Republican News Item. VOL. XIII. NO 30 <524,000 $44,000 > v Which Do You Prefer • ? \ The average man earns about si, ioo a year. He/* / works 40 years and earns a total of 544,00 in a life \ time The average day laborer gets $2,000 a day or / J S6OO for a year of 300 days. He earns $24,000 in a I \ life time. The difference between $44-ur assortment of plain and fancy mixed fabrics is now at the best. ' M course yon 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 s Winter Coats. I hey come in Vmt medium fine woven fabrics in new the plain red, tan etc. Some are neat designs and fancy colorings for house iind plain, others are trimmed. wear and waists i'or 4flc a yard. Good Warm Blankets Kither white or colored, or.fancy plaids, in all qualities. You cannot go wrong in buying your Winter supply here it you want the best qualities your money will buy. Shopbell'Drygood Company. • Subscribe for the News Item LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY DECEMBER 3, 1908. On the (tenth of Lyman Harvey, whereas, Almighty God in his infin ite wisdom has seen tit to call from earthly labors, Brother Lyman Har vey, and Whereas, a sense of the great loss at his death prompts a proper express ion of our sentiments. Therefore he it Resolved, That our sympathies be extended to the bereaved family who have known the loss of a kind and noble father. Resolved, that while we bow in humble submission to the will of the Most High, and believe our loss to bo his gain, we nevertheless feel deeply his removal from our midst. Resolved, That the Davidson Grange No.loßl, of Sullivan County, has lost a faithful member of Christ ian charity, a loyal supporter Resolved, That our charter be draped in morning for. a period of thirty days and that copies of these resolutions be spread upon the min utes of our grange and sent to the family of the deceased and to the county papers for publication. Committee on Resolutions, j\lrs. Alvin Fulmer, Alvin Fulmer, S. 15. Ridluck. The Next Annual Meeting to Be Held at Altoona In December. The next animal meeting of the Pennsylvania state grange will he held in Altoona iu December. The full corps of officers will be elected for a term of two years. State Master Hill Is working hard to make the member ship of that state 100,000. In a recent address he said: "Among the fraternal organizations there is none more potent than tlie grange. Ii came into existence forty one years ago to till a want, it con tinues to live and gain in strength and influence because it meets the social, educational, political and financial needs exiting throughout the country today. Farmers in i'ennsylvania rely upon the grange now as never before, anil (his nonpartisan, nonsectarian or ganization never hesitates to assume leadership for the betterment of farm conditions and tlio development of strong rural citizenship." A correspondent writing of Strange work 111 Pennsylvania says that the grange is making very satisfactory growth in that state. Since the last state grange meeting twenty-one new granges have been organized and six dormant ones reorganized and one I'o mona organized. The initiations in the old granges are fully equal to any period during the year. lie further said: "We are a good deal worked up over the question of representation in the national grange, and 110 less so at the arbitrary way iti which the national grange authorities dictate sis to where the Order shall be planted and where, not. That states which do not have as many granges in them all told as we have organized since the Ist of January shall goto the next national grange meeting and have as much to say as we shall is un-American and un fair. If the Order is to continue to grow in tliis state there must be justice done. If the strong states will stand together in the matter it can be done peaceably. The fact is It must be done, and the sooner those who stand in the way become convinced of that fact the bet ter." NEW YORK GRANGES. Some Newsy Notes of the Work In the Empire State. There are eight juvenile granges in the state. There should be more. Orange fairs are increasing in unni ber every year in Now York state. Jefferson and Lewis county Pomonas have each established a scholarship in the Canton Agricultural school. In the thirty-five subordinate granges of Oswego county the lecturer's office in twenty-seven is held by a woman. At the "old home" celebration at Middletown, N. V.. Walkill grange won the first prize. sr>o, for the best decorat ed float: Wawayanda the second, Goshen the third, S3O. "In Old New England" is the title of a new comedy drama written by llnrry M. Doty, formerly a member of the Chatham (N. Y.) grange, now editor of a live weekly in Connecticut. It has just been published by J. \V. narrow of Chatham. N. Y. George I'. Hampton of New York, who as a member of the grange did so much to bring about denatured al cohol legislation, is to have a large exhibit of appliances for using dena tured alcohol at the meeting of the national grange in Washington in No vember. Recently a man went through the towv of Farmingtou, N. Y., selling Ited Wave wheat for seed at s"> a bushel, taking orders for about lifty bushels. At a meeting of Farmingtou grange it was brought out that the same wheat could be bought of a near by dealer for .$1.7.". Many farmers not members of the Order were victimized. BERNICE ITEMS. Dr. J. L. Brennin of Pittsburgh, Spent Thanksgiving with Mildred friends. Morris Loverton, one of Mildred's hustling business men, was a Towan da visitor last Tuesday. Daniel Schoonover spent Thanks giving with Wilkes-B»rre friends. F. F. Schaad is under the care of Dr, Christian of Lopez for scarlet fever, and at the present writing is getting along as well as can be ex pected. Mrs. H. W. Osier is under the Doctor's care for typhoid fever. James J. Connor and Edward Mol nix were Dushore visitors Sunday. Charles Watson son of C. B. Wat son who has been confined to his room with dyphtheria, is able to be around again. James J. Connor was ejecting an unruly customer from his hotel on Thanksgiving when his finger was canght between the jaws cf the cus tomer. The result was that Land Lord Connor has part of a finger less to look after. M. J. Clemmonsis on the sick list. There is rumors of trying to make Beraice and Mildred into a Borough, but we think it is only a wind storm tfter the Fall election which will soon blow past. Arrangements are being made by the local Republicans to observe the birthday of Abraham Lincoln — February 12, 1909—in a more elabor ate manner than ever before The pwople of the United States revere the memory if the great Emanci pator, and without regard for their political affiliations the citizens -of | the republic feel that too much hon- j or connot be paid to the memory of this truly great man. Lincoln was a statesman of the highest type, and his career was one which shines brightly as an example to the American youth of today. The approaching anniversary is one hundredth since the birth of Lincoln, and it is fitting that the celebration of the event should sur pass in every way those which have gone before. The anniversary of Lincoln should be made a national holiday, in order that all American citizens may pay their respects to the man who dealt with problems affecting the fat* of the nation with such ability and diplomacy that he won for himself a place in history equal to that occupied by Washing ton.—Gazette and Bulletin. The bureau of statistics has just issued a pamphlet in which the fact is recorded that there are more di vorces granted in the United States than in any other country in the world, with the exception of Hun gary and Saxony. The figures should prove startling to the American peo ple. That the divorce has grown to immense proportions in this country cannot be denied. That little if any effort is being made to relieve the situation is evident to those who ob serve passing events. In fact di vorces are so easily procured in this country that it is a wonder that more dissatisfied married people do not take advantage of the oppor tunity to break the matrimonial bonds. So long as children of immaturo age arc permitted to marry; so long as the courts grant divorce upou the slightest cause, and so long sis so ciety looks upon people who have been divorced as heroes and hero ines, so long will the divorce evil ex ist. The scandalous condition in this country as the result of the le gal separation of married persons is a stench in the nostrils, but uothiug short of more strict laws regulating marriage and divorce will put an end to the disgusting state of affairs. If there were laws making it harder for thoughtless persons to enter the | married state the divorce evil might I eventually be wiped out. More doer and bear were shot dur | ing the ilrst week of season than the ■ last owing to the fall of several inch -les of snow which made tricking possible. Many camping parties broke up after the snow had melt ed from the hills. It is estimated that over 50 deer and 12") bear were killed in Lycom ing county during the past season, which is the usual number of deer killed, lint the number of bear slain is greatly in excess of last year. PNRT'I —» —. t •. .1 —QRJ T"TF~" —: —TTTTI Teachers' Institute. The Annual Session of the Sul livan County Teachers' Institute will be held in Kilned Opera House, Dushore, during t'ho week beginning Monday Dec. 28. The aim in arranging for.the In stitute has been to make the day sessions as helpful as possible to the teachers while more than usual ef fort has been made to make the evening sessions entertaining for all. The instructors engaged are: Dr. C. C. Ellis, Supt. W \V. Evans, Prof. M. E. Bennett and Rev. H. It. Wilkes. Dr. Ellis comes with us again upon the solicitation of a large number of our teachers; Supt. Evans will discuss the course of study; Prof. Bennet, Supervisor of Penmanship ami Art of the Brau dock schools, will discuss the pen manship problem in the public schools. Rev Wilkes will have charge of the music. For the evenings: Dr. Ellis lect ures Monday Evening upon the sub ject, •' The Legeqd of the Topaz, or The Grace of Gratitude." Any re marks or prophesies are superfluous so far as Dr. Ellis is concerned. There is only one Dr. Ellis and he is our Dr. EUis. Tuesday Evening the Dorothy Lind Concert, Wednesday Evening, I'he Boston Entertainment Party, and Thursday .Evening, the Commonwealth Ladies Orchestra. These are the eveying numbers an aggregation never before equaled in the history of Sullivan County In stitutes. All schools must be closed during the week of Institute and patrons, pupils, and directors are cordially invited to attend all the sessions. J. E* Reese A'illgore, Co. Supt. The following is the County Super intendent's report of the attendance in the {public of Sullivan county for the second mouth. Laporte borough, enrollment 50; average attendance 46; per cent of attendance 93.6. Elkland township, enrollment 228, average 206, per cent 92.8 Dushore borough, enrollment 120, average 107, per cent 92.6. Forks township, enrollment 134, average 119, per cent 92.1 Forksville borough, enrollment 27, average 25, per cent 92.0 Hillsgrove enrollment 117, average 107, per cent 91.5 Colley township, enrollment 484, average 388, per cent 91.4. Laporte township enrollment 147, average 128, per cent 91.4. Cherry township, enrollment 533, average 481, per cent 91.1. Fox township, enrollment 111, verage 125, per cent 90.6 Davidson township, enrollment 384, average 337, peroent 90.6 Eagles Mere borough, enrollment 52, average 48, percent 90.3. Shrewsbury township, enrollment 105, average 85, per cent 88. Totals —enrollment 2,471; average attendance, 2,201; percentage of at tendance, 91.4. Average percent of attendance for term, 01.7. Rank I. Jamison City: teacher Mrs. Fritz; per cent of attendance 99.5. ltank 2, Elkland High, M. It. Black, 08.:1. Rank 0 Laporte High, C. O. Bird, 98.1. Rank 4. Thomas Run, Maud Hun singer, 97.3. Rank 5. Barth, Hilda Weisbrod, 90.0 Rank <». Colley High, H. R. Hen ning, 96.5. Rank 7. Riugdale, Florence Walsh, 00.2. Rank 8. Forksville High H. W. 90.0. Dushore Intermediate, Viola Deogau, 90.0. llank 9. Ricketts Grammar, Myr tle Kintner, 05.5. Rank 10. Hollocher, Eugene Minier, 95.0 Center (Elkland), Emma Wank, 95.0. Davidson High, J. R. Molyneux, 95.0. Sugar Hill, Julia Hums, 95.0.- Lincoln Eails ( Franc Pardoe, 95.0. Estella, Olive Plotts, 95.0. Ricketts Primary, Edna Miller, 95.0. Rank 11. Sheets, Mabel Speary, 91.5. Fox High, D. M. Sopher, 94.5. Hank 12. Dushore High, W. P. 75C PLR YEAP Hinman, 94.0. South, (Fox), Orpha Mckay, 94.0. Rank 13. Kelly, Raymond Kschinka, 93.7. Hank 14. Beraice Grammar, Mar guret Roland. 93.6. Murry, Sadie Walsh, 93.(5. Rank 15. Church, (Klkland), Ger trude Barret, 93.5. Pleasant Valley, GertrudeScanlin, 93.5. Harrington, Agnes Walsh, 93.5. Lopez Inter mediate, Mary B. Finan, 93,5. Rank 16. Fulmer, Florence Whal en, 93.0. Black Water Run, Maud McCarty, 93.0. Other schools having an average over 90 per cent: Black Creek, King, Hillsgrove Gram., Douaho, Sones town Primary, Camplrillsville, Union, * Quinn, ;Hillsgrove High, VVoodside, Eagles Mere Primary, Lemmer, Sugar Poiut, Ringer Hill, Lopez Primary, Bachman, Lake Run, {Sugar Hill Primary, West Hill, Dushore High, [Green Moun tain, Ulidewell, Bridge View, Nord niont. North, Lopez (irain., Center (Fox). The attendance has been highly encouraging and is an evidence of a healthful interest in school work, J. E. Reece Killgore, County Supt. The Philadelphia Record editori ally says of the State road project: Governor Stewart's announced in tention to recommend the expendi ture of $6,000,000 for the construct ion of a state highway between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh will meet with undoubted favor of in habitants of counties through which the projected road would run. It would be of great advantage and no doubt lead to the construction of many interesting branch lines of im proved roadway. The project would also be hailed .with enthusi asm by the friends of good roads who are also devotees of motor movement. Such a road would be a grand stretch through a grand coun try for pleasuring. Along the zone of the road no doubt there would be only favorable opinion. Questions however will arise. If the state spends money belonging to all its taxpayers for an east-and west high way, why not for a north-and-south highway also? Would so much mon ey be as well invested as similar amount spent for the building roads to which counties and townships should contribute part of the cost of construction? Such consideration will have weight with the legislature as well as questions tiiat will surely arise of methods of construction and of provisions of maintenans. is much to be said for and against, besides the always present con sideration of expediency. Having six million surplus in the treasury, how can it be spent to the greatest advantage of the people who have paid it? Silver sold this week at the low est price in more than five yeaas. It was only a fraction over 49 cents an ounce. One immediate result of this cheapness of the white nietul is to curtail the mining of it. At the present rate of output it seems hard ly likely that the United States will this year produce $30,000,000 worth of silver. Gold furnishes an astonishing con trast to this exhibition. More of the yellow metal will come from the earth than ever before. Immense gains in the production of gold have been made in South Africa anil that region now leads all others by a big margin. Economists in every hind are wondering what the ultimate result will be upon the price of commodi ties generally from the out pouring of over $400,000,000 of gold in a twelvemonth. That it has already had a marked effect in enhancing values cannot be denied. That it will have a tendency to continue do ing so seems certain. The world is gold-rich and silver poor, but while the former condition is a matter for gratification the lat ter does not seem to be causing much alarm except among the own ers of silver mines. About one hundred does were kill ed during the hunting season in this state, but up to date not one hunter has been prosecuted for this viola tion of the game laws.