Republican News Item P. L. TAYLOR, LESSEE. B. M. VANDYKE, EDITOR. PUBLISHED FRIDAYS By The Sullivan Publishing Co At tho County Beat or Sullivan County. LAPOHTE, PA. TIIOS. J. INGHAM, Sec'y & Trcas. Entered at the Post Office at Laportc, as second-claee mail matter. I 'PRO? FIKSr NATIONAL BANK OF DUSHORE, PENS A. CAPITAL - * *50.000 eUBPIiUS - - $40.00 0 Does a General Banking Business. Fl-HKit WELLES, M. D. BWARTS. Presideut. Oasliiu .! per cent interest allowed on certificates. pKANCIS W. MEYLERT, Attorney-at-Law. office in Keeler's Block. LA PORTE, Sullivan County, PA. J. & F. H. INGHAM, ATTOIINRYS-AT-LAW, Legal business attended to in this and adjoining counties _ A PORTE, V " 112 J. MULLEN, Attorney- at-Law. LAI'OKTK, PA orriCK IS COUNTY BUILDING MRAHCOUUT IIOUHE. J 11. CRONIN, attornky-at law, NOTARY PUBLIC. OKFICB OH MAIN STRUT. DOSIIOKK. lM First National Bank OF LAPORTE, PA. Capi/a/ - - - pr,,000.00 Tran acts a general banking business. TIIOS. .1. INCHAM, KIAV. President. Cashier. 3 por cent interest pai'l on time deposits. At'COI"NTS SOLIt'ITEU. J P. BAHL, TONSORIAL ARTIST Pool Room, Confectionery, Tobacco and Cigars. Opposite Hotel Bernard LAI'OKTK, PA> When Social Life is Needed. It was thought when telephones, rural delivery and other advantages were introduced that they would have the effect of stemming the tide from the counrty to the city hut the tide, except here and there, does not diminish in volume. Great as is the boon of these fa cilities they do not make up for the lack of social life in the rural dis tricts, and that lack seems to be the weakest point. I'i former days, when the city was not accessible, the social instincts of the people were met and largely satisfied by the spelling bees, husking bees, singing school and, on their social side, the "protracted" meetings. Hut these things have almost entire ly vanished and little or nothing of a social character has taken their place. Yet it ought to be possible to provide some attractive and help ful social recreation for farmers' families, and for that purpose the country school building might be utilized more of an evening than it now is. With the social problem solved in all probability the drift from the country will be arrested. Notice to Correspondents. We arc pleased at the way our out-of-town writers have been sup plying us with news items and the manner in which they are written, however, a few suggestions may he of benefit: When speaking of out of town people always tell when anything took place. When re porting births, deaths, marriages, etc., always give all dates. Always sign your name to items. When out of supplies ask for more. We would like a correspondent in Forksville, Sonestown, Bern ice or any other county town from which we receive no letter. Editor. Now is the time to got busy on that Farm Journal, Horse secrets and News Item bargain offer. Read our ad on last page. Have the Trusts Increased the Cost of Living? That the trusts by their com 'bination, or mutual understanding have made the things they manu facture, or deal in, dearer in price is extremely probable. That*they have made enormous profits is proven by their payment of such •exorbitant dividends to their stock holders as to make them immensely rich. Mr. Rockefeller says the Stand ard Oil Company has made better oil, and made it cheaper than it was before his company was organ ized. That may be so, and still it be true that they are exacting more money from poor, hard working people, to pile up in their banks than is just or christian like. Had the great oil and steel trusts been satisfied with reaosnable profits, Mr. Rockefeller, and Mr. Carnegie would not now be worth hundreds of millions of dollars each. That they are amiable men, and liberal givers of large sums for colleges, and libraries, does not alter the cfat that the corporations which exact much tribute from the com mon people are unjust, unscript ural, and pernicious. Corporations are necessary to carry on great enterprises, but they should be restricted by law from making such exorbitant profits. The government that gives them their right to do business, should restrict them to reasonable gains. If the Standard Oil Company made ojl cheaper, it was in part because new oil territory was discovered, and gushing wells put down, if they obtained lower rates of freight from the rail-roads then any other shippers, and still lower cost of transportation by laying down pipe lines; if they saved money by buy ing out the small private refineries, and doing a great whole-sale busi ness; from whatever means they have made great gains they should be willing to share it with the peo ple or give up their charters. 1 112 the profits of the trusts are un reasonably great then they have contributed toward increasing the cost of living. Castet.au. To Destroy Snails. A Lancaster county professional man wrote to State Zoologist Sur face, Harrisburg, stating that his cellar, built four years ago of lime stone, was infested last year with "some animal" that looked to him like a snail. It came out during the night, and left slimy tracks, lie asked what to do to get rid of the pest. Professor Surface replied as fol lows: "As to what to do for snails in your cellar, I can say that the best thing is to dust freshly slaked lime abundantly into tlx' cracks or crevices that might be inhabited by these lowly animals. Their bodies are moist, and the freshly slaked lime is more than they can stand. They can also be killed by poison ing them, dipping fresh slices of potatoes into a mixture of one part Paris green and thirty or forty parts Hour, and placing the slices where the snails will feed upon them. As a rule, however, the lime is sufficient, and this is also good for sanitary purposes." #50.000 $40.00 MUNCY VALLEY. The little son of Sir. and Mrs. 11. R. Bennet died Sunday, March 27, at the age of 11 months and 2t> days. The sympathy of all is ex tended to the bereaved parents. Mrs. Adam Bradley and children are visiting relatives near Danville. Martha Remensnydor is in Push ore. Mi's. Albert Bardo and son, who have been spending some time with her parents here, have returned to their home in Rochester, N. Y. Julia Remensnyder spent Sunday with her parents here. At the Central Pennsylvania M. E. conference recently closed at York Rev. David L. Dixon was ap pointed to the Eagles Mere and Laporte district. | OBITUARY. I Dr. Rose Morgan. Dr. Rose Morgan, died at her home in Willianisport on Tuesday morning, alter a brief illness, at the age of years. Dr. Morgan was a gitnul-diitigh ter of Judge Jos. I}. Anthony. At the age of 11 years she went to Warrensville where she attended the township school and later the Central State Normal at Lock Hav en, where she remained for."> years as the head of the model school. After teaching for a number of years she determined to take up the study of medicine and took several courses in various schools graduat ing from the Woman's Medical Col lege of Philadelphia in IN!)."). This is sad news to her many friends in Laporte where she prac ticed in her profession with Dr. Wilson for several years. ITer suc cess as a medical practitioner was very"marked, and she had the con fidence and good will of every one. Much regret was expressed when, after the death of doctor Wilson, she returned to Willianisport. She was a prominent member of the Lycoming County Medical Society. Dr. Morgan's demise from an ac tive and useful life came as a strik ing blow to a wide circle of friends who will mourn her loss. Deceased was survived by her father and one brother. Mrs. Mable Ritter is a niece. Sadie Ethel Grange. Mrs. Sadie Ethel Grange wife of Lyle Grange, died at her home in Forksville on Friday morning, March L'.">, at the age of .">1 years and 8 months, after an illness of live months of pleural pneinonia following typhoid fever. Mrs. Grange was a member of the M. E. Church, a kind undulgent mother and ail excellent neighbor. She leaves a husband, four children, a mother, brothers and sisters and hosts of l'ricdds to mourn her death. Funeral services were held Sun day at 1 p.m. from the M. E. church at Forksville, Rev. F. P. Hess of ficiating. Interment was made in East Forks cemetery. NQRDMONT. (Last Week's Items.) Miss Edna Jones very pleasantly entertained a number of young people at her home, Tuesday even ing. in honor of her brother Harry of Montoursville. All spent a de lightful evening. Refreshments were served. Those present- were, Misses Edith Morris, Reba Hess. Mable Hunter, Anna Coxe and Clara Mollis, Messrs. Horace Hess Raymond Anders, Harry Horn Zera Coxe and Shedrick Hess. Raymond Wood head of Forks ville is visiting l»is sister Mrs. Jos. Little. James Miller of Muney Valley and Thos. Snape of Philadelphia, were callers in town Monday and Tuesday. 11. M. Hotsford of Palmyra, IS'. Y. is spending a few days at this place. 11. C. Hess was a business caller in Laporte Tuesday. Mrs. Starr, Miss Ada Simmons of Sonestown and Mrs. S. E. Starr of 111., were the guests of W. I}. Hazen and wife one day last week. Mrs. Jane Lovelace of La porte visited her brother F. R. Keeler Friday. Mrs. Samuel Hunter and daugh ter Mabel were callers in Dushore Saturday. G. I). Potcrman and (). A. Sher man spent one day last week in Williamsport. Ye Rubbish Owners, Take Heed. It would be well for the people of Laporte who have rubbish from their back yards to dispose of, to remember that there is a place for such refuse on the western borders of the borough, that has been set apart by the town council for that purpose. iitsLTli FtlitOES DEFEAT DEATH Thirteen Thousand Five Hundred Lives Saved in Two Years. SHOWS ENORMOUS GAIN Three Million Dollars Spent In Con servation of Public Health Shows a Saving of Twenty-Three Million Dol lars to the Commonwealth Diph. tlieria, Typhoid and Tuberculosis Give Way Before the Steady Ad vance of State's Health Officers. f^ The precious lives of thou sands of little children have been spared because the state in its wise beneficence has furnish ed diphtheria antitoxin to the poor. Typhoid fever is killing 2500 less people per year in Pennsyl vania than it did four years ago. Tuberculosis now claims 1000 lives less a year in this state. Education and co-operation of the people in health matters, backed by vigorous support of the public press, is helping Com missioner Dixon to win out in war against disease. Industries seek states where health records show low death rate. V J In the last five years the state of Pennsylvania has been engaged in conservation work of an extremely Important and fundamental kind. With President Roosevelt it believes that the preservation of the people's nat ural resources should begin with the preservation of the people themselves. The public cannot conscientiously per mit the wasteful sacrifice of its forests and its other forms of natural wealth, bin even less conscientiously can it permit the wantom sacrifice of its children's lives. In maintaining a fully equipped state health department and engaging nn a large scale in this great warfare against disease, Pennsylvania has tak en a foremost stand for real modern civilization. The creation of govern mental agencies for the preservation of Hit public health marks a new con ception of governmental responsibil ity! The work thus far marks only the beginning—merely suggests the good which this department, under the direction of Dr. Samuel G. Dixon, the commissioner, has in view. Iu the last thirty years the atti tude of the public towards ill health hai radically changed. Until the re searches of that resourceful genius, T.ouis Pasteur, disclosed the real cause of contagious diseases, the aver age man's conception was practically that which had prevailed in the mid dle ages. The infections were merely manifestations of the inscrutable wisnom of Providence, expressions of divine wrath; punishments for sinful human kind. Even the scientist re garded them as fundamental facts of nature, like death itself, which every one must uncomplainingly accept. Pas teur. however, hi a few masterly ex periments. brushed aside all this ig norance and superstition. He showed tha* all contagious diseases had a clearly defined and obvious origin. Thev were not mysterious visitations, without tangible cause and insuscep tihle to tangible control. They were caused by an infinitely large universe of infinitely small forms of vegetable and animal life. He demonstrated that the connection between these malevolent micro-organisms and the ensuing disease was as close as that between sunlight and heat. And he al-'.o Immediately drew the inevitable conclusion. If the world were once rid of these organisms, he declared, it would be rid of contagious diseases, "ft is now within the power of the wcild"—such was the deduction which he drew from his experiments, "to rid itself of all contagious dis eases." Setting Pace in Health Work. This was the goal at which Pasteur aimed; that has been the goal at which all movements for improving the people's health have necessarily aimed since. And this was the ultl tnatc ambition which led, five years ago, to the organization of the Penn sylvania State Department of Health, a Pennsylvania in which there shall be no young men and women lan guishing away with tuberculosis; a Per nsylvania in which no children shall die of diphtheria; a Pennsylva nia in which there shall be no ty phoid. no scarlet fever, no smallpox, no meningitis, no dysentery, no ma laria—this is the kind of Pennsylvania which the State Department of Health hopes ultimately to create. It does not expect to reach this goal in a year, or ten years, perhaps not in a single generation, but this is the ideal hat it has constantly In mind. It re cognizes the fact that, so long as any these diseases exist, their preva lence Is a distinct reproach to the state. It is a reproach simply be cause the method eliminating theni is known. The old theory of government as a power which protects its citi zens only from foreign foes and native marauders Is giving way to new stan dards of civilization. The greatest enemies to the state are those which Concluded on Last Page. WORLD NEWS OF THE WEEK. Covering Minor Happenings From All Over the Globe DOMESTIC. Charles Stewart, one of the alleged ringleaders In Pittsburg's council manic graft, made a complete confes sion to the District Attorney. Thousands attended the funeral of Magistrate "Battery Dan" Finn in New York City. Governor Stubbs of Kansas, in a speech at Chicago, asserted that abso lute prohibition "precluded race sui cide and encouraged savings bank ac counts." In an interview in Atlanta Governor Brown of Georgia bitterly assailed Commander Peary and defended Dr. Cook. William 11. Buckley, lobbyist for six insurance companies at Albany, N. Y., admitted he had borrowed sfil,- 000 from the Phenix of Brooklyn while a Deputy Superintendent of Insuran :e. Of this loan, Edward E. McCall, now a Justice of the Supreme Court, paid off $25,000 with his own checks. The Allds-Conger bribery investiga tion at Albany, N. Y„ closed with the speech of James \V. Osborne, who summed up the case against Allds. At the New York fire-insurance in quiry it was brought out that alleged go-betweens had asked $40,000 of Eli jah R. Kennedy, legislative agent of the companies, in behalf of Assembly man Town, and SIO,OOO for "Big Tim" Sullivan from President Seward of the Fidelity and Casualty Company. Senator Allds' counsel, summing up his defence, brands the Conger charges as a "diabolical plot." Prices of meats in retail establish ments throughout New York city are increased from three to five cents a pound. Mayor Gaynor of New York, anger ed by a police outrage, ordered the promiscuous "mugging" of prisoners stopped in a hot letter to Commission er Baker. President Taft was the chief guest of honor at the dinner of the New England Manufacturing Jewelers' and Silversmiths' Association at Provi dence, It.l. WASHINGTON. President Taft attended services at the Unitarian Church in Washington, D. 0., later taking a motor drive. The tariff dispute with Canada was practically settled sit a conference at the White House, in which President Taft, Secretary Knox and the Cana dian Ministers of Finance and Hail ways took part. The Bailinger-Piruhot investigating committee refused to call the Secre tary as a witness at Washington, D. C. In the Senate the Dixon bill re lating to sealing in the Pacific was passed and tlie nomination of Wil liams Kenyon to be assistant to the Attorney General was confirmed. A movement was started in Con gress to nullify the publicity feature of the Corporation Tax. There was but little reference in the proceedings of the House to the insurgent-Democratic war on Speaker Cannon. Senate insurgents won a vic tory in having bills transferred from one committee to another. Mrs. Mabel Kilter was called to Williamsport tiiis week 011 account of the serious illness and death of her aunt. Dr. Rose Morgan. Mr. Lord of Williamsport is in Laporte for a few days, scaling hunher at McCartney's camp for G. \Y. Hoover a Williamsport lum ber dealer. Nellie, Sarah and Hazel Brown of Lebanon spent a few days last week with their grand-parents Mr. and Mrs. \V. 15. Hitter at Laporte Tannery. The stock of goods in the Store lately occupied by Stalford Bros., will be sold at Bankrupt Sale dur ing the week commencing April IS. 1910, at public aelion, by James C. Caven, Trustee in Bankruptcy. Full notice will appear in next week's paper. t 3 CENTS A LIME ADS. j ......................... .... ............. FOR SALE—A team weighing about 2,000 llis. Broke single or double. Sell separate or together. Inquire ol (J. S. Kddy, Laporte, I'a. Amvi.it "m-- a sketch nu<l description may qulckl> ascertain our opinion free whether an invention is probably patentable Communica tions strict lyrontldontial. HANDBOOK on Patents sent free. Oldest agency for securing patent s. Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive special notlce % without sbartro, in tho Scientific American. A handsomely Illustrated weekly. Largest cir culation of any scicntitle Journal. Terms, |3 a 1 year; four months,sL Sold byuil newsdealers. I MUNN & Co, 361 Broadway, fjjgyy YOlk ' Uraucii office. «2Cp K St., Wublugton, 'Mi M. BRINK'S PRICES For This Week. 100 11)8. Oil Meal 82.00 Gluten 1*75 Corn Meal ] .40 Crack en Corn j.40 Corn i.4() Best Miincy Midds. 1.00 Potatoes per bushel .40 Oyster Shells (;0 Wheat Bran 1.40 Schumacher Chop 1.50 100 11) Buckwheat Flour 2.40 Lump Salt 7r> Beef Scrap 3.00 Meat; Meal 2 50 140 lb hag Salt ti() 50 11) bag Salt. ,'JO 50 lb bag racking Rock Salt 40 Slhumacher Flour sack 1.55 Marvel " " 1.75 Muncy " 1.50 24 lb sack Sellu. Table Meal 00 10 lb " '• " " 25 Veal calves wanted every week on Monday, Tuesday and Wednes day. Live fowls and chickens wanted every Wednesday. Light pork wanted at highest market price. 11. BRIM, New Albany, I'a. i 7 The Best place to buy goods Is otten asked by the pru pent housewife. Money saving advantages arealways being searched lor Lose no time in making a thorough examination ol i lie- New Line of Merchandise Now on > ?????? ? ? ? STEP IN AND ASK ABOUT THEM. Ail answered at Vernon Hull's Large Store. HMagTOTOu Pa. "CHOICE GROCIII (Jrocerios, to bo choice must l>o frosli. In order to sell fresh gro ceries we must keep tlioin contin ually moving, hnying and soiling. That's just wliat. we are doing. Therefore our groceries are i'resh and choice in the true sense of the word. If you are not getting the host in the grocery line toll us and wo will toll you the reason and how to overcome it. BiischhciuseiYs. LAPORTE, PA. Gbippevva Ximc ftilne* Lime furnished .n car load lots, delivered at Right Prices. Your orders solicited. Kilns near Hughesvilla P^nn'a. I M. E. Reeder, MUNCY, PA. ALL HORSKS Dir.. I Metropolitan IJve Stock lusuran - ' ('... I is writing contracts to cover your iii'ct- g ments in horse** and cattle against <l> 11?i 1 of any cause for a small amount, <|n.n t. T K ly, semi-annually or annually Au<-i;t-; j wanted everywhere. Howe office, .j . ..-,u 5 Unstable Uluck, Syracuse, N. Y. Try a SMALL AO in this paper, It will pay you. DeWITT'S CARBOLIZED WITCH HAZEL SALVE Tor Piles, Burns, Sores.
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