Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-12-11
pDUBIlCAN NEWS rTEA.
cnAnLEsL WING, Editor.
County Seat
Local and Personal Events
Tersely Told.

Ex-Prothonotary w. J. Law
renee was county seat visitor on
Saturday.
Harry Snyder left on Thursday for
Martinsburg, West Virginia, where
he has accepted a position as fireman
on the b. 80. railroad.
A large crew of men have been
put to work stocking the stave fac
tory with logs. New arrangements
are being made in the factory and a
larger output of slaves is the plans
for next season.
A. l.. Mulnix of Lincoln Falls,
was Laporte visitor on Wednes-
day. Last week Mr.. Mulnix pur-
chased the Estella creamery proper
ty and will equip the place with ma
chinery for the manufacture of fur
niture and dressed lumber.
Mrs. Charles Brieger was badly
injured by fall on slippery walk
near her residence last Monday.
DR.. Randall, who was, called to
attend her, found that the nerves
of one hip were paralyzed by the
fall.
Owing to the absence of Rev. s..
B. Bidlack, who was visiting rela-
tives in Luzerne county, Rev 0.
Biggs of Sonestown, officiated at
the funeral services of VIM. Helm,
Jr. last Thursday.
A little advertisement in the
News Item last week brought buy
ers for the engine we have for sale.
That ADV. would have sold three
more engines if we only had them
in stock. 1t pays to use the News
Item columns when advertising. A
new gasoline engine will be INSTALL
ed in our establishment within the
next few weeks and our facilities in
other ways increased to meet the
growing demands upon the mechan-
ical end of the enterprise.
On account of the inclemency of
the weather the oyster supper CIV
en- by the Ladies' Aid of the NJ. E.
Church on Tuesday evening was
not largely attended. The pro-
ceeds amounted to over $12.
The ladies of the Guild of the
Episcopal Church had fine dis
play of both fancy and useful arti-
cles at their Fair in Odd Fellows
Hall on Wednesday evening. Near
ly everything on exhibition was
sold and proceeds amounted to over
s24.
Our esteemed contemporary of the
Review, in his last issue, comes down
to business and says: "The regular
expenditures of the county must be
reduced to the old normal figure of
from $4,000 to $4,000 annually.
The commissioners can't do this alone
They must have the active co-opera-
ton Of the court, the grand juries
and all the other county officials.
In the meantime the running expen-
ses must be promptly met and jury
men must be promptly paid. The
situation is bad, but it is not yet be-
yond recovery"
In this we fully concur. We be-
Iieve the new Board of Commission
ers are disposed to do their duty in
this respect, but they must have
back bones like crowbar if they
succeed. We hope "all the other
county officials' will do the same.
The Review says jurors must be
paid. That goes without saying.
All legal debts of the county must
be paid. The law provides way
for their payment. The commits
sioners are required to assess tax AND
TO COLLECT 1T. The auditors re-
port of January 1902 showed due
from the collectors $3SS9.33. The
collectors all gave bonds to collect
and pay over the amounts charged
to them in their duplicates. The
law provides a quick and sharp rem
edy for delinquents who do not do
their duty in this respect. If the
money due to the county is collected
there will be no trouble about money
to pay the jurors.
Services held in the M. E. Church
of the Laporte charge, for the week