The Hershey Press 1915-06-17

              Important Changes at the Factory.
New Arrangement Includes Com-
M odious Reception Room,
Upper Waiting Room
and General Room.
The General Office equipment is one
of the most complete and attractive
of' all the important improvements
made this year in the Hershey Choco-late
Factory. The former office was
On the first floor of the central build-ing
at the entrance has been vacated
and is being turned into a handsome
reception 500m. A -broad—stairway
leads to the second .floor and at the
top is the . waiting room. A step
through a doorway ushers one into
the new quarters and the first im-pression
is. of abundant space ¦ and
plenty of daylight.
This immense room, 125 by 125
feet, is part of the new steel and re-inforced
concrete addition, the first
floor of which is used by the printery,
and it is planned not only for Vthe
needs of the present but' for the ex-pansion
. of the future. The seventy
employes, who were so crowded in the
old office, look almost lonesome in
their new home, and they have had to
adjust themselves to conditions. One
change is especially welcome. In the
former room it was sometimes neces-sary
to use the electric light during
the working hours. In , the present
quarters the sides of the room are
practically all glass and they flood
the desks with daylight that needs no
assistance from the electric bulbs.
In ventilation and all the details of
sanitation the arrangements are
scientific. and up-to-date. The air in
the room is as pure and sweet as out
of doors. The toilet accessories and
the' drinking fountains are of the
latest type.
The first desk from the entrance is
that of Mr. D. C. Giles, General Office
Manager of the Hershey Chocolate Com-pany.
Here he receives the many call-ers
during the day and at the same time
has full view of the various forces un-der
him. It is all a steady perfecting
of specific, system, reaching the tens of
thousands of accounts and the scores of
thousands of shipping and information
operations extending over every part of
America and to other countries. No
products in the world have the same dis-tribution
as the Hershey chocolates and
cocoas ; ho factory has an equal touch
with so many customers, and the policy
is that the same courtesy shall be ex-tended
to all, whether the amounts in-volved
be cents or thousands. The sev-enty
men and women under Mr. Giles
do this wonderful work and do it amaz-ingly
well, and there is a fine atmos-phere
of cheerfulness and interest.
The General Office covers the follow-ing
: Credits and collections, located
along the west side of the big room;
the milk department at the northwest
corner; the salesmen's record depart-ment
following in minute detail the
small army of Hershey salesmen in all
parts of the United States ; billing de-partment
; mailing department ; filing
department, and last but not least the
corps of stenographers who occupy the
east side of the room. An idea of the
work done can be gathered from the
fact that about 2,000 pieces of mail mat-ter
go out daily. Hershey 's mail
reaches all parts of the world.
With system and organization super-vised
by President Murrie and directed
by Mr. Giles all this work goes smooth-ly
and effectively. The men and women
who do it are highly trained and in their
social hours are leaders in the uplift and
recreations of the community.
General Offices Occupy
Handsome New Quarters
One of the most largely attended
funerals Horshoy has known was that
of Harry Coppenhavor on Wednesday of
Inst week. His great popularity and
tho deep esteem in which he was hold
wore strikingly shown by tho number
and fooling of those present. Rev. F.
C. Krnpf , his old pastor, came on from
Atlantic City to conduct tho service.
Tho interment was made at tho Re-formed
Cemetery nt Campbolltown.
Mr. Coppenhavor was a member of
Washington Cnmp number 192, Pat-riotic
Order Sons of America, of Pal-myra.
Harry Coppenhaver 's Funeral
Aaron Mowrer 's Funeral
Over a thouannd people attended tho
fnnornl of Aaron Mowror nt tho Old
Mbnnonito Church nt Now Providence ,
Lancaster county , hln former homo,
where tho services wore conducted by
Rov. George S. Rontz, There wore
short; services at his homo in Horshoy
on Thursday evening. Tho floral tri-butes
wore among tho fluent over soon
In Lebanon Valley. One wreath of
Irish pink roses was strikingly beauti-ful;
It was proHontod by tlio gardeners
of Ilontlioy. Mr. Mowror wuh 0110 of
tho most popular men In this com-munity
lind his death at no early mi
ago brough t sincere sorrow to a wide
circle of friends .
Most Successful Conference
Brethren Have Ever Held
Thousands of Visitors Had a Pleas-ant
Time and Departed With Only
Praise for Their Treatment
in Hershey. Town Finest
They Had Seen
Members of the Church of the
Brethren usually avoid superlatives,
but they had to use a few of them in
their final tributes to Hershey and to
the treatment they had received as a
conference and as individuals. Elder
Moore, one of the' patriarchs of the
church, carefully weighing his words,
called Hershey "the finest, most ar-tistic
and most sensible town" he had
seen and pronounced M. S. Hershey
"a big, broad, far-seeing man with a
lot of horse sense." Mr. Moore had
been at the conference from the be-ginning;
he had talked with mem-bers;
be had probably the most com-plete
knowledge of sentiment and
the general experience, and he had
heard not a single complaint from
anyone, excepting- that the acoustics
of the Convention Hall might be bet-ter
and the bridges across Spring
Creek wider—both . of which improve-ments
will be made at an early date.
Talks with the leaders resulted in
the general verdict that never had a
conference been so well- sheltered and
served. The three auditoriums and
the two open air places—the band
stand and the base ball, field—gave
unusual facilities and enabled the
Brethren to greatly increase their
programs. Never at any Conference
were so many of their speakers heard.
There was no crowding in accom-modations.
Several thousand more
could have been taken care of in Her-shey
and vicinity. Not one-half of
the' extra. '< cots provided in Hershey
were occupied. The feeding was done
very capably. Nothing gave out.
Service was prompt and the Hershey
system of checks prevented any pos-sible
overcharging.
In every department and in every
part of the grounds and farms the
Hershey organization worked with
zeal and harmony. ¦-. Never was the
local spirit of cooperation so finely
shown. All were on the job and all
took personal pride in snowing that
Hershey was equal to any test. "The
Hershey management more than car-ried
out its promises to us in every
detail," said a member of the com-mittee,
"and the Annual Meeting this
year had the best care it has ever
known." One opoint that was much
appreciated was the fact that the
Hershey representatives helped so
well that the members of the com-mittees
were enabled to attend meet-ings;
in other conferences they were
busy managing the comforts and
troubles of their people; in Hershey it
was different. "It was a new experi-ence
for members of some of the com-mittees
to be able to be at meetings,"
said one of them.
Counting up all the days and in-cluding
Sunday's big crowd of over
35.000, the total attendance was about
70,000.
The resolutions adopted by the An-nual
Meeting are given below.
Action of the Conference
General Resolutions Thank Hershey
and Others. Special Resolutions
to President Wilson and
Governor Brumbaugh
The full text of tho general resolu-tions
adopted by the Annual Mooting
of tho Church of tho Brethren is as
follows, and below are tho special
resolutions to President Wilson and
Governor Brumbaugh :
BE IT RESOLVED: First, that the
General Conference of tho Church of
tho Brethren assembled nt Hershey,
Pennsylvania , Juno 8-10, 1915, record
its praise and thanksgiving to our
heavenly Father for tho expression of
His goodness in tho many messages
of love and tho fellowship of tho
brethren and for tho guidance of His
Spirit in tho deliberations of those
things which concern our beloved
brotherhood in tho advancement of tho
kingdom of God,
Second, that wo hereby express our
appreciation to tho Eastern District
of Pennsylvania., and to tho Commit-too
of Arrangements with their help-ers
for their dlllgont and untiring ef-forts
which have contributed to the
success of this mooting.
panies and Traction Lines have made
to the many thousands of our mem-bers
and their friends who have
traveled over their roads.
Sixth, that, we express our thanks
to the Lebanon Daily News for its
correct and adequate reports of the
Conference in its -columns.
Seventh, that in view of the pres-ent
disturbed world conditions, we
urge our members to abstain from all
animated discussion in so far as such
discussion relates to the right or
wrong of either party involved, to ex-ercise
calmness, forbearance and
charity, and to work and pray to the
end that peace may be speedily re-stored
among all nations.
We appreciate the assistance in pre-serving
order as given us by the state
police and thank them for the service
they rendered.
Finally,' that we renew our cove-nant
with God, our Heavenly Father,
that we pledge our loyalty to Jesus
Christ our Savior, and that we fol-low
the Holy Spirit, our Guide and
Comforter; that we as a church strive
earnestly for a larger vision of the
world problems and increase our dili-gence
for the fulfillment Of the, great
mission of the church in the spread of
the Gospel and the disciplining of the
nations.
To President Wilson
The Church of the Brethren, a
peace promoting and a peace observ-ing
body from its foundling, as-sembled
in General Conference at
Hershey, Pennsylvania, June 3-10,
1915, expresses to the Honorable
Woodrow Wilson, President of the
United States of America, its appre-ciation
for his efforts in support of
world peace, and expresses the hope
that the utmost power of his high of-fice
may be used to this end.
Therefore, be it Resolved : .First
that this Conference approves the
course of President Wilson in his ef-forts
to discourage war and maintain
peaceable relations with all the world;
that it commends his spirit of conser-vation,
his words encouraging re-straint
and self-control, his calm
temper and manly character; that this
Conference also record its apprecia-tion
of his humanitarian course in se-curing
relief to tho Belgian suffer-ers,
in his support of Christian work,
and in his strong advocacy of Chris-tian
idoals in all tho walks of public
and private life.
Second, that this Conference re-affirms
its faith in tho Word of God
as tho only perfect standard of con-duct
for men and nations, and de-clares
its unalterable conviction that
tho teachings of Jesus Christ afford
tho only safe and secure basis fox
perpetual peace.
Third , that tho Church renews its
allegiance to its timo-honorcd stand
for peace and tho brotherhood of man,
and urges tho judicial arbitration of
nil international differences; that it
pledges itself to a greater zeal in
spreading tho peace gospel of Jesus
Christ and urges frequent sermons by
its ministers, discussions by its mem-bers
in all their assemblies and
through tho Gospel Messenger to tho
end that it may bo an increasingl y ef-fective
power in tho hands of tho
Master for tho maintenance of peace
and good will among mon and among
tho nations of tho world.
To Governor Brumbaugh
Bo It Resolved , that wo, tho Church
of tho Brethren , which from its earli-est
inception has boon an active ad-vocate
of temperance to tho extent of
prohibitin g its members from tho
distillation of , as well as tho traffic In ,
Intoxicating liquors, commend Broth-er
Brumbaugh and his administration
for tho high ground ho has taken upon
all moral issues, Wo especially com-mend
him for his efforts to secure
Local Option In Pennsylvania as n
stopping stone to tho speedy elimina-tion
of tho legalized traffic in intoxi-cating
liquors from our nation.
Thanks For Hershey
Third , that wo thank Mr. M. S,
Horshoy and tho Horsliey manage-ment
for inviting us to come to this
beautiful place, for their liberal out-lay
of expense and labor to equip tho
wounds and auditorium for our needs,
for tho numerous things which thoy
have ho generously done for our con-venience
since wo nro hero and for an
Invitati on to return a second tlmo.
Fourth , that wo commend the hos-pitality
of tho people of Hershey and
of the surrounding towns for opening
their homos to us, and ministering to
our comforts.
Fifth , that wo «ro grateful for any
concessions which tho Railroad Coin-
Change Made to Accommodate Those
Who Wish to Catch the Earlier
Cars. Band is Better Than
Ever This Year and is
Drawing Attendance
The Sunday concerts of the .Her-shey
Band begin at 2.30 and end at 4.
The hour of beginning was 3, but it
was found that many wished to make
an earlier start for supper and so the
new schedule was adopted. The Band
this year has been augmented and it
has much increased its repertoire. Its
playing shows that it profited well by
its winter rehearsals. There are forty
members, including many artists who
do excellent solo work.
During the church conference there
could be no band playing because the
Brethren are opposed to instru-mental
music. It was the hardest
week. Sam J. Feese has ever known,
for it kept him bottled up, but all the
members were his companions in mis-ery
and just as soon as the Brethren
had departed they got out their in-struments
and tooted to make up for
lost time.
There are concerts every evening
beginning at 7.30 and many automo-bile
parties come to enjoy the music.
For next Sunday the following pro-gram
has been prepared:
Coronation March Meyerbeer
Overture, "William Tell" Rossini
Selection, "Les Contes d'Hoffman"
Safranek
Grand Selection, "Song from 'The
Old Folks'" Lake
(Intermission 15 minutes)
Overture, "Tannhauser " . . . Safranek
Grand Selection, "II Trovatore"..
Verdi
Suite, "Peer Guynt" Grieg
Selection, "The Rose Maiden "...
Cowen
Star Spangled Banner
On Sunday the Band Concerts
Will be From 2.30 to 4 p. m.
Ladies Opposed to Suffrage
One of the most interesting feat-ures
of the big conference last week
was the presence of the Pennsylvania
Association Opposed to Woman Suf-frage.
Tho Association had a tent
on Spring Creek Avenue near tho
Convention Hall and it was a popular
center. Visitors wore charmingly re-ceived
and much literature was dis-tributed.
Miss Sloan of Philadelphia
was in charge and she was assisted
by Miss Morrison of York. Both la-dies
were most effective in their work
and thoy received hundreds of signa-tures
to tho petitions against tho ex-tension
of the suffrage. During tho
week tho tort was visited by Mrs.
Horace Brock of Lebanon , president
of tho Association. Mrs, Brock com-plimented
her aids on their success.
Mrs. Brock, Miss Sloan and Miss Mor-rison
received much social attention
during- their visit to Hershey.
Woodmen Have a Fine Time
There was a general good tlmo at
tho firs t anniversary of the Woodmen
Tuesday evening. Dr. 'M ultima was
tho toastmnstor and tho main speaker
was Head Consul J. B, Ilerslioy, of
McKoosport . About seventy wore
present. The total membership Is
over 150. The Horshoy c«imp is one
of the host In tho county. „
Arrangements are being made to
hold dances at tho main pavilion twice
a week - on the evenings of Wednes-day
and Saturday. It is expected that
a Handing professor will be secured
and ho will bring an orchestra.
Dances Twice a Week
Many Have Already Been Scheduled
arid More Are Arranging Dates.
The Park Has Better Attrac-tions
Than in Any Other
Season. Harrisburg
It promises to be the banner season
for picnics in Hershey Park. The
attractions this year are far in ad-vance
of previous seasons. In addi-tion
to the new Convention Hall there
are enlarged buildings, new recrea-tions
and better dining facilities. A
great deal of construction has been
done and the beauty of the Park has
been much • enhanced. The Zoo is
larger than it was last year. The
amusements include the new stock
company at the theater and .the daily
concerts by the Hershey Band. Some
of the picnics scheduled for . early
dates are:
Wednesday, June 16—Landisville
Union Sunday Schools ; Lebanon
Business College; Grace United Evan-gelical
Sunday School of Steelton.
Thursday, June 17—Fifth Street
Methodist Episcopal Church, Harris-burg;
Ensminger Lumber Company,
Harrisburg.
Saturday, June" 19—Witman Bro-thers,
wholesale grocers, Harrisburg;
Harrisburg Gas Company.
Tuesday, June 22—United Evan-gelical
Sunday School of Harrisburg.
Wednesday, June 23—Harrisburg
Covenant Presbyterian Church ; Ridge
Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church,
Harrisburg.
Thursday, June 24—Derry Street
United Brethren , State Street United
Brethren and Sixth Street United
Brethren , all of Harrisburg.
Friday, June 25—Reformed Union
Sunday Schools of Harrisburg.
Tuesday, June 29—Otterboin Unit-ed
Brethren Sunday School , Harris-burg.
.
Thursday, July 1—Curtin Heights
and Curtin Heights Memorial, Har-risburg.
Picnics in Hershey Park
Will be Numerous This Year
Detectives Did Good Work
Much of the credit for tho safety
and good order of tho big conference
belongs to the excellent work of the
detectives, Charles S. White of York
and Mr. Karr of Philadelphia , assisted
by Ralph Feorio, tho Hershey officer.
Seven arrests were made. The mon
•wore picked up and shipped out of
town before they could begin their
operations and their fate scared away
other thieves who had expected to
take advantage of tho crowds to pick
pockets. In other conferences tho
Brethren suffered from those depreda-tions.
Thoy state that their protec-tion
In Horshoy was tho host thoy
have over had. Mr. White and Mr.
Karr loft very pleasant Impressions in
Horshoy, for thoy are agreeable mon
¦who know how to do thoir worlt well.
Ralph Feorio was steadily on tho job.
An Historic Certificate
John E. Snyder, Esq., Is a director
in the Lancaster and Susquehanna
Turnpike rond unci ho holds his mom-uorshlp
through throe cortlllcatoH , all of
which have l)lstorlcal Interest , but tho
ono of special value has come down to
Mr, Snydor after ' five transfers with
tho fine old signature of Edward Hand ,
one of tho big man of tho Revolution-ary
War. Ho became president of tho
turnpikes company and tho (Into of the
certificate Is Lancaster , April 28,
3802. It is In i\ flno state of preser-vation
and it spells Susquehanna with
a final h. The certificate Is number
103.
It Was an Oldtime Comedy Melo-drama
That Delighted the Audi-ences
and Showed That the Company is Composed of ^
Capable Members
If the Irene Myers Stock Company
is to. be judged by its opening per-formance
its month's stay in Hershey
will be wholly successful. The mem-bers
seemed to enjoy their work and
the'people enjoyed their playing, and
so everybody was satisfied. One of
the best hits of the evening was the
curtain speech of Richard La Salle
who asked these present-as they went
home to pause , at the neighbor's door
and knock—-and say all the good they
could about the show. "But if you
should not happen to like us or our
performance, then—" he paused, and
said pleadingly, "don't knock." The
audience caught the point and ap-plauded
finely—and everybody said
the show was worth while.
It was altogether different from
anything seen in Hershey for many
moons. "The Man of Mystery" was
romance, curdling drama, comedy and
everything we used to see in the good
old days before we were driven to
oculists by moving pictures. Here
was the real thing, none of your milk-and-
water stuff but raw meat and
honest laughter and pistols and pois-on
and virtue having a mighty hard
time of it but coming out on top as
the curtain fell.
The company is good. Richard La-
Salle, the leading man, has presence,
intelligence and force, and he handled
his part with great1, success. Craig
Nelso was unusually fine in a difficult
role; he ought to prove one of the
most capable and popular members
during the Hershey; engagement.
Walter Boss got a warm welcome, for
Hershey seems almost home to him
and the people here like him not only
as an actor but as a man. His negro
part was. excellent; his art has im-proved
since last year; it has more
vigor and sureness. Frank DuFrayne
as the aged absent-minded doctor pre-sented
an admirable piece of charac-ter
work. C. C. Burnison's Bill Burke
was worthy of special praise because
of its sustained convincingness; he
maintained his part as though born to
it. Miss Myers showed irrepressible
vivacity and kept the plot moving.
Miss Kathleen Taylor looked pretty
and acted gracefully. Miss McMaster
was excellent in a thankless part.
Miss Miller as the hag added to the
success of the evening. The perform-ance
went without a hitch and it was
well costumed and staged.
Tonight—Thursday—"The Heart of
Colorado" will be given. It is said
to be a comedy drama of great merit.
Between all the acts moving pictures
are shown and these pictures are
changed every night. The double, at-tractions
make the show one of the
greatest bargains in entertainment
that can be found anywhere. And in
addition there is a lively and popular
orchestra under Charles L. Maurer.
On the opening night this orchestra
was warmly applauded.
A new accession to the orchestra is
Olin Wright,.the violinist. He is an
artist of fine ability and experience
and his work was received with gen-eral
favor. Mr. Wright also plays
the trombone ably. He has been with
the Municipal Band of Philadelphia
and with Parkers' Band of Boston,
both famous organizations.
Plays For Next Week
For the first half of next week, be-ginning
Monday evening, the very
strong drama of "Ishmaol" will be
given , with this cast: Ishmael
Worth , Richard LaSalle; Judge
Merlin , Frank Du Frayne; Lord Vin-cent,
Craig Neslo; Ralph Walsh, Wal-ter
Boss; Benjamin Burgho and
Thomas Roilly, Charles Bunison;
Claudia Merlin ,, Irene Myers; Boat-rice
Middloton , Kathryn Taylor;
Faustina Dugald, draco McMaster.
The play has four acts, all strong.
"Tho Opera Singer" will bo given
tho second half of tho week, begin-ning
Thursday, with tho following
cast: Mr. Bonder, Walter Boss; Al-fred
, Richard LnSallo; Tom, Charles
Bunison; Dnbnoy, Frank DuFrnyno;
McSnnteh , Craig Nolso; Mrs. Bonder,
Amelia Miller; Grotehon , Kathryn
Taylor; Evangeline , Grace' McMaster;
Fife, Irene Myors, The play is in
throe nets, There will bo four roola
of moving pictures at each perform-ance,
New Stock Company Wins
in the Opening Attr action
Fine Implement Display
Many of tho Brethren , who visited
the Implement Department of tho
Horshoy Store Company, said that tho
display of farming implements was
tho finest thoy had over soon.
Forcast For tho W«ok Beginning
Wednesday, June 10, 1915
FOR M I D D L E A T L A N T I C
STATES.—Showers Wednesday and
again beginning Sunday, and continu-in
g Intermittently throughout the
week, Temperatures will bo . above
tho seasonal average,