PAGE FOUR THE CITIZEN, TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1913. THE CITIZEN Scml-Weekly Founded 1008; Weekly Founded 1844. Published Tuesdays nnd Fridays by the Citizen Publishing Company. E. B. HARDENBEnCJH PRESIDENT II. C. VAN ALSTYNE and E. B. CALLAWAY MANAGING EDITORS FRANK P. WOODWARD ADVERTISING MANAGER AND FEATURE WRITER. C. II. DOr.FLRGER. TERMS: ONE YEAR $1.60 -THREE MONTHS .3So SIX MONTHS 75-ONE MONTH .13o Remit by Express Money Order. Draft, Postofflce Order or Registered letter. Address all communications to The Citizen, No. S03 Main street, Honesdale, Pa. All notices of shows, or other entertainments held for the purpose of making money or any items that contain advertising matter, will only be admitted to this pTper on payment of regular advertising rates. Notices of ecrtainments for the benefit of churches or for char table purposes where a tea is charged, will be Pub lished at half rates. Cards of thanks, BO cents, memorial poetry and resolutions of rtspeet will be charged for at the rate of a cent a word. Advertising rates on application. TUESDAY, THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. 'Resolved, That I will not be the slave of any habit, good or had, that I will be master of my own soul, dictator of my own conduct, that I will not permit environment or as sociation to influence me against the dictates of my better self; that I will keep my heart free, ready to re spond to the calls of need; that I will keep my body clean, since it is the temple of the Divine Spirit; that I will make a covenant with my eyes, and close the shutters when they would look out upon a questionable sight; that I will cultivate my mind, and make it a storehouse for wis dom; that I will respond to the calls of conscience and duty; in short, since my Creator made me in his own image, I will strive to maintain and perfect th'e likeness, that I may bet ter serve my country and my fellow men. Josephus Daniels. SAVING MONEY FOR THE TOWN. There is not a taxpayer In the bor ough that wants to see money spent foolishly or unwisely. However, the town has been doing this very same thing for several years. In what manner, the reader may ask? It is just this. The borough has annually purchased thousands of tons of cracked stone and placed them prin cipally upon Main street. Within a year the bill for crushed stone has amounted to over ?2,500. With the borough's proportion for paving fix ed at $14,000, how long would it take to pay off the bond issue? The stones are crushed into dust and when it rains the dust becomes sticky, mucky mud, nothing else. It is then scraped up and carted away. Year after year this has been the routine work on Honesdalo's thor oughfare. How long is it to be con tinued? The only way to save money for the town is to pave Main street. Do it. Election will be held July 11. .-,. THE PROGRESSIVE BANQUET. So far as numbers and enthusiasm were concerned the Progressive ban uet at Scranton on Friday evening last appears to have been very much of a success. Whether the cause of good government was advanced by it is not so clear. The burden of the speeches was that certain of the common people are being deprived of their personal rights, which rights it requires a political revolution to restore. No mention appears to have been made of the great economic questions of the day, on the proper settlement of which rests the stabil ity of this government and the pros perity of its citizens. It appears to be outside the purpose of the Pro gressive leaders to discuss the tariff, the currency, our foreign relations and a dozen other great subjects which confront the people and which the present administration at Wash ington Is struggling to solve. The subjects which these leaders do dis cuss and over which they become enthusiastic and vehement aro those concerning which there is little or no contention by any party or by the bulk of the people. No one seeks to deny to working men or to women or children their respective rights. The great body of laws on our statute books today, enacted for their pro tection, were placed there by the old parties. And inasmuch as the work ing men of this country make up the bulk of the two old parties it may reasonably be supposed that the in terests of their wives and children will bo as carefully guarded in their hands as In the hands of such mil lionaire representatives of the new party as William Flinn, Gifford Pin chot and Thomas Robins. It may also be taken for granted that the men of the old parties will bo as ready as tho Progressives to confer the right of suffrage on their wives and mothers and daughters when ever the welfare of the women and the state requires it. Tho new par ty becomes distinct from the old only by tacking on to Us commendable features such excresences as the re call of judges and of judicial decis ions, and certain other extravagant and harmful theories advocated by tho radicals among them. It was thus In tho years preceding tho Civil war that the anti-slavery crusade was hindered and handicapped by such extreme advocates as Garrison, Wendell Phillips and John Brown. Such radicals as these, who declared that the constitution of the United States was "a covenant with death DiRECTona: M. B AIXHK. S. B. HABDEBEZBOn W. W. WoOD JU.NE 24, 1013. and a league with hell," gave more trouble and concern to the wise and conservative Lincoln than did the armies of the South. Enthusiasm and aggressiveness are commendable qualities if rightly di rected, but enlisted in the servico of a mistaken cause they are produc tive of no good results. To all that is worth while in the principles of the Progressive party the Republican party stands pledged and to vastly more. It is not con ceivable therefore that the exuber ance of youth and enthusiasm dis played by our Progressive friends will lead thinking men away from the consideration of questions that vitally affect the welfare of the na tion, into the thoughtless adoption of a propaganda that is unnecessary where it is not unwise. In the meantime the Citizen con gratulates the (Progressive ban queters on their enjoyment of an en thusiastic evening. COST OF GOING TO COLLEGE. A statistician at Yale has figured that the cost of a four-year course at collego should bo about $4,370, di vided as follows: Freshman year, ?1,020; sophomore year, ?1,052; junior year, $1,130; senior year, $1, 1G2. By way of comment on these fig ures,' the Christian Science Monitor remarks: "As a matter of fact, thero are thousands of young men who support themselves while at college, and throughout every section of tho United States this feat is not only possible but feasible." We might add that in addition to being feasible, it is also desirable. A college student who supports himself will overcome the only possible ob jection to a college education, name ly, that it teaches a young man how to spend someone else's money, rath er than how to make and save mon ey for himself. You will observe that tho Yale statistician counts on the average student spending a little more each year. If he were supporting himself tho figures would probably be the other way about, and the student would be the better for it. The more you spend on a college student, the less you give him. THE INCOME TAX. As reported to tho Democratic caucus of the Senate the minimum exemption in the income tax will be $3,000 instead of $4,000. A step in the right direction, but by no means far enough, A fair and honest income tax strikes at a uniform rato every in come on which it is worth collect ing. The English limit of exemption is $800. In most Europeon countries it is a great deal lower. The mini mum limit should not be more than $1,000 at the most. Tho Democrats are not prepared for a square Income tax. They treat it as a fine on wealth rather than as a source of revenue; and some of them, like Palmer of Pennsylvania, havo the honesty to confess that they don't dare to lower the exemp tion lest the voters arise and kick them out. So they lay a political Income tax not one according to sound econo mic principles or their own boasted love for equality of rights and privi leges. They proposo to give to a few hundred thousand persons the special privllego of paying the tax. Never mind. The extravagance of Con gress, If nothing else, will compel in no distant time the lowering of the exemption. And the more people's pockets the Government pokes its fingers into tho more people will be roused by that extravagance and eager to stop it. N. Y. Sun. LIBERTY BELL MAY BE SENT TO COAST, Pleading that the school children or the west should be clven an on portunlty of seeinir thn lihortv boll. nine young women teachers from the States of Oregon, Washington and Idaho, called on Mayor Blankenburg and Philadelphia councils in an ef fort to secure the transportation of the rello to the Panama-Pacific Ex position in 1915. Mayor Blanken- Durg informed them that he favored the sending of the bell but said the question would have to be decided by mombers of councils to be elect ed next fall. 'Petitions signed by thousands of school children and by governors of the States represented by the, dele gation were presented to councils, the members of which heartily ap plauded the speeches of the fair pleaders but failed to take action. ROBERT D. TOWNE TO PUBLISH NEW DAILY. It Will bo Called "Tho Scranton Dally News," nnd Will Appear July 4. A new morning newspaper to be called the Scranton Dally News is to bo started by Robert D. Towfie, whose connection with the Tribune Publishing company ended when William H. Peck and John T. Porter took possession of the company as receivers on June 12 last. Nine members of the editorial staff of tho Tribune-Republican and Truth turned in their resignations last evening to William J. Peck, gen eral manager of both papers, and they will follow Mr. Towne to the new paper. A STERLING CHARACTER. Percival W. Bentley, who was buried today, was a magnificent type of American manhood. He was not a wealthy man as wealth Is now con sidered, nor was he famous beyond the circle of those who knew and valued his sterling qualities. Most of these were in his home city, where he resided for the last forty five years of his life. A native of Susquehanna county, he belonged to that sturdy generation of Northern Pennsylvania men who came to this city in the sixties and earlier to seek their fortunes. It was given to Mr. Bentley to turn to the science and mystery of compounding the medi cines of tho community. For many years he was engaged as a druggist. His name was a synonym or nonesty in business and rectitude of personal conduct. It is something to be said of a man that none of his fellow men ever spoke evil of him; yet precisely this was said of Mr. Bentley wnen the telegraph' brought to the city news that ho had dleTI. It is some thing to say of a man that he never spoke evil of any one. No man ever heard Percival W. Bentley give way to caustic criticism. As to those whom he could not praise he was silent and men respected his silence. There Is grandeur about such a char acter. No man ever died who was more sincerely mourned in Williams port than the good gray figure laid to rest in Wildwood to-day. He typified the life of the upright Amer ican citizen, the thoroughly honest man, the good neighbor, the loyal friend, the loving husband and fath er. Ho was liberal in his glvings to causes that appealed to him. His friends regarded him at times as too liberal. But his reward is a -place in tho hearts of his fellow townsmen that only generous and unselfish men have. Williamsport Sun and News. TO PREVENT WASTE OF EGGS. Conservation of eggs in transit is a problem whose solution the bur eau of chemistry of the United States department of agriculture la seek ing. The waste of eggs through break age in transit is enormous. Of tho 127,680,000 dozen of eggs which were shipped into the city of New York in a recent year, 11,500,000 dozens were cracked, and of these a large percentage was unfit for use. The egg supply of large cities, and particularly that of New York, has to come from a long distance, be cause the whole egg product of the middle Atlantic States is not enough to supply that city. For the eastern coast cities, the distant corn districts are practically tho sole source ''of supply. Hens do not have to scratch so hard for a living in the corn fields as they do where grain is scarce, Increasing consumption of eggs adds to the distance from which eggs must come, and makes the safe shipment of this valuable food product more and more essential. Tho situation is growing acute, be cause the railroads are claiming that their damage losses are such as to make the carrying of eggs an un profitable commercial proposition. The shippers and consignees have large sums of money tied up In claims and litigation with tho roads. If the department of agriculture suc ceeds, as it hopes to do, In devising a successful method of shipping eggs, it will contribute importantly to the poultry industry, which produces each year food worth half a million dollars. COAL IN WILKES-BARRE. The valuation of all property own ed by the coal companies in Wilkes Barre according to tho city treas urer's tax duplicate, is $11,094,370 on which tho tax for city purposes Is $77,727.'7D. MANY NEW ACTS AVITH BOBBINS' CIRCUS THIS YEAR, The Frank A. Robbins' All Feat ure Show, one of the best known cir cuses on tho road to-day, having been under the same management for thirty-two years, will visit Honesdale this year on Thursday, July 3. Fol lowing his usual custom Mr. Robbins lias scoured tho country for tho best available acts, and will havo a num ber of stars of the circus world with him' when ho comes here. Hillary Long, who walks down stairs on his head, and does other equally differ ent stunts whilo upside down, swing. ing in a trapeze; tho Carreas, two of most graceful and best bareback riders of tho country: Oscar Benson lin and his troupe of aerlllsts; the Morey family; The Ceveno troupe, a groupe of wlro walkors, who have just returned from a triumphant tour or South America; The Leons, Herbert Brothers, a trio of acrobats with few equals, make a list of stars which briefly tells of the real at tractions of the show. Thero will bo a score or more of fun provoking .clowns, a number of tine animal acts, a splendid menagerie, greatly en larged this year, and other attrac tions to entertain the spectators. The show gives two performances daily. ono at tv.'o o'clock, and the other at eignt. Doors open ono hour earlier, and a band concert proceeds each regular show. OBITUARY. Death of Lucy Bodlo. Lucy Bodio died from a par alytic stroke at her late home on Blandin Flats early Thursday morn ing. She was forty-eight years old and is surtlved by aged parents, two brothers, Howard and Ruben Bodle, in town; two sisters, Mrs. Geo. Con. nor, of New York, and Mrs. Alex Lilje, of Forest City. Funeral was held Sunday afternoon from the house, with interment in Glen Dy borry cemetery. Rev. Jesse Herrmann officiated, Lewis A. Lybolt Dead. Lewis A. Lybolt, a veteran of the Civil war, and a life long resident of Damascus township, died at his late home at Ferndale on Saturday, June 21, after a long Illness. The funeral was held on Tuesday, June 24. from his late home, interment was made in Calkins cemetery. The services will bo in charge of Captain James Ham Post, G. A. R. of Hones dale. A more extended notice and history of tho life of deceased will be given in a later issue. McGrannghnn Dies From Injuries. Hugh McGranaghan, a prominent business man of Hancock, died at his home from the effects of injuries received in a runaway at Equinunk on June 9 when he was hurled against a maple tree and rendered unconscious. He Is survived by a widow and several children. Paul McGranaghan of Honesdale, is a brother of the deceased. Mr.McGranaghan was president of tho Hancock Board of Trade, presi dent of the Crown Cut Glass com pany, and a director of the First Na tional bank of Hancock. Dcatli of Mrs. J. V. Blnkc. Jane James, widow of John V. Blake, of Bethany, died at the home of her niece, Mrs. Casterton, in Ra cine, Wis., on June 19, aged 82 years. Death was caused by paraly sis. The remains were brought east for the funeral. Interment was made on Saturday at Hamlin, her re quest being that she be laid beside the remains of her parents. Mrs. Blake is survived by the following step-children: A. O. Blake, C. O. Blake and Benjamin Blake, all of Bethany. Two brothers and two sisters also survive, namely, Mrs. John Fitze, of Westboro, Wis.; Mrs. C. C. Palmer, of Milton, va.; Henry James, of Milwaukee, Wis., and Fred James, of Binghamton, N. Y. The late John P. James of this place was a brother of the deceased. Funeral of Percival W. Bentley. The funeral of Percival W. Bent ley of Williamsport, who died at the home of his niece, Mrs. Loring uaie, Riverdale-on-the-Hudson, Monday, Juno 16th, was held last Wednesday morning. Tho body was taken to Wildwood for burial in tho family plot. Services were conducted at the Central Presbyterian cnurcii ana were very simple. Mr. Bentley was prominent in church work. He was the senior older of the Central Presbyterian church, and was ordained an elder of the Third Presbyterian church, Wil liamsport, on May 31, 18C9. Mr. Bentley was a native of Mont rose, Susquehanna county. He was born April 8, 1845. His father was Benjamin Stuart Bentley, wno be, came a common pleas judge of Ly, coming county after his removal to Williamsport, being one of the two Republican judges in the history of the county, as a separate judicial dis trict. After the Bentleys removed to Williamsport, P. W. Bentley became a druggist, and was in partnership with Edward W. Smith from 1886 to 1899, after which time tho business was conducted by Mr. Smith. In the latter years of his life Mr. Bentley was engaged in the insur ance business. The only members of Mr. Bent ley's immediate family aro his wid ow, and ono daughter, Miss Helen Bentley. Paralysis Claims James Cnvnnnugh. Jas. Cavanaugh, for a number of years a resident of Honesdale, died at his home on Erie street, Friday night, after a prolonged illness. Death resulted from paralysis. Mr. Cavanaugh was born In Ireland 85 years ago. For many years he was In the employ of tho Delaware and Hudson railroad as track boss. Ho was tho father of thirteen children, three of whom havo died, namely, Edward, who was killed at Swack hammer curve shortly after tho new steam road was built over the Mooslc, Maggie and Kate, Those sur viving are Elizabeth, wife of Frank Mulhearn, of Wilkes-Barre; Cecilia, wife of Andrew Devlno, of Miles City, Mont.; Nellie, wife of Law rence McGinniss; Mary, at home; Charles, Daniel, Burnard, all of Honesdale; Michael, of Middletown, N. Y.; James, of Newark, N. J.; Jennie, wife of Charles Hudson, of Wilkes-Barre. Tho funeral was held on Monday morning at 10 o'clock in St. John's Roman Catholic church. WIND AND RAIN SWEEP OVER PENNSYLVANIA, An unusual thunderstorm preced ed by wind of great velocity and ac companied by a tremendous down pour of rain visited Philadelphia for a few minutes Friday night after in flicting death and destruction to property throughout Eastern Penn sylvania. Wire servico for several hours, was practically at a standstill. Considerable damage was also done in Southern Now Jersey and Dela ware. Paul Smith, 14 years old, was blown off a cherry tree In Pottsvllle and Instantly killed. In Philadelphia the greatest dam age was done in tho northeastern section where trolley wires were blown down in many sectipns and a number of peoplo were injured by "PEDOS" CORN CURE re lieves pain at once and event ually cures. 15 cents. f SNAPPY LITTLE BUSINESS STORIES. Tl Watch Tills Spa co Every Tuesday. "Heart to Heart Talks About Advertising" By Roy B. Simpson. Copyrighted 1911 by R. B. Simpson.) A large men's furnishing store in Chicago advertised a special sale of four-in-hand ties regular fifty cent quality at three for a dollar, as its big leader for Saturday. Before noon tho neckwear depart ment looked like it had been struck by a storm. The aisles were Jammed with people and the manager of the department was gleefully estimating the volume of the day's business when the proprietor appeared. The proprietor was a young man of the same metal that Marshall Fields and John Wanamaker are made of. He noted that the people were buying ties BUT NOTHING ELSE. "Why is this?" he demand ed. "Why aren't these people sent to other' departments where we have as many good values?" The manager replied that this was a conservative store and he thought it would be undignified to have his salespeople go out of their own de partment or even suggest that his customers visit other departments. "There's nothing undignified about it,' retorted the owner. 'Most of these people are receiving in exchange two to ten times the amount of their purchases. Most of them are bar gain hunters or they would not be here today. 'All of them will soon need other things we sell. "I fall to see why It would be un dignified or a violation of good mer (Continued Tuesday.) Read Every Talk-It's Worth While. falling signs and loose bricks blown from chimneys. For two minutes before the ar rival of the rain, the wind blew with' a velocity of fifty-nine miles an hour, the greatest velocity recorded by the weather bureau since 1889. Tho rain was welcome to farmers in this section of the state. It sav ed farm produce and did millions of dollars' worth of good. CASTOR I A For Infanta and Children. Tho Kind You Have Always Bought Bears tho srf SZ$7--& Signature of L&t&&Zc&te NEURA POWDERS cure all Headache, io cents. Sold everywhere. Variety, Quality and Style a man wants to pay $10, . $12, S, $18 and $20 for his Summer Suit, he finds a maximum of the things worth while in our Schloss-Baltimore Clothes. You'll find that our suits nt'theso popular prices aro tailored with the siiino extreino caro ns high priced models and tlint tho patterns are very carefully selected, nnd to a great extent exclusive. Shepherd plaids, English Checks, Pin Checks, Club Checks, Chalk and other Novelty Stripes. Plain and Fancy Blue-Serges. Every popular model in English, Semi -English, Conservative and Norfolk Oljllsd. On account of a back ward season wo will give .You're sure to find what you're t "J looking for in our immense display purchased between now and. of Summer goods. July 4. Breg stein Bros Main St. chandising to havo your salespeople suggest a visit to other departments. What about our new stock of gloves for Fall? Aren't our new line of hats and our large assortment of Fall overcoats worth talking about? "Here within twenty feet of you is the best lot of shirts we havo ever shown a line at a dollar that can not be duplicated in this. city and your salespeople haven't said a word about thorn. "All these goods are here to sell, Mr. Blank. Wo are not advertising the whole store for the exclusive benefit of your department. Don't ignore tho power of suggestion but train your people to give hints that will send customers to other depart ments. "During a rush like this sugges tions can be made quietly, quickly and discreetly. When business is nnrmnl mnrft mpa nnrl Viofti 4i.r1.r- ment will prevail. Get acquainted with your customers and you will make them customers for the whole store." This splendid plan to increase tho efficiency of store advertising was put into practical use In all the de partments and the customers liked it. And it changed the employes of that store from mere slot machines into real salesmen. SUNSHINE. If you are undecided as to what business to go into go into the Sun shine business. It pays big profits. You know how physical Sunshine af fects you how it makes your day pleasant and cheerful and puts health, zest and vigor into your system. Sunshine in your soul Sunshine In your heart and Sunshine in your face is of an infinitely higher order because you can take it Into the darkest corners of your day and ttiere win be lignt. Sunshine is a thing made up with in us. It cannot be bought and it cannot help but bo in you in greater quantities if you eliminate from your thinking and from your work ing the things that shut off Sun shine anger, regret for things that can't be helped, wrong viewpoints, worry, hatred, envy, jealousies. Get these things out of your system give the Sunshlno a chance and your value to yourself and other people win grow and grow. Go Into tho Sunshine business. George Matthew Adams. Honesdale, Pa.
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