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11IE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1011.
THE CITIZ.BN
Scml-Wcckly Founded 1008; AVockly rounded 1814.
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E. B. HAUDENBERGH PRESIDENT
B H WITHERBEE MANAGING EDITOR
J.' M. SMELTZER ASSOCIATE EDITOR
C. n. DORFL1XGER,
M. B. ALLEN.
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POLITICIANS VADE MECUM
The following list contains the of
ficial number of voters In each one of
the townships and boroughs In
Wayne county, with the exception of
Clinton Number 2, Lehigh and Star
rucca borough. This list will be
of especial Interest to politicians
and the hills and dales of Wayne are
full of them and will help them In
" figuring " just how many votes are
necessary to carry each district:
Berlin 1st, 13S; Berlin 2d, 137;
Bethany Borough, 46; Buckingham
1st. 90: Buckingham 2d, 75; Buck
ingham 3d, 47; Canaan, 92; Cherry
Ridge. 157; Clinton 2a, zuu; Damas
cus 1st, 182; Damascus 2d, 95; Da
mascus 3rd, 208; Damascus 4,
Damascus 5, 76; Dreher, 190; Dy-
berry, 184; Hawley Borough, 530;
Honesdale Borough, 750; Lake, 334;
Lebanon, 151; Lehigh, ; Man
chester 1st, 148; Manchester 2d, 135;
Mt. Pleasant, 381; Oregon, 109; Pal
myra, 172; Paupack, 123; Preston
1st, 174; Preston 2d, 185; Prompton
Borough, 56; Salem, 287; Scott 1st,
77; Scott 2d, r-; South Canaan,
250; Sterling, 156; Texas 1st,- 191;
Texas 2d, 364; Texas 3d, 203; Texas
4th, 333; Waymart Borough, 117;
Seelyvllle, .
WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1011.
county, and a veteran of the Civil! SCHOOL CHILDREN OF COUNTY.
war.
Surviving relatives are a daugh
ter. Miss Elsie Teeple, Blnghamton,
N. Y., three brothers, William, Vir
gil, and Israel, all of Calllcoon, N.
Y., and two sisters, Miss Rosetta Ty
ler and Mrs. iMarllla Ross, Calll
coon, N. Y. Georgo P. Ross, Hones
dale, Is a nephew of the deceased.
THE WILEY CONTROVERSY.
"If at any time within the last twelve years the sellers of rotten meats,
of cold-storage eggs, of poisonous candles, of doped soothing-sirups, of
fraudulent cancer cures," could have procured the dismissal of Dr. Harvey
W. Wiley from the Bureau of Chemistry at Washington "by putting down
$1,000,000 In cash, the money would have been raised in twenty-four
hours," declares the Baltimore Evening Sun. If he is dropped from office,
declares the Philadelphia Inquirer, "all of the adulterating firms In the
country will rejoice, the people -will suffer and no one will be to blame
except Congress." For Congress "permits the 'Attorney-General to hire
lawyers at enormous sums to assist him in his actions against law-breakers
and yet cuts off the chief conservators of public health with mere pit
tances.' Because he thought the Government should not lose the services of
Dr. H. H. Rusby, who is considered the country's foremost pharmacognocist
Dr, Wiley entered Into a salary arrangement violating the letter of the law,
but, It is argued, without loss to the Treasury or injury to the service. Dr.
Rusby was originally paid $20 a day for laboratory work and $50 for at
tendance in court as an expert. But a law was passed providing that the
compensation paid to experts should not exceed $3,500 a year, or later, $4,-
000 a year.
For making this arrangement the Committee on Personnel of the De
partment of Agriculture recommend to the President that Dr. Wiley and his
associate, Dr. W. D. Bigelow, be "given an opportunity to resign," that Dr.
L. F. Kebler, Chief of the Drug Laboratory, be " reduced from his present
position," and that Dr. Rusby be dismissed " on account of irregularities in
connection with his appointment and his recommendation for appointment
of Dr. William Mansfield as unskilled laborer."
Is it not possible that these same adulterators are 'behind this move
ment to dismiss from the government service the man who has done so
much to safeguard the health of the nation? There seems to be confi
dence on the part of the press that the President will see some way out of
the difficulty without getting rid of the popular and energetic head of the
Bureau of Chemistry.
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LESS MONEY ON ELECTIONS.
The rigid election expenditure bill just passed by the United States
Senate limits the expenditure by candidates for the Senate or the House
to 10 cents a voter and to a maximum total expenditure of $10,000 for
Senatorial candidates and $5,000 for candidates for Representative. It
also requires the report of election expenses BEFORE the election. This
bill is a further step in the right direction of election publicity and should
be adopted by the state, with a fixed scalo of expenditure to include all
state and county offices.
Of course a candidate for any office has to spend some money.
Traveling expenses, stationery, advertising, etc., are necessary and legiti
mate. But it is hard to believe that a very large amount of money running
into the tens of thousands of dollars or, as in the case of Senator Steph
enson of Wisconsin who spent over $100,000 to secure his election is
legitimate.
Given two candidates equally able and well qualified for the same of
fice and beyond the necessary and legitimate expenses, no money will be
spent. But given two or three or four or any number of candidates for any
office, some of whom are better qualified and better alile to hold the office
than the rest of the candidates and it will invariably be found that the
second rate men spend a great deal more money on so-called election ex
penses than the others.
To our mind it seems that the disbursement of a large sum of money
by any candidate while running for office is an acknowledgement of weak
ness, a confession by the candidate himself that he believes he is not as
well qualified as some of the other candidates who are running against
him and that by the lavish expenditure of money ho hopes to overcome
the natural advantages the other candidates may have over him.
And so we say, beware of that candidate who spends four, five or ten
times as much as his rivals. He may secure the election in the end, but it
will be with the help of those men who will sell their votes at a price and
who cast their ballots neither according to their conscience or their God.
"God give us men! A time like this demands
Clean minds, pure hearts, true faith and ready hands,
Men who possess opinions and a will,
Men whom desire for office does not kill;
Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy;
Men who have honor; men who will not He
Tall men, sun crowned, men who live above the fog
In public duty and in private thinking
Men who can stand before a demagogue
And damn his treacherous flatteries without winking,
For while baso tricksters with their worn-out creeds,
Their large professions and their little deeds
Wrangle in selfish strife lo! Freedom weeps
Wrong rules the State and waiting Justice sleeps!
SCHOOL IIOAUD MUST ENU.MER
ATE CHILDREN.
The following letter has been sent
to the various county, borough, city
and township superintendents of the
State by Hon. Nathan C. Schaeffer,
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
"By the provisions of the School
Code school boards shall, between
April and September, of each year,
cause to be made by the attendance
officer, teachers and other persons
an enumeration of the school chil
dren 'between 6 and 16 years of age.
As part of the time allotted to this
work had elapsed when the Code
was signed and as the enumeration
was probably made by tho assessors,
school boards may, If they desire to
avoid the expense of another enu
meration and are satisfied with the
enumeration already made by asses
sors, use the same enrollment in
stead of making a new one. In case
the boards desire to make an enu
meration themselves, superintend
ents should learn from them the
number of enrollment books, they
will need, each book having blank
space for three hundred names.
They should report to this depart
ment the aggregate number of books
needed; on receipt of such report
the number required will be shipped
the superintendent for distribution
to the several boards that may desire
them. It will be necessary to use
the books prepared and printed to
make the enumeration under the old
law; hence, the necessary changes
and erasures should be made in these
books.
"Very respectfully,
"NATHAN C. SCHAEFFER,
"State Supt. of Public Instruction."
Death Of Thomas Fortnnm.
Thomas Fortnam died at his homo
at Tyler Hill Saturday night after a
prolonged Illness. 'Mr. Fortnam had
been a sufferer from cancer of the
face for several years. He was born
at Tyler Hill about 63 years ago and
had always been a resident of the
place, being a son of David Fortnam,
who is now in his 93d year and was
the last of his family. Besides his
father the deceased is survived by
a wife and one son, Clarence. Mr,
Fortnam was a man that was highly
esteemed in Wayne county and in his
death Tyler Hill has lost a valuable
citizen. The funeral was held on
Tuesday from his late home on Ty
ler Hill, Rev. R. D. Mlnch officiating.
Death of Mrs. T. II. Thomas.
In the death of Mrs. T. H. Thomas
of Waymart, there has passed away
a member of one of Wayne county's
pioneer families. Mrs. Thomas was
a daughter of the late Michael Grin
ell and a granddaughter of Michael
Grlnnell, a soldier of the Revolution,
who died at the advanced age of
105 years, 10 months and 13 days.
The deceased was born In Susque
hanna township February 8, 1828,
and died Friday, July 21, 1911.
Death resulted from a fall received
February 2, 1911, when Mrs.
Thomas fractured the femur of her
left leg. The funeral was held
Sunday afternoon from her late
home, Rev. Mr. Burch of the Way
mart Methodist church officiating.
Interment, was made on a portion of
the old farm, where she resided, be
side the remains of her late husband
and sister, Ann Grinell.
Figures compiled by Clerk Georco
P. Ross In tho Commissioners' office
during the last few days show the
number of school children In Wayne
county--cnnuron being from six to
10 years of age Is in the neighbor
hood of 4800.
Reports have been received from
all districts save Honesdale borough,
Clinton No. 2 and Starrucca Bor
ough. Estimating the number of
school children in Honesdale as 415,
in Clinton No. 2 as 150, and in Star
rucca Borough as 100, tho total
number will bo about 4800. The of
ficial figures for the other districts
is 1933 females and 2087 males, a
total of 4020.
Females
Berlin No. 1. ,
Berlin No. 2 . . . ,
Bethany Boro. . ,
Buckingham 1..,
Buckingham 2
Buckingham 3
54
42
15
38
30
19
Canaan 30
HORACE GREELEY AND A POEM.
The poem, "What My Lover Said,"
which has frequently been attributed
to Horace Greeley, was published in
The Review of Books for lastjweek,
having been sent with a letter" from
Dr. John D. Kelly of New Haven,
Conn. Our correspondent sent It as
an example of Mr. Greeley's verse.
As a matter of fact, tho verses did
not appear with Horace Greeley's
name attached to them; the author
signed himself simply "H. G.," and
immediately many readers were con
vinced they had come from Mr. Gree
ley's pen.
There were many years of con
troversy over the authorship and
many aspirants claimed it. But it
has now been clearly established that
the poem was written by Homer
Greene, of Honesdale, Pa., dratted
in the Summer of 1875, and, in tho
following November, sent to The
Evening Post of New York for pub
lication. The editor who received
it reduced Mr. Greene's name to his
Initials, and It was published In thr.
newspaper on November 19, 1875.
One of those who claimed the poem
was Mrs. B. C. Jones of Abbeville,
Vermillion Parish, La., who said she
had sent It anonymously to The Post.
By way of reply to her, Mr. Greene,
in a letter to The Sun of New York,
said that "to anyone who will pro
cure a copy of the poem printed in
any publication of an earlier date I
will cheerfully make a deed of my
' 'Highland Cottage ' property at
Honesdale, which I value at $15,
000." After that Mr. Greene retained
claim to both the verses and the
cottage. New York Times.
WILL OF MRS. M. It. THOMAS,
WAYMAUT.
The last will and testament of
Mary R. Thomas, late of the bor
ough of Waymart, deceased, was fil
ed for probation on aionday. The
will was signed Decem'ber 19, 1910,
and Miss Rena S. Edgett and Wil
liam H. Lee were witnesses. The
bequeaths are as follows:
First I give and bequeath unto
my niece, Miss Lida Grlnnell, the
sum of $200.
Second I give and bequeath unto
my niece, Mrs. Minnie R. Van Au
ken, as follows: (a) the sum of
$200; (b) all my silverware.
Third I give and bequeath unto
Mrs. Theron Sears, the sum of $200.
Fourth After my decease and
the decease of my sister, Anna E.
Grlnnell, that my executor sell the
real estate and see that the proceeds
be given to whom the same may bo
devised or bequeathed and after tho
payment of all expenses connected
with the sale and divide net pro
ceeds to and with W. M. Norton and
E. C. Ely, of Carbondale, share and
share alike.
The rest of the estate, residue,
etc., of the deceased estate Is to be
divided between her tow nieces, Miss
Lida Grlnnell and Mrs. Minnie R.
Van Auken.
W. M. Norton was appointed sole
executor of the will.
Cherry Ridge ... 64
Clinton 2 87
Damascus 1 .... 51
Damascus 2 36
Damascus 3 .... 70
Damascus 4 .... 14
Damascus 5 .... 26
Dreher 67
Dyberry 59
Hawley Boro. .. .197
Honesdale (Est.) 21 5
Lako 136
Lebanon 44
Lehigh 54
Manchester 1 ... 58
Manchester 2 ... 33
Mt. Pleasant . . .135
Oregon 29
Palmyra 52
Paupack 30
Preston 1 53
Preston 2 64
Prompton Boro... 18
Salem 104
Scott 1 38
Scott 2 55
South Canaan . .101
Sterling 52
Texas 1 18
Texas 2 135
Texas 3 106
Texas 4 Ill
Waymart Boro. . 34
Seelyvllle 36
Males.
46
63
17
36
30
18
34
84
65
53
28
78
21
36
66
67
204
200
112
43
49
52
47
159
32
60
36
66
66
25
116
31
36
106
58
20
148
110
130
29
37
Totals.
100
105
32
74
60
37
64
1481
152
104
64
148
35
62
133
126
401
415
248
87
103
110
80
294
61
112
66
119
130
43
220
69
91
207
110
38
283
216
241
63
73
WHITES VALLEY.
(Special to The Citizen.,
WHITES VALLEY, Pa., July 25.
Douglas Miller, daughters Geraldlne
and 'Mrs. Ketchum arc visiting
friends at this place.
Mrs. W. H. Fltze, son William,
daughter 'Madeline, , No.wark, are
visiting Whites Valley rdlatlves.
Mrs. Truman Bryant, Aldenvllle,
has returned home after spending
a few days with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. S. D. Crossman.
'Mrs. H. L. Fisher and daughter,
Clara, have returned home after
spending a few weeks with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. White,
of this place.
Mrs. John Bone is visiting at S.
Pomery's.
H. W. Whlto has returned from a
business call to Scranton.
The Ladies' Aid society of tho M.
E. church will serve dinner In Inde
pendent hall Saturday, July 29.
Mrs. Louvan Ketchem, Whlto
Plains, and Miss Geraldlne Miller,
Newburg, are visiting at Frank:
Dlx's.
Mrs. William Fltze, daughter
Madeline, and son Wlfllam, are
spending several weeks at W. H.
Fltze's on Cherry Hill.
Mrs. Rena Kneife'r Is visiting her
sister, Mss Bertha Rude.
Thursday evening the young peo
ple were pleasantly entertained by
Miss Anna. Fltze.
Mrs. Laura Conyne is visiting
friends in Prompton.
Fred White spent Sunday at
Prompton.
Miss Edith Hull is helping care
for her sister, Mrs. Louis Cllft of
Waymart, who has been seriously
sick with typhoid fever.
Miss Anna Hause recently return
ed from spending a week with Blng
hamton friends.
Summer Cnro of Sick Rabies.
Stop all foods if the baby grows
sick. Get a doctor. A loose, thin,
cotton shirt, without sleeves, Is
enough clothing. Bathe the body
every day and give, It fresh air day
and night, a cool sponge bath sever
al times a day and two or three tea
spoons of cool, boiled water several
times a day.
'Encourage the ball players next
Saturday by your presence.
Funeral Of Mrs. Del'uo Tceplo.
The body of Mrs. Emelino (Tyler)
widow of tho late Do Pue Teeple,
who died in Blnghamton, N. Y last
week, aged 73 years, was brought
to Damascus last Saturday morning,
where funeral services were held in
the Damascus M. E. church, with In
terment In the adjacent cemetery.
Mrs. Tyler's husband, who died
some twenty years ago, was a native
of Manchester township, Wayne
Treatment of Trees Infested By
Locusts.
.Many orchardists living in the
eastern part of Pennsylvania where
the Seventeen Year Cicada or so
called Locust was abundant this
year, have written to State Zoologist
H. A. Surface, asking how to treat
tho trees that have been injured by
them. One largo planter wrote:
"The locustB are still here by the
millions. Half of our young trees
have branches badly damaged and
broken."
To this Professor Surface replied:
"I would not recommend trim
ming off all tho leaves of the trees.
Trim back the injured branches, but
leave a few leaves to keep the trees
growing. If the trees were freshly
set up, or still dormant, you could
cut off the tops to stubs, and they
would come out all right. Severely
pruning back at this time of year,
and fertilizing with a nitrogen fer
tilizer, and cultivation will force
tho trees to grow new shoots and
leaves, and will help to overcome
the difficulty. When these new
shoots are formed then you can
trim back or remove the old and In
jured branches, and thus get rid
of the deformity or Injury caused by
tne locusts. These pests will dlsap.
pear in your region almost suddenly
witnm a rew weeks or sooner."
NOTICE.
Notice Is hereby given that I forbid
all persons dealing with or trusting
my son, Charles Robinson, of South
Canaan, on my account, as I will pay
no Dins contracted by him.
WM. H. ROBINSON,
Hawley, Pa.
INDIGESTION
Easy To Curo Nowadays G. AV.
Pell Has tho Itomedy.
Take MI-O-NA stomach tablets,
which are guaranteed to cure Indi
gestion, and rid yourself of dizziness,
biliousness, nervous or sick head
ache, or money back.
Take MI-O-NA tablets if you want
to make your stomach so strong that
it will digest the heartiest meal with
out distress, and furnish good, clean,
nutritious blood making elements to
the body.
Take MI-O-NA tablets, one or two
with or after meals, if you want to
get rid of that drowsy, tired out
feeling.
Only 50 cents for a large box that
cures any caso of indigestion. They
relieve distress in five minutes.
GIRDLAND.
Special to The Citizen.
GIRDDAND, Pa., July 25. Mrs.
"Mattie S. Gager Is visiting in New
York city.
George Atkins, who is under the
care of Dr. L. G. Corson, is slowly
improving.
Lavern Goodnough returned home
recently for his summer vacation.
James Moran, New York City,
who spent the past two weeks with
J. S. GIllls, returned home Sunday.
The Misses Gunn and A. Dllworth
were entertained at the home of
John S. GIllls Sunday.
T. A. Brooks spent Thursday last
In Honesdale.
Miss Hilda Knorr, Honesdale,
spent Saturday and Sunday with her
parents at this place.
GIRDLAND, Pa., July 25. Mrs.
Mattie Gager Is spending some time
in Now York city.
James Moran, New York, is stop
ping at John S. Gillls'.
Miss Elsie Atkins spent the latter
part of the week in Honesdale. She
took the teachers' examination.
George Atkins is slowly improv
ing. He is still under the care of
a physician.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Gilchrist spent
last week with G. W. Atkins.
A twenty-five, dollar prize will
bo given to the largest family at
tending the Merchants' Picnic at
Lako Lodore on Wednesday, Aug.
2. The family must come by rail
and consist of father, mother and
children.
THE NEW LONU MODELS IN
late style corsets can be bought
at Menner & Co's store In leading
makes. 47eol4.
Advertise In The Citizen and get
results.
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BUSINE
MENS
PICNIC
LAKE LODORE
Wednesday
Aug
and
Baseball Game Between Business Men of Honesdale
Prizes Awarded AH Winners of Contests.
ust 2d
Carbondale
GO AND HAVE A GOOD TIME
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