SOMETHING ABOUT SOLDIERS' MEMORIALS Can "Wayne County Build a Soldiers' Memorial Hall in Honcsdalc. or Improve ami Maintain the Sol diers' Monument ? The County Solicitor of Luerne coun- ty line just Med an opinion relating to , tiif power of the county commissioners to erect, finish and maintain a suitable i soldiers' monument or Soldiers' Memo-1 rial Hull in Wilkes-Harre, under which it would appear that if any addition or , repairs are required by our monument in Central l'ark, upon the petition of fifty citizens of Wayne, and the approval of two successive grand juries, such improvement:- would properly become a charge upon the county. Indeed, it is not entirely clear that under a similar petition, findings and approval, the county might not lie warranted in build ing a memorial hull in llonesdale, the prci.'iit monument having been entirely a work of voluntary subscription and personal enterprise, and in no sense hav ing been under county control. The opinion of 'the counsel, addressed to the C iisioners, is as follows: "In compliance with your icquest for information as to your duty lelative to the resolutions of the several grand juries during the past year directing yon to erect a soldiers' monument in the county of Luzerne, 1 advise you as follows : "County Commissioners cannot erect a monument or public building unless the authority to do so lie granted by some act of assembly. An act of assembly relative to the erection of soldiers' mon uments, approved May 11, l'.Kll, 1. L., 184, amending the act approved May 'S2, 1895, reads as follows : "That upon the petition of at least fifty of the citizens of the county to the Court of Quarter Sessions of any county in this Commonwealth, for the erection or completion of a monument in mem ory of the soldiers and sailors of the late war, or to pav debts heretofore con tracted for and about the erection and construction of such a monument, it shall be the duty of said court to lay said petition before the grand jury; and if approved by two successive grand juries and said court, the county com missioners shall be authorized to pay any and all debts heretofore contracted for and about the erection and construc tion of such a monument, for work don" or material furnished therefor, to erect an entirely new one, or complete any Mich monument now partly elected but not. completed, and maintain, at the county seat, a suitable monument, in memory of the soldiers and sailors of the lute Wa: of the Rebellion from said county. You will notice by the act of l'.Kll above jcfeiied I", thai the county could do one of three thimis only. It could pay any and all debts contracted for and about the election and construction of the in mum.'iit, it oitild erect an entire ly new one r it could complete unv monument p.irtly erected but ie: com pleted. In pursuance of the above recited act a petition of fifty citizens was pie'ented to the grand juries of September session1- and November sessions I'.HU for the payment of an indebtedness du l tin- i. A. It. Memorial Hall on .South Main street in tie- city of Wilkes-Harre, the county seat of Luzerne county. Whereupon the said grand juries and the court approved the payment of the indebtedness in said petition refened to and the county commissioners in .Ian uaiy, l!Kr paid off the said indebted ness amounting to $12,001), and expend ed the further sum of $(i,000 in paying for certain alterationsand repairs on the Bame. The county 1ms maintained said building since January 'M-, and is now maintaining and keeping in repair the said building. "A Memorial Hall may be a monu ment and it has been so decided by the Supreme Court in Yoho vs. Allegheny county, 218 I'a., 401, and the courts of this county have decided that the said Memorial Hall in the city oi Wilkes ltarre is a monument. "The parties interested having made their selection and invoked the aid of the statute to pay off the indebtedness contracted as aforesaid, cannot again in voke the aid of the statute for another purpose. "1 am of the opinion, therefore, that the county of Luzerne having exercised its power relative to the erection of a soldiers' monument under the act of 1901 in paying off the indebtedness of the O. A. K. Memorial Hall in the city of Wilkes-Harre, and now maintaining the same, cannot erect and maintain an other monument as recommended by the grand juries during the past year, and that you as commissioners of the county, in doing so would exceed your authority under the law." CASTOR I A For Infanta and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of OBITUARY. Winifred Haggerty, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Haggerty, died at her home on Marble Hill. Hawley. Thursday morning, May 27, 1909. The funeral was held from St. Phllo mena'si church. Saturday morning. Mis. Reginald Waters, a highly re spected resident of Jerinyn, where she had lived for three years, died Wednes day evening, .May 20, 1909, after a brief illness. Mrs. Waters was formerly Miss Lydia Thompson. She was born in llonesdale, and spent a considerable portion of her life in C.irbondale. She is survived by her husband, her parents, thru1 brothers and three sisters. Elijah E. Wood died at his homo In Lai kawaxen Thursday lost. May 27, 1909. of old ape and general de bility, aged !'2 years. Five sons and one daughter survhe, namely, Wes-I ley, of llclltl, X. Y.; George of Carley Hroolr, Sullivan county; Hyron of i'.i'vansi, X. .1.. Hates and William of !.:k kawaxen and Adelaide, wlfo of lohn H. Cole of Sullivan county. The funeral was held on Sunday afternoon from the Union Church, Laekawaxun. Miss Xellle D. Xortou died at her homo on Wanguni avenue, Hawley, on Thursday, May 20. 1909. after a long illness following a severe at tack of the grip. Deceased was aged years and was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Xorton. She was a graduate of the Hawley High school (class of 1S90) and for a number of years taught school. She is survived by one sister. Miss Anna, of Hawley. The funeral was held from St. Philomenn's church with a high mass of requiem, Rev. Father Dunn officiating. Interment was made in Hillside cemetery. Chrysostom 11. Smith died at the Home for Incurables in Philadelphia, on Wednesday afternoon, May 2o, 1909. He was long a resident of Carbondale, and the Leader of that city says that as a young man Mr. Smith was of un usually happy disposition and possessed a vivacity that made him a favorite with all. He occupied several promin ent positions in Carbondale. being for some vears deputy postmaster, then general agent for the Leader and later was in the job printing business with 1. S. Josliu. On leaving that citv be set tled near Philadelphia, where be was engaged in business until overcome by illness. He was forty-seven years of age. Deceased was the son of Kev. and Mrs. C. Wilson Smith, the former be ing pastor of the Herean Haptist. church Carbondale, for a number of years. He is survived by his wife, his mother, a brother, C. Ford Smith, and two sisters, Miss Carolyn Smith and Mrs. A. J. Itehbein, of llonesdale. The remains were taken to West Chester, the home of his wife for interment. Mm. Catharine Gill died in Pitts ton on Wednesday morning;. May Hi. 1909. after an illness of ten la. .Mrs. Gill was horn in iloneadale. more than GO years ngo, the daughter of .lohn and Julia kin. The .Mai-kin family mov ed to Piltston when she was yet wiy young, so that nearly all her life had been lived in that city, .mt lor the past 2.1 years at 1.1 Milton street, where she died. Mr. .aid Mrs. Gill were married in Pitts about 40 years ago. Mr. (Jill lied a number of years ago. A daughter. Miss Alary Gill, passed .iway only three months ago in :ittsb;irg, and was taken to Pitts ton for burial. The surviving rel atives include three sisters and brother: Mrs. Uose Ueddington, of North Alain street, Pittston; Miss Elizabeth Maekin, of Pittston. and John Maekin. of Pittsburg; also the following children: Thomas P. Gill, of Scranton; Mathew Gill, of Pittsburg; Mrs. Thomas Smith, of Pittston, and Katherine and Rhoda of Milton street, Pittston. William Wilds, a former resident of Hawley, was so badly injured at Oneonta. N. Y.. May ISth, that he died of his injuries on the follow Iiik Sunday. Mr. Wilds was a car Inspector for the O. & W. railroad. A train had pulled in with a crip pled car and the engine cut loose and was run to the tank for water. Mr. Wilds thinking he could repair the broken car before the return of the engine crept beneath and started to work. The engine returned soon er than he expected and bumped the train in making the colliding thus catching the unfortunate man's foot in some manner. He attempted to crawl out and while in the act a second bump caught him, cutting off both legs and breaking his back. The remains were brought here on Tuesday, accompanied by his broth er John, of Schenectady, X. Y., and taken to the home of Curtis Wilds, from whose home the funeral ser vices were held on Wednesday after noon. The services were conducted by llev. R. C. H. Catterall with burial in Walnut Grove cemetery beside the grave of his mother. Mr. Wilds was born in Hawley 40 years ago and was a son of William and Phoebe Wilds. He is survived by a wife and three chlldre',, four broth ers: Miles and Curtis, of Hawley; Jesse, of Scranton; John, of Schenec tady, and three sisters, Mrs. Abner Conkllng, of GouldBboro, this coun- .tyj Mrs. James Runyon and Mrs. Samuel Hlshop, of Hawley. Hawley ' Times. John Bailey, a veteran of the civil war, ' died at his homo in Little Equinunk, on Friday, May 21, aged tl.'l years. He leaves surviving a wife. For years he had at tended the toll bridge across the Dela-' ware at Little Equinunk. Deceased was . a member of John Plaskett Post, U. A. ; 1!., of Hancock. , John X. C. Dnder. for nearly forty years a resident, and for j most of that period a prominent merchant of llonesdale, died at his ' home 211 Thirteenth street, at! quarter past eleven o'clock on Thursday nlgl.t hist. May 27th. 1909. He had been suffering from an affection of the throat for many months, ai.d In December last, probably largely on account of his Impaired healtl . he disposed of his tailoring and Cents' furnishing es tablishment to Louis A. Helferleh. Aftr that date his do line was notii viible. :it:u tome ivtks binio lie was obliged to take to his bed Irom which it was ordnined he was not again to rise. Mr. Hader was of a genial, companionable disposi tion, and in his earlier manhood his exceptionally line voice found for him a warm welcome among our musical organizations, while his ap titude in amateur theatricals In sured him a place on the various roles selected to render the play.? from time to time offered for the benefit of our local charities, im provements and societies. For thirty years he was a member of the I German Lutheran choir, and was connected with, the church for some jours in a business capacity as its, leerotary. in short it may be said j of him that in society, in business, I and in the church he was prominent and popular; while he rared a large family of children, all of whom are occupying important positions in the community, and all of whom feel i the deepest sense of bereavement I it his departure. John X. C. Ha-i der, son of John X. and Margaretta ! Bader, was born near Bayreuth, i Bavaria, April Sth. 1S49. He was1 given a good, practical education in Germany, where he also learned the ! tailoring trade, after which, in 1SG9, , he emigrated to America. He first j spent four weeks in Albany, X. Y., ; and then came to Honesdale, which I has ever since been his home. He i worked at his trade for some time 1 as a journeyman, after which he en- 1 tered into partnership with Mrs. j Julius Bach, the widow of a former; employer, and tho late John Green, under the firm name of Bach, Bader i and Green. This concern was sue-1 ceeded by the firm of Bader & Green, and this later by Bader &; Krantz; but for some years before lie finally disposed of his business it .vas condutted wholly by himself, vith the able assistance of his old-' est son, William 11. Bader. Air. Bader married Miss Elizabeth , lvrantz, daughter of John and Mar garet Krantz, for many years street commissioner of the borough. The Miioii was blessed by ten children, ill of whom, with one exception, are living: Julia, wile of Christian Berg man; William II., married to Ida. daughter of Mr. and .Mrs. Julius Hussa; Waller P., (Philadelphia!, married to Miss Elizabeth Pfluim-; John C. (Philadelphia,) married .Virs Mary Cook; Louis married to .Miss Eva. daughter of Frank Mills, of Berlin township; Miss Anna, :u home; Edward, Robert K.. and Alice, at home. A daughter. Bertha, died at the age of 1G years. Besides his wife and children. Air. Hader is sur vived by a number of grandchildren. The funeral services were held on Sunday last. Rev. Dr. W. F. Hopp. of tlie German Lutheran church, ofli riuting. Interment in the German Uitheran cemetery. nun-: won't issue honks. The directors of the Erie Railroad at their monthly meeting on Wed nesday of last week authorized this statement: "The company has disposed of tho balance of the $ 1 .".,000,000 of 0 per cent, collateral gold notes which in April, 11)08, were authorized to he issued for the purpose among other tilings of refunding obligations of .he company maturing on or prior to July 1, 1901). It is therefore pro posed to proceed with the refunding of such obligations and accordingly to purchn&e the coupons and other obligations of the company maturing on or prior to July 1. ll)0!i, and to pledge them as additional collateral under the indenture of April S. I Dili), t-.ecuring said notes." "This will provide amply for the company's present cash requirements, and in view of the marked Improve ment in the earnings of tho company it is believed that it will not he nec essary now to proceed with the plan of funding later coupons, of the general Hen and general mortgage convertible bonds hy an Issue of collateral trust twenty year gold bonds, as recently authorized by tho Public Service Commission of the State of New York." The company also announced the earnings for the month of April and the ten months of the present liscal year. It was stated that tho sur plus above expenses for the last ten months would be $2,543,000, as against a deficit of $1,8G7.000 for the ten months of the fiscal year in 1 908. The April gross earnings were J4.013.4C5.41, an Increase of $373, 732.27; the operating expenses and taxes, $2, 992, 494. 12, an increase of $120,425,28; operating income, $1, 020,971,29, an Increase of $253,306. 99. The operating Income for the ten months Is $1 1,019, 97S. 57, an in crease of $3,771,300.07. Try nn nd. in The Citizen. You I know It paya to advertise. MONKEYS MUTINY AT SEA Gallant She Hundred Pull Out the : Cook's Queue and Fight Excited j Sailors on the Tannenfels. ' Brooklyn, N. Y. Capt. Lubko and j the crew of tho German freighter Tan-' ncnfels, which docked at Bush's ! Stores, a few days ago. after having ' discharged a carso of 600 monkeys at j Boston, declared that they would nev er sign again on a vessel, which feat ured ring-tailed roarers an' slch In its manifest. It seems that while the Tannenfels was in mid-ocean six chimpanzees mu tlned and made a murderous attack on Wing Fu. the cook. "Them chims were the biggest of their breed I ever seen," said Engi neer Newman. "There was one in t'lu bunch that had the build of T.iat Hharkey, and he was n terror. As fast ns we put in new- bars in his cage he tore them out. Every time a chap would go near Iris bunk he'd reach out an' grab him by the hair, pullln' it out by the roots. "He pulled out Wing Fu's queue, which got the chink sore, so one day when the big chlm wasn't lookln' the cook dumped a bowl of hot soup on him. 'Twas this that set the whole bunch in mutiny. The big lad got out of his cage nn' then pulled the bars out of his friends' cage, whereat they nil galloped up forward, pickin' up be layin' pins an' marlln spikes, an' mak ing for the cook. "Wing Fu saw 'em comln' an' bolt ed with a terrible scream. Then wo had the battle of our lives with them monks. The leader of the gang busted j my wrist, and bruised me all over. Then when I got him cornered ho dives overboard, marlln spike an' all. His suicide sort of quieted the rest of the bunch, and put an end to the mu tiny. But from then on all the mon keys hollered murder, from morning till morning. They worked in relays, makin' the dod-blamdest din that over was heard this side o panjandrum.'" Big Tomatoes on a City Lot. Kansas City, Kan. E. M. Wiggin manages to raise fine tomatoes on a small plot of ground in this bustling, city. The picture shows Mr. Wiggin and one of his mammoth Amazon vines which is 1 1 feet. 4 Inches from the ground to the extreme tip. This vine was full of great toma toes and the top full of blossoms on October 4th, 190S. A large number of tomatoes on the other side of the vine cannot be seen in the picture. Mr. Wiggin writes that some of these tomatoes measured 5 1-2. inches in diameter and 1G inches v . tri . m ti -T- . . . . 1 , rroni vicy ui tomato vine. j in circumference, and many weighed from two and a half to three pounds each. They were smooth, red, and with out the hard, green core most large tomatoes usually have. No special cultivation was given the vines ex cept to make the ground very rich. Some of the shoots were pinched off In tho early growth of the plants. The way Wigin explains his process of giant-tomato culture follows: About the middle of April he plants the seed in holes 18 inches or two feet deep. As the plant grows he tamps earth mixed with stable refuse about the stalk until the hole is completely filled. The tomato, Wiggin explains, is the product of South America, where it grows to tho height of 20 feet in the damp und warm morasses along the Amazon River. To accomplish the best results, then, It would seem nec essary to have tho temperature about the plant evenly warm and moist Tho decaying manure furnishes the uul form warmth and holds the moisture. "Any one can grow enormous toma toes," says Wiggin, "If he will take up the work and then try to imitate the conditions the book says were en Joyed by the original plant. That was the way I did, and these are tho re sults." LOST BET ON HIS WIFE. Richards Wagered She Wouldn't Meet Another Man She Did. St. Louis, Mo. John II. Richards laid a wager with a friend that his wlfo would not make an engagement with the friend. The stake was a new hat. lie lost the hat. Now he's afraid he will lose tho wife. A divorce suit has been brought against him by his wife In which she nccuses him ot having a man call her up and represent himself to be a friend of her brothers and ask her -.o meet him In East St. IxhiIs in regal il to railroad transportation. Mrs. Richards says she kept the appointment, and while she was talk ing to the man her husband nppcntv and accused her of "making d:ttc with other men. Itlchardu ml iP was a put up job mid t, ,,, because bo lost the hi ' LateStSMoSt Novel SHIRT WAISTS For SPRING, 1901), Menner & Co's Stdre, KEYSTONE BLOCK IT.. C. HAND. I'RKSIDKKT. W. B. HOLMKS- Vice l'i!F. We want you to understand the reasons for the ABSOLUTE SECURITY" of this Bank. WAYNE COUNTY SAVINGS BANK HONESDALE, PA., HAS A CAPITAL OP - - - $100,000.00 AND SURPLUS AND PROFITS OF - 355,000.00 MAKING ALTOGETHER - - 455,000.00 F.VKRY DOLLAR of which must be lost before any depositor can lose a Vh.nn Y It, has conducted a growing and snccessful business for over 35 years, serving an increasing number of customers with tidelity and satisfaction. Its casli funds are protected by MODERN STEEL VAULTS. All of these things, coupled with conservative management, insured hy the I'AKKFl'I, I'KltSOXAL ATTENTION constantly given the Rank's affairs hy a notahly aide I'.oard of I llrectorsassiirei-.Uu' patron' of that sl'l'itKMK SA FF.TY which i the prime essential of a good Dank. Total Assets, - BMP DEPOSITS MAY HE MADE HY MAIL. "533 DIRECTORS II. C. HAND. A.T.SF.ADl.i:. T. D. CLARK ciiAs.. 1. smith. H..l.Cl)N(iKi:. W F. Sl'YDAM. Still Take the Lead ! Over'JT.O'iO lbs. of No. We .:LS.", The No. 40 is the popular Flat Land Plow. Wi; also keep in istevfc the No. K. 19. 2U and SS Iron ISi'.ini. W.'irlv ! mm v,,M In Wnviw. mtintv. Tin" fnllowinir Siih-Aireilts keen stock ot Plows ami liepalrs on hand': .1. K. Titfany, Pleasant Mount ; W. U. Shaffer. Varilen. Pa.: s. Woodmansee. LakeComo: 11. N. Farley. Kqulnunk : A.J. Abrahams, (inlHee: trunk I. "Minn iniiiuu',i ; w , uuiirr. 'U'mvi'iowii ; riin imphh-i. .i.- m, U'llsulnW; V. K. Corey (irtvntowu, mul Wntts's llonesdale and Hawley stores. The Oliver Sulky Plow Cannot be Beat ! Honesdale andirpAllAM WA TTQ I Honesdale and Hawley Stores uKAilAlYl YY.A1 lo Hawley Stores Sash. Doors. Illlnds. Front Sash Poors. Sewer Pipe mul llullders' Hardware of F.VK1U Description. AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS : Vi?.ii?rfiKfc". iflS? Ins Machines. Iron. Oravel and Tarred Kootins. Harh Wire. Woven Fence Wire. Poultry Netting, Lime unit Cement. Estimates slven ou short notice for HOT AIR and STEAM HEAT. PLUMBING in all its branches. 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 nny other service without conferring with our Contract Department Tel. No. 300. CONSOLIDATED TELEPHONE CO. of PENNSYLVANIA. Foster Building. REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE WAYNE COUNTY SAVINGS BANK HONES DALE, WAYHB CO., PA.. at the close of business. Am. m .1909, Rnsoi-ncr. licserve fund $ I'nsli, specie and notes, J31.41H W U'Biil securities 15,000 00 Due front approved re Checks mill cash'St'eni's.'.'.. ' serve fluents.... 12.1,121 OIUIMM.KW h& 3.K 7,1 3.127 stt Due from Hanks and Trust Co's.not reserve agents ltllls discounted not due. JifT'-'.KU M urns (lisrouuieii. time loans with collateral... :ls.G?5 00 I.oans on call with col lateral 5S.000 00 Loans on call upon one or more names 57,710 00 Loans secured by bonds or mortgage Uj.'WO HiMVN it Investment securities owned ex clusive of reserve bonds, vlj;: Stocks. Ilonds. etc.. I.lij.tlU ! MurtcnuesaiHl Judg ments of record.... lH7.1lil 0'I-2,0(tl.l.Vi m Ileal estate Sl.tKio on Furniture ami Fixtures. -.'.(loo oil Overdrafts V M Miscellaneous Assets too ) l Jrj.7(.7.757.a.' I.IA1UI.1T1KS I t'aiillal Slock, paid in $ lOO.dOO 00 I Surplus Finn! IWO.OOO U0 I Undivided I'mlits. less expenses and taxes paid (I7.1SS 74 ! Deposits subject tocheck $llll.-.'SI :il Deposits special LUOti.li.1 t'J I Time certllleates of de posit i;(os ,s t'ertlllecl checks Lit ID ('ashler's check outstV 1.121 ilM.MTl.a!'!) fit Due to t'oininomvcalth li.l.ooo IM Due to hanks and hankers, not re serve agents i,(i7S -JJ Mate ;nr. Pennsylvania, County of Wayne. ss " 11 --ainiou. i aincr oi uie nnove. named t ompan.v.do solemnly swear that the above 'statement is true, to the best of my niiunilllnl I Ml lll-lici, (Signed) II. S. SALMON, Cashier itayofSmyViia ' ""l ,m! ,,",,sl (SlgnedHKOr.KliT.'A. SMITH. N. P. (V. .,...!..! II Correct Attest : It. C. Hand. W. V. StlYDAM CI. Smith. I k 1.11 iL'U l Directors i H. S. SALMON, Cashier W. .1. WAHO, Ass't Cashier - - $2,733,000.00 .V. It. HOLMEs F. P. KI.M1ILK 11. S. SALMON Plows and Kcpatrs received In March. this ct'T snows Tin: 56 SIDE HILL. also have No. ".a size smaller. BICYCLES and Sundries.
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