The Hershey Press 1915-06-24

              Improvement Will be One of the Most
Important Made in Hershey and
Will Give a New Attraction
to the . Chief Corner of
the Town. Gardens
The big Hershey Store which has
been admired as a fine type of
pure . Spanish architecture will be
greatly changed within the next few
weeks. The sides fronting Chocolate
and Cocoa Avenues will be adorned
with the handsomest and most modern
show windows in Lebanon Valley.
Nothing of. equal size and finish will
be found in either Harrisburg or Lan-caster.
The designs are by Mr. Urban, the
architect, and the work will be done
by Mr. W. H. Flick, the Lancaster
contractor, who built the' Store and
Inn, the residences of Mr. Hershey,
Mr. Leithiser and Mr. Snavely, and
Y. W. C. A., the Men's Club, two of
the new houses in East Hershey and
other buildings here and the Hershey
Creamery and Carbarn , at Lebanon.
Mr. Flick was in town this week. He
says the new windows will be a great
addition to- the model town.
Four of the windows will be 28 feet
long and two 8 feet long. They will
extend from the building at the vari-ous
corners and run practically the
full length. They will harmonize
with the present architecture and
will be of the best construction. They
will be on Mount Airy, granite bases
with copper cornices and. will have the
Love Brothers system of glassfitting
and ventilating which is new in this
section and which is considered the
finest contrived.
All the windows will be in ma-hogany
finish with backs and ceilings
beautifully carved. The upper glass
will be frosted and lettered. The
fronts will be plate glass and the
largest of the plates will be 9 by 8
feet. The Frink type of window rer
flectors will be used and will make the
windows as light as day. The whole
equipment will enable 'the Store . to
present an unusually effective exhibi-tion
of merchandise.
The grades will be changed so as
to give concrete walks along the
window spaces and between these and
the regular pavement will be sunken
gardens, the idea being to make the
whole arrangement as artistic as pos-sible.
Mr. S. D. Clark, the manager
of the Hershey Store, is enthusiastic
over the improvement.
Handsome Show Windows
For the Hershey Store
Enlarging the Freight Station
Increase in Business Necessities More
Room For Force
For more than a year the office force
at the freight station of the Philadel-phia
and Reading Railroad has been
much, cramped and the need of larger
quarters has been great. Now the
work is being done. Men are busy on
the foundations. The building will be
extended west 25 feet, the extension
being in harmony with the present
structure. The material will bo
stone. The clerical force will occupy
the whole addition.
Man y Visitors at the Cafe
Automobile parties are increasing
and the Hershey Cafe has been their
popular stopping point. Recently the
heads of departments of the Hamilton
Watch Company of Lancaster camo
in motors and had a delightful dinner.
Fifteen of the head men of Witmnn
Brothers of Harrisburg arrived in
machines and had supper. This week
the members of the Ministerial Union
of Harrisburg ended their season with
n very happy banquet at the Cafe and
they took time to see and enjoy Hor-shoy.
Within the past throe weeks
automobiles from many of the big
cities and from more than a dozen
states have arrived, Manager Krauso
has increased his force and the Cnfo
was never bo attractive as it is thin
year.
The Boy Scouts
The Boy Scouts of Company A of
the Horslioy Industrial School under
thoir able loader W. W. Shook ai o do-ing
(lno work in drills and other scout
work. Lust evening the Company
attracted the attention of the llorshoy
people by thoir fine appearance while
marching through the town on thoir
hike to Highland Park, Each wool!
the boys arc given drills and hiked
under the direction of Mr. Shonk.
Mr. McHeffey in Hershey
Mr. Thomas L, McHoffoy has ar-rived
in Horshoy to lako general
charge of nil tho accountings of ,. .the
various Horshoy Interests. Mr. Mc-
HofToy is woll known hero and ho has
boon corriilttlly welcomed, Ho is one
of tho most, experienced accountants
and auditors. In America, His olllco
will bo in the llorshoy Trust Building.
Largest Rose Mat in the World ito be
Seen at Hershey Now in All its
Beauty. It is .Five Hundred
Feet Long. The Varie-ties
That Are Used
One of the unique and most beauti-ful
' sights of the world is to be seen
this month on the big hill .overlooking
Hershey. It is a mass of roses .in all
the shade of red, pink and yellow.
These roses represent ari experi-ment
in ' bank planting and the suc-cess
is simply wonderful. They are
located beside the twin springs on the
northside drive and they make a mat
more than 500 feet long, which is the
largest in the world, so far as is
known.
The varieties are Lady Gay in red,
Hiawatha in pink, Tauchendon in
lighter pink, Prairie Queen in pink,
Evergreen Gem in pink, Pillar of Fire
in red; Gardenia in yellow, . White
Rambler, Pink Roamer.
Altogether there are more than 800
bushes and they are so intertwined
that they have the appearance of a
mass of bloom. It is the most beau-tiful
thing ever seen in Lebanon Val-ley.
Other joys are coming. On the
south driveway will soon be in . bloom
a great bank of yellow lillies. There
are 250 clumps of them and they rise
four feet high.'
This Will be followed fcy great
masses on other banks of Greer's
Mammouth Double Golden Hod.
On the big hill are over 40,000
plants and bushes and most of these
have been arranged to produce strik-ing
effects.
But see the roses while they are in
bloom. They are marvelous.
Last Sunday the trolley car ran to
the summit and did' a , good business
all day. It will run whenever the
traffic warrants. But whether it
runs or not, be sure that you see the
roses. Walk if necessary. Some of
the young women are doing it. Three
of them went up there with an oil
stove a few days ago and cooked their
breakfast.
Thousands of Blooming Roses
Wonderful Sight on Big Hill
Matches on the Golf Course
Links in Fine Condition and Excellent
Scores Being Made
With the golf links in better con-dition
than at any other time, many
interesting matches are being played
over the Hershey course. Under the
instruction of Professor Edward
Dearie, a number of golfers from oth-er
towns including W. S, Glenoble
and Grant Weimar of Lebanon are
playing on the Hershey course.. Al-though
a number of excellent scores
have been made this season, the re-cord
made by Professor Dearie last
summer still stands. Mr. Dearie has
played several matches in Harrisburg
during the past few weeks and has
been successful in all.
Autoed to Pittsbur g
The following autoed to Pittsburg
Friday June 18 and returned Sunday
June 20; Mr. and Mrs. John A. Land-is,
Mr. and Mrs. Earl B. Look and
daughter Anna E. all of Manada Hill ,
Mr. and Mi's. W. A, Landis and daugh-ter
Mary Ester, of Hummelstown, in
a 1914 Cadillac to visit Mr. John A.
Hollinger formerl y of Deiry Town-ship,
who is principal of the Oakland
Schools of Pittsburg. They wont by
Harrisburg, Carlisle, Shippensburg,
Chumbersburg, Ft. Londen , McCon-nollsburg,
Everett, Bedford , Ligonior
and Groonsburg into Pittsliurg. Tho
distance one way 230 milos was made
in loss than 12 hours with a few hours
stop off to see John Allomnns in
Groonsburg. Ho is superintendent of
tho Groonsburg Schools and was for-merly
of Lebanon County. Tho
party passed through some of tho
most beautiful scenery of tho state.
Mr. Meek s Sermons
Mr, John Irvln Meek , who has
charge of tho Lutheran Pariah for the
summer, has made an excellent im-pression
by his Hormons In tho Church
of tho Holy Trinity. Ills congrega-tions
have Increased in slao and ap-preciation.
The change o:f tho eve-ning
sermon to <). !10 should bo borne
in mind , Mr. Mode will preach at
that hour on tho coming Sunday. Mr ,
Mode is making his homo in Horshoy
and Is already popular with tho peo-ple,
Ho is from Mulilonburg Col-logo
whoro ho is president; of his class,
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Cocoa is Playing a Part in
The War Politics of Britain
It is Charged That the Great Manu-facturers
Are . Using Their In-fluence
to Stave off Taxes.
Tory Press Asking Why
Cocoa ,is Exempt
Cocoa is playing a part in the war
politics of Great Britain. The Tories
are wanting to know why it is not
taxed when the taxes on tea and to-bacco
are made sources of public
revenue. Under date of June 10
John S. Steele writes from London :
"A case of political influence pro-tecting
a trade from taxation is that
of cocoa. For many years tea and
tobacco have been heavily taxed in
England, and the tax on tea was in-creased
at the beginning of the war.
These are articles which are consum-ed
by almost everybody and are ideal
revenue producers, because every
penny of tax that is paid by the con-sumer
goes to the Government. It is
also a form of tax easy to collect and
easy to pay, and . there has l)een no
protest against it, because the grocery
and tobacco trades in England are not
total importations of crude cocoa were
72,277,600 pounds , valued at $8,873,-
709. Thus in ten years the quantity
as well as ,.the value much more than
doubled.
The importations of manufactured
cocoas and chocolates were valued at
$726,895 in 1904 and $706,930 in 1914,
showing a decrease for- the ten years*
due to the fact that the home pro-ducts
were better than those of for-eign
make.
As a matter of fact America has
been selling more cocoas and choco-lates-
to Europe. Ten years ago the
total was $250,684; in 1914 it was
$336,940, and this year it is probably
in excess of a half million—possibly
very much more.
organized and have no political in-fluence.
One would think that when
tea was taxed and was a large
revenue producer, its two chief rivals,
coffee and cocoa, would also be called
on to bear their share. The reason
why coffee is not taxed is because so
little of it is consumed in England that
the tax would not be worth while and
would probably give more trouble in
collection than the small return would
be worth. This is not the case, how-ever,
with cocoa. Immense quantities
of this beverage are drunk in England
and the cocoa trade is one of the
greatest and most flourishing in the
country. It is also one of the most
powerfu l, and it owes a great deal of
its power to the fact that the Cad-burys,
Rowntrees and Frys, tlie three
great Quaker cocoa making families,
own and control a large section of the
the papers. Those they own are the
London Daily News and Star
and papers in Birmingham , York,
Sheffield and a number of other pro-vincial
cities,
"In addition to those which they
own outright they have investments
in a number of others, and in addition
to this powerful influence they are all
heavy contributors to tho Liberal
party funds. Ever since the begin-ning
of tho war there ' has boon a
steady outcry—from tho Tory press,
it is true—for a tux on cocoa, but it
has 1 not lTeoii noticed by tho Govern-ment
oven sufficiently to draw forth
an explanation why cocoa is exempt."
In tho now tariff law of America
tho duty on chocolate and cocoa un-sweetened
, prepared or manufactured ,
is 8 per cent ad valorem and tho duty
on chocolate and cocoa sweetened ,
prepared or manufactured , valued at
20 cents por pound or loss is 2 cents
a pound , Owing to tho .superiority
of tho best manufactures of American
chocolate and cocoa tho importations
are not largo, Cocoa beans pay no
duty in America.
AHtonlHlilng Increase
It is hard to realize tho Increase
that has come in tho cocoa business
in tho United States since llorshoy
was begun. The figures are even be-yond
tlie almoflt incredible Htatistics
which tho llorshoy Press printed a
fow months ago. A copy of tho
Statistical Abstract, tho ofllclal pub-lication
of tho Government , has just
como to tho Press; It has tho very
latest authoritative information,
From It wo learn that tho Importa-tions
of crude cocoa last your reached
a total of 170,207,040 pounds, valued
nt 420,707,700. Much of this came to
llorshoy,
Now hoc tlio contrast. In 1004, tho
your after llorshoy was , begun , tho
Schaeffer-Houck
The wedding of Miss Hilda B.
Houck of Humrnolstown and Roger
H. . .SchnotTor of Tacoma, Wash., took
place today—Thursday—at Mt. Gret-na.
Miss Houck , who has boon a
teacher in tho Hummelstown schools
for tho past few yours, is a daughter
of Hurvoy B. Houck of Chicago, 111.,
nnd granddaughter of State Secretary
of Internal Affairs , Henry Houck of
Lebanon. , Mr, Sehnoffor is tho Hon of
l')r , U. R, SehnofTor of Hummelstown,
Birthda y Surprise Party
A birthday surprise party arranged
by the . members of the Faithful
Workers Sunday School class of the
United Brethren church was tendered
Mrs. Eli Rhine last Thursday evening
at her home on Cocoa avenue. The
guests gathered at the home early
and passed a pleasant evening with
games and music. Refreshments
were served. Allison Garman, teach-er
of the class, acted as toastmaster.
Among the guests were : Mrs. Charles
Stuckey, Mrs. John Smith, Mrs. Har-ry
Howell, Mrs. Strine, Mrs. J. H.
Gordon, Mrs. John Snavely, Mrs. Har-ry
Keeney, Mrs. S. D. Clark, Mrs. N.
L. Linebaugh, Mrs. Robert Stover,
Mrs. Stauffer, Mrs. Wineland, Mrs.
Ira Kohr, Mrs. Charles . Smith, Mrs.
Klinefelter, Mrs. Paul Edris, and Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel McCorkle of Leb-anon,
Mrs. Joseph Conrad of Hum-melstown
and Mi', and Mrs. Schroll.
Fell From a Cherr y Tree
' Marie, the 11 year old daughter of
Mrs. William Cooper, is lying in a
helpless condition at her home on
Spring Creek avenue as the result of
a fall from a cherry tree last Thurs-day
afternoon, The little girl was
visiting her sister Mrs. Arnold Skiv-ington
on Hershey Dairy No. 8 and
while in the yard picking cherries fell
a distance of 20 feet to tho ground.
She was rendered unconsious. Since
the accident tho girl has boon unable
to walk and it is feared that she may
bo a cripple for life.
Burkholder-Clark
Announcement has boon miulo of;
tho marriage of Miss Susan Biirlmrn
Clark daughter of Mr. and Mrs,
Joseph D. Clark to Chester A, Burk-holdor
on Saturday, June 10,
Mr. Brandau at Conference
Director Brandau of, tlio ilorslioy
Men 's Club was a member of tho eigh-teenth
annual conference of tho Penn-sylvania
Stato Y. M, C, A, Physical
Directors in Philadelphia Inst week.
Tho general thoino was "Health
Habits," and a score of extremely In-teresting
and helpful papers wore
presented. Tho speakers wore load-ers
from Pennsylvania , Massa-chusetts,
Connecticut , Maryland and
other states.
Some Interesting Extracts From His
Long Report in the Gospel Mes- ;
senger, the 'Official Paper of
the Church of the Breth-ren.
Surroundings
One of the ablest bodies attached to
the Church of the Brethren is the
staff of the Gospel Messenger, the of-ficial
organ of the church, The paper
enjoys a worjd-wide circulation and
stands in the front rank of religious
journals. At Hershey the full staff
was present. Editor, D. L. Miller;
Office Editor, J. H. Moore, and Busi-ness
Manager, R. E. Arnold. AH are
men of fine presence and of wide ex-perience
and their headquarters were
much sought. Mr. Moore has held
his responsible place 37 years and
when he decided to retire this year
the whole conference united in a
tribute to his long service and emi-nent
ability. His account of the Her-shey
meeting fills over 20 columns
in the current numbers of the Mes-senger.
In turning out good copy
Mr. Moore is a wonder. It is the
24th Conference that he has report-ed
and the following extracts are
printed because they present some of
the impressions Hershey made on
him:
Approach to Hershey
When our train reached Harrisburg,
shortly before five, it was raining.
There was a delay of only a few min-utes,
in transferring from the Penn-sylvania
road to the Philadelphia and
JJeading, : and then- we were off for
Hershey. The run to Hershey was a
matter of less than a half hour.
Viewed from nature's standpoint, the
scene, as we passed up through the
valley, was charming. Everywhere
the gently-sloping hills were covered
with growing grain and grass, with
an occasional wooded section, and now
and then a field planted to corn.
As compared . with ' the West, the
farms are small, and this makes num-erous
^country residences 'necessary.
The villages have only.a few miles be-tween
them, rendering the population
dense.
Generally speaking, the buildings
are of the more substantial type, and
ornamental shrubbery abounds.
Everything in the way of vegetation
was drinking in the rain, and doing
its best to put on- as fine a growth as
possible, while the favorable part of
the season continues.
Arrived at Hershey
At first sight, even on a rainy day,
Hershey makes a good impression on
the visitors. The town is splendidly
laid out, the streets are broad and
well paved, while the buildings, for
the size of the place, are much more
than ordinarily artistic and attrac-tive.
Everything indicates a love for
neatness, cleanliness, beauty and con-venience.
In fact, Hershey is a new town, and
has the impression of coming fresh
and clean from the band-box,—houses,
lawns, trees and all. It shows what
can be done where everybody is dis-posed
to do his part in making the
town a credit to the community, and
the people make the place their home.
The one man back of all this is Mr.
Milton S. Hershey, who; a few years
ago, laid the foundation for a choco-late
industry, which has since grown
to enormous proportions. With tho
growing industry a town became a
necessity, and Mr. Hershey decided
on a model town , and such a place ho,
with those cooperating with him , has
made it. There is probably nothing
just like it in all tho country.
Soon after reaching Hershey wo
made our way to "Tho Inn ,"—a very
largo two-story building, with tho
second floor sot apart for lodging.
There are nearly one hundred noatly-fitted-
up rooms, and wo were fortu-nate
in securing room No. 34. Here
wo opened up temporary Messenger
headquarters , and proceeded to grind-ing
out those notes. Wo have never
boon more pleasantly located at an
Annual Mooting.
Seeing the Town
Friday morning ushered in u de-lightful
day, and for n gathering of
this typo It was just the right kind of
weather. Everybody seemed cheer-ful
, and Uioho in charge of tho ar-rangements
wore certainly happy.
In tlio afternoon wo wore favored
with an automobile ride over llorshoy,
and some of the surrounding country.
Thoro wore with us Bro. J. E, Miller ,
our nowly-elioson Sunday-school Edi-tor,
Bro. John Hockman , Bro. R. E.
Arnold and Bro. John It, Snydor,
editor of tho Conference Dally. Wo
wora In charge of Mr. Mookins , tlio
ofllclont editor of tho llorshoy Press.
Tho trip was a matter of special
courtesy upon tho part of Mr. Milton
S. Horshey, tho head, heart, and
founder of tho murVolous industry
that linn made tho town of Hershey,
with all of Its splendid surroundings ,
u'practica l possibility,
Following a well-built piko , as it
passed around and up the hillsides,
brought uh to a point nearly 200 foot
abovo the streets of Horslioy, Horo
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Hershey Fine and Artistic
Says Noted Veteran Editor
Association Members Busy With Their
Summer Programs Young Wom-en
Are Enjoying Everything. , =:' ¦•;
Hikes and Out-Door * '
Meals. Conferences
The Ayuda club of the Y. W. C. A.
were entertained at a house party at
Stoverdale over the weekend by two
of its members, Misses Lillian Gresh
and Irene Gerber. Boating, fishing
and other sports were indulged in and
the girls had a general good time.
Misses Alice Elder and Mary Burch
visited the girls over Saturday eve-ning.
Those in the party were :
Misses Anna and Rebecca Sutcliffe,
Mary Grove, Jean MeHolland, Ottie
Emerich, Jestiria Dissiriger, Margaret
Sigmind, Pearl Behney and Blanche
Cassel.
The Board of directors of the as-sociation
are sending Miss Mary Leob
as a delegate to the EJastern Confer-ence
at Silver Bay, Lake George, N.
Y., which will be held from July 20 to
30.
The following girls, Misses Edna
Deckert, Edna Adams and Carolyne
Balsbaugh chaperoned by Miss Mary
Burch , are being sent as delegates of
the Y. W. C. A. to attend the club
girls' council of Camp Nephawin at
Canton, Pa. They will leave Satur-day
June 26.
The Onward Club of the association
has chosen Miss Anna Gordon as a
delegate to attend the High School
girls' Conference at Camp Nephawin
from July 12 to 20.
Mrs. Sallie Stieg and daughters
Pauline and Mary of York were
registered at the Association over
"Saturday and Sunday.
The Up-To-Date Club of the asso-ciation
held an out-door supper in
Hershey Park Monday evening.
No one should miss the girls' base-ball
game at their diamond in West
Hershey Park on this evening—
Thursday. Many of the girls of the
association have learned the game
and two teams have been chosen to
compete for tho championship. Thoro
is lots of good rivalry and tho game
promises to bo exciting and woll con-tested.
Tho teams are in charge of
Misfs Mary Burch.
Miss Nell Stock of Welch Run lias
returned home after visiting her sis-ter
Miss Sarah L. Stock of the Y. W.
C. A.
Tho stand conducted by tho Indies
during tho Church of tho Brethren
Convention was woll patronized and
tho association rcalizee1 a nice sum of
monoy from tho articles sold.
Four girls selected from the differ-ent
clubs of tho association will bo
sent to Camp Nopha -win at Canton ,
Pa,, during tho summer months,
The regular members of tho girls
basketball team of tho Y. W. C. A.
hold their annual outing at Puxtang
park last Friday. Miss Alice Elder
and Miss Mary Burch chaperoned the
parly. Tho members of tho teiun
are : Misses Virginia and Myrtle
Horsliey, Justlna Dlssingor , Kathar-ine
Oarbor , Vorua Stunkoy and Cnro-lyne
Balsbaugh.
Be Sure That You Do No Miss
The Girls' Ball Game Today
<iovornor Brumbaugh bus vetoed
21!l bills of tho recent legislature and
cut down tho appropriations more than
¦tifi.OOO.OOO. Ills Vigorous action has
rocoivod tho praise of tho pooplo and
the criticism of xho organization poli-ticians.
His veto of tho bill repeal-ing
tho full crow law was a surprise
to all.
Governor Brumbau gh's Vetos