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THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1912.
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1012.
REPUBLICAN TIC1CET.
For President,
WILLIAM H. TAFT.
Vice-President,
JAMES S. SHERMAN.
Stato Treasurer,
ROBERT K. YOUNG.
Auditor Genoral,
A. W. POWELL.
Congressmen-at-Large,
FRED E. LEWIS,
JOHN M. MORIN,
ARTHUR R. RUPLEY.
ANDERSON H. WALTERS.
District Congressman,
W. D. B. AINEY.
Representative,
H. C. JACKSON.
THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY.
The great thing in the world is not
so much where wo stand, as In what
direction we are going. Oliver Wen
dell Holmes.
ANOTHER FREAK LAW.
The Scranton Tribune-Republican
voice our sentiments in the matter
of the new periodical law which is
effective October 1st. It said on
Wednesday:
Postmaster General Frank Hitch
cock has placed himself on record in
a way that will undoubtedly secure
the friendship of newspaper publish
ers generally in giving his opinion of
another strange kink in tho postal
appropriation bill. The Sunday gen
eral delivery closing edict, which has
proved a great annoyance to many,
does not appear to contain as many
obnoxious features as another clause
which probably meddles with the
business of newspaper publishers to
a greater extent than any legislation
heretofore enacted for the apparent
purpose of harassing the editor.
Tho provisions of the law which re
quire correct figures in the matter of
circulation and other features of
this nature will cause no concern
among honest publishers. No news
paper owner who is giving his pat
rons a square deal will care about
the clause evidently aimed at cir
culation liars. But tho following
paragraph seems to place tho gag on
the newspaper more effectually than
the most strenuous methods advo
cated by former Governor Penny
packer when he attempted to regu
late the press of Pennsylvania with
strange libel laws:
"That all editorial or other
reading matter, published In any
such newspaper, magazine, or
periodical, for tho publication
of which money or other valu
able consideration is paid, ac
cepted or promised, shall bo
plainly marked 'advertisement.
Any editor or publisher printing
editorial or other reading mat
ter for which compensation is
paid, accepted or promised,
without so marking the same,
shall upon conviction in any
court having jurisdiction, bo
fined not less than fifty dollars,
nor more than five hundred
dollars."
It Is not true that many editors
sell their editorial columns. No
publisher fit to be a publisher can
be persuaded to sacrifice his princi
ples in tho manner Intimated by tho
paragraph above, but it seems to us
that every publisher should have tho
privilege to do so If he sees fit, with
out let or hindrance from the gov
ernment. Tho man who .builds a
house can rent the house for a
stable if he sees fit, oven though it
Is on tho leading residential street
of tho town, and unless ho Is violat
ing some sanitary ordinance, con
gress would not think of Interfering.
It would bo an unwarranted abridge
ment of his rights. Does not the
clause which decrees that a man may
not dispose of his own merchandise
as ho sees -fit, providing ho Is not en
croaching upon tho right of others,
como pretty near tho limit In the
way of Insano legislation? It Isn't
up to a lot of resentful congressional
meddlers to wrlto tho Ten Command
ments of Journalism.
In discussing tho foregoing In a
letter to Senator Bourno, of tho com
mittee on post offices and post roads,
Mr. Hitchcock says:
" I also call your attention to that
portion of tho bill beginning on page
33, lino 19, which requires tho Inser
tion In newspapers and periodicals of
tho narao of tho owner or ownors and
tho managing editor or managing
editors, and also that matter for the
Insertion of which a charge Is made
by the publishers should be marked
as an advertisement or private name
of the writer signed thereto. In my
judgment this provision is not only
needless, but will bo positively harm
ful as It will require tho continuous
use of valuable space in the publi
cation and at tho same timo bo re
sented as a censorship of tho press.
"One of tho greatest difficulties
now encountered in tho enforcement
of the laws relating to the second
class mall privileges Is tho fact that
the postofflco department Is under its
duty compelled to make inquiry into
many aspects of the private business
of publishers. This gives rise to the
complaint, though ill-founded, that
tho government carries on a needless
interference with the privileges of
the press. The only possible service
to be rendered by such a provision
would be the Identification of the
owners and writers of newspapers
and periodicals in order to hold them
for contractual obligations or for
libelous printed matter, both of
which would be matters under the
jurisdiction of the state and not the
federal authorities."
Up to the present tlmo the "freak"
legislation affecting newspapers does
not appear to have aroused much re
sentment on the part of the press of
the country, but we are of the opin
ion that when this obnoxious act is
enforced it will not be regarded with
so much indifference.
A curious thing about the business
is the allegation that the amendment
was sponsored by Representative
Barnhardt, who is the publisher of a
little sheet out in Rochester, Ind., a
town of 3,000 inhabitants.
It seems to us that when the news
papers desire to act on this meddle
some law they can And relief in the
brief constitutional provision which
ought to protect them from tho ef
forts of asslnine lawmakers of the
Indiana brand. "Congress shall
make no law abridging tho freedom
of speech or of the press' has stood
tho tests of a century. It ought to
come between the press and tho freak
lawmaker whenever it Is Invoked.
STILL MEANS DELAY.
Tho so-called Republican State
Committee is to meet on Friday tho
20th to arrange, for making the
long promised change In tho elector
al ticket so that tho Republican tick
et shall contain the names only of
candidates pledged to vote for Taft
and Sherman in tho Electoral Col
lege, and to enable Republicans to
vote with confidence that their votes
will count as Intended.
There should bo no delay In this
matter. Tho changes could bo mado
by the committee on Friday as well
as at any other timo. But that Is not
proposed. According to a program
which appears to have been devised
by William Flinn, it is Intended that
the Stato Committeo shall appoint a
subcommittee with authority to
mako tho necessary substitutions in
tho electoral ticket when Mr. Flinn
gets ready to have them mado. That
will hold the matter up at his dis
cretion. It Is another step to delay these
changes for another two weeks In ac
cordance with tho original purpose
of Mr. Flinn to embarrass tho Taft
supporters In tho State. Tho aggres
sive attitudo of somo of tho Presi
dent's friends of Republicans loyal
to their party has forced an earlier
meeting of tho Stato Committeo than
was Intended by tho antagonistic In
fluences in control of It, but that ear
lier meeting will avail nothing In
view of tho trick that Is to bo play
ed of putting tho substitution of elec
tors lu tho hands of a subcommittee
to act when Mr. Flinn says It may.
Thoro Is no public reason thoro Is
no honest reason public or private
why tho resignation of all tho Rooso
volt electors from tho Republican
ticket should not be In tho- hands of
tho Stato Committeo on Friday so
that their places can bo immediately
tilled by loyal Taft supporters, filled
at tho timo by tho Stato Committeo
itself, which alono has authority to
fill vacancies on tho ticket, Instead
of referring It for further delay to a
subcommittee
Tho trickery and falsehood and
dishonesty that havo characterized
tho maneuvers to postpono an act of
common decency that should havo
ibeen performed two months ago,
cannot but bo repugnant to every
citizen with a senso of honor no mat
ter which Presidential candldato ho
may prefer. It has carried political
chicanery to a still greater .depth of
degradation that wo havo been ac
customed to. 'Philadelphia Press.
"LEST WK FORGET."
Eleven years ago Saturday William
McKlnley died In Buffalo from an as
sassin's bullet and another stuped In
to his placo as President of tho
United States, solemnly vowing in
tho presence of tho illustrious dead
to battle for tho policies and princi
ples so loyally and devotedly advo
cated by the slain head of the na
tion. How well has this pledge been
kept? William McKlnley's successor
spent the eleventh anniversary of
that tragic event in denouncing from
tho stump In the State of Nevada the
rational ideals of tho martyr Presi
dent, and calling men who then
wero ardent friends and supporters
of Mr. McKlnley "republican bosses,"
who had "scuttled tho ship." New
York Herald.
BENJAMIN 1IESSLING.
There was born about thirty-two
years ago on Smith Hill, just back of
Glen Dyberry cemetery, a boy Just
llko any other boy, except that he
was destined to become one of the
best known men of his community,
in fact tho name of "Bendlo Hess
Hng" Is, no doubt, known to a larg
er number of people outside of his
homo town than any other man; and
not only "known" but respected and
by a great many feared, for his
prowess as a base ball pitcher.
From the time ho was old enough
to know what a base ball was he
was continually playing from morn
ing till night, always throwing, as he
seemed to havo been born with the
Inspiration to become a pitcher. He
says he can well remember the first
curve ball he evpr threw. It was an
old cord ball thrown one day while
playing at tho top of Bentley Hill
on that onco well-known old ball
field, where Ben learned all the first
rudiments of the game.
He pitched many of his early
games on tho "Green" In front of the
present Honesdale Footwear Co.'s
factory. At that timo there was a
great deal of rivalry between "up
town" and "downtown." Ben al
ways pitched for tho down town
team, known as the "Limerick
Stars." He was usually opposed by
"Jerry" Watts, and it Is said usually
won his games.
His first really Important matched
games, were pitched on May 30th
(Memorial Day) when he pitched a
double header for a Honesdale team
known as tho " Hoodoo" against
Hawley at Hawley and won both
games, and as far as we can find out
he has been beating Hawley ever
since.
Other well-known names who were
playing that day with the "Hoodooc"
are: Al Schuller, George Murran,
Park Schoonover, Henry Theobald,
Frank Eggleston, Joe Caufleld, and
"Jim" Crossley.
Just six years ago tho 12th day
of this month ho made a record, this
date and record being the inspiration
of this little article.
The name of Bennlo Hessllng hav
ing become so widely known in
amateur base ball, the Scranton
State league professional team de
cided to give him a tryout, and our
little Bennle told them he would "do
tho best he could," so on the day
above mentioned he was pitted
against the Syracuse team of the
State League and tho "best he could
do" was to let them down with 5
hits and shut them out. The next
season he was offered a .regular
berth with tho Scranton team, but
havihg been married only a short
time, he was soon too homesick to
stick it out and came back to his
home town without pitching a single
game for them. He said it was no
place for a married man with a
family to bo running around the
country with a ball team.
He has made other records In a
quiet way which havo never been
surpassed in this part of tho coun
try In amateur ball. For instance,
he once shut out tho hard-hitting
Archbald team without a single hit,
and another timo on tho enemy's
own grounds, only gave this same
team one hit and allowed only 27
men to face him in nlno Innings, the
ono man that hit, being put out on
a double play. In the first of these
games ho struck out 19 men whlcn
comes pretty 'close to, if it doesn't
exceed, an amateur record.
At another tlmo he duplicated one
of the above feats against the far
famed Cuban Giants, who were con
sidered at that tlmo tho best Inde
pendent team traveling this country.
Two hits was all these famous col
ored men could gather from this lit
tle marvel and both of theso men
wore caught stealing a base. Only
27 men faced him in this gamo.
Another professional team, repre
senting Atlantic City, mado a trip
through this part of tho country,
and tho only gamo they lost was to
our own little Bennlo Hessllng who
shut thorn out 2 to 0 and allowed
but four hits, In probably tho best
gamo ever played on tho historic
silk mill grounds.
Almost everyono remembers that
famous "nothing to four" gamo that
ho pitched against Carbondalo, not
to say anything about tho dozen or
two other games that ho won from
our friends just over tho mountain.
In short, Bennle Hessllng has been
pitching Honesdale to victory on the
diamond for closo to 18 years, and
henco Is It any wondor that wo aro
proud of this man who Is better
known than tho town which ho has
been keeping on the base ball map
all theso years?
Bon Is chief pattorn-makor for tho
Gurnoy Electric Elevator Co. with
whom he has been for many years,
and it Is said that ho can mako pat
terns just as good as ho could pitch,
which proves that ho has beon doing
somothlng bcsldo playing base ball
and raising a family consisting of
lour nico children.
Ono of his present ambitions is
to seo ono of his boya representing
his homo town at a futuro tlmo as
a pitcher capablo of upholding tho
name in a manner Jn keoplng with
Us past reputation; and Tho Cltlzon
and no doubt all of Its readers wish
him success In this ambition as well
as anything olse ho undertakes; and
trust that he and his family will livo
to a happy, rlpo, old age.
FOR CONGRESSMAN
HON. JOEL G. HILL.
Domocratlc Candldato for Congress
man of this Congressional Dis
trict.
Mr. Hill's friends aro advocating
his election on tho grounds that ho
is no experiment, but has been tried
and always proved truo to tho inter
est or the people. In every position
occupied by Mr. Hill ho has shown
himself to bo a man of sound judg
ment, always devoting his best en
ergles In an effort to accomplish tho
greatest benefit to all the people and
has never In any way identified him
self with tho special interests which
nro seeking for advantages at the
expense of tho masses.
Mr. Hill has always been a favor
ite with tho voters of Wayne county
and conditions existing this year as
sure him tho largest vote ever given
to him in this county regardless of
party lines. Adv. 7Geol2
mado an extended visit to her aunt's,
Mrs. Rose, of Long Island, has re
turned to her homo here.
Miss Anna Doherty, of Rlleyvllle,
began her school at this placo on
Monday last.
Tho Ladles' Aid will meet with
Miss Nettlo Pollock on Wednesday,
Sept. 25.
Thos. Gregg and Miss Maudsley,
of Philadelphia, visited tho former's
sister, Mrs. Otis Olsen, of Foster
dale on Sunday.
Mrs. John Dllworth, of Alabama,
Is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John Loy, and other relatives.
W. S. Gardner, rcprcscntatlvo of
tho Scranton Tribune-Republican,
called on tho peoplo of this locality
the last of tho week.
Mrs. Merrltt Blddleman, who has
been tho guest of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Georgo Hitchcock, has re
turned to her homo In Scranton.
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HOLLISTERVILLE.
(Special to Tho Citizen.)
Holllstervllle, Sept. 19.
Harvest Homo day was observed
in the M. P. church last Sunday
morning. Tho church was beautiful
ly decorated with all kinds of fruit
nnd vegetables. A laryo audience
was present. The pastor preached
an appropriate sermon In an elegant
manner to an appreciative congrega
tion. Tho Ladies' Aid society of tho M.
P. church will serve a chicken supper
next Tuesday evening, Sept. 24, from
5 to 10.
Frank Watrous is beginning to
mako quite a lot of cider with his
new mill erected last spring.
Rev. Thomas will have regular ser
vices in the Baptist church next Sun
day morning and evening.
Holllstervllle and Sacj) crossed
bats at the former's ground last
Saturday with the score 11 to C In
the former's favor. This assures the
penant to Hollisterville.
Rev. A. R. Reichert will preach at
East Sterling next Sunday at 2:30
p. m. and at the Union church at 7
p. m.
Tho potato crop in this section
will be a vory large one, If they will
not commence to rot. Tho farmers
are afraid that the wet and warm
weather will have this effect on
them.
RUTLEDGEDALE.
(Special to The Citizen.)
Rutledgedale, Sept. 19.
Miss Laura Pollock, who has been
visiting her aunt, Mrs. J. H. Thurs
ton, of Leonla, N. J., returned home
on Saturday.
Miss Anna Gregg went to Susque
hanna on Monday to enter schools
Misses Nettlo Pollock and Anna
Tyler and S. J. Tyler and John Loy
motored to Liberty on Sunday.
Miss Beatrice Rutledge, who has
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LESSON 53.
plcturo pitcher
physique queer
quorum quilt
radiator radish
radius retina
release rogue
resign representative
rattle review
rectanglo sanitary
saliva sycamore
squirrel tomahawk
tenement Thursday
troublo
LESSON 64.
tepid tendon
tenor terraco
tannger tapor
tenant tier
thymo trough
useful undaunted
Utica unexpected
urgo unison
uncouth vanity
vagabond Venus
violet valor
vital vocabulary
voluntary
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Whenever Yon Want It.
Don't you know that a wholo lot of
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Remember our Monday sale, Sept. 23
Going to the Fair ?
Everybody Is going this year and you will miss something if you
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wagons, stoves, stalls, stanchions, litter carriers, threshers, plows
and other farm equipment.
Make our tent your headquarters, womo around and seo us
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