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By The Sullivan Publishing Co
At the o<>uaty See' ofSu Uvfttl Oott&^T» j
LAPOHTK I'A.
\V (\ MASON. i're.sidcn.
1 BOS. J. INGHAM, Seo'y 4 Tress.
Imil.m ,';! ii:«* Pom ' li'ir.e. at Laporte, ae
H«l (n'.t "'. n«LIH : l 'Uftttet.
Conviot Labor lf» Building of RoxdSi
At a roont mi 'i tin (j of tile li.'Ulonal
uood ivad-- hold hi Now Y'oiu
i ity, So":f i O. T. I.assiter of Virginia
• ".mined i'\" method of building roads
with conviot-' In the Old Dominion.
Gordon Xeff, t!ie chairman of the
board, has decided to make m canvass
if tile eutlri- United States to And out
which st.' os employ convicts in the
building of roads. This will be fol
lowed up later wllh an effort to net
o'er stat. to use convict labor in
road bui'ding. There is a general
• -vev ■ •11 r i nliolisli convict labor In
•:» o! • • !>i-:.is<ry where It inter
fo os w tli «>rr>!nizcd labor, but In no
. ion of the country does organised
lib r obi.' I to the use of convicts in
t bulldii ;of good roads.
te most Important person to pro
ft am! p'-rfec' grange organization
1" i! tllorofjiily e<iuippod .irui ; i'jgress
!vo tlepv't"
There Is a possibility that the na.
tionni grange will meet in Buffalo in
3 ■ Biit Ohio may claim I'.o Iwuor.
It Is not a question of how touch a
man know . but what be urn .'nuke of
what he 1> Holland.
ti- on In Good Roads.
TI ft state "i',Tii"i of New York In a
r.- t i'.-] rt says that in 1007 Now
V(■••!■: built ."11 tidies of good roads
a>,d in i: " s:.'o miles. The taxpayers
::".'e aui i rizeil the expenditure of
550,000,000 for roads, and the legisla
ture has n<: d .-11 : "00,000 It Is stat
ed t!:;.'t tlv r.tontion for pood roads
'- I'l i aged tor years to get the
r. si r The fart) i's wore ti e
; -f. \-st i • opposition. New Jersey
an.! Mas-'i ' isotts took up lb ? work
btfoie New York, but now the I' m
plre State geltipg in line. By the
ti • .the $ 11.000,000 shall have been
.! til. t 1.1'.-t; mates, which all join
; -, |,c' :! "! have a great system of
r ft.' « : may leave I'Mladclphir.
1 i • 'i ston n highways snioc'h
»<"> • olid A good automobile i
< lly heal the trains on this trip, and
surely the pleasure is much greater
If it is to appear in Philadelphia
- no. 'i Ic placed in PIIILA DKlj
!!> . ! : iiJ-'»Sd i in' greai lioiiid
.V w-.ipor of Philadelphia. flic'tid
vei'ii: r in the daily press ltmlc s
the niot?t direct appeal it is possible
to ntutco to the purchasing power of
4' iphia. fJecau&e the IMIISSS
is li- (i.tpor that tv 1 '" ■ into :'ie tn-t
--jorit.v of ti," better class of homes,
it I- ijte p '-T the wife insists upon
I i"''' 1' i-tile paper till'tlieil'Jfht
iit , ..;<•»ti. ■.•••'.* into iii<" tiali 1- i t Mil
•.•.id i: ii ;bti"i it is tlie p: - or the
linn fill* house!:'id w. til for its
; •;» i'oie uC'Vs. it-, character its
pre. its liability arc th< reasons
•ii . i ... iii . "at to red -hot cir
, ati iu, on hit-or-miss advertising
,vii . the PitKSS. Tht-re's no guess
work either about the PRIiSS clr
ulat in: it is th. ouc morning pa«
per in Philod iphitv which issues a
■.I .ii . .ii. : I -\n oi'ti '■l he
t rate of the i'hiladelpia Press.
i,i' tju . .- ty ami quality of iis
iiv iation, in;.' es it tlie biggest
lit: i i ttd .Ttisiug in i'iiila.'elpliia
i< . rah . tul elo, write to THE
PHILADELPHIA PRESS, Phlla
i,: a •
ife-, SI -ait
m
"'lie place
vo buy goods
I Dtlei; asked by tin* pru
!' . i housewife.
mey saving ad tnges
; re always being searc lit d for
ia se i: • iim ■ in making a
otigh examination < 112 the
I ew Line of Merchandise
1•) won
lexhibitionl
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STE-P IN AKD ASK
ABOUT THEM.
Ati answered at
! <arge Store.
liiMfeTTOv©. -.I'A.
jll??, GHANGE T
roniiueted by
3 J, v:. f>ARHOW. ChF.th»ci. N. Y- »
j Press Correspondent jVcw York State | :
| I Grange | ,
IsiittßCHlGf
Co-opcntive Business Enter
prises Much Discussed.
A Farmers' Organiiatlon In New Jer
sey Affords Some Excellent Sunges
tions For Specific Grar»gs Co-opcra
From.the reports of the various
state grange meetings we learn tliat
considerable attention was paid to the
matter of co-operative buying aud sell
in;r of farm products. Ocly in isolated
cases has anything been done with
more than ordinary success atom; these
lines. Massachusetts has d a
co-operative association, witli capital
stock valued at §25,000, shares sr>, is
sued only to members of the Order, it
Is probable that something along this
line will be done In New York state.
iSucb an organization In order to tie
successful uiust be confined to mem
bers of the Older, so" far as concerns
the holding of stock, but the outsider
must be given tlie privilege of pur
chasing supplies at the smne prices
as grangers where such co-operative
grange stores are operated. Iu such an
organization the stock should be held
entirely by members of the Order, and
they should get dividends, If declared
upon it.and also a certain percentage
of profits. There should be no dls
orliuinatlon as between members and
nonmembers as to buying at these
stores, hov. ever. Organized along these
lines we believe that grange stores
may be m: de a success.
There Is iu Now Jersey a farmers'
organization, though not a grange or
ganization. which Is called the Produce
Ex- hange. with a capital of slooaioo,
and it buys and sells everytlilni, the
farmer uses or grows and can do busi
nc a anywhere. We give the details of
Its plan as reported in the Rural New
Yorker:
T v io shares are J"' each, and no man can
o"tt w more twenty. The
ek>< t twet i directors, who elect the oill
cer,'.' appoint Ihe manager a:.d local
-.vonts. Ti- iiiutn office Is .-it Freehold.
5?.--. en their.d dollars of stock has t'een
paid In. <>n 1 liis tliay have equipped their
ofii fs ar,d since tlia orgunizatlon have
done HOMpO worth of business. As yet ttiey
J'.OO CiC") worth, of business. As vet they
have done very little buying escep( to
buy ? 10, COO worth of seed potatoes. As tt
ia > ntlmated that in the district In whlcti
th. exchange now does business there ts
u'T .1 unilu.u'.y between J'JiiO.OOO and s3^'.ooo
wo;th off tilizcrs and seeds other than
pot itoes. It would seem as tf liero was a
field well v.orth looking after, which the
, exchange In now taking hold of.
l'hcre arc -WO membors. Tor these wore
sold last ; ' .'r 1,000 carloads of poto.oes,
besides other produce, earning, It is < =tl
-11!a!ed, to i.:3 members not less than Sr.O.-
000 'i'l-ev have received on an average
for the p<i to crop J1.76 per bai-rel, wl leh
han been old In eleven different sides
and fiftv <il r '«rent cities They v. ei. so
for.nnate ■ - to secure as manager a husi
nesii mail who has been for >-,evun years
ent !god 111 the trade. He Is in direct i- ie
cr:--oh and telephone communication with
all shippi: points as well as the local
stations. .."hen produce is brought in it
Is laspected. praded and sent whore the
market reports for the day Indicate to bo
th'» best i ipplng points and sold direct
to 1 r.-; r e dealers. Sometimes the different
ma.-kets v. 11 vary on a day's sule from
10 ici 25 cents a barrel. This price is aver
age 1 for al) of the same grade nnd the
price announced the day following and
the farmer raid on presentation of their
shipping receipts. 1-or this service, where
th. exeba: e does the sc-lllng, a charge Is
made ot P> cents per barrel. Small lots
of produce Of various sorts are sometin-.es
sent to co.a.alsslon houses, of which the
exe iantc I■■ a select list, and the p-'-ods
.-.n; sent, - above, where tho prion .mrt
demand se i best, according to the di
rect dally -sports received. The fai ner
pay. the i -ular 1.) por-cent comtnlseion.
The exchange does all the business and
for this rr elves its pay by a reduction
fro i the coramiss'.on houses to 3 per cent
wh n sent io rtore and 5 per cent when
sold on p' r, the latter saving cartage.
Today th exchange could pay for all
equ oment and expense, return all money
paid In and have a surplus left as a divi
dend in stock.
Patrons' Fire Relief Association.
The' eleventh annual report of
Dutchess and Columbia Patrons' Fire
Relief association shows a strong
financial standing—on .ian, 1, 2,701
policies, carrying rltsks to the amount
of $0,705,750. The total receipts for
the year, including the amount on
hand at .he beginning of the year,
were 483.81. The balance on baud
the 11 rat of this year was about $2,000.
Tho average annual assessment for
eleven years was about $1.55 per thou
sand. The cost per thousand for three
years for losses, premiums and ex
penses was $5.20 per thousand.
In the fii'ty-one granges in the state
of »w York there are 121 co-operative
lire insurance companies, Including the
grange companies.. The amount of
risks carried is $381,591,025. and the
average per thousand for these compa
nl<- for tlie year 1007 (the 1008 figures
not yet given) was $2.77. and the av
erage for the grange companies was
SI.BO
The Wost Waking Up.
The If.st quarterly reports of the new
granges organized show.that the state
of Washington had twenty-one and
i Idaho seventeen, following forty-three
1 j in Washington and ten in Idaho the
! previous quarter. The organizing of
| sixty-four new granges In isix mouths
I in the state of Washington shows
I what the farmers think of the Order
'•j that state. This is done under the
admirable leadership of C. H. Kegley,
master of Washington state grange.
I,
When the grange solves the problem
nf securing farm help for the farmors
they will c<tqfi»r upon them a very
ShortTalkS'-on
Aci vert isi n p |i
i JA, ByXha lies Austin BatdsH*## <j <I;
No. 10.
People generally read advertisements more than they did a few years ago.
The rea .on is to be found in the advertisements themselves.
Advertisers are more careful than they used to be. They make the advertise
ments more readable. Some of them eveu become, iu a
way, a department of tha paper, and people look for them *
every day with as much zest and pleasure as they turn to /T~\,
any other feature.
This is true of many department stores all over _ nF""» / /
the country.
In many cities there is just one man who appre- \l j
ciates the value of such interest. (i/
lie breaks away from the old set style. He tells I U* 1
something interesting in his space every ~pr.
There are lots of interesting things in <•' )
business. Look over the miscellany page of * I
any paper-—look at its local news columns, 1
and its telegraph news, for that matter, M I
and you'll see that tha majority of the i 0/&'
items are more or less closely related to j
some business fact. "X.
I-)ress t.iese facts up in a becoming "LH tkt merchant come J*um ?if his
parb of words, and they will find readers, ftdestal."
even though they be in a "mere advertisement." Let the merchant come
down off his pedestal and talk ill his
file needn't be flippant—far from it,
but let him not write as if be were ad
dressing somebody afar off, and telling
him about something at even a greater
The newspaper goes right into its
reader's house—goes in and sits down
in bis hands while he is smoking after
the meal. It reaches him -.vhea ho is in
That's the time to trll 'bim about
vonr business—clearly, plainly, coavinc.
iuglv—as erne man talks to ;mother.
i "* Tkt w 'jxfe. lir t-m right init iti ttAdtr't , .. , „ ,
Acrust **«/ ills o*l • f*
C4tr»ir** t Ch+rUt Ami:in Faie», A r «w iW*.
). iVJL WIMI. OJN,
| MUNOY VALLEY, PA.
Never Before Have ;We Received % ' :f
50 and 7b so many praises and h;-* so XjJ
Boys' Knee many flattering remarks as we
i Pants styi'• have had this "Season.
'Special. Were y m one of the vaster , > | i
! crowdeo Mir store during »h« r '' : ijjjf
| advertised? If not you should ,
conn HER 12 MC (I) 'mm
|We are making new friends last: sell ik; r" i*e
gOods than ever before
I But we stiU want more friends, want to sell our stock - cr, - W
we are spurred onto deeper price cutting. Peopl r h'>u
iwecandoit. To this we can answ. r, mat no otti?r st ) 1 ;
|section has the wholesale buying facilities eniovecl l\v ;.n '
llishment. We can buy low ei we can sell lower, br"-" :
Sweater Coats
! Men's or Boys' Sweater Coals .'•>
1 | Mens'swcater coats*
1 | Mens sweater coatt- 1 2.>
• I sletts*Kweeter coat* 1.50;
|>; ..•!«. .. •.ter c<>ats 2.0(I
, iieus V" necks sweaters and 40c
j | Mens cardigan'jacUu.H
; i Underwear
' *»•«* '«*
' I Boys Shirts or I»rnwors~'"~"'
j ribbed or fleeced 20 and 26c
; Men's ribbed^underwear
nil color? 39c
1 Men's fleeced lined nndt'Vvvear
{ all colors 39c
Boys Corduroy
i Pants.
1 ! Boys' corduroy knee pants, Jlined,
, j throngliont, fine ribbed quality
j worth regular 75c Special 39c,
j Men's Suits
r ;
> Men's Suits 4.65j
I ; Men's Suits 6,75'
! i Mems Suite $.. R io
p; Meris'Suite 9.65 10.r»t>!
ji Mens Suits 11.75 14. 5U ;
t B) 15."-0 16 25'
p
" So Come to J. M. Wighton's to satisfy your wants. Reinem e
only lasts this month. Railroad fare from Lapo 'd
|i mont for purchase of sio'oo or over.
Specials Men's <'< rruroy Pan'"
From i 19 to 2,^0
CHILDRI:NS' SUITS
From fiyc to .qo and 550
MEN'S TROUSERS
From 69c to 34 7i -
MEN'S OVERALLS.
From 39c to 75c
MEN'S ODD CO A PS
All Prices Ail Pna s
Duch and Corduroy 85c to 2 2s
SHOES
Also bisr line of Shoes at sav
ing prices for 2.50 Dress
Shoe. Ladies' 1.65 shoes for 1 cu
Men s Working Shoes
W. L. Douglas Shoes at reduced
prices
Big Line of Men's and
Children's Overcoats at re
duced prices.
jTHE IT ?E '
TRI-WEEKLY POSTE
GAZETTE and BULLETIN pEPUBLICAN NEWSITf / ■ j
Tells all the general news of the Best d reused anil most respected -.
world, particularly that of our newspaper in Sullivan county. '
Slate, all the time ami tells it j Pre-eminently a home newspaper j
impartially. Comes to snbscrib- .y { The only .Republican paper in I
ers every other day. It is in fact [ county and comes from the ee:t'. 1
almost a daily newspaper, and | of justice with new news from- '
yon cannot atlord to he without ] l ' ie county offices, clean new? j
it. We offer this unequaled I from all sections of the countv J
pap rand the NEWS ITEM | a,lt ' P o '' ! ' cn ' news y° u want t {
together one year for j read. This with Tri-waeklys at
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j gressive and widely circulated legal matters in general that |
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: ) to hold the fort journalistically. you must necessarily take the i
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.*iii i! S off!' IS
Men's Negligee Shins 30c i
M• Work Shir's
Mr:.-- nt: ■] 5!,;.-u Ksc !
!' n I'l::nnel 0\ • ; hil ls 1.39 I
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• : - extra heavy colt -n
..li.vd socks 08c ;
Men's all wool socks 19* j
iio> and ' i i:'ls Stockings 09c ,
I. .■ I.' Hose 09c j
I.a.lics' Fac inators 19c :
Also l.ig lint* men's lumbermen!
rubbers—Lambertville andi Ball
Han i. A big saving for von
Men's Caps I9c I
Hovs" Caps 19c I
i. i'ie- FURS at great reduction.
!'!■'.l> BLAXKKTS from 75c':up.
i'RUXKS all sizes from 1.50 up.
Ladies' Sweaters |
Ladies' Siv.-atere all colors 99c
Lid t*s' Waists, blue, black, -i'.'c ;
Ladies' Coats
Ladies' Coals from 3.50 to 12.00 :
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