A THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
How short our happy days appear! Tube
How long the sorrowful!
one of the creditors, received this week i a
case. !
The fotics, called the First and Final
Report of Audit, shows that receipts
otalled $152. By a strange co-incident the expenses also’
nounted to the same amount, $152. Those expenses were
ivided as follows: Trustee’s commission, $9.12; Posting
andbills, $5; Notary Publics, $2; Appraisers, $15: Print-
ing, $25; Advertising, $14.25; Filing Fee, $30; Referee’s
Fees and Expenses, $51.63.
Everybody got something but the creditors, apparently.
Instead of such formal notifications, the referee should
send to all creditors an engraved card thanking them for
their generous donations to the upkeep of the top-heavy
& ect. machinery, The cards, of course, should be sent
€o loot
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The pou campaign which ended on Tuesday was in-
torians, if at all, primarily because it was
dominated by national issues, which com-
pletely obscured the qualifications of can-
ANDIDATES didates for the offices to be filled.
G An impartial study of the list of can-
material from which to select.
Under the political system which prevails in Luzerne
County candidates must not be too ruggedly individualistic
because they must , after their election, fit into their ma-
hine with a minimum of friction and independence. That
the highly organized machines should pick such men is to
be expected.
~ That can be changed only ‘when intelligent civic leaders
“and really outstanding citizens who are not professional
politicians agree to bring about a change.
We can understand why men who have never been asso-
ciated with politics have no desire to identify themselves
with the nauseous methods which seem to be a necessary
part of this county’s political campaigns but that, in itself,
does not relieve them of their responsibility.
i “To let politics become a cesspool and then avoid it be-
cause it is a cesspool is a double crime.”
Now, while the hangover from the General Election is
still on, is the time for twenty or thirty men of unquestion-
able honor and deep civic consciousness to band together to
purge Luzerne County of the influences which have so dis-
couraged and disheartened the intelligent voters. Such an
‘organization, motivated by the highest ideals, and led by
men whose names mean integrity, character and honor, can
‘win the undivided loyalty of a majority of voters, and can
become an historic group in the records of Luzerne County.
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. The interview granted by Senator A. J. Sordoni should
be of special interest to merchants of Luzerne because the
: Senator struck a new and logical note in
BY-PASS
“the discussion over the long-awaited by-
"WILL HELP pass.
LUZERNE The by-pass, according to Senator
Sordoni, will help Luzerne merchants,
rather than handicap them. “There is” the Senator said “a
great volume of business in the country districts and there
is no logical reason in the world why Luzerne could not
‘monopolize that business. But Luzerne is not getting the
to prevent them from having good and convenient roads.
ping in Luzerne and I like Luzerne, but I can never accept
‘any idea that would not lead to the elimination of conges-
~ tion on Main Street, plus a road that would be direct from
points west.”
Senator Sordoni pointed out that he favors the widen-
~ ing of Bennett Street and Main Street, too. His arguments
deserve the careful and impartial consideration of Luzerne
merchants, and doubtless will do a great deal to remove the
friction which has been one of the major obstacles to by-
pass plans.
: 20 Jean Ingelow—The Mariner’s Cave eel!
notification of the settlement of a local
‘ministration policies, ‘neither party gave the voters much
good will of the communities in the country when it tries:
“I have a lot of friends in Luzerne, I do a lot of shop-’
WEEKLY BOOST
y COACH WALTER HICKS
of Kingston Township, who, by building a team that
has won seven victories this season, has proved that lo-
, ¢al scholastic elevens can win loyalty and support when
they Play teams i in their own class.
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THE BUSINESS WEEK
(The material in this report is based upon information supplied The
Post by the Department of Commerce in Washington, D. C.)
Retail trade at the end of October continued to be held back somewhat
by unseasonably warm weather in many places. Practically all reporting cities,
however, showed improvement over the same period of 1934.
Manufacturers and wholesalers reported that they were beginning to feel the
stimulus of holiday buying with prospects for a considerable increase in busi-
ness over last year. The trend was also to better quality merchandise. In many
instances, orders for gift goods were 20 percent greater than in 1934 and dif-
ficulty in obtaining delivery was reported in some lines. New York reported
earlier than Yorranl Christmas buyigg in many lines with particularly heavy in-
creases in luxury lines. Automobile units produced through October 26 totaled
Employment gains were reported in practically all areas as WPA pro-
153,000 compared with 95,128 for the entire month of September.
jects got under way, but seasonal expansion also accounted for a considerable
increase in private employment.
Cotton mill activity was at a higher level, following the gains made in
September. Electric: power production reached a new: all-time high. Lumber
. production eased off slightly after reaching a peak in the first half of October
and stocks were considerably lower than a year ago.
Although excess bank reserves gained $80,000,000 from the previous week
to $3 billion, there were evidences of increased agricultural and industrial bor-
rowings. An upward trend in short-term interest rates was initiated in the New
York market. Christmas savings accounts were reported to have greatly in-
creased in number and size.
Building construction in 766 identical cities continued a wide margin of
increase over last year, particularly in the residential building classification.
The total construction cost in these cities in September was $74,502,778, com-
pared with $39,607,339 in the same month last year, a gain of 88.1 percent
while the increase in new residential buildings was 167.4 percent.
any sentiment or criticisms expressed
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THE MAIL-BAG
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Old? We'll Say Not!
Dear Editor:
An article in The Post several weeks
ago, asking the question “How -old is
Old?” touched my funnybone. I plead
guilty. I do not know.
The Bible tells us: “The days of our
years are three-score years and ten and
if by reason of strength they be four-
score years, yet is their strength, labor
and sorrow; for it 1s soon cut off, and
we fly away.’
Last August I greeted my eighty-
seventh birthday; now I am looking
for the bright horizon to dawn in 1936,
adding another year to my happy life.
I look ‘on the tablets of my memory
and read the names and see the faces
of friends and companions who have
long’ ago crossed the River Styx. I
wished them safely over. I trust, when
my turn comes, I may hear bon voy-
age from the kids who are in their
eighties. .
The man who wants to live up into
the hundreds must not be “led astray”
as in the play. “I have a life I long to
meet, without which life my life is in-
complete.”
Since the United States Govern-
ment officials have made a puzzle out
of our alphabet, «it will be ages before
our great-great-grandchildren will be
able to unravel the tangle and possibly
wipe out our taxes.
This new future generation may then
learn “How Old Is Old?”
I only write this to show I have a
steady hand; that I can “run with the
hares’.
A.F.S.
Autumn In Verse
Dear Editor: —
The following poem may find space
in your interesting newspaper. It is
called “Autumn”.
I love the Fall
The best of all—
When Summer seems to say:
“Though soon to go,
I still will show
A face that’s bright and gay.”
When my life, too,
Is nearly through,
As 1 approach my night—
May my last days
Still seem to blaze
With something fair and bright!
—Charles S. Kinnison
Alderson, Penna.
Some “Don’ts”
Dear Editor:
I do know we don’t like to hear
someone shouting “Don’t do this” and
“Don’t do that”. However, at the risk
of offending some good brother or sis-
ter motorist, I would like to present for
their consideration a few ‘“don’ts
* Dallas
which I believe, if given due considera-
tion, and religiously adhered to, will
produce their own reward.
And if I am able to save one life or
limb, or save some brother or sister a
monetary loss, or the loss of the peace
of mind I will feel that I have been a
benefactor to mankind in at least some
small measure by presenting my
Don’ts For Motorists
Don’t ride the brake,
And for everybody's sake
Don’t ride the clutch
Or look around too much.
Keep your eyes on the road,
Don’t forget your human load.
And what a bump may cost 7d
How many lives may be lost.
Don’t talk back to the cop, OR
en he orders you to stop. ;
Remember he has the Powe
To arrest you any hour.
He 1s not a bad fellow,
And anything but yellow.
He will give you a break,
If your time you only take.
Brother, Sister, don’t get sore,
And I may tell you more,
Yes, at some future time,
When my words run to rhyme.
Please listen to my “don’t”
And then you surely won't
Be sitting some day, very sad,
Wishing that you really had.
Please run the above in its entirety,
excepb any errors that may appear
which you are at liberty to correct and
charge to my lack of education, as I
left school when a small boy, ten years = 4
of age, and went to the coal breaker =~ =
back in 1886 to help Father earn a RU ba
living for our large family. je
Practically all the education I now
possess has been acquired in the school =
of hard knocks from which I graduat-
ed and then took a post graduate
course.
Thanking you for past favors, and $
in advance for any you may extend ee i Ey
to me in the future, I am *
Lewis S, Smith i Hy
Plains, Pa.
Casualty Report lhe
November 4
Dear Editor: ;
May I express approval of your edi-
torial last week on hunting. It struck
me at the time I read it but it seems
more worthy of comment this morn- :
ing. I have just read in my morning | f
paper that nine hunters have been
killed in the State. And the season is
only three days old. I hope the United
Sportsmen will follow your suggestion.
YAR ga
Pictures the Weekly Movies Neve” ot.
The Girl ontheday after the creat
South Sea Dance, who made the
tremendous hit with her abreviated
costume.
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By PERCY CROSBY
Copyright. |
AS SOON AS i
THIS RED FLANNE
di |S HOT | WANT YOU
jlTO PUT IT RIGHT:
OVER YOUR
STOMACH.
WELL, a
I SWAN :
According to the Constitu-
tion it is perfectly legal for
either the federal or state
government to tax you up to
100 per cent of your income !
. Don’t blame us... You
voted not to changeit...
New York is now the radio b
communications capital of J
the world... It is directly
linked with thirty-five differ-
ent countries . .. The average 5
price of an automobile in Ha
1902 was $1,162 . . . In 1934 I
the average price was $678 :
. . . The elevators in Rocke- i
feller Center, New York City,
travel the equivalent of the
distance from New York to
San Francisco every day . . .
An elevator boy would wind
up in the stratosphere if he
kept going up instead of up
and down ... When nature is i
making geniuses she has a i
habit of paying more atten-
tion to the contents than to
the container . . . No armada ]
of bombing airplanes has yet a : 3
flown whose personnel could ah
not be run in and locked up A
by the local police force, if it
landed on hostile territory.