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<be Laporte Hotel
on Tuesday.
Miss Fay Hess of Nordmont attend
ed the Children's Day exercises Sun
day evening.
County Commissioner, Joseph
Sick of Cherry Mills spent Monday
in this place.
Frank T. Williams of Philadel
phia transacted business in this
place ou Tuesday.
Prof. L L. Ford and wife of Phila
delphia, have arrived at their cottage
for the summer.
J. P. Afdler of Muncy Valley
was in town Monday and registered
at the Hotel Bernard.
F. W. Vogle of Nordmont was
calling on friends in this place the
fore part of this week.
Mr. Joseph Mclntire and wife of
New Albany visited the latter's
parents over Sunday.
Mrs. Lulu Phillips and Mrs.
Bessie Laird of Nordmont was
visiting Mrs. D. J. Phillips.
Miss Eunice Ingham who ha? just
graduated from Central State Normal
School, returned home Friday.
County Commissioner, Irvin
Hottenstein of Overton wasa busi
ness visitor in town 011 Monday.
County Commissioner, George
Broschart was in town attending to
his offical duties 011 Monday last.
Republican News Item.
Mrs. F. M. C'rossley was taken sud
denly il! on Sunday, while attending
Church bet it much improved at this
writing.
C. P. llawley of Williauisport
was in Laporte the fore part of the
week and registered at the Hotel
Bernard.
Miss Eunice Ingham is spending a
few days with her uncle and aunt,
Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Ingham, at
Eagles Mere.
J. W. Ingham, of Towanda, an
older brother of the late Judge Ing
ham, is in town visiting his nephew's
E. P. and F. H. Ingham.
Mrs. Dotha Hackley, who has
been spending some time with re
latives and friends at Thompson,
arrived home on Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Pennock and
daughter Jean of Kennett Square ar
rived Saturday to spend the summer
at "Wake-ltobin" Cottage.
C. A/. Hilemau, of Pittston, Sec'y
& Treas., of the Nordmont Chem
ical Company, was a business call
er in this place 011 Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Hess of
Renovo, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Hess of Muncy Valley autoed to
Mr. Benj, Hess's 011' Sunday.
Mr. 1!. B. Wilgus, of Philadel
phia, who for the past five years
has been connected with Camp
Mokoma, as Camp Master, will not
be Laporte this season, but will
spend the summer,in foreign travel.
DEMONSTRATES, WANTED
A good man to demonstrator the
National Vacuum Cleaner in Sul
livan County, A fine proposition
to the right party. Address, THE
RKPVIU.H''AN NEWS IT KM, Laporte,
Pa.
HUGHESVILLE FAIR
LOSES CASE AGAINST
LYCOMING COUNTY
The Court Holds that Building
a Fence is Not Disemin
ating Agriculture
Information
Judge Whitehead yesterday hand
ed down a decision in thecase brought
against the county for the payment
ol' £IOO to the Muncy Valley Farm
ers' Club, the promoters of the
ffughesville fair. The club brought
an action against the county Commis
sioners to recover this amount which
they claimed was due tlieni for the
year l!)i)7, according to the act of as
sembly requiring county Commis
sioners to pay to farmer's clubs SIOO
annually to In l used by them for the
disseminatiod of agricultural knowl
edge. The members of the club must
however, subscribe an equal amount
for Iliis purpose. The court found
that while the club did subscribe this
amount of money it was used for im
provements to the fair grounds, more
particulary for the erection of a new
fence, and consequently entered de
cree in favor of the county. The
action was brought after the com
missioners refused to pay a claim of
SSOO which the members of the club
thought was due them in back pay
ments. County Solicitor Gilmore
an> 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.
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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.