Freeland tribune., August 08, 1892, Image 4

THE NEW BALLOT LAW.
(Continued From Page 2.)
outside clearly designating the electiou districts
for which they are intended and the number ol
bullets of each kind enclosed.
They shall then lie sent by the county com
missioners of the respective counties separately
and at different times, or by different methods,
to the judges of election at the several voting
places, so as to be received by them, oue set on
the Saturday before the day of election and the
other set on the Monday before the day of elec
tion.
Receipt* for the Ilallots.
The respective judges of election shull, on de
livery to them of such packuges, return re
ceipts therefore to the commissioners, who
shall keep a record of the time when, and the
maimer in which, the several packages are sent
and shall preserve for the period ol' one year
the receipts of the said judges of election. For
elections of officers of townships and boroughs
and of election officers and school directors in
the sume, the auditors shull provide for each
election district 75 ballots for every GO and frac
tion of 50 voters 011 the assessor's list und an
equul number of specimen ballots, and shall
obtain from the count}' commissioners the
requisite cards of instruction, which shall be
delivered with the ballots to the judges of elec
tion the day before the day of election.
Section 18. In case the ballots to be furnished
to any voting pluce in accordance with the pro
visions of this act shall fail for any reason to
lie duly delivered, or in ease after delivery they
shall be destroyed or stolen, it shall be the duty I
of the judge of election of such voting place to
cause other ballots to be prepared substantially
iu the form of the ballots so wanting, and u|>oo
receipt of such other ballots from him, accom
panied by u statement under oath that the
Huuie have tieeu so prepared and furnished by
iiira, and that the original ballots have so failed
to be received or have been so destroyed or
stolen, the election officers shull cause the bal
lots so substituted to be used in lieu of the bal
lots wanting us übovc. It shall he the duty of
the county commissioners of each county to
mail complete specimens of the ballots and
other necessary papers by registered letter to
the judge of electious of elections of each elec
tion district at least four days before the elec
tion to enable him to comply with the direc
tions of this section.
The Voting Rooms.
Section 19. The county commissioners of each
county shall provide for each election district
therein at each election a room large enough
to be fitted up with voting shelves and u guurd
rail, as hereinafter provided. If in any district
no such room can be rented or otherwise ob
tained, the suid commissioners shall cuuse to
be constructed for such district a teui|>orury
room of adequate size to be used as a votiug
room; they shall also cuuse ull the said rooms
to be sultubly provided with heat and light und
with a sufficient number of voting shelves or
compartments at or in which voters may con
veniently murk their builots, so that in the
marking thereof they may be screened from
the observation of others, and a guurd rail shall
be so constructed und placed that only such
liersons as are inside said rail can upproach
within six feet of the ballot box und of such
votiug shelves or compartments. The arrange
ment shall be such that neither the ballot box
nor the voting booths shall he hidden from view
of those just outside the said guard rail. The
number of such votihg shelves or compart
ments shall not be less than one for every tlfty
names 011 the assessor's lists, but shall not in
any case be less than three for the voters quali
fied to vote at such voting pluce. No persons
other than election officers, and voters admitted
as hereinafter provided, shall be permitted
within the said rail except by authority of the
election officers for the purpose of keeping
order and enforcing the law. Each voting shell
or compartment shall be kept provided with
proper supplies and conveniences for murkina
the ballots.
Who l*ays the Bill.
Section 20. To provide for the cost of said
shelves or eompurtmeiits and guurd rails in the
year 1892 the secretary of the commonwealth,
the secretary of internal affairs and the auditor
general sliali be and they are hereby constitut
ed a board to decide upon a pattern of the said
shelves or compartments and a pattern of the
saitl guard rails and upon the materiul to be
used for them and such other furniture and ap
paratus as may be necessary, and to tlx a limit
of cost of the same per shelf or compartment
and per lineal foot of rail, and the said board
shall, within two months after the passuge of
this act, notify the commissioners of the res
pective counties of the pattern adopted and of
the limit of cost, und the said commissioners,
after they have provided the said shelves or
compartments and guard rails, shall send to the
auditor general of the commonwealth a state
ment of the voting pluccs in the county, nam
ing them, and the number of shelves or com
partments provided for each according to the
pattern adopted, and of the cost of the same,
not exceeding the limit to be fixed as aforesaid,
which statement shall be signed by the said
commissioners, verified by the affidavit of one
of them, and approved by the county controller
or auditors. 011 receipt of the said statement
the uuditor general shull draw warrunts upon
the treasury of the commonwealth in favor ol
the treasurers of the counties from which the
said statements shall have been received, foi
the sums therein stated to be due, und the state
treasurer is hereby directed to pay the said
warrants. The said shelves or compartments
or guard rails shall thereafter be the projert\
of the respective counties, and no further al
lowance shall be made to the counties by the
auditor general for providing the same.
To Enlighten the Voter.
.Section 21. At the opening of the polls in each
voting place the seals of one puekage shull be
publicly broken, and the said package shall be
opened by the Judge of elections. The cards oi
instruction shall be immediately posted ut or in
each voting shelf or compartment provided in
accordance with this act for the marking of the
liullots, and not less than three such curds and
not less than tlve specimen ballots, shall be im
mediately posted in or about the voting rooin,
outside the guard rail, and such cards and sjie
eimen ballots shall be given to any voter at his
request The second set of ballots shall be re
tained unoixmed by the respcettve judges of
election until they are needed for the purposes
of voting.
Section 22. Any person desiring to vote Hhull
give ids name und residence to one of the elec
tion officers iu charge of the ballots, who shall
thereupon announce; the same iu u loud and
distinct tone of voice, and if such name is found
upon the ballot cheek-list by the inspector or
clerks in charge thereof he shall likewise repeat
the said name, and the voter shull lie allowed to
enter the spuce enclosed by the guard rail, un
less his right, to vote be challenged. No person
whose name is not on the said list, or whose
right to vote shall be challenged by u qualified
citizen, shall be admitted within said guard rail
until he has established his right to vote in the
manner now provided by Inw, und his name, if
not on the check-lists, shull then be added to
both lists. As soon as a voter is udmitted with
in the rail the election officer having charge of
the ballots shull detach a ballot from the stub
and give it to the said voter, but shull ttrst fold
it so that words printed on the back and outside
as provided in section 15 of this act, sluili be the
| only wording visible, and no ballot shall be
voted unless folded in the same manner. Not
more than one ballot shall be given to a voter
except as provided in section 20 of this act.
No Records of Numbers.
As soon as a voter receives a ballot the letter
I "B" shall be marked against his name on the
' margin of the ballot check-list, but no record
| of the number of the ballots shall be made 011
the said lists. Besides the election officers and
such supervisors as are authorized by the laws
of the United States or overseers appointed by
the courts of this commonwealth not more than
four voters in excess of the number of voting
shelves or compartments provided, shall be al
lowed in said enclosed space at one time.
1 Section 5). On receipt of his ballot the voter
shall forthwith and without leaving the space
enclosed by the guard rail retire to one of the
voting shelves or compartments, and shall pre
pare his ballot by marking in the appropriate
margin or place a cross (x) opposite the party,
name, or political designation of a group of
candidates, or opposite the name of the candi
date of his choice for each office to be tilled, or
by inserting in the blank space provided there
for any mime not already 011 the ballot, and in
case of a question submitted to the vote of the
IH>ople by murking in the appropriate margin
or place a cross (x) against the answer which
he desires to give. Before leaving the voting
shelf or coiupurtinent the voter shall fold his
ballot without displaying the inurks thereon in
the same way it was folded when received by
him, and he shall keep the same so folded until
he has voted.
After leaving the voting shelf and before
leaving the enclosed space he shall give his bal
lot to the election officer in charge of the ballot
box, who, shall, without unfolding the bullot,
number it as required by the constitution of
this commonwealth, placing the said number
in the right hand upjier corner of the back of
the ballot immediately to the left of the folding
line printed thereon and nowhere else, and
shall then at once fold the corner at the folding
line and fastcu it securely down with the ad
hesive paste so as to cover the number on the
ballot so that it cannot be seen without unfast
ening or cutting open the part so fastened
down, and shall then deposit the ballot in the
box. The voter shall mark und deliver his
ballot without undue delay, and shall quit the
enclosed space as soon as his ballot has been
deposited, provided, that if at any time the con
stitution of this commonwealth shall cease to
require ballots to be numbered no number
sha!l be marked on the ballot and it shall be
deposited in the ballot box by the voter him
self.
Time of Marking Limited.
Section 24. No voter shall be allowed to oc
cupy a voting shelf or compartment already
occupied by another, except when giving the
help allowed by section 27 of this act, nor to
remain within said compartment more than
three minutes iu case ull of such compartments
are in use and other voters ure waiting to oc
cupy the same. No voter not an election officer
shall be allowed to re-enter the euclosed space
after lie has once left it, except to give help as
hereinafter described. Each voter's name shull
be checked on the voting check-list by the of
ficer having charge thereof as soon as 110 has
cast his vote in the manner now provided by
law. It shall be the duty of the judge of elec
tion to secure the observance of the provisions
of this section, to keep order iu the room in
which the voting is held, and to see that no
more persons are admitted within the euclosed
space than are allowed by this act. Each party
whioh has by its primary meeting, caucus, con
vention or board, sent to the proper offloe a cer
titlcutc of nomination, and each group of citi
zens which has sent to the proper office a nomi
nation paper, as provided iu sections 2 and 3 of
this act, shall bo allowed to appoint three elec
tors to act as watchers at each voting place,
without expense to the county, one of whom
shall be allowed to remain in the room outside
of the enclosed space. Each watcher shall be
provided with u certificate from the county
commissioners, or if the election be held in ii
township or borough, from the auditors of the
same, stating his name, the names of the per
sons who have appointed him and the party or
policy he represents, and no party or policy
shall be represented by more than one watcher
in the same voting room at any one time.
Watchers shall be required to show their certi
ilcatcH when requested to do so. Until the polls
are closed 110 persons shall be allowed in the
room, outside of the enclosed space, except
these watchers, voters not exceeding ten at any
one time, who are awaiting their turn to pre
pare their ballots, and peace officers when
necessary for the preservation of the peace.
No person when within the voting room shull
electioneer or solicit votes for any party or
cundidute, nor shall any written or printed mat
ter be posted up withiu the said room, except
as required by law.
No Extra Lints Allowed.
Section 25. No list or memorandum of the
names of voters, except such lists as are ex
pressly authorized by law, shall be made within
the voting room by any person or officer, nor
shall any list or memorandum of the numbers
marked ii|oii the ballots be made or kept, ex
cept such lists as are expressly authorized by
law, provided that any voter may make a
memorandum of the number of his own bullot,
and the watchers may keep their poll-books
and challenge lists. After the closing of the
polls und before the ballot boxes are opened
all tin- lists of voters upon which the uumltcrs
of the ballots are recorded, as now required by
law, shall be placed in separate waled covers
properly marked, and the stubs of all the bal
lots used, together with ull unused ballots und
the ballot check-list shall also be inclosed in a
waled package, properly designating the vot
ing place, which package shall be sent to the
proper office as required by law in the case of
the ballots cast, and neither the said package
nor thi' said lists of voters shall thereafter be
j opened except by the return Judges, or in the
case of a contest, or upon the order of a court
of competent Jurisdiction.
Section SB. No person other than the election
officers shall take or remove any ballot from
the voting place. If any voter inudvercntly '
spoils a ballot he may obtain another upon re
turning the spoiled one. The ballots thus re
turned shall be immediately cancelled, and at
the close of the polls shall be secured in an en
velope, sealed and sent to the proper office us
required by law in the case of the ballots cast
Section 27. If any voter declares to the Judge
of election that by reason of disability he do
sires assistance in the preparation of his ballot
he shall be permitted by the judge of election
to select a quuliflcd voter of the election district
to aid him in the preparation of Ids bullot, such
preparation being made in the voting compart
ment.
How Ballots Are Mule Void.
Section 2H. If a voter murks more nuiues thun
there are iwrsens to be elected to an office, or
if for any reason it is impossible to determine
the voter's choice for any office to be tilled his
ballot sliali not IK; counted for such office. No
ballot without the official endorsement shall,
except as hereinafter provided, be allowed to
lie deposited in the ballot box, and none but
ballots provided in accordance with the provis
ions of this act shall lie counted. Ballots not
marked, or improperly or defectively marked,
shall be endorsed us defective, but shall be pre
served with the other ballots. If uny ballot ap
pears to linvc been obtained otherwise thun as
provided in this uct, the Judge of election shall
transmit such bullet to the district attorney
without delay, together whatever infer-
mation he may have, tending to the detection
of the person who dc|>oßitcd the same.
Section 29. After the polls are closed the elec
tion officers only shall remain in the voting
room, within the guard rail, and shall there at
once proceed to count the votes. Such count
ing shall not be udjourncd or imstpoued until
it shall have been fully completed. A record
shall llrst be made of the number of the last
ballot eust, the officers iu charge of the voting
check-list snull, iu the presence of the other
officei-s und watchers, count in a distinct and
audible voice the names checked on the suid
list, and announce the whole number thereof,
and the lists of voters, the stubs of ballots used,
and all unused ballots shall then be sealed up
as required by section 25 of this act. The bal
lot box shall then be oj>cncd by the Judge, the
ballots shall be taken therefrom by the inspec
tor designated by the Judge, and audibly count
id, one by one, by the judge, and when the
count is completed the whole number of ballots
cast shall be announced, und the counting of
the number of votes, received by each person
voted for, shull then proceed. All ballots, after
being removed from the box, shall bo kept
within the unobstructed view of those present
iu the voting room, but out of their reach, un
til they are pluccd in the bullot box as required
by law. A full return shall be made, in the
the niauner now provided by law, of all votes
cast and the total votes, us soon as counted,
shull be publicly unnounced.
To Preserve the Peace.
It shall la* the duty of the police officers, con
stables and deputy constables, now required by
law to be present at the polls, to remain within
the voting room, but outside the guurd rail,
while the votes are being counted and to pre
serve order therein. No persons, except the
said peace-officers when necessary for the pre
servation of the peace, or persons ucting by
their authority for the same end, shall enter the
space within the guurd rail, or communicate
with any election officer in any way after the
polls are closed und until the counting of the
votes is completed.
Section 30. Whenever, iu any contested elec
tion, the tribunal trying the case shall decide
that the ballots used in one or more election
districts were, by reason of the omission, addi
tion, misplucing, missioning or misstatement
of one or more titles of offices, or names, or
residences of candidates, or parties or policies
represented by them, so defective us to the office
in contest as to be calculated to mislead the
voters in regard to any of the candidates nomi
nated for the said office, and that the defective
condition of the said ballots may have etfected
the result of the entire election for the said
office, the suid tribunal shall dcolure the election
to be invalid, as regards the suid office, and shall
report their decision to the governor of the
commonwealth.
The governor, on receiving the rejiort of the
said decision, shall without delay cause a writ
or writs of election for the office in contest to
issue, und appoint u day within four weeks
from the date of the writ, for the holding of a
new election to be he'd according to the pro
visions of this act for the office in contents.
Ilallots Can't be Shown.
Section 31. A voter who shall, except as here
in otherwise provided, allow his ballot to bo
seen by any person with an apparent intention
of letting it be known how he is about to vote,
or shall cast or attempt to cast any other ballot
than the official ballot which has been given to
him by the proper election officer, or shall wil
fully violate any other provision of this act, or
any person who shull interfere with any voter
when inside said enclosed space, or when mark
ing his ballot, or who shall endeavor to induce
any voter before depositing his ballot to show
how he marks or has marked his ballot, or
who, except when lawfully commanded by a
return judge or a competent eourt, shall loosen,
cut or unfasten the corner pustcd down over
the number on any ballot, shall lie guilty of u
misdemeanor and upon conviction shall lie
sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding SIOO or to
undergo an imprisonment for not more than
three months or both at the discretion of the
court.
Section 32. Any i>erson who shall, prior to an
election, wilfully deface or destroy any list of
candidates posted in accordance with the pro
visions of this act, or who, during an election,
shall wilfully deface, teur down, remove or
destroy any card of instruction or specimen
ballot printed or posted for the instruction of
voters, or who shall, during un election, wil
fully remove or destroy any of the supplies or
conveniences furnished to enable a vote to pre
pare his ballot, or shall wilfully hinder the
voting of others, shall be guilty of u mis
demeanor, and upon conviction shall be sen
tenced to pay a Hue not exceeding SIOO, or to
undergo un imprisonment for not more than
three months or both at the discretion of the
court.
Section 33. Any person who shall falsely make
or wilfully deface or destroy any certificate of
nomination or nomination puper, or any part
thereof, or any letter of withdrawal, or file any
certificate of nomination or nomination paper
or letter of withdrawal, knowing the same or
any part thereof to be falsely mudc, or who
shall wilfully sign any nomination pupcrs as a
qualified elector, such |>erson not being a quali
fied elector, or suppress any certificate of nom
ination or noininution paper, or any part
thereof which lias been duly filed, or forge or
falsely make the official endorsement on any
ballot, or wilfully destroy or deface any ballot,
or wi fully delay the delivery of any ballots,
shall lie guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction shall lie sentenced to pay a tlue not
exceeding SIUUO, or to undergo un imprison
ment for not more than one year or botii at
the discretion of the court.
For Failure of Duty.
Section 'M. Any public officer upon whom a
duty is imposed by this act who shall negli
gently or wilfully perform it in such away as to
hinder the objects of this act, or who shall neg
ligently or wilfully violate any of the provisions
thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction shall be sentenced to pay a
tine not exceeding SIUR), or to undergo an im
prisonment for not more than one year or both
at the discretion of the court-
Section 35. Any printer employed by the
commissioners of any county or auditors of
any township or borough to print any ofllciui
ballots, or any jierson engaged in printing the
same who shall appropriate to himself or give
or deliver or knowingly permit to be token by
any other person than such commissioners or
auditors or their duly authorized agent, or
shall wilfully print or cuuse to be printed any
official bullot in any other form than that pre
scribed by such commissioners or auditors, or
with any other nuines thereon, or with the !
names spelled otherwise than as directed by
them, or the names or printing thereon ar
ranged in any other way than that authorized
and directed by this act, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be
sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding SIOOO, or
to undergo an imprisonment for not more than
live years, or both, at the discretion of the
court.
Section 86. Any person other than an officer
charged by law with the care of builots, or a
IM-raon entrusted by any auch officer with the
cure of the same, for a purpoac required by
law. who ahull have in hia poacuaion, outside
the voting room, any official ballot, or any per
son who HIIUII make, or have in poaaeaaion, nny
counterfeit of an official ballot, aliall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, und u]>on conviction aliuil
bo sentenced to pay a flue not exceeding JKIKI,
or to undergo an Imprisonment for not more
than one year, or both at the discretion of the
court.
Section 37. Section 13 of an act entitled "An
act relating to the elections of this common
wealth," approved the second day of July, 18311,
section 29 of the act entitled "An act to incor
porate the city of Philadelphia, approved the
second day of February, 1834, and a!l laws and
parts of laws inconsistent herewith, shall be,
and the same are hereby, repealed.
Approved—The nineteenth day of June, A.
I>. 1891. HOIIBRT E. PATTISON.
Single Tax Men on Top.
The right of a town to establish a sys
tem of taxation upon the single tax basis
was judicially sanctioned on Friday,
by Judge llrooke, who handed down a
decision denying the application of a
number of citizens of llyattsville. Mary
land, for a mandamus to require the
board of town commissioners to restore
improvements and personal property to
the assessment list of the town.
Recently the Henry Georgites secured
a majority in the board of town commis
sioners and made the first experiment
in the single tax theory, which taxes
unimproved land equally with the im
proved, and exempts buildings, houses
and all kinds of improvements. As this
required an increase in the rate the
board, by virtue of the power given by
the legislature, increased the rate 15 to
25 cents, whereupon proceedings for a
mandamus were instituted by the owners
of the unimproved land, the men who
were holding back for a boom in the
town, when they could sell their lots at
a big price and thereby profit on the in
creased value which the community
would create. Land speculation was
knocked sky-high, and those who were
doing the dog-in-the-manger actwere very
willing to dispose, at its real value, the
land they held but could not use.
A few of them, however, got together
and brought proceedings in court to
compel the commissioners to return to
the former method of land taxation—
the method that has made and is making
more paupers than all the trusts, com
bines and tariffs the country ever had,
but the court said "no," and the "gentle
men" of llyattsville, who lived off the
fat of the land, are nursing their wrath
and waiting to defeat the commissioners
at the next election.
Miners' Wages Raised.
The miners of the Schuylkill region
employed by the Reading Company
were surprised on Saturday to hear that
the $2.50 basis for wages has been
reached, this being the first time this
consummation has occurred in three
years. It is due to the enhanced prices
realized for coal.
The rate of wages is based upon the
nrice of coal at Schuylkill Haven.
When the selling price there is $2,50 a
ton an established schedule of wages is
paid to miners and mine workers.
Deductions from and additions to this
schedule are made as the selling price
falls below or ascends above $2.50 a ton.
All the colieries make returns monthly.
Five of these are drawn by a committee
representing but independent, of, opera
tors and men. The average is struck
and the result declared, and this is bind
ing not only on the Reading but on most
of the other mining companies and oper
ators as well. The average last month
was $2.50 3-10, and the rate of wages
will thus be at that basis for the first
time in over three years.
The increase, while it is welcome to
the miners, is insignificant when com
pared with the profits the operators will
receive by the recent advance in the
price of coal at tidewater. The com
panies take the lion's share every time.
How Authors Work.
An ingenious reporter lias been inter
viewing a number of celebrated authors
to discover what are their habits and at
titudes while writing. M. Alphonse
Daudet, he tells us, smiles maliciously;
M. Emile Zola repeats in a loud voice
the phrase which is at the tip of his pen;
M. Edmund de Goncourt moves his lips
as if he were eating; M. Jules Lemaitre
strokes his mustache with his loft hand;
M. Reuan looks in the palm of his hand,
as if to find inspiration there; M. Ludo
vic Halevy looks up to the ceiling to col
lect his thoughts; M. Meilliac puts his
head into his hands to meditate; M. Jean
Richepin taps on his desk when he is in
want of a phrase; M. Francois Coppee
lights a cigarette while searching for a
rhyme; M. Henri Bornier scratches his
head; M. Emile Bergerut whistles; M.
Jean Rameau, when he is writing verses,
seems to be thinking of something else,
and finally M. Georges Ohnet appears
to he thinking of nothing.—London
Globe.
What the llaton Wan For.
The Marine hand was playing. The
people were thick; the flies also. Di
rector Sousa was standing on his little
platform waving the magic baton, and
naturally, from his elevated position, ho
was the cynosure of all eyes.
Among the crowd who had gathered
to hear the concert were two old col
ored ladies, apparently from the way
hack districts and evidently unaccus
tomed to such sights. One of them cast
her eyes upon John Philip and inquired
of her companion;
"Honey, whad you 'spose dat man
doin up dere wavin dat stick?"
"Go 'long, child," responded the other
contemptuously, "he'sshooinoff doflies,
oh cose; doan you see he's baldhaided
an ain't got no hat?"— Washington Post
"The Ghost of Leap Year."
In France there is a popular tradition
among the peasantry, especially those
of the Seine country and of La Chatre,
concerning a demon called "The Ghost
of Leap Year." It is said that every
leap year this peculiar sort of ovil demon
makes his dread appearance. The crea
ture's sole pleasure is to he displeased
with everything and everybody. His
shape is not distinguishable in member,
joint or limb, but taken altogether his
hideous and uncanny actions make him
a much dreaded monster.—St. Louis Re
public.
A Primitive Primrose Dame.
A Primrose dame, a member of the
grand council of a certain seaside habi
tation, called to canvass an elector. The
elector was a Liberal and tried to get
some fun out of his visitor. "What do
you think, ma'am," he asked, "about the
eight hour movement?" "Well, it does
seem hard, don'tclierkuow," replied the
dame, "to make men work from 8
o'clock in the morning till 8 o'clock at
sight."—London Truth.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
"DBTHBL BAPTIST. (Lindsay's HaU)
-LA Front and Washington Streets.
Kev. C. A. Spaulding, l'astor.
Sunday Sehool 10 00 AM
Gospel Temperance 2 30 PM
Preaching OOOPM
HEAVENLY HECHUITS.
Centre Street, above Chestnut.
Kev. Charles Brown, Pastor.
Morning Service 1000 A M
Sunday Sehool 200 PM
Love Feast 3 15 p m
Preaching 7 30 P M
J EDDO METHODIST EPISCOPAL.
In vhargc of Kev. E. M. Chilcoat.
Sunday Sehool 800 PM
Preaching 7 00 pM
OT. ANN'S SOMAN CATHOLIC.
Kev. M. J. Falllhee, Pastor; Kev. F. P. MoNally,
Curate.
I<ow Moss 8 00 A M
High Mass 10 30 A M
Vespers 7 30 P M
Mass on Weekdays 7 00 A M
ST. JAMBS* EPISCOPAL,
South uud Washington Streets.
Kev. J. P. Buxton, Pastor.
Sunday School 1 30 PM
Prayer and Sermon 7 00 P M
OT JOHN'S REFORMED.
Walnut und Washington Streets.
Rev. H. A. Bcnner, Pastor.
Sunday Sehool 9 00 A M
German Service 10 30 AM
Praise Meeting 7 00 P M
English Sermon 7 30 PM
Prayer and teachers' meeting every Saturday
evening at 7.45 o'clock.
ST. KASIMEIt'S POLISH CATHOLIC.
Ridge Street, above Carbon.
Rev. Joseph Mazotas, Pastor.
Muss 11 00 A M
Vespers 4 00 P M
Muss on Weekdays 730 A M
ST. LUKE'S GERMAN LUTHERAN.
Main and Washington Streets.
Rev. A. Heiiuullcr, Pastor.
Sunday Sehool 9 00 A M
German Service . .10 00 A M
Cutcchial Instruction 500 PM
ST. MARY'S GREEK CATHOLIC.
Front and Fern Streets.
Rev. drill Gulovich, Pastor.
Low Mass 800 A M
High Moss 10 30 A M
Vespers 2 00 P. M
rpBINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL.
-L Kirk beck Street, South lieberton.
Rev. E. M. Chilcoat, Pastor.
Preaching 10 00 A M
Sunday Sehool 2 00 PM
Prayer and Class Meeting 7 00 P M
Epworth League meets every Friday evening
at 7.30 o'clock.
WELSH BAPTIST. (Donop's Hall)
Walnut and Kidge Streets.
Services by Rev. Allen J. Morton, of Kingston.
Sunday Sehool 10 30 A M
Welsh Preaching 2 00 P M
English Preaching 0 00 PM
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.
XpOR CONGRESS—
JOSEPH J. MCGINTY,
of Wilkes-Barre.
Subject to the decision of the Democratic
N oiuinating Convention.
XfOR REPRESENTATIVE—
JOSEPH D. MYERS,
of Freeland.
Subject to the decision of the Democratic
Nominating Convention.
TjX)a REPRESENTATIVE
JOHN J. MCNELIS,
of Drifton.
Subject to the decision of the Democratic
Nominating Convention.
PENSIONS
THE DISABILITY HILL IS A LAW.
Soldiers Disabled Since the War are Entitled
Dependent widows and parents now dependent
whose sons died from effects of army service
are Included. If you wish your claim speedily ;
and successfully prosecuted,
Bdd ™ B JAMES TANNER,
Late Com. of Pensions, Washington, D. C'. j
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FREELAND.!
15 Front Street.
Capital, - $50,000.
OFFICERS.
JOSEPH ill IIKDKCK. President.
H. C. KOONH, Vice President.
11. It. DAVIS, Cashier.
JOHN SMITH, Secretary.
DIKECTOKS.
Joseph Birkbcck, Thomas Ilirkbeek, John
Wagner. A Itudcwick, 11. C. Koons, Charles
Dusheck, William Kemp, Mathlas Schwabe,
John Smith, John M. Powell, 2d, John Burton.
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dcix>Bits.
Open daily from 9 a. m. to 4p. m. Saturday
evenings from ti to 8.
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WE NOW BEGIN
Neuburger's Annual Clearing Sale.
We will offer our entire stock, which is the largest in
this region, at prices that will astonish you. Call
early if you are looking for bargains as this sale will
last
For TEH ©ays OHEY I r
During this time we will sell goods at prices lower than
were ever before heard of.
In the Dry Goods department you can buy:
Handsome dress gingham-print calicoes, 0 cents per yard; re
duced from 10 cents.
Apron gingham will be sold at 5 cents per yard.
All the leading shades in double-width cashmere, which was
sold at If) cents is now going at 10 cents per yard.
As handsome an assortment of Scotch and zephyr dross ging
hams as you have ever seen, which we sold at 20 cents, will
now go at 121 cents per yard.
Lockwood, best sheeting, we will sell at 17} cents per yard, _
reducing it from 25 cents.
Fifty different shades of Bedford cord, Manchester chevron
and Henrietta cloth, which were sold at 45 cents, will now
go at 25 cents per yard.
Hosiery department quotes the following:
Men's seamless socks, 5 cents per pair.
Boys' outing cloth waists, 15 cents each.
Men's outing cloth shirts, 20 cents each.
Ladies' ribbed summer vests, 4 for 25 cents.
Ladies' chemise, 25 cents.
We have just received an elegant line of ladies' shirt waists
and will sell them from 35 cents upward.
Shoe department makes the following announcement:
We have just received a large consignment from the East,
and have not yet had time to quote prices. But we will
say that they will go at prices on which we defy competi
tion. Call and examine them.
Clothing prices are marked as follows:
We are selling boys' 40-cent knee pants at 25 cents.
Men's $1.25 pants are now going at 75 cents per pair.
Boys' blouse suits, 50 cents.
Men's SO.OO suits reduced to $3.00.
Men's Custom-made $9.00 wood-brown cassimere suits re
duced to $5.00
Men's absolutely fast-color blue suits at $6.50; reduced from
SIO.OO.
We have lowest marks on all goods in our lines of
Ladies' and Gents' Furnishing Goods, Hats, Caps,
Trunks, Valises, Notions, Etc.
•losepii 3V en burger's
BARGAIN EMPORIUM,
P. 0. S. of A. Building, Freeland, Pa.
FOR
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And Hardware of Every Description.^
REPAIRING DONE ON SHORT NOTICE.
We are prepared to do roofing and spouting in the most
improved manner and at reasonable rates. We have the
choicest line of miners' goods in Freeland. Our mining oil,
selling at 20, 25 and 30 cents per gallon, cannot be surpasssed.
Samples sent to anyone on application.
Fishing Tackle and
Sporting Goods.
QXRKBEGK'S,
CENTRE STREET, FREELAND, PA.V-