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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-26
APlTAL AND SURPLUS SI5O,OOO.
BISHOP FOWLER DEAD.

The Rev. Charles H. Fowler,
bishop of the Methodist Episcopal
church, died at his home in New
York on Friday last.
Bishop Fowler's long life was
filled with activity for the church
and the cause of education. Born
in Burford, Ontario, in 1887, he
was graduated from Genesee Col
lege, now Syracuse University, in
1880, and was the valedictorian of
his class. He also headed his class
at graduation from the Garrett Bib
lical Institute, which he entered
soon after leaving college, and was
the first man to receive the honora
ry degree of D. D. from that insti-
tuition. After completing his edit
cation he removed to Chicago.
where he studied law, but never
practiced that profession.
Entering the ministry at the con-
clusion of his law studies he served
as pastor of several churches i'll
Chicago during the next twelve
years, and in 1872 was elected
president of Northwestern Univer-
sity. He remained at the head of
that institution for four years and
then became editor of the Christian
Ad00cate in New York. He was
made general missionary secretary
of the church in 1880. and tour
years later was elected bishop.
Bishop Fowler was acting as pas
tor of one of Chicago's churches at
the time of the great fire, and it
was he who suggested the plan of
pooling the interests in the different
churches until all should have the
time to rehabilitate themselves.
AS missionary secretary he or
ganized Peking University in North
China, Marking University in Cen
trail China; the first Methodist Epis-
copal Church in St. Petersburg;
established the McClay College of
Theology in Southern California,
and consolidated the three colleges
in Nebraska into the Nebraska
Wesleyan University at Lincoln.
He suggested and inaugurated
the Twentieth Century Thank Or
fering of his church, whereby more
than $40, 900, 900 was raised for the
church. He also originated the
Open Door Emergency Commission,
which eventuated in the great
Cleveland convention, at which,
with the bishop presiding. $aa5,ooo
was raised in a single evening.
He was trustee of Syracuse Uni
versity, Drew Theological Semi
nary, Madison, N. j.; American
University, member of the board of
managers of the Methodist Mission
ary Society, the Church Extension
Society, Freedmea's Aid and other
Methodist societies.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-26

refuses to permit him to receive the
party ballot for which he asks, after
having executed the affidavit herein
provided, shall be guilty of mis-
demeanor, and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be sentenced to pay
a fine not exceeding one thousand
dollars or to undergo an imprison-
ment not exceeding five years, or
both, in the discretion of the court.
Any election officer or clerk who
shall be guilty of any wilful fraud
in the conduct of his duties at a
primary, or who shall make false
return of the votes cast at such pri-
mary, or who shall deposit fraudu-
lent ballots in the ballot box. or
who shall certify as correct a return
of ballots in the ballot box which
he knows to have been fraudulently
deposited therein, or who shall
write false names in the lists of vot-
ers for the purpose of concealing
the deposit of such fraudulent bal
lots or of aiding in the preparation
of such fraud, or who shall conspire
with others to commit any of the
offenses herein mentioned, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon
conviction thereof, shall be sem
fenced to pay fine not exceeding
one thousand dollars or to undergo
Imprisonment not exceeding five
years, or both, in the discretion of
the court.
Except as modified by the terms
of this act, election officers shall be
subjec: to the same pains and pen
alties for violations or neglect of
their duties at primary as they
are or hereafter may be subject to
for violation or neglect of such du-
ties at elections. In all other re-
spects, officers officiating at prima-
ries shall be subject to the pains
and penalties provided by law for
offenses committed at primaries.
The existing laws relating to bri-
berry at primaries shall continue in
force, and shall apply to bribery at
primaries as provided by this act.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-26
MONUMENT CONTRACT LET.

The contract tor the erection of
a soldiers and sailors monument at
Bloomsbury was awarded to J. U.
Kurtz. of Berwick, last Friday,
whose bid of $7,7es was the lowest
of five submitted.
The monument will be erected in
Market square, and according to
the terms of the contract will be
finished by the goth of next Sept
ember.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-26
DEEDS RECORDED.

lie tOllOWlnS ueeQS nave recent
ly been entered of record by Re-
corder of Deeds Frank w. Miller {:
John M. Clark, assignee of Meals,
to John Shultz for lot of ground
in the town of Bloomsbury,
Harrison D. Miller to N. G. Cra-
gle for three tracts of land in Mif-
fin township containing in all about
los acres of land
Sarah Frederick to J. c. Fox for
a house and lot of ground on the
South side of Main street, Catawis-
sa.
Elizabeth Fetterman to Isaac
Fetterman for 81 acres and so
perches Of land situate in Locust
township.
Francis P. Nertney ct al. to
James O'Copner for the surface
right to a lot of ground on the
South side of Center street in the
borough of Centralia.
Oliver Lynn and Catherine Lynn
to Edward Hartman for 22 acres
and I4I perches of land in Center
township.
Washington National Building
and Loan Association to John J.
Henry for house and lot of ground
situate on the West side OF Leonard
street, Bloomsbury.
Berwick Land and Improvement
Company to William Purcell for lot
No. 444 on the South side of First
avenue in the borough of West
Berwick.
Joshua Zimmerman and wife to
Thomas Aten for AZ acres and 5S
perches of land in Mifflin township.
Thomas Aten, Sr., to Thomas
Aten, Jr.. for three tracts of land
situate in Mifflin township contain
ing in all about 81 acres of land.
Commissioners of Columbia Coun-
ty to VIM. Krickbaum for 3 acres
of land in Mifflin township in name
of George Longenberger.
William Krickbaum and wife to
Thomas Aten for :, acres of land IN
Mifflin township.
Sarah Robbins Stecker to Honora
r. Grimes for a lot of ground on
West First street in the town of
Bloomsbury.
James P. Pursell and wife ct al.
to J. S. Grimes for lots Nos. IS
and Id in block of the plan of lots
laid out by the Inter Burban Realty
Company known as Glen Heights
Silas w. Petit ct al. to James R.
Clendenin for their interest in a
tract of land in Beaver township in
the warrantee name of "Andrew
Clark" containing 372A acres of
land.
Chas. c. Rhoades ct al. to Jas.
K. Clendenin for their undivided
shares in a tract of land in Beaver
township in the warrantee name of
"Andrew Clark" containing 372A
acres of land.
James R. Clendenin to Charles
A. Farnum for 372A acres of land
in Beaver township in the warran-
tee name of Andrew Clark, except
ing and reserving the surface there
of and also use of sufficient ground
to construct switches adjoining the
S. H. & w. Railroad.
Charles A.. Farnum ct ux to Cab
in Run Coal Company for two
tracts of land situate in Beaver
township.
Andrew Fleming and wife to c.
\. Fenstermacher for lot of
ground in the borough OF West
Berwick.
Wilson Wolf and wife to Abiah
Simsin for a lot of ground in the
borough of Berwick.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-26
Lutheran Reunion at Island Park.

AT a meeting of the executive
committee of the Susquehanna
Lutheran Reunion association held
in Sunbury last Thursday, Island
Park was chosen as the place for
the next reunion and July 23rd will
probably be the date. A number
of noted speakers have been engag-
ed and an especial program is being
arranged.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-26
THE COUNTY FAIR.

The Columbia County fair will
be held this year on Tuesday, We'd
nesday, Thursday and Friday, the
9th, 9TH, 8th and 9th of October.
The total amount which will be
offered as purses for the racing
events will be $1,000 or $Ioo more
than last year. While the free.for-
all trot or pace purse has been re-
duced from 5000 to $500, a 2:3o
class, for purse of 5000, has been
added for horses owned in the
county, which will give one more
racing event than usual.
Instead of acrobats to entertain
the audience between heats it was
decided to secure the famous Bat
tvs trained bears. A regular bull
fight in which men and real bulls
will take part will also be an attrac-
ton, and it is safe to say that eth
er of them will be equal to anything
heretofore given.
WEDNESDAY,, OCTOBER 9TH.
No. I, 2:Is Class, Pacing, purse
$4,000.
No. 2, 2:27 Class, Trotting, purse
$4,000.
No. 3, 2:2I Class, Pacing, purse
$4,000.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER Sth,
No. 4, 2:I2 Class, Pacing, purse
$4,000.
No. S, 2:I6 Class. Trotting, purse
$4,000.
No. 6, 2:2I Class, Pacing, purse
$500 90.
No. 7, 2:3o Trot or Pace, in
County, purse $4,000
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9th.
No. 8, Free-for-All Trot or Pace,
purse $4,000.
No. 9, 2:2o Class, Trotting, purse
$4,000.
No. 10, AIS Class, Pacing, purse
$4,000.
CONDITIONS.
The conditions are as follows:
National Trotting Association rules
to govern with exceptions noted ;
entrance fee S per cent with S per
cent added to purse winners; five to
enter, four to start; hopples not
barred; best in five heats; horse
distancing the field will receive but
one premium. Entries close Tues
day, October Ist, 1908.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-26

The letters d. L. & w. will be
removed from all Lackawanna
Railroad stock, and the word
"Lackawanna" substituted. This
will include the obliteration of the
old sign ON 700 locomotives and
1000 passenger coaches, besides on
the other cars.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-26

Owing to the crowded condition
of the Joseph Ratti Hospital, it has
been necessary to refuse patients
during the past week.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-26

The Citizens Band was out last
night, and made some fine music
on the streets.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-12-12
EASY TO CURE CATARRH
Just Breathe in HyOmei, the Dry Air
That Kills the Germs

You can do exactly what G. j.
Sterers did by using Hyomei Read
this:
After having suffered from chronic
catarrh for years, for which / tried
various remedies without success, ]
became almost discouraged. After
reading about Hyomei, l decided to
make one more effort to rid myself
of the dread disease, and to my
great delight l found the use of two
bottles of the inhalent sufficient to
produce a complete cure. | now
take pleasure in recommending this
remedy to all sufferers from catarrh."
&C. ]. Sterers, Crown City, Ohio.
We don't simply say Hyomei viii
cure catarrh, but we say that Dod-
sons Pharmacy, the druggists, guar
antees it to cure catarrh. or money
back They do more-they guarantee
it to cure asthma, bronchitis, hay
fever, coughs and colds. A COM
plete Hyomei outfit, including inhaler,
costs only $1.00, and extra bottles, if
you afterwards need one, will cost
but so cents. Hyomei is a pleasant
dry air treatment. You just breathe
it in, and as it passes over the in
flammed membrane, it kills the germs
of catarrh, and allays all inflamma-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-12-12
The Planters Bank Of Americas
FOR SALE.

200 acres level land, miles OF
railroad. Two Broom houses, barns,
etc. Rent 5 bales. $500 acre.
400 acres, 5 miles of railroad Soil
red and grey, $50 acres in virgin
pine timber $1,000 acre. 1-3 cash.
Timber will pay for place.
200 acres near Huntington, land
lays well. 4-room house, tenant
houses. This is a desirable farm
being near churches, school and
railroad.
600 acres, Z miles of Americas, 4
miles Of railroad station. 5-room
rouse, 8 tenant houses. So acres In
original forest; healthy and fine
drinking water $1,000 per acre.
Broom house close in 100000 Rent
$1,000 per month.
Broom house. Church street. Rent
S120. p rice 81, 10000.
8-room house, close in. large lot
nice home.
Come to see me II you wish to
buy, sell or rent. Choose now.
Delay won't get you anything.
2. b. WILLIF0RD.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-12-12

The above letters, received this
week, justify the reproduction of the
comments made in an editorial in
Golfers Weekly, of October oath,
which have been the basis for sew
ere criticism on the part of newspa-
pers all over the South, we believe
In Georgia, at least, number of
papers have felt no hesitancy in di-
recting attention to what they be-
lieve to be an uncalled for and vic
iously slanderous attack on the white
women of this section who have been
so unfortunate as to fall victims to
the assaults of negroes.
The editorial paragraph in Col
lier's under the caption "Barleycorn
and Others" began with a reference
to an alleged lynching in Kentucky,
and then to the Springfield riots
which, it was claimed, grew out OF
an alleged assault that never oc-
CURED. From these two incidents,
the editor of Golfers Weekly pro-
ceeded to draw certain conclusions
and to express them in language that
leaves no reasonable doubt that he
had the Southern States distinctly in
mind: He says in the editorial in
question:
1T is well known that many 'iden-
tifications' are sheer hysteria, often
for crimes that were never commit
ted and many other charges and iden.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-12-12
now PROTECTION WORKS n
GEORGIA.

If the Savannah Press is correctly
informed, and it generally is, the
mill owners of Columbus are prepar-
ed to do battle against a duty be-
ing placed on long staple cotton.
While we are not aware that this
is the case. it is not at all improbab-
le. That is one of the beauties OF
the protective system as practiced in
this country. Every manufacturer is
struggling to get a higher duty on
his own class of goods and prevent
farmers from getting it on raw sup
plies. He wants the especial priyi-
lege of milking the public, but is
terribly opposed to being MIXED a
little bit himself
The growers of sea island cotton
in South Carolina, Georgia and Flor
ida have just as much right, to pro-
lection as the cotton manufacturers
of Columbus or any other city have to
duty on goods that come into com
petition with their output. The cot
ton growers have to pay exorbitant
prices for all of the cotton goods they
buy, for all of the tools they use, for
all of their food supplies 1t is no
more than justice, while this sort of
thing keeps up that they should re-
ceive higher prices for their crops
of cotton through the medium of a
duty.
1t is intimated that the Columbus
manufacturers being staunch Repub-
licans," are apt to have a better pull
at Washington than the cotton grow
ers, and that their influence will off
set the efforts to put duty on Egyp-
tan cotton. If so it will be an
other instance of the rank injustice
that has so often marked the making
of tariff schedules in the past But
the incident beautifully illustrates
the iniquity of the entire system and
constrains one to wonder whether the
cotton manufacturing industry is not
out of its swaddling clothes and able
to stand on its own feet without pro-
lection, whether it is not in the posi-
ton Carnegie says the steel industry
is, able to make goods cheaper than
the mills in any other country and to
fight the world here and abroad with
out the government piling on tariffs in
its behalf
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-12-12

tificatiOns are founded on something
worse than hysterical invention; they
are the easiest escape from scandal.
Now these are not the things to say,
no doubt. They altogether lack
chivaIry and the aristocratic virtues
But perhaps it is time to put justice
and truth above honor, whatever
that may be"
If there is any conclusion to be
drawn from these remarks other than
that the editor of Golfers Weekly en-
tertains, and openly expresses to the
entire world. the idea that in many
cases in the South the white women
make the charge of assault as ''the
easiest escape from scandal" then
the English language as used by that
especial editor is calculated to con-
vey far different meanings from
what seems to be expressed on the
surface. The slurring references to
"chiyalry" and honor" accompany
ing it, in fact the whole tenor of the
comments, leave but one impression
on the mind of the average reader,
and that is that Golfers Weekly
believes, and is willing to let the
world knows that it believes that the
assaults that have taken place in the
South have not, in many cases, been
genuine that these charges by white
wGmen have not arisen from hysteria,
but 'tas the easiest escape from sean
daI."
And we do not hesitate to say that
the paper, be it Golfers Weekly OF
and other weekly, that gives broad
currency to such an infamous insin-
uation as this is not worthy of the
support of Southern people. That is
all there is to it from our viewpoint
If Golfers did not intend to mean
this then it has been peculiarly un-
1 fortunate in this editorial and il
should hasten to remove the impress.
sion it has left in the minds of Its
readers.
If the newspapers of the South
that have directed attention to this
editorial of Golfers Weekly have
done that journal an injustice is il
time for Golfers Weekly to show
wherein they have erred. If they
have erred-and Golfers Weekly
can show it--no one will be quicker
to make all the amends possible thar
the newspapers that have directed the
attention of the Southern public tc
what they regard as an unjustifable
and contemplate utterance, an ut.
terance worthy of the open condem.
nation of every Southern white MAJ
and woman
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-12-12
Dangers d New order
washington Post.)


Considerable attention has been
paid by the press of the South to
the recent order of President Roose-
welt, which places fourth-class post
masters under the Civil Service rules.
At the present time the order is APP
plicable only TO that section of the
country east of the Mississippi and
north of the Ohio and Potomac riy-
ers, but it is easy to see how at any
time the limit may be widened and
the rule made to apply to every
portion of the country.
If that should be the case, and the
whole country should be included in
the order, it would result in confus-
ion and strife in many portions of
the South. The occasional appoint
ment of a negro postmaster brings on
strife wherever such appointment is
attempted, but the placing of coun-
try postoff1ces under the Civil Ser
vice rules would result in many ne
groes getting those positions. There
is so much responsibility and such
small compensation in the keeping
OF many of these postoff1ces that it
is difficult already to get competent
and honest men to accept them in
many localities. If they should be
compelled to undergo civil service
examination in order to secure the
appointment, in addition to the work
and responsibility attached to a pos
ition which is only accepted to &C
commodate the neighborhood, the
number of responsible men who un-
dertake the examination would be
few indeed.
Consequently the door would be
thrown wide open to the negroes and
we should have negro postmasters in
many of the best Southern commune
ties. AS rule, when white man
accepts fourth-class postmastership
he does so purely for the accommo-
dation of his neighbors. Usually, il
is necessary for his neighboTs tc
persuade him to accept and serve, the
arguments being placed upon the
high plane of honorable service to
his fellows. 1t costs him considerable
sacrifice, but he is willing to undergo
that to oblige his neighbors. Men
of that stamp certainly will not sub
nit to civil service examinations in
order to put themselves in line when
vacancy may occur.
If any change is to be made in the
method of filling these positions {
far better plan would be to elect
| postmasters-not fourth-class post
masters only, but all postmasters
WHY shouldn't that plan prevail
This is a government of the people
and by the people, hence what reason
able objection can be offered to the
suggestion to elect postmasters?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-12-12

Therefore, when your kidneys are weak
or out of order, you can understand how
quickly your entire body is affected and
how every organ seems to fail to do its
duty.
If you are sick or g feel badly" begin
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will convince anyone.
If you are sick you can make no mis-
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The mild and the extraordinary effect OF
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great
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druggists in fifty-cent
and one-dollar size
bottles. You may 'Ss'sas @Gl .l..sS.zitss2e
have sample bottle Home Of swamp-Roos
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how to find out if you have kidney or
bladder trouble. Mention this paper
when writing to DR.. Kil1ner & Co., Bing-
ha1nton, n. Y. Don't make any mistake.
but remember the name, Swamp-Root,
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the adj
dress, Binghamton, N. Y. on every bottle.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-12-12
LET'S SEE WHO'S LIED

Issue has been squarely joined be-
tween President Roosevelt and Will
liam Nelson Cromwell on one hand,
and the New York World, the New
York Sun and the Indianapolis News
on the other Somebody has lied
good and proper, and each side points
it's finger at the other and says:
You're it,"
For a few brief days President
Roosevelt stood alone as the attack
ing force, and was handed the epithet
of liar so fast that he must have
grown dizzy When the World charg
ed that William Nelson Cromwell shar
ed in the distribution of the funds for
the purchase of the old Panama Canal
company's good will and diggings, that
individual joined hands with the
President
And now Cromwell says Il wish to
denounce in the strongest terms as a
lying fabrication without shadow
of truth in it." the charge that he or
any one associated with him shared
in the profits of the deal But this
statement is qualified later on by the
words "Of course do not refer to
our regular compensation as coun-
sell"
It would be interesting to know
just the size of that fee" In cases
where SAC, 0O0, 900 is involved the fee
might be-oh well we have known
lawyers charging twenty-five, fifty,
or in some instances taking the whole
estate as fee" So the size of this
fee is a very material point in this
present controversy.
No denial is made of the charge
that Cromwell pulled off the fake revo-
luton out of which grew the state of
Panama. All these things must be
paid for.
The American people have been
strongly of the opinion that jobbery
formed a large part of the acquisi-
ton of the canal, and since it is
squarely an issue as to who's lied, it
will be interesting to have the whole
matter throuoghyl aired. If Cromwell's
fee" was of modest proportions, then
he cannot be censured for that Law
yers cannot be expected to work with
out compensation. On the other hand,
heavily swollen fee will give basis
to the suspicious which have already
been voiced in a very pointed manner
in the three papers named.
The President declared Thursday
night that if the editors can be reach
ed for criminal libel, he is going after
them. In case such a move is made
the public can rest assured that the
whole truth will come out. Three
powerful papers will leave no stone
unturned to ferret out the ramifica-
tons of the entire deal. If there
has been any graft it will be disclos-
ed in all of its nakedness, not even
clothed in the kindly wrapping of lit
is said" The court records will be
there
Force the issue, Mr. President, and
lets see who has lied.
Somebody's bluff is going to be call
ed. Even if you don't care to tackle
the libel suit, the people want a con-
gressional investigation.