VOL. XYI. NO. 26 THE ONLY PAPER PUBLISHED AT THE COUNTY SEAT OF SULLIVAN COUNTY. j- COUNTY SEAT § H LOCAL AND PERSONAL § \\ EVENTS BRIEFLY TOLD j F. C. Bird of Dushore was calling ou friends in town Monday. Mrs. James Russell was calling ou friends in town Monday. F. H ■ Ingham was a business man in Picture Rocks Monday. Henry Obert and family of Dushore spent Sunday with Michael Flynn. Henry McCibbius is spenning his vacation with his mother at this place. Miss Jennie Hess visited rela tives at Muncy Valley on Sunday. Miss Fay Hess of Nordrr was a pleasing visitor in tow ntlay. Irvin Dewald of Sonestown tran sacted business in town 011 Monday. Arthur Biddle of Sunbury was a business visitor in town on Afonday. C. E. Peters of Nordmont was calling ou friends in town Afontlay. Mrs. George Feister of Nordmont spent Thursday last with her son Leo. Glen Peterman of Nordmont wa s a business visitor in town 011 A/011 - day. W. B. Snider of Nordmont was calling ou friends in town 011 Tues day. John H. Cronin of Dushore was a' guest at the Laporte Hotel 011 Mon day. E. C. Mecnm of Williauisport transacted business in this place on Tuesday. William Kerman of Dushore was a guest at the Hotel Bernard on Monday. Charles Cox of Nordmont was calling on friends in this place 011 Monday. Howard Mosteller of Nordmont was a business visitor in this place Monday. Orr Lawreson of Thompson spent several days inthis.his former home, this week A. S. Buckley of William«port was calling on friends in iliis place on Tuesday. J. L. Cheistian and son of Lopez were guests at t I W. JO. Crawford, counsel for the club agreed that the money subscrib ed by the club members was not used to spred agricultural knowledge, but Mr. Crawford was of the opinion that tins money spent in 1907 was in keeping with the act and he and So licitor (iilmore tiled their briefs with the court. DOG LOST A valuable Collie dog was either stolen or strayed away, he answers to the name of Rogue. Liberal re ward if returned to Mis Burton Jones, Hotel Eagles Mere. Eagles I Mere, Pa. London reports the invention of j a moving picture lilm which won't j burn, so it. may lie possible to show I the convention pictures after all. i LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. FRIDAY, JULYS, 1912. Peck —Miner Allen L. Peck, of Ithaca, N. Y., and Miss Lizzie Miner, of Dushore were married Tuesday, June 25, at St. Basil's church, at 10 o'clock a. m., by Rev. X. A. Kaier, with.a High Mass. Eugene and Cathryn Miner of Buffalo, brother and sister of the bride, were best man and bridesmaid respectively. After the wedding ceremony a wedding din ner was served at the residence of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Miner. After a brief wed ding tour to New York City, Mr. and Mrs. Peck will commence house keeping at Meeklingburg, N. Y., Mr. Peck is in the general mercan tile business, and a very prominent young man. Miss Miner is tine of the finest young ladies of Dushore and vicinity and her many warm friends wish her and her husband a prosperous and happy married life. Oliver —Howe Edward L. Oliver, ofSciotavale, and Mrs. Abbey Howe, of Wyaltis ing.were married in theWardHouse parlors by Rev. D.I). Campbell, D, I)., in Towanda, Wednesday, June II), 1912. Mr, and Mrs. Oliver returned to Wyalusing 011 the after noon train, going thence to Sciota vale, where the groom has a well culivated farm and a well provided home, he being one of the substan tial citizens of that famed valley. Danville Man Dies at Age of 103 Years Danville, July 1. Probably the oldest resilient this city has ev«*r bad died Saturday morning just after midnight, when Michael H. Powers, aged 103 years and 9 months tot he day, died at his home here. Funeral services were held in St. Joseph's Catholic church, here at 9 o'clock this morning, with the cele bration of the high requiem mass. DUSHORE AUTOISTS HURT Four Men Injured When Geo. Deegan's Car Struck Telegraph Pole While offering to aid a disabled automobile 011 the Towanda road Sunday afternoon, George T. De egan, a leading grocer of that place, ditched bis own car, and three com panions as well as himself, were injured when the car plunged into a telegraph pole. Mr. Deegan, who was driving, said that he was not going more than six or seven miles 011 hour, and when he turned bis head to speak to the man whose car was disabled, he must have turned his own car too far towards the side of the road, and the first thing they knew they had skidded off into soft earth, and tin* radiator and the front springs of his machine, a Reo touring car, were smashed by the impact with the pole. Mr. Deegan was hurt about the head and chest where he struck the steering wheel, Francis Cunning ham had a thumb dislocated, Jerry Garmody had a rib broken, and Arthur Wilcox was generally bruis ed about the body. All the men are under medical treatment, and with the exception of Carmody, 110 more serious results are feared. Carrying Mail by Auto Four of the eleven R. F. D. mail carriers out of Wellsboro use auto mobiles in their work. When Uncle Samuel is real up to date he will furnish his mail carriers with little motor cars at cost, or free gratis for nothing, and will collect and deliver the mail in style. A machine could be built to sell at about S3OO, in the quantities the post office could handle them, that would enable mail carriers to cover their routes in half the time. NORDMONT. Miss Irilla Fritz spent Sunday with M. D. Horn and family. Mrs. Arthur Minor of Mildred is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Foust. Ernest Minor, the four year old son of Arthur Minor, had the mis fortune of cutting his hand while playing with a cutting box, last week. Dr. Davis was called and it was found necessary to amputate four fingers below the second joint. Mr. and Mrs. Osterhout of Scran ton are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Dewey. Mrs. Keeler of Newberry is visit ing her son, Fred Keeler. Mrs. Geo. Boedekerand children of Cula, N. Y., are visitiug Mr. Tarbox and family. Mrs. Benj. Speary returned home Monday, after spending some time with Mr. Monroe Speary of Larrys Creek. Misses Reba Hess, Lulla Giber son, Mrs. Silas Hess and Mr. Shed rick Hess of Bontown spent Sun day with J. D. Hunter and family. Misses Reba Hess and Irene Hunter left Monday for Niagara Falls. Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Speary are visiting friends in this place. Mr. Palmer, a State Forest Com missioner inspected trees in this vicinity for chestnut blight, last week. Miss Fay Hess spent Monday very pleasantly in Laporte. — mm mmm Do Not Use Salt on the Qround A beginning orchardist wrote to State Zoologist H. A. Surface, of the Department of Agriculture, Harrisburg, saying that his soil is so dry that he thought of watering his young apple trees by ''taking two pounds of nitrate of soda and three pounds of salt to fifty gallons of water." He thought this would hold the moisture and prove beni ficial. Professor Surface sent him a reply which will be of interest to many readers. This is as follows: "It is all right to water your trees with two pounds of nitrate of soda in fifty gallons of water, but by all means keep out salt. I can not possibly understand why people want to use salt on their trees and in their soil. It does not do one bit of good as a fertilizer nor as an insecticide fungicide. There seems to be a deeply rooted idea through, out this State that salt is beneficial on plants, when the reverse is really the truth. Salt does not hold moisture nor make the ground hold moisture. It draws the mois ture to the surface of the ground and makes it evaporte there, and makes it all the worse for the tree. "It would pay better to culivate your trees well than to water them, although to water them fii-st with nitrate of soda in the water, and then culivate them would no doubt be beneficial. When young trees are frozen, starting to grow or de clining, I find that a sptionful of nitrate of soda around each, culti vated into the soil, is a good thing and stimulates growth perhaps bet ter than anything else." Averted Accident A bathing accident was averted at Eagles Mere yesterday when G. Valentine rescued Miss Sharp Reading. 50 Men Wanted "Fifty (50) Men wanted at once. Teamsters, Bark Peelers, and Log Rollers. STONY BBOOK LUMBER 00.. Lopez, Pa. SCHOLARSHIPS FOR TEACHERS AT U. OF P. SUMMER SCHOOL In line with the general policy re cently announced by the Provost of the University of Pennsylvania to serve the people of the State in every possible way, the Summer School has added a number of features which uutke It more helpful and accessible than ever before for students in gen eral and teachers in particular. Courses leading to the usual college degrees and others specially planned to improve the everyday work of the public school have been provided in profusion. For particular phases of this work, the Pennsylvania Congress of Mothers and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union are offering free scholarships. During the term beginning July Ist and ending August 10th, certain of the University Dormitories are reserved for women. The swimming pool is also open to them for an hour each day, and opportunity is afforded for every form of physical education. A special booklet has been issued calling atten tion to the numerous places of his torical Interest which will be vislied during the session and to the excur sions arranred to Willow Grove Park, Atlantic City, League Island Navy Yard and many other recreation points, to say nothing of a moonlight ride on the Delaware. There are free lectures, receptions and dances for almost every evening of the six weeks' term. Special provision is made for teachers wishing to earn the higher grades of certificates made necessary by the new Pennsylvania Code. A great School of Observation gives elementary school teachers, principals and superintendents the opportunity to study, through daily visits to model teachers in each school grade, the work of such noted systems as In dianapolis, St. Louis, Philadelphia, Passaic, N. J.; Newton, Mass., and of the Horace Mann School, the model school for Columbia University. The school systems selected for represen tation are among the most noted in America. The teachers who represent them have been officially chosen. For example, the seventh gind< ia in charge of Miss Blalch, of Ini* „ina:»olis, wlio was recommended two years ago by Hon. Calvin S. Kendall, now Com mlsiloner of Education of New Jersey, but then Superintendent of Indianap olis Schools. Miss Bryan has been se lected to show how sixth grade work Is done In St Louis, after conference with the Board of Superintendents and the St. Louis Teachers' College au thorities Viss Lewis, who gives third grade wor. in the model school ol Teachers' College, Columbia Univer sity, also lectures on Primary School Methods. Students registering for observation are required to take an hour's work each morning lh the grades which most Interest them, and at the close, of the session have a half hour of con- j ference with model teachers and an j hour of discussion of elementary , school problems, participated in by teachers coming from every part of the count rand representing every grade of position and every type of ■chool. In addition, Professor Yoeum ani Mr. Suhrie offer courses which apply the most recent results of educational research to methods of teaching the common school branches. A more complete course of study from which principals and superintendents can se lect what tney most need has rarely been offered by any institution in America. The courses In Psychology, for which the University is famous, are attracting even more general atten tion than usual this year. Dr. Wltmer personally conducts his clinic for de fectives and supervises classes for backward children in charge of teach ers who regularly assist Miss Farrell, of New York. The fact that New ,ler sey requires the formation of specia classes for defective children will cause increased attendance from thu Btate, but experts In the teaching ami supervision of backward children arc registering from all over the country There are courses in kindergarten lng, drawing, manual training, the teaching and supervision of public •chool music, school playground teach ing and supervision, medical inspection And moral hygiene, to say nothing of work In every specialty needed by high school and normal school teach ers and courses for architects and ap plicants for admission to medical schools. Growing Interest In school libraries makes the course in Library Economy especially helpful. It will be under the direction of Miss Donnelly, head of the Library School of Drexel Insti tute, and Includes courses in Cata loguing, Classification, Reference and Bibliography, Library Economy, Chil dren's Literature and How to Use a Library. The work in Physical Edu cation Is more m&nysided than ever, and embraces school playground su pervision, besides a two year course In Physical Education for teachers of gymnastics and physical education and supervisors of athletics. 75C PER YEAR , C. S. DAUBERMAN, EDITOR DOUBLE FUNERAL DROWNING'S SEQJEL William Gross of Montours ville, Loses Life in Unsuc cessful Attempt to Save Daughter A double funeral, which wan held on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in Montoursville, is the se quel of a sad drowning at cident in Loyalsock creek, Saturday last, when William H. Gross, shipping clerk of the Crandal-Bennett Table Factory, of Montoursville, lost his life in an unsuccessful attempt to rescue his 13-year old daughter, Katherine, from drowning. Mr. Gross and his family, and a party of fourteen started about 1:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon to spend a week at a cabin on Loyalsock creek, near the mouth of Little Bear creek. Arriving at the cabin about 4 o'clock the children of the party began wading in the creek while the older ones prepared the camp. Katherine and other chil dren were playing in water about two feet deep, when she was caught in the riflies and carried down the creek by the strong current. Hearing the shouts of the child ren who saw the predicament of the girl, Mr. Gross plunged into the water and caught hold of hisduugh ter, but was unable to bring her to the surfece. Joseph H. Ileim, president of the table works, ran up the creek and procured a boat, but when be reached the spot where lie bad seen Mr. Gross last he found liini at the bottom of the creek but his daughter's body had disappear ed. He was brought to the surface bv means of a nail driven in a board, but all efforts to revive him were unsuccessful. After a search the body of the child was found farther down the creek. Dr. R. 11. Milnor was summoned from Warrensville, but he arrived too late to help the drowned one. His attentions, however, were re quired for Mrs. Gross, who witnes sed the drowning of h«'r husband and daughter. The party returned to Montours ville Sunday night. Mr. Gross was well known in Montoursville, moving to that place from Hanover about six years ago when the table factory was located in Montoursville. He was a mem ber of the Lutheran church and of Eureka lodge No. 335, F. and A. M., and of tin* Commercial Travel ers' Association. The funeral services was con ducted by the Rev. E. M. Gearliart, assisted by the Rev. Dorsey N. Miller. Eureka lodge No. 335, had charge of the services. Six little girls acted as pallbearers for the daughter. The Montoursville Table works has been shut down until aftjpr the funeral. Needless Sacrifice of Life Much time and space are being devoted these days to educating the 1 >ople on the prevention of disease a ' the reduction of t'>e death-rates frt m contagious diseases. On many of these subjects the public certainal needs to be instructed for its own protection. Yet there is to day a large loss of life that result not from ignorance, but from care lessness—not from the carlessness of some other person, but from the carelessness of the one who suffers. Kauas City has recently adopted a new ordinance for the control of travel, not only on wheel but also on foot. The heedless or foolhardy person who will not profit by the traffic regulations to protect him self,but who stray all over the street, who crosses in the middle of block, or who attempts to save timi oy a diagonal route instead of by adher ing to the beaten path, is to be regu latd. Kanas City has even invented an appropriate name for these indi viduals. They are called "Jay walKers." They are a danger not only to themselves, but to others, ami this effort on the part of Kansas city to regulate the pedestrain as well as the driver and the chauffeur is a step in the right direction, says The Journal of the American Medi cal Association. The needless loseof life through personal carelessness is hardly reai/ed. Living condition and surroundings,especially in large cities, are becoming more complex each year. The path of safety lies in obedience to wise restrictions As we learn to be more lawabiding wo shall learn that within the re strictions of the law there is safety andwithout, there is danger.