Republican News item. VOL. XIII. NO 20 <524,000 $44,000 > v Which Do You Prefer • r C The average man earns about si,ioo a year. He/* x works 40 years and earns a total of $44,00 in a life \ 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 \ life time. The difference between $44,000 and $24- £ J 000 is $20,000. This is the minimum value of a ? X practical education in dollars and cents. The in-C j creased self-respect cannot be measured in money. J V Why not stop plugging away at a small salary when c V the International Correspondence Schools, of Scran- V \ ton, Pa., can give you an education that will make / \ high salaried man of you ? No matter what line of \ y work you care to follow, this great educational ln-Q x stitution can prepare you in your spare time and r a small cost to secure a good-paying position. Our r \ local Representative will show you how you canV /^tripleyour earning capacity. Look him up today, 112 V He is » / c. IT. ait, > C. I. S. Representative. No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL OK- 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 of second hand stoves and ranges for sale cheap. We can sell you in stoves anything from a fine Jewel Base Burner to a low priced but satisfactory cook stove. Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and General Repairing, Roofing and Spouting. Saifiuet The Sliopbell Dry Good Co., ' 313 Pine Street, _3 H WILLIAMSPORT, PA. Nev Pall Soit^ Tlie variety is very extensive, including a wide range of styles in all the new materials and colors so that every one can be sure ot finding something that is be coming at just the price you wish to pay. SILK WAISTS LACE WAISTS We show a new line ot Ladies' Black Ladies' Black Net Waists, in black, and plain Colored and Plaid Colored Silk white and ecru. New styles to choose Waists. from. Black and Colored Silk Petticoats These Pettiooats come from one of the best manufacturers in the trade. This purchase enables us to ofler the finest values in high grade Silk Petticoats we have ever shown . ,Childrens' Jackets Ladies' Coats in Fall weights made of plain colors and For early fall wear plain black or fancy mixed material some splendid colors and stylish covert Jacket*. Von vAtes for f2.00 to $3,75 find these moderately priced. % New Wool Sweaters « /WSeilftvejnßt opened a new line of ladies' and Misses' Wool Knit Sweaters, Coats JgdJliotffte effects in gray, brown, tan and white. Prices vary from #l,2;"i up. New Wool Suitings We are showing some very stylish new wool fabrics for Coat Suits in worsted £xl 4 r «fteotvplain broadcloths etc. Let us show you these new Suitings—We loftbW'.Ve c V please you. I>tibscrihe for the News Item LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 24, 1908. Candidates of Growing Popu larity With Tax Payers. The candidates whom the voters are most Interested in at the present time, are Messers F. W. Peal and W. 11. Rogers candidate for County Commissioners. This is an office that demands men of business ex periences; men who are practical in their ideas as how to do things and properiy care for the properties of the tax payers, men whose minds are by habit inclined to economy and who have proved successful with their personal alfairs. With such men in the Commissioners office, tax payers may rest assured that business will be properly and ju diciously handled. Mr. Peal is a man not only solid in his physical proportions, but equally solid in his strong unswerv ing character. it was only after persistent and earnest exortation of friends in both parties that he consented to be a can didate. His success at the polls will mean much to the Sullivan county tax payers. Win. 11. Rogers a progressive con tractor and builder at the county seat, young and energetic, he can be thoroughly relied upon as a safe and sane man in the office of County Commissioner. He is never rattled in argument and never has any trouble in determining his mental latitude and longitude on the moment as is often required of a man in ex ecuting the county business, lie does things well in a quiet unassum ing way and never makes noise about it afterward. lie comes from a good family of sturdy pioneer stock of Sullivan county, and his election will show good judgment on the part of voters of this county. The office of County Treasurer is by no means an unimportant office. A worthy aspirant to the position is W. A." Gumble of Hillsgrove, where he has resided for the past live years, pursuing his trade of black-smithing which he has follow ed for over thirty years. I Taving been a hard worker at this kind of labor since a boy ot 17 years of age, Mr. (Jumble became broken 111 health recently and of late has devoted most of his time to farming. His parents came from Germany and settled in Pike county Pa., where they reared a large fam ily. Mr. Gumble likewise follow ing the worthy example and has in his household a large number of little bodies to provide for and give a comfortable home. He is what President Roosevelt culls a most de sirable citizen. He is well qualified and capable to till the olticeof Treas urer. No one is more deserving of support and none will more appreci ate it than Mr. Gumble himself. No man who knows L. Is. Zaner questions his fitness for the office of Member of Assembly, llis integ rity is unquestioned. Modest and un assuming in manner, he is able and aggressive in every work which he undertakes. Honest both in poli tics and business; open and fair with friends and foes, he is a typical rep resentative of the young and aggres sive Americans who are rapidly forg ing to the front in the affairs of State and nation. The interest of Sullivan County will be properly cared for with Mr. Zaner holding a seat in the Assembly. Cast your vote for him next November. Harrisburg, Pa., Sept. 21.—Over 100,000 acres of forest land in Penn sylvania is in the grip of forest tires and fully 120(1 men are battling to prevent their further spread, accord ing to an estimate made by Forestry Commissioner Conklin this evening. The fires that are sweeping through almost a dozen counties, are among the most destructive in years. "Of the 100,000 acres which I esti-1 mate to have been ravaged or on lire about ir.,000 acres are on State resirvations, but the forest wardens and forest rangers, who number 110 men are not contlnig themselves to stamping out the tires on state prop erty, but are going wherever there is fires," said Mr. Conklin this even ing. "Most of the tires are on pri vate lands and they are in many cases due to the carelessness of men who start tires to get rid of brush and let them go unattended. I know of a Are started from such a case which swept over 5000 acres. School lor Mine Workers. Wilkes-barre, Pa.. Sept. 19.—As the beginning of a scheme designed to give all itsemlpoyesopportunities for mining education, the Lehigh Valley Coal Company has arranged to establish a school for its mine workers at Lost Creek, in the Schuyl kill region. A room has already been fitted up, containing desks, a reference library, and periodicals de voted to mining subjects. The open ing is set for about October I. This will be only the first of a chain of such schools. After it has been running for a while, the com pany will have learned from it just what plan should be followed, as to detail, and then a dozen other schools will be starteil at various points ac cessable to tne Lehigh Valley col lieries. It is regarded as highly probable that the other large anthracite min ing concerns will adopt the idea of providing educational facilities for their employes, giving practically every mine worker in the anthracite region the opportunity to learn. The door to promotion will thus be thrown open to the humblest toil er. One of the effects of the scheme, mining officials think, will be to les sen the number of accidents in the mines. This expectation is based upon tlie facts recently reported by the State Department of Mines. James E. Roderick, Chief of the De partment, says that the great majority of casualties are due to ignorance or carelessness. The best way to stop the accidents is to re move the cause, and that can be done by education. At the school at Lost Creek and, —later at the others—a teacher from s ime day school in the vicinity will be on hand three nights every week, to take charge of the work and help those who attend acquire habits of study. Engineers and superintend ents connected with the company, as well as outsiders who have expert knowledge, will be present from time to time to give the benefit of their experience. Ocassionally, too, meetings for the discussion of cur rent mining topics will be held. The company has made special arrangement whereby the mine workers may enroll in the Inter national Correspondence Schools of Scranton at a reduced rate. All the work done in the school room will be sent to headquarters for correct ion, MO that the teacher will be en abled to devote bis entire time to personal instruction. By reason of bis familiarity with the district, lie may add local flavor by represent ing additional problems dealing with nearby mines. Strict account of the work done will be kept, and every month the record of each man will be sent to the general manager of the company. From those who have shown them selves most industrious will be chos en candidates for promotion. Through the help of the schools it is hoped to produce a body of men well trained in the theory and prac tice of mining, men from whose number positions of responsibility may be filled. Youths who are un able to attend a technical school or college will have advantages which will be impossible except by this method. Engineering talent that would lie undeveloped, without educational opportunities, will here be brought forth and developed. Especial emphasis, always will be laid npon the protection of life and limb, and no text booK will be re garded as of so much importance as t he rules and regulations of safety. Elephant Police. The sight of six pairs of elephants simultaneously at - work capturing a half dozen struggling, trumpeting mates is an imposing one. Like a pair of animal policemen arresting a pris oner, flu* great beasts sidle alongside a victim, take him between them and jostle and ujueeze and worry him, tail first, toward a tree. Every inch Is contested by the herculean fighters until nearing a stout tree or stump Hie little brown elephant catchers slide from their mounts to the ground, crawl under the ponderous ite'.lies and shuf fling. kicking feet, slip cable slings about a hind foot and take a turn tround a tree.—Strand Magazine. P. 0. S. o! A. Convention. ! The annual district convention of the P. O. S. of A. was held at La jquin Friday and as the Towanda Re- I view says it was one of the largest i attended and most enthusiastic con ventions ever held in the district, which comprises all of ttie camps in Bradford county. Nearly 200 dele gates were in attendance an unusual ly large number. Nearly every camp in the county was represented. The people royally entertained the delegates, and they are speaking in the highest terms of thewelcome they received in the lumber town. There was but one unpleasant feature and that w.is the forest tire which was threatening the town. Nearly all the members of the Laquin camp, cimmitteemen and all, were com pelled togo into the woods and help tight the fire. The annual convention of the Sun day schools of Pennsylvania will be held atShamokin October 14 to 10. Its nearness means that there will probably be a large representation in attendance from this section of the state. A strong program is being arranged. Some of the speakers are l>r. Keigwin, of New York City, aid ex-State Treasurer Berry, both of whom will make evening ad dresses. Mrs. Besser who will speak on personal work; Miss Nannie Lee Frezer, Louisville, Ky.,on element cry grade work; Dr. Grey of Moody Uible institute, Chicago, who will have charge of the quiet hour and Hugh Cork; Prof, E. Excel, who led the music so successfully at the Louis ville international convention, will lead thesinging. Othei special feat ures are being arranged for. There is always a class of people in terested in the solution of curious problems. These later get into the newspapers and become matters of amusir.g controversy, lnjthe United States, says a London newspaper, the American dollar has the ex change value of 90 cents. In Mex ico the American dollar lias the same value. In the frontier of the Unit ed States where Texas joins Mexico there are two saloons, one on each side of the frontier. A man buys a ten-cent drink of whiskey at the American saloon ami pays for it with an American dollar, receiving a Mexican dollar a* change. With this ho crosses the border, goes into the Mexican saloon, hands over the Mexican dollar for a ten-cent drink md receives an American dollar as cliangej It is evident that the lim it of his purchase power is in the length of time be can stand. He "iiially wakes up with a bad liead iche and the American dollar with A hich he started. who paid for the whiskey? Secretary of the commonwealth McAfee has sent to each of the 07 counties in the state a certified copy if the ballot to be used at the Nov. election, hut accompanied it by a let ter making the unusual statement that there might be other certifi cations, and that it might be wise for commissioners to wait until shortly before the election to award contracts for printing. This action was taken because of the require ments of the law. The State statues provide tint certified lists of nomi nation shall be forwarded to the counties at this time. In his letter the secretary says:"l beg leave to call your attentionjto the fact that nominations can still be made by nomination papers, which may be tiled in |this department up to and including, Tuesday Sept. 20, and these additional nominations must be certified to you at least 11 days before election. We have rea son to believe that there will be tiled in this office additional electoral tick ets and there can be filed indepen dent nominations for other offices and the ballot as finally made up is much greater in size than it is at present. It will, therefore, be in advisable for you to make contracts until 14 days before election.,' Because of this singular state of affairs, it is probable that some effort to amend the election laws moy be made this coming session of the Legislature. 75C PLR YEAR The Workingman's Vote- There may be danger that the idea of a workingman having pe culiar political status will be over done in this country. It hails from countries where the workingman is always a workingman, always ex pects to be and brings up sons to follow his footsteps in the same class. Except in a few localities, in this country the workingman is first a citizen impressed with the political views of his neighborhood, and he seldom becomes a narrow minded thinker in politics. If he has hope of getting out of the tods of wage la bor himself, he wants his children to make progress, and the general questions of social progress and op portunity will appeal to him more strongly than the so called class is sues involved with labor, while the wage question is of first importance the workingman cannot always be so sure that his vote will increase his wages as he is that it will im prove the social and educational ad vantages of his children and pro mote the local prosperity ol his town, county or state. The average American working man either owns a home or hopes to. His associates in church and other social societies are not all of the same wage earning grade as himself. Some are better off, and he emulates but does not envy them. What interests lus community interests him, and he reasons from the bottom up when lie is deliberating from how bis vote in a given election will do him the most good. He may be impressed with economic theories, and he wonld vote them were he sure that they would work out well is he is that a certain school measure will benefit his children or his little home investment. His interest in these matters often determines his immediate political associations, and it is not eaay to get away from J vot ing year after year with pretty much the same crowd and paying chief attention to those issues in which the crowd is interested. And the American workingman is proud of his American citizenship anil next to his immediate local political interests probably thinks more about that than any abtruse questions of economics. Probably the average sl2 a dayman is more concerned with the national dignity on election day than the #2OO a month man. The less he has of the worlds goods the more he enlarges upon the senti mental benefits that fall to his lot. He first of all wants to be a citizen of a great and free and progressive nation. After that is settled he will look after the minor question of how much he is to get out of it day by day. Sullivan County Teachers' Meetings. Teachers' Meetings will be held at the usual places this year: Lo pez, Dushore, Sonestown, Estella, Eagles Mere, Jllllsgrove, Shunk and Laporte. Lopez, Pres., H. It. Ilenuing; Sec y., Mary 15. Finan. Dushore, Pres. VV. I). Hinman Seiy., I'. 11. Myers. Sonestown, Pres., 11. L. Molneux, Secy., Victor Bird. Laporte, Pres., C. <). Rird. Secy., •Jessie Wrede. Eagles Mere, Pres., Fred Snyder, Secy., Anna Quin. Shunk, Pres., L>. M. Soper, Secy., C. H. Warren. Estella, Pres. M. R. Black, Secy., 11. lirink. Hillsgrove, Pres., Prof. Arm strong, Secy., Miss Wagner. The meetings are distributed for the convenience of the teachers, who may at any time vote to meet at other places if they so desire. September meetings will be held Saturday, September "Jt>. October meetings will be held Saturday, Oct. 17. Presidents are requested to pre pare progra us for the first meeting at which a program committee will he appointed to arrange later "pro grams. J.Elteese Killgore, (.'ouiitySupt,
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