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LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1908.
Trial List, May, Term 1908.,
Return day, May ]8,1908, at 2 o'clock,p.m
I J. W. Bates vs E. (i. Trexier, 11. C.
Trexier, and.l. M. Turrell; trading aw the
Trexier <V Turrell Lumber Co. Trespass.
No. 40, Sept. T. 1906. I'iea, not guilty.
Scouten. 15 rad ley | Thomson, Mullen
2. Floyd Ackley, by bin father and
next friend Rodolph Ackley and Rodolph
B. Ackley vs The Lehigh Valley Rail
road company
No. 10. May term, 1907. Trespass.
Plea, not guilty,
Hill. | Thomson.
3 Walter .1. Khrman and Oustave
Stern. Co-Partners, trading as Khrman A
Stern vs Ellen A. Carroll. Executrix of
the. last will and testament of John W.
Carroll, deceased. Trespass.
Plea, —Not Guilty.
II ill. | Thomson.
4 llattie N. Schoonover vs Delia
Brown. No. 23, September term 1907.
Trespass—Plea, not guilty
Scouten. | Bradley.
5 The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
for the use ot Mina .1. Phillips, wife of A.
G. Phillips vs Frank VV, Buck, Sherittof
the County ot Sullivan, and the United
States Fidelity andCuarant.v Company of
Raltimore, Maryland, Surety.
No 43, September Term, 1907.
i Summons in debt founded on official' bond
j Pleas,—Non Assumpsit, Performance,
, with leave to give special matter etc.
I Not Guilty, Perlormance, with leave to
I srive special matter in evidence.
T.J.lngham. | Bradley.
0 Frank I.tisch, who survived 1.. M.
Barth, which said 1.. M. Barth, in his
lifetime, and said Frank Lutch were co
partners, trading and doing business
under the tirni name of the Onshore
Lumber Co. vs Rush J.Thomson, Frank
l.usch. Harry N. Bigger and William F.
Randall, Executors ot the last will and
testament of L. M. Barth, deceased,
No. 30 December Term, 1907,
Assumpsit.
Plea, —Non Assumpsit, Payment, with
leave etc. and set ofl.
Bradley j Thomson. Mullen.
7 A." J. Bradley, Administrator and
Kscheator of the estate ot' Celia Mary
Kelley. plaintiff. vs-I. B. Comber, itidi
vidually and as Attorney-in-Fact for Mrs.
Nora ••tiinn and Elizabeth Kelley, md
S. I'.. Kilenberger and John 11. Veager,
■lames Mansell and Mrs. Nora and
Miss Kli/abeth Kelley. defendants.
No. 34 May Term, 1908.
Framed Issue,
Dunham. | Maxwell
ALBERT F. IIKKSS, Proth.
Proth. office. Laporte I'a., April 0. 190S
QHERIFF'S SALE.
l>y virtue of a. writ of YendiliJnt Ex
ponas (Real Estate) issued out of the
Court of Common Pleas of Sullivan
County, Pennsylvania, and to ir.e directed
and delivered, there will be exposed to
public sale at the Court House in the
Borough of l.aporte, Sullivan County,
Pennsylvania, on
SATURDAY, APRIL IS. 1908,
ut eleven o'clock a. in., the following de
scribed real estate situate partly in the
Township ot t'berry, County ot Sullivan,
Stale ol Pennsylvania and partly in the
Township of Albany, County of Bradford,
Pennsylvania, upon which an inqu
isition has been held and a jury ol in
ipiest has returned that the part lying
in Sullivan County can not be sold sepa
rate and apart from the part lying in
Bradford County, without prejudice to or
spoiling the whole: which said inquisition
and return hav e been approved by the
Court of Common Pleas ofnullivan Coun
ty, and the aforesaid entire piece or par
cel of land is bounded and described as
follows:
BEGINNING at a beech in line ot
lands ol Isaac W. Morris, being a corner
of hinds granted or intended to be granted
to John Harney thence east by the same
152 perches to a post, another corner ol
said lands: thence south, degrees
west, 02 perches to a stone corner of lands
ot Patrick Martin's heirs, now occupied
by John W. Farrell: ihence by the said
lands west, 152 perches to a beech in the
line of the aforesaid lands of Isaac W.
Morris; thence by the same north, 29 1-2
degrees eaat, 02 perches to the place of
beginning. CON PAINING about fifty
eight acres and one hundred forty-four
perches of land, be the same more or less:
and being the same land sold by Thomas
Mahaltev, late Sherifl ofSullivan County,
to Mary Harney, by deed acknowledged
in open Court, March 1, 1893 and entered
in Sheriff's and Treasurer's Deed Book,
at Laporte. Pennsylvania, March 1, 1893
in Heed Book No. 2, page 51 ">.
The part in Cherry Township in Sull
ivan County, Pennsylvania, is bounded
on the east or south easterly side, by the
public roadjon the southerly side bv lands
no\y in possession ol John W. Farrell;
on the westerly side by lands of Bryan
Bennett; on the northerly side by land's of
John Harney's heirs and the county line
between Sullivan and Bradford Counties,
containing about forty-eight acres.
The part in Albany Township, Brad
lord County is bounded on one side by
lands belonging to the heirs of John Har
ney. on another side by the public road;
«n<i on t : .c other side by the county line
between tin Counties of Bradford and
Sulli'- <tn, containing about teu acres of
land
The above entire tract of-about fifty
: tight acres, is all improvt d and in u good
state of cultivation, well watered and a
valuable farm property.
Seized, taken into excution n-d to be
sold as the property ot Mary ll.trncy and
Joseph P. Harney, terre tenant, surviv
ing defendant at the suit of John Utz, to
the use of Mary K. Hill, now to the use
of John W, McMahon.
JI'DSON BROWN,
Sherifl of Sullivan County.
Sheriff's office. Laporte, I'a., March 21,
1908.
i Results of Sullivan County Primary
J Eleclion.
REPUBLICAN
Delegates to the National Con
vention, Hon. Fred A. Goodcharles
and James A. Scarlet. Alternate
delegates, E. G. Sylvara and
George Rolirback.
Delegates to the State Con
vention, M. W. Botsford.
Representative to the general as
sembly, Lewis B. Zauer.
County Commissioners, Frank
MeCarty ami Fred Peale.
Congressman, E. W. Samuels.
County Treasurer, William A.
Gumble.
Auditors, Harry A. Bbtsford,
and Eldaah A. Wilcox.
Democrats
Delegrtes to the National Con
vention. Matthias Conninger, C. B.
Eut. Alternate, Thomas C. Vin
cent.
Delegate to the State Conventin.
liarvey R. Taylor.
Representative to the General
Assembly, Dennis Corcoran.
County Commissioners, F. M.
Crossley, Valentine Rolie.
Congressman, John G. McHenry.
County Treasurer, Edward L.
Sweeney.
Prohibition ticket. Representa
tive—Jonathan H. Rogers of Lin
koln Falls.
Treasurer—Henry E. Fawcett
of Elk land.
Commissioners—John Cook and
C. N. Molneux of Forks.
Auditors— W. M. Calkins of
Forksvillfc aud E. J. Small of Dav
idson.
A. L. Needier of Laqnin, wai* ar
rested in that place by Constable Don
lin ami four deputies Tuesday, on
complaint of Mrs. Needier, who ac
cused the husband «>t threatening to
kill her and the two children. Con
stable Hollou was communicated
with ami went to Laquin on the
afternoon train returning in the
evening with the prisoner and plac
ing him in the couuty jail to await
the hearing before .Squire Meredith
Thursday morning. Needier came
to Laquin from Indiana about a year
ago. He has been a hard worker,
earning good wages, but it is alleged
a fondness for diluted alcohol and a
taste for snuff at times robs him of
his sense of reasoning, thus this
trouble. Reporter Journal.
Last Wednesday night in a hut
in the great wilderness near La
quin, Louiga Blondi, an Italian
woodsman was shot to death by a
revolver in the hands of a relative
—Salvatora Blondi. The shooting
was the climax of a quarrel which
started a week previous to the tra
gedy. In the scuttle the man who
did the shooting had a bullet from
his reviver driven into his stomach,
but it is thought that he will re
cover faom the wound. Louiga
Blondi was shot iu the head and
died instantly. Another relative
was shot iu the arm ami is now
in the Williainsport hospital.
If the murderer recovers from
the bullet wound of his own
revolver, he stands a good chance
to furnish another hanging bee
for Bradford county.
To the School.Direetors of Sullivan
county.
Gentlemen: In pursuance of
the forty-third section of the act of
May, 1851, you are hereby notified
to meet in convention, at th« court
house, in Laporte, Pa,, at 2o'clock,
P. MM on the first Tuesday iu May,
A. D. 1908, being the fifth day of
the month, and select viva voce, by
a majority of the whole number of
directors present, one person of
literary and scientific acquirements,
and of skill and experience in the
art of teaching, as county superin
tendent for the three suoceediug
years; and certify the result to the
State Superintendent, at Harrisburg,
as required by the thirty-ninth and
fortieth sections of said act.
J. E. Reese Killgore,
C<f! Supt. of Sullivan County.
I Washington, April (Special)—The
importance of the control of the Re
publican National committee in the
presidential canvass becomes more
apparent as the light for the nomi
nation proceeds. The friends of
Secretary Tuft have been using all
available forces in the south to secure
delegates for the Secretary of War
and in doing this tliey have aroused
the oposltion of many people who do
not countenance those tactics. The
result is that practically every south
ern state will send two contesting
delegations to the Chicago con
vention and which of them will be
seated in making up the temporary
roll depends entirely upon the lean
ing of the national committee
At least 200 delegates will be repre
sented in these contests. If the Taft
people control the committee it is
safe to assume that Taft delegates
will be seated in all cases where
there are contests. Delegates so seat
ed will doubtless retain their seats
after the convention is organized.
If the anti-Taft forces control the
committee then it is equally safe to
assume that anli- Taft delegates will
be seated.
At present both sides claim con
trol of the committee' Both have
checked up the members and believe*
that they are iu the majority, but it
will he some time before an accurate
estimate can be made. That the
Taft managers are quite confident
that they will have a majority is
shown by the fact that wherever the
antis secure control of a convention,
raft men hold a rump convention
and elect a contesting delegation.
But it. has been demonstrated that
Knox, Fairbanks, Cannon, and
Hughes, all have friends iu the
south and that each will get some
delegates in that section, while For
aker is expected to have wherever
the colored Republicans are permit
tod to voice their preference.
There were few surprises in the
result of Saturday's primaries. The
people of the State appear to have
interested themselves very general
ly. and the nominations made
must be accepted as the choice of
each party.
The fact that the ballot in all dis
[ striets was a large one has has made
it difficult to get early returns in
mauy instances; iu some the details
will not be complete for a day or two
yet. Counting the returns is more
difficult than similar work at the
general election for the reason that
ihere are no ballots marked for
straight tickets in a party square.
lia -h name has to be marked
separately, and as there were more
■a nes on the ballot than appear on
the general election ballot the task
.ias some difficulties.
I It was the severest test of the
->yste u that could he applied. It is
only in a presidential year that such
a large number of candidates are to
be voted for. Not withstanding this
fact no complaints are heard from
any where but Pittsburgh, where it
is alleged some citizens were, un
able to cast their ballots for want of
time. It is possible that the time
taken by some voters iu marking
their ballots was so great as to en
croach upon the time of others, but
the conditions in Pittsburg were ex
ceptional at this election, and cannot
be made applicable to tbe remainder
of the state or any part of it.
. In those districts where there were
contests—and as a matter of fact con
tests were quite general—the vote
cast has been relatively large. This
is always desirable. It is better for
party conditions, and more satis
factory both to the winning and IJS
iug candidates. Tbe larger the vote
the more certain is tbe nomination
to represent the dominant sentiment
of the party, and it assures the candi
date a better |>opular support at a
general election.
No one can object to the new sys
tem when elections are faitly con
ducted, and no one does object. It
has been accepted by politicians and
Iteople as an improvement on old
methods, which were not uniform
and often unfair. It received a test
on Satnr lay whose success will do
much to assure the permauency of
the system.—Phila. Press.
75C PLR YEAP
BERNICE ITEMS.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. John Regan
a son.
Mrs. Ilobert MeGee and daughter
of Sayre were spending a few days
with her mother Mrs. Timothy Ryan
of Mildred,
Klection at this place was very
quiet. The fight was with the
Democrats and there were more can
didates than offices and on that ac
count the defeated candidates feel
sore. The only fight that the Re
publicans had was for standing
committee-men, James Spence, and
Barclay Duggen received seventeen
votes a piece.
Edward Manix who has been
staying at James J. Connors returned
to his home in Philadelphia Satur
day.
Miss Nora Connors is all smiles
and they are not Easter ones. She
wants to be called Aunt Nora.
Frank Crossley of Laporte was cal
ing on friends at this place last week
and by the vote he received he did
not have many to look for.
On Saturday evening April 11,
Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Shaifer entertain
ed several youug people in honor of
the thirteenth birthday of their
daughter Myrtle. Those present were
Misses Mina Morter, Martha Allen,
Mattie Allen, Cathern Qillighan,
Lucy Champion, Mena and Gene
veve Ptiaum, Pearl Brown, Lena
Brown, Anna Helsman, Mary Hotfa,
Rachel McMahon, Agnes Hay,
-Francis Dempsy, Messrs Leone
Pflum, Leo Brown, Glen Strope,
Edward Brogan, John Osier, En man
Bishop, Sylvester Dempsy, Lester
Bailey, Fred Gore, Willie Wheatley,
James Green, Frank and Charles
Hellsman and George Loney.
HEMLOCK GROVE ITEMS.
There will be services at the
church next Sunday as follows: Sun
day school at 2o'clouk, preaching
services at at P. M. All are
invited to attend.
The school closed at this place on
Friday April 4. A large number of
visitors were entertained at the after
noon session with recitations and
singing. Just before being dismiss
ed the teacher was presented with a
beautiful watch fob, which he high
ly appreciated as a gift by the pupils
of the eighth grade.
A strange sight met the eyes of a
great many people on monday when
two boys passed through this place
with an ox hitched to a cart. The
animal was harnessed like a lio.se
and seemed to know just what to do.
Harry Shoemaker of Beaver lake
and Miss Eva Burkholder of New
Berry Formerly of this place, were
married at the Luthern church at
that place on Wednesday evening.
Peter Swank, Thomas Phillips,
Harvey Reese, George Phillips,
William Bay and John Temple
were Muncy Valley callers on Satur
day.
The farmers have, been plowirtg v v
for more than a week, it is possible
that by the last of this week many
will have planted potatoes.
W. H. Lawrenson delivered a fine
load of hay to Eagles Mere one day
last week.
Edna Bay of Strawbridge spent
Sunday, as the guost of her father
William Bay at this place.
31. J. Phillips has returned from
an extended business trip to Phila
delphia and Williamsport.
Quite a number of voters attended
the primary election at Sonestown on
Saturday.
Mrs. G. C. Swank and son Le Roy
and Melvin Bay of North Mountain
spent Sunday visiting friends at this
place.
Earnest Temple of Ralston is
spending sometime visiting his par
ents here.
Heleu Phillips was the guest of
Caroline Bay for a short time Sun
day afternoon.
Herman Flick, who has been visit
ing friends in Center County, has re
turned home.
Francis Allen moved his family in
the house recently vacated by Thom
as Flick, the later having purchased
a farm near Beaver lake.
Percy Bay has returned home
after teaching a successful term of
school at Trout Run Lycoming
County.