The Tribune from Scranton, Pennsylvania • Page 11

Carbondale Is Much In Need of One Place to Pay All Taxes Salient points in the argument for the establishment of a central tax of ficj are felt in Carbondale. as they are in Scranton, Dunmore and every considerable political division of the county. Economy and efficiency are the arguments in which the public are most interested. The taxpayers are beginning to realise that the present system Is Setting into their pockets too deeply. la Scraataa the a.ualriillrate system taa rulleetion and assessment mating the people mure hu i 3,000 year, A eentral alare eould be lished, and the ork done eln.

rlencjr that the present system finds passible, for a nam less than 930,000. Aside from the convenience and the officiency of a central system, Scranton wyld save more than a year a ctftisideiable sum, as money goes. In Carbondale, while the cost does not go into such immense Jigures. It is only because the population isn't as great. Proportionately, Carbondale pays MORE for the assessment and collection of taxes than Scranton.

Petition Circulated. A central tax office is needed In Carbondale. Taxpayers have realised it. and only within the past few weeks an immense petition has been circulated asking taxpayers to go on record tor the establishment of such an office in the tax collection. Aside from the criminally inefficient assessment, through which over a thousand voters who are not taxpayers are registered, the' immense abatement and exoneration lists submitted by collectors listing taxes that cannot be collected through assessment errors, the of collection is an item in itself.

The school district, for instance, pays more money per year to its tax collectors than it pays to its principal. Out of a total of T.T 63 in taxes levied by the district, $2,23:1 is paid to the collector for his work, and 1.878 is added to the taxes in the nve per cent penalty for delinquency. While the school district pays $2,233.60 for tax collection, it regards its head of educational work as less important, tor his salry is only $1,800 a year. And there is no requirement from the tax collector that he shall be an accountant, or know how to collect. All he needs to do Is to get the votes, and he has a job that pays fifty per cent.

bet ter than the superintendent of the city schools. Carbondale doesn't spend much more for its school supplies than it hands to the school tax collector. According to the report of C. O. Mellen and W.

H. Connaughton, auditors for the school district, $2,921 was spent in school supplies. The seoretary of the school board gets $5i( a year. The treasurer of the. school board, who handles all the money that the collector does and a lot more in addition, isn't as respon SOUTH SCRANTON BANQUET ENJOYED BY BLACK RABBIT CLUB Members and friends of "the Black Rabbit? Social club.

"enjoyed. banquet at their club rooms 'on Pittston avenue last evening. The rooms were prettily decorated for the oeoasion with bunting, pennants and Japanese lanterns. The Oriental ouartet composed of Carl Davitt, Michael Pfaff. Theodore Sontag and Frank Miller furnish music during the evening.

William Weinig, president of the club acted as toast A roaster and delivered a short address. Those who attended the affair were: William Weinig. Joseph Grieser, Joseph Buskirk. Carl and Frank Ror k. William Weisser.

Peter Heinz. Joseph Van Buskirk. Peter Schultz. Patrick Herrity, Patrick McGurrin, Albert Donnelly, James Langan, Frank Sillier. Carl Davitt, Theodore Sontag, Michael Pfaff.

Robert Sontag, John Ave line, Fred nd John Andreas. William Klein, Edward Miller. Cop ertin. John Gilroy, Albert Herbster, 'Glenn Hunt. Joseph Hark.

Adam Car renter, Charles Schenrock, Herman Schreiber, Joseph Schreiber, Adam Breier, George Smith, Florienc Steele, Robert Smith, Fred Hess, Henry Wemig, William Heitu. Percy Melvin, Josepn and, John Aveline, Edward Reif, Henry Bock. Fred Weber. John Ueta, Frank Gardner. Henry Freuchtel.

Conrad Fritz, Clarence Griffith. Fincent B'euge. Harry Stillwell. Alfred Dlppre, Oscar ebesky and Harold Seheuer. Entertained Friends.

Miss Mary Cunningham, of 1023 South Webster avenue, entertained a number of her friends last evening at an old fashioned dance. Joseph Ryan and Wil liam DeLacey sang a number of songs while Miss Helen Jennings presided at the piano. The following were present Mary Cunningham. Mary Williams. Adel Sweeney, Anna Clifford, Belinda Joynt, Irene Williams, Kathryn Hftron, Ed ward Gaughan, William Delaney.

Joseph Ryan. Charles Howley, Frank Doud and Franch Roche. Meeting of Society. 1 Members of the Cross and Crown so eiety of the First German Presbyterian church will meet this evening in tfca Trlsh bouse and will make arrange ments for business meetings to be held during the winter months. Rev.

William A. Xordt will preside. Arrangements will be made for a rally and banquet be beld soon. t'AKAG RAPH XOTE9. A meeting of the Arrow Social club will be held this evening at the iome of Walter Weber, or T05 South Irving avenue.

Members of the "Thalia" met last evening at the home of John Tellysh, of Elm street, and enjoyed a social ss Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Spindler, of Cherry street, are visiting relatives in Jersey City. 1 East Mountain Coal company. Birch and Blucher streets, is ready to deliver all grades of coal.

Adv. Mrs. James McCaun, of Maple street. It visiting in 'ewai V. J.

Rev. W. G. Watklns, paator the Bethany Baptist church, left yesterday for Atlantic City, where he will spend a few. weeks.

Members of the newly organized glee club or the Bethany Baptist church will meet this evening when a leader will chosen. i Funeral service of Cassius Howell, of 1013 Ridge Row. will be held Friday night 'yin the family residence. The body will "be conveyed over the D. to South Eaton Saturday morning, where interment will be made.

Tha funeral of Mrs. Mary Carlin. of 421 Phelps street. Green Ridge, will be held this morning at 9:39 o'clock with a high mass of requiem at St. Peter's Interment will be made in tha Cathedral cemetery.

The funeral of M. E. MeGuire. of 523 Poor strett. will Uka place Saturday moraine o'clock vita senriooo 8t I sible ah officer as the collector, for his salni is fixed at $500.

R. Kerwin is the school tax collector. 'His commissions are only a part of the cost of the Carbondale collection, for there is the county tax collector, and the city tax collector, who is the citv treasurer, and the poor tax collector. And) then tarbandale naa for the ayatea he name aa Scraaina does, la iaereaaed east. In aalataaea at the alHclala which caaaet ar ai aat earrecJed in "exoneration lists." in the pernicious activity of tax receipt dis tributors who are busy aoout regisira I tton time.

Thin la the ayatem that a eeatral a aMee would abolish. Sehaai Tax Col lector Kerwla has shawa name iaWla 1 ttvt la haadllua the duplicate, aad. comparatively, has areoaipllahed things. aa far aa the preaeal ay.ieaa will permit a man with Initiative ta accomplish. Collector Kerwin early realised the impossibility of the Carbondale as sessment.

accomplished hv ward as sessors. without rhyme or reason, and wunout any attempt to make it com Diets or uniform. Every year Collector fcerwin spends a great many weens in purging assessment lists furnished to tne scHobl district by the county of assessments that are Incorrect or worthless. As yet th, county hasn't profited by his re vision. The tax assessment Is not only inefficient and incomplete.

It suffers from a complication of ailments, not the least or which is meddling. One laataace Cited. In discussing the assessment yesterday Mr. Kerwin declared that since 1913 assessment was closed. 22.23 acres of coal land had been charged up to '1 H.

Walker, who ooerates a small break er under lease from the Temple Coal company. When the collector sent the tax bill to Mr. Walker the latter de clared the assessment wasn't correct, as the 1913 books did not assess taxes for this land against him. Conducting an investigation on his own hook. Mr.

Kerwin said he found that Mr. Walker's contention was correct. The assessment had been scratched off the books, and there is no word of explanation. Even the assessment maps need revision and correction. The reason, Mr.

Kerwin declared, why there is so much duplication in the assessment of Car 'bondale real estate is that the ward maps furnished by the commissioners tr the assessors overlap as to the boundaries. The map of the Fifth ward of Carbondale takes In part of Fell township. The map of the Sixth ward takes in part of Carbondale's township. The maps of the First and Fifth wards overlap as to tha. dividing line btween wards.

The blame I ah If ted from one a aa. other. Rut (he people pay. A uniform assessment and a central tax omce will wipe the evils out, will reduce the cost of collection and give general satisfaction to the people. John's church at 9:30.

Interment will be made in Cathedral cemetery. The body of Catherine Brennan. of New Tork. formerly of this city, arrived In Scranton yesterday afternoon at 1:45 for burial. The funeral wil lbe held tomor row morning in St.

Joan's church at Ai30, Interment will be in Cathedral "cetrteteryi 1 Hare your clothes made id $1.00 weekly payments. By Mulderlg, 117 Pittston avenue Adv. Mrs. Peter P. Schneider and na B.

Wpelkers, will entertain their friends at a bom. social at the former's residence. 515 South Irving avenue, Tuesday evening! October 20. The proceeds of the affair will go to the building fund of St. Mary's German Catholic church.

EAST SCRANTON FUNERAL SERVICES OF WILLIAM FOOTE HELD The funeral of William Foote. was held yesterday afternoon with services at the home, 1924 Aeh street, at 2:30 o'clock. Rev. M. Hunter Reid.

pastor of the Myrtle Street M. E. church, officiated. The paflbearera were: Otto Priem, Fred Schwartz. John Watrous, Washington Spangenberg, Meroin Correll and William Tiffany.

PARAGRAPH VOTES. A. L. Major, of Ridge Row, left iast night for Xew York. Mrs.

Frank Ryan, of Prescott avenue, is visiting in Honesdale at the home of her mother. Mrs. James Hcckel. of Taylor avenue. spent yesterday in Factoryville.

A. H. Shopland. ot Clay avenue who has been seriously ill for the last ten weeks, is improving. Dr.

S. Watson Fox has returned to his home on Prescott avenue from Bos ton. Mrs. Samuel E. Merrill, of Prescott avenue, has been confined to ner mother's home in Njcholson for the past week due to the shock of the death of her father.

John Luchner has returned to his home in East Scraiuon from Pike Co. where he spent a most successful fish ing trip. H. J. McCoy returned to his home on Harrison avenue last evening from New Tork.

Henry Walker, of Wheeler avenue, is visiting in Philadelphia. Fred Karius returned home last even ing from Pike county. C. F. Slade, of 60S Prescott avenue, returned home last night from Peck's Pond.

JERMYN. Last night the Order of Owls held a banquet in Edmunds hall, corner Wash ington avenue and Kuan brook street. The meeting waif addressed by National Organizer Swingle. Thirty new members wer admitted last nlgnt. Henry Freaa' Indians, a newly organized football eleven, overwhelmingly defeated John Murphy's Pets yesteroay afternoon on Fowler's Held by the score of 17 to 7.

The Indians will meet any team in the county at 105 pounds. Answer through The Tribune Republican Truth, or write Henry Freaa, Jermyn. A meeting of the Cemetery association, of this place, will be held this evening at 7:30 o'clock in Dr. Davis' nail on Washington avenue. Election of officers for the ensuing term will take place.

Miss Irene Smith, of Madison avenue, has returned home after spending the past two months visiting relatives at Alabama. John Buckingham, ef Depew avenue, was a Scranton caller yesterday. Larry Dexter, of Buffalo, is visiting local friends. 1 Mrs. A.

Morgan, of Whitmore avenue, is confined to her home with typhoid fever. The condition of John Maynard. of South Washington avenue, who was found unconscious several days ago on the Delaware and Hudson pump room floor from an attack ot rheumatism, ia somewhat improved. 1 J. D.

Stocker. of South Washington avanuo conflned to hla 2tom wltb an attack ot rhownaUam, XJmUWiWVMUCA8i. OCTOBER 1G; .1914 as I SEEING BELIEI i II Me Whittall Rugs Defy the Hardest Wear To prove this beyond all doubt or question, Stoehr Fister will place out on the sidewalk in front of their store, a "WW a 11 A 1 1 a "LI i.lL. 11 4.1m. nittaii Angio rersian Kug, size xia which sens world oyer at the uniform price of $60.00.

There it remain for Seven Days regardless of the weather. See This Rug on the Sidewalk See this wonderful floor covering that defies the most severe wear that defies the strongest sunshine that defies the dust and dirt that will be ground into it by thousands of muddy feet. This rug was taken front our Regular Stock and is no better than hundreds of other Whittall Anglo Persians that we cdhstantly have in stock in all sizes. 11 See This Rug on the Sidewalk Be one of the Hundreds) of thousands who will walk over; this rug" during the seven days that fit will He out on the sidewalk. i See this rug after" it has had more wear and more abuse than it would get in your home in a lifetime.

Then see it in our window afcter it has been washed with soap and water just as you would wash i a handkerchief. Rug on the Sidewalk It Proves the Worth of Whittall Rugs See the Beautiful Rug Display in Our Window Showingmany of the. newest patterns of Whittall Anglo Persian Rugs and the new Whittall Richmond Rug, an exceptionally high pile rug of the finest weave. The lustre of this rug rivals the most costly Orientals. This rug is new this season and is now shown for the first time and sells for the remarkable low price of $67.50 for the 9x12 size.

WHITTALL Wilton and Body Brussels Rugs are made in Nine Different Grades and 43 Stock Sizes and are Woven to Order in Any Size. Anglo Persian Wilton Anglo Indian Wilton $50.00 Arabic Seamless $60.00 Teprac Wilton $40.00 Chlidema Body Brussels $32.75 These Prices Are for the 9x12 Size Larger and Smaller Rugs at Proportionate Prices Richmond Wilton $67.50 Royal Worcester Wilton $45.00 Durham Arabic High Pile Rug $45.00 Lenox and Undyed Worsted Bath Rugs Peerless Body Brussels $30.00 Visit Our Rug and Carpet Department Hundreds of Wilton and Body Brussels Rugs, taken from our regular stock are offered to you during this sidewalk demonstration, at price reductions that are most attractive. This special sale includes such standard makes as Bigelow, Hartford, Hardwick Magee, Karagheusian and Joseph Wilds. $50.00 'Seamless Artloom $57.50 Genuine French Wiltons 9x12 size Wiltons 9x12 size $37.50 $42.50 $45.00 Wiltons Magee and Joseph Wilds $35.00 Magee and Joseph Wilds Body Brussels Tapestry Brussels Were $32.75 to $29.50 Now $24.00 to $18 9x12 size Were $16.50 $18.00 $13.50 $18.75 Axminsters 9x12 size Were $18.75 $60.00 Karagheusian Wilton $60.00 Bigelow Wiltons $37.50 Wiltons A limited quantity only $50.00 Hartford Saxony $15.75 $50.00 $47.50 $27.50 $42.50 STOEHR FISTEIR BVJaVanTaTaTaTaTaTaVaTaTaTaTaTaTaTaTaTaTaTanTaTaTaTa An Important Statement which is Absolutely True We are Exclusive Agents for the Whittall Mills. We are the Only Concern in the City of Scranton that can buy Anglo Persian Rugs direct from the Whittall Mills.

Some concerns will go to any extreme and will pay any price to get from some other dealers a few Whittall Anglo Persian Rugs in order to advertise them at cut prices with the hope that they may share in the distinction which is always, enjoyed by the legitimate Whittall Agency. 3C.