l":opublioan Kews Item F. L. TAYLOR, EDITOR. i*a?jlU!v3i Jl/jry r j.'n irj.iiy Afioraao 8j The Sullivan Publishing Co At the County Boat of Hull! van County, LAI'OKTE, FA. W (;. MASON, l'resiilen. THOS. J. INGHAM, Sec'y RTS. President. * Cashier !! per eent interest allowed 011 certificates. pRANGIS W. MEYLERT, Attorney-lit-Law. office in Keeler's Block. LAPORTE, Sullivan County, PA. J. J. & F. H. INGHAM, ATTOUHBYS-AT-LAW, Legiil basrnoss attended to in thin ana adjoining countios _ A PORTE. PA £ J. MULLEN, Attorney-at-Law. LAVORTE, PA OFFICE 111 COTWTT BUILDING HF Ancoi-KT nonsa. J # H. CRONIN, A7TORNKT-AT -LAW, HI.TART PUBLIC, orrica OH HAIH STKBBT. DC SHORE, PA With this ißsue 1 lie News Item i* published under the new man agement, and we have no idea of starting a conflagration 011 the pla cid surface of Lake Mokonia —not yet. Some day she may burn as brightly as the Susquehanna river which is to be dammed atTowanda goon. But for a while, until we got tbe bang of the office and a grip on tho goings and comings of the population, we expect to be very circumspect and modest. Brother Charles L. Wing, the retiring editor, is using 11s like a gentleman and a scholar which he is seven days a week. He is doing all in his power to make the "kick off" in this game as easy as possi ble for us. His hosts of friends all testify to hi.- unfailing energy and sterling integrity. Many regrets will be felt when he and his hon ored wife depart for their new home in the distant south. Since tbe above was in type Bro. Wing has proved himself a friend in need, ile st\v plainly that we wore in sore need of news, and in order to help us out. grabbed up a box of scrap metal went to the door and dropped it on bis foot, crip pling himself severely. A man who will do a thing like that de serves a gold medal a foot thick. There is no reason why this pa per should not prosper and enjoy as good patronage as any country newspaper in this section of the state. The present manager takes it in hand with the determination to leave nothing undone that will make the News Item as good and as interesting as any country pub lication. The policy of this paper w ill be to encourage enterprise throughout the county, and especially in the town of Laporte. A man may love his country, be willing to fight and •lie for it, but after all there's no place like home, 110 folks like the home folks. So it is with the lo cal paper, however broad the giiagc of interest and desire lor general prosperity, the home town is first to be considered. It is generally conceded that La porte is just entering upon an era of unprecedented business activity. 1 n evidence of that fact, note the improvements everywhere, the stretches of permanent cement side walks, better buildings, the splen did structure being erected to be used as a banking house, the line development of Lake Mokoma, the agitation of the proposition to or ganize a water company to supply the town, all goto prove that this town is going to see better days than at any period in the past. We promise that the News Item will be right 011 the spot, encourag ing every effort for the progress of 1 ho ''city set on an hill''—Laporte, lister of the dawn. | uov iiy j I Loco! and Personal Events I Tersely Told. J Prof. Carl Bird'was in Williams port over Sunday. Bom, to Mr. and Mrs. Scott Stal ford Nov. 2, a son. Miss Jessie*Wrede was shopping in Ou*hore Saturday. Lev. Jarrett went to his home in Seliasgro\e for election. Mrs. Andrew R-ose has been ill for the past week of appendicitis. Ray Camp has returned from Rick etts where he has been working for some time. 1 Our paper is 11 day late this week owing to reasons too numerous to mention. Mr. and Mrs. M. McNellan have commenced housekeeping at the '•Tannery." The house of H. Brenner of Muncy Valley, was destroyed by fire Tues day evening. Mrs. Joseph Carpenter has return ed home after spending some time in English Center. The tannery fire whistle sounded two alarms on Wednesday. The blazes were easily extinguished. C. B. Watson of Bernice, was a county seat visitor Wednesday, and made a pleasant call on the printer. Mrs. Ben McHenry is visiting her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. I'. M. Crossley and other friends in town. The marriage banns of Leo Fries of this place, and Miss Marcella Far rell of Dushore, have been published. Joseph Stalford has moved his family into the Association house on Muncy street, recently vacated by Win. Burke. Dr. Ott, far famed as the superin tendent of the hospital at Sayre, is dead. He was one of the most skill ful surgeons in the state. Miss Mary Connerton of Lester shire, N. Y., and Miss Margaret Murray of Scranton, are the guests | of Francis Moran this week. J. W. McCartney who is engaged in lumbering down Forksville way, was a business man in Laporte Tues day, and made our office a pleasant call. Cashier Edw. Ladley of our local bank took advantage of the legal holiday Tuesday and made a trip to Tovanda to visit and confer with his brother bankers in the "City ofl Promise." Hallowe'en was celebrated in this bur r, evidences of which remain uu lo t ills day. About ten rods of barbed wire fence down towards the tannery was pulled up by the roots, and other funny jokes cracked on the public. Samuel MahafFey has been confin ed to the house for the past week with a badly bruised ankle. The injury wa* received while skidding logs in the woods. Hia ieg was caught between a log and a large stone. There will be a mite social held at the home of Mrs. F. 11. Ingham on Friday evening, Nov. 0. There will be amusements, also refreshments served, and a collection taken for the benefit of'the V. I. S. A cordial in vitation is extended to all. The new editor of the News Item most earnestly requests the people of Laporte to send or hand in all per sona) or other items they may hap pen to know. Unless they help us in this way, it will be extremely dif ficult to make an interesting local department, as we come among you a stranger. Please help us There is absolutely no premium on any of the Lincoln cents, not even on those that bear the initials of the en graver. Just think: no fewer than twenty-nine millions have been is sued ; in how many years, time will they become scarce, do you calculate? —Bloomsburg Sentinel. Our guess is that the supply will run shy the same day that $29,000,000 fine is paid. "Beauty The World's Wonder" the freak calf owned by James Smith of Overton, which was exhibited at the Forksville fair last month, was removed from its regular quarters on Hallowe'en and lodged tor a day or so in the Overton school house. The rnsenceof the eyeless and tailless "ciitter" did not improve tho house of education to any great extent. The school board and good citizens of Overton are very indignaut over the prank, but the calf don't seem to care much. Bernice Boy Hammers Dynamite Cap. Dushore Review. By unwisely pounding a dyna mite cap intended to be used for blasting in the mines, Stanni Bicci, a ten years old Polish boy' of Bernice, is now in the William sport hospital receiving treatment. The boy's father works in the mines at.Bermec. In some way Slanni a few of the dynamite caps Monday afternoon and in his boyish way was play ing with them He retired to to the woodshed and soon after there was an ex plosion. His parents ran to his aid and found him on the floor of the shed, badly wounded and bleeding profusely. He was tak en into the' house and surgical assistanee'summoned. Dr. Chris tian ordered,the boy taken to the VVilliamsport hospital. Accompanied by his father, the young Polander arrived in that city on a Reading train Monday evening, and was immediately taken in an ambulance to the hospital. Surgeons carefully ex amined the little patient, and found that both his eyes were af fected, and that the sight of the left one might be permanently destroyed. His hands and face were also badlv burned by pow der. The Lewis & Stull Co, have moved from Stull the remaining two boilers from the wreck of the tire three years ago, to be used at the new ice plant at Bean Run, where they have just finished a new dam across Bowman's creek, 730 feet long and 20 feet high, overflowing about 40 acres. The Susquehanna & New York Railroad company has settled with Mrs. Bennis for the death of her husband, the late Martin P. Bennis, who was killed a few weeks ago in a collision in the Towanda yards, she being paid the sum of §4,000 without litiga tion. Mrs. Nate Vallone of Pittston, has presented to her husband their 23d child, a robust boy. There are now 15 boys and 8 girls of whom ten boys and three girls are living. The Vallones were married in 1884. The father wants to name the new arrival William Taft Vallone. At the meeting of the board of trustees of the Robert Packer hos pital held in Sayre, Hon. J. lv. Newell, cashier of the Citizens' National Bank of Towanda, was elected president of the board to succeed Henry Stieeter, deceased. It is reported on good authority that work on the proposed trolley road from Athens to Towanda will soon be under way, as suffic ient capital has been subscribed to assure building the line.--Ath ens News. An additional •warning has been sent out by the State Depart ment that ministers must report all marriages within thirty days after the ceremony or they will be prosecuted. From a ewe sheep used to drive the separator on Job Ballard's farm, this year sls worth of lambs and wool were sold.—Troy Gazette-Register. A Scran ton foreigner "fiddled himself to death" according to the statement made by his wife to the coroner. Death of An Infant. Cecil Albert, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Green of Sioux City, lowa, died Aug. 28, 1909, aged two months and two days. Mrs. Green was formerly Miss Edythe Eddy, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. 8. Eddy of Laporte. Mrs. J. P. Gray of Picture Rocks, is visiting her sister Mrs. C. L. Wing. We have a few Trespass Notices at this office. 46c per dozen. Republicans Sweep Slate Returns Give a Majority of Over 150,000 to Party in Pennsylvania. T i efc'f) '*■ e!( (t tru: ; 5 a i;! \ ii'cn o 1 il e Ri) 11 licans of the Keystone state. The entire state ticket wr,s elected by a majority aggregating 150,000 votes. C. Laßue Murson, Democratic candidate for Justice of the Supreme Court, ran far ahead ol his licked. Philadelphia polled an overwhelming vote for the Re p üblion candidates. Ihe result was the more astonish ing frcm Ihe fact that an aggressive campaign has bet n car ried on by the reform element, and a close win for the iegu!ars was all that was hoped for. The majorrty of over 45,000 in the city amazed even the parly leaders. The constitutional amendments are supposed to have been' Jill carried, but returns come in very slowly and the result has not been fully d termineo. IN SULLIVAN COUNTY. For District Attorney—Meylert Repulican, received 848 votes: Kernon Democrat, COI. Meylert s majority 217. For Coroner —Woodhead Democrat, 758: Vocrhets Republican, 715- Woodhead's majority 4 ». Kipp for State Treasurer carried the county by a major ity of 100, and Munson had 383 to the good in Sullivan. The chances are that a one-time advertisement or a very small advertisement will not pay. It is only continuous, persistent effort, and effort that is strong "enough to make an impression, that will be found adequately profitable. Once in a while the one-time advertisement, on a special occasion, will bring good results, but not ' then-stones. "// is only continuous, persistent etfo> t~rtfur! tiring But if they go On, put in a ",o» e h to """ good, solid foundation and build up from that, they will in time raise a pier that will be strong and permanent, and that will hold up a useful and necessary bridge. It is just so with advertising". The first ads you drop in only serve as a foundation. They do not serve as anything if you do not drop in enough of them. If you keep on piling one on top of the other, in the end you will have a pier which will Y'r sustain the bridge of - TjT j 1\ T business all the rest of Ii I\l N yOU T£ water of com'. petition will waste away Mr some of the stones, and they will have to be re- QCpCpJ " ] placed, but once the pier H 'jnijr is built the repairs will not be very expensive. For the Children's Sake Try Foods Shot from Guns > Let us put it up to the children— To know these crisp, gigantic grains this question of their breakfast food.the only way is to try them. Serve them a dish of Puffed Wheat T „ „ , ... . . . . 1 hey are putted to eight times or Puffed Rice, then afk what they . , • rp, , . ' J natural size. I hey are four times as want to have next. t > porous as bread. See if your children, like legions of others, are delighted with these queer They are nut-like and brown. They foods. digest more easily than any other cereals known. There are no other foods in exist ence which are anywhere near like But cold type can't describe them, these. So we cannot compare them Let one dish, tomorrow morning, tell with others. your folks the story. Puffed Wheat—loc v Puffed Rice —15c These are the foods invented bv Prof. An- Then the guns are unsealed, and the steam derson, and this is his curious process: explodes. Instantly every starch granule is blasted into a myriad particles. The whole wheat or rice kernels are put into scaled guns. Then the guns are revolved for . Thc rue sof « ram ar , c expanded eight . . , i times. \et the coats are unbroken, the shapes .sixty minutes in a heat of SSO degrees. . „ . . . J - n are unaltered. v\ e nave simply the magnified That fierce heat turns the moisture in the grain, grain to steam, and the pressure becomes ire- One package will tell you why people de mendous, light in them. Order it now. Made only by The Quaker Oats Company I f'ONPKNSKD KFPOI : Nhmouml rank , of Pennsylvania at clost RKSOI'J Loans and discounts .. I". *. Itu.ds to secure eireu! Premium 011 IT.l T . S. Bond Stock Securities Furuistue Due from banks and approved rese. Due from r. s Treasury... Cu*li ' Total LIABILITIES, f- r iO 0()0 0(i Surplus and undivided proilts.° lA<>i arrulallGn ' AO'uoo CO Deposits :iAB,7BO(X) r°tal 9601.692 40 State of Pennsylvania County of Sullivan ss I, M 1) Swarts cashier of the above named bank do solemnly swear that the above stutcme: t is tiue to the best of my knowledge and belief. M. IX SWARTS. Cashier, bubseiibed and sworn to before me this Mi day of Sent 1909. ALI'HONnL'3 WALSH ' My commission expires Keby 27,'09. Notary Public. Correct Attest: J. I). RKESER ) For a well Kept Up-to-date Stock of General Merchandise For prices that are Right For courteous treat ment goto Buschhausen' Cbippcvva Xtme IRtlns. Lime furnished .n car load lots, delivered at i Right Prices. 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