The Hershey Press 1916-01-27

              HERSHEY MEN S CLUB
A SOCIAL CENTER
This Idea Emphasized by Mr , Snyder
At Meetin g Monday Night to Begin
Membershi p Campaign — Forceful
Speakers Tell Why The Support
Of AH Is Needed.
"The important things in life are,
in the order of their value, the mental,
the physical and . the social. A man
with a highly - developed brain and
slight physique can get Somewhere, but
not far. A man of strong physique
and no brain will' not get anywhere.
The man who succeeds has 'brain and
physique, each indispensable to the oth-er.
The social side is important be-cause
a man cannot accomplish much
when lie thinks alone. He must share
his opinions with others. Here in the
Hershey Men's Club we have the oppor-tunity
to develop ourselves in each of
these ways. To my mind the Club
should be more of a social center. The
debating society recently started is a
good thing. I hope it will grow. If
we increase the quality of what the
Club lias to offer, no membership cam-paign
, will be necessary. Men will
seek the opportunity to join." John E.
Snyder thus addressed the membership
meeting of the Hershey Men's Club
Monday evening.
President James W. Millard was in
the chair. In the absence of Vice-Presi-dent
W. R. Bsbenshade, J. M. Brandau
explained, the purpose of the gathering.
A number of memberships expire this
month and the idea is to renew these
and add as many others as possible.
In an apt speech George E. Copen-haver
spol;e of Y. M. C. A. work iti
other places and the importance of de-veloping
the religious and the moral
side of a man's- character. He remind-ed
the audience that liere in Hershey
there are at a low cost advantages
which would cost five times as much
in Philadelphia or other cities.
Frank B. Suavely was introduced.
He said he thought the Club was not
fully appreciated because everything
came too easy. If Hershey did not
have a Men's Club the people would
work hard to get it. Now that they
have it they should enjoy it fully. It
is infinitel y valuable as a place of
training and. recreation for the boys
and the young men of the town.
The . most enthusiastic speaker of the
evening was Gabriel H. Moyer, of Pal-myra.
He dwelt on the worth of bring-ing
out the qualities of leadershi p in
men. The man who gets ahead is the
man who does things on his own initia-tive.
"To increase the menibersflii-p, we
must talk up the Club all the time,"
said Mr. Moyer. "If Mr. Hershey is
willing to put forth his effort, and 'his
money to support such an institution
it is up to -the peopl e to co-operate.
Nowhere in the United Sta tes today is
any man doing more for his town and
Iris fellow-citizens than Mr. Hershey.
What can he bettor than the conserva-tion
of manhood ? That is what rim
Club 1s for , and that is what, it Is
doing."
J. R. Kreldor and Elmer Klepplngcr
made n few remarks on the genera l
subject of the "meeting.
After Mr. Snyder had called atten-tion
to the debating society the pro-grain
for February -' was read by Her-bert
A, Newton. The mooted question
of heredity and environment wil l bo
iMsieussod by four speakers. J. M.
Branda u and Edmund U. Smith will
attempt; to prove the alllrniuhlvo , that
heredity Is the more potent factor, and
the nognllve will bo undertaken by Dr.
H. G. Mamma and Lynn W. Meeklns.
The meeting wan enlivened by sev-era
l musical numbers. Miss Lottie
Conrad's good work at; (he piano
brough t, forth a rising vole of apprecia-tion,
A IIute solo by Mr, Roberts, n
trombone seleelilon by Mr. Grimm and
songs by Mm Men's Club Chorus were
applauded. Afterward refreshments
were served.
MOVING PICTURE PROGRAM
Thiii-Hil iiy , Jiiiiuary li" A Mutual
masterpiece. Wonderful Mae Marsh,
Her Shuttered Idol,
Saturday, January l!ll- I'lss-unay. Mr.
Henry H. Wiilllinll, w i t h Miss Warda
Howard, In the ltnyen, In <l purls,
Mon day, January 111- -llrnndwny fea-ture
. The NiniilleyN , In "Scandal ," n
drama you 'll never forget, In 5 parln.
Wednesday, February li--- A Mutua l
lnnsterplece In fi parts ,
CHORAL SOCIETY
Dlri 't 'liii ' Harry (I, Wllnieyer an-iioiiik
'on tliiiI' ll|<> Chora l Hiiele l.v will
Htarl rehearsals for Mm spring onneer!
next Monday ("veilin g, Januar y 111, nt
8 o'clock In (lie HiWiiibly room of Mio
Hershey Central Theater, All who
sing a i'(» urgeil 'ln in* present,
REVIVAL DRAWS CROWDS
Most Successful in History of United
Brethren ' Church
The revival service's at the. First
United Brethren Church has made a
deep impression on the community and
the surrounding towns. 'So' far there
are over sixty . decisions, including
eight from other places. People from
Hummelstown and Palmyra are at-tending.
Sunday night the congrega-tion
numbered over 400 and was the
largest that ever assembled in the
church... It filled all the seats and
many had to stand.
The feature of these meetings .is the
powerful preaching of Eev. N. L. Line-baugh.
Never has he been so effective
as toe is in these appeals to the people
to lead better lives. He has reached
the young men wonderfully and- over
twenty of them have been converted.
Two recent decisions were by man and
wife.
This "Thursday evening there is a
special invitation to the patriotic or-ganizations
of the town and Mr. Line-baugh
will preach a vigorous and ag-gressive
sermon on "Booze." It is ex-pected
that the church will be filled.
Assisting in the services is a choir of
49 voices under the leadership of Har-ry
G. Witmeyer. The services will
close next Sunday.
PALMYRA'S BIG FIRE
Washin gton House, Gara ge and Eleven
Machines Destro yed.
Palmyra had its most spectacular
fire last Thursday afternoon. Hershey
saw the glare shortly 'before six o'clock
and a few minutes afterwards the local
alarm was sounding. Many jumped on
the six o'clock car and went to Pal-myra.
The Hershey hose carts were
loaded on. a freight car and were hur-ried
to the scene. The engine follow-ed.
The Hershey apparatus was the
first to arrive.
The fire started in the Central Gar-age
next door to 'the Washington Ho-tel
, long a familiar resort for the hun-gry
and thirsty, especially the thirsty,
of Palmyra. This garage was a remod-eled
barn , and was run by Snyder
Brothers. One of the Snyders was re-pairing
Ray Light's automobile when
sparks from an electric wire set fire
to cotton waste and started the trou-ble.
The flames spread so quickly that
only one of a dozen automobiles could
be removed.
The Washington Hotel was soon
burning. By this time most of Pal-myra
's population was assembled.
There was much activity in saving the
furniture , special attention being given
to the kinds in barrels and bottles. The
only parts of the hotel saved were the
front and the porch. The lass was
practically total. The money loss for
property -was about i^ri.OOO, including
the automobiles of Harry Boyer,
Shellsville, Dr. A. L. Hauer, Annville,
Dr. D. S. Bordner, Itay Light, F. Hart-man
, Homer Shiftier, Charles Ziogler.
John Baum, E. M. Bauni, Joseph
Lanck, Snyder Bros., all of Palmyra.
Although a prosperous and growing
town Palmyra has neither a water sup-ply
nor a fire depa rtment. It Invites
destruction. The rea son tlui t im more
of It was burned last Thursday was
because the Annville , Lebanon and
HerHhey departments got on the job
and checked the spread of the Haines.
AN IMPORTANT OCCASION
Annual Meetin g of th e Youn g Women's
Christian Association
The annual mooting of the Young
Women's Christian Association will be
bold In (lie milling room Februa ry Tl-l i
at eight, o'clock,
Owing to their faithfulness , the
nominating onininlt.teo has presented
for re-election the names of Mm name
group of persons whoso lime now ex-pires.
Itopnrfs of the chairmen, of I ho vari-ous
committees mill the llnanclal
standing of the iihsocIiiI .Ioii will pre-ceiCe
a Hhort , program, In honor of the
llfth anniversary of the UNso oitnllon at
l lermhoy, following which there will
be an exhibition of class work In tin 1
different rooms,
The Home has recently been paper-ed
and the enti re buildin g will Iki
thrown open for the evening. Light
refreshments will lie served u In on I'll-lorln
,
Special eiupliiiHlH will be laid on
memberships, old and new, by the
membership cniuinll .lee , as an Intro-duction
to th e work of the Jubilee
nionlli. IOvit .v woman and girl Is wel-come,
wliellier a iiienrfier or not ,
HERSHEY LAUNDRY
DAMAGED BY FIRE
Flames Discovered Just About Three
O'clock Saturday . Afternoon.
Alarms From the Factor y. Fire
Department on the Scene.
Lar ge Crowd. Deta ils.
A few minutes before three o'clock
Saturday afternoon fire was discov-ered
in the stone building- on Park
Avenue just this side of the Spring
Creek bridge. This building is occu-pied
by the laundry and later will be
used as a part of the Zoo. The flames
were seen by Harry. Wiegelt and Har-ry
Havers-tick, and the call for a fire
alarm was telephoned from the garage.
George Epply started to ring the bell
but after five peals it stopped. The
rope had broken. Then the factory
was called upon- and the big whistle
was set going. The prolonged blast
had its effect. The fire company re-sponded
and a crowd collected . There
were over a thousand people present.
The .firemen worked hard hut the
flames got ahead of them and Soon the
interior was burning fiercely. The
thick stone' walls of the building and
the slate roof helped more than any-thing
else and a further fortunate fact
was the large amount of metal machin-ery,
reducing the inflammable mater-ial.
By steady pouring of water the
front office was kept practically unin-jur
ed. The«fire lasted about one and
a half hours. The destruction of
woodwork except for the front of the
building was complete.
The fire showed that Hershey's main
protection is in its high pressure wa-ter
supply from the top of Highland
Park. At all times there was a ter-rific
flow of water and if it could have
been promptly directed the fire would
have been only a little blaze. The
delay in proper hose connections was
the trouble.
John Lyons, an employee of the
laund ry, closed the building and lock-ed
up at 12.15 and he states there was
no fire of any kind in any of the rooms.
So far as is known no one was in the
building after that. The fire started
near the middle of the structure and
ate its way through . the wood parti-tions.
The fire company was fortunate
in completing its .work before the en-gine
rooms beneath the building were
reached. No harm was done to them.
The Hershey Laundry made arrange-ments
at once to take care of its work.
Until the underwriters report, the
amount of the loss cannot ibe known.
The laundry was well equipped with
machinery, much of It new and. all of
it good. Later the laundry will have
its home in the big building on Park
Avenue.
MR. HARNISH IN TOWN
Leroy Bowers Hnrnish, State Su-perintendent
of the World's Purity
Federation , was a visitor to Hersliey
this week, renewing old acquaintances
and re-visiting familiar scenes, He had
many pleasant things to say about the
new growth of the model town. Since
leaving Hershey Mr. Hnrnish has trav-eled
thousands of miles between the
two big oceans. He was a member of
the party who made the National cam-paign
against white slavery and he was
appointed a delegate to represent
Pennsylvania at the World' s Purity
Congress In Sun Francisco. The pur-pose
of the federation Is to educate the
children in vital facts of life and to
cure a grea t evil by enlightenment. The
work Is done In the churches and meet-ing
houses and th rough the olllelal pub-lication.
Mr. Harnlsh will deliver an
address later In the year at the First
United Brethren Oluirch , Ills henrt-iiii
a rtei's are at; Chi-HhIo , IVj iwi.
f ==\
DAMAGED BY FIRE SATURDAY AFTERNOON LAST
mKK'^Kmbi ' , fiBBV-rtS*.?
Kire Imiku out in this building shortl y before three o'clock S.'iUtrcliiy iift ernoon
and the contents wore burned. Then! was considerable. diiniaKe to Ihe bu ilding but
the walls wure not; wotikened , The origin of the fire is unknown I - ; ' , : J
MR MAULFAIR S
REAL ESTATE SALES
Within Three Months They Have In-cluded
Eight Farms and Various
Other Pro perties , The Veteran
of the Valley is Still One of
the most Active.
Within the past three months C. S.
Maulfair has successfully -closed the
following important sales:
The two James Pox farms sold to
W. R. Espenshade. These fa rms are
in I)erry Township, on the road be-tween
Hershey and- 'Hummelstown.
They are ' very fine properties with a
combined1 acreage of 285. The consid-eration
.was $23,000.
The farm of Abraham Fackler sold
to William E. Erb. This farm is in
South' Hanover Township, Dauphin
county. It is 173 acres and the price
was $S,300.
Dr. Samuel Gilbert's farm in Union
Township, Lebanon County, near Jones-town,
to John E. Snyder, Esq.; 100
acres ; $7,0O0.
M. S. Heisbey's farm in South Ann-ville
Township, 'Lebanon' County, to 35.
C. Biaer, of Wisconsin ; 74 acres; $11,-
000. ,
. Abraham Fackler's farm in Paxtang
Township, Dauphin County, north of
Beaver Station, to A. G. Gibb-le; 173
acres ; -$7,000. ¦- . '
.
E. B. Gingrich's, farm in East Han-over
Township, Lebanon County, to
John E. Snyder, Esq: ; 3S acres ; $3,-
500. . '
The farm of John E. Snyder, Esq.,
in- Union "Township, Lebanon County,
to Edwin Geriberich ; 100 acres ; $7,000.
W. E. E-ub's double house and 11 lots
to Abraham Fackler-; $7,500.
Abraham Gihhle's two double .dwell-ing
houses at Palmyra to Abraham
F-aekler; $7,500.
These properties making a total of
eight sales of farms and two sales of
three double houses and' 11 lots in-volved
$81,800, and all the sales have
been nffid-e since the middle of Inst
October.
Not onl y has Mr. Maurfair led in
these sales, but he has largely in-creased
his record in other real estate
activities. He knows land values in
the Lebanon Valley from long experi-ence.
For 50 years he was a leading
auctioneer in Lebanon and Dauphin
counties and for 40 years he has been
dealing in real estate. His success is
due to m«uiiy qualities, chief of which
is the complete confidence he enjoys
among the people of the valley. He has
done most of the .buying for M. S, Her-shey,
incl uding the rights of way for
the different lines of the Hershey
Transit Company, Mr, Mau'lfair is a
native of North Amnville Township,
Lebanon- County, and although he is
past the Biblical age of three score and
ten , he Is still as active as any young
man in Hershey. He was among the
first to build a lionie in Hershey, and
in 1014, when lie and Mrs. Maulfair
celebrated their golden wedding, the
coniimuinlty united in a tribute to their
worth and, popula ri ty. Mrs. Maulfnlr
is as active and us vigorous as her hus-band
and both of them enjoy the visits
and attentions of a wide circle of
friends.
.TuNt (lifter the Civil Wmr Mi: Mim<]-
fit 1 r bough t and sold fawns in the
Lebanon Valley nt from $175 to $200
mi acre. These same properties nre
now .priced (it from $100 to $135. He
believes that the present. Is a good time
to buy and 'that the Lebanon Valley ,
especially this section of it , will soon
experlonice a gradual and considerable
rise In valines.
THE HERSHEY BUREAUS
Inquiries About Them from Different
Parts of the Countiy.
Interest in the Hershey Information
and Employment Bureaus continues
and there are many inquiries about
them from different parts of the coun-try.
The Pennsylvania State Labor
Bureau has requested a full set of the
Hershey forms. . >
Just now the Employment Bureau is
having its troubles. It is seeking men
for outside work and is advertising for
them. The wave of prosperity has
called for every available worklngman
and there is keen competition for all
heavy labor. Hershey needs men for
the new car barn and for the Hershey
Press Building. Good wages and
steady employment are promised.
There are still copies of the state-ment
of the new compensation law and
in addition there are a few copies of
the pamphlet containing the reprint of
the articles on the law from the Pub-lic
Ledger. John E. Snyder, Esq.,
commends these articles and it is
through his co-operation that the Bu-reau
has copies for distribution. They
will- be given out free as long as they
last. Every workingman should know
the details of this new law which has
been passed for his protection.
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL
Literar y Society has Fine Program , In-cludin
g Debate.
The High School Literary Society
held its regular meeting on Friday af-ternoon-
when the following program
was rendered : Recitation, Elv'a Gru-ber;
Historical Sketch, Edward Bom-gardner
; Reading, Hoy Landis ; Piano
Duet, Sara Curry and Susan , Curry;
Biography, Herman Wagner : Humor-ous
Roll. Call, Sophomores ; Readings,
Harry Eby and .Sara Etter ; Piano Solo,
Miss Canan.
The debate was on "Resolved, That
co-education should be adopted . in all
schools," by Susan Curry and Mary
Reigle. . '
Then the' male quartet, Russel Clark,
Samuel Moyer, Fred Clark and Harry
Wirth sang, and with a selection by
the High School Orchestra and Sing
lug by the school, fclie program closed.
At the business session Harry Wirth
was electee! president, Sara Fox, sec-retary,
and Fred Clark was elected
editor of the Budget.*
ROBERT EPPLEY'S ESCAPE
The quick wit of Motorman Amos
Houser on the Hershey line between
Lebanon and . Hiunimelstown probably
saved the life of Robert,, son of Mr.
and Mrs. George Eppley, on Tuesday
at the noon hour , ¦when he ran directly,
in front of a car while playing in from
of bis home on Chocolate avenue. With
a little companion he was engaged in
kicking a football in the yard at the
side of the house. The lads' evidently
kicked the ball too hard and It rolled
over the terrace on the trolley tracks.
With nothing but the elusive ball in
view, Robert dashed on the tra cks
without noti cing the approaching ear,
Neighbors standing nearby shut their
eyes and turned away, but Mr. Houser
was equal to the emergency and
brought the car to a stop just in the
nick of time.
PLEASANT CLUB MEETING
The iiiontihly meeting of the J, J, .1,
Club , composed of .young Indies of
Iluminelstown , Palmyra and Hersliey,
was held (it the honio of Miss Edna
Carpeii'tpr on Sa turday afternoon, A
pleasant social hour was passed1, after
which refreshments worn served.
DR. FRANCIS H. GREEN
AT UNION SERVICES
He Will Be the Attraction for the
Comin g Sunday. Address of Dr. J.
Ross Stevenson Last Sunda y
Thorou ghly* Enjoyed by Larg e
Audience. A Great Speaker.
At the union services .in the Hershey
Central Theater next Sunday Dr. Fran-cis
Harvey Green, professor of English
in West Chester State Normal School,
will speak on "Getting Along." Dr.
Green is one of the most popular and
effective men who have ever spoken in
this vicinity. The services 'begin
promptly at 3 o'clock. ' There is..twenty
minutes of congregational singing—
¦which is always good—and of scriptur-al
readings, and then a strong, stimu-lating
address by a man who is a lead-er
in his work. Dr. Green is both a
grea t teacher and a flue speaker and
his . address lecture teems with humor
and information. He knows how to
keep his audience interested. All are
invi ted.
Dr. Stevenson's Fine Addre ss
Rev. Dr. J . Ross Stevenson, presi-dent
of the Princeton Theological Sem-inary
and Moderator of the Presby-terian
Church, inspired a large audi-ence
last Sunday by a noble address,
"The Strength of a Community." ' Dr.
W. A. Windle . was the presiding offi-cer.
Rev. G. S. Rente read the scrip-tures.
Harry A. Witmeyer directed
the singing, and E. J. Krause ,was at
the piano. The introduction of the
speaker was by Lynn R. ' Meek-ins,
Dr. Stevenson's address was notable
in many -ways.; It gripped the audience
from the start and held everyone to
the end. It was a superb example of
skilled speaking. Dr. Stevenson spoke
in usual tones, scarcely, louder than
conversation, but so perfect was -his
enunciation and so effective his hand^
ling of voice values that every, syllable
he uttered was distinct to all in the
auditorium. He had his high points
and they were greatly enhanced by the
moderation of most of his speech. Al-together
it was fine and deeply impres-sive.
In addition to being a great ad-dress
on a timely subject it was an ex-position
of real oratory.
The address exalted righ teousness as
the need and the strength of a com-munity.
This theme was buttressed by
illustra tions and examples from the
scriptures and from modern history.
Laws were necessary but the best of
laws could not save a natiou that had
no civic conscience. PreparednessWas
the issue of the day but all prepared-ness
would fail unless the people wrere
right. He brought the sense of respon-sibility
to the community and then to
the individual and his plea was the
higher and better life that found Its
source in God and Its deligh t in duty.
He spoke of HersHiey 's beautiful loca-tion
and its unique prosperity and
wished for Its peopl e all possible bless-ings.
Many froni Hershey, Lebanon , Eliza-betlitown
and other points met Dr.
Stevenson after the address and told
him how they had enjoyed it. Later
Dr. Stevenson and Miv McCormlck
were escorted to Dorry Church Prcsliy-
(ertan Chu rch -liy Jiev. Mr. fientz, S..P.
Baciistow and h. It. Mceklns. It was
Dr. Stevenson's first visit to the his-toric
church and he was greatly inter-ested
, especially in the relies. Mr. Mc-
Cormlck expressed pleasure that In the
renewal of the church quint tones had
been used.
Comin g Speakers
Following Dr. Green nex t Sunday
will be the * following:
February (I , 1). Lou- FltKpiilriek , of
I milium , subject , "The Power of Song,"
February 111, A. L, Blair , of Brook-lyn
, subject, "Tlio Whir of the Press,"
February 20, Hon. Harry Phillips ,
of London , siilijecl , "The buildin g of a
.Nation. "
February 27, I>r. Chan. 'I'. Hnylls , of
New York , Kii lijcot;, "Seeing the World
ThriniKb .New Wyes."
MR. McCORMICK'S VISIT
lion. Vance MeCormlek brought ltov.
IM\ J. Koss' Stevenson , to Mernliey In
his limousine Sunday, ami took lilm
liiieli to llnrrlslmrg after his address
nt llio iniliiii services, WlilU ) here Mr.
McCorinlcU was cordia lly greeted by
man y Ilorsbey people. AI'Uu' the ser-vices
at the Hershey Central Theater
Mr , McCormlck rewired much utlou-l
loii, Me anil Dr, Hievenwin h/id Invl-tatliniw
lo prolon g their slay but lliey
hail mi engagement In Iln i'i-lsllmrg,
Until expressed tliiM iiHelveH as much
pleased w i t h lliolr vis it,
MOTHER'S MEETING
The Moihoi'K ' moetliiK WlH be held In
Die K linlorgiii 'lon on TiichiIii .v, Febru-ary
S. an d n full atloiidiineo Is re-quest
ed.
TlK> Hershey Store Company on
Monday received u carload of feeding
cattle from SI. l'nul , M inn, The hero
Iiiih been placed upon IIoi'hIio .v Turin
Nil II for t'atteiilii K and will later lie
slaughtered at Ibe Hersliey abattoir ,
CARLOAD OF CATTLE
There was a good attendance of Ihe
Ga i ners ' (Mass Monday nlglit and Ibe
members were dei>iill .v lulereslod by an
address by G, II . Moyer, lOsq.i of Pal-myra
. Mr. Moyer told of tlio renew
In life 4i nt I cbariinte r and luminous and
drew a pa rallel between Mint anil Die
roHon'o the government pliuvs behind
Its money, it was one of lilio host; of
I ho iiddrcHHCH Ihe class has luid, Wil-liam
G. no|iHo\v<irlfh , Urn l owlier, wa s
present after IiIh recent ntliMik of grip,
THE GAINER'S CLASS Mr. S. C, Mlecher , Ihe t rea su rer of
Ihe l lt'i-shey Tninl: Company, gave a
very Interestin g address on the muIv
joei i>f Finance . He told t ile children
the origin of the various forum of
money and Dm dlfl'ereneeH between the
tru st eniiipaiileH and Dm nat ional bunk's,
ADDRESS BY MR. STECHER