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CHARLES 8. LORD
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1910.
ntered at the poatofflce at Keynoldirlll
Pa., ataecond elaaa mall matter.
BUMMIRVIIXlTlLIPIIOlia No. 11.
BOW TO LIFE WELL ON NOTH
ING A YEAR.
There U a chapter to Thackeray's
Vanity Fair that seems to have been
studied to some effect by a numerous
class of people, of whom a few reside In
Reynoldsvllle. It Is headed "How to
Live Well on Nothing a Year" and if
there Is a natural-born deadbeat who
has never run across it, we respectfully
commend It to him as a means of Im
proving ble profession.
Ask any retired merchant In Reynolds
ville why he Is not now In business, and
the invariable- reply is that he was
forced to the wall by an uncollectable
credit account. The complaint la
universal. The credit system must be
radically restricted or abolished In
retail business. In Kane the leading
merchants have put up notices In their
stores stating that hereafter all persona
applying for credit, who are not
personally known to the merchants, will
hi obliged to furnish references on a
blank furnished for that purpose. It is
a move in the right direction. There
was a time when -business could be
successfully conducted despite heavy
losses from this source, but etiffer
competition makes it now Impossible,
Legitimate business will not be hurt,
and the honest customer will benefit,
by rules against indiscriminate ex
tension of credit.
A queor illustration of the pitiful
fraud that the credit system renders
possible occured recently in Johnson
burg. A carnival company visited the
town and the family of a poor mill
worker at that plao clamored to go.
The man had no money to buy tickets
but he proyed himnt.lf a masterful
financier by going to a store and buying
a sack of flour on "tick," took it out and
sold it a 'few minutes later to another
man at a reduced price and . od the
proceeds bought tickets for the family
to the carnival.
It is not, of course, against the
honest customer that the merchants
protest, but against the class who
practice deliberate deception and end
by' refusal to pay anything. No
business man ksks anything better than
a list of credit patrons who pay up
regularly, but the extension of credit to
all without previous knowledge of their
character is the highway to ruin.
That the credit system engenders
carelessness in personal and household
accounts is a fact that many a man has
discovered when he finally balances
assets and liabilities and finds blmBelf
hopelessly in debt. Better - it is to pay
as you go and ruin neither yourself nor
the merchant.
The action of the local school hoard
is spending a few thousand dollars to
purchase the Rhoads property on Main
street, in front oi the school house,
removing the old house and adding the
land to the school lawn and beautifying
the ground by the grading of the lot,
ana Dunaing oi a nne concrete walk
from the school house to the street, has
been reoelving much commendation
from the home people. The structure
is one of the finest buildings in town and
is the one building in which all of our
people take a common interest. It is
moreover one of the first buildings in
quired after by parties visiting the
town with the idea of making it their
future residence..
School Shoes.
Buy them at J. E. Fink's, Punxsu
tawney, Pa.
FIRST AID TO THE FARMERS.
Those who see in the proposed Du
Bois Reynoldsvllle - Broouvllle paved
road only a great automobile boulevard
reason sballowly. Beeper than pleasure
lies necessity.
Jefferson county's surface wealth of
lumber and ooal Is disappearing. Those
wbo formerly derived an income from
these sources as owners of laborers
must find other employment or leave
the country for undeveloped fields in
their old lines. Many have already
taken the latter course and the popula
tion of the county U not rapidly in
creasing. If Jefferson county would bold her
present place in wealth and population,
she must develop new lines to take the
place of the exhausted resouroes.
There are but two ways in which to do
this: the establishing of manufacturing
plants, and the developing of her farm
ing land on a larger scale than has
heretofore been attempted. Of the two
the latter is infinitely the more im
portant and the safer, as has been
proved by experiments In Reynoldsvllle
in recent years. Farming in this
section has been a side issue with most
land owners, for the coal and lumber
gave quicker returns. Those who have
given all their attention to the land,
and worked intelligently, have found
the pursuit quite as profitaole in the
course of years, as that of any other
profession. .
If therefore, farming is to be the
mainstay of the county in future years,
the country districts must be given at
tention never before granted them.
And the greatest boon that can be con
ferred on the rural district Is the
paving of the roads leading to It. Bad
roads mean isolation for the farmer,
means loss to him in time and money
and make country life uninviting both
to the man on the farm and the man
looking for a new home. Bad roads
means stagnation in the country dis
tricts, sparse settlements and eventual
abandonment of the farms. Good
paved roads, on the other hand, mean
more cultivated farms, mean appreciat
ion of values of farm lands, mean
pleasanter life for the rural residents
through easy communication, mean
more profit to the farmer through
giving easier access to the markets.
Viewed financially, the difference be
tween good and bad roads is the
difference between profit and loss.
The farming land of Jefferson county
must be developed, but it never will be
until life on the farm is made pleasant,
and profitable. The granting of good
roads to the farmers is the greatest step
in that direction. The DuBois-Reyn-oldsvllle-Brookvllle
paved road project
is part of a greater movement which
eventually will cover the entire county
and liqk every important town and
country district . with broad, smooth
brick highways for the unimpeded
passage of the chariot of prosperity;
which oharlot, in our unpoetio imagina
tion, is nothing more than a farmer's
four wheeled wagon loaded with pro
duce of the farm on its road to the
great markets of the town and city.
If such roads become merely auto
mobile boulevards, it will be because
under such conditions every farmer may
become prosperous enough to own his
own auto.
At a result of a law passed by the
last Legisature a change has been made
in the method of paying taxes in
Pennsylvania, Taxes are now payable
at a discount for a period of ninety days
after duplicates are issued, instead of
sixty days as heretofore. Several
collectors in Mercer county, before
they became aware ot the change,
posted notices stating that the discount
would be allowed for sixty days only,
but this faot will not deprive property
owners of the benefits of the new law,
Heretofore July 31 has been the last
day for paying taxes at a discount in
most precincts. Hereafter August 31
will be the limit. Exchange.
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22d SEASON OPENS AU6. 31. CLOSES OCT. 22
Victor Herbert's
Band
Aug. 31 to Sept 6
Damrosch and
His Orchestra
Sept 7 to 17 v
Sousa and His
Band
September 19 to 24
Innes and His
Band
Sept 26 to Oct I
Theodore Thomas
Orchestra
October 3 to 8
Carlib Hussars
Band
October 10 to. 15
Russian Symphony Orchestra
October 17 to October 22
ONLY THE WORLD'S FOREMOST MUSICAL ORGANIZA
TIONS appear at this temple of instruction and amusement
Flint time here Exhibit of Great Northern R. R., ahowlnai the
products of the Northwest and the fertility of
the soil l. a result of irritfation,
And the Government Display Norfolk and Western R. R. Exhibit
Superb electrical and mechanical features The Toboggan Slide Ferris
Wheel Pory Track Tht atorium and a ride on the Steamer Sunshine
are among the amusements that make the heart glad. There's fun and in
struction at every hand. Bring the wife and little ones. You'll all enjoy it
Admission, 25 Cents. Ses Ysur Ticket (gent Abcut Excursion Rates
RATHMEL ITEMS.
George Muhney, of Butler, vlslfrd
his parents at Rathmel last Keek.
Mrs. A. W. Mulbollan, of Rathmel,
who was in Virginia several months at
the bedside of a. sick mother, returned
to her home the past week.
The Junior Christina Endeavor f
Rathmel held a plcnlo Monday.
An ice cream fete was held on the
lawn on the Rathmel M. E. church
Baturday for the benefit of the supply
minister, Rev. Charles C. Mohney. It
was well attended, '
Thomas Rea, of Iselin, is visiting at
the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
G. M. Rea, and with the family of A.
L, Keagle, in Rathmel. His wife has
been visiting at her home in Rathmel
for several weeks. Mr. Rea has been
employed in . a company store at
Iselin for some time but in the
near future will be given charge of
another store of the company at Ernest
Indiana county, and will move there.
Ed. Eugbes and wife and James
Thompson and wbe visited George
Hughes in DuBols Sunday. -
Notwithstanding the burning of the
scale office at the Bioomlngton mines
Monday night last, the mine is operat
ing full again and turning out the
usual amount of coal..
, The following ladies drove out to the
hunting camp beyond Troutville Wed
nesday last for an outing: Mrs. Jacob
Morningstar, Mrs. J. C. . Thompson,
Mrs. J. Q. Tucker, Mrs. A. L. Keagle,
Mrs. William Tucker, Mrs. J. L. Mar
shall, Mrs. Robert Bowser, Mrs. A.
Rf ddeck, . Mrs. Joseph Ditch, Mrs.
William Hoare, Mrs. Ann Harris, Mrs.
George Henry, Mrs. Samuel Wallwork,
Mrs. D. C. McClelland, Mrs. Theo.
Pomroy. Mrs. C. M. Leach, Mrs.
Josiah Mitchell, Mrs. T. Maxwell. A
number of these ladies are grand
mothers and usually quite sedate, but
they were out for a merry outing
Wednesday and from reports brought
back of races and contests and girlish
pranks, it would seem tbey were all
sixteen again tor a day.
WILLIAMS GROVE PICNIC.
Reduced Rates Via Pennsylvania Rail
road. For the Grangers' picnic at Williams
Grove, Fa., August 29 to September
3, the Pennsylvania Railroad will soli
excursion tickets to Williams Grove
from stations In Pennsylvania and from
Baltimore,. Elmira, Frederick and In
termediate stations on the Northern
Central Railway, August 23 to Septem
ber 2, inclusive, good for going passage
only on date of issue, and for return
passage to reach original starting point
not later than September fl, at reduced
rates.
- Buy Them Here.
School shoes. Better shoes for less
money. Try us. J. H. Fink depart
ment store, Punxsutawney, Pa.
If you are interested in a good
normal school, it will be to your ad
vantage to write to the Lock Haven
State Normal school for Its handsome
oatalog. The beautiful scenery of the
west branch of the Susquehanna in the
immediate neighborhood is finely illus
trated as well as the great buildings
of the institution. As a progressive
school its insists on having a thorough
ly well trained faculty. By referring
to the catalog, anyone Interested can
quickly discover that every teacher
has had superior colleges and univer
sity advantages. The fall term begins
September 6th.
T. M. Millen, candidate for register
and recorder last campaign for that
office, will enter the race again next
spring.
And now Brockway vllle comes to the front
with a whole souled effort towards town
betterment, In line with similar work In other
progressiva towns. Good will It be for Jeffer
son county when every town and village In It
wakes up and commence to shout the merit
of the land. The citizens of Brocltwayvllle
have the cordial aid of the Bicokd also and
that, they will discover la one of their most
valuable asiete In carrying on a "booster"
campaign.
Won't Need a Crutch.
When Editor J. P, Sossman, of Cor
nelius, N. C, bruised bis leg badly, it
started an ugly sore. Many salves and
olnments proved worthless. Then
Bucklen's Arnica Salve healed It
thoroughly. Nothing is so prompt
and sure for- ulcers, boils, burns,
bruises, cuts, corns, sores, plmpleB,
eczema, or piles. 35o at Stoke & Feicht
Drug Co.
' Methodist Church,
Services .for Sunday, August 28th,
11.00 a.m., theme, "The Good Shep
herd." Union service in Baptist
church at 7.30 p. m.
Better Shoes.
For less money. Try J. H. Fink de
partment store, Punxsutawney, Pa.
Nothing old, undesirable among the
good things bolnc shown at Stoke's.
Ladles' fall dress goods now on sale at
Bing-Stoke Co. '
The shoes we offer at cut prices, are
our very best quality. Adam's.
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President Helps Orphans.
Hundreds of orphans have been
helped by the President of the In
dustrial and Orphan's Home at Macon,
Ga., who writes; "We have used
Electrlo Bitters in this Institution for
nine years. It has proved a most
excellent medicine for stomach, liver
and kidney troubles. We regard it as
ODe of the best family medicines on
earth." It Invigorates all yital organs,
purifies the blood, aids digestion and
creates appetite. To strengthen and
build up pale, thin, weak children or
rundown people it has no equal. Best
for female complaints. Only 50c at
Stoke & Feicht Drug Co. store.
One more week in which to buy all
summer goods at away .down prices.
Bing-Stoke Co.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
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Annual Fair and Races
AT
Dubois, pa.
SEPTEMBER 6 TO 9, 1910
:&ubi!Efi interment, station.. Including
Reduced Rates
(Minimum Kate 23 Cents) 1 '
J. R. WOOD, GEO' W ROVD
Pas.eng.r Traffic Manager. i Otw piiienger Jlgent.
SHICK $ WAGNER
The Big Store
SALE ON MILL END
TOWELINGS, ETC.
We are offering this week one case (1000 yards) SHORTS or MILL END CRASH
at 8c a yard. These come from 8 yards to 12 yards to the piece and is worth
. 12 l-2c. We could only get one case and as long as they last they sell at 8c.
No pieces cut at this price.
Don't fail to take advantage of the aforementioned bargains. You can save
from 45c to 50c on the $1.00 by buying your Fall and Winter tbwelings at this time.
There is nothing better for every day towels, kitchen towel9, etc. None at this price
after these are gone.
Linen Art Squares, Doilies, Dresses, Scarfs,
Cushion Covers, Etc.
We have a few of these lelt, mostly very good values and come in all sizes to sell
for one-half price while they last.
10c ones on sale at
50c ones on sale at
$1.50 ones on sale at
$2.00 ones on sale at
$2.50 ones on sale at
$4.00 ones on sale at
5c
12 l-2c
75c
$1.00
$1.25
$2.00
25c ones on sale at
$1.00 ones on sale at
2.00 one9 on sale at
$2.50 ones on sale at
$3.00 ones on sale at
$5.00 ones on sale at
12 l-2c
'50c
$1.00
$1.25
$1.50
$2 50
Don't mis9 tuese as there are only p. few. You saye $1.00 on every $1.00.
There are just a few of the Bates Mill End Ginghams left at 8e.
SHICK & WAGNER
Corner Main and Fifth Streets,
-The Big Store
REYNOLDSVILLE, PA.
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sages must be delivered in
stantly vital Business ques
tions decided the doctor
- summoned orders given
. social matters discussed an
' important message sent to
Some neighboring town or
distant tity and so on with
out end. .
For each and all of these
various purposes the Bell
Telephone System is a tireless
servant. It never sleeps. Is
ready instantly when needed.
Goes everywhere. Out-distances
other systems. t And
gets the answer back just as
quickly as it delivers the
message.
To accomplish this and to
carry its twenty million mes
sages every day, the Bell
System is kept in a "hair
trigger" state of efficiency at
all times.
It is this untiring and reli
able serviceability which dis
tinguishes the Bell as theTel
ephone Service SUPREME.
For rales and other information regarding service, call the District ManageK
The Central District and Printing
. Telegraph Company
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