Republican ItwS Item. VOL. XIV. NO- 15 <524,000—544,000 > v Which Do You Prefer • r C The average man earns about si, 100 a year. He/* 112 works 40 years and earns a total 0f544,000 in a lifev \ time. The averaye day laborer #ets #2.00 a day or 112 J S6OO lor a year of 300 days. He earns $24,000 in a I time. The difference between $44,000 and J 000 is $20,000. This is the minimum value of education in dollars and cents. The in-C y creased self-respect cannot be measured in money. J x Why not stop plugging away at a small salary when < V the International Correspondence Schools, of Scran- v \ ton, Pa., can give you an education that will makex I high salaried man o( you ? No matter what line of \ y work you care to follow, this great educational In-Q v stitution can prepare you in your spare time and atX r a small cost to secure a good-paying position. Our r V local Representative will show you how you canV /^tripleyour earning capacity. Look him up today, r V He is I ? C. !F\ IBIRyIEIISriNr A IST, > I.O. S. Representative. TOWANDA, PA. COLE ! 3? HARDWARE No Place Like this Place ■ For Reliable STOVES and RANG ES, GOAL OK/ "WOO O HEAT 112 1 0 ONE OF WINTER', GREAT DELIGHTS. House furnishiug Goods,. -Tools of Ljry Description, Guns ana Amrnumnun 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. O&isui us I ore,f U. The Shopbell Dry Good Co., 313 Pine Street, WILLI AMSPORT, PA. Table Linens ctnb bedspreads- We are showing a splendid stock ot ruble Linens. rowels, Napkin!?, Bed Spread> Sheets, Pillow Gases, etc. 64-inch Table Linen, neat new patterns 7U-i Cream and Bleached, all purt For 50c. linen. Table Damask. These are un • 11 1 matcliable values (or 72-inch I able Linens, in small ami si 00 medium naterns, all linen, of course, lor 1 • 1 ' ~ . Fine Satin Damask, very choice pat , o en s, twins, they are all undei value, at $1.35 to $2,25. Napkins in the medium and extra large sizes to match all the better grades o 1 table linens. Sheets and Pillow Cases. Sheets —Here are some sheet values Pillow ( ases tor less than yon can buy that are wortli looking at. 0. Marseilles guilts, with tringe, cut cor- Marceillese guilts— We show an ex n«rs. a special value, for cellent line ot Marseilles (guilts, new pat gj terns, and at prices th.it will not be du- Jletter «|iittlities ii|i to plicated later. 1 s4 ' oo SI.OB to SO.OO lluck and Damask Towels, plain or with Iringe, in all ijuahties, but they are cheap at 10c, to $1.25. We have |ust received some new numbers in striped and figured lace and scrim Sash Ourtin materials. Prices trom 10c to 45c. In limey stripes, cheeks and figures, neat new designs, that are the approved styles of thtj season and the best values made, lor 10c to 30c yard. Subscribe for the News Item LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY 26, 1909. John Simn Green. John Sims Gieen was born in Bucks county, Pa. on Nov. 30, 17114. I It"was the son of Capt. John Green and a Grandson of Capt. John < Jreen Sr. who served in the Continental Navy during tlie Revolution and, who in 1784, in the Empress.of Chi-j na, of New vork, carried the first American tlag into Chinese waters, i on a voyage to Canton. The mother! of John Minis Green was Hester Craig, Daughter of Capt. James Craig of Philadelphia, Capt. in the Penn sylvania State Navy during thf Revolution and who had e minnnd ed a vessel sent by the colony to aid the mother country in the war with France in ,1702. After attending school in Phila delphia John Situs Green entered the counting house of Paul Reck in that city and there received a thorough business tr lining. He was sliil there when in Aug. IS 14 he en listed in a volunteer company for the second war with England. This company was a part of the State Fencibles and its Capt. ('. K Riddle, was made Colonel, when, as the Ist. I'n. Vols' it was mustered into the Federal service. Green who was one of (lie last survivors of his com pany received in his later years a pension for his services in the .var of 1812 the certificate being issued in 1872. After being mustered out with his company Green went to Jlati and after two years in business there went to Charleston S. C and in 1818 moved to Tennessee where he went into "general business" as a country storekeeper with his cousin Waiter Sims. In 18.'!2 he move'l to Sul. livan county Pa., then a part of Ly coming, where from his grandfather James Craig, ii* and his brothers nd sisters had inherited some 10 -res of land. Mr. Green had married in Tennes on Nov. ;K) 1821 (his 27th. birth tvl WnWwvW/, 1 k A Ivuluv • „ A,' tmi 'K was also the anniversary of the bride's birthday she being then just seventeen. The moving from Tennes see in those days was a tremendous undertaking the trip being made by boat to Pittsburg, then by wag on over the mountains to Penus burg, now Muncy. The party con sisted of Green, his wife, and then four children, Greens brother Wal ter and his brother-in-law Robert W. Henley, They reached Pennsylvania so early in the spring that snow block ed their road farther and they delay ed six weeks then pushed onto Shine, stown where »they wintered while roads were making and the home in the wilderness was being prepared. There the party w;:s increased by the birth of the tilth child. Green had settled for his own use i site about four miles from Rushore and tlivre built bis cabin. There lat er lie cleared up a farm of 400 acres which eventually passed to the fam ily of his oldest daughter, the wife of Lewis Holmes. Green had a good education with a general knowledge of legal forms and in that wild and unsettled country, was teacher, Judge and counsel to the continu ity for many years. (.It is related of him that he had the peculiar faculty of being able to write indue form a deed, will, note or any other legal paper without tla, while at the same time writing with the other lumd(for he was ambi-dextrous) a personal letter or while reading aloud from a book or paper. When the great famine of 1847 devastated Ireland, forcing thous ands to seek homes here, Green was enabled to assist many to bring their families from the Old Country to the n AV land of plenty and to this day there are many defendants of these in Sullivan county who speak the name of" Long John Green with gratitude and affection. When Sullivan County was carved o«t of Lycoming, Mr. Green was offered the nomination for assembly by both parties but declined feeling that the demands on time and purse would be greater than he could af ford. He was however elected at Justice of the Peace. In 1855 he was nominated as an in dependent candidate "O ll &ty Treasurer and elected. 4 * j ind the finances in bad shape, the Jual difficulties incident to the working of Qflicial machinery in a new couu try'being aggravated by a lack of -sysft'in in bookkeeping. So well did !he remedy this and "straighten out things" that he was reelected in 18- 57 and then in 18. r >!>. On the de mand of the people a special law was passed so that he coNld be re elected, the general law at the time forbidding the election of a county treasurer to succeed himself more than once. He later served as Justice of the Peace, Clerk of the Court, Prothono t.irj and in fact from 18. r >B until a short time before his death, his life was a part of the official history of Sullivan county. Hi died at La- Pore ou 31 irch 16th. 187(5 and is buried there. His wife had died four years earlier on Dec. 11th. 1872. Mr. Green had nine children as follows: Mary M. married Lewis Holmes; Elizabeth E. married Geo. \V. McNeil, Edmund, Waltei K., Virginia who married John P. Brewster; William H. D., Hester, M. who married S. Frank Lathrop: and Anna married U. Frank Hill, and of those only three survive. Walter lv. formerly County Com. of Bradford county, lives in New York! Mrs. Brewster now a widow in Washington; and Mrs. llill in Phil adelphia. After the death of Mr. Green, his -inter Mary M. Green of Phila delphia, erected the church of St. John at Laporte as a memorial to him but for various reasons no tab let stating this fact has been set up in the church until now. Mr. Green's Father, Capt. Green, in Mr. Green's boyhood, brought from the West Indies, the orphaned son of an old friend there and adopted him in to his own family where he was al ways treated as one of his own child- This boy was educated for the ■William 'nbrrrj' i»uch»i»wi to high rank in the state, the widow of Ducashet, gave to the memorial church of St. John at La- Porte, the silver service now in use there. It was the contribution of her self and some other friends of the Green family in Philadelphia to th« memorial. None of Mr. Green's grandchild ren are left in Sullivan county ex cept some of the children of his old est daughter, Mrs Holmes, Camp Day. On. Saturday afternoon, August 28, at three o'clock the boys of Camp Mokoma will hold their first annual Cam]) Day. The School Directors of l.aporte have kindly given their per mission to use the school house for this occasion, and the boys are evi: dencing tin ir good feeling toward the town of Laporte by asking of their guests an offering to be devoted entirely to the Village Improvement Society. The exercises of the after noon will be similar to those of School or College Class Days, with the ad dition of a one act play at the end. Mr. Richard Oeters, Camp Presi dent, will preside. Prof. Ford will make a slioW address of welcome; then will follow the special features: Cam]) History, by Rowland Phillips; Camp Poem, by John France; Camp Prophesy by Heinz "Walther, and Presentation of humorous gifts ap propriate to each member of Camp by Gilbert Nathan. Interspersed thru out these exercises will be music and singing by the boys. The afternoon will end with the play, a one act farce, entitled, "A Proposal Under Difficul ties," in which Gilbert Nathan, Heinz Walther, irving Hallowell and Rowland Phillips will take part, tin two latter taking the parts of girls The beys are working hard to makt the afternoon a successful one, an< enjoyable to their friends. In building equipment and repu tation, the Lock Haven State Nor mal School is the equal of the best Its graduates are its best advertise nient. To those who are thinking iof becoming teachers, it is an idea j school. The fall term begins Sept ' (sth. Send for a copy of its catalog. To Curr v.oustl |i:iClon Forever, Talie C,s •. icts C-i- v Uatliurllc. 100 or 250 If O. C i 'mil tor ui'.uruguisttirutuiulmuuey CAMP MOKOMA. lis Marvelous Growth During Past Three Years Adbs Muoh to Social Life at LaPorte. The existence of Camp Mokoma, or as it used to he cailerl, Mokoma Mountain Outing, is no longer a matter of news. Still \v r 'believe it is a matter of interest to sri 1 our read ers. We have watched its growth during the last three summers, and want to congratulate Prof. Ford on the success which he has achieved. Three years ago three boys attended the camp, this year there are twen ty, and next season bids fair to bring forth more applications tor member ship than the camp can well ac commodate. This growth in the num ber of boys has also necessitated a growth in equipment, as can easily be seen by those who go down to the lake shore and see the quadrangle of white tents where tiie boys sleep, and the neat cottage which is used iws general headquarters, and con tains the common rooms: locker room, dining room and kitchen. The number of boats and canoes be longing to thtt camp for the exclu sive use of its members has also been increased and a saddled horse has been added. Not only do we feel that congratu lations are due for the material de velopment of the Camp but also for the maintainunce of the already established high standard of gtntle manliness on the part of the boys. Their courtesy, good nature and helpfulness has made them welcome and popular throughout Laporte, and it is with considerable regret that we say good bye at the end of the summer. It is hardly necessary for those who are acquainted with the camp lo recount the daily activities of the boys, yet it will be of interest to many who have asked the question: •'What do they do down there?" It should tirst be understood that the ..ive tlie Doys a guou ifeaimj, v~i nf-door summer, hence most of the lime is spent in recreation and e\er ■ise. Provision is made for special tutoring, and a special hour is set it side after breakfast fjr those who are behind in the school work. But is practically all the boys stand vvell in school there is iittle need for -tudy hour during the Summer. The rising hour is seven, with, breakfast a half hour later. After this each boy makes his own cot and cleans his tent. At nine there is a -hort chapel service at which there are hymns, songs, Bible reading, and usually a short talk by Prof. Ford on some subject of timely interest. From nine-thirty to ten thirty, those who do uot need to -tudy have a chance to break records in various athletic events, such as running high jumping, broad jump ing, swinging of Indian clubs and Gymnastics. At eleven o'clock all goto the lake and the rest of the morning is spent in diving, swimming, canoeing, boating and general fuu 011 the beach -Hid in the water, tipping canoes, playing water Polo and sliding oft the diving board. Dinner is served at 1 o'clock and you may well imagine that there must be a lot of it to sat is! v twenty growing boys who have an out-door mountain appetite. The task of pre paring such a dinner —as well as all the meals—devolves on Mrs. And rew Hose, the Matron of the Camp. That she has succeeded excellently well in her task can be seen by look ing at the healthy faces and increas ing girths of the boys. The after-noon is spent in sports jot various kinds. Once a week the ! whole camp divides into two ball | teams and comes up to play on the Laporte ball ground, the u*e ol which has been kindly granted the camp by the Athletic Association. Some after-noon* are spent entirely on the lake, others in tramps thru i the woods or in tennis. The latter i is one of the most popular games in camp and the new tennis court be side the cottage is seldom unoccu -1 pied. It has been frequently asked why some ot the boys wear the camp let , ter o» their jersies. Perhaps a word jof explanation will not be out ol 75C PLR YEAP place. The right to wear the eaten letter has been awarded to those boys who have come oat best in the vari ous athletic- events during the sum mer, and as such is a mark of Ji:-- tifiction and ability, the first boys to win the letter were Roland Phillip and Robert Arrison. At the end of the last contest the letter was als< awarded to Russel Moyer, Gilbert Nathan, Hinez Walther and John Walther. At the same time the camp monogram the brightest honor the camp gives, was awarded to Ro land Phillips, as the one whose ath letic record was highest for the whole summer. The contest of the Jun iors, or younger members of cam]) are separate from those of the Sen iors. Those who stanu best in (the Junior contest are awarded the right to wear the Junior insignia invert ed triangle. This has been won by Holford Arrison, Charles Kamsler. Alexis Rosenburg and Robert Ross. Before closing, it would not be :t msss here to express to the boys the thanks of the people of Laporte for the successful efforts in thrice put ting out forest tires, at one of which they worked until midnight to save Wierwold which was endangered. Prof. Ford has been assisted in the management of the camp by Mr. Hick ley B.JWilgus who acts as Camp Master and Mr. James A. Muller as Lake Master, both of whom are well known to the people of Laporte aud of Sullivan Coonty. To both the boys pnd the manag nient, we extend our best wishes, and trust that we shall see them all again next year. A list of the boys in Camp this summer follows: Seniors:—Robert Arrison, Job'' France, Irving Hallowell, Robert Jones, Russel Moyer. Gilbert Nathan, Richard Oeters, of Philadelphia; Rowland Phillips, of Kennett Square: Frederick Stiteler, Ilein/. Walther, John Walther, of Philadelphia, —Dean Armstrong, Ilolfor