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THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER ai, 1913.
THE CITIZEN
Scml-Weckly Founded 10 08; Weekly Founded 1844.
Published Tuesdays and Fridays by
E. B. HARDENBEIIGH i t.. PRESIDENT
X. C. VAN ALSTYNE and E. B. CALLAWAY MANAGING EDITORS
FRANK P. WOODWARD ADVERTISING MANAGER
AND FEATURE WRITER.
DIRECTORS i
X. J, D0RFL1K0KR, M. B. ALLEN. E. B. HAHDEHBEROn
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lished at half rates. Cards of thnnks, 50 cents, memorial poetry and resolutions
of respect will bo charged for at the rate of a cent a word. Advertising rates on
application.
TUESDAY, NOVEMHEH 25, 1013.
THOUGHT FOIl TO-DAY.
Sunshine Is delicious, rain Is re
freshing, wind braces up, snow Is
exhilarating; there Is really no such
thing as bad weather, only-different
kinds of good weather. Ituskin.
"UOlLEIt PIRATE" AND "PROPA
GANDA." While The Citizen congratulates
Us contemporary across the street for
showing a contingent of Wayne
county teachers its web perfecting
press, we note with sorrow that it
was not possessed with enough of
the spirit of fairness to add that
those same teachers came right over
to The Citizen office to join a larger
lot of teachers where conjointly they
witnessed the operation of a KEAIi
type-setting machine, the Linotype,
which is as far in advance of the
contraptions the Independent is
using as a modern flying machine Is
ahead of a hot air balloon.
We are compelled to note, also,
that there is a sign of uneasiness in
the web perfecting In'ards of our
self-satisfied contemporary. That
boiler plate ghost will not down, and
mixing up a few columns of that
class of plates with a liberal use of
its stock expressions of "propagan
da," "gang," "liars," "thieves,"
"grafters," "boodlers," "taxeaters,"
and then some, It uses a large lot of
space in trying to convince "the
people" that all the honesty, nil the
virtue, nil the power to live right
up to the plain, every-day wording
of the Ten Commandments Is wrap
ped up and carried in stock In that
wonderful journal that never, oh!
never uses "boiler plates.'-'
Now, what is a "propaganda?"
And, what are "boiler plates?"
Let us take the Independent's own
definition. Here you are:
" a propaganda
was established in Harrlsburg which
for months sent out literature to all
editors of the state."
Therefore, a "propaganda" is not
a new kind of confectionery, or
clothing, or dental powder, but it is
an establishment, and it sends out
literature. So, that's settled.
As to "boiler plates," the Inde
pendent says they aro
" -matter already
set up so that newspaper editors
would not have to cudgel their
brains writing anything or set any
type. It was all ready to place in
their columns, having been gotten up
by experts at the business."
So, that's settled, or It was settled
until last Friday's Citizen took up
the subject with a few remarks, after
which the Independent amended the.
definition of "boiler plate" by adding
a word of its own, the word "editor
ial." Next It will bo in order for the
Independent to define "editorial." If
The Citizen were to venture a defini
tion along that lino it would bo that
an Independent editorial is some
thing that tho Philadelphia North
American has said first. (The train
from the Quaker city will be late
some day, and our contemporary will
be forced to use all stereotype
plates, like "all first class metropoli
tan and provincial newspapers.")
To boil it down here is the way
the Independent looks at it:
A "propaganda" Is an establish
ment that is back of a movement,
and "boiler plates" aro its literature
in stereotype form, which are fur
nished free to lazy and impecunious
editors, who in using them become
members of "the gang" and all the
rest of it.
Suppose, for instance, the W. C, T.
U. of Wayne county made an ar
rangement whereby that society
could offer a certain amount of Tem
perance literature in plate form to a
newspaper, no cost for plates. If the
editor accepted those "propaganda"
plates, would he be one of those aw
ful "tax eaters," or a member of "tho
gang?"
Was It because of such fear that
the Independent refused to use the
plates tho good women of Wayne
county wanted to use In its pages?
If yes, then our neighbor was con
sistent In turning down the W. C. T.
U. offer of "boiler plates."
As The Citizen accepted them,
and is publishing them from week
to week, reasoning along the same
lino, wo, too, are consistent, ac
cording to tho Independent's defini
tion, and that act puts Us in "the
the Citizen Publishing Company.
gang." (Pretty good gang, too, by
tho way).
Again, when a 3-column Arthur
Brisbane article, which advocates
principles directly opposed to the
teachings of the W. C. T. U. as well
as every church In Wayne county,
is submitted to a publisher, not to bo
paid for as advertising, not ns com
ing from a propaganda, not furnish
ed free, but bought and paid for as a
part of the stereotype service of "all
first class metropolitan and provin
cial newspapers," thus receiving a
paid-for editorial sanction, does the
publication of such an article a that,
striking as it did at every home in
our county, we repeat, does such
publication, consistent as it is with
tho Independent's definition of
terms and Its line of logic, does it
thus place our contemporary in posi
tion where it can have the authority
to criticise people by the wholesale,
classing them as being everything
but honest and trustworthy?
The Independent may bo consist
ent, and consistency may in its case
bo a jewel as big as an out-of-date
type-setting machine, but surely
there is something morally out of
kilter with such consistency.
THE COST OF HIGH LIVING.
Has anybody noticed any reduc
tion in 'the cost of living from tho
inauguration of Democratic policies
and of a reduced tariff? Business
has been slowed up by tho tariff and
some industries havo been hard hit
and havo been compelled to reduce
their working forces. It is a lit
tle harder to make a living than it
was under Republican administra
tions, but the cost of living is just
as high as ever and perhaps higher,
Eggs, about which the Democrats
used to fulminate at great length,
are higher than ever before. Wo are
Importing a good many of them, but
the foreigner and tho Importer get
all the benefits, tho consumer pays
as much as ever.
Apparently the same thing is true
of many other things on which the
tariff has been removed or reduced.
The foreign producers or sellers have
simply put up their prices enough to
cover or nearly cover the former du
ty. Where they haven't quite cover
ed the reduction the slight difference
is absorbed by wholesalers' or retail
ers in this country. In the case of
lumber we understand tho Canadians
have raised their prices to fully cov
er tho reduction.
Tho results, therefore, of tho great
Democratic policy of tariff reduction
has been to hand to foreigners as ex
tra profits what formerly went into
the treasury of tho United States as
duties, and to make up the deficiency
created In the revenues we have lev
ied upon ourselves an onerous half
baked Income tax which nobody
knows how to pay and which has
caused endless confusion.
The Democratic Party was pledged
to reduce the cost of living without
disturbing business. It has disturb
ed business without reducing the cost
of living, and we can all cheer up, for
in all probability "the worst is yet to
come." Poughkeepsie Eagle.
HIDE HAMMERS IJLOW HORNS.
William Smedley, of Philadelphia,
who gave a spirited talk to the mer
chants and business men of the town
last Tuesday evening at the city hall,
Is the kind of a live wire that is
welcomed In every place ho visits.
He adds life and enthusiasm to the
community in which he speaks and
receives a warm hand before leav
ing. Organizer Smedley gave a number
of good points as food for thought
for the merchants. Ho advocated
organization, co-operation and pub
licity for the business man. During
the address Tuesday evening Organi
zer Smedley asked all merchants to
lay aside their hammers and toot
horns instead.
Ho put in a good word for the
press of the town, advocating pub
licity for the merchant. Mr. Smed
ley said: "I was informed to-day
that one of your papers in this town
refuses to accept advertisements
from merchants of larger cities.
That is right. You should support
a paper that will do that." The
speaker also stated that hebelieved
the only way for the merchant to
get results is by advertising in the
newspaper.
PEOPLE'S FORUM.
Mr. Editor:
In tho communication published
in your Tuesday's edition of The
Citizen, from F. L. Andrews, presi
dent of the Columbian Protective
Association of Binghamton, N. Y
I noticed the last paragraph of the
letter, reads as follows:
" If any action is commenced, we
shall as we have in the past, carry
It to tho highest courts, if neces
sary to do so."
While the communication is quite
interesting, the paragraph referred
to, is not entirely clear. The only
cases brought against the Columbian
Protective Association, in our
courts, are tho four cases now pend
ing, and if these are the cases re
ferred to by Mr. Andrews, it will
undoubtedly take a long time for
them to reach the highest court, as
they have been pending a year and a
half, and have only passed through
Robert A. Smith's court, so far,
having been continued from one
term to another on the application
of John F. Scragg who represents
the Columbian Protective association
It would be interesting to know at
this ratio, when either of the four
cases will reach the court of last
resort, particularly so, If the same
strenuous efforts are But forth by
Mr. Scragg, attorney tar the polum
bian, to keep them down, some place
among the lower courts. Besides
this, quite recently an item appear
ed in the paper, quoting Mr. Scragg,
as saying: "That all policyholders of
the American Fraternal would be
satisfactorily taken care of before
the January Term of Court."
A POLICYHOLDER.
SITUATION IN MEXICO
HUERTA WILL NOT YIELD.
New York, Nov. 20. The Sun to
day summarizes the Mexico situation
as follows:
Despatches from Mexico city Indi
cate that Huerta is more determined
than ever to ignore the demands
made by the United States. He will
not resign the Presidency and both
his Cabinet and the new Mexican
Congress aro expected to lend their
approval to his defiance.
The provisional President's latest
move is to accuse an American offi
cial, United States Consul-General
Hanna at Monterey, of aiding the
rebels.
President Wilson has definitely de
cided to continue a do nothing pol
icy ana to allow the Mexican situa
tion to drift until it settles itself.
Fear was expressed in the canital
last night that this policy might not
be approved by the Powers most in
terested in Mexico. No actual assur
ances of support have been received
from any of theso Powers by the
Wilson Administration.
Despatches from Nogales report
unit William uayard Hale's negotia
tions with Gen. Carranza have been
a complete failure. The Constitu
tionalist leader is said to have asked
Halo to present credentials showing
that ho represented President Wil
son. The confidential agent being
unable to snow any powers Carranza
prepared at once to leave for Her
mosillo, his capital.
FIREMAN STRUCK
BY STRAY BULLET.
Train Was Passing Through Deer
Section When Accident Occur
red. The Liberty Register of Friday
last contained tho following story:
Marshall Moore of Middletown, a
fireman employed on the Ontario &
Western, was injured in a mysteri
ous manner while engaged at his
duties on tho passenger train from
Summltvillo to Monticello on Sun
day afternoon.
The train was proceeding up the
mountain in the neighborhood of St.
Joseph's, in the heart of the deer
country, when the engineer, Benja
min St. John, noticed that steam was
failing and the train slowing up.
On arrival at St. Joseph's, he In
vestigated, and found Mr. Mooro ly
ing unconscious on tho floor of the
engine in front of tho firebox and
bleeding from a wound in the head.
Investigation showed that the
wound had evidently been made by
a spent bullet, probably shot by
some hunter -following a deer
through that country, and had near
ly finished Its course when It struck
Mr. Moore.
WIFE PUTS HUSBAND TO WORK.
Ho Had Been Sentenced to Prison;
She Hired Him From Sheriff.
Janesvllle, Wis. Convicted under
the Wisconsin labor commitment law
for non-support, Edward Arnson, a
tailor, is in a peculiar condition.
His wife made the complaint and
prosecuted the case and when he
was convicted and turned over to the
Sheriff to find employment for next
twelve months she hired him and an
nounced she would open a tailor
shop.
Under tho State law she must pay
tho Sheriff his salary, and in return
will Tecelvo the money back, minus
his living expenses.
In the meantime Arnson must live
a life of sobriety, for any one selling
him liquor will be prosecuted, and
should he evade tho law he will be
recaptured and sentenced to State
prison. Meanwhile he lives at
home.
"BILLY" SUNDAY WAS
51 YEARS ON AVEDNESDAY.
"Billy" Sunday, the evangelist,
who is scheduled to conduct a series
of evangelistic meetings in Scranton
next March, celebrated the fifty-first
anniversary of his birth on Wednes
day. Sunday is now in Johnstown.
Last week Sunday preached tho
greatest sermon in his life to a con
gregation of men In Johnstown. His
subject was "Chickens Go Home to
Roost," and it caused men who
were Indifferent to the teachings of
tho Biblo to turn from sin and seek
salvation.
There will bo a Thanksgiving Evo
Dance at the Lyrio Hall Wednesday,
November 2C. Music, violin, Ylolu
and piano. Admission 25c. Adv.
INFORMATION K E G A RDING
STATE APPROPIUATION FOR
OUR SCHOOLS.
Quite frequently inquiries are
mado how the state appropriation
for the support of. our common
schools Is distributed among ' the
several school districts of the state.
The State legislature appropriat
ed $15,000,000 for two years. Af
ter a number of ItemB, such as tho
cost of supervision, high school ap
propriation, etc., are deducted from
the above amount, the remainder Is
divided into three divisions, name
ly: 1st, with reference to tho mini
mum salary claim; 2nd, with refer
ence to the number of teachers em
ployed, not counting substitute
teachers; 3rd, with reference to
the number of children in tho dis
trict between the ages of six and
sixteen years.
In 190G tho Stato legislature
raised the minimum -salary of teach
ers from ?35 per month to ?40, and
$50 per month, the former salary
for teacher holding provisional
certificates.and the latter for teach
ers holding certificates above tho
provisional with at least two years
of experience.
Tho State now pays $40, $35 or
$5 per month and $50, $35 or $15
per month to the several school dis
tricts under the minimum salary
claim toward the salaries of teach
ers holding provisional certificates
and higher certificates respectively.
For the year ending July, 1913,
the state appropriated under the sec
ond division $74. E4 for every teach
er Vegularly employed.
Under the third division the
State appropriated $1.90 for every
child enumerated between tho ages
of six and sixteen years.
It can readily bo seen that if an
assessor fails to enumerate, for ex
ample, ten children in a district, the
appropriation falls 10 x $1.90 or
$19.00.
For illustration, take Township
A, with a school term of 7 months,
employing 5 teachers, two holding
provisional certificates and three
higher certificates and having 110
children enumerated. The appro
priation would be as follows:
First item Minimum Salary ap
propriation
2 x 7 x $5.00 $70.00
3 x 7 x $15.00 $315.00
Total $385.00
Second item 5 teachers
5 x $74.54 $372.70
Third item 110 children
110 x $1.90 $209.00
The total State aid to Township A
would be $385.00 plus $372.70 plus
$209.00 or SUGG. 70.
But, if a school district happen
ed to pay $48 per month for a cer
tain position in 190G, the minimum
salary appropriation for that posi
tion would now bo $50 $48 or $2
per month.
This accounts for several school
districts in Wayne county receiving
so much less stato aid than others.
Tho purpose of tho minimum sal
ary act Is to give extra help to
sparsely settled districts.
If school boards take the above
items, they can approximately esti
mate how much appropriation they
will receive July 1914, because the
items do not vary much for two
years at least.
NOTICE TO PATRONS.
Owing to the great Increase of
parcel post packages being mailed
and the still greater Increase during
tho holiday season, all patrons of
this office are requested to conform
to the following:
First, all parcel post packages
must be properly wrapped with
heavy paper and securely tied with
good heavy cord, In. such a manner
as to withstand the wear in trans
portation. Second, tho packages must bo
plainly addressed, and bear tho
name of .the sender with their ad
dress, otherwise tho packages will
not be accepted for mailing.
Third, packages of value should
be insured, the fee Is five cents, in
addition to the postage on all pack
ages having a valuo of $25.00, and
ten cents from $25.00 to $50.00.
MARTIN B. ALLEN,
Postmaster.
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F. G.TERWILLIGER, Prop.
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SAUER KRAUT
These Jars in size run
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big ones, holding 30 gal
lons. All of these Jars will bo
sold at
10c the gallon
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DROWNING DREAM CALL
FAILS
Petersburg, In'd., Noy. 19. A
dream gave Mrs. Frank ,'Wlrltzer
warning of the drowning of her hus
band today. It was so vivid sho
dashed to the dam near Sterling, on
the Wabash river, west of here, in
time to see her husband, still alive,
but was unable to save him. She
reached his hands as he clung to a
crevice in tho face of the retaining
wall over tho terrific current of tho
OUR STORE WILL CLOSE MONDAY
EVENINGS, AT 9 O'CLOCK
TO MEET ALL NEEDS
THANKSGIVING, THE DAY OF FESTIVITIES, WE OF
FER APPROPRIATE AND SPECIAL VALUES.
Thanksgiving Groceries
Best Granulated Sugar, 25-pound bag, per bag Si .23
English Grenoble Walnuts, special, per pound 20 C
White Rose Currants, 14c value, per package 12 C
White Rose Raisins, 12c value, per package 10c
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Pnita nlsr. nn:l
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tur-CU j hit a
vYaiiiuu miu iviaynuwer uiiee, 30c vaiue . . per pouna c
Plain or Stuffed Olives. 2c value, ner bottle OO
uuiucii uidiines. snef:ia
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Famous Kekko Silk, all colors,
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Irish Damask Table Linen, mill ends, $1.25 value, per
yell u
Bleached and Halfbleached Table Linen, hoc va1.. ner vH. 4 1
Napkins, Pure Irish Linen. $2.2
Best Oualitv Outin? Flannel,
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Ladies Leather and Velvet Bags, $1.00 and $1.25 value
each
Gent's Heavy Ribbed Fleeced Underwear, 50c value, ea. 4 3
Gent's Negligee Shirts, best $1.00 value, each gg
Gent's Neckwear, all kinds, fine 25c value, each 22
Gent's Hemstitched Handkerchiefs. 10c value, c for OC
Good Oualitv Bleached Muslin,
Creton, new assortment, 10c
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Black Sateen Petticoats, 59c value, each 4.9
White and Colored Striae Silk Shirts. Sq.ko value, ear. tO O
Ladies' House Dresses, $1.25
Ladies' Knit Skirts, assorted
10x4 Cotton Blankets. 75c value, ner Dair 6&
Keystone Comfortables, $1.50
Good Oualitv Printed Linoleum. oc value, sauare vard AH
Union Ingrain Carpet. 50c value, ner vard AO
27x54 in. Axminster Rues. $i.8q value, each T
Katz Bros. Inc.
NOTICE-Monday Specials are sold for Cash.
BARGAINS IN
PIANOS
and
One Sohiucr, $."500 Upright Tiano, second Iinnd.
One Pease $100 Upright l'Jano, second hand.
One Estey Organ, second liand,
Ono Clilcngo Cottago Organ, second hand.
Ono Korrls & Ilydo Player Piano, used.
This is nn 88 note $000.00 Player, used for demonstrating nt the
fnlr, etc. Will bo sold for $175.00, on easy terms.
One Sterling Organ $15.00
" $25.00 shop worn music or roll cabinet $21.00 now
F. A. JENKINS
Lyric Building
OF WOMAN
TO SAVE HER HUSBAND
sluiceway, but her strength was
nbt equal to the task of drawing him
to safety. He saw the danger of,
il.d Irlti i nw tirl.lt 1. I i i .
uiubbub woi ' 1.1. in iu uuu mrug
cled loose, to nhinirn tn Vila Honth
The frantic woman followed the
stream somo distance, throwing
boards toward her husband, but he
disappeared. Then she went for aid,
but the rescuers found no trace of
Whitzer.
OUR STORE WILL CLOSE MONDAY
EVENINGS, AT 9 O'CLOCK
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