmers of Pennsylvania, who have become happy and prosperous under tho Pennoylvanla Idea of a protective tariff. It is pre dicted, are not going to shirk their duty this fall, they are not going to give the taiiff revisionists a slogan with which togo to the next Republi can national convention proclaiming that the Republicans of Pennsylvania are at odds, that there is a large ele ment In favor of the "lowa Idea," and that the result of the election, the falling off of the Republican vote ond the reduction of the Republican ma jority. means that there Is dissatisfac tion with existing conditions and that there Is a demand for a change in the policies of tho vartr. . - -*csea Stale Sabbath School Convention. I Just beyond the range of the | Alleghanies in the South Western part of our State lies the town which claims to be the wealthiest and busiest town of its size in the country. Tniontown was incor porated as a borough in 175»5, and I a host office was established there iin !"!>'>. It is surrounded by hun dreds of coke ovens whi«h is the source of its great wealth and not a little smoke. In the town i« the Bank which rauk*4fltat among the National Banks ortwfh'nitc?l States. Fort necessity, Braddock's grave and other places of historical interest are near by. it was in this busy town that the State Sabbath School Association lieid its 43d annual convention Oc cured 9th, 10th, and 11th. when deligates from all over the State met and enjoyed perhaps the most spiritual uplifting and all around convention in the history of the as sociation. It could not been otherwise with Speakers like Mar tin O. Brumbaugh, Marion Law rence, Melvin Trotter, Mrs. Lum oreaux and others, who frequently refered to the fict that Penn sylvania leads all other states in Sabbath School work, and the eyes of the world are upon her. The following is just a hint of some of the things emphasized: That the the Sunday School exists not only for the children but for adults as well; Tint home Bepar.ments should be established for those who c.tnnot leave home to attend; and that the school should try to gain new members one at a time. M. id. Brumbaugh gave an address, as only he can ,in which he made a strong, plea for better traiidng and preparation on the part of the Sunday School teacher. Five Counties, Fayette, Greene, Washington, I'nlpn, and Columbia, are front line counties, Sullivan lacks a few Home Departments, Cradle Rolls and Teachers training classes, but there is no reason why we cannot 1m in the trout line next year. The next convention meets at Shamokin, and for carrying on another years work, about #23000 have been pledged of which Sullivan gives sllO, and the two largest individual gifts are those of lion. John Wanimaker for SSIOO, and 11. J. ileinx, President of the Association over S2OOO. A choir of two hundred voices under the leadership of Tullar and Meredith of New York, furnished nutsic such as is seldom heard at conventions. One of the favorite songs is intitled "keep sweet" writ ten by Tullar and Meredith. It be came very popular at I'niontown and "Keep sweet" could be heard on every side. When the train which brought the delegates home, stopped at a station a short distance out from I'niontown, an Italian wedding party decorated with a profusion of flmvers 'and other linery, entered the car. Kvery seat seat was occupied but the delegate started up the song, and the bride groom showed his appreciation by lifting his hat and requesting them to sintr it again- Then rang out clear and full: "It matters not what trouble you may meet through the suushine and the rain; All will come out right again if you will only just keep sweet." A lichgate. Presence of mind alone saved the life of a brnkenian on the Bloom burg and Sullivan railroad at Jami son City last week.. The hrakeman ! was working on tli.i freight on that line, and on the trip to Jamison the train was stopped at Central for the purpose of going on tlu> siding and j gettiug out three flat carloads of hark. The brakcmau was riding on the foremost car, the three being pushed ahead of the engine. When nearing the end of the siding lie was twisting a brake when the brake rod snapped off and he \t-as thrown j with great force to the track below, j He was was right in front of the moving train but with rare presence : of mind he rolled off the track just j as the car wheels grazed his blouse, j 75C PLR YEAR MUNCY VALLEY. i The Rev. S. li Bidlack is hold ing Revival meetings at Sonestown M. E. Church. Charles Oreen of Williamsport is helping him. On next Sunday will he observed Old Folks Day 111 the morning. The Sonestown Church will be decorated with flowers grain and rustic colors. The aged will be provided with first seats. Communion Services will be observed. Revival meetings will continue every night for the next two \yeeks. Sonestown is to have a Star Lecture Course this season. All ready the five entertainments have been arranged. The first number will be given on one week from next Tuesday evneing L the 29th. by the Rev. J. If. Wlialen of Car hondale. His subject will be "An Evening with Great Americans" This is ati illustrated lecture. Mr. Wlialen is one of the best. Some changes in residents of Muncy Valley have taken place this week. Mr. Anson Star of Sonestown has come into the company Boarding house. Thorn Watts and family have moved to New Berry, And Taylor Stroup is moving his family to Williamsport, Mr. William Fish and family will occupy the home vacated by Mr. Stroup. Rev. S, B. Bidlack and family spent a week visiting relatives in Luzerne and Columbia Counties. While in Berwick Mr.Bidlack fill ed the pulpits of Calvery and tin; first Methodist Kj i-tfopal churches on.the 13th. Mr. Harry Burrows and family were visitors at the parsonage over Sunday. The Elk Tanning Co. is erecting a pipe line from the station to the tan nery in which they will convey liquor to and from the railroad. The new power h<. -e is steadily progressing. W'hei 'completed it will he one of the finest in the state. The Electric Light Company will then have one of the greatest labor saving Electric power houses this side of Niagra Falls. On account of diphtheria in the home of Milt Reese of Strawbridge, the public school and all church ser vices have been closed at that place. There will be church services at the following places on the Muncy Valley charge next Sabbath: Sones town, old Folks Meeting Sunday at 0:30, also revival in evening. At Phillips school house 3 I'. M. Hem locks, 7:30 I'. M. Mt. Vernon, in the afternoon at 3 I'. M. The new matrimonial regulations sent out by the pope which go into effect after Easter, in all churches, exists at present. They are not ex actly "new" regulations, but rather an order from Pope Pius X to en force regulations adopted at the council of Trent in the Kith century. The order requires that Catholics shall sign contracts when they en gage to marry. At present Catholic churches publish the bans [several Sundays before a wedding. This consists in announcingfrom the pul pit that the persons are to he mar ried on a certain date. The new regulations requires a young man and woman who are engaged to mar ry to sign a written agreement to that effect in the presence of two witnesses. The agreement is bind ing then and is announced in church. After this has been done the couple must marry unless they can give a good reason to the bishop of the dio cese in which the agreement was signed why it was broken. The bishop may then issue a dispensation ■tnd an agreement to break the [en gagement must be signed by both the directly interested parties in the presence of two witnesses. Hereto fore the custom has been to have a marriage contract signed only when the marriage was between Catholic and non-Catholic. After a shut down of two months for repairs, operations were resumed at the large saw mill of the Central * Pennsylvania Lumber company at Jamison City. This is one of the largest mills in the state, and by the recent addition of machinery the ca pacity has been increased to 05,000 feet.
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