HEWS ITEM CHAftLiVL WING, fcditor. Patjliahol Hirer? Thursday Aftaruoo '' By The Sullivan Publishing Co At the County Seat of SulUvan County. LAPOBTB, PA. W.C. Mason, Preside!]. TIIOS J. INGHAM, Ser'y & Troas. Entered at the Post OtKce at Laporte, as second-class mail matter. Z i "■ -I First tJAi'ioNAt bank OF nt'SHORE, PKNNA. OAVJTAIi - - $60,000 EURPI.tJB - - $40,000 Docs a General Bankiug Business. S. n. STF.BKJERR. M. l>. SWART 3. President. Cashier 3 per cent interest allowed on cerUScates. 112 RANCIS W. MEYLERT, Attoruey-at-Law. office in Keclcr's Block. LAPORTE, Sullivan County, PA. 112. J. & F. H. INGHAM, ~ ATTO im B r»- AT-1. AW, Ldgiti basinets attonded to ta tl>i» and adjoining counties _APOKTB, PA. [ J. MULLEN, " Attorney-at-Law. LAPORTE. PA OVFICB IH CODHTT BUILDIH« If RAR COURT HOUSE. j t H. CRONIN, ~ NOTARY PUBLIC. OrriCK OK MAiH BTRICT. DUSIIORE. PA Cbippewa Xime 'lßtlns. Lime furnished .n car load lots, delivered at Right Prifcea. Your orders solicited. Kilns near Hughesvilta Tenn'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' How to Serve Foods Shot from Guns Serve them with cream, like other Unbroken kernels, crisp and nut cereals. Or serve them with fruit. like, ready to melt in the mouth. Serve them, like crackers, in a »;ki- l. » i u bow! of milk. Or serve them as they , ,°T J are in the package. gra " ule , " erall) ' blaS,ed to pieces ' However you serve them, you'll D° y° u wonder that such food* find them the most enticing foods have jumped into such popularity? that you know. C an y OU won( } er seventeen Think of whole wheat or rice ker- mil,i ° n ~d Uhes TV* consumed b * nels puffed to eight times natural size. P CO P c astmonti Made four times as porous as bread. See if your folks like them. Puffed)Wheat-~lOc Puffed Rice-—lsc I These arc the foods invented by Prof. An- Then the guns are unsealed, and the steam derson, and this is his curious process: explodes. * Instantly evjrry starch granule is ti,„ . i u i i . • blasted into a myriad particles. I lie whole wheat or rice kernels arc put into sealed guns. Thai the guns are revolved for . The k f rnels of g rain are expanded eight sixty minutes in a heat of 550 degrees. tunes. \et the coats are unbroken, the shapes are unaltered. We have simply the magnified That fierce heat turns the moisture in the grain, grain to steam, and the pressure becomes, tre- One package will tell you why people de tnendoua, light in them. Order it now. OO) v Made only by The Quaker Oats Company y ( Covnty Seat Locnl and Personal Events Tersely Told. Atty. and Mrs: E. J. Mullen were visiting friends in Wilkes Barre and Pittston the past few day.s The Postoffico Department has asked tUe papers to" announce that the Murray, Pa. office is now a money order oftioo. Mrs. Frank Ingham and daugh ter Eunice, did shopping iu Du shore. Thursday. Owing to an extra amount of job work, including election bal lots, to be gotten out this week, the News Item is one day late coming out. A. J. Ilackley has sufficiently re covered from his prolonged illness to start Sunday for a several week's visit with friends in Columbia and Susquehanna counties. He is ac companied by Mrs. Ilackley. AV. M. Cheney, real estate broker of New York city, sold for a client, last week, a twelve hundred acre timber tract, situate in the western part of Sullivan County, Pa. Messrs. Samuel Pennoek and Robert Mason, both well known business men of Laporte, were cir culating in Pine Street, "William sport, on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. The Village Improvement Society will meet at the home of Mrs* Frank Ingham on Tuesday evening October 26. The business of the meeting requires all member# to be present. Lawrence Gumble while working in a mill at Jlieketts last week, had the mistortuue of loosing one of his fingers by coming in contact with a saw. Miss Edith Gumble entertained iu honor of Miss Hose Scott who left Monday for her home in Towanda. Refreshments were served and a de lightful evening was spent. For Coroner. The office of coroner, though yield ing but little by way of financial re turn, is nevertheless an important ;one to the tax-payers. The Republi can nominee, Dr. C. D.Voorhees, of [Sonestovvn, is too well and favor j ably known in this county to need any words of praise from us, lie j came to Sullivan County about flf j teen years ago, locating at Laporte. jHe has resided at Sonestown for I nearly ten years and has built up a j large practice iu the Southern end of the vounty. lie is a reliable trust worthy physician and if elected to the office of coroner in November, he will make a model official, For Jury Commissioner. The Republican nominee for Jury Commissioner, Lawrence Lavelle, of [Cherry Township, can be depended upon to discharge the duties of the office with fairness and impartiality. As two Jury Commissioners are to bo elected and the leading political parties have each nominated but one candidate, both Mr. Lavelle and Mr. Davanney, the Democratic candi date, will be elected. This insures the continuance of an efficient board of Jury Commissioners. For District Attorney. On® of the most important couuty offices, from the'tax-payers point of view, is that of District Attorney. Court costs multiply very rapidly. Every day the Grand Jury is In ses sion it costs the County about $l5O. Consequently, if the District At , torney has m itters ready so the Grand Jury can act wthout delay on bills of 1 ndictinent, it is a great sav ing to the county. The same is true in the dispatch of business in the criminal courts. The election of F. \V. Meylert, Esq., to this important office, would insure a continuance of efficient service in this position. If elected the tax papers can feel assured that the business of the office will receive prompt and care ful attention. In the hands of At torney Meylert. Miss Hessie Wheatley, will be at the Laporte Hotel, with a tine line of Millinery goods, Thursday and Friday, Oct. 28th. and 29th. will be pleased to see everybody. Strayed—One white cow from Henry Krause, Butcher, Laporte Township. Please notify Henry Kraus. Mow Are Your Kidneys V f)r Hobbs' Sparagu* PlHscureall kidney 121 a. Bam felt; {tee Add. Sccrllnjr Keuiedy Co.,Coiougo or N. Y The Best place to buy goods Is olten asked by the pru pent housewife. Money saving advantages are always being searched for Lose no time in making a: thorough examination of the New Line of Merchandise Now on IIETHTBITIONI ?????? ? ? ? STEP IN AND ASK ABOUT THEM. All answered at Venaon Hull's Large Store. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE * CONSTITUTION SUBMITTED TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMON WEALTH FOR THEIR APPROVAL OR REJECTION, BY TUB GENERAL AS SEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, ANT> PUB LISHED BY ORDER OF THE SECRE TARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH, IN PURSUANCE OP ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CONSTITUTION. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing amendments to sections eight and twenty-one of article four, sections eleven and twelve of article five, sec tions two, three, an»l fourteen ot article eight, section one of article twelve, and sections two and seven of article four teen, of the Constitution of Pennsyl vania, and providing a schedule for carrying the amendments into effect. Section 1. Be It resolved by the Senate &nd House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Gen eral Assembly met. That the following are proposed as amendments to the Con stitution of the Commonwealth of Penn sylvania, In accordance with the provi sions of the eighteenth article thereof:— Amendment One—To Article Four, Sec tion Eight. Section 2. Amend section eight of article four of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, which reads as follows: "He shall nominate Bilit,-by nrid with the advice and consent of two-thirds of all the members of the Senate, appoint u Secretary of the Commonwealth and an Attorney General during pleasure, a Superintendent of Public Instruction for four years, and such other officers of the Commonwealth as he Is or may be authorized by the Constitution or by law to appoint; he shall have power to fill all vacancies that may happen, in of fices to which he may appoint, during the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of their next session; he shall have power to fill any vacancy that may hap pen, during the recess of the Senate, in the office of Auditor General, State Treasurer. Secretary of Internal Affairs or Superintendent of Public Instruction, In a Judicial office, or In any other elec tive office which he is or may be au thorized to fill; if the vacancy shall hap pen during the session of the Senate, the Governor shall nominate to the Sen ate, before their final adjournment, a proper person to fill said vacancy; but In any such case of vacancy, In an elec tive office, a person shall be chosen to said office at the next general election, unless the vacancy shall happen within three calendar months immediately pre ceding such election, in which case the election for said office shall be held at the second succeeding general election. In acting on executive nominations the Senate shall sit with open doors, and, In confirming or rejecting the nominations of the Governor, the vote shall be taken by yeas and nays, and shall be entered on the Journal." so as to read as follows: He shall nomlnnte and, by and with the advice and consent of two-thirds of all the members of the Senate, appoint a Secretary of the Commonwealth and an Attorney General during pleasure, u Superintendent of Public Instruction for four years, and such other officers of the Commonwealth as he is or may be au thorized by the Constitution or by law to appoint; he shall have power to fill all vacancies that may happen, In offle.s to which he may appoint, during the re cess of the Senate, by granting commis sions which shall expire at the end of their next session; he shall have power to fill any vacancy (hat may happen, during the recess of the Senate, in the office of Auditor General, State Treas urer, Secretary of Internal Affairs ot Superintendent of Public Instruction, In a Judicial office, or In any other elective office which he Is or may be authorized lo ffll; if the vacancy shall happen dur -1 lng the session of the Senate, the Gov | etnor shall nominate to the Senate, be fore their final adjournment, a proper person to fill said vacancy; hut In any such case of vacancy, In an elective of fice, a person shall be chosen to said of fice on the next election day appropriate to such office, according to the provisions of this Constitution, unless the vacancy shall happen within two calendar month* Immediately preceding such election day, In which case the election for said office shall be held on the second succeeding election day appropriate to such office. In acting on executive nominations th« Senate shall sit. with open doors, and, In confirming or. rejecting the nominations of the Governor, the vote shall be taken by yeas and nnys, and shall be entered on the Journal. Amendment Two—To Article Four, Sec tion Twenty-one. Section 3 Amend section twenty-one ot article four, which reads as follows: "The term of the Secretary of Internal Affairs shall be four years: of the Audi tor General three years; and of the Staff Treasurer two years. These officers shall be chosen by the qualified electors of the State at general elections. No person elected to the office of Auditor General or State Treasurer shall be capable of holding the same office for two consecu tive terms." so as to read:— The terms of the Secretary of Internal Affairs, the Auditor General, and tho State Treasurer shall each be four years: and Ihey shall be chosen by the qualified electors of the Slate at general elections; but a State Treasurer, elected In the yeai one thousand nine hundred and nine, shall serve for three years, and his suc cessors shall be elected at the general election In the year one thousand nine hundred and twelve, and In every fourth year thereafter. No person elected to tlx office of Auditor General or State Treas urer shall be capable of holding th« same office for two consecutive terms. Amendment Three—To Article Five. Sec tion Eleven. Section l. Amend section eleven of ar ticle five, which reads as follows: "Except as otherwise provided in this Constitution. Justices of the peace or al dermen shall be elected In the several wards, districts, boroughs and townships at the time of the election of constables, by the, qualified electors thereof, in such manner as shall be directed by law, ami shall be commissioned by the Governoi for a term of five years. No township, ward, district or borough shall elect more than two Justices of the peace or alder men without the consent of a majority of the qualified electors within such town ship, ward or borough; no person shall be elected to such office unless he shall have resided within the township, borough ward or district for one year next preced ing his election. In cities containing over fifty thousand Inhabitants, not more than ofte alderman shall be elected in each ward or district," so as to read:— Except as otherwise provided In this Constitution, justices of the peace or aldermen shall be elected In the several wards, districts, boroughs or townships, by the qualified electors thereof, at the municipal election, In such manner as shall be directed by law, and shall be commissioned by the Governor for ' a term of six years. No township, ward, district or borough shall elect more than two Justices of the peace or aldermen without the consent of a majorltv of the qualified electors within such township, ward or borough; no person shall he elected to such office unless he shall have resided within the township, borough, ward or district for one year next pre ceding his election. In cities containing over fifty thousand inhabitants, not more than one alderman shall be elected In e&Ch ward or district. Amendment Four— To Article Five, Sec tion Twelve. Section K Amend section twelve of arti cle five of the Constituton, which reads M follows: "In Philadelphia thsre shall be estab lished. for each thirty thousand inhabit ant*, one court, net ot record, of police and civil causes, with Jurisdiction not : expending one hundred dollars; such i courts shall be held by magistrates whose I term of office shall be five years and they shall be elected on general ticket i by the qualified voters at '#rge; and In j the election of the said magistrates ne i voter shall vote for more than two-thirds of the number of persons to be elected wlierf more than ono are to he chosen; they shall be compensated only by fixed salaries, to be paid by said county; and Bhall exercise such jurisdiction, civil and criminal, except as herein provided, as is now exercised by aldermen, subject to such changes, not Involving an Increase of civil jurisdiction or conferring political duties, as may be made by law. In Phila delphia the office of alderman Is abol ished," so as to read as follows: In Philadelphia there shall be estab lished, for each thirty thousand Inhabit ants, ono court, not of record, of police and civil causes, with Jurisdiction not exceeding one hundred dollars; such courts shall be held by magistrates whose term of office shall be six years, and they shall be elected on general ticket at the :nunicipal electlen, by the qualified voters at large; and in the election of lie said magistrates no voter shall vote for more than two-thirds of the number nt persons to be elected when more than one are to be chosen; they shall be com pensated only by fixed salaries, to be j !sj' sn i<l county; and shall exercise I such jurisdiction, u! v !k a.nd criminal, ex j cept as herein provided, as }? row ex ercised by aldermen, subject to sucii changes, not involving an Increase of civil Jurisdiction or conferring political duties, as may be made by law. In Phila delphia the office of alderman is abol ished. Amendment Five—To Article Eight, Sec tion Two. Section 6. Amend section two of article eight, which reads as follows: "The general election shall be held an nually on the Tuesday next following the first Monday of November, but the Gen eral Assembly may by law fix a different day, two-thirds of all the members of each House consenting thereto," so as to read : The general election shall be held bi ennially on the Tuesday next following the first Monday of November in each even-numbered year, but the General As sembly may by law fix a different day, two-thirds of all the members of each House consenting thereto: Provided. That such election shall always be held in an even-numbered year. Amendment Six—To Article Eight, Sec tion Three. Section 7. Amend section three of article eight, which reads as follows: "All elections for city, ward, borough and township officers, for regular terms of service, shall be held on the third Tuesday of February," so as to read:— All judges elected by the electors of the State at large may be elected at either a general or municipal election, as cir cumstances may require. All elections for Judges of the courts for the several Judicial districts, and for county, city, ward, borough, and township officers for regular terms of service, shall be held on the municipal election day; namely, the Tuesday next following the first Mon day of November in each odd-numbered year, but the General Assembly may by law fix a different day. two-thirds of all the members of each House consenting thereto: Provided, That such election shall always be held in an odd-numbered year. Amendment Seven—To Article Eight, Sec tion Fourteen. Section 8. Amend section fourteen of article eight, which reads as follows: "District election boards shall consist of a judge and two Inspectors, who shall be chosen annually by the citizens. Each elector shall have the right to vote for the Judge and one Inspector, and each Inspect or shall appoint one clerk The first elec tion board for any new district shall be selected, and vacancies in election boards filled, as shall be provided by law. Elec tion officers shall be privileged from ar rest upon days of election, and while en gaged in making up and transmitting re turns, except upon warrant of a court of record or judge thereof, for an elec tion fraud, for felony, or for wanton breach ol the peace. In cities they may claim exemption from Jury duty during their terms of service," so as to read:— District election boards shall consist of a Judge and two Inspectors, who shall be chosen biennially, by the citizens at the municipal election; but the General As sembly may require said boards to be appointed in such manner as it may by law provide. Laws regulating the ap pointment of said boards may be enacted to apply to cities only: Provided. That such laws be uniform for cities of the same class. Each elector shall have the right to vote for the Judge and one in spector. and each inspector shall appoint one clerk. The first election board for any new district shall be selected, and vacancies In election boards filled, as shall be provided by law. Election offi cers shall be privileged from arrest upon days of election, and while engaged In making up and transmitting returns, ex cept upon warrant of a court of record, or judge thereof, for an election fraud, for felony, or for wanton breach of the peace. In cities they may claim exemp tion from jury duty during their terms of service. Amendment Eight—To Article Twelve. Section One. Section 9. Amend section one, article twelve, which reads as follows: "All officers, whose selection is not pro-' vtded for in this Constitution, shall be elected or appointed as may be directed by law," so as to read:— All officers, whose selection Is not pro vided for In tills Constitution, shall be elected or appointed as may be directed by law: Provided, That elections of Stale officers shall be held on a general election day.and elections of local officers shall be held on a municipal election day, ex cept when, in either case, special elections may lie required to fill unexpired terms. Amendment Nine—To Article Fourteen. Section Two. Section 10. Amend section two of article fourteen, which reads as follows: "County officers sh;ili be elected at the general elections and shall hold their offices for the term o three years, be ginning on the first Monday of January next after their election, and until their successors shall be duly qualified; all vacancies not otherwise provided for, shall be filled In such manner as may be provided by law," so as to read:— County officers shall be elected at the municipal elections and shall hold their offices for the term of four years, be ginning on the first Monday of January next ufter their election, aad until their successors shall be duly qualified; all vacancies not otherwise provided for, shall be filled In such manner as may be provided by iaw. Amendment Ten—To Article Fourteen, Section Seven. Section 11. Amend section seven, article fourteen, which reads as follows; "Three county commissioners and three county auditors shall be elected In each county where such officers are chosen, In the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five and every third year there after: and lit the election of said officers each qualified elector shall vote for no more than two persons, and the three persons having the highest number of votes Klinll be elected; any casual vacancy In the office of county commissioner or county auditor shall be filled, by the court of common pleas of the county In which such vacancy shall occur, by the appointment of an elector of the proper county who shall have voted for the commissioner or auditor whose place Is to be IllleJ," so as to read:— Three county commissioners and three county auditors shall be elected In each couuty where such office** are choseis In the year one t and eleven and ev> after; and in tho el< : each tjualified electo: ; more than two pen* persona Jiaving the votes shall bo elected; In the -office of count;, county auditor shall be filie of common pleas of the coum. such vacancy shall occur, by the . ment of an elector of the proper i who shall have voted for the co sioner or auditor whoso place 1h filled. Schedule for the Amendments, i Section 12. That no Inconvenience mix. j arise from the changes in nie Constitu | tion of the Commonwealth, and in order j to carry the same into complete opera | tion. It Is hereby declared that— ! In the ease of officers elected by the ; people, all terms of office fixed by act of j Assembly at an odd number of years shall eaeh be lengthened one year, but the Legislature may change the length of the. term, provided the terms for which such officers are elected shall always be for an even number of years. The above extension of official terms shall not affect officers elected at the general election of one thousand nine hundred and eight; nor any city, ward, borough, township, or election division officers, whose terms of office, under ex isting law, end in the year one thousand nine hundred and ten. In the year one thousand nins hundred and ten the municipal election shall bo held on til# third Tuesday of February, as heretofore; but c «l! officers chosen at that election to an office {He regular term of which is two years, and ai£° elec tion officers and assessors chosen at election, shall serve until the first Mon day of December in the year one thou sand nine hundred and eleven. All offi cers chosen at that election to offices the term of which is now four years, or is made four years by the operation of these amendments or this schedule, shall serve until the first. Monday of December in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirteen. All justices of the peace, magistrates, and aldermen, chosen at that election, shall serve until the first Mon day of December in the year one thou sand nine hundred and fifteen. After the year nineteen hundred and ten, and until the Legislature shall otherwise provide, all terms of city, ward, borough, town ship. and election division officers shall begin on the first Monday of December in an odd-numbered year. All city. ward, borough, and township officers holding office at the dale of the approval of these amendments, whoso terms of office may end in the year one thousand nine hundred and eleven, shall continue to hold their offices until the first Monday of December of that year. All judges of the courts for the sev eral judicial districts, and also all county officers, holding office at the date of the approval of these amendments, whose terms of office may end in the year one thousand nine hundred and eleven, shall continue to hold their offices until the first Monday of January, one thousand nine hundred and twelve. A true copy of the Joint Resolution. ROBERT MCAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth. CHARTER NOTICE. No. 9528. TREASURY DEPARTMENT Oflice of Comptroller ol the Currency Washington, I). C., Sept. 2. 1909. Wf!EI!EAS by satisfactory evidence presented to the undersigned, it lias been made to appear that THE FJRST NATIONAL HANK OF LAPORTE, in the Borough of Laporte. in ihe County of Sullivan and State of Pennsylvania, lias complied with nil the provisions of the Statutes, of the I'nited States, required to be complied with befere .an association shall be authorized to commence the business ol Banking; NOW, THEREFORE: I. WILLIS.I. FoWLER, Deputy and Acting ''oniptrol ler ol the Currency, do hereby certify that THE FIRST 'NATIONAL* IUNK. OF LAPORTE, in the Borough of La porte. in the County of Sullivan ai d State ot Pennsylvania, is authorized to commence the business ol Banking as provided in Section, Fifty one hundred and sixty-nine ol the Revised Statutes of the United States. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF wit ness my hand and seal of office this Second day of September, 1909. WILLIS J. FOWLER, Deputy and Acting Comptroller of the Currency. gIIERIFF'S SALE. Bv virtue of sundry writs ol Levari Facias Sur Tax Lien, issued out of the Court of Common Pittas of Sullivan < 'ounty, Pennsylvania, to me directed and delivered, the following lots or parcels of land will be exposed to public sale at the Court House, iti the Borough of Laporte, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, on SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 6, 1909, at 10 o'clock a. m., viz: Lot No. 1. All that ceriain lot ol land situate in the Borough of Eagles Mere, Sullivau County, Pennsylvania, bounded md 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, Section No, 8, of Mason's allotments of Eagles Mere, Pennsylvania. Sold as the property of the estate of Charles Oriffith, deceased, owner or reputed owner. Lot No. All that certain piece or parcel ol land, situate in the Township ot' Shrewsbury, County ol Sullivan, State of Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows: Bounded by lands of Bodine A < »pp, containing 50 acres. Sold as the property ot Lincoln Edkin, owner or reputed owner. These several lots ol land being seized, taken into execution and to be sold at the suit of Sullivan County, for unpaid couniy taxes assessed against the same. JUDSO.N BROWN, Sheriff. A, WALSH, Attorney, Sheriffs oflice,Laporte,Pa., Oct. 11. 1909, Stockholders Meeting. The annual meeting of the stock holders of Lake Mokoma Company, for the election of directors and the transaction of other business, will be held at the office of F. W. Meylert, Esq., at Laporte Pa., on Thursday, November lt>, 1909, at ten o'clock A. M. Attest: C. J. Pennock; President, Ijdwln 8. Phillips; Secretary. To Cora tonatlputlon Forever. Talio Casearetß Candy Cuthnrtfe. 10c or2Bo U C. C. C full to cure, druggists refund money
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