Republican INiews item.
VOL. XII. NO 38.
<524,000 $44,000 >
1 Which Do You Prefer « r
x The average man earns about: §i,u o:t year. Hr
s works years and earns a total o{ 544,00 in a lilt
\ time. The avera.- e day laborer gets $2,000 a day or /
J S6OO for a year of ;oo days. He earns $24,000 in a I
V life time. The difference between S 4 4-< 00 and *2.4 Q
JOOO is $20,000. 'I his is the minimum value of a ?
education«!n dollars and cents The in- C
Dcreased self respect cannot be measured in moivy. J
a Why not stop plugging awav at a small salary when <
✓ the International Correspondence Schools, of Scran V
\ ton. Pa., can give yoti an that will makeX
V high salaried man 0? you ? No matter what line ol \
S wot'K you care to follow, this great educational in
\ stitution can prepare you in your pare time and at
r a small cost to < ecure a good-paying position. Our £
\ local Representative will shew you how you can X
r triple vour earning capacity. Look him up today, r
% He is" J
? G. IF 1 . BRENK A 2SJ\ S
G. I. S Representative. TOWANDA, PA. ,
CO L E
HARDWAREJ
No Place Like this Place
For Reliable
STOVES and RANGES,
COAL OR WOOD
HEATERS;
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 ol second hand stoves aud for sale cheap.
We can sell you ic stoves anything from a flue Jewel Base
Burner to a low priced but satisfactory cook stove.
Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and
General Repairing, Roofing and Spouting.
S jiiiucl a. j
The Shopheil Dry Good Co.,
313 Pine Street,
WILLIAM SPORT, PA.
INDIES' HO3IEIW.
Ladies' last black Cotton Hosiery in Todies' last black lleeced lined; Hose.
'Medium and heavy winter weights, for We are showing some good values lor
'-i r - L'O. and -sc. ]."}(■ to 50c
Ladies' las. I,lack Cotton Hose two I , Lil,l , ic ~' W «'° l ! lnd t-'ashmere "we,
special e»od values, tV.r 35c and 50". 1,11 (;olor " i "" , P™*"- ,
'2oc to *I.OO
Fashionable Furs Outing Flannel.
Our turs are furs of buality—They are We are felling some extra value i
the result ot the most perfected finishing outing flannels Then we have a large
process known to the furrier's art. Here assortment to choose from, both in light
you will find neck pieces and muHs in and dark stripes and figures—New neat
Mink, Lvux, .Squirrel, box and all p< pu designs lor underwear tor 8, 10, 11. and
lar grades in the newest style effects IL'.'.C.
Bed Comforts Black Velutina.
11 • areaf variety of flora) effect pat. We are showing two specially good
fer-s, either light or dark colorings of qualities of Black Velutina iha't have
sa. or silkolinc Some are plain on the soft silky appearance of Lyons Yel
t)i"• -i ie. Iheseareall filled with pure vet- These are much in demand now
wi, r ; . cotton. They vary in prices from for <'oats and Pull Dresses. These mini
SI.OO to !*.».T5- bers'are sold for 75c to SI.OO.
Corsets for all Figures. Knit Underwear.
I.verv figure has its appropriate < orset How about vour underwear supplies ?
here. We use the greatest care in giving Have you everything you need? if not
the customer the right model. home lot us furnish what vou want. You
brands are best for stout figures, others won't find any better values than we are
suit Mender figures better. We know showing m either men's ladies' or child
the brands and we know their limitations ren's warm knit undergarments Some
Ask our Corset advice ou these. specially good values in ladies' Lnion
Suits.
Good Warm Blankets.
either white or colored in all i|iialities are here and ; uu cannot go wrong in buy
ing them. The prices are very reasonable.
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LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1908.
There is a probability tint the
price of anthracite coal will not ho
reduced t lie eu-toniary fifty rent-son
'April I. The operators have not
j yet definitch decided on this step,
hut they are considering the niat
! ter, and, unless some unforseen eon
! tiagency arises that may dify
! their present intention, the likeli-
I hood is that there will lie no reduct
ion. The plan of reducing the price
of coal fifty cents on the tirst day of
April and advancing it at the rate
'of ten cents each month until the
! winter price is reachul .vas iunugu
j rated for the purpose of distributing
the production and marketing it
evenly, monthly, as nearly as possi
ble over the entire year. It has
heen found in practice that buyers
hold hack llteir order* for the first
few mouths, so as to take advantage
of the considerable reduction in the
i price of coal that sets in April, and
j then heap up orders that cannot, of
i course, be delivered until long after,
i The operators declare that this was
! unfair both to them and the miners.
| Beginning with March 1, 1908,
| the First National Bank of Canton,
I'a., announces the opening of a
special savings department, .opera
ted on the same plan as a savings
bank. Deposits will be received in
the savings department of sums not
less than one dollar and will pay in
terest on all sums over live dollars
semi-annually on the first days of
June and December at the rate of
> 1-2 cent per annum. Deposits
made on or before the third day of
eai It month will be treated as of the
first of the month. Deposits made
after that date will begin to draw
interest from the first of the month
following. Instead of the usual cer
tificate of deposit, a pass book will
iie given to each depositor, which
book will state the amount of each
deposit and semi annually |interest
v\ i!l be credited to each account, or
may be withdrawn at the di-eretnoi i
of the depositor. It not withdrawn
interest will be added to the princi
pal and be compounded. This af
fords special opportunity to people
ot small means to have a savings
bank account, and every encourage
ment will be offered to this class Jo!
depositors to encourage their saving j
small amounts.
Over at .Jamison City, in the lum I
her woods things are moving with |
i rush. Taking advantage of the
snow to get the log' out of the
woods, forces of men are w rking i
night and day. Throe log trains
are kept busy getting the logs to the
mill of the Central Pennsylvania
1/limber Co. at Jamison City. The
tannery, also, at that pi ice is work
ing full blast, giving employment to
I a large number of men. Such a
thing as hard times are not known I
in that locality. j
James Sterret, aged *7 years, of
| Erie, who bore the reputation of be
| ing worth millions and did not spend
j more than sl.">tia week, was found I
'dead in a -mall room owned by him
I Death was due to heart disease.)
I .leveral months ago he wrs arrainged j
in police court for violation of thei
rults of the board of health, lie
: had large interests in the west and
!is said to have owned a wheat farm
j in Minnesota of 10,000 acres in ad
! dition to large block of railroad and
i mining stock.
Wvalusiug has the record for al
! most everything that is worth while
but it was never anticipated that
• any of our citizens would attempt to
I compete with the tropical countries
lin the rising of the fruit native of
! the torrid /.ones. Hut that such is
I the fact is proven by a lemon tree
, owned by Mrs. Burr Kinne, which
! is 82 inches in height, two years old,
and last week presented its owner
with a lemon H inches in cireum
j feronce and weighing 20 ounces.
She has also an orange tree that has
; 20 oranges on it at the present time.
! Wyalusing Rocket.
The East Strou.sburg "News", an
independent newspaper, published
for over thirty years, suspended
publication with the issue of.Febru
ary t. The failures of its subscrib
ers to pity up and the new postal
ruling relating to paid up subscrip
tions are given as reasons for the sus
pension.
Smoked the Pipe o! Peace at Laporle
Union Caucvs.
j At a union caucus held at the
! Court House Friday night, for plae
j ing Borough officers in nomination,
| prevailed u spirit of unanimity of a
most pronounced character.
At no time to the knowledge of
the Fditor, has Laporte ever wit-j
nessed such peace and tranquility
among the two political parties on
the eve of a spring election. That
the sepaiation of a portion of the
borough has had its good effects al
ready felt was most strikingly man
ifested at our late caucus. The Re
publicans being in the ascendency
they honored the minority party by
giving them the chair, and the meet
ing was ptesidedover by F. J. Mul
len, Iv-q. The Democrats were very
gentlenienly and took only what
properly belonged to them.
The ticket unanimously chosen is
as follows: School directors, F. \V.
Mevlert, F. M. Crossley, T. F. Ken
nedy; Town Council, John Smyth,
(J. S. Eddy, C. L. Wing, Henry
Stepp; Auditors, JJ. T. Fairhairn,
Albert F. Heess, Wm. Loeb; Con
stable, N. C. Mahen; High Consta
ble, \V. J. Higley; Overseer of
Poor. John V. Finkle. Judge of
election, F. 11. Ingham, Inspectors
11. Stepp and A. J. Hack ley.
From tlif Reporter Journal.
Nelson J. Palmer, an old offender,
was placed in the county jail Friday
evening, having been brought from
liillsgrove, by constableS. A. Strick
land, of that place. The prisoner is
charged with horsestealing.
On August •"■, 1007, George I>.!
Brenchley, living in Burlington i
township, started with a foOO stall- j
ion to drive to Lamoka where he j
had some business to attend to.and j
Palmer was given a ride. They ar- j
rived at their destination after dark, ;
Palmer leaving Brenchly soon after j
they rem bed the village. Brenchly j
placed his horse in a barn owned by j
a man whom he had gone to see, j
and while they were in the house,;
they heard a horse and wagon go
by at a furious clip. Thinking that
it was a runaway, they went out of
doors just as the last outlines of the
carriage disappeared down the road.
A fhort time later Brenchly discov
ered that his horse and carriage was
missing from the barn and it at
once dawned on him that the speed
ing rig Wii- urine other than his own.
Palmer was seen that night with the
horse and he told persons that it be
longed to hi in and that he was going
to Wilkesbarre to sell it. The next
day the horse was found in the
xoodsin Burlington towpship, hav
ing evidently run away from the
i party who had stolen it.
! Satisfied that is was Palmer, who
I drove the animal away, Brenchley
came to Towanda and swore out a
warrant for his arrest.
A short time ago a man answering
' Palmers description had a finger cut
jofby a saw in a mill in which he
1 was working in liillsgrove. The
j injured man applied to the Sullivan
county Commissioners for aid giving
his residence as Burlington town
ship, Bradford county. The Sulli
van county commissioners com
menced an investigation with tin-,
result that the injured man wn-1
identified as Palmer. The warran j
was forwarded to liillsgrove and
l'ainer was arrested and brought to
towanda. lie admitted that it was
his first trouble over a horse deal as
he had been in the peniteutiary for
horse stealing.
Horace Cole Insanity Plea.
A Binghamton attorney who is
to defend Horace Cole, the notor
ious crook, for horse stealing, will
try to prov theat Cole is a drug fiend
and is daffy in the head. The at
torney will attempt to prove that
insanity runs in Cole's family. Now
a-da.vs every criminal is put up be
i fore the courts as an idiot, but in
! nearly all cases these "Idiots," at
! the time that they commit their
' crimes are sane enough to evade the
i authorities, and often afterward
like Cole, they boast of their cun
ning methods employed to escape
justice.
I Th>> call of the Republican Nat
ional Committee for the National
I Convention to be held in the City
lof Chicago, and State of Illinois, on
j Tuesday, June lt>, 1908, contains the
i following directions relative to the
I election of delegates and alternates:
"The delegates-at-large and their al
ternates shall be elected by popular
State aud Territorial conventions,
of which at least thirty days notice
shall tie published in some news
paper or newspapers of general cir
culation in the respective state or
Territory.
The Congressional district dele
gates shall be elected by conventions
called by the Republican Congress
ional Committee of each district, of
which at least thirty days notice
shall have been published in some
newspaper or newspapers of general
circulation in district; provided, l
that in any congressional district
where there is no Republican Con
gressional Committee, the Republi
can State Committee shall lie sub
stituted for ami represent the Con
gressional Committee in issuing
said call and making said publica
tion; and provided, that delegates
both {from the State-at-large and
their alternates and delegates from
each Congressional district and their
alternates, may be elected in con
formity with the laws of the State
in which the election occurs, pro
vided, the State Committee, or any
such Congressional Committee so
direct; but provided, further, that in
no State shall an election be so held
a < to prevent the delegates from any
Congressional district and their al
ternates being selected by the Re
pupllcan electors of that district."
In accordance with the call of the
National Committee 08 delegate- j
and 08 alternates are to be chosen in
Pennsylvania, to wit: Four dele- j
gates and four alternates at large to j
be held at llarrisburg, Potinsylva
| nia, April 20, 1908, and two dele
gates and two alternates from each
of the :J2 congressional districts.
Petitions of candidates in Con
gressional Districts for delegate and
alternate, signed by ten electors as
provided bylaw, must tie tiled with
the Board of County Commissioners
not later than Saturday, March 21,
1908, and where a congressional dis.
trict is Composed of more than one
county the candidate must tile his
petition with the Boaid of County
Commissioners in each county of the
district signed by ten electors resid
ing in the county where the petition
is filed.
The Uniform Primaries Act be
ing defective in ways and means
regulating the certification of elect
ion of National delegates and alter
nates the following agreement has
been reached after con-ulfation with
the chairman of the several leading
political parties of the State, tin
Attorney General and the Se retar\
of the Commonwealth, to wit:
IT IS AGREED—-that the pro
vision in the Primaries act relative
to the certification of returns of
votes cast for the candidates for
nomination for members of Congress
be followed in tabulating and certi
fying the vote cast for candidates for
Congressional district delegates and
alternates to the National Conven
tions of the several parties; there
i fore, the County Commissioner*
I will be supplied with blank eertifi
leates upon which to make their re
turn of votes cast for National dele
gates and alternates. They will for
ward these returns to (tie Secretary
of the Commonwealth when they
forward the returns to Congress.
The Secretary of the Commonwealth
will then compute the number of
votes cast in the several counties
composing the Congressional district
aud will certify the consolidated re
sult to the Chairman of the respect
ive State Committees, and the State
Chairmen will certify to their re
spective National Committee.
The method agreed I'pon and to
which reference is made in the pre
ceding paragraph is in strict accor
dance with the provisions contained
in the call for the National Conven
tion for the election of delegates-at
large, District Delegates and Alter
nates, and each Republican Conntj
chairman in the State and all inter
ested will be so instructed by the
State Committee at the proper time.
Alternate Delt gates to National
Conventions should be placed in
nomination, elected and certified in
the same manner as Delegates to
National conventions.
75C PLR YEAR
Carl McCarty Met With Fatal Accident.
j
Carl McCarty, a Lehigh Valley
.fireman, was fatally injured by a fa 11
from his engine at Lacyville, at •'}
o'clock Sunday morning. McCarty
left Havre at I o'clock, his train stop
ping at Lueyville fur water. Shunt
ing oil the engine tank he attempted
to | >llll tlu: heavy water er.uie to
wards him, when he lost his grip
and fell backward to the ground,
striking on his back. His head
came in contact with a rail or pro
jecting tie, till' force of the blow
fracturing the skull, lit was picked
up in an unconscious condition by
other members of the train crow
and a little later placed on a west
bound train and taken to Havre,
Still unconscious lie was taken to the
Packer Hospital where sin i-xaini
nation showed that there was little
hopes of his recovery. lie died at
two o'clock Sunday aft<Tu<>nn.
Deceased was a sou of Mr, Job
Met'arty of Elkland township, this
county. He is survived by a widow,
who before her marriage was Miss
Susan \\ hitely, daughter of John
Whitely of Elkland tow nship. The
remains were taken to t<> his old
home and tin.- funeral was held from
the German Reformed church at
that ; lace. Interment was made at
Bethel.
Death of Mrs. W. W. Johnson,
Mrs, W. \Y. Johnson of Reran
ton, died from lockjaw. Thursday
morning of last week. She was ill
but a few days, a pin scratch on
the shoulder being the cause of
that dread disease.
Mrs. Johnson, before her mar
riage was Miss llattie Scouteu,
daughter of J. G. Scouten of Du
shore. She graduated from Vas
sal' College several years ago, and
was highly accomplished. She
was married but little more than a
year to Mr. J. <■> .. to whom,
along with her parents, her sudden
death was a crushing blow. Mr.
Scouten had been in the west for
several weeks and did not reach
home until four days after his
daughter's death.
The funeral was held Wednes
day from her father's home in Du
shore.
Six persons are reported to have
frozen to death at Pittsburg, during
the severe cold weathei of Friday
and Sunday.
Resolution by W. <'. No. ;>ll P.O.
S. of A. on the death of llynmii P.
Hull.
Whereas, it hath pleased the Sup
reme Architect of the Universe to
remove by death our late brother
Hyman I*. Hall. Whereas, the re
lations long held by mr members
with the diseased brother, render it
proper that we express our appreci
ation of him as a brother therefore
be it.
Resolved, that we tender our sin
cere sympathy to the family, rela
tives, and friends of the diseased in
this their sad bereavement wel|
knowing that their loss i> one that
cannot be repaired,
Resolved, that in the death of
brother Hall this camp loses one of
its older members who has filled
many of the ottices of our camp
such as President, Financial Sec'y
Trustee, and Treasurer, and District
President of Sullivan County some
years ago.
Resolved that the large attend
ance at the funeral of brother Hall
showed the esteem in which he and
his family were held in this and ad
joining communities.
Resolved that our charter be drap
ed ror a period of three months.
Resolved, that our brothers did
I their duty in coming out in a body
|to attend the funeral and we also
j here by exteud our thanks to our
| visiting brothers and appreciate the
I part they took in the services of the
I occasion.
; Resolved that these resolutions be
engrosed on our minutes a copy tur
j wished the family of the deceasecd
and that they be published,
J. W. Ruck,
L. R. Gavitt,
R. S. Starr.