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The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-29

After all a pedigree is a funny
thing. l know of pedigrees that
really have no excuse for being-they
are merely records of people who
have been born and died, and there
isn't even a pirate or a gentleman
hanged for high treason to give in
terest to the ancestry.
Alys recently decided that she
wanted a petigree, and she began a
s:arch ofhistories and records,
The greatest trouble that have, .
she explained YEARLY, after going
through about hundred records and
reference books, is that when l
find any one of my name 1 usually
discover that he isn't any relation to
me at all, or else / trace the ancestry
down to certain point and then l
find that some records of births OF
deaths have been burned up or mis-
laid, and can't be sure Ofanything.
Now l found lovely general or cap
tain or something in the Colonial
wars, and traced him down to New.
ark-Or at least his sons and grand.
sons; but then the British army burn.
ed the records there and l can't tel
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-29
LIVED TO Be MlETy-THREE.

Mrs. Margaret Hacker, who died
on the 18th inst, at the home other
daughter, Mrs. George starcher, on
the head of Parchment, was probably
the Oldest person in the county, hay-
ing attained the age of ninety-three.
She was the widow of John NJ. Hack
er, resident for many years of Grass
Liek.-Ripley Herald. a
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-29

Last week gentleman called at
our Office and desired to see paper
published at a certain town. He
wished to make collections and was
after some attorneys address. He
found just one lawyers name in the
paper and gave him the business.
Now there are FIVE attorneys in the
place, and out of that numder four
were foolish and one was wise, he
kept his name before the public.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-29
Burdette Bros. who sold Their.

Burdette Bros, who sold their.
farm to Senator Owen Shinn, Of
Jackson county, George l. Bur
dette retains the house in which
he now lives and IS acres of orchard
land surrounding the home. ]. F.
Burdette keeps a portion of nice
bottom land, $50 acres, near river
road, on part Of which he viii b
gin the erection of a new residence
as soon as possible, as Mr.. shinn
takes possession Of the purchase she
first of May:
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-29
new RECORD.

Judge Bryan, of Huntington po-
lice court, broke the state record there
Monday. When he entered the city
hall sixty-two prisoners confronted
him for trial. His session lasted So.
hours and the fncs assessed exceeded
one thousand dollars.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-29
TERRIBLE BLIZZARD
GREATEST DECEMBER STORM NEWYORK
HASEVER Known.
Philadelphia, Dec. 27.-Philadel-

Philadelphia, Dec. e7.-Philadel-
phia today is still in the grip of the
blizzard which descended npon this
section of the country on Christmas
day. General business Is tied up
worse than for many years and pros
poets are that it viii be several days
before conditions become normal.
Railroad traffic and street car service
are in bad shape. FNepersons have
lost their lives during the storm.
Washington, Dec. e7.-on aes
count ofuncertain trafiee condition
due to the storm, President Tai ias
cancelled his engagement to dine to-
night in New York City with An
drew Carnegie and TO speak before
the American Historical Association
in Carnegie Hall.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-29

New York, Dec. e7.-Hard work
all night by thousands of men on the
city's streets broke the tie-up caused
by the greatest December storm this
vicinity has known. While incoming
trains are still delayed on some roads
and surface traffic Is by no means
normal, the acute phase of eonges-
ton caused by the ten inch fall of
snow is a thing of the past this morn.
ing.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-29

The appointment of Capt. W. R.
HaptOnstall as postmaster at Middle
port has been confirmed by the U. S.
Senate.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-29

Perhaps man thinks he Is stand
ing up for his rights when he keeps
his seat in a crowded car.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-29

This is the glad season when the
pie baker proceeds to minee matters.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-29

There are l7e telegraph and IS
telephones oRces IN Korea.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-29

Another woman l know is terribly
proud of an old pirate. The family
history makes him out to be very
disreputable old porty-he didn't
stop at murder or thievery, and l
doubt very much whether he was al
ways carefully shaved, but the mod
ern American member of his family
keeps an old print of the reprobate
in the place of honor on the center
table in her library and never allows
an opportunity to pass when she can
mention him.
And there is yet another woman
who told me confdentially: "You
know, we have nothing but old minis
tiers and lawyers in our family; one
gets sick of so much intellectual re-
pectability, so am deyotedly at
tached to one villain who treated his
wife badly and then disappeared,
never to return-we haven't even the
date of his death. If you haven't a
lot ofrespectable ancestors, you don't
know what relief it is to have a
real villain in the family.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-29
A Long Line of Responsibility
Receives Absolutely No
Notice.
PIRATES and TRAITORS ARE
MUCH TO BE DESIRED
If they Have the Glamor of
Many Years About Them to
Add Interest.
BY KATHRYN HOWARD.
Have you any ancestorss

Of course, / know you belong to
that great family that facetiously
claims Adam and Eve for their
ancestors-caring nothing whether
Eve really did such a,terrible thing
as eating an apple, and being still
more indifferent as to Adams pri-
vate life. Our pride in this couple
as our ancestors is due, always be-
lieye, partly to the fact that no one
can claim any better ancestors. and
partly to the fact that time makes
even the greatest criminals quite de-
sirable as ancestors.
For instance, know a girl whose
forefathers and foremothers for cen
turies have been nice, well-behaved
people, so far as she is able to find
out, with the exception of one CID
fellow who was hanged for high trea-
son in the reign of Charles II, of
England. Now, treason is very
nasty word, and, as a rule, we do
not admire it, but that girl never al
lows you to forget that she had such
Z, ,,o-,.,, = L.. ...:J "a
know very much about justice or the
deed, but she knows perfectly well
that to be hanged for high treason
in the reign of Charles II, should get
her into all sorts of good societies
in fact, she is quite hurt that it does
not get her admitted to the DauSh=
ters of the Revolution or the Colo
NAL Danes or something like that.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-29
EDITOR BLAKE ON "SOUSE. "

The West Virginia News, of ROnee-
Serte, in speaking of the Warrington
MESSENGERS recipe for making kraut.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-01
PERSONAL MENTION.

Mrs. DR.. Powell had a golf party
at the links Wednesday.
Miss Elizabeth Klees, an artist and
designer of millinery, is at the Nc
Kenna store.
Miss Emma Ferber accompanied
her brother, Robert, on a trip to
Poughkeepsie.
Fred Salmon, of the Tri-States
Publishing Co., was in town Tuesday
as the guest of his brother.
Mrs. George Ort returned home
on Tuesday evening after spending
several days with relatives in Scran-
ton.
George Harris, clerk at A. M.
Leine's drug store has returnd home
after spending his vacation in Phila-
delphia.
Miss Bertha Jacobson, who is
studying to be trained nurse in
the Baltimore City Hospital, is visit
ing relatives at this place.
Mrs. w. H. Ham and Mrs. ]. A.
Bodie left on Wednesday to visit
Mrs. Mary Dickson at Scranton and
will also visit Mrs. Bentley, who is
confined to the hospital with brok-
en- hip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank B. Hawken
of North Main street, Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. H. Hawken and daughter
Lactea, and Mrs. George S. Spettigue
of East street, left yesterday for the
metropolis. While taking in the
Hudson-Fulton celebration they will
be guests at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. b. Coleman at Nyack, N
Y, where they will view the naval
parade on Friday; and Saturday, be-
ing the 25th wedding anniversary
of the hostess, the party will dc
all honor to the occasion.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-01
First RantiSt Church.

Regular services at 10:30 a. m.
and 1880 p. m. Subject of the morn
ing sermon, lone Day Better Than
Thousand" Evening theme,
THE Unspeakable Gift" The ordi-
nance of the Lords Supper will be
observed at the morning service.
The session of the Sunday school will
be held at 11:45. Young Peoples
meeting at $50 o'clock, subject,
Life Lessons for Me from the Book
of Ephesians.'
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-01
WARSHIPs' MEN IN RACES.
Germans Beat Other Foreign Sailors.
Georaia's Men Also Victors,

New York, Sept. 0.-International
aquatic honors were captured by Ger
many and America in the boat races
for the crews of the warships at an
chor in the Hudson. The brawny Teu-
tons outstroked the Italians, British.
French and Netherland in the races
for the visiting ships, while a big,
husky crew from the Minnesota show
ed the way to the German, italian and
British tars in the big international
race.
The regatta included races exclu-
sively for the men of American war
ships, revenue cutters and naval mill
tia. The winners all received silver
shields and purses of gold in addition
to what they picked up in side bets,
for the different fleets backed their
countrymen heavily. Seven foreign
crews lined up for the first event, one
each from the British cruisers Drake
and Duke of Edinburgh, one from the
Italian Etruria and one from her sister
ship, the Etna; one from the German
Victoria Luise, one from La Justice Of
France and one from little Hollands
cruiser Utrecht.
German muscle proved supreme.
while the two Italians had a hot fight
for second place, with the British, the
French and the Hollanders in third.
fourth and fifth place.
The hottest contest was between FIVE
American warships, the Georgia beat
ing ont the Louisiana by half length.
with the Connecticut, Vermont and
New Hampshire close astcrn.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-01
Newspaper Advertising.

If member of your family died,
would you print the resolutions on
billboard?
If you were going to enlarge your
business would you advertise it in a
hotel register?
If you were going to have a we'd
ding in your family would you get
out a handbin?
You would send such items to a
newspaper, wouldn't you?
Then why don't you put your ad-
vertisements in a newspaper
Every man who uses the billboard
is adding to nature taking.
The newspapers build your town;
why not help build up the newspa-
pers. There is no better advertise
ment in the world than a good news
paper. A newspaper is the baro-
meter of the towns industry. Show
us good newspaper, full of adver-
tising and we will show you a good
town, full of live merchants.
Newspapers are town builders,
town advertisers, fortune makers,
prosperity orcasters-they are ne
cessity, not a luxury; they must be
maintained. Without them we
would retrograde to the medieval
days.
Don't patronize them from a char
liable NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. them
because they deliver the goods-that
is II they are the right kind.
Cut out the foolishness and work
for the upbuilding of your town and
State by upbuilding your newspa.
pers.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-01
1.-THE WOMAN PAYS" TONIGHT.
Beautiful Play to be Given in the
Lyric Theatre.

Lyric Theatre.
Despite the worldliness, moneyed
worldliness that tries to pay for
love, that is the base note through
out the play. "The Woman Pays"
is as sweet and fragrant as an old
fashioned rose garden. The sweet,
gentle, loving, self-sacrificing man
ner of the deserted woman, her
scorn for the man who deserted
her, are finely portrayed by Minnie
Victorson. A quiet dignity, an ap-
probation of the value of the things
in this world that money cannot buy,
the exaltation of her love above
sordid self pervade the character of
the play and to one in love with the
fine beauties of life, the play will
make strong appeal with its
opulence of sentiment. 1t is love-
ly thing to get away from the rush
of life and leave behind it's grind
and noise and cheats; to go into an
element made up of sane materials
and to be led into the cozy corner
love steals and gentle thoughts per-
wade, where kindness and helpful
ness are the keynotes upon which
the play theme is composed. "The
Woman Pays" is at the Lyric to-
night (Friday).
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-01
This Accounts for Mans Unsteadi-
ness.

ucSSs
1t is we'll known that the earth
revolves on it's axis and for a long
time it was supposed that it revolv-
ed absolutely and smoothly along
this invisible line. One of the great
est achievements in physics and
mathematics is the discovery that
this is not true, but that the earth
wabbles somewhat just as often as
does a top when spinning which
every hoy has noticed. The amount
of wabbling has been estimated, or
rather defined, as twenty-six feet
from the actual pole, SO that if it
is proper to speak of the poles as
having any extent beyond point
it would be circle fifty-two feet in
diameter, although there is an exact
axis just as there is one for top
no matter how much it wabbles in
spinning.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-01
LOCAL NUaNTION.
All the rage-24 for 25 cents.

All the rage-24 for 20 CENTS
Sheriff Braman has seven
boarders in the Wayne county Jail.
Rev. A. l.. Whitaker will hold
services in White Mills Sunday, Oct.
3, at p. m.
Attention, Veterans! Regular
meeting of Capt. Ham Post, G. A.
r., this (Friday) evening.
Services in Grace Episcopal
church on Sunday at 1880 a. m.
and 1880 p. m. Sunday school at
IL m.
The Pennsylvania Railroad has
placed an order for 20O,36O tons OF
steel rails for it's 1910 require
ments. The price is said to be S2S
a ton, and the total for the order is
$5,60O,000.
Darwin Penwarden, postmaster
at Carley Brook, fell from an apple
tree, near his home, at that place on
Wednesday morning. Mr.. Penwar-
den fell distance of twenty-three
feet but escaped with a few slight
bruises about the body.
Remember that the Erie morn
ing train now leaves two minutes
earlier, or 1925 a. m. and the after
noon train also two minutes earlier
or 2:48 D. m. The incoming trains
reach here at 1:40 and sos p. m.
On Saturdays, the Erie and Wyo-
ming arrives at 3:45 p. m. and leaves
at 7:10 p. m.
The bid of Fred Rickard was ac-
cepted to carry mail on the new star
route from Honesdale to Hoadleysr
beginning Oct. 18th. Mail will be
carried from Honesdale every even
ing during the week except Satur-
day. The mail will be taken to
Scranton from Hoadleys on the Erie
train. The mail will close at 6:20
D. m. and the carrier will leave this
place at $3.50 p. m.
One of the most important
dramatic events of the season al
the Lyric will be the engagement on
Wednesday, Oct. 6, of Mr.. Paul Gil
more and his company in "The Cal
of the North" reputed to be one oi
the most convincing and faithful
portrayals written of the rugged and
picturesque characters and string
events of life in the fur-trading ter
ritory of Canada around ! Hudson
Bay. It is a comedy-drama of the
style in which theatregoers most en-
Joy seeing Mr.. Gilmore, its centra
character being a daring young ad
venturer who has trespassed upon
forbidden territory to trade with the
Indians, thus incurring the enmity
of the ancient and powerful English
that had held the monopoly on thai
rch wilderness for hundreds Of years
The play is dramatization of Stew
art Edward Whites widely read
novel, "Conjuror's House." and wal
written by George Broadhurst, au
thor of "The Man of the Hour" an6
other successful high-class melo
dramas.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-01
A CCOUNT P. H. SKELLY,

Lewis Hansman, a person of Weali
mird OF Texas Township, Wayne
county, Pennsylvania.
Notice is hereby given that the
second and partial account of the
guardian above named has been filed
in the court of Common Pleas OF
Wayne county, and will be presented
for approval on October 25, 1909
and will be confirmed absolutely or
January 20, 1910, unless exceptions
thereto are previously filed.
M. j. HANLAN, Prothonotary.
Sept. %, 1909.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-01

LOST OR STOnEN-All persons
are hereby cautioned against re-
ceiving or negotiating Interest De-
partment bank book No. 4721 issued
by the Honesdale National Bank TO
Margaret A. Mcdonald, as said book
has been lost or stolen, payment
has been stopped, and 1 have made
application for the issue Oh ne"
book. MARGARET A. MCDONALD.
Eonesdale, Pa, Sept. FL, 1919.
76eoi3
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-01
AFTERNOON SESSION.

This session was opened by sing
ing, followed with prayer by the
Rev. James Rainey, of Aldenville.
The Rev. DR.. Swift was then intro
duced and spoke upon the supreme
Mission of Christian Endeavor," it
was a splendid address and brought
out the grand opportunities that the
christian endeavorer has before him.
This was followed by very interest
ing and instructive talk upon Com
mittee Work" by Rev. A. L. Francke
of Newfoundland then the Rev. Jas.
Rainey followed with an address
that was poignant with ideas and
thoughts that should be valuable to
the christian worker. r. Nj. Stocker
was called on to fill vacancy caus-
ed by an absentee and his address
Present" was very appropriate and
greatly appreciated. A short talk
from several delegates and the ses-
sion was brought to close.
EVENING SESSION.
The evening session began at 1880
with a song service led by President
Frank Waltz whose strong and reso-
nant voice brought out the singing
ability of the audience to the extent
that all Joined in singing the inspir-
ing song. After prayer and singing
by the Honesdale Male Quartette
the Rev. A. D. Thaeler, pastor of the
Moravian church at Bethlehem was
introduced and spoke upon the
Echoes of the st. Paul Conven-
tion" and his address was a rare
treat to those who had the oppor-
tunity of being present. His earnest
ness, his intimate knowledge of the
work being accomplished by the
Christian Endeavor movement, and
the fervid and inspiring manner of
presenting his thoughts and ideas
were greatly appreciated by all
present. A solo was we'll rendered
by Mrs. Archer; then followed
short conservation meeting led by
Rev. Mr.. Francke which brought the
convention to a close.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-01
KILLS TWO, WOUNDS
THIRD IN SALOON
Man, Just "Treated" by Proprietor.
Returns, Masked, and Demands
Cash of Owners Son.

Cash of Owners Son.
Philadelphia, Pa, Sept. 3o.-Two
men were shot to death and a third
badly wounded at an early morning
hour in saloon in the northern part
of the city. presumably by a man who
few moments before the killing had
been treated" by the owner Of the
place.
The dead are James Quinn, twenty
three, son of the proprietor of the sa.
loon, and Henry F. Saylor, thirty
three. John j. Cassidy, thirty-seven.
was wounded in the side. The men
were shot as they covered before the
robber, who was masked.
Patrick ]. Quinn, who operates a sa-
loon at York road and Lycoming
street, informed his family he was
going to late lodge meeting. His
son James, who ran an elevator in
the city, volunteered to take his place
and the elder Quinn was so grateful
at being able to get away for the
lodge meeting that when he went
| down into the saloon from his rooms
| above, after having dressed for the
occasion, he called everybody in the
! saloon to drink on the house"
There was quick response to the
| invitation, and young Quinn set up
drinks for twenty persons. About he
last words he uttered after being shot
were that his father had Just treated
his murderer.
1t was raining hard and after the
elder Quinn left for the lodge meet
ing, all those in the saloon departed,
save young Quinn, Saylor and Cas-.
| sidy. Saylor and Cassidy were at a
table near the bar reading a newspa-
| per. While Quinn's back was turned
man walked in a side door and up
| to the bar. AS Quinn turned to greet
the supposed customer he found him.
self facing a masked man and a
| drawn revolver.
Hands up, you fellows!" was the
mans command.
Then, moving his revolver so as to
"cover" the three men, he ordered
| young Quinn to hand out all the
money IN the cash drawer. Quinn
| grabbed handful of bills, about SAT
when the man fred the first shot. The
bullet struck Quinn in the abdomen
The wounded man, with several notes
in his hand, fell dying to the floor
Cassidy and Saylor ran for the door
The robber swung around and said
stand where you are; you are not
going out"
Cassidy says he stopped, but not
quickly enough, and the robber fired
twice. once at him and once at Say'or
Cassidy's life was saved by the fact
that as the robber fired Cassidy was
falling. He was but slightly wound.
ed in the side, but Saylor was hit un.
der the heart and died in the hospi
tai an hour later. He said the rob-
Der had taken all his valuables and
| fed.
Quinn lived only few moments
after the police arrived, but long
enough to give description Of the
robber and to declare that he was one
of those in the saloon when his father
had treated the crowd"
In addition to robbing Saylor as he
lay dying, the masked man rified the
cash drawer, took all he could find on
young Quinn and searched Cassidy.
Reuben Conn was arrested in con.
| nactfbn with the murderS
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-01
A CCOUNT. P. H. SKELLY,

Doris Hansman, a person of weak
mind of Texas Township, Wayne
county, Pennsylvania.
Notice is hereby given that the
second and final account of the
guardian above named has been filed
in the court of Common Pleas OF
Wayne county, and will be present
ed for approval on October 25, 1909,
and will be confirmed absolutely on
January 20, 1910, unless exceptions
thereto are previously filed.
M. ]. HANLAN, Prothonotary.
Sept. 25, 1909.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-01
To Thine Own Self Be True.

Take 1t not grievously II some think
I'll OF thee, and speak that thou
wouldst not willingly bear. Thou
oughtest to be the hardest Judge Of
thyself. and to think no one weaker
than thyself. If thou dost walk right
eously. thou wilt not much weigh feet
ing words.-Thomas a KemDis.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-01
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR CONVEN.
TION.

The delegates to the Wayne Coun-
ty Christian Endeavor Convention
meet on Tuesday 2Sth inst. at the
Presbyterian Chapel, Honesdale.
The morning session after the de-
votional exercises, was given up to
the regular routine of business, con-
sisting of reading of reports of last
years work, reports of officers and
committees, and appointment of
nominating and other committees.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-01

ROYS! GIRLS! Columbia bicy-
Gle free! Greatest offer out. Get
YOUR friends to subscribe to our
magazine and we will make you a
present of a $4,000 Columbia Bicy-
cle-the best made. Ask for par
itculars, free. outfit, and circular
telling How to Start" Address,
"The Bicycle Man," 29-31 East 22d
Street. New York City, N. Y.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-01
Mandarian Order For Admiral Seymour

New York, Sept. 30.-The degree of
mandarin of the Imperial Order Of the
Dragon was conferred upon Admiral
Seymour aboard the British warship
Infiexible today as recognition Of the
esteem in which the British officer is
held by the American sailors and ma
rines who served under him during the
first expedition for the relief OF Pekin
in 1900