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THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER ao, 1912.
' THE CITIZEN
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n. DOBrUNOKR,
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P1UDAY, DKCHMHEit 20, 1012.
NOT THE POINT AT ISSUE.
Wo wero mistaken in tho law.
The Citizen was wrong and the In
dependent was right concerning the
compensation received by Judge3
Bitting outside their districts. We
have already mado the amende
honorable, as it was our duty to do.
Dut whether or not we quoted tho
law correctly is not the point at Is
sue. It is of little moment what
compensation judges do or do not
receive compared with the question
whether it is Just or decent or pa
triotic for presumably reputable
journals to subject the Judges of our
courts to repeated attacks, not on
any specific charge of wrong-doing,
but by mean slur and base Innuendo,
such as called forth our protest last
week. There can be but one purpose
In such conduct, namely to cast dis
credit on tho courts, and arouse feel
ings of envy and hatred toward the
Judges on the part of the people.
A newspaper may believe that
this attitude on its part makes for
popularity with those whom It de
lights to call the "common people."
But we doubt it. The American
worklngman, as a rule, is too sensi
ble to be gulled by the sophistries of
the demagogue. The Citizen yields
to no one in its admiration for the
fellowship with tho men who labor
with their hands. They are the
backbone of every community. But
we have only contempt for the per
son or journal that attempts to
arouse class hatred by persfslent and
malicious attacks on thos" who have
achieved material success. Most of
the men who are drawing the big
salaries to-day, are men who have
fought their way up from the ranks.
The splendid thing auout this coun
try is the equality of opportunity It
offers to all. No better illustration
of this can be had than is seen in
the case of tho editor and owner of
the Independent who, by reason of
persistent effort and unusual abil
ity, has In the course of a few
years amassed a competence, and is
sole owner of one of the most valu
able country printing and publishing
plants in Pennsylvania. Yet wo do
not find the editor of the Independ
ent comparing his affluence and
prosperity with the humble earnings
of the man whom nature has less
lavishly endowed with ability or per
sistency or foresight.
AS TO THE COMPENSATION OK
JUDGES.
Tho Independent is making a
great ado over the fact that by vir
tue of tho Act of 27th April, 1911,
a judge receives $20 a day for hold
ing court outside his own district.
The Independent says ho "receives
twenty dollars per day and expenses
besides," and in another column em
phasizes the statement by asying that
the Judges "not only receive twenty
dollars per day but also their car
fares and expenses," and still further
along in the same column it declares
that the Judge of Wayne county
when holding court outside his dis
trict "Is practically receiving forty
dollars a day and his car ifaro and
expenses." Either the Independent
is ignorant of tho Act of Assembly
which it boastingly exploits, or
olso It 'has made a deliberate mis
statement. That act says that tho
Judge so presiding shall receive "the
sum of twenty dollars per day and
car fare and no more." Tho Inde
pendent also misstates tho law,
oithor ignorantly or maliciously,
when It says that "tho Judgo'a pay
is from four to twelvo dollars an
hour, and this ho draws whether ho
works or not." Tho Act of Assombly
abovo referrod to expressly provides
that "no payment shall bo mado for
days consumed In such service of
more than expenses and car faro un
less said judgo, so assigned, actual
ly presides in open court, either at
argument, hearing or trial."
The Independent also flaunts its
gross lgnoranco of tho duties of a
judgo when It assumes that his only
working hours aro tlioso during
which ho sits in open court. As n
matter of fact tho longoat and most
laborious hours a Judgo puts 'in aro
the hours spent In bis office.
Tho Judgo of Wayno county in
common with many othor Judges, re
ceives from tho Stato of Pennsylva
nia a salary of six thousand dollars
per year. Tho Independent inti
mates that so largo a salary is a gross
outrage on tho rights of tho "com
mon people," and ascribes the pres
ent high cost of living In part at
least to the enormous compensation
received by the judges. Does tho
Independent really know how ridi
culous it is making itself? We as
sert that, beyond all shadow of
doubt tho Independent to the con
trary notwithstanding tho judgo
earns his salary.
When he sits In another district,
he does so because tho courts there
are congested with cases, and It is
vastly more economical for the state
to pay an outside Judgo twenty dol
lars a day for a few days or weeks
servlco than to provide an additional
judge for the district at a salary of
from ?6,000 to $S,500. Moreover,
a capable trial judgo Is worth vastly
more to the county In which ho sits
and which pays him nothing direct
ly, than tho twenty dollars a day he
receives from the State. The man
ner in which he expedites business,
brings litigation to an end, saves
costs and expenses and the waste of
useless controversy, makes him the
greatest conservator in the commun
ity of the peace and order as well as
the prosperity of the people.
Tho citizens of a community de
mand and are entitled to the best
legal skill at the bar to occupy their
bench. But that skill has been ob
tained only at the cost of years of
preparation, of study and of experi
ence, and that skill and experience
are worth, and earn in the legal
market as much, and In a great
number of cases vastly more, than
the salary of any judge in Pennsyl
vania. If the salaries of judges are
to bo reduced, as the Independent
would have them, to the level of the
income of tho young and briefless
barrister, or the country justice, we
shall have the Inconsequent lawyer
or the country justice on tho bench.
Such things always regulate them
selves. The man who by reason of un
usual ability, experience, skill or
Judgment is capable of performing
unusual service is entitled to be re
warded accordingly, whether he sits
on the bench of the court or In tho
editorial chair.
THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT.
A writer in a current publication
bewails tho decadence of the Christ
mas story. Decadence is hardly tho
word. English and American writ
ers as a whole have seldom succeed
ed in depicting tho spirit of Christ
mas in words and phrases. Dickens
did it in his "Christmas Carol," tho
only real Christmas story ever writ
ten; in "Pickwick Papers" and else
where In his voluminous works.
Washington Irving gives us some
vivid sidelights on Christmas in
England In tho early part of tho
past century In the pages of his al
ways Interesting sketchbook, and
Pepys, In his quaint way, lives over
for us in his diary a British Christ
mas of a still earlier day. Asldo
from these, tho true spirit of tho
world's greatest holiday shines all
too Infrequently from the pages of
even our most noted authors.
Dickens wrote tho one groat
Christmas classic because 'ho was
not only a born story-teller, but
himself tho very Incarnation of tho
spirit of Christmas. It bloomed and
blossomed in his heart and over
flowed on all around him. Ho kept
Christmas as wo may imagine.
Scrooge did In tho years that follow
ed tho chastening and tho mellow
ing of his self-centered old soul.
Wo don't observe tho day In the
bluff and hearty manner of Dickons
and his English nolghbors. Wo havo
lost something of tho fullness, tho
charm, tho royal good cheer of tho
feast. Irving, too, wrote from a
heart full of delightful memories
and a sincoro appreciation of tho
holiday customs of his time. So did
thoso few others who havo success
fully portrayed tho Christmas spirit
In prose and poesy.
Tho fault Is not alono with tho
writers If there bo a scarcity of good
Christmas literature, but with us as
well. Wo havo given tho author of
KATZ BROTHERS'
Trade Day!
The hundreds off customers who patronized
our store last Saturday asked iff same oppor
tunities would be offered them the last Saturday
before Christmas.
In obedience to the wishes of our friends we
offer the following merchandise at RECORD
BREAKING PRICES:---
Saturday Dec- 21st.
MAIN FLOOR
Fancy Shauntung Silk, 50c value 31c yd.
Imported Dress Goods, 44 inch width, $1.00 value, 69c yd.
Mexican Drawn Work in Squares and Scarfs, $1.25 and
$1.50 value $1.00 ea
Irish Linen Towels, Huck and Damask Styles, 50c value
. . 44c pair
Full Size Honey Comb Spreads, $1.50 value.. $1.25 each
Bradley Knit Mufflers, 50c value 42c each
Ladies' Embroidered Handkerchiefs, 15c value... 11c ea
Hemstitched and Embroidered Pillow Cases in Boxes,
$1.00 value 89c pair
TRADE SPECIALS Second Floor:
Owing to the mild weather we offer Fur
Coats and Suits at less than actual cost.
Pony Coats selected skin and well made, elegant, $50
value $37-50 each
Wooltex and other famous make suits, $25.00 value
$16.75 each
Children's Caracul Coats, sizes 8 to 14, $7.50 value...
$4-75 each
Black Coney Muffs, $4.00 value $3-39 each
Children's Corduroy Coats, Norfolk style, size 6 to 14,
$8.75 value $6.98 each
27 x 54 inch Axminster Rugs, $1.98 value $1.69 each
Inlaid Linoleum, color through to back, .79c square yard
Woolknap Blankets, $2.25 value $1.69 pair
Opaque Window Shades with fringe 33c each
Katz Bros. inc.
to-day small opportunity to do for
us what Dickens and Irving did for
their times.
SMALIEK PAPEK MOXEY.
Secretary MacVeagh has awarded
to Kenyon Cox, the distinguished ar
tist, the task of making new designs
for the paper money, which Is to be
Issued next spring. The now notes
aro to be G by 2 Inches, as com
pared with 7 by 3 Inches, as at
present. It is believed that the new
size will be a great convenience, but
It is not likely that tho change
would have been made had it not
esemed highly desirable to alter tho
general appearance of our notes.
ItOODLES HAS MADE A HIT.
You will bo happy all winter if
you play noodles, tho new year
game. Wo havo all kinds of games,
books, mechanical toys, dolls, china,
post cards, handkerchiefs, fancy
baskets, etc. Call and see our line.
Tho Economy Store, C. W. Smith &
Co., opposite Lyric theatre. 9Se!4
Days Left for Shop-
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Leine's
Books of every description.
Bibles from 30c to $10.00
Toilet Sets from $1.00 to $12. OO
Fi ne Stationery 25c to $2.
Perfumes 5c to 50c
Calendars 50 to 50dceSigBnesau,"UI
Autograph Letters
LatesMmpor
Fountain Pens
$1 and upward.
Gold Pens every pen
Buuranteed
Tags, Seals, Cards, etc., all in greatest
variety, at
LEINE9
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The
Rexall
Drug Store
Leave your Christmas order for Brick Ice Cream.
Both 'phones.
Five more days for that late
Chritsmas shopping. If you know
where to look for tho bargains a lot
can be accomplished in that time.
The Citizen's advertising columns
givo the necessary information.
Speechless dinners are now in
voguo In New York. If tho speecl.es
aro going to bo cut out tho cooks
will havo to hustle and fix up addi
tional features to take tho place of
tho "feast of reason and flow of tho
soul," will they not?
BETHANY.
Bethany, Dec. 18.
The parsonage was filled to over
flowing Wednesday evening and the
chicken supper was greatly enjoyed.
Proceeds from supper fifty-eight dol
lars to apply on pastor's salary.
Mrs. Utter and baby, of Ulngham
ton, visited her mother, Mrs. John
Donoy, during tho week.
Alice Ward spent Saturday In
Scranton.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Gammell re
turned from their trip Saturday.
Tho funeral of William Pethlck
on Sunday from tho Methodist
church was largely attended, tho
church being crowded. Itev. Dlerly
olllclatcd and several selections wero
sung by tho choir. Tho pallbearers
wero: Charles Faatz, Mortlmoro
Lavo, James Johns, Irving I. Many,
Thomas Hoar and Charles Wood.
Miss Blanche Manning loft Tues
day for New York to spend Christ
mas with her sisters there.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hauser spent
Sunday in Aldenvillo with Mr. and
Mrs. Maurice FItzo.
INDIGESTION
Causes Di.liiess, Xervorsnehs, Sick
Hcailaclie, Sleeplessness.
Mi-O-N'u Slomacli Tablets ltanisli all
.Mlhcry, (Ins anil Sourness.
You know that most of tho ail
ments named above, como from nn
out of order stomach; of course you
do.
If your food doesn't digest, but
lays heavily on your stomach, It has
started to ferment.
When It ferments it sets loose In
tho stomach poisonous gases which
Irritato tho great norvo that loads
directly to tho brain from tho stom
ach. That Irritation causes heartburn,
dizziness, nightsweats, uorvousnesa.
MI-O-NA will end all etomach
misery, or money back. A largo
box costs only CO cents and is sold
by G, W. Pell, tho druggist, and
druggists everywhere
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pecial Prices Until
Christmas :
Overcoats
Suits
Trousers
aincoats
uit Cases $11$
20 per cent
1 15 per cent.
I 10 per cent. Reduction on All
I 10 per cent.
I 10 percent
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Princeiy Shirts
50c Value
40c
Work
TV
Shirts
50c Value
Shirts
S1.50 Value
Holeproof Hosiery H35
SI.50 Quality
Per Box
Holiday
Goods
RICKERTS
Combination
Boxes
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