THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1W, 1010, OOOCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQOS 1 A CHAT WITH OUR NEIGHBOR OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ALDENVILLE. , Mr. nnd Mrs. Francis Cralgo have 1 been gueats nt tho home of C. II. Wllmarth. Mrs. Wm. T. Gu nun oo and chil drcn are spending a few days with relatives in Scrnnton. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Tend and children were also recent guests at C H. Wilmarth's. A base ball game was played be tween the l'leasant Mt. team and tho Aldcnvlllo team last Saturday which resulted in fnvor of Aldenvllle. Mrs. James Walker, of Forest City, was a caller In tho village on Friday. The first number on tho com mencement program of the Clinton High school class of 1910 will be a recltnl and musical by Miss Rachel Mettler of Dickinson Seminary, Wllliamsport, which will be held in the M. E. church on Friday evening, tln Onl. I.ritrlt.t.tnrr o U n'nlnnlf Admission 10 and ir, cents. MiS9 Mettler has had considerable experl- 1 ence and draws a large crowd. I The second number will bo a lec-' ture by Dr. D. J. Waller. .Ir., Prin-j clpal of the Bloomsburg State Nor- mal school, and formerly State Su-1 perlntendent of Public Instruction, which will be given In the M. E. church on Saturday evening, May 2Sth, at 8 o'clock. Admission, free. Dr. Waller has served longer as Principal of n Normal school than any other principal of Pennsylva nia, and he is certninly worth hear ing. The baccaleureate sermon will be preached by Dr. Waller at 10:30 Sunday morning, May 29th The class night exercises will bci held Thursday evening, June 2nd. The Lyric orchestra has been sccur ed. The program is as follows: Music. Invocation, Rev. James Ralney. Salutatory, Nellie P. Gleason. Music. Class History, Flora I,. Loomis. Essay "The Value of an Educa tion," Pearl E. Arnold. Music. Presentation, Pearl Hauensteln. Essay "The Power of Choice," Nettie Loomis. Music. Class Prophecy J. Harry Varcoo. ' Music Essay "Use and Abuse of Time," i Clare Kennedy. I Valedictory "Imitation as an Educator," Carrie I. Curtis. Music, Presentation of diplomas, Prlnci- pal. Address. Supt. J. J. Koehler. Music. BETHANY. R. M. Strieker, Esq., of Honesdale, j had charge of the Presbyterian' prayer meeting Thursday evening in the absence of Rev. J. B. Cody. Mrs. Walter Starnes, of Carbon dale, was a recent visitor at the Starnes home here. Mrs. James Johns returned from Forest City on Wednesday. Mrs. Charles Pethick Is visiting relatives in Carbondale. Dr. Corson and family, of Riley- vllle, autoed through our village ! several times during last week. I Miss May Heffley, daughter of Mr. A week from next Sunday, May i and Mrs. J. J. Heffley, was tendered 29th, Rev. Huston will preach In j a very pleasant surprise party on Sat the Presbyterian church, and in tho urrtay evening, May 1 4th, It being her afternoon will preach at RUeyville, sixteenth birthday. Fifty or more and in tho evening at Cold Spring, j young people were present and an where ho will hold meetings for a ( enjoyable evening was spent. Ice week. I cream and cake were served. An ice cream socialwill bo given j Edward Gerhart of Dreber, and for the benefit of tho Methodist i Miss Bertha Bender of Lehigh, were church at tho home of George Madde- united in holy matrimony on May 14, ford, on Friday evening. All are in-1 by Rev. W. E. Webster of Sterling. vited. The first quarterly conference will bo held Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock In the M. E. church, when Rev Murdock will preach. Tho Methodist people are planning for the centennial celebration of their church here on the Cth, 7th and 8th of June. Blanche Starnes is spending the1 week In Honesdale with her sister, Mrs. Horace Noyes. STERLING. We are having cool weather for this time of year, and it nearly freezes every night. A number have not yet got their gardens made. On the 9th Tillman Gilpin got one bono of his right arm broken with a separator, hut It Is doing as woll as can be expected. On tho same day n little boy of Charles Starnes got a fish-hook In his hand and Dr. Simons was called to extract it. Stella Cross camo up from Wyo ming Seminary on tho 13th, and spent Sunday at home. N. J. Frantz of East Stroudsburg, was a guest at J. E. Cross' on Sun day. Arthur Leshor, of Scranton, pass ed through town Sunday and called on his brother, "Brock." Susie. Cross has .closed her school at Moscow and is home again for tho summer. Wo understand that the High school will have closing exercises on the evening of tho 24th and County Superintendent Koehler Is expected to bo present. Several young folks were horo Sat urday from Maplewood and played ball with the Juniors, but were de feated by a score of 20 to 3. They s i OOOOOOCXXOODOtX30CX)OCXXJCXC all enjoyed the game, however. We are pleased to nolo that many are fixing up the graves In the ceme tery, nnd Minnie Yates Is erecting a now monument. Martin Caulleld, of Honesdale, Is the designer. Dr. R. A. Smith, L. F. Ammermnn rind G. 1. Gilpin attended the quarter ly conference at South Sterling on tho 13th. A roll call was held In the Sterling M. E. church on Sunday and a large majority responded to tho call. The sacrament was nlso administered by Rev. Webster and wo aro pleased to say that the balance for Incidental expenses was liquidated. A student from Maryland preached at the Bast Sterling church on tho 8th and will also preach again on tho 22nd. For some time past Georgo Ro becker has been working at Toby bauna, but is now home again. On tho 14th Rev. Webster mar- r ed Ed. L Gearhart, of Angels and "frthn M. Bender, of Gouldsboro. When the happy couple were ready tlePa't they found their carriage nicely decorated. MILANVILLE. Mr. and Mrs. Barnettc. of Brook lyn, who spent Friday in town are contemplating spending the summer hero. Mr. Reeves Sampson has the contract to erect a bungalow for them. .lobn Palls and family have mov ed Into tho Rcxford house. The Home Missionary society held a public meeting on Thursday of last week. Miss Faye Abraham, of Damascus pn will conduct a music class at this place during the summer. We wish Miss Abraham all success. Paul Illman, who is connected with the United Societies of Charity In Buffalo, goes to St. Louis, Mo., In a few days on business In connection with his work. Mr. and Mrs. Rockwell Brigham spent Sunday at Mr. Jerry Canfleld's, near Galileo. Messrs. Weed and Stone of Blng hamton, were in town this week. Wlllard R. Skinner is on the sick list. Mrs. James Young recently visited her aunt. Mrs. Phillips, at Bingham- ! ton. DREHER The Drehor township high school will close May 2Gth. Commencement exercises will be held in the High school building Friday evening, May 27th. Dr. Waller, principal of j Blooinsburg Normal School, will de j liver the address to the graauatlng i class. Mr. Dlmon expects to conduct I a summer school for teachers, begin ning May 31st. Rev. H. A. Smith, n former rest' dent of this locality, will preach the memorial sermon in the Moravian church on the evening of May 2 2d. Seats free and all are welcome. The Wayne county Sunday school convention will be held In the South Sterling M. E. church on May 24th. Rev. Wm. Mtkecell, of Delaware State, will preach in the East Sterl ing church on Sunday afternoon on May 22d.. Mr. and Mrs. Gerhart were treated to a genuine serenade in the evening at his home near Angels, Pa. W. -G. Hause and family have lo cated In Huntingdon, Pa., where he has a position with the Boll Tele phone Co. A. E. Hause, of South Bethlehem, is visiting relatives and friends In this vicinity. Mrs. J. W. Kerr Is calling on old friends in Gouldsboro. Tho public roads In Droher have nearly all been gone over this spring and aro in good driving condition. Farmers have still some oats to sow. with corn and potatoes to" plant, but tho rays of tho sun don't have heat enough to rush the season. Work was started on May 10th on the State road In Grcenotowu, Pike county, with a small force of men. Mr. Strasburger, of Philadelphia, en gineer for the contractors, was ovor the road lit the early part of the weok. Louis Walter has charge of Andrew Beesecker's bread and cake delivery wagon. Thomas M. Gilpin, of Greenetown, recontly lost two quite valuable horses. B RAMAN AND KELLAM. Tho weather keeps so cold that very little garden planting has been dono In this vicinity. Mrs. II. Woltzor's brother and friend from New York ore visiting at her home. Thirteen little boys and glrU helped Helen White celebrate her sixth birthday one day last week. Robert Tyler, who has boon em ployed at Carthage for some time, is home for tho summer. D, M. Stalker and family and Mrs. Mary Whlto nnd grnnddnughter, I from Marshall Smith's hank last Mary Cnrgln, attended church ntjwoek to bo used upon tho road near llrninnn on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Orvlllo Keys vlBlted his parcntB, Mr. and Mrs. Wells Keys, the latter part of tho week. Mrs. Wells KeyB was given n sur prise birthday party Saturday, May nth, by about fourteen of her neigh bors nnd relatives. A fine 'dinner was served and tho day enjoyed by nil. She received a number of pres ents in remembrance of tho day. Miss llattlo Sheldon of Blnghnm ton, Is -visiting her sister, Mrs. F. Cole. Hnrper Keys and W. Scott Conk lln made a trip to Blnghnmton last week to purchaso sonio mnchlnery, as they nro doing quite n business sawing, and also run a cider press with an cngino In season. HAWLEY & WILSON VILLE The Baptist church has secured Will Carlton, an author of nntlonal reputation, to. enterrtaln tho public with his inimitable "Chnracter Sketches" and mntchless poems, on Wednesdny evening. Under the auspices of St. Phllo nienn's congregation, the Cathedral Ministries of Scranton, will give a high class performance nt the Stand ard opera house on Thursday even ing. Proceeds to be applied to the new parochial residence fund. Mrs. F. W. Suydam returned from Atlantic City on Tuesday. 'A team of horses owned by E. Tut- hlll, Hnwley's street commissioner, becoming restless In tho absence of their driver, who had brought a row boat to the river, and was to try its merits on the placid water, broke tho tie strap and ran from the old mill at Wilsonvllle, at a break neck pace toward Hawley; at Ebordlng's they were stopped, one of them being thrown, receiving some bruises, wlilch was the only damage done. Mrs. Augusta Keyes and daughter Emallne, have been confined to the house with heavy colds for the past ten days. The funeral of Miles Pelton was held nt the residence of his parents, George Pelton and wife, at the Eddy, on Saturday, at 2 p. m. Rev. Mr. Smalley, pastor of the Baptist church, had charge of the service, the de ceased being a member of his con gregation. Many friends and rela tives folldwed -the remains to his final resting place In the walnut Grove cemetery, where at the brief burial service, the pastor read Miles' favorite hymn. The pall-bearers were his Sunday school class-mates, who gave as a token of their regard a handsome casket bouquet of carna tions. Much sympathy Is felt for the bereaved ones. Lily Shook Is on the sick list. John and Myrtle Pennell visited their parents at Arlington from Saturday until Monday morning. Mrs. George Helchelbeck, Sr., of Audell, was a caller at the home, of her son at Wllsonville on Friday. A representative of the State's Water Supply-Commission, was in specting the streams In this vicinity the latter -part of the week. The members of the M. E. church choir are arranging a program which they will produce on Decoration Day. Particulars will be announced later. Mr. and Mrs. Brigham and daugh ter Alice, of Port Jervis, arrived on Saturday for a brief visit with their ralatlves at Wilsonvllle. .Mrs. R. C. Glosenger, of Lakeville, attended the Rose Rebekah Lodge on Saturday evening. Some new members were initiated; at the close of this ceremony supper was served. Rev. Mr. Murdock, district superin tendent, delivered an Interesting ser mon In the M. E. church on Sunday evening. Mrs. Deltzer was the guest of her friend, Mrs. Joseph Herzog, at Lake ville on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Kelly, of Susque hanna, former residents of Hawley, attended tho funeral of their nephew on Saturday. Mrs. Kelly and little son passed Sunday with her sister, Mrs. Gilbert Pennell at Arlington, returning to her home on Monday. Henry Shearer called on Wllson ville .friends Sunday aftornoon. Mrs. Goldback, of East Hawley, is seriously ill with but slight hopes for her recovery. A. Killam, nccompanied IiIb broth er, B, F. Killam, to the latter's homo at Paupack on Saturday. For the news always read The Citizen. The Ladles' Aid of the M. E. church will meet on Wednesday after noon with Mrs. R. II. Ely. Mrs. Irnilsh and granddnughter passed Sunday at the Doppel home on Bono Ridge. Sabine Swingle nnd wife, of Afoy, were In town on Wednesday. INDIAN ORCHARD. Tho cold weathor and heavy frosts of late havo been a great hindrance to the growth of vegetation; pasture Is short and many of tho dairy men are still feeding hay and feed to their cows. Mr. Mosier, of Long Ridge, wns through this vicinity InBt week de livering a first-class lot of fruit trees, grown by Knight & Bostwick, which wero sold by their local agent, Chas. Ahrens, of Swamp Brook. Charles Spry attended tho ball held in Ahren's hall at Swamp Brook. Richard Decker, of Beach Lake, has sold his handsome groy horse. John Spry was a business caller at Beach Lako last week. Peter Schmltt, of White Mills, was in this vicinity last week purchasing fat stock. Fred Swartz has purchased a fine now buggy. Several teams wero hauling gravel the Grango hall. Minor I rosby was a business caller hero on Monday of last week. William Gray, a former glass cutter of Honcsdnlo, Is visiting his sisters, and brother at this place. Ivan Wells, who has been qulto sick of Into, has been taken to n hospital wioro ho Is expected to un dergo n surgical operation. Floyd Bayly Is running a largo nu tomobllo that ho purchased In Now York recently. Drover Marks of Red Bnnks, N. J purchased several good cows in this vicinity recently. Several nrc having n serious time with that old enemy, the grippe. Rebeccn Buckingham, of Newport News, Vn., who enme to this plnco re cently to attend tho funcrnl of her mother, has returned home. L. D. Noblo of Cnlkln, was a re cent visitor nt the homo of S. Saund ers. Georgo Lovolas.s and family have moved upon the George Bishop farm now owned by Mr. Smith. Inspector Ryan, of New York, was a pleasant caller among the farmers here last week. WHITES VALLEY. The Wllkes-Barre drowning acci dent, when six High school girls and two boys met death, caused by a boat springing aleak, horrible as It Is, should bo an object lesson to par ents and teachers. As discipline is taught in case of fire so should chil dren and young people bo taught to use presence of mind nt crltlcnl times like this incident. Occasional ly snd news of this kind readies us and it is hoped that teachers will do all In their power to prevent disasters of this kind happening to those plac ed in their charge in tho future. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Miller enter tained Thursdny evening in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Cal. Bonham, who have been making relatives and friends a farewell visit. They left Wednesday for Oregon where Mr. Bonham has1 filed on government land in one of the rich valleys of that State, and I their many friends wish them suc cess in their new undertaking. Mr. j and Mrs. Wright Bell of Carbondale, j will accompany them and take up land in "the same valley. F. W. White lias returned after spending three weeks in Lestershlre, N. Y. His grandmother, Mr3. Laura Conyne, aged 87 years, who has been visiting relatives in Susquehanna. ' accompanied him home. L. P. and E. M. Stark, of Hones-' dale, spent Monday at their home here. ' Miss Reua Stark recently enter-, tained Mr. S. Phillips, of Scranton, Miss Minnie Bucklish, of Allien-. vllle, is visiting friends in this vi cinity. Mrs. Ruey Allen, an aged and Ife long resident, passed to her rest on Sunday morning at her home. Mrs. Allen lias been helpless for years and the past few weeks confined to her he'd. She was peacefully sleeping when the summons came. Miss Susie Odell left Saturday for an extended visit with Forest City and Scranton friends. .Miss Minnie Thornton, of Hawley, is visiting Mrs. O. C. Miller, at "The Stone." Mrs. John Romick and children, accompanied by Mrs. Martha Stark, returned Saturday to Prompton after visiting several weeks with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Hacker spent Mondny in Forest City. O. H. SCHWAB IMPE0VED. Physician Issues Statement Concerning Steamship Man's Health. New York, May 17. Gustav II. Schwab, American representative of the North German Lloyd Steamship company, is ill nnd Is In the country recuperating. So alarming were re- GUSTAV II. SCHWAB, ports circulated concerning Mr. Schwab's condition that his physician, Dr. E. G. .Tanuway, gave the following statement: "Mr. Schwab has, ns the result of overwork and consequent nervous fa tigue, been advised to take a completo rest from business In tho country for n time. This ho Is now doing, and us n result he Is already showing a con lidernble Improvement." Mr. Sehw.fb bus been away from business nbout ilvo weeks. He is now it the home of a brother in New Ha ren. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. Hib Kind You Have Always Bought Boars the Signature . Advertise lu Tho Citizen. Convicted Archcriminal Es capes Execution. WILL END LIFE AS CONVICr. Lawyers Demand New Trial, but Doc tor Must Meanwhile Go to Peniten tiary Wife Still Loyal Be lieves Him Innocent. Kansas City, Mo., May 1". Dr. It. Clark Hyde was found guilty In the first degree of murdering Colonel Thomas 11. Swope. Punishment .was fixed at life Imprisonment. The jury had been out since Friday night. Hyde was Swope's family physician and son-in-law. He was nccuscd of administer ing poison to-klll off the Swope family nnd fall heir to n fortune. The verdict came unexpectedly. Ev ery nttorney in the case had glvcu up hope of the Jury reaching an agree ment. It was reported that oiifl'jnror vowed he would "vote for acquittal until I die of old age." Neither Mrs. Logan Swope nor any of her children, except Mrs. Hyde, was In tho room when the Jury re port til. Although Dr. Hyde's lawyers moved for a new trial after the verdict was rend, Judge Latshaw will send Dr. nyde tn the pcnltentlnry at JelTorson City next Friday pending his appeal. Mrs. Hyde will be permitted to see her husband Thursday afternoon. She can have no other talk with him. The extraordinary self control of Dr. Hyde has exhibited throughout the trial did not desert him at Its close. DR. B. CLARK HYDE. His face was Immobile aud expression less as he heard sentence pronounced. AVheu the verdict was read Mrs. Hyde collapsed in her chair, but made no sound. Not until an hour after the verdict was reached was she able to go to her home, Before leaving she said: "I am now over the first shock and mil strong. I am confident because Clark Is Innocent. It cannot be other wise." Dr. B. Clark Hyde has been under suspicion In connection with the mys terious Illness and deaths in the Swopo family ever since the death of Colonel Thomas H. Swopo on Oct. 3, 1009. The death of Colonel Swope followed soon after he had suffered a severe convul sion. This convulsion, It was charged by Ihe members of the Swope family, followed Immediately after the admin istratiou of a capsule given by dlroc- ' tlon of Dr. Hyde. Hyde said It was a I digestive tablet. It was proved at the trial that Hyde I had purchased cyanide of potassium hi live grain capsules. He claimed he bought them to kill roaches lu his of- lice. I Two days before the death of Colo : nel Swope, Moss lluuton, n cousin of the millionaire philanthropist, died at j the Swope home following a stroke of I apoplexy. Dr. Ilydo and Dr. G. T. . Twynmn of Independence treated Hun ton. The patient was bled profusely, It ' Is charged, at the suggestion of Dr. i Hyde. After six pints of blood were i tnken from ids body the bleeding proc I ess wns stopped, but not until Dr. Twynmn had repeatedly protested that I too much blood was being tulien from I the old man. I In IJecember au epidemic of typhoid fever broko out In the Swopo house hold, during which teti members of the family wero stricken and oue, Chris man Swope, a brother of Dr. Hyde's wife, died. Chrlsman died after tak ing a capsulo given at Dr. Hyde's di rection and after suffering a convul sion. Murgaret Swope, Chiisman's sis ter, nlso treated by Dr. Hyde, had a convulsion after taking a capsule, but she was given au emetic at onco by Dr. Twyinan and recovered, On Jan. 7, 1010, the body of Chris man Swopo was secretly exhumed, and four days later tho body of Colonel Swopo wns removed from Its tomb nnd tho viscera of tho bodies taken to Chi cago for analysis. Strychnine was found In tho organs. Rich Prize For Vanderbllt. Paris, May 17. W. K. Vanderbllt's Rlpollu, ridden by O'Nell, won tho rich Prix Flying Fox of 40,000 francs nt St. Cloud from it Held of ten. Frank Jny Gould's Jusmlulen, ridden by Chllds,'wou the hnndicap I)e Prln temps of 10.000 francs. C.1VI8 THE Al'PIiE TREES ROOM. Many farmers mako tho mistake of planting their appla trees too clqse together. When tho trees nro small and first set out they seem very smnll and they are rolatlvo to their size. But when nn apple treo ma tures it occupies an Immense space compared with what It did when first set out. To set apple trees of the standards closer than thirty feet is giving them less soli and air room than they should have. Two rods or thirty three feet is about tho average dis tance they should bo placed, and for ty feet apart Is none too wide. Where tho outer roots of tho trees must struggle with tho roots of oth er trees for soil room there will not bo enough plant food for all, tha moisture In dry times will soon be exhausted and none of the trees can mnturo perfect and highly flavored fruit. Some mako a practlco In setting out an apple orchard to plant peach "trees between the rows of apple trees, allowing the short lived poach tree to die before tho applo tree ma tures. A neighbor of the writer has a good method of utilizing the ground In his young applo orchard. In tho space between two apple tree rows he has planted two rows of black berries about eight feet apart. Tim blackberries and tho entire orchard aro given the most careful care and cultivation. Both npple trees nnd blackberry vines bear well. Ono cul tivation serves for both fruits. Blackberries do not feed widely nnd hence they do not' materially In terfere with the growth of the apple trees. When the apple trees grow larger tho number of rows of the blackberries between the apple tree rows may be reduced to ono, and that one be midway between the rows. When the npple trees become mature and thir roots occupy all the orchard soil, the blackberries are removed entirely. The same system can be used witli raspberries or strawber ries. It Is a well known fact among 1 farmers and fruit growers that 1 blackberries improve the physical nature of the soil through their root 1 action. When they aro removed ! from the apple orchard the soli is left in ideal condition for the outer I feeding roots of the apple trees. HAWLEY LOST THE GAME. Scull Was Too Much For the Wnyne County Team. A very interesting game of base ball was played at Hawley last Sat urday between the Technical High school of Scranton and the Hawley nine. The Hawley boys could not connect with Scull, nnd therefors lost the game. The score: TECHNICAL HIGH. R. Snell 0 Gleason 3 Scull 1 Decker 0 Kane 0 Rosar 0 Reese 1 Burdick 1 Evans 1 Wilkins 0 H. 0 1 2 1 1 1 o 1 1 0 O. A. 0 0 o 0 0 6 0 0 0 21 0 Totals , . 7 10 HAWLEY. R. H. O. 9 0 10 1 3 1 0 0 1 A. B. i e Gilpin 0 Swltzer 0 Rowland 0 Vogler 0 Ames 1 Schultz 0 Tuthlll 0 Klrkham 0 Qulnney 1 Totals 3 25 12 Score by Innings T. II. S. .. .0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 3 7 Hawley 01000100 02 Two base hits Reese, Kane. Three base hit Decker. Hits Off Scull, 3; off Qulnney, 10. Loft on bases T. H. S., C; Hawley, 1. Bas on balls Off Scull, 4; off Qulnney, 1. Struck out By Scull, 21; by Qulnney, 9. Passed balls Evans, 1 ; Rowland, 1. Timo 1:25. Umpires, McNamara and Constlne. LESS EXACTING CIRCUMSTANCES "I wonder how Georgo Washing ton managed to get through life without uttering a single falsehood." "Oh, conditions were easier in his day. The public did not expect a constant flow of epigrams from its celebrities." mmnnuaitntnntnjmttnmtnmnnnt:: MARTIN CAUFIELD Designer and Man ufacturer of ARTISTIC MEMORIALS Office and Works 1036 MAIN ST. ' HONESDALE, PA. ttttuuttnuunuttttttttti E. 0 0 0 0 0 9 0