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vol. XJV. NO 21
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\ time. The average dav laborer gets $2.00 a day or 112
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HEATERS;
ONE OP WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS.
tfouse Furnishiug Goods, Tools of Every
Description, Guns and Ammunition
Bargains that bring the buyer back.
Come and test the truth of our talk.
4 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.
Samuet
The Sliopbell Dry Good Co.,
> 313 Pine Street,
2 WILLIAMSPORT, PA.
Dress Goods
Black is always dignified and genteel. We liclieve this will lie a black goods
season. The result of our belief in magnificent in an overllowing .-tock—an i.bund
anee of handsome tabrica at prices unprecedented (or cheapness. We show an
absolutely new fabrics.
PRIESTLEY'S
TUSSAH ROYAL
A brilliant material of Mohair ami Worsted lor $1.50. #l.7;} anil 82.00 vard.
We have a fine assortment o! all wool black fabrics in plain ai d fancy weaves !
that range in price from 50c to $2.00
New Autumn Tailored Suits
Are being shown in a large variety of models. The trend of the new stvbs is re
flected in these fall garments. The materials are the newest and the colors the
rawl tavored. Every woman will be interested not only in their styles but in their
very low prices.
HOSE FOR SCHOOL WEAR,
Fa«t black ribbed Hose in all sizes for Hoys and girls heavy black ribbed hose
10 and 12$ cents. splendid values lor 15 cents.
We have a full line of the celebrated Klack ('at and pony ribbed .Stockings for
boys and girls. They are the very best wearing hose made for 25c.
ART DRAPERIES AND SILKOLINES
The new fall designs have come in. Never have shown before such a hand
tone lot of patterns.
SILKOLINES in plain colors and ART TICKING infancy stripes and
fancy designs for 10 cents. figures, special qualities for 25.
CRETONNE in a new lot Mora! etlect GENEVA CLOTH, a new Persian
patterns for 12} and 14 cents. effect material for draperies for 18 cts.
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LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY OCTOBER 7, 1909.
PRIDE OF STATE
IS NOW AN ISSUE
Pennsylvanians Glory in Record
of RspubliCaiiism.
ECHOES OF HOME V/EEK FETES
I
It Is Predicted That the Vote at the
Coming Election Will Emphasizs
Loyalty of Keystone State to Cause
of Protection.
[Special Correspondence. ]
Harrisburg Oct '5
There has developed in the present
political campaign in Pennsylvania a
remarkable condition which will un
questionably result in the polling of a
large vote for the nominees of the Re
publican party.
A sentimental phase of the canvass
which has been the subject of wide
spread comment is the outgrowth of
"home week" celebrations which have
been held recently at different points
throughout the commonwealth
Tt is manifested in an unusual dis
play of state pride, of love for the
grand old commonwealth of Pennsyl
vania and admiration for its traditions
and glorious record.
The home coming of so many former
citizens of the state at the gatherings
held during the last few months gave
an opportunity for the people to con
trast conditions jn Pennsylvania with
those of other states of the Union.
There were comparisons made which
could not but reflect credit upon the
administration of affairs in this state.
Upon every hand there were heard
words of commendation of the splen
did administration of Governor Stuar'
and of the conduct of the various dt
partments of the state government
which do not come directly under the
jurisdiction of the chief executive.
Pennsylvanians Point With Pride.
Pennsylvanians are pointing with
pride to the many wise and useful
measures passed at the last session of
the t.eislature. among which may Jie
rioted the strict laws to prevent the
manufacture and sale of adulterated
food stuffs and drugs, and for the
protection of retail dealers from the
crimes of such manufacturers as vio
late the law, the continued appropria
tion of the magnificent sum of $15,-
OOO.noo for common schools, liberal ap
propriations for hospitals, charities
and public roads, ample provision for
the care of the Indigent insane, pro
visions for carrying on with vigor and j
effect the fight against tuberculosis j
and the careful and business-like ex
ami n a tion and investigation of insti '
tutions receiving state aid.
The of the "Jones dirt road
bill." givinf the respective townships
a liberal portion of the road tax paid
in cash, ana the appropriation for the
payment of the 15 per cent formerly
allowed, has been the subject of favor
able comment in the rural districts.
State Without a Debt.
The fact that Pennsylvania is the
only state in the Union which is prac
tieally out r'" debt has been t'.m source
of gratification to ev< ry citizen of the
common wealth.
It is also ;.ie only state in the Union
which colli cis n > st;te i->x upon real
estate, hors-'v «-*»••. cattle farm Im
plements o* other personal p:opcrlv
of any kind save only n.-ney at in
terest.
These air' the nnny other conditions
in the administration of state affairs
commanding general approval are be
ing considered by the voters in the
present political canvass.
A Power In National Congress.
When former Pennsylvanians upon
visits home from other states, particu
larly some of the western states, dis
cussed the recent exhibition of the
power of Pennsylvania in the national
halls of congress In the shaping of the
tariff legislation, they could not but
speak in terms of admiration of the
work of Senators Penrose and Oliver
and their Republican colleagues in the
national house of representatives in
protecting the great industrial inter
ests of Pennsylvania, in fostering th«
farm and dairy interests, in giving spe
cial safeguards for the tobacco grow
ers of Lancaster and neighboring
cornties against foreign competition
and in other ways guaranteeing to the
wage earners, capitalists and business
men of the state a condition which It
is predicted will inaugurate an era of
unexampled prosperity.
With Republicans serving the people
with extraordinary fidelity, both in
state and national offices, the leaders
of that party find that the candidates
nominated by the recent Republican
state convention are meeting with as
surances of loyal support upon every
hand.
They are accepted as the represen
tatives of the party which has demon
strated Its ability and its purpose to
administer the affairs of the govern
ment in the interest of all of the peo
ple and for ilie common good.
Pennsylvania, according to all re
ports received here, Is going to giv°
an exhibition of civic pride in the vote
at the coming election which will her
aid to the world the fact that the Key
stone State continues to be the citadel
of Republicanism as well as tUe home
of protection
iM». loin, otuiue nuui iue room, ana
at the stairs he halted at the sight af
a woman sitting on the top step with
her face in her hands anil her shoul
ders and sides shaking. It was his
wife.—Wilbur Nesbit in Success Mag
azine.
Some Famous "Dunces."
Xathaulel Hawthorne was the dunce
of liis class, Walter Scott was told by
his professor that bo was a dunce. Bofb
Napoleon and Wellington were dull
boys at school, and when Clive won
l'lassy his father said he did not think
the booby had so much sense. Glial
mors, the leader of the disruption, was
p.yptflled from his school as an incorri
gible duuee. Chutterton was sent home
as a fool, and Leigh Hunt was con
sidered beyond all hope. Isaac New
ton, the great oriental scholar; Sir Wil
liam Jones and Uobert Morrison, why
compiled the immortal Chinese Bible
mid dictionary, were all regarded as
extremely dull boys. Minneapolis
Journal.
No doubt many will draw a sigh
of relief upon reading the expla
nation of the assistant secretary of
the treasury, upon the legality of
checks for SI,OO, which was men
tioned in the Republican a few
weeks ago.
The dispatch follows:
Washington, Sept. 28. The
Treasury Department to-day settled
the question of drawing bank checks
below #IOO by deciding that any
man who has an account in a bank
can draw on it for any size check he
wishes without violating the law:
The following statement was made
public by Assistant Secretary Nor
ton, who recently received appeals
from many persons on the subject
and who has acted after having the
the solicitor of Treasury investigate
the law:—
"There is widespread but entirely
needless concern on the question of
the legality of issuing a check for an
tmount less than SI.OO.
"The law about which this ques
tion was raised was passed forty
seven years ago and has been in
force and effect ever since. In IK
02, in order to raise funds for war
purposes, this law was passed, plac
ing postage stamps in general cir
culation as money. It was im
portant that these devices should
not be interfered with by in
dividuals issuing notes or checks to |
be used as fractional currency. A j
clause was therefore inserted in the
law to prevent this.
"A bank check is an order on a j
banker to pay a particular sum of'
money. It bus heen designed to be
put into circulation as a substitute
for money. There is no conflict with
Ibis law in issuing checks for any
amount, however small.
It is said that the language of the
F.skimo contains less than 500 words
and that the majority of them re
fer to things to eat. If the North
Pole ease is pushed to the hypo
thetical question stage is apparent
that the witnesses from Lapland will
face a lot of grief.—Scran ton Tri
bune.
The man who grows up in his na
tive town is regarded as a boy by
his elders until he is well started
down the declivity of life that ends
in a hole. The stranger who conies
into a place is more often pushed
to the fi"!)' than the ,\oung man
who lias grown up with the town.
This H the reason why so many
young men b.-couie dissatisfied with
their home surroundings and long to
cie t their lot in other quarters."
Success Magazine wants an energetic
and responsible man or woman in
Laporte to collect for renewals and i
solicit new subscriptions during full
or spare time. Experience unnec-
I essary. Any one can start among :
friends and acquaintances anil build ;
up a p lying and permanent business
without capital. Complete outfit and
instructions five. Address "VON' I
Success Magazine, room 103, Success
Magazine bui.ding; New York C'itv
The result of the election in Penn
splvania this year will lie of more
than State significance. It will be
of National importance. The Re
publican ticket should be elected by
an unprecedented majority for un
usual reasons. The enactment of
the Payne tariff law was a vindi
cation for Pennsylvania's uncompro
mising Republicanism. Last year
no other State gave the Republican
National ticket so large a majority.
No other State sent to the Sixty-first
Congress so many Re; üblican Repre
sentatives. No other State was so
couspicuous as Pennsylvania in the
enactment of tariff revision legis
lation. No other delegation in Con
gress resented more effectively the
intrusion economic theories aB a sub
stitute for sound republican doc
torine. From no other State was
there a more urgent demand f<*» ih:
continuance of the protected system.
Pennsylvania will be the principal
beneficiary of the new tariff rates.
They will bring prosperity to all
classes of people. The Republican
party responded to the demands of
the Keystone State for legislation
that would enable it to maintain its
industrial supremacy. Throughout
this great Commonwealth is hope,
optimism, activity. The Republican
party has established a reconstruct
ed tariff system which has restored
prosperity, which protects the wage
earner, provides for our markets
abroad, as well as at home, and re
moves from business the blight of
tariff agitation.
It is the duty of every.'man in this
State who believes in the protection
of the labor of thecountry from com
petition with the miserably paid la
bor abroad, to record at the polls his
approval of the work of the Re
publican majority in Pennsylvania
this year will bring hope and en
couragement to those who oppose
the Republican system of protection
and advocate Democratic tariff re
vision. It will provide self-styled
| "progressive" exponents with an ex
cuse for projecting'tariff agitation
with its distressing lfluences into
the commercial and industrial
organization of this country. An
overwhelming majority for the Re
publican ticket \\ ill emphasize Penn
sylvania's appreciation of the splen
did service of her representatives in
Congress in her behalf and proclaim
to thecountry her unfaltering alleft'.
ance to the principles of the Re
publican party.
A vote for the Republican ticket
will be a vote for the advahcement
of Pennsyluania and the Nation.
The big Sunday school convention
to be held at Harrisburg, October 13
14-15 will without question bring to
gether the largest gathering of Sun
day school workers assembled in
the State.
Five different states have been
drawn upon to furnish speakers for
the program. J
Thursday, October 14th. will be
the big day. The railroads will run
special trains carrying large dele
gations of men who will go with
bands and banners to take part in a
big panule made up entirely of men
belonging to Adult Bible Classes.
Governor Stewart will be the guest
of honor and address a mass meeting
at night.
Friday afternoon, October 15th,
the special feature will be a parade
of children from the Sunday schools
of Harrisburg and vicinity.
The convention has been largely
advertised and every one of the six
ty-seven counties wiil be well lepre
sentcd.
Sullivan county is entitled to 20
delegates. The following persons
have already been appointed and
will goto Ilarrisburg:
Miss Sarah Huckell, Mrs. Sarah
Snyder, Miss Flora Cook, Mr. Oliver
i Bender.
All Sunday school workers from
Sullivan Co. who desires to attend
the State Sunday school Convention
| at Harrisburg Cet. 13-14-15 1909, are
' requested to send Miss Rachel
i Rogers, Forksville R. D. 2 for cre
| dentials card orders, Transportation
orders if she has any. A good siz
ed delegation from Sullivan county
• is desired. Telephone if it is too late
to send by mail.
Vernon Hull Co. S. S. Chairman.
75C PLR YEAP
It is a dull day when there is not
something going on in the dead let
ter division of the postofflce depart
ment The interest generally cen
tered in a letter which contains mon
ey or a package which holds valu
ables in the way of jevvles. Just a
few days ago a letter was turned in
from New York in which enclosed
between two pieces of pasteboard,
were bills which aggregated SIOO,
but not so much as a word or a
scratch of writing was there to indi
cate from whom the money came.
The letter had been mailed in Bos
ton and addressed to a person in
New York who could not be found.
A short while ago a small package
was returned to this country from
Africa. It had been mailed in a
Western city and when the clerk in
the dead letter division opened it lio
found it contained live £IOO bills.
After much time had been consum
ed in searching for the owner he was
found and the money returned to
him. The money receipts which
filter into the dead letter office are a
towering monument to the careless
ness of American people in the
handling of cash, for the average
amount taken in by the division is
$(10,000 a year. Of this about
per cent is returned to the owners,
and the rest goes invo the treasuty,
where it is kept for four years, and
can be reclai iiied by the owners if
they cau show they bear that re
lation to the filthy lucre. Hut after
the four years is out Uncle Sam con
cludes that it is worth his while to
keep the money as payment for his
guardianship over it, and if the own
er puts in a claim, he can't get it
without a special act from congress.
If the announcement that a per
fect cotton picking machine has
been invented proves true, one of
the most enormous strides of a cen
tury in an industrial way has taken
place. The average annual produc
tion of cotton is valued in its finish
ed state at a little over three billions
of dollars. The picking is done by
hand, aud almost exclusively by ne
groes. Ttiey are slow and their
methods wasteful. When a crop is
raised, it is a matter of great im
portance to the planter to get it suc
cessfuly gathered and bailed. The
world's cotten market is growing,
and already demauds a larger sup
ply than the south is able to pro
duce. The importance, therefore, of
an invention that would rid the
planter of dependence upon the ne
gro at harvest time is apparent. But
the picking of cotton is a kind of la
bor that does not adapt itself readi
ly to machine work. The crop does
not ripen all at once but gradually,
and therefore two or three pickings
have to be made. To invent ama
chine that will gather the bolls
that have ripened and leave un
touched the green ones is a difficult
task. Nearly five hundred patents
on device of that nature have been
taken out, but cotton is still picked
by hand. This latest invention,
is still heralded as a success, may be
equally disappointing, -but the
demonstration of its capacity is sure
to interest all who are interested in
cotton, and that means everybody.
Kansas City, Oct. 5. —Grace E.
Chapman pleaded guilty to a charge
of bigamy in justice Miller's court
it her preliminary trial here today,
admitting she had married six men
without having obtained a divorce
from any of them.
"Yes! I am guilty," she testified.
"Iv'e had six husbands and I'm sick
of matrimony. Most of the men E
married were farmers. I would
live with them until I got tired of
them and then I'd leave. They were
so tiresome."
"Were you ever divorced?"
"Not that I know of," Mrs. Chap
man replied.
Mrs. Chapman was unable to fur
nish a bond of $2,000 and was re
manded to jail.
The School teachers of Scran ton
are making an efl'ort to estiblish the
pension system, and within the
next few week# committees will be
appointed
,to draft rules and by-laws. The
teachers want to have 3 per cent, ol
j the State appropriation received foi
Scranton set aside for the fund.