The Hershey Press 1914-12-10

              It Will Have a Capacity of Many
Thousand Bags and Will be Equip-ped
With Remarkable Flexible
Elevator System. Rapid
Growth of the Plant
- Between the Milk House and the
Hershey Chocolate Factory there will
be erected a great warehouse with
a capacity of .many thousands of bags,
and it will be the largest and most
modern of its kind in' America. It
¦will be 56 feet long, 80 feet wide and
four stories high and will be of re-inforced
concrete and limestone in
harmony with the general architec-ture
of the plant.
An idea of the wonderful growth of
the, Hershey Chocolate Factory may
be gained from the fact that the new
warehouse is officially known as
Building 31. In less than eleven
years these great structures have
been added to the general plan until
today , the plant has floor space . of
over 35 acres and even this total will
be very materially increased by the
warehouse. The necessity for it is
pressing. The Hershey Company is
one of the largest buyers of beans in
the world and its policy is to keep, on
hand full supplies of the best stocks.
The wisdom of this has been notably
shown within the past five months.
The breaking out of the war caught
most manufacturers short of mate-rial.
The Hershey Chocolate Com-pany
was an exception and thus of
all the chocolate and cocoa concerns
in America it was thev one that was
able to meet all home demands with-out
raising rates to its regular • custo-mer
and at the same time to fill the
orders that came from Europe. Hany
thousands of pounds of cocoa have
been shipped from Hershey to Eu-ropean
points, and new orders are
pouring in..
Elevators That go Anywhere
In all its details the Hershey plant
stands for efficiency but the new
warehouse' will have a kink that
seems to border on . the impossible,
arid yet it is simply' a new achieve-ment
in mechanical skill. The popu-lar
conception of an elevator is the
machine that runs up and down. The
ordinary course of a bag of cocoa
beans under the old plan would be:
It would be hauled from the car to
the elevator, taken iip in the elevator
to a floor and then hauled to its desti-nation—
three handlings with much
zigzagging. The new elevator sys-tem
will be flexible; it will wind its
way to the point required; thus it
will take the bag at the car and de-liver
it where wanted.
This service appropriately supple-ments
the other equipment of the fac-tory
in which the ingenious use of the
gravity system tumbles the mate-rials
from operation to operation and
finally into the cars for shipment.
So the flexible elevators will take
the raw materials from the cars to
their storage places, from which they
will emerge when wanted, to be me-chanically
transported from point to
point until they are fully manufac-tured,
boxed , labelled and addressed
and returned to other cars for their
journeys to every part of the coun-try.
Big Bean Storage Building
to be Added to the Factory
Good Comedy Well Played
Hummelslown Club in Excellent Pre-sentation
of Farm Folks
What the initials in the I. T. I.
Club stands for is a profound secret,
but thoro was no mystery about the
organization 's significance last Fri-day.
It stood for clover acting and it
put hum in Ilummolstown. Many
Hershey people wont down to boo it
and thoro wore crowded audiences in
Hummolstown Hall to witness its
stars in "Farm Folks,"
Under the direction of II. R. Laucks
and the management of Ralph C.
Gingrich the play was thoroughly
prepared and admirably presented.
It was not a slow umntour perform-ance
but a delightfully interpreted
comody that pleased everyone who
saw it. Thoro was a matinoo for tho
school children and tho biff crowd at
night contained the loading people
from many miles around, making it
ri social occasion of Importance.
Tho play was in four acts, well
mounted, Mr. Gingrich as tho man
from Now York was handsome and
convincing; Mussor White was capi-tal
as tho farmer Iovor; Edgar Noi-bort
was dignified and forceful and
Bertram Hummol showed flna comody
ability. Miss Mary M. A, Grovo as
tho heroine looked tho part so well
that no one blamed tho men for
wanting to fight for hor. As tho
maid Miss Alberta E. Grovo •was vory
successful. Mifla Ruth White nn tho
mother and Miss Ethel Ebersolo as
tho sister word graceful J Miss .Re-becca'
SutcMo as tho wife was attrac-tive
and Miss Pearl Bohnoy nn tho
Woman in a hurry kept tho audience
,«,s, well as horsolf going. Miss Boat-
Vloo pollers as tho hired girl was one
of tho blR hits of tho evening. In
fact the whole cast was fine and the
audience . enjoyed itself hugely. .
The I. T. I. Club in addition to
keeping people guessing as to' the
meaning of its name does good com-munity
work. Its newest program
is to build three public tennis courts
in the Athletic Park.'
Biweekly Dancing Class
Holds its First . Winter . Assembly in
Hershey Park Pavilion
The Biweekly Dancing Class which
is the outgrowth of the class that met
during the summer and fall held its
first winter assembly at the Hershey
Park Pavilion last night. Among the
members of the class are: ' l
Mr. and Mrs. William F. R. Murrie,
Mr. and Mrs. John E. • Snyder, Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Leithiser, Mr. and Mrs.
Harry N. Herr, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Magee, Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Snavely,
Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Glynn, Mr. and
Mrs. Ezra F. Hershey, Mr. and Mrs.
Lynn R. Meekins, Mr. and Mrs. P. N.
Kasson/ Mr. and Mrs. Allen Walton,
Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Hills, Mr.
and Mrs. Ewing Cain, Mr. and Mrs.
Edwin Hershey, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Walton, Jr., Miss Margaret Leithiser,
Miss • Clara Walmer, Miss Emma
Walton, Miss Anna Mowery,. Miss
Bertha Leibhart, Miss May Hershey,
F. W. Pugh, William Gauss, Russell
Stoner, William Curtis, Joseph R.
Snavely, Edwin Dearnley,. Lynn W.
Meekins, A. R. Hill, Clayton F.
Snavely, Roy Holler.
Touches of Real Winter
But the Country Badly Needed the
Rain and the Snow
Last year the prairie dogs in the
Hershey Zoo did not retire under-ground
until the 23rd of December.
This year they withdrew before the
first of the month. . .
Weather prophets in the Lebanon
Valley, from the goosebone experts
of Reading to the fish students of the
Susquehanna, have been finding signs
of cold weather and promises of
storms.
The chill got in the atmosphere last
week, and on Saturday heavy wraps
came forth. Sunday broke under
weeping clouds and freezing tempera-ture
and Monday kept up the rain and
turned into snow. All the moisture
was gladly welcomed because the
country was very dry and all' the
streams are low, so while the weather
has been gloomy and uncomfortable
it has been very satisfactory. The
farmers like it because they need the
water and the merchants are happy
because it stimulates the Christmas
trade.
Lovely Flowers in Bloom
Hershey Conservatories Full of Beau-ty
For the Christmastide.
Never were the Hershey conserva-tories
so attractive as they are this
week. All the plants are in fine con-dition
and are thriving under the care
of Harry Haverstick and his assist-ants.
The Mansion greenhouse is a bower
of beauty and tho conservatory at
tho Zoo has not only the charm of tho
flowers but also a continuous concert
of music -from tho birds which are
caged there for tho winter months.
Of the two hundred poinsettas in
bloom in tho Mansion greenhouse
some are eight feet in diameter and
are wonderful in color and perfection.
Thoro nro ono hundred cyclamen in
red , white and pink and variations of
color. The five hundred blooming
primroses include all tho now colors.
The Prize Gunner
With tho hunting season drawing
to a close ono hoars many reports
concerning the game shot by tho
hunters during the present season.
II. S. Straub of tho Horshoy Indus-trial
School seems to have established
ono of tho best records among local
gunners by bagging 20 cotton tails
and 1 pheasant.
And if You do Not Hurry With Your
Christmas Shopping You Will Have
to be Satisfied With Leftovers.
Better Start Out Now and
Make Your Purchases
All over the big Hershey Store one
finds the holiday spirit and thousands
of articles for the Christmas season.
Already the sales have ', been large
but many, have- yet to. make their
selections and it is urged that they do
not put off their buying any longer.
Late shopping is never satisfactory.
The same attention cannot , be given
and the same variety cannot be sup-plied.
There are no more courteous
and obliging people anywhere than
the . clerks in the Hershey Store and
they deserve the consideration of the
customers wliom they serve. They
should not be overworked in the clos-ing
hours of the holiday trade. Fur-thermore
the shoppers get better re-sults
when they take time by the fore-lock
and secure what they want.
Fine Array of Goods
Just now it will not be difficult to
shop with satisfaction in the Hershey
Store. The stock is the largest ever
seen in Hershey. In the 28 depart-ments
there, is practically everything
for the home and for the person. The
display of modern furniture is especi-
.ally,..ex.cellent. Christmas should be a
time for home furnishing and here
are all the articles required. Some
of the recent sales include full equip-ments
of rooms, especially dining
rooms. Those who are interested in
the economical home should see the
time-saving devices. Every home
should have an, up-to-date bath room
and here can be found all the things
for it. . „.,
- This year's sale of fine pictures is
the largest the store has ever known.
New shipments . were received this
week and there are many beautiful
works of art among them: Visit the
picture and photograph gallery—ri.t is
a delightful place and you will:be sur-prised
what bargains can be secured
there. The work of the photographer
has made a great hit—there is none
better anywhere.
The Store has been fortunate
in securing an unusually fine
line of clothing, shoes and haber-dashery.
Here is the place to
get your Christmas outfit and you
get quality goods and not mere bar-gain
seconds that soon outlive their
usefulness.
Toys and Fancy Articles
Hundreds of children continue , to
visit the rear part of the store to see
the electrical display and to watch
the railroad train, the trolley car, the
automobile, the sawmill and the other
things in operation. Around are
hundreds of toys, including many
unique mechanical contrivances that
will give joy to children for many
days to come. These toys are going
—be sure to make your purchases
within the next week.
In fancy articles and tableware the
supply is very tempting and in this
respect the drug store competes with
the general store in its offerings. In
fact there are desirable things in all
the departments and the early shop-per
will get the best selection. It is
significant that much trade is coming
from the surrounding country, so that
tho Hershoy Store grows more and
more as a big shopping center for
lower Lebanon Valley.
Only Two Weeks From Today
Christinas Eve Will be Here
State Banks Healthy
Show a Year of Largely Increased
Resources Altogether
Tho 483 banking institutions com-ing
under supervision of tho State
Banking Department have aggregate
assets of 1)51,278,044,051.78, according
to advance shoots of tho twentieth an-nual
report of State Commissioner of
Banking William II. Smith.. The re-port
covers tho summary of state-ments
as of November 2, and shows
tho following:
Trust companies, 207; aggregate
assets, $11,700,587.90 ; accounts, 1,-
182,842, State banks, 179; aggregate
assets, ,f224,309,028.88; accounts, 034,-
102. Savings institutions , 11; aggre-gate
assets, $242,575,884.94; accounts,
408,877. Total resources, Increase
from $1,11)1,308,502.10 In 1013 to $1,-
278,044,051.78.
Travelers Cheques
Tho American Express Company
has resumed tho sale of American Ex-press
Travelers ; QhaauoB, f or Eu- '
ropoan use.
Unique Event to be Held in the Derry
Presbyterian Church and the Pub-lic
is Cordially^ Invited. Nine
Members Will Receive Di-plomas.
The Sermon
An event unique in local . Sunday
School history will be the Graduation
Exercises of the ' Hershey Union
Teacher Training Class in the Derry
Presbyterian Church, next Sunday
evening at 7.30 o/clock. '
This class was organized in . the
spring of 1913 with 25 members un-der
the leadership of Rev. I. Moyer
Hershey, then Secretary of the
Young Men's Christian Association.
They selected as a text-book, Hurl-but's
"Teacher Training Lessons," a
book of great value not only to Sun-day
School teachers, but to Bible stu-dents
generally. It gives in a brief
analytical form the main facts of
Bible history, Bible geography, Bible
institutions; the characteristics of
the pupils in each grade of the Sun-day
School and .the method to teach
each grade; a study of the teacher;
and of the Sunday School as an insti-tution.
In the course of their study,
the members of the class to be gradu-ated
passed successfully four exami-nations
given by the Teacher Train-ing
Superintendent of the Pennsyl-vania
State Sabbath School Associa-tion,
Rev. C. A. Oliver of York, Penna.
There are 9 members of the original
class who have completed the course.
Those who will receive diplomas
are as follows; Miss Elizabeth Mum-ma,
of the Palmyra United Brethren
Sunday School; Miss Mary Snyder, of
the Holy Trinity Lutheran Sunday
School ; Miss Lottie Conrad, Miss
Alice Elder, Miss Clara Moyer, Miss
May Moyer, Mrs. George S. Rent?,
John Cope, Paul Gingrich, Rev. Geo.
S. Rentz, of the Derry Presbyterian
Sunday School.
The sermon at the Graduation Ex-ercises
will be by Rev. I. Moyer Her-shey.
Rev. Hershey taught the class
from the time of organization to the
end of the course. By the special re-quest
of the class, he is coming from
his. new charge in Shamokin to preach
at this service.
The program will be. as follows:
Doxology, Invocation and The Lord's
Prayer, Psalter Reading, Hymn,
Scripture Lesson, Solo, Prof. F. D.
Keboch ; Prayer, Offertory, Miss Lot-tie
Conrad; Hymn, Sermon, Rev. I.
Moyer Hershey; Duet, Miss Elder and
Mrs. Bacastow; Presentation of Di-plomas,
Rev. I. M. Hershey; Hymn,
Benediction!
The Class extends a very cordial
invitation to every one to attend this
Graduation Service.
Teachers Training Class
to be Graduated on Sunday
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Christinas For Others
Sunday School's Treat for the Eu-ropean
Suffers
During the session of the Derry
Presbyterian School last Sunday
morning, the proposal was made to
all the classes that they decide to
send the money usually expended
for the Christmas candy, etc. to tho
suffering people of Europe. Tho
classes in the Main School voted un-animously
to do so. The . spirit in
which tho decision was made was a
fine tribute to the sympathy of tho
members of tho school with the needy
ones across tho waters.
Tho Christmas exercises of tho
School have boon announced for Wed-nesday
ovoninfi', Dec. 23rd . Further
announcement of tho program for
that evening will bo mado later.
Special Gifts For Christmas
Special attention is ' called to tho
Exchange of tho Young Women's
Christian Association. Many now
articles have boon sent in for tho holi-day
season. Tho patronage of tho
general public is invited. Thoro are
very beautiful things that will malto
Christmas presents , including hand-paintod
china , handkerchiefs, chil-dren
's caps, embroidered shirtwaists,
cut leather work and many novelties.
Tho prices nro reasonable considering
that they nro all hand work. This
exchange offers a fine opportunity for
securing individual gifts.
The Male Chorus
Tho Male Chorus hold their second
mooting at the Horshoy Men's Club
on Monday evening at 8 o'clock and
thoro was a fine turn-out , Several
now men wore present and tho attend-ance
was larger than lust Mondny
evening when tho club was organized .
Director W. L. Dubois is vory much
pleased with tho way tho members
have taken hold of tho now organiza-tion
and its success is assured. A.
number of now selections wore re-hearsed.
The members showed ex-cellent
ability. Tho club will moot
every Monday evening at tho Her-p))|
oyyMejn,!fl, Club arid al} men who can
sing arc cordially invited.
Best Pictures Will be Shown
at Hershey Central Theate r
Success of Quo Vadis Justifies En-gagement
of Other Great Dramas
Which Cost Fortunes to Pro-duce.
Audiences Drawing
People From Country
The largest audience that the new
Hershey Central -Theater has yet
held greeted the production of "Quo
Vadis" last Saturday and included a
carload of. people from Palmyra and
scores from the surrounding country.
Hummelstown was well represented.
The success of the feature was com-plete
and there were many congrat-ulations
upon the enterprise in bring-ing
to a place of Hershey's size a
metropolitan attraction. ¦ This suc-cess
has encouraged the management
to offer the very best that .can .be se-cured
regardless of price. So begin-ning
Saturday, December . 19, there
will be big productions like "Quo
Vadis" and two of them on the list
are "The Last Days of Pompeii" and
"Anthony and Cleopatra," marvelous
spectacles, that cost over $50,000 each
to produce.
, For the coming Saturday night the
bill includes "The Hand of Fate," an
intensely interesting three reel
drama and a Keystone comedy. In
addition there will be a fine program
by the Wagnerian Quartette of Leb-anon,
which comes highly recommend-ed.
On Saturday night with its ex-tra
attractions the admission is 10
cents.
On Monday and Wednesday nights
moving pictures are presented for 5
cents, the same quality as cost 10
cents in other places'. Monday night
the reels were wonderfully good, the
one of coal mining being one of the
best ever seen on the screen. Hav-ing
tried out the various companies
and eliminated the common-, the old
and the merely sensational the man-agement
can now assure quality and
interest at every performance—the
best that can be got in the country.
Librar y Reserves Books
New Plan Especially Convenient for
.Out-of-Town Members
The "Reserves Request" system,
started at the Hershey Free Public
Library on Monday, is an advantage
not only to members who ' re-side
in Hershey, but particular-ly
to those ' living in the neigh-boring
towns. The plan is sim-ple
and it is expected that many will
avail themselves of the convenience.
If the book desired is temporarily out
of the Library, the Librarian will re-serve
it for three days after it is re-turned
for the person making the re-quest.
In this way those who do not
come to Hershey daily may have
books held for them. The member-ship
and the circulation" continue to
increase rapidly. Sixteen persons
joined the Library last week. There
were 202 exchanges, compared with
192 the preceding , week. Most en-couraging
was the number of juven-ile
books taken out. This was 96, an
increase of 21.
Fiction continues to exceed all oth-er
classes in popularity. It corn-prised
nearly 87 per cent of the adult
books exchanged and over 63 per cent
of the juveniles. The non-fiction ,
however, is gaining steadily, 57
volumes of this class having boon road
during tho week, while tho previous
week's record was 42.
New Spirit For Christmas
Juniors Will Give up Entertainment
and do Useful Work
All juniors between tho agos of 7
and 12 aro invited to tho Yountf Wom-en's
Christian Association gymnas-ium
Saturday, December 10, at 2 p.
in. Instead of tho regular Christmas
party tho children will bo taught to
make gifts for their fathers and
mothers and tlio motive of usefulness
will bo strongly urged. Tho older
juniors between tho ages of 12 and 10
will moot on Tuesday afternoon De-cember
22 after school and thoy will
also make Christmas gifts on tho
same linos. In view of tho tragedy
of tho groat war and tho hard times
reported In mnny of tho industrial
condors of tho United States it wns
thought to ho n proper season to
change tho idea of more entertain-ment
for tho Christmas season and to
Inculcate tho spirit of service and
work. Tho ghis have taken to the
now idea with groat interest and
earnestness.
Punish ing the Par ents
Henry Flttory, a North AnnvHIo
township farmer, was taken to jail to
servo five days for falling to send Mb
13-year-old daughter to nchool.
William Goto, ,a neighbor, who hud
rofuflod to send his Hon , paid 'Squire
John F. Light a fine.
Dr. Sherman Gulps Address
Finest of the Season so Far
He Greatly Pleased the Large Au-dience
Present at the Sunday Aft-ernoon
Meeting in the Hershey
Central Theater. Music by
the Ladies' Glee Club
Last Sunday , was about as dismal
a day as could be imagined, but the
weather did not prevent the gather-ing
of a good-sized audience in the
Hershey Central Theater to enjoy the
address and the services. And en-joy
it they did, for the speaker proved
to be the most interesting ,and suc-cessful
of all who have appeared in
Hershey this season. Dr. W. T.
Sherman Gulp had been announced as
"one of the kings of the platform
whose messages are 'brilliant with
satire, wit and humor"—rather a diffi-cult
promise to live up to, but Dr.
Gulp fulfilled all expectations and
justified every word that ' had been
said about him.
Presiding was Ezra F. Hershey
who made a graceful little address
telling of the value of the Sunday
afternoon meetings and "expressing
his pleasure over the good attendance
in spite of the inclement day and add-ing
that with such speakers as the
Hershey Men's Club has provided
there should be crowded : audiences
every Sunday. He asked G. H. Seiler
of Swatara to read the scripture les-son
and make the prayer. The ush-ers
were M. S. May, Frank Garmam
Roy Mumma, A. T. Heilman.
The Glee Club of the Young Wom-en's.
Christian Association sang very
effectively. The congregational sing-ing
was under Professor F. D. Ke-boch.
Miss Mumma and Miss Boyer
were at the piano.
Dr. Chip spoke on "Uncrowned
Kings." These Kings were- the men
and women of the common people who
make their lives worth while to them-selves
and their fellow beings. His
lecture was a scintillating look at
the whole scheme of existence with
special dwelling upon the, problems of
childhood, community health and in-dividual
uplift. It was full of good
stories, flashes of inspiration and
common ^ sense. He was especially
strong, against cigarette smoking.
The time had come when the man
who drank could not find a job with
the better corporations and ' firms.
The time will soon be here when the
tobacco test will be as firmly applied
as the liquor test is today. He be-lieved
liquor would be legislated out
of America within twenty years—and
perhaps sooner. Tests made within
the past three weeks had shown that
cigarettes reduce a boy's efficiency 15
per cent.
Dr. Gulp said he had heard of Her-shey
as the most amazing, the most
beautiful and the most healthy model
village in the United States. "You
ought to be happy in such surround-ing,"
he said. Modern industrial
leaders have awakened to the value
of proper living conditions. He drew
a vivid contrast between the crowded
tenements of cities and towns like
Hershey, "where some genius has
built up a community with conditions
in which the individual may ' have a
larger measure of happiness and use-fulness."
He had some knowledge of
tho splendid school work in Hershey
and ho congratulated the people on
their good fortune, Dr. Gulp is a
specialist in child psychology and his
address was largely a plea for the
children , but it was at the same time
a powerful presentation of the gos-pel
of right living. It hold the audi-ence
for over an,hour and all agreed
that it was tho best of the
^
speeches
of tho season. ' i , ,
Next Sunday tho speaker will be
Dr. Byron W, King, president of
King 's School of Oratory, Pittsburg,
on "Lessons From tho Bible." Dr.
Culp congratulated tho people of
Horshoy on tho treat in storo for
thorn. Ho pronounced Dr. King one
of tho groat actors and orators of the
day, and ho said his Horshoy address
would bo wonderful interesting. As
usual, tho mooting next Sunday after-noon
will bo at ft o'clock.
Hershey Glee Club
Miss Esther Hummol of Hummols-town
has join ed tho Gloo Club. Tho
club has now 211 members. Tho man-ager
Is Miss Alice Elder; Misu
Blanche W(
lngort is tho director, and
Miss Kathorino Mumma is, tho pianist.
Tho club moots every Mon'day even-ing
at 6.80. After tho present work
of tho club is out of tho way it will
begin on an Eastor program.
Four Fine Hogs
Four fine specimens of hogs aver-aging
over 300 pounds apiece wore
butchered by Robert Stable at his
farm hoar Horshoy on Monday,
Goorgo KHno of Campbolltown was
tho head butcher and his assistants
wore Mr. and Mrs. Frank Miller and
Charles' Stable of West Hunovor and
Mrs, J. B. Painter, Mrs. John ' Lent*
and Mrs. Aaron Zuvor.
A largo family dinner was held at
tho homo of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
Fanslor in Palmyra on Sunday in
honor of their son Herman and thoir
daughter Mrs. Goorgo Roam who wore
recently married. Guests to the num-ber
of 24 including tho Fanslor and
Roam families wore present. Thoy en-joyed
ri largo turkey dinner. Among
tho guests wore several from Hor-shoy.
Turkev Dinner
Mrs, .nimos inward , of .nivn Avonuo
has apples which Hho put away in
1918. When sho brought tliom out
thoy wore In flno shape and thoy ro-tiaih
od 'thoir flavor remarkably.
Apples Well Preserved
Tho regular monthly mooting of
tho Woodmen of tho World will bo
hold on next Tuesday evening. Doc.
IB at which timo tho officers for tho
ensuing year will bo elected, AH
meetings nro hold In tho P. O. S. of
A. hall.
Woodmen's New Officers