The Hershey Press 1916-12-14

              NEW WAREHOUSE
AT THE FACTORY
Big Plant to Have Its Thirty Five
Acres of Floor Space Increased
by the Addition of a Modern
Warehouse for the Stor-age
of Sugar Supply
. A new warehouse will be erected in the
plant of the Hershey Chocolate Company.
It will be of steel, stone and cement and
will have all the modern improvements.
It will be for the storage of sugar and its
capacity will be 35,000 bags.
The factor y now. has floor space equal
to 35 acres, but' the unprecedented bus-iness
of the year has crowded all its
departments ; and - made the providing
of more room absolutely essential . The
new warehouse is one of several additions
that will be undertaken. The work has
been delayed on account of the labor
conditions and the difficulties of getting
building materials.
In the meanwhile new machinery is
being installed every week. There are
several carloads of machines on the tracks
at present and they will be placed in
the big factory before Christmas. So
heavy have been the arrivals of jnachinery
and supplies that there has been consid-erable
trouble in finding men to unload
the cars. The worst is now over, how-ever,
since the 50 carloads of cocoa beans
were handled. . ¦
It is the busiest year the company
has ever known and there seems to be
no let-up. In an official statement
on this page it is shown that the import-ations
of cocoa have doubled since 1910.
Since Hershey was founded in 1903 the
use of cocoa and chocolate in America
has increased four times over and a
very large part of this increase has been
due to the superior processes and pro-ducts
of the Hershey Chocolate Company.
SENIORS ON THE STAGE
They Win Honors at the Hershey
Central Theatre »
Under the very capable management of
Miss Anna H. Lloyd, teacher of English,
the members of the senior class of the
Hershey High School won high honors
at the Hershey Central Theatre Tuesday
evening. They presented Woodman's
three act comedy, "The Professor,"
and it was much enjoyed and applauded
by an audience that well represented
the parents and friends of the class and
the school. There was a fine atmosphere
of friendliness in the theatre and every
bit of- humor raised a laugh. What
particularly impresssed one was the
fine sturdy character of the boys and the
uncommonly high average of beauty
among the girls. It is an unusually
good-looking class and they made a
most attractive health exhibit.
So, it was easy for them to put their
high spirits into the play and to make it
a go from the rising of the curtain to the
going clown thereof. The cast was well
made ; the stage management was ef-fective
and the whole performance was
most creditable. Where all did so well
it would be difficult to discriminate
successfully, so the honors may be dis-tributed
to Jayson Balsbaugh, Ruth
Runkle, Myrtle Hershey, Roy Landis,
John Brenbcrger, Susan Curry, ^Willis
Dressier , Josephine Ferrucci , Esther
Snavel y, Klva Gruber , Otis Long, Mary
Reigle, Virgie Shellenhammer, Angeline
Ferrucci , Lucy Koons, Amos Lehman,
Martin Stable , Moyer Stoucil , and of
course Professor Peters, and last hut not
least , Miss Lloyd.
BI G EXCUR SION SUNDAY
Five Hundred Philadelphia Masons
Will Arrive Here
Sunday morning nex t live hundred
members of Mount Moritih Lodge, Phil-adelphia
, will come to Hershey on a
special train over the Philadelphia and
Rending Railroad, Here they will take
special cars on the Horsliey Transit Line
and will go to Klizabot blown where they
will spend the clay aUhc Masonic Home,
The pilgrimage is one of the largest of
the year, The trip to the Masonic Home
by way , of I lersliey Iuih proven so success-ful
with other parlies of Masons Hint is It
becoming their favorite route. It is
expected flint , many excursions will lie
run this way dining the coining year,
The Philadelphia Musoiih will leav e
Kllziibm blown about four o'clock and
will take the special train n l. Hershey
about live,
MOTHERS' CLUB MEETING
The meeting of the Mothers' Club
pout poned from Tuesday until next
Tuesday livening on niTomil of the play
nl. llio Cenlnil Tlieal.ru , will he ucklrosHud
by Rev . Dr. R. K. But Lerwick and Mr ,
W, L, DubolH will sing a Christmas
solo, Tim program ' Is one of the most
n ltrnclivo In the history of < lu> dull
nnil I f Is hoped nil the menibem will lie
present.
GROWING TASTE FOR CHOCOLATE
NEW STATEMENT FROM THE GOVERNMENT SHOWS
REMARKABLE GROWTH OF THE TRADE AND IN-DUSTRY
IN THE UNITED STATES. FIFTY
MILLION MORE THAN LAST YEAR AND
DOUBLE THE IMPORTS OF 1910.
A growing fondness for chocolate and cocoa is indicated in the greatly increased
imports of crude cocoa into the "United States during the last fiscal year. According
to statistics compiled by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, of the De-partment
of Commerce, a total of 243,232,000 pounds were' purchased abroad during
the fiscal year 1916, which is 50,000,000 pounds more than was bought in 1915 and
double the imports of 1910. This is riot to be accounted for by decreased imports
of manufactured cocoa and chocolate, because we aire buying such products in about
tiie usual quantities. Nor is' it because we are shipping abroad larger quantities of
prepared cocoa and chocolate. It is due solely to a growing taste for chocolate and
and cocoa, especially the former. This is the statement supplied to the Hershey Press
by the United States Department of Commerce.
A most pleasing feature of the growing trade is the fact that some of the producing
countries are now shipping to the United States direct instead of through European
middlemen. One instance in 1916 was a direct shipment of 25 million pounds from
British West Africa, imports from which country heretofore reached the United States
via England. There were marked increases in shipments from Brazil, Portugal, and
French Africa , and a sharp decline in those from the United Kingdom.
The following table compares last year's imports of crude cocoa with those of 1915
and indicates also the principal sources of supply: • : '
IMPORTS OF CRUDE COCOA INTO THE UNITED STATES
Quantities Values
Imported from— 1916 .' 1915 1916 1915
All countries..... . 243,232,000 192,306,000 $34,144,000 $22,893,000
Dominican Rep. . .' ¦ ~ 48,991,000. 46,620,000 6,946,000 5,500,000
Brazil , 45,657,000 19,709,000 6,087,000 2,017,000
Br. W. Indies 39,933,000 40,729,000 6,039,000 5,407,000
Ecuador 31,913,000 33,419,000 4,198,000 3,352,000
Br. W. Africa 25,063,000 17,000 3,832,000 2,000
Venezuela 16,743,000 15,299,000 2,458,000 2,156,000
United Kingdom. . 13,408,000 21,063,000 2,187,000 2,579,000
Portugal 7,532,000 3,517,000 . 1,368,000 512,000
French Africa 2,824,000 - .- . . 424,000 '¦ '.
C u b a . . . . . . . . . . . . ' 2,606,000 . 4,006,000 412,000 518,000
Imports of cocoa from countries other than those given in the table were chiefly
from Dutch Guiana, 1,460,000 pounds;' Chile, 1,524,000 pounds; Haiti,. 1,183,000
pounds; Dutch West Indies, 1,146,000 pounds; and the Dutch East Indies, 831,000
pounds in 1916.
CHRISTMA S FUND
WAS $17,000
Has Been Distributed Among Its
67S Owners. It Represents An
Increase Over Last Year. It
Was Begun in Hershey by
The Trust Company
The Christmas Fund has been a great
success ever since it was started by the
Hershey Trust Company several years
ago.
This year it reached $17,000. It was
participated in by 675 depositors and to
each has been mailed a check represent-ing
his or her part of it. The money
comes at a time for the Christmas buy-ing
and those who received checks seemed
very happy.
Many of them deposited as savings
their checks either in whole or in part.
The influence of the fund has been dis-tinctl
y in the encoura gement of . saving
and a number of good accounts are
are in the Hershey Trust Company
today because of the Christmas fund
idea.
Y. W. C, A. NOTES
The vesper services will be conducted
on Friday evening by Rev. Mr, Taylor,
subject, "Christmas. " This will be
the last, service until the new year.
Tuesday—3 :.'10 to 4 :30; age 10 to 13
years, Raflia an d Gymnasium.
Thursday—3:30 to 4:30, Sewing
class.
Saturday—10:00 to 11:00; age 6 to 10
years, Rafliia and gymnasium,
FUNERAL OF MRS. BIINNER
The funeral of Mrs, Mary Winner ,
wif e of Edward B, Biiiner , of Lebanon ,
and mother of J. lid, Field , of Hershey,
took place Saturday mornin g with a
requiem high mass celebrated in St,
Mary 's Catholic church at 9 o'clock
by Rev. Father Aclnm Christ, Inter-men
t followed at St, Mary 's cemetery,
The pall bearers were : John O'Neill ,
Charles O'Neill , Leo Jones, Edward
Jones, William J. Jones and Ellwood
Blnner,
DEATH OF MISS ELSIE YUNGE
Mows was received in Ilorshoy yester-day
of the doiil.li of Miss ICIsle Yunge
in a hospital at Atlantic City mid It wim
a shock t o those who remember her from
liei' residence of six yours at H igh Point.
MIbh Yun ge was n nut ive of Leipzig hut.
she spent most of her life in America.
She was a woman of line character and
her denth Is much regretted,
PARCEL POST SALE
Tiie Lndies ' Aid Society of the Holy
Trinity Lutheran Church will hold n
Parcel Post sale In the Hot'shuy Central
Theti lro on Snlurclny afternoon nnil
evening, Packages will he on sale from
all jmr lH of the United Stales. Home
iiiuiln candles will he on sulo,
COMMUN ITY TREE
FOR CHRISTMAS
It Will Be on Next Thursday. Njght
of Next Week and Everybody is
Asked to be Present And to
Bring the Children. Rev.
Mr. Taylor Will Speak
Hershey will have a Community Christ-mas
Tree this year and it will be dedi-cated
and illuminated at 7 o'clock next
Thursday—December 21—evening. ,.
It is the joint product of the Mothers'
Club, the Young Women's Christian
Association and the Hershey Men's
Club. Everybody is invited and all
are requested ' to bring the children.
J. B. Leithiser will furnish the tree.
At 7 o'clock the Hershey Band will
play and it will give several numbers
during the program. There will be
carols by the girls of the Young Women's
Christian Association. Rev, Mr. Taylor ,
of Derry Presbyterian Church, will
then give a short address expressive of
the spirit of the Yuletide and the world-wide
vogue of the Christmas tree.
Next will be carols by the sweet singers
of the Men 's Club. All the exercises
will be brief , so that the whole program
will be condensed into the half hour
between 7 and 7:30, Of course the
tree will be illuminated the whole
evening and on all other evenings of
th e Christmas! ide,
Last year Mr, Leithiser furnished a
beautiful tree and the tree this year is
expected to be even larger and hand-somer.
It will probably be brought
from the evergreen grove clown on the
Conewago,
DEATH OF SAMUEL H. CLARK
Samuel I-J , Clark died at. his home nea r
Hershey at 2 o'clock on the morning of
December 7, He was one of the most
remarkable men In the county, During
his life of 93 years he had no serious
illn ess, He was always able to wait
upon himself, Tie shaved himself even
after he had passed his ninetieth year,
I le always refused to ent er Into discussions
or tlinpuf nl ions nnd thus his life had
a serenity which was ideal, All who
knew him esteemed him hi ghly, He
voted for th e Republican candidates
for president since the organization of
tliu party, At the election last, month
ho deposited his ballot nnd then smilingly
told the election officials that It wns
probably the last vote ho would cast,
Ills death was like |iis life—peaceful,
Ho foil to sloop gently and passed away
without pain. Mr , Clark was born
near Mldtllelown August If) , 1833, Fifty
years ago ho bought the farm near Her-shey
which boeunio his homo, He marrleil
Susannah Dewey who survives him ,
Ho leaves two sons, Samuel D, Clnrh ,
manager of the I lorshoy Store, and
Joseph Clnrk , onu of the oldest employees
of thu Hershey Chocolate 'Company ,
There ore eleven grandchildren. The
funeral took place on Snlurclny and wns
lar gely nl.tuiw.lecl,
LARGE BANQUET
AT HERSHEY CAFE
Otterbein " Men's Bible Class Cele-brate
Seventh Anniversary. H.
A. Newton Was Toastmaster
Speeches by Leading Cit-izens.
Great Success
The Otterbein Men's Bible Class
connected with the First United Breth-ren
church observed its seventh anniver-sary
by a banquet at the Hershey Cafe
last Thursday evening. The affair was
in charge of a committee consisting of
H. M. Witman, Dr. M. L, Hershey,
Samuel A. Lutz, Albert Nowlen, A. H.
Newton, Victor Gingrich and Harry Christ.
The invited guests present were: Rev.
R. H. Taylor, pastor of th.e_D£rry Pres-byterian
church, Rev. John Irvin Meek,
pastor of Holy Trinity Lutheran church ,
George C. Signor, Chester W. Ambler,
George Copenhaver and F. B. Saylor.
The members of the class- present
were: Dr. M. L. Hershey, H. M. Witman,
George W. Hauck, Edmund Smith,
William Runkle, LeRoy Ebersole, Albert
Nowlen, J. N. Smith, Harry Christ,
C. Campbell, Edward Harkins, Fred
Pronio, H. M. Imboden, C. L. Garman,
Harry Garman, William Garman, S. H.
Garman, Roy E. Sternberger, J. W.
Kurtz, E. R. Mays, . J. M. . Brahdau,
V..N. Gingrich, Robert Hoffer, H, Smith,
H.' Gibble, S. Purcell, Samuel Lutz,
Harry Weigelt, Stewart Kuhn, Irvin
Slesser, John Spancake, Elmer Jones,
Paul Zentrneyer, James K. Putt, B. F.
Zentmeyer, H. Zentrneyer, Harry Scott,
H. I. Miller, Rev. R. R. Butterwick,
H. A. Newton, Chester Ambler, H. Hab-aker,
D. Frank Garman, G. W. Sneath,
F. Brunner, H. Rhoads, John W. Allen,
Howard Bomgardenr, James W. Millard ,
A. W. Snavely and Samuel Feese.
An excellent lunch was served from the
buffet by Caterer Krause. Dr. M. L.
Hershey, the president of the class, in
welcoming the guests of the evening
gave a short resume of the history of
the class and introduced H. A. Newton
as toastmaster. Prayer was offered
by Rev. John Irvin Meek.
Mr. Newton told of the aims and
purposes of the class. He said that
the object of this organization as well as
of other Bible Classes is the study of
the Bible, believing that the Bible is
the source of all truth. The members
endeavor to make it the rule and guide
of their faith and conduct, and they are
confident that this course of life is the
only one that conduces to man s highest
happiness, This he conceived to be
the mission of the Men's Bible Class.
He said there are other agencies in Her-shey
working toward the same end and
although laboring alon g somewhat dif-ferent
lines were all cooperating to pro-duce
the same result, the establishing
of a higher plane of moral and spiritual
lif e in the . community. Some of these
agencies were represented among .the
guests of the class and in response to
calls of the toastmaster James W, Mil-lard
, superintendent of the Sunday School,
spoke for that organization. George C,
Signor spoke of his experiences in other
places and told of the assistance of the
men in the church in his work.
George Copenhaver described his work
among the boys in the Hershey Industrial
School, RcV. R. II. Taylor and Rev.
John Irvin Meek gave interesting and
instru ctive talks on the work of the
churches for men.
F, 13. Saylor responded for' the Press,
Prof, George W, Hauck for the Public
Schools, and J, M. Brandau for the Men's
Club, H, F. Imboden and Henry I.
Miller also spoke. The speaking closed
wi th an eloquent appeal by Dr, Rev.
R, R, Butt erwick for the formation of
chara cter, th e one valuable thing every
man must possess and without which
success in life is impossible,
Dur'mti the evening numy f nmittur
hymns were sung, wi th Mr, llnuck at
the piano. Altogether the affair was a
mark ed success and the party broke up
at about 10:30,
WILL BE ON CHRI STMAS EVE
The Christmas entertainment of the
United Brethren Church will be held
Sunday evenin g, December 24, A strong
committee is back of it and so an unusual
success is expected,
Dr, M. L. Il orshoy is chairman of
th e music committee and the other mem-bers
are : Miss Edith Hnboclior , Miss
Mary Painter , Miss Vi ola Buyer, George
W, Hauck anil Karl Mays, The'An gel
Song Book will be used In the 'tte'rviee,
All the touchers of the Sunday School
constitute a committee on gifts i>( which
tiie chairman is l.)r. Bu lterwicli,
Committee on decorations: Charles
Stuekoy, chairman : Mm, Cluuies Stuekoy,
Mrs. John Smith , Nlssloy Imbodon,
Myrtle Hersh ey, Fslher Snavely, Rufu s
Mover , I rvin Hess, J, M. Branclnu , and
John Allen.
Literary nnd child-trainin g eonnmltteo i
Mrs, Rtmliel , chalrlacly, MIhhoh Edith
Ilabecker , Esther Mover , Dorst Dleo,
Mnry Paint er and Mrs. Harry Miller,
HERSHEY STORE
FULL OF BEAUTY
Christmas Preparations This •' Year
The Most Extensive Ever Made: .
Larger Stocks in Every Depart-ment.
Efective Illumin-ations
and Decoration
The Hershey Store this year is far ex-celling
its previous records. la the
extent and beauty of its holiday decora-tions
it has set a new pace.' These
decorations are green and red. There
are .artistic boxes with light pouring up-wards
and , with red streaming through
them and the fernlike grasses that they
hold. There are great streamers of
evergreen meeting in the center of the
store and all around are special designs
that express the warm and inviting
spirit of the Chnstmastide. In keeping
with the beauty of the interior the window
displays are unusually attractive.
Already the holiday crowds are visit-ing
the store and they express their
surprise and delight at finding the largest
assortments of'desirable goods they have
ever seen in one store in the Lebanon
Valley. The double-page advertisement
in today 's Hershey Press states the sit-uation
in conservative terms. In fact ,
the goods and the opportunities go quite
beyond what is claimed for them in the
advertisement, which is another source
satisfaction to the customers, who' can
make out their lists and find every-thing
in this one establishment;
The main impression one receives is
that there is a fine abundance of individual
things. It is especially pleasant to see
that there are more of these special favors
for the men. Young ladies tell us they
are driven to dispair to find something
that just suits the particular young men
they wish to please—not only their
own brothers but the nice brothers of
other girls, This year ' the Hershey
Store has provided for this emergency.
There are many things for all kinds of
men.
As for girls there is an almost endless
variety. The jewelry and silver and
gloves and scarfs and scores of other
articles fresh from the makers and if
you don't hurry you will be too late to
get them, for they are going rapidly.
Revolving Christmas trees tell you
where the toys are and there you
find hundreds of delights for the children,
from toy whistles to trains that run
faster than the Hershey Volunteer Fire
Department to a fire in Union Deposit.
While in this part of the store look at
the splendid collection of china and stop
to see the writing desks, sewing baskets,
smoking tables and things that make ex-cellent
gifts. Notice, too, the remark-ably
fine collection of pictures—some-thing
for every taste and all reasonably
priced ,
There are fu rs and waists and fine
dresses for the ladies and there are silk
scarfs and hats and new suits for the
men. All kinds of shoes are in stock.
The grocery and fruit and meat de-partments
never were so good to look at
as they are this year, and their prices
are right.
In the dru g store arc so many fine
gifts that it would take a column to tell
about them, Here, too, you .can get the
best makes of fine candy,
The whole store is a capital exhibit of
modern merchandizing and you need
not go beyond Hershey to find what you
want at prices that cannot be excelled
an ywhere,
A THRIVING LODGE
Woodmen Hold a Booster Meeting
And Have a Good Time
The Hershey Woodmen held an en-thusiastic
booster meeting on December
f> and over fifty members and guests
enjoyed ' every minute of th e evening.
Council Commander Cyrus Garman pre-sided
with „Knrl R, Mays' secretary,
Among the guests were J, II, Wntters,
manager of the Philadelphia District;
Henr y \i, Klugh , head state clerk; Charles
S. Myers, manager of the Hnrrlsbur g
District ; C. Howard I InmbrigliL local
deputy of Keystone Camp; John P.
llallman , council commander of Key-st
one Camp; and Evan II. Gabriel,
There wore many gooi| speeches and
refreshments were served , Mr, Free-man
spoke for Cedar Cunip of Salem,
South Carolina.
Mr, Wa llers will run a membership
campai gn and during this lime the
initiation fee will he reduced from $(">
to $2, The local camp lias 120 members
and Is one of llio best In the state,
A plan is on to raise a degree loam to go
to the Hlnto convention in April to corn-polo
for the national prize.
MR. H. L. PUGH ILL
F, W, Pugh was culled to Lloslon ,
Mass,, by llio serious Illness of his brother
II. L. Pugh , a repres entative for thu
Ilorshoy Chocolate Company In Hint
cKy, Mr. Pugh was taken ill last woek
and last Friday underwent an operation
for np peniliclllH ,
PEACE AND EMPLOYMENT
Germany's Offer Knocks Stocks and
Makes People Think
On Tuesday Germany'announced that
she was ready to discuss peace and the
official report played havoc with the
prices of stocks, especially of the large
group of industrials. Bethlehem Steel
dropped 27 points and wheat made a
wild break of 11 cents. The main
effect of course was on munitions and
it was a great deal more than in the
prices of stocks.
These munitions factories have been
the main influence in advancing wages
abnormally. But it was found that the
big pay may stop even more suddenly
than it started . Already in some places
thousands of men have found themselves
stranded and jobless without due notice.
They were simply discharged and many
of them did not have money enough to
get back home.
Within the week men have returned to
Hershey and asked for their old jobs.
They saw the danger of the munitions
wages and they wanted to connect with
a concern that could promise steady
employment and right treatment.
Thus there has already begun the
movement back to the factories that
keep going whether there be -war or
peace. They do not pay fancy wages
but the pay is sure and regular.
FINE CROWD ON SUNDAY
Union Services Draw Over Six Hun-dred
Presons to Hershey
The union services Sunday afternoon
drew an attendance of nearly seven
hundred, many of them from other
towns and cities. There was great in-terest
to hear Rev. Dr. Charles M.
Jacobs and he fulfilled all expectations.
His address on "What Makes Men"
gripped and held the crowd. There
were many compliments both to the
address and to the speaker. Dr. Jacobs
has a most attractive personality and he
is an orator of very unusual force. A
full report of his lecture will be printed
in next week's Press.
Dr. H. G. Mumma,, vice-president of
the Hershey Men's Club, called the
meeting to order and after the announce-ments
turned it over to Rev. John I.
Meek. Rev. Games of Hummelstown
made the prayer. Mr. Witmeyer led
the singing and Mr. Krause was at the
piano. The choir of the Lutheran church
sang an anthem with much effectiveness.
As soon as the Presbyterians secure
their representative the next meeting
will be announced. The United Brethren
had Bishop Kephart to open the season ;
Dr. Jacobs representing the Lutherans
followed and next will be the Presbyterian.
It is expected to have one of the finest
speakers of the church. After the new
year begins the speakers will be selected
by the Men's Club.
A GREAT SHOW COMING
Volunteer Firemen's Entertainment
to be Held in February
The Hershey Volunteer Firemen 's en-tertainment
committee met Thursday
evenin g,' December 7, and decided to
hold an entertainment on Friday, Feb-ruary
9, 1917, in the Centra l Theatre,
to consist of two reels of motion pictures
five acts of vaudeville and a skit.
Local talent will be used and will be
both male and female. The price of
admission will he 25 cents straight with
no reserved seats. The entertainment
will start nt 7:'lfi o'clock, The committee
hopes to shape the program, so that the
show will be over by 10:20, thereby
allowing the patrons to get to their
homes at a reasonabl e hour and make
good trolley connections,
The next meeting will be held Thurs-da
y evening, December 2, nt 7:30 at the
Central Bureau. The Commit toe Is J. F,
Murray, chairman ; John Daniels, A. T,
Hoilman, JamosK, Putt , Mauric e Hinkl e,
Herbert Sehwoers, George Sclioll and
John Shay.
FRED CLARK STRONGER
Many friends have culled to see Fred
Clark durin g the past week. His con-dition
is such that , he can receive all who
come to see him. There has boon a
marked Im provement, in his condition
durin g the past week, He Is still a
little weak , but his stren gth Is reluming
ra pidly nnd ho Is able to bo about the
house, Dr, Zinim eriiinn Is the attending
ph ysician ,
DEATH OF MR. IMBODEN
John II. Gallatin , of llio Press force,
was call ed to his homo in Anuvllle IiihI .
Wednesday throu gh the cleath of his
fi ttlioi' -ln-luw, George II, lnihodon , one
of Annvlllo 's iiiohI. prominent citizens,
He was ngud 'HH years, I le wns a vet eran
of the Civil War unci Intel been a resident
of Anuvllle for 0!) yours, The funeral
was held on Saturilay,