THE CITIZEN. PUBLISHED EVEET WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY BY THK CITCZKN rtJBLI8IIINa COMPACT. Entered as second-class matter, at the post office, Itonesdale, Fa. SUBSCRIPTION : $1.50 a year, in advance E. B.HARDENBERGII, - - PRESIDENT W. W. WOOD. - MANAGER AND SECY DIRECTORS : i n, DORFMNOXX. BXNRY WILSON. W. W. WOOD. M. B. ALLEN. E. B. HARDENRERQII. FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1909. PliEASE STOP MY One of the effects of the late panic has been to spread a spirit of retrenchment over the country, until it has reached almost every one. Economize and cut down expenses, has become the order of the day. The result is, letters contain ing the above sentence have been swell ing Uncle Sam's mail, while the phone has been used to convey this message to many concerns, and some people have gone personally to business places and said: "Times are hard, I must econo mize ; please stop my " Whiskey ? "Oh, no I times are not hard enough for that ; but something else costs me a large amount every, year, which I must save. Please stop my " Ribbons, trinkets? "No I Nol Please stop my " Tobacco, cigars, etc.?" Not on your life. "Please stoumv " Ten. coffee, etc.? No! Not these. I must think of something else Ahl I have itl My county pnper costs me nearly one nnd a half cents each is sue. Please stop my paper. That will carry me through the hard times 1" Reader, your paper is one of the most valuable assets you have, if you place any value on the knowledge you are storing up for future use. It is worth more than vou are paying for it 1 Harrlsburg Letter. Jan. 9th. Senator Penrose had no difficulty in securing the nomination to succeed himself as U. S. Senator for six years'from March 4th next, his vote far outnumbering that given for his only opponent, who, by the way, was given but 23 votes in the caucus. The Senator will be re-elected when the Legislature convenes again during the week be ginning Jan. 18th. It is about settled that George Z. Oliver, of Alleghany county, will succeed Senator Knox, though the latter is not expected to re sign for some weeks yet. So far there is no real opponent in sight, unless Mr. Sheatz should conclude to enter the race again. Hon. Jon F. Cox won out easily over Hon. Frank McClain for Speaker, the vote in the caucus standing 130 to 33 McOlain remained a candidate to the last, even though it was apparent to him, as to every oneelse, that there was no hope of his election. So. far Phila' delphia and Pittsburg have scored in securing plums, but the country mem bers do not seem disturbed about it. Copies of a bill to pension soldiers and sailors who served in the late unpleas antness from Pennsylvania were laid on the desks of the members of the Legis lature, as a reminder. Mention has heretofore been made of its general terms. There is no doubt but the G A. R. will make a vigorous and deter mined effort to get a pension bill through this session, and get the Governor to sign it, but unless some revenue produC' ingbill is sentalong with it, it will prob ably meet the same fate as the one of 1907. So many demands are being made for appropriations that legislators are seriouBly considering some new schemes for. taxation to supply the de mands, and bills will soon make their appearance. Chief among them will be a tax on capital engaged in manufacturing. Since 1885 the State has exempted from the five mill tax all capital engaged exclu' sively in manufacturing in Pennsylvania, the object being to foster and encourage manufacturing -m this State. Com nlaints are made by other classes of corporations that discrimination is made but the Courts have .sustained the law Thirty years of exemption and protec tlon have made this State the foremost in manufacturing, although its water powers, coal mines, proximity to mark ets and the coast, and plenty of labor. have assisted in - bringing about-that re milt more than exemption from tax. It is now urged that manufacturers should be willing to bear their proportion of the heavy burden of taxation, while they are in full enjoyment of all possible oenents There will be a hoi fight from the start off against any tax large or small, and it is difficult to say whether a bill can be cotten through to the Governor. Another bill will provide for the tax atlon ot gross receipts of gas companies Under the present law electric light companies pay a lax of eight mills on their cross receipts as well as a tax of five mills on the value of their capital stock, while gas companies, engaged in practically -the same kind of business are exempt by law from both of these taxes. It don't seem quite fair and the Legislature will be asked to equalize it, The big gas companies are liable to hurt this bill if it is poseible. A tonnage tax on coal both anthra' cite and bituminous, is in sight, as well as a tax on all oil taken from the ground in Pennsylvania. Better late than never, but a lot of money might have been se cured to tlfe State' from this eourco in the past few years. A proposal to tax coal will cause George F. Baer to sit up and talc notice, nnd Mr. Rockefeller or some other big Standard Oil man will j light on to the bill to tax oil. . 1 No scheme of taxation is popular, and often very muchthe reverse, but the State must, IftitA keeps up increasing its appropriations, look around for new sources of revenue, and as well fight-to keep what tax laws it has on its books. The last published statement of the Treasury shows considerably less than six million dollars in the general fund, the lowest it has been for a long time, and lots of bills to pay. The death of ex-State Treasurer Wm. L. Mathucs removes him from the jur isdiction of earthly courts. When the four defendants were here for sentence a few weeks ago, the condition of San derson was noticeable and it was gener ally supposed he could not live long. Within a few days he has sailed for Europe for an indefinite stay, though he will necessarily be on hand when his case is concluded. Mr. Shumaker has improved somewhat since his first trial, though far from being a well man, and Senator Snyder seems to show the effects of the trial the least. There will be nothing done by the Superior Court un til March, and a new trial is scheduled for April. Governor Stuart's Message to the Leg islature is highly spoken of everywhere ns one of the most business-like State papers that body ever received. It con tained no frills or flourishes but lots of facts. Among others that came to see the Legislature get properly started was Col Charles C. Pratt, Congressman-elect from New Milford. The Colonel was in the best possible humor, renewing old acquaintances, for he is no stranger here, and making some new ones. He is expecting to go to Washington later on in the month and look Congress over before being seated. After March 4th, it will be Congressman Pratt, and the 14th district will never have cause to blush for their Representative. He will serve them so well that they will want to return him as his own successor. The Citizen says that Mr. Fuerth was the caucus nominee of the Democratic members for Speaker, while the Inde pendent asserts that the honor was ac corded to Mr. Creasy. It docs not mat- ber much about the. honor, but it would be interesting to know which papers is correct. N. E. Haitse. COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE Pleasant Mount. . '" ' Jan. 12th. The rains of the past week have caBed the minds of all who were anxious about a water famine. , Misses Bessie and Jennie Moase are spending this week in Scran ton. r Mrs. F. E. Spencer is visiting in Peck- ville and Scranton this week. Lewis Kennedy has moved his family. to Peckville. i very delightful social occasion was enjoyed at the pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. John Perham, of Niagara, last Thursday evening, when they entertained the members of the school board and the high school teachers and their wives Mr. and Mrs. Perham spared no pains to make the occasion a most enjoyable one. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. N. R. Bullcr, Mr. and Mrs. Deetrich, Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Kennedy,, of Pleas ant Mount; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hauen- stein, of Maple Grove; Mr. and Mrs. Charles tionham, of White Valley ; Mr, and Mrs. Seymour Doyle, of Preston, and Mr. and Mrs. Warren E. Perham, of Niagara. Misses Mary Bennett and Pauline Coleman assisted MrS. Perham in serving dinnerl Mrs. Grace Spencer entertained Drs. Walter and Scott Spencer, and grand sons, Lyman, of Cnrbondale, and Earle, of Niagara, last Sunday. Leon Potter, of Thompson was in town over Sunday. Frank Bush has moved to his newly purchased farm, the Tiffany homestead. Mrs. L. C. Bush will leave for her win ter quarters next week. The following were elected officers of the A. L. U. Society, this past week : President, J. D. Brennan; Vice Presi dent, Gertrude Stone ; Secretary, Gay Buller ; Treasurer, Helen Perham ; Ex ecutive Committee, Jennie Doyle, Cora Deetrich, and Helen Odell ; Librarian Prof. Deetrich ; Marshal, Clarence J Spencer. Communion service will be held in the Presbyterian church next Sunday morning. and cams" to this conatry .when- qnlte young man. He served fts ft soldier, in his native country and was a veteran of the civil war. Funeral services were held the Moravian church on Saturday af ternoon, in charge of Rev. A. II. Franko, add interment made in the now .ceme tery. McmUors of C. D. Walts Post, No. 575, d. A. R., were phll bearers. Luther Posten, of Scranton, was a vis itor at the home of his. parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. -Posten, of Prehcr, on Bun-day. Rev. R..B. Bellas is holding revival meetings at East Sterling church. Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Bortree, of Scranton, are calling on friends in this icinity. The building wherein the High school to convene is not in readiness, and the opening will be delayed several days. F. G. Hamcs, of Green town, is afflict ed with abcess of the brain, and in ery criticalcondition. COURT PROCEEDINGS. The grand jury finished their work on Wednesday, and after inspecting the county buildings, they made the follow ing recommendations : Some of the bedding and furniture in the iail need to be replaced : the interior wan snouia oe wnite-wasnea, ana the walls on the outside need repointinc with mortar. In the Sheriff's house we find that raising; the floor has torn loose the plaster in many places, and that the rooms need a general overhauling, and many of them need repairing. The woodwork of the kitchen sink needs to be renewed. Portions of the floonne need replacing. The outside cellar en trance and the cellar window frames need renewing. The bath tub is in bad condition and should be replaced by a new one. The wash house belonging to the Sheriff's house needs repairs, and there should be an eaves-trough on the outside of the building. The foundation of the Sheriff's dwelling needs report ing, and the outside closet of the court house should have eaves-troughs on the west side. The vault attached to the County Commissioners' office should be Erovided with fire-proof furniture. There eing no private office connected with the District Attorney's room, we recom mend that a portion of said room be partitioned off for that purpose. The jury found the following true bills : Com. v. Tessie Slater, larceny. Com. Frank Mills, assault and battery. Josephine Mills, prosecutrix. The following cases were discontinued upon payment of costs : Com. v. Elbridcc Garlow and Clinton Garlow, assault and battery ; Edward Barlow, prosecutor. Com. v. Frank uisnop. uertruae Keicn, prosecutrix. The case of Com. v. Eugene Wood- mansee, assault and battery, was con tinued, to be presented to the' next grand jury, in March. The jury did not approve the report of the viewers for a bridge in Salem town ship. They approved the report for a bridge in Damascus township, crossing Hollieter creek, on road leading to Abra-hamville. Death of Mrs. jQseph Toms. Mrs. Joseph Toms died at her home in Scranton on Wednesday evening, Jan. 13, 1909. Deceased was 30 years of age and was formerly a resident of this county. Besides her husband and one son, she is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Jennings, of Hoad ley's ; also by four sisters and two broth ers. The remains will be brought to Honesdale by the Saturday morning train, at 10 o'clock and the funeral ser vices will be held in the lecture room of the M. .E. church on their arrival, Rev. Will H. Hiller, officiating. The inter ment will be in.Glen Dyberry cemetery. Indian Orchard. Jan. 11. The recent rains have done much toward raising springs and'sw'ell ing streams. W. C. Spry took a jolly load to White Mills on Saturday last, where an enjoy able evening was Bpent with Mr. and Mrs. William Weeks. The ladies pre' scnted Mrs. Weeks with a handsome clock. After spending some time at telling stories and having a good time socially, the ladies treated the guests to a fine lunch. At eleven o'clock thci guests began to depart for their respect1 five homes, .feeling much better for hav ing an evening away from home. Those present were C. W. Spry, Mr. and Mrs, W. D. Buckingham and daughter, Stel la, Mrs. Ralph Lautenschlager, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Marshall, Mrs. Eva Toms and daughter, Edna, Mr: and Mrs Harry Bunnell, Mr. and Mrs. H. II Crosby, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Austin, Mr, and Mrs. C. T. Weeks. Several new members will be taken into the Grange this week. Every farm er should join and see that his family does likewise. It is a benefit to the farmer socially and financially. Should the weather prove favorable the Ladies' Aid of this place will meet with Mrs. Headley, of Prompton, on Wednesday, Jan. 20th. A good time is anticipated. Mr. Avery, who has purchased the Bethel farm, contemplates doing consid eraoie at raising peaches. Mr. A. is an up-to-date farmer and fruit grower, and we hope that he will meet with success W. P. Downing is busily engaged at cutting ice. The crop is a good one and the farmers and proprietors of the many boarding houses are harvesting it as fast as possible. Mr. Olver, Borden's inspector, was pleasant caller at the Altoona on Friday last. This company have a good.lot of fellows to deal with. They ask nothing but a square deal, and if their patrons give tnem mat, tney will be taken care of. A number of Maud Smith's friends gave her a surprise party on Friday evening last. A good time was enjoyed by all. Horton Smith has returned to school at Scranton. Grace and Howard hav returned to Aldenville. Henry Wenders and family were cent visitors at White Mills. "A Summer Paradise." All hotel and boarding-house proprie tors on the line of the Delaware & Hud son Railroad desiring representation in the new edition of the Hotel Directory, should send full information at once to the General Passenger Agent, Albany, N. Y. 5eoi3 For $2.00 THE CITIZEN for one veaiv HUMAN LIFE for one year, aVd the FARM JOUR' NAL for"fi.ve years. ' ' ' These offers are good only dur ing January. Dreher. Jan. 10. Relatives and friends of Mr and Mrs. Dilworth Cross, residing in this vicinity, are making preparations to tender to this aged couple a visit jmd dinner in commemoration of their fifti eth wedding aniversary. Tiiey were married on Jan, 13, 1869 by Rev. Daniel Gorman, a M. E. minister residing in Salem, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Cross were residents of Dreher until a few years ago, when they removed to Lackawanna county, near Gouldsboro, where theyre side with their son, Samuel D. Cross, Mr. Cross has been an invalid for sev eral years. An account of the visit will appear later. Marcus Rick el, aged 78 years, 6 months and 26 days, died January 6th, at the residence of his son, Charles Rickel, Dreher. Deceased had been , in failing health for some time, but the ultimate cause 6f liis death was apoplexy. He was5 born in Baden-Baden, Germany, Jan. i4tk Safeool. commenced this week, after foxtfwtfekBVcUon, on ac count of whooping cough and scarlet fever. There has been no' fever here; but we hear of eeveral new cases at Lookout. D. M. Stalker made a trip last week to Hard, N. Y.yPort Jervin and Middle town. i' - Coe Young, Br., is very much better at this writing. , Mr. and Mrs. Grant Teeplo arrived here from New York city, on Monday, we understand to stav. and occupy a part of the houso with Thomas Caffery. Mrs. G. O. Abraham visited her aunt, Barilla Kellam, recently. Mra.MarVMbPb&sflilis rijywt one brother. MlefeMi l.OrtieM Xwim&k City, Cat. ; also two'devoted grnndcWl- ttren, Helen uraig jwcuonaiu, a nuuem at .Bteondsburg .Normal Bcftooj, and Donald McDonald. iRtpreverf Rural Line Telephone ' Service. Fallsdale. Jan. 12. Thelheavy rains of last week polled the sleighing, leaving the roads icy and dangerous to travel. Mrs. Sarah A. Reynolds died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. D. W. Scud- der, of Torrey, January 5th, at the age of 75 years. Mrs. Reynoldswas a resi dent ot tins place for over wty years and was' highly respected 'and honored as a lady of Christian character, coupled with a love of home and kindred ties, and will be sadly missed as a mother and sister. Three sons, Otis, of Sta rucca, Dean, of Torrey and "Sidney ; and two daughters, Mrs. Olive Wilson, of Honesdale, and Mrs. D. W. Scuddcr, of Torrey, survive her. The remains were laid to rest beside her husband at Calkins. Mrs. Burcher is still unimproved in health, having been confined to her bed for the past eighteen weeks. R. II. Biddlecoine, of Girdland, is at a hospital in Scranton awaiting an operation. The young people of Labor Grange gave a drama, "Tony, the Convict," at the hall, Saturday evening. A crowded house greeted them. M. G. Noble and wife attended the funeral of J. M. Spencer,( Mrs. Noble: father, at Preston, Sunday.. Labor Grange gave an oyster supper to about 150 guests last week. The oc casion being the installation of officers. Sherman'. T Jan. 11. Rev. Chas. Moon preached very able sermons here last Sunday. We congratulate ourselves on being very fortunate in getting such a Christian man as our pastor. E. Hawkins has sold, his-farm to Thos Wright. He expects to move to Bing hanitoir in the near future and go into the groceryTausiness. Eugene Raymond is going to move to Bingham ton. J . Jri. smith and uscar (Jurtis are in Honesdale on business this week. The minstrel show at the Red Men's Hall last Saturday evening was well pat ronized. As a rule, if you want to find out the population of a town, go to some show ; don't go to prayer meeting. The assault and battery case between the Garlows and Barlows', was settled between themselves before court week Mr. and Mrs. Casper Schmitz have gone to New York to spend the winter with their children. Their son Frank has moved in their house to stay until they return in the spring. nit.C. tt. MiATW. Dentist Hnnpsrlnl Pn OFFICE 110UB8-8 a. m. to o p. m. Any evening: by appointment. Citlzensrphone. 33. Residence. No. 88 X. A Deserved Tribute te the Memory of a Honesdale Resident of Long Age. The Pittston Gazette, in a well written obituary notice of the late Thomas Craig, of that city, thus refers to his younger days when Wayne county was the scene of his business activities. Mr. Craig, we believe, was a brother of James Craig, for many years a trusted employee in the household of the late Judge Thomas H. R. Tracy in the '50s : Mr. Craig had been identified with Pittston for more than half a century, He came to this community 53 years aeo and for over 40 years had been an active flmirn in its commercial life. Until seven years ago he was quite active.- At that i time he had the misfortune to fall and fracture his hip and though a sturdy con stitution overcame the ailment that in manyofhis age would have proved fatal, yet the accident marked the end of his participation in the thriving grocery business ne naa duui up. Mr. Craig was a native of county aiayo, Ireland. He passed his youth in that county, which has furnished Pittston with so many ot its wormy citizens. About 62 vears aeo he joined the ever enlarging stream of young Irishmen who were making America tneir goal ana, as many who had preceded him had done, he made his home first in Honesdale. From that point he went to Hawley and and lor some years operated a Doai on the canal. Thence he came to Pittston and entered the service of the Pennsylva nia Coal Co. He worked earnestly tor several vears and with the aid of his irood wife, formerly Miss Ellen McCue, whom hejiad married in Hawley, he saved a sum of money with which he embarked modestly in the grocery busi ness two score vears aeo. Mr. uraig's thrift and reputation for square dealing caused his business to grow to large pro portions and it is at present conducted by his son Frank, at the original stand corner of South Main and Pine streets. As a citizen Mr. Craig commanded the respect of the many hundred residents with whom he became acquainted through business dealings or socially during his long term of residence here. He was a man of upright principles and won success from a business standpoint by the constaut application of those sturdy principles which are so generally admired in me Dusinesa worm. Mr. Craig's survivors are his widow one son, Frank, two daughters, Ella ant The rural telephone has become of In- estimable value to the farmer through its almost universal use ; it has indeed become almost, indispensable and has made farm life worth living. The ser vice as usually rendered has, however, several disadvantages when compared with telephone service as given in the cities, the mOBt annoying feature' being the almost continuous ringing of bells where ten or twelve or moro parties are on the same line; as it requires about that nnmber of subscribers to make a rural line pay. . All telephones on a rural, line as ordi narily built, ring when any one sub scriber is, called ; this compels all parties on the lino to listen whether or not it is their call. This publicity gives the other subscribers an opportunity to listen ' to the conversation and causes endless gossip nnd trouble along the line. The Wayne County Telephone Co. (Independent) which has Just completed a new line from Waymart to Spangen berg's, on the Belmont and Easton Turnpike, starting at McNally's Hotel, to connect with tho Waymart Exchange of tho Consolidated Telephone Com panies of Pennsylvania, has introduced a new system which eliminates all of tho bad features of the old line. The op erator at the Waymart Exchange is able, by the use of an ingenious switch ing and lock-out device, to select any one subscriber on the line, call him with out ringing the bells of any of the other subscribers, at the same time cutting all the other telephone instruments out of service, until the party selected no longer wishes to use the line. This not only prevents all "rubbering" or "listening in," but the subscriber also knows that when his telephone rings, it is intended for hiin only and not for the other sub scribers. The subscribers on the new South Canaan line, who have had the old "open ringing" service of the old com pany, are enthusiastic over the secret service which they are now receiving from the new company; in consequence several more subscribers have recently contracted for service. Local Supt. C. S. Horton, of the Con solidated Telephone Company, at Hones dale, has had charge of building and equipping the new line, which consti tutes a valuable addition to the local Exchange of that company. Menneb 4 Co. will close out their winter stock of Ladies' cloaks and. suits at cut prices. 41ei7 Telephone Announcement This company is preparing to do extensive construction work in the Honesdale Exchange District which will greatly improve the service and enlarge the system. Patronize the Independent Telephone Company which reduced telephone rates, anddo not contract for any other service without conferring with our Contract Department Tel. No. 300. CONSOLIDATED TELEPHONE CO. of PENNSYLVANIA. Foster Building. CITIZEN The Citizen f Human Life $1.50 THE CITIZEN 1 year and FARM JOURNAL M ft for 5 years for pi.J TheXitizen, Human Life, $Z.UU and Tribune Farmer. The Citizen, M Human Life, $Z,Zj and Tri-Weekly Tribune The Citizen, -Human Life, $ZZ5 and Cosmopolitan. 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