Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-10-04

From Sunbury Daily Item
That |. Clinton Kline, attorney
at-law, is the peoples candidate
for Congress there is no doubt.
Their faith was evinced by the ma
jority they gave him at the nomi-
mating primaries. This majority
was 1915, and was big compli-
ment. Sunbury, his home town,
gave him 662, to 103 for his
opponent.
Mr.. Kline was born at Mt. Pleas
ant, Upper Augusta township,
Northumberland county, and is a
son of Herman G., and Mary b.
Kline. His father was school
teacher and farmer, who died in
his eighty-fourth year, honored and
respected. His mother is in her
ninety-second year and is in good
health. She was a daughter OF
Luther Bassett, deceased, and was
born in Rush township, Northum-
berland county.
Everybody knows the Kline
family and all speak we'll of its
members. They are descended from
Herman Kline, who immigrated
from his home country to America
in the early part of the eighteenth
century, and settled in New Jersey.
In 1899 three of his sons came to
Pennsylvania, two of them settling
in the Fishing Creek valley, in
Columbia county, and the other at
the present site of klinesgrove,
Northumberland county, which
bears his name to this day.
I. Clinton Kline, the People S
candidate for Congress, spent his
early years on his fathers farm
and learned to do all kinds of farm
work. At the age of thirteen years
he went to Catawissa, Columbia
county, where he lived a year with
his eldest brother, DR.. L. B. Kline,
who is one of the most prominent
medical practitioners in Central
Pennsylvania. During his stay
there he attended, the public schools.
Returning to the farm he re-
manned until he was seventeen
years of age, when he entered
Bloomsbury Normal School, re-
naming one year. During the next
five years he taught in the public
schools, spending several short
terms at preparatory schools. The
last year as a teacher he was prin-
cipal of the First Ward Schools of
Wilkes Barre, Pa. He could have
continued as teacher in the
schools of that big city, but decid-
ed that it would be to his advan-
tage to enter college. Accordingly
he declined the position.
Following his resolve not to again
teach school, he entered Lafayette
College, where he was afterward
graduated, receiving the degree OF
Bachelor of Arts, and later, the
degree of Master Of Arts. This
college course was not completed
in direct succession as most college
courses are. The reason is that Mr..
Kline was taken seriously i'll, and
it was long time before he could
resume his studies.
In 1898 he was admitted to the
bar of Northumberland county,
having been student of the Hon.
J. B. Packer, now deceased. Every
body knows that Mr.. Packer was a
great lawyer, and to win place al
the bar under his training was a
mark of merit. Since his admis.
sion Mr.. Kline has continuously
practiced law in Sunbury, and has
been admitted to practice in the
Superior and Supreme Courts oI
Pennsylvania.
His standing as a lawyer is very
high. He is thorough in preparing
his cases and always puts his bes
effort, in behalf of his client, into
anything that he undertakes. His
fellow-lawyers speak of him as {
well-trained, brilliant and able man
and one of the really good attorneys
practicing at the bar. When HI
takes a case it is known that it vii
be handled in a manner that shows
ability and thoroughness.
A brilliant and polished orator
his services have always been il
demand as a public speaker. HI
has answered many calls to speal
memorial day, fourth of July ant
other occasions. He has also de
ivered many educational addresses