Republican News Item. VOL. XII. NO 32. £524,000—544,000 } v Which Do You Prefer \ The average man earns about Si, ico a year. r / works 40 years and earns a total of $44, 00 in a life V \ time The average day laborer gets $2,000 a day or 112 J S6OO lor a year of 300 days. He earns $24,000 in a I time. The difference between $44,000 and $24- 112 JOOO is $20,000. This is the minimum value of a ? V practical education in dollars and cents The in-C vcreased self respect cannot be measured in moivy. S x Why not stop plugging away at a small salary when ? J the International Correspondence Schools, of Scran V \ ton. Pa., can give you an educat on that will make / V high salaried man of you ? No matter what line ol \ J work you care to follow, this great educational In r x stitution can prepare you in your spare time and at r a small cost to fecure a good-paying position. Our r \ local Representative will show you how you can V your earning capacity. Look him up today, 112 ? He ' S C. F. A 3ST. y C. I. S. Representative. TO WANDA, PA COLE HARDWARE.> No Piace Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, ' COAL OIEt WOO D HEATERS; ONE OP WINTERS GREAT DELIGHTS. House Furnishiug Goods, Toois of Every Description, Guns and Ammunition Bargains that briag the buyer back. Come and test the truth of our talk. A lot of second hand stovee and ranges for sale cheap. We can sell you in stoves? anything from a fine Jewel Base j Burner to a low priced but satisfactory cook stove. Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and, General Repairing, Roofing and Spouting. nine 112 usfi ore, Pa. The Sliopbell Dry Good Co., u v 313 Pine Street, ,WILLIAMSPORT, PA. (\ Pev Worbs About Christmas Chopping. Its time now for your thoughts.to turn Xmas ward. Do your planning, preparing and providing early. But while you have the time to think, consider and weigh. Escape the feverish rush —the tirirt* hurry of the latter day shopping PILLOWS. TABLE COVERS You'll lintl a good assortment of Pit- ami Cuiteh Covers. We have just receiv lows liere to choose I rom, either Satin, cd a new line of Fancy Colored Tapestry Tapestry or Vclour Tops. Price* iron. < 'over* that are very cheap at *1 50 to $3.00 1.00 to 3.50 Dress Trimmings tor Holiday Dresses. TI.o Newest—The Prettiest and Most Attractive Priced. i'lie dress pattern of Silk, or Wool labrie that you will select for gift gi\ing needs proper trimming. We have provided tlie rinbt trimmings tor.all malcrials Make the gift complete l»v purchasing both here. Furs for Christmas Gifts. Among the many useful things for gifut. none will l.e more appreciated than n nice Fur Meckpiece or Mull. We've some beauties to show you and thev nr< reastably priced. HANDKERCHIEFS WOOL KNIT GLOVES Nobody can have too many. Such T-- r.a.lie>' and Misses' Wool '."II itloves sortment and values as we are showing in plain and fancy colors. Men's inn will surely command your attention. Buyr- 11 <nvy Wool Knit <i l.>vos. at mosi from 5c to !?i?.OC) any priep vou want. Ladies' Tailored Suits. If y.m come here and examine the.-e. the chances are you'l find just what yot want and at lf« price ihan you expected to pay I.i a stylish and well made suit. Subscribe for the News Item LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1907. December Court Notes. In re- Road from Muney Valley to Eagles Mere. W. C. Mason, Daniel Erie and Benj. Knell are appointed viewers. W. 11. Hill Esq., appointed aud itor to examine accounts of the Prothonotary. Common wealth vs. Harvey 'Wil son—charge, larceny, settled. Commonwealth vs. August Kas sick, charge, assault: settled. Amelia Brong vs Adain Brong, in divorce; A. B. Kilmer appointed to take testimony. Osa Snyder vs. Charles Snyder, lin divorce; A. J. Bradley appoint-1 j ed commissioner to take testimony. 1 In re: change of terms of court! jof Sullivan county. Hereafter to Ihe held on the third Monday of | February, May and September and | the second Monday of December, 1 and continue one weak_in each in* ' stn nee. Cliarles liosback vs. Elizabeth ! Rosback, in divorce: A. B. Kil- J mer appointed to take testimony. E. L.Sweeney is appointed con n- Jtv auditor to fill vacancy of John I M. Wright, resigned. ' George Chestnut vs. Milton i Heese, rule discharged, i .Joseph Fisher vs. Harriet Stein j back: ease on trial from December | 10th to loth. Jury rendered ver diet for the defendant. This case was an action brought to recover land purchased at a land sale. Commonwealth vs. George Nan Busk irk: rule for new trial dis charged. Sentenced to 12 years in Eastern Penitenliary. I'ottou can no longer claim rank us king, for tne corn has usurped its throne. According to the report of Secretary of Agrcultnr "ilson corn ranks t'ir-t in importance. While not as large as that of 1900, the value of the corn crop of 190" is greater and i- per cent, above the average, value of the crops of the precediug five years. Eight such crops as that of 1907 would pay for duplicating every mile of steam railroad in the I'nited JStates, with terminals, rolling stock and all pro l pcrty. In value, the cotton crop of 190", estimated to be from $(150,000,000 to $075,000,000, takes third place, if in I the final estimates it does not display hay for second rank. The dairy products of the country alone were worth nearly f509,000,- 000 in 1007, or much more than any crop save corn. Prices of both butter and milk have advanced. The poultry and egg products for 1007 should be estimated at more than $000,000,000 in value, in fact these products were worth more than the wheal crop. these figures mean that though the total production of the farms of the l T uited States is scarcely up to the average, the farmers will have more money to pay off mortgages, to | spend or to invest than for many ! years before, owing to the increased j value of his stuff. In fact, there ! never was a time in the history of | the country when the total value of farm products was so great as this ; year. There have been times when prices ruled as high, but less acres were under cultivation and less stuff was raised. P. B. Berry and James Brelim, 1 handsome and athletic young miners . j of Freeland, Pa., have declared their ! intention of spending leap year in Alaska, "in order to avoid the iin« ■ portunitics of young ladies wh'o niaj I ask us to wed." Berry declared i' that he was asked to become the hus •; hand of more than -">0 girls last leap year, and Brehm had many more j olfers. Both are very good looking' ' men in the prime of life. J Nothing stimulates lioiuu trade like good roads. In uiauv parts of tlie onutrj the fanners are practically shut off t'fiiiii 1 lie town during the wet season. The wives and daughters of the farmer rl'.id it incouvenient to make frequent trips to towu during these months, s(> they naturally resort to the mail order catalogue for n part of their shopping. The result Is that home 1 merchants lose trade which they might iret If the mad* were better Dvshore Planing Mill Consumed by Fire. The plant of the Dushore Planing Mill Company destroyed by fire, Wednesday night of last week, was oue of Dushore's industrial main stays and its loss is severely felt by the entire population of the town. The value of the plant exceeded $15,000, and there is no insurance; this having expired about a month ago. J The fire broke out at about 11:30 o'clock and burned until.3 o'clock in the morning at which time not only the mill had been consumed but a considerable amount of lumber. The mill was located directly in the center of a residence portion of town, but thanks to a three inch snow fall on the roofs of the houses and splendid work ilone by the tire company, the tlnines were confined to the mill property. There were no serious accidents during the fire though the most intense excitement prevailed. The origin of the fire is unknown j though the fact is established that it began in the section of the mill re mote from the boiler room. During the height of the fire it looked as though the nearby houses would burn, ami the flames also | threatened the railroad trestling to such an extent that it was deemed advisable to send a message to To wanda, asking that the tire company be sent to their aid. The request was promptly responded to, the To wauda firemen arrive*l there over the Lehigh Valley railroad shortly before o'clock, but by this time the local lire company had succeeded in getting the fire under control, j The Dushore firemen were greatly fatigued from their strenuous work and several contracted severe colds. Nearly a score of men are thrown out of employment because of the burning of the mill. This plaut was formerly owned by the 1-. M. Harth estate. Lately it was sold to a Company of Dushore men by the trustees of the barth es tate, who demanded but a small payment from the parties making the purchase, feeling that the insur ance carried was sufficient to cover the deferred payments. It appears that but one of the trustees had any knowledge of the insurance not be ing in force and as the result the trustees who are Atty. R. J. Thom son, Dr. W.C. Randall, Frank Lusch and Harry Hiirger are said to!*• the heaviest b -er u . It has been stated that the plant will not be rebuilt. Mystery Surrounds His Death. An element of mystery surrounds the death of Jonathan buck, a Columbia county farmer, who passed away Wednesday evening, Dr; Shu man, of Catawbsa, was called to attend him Wednesday morning between 10 and It o'clock and found him unconscious and at 8:30 o'clock that night he died. Cerebro hemmorage was the cause of his death, but whether It Was brought on by a stroke of apoplexy 1 or superinduced by another cause remains to be discovered. ' The old man had a very black eye, there was a mark on his cheek and r across his chest there was a scratch The injuries indicated that they ■ were of recent date. 1 No member of the family has j< ; I come forward to explain the manner in which the injuries were received or the manner in which he was first striken. All inquiries along that ■ line have been evaded. There is strong talk that an investigaton " j should be made before the body is I I buried. I Word comes from Bloomsburg ' that political ambitions of "Farmer' "! William T. Cjeasy, minority leader ' of the stab? house of representatives, '.land John O. Ilarman, recently the ' . Democratic nominee for State treas ! ure, are giving the leaders of the . Columbia county Democratic organ ' J ization much concern. Creasy and ' | Ilarman both want to succeed J. \ Henry Chochran of WiUiamsport, as i' senator from the district composed i jof Columbia, Montour, Sullivan and ' | Lycoming counties, when Chochran ' retires, in 1010 and both regard a J | [ seat in the house at the next session as a stepping stone to the senate. Death ol Mrs. C.- A. Ingham. Mrs. C. A. Ingham, wife of Hon. T. J. Ingham died on Sunday even ing December 10. Mrs. Ingham had been an invalid for over five years, with paralysis, which rendered her physically nearly helpless, but for most of the time.her mind was clear. She endured her Jong affliction with extraordinary patience and cheerful ness. The linal stroke came quick ly and she expired without any un usual suffering. She was the daughter of Abel and Priscilla Cheney and was born in Cortland, N. Y., and came with her parents to Bradford county while a mere child. Soon after-they came to this State her father was killed l>y an accident and her mother died. She was then lett to the care of her sisters. She was brought up chiefly in the family of ex-Judge Mason who married her sister. She obtain ed her education in the com noil and high schools at Monroeton, and be came a teacher. She taught the first school in Laporte soon after it was established as the county seat. She continued to teach most of the time until she was married to Mr Ingham on the sth of June, 1833. She has had three children, Em est V. Ingham, Ellery I'. Ingham and Frank H. Ingham. At the time ot her death Mrs. Ingham was seventy-six years and ten months old. As she has resided in Laporte more than fifty years it is only ex pressing what is known to all thai she was a lady in every sense of the word; charming in her manners; a ficlor in the social lif<> of the place and prominent in all good works. Impressive funeral services were held at the home Wednesday after noon conducted by Rev. \V. A. Kelly, of Athens, after which all that was mortal of this most esti mable woman was tenderly con veyed to the Silent City of the dead. Flowers of the rarest kind were heaped upon t«be bier, attesting the deep love and esteem held foi the deceased. Flowers seem to be the best emblem we have to ex press our love, for we wreathe them around the cradle, the marriage altar and the tomb. Thus would we leave her, and in memory keep her, as sweetly reposing among the beautiful and fragrant flowers. Among the out of town relatives and friends who paid their last | tribute of respefct to the deceased were Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Ingham of Atlantic-City; Mr. E. I*. Ing ham of New York City; Mr. ami Mrs. George T. Ingham, Towandu; Miss Jessie Hornet and Mrs. Juli;» Hornet, Wyalusing; Mr. Charles Cheney and family, Eagles Mere: Hon. E. M.and Mrs. Dunham. Say re; Attv. J. H. Cronin, Miss Julia Cronin, .John Deegan, J. I'. Kennedy, Dushore, and many friends of nearby communities. Dr. Henry K. PattengiU, ex-State Superintendent of Public Instruct ion, of Lancing Mich., in his addres before the Lycoming County Teach ers' Institute, advocated the restor ation of the old-fashioned spelling bee as a uitnins of correcting the poor spelling so common am>ng pupils, i lie also declared that the spelling ol Kngllah language would never !»• greatly changed from what it is to day. A l.'ing Island farmer who is interested in raising winter i vegetables is trying-out a novel electrical > .\jierunent- An electric arc light is used as a nocturnal sul> stitute for the suns rajs. The vegetables are grown indoors and the are light travt is. by means of a j small motor, from end to end of the building. It is said that these plants I look as healthy and vigorous as those j grown under ttie suu. ; The largest dam in the south has j just been finished. It is thrown j ! across the Yadkin river 31 miles j 11 from Salisbury N. C., and is 4ti feet | high and 917 feet long. The mini-j ! mum flow of water gives 16,000 h.p . j j which makes it second only til ! Niagara as a source of mechanical ;The electric power generated will , be transmitted to neighboring cotton : I mills and factories: I 75C PLR YEAP Immigration to America Large. Immigration l<> America during the year IIKiT, was vastly greater than in any previous year of the history of the United States, the immigrant host numbered 1,286- 349, according to the annual report of Com. Cleneral of Immigration. The increase of immigration to the South is directly connected with the growing desire of the Southern States to <1 raw within their boundaries a number of the better t'lass of immi grants, it being eoi'i-idi n d by prac tically all of the leading men of that section that the future development and welfare of the South depends upon its ability to receive and absorb a reliable laboring and farming ele ment. interest naturally attaches to the proportionately largo immigration troni Japan. This increase is signif. icant, too, because it comes in the face of regulation* adopted by the American (iovernment, with the assent o! Japan, which, it was sup posed, would curtail the immigration of Japanese to this country very ma terially. Ihe reports from inspec tors sent to Mexico and Canada show that thousands of Japauo-o landed in Mexico during the past year and ultimately gained admission, surrep titiously, into tins country. Once into this country, it.i- impossible to locate them. \\ hile the regulations concerning Japanese immigration have tended to reduce the number of regularly admitted immigrants, it remains a fact that thousands of Japanese still are coming into the United States by stealth. Japanese Transfcrcd From Pacific Fleet. The places of every one of the 120 Japanese stewards on board the I'.S. battle ships that is making its way to the Pacific coast are now fdled by Americans, Their expulsion from service on these ships was executed the day before starting upon the long voyage. The entire "bunch" was transfered t< toe receiving ship Franklin HI-... .. iil REMAIN at Hamp ton Roads, The Japs wore indignant over their expulsion and talked of appeal ing to the Japanese consul at Nor folk. Such a step would not avail them any redress, because their as signment to ships is a matter oft iov ernment rule and control. A Poweiiul Aggregation. Hear Admirable Evans in charge of $100,(10(1,000 woith of Uncle Sam's property and $12,0#0 men began the longest cruise with biggest fleet in the history of the world, from Hampton Road for the Pacific, on Monday. The English newspapers have centered their attention on this tleet. It is generally acknowledged that never before has so powerful a fleet been assembled under one com mander. Noboby in Europe believes that the cruise is undertaken merely for practice, the mildest interpreta tion is that a hint is Ja pan not to try rash tactics. It is generally agreed that a nation able to exhibit such sea strength need, not fear to insist on all her rights in I diplomatic debate. In the past the United Sates has maintained this honored distinction, and she always wilt. The veteran pedestrian, Edward payson Weston, announces that walking is natures sovereign remedy for all mortal ills—and proves it. If he has an attack of indigestion, he walkes it off; if he has a cold, the like medicine; if a sprain he stamps even that out by a like method. Whethei he has found the universal curative or not, his own health and vigor make it plain that if other | men would t:ike less drugs and do more walking they would live long er. It is not to be expected that all men will imitate Weston and tramp | across the continent. Hut there is ;no reason whv each one should not I set apart a certain amount of time l ei e'i day for a brisk walk, with a I longer excursion afield at least once week. There is no form of exer cise more pleasant, more invigora ting and more permanently helpful. ► —New York American.
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