Republican News Item'
B. M. VANDYKE, Editor-
PUBLISHED FRIDAYS
By The Sullivan Publishing Co
At the County Seat of Sullivan County.
IiAPOBTE. PA.
Entered at the Post Office at Laporte, at)
second-class mail matter.
-i .:: 3 r,v\:r< represented for fohcigm
ADVERTISING BY THE
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GENERAL OFFICES
NEW YORK AND CHICAGO
BLANCHES IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITILS
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.
I hereby announce myself as candidate
tor the nomination for the otllce of Slier
ill of Sullivan County, subject to the lie
puhlican rules.
W. If. KIDDLE,
Feb. 24, 1911. Klkland Township.
1 hereby announce myself as candi
date for the nomination for the office of
Kherill of Sullivan County, subject to the
Rules of the Republican l'arty.
FRED W. SCH AN BACH EIL
March, 1, 1911. Forksville, Pa
I hereby announce myself as candidate
for the nomination lor the office of Com
missioner of Sullivan County subject to
the rules ol the Republican Party.
FRANK STRICKLAND,
March. 17, 1911. Hillsgrove, Pa.
I hereby announce myself as a candi
date tor the nomination lor the office of
Commissioner of Sullivan Connlv, subject
to the rules ol tlie Republican Party.
A. A. LUDY.
Mar. 24, 1911. Hillsgrove Pa.
Judges Salary Bill.
Governor Tener last week signed
the bill increasing the salaries of
judges throughout Pennsylvania,
and the ■chief justice of the supreme
court will hereafter receive $13,500
a year, the other justices of the su
preme court 13,000; chief justice
of the superior court 512,50(1 and
associate justices 12,000; the judges
of the courts of Philadelphia and
Allegheny counties are to receive
$11,000; in counties having a popu
lation of over 250,000 the salary of
the judges will l>e $5,500; over
90,000 and under 250,000 $7,500,
and in counties with a population
under 90,000 the salary will lie 86,
000. The judges of the county of
Dauphin will receive $2,000 a year
extra, for trying the cases certified
to them under certain laws. The
total increaso for the 1151 judges in
Pennsylvania will he $221,500 a
year.
These figures sound very large to
people in rural communities and in
the smaller towns, and it must be
confessed that the salaries provided
are amply adequate. But there is
another way to look at it. For
years it has been an open secret
that our best lawyers, especially in
counties with cities within their
borders, have steadfastly refused to
accept positions on the bench.
They can make more money out of
their practice than they would
receive as judges, and when it is
considered that a fierce political
campaign is neessary in order to be
elected, where money must be spent
like water, and that a ten years
term leaves a judge out of touch
with the law practice side of the
game, and with no alternative but
to face another campaign, it is not
remarkable that the best lawyers
prefer to practice law rather than
dispense it from the bench.
Under the judicial system pre
vailing in England, and in all
British possessions, judges are
apointed by the crown, and hold
office for life or during good ho
havior. This system has many
objections, but seems to result in
justice being dispensed about as
impartially as in this country.
At any rate, in England with a
population of over 30,000,000,
there are not as many judges as in
Pennsylvania, and when a ease
comes up for trial it is disposed of
in alxnit a quarter of the time it
takes here.—Canton Sentinel.
The V. T. S. will meet at the
home of Mrs. F. W. Meylert on
Tuesday evening of next week.
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Chestnut Blight.
Owners of chestnut timber in this
section are becoming greatly al
armed over the probability of all
the chestnut trees being killed by
the blight which is sweeping over
Pennsylvania. During the past
few years this deadly fungus disease
has swept through Long Island,
acrrss New Jersey and is now
effecting Pennsylvania and oilier
adjoining states, destroying chest
nut trees worth millions of dollars.
Up to the present date no cure has
been found for the disease, although
foresters and tree experts have tried
every known remedy for fungus
diseases and have made many
experiments.
The blight seems to a fleet chest
nut trees alone. Other trees escape
unscathed. The spores which
spread the disease are blown by the
wind and carried by birds, squirrels
and other animals for miles. They
finally find a resting place in some
unprotected part of the chestnut
tree and begin their devastating
work. Once affected a tree is
doomed unless prompt, efficient
action is taken.
Exports say there lias never
been a tree disease in the United
States which approaches in serious
ness the chestnut bark disease.—>
Meshoppen Enterprise.
S. T. Murphy Sentenced.
After remaining in the county
jail at Towaiula since last Septem
ber awaiting sentence, S. T. Mur
phy has been sentenced to pay a
fine of S3OO and serve a term in
the Eastern Penitentiary of not
less than two years and three
months, nor more than fifteen
years. The charge upon which
Murphy was prosecuted is familiar
to all iu this section, l>eing rape
upon the person of an Albany
township girl, but owing to the
fact that being under the influence
of intoxicants at the time of the
criminal act, and in a measure
irresponsible, and because of his
excellent reputation previous to his
arrest on this charge, the people of
this section hope that the minimum
sentence may be given him.—, New
Albany Mirror.
SHUNK.
R. S. and Claudius Fanning are
visiting friends and relatives in
Washington, D. C.
The social given by the students
of the High School Saturday even
ing was well attended and besides
a good time good proceeds were
also reported.
Baptism was conducted here
Saturday by Rev. Wheeler.
Forest fires have been raging on
all sides for some time. A great
amount of timber and some other
property has been destroyed.
Rev. Mizener will deliver the
baccalaureate sermon in the Union
church on the evening of May 21.
Belle Rightmire and Edna
Williams are visiting at Canton
this week.
J. R. Riddle and daughter visited
Mrs. J. R. Riddle at Muncy, who
has been very ill for some time.
News reached here that on May
10 the stoi'k made a trip through
Williamsport and left at the home
of Mr, and Mrs. George Campbell,
formerly of this place, a hearty
eight pound girl.
Mrs. Charles Foster visited at
Morris Williams' Sunday.
A. E. Campbell and wife spent
the hitter part of last week in
Lewisburg and while there atten
ded a base ball game in which their
son Ifarry played an active part.
A dwelling house on the farm
of Jethro Battin near Sliunk was
totally destroyed by lire last week.
The building had liecn vacant since
early in the spring and when the
neighbors who discovered the lire
had rushed to the scene they found
every room to IK; lined with flumes.
The origin of the fire is unkown.
There was no insurance on the
property.
MUNCY VALLEY.
The primary and grammar school
closed last week. Those who were
perfect in attendance were Nellie
Jillson. Grace Betz, Kathryn
Slniltz, Hazel Myers, Jennie
Bradley, Dollie Bennett, Dorothy
Bennett, Lloyd and Floyd Jillson.
Nellie Jillson has not missed a dav
from school in live years.
Mable Moran of Laporte is
visiting relatives in this place.
Wm. Moran was a Laporte
visitor Sunday.
Mrs. Peter Jankousky left Sat
urday for a visit with her son in
Newark, N. Y.
Blanche Stackhouse is recover
ing from her recent illness.
Bert Miller was a Willianisport
caller Thursday.
Anna Stackhouse spent part of
the week with her sister Blanche in
this place.
Laura Remsnyder of Reading
is visiting her parents in this place.
Morris Wiliton burned his hand
quite severely 011 Monday.
The first quarterly conference
will be held in the M. E. church
on May 27.
Hucknell Commencement.
At the sixty-first annual Com
mencementofßucknell University,
which will occur June 18-21, the
Baccalaureate sermon will be
delivered by President Harris, the
Education Society sermon by A.
Lincoln Moore of Franklin, Pa.,
the address before the Alumni by
John Humpstone, D. D., of Brook
lyn, the Poem by Prof. Win. E.
Martin, L. H. D., and the annual
address by President George E.
Horr of Massachusetts.
F. P. Ingham Family Driven
Out by Fire.
A lire which occurred in the
live-story apartment house at 370
St. Nicholas Avenue, New York
City, caused a lively time for the
inmates among whom was the
family of Ellery P. Ingham. The
(ire started at an early hour in the
morning and had gained suflicient
headway before being discovered
that escape was difficult. A New
\ irk Daily says of the affair:
Policemen Fleming, Singer and
Casey made a human ladder of
themselves after rescuing Joseph
Schumacher, seventy years old,
and his aged wife, who were threat
ened with suffocation in the base
ment of No. JJ7O St. Nicholas
avenue during a lire which started
in the live-story apartment house
early today.
Mounting each other's shoulders,
the policemen climbed up to the
first lloor lire-escape balcony on
tfie north side of the building.
Meining smashed the windows with
his nightstick as lie went from
landing to landing warning the ten
families in the house. The panic
stricken tenants fled to (he lire es
capes.
The policemen did heroic work,
helping down at least twenty live
helpless and frightened women and
children On (lie south side of the
building where there are no lire es
capes, several cool headed men
threw shutters and ladders across
the four foot areawav separating
the blazing building from the one
next door. Men, women and
children clambered over these sha
ky bridges to windows of the next
house.
Court Notes.
May term of the Sullivan County
Courts was still in session up to
the time of going to press. Follow
ing is given a partial account of
the proceedings up to date.
The case of commonwealth
versus Avery T. Mulnix, on charge
of violating fish laws l>y polluting
the stream on which his saw mill
sets, was tried l>y the Court with
out a jury. The defendant \vas
discharged. Case of common
wealth versus Melvin W. Lewis on
same charge as above was con
tinued.
Commonwealth vs. Ceo. Swank
on charge of assault with intent to
kill: Grand Jury find not a true
hill; prosecutor to pay costs. In
the case of adultery against the
same defendant lie was found
guilty as indicted.
The case against the alleged
murderers of the Italian section
boss at Bern ice was continued.
In the case of Commonwealth vs
Geary Porter on charge of rape and
adultery the jury was out fill of
Wednesday night and part of
Thursday forenoon, finally return
ing a verdict of "not guilty."
The ease of G. W. Bigger versus
John Manuel, Plea, "Non-Assiunp-j
sit," etc., was brought on trial
Thursday morning and was still on
at the time of this writing.
WIRE SAFETY BARREL
FOR SPRING BONFIRE.
Danger of Flames Spreading While
Burning Leaves Is Avoided.
Nino out of ton fires in tbo early
spring and fall are caused from the
spreading of open bonfires. A new ar
rangement is to construct a wlro cono
llko barrel, fill It with debris, or what
ever else you want to burn, and set
flro to tho contents.
The barrel is a simple affair, con
structed of chicken wlro staked iuto
CONELIKE BAHItEL TO BURN LEAVES IN.
tho ground by means of clothespins.
The height of the barrel Is tho width
of the wire, aud the edges aro fastened
together by twisting the ends of wire
around each other. The improvised
safety barrel may bo used repeatedly,
as it is strictly fireproof.
SCHOOL CHILDREN FORM
BRIGADE TO CLEAN TOWN
Chicago Girls and Boys With Rakes
and Brooms Make Dirt Fly.
An army of forty Chicago "regu
lars," armed -with rakes, hoes and
sticks with sharp points, aro waging
a fierce warfare on dirty, blowing pa
pers and rubbish that may be lying
around on vacant lots. And maybe
you will find a crowd of "rookies"
who have hopes of some day belong
ing to the "regulars."
Tho "regulars" are tho bona fido
members of tho Junior Civic leaguo
nnd are all pupils in the eighth grade
of the Park Manor school. They are
the only ones eligible to the organiza
tion. The undergrades can only come
in as "recruits" or "volunteers."
Every Friday the members of the
league go into executive session. A
plan of the day's campaign is then
outlined. Tho general draws his
maps, and the lieutenants are assigned
their duties. Tho army, girls and all,
then inarches down to tho school
arsenal in the basement, where the
artillery of rakes and brooms and hoes
is stored. There is a final command,
and tho battle begins.
The league has been organized for
two years and is declared to be one of
tho most effective organizations of its
kind in the state. In fact, there Is
not known to be any similar organiza
tion in the country.
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Here's a Real Business Boomer.
The Merchants and Manufacturers'
Association of Philadelphia is going to
make tho tl.lrd of its "trade booming"
excursions a record breaking event.
Seventy-five of the members will start
on May 2 In a solid steel Pullman car
outfit and spend four days in visiting
the smaller towns within a radius of
200 miles. They will spend their en
tire time on the train, except when
holding receptions in the towns visited.
They will be provided with sleeping
cars, dining cars and club car accom
modations, the train being practically
a traveling men's hotel of the highest
type.
No samples will be carried, but at
each town tho trade boomers will
meet the merchants of the place, giv
ing them an opportunity to become per
sonally acquainted with the heads of
the Philadelphia firms, an opportunity
many of them have not heretofore en
joyed, although probably having dealt
with each other for years.
"Nosas Which Suffer."
Tho latest organization for public 1m
provement in Franco bears tho name
of "L'Association des Nez Qui Souf
front," or "Tho Association of Noses
Which Suffer." Its object is unceas
ing warfare against unpleasant odors,
and in this category aro placed not
only gasoline fumes and such nui
sances, but also musk and other pene
trating perfumes.
The name of the society will strike
tho outside world as a most valuable
asset. It is much more appealing than
the blunt businesslike appellations of
most of our reform organizations. It
is a recognition of the power of im
agery even In the everyday aff.-irs of
life. We might well adopt the label.
"I.es Nez Qui Souffrent" in some of our
own reforms.
Town May Furnish Free Water.
The Lockport (N. Y.) board of trade
Is discussing the matter of giving free
and unlimited water to manufactur
ers, business men. residences and, In
fact, to every user of that necessary
commodity within Its corporoto limits.
It will do so with the idea of Inducing
new Industrie* to locate there.
:M. BRINK'S
PRICES For This Week.
ton 100 11,
I Corn Meal 21.00 1.20
i Cracked Corn 24.00 1.20
i Corn 24.00 1.20
• Sacks each Or with privilege of
, ret timing without expense to me.
' Schumacher Chop 24.00 1.25
; Wheat Hran 25.50 1 AO
Fancy White Midds. 30.00 1.00
iOil Meal 36.00 1.'.10
| < Jluton 2(5.00 1.35
A Haifa. Meal 25.0 » 1.30
Oyster Shells 10.00 00
Choice Cottonseed Meal 31.00 1.00
Beef Scrap 3.00
Oats per hu. .45
Charcoal 50 ll> sack .00
Oyster Shells " 35
140 Hi hag Salt coarse or line .50
s(i lh hag Salt 25
Huckwheat Flour 2.20
Slhuniacher Flour sack 1.50
Muney '• "1.15
" per hl.l, 4.40
Spring Wheat " " 1.00
Potatoes per hu. .50
Veal Calves wanted on Monday,
I uesday and Wednesday. Live
. fowls and chickens on Wednesday.
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either locally or traveling. Now is
the time to start. Money in the
work for the right men. Apply at
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