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v Which Do You Prefer • ?
x The average man earns about SI,I|OO a year. Hef I
/ works 40 years and earns a total of $44, 00 in a life V
i time. The average day laborer gets $2,000 a day or 112
J S6OO for a year of 100 days. He earns $24,000 in a c
V life time The difference between $44,000 and $24-£
J 000 is $20,000. This is the minimum value of a^
practical education in dollars and cents The in~
Vcreased self-respect cannot be measured in money. X
C Why not stop plugging away at a small salary when ? 1
J the International Correspondence Schools, of Scran- V
S ton, Pa., can give you an education that will make /
I high salaried man of you ? No matter what line of\
/ work you care to follow, this great educational In-T
x stitution can prepare you in your spare time and at
r a small cost to secure a good-paying position.
local Representative will show you how you can V
r triple your earning capacity. Look him up today, 112
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C. I. S. Representative. TOWANDA, PA.
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For Reliable
STOVES and RANGES,
COAL OIR, WOOB
HEATERS
ONE OP 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.
Satiutsi 2o(e,l?ußfiors,Pa,
The Siiopbell Dry Good Co.,
*"""7?* 313 Pine Street,
;1 WILLIAMSPORT, PA.
Concerning Pall 3aits
There is a great demand and sale this season lor niddium priced Tailored Suits.
We are making a specialty of'thisjclass ot' Suits and can show uiore styles than
you would expect to see. While we show a good line ot the medium price Suits
we have some handsome gowns in the finer and more expensive grade*.
THE NEW FURS K I D GLOVES
Are here. Our showing is the best ''' course you will want new Kid
in years—every piece was carelully sel- gloves togo w,t j l the new suit. We are
ected from onl\ the best ot' skins. New showing an excellent line ol Km (iloves
boas an<l fancy neck pieces with inufis to ' n a B plendid range ot colors. \\ e have
match in all kinds of furs that will be the (iloves to match your new gown,
stylish this season. 1 Iie >' ai " at the.riglit price.
Wool Dress Goods
AVave you given them their share of attention ? Is the Winter dress still un
sought ? uur assortment of plain and tancy mixed fabrics is now at the hest. Of
course you expect to find the prices right, so will say nothing about them.
CHILDREN'S COATS WASH FLANNELS
We have just received a new lot of Not the old-fashioned heavy weights,
Children 8 Winter ( oats. I hey come in hut medium fine woven fabrics in new
the plain red, lan etc. Some are neat designs and lancv colorings for house
and plain, others are trimmed. wear and waists for 40c a \ard.
Good Warm Blankets
Kiiher white or colored, or fancy "plaids, in all i|iialities. You cannot go
wrong in buying your Winter supply here it you want the best i|iialities your
money will buy.
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Republican News Item.
LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY OCTOBER 29, 1908.
mucitNS
CALLED TO DUTY
hMsylvanto to Rail; AM Stan
tods of Tift and Sherman.
CRISIS IN NATION'S HISTORY
Party of Lincoln, Grant, McKinley and
Roosevelt Marshalled For Battle
With the Old-Time Enemy, Whose
Candidate Represents a Shifty and
Irresponsible Leadership and Whose
Success Would Be a Menace to the
American People.
[Special Correspondence.]
Philadelphia. Oct. 27.
The final call to action has been
lounded and Republicans throughout
Pennsylvania are lined up to a man to
meet the common enemy on Tuesday
uext, when a successor to Theodore
Roosevelt will be elected.
From reports received from the
most reliable sources, the great Amer
ican people have decided to elect that
&reat American. William Howard Taft,
to preside over the destinies of the
nation for the next four years, and
from the most trustworthy information
that can be gieaned from every county
and borough of this commoHwenith.
the grand old Keystone state will, as
heretofore, be the banner Republican
state in the Union.
"Pennsylvania will do her full duty
on Tuesday next." declared Colonel
Wesley R. Andrews, chairman of the
Republican state committee.
"From every section of the state I
have today received reports by tele
graph and telephone which ieave no
room to doubt that there will be a
glorious victory recorded at the polls
once more.
"Pennsylvania will be true to Repub
lican principles and policies and will
speak in no uncertain tones through
the ballot bos.
"Never in my many years of experi
ence have I witnessed a more earnest
and enthusiastic interest in a presi
dential campaign and In the success
of the party nominees, frem the head
to the tail of the Republican ticket
The spirit of 1860 seems to be In the
air, and Pennsylvania, as of yore is
in the van of a great patriotic army.
Great Interest* at Stake,
"All thoughtful men realize that the
nation is now faring a crisis in its
history, in which there is more at
stake for Pennsylvania than there ha 3
been at any other election within the
last twenty-flve years.
"The voters of this couirtrv are to
day confronted with the promises and
speculations of an irresponsible and
shifty politician, who will promise any
thing for the purpose of Influencing
votes, no matter what he may really
think of the Issues involved. He is not
sincere in his professions and changes
his position upon the slightest pre
text in order that he may win popular
favor in any direction or among any
class of voters.
"I have too much faith in the com
mon sense of the American people,
however, to for a moment believe that
they would elevate a man of that
character to a position of power and
influence, where he could, through his
cabinet appointments, revolutionize
the financial system and banking
methods to the serious disruption of
the business of the country, and where
he would be empowered to select men
for the Wnlted States supreme bench
who would pass upon his queer col
lection of "isms.' which have been the
wonder ol the entire world.
American Voter* Wide Awake.
"I believe that the property interest,
great and small, would In his election
to the presidency receive a setback
from which they would not recover
for years. He has never exhibited evi
dence of even the most common-place
statesmanship. His utterances are
vagaries tad, to quote his own words,
he is "even more radical than he was
In 1896.' If this means anything. It
means that he as an unsafe man to en
trust with the commercial and busi
ness interest of the United States.
"I have no fear that the average
American voter Is not alive to the sit
uation."
Chairman Andrews has been fairly
overwhelmed with applications for
speakers to address Republican rallies
throughout Pennsylvania, and he has
been particularly fortunate in being
able to procure some of the most prom
, inont of the spell-binders upon the
list of the Republican national com
mittee. Senator Penrose's position
upon the executive committee of the
Republican national committee, and
I | the intimate relations be has with
Chairman Hitchcock and other man
agers or mo ran campaign, have b"<?n
of Inestimable value in advancing the
work of the campaign In this state.
Mass meetings have been planned
for every night until the night before
election dn.v. and the attendance at
these gatherings is but another indi
cation of the enthusiasm that has been
aroused for the Republican standard
bearers.
Knox On Bank Deposit Guarantee.
Senator Philander Chase Knox, b'
hit speech delivered in Philadelphia
lut w««k. called forth commendation
for his words Crona President ROOKO
▼elt, who Immediately wrote a letter
supplementing the remarks of the.
junior aeaator from this state.
Senator Knox, in discussing the
Bryanite scheme to guarantee bant;
deposits, said among other things:
"What are bank deposits? They are
sums of money that the depositor
lends to his banker and which his
banker agrees to repay to him on de
mand unless there is some contract
for notice. There is not a particle of
difference in law between a deposit
with a banker and a loan to an indi
vidual. Of course, it Is claimed that
there is a difference, and I was se
verely criticised in some sections for
disclosing thiß view In the senate last
winter, but this criticism was politics.
Some editors and orators say the peo
pies' deposits belong to i.he people be
cause that sounds well.
"The law. however, says they are
loan* by the people to the bankers
and create the relation of debtor and
creditor between the bank and the
depositor, and it is upon this theory
that the affairs of insolvent banks are
settled. No man can walk into a sus
pended bank and lay his hand on a
note and say. that is mine, T deposited
it. All he can d® Is to present his
claim for his deposit to the receiver
and he will get his pro rata of the
assets with other creditors of his class.
If this Indisputable truth were more
generally remembered, it might make
people a little more rftreful in select
ing Hie bank to which they loan their
money.
"Now It is proposed that this pri
vate contract between banker A and
depositor B shall be guaranteed by
others who had no hand in making it.
no voice in controlling the use of the
money, and no responsibility for or
check upon the dishonesty or incom
petency which caused its loss.
Question of Everybody's Debts.
•'Upon what basis of sense or mor
als, to say nothing of constitutionality,
does such a proposition rest; and why
If bankers are compelled by law to
pay other hankers' debts should w<
stop there and not require all other
classes of business to guarantee the
debts of the members of their class?
"Is there anything particularly sa
cred about the surplus money a man
accumulates and deposits with his
banker? It stands upon no higher
ground than the claim of the mill
worker who has given his labor, his
all, not his surplus, to the mill owner
who fails to pay him, and yet I hear
of no suggestion to coir.p'-' the mill
owners to guarantee each other's pay
rolls.
"Does it stand upon any higher
ground than the debt duo to the widow
and the orphan by an insolvent In
surance company to which for years
annual premiums have been paid
pinched out of an all too slender in
come by self-denial and sacrifice to
provide against inevitable loss? Vet
1 have heard of no propot-ition to make
Insurance companies guarantee each •
other's policies."
A Tribute to Penrose.
In his peroration, Senator Knox
said:
"I conclude as I began by urging
yen to fully consider the import ol
what, you are about to do. The issues
of this campaign present a great op
portunity for the people of Pennsyl
vania to give fresh proof of their pa
triotism, Intelligence and loyalty to
the great party of Lincoln. Grant. Mc-
Kinley, Roosevelt and Taft. Loi-ally.
let us Indorse the splendid adminis
tration of Governor Stuart, return to
congress the party's nominees and
elect a legislature that will keep lr
the senate my modest colleague who
manfully Ignoring unjust criticism. ha=
by his arduous, useful and devoted
service to the nation and the stale,
won for himself the hearty good-will
admiration and respect of right think
ing men."
Byanitcs Get Set-Back.
A keen disappointment to the Bry
anltes, and especially to the Pennsyl
vania Bryanites, was the publication
in the official organ of the United Mine
Workers of America, the Journal, of a
fac-simile letter from John Mitchell,
former president of the organization,
in which he advises mi«ers to disre
gard any statements made as to his at
titude toward any candidate. Attempts
had been made to create the impres
sion that he was for Bryan.
The intimate relations that have ex
isted between President Roosevelt an<?
Mr. Mitchell made it quite unlikelj
that he wo:ild be found working
against a cause In which Roosevelt Is
■o much interested.
The efforts of Go ma ore to swing the
inoor vote to bryau nave proven c
dismal failure.
The latest evidence that Goraper?
cannot control the labor ~ote is given
in a letter written by WiitV»«- D. Ryan,
who is secretary-treasurer of the
United Mine Workers of America, in
which he cornea out squarely in favoi
of the election of Taft to the presi
dency.
Mr. Ryan in this letter among othei
things says:
Laboring Man to Decide.
"In my opinion the great rank and
file of the laboring people of this coun
try are as capable of making their
own selections as are the men in anf
other walk of life, be they politicians
business men. professional men o
otherwise.
"1 have had the honor of attending
the conventions of the American Fed
eration of Labor for several years, am.
one of the principal features at eac'
successful convention was to preven
a certain element represented then
from committing the American Feder
ation of Labor to partisan politics. Ii
is a well-known fact and almost seed
less to rapeat that President Somperf
has always led the fight on the floor ot
the American Federation of Labor con
ventions and conducted himself in r
masterful manner to prevent that ele
merit from committing the Federation
of Labor to partisan politics.
"I am of the opinion that this a!
te»pt to influence the voters to sup
port the Democratic ticket will tiave
little or no effect, for the reason tha;
the laboring men know how to votu.
and will be guided by thair own con
science In selecting the man for whor
they will cast their vote in the comin,-
election. I am also of the opinion tha'
the majority of the people of thir
country. Including the majority of the
laboring men. believe that the best
inerests of all will be conserved b;.
the election of William H. Taft fo
president, pnd in so far as I am per
sonally concerned, will support his can
didacy, and am broad-minded" enough
to say that the laboring people witt
whom I have been associated will care
fatly weigh this question and cas
their ballots on election day as their
best judgment dictates without regard
to the position that I or any otho:
oflirial of 'abor unions may take I?'
Mie premises."
Svllivan Covnty School Attendance. First
Month.
Name of District, Knrolhnent, Average
Attendance, per cent of -V ond'tnee:
I>ushore Borough 120 10,S '.17.4
Laporte Borough 50 48 94.5
Forksville Borough 23 21 9-5.5
Fox Township 103 134 93.2
Elkland Township 224 195 92.fi
Eagles Mere. Borough .*il 47 92-5
IFillsgrove Township 121 108 92.0
«"ol ley Township 4lt) 363 91.1
Davidson Township 250 305 91.0
Forks Township 134 111 91.0
Laporte Township 145 121 90.3
Cherry Township 545 405 88.6
Shrewsbury Twp. 88 73 88.5
2,426 2,101 92
llonnor Roll.
School. Teacher. Attendance.
1 Forksville High, H. W. Brink, 100.
2 lhisliore Int. Viola Deegan. 99.
Fox Twp. D. M. Soper, 99.
3 Dushore High, W. 1). Hinman, yx.B
4 King (Lapore) ("4race Gardner, 98.5
5 Klkland High. M. I!. Black, 98.
Sciota, Stelia Scouton, 98.
Thomas Run, Maude Tlunsinger, 98
6 Fulmer, Florence Whalen, 97.3
7 Emmons, Bessie Gallagher, 97.
Dushore Primary, Mrs. Lorah, 97.
8 Center (Fox), Jennie Wilcox, 96.5
Kicketts Primary, Kdna Miller. 96 5
9 Center (Elkland) Emma Watu k. 96.
10 Lopez High, 11. R. Denning, 95.5
11 West Ilill, Jessie Warren, 95.
11 Dushore High, C. J. Griggs, 95.
Laporte Primary, E. Jessie Wrede 95.
12 S.mcstown Primary.W.W.Hazen, 94.8
13 Kstella, Olive Plotts 94.5
Cherry Milis, Mary Litzelm in, 94.5
llillsgrove 11.. Prof. Armstrong, 94.5
14 Murray Grammar. Sadie Walsh, 94.1
15 l.emmer, Mary Douahoe, 94.
Ricketts (train.. Myrtle Kintuer, 94.
Sonestown High, Victor Bird, 94.
Bach man. Mary White, 94.
Laporte High, Carl 0. Bird, 94. '
16 L. W. Run. Maude MeCarty, 93.8
The following following Schools aver
aged over 90 per cent: Sugar Hill,Green
Mi., I.opex tirain., Camabellsville. llills
grove inam.. Sheets. Black Creek, Lopez
Pri., Bernice <lrani,, E, Mere l'ri., N'ord
mont, llillsgrove l'ri., Millview, Lopez
Inter.. Pleasant Valley, Union, Ringer
Ilill, Muncv Valley Gram . Bridge View,
Sonestown High. L. Mere High, Sones
town Gram.. North. Victor. Sugar Ridge,
IKillacher, Lincoln Falls, Quitin. Barth,
Tsnnery. Centennial, Kast, tilidewell,
i Collev. Warbitrton 11 ill, Lake Run, Mur
ray, Saltei'tield.
.1 E Reese Killgore, Co. Supt.
Elect Business Men.
In order to secure good business
methods in the uflice of County Com
missioner the people should look to
the election of business men. When
a party nominates uwn of that
character they ought to be elected re
gardless of their political aftiiliations.
The people have an important busi
ness to be transacted, and they em
ploy men to transact it lor them.
75C PLR YEAP
If it were a private matter the em
ployer would look well to the cap
ability of the men to be selected, and
the same should apply to the pub
lic* business.
s|The County Commissioners are
the business agents of the taxpayers,
and if incapable or inexperienced in
affairs the employers (the taxpayers)
art! the ones to suffer. F. W. Pealo
and \V. H. Rogers are not only thoro
ughly efficient as business men but
they are experienced and familiar
with the duty. Their election would
not be an experiment, for they have
already been measured and not found
wanting.
The friends of these candidates
recognize their fitness, and are con
fident of their election, but wo
would urge upon them to not be
over confident. Consistent work to
the last hour should be kept in order
to make assurance sure.
Shalter KaKes Wedding.
A very pretty wedding took place
Wednesday evening < )et. -1, 1908. at
l(il Hoover St. Sayre, when Gertrude
jCI race Hakes, youngest daughter of
It. S. Hakes of New Albany became
the bride of Harry M. Shaffer. Miss
Hakes who recently graduated from
the Philadelphia School of Nurses
came in on the evening train ac
companied by her brother G. How
ard Hakes who acted as best man
and Miss ( 'loo Hakes as brides maid.
They were met at the station by Mr.
Shaffer and proceeded to the newly
and beautifully furnished home 011
Hoover street where in the presence
of Mr. and Mrs. George M. Bodie
and family, the Rev. Ira Hotoling
performed the impressive ring cere
mony. Immediately following the
ceremony, Mr. Hakes rendered a
violin solo. The Misses Beatrice
and Lena Bodie served dainty
refreshments.
Mr. Shaffer is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Shaffer of Laporte and
holds a position with the Sayre Land
Company.
The Stales Great Wealth.
Pennsylvania »<>w leads thfc
I'nion in the .Vdl&tmt of pernoria'f~
property owned within its borders
and returned as object to taxation to
the board of Revenue Commsission
ers. In spite of the business depres
sion it increased almost $92,000,000
over the aggregate of 1907, which
was the high water mark and the
total now reaches the gigantic
ligure of $1,">4,51:1,428,94. No other
state comes near touching such a fig
lire of property leturned, New York
being fully $200,000,000 to the rear.
The announcement of these figures,
which were submitted to the Hoard
of ltaveuue Commissioners by their
clerk, Christian VV. Myers, caused
astonishment, and Auditor General
Young, in whose department the fig
ures were compiled and under whose
direction the statement was drawn
up, stated that it broke all records.
The gain of $1,910,1:11,00 made
last year ran the total, but this year
the amount added in the returns
from tne counties touched $91,978,
745,54, a figure which is considered
remarkable in view of the financial
depression which affected all kinds
of property. r
Kailey Services-
Ralley Day Services were held in
the Sonestown INI. K. Church 011 Oct.
25th , during the reopening of the
' church at that place.
A choir of well trained ehildrens'
voices under the leadership of Mr.
Walter lla/en furnished the music.
Mr. Henry Boatman, the superin
tendent, is an earnest, devoted, con
scientious worker and the Sunday
school at that place could scarce help
being a success with such a man a
leader, owing to the inclemency of
the weather the attendance of the
school was less than would have
been, many of the members living
out of town. The Primary Depart
ment gave a fine set of quartered
oak chairs, while a class of young
women taught by .Mrs. Andrew Kd
| gar, donated over nine dollars to
j ward the church.
1 Sonestown M. E. Sunday school has
a Cradle ltoll, Home Department,
Normal class and a Men's Class. The
i Men's class held their first annual
banqu t Monday evening October
26th.
Fiora Cook, Press. Supt.