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THE CITIZBN, PRlfrAY, FEBRUARY ax, 1913.
THE) CITIZEN
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C. II nORFLINOKIt,
M. B. ALLEN,
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On the other hand It was claimed
in behalf of the brewers, that If this
peddling privilege wero taken away
from thorn, and they Were confined
exclusively to selling liquor to re
tailers, they would be greatly Injur
ed in their business; that many
would have to close because brewors
from outside states could, under the
protection of the Interstate Com
merce Law, ship beer into any part
of this State and deliver It at the
houses of consumers.
It was held that, in this way, the
'brewing Interests of Pennsylvania
would be practically destroyed for
the benefit of browing Interests in
"other states.
Such were the arguments of the
partisans for and against Mr. Ul
erlch's bill. When It came to a vote
the bill was "beaten by almost two
to one.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 31, 1013.
THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY.
Most people put too little thought
and feeling into what they see and
hear. I would rather be blind and
deaf than be one of the people who
can see and hear, but do not. The
will to do and the power to think are
the life of your life. I want to help
my fellow men to make them see
and hear as well as I do. Helen
Keller.
LIGnT UPON BOND ISSUE.
The following interesting para
graph has been handed us for publi
cation. It throws considerable light
upon the bond issue for the building
of State roads.
It is expected that within a short
time the resolution to submit to the
voters the proposed amendment will
"be laid before the two houses for ac
tion. Contrary ito general opinion,
this measure, which passed the last
legislature without opposition, does
not 'provide for the entire bond issue
in a lump. It provides that the debt
incurred for road building may not
exceed $50,000,000. If the people
approve of the amendment after it
passes this legislature, the legislature
has full authority to decree that only
$10,000,000 of bonds may be sold
In any one year or any two years and
it may never authorize the issuance
of bonds to the limit of $50,000,000.
It is the plan to ask the Legislature
to pass such enabling legislation as
may provide sufficient funds to main
tain a continuous building program,
covering half a dozen or ten years,
the arrangement to he that certain
amounts of bonds may be put out
from year to year
would soon have to retire from bus!
ness, then it looks very much as if
morally, if not legally, those mer
chants are guilty of the crime of con
spiracy.
Do Wayne County people do
Honesdale people want to Join hands
with conspirators? If they do, then
The Citizen very much mistakes the
character of the good people of this
part of the State.
Of course, Honesdale merchants
will not be caught napping. They,
too, will hold a trade day, and
prices will be as alluring here on
the banks of the Lackawaxen as they
can possibly be on the banks of the
Lackawanna. The only difference
will be that Honesdalo merchants
will offer legitimate reductions on
their lines of goods, and Wayne
County purchasers will surely stand
for that.
One merchant told the writer, yes,
we will tell you his name, it is J.
Sam Brown, the furniture dealer,
that on Honesdale Trade Days his re
ductions cover every article In his
store. Now that is tho way Hones
dale Is going to conduct Trade Day
business, and that is the way that
will satisfy all people who want to
see a fair deal for merchants as well
as purchasers.
BANKS, OIL KINGS AND POETRY
One of the best speeches made In
Scranton on Wednesday night at the
second annual banquet of the Retail
Merchants' Association, according to
the newspaper reports, was that of
and made re- Wm. H. Peck, of tho Third National
deemable within certain periods, so 1 Bank of that city. Mr. Peck talked
that the sinking fund, which will on the subject with which he is ua-
bear Interest as a State deposit while doubtedly most familiar, that of
accumulating, can be drawn upon to banks and banking. He showed the
redeem bonds after Ave or ten years, necessity of the bank to tho trader,
under the present laws of commerce,
TRADE
AND
DAYS AT HOME
ABROAD.
Scranton has taken positive action
through an organization that Is called
the Scranton Commercial Associa
tion, and hereafter that city is to
have a monthly trade day. The As
sociation held a meeting at one of
the swell hotels of that cit last week
and decided that the trade day was to
become a permanent event, for the
benefit of out-of-town people, and so
that matter is settled.
We also note with surprise that
our neighboring city feels aggrieved
because some of her citizens and
cltlzenesses find occasion to go to i
New York or Philadelphia to do their
shopping. That is strange, isn't it
now? Why don't they stay at home,
and "Watch Scranton Grow?"
Here Is a fact for people In Wayne
county to bear In mind. Honesdale
merchants are fully competent to sell
all staple articles at as low prices as
can be offered In Scranton or else
where.. They buy their hardware,
dry goods, clothing and other staple
articles from the same manufactories
that Scranton merchants patronize.
Their rents and fixed expenses are
lower, and they can and DO sell
goods fully as low in price as do the
merchants over in tho Valley on
trade days or on other days.
KJcranton, or Honesdale, or any
other place has a perfect right to
hold a "trado day," so lone as trade
and urged that the merchants of the
city strive always to keep their cred
it, (which" ho said Is the basis of
business), clean. If they do that and
weed all fllmflammers from the busi
ness life of tho city, they will find
the banks their friends in tho hour
of need.
Mr. Peck then scored a point on a
line that "reminds us" every last
one of us, by telling of his experi
ences In retailing. Ho said that ho
finds every ton of coal ho buys
smaller than the others, and illus
trated tho point with a rhyme, -which
he quoted as follows:
"Old King Cole was a merry old soul;
A merry old soul was he;
He weighed In his drivers with every
ton of coal,
And also his shovelers three."
If Mr. Peck is the author of that
bit of poetical Jinglo ho certainly
ranks along with John D. Rockefel
ler, who is said to be the author of
tho following:
"A wise old owl sat on an oak;
Tho more he saw, the less ho spoke;
The more ho spoke, tho less he
heard.
Why can't you bo like tho wise old
bird?"
Tho oil king composed this bit
of good sense in rhyme for the bene
fit of a class of trained nurses that
he was "fathering," as it wore.
Harrisburg. Feb. 19. Striking Il
lustrations of the fact that the reg
ular Republicans are just as progres
sive as are the representatives of any
of tho parties in the Legislature
were given during last weeK in the
votes in the House on the resolution
approving the Income tax amend
ment to the Federal constitution,
and on tho four amendments to tho
state election laws increasing the
prison penalties for violation. When
the income tax amendment came up
Wednesday not a vote was rendered
against It, and on the election law
changes, which were Introduced by
John Robert Jones, a Schuylkill
county progressive, only from five to
twenty-five votes were recorded
against them. The gentlemen -who
voted in the negative did so simply
because they honestly do not believe
it serves the best Interests of Justice
to the judge and jury down to a fix
ed minimum sentence. Not one of
them is opposed to rigorous enforce
ment of laws to promote honest elec
tions. Another Instance tending to show
that the parties can work together
in utmost harmony on genuinely
progressive lines was afforded In
postponing action on bills providing
for a constitutional convention com
mission in order that they may be
amended so that ideas advocated by
tho Democrats, which will insure
minority representation in a con
stitutional convention, may bo in
corporated in them.
Paiiniim-Pnclfic Exposition Report.
During the week tho Panama-Pacific
Exposition commission made a
report in compliance with a resolu
tion. The report was a voluminous
one, setting forth the expenditures
In detail and showing that but $11,
394 of the $50,000 appropriated has
been spent. It was also shown that
tho trip of the commission to Cali
fornia was made because of a ruling
by the exposition commission at San
Francisco "that no property be turn
ed over to the use of any State un
less a proper representation of such
State be on the ground and parti
cipate in a proper ceremony."
Budget Will Bo Framed at Onco.
Tho House appropriations commit
tee will commence framing the bion
nal budget for the conduct of tho de
partments of the State government
on Monday, as Saturday was the last
day upon which tho departmental os-1
timates could be made. Practically
every department has sent to Chair
man S. Taylor North a statement of
the amount of money required, and
that there will have to bo some
wholesale pruning is regarded as
certain.
Tho budget is made for two years,
commencing with the first Monday of
June, and at the last session it car
ried approximately $32,000,000. This
year it may be larger, owing to in
creased demands from tho depart
ments. Tho Highway Department,
which was cared for in a special ap
propriation bill, which reorganized
that branch of tho government, will
bo taken care of in tho general ap
propriation bill.
About 250 appropriation bills for
charities and other objects are In
hand, carrying close to $23,000,000.
There are generally about GOO appro
priation bills during the session.
The general tilll will bo reported
to tho House early in March and
Chairman North hopes to havo It so
advanced that but little time will be
lost. Tho Senate appropriations
committee will work with the House
committee on this measure.
message to the Legislature, a bill
will soon make its appearance in the
House of Representatives. The
measure is now being drafted and
will be completed probably in tlmo
for Its Introduction this week.
The bill -will give into the super
vision of the new department the
power to enforce the laws of the
State affecting labor and to gather
statistics for the purpose of fram
ing in tho future laws which would
prove beneficial both to tho labor
element and to the employer.
The proposed legislation will com
bine tho present Department of Fac
tory Inspection and the Bureau ot
Industrial Statistics.
It is the intention of Gov. Tener,
If the proposed hill passes, to appoint
as the 'head of the iiew department
the most competent man he can find,
and one who will be entirely agree
able to the labor Interests and to the
employers as well.
HARR1SBURG LETTER
past
tllarrisburEr. Fob. 20. The
is conducted along proper 7lnes and week in tho lower house of the Leg-
not on lines of destructive competl-' 'stature was largely taken up In con
tion.
Honesdale newspapers have a per
fect right to accept advertisements
from Scranton, Carbondale, Port Jer
vis or other merchants, when such
advertisements aro along straight
lines of honorable merchandising;
but when advertisements are proffer
ed that are on thoir very face pre
judicial to tho Interosts of Honesdale
and Wayne county merchants, being
in fact baited hooks thrown out af
ter Wayne county cash, then all
such advertisements should be re
jected as UNFAIR.
Thero is a law in Pennsylvania
that covers what Is known as con
spiracy. A conspiracy must bo the
concerted action of two or more per
sons. Now, when two or more
Scranton merchants get together and
agree that on a certain day they will
sell certain articles at much less
than legitimate trade will warrant,
In other words, if they sold their en
tire stock on the same basis they
Honesdale Business News
A Weekly Advertising Excursion Among Honesdale Busi
ness Houses "Personally Conducted" by F. P. Woodward
HIS department Is something new say this week, and shall shut down
MRS. WANAMAKER WINS SUIT.
Houso Drainage Must Not Ba Dis
charged In Creek.
Norrlstown, Pn., Feb. 20. The court
decided in fnvor of Mrs. Mary B. Wnu
aninker, wife of John Wnnamnkcr, and
her son, Hodman Wannmnker, In their
action against Alvah Busline!! and oth
er Phllndclphinns, residing in what is
known ns the .Tenklntown syndicate
tract at Jenkintown, to prevent them
from discharging their house drainage
Into the water course which flows
through the Wnuamnker estate, caus
ing a pollution which, the plaintiffs al
lege, is offensive and detrimental to
health.
The injunction will not become oper
ative for a year after the final decree of
the court, but the defendants must
forthwith construct a catch basin to
prevent the offenses complained of
flowing upon the Wannmaker property.
Within a year it Is expected that the
proposed 575,000 sewer system will be
established by Jenkintown, and the
houses of the defendants may be con
nected therewith.
MRS. WILSON'S ART COSTLY.
Pictures on Exhibition In Philadelphia
Valued at $500 Each.
Philadelphia, Feb. 20. Mrs. Wood
tow Wilson's paintings cannot be piac
rd among the "best sellers," judging
from their experience when New Jer
sey landscapes by the brush of the wife
Df the president elect were placed on
Bale hero at the Arts and Craft guild.
The guild rooms were crowded with
persons anxious to see Mrs. Wilson's
works.
The three principal pictures of the
collection were held nt $500 each.
Itching, Fiery,
Raw Eczema
Relieved in n Few Seconds.
Yes, an itching, burning, raw, irri
tated skin relieved the moment Zemo
touches it. Zemo is a clean, sooth
ing, healing wash, composed of Thy
mol, Glycerine, Witch Hazel, Bor-
aclc Acid and other medicinal heal
ing properties. Zemo relieves and
cures every form of skin and scalp
eruption, and if you are not entirely
satisfied with results from the very
first 25-cent bottle, druggists will re
fund your money. Large size bottle
$1. Endorsed and sold in Honesdale
by A. M. Lelne.
Zemo Is prepared by E. W. Roso
Medicine Co., St. Louis, Mo., and
their guarantee Is as good as gold.
for Tho Citizen, and will bo
found In the Friday Issue from
week to week. It properly be
longs to this paper, for wo aim to
tell all the local news, and trade
news Is no less NEWS because It has
for its basis the joint financial inter
ests of merchants as well as those
who patronize merchants. In fact,
this will lie tho Honesdalo business
men's advertising clearing house,
and it shall be the aim of the one
who conducts it to make it as full
of Interest as any other department
of the paper.
Why not?
Surely Honesdale business men
have much of interest to offer to the
people of northeastern Pennsylvania,
and It shall be the aim of this paper
to carry their doings to Its many
readers from Friday to Friday,
Of course what will be said about
merchants will be really and truly
advertisements. There is nothing
hidden or covered up about that part
of the department. Far be It from
the writer or from this newspaper
to carry the idea that this is either
a "Jollying" or a charitable depart
ment, for it Is neither. It is a busi
ness department for business men,
made as 'bright, as forceful and as
newsy as we have ability to make it.
One of the features of this "per
sonally conducted excursion" will be
some helpful talk along practical
advertising lines every time that the
department is published.
There Is a marked difference in
the business announcements that
will appear here from week to "week
from tho regular advertisements that
ar.e displayed In our regular adver
tising columns.
Here Is the difference. Ponder
over It carefully and you will see its
force:
In your display advertisement you
are talking for and about yourself
as embodied in your business.
Modesty forbids the average person
from telling as much about himselD
as ho can tell or ought to tell.
In this department somebody else
Is TALKING FOR YOU has ac
tually become your representative,
your drummer, your commercial
traveller. It tells how your business
and your offerings look to other
folks.
Now, that is all we are going to
tho rgates by borrowing from this
month's Wayne Countean tho follow
ing story in rhyme that seems to fit
right In this department at this timo.
"BECAUSE UE liUARNED TO
TALK."
By F. P. W.
He tried to make his business grow
By various plans and schemes,
Including gifts of this and that,
And other lurid dreams,
And yet the blamed old biz would
balk,
He couldn't turn the trick;
His neighbors, too, began to talk,
Their talking made him sick.
He turned, ho twisted, gave his notes
To pay his bills past due,
Ho borrowed here, he borrowed
there,
His friends grew less than few;
He dreamed of increase to his biz,
The floor at night he walked,
It seemed success would ne'er be his;
And still tho neighbors talked.
At last there came a certain day
When every scheme had failed.
He thought ho'd bo a bankrupt,
sure.
Or else that iio'd bo jailed,
When all at once, liko lightning's
flash,
The thought flew .through his
brain,
"You've lost your grit, you've lost
your cash,
You've badly played the game!"
"Suppose that now you turn about
And play the game once more.
Don't let the neighbors run your biz.
Their talking makes you sore;
TALK FOR YOURSELF, and talk
right out,
Make plain your claim for trado!
Tell all about the goods you sell!
TALK LOUD! BE NOT AFRAID!"
And so that man began to talk,
His ads were always new;
The public quickly found his store;
His business, how it grew!
His notes were paid, he made new
friends,
His neighbors ceased to mock;
Instead of borrowing, now he lends,
BECAUSE HE LEARNED TO
TALK.
EUROPE'S WAR SCARE OVER.
STATE NEWS
Our
Interesting Items Taken From
Exchanges.
The State printing last year cost
about $275,000 and runs about
$G00,000 for the two years.
State receipts from tho tax on pre
miums of out-of-the-Stato insurance
companies from business In Pennsyl
vania will probably run up to $1,
700,000, in the opinion of State oil!
clals. Last year this Item aggregat
ed $1,50,000, which was a high wa
tor mark.
sldering liquor questions, a matter in
which the people of the Common
wealth are always Interested. Noth
ing ever comes before tho lawmak
ers in which there Is deeper or
more widespread public Interest than
regulation of liquor selling. The bill
offered by W. W. Ulcrich of West
moreland county sought especially
to stop tho peddling of liquor In ve
hicles by brewers in towns, villages
and manufacturing plants In the In
dustrial sections df tho State.
Through this peddling brewers and
wholesale liquor and profitable busi
ness to the great injury of the re
tailers. There have been many com
plaints against this active peddling,
because It puts liquor right at the
door of the consumer and relieves
him of the labor of going aftoi it.
Indeed, the Inhabitants of industrial
communities are solicited day after
day by brewery agents who send in
the orders by mall or phone, and the
liquor to fill these orders Is deliv
ered next day at the house of the
man who gave the order, Many big
coal companies havo complained
against this system, alleging that its
effect has teen to demoralize their
business and break down the sobriety
and good habits of their men.
Pennsylvania will probably havo
more motorcycles than over tills
year, as, In spite of weather condi
tions, licenses have been taken out
for 2,150. Last year the total num
her of such licenses granted was 7,
314, or about 2,500 more than in tho
previous year. It is believed that
with tho advent of warm weather tho
applications will leap. Thus far tho
State automobile authorities havo is
sued 30,500 licenses for automobiles.
If the Rev. Billy Sunday makes as
big a hit In Harrisburg when 'he
goes there for a brief sojourn dur
ing tho session of the Legislature as
he has the past week in Columbus,
Ohio, his visit will be long remem
bored. A total of 12,475 have in
that time professed Christianity un
der his sermons, among them a pro
prietor of three hotels and an enemy
of the hotelman who had once tried
to kill him, tho two walking side by
side down the "sawdust trail." As
many as 10,000 persons havo attend
ed nls meetings at one time and he
has been petitioned by the people
ot Columbus to continue the services
Indefinitely.
Providing for the creation of
State department of labor and Indus
try, advocated in Governor Tener'a
During the year 1913 The Citi
zen will be better then ever. You
should subscribe for it and thereby
get all the latest county news. Only
$i.du will bring it to your door.
Powers Likely to Settle Roumania
Bulgaria Territorial Dispute.
London, Feb. 20. While alarm at tho
I -"spects of European war over the
Bulgarian-Roumanian territorial dis
pute had subsided, there was still some
uneasiness over tho situation. The
general ouUook, however, was much
better than it has been since Sunday.
Most of the European stock ex
changes were showing recovery from
tho depression which tho reports of
friction between Austria and Russia
caused. However, there was a panic
on the St. Petersburg bourse, and
thero was much excitement In tho Rus
sian capital over tho rumors of im
pending war.
Bring your difficult job work to
this office. We can do it.
Weather Probabilities.
Increasing cloudiness today, follow
ed by rain in south and rain or snow
in northern portion; tomorrow colder;
moderate south winds, becoming vnrl-nblo.
A Good Stomach
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by Peil, the druggist, to
end Indigestion and give you a good
vigorous stomach, or money back.
They relieve after dinner distress in
five minutes. 50 cents.
MI-O-NA for belching gas.
MI-ONA for distress after eating.
MI-O-NA for foul breath.
MI-O-NA for loss of appetite.
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MI-O-NA after a banquet.
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Again our Unmatchable List of Special Offerings for this Big Bargain Event.
This week's Monday Soecials here are certain to merit your attendance. Buying
direct from manufacturers enables us to present Seasonable and Desirable Merchandise
at a great saving.
Read the listand you'll see the wisdom of being here early for a full share of these
splendid values.
Grocery Department
Best Granulate'd Sugar, 25-lb bag $1.25
White Rose Coffee, 35c value 32c lb.
OH Sardines, selected stock 7 cans 25c
Prunes, new shipment, 10c value 8c lb.
Spaghetti or Macaroni, 10c value 7c pkg.
Good Quality Tomatoes, 13c value 11c can
Campbell's Baked Beans, special 9c can
Octagon Soap Powder, 5c value 4c pkg.
Byron Brand Canned Pumpkins, 13c value ...,10c can
Fancy California Oranges, great value 32c doz.
Second Floor Specials
Window Shades, all colors 22c ea
Famous Woolnap Blankets, $2.25 & $2.50 val..$l.G9pr
Maish Snow White Cotton Comfortables, $3.00 value
$2.49 ea
Union Ingrain Stair Carpet, 35c value 29c yd
Cut in Wall Paper Remnants
All Remnants to go at 5 and 10c double roll.
Other Departments, Main Floor
Now Spring Serges, finest COc value 50c yd.
Fancy Flowered Dross Silks, 35c value 25c yd.
Best Quality Apron Gingham, Sc value 7c yd.
Yard Wide Sllkoline. 12 c value 10c yd.
Fine Unbleached Muslin, 10c value 80 yd.
40 in. French Nainsook, 20c valuo 14c yd.
'Niagara Cotton Batts, unroll in one sheet, 25c value
nc ea
Men's and Boys' Outing Night Shirts, DOc value. 43c ea
Medium Weight Mixed Socks, Slightly Second, 12 o
8c pr.
Final Clearing of Heavy Kimono Flaneletto, 15c
value iOc yd
Ladles' Embroidered Handkerchiefs, 10c value.. 7c ea
New Lot Men's 4 In. Hand Ties, 15c value ....10c ea
Tailored and Fancy Waists, $1.00 and $1.25 value..
89o ea
Lingerie Waists, newest models, $3.00 value ..$2.49 ea
Ladles' Silk Shirts, latest style, $3.50 value. . .$2.98 ea
Monday, February 24, Final Week of Women's White Sale
Ladles' Night Gowns 50 and 59c. value 38c.each.
Katz Bros. Inc.
READY-TO-WEAR DEPARTMENT ON THE SECOND FLOOR