The Hershey Press 1925-02-26

              Hershe y Baseball Team
Now Selling
Season Tickets
A large number of baseball players and
fans gathered at the Hershey Men's Club
on Monday evening, at which time the
plans were formulated in order to have
Hershey represented with one of the
strongest baseball organizations in its
history. « '
John .F. Snavely, secretary of the Her-shey
Men's Club, reviewed the season of
1924, congratulating the team upon the
excellent record that they made, having
come thru the season with but three de-feats
and with a' string of 21 straight
victories. He urged the same good work
for the coming reason.
Alvin Ream, formerly of the Blue Ridge
League, was elected manager of the team
and he will have full charge of the men.
Alex. Magrini was elected secretary and
John F. Snavely, treasurer.
The twirling will be looked after by
"Cannonball" Storm, the pitching ace of
the Blue Ridge League of the 1924 season;
Books, the star performer of Dickinson
College; Watson, also of the Blue Ridge
League, and Long, of West Lebanon.
Shaub, Miller and Heverling, all heavy
hitters and fleet of foot , will occupy the
out-field. The infield will consist of Smith,
Schaeffer, Alberts, Bordner and Ream,
every one of which are fast and can swat
the ball.
The receiving end will be looked after
by Jackson, of Altoona; and Henry, the
local star, two players that stand among
the top-notchers.
Spring practice will start just as soon as
the local field is in condition. In the
meanwhile all of the players spend con-siderable
of their time on the gym floor of
the Hershey Men's Club playing indoor
baseball.
Secretary Alex. Magrini is filling up his
schedule at the present time and he will
be pleased to hear from managers repre-senting
first-class teams that will prove
worthy opponents of the "Chocolate
Town" boys. Particularly strong attrac-tions
are wanted for Decoration Day,
Fourth of July and Labor Day.
Season tickets are being sold at $3.00 a
ticket, which will admit bearer to the field
to witness every game> The management
is particularly desirious of selling all of
these tickets before the season begins.
Surely, this is not impossible, as the num-ber
of tickets issued is not very large.
Do your share—buy at least one of these
tickets. If you feel like giving the boys a
good boost, buy several of them. The
team would like to feel that the towns-people
are back of them 100 percent.
Mrs. Ross Esbenshade
Entertains at Bridge
Mrs. Ross Esbenshade entertained at
bridge Friday afternoon at her home on
East Granada Avenue.
The invited guests were: Mrs. Wm. F.
R. Murrie, Mrs. J. E. Snyder, Mrs. Ezra
F. Hershey, Mrs. F. W. Pugh, Mrs. Thos.
L. McHeffey, Mrs. E. M. Hershey, Mrs. A.
Bowman Snavely, Mrs. H. N. Herr, Mrs.
LeRoy Holler, Mrs. John J. Gallagher,
Mrs. F. B. Snavely, Mrs. John F. Snavely,
Mrs. A. T. Heilman, Mrs. Daniel Graeff ,
Mrs. Chas. Zeigler, Mrs. J. R. Snavely,
Mrs. Chance Phillips, Mrs. J. R. Kreider,
Mrs. A. M. Hinkle, Mrs. Ewing Cain, Mrs.
J. Land is Zimmerman, Mrs. H. G. Mum-ma,
Mrs. John Daniels, Mrs. Wm. C.
Hackman, Miss Ella Keggereis and Miss
Ethyln Storey, all of this place ; Mrs. Geo.
Penney, of New York City; Miss Dorothy
Barnard, of Lancaster; Miss Kathryn
Steiger, of Baltimore, Md.; Mrs. P. N.
Hershey and Mrs. Jas. Hutchinson, of
Lebanon.
Prizes were won by Mrs. J. R. Kreider ,
Mrs. J. Landis Zimmerman, Mrs. P. N.
Hershey, Mrs. J. E. Snyder, Mrs. LeRoy
Holler, Mrs. Irvin Slesser and Mrs. John
J. Gallagher.
Luncheon was served.
Legion Affair Big
Social Event
The Sixth Annual Washington 's Birth-day
dance and card parly given under the
auspices of Hershey Post, No. 386, Ameri-can
Legion, Monday evening, Feb. 23rd,
proved to be the big social event of the
winter season. The Hershey Winter
Dance Hall was gaily decorated with
American Hags and banners and presented
a very pretty appearance. A crowd esti-mated
to be one of the largest ever attend-ing
these affairs was present and judging
from the comment heard on all sides were
delighted with the evening 's entertainment
and the way in which it was conducted.
Several hundred dancers swarmed the
floor dancing to the harmonious strains
of Phil Fisher 's orchestra , whose peppy
fox trots and dreamy waltzes were a reve-lation
in dance music. A "500" Card
Party was held for those not desiring to
dunce, alxiut fifty persons Inking advant-age
of tills feature. Six fine prizes were
awarded to the six high scorers. A bount-eous
supply of punch, cakes, candies and
ice cream was on hand for those wishing
refreshments, these stocks being rapidly
depleted towards the close of the evening .
The large Legion Birthday cake, which
was given away as a dix>r prize was won by
Carl Swanger, of Lebanon, with ticket
number 526. Taking It all in all every-body
seemed to enjoy themselves and the
affair was a big success both socially and
FISHING SEASON NOW OPEN
Among the first fishermen In this vicin-ity,
to make a report on their catch this
season are two well known anglers, Roy
Stemlierger and George Weaver. These
old timers got a running start'on their
competitors by sneaking over to Swalara
Creek on Saturday afternoon where tliey
lashed the waters to a foam in quest of
wickers. In this regard they were success-ful
as Weaver landed five large suckers mid
Toby pulled out one of the biggest suckers
ever caught in the Swatara Creek. Hoy
said that it is too bad that the fishing con-test
is not open at the Store as Ills prize
catch would Imj sure to cop the honors this
year.
CARD OF THANKS
The committee in charge of the Wash-ington's
Birthday dance and card party,
of the American Legion, wishes to take
this means of thanking all those who so
generously donated calies, candies, etc,
also the public in general , who by their co-operation
helped to make their annual
affair a success.
Divorces are more numerous In the
western states where women arc scarce,
than in the eastern states where women
outnumber the men,
Rev. Paul M. Kinports
Addressed Luther
League Convention
The Harrisburg District Luther League
held its seventh annual convention in
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Green and
Cumberland streets, Harrisburg, on Mon-day.
The morning session started 10.15
o'clock. Devotional services were con-ducted
by the convention chaplain, the
Rev. Claude O. Dierolfi of Shiremans-town.
.The address of welcome was ex-tended
by Miss Mary C. Huston, president
of the Harrisburg league, and the response
was given by Musser D. White, executive
secretary of the district. The speaker
was the Rev. Paul M. Kinports, pastor of
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, of this
place.
The afternoon session started at 1.45
o'clock with devotions by the chaplain.
A number of papers were read by Leaguers
from the district. A banquet was served
at 6 o'clock. The evening session started
at 8 o'clock in the church auditorium. The
speaker, was the Rev. Martin Luther
Enders, of Baltimore. The subject was
"Rewards of Service."
The Harrisburg district consists of
Leagues from Newport, Carlisle, Me-shanicsburg,
Shiremanstown, Camp Hill,
Palmyra, Hershey, Hummelstown and
Harrisburg.
State Police Give
Report for Year
Arrest of 121 persons accused of murder
is reported among the 11,437 arrests made
by the Pennsylvania State police during
1924, according to a detailed report made
public by Major Lynn G. Adams, super-intendent
of the force. The report shows
that while prosecuting prohibition en-forcement
work, the State officers were not
negligent along other .channels of law
enforcement. The general average of
arrests for other crimes closely approaches
that of other years, with the exception of
the automobile laws, which work has been
taken over for the most part by the State
Highway Patrol.
The mounted trooper is getting some-what
more extinct each year, however,
with the added prohibition work that has
been placed on the troopers and compels
their quick travel from point to point
about the State by train or automobile.
In 1922 the troopers covered 265,874
miles on their fine horses, while in 1923 the
mounted mileage fell to 56,358 miles and
last year it dwindled to 32,107 miles of a
total of 1,667,137 miles covered.
Prohibition enforcement under the
direction of Governor Pinchop, resulted in
4074 arrests by the State troopers, as
compared with 4191 in 1923, and 1556 for
liquor law infractions in 1922. The high
water mark of arrests was made in 1922,
when a special drive against violations oi
automobile laws resulted in 4525 arrests,
and raised the total for 1922 to 14,220. In
1923 the total of arrests was 12,245. Dur-ing
the past year but 893 persons were
arrested by State police for automobile
violations.
In the long list of arrests are included:
Arson, 68; assault and battery, 298; fish
laws, 15; aggravated assault and battery,
77; gamblin, 2240; game and health laws,
93; burglary, larceny, etc., 566; rape, 61;
robbery, 73; and miscellaneous causes,
2860.
During the past three years the force has
been gradually dwindling because of the
reduced appropriation allowed by the
Governor in 1923. During the past year
the force averaged but 260 men, as com-pared
with an average of 292 in 1923 and
364 men in 1922. At times during 1924
only 210 men were enlisted, but recent
recruits brought up the average.
Property valued at $227,647.02 was
recovered during the year and 20,416 in-vestigations
were made. Most of the
recovered property was stolen automobiles.
Of the 11,427 arrests, convictions have
been made in 6675 cases, while 1521 were
acquitted and 3241 cases are awaiting
trial. In 1922 the troopers were on strike
duty thirty-five per cent, of the year,
while during 1924 strike duty comprised
les than 1-20.000 of one per cent.
FARM FENCES PASSING AWAV
In many localities farmers arc doing
away with fences wherever it is practical
on their properties. The upkeep of the
fences is very expensive and, more than
that , they make a great deal of wasted
land, farmers, who still continue to
think fences arc essential, in a number of
instances, build them all of cement, as they
cost little more than wood and after they
are built the upkeep is very small and the
length of time they will last makes the
original cost small. Another , and one of
the best arguments In favor of the cement
fences, they add very mucli to the ap-pearance
of the farm.
In driving through the country districts
one observes that a great many fences have
been removed along the public road and the
fields are cultivated as far as possible. This
is a great improvement over the former
method of building fences, which, in a few
yea rs, were beginning to need repair and
the busy farmer quite often did not have
time to give them . The fence rows along
the road and through the farm were usually
overgrown with vines and bushes and were
very unsightly. Now all this land Is
cultivated , adding much to the apj ien rnnce
of the farm and from an economic stand-point
very much to the advantage of the
farmer,
WHAT D'YER READ?
An article in the-Princeton University
lVess Almanac for November, asking,
"Why me not more Ixxiks sold?" says cost
is probably not the reason, but rather that
folks prefer to '"spend their money on
gasoline and radio sets, and their evenings
on crous-word puzzles. Good reading
requires effort and takes time too."
Notice here the side kick at cross-word
nuzzles, in passing. Gcxxl reading does,
In truth , require effort and time. But It Is
not apparent that any cosnidernble number
of Americans indulge In good rending.
Easy reading; anesthetic raiding; the sex,
detect ive and romance novels (and that Is
what , most people read) take no effort and
very little time. This kind of rending
serves no useful purpose so far as I know
except that of entertainment. The solving
of a croon-word puzzle does about the same
thing, with flie additional advantage of
making your brain work under your own
directum. Of course our lust for achieve-ment
nnd our innate vanity are the two
things that make solving puzzles so enter-taining.
Still , I can think of much greater
wastes of time -in red and blue jackets
with pictures of the heroines lithographed
thereon; price $2 net.—McNaught's
Monthly.
I Inlf of the forcign-lxirn women nnd one-third
of the forelgn-boru men In the United
States are still aliens.
Dauphin County
Farmers Favor Cow
Testing Association
Plans for the year were outlined under
the direction of the Dauphin County
Agricultural Extension Association at a
meeting of the committeemen of the
Hershey Farm Community held in the
schoolroom of the old store building at this
place on Thursday evening.
County Agent R. R. Burtner addressed
the committee' men and pointed out the
results of last year's program's accomplish-ments.
The following program was
adopted by the committeemen for this
year:
Corn fertilizer tests, F. B. Snavely,
Hummelstown, R. D. 1, leader corn stand-ardization
; Lower Dauphin County Farm
Products Show; swine improvement in-cluding
ton litter activities with Ira Shenk,
Hershey R. D. 2., leader, and Duroc-Jersey
Futurity Show, with Christ Balsbaugh,
leader, and, in connection with dairy im-provement
the formation of a cow testing
association.
Former County Agent H. G. Niesley,
now agriculture economic specialist, Penn-sylvania
State College, spoke on the
economic value of a cow testing association.
He outlined the benefits of such an associa-tion
as follows:
It will give to the individual dairyman
in the association an itemized statement
of the cost of his milk production. It will
increase materials by records the sale value
of individual members of the herd at both
private and public sale. The members
will be able to keep calves from individual
cows whose records are best.
Niesley pointed out that with the cow
testing association as the basis of dairy
improvement work a better quality of
milk products results and that tuberculin
testing of cattle increases. It will also
increase the importation of good cows and
herd sires, he said, because the members of
such an association will have a more
definite idea of this particular phase of the
dairy industry.
It was indicated at the meeting that a
cow testing association for the southern
end of the County will soon be formed.
Notable Cast in
"Pleasure Had "
Thursda y Evening
One of the most promising pictures of
the year is "Pleasure Mad," the Reginald
Barker production, coming to the Hershey
Central Theatre on Thursday evening,
Feb. 26th, (tonight), at 7.30 o'clock.
Mary Alden, who was recently featured
in "The Eagle's Feather," will again appear
in her favorite role of a mother, the kind of
a role that won her fame in "The Old
Nest." Uuntly Gordon, famous for his
sterling characterizations in 'The Famous
Mrs. Fair" and "The Social Code," will
play opposite her. Other favorites also
exceptionally well cast include William
Collier, Jr., Norma Shearer, Winifred
Bryson and Frederick Truesdell.
"Pleasure Mad" was adapted from
Blanche Upright's novel, "The Valley of
Content." Dealing with the fortunes—
and misfortunes—of a happy family of
moderate means which is split up by the
affections and indulgences which follow
sudden acquisitions of wealth, this book
has proven one of the most popular novels
of the last year.
Nobert Brodin is the camera man, and
the scenario was by A. P. Younger, who
wrote the screen versions of "Fair and
Warmer," "The Walk-offs" and "The
Flirt."
Hershe y High Defeats
Tech Scrubs
The Hershey High School basketball
team defeated the Tech scrubs on the
Hershey Men's Club floor on Saturday
afternoon by the score of 28 to 22. The
game was fast and well played throughout
but the Maroon scrubs were outclassed by
the local tossers.
The feature of the game was the shooting
of Purcell and the floor work of Morrell.
Purccll tallied eighteen of his team's
twenty-eight points, while Morrell con-tributed
twelve of Tech's twenty-two
points.
Hershey jumped into an early lead and
at half-time the score was 14 to 11 and in
the second period the score was the same.
The line-up:
Hershey Tech Scrubs
Tinney F Morrell
Purcell F Buser
S|xmagle C Herr
AungHt G l'elton
Balsbaugh G Guyer
Substitutes: Musser for Buser, Lichty
for Guyer , Warner for Balsbaugh. Field
goals: Tinney, 2; Purcell , 7; Sjxinagle, 1;
Aungst , 1; Morrell , 2; Buser, 1; Heir , 2;
Guyer , 1; Musser, 1. Foul goals; Purcell ,
4; S|X)ngale , 1; Aungst , 1; Morrell , 4;
Buser, I; Herr, 1; Guyer, 1; Musser, 1.
Referee ; Magrini.
Close Games in
Junior League
The Scout h gave the league leaders, the
Olivets, one of the hardest battles of the
season in the weekly game of basketball in
the Junior League. The Scouts led thru
the whole game only to be nosed out In the
closing minutes of play when Stover and
Zimmerman caged two long shots the
final score Mug 13 to 7.
In the second game the Jutes broke their
losing streak by downing the Cedar Rapids
team, who held undisputed second place.
Hummer nnd Purcell were the planet
«wee|XTfl of this game. Score 8 to 7.
League Standing
Olivetsjr Won 9 I.ost0 1,000
Cedar Rapids , . Won 3 Lota 6 333
Scouts Won 3 I.ost 6 333
Jutes Won 3 Ix>st 6 333
With the hutching season close lit hand ,
care of hutching eggs again becomes a
matter of Importance to Dauphin County
farmers and poultrymcn. Eight hints are
offered by the Dauphin County Agricul-ture
Extciinioii Association.
"Do not save eggs until ten days after
breeding lien has lieen mated. Collect
eggs often enough to prevent chilling.
Have only uniform eggs as to size, color
and shape. Hold eggs at 60 to 50 degrees
temperature. Turn eggs once dally. Do
not hold eggs over 10 days before setting.
Do not wash eggs. Use only eggs with
uniform shell and not those with weak or
cracked shells,"
COUNTY AGENT EM PHASIZES
CARE OF HATCHING EGGS
The Smokestack \ @y Dee J ay Qee 1
To Julia and Her Spring Hat
Julia, you have on your springtime bonnet
With all the frills and curlescues upon it.
It agitates me greatly when you don it,
And leaves me too unstrung to write a
sonnet.
But I'll try it:
Now winter holds his sway o'er all the land,
The snow has fallen deep on hill and
• plain,
And mere man's thirsting after greedy
gain
Gives way to thoughts of how to keep at
hand
Sufficient food and fuel to withstand
The ravages the winter season makes.
We beg the weather prophet for our
sakes
To make the winter shorter than he plann'd
But, Julia, you are modem in your views,
Though it is Feb., you wear your Easter
hat,
You roll your own, and let the World
roll hers, i
You ape or flout Dame Fashion as you
choose,
And, if you care to bet, I'll wager that
In hottest August you'll be wearing
furs.
The settin' room of the old days has
disappeared, and in its place we have the
loafing room, loving room, or living room,
depending on the use to which it is put.
Cow Attempts Suicide
Some little interest was created on
Thursday, the nineteenth, by a cow that
was being driving west along Chocolate
Avenue. Evidently she had grave fore-bodings
of an evil fate soon to befall her, or
else she had committed a grievious sin, and
was ready to leave this vale of tears; for
she lay down on the trolley track in front
of the Transit Company waiting room,
and vain were the efforts of her two escorts
to move her. She refused to budge or to be
budged. Some onlookers inclined to the
opinion that she feared the butcher shop,
and had determined to end the agony as
soon as possible. Others ventured that
she liked the place and had decided to
make it her permanent home.
The quiet pastoral scene, at the ap-proach
of the Hummelstown car, took on
something of the melodramatic. The car
crept closer and closer, the bell clanging.
The cow lay quiet. The car was obliged
to slow up. Then the animal did some
quick thinking, and the result of her
thought was, "This life is too good to leave
just yet," she budged. The trolley moved
on.
Service with a Smile
Oh lady!
So thy command delights me, that to obey.
If it were done already, would seem late.
—Dante.
Yes, Spring is not far away. Already
the boys have been shooting marbles for
some time. A familiar question in the toy
department of the Department Store is,
"Got any penny shooters?"
Yes, says Cynicus, it is better to have
loved and lost than never to have lost at all
You can't get blood out of a turnip, and
there's no food value in a toothpick, but,
says the Man with the Wooden Leg, along
about four days from pay day, the tooth-pick
is an excellent substitute for the
customary after-dinner cigar.
This week we took upon ourselves the
task of finding out what there is to this
High Cost of Living talk. The results we
got were not very satisfactory, but we shall
pass on to you two interviews with as many
married men. Both live in Hershey.
"Well," we asked Mr. Married about
Three Months, "do you find married life
more expensive than single life?"
He seemed surprised, and, I do believe,
a little hurt at what to him sounded like
foolish question number ninety-nine.
"Why, of course not. Mary and I have
been married a long time now, and the
living ex]>enses for both of us are no higher
than they used to be for me alone. Of
course we don't have as many luxuries, but
we have each other. I, for one, would
make affidavit that.two can live as cheap
as one."
Well, on the way home we met Mr.
Married about six years,—he thought it
was six, though lie admitted he didn 't
remember for sure—and we asked, "Do
you find married life more expensive than
the singular state?"
"Why you poor blankety-blanked blan-ket!
1 here's a place for such loons as you
are?"
"Hut," we butted in, "Mr. Married
about Three Months says that two can
live as cheap as one."
"Yeah, that may be," he said, as he
lowered the fist he had intended to strike
us with. "Maybe two can live as cheap
as one, but five can't."
When we were In school (don 't snigger,
we went to school) we were fond of the little
ditty about Latin;
All are dead who wrote It ,
All are dead who spoke it,
All will die who learn it ,
Blessed death , they earn it.
But if we were u I-atin teacher, which
fate we were happily delivered from, this
is the solace we would give our pupils.
Boys and girls, study your Latin. It is
better to know the dead languages than
the living ones. Some day, unless you
lxNud the black cloud for 1 lolly wood, you
will, no doubt , die, Then your dead
langungeu will come in mighty handy.
And. another thing, the years you are
dead will far outnumber the years of your
earthly existence.
Cuddy McQuld .
Now Cuddy McQuid
Wasn good little Tcld ,
Though he had some old-fashioned ideas,
He fell much in love
With a flappcrlsli dove
But his notions were not like his Rhea's.
Now Cuddy McQuid
Wiiangood llltlulctd ,
And he took Rhea out ev'ry Sunday,
The taste of lipstick
Would leave him deathly sick,
And would keep him from work on a
Monday.
Now Cuddy McQuid
Wan n good little kid
And he asked Rhea lust as a favor
To give up lipstick ,
It had made him ho sick ,
Ar at least to use some other flavor .
Now Cuddy McQuid
Was a good little kid
Rhea hated like thunder to shake him,—
Hut, Mich it rcuucatl
Rhea thought It was best ,
For Iwth parties concerned, to forsake
him.
We were on our way to the office Inst
week, lato about three minutes, when a
closed car drew up alongside and stopped,
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Business Outlook for
1925 Continue s to
Make Progress
Nothing has occurred to lessen the
promise held out for increased activities in
1925, according to reports from various
points to Dun's Review. The situation
it says, is not without irregularities, but
as a whole it has many favorable aspects,
and there is accumulating proof of con-tinued
progress in various lines. "It is
entirely natural that fluctuations in the
volume of business should occur from time
to time: yet the main trend is in the right
direction, and the conservatism which
governs most operations minimizes the
possibilities of reaction. The January
building statistics, which reflect prepara-tions
for new construction, are without
precedent for that month, with the single
exception of those of a year ago.
The autobomile trade, which has been
very conservative in its buying policy, is
reported to be calling for prompt deliveries,
indicating necessity for replenishment of
stocks. The Steel Corporation's unfilled
orders increased 220,647 tons in January,
against increases of 784,707 tons in Decem-ber
and 506,699 tons in November.
Preliminary estimates given out at
Washington by the Geological Survey
indicate that the petroleum production for
1924 was less than the previous year's
total of 1,019,000,000 barrels, being put at
approximately 714,000,000 barrels. Pipe
line and tank stocks increased in the year
18,000,000 barrels, due to the lessened
consumption.
Increase m cotton mill activity in the
last few months continued into January,
resulting in the consumption of more
cotton than in any month in this country
since May, 1923. The figures from the
Census Bureau put it at 4,589,725 bales.
This high rate of consumption in a rather
quiet market suggests the possibilities of
overproduction. The retail movement
in spring goods is beginning to broaden.
Wholesalers make up in small and repeated
orders for the absence of large orders. The
mills seem to have emerged from the
erratic price period of a year ago. The
regularity of prices on cotton goods for the
past six months is considered worthy of
note. The average range is 10 per cent,
lower than last year.
The wool market is marking time. Some
holders have accepted slightly lower prices
on domestic wools, but the foreign wools
are held firmly in the face of a declining
market because of limited spot supply.
Manufacturers have not been buying wool
in large volume during the past 10 days.
The openings of the big worsted and woolen
producers have occupied considerable at-tention.
Trading in hides and leather is
reported quiet.
Wheat continued its wide fluctuations
in the Chicago market. On all sharp
breaks there was heavy buying for export
and for foreign account. In a summary of
the situation the Department of Agricul-ture
said that the world's supply at the
beginning of the harvest of this year's
crops will be low. The world's wheat
acreage and the developments in the con-dition
of the 1925 crop will determine, in
large measure, the market price.
Vaudeville Act at
Central Theatre
Saturda y Evening
On Saturday evening, Feb. 28th, at the
Hershey Central Theatre, Ernie Gordon,
will present an acrobatic singing and
dancing novelty act. This act will be
presented at both shows, 6.30 and 8.30, in
conjunction with the movie attraction
"The Alaskan."
The two shows on Saturday evening
have met with the public approval , and
each show is well attended. This is as it
should be, for the movies that are shown
are of the latest , and are, in fact , feature
reels. Moreover, a comedy reel is shown ,
and besides, an added attraction of high-class
vaudevilleact is presented. Atwohour
show for the price of twenty-five cents for
adults and fifteen cents for children—where
can you beat it?
Indus tria l School
Juniors Defeat Lebanon
The Industrial School second team
defeated the Lebanon "Y" Jrs., by the
score of 35 to 30. This game was sort of
a combination affair in which the Men 's
Club Juniors and Industrial ScIkxiI boys
comprised to split. The School boys
played half the game and the Men's Club
Juniors the other half. This gave both
teams an opportunity to play against a
foreign team and gain experience. Emery
with 6 two pointers and Stover with 10
were the high scoreru. Whiteman was the
high man for the School toys.
Hershey Lebanon
Flanigan V 1 loath
Whitman V Weaver
Slillwagon C Emery
Garver 0 Drighthill
Wagner C> Miller
Substitutions; Stover , Purcell , Hummer.
Baker , Balsbaugh , Patten , Iselli. Field
goals; Stover , 10; Whitman , 1; Purcell , 3;
Baker , 1; Balsbaugh , 1; Heath , 1; Emery,
(i; Brightbill , 4; Isetli , 1. Fouls: llershey,
3; Lebanon, 4. Referee; Aungst.
The Treasury rum shaved almost u
billion dollars off the vast public debt In
the past twelve months, and has cut the
obligations of the United States more than
one-fifth since they reached their ixaik of
$26,596,068,947 in August , 191!). The
government started the new year with a
public debt of $20,978.032,700,
First officials IkurcH on the accomplish-ments
in the calendar year 1924, made
public today, showed that $935,434,70(1
was lopped off the debt. The reduction
In the calendar year 192,'! was $1,072,250,-
610. A reduction of $234,422,256 was
made in the debt in the Dcceml>cr fiscal
operations, and a further reduction is ex-pected'when
the Treasury completes Its
March financing.
$935,434,706 IS SHAVED FROM U. S
PUBLIC DEBT
On Saturday afternoon from two to six
o'clock , Mrs. John Lyons delightfully
entertained a number of little tots who
assembled to celebrate her son George's
seventh birthday. The afternoon was
H|X!iit in playing games after which tasty
refreshments wore served. The following
children enjoyed the party ; Josephine
Suavely, Virginia l'hilllps , Ruth Christ ,
Huth Hershey, Dorothy Knoll , Robert
Snavely, Tommy Albert, Merle Baoastow,
Dick Miller , Paul Drubakcr nnd George
Lyons.
ENTERTAINED AT BIRTHDAY
PA RTY
Lower Dauphin Co.
School Institute to
Meet Saturda y
The Seventh Lower Dauphin County
District Institute will be held Saturday,
Feb. 28, in the Lower Paxton Vocational
High School. Two sessions will be held,
the first at 9.30 o'clock in the morning and
the second at 1.30 o'clock in the afternoon.
The program for the morning meeting
is as follows: General session, E. £. Wetzel,
chairman; devotional exercises, the Rev.
W. H. Alspach; school exercise;s solo, Miss
Mildred Jacobs; reading, Miss Orpha
Shriner; piano duet, Misses Anna Sheesley
and Anna Reese; solo, Miss Wilhelmina
Morgan; reading, Miss Gertrude Wetter-oth;
address, 'Outdoor Books, Then-
Value to Teachers," Dr. Charles Lose,
former principal Lock Haven State Normal
School; address, "Pre-School Health, As
Related to the Teacher," Dr. Mary Riggs
Noble, Department of Health; address,
"Junior Red Cross Program," Mrs. Lyman
D. Gilbert, Harrisburg.
The afternoon session will be divided
into sessions, the programs being as fol-lows:
For the high school section, J. E.
Sherk, chairman; "Special Health Prob-lems
for the Classroom," Dr. Mary Riggs
Noble; address, Dr. James Glass; "Parent-
Teacher Associations," Miss Lulu C.
Tyson, Steelton schools.
For the grades, one to eight, Mrs. Jean
Shade, chairman; "Teaching the Poem,"
Miss Esther L. Miller, Hummelstown;
"Parent-Teacher Associations," Miss Lulu
C. Tyson ; address, "Some Functions ol
Good Discipline," Dr. Charles Lose.
Rural section, R. E. Runkle, chairman;
"The School As A Community Center,"
the Rev. Paul Fridinger, Miss Mary Fry;
"Beautifying School Grounds," Miss Doro-thy
Reese, Miss Luella C. Bowers; "Special
Health Problems for the School," Dr.
Mary Riggs Noble. Topics for discus-sion
: "Greatest Difficulties We Encounter
as Rural School Teachers" and "Greatest
Needs for Improvements in Rural Schools"
The Lower Dauphin County District is
composed of the following schools: Bor-oughs,
Dauphin, Highspire, Hummelstown
Middietown, Paxtang, Penbrook, Royal-ton
' and Steelton; Townships, Conewago,
Derry, East Hanover, South Hanover,
West Hanover, Londonderry, Lower Pax-ton,
Middle Paxton, Susquehanna, Swata-ra
and Lower Swatara.
Hershey Store a
Huge Magnet for
Bar gain Hunters
The "Chop-Down" that took place at
the Hershey Department Store on Mon-day
was a most successful event. Prices
were not merely reduced, but they were
chopped to smithereens.
The Store was thronged with shoppers
from the opening of the doors until closing
time, reaping the benefit of the many
bargains that were to be had in every one
of the many departments.
The Store was decorated in an appro-priate
manner. American flags were
unfurled from every pillar, while around
and about the different departments were
numerous touches of the decorator's art.
During the afternoon music was furn-ished
by Fred Fisher's Peerless Orchestra.
Industrial School
Loses by One Point
The Hummelstown High School team
defeated the Industrial School Five on
Thursday evening on the former's floor by
the close margin of one point , the final
score being 20 to 19. The game was fast
and very close throughout , the first half
ending in a 10 to 10 deadlock. In the
second half Hummelstown hopped ahead
16 to 10 but the Industrial Boys again
found themselves and were leading 19 to
18 with a few minutes to go. From then
on there was no scoring by either side until
Shope, the Hummelstown guard netted
two pretty two pointers from over half the
length of the floor and the final whistle
blew ending the game. Abel and Heller
played the best game for Hershey while
Jacks was the bright light for Hummels-town.
Industrial School Hummelstown
I.asky F Jacks
G. Auckcr F Whiteman
E. Auckcr C Spangler
Heller G McCall
Abel G Shone
Substitutions: Stump for Laslcy, Duncan
for Whiteman. Field goals: G. Auckcr;
E. Auckcr , 2; Heller; Abel, 3; Jacks, 4;
Whiteman; Spangler, 2; Shope , 2. Fouls:
Hershey, 5; Hummelstown, 2. Referee
Bordner.
February 11, 1847. Thomas A. Edison
was Ixirn at Milan , Ohio.
February 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln
was born at Nnlln Creek , Ky.
February 17, 1890, Christopher Latham
Sholes died In Milwaukee, Wia. He was,
the inventor of the tyixiwrltcr and his last
words were: "I feel I have done something
for the women of the world which will
enable them more easily to earn a living."
February 22. 1732, George Washington
was born at Bridge Creek, Va.
FEBRUARY IN HISTORY
Complete official returns on the recent
national election; finally assembled from
all States at the State Department allowed
(hat a grand total of 28,930,837 votes were
cast which the three major candidates
shared as follows:
C<x)lld«e, 15,729,448.
John W\ Davis, 8,383,531.
La Follette, 4,817,858.
The total for Senator Ij i Follette in-cludes
4,063 votea which were recorded In
l-otmiwui as "scattering " and believed to
have IxHiii cast largely for the indcjxmdent
candidate.
28,030,837 VOTES CAST IN
NOVEMBER
What might be termed the "ten com-mandments
of poultry husbandry In
relation to care of breeders have lx;en
Issued through the Dauphin County
Agricultura l Extension Association. Here
they are :
"Use only strong, vigorous birds for
breeders; allow four square feet floor space
!o each bird ; do not crowd breeders; make
breeders exercise daily by feeding grain in
deep litter ; have good egg-laying miish
before breeders at all times; feed plenty of
green feed ; let the breeders range on
pleasant days: prevent frozen combs b (laving a roou, tight house; feed y milk , i(
available; have plenty of fresh water , gi ll
and shell before birds."
GIVES TEN COMMANDMENTS OF
POULTRY HUSBANDRY
Lewis Cassad y
Establishe s a
Print Shop
Another industry has come to Hershey.
and possibly the old adage "Great Oaks
from Little Acorns Grow", will be applic-able
in this instance.
Lewis Cassady, who has been treading
in the footsteps of Benjamin Franklin for
quite some time has established a small
printing office. The office is situated
among the oaks on the Stable farm, from
which one may obtain in inspiring view of
"the chocolate and cocoa town."
Here Lewis, among his pica, his brevier,
long primer and up-to-date assortment of
display types, and his press, will merrily
work away, singing that happy tune:
'Ye printers! who give us our learning
and news,
And impartially print for Turks, Christ-ians
and Jews,
Let your favorite toasts ever bound in
the streets,
The freedom of speech and a volume in
sheets."
Mr. Cassady hopes to serve his fellow
men, his craft, the sciences, his home town
and his country, giving the best that he
has. Honors and success and much
wealth may come to him as the years roll
by, but from the first to the last, he is
proud to be known simply as Lewis Cass-ady,
Printer .
Mr. Cassady solicits your business,
whether it be a postcard, name card, bill-head,
letterhead, a circular, etc. He
promises prompt service and his charges
are within the reach of all.
All those who are interested in printing,
Mr. Cassady gives a cordial invitation to
visit his printing establishment.
Talented Cast in
"The Alaskan "
Saturda y Evening
Through the unusual care exercised in
the selection, the most talented cast
which has ever supported Thomas
Meighan, appears in his new Paramount
starring vehicle, "The Alaskan", which
will be shown at the Hershey Central
Theatre on Saturday evening, Feb. 28th,
at 6.30 and 8.30 o'clock.
Featured in the cast are Estelle Taylor,
John Sainpolis, Charles Ogle, Frank
Campeau and Anna May Wong. Others
include Alphonz Ethier, Maurice Cannon,
Bernard Siegel, Milt Brown and Laska
Winters.
The feminine portion of the cast, Estelle
Taylor, Anna May Wong and Laska
Winters, is particularly noteworthy inas-much
as they are considered three of the
most unusual young women in motion
pictures.
"The Alaskan", is a picturization, based
on Willis Goldbeck's adaptation of James
Oliver Curwood's dynamic novel of the
same name. Herbert Brenon, who pro-duced
it, Thomas Meighan and the entire
supporting cast travelled more than four
thousand miles by sea from Hollywood into
the wilds of British Columbia to secure the
proper locations.
Here is an out-door story based upon
conditions which are so recent they can
scarcely be called history. It tells of the
grim battle waged against forces seeking
to exploit the country by the sons of the
men who went there a quarter of a century
ago. This second generation, the men of
today, are the true Alaskans. Meighan's
new starring vehicle is an idealization of
this sturdy race which has come into ex-istence
under the shelter of the American
flag.
A talented cast has been assembled
that, among others, includes Estelle Tay-lor,
John Sainpolis, Charles Ogle, Frank
Campeau and Anna May Wong.
The Lotter yJBan
in Central Theatre
Frida y, March 13
This excellent home talent play directed
by Miss Gregg Darrow and to be given
under the auspices of the John Elder Men's
Bible class, will offer to the people of
Hershey and vicinity an exceptionally
good play at a low price.
In "The Lottery Man" Rida Johnson
Young has seized upon a prevalent custom
of some newspaixjrs to increase their
circulation by various schemes. Mrs.
Young has made her central figure in her
now famous and successful comedy, a
newspaper reporter , Jack Wright. Wright
owes his employer a sum of money, and to
square the amount he agrees to turn in one
of the most sensational scoops the paper
has ever known. His idea is for the sheet
to conduct a lottery, with himself as the
prize . The lottery is announced . Thou-sands
of old maids buy coupons at a dollar
each. Meantime Wright falls in love with
a charming girl . Naturally he fears that
he may be won by someone else and he
starts a crusade to get (Xissession of as
many tickets as his limited means will
permit. Even his devoted mother pawns
some family trinkets in order that she may
help her son. Finall y the last day is an-nounced.
The winning number la 1323
nnd ia held by ? —and here is where the fun
begins.
Cast of characters as they appear:
Mrs. Wright,......Miss Jesse Dershelmcr
"Foxey " Peyton Earl Hackman
Jack Wright George I locker
Stevens Chester Swartz
Helen Heyer Miss Lucile Gilman
Mrs. Peyton Miss Dorothy Hill
Lizzie Roberts, Miss Kjathcrine Lcllhelser
I led wig Jensen Miss Anna Reese
Hamilton Chester Swartz
Act 1. Living Room of the Wright's,
in the basement of a house on Twelfth
Street.
Act 2. "Foxey V Den.
Act 3. Mrs. Peyton 's Library.
This play will be offered at the low price
of 35 cents for general admission and 50
cents for reserved scats. Tickets will be
on sale in a few days and can be purchased
from any member of the class.
The Acquittal ' on
Tuesda y Evening
On Thursday evening, March 3rd, the
movie feature reel "The Acquittal", starr-ing
Claire Windsor and Nprman Kerry,
will be the attraction at the Hershey
Central Theatre.
"The Acquittal" is a mystery melo-drama,
and will keep the spectator on edge
up to the last flicker. If you want to get
thrills aplenty, don't fall to see this attrac-tion
on Tuesday evening.