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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-08-23
REAL ESTATE DEALS.

Eta V. Whipple, Preston, to
Daniel d. w. Stanton, Carbondale,
% " acres in said township, S400.
John e: Golf to Charles Avery,
Bethany two lots situated in said
borough, 500.
Calvin D. Davis, Canaan, to Vina
R. Goodrich, Carbondale, two pieces
of land in Canaan township, $4,000.
Emily j. Scudder, Prompton, to
Franklin Bodie, of the same place,
lot in said borough, $1,000.
R. w. Hull and others to Lewis
j. Cliff, both of Waymart, lot in
said borough, S175.
James Runyon to A. H. Terwilli-
ger, lot in borough of Hawley, $3.50.
l.. G. Dimock and wife, Waymart,
to Frank Hollenbeck, Carbondale,
right to cut timber from lot in the
borough of Waymart, $40O.
William H. Hall, Berlin township
to Frank Hollenbeck, right to cut
timber from a tract of land contain
ing ten acres of land in said town
ship, S275.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-08-23
4,373 LICENSES
SINCE 1885
First Marriage License
Was Granted to COlNed
Couple
OVER ONE-THIRD HAVE BEEN
GRANTED by MIR. NJ. J.
HANLAN

Four thousand three hundred and
seventy-three marriage licenses have
been granted in Wayne county, from
the time the Act of Assembly went
into effect, in the Fall of 1885, up to
the present time.
The first marriage license was
granted by Clerk of the Orphans
Court w. A. Gaylord to Richard
Watrous and Caroline Brown, both
of whom were colored, and residents
of Texas township. Each of the con-
tracing parties gave their occupation
as laborer, the groom being SO years
six months and one day old, and the
bride thirty-five past, when the nup-
tial knot was tied at Honesdale, the
same day as the license was issued,
by Justice of the Peace James B.
Eldred
A relatively small proportion of
people are married by Justices in
Wayne county," said Clerk of the
Orphans Court NJ. j. Hanlan to a
Citizen man. The fee used to be
fifty cents for a license certificate.
A recent law, passed about three
years ago, increased the fee to one
dollar.
Two or three marriage licenses
were unused. They are good until
used, People change their minds
sometimes, and l suppose don't want
to use them.
"No, there were no common
law marriages in my day. 1 don't
know of any common law marriages
in Wayne county.
Z" Three or four times / was rout-
ed out of bed to issue licenses. AS a
general rule it was a case of COM
pulsion or necessity. The girl was
generally in trouble, and they wanted
things fixed up for fear the prospec-
tive groom would run away
There have been couples married
in the court house room upstairs.
One couple was married there by
Squire William H. Ham.
The prothonotaries since the Act
of 1885 were w. A. Gaylord from
18S5-188S; F. B. Carr from 1888
1894; George A. Smith from 1894
1900; w. A. Gaylord from 1900
1908; and M. j. Hanlan from 1908
to the present time"
Of the 4,373 licenses issued in the
past twenty-six years, 1419 or over
one-third were granted by Prothono-
tary M. ]. Hanlan.
On an average 16S licenses were
issued annually, or about fourteen a
month, or one every other day.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-08-23
BURGLAR (?) ON ROOF
OF QUlNNEY HOUSE

Mrs. Herbert Quincy, Ridge street,
was awakened about 1890 Tuesday
morning by unfamiliar sounds at the
rear of the house. She stepped to
her bedroom window and saw light
burning in the home of N. j. Spen-
GER, a neighbor, and thinking the
noise was that made by dogs she
returned to her bed. Then in the
quietude sof the night she heard a
soft whistle as if someone was at
tracing the attention of another, and
almost simultaneously the creaking
of the tin roof over the kitchen led
her to believe that there was some
one outside.
Looking out again, it was then
dark. The light in the Spencer
home had been eXtinguished. Still
Mrs. Quincy heard the creaking of
the tin, as it gave way as the would
be sneak thief stepped back and forth
on the roof. She went to a window
of an adjoining room, crouched down
on the floor and looked out of the
window. Outside, on the roof, in a
squatting position, the form of man
was seen. Mrs. Quincy described
him to a Citizen man as being very
large and wore a derby hat and
black clothes. was never more
frightened in all my life," she said,
'and in my fright l called Mr.. Ball.
The man." she continued, said; you
needn't be afraid of me, / wouldn't
hurt you But that Shrek brought
William Ball and N. ]. Spencer to
my home. By that time the man was
nowhere around, having jumped
from the roof when | called"
Mrs. Quincy stated that she and
her daughter, Marion, were the only
persons in the house; her son and
Mother Quincy were in the country.
About three years ago a man came in
their yard but was removed by her
husband before getting in the house.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-08-23
THE CAUCUS-AND
HOW TO HOLDIT
Simply Get the Voters
Together and Agree
on Candidates
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
FICE BOMBARDED BY
POLITICAL ASPIRANTS
TO OFFICE.

Politics are getting warmer.
Fair week | saw three or four par
ties with one man. | thought they
were going to pull him apart. That
was too much for me-"
The reporter overheard this man,
who is a candidate for a township
office, interview the County Commits
sioners' Clerk as to the proper meth
cd of getting his name before the
voters.
If you hold a caucus" said Mr..
Ross, " and nominate a set of Off
GERS that doesn't prevent another
man going out and getting up nomi-
nation papers. This is a free fight
The idea is to sign them all up
there at the caucus. The committee
man knows then that there is some
one in the field for every office. The
voters get together and call a eau
Gus, They agree on candidates, fill
out the papers and sign them there,
and send them in.
No, you don't have to swear to
the papers at all. Just simply fill
out the papers, get them signed, and
turn them in here. You have to
have a paper anyhow, even if you are
nominated at caucus"
It's hot campaign" sighed the
prospective office-holder, with which
sage observation Mr.. Ross promptly
agreed.
Every township" he continued
=" ought to have a caucus. They dc
not need to have it, if they don't
want it, 1t helps the committee in
the county. There's not enough in
some offices to pay man to carry a
petition around. 1t simplifies mat
ters for him"
| have my papers here" said the
petitioner. lack one man yet
I'll Just slip over in the corridor and
get him to sign"
Returning a few minutes later
with the required signature, the
candidate presented his papers tC
the commissioners clerk.
Am l to sign it, too?" he asked
No, answered Mr.. Ross. "A man
would hardly sign his own paper"
Is that all right them"
Eyes"
Anything for this?"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-08-23
MORE PRIMARY
CHILDREN WANTED
Public Schools will Open
Here September 5
ALL THE OLD TEACHERS ON THE
JOB; SCHOOL TAX REDUCED.

Preparations are being made fo-
the opening of the public schools of
the borough on Tuesday morning,
September 5, at 8 O'Clock. Children
who became six years of age, be-
| tween the opening of the term and
January /, 1912, will be admitted
at the beginning of the term, while
those who reach their sixth birthday
between January l and June l.,
| 1912, will enter the schools after
| the Christmas holidays.
All the old teachers have been re-
elected, and the schools will again
| be under the able supervision of
Principal Harry A. Oday.
About twenty new seats were
added, this Summer, to accommo-
date the High school department.
| The enrolment will be about the
same as last year.
The taxation for school purposes
has been reduced one-half mill. The
school board closed the current
fiscal year with clean record. 1t
was the custom, formerly, that at
the end of each year, there were de-
mand notes for couple of thous-
and dollars outstanding.
" There's a shortage of little chill
dren," school director informed a
Citizen man. Something Teddy
Roosevelt wouldn't like" The High
school, he stated, becomes more
congested than the primary depart
ment And for this reason. Any
child living in one of the surround
ing districts, after finishing the
grammar school in their own town
ship, can go to the nearest High
school, and the township, in which
their parents reside, must pay for
their tuition. The influx from the
country districts accounts for the
large High school enrolment.
No satisfactory explanation has
been advanced for the shortage in
primary children. Last year, each
teacher did work one-half year ad-
vanced in his or her grade or the
primary teachers would have been
without work.
The School Board did not adopt
the medical inspection feature of
the new school code. They felt
that they had gotten along so far
without it, and they rather thought
they would wait and see what hap
pened in the districts that adopted
it.
And by the way all the members
of the present Board of School Con-
troll were legislated out of office by
the provisions of the new school
code, and their places must be filled
at the primaries and November cleo
ton. The office is an honorary
one, carrying with it more than the
usual amount of fault-finding which
a public officer must expect. There
is no salary connected with it, and
thus far not single candidate has
let the dear public know he aspired
to the office.
But that shortage of little chill
dren is an alarming feature of the
local school situation. Probably
some of the Honesdale sociologists
are ready to advance a theory to
account for it. If so, The Citizen
would be glad to receive communi-
cations on the subject.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-08-23

the various denominations and busi-
ness and professional men through
the county of the highest standing.
Judge Searle has always stood well
with the Republican party in his
county and the State, which no doubt
accounts for the splendid list of
signers he secured.
Locally the judge is a great favor
ite, and members of the bench and
bar are watching his fight with in
terest and wishing for his success,
both at the primaries and at the polls
in November. While he was serving
as assistant United States district at
torney he made many friends here,
who were attracted by his person.
ality, and here, as well as elsewhere,
he has shown faculty for retaining
friendships.
Since his appointment to the bench
by Governor Stuart in 1909, he has
assisted in holding court here, his
evident fairness and quick mastery
of the questions involved making him
very satisfactory judge. The vari-
Gus qualities of mind and tempera-
ment which go to make a successful
judge are combined in him to an
unusual degree, and his long and
varied experience at the bar in his
home county and elsewhere have
aided him in reaching judicial con-
clusions which have given general
satisfaction.
Since his appointment to the bench
Judge Searle has frequently been
called upon by his judicial brethren
to assist in holding court in their
districts, and besides Dauphin, he
has spent several months in Lacka-
wanna, Susquehanna, Pike, Luzerne
and Northampton counties. He has
been unable to respond to all the re-
quests made upon him. His friends
here are trusting that the people of
Wayne county will best serve their
own interests by keeping Judge
Searle on the bench.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-08-23
TEXAS LEADS
IN TAXABLES
HOneSdaIe Second With
Damascus a Close Third
SMALLEST ASSESSMENT Dis
TRICT is BETHANY WITH
ONLY EIGHTY-FIVE.

There are 1885 taxables residing
in the twenty-eight assessment dis
tricts of Wayne county. Texas has
by far the largest number, 1880,
with Honesdale close second at
1249. Damascus is a strong third
with 1898 taxable individuals. The
smallest assessment district is Beth
any which reports but IS.
There are 361 $3.50 acres of timber
land in dear old Wayne, and 6S,067
acres of cleared land. Or in other
words, only about one-fifth of the
area of the shire is under cultivation.
1t may surprise some readers of
The Citizen to know that there are
25 acres of timber land in Homes
dale. Damascus township takes the
palm for timber land with 40,451
acres.
The value of all the real estate in
Wayne county is $11, ,4O4,175. OF
this amount $1,002,S3O is exempt
from taxation, leaving the valuation
of taxable real estate $10,401, ,345.
There are 5,747 horses, mares,
gelding and mules in the shire,
valued at $327,334.
1880 neat cattlefi. over the age
of four years, and valued at $175,-
01S are reported.
The value of the salaries, emolu-
ments of office, offices, posts of pro-
fit, professions, trades and occupa-
tions reaches the total of $467,230.
The aggregate value of all proper
ty taxable for county purposes at the
rate of 4 " mills on the dollar is
$11, ,370,927.
The aggregate amount of county
tax assessed at the rate of " mills
on the dollar is $51, ,642.52.
The amount of money at interest
including mortgages, judgments,
bonds, notes, stocks, etc., is SILL
717,222.
The value of stages, omnibuses,
hacks, cabs, ETC., is $4,000.
The aggregate value of property
taxable for state purposes at four
mills on the dollar including money
at interest, stages, omnibuses, hacks,
cabs, ETC., is 1,176,222.
The aggregate amount of the State
Tax is $4,696.52.
The debt of the county is $23,.
000.1O, or about eighty cents pei
capita.
Property in Wayne county is as.
sessed at eighty per cent. of it's act.
ual value. The Court House, Arm.
ory, churches and school houses are
exempt from taxation.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-08-23
Death of Charles r.. Howell.

Charles e. Howell, South Canaan,
father of Prof. A. H. Howell, White
Mills, died suddenly Thursday night
after spending the day at Scranton,
where he and Mrs. Howell attended
a family reunion. DR.. Noble, of
Waymart, was called but Mr.. Howell
was dead when he arrived. The de-
ceased was a trustee of the South
Canaan Methodist Episcopal church,
also a trustee of the cemetery COM
pany at that place. He was a man
we'll known and highly esteemed.
The following are survivors: George
r., of Scranton; Arthur H. White
Mills; William H., Scranton; his wife
and Phoebe G. Howell, at home; also
by one sister. Mrs. Joseph H. Earl, of
Highland Mills, N. Y. The funeral
was held on Sunday.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-08-23
FAIR AFTERMATH.

The poultry pen was the center of
attraction for bird fanciers. A
number of the different kinds of
standard breeds were on display and
captured some prizes too. The chief
conversation at the poultry exhibit
was the advisability of holding a
winter exhibition about the first of
the year, when the birds are in their
prime and their plumage much
better than at present. 1t was sug-
gested that the affair, should it
materialize, be open to the State
and that prizes be given for the best
birds, etc. If an exhibition were
held in Honesdale it would bring
some of the best exhibition birds to
this place. The feeling among the
different breeders was strong for a
bird meet here and the Citizens
representative was told that every
possible means to have an exhibit
here, either in January or Febru-
ary, would be made.
In the poultry pen George Robin
son, Fortenia, w. H. Karslake,
Honesdale, and Russell Erik. of
Seelyville, had good displays of the
Rhode Island Red chickens.
Mr.. Karslake also had an exhibi-
tion of White Rocks and Buff Leg
horns.
f. B. Lord exhibited two good pens
of White Leghorns and Black Su-
matras.
F. w. Schuerholz has pen of fine
White Orpingtons.
Edward e. Kinsman, Cherry
Ridge, was the only exhibitor of
Barred Rocks.
Robert Miller exhibited a nice
pair of Carneaux pigeons.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-08-23
MIR. BULLER is READY TO TAKE
HOLD.

Nathan R. Butler, the new Com
missioner of Fisheries, who is to
take Office on the first of September,
is preparing to take hold of the Of
flee and will come here a few days
before to be sworn in. Mr.. Butler
has been quietly working out some
plans for the improvement of the
States fish service and will put
them into execution at an early day
One of his first moves will be a tour
of the hatcheries and plants of the
State and an overhauling of meth
DDS. 1t is not known If there will
be any Appointments made at first
William e. Meehan, the retiring
commissioner, is preparing state
ment of what has been done in the
department under his direction
Harrisburg Telegraph.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-08-23
JUDGE SEARLE
PAPERS FILED
Candidacy is Favored by
Many Men Prominent
in Affairs

Honorable Alonzo T. Searle, presi-
dent judge of the Twenty-second ju-
dicial district, filed his nomination
papers to-day. His district is COM
posed of the county of Wayne and
this year there are five candidates
for the nomination-two Republi-
cans, two Democrats and one Key
stone. A glance at Judge Searle's
papers indicates that many of the
strongest Republicans of the county
favor his candidacy, the signers in
Guiding the prominent members of
the bar in his party, clergymen of
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-08-23
FINDS TWO MEN UNCONSCIOUS.

Howard j. Erik, chauffeur for Hon.
E. B. Hardenbergh, while returning
home from a drive Sunday, saw two
men lying along the roadside. Stop
ping the car he found that both were
unconscious. He Immediately drove
to Hawley for physician and re-
turned with him to where the men
were still laying. After hard work
they regained consciousness. The in
jured men were John Williams and
Daniel Corcoran. Their horse be-
came frightened and both thrown out
of the buggy and rendered uncon-
scious. How long the men had laid
there before being discovered is not
known.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-08-23

From the Harrisburg Telegraph
of last Saturday, August 10, we take
the following:
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-08-23

Continued on Page Eight.)
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-08-23
/" No charges.

No charges"
And that is only sample, declar-
ed Mr.. Ross, of what takes place
half a dozen times a day. For be 1t
known, that the County Commis-
sioners' office is the mecca, nova
days, for all Wayne county political
aspirants.
GA good many talk now as if
they think the biggest crop we'll
have is candidates" said a prosper
Gus Oregon township farmer to a
Citizen man, Monday. The pota-
toes is going to be a small crop.
They can't all get it. Some will
have to get out"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-08-23
NOTICE!

The Republicans of Dyberry will
meet at the house of e. w. Ross
Saturday evening. Aug. 26, at 1880.
e. H. ALBERTY.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-22

1t seems to us that there has been
no recent act of the judicial bench
worthy of higher praise than that OF
Judge Searle in excluding boys
from the trial of Carl Howe, which
is being held at Honesdale this
week. While it is unnecessary to
discuss the merits of the Howe case
at this time, it is certain that the
hearing at court will not furnish the
right kind of entertainment for
young idlers.
Any prisoner at the bar in this
land of the free is entitled to a fair
and public trial. 1t is perfectly
proper that fellow citizens of the
plaintiff or the defendant should be
allowed to hear the details of any
case if they are really interested and
are prompted by the desire that JUS
tice should be done.
But, if possible, the line should be
drawn against spectators who haunt
court rooms during murder trials,
prompted only by morbid curiosity,
and people who attend hearings of
the nature of the Howe case in
hopes of listening to evidence of a
shocking nature and enjoying the
discomfort of the accused. A court
of justice should not be made a
house of amusement for spectators
of salacious instincts, old or young
and the course of the presiding
Judge at Honesdale in barring young
people from the court room during
the Howe trial is to be commended
Editorial in Thursdays Tribune
Republican (Scranton).
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-22

which is very near the ground.
The United States Experiment sta
tion has been recently located here,
and is progressing in it's work of ex-
perimenting with the camphor and
other semi-tropical trees, plants,
vegetables, etc. The production of
the camphor gum promises to be a
future industry of Florida. Here
they use the new growth foliage in
stead of the bark and wood as they
do in Formosa and Japan. The gum
produced is exactly the same al
though some of the by-products differ
slightly l could go on telling of the
trees of Florida for she has a great
er variety of trees than any other
state in the union. Florida is the
only state in which the trees of the
north meet with those of the tropics.
Having a tropical region she can
accommodate a great many intro
duced species. In the United States
there are about 500 native trees,
over 200 of these may be found in
Florida, and combining these with
the introduced trees, gives Florida
upward of 800 varieties.
| have written all this about Flor
ida trees and yet have not told how
the oranges still hang on the trees in
abundance, although they are bud
ded and will be in bloom in few
days. We see many trees of grape
fruit so heavily laden that the limbs
have to be propped up, as many as
six or eight of the grape fruit in a
cluster. The tangarines are also
plentiful and the fruit luscious.
| do not know how many pages
/ have written but lido know that ]
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-22
WEDNESDAY, FEB. %, 1911.
THE Wall OF THE MAGAZINES.

The magazines have been fighting
special privilege to any class,-sub-
sidy to steamers carrying U. S.
mail has been one of the things
they have been opposing, but just as
soon as Postmaster General Hitch
cock calls attention to the fact that
the government has been substituting
the big magazines advertising by
carrying them to their destination at
the ridiculous rate of one cent
pound, then there is a howl and all
sorts of arguments are brought forth
to prove that they should be special
Iy privileged to make Uncle Sam bear
the burden of making their business
great profit. What nerve the pub
fishers of these magazines have!
They charge from 81 to So per line
$1,000 to $4,000 per page for adver-
tisements and then kick because the
government wants to charge them
cents a pound for carrying the adj
Vertising end of the business, instead
OF one cent pound. Remember,
dear reader, the government does not
want to charge any more than one
cent a pound for the reading matter
which you pay for, but only for the
advertisements which you may or
may not read. A page advertisement
for which they get $4,000 with a cir
culation of 100000 copies weighs
about 1900 pounds; at four cents a
pound Uncle Sam would get $1,000
for carrying this 1900 pounds and
delivering il at the homes or post
offices of subscribers. The average
distance magazine is carried is so
miles, so the mileage would be 25,-
100000 miles. 1t looks as if Uncle
Sam was very generous in making
it possible for our magazine publish
ers to earn $1,000 at q cost of $72
for postage. Uncle Sam has made it
possible for these publishers to get
their enormous circuIations. 1t
make II big difference whose OK is
gored. The magazines have been
undertaking every big mercantile
or commercial industry, and calling
attention to their profits by shouting
graft, but now that the searchlight
is turned their way, what "a howl!
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-22
March Last Day For Filing Cor.
poratiOn Tax Returns To Avoid
Penalty

The attention of all corporations,
joint stock companies, and insur-
ance companies is called to the pro-
visions OF Section SO of the Act of
August 5, 1909, which requires them
to render return of their gross and
net income for the calendar year
1910, on or before the first day of
March, 1911, and to the penalties
imposed by said Section for neglect
or refusal to render such return or
for rendering false or fraudulent
one.
Failure to make return on or be-
fore March 1, 1911, will subject the
corporation to a penalty of fifty per
cent. of said tax, and in case of re-
fusal or neglect to make a return,
or rendering false or fraudulent
return, such corporation, joint stock
company or insurance company shall
be liable to penalty of not less
than one thousand dollars and not
exceeding ten thousand dollars. In
order to avoid penalties, returns
should be on file in the office of G.
T. Davis, Collector of Internal Rev
enue, Scranton, Pa, on or before
March l, which is the last day for
filing same.