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COMPANY, AKRON. OHIO.
Connellsvillo's chamber of commerce
Is going to raise a guaranty fund of
920,000 to get industries, on the Wil
liamsport plan.
William Kilton will spend a term in
tho Columbia county jail for assault
ing George Leiby by mistake.The con
victed man lias no hands.
Gettysburg will have a $50,000 monu
ment erected to tho memory ot Gen
eral Lee. It will be on West Confeder
ate avenue, near Spangler woods.
Andiow Paola was sentenced to five
years' imprisonment at Philadelphia
for shooting at Frederick Franks, a
policeman who arrested him, and bit
ing off part of the officer's linger.
Rhoda Thomas, of Whitesburg, near
Ford City, was burned to death when
her homo caught fire and John Her
ron, aged 2,died at Monongaliela from
burns received at an open grate.
Twelve year old John Donaldson,
who set his clothes on fire at Kittau
niug while ho was playing at an open
grate asked his mother not to scold
him as he thought he would not live.
Ho may die.
Mayor Magee, of Pittsburg, when
met by a delegation of Bollevuo citiz
ens, stated that lie will not aid them
in their attempt to get a freo bridge
over Jack's run, unless their town be
comes a part of Pittsburg.
Edith Schmidt,of Nortli Side, Pitts
burg, was burned fatally when her
dross caught fire while she was stand
ing in front of an open grate. She ran
to tho street screaming and neighbors
succeeded in putting out the flames.
Mrs. L. W. Earner, of Jersey Shore,
routed a would-be highwayman in a
str et of that town recently, by de
fending herself with a hat pin. The
fellow demanded her money, of which
she had a considerable sum with her.
She defeuded herself with the pin and
called for help. Ho took to his heels.
Mrs. Joseph Stoeckel, wife of a
Wilmington brewer, went over an em
bankment in her automobile near
Chester and both she and the chauffeur
landed in a pool of water. They es
caped injury although they were
drenched to the skin. The machine
(■truck a rut and tho driver lost control
of it.
John Douglass,of Bradford, brought ;
charges against, his bride of a few !
months for alleged perjury,she having ;
sworn that sho was not married be- \
fore she wedded him, wlieri as she was
a divorcee. But tho grand jury at j
Butler uphold tho woman, saying that j
it was up to tho man to find out !
whether his wife ever had been marri- j
ed before. Douglass was placed in jail j
because ho had no money to pay the j
nonts which were placed on him.
William Green, a Bethlehem Steel j
company foreman, stepped in front of j
a locomotive which was hidden by a
•loud of steam and had his skull frac- j
tared ami his right arm pulled from ;
its socket.
Within the nest week almost #l,- I
000,000 will be drawn from banks and |
trust companies having State money I
deposited iu them to meet tlie approp- j
nations which fall due near the he- (
ginning of tho year.
William Skillon was blown into an j
adjoining lot, suffered burns on the ;
face and hands, and tho side oi the [
house was blown out when ho tried to
light the gas iu a stove he had just
erected at McKeesport. A leak had al
lowed considerable gas to escape.
Reports show that Pittsburg has re
duced the number of cases of tubercu
lush' 50 per cent, within too past ten
yoara. More than 15,000 re : 'its new
nre snffering from the '.i.i " and it
eausos as many death* as all of ' i' eon
tagions diseases combined.
C. G. Trimmer, of York, was held
up aud robbod of about. slls iu ! : nid
daylight. He had b u accustomed to
take the money ever, Saturday from a
bank to his factory and when he was
in the alley Where :he factory is locat
ed three men pounce lon him and took
the money.
So anxious ar Philadelphia police
to obtain costly jewels stolen from Sr.
.Tudo's Greek Catholic church that
they will send divers to the bottom of
tho Delaware river to get them if
Eugene BiroUnr, the alleged confess, d
robber, can locate 11 it; spot where ho
throw them away.
Abraham Fisher, who introduced
curn as an article of food into Ireland
during the great famine, died at his
homo at Malvern, near West Chester.
Ho was aged 87 years. When the
famine was in Ireland, after the pota
to crop had given out, he sent a cargo
ot corn to relatives who owned a grist
mill and it was ground and distribut
ed. Ho was manager of tho Jainesville
«nd Washington railway.
' '''' 1 ' '' J ''
A DISTRICT
; INSTITUTE
0 A district institute comprising the
school districts of Riverside borough
j and Goarhart and Rush townships was
held in the high school room at South
Danville on Friday and Saturday. The
£ sessions were well attended; a varied
program was rendered and a degree of
interest was manifested by those who
participated that augurs well for the
1 schools on tho south side.
Tho district institute convened Fri
day evening at 7:30 o'clock. The prin
cipal address was delivered by Pro
fessor I. H. Mauser, principal of the
Trevorton schools. His talk dealt iu a
very practical way with those prob
lems that confront a teacher in ev-
I ery day experience. Able and practical
i addresses were also delivered by I. C.
| M. Ellonberger, superintendent of the
j schools of Sunbury, and S. H. Dean,
superintendent of the schools of Mt.
Carmel.
On Saturday morning tho institute
convened at 10 o'clock.
A very appropriate and well prepar
ed paper was read by Miss Mary Lyons
entitled, '' Some Knotty Problems.''
This was followed by a discusiou of
the subject, "Should the System of
Grading and Promotion be Elastic?,"
tho principal speaker being W. W.
Fetzer, superintendent of the schools
of Northumberland county. He spoke
principally from the stand point of the j
rural schools and admitted that the j
problem is one which, under existing j
conditions iu the schools, almost, baf- |
fles a satisfactory solution. He does 1
j not. believe in holding the pupil back j
| unduly; at the same time he recogniz- j
ed the evils that would bo pretty sure j
to ensue if a policy were adopted of j
making promotions regardless of de- !
flciency that might exist is some .
branches thus keeping the average of
the pupil down below the standard, j
Tho discussion seemed to resolve it- ,
j self into the question, whether out of
justice to the child and as a measure '
to keep the high school filled it would j
be best to educate the pupil along the I
line ho wishes to travel or "to balance !
him up" in the various branches em- j
braced in tho course of study. No defl- I
nite conclusion seemed to be arrived j
at, although County Superintendent
Fetzer inclined to the view that speci
al examinations might be justified in
the case of some pupils.
Miss Beaver read a most excellent !
paper on "Spelling." She was follow- j
ed bv Miss Bogart with a paper entitl- j
ed. "How Can We Secure Better Re- 1
I suits in English?" The paper showed i
i a great deal of care and thought in its i
] preparation.
A paper was read by Miss Gulick
I entitled, "Are We Experimenting Too
| Much and Devoting Too Little Time to
j Fundamentals?" which was very gen
j eraly discussed. It seemed to be the
consensus of opinion that while some
; experimenting may lie defensible yet
i it is something that should not be car
j ried very far in tho school room. Pub- ;
i lishiug houses and those who furnish
j school supplies were held responsible
j for a great many of the innovations
| that are unloaded on tho schools only
I to be discarded after extended esperi
i mentation, in which the schools have
J lost time and tho pupils suffered posi
i tive detriment
; Superintendent Ellonberger adverted
I to the vertical system of writing, for
I a time quite popular in the schools,
which ho strongly condemned, deelar
! ing that it disqualifies young persons
! for holding positions where good pen
| mauship is required and that many
: who have been taught according to this
system bail actually lost opportunities
to secure employment. Ho advised
that teachers be a slave to no system
in any branch, bearing in mind that
! the success of the schools depends on
; "the genius of the teacher."
! Superintendent Dean inveighed
against r'. practice of ruling the
Elates for mall pupil>, introduced
sometime in the past, and which "ex-
I periment" has found to In- pernicious,
leading in i.:.my cas to permanent
injury to the eyi s of the children. He
1 i advocated largo writing and urged
i | that whenever practicable the black
i board should he used.
»| D. 11. Died, nbaoher. superintendent
• ; of the Danville schools, explained the
■ I result that followed experiment with
| the Pollard system and the vertical
. j system of writing in his schools. Ver
; tical writing has fallen into disfavor
I I and the schools throughout tho bor-
C ; ougli are going back to tho slanting
112 system. In reading a combination oi
I ] several systems is employed.
, | Mr. Wert/, read a paper entitled,
"The Greatest Difficulty Met inConn
-1 try Schools; How to Remedy It." It
1 was a clover production, dwelling up
s on the tender and sympathetic rela
. tious existing bewteeu teaehoi anil
e pupil. The teacher should bo iu close
- sympathy with the parents and should
i, bring theui to feel that ho is intorest
,t, ed in their children.
During the afternoon session Miss
e Surver, teacher of the grammar school
belonging to the joint district of Riv-
THREE BRIDGES
UNFINISHED
9 It has become quite clear that the
! throe county bridges in course of erec
tion can not be completed this season,
all of which will be a matter of much
1 regret to the public, especially those
3 who have occasion to use the several
' highways on which the bridges occur.
The throe smaller bridges—at Carey's,
' at John Coleman's, and at Buck Run
' —were completed by tho Owego Bridge
company last month. Tho three re
maining bridges, built by tho Nelson
I Merydith company,are located respect-
I ively at Cotuer's, at Maust sand at
' Sechler's.
1 Tho contract in each case called for
| tho completion of the bridge before
| this but the company pleads unavoid- :
' ! able delay caused by its inability to :
( obtain tho steel work.
The stono work was completed
! months ago. Tho crushed stone needed j
for the concrete floors is also on the >
! ground. It is too late in the season to j
! goon with the work, even if the mat- !
| erial should arrive forthwith. Consid
j ering the time of year we would have
i to bo favored with a period of phen
| omonal weather, indeed, before the
i county commissioners would feel j
1 justified iu permitting the contractors !
jto enter upon the construction of the
bridges this winter. Tho erection of I
tho ironwork, it is true, could proceed j
without detriment, but the laying of ;
the concrete floors while freezing 1
temperatures prevail would be obvious- j
ly ill-advised.
During a discussion at the court '
| house yesterday the fact was made j
1 patent,not only that floors of concrete ;
| have superseded plank, but also that'
I bridges wholly of concrete are coming
; into favor in this State and promise J
in process oft imo—probably very soon |
' —to displace iron or steel bridges.
Tho experiment where tried has
I proven thoroughly satisfactory. It is
I demonstrated that the counties can.
; build concrete bridges more cheaply ,
and that it costs less to maintain
j them. The item of paint is essentially
j eliminated; concrete is practically iu- |
j destructible, and consequently no i
j money is required for repairs on I
j bridges of t.linf Knrf
' 12 LAWYERS IN MONTOUR
Numerous inquiries received by the j
i State Bar association as to the number |
jof members of the Bar in the various |
] counties of Pennsylvania caused in- j
I quiry to be made by the secretary, ,
Judge William H. Staake. After much j
! correspondence he has at last received j
reliable data and tilids that there are
' 7U37 such attornoys-at-law. This coun- j
tv has 12; Columbia, 3S; Schuylkill, J
j 125; Luzerne, 208 and Lycoming, 75. J
GOOD SHOWING
Borough Superintendent Dieffen- j
bacher reports that the schools of the !
! second ward are making excellent pro- j
I gross, notwithstanding the loss of j
I three weeks' time caused by the out- |
| break of diphtheria and scarlet fever |
liu that ward. So diligently did the i
j pupils of the higher grades prosecute j
j their studies at their homos during the |
| period of quarantine that at tho pre- j
j sent time iu jioint of proficiency they I
I compare favorably with pupils of tho J
! same grades in the other wards. The j
! smaller children, who depend more j
| upon daily help received from the j
' teacher, were unable to accomplish j
| quite so much working unaided, but 1
: they also did very well.
As a measure to enable them to !
; make up lost time, for awhile it was !
thought the second ward schools might i
remain open during the holiday week ;
but in view of tho excellent showing
| made this has now been abandoned.
Few of us are any belter than we !
1 '■ ought to be.
I ; ersido and Goarhart township, read a
I most excellent paper, entitled, "Birds
, as a Factor in Agriculture. " She was
followed by Mrs. Young, teacher of
i the primary department, who present
! Ed the subject of "Form," introdnc
c | ing a class of pupils to illustrate her
I method.
i ! Then followed an address by Pro
> i fessor T. B. Shannon, teacher of the
i i joint high school, on the subject of
1 j "Pennsylvania in Literature." It was
an able and instructive discourse, ro
r vealing that the speaker is well posted
- ion literature and that he feels a deep
r ! interest in all matters pertaining to
112 ! it.
j The four walls of tho high school
, ! room were covered with specimens of
- i work—drawing, penmanship, etc., —
t executed by the pupils of the three
- | districts represented in the local in
' stitute. Without exception the work
1 was very meritorious,
e Under the principalshipof Professor
d Shannon the high school on the south
. side is flourishing. Tho report of the
first month's school is phenomenal. Of
is tho seventeen pupils enrolled each one
i) was present every day, neither was
•- there a single tardy mark.
DECEMBER 10, 1909
THE CHRISTMAS
VACATION
Six school directors of Danville
braved the elements Monday eve to at
tend a regular meeting of the board.
They were as follows: W. A. Soclilor,
W. 11. Orth, J. W. Swarts, William
Burns, Dr. Shultz and J. H. Colo.
Under tho head of unfinished busi
ness Mr. Orth reported that permission
had been granted to tho Paront-Teach
or association to hold its regular meet
ings in the high school room.
J. W. Swarts reported that a leak
has been discovered in tho roof of tho
First ward school building. The roof
was ordered repaired.
It was reported that boards are be
ing torn off tho rear of the "flat"
school house. On motion it was order
ed that a notice bo pouted on tho
building forbidding trespassing.
On motion it was ordered that the
teachers and janitors be paid for in
stitute week and two weeks of teach
ing, when the schools close for the
holidays.
Dr. Shultz reported that Miss Law
rence's school in the third ward is ov
ercrowded, there being 52 pupils en
rolled. Ho suggested several plans by
which overcrowding might be reliev
ed, one being the fitting up of another
room iu the building and employing
an additional teacher. It is believed
that there will bo a still larger attend
ance in Miss Lawrence's room after
tho holidays. On motion it was order
ed that the matter be refetred to the
committee on teachers and certificates.
On motion it was ordered that the
schools close on Thursday, December
23rd, for the Christmas vacation, re
opening on Monday, January 3rd.
The following bills were approved
for payment:
P. A. Winters $ 1.20
Benj. Kneibler (10
Chris F. Hershey 1.25
A. G. Harris 1.25
Adams Ex. Co .. .. .95
W. 11. Orth 1.70
J. B. Cleaver. 1(5.5!)
W. G. Brown ... 2.90
C. E. Voris (Com.) .. 14.71 ■
THE COMING CENSUS
Benj. Apple, of Suubury, supervior
of tho census for this district, is in
Washington attending a special meet
ing of the men who will have this
work in charge. The different details
of tho work will bo discussed at this
meeting. Each persons seeking ap
pointment as census enumerator must
make a written application to the sup
ervisor for tho district of which he is
a resident, and tho application must
bo made, throughout in tho handwrit
ing of the applicant anil must be in
dorsed ly two representative business
men of the community iu which tho
applicant resides. All applicants for
appointment as enumerators will be
required to take an examination, to be
prescribed by the director of tho cen
sus, to determine their fitness for the
woik. This examination will be of a
practical character, consising chiefly
or wholly of the filling out of a sam
ple schedule of population from data
furnished, and in the case of enumer
ators whose work will bo in rural dis
tricts, tho filling out of a sample sche
dule of agriculture. Tho census act
also provides that the compensation to
bo paid to enumerators is fixed by the
census act and an allowance of not
loss than two nor more than four ceuts
for each inhabitant, not less than
twenty nor more than thirty cents for
each faun reported and ten cents for
each barn and inclosuro containing
live stock not on farms, is provided
for all sub-divisions where the direct
or of the census shall deem such en
umeration sufficient.
STATE ON WATCH
IIARRISBURG, Doc. 15.
The State is taking measures to pro
tect itself in the event of its winning
the civil suits to recover its claims
against tho men charged with and con
victed of conspiracy in connection
with the furnishing of the State cap
-1 itol.
1 This fact leaked out when it be
; eauio public that the administrator ot
the estate of the late State Treasurer
j Mathues, in Chester, Delaware coun
ty, had been notified not to distribute
| the funds arising from the sale of his
I estate until the claims of the State are
satisfied. When asked who served the
. notice, Attorney General Todd said
this morning that it was done at his
instance.
! "Tho papers iu the civil suits art
; all ready," said Attorney General
Todd, "and we will be able to proceed
j at the proper time. As a matter of fad
i the papers in all of the claims to re
cover from those defendants were
| ready over a year ago.''
Director Clay, who is making plant
| for the improvement of tho poliei
j system of Philadelphia, says that lit
hopes to have a station in every ward.
TO BLOOMSBURG
THROUGH STORM
Braving a cold rain driven by an al
most cyclonic wind and oceans of mud
dy slush under foot, Dr. J. Beaver
Goarhart, with Walter "Reds" Rupp
as a companion, Monday walked to
Bloomsburg in tho remarkable time of
2 hours and 20 minutes.
Tho stunt grew out of an argument
at Frank Linker's cigar store and pool
room Monday afternoon. Ed Scliaf
fer, the well known pool room pro
j prietor of Bloomsburg,was iu this city
j and had stopped at Linker's store.
I While there the subject of weather
j came up and then walking was dis
cussed. Finally Dr. Goarhart was
j pointed out as tho best exponent of
| podestriauism in the room. To this j
| Mr. SchalTer good naturodly took ex- i
| oeptiou,stating that he did not believe |
j that lie would bo much in a walk, j
j such as between Danville and Blooms- !
| burg in a stormy day like Monday, j
! Dr. Goarhart replied that a walk of j
I that kind would be merely a little !
| pleasure jaunt for him.
I Mr. Schaffer reached iu his pocket j
| and drawing forth a large wad peeled j
| off a bill of fairly largo denomination, j
| laid it on the counter with the state- j
nient that it would be the property of !
| Dr. Goarhart if lie walked to Blooms
-1 burg.
" Hold the money," Goarhart said j
to Linker, as ho reached for his rain
coat. A proposition from "Reds"
Rupp togo along was accepted, and a !
few seconds later they were hitting '
the trail down Mill street.
When they got out into tile open 1
country the wind was so strong at !
times as to nearly carry the walkers !
off their foot; and this in combination j
with the rain and slush made tho go- I
ing particularly tough. But notwith
standing the adverse conditions they]
made a speedy trip of it. At 4:25—1
hour and 5 minutes after starting— j
they were at the Grovauia hotel. An :
hour and 15 minutes later they were i
in Bloomsburg.
Mr. Schaffer had gone ahead in the j
trolley and apprised a number of j
Bloomsburgers that the Danville walk ;
ers were coming. A largo crowd met i
{own was'loo'goofl "ft'r 'TAIW." *l#? j
steadfastly refused all offers of hospit- j
ality, however, and caught the six ■
o'clock car home, arriving here at 7 j
o'clock, soaked to the skin, but not a
bit fatigued by tho tramp.
SOON TO KNOW FATE
Henry Fisher, twice convicted at |
Sunbury of the murder of Sarah Kling- 1
I or, in Shamokin, whose attorneys re- |
i cently appealed to the supreme court j
| of the State for a new trial, will with- |
in a few weeks know his fate.
Tho judges in tho highest court in ;
tho commonwealth who rose in Pitts- j
; burg on Friday, November 14, will j
again sit iu Philadelphia on the first j
■ Monday in January, 1910, when it is 1
j expected that a decision on the appeal |
will be handed down.
| Tho case of Fisher is one of the j
! longest drawn out that has ever been
trietl iu Northumberland county. The j
murder for which ho was twice con- j
victed was committed in PJOfi. Since j
that time Attorneys Welsh and Welsh |
have been fighting with bulldog ten- i
acity to save the condemned man from j
tho gallows and thus far have met with j
success. This is tho second time that I
j tho lawyers have taken an appeal to ,
j the supremo court and should they •
I prove successful in securing a new j
' trial, tho case will undoubtedly hold
tho boards ot Northumberland, county
| tor another year.
! WOMAN TRIES TO ENLIST
CHICAGO, Doc. 15.
j Tho si i ond attempt of Miss Adelaide
i Port wood, of Decatur, 111., to enlist
|in tho United States navv,'in order to
| bo with her sweetheart, who has bet n
i ordered to Central America,went awry
j yesterday because of certain regula
: tious governing tho enlistment of re
' cruits.
j Her sweetheart is Corporal James
I Dixon, of tho marine corps, who re
cently inherited about §IOO,OOO, ob
! taiued his discharge and then re-en
listed because ho could not curb his
I martial spirit. Miss Port wood's fami
: ly is said to bo prominent in Decatur,
j When the recruiting officer reached
! tin recruiting station Miss Port wood,
jiu complete male attire, was waiting
I with an expectant smile.
| "Just step in tho next room and pre
pare for the physician's examination"
directed Sergeant Holmnn.
Miss Portwood stepped in. Fifteen
minutes later when Sergeant Holmau
investigated to ascertain tho cause of
the delayed reappearance, an open
window told of an escape, and a hair
pin and perfumed handkerchief on the
floor told a story of their own.
Seo that your horse is properly blank
i oted if left standing in tho street these
days.
FIFTEEN FLOATS
RREJSSHRED
It has been decided to have a special
traiu iu both directions between Dan
ville and Milton on New Year's day,
instead of a special onlv ono way, at
night.
This decision was reached at a speci
al mooting of the Mummers' associa
tion hold Monday night, at which Dis
trict Passenger Agent of tho P. & R.
Railway George Roper, of Williams
port, was present. Tho terms were
considered reasonable, the guarantee
for tho traiu both ways amounting to
only a little more than what was re
quired to secure the single night speci
al, which was at first figured on. It
was decided that tho special train
| should leave Milton at 1 o'clock and
i West Milton at 1 :!5 o'clock on tlieaft
! ernoon of New Year's day. Returning
j it will leave Danville at 0 o'clock
! p. m.
j On next Monday night a very im
i portant meeting will be held by tho
' Mummers' association, at which the
| prizes will bo arranged, the judges
j appointed, &c. Immediately afterward
1 largo posters setting forth all the feat
! ures of the occasion will bo printed
and posted in all the neighboring
; towns as well as in Danville and im
mediate vicinity.
Undoubtedly this year tho floats
will constitute a remarkable feature
I of tho parade, some fifteen being al
! ready assured. While a number of tho
j floats may savor of advertisement,oth
■ ers will bo gotten up purely for tho
| sake of adding to tho interest, of the
New|Year's pageant. They will emjjody
. quaint and original conceptions; many
| will bo very beautiful.
It has been ascertained that a largo
number of tho merry makers are al
i ready working on their make-up.
; Some of these—tho most novel and
grotesque probably—are known to lie
| entirely new anil will produce a stun
! ning effect iu the parade. Tho mum
mers aro working quietly and each
one is guarding his secret jealously,
i Some of those who will bo in tho par
i ado have been busy on tho idea over
: since last Now Year's and that they are
| evolving something worth while no
| •>•».» will rlnnhf
REV. GRIMES ORDAINED
The impressive ordination service of
the Episcopal church was performed
1 by tin. IU. Rev. James Henry Darling
ton, bishop of the diocese of Harris
i bur", in St. Paul's ctittrch, Bloonis
j burg, yesterday morning at II o'clock,
j when lice. John Coulcy Grimes,form
erly pastor of St. Peter's Methodist
I Episcopal church, llivi rside, and lb v.
John E. Diggb s, brother of tin r- ■ 'o-
I of St. Paul's church, end in charge oi
| tic palish at N'.rtl ui.i! . rlalid, w •
I accepted into the l.i isc.-ipal priesthood.
! llcv. John P. T•lr. ii liageislowi:,
! Maryland, pn ■••!.«. 1 t li>- ordinate a
j sermon and a number ot visiting
I piie.sts were in attendance, i'l.
; vices also mai'.a d the formal le-op i
| ing of St. Paul's church after oxten
j sive renovations
j Hov. Grimes is at present rector of
| St. Mary's Episcopal church, at Wil
| lianisport.
OLD AGE PENSION BILL
WASHINGTON, D. C., Doc. 15.
An old ago pension plan for the
1 United States was proposed to eon
j gress iu a bill introduced by ReprrJ
| seutativo William B. Wilson, of Penn
sylvania, yesterday. The bill establ
j isb.es the old ago home guard of the
1 army. Tlie secretary of war is direct
-1 ed to enlist into this guard every per
] son in tho United States who hat
! reached the e_ of sixty-five, and it
I not possessed of property without in
I ciunbranco value at $1,500 or of au in
j come of at least S >-10 a year. Person*
| to bo eligible for tho guard must hav<
j been residents of the United Statot
for twenty live consecutive years ane
i citizens of the United States for lit'-
| teen consecutive years. Husbands am
' wives are to bo enrolled as one mem
' bor.
OIL KING IN NEW ROLE
CHICAGO, Dec. J.
! It is reported today that John D
| Rockefeller is going into tho diuf
| business and is reaching out togo
| control of a chain of drug stores in tin
leading cities. The by-products of tin
' Standard Oil company enti r large I.'
; into tho retail drug business and it i
1 said that Rockefeller hopes to gobbli
| up the big retail stores and thereby
, reap the profits of the Standard Oi
, ; company's products.
; j Mysterious agents who for the pus
, j week have called at leading drug store
of this city aud Milwaukee to ascer
, tain if the stores are for sale, are sail
to be ageuts of tho Rockefeller inter
ests.
"To avoid the rush, mail your Chris
mas packages early.
ESTABLISHED IN 1855
CELEBRATED
GOLDENJEDOING
One of the most interesting and de
lightful social fmictions that have tak
en place on the south side in many
years occurred yesterday, when Mr.
and Mrs. Forbes H. Vannan celebrat
ed their golden wedding. Receptions
were held during afternoon and even
ing, a large number of invited guests
representing both Danville and the
south side being present.
! Mr. and Mrs. Vannan are among our
best-known and esteemed people.Those
I innate qualities of heart that hav»
| popularized them in tiie community
nover shone more effnlgently than
I during yesterday, when amid tiie dec
| orations of their cozy and attractive
| home the.v assumed the role of host
and hostess. Everyone who stepped
; over the. threshold was impressed with
the felicity of the occasion and the
congratulations that were extended
j were warm and heart-felt.
The house was most beautifully dec
. orated for the occasion. Ono hundred
J and twenty-five guests were present,
including the following from a dist
| ance : Mr. and Mrs. Arthur D. Bacon
; and four children, Mrs. Anna Bacon
lof Harrisburg; Mrs. Miner B. Austin
|of Wilkes-Barre; B. P. Antrim, West
| Pittston; Mrs. E. H. Carhart and Miss
| Grace Boughton of Kingston,and Paul
! Vannan of Elyria, Ohio.
The most sumptuous entertainment
| awaited the guests. Refreshments em
bracing all tho delicacies were served
;in abundance. Those were followed
\ with a couple of delightful hours dur
| ing which choice music was rendered
\ by tho Gleo Club.
In celebrating a golden wedding
' the mind instinctively reverts to tho
j day of tho marriage, when the worth
| couple who have survived fifty anni
versaries of the happy event first en
tered the nuptial state.
Mr. and- 4 Mrs. Fcrbes 11. Vannan
were married at Scranton fifty years
ago yesterday, the officiating clergy
! man being the Rev. Adam L. Horn,
uncle of tlie bride. Before marriage
j Mrs. Vannan was Miss Emeline A.
| Parr, of Belvidere, N. ,1. The couple
j went to house-keeping in Scranton.
j Forbes 11. Vannan was born in Glas
1 When eight years ot ago he came to
| America. He served an apprenticeship
»s machinist in the D. L. & W. Rail-
I road shops at Scranton. Very soon af
| terward ho became un engineer on the
D. L. & W. Railroad.
Later, for one season he served as
• foreman of the P. & E. shops at I.oek
Haven under Captain Frank Ilaiu.
In IS!VI, l;e accepted a position a*
foreman ' t ♦lit* railroad shops at
Kiiigst n, which lie occupied
fur i iiie * i:-. Me was under Charles
Gnihil ; - ma»!e n ehanie.
The 1:1 \t pi>ilion hi filled was that
of superintendent of the shops of the
Wyoming Valley Manufacturing com -
jauv. While I . :!••• in charge tlie
lirst locomotive ma in Wilkes-Pane
was built at these shops.
In IKiW, Mr. Vannan came to Dan
wile, at the solicitation of the late
Daniel Edwards, accepting the iiosi
I tion of master mechanic at tlui Big
j Mill. Here he remained tor eight
years, when he accepted the jiositioJi
!of master mechanic at the Mahoning
| Rolling mill.
He next went into partneiship with
the late Daniel M. Curry, purchasing
i the plant now known as the Danville
Foundry and Machine works. In 1908
. he retired from business, but later, at
the death of Mr. Curry, he became a
member of the Danville Foundry and
i Machine company, which took over
the plant. He has been president <>f
the company since its organization.
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CINCH ON COPPER
WASHINGTON, Deo. 13.
During 11)08 the Unite.! Stati s con
| tributcd more than half of the world's
| total production of copper, the exports
of copier from this country being (SIS. -
613,843 pounds, the largest amount
' | recorded.
I These facts are contained in a report
on tho snbjei I In the United State*
Geological Survi y. The domestic con
; sumption of copper during the year
, was 503,000,000 pounds. A notable
feature ot the industry during the
year was the decrease in production
r ; due to improved methods and increa*-
' j ed efficiency of labor.
ALL. GOING OUT
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.
• i Like the Christmas shopper, the
I Treasury department is feeling the ap
proach of the Yuletide season. More
! I money is going out than is coming in.
■i | and the "working balance" isdecreas
. ; ing in proportion. Unlike the shop
-1 per, however, the treasury is not con
- cerned over the situation, for several
times since the beginning of the fiscal
year the working balance has started
ton until it was lower than
now, and each time it has recovered.