VOL. XYI. NO. 19 THE ONLY PAPER PUBLISHED AT THE COUNTY SEAT OF SULLIVAN COUNTY. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. | pRANCIS W. MBYLERT, Attorney-at-Law. Office in Keeler'n Block. LAPORTE, Sullivan County, PA. £ J. MULLEN, Atto r n ey-at- L« w. LAPORTE, PA orrici in CODRTY BUILDING ■ ■inooutT nooSB. J H. CRONIN, ATTOBHBT'AT LAW, ROTARY PUBLIC. OrriOß UK HAIR HTHBBT DUSHORE. '' A First National Bank OF LAPORTE, PA. Capital - - - pa,000.00 Transacts a general banking business. J. 1.. CHRISTIAN KUW. I.AIU.KY President. CaHhier. 3 per cent interest paH on timo deposits, ACCOUNTS SOLICITED. LAPORTE IS AFFKCTED State to Take Road From Bloomsburg From Super visors' Control Bloomsburg, May 12-During the course of his conversation with council members Thursday night State Engineer Clay stated that after June 1 the supervision of the roads in the county taken over by the Sproul Act, which enclude tin* roads from Bloomsburg to Berwick, \ Bloomsburg to Benton and Blooms \ burg to Danville, Bloomsburg to VVVilliaoisport, via Millville; Blooms- j fcurg to Laporte, via Orangeville; Bloomsburg to Pottsville, via liup ert and Catawissa, will pass out of! the supervision of the supervisors and that they will thereafter be under the direct charge of the State Highway Department. Because of the big task and the fact the State now lias only 40 men as yet familiar with the road situ ation throughout the state to look ofter the 8,000 miles of roads to be maintained under the provisions of the Sproul act, it will probably be necessary at lirst to enter into con tract to have the road work done. Mr. Clay stated that for the pres ent they would devote their ener gies to getting rid of the ruts and opening the ditches and in this work they would largely depend upon the use of the road drag. It is believed that if these roads are placed in good shape through the easy means provided they will go a long ways toward providing an object lesson to supervisors throughout this and other counties and will soon result in much better roads throughout the entire state. FALLS DOWN STEPS; DIER SOON AFTER Muucy, May 14, —Coleman ßubli, proprietor of a Water street hard ware store, died today from injur ies received by falling down the steps leading to the cellar of his store yersterday afternoon. It. is beleived he was stricken with apoplexy. No onelieard him fall, but his son found him bleeding and unconscious at the foot of the stair way. There were several deep cuts on his head, indicating that lie had struck the cellar floor with great force. He was removed to his home and Dr. Kenneth Wood and Dr. Rankin summoned. Later Dr. Kluinp, of Williamsport, was call ed in coneulation. Despite all that uould be done the injured man died without regaining conciousness. Mr. Bubb was about fifty years of age and had been in business in Munoy for a number of years, lie is survived by his wife and one BOD, Kenneth, also by his father, Charles Bubb. Republican News Item. fCovnty Seat Local and Personal Events) Tersely Told J W. 11. Rogers was up from Wil laimsport over Sunday. Mrs. Mary Bobbins of Nordmont was in town on Tuesday. Atty. J. H- Thayer, and wife of Dushore, were in town Saturday. T. J. Keeler has placed a cement horse block in front of his residence. Ira Mead of Wyoming county at tended the funeral of Mrs. Roberts. lfenay C. Deway and wife of Nordmont were in town Tuesday. W. J. McCarty of Sonestown spent part of Tuesday in the county seat. V. B. Ilolcomb and Clayton Bird of Dushore was in town Sat urday. Willard Day and Charles Dauber man were in Williamsport over Sun day. S.ll.Stanton and wife of William sportare guestsofJ. L. Smyth this week. Mrs. Henry Hileman of Benton, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Joseph Carpenter. John M. Converse was a business man at Laporte the latter part of last week. Tony Murray was a Laporte visi- I tor Sunday. lie did not com" over I in a blue spark. Miss Eunice 11. Ingham came up from Lock Haven Friday to spend Sunday at home. Miss Alice Pennington of Nord mont attended the funeral of Mrs. Roberts on Tuesday. Mrs. E.C. Potter has gone to Marsh Hill to visit her mother, Mrs. Margaret Mapes. Miss Rilla Fritz of Laporte spent a few days last week visiting relatives at Nordmont. Watson Speary and William Rob | bins were transacting business at the county seat Wednesday. Hon. Henry Richlin and County Commissioner Irvin Hottensteln drove to Laporte last Monday. Art liar Miner and wife of Bernice was in town Tuesday attending the funeral of Mrs Jane Roberts. Win. Pnrincterof the Hotel Al leghney al Kagles Mere, was an en tertaining caller at the News Item otliee Wednesday. Mrs. Edward Lad Icy left Mon day niorining for Kennett Square I where she will spend some time visiting witli relatives. A. T. Anderson and Ulricli An derson of Ridgway arc looking after 1 lie interests of I lie Elk tanning Co. in the dry loft at the tannery. Mark Shoemaker and Charles Rohhins were in town Wednesday. They w ill probably have some lisli stories to tell w hen they get back. Dr. Randel and J. L. Smyth have greatly added to the appearnce of i their houses of the building of new walks in front of their proper . ties. Frank Margargel, C. A. Starr, Geo. Rea. Jr., and Geo. Kiess are spending the week at their fishing and hunting camp on the Loyal I Sock. Pat. Finnan of the Obert House Dushore, Pa., was in Sonestown with his Ford automobile, Wednes day, making a short stop at Laporte on his return trip. Jos. Wrede, a petty oftieer, of the torpidn boat, distroyer Aniinen has been spending a few days at home with his mother. Joe. was stationed in Cuba during the winter, and is now stationed at Boston. LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. FRIDAY, MAY 17 1912. Mrs. Win. li. Rogers accompani ed her brother Jos. Wrede, as far as Hamburg on his return to Hen ton Monday. Mrs Rogers will spend some time visiting her sis ter Mrs John Garland, at Ham burg. Henry Carpenter who has been working in the Navy yard at Phila delphia returned home Monday evening to spend the summer. Hen ry says Pliila, is all right: but his for Laporte in the good old summer time. A. W. Murray, of Murray, stop ped for a short time in town on his way home from Muncy Valley, Tuesday. Tony was driving a Kline car, and he says it can make as much noise as Charlie Taylor's .Jack if he would take the mufflers off. Engles Mere was svell represented in Laporte on Wednesday, revoca tion was taken in the case of the pe vocation of the lien of Wm. Pal mater. E. J. Mullen, Esq. represen ted Mr. Palmaterand W. P. Shoe maker, Esq. John 8. Scouten Esq. appeared for the W. C. T. U. The State Highway Department has had a large corps of ehgineers and others surveying an imaginary road from Bloomsburg to Laporte via the top of the North Mountain. They finished up the survey on Friday last. As improbable as it may seem that the State would build a. road 011 this survey we think if the mountain had to be crossed ingoing from Pittsburg to Philadelphia it would bo done. The following men composed the engineer corps of the State High way Department who have for some time past been surveying a State Road from Bloomsburg to Laporte: B. F. McLaughlin, G. A. M. Kelvy, Ira Hassert of Bloomsburg, F. M. Adams of Sunbury, B. M. Africa ol' Harrisburg, Marshall Hughes of Shenondoah, Chas. J. Roziser Mt. Carinal, F. A. Phillips of Pittston, Geo. F. Hand of Wilkes Barre. They spent the- latter part of last week in Laporte. Mrs. Jane Roberts died very suddenly Saturday morning from heart failure. Mis. Roberts had been making her home with Mrs. T. J. Keeler for some time past. She arose in the morning as usual and dressed herself and went out doors. At breakfast time Mrs. Keeler sent her daughter Olive, to call Mrs Roberts to breakfast, she was not in her room. Mrs. Keeler then made a search and found her outside the house very weak and sick. She was taken into the house and died a few minutes afterward. Dr. Herman, of Dushore, jvas at the Laporte Hotel, and was called immediately, but nothing could l.e done to help her. At the meeting of the Laporte Borough concil the following new walks were orderd. E. M. Dunham on Cherry St: Thorne St. Muncy St.and Main St., 0. C. Finch Esq tate 011 Muncy St., Wurlllein Est. 011 Main St. A. Walsh 011 Beech and Meylert St., Baptist Church 011 Main St. Methodist Church 011 Muncy St. Michael Flyn 011 Main St. Dana Est. 011 Cherry St. Episco pal rectory 011 King St. Mrs. Brews ter Cheney Heirs Muncy St , R. A. Conklin Cherry St. Unless these walks are built within fifteen days from the date of notice it is provid ed by ordianee that the borough shall build the walks and lile a lien against the property with a penalty of 20 per cent added thereto 011 the <•085 thereof. Repairs were ordered at the same meeting on the follow ing walks. Mi's. Grim, Muncy St. Miss. Crocker, Main St. COOK WANTED A good girl or middle aged worn lan as cook at the Laporte Hotel, I Joseph Carpenter, Prop. THE NATiO/NAL VALCUUM GLEANER THE REPUBLICAN /T NEWS ITEM HAS AN OPTION ON A |§ % CARLOAD OF NAT- JS \ IQNAL VALCHII MAKE YOUR HOME SANITARY No member of your family is wholly safe from contagi ous diseases until every particieof dirt and dust is removed. I o be safe, your home should be DUS I LESS. Yoti cannot have a dustless and sanitary home without the NAI ION Al. VAI.CIJUM CI HANI K. thorough house cleaning is impossible without it. WHY YOU NEED I'HE NATIONAL No homecan be healihlullv clean without a N VI lONAI. Think ol the countless numb rol disease germs in the dust of the ordinary room Would you liee yourself from Ihis ever present danger? . No other invention lias ever done so much for abo- I jte safety m the home by doing away with dirt and disease. Anyone who can afford a broom can now afford the best Valcuum Cleaner made * Bv the easy payment plan, the NATIONAL, costs less per week than you pay for brooms or carpet sweepers, and it's ten times more thorough You are paying the price ol a Valcuum Cleaner now, anyway, whether you have one or not—paying it in need less house cleaning, paying it in hard sweeping and dust ing, paying it m the damage which dust does to your carpets ana runs. A lew cents will save this waste. GUARAN I EE—We guarantee this Valcuum Cleaner to be free from mechanical detects, and will replace with out charge, any parts, proving detective in material or workmanship lor a period ot one > ear from date ol purchase. This Valcuum Cleaner will be given as a premium with the News Item, watch for par ticulars next week RICHESON HAS ANOTHER ] DAY WITH ALIENISTS Boston, Mavl3.-"There is noth ing they win print about mo now that is any worse then what I have ' already heard and read," calmly argued ClarenceV.T. Rieeson with • Sheriff Quinn in his cell at the 1 Charles street jail today in urging | the sheriff to allow hiui to read | w hat the paper were saying about his case Since he was sentenced ! early in January for the murder <>f Avis Linnell, all newspapers 1 given Riclieson have had news | pertaining to the case cut out ] The prisoner's plea had its force with the sheriff today, ( and anxious 1 to gratify as much as possible every ! w him of the prisoner during the final hours before his execution, | which is set for next week, Quinn will allow him the paper uncut unless they contain sensa- ' tional news That the alienists j name by Governor Foss to exa- h mine Richeson intend to meke j their investigation as complete I and exhaustive as possible was made apparent today. They visit ed the jail and for live and one-1 half hour prol>ed into the prisoner's J mental and physical rendition, j' Later. Dr. Stedman admitted that they might return tomorrow. 1 ' Will Buy Wool ___ I wish to announce that I am [ buying washed and unwashed wool. I am paying 22 ets per lb. in trade. 20 cts per lb. cash. Washed wool j 28 cts per lb. Wolf Socks, Laporte, Pa. ' Robert and Urban Nichols of Cincinnati Thought have Been Kidnapped Robert Nichols is H years of age; 3 ft. 4 in.; weight t!0 lbs.; light hair: dark bro\\n eyes; wore dark brown rompers trimmed with red braid; black button shoes and black stockings; bare-headed. Urban Nichols is 4 years of age; height about a ft.; weight 35 lbs.; brown hair; dark brown eyes; wore blue and white rompers, small red dress; black button shoes and black stock i ugs; bare-headed. Robert, the eldest, is said to be bright for his age, and can tell his name, how old he is and where his parents reside. Both boys have the habit of suck ing their thumbs. As the neighborhood in which they were la«t seen here is inhabit ed by Hungarians, it is thought that they may have been picked up by some of them and taken or sent aw ay from Ihis city. All Police Departments are re quested to kindly give the above facts to the newspapers so that as much publicity as possible bo given the case. The parents of these children, who reside at 2012 Whiteman St. this city, are poor and unable to offer a reward, but one of our prom- I incut firms has deposited $25. with 75C PER YEAR C. S. DAUBERMAN, EDITOR this department to be used as a re ward for any information leading to the whereabouts of ttesw child ren, and possibly more rewards would be offered by kindly dispos ed citizens if these little ones could be restored to their parents. If located, or any information is obtained concerning them, please notify the undersigned. WILLIAM COPELAN, Chief of Police. Cincinnati, O. Death of Hon. Russel Karris Hon Russel Karns died at Ben ton, Sunday Mr. Karns was a member of the Legislature for Sullivan county in 1888, and introduced and had pass ed the law, giving laborers lien on bark and logs. Mr. Karns, cauie to Laporte in 1880, and bought the Laporte hotel, Mr. Karns accumulated con siderable! of worldly goods during the time he had the Laporte hotel. He sold the hotel property to F. W. Gallegher, who kept the house until his death, he moved to Benton where he resided until his death. For several years Mr. Karns, has been in poor health, and his death was not unexpected. Mr. Karns, was a Veteran of the Civil War and by his death the G. A. R. loses one more good member. Death of Mrs. Jane Roberta Mi's. Jane A. Roberts was born in Towanda, Pa., September 9, 1848, and died in Laporte, Pa, May 11, 1912, at the home of T. J. Keeler, where she had spent the last three years of her life. Mrs. Roberta was the daughter of David and Jane White and moved with her parents to lowa in April 1858. Iu 1803 she was united in marriage to Joseph A. Roberts of lowa, who afterward enlisted in the Uniou Army and was killed at Atlanta, Georgia, in 18G4. In the spring of 18(15 Mrs. Roberts came east to vis it her sister, Mrs. 8. Mead with whom she resided until her death. In 1869 Mrs. Roberts united with the Methodist Episcoal Church at Clark's Green, Lackawanna coun ty, and in 1878 transferded her membership t:> the Methoqist Epis scopal Church in Laporte, of which she was an earnest and active mem ber until the day of her death. Funeral services were held in the M. E. Church in Laporte Tuesday afternoon, May 14th, at o'clock, in charge of the Pastor of the church. Interment was made in the Mountain Ash Cemetery iu La porte. Besides the decorations in the church, several floral tributes were sent by friends of the deceased. Those who attended frhe funeral ser vices from a distance were: Herbert Keeler, Lestershire, N. Y., Ira Mead, Lemon Pa, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Mines of Mildred, Pa. The pall bearers were Messrs. J. G. Cott> F. M. Crossley, \V- J. Higley, J. V. Finkle, A. 11. Buschhausen, and J. L. Smyth. Card of Thanks Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Keeler takes this means of thanking the people of Laporte for their kindness at the time of the death and burial of Mrs. Jane Roberts. They wish also to thank the choir for their services. ■ m ♦ MILLINERY We cordially invite you to come and inspect our milliner}' display of rich and handsomely designed Ladies trimmed dress hats, and ready to wear hats. Missess and ehildrcns trimmed hats, l»aby lion nets and automobile bonnets. Also a nice assortment of ribbon, flowers, and ornaments of various kinds. LIZZIE McNHLLAN
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