1IIK CiTIZIJ.N, I'KIDAV, MAJtCH H, 11)11!. PAGB M
FOR SALE.
FOR. SAMS NEW 12-KOOM MOD-
crn dwelllnc suitnulo for either
one or two families, located In Hones
dale. Size of lot 140x337 (almost a
farm). Good barn with basement
Btablo. Can bo bought for $1S00. It
cost 3000 to build tlo house. Own
er going away, hence tho secrlflce.
Rents for $17.50. A bargain for
somebody. DOWN, the Heal Estate
Man. It
ANY PARTIES HAVING HORSES
for salo weichlnc from 10 to 11
hundred, will bring same to Fred G.
Richard's livery on March 20 and
21. Will also bo in tho market for
hay. May & Zabrlskie. 20t2.
FARM FOR SALE FIFTY ACRES.
larce nuantltv of timber: good
rchard, well and brook. 25 acres in
machine. Inquire of Duel Dodge.
lS-3tel.
FOR SALE 1 VICTORIA, 2 CLOS-
ed carriages, 1 double sleigh, 2
sets of harness. Prices very reason
able. Appl at tho Scranton Trust
Company, Scranton, Pa. Dtf.
ATEST POPULAR MUSIC THIS
Saturday only. 10c a copy. Jen-
sins .music nouse. i
MISCELLANEOUS.
I WILL I3E IN HONESDALE MON-
day, March IS, for the week. Send
postal to Hotel Wayne. Sam. S.
Wint, Piano Tuner. 20t2
LUSI ltLLUW IlAlUEiU
Collie, with white marks on nose,
chest and feet. Will answer to
name of "Pudge." Reward given
to person who finds him or pro-
It,... !..!.- T 1 T I o I 111
iiuufsuuiu, in., ii. u. o. i uuue
91912. 20t2
with improvements on second floor,
1231 Westslde Avenue, Honesdale.
Pa. Innuire of J. E. Cook. 17eol
VU llJJJt 1 V 1VUU.M O V 1111
modern Improvements, April 1.
Dr. C. R. Brady. 15tf
COR, 1314 West street.
WANTED COPIES OF CITIZEN,
Wednesday, February 7, 1912.
FOR RENT APRIL 1, NO. 3 DUR-
Iand Brick Block. Inquire of Mrs.
T t i nnrtx.ni n Mi 1 1 ii TiTlii m miln n
hospital man, will vacate his store
at y33 .Main street, aiarcn l. xnose
of business are requested to call for
same before that date. lGe!4.
CASil PAID FOR OLD GOLD AND
sliver by Sommer, Jeweler and
Optician. 9Gtf
LOCAL NEWS
The tenth anniversary of the
flood in Honesdale occurred on Wed
nesday, February 2S.
The oldest son of Mr. and Mrs.
C Stiles of Aldenville had the mis
fortune on Saturday last to fall and
receive a broken arm. Dr. Noble
gave the case careful attention.
It would bo well just now for
Mr. Roosevelt to recall the warning
of old Simon Cameron, of Pennsyl
vania. ' My boy, walk a hundred
miles If necessary to tell your con
fidences, but never write."
Report has it that Georgo G.
Johnston, son-in-law of the late Con
gressman Klpp, is to be tho Keystone-Democratic
candidate for state
Senator In the Bradford-Susquehau-na-Wyoming-Wayne
district.
'B F Conrad, tho fur dealer, re
ports that he has bought about 3,000
skins since the opening of the season
last November. Among the lot are
about 1,200 muskrat, 1,000 skunk,
SO mink and 40 fox skins. Perfect
ly black skunk skins are much
sought after and bring ?3 or more,
according to size and beauty.
Tunkhannock Republican.
The condition of the Susquehan
na river in front of Columbia, Pa., Is
very alarming and more so now than
when tae ice first broke up. The ice
gorgo now extends from McCall's
Ferry northward to a point above
toiumuia, a uisianco oi auout eign-
i - . it i.i. . , i. .. .. . i
it Is packed so tight that very little
water is going through, and tho back
water has caused tho stream to rise
to a height of almost eight feet abovo
low water. The gorgo Is extending
dally.
- The death of Ambrose Griffin in
Lenoxvllle recently removed from
this party of the country another
memoer or the first settler families.
Ho was sixty-five years of age and
had been 111 for a period of twelve
days. Ho is survived by his wlfo and
three daughters. Ho was born In i
North Scranton and lived there near-,
ly all his life. His grandfather.
Joshua Griffin, was one of the first
settlers in tho Lackawanna valley ,
and came there from Connecticut in
a cart urawn oy a yoKo of oxen.
That was ono hundred and twenty
five years ago.
John Rlckert, proprietor of
TUckert's Clothing store, which now
occupies rooms In the Foster bluld
Ing on Main street, will move Into
the building owned by Dr. R, W.
Brady, formerly tho NIckelette, on
Main street. Dr. Brady is having tho
building remodeled and when It Is
finished it will bo ono of the most up-to-dato
business places In Honesdale.
Mr. Rlckert states that he Is leaving
his present location becauso his
growing business demands larger
room. He will move Into the new
quarters as soon as they are ready.
which will be In about a month.
Frank J. Myers Is closing out
his stock of Bhocs and contemplates
going Into a dlfferont lino of busi
ness. To-night (Thursday) tho Alorta
play the Rink Five tho deciding gnmo
of their scries and tho winner has a
good chance to bo called "Champions
of Wayno County" for this soason.
A hot game Is assured.
Architect Harry F. Weaver Is
employed at tho Gurney Eloctrlc
Elevator company, working on spec
ial pians In connection with the pro
posed now olovator works to bo
orected at this place.
The- Gurney Electric Elevator
Co. havo purchased a now four-wheel
platform truck which has a capacity
of G00O pounds and weighs two tons.
It Is manufactured by tho Shadbolt
Manufacturing Co. of Brooklyn, N.
Y.
Adam Mctzger, Jr., who has
been a traveling salesman for the
Honesdale Shoo Co. for tho past
eighteen years, will now represent
Barker Brown & Co., of Hunting
ton, Ind., and will assume his old
territory.
Tho state game commission has
reports showing that fines aggregat
ing $3,500 havo been Imposed as tho
result of prosecutions instituted dur
ing the past season by wardens of
tho department for violations of the
ganio laws In the state.
The Citizen notes with pleasure
that Rev. John R. Atkinson, rector
of St. Luke's parish, Scranton, has
sufficiently regainod his impaired
health to resume his duties. Dr. At
kinson's many Wayne county friends
will bo elated to learn of his recov
ery. Tho young people of tho Alden
ville Hlgn school will present a
drama entitled "The Black Heifer"
at Mount Pleasant on Thursday,
March 14. The drama Is In three
acts and carries 15 people. It will
be presented In the I. O. O. F. hall
In Aldenville on March 12. Dorln's
Orchestra will furnish music.
The second spelling contest was
hold at River Road school house and
about seventy-four contestants start
ed. Supt. Koehler was there. The
winner was Mildred Murray from
Methodist Hill; second, Millie Dir
lam; third, Kathryn Bishop, of the
Leonardsville school. Miss Bishop
was winner of tho first contest. The
next contest will be held at Genung
Hill school March 29, at 2:30 o'clock.
Warren Samson, who was close win-
It is stated on good authority
that the railroads of Pennsylvania
have a supply of coal on hand to last
ono month. Tho storage capacity of
the several railroads engaged in
carrying anthracite and their operat
ing companies is; Lehigh Valley
Railroad, 1.5S5.000 tons; Reading,
1,110,000 tons; Pennsylvania (Sus
quehanna Coal Co.) SS0.000; Erie,
(Pennsylvania Coal Co.) 5G5.000
tons; Delaware and Hudson, 270,000
tons; Lehigh Coal and Navigation
Co., 240,000 tons; Lackawanna, 200,
000 tons; Ontario and Western,
180,000 tons; total, 5,590,000 tons.
This is almost one month's demand.
Tho following program was ren
dered at the Hlgn school last Friday
afternoon: Solo (piano), Hilda
Dunn; "Biography of Milton," Sum
ner Crossley; "A Contract," Helen
Eno; solo (Piano), Prlscilla Lam
bert; declamation, "Tho Nobility of
Labor," William Dein; "Story of Ly
cldas," Rose O'Neill; solo (piano)
Dorothy Shanley; "The Outbursts of
Lycldas," John Kllroe; "Scene In the
Palace of Comus," Mildred Jonea;
trio, Alice and Blanche Sluman, Lulu
Rlckard; "Tho Rescue of tho Lady,"
Pearl Curtis; solo (piano), Annie
Lambert. The musical part ot the
program was arranged by Mrs. Rlcht
myer and was by her pupils.
Patent medicines and other pat
ented articles may bo sold without
reference to the prices fixed by tho
patentee. This was the opinion hand
ed down recently by Justice Wright
In tho equity court at Washington
when he refused tho application of a
drug manufacturing concern for an
injunction to prevent a local druggist
from " cutting " prices without tho
manufacturers' permission. The
court declared that tho patentee of an
article could control the price by
which it should bo sold by a "licen
se," but that once tho article had
fund Its way to the open market by
outright purchase all right to fix the
price passed from the patentee.
'Following the lead of Pennsyl
vania, there has been Introduced into
tho Constitutional convention of Ohio
an educational system based largely
on tho plan of tho Pennsylvania
School Code. It provides for a State
Board of Education of at least five
members to be appointed by tho Gov
ernor; also for a permanent state
school fund to he made up In part
of revenues derived from lands re
forested by the state In tho future.
Recently there was Introduced Into
tho legislature of Massachusetts a
bill Identical with the Pennsylvania
Code provision requiring an inspec
tion of institutions wholly or par
tially supported by the state and
maintaining educational departments
not now supervised by public school
authorities. Pennsylvania has over a
hundred Buch Institutions receiving
appropriations for maintenance
amounting to over flvo millions of
dollars.
The property of tho Bayless Pulp
& Paj.er companv of Austin, tho
breaking of whoso dam on the ar
ternoon of September 30, caused tho
awful Austin disaster, has been sold
for $50,000, under foreclosure. This
sale, It is bellovod, will bo tho Initia
tive step towards restoration of tho
property of tho town on a greater
scale than over. Reports say that
plans are already under way for tho
Improvement of Austin, calling for
an expenditure of more than $2,000,
000. Several blocks havo already
, been erected and, despite tho dismal
I weather, things bogln to look more
cheerful. Tho property was sold un
der oraer of tho United States Court
to Mr. Phelps, who Is trustee for the
Blnghamton bondholders. Tho salo
of tho Bayless property was conduct
ed by Frank F. Baldwin, acting as
master under appointment of the
Judges of tho United States Court of
tho middle of Pennsylvania, and the
foreclosure action was brought in the
Federal court by tho trustees attor-
. neya, Warren, Knopp & O'Malley, of
I Scranton.
Tho Grcator Honosdalo Board of
Trado will meot on Friday evening
of this week.
Dr. L. P. Cooko, of Hawloy, nnd
William F. Rleller, of Tanners Fnlls
havo announced tholr candldncy as
dolcgntes to tho Republican Stato
convention, which will bo held In
Harrlsburg May 1. Tho primaries
will occur on Saturday, April 13.
Georgo Popponholmor, ono of
Honcsdale's draymen, was run Into
by an out-of-town automobllo Wed
nesday noon on Fifth street. Tho
mnchlno was operated by a young
lady. In her endeavor to clear ono
wagon sho ran Into Mr. Poppon
helmcr's outfit. Ho was thrown to
his foot, hut not Injured. Tho thills
of tho wagon woro both broken, but
tho horso received no injury. Tho
machine was not damaged to any
extent.
On Monday evening, Mnrch 4,
a number of young pcoplo surprised
Georgo Gnylord at his homo in Al
denville, tho ovent being the anni
versary of his birth. Georgo was
completely surprised and received
a general rough house at tho hands
of his guests. Tho evening was en
joyable spent In games of various
kinds and Instrumental as well as
vocal music formed tho principal
part of tho evening's entertainment.
At a seasonable hour the guests were
treated to a sumptuous repast at tho
conclusion of which G. H. Knapp
delivered an appropriate presenta
tion speech when ho presented to
Mr. uaylord a beautiful cut glass
smoking jar filled with choice cigars
with tho compliments of the com
pany present. G. G. Wllmarth act
ed as toastmaster and called upon
tho following who responded to
toasts: W. R. Allen, Osborne Snede
ker, M. D. Fitze, John Derrick, E.
V. Moran, S. J. Stanton, R. M. Ter
rel, H. P. Curtis, Frank Tolley, Joe
Burns, and Cecil Davis. The guests
departed at about midnight. Mrs.
Margaret Kennedy assisted Mrs.
Gaylord with tho refreshments.
PERSONAL
George Atkinson, Hawloy, spent
Thursday in town.
Mrs. Frank Bodle of Prompton
spent Tuesday in town.
William O'Neill of Cold Spring,
spent Thursday in town.
Mrs. James Rainey, of Aldenville,
was in town on Thursday.
Mrs. James Lindsay called on Car
bondale friends on Friday.
Harry Brown, of PIttston, spent
Wednesday In Honesdale.
Mrs. A. T. Searle Is spending the
week's end in the metropolis.
Daniel Corcoran and Jos. Mona
ghan have returned to Hawley.
Joseph McGraw, of Scranton, Is
spending a few days In town.
Harold Rowland was a business
caller in Scranton on Wednesday.
Mrs. Milo Fitch, of Carbondalo,
visited her parents on River street
recently.
Miss Clara Dills spent Sunday at
the homo of her parents at Indian
Orchard.
F. Mac Namara loft Wednesday
for PIttston, where .ho Is spending
his vacation.
Miss Laura Moules is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Mary A. Ward, at Orson.
She expects to spend a few weeks.
E. J. Spettlgue left tho latter part
of the week for a visit with his
daughter In Carbonaale and Scran
ton. Georgo Ham and family were
Sunday visitors at the homes of H.
R. Bayly and Georgo Britenbaker
uere.
F. Volkhardt, an employe of the
Gurney Electric Elevator Co., has
leased the Frank Farnham house on
Park street.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob C. Bachus
havo removed from West street to
Mrs. Theresa Green's rooms on South
Church street.
Bernard Rehbein returned to his
duties In Philadelphia last week af
ter a few days vacation spent at his
homo here.
Mrs. S. N. Cross and son, Georgo,
of Sterling, were recent callers at
tho home of Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
Lesher.
Miss Laura Duggan returned to
her home In Carbondale after a brief
visit with her cousin, Miss Margaret
Donnelly.
Russon Van Keuren, representing
the Duland-Wcston Shoe company
was a business caller in New York
City this week.
Messrs. Thomas Farley, John
Stockman, James Fltzslmmons, and
Thomas Duffy, of Carbondale wero
callers In town Sunday.
Miss Sophia Schlagor returned to
Scranton, Thursday aftor a visit at
tho homo of Mr. and Mrs. D. II. Man
ner on Church street.
Mrs. Ernest Ludwlg and mother,
Mrs. Beardsley, of Hawloy, attend
ed tho funeral of tho late Mrs. Peter
Collum, on Tuesday.
William Bunting has rented tho
Richmond tenement house on Elev
enth street and will remove his fam
ily from Aldenville to Honesdale.
Miss Ethel Schissler expocts to leave
for Scranton on Saturday whore sho
will visit relatives and friends for
about a week. She also expects to
visit In Carbondale.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Evans, of
Fifteenth street, entertained tho tat
ter's brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Sowden, of Wilkes-Barre,
soveral days last week.
I Mrs. J. M. Smcltzor and son,
Luther, will depart this week for
Philadelphia where they expect to
make their homo. Mr. Smeltzer Is
on tho staff of the Philadelphia Ledger.
More About (ho Late Mrs. II. C. Mc
Dcrmott. Brief mention of tho death of Mrs.
H. C. McDcrmott, of West PIttston,
was mndo In tho last issuo of The
l ltlzen. Wo herewith roproduco an
artlclo taken from the PIttston Ga
zette, which will bo of lnerest to
many of our readers:
Much sorrow was manifested
among West PIttston people to-da
when nows enmo of the death of Mm.
Estollo McDcrmott, beloved wlfo ol
Rev. Dr. Hugh C. McDermott, super
intendent of tho Wllkos-Barro district
of the Wyoming Methodist Eplscopnl
conference, who passed away early
Tuesday morning at tho family home
In Kingston. Although Mrs. McDcr
mott had been In falling henlth for a
conplo of years, tho untimely end of
her useful llfo came very suddenly.
She had been under treatment at
Clifton Springs, N. Y., for many
weeks, hut returned home apparently
much Improved In health, and dur
ing recent weeks her condition was
such as to give tho members of her
family much encouragement. A few
days ago sho was again stricken and
on Sunday morning sho became
worse, but her condition -was not
such as to cause great alarm. About
four o'clock Tuesday morning a sud
den collapse came and within a short
time she breathed her last. It Is be
lieved that tho Immediate cause of
deatli was heart failure.
Mrs. McDermott was about 60
years of age. Sho was a native of
Sheshequin, Bradford county, Pa.,
her maiden name having been Estello
L. Gillette. She was a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Jcromo Gillette. On
April 21, 1874, she was married to
Rev. ur. McDermott. During tho two
years that her husband was pastor W
the West PIttston Methodist Episco
pal church many of our people be
came Intimately acquainted with her
and learned to esteem her for her
womanly graces and her devoted
Christian life.
Besides her husband, she is sur
vived by two daughters and two sons:
Mrs. Ethel Olver, who resided with
her parents; Miss Ada McDermott, a
teacher in the New York City
schools; Hugh McDermott, of Schen
ectady, and Bruce McDermott, of
Niagara Falls.
The funeral was held on Wednes
day afternoon. Services In the
Kingston M. E. church at 2 o'clock.
Interment was mado in Oaklawn
cemetery.
CMKTO.V
MALLOKY IN
MINISTER."
OUU
Tho eminent nctor Is boyond doubt
ono of tho greatest legitimate actors
at present before the public, ho Is ox
coptlonally equipped by nnturo and
serious study to portray tho exalted
roles In tho glorious dramas of which
"Our Minister" Is a high Ideal. Ahlo
and distinguished critics all over tho
country havo admitted his absolute
genius and awarded him tho highest
possible position among the popular
actors of tho day. Mr. Mallory Is
supported by a company of artists.
Tho production Is staged with espec
ial attention to every detail, and all
lo'-ora of a refined and artistic pro
duction can 'spend a profitable even
ing with "Our Minister" at tho Lyric
on Friday evening, March 8. Curtain
at 8:30.
Peter Hocflcln, who was formerly
a machinist, has loft tho employ of
tho American Knitting Co. and cn
I tered tho employ of tho Elevator
1 Works.
EVERY EVENING
7:30
Kxccpt Snturdny
A three weeks' series of
Revival Meetings
AT THE
Methodist Episcopal Church
Beginning SUNDAY, FEB. 18.
Music led by
Mr. and Mrs. MYKON J. SMITH
and Mrs. SPENCER'S CHORUS CHOIR
Pointed Sermons by Pastor Ililler and his helpers.
"COMKTHOU WITH US AND WK WIIX DO THEE GOOD"
Death of An Infant.
The Infant child of Mr. and Mrs.
Chas. Mezzler, White Mills, died on
Wednesday, aged 7 months. Tho
funeral services were held at St.
Mary Magdalan's church on Thurs
day morning at 10 o'clock, Rev. Dr.
Balta officiating.
Scouts in Carbondalo.
A delegation, composed of about
ten boy scouts from Honesdale, went
to Carbondale on Wednesday to at
tend the opening of the rooms in tho
basement of tho Baptist church in
that city, for boy scouts. Tue
rooms contain lockers, tables and
many other articles while tho kitch
en contain a stovo, dishes, and all
other articles necessary for boy
scouts.
The congregation of tho Baptist
church recently expended about
$5000 on church improvements and
among other things they fitted up
these rooms, to encourage the work
of boy scouts in Carbondale, in the
basement of the church. Tho money
expended there shows that the peo
ple of that church appreciate the
good work of the boy scouts. Talks
wero given by various members of
the troup on Scouting, and
music was furnished by tho choir
of tho church. After the program
an excellent lunch was served. The
Honesdale boys had a very good
tlnie and came homo Thursday
morning. There were about CO boy
scouts present at the opening.
Those present from Honesdale were:
Ray Dibble, Kenlth Uglow, Carl Bul
lock, John Roiiler, Walter Robin
son, Robert Heft, Vincent Carroll,
Krietner, and Joe Jenkins.
Tho boy scouts havo l)een Invited
to bo present at the evening ser
vice at the Grace Episcopal church
on Sunday ovenlng to hear a sermon
for boys by Rev. A. L. Whlttaker.
ORSON.
March 7, 1912.
Joseph Sanford died at his homo
In Orson Tuesday morning, March
5, 1912, aftor a protracted Illness of
Brlght's disease. Funeral will be
held Friday from his lato home.
CANNOT ALWAY
VENT
S BE
PRE
FIB
BE PREPARED AGAINST COMPLETE LOSS
Don't expect the firemen to do it all. Back up
their splendid work with a policy in one off our
Old and Reliable Companies.
BENTLEY
Fire, Life, Accident, Boiler and Automobile Insurance.
Office Opposite Postoffice, Honesdale. Consolidated 'phono 1-O-L.
BENJ. H. DITTRICH, LESSEE and MANAGER
11
Monday
Evening,
March
JOS. WEBER Offers
The Sensational Musical Comedy,
ALM
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WHERE DO YOU LIVE ?
MUSIC BY JEAN BRIQUET. BOOK BY CEO. V. K0B1RT.
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SPECIALTIES Hvery Number a Gem
PRINCIPALS Every Member an Artist
MONTHS at Weber's Theatre, New Nork
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DDIPCQ QK Kfl 7K inn 1Kfl Qalo flnnne 9 .m. Saturday,
I iiiuLu i uu ju iu iuu iuu ouio upono March 9th.
James H. Miller drove a team
of horses to Scranton on Tuesday
for tho Grand Union Tea company.
Urn I
wonns for tiik
if SPFLI JNr, C.ONTFST
OF TIIK
Wayne County School.
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STKHNH.
Tho Ladies' Aid of Steono will
sorvo an oyster supper with an old
fashioned donation at the homo of
Edward Keene, Thursday evening,
March 14. All aro wolcomo. Pro
ceeds to apply on pastor's salary.
Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Wayman,
of Clifford, are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Denny.
lecturer
majority
mllllonalro
poisonous
passablo
pioneer
rheumatism
salary
scissors
spectacles
sympathy
trolley
LESSON XVIII.
magazine
milliner
magnesia
petition
physiology
quinine
ridiculous
sandwich
separablo
subtrahend
tragedy
unconscious
Wednesday
I
Closing Out
Sell
worth of
Shoes and
Rubbers
As we are going out of business our en
tire stock of Shoes, Rubbers and Hats must be
sold at once regardless of cost. We have
shoes for every member of the family.
IlnsscoIIitfh-cut Oil Grain Shoes. VnluoS 1.50, Sale 2.t0
Hussco O Kay Shoes, Value 'J 1 o, Sale l.lio
NI)nrliinl Weston vHonanzn) " 2 , Salo 1 CO
Full lino of Bhitv Men's shoes, " 4. mi & 4 503 25
Full line of John Kelly Lady shoes," 4 (m., Salo 3 00
Men's and Women's dun Metal shoes
(Blui her and Button,) Value 2 50, Salo 1.50
And many other shoes too numerous to mention.
MYERS' SHOE STORE
530 Main St. Honesdale, Pa.
Store for Rent April 1st.