CENT A WORD COLUMN l I HAVE Just listed and offer for sale two noiei properties locaica in xvnyne cuuniy. Both fully licensed and dolnc a tine business. Never offered before. Good reasons for sell ing. Prices reasonable. Terms easy. If this interests yon, uropnic nunc or ran ni my offloc. m. r.uuKiN, 'inc neai tsuue aian. Honesdale. 3t2 HELP WANTED. Country school teachers with leisurctlmethrouRhoutthc summer can inaKo cood money in a item, rennea pecupn- tint! nnmnp ooiinlntnnpps. A st.rirtlV hlfm grade proposition backed by a company of character and standing. Nothing to buy. writeatonce. J. Uiras xviliiams.ian ncse nut street, Philadelphia. 36t2 KOH RENT Five room tenement, with lavatory. In cood condition. Opposite the Elevator Works, on Eleventh street. Inquire of J. E. RICHMOND or A. T. SKARI.E. 36tf IP YOU WISH to sell your Farm I will furnish a purchaser. If you want to buy a farm, town lot or business place, drop me a postal, or call at my office I may have on my listing books just what you want. If you wish to dispose of your business, preparatory to change, consult me let me explain my superior facilities for profitably marketing your property, stock, fixtures, etc. I am the special representative In this section fprthe largest Co-operative Real Estate Association in America, with over 8.0U0 representative offices In the United States, Canada, Mexico and Cuba. Property listed with mo will be placed on sale at each of these offices. Kc memberthis service costs youjhothing until a deal is consumatcd-and then only a small commission. Name your wishes I do the rest. No publicity. Correspondence con II dentlal. Listing blanks and all information mailed you on application. M. K DORIN. The Real Estate Man. 1302 Spring street, Honesdale, Pa. 3tite THE HONESDALE SCHOOL HOARD will sell the old Mcintosh house at public auctioii Saturday, May 10, 1909. for cash. The house to remain until June 15th, and to be removed before ,luly is, lyoa. uy uraer oi scnooi 3t3 iioara NOTICE TO RUILDERS.-Uids are now open for making alterations to entrance door and steps of St. John's R.C. church. Hones dale, Pa. All bids must be sent in sealed on or before May Wh, llKHl. Plans and specula tions can be seen at St. John's Parochial house. The right reserved to reject any or all bids. Address all mail matters to Rev. Thomas M. llanley. Rector, llone.-dale. Pa. ROOMS TO RENT. Apply Rrothers' Store. nt Rregstein IHtf RRAMAN has some splendid Native and Western horses for sale all in excellent con ition at Allen House l!arn. 2otf SPECIAL attention given to children at at Charlesworth's Studio. 2S CLEVELAND Ray Horse, six years old. Hi hands and one-half inch high, line looking, sorel. right every way. Price. Ite."). SJ Dr. Noim.i:, Wnymart. $50.00 REWARD.-You can make even more than this on your goods by getting me to do your selling. Write for date. A. O. Ulake, Auctioneer. Rethauy. FOR SALE. A house and lot. VMi West street, Honedale. Hi rooms, with all con veniences. Desirable for a boarding bouse, or two families, lwiuirc on the premises of Mrs. E. (i. Seeor, or of her attorney, A.T. Searle. aitf FOR SALE- Ray bouse, on Ea-t Extension street. Large lot with sixty feet front. M.E. Mmons. SSeoltf SCHOOL TEACHERS If you have a few hours each day that you can spare from you work we will Miow you how to increase your earnings. Drawers Honesdale Pa. FARM of 182 acres for sale. Good house, a barn that will aeeomniodate40cows, Shorses and 100 tons of hay. Farm well watered. New chicken house that will accommodate 200 chickens. Large silo. No better farm in Wayne county. Situated one-half milefrotn village. Inquire at Tm: Citizkx office. LOCAL NEWS. Jacob Grossman, of Carley Hrook, met with an accident on Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Gross man is employed by Jacob Riefler and was loading stones on a wagon. In some manner he foil to the ground breaking a bone of the right leg. Dr. Xeilson, of this place, gave the case attention. The Marathon craze has struck Honesdale like other towns and cities in this part of the state. On Memor ial Day a Marathon race will be held at this place. The number of prizes depends upon the number of con testants but it. is proposed to give five prizes. The race will be run over a course which will be an nounced later, and will start at an hour which will not interfere with the parade of the G. A. R. Those who wish to enter must do so on or before May 2Fth. A number of young athelets have already consent ed to enter and each evening are in training for the coming race. Among those who expect to run are Wil liam Polt, William Welch, Daniel Paatz, and Joseph Barberi. Attention Veterans ! Regular meet ing of Capt. Ham Tost, No. 10S, this (Friday) evening. Preparations for Me morial Day. Dr. A. C. Rothermel, Principal of the State Normal School at Kurtztoxvn, Pa., will deliver one of his popular lect ures, entitled "Training forCitizenship," at the meeting of the Wayne Teachers' Association, in the Seelyville Chapel, on May 7th, at 8 r. M. Admission free. At a meeting of the directors of the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank, on Mon day, the following were elected for the ensuing year: President, M. E. Simons; Vice President, J. E. Tiffany. The di rectors are M. 15. Allen, George C. Abra ham, J. S. Brown, Oscar E. Bunnell, Wm. II. Dunn, W. M. Fowler, W. B. Guinnip, Fred. W. Kreitner, John E. Krantz, Jr., John Kuhbach, G. Wm. Sell, Fred. Stevens and John Weaver. The following unclaimed letters re main at the post office for the week end ing May 3d : Burton Simon and Floyd Montrison. The Central Labor Union will hold a meeting in Hawley, on Saturday even ing. Delegates from the locals of Hones dale will attend. On Sunday eveningla special sermon on "Labor" will be de livered by Rev. Dr. Wm. H. Swift, in the Honesdale Presbyterian churcli. Harry Pruemera will render violin solos at both the morning and evening services, at St. John's Lutheran church, on Sunday, May 9th. as The Philadelphia Star, under the head of "Pertinent Points in the Great Game of Politics," has the following: "Up in Wayne county there is a boom in readiness to start for , ex-Auditor General E. B Hardenbergh for Governor. Those who are back of it declare that they mean business." Philadelphia poli ticians are a little bit worried over anything that is started up in Wayne. We are so high up that it is all down hill from here to Harrisburg. If anybody discovers this boom, and will let us know, we will help push it along. We call attention to the advertise ment In to-day's issue of the Hones dale Dime Bank. This bank began some time ago a "campaign of edu cating people to save" and judging by the big increase of deposits edu cation benefits not only the pupils but the teacher. This phenomenal increase in deposits and number of depositors must be very encouraging to all connected with the bank whether directors, stockholders or depositors and especially so to the editor of the Independent whose knowledge of, and faith in advertis ing has been very prominent in se curing the above results. Just as we go to press informa tion reaches us that Mrs. Eliza Peters, residing on Fifteenth street, had a stroke of paralysis. Dr. Mc Convill is in attendance. -The Business Men's Association will meet on Friday evening. The association will hold their annual banquet on Tuesday evening. The annual baccalaureate ser mon will be delivered by Father Jordan in St. John's Roman Catho lic church on June 13th. The High School is going to send Joseph Jacob to Syracuse, N. Y., to take part in a Declamation Contest to be held there May 13th, under the auspices of the Univer sity. Andy Page, of Pond Eddy, who lias large interests in stone quaries, purchased a pair of fine draft horses from Sheriff Braman. The Irving Cliff Bottling Works Company have purchased from J. W. Kelz his soft drinks bottling eorcern. Consideration private. This company will push this new line and have added another dis tributing wagon and extended their route. The certificate of incorporation I of the Wayne County Pennsylvania "Polly of the Circus." Society of Now York was recorded ! Tht' majestic production "Polly of in the office of secretary of state at I llle circus," with dainty and win Albany, X. Y.. Thursday. April 2!)th. some Jliss Fa-V 'aNace in the title The members of this society will role' win bo 600,1 at tho L'rlc 011 hold their annual meeting Tuesday, !Frida' evening. May 2Sth. The May 11th, at Hotel Manhattan for!story' tPlllnK of a pretty circus rid- the purpose of electing officers and the transaction of such other busi ness as may come before the gath ering. The names of the persons to be the directors of the corpora tion until its first annual meeting are as follows: Charles W. Hand, Brooklyn, X. Y.; Charles S. Pen warden, Brooklyn; W. W. Starbuck, Jersey City, X. J.; Edwin P. Kilroe and Joseph Seeman, New York. If you do not see "Nell Gwynne" next week at the Lyric you will regret it. It is one of the plays you cannot afford to miss. See ad. The Presbyterian church at. Bethany is probably one of the oldest churches in Wayne county, having been erected in 1832. An error in our Indian Orchard letter last week gave the wrong name of the man who is doing the carpenter work on Earl Ham's barn. Charles Budd is the man. We have installed a Linotype machine, the most marvelous invention of the age, but it cannot read the minds of our correspondents, and they must write very plain or there will be mistakes. By all means go and see the "Iron Master" at the Lyric. It will repay you even if you have to drive ten miles to town and ten miles back. Prices, are very reasonable. See ad. "David Garrick," the piece now being put on at the Lyric by the Gardner-Vincent Stock Co., is a four act comedy and one in which Mr. Gardner starred in for three sea sons with marked success. Most of the characters are typical and the scenes and situations are excruciat ingly funny. .Mr. Gardner is at his best as David Garrick and Miss Vincent is seen to advantage as In got and to those who enjoy good, clean, wholesome comedy, this bill will be a delight. As a special feat ure Miss Eleanor Caines will be seen for the first time outside of the large cities in her most successful spec ialty "The Dancing Dresden Doll." The powerful drama of French so ciety life, "The Ironmaster" will be presented on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings of next week, to be followed by the merry roman tic comedy, "Nell Gwynne" on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday with a matinee on Saturday. OBITUARY. Mrs. Josephine Bennett, a well known resident of Dyberry, died at her home at that place Wednesday morning. On Tuesday Mrs. Bennett left her home to drive to Honesdale. On the way to this place she suffer ed a stroke of paralysis and was re moved to her home. Deceased was sixty-one years of age. She is sur vived by the following children: Ralph, Bert, Maude, at home, and Amanda of Indian Orchard. The funeral will bo held Friday after noon, services being conducted at the home by Rev. Signer, of Bethany. PERSONAL. Born, on Monday, to Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Doetsch, of 11th street, a eon. Patrick Merrick, of Pittston, a for mer principal of the Texas township high school, is spending a few days in town. Michael Heumann, manager of the Harlem Caeino, 124th street and 7th avenue, New York city, returned home yesterday, after a few days' visit with his cousin, John Heumann. Mrs. Andrew Thompson is visiting her daughter, Mrs. John T. Fuller, in Wilkes-Barre. A. J. Miller, of Walden, N. Y., re turned to his home yesterday, after vis iting friends in town for a few days. Miss Blanche Starnes, of Bethanv, who has been visiting relatives in the West for the past ten weeks, is expected home to-day (Friday). Mrs. Clarence M. Harris and son are visiting friends in New York city. Wm. H. Stone and wife are visiting the latter's niece in Montclair, N. J. Miss Mabel Rodman, of Nexv York City, and Mrs. Clarke Sharn- steen, of Binghamton, attended the funeral of Mrs. Phoebe Sharpsteen on Thursday. William Se.hoonover, of Scran ton, was a visitor in town yesterday. Damon Knuppenburg, of Lake Carey, Pa., has been stopping for a few days at the Wayne Hotel. Mrs. Alexander Correll, of Haw ley, was a recent visitor at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. W. Baker. State Highway Commissioner Hunter, of Scranton, was a visitor In town yesterday. M. and Mrs. Charles Lord and daughter, Ruth, are spending a few days in Elmira, X. Y. Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Plum and family have removed from Hawley to Honesdale and have leased the building formerly known as the "Gale" on Court street. Judge Vosburg, of Scranton, 1 was a visitor here on Wednesday. , T. B. Clark, William Blakney , and W. F. Snydam left on Wednes day for Port Jervis via the Erie , Railroad, from which point they went by auto to Kingston, X. Y., and returned to Port Jervis in time 1 to catch the night train home. or, by profession and heredity, com pelled by an injury to remain in the home of a young country preach er until the pruderly-ridden yokels making up his congregation are aflame with narrow rage against tho pair, and her subsequent flight back to the tents to make his lot easier, is one which grasps and re tains tho interest. The second scene in the play, which finds Polly in the parson's home, telling him of her circus life, and later when he reads to her from the Bible of Ruth's devotion of Naomi, the little girl's first glimpse of what the Book contains, reaches a point apart from the ordinary things of the stage. And then there is a happy and logi cal ending to it all, which the audi- i ence finds agreeable. The cast includes such well known players as Miss Fay Wallace, Herbert Barrington, Edward Saxon, Walter V. Milton, Clint G. Ford, Carolyn Lee and Betty Huston. This attrac tion comes to Honesdale under the auspices of the Honesdale Realty Company. child nrniED alive Mother Was Afraid to Announce Birth to Her Father. Tarrytown, N. Y May 5. Irene Conklin, 20 years old, this afternoon confessed to James F. Burns, over seer of the poor of the town of Green burg, that her child had been buried alive by her mother. The girl said she was afraid of her father. The child was born yesterday morning. The mother took the baby boy, ac cording to the girl, and buried it in the back yard. Coroner Squire was notified and he and Overseer of Poor Burns exhumed the body. An au topsy showed that it had been buried alive. Signboards In Japan. From the island empire come these examples of "English as she is adver tises:" "Tailor, native country; draper, mil iner and ladies' outfatter ; the ribons, the laces, the veils, the feelings." "Hand-painting post-cards." "Extract of fowl kept." "Photographer executed." "Head hair cutter." "Writing for another done here." "Specialist forthe diceaseof children." "Best perfuming waters, anti-flea, dealer of." "Notiess Our tooth is a very im portant organ for business life and coun tenance, as you know; therefore, when it is attacked by disease or injury, ar tificial tooth is very useful. I am en gaged to the dentistry and I will make for your purpose." Sparks I wonder why it is a woman lets out everything you tell her? Sharks My dear boy, a woman has only two views of a secret either it is not worth keeping or it is too good to keep. USWICK AND IiAKKVIIiLK. May 3d. We are having a heavy rain storm to-night. On Thursday of last week, April 29th, we had a snow storm; snow fell to the depth of eleven inches. At night we had thunder "and lightning, hail and rain and the next morning there was plently of ice on our trees and phone wires. When the lightning was most severe our phones snapped and cracked. We were very much alarmed thinking that, they would burn out any minute, but our fears were not realized although it, injured some of the phones and we cannot distinguish the rings so well now. F. B. Pennell is recovering from the grippe. Miss Jennie Crane has a severe cold. Mrs. David Engle, who has a heavv cold, was a little better on Sunday. rrank Harris was a business caller at F. H. Olmsted's on Thursday. He has the most of his roads worked. His mother, Mrs. Caroline Harris, who has been in poor health for the past three weeks is now very ill with a severe at tack of the grippe. Dr. White, of Ariel, is in attendance. Mrs. J. S. Pennell, of Wilsonville. visited Mrs. John Mains at Uswick on Wednesday of last week. George Heichelbeck, Jr., who has been working roads in the vicinity of Uswick was at work with a gang of men today. He was a pleasant caller at F. R. Olmsted's on Wednesday of last week. His wife was recently treated for gall stones at a hospital in Scranton and we are pleased to learn that her health is much improved. She spent a week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Daniels after she returned to her home at Wilsonville on Wednesday of last week. Mr. Heichelbeck also spent a week with Mr. and Mrs. Peter Daniels. The box social at Lakeville was well attended on Wednesday evening of last week. Proceeds of the evening were be tween $10 and $11. Mrs. Mary Groner is sojourning with her brother, William Seeger and wife of j Lakeville. Isaac 15. Sandercock, surveyor of Honesdale, and a gentleman from Ariel, I are expected at the home of William teeger on luesuay morning to survey tiu, hies around his farm. He is pre paring to build a wire line fence around his farm. The Ladies' Aid have ordered a new carpet for the church. They hope to be j able to induce some minister to till our pulpit by placing a nice new carpet in the church. We regret that there has been no minister sent to our charge yet. Mis-onaries are being sent to all parts of the world, why not send one of them to our charge ? We are doing the best we can in the absence of a pastor ; we have an excellent. Sunday school this season and we hope that more of the parents will attend thereby encouraging their children to come regularly. R. W. Murphy, of Hawley, visited his mother, Mrs. E. Carr, of Lakeville, on Sunday. He is building a barn down near his lake between I'swick and Wilsonville. Arthur Crane is doing some carpenter work there. Mrs. George Hazelton, of Arlington, spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Bishop, of Lakeville. Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Locklin went to ' Honesdale today. Ourpopularland agent, J. Schlenpner, has just returned from a business trip to New York. Two gentlemen who want to buy farms came home with him ; he showed them some of the Uswick farms that are for sale to-day. Walter A. Sheeley, of Port Jervis, is , the guest of his parents, W. D. Sheeley and wife at Lakeville. Our popular merchant, A. Miller, of Lakeville, draws the reins over a fast , driving horse recently purchased of A. ' McDonough, of Scranton. Samuel Miller and brother, Morris J visited their brother Hymen at New-1 foundland on Sunday. I Miss Clara Schrader returned to her home at Ledgedale after a three weeks' sojourn with her sister, Mary, at Lake ville. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Sandercock, of Hoadleys, were welcome visitors at Mrs. A. Goble's and L. James's homes at Lakeville on Wednesday last. Mrs. Byron Tuttle, of Wilsonville, was a guest of Mrs. L. James on Friday and Saturday las?. Christian Schrader, of Ledgedale, is building a new house on the foundation where his house recently burned. "See here," said the tailor, as he headed the young man off, "do you cross the street ex'ery time you see me to keep from paying that bill you owe me? "I should say not," replied the young man. "Then why do you do it?" a6ked the knight of the tape. "To keep you from asking for it," ansxvered the other. TO KIDNAP GOVERNOR'S SON. Plot by Convict Who Expected Pardon a Boy's Ransom. Oakland, Cal., May 6. A plot to kid nap the eight-year-old son of Governor GUlett was unearthed at San Quentln prison when It was found that J. B. Clifton, a notorious criminal, who Is serving tlmo for attempting the life of Detective Hodgins, had completed ar rangements with a confederate on the outside to steal the boy and hold him for ransom. HYMENEAL. Married, by the Rev. W. H. Hiller, of the M. E. church, Wednesday, May 5, 1909, Ford F.- Dailey, of High Lake, and Lulu Rodenburg, of Lookout. Fred Snedrker and Miss Minnie M. Brown, both of Poyntelle, were mar ried at the home of the bride on Wednesday. The ceremony was performed by Rev. O. G. Russell. After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Snedeker left on the three o'clock train for Honesdale where they are spending a few days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Schoonover. Joseph Sonner, of Honesdale, and Miss Jennie Daniels, of White Mills, were united in marriage at St. Mary Magda len's parochial residence, on Wednesday, May 5th, at 12:30 r. M. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Wm. Dassel. The bride was attended by her sister, Miss Bertha Daniels, and Edward Son ner was best man. The groom is well known in Honesdale and vicinity, and the bride is one of White Mills' most prominent young ladies. Mr. and Mrs. Sonner left on the 2:50 p. t. Erie train, for a wedding trip to Port Jervis and other cities. Upon their return they willl reside in Honesdale. ANNOUNCEMENTS. The eighteenth annual meeting of the Honesdale Improvement Association will beheld in the Town Hall, on Monday afternoon, May 10th, at three o'clock. Prof. Stevens, of Wyoming Seminary, at Kingston, will speak in the Presby terian' church, next Sunday morning. As next Sunday is "Labor Sunday" in the Presbyterian churcli, there will be a service for workingmen in that churcli in the evening, at 7:30. A special serv ice has been prepared by the "Depart ment of Church and Labor," which will be used. A cordial invitation is given to all workingmen. Rev. Dr. W. H. Swift will speak. licv. A. L. Whittaker will hold ser vice in the Presbyterian church of Way mart, Sunday, May !)th, at 3 p. m. A class of adults will be baptized by Hew' A. L. Whittaker, in the White Mills church, on Monday evening, May 10th, at 7 i t. Hex. W. F. Hopp will hold services at White Mills, on Sunday, May iltii, at four o'clock. Next Sunday morning Rev. W. II. Hiller will preach at the Methodistchutch a "Labor Sunday Sermon," subject, "The Workingman's Friends." In the , evening Prof. Stephens will deliver a temperance address. For NOBBY and UP -CALL Plum's Livery Formerly Galvln's old stand. Cor. Court and Seventh streets, HONESDALE, PA. DHANP AD WDITC for 1 IllfltLi U1V TT IV! 1 L all gentle. Service prompt and I N T E R N A T I O N A L is known by the Way it makesyou lookr-thc distinctiveness which it gives you that well dressed air, which speaks volumes when success and social north are a factor. Don't you know that the man who wears an SUIT has always a good chance to become "The Man of the Hour" in his vicinity. THE GOODS THE STYLES THE FIT THE FINISH THE PRICES all together make that harmonious whole which has made the name "INTERNA TIONAL the stand ard for high class made to measure tai T A I L O R I N G loring. Don't waste moneu experimenting, when this magnificent, reliable, line is now on view at L. A. HELFERICH SfgS8SJf. HONESDALE. PA. "Singing School" ntl.ulhcriui Church The "Singing School" a farce in two acta waa given by the choir of St. John's Lutheran church before a large audience on Wednesday evening. The witty dialogues and humerous songs were very amusing and the players earned loud and lihernl nnnlnncp. Tho mnmVinra nt .1 nr.. . 5, 1 ... . .. me --einging ecnoor were astoiiows: Hi Waters Louis Korb Timnflu Mnv Hnrrv Priipinors Weiland Strono Jacob Brcithaupt Fred. Giehrer G. Rippel John Carmiciiael John Kohl Anna Rippel Anna Bcrgmann Miss L. Carmichael Delia Croll Miss M. Roecner Mrs. J. Kohl Mir.i E. Dnnlmrdt. AlFalfar . Homer Gaines Cv Furr Cal Amity Effa Vescent Sophy Cushing iiva ureen Vera Swift. Ima Kidd Ura Kidd Phyllis Tate Elviry Ketchuin Miss M. Eberhardt William Hntrcferfv na Vn( 1 IWnivnl Pippin was singing master of the Low Holler Choral Union and William Heft as Squire Grutnps and Miss Cornelia Beetz as Mrs. Amanda Sijueege. were the committee on awards. The success of the play is due to the efforts nf Mi BO Mnn.nrnt Vkarlionll organist and instructor of the choir. ' The NEW SPRING SUITS at MENNER & GO'S Store 1 1 Mcnner & Co's Store. - TO - DATE Turnouts AT- up-to-dat. conveyances of all kinds. tvhsh, horses etlicient. Hates Reasonable. ' 'ill', ''' '