Republican i\ews iit:n.
VOL. XII. NO 43.
<524,000—544,000
v Which Do You Prefer • c
\ The average man earns about $l,lOO a year.
V works 40 years and earns a total of $44, 00 in a
\ time. The average day laborer gets $2,000 a day or 112
J S6OO for a year of 300 days. He earns $24,000 in a I
s life time. The difference between $44,000 and $24- £
J 000 is 820,000. This is the minimum value of a^
V practical education in dollars and cents The in- C
3 creased self respect cannot be measured in money. A
V Why not stop plugging away at a small salary when I
J the International Correspondence Schools, of Scran- V
\ ton, Pa., can give you an education that will makex
1 high salaried man of you ? No matter what line of \
J work you care to follow, this great educational ln-r
\ stitution can prepare you in your spare time and at A
112 a small cost to secure a good-paying position.
S local Representative will show you how you canV
triple your earning capacity. Look him up today, 112
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C. I. S. Representative. TOWANDA, PA.
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No Place Like this Place
For Reliable ;
STOVES and RANGES,:
COAL OB WOOD |
HEATERS;
ONE OF WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS. (
House furnishiug Goods, Tools of Every I
Description, Guns and Ammunition
Bargains that bring the buyer back. 1
Come and test the truth of our talk. •
t
A lot of second hand stoves and ranges for sale cheap. t
We can sell you in stoves anything from a fine Jewel Baoe t
Burner to a low priced but satisfactory cook stove. 1
Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and !
General Repairing, Roofing and Spouting. \
Sjiisiiel Sofe^usftore^a.
The Sliopbell Dry Good Co.,
» 313 Pine Street,
WILLIAMSPORT, PA.
NEW SLACF)
DRESS GOODS
A woman of fashion without a Mack dress is impossible, also—lo make a
good dress from a poor fabric is impossible.
The care must be exercised in selecting black dress tabrica—this
knowledge is what brings so many women to our store to make their selections.
Our new black dre»s goods include every ilesirable weave in the best quality—
they can be depended upon. Furthermore our prices are economical—cannot be
duplicated anywhere else.
The Newest In Lace Waists
With hundreds of different styles being introduced by the makers it i* a com
foriing thought to know that there is one store in town where the best styles can
lie had—you need go 110 farther that this store to learn what waist styles will enjoy
(he greatest vogue this spring among the best dressed women.
Ladies' Black Hosiery
I. idies' Seamless Fast lilaek Ilose with | Ladies' Silk Lisle Hose, fast black
double solo and heel. Special good value j iight weight and gauze, all black or with
tor 12] cents. j white sole, for 35 cents.
Ladies* fast Black Mercerized Lisle j Ladies' Silk Lisle Hose, in medium
llose, light and medium weights, spltn- i and light weight; these are cheap at
did quality, for cents. j 50 cents
Ladies' I'ait Black Cotton llose, some j Ladies' Finer Black Lisle Hose, for
have white foot, or sole, for 25 cents. | 75c and SI.OO.
Laces and Trimmings
ll you ha\« u.-e for laces of any kind, lace ornaments, lace edges or insertions
would like you to look at the new collection of designs and widths of point venise
bices—P"i'it de Paris laces. German and French val laces 3-8 All over laces in
white, cream and ecru, lace bands, embroidered nets.
f'hirtbn, appliques, Medallions, Persian band, fancy braids and various other
new dress tiimmings.
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LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY FA. THURSDAY. MARCH 12, 1«08.
Missouri is beginning to realize
that a single act of Its last Legis
lature relating to insurance compa
nies is depriving the state of con
siderabl revenue. It has driven out
the state companies which paid large
suniß In taxes and license fees.
The newspapers of Missouri char
acterize the act as freak legislation,
and of a kind that distinguishes the
Legislature which passed It. But
Missouri is not aloue in the pursuit
of this policy. Its Legislation which
bars from the State any insurance
company paying a salary of more
than $">0,000 a year, is less drastic
than the new lawsiu Wisconsin and
Texas. The large and reputable life
insurance companies have been
driven out of bath these States by
acts which could not be submitted to
without serious wrongs to their poli
cy holders all over the country.
it is impossible to say what these
State* exjiected to gain by their
actions, but they have gained
nothing. 011 the contrary, all have
suffered losses of revenue which
must be made up from other sources.
Bleeding the insurance companies
is popular with many Legislatures,
but the average member of these
bodies does not comprehend the ef
fect of that pohcy. Millions of
dollars are paid by the big companies
into the treasuries, of the State every (
year. They do not object to legiti
mate taxes license fees, but they ,
have to withdraw when impossible
fonditions are imposed upou them. -
! Crude and drastic legislation and ,
unreasonable exactions arc bad for |
the policy holders. They really con- ,
stitute the company, and it is upou j
them that the blow fails. All they |
seek is just regulation and pro- (
tection, and fortunately the laws 01 |
most of the States are framed to (
that end. I
Candidates and officers-elect iti <
the February elections and the pre
ceeding primaries must file expense
accounts with the clerk of the court 1
of quarter sessions of the county in '
which they reside. The corrup- 1
practice act makes this compulsory. 4
it makes no diffrence whether or '
not a person received any notes in '
the primary, if he was an announce- <
ed candidate for any of the I
township or borough offices, he I
must tile a statement of expenses, if 1
he expended S r >o or over he is I
furnished one kind of a blank, aud if
his expenses were under the $. r >o 1
mark or were nothing, he tills out
another kind of blank and tiles it 1
with the Clerk of Courts.
State Fish Commissioner Meehan
has revived an old law ami rule of
his department tint sawdust shall be:
considered as poiHun when tftrow-n
into the waters. o£ streams contain
ing tish. The Wardens have receiv
ed new instructions on the subject.
The preservation of the health of
the people is a matter of no small
importance. That is the reason the
national government and some of
the states have entered upon the ef
fort to prevent the manufacture and
sale of adulterated or poisonous food
products. Surely in a movement of
this sort the authorities ought to
have the help of the people whom
they are trying to serve.
Lake Harvey, Luzerne county,
has become so much of a resort for
Wilkes Barre cottagers that the Le
high Valley Railroad will not open
its picnic grounds at that place the
coming season, but instead will
boom its grounds at Lake Carey in
Wyoming county, where many new
' amusements will beadded. Numer-i
1 ous improvements will be made be
tween April 1 and the opening of
1 the season and the company intends
to make the resort as attractive as
p->sr- ib!e.
I terriaburg to Hartford.
Per ieylv.inla granges are preparing
to at m1 ibe national grange meet
ing at Hertford In goodly number*.
Plans ar« being made for a lar*« party
to rendeeroua at Harrlaburp. then to
s proceed to New York, atop overnight
! end goon to Hartford next dny.
New York will have added about 10,-
r 800 new members, by tbe time the next
state grange meets in February, 1008.
Kuct Justice, equality and a fair
| reward are the watchwords ef the
L grange - Aaren Jonee
Waynesburg Pa,--Iteeejvef Strawn
of the closed farmers and drovers Na
tional Bank, has notified the former
directors ol the bank that they will
have to contribute tbe sum SI,&00,
000 as a result of the failure of the
bank.
The institution was closed on De
cember 12, 1908, audit has been as
certained by the receiver that the
shortage amounts to sl, 800,000. the
directors have been notified by the
receiver that should they fail to com
ply with his request proceedings
will betaken agaiust them
The demand for the money has
caused not a little excitement here,
as United States banking officialssel- ,
dom bold directors financially re
sponsible for the closing of a bank,
unless they were negligent in the
discharge of their duties.
Commenting on the possibility of
persons being able to save something
when they have regular earnings,
even if they are not large, provide
some method is used to do so* Tho
Butler Times refers to what ha 9 been
done i n Butler by the use of the little
•safes or boxes, distributed by some
financial Institutions, and says:
"Talking about banks and. all that,
it is said that the amount of money
being saved in the little banks seat
out by tho savings institutions of
this town is almost beyond belief.
One of the banks of Butler is said to
have out more than a thousand of
the little boxes and it is said that in
this one institution alone there has
l»eeri deposited to the last couple of
years over a hundred thousand dol- ;
lars, all due to the (feet that the little ,
boxes were found a. convenient w*y ,
of saving the surplus i*a?h about the .
household, because of instilling in 1
the minds of tho children of the I
burg, as well as among some of the
older jieople the saving habit.
Not one in a thoiunnd of those
who sing- that good old' hyom "Blest
be the tio that binds" knows the
history of its homely origin. Ac
cording to the church electic., it was
written by the ltov. John Fawcett,
who in the latter port of the eight
eenth century was the pastor of a
poor little church in Lockabire, Eng
land. JTis family and responsi- (
bllities were large, his salary was
less than four dollars a week. In
1772 he felt himself obliged to accept
a call toa London church. Ills ftre
well sermon had l>eeu Reached,
six. wagpus loaded with luraitiire
and l>ooks stood by the. door. fTlst
congregation, men wouuin-aiul chil-i
dren, were iti an tfgwny of tej\r-.!
.Mr.
on.«.pavirttTg wise and crmkinctettfj
others looking up, MrsFawcettsaid-.
"<>h John, John, I cannot bear this!*
112 kmuv not where- tw go!'" -'Xiw II
either,." said he "nor will we go.
Unload the wagons and put ev«ry
tbingback in its old place." His
letter of acceptance to the London
church was recalled and he wrote
this hymn to commemorate the
episode
A settlement has been reached^u
the case tiled by attorney E. A.
Boake, of Brooklyn, N. Y., against
the estate of tho late (i..!usha A.
Orow, and it has been marked off
the United States Court list. Air.
Boak's claim was fms<d ou legal ser
vices and for approximately $10,060.
It was because < 112 the action filed by
him that the alleged black mailing
of the Congressman was brought to
light, as well as the additional fact
that he was practically penniless at
the time of his death, lloake's
claim is adrutted to be a just one, aud
, he will receive a pro rata share of
the estate, the total value of which
about equals the amount due him
Last week the national 16-hour
railroad law became effective aud all
. roads were prepared to meet there
. quirements v>f the new federal
' measure. In brief the provisions of
J this law are that engineers, firemen,
couductors, flagmen, and breakmeu
shall not bo required uor permitted
• to work more thao lt» couseoutive
1 hours and any employe who has been
on duty It! hours consecutively must
r then be relieved and not permitted
1! Togo ou duty again until he had ten
' hours off duty.
Two of the most important meas
ure* introduced at this .session of
congress, tho employers liability
| bill and the postal savings bank
bill, were introduced by Senator
Knox of Pennsylvania, Both o 1 "
these bills are now under consider
ation in committee and will be re
ported to the Ken ate at an early date.
The indications are fh-»t both will
become taws at this session.
A aub committee of the committee
on judiciary is holding hearings on
the employers liability bill, giving '
1 the workmeu and the rail roads
evt'ry opportunity to present aTgu
meute for and against it. The ob
ject for which Senator Knox strove
tn framing the hill is the one that
will be kept to the front by the com
mittee in reporting upon it.and that
it is to give the workmen the great
est consideration possible for their
protertion and yet koep within
liounds of the constitution, "so that
when the biil becomes h law and
gets tiefore the courts, it wiil not
suffer the same unfortunate fate that
the former law did.
The postal savings ban it bill is
now being considered by a sub coru
mitfeeof the committee of postofßces
and postroads. Two other bills,
having the same object as that in
troduced by Senator Knox are 'be
fore this sub committee, but it is be- ,
lieved-that the Knox bill will be re
ported to the Senate. This bill em
bodies the views of the postmaster ,
geneiaLand baa the backing of Pres
ident Roosevelt and the administra
tion. Every effort will be made to
*M ure its passage at this session of (
congress and the prospects of success
«re good. 6a n kers and financier* as
it rule will favor it, as they recog
nize that it will go a long way to
wards preventing the recurrence of
fwetl financial stringency as the coun
try has just passed through. The
people vtill welcome it atflt will pro
vide au absolutely safe depository
for their savings.
Athough the chewing gum habit
I*beginning to he rated as SO repul
sive that young women of refine
ment will no longer indulge in it,
it, remained for the Presbyterian
MeaV Foreign Mission society to
rtis*H)ver, at « meeting in Phila
delphia, over which former Gover
nor James a Beaver presided, that
more money Is wasted in this of
fensive practice in tlii? country than
is contributed for tho conversion of
the Heathen. The Philadelphia,
.fritiioring also uiatTc sunui other dia
-1 This is the way. the>money
vwnrftt tinlM Statea laat.yesc
for minions-, cttevr
r.is gum* i.UjKK>,aW; mill faery,,
confectioner#,,
utaKck work,
Word cornea that a man calling
himself Jacob Shatter is working iu
Pennsylvania trying to sell plum
trees grafted on oak. He claims to
represent-a New York nursery tirtn,
also tries to help out hie character
by claiming to be a fanners' insti
tute lecturer. It ought not to be
necessary to tell any intelligent man
A plum worked on au oak stock will
most likely produce acorns. Yet
the Chances are this fraud will
sell luanySof his trees at a high figure.
Oak is good for tanning and the
application of a stout stiik to this
fellow's hide would toughen ft. I»r.
£l. A. Surface, economic zoologist of
Pennsylvania, wants this Shaffer
aire-ted, it.he can be found Dr. Sur
face will appear against him for ob
taining money tinder false pretenses.
Hunt nitn np.
Judge Fuller at Wilkes Barre on
Mouday morning Lauded down an |
opinion that struck terror to the
hearts of the saloou keepers in Lu
zerne County. He stated that next
year bofh new and old applicants
for liquor licenses will be beard on
the same footing, and that the old
as well as the new will have to show
why their places are h necessity*
1 This order is taken by many at
torneys to mean that there wiil l>e
' a general weeding out of saloons
1 next year, and that the smaller and
1 morn unpretentious grog shop will
have to go.
7SC PILR YEAR
BERNICE ITEMS.
Mr. and Mrs. C. T. LJlley of Say re
visited friends here^ecently.
Jackson '.■» moving pictures exhibi
ted to crowded house* two night* of
last weeks at Lopez.
Robert Matbew of Sayre visited
friends at this place last week.
There was no work at the Conuell
mines Saturday on account of repairs
An Educational Maes Meeting
held in the Bern Ice High School on
Saturday, at which Prof. Dobson
presided. The following program
wan rendered:
Song by pupils of intermediate
grade. Promotions by Supt. Kii
gore. Song by intermediate pnpils.
Address by Prof. MeCord of Wya
lusing.
Afternoon Session
Song by intermediate pupils.
Recitation by Edna Johnson. The
Pupil, the Teacher and the Folks at
Home, by Prof. Meyers of the Ber
niee High School. Busy Work for
Primary Pupils, by Miss Jessie
W rede of Laporte, Recitation by
six primary pupils. Song by inter
meidate pupils. Regularity ami
Punctuality as Essentials to Success
iu School Work, by Prof. H. Jt.
Henning of Lopez. Recitation by
Elizabeth McDonald. Literature as
a n Interpreter of Life, by Prof. Me-
Cord of Wyal using. Song by inter
mediate grade.
Great credit is due Prof. Dobson
and ills corp of teachers for the way
the pupils did their part in the pro
gram. If the parents would give
the teachers more assistance, our
schools would be second to none in
the State.
HEMLOCK GROVE ITEMS.
Services at the church next Sun
day as follows: Sunday school at 10:
00 o'clock Prayer and class meeting
after Sunday sn-hool. All are invited
to atend.
A quilting bee was held at the
home of M. J. Phillipson Friday,
the following wer*> present: Mrs Al
bert Amies, Mrs H. E. Phillips,
Mrs. Edward Phillips, Miss Nellie
Reece, Mrs. George Phillip*, Mr*.
Sarah Steinruck, Mrs. Albert Myers,
Mrn. S. B. Bidlack, Mrs. Corson, and
Mrs. Rhetta Fulmer.
Willam Bay made a business tri *
U> Benton last week.
Rev. S. B. Bidlack made n pleas
ant lull at these hool house last week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lawrenson
attended the funeral of Mr*-. Dun
ham at Uugliesvi lie last Wed nest lay.
Dasiiel Shires of North Mountain
called at this place Saturday.
Wffiulf Craft-who has been confined
Co his house since last fall with rheu
matism is able to be about again.
Toneat-e Bender and Juson Sim
msiH of Money Valley passed
rttrough here enroute to Emmons
and Jamison City on Saturday.
Raymond Phillips and two sisters
of Hughesville were guests of friends
Saturday and Sunday.
The social and lecture held at this
place Saturday evening was largely
attended and enjoyed by all.
Misses Mazie Phillips and Clara
Phillips of the Sonestown high
school were guests of their parents
Saturday and Sunday.
Raphael Litzleman and Win.
Taylor the former a mndidate for
commissioner called at this place re
cently.
Miss Vera Buck of Sonestown was
the guest of M. J. Phillips and fam
ily over Sunday.
Joseph Phillips who has been haul
ing logs for John Kiess near Eagles
Mere, has returned home,
Miss Mable Taylor of Muacy Val
ley and Ola Corson of Olen Mawr,
were guests of llarvey Phillips and
family on Thursday.
Harry Buck of Sonestown spent
Saturday and Sunday as the guests
of M. T. Flison and family,
j Mrs. Louisa l>eckert was a Will
-1 liamsport culler on Saturday.
j Anna Fulmer did shopping iu
I Muucy Valley Saturday,
j Paul Swank transacted business at
; Emmons and Jamison City last
I week.
j The officers of the Treinont, Schyl
kill eouuty have entered suit for
SIO,OOO damages against Henry
' Schwalui, a hotel keeperof Tremont,
for alleged false statements to the
j effect that the bank was insolvent,
thereby causing a run on it.