VOL. XVI. NO. 43 THE ONLY PAPER PUBLISHED AT THE COUNTY SEAT OF SULLIVAN COUNTY. jj PPOFESSIONAL CAPDS. | fRANCIS W. MEYLERT, Attorner-at-Law. Office in Keeler's Block. LAPORTE, Sullivan County, PA. £ J. MULLEN, Attornay-at-Law. LAPORTE, PA ornoa ill oouhtt soildir# El EAR COURT BOBBS. H. CRONIN, HOTART PUJILIO. orric* on maih strut. DUBHORE. PA First National Bank OF LAPORTE, PA. Capital ... $£5,000.00 Transacts a general banking business. J. L. CHRISTIAN El>W. LADI.EY President. Cashier. 3 per oent interest paid on time deposits, ACCOUNTS SOLICITED. News Items Contents. The News Item has been en larged it now contains 8 six oolunin pages, just twice as large as for merly. It is the second paper in size and the neatest appearing pap er in Sullivan County, we have en larged on every feature but one. and that is the price, which still I remains the same as usual, 75 cents per year. Our location at the County Seat makes it convenient for us to ob tain notes of public iuterest con-\ earning the Sullivan County courts and reports of Legal proceedings. All important news of the county Beat is published. This should be \ of interest to all in the county. j Our |continued stories are re-' i ceiving the highest commendation ! from hign-grade fiction readers. , All the general foreign and dos mestic news is published weekly. Our old soldier's column is greatly appreciated by the surviv ing veterans of the Civil War. Each week a snapshot Jis taken at State News. All Pennsylvania gleaned for items of interest. The New York market and lat est quotations are published week- , iy. In fact the News Item is the best and newest paper in Sullivan i County and the price is only 75 cents per year. Subscribe now. For Congress. 1 hereby announce myself as a candidate for Congressman of this, the Sixteenth Congrensionnl Dis trict of Pennsylvania, subject to the decision of the Republican voters of the District. Your support is ' earnestly solicited. Very respectfully, I. CLINTON KLINE. Sunbury, Pa., Feb. 20, 1912. FOLEYSHONEY^TAR ■urea Ooldai Prwanta PntwMala HARDWARE— WHEN you think of buying hard ware you naturally ask yourself jMutMnZP this question: "What kiiul of stove, washer, cutlery, gun,"—or " •■- whatever it may be —"shall I buy? ponder over these things nor spend your time looking at piet' , .< > s in "cheap goods" mail-order catalogs. Oome to onr store and let us solve the problem. We have a fine variety of standard goods to choose from When you think of HARDWARE think of COLE'S SANITARY PLUMBING. .. W e Riv« apeeial attention to Piping, Steam, Hot Water and Hoi Air Heating. Qeneral job work and repairing In all branches, prompt y and skillfully executed P Samuel Cole, - i. Dushore, Pa. \ I Republican News Stem. HILLSGROVE. Miss Permila Vough has return ed to her home in Elkland after spending a few weeks in town. Sid Green of Scran ton is visiting his sister, Mrs, Edward Hoffmau. Mrs. Harriett Brown of Estella was in town Sunday. Paul Galough and Mike Mor rison have gone to Endicott where they have accepted positions. William Qumble who has been suffering with LaGrippe is im proving. Alvin Lucas has returned to Endicott, N. Y.. after spending a few months with his parents here. Nattie Clark of Endicott and brother Charles of Jersey Shore are visiting their mother here. Fred Bachle spent Sunday with parents at Proctor. Frank Stickland ol'Masten spent Sunday at home. EAGLES MERE. George Smith is building a new barn. Mr. Forney has moved from Shanersburg to his farm in Peun ; township. A number of Mr. Jenkins lady | ■ friends were visiting him at liis home last Thursday. ! Brady Smith is making frequent 1 visits to Bunker Hill. Mrs. John Stevens was at Laporte i Saturday. E. L. Smith lost a horse recent >y- Thomas Reeser lias moved into his new house. Clavton Bennett is preparaingto move. Work has been resumed on the I golf links. The Senior class play of the Eagles Mere High School was large-; ly attended Saturday evening. Killed by Cars. William Bogart of Sonestown was killed at Columbia Cross Roads, near Elmira, at an early hour Tuesday morning. lie met his death while walking on the tracks of the Nothern Central j railroad. The man's body was cut into at the hips and in spite] of his terrible injury he remain conscious until a short time before his death. A trackwalker found him lying to one side of the tracks while on the other side reposed his legs, which had been crushed from his body at the hips. Up to the time of his death he was able to con verse in a low whisper. He was about 40years of age. His body was brought to Sonestown for burial Wednesday evening. DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills FOR BACKACHE LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. FRIDAY, MARCH 22 1912. Covniy Scat i Local anti Personal Everts i I Tersely Told. i Subscribe for the News Item. $1.98 shoes sit Wolf Sock's. ■ Editor Streby of Dushore was iu s town Monday. George Upnian returned from ' Masten Monday. Carl Biddle left for his home at , 1 Estella Monday. John G. Scouton Esq., of Du shore .vas in town Thursday. J All kinds of produce accepted in payment for goods at Sock's. W.S. Shannon, Chief Burgessof West Berwick was in town Thurs day. The County Commissioners held a meeting at the courthouse MOll - day j Henry Stepp and daughter Eliza !of Binghamton are spending a few ! days at Laporte. I County Solicitor, J. 11. Cronin jof Dushore was a business man in Laporte Monday. j Raymond Shaller and Fredie ■ Arms visited Mr. Shaffer's parents near Overton Sunday. I _ As we were about to set down j j in the lap of spring the weather man | threw a snow ball at us. Come to the Bake Sale next Sat urday afternoon beginning at 2:.'50 (o'clock at J. L. Smyth's store. : | Misses lone and Marjorie Mason, who are attending Normal at West I Chester, are home for Spring va | cation. A number of young people from I this place attended the senior class play at Eagles Mere Saturday evening. Lost, between Laporte and Sonestown a gold pin with three pink stones. Finder please leave at this office. j Professors, Leahy, Miss Rogers laud Miss Wrede attended the .teachers' meeting at Sonestown J Friday evening. | A. 15. Kilmer of Wheelerville, one of the most prominent citizens of the west end was in town Tues day. He reports business brisk at Wheelerville. The stormy weather of last Fri ! day made the penny social look | like a two cent piece, therefore jt was postponed and will be held at the home ofG. S. Eddy this (F.ii , day) evening. The man who talks lit! le but does much toward showing visitors the advantages possessed by his town and section is the man who really counts in the obtaining of enter prises and making cities out of vill ages. You are no doubt smarter than most other people, and of course would not fool your time awav read ing an advertisement if you knew it was one, and you think people don't read advertisement; but that is just where you are off your base: and we'll bet you read every word of this, yet it is an ad. We only wrote it to show you that even as smart as you are, you will read an advertisement. Every word of it. j Now if your advertisement was here, as it should be, several hun dred people who come to trade, would read of your offer and come and see you. Advertise; it will pay. Distinguished Visitor. Avery Clinton Sickles of Ber | w.ek, Pa., Republican candidate for delegate to the National Con vention, was in town last week. Mr. Sickles is a Roosevelt man and says that if elected he will support Theodore Roosevelt for President. He visited Teddy at the office of the Outlook the fore part of the month and of this vis it the following newspaper clip pings say : " Avery Clinton Sickles of Ber wick, Pa., president of a traction line dropped to leave the predic tion that the Roose.elfc followers would send a solid delegation to the Pennsylvania state convention, assuring the election of Roosevelt delegates-at-large to Chicago. ''Our people favor the recall for all otlicials." said Mr. Sickles. "We favor the initiative and ref erdum. In short we want a rep resentative government, and we believe that Theodore Roosevelt is the one man who stands for a ; representative government—a gov ernment for and !>y the people." New York Tribune, March <>. "Half a dozen visitors at the Roosevelt headquarters in the Metropolitan Tower brought cheer-j iug in for i.ation yesterday regard-! ing the strength of the Roosevelt movement. Avery Clinton Sickels President of a street railway com pany at Berwick, Pa., was one of these. He told Chairman J>uell that his state would send a solid j i Roosevelt delegation to the Nation-; al Convention. "The people of Pennsylvania j believe in the "Big Stick' " said 1 Mr. Sickels, "and in the man who| does things. Our people are large- j ly of the working classes and be-j lievc i'i actions rather than in j promises, and they are also be lievers in the people ruling the! country—not the politicians. The courts must also be placed in the hands of the people. We want a representative government, and we j believe that Theodore Roosevelt is j the man who stands for it." "Mr. Sickles added that the people peuugylvaniu would have a! Roosevelt primary ticket in this lield from the highest office to be voted for in the state right down to the committeemen from the j different districts " Mew York rimes, March (i, 11)12. At present Mr. Siokles is in New J York City making arrangements i for Mr. Roosevelt's visit to this; Congressional District the first oft April. >•- Rooaevelt. If Pennsylvania were alone to I be considered. Taft, or any other I Republican, could be elected: but it is the doubtful States that the: weakness of Taft spells calamity j for the Republican party. Every j State that borders on Canada has a large large farmer vote, mostly Republican; and this vote has bci n alienated by the "free farm prod-, nets"of the proposed Canadian Reciprocity bill, which the Prcsid- j cut thought of enough importance to call a special session of Congress ; to consider. The idea was Demo-j eratic not Republican. The Rep-: üblican party belives in a protective tariff, and that the farmers are en-; titled to as much protection as the . laborers and more than the manu facturers. It is not surprising thai Republicans farmers resent an, attempt to make them the first, j and only, victims of a Republican j free trade measure. The Item wishes to see a Re-j publican president elected in 11)12. j I There is no use deceiving ourselves j or playing the ostrich. The strong; man today is Theodore Roosevelt. If nominated he will be elected. I— . ' I New and complete line of ladies' and gents (loth ing at Sock's. • I \ LATEST NEWS OF SONESTOWN. I Pete Stetler of Muucy was in ! town. C. 15. Vandine of Hughesville . | was in town week ago Wednesday. E. 11. Tiven, piauo agent for D. S. Andrews & Co. of Williamsport was in towji last Wednesday and Thursday. Chas. Brown moved his to York State last Monda ; lie has secured employment. Sherman Swank left Monday for j York State where he will be en- j j gaged in poling hops and sowing j I peas. j Thomas Hunter who has dwell- J ed in our mist for a year or more, J moved to his father's farm at 2 Fairmont Springs last Monday. j \\ m. Reese, who lias been em- < ployed in York State for the past | three months, moved his family there Monday. When you see a man coming up the street with his hat off and a little late, he is on his way to York State and don,t exactly know the j train time, but soon cools off when I he learns he has plenty of time in i which to make the train. Grover Crist, who has been iu ( New York City the past wintern learning the barber trade lias open- j ed up a barber shop in the office of I Bondman's Hotel, and visitors to ! the hotel will be well taken care of lin that line. In fact Smith says, M [ j ( | hcv may be cleaned up proper : if they don't watch out." 1 Bruce Rea Sr. was in town Mon- * ; day and Tuesday. . Benjamin Wilson was a busiuesn J man iu Hnghesville Monday. Edward Taylor was a William- ( I sport visitor last Monday. ( Mrs. John Watson and daughter j ] Velnia are on the sick list. j 1 j James Jordan of Shohola is suf- <, ; fering with a turner on the back of his neck. £ Last week a Hock of wild geese j'j alighted in Sonestown, and Bobjf ; Simmons and Smith Bondman j ga\e chase to them, pursuing lhem I j over Bridge Street to Groundling i j avenue, then down Rabbit Street! - io Main Street, by that time it was iso dark that the feathery trail j eould no longer be followed. Lucius Fritz of Muney Valley !\\us given a trial before 'Squire ; Buck for wife desertation and! Thursday evening was lodge in : olic county bastile at Laporte, but i was released on bail furnished by ; .). re not of the cheap ♦ " ->r.i,. r variety. W hen ♦ Rr y J rices do not for- 2 pare qualities, if Z <) you Him prices lower than 2 | [ ours, then you will find the * J j qualities inferior—generally J j[ "bargain house" job lots. ■ (| Ask us to show you why 2 J j our stock is superior. x s X || Buschhausen's. 112 M. BRINK'S I'RICES For This Week ton 100 lb Corn Meal L'y.UO 1.60 Cracked Corn 29.00 1.60 Corn 29.00 1.60 •Sacks each t>c wfth privilege of returning without expense te me. Schumacher Chop 32.00 1.06 Wheat Bran 32.00 1 «f> Fancy White Midds. 33.00 1.70 Oil Meal 42.00 5. It* Gluten 34.50 1.76 Alfalfa Meal UV.Oit 1.60 Oyster Shells 10.00 60 Brewers Grain JO.OO 1.60 Choice Cottonseed Meal 33.00 1.70 Luxury Flour suck 1.26 " per 14*1. 4.¥0 Beef Scrap 5,(»o Oats per Uu. .SO Charcoal 60 lb sack .SO Oystor Shells " _3i> 140 Ih l>ag Halt coarse tw fine .60 100 11) bag Salt ,X5 Buckwheat Flour J*.oo Slliuinacher Flour saok 1.80 " " perbbl. Spring Wheat,,(Marvel) " 1.70 Veal Calves wanted on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Live fowls and chickens on Wednesday. M. BRIM, New Albany, IV. RHEUMATISM Or. ~s RUenUTVROKQY Bar II pn a kwM >llllll <1 far !a.T,sarSv3: paiaai h4mm 4kt turn , mm 4 ikriaSN (In pAn Im« *• ij ilm. m ecu to * Um at Aaaggtrta. MMb» m Beam MW Sox Or. mill lijM mm >1 > Co. %112 «■ tojfcrilii f*lK—i>—«► *-*■ Wanted-An Idea SSSSS Protaat your IrtMu; Uur may hrl«» jon .•XiD. WrtU JOHN WIDDUBbIII * CO., Patent Aitar u*t«, Waahlastua, D. C.. for thalr (l.Kii prtaa After m>4 llat of two knsdreU litmMhi wuM. * ■■ ■ .i mm—. • . .*—jm.i