tvcimimcaii i\e wal man, VOL. XII. NO 46. <524,000—544,000 o C < Which Do You Prefer • <T The average m3n cairns about si,ico a year. > works 40 year a,. '•" - a total of $44, 00 in a l.fek \ time. The average day laborer gets $2,000 a day or / J S6OO tora ye?rof v-o -lays. He earns $24,000 inn I C life time The inference between $44,000 and £24-Q J 000 is $20,000. .us is the minimum value ot a? V practical education in dollars and cents The in-c. J creased self-respect cannot be measured in money, s x Why not stop plugging away at a small salary when 112 / the International Correspondence Schools, of Scran- v \ ton Pa can give you an education that will make X \ high salaried man ot you ? No matter what line of \ / work you care to follow, ihis great educational ln-r ( stitution can prepare you in your spare time anci •* p ? a small cost to recure a good-paying position. Ourr \ local Representative will show you how you can \ / triple your earnir.r; opacity. Look him up today, 112 / h O. IP- EK'.-IFIHsI'X-vT A IST, 3 <, C. I. S. Representative. TOWANDA, PA. COL E HARDWARE.? No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL CB WOOD. ME A, TE ONE OF WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS. House furnishiug Goods, Took of Every Description, Guns and Ammunition Bargains that bring the buyer back. Come and test the truth of our talk. L lot of second hand stoves and ranges for sale cheap. We can sell you in stoves anything from a fine Jewel Baoe Burner to a low' priced but satisfactory cook stove. Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and General Repairing, Roofing and Spouting. Samuel Z- -.vOJ' 0J ' The Sliopbell Dry Good Co., * 313 Pine Street, WILLIAMSPORT. PA. NEW BLACJS DRES3 (iOODa A woman of fashion without a black dress is imposeible. also-to make E ood dress from a poor fabric is impossible. g Tbe greatest care must bo exorcise! in .electing black . ress tab ic.-.h, knowledge is what brings so many women to our store to make their " plect,o "»: Our new black dre»s good- include every desirable weave >n the best ~«ahtjt bev can be depended upon. Furthermore our prices are econom.cal-cannot duplicated any where else. The Newest In Lace Waists With hundreds of different styles being introduced by the makers it is a con tort in is thought to know that there is one store in town where the best styles ca l, e had—you need go no farther that this store to learn what waist styles will en.,o t he greatest vogue this spring among the best dressed women. Ladies' Black Hosiery 1 ,dies' Seamless Fast Black Hose with Ladies' Silk Lisle Hose fast black double sole and heel. Special good value tight .eight and gauze, all black or wit tor 1-.1 cents. , white eMe, tor .* cents. Ladies' Fast Black Mercerized Lisle j Ladies' Silk Lisle Hose in med.ur Hose Ib'ht and medium weights, spWn- and light weight; these are cheap at ' ,® .. • .»() cents did quality, for 25 cents. , ... . r 112 I.adies' FaM Black Cotton Hose, some j Ladies' Finer Black I isle Hose, for have white foot or sole, for 2;> cents. I iucani Laces and Trimmings It vou have use for laces of any kind, lace ornaments lace edges or insertions would like you to look a. the new collection ot designs anU ot | !U . ft >_Point de Paris laces, (iernian and 1 rench \al lactr-. . white, cream and ecru, lace bands, embroidered nets. . . , Cl.ill'on, appliques, Medallions, Persian band, fancy braids and various othe new dress tiiminings. Subscribe for the News Item LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1908. Report o! Covnty Superintendent. The first column of Hgures for pu pils enrolled, second column average attendance and third column aver age per cent of attendance. Forksville Borough 31 '">l 91.5 Hillsgrove Twp. II" I"*' 91.0 Dushore Borough 101 *9 *9.3 Shrewsbury Twp. S3 To 87.0 Eagles Mere Borough 45 38 *7.;> Laporte Borough 33 27 86.0 Davidson Twp. 307 312 85.7 Forks Twp. 128 105 71.8 Colley Twp. .305 323 K4.;> Laporte Twp. 120 99 83.3 Cherry Twp. 543 148 83.0 Fox Twp. 04 SI 81.0 Elkland Twp- 180 110 77.3 Total 2219 1872 85.7 The following schools merit honor able mention: Galian, Donahoe, Cherry, Colley, Emmons, Dushore Ass't l'rin., Dushore, Intermediate, I'nion, Mountain, J lock Bun and Mt. Lewis. The lowering of the attendance this month Is largely attributable to several serious epidemics which have viry seriously effected the attendance. J. E. Killgore, County Superin dent. Some business out of the ordinary was transacted at the regular weekly session of court on Monday morning, ami brought fourth a display com mendable ambition on the part of a young boy who desires to aid in sup port of his widowed mother which will no doubt means the success of his future career. Lloyd Sergen aged 11 years, resides in tins place with his mother and dster, who are both employed, mak ng every etl'ort in keeping up the lome and providing proper food ind clothing. Lloyd is a good boy ind liii- a! ways been regular in his ttendaiice at school ami ambitious o learn. Having a desire to aid in lit: nui't"" " • his sister lU I himself he vould like to learn some-good tra.A --o that when growing into manhoal »e would be able to command goal vages and contiibute toward the iving'expenses of his home. Accord ugly Attorney 11. S. Knight pre sented a "petition to the Court ort Monday morning, asking that an jrder be made to have the boy ad nitted to some school \jere he •ould realize his ambition id learn i trade. After heaing in de tail, Judge Auten made ari'der of •ourt which will admit Lpl to the Williamsport Industrie school, which is one of the best <jits kind in tins section of the stat Such boys like overcome all obstacles iilie battle of life and become selfbule men and it is to be hoped he will not prove to be an exeein to the rule. -Suiibury Anierij. Forest Fires in Clintiounty. The presence of l'oreffes in C'lin (,n county l»rin|?« to pK' attention lie fact that carelesr of those Aho visit the woods responsible ■or the destruction of»ny youug trees. Persons who f> the woods ,re required to be vejnretal how hoy handle fires. law punish es those who start forces thought lessly, and this law Id be strict ly inforced in thin I)*' the state. Thousands of youiPd growing trees are destroyed t spring and summer by tires sfl by fisher men and others \»Jo not take proper preeaiitionsfevent forest tires. The desire of thJ and nation al governments tofve the tor t'sts should be res|» by the citi r.ein < 112 the variouities of this «tate. It is just ajto »>e careful in u-dn,' lire in tMds as to be L-areU-ss and the V boys who fail to realize thiAould he se verely punisheijre wardens should be espeeiajchf-ul at this reason of the yeajevery forest tire should be «hly investi gated in order t&'er whether it has been carpartod. In ternal vigilance jired to pre vent the wanton»ion of young trees in the wo<| Fourth Annual Meeting ol the Svllivaa County School Directors' Association. The Fourth Annual meeting of the I Sullivan County School Directors Association will be held in the court house, Laporte, Wednesday and Thursday, April 15 and 10. Three sessions will be held as follows: Wednesday afternoon, April 15, at 2 o'clock, Wednesday evening, April 15, at 8 o,clock, Thursday morning, April 10, at 9:30 o'clock. Wednesday evening, Hon. Emer son E. Collins of Williamsport will deliver i lecture. An interesting program covering important ques tions which are now demanding attention and interestingly inter spersed with vocal and instrumental music has been arranged. Directors who will not be induced Into office until June 1 are invited to attend ail sessions. Teachers, patrous, everybody, invited to at tend. Directors who attend both days will be entitled to receive two days' pay and mileage. This promises to be the most in structive and Interesting meeting ever held in this county. Let us see if last year's attendance cannot be improved upon. Committee. There is in this country a few short-sighted citizens who are worry ing about the "enormous expense that will be incurred by the battle ship fleet in the cruise around the world." I'ity the ignorance of this henightad class! True it will cost the I'nited States government several million dollars to complete the itin erary as now made out. The stilus will cousume thousands upon thous ands of tons of coal and incur other expenses that are almost beyond esti mate, but what of it? The direct re sult will be to promote peace by im pressing on the world the fact that the United States must be reckoned with and respected. The money outlay, therefore, must be considered as a direct saving rather thiin .» ifuatp Washington, March (Special)— The appalling loss of life in the coal mines of this country is to be stopped if the government of the United States can accomplish it. Congress has voted an appropriation of SlU.'t, 000 for the purpose of conducting in vestigations to ascertain the cause of mine explosions, and once the cause is found, the means of preventing them is «>asy. Senator Knox of Pennsylvania in sisted that this investigation must not be confined to tho territories as was first pri posed, but that the government experts in seeking in must have an unlimited field, it was contended th.it the amendment of the Pennsylvania Senator was an invasion of state rights, Hut Mr. Knox denied this. He argued that the Federal government had a right to gather information anywhere it pleased. Said lie: "The loss of life and accidents in the United States far exceed those of j any other country where the mining industry is being conducted. This proposed investigation i < for the pur pose of allowing the hundreds of thousands of men who 112 >il in the darkness beneath the surface of the earth to get the.beneflt of all the pro. tection that all the knowledge gathered from all possible sources will furnish". Senator Knox's proposition was a (lopted and the result will he a broad, thorough investigation by govern ment experts that will bring about the adoption of safety methods in mining that will save thousands of lives and millions of property. Fruit growing in the northwest is becoming interesting. The national apple show at Spokane offers SI,OOO in gold for the best single apple. In addition 514,000 is offered for the other products. Last year the apple crop of Washington brought SIO,OOO, 000,. This year it is expected to be from $15,000,000, to $20,000,000. This shows the remarkable develope ment of the great northwest; great in almost every product, remarkably great in apples. Uncle Sam's do main presents more varied oppor tunities than any other region in the world. President Roosevelt will have the support of the public in his de termination to exclude from the mails if the law gives the authority —an Anarchist paper publish**! at Patterson, urging the use of dyna mite and counseling the murder of United .States soldiers. It is a crime by statue and at the common law to incite to crime. Opinion is free. The right to free speech is protected by the Consti tution and the laws in the United States and in every State. Hut whatever the opinion, it cannot he supported by a plea for violence in its behalf. Congress has alreruy pro hibited the immigration of the Anarchist. The mails are closed by statue to frauds, to lottery tick ets, to obscene publications and to articles. Any publication which urges violence, which counsels, as does this Patterson paper, murder aud arson, should also be excluded and those who mail it should be liable to indictment. As the Supreme Court held in the Delaware lottery tases, the United States if it assumes the exclusive right to conduct the post office and sends its maila into every com munity, is bound to prevent the mail bags from being used for any | criminal or immoral purpose. Every region has its unbalanced minds, inflamitory publications breed crime among such by suggestion. Con gress ought to see to it that the mails are not thus used. If no law excludes such a publication, a law should be passed giving the needed power. It is reported that during the deer season a large number of dots were killed and left lie in the woods. Hunters who shot them were afraid to remove the carcass on account of the law. They were unable to de cide before shooting and after the deer was slain discovered it was a doe instead of a buck. One man who spent a week In the woods lately reports that he counted lit dead dues during his week prospect ing. This shows that there is a weaK point in tne law as it now ex. ists and the female deer is not pro tected as iuteuded. Orders were issued last week by the Philadelphia and Reading coal company for the general resumption of work in all of its 35 collieries and ten washeries. The order gives steady employment to more than 5,000 men. It is to take effect on April 1. The colleries and washeries have been operated on half time for the i list two months. Nine of the collier ies which were closed down entirely a f.-w weeks ago are included in the general order The company oper ates 85 collieries in Schuylkill, Lu cerne, Carbon and Northumberland •onnties. The resumption order will affect all of these iw soon as tliey can be placed in tit condition to start the work of mining. Miss Marie Comtois, a Franciscan nun. was assigned by her superior to work among the lepers of Molokai, in the Hawaiian Islands, the scene of the famous Father Damien's labor. Miss Comtois is 29 years old, and went to her home in Worcester Massachusetts to bid farewell to her parents, brothers and sisters before starting on her errand of mercy, from which she expects never to return. All of the states and territories have at various times enacted lavs regulating the employment of women and children, and during the past year no less than twenty-eight of them added to or modified their laws relating to this subject. The Bureau of lalwr, of the De partment of Commerce and labor, has just is.-ued a bulletin giving in full the text of the laws that have been enacted up to the end of 1307 for the purpose of regulating this character of employment. Another article presents the laws relating to factory inspection and the health and safety of employes Factory inspection and the health and safety of employes have been the subject of legislative actiou in thirty-nine of the states and terri tories. These include,all those states in which manufacturing or mining enit iQjn IB ' considerable number of PCMMI , which is good evidence ! iof me lact that the rights of those) who labor are not being neglected or I ignored in this country. 1 75C PLR YEAP HILLS GROVE ITEMS. Mr. Michael Morris and MisH Grace Lewis, both of this place, were married last Saturday at Newberry. Their friends all join in wishing them a bright and hap py life. The boys gave them an old fashioned serenade. Ken bin Featherbay who for the pant eighteen years has lived at this place, has moved to Eldreds ville, where he has purchased Ber ton Luther's farm. The best wishes of many friends go with them. Mr. John Braumbeek is moving his family to Wallace Run where he has l>ought a farm. (Jood luck to him in his new home. Mrs. Charles Haas, Mrs. Dr. Mervine, Mrs. John Speaker, and Miss Mary Green took dinner last Thursday at Camp No. 6. All re port a good time. Mr. Fred Lew is knows how to get up a No. 1 dinner. Harrry and Oscar Snyder have moved into the tenant house on the Melviu Lewis farm. HEMLOCK GROVE ITEMS. There will be services at the church next Sunday as follows: Sun day school at Preaching ser vices at 10:30 A. M. All are invited to attend. Daniel Phillips of Bones town, recently purchased the farm owned by P. \V. Opp about one mile from here. Robert Phillips of North Mountain will move his family to that place next week where he will have charge of the farm work for the coming season. We appreciate the fact that Rev. S. B. Hidlack has returned to this charge making his fourth year here, this s|»eaks well for the work done 1 by him for the past three years. Harvey Iteece wishes to announce to the public that he is prepared to do auctioneering this season. He resides on the Swank farm at this place. All calls will he promptly attended to. Address him at Muncy Valley. The school at this place closes Friday. Recitations and singing will be the feature of the afternoon work. An invitation is extended to parents and all to attend. A. M. Phillips moved his family to Ren ton Columbia county where he recently purchased a large farm. Mr Phillips took with him the best wishes of his many friends. The following youug men left Monday for New York state where they have accepted positions: Harri son Mastellur, Fred Arms and Paul Swank. llarry Arms and William Ray transacted business at Sonestown Saturday. What proved to be an educational as well as a sociable event oecured at the home of willia-ii Ray on Fri day evening where the pupils of the seventh and eighth grades met with their teachers and discussed some very important school work. Standard Oil Losses Heavy, When the Standard < )il men fig ured up actual and possible losses last January they found that in the calamitous year of 1907 they had dropped about a million dollars a day, writes H. N. Casson in the March Broadway. Here we have in a nut shell the reason why the oil trust is working its legal depart ment up to the limit of nervous pro stration, and why it is pouring out a flood of its oil-made gold in a Tit anic effort of self-defense. The legal tactics of the Standard oil trust were shown most clearly in both their naked strength and their naked weakness, in the recent trial before Judge K. M. Landis in Chicago. In this lawsuit, which cli maxed in the big fine, the Standard's thirty-year-old policy of security and evasion was put to the test. It was fully and fairly tried, and it failed. It was torn into shreds and tatters by a force of public opinion. And how this happened is one of the most dramatic chapters in the history of American lawsuits.
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