The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-14

The last drum corps picnic and
dance for the season of 1910 comes
Saturday night at Bellevue.
The Wayne County Teachers
association will hold their fall ses-
sion at South Canaan on Oct. 15.
Protection Fire Engine Co., No
3, will have a meeting tonight to
see how much money they made by
the August % picnic at Bellevue.
The G. A. Woodward property
in Hawley was sold at orphans
court sale Friday to Victor A. Deck
er of Hawley, who paid $1,S25 for
the house and lot.
Chris Hartung may go to the
Panama canal zone to work for the
government. Mr.. Hartung is one
of the owners of the Nickelet and
just now gives all his time to the
active management of the little
picture house, which is already on
a self-sustaining basis, but the
Panama job he has had under con-
sideration some time. He expects
to know within a few weeks the
date of his sailing for the big ditch
that is to connect two oceans.
A flower show will be held Fri
day next at 3 p. m. in the High
school building. At this time the
results of the seed sold to school
children by the Honesdale Improve
ment association will be exhibited
and prizes awarded as follows: One
for the best bouquet of one variety
of flowers, one for the prettiest bou-
quet one for the greatest variety of
Agr I, A
first and second prize will be given
for the best quality of vegetables
raised. The public is cordially in
vited.
Upon the recommendation of
Capt, Parker, head of the health de-
partment, the sanitary committee of
councils in Wilkes-Barre supplied the
officers with revolvers, nippers and
clubs. The duties of the men call
them into many dangerous places
and during the past year they have
had many thrilling encounters when
making arrests. Just a day or so
before being taken with typhoid
fever officer Mclaughlin was called
upon to arrest a man who attempted
to kill another. Owing to the fact
that he had no weapon on his per-
son he was badly used up before
landing his prisoner in the lookup.
Thursday was the largest day in
the history of the Callicoon Nation
al bank, more deposits being re-
ceived on that day than any day
since it has been organized. A state
ment of the condition of the bank
compared with former statements
shows a general increase in all de-
partments, and especially so in de-
posits. The people are gradually
getting over their fear of banks
caused by the closing of the Knapp
bank, and are gaining confidence in
this new bank. And we'll we might,
for our bank, although young, is
strong and robust and is conduct
ed by very efficient staff of officers
and directors-ones that will look
after the interests of the depositors
and not invest in wildcat specula-
tions.-Callicoon On. " Democrat.
John Mitchell, former presi-
dent of the United Mine Workers,
in an address at Terra Haute, Ind,
spoke in favor of better laws for
the protection of workingmen. "a
we'll known writer" said Mr.. Mitch
ell, asserts that 100000 working
men are killed or manned annually
in the United States. That means
that more lives are sacrificed and
more workmen are injured each
year in the peaceful conduct of our
industries than were sacrificed any
one year during the period of the
Civil war. 1t means that more
men have been killed and manned
in the coal mines of the United
States alone during the last seven
years than were killed or died as a
result of wounds in the Continen-
tai army during the seven years of
the American Revolution" Mr..
Mitchell went to Indiana from New
York Sept. l. He went from Lake
Ariel to New York the week before.
Mrs. Sylvestia NJ. Decker, who
died Thursday morning at her home
on Court street at the advanced age
of SO, was buried Sunday afternoon
at 2 from the house, the services,
which were simple but of very i'm
pressive character, being conducted
by her pastor, Rev. w. H. Hitler.
Mrs. Decker had been an exceedingly
devoted member of the Methodist
church since girlhood and Mr.. Hill
Ter spoke feelingly of her loyalty to
it and of the part she had played in
temperance work in Honesdale and
Wayne county. "One Sweetly Sol
emn Thought" and Rock of Ages, "
two hymns very close to the heart
of Mrs. Decker, were rendered by
Mrs. Charles Penwarden, Mrs. T. A.
Crossley, c. ]. Dibble and Clarence
r. Galloway. The flowers, numer-
GUS and beautiful bore mute testi-
mony to the esteem in which Mrs.
Decker was held by the considerable
circle of friends she had gathered
during her almost lifelong residence
in Honesdale. Burial was in Glen
Dyberry
Secretary Emerson w, Gam
nell of the Wayne County Agricul-
tural society was busy citizen Sat
urday, Monday and today. He was
up and down the county with rig,
sending out and putting up bills for
the Wayne county fair in October.
Mr.. Gammell has all along declared
he will give Wayne a fair this time
that will be a hummer and the Of
ficers and members cognizant of the
affable secretary's plans do not hesi-
tate 10 say that Mr. Gammell, the