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68th YEAR. NO. 58
HONESDALB, WAYNE CO., PA., FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1911.
PRICE 2 CENTS
FIRST AUTO
PARADE HELD
Reifler Katz "Airship"
and Dorflinger "Trolley"
Capture Prizes
NO ACCIDENTS AND AFFAIR WAS
A HUGH SUCCESS: LASTED
33 MINUTES.
The lirst automobile parade In the
history of Honesdale was held Tues
day evening, with fifty cars In line,
and was a pronounced success. The
affair was In charge of the enter
tainment committee of Oslek Tribe
No. 318, I. O. R. M., and was car
ried out without a single hitch or
jar or accident to mar the pleasure
of the event.
Promptly at 8:30 o'clock Chief
(Marshall Charles L. Dunning gave
the signal to start, and the Imposing
procession glided down the avenues
of the (Maple City from the corner
of Eighth and Main streets, travers
ing in turn all the principal
thoroughfares of the town of Hone.
Already at 7 o'clock the people be
gan to gather In front of the wig
wam and by eight o'clock the pave
ments were filled with a jolly good
natured holiday crowd.
The first machine to arrive on the
scene was Will Riefler's airship,
which was greeted with shouts of
applause, and hailed as the prize
winner which it turned out to be.
Next came John Congdon's "flower
garden" car. Marshall Dunnlng's
car, with two Indian maidens In the
rear seat, was the third car to arrive
at the starting point. And when
Emerson W. Gammell's car motor
ed up, the crowd went wild with de
light over his uniquely decorated
car. Mr. Gammell believes In com
bining business with pleasure and
so his car was a splendid advertise
ment for the coming Wayne county
fair.
After that they came in so fast
that It was hard to keep track of
their owners.
The streets of the city from one
end of the town to the pther were
lit up with red Are, heap "much red
fire. Some of the patriotic inhabi
tants even sent up reworks' In ,hori
or of the parade.
The Judges who were Messrs. B.
F. Haines, editor and proprietor of
the Wayne Independent, Chas. E.
Sandercock, editor and business
manager of the Wayne County Her
ald, and F. J. F. Warg, editor and
proprietor of the Hawley Times, oc
cupied points of vantage on the bal
cony of the City Hall.
The cars were driven through the
streets at a moderate rate of speed,
most of them running on high gear.
One or two brief halts were made to
enable some unfortunate driver to
attend to "trouble." A remarkable
feature of the event was the fact
that there were no accidents al
though there were a number of rigs
on the street, and many cross walks
had to be passed.
William H. Long, Great Prophet of
the State of Pennsylvania, and Mayor
John Kuhbach, were guests of honor
and occupied Hon. E. B. Harden-
bergh's car which was the fourth
car in line.
The 'Honesdale Band discoursed
Indian and paleface music from the
heights of the Auto Transportation
Company's car, which followed Mar
shall Dunning s car.
Car Number 1 was Eugene Dor
filnger's car of White Mills, and was
a thing of beauty, winning the prize
for being the most original car. Al
though fourth car In the procession,
it had the unique honor of being the
first street car to run on the famous
Honesdale and Hawley Traction
Company line. It was a perfect rep
resentatlon or a trolley car. Not a
detail in the make-up of the average
"pay-as-you-enter" cars was omitted,
advertisements even being strung
along the tops of the windows on
the inside of the car. It was a
dandy.
The judges had no difficulty In ar
riving at a decision In the award
ing of prizes. After the parade was
over they entered one of the rooms
In the City Hall, and without dis
cussing the merits of any of the
cars, each one of the adjudicators
wrote two numbers on a slip of pa
per, and placed them In a hat. When
the slips were opened It was found
that the lucky winners were Num
bers 7 and 1, the first named being
considered the most beautifully
trimmed car, and the second the
most original one.
Red Men were of course excluded
from competing for any of the
prizes, and only twenty-five cars
were numbered and eligible for the
prizes.
It took the parade just three and
one-half minutes to pass the judges'
stand, and from start to finish the
procession lasted thirty-three min
utes. The cars paraded In the fol
lowing order:
Charles L. Dunning (Marshall).
Honesdale Band in Auto Trans
portation Company's Car.
Eugene Dorfllnger's car, decorated
to represent a street car. Won the
$10 prize for being the most origi
nal car in the procession, Number 1.
Hon. E. B. Hardenbergh's car.
Jackson 40.
William Watts, Hawley, Number
23.
H. W. Kimble. Number 8.
Chas. P. Searle, Esq.
William Hawkins, Number 8.
J. D. Weston's Stoddard-Dayton,
Number 4.
Ed. Sachs, Hawley, Number 14.
TO RESUME
SHIPPING COAL ?
Rumor to that Effect now
Being Discussed i
MANY" CIRCUMSTANCES LEAD TO
HE LI EE THAT RU.MOR IS WELL
FOUNDED.
A well-founded rumor floated over
the Mooslc on Tuesday from Carbon
dale thafr the Delaware & Hudson1
railroad will resume the shipping of
coal over the mountain via Hones
dale to tidewater. The proposed
change Is the chief topic of conver
sation in Carbondale and it is be
lieved that the running of coal will
be commenced at some future date.
That the company mean business or
are considering the feasibility of re
suming shipping over the Mooslc is
evinced by the fact that one of the
new 240 ton locomotives made a trial
trip on Sunday last. The huge
monster made the curves without
any dlfflculty as to running and it is
claimed that coal could be success
fully handled on the western side of
the Moosic from Carbondale to Far-
view, and that the large engines can
be used for that purpose.
There are shipped to places along
the Erie several carloads of coal each
month, all of which come through
Honesdale and Is carried as freight.
During the month of May it Is claim
ed that over 100 cars of coal carry
ing steam sizes passed through
Honesdale were transfered to the
Erie and then distributed at differ
ent points down the main line of
that road.
In view of the fact that the Dela
ware & Hudson Co. are making a
vast number of improvements to
their yard at Carbondale and of
President Loree's recent visit to
Honesdale, one is led to believe
that there will be "something do
ing" in the near future. The Dela
ware & Hudson company undoubted
ly has something good In store for
the people of 'Honesdale.
Until such time when the Mooslc
mountain will be tunneled coal will
bo sent over the mountain, the risk
and expense being a great deal larg
er than If a more direct route were
used.'
ELECTION NOTES.
Borough and township officers
elected in 190S to serve for a period
of three years. The terms of all ex
pire this Fall, and their successors
must be chosen at the coming
election In November, while
those elected in 1009 or 1910,
that is for a three-year term, will
hold over. All assessors, according
to the amendment of the recent elec
tion law adopted, will be elected this
year. Under the new school code
the five directors will be elected as
follows: Two for two years, two for
four years, and one for six years.
September 9 is the last day for
filing nomination papers for county
offices with the county commission
ers. Papers for President Judge are
filed a week earlier and at Harrls
burg. The primaries will be advertised
commencing with the first week In
August.
GRANGE NOTES.
Beech Grove Grange will hold Its
annual picnic at Beech Grove,
Thursday, August 10. Dinner will
be served.
John Mederer, Number 15.
Asa Bryant, Ford Runabout, No.
Ray B. Wall, Hawley, Number 25.
C. Dorflinger. Numher z.
D. Penwarden, Carley Brook, No.
1C.
John Congdon. Number 3.
Fred W. Kreltner, Number 11.
Will Riefler's car, decorated to
represent the "Curtis airship," Nura
ber 7. Prize Winner.
John Riefler, Number 19.
Walter Fowler, Number 20.
E. Daniels, Number 21.
C. A. Emery. Number 22.
Dr. George Butler, Number C.
Parker Weston, Number 5.
H. Z. Russell. Number 12.
F. A. Jenkins' car with "Rube"
band.
Emerson W. Gammell's car, Num
ber 24.
William Blakney, Number 10.
E, C. Mumford.
S. Sandercock, Lake Ariel.
R. Teeter, Hawley.
G. K. Kellam.
G. Teeter.
Eight cars from Hawley partici
pated in the parade. The Boy
Scouts of Honesdale occupied Mr.
Dorfllnger's car.
The entertainment committee
which had charge of the event con
sists of L. Blumenthal, Jos. A. Bo
dle, Jr., Wm. Bader and F. A. Jen
kins, and the advertising sub-committee
In charge of the Red Men's
Prophet, two Issues of which were
printed, C. P. Searle, Esq., and J.
M. Smeltzer.
MILANVILLE..
Special to The Citizen.
MILANVILLE. Pa.. July 20.
!Mrs. Romalne Carpenter Is visiting
BInKhamton friends.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. LaRue expect
to leave this week for Arkvllle. N.
Y., to visit friends. From there they
will return to their home at Syra
cuse. Mrs. Webb Decker visited her sis-
ter, Mrs. Will Scherer. last week.
A number of men from Berwick,
WIN'S ELM
'OLDEST IN TOWN
Also 0ne f the Worst;
Iree expert bver baw
BORKIIS HAD EATEN THEIR WAV !
INTO ITS HEART; ALL RIGHT
NOW.
"The elm tree In front of Mr.
Jadwin's place was the worst tree
I tackled In all my twenty-five years'
experience," said T. H. Winskill,
tree expert, to a Citizen man, Wed
nesday. "I did the job personally,
as an object lesson in arboriculture.
There was a great crowd there to see
the work. The borers ate right Into
the tree. I found hundreds of
European elm beetles In the tree, a
couple of Inches long.
"Mr. Jadwin's tree Is the oldest
elm In town. It must be all of 70
years old."
Mr. winskill has been In Hones
dale for just two months. In that
time he and his gang of men have
doctored about 150 trees, of which
number about 100 are maples. The
life of from twenty to thirty elms
has been prolonged through their
efforts, in addition to the large num
ber of willows in Riverside Park,
which were treated by their re
juvenating process.
A maple tree belonging to Mrs.
Maria P. Kesler, 1140 Main street,
is one of the worst specimens Mr.
Winskill tackled In Honesdale. It
took three bags of cement and eight
bushels of sand to restore the tree i
to normal conditions of growth.
The Telephone company put a '
wire around the tree, and choked it i
to death. "They are the best!
friends we got In this country for
making work," said Mr. Winskill,
laughingly.
Since coming to Honesdale, Mr.
Winskill has used eighty bags of
cement and one hundred bushels of
sand. He leaves the last of the
week for Seelyville where he has
several large contracts.
Mr. Winskill is a graduate of
Liverpool University, where he
specialized In garden science and
arboriculture, coming to America
about seven years ago.
HAWLEY.
Special to The Citizen.
HAWLEY, Pa., July 20. Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Taylor and son, John, and
daughter, Louisa, came to Hawley
on Friday in their own private car.
Their home is in Montana and they
are here visiting Mrs. Taylor s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. .Mortimer Simons
on the East side. Mr. Taylor Is
pretty well up in his line of business
which is that of railroading.
Twelve autos motored out of town
at 7 o'clock Tuesday night north
ward to join In the parade at Hones
dale. 'Most of them were handsome
ly decorated and the owners of them
were In hopes of winning one of the
prizes offered.
Mrs. Harry Pethlck Is visiting rel
atives at Bethany.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Plum on
Sunday entertained their son, Max,
of Asbury Park.
Charles Riddle spent some time
last week with Henry Hardier on
'Bone Ridge.
Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Tuttle are still
In New York caring for their son
who was seriously Injured In the
airship accident at Hemsted, L. I.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Schlager are
enjoying the breezes of Fair View
Lake. ,
Fred Rowe has moved his family
into his new house on the hill.
The friends of Rev. W. B. Slgnor
are still anxiously waiting for more
definite news and to learn what the
outcome of the unsolved mistery will
bring forth. Mr. Slgnor was pastor
of the Lakevllle charge for four
years and formed many acquaint
ances here.
Ed. Goldback returned on Tuesday
from New York city where he at
tended the 'National shoe fair which
Is being held there.
'Squire Charles Elliot fell on Mon
day night near his home and broke
his arm. As he lived alone and be
ing unable to arise he was compelled
to lie on the ground in a suffering
condition for some time. George
Teeter happened along and hearing
him calling for heln went to his as
sistance, got him in the house and
caneu a physician. He was com
pletely prostrated and no doubt will
be laid up a long time owing to his
advanced age.
The Wegge girls at the Eddy are
entertaining their cousin, a young
girl from New York city.
T. F. Wall is now the owner of
the best automobile In town, i
twenty horse power Stanley Steam
er. Irving Brown, Honesdale, was in
town with friends Sunday after
noon. 'Pa., are engaged cutting timber on
the tract of land Recently sold by
William B. Yerkes to tho United
States Lumber company of Berwick
Mrs. M. H. Conner Is in very poor
health. Her many friends hopo she
my soon be better.
J. J. and Klncslov McCullough
are spending the week In New York
city.
Miss Lizzie- Alfast, BInghamton,
was a recent guest of her sister!
Mrs. G. B. Lassley.
Mra. D. H. Beach expects to enter
tain the Ladles' Aid society or the
Dmascus Baptist church next Tuea
day.
16
DVORCES
OF
One Granted to Every
Twelve Marriage Licenses
MOSTLY FOR DESERTION AND
COST FROM SOO TO $70 TO
GET.
For every round dozen of mar
riage licenses issued in Wayne coun
ty lasj. year, one divorce was grant
ed. 'o less than sixteen divorces
as over against one hundred and
ninety-nine marriage licenses, Is the
startling record disclosed by a per
usal of the official court records.
WJien It is taken into considera
tion ihat Wayne county has a popu
lation of less than 30,000, embrac
ing (n the neighborhood of 6,000
families, the figures are still more
astounding, and show that conjugal
felicity In the shire li? decidedly on
the .wane.
"1,910 was the biggest year we
ever had. We had an unusually
largn number of marriage licenses
that" year," said Clerk of the Or
phans' Court M. J. Hanlan to a Citi
zen man.
The reporter was quite anxious to
learn how many divorces had been
granted last year, and Mr. Hanlan
obligingly went over the records,
and gave him the desired informa
tion. Most of the divorces, it was learn
ed, are granted for desertion. Once
in a while a decree Is handed down
on the grounds of unfaithfulness.
There Is only one case on record
where the evidence in a divorce,
case in Wayne county was sealed,
and that was done In the time of
Judge Geo. S. Purdy, who sealed the
evidence himself.
A divorce In Wayne county costs
from $00 to $70. It all depends on
whether there is a contest or not.
If there is no contest, and the law
yer gets only a reasonable fee, sep
aration papers can be secured at a
figure approximating the amounts
mentioned. Lawyers sometimes fail
to get their fee, and an attorney told
the reporter "he once got twenty-
five cents for a divorce!" which
certainly was pretty cheap to say
the least!
The $60 cost of divorce is divided
up 'somewhat as follows: First of
all there is the master's fee, which
Is $20. Then the lawyer usually gets
$20 or $25. Besides, there are the
costs to be considered. A subpoena
costs $1.50-. Tho sheriff's fee for
service will depend on where and
how far he has to go.
Sometimes personal service can
not be gotten. Then an alias writ
must be issued, and an order for
publication granted and the costs
will run up like everything. If you
can't get personal service, then it's
qulto expensive.
Divorces have been legalized on
religious and moral grounds since the
days of Moses. Their necessity will
continue as long as the world en
dures. What matter's It if they
cost $1000 if a happy release can be
secured by so simple a means.
HOUSE-FLY & CO.
General Dealers in
Typhoid Fever, Diphtheria and Oth
er Infectious Diseases.
Sickness and Death from Our Infec
tions Warranted to Be Higher
Than that of Any Other Firm
in the Same Line of
Business.
Carelesstown, E. W.,
June 7, 1911.
Dear Sir or Madam:
This Is to Inform you that we will
be at your screen door earlier than
usual this summer, with a choice line
of summer Infections, Including
Typhoid Fever, Diphtheria, etc,
Special inducements for babies are
offered In a new line of bacteria, In
suring long illness and slow death,
Wo desiro to call particular atten
tion to an insidious variety of Bo
vine Tubercle Bacillus, which we are
carrying to your milk supply. This
Tubercle Bacillus is warranted to
produce large tuberculous glands In
your children nnd slow tuberculosis
of the bowels, which we guarantee to
be fatal in 20 per cent, of the cases
Infected.
Our firm finds it unnecessary to
call the attention of our patrons to
Results. We GET them. Look at
your cemeteries filled with the pat
rons of the line of products we carry,
Visit your hospitals: the beds are oc
cupied by those we Infected, Not a
city in the country has less many
more than 10 per cent, of Its peo
pie sick. No other firm can point
to so many cases of typhoid or so
much Illness among babies as we
can, as a result of our methods.
Can't you see the advantage we
have over hog cholera or pip? Walk
through your orphan asylums: who
made the fatherless and motherless
children? WE DID.
Every July. August and Septem
ber wo Increase tho sickness and
death of the babies several hundred
per cent.; we cause babies to die by
the thousands. Wo laugh at our
enemies who dole out Insect powder,
which only gives us a good drunk
and fly noison. which doesn't matori
ally Interfere with our business. No
one can hurt us until the vault, ma
nuro heap, open garbage pall and
dirty yard are wiped out. Of course,
that won't be done right away.
Yours for dirt, disease and death,
HOUSE-FLY & CO,
To Madam Careless Housewife,
(Mr. Indifferent Citizen.
Life.
RECORD
190
E IS THE
2
Orson Pastor Still Among
The Missing
PLAUSIBLE THEORIES TO AC
COUNT FOR HIS DISAPPEAR
ANCE UY PROMINENT
M. E. CHURCHMAN.
"I believe in putting the most
charitable construction on all a
man's actions," said a prominent
churchman of the Methodist Episco
pal denomination in discussing with
a Citizen man, the strange disappear
ance of the Rev. Watson B. Slgnor,
pastor of the Orson M. E. church,
who accompanied his family to
Scranton, Monday, July 3, and van
ished out of sight as mysteriously as
if the earth had opened up and
swallowed him.
"Rev. Slgnor was a man of robust
strength. I think he was brought
up on a farm. When he was sta
tioned at Bethany he worked every
summer In the hayfleld for Mr.
Webb.
'People in looking for Rev. Slg
nor make a mistake in looking for
a preacher. If he took off his long
coat, collar and white tie, and put
handkerchief around his neck,
he'd look just like any one else.
As far as I know he hasn't any
trade, but is strong and could eas
ily make his living.
"Some years ago a man in Hones
dale wandered away. iJls body was
not found until a long time after
ward, although It lay on one of the
hills near Honesdale, and hundreds
of workmen passed It dally going
and coming from their work.
"Another thing in his favor is
that no real search has been made
for him. If a reward of $1,000 In
stead of one of $25 were offered,
I think he would be found speedily.
In this mornings paper Is an
account of a missing child In Perry
county, who wandered away from
home and was found starved to
death in the mountains. I verily be
lieve that Rev. Slgnor when under
the influence of the heat, wandered
away, and perhaps even lost his
identity.
"Yes, Rev, Slgnor got a salary
large enough to keep the 'wolf away
from the door provided it wasn't
too large a wolf.
"I am very sorry that such a
thing has happened Such things
hurt all religious work, as unfortun
ately wrong constructions are In
variably placed upon the peccadil
loes of men of the cloth. After all
a minister is only human."
ARE YOU AMONG THEM ?
3,381 CITIZENS OF WAYNE COUN
TY ARE IN NEW MILITARY
ENROLLMENT.
3381 citizens of Wayne county
are Included In the military enroll
ment for the year 1911, and are
subject to military duty, In accord
ance with a report recently furnish
ed Brigadier General Thos. J. Stew
art. By townships and townships
they are divided as follows:
Berlin 93; Bethany 21: Bucking
ham 73; Canaan 37; Cherry Ridge
b4; unnton 102; Damascus 292;
Dreher 94; Dyberry 97; Hawley
borough 255; Honesdale borough
325; Lake 125; Lebanon 16; Lehigh
62; Manchester 115; Mt. Pleasant
181 j Oregon 40; Palmyra 90; Pau
pack 31; Preston 170; Prompton
borough 21; Salem 98; Scott 78;
South Canaan 108; Starrucca bor
rough 48; Sterling 57; Texas 572;
waymart 52; total 3381.
T. R. CLARK SELLS.
T. B. Clark has sold the water
rights and factory property border
ing the Wallenpaupack river, Haw
ley, to the Wallenpaupack Power
company. Consideration private.
The property includes two three
story structures, one Is a stone fac
tory, which has been occupied by
tho Maple City Cut Glass company
while the second building Is the old
Pierson mill, which has been used as
an auxiliary to the cutting shop.
Tho Maple City shop, which has
been operated in Hawley the past
few years, will be merged into the
T. B. Clark & Co., Inc., shop at
Honesdale.
NEARLY DROWNS.
'Eben, three-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Jenkins, Dyberry
Place, narrowly escaped drowning
Tuesday, having gone down twice
and was going down the third time,
when he was rescued by Edward
BIdwell. The little fellow was watch
Ing some boys playing in the stream
near his home, when he lost his
balance and fell Into the river.
Husband's Peculiar Death.
Willis 'Lee, Lanesboro, was poison
ed on 'Monday last under peculiar
circumstances. His stomach was
sent to Philadelphia for analysis and
tho coroner's inquest wlli be made
upon the receipt of the report of the
contents 01 the stomach, it is claim
ed there were domestic troubles In
the family and Mrs. Lee asked a
neighbor to purchase some arsenic.
which he did. After the autopsy the
coroner asked Mrs. Lee to surrender
the rest of the deadly poison and she
stated that she had not had any in
the house for two years.
WHER
SIGOR
TENER VISITS
STATEJOSPITAL
Inspected Newly Erected
Institution at Farview
EXPRESSES HIMSELF AS PLEAS
ED WITH WORK AND LEAVES
FOR CHARLEROI.
Governor John K. Tener, together
with a party of friends, passed
through Honesdale about noon
Wednesday enroute to Blooming
Grove Park from Farview, where
the buildings of the Criminal Insane
hospital are In course of erection,
and which were inspected by the
party.
Among the distinguished men in
the party at Farview with the Gov
ernor were: Walter F. Gaither, sec
retary to the governor; Hon. Henry
F. Walton, of Philadelphia, presi
dent of the hospital commission; H.
G. Ashmead, secretary of the com
mission; Hon. R. B. Little, of Mont
rose, and County Controller E. A.
Jones, members of the commission;
Col. J. R. Wiggins, a member of the
governor's staff; J. Henry Williams,
of Philadelphia; William C. Fownes,
Pittsburg; E. H. Fitch, New York;
GOVERNOR TENER
Who Inspected State Hospital on
Wednesday.
H. H. Chapman, of Yale Forestry
school; Architect J. C. M. Shirk, of
Philadelphia; Charles A. Morrow, of
Morrow Bros., Baltimore, who have
the contract for the completion of
the hospital buildings, and Charles
H. Dorflinger, White Mills.
Governor Tener was highly elated
wj '1 the surroundings and was more
th'aa pleased with the buildings
completed and with tho manner in
which the work is progressing on
the other structures in course of
construction. He was very much
impressed with the location and the
vast and beautiful view that is
commanded from the point of loca
tion. The view from where the dif
ferent buildings are located Is one
that cannot be surpassed In the state.
Beautiful long stretches of farm
land, timber land and lakes rest the
eye and It Is a place one longs to
linger. The Governor was enraptur
ed with the beautiful scenery and
pure mountain air and many times
gave vent to his feelings. After an
inspection of tho grounds and build
ings the Governor and distinguished
party motored to the site of the
upper observatory on Farview sum
mit. The Governor is very quiet
and unassuming In his manners, but
the way he expressed himself with
the surroundings and magnificent
view obtained from the knob made
it certain that he was overjoyed with
his trip. This together with the
pure mountain air on the Mooslc and
the enchanting ride from Farview
to Blooming Grove club house
sharpened their appetite for dinner,
which was enjoyed at Blooming
Grove at 2:30 p. m.
The party left the latter place at
3 o'clock and drove to Allentown
and from thence to Charlerol, the
Governor's home,
RATTLERS AT WHITE MILLS.
Tho people living In the neigh
borhood of Swamp Brook, near
White Mills, are uneasy over the
number of rattlesnakes that are In
that vicinity this season. They
have been seen sunning themselves
In the roadway, creeping through
the bushes and on Wednesday, Jacob
'Smith, a good temperate resident of
the place, claimed that as he was
walking along the highway a largo
rattler, measuring seven foet long,
jumped from the side embankment
onto the road and as It did so It
nearly took off his hat. Not being
equipped with a firearm and as
there were no stones or clubs in
sight, 'Mr. Smith quickened his pace
and gave tbe snake right of way.
WAKE tJP!
The Sullivan County Democrat of
July 18 contained an article concern
ing the late Dr. Otis Avery, Hones
dale, claiming that ho is practicing
at his profession at the age of 96
years, and Is the oldest dentist In
the United States. Why, bless your
heart, Brother Collins, Dr. Otis
Avery has been dead since Feb. 22,
1904.