. HEWS IttM •: «• l» Wliftt, tailor. P.ihlii'Ma.i ?}/ er.J ThursiKiy Af'ernoo By The Sullivan Publishing Co AttheOourtyHo&i. jf Sullivan Couuty. jAPOETE, pa. \V c. !\jaso>', Pivsideii. THOS. J. INGHAM, Sec'y 4 Trout. Entered at the Post Office at Laporte, as •eoo id-olaaa mail matter. fTic GR.ANGE I Cnnd icfert by 5 J. W. {'ARROW, Cfcathtm. N. Y, 5 Prcx* Correspondent New York State Grange STATE LECTURERS' WORK. r/oiief System In Vogue In Massachu setts State Grange. The Advantages of putting grange work upon a thoroughly systematic basis, po that exactly what is being done can be positively known and defi nitely recorded, is shown in Massa chusetts, whore the state lecturer, Charles M. Oardner of Westtield, has so systematized the work done during I lie iccture hour that at ttie end of the year a complete total can be drawn off exactly as the large business concern dr." v .-i off its annual balance sheet for the inspection of its stockholders. This result is made possible by a carefully prepared report system whereby every subordinate and Fo tuouu lecturer in the state sends to the state lecturer once la three months a <-omp!ete summary of all lecture hour work in that grange, how many people helped do it end how many persons a: tended the meetings. At the end of the year the entire work of each givi'ago In the state is summarized anil shov, ion a large chart that, is ex hibited at the annual state meeting. By this system tlie astounding fact was brought out of last year's work that i ver 40,000 persons had contribut ed something to the lecture hour pro , . nes in Massachusetts and that thi total grange audience of the year was -15,000 persons. This system affords more than a mere record of results. It provides the means of comparison one year with an other; it furnishes every three months a correct idea of how each grange is gen in* along, whether holding its own or no; ; it also gives the local lecturer added reason for urging his members to <; their best in order that that grange shall make the best possible shc'.vh-S on the year's chart at the state meeting. A record is also kept of the leading topics discu&sed during the year, and this also is presented to the state meeting to show along what lire: 3 grange thought is being especial ly directed, while the distinct grange efforts In behalf of town Improvement, good itizeuship. better schools atul other matter& of civic betterment are carefully recorded. Few people realize the power of the grange orgmdzntlon or the i:;iiuence that it is exerting along such a variety of important lines every year Such a system as that in vogue la Massa chusetts, which puts into actu ;1 and easily understood figures the total work done in a state during a year, aids greatly in bringing a realization of the magnitude of the work and in fluence of the Order not merely to those not identified with It, but even to its own members who do not always ap preciate the scope and power of the Order of which thej are a part. GRANGE CO-OPERATION. A Business Enterprise at Vineland, N. J. Vinelaud grange of New Jersey, In connc tiou with the Farmers' Club and I ruit Growers' union, formed an i ■;u'-:. rion about six years ago under the i ; 1 me of the Orange Co-operative I'oeipiy. Nine directors were chosen as a hoard of managers. Persons be came members by buying stock at 95 per :re, but two-thirds of the mem bers must be Patrons. In July. 11)04, a grai v'e store was opened, which car i a year. Last April the store building was burned, and a new one is now being erected. This will con tain a grange hall with all modem h. ; rovements. The membership of tills 1! uirishiug grange is 8(U. It has i i ■: .e one of the most popular so cieties in Vineland. Connecticut Patrons Htlped Celebrate. L'li I atrojr; of Connecticut took a pron itient part in the bridge celebra tion t X-lartford. The grange features o r the parade v ere a touring ear eon Mining the officers lu full regalia ano a fl.at representing colonial agricul ture drawn by three yoke of oxen, fol lowed by floats representing Flora, Pomona and Ceres. A big automobile farm truck loaded with farm machin ery .>f the latest pattern was last in the grange procession. The animals drawing these various floats were blai lceted and marked "Connecticut Staie Grange P. of H." Pushing the Work. The work of organizing new granges will be pushed with vigor after the i-U v tiou is over. State Master Godfrey 112 Jew York state will put out one or •«. i special organizing deputies In the ilcf.l. State Master Pierce of Vermont has" also secured the cervices of two L.ganlzers for like work. YELLOW JACKET SAYINGS. Wanted—a lerider for Miss Demoe raey. She's sp'u.Uing about and still j a-liunting, but nothing iti sight yet. j Call them what you please, but the Democratic platforms all stand for free | trade and free soup. You can't rub j that out. There are two sides to Democracy. There is the pie side for the politicians j at'd the soup side for the suckers, j Where are you "atV" The Democratic and Republican par tics are both levelers, but they work dr erently. Republicanism h vels things Vp and Democracy levels them down. Here's an appropriate plank for the ne .1 Democratic national platform: Resolved, that we are stuck up in the blue mud of political pollution, and we don't give a darn who knows it. Lots of those who arc eternally wor rying son;. laxly with platitudes about th ■ "eternal principles" of the Demo cratic party couldn't furnish offhanded a list of these "eternal principles'' to save their necks. If what the Clevelandites and the Bryanites are saying about each other is true there is no Democratic party these days, but the old thing has gone to ceed and the seed have rotted. And it almost looks like it. What is hurting many Democrats more than anything else is that they cai't point to a Democratic administra tion that ever gave the country such prosperity as the Republicans are do ing. No wonder they are worried. Drlnwiirr State Granite. Delaware is not a large state and Is not strong in granges. ft is. however, doing a g-od work and reports a total membership of 1,507 in twenty-nlno j subordinate granges. There has been I an increase of 270 mcmberu in the past year. Administrators' Notice. Notice is hereby given that Letters ol Administration upon the estate of Fran cis W. Gallagher, late ot Laporte Boro., Sullivan County, Penna.. deceased, l ave been granted to the undersigned. All persons indebted to said estate are re quested to make payment, and those having claims or demands against the same will make them known without de lav to MBS. THERESA GALLAGHER. Laj orte, Penna., Administratrix. January 4, 1909. Liquor License Application. Notice is hereby given that on the 12th day of January, 1909, Theodore Shim m sky of Lopez. Pa., filed an application for it "Restaurant License'' in the proper ty known as the "Steafather Restaurant" in the village ol Lopez, Colley Twp. Sul livan County, I'a., and that sai l applica tion was advertised to be heard on the Sth 'laj. of Feb. 1009} that said Theoi ore Shimansky died on the !i2d day of Jan. 190'.). That on Feb. 8, 19t 19, a substitut ed application v.as filed by George K ap oee, owner of'said premises, and that the Court of Quarter .Sessions of Sulli-as County liar fixed Monday, March 1, 1909 at 10o'clock a- m. a', the Court House in ' LaPorte as the time and place for the hearing upon satd application. ALBERT F. lIEESS, Clerk. > Feb. 8, 1909. Notice. Notice is hereby given that a special ine> ting of the StocKholdei Bof the Eal es Mere Company will be held at the prin cipi l oHica ol the Company in Fa des Mere Park, Sullivan County, l'i., on the li>ti day o| February A. 1)., 1909 at eleven o'clock A. M.to take action on the ap proval or disapproval of the proposed in cre»n is to be found in tha advertisements themselves. Adv; rtiuers are more careful than they used to be. They make the advertise ments mans readable. Some of them eveu become, in a v.-ay, a department of the paper, and people look for them ■* «* 1 every day with as much lest and pleasure as they turn to C auy other feature. jK* This ij tiuo of many department stores all over rpfkdn .^gw In many cities there is just one man who appre- ( ciater, tha value of such interest. (/ He b-eafcs away from the old set stylo. He tell 3 /\ y i MB/jKuhSgf' 112 something interesting in his space every ; There a-e lots of interesting things in business. Look over the miscellany page of >3r a:iy paper—look at its local news columns, i j aid its telegraph news, for that matter, £1 I and you'll see that the majority of the i items are more or less closely related to j0 some business fact. 'I Dresr these facts up in a becoming a, merchant Wu, garb of vords, and they will find readers. ftdttM." eveD though they be in a "mere adver;isenient." Let the merchant come down off hi* pedestal and talk in his 'jpfcy He needn't be flippant—far from it, but let him not write as if he were ad- S JK& dressing somebody afar off, and telling /ifx's I*l* I'm 1 a^° nt at eve® a greater tmi The newspaper goes right into its jr reader's house—goes in and sits down It is on the table when he eats, and his hands while he is smeking after ' :j»C; A r—tithe meal. It reaches him when he is in ' fl'y an approachable condition, jipffi.'Wmmimm''That's the time to tell him about ' i"' your business—clearly, plainly, conviac -1 inglv—as one man talks to another. - ,c ( ** Tki r*r* rifhi into its rtmdm*9 .. ... W **d tit* «Mi km*." Chart- AsuUm Bates, A J. M. WIHTON, ; MUNCY VALLEY, PA. j | ■ I Never Before Received 50 and 75 so many praises and heard so Boys' Knee many flattering remarks as we Pants weight h ave had this Season. Snprial Were you one ol the vast thrr nus thnt lp«k * crowded our store during the past \mh k? > Did you pet your share of the articles fci advertised? II not you should conn HER ENOd) Hjif | We are making new friends last: selling more ; goods than ever before KX But we still want more friends, want to sell our stock taster, ye we 'vre spurred onto deeper price cutting. People wonder how > , we can do it. To this we can answer, tnat no oth ir store in ihi section; has the wholesale buying facilities enjoved by this est;ib (ishment. We can buy lower, we can sell lower. L=i:L.' Sweater Coats Specials Men's C'orduroy Pants Men's Sli ii tS Z ~ R . ~ From i.i 9to 2.50 Mcil .„Negiigee-si,ins 39c 1 Men's'or Bovs Sweater Coats ..ib , . Coat* .7.V CHILDREN'S SUITS Mens Wor k M.u,- d9c Mens nventer coats 125 FrOUl QQC to and %50 !, °j ...'"" H "'J! I , PA ' 1 J Kic-iiv Manuel overamrtt# l oU Mens swei-ler oontA l.*'U . -••«-*/-m t^r^nr- Mens swcatercoate 2.00 MEN Si ROLjSEKS SJ.TiT'Vni "ck~ sweaters 2') aiul 4fie FrOfflOQC tO $4 75 • Men's extra heavy] cotton ' Mens carSiganljackets 1.25 n/iCM-c A\/CDAI I C mixed socks 08c Underwear From 39c to 75'- Boys and .tg sav.ng lor you- _ colorß OTT 112 \ Q {Men's Caps 10c. Boys Corduroy otlvylVO iwc ap9 io c pQfjtS. Also big line of Shoes at sav- Lat,ie »' FURS at £ reat reduction. Hoys'cord'iroy knee pants, lined, pTICCS. for .i„.. i„.. ITV „_ „ . * . « . . *1 , ti. , _ tl "v, .✓ _ IkUMvS all sizes from 1.50 up. worth regular 11 i _ i Ladies' Sweaters all colors 99c i Men's Suits 0,75 Dig Line 01 IVIGn Sand Ladles' Waists, blue, black. 89c m™s!T 9.r,5 iSi Children's Overcoats at re- . .. . r t Mens Suits 11.75 14 50 HnrpH nrirpQ Lduico I Mens Suits 15.50 16 25 UUtCU pi 11/UO. j Indies' Coats from 3.50 to 12.00 So Come to J. M. Wighton's to satisfy your wants. Remernbe aale only lasts!this month. Railroad fare from Laporte nd o.* drnont for purchase of sio*oo or over, THE \ft.' 2 ' TRIWEEKLY HJMJBTE GAZETTE and BULLETIN pLPUBUCAN K£WSITE> Tells nil the general newsofthe Best dressed ami most respected t world, particularly that of our newspaper in Sullivan county, i State, all the time and tells it Pre-eminently a home newspaper 112 impartially. Comes to subscrib- A The only Republican paper in t era every other day. It is in fact county and comes from the ?e:;i j almost a d*ily newspaper, and- of justice with new news from I you cannot aflord to be without I the county offices, clean news j it. We offer this unequaled from all sections of the county j paper and the NEWS ITEM a P°'' l ' ca ' news you want to ■ together one year for read. 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