The Hershey Press 1917-03-22

              FACTORY RAISE
TEN PER GENT
Fifteen Hundred Time And Piece
Workers Receive Handsome Ad- .
varice in Their Pay; -The
Third Increase in Eighteen.
Months. The Bonus
At noon last Saturday the notice below
was. posted in the factory of the Her-shey
Chocolate. Company. ' It was the
third increase within eighteen months and
six weeks ago the company paid to all
continuously on its payrolls for six months
or longer a bonus amounting .to twenty
per cent on their earnings for 1916.
The liberal policy of the company has
been highly praised and. all the daily
newspapers printed dispatches about the
action of last Saturday. The employees
received the news with great satisfaction.
Fifteen hundred will profit by the raise
which went into effect on Monday of
this week. ¦T he notice follows below: Hershey, March 17, 1917.
I am authorized by the Board of Di-rectors
of this Company to state that
beginning- March 18th, 1917, all factory
employees working on a per hour basis
will receive an increase of 10 per cent in
their compensation.
All employees working on a piece work
basis will also_receive an increase of 10
per cent in their compensation.
Very truly yours,
• W. F. R. Murrie, President.
FLOWER SHOW
APRIL 1 TO 8
Will Be Held in the New Horticultural
Hall. Eight Thousand Bulbs
in Bloom. Free Concerts in
the Park Amphitheatre
Open to the Public »
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The Hershey Flower Show will open
on Palm Sunday, April 1st, and continue
throughout the week, reaching its climax
on Easter Sunday, April 8th. It will
be held in the new Horticultural Hall
which has been rushed to completion for
this important spring event. The new
hall is the stone building on Park Avenue
near Spring Creek formerly occupied by
the Hershey Laundry. It has been en-tirely
transformed and it will accomodate
many hundreds of people. The plan
of the Flower Show calls for a massed
effect in the center so that there will be
plenty of aisle for the circulation of the
crowds. Arrangements are being made
to handle an attendance of 5,000 for any
of the days the show is open. It is ex-pected
that those figures will be reached
on' both Sundays,
On each Sunday there will be a free
concert in the Park Amphitheatre from
2:00 to 5:00 by the full Hershey Band.
It will be the first appearance of the band
during the spring season and a most
attractive program has been arranged,
There will be ample space for the park-ing
of automobiles and visitors will find
everything for their convenience and
comfort.
The details of the big show are being
kept for the visitors but the size of the
exhibit can be guessed from the fact
that ,there will be 8,000 bulbs of differ-ent
kinds in bloom, showing a hundred
kinds of tulips and 150 kinds of hya-cinths
and including every flower and
plant fitted for an Easter exhibit, making
a show that in variety, style and beauty,
and color cannot be eclipsed even In the
big cities, The show is made particu-larly
attractive this year because special
efforts extending over the past twelve
months have secured the latest European
novelties. Some of the bulbs cost as
much a piece as they cost a dozen three
years ago.
Adjoining the Horticultural Hall, in
which the flower show Is hold , is the
tropical greenhouse which never looked
so beautifu l as it docs this year. There
arc three big greenhouses and all of these
will be open to the public, In addition
la the largest free zoo in Pennsylvania
which Is within n minute's walk of the
flower show. Altogether Hershey ex-pects
the first week In April to be one of
the red letter weeks in its history.
A CHANCE FOR THE BOYS
How They May Lenr n Gordon Farm-ing
and MUko Money
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Mr. Hershoy has turned over to Roh-ror
Suavely for cultivation the half-dozen
acres of ground in East Ilcrshoy
extending from the residences to the
quurry and Mr, Snuvoly will sec what
ho can do with it in the raising of po-tatoes,
sweet com, cabbnfio , tomatoes and
email vegetables. Ho will begin oper-ations
about, the middle of next month
and will employ boys of Ilcrtthey arid
vicinity who want to lunrii garden funning
rind at the same time lao paid for their
work. The boys who wish to take ad-vantage
of this opportunity should see
Mr. Suavely or they can leave their
names at the Employment Bureau,
UNION SERVICE
NEXT SUNDAY
Speaker Will Be One of the Stron gest
~ And ..Most Eloquent of Season
Dr. Richards of Lancaster
Will Speak on the Price of
Progress. Program
. Beginning , last fall and continuing
throughout the winter the union services
in the Hershey Central Theatre have had
unprecedented success. The attendance
broke all the records of previous years.
One reason was that every speaker was a
man of large reputation who had aT great
message to deliver. There was not a
weak or indifferent, address in the whole
series. ¦".
Next Sunday, March 25, the services
will close for the season with an address
by Dr. George Warren Richards of Lan-caster
on "The Price of Progress." Dr
Richards is one of the strongest speakers
of- the times. His address goes into the
heart of present day problems and con-ditions.
It is an exposition that everyone
should hear.
John E. Snyder, Esq-, will preside.
There will be special music. The
services begin at 3 p. m. All are cordially
invited. There is no charge of any
kind; not even a collection is taken up.
The purpose is to bring to Hershey the
best speakers and the highest compli-ment
you can pay to this policy is to
attend and enjoy the benefits.
FEED FORMULA S
FOR DAIRYMEN
Professor Lantz 's Information Re-viewed
And Summarized by the
Experts of the Hershey Farm
Company for the Use of
Dairymen. Facts
In his address to the Hershey farmers
and dairymen Professor Lantz of Harris-burg
gave formulas which have since
been summarized by the experts of the
Hershey Farm Company, for this issue
of the Hershey Press. It will be well for
those interested to preserve these for-ulas.
In the course of his remarks Pro-fessor
Lantz said:
"In many localities I find the people
have been taught to define the dairy
cow as a machine which is commonly
used to convert all kinds of provender
rich or poor, good or bad into milk, and
I . want to correct this error. A dairy
cow is not a machine, she is an organism
and highly nervous at that and the
cows which have the most highly nervous
temperament usually are the best pro-ducers
of milk and this nervous organism
must be carefully catered to by supply-ing
its food requirement in healthful
nutritious sources if she is to be ex-pected
to produce the highest quantity
of milk and if we expect to obtain from
her the greatest per cent of profit.
'Aside from the chemical definition of
milk I am going to give you a new phys-icological
definition : milk is decomposed
Mammary Gland. This Mammary Gland
in milk cows is very active in building
new cell structures, which are again
broken down and chemically converted
into milk. The blood carries the . nu-trients
to these important glands on the
same principle that it carries the nu-trients
in the building up processes of
the entire living cell structure of the
system of the cow. As a general rule
nutrients are only carried to this gland
after the other living cells have been sup-plied.
In other words the cow will not
allow her blood to carry the food nutrients
to these organs to be converted into milk
for you until after she has utilized a
sufficient amount for her own life's
maintenance.
"The milk producing capacity of the
cow is governed by the size and activity
of this gland and the capacity of this
organ is influenced by two important
factors, one of which Is hereditary, and
the other food . The first is largely pre-potent
, governed by breed , type, selection
and muling, the Inlmmf ym' g of Wood
lines, the establishment of individual
characteristics etc. The second factor
is largely within the control of the feeder
and the amount of milk :\ cow produces
and its cost, Is dependent upon his know-ledge
and ability to supply the cow
in correct proportions, and within the
capacity of the cow to digest .
"Wo must know or lenrn the food re-quirement
of the cow, and wo must know
the nutritive value of the various feeding
stuffs at our command , and finally unci
most important, of all wo must know how
to combine them In order to produce the
largest milk yield per year, at the lowest
Continued on page 7
A THREE MILE RUN
Allan Fidlor , who Is In charge of the
track work of the Hershey Men's Club,
lms announced a three mile- run from
Palmyra to Hcrshoy will bo hold on the
afternoon of April 14, Any one living in
Palmyra, Ilumniolatown , Annvllle and
Hershoy will bu eligible to compote,
FIFTEEN HUNDRED IN BIG FACTORY GET A WAGE INCREASE
OF 10 PER CENT.
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MEN'S CLUB PLAN
^ BIG EVENING
It Will Be Held Next Thursday to Cel-ebrate
the Reaching of the Four
Hundred Mark in the Mem-bership.
Plenty of Mu-sic.
Indoor Sports
There is a real "400" , in Hershey or
there will be in- a lew days, for the mem^
bership of the Hershey Men's Club is
rapidly approaching that total. It lacks
only a few of the desired goal and each
day new members are being- secured.
It is planned that the figure shall be
reached • within the next week and so
the event is to be properly celebrated by
a great get-to-gether meeting to be held
in the Club on the evening of Thursday,
March 29th. It will be the biggest
meeting in the history of the Organiza-tion.-
The. Hershey Band will furnish
the music and there will be special vocal
selections by the .sweet songsters of the
Club. A program of events will include
contests in swimming, indoor baseball,
volley ball, and boxing. Refreshments
will be served.
The Club . is on the eve of important
improvements and already its' new life
is surpassing every expectation. Since
the recent changes" the attendance has
more than trebled and frequently it
exceeds two hundred in an evening.
One evening last week there were seventy-six
young men and boys present at the
same time. During the whole evening
those who came and went numbered near-ly
two hundred and fifty.
The interest in the sports program for
the spring increases every week, and
Hershey will be very much in the news
during the next six months.
March 30th will be one of the livliest
evenings of the year. There will be a
basketball game between the married
men and the single men for the benefit
of the big team of basket ball players
who have" done such excellent work
during the winter. A crowded house is
assured and it is rumored that the pro-ceeds
will be used to provide a banquet
to the team.
NOT IN THE FASHION SHOW
But They Got the Attention of Thoae
Passing the Store
Mary Culver and Ada Clark , both of
whom are employees of the department
store, were washing the large glass win-dow
Monday afternoon and in some
manner the wooden door which serves
as the entrance to the window became
locked with the result that they were
securely imprisoned.
For nearly half an hour they attempted
to attract the attention of someone
withlp the store but their efforts were in
vain, In the meantime the pusscrsby
were v enjoying the ususual spectacle of
witnessing new styles in the world of
fashion. Finally'to the relief of the actors
In the little comedy a kind-hearted party
appeared upon the scene and notified
llio store officials who immediately re-leased
the embarrassed pair.
SUCCESS IN PRESS ADS
Last week a stove was advertised for
sale In the Hershey Press. Wit hin twority-four.
hours four persons were after it and
it was promptly sold at the price asked.
Wi(.hin a month the Hershey Press has
received seven requests to take adver-tisements
out because they had ac-complished
their purpose, The small
ads of the Press will sell almost anything
or got anything that the average person
wants.
Men and Boys and Girl s Over 16
CAN FIND ATTRACTIV E WORK AT GOOD WAGES IN THE
HERSHE Y CHOCOLATE FACTORY
Ther e are places now open for men and boys and glrla over 16 in th e
factor y of the Herahoy Chocolate Company. The work ia very desirable be-cause
the wages are good, employment is steady and the surroundin gs are
, heal thy and cheerful. Apply by letter or In person to the Herahoy Employ- •
ment Bureau. Bring references.
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HERSHEY GIRLS
IN COMEDY
Young Women .s Christian Associa-tion
to Appear. Physical Train-ing
Classes Will Give Dem-onstration
of the Work
An Excellent Program
Are you going to the Central Theatre
on Tuesday evening, March 27th?
If not, why not? ' At that time the stage
will be occupied by the Young Women's
Christian Association Club girls who will
show you how to conduct "A Business
Meeting" in a strictly parliamentary way.
In the course of this one-act comedy you
will be initiated into the mysteries of by-laws
and constitutions; and you will
have a chance to observe that it is en-tirely
possible for the modern woman to
to transact business, do fancy work,
discuss her neighbors, and rehearse for
an entertainment—all at the same time.
And that it not all. There will also
be a demonstration of the work of the
Physical Training . Department. Great
enthusiasm has been, shown in these
classes throughout the winter and you
will be sure to enjoy the exhibition of
the work that is being done in the gym-nasium.
Altogether, it is an evening's
entertainment that you can't afford to
miss. Come out and see it!
The program will include: "I See You,"
dance of . greeting, Saturday Morning
Class; Wand Drill, Sunshine Class;
Flag Drill by Loyalty Children ; "Motor
March," by Misses Zentmeyer and Hills;
Dumbbell Drill, Evening Class; "Barcar-olle,"
Misses Krebs and Hurley ; Game,
Combined Classes.
"A Business Meeting,", is a farce in one
act with music and the" characters are
as follows: Mrs. Smith, President of Her-shey
Sewing Society, Ruth Lentz ; Miss
Selina Gray, Secretary, Ruth Zoll ; Mrs.
Sampson Hoyt, Katherine Whitman ;
Mrs. Mercy Browne, Pearl Holley ;
Mrs. Growler, Marie Gebhart; Mrs.
Henderson, Erma Meily ; Mrs. Lowell,
Jestina Dissinger; Miss Araminta Sha'rpe,
Mary Smith ; Miss Keene, Agnes Dahm;
Miss White, Helen Spahr,
Should-Immigrants Be Subjected to
a Literary Test
A spirited meeting is promised for to-morrow
afternoon in the Hershey High
School when the, great question as to
whether or not immigrants should be sub-jected
to a literary test, which same
proposition caused more or less friction
between President Wilson and the Am-erican
Congress a few weeks ago, will be
warmly discussed in a debate to be
given under the auspices of the High
School Literary Society, MissIIildaChrlst
and Chester Ebersole will uphold the affirm-ative
side and the negative side will be
taken care of by Miss Josephine Ferrucc!
and Willis Dressier.
In addition to the debate other features
of interest will appear upon the program
which has been arranged by the officers
elected at the last meeting to serve
for a period of six months, These officers
are; President , Otis Long; secretary,
Miss Susan Long; reporter, Miss Myrtle
Hershey; pianist , Miss Martha Kceney.
The program includes: Reading of
minutes, Susan Long; Recitation, Eva
RunUlo; Original Story, Russell Clark ;
Piano Solo, Esta Murri e; Original Story,
Elva Gruberj Paper, "Poetry of Robert
Burns," Susan Curry; Debate, Resolved,
"A Literary Test Should bo Applied
to All Immigrants; " Current Events.
Roy Lnndls.
HIGH SCHOOL DEBATE
NEW COURSES IN
HERSHEY SCHOOL
Over Thirty. Pupils Are in the New
Continuation School And It Is a
Fine Success. The' Boys And.
Girls Are Taught Prac-tical
Things. Plans
According to the Child Labor Law
which went into effect the first of January,
1916, no child under fourteen years of
age is allowed to be employed by any
one and. only persons between the ages of
fourteen and sixteen years who have
finished six grades of school work may be
employed for fifty one hours per week.
The law also provides that there must
be a Continuation School for all persons
employed between the ages of fourteen
and sixteen. These children must at-tend
school eight hours per week.
Mr. Hackett of the Vocational De-partment
of Harrisburg notified the
school authorities of Deny Township
that such a school must be established.
In accordance with these instructions
the Continuation School was opened on
February 8. Thirty-one pupils are now
attending this school which meets each,
Thursday.
The course of study for this school
requires that cooking and sewing be
taught the girls and manual arts be
taught the boys.
The State Department of Education
bears the expense of the teacher this
year and pays more than half the expense
of the equipment necessary for vocational
training. This training can be given to
the children of the regular school without
any extra expense to the district as far
as equipment is concerned.. The school
board made the arrangements for this
work.
The board decided to give the children
of the regular school the advantage of
the extra courses. Miss Mabel Dunning
of Baltimore has been selected to teach
the Continuation School and Domestic
Science. Miss Dunning is a graduate
of Maryland Institute of Baltimore and
she took special work at Johns Hopkins and
at Drexal Institute of Philadelphia.
Miss E>unning organized the work and
taught Domestic Science at the Weston,
West Virginia, High School. She is at
at present teaching the Continuation
Schools at Annville, Palmyra and Her-shey.
The teacher for the manual training has
not been selected. The school authorities
are looking for a good man to take charge
of this work.
The school authorities, feeling a great
need also for a Commercial Course,
decided to establish this course and a
better system of pensmanship.
Edgar F. Schhchter who was the owner
of a commercial school at Chambers-burg
and who was the head of the Com-mercial
School in Hagerstown, Md., and
who has had charge of the commercial
department of the Chambersburg, Pa.,
High School, was selected for the com-mercial
work. He will also have charge
of the penmanship in the grades.
The Domestic Science Department
will include cooking, sewing and dietetics.
Professor Peters has consistently ad-vocated
the expansion of the work in the
Hershey School and these new courses
are very gratifying to him. The school
Board has taken the broad view of the
work and the members have shown every
disposition to increase the school's effi-ciency.
ThcM. S, Hershey Consolidated
School of Deny Township, which is
cited as a fine type of the modern con-solidated
school thus moves into a larger
usefulness, The whole change has been
very stimulating to the teachers.
DANCING SCHOOL
Last Thursday evening marked the
opening of the Hershey Dancing School,
The large class of scholars seemed to
enjoy their first dancing lesson and all of
them did remarkably well. In order
that this class may learn ju st as quickly
as possible the management has secured
Prof, George M, Doyor, Lebanon's oldest
and best dancing instructor , to come here
each Thursday evening from 8 to 10
o'clock. Prof. Iioyer 's services will bo
given without any extra charge. The
admission to the hall is only ten cents.
This low admission is charged so that
many may havo the opportunity of learn-ing
under Professor Hoyer 'n export teach-ing,
including those from Palmyra and
llummelstown.
POPULAR COUPLE MARRIED
Thomas S. Wagner and Miss Dlunch
Augusta Long of Union Deposit were
married ut seven o'clock last Sa turday
evening at the Reformed Church , Hum-mollttown.
The news cunio as a great
surprise to their many friends. Both
are very popular unci they have received
showers of congratulations. When they
returned homo the boys gave them a
great callthumpinn serenade that could
bo heard through a largo part of Leb-anon
Valley.
BOOKS FOUND IN
AN OLD ATTIC
Interesting Discoveries On One of- the
Hershey Farms in the Conewa go
How the Prices of a Hundred
Years Ago Read Tod ay
Whisky Was Cheap
. While tearing out an old attic of the
H. F. Gingrich farm in the Conewago,
which' is now one of the. Hershey prop-erties,
a number of interesting account
books were found. They were hidden
away in; a d.ark corner where they have
rested for nearly a hundred years while
tenants have come and gone. No one
knew of them until James Putt 's workmen
brought them to light. They are now
in the possession of . Russel Stoner and
they have been examined with rare
delight by many. The writing is fine
and beautiful , vastly superior to the av-erage
scrawl of the present day. Every-thing
is precise and neat arid the hundred
years have faded the ink very little.
Such names as Henry, Hoffer and Rider
appear in the books.
Prices in 1818
The following prices are found in these
old accounts for the year L818: Eggs,
at $.10 a dozen; shoes, $.87 1-2 a pair ;
butter, $.16 a lb.; shad, $.20 each; beef ,
$.08 a lb.; salt, $.75 a bu.;"watermillioris,"
$.30 each ; calico, $.37 1-2 a yd.; shot,
$.09 a lb.; sugar, $.16 a lb.; hat, $.75;
5 gal. of oil, $7.00; corn, $.60 a bu.; 1 calf,
$3.00; 3 bu. of wheat,' $5.25; 1 mug of
beer, $.12 1-2; nails, $.12 1-2 a lb.; 1 peck
of salt and some "watermitions," $.60;
1 mug of "cyder," $.12 1-2; 10 baskets of
potatoes, $5.00; 3 yards of "linnen ,"
$1.50; 1 barrel of whiskey, $7.00.
A Very Wet Account
A page of charges to one customer is
given below to show the prices of the
times, and incidentally you will notice
that the principal item was whisky
which then sold for fifty cents a gallon.
If he drank it all it is not surprising that
he is dead. These are the items and the
charges:
3. qts. of whisky, $.37 1-2; 11 1-2 lb.
of bacon, 8 cents per lb;, $.92; 3 bushels
of wheat at $1.25 per bus., $3.75; 3 gal. of
whisky, 50 cents per gal., $1.50; 1-2 gal. of
whisky, $.25; a parcel of ridlirigs of lime,
$1.00; 6 lb. of bacon, $.48; 3 bushels of
wheat, $3.00; 2 1-2 gals, of whisky, $1.25;
a file, $.25; 8 bushels of corn, $4.00; 1 qt.
of whisky, $.12 1-2; glass of puddy, $.75;
5 qts. of whisky, $.62 1-2; 1 qt. of whisky,
$.12 1-2; 1 qt. of whisky, $.12 1-2; 3
bushels of corn, $1.2,0; 2 qts. of whisky,
$.25; 2 qts. of whisky, $.25; 2 qts. of
whisky, $.25; 5 qts. of whisky, $.62 1-2;
2 qt. of whisky, $.25; 1 qt. of whisky,
$.12 1-2; 3 bushels of rye, $1.50; 1 qt. of
whisky, $.12 1-2; 7 lb. bacon, $.45;
8 lb. bacon $.50; 5 lb. of bacon and 1
qt. of whisky, $.35; loads of wood and a
pint of whisky, $1.25,
WAR AGAINST STRAY DOGS
Unless Taxes Are Paid They Will Be
Slaughtered
That some relief will be afforded the
residents of certain sections of Hershey
that have been annoyed during the past
few weeks by the incessant howling and
fighting of dogs is assured by the action
taken by the Dauphin County Com-missioners
at , their meeting Tuesday in
the county Court House. By their
decision all clogs not hearing a 1916 license
tag will be exterminated. Notice has
been served to owners of these an-imals
which include all types of dogs,
house pets, hunting clogs, and mon-grels,
These delinquent taxes must he
paid within thirty days or the dogs must
suffer,
According to the statistics gathered
by the commissioners there are now
732 unlicensed dogs roaming through
Dauphin county with Susquehnnna leading
with 92. Deny township is said to
possess 43 and judging from the com-plaints
the number is not exaggerated.
According to a ruling of the state all
dogs running free upon the streets of a
city or town must be licensed, In id-stances
where it Is proved that the owner
cannot really afford to pay the required
lax the town wherein said owner resides
provides the tag from a source or fund
appropriated for that purpose, Accord-ing
to the ruling all dogs caught without
having this liaYso arc exterminated In
public pounds, A chance is given llio
owners to repossess the clog after it has
been captured by the payment of the
regular feo in addition to a small tax for
previous non-payment,
A FINE DUET
There was an unusually large congre-gation
at ¦ the I Iorsliey Lutheran Church
Sunday and the music wj ih excellent ,
The feature was the duet , "Lo, I am
With You Always," sung by Mr. Dubois
and Mrs, Graoff. Mr. Dubois' fine
voico ia well known but Mrs, Grneff
does not sing na often ua the public
would like to hear her. The duct .Mas
beautifully rendered.