Republican News Item. VOL. XVI. NO. 22 THE ONLY PAPER PUBLISHED AT THE COUNTY SEAT OF SULLIVAN COUNTY, PROFESSIONAL CARDS. j| IJ3 a'TJ'JJU rMr l rVHfWr'l fRANCIS W. MEYLERT, j Attomey-at-Law. Office in Keeler'a Block. LAPORTE, Sullivan County, PA. £ J. MULLEN, Attorn ay-at-Law. LAPORTK, PA OrriOß IB CODBTT BDILDIBB RBAR COURT BOBiB. J H. CRONIN, HOTART PUBLIC, orrica oa MAW BTHBBT. DUSIIORB. PA First National Bank OF LAPORTE, PA. Capital - - - $35,000.00 Transacts a general banking businrss. J. L. CHRISTIAN KDW. LAIU.KY President. Cashier. 3 per cent interest paiil on time deposits, ACCOUNTS SOLICITED. After Forty-seven Years Letter Returns. John Madden of Packer avenue, Towaiula lias just received a letter written by him to his wife from Fortress Monroe during the Civil War. Where the letter has been all these 47 years is a mistry. During the Civil War Mr. Mad den served with the Third Pa. Heavy Artillery and for a time was stationed at Fortress Monroe. Recently he received a letter that had been mailed to him, with the postmark of Towanda on the en velope. He opened it, read partly through and then stopped with amazement, for he realized that he was reading a letter he wrote to his wife 47 year ago. Where the , letter has been during the inter vening years, lie does not know. When received, it was addressed to him and his present address was on the outside. It had been mailed to him in a different en velope from the one which he origionally sent to his wife and on the outside there was no stamp. It is probable that the letter was received by the wrong person and was mislaid. And when it was j found the finder decided to return it to the sender. Mr. Madden says that the letter brings back to him memories of the Civil War and of Fortress Monroe and he fullji recalls all that sur rounded the writing of the long lost letter.Towanda. Review. Our Big Bargain. 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General job work and repairing In all branches, prompt and skillfully executed Samuel Cole, - Dushore, Pa. ] Kile********»»-***■*********** I LOCAL NEWS j if COUNTY SEAT NEWS TOLD 112 | IN BREEZY PARAGRAPHS. * **-*#&*■*■■* ■* ******* N.ni; (iencral Election November 7, 1911. Roy Jennings of Estella autoed to this place Monday. Lloyd Fairman of Sonestown 'was in Laporte Sunday. Wm. Bogart was a business man in the County Seat Saturday. Mrs. F. 11. Ingham spent Satin - day shopping in Williamsport. Miss Marie Petennan visited her parents near Nordniont Sunday. Ulysses Bird has moved his fam ily from Forksville to Arena X. Y. J. I'. Bahl moved his family to Onshore the fore part of the week. C. .1. Brink of Kagles Mere was a business man in town last Satur tlay. J. P. Bahl made a business trip to Knoxvillo the latter part of last week. Ellery Carpenter has accepted a position with the engineer corps at Lopez. Ellery and Henry Carpenter re turned from the Bloomsburg fair Monday. N. O. Tarbox and Julius Na vara were up from Nordniont Tuesday. Morgan Qavitt of Sonestown was transacting business in town Saturday. Lewis Gasperine of Bridgeport, Conn., visited friends in Laporte last week. Albert A. Porter of Sonestown was a business man at the Count}' Seat Monday. J. J. English of New Albany ! visited his son John at this place I the latter part of last week. Mrs. A. Stackhouse of Masten | visited her brother, Thomas E. Kennedy of this place last week. John Hileman, Jr., the popular Dushore plumber has been engaged in reparing the courthouse fur nace, F. M. Crossley and wife returned Monday evening from the Blooms burg fair and a visit to relatives in tnat section. Those Austin telephone girls who remained on duty while death stared them in the face may be re fused a Carnegie medal because they failed to state whether on not they were chewing gum at the ime. LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13 1911. ALBERT F. HEESS, ESQ. (Candidate for Prothouotary and Register and I'icorder,) Albert F. llees Esq., of Laporte, who for the past four years has so ably and satisfactorily filled the oflice of I'rothonotary, Regis ter and Recorder and Clerk of the Courts of Sullivan County, has not only received the nomination of his own party for re-election this fall, but has been signally ho.iored by receiving the indorsement of the Democrat party. This is a great tribute to Mr. llecss' ability as an otlicer and his sterling worth as a man. While Mr. Ileess' re-election is of course assured, we deem it prop er to mention some of the qualifi cations possessed by him for these important offices and tu refer to his record, not only as an otlicer, but as a citizen. Mr. Heess is a native of Sullivan County, having been born on the farm of his father, Theodore Heess in Elkland township, thirty-nine years ago. He had the common experiences of most boys reared on the farm and early learned to per form his full share of the work incident to farm life. The edu cational opportunities at hand were eagerly embraced and by the time Mr. Heess had reached early man hood he had acquired an excellent ————————— Local Items. George Gorman of Nordniont was a business man in the County ; Seat Monday. Wm. Bogart will expose his per sonal property to pudlie sale at his residence in Laporte Township on Wednesday, October 18, 1011, at ten o'clock a. in. Thomas Cavanaugh left Monday for Hamilton W. Va., where he was called on account of the illness of his brother James, who is very low with typhoid fever. The following letters remain un called for at the Laporte postoffice for month ending September .'SO, 1911: Mrs. Helen Boiee llunsing er, and Zane Manilyenjo. S. F. Phillips, wife and mother of Milton autoed to this place the fore part of last week, visiting at Dr. Randall's. They were ac companied home by Mrs. Randall. Jessie E. Camp of New Albany will be at Hotel Bernard with a full line of up-to-date millinery, on the evening of Oct. 19 and all day Thursday Oct. 20. All ladies in vited to come and inspect the goods. education. Having completed tl o ourse in th ■ local sch >ols, lie con tinued his efforts in getting an edu cation by taking a course in West town Academy, Chester County. Jle taught school successfully for some time. Having determined to engage in the practice of law, Mr. Heess took up the study of Blaekstone and in 1902 was graduated from the Columbia Law University, Washington 1). C. Ho was ad mitted to the bar of Sullivan Coun ty at September term 1902 and at once entered into partnership with Rush J. Thomson of Onshore, '1 his partnership was continued until Mr. iLeess was elected IVothono tary in 19(17. As an official, Mr, I leess bus been all that might be desired. Careful, prompt and obliging, he has made an ideal oilicer. IJis work on the County records will ever remain a tribute to his pains taking care and accuracy. In Mr. Heess Sullivan County has an of ficial and a citizen, who merits and receives the greatest respect of his fellow-citizens. The County is to be congratulated upon having him retained in ollice another term. Advertise in the News Item. Wolf Socks returned from Har risburg Wednesday. lie came by way of Austin where he viewed the remains of the Jlood disaster. F. M. Crossley returned Mon day evening from the Bloomsburg fair and left Wednesday morning to attend the Ilughesville fair. Mr. Crossley is determined not to miss any of the fairs, so here is hoping that he has a fair time at the fairs. It is reported that the Laporte tannery will not resume operations before next spring, which sure means dull times for Laporte this winter. Laporte needs and must have some new industry if it is ex pected to flourish and be anything outside the County Seat and a sum mer resort. The establishing of a silk mill would certainly be wel comed by the business men of this place. Notice Bids wanted for hauling coal foi Laporte Borough School for sea sons of 1!>11-12 or by the ton, Coal to Ik i delivered at the sclioo house. .fames C. Caven, Secretary Kidnapped Boy Found at Ploomsburg Fair. Seven-yearn old ''Hilly" Wil liams, kidnapped at the Towanda Fair about two weeks ago, as it is alleged by O. Pebee and Ernest Al bright who drove to the Fair with a joke of oxen, was located last Friday at Pebee's tent at the Bloomsbnrg Fair by a Towanda de. tective who went there in search of the child. Pebee was arrested and taken to Towanda and last •Saturday a detective went to York to alTect the arrest of Albright, who is supposed to be at thai place. Chief of Police Detrick received i telegram early in tin* week to ;eep an eye out for a kidnapped oy, who would be with a party riving an oxen team to the fair, ilenry Carpenter of this place vitnessed the arrest of Pebee. Those Keystone Voters. Tli > Now Albany Mirror says: it was made plain before the pri maries that a voter who cast a Keystone ballot last year could legally vote nothing but a Key stone ticket at the primaries this year. To do otherwise is a crimi nal offense with a heavy fine and imprisonment or both. Still hun dreds of voters violated the law, took chances of escaping the penal ty, and we are sincerely sorry for them. Today there are several thousand patriotic citizens in this country who can pat themselves on the back and say, "1 am a crimi nal, if what 1 did at the polls, last year and this year could be proved, I would have to pay a thousand dollars line and mabe have togo to jail in the bargain". There is A Hereafter. The late lamented Pill Nye once said: "Do not attempt to cheat an editor out of his year's sub scription to his paper, or any other .sum. Cheat the minister, cheat everybody, but if you have any re gard for future consequences, don't fool the editor. You will be put up for ollice some time, or want some public joy for yourself or friends, and when your luck is a thing of beauty, a joy forever, the editor will open upon you, and knock your castles into a cocked hat at the first fire. He'll subdue you and then you will cuss your stupidity for a driveling idiot; go hire some man to knock you down and kick you for falling." Baptist Convention. Enjoy a few days outing by at- I tending the State Baptist Conven tion to be held in Reading, Oct. 17- 10. Some excellent topics will be discussed. You can get special j railroad rate by applying to Rev. >• C. W. Walker, Clarion, Pa., and enclosing a two cent stamp for re » p'y. FIRST NATIONAL BANK, HTJO-HZES-STTLIJIII, JPJL. CAI'IfAL STOCK $50,000 W. C. FRONTZ President. Surplus and FRANK A. REEDF.R, Cashier Xet Profits 75,000 ' DIRECTORS: Transacts a General Wni - Frontz, John C. Laird, C. W. Sonofl, Banking Business. w - c - Fro,lt *< Fra,,k A.Reeder, Jacob Per, Lyman Myers, W. T. Reedy, Peter Frontz, | Accounts oflndivid- j A a Ball) John Bull . uals and Firms solicited. Safe Deposits Boxes for Rent, One Dollar per Year. 3 per cent. INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS. 75C PER YEAR JOHN B. ENGLISH, EDITOR Tied For Judge. Maxwell and Fanning are tied for the Republican nomination i'or Judge of Bradford County, each 'uiving received 2o(51 votes. The law makes it plain that in Capo of a tie the candidates for for Judge receiving the tie vote shall cast lots before the Secretary of the Commonwealth, and the <