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Belgian Consul Says it Will Save Many of His Countrymen From the Horrors of Famine. On the Ship Orn Which Sailed This Week For Belgium The Hershey Chocolate Company's contribution for the- relief of the starving people of .Belgium/vas made in , two shipments to the Belgian Counsul at 'Philadelphia, a carload of flour containing 410 bags of about 100 pounds each, or over 40,000 pounds in all, and 50 barrels of cocoa of 200 pounds each, or 10,000 pounds —a total of over 50,000 pounds of food. These goods , are on the ship Orn which sailed this . week. The letters about this gift are as follows: November 21, 1914. Belgian Relief Fund, Lincoln Building, Philadelphia, Pa. Gentlemen: ' . We have shipped consigned to Paul Hagemans, Belgian Consul General, Pier 16, Dock Street, Philadelphia, Pa., over the Philadelphia and Read-ing Railway fifty (50) barrels of Cocoa, and over the Pennsylvania Rail-road, the same .consignee, four hun-dred and ten (410) bags of flour, con-stituting one carload. These goods will no doubt reach their destination in time to he loaded on your Steamship Orn, and should have reached there by this time,—the first item having been sent from this place on the 18th instant, and the second from Steelton, Pa., on the 20th instant. Freight receipts have been forwarded to Mr. Hagemans. Should there be any delay in the receipt of these shipments will you please advise us promptly so that they can be followed at this end. Yours truly, HERSHEY CHOCOLATE CO. November 21, 1914. Mr. Paul Hagemans, Belgian Consul General, Philadelphia, Pa. Dear Sir: Enclosed herewith you will find bill of lading for 410 bags of flour, being one car load, shipped from Steelton, Pa., by the Hershey Choco-late Company to you, as a donation by this Company to the people of Belgium, and concerning which we wrote you yesterday. You will note the Railroad Com-pany requires the removal of the prop-erty within forty eight hours after its arrival at the railroad terminus. Will you advise us if this shipment, as well as the shipment of 50 barrels of Cocoa, have, been received by you. You doubtless are very busy at this time arranging for the transportation of these supplies, but the only means of information of their receipt will be through you. In the event of any delay in the delivery of either of these shipments we will follow them up from the point of shipment to ex-pedite the delivery. Yours truly, HERSHEY CHOCOLATE CO. Philadelphia , Nov. 21st, 1914. Hershey Chocolate Company, Hersliey Pa. Dear Sirs : In answer to your letter of Nov. 20, I have the pleasure to inform you that the 50 bbls. of Cocoa arrived at Municipal Pier 10, Dock street, and I note that a car load of flour is duo to arrive not later than Monday, that is in plenty of time ft»r the Steamer "Orn. " Allow mo to express my deep grati-tude for such a generous contribution to the Belgian Relief Fund. In the name of hundreds of my Countrymen , who will owe to it to have escaped the horrors of famine, I thank you. Very sincerely yours, P, Hftgomnns , Consul General of Belgium. Hershey Chocolate Company Sends 50,000 Pounds of Food To All Men Who Can Sing You nro Asked to bo Present at the Mooting Next Monday Ni ght Horfinoy is to have a Men's Chorus and it in going to bo one ' that will mnko n reputation. Fortunately tho movement has n good, experienced , enthusiastic loader in tho person of W. L. Dubois and ho will bo ably as-sisted. Tho first thin/? is to got together tho material and HO every man—young, middle aged or old—who can sing is asked to attend tho mooting In tho library of tho Horshoy Men's Club next Monday evening at 8 p. m. It is foil; that there are voices in Horshoy for one of the boot choruses In tho country, This is tho plan to show what can ho done. Yon nro In-vited to bo present. Furnishings Have Arrived and Will be Installed in a Few Days. They include all Modern Convenien-ces. Location is Ideal. Cost Over Two Thousand The equipment for- the new post-office - which is to occupy the big room of the old bank building has arrived. It is how being installed. The room twenty-six by twenty-three is one of the handsomest in the town arid the location is at the center of the com-munity. It is also nearer the rail-road station than the old office and thus it will save time as well as serve the general convenience. The improve-ihents have been under the direction of General Manager Leithiser who has aimed to provide Hershey with the model post-office of the state! The cost of the furnishing is: over two thousand dollars and is borne by Hershey Improvement Company. The interior has been thoroughly renovated and . artistically decorated. The. office proper is oblong, taking up #bout three-fifth of the room and leaving ample space in front and at the side for the public. The post-master's room is in the rear. It is fitted with rolltop desk and revolving chairs and covered with linoleum. The woodwork of the office is of plain sawed oak with steel fixtures. The screen runs seven and a half feet high. There are four window's, all in front, first for money orders and reg-istered mail,. sepend for postal sav-ings, third for parcel post and fourth at the corner for general delivery and stamps. These windows are glazed with chipped obscure glass and are provided with grilles. There are 210 small, and 10 medium lock boxes and 5 lock drawers. In the general-delivery letter case in; screen are 9,0 divisions, and in the general-delivery paper case in screen 30 divisions; there are 9 'divisions in the package case. The mailing case and table has 80 divisions. The bag rack has a capacity of ten bags and the facing slip case has 80 divisions. The other fixtures includes desks, wardrobes, tables, cabinets, safe, an eight day clock,, bulletin board, letter press, typewriter and stand and every item of a completely equipped office. The standard fixtures were supplied by a Carlisle concern and the furni-ture came from the Hershey Store Company. W. B. Smith is the post-office in-spector. Postmaster H. A. Newton is deeply interested in getting the of-fice in its new quarters, as the pres-ent accommodations are much crowd-ed. Two months ago a special civil service examination ' for assistant postmaster was held here but no re-ports from it have been received. The post-office staff is: Postmaster, Herbert A. Newton; Assistant post-master, Charles L. Peiffer; Clerks, Miss Bessie P. Moyer, Miss Viola S. Boyer. The business of the Hershey post-office has increased to much over $10,000 and it is handled very effici-ently' by the present small force. On Thanksgiving Day the office will be open from 7 to 9 and from 6.30 to 7.30—the usual holiday hours. After this week the office will be open every day except Sunday at 6.45, It will be a great accommodation for those who go to work at seven and the change is appreciated. Hershey's New Post-Office Will Have Fine Equipment Great Game Saturday "Boat Palmyra on Saturday" is tho Horshoy slogan, For tho first time in tho history of tho two towns those teams will meet in a football contest on Saturday, Nov, 28, Tho game will bo staged on tho Palmyra field and will start promptly at 2.30 p. m. . Tho local management conferred with tho Palmyra management on Monday evening and all arrangements for tho gamo wore made. Tho offi-cials wore selected and both managers named tho players that would bo eligible for tho contest. Tho teams are evenly matched and tho gamo should prove to bo tho best over soon In cither town. Many fol-lowers of tho teams arc glad that tho game has boon arranged, Tho Hor-shoy team will bo made up of tho fol-lowing playcra: Mftlono , Dearolf , Ed. Slossor, Magee, .T, Bordnor , Bry-' son , Romig, Zontmoyor, Hollingfl-worth , Shank , Sollonborgor , Kns-mingor, Sullivan , Black, and Zimmer-man. Tho Palmyra club will bo repre-sented by the following: ..Tamos, Brady, Yodor, Miller , Poormnn , Dlom-lor, Garman, Dumpton, Lnusor, Bis-hop, llauch , Hoisoy, Brown , Kroldpr , Shearer, and Bomborgor Bros. Endless Delight for the Children and Free Photographs for Those Un-der Six. Plan to Make This the v Greatest Christmas Ever. New Goods Ready This is a busy week for Samuel D. Clark, manager of the Hershey Store, and for all .his assistants. They are opening the Christmas goods and turning the rear of the main building into a holiday .fairyland. There is no store exactly like it in the United States. With its 28 de-partments ' and its various divisions it covers acres of floor space ' and handles a stock of close to $200,000. It brings to the town all the advant-ages of city buying with assured quality and . reasonable prices. The result of its way of doing business is to Steadily educate the public into .the wisdom of purchasing better goods, for in that is true economy. So, this year the new goods represent an aver-age higher than that ever shown by any store in Lebanon Valley, includ-ing the larger centers of population. Nothing better can be found in Har-risburg or Lancaster or Reading, and here in fact are the attractions of the big stores of the great cities. How Quality Wins Out An excellent illustration of the policy is found in the new Photo-graph Gallery. When it was decided to add this new department it was .al-so, decided to make it exceptionally, attractive. It is a new building at the center of the store and it is a model. It has large photograph rooms, and rooms for enlarging and framing pictures, and parlors for the exhibits of works, of art. On exhibit were placed holiday pictures of the better sort and already many, of these have been sold and reorders have had to be sent in to accommodate the Christmas trade. From an artistic Christmas card to a large framed picture for the parlor or dining room you will find here the latest and best —and people are coming from miles around to buy; It is proof that the people of this section want the best. But Manager Clark is not satisfied with this. He wants the people to know that the photography of the Hershey Studio under Paul D. Ulrich has a quality of its own and so he has adopted a very practical way to prove it. Every child under six years of age brought to the' studio by its parents next Friday and Saturday —November 27 and 28—will be photo-graphed and a .copy of the photo-graph will be presented to the child or its parents free. There is no charge for this whatever—in fact it will be a priyelege to show what the studio can do. The successful por-traiture of small children is the most difficult of all photography and the severest test is thus used to prove the merit of the Hershey Studio. Par-ents are asked not to put off this op-portunity. Come early either on Fri-day or Saturday. The Children 's Paradise A free photograph to the child is a fine text for the big store's Christ-mas season. In the rear a wonder-ful change is going on. Tho floor is being cleared for the greatest display of Christmas goods one could dosiro, There will bo a Christmas tree. There will bo hundreds of dolls and toys, There will bo all sorts of now gifts. And t;horo is already installed an electric exhibit that will draw tho children for miles. In a commodious court is a Christmas landscape with full trains , largo trolley cars, saw mills and other things running by electricity. Tho complete stations have flowers around thorn. There are electric lights and electrical switches and tunnels and lakos and all that makes up a picture of life and move-ment' that will delight everyone. Tho regular Christmas opening is on Saturday, November 28. A cordial invitation is extended to everyone , Tho big store is enjoying tho largest trade it has over known and its Christmas business is expected to break its highest records. But ovon with tho huge stocks that lmvo been Hocurod it is wise to shop onrly. Santa Claus to Hold Court in the Big Hershey Store Factory Hours Changed Beginning last Monday tho working hours at tho Horshoy factory wore changed from 0.20 to 7, a. m. All oC those who like a llttl o extra nap in tho morning arc glad of tho forty minutes, Eire Audience Listened to Able Ad-dress by S. Byron Hershey on the Great War and the Propects of Peace. Excellent Singing. Mr. Dubois Leader The success of the union meeting in the Hershey . Cental Theater Sun-day afternoon grows steadily. Last Sunday saw the largest attendance yet and the cozy .auditorium was com-fortably filled by men and women who entered heartily into the . exercises. Indeed the fine congregational singing was the feature .of the day. . Under the able leadership of W. L. Dubois and the magnetic directing of F. D. Keboch the ' familiar hymns were rendered with a zeal, swing and vol-ume that stirred everyone. The Her-shey Orchestra under Director Feese was excellent" and little . Miss Eva Runkle sang a hymn very effectively. President Millard was on the plat-form with Mr. Dubois who was the leader for the day. Manager Brandau has secured for all the afternoons a fine list of speak-ers. Members of the Men's Club served as ushers, welcoming everyone cordially and snowing the spirit of true courtesy and hospitality. The speaker of the day was Rev. S. Byron Hershey, whose subject was "We—the War—and Whither." . He is an orator of force, with a clear, engaging .voice and ah interesting manner, and he held the large crowd for over an hour while he discussed the present tragedy of the world from every angle. , He assembled the. facts and figures of the, nations and showed the frightful cost of war preparation even before the present cataclysm be-gan, and he did not spare the United States. He gave figures to prove that we are spending more today on war than we are for education. He would, not stop the present conflict if he could, because the issue must be fought out and democracy,, must tri-umph over militarism, which was the curse of mankind. He outlined with great clearness a plan of world peace and in this new scheme he placed the United States and Canada together in a great Declaration of Interdepend-ence which . should be second only to our own Declaration of Independence in 1776. We must war against war. We must take from the production of mankind the burdens of war taxation. Good beginnings had been made and although Europe is now bathed in blood there must arise a new spirit that would bring its blessings to earth. He appealed to all to work for peace and to pray for peace. The speaker was warmly congratulated on his message. Mr. M. S. Hershey was present for the first time since the Sunday after-noon services were begun. It was his suggestion that they were thrown open to both sexes and were made as attractive as possibl e to the general public. He was delighted with the success of the plan. Many^of those present thanked him for his interest in the matter and especially for hav-ing provided the new theater which is proving so great a convenience to the people of Hershey and vicinity^ Next Sunday the speaker will be Dr. Charles Calvert Ellis, of Hunting-don , Pa., who will deliver his famous talk , "Does It Pay to be Good?" It is said to bo one of the best things in tho lyceum course. The meetings be-gin at 3. Sunday Afternoon Meeting Largest of the Season Thanksgiving at the Cafe There Will bo a Special Turkey Din-ner in Ileal Family Stylo E. J. Krauso, 'manager of tho Hor-shoy Cafe, is going to do everything possible to make his guofl,ts~£ccl.- at homo on Thanksgiving Day. Tho cafe is particularly attractive this year. Tho decorations in tho big vase in tho main restaurant have called forth many compliments and tho color schemes of tho various tables nro admiral. There will bo appropriate arrangements for Thurs-day and plenty of Lebanon Valley turkey. Tho dinner hour will bo from 12 to 1, Owing to tho cold weather there have boon fewer automobiles parties than usual , but those that stop re-present a wldo area of country and show tho groat interest in Horshoy. High School Basketball The Horshoy High School basket-ball team was organized for the son-son on Monday evening. There wnH n fine turn out. Tho school will bo represented by a flood five. Tho open-ing gamo will bo played on Friday evening In tho basement of tho IHRII School building , Manager Everett has secured tho strong Oborlin High School team. The sophomores have also organized a IIvo and will play a regular schedule of games. Players who will represent tho High School team include: Wlrth (Gapt.) Clark, Bomgardnor,, Miller , and Imbodon. ^ ' i ¦ ?»¦ i, , ¦ . ¦ Grooms Who Are About to be Should Heed This Gentle Hint It is a Faithful Account of the Mock Wedding Which Took Place in the Club Rooms of the Young Women's Christian Associa-tion. It has a Warning "Do you promise to turn over all your money to your wife, to do all the housework, to build all the fires , to carry all the bundles, to run all the errands and to wash all the dishes?" "I do," said the "groom." "And do you promise not to sew or scrub or do anything that will soil your lilly white hands or deny your-self any new dress or new hat or per-mit him to assert authority in any matter whatever?" "I do," said the "bride." Then the "minister" drew . forth a band of strong cotton and wound it tightly around their left hands and solemnly said, "You're tied.'' Without doubt the greatest event of the social season was the mock wedding in the Park gymnasium of the Young Women's Christian Asso-ciation last Thursday evening. The guests arrived early and quickly took up all the available seating accom-modations, so that more chairs and benches had to be brought in. Some had sent their presents arid others brought their offerings with them, all of which were for the decorating and furnishing of the gymnasium and the association's kitchenette. The ceremony took place in the big gymnasium room. At the side was a background of green and in the center was a beautiful arch of white with white and pink carnations and at the sides were large palms. From the arch hung the wedding bell of white with white' and pink carna-tions. In front was the wedding car-pet of green—only it happened to be a grass rug. . The bride, Miss Ethel Holloway, looked very lovely in a creation of white satin and point lace, and the groom, Miss Marie Gebhart, was equally handsome .in evening dress. Miss Florence Landgraph was maid of honor, Miss Jean McHolland best man, Miss Mabel Hurley flower girl. The bridesmaids were Miss Florence Keck, Miss Jennie Englehart, Miss Pearl Holly, Miss Anna Sutcliff e, Miss Lillian Gresh and the ushers , were Miss Jestina Dissinger, Miss Mary Smith, Miss Eathrine Gerber. The ribbon bearers were Margaret Mullen and Elizabeth Ritts and the ring bearers Louise Shay, and Mildred Ed-wards.. Miss Emma Wassner was the ^minister," Miss Grace Shearer the bride's father, Miss Florence Kitchen the groom's mother, Anna Himmelr berger the bride's little brother, Miss Edna Landis the bride's cousin from San Francisco, and Miss Alice Elder the bride's mother. Full dress was the rule and the effect was captivat-ing. Present were eighty, all femin-ine. There was no , parody of the marriage service but a humorous satire of marriage with poor man as the victim. The sham groom was made to feel even smaller than the real groom does under the ordeal, which of course meant getting him down to the vanishing point. After the ceremony the guests were invited into the reception room where punch and wafers wore served and where the bride 's family, tried to shed the usual tears over her. misfortune. Hero was the bride 's table with an-other marriage bell and with string-ers of white and pink carnations and a largo imitation wedding cake, around which tho bride's family thronged. Tho groom was also there. Tho presents—all for tho bride of course—included: 4 pennants , 1 con-tor- pioco , 4 books, Donnison decor-ating outfit and napkins , 8 pictures framed , 2 mottoes, % cooking pans, 1 electric plate, punch ladle, embroider-ed pillow top, cushion , pair hand tow-els, 12 tea towels, popper and salt shakers, C potted geraniums , 2 meat platters, and ijilf) in cash with which wore purchased tho following, 8 dozen cups and saucers, 3 dozen small plates, 8 dozen largo plates'. In tho list of tho presents as supplied to tho Press is "1 cork scrow." It was prob-ably for tho groom, but what ho can do with it in Horshoy is a problem. Doubtless , however, his wife will promptly take It away from him. Throughout tho hour and a half there was delightful music from the Victrola and everybody enjoyed tho evening. While men wore excluded from tho mock wedding there is now a general invitation to visit tho club room and see what an attractive placo It; is. The Coming Play In tho play, which tho Gymnasium Claflfijsof tho Young Women's Chris-tian "Association i is to give pn tho 17th of December to raise, funds for fur-nishing tho rooms, tho part of Mrs. Flnnogan will bo taken by Miss. Kathorino Mumma, who Is one of tho best amateur artists of Horshoy. This play Is a flno Christmas comedy full of opportunities for spectacular effects and It is expected to draw a very lnrgo audionco. Ono of tho biggest shipments of cocoa>, beans over received by a choco-late company arrived at t)io Horshoy factory Inst Monday morning. It filled 22 cars. 22 Cars of Cocoa Beans The postofflco department is adver-tising for bids for a ' mail messenger at Dorry Church to take placo of Frank Uonfantl , resigned. Applica-tions for bids can- bo had by applying at the Dorry Church pofltofllco on or boforo Deo. 1st, 11)14.' Applicants must bo over sixteen years old of good reputation. '. ¦ . .1 ' ¦ ' , ' ¦' ' l,. ' . Mail Messenger Wanted Maurice Hinkle was painfully in-jured at tho Factory on Monday aft-ernoon. While stopping from a plat-form to another building ho made a misstep running his hand thrpugh a* pane of glass,' inflicting a deep gash in tho palm of his hand, On Tues-day Harry Gingrich while replacing tho pane of glass severely cut tho middle finger on his loft hand* . Maurice Hinkle Hurt Their Presentation of Claim Ninety Six Successful From Every Point of View. It Was. for the Bene-fit of the Band. Two Excel-lent Specialties Encored Last Friday evening was one of the the coldest November nights on re-cord. The murcury was low and the wind was high and ordinarily every-body would have stayed home and hugged the fire, but it was not an or-dinary night, and over five hundred brave spirits braved the weather and made their way to the Hershey Park Theater to see the Eureka Amateur Players/ which is the name' of the or-ganization that takes in the local dramatic talent. The attendance was in itself a tremendous tribute to the popularity of" the players, to the in-defatigability of Director Feese and to the merits of the Hershey Band that received the financial profits. In spite of the cold it was a de-lightful evening. There was nothing slow about the play ; there was action all the timejin all the five acts thrills followed quickly. This wajs the cast: Jerry Mack—A Salbon Keeper Morris H. Hinkle Guy Lester—Mack's Partner.... Abe Dearolf Charley Grey—Owner of Claim 96 C. L. Bender Arthur Brandon—A Banker . ," C. A. Magee Major Dolittle—A Speculator.... G. E. Hollingsworth Peterson—A Yankee Apple Sass Man ... .". C. L. Garman Sacramento Joe—A Relic of By-gone Days ....... Harry Parker Ebony—A Colored Bootblack. . Lewis Brinker Nell (The Little Nugget)—All / Pure Gold Sadie Hummel Bell—Jerry Mack's Wife ....... Mabel Phasey Mrs. Brandon—The Banker's Wife Abagail Gordon Jennie Lester—Guy's Sister..... Mary Snavely Bessie Grey—Grey's Wife Irene Galebach. Officer Ralph Fiore The fact that not the slightest prompting was needed during the evening showed how well the play had been learned and rehearsed, and so everyone in the cast deserves high praise. Most of the heavy work fell upon Mr. Hinkle and Mr. Dearolf and they carried it through with great credit. Both made striking figures and both handled themselves well. Mr. Garman as the Yankee and Mr. Brinker as the coon did the comedy with entire success and realized the full value of their lines. Mr. Bender, Mr. Magee, Mr. Hollingsworth and Mr. Parker acquitted themselves handsomely and Ralph Fiore made a good officer. The ladjes in the cast were all fine, especially Miss Hummel and Mrs. Phasey, who had the main female parts. Miss Gordon , Miss Snavely and Miss Galebach all won honors. There were two specialties. Tho first was Loraine and Spahr. Tho audience was delighted to find in ^'Loraine" the ever clever Mrs. Phasey and she was enthusiastically applaud-ed. Miss Spahr proved herself to bo a real comedy artist, dressing tho part with great humor and carrying it through admirably. This act was fresh , good and successful. Tho sec-ond specialty was tho sextette from "Lucia" by Messrs Doramo, Librora and Tollis, members of tho Hershey Band. It was tho artistic number of tho evening and the performers wore called back. As' nn encore Fred Doramo gave "Tho Rosary." , Tho full Horshoy Band was pres-ent under tho leadership of Director Feese and its numbers ovokod con-stant approbation. Mr, Feese was tho busiest man of tho ovnning and tho success of tho whole performance was mainly duo to his energy and initia-tive. Eureka Amateur Players Win Applause and Dollars A white winter radish weighing live pounds, and sovon ounces ia be-ing exhibited at tho general store of Goorgo Ylngst in Dorry Church. The radish Is a freak , with tho largo por-tion perfectly formed with several other sprouts of tho vegetable en-twined about it. Tho radish was raised in Mr. Yin(rst's garden and was taken from tho ground on Saturday. A Curious Radish The Church of tho Brethren will hold their annual fall lovofoast at Spring Crook mooting house near Horshoy on the evening boforo Thanksgiving and on Thanksgiving Day, November 2I> and 20. . ¦ •?•- ¦ ¦ — Lovefeast Near Hershey On Thanksgiving Day tho members of tho Young Women's Christian As-sociation will httvo a family dinner and will onjoy tho day quietly. Thanksgiving at Y. W. C. A
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Title | The Hershey Press 1914-11-26 |
Subject | Hershey (Pa.)--Newspapers |
Description | The Hershey Press (alternatively published as "Hershey's Weekly" or "Hershey's The Progressive Weekly") was the first local newspaper, published from 1909 until 1926, covering news and events throughout the Township of Derry, Hershey, and surrounding Pennsylvania communities. |
Date | 1914-11-26 |
Location Covered | Hershey (Pa.) |
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Description
Title | The Hershey Press 1914-11-26 |
Subject | Hershey (Pa.)--Newspapers |
Description | The Hershey Press (alternatively published as "Hershey's Weekly" or "Hershey's The Progressive Weekly") was the first local newspaper, published from 1909 until 1926, covering news and events throughout the Township of Derry, Hershey, and surrounding Pennsylvania communities. |
Date | 1914-11-26 |
Location Covered | Hershey (Pa.) |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Rights | https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en |
Contact | For information on source and images, contact Hershey Community Archives at contact@hersheyarchives.org. |
Contributing Institution | Milton Hershey School |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Full Text | Belgian Consul Says it Will Save Many of His Countrymen From the Horrors of Famine. On the Ship Orn Which Sailed This Week For Belgium The Hershey Chocolate Company's contribution for the- relief of the starving people of .Belgium/vas made in , two shipments to the Belgian Counsul at 'Philadelphia, a carload of flour containing 410 bags of about 100 pounds each, or over 40,000 pounds in all, and 50 barrels of cocoa of 200 pounds each, or 10,000 pounds —a total of over 50,000 pounds of food. These goods , are on the ship Orn which sailed this . week. The letters about this gift are as follows: November 21, 1914. Belgian Relief Fund, Lincoln Building, Philadelphia, Pa. Gentlemen: ' . We have shipped consigned to Paul Hagemans, Belgian Consul General, Pier 16, Dock Street, Philadelphia, Pa., over the Philadelphia and Read-ing Railway fifty (50) barrels of Cocoa, and over the Pennsylvania Rail-road, the same .consignee, four hun-dred and ten (410) bags of flour, con-stituting one carload. These goods will no doubt reach their destination in time to he loaded on your Steamship Orn, and should have reached there by this time,—the first item having been sent from this place on the 18th instant, and the second from Steelton, Pa., on the 20th instant. Freight receipts have been forwarded to Mr. Hagemans. Should there be any delay in the receipt of these shipments will you please advise us promptly so that they can be followed at this end. Yours truly, HERSHEY CHOCOLATE CO. November 21, 1914. Mr. Paul Hagemans, Belgian Consul General, Philadelphia, Pa. Dear Sir: Enclosed herewith you will find bill of lading for 410 bags of flour, being one car load, shipped from Steelton, Pa., by the Hershey Choco-late Company to you, as a donation by this Company to the people of Belgium, and concerning which we wrote you yesterday. You will note the Railroad Com-pany requires the removal of the prop-erty within forty eight hours after its arrival at the railroad terminus. Will you advise us if this shipment, as well as the shipment of 50 barrels of Cocoa, have, been received by you. You doubtless are very busy at this time arranging for the transportation of these supplies, but the only means of information of their receipt will be through you. In the event of any delay in the delivery of either of these shipments we will follow them up from the point of shipment to ex-pedite the delivery. Yours truly, HERSHEY CHOCOLATE CO. Philadelphia , Nov. 21st, 1914. Hershey Chocolate Company, Hersliey Pa. Dear Sirs : In answer to your letter of Nov. 20, I have the pleasure to inform you that the 50 bbls. of Cocoa arrived at Municipal Pier 10, Dock street, and I note that a car load of flour is duo to arrive not later than Monday, that is in plenty of time ft»r the Steamer "Orn. " Allow mo to express my deep grati-tude for such a generous contribution to the Belgian Relief Fund. In the name of hundreds of my Countrymen , who will owe to it to have escaped the horrors of famine, I thank you. Very sincerely yours, P, Hftgomnns , Consul General of Belgium. Hershey Chocolate Company Sends 50,000 Pounds of Food To All Men Who Can Sing You nro Asked to bo Present at the Mooting Next Monday Ni ght Horfinoy is to have a Men's Chorus and it in going to bo one ' that will mnko n reputation. Fortunately tho movement has n good, experienced , enthusiastic loader in tho person of W. L. Dubois and ho will bo ably as-sisted. Tho first thin/? is to got together tho material and HO every man—young, middle aged or old—who can sing is asked to attend tho mooting In tho library of tho Horshoy Men's Club next Monday evening at 8 p. m. It is foil; that there are voices in Horshoy for one of the boot choruses In tho country, This is tho plan to show what can ho done. Yon nro In-vited to bo present. Furnishings Have Arrived and Will be Installed in a Few Days. They include all Modern Convenien-ces. Location is Ideal. Cost Over Two Thousand The equipment for- the new post-office - which is to occupy the big room of the old bank building has arrived. It is how being installed. The room twenty-six by twenty-three is one of the handsomest in the town arid the location is at the center of the com-munity. It is also nearer the rail-road station than the old office and thus it will save time as well as serve the general convenience. The improve-ihents have been under the direction of General Manager Leithiser who has aimed to provide Hershey with the model post-office of the state! The cost of the furnishing is: over two thousand dollars and is borne by Hershey Improvement Company. The interior has been thoroughly renovated and . artistically decorated. The. office proper is oblong, taking up #bout three-fifth of the room and leaving ample space in front and at the side for the public. The post-master's room is in the rear. It is fitted with rolltop desk and revolving chairs and covered with linoleum. The woodwork of the office is of plain sawed oak with steel fixtures. The screen runs seven and a half feet high. There are four window's, all in front, first for money orders and reg-istered mail,. sepend for postal sav-ings, third for parcel post and fourth at the corner for general delivery and stamps. These windows are glazed with chipped obscure glass and are provided with grilles. There are 210 small, and 10 medium lock boxes and 5 lock drawers. In the general-delivery letter case in; screen are 9,0 divisions, and in the general-delivery paper case in screen 30 divisions; there are 9 'divisions in the package case. The mailing case and table has 80 divisions. The bag rack has a capacity of ten bags and the facing slip case has 80 divisions. The other fixtures includes desks, wardrobes, tables, cabinets, safe, an eight day clock,, bulletin board, letter press, typewriter and stand and every item of a completely equipped office. The standard fixtures were supplied by a Carlisle concern and the furni-ture came from the Hershey Store Company. W. B. Smith is the post-office in-spector. Postmaster H. A. Newton is deeply interested in getting the of-fice in its new quarters, as the pres-ent accommodations are much crowd-ed. Two months ago a special civil service examination ' for assistant postmaster was held here but no re-ports from it have been received. The post-office staff is: Postmaster, Herbert A. Newton; Assistant post-master, Charles L. Peiffer; Clerks, Miss Bessie P. Moyer, Miss Viola S. Boyer. The business of the Hershey post-office has increased to much over $10,000 and it is handled very effici-ently' by the present small force. On Thanksgiving Day the office will be open from 7 to 9 and from 6.30 to 7.30—the usual holiday hours. After this week the office will be open every day except Sunday at 6.45, It will be a great accommodation for those who go to work at seven and the change is appreciated. Hershey's New Post-Office Will Have Fine Equipment Great Game Saturday "Boat Palmyra on Saturday" is tho Horshoy slogan, For tho first time in tho history of tho two towns those teams will meet in a football contest on Saturday, Nov, 28, Tho game will bo staged on tho Palmyra field and will start promptly at 2.30 p. m. . Tho local management conferred with tho Palmyra management on Monday evening and all arrangements for tho gamo wore made. Tho offi-cials wore selected and both managers named tho players that would bo eligible for tho contest. Tho teams are evenly matched and tho gamo should prove to bo tho best over soon In cither town. Many fol-lowers of tho teams arc glad that tho game has boon arranged, Tho Hor-shoy team will bo made up of tho fol-lowing playcra: Mftlono , Dearolf , Ed. Slossor, Magee, .T, Bordnor , Bry-' son , Romig, Zontmoyor, Hollingfl-worth , Shank , Sollonborgor , Kns-mingor, Sullivan , Black, and Zimmer-man. Tho Palmyra club will bo repre-sented by the following: ..Tamos, Brady, Yodor, Miller , Poormnn , Dlom-lor, Garman, Dumpton, Lnusor, Bis-hop, llauch , Hoisoy, Brown , Kroldpr , Shearer, and Bomborgor Bros. Endless Delight for the Children and Free Photographs for Those Un-der Six. Plan to Make This the v Greatest Christmas Ever. New Goods Ready This is a busy week for Samuel D. Clark, manager of the Hershey Store, and for all .his assistants. They are opening the Christmas goods and turning the rear of the main building into a holiday .fairyland. There is no store exactly like it in the United States. With its 28 de-partments ' and its various divisions it covers acres of floor space ' and handles a stock of close to $200,000. It brings to the town all the advant-ages of city buying with assured quality and . reasonable prices. The result of its way of doing business is to Steadily educate the public into .the wisdom of purchasing better goods, for in that is true economy. So, this year the new goods represent an aver-age higher than that ever shown by any store in Lebanon Valley, includ-ing the larger centers of population. Nothing better can be found in Har-risburg or Lancaster or Reading, and here in fact are the attractions of the big stores of the great cities. How Quality Wins Out An excellent illustration of the policy is found in the new Photo-graph Gallery. When it was decided to add this new department it was .al-so, decided to make it exceptionally, attractive. It is a new building at the center of the store and it is a model. It has large photograph rooms, and rooms for enlarging and framing pictures, and parlors for the exhibits of works, of art. On exhibit were placed holiday pictures of the better sort and already many, of these have been sold and reorders have had to be sent in to accommodate the Christmas trade. From an artistic Christmas card to a large framed picture for the parlor or dining room you will find here the latest and best —and people are coming from miles around to buy; It is proof that the people of this section want the best. But Manager Clark is not satisfied with this. He wants the people to know that the photography of the Hershey Studio under Paul D. Ulrich has a quality of its own and so he has adopted a very practical way to prove it. Every child under six years of age brought to the' studio by its parents next Friday and Saturday —November 27 and 28—will be photo-graphed and a .copy of the photo-graph will be presented to the child or its parents free. There is no charge for this whatever—in fact it will be a priyelege to show what the studio can do. The successful por-traiture of small children is the most difficult of all photography and the severest test is thus used to prove the merit of the Hershey Studio. Par-ents are asked not to put off this op-portunity. Come early either on Fri-day or Saturday. The Children 's Paradise A free photograph to the child is a fine text for the big store's Christ-mas season. In the rear a wonder-ful change is going on. Tho floor is being cleared for the greatest display of Christmas goods one could dosiro, There will bo a Christmas tree. There will bo hundreds of dolls and toys, There will bo all sorts of now gifts. And t;horo is already installed an electric exhibit that will draw tho children for miles. In a commodious court is a Christmas landscape with full trains , largo trolley cars, saw mills and other things running by electricity. Tho complete stations have flowers around thorn. There are electric lights and electrical switches and tunnels and lakos and all that makes up a picture of life and move-ment' that will delight everyone. Tho regular Christmas opening is on Saturday, November 28. A cordial invitation is extended to everyone , Tho big store is enjoying tho largest trade it has over known and its Christmas business is expected to break its highest records. But ovon with tho huge stocks that lmvo been Hocurod it is wise to shop onrly. Santa Claus to Hold Court in the Big Hershey Store Factory Hours Changed Beginning last Monday tho working hours at tho Horshoy factory wore changed from 0.20 to 7, a. m. All oC those who like a llttl o extra nap in tho morning arc glad of tho forty minutes, Eire Audience Listened to Able Ad-dress by S. Byron Hershey on the Great War and the Propects of Peace. Excellent Singing. Mr. Dubois Leader The success of the union meeting in the Hershey . Cental Theater Sun-day afternoon grows steadily. Last Sunday saw the largest attendance yet and the cozy .auditorium was com-fortably filled by men and women who entered heartily into the . exercises. Indeed the fine congregational singing was the feature .of the day. . Under the able leadership of W. L. Dubois and the magnetic directing of F. D. Keboch the ' familiar hymns were rendered with a zeal, swing and vol-ume that stirred everyone. The Her-shey Orchestra under Director Feese was excellent" and little . Miss Eva Runkle sang a hymn very effectively. President Millard was on the plat-form with Mr. Dubois who was the leader for the day. Manager Brandau has secured for all the afternoons a fine list of speak-ers. Members of the Men's Club served as ushers, welcoming everyone cordially and snowing the spirit of true courtesy and hospitality. The speaker of the day was Rev. S. Byron Hershey, whose subject was "We—the War—and Whither." . He is an orator of force, with a clear, engaging .voice and ah interesting manner, and he held the large crowd for over an hour while he discussed the present tragedy of the world from every angle. , He assembled the. facts and figures of the, nations and showed the frightful cost of war preparation even before the present cataclysm be-gan, and he did not spare the United States. He gave figures to prove that we are spending more today on war than we are for education. He would, not stop the present conflict if he could, because the issue must be fought out and democracy,, must tri-umph over militarism, which was the curse of mankind. He outlined with great clearness a plan of world peace and in this new scheme he placed the United States and Canada together in a great Declaration of Interdepend-ence which . should be second only to our own Declaration of Independence in 1776. We must war against war. We must take from the production of mankind the burdens of war taxation. Good beginnings had been made and although Europe is now bathed in blood there must arise a new spirit that would bring its blessings to earth. He appealed to all to work for peace and to pray for peace. The speaker was warmly congratulated on his message. Mr. M. S. Hershey was present for the first time since the Sunday after-noon services were begun. It was his suggestion that they were thrown open to both sexes and were made as attractive as possibl e to the general public. He was delighted with the success of the plan. Many^of those present thanked him for his interest in the matter and especially for hav-ing provided the new theater which is proving so great a convenience to the people of Hershey and vicinity^ Next Sunday the speaker will be Dr. Charles Calvert Ellis, of Hunting-don , Pa., who will deliver his famous talk , "Does It Pay to be Good?" It is said to bo one of the best things in tho lyceum course. The meetings be-gin at 3. Sunday Afternoon Meeting Largest of the Season Thanksgiving at the Cafe There Will bo a Special Turkey Din-ner in Ileal Family Stylo E. J. Krauso, 'manager of tho Hor-shoy Cafe, is going to do everything possible to make his guofl,ts~£ccl.- at homo on Thanksgiving Day. Tho cafe is particularly attractive this year. Tho decorations in tho big vase in tho main restaurant have called forth many compliments and tho color schemes of tho various tables nro admiral. There will bo appropriate arrangements for Thurs-day and plenty of Lebanon Valley turkey. Tho dinner hour will bo from 12 to 1, Owing to tho cold weather there have boon fewer automobiles parties than usual , but those that stop re-present a wldo area of country and show tho groat interest in Horshoy. High School Basketball The Horshoy High School basket-ball team was organized for the son-son on Monday evening. There wnH n fine turn out. Tho school will bo represented by a flood five. Tho open-ing gamo will bo played on Friday evening In tho basement of tho IHRII School building , Manager Everett has secured tho strong Oborlin High School team. The sophomores have also organized a IIvo and will play a regular schedule of games. Players who will represent tho High School team include: Wlrth (Gapt.) Clark, Bomgardnor,, Miller , and Imbodon. ^ ' i ¦ ?»¦ i, , ¦ . ¦ Grooms Who Are About to be Should Heed This Gentle Hint It is a Faithful Account of the Mock Wedding Which Took Place in the Club Rooms of the Young Women's Christian Associa-tion. It has a Warning "Do you promise to turn over all your money to your wife, to do all the housework, to build all the fires , to carry all the bundles, to run all the errands and to wash all the dishes?" "I do," said the "groom." "And do you promise not to sew or scrub or do anything that will soil your lilly white hands or deny your-self any new dress or new hat or per-mit him to assert authority in any matter whatever?" "I do," said the "bride." Then the "minister" drew . forth a band of strong cotton and wound it tightly around their left hands and solemnly said, "You're tied.'' Without doubt the greatest event of the social season was the mock wedding in the Park gymnasium of the Young Women's Christian Asso-ciation last Thursday evening. The guests arrived early and quickly took up all the available seating accom-modations, so that more chairs and benches had to be brought in. Some had sent their presents arid others brought their offerings with them, all of which were for the decorating and furnishing of the gymnasium and the association's kitchenette. The ceremony took place in the big gymnasium room. At the side was a background of green and in the center was a beautiful arch of white with white and pink carnations and at the sides were large palms. From the arch hung the wedding bell of white with white' and pink carna-tions. In front was the wedding car-pet of green—only it happened to be a grass rug. . The bride, Miss Ethel Holloway, looked very lovely in a creation of white satin and point lace, and the groom, Miss Marie Gebhart, was equally handsome .in evening dress. Miss Florence Landgraph was maid of honor, Miss Jean McHolland best man, Miss Mabel Hurley flower girl. The bridesmaids were Miss Florence Keck, Miss Jennie Englehart, Miss Pearl Holly, Miss Anna Sutcliff e, Miss Lillian Gresh and the ushers , were Miss Jestina Dissinger, Miss Mary Smith, Miss Eathrine Gerber. The ribbon bearers were Margaret Mullen and Elizabeth Ritts and the ring bearers Louise Shay, and Mildred Ed-wards.. Miss Emma Wassner was the ^minister," Miss Grace Shearer the bride's father, Miss Florence Kitchen the groom's mother, Anna Himmelr berger the bride's little brother, Miss Edna Landis the bride's cousin from San Francisco, and Miss Alice Elder the bride's mother. Full dress was the rule and the effect was captivat-ing. Present were eighty, all femin-ine. There was no , parody of the marriage service but a humorous satire of marriage with poor man as the victim. The sham groom was made to feel even smaller than the real groom does under the ordeal, which of course meant getting him down to the vanishing point. After the ceremony the guests were invited into the reception room where punch and wafers wore served and where the bride 's family, tried to shed the usual tears over her. misfortune. Hero was the bride 's table with an-other marriage bell and with string-ers of white and pink carnations and a largo imitation wedding cake, around which tho bride's family thronged. Tho groom was also there. Tho presents—all for tho bride of course—included: 4 pennants , 1 con-tor- pioco , 4 books, Donnison decor-ating outfit and napkins , 8 pictures framed , 2 mottoes, % cooking pans, 1 electric plate, punch ladle, embroider-ed pillow top, cushion , pair hand tow-els, 12 tea towels, popper and salt shakers, C potted geraniums , 2 meat platters, and ijilf) in cash with which wore purchased tho following, 8 dozen cups and saucers, 3 dozen small plates, 8 dozen largo plates'. In tho list of tho presents as supplied to tho Press is "1 cork scrow." It was prob-ably for tho groom, but what ho can do with it in Horshoy is a problem. Doubtless , however, his wife will promptly take It away from him. Throughout tho hour and a half there was delightful music from the Victrola and everybody enjoyed tho evening. While men wore excluded from tho mock wedding there is now a general invitation to visit tho club room and see what an attractive placo It; is. The Coming Play In tho play, which tho Gymnasium Claflfijsof tho Young Women's Chris-tian "Association i is to give pn tho 17th of December to raise, funds for fur-nishing tho rooms, tho part of Mrs. Flnnogan will bo taken by Miss. Kathorino Mumma, who Is one of tho best amateur artists of Horshoy. This play Is a flno Christmas comedy full of opportunities for spectacular effects and It is expected to draw a very lnrgo audionco. Ono of tho biggest shipments of cocoa>, beans over received by a choco-late company arrived at t)io Horshoy factory Inst Monday morning. It filled 22 cars. 22 Cars of Cocoa Beans The postofflco department is adver-tising for bids for a ' mail messenger at Dorry Church to take placo of Frank Uonfantl , resigned. Applica-tions for bids can- bo had by applying at the Dorry Church pofltofllco on or boforo Deo. 1st, 11)14.' Applicants must bo over sixteen years old of good reputation. '. ¦ . .1 ' ¦ ' , ' ¦' ' l,. ' . Mail Messenger Wanted Maurice Hinkle was painfully in-jured at tho Factory on Monday aft-ernoon. While stopping from a plat-form to another building ho made a misstep running his hand thrpugh a* pane of glass,' inflicting a deep gash in tho palm of his hand, On Tues-day Harry Gingrich while replacing tho pane of glass severely cut tho middle finger on his loft hand* . Maurice Hinkle Hurt Their Presentation of Claim Ninety Six Successful From Every Point of View. It Was. for the Bene-fit of the Band. Two Excel-lent Specialties Encored Last Friday evening was one of the the coldest November nights on re-cord. The murcury was low and the wind was high and ordinarily every-body would have stayed home and hugged the fire, but it was not an or-dinary night, and over five hundred brave spirits braved the weather and made their way to the Hershey Park Theater to see the Eureka Amateur Players/ which is the name' of the or-ganization that takes in the local dramatic talent. The attendance was in itself a tremendous tribute to the popularity of" the players, to the in-defatigability of Director Feese and to the merits of the Hershey Band that received the financial profits. In spite of the cold it was a de-lightful evening. There was nothing slow about the play ; there was action all the timejin all the five acts thrills followed quickly. This wajs the cast: Jerry Mack—A Salbon Keeper Morris H. Hinkle Guy Lester—Mack's Partner.... Abe Dearolf Charley Grey—Owner of Claim 96 C. L. Bender Arthur Brandon—A Banker . ," C. A. Magee Major Dolittle—A Speculator.... G. E. Hollingsworth Peterson—A Yankee Apple Sass Man ... .". C. L. Garman Sacramento Joe—A Relic of By-gone Days ....... Harry Parker Ebony—A Colored Bootblack. . Lewis Brinker Nell (The Little Nugget)—All / Pure Gold Sadie Hummel Bell—Jerry Mack's Wife ....... Mabel Phasey Mrs. Brandon—The Banker's Wife Abagail Gordon Jennie Lester—Guy's Sister..... Mary Snavely Bessie Grey—Grey's Wife Irene Galebach. Officer Ralph Fiore The fact that not the slightest prompting was needed during the evening showed how well the play had been learned and rehearsed, and so everyone in the cast deserves high praise. Most of the heavy work fell upon Mr. Hinkle and Mr. Dearolf and they carried it through with great credit. Both made striking figures and both handled themselves well. Mr. Garman as the Yankee and Mr. Brinker as the coon did the comedy with entire success and realized the full value of their lines. Mr. Bender, Mr. Magee, Mr. Hollingsworth and Mr. Parker acquitted themselves handsomely and Ralph Fiore made a good officer. The ladjes in the cast were all fine, especially Miss Hummel and Mrs. Phasey, who had the main female parts. Miss Gordon , Miss Snavely and Miss Galebach all won honors. There were two specialties. Tho first was Loraine and Spahr. Tho audience was delighted to find in ^'Loraine" the ever clever Mrs. Phasey and she was enthusiastically applaud-ed. Miss Spahr proved herself to bo a real comedy artist, dressing tho part with great humor and carrying it through admirably. This act was fresh , good and successful. Tho sec-ond specialty was tho sextette from "Lucia" by Messrs Doramo, Librora and Tollis, members of tho Hershey Band. It was tho artistic number of tho evening and the performers wore called back. As' nn encore Fred Doramo gave "Tho Rosary." , Tho full Horshoy Band was pres-ent under tho leadership of Director Feese and its numbers ovokod con-stant approbation. Mr, Feese was tho busiest man of tho ovnning and tho success of tho whole performance was mainly duo to his energy and initia-tive. Eureka Amateur Players Win Applause and Dollars A white winter radish weighing live pounds, and sovon ounces ia be-ing exhibited at tho general store of Goorgo Ylngst in Dorry Church. The radish Is a freak , with tho largo por-tion perfectly formed with several other sprouts of tho vegetable en-twined about it. Tho radish was raised in Mr. Yin(rst's garden and was taken from tho ground on Saturday. A Curious Radish The Church of tho Brethren will hold their annual fall lovofoast at Spring Crook mooting house near Horshoy on the evening boforo Thanksgiving and on Thanksgiving Day, November 2I> and 20. . ¦ •?•- ¦ ¦ — Lovefeast Near Hershey On Thanksgiving Day tho members of tho Young Women's Christian As-sociation will httvo a family dinner and will onjoy tho day quietly. Thanksgiving at Y. W. C. A |