it DAB Ar ORGY | "a Trig Qe DALLAS POST, DALLAS, PA, SATURDA 7 iY The Dallas Post An independent paper, of the people, devoted to the great farm- ing section of Luzerne and other counties. : Trucksville, Shavertown, Lehman, Dallas, Luzerne, The Greater West Side, Shawanese, Alderson, Centermoreland, Fernbrook, Lake-, ton, Sweet Valley, Harvey's Lake, Huntsville and Tunkhannock are circulated by The Dallas Post. =u : Also 100 copies for Wilkes-Barre readers; 150 copies outside of Luzerne and Wyoming Counties, but within the boundaries of Penn- ~ sylvania; 200 copies to friends far away. ‘ : Entered as second-class matter at the Post-Office at Dallas, Pa., under Act of March 8, 1879. Subscription $1.00 per year Payable in advance Address all Communications to THE DALLAS POST Lehman Avenue Phone Dallas 300 EDITORIAL COLUMN Devoted to the Current Topics of the Day Dallas, Pa. WHAT NEWSPAPER ADS. DID It was only a few years ago that the retail stores in towns and the smaller cities did the bulk of their week’s business on Saturday. While the other five business days might have paid expenses the merchant depended upon the Saturday sales for the major portion of his week’s profit. Need- less to say the average merchant would have been exempt from excess profits ‘taxes in those days. » $ | The newspaper is given credit for discovering the possibility of scat- tering the Saturday peak load over the six business days of the week and it was newspaper advertising which has achieved the present more equitable distribution of the week’s business. Saturday is still the merchant’s busy day, but now he is only a little less busy on the preceding five days. This is only one of the many services performed for business by news- ~ paper advertising. It is irrefutable that a great part of the increase in bus- ‘iness experienced by the retail stores generally in recent years has been created by newspaper advertising. Newspaper advertising has been the ~ #Aladdin’s Lamp” of the retail merchant. There are still isolated towns where one may see for himself what “might have been” the nation over if : : newspaper advertising had never been. Si - fe Ta TER THE CONQUEST OF LEPROSY WITH AMERICAN DOLLARS ~The trustees of the Leonard Wood Memorial for the Eradication of Lep- ‘rosy could have chosen no more appropriate day that May 1 next for the © culmination of their noble enterprise. ‘' For it was the Battle of Manilla, fought on that memorable May Day in 1898, which opened the way to Amer- jea’s assumption of “the white man’s burden” in the Philippines. And it was on May 1, 1927, that Major General Leonard Wood appealed to the overseas dominicns. More than half that sum has been contributed, and ~ on the coming anniversary of Admiral Dewey’s victory an effort will be made to complete the objective of this altruistic campaign—a, triumph of peace low diving seh | ' \ emma eC —r | ag etn eat ame = irre A New Champion / : Age No Barrier Jane Fauntz, 18 ycar old Chicago high school girl, is the new holder of the 100 yards breast stroke and for women swim- mers. tr f 63, at one said Miss Matie McComas, 27, who married. T. Watson Tracey, Age 1s barrier when loves.” no Reading, Pa Mr Tracey has known Miss McComas since she was five years old | : Outstanding Aviator TRH % Carl B Eielson of Los Angeles, mm recognition of his 2,300 mile fight over the Arctic wastes, has been awarded a medal as the out- standing aviator of 11928 by the International league of Aviators ~ American people for $2,000,000 wherewith to root out leprosy from their | which will be no less renowned than those of war. There are only 12,000 lepers in the Philippines. There are 3,000,000 in ‘the world. But the achievements at the loposarium on Culion, the “Island of the Living Dead,” have heartened those who are trying to alleviate the horrors of this affliction the world over. Here the success in the use of the chaulmoogra-oil treatment has been most marked. It has been found possible to check leprosy even in fairly advanced stages, while promise of a less painful method of administering this remedial agent has given fresh " hope to a multitude of sufferers. The latest report says that 1700 patients have been returned to their homes as cured. A This scourge can be eliminated from the Philippines within ten years. The experts say it is marely a question of money. There is great encour- agement in the fact that leprosy is not hereditary. But it is pathetic to think of the hundreds of healthy children of lepers who, unless funds for their removal and care are provided, are destined to incur the disease. The conquest of leprosy in the Philippines is easily possible. - There should be a general loosening of American purse strings on next May Day to make the victory sure. : : = i * * * * * TT : | ! ; (Continued from Page 1) | THIEVES ACTIVE AT \ TRUCKSVILLE STORE ~~ HEARD ABOUT pi hl bert, of Trucksville. Kenneth, son of Mr. Woolbert, was passing the store about 10 P. M. and noticed some suspicious-looking char- acters about the store. Chief Avery, of Dallas was called and apprehended the prowlers. At this writing it is not known what disposition was made of the case. rt) ~ Improving Main Street ~_ Let’s hope that there is more to it than rumor in regard to the tearing ~ down of these old buildings between | ~ C. A. Frantz’s’ Store and the trolley - station. . These have been not only an eye sore to the town but a serious fire menace. " Easter With Easter here one notices that our fairer sex in their new spring millinery and clothes are not behind the times. Easter is a great time of the year, not just for what it com- ~ memorates, but to us in this section it means the spring is about here. Paint-Up and Clean-Up | The next few weeks will be devoted | by the industrious home-owners of town and community in painting and $0: eaning up, not only their houses but MARY STILL RETURNS their surrounding yards and fields. Mary ‘Still returned to her home at There are several fields in Dallas and | Fernbrook this week from a three vacant lots that should be burned Week trip to Florida. ~ Miss Still over. We hope the land-owners will looks refreshed and rested from her do their bit in freshening up the gen-| trip which was well earned follow- eral appearance of the town. oe z Sidi Bygn] of nursing. Eli Parrish § ; The writer was agreeably surpris- IS RECOGNIZED BY ed the other day to hold a short con- versation with Eli Parrish, one of Dallas’ oldest citizens and Civil War veterans. Tt was at the Rice vendue when the writer noticed a spirited bidding on an article that was put up for sale. It was a flag pole and a beautiful “American flag that was being. pres- ented to Mr. Rice to the lucky bidder ‘of the pole. Mr. Parrish was in the front rank and never let up until it was auctioned off to him. We won- der whether or not some of us mor- tals do not forget the love, devotion ‘and respect that we should have for our flag, and we are startlingly re- minded when some one of these grand 1d war veterans of “65” rewaken our 10! , MORE BURGLARS —i0:— The Goss School House was enter- ed by thieves sometime between Fri- day and Sunday. The thieves got | away with some of the most valuable | things in the school. The police are -investigating the rob- bery and expect arrests soon. —:0:— The Dallas Rotary Club was es- pecially recognized by Dr. Edwin A. Glenn, of Berwick, governor of Ro- tary’s Fifty-First District, in’ naming G. Harold Wagner president of Dal- las Rotary Club on the Credentials Committee of the Rotary’s Annual Convention to be held this year at Pottsville the latter par of April. to: LAST DAY OF STAPLETON’S SALE Today is the last day of the One- Cent Sale held by Stapleton’s Drug Store in Luzerne. During the past week Mr. Staple- ton reports the greatest business week in history of his store. ———" By Albert T. Reid The Age of Innocence— April 1st, Any Year FE iH 1 ") . AUTOCASTER / oN TOWN | Thursday night prowlers. were no- 3 oe | ticed about the store of Archie Wool- DISTRICT GOVERNOR | . IF TE reac 2 ‘WELL, JOHN D. WON. "NOW, THERELORE, 1. ‘THE QUICK HOOVER MIND. GOODBYE, TOM TAGGART. — John D Rockefeller, Ir, wins his fight in the Standard Oil Com- pany of Indiana and Colonel Ste- wart is defeated. 2 There have been few more bitter fights in the history of high f- nance. ! On Tuesday John H Perry, learned editor of Reading, Penne sylvania, Jacksonville, Florida, and other places, predicting the Indi- ama result, sard “It is hard to fight dollars. fact, you can't do it.” He added as an afterthought “It is absolutely impossible to fight dollars when they happen to be right.” Colonel Coblentz, of San Fran: cisco and New York, remarked “To the victor belong the oils.” In Colonel Stewart, bidding fare- well to Standard Oil of Indiana, and probably preparing to run some other big oil company. had the satisfaction of reporting finan- cial success for 1928 In the last year Standard Onl ot Indiana has earned more than eighty-three million dollars profit’ or 1676 per cent on its capital Farnmings of .the company increased more than fifty millions, as com- pared with 1927 President Hoover, who sum- mons the extra session of Congress to meet on April 15, 1s not an emo- tional man But he must have been moved on wnting the words, “Now, therefore, I, Herbert Hoov- er, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim and declare,” etc After you have done farm chores as a small boy there must be con- siderable satisfaction in writing, “Now, therefore. 1, President.” On April 15 farmers will have their day and Congress will tell them, if it can, how to put a dis-. orgamzed indusiry on a substan- tial, paying basis. No manyfactorey could 3 make his plant pay if he had to close down all Winter Phe farmer must do that, and it 1s part of the problem President Hoover has 3 quality More \pportant to execufives than le SEE le 0 mopar Tei Fein Liem rirrean 2 at wernt When told of the Mexican revo- lution, the President did not wait a week. In five minutes he had told his Cabinet “our business m- terest and duty demand support of the existing Mexican Govern- ment.” . He shipped guns and ammuni- tion from army stores to Presi- dent Portes Gil, stopped shipments of ammunition, guns and airplanes ta the revolutionists: and arrange for shipments of fighting planes to Mexico's Government. This does not imply complete approval of all that the Mexican Government . has done, or disap- proval of the revolutionary cause. It means that the President means to uphold stability of government. Tom Taggart of Indiana is dead. He had an interesting life while it lasted, and 1t lasted seventy-two years He was a political boss for a generation, controlling his State He defeated Champ Clark and nominated Woodrow, Wilson for the presidency Now that he 1s In heaven, and presumably knows everything, Mr Taggart knows just how useful he was when his influence gave Woodrow Wilson the presidency - —————- tt dO A SEE oe Wh 1 4 “Le amen RN The telephone bell was ringing and Br'er Rabbit answered it. “Hello! Yes—how are you—why certainly—what’s that?—you don’t mean it—bring the children ?—Only too glad to—we'll come at once.” Br'er Rabbit hung up the receiver. “It's Mr. White Rabbit who wants us to come over and bring the children. [ think he wants to have a game of bridge but I'm not sure. Anyway, if we take the children, they will amuse themselves with the White Rabbit children and we will have a swell time.” “Children!” shouted Mother Rab- bit. “Come here and get dressed as fast as ever you can.” Billie Bunny and Bobbie rushed into their rooms and soon came a splashing of water as the two began to scrub their necks. : In less time than it takes to tell it, Br'er Rabbit’s family was on its way to see the White Rabbits. The two youngsters led the way and old Br'er Rabu and his good wife came be- ind. Bang, bane BANG! Br'er Rabbit knocked at the door. “Come in” shouted a merry voice from within. Br'er Rabbit opened the door and in walked his family. “Delighted to see you,” said the White Rabbit, while their two young- sters were hugging Bobbie and Billia. Soon the old folks were playing bridge and all was very very quiet in the parlor By and bye the game was over and Brler Rabbit began to look for his darlings. They were in the pantry with the White Rabbits. “Mercy sakes alive!” “exclaimed Mother Rabbit. “Those children are all covered with jam, “But we had a good time!” ex- claimed Biilie. “And so did we,” said Brler Rab- bit, with a merry laugh. (Suggested by Mary Lampe, Tacoma, Wash.) | No. SHERIFF'S SALES —i0i— Saturday, April 20, 1929, at 10 A. M. —0:— By Virtue of a writ of Fi Fa 104, May Term, 1929, issued out of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County, to me di- rected, there will be exposed to pub- lic sale by vendue to the highest and best bidders, for cash, at the Sher- iff’s Sales Room, Court House, in the City of Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne Coun- ty, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, the 20th day of April, 1929, at ten o’clock in the forenoon of the said day, all the right, title and interest of the de- fendant in and to the following de- scribed lot, piece or parcel of land, viz: ALL that certain lot, piece or par- cel of land, situate, lying and being in the Townships of Exeter and Franklin, County of Luzerne, State of Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows: - BEGINNING at a pitch pine tree (now stones) set for a corner; thence along line of land of Melvin Miller, north 79 degrees 80 minutes west, seventy-two (72) perches to a corner; thence south 10 degree 30 minutes east, thirty-eight (38) perches to a corner; thence east twenty-nine and five-tenths (29.5) perches to a post set for a corner; thence south 32 de- grees 30 minutes east, seventy-one (71) perches to a corner; thence north 57 degrees 30 minutes east, seventeen (17) perches to a corner; thence north 39 degrees east, fourteen and seventy-six hundredths (14.76) perches to a corner; thence along line of land of Mrs. J. Brown, north 32 degrees 45 minutes west, forty-three and seven-tenths (43.7) perches to a corner; thence north 40 degrees east, fifty-one and four-tenths (51.4) perches to a corner; thence north 66 degrees west, thirty-three (33) perches to a corner on the road; thence in a southwesterly direction across said road five and six-tenths (5.6) perches to the pine tree, the place of beginning. Containing 34 acres, be the same more or less. Be- ing the same premises conveyed to Clark A. Snyder and Elizabeth Syn- der, his wife, by deed of Fred Laufer dated April 25, 1927 and duly re- corded. Improved with a frame dwelling, frame barn and other outbuildings. Seized and taken into execution at the suit of Fred Laufer vs. Clark A. ‘| Snyder and Elizabeth Snyder, and will be sold by : JOHN MacLUSKIE, “Sheriff. Donald O. Coughlin, = Attorney. —:0% 'SHERIFF’S SALES —t0 i ‘ Saturday, April 20, 1929, at 10 A. M. —0:— By Virtue of a writ of Fi Fa No. 34, May Term, 1929, issued out of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County, to me -di-. rected, there will be exposed to pub- lic sale by vendue to the highest and best bidders, for cash, at the Sher- iff’s Sales Room, Court House, in the City of Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne Coun- ty, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, the 20th day of April, 1929, at ten o’clock in the forenoon of the said day, all the right, title and interest of the de- fendant in and to the following de- scribed lot, piece or parcel of land, viz: “ All that certain piece or parcel of land situate and being in the Borough of Dallas, Luzerne County, Pennsyl- vania, bounded and described as fol- lows, to-wit: BEGINNING at a corner on the southwest side of Pine Crest Avenue and land of Mary L. Trescott; thence along land of Mary L. Trescott south 12 degrees, 55 minutes west 300 feet to the northeast side of a proposed street; thence along the northeast side of said proposed street south 77 degrees, 5 minutes east 100 feet to land of Mrs. Ruth Lewis; thence along land of Mrs. Ruth Lewis north 12 de- grees, 55 minutes east 300 feet to the southwest side of Pine Crest Avenue; thence along said Pine Crest Avenue north 77 degrees, 5 minutes west 100 feet to the place of beginning. Be- ing four lots in plot of lots allotted /| by Elmer D. Parrish in the Borough | of Dallas. All improved with a two-story frame stucco dwelling house, fruit trees, and out-buildings thereon. ‘Seized and taken into execution at the suit of Samuel Darling vs. Wil- liam G. Ash-and Sarah A. Ash, and will be sold by JOHN MacLUSKIE, Sheriff. 0. H. Dilley, Attorney. 10; Unprofitable Occupation “Trouble,” said Uncle Eben, easy to make. But I ain’t never seer any profit yet in runnin’ a treable fae tory.”—-Washington Star. “ig Use Your Reason He that will not rezson is a bigot; he that «cannot reason is’ a fool, ang he that dares not reason is a iy 4 Sir Wo Dheanaonond : ae 30 in ma Sh dines wo 7, mR ey
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