THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAV, ?fOV. 22, 1011. PAGE 4 THE) CITIZEN Semi-Weekly Founded 1008; Weekly Founded 1814.. Published Wednesdays and Fridays by the Citizen Publishing Company. Entered as second-class matter, at the postofflcei Honesdale, Pa. E. B, J. M. HARDENBEHG H PDENT SMELTZER. ASSOCIATE EDITOR n. DOHFLINCIEn, M. n. ALLIEN, directors: ii. wilson, K. IJ. HAnDKNBEROH, W. W. WOOD Our friends who favor us with contributions, and desire to have the same re urned, should in every case enclose stamps for that purpose. . TERMS: ONE YEAR 11.60 THREE MONTHS 38c SIX MONTHS 75 ONE MONTH 13c Remit by Express Money Order, Draft, Post Offlce Order or Registered tetter. Address all communications to The Citizen, No. 803 Main streot, HnnpRdnln. 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Replaco the soft bricks with new ones If necessary, and should there be any loose bricks havo the .chimney pointed. ARMORY NUMBER PLEASED MANY. The Citizen craft has received many complimentary remarks upon Its last Friday's Issue, which contained a complete account of the dedicatory exercises of the State Armory at this place. It is our purpose at all times to please our readers and the complimentary remarks will have a tendency to act as an incentive to advance and accomplish greater ana more noDier things. We thank you. EXERCISE THE " PUMj-TOGETITER HABIT." There has crept Into the Business Men's Asosclatlon, Board of Trade, churches and secular organizations of the town, a lack of Indifference on the nart of tho members In attendance to regular and special meetings. Sometimes out of the large membership in these organizations enough do not respond to the call for a quorum. Why this apparent lack of Interest? Is it any wonder that the public ask what is Honesdale doing to pro mote the welfare of the town? In other words, how can the town ao anything when its rank and Mo stay away from the meetings? The ab sentees invariably find the most fault and criticise what the faithful mem bers are endeavoring to do. Their work Is therefore made many times harder by the dreaming member -who imagines he is not wanted or needed at the meetings. If Honesdale Is to become one of the wideawake towns of tho coun try, and tho .conditions are good that it will, its citizens must get tho ' pull-together habit " and work in harmony. The civic membership must attend Its representative organization meetings if success is expected to crown its efforts. No proposition can be a success If it is not enthusiasti cally supported. Tho possibilities for Honesdale are diversified, but they will remain dormant unless some event subversive of the order of things occurs to awaken the seemingly lack of interest that is apparently pre dominant in tho town'. If necessary serve a banquet when Interest is waning. Create some thing now to' get the membrshlp out. Conduct your meetings so that they will be an incentivo for members to attend. Keep strictly to business and do away With all unnecessary talking. DIVIDE HONESDALE INTO ELECTION WARDS. Tho Citizen takes the initiative step In advancing the proposition of dividing Honesdale into eleotion wards, it now being the largest single polling district in the State of Pennsylvania. In view of this and other reasonable facts, wo will try to present as clearly as possible tho advant ages that would bo derived. We, however, desire to obtain tho voter's candid expression if ho is either for or against the proposed chango. Let tors pro and con will bo printed in the People's Forum. It is our opinion that the electoral district of tho Borough of Hones dale Is too large for one election 'board. If it were divided Into two or three wards, perhaps two being sufficient, tho election officers would not bo compelled to stay up frpm two to three o'clock the following morning after tho day of election to finish their duties. At tho last election this was tho true state of affairs. The vote was heavy and the election board made a record count, 'handling 639 ballots several times In four and a half hours, to get the official number received by each candidate on tho blanket ticket. Their day's work consisted of eighteen hours and tho law provides only ?3.50 per day for tho members on the election board, including the judge and Inspector. Is it any wonder that the board bolts and claims that It will not serve another election under such circumstances? A comparison of districts reproduced from Smull's Legislative Hand Book will give tho reader and voter some idea of the size of other bor oughs which have two or more districts or voting precincts. At tho same time keen Honesdale in thought. The vote is founded upon State Treas urer, 1309, when Stobor was the Republican candidate, Klpp, Democratic, Fish, Prohibitionist, and Moore, Socialist. Sayro borough, Bradford county, is divided into four wards. Its total vote for these candidates was 328. Dividing this number by four wo get 82, which is an average vote for one district. Honesdalo's vote was 210 for the borough or 118 less than Sayro, with four wards. Towanda. of the same county. Is divided into three wards. Each aver- ago vote was 146. Athens, Bradford county, has four wards. Tho average vote In each ward was 87. There are many more towns that are divided Into from three to six districts or wards whoso population Is less and some more than Honesdale Archbald, Lackawanna county, has three wards; Dickson City borough, samo county, three wards; Jermyn, three wards; Mayfiold, three; Moosic, four; Old Forge, six; Olyphant, four, etc. Forest City, Susquehanna coun ty, has two wards, and two districts In each -ward, its total vote being 179 Montrose has three wards and Susquehanna borough four. Sayre's total voto for Stato Treasurer was 328, while Its population at tho time was 5,' 243; Athens' vote was 351 with a population of 3,749; Towanda 439, popu lation 4,663; Honesdale 210, borough population 2,864. All the above towns are larger than Honesdale, but if 'the total vote were divided Into two districts Sayre's voto for each district would have averaged 164, Athens 175. and Towanda 218. If Honesdale had had two wards at that timo, its average vote in each ward would have been 105. It Is, therefore, an evincible fact that Honesdale ought to bo divided into at least two election wards. Wo would recommend that tho Lacka waxen river, -which separates the uptown from the downtown section, servo as a dividing lino between the two proposed wards. In the division of the borough it is our opinion that tho residential or northern section extend from tho State bridge north to tho Borough line and from East to West across tho town, taking in everything within the borough limits; the down town or business section to extend from tho State bridge south to tho foot of Main street and all that territory that lies East and West within tho borough. Only citizens living in these respective sections can vote therein. If a voter lives downtown, or south of tho proposed division lino, he must voto In that ward, or should he reside north of the State bridge the same would govern the rule of voting In that section of the town. We also zealously endorse the removal of the voting booths from the Court House to the Council Chambers in tho City Hall. If the presenta tion in tho matter of districting Honesdale is not approved by the public, the place of polling certainly should be changed for various reasons. Its accessibility is unquestioned. jMany Honesdale voters find It difficult to climb several steps, like are in the' Court House, and consequently stay away from tho polls. If the polling booths -were changed only three stops would be required to get on the ground floor. The Citizen would like to hear criticism tfrom the townspeople. THE HONESDALE ARMORY. Ono of the most notable days that tho pretty little town of Honesdale has seen was marKca last week oy tho dedication of the now armory of Company E, Thirteenth Regiment, whlch was attended by uovernor Tener, Adjutant General Stewart, Major Gonoral C. Bow Dougherty, Col. L. A. Watres of the State Arm ory Board and Col. F. W. Stillwell, tho commanding ouicer or the local regiment. All of these took a promi nent part in the exorcises ana wero tho honored guests of the occasion. Colonel Watres received the ar mory from the contractors, and Ma jor General Dougherty then deliver ed it to tho care or (japtam uarron J. Kolley, of Company E. Tho speech of tho Governor, a fervent patriotic effort, was followed by a forceful address by Adjutant General Stewart. Honesdale, naturally, Is proud of its fine new armory, wjhich is a credit alike to the town and tho National Guard. The building con sists of a main floor and a basement under tho entire structure. Tho hall is 70 by 80 feet In dimensions and will nicely fill the needs of Com pany E and also of Honesdale as a place of largo public gatherings. It Is to be fitted with every modern convenience for the guardsmen. A pleasing feature of the cere monies was the deference paid the veterans of the G. A. R. they being given tho position of honor, "both in tho parade and in the exorcises which marked tho formal taking over of tho building. The veterans were led by Judge Henry Wilson, tho dean of tho Wayno county bar. Honesdale Is to bo congratulated upon its flno new structure and the enterprise shown In providing for its citizen-soldiery. Scranton Truth. L DIRECTORS (Continued from Page One.) for blackboards are Indispensable the success of a school. " Some directors bought black paint and went over the old boards, and made poor 'blackboards of them. You can't paint boards and make a good blackboard. You can get slato canvas cheap. Or better still, get slate blackboards, which are the best of all. A blackboard, next to the teacher, is the one thing indispensable In the school. I asked the directors last year not to pay the salary of the last month to the teacher until the re ports were handed in. It Is a great help to tho new teacher. It will help to do away with the old-timo 'self-promotion system' in tho coun try school, when Johnny and Sarah camo and said 'we belong to such and such a grade' and later came to grief. A good blackboard in every school in the county, and an abso lutely correct Teport of every indl vidual pupil. These are two' import ant things wo ought to strive for, " You can't pin your faith on railroads and trains," breathlessly excclaimed Dr. G. M. Philips, princi pal of the West Chester State Normal School and Secretary of the State Board of Education, who came into the room at this moment (10.: 42 a, m.) having been trainstayed in Car bondale over night, and treated in addition to an annoying 4G-minute delay In the arrival of tho morning Delaware and Hudson train, Giving tho Doctor only time enough to shed his overcoat, and hardly sufficient chance to catch his breath, he was introduced to the convention, and plunged into the middle of his subject at once by saying: i Doctor Philips' Address, " Tho School Code is so big a sub ject. On the 18th of last May, Gov Tener signed the most important piece of legislation enacted in Penn sylvania in years. Said tho United States Commissioner of Education in commenting upon the Code: 'It is perhaps the most extensive and radi cal piece of education ever enacted in the United States.' " The Common School Law o Pennsylvania was framed in 1834 Since then 300 changes have been made, and 2,000 special educational laws passed. The old school laws wero in a chaotic condition, full of Idiosyncrasies. " What are somo of the great things in the new School Code? "1. The committee hoped, as far as laws could do it, to put good men in office and give them ample power, " Secondly. They wanted to let well enough alone. Some things had to remain the way they were. This is a great State, with great cities and thinly scattered counties. Tho Constitution of Pennsylvania for bids special legislation. Whatever legislation wo proposed had to be o a general character. ' You want to Temember all "wo did had to run the gauntlet of the Legislature and the Governor. The new Code isn't perfect. " The first step was to classify tho State into districts. We made four districts. 1. Philadelphia and Pittsburg, where ti school board fifteen is appointed by the courts 2. All tho smaller cities, from 30 000 on up, like Scranton. 3. Small er cities of from 30,000 to 5,000 like Carbondale, where a local Superin tendent may bo elected. 4. Tho fourth-class embracing all under 5 000, where five school directors aro olected at large for a six-year term to avoid a deadlock. " Carbondale has had six school directors. Carbondale Is deadlock od and has not elected a teacher this year. The teachers aro working there on faith. " The question has often been asked mo as secretary of tho com' mission which framed the Code, ' why weren't we school directors al lowed to serve out our terms, why wore we turned out7' There was nothing to do but wipe off the slato and start over again. Think of There wero 63 different school boards in Pittsburgh up to last Mon day, with 466 school directors, all acting Independently. Think of bank or corporation trying to get along with such a board. " All over the State now (except Ing In Philadelphia and Pittsburgh) wo have a small board of school dl rectors, not moro anywhere than nine, elected at large. "Tho State, Board of Education J. Klllgallon, consists of seven men who servo Honesdale. without pay. From now on no school building can be contracted for and built until tho plans are sent to Harrlsburg, Wo turn them over to Mr. Wllllts, a school architect. This costs you nothing. It gives you expert advice without cost to you. Wo are about to lssuo a pamphlet containing plans and speci fications or model up-to-aate one and two-room buildings, which will be sent to you. Advises Medical Inspection. Now about medical Inspection. Although most of the districts In this county won't havo it this year, I be lieve you will next. It provides that doctor shall examine the physical ondltlon of every school child In Wayno county, if tho school direc tors aro willing, without any ex pense. Chiefly tho syes, ears ana throat are examined. If there are any defects found and it's wonderful "how many people have defective oyes and ears and don't know it, the procedure will be a very simple one. Tho examination will bo done in tho school room. No clothing will be taken off. When this is done, the teacher win e in formed and the teacher will tell the parents. The teacher will then know how to seat the child close to the blackboard or near to tho light. It -won't cost you a penny. " All the districts in Wayno coun ty havo exempted themselves, this year, from the medical inspection feature of the Code, save Hawley and Starrucca boroughs, Preston and Texas townships. Thero will bo a SI school tax levied on every male inhabitant. The enumeration of school chil dren heretofore loft to the local as sessor, who sometimes copiea nis list from last year's book, is im portant. The rural districts didn't get the full afliount of their appro priation, through the assessor's care lessness sometimes. Your appropria tion depends on your enumeration The Code suggests that you get a teacher to do it. It's going to help the townships to get all that's com ing to them from the State. Tho Code -will provide for joint schools, make It easier for you to close school if need be and transport the children. As to holidays. Tho best law- yers differed as to which were holi days. There are only two holidays on which school must bo closed, Christmas and Fourth of July. Any other day save Saturday and Sun day, you may havo your school open If you have the school open you pay your teacher. It's in the hands of the school board. Every township must teach the elements of Agriculture or they won t get their appropriation. All this and much more said the learned Doctor, In his special plea, setting forth tho merits of the school code, to tho directors. When he got through lio answered ques- tions readily, and made a most fav orable impression. Tho convention adjourned at ten minutes past twelve o'clock. Directors in attendance were: Berlin C. A. Hicks, Honesdale; Elery Crosby, 'Beachlake. Bethany B. F. Blake, C. H. Peth Ick, I. J. Many, H. A. Bennett, David E. Manning, John E. Henderson. Buckingham rJ. E. Holbert, Star light. Canaan Wm. Scully, John Lock, wood, James Moylan, John Ryan, Waymart. Cherry Ridge W. J. Rickard, J. G. Spinner, Peter Swltzer, Hones dale R, D. 2; Josoph Johannes, Fred Crockenljerg, Clemo. Clinton Frank N. Rude, Way mart R. D. 1; A. J. Wilcox, Way- mart R. D. 3; M. J. Shanley, Way mart, R. D. 3; Geo. Hauenstein, Waymart R. D. 1. Damascus Chas. Yatho, Narrows- burg, N. Y. Dreher A. J. Simons, M. D., Georgo E. Ehrhardt, Chas. Gracer, Georgo Beehn, Newfoundland. Dyberry J. E. Henshaw, Tan ners Falls; Ira Bryant, 13. D. liun- nell, Honesdale R. D. 1; C. Egan, Honesdale R. D. 3. Honesdale Hon. A. T. Soarlo, A. M. Lelno, W. J. Ward, J. A. Brown. Lake AaronBlack, Maplowood: Eugeno Qulntln, Ariel. Lebanon T. H. RIdd, Slko. Lehigh John Courtney, Dr. C. E. Ellenberger, Gouldsboro. Manchester W. E. Anderson, Ew- aln, Grant Hawley, B. A. GIllow, Lookout; H. Cole, Braman; J. F. Warfleld, Equlnunk. Mt. Pleasant S. B. Doyle, Pleas ant Mt., R. D. 2. Oregon Jacob Rolfler, Carley Brook; A. T. Sluman, J. C. Brill, Laurella. Paupack F. R. Olmsted, Uswlck. Preston T. L. Smith, Orson; Warner Decker, Lakewood. Prompton Geo. L. Bates, E. R. Bodie, Wm. H. Wood, Peter Knaz, Stephon Kagler. Salem R. H. Conklln, Hub; A. F. Jones, A. N. Patterson, Hamlin; L. Brink, Ledgedalo. Seelyvllle A. W. Eno, H. A. Dunkelberg. South Canaan E. D. Spangen berg, Waymart R. D. 2. Starrucca I. L. Buck, Andrew Koehler, S. L. Glover, C. T. Glover, John Brown. Sterling W. B. Lesher, F. L. Hartford. Texas Frank A. Brunner, John Edward T. Murtha, Wayinart-Perklns. -William Roud, Geo GOVERNMENT APPOINTS The Honesdale National Bank A DEPOSITORY FOR POSTAL SAVINGS FUNDS. DEPOSITORY No. 247 This Bank solicits the accounts of Corpora tions, Firms and Individuals, assuring liberall and courteous treatment consistent with! conservative banking principles. Savinqs accounts received and 3 inter est paid'thereon. NDeposit your money with THE OLD RELIABLE HONESDALE NATION AL BANK. OFFICERS : HENRY Z. RUSSELL, President ANDREW THOMPSON, Vice President LEWIS AHOWELL, Cashier , ALBERT C. LINDSAY, Asst. Cashier DIRECTORS ; Henry Z. Russell Andrew Thompson Edwin F. Torrey Homer Greene Horace T. Menner James C. Birdsall Louis J. Dorfllnger E. B. Hardenbergh Philip R. Murray HOW'S TU1H7 We offer Ono Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot bo cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. , F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 16 years, and believe him perfectly honorable In all business transactions and fi nancially able to carry out any ob ligations made by his firm. Walalng, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O Hall's Catarrh Cure Is laken In ternally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonial) sent free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all Druggsts. v Tako Hall's Family Pills for con stlpatlon. Subscribe for The Citizen. OYSTERS S Y T R S Iflr 5b are Always strictly fresh and solid meats. They are distinguish ed by their sjpeciai saBt sea Suppers, Parties and Donations promptly supplied at reasonable and satisfactory prices. Niagara Spray Flour $6.00 PER BARREL X3.QD PER HALF BARREL $1.50 PER QUARTER BARREL You will probably flind this tho lowost price on this year's crop for I high prude flour. A special offering for your Everyday, Thanksgiving and I Holiday baking. Tho cood merits of this Flour lire well known-it's always cood, reliable and satisfactory "THE DUNBABS," BELL HINGEHS, lit! ' ft .iJ At the Lyric, Friday evening, Nov. 21; Auspices of tho Hoy Scouts.
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