Jighway Improvements Almost $25,000,000, or one half of the amount of the bond issue which it is proposed to issue in. Pennsylvania for the construction of a system of State highways was appropriated by the State of New York last year for the construction and maintenance of roads. In the same year Pennsylvania's total ap propriations for road purposes ap proximated hardly one fourth of the amount specifically devoted to roads in New York State. New York in the same year recog nized its State highway adminis tration, abolishing the highway commission of three members and creating a State Highway depart ment along the lines followed by the Sproul highway department act of 1911 in this State. The same general plan for construction of highways has been adopted in Ohio and Maryland, which have created highway departments and set aside large sums for the mak ing of experiments and the neces sary work preliminary to the es tablishment of a system of State Highways. New Jersey is plan ning development of its already extensive system of highways and Indiana, Illinois, Texas, Kansas and other western States have em barked in road building on a scale which will make the Keystone State hustle to hold up its end. Figures obtained by tin 1 Pennsyl vania Motor Federation, which is working earnestly for the establish ment and maintenance ol' a system of roads that will connect county market towns and traverse the rich farming and scenic sections of Pennsylvania, show how New York has undertaken to build and maintain roads which at many points will connect with those pro jected in Pennsylvania, The New York appropriations are an object lesson to Pennsylvania, who will be called on next year to vote on the proposition to issue 850,000,000 of bonds, divided over a period of years, for road con struction. For 1911 alone New York appropriated : For construction of certain speci fied roads. $13,955,000. For improvement of public high ways, §8,000,000. For State proportion of amounts appropriated for repair of high ways, $1,795,254,27. Maintenance and repair of high ways constructed by State aid, 81,207,079. In the same year the Pennsyl vania appropriations for roads were as follows : Construction of State highways, 53,001 ,000. For State aid in construction of highways, $1,000,000. For construction of Township roads, $500,000. For payment to Townships of amounts due under road tax, 8(590,- 000. For construction of National road, $300,000. For reimbursement of Townships, $17,000. Maryland in 1911 appropriated 81,000,000 for road construction in addition to other expenses author ized. Under the plan proposed for the Pennsylvania highway system 800- 000,000 will be available for con struction of highways, thereby relieving the general revenue of * that charge and making possible generous appropriations for State aid construction of roads, for town ship or dirt roads and for bonus on the road tax. The scheme of bond issues will be such as to distribute the burden of carrying the interest and sinking fund charges. In New York, appropriations for charges in connection with the highway improvement bond issues were made in addition the enormous ap propriations for construction as follows: For interest, $1,030,000, and for" sinking fund or redemption charges, $1,700,000. New York highways have brought hundreds of thousands of dollars of revenue into the state through in creased traflir and added vastly to to the value of farms as well as en abled farmers to obtain ready ac cess to markets. Pennsylvania can not afford to lag. Two More Guards Shot in West Virginia Charlestown.W.Va. Sept. 1.-Two mine guards were shot last night at. Cabin Creek Junction, according to report received here Governor Glasscock has ordered four comp anies of the west Virginia National guard recently sent home to the scene of the trouble. Reports from the mining district state that shooting can be heard in every direction. Thomas Hines deputy sheriff, and the mine guard shot Friday night at Dry Branch on Cabin Creek have died. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS 1 TO THE CONSTITUTION SUBMIT TED TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMONWEALTH FOR THEIR AP PROVAL OR REJECTION, BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYL VANIA, AND PUBLISHED BY OR DER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH, IN PURSU ANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CONSTITUTION. Number One. A JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment to article nine, section four, of the Constitu tion of the Commonwealth of Penn sylvania, authorizing the State to issue bonds to the amount of lifty millions of dollars for the improve ment of the highways of the Com monwealth. Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, That the following amendment to the Constitu tion of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl vania be, and the same is hereby, pro posed, in accordance with the eigh teenth article thereof: — That section four of article nine, which reads as follows: "Section 4. No debt shall be creat ed by or on behalf of the State, ex ; cept to supply casual deficiencies of revenue, repel invasion, suppress in surrection, defend the State in war, or | to pay existing debt; and the debt created to supply deiiciencv in rev enue shall never exceed, in the aggit grate at any one time, oue million of dollars," be amended so as to read as follows: Section 4. No debt shall be created by or on behalf of the State, except to supply casual deficiencies of rev enue, repel invasion, suppress insur rection, defend the State in war, or to pay existing debt; and the debt creat ed to supply deficiencies in revenue shall never exceed, in the aggregate at any ona time, one million of dol lars: Provided, however, 'mat the General Assembly, irrespective of any debt, may authorize the State to issue bonds to the amount of fifty millions of dollars for the purpose of improv ing and rebuilding the highways of the Commonwealth. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 1. ROBERT MCAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Two. A JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment to section seven, article three of the Constitu tion of Pennsylvania, so as to per mit special legislation regulating labor. Section 1. Be it resolved by the Sonate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, That the following is proposed as an amend ment to the Constitution of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania in ac cordance with the provisions of the eighteenth article thereof. Amend ment to Article Three, Section Seven. Section 2. Amend section seven, article three of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, which reads as fol lows: "Section 7. The General Assembly shall not pass any local or special law authorizing the creation, extension, or impairing of liens: "Regulating the affairs of counties, cities, townships, wards, boroughs, or sohool districts: "Changing the names of persons or places: "Changing the venue in civil or criminal cases: "Authorizing the laying out, open ing, altering, or maintaining roads, highways, streets or alleys: "Relating to ferries or bridges, or incorporating ferry or bridge compan ies, except for the erection of bridges crossing streams which form bounda ries between this and any other State: "Vacating roads, town plats, streets or alleys: "Relating to cemeteries, graveyards, or public grounds not of the State: "Authorizing the adoption or legiti mation of children: "Locating or changing county-seats, erecting new counties, or changing county lines: "Incorporating cities, towns, or vil lages, or changing their charters: "For the opening and conducting of elections, or fixing or changing the place of voting: "Granting divorces: "Erecting new townships or bor oughs, changing township lines, bor ough limits, or school districts: "Creating offices, or prescribing the powers and duties ol' officers in coun ties, cities, boroughs, townships, elec tion or school districts: "Changing the law of descent or succession: "Regulating the practice or juris diction of, or changing the rules of evidence in, any judicial proceeding or inquiry before courts, aldermen, jUßtires of the peace, sheriffs, commis sioners, arbitrators, auditors, masters In chancery, or other tribunals, or providing or changing methods for the collection of debts, or the enforcing of judgments, or prescribing the effect of Judicial sales of real estate: "Regulating the fees, or extending the powers and duties of aldermen, justices of the peace, magistrates or constables: "Regulating the management of public schools, the building or repair ing of school houses and the raising of money for such purposes: "Fixing the rate of interest: "Affecting the estates of minors or persons under disability, except after due notice to all parties in interest, to be recited in the speoial enact ment: "Remitting fines, penalties and for feitures, or refunding moneys legally paid into the treasury: "Exempting property from taxation: "Regulating labor, trade, mining or manufacturing: "Creating corporations, or amend ing, renewing or extending the chart era thereof: , "Granting to any corporation, asao elation or individual any special or ex clusive privilege or Immunity, or to auy corporation, association or indi vtduai the right to lay down u railroad track. "Nor shall the General Assembly in directly enact such special or local law by the partial repeal of a general law; but laws repealing local or spec ial acts may be passed: "vNor shall any law be passed grant ing powers and privileges in any case where the granting of such powers and privileges shall have been provid ed for by general law, nor where the courts have jurisdiction to grant the same or give the relief asked for," —• so as to read as follows: Section 7. The General Assembly shall not pass any local or special law authorizing the creation, extension or impairing of liens: Regulating the affairs of counties, cities, townships, wards, boroughs, or school districts: Changing the names of persons or places: Changing the venue in civil or crim inal cases: Authorizing the laying out, opening, altering, or maintaining roads, high ways, streets or alleys: Relating to ferries or bridges, or in corporating ferry or bridge compan ies, except for the erection of bridges crossing streams which form bounda ries between this and any other State. Vacating roads, town plats, streets or alleys: Relating to cemeteries, graveyards, or public grounds not of the State: Authorizing the adoption, or legiti mation of children: Locating or changing county-seats, erecting new counties or changing county liues: Incorporating cities, towns or vill ages, by changing their charters: For the opening and conducting of elections, or fixing or changing the plaoe of voting. Granting divorces: Erecting new townships or bor oughs, changing township lines, bor ough limits or school districts: Creating offices, or prescribing the powers and duties of officers in coun ties, cities, boroughs, townships, elec tion or school districts: Changing the law of descent or suc cession: Regulating the practice or jurisdic tion of, or changing the rules of evi dence in, any judicial proceeding or inquiry before courts, aldermen, jus tices of the peace, sheriffs, commis sioners, arbitrators, auditors, masters in chancery or other tribunals, or pro viding or changing methods for the collection of debts, or the enforcing of judgments, or prescribing the ef fect of judicial sales of real estate: Regulating the fees, or extending the powers and duties of aldermen, justices of the peace, magistrates or constables: Regulating the management of pub lic schools, the building or repairing of school houses and the raising of money for such purposes: Fixing the rate of interest: Affecting the estates of minors or persons under disability, except after due notice to all parties in interest, to be recited in the special enact ment: Remitting lines, penalties and for feitures, or refunding moneys legally paid into the treasury: Exempting property from taxation: Regulating labor, trade, mining or manufacturing; but the legislature may regulate and fix the wages or salaries, the hours of work or labor, and make provision for the protection, welfare and safety of persons employ ed by the State, or by any county, city, borough, town, township school district, village, or other civil di vision of the State, or by any contract or or sub-contractor performing work, labor or services for the State, or for any county, city, borough, town, town ship, school district, village or other civil division thereof: Creating corporations, or amending, renewing or extending the charters thereof^ Granting to any corporation, asso ciation, or individual any special or exclusive privilege or immunity, or to any corporation, association, or in dividual the right to lay down a rail road track: Nor shall the General Assembly in directly enact such special or local law by the partial repeal of a general law; but laws repealing local or spec ial acts may bo passed: Nor shall any law be passed grant ing powers or privileges in any case where the granting of such powers and privileges shall have been pro vided for by general law, nor where the courts have jurisdiction to grant the same or give tho relief asked for. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 2. ROBERT McAFBE. Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Three. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION, proposing an amendment to section three of article eight of the Consti tution of Pennsylvania. Section 1. Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania (if the Senate concur). That the following is proposed as an amendment to the Con stitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in accordance with the provisions of the eighteenth article thereof: — Section 2. —Amend section three of article eight, which reads as follows: All judges elected by the electors of (ho State at large may be elected at either a general or municipal election, as circumstances may require. All the elections for judges of the courts for the several judicial districts, and for county, city, ward, borough, and township officers, for regular terms of service, shall be on the municipal election day; namely, the Tuesday next following the first Monday o( No vember in each odd-numbered year, but the General Assembly may by law fix a different day, two-thirds of al! the members of each Mouse consent ing thereto: Provided, That such elections shall always bo held in an odd-numbered year." so as to read: Section 3. All judges elected by the electors of the State at large may be elected at either a general or mu nicipal election, as circumstances may require. All elections for judges of the courts for the several judicial dls txtatm. ut tor oounty, city, ward, bar ough, and township officers, for regu lar terms of service, biiaii ue iit3*u iiie municipal election day; namely, the Tuesday next following the first Mon day of November in each odd-number ed year, but the General Assembly may by law iix a different day, two tliirds of all the members of each House consenting thereto: Provided, That such electioi shail be held in ail odd-numbeivu e;.i. i J rovided fur ther, That all judges tor the courts of the several judicial districts hold ing office at the presen time, whose asrnis ol' office i t.i\ end an odd numbered year, shall continue to hold their offices unt ; ihe first A onday of January in the next suet-ceding even numbered yeai A true copy of Concurrent Resolu tion No. 3. ROBERT .McAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Four. A JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment u> section one of artic!>- nine ol the Consti tution of Pennsylvania, relating to taxation. Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate and House ol Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assemb y met, That Uio following is proposed as an amend ment to the Constitution of the Com monwealth ol Pennsylvania, in ac cordance with the provisions of the eighteenth article thereof: — Section Amend section one of article nine of the Constitution of i Pennsylvania, which reads as follows: "All taxes shall be uniform, upon the same class of subjects, within the territorial limits ol the authority levy ing the tax, and shall bo levied and collected under general laws; but the General Assembly may, by general iaws, exempt from taxation public property used for public purposes, actual places of religious worship, places of burial not used or hold for private or corporate protit, and institu tions of purely public charity," so as to read as follows: All taxes shall be uniform upon the same class of subjects, within the ter ritorial limits 01 tin authority levying the tax, and shall be levied and col t lected under general laws, aud the subjects of taxation may be classified for the purpose of laying graded or progressive taxes; but the General Assembly may, by general laws, ex empt from taxation public property used for public purposes, actual places of religious worship, places of burial not used or held for private or cor porate profit, and institutions of pure ; ly public charity. A true copy of Joint Resolution I No. 4 ROBERT McAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Five. A JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment to the Con i .stitution of Pennsylvania. Bo it resolved by the Senate and j House of Representatives of the Com inonwealth of Pennsj lvania in Gener al Assembly met, That the follow ing is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of Pennsylvania, in accordance with the provisions of the eighteenth article thereof: Article IX. Section 15. No obligations which have been heretofore issued, or which may hereafter be issued, by any coun ty or municipality, other than Phila delphia, to provide lor the construc tion or acquisition of waterworks, subways, underground railways or street railways, or the appurtenances thereof, shall be considered as a debt of a municipality, within the meaning of section eight of article nine of the Constitution of Pennsylvania or of this amendment, if the net revenue derived from said property for a per iod of five years, either before or after the acquisition thereof, or, where the same is constructed by the county or municipality, after the completion thereof, shall have been sufficient to pay interest and sinking-fund charges during said period upon said obliga tions, or if the said obligations shall be secured by liens upon the respec tive properties, and shall impose no municipal liability. Where munici palities of counties shall Issue obliga tions to provide for the construction of property, as herein provided, said said municipalities or counties may also issue obligations to provide for the interest and sinking-fund charges accruing thereon until said properties shall have been completed and in op eration for a period of one year; and said municipalities aud counties shall not be required to levy a tax to pay said interest and sinking-fund charges, as required by section ten of article nine of the Constitution of Pennsyl vania. until after said properties shall have been operated by said counties or municipalities during said period of one year. Any of the said munici palities or counties may incur indebt edness in excess of seven per centum, and not exceeding ten per centum, of the assessed valuation of the taxable property therein, if said increase of Indebtedness shall have been assented to by ,three-fifths of the electors vot ing at a public election, in such man ner as shall be provided by law. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 5. ROBERT McAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth. r t ■ -j The Advertised Article J la one in which the merchant M himself has implicit faith— M else he would not advertise It. ■ Yon are safe in patronizing the i ■ merchants whose ads appear \ shopworn. ! hwnNowsaf Clm O MISS LIFE'S REAL JOY TRUTH IN CHARGE THAT AMER ICANS TRAVEL TOO FAST. Might Pay Well to Take a Lesson From Our European Kin, and De vflte Some Part of Existence to Leisure. Speed, hurry, rush —doubtless they aro effective as commerce accelera tors, but they are death to aesthetics. We have ceased to write letters, wo propose marriage by wire and hold the wire until we hear the answering coo. Nothing can be funnier than the way In which we take our holidays. And an ordinary evening's joy is a Marathon between the office, the dress ing room, the dinner table, the thea ter, the supper, then home, writes Kate Masterson in Lipincott's Maga zine. Life to us takes on the guise of scenery passed through on a fast ex press. Houses, humans, cows, sheep, flash by in confusion. We get impres sions rather than clear views. Even our friendships, our loves and our hutes are misty, indistinct affairs, that come and go and become dreams. . . Our memories are blurs, for the rush of today is upon us, and tomor row is treading upon our heels. A hand-clasp and good-by, and we part from a comrade, each hurrying on his own way, for there is no time for eronyship. Our national gait and our Hi'ick lunch system have made count less thousands merry. Wo are the push! Not long ago Punch published a pic ture naively called "A Scene in Amer ica " A ferry had pushed off quite a distance from the dock and two be lated passengers are portrayed poised midway in the atmosphere. In the act of jumping for the boat, while the oth er passengers look on admiringly. "Thank goodness we'll catch it," says Jones, "There's not another for a minute and a half!" We would not, if wo could, put on the manners and moods of the Orient. They would sit on us unbecomingly as the turbans of the Hindu or the jeweled robes of rajahs. But we can lenrn a few lessons in leisure from our Eng lish neighbors, cultivating their rose gardens and stopping an hour each day for tea, though the heavens fa'l. "And the Parisians with their grand dejeuner, their coffee under the trees on the Bois, their honr tor the aperitif—so many pauses, in fnot, for pleasure, that the business day is cut to a few hours, and it suffices. The speed maniac may call upon us to ob serve our own achievement, our prog ress, our healthy democracy, and a Jot of other things. But is the art of Jiving rightly not worth while? Are -we getting as much out of life as wo "might if we stayed our pace and "went more slowly down the path that leads into the sunset? When Work Beats Play. "You weren't here yesterday, Alger non," said Mr. Topfloor tho other morning as he got into the elevator. "I hope you were enjoying yourself isomowhere." "Was yo' eve' to a Sunday school ■picnic, Mistoh Topflo'?" responded Al gernon. "Dat w'ere I was. I went wlf my broder-in-law an' his family. Dore was 'bout 600 head o' Chilians "went, and a lot o' people, young an' ol'. Oh, no, sah, we didn' hab no dan cin'. De minister o' dat chu'ch he don' b'lieve in dancin'. He say it hab a remortallzin* 'fee'; an' any' o' de mem'ers o' his chu'ch dat redulges in it mus' leave de renomination. But dere was plenty ice'cream an' satn wiches an' coffee an' 'musments an' sports o' dat kin'. An' dere was a ban' dat play mos' all de time, an* de grass was nice an sof to waller in. 'Wot de ban' play?' I t'ink it was de "Star Spanglum Banner* dey's perform- In'. Oh. yas, sah, we all has a good 'ntiff time, 'specially de chilluns; but does yo' know, Mistoh Topflo', I t'ink I rudder be runnin' de elebator; It's cooler an' dere's mo' 'citemen' an' less crltumclsm." 5Jg$S*J t{i>'A* gl , Dependable if ill g| We handle goods that sir«* cheap, lull. not feswsM cheap goods. Wo want our goods to become. #~>w-i. }»«>*>.>•« your goods and our stow your store. If it is It Clothing, Hats, |+| •££ Suit Cases, !»£ H Shoes, Etc. M £*s3 We are offering fine Shoes at SI.9K jjsjgj Boys' Suits from $1.98 to $4.9K Boys' Knee Pants 23c and 49c send to mail order houses when I can furnish you with the same goods for less money ? gi MAX MAMOLEN, LAPORTE. §$ NOTICE The undersigned having I )( >PH appointed Administrator of the estate of Patrick Walls, late of Cherry township, deeeased, 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. 11(12. S. <i DEMONSTRATE!?, WANTED A good man to demonstrate the National Vacuum Cleaner in Sul liviin County, A line proposition to the right party. Address, Tun It MM IH.IC'A.N N MWS 1 11..M, Laporte, Pa. j Central State Nor-1 I rridl School J § Fall Term Begins September 9, 1912 112 D ■ • $ <iET AN EDUCATION J • An exceptional opportunity af-j J lorded to young men and young • # women to propsire for tewhinj* £ •or for business. Four regular* Scourges Klementary. Normal, 2 * Scientific and Advanced Normal; • X also special work in Music, |>oni- Z J est ic Science anil Manual Train-# t) ing. Strong teaching force, well S J gradi d work, good discipline and w ♦ hard study insure licst results to X • students. ♦ iCENTRAL STATE ; t NORHAL SCHOOL I X Lock ITnven, Clinton Co., I*n. 2 * 11 uidsoine huildiiigs, perfi el Iv Z J ('quipped steam heat, electric# 0 light .aliudance of pure mountain J water, extensive campus and# "al hletic grounds. Kxprns. 1..w J • aid to students. Send I'of ♦ Z * 'atalogue. X m DR. GEORGE P. SINGER, Principal * f* QUALITY 1 * # When people realize that it 1 g i s not I lie quantity for the 2 2 money, so much as the quality £ x that counts, t hen I hey will # ♦ patronize the store which does T • business in jjooil pure fjootls. 2 * Cut trices often mean cut 2 * qi.alit os. Our prices are as 2 J lo a. , r ood )f(tods wil allow, x j Oui <jo tils are not of lhe cheap ♦ • mail-oiler variety. When ♦ • .oui ■an prices ilo not for- * 2 i?et > c tnpare qualities. If ?' 2 y >u ml lie prices lower than x 2 o r-., he you will find tile J 2 qU'ilit es inferior—generally • 112 "It rtr in >use" jolt lots. m 2 A -tk is i show you why 2 £ our to. k i". uperior. 2 t Buschhauseri's. • Subscribe for tin* News Item. [PATiitS«i&j ADVICE AS TO PATENTABILITY ("|)FE < ! Notice in 44 Inventive Apt " n fee ■■ ftl * Book "llow to obtain Patents'* p ■ ■■■■■ * . Charges modcra.tr. No fee till patent is seen red. ' T Letters strictly confident nil. Address, J £ E. G. 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