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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-12
Nineteenth Annual Gathering.

During its existence the congress has
held an annual session at which state
governors and other public men of note
gathered for a session of one week,
thus gaining year by year more and
more interest in the development pos
sibilities of the nation. This year the
congress is to have its nineteenth an
nual gathering in Chicago, from Dec.
5 to o. The organization met there
once before-in 1900. At the Chicago
meeting, to illustrate the growth Of in.
terest the congress has created and the
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-12

u G. MUMFORD,
IA. ATTORNEY d CoUNsELoR-AT-LAw
Office-Liherty Hall building, opposite the
| Post Office Honesdale Pa.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-12

SHERIFF'S SALE OF VALUABLE
- REAL ESTATE BY virtue of process
issued out of the Court of Common
Pleas of Wayne county, and State OF
Pennsylvania, and to me directe6
and delivered, have levied on ant
will expose to public sale, at the
Court House in Honesdale, on
FRIDAY, JULY II, AT2P. M.
All the defendants right, title,
and interest in the following de-
scribed property-viz:
By virtue of the annexed writ of fl
ia l have this day levied upon and
taken in execution the following de-
scribed real estate, situate, lying and
being in the township of Berlin, coun-
ty of Wayne, and Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, bounded and described
as follows, to wit: Beginning at a
heap of stones, the southeast corner
of land of Calvin V. Lille, thence by
said land north forty-three and one
half degrees west sixty rods to a
stones corner; thence by land form
erly of John Leonard, north sixty-six
and three-fourths degrees east 6S
rods to post and stones corner:
thence south twenty-three and one
quarter degrees east thirty-five rods
TO stones corner and thence by land
now or late of Buckley and Walter
Beardslee, south sixty-six and three
quarters degrees west one hundred
and thirty-five and six-tenths rods TO
the place of beginning, containing
fifty-one acres, and ninety-three
perches, be the same more or less.
See Deed Book No. 90 at page 2S9,
etc. Upon the said premises is a
frame house and barn, about twenty
acres of improved land and the bal
ance in timber. Seized and taken in
execution as the property of Charles
c. Reihm and Benie Reihm, his wife
at the suit of Emma Seaman. No.
133 March Term, 1911. Judgment,
$725.
Lee, Attorney.
TAKE NOTICE-All bids and costs
must be paid on day of sale or deeds
will, not be acknowledged.
M. LEE BRAMAN, Sheriff.
Honesdale, June 10, 1911.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-12
Eliza Ann Cole, ct al.

Eliza Ann Cole, ct al.
Bill for partition of land IN the town
ship of Damascus, county of
Wayne, State of Pennsylvania,
whereof James Monington died,
seized on or about November 10,
1878.
By virtue of an order made in the
cause above stated, l will sell to the
highest bidder, at the
COURT HOUSE, HONESDALE, ON
THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1911,
at 2 o'clock p. M.
the land aforesaid, described in the
bill of complaint as follows-viz:
All that certain piece or parcel of
land situated in the township of Da-
mascus, county of Wayne, State of
Pennsylvania, bounded and described
as follows; to wit: Beginning at
stones corner, the southwest corner
of the John Letillia, warrant No. 35
thence along the same north seventy
seven degrees east two hundred and
seventy-four rods to stones corner,
a common corner of the John Letillia,
Nicholas Horn, George Tepal and
Charles Stultz warrants; thence
south thirteen degrees east one hun
dred rods to beach corner; thence
by lot No. 81 of the Shields allot-
ments, south Seventy-seven degrees
west two hundred and seventy-four
rods to corner in warantee line of
Andrew Mcneil; thence along the
same north thirteen degrees west
one hundred rods to the place of be-
ginning, containing one hundred and
seventy-one acres and forty perches,
be the same more or less, being lot
No. So of the Shields allotment. See
Deed Book No. II at page 1874, etc.,
excepting and reserving therefrom
forty-five acres sold from the east
end of the said land to Charles R.
Monington. See Deed Book No. 81,
page 10, and fifty acres sold by Jas.
Monington to Holbert B. Monington
from the west end of the said land.
See Deed Book No. 81 at page 100,
etc., leaving seventy-five acres, be the
same more or less. Upon the said
premises is frame house twenty-six
by forty-eight, frame barn thirty by
forty, one long shed seventy by twen-
ty-eight, another fifty-five by thirty
eight, large granary, and other
out buildings, some thirty acres in
meadow, fine orchard of apples and
other fruit trees, some timber, and
farm well walled up and all excellent
land.
TERMS OF SALE CASH.
The purchaser also to pay for the
deed as on sales by the sheriff, So.
C. A. GARRATT, Master.
VIM. H. Lee, Attorney
Honesdale, June 23, 1911.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-12
NOTICE!

Notice is hereby given that appli-
cation will be made to the Governor
of the State of Pennsylvania, on the
7th day of August, 1911, at 2
O'Clock p. m. under the Act of AS
sembly of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, entitled, IAN Act to
provide for the Incorporation and
regulation of certain corporations"
approved April 29, 1874, and the
supplements thereto, for the charter
for an intended corporation to be
called Wayne Development Com
pany" the character and object of
which is for the purpose of erecting
and constructing dams and reser-
voirs in the State of Pennsylvania,
and for that purpose to acquire land,
remove and dispose of any timber
and do all other things necessary
and incident to the construction of
dams and reservoirs, and for these
purposes to have, possess and enjoy,
all the rights, benefits and privil-
eyes, of said Act of Assembly and
its supplements.
LAURENCE H. WATRES,
Solicitor
6O3 Connell Building, Scranton, Pa.
54eoi 6.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-12
A UDIToR's NOTICE.

A UDITOR'S NOTICE.
N IN THE ORPHANS COURT OF WAYNE
, COUNTY. No. 3O5 Docket IN"
Estate of c. H. WOODWARD,
Late of Hawley, Wayne Co., decd.
The undersigned, an auditor appointed by
said court to report distribution of said
ment on
THURSDAY, JULY q, 1911,
at ten O'Clock A. NJ, at his office in the
borough OF .Honesdale, at which time and
proved or recourse to the fund for cistribu-
tion will be lost.
Honesdale, Pa, June 70, 1911. SOW.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-12

CHARLES A. McCARTY,
~ ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT-LAw.
Special and prompt attention given to the
collection of claims. Office over Reifs new
store Honesdale. Pa.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-12
Find Silver Ore in Connecticut.

Cheshire, Conn, July "A vein
of copper and silver has been dis
covered on property here. Work.
men while digging trench discover
ed two pieces of ore, one weighing
IA ounces and the other two pounds.
An assay showed the specimens to
be rich in copper and silver and the
quartz percentage exceptionally
low.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-12
Worlds Wool Market.

Sydney, Australia, is becoming the
wool market of the world. The sales
of the last wool season were S1S,33O
bales (up from $4,000 two years be-
fore), and this meant about S55, 1000, 900
in coin of the realm. There are near
ly 50,000.0OO sheep In New South
Wales.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-12
Membership Democratic Committee.

Chairman George w. Guthrie has
announced that Philadelphia gains
two seats on the Democratic State
committee and Westmoreland and
Northampton counties each lose one.
The annual meeting of the Demo-
cratic high council will meet in Phil
adelphia July 10.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-12
ReY. Van Cleft Home.

Rev. A. ]. Van Cleft, who has been
very i'll in Binghamton, N. Y, was
removed to his home in Hallstead
last Friday.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-12
PROFESSIONAL CARDS..
AttOrneYs-at-Law.

III WILSON,
IL. ATTORNEY d CoUNsELoR-AT-LAw,
Office adjacent to Post Office in Dimmick
Office. Honesdaie. Pa.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-12
\ ALE IN PARTITION.

- In the Court of Common Pleas
of Wayne county. In Equity: No. l
March Term, 1911.
Holbert B. Monington,
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-12

WM. H. LEE,
w ATTORNEY CoUNsELoR-AT-LAW,
Office over post Office. All legal business
promptly attended to. Honesdale Pa.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-12
Correspondence invited
OFFICERS:

HENRY RUSSELL--EDWINF F. TORREY
PRESIDENT. CASHIER.
ANDREW THOMPSON A. c. LINDSAY
VICE PRESIDENT ASSISTANT CASHIER
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-05
\ LITTLE COOLER THAN USUAL.

Every now ana then, in seasons like
rise UP and say: Il have never seen
anything like it; had no such heat like
this when was a boy; always plenty
OF rain, nights invariably cool. days
not too hot. breezes blowing all the
time. have lived in Richmond ever
since 1855. and before that year 1 was
always here, and this beats anything
ever saw" etc. etc But what are the
facts?
The monthly meteorological sum
mary" of the United States Weather
Bureau for the month of june shows
that the mean temperature for the
month was 10 degrees that the high
est temperature was 0S degrees on the
25rd day OF the month and the lowest
temperature was 90 degrees, on the 9th
day OF the month The absolute maxi
mum temperature for JU.e for a period
OF fourteen years was 90 degrees, and
normal temperature for June is F5.l.
so that it will be seen that June was
one-tenth OF degree short of its nor
NAL heat On eleven days of the month
there We're signs OF rain and feeble
attempts at rain. although the total
rainfall for the month was less than
, three inches; 1t should have been 352
isnchts 10 bring 1t up to normal
There were ten thunderstorms during
! the month. two days of fog, one solar
{ halo, i.S7i miles OF wind. and one day
, when for the space of five minutes
| the wind blew at the rate OF thirty-si
miles the hour. !, is noted in the otti =
cial summary" and il is q point worth
remembering, that there was: Frost
lish,. none heavy none killing. none"
and ;hat there was no hail OF sleet to
chill the marrow in the bones of many
I OF is VINO look for signs in the weather
. conditions that have prevailed and
from which we have all been safely de-
iivereo
The bearings of these observations
are that it is never safe to take or ac-
cept the recollections OF any OF the Old
est mia bitants that ever lived in these
/ parts without comparing them with
the Official records. so vain is the
testimony OF men and so pleasant are
the most depressing conditions after
wo have passed through them and come
out on to the hilltops. where there is
light and refreshmcnt and pleasant an
tcipat!ons OF the weather next winter,
when the snow begins to blow and the
streets shall be slippery with ice. Hot?
Yes. hot as Savannah. but no hotter
! Than II onEht % be
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-05
RECIPROCITY IN SIGHT.

1t looks as If the bottom had drop
! ped out OF the 1nsurgent movement in
| the Senate at Washington Most of
the 1nsursent senators are said to have
I reached the conclusion that the Cana
dian reciprocity bill Will be the only
tariff legislation enacted at the present
session. and that this bill will be pass
ed about the nrst 81 August. They do
not like the wool b'll as it stands and
they 90 not think that the free lis,
( VIII be acted on now but will be
voted down tor considera ton at the
Eesalar session, rather sorry lot
are the Progressive Senators, to be
su.e, and il Is not very creaitable %
the common sense OF the Democra ;
WAC have beer inclined to trust them
and their good Intentions They have
never hAd any other idea than to en-
sarrsss The Administration. we verlly
believe, and for the mos; peaautty OF
Aii The politics tais country has known.
VIII Congress adjourn on August !?
Nobody can tell The Senators would
doub;iess Ike 70 50 home. bu: the
Democrats Are Just warming TO their
wosk. and RE senate Will have 10 take
IAe responsibility tor auittins when
there = 50 much 70 Re done. u do not
believe the House has the slightest dis
Position 10 adjourn until the Senate
acts or The bills which the House sends
over TO IL said Speaker Champ Clark
yesterday. "All we ask is that the SEN
ate act on the reciprocity wool and
free list bills or any other bills We
send over, ard so long as Congress re-
mains In session We will send bills
over as fast SIS they can be carefully
and scientifically prepared. But we
are not going TO rush about It."
The House is earning its wages it
has been doing most excellent work.
/, was never in better working trim
than II is now. Ii has acted with great
conservatism and great ability, and
If the people Of the country want
working body in the Congress they
have it at this time. We have been de-
lighted with MI Underwood's manage
ment on the Aoor and the whole coun-
try applauds the sincerity with VIII ch
the Democrats have gone about their
business. The Senate has failed to
meet any issue honestly that has be-.
presented to 1t, and the people have
made a note OF it. Speaker Clark should
keep the House together until the sem
ate acts, II it taks all summer
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-05
THE TIMES DIsPATc RICHMOND VA WEDNESDAY, JULY 10

tire Republican body and the opposition
OF Mr. Bryan as well. He is stronger
in Ohio now than when he was last
elected and II lie should be nominal ted
he would doubtless be able TO carry
the State against Ohio's other favorite
son. the Hon, william H. Taft. He also
would have as sood a chance of win
ming New Jersey as Governor Wilson.
and better chance of carrying New
York; at least, that Is what the Gov
errors friends think about Il.
We think he is rather heavy. that he
is lacking in personal magnetism. that
he is not as ready with hts speech as
either MIR. Bryan or Governor Wilson:
but he is safer by far than the Nebras-
kan and he has not gone OF after so
many strange doctrines as the eminent
statesman OF New Jersey If he should
be nominated he would give the Re-
pubiicans Il run for their money, and
II he should be elected he would give
the country wise. safe ana conserv-
a,ive administration. That is thing
TO be most devoutly wished, and q thing
worth thinking about in making up
the neNt ticket OF the National Democ-
raCv
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-05
WATERMELON RIND PRESERVES
AGAIN

The Roanoke Times regrets that The
Times Dispatch does not like water
melon rind preserves. and attributes
our dislike Of the vegetable to a lack
OF information rather than to VI
tiated taste. Apparently our Roanoke
contemporary does not know very
much about IT Itself, as this is what
IT says about It;
We DO not pretend to know OF the
details: We know that the watermelon
rind preserve, properly prepared. is a
thing OF weeks. perhaps OF months:
that there is process of sailing and
sugaring following some careful cary
ing Al the end II is the most deli.
cious and satisfying conserve known
TO humanity. Neither Jamaica ginger
nor any OF the French confeotions can
touch It. In this part OF Virginia we
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-05
BETTING on HARMON.

Charles f. Haley, OF Illinois. will lose
a bet if Governor Harmon. Of Ohio. is
not nominated by the Democratic Ma.
'ional Convention for President He
understands that Harmon's friends are
wei! organized. and Harmon is one OF
the best politicians in the country. He
has been elected Governor of his own
State twice Ohio IS normally a Re-
publican state hut Harmon has car
ried 1t against fearful odds at two
elections. and the last time by a piu-
raiity Of more than hundred thous-
and against the opposition of the en-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-05

nave some young houSekeepers who
( have inherited from their mothers and
Srandmothers the recipes--rec-i-pes
mind Eou-of watermelon preserves
and the proper smoking OF hams And
The mes-Dispatch will know moth
ing of the real life of Virginia until
Ii has negotiated slices of those hams
and the real watermelon rind pre-
serves FOR dessert, such as the fire.
fuent farmer in his innocent AFRO
sance knows. not knowing or realizing
that his palate is acquiring favors for
which the pampered millionaires of the
big cities vainly long"
Sailing" indeed, and "suge ring"
too. forsooth. We have been talking
about preserves, not about pickles
Besides. Jamaica ginger is not pre-
serve. but 4 medicine. which has been
known 70 serve as a cordial in dry"
communities. 1t is something to drink.
not something to eat with battercakes
or to spread on bread Moreover,
there is no affinity between ham and
watermelon rind preserves. even when
the ham is OF the Alabama sort which
can seldom be Identified rs anything
else than what is known in the trade
N'aiNS lilO.t, inc
watermelon rind preserves we have
condemned is the sort Editor Screws.
OF the Montgomery Advertiser. has
been lauding to the skies: but that
was after he had made a visit to
Georgia What sort OF preserves the
rind of the unrivalled Virginia melon
would make. we do not know. and
hope we shall never lind out There
is SO much fruit in the Old Dominion
out OF which to make preserves that
1t is not necessary 10 resort TO the
husks which our swine do not care TO
eat for the dainty things which make
the Virginia table the delight of all
lovers of good eating.
We should like to know now whether
there is anybody in Roanoke who un-
derstands the art of making molasses
pies. They used TO be regarded as
great delicacy in Due West; bat we
have never heard tina, they were made
anywhere else. Perhaps this is also
one Of the delicacies that the people
of the Southwest affect.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-05

The Marquise de Fontenoy has dis.
covered that King George, who is tic
visit ireland this week. is "genealogi-
caliy and indisputably the direct de-
scendant and supreme representative
of the High King of ancient Ireland >
1t Will be seen from this that the Irish
are at last coming into their own. What
the King should do is to establish his
residence for part of the year in the
land of his ancestors. and in that way,
by relieving his own people of the ter
ribls expressions from which they have
been suffering. make them ali the more
loyal TO the Crown.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-05
4 SANE AND SAFE ro,,.ru

We DO not know what the rest OF
the patriots did yesterday. and we do
not very much care. ali that we know
and al that we care. speaking person
ally, il tina; privilege may be accorded
10 one who speaks SO constantly in
another way. ana yet not In another
way at all. is that there has never been
exactly such { Fourth as that which
WAS celebrated at Pembroke" yester-
day. and under conditions which would
have made the spirit of 70" wish that
II could have lived until this day ana
generation. Up to the hour OF gc!ng to
press under the direction of Chief Gun
ner Coates, the cannon in the fore
ground had been fred ty-six times.
or thereabouts with several extra
shots. perhaps, for the Philippines and
other OF our outlying possessions. but
all in the name and for the sake OF the
men who made the Fourth possible for
this country and for the world.
Pembroke" is the uospitable home
OF Edward Willis. who comes OF aght-
ing stock and who gathers about him
every Independence Day his friends
10 cele brate the occasion when we cut
loose from the old country and all It's
entangiing alliances and began 10 make
entangling alliances for ourselves. no
great nation ever having lived. as some
OF the moderns insist, unless il has been
diligent in looking after the affairs OF
NIL .a- .I.A
tim=s not even Identified by ties of con-
sanguinity.
This is going rather deeper
into the subject. however than the
circumstances OF the presen; case
would appear 10 warrant, The fact
that nobody was thinking about Con-
stitut.on and laws, except possibly the
good ROADS laws and the public neces-
sity of electing supervisors who would
attend TO their business. and that only
one voice was raised in behalf or some
further observations as TO The Colonel,
madA the occasion precisely what such
! occasions should be-the meeting to-
gethsr OF good friends, intent upon
making the best of life as they find il.
/ whether the little ivory cubes come
seven or come 'leven That was VIII,
1t was SO very pleasant withal and
why everybody said that Willis was
very much of man" Anybody could
live a life OF ease and contentment,
with mint garden in the highest
state OF cultivation, and broad piazzas
overlooking the majestic James rolling
Ing at the foot of the hills below, and
troops OF friends, What did IL matter
that the rest of the world was in a
stew, so long a. at Pembroke" there
was peace and light and good fellow
ship.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-05

means an Addition" to DO sneezed at.
Several investments were made out in
the Duluth neighborhood by adventur-
Gus souls in our own town, and on in
spection their lots" were discovered
10 be four feet under water. 1t Is diff
terent with the lots up In "Kensing-
ton Place" No danger OF their feet
ever getting wet unless there should
be another universal flood The
view" is surprisingly beautiful. We
should say that from the second-story
windows of the houses that are TO be
built there 1T would be possible to see
the hither shore of Lake Superior. with
the Hotel and the Office of the Duluth
Herald in the middle distance.
Hold on to the "Ilcnsins;on, lots?
Why. of course. hold on. Pay taxes.
Certainly. They have now been held
for something like twcnty-odd years.
and they are just as valuable now as
the day they were bought. In the
meantime. put your money in Richmond
real estate. There's millions in it,"
and more for the buyer than for the
seller.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-05
DODDERING.

DR.. Dodd has been speaking around
some since he came back 10 Virginia 10
spend his vacation. Yesterday he spoke
at Alice on The Opportunity of vir-
GINA In the Present Crisis" 1t doesn't
matter particularly. what it was all
about; but 1t is hoped at least that what
ne said about other things was more
truthful than what lie said about The
Times Dispatch, b a. Tompklns. of
Charlotte ana the former editor of tho
Charleston News and Courier
Tompkins was born in Edgeaeld
County. South Carolina. was educated
at the South Carolina University. has
always lived in the South except when
he was preparing himself for his great
and useful career In developing the
material resources Of the South. in
stead of being "a confidential adviser
to the same Insurance Company" (Tho
Equitable Insurance Company. the for
mer editor of the Charleston paper was
one OF the Joint Committee of policy
holders who fought the insurance com
, panies from the beginning OF the fight.
which resulted. not in change Of The
administration of these companies, 1t
is true but in better management from
the policy-holders' point of view.
From these two downright misstatc-
ments of Professor Dodd. the public
vii! be able to Judge of the honesty
of rest ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-05

some an offer to the City OF an in
stitution which would contribute so
much TO the City are solicitous for
the proper care OF the Hospital: but IL
the City cannot be trusted with it's
control and management it should nor
be given to the City and the City
cannot accep; it on the condition that
1t shall be controlled and managed by
q Board over which the City will no.
have entire control.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-05

Colonel Marcellus Bailey. editor of
the Houston Post, and member of Gov
ernor Hooper's personal staff. has been
writing In his paper about the fruits
of Righteousness. which shows that he
has not yet forgotten his last visit TO
the city of Richmond