THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1912. PAGE THREE D0TH A of 1 H l&B Me? SHIELD rJk MAJOFO Archibald w. butt Copyright, 1905, by J. B. Lippincott company. All rights roserved. PRESIDENT TAFT'S TOUCHING TRIBUTE TO MAJOR ARCHIBALD W. BUTT. Major Archibald W. Butt was one of ths heroes of the Titanic He was President Tnft's military aid. After Major Butfa death the president, with tears in his eyes and faltering voice, made him the subject of one of the most heartfelt eulogies ever pronounced over a gallant man, praising his manhood, his courage, his loyalty, his elf sacrifice. "Everybody knew Archie as 'Archie," said the president. "I cannot go into a box at a theater, I cannot turn round in my room, I cannot go anywhere, without expecting to see his smiling face or to hear his cheerful voice In greeting. The life of the president is rather isolatsd, and those appointed to live with him come much closer to him than any one else. The bond is vory close, and it is difficult to spsak on such nn occasion. "Archie Butt's character was simple, straightforward and inoapable of intrigue. A clear sense of humor light ened his life and those about him. Life was not for him a troubled problem. He was a soldier, and, when he was appointed to serve under another, to that other he rendered implicit loyalty. I never knew a man who had so much self abnegation, so much sslf sacrifice, as Archie Butt. "Occasions like the sinking of the Titanic frequently develop unforeseen traits in men. It makes thorn heroes when you don't expect it. But with Archie it was just as natural for him to help those about him as it was for him to ask me to permit him to do something for some one for me. "Ho was on the deck of the Titanic exactly whet he was everywhere. He leaves a void with those who loved him, but the circumstances of his going are all that ws would have had, and, while tears nil the eyes and the voice is choked, we are felicitated by the memory of what he was." Before entering upon military life Major Butt displayed high literary ability. The best of his stories is "Both Sides of the Shield," a splendidly written romance of love and war. CHAPTER I. Tho City Editor's Assignment. in. PALM K It Ton wtl. Mart for the A south tomorrow m.ii write si ko I rlcs of letters on tli nluciition.il and social vomlltlons existing in ' that section Avoid the cities and tw.nen tr.n'UH untl 't-t your pic tures be drawn from life I hi will iK .n order on the business oliice for wnat mon ey you may need Such were the orders I found one morning on ray desk In the city edi tor's room of a well known Boston newspaper. Of the labor Involved In 6ucu nn assignment I was Ignorant. and I saw only a pleasant trip In that part of my country In which I bad never traveled. 1 bad been employed on the paper for a comparatively short time In fact, 1 had been In journalism for a period of less than two years so that such nn assignment as tho one now given me was highly flattering to me, and I knew It would be equally gratifying to my father, who had watched my career with that Interest which attaches solely to an only son. I had not been out of Harvard very long when 1 had taken tho advice of nn eminent literary man, a friend of my father, and entered Journalism as a first stepping stono to literary dis tinction. The few short stories I had written, however, had been returned to me by the magazines to which I had sent them with a promptness that was calculated to dampen my ardor and otherwise to discourage me. I had been led to believe that my stylo was excep tionally good and that I was not with out a keen sense of humor, at the samo time possessing a proper appreciation of tho pathetic. I had taken a prize at the high school for an essay, and later, when my talents began to develop at tho uni versity, I was elected to fill a place on the editorial staff of ono of tho month ly periodicals published there. I was chagrined, therefore, when my manu scripts, written legibly on fine linen paper, tied with tho best silk ribbon to be bad, came back to mo. I began to form a very poor opinion of our magazines. Possessing an independ ent fortune, I determined to publish my writings in book form at my own expense. I took my manuscripts to a publisher, who, honest man that bo was, was kind enough to tell me that people did not think much of books published at the author's own expense. Determined at length to get n proper estimate of my work, I bought out tin old friend of the family who had achieved famo by his pen. Ho review ed my stories and in a ruthless sort of way, as it seemed to me then, told tue that somo of my ideas were good, but expressed clumsily. Uo advised me to ceaso nil attempts at literary com position and to seek a place on u news paper. "Writing must become a habit with you," he said, "before you can hope to express your thoughts grace fully Wbat you need most is ease, and If you can avoid the pitfalls of journalism you may In time succeed in your ambition." It took me Just an other nix mouths to make up my mind to follow his ndvice, and when I did bo It was with some degree of humilia tion that 1 discovered that there was not a reporter on the paper who did not write better than I. Constant ap plication in my new undertaking, how ever, and the hard work I had done at the university soon brought me my ro ward. I was being singled out con stantly for Important local assign ments, and once 1 had been sent to Washington on a delicate mission. I picked up again tho order which lay on my desk and read it over the second time. 1 thought 1 saw tho ear marks of politics in it, and, while the racial question was not mentioned. I believe that it was this problem 1 was to discuss. I had mado a suggestion on this lino somo months before, but the managing editor had not taken kindly to the idea at the time. The order as I read It over seemed Indefinite, I thought, and I started with It to the managing editor's room. As 1 present ed myself beforv that austere little ciiDDle Dbyalcal, but not mental, for mentally tie was a plant- I was om wardly calm but my heart was beat ing a tattoo inside, for theiv were few of us who iliil not fonr to stand before him unless very sure of the groutul on which we stood I said, however. In ti businesslike way. as If such assign ments were daily occurrences to me: "1 havo come to see you about this assignment, sir." "What assignment?" he nsked. "For me to go south tomorrow," 1 answered. "Oh, you are Palmer, aro you?" he said, calmly looking mo over through his spectacles. "1 thought you were older. 1 have noticed your work and r "Oh, you are Palmer, are you?" gavo you tho present assignment on account of it Havo you como to say you are Hot equal to It?" I was somewhat surprised when 1 learned that he did not even remem ber me. but the fact that he had judg ed mo by my work was at least grati fying, so I hastened to say. "No, sir. I feel perfectly able to do the work, but the order appears a UtUo indefinite to me as to tlma" Without looking up again, for ho bad resumed his proofreading, ho said: "Take your own time, but I shall say two months ought to sulllcc. What I want aro facts, not discolored, distorted pictures." IIo did not even say good morning. Indeed, ho seemed to havo dismissed me from his mind. With an Indiffer ent bow I rctlrod, wondering why managing editors think It n part of their olflclal duties to be 111 mannered. I was sorry that I had not asked him exactly what ho wanted, but on this point I felt reasonably certain, how ever, for there was to bo a presidential election the following year, and the more I thought of it tho moro certain I became that my letters wcro to be used to arouse sentiment In Now Eng land against tho opposing party and thereby make certain the electoral vote of that section. My work would not only make certain tho New England vote, but possibly savo tho voto of somo of tho mlddlo western states. My father had been an abolitionist and his father before him. They had been called doctrinaires by their neighbors, but they had lived to sec tboso princi ples becomo tho nation's! shibboleth. My father lived to modify many of his Ideas, but I refused persistently to modify my views as they bad been In culcated Into mo by my nigged old grandfather. As 1 read the order of my assign ment over again it seemed to mo to be a command to charge the enemy. The old abolition blood was la my reins and was running at hUja tkto Wttii leverlsii liasto 1 mado ready for in. departure. Pncklng up a few tilings and putting my writing mate rials in my grip where I could the more easily get at them, I started for what I still looked upon as tho eno my's country. As I sped south the possibilities of a brilliant future aroso before me. When I reached Baltimore I looked down from the window of tho car and re called the scenes enacted there, when my father was one of those stoned while on their way to the defense of their country. The day grew rapidly on. and as the train pulled Into Wash ington tho lofty dome of the capltol. bathed in the fresh light of nn April morning. dispelled my resentful thoughts and led them back to the beautiful scenes which were always uppermost In my father's memory whenever be talked of the south and of tho friends he had made there after the bitter days of the campaign were over. After leaving Washington every station became of interest and there was no detail from which I did not draw some moral. I had determined to pierce the border 'states and seek for the Information I desired from the land where the palmetto, the pine and the live oak live side by side. The windows of the car had been raised and through them came the bracing winds from the Blue Ridge, and I could catch occasionally the strango minor notes of the negroes at work in the fields. I was alive to every impres sion, and I took out my notebook to chain In my memory somo of the pass ing scenes. That evening 1 finished my first let ter nnd mailed It from tho train. When I reached Atlanta I made in quiry as to the best means of reach ing somo of tho outlying counties, where I could study tho social and educational conditions of this people out of the beaten tracks and away from the thriving centers through which I had passed, and which, ac cording to my preconceived opinions, were tho result of northern capital or New England energy. I remained In tho -vicinity of this city for several days, making Journeys into tho coun try nnd taking notes of tho field hands and making Inquiry as to tho wages paid and the amount of labor perform ed by the average hand. My zeal was unabated, and I was on the point of putting all my figures Into a letter when my enthusiasm received a check that came near causing me to throw up my assignment, which I would have done without hesitation had I not fear ed it would mean a summnry dismis sal from the paper as well. On com ing in from the factory district ono aft ernoon I found a letter from tho man aging editor. It said: We want facts. Tour letter mailed on the train found useless nnd has been thrown In the wastebasket. If true, It was a very tood editorial, but wo do not want editorials from you. If you nun have my order read It over and you will find in It nothing nbout the racial ques tion or political problems. Study the white people, especially the families of the old rcslrae, and boar In mind always that whatovcr you write will bo copied there. Your letters, therefore, should be lust and truthful, whatever elso there may be. If you were an artist with tho brush I should say paint a plcturo of Rome old colonial homesteads and antebellum plantations. Since you can't pslnt, write of them as they are. Brine the scenes In Georgia vividly before the people of Bos ton. They can draw tholr own conclu sions. Let your pictures bo of people and places only as you eeo them. That was all, but It was sufficient to shatter my hopes and dlscourago all further attempts to make sure of the electoral voto of New .England. Dis consolate and with a raguo sense or my own Ignorance, 1 boarded n tralu that night bound somewhere In u southerly direction I did not know and I did not care where. When I awoke the next morning the odor which filled every crevlco of tho car told mo that 1 bad entered tho plno belt of Georgia during my sleep. I threw up my window nnd inhaled great drafts of fresh air. 1 felt invigoratr ed and ready to carry out my assign' .Continued on Pago Sovon.). DM ITS TO NKWHI'APEKS. j It is a populnr fallacy that "you i can't make a man pay for n nows-l papor If It Is sent after tho tlmo paid for has expired." A great' many people bollovo this, and a great many talk It who aro simply trying to mnko themselves bellovo It. Thero nro no spcclnl laws re garding newspapers. A debt owing to a nowspaper has exactly tho samo status as any other kind of a debt. Now lot us Illustrate. Milk Is sold In this town at so much n quart, nnd I tho patron buys a card of tickets from tho dealer. After tho card of tickets Is used up chango may not ho handy, and tho purchase of an-, other card Is delayed. Tho milk-. man, accommodating soul, continues to leave tho quart bottle of milk each morning, on tho back door step. Tho householder (or tho householder's wife, or the hired girl, or ono of tho children) takes tho milk In and It is used. After a while tho milkman mildly suggests that ho would like to have pay for his milk. ' Suppose tho householder should say: "I don't owo you n cent. I paid for fifty quarts nnd you should have stopped leaving Iti when tho time was out. It Is I ngalnst tho law to trust a man for , milk, and I will not pay it." The milkman would tell you that you were a fool and something of a i scoundrel, and he would proceed to! make an effort to collect, and If you j aro worth anything ho would sue-1 ceed. Tho cases are parallel. A ! newspaper Is a commodity that costs I somebody work and money to pro-1 dure, and tho producer Is entitled , to i. ay for his product. If, Instead of .nvlng your paper delivered at1 the postofflce, you bought It of a newsiu .'. and he left it on tho door step, ivn ild you not havo to pay tho boy, ;' y-ui accepted the paper? You hot your very bottom dollar you would! Because tho newsboy Is grown up, and Is a newsman does It niter tho law? No, elr. Now, take it from us as straight goods. If you havo accepted a paper, have taken it out of your mail box, you can bo mado to pay for it if you aro responsible. As a matter of fact it Is tho Irresponsible man who puts up that plea. In an experience of moro than a quarter of a century as a publisher we cannot remember that a really respectable, responsible, property holding citizen over mado such a plea. Tho responsible citi zens seldom have a nowspaper "forced on them." They pay their bills. ASK ANY HORSE t I Eureka f Sold by doalcra owrymttceo The Atlantic Refining Company ftOUKT PKOCLAMATIOX.-Whereas, J the Judge of the several Courts of the County of Wayne bus issued his precept for holdhiL' a Court of Quarter Sessions. Oyer and Terminer, nml (ieneral Jail Delivery In and for said County, at the Court House, to bet'ln on MONDAY. JUNE 17. 1912. and to continue one weeks: And directing that n 5rnnil .Inrv fnr thn Courts of Quarter Sessions unit Over nnd Terminer be summoned to meet on Monday, June 10. 1912. at a p. m. notice is tnererore .Hereby elven to the Coroner and Justices of the Peace, and Con stables of the County of Wayne, that they be then nnd there In their proper persons, at said Court House, at 2 o'clock In the after noon of said 10th day of June, 1912. with their recorus.inquisitions.examinntions anuother remembrances, to do those things which to their olllces appertain to be done, and those who are bound bv recocnlzaneu or nthprwlsn to prosecute tho prisoners who are or shall tie m tne Jan or wayne county, be then and there to tirosernte npiiliisf them n shnll h just. (Hven under my hand, at ironesdale, this 15th day of May. 1912, nnd In the 135th year of the Independence, of the United States PHANK 0. KIMIJLK, Sheriff. Micriirs unice i J Honcsdale. May 15. 1912. 40w4 KKPOUT OF THE CONDITION OF THE WAYNE COUNH SAVINGS BANK HOHESDALK, WAYHK CO., PA., at the close of business. May. 3, 1912. KKSOUHCES Reserve fund Cash, specie and notes, $52,092 15 Due from approved re- servo ncents 131,295 15 Lenal seeurltlesat pur... 40.000 00-223,988 41 Nickelsand rents 18125 Checks urn! cash Items 1,889 11 Due from Banks and Trust Co's.not reserve 1.803 1G Securities pledccd for Special deposits 5.000 00 Hills discounted : llnon one inline t 56.831 36 Ution two or more names 287.318 32-311,179 US TInieloans wlthcollateral 53,3."S 73 Uianson call with collateral 125,m;i UO Loans on call upon one name 3,150 V0 Loans on cull upon two or mure names 12.101 00 Loans secured by bonds anil mortL'UL'es 21.700 00 llonds. Stocks, etc.. Schedule l 1,805.581 It Mortgages uml Judgments ol rec ord 311.012 61 Olllce Iluildint' unit Lot 27,000 00 other Ileal Estate li.OOO 00 Kuriiltiireund Fixtures 2.UW 00 Overdrafts 93 12 Miscellaneous Assets loo uo $3,007,538 11 I.IAIIII.ITIKS Capital Stock, paid in f 100,000 00 Surplus Fund 100,000 00 Undivided 1'rolltB. less expenses and tuxes paid 57,975 38 Individual deposits sub ject to check $192,267 77 Indlvldal Deposit. Tlme.2,222,372 97 Time certillcates of de posit 238 78 Deposits, Common wealth of I'ennsjiva'u 25.000 00 Deposits U. S. l'ostal.... Savings 238 86 Certified Cheeks 58 00 Cushler's cheek outsfu 901 31-2.111,003 03 Due to banks undTrust Cos. not re serve 8.193 01 $3,007,538 11 State of Pennsylvania, County of Wayne, as: i, II. Scott hultnon. Cashier of tho above named Company, do solemnly swear that the above statement Is true, to the best of my knowledge and belief. (Signed) 11. S. SALMON. Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th duy of Muy, 1912. (Signed) ItOHKUT A. SMITH. N, P. Notarial Soul) Corrcct-Attest: I P. Kimble. 1 II. J. Conqeh. V Directors. E. W, Uamalell. J ten.; m Si: ffMWtfti CASTORil AVcgelablcPreparallonror stmilaifnS ihcrbotl antlReduti tinfjlkStonrariisaiulDcwtlsof CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Promotes DigpstionJChccrTul- ncss and Rest.Contains neiUvr Opium.Morphinc nor Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC. Ihepha Seed" jUxJmnn Mm Seed Gonlictl 'SOT ' IHatairmrtimr. Hon , Sour Slomacli.Dlarrhoea Worms ,tonTilsioiis,revTnsir ncss and Loss of Sleep. Fac Simile Signature cf NEW YORK. 120 Guaranteed under the too Exact Copy of Wrapper. Signature f j$ W For Over Thirty Years THK OKNTAUR COMPANY HEW TOUR CITY. ABSOLUTE SECURITY. Wayne County Savings Bank HONESDALE, PA., 1871 41 YEARS OF SUCCESS 1912 BECAUSE we have been transacting a SUCCESSFUL banking business CONTINUOUSLY since 1S71 and are prepared and qualified to renderVALU ABLE SERVICE to our customers. RTTT! A TTSTi1. nf nut' TTDIMTOI? A TIT .TT". TTTPHPT fn.. l?m?TV. S - V -J V . WVIl - -I 1 J. I A. A. J -11 -1 WAV ' A-JA. -L' XV J- -1. ONE years. BECAUSE of SECURITY guaranteed by our LARGE CAPITAL and SURPLUS of 550,000 00. B BECAUSE of our TOTAL ASSETS of $3,000,000.00. BECAUSE GOOD MANAGEMENT has made us the LEADING FINANCIAL INSTITUTION of AVayno county. BECAUSE of these reasons we confidently ask you to become a depositor. COURTEOUS treatment to all CUSTOMERS whether their account is LARGE or SMALL. INTEREST allowed from the FIRST of ANY MONTH on Deposits made on or before the TENTH of tho month. OFFICERS : IV. II. nOLMKS, PKESIDEXT. II. S. SAKUOX, Cashier. HO.V A. T. SI3AHLK. Vice-President. V. J. WAltl), Asst. Cashier T. B. CLARK, E. W. GAMMELL W. F. SUYDAM, DIRECTORS ; H. J. CONGER, W. 13. HOLMES, C. J. SMITH, II. S. SALMON. J. W. PARLEY. F. P. KIMBLE, A. T. SEARLE, D. & H. CO. TlflE TABLE HONESDALE BRANCH A.M. SUN H 30 10 no 10 oo 3 15 1 03 l'.M, S 10 5 60 5 61 6 II 6 17 6 26 6 32 H 35 ti 30 ti 43 n ti l'.M. SUN 2 15 7 10 ti 00 A.M. 8 45 8 55 H M U IB 9 32 9 37 9 3D 9 ii H 47 9 50 9 S5 A.M. 10 00 10 00 12 30, 4 40 5 30, P.M. 6 20 ti 30 ti 31 6 52 6 53 7 07 7 13 7 Iti 7 20 7 24 7 27 7 31 P.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. A.M. Ar A.M. 2 15 12 30 1 1: P..U 2 05 2 15 2 1 2 37, 2 43 2 62 2 57 2 69, 3 03 3 07 3 10 3 15 l'"M. 4 30 ti 05 A.M. 2 15 7 10 7 55 A.M, 8 45 8 55 8 59 1) 18 U 21 9 32 9 3 9 39 9 43 9 47 9 50 9 65 Albany llIiiL'liaiutuii Philadelphia.. WIlkes-Harre. . ...Scranton.... I.v Ar Cnrbomlale .... ...Lincoln Avenue.. Whites Parview Canaan , ... Lake Ixxloto ... Waymart Keene Steene I'romnton , Fortenln , Kcelyvllle llonosilale .... P.M, 2 00, 12 40, 4 09! A.M 9 35 ti 45 A.M. 8 05 7 61 7 60 7 33 7 25 7 17 7 12 7 09 7 05 7 01 8 68 6 65 P.M.iA.M 10 50 8 45 7 11 2 55 'J 13 P.M. 1 35 1 25 1 21 1 03 12 5ti 12 49 12 4.1 12 40 12 36 12 32 12 29 12 25 Lv A.M. P.M. P.M 7 38 P.M. 7 25 6 30 P.M 5 60, 5 40 5 31 5 18 5 11 6 56 4 58 1 55 4 51 4 47 4 41 4 40 P.M, SUN 10 50 00 7 11 12 55 12 05 P.M. n25 II 14 11 10 10 53 11 45 10 37 10 32 10 29 10 25 10 21 10 18, 10 15 A.M. SUI. 7 38 P.M. 10 05 9 12 P.M. 8 27 8 17 8 13 7 64 1 17 7 39 7 32 7 30 7 2 7 22 7 19 7 15 A.M. P.M. TRY A CENT-A-WORD
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