Libra ry Republican Hews Item. VOL. XVI. NO. 84 THE ONLY PAPER PUBLISHED AT THE COUNTY SEAT OP SULLIVAN COUNTY. jj PROFESSIONAL CAPDS.j fRANCIS W. MKYLERT, Attorney-ftt-laaw. Office in Keeler's Block. LAPORTE, Sullivan County, PA. £ J. MULLEN, Attomoy-at-L«w. LAPORTE, PA orrtca m coohty buildihs rkarooukt house. J H. CRONIN, law, hotaby poblic. omul OH MAIM BTKBBT. DUSHOKK. PA First National Bank OF LAPORTE, PA. Capital - - - fis, 000.00 Transacts a general banking busint ss. J. 1.. CHRISTIAN KIJW. I.ADI.KY President. Cashier. 8 per cent interest paid on time deposits, ACCOUNTS SOLICITED. . m» • «■■ News Items Contents. The News Item has been en larged it now ceutainsS six column pages, just twice as large as for merly. It is the second {taper 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 remains the same as usual, 7") cents per year. Our location at the County Seat makes it convenient for us to ob tain notes of public interest con cerning the Sullivan County courts j and reports of Legal proceedings. All important news of the county j seat is published. This should be J of uuterest to all in the county. | Our [continued stories are re- j eeiving the highest commendation | from hign-grade fiction readers. j All the general foreign and dos-} mestic news is published weekly, j Our old soldier's column is greatly appreciated by the surviv-1 iug veterans of the Civil War. Each week a snapshot [is taken at State News. All Pennsylvania ; gleaned for items of interest. The New York market and lat est quotations are pubMsbed week-; iy- ! In fact the News Item is the j best and newest paper in Sullivan County and the price is only 75 cents per year. Subscribe now. The price of the News Item is 75 cents per year. Subscribe HOW LATE CAN WE PRUNE/ This is a practical question ed at. this time of year by many persons. State Zoologist Surface from his office at Harrisbiirg has issued the following statement* "Pruning can be done at any time of the year, but the larger branches should be cut off when they art dormant or nearly so. If I had trees that realy needed pruning, I should do this even after the time of full blossomiing, but should prefer to do it before the blossoms open, and even before the growth has started much. The large stubs should be painted with tar paint or oil paint. Be careful a'»out burning brush near the trees as they are easily damaged by heat." For those ritous State Conven tions, the cure is presidential pre ference primaries. In four months the net result of the congressional session have been an excess of investigations, and a £>aucit\ of important legislation. j SONESTOWN ITEMS E G. L. Norton of New Albany was in town last Tuesday. Mis. Sadie Fox, who has been working at the Sonestown Hotel, has returned to her home in Eagles Mere, as garden working is on hand, Mr. (ieo. K«ass has returned from Florida, buying spent the past six months there, and says it is too hot there now for him to enjoy good health. Mr. Hen. C. Speary has returned to town again, having been to Youngsdale, Clinton county, with his brother John, who is an the sick list. Siwith Bondman was in'Unity ville last Monday buying potatoes and had the luck to get 18 bushels and that was all the potatoes there was in .Jordon Twp. Mr. David Myers of Milton, brother of James Myers, of Straw bridge, who owns the Novelty Works here, has taken cluirge oi the same as foreman and moved his fam4y here. Mr. W. 11. Dildine of Muiicy, foreman of the Welliver & Hitler Heading Factory has moved his family in A. T. Armstrong's house at the Grist Mill below town. Mr. George Rea, our station agent. wolf on vocation for the next ; six weeks, lie says he reckons he l will have to stand with his back |to the trout streams to keep the j fish from jumping in his face. Commencement Exercises Commencement Exercises of the Laporte Borough High School will be held on Friday evening. May o, 1912, at eight o'clock, in the High School auditorium. Music will be furnished by Mr*. Killgore s orches tra of Dushore, addresses will be given by Supt. J. E. R. Killgore* and Prof. Gartner of Susquehanna College. The pupils of the Laporte Schools will give an entertainment in tin* auditorium of the High School building. Tuesday evening, April SiO, 15)12. at eight o'clock. The program will consist of recita tions. music and a play, by the High School pupils, entitled "The lhirg lar.'' Admission 'JO cents. Proceeds will go toward Com mencement expenses. Ice Cruani will be sold iiiMucdiute ly after the entertainment, in the rooms on the first lloor. A PROMINENT LAWYER DEAD H. Stuart HeiMley died at hi* residen c inWilhunsport at 1 :•"><> u'clock Tuesday afternoon, aged 75 yerrs and one month. He had ln'cn confined to 'he house only for the past two weeks- Benjamin Stuart Bentley was horn in Montrose, Susquehanna county, and practiced law in Mon trose until ISSt; when lie took up his residence in Williamsporfc and continued the practice of law. When the Superior court was created, in June, l8f)5, Mr. Bent ley was appointed prothonotary for the Wiliamsport district and. continued to hold that office until death removed liini. At the meeting of the Village Improvement Society the following olficers were Heeled for ill 5 ensuing year: President, Mrs. Edw. Ladley, Vice President, Mr.-. J. L. Smyth, Treasure Mrs. T. .J. Keeler, Secretary, Mrs. F. H. Ingham. Executive Committee, Mrs. F. W. Meylert, Mis. 1 . L. Ford and and Mrs. J. L. Smyth, The So-1 ciety is in a nourishing condition i and increasing its membership. 1 $25,000.00 LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. FRIDAY APRIL 26 1912. Seat Local and«Pcrsona! Evcstsj Tersely Told. j Will Mahaffy is on the sick list. C. C, Duffield was in town over Sunday. Miss. Jessie Rogers spent Satur day iu Dushore. Ivn Hess spent Sunday at he«- home. Win. Rurlwo has moved his fam ily to Sonestown. Raymond Shaffer of Forks was •at Laporte Tuesday. Henry Jordan of Forks was at Laporte Tuesday, 11. (>. Tarbox of N»ordniont was at Laporte on Wednesday. W. H. Biddlc of EJatt-lla was in town the for« part of the week. 1-he News Item force now con sists of \\ illard Day, Charles Danb erman both of Williamsport, I'a. J. G. Scouton was a business mau at the Court House on Mon thly. Z. K. Botsford of Nowlmonl was calling on friends in Laporte Tues day. Geo. Wanck of Cambclleville was a business ltuni in Laporte Wednesday. Earnest Speary of Nordmout was in town the beginni"g of thy week. Miss. Irene Leahy is visit nig her brother Mr. John Leahy of tliis place. David K. Littlv of Forksvillo was a business man at Laporte Wednesday. Helen Carpenter spuut a few days with her mother at say t o this week. Mrs. K. S. Chase of Kngles Merc, who has been iH all Winter issoino what improved. Chester (iumble who has spent the Winter at Hillsgrove, returned home this week. A\'c observed the familiar fact: of John Pardoe of Forksrillo in La porte Wednesday. Mr. John Leahy attended the weddrng of John Pyue. and Alice Foley of Towanda. E* E. Mecnru, W. 11. Taylor and J. W. Dickersou wore at the Bernard Hotel Tuesday. The V. I. S. will meet at the homo of Mrs. J. L. Smyth, on Monday evening. April the 20. Wm. B. Fellinger moved from the Association house No, I.to a house at the Tannery. A. S. Buckley, Supt. for the Elk Tannery Co. spent the day at La porte Tuesday. Misses liattie Traugh and Fran cis Kennedy walked to tlio formers home, tit Nordmout Sunday. Mr. and Mr. T. J. Keelor. of La porte. were gvuests of Mr. and Mrs. L. It. Gumble of Picture Kocks on Monday. W. E. and 11. L. Crawford of Muncy were looking after th.i speckeled beauties at Laporte the earlier part of the week. W. B. Snider of Xordinont, was transacting businet-s in Laporte on Tuesday, and made the I ten a pleasant call. C. J. Cunningham of Dushore, assisted by Newton C. Maben lias been repairing the Court l!ou t furnace this week. Win. Rogers had the misfortune to have his foot cut while at work jn the tannery lust- Thursday i> now able to get around again. John C. Sliaad, Chairman of the Ke( u'dicau County Comiiiitu , spent a few hours in Laporte, on his way I home from Mun y Valley, Wed- 1 [ nesday. Miss Helen MacDcrmott, who | i made bur home with Mrs. A. 11. ! l*ischhausen, her coiuin. for the ' [oast t»even years, since the death of her mother, has gone to Mount Saint Mary's Seminary, Scranton, There will be a Bake Sale on Saturday afternoon, April -7, be ginning ilk at the home of Mrs. T. J. Keeler, lee C'l'eanijtJakes and Candy the usual articles ■ of food will on sale that a 1 tor noon. The Item Is sending out a few sample copies thi# week, and il you receive one consider it as a person&l for your subscrip tion. If you don't receive a copy and happen to read this in your neighbor's paper give it the same consideration. We want you on our list. The high winds of th« fore part of the week blew down the maple tree at the south west corner of the, park. It is to be hoped that the Boro Fathers will have it re moved before it vs needed for fire wood next winter. $1.50 Coal Carries $2 in Gold An interesting featui * about the coal tniiitfd iu Cumbria, A\yo., is thai it is claimed to be gold-bear ing. Some of the coal has contained as much as si.oo per ton in gold, and thw coal was sold for 81.>>0 per t in. Wliwu Coke made at Cambria was selling for s:;..">o per tnin ssvmp les were teikwi from 31 cars during a period of three weeks and assayed | The sumplee showed an average of j sj. lt; per tfm in gold and 50.28 in j silver. The explanation offered for ' the presence of gold in this coal is j thi'j- the sands which mibwfirged j the old ]ieat Log and now form the j roof of phe coal bed wet # derived in i part from gold-bearing alluvium. 1 While the sand was being deposited j 'tho gold worked dow■ iiNo the ! wnderlyiug bog and i» uow found in the coal. This is «iie of khe intere«ting statements made in a report to be published in a few days br the I . S. Geological Survey. It is BuUo- U-n t'.i'J. entitled '-Coal near the Black Hills. Wyoming-South Dako ta,"' by K. W. Stone. What th® coal will do under a boiiwr is shown by comparative tests mads by tb« < 'ainbria Fuel Co., at Cambria, by the Lincoln Traction Co.. Lincoln, Nebr., and by the (leological Survey fuel-testing plant ut St. Louis. These tests aro com pared with similar tests made on competing coals. Besidss a d»s- Cri(>tiou of the coal field and coal mining operations at Cambria, which is 7 miles north of Newcastle. Wyo., the report contains a des cr.it))tion of all known coal expos ures around the Black Hills, ex tending from Sundance and Alad din. Wyo., to the openings in the bank of Cheyennu Hiv«jr east of lidgemont. S. Dak. Four dille4'cnt eoals, bituminous, splint, canncl, and "pine needle," ar« produced here. The conclusion luached is that notiM of Wie local localities around the edge of Iht v Black Hills, except Cambria, will ever add to the State's record of coal produced and shipped. 'Hie report is fulh illustrated. The information contained in this report was collected by Mr. Stone at various times while he was ex amining lands for classification. It vas not originally compiled for lUolicat.oii. but it proved to be so omprehensivc rind complete that t iias Ix'i'ii it. - -milled under on# covt r. iiullctin IU!) can be obtain ed free on request from the director, U. S. (ieologieal Survey, Washiug- D. C'. i i exis produced 9,000,000 barrel b [of pstredeuin in 1911, but still tuatl isa't what they iu Tox:;.j. I NOTICE John H. English, lessee of the Republican News Item from July Ist 1911 to July Ist 1!)12, on the evening of April Ist, left the office and the town and has not been j seen in either place since. The 1 management of the Item had been entirely in his liamL up to the time of his departure. By his failure to giit out the issue of the Item for the first week in April Ids contract with the Estate of Thomas J. Ing ham for tine lease of iue office be came void, and his connection with the paper ceased. We have been busy so far trying to get printers and got the regular issues out, and have not been able K) get at the accounts. Mr. Eng lish claims that he is not of age and contracts made by him are void. We presume that mail which was intended for the News Item office but sent iu the name of John B. English has never reached the Item and that this may cause some eon fusion. If you have written |£e Item and not had a reply, kiadly write again addressing your letter to F. 11. Ingham, Em:. The office is now in good run ning condition and we are ready to do your job work or take your sub scription. List of Jurors, May Term, IS) 12. Name Ofcupution Resilience Grand Jurora. Ceorge Arey Farmer Cherry Bowman Barrett Blacksmith Hillwgrove Edward Brown Mackinemaa Bernice Gtjorge W. Bender Fanner Forke <'lmrles Cook Miner Bernice Hartley ChHson Farmer IlillHgrove (Jharries Coli*uau Miner Bernice Chrisiiaa Heinze Farmer Klkland Frederick llotte Clerk Dushore Kimber Horn Laborer Davidson Anthony Kilmer Justice o( Peace Fox Sylvester Kilmer h'arm«r Flkland liussel McCarty Farmer Elk-land • ieorge M|-yei.i Merchant Davidson Frank Meyer Merchant Bernice < lu'isies McCurroH Farmer Colley W ill-iam Painter Farmer Klkland Conrad Unssel Blacksmith Shrewsbury Robert Simmons Machinist Davidson i >scar Snyder Farmer Cherry Andrew Small Farmer Mavidson John Watson Foreman Davidson Charles Webster Farmer Forks < ieorge Whipple Foreman Ricketts John 11. Ilouser Fireman Riekrtts Charles Kaseman Merchant Fox John Ivarge Farmer Rinplale , Samuel Kilmere Farmer Forks tatwrencc Lmtreuson Laborer Laporte B. •Fames Lang Laborer Lopez Frank Laudon Laborer Dushore Joseph Mclrityre Farmer Laporte T. ' Fnos Mc< iee Jr. Laborer Bennice 1 Daniel McCartv Laborer Bernice Warren May Farmer Khklaiid' Melvin Mullen Farmer Elkland Henry Richart Farmer Davidson Dentins Ryan Farmer Cherry William 11. Rogers Cunti'.ii u-Laporte T. Silvester Sullivan Enjritieer Lo, ie/. Samuel Secules Laborer Jatni.-on C, William .Shaffcr Farmer Forks , David I'tz Rlacl«Mi>ith Dushore , John Walsh Lumber,man Ringsilnle Charles Weinbrod Farmer Cherrr TKAVKIWK OR PETIT JL liORS Archie It. Adams Engineer Rickettg tieorge Adams Ladorer Lopez Samuel Bird Farmer Forks Brady Bennett Laborer Eagles Mere John Bedford Farmer Hlkland Frank Bird Farmer Forks 'ieorge W. Bigger Blacksmith Davidson Charles Brink Contractor Ragles Mere David Cook Laborer Dushore Henry Cttminings Farmer Mere John Catl Farmer Klkland vlartin Cavanaugh Farmer Cherry Matthew C<lemmons Mine Supti Bernice Francis Coyle Farmer Cherry i ieorge DNCCOII Laborer Beriice Henry Darby Laborer Hillsgrove Ira Edler Far»ier Rlklaad 'ieorge S. Eddy Teamster Laporte B, Warren H. Fanning Merchant Foe (learhart Fritz Farmer Davidson Brady IfouselenechtHotel k'p'r Davidson Airfield Harrison Laborer II 11. „rove Porter W. Htin»!.-, i aiiiicf Che>>\ Wilber J. L.»bui\r 1. |» •• • . l'o.u-r lhgley Farim r ! i>rudy lluii" l.ii> »rer J' l r i. \\ .i.i ,tit l*i .11 L .cr jj. , 75C PER jgAR T. J. INGHAM ESTA.TB Corn Growing Contest Benton. Pa.. April 10, 1912 The Item, Laporte, I'a. Gentlemui: I wish you would announce i , the columns of your good paper th following committee which 1. hav named to take charge of the coin growing contest: Prof. \\ . . Kvans,Bloomjbtirg, ]'.• Prof. Itcese Kilgore, Dushore, I .t. Prof. I. 11. Mau.<er, Runluwy, Pa. I'rof. C.W. J)err,\Vashinjtit»nville.- J . Mr. James C. Packer, Sunhnry, Pa Mr. A Ip\. Hillineyer, \\ shingtor ville, Pa. Mr. C'lias, H. l>Wdine,Orangeville,lv I am selecting for this commil teu the County Superintendent < each of the four counties compri> ing tiiis district and three prom: nent and disinterested farmers, t the district making a total men, herein p of seven. Ihr committee will anuoMuci their plans in full detail in a lette issued.- For the immediate i+ifoi mat-ion ol prospective contestant: the eon tent will be based, jn 'maril ®n the highest net return from a. acre of laud planted to corn. Ever contestant must be witlan tl twenty year age limit, fie e»>. employ help if he wants to but 1 must charge up such employmei.. against his eest. I have received a letter kom OP bright young boy who says he going to specialize in potatoes good for lam. We will arrange al for a potato contest everybody ca participate, who wants to, old ai young, and suitable prizes will I arranged for same. With potato selling around $1.50 per bushel i towns surrounded by fertile roil ; means something to both the far, wand consumer that we UT;:' give more attention to this crop. Very truly yours, MCHENRY. Sullivan County Sunm ; Normal School In High School Building, I' shore. Five weeks' term beginni. Monday, May '27. 1912. FACULTY: bn addition to a large corpse local instructor* we shaH'liave w us Prof. Lister, a Palmer Metl Writing expert, during the w> of June. If). Also an expert Primary Methods. In addition to the stress pla upon Writing and Primary M ods the following will w special attention: Pennsylvania History (Requ! under the "'New Code" J, i School Subjects for Professic Classes, and Course and Metko Grammer for Intermediate Grammer Grades. Every teacher in the county gardless of the grade of the ■•« cate held, should attend tkisse whicli promises to l>e the most ' ful in its history. TERMS : For full term of live weeks. For less than full tnin. s2.o< week with a mininmm char; $;;.oo. M. K. BLACK, Prim Chicago woman has sued a ty doctor for $50,0t)9 fwr sp her complexion. Just think - girl with SSO,LOW worth ®f seeking the service of a beaut; tar. ILECTJtIC BPJIS-KS What the worl ilw'- advie* and mot • <> .-i.n • He is is a I «>1" f."' feewan I n .id . 'km long the « . a in> k It <ir -UNI > ;i I>\ Ji i .«»i -av Pt»i } a i i LIC nUWi I I** l»»i* *- » » .v
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