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©. Harold Wagner. .... aed Secretary
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to the great suburban and agrieultural
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comprising Dallas and twenty-seven
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JANUARY 31, 1930
FRIDAY
WHEN A BOY KNOWS MORE
} THAN HIS FATHER
) Sometimes a boy DOES know more
than his father. :
Ours would have been a very dif-
ferent history if Abe Lincoln, age six
teen or so, had been guided by the
wisdom of Thomas Lincoln, age thirty-
SIX.
“Now, Abe,” we can image him
‘saying, ‘don’t waste time 1cadin’
them books. Readin’ never doue me
any good, and what was good enough
for me’s good enough for you.”
Lincoln knew more than his father.
It was a divine disobedience that led
him to close his ears to the man who
"had brought him into the world, and|
‘open his heart to the vision that was
to help him conquer the world.
~The boy who has not some fim
convictions and a willingness to de-
fend them, even against the argu-
ments of those older than himseif, is
not likely to amount to much.
~ But they must be convictions, not
mere prejudices, not selfish impulses
or passions.
I know two men who ‘“‘knew more”
than their fathers.
One boy is the office manager of a
large manufacturing concern, and his
salary is $40 a week.
“Better go on in school,” said the
father to him when he was sevenicen
years old. “Better go to college; bet-
ter get all the education you cas while
you have the chance.”
“But the boy quit school and went
to work.
. “You see that man?’ said the
president of his concern to me the
other day. “There is a mas who
might have become general manager
of this business if he had had a col-
lege education. His salary might
have been $20,000 a year; mstzad it's
$2,000. He's reached his limit. What |
education |
a shame that he hasn't
enough to go on.”
He “knew more” than his father.
And his boyish obstinacy is costing
him $18,000 a year.
“Keep yourself clean, my son,”
said the father of another boy. “You'll
never regret it. And some day you'll
thank heaven you did.”
But the boy knew more lhan his
“father. He knew that every young
man who is worth his salt must sow
“wild oats. :
So he sowed right mernly.
I saw him the other day. Fe came
‘to me about getting a job.
I could not give him a job; uc man
~ ¢ould. God knows what will become
of him.
Youth is the mainspring
world.
It’s insurgency, its inquisitiveness,
its eagerness to try the untried and do
the impossible, drives the woric for-
ward in spite of the conservatism of
age.
Fortuncte are those of wus who
recognize the divine importance of
youth’s cocksureness and conceit, and
yet know how, gently _.d apprecia-
tively, to temper it with the riper
judament of added years.
"DOUBTS THEORY OF
PERSIAN FABLE
of he
A pamphlet being distributed at
State automobile shows by the Bu-
yeau of Motor Vehicles contains the
following by Commisisoner Benjamin
&, Eynon, under the caption, “Don’t
Stop, Look or Listen.”
“In the time of the Saliphs there
jived a Grand Vizier concerning whom
it was predicted that on a certain day
he would meet with a fatal accident.
Determined to avoid even the pos-
sibility of such a catastrophe he re-
moved from. the turmoils and activities
of Stamboul to the quiet and seclu-
sion of a mosque at Smyrna.
“On the fatal day the Death Angel
was observed to be preparing for a
journey, and when asked whither
pound, replied that he had an impor-
tant engagement at a distance.
“itt ig foreordained,’ he said, “that
at Smyrna today the Grand Vizier is
to die.”
© “flaving heard the story of the
Grand Vizier a great proportion of the
population of the United States is ap-
parently convinced that to stop, look
and listen is useless; therefore it
walks and drives unconcernedly into
danger.
“On the other hand, some of us
know that accidents do happen and
are not foreordained, but are caused
- py the carelessness of motor car oper-
aters and pedestrians.”
“The Dallas Post
_ ais mind about the “talkies,
¢y Arthur Brisbane
Many-Car Families.
Only $150,000 a Year.
Sending Slang to Sweden.
A Giant Motor.
O know that the world is small,
come to the e” > of the Pacific and
talk to New York friends as easily as
though they were in the same room.
Or call London and talk, unconscious
of the fact that your voice, trans-
formed into an electric impulse, flashes
across the Atlantic Ocean in less than
a sixtieth of a second through the
ether. :
Next, to realize that the world, this
country especially, is big, explore the
map on your railroad time {able
and look for Tucson, Arizona. You
find it a couple of inches away from
Los Angeles, and decide to drive there
some afternoon 'to investigate the
much praised climate, which Colonel
Boyce Thompson says is the best on
this or any other planet.
You discover the distance is seven
hundred miles, and decide to take one
of Paul Shoup’s Southern Pacifie
trains, that makes the trip in a night.
This glorious coast from Scattie to
San Diego, the lard of good roads,
faces a family problem less acute in
other parts of the country.
The problem ig “which cars shall go
into the garage, which shall be parked
in the driveway?’ Here, the two-car,
three-car and four-car family is the
rule.
A fainily wish caly one car is primi-
lve.
A lady stockknlder in the Fox Fiim
Company complains that “William Fox
paid himself a salary of $150,000.” If
that’s true, Mr. Fox, like a distin-
guished servant of the Hast India Com-
pany, must be amazed at his own
moderation.
One company that he controls pays
s;ach of two managers three times
$150,000. And- moving picture stars
aired by him get $150,000 for one pic-
‘ure.
Even humble newspaper cinployees
get “more than that modest $150,000
salary. It isn’t what you are paid, but
~hat you produce, that counts.
Charley Chaplin has not made up
s,” although
friends assure him that he would talk
as well as he walks. He will come to
he microphone in time.
Meanwhile he wants to give up com-
:dy and play Napoleon, Hamlet and
3vengali. Chaplin is a genius and
would play the parts well. But to nine-
v-nine out of one hundred it would be
,vengali, Hamlet and Napoleon play-
ng Charley Chaplin.
' Millions that’are vague about Nape-
con know Chaplin and would recog-
‘ize him in any disguise.
The sale of radio sets tells the tale
¢ American prosperity. Sixty thou-
;and in 1922, 10,000,000 in American
;amilies now. So says W. D. Terrell,
radio chief of the Department of
Commerce. Eight years ago 75,000
istened in, now more than 40,000,000
isten. >
President Hoover was up before 5
Jclock in the morning to hear King
teorge’s speech.
A photograph of King George read
ng the speech was sent under the
scean by Western Union cable, and
rom the Atlantic to the Pacific over
‘he telephone wires. And, because ol
lifference in time, newspaper presses
‘n California were printing the photo-
staph several hours before the King
~livered it on the same day in London.
sweden, you are told, is becoming
apidly Americanized by American
moving pictures, and especially by
“talkies.” American slang is heard
averywhere in Stockholm, such as
‘Oh, Hello, Baby,” and other extracts
“om American shorthand English.
it might be desirable to transplant
. different sort of English language.
But talking pictures will surely do
more than Shakespeare, Milton and
¥ibbon combined, to spread the Eng
~h larcunage over the globe.
"I'he Knglish are building a speed
.utomobile, described as ‘enormous
and terrifying in appearance.” With
an engine of 4,000 horsepower, it is
expected to break the world’s speed
record of 231.36 miles an hour. In
spite of its great length, 25 feet, the
ziant ear, rising only three and a half
feet above the ground, weighs only
11,000 pounds. It has two wide fins
at the rear end, like those of a dirigible.
Its twelve cylinders, cast in aluminum,
are lined with a very light metal.
This is all interesting, for it means
:ngine improvements that will be
utilized in airplane construction later.
They are useless on the ground.
The thing that interests the aver-
age man is to get the kind of automo-
bile that will get him where he wants
to go and bring him back, and that
every man should do, rather than ad
nit that his time is worth nothing.
Airplane travel rates drop rapidly.
You fly from Los Angeles to San Fran-
cisco, 400 air miles, returning in a
Southern Pacific sleeper, for $38,
round trip.
The T. A. T.-Maddux Air Line re-
ports loads ninety to ninety-five per
cent capacity. Eighteen planes added
to the service to provide for increased
business.
(© 1930, King Features Syndicate, Inc.)
LL . DALLAS POST. FRID:
THE CORNER
OLD TIMER CALLS
The writer had the pleasure of hav-
ing John C. Wilson, noted fox hunter
of Dallas township, call at the Post
and enjoyed talking about old times
with him. John has not hunted fox as
much lately as he would like to, but
when one approaches cighty he does
not feel like tramping over hill and
dale, day in and day out
John, however, still
and over a game of dnau.loes
exceptional skill. We can also verify
that. John also spoke str:ngly of the
trapping which is being ‘iu lately.
it seems that persons, ard we sume
they are mostly youngsters, delight in
setting traps and give little thought to
placing them. Some time ago Mr.
Wilson's dog was caught in a trap
and considerable- difficulty was
perienced in releasing its leg. Trap-
pers, says John, should place their
traps where, they will not be encoun:
tered by man or dog. Mr. Wilson is
one of the old school and though ‘he
loves to hunt foxes, he’s a good sports-
man and hates the cruelty inflicted on
animals by modern steel traps.
active
SLOWS
ic quite
ex-
YES, A SLEIGHING PARTY
If one endeavored to fill the news
columns with “a sleighing party visited
town” some ten years or more ago it
would hardly be considered as new
Today with the
handy, it is a rare sight to see Old
Dobbin drawing a sled load of happy,
care-free youngsters enjoying the win-
automobile so
ter snows. : “
During the week just past we no-|
|
ticed a sleighing party going through
AY,
JANUARY 31,1930
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The
Modern Dick Turpin,
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AUTQULASTERS
Dallas and on last Sunday evening
a fine gray mare was hauling an cld-
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time cutter which had a merry couple |
in it.
In the old days, when the old Raub |
Hotel was doing a fine business, onc
could get a group of people together
in Wilkes-Barre, hire a sled and drive
over the snow to Dallas. There they
could enjoy a fine chicken and waffle
dinner or one of the famed beef steak
dinners—that was the life!
It seems that the young folk of t¢
day, with their automobiles, moon-
shine, syncopated-gin, modern ways
and freedom, do not really enjoy them-
selves as they did Of
coarse, there is a fascination to these
da¥s, but the olden still
gratefully remembered.
years ago.
days are
DOMINOES
We noticed that
scribe tells about the good domine
Dallas always was
noted for its domino players. We re-
call when the boys used to gather in
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our Independent
players in Dallas.
Mame Fleming's place ten years or so
ago. ‘The familiar players at that
time were John Wilson, F. F. Morris,
Frank Perrego, the late Oliver Fisher,
George Stroh of the township, Marve
Riley and many others. When he was
staying in town during the summer,
sometimes George R. Wright dropped
in and his skill was most noticeable.
——ll LL
! SEVEN UP
One of the best “Seven TUp” or
“Cinch” players in this section is
Sherman Hildebrandt, and when Del
Honeywell, Mert Coolbaugh, Frank
Morris and the writer get together we
think that Sherm is up against the
finest, but even this formidable array
of players does not seem to pbase him
inasmuch as Sherman® continues to
take more than his share of the games.
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENCY
It seems that the question of “who
will be the next county superintendent
of schools” is creating quite a bit of
talk hereabouts and especiz!ly down
Kingston township way.
At this writing Kingston township
will the
position in the persons of Professor A.
P. Cope, present superintendent, and
71iba. R. Howell, supervising principal
of Kingston township schools.
Messrs. Appleton, Schooley, Hay,
Hill and Nichols are “up in the air”
as to “Who's Who.” At this writing
‘ve would say it stands two for Cope,
two for Howell, with Appleton favor-
ing Prof. Williams of Warrior Run,
who might possibly be a candidate
Local borough directors have not
keen quoted, but it a toss-up
whether or not they will vote as 2 unit
or divide their votes between Cope and
Fowell.' In Lake township it secms
Fcewell is in the iead.
furnish two candidates [or
is
HEAVIN’ OVER THE SIDE
Last Saturday night we! heard that
‘a, Dallas young man started on a sea
trip. At least we heard stories about
him heaven’ it over the side. 3
A. C. DEVENS
During the past week we strolled
over to the old Dallas Milling Com-
pany plant, where A. C. Devens of
Kunkle is now conducting a feed busi-
ness in ‘connection with his mill at
Kunkle. To see two truck loads of
feed leave the place in the space of
twenty minutes made it look like old
time. Ott is a hustler and if there is
any ‘busines in this section he will get
it, as he gives first class service along
with a good price.
‘moves fast.
THE WEEK'S |
DOINGS |
In’ payment for rich coal veins lo-
cated 300 feet under the Susquehanna
river, below Hotel Sterling, in Wilkes.
Barre, a check for $128,385.77, drawn
the Glen Alden Coal Company in |
favor of ‘'W. W. Amsbry estate, was |
by
recently deposited in the First and
Farmers National Bank of Montrose.
it was the largest check ever pre-
sented at that bank for deposit. The
payment was for 215 acres sold to the
company by the John Mitchell estate.
This property was originally
by the John Mitchell
State
secured
patents from the of Pennsyl-
| vania, the land, not having been pre-
deed
the
The
by
viously owned by anyone.
of the property was signed
governor of Pennsylvania.
State Hospital for Mental
Diseases this month started its fifty-
Danville
eighth vear of service to the public of
its hos
There are more than
the twenty-two counties of
pital district.
1,700 patients in the hospital and 200
under furlough. The furloughed pa-
tients report regularly in the clinics
established throughout the district.
The hospitai is carrying out a ten-
year building program which will in-
crease its capacity to 3,500 patients
by 1935. In 1881 the main buildings
were destroyed by fire.
Boys smoking in a wood shed near |
the home of Mrs. J. Moore, a widow
of Cambra, set fire to.the outbuilding
and soon the house ‘was threatened.
Neighbors and volunteer firemen sum-
moned by telephone, put the fire ou:
with snow and water from the weli
before the widow’s home was dam-
aged.
Famed Wyoming county justice
On Saturday a week ago,
Andrew Hall of Dimock, in company
with two companions was arrested at
Falls, Wyoming ‘county, for violation
The follow
ing Tuesday he was fined 3100 and
costs and to
county jail for three months
would be more respect for =211 laws if
justice were carried in
every county of the nation.
of the prohibition laws.
Wyoming |
There
sentenced
similar out
A boy of sixteen yea-s, lost in the
mountains of Las Vegas and Santa
Fe, New Mexico, was found after nine
days, dead from starvation and ex-
posure, A little nondescript dog was
standing guard over the
The cur was half famished and nearly
dead from exhaustion—but faithfully
maintained his vigil. Why should the
name, DOG, be used as an approbrious
boys
epithet? The faithfulness of this won-
derful animal deserves better. If the
human body were as ‘faithfui. loyal
and unselfish as the dog family this
would be a far better world.
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STUDENT MINISTER :
RECEIVES CALL
Donald IL. Warmouth, a resident of
Shavertown for a number of years,
has been called to the pastorate of
Pleasantdale Presbyterian church,
West Orange, N. J.
Mr. Warmouth entered Drew Sem-
inary, Madison, N. J., last fall to pre-
pare for the ministry. He was grad-
uated from Kingston township schools
and Wyoming Seminary. Members of
Shavertown M. E. Church have heard
Mr. Warmouth preach on a number of
occasions ig the absence of their regu-
lar pgeacher.
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