Republican News Item.
VOL. XYI. NO. 30
THE ONLY PAPER PUBLISHED AT THE COUNTY SEAT OF SULLIVAN COUNTY.
I COUNTY SEAT |
I LOCAL AND PERSONAL|
I EVENTS BRIEFLY TOLD |
Max Frankle of Masten is spend
ing a few days in Laporte.
Ellery P. Ingham made a busi
trip to Lewisburg Monday.
Mrs. Chas. Wing of Florida is
visiting friends in this place.
Roy Jennings was busy repair
ing telephones here on Tuesday.
Mrs. Bertha lingo of Philadel
phia is visiting her parents in this
place.
Mrs. 11. 11. Kiiinni and Miss
IJuelah lingo spent Tuesday in
Dushore.
Misses Maude and Florence Kin
ley of Newberry visited relatives
here Sunday.
LOST —On Lake Road,a Fratern
ity Pin, linder return to Donald B.
Ingham. Reward.
James Moran of Muney Valley
and Dora Crist of Sonestown spent
Sunday in Laporte.
Miss Marjorie Killgore of Du
shore is the guest of Leone Ladley
at Briar Cliff Cottage.
Miss (Jladys Eddy is spending
sometime with her sister, Mrs. l\
F. Ripple at Eleysburg.
Miss Maud Crossley of Los
Angeles, Cal., is spending a short
time with her parents in this place.
Mrs. Eliza T. Edmister is spend
ing the summer with her son, W.
D. Edmister, at the Cheney Cottage
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Frye of
Lestorshiro, formerly of Laporte,
are the proud parents of a baby
girl.
Ellery Crossley of Williamsport
and B. F. Crossley of Dushore,
spent Sunday with their parents
here.
Mr. W. A. Petrikin and family
of Muney have arrived at their
quaint cabin, "Weirwold on Lake
Mokoma.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Eddy and
family of Wilkesbarre spent Sun
day with Mr. and Mrs. Kddy in
this place.
A party of young people enjoyed
a straw ride to Eagles Mere and a
dance at Hotel Eagles Mere Tues
day night.
Mrs. E. P. Ingham. Mrs. J. L.
Smyth, Mrs. F. H. Ingham and
Mrs. E. L. Barrows spent Wednes
day with Mrs. Dewey at Nord
m on t.
J. T. Swackhainmer of Dusliore
and E. J. Barnes of Waverly, N.
Y. have painted the Catholic Church
The church presents a very pleas
ing appearance.
A party of young people from
Sonestown are camping fit Lake
Mokoma. Their large tent is made
very patriotic, as well as pictures
que, bv a large American (lag.
The Knights of honor of the E.
E. Sunday School of Sonestown are
camping at Lake Mokoma for two
weeks. Those present are Mr. and
Mrs. W. B. Hazer, Teacher; Miss
Mamie Freas, Mrs. Schechtery,
Chaperons. The following scholars
are also present: Lynn Converse,
Dieana Keeler, Leonard Keeler,
Lester Boudman, Russel Foust,
Loyd Foust, George Painter, Bert
Painter, Ruth Darling, Clayton
Buck, Frank Boatman, Alonzo
Burke, Sherman Temple. On Sun
day they were visited by the fol
lowing from Sonestown : Rev. and
Mrs. Schechtry, Mr. and Mrs.
Buck and daughter Marie and son
Myron, Collins Hazen, Harvey
Painter, Harvey Buck, Kenneth
Hazen, Floyd Housekneet, Em
mons Housekneck, Giles Converse,
Mary Hertz and Otto Boatman.
The all reported having a very
pleasant day's visit at the camp.
The V. I. S. Entertainment.
The entertainment given in the
school house last Thursday evening
for the benefit of the Village Im
provement Society was more than
worth the price of admission, and
delighted an appreciative audience.
First on the program was a lively
number, "That Goblin Man" sung
by eight jubilee singers who seemed
to have sprung from nowhere. The
colored girls, who afterward proved
to be the Misses Farrel of Dushore,
sang and acted their part very well,
and the crowd was startled to see
a REAL GHOST appear on
the stage. The school children
executed several drills aud songs
very well, and two maidens from
the land of cherry blossoms (Leone
Ladley and Florence Hamilton)
sang a Japanese song. Mary Flynn
recited in a realistic manner "Lit
tle Orphant Annie." The jubilee
singers sang several other selections
at intervals. A magazine was then
presented in tableau and panto
mime. The cover design was a
burlesque on a Henry Hutt girl in
the act of diving. The frontispiece
was a pretty tableaux representing
George and Martha Washington
dancing the minuet. "A Modern
Elopement" was the title of a poem
which was given in burlesque pan
tomime, Lochinvar, for such was
the hero's name, galloped in on a
stick for a horse, and made his
dashing way over brake and stone,
and "swam the Eske River where
ford there was none." The elope
ment was very thrilling, and the
pursuit of the lost bride was carried
011 energetically by "Forsters, Fen
wicks, and Musgraves" on equally
gallant steeds. The magazine was
completed by "Limericks" chanted
by queer looking goblins, and sev
eral advertisements, i.e. "Old
Dutch Cleanser," "Fairy .Soap,"
and "Cream of Wheat." The
ladies of the V. I. S. wishes to ex
tend their thanks to all who took
part and helped to make the show
a success.
Everett Gets Twelve Years
in Penitentiary
Sunbury July 29. —Judge Cum
mings this morning overruled a
uiotion for a new trial in the case
of David Everett, convicted of in
voluntary manslaughter for the
murder of Harry E. Miller, and
sentenced the prisoner to imprison
ment for a period of twelve years
in the eastern penitenary, in soli
tary confinement and at hard labor.
The fact that no minimum or max
imum term was attached to the
sentence is believed to indicate that
Judge Cummings has his doubts as
to the constitutionality of the law
relating to indeterminate sentences,
now before the supreme court for
decision.
Before pronouncing sentence,
Judge Cummings referred briefly
to the evidence submitted during
the trial of the case and declared
that the jury would have beeu justi
fied in bringing in a first degree
verdict. "Yes, sir," assented Ev
erett as lie nodded his head vigor
ously and smiled.
Shoots His Wife Then Escapes
St. Marys, July 20.—Maynard
Deal, of Wilcox, who attempted to
kill his wife Friday, is still at large,
the officials not yet locating him.
Deal, although only 22 years old,
has served a term instate prison.
On Friday he had a quarrel with
his wife and suddenly picking up a
revolver aimed at her head an.l
fired. Mrs. Deal dodged and
threw up her hand, the bullet tak
ting effect in her thum. There
were several witnesses to the shoot
ing, but before they could lay hands
on Deal he had escaped,
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LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. FRIDAY, AUG. 2, 1912.
NORDMONT.
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Miss Mt»dge Gritman of Sonestown
spent Sunday with friends in this
place.
Mr. Collins Hazen of Sonestown
filled the pulpit in Rev. Davison's
place in the M. E. Church Sunday
Messrs. Harvey and Brady
Hunter drove to Laporte Thursday
evening.
Miss Buck of Sonestown spent
Sunday with Julius Sick and family
Work has been suspended in the
Acid Factory, but may be resumed
in a short time.
Messrs. Henry Dewey and Ed
ward Tarlox made a business trip
to Pittston last week.
Mrs. Tarlox gave a party Mon
day afternoon in honor of her son
Richard's fifth birthday. About
thirty children were present.
Mrs. James Hunter and son
Robert drove to Grassmere Park
Saturday in order to see the form
er's nephew, who has been very
sick for some time. Mr. and Mi's.
W. B. Snider also drove to that
place on Sunday.
Mr. Julius Navarre went to
Williamsport Saturday.
There was a great sensation in
this place on Sunday. Everybody
was looking where the great noise
came from. Some of the older ones
scolded because there was so much
emotion in our little town on Sun
day. But the old maids and young
ladies were all grins and smiles for
they knew what made the big dust
and that curious smell in the air
as they had been expecting for a
a long time to see and perhaps have
a ride in Horace Edgar's automo
bile. We hope Horace will not dis
appoint them in their expectations
and he wont if Hmiles can catch
him and his new runabout.
Should the Young Orchard be
Cultivated Now
Directions for sowing crimson
clover for a winter clover crop.
A prominent Philadelphia attor
ney who has a large orchard in
southeastren Pennsylvania wrote to
State Zoologist Surface saying:
"In the press of work, the weeds
got ahead of my farmer among my
peach trees. They are not beai ing
a single peach this year what I what
to know is weather this dry weather
will prevent or check the formatiou
of fruit buds for next years crop,or
had I better cultivate the trees and
then sow a cover crop''
The reply was as follows:
Concerning the treatment of your
orchard, I must say that what it
needs must be in accord with the
growth it has made. " If there is a
satisfactory amount of growth there
you need not do much to stimulate
further growth this year, and I
woidd rather have the wood become
harder l>efore fall than have it grow
late into the fall. If the ground
is quite dry and the weeds are taking
the moisture from the ground, I
would prepare to mow them,and let
them remain upon the soil. This
should be dona soon. It would be
still better to cut up the soil with a
disc barrow and sow crimson clover
seed, and then go over it frith a
smoothing harrow. This is really
the best treatment that I can rec
ommend for an orchard at this time
of year, you can sow crimson clover
seed at any time before the last
of July, sow fifteen to twenty
pounds of seed per acre. This will
remain as a cover crop during the
winter and you can turn it down
in the spring and get. nitrogen and
organic matter in the cheapest way
possible.
When your business gets that
tired feeling advertise in the News
Item.
Death of Martha A. Gowan
Martha A. Gowan died at the
home of her son, Cameron Gowan,
at North street, To wan da, S;itur
afternoon, July 13. at about. 4
o'clock. The funeral was hold at
the church at Hatch Hill on Mon
day afternoon, with interment in
the cemetery at that place. Rev.
Fritz of New Albany conducted the
funeral services, and the music was
furnished by the male quartet* <>l'
New Albany.
Mrs. Gowan was formerly Miss
Martha A. Eddy, daughter of Jacob
and Sarah Eddy. She was born
May 3, 1843 in Albany township,
on the farm now owned by John
Terry. She was married about the
year 1873 at Overton, to Darius
Gowan.
Mrs. Gowan suffered a stroke of
paralysis nearly a year ago and
since that time she has been ii
patient sufferer, and ;i large portion
of the time was entirely helpless.
Her husband died in 189N.
Death of Sarah Grange
Sarah Grange died at the home
of her niece, Mrs. Rothrock, :»t
Dushore, Saturday July 20, at the
age of 91 years, 2 months and 7
days. Miss Grange was born in
Elkland township, May 14. 1821.
She was a daughter of John Grange,
who was born in England about
1779, and was married in 1812 to
Jane Midgley, who was born in
England in 179 U. After the birth
of the three oldest children the
family came to America, landing
at Philadelphia, May 21, 1818, and
locatiug in Elkland township the
same year. Sarah and Hannah
lived on the homestead about ii
mile west of Eldredsville until a
few years ago, when they moved to
Forksville. Hannah and another
sister survive. Thj funeral was
held at Forksville Tuesday of last
week, the remains were intered in
the cemetery at Bethel in Elkland
township.
Death of Luscious H. Fritz
Luscious H. Fritz, of Nordmont, \
died in the Williamsport hospital
Saturday morning. July 20, after;
a short illness of bowel trouble, at
the age of about 40 years. Mr. |
Fritz is survived by a wife and
three children.
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Notices of Transfer
Notice is hereby given that a
petition for the transfer of a Retail
Restaurant License heretofore
granted to Robert McGee in the
Borough of Dushore, County of
Sullivan, State of Pennsylvania, at
the corner of Main and Turnpike
Streets, 011 premises known as the
"McGee Restaurant," to PATRIC K
DALY, lias this day been filed in
my office, and will be presented to
the Court of Quarter Sessions of
Sullivan County, Pa., on Wednes
day, August 7. 1912, at 9 o'clock
A. M- ALBERT F. HEESS,
Clerk.
Notice is hereby given that a
Petition for the Transfer of a Whole
sale Liquor License heretofore
granted to Thomas W. Gahan, in
the Borough of Dushore, County of
Sullivan, Stateof Pennsylvania, 011
the West side of German Street,
011 premises known as the "O'Neill
Wholesale Liquor Store" to HER
MAN SCHWARTZ and EMIL
ROTIIMAN, has this day been
filed in my office, and will be pre
sented to the Court of Quarter
Sessions of Sullivan County, Pa.,
on Thursday, August X. 191'J, at
9 o'clock A.M. A I.HKKT F. 11 KESS,
Clerk' Office, Clerk.
Laporte, Penn'a.
July 26, 1912.
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as wars, far more humane and eco
nomical and just as irritating to
the defeated nation. Why fight ?
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News Item.
ABOUT THAI' CRIME AT
BERNICE
Italian Missionary Writes Let
ter Explaining Matters
Sullivan Review, July 25.
Since the publication of the article
last week about, the crime commit
ted at Bernice we have received a
letter from the Italian Missionary
in Bernice iii'which he takes excep
tion to some statements in the
article and also gives full details of
the crime.
lie contradicts that the crime
was supposed to have been com
mitted by an agent of the black
hand and explains this when he
says that the two men were friends
from childhood
Mis letter in part is as follows:
"I earnestly and kindly ask you
to ratify the article mentioned. I
herewith give you a few hints for
such rectification.
"The light began in the Colum
bia hotel, Mildred. The name of
the would-be murderer in Angelo
Toto, and that of the, would-be
murdered in Sebastiano La hate,
both born in Mestrelti (Prov) of
Messina, friends from childhood up.
Angelo Toto has been in Bernice
for three years until last March he
went to Rochester, N. V., and re
mained there until the completion
of the new breaker of the Connell
Coal company. Therefore he came
back to Bernice on the second of
July, to take up his old job in the
same mine. Sebastiano La bate
came to this country .a year ago,
and directly to Bernice.
"In the above mentioned hotel
they were in a company of seven,
some of them were drunk. There
they began to beat each other, but
the people which were in there
separated them. Then Vincenzo
La bate, the only brother of the
would-be murdered, said to Angelo
Toto, 'You shall be killed by me.'
"Soon after they all started home
ward. When they reached the
"white house" (Bernice) Angelo
Toto, remaining behind, called
Vincenzo Labate. He did not go
to him, but his brother, who you
call the 'marked man,' went, and
Angelo Toto slashed him twice
with a razor."
Respectfully yours,
.J. B. CAPUIOTTI,
Italian Presby. Missionary
in Bernice and Mildred.
BIG FIRE AT GALETON
Cooperage Mill Destroyed by
Fire. May Not be Rebuilt
Tim large Stave & Heading Mill
of the Kopa Cooperage Company
valued at about $50,000 was de
stroyed by lire Monday afternoon
of last week.
The fire broke out over the dry
kilns shortly before noon and in an
increditably short time the whole
mill was a mass of flauies.
But very little of the finished
product was burned, as orders were
heavy and shipments were being
made as fast as possible. One car
load had just been pulled out by
the switch engine and another car
partly loaded was gotten out just
before it took fire.
The mill was one of the largest
in that section and was financed
by Galeton capital. It had just
begun to pay dividends. It will
probably not be rebuilt as the
amount of timber available in that
section will not justify the expense.
The loss is only partly covered by
insurance.
Pennsylvania Inventors
The following patents were just
issued to Pennsylvania inventors re
ported by I>. Swift & Co., Patent
Lawyers, Washington, I>. ('., who
will furnish copies of any patent for
ten cents apiece to our readers.
William (J. Baldwin, Pittsburg,
I.oose-leaf Binder, sold; Adolf Beler,
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Alva 11. Craven, Youngwood, Elec
tromechanical device for controlling
electric signals; Walter Del luff, York,
Stuffing box, sold; Geo. K. Evans,
Winmiers, means for fastening rail
way rails to ties; Win. 1). (Jhcrky
and J. E. Allen. Phila., Grinding
machine; Henry Howson, Phila.,
step guard for passenger cars, sold;
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PANTHER AND BEAR FIGHT
Evidence of the Conflict Found
By State Forest Ranger
Additional evidence of the pres
ence of a panther in the Pine creek
region was discovered a few days
ago l>y State Forest Ranger M. E.
Westcott and others at a point
about two miles irom the village of
Slate Run, where two ferocious
beasts, believed to have been a
panther and a large bear, had en
gaged in a fierce battle, chunks of
flesh and long black hair found at
the scene*of conflict showing that
it must have been a fight near to
death. Search is now being made
through the woods in that vicinity
with t4ie belief that one of the
beasts was mortally wounded and
that its dead dody will be found in
the forest.
It is the belief of Ranger West
eott and others who have examined
the ground at and in the vicinity
of the place where the battle took
place that the bear was attacked
by the panther some distance from
where the final contest occurred,
which was at the foot of a steep
wooded bill. From the top to the
bottom of the hill the ground is
furrowed and torn, the trail a part
of the distance showing clearly that
it was made by some largo animal,
presumably by the bear in its efforts
to escape from the fierce beast which
bad attacked it. At the bottom of
the hill the ground was torn up
over a large space, while scattered
here and there were big chunks of
llesh that bad been torn from the
bear.
The scene of the battle was along
the stream of Slate Hun and a con
siderable distance from the section
where the panther killed a cow
several weeks ago.
Berries Picked by Machines
The Roberts Hardware Co. of
Wellsboi o, has manufactured about
1000 huckleberry pickers under
contract foi' Messrs. Francis &
Langan this season.
The patent hand picker does the
work of five persons and it lias a
record of two bushels of clean ber
ries in one hour. The blue berry
season is now at its height. In
some sections the late frosts spoiled
them, but in places untouched by
frosts the yield is immense.
The supply of patent berry pick
ers is limited for this season, be
cause they have sold more rapidly
than was anticipated. A slight
change has been made in the ma
chine to adapt it to the use of
children. In the hard coal region
hundreds of youngsters goto the
mountains daily in the berry season.
From Hazleton, Wilkes-barre,
Maucli Chunk and other points
several trainloads of huckleberries
are being shipped daily to New
York, Philadelphia, Boston and
ol her points where the Pennsylvania
"blueberry" is in great demand.
NOTICE
The undersigned having been
appointed Administrator of the
estate of Patrick Walls, late of
Cherry township, deceased, notice
is hereby given to all parties owing
said estate to make payment to the
undersigned without delay, and all
parties having claims against said
estate are requested to present the
same to the undersigned adminis
trator without delay.
MICHAEL WALLS,
Laporte, Pa. Administrator.
August 2. 1912. S. 6
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