Financial Statement of Laporte Township- Financial statement of Laporte Township Koad Funds ending Dec. sth mi. To amt. of indebted ness, audit of Mch. 6th, 1911 .-...51,500.86 To temporary 10an... 900.00 By arnt. paid on tem porary loan $700.00 To amt. due treasurer 44.98 By amt. at indebted ness $2,045.84 $2,745.84 $2,745.84 Minard Peterman, Overseer of Poor, in account with Laporte Towushii ending Pec. sth, 1911: To amt. on hand last audit $ 93.63 To amt. received Geo. Karge, Coll. 114.10 By bills paid: Shed Peterman (rent) C. Broschart .* $ 26.011 E. Emig (state hospital) 68.50 Auditing 2.80 Bal. paid P. Peterman, suc cessor 107.23 3 days service 6.00 $209.73 $209.73 Harvey A. Hess, Overseer of Poor, in account with Township, ending Dec. », 1911: To amt. recived of E. L. Sweeny $ 36.00 To amt. received of Geo. Karge 401.71 To amt. received of Geo. Karge 287.49 By bills paid: Geo. H ess(work) C. Broschart $ 4.25 E. Speary (work) C. Broßchart 6.00 Xordmont, Supply To. (sup plies) C. Broschart 132.63 7 daya service 14.00 Bal. due overseers from last audit 22.25$ Bal. in oversers hands 246.07 $425.20 $425.20; Disbursements of Koad Funds of Laport Township ending Dec. 5, 1911: To amt. of orders drawn $2,775.28 By'repairs and maintenance Of road $952.03 By repairs on bridges and cul verts .V 145.00 By machinery, tools ,et<f. 299.52 j By salaries of readmasters... 258.91 By expenses of supervisors... 96.90 By stationery, etc 12.5» By prothonotary fees 5.20! By auditing and statement... 8.00 By attorney fees 30.60 By temporary loans paid 706.60 By maintaining water trough. 9.80 By interest paid 146.55 By damage case, Fred Hunter. 87.6( By witnesses, Fred Hunter cage 24.75 $2,775.28 $2,775.2j Morgan Gavitt, Treasurer of Reai Funds, fa account with Laporte Town ship ending Dec. sth, 1911: To amt. received of j M. Flyna, Treas., £ March 6th. 1911.. $ 96.79 7 To amt. received of tt. Karge, C01i... 16.00 Tb amt. received of §Pv- 1W I.aport Bank 297.06 , To amt. received of f t JB L. R. Savltt 200.60 2 To amt. received of 0 ™ G. Karge. C 011... 1,023.79 5, \ To amt. received of 1 F. H- Inghagn 100.00 To aipt. received of Laporte Bank ... 896.00 To amt. received of S. L. Sweeny .. 106.00 To amt. received of State appropriate 864.22 To amt. received of G. Karge, C 011... 92.00 To amt. received of E. L. Sweeny.... 106 00 By orders redeemed $2,775.28 By Tress, sad Sec. commission 65.56 To amt. due Treas. and Sec 44 98 $2,836.78 $2.83678 Geo. Karge, Collector of Road Funds, in account with Laporte Township ending Dec. sth, 1911: To amt. due town ship last audit. . . $ 386.61 To amt. of dupli cates of road and special road tax.. 1,925.34 By amt. paid, s%'Of $1,023 79 By rebate on same 53.87 By commission on same. $0.71 By amt. paid 1910 tax 16.00 By amt. paid even 992.00. By commission on same 4.56 By land returns 19.12 By amt due township 1,071.96 $2,311.95 $2,311.95 We, the undersigned Auditors of la porte Township, having audited the above accounts find them correct to the best of our knowledge. ERNEST H. BOTSFORD, E. C. PETBKB, • Auditors. Mark Twain's Editorial. The drst paragraph Mark Twain wrote when be began his editorial du ties with the Virginia City Enterprise was this: *'A beautiful snnset made Beranger a poet, a mother's kiss made Benjamin West an artist, and 915 ■ week makes us a Journalist." Ambiguous. She— Do you prefer sn ugly woman with brains or a pretty woman without any? He—Madam. I prefer present com pany to either. (And she Is stHI wondering exactly what he meant.t— London Tatler. - Puuled Her. "Yes, George," Mid Mrs. Gollghtly argumentative, "baft If, as you say. it's so difficult to get food to the men th lighthouses Hi the winter, why do they build them in such oat of tb* way, dangerous .places?"— London Tel egraph. STATE 111 FURORE OVER ANOUTRAGE Authorities Begin Proseoution of Those Who Tarred Young Woman. Scsndal Mongers Instigste sn Infamy Which Maa Stainsd the Sunflower State and May Brook Up Many Homes —Jsil Awaits Perpetrators. Topska, Kan. —State, county and mu nicipal authorities have united In their efforts to bring to Justice the men who tarred and feathered Mary Chamberlain, a school teacher a: Shady Bend In Lincoln County. The whole state is aroused as seldom be fore in its history over the outrage which seems shrouded in a good deal of mystery. The young woman is pop ular in her home town and enjoys a good reputation. It Is reported that she was the innocent victim of jeal ous women, and it is alleged their wag ging tongues egged on the mcJ) ot men to commit the disgraceful crime. Edward Ricord, charged with tak ing the girl to a lonely spot on ihe pretense of taking her to a dance, and then leaving her to the mercy of the mob of men. who stripped off portions of her clothing and then tarred and feathered her, was tried and sentenced to 12 months in jail. Six men were arrested and charged with the crime. Every effort to unravel the mystery and get at the motive of the crime Is being made by the authorities. Six teen arrests have been made in con nection with the case. From all over the state money is being contributed to punish the offend ers. The attorney general Is pushing the prosecution with all the energy he can; and the first to contribute to a fund to see that the perpetrators are propsrly punished was T D. Coburn, Miss Mnry Chsmberlsln. aocretary of th« Kansas state hoard of agrleHlturo. The outrage has shock ed the state, has divided families in DAacoln eounty and probably will be -the mesne of breaking up many 'homes. The public prosecutor of Lln • coln county, who has made a com plete investigation of the outrage, as sorts that th« ground upon which it was baaed was entirely false. Miss Chamberlain is the daughter of Joseph Chamberlain, a retired farmer of Beverly, and had been teaching in in the country schools for several years. Partly because she Is attractive in person and inclined to be somewhat unconventional, she has been talked about by idle tongues. During the sum mer Miss Chamberlain worked a# a clerk in a store in the hamlet of Shady Bend, eight miles from IJncoln, the county seat, and a couple of miles from her home in Beverly. Goaded on by the women of Shady Bend, who tinged their husbands to drive the girl out of the place, these men and a few boys formed n plot. One of them, Ed ward Ricord, a barber, invited Miss Ohamberlain to attend a dance with him. As they drove along the high way Ricord and the girl, according to the plan arranged, were held up. RV eord fled, leaving tho girl to the "mer cies" of the mob, who, wearing masks, had assembled at the place whore it had been decided to perpe trate the outrage. Dragging the girl from the buggy, they stripped her of her clothes, threw her to the ground, and tarred her. The whole affair Is said to have had Its origin in women's gossip. Miss Chamberlain, it is deolsred, was so at traetlve and sueh n "good fellow" that the other women became jealous and indulged In slsnderous gossip. Now these women will be forced to stand trie], as well as the men they urged onto the outrage. Another report in circulation is to the effect that Miss Chamberlain "talked about" several women, and that the tarring and feath ering was n method o f punishment. The state Is Inn furore over the scandal. Money is pouring Into the of fie* of the attorney general from all over the state with urgent appeala to punish thene who have dlagraced the civllisstlon of Kansas. Locally, too. there is intense feeling. The county attorney has been threatened with tar and feathers If., he continues his prosecution of the offenders, and has laid the matter before the attorney general. The latter hsa told him to goon reanrdlean of consequences, and has . sent special attorneys to Lln eeU to aid In the prosecution. Liquor License Notices. Notice i« hereby given that the following applications for License liave been filed in my office and the ■tame will be presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Sullivan County, Penn'a., on Mon day the 12th day of February, 1912. .it two o'clock, P. M.: CHERRY TWP. Cherry M ill e. lolin K. Gross, lavern license, Dushore. Leonard Hilliert, wholesale license. Mildred. Peter 8011, tavern license, Frank K. Scliaad, distillers license, James .J. Connor, tavern license, Joseph A.llelsman. tavern license, -foh 11 Daly, tavern license, Louis Gatta, tavern license, John Totiliey, retail liquor license. Francis J. Hick, retail liquor licence, Francis 11. Fiuan tavern license, Frank 'l'. McMaliou wholesale license, E. A. McNevin who esale license, Murray. >■ c Satterfield. Patrick McGee, tavern license. COL LEY TWP. Colley. William E. Diell'enbach tavern .liceu.-e. Lopez. Louis Teitelbaum wholesale license, .James P. McGee. tavern liceiue, Steve llalahuk, tavern liceuse, Joseph llrubenak, retail liquor licence, Anthony House. taveru- license, Samuel Yarosh, retail liquor license, John Slovinski, tavern license, DAVIDSON TWP. Sonestown. Harry Basley, tavern license, Smith Bondman, taveru .license. Mimcy Valley. . Brady llouseknecht tavern license, Ellery T. Phillips. tavern license, J. William Moran, tavern license, Emmons. Mary Forbes Snore taveru license, DUSHORE BOROUGH. Thomas Carroll tavern license, Thomas W. (iahau wholesale license. Harold 11. llatton retail liquor license, York W. Stallbrd tavern license, Margaret Connor. retail liquor license, Robert MoHee, retail liquor license, Philip E.Grace. tavern licenre, Patrick J. Finan, lavern license. B. F. Saxer, retail liquor license. HILLSGROVE TWP. Hillsgrove. Thomas S. Tompkins tavern license EAGLES MERE BOROUGH. William L. ( Parmeter, tavern lieaiise, LAPORTE BOROUGH, R. W. Carpenter, tavern liceuse, John Ilasseu, Jr., taveru license. LAPORTE TWP. Norduiont. Geo. M. Fiester, taveru license, SH REWSBCRY TOWNSHIP. Eaglesmere. J. H. Stark house. tavern license, ALBERT F. UEEvSS. Clerk. Clerk's office,Laporte, Pa.. Jan, 22, 1912. niis LIFE STVEDBU MULE Macon, Mo. —A Missouri mule has added new laurels to his kind. Ac cording to the record in a case In the Macon circuit court a long-eared ani mal that tolls on an Eagle township tract for Farmer Ben Harrison, saw his neighbor, Alonso Dixon, point a deadly gun, "to-wit, a shotgun loaded with gunpowder and ball," at his mas ter. It was so sudden that Harrison had no time to dodge, but the mule stepped in the breach Just as Dftton pulled the trigger and received the load intended for Harrison. The mule did not die. He kept his body between his master * D d his as sailant until Dixon's anger cooled, and he was glad his «hot had not reached the target he aimed at. The trouble was over the drainage ditch between the men's farms. Dixon thought Harrison was encroaching on his land and went out to see about it. He got mad about It and fired at Harrison, but hit the mule. To shoot at a man with a deadly weapon is a felony, whether your but let lands or not. Information was filed indue form, and process served, and Dixon came down to Macon to let the circuit judge fix his punish ment. Harrison had sent word that he wouldn't prosecute the man who had shot at him, and that if it were neces sary to pronounce a penitentiary sen tence he hoped the court would parole him. Harrison said Dixon had a large family to provide for and that It would never do to take him away from them. Judge Shelton sentenced Dixon to the penitentiary for two years, and thei» paroled him. "I admit I was a bit hasty.' said Dixon, "and I'm mighty glad the old mule was In the way. Harrison Is a good man, and we had been friends un til that ditch matter came up." LATEST NEWS OF SONESTOWN. The clothes pin factory started full blast Monday which makes things lively in our little town. Curtis Straup began hauling logs up from Muncy Valley and has nearly 500 thousand feet to haul. Mr. Stebbins of Wellsboro was a busiuess man in town Wednesday. Curtis Straup has purchased a line team of horses from Mr. Kyuearasou of lfuntersville. Pa. While John Little was engaged in haulingJlogß for W. B. Snider, his rougliflock broke coming down Brundage hill, throwing the team about 30 feet in the air, they aligh ted in Luther Martins corn stublile which Bill Robins says is a mile and a quarter from the starting point. Daffodils. ff M. Gillies's automobile upset would John Turner? If John Converse liked limbur ger would Guss Menser? If Eagles Mere Lake should run dry would Capt. Chase it? If a ladyjjshould begin painting in Laporte would Ed. Potter ! If a cow should get on the rail road track would Alf Warner? If Smith Boiidmau's dog should tear a man to pieces would Geo. Ilasseu ? If Guss Williams quit at the Lake Side would Albeit Porter? Sheriff's Sale. By virtue of a writ of Fieri Farias issued out of the Court of Common Plets of Sullivan County, Peunsylvaui, and to me directed aud delivered, :here wiil be ex posed to public sale at the Court House in the Borough of Laporte, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, on Friday, February 9, 1912, at t«n o'clock a. m., the following described property, to wit: ' All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land situated in Davidson township, Sullivan County, Penn sylvania, described as follows : Situated qn'the outlet of Lewis Lake about oue mile above the village of Sonestown and bounded oh the North by lands of A. T. Armstrong, ou the East by lauds fo A. T. Armstrong, an the South by lands of L. H. Buck aud ou the West by lands of G. Phillips. CONTAINING one acre of land, be the surne more or less, and be ing the dame premises which Peter Swank. this defendant, purchased from Byron Campbell by deed still unrecordrd. Land all improved aud having erected thereon a frame dwelling house, together with outbuildings, Sit uated along the public road and being a desirable property. Seized, taken into execution and to be sold as the property of Peter Swank at the suit of C. A. Starr. J. G. COTT, Sheriff. Mullen, Attorney. Sheriff's Office. Laporte' Pa., Jan. 15, 1912. N. O. Tarbox of Nordmout was in Laporte Wednesday. Subscribe for the News Item. ■ A thin, pale oil distilled from if M Pennsylvania Crude Oil. IK M Feeds freely. Will not lis Lubrication j& M Without Carbon /|| ANH Beat oil for cither air-cooled IKNS INn or water-cooled machines. la\V At your dealers. If not, write sanS to ua. A teat will delight (Mgj ||t Wavtrly Oil Works C«. J|| XgSSI PITTftBUIta. PA. Alee maker* Waverly IJXjXjv Snsnß rorr 200 Pace Book— I'. Monroe Taylor. P. Monroe Taylor died at his home in Muncy Valley Friday evening, Jan. 19, after a two weeks illiness of typhoid fever, aged years. Mr. Taylor conducted a meat market at Muucy Valley, he was also a successful farmer. He leaves a wife and one son, Paul, two years old, two mourn his un timely demise. Funeral was held Monday, inter ment iu the Wood cemetery at Hughesville. Mr. Taylor was a member of the I. O. O. F. and Grangers, which organizations at tended the funeral in a body. Roll Call. Bernice and Mildred Present Sonestown Present Muucy Valley Absent K i ketts Absent Norduiont Absent Forksville Abseut Hillsgrove Abseut Remember we furnish stamped envelopes aud paper to oorresp >u deuts. Register's Notices: Notice is hereby given that the following Accounts of Executors, Administrators and Trustees have been filed in my office: First and Final Account of Lee K. Gavitt and Margaret S. Fiester, Executors of the last will and test ament of Harry M. Fiester, late of La Porte Township Deceased. And the same will be presented to the orphans Court of Sullivan County, to be held at LaPorte, Penna.. on the Twelfth day of February A. D. 1912, at 3 o'clock P M., for confirmation and allow ance, and the same shall then be confirmed Ni. Si.: and unless Ex ceptions are filed within ten days thereafter. Confirmation Absolute will be entered thereon. ALBERT F. HEESS, Register of Wills. Register's office, Laporte. Pa., January 15, 1912. The Best place to buy goods Is otten asked by the pru dent housewife. Money saving advantages are always being searched for Lose no time in making a thorough examination of the New Line of Merchandise Now on |exh"bitTon| ?????? ? ? ? ST BP IN AND ASK ABOUT THEM. Ail answered at Vernon Hull's Large Store. HILLSGROVE, PA. j§ M B jpl §§s J£<Q»£l WE handle goods tbat are cheap, but not ss^* cheap goods. We want our goods to become §B2 your goods and our store your store. If it fa jfjjgjj || Clothing, or If | - Shoes or . S to furnish man. woman or chilli up in classy, ®|si attractive and dapeodable attire, then we have just the articles you Deed. Give we a call now. §jj^jj? H MAX MAMOLEN, LAPORTE. 8g QOURT PROCLAMATION. Whmia», Hon. CiiiA.'fc, Tbkry President Judge, Honorable* Jauie* P..Miller and Dennis Keffc Assoc. Judges of the Courts of Oyer and Terminer and iieneral Jail Delivery, Quarter Sessions of the Peace, Orphans' Court and Com mon Pleas lor the County of Sullivan. have issued their precept, bearing a*,* tli. 29th day of Dec. 1311. to me directed, tor hi, .iin*- the several courts in the Borough of Lapui le. uii > . nday the I2th Jay of February 1012, at .11 o'cjom p, u, Therefore.notice is hereby giveu to tbeCoim.u, Justices of the Peace and Constables within the county, that they be then and there In their prop er |>ersou at l o'clock p. m.of said day, with their rolls, records, inquisitions examination* and other rememberances to those things to which their offices appertain to be done. And to those who are bound by their recognizance to prosecute against prisoners who are or shall be in the Jail of thesaid county of Sullivan, are hereby notified to be then and there to prosecute against them as will be Just. J. G. COTT, Jihertfl, Sheriff's Office, Lal'orie. l'a., Jan. 6,1*12. Orphans Court Notice. Notice is hereby given that the First and Final Account o! Judson Brown, Trustee for the sale of Real Estate of James Lane, late of Cherry Township, Deceased, under proceedings In Partition in the Orphans Court of Sullivan County to No. 1 February term. 1911,- has been tiled in my office. And the same will be presented to the Orphans Court of Sullivan County, to be held at LaPorte, Pa. on the Twelfth day of February A. L). 1912, at 3 o'clock p. in., for confirmation and allowance, and the same shall then be continued Ni. Si. : and Confirmation Absolute will b.; entered thereon by il .j Clerk of the Orphans Couit, unless Expectioi sin wi lung are previous ly tiled. ALBEKT F. HE EPS, Clerk of the Orphans Court. Clerk s Oflice, I,aj orte, Pa., January 1">, 191 L*. Those from tltis place *Jto attend ed the funeral of I'. Monroe Taylor Monday were: K. M . Crossley and wife, Sheriff. J. li. Cott, Joseph Carpenter, Mrs. Jauica Morau and daughter Francos and A. W. 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