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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-10-29
Number Five.
A JOINT RESOLUTION.


Proposing an amendment to the Con-
Stitution Of Pennsylvania.
Be it resolved by the Senate and
House OF Representative of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania In Gener-
al Assembly met, That the follow
ing Is proposed as an amendment to
the Constitution of Pennsylvania, In
accordance with the provisions of the
eighteenth article thereof
Article TX.
Section Is. No obligations which
have been heretofore issued, or which
may hereafter be issued, by any coun-
ty or municipality, other than Phila-
delphia, to provide for the construc-
tion or acquisition Of waterworks,
subways, underground railways or
street railways, or the appurtenances
thereof, shall be considered as debt
of a municipality, within the meaning
Of section eight of article nine OF the
Constitution of Pennsylvania or OF
this amendment, If the net revenue
derived from said property for per.
iod of five years, either before or after
the acquisition thereof, or, where the
same Is constructed by the county or
municipality, after the completion
thereof, shall have been sufficient to
pay interest and sinking-fund charges
during said period upon said obliga'
tions, or II the said obligations shall
be secured by liens upon the respec-
tive properties, and shall impose no
municipal liability. Where munich
palities or counties shall issue obliga-
tions to provide for the construction
of property, as herein provided, said
said municipalities or counties may
also issue Obligations to provide for
the interest and sinking-fund charges
accruing thereon until said properties
shall have been completed and In OPP
Grafton for a period of one year; and
said municipalities and counties shall
not be required to levy a tax to pay
said interest and sinking-fund charges,
as required by section ten OF article
nine Of the Constitution Of Pennsyl-
vania, until after said properties shall
have been operated by said counties
or municipalities during said period
of one year. Any of the said munich
palities or counties may incur indebt-
edness IN excess Of seven per centum,
and not exceeding ten per centum, OF
the assessed valuation Of the taxable
property therein, If said increase OF
Indebtedness shall have been assented
to by three-fifths OF the electors vot-
ing at public election, in such man
ner as shall be provided by law.
A true copy Of Joint Resolution
No. 5.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary OF the Commonwealth.
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lar terms of service, shall be held on
the municipal election day; namely. the
Tuesday next following the first Mon
day Of November in each odd-number-
ed year, but. the General Assembly
may by law fix a different day, two
thirds Of all the members Of each
House consenting thereto: Provided,
That such elections shall be held in
an odd-numbered year: Provided fur
ther, That all judges for the courts
Of the several judicial districts hold
ing Office at the present time, whose
terms Of office may end in an odd
numbered year, shall continue to hold
their offices until the first Monday of
January in the next succeeding even
numbered year.
A true copy of Concurrent Resolu-
ton No. 3.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary Of the Commonwealth.
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Number Four.
A JOINT RESOLUTION.

Proposing an amendment to section
one of article nine of the Consti-
tuition of Pennsylvania, relating to
taxation.
Section /. Be it resolved by the
Senate and House of Representatives
Of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
In General Assembly met, That the
following is proposed as an amend
ment to the Constitution of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania, in &C
cordance with the provisions of the
eighteenth article thereof
Section 2. Amend section one of
article nine of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania, which reads as follows:
All taxes shall be uniform, upon
the same class of subjects, within the
territorial limits of the authority levy
ing the tax, and shall be levied and
collected under general laws; but the
General Assembly may, by general
laws, exempt from taxation public
property used for public purposes,
actual places of religious worship,
places Of burial not used or held for
private or corporate profit, and institu.
tions of purely public charity" SO as
to read as follows:
All taxes shall be uniform upon the
same class of subjects, within the ter
ritorial limits of the authority levying
the tax, and shall be levied and col
lecteG under general laws, and the
SUBJECTS OF taxation may be classified
for the purpose Of laying graded or
progressive taxes; but the General
Assembly may, by general laws, ex-
empt from taxation public property
used for public purposes, actual places
Of religious worship, places Of burial
not used or held for private or cor
porate profit, and institutions Of pure
ly public charity.
A true copy of Joint Resolution
No. 4.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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Friday. Oct. 3Ist, 1913,

At loo o'clock p. m, the following de-
scribed pieces of land;
First. That certain piece or parcel of
land situate in jerks Twp, Forest Co.,
Pa, bounded and described rs follows,
to vii: Beginning al a stake on the east
eTn side Of Forest Ave, formerly known
as the Cunningham Road, and on the
South side of the right of way of the L. x
w. X. r.. thence along line 80 feet from
the center Of said railroad track easterly
10 rods; thence sOutherly 4 rods to line OF
lands decided to VIM. Cunningham; thence
westerly 10 rods along said Cunningham
line to stake at East side of said Forest
Avenue; thence nOrtherly along said
Forest Avenue rods tn the place OF be-
ginning; containing = acre he the same
more or less.
Second. That certain parcel or lot of
land situate aud lying in the Township of
Howe, Forest Co., Pa bounded and de-
scrihed ~ follows. to-wil: Beginning at
point "a feet, South i6 degrees West,
rom the corner of a lot sold to Geo. w.
Nobit ut the northwest side of Diagonal
Road; thence South rs degrees West l24
feet To post at the eastern line OF the Il.
Il W. K. r.; thence northwest along said
railroad line, whiah is at the East side
aud interior to an $ degree curve in said
railroad. to post "a feet from the point
where said railroad line intersects the
northwest side of the line of the above
mentioned lot sold to Geo. w. Noblit;
thence South AZ degrees East to the place
of beginning; containing ! acre; erected
thereon one.story, frame store building
and out buildings.
TERMS OF SALE.
One.third of the purchase money to be
paid on confirmation of the sale, and the
remainder in two equal annual INSTALL
ments from that date, with legal interest
payable annually on the whole sum, to
be secured by judgment bond and mort
gage on the premises.
TABITHA BArEMAN, Administrative.
NJ. A. CARRlNaER, Attorney.
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List of causes set down for trial in the
Court of Common Pleas of Forest County,
Pennsylvania, commencing on the
Third Monday of November, 1918:
/. j. l.. Kuhns w. Greenwood oil and
Gas Company, n corporation, No. 30, Feb.
ruary term, 1913. Summons in eject
ment,
2. II. l.. Hepler vs. Tilie Hepler, No.
33, February term, 1918 Summons in
assumpsit.
8. E. l., Chapman VS.. l.. w. Dana, No.
%, May term, 1913 Summons 10 tres
pass.
4. Jennie X. Patterson, Ethel Patter-
son, }. Il. Chester, guardian of Howard
Patterson, a minor child OF NJ. V. Patter-
son. deceased. VS.. II. A. Neuland, No. 10,
September term, 1913 Summons in as
sumpsit.
Attest, S. II. MAXWELL,
Prothonotary.
Tionesta, Pa, October 20. 1918.
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sUFFRAGE AND ELECTION.

Sec. 1. Every male citizen twenty-one
years Of age, possessing the following
qualifications, shall be entitled to vote
at all elections:
Flrst-He shall have been a citizen Of
the United States at least one month.
Second-ue shall have resided In the
state one year, COR, having previously
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-10-29
Number Two.
A JOINT REgOLUTION,


! Proposing an amendment to section
seven, article three of the Constitu-
4 ton of Pennsylvania, SO as to per-
NIT special legislation regulating
labor.
Section /. Be 1t resolved by the
Senate and House OF Representatives
of the Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania
In General Assembly met, That the
following is proposed as an amend
ment to the Constitution Of the Com
monwealth Of Pennsylvania, in &C.
cordance with the provisions Of the
eighteenth article thereof. Amend
ment to Article Three, Section Seven.
Section 2. Amend section seven,
article three Of the Constitution OF
Pennsylvania, which reads as fol-
lows:-
Section 7. The General Assembly
shall not pass any local or special law
authorizing the creation, extension, or
impalring Of liens:
Regulating the affairs Of counties,
cities, townships, wards, boroughs, or
school districts:
Changing the names of persons or
places:
Changing the venue IN civil or
criminal cases:
Authorizing the laying out, open
ing, altering, or maintaining roads,
highways, streets or alleys:
Relating to ferries or bridges, or
incorporating ferry or bridge compan-
les, except for the erection OF bridges
crossing streams which form bounda-
ries between this and any other
State:
"Vacating roads, town plats, streets
or alleys:
Relating to cemeteries, graveyards,
or public grounds not Of the State:
Authorizing the adoption or legiti-
nation of children:
Locating or changing county-seats,
erecting new counties, or changing
county lines:
Incorporating cities, towns, or VII
lagos, or changing their charters:
For the opening and conducting OF
elections, or fixing or changing the
place OF voting:
Granting divorces:
Erecting new townships or bor-
oughs, changing township lines, bor-
ough limits, or school Districts:
Creating offices, or prescribing the
powers and duties Of officers In coun-
ties, cities, boroughs, townships, cleo
tion OF school districts:
Changing the law Of descent or
succession:
Regulating the practice or juris-
diction of, or changing the rules OF
evidence in, any judicial proceeding
or inquiry before courts, aldermen,
justices of the peace, sheriffs, commits
sioners, arbitrators, auditors, masters
in chancery, or other tribunals, or
providing or changing methods for the
collection of debts, or the enforcing
OF judgments, or prescribing the erect
Of judicial sales Of real estate:
Regulating the fees, or extending
the powers and duties Of aldermen,
Justices of the peace, magistrates or
constables:
Regulating the management OF
public schools, the building or repair
ing Of school houses and the raising
of money for such purposes:
Fixing the rate OF interest:
Affecting the estates Of minors or
persons under disability, except after
due notice to all parties In interest,
to be recited in the special enact
ment:
Renting fines, penalties and for
FIXTURES, or refunding moneys legally
paid into the treasury:
"Exempting property from taxation:
Regulating labor, trade, mining or
manufacturing
Creating corporations, or amend
Ing, renewing or extending the chart
ers thereof:
Granting to any corporation, asso'
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PROPOSED AMENDMENTS

TO THE CONSTITUTION SUBMIT
TED TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS
COMMONWEALTH FOR THEIR AP-
PROVAL OR REJECTION. BY THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYL-
VANIA, AND PUBLISHED BY Or
DER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE
COMMONWEALTH, IN PURSU-
ANCB OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE
CONSTITUTION.
Number One.
A JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to article
nine, section four, of the Constitu
tion Of the Commonwealth OF Penn
sylvania, authorizing the State to
issue bonds to the amount Of fifty
millions of dollars for the improve
ment Of the highways Of the Com
monwealth.
Section /. Be 1t resolved by the
Senate and House of Representatives
OF the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
In General Assembly met, That the
following amendment to the Constitu-
ton of the Commonwealth Of Pennsyl-
vania be, and the same is hereby, pro-
posed, In acvcordance with the eigh-
teenth article thereof
That section four Of article nine,
which reads as follows:
Section 4. No debt shall be Great
ed by or on behalf Of the State, ex-
cept to supply casual deficiencies OF
revenue, repel invasion, suppress In
surrection, defend the State in war, or
to pay existing debt; and the debt
created to supply deficiency In rev.
enue shall never exceed, in the aggre-
crate at any one time, one million OF
dollars" be amended SO as to read as
follows:
Section 4. No debt shall be created
by or on behalf of the State, except
to supply casual deficiencies OF rev.
enue, repel invasion, suppress insur-
rection, defend the State in war, or to
pay existing debt; and the debt Great
ed to supply deficiencies in revenue
shall never exceed, in the aggregate
at any one time, one million OF dol
lars: Provided, however, 1hat the
General Assembly, irrespective OF any
debt, may authorize the State to issue
bonds to the amount of fifty millions
Of dollars for the purpose of improV-
ing and rebuilding the highways OF
the Commonwealth.
A true copy of Joint Resolution
No. l.
ROBERT McAFEB,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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TRIAL LIST.

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Orphans Court Sale Of VAL
uabIe Real Estate.
Estate Of A. Nj. VanIHOrm,
Deceased.

BY virtue of an order of the Orphans
Court of Forest County, Pennsylvania, to
the undersigned directed, there will be
exposed to Public Sale at Pigeon, Howe
Township Forest County Pa on
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-07-03
PRACTICAL REASONS FOR PRUNING
MANY VARIETIES OF FRUIT TREES
Strict Correct System of Plant Restriction Be Faithfully Fol-
lowed Out Resultant Harvest viii Be Greatly Enhanced in
VaIue-Great Possibilities in Fine Fruit

resulting in a weakened plant and
shortened life
Now, if this useless waste OF plant
energy is prevented by being directed
into the channel of fruit production,
the result will be a larger amount OF
fruit Of a more excellent quality.
There are great possibilities in fine
fruit growing when the operations are
based upon the intelligent use Of a
knowledge of the facts presented, and
the manner and way by which such re
suits may be secured, We viii now en-.
deavor to make plain
When bush fruit are left to follow
out this inner propelling power un-
hindered the immense numbers of
suckers sent up, together with the
large amount of bloom and quantity of
seed produced, draws so heavily upon
the vitality Of the plants that the quail
iJy OF fruit produced viii not only be
Inferior but the life of The plantation
viii be shortened
But, on the other hand. if a strict.
correct system Of plant restriction be
faithfully followed out, both as 10 the
amount of cane growth and blossoms
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newcomers merits We're in proportion TO the
ieA- III OF his name Ie had been an abide
camp TO Frederick the Great the abla-t soldier
OF the day, and was thoroughly yersed IN the
science Of var He had proposed TO congress
that he enter the race as volunteer. with
the understanding tuat congress should delray
his expenses. II the revolt failed. or his services
proved unsatisfactory. he was 20 receive nothing
more. Otherwise he was to be refunded the in
come he had given up Oabout three thousand dol
lars a year, and properly remuHerated His offer
Was accepted ana Steuceu reached Valley Forge
on February 2E
The suffering Of the troops and their lack Of
discipline and proper organization astouished
Steuben greatly u have seen" he wrote long
attervard regiment consisting of 80 men, and
company Of one corporal We had more
commissaries and quartermasters at that time
than all the armies OF Europe together"
Hitherto five to eight thousand muskets had
been lost yearly through discharged soldiers car
rytng them home as souvenirs
The loss of bayonets was still greater. The
American soldier, never having used this arm
had no faith in IT, and never used it only to roast
his beefsteak and indeed often left it at home
with regard TO their military discipline Steuben
found no such thing existed
In spite Of jealousy on the part of some Of the
other officers, Steuben accomplished wonders
The next year not more than a OF muskets
were lost instead of thousands. Steuben turned
uIil sergeant ana introduced q dlSClpilue SUCl
the troops had never known. Rising at three in
the morning, he would drink a cup of coffee
smoke pipe and then ride to the parade ground
for hard days labor His enthusiasm proved
contagious, and the whole camp fell to drilling
The army greatly cheered in April by the
news that France, long Americas secret ally, had
at last decided openly to enter the lists in her
favor.
Il believe event was ever received with
more heartfelt joy, wrote Washington May 8
was set apart for gratefully acknowledging the
Divine Goodness, and celebrating the important
event which We owe to His benign interposttion.
By Washington's orders the whole army paraded
sautes were fired from both artillery and small
arms. and the troops cheered Justify for the king
Of France the friendly European power" and
the American states"
Not less joyful to the waiting army was the
news brought to Valley Forge on June that the
the British had evacuated Philadelphia The long
months of suffering and Encouragement had at
last borne fruit. BY their patriotic devotion
Washington and his men had held the enemy in
check until better days dawued BY holding to-
gether during those awful winter days they had
preserved the revolution
A large part OF the land upon which Washing.
tons troops shivered starved, and died is owned
today by the state of Pennsylvania and pious
care is devoted to preserving the Notifications
the old bake ovens and other relics of that mem
orable winter.
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the house in which Captain Lee u-ight Horse
Harry the father OF Robert +. Lee was Stay ing,
but Lee ard his guard manned the doors and VIM
do"s and drove the enemy off with loss. Lee
the son of Washiugtous famed 'Lo"land
Beauty" and the general was already deeply n-
terested in the young man. For the deed OF gal
lautry he obtained Lees promotion
Washngtun's own quarters We're at first In a
tent or marquee. which is at present in the Val
ley Forge museum in good state of preservation,
for Americans had not then forgotten how to
make the things that would last.
To Washiugtons worries during this awful win
ter was added the miserable Conway cabal'
plot to remove him in favor OF Gates. Little
der that strong man though he was, Washington
despaired Of earthly aid and turned to heaven for
assistance. Isaac Potts one day passing
through a woods headquarters when he
heard a voice, and looking into thicket discoV-
cred the general on his knees in the act OF
devotion to the Ruler Of the universe At the
moment when Friend Potts. concealed by the
trees came up, Washington was interceding for
his beloved country. 49,. He utterly discaned
all ability Of his for this arduOus conflict;
he wept at the thought Of that irretrieyable ruin
which his mistakes might bring on his country,
and with the patriots pathos spreading the inter
ests Of unborn millions before the eyes Of Eternal
Mercy, he implored the aid of that arm which
guides the starry host AS soon the general
had finished his deyotons and had retired Friend
Potts returned to his house and threw himself
into chair by the side of his wife
Isaac she said with tenderness, thee seems
agtated what's the matter?
Indeed my dear, Quoth he, II appear agi
tated It's no more than what | am. have seen
this day what ! shall never forget Till now /
have thought that Christian and soldier were
characters incompatible, but if George Washing,
ton be not a man Of God am mistaken, and still
more shall | be disappointed if God do not
thing this
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Great Defense.

The great advocate-let us call him
Mr.. McSweeney-was defending a
man in a murder case. The case
looked hopeless, and insolvency sub
mitted no evidence for the defense.
So the public prosecutor. believing
that conviction was assured. ended
with just a few perfunctory re
marks
Then, in a quiet. conversational
tone the famous McSweeney began to
talk TO the jury. He made no men
ton Of the murder. He just described
in vivid cOlors a pretty country cot
taEe rung with hOneysuckle. a young
wife preparing supper, and the rosy
youngsters waiting at the gate to
greet their father on his return home
for the evening meal Suddenly Nc
Sweeney stopped. He drew himself
up to his full height Then, striking
the table with his fist. he cried in a
voice that thrilled every bosom:
Gentlemen. you must send him
back home 10 them"
\ red-faced juror choked and blurt-
ed out: by George. sir. we'll do it !"
London Opinion.
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CBy /. N. RENNINGTOND

To secure the more excellent re
suits the grower of fine fruits must
make use of the predominating law Of
nature, which cOmpels all life TO seek
The perpetuatlon of its species by prop
erly controlling and directing the i'm
mense, highly vitalized energy back of
this law Fruit trees and plants. if
left to their own resources and per
mitted to follow the instincts of ma
ture IN their way, seek to multiply
species regardless of quality III the
result of fruits. for that which we term
the fruit OF plants is but a receptacle
designed By nature TO supply the
needs of certain species Of plans dur
Ing the process Of seed production
Size. color flavor-Qualities "hich
are so much to be desired ia CONNER
cial fruit-are Of no consequence as
far as the plant is concerned in its
efforts Jo follow the instincts of its
being for plant energy mast be eN-
pended to develop the greatest mum
Der of plant units IT, however, the
plant De restricted in the amount of
vital force and energy spent in follow.
ing out this law. the energy and force