THE CITIZEN rOBUSIIEtl EVERY WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY BY THE CITIZEN PUDMSIIINO COMPANY. Entered as second-class matter, at thepost olllcc, Honesdale, Pa. E. B.IIAHDKNOKRGII. PRESIDENT W. W. WOOD. - MANAGER AND SKC'Y directors: C. n. DORFI.INOER. M. B. At.LEX. UENRY W1LSOX. E. B. IIARDESBEROII. W. W. WOOD. SOBSCltlPTION ! $1.50 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 100J. Catholic Church Choirs. The news, which comes from Rome that the Congregation of Rites has so far modified the decree promulgated by the present Pope soon alter his accession concerning the composition of Catholic church choirs as to sanction the engage ment of women in such choirs will be re ceived with much satisfaction by the local clergv in many parishes. It is no secret that the exclusion of women from i their choirs caused tliem great eniDar- rassment. As a matter of course, such as were not excused from the full oper ation of the order, complied with it be eause the strictness of its discipline is one of the strong points of the Roman organization, but they did so with great reluctance. Honesdale was not greatly affected by the decree, as the bishop of the diocese permitted mixed voices at vespers, with exclusively male singers at mass, in St. John's church, and in St. Mary Magdalen's no change was made in the composition of the choir for any of the services. When the decree was promulgated St. John's choir of mixed voices, always noted for its exceptionally fine music, was at i very high point of efficiency, many protestants attending at Easter and other special occasions at tracted largely by the musical pro gramme ; and hence there was a gener al feeling "of regret when ft was an aounced that the organization must be disbanded. It was not long, however, before a notably fine male choir was elected and trained, and, comprising fifteen boys and nine adults, is now ful ly sustaining the reputation of the church for good music. It is probable that St. John's will not return to mixed voices for the mass services, for some time at least. The pastors of many churches, how ever, were very loth to give up their old choirs, as they were Jnot so fortunate in the matter of material to take their places as our local congregation. It was not only that in dismissing the women singers they would be sacrificing an at tractive feature of the service, although as practical men they could not have failed to annreciate the importance of this consideration. What troubled them most was the difficulty which they knew would be encountered in replacing those whom they had been forbidden to retain. It may be possible to European countries to get plenty of boys with voices suf ficientlv good to be available, who can without too much trouble be induced or compelled to undergo the training nee' essary to enable them to sing even in a passable wav the music of the mass. It is not easy in the United States ; and while the clergy must be assumed to havte done their best, the results gener ally speaking have been far from satis factory. There area few churches where the ideal which the Pope had in view when he proclaimed his ''De motu pro- priis" encyclical has been approximate ly attained, but these are exceptional. Wk occasionally hear it stated that women are eligible to borough and town Bhip offices in Pennsylvania. This idea grows out of the fact that, by virtue of a special act, they may serve as school directors, but this is as far as their privilegesin this direction go. Upin Tioga county this question was authoritatively settled a few days ago. "The question of the eligibility of Mrs. Elinor Wescott for the office of collector, created much discussion both in the township and at Wellsboro," says the Westfield Free Press. "The first lot of ballots printed and sent to the election board of West field township contained Mrs. West cott's name and that of K. A. Buck, as Republican candidates for collector. The commissioners were undecided whether or not Mrs. Wescott could be elected as Tax Collector, and the matter was finally referred to Attorney General Todd, who decided that she was not eligible to the office and consequently though she re ceived the majority of votes at the cau cus, was not the Republican nominee and that her name shouldnot go on the ticket." ItEPKKSENTATiVK E. E. Jones, of Sus quehanna, has given utterance to the most sensible expressions regarding the good roads movement that have been heard. His plea for dirt roads and for abolishing the "working out road tax" and substituting the payment of money, thus conducting road constructing on a business basis, is right to the point in practicability. The Scranton Republican in commending Mr. Jones says: It would be just as wise to ask the citizens to "work out" their school tax by person ally repairing the buildings, teaching a day now and then, or acting as janitor occasionally, as to ask them to contrib ate a few days' work under more or less incompcterit supervision in road making. Lackawanna county will never have even tolerable roads until this archaic practice it abandoned. SIXTY YEARS AGO. Two Children Frozen to Death In a Stage Between Ilonesdale and Port Jcrvls. The Gosben Independent Republican, under the head of "Happenings of Lo cal Interest During the Last Week in January, 1849" among other 'facts re calls the severity of the weather, the mercury only rising twice above the freezing point during the month, and reaching as low as 17degreesbelov zero, and the incident that "two children were frozen to death while traveling by stage from Port Jervis to Carbondale." Few who are still living in Honesdale were old enough at that time to be able to recall now the shock experienced by the townspeople when the story spread ai,out the village that the New York stage which reached the Mansion House (where the Petersen-Nielsen building now stands) at about daylight on the morning of December 27th, 1848, (not Jan. 1849, as the Goshen paper has it) contained as passengers a 'father and motneri bearing in their arms two of their chjijre,,, wn0 ia& been frozen to d tl t f p , jervia. In 1844 William R. McLaury & Co., established a stage line between Hones dale and New York city, post coaches leaving this place everyday for the city, and running three days of the week via Big Eddy to Port Jervis and onward, and the alternate three days by way of Cherry Ridge, Blooming Grove and Mil ford to the same point. Other stages coming from New York started at the same intervals and traveled over the same routes. It was in one of these conveyances, coming to Honesdale over the Pike county turnpike, that the fatal ity referred to happened. The particulars as related at the time in a Honesdale paper are as follow : An Irish family consisting of a father, mother and several young children, left Port Jervis on the 26th of Dec, 1848, in the stage bound for Carbondale. The night was exceedingly cold, and tiiough the children complainedbitterly and the parents repeatedly endeavored to obtain admittance to taverns along the route to warm themselves, they were in every instance refused admission. One of the children expired early in the night, when not many miles from Port Jervis ; an other died just previous to reaching Cherry Ridge. They were aged respec tively nine and thirteen years. The stage reached Honesdale about daylight on Wednesday morning, December 27, 1848, and soon after left for Carbondale, carry ing with it the unhappy parents and the corpses of the little sufferers. The name of the family could not be learned. The local journal added: "If these facts are true ; if these children came to an untimely end 'through the brutal care lessness of the drivers, or the more brutal inhospitality of the tavern keepers along the route, we trust that the matter will not be suffered forest here. We earnest ly hope thatthe authoritiesof Pike coun ty will institute a thorough investigation into the affair. A fearful responsibili ty rests somewhere, and no effort should be spared to ascertain the guilty parties, and to mete out to them the severest penalty that the law attaches to such a brutal and criminal outrage upon hu manity." In a subsequent issue the editor modi fied his indignant censure to the extent of saying that "Every attention that hu manity could suggest was paid to the suffering family at Cherry Ridge ; and if blame attaches to any persons it cer tainly does not, nor did we intend to fix it, upon the hotel managers or stage agents at this end of the route." Harrisburg Letter. M Alien Gtli. On Thursday next the Su perior Court will sit here and hear argu ments for a new trial in the case of Messrs. Sanderson, Snyder, Mathues and Shumaker. All of the defendants are now out on bail. The appeal to the Superior Court was takei. in October last, when Judge Kunkelof the Dauphin Common Pleas refused a new trial and passed sentence upon the four defend ants. Since that time ex-State Treas urer Mathues has died. Should the Su perior Court refuse a new trial the de fendants may appeal to the Supreme Court. If the appeal be refused or a new trial denied them, the defendants will then have to undergo the sentence imposed. Another case in connection with the finishing and furnishing of the new Capitol will be tried, and the four defendants above named will have Jos. M. Huston, the architect, added to their number. The date is April 5th. Once more there is a popular and wide spread demand that the date for the in auguration of the President shall be moved further along in the calendar, when better weather might be expected. The 4th of March this year was one of the worst Washington ever experienced, but a fine day at this season is the ex ception rather than the rule, and there are many more thousands that would like to go to Washington' on Inaugura tion Day if it came along about May 1st. If Congressman Pratt will arrange an amendment to the Constitution chang ing the date of inauguration to May 1st, and get a good weather man to insure a May day, he will make himself solid, and certain of at least one more term. What one newspaper called "The Seven Years' War" came to an end on a stormy day, and from now on the Teddy Bear will lay down the Big Stick. Of Roosevelt it, may well.be said, as .an admirer of Cleveland's saidof him, "We love him for Uie enemies he made," Had Roosevelt given his consent to try for another term last summer, lie un doubtedly would have been elected, for there has been no President of recent years so popular with the common man. His methods may have been wrong, but his heart was right. His many-sidedness is shown in his skillful and diplo matic management of the Russian-Japanese trouble, culminating in the treaty at Portsmouth, his handling of the Pan ama canal, the Philippine question, the warfare on trusts, the plea for the con servation of our vast natural resources, his position on the question of child.la bor, and his unwavering efforts for civic righteousness, a square deal and fair play. It will be years before the cooling of prejudices and passions will find him properly located as he deserves. So strenuous a man made many enemies, who while they condemned his actions, never questioned his motives. The change from Roosevelt to Taft is one of persons, not of principles, per haps not of policies, for Taft has indi cated his purpose to carry forward cer tain reforms that his predecessor had be gun. The same end will be sought but by different means. The expression "My policies" and facetious reference to the Big Stick will be absent, and judicial thought and action will be accorded worthy objects. The experience gained by President Taft at the Bar, on the Bench, in the Philippines, at the Isthmus, in the Cabinet and in various minor duties have broadened and educated him so thoroughly that no man in (he country to-day is as well fitted to administer the exacting duties of the Presidential office as the bit: man now occupying it. His attitude toward the South and his ex pressions of good-will have raised high hopes in that section, and he already occupies an exalted position in the hearts south of Masori and Dixon's line. But six weeks remain of the Legisla tive session, and something over 1,000 bills remain to be acted upon. So far the Governor has signed five bills. The great mass of stuff will make necessary many sessions and hard work, and even at that, most of the bills wilt fall by the wayside, a deserved fate. Appropria tions, local option, pensions, good roads, and Capitol Park extension will be like' ly to receive the most attention for a time, and less important measures will take their chances. The Fair local option bill comes up for second reading on Tuesday. It may get past that, but is doomed to defeat later on and its friends know it. Some way of avoiding a direct vote will be found so that the members may not have to go on record, but the supporters of the measure feel sanguine of better're suits next session. There will be no pension law enacted at this session on account of the lack' of revenue, and by the same token there ought to be no automobile road. Good roads legislation is needed, but the State has not $5,000,000 for an automo bile road from Philadelphia to Pittsburg, if there is no special money forpensions, charities or schools. State roads con necting the county seats and the prin cipal towns ought to be built and some system should be observed, but a $5, 000,000 road, such as is contemplated, would benefit but comparatively few The bill for the extension of Capitol Park has passed the Senate, and now goes to the House. Generally speaking the press throughout the State seems to be in favor of the bill, but again the question of revenue bobs up. Every body admits that the property in ques tion can be purchased now morereason ably than it ever can again, and the Park needs to be enlarged so as to pro vide an adequate setting and surround ings for the handsome building, but the success of the! bill is by no means as sured. Senator Knox has forwarded to Gov Stuart his resignation as U. S. Senator, and a successor will be chosen next. By common consent that honor will fall to Geo. T. Oliver, of Allegheny county. Oliver will serve out the two years and in 1911 his successor will be named. As Allegheny county wants to name the next Governor, the successor to Oliver will not bo Oliver. Like a wise man, President Taft chose three natives of the old Keystone state in selecting material for his Cabinet. He has surrounded himself with an able corps of advisers and the Nation's af fairs arc in the hands of safe and con petent men. N. E. IIause. PRIZE ESSAYS. The approaching completion of the Public School buildings will soon neces sitate the grading and arrangement of the school property grounds. No one is more interested in having this work properly done than the pupils who are to use them, and no landscape gardener should attempt the task without con sulting 'them. In order to stimulate suggestion on this point The Citizen offers the scholars of the High School two prizes of (1.00 each for the best two essays on "The Best Woy to Arrange the New School House Grounds," the, competition to close April 1st. The ar ticles, which must not exceed four hun dred words in length, are not to be signed, but, the name of the writer must be written on a. separate slip, and en closed in an envelope with the essay. The contributions will be numbered and submitted to competent judges who will decide on their respective merits. The winning' essays with4be names of the authors will appear in the first number oi iui uiTizcn louowing we award. TUC flTI7CM Has made ar I nt til I LLn rangements for A FIVE MILE FOOT; RACE AFTER THE ' MARATHON PLAN WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE ON PccC" MAY 30 5 Handsome Gold and Silver Medals will be Awarded the Winners ! g ENTRANCE FREE 33 To nil competitors llvlncr In the county, exclusive of professionals; entries to be made at any time prior to April 15th, ALL CONTESTANTS will be re quired to submit to a physical examin ation by competent physicians, to Insure propcrendurnncecondftlonfor race. FURTHER DETAILS- Including in structions for proper training, will ap pear In succeeding Issues of The Citizkn. FINANCES OF WAYNE GO. CK By enlnry for 1008 J TOO 00 dcllv'R ballots, view brdR8,"ronds ! 13 balance salary 1007 50 00 " expense account ... . 85 02 t 1221 54 J K Hornbeck. rr To county orders received I 1208 balance due Jan 4, leoi) es 06 11307 27 CK By salary for 1008 $ too 00 balance salary 1007 450 00 expense account 1908 iw OS balance expense acct 1007 68 82 1307 27 John E Mandovlllc, To county orders received . balance due Jan 4, 1009. . Dr t 05S 40 21 ttt $ 078 24 Clt By salary for 1008. I 700 00 150 00 balance salary 1007 expense account 1008 balance expense account 1907. . . 71 84 58 40 f 078 24 SHERIFF'S ACCOUNT DR To county orders received verdict fees received balance duo Jan 4, 1009. . . . t 1437 18 12 00 189 20 t 1688 SO J 137 13 By balance duo Jan 0, 1008. . washing for prisoners. . 42 25 40U 00 noaru dockets, commitments, discharges 108 00 taking Ohas Dodge to Danville. 41 so 45 hi 90 67 84 09 84 09 84 99 10(1 40 3 05 57 (10 51 00 2 50 1 (X) 8 80 10 UO 40 00 20 00 5 00 85 00 35 00 Mrs j Morgan, " J McKenzle, Huntingdon O V Lautenschlager, pen'ty Barney (inhlo to pcnltcn'ry Domlnlck F Katie, drawing jurors and notices. . . . barber for prisoners att'g criminal court sheriff 19 dys " deputy 17 2qunshod indictments 1 habeas corpus (Secger) . . lining Jury wheel court proclamation, 4 terms . . . reports on public charities for April, July, October, Decemlior soap, mops, brooms, palls, etc making sheets, pillow cases, etc care of jail, 1008 washing and mending clothes, blankets nnd beds S 1588 89 CLAIMS IX FA VOU OF COUNTY Due from KlorcncoGlossinger error In order no filfl j ro from KV MlllscrrorordernnGAO 1 (10 Thos F Dunn Ml 3 00 H W Monahan " " " f.si 1 00 Jos O Dcnk 688 10 05 J WCowperwalto " " 690 1 00 N H I.lppert error In sheep claim 60 Geo I, Bates " in collec's acct 81 from Preston poor district 1S(7 75 Hawley " 775 25 Cherry Rldgo " ... 495 20 XI t I'leasant " ... 779 03 Berlin " 1291 00 Palmyra t " 627 49 Honesdale-Texas " ... 78334 . Snlem " 23 00 Dyborry " 200 81 Honesdnle-Texasoxpenso taking Bauman to asylum . 413(1 Wm Zeii7.cn, commonwlth costs 12 00 NBSpencerovrpd cmw costs W 1 40 " error In mlgo Faux caso 100 M F Williams ovpd witness fees KI 18 T Wilson cement bags returned (10 on Collectors on duplicuto 1002. ... 37 88 " " 1004.. H75 100(1. ... 1 02 " " 1007. . . . 254 85 1908 13010 22 dog fund assessing dogs 1008 137 25 state treas louiity claims 1890 8f " " 1vo wardens oxp... 30O7 23 county funds In hands of teens 2395 80 $28583 20 OliAIMS AGAINST THE COUNTY T J Varcoe, contract Salem blidgo $ 90 00 J A llQi kness Wlnterdalo 104 00 Alaio&BandercocK Indian Orchard bg 00 00 J K Hornleck comlialnneenect lttW 08 as T O Madden :w 62 J E MaiHlevillo " " " " 21 81 Wm Walters, witness fees 3 30 Ira Mitchell. " ' 1 on Geo Fielding, " " ... 24s wm Harklow, " 2 411 Stanley Bagmlct, " " . . 4 2 EliFrlsble. " " .... 3 00 Ootherlno Kelgler, " " 8 00 Mario Keigler, " " 3 00 Henry Kelgler, Jr. " " 3 00 Chris Keigler, " " 8 OO Walter Morwln, coroner's Jury. ... 2 60 Michael Brown " ' . . . 2 60 James Nagle, " " .... 2 60 Daniel Gray, " "... 2 60 Thomas Brown, " "... 2 60 J Mulen, common wealth costs.... 100 NOItldgeway, " " " .... 160 M J Han lan, bal acct 1008 85 87 8 II Woodmansee, error In col's act 21 18 W F Brannlng, " " ' a 00 Wm Watts, note and interest 1038 00 Mrs Elijah Gray, 457 60 MrsOhaaGrcssraan" " 1014 25 ThomasGlljL " " 1084 60 Patrick McCarthy, 1239 00 Myrn Hill, 1220 83 K K Ferguson, 10811 01 H II Ferguson, , 6100 OS W li Ferguson, 6108 8S Balance due sheriff for 1008 180 29 Estimated amount due collectors 8000 00 131234 81 FINANCIAL STANDING OF COUNTY. Total claims against county (31234 84 " In favor county 8683 M Balance againit county MSI 08-181234 SI We, the undersigned Audi tors, In and for the county of Wayne, do certify that we met at the Court "House at Honesdale, Wayne Co, Pa., on Jan. 4. 1008. Have examined end audited the foregoing accounts of the county commissioners, sheriff, county treasurer, coroner and district attorney ot Wayne Co., and find tbem correct as above presented. Witness our bands at Honesdale the oth day of February, A D 1000, r . .. A. W, TJLSBABKX, I Urn HENRY Z. IUJB8ELL. FRESIDEMT. AN DREW THOMPSON VICE rtlESIDENT. HONESDALE NATIONAL BANK. This Bonk was Organised In December, 1836, and Nationalized In December, 1864. s Since Its organization it has paid In Dividends to its Stockholders, $1,905,800.00 The Comptroller of the Currency has placed It on the HoVlOR ROLL, from the fact that Its Surplus Fund more than equals Its capital stock. What Class are YOU in The world has always been divided into two clnsses those who have saved, those who have spent the thrifty and the extravagant. , It is the savers who have built the houses, the mills, the bridges, the railroads, the ships and all the other great works which stand for man's advancement and happiness. The spenders are slaves to the savers. It is the law of nature. We want you to be a saver to open an account in our Savings Department and be independent. One Dollar will Start an Account. This Bank will be pleased to receive all or a portion of YOUR banking business. EVERYTHING IN SAP WARE Galvanized Sap Pails (Willi or without bails) Tin Sap Pails (With or without bails) Grimm Sap Spiles Post's Sap Spiles Tapping Bits Reamers syrup Thermometers Hydrometers Syrup Cans Sap Pans C..MMM.4.Mo MADE TO A Discount for Cash will be given on Galvanized Sap Pails and Syrup Cans 0. M. SPETTIGUE . HONESDALE. LYRIC THEATRE ! BENI.II. DIHRIIU. - - LESSEE AM MANAGER MONDAY WEDNESDAY SATURDAY MARCH 8th 10th 13th Afternoons at Evenings at - 2:30 - 7:30 to 10:30 LYRIC. Vaudeville i Animated Pictures A COMPLETE CHANGE! Eto ALL NEW ACTS ! PICTURES AND SONGS Chanted on each of tbe above dates. PRIPF? ENTIRE BALCONY, 10c uUUuu MAIN FLOOR, 20o CASTOR I A Fer Xa&ate tad OklUrea. Tto KW Ym fro Ahrasrs Iwgki 1mm Um KDWIN V. TORRKY, CASHIER. ALBERT C. LINDSAY ASSISTANT CA8HIRR. Jl We have no Insurance against . panics, BUT We vnnt to sell Kvcry business man In Wayne county a (rood sized life or en dowment policy that be may use as collateral security for borrowed money-tide you over tlcht places when sales arc poor and collections slow-possibly iiead off Insolvency. We want to sell Kvcry farmer a policy that will absolutely protect his family and home. We want to sell Kvcry laborer and mechanic a savins; policy that will be Im x possible for him to lapse or loxo. If not I,lf Insurance ! i J! ?.V,'rLt, "omenf your KI I! K INMJKANC'K. Standard, re liable companies only. IT IS I1KTTK1! TO DO IT NOW, THAN TO WAIT AND SAY " F" HITTINGER & HAM, General Agents. WIIITK MILLS. PA. ttl FOR SALE NO DISTEMPER. HO Head of Nice Horses--. Native and Western. --the latter arc stabled In separate barn. SAIjE NOW ON nt Sheriff Braman's Hear of Allen House LIVERY Boarding and Sales STABLE) Best Outfits in Town to Hire for CASH. Good Assortment of Wagons, Sleighs, Harness and Whips, ALWAYS ON HAND. LOST OR STOLEN ! All persons are hereby cautioned against receiving or negotiating for In terest Department Bank Book, No. 4407, issued by the Honesdale National Bank, February 10th, 1908, to Elbert C. Best, aa said Bank Book has been lost or stolen. Payment has been stopped, and I have made application for the Issue of a new book. j ELBERT 0. BECT. Honesdale, March U 1000. NOTICE I Notice Is berehar.elven that all perioni are forbidden to bareoror trust my wife. Mr. Margie Noble, oa tar account, as I shall pur no debts contracted by her after this pate, unless compelled tT law, ' IljM.NOnLR. DmaeBs. Pa.; March 1, im laws