The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-15
WARNS CONSTABLES TO DO
DUTY
Says Cigarettes and Tobacco Selling
to Minors Must Stop-Levi De-
Groat Urged to Keep Youths
Under 1S Out of Pool Rooms
ALSO Stol "nday Sell

Court was called Monday after
noon at two o'clock to hear the
report of the constables and to call
the grand jury. Judge Alonzo T.
Searle presided. AS it was the
Monday preceding the regular term
no other business was heard except
calling the docket.
All constables turned in a report
except John Menhenett, of Bucking-
ham, and Charles Dygert, of Da-
mascus. There were no violations
of law reported in any of the town
ships of the county, since October.
In Preston township, j. l.. Sher-
wood, constable, reported that the
o. & w. railroad had erected a snow
fence along the public road between
Orson and Poyntelle which is a pub
lie nuisance on account of causing
the snow to drift on the road and in
terfere with travel. Also that the
N. E. Telephone company has wire
across the road near the residence
of Owen Mcnamara which Is so low
that it endangers travel. The judge
instructed Sherwood to pull the wire
down and other matters would be in
vestigated by the district attorney
In Texas township, the road at
Fortenia was reported in bad con-
dition between the places of Frank
Mang and Mr.. Kuhn.
After the reports were turned in
Judge Searle took occasion to say
that he was very glad to see so few
violations of the law in the county
but told the constables that they
must be sure no violations of the
law existed before turning in a
clean report. The judge asked Con-
stable DeGroat if all slot machines
| had been done away with and he
said they had. He told DeGroat to
pay more attention to the violations
of law going on in Honesdale, es-
pecially the selling of liquor. When
an intoxicated man is seen on the
street on Sunday, said he, in such
a condition that he can hardly walk,
it is fair to presume that the man
got his whiskey in a hotel or sa-
loon. He went on to explain the law
regarding the selling of cigarettes to
persons under 81 years of age. No
tobacco can be sold to a person un-
der sixteen years of age. This evil
of selling to minors must be stop
ped. Also there is law to prohibit
minor from going into a pool
room. A person under eighteen
years of age is not allowed there by
law and should be kept out OF such
places. All dogs should be tagged
and have a collar. The dog law
should be strictly enforced. The
killing of sheep by dogs costs the
county thousands of dollars every
year. If a dog is found without a
collar or tag or is nuisance the
constable can kill the dog. A fee of
$1.00 can be collected of the Com
missioners of the county for the kill
ing and burial of a dog. Get busy
men and get rich.
> Judge Searle then stated that, as
he had received so many inquiries as
to who is supposed to shovel the
snow off the state roads, he had
written to the State Highway De-
partment at Harrisburg and received
a reply to the effect that the matter
of taking snow off all Sproul main
highways will be attended to by the
department and that it is not neces-
sary for supervisors to have state
roads kept free from snow as it was
part of the states work to see
, to it.
: The grand jurors, twenty in mum.
Der, were called and George e
Moase was appointed foreman
They were sworn and went out at
l o'clock. The work for this term oi
: the grand jury is very light with
j only three or four short cases tC
4 come before them for attention.