FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF IUTBHOEE, J'KNNA.
CAPITAL - • $50,000
BUBPIiUS - - 140.000
I >oes a General Hanking Business.
S. I). STEKIGKRE, M. D. SWARTS.
President. Cashier
:i |kt cent interest allowed on ocMtlfloatt'i.
FRANCIS W. MEYLERT,
Attorney-at-Law.
office in Keeler'e Block.
LA POUTP, Sullivan County, PA.
F7*L INGHAM,
ATTORBBTIJ-AT-LAW,
Legal business attended to
In thin and adjoining counties
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£ J. MULLEN,
Attorney-at-Law.
LAPORTE, PA
orrics in covnrr BUILDIHS
HEABOOUBT HOUSE.
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ATTOMIT'AT -LAW,
NOTARY rUBLIO.
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DL'SHORB. PA
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Xtme IRUne.
Lime furnished «n car
load lots, delivered at
Right Prices.
Your orders solicited.
Kilns near Hughesvill*
Penn'a.
M. E. Reeder,
MUNCV, PA.
For a well Kept
Up-to-date
Stock of
General
Merchandise
Far pries that are
Right
For curteous treatment
goto
Buschhausen'
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The Best place
to buy goods
Is otten asked by the pru
pent housewife.
Money saving advantages
are always being searched for
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thorough examination of the
New Line of Merchandise
Now on
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ABOUT THEM.
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Vcrson Hull's
Large Store.
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netic, full of life, nerve aui} viyor, taUo No-'l'o
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strong. All drujiKisls, BOe or Jl. Cure guarar
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everybody Say* So.
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derful medical discovery of the age, picas
net and refreshing to tne taste, act genlif
nud positively on kidneys, liver and bowels,
cleansing the entire system, dispel colds,
euro headaohe, lever, habitual constipation
and biliousness. Please buy and try a box
of C. O. G. to-day; 10, 25, 50 cents. Hold and
guaranteed to cure by all druggists.
County Seat l
Local and Personal Events j
Tersely Told. J
Miss Fannie Meylert is visiting
friends in Wyalusing.
Mrs. Jos. Carpenter is visiting
Columbia county friends this week.
Hon. T. J. Ingham transacted
business in Williamsphrt Wednes
day.
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Crossley
were Bloomsburg Fair visitors
Wednesday and Thursday.
Miss Emma Spencer, of William
sport. was calling on Laporte
friends last week.
Clarence M. Hess was up from
Nordinont on Monday, pointing
his camera at various lines of
choice landscapes about the village.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Eddy of
Wilkes Barre, motored to Laporte
Sunday.
Mr. Geo. Eddy lias moved into
his Main street dwelling, recently
purchased of A. E. Tripp.
Mr. E. E. Webb, of Muncy Val
ley, will dispose of his household
goods at public sale, Saturday, (Jot.
23. Sale bills having a wrong
date were printed and were later
chauged to the date mentioned.
Ellery Crossley has secured a
position in a Williamsport shop,
and will leave Saturday to settle
down in the West Branch metrop
olis.
A. E. Tripp, of Wilkes Barre,
called on Laporte friends la»t week
while enroute to the Forksville
Fair.
Mr. and Mrs, John Hassen at
tended the Bloomsburg Fair this
week.
Directors of the First National
Bank of Laporte, met on Tuesday.
Among the out of town members
present were: U. S. Bird, W. B.
Snider, Drs. C. D. Voorliees and
J. L. Christian. ,
On Monday night at about 7
o'clock the barn of Wells Jackson
near Dushore was consumed with
the season's crops. The hay pressors
were working at the burn on Mon
day, and the press was also burned
up. The cause of tha blaze is sup
posed to have been a spark from a
careless smoker's pipe.
Mr. Harry H. Kumm and Miss
Fredia Crossley took the Wednes
day morning train for Philadelphia
where, it is announced, that a pret
ty and quiet wedding will be solem
nized at the home of Mrs. Victor
Hugo, a sister of Miss Crossley }
uniting the happy couple for life's
journey. The News Item takes
pleasure in now extending prema
ture felicitations.
Mr. E. W. Warner, a minerol
ogist, Is sojourning at the Laporte
Hotel and takes daily travels
around this vicinity. If he knows
what he is after, he keeps it to
himself, however, he has made dis
coveries of some valuable ores
which he has placed on exhibit at
the hotel office.
Owing to ill health and being
physically unable to endure the
rigorous climate the altitude of La
porte always provides during
winter months, the editor of the
News Item will relinquish the
management of this paper on No
vember Ist, and later in the season
seek a milder and more congenial
climate within the tropical bounds
of Florida. Editor F. L. Taylor
of the New Albany Mirror has ar
ranged to lease the News Item
plant until May, 1010, and in con
nection with the Mirror, will give
a supervising eye to the Newsltem,
Only the management of the two
papers will be merged. Owing to
the convenient communication be
tween the two towns it is certain
that both papers will be benefitted
conducted under the proposed plan.
Mr. Taylor is a well trained news
paper man who has made a credit
able reputation in competition
with the brightest minds of the
newspaper fraternity in Bradford
count}'. His famous ''Tommy
Rott" writings will embellish some
section of the News Item each
week and will without doubt appeal
to the majority of our readers.
A meeting of directors of the i
Lake Mokoma Company was lield i
in Atty. F. W. Meylert'a oflice on J
Saturday.
Mr. HIHI Mrs. Clayton Speary
nf Nonlmont have moved into one
of the association houses on Muncy
street.
Mrs. Joseph Melntire of near Lfl
porte, underwent it very painful
electric treatment on her knee Tues
day, hy Dr. P. W. llandali, at l)u
--shore.
Charles Weinert, a miner employ
ed in the mines at Murray, Sullivan
county, met almost instant death
Thursday morning through a fall of
coal and rock, Ihe result <>f a Mast
which he tired Weinert set the
charge of dynamite and did not suc
ceed in getting beyond the danger
line. The explosion loosened a
large amount of coal and rock, which
fell upon and crushed him. JTe was
If) years of age and is survived by
his wife and children.
A Governor Who Cares.
In the October number of the
world Today, appears an article by
Clinton Rogers Woodruff entitled
"A Governor who cares." It is a
eulogy of Governor Edwin S. Stew
art, of Pennsylvania, one of the best
executives this State ever had, and a
deserved tribute to a great and good
man. Mr. Woodruff says:
"Governor Stuart of Pennsyl
vania's entitled as perhaps no other
governor of Pennsylvania and as
few other governors of American
states, to be known as "the governor
who cares." lie cares about the
big things; he cares about the little
things. lie is concerned about the
people as a whole; he is concerned
about the individual, lie believes
in keeping his word in letter aial in
spirit.
"Governor Stuart has earned his
title for caring by his deep interest
instate institutions, lie knows by
actual observation and investigations
what the several departments, bur
eaus, hospitals and other institutions
directly under the care of or depend
ent upon the state are doing. He is
here, there, everywhere over the
state, q n< tly but efficiently Inform
ing himself concerning the State's
business, lie is straightening out
the crooked places, establishing
older out of chaos and introducing
modern methods. He is a great be
liever in concentration of authority,
and wherever be can lie abolishing
needless boards and commissions
and putting the power and respons
ibility into the hands of a single
man who cannot dodge the issue.
"I do not happen to have the fig
ures by me, but 1 have a pretty
strong impression that no executive
has ever been called upon to pass up
on the merits of so many measures
after the adjournment of the legis
lature. The session of the legis
lature was a short one and was slow
in getting under way, and, like
most Americtn legislative bodies
did 80 per cent, of its work in the
last ten days of its life. As a conse
quence the governor at the time of
adjournment had nearly the whole
accumulation of the session in his
hands, intituling all the appropri
ation over income. He did the work
thoroughly, carefully, so discrimin
atingly that he earned the com
mendation and the praise of public
spirited men and papers the # state
over.
It was in vetoing hasty and ill
considered legislation that he won
the greatest applause. His volume of
vetoes will constitute a splendid con
tribution to intelligent statecraft; on
the other hand, he did not hesitate
to sign certain measures which had
been vigorously opposed by sen
sational journals wheu he was con
victed that they were in the intrests
of the public.
Moreover, hi* has been a bulwark
in defense of what is known as the
reform legislation of 1906. He has
refused to sign any measure un
determinlng the personal regis
tration, civil service, direct pri
maries or the corrupt practices acts,
although he was at all times willing
to aid in extending or perfecting |
them.
"All that has been described here
in has been accomplished quietly,
unostentatiously, with no bombast
or sensation. The governor of Penn
sylvania is a man of few words, but
those are carefully chosen, and they
have the force of the conviction of a
sincere man behind them."
How Are Tour Kidneys 112
Dr. Hobba' Sparasrm I'illscuronll Uirtnoy Ills. Ban»
*le free. Add. Sterling KeuioUy (k>.,CtiU atfO or N. Y
1 Report of Auditors
OF DAVIDSON TWP, School District for year.
Ending Juuc 26,1U09.
I T. .1. Keeler Collector of Ta*e», In account witli
Davidson Twp School District for year eliding
JII Uf 7, 1909.
To amount oi duplicate 1908 89
Treasurer's receipt 1:18114
5 per cent rebate on above 75 01
.i " commission 42 81
Treasurer's receipt
5 per cent commission 17 50
Lauds returned 19#4
llxouerations allowed 79 9'J
Amt. paid Treas 10 70
1968 89 1908 89
Ruilding Tax.
To amount o. duplicate 905 11
Hy rebate 3134
Commission at 3 i>er c 17 80
Lands returned 8 13
Exoncrationi) allowed 34 35
Treasurers' receipt 178 20
Commission _S93
Tieasurers'Receipt 78 51
Amt. paid Treasurer 30 00
9*5 14 905 14
Per Capita Tax.
To amt. of duplicate 478 00
By amt. (>aid Treasurer 88 47
Commission at 3 p«r cent 273
Rebate 4 NO
Amt. paid Treasurer 119 70
Land returns 3 15
Commission 0 30
Exonerations 97 00
Auit. paid Treasurer 85 00
51 40
14 89
473 00 473 00
W. li. (iritman, Treasurer, in account with
Davidson Twp. School District for year ending
.lime 7,1909.
To amt. received from Treasurer.... 1733 01
'• Ruilding Tax 801 53
" Per capita Tax 859 02
State appropriation, ordinary .... 2754 03
•• •' High school... 360 00
Amt. received County Treas 1830*0
C A. Starr, old school building... 105 00
Shrewsbury, tuiUon 81 50
Balance on hand 90 05
By building and furnishing houses 110 60
Kcnting and repairing 265 00
readier*' wages 3990 00
county Institute 14000
Textbooks 252 51
School supplies 2(19 88
Fuel and contlngenecs 370 43
Fee Col lector and Treasurer 159 80
Secretary salary 80 Co
Debt 2019 67; Interest 30151 232118
Interest paid Mi's. J. J, Sick 30 00
" John Karge 20 00
M.,1. Phillips 204 51
" Mrs D. C. Oritman 800
" Mrs. W.E. Qritmau 400
" Miss Flora Cook 400
" A.E. Botsford 28 00
Other Expenses 15025
A.C.Phillips' lawsuit 03 81 214 00
Amount in Treas. hands 25 13
8177 77 8177 77
' Resources and Liabilities.
Resources.
Cash on hand 25 12
Amt. due Twp, minimum salary 910 00 935 13
Liabilities.
Outstanding orders 1458 00
Bonded debt 2500 00 8958 60
Liabilities in excess of resources 3023 53
Debt reduced during year 787 70
We the undersigned Auditors of Davidson Twp.
have audited the almve accounts June 7. 1909.
J. WM. MORAN, 1
HARRY BASLEY, J Auditors
CHARTER NOTICE.
No. 9528.
Tit KASU ItY DEPA RTM KXT
oitice of Comptroller <d the Currency
Washington, I). C., .Sept. 2, 1909.
WHEKKAN Ity satisfactory evidence
presented to the undersigned, it lias been
made to appear that
THK FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF LATORTE,
in the Rorotigh of I.aporte, in the County
of Sullivan and State of Pennsylvania,
lias complied with all the provisions ol
the Statutes, of the United Slates, required
to he complied with befcre an association
shall be authorized to couinieuce the
business ot Hanking;
NOW, THEREFORE: I. WILLIS .1.
FOWLER, Deputy and Acting Comptrol
ler ol the Currency, do hereby certih
that THK FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF LAPORTE. in the Borough of La
porte, in the County of Sullivan at.d
Stale ol Pennsylvania, is authorized to
continence the business ol Banking HS
provided in Section, Fifty one hundred
and sixty-nine of the Revised Statutes ol
the United States.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF wit
ness my hand and seal of office this*
Second day of September, 1909.
WILLIS .1. FOWLER,
Deputy and Acting Comptroller
of the Currency.
C IIERIFF'S SALE.
By virtue ol sundry writs of Levari
Facias Stir Tax Lien, issued out of the
Court of Common Pleas of Sullivan
County, Pennsylvania, to me directed and
delivered, the lollowing lots or parcels of
land will be exposed to public sale at the
Court House, in the Borough of Laporte,
Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, on
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER t>, 1909,
at 10 o'clock a. m., viz:
Lot No. 1. All that certain lot of land
situate in the Borough of Eagles Mere,
Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, bounded
and described as follows:
Seventy five (75) feet Iront on Pennsyl
vania Avenue and at right angles to a
line parallel to Eagles Mere Lake, and a
distance of 100 feet from the margin
thereat, being Lot No. 5, Sectiou No, 8.
of Mason's allotments of Eagles Mere,
Pennsylvania. Sold as the property ol
the estate of Charles Griffith, deceased,
owner or reputed owner.
Lot No. 2. All that certain piece or
parcel ot land, situate in the Township of
Shrewsbury, County ot Sullivan, State of
Pennsylvania, bounded and described as
follows: Bounded by lands of Bodine A
Opp,
Sold pj- ihe property ot Lincoln Edkin,
owner or reputed owner.
These several lots ol land being seized,
tfil.en itilo execution and to be sofd at
Ihe siiii of Sullivan County, tor unpaid
county taxes assessed against th« same.
JUDSON BROWN, Sheriff.
A. WALSH, Attorney.
Sheriff's oltice,Laporte,Pa., Oct. 11, 1909.
Stockholders Meeting.
The annual tineting of the stock
holders of Luke Mokoma Company,
for the election of directors and the
transaction of other business, will be
held at the oftice of F. \V. Meylert,
Kstj., at Laporte Pa., on Thursday,
November 10, 1909, at ten o'clock A.
M.
Attest: ('. J. T'cnnock; President,
; Edwin S. Phillips; Secretary.
FIRST NATIONAL BANk,
HUO-HESVirLB, =E=>^_.
CAPITAL STOCK |
$50,000 w . C. FRONTZ President.
Surplus aid j FRANK A. REEDER, Cashier.
Net Profits,
75.000.
DIRECTORS:
Transacts a General : Jacob Per, Frank A.Reeder,
Banking Business. I B ° n - Wm. Fronts, W. C. Fronts,
A . fJ i • • John C. Laird, Lyman Mvers
Accounts oflndlVld- | Peter Frontz, C. W. Sones, '
uals and Firms
i
solicited. ;
3 per Cent INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS
Safe Deposite Boxes for Rent, One Dollar per Tea r.
AHP TTTITI
GENERAL STORE
® laporte T inner. ®
Yon can find a general stock of Lumbeunen s Flannel
Shirts, Drawers and Socks. Woolen and Cotten Under
wear and Hosiery.
MEN Sand BOYS' HATS, CAPS and MITTENS.
Also a Full Assortment of Boots and Shoe-?
of the Usual Variety.
The Grocery and
Provision Department
is second to none in the county. Also a fair stock of
HARDWARE, WILLOWARE and CASTINGS
for the farmer. Prices are consistent with quality of goods.
JAMES McFARLANE.
Williamport & North Branch Railroad
TXIMIIE!
In effect Monday. July 4, 190».
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S. D. TOWNSEND, D. K. TOWNSEND,
Gen. Manager,Hughesville Passenger Agent.
LA PORTE
Clotl)ing Store.
SCOTT STALFORD, Proprietor.
An up-to-date store well stock
ed with Mens' and Youths' Cloth
ing of good quality and low price
FINE CUSTOM MADE SUITS TO ORDER
A SPECIALTY.
Ladies* Misses' and Children's apparel. 1 umbermen's
Flannels, Shirts, Draws and Socks, Woolen and Cotten
Underwear and Hosiery,, Men and Boys' Hats, Caps
and Mittens, Ladies and Children Sweater Coats.
A Full Assortment of Boots, Shoes & Rubbers
No trouble to show goods. Make this store a visit and
be convinced that bargains will greet you on every hand.
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