~ * J# '° Ln>r *' y Republican News Item. VOL. XYI. NO. 3 9 THE ONLY PAPER PUBLISHED AT THE COUNTY SEAT OF SULLIVAN COUNTY. i PROFESSIONAL CARDS. fRANCISW. MEYLERT, Attorner-at-Law. office in Keeler'n Block. LAPORTE, Hullivan County, PA. £ J. MULLEN, Attornay-at-Law. LAPOKTK, PA orrioa M COU**T IDILDIH* naAa COURT aouia. J U. CKONIN, ATTORHKT-AT LAW, MOTART rUBLIO. orrica oa MAIB sTuaar. DUSHORK. PA First National Bank OF LAPORTE, PA. Capital - - - p 5,000.00 Transacts a general banking busiurss. J. L. CHRISTIAN KI>W. J.AUI.KY President. Cashier. 3 per cent interest paid *>n time deposits, ACCOUNT# SOLICITED. News Items Contents. The News Item Las been en larged it now ceutainsß six column pages, just twice as large as for merly. It is the second paper iu i size and the neatest appearing pap er iu Sullivan County, we have en-! larged on every feature but one. aud that is the price, which still remains the same as usual, i;> cents per year. Our location at the County Seat makes it convenient for us to oh- j tain notes of public interest con cerning the Sullivan County courts aud reports of Legal proceedings. All important news of the county j seat is published. This should be ofiuterest to all in the couuty. Our |continued stories are re ceiving the highest eoinmendatiou from hign-grade fiction readers. All the general foreign and dos mestic news is published weekly, i Our old soldier's column is; greatly appreciated by the surviv- j iug veterans of the Civil War. Each week a snapshot|is taken at State News. All Pennsylvania j gleaued for items of intereut. The New York market aud lat- j est quotations are published week ly. Intact the News Item is the! best aud newest paper iu Sullivan ] Couuty and the price is ouly 75 cents per year. Subscribe now. For Congress. 1 hereby announce myself as a candidate for Congressman of this, the Sixteenth Congressional Dis trict of Pennsylvania, subject, to the decision of the liepublicau voters of the District. Your support is earnestly solicited. Very respectfully, I. CLINTON KLINE. Sunbury, Pa., Feb. "20, 1912. FOLEYSHONETHEAR ■una Ooltfai Pravanta PnwmeeUi HARDWARE^^^^PP WHEN yon think of buying bard- P§|ip:Vv''^"iO ware you naturally ask yourself V % this question: "What kind of stove, washer, cutlery, gun,"—or —- whatever it may be—"shall I buy? jon't ponder over these things nor speud your time looking at picfc» .«« goods" mail-order catalogs. Ootne to our store aud let us solve the problem. We have a fine variety of standard goods to uhoose from When you think of HARDWARE think of COLE'S. SANITARY PLUMBING. We give special attention to Piping, Hteam, Hot Water and llo? Air Heating. General job wurk aud repairing In all branches, prompt y and skillfully executed Samuel Cole, - Dushore, Pa. Newsy Notes from Muncy Valley Mrs. J. P. Miller is on the sick list. Misses Myrtle and Lulu Arms aud Myrtle Jordan ol' Sonestown visited at the home of Murile Jillson Sunday. The Sunday School was largely attended last Sunday. McCaleu Preach of Montgomery called on relatives and friends at this place one day last week. A number of young people at tended the party of Howard Arms at Sonestowu Tuesday evening. All report a good time. Miss Murile Jillson atteuded services at Sonestown Sunday. Howard Stackhouse of Sones town called at the home of his aunt Friday evening. Mis Kathrine Bradley of Wil liamsport returned to her home at this place Monday. Floyd Jillson is on the sick list. Win. Morau is recovering slow ly f.iom his long illness.. Miss Kathryn Donovan has re turned home from Williamsport. Prof. J. R Flickinger. Prof. J. R. Flickinger, principal of Lock Haven State Normal School died on Saturday morning Feb. 17, 1012, of stomach trouble. His many friends and former pupils iu Sullivan county will greatly re gret his untimely death. His re putation as an educator was of high order. Several young persons from Sullivan Couuty are now en rolled as students at Lock Haven State Normal. EAGLES MERE. A very pleasant surprise party was giveu Mrs. Chas. Cheney Feb. 16. 1912. About 17 of her friends were present and a tine time was enjoyed by all. John Stevens is on tlft 1 sick list. Miss Mary Philips of near Muncy Valley is a regular Sunday ealler in Eagles Mere. How about it Joe ? A surprise party was given Mrs. Thomas Booth Feb. 14 lit 12. A large number of her friends were present and all report a good time. Georgo Heckner Acquitted. | After being out one hour, thejury in the case of George Heckner, the young Polander charged with the murder of Mary Shippa return ed a verdict of -'not guilty." At 9:53 Friday evening, Feb. l(i, 1912. the Judge concluded his charge to the jury, and at 10:50 the ringing of the courthouse bell announced that an agreement had been reached. An agreement was ! reached on the tlrst ballot, j The case had been in progress 'since Tuesday afternoon. n ' Foley's Honey and Tat j heals lungs and stops the cough. LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23 1912. Covnty Seat Local and Personal Events L Tersely Told. John Hess of Benton was in Laporte Tuesday. W. 11. Small of Nordniont was in town Monday. Lawrence Neater of ltalston in Laporte Monday. Julius lJah I spent Sunday with his family at Dushore. Frank Ingham made a trip to Hughesville Wednesday. Willis B. Snyder of Nordniont was in Laporte Tuesday. John Hasseu Jr., is Hll tiering with an attack of pneumonia. Dr. Daly of Dushore was a professional caller in tow n Tuesday. Oral Hess of Jamison City was calling on friends in Laporte Mon day. Miss Marie I'etennan spent Sunday with her parents at Nord niont. Patrick Ryan of Dushore was a business man in the county Seat Tuesday. M. J. Murray of Oswego, N Y., Transacted business in the county seat Monday. J. H, Thayer Esq,, of Dushore transacted business at the County Scat Tuesday. R. M. Stelle of Manslield. N. Y was a business man in Laporte the fore part of the week. Wolf SOCKS has turned the §2..'56 collected in excess of cost of Christ mas candy over to the school. Ellery and (Jrant Carpenter and Miss Frances Moran attended the dance at Dushore Monday night. John Ilassen Sr., is seriously ill with rheumatism at the home of his daughter, Mi s. Michael Collins. The V. I. S will hold its Food and Hake sate at the home of Mrs. T. J. Kecler Saturday afternoon. Feb. '24, 191' J. The friends of this paper will please hand us news items when I they are fresh. We prefer not to publish a birth after the child is weaned, a marriage after t he honey moon is over, or the death of a man after his widow is married again. Clarence F. Huth Esq.. of Sliain okin, has announced himself as a Candidate for Congress in this, the 1 Oth. Congressional District. Mr. Huth is widely and favorably known in Sullivan County and will undoubtly receive a hearty welcome from Sullivan County voters. The weather man gave us quite a variety Wednesday night. A severe electrical storm preceded by a drizzling raiu and followed by a snow storm and blizzard. One citizen told us that he started for home about one o'clock in the rain, lie had but a short distance togo but before he reached home he was wadding a foot of snow. The trick of always seeing the bright side, or if the matter has no bright side of shining tip llic dark one, is a very important faculty : one of these things no woman should be without. We are not all born with the sun shine in our hearts, as the Irish prettily phrase it. but we can cultivate a cheer ful sense of humor if we only try. The Murder at Hillsgrove. It is inconceivable how the conn- j ty could lie subjected to tin* large amount of cost involved in the trial of a murder case under the evid ence produced hy the Common wealth in the trial of (.Jeorge Heek ner for the'niurder of Mary Sliippa. In the first place there was ab solutely no evidence that the girl had been murdered, or even com mitted suicide. The facts its shown l>y the Commonwealth were much more favorable to the theory of accidental drowning. There had been a belling at, Hillsgrove the night of the girls death, and she had been out with the crowd. There was evidence, of drunkenness at Hillsgrove that night. It was also shown that, the girl had at, other times drank intoxicati.ig lienors. One witness testilied that the girls clothes showed some evidence of having been vomited on. fo cross the Loyal Sock Creek at Speakers the girl would have to cross on a cable bridge suspended about nineteen feet a hove the wat er. near the place where the bods was found. This bridge was shown to be a quite safe bridge of its kind, but the span was shown to be about two hundred feet long, and the bridge would sway both up and down and side wise when walk ed upon. The more speed used in crossing the more it woidd sway. The last seen of this girl alive she was running toward the bridge. The evidence showed a plank or board foot way on this bridge which varied as tow idth., but gen erally there was a space of several inches between the planking and the side of the bridge, with a drop of I or "> inches to the tloor of the bridge. The side guards of the bridge were of woven wire fencing 28 inches high. The result of a person running across this bridge, makiuga misstep oil' the planking would be to plunge them over the bridge, into the water l!> feet below. The testimony of the doctors was that the girl came to licr death by drowning. Now where does < Jeorge lleckner come into this case as murderer of the girl? It was shown that he was in love with her. That instead of being out at the belling that night he had been at his work as fireman at the tannery. After the belling, and near eleven o'clock. Mai v came to the lireroom and made him a call, and visited with him for some time. When she left, she in a frolicing manner grab bed his hat or cap and ran out into the dark with it. He kept on with his work and was heard sing ing .ind talking as lit fixed his fires after she had gone. His working hours were from noon until midnight. At a little after twelve he went to the house called up the other fireman to take the next shift, lie then changes his clothes, and with a companion went to a neighbors house where they saw a light with the hopes of getting something to drink. He then went back to his boarding house snd the next morning was around as usual. Judge 1 erry said in his charge to the jury. "The only theory of the Common wealth that we can see in this case, isthut the taking of the pris oners hat or cap must have so en raged liiin that he rushed out after the girl and killed her." The jury was out about half an hour. This is the second unexplained death of a young girl at Hilisgrove oceuring late at night. If spring brings those unusually big hats for women we don't cate how long it stays cold. Almost time for the faint far smell of the returning moth ball to wafted itself upon the Mountain air as a harbinger of Spring. NORDMONT. When Philip Peter in an arrived home Saturday evening, Feb. 10, he was greatly surprised to find that about 50 of his friends had taken possession of the hous'e with the intention of helping celebrate his birthday anniversary. The evening was spent in a very pleas ant manner and at a late hour re freshments were served. Those present weae : Mrs. Ed. Sharrow, Helen Keeler, Lucie Farrell, Minn ie Keeler, Mrs. Monroe Philips, Pearl Keeler, Mrs. John Woodsides, Belva and Opal Philips, Lottie Keeler, Edna Jones, Mrs. George Fiester, Mrs. Nate Peters, Dollie, l'carle and Marie Snider. Mrs. Fred Keeler, Chas. Gorman, Har vey Hess, Walter aud Harley Sharrjw, Harry Horn, Thomas and Charley Laird, Kay Anders, William Stanley, Stanley May, Raymond and Oakland Woodsides, Evan Jones, Dewey Fiester, Ernest Botsford, Kenneth Peters, Frank Botsford, Bert Snider, Fred Keeler, Abe Kilmer, Frank Foust, Una ice Edgar, Oran Sherman, Willis Masteller, Mrs. Petermau. George Derrick and wife of Picture llocks spent Sunday with the latters parents, George Feister and wife. Minard Peters, wife and son Kenneth spent Friday at William sport. Mrs. George Fiester and Mrs. 11. ('. De\\e\ .isiteil Mrs. N. U. Tarl'ox at the Williamsport Hos pital Thursday. The infant sou of N. O. Tarbox and wile died at the Williamsport hospital Feb, It. Justin Hunter of Lai|uiu visited friends here Sunday. lloarce Edgar spent Saturday in Hughesville. Mrs. Z. E. Botsford and daught er Cecil were callers at Sonestown Saturday. Ernest Botsford is spending a few days at C'resby. Latlial Sellers of Gleu "Mawr is spending sometime with her par ents here. HILLSGROVE. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Starr Feb. IS, 1912 a son. William Guinble and son Mark who have been visiting relatives in Williamsport and Munoy returned home Monday. Mrs. Iva Kettle of Elmira N. Y., is visiting her mother, Mrs. S. S. Vroman on Pine St. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Vough of Elklands spent a few days in town last week. Hazel Dewarof Ilillsgrove R. 1). was a. guest of Hattie Schrader on Sunday of last week. tobiuvo Spu ..no s t . oke *«#ui lire A**», ■» qu i tct>:i TO easily and fprcver, be mag a*-tic. full «>f jifc iicrvt- tirui vij-'or, take No-To Bac, the woncior-v. «»rUer, that- makes weak 11101 1 ■itrong. .mi drupffisis, 60c or«1. Curoguarao hC-a Ilooklet and r.amplo free. Allures* Cc Ok NVw Ynj# FIRST NATIONAL BANK, HUGHESYILLE, CAPITAL STOCK $50,000 W C. FRONTZ President. Surplus and FRANK A. REEPF.R, Cashier. Net l'rotits QOOOO, DIRECTORS: fransacts a General W. C.Proutz, John C. Laird. C. W. Soues, Nanking Business. Lyman Myers, Frank A.Reeder, Jacob Per, J. A. S. Ball, John Bull, Peter Frontz, Accounts oflndivid uals and Firms solicited. Safe Deposite Boxes One Dollar per Year. 3 percent. INTEREST PAID ON.TIME DEPOSITS. 75C PER YEAR JOHN B. 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Schumacher Chop 31.00 1.60 Wheat Bran 32.00 165 Fancy White Midds. 33.00 1.70 Oil Meal 42.00 2.10 Gluten 34.50 1.75 Alfalfa Meal 29.0iJ 1.50 Oyster Shells 10.00 60 Brewers CJrain 30.00 1.50 Choice Cottonseed Meal 33.00 1.7U Luxury Flour sack 1.25 " " per bbl. 4.U0 Beef Scrap 3.00 Oats per bu. .60 Charcoal 50 lb sack .60 Oyster Shells " .35 140 lb bag Salt coarse or line .50 100 lb bag Salt .35 Buckwheat Flour 3.00 Slhumacher Flour sack 1.60 " " perbbl. 6.20 Spring Wheat,,(Marvel) " 1.70 Veal Calves wanted on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Live fowls and chickens on Wednesday. \\. BRINK, New Albany. Pa. t ' RHEUMATISM Dr. Whitehall's RHEUMATIC REMEDY For 15 yaari a Standard Remedy for all forma of Rheumatism, lumbago, gout, lore muaclea, stiff or •wolian joints. It quickly relieve* the aevere paint; reduce* the fever, and eliminatea the poison from tha system, 60 cants a box at druggists. Write for a From Mai BOM Or. Whitehall Mcgrlmlne Co. 188 ». Lafaye«f »t- »auth Band, lad. 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