REPUBLICAN TICKET.
STATE
Governor
John K. Tener, Washington Co.
Lieutenant Governor
John M. Reynolds, Bedford Co.
Treasurer
C. Fred Wright, Susquehanna Co.
Secretary of Internal Affairs
Henry Houck, Lebanon Co.
COUNTY
State Senator
Clyde Clias. Yetter, Bloomsburg.
Representative in Assembly
M. \V. Reeser, Colley,
Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8.
Local Items.
School Days.
Wasn't that rain refreshing?
lid Brink's ad is corrected weekly.
The Mokoma Lake amusements
officially closed Tuesday.
Mrs. H. 11. Stepp was a Wil
lianisport shopper Wednesday.
F. 11. Ingham transacted busi
nesa at Strawbridge Wednesday.
St. John's Church, .(Episcopal.)
Evening Service, 7:30 p. m.
The Sullivan County Courts will
begin September sessions one week
from Monday.
Mynard Peterman of Nordmont
spent Tuesday and Wednesday in
the county seat.
Harold Hitter, who has been in
Lebanon for the past summer, has
returned home.
C. J. Pen nock, wife aud daugh
ter Jean have returned to their
home in Kennett Square.
Prof. J. J. Cummiugs of Towan
da started a dancing class in Ber
niee Wednesday evening.
W. A. Petrikin and family have
returned to Muiicy after a couple
months' recreation in Laporte.
Alvin llunsicker and wife and
Miss Edna Hunsicker, of New
York, motored from Eagles Mere i
Tuesday and spent the day with
Miss Fannie Meylert.
Miss Mears. who has been spend
ing the summer with her friend,
Harriet Grimm, returned to her
home in Portage, Friday. Miss
Grimm accompanied her and will
teach at that place the coming win
ter.
Newsistically speaking a man's
best friend is the one who hands in
the news item. We know quite a
lot but when we overhear someone
say: "There isn't a word about our
visitors in this paper," we cannot
help wishing we were a mind read
er and could get a peep at every
body's brain once a week.
The Borough schools opened
Monday with a large enrollment of
scholars. The high school contains
the following out of town pupils:
tfay II ess, Nellie Hunter, Freda
lines, Hattie Traugh, Iva Hess
d Harry Hunter of Nordmont,
id Esther Vough of Forks To\ <-
hip.
Our subscribers have no doubt
noticed that for the past few weeks
we have printed a smaller amount
of local news than usual. As the
"Grape Nuts" advertiser frequent
ly says: "There's a reason." In
our case there are three reasons:
ncreased advertising, increased
job-work and our inabil / to se
eure qualified help. W are proud
that the first two reasons are ac
knowledgements. by the people of
this community, of their apprecia
tion of our jobbing ability and the
value of our columns as an adver
tising medium, but we are sorry
that for a short time we are obliged
to weaken the news value of our
publication. However we are busy
on a plan whereby we will be able
o give a still l>etter news service
an heretofore ami until this plan
in working order we beg our
aders to bear with us and lie as
red of a better and more alter
ing News Item in the future.
EDITOR.
Morgan Sanders of Baltimore,
has returned home after spending
a few days here.
M. E. Church; Labor Sermon
next Sunday at 10:30 a. m. La
boring men are urged to attend.
Everybody cordially invited.
B. F. Crossley, son of Mr. and
Mrs. F. M. Crossley of this place,
an employe in the Dushore Bank
left Friday for Mount Clemmins,
Mich., to receive treatment for in
flammatory rheumatism.
Prof. L. L. Ford ami family re
turned Tuesday to Philadelphia,
after spending the summer in their
cottage, "Mokoma Place." They
were preceeded on September 1, by
the members of"Camp Mokoma."
Mr. Ford and family and his jolly
crowd of youthful campers will be
greatly missed in Laporte.
THE Fo¥s?LLE FAIR.
The annual fair of the Sullivan
Count}' Agricultural Society will
be held on the grounds at Forks
ville on October 4, 5, (>, and 7.
This fair promises to be better than
any of previous years and a much
larger attendance than ever before
is expected.
Among the attractions there will
be athletic events on Wednesday
and base-ball on Thursday and
Friday. These features alone are
worth much more than the price of
admission as Sullivan County can
boast of some fine athletes and ball
players who have the ability to
put up an interesting exhibition of
the various sports.
The merry-go-round will also be
there to delight both young and old.
Many other new and up-to-date
attractions will be open for the
fair goers.
A new stock barn much superior
to the old one has been erected by
the Society. Increased premiums
will be paid this year for exhibits.
For premium list address O. X.
Molyueux, Secretary, Dushore, Pa.
Hurglars Visit Hotel Bernard.
On Thursday night of last week
four rooms at Hotel Bernard were
entered by burglars and a small
amount of money and two watches
stolen from the occupants. Both
watches were taken from third
floor rooms belonging to Charles
Caster of New Albany and Eijw.
Van Pelt. Little loot was obtained
from the other rooms entered
From the fact that no attempt
was made to crack the safe nor en
ter rooms which were locked, it is
thought that the miscreant was but
an ordinary sneak thief who was
probably in the building at closing
time. A fob from one of the stolen
watches was found next day in the
street near the hotel.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
First National Bank of Laporte.
at Lai>orte, in the State of Pennsylvania
a» the close of busiuess Sept. 1, 1910.
KESOT'RCKS.
Loans ami discounts 36,423 99
Overdrafts, secured aud unsecured 52 Ift
I'.S. Bonds to secure circulation ti,-<>ooo
Premiums on U. S. Bonds 78 56
Bonds, securities, etc 97(J Oil
Banking house, furniture aud fixtures... 8,306 10
Due from National Banks (not reserve
agents) I:i9:t9
Due from approved reserve agents 7,966 19
Checks and other Cash Items 1:19 09
Notes of other National Banks 195 00
Fractional paper currency, nickels and
cents 3*26 HI
LAWFUL MONEY RESERVE IN BANK, VIZ:
Specie S3,6ftM lft
Legai-tendernotes.. 1,2ft0 00 4,90X1ft
Kcdemption fund with U. S. Treasurer
(5 per cent of circulation) 312 ftO
'l'otal »06,0«9 19
LIABILITIES.
Capital slock paid lb tr>,ooo 00
Surplus Fund 7fto 00
I'udivided profits, less expenses anil
taxes paid 292 91
National hank notes outstanding 6,250 00
Due toother National Banks
Individual deposits subject to check JX.XhI 31
Time certificates of deposit 4,831 ftft
Certified Checks 46 67
Cashier's checks outstanding 10 7ft
Total *66,069 19
State of Pennsylvania, fouuty of Sullivan, ss :
I, Edward Lailley, Cashier of the above-named
liank, do solemnly attlrm that the aliove state
uieut is true to the best of ray knowledge and
belief. EDWARD LADLI.Y, Cashier.
Subscribed aud attlrmed to before rae this 3ro
day of Septemlier, 1910.
ALBERT F. HEESS, Prothouotary.
CORRECT ATTEST :
W. C. MASON,
F. W. MEYLEKT
K. J. MULLEN.
Directors.
THE YOUNG MAN FROM
WYOMING
AT EAGLES MERE.
A SULLIVAN COUNTY NOVELETTE.
BY THOMAS J. INGHAM.
"They were soon in marching order, and started towards
the head of the valley. As they were leaving I heard a man
asking for some smart boy togo with him. Some one saw
me and said, 'Here, Terry, here is just such a boy as you want.' •»
" 'All,' said Terry, 'I know him; he's a soldier boy and
not afraid. I'll take him.'
"At this moment my mother came up quickly and said
anxiously, 'What do you want with my boy, Mr. Terry?'
" 'Not to take him into any danger, Mrs. Lessingham,'
answered Mr. Terrv; 'I am to remain on guard a half mile or
so up the road, and I want a boy to send back with news if we
get any.'
" 'He may go,' said my mother, 'at such a time as this no
one must shirk.'
"Mr. Terry walked away with a quick step, and I had to
trot a little to keep up. The place he stopped at was on our
farm, on a little elevation where he could see a long distance
over the low flats. As we stood there he told me he had been
out the clay before and all night on a scouting party, and the
returned tired out, and that was the reason he had not gone
with the men.
"I said, 'Mr. Terry, do you think they w ill have a battle?"
" 'Yes, they will,' he replied, 'a hard one.'
" 'Will our men beat 'em?'
"'I hope so,' lie answered, 'but it was a bad move to
leave the fort. There are more British and Indians than they
think. I saw enough of them myself yesterday. I told Col.
Butler and he believed me, but Capt, Stewart made light of it.
Our men will fight bravely, and I pray to God they may be
successful.'
"He sat down wearily and rested his head upon his hands,
saying, 'Now look sharp with your bright eyes, and keep both
ears open while I take a little nap. Don't let me sleep long.'
"I felt as if the safety of the fort was dependent upon me,
and looked with keen glances in all directions, but no living
soul appeared in sight. I only heard the twittering of birds,
and the tinkling of a cow-bell by which I knew old Brindle
was pasturing down by the creek. The time thus passing
seemed long, but I think it must have been less than an hour
when I heard a distant gun. It- was not loud, but Mr. Terry
sprang to his feet in an instant. Then we heard more guns,
and then a deep, fearful sound which l did not understand.
Mr. Terry said, 'The Indian war whoop,' and added, 'You
may run up to the fort now and tell tlieni the battle has com
menced. '
"I made haste to the fort, and when the sentinel saw me
he opened the gate and Iran in. I had only breath to say,
'They are fighting; I heard the Indian war whoop.' They all
crowded around me to hear more, but I could not acid much
to what I had already said. There was great anxiety in the
fort for I should think an hour before any further news came.
Then Mr. Terry came with a wounded man, who had ridden
from near the battlefield on a horse, lie said we had lost the
battle; that our men were taken by surprise and thrown into
confusion, and fairly surrounded by superior numbers; that
some had fought their way through and escaped, but many
more had been taken prisoners, and as near as he could make
out had been murdered in cold blood afterwards, lie said he
felt sure he heard the shrieks and groans of prisoners who
were being torture*'.
"Every little while after that some wounded or exhausted
soldier would reach the fort, and all confirmed the sad report.
After awhile Col. Butler and Capt. Dennison came in with a
small squad of soldiers. While one flank of our little army
was being surrounded, these men fell back into thick woods
and defended themselves from behind trees until their pur
suers left them, and then by a circuitous route returned to the
fort. I heard Capt. Dennison say, 'lt was death to surrender;
we saved our lives by fighting.'
CHAPTER NINE.
"The sun sank behind the western mountain, and the
clear round moon rose over the top of the mountain on the
opposite side of the river. Calm, placid moon! As I looked
upon it I little realized what fearful scenes of murder were
being enacted in its pale light two or three miles from us.
Within the stockade it looked upon pain and anguish, and grief
and terror. No one slept. I felt anxious to find out as much
as I could about the situation, and went as close as I could to
a group of soldiers who were consulting. Col. Butler, Capt.
Dennison, Mr. Terry and others were there. I finally heard
them say the fort would have to be surrendered the next day.
Afterwards I heard Col. Butler tell another man that they
would leave the fort at daybreak and cross the river to Wilkes-
Barre. I told mother what I had heard. She said decidedly,
4 I won't be surrendered; when the gate opens at break of day
we will be ready togo out. If the canoe is where we left it*
we can easily escape.'
"We had no preparations to make, but mother took us
near the gate, and watched for it to open. As we sat there
waiting I said, 'Mother, can't we take Mattie and Mrs. Orri
son with us?'
" 'Yes, she answered, 'we can take them if they will go,
but I don't think the widow will go.'
" 'Why not?' I asked.
" 'You will see why/ she said. 'You just go and ask
Mattie and her mother to come with us.'
"I went with alacrity and soon found her. They had no
near friends in the battle, but the widow was weeping and
ringing her hands saying, 'Oh, Lord, save us! Oh Lord,
save us! We shall be kille*l! I know it—l feel it. Oh, the
horrible scalping knife! Oh, how can I stand it! Mattie's
beautiful hair may be—Oh, dear, it's too dreadful to think of!
Lord, save us! Lord, save us!'
"Mattie was trying l»ier best to soothe her and told her
Mr. Terry said they would be safe if they remained in the fort.
As soon as I could get a chance to speak I told Mrs. Orrison
that we were intending to leave the fort, and had a canoe and
could take her and Mattie with us.
"When she understood me she fairly screamed: 'Want
tu get me out of lhe fort to be murdcrexl? How can you be so
cruel? Haven't 1 used you well? Why do you want the In
dians to kill me? No, no, we'll stay here, -we'll stay here.
Mr. Terry says we'll be safe in the fort. Oh, Lord, save us!
Lord, save us! And then she sobbed and wrung her hands in
an agony of terror, and I perceived I could not do anything
with her. By this time the short summer night had nearly
passed, and we saw Col. Butler and several others getting
ready to leave the fort, so we stood ready togo out with them.
Mattie came and with tears in her eyes said, 'Good-bye,' and
kissed mother and 'Cretia, and as she shook my hand 1 put up
my 1 ips and she kissed me tenderly, too. 1 long remembered
that sweet kiss, but>J did not quite like the remembrance that
she had to stoop down to kiss me. ,
(To be continued.)
Summer Knit Underwear.
i
If you have light Summer Underwear to buy, we are showing souae
values that are cheap.
Ladies' low neck, short sleeves and sleeveless vests, lOe, 12jc, 15c, 25c.
Ladies tine Swiss ribbed gauze vests, extra value, for 50c -to #1 00-
Mens' Imlhriggan shirt and drawers, shirts have either long or short
or long sleeves, foi 25c to 50c.
Children's summer knit underwear in all qualities and at right prices.
Corsets For All Figures
Every figure has its appropriate corset. Our sales ladies use
the greatest care and the utmost patience iu securing the right
corset for the right figure. Some brands are suited to stout tig
ures, others to slender figures. Try us for your next corset.
Curtain Nets, 12 l-2c to 75c. White Dress Skirts, 95c. La
dies' Petticoats, 50c. Misses' Long Oats, $- r >. Linene Coat
Suits. $2.95. White Shirt Waists, $1.95. Children's Wash
Dresses, 95c. All Qualities of Silk Umbrellas.
Ladies' Black Pttticoats.
Made from Mercerized fabric that has the finish of Heather
bloom and will wear just as long. They have a deep corded
and ruffled you nee. if 1.00, $2.25, $1.50 and $2.00.
SHOPBELL DRY GOODS CO.,
313 PINESTREET,
WILLIAMSPORT - PENN'A.
Kills Wife as Child Looks On.
With his eight-year-old daughter
pulling and begging him not to kill
her mother George D. Deiry, a mo
rocco work< r, aged forty years, killed
his wife almost instantly at their
home. G22 West Second street, Wil
mington, Del., by almost severing her
head with a razor.
Elizabeth, the little daughter, wit
nessed the tragedy, and when hor
father turned and allowed his wife's
form to fall to the lloor, she ran fran
tically from the room and down to the
lower rooms, where she screamed for
help.
Ait«r leaving the house Immediately
after the tragedy, Deiry lighted a cigar
with the utmost unconcern, but when
he got to the street the news of the
affair had reached some of the neigh
bors he had to flee. He ran into the
drug store of Mayor J. Harvey Spru
ance, at Second and Monroe streets,
where he was arrested by a police
man.
Mrs. Deiry was dressing in her bed
room when her husband entered. Lit
tie Elizabeth had been assisting her
acid they paid no attention to Deiry
when he entered. A quarrel that bad
been renewed between the husband
and wife only a few minutes before was
barely mentioned, when Deiry stepped
up behind his wife as she stood before
a mirror, pulled her head back by
grasping her by the hair a4l pulled
the razor once across the left side of
her neck.
Old Laws Against Smoking.
Prussia's laws at one time inflicted
penalties for smoking, not only in rail
way carriages, hut in any public place.
In 18-10 the prohibition was so far re
laxed as to allow cigar smoking in the
streets, provided the lighted end of
the cigar was protected by a kind of
wire cage, which was supposed to ob
viate the risk of flre from flying
sparks. This was soon found to be an
unworkable regulation, and after end
less petitions the government allowed
the smoking of naked cigars in public.
But until 1848 any smoker retaining
his pipe or cigar in >his mouth when
passing a sentry or an officer in uni
form was liable to a term of Imprison
ment.
liraaiM Hundreds of rears Ago.
In manuscripts of the ninth and
tenth centuries we have pictures of
cradles formed of part of a tree trunk
dug out, with holes bored through the
sides for the passage of straps Intend
ed to tie the baby down In Its bed.
These dugout cradles are still common
in modern Greece. When we come to
consult the manuscripts and bas-re
liefs of the fifteenth century we notice
that the cradles are no longer mere
baskets or beds on rockers, but little
swinging beds suspended between two
pillars.
The Burning Question.
Venus was rising from the sea.
"Great Jupiter!" cried the men as
they crowded the beach. "How did
you lose your arms?"
Hut the women never noticed the
arms.
"In the name of all that Is wonder
ful," they chimed, "how do you keep
your hair In curl in salt water?"—
Judge.
Crank Calls Roosevelt a Liar.
A rough. dirty looking man, wear
ing a battered derby hat, and with a
two days' growth of beard on his face,
Jammed his nay through the crowd at
Inland park, at Fargo, N. D., where
Mr. Roosevelt spoke, and demanded
an audience.
It was Just at the conclusion of the
colonel's speech to the laboring men
of the west. On the platform from
which Mr. Roosevelt had spoken were
fully 15U0 persons. They didn't know
what it hll meant.
"I've a question to ask."he yelled,
as he pressed closer to the colonel. "I
want to speak to you." Mr. Roosevelt,
thinking that the stranger was a la
boring man who wished to make him
self clear on some point in the ad
dress, asked him what he wanted.
"Who is paying for this trip of
yours?" the stranger cried.
"Who's paying for it?"
The colonel was very angry then,
and he glared fiercely.
"That Is a very impertinent ques
tion," replied Mr. Roosevelt. "I don't
mind telling you, however, that the
Outlook Magazine, with which I am
connected, is paying for it."
The rough intruder stepped closer
to Mr. Roosevelt, while the crowd
stood and gasped. There were no po
licemen nour.
"It's a lie; I tell you a lie," the man
shouted. "The nation is paying for It.
Tho country is doing it."
The colonel saw in a flash that the
man was a socialist and probably a
demented socialist. He rushed towards
him, grabbed the man's right arm and
jerked it upwards, wrenching it as he
did so. He pushed the intruder back
from him in no gentle manner and con
tinued to push him so that the man
had droppe< to the ground. The, man
disappeared in the crush befote an
officer hove in sight.
James R. Keene 111.
James R. Ketne, the noted New
York financier and horseman, was
takon seriously ill with pneumonia at
the I'hoenix hotel, in Lexington, Ky.
Physicians were summoned, and hia
brother-in-law, Major F. A. Oainger
fleld, hurried over to the scene in an
automobile from his couutry estate at
Casteleton. near Lexington.
Mr. Keene arrived here from New
York, accompanied only by his valet.
After an examination physicians
announced Mr. Keene's condition to
bo serious. His relatives in the east
have been telegraphed and are Uurry
Ing to bis bedside.
Woman Mob's Victim.
Dangling from a trestle lust outside
Oraceville, Ha., were found the bodieg
of Kd Christian, colored, charged with
shooting Deputy Sheriff Allen Burns,
and Hattie Bowman, also colored.
She had been arrested on the charge
af being Implicated In the crime.
Wig Dressing.
Not everybody who can dress a head
of real hair becomingly can comb a
wig with equal success. There Is a
special knack In wig dressing. In some
shops where wax figures abound one
or two of the employees are trained la
the art of wig dressing and combine
that with their other duties at a slight
Increase of salury, but in most places
the entire business Is intrusted to pro
fessional wig dressers.