I CAMPAIGN I BRIEFS "Tim" Woodruff, notorious as "01.l guard" leader in New York, admits that Colonel Rooaevelt will split the New York delegation to the national ■onvention. • • • The formal entry of former United States Senator Albert J. Beveridge ot Indiana, which took place at Indian apolis last week, has accelerated the popular interest greatly. • • • At the first presidential primary this year, held In the Fifth Missouri dis trict, Roosevelt received 5,565 votes; Taft, 390; l.a Follette. 65; Cummin?, 6. The Taft faction threatens to "holt." * • • From lowa the following poll has come from the Orange City Herald, at the county seat of Sioux county: Roosevelt, 54; Taft, 16; Cummins, 17 • * • A poll taken from tho Lincoln fNeb.) Journal shows: Roosevelt, 1,720; La Follette, 371; Taft, 310. • • • Returns from 115 counties In Okl: hum a. where Republican county coi ventions were held, showed 293 ii structed delegates for Roosevelt an 7t) for Taft. • • • Medlll McCormick. a prominen Roosevelt supporter of Chicago, d> ciares there is no longer any doul of the colonel's nomination in June. • • • Joseph Cleaver, a Roosevelt eii thusiast, who lives on a farm nea Berwick, Pa., has shipped a box o 100 four-leaf clovers to Colonel Roost velt at Oyster Bay. This message a< com>panied the box: "1 send you thes for the luck that they will impart i your campaign and election 1 won have sent you more, but I am rathe busy now looking for a wife, as 1 a 1 a firm believer in all your policies." • • • Governor Deneen of Illinois will ca' an extra session of the legislature t enact a presidential preference pi mary law. provided a pledge is signr by two-thirds of the members oft senate and house that they will pa* a bill with the necessary emergent' clause. • • • Presidential primaries to instruct delegates to the national conventionj will be held on April 30 by Massa-j chusetts voters. The state legislature enacted the law in response to a de-' mand by Roosevelt Republicans. • • • According to a poll in a presidential preference primary contest conducted by the Sentinel, a Democratic paper of Knoxville. Tenn., Colonel Roosevelt was shown to have a lead over Taft In the proportion of 14\£ to 1, the total figures being 644 to 45. • • • Ex-Congressman Hiram R. Burton of Delaware. one of the most ardent sup porters President Taft had in 1907 has announced for Colonel Roosevelt, declaring that if he is nominated the success of the Republican party is ab solutely assured. * • • A straw vote taken by a newspaper at Mt. Carmel, Pa., shows that sent' ment is strongly in favor of Colonel Roosevelt. Of 100 voters who were asked to express a preference 52 sai 1 they were going to vote for Rooseveb Only six declared for Taft. Governov Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey ran second to Roosevelt with fourteen. • • * United States Senator Robert M. La Follette in his campaign platform has announced in favor of the Initiative referendum and recall, direct pri maries, government ownership and operation of express companies. • • • Boies Penrose has refused to allow his candidates for national delegates in the Philadelphia district to print jh the ballots the fact that they will vote for Taft. He was challenged to do si by the Roosevelt leaders. • • ♦ Edward D. Brown, an attorney of Unlontown, Pa., has announced his candidacy for national delegate to the Republican convention at Chicago and ueclares he will vote for Roosevelt as Long as his name is before the con vention. • • • The statewide presidential primary plan, which is being considered by the Dhio state Democratic committee, has received a strong Indorsement from William J. Bryan, who addressed the constitutional convention at Columbus. He said: "You will not find many op posed to it unless they are afraid that ft would defeat their choice." A Punier. At an examination in an English school the teacher was so pleased with hiß class that he said they eould ask him any question they liked. Some were asked and replied to. Seeing one little fellow in deep thought, the teacher asked him for a question. The boy answered, witn a grave face: "P-please, sir, if you was in a soft mud heap up to your neck and I was to throw a brick at your head would yon duck ?" The answer is not rooorded. Blackleg. Owners of lifestock in Knllivnn County whose cattle sire exposed to the infection of Blackleg or black quarter, may have their cattle vae cinated against this disease by the State Livestock Sanitary Board without cost t to the owner of the cattle by complying with the fol lowing rules : 1. A letrer asking for the vac cination shall be written and mailed to Dr. C. J. Marshall, Secretary of the State Livestock Sanitary Board, Harrisburg, before April Ist, 1912. 2. The letter shall contain the name and address of the owner of thejcattle, a statement as to the lo cation of the farm on which the an imals are kept and the number and kind of animals in the herd. Vaccinations cannot be made at the expense of the.State Livestock Sanitary Board upon application rt" ceived after April Ist. For such cases vaccine will be furnished free of charge, but the owner will be re quired to defray the expense of em ploying the veterinarian to admin ister it. C. J. MARSHALL, State Veterinarian. A New Vault. As we mentioned last week ad ditional vault for the Protbonotary is a necessity. Further investiga tion shows us that the article in the Item last week was altogether too mild as to the conditions which exist at the courthouse now. We stated that the file cases were full with from three to five terms be ing crowded into one case, the lat ter files have no cases at all or no room in the vault, and have to lie kept in mi ordinary wooden desk in the prothonotary's office. 'lliis is not only true of the files of the Common Pleas, but also of the Quarter Sessions. People may not realize what this means to them. Every entered note, every appeal from the Justices' Dockets, every case entered in court, and all cases tried in either Common Pleas or Quarter Sessions is in danger of being destroyed by fire. This is not idle talk, but a real nienance to the whole business interests of (Sullivan County. Your home paper is really a tire less letter writer, if nothing more. 'Week after week we piepare this printed letter for those living here and for those who have moved to some other locality, telling of mar riages, births, deaths, the coming and going of people, of business efforts and progress, accidents, crops, improvements, meetings and so on. In fact every thing of im portance and interest. If you should undertake to write a letter to an absent friend every week telling him all the news, you would get a faint idea of the task in preparing a newspaper. Many of our towns people recognize this and take plea sure in giving items of news. It helps us and is appreciated. The Fire Bag. Every whaler and sealer that sailed the seas 111 the days of wooden ships tarried a tire bag. This was a tarpuu lin bug about a foot long and sis Inches wide lined with waterproof material, with iuterlinings of oilcloth and thick flannel, into this was placed the fliut and tinder box for kindling Are, and the bug was then securely fastened with double flaps and tied to keep its contents dry. It was the special duty of the second mate to look after the fire bag and in case of shipwreck to at tack it at once to his person by means of stout straps provided for the pur pose. Thus if officers and crew were ■ ast away ou some deserted shore in the desolate arctic circle the means of obtaining n fire to warm themselves by and to heat food and drink would not be wanting jis long as the precious fire bag was sufe. The steam whalers and scalers of the present day still carry a fire bag stowed In the lifeboat with the bread and wa ter. hut now it is of rubber and con tains half a dozen tin boxes of matches —New York Tress. The Garden. The g:\iden uiust be mellow, rich and kept clean. This is the inside secret of successful gardening. Real Luck. | You may not believe in luck, but Just I the same you are lucky to he in luck.— New Haven Tlnie«-I,ender |PATWs"€S] t ADVICE AS TO PATENTABILITY P||PPj [Notice in "Inventive Age" ■■ H ■■ Hp < Book "How to obtain Patents" | 1 Charget moderate. No fee till patent is secured, j Letters strictly confidential. Address, 1 F. 0 SMiGeXS. ['stent Lawyer, Washington, 0. C J Mercantile Appraisment. The vendor* of domestic ami lorelgn merchan (list; elf. in Snllivan county I'a. will lake notice that they are appraised and valued by the un deraigut'd Appraiser of Mercantile and other linsiness for llie year ISI2, as follows, to wit: Bernice Store Co Cherry Twp...Retail Merc'l. 801l l'eter do It, Baldwin, J. H do do Conner, J. J do do Daley, John do do Douovau Mike do do Edgel sandor do do Flnan Fraud* do do From berg Simon do liross,John do do Ualta, Lewis do do (iraifley, W. C A Lewis.... do do Hynian. Bros do do liynian. K B do do llelsinan. Joseph do do Hope.U. do Hood Mrs. I'aul do do llart/.ig, Harry B do do Leverton, L. £ do do Lowry, Lawrence do ......... do Meyer, Frank do do Mciiee, Patrick do do l'anich Samuel do do I'otter Win do do Ramsey Kobert do do llauisey, James lo do •Schaad. 11. J do do Sick, Francis J do do Sammons (Jeo 1 do do Sick, C. 8 do do Sick. Joseph do do l'ouhey John ft' do do White, John F do do Von kin, Joseph 4 Son do do bating House Kennedy Wm. E do do Col ley lierk Wm do do CollinsP. J do do Dictlenbach Win, F do dd Dyer, A. L do do Fulmer A Heverley do do tlrulKMiak Joseph do do Halabuk, Steve do do llurtonitz, lkc do do Johnson, W. L do do Johnson C. A. do do Kellogg, H. M do do Leyfert, Fred do do Lopex Drug Co do do Lope/. Store Co. Ltd do do Mufry, p. P do do Mciiee .J P.... do do Martin, Irvin do do Pettier, D. \\ do I'ottel K E do do House, A do do Kobe L do do Slovinski. John do Simon. Abe do do Simon Abe do do Sulich. Mike do do Welnstein Jaiyb do do Yarish Simon do do Armstrong. A.T Davidson do Buck Agt. John do do Boudman, Smith do do Basley, Harry do do Crist. Nora do do lioubckuecht, B do do Lorah Miss Ida do do jiey?i> janics do do Moian.J. W do do Miller, J, P do do Magargc), Fiank do do Meyers, Geo. W do do Phillips Kllery do do Snore Mrs Forbes do do Starr, .Clias do do Taylor Bros do do Wititon, Jacob do do Watson. John do do Hahr, C. A Dushorc do Connor Margaret do do Cunningham, James do do Connor, I* do do Until. Chtts do do Criuiiiuns, J. 11 do do Carroll, D. E do do Carroll, T W do do Cole, Samuel do do Dicffetibaeli, W H do do Dcegan, Geo. T do do Farrell. F, II do do Filial!, I'. J do do Fulmer >Si Heverley do do Grace, P. E do do Hauler, John do do Hileman, John Jr. do do Uttttoa Harold II do do Hodman F do do Holla.;chas. W do do HolTaJ. Hit. Co do do Hammond O. M do do Harrington, J. 8 do do ilolcomb V do do Kraus, Wm, H do do Kline. Bernard...'. do do K&'hinka C. K. do do Kecfe, Den do do Lusch, Frank do do Mosicr, Willis do do McGec, Kobert do do North. P. W do do Mcssersinilli G. H do do Oliert, H. E do Pealer, cbas. E do do Keescr, J. D do do Kiltelibury. Mrs. Bernice do do Sylvara, E. G.» do do saxer. B, F' do do Stasford ( ieo.W do do Tilbacll A. L do do Williams, C.M do do Wagner, Winifred M do do Yotikin, J. H do do Ciange Boya do do Driesbaugli Miss do do Klierer, Dauiel.iHSon Fugles Mere do Bloom iV Fosliagc do do Laird, Wm. 1 do do Parmeter William do do >jcgfned.Estella do do gliogr.v Uegina do do I'ayior, W. I do do Hartung August Elkland Twp do Bed tol d 1' G do do Hugo, George. do do Hart, William do do Jennings, K do do Jennings, C. B do do Kay, Albert do do Muluix, A, T do do Snyder, J. L do do Morton Powell Forks Twp do Kester A. Wonck do do Fawcett B. W Forksville do Calkins, Wm do do Kandall WJ do do Kogers and Sons do do Campbell, A. E Fox Twp do Ayers Charles J do do Caseman. C do do Bedford, Mrs. Jos do do Fanning, W. 11 do do Hill, E. W do do Kilmer A. B do do Kilmer C A do do liaub Mra. C. E do do Williams,O.J do do Hillsgrove Galough, S. T do do Hull, Vernou do do Hoffman, C. M do do Tompkins Thos S do do Fiester, G, M Laportc Twp do Nordmont Supply C 0... do do Snider, W. B do do McFarlanc, Jus do do Buschhausen A.H Lajiorte Boro do Balil Julius do do Crossley F M do do carpenter Joseph do do F II Farrell do do Kruus. Henry do do Bassen, John Jr do .. do Loeb. William do do Smyth. John L do do Socks. Wolf do do Stackhouse. .1, 11. ..Shrewsbury do Atlantic Ketiniug Co. Dushorc, wholesale Merc'l. George W. Snyder Forksville Kiess, K. R. Eagles Mere. two pool tables. do one billiard table v. " do 4 ten pin alleys do two shuffle boards Cenuskey Frank .Mildred 2 pool tables Hymen, B. K. do 2 Pool Tables do do 2 bowling alleys White, John F. do 2 pool tables Carpenter, C. D. Dushore Boro 2 pool tables Leyfert Fred Lopez 2 pool tables Balil Julius P. Ltt|>orte Boro 2 Pool Tables And that an appeal will be held in the ottice of the County Treasurer in Laporte, Pa., on the Ist day of April, 1912, at lOo'clock a.m. when and where you may attend If you think proper. JAMES C. CAVKN. Mercantile Appraiser. John Hileman Jr., of Dushore is a candidate for alternate dele gate to the Republican National Convention. Mr. Hileuian is a strong Roosevelt admirer and if elected will support Teddy at the the convention. REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF First National Bank of U|iorte,j at Lajiortc, in the State of Pennsylvania at the close of business Feb. 20, 1»12. RESOL'KCKS. Loans and discounts 4, r >,777 11 Overdrafts, secured and 11 17 U.S. Bonds to secure circulation 26,000011 Premiums oll IT. 8. Bonds 292 02 Bonds, securities, etc 970 00 Banking house, furniture and fixtures... 8,418 Iti Due from National Banks (not reserve agents) Due from approved reserve agents it,471 29 Checks and other Cash Items 191 :U Notes of other National Banks l,9S.'i 00 Fractional pa|>er currency, nickels and ceuts lo.', 14 LAWFUL MONEY RESERVE IN BANK, VIZ: Specie 94,036 lo Legal-tender notes 1,695 00 6,331 If) Redemption fnnd with U. 8. Treasurer (5 per cent of circulation) 1,2f>0 00 Total $93,831 27 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in |2'>,ooo 00 Su rpl us Fu nd 2,500 00 Undivided profits, less expenses and taxes paid 278 08 National bank notes outstanding 24,300 00 Due to other National Bunks 252 33 Individual deposits subject to check 25,215 31 Demand eertiticates of deposit 16,276 31 Certified checks Cashier's checks outstanding 9 21 Total 893,831 27 State of Pennsylvania, County of Sullivan, ss : 1, Edward Ladley, Cashier of the aliove named bank, do solemnly affirm that the above state ment is true lo the best of my knowledge and belief. EDWARD LADLEY, Cashier. Subscribed and affirmed tojliel'ore me this 26tli day of February 1912. ALBERT F. HKESS, Prothonotary. CORRECT ATTEST : A. H. fiUSCHHAUSEN, E. J. MULLEN, F. W. MEYLERT Directors. The price of the News Item is 75 cents per year. Subscribe NOW. Adminstrator's Notice. Letters of Administration on the estate of John W. Ileaton, late of Laporte Township, Sullivan County Pennsylvania, having been granted to the undersigned, all persons indebeted to the said estate are re quested to make payment, and those having claims, to present the same without delay, to. JAMES C. CAVKN, Adminis'r. Jan. 29, 1912. Administrator's Notice. Kstate of Martin Mullen, late of Laporte Borough, deceased. Notice is hereby given that Let ters of Administration upon the estate of Martin Mullen, late of La porte Borough, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, deceased, have been granted to the undersigned. All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make payment, and thos° having claims or demands against the same will present said claims, duly authenticated, to E. J. MULLEN, Administrator of Martin Mullen, deceased. Laporte, Pa., March 11, 1912, * Names Suggested. We have received a number of suggestions from persons who con sider they have friends who would make good office holders. There seems to have been a misapprehen sion of what we meant when we said we required this signature of the person sending in the name, that we wanted it for publication. This is not the case. We do not want to publish the name of the person sending in the name, but require this so as not to have the names of people sent in be faked. The name of W. W. Jackson for Cougress and E. L. Sweeney for' member of Assembly have been suggested. We wish to say that both of the gentlemen to the best of our knowledge are Democrats and we asked for suggestions for Republicans. We have had the following names suggested : Hon. John D. Keeser of Dushore, Harry Basely of Sonestown and Richard W, Bennett of Fagles Mere for delegates to the State Convention. Edward G. Sylvara of Dushore, John W. Rogers of Forksville, F. W. Peale of Eagles Mere, Dr. J. L. Christian of Lopez, and Lewis Zaner of Dushore, suggested for member of Assembly. We are five to say that in our opiuion the sug gestions are good, and any one of them is worthy the support of his party if nominated. MO-TO-BM for Fifty Casta. Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak tiea tfironir. blood pure &oc.|l AU druggist* Executors Notice. ill Be: Estate of A. C. Little, Deceased. Letters Test men tary on the Estate of A. C. Little, Late of Eag'es Mere Borough, Deceased, having this day been granted to the undesigned, by the Register of Wills of Sullivan Coonty, notice is here by given to all persons indebted to said estate to make payment, and all persons having claims to present them, duly authenticated, for set tlement. to, FKANKS. LITTLE, Executor, Eagles Mere, Peun'a., February 29, 1912. Roll Call. Bernice and Mildred Absent Sonestown Present Muncy Valley Absent Ricketts Absent Nordmont Absent Forksville Absent Hillsgrove Present Eagles Mere Present Remember we furnish stamped envelopes and paper to correspon dents. " Election Notice, I In accordance with the Act of the Assembly of April 6th 1911, The County Commissioners of Sullivan County hereby publish : 'I hat at the primary election (known as Spring Primary) to be held by the electors of Sullivan County on the second Saturday of April the following Delegates and Alternate Delegates are to be elected, viz. : Two Delegates and two Alter nate Delegates to represent the 1<» Congressional District, of which Sullivan County is part to the Democratic National Convention to be held in Baltimore. Maryland June 25, 1912, One Delegate to represent Sulli van County in the Keystone State Convention of 1912. One Delegate to represent Sulli van County in the DemocraticjState Convenion of 1912. Two Delegates and two Alternate Delegates to represent the l(i Con gressional District of which Sull ivan County is part to the Repub lican National Convention to be held in Chicago 111., in June next. One Delegate to represent Sulli van County in the Republican State Convention to be held at Harrisburg, Pa., in May next. Five Delegates and Alternate Delegates elected to the National Prohibition Convention in Atlantic City, N. J., July 10 lltli, and 12, 1912. Notice is also given that there are to be voted for in Sullivan County, at the General Election to be held on Tuesday. November sth 1912, Candidates for the following offices: One Representative in Congress. One Representative in the General Assembly. IRYIN IIOTTENSTEIN, JCSEPII SICK, GEORG E B ROSCIIA RT, County Commissioners. Judsou Brown, Clerk. H Dependable p 1 Gooc/s. 1 §§ $ *s&■-% WE handle goods that are cheap, hut not ps-« ■/>£* cheap goods. We want our goods to become your goods and our store your store. If it is §§£ §§ Clothing, or gf _ 2^2* H Shoes or fg Anything || *© lj*2g to furnish man, woman or child up in classy, £V attractive and dapendahle attire, then we have just the articles you need. Give us a call now. 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