The Nazareth Item

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Nazareth Item»
AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, LOCAL AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE^
NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 31, 1918
NO. 9
FORMER SHERIFF OF THIS COUNTY
SUICIDE
TO HAVt * HEARINO NAZARETH MAN
PROMOTED TO MAJOR
Youna Man Had Been Drinking Heavy
and Had Evidently Been Worrying
About HIS Sweetheart.
Asher    Seip,    representing    Gran- I V'llo Ilahn, of Walnutport, appeared! Iln   the  United   Statea   District   Court ' •tt   Philadelphia  and  filed  an  answer ' (U'nying     that   Hahn   was     insolvent i iiiid that    ho committed    any act ofl bankruptcy.     The   Citizens'   National j l^iuik    of Slatington somo    days ago i n'cd a petition to have Hahn, a for¬ mer  sheriff  and  treasurer  of  North¬ ampton County, declared an involun¬ tary bankrupt.
In   the   answer   Hahn   insists   that
Professor Henry J. F. Reusswig, For¬ mer Urillmaster of Nazareth Hall Military Academy Promoted.     '¦
RFTTFR FARM "^^ ^^^^^^
UL11LI\IM1V1|      FOR EXAMINATION
PRICES RULE
ILLUSTRATED LECTURE FOR BENEFIT OF PUBLIC SCHOOL LIBRARY
PATRIOTIC
A list of 207 reserve offlcers, at Camp Meade, Md., were promoted to higher rank and elevated to the rank of  Major.     Among  this number  was
ttio  bank  had  no night to begin  the pur townsman I'rofossor Henry J. F. bankruptcy   proceedings   because   of I Keusswig,   who  for  many  years  was the  fact  that it lO.one  filefl  the peti-j drill   master  at  Nazareth   llall   MIll- tion,  whereas    inasmuch    as ho  has   tary Academy and soon after we en- onnH qrH   "f't-en  creditors  the  petition,  under  tered  the war  ho  resigned  his posi- VniinO Man Became UlSCOlirageO ano   the law, should have been signed by  tion at the shcool and volunteered In «hnf Hiin.Sfilf"DlBS Instantlv i^' '•^*'' three of tlom. jthe    National Army.       For    several
Mr. Seip asked tho court to refer ' "months he wa.s in the training camp the  entire  proceeding  to  Georgo   F. j ^t Niagara Falls, and was then sent
AMONGST DRAFTED MEN
Help Also (ietting Worth-WhIle Wages As Compared With Former Pay,
cleaning¥f RUDBISH
This Is Important Because It Helps To A Riddance of Insect Enemies,
irrancis Serfass, aged 29 years, a h.[er employed by W. S. Folver. of E^ton committed suicide at an friy hour Friday morning by shoot- me himself in tho head with a shot ¦run i" t''" hako^hop In the rear of that' place of busineas.
Serfass was formerly employed in bakeries at Bangor and Pen Argyl »nd was recently employed as host¬ ler at tho Barnet House. Six weeks aeo he took a position at Felver''} bakery but continued to room at the
Biniet House and took his meals at   iu not due so much to his own flnan- the bakery. I'''^' affairs as it 's to certain condi-
Whilo employed at th(> Barnet t.ons existing between banks and cor- Houso Serfass met Mrs. Curvin Bur- p.irations in and about Slatington in eer, aged 19 years, who worked there vhich Hahn with others is intorest- ag a clora6>itir, and becarae infatuated   ed.     It  is  said  that  certain  factions
Coffin,  of  Easton,  as  special   master Svith  powfcr to call witnesses and to
make a report and recommendations.
This motion    was granted    and Mr. j Coflln will report whether or not Mr.
Hahn   is  a   bankrupt.     Pending   th')
filing of such report,  Mr. Hahn will ' bo permitted to continue business as
before   tha   bankruptcy   proceedings ' 'vore brought against him.
It is rumored    that    the difllculty
V. iiich   Hahn   finds  himself  in   to-day
to   Camp   Meade,   where  he   was  ap pointed    a captain    and  is now ap¬ pointed a Major.
Major Reusswig    In his    younger daya was a cadet at the West Point
The value of the 1917 crops of Pennsylvania is estimated at close to 1650,000,000, while a year ago tho value totalled about $400,000,000 lEvery commodity has increased in tprice.     The  wholesale  price  of  milk
•rek control of these Institutions and cf.ipoiations.
Basket Ball.
with her. Mrs. Burger and her hus¬ band Bcparatod on April 8, 1916, and lhe is better known as Alico Thorpe, her maiden name.
Miss Thorpe and her sister, Jen¬ nie Tliorpe, aged 17 years, formerly of Belvidere, wero at thi^ bakery .with Serfass tho previous evonlnf,'. ^t 10.30 Serfass went with Miss Thon>o and her tistor to tho Barnet House whore tho young women were ,put in a room for the night, Sorfass   u. g. boys defeating them by a s<or
X. H. 8. A   A. Notes.
m(!t  the  Bangor Orioles at  Nazareth on   Satur<lay,   January   26.     The   N,
Ugreeing to pay the expense. Miss Jhorpo, who is in a delicate condi¬ tion, walked with difficulty and had .to be assisted up stairs. Sorfas.^ kissed Miss Thorpe good night and jfent away. He promised to be back fit 10 ociock next morning.
The young man had been drinking heavily of late and had evidently .been worrying about Miss Thorpe and her alTairs as ho had tried to get boanl for hor at sov(>ral places with¬ out success. He seemed very ner- ,Tous on Thursday but none of his ,{riends knew much about his .troubles. They were astonished ,when they hoard of the sulcldo. Serfass was a son of Potor Serfass, '"iroprietor of tho Bushkill Centro Tlhotel, nusiikill Township. He would phave reached tho ago, of 2 9 yoars on >Iay 7. Bosidos bis father and step¬ mother, he is -survived by the fol¬ lowing brothers: WiUiam Serfass, of Northampton; Krastus Serfass, of liehighton; Oulllas Serfass, of AUen-
of 29 to 19. The score at tho end of the Jirst half was 8 to 8, showing the teams to be pretty well matched. The N. H. S. gIrU wero defeated af¬ ter five extra minutes of playing by a score of 12 to 14. Both sides played good clean games. The line up was as follows:
Nazareth High School
Military School and always delighted ,through the State wae an average of In military work. While at Naza-1.|2.75   a  hundred   pounds,   and   nine 1
reth Hall Military Academy he took i,<.,.nt8 a  quart  during   the  yoar,   but much pleasure in drilling the cadets ,the winter prices for milk are much: and  had  that  feature  of  the  school ^higher   in   most   sections.     In   191.;' work nicely developed. the  price of  milk  averaged   $1.95  a
Major Uousswig's family continues ,hundred   pounds   and   seven   cents   ai to reside here and his many friends (juart.     Butler prices increasod from in  this community joins  tho "Item"   34 cents to 46 cents, and eggs from in   extending  congratulations  to the   33  to  46  cents.    The average  prico
the farmer received for chickens was 21 cents a pound, as compared wilh !l6 cents in 1916; and turkeys jumped hfrom 26 to 30 cents a pound. Farm wages showed big increases, as it cost on an avorage $311 for a farm¬ hand by tho year, with board, as com¬ pared with $270 in 1916, and $176 the year before. Harvest hands re¬ ceived on an average $2.40 a day, as compared with $189 the year be¬ fore; and female household help re- iceived $4 a week, as compared with $3.42  tho year before.
Clean   culture   plays   a   most   im-
iportant part in the fight which must
lhe   waged  against   the   insects  which
'"pmenace the success of the home gar-
idener's efforts.     Cleaning off all the
Major for the honors he received.
 ^	
Muhlenberg College Glee Club Secured for Y, M. C. A. Auditorium
Lovers of  music  in  Nazaroth and vicinity   will   receive   with   pleasure [the announcement  that the Muhlen¬ berg College Glee Club  has been se-
The    N. H. S.  Basket    Ball Team icured by the Y. M. C. A. management
.for Tuesday evening, February 12. This organization takes rank among Ithe finest college glee clubs in tho Htate, and on former appearances in Nazareth has Invariably pleaced patrons.
For   many   years   the   Muhlenberg .club has their sheer merit maintained its   suprema^  among   college   musi¬ cal organizations.       Tho club    sings annually to over 10,000 people In the I largest cities of the east.     The 19IS ! itinerary   includes     twenty-two   con¬ certs.    The management could book twico as many, for wherever the Mu¬ hlenberg    Club    sings    it is wanted again.     The  club  sings  this  year   in the  following  cities,     among   others Ailentown,       Lancaster,       Lebanon, Reading, Norrlstown, Hazelton, Phil¬ adelphia,   Trenton,   N.   J.,   Klizabeth, N.   J.,   Wilmington,   Del.,   Brooklyn, .V.   Y.,   and   .New   York   City.     It   Is ¦high praise from patrons of the Muh- onborg Club who have boen attending .Muhlenberg concerts for years.     The unanimous  judgment  that   the   1918 iclub is the high water mark of Muh- ; lenberg   musical   achievement.
To the Nazareth patrons who have
Names. IClino,  F. . King,    F. . Schneebeli, Heiney,    G. Andrews,   G
C.
F. C. .   6 .   2 .   3
F. 3 0 0 0 0
Bruschi,   F. Frutchey,   F. Keat,    C . . . . Fritz,   G	
13 Bangor Orioles.
Pts
15 4 6 4 0
29
...   0
...   3
...   3 0
Speer,  G    0
8 ;
Referee—Habn.    20   minute
3 6 6
4 0
19 halves.
¦rubbish left over from last se.ison's ' gardening aids materially in reduc¬ ing tbo numbers of the over winter¬ ings forms of the Insect enemies ot the vegetable garden, whoso activi¬ ties are only too great in' any case.
Cutworms, whk:h hide In the soil in the daytime and come out at night to food on the tender growth ^nd cut small plants entirely off; wiroworms that damage tho tubers of potatoes and other root crops, and a host of lOther insects, winter undor brush ¦and rubbish on tho earth or a few in¬ ches underground. Where they can ¦find protection during the cool weathey of winter, conditions are ideal for their survival, and the warm Klays In the spring will bring them out in countless numbers to feed upon the tender foliage o f the young garden truck. Neighboring weed patches shelter many forms.
Aphids   or   plant   lice   aro   active
,town;   Howard   of   near   Petersville,    „   „.    ,,.„ ^^    „.,	
nd Roy  Serfass,   of   near   Bushkill .     .^^    ., ,u  v   «   r.    a    v    ,   , 1'''''^'}'^®"Ehtd by Muhlenberg concerts ,j„rii:g t*e winter months in the more
entre.    He  was  a  member  of   the^     The Nazareth  Y.  M   C. A   basket  in  the past,     this statement     is not southern sections,  and   find  food  on
0, S. of A. camp at Bangor.     He   I'a" team has again shown their op-, without  significance.    The   Nazareth  ornamental vines and shrubs, and on
l|wa« married somo years ago, but bis il>onents   in   a   well   and   fast  played   concert  will  com3 as  the climax  of      g^j^g   weeks,   which   afford   tbem
ite and child died. -?'^°^*!    with  the    All  Scholastics,  of  the Muhlenberg    Club's    pre-Lenten  (fo^jj ^nj sjjelder when
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The body was removed to Under- iBothlebem last Thursday tbat they [ itinerary. On Thursday, Friday and ¦taker Ashton's morgue and was later '^*^'' ^°^ ™®^ '"^^^ *°y '®*™ their | Saturday of next week the club will ¦taken to the homo of the father of superior    up to this    tife,    witb a -
fthe deceased at Bushklli Centro. score   of   47-20.     Following   is   the
Serfass    was among    the drafted
men in District No.   2,  this  county,
but had not been called.     He  filled
out his questionnaire las t week and
»ent It in.    He bad told bis friends
that he was not afraid to go to war.
are  not    available.
other plants ' Much  may  be
Men of District No, 2 to Appear at
the Office of Chairman J. A. Miller
on Monday for Examination.
The Examining Board of District No. 2, have called the first installa¬ tion of Class 1, to appear at the office of John A. Miller, Chairman, Naza¬ reth, on Monday, February 4, for ex¬ amination.
Three physicians will be in charge. Dr. J. A. Fraunfelder, and Dr. H. C. iPohl, of Nazareth, and Dr. Frank J. Hahn, of Bath.
Parle Facinni,  Penn  Allen.
Raymond   H.   Shankweiler,   Hollo.
Christian  F.  Martin, Nazareth.
Lorenzo Di Marco, Stockertown.
Herbort E.  Fritz, Wind Gap.
Frank L. Keller, Easton.
Oley  Franklin Shook, .Nazareth.
William  Henry Geary,  Bethlehem.
Wymond L. Milchsack, Nazareth.
Peter  Irvin  Fox, Eagton.
Russell   Kenneth  Stout,   Nazareth.
William P. McAuliffe, Easton.
Wesley Kisbpa'jgh,  Easton.
Horace Levi Hay,  Easton.
Walter L. Peters, Easton.
Nabile   Cordavani,   Stockertown.
Fred   Ackerman   Butler,  Nazareth.
Harry   William   Heil,   5:a:ston.
William Naggy, Easton.
James C. Heller, Easton.
Wilbur A.  Grant,  Bethlehem.
Edgar   A.   Christein,   Bethlohem.
Kr(!d  Levi  Klase,  Bethlehom.
Frank   William   Steckel   Easton.
Uobort  Pattison  More,  Bethlehem.
William Edmund Neberrolh, Beth¬ lehem.
Goorgo   P.   Johnson,   Easton.
Laurence A. Kilpatrick , Betble- (hem.
Arthur James Heil, Easton.
Andrew  Reubeu  Muth,  Easton.
Andrew Simon. Easton.
Clarence   L.   Schwartz.   Bethlehem.
David Gibbons, Easton.
Elwood Eugene Werkheiser, Naza¬ reth.
Wilmer Joseph Rissmiller, Wind ¦Gap.
Haywood E. Davis, Eastoti.
Silverlo Ciccarelli,  Easton.
I'asf|uale Pancoddine, Philadelphia,
William   Russel   Kachline,   Easton.
Edward C. Kaiser, Nazarelh,
Walter U. Sigley, Betblebem.
Mammano Francesco Palo. Baston.
Henry J. Heberling, Nazaroth.
Gordon  A.  Moser,  Easton.
Hugh  Henley, Nazareth,
Walter John Savior, Nazareth.
Clayton  E.  Dornblaser,  Easton.
Francis  Pritchard,  Wind Gap.
John Boresky, Washington. N.  J.
Goorgo B. Ebner, Easton. '     Albert James Miller, Allontown.
Silvio John Gregory, Nazareth.
Floyd  Washington  Rice,  Nazareth.
Leon David I.,ake, Phillipsburg, K J.
Clarence H. Crum, Easton. j     Adam W. Andrew, Easton.
James B. Smith, Easton.
Oharles J. Crush, Nazaretb.
Richard E. Edv/ards, Wind Gap.
Terrible Snow Storm.
Profeseor H. D. Bailey, of Muhlen¬ berg College, has been secured by the public schools for a lecture on "Lit¬ tle  Known   Facts  about  Our  Fruits. Flowers,  and   Vegetables"  to  be de¬ livered    in    tbe    Lutheran    Chapel, Thursday evening, January  31, at 8 o'clock.       Professor   Bailey,   because of  his  extensive  and   accurate  scho¬ larship In his field and his ability as a speaker, is greatly In demand, and it was only through rare good fortune that the schools were able to secure bim   for   this   lecture.     The   leoture will   be   Illustrated   with   about   one hundreil lantern slides and will with out a doubt, prove highly Instructive Besides the lecture there will be a program   of   vocal   and   Instrumental music.       Hoch's orchestra  bas  been , (sngaged for the occasion> j     The   proceeds  of   the   leoture  will 1 be  devoted     to  the  school     library. ' The library bas been moved  to new (luarters in the high school building and Is being completely reorganized. I All    through    tho fall    and    winter ' months,   teachers   and   high   school ; students   have   been   working  on   the j reorganization.     All books have been i reclassified   according   to  the   Dewey ! Decimal System,    and    a card cata- ilogue made of all books In the library, i Those  changes  are almost   complete, and   with   their   completion,   the   li¬ brary wiir enter upon  a new  careef Iof service and usefulness.
It is tbe aim of those in charge to throw the library open to the public as woll as to the teachers and stu¬ dents of tho schools, and to make it. within certain necessary limitations, a recognized useful institution in the community.
Held Under the Auspices of Federated
Men's Classes-Addressed by
Very Prominent Speakers.
WORLD WARjISCUSSED
Straightforward Talks on Navy and Army Life-Large Audience
Concert at the V. M. C, A.
On Tuesday evening the Suwanee River Quartett appeared at the Naz¬ areth Y. M. C. A. and our people iwere certainly well entertained during the one and one-half hour spent in their presence. Tbeir songs wero •catchy and each member proved to bo a star in his profession.
The instrumental pan of the pro¬ igram was especially fine.     They sang humorous,    sentimental    and planta- : tation songs, and selections ot a high¬ er grade.
There    was a perfect    blending of jyoices in lhe quartet work and in the Irepeated encores they held the audi¬ ence entranced by the quality of their |imusic.     Special     men'ion  sbould  be imade of Mr. J. H.    Gannt, the basso, whose  rendition  of "Old   Black  Joe' was classical,    and    of Mr. Maxwell, the tenor.
Tho Y. M. C. A. committee in charge of the arrangoments was very fortunate to bill such an interesting entertainment to appear in their new ¦building for the first attraction and has been commented highly by their ipatrons who are looking forward for more such Interesting entertainments.
Grows Rich Blacking Shoes.
We     experienced     another     snow
score   of   47-20.     Following   is .line up.
Bethlehem  All  Scholastics.
J>Jame8. Howard F. . Wiley, G... Wiley, F... 3asshl, C. . . Basthek, G. Ruyak, O. . . Blsbiino, C. .
Nazaretb Y Names.
Gro.ss,   F	
Cassler,   F	
Wright, C	
Green,   G	
G.   Knecht,   G	
Kline.   F	
F.  Knecht, O	
Heiney, G    0
War Tax Law.    -
Scranton,   Jan.   29.—Somebody   is
oing to tell on vou if you don't pay rour Income tax. Congress has pxed it 80 that somebody  must tell,
[wpether ho wants to or not. One  section   of   the   War   Income
Tax Law,   exhaustively   comprehon-
p^ye in scope, requires every person,
without exception, and every corpor- fiion, partnership, association and In¬ purance company, in whatever ca- ^clty acting, who paid $800.00 or pore to another person, corporation, partnership,     association     or   insur-
nce company, as Interest, rent, sal¬ ines,   wages,   premiums,   annuities, lompensation,   renumoratlon,   emolu- fents, or other fixed or determinable' lisins, profits and  Income,  to  report
ne name and address of tbe person,
«rporation, etc., to whom the pay- fient was  mado,   together   with   tho
mount of the payment, to the Con-
iissioner    of  Internal     Revenue  at
vashington, using a form proscribed
or the purpose—Form  1099, now to   Co^e'^ci'. ..'.'..'..'.'.   6
B nad   from   all   collectors'   oflSces. i s„rv' G     1
f^l 'f"^ "'"8t be filled out and re- ;   ' ^'       _
unied on or before March 1st, 1918.
•ecoinpanlpd by Form 1096, which is
Pi-Hf I   "' transmittal  and  affldavit
""tying the accuracy of Form 1099.
We number   of   forms   deelrod,   as
lanh^"'",',"   '"^^   "i"st   ^«   used   for l^cn Individual   recolving   800.00   or
F. C. .   3 .   3 .   3
O
'. 1 . 0 .   0
9 . M. C. F. C. . 8 . 2 . 6 . 2 . 0 . 0 .   0
F. 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
F. 8 0 2 0 0 1 0 0
Pts 6 6 6 6 2 0 0
20
Pts 24
4 14 4 0 1 0 0
sing in Reading. Norrlstown and Philadelphia. The Nazaretb concert will come the following Tuesday, and win mark the wind-up of tho firs't half of the season.
neglected corners. ! j^^^ considerable trouble in trying to
Wedded.
Referee   Habn.    Timekeeper Star¬ ner.     Two  20  minute  halves.
On   Monday   evening   tbey   played tho strong Newkirk  Hall,  of Easton by  a  score of   34-12.     The  line  up. Newkirk Hall, Easton.
CleweU—Long.
At the parsonage. No. 108 South Broad Stroet, Nazareth, on Satur¬ day evening, January 26, Wilson O. Clewell, of Bangor, and Miss Lillie R.   Long,    of  Bangor,     R.  D.,  were
i united in marriage by the Rev. George S. Kleckner. They were at¬ tended by Mr. and Mrs. Clarence C. Clewell, of Betblebem. The ring service of tho Lutheran Church was used. The bride Is a daugliter of Mr. and Mrs. David Long. Tho bridegroom     is employed    at     Dlot-
I rich's   garage,   Pen   Argyl.     After   a
I brief wedding   tour  tbey   will   reside
I at Bangor.
Willium.son—Slogget.
Miss    Heltui    Young    Williamson daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Wil
Leaves, stems and otber litter ¦ should never be allowed to accumu- ¦ late up to the time of planting, or there will be thousands of insects the coming year where there yero hun¬ dreds last season. Weeds shoul'.' he ; cleared up and burned, together witb al'  garden rubbisa I
The    soil should    be    thoroughly
worked   over   during   tbe   winter   to
; destroy such insects as may be spon 1-
ling tbe winter on or a few inches be- j
low the surface.    This Is best done at
least  a   month   before  the  seed   are
(iplanted. i
!     If  the  chickens  are  available  for ':
Ithe pjrpose they ought to be allowed
, froo access to the newly turned over '
b,iil for a time, as the fresh mer. in:
tae  form of insects which  tbey  will
find there will prove a very welcon.e
adiMion to their diet, and its remiv-
iai wilt go far toward insuring a fa''i
[i'ar: to the garden crop. '
In several top-dressing experiments
I on  meadows last  year it was  found
that the heaviest gains were on thoso
tields  with  rather  heavy soil,  which
¦was already yielding a good tonnage
keep up their schedule. The county roads are considerably drifted. The road between Moorestown and Naza¬ reth, a distance of four miles, is closed almost the entire distance. Besides many other country roads are Impassable.
The two now trolley cars of the Slate Delt Electric Street Railway Company, leaving Bangor at 6 o'clock Saturday morning, for tbe Bethlehem Steel plant, were stack in a huge snow drift at the otirve near tho Woodly House, at "Wind Gap. Tbe snow had filled into the cut to such an extent tbat it caused the cars to leave the tracks. The passengers were taken back to Bangor.
I The shoeshining business in Wil¬ liamsport Is so prosperous tbat Bar¬ tholomew LIppoli, an Italian resident, last Saturday added a $50,000 prop¬ erty in Market scjuare, the centre of tbe business district, to bis holdings.
Lippoli, who came to Williamsport less than eighteen years ago a poor man, now owns property valued it ; nearly $100,000. Tbe secret of his success Is his thrift and aid givea him by bis wife and several boys an.I girls, all of whom bave sblned thou¬ sands of shoes. Two of his boys are in the army.
He started a shoeshining establish ment and in a short time had openeil two other sueh places. All pai 1 biu' through family labor, and he invest¬ ed his savings in real estate. He now owns three business buildings and two  dwellings.
Freshet Is Looked For.
Death Comes In Sudden
Form To This Family.
,.,...,,„, .   per acre.    With nitrate at the prico
liamson,   and   Albert   John   blogget, ^,   ^^Q   p^rton,   no   field   paid   much
Names. Conklin,   F.. Purcell, F. . , Jones,   C . . . . Albright,   G.
F. C.
1 o
1
0
Names.
5 Nazareth Y   M. C. F. C.
F'RED C
KIRKENDALL. Collector.
Gross. F. . Casslor, F Wright, C Greene, 1 Knecht
G.
O.
F. 2 0 0 0 0 0
2
A. F. 1 1 0 0 0 0
Celebrated Fiftieth Wedding.
I Heiney, O    0
16 2
i     Referee  Hahn.    Timekeeper I ner.     20 minute halves.
Pts 4 4 2 0 0 2
12
Pts
19
6
2
0
0
both of Pen Argyl, woro married on
New York
Argyl
profit. However, with nitrate at $50 17.- . ». TT. r.1. IT-.. ,. T, 'ithe normal price, it would have paid ^'"w'-.f- Church, Easton, by Rev. ^„ general of the better fields. Dr. W. H Ford, "rhe.v were unat- one interesting experience was in i tended. Immediately after the cere-1 ^ ^ase where salt was applied at the monyjhoy left on a wedding trip to ; r^te of 100, 200 and 300 pounds por They will reside In Pen i^cre to similar-sized plots.     Tbe re- i
isults showed a gain of about 327 ¦pounds per acre on grass yielding a ,Uttle over oue ton per acre. The «ost did not exceed 70 cents por ton, making the cost per ton in grain In hay $5.28, or less tban the nitrate ¦of soda. Thero w^as practically no, difference in gain over the larger (luantities or salt used.
A   large   number   of   lime   experi-
Asked Furd fur Ransum.
Reports from tbe headwaters of the Delaware river say that a warm rain would result in a freshet of ser¬ ious proportions. The Ice along the upper reaches of the stream is from 20 to 30 inches thick and there is far .more of it now than at any other time for many years.
An old riverman assorted tbat a warm rain would bring a flood of un¬ usual sizo, especially in view of tho great amount of snow covering tbo territory tributary to tbe Delaware and the ice up toward the sourc© of the stream. Interests along the river are hoping for a long spell of moderate weather so that both tbe snow and ice shall pass away grad¬ ually.
Death has come in sudden form to relatives of Z. Taylor Shober, forlner hotelkeeper, of Lancaster, wbo drop¬ ped dead a few days ago in Atlantic City and was buried Saturday. His twin brother, W. Scott, expired on a ferryboat on the Suscjuebanna river. Another brother, John, dropped dead on the street, while a sister, Mrs. Louisa Devore fell dead In a ceme¬ tery. The father died while on a fishing trip.
Tbe Shobers were proprietors of the old Shober House, famous as the site of one of tbe earliest theatres in 1 America.
Through ice to Death.
John Slusarsky, 25 years of age, •was arrested by Federal agents Tues¬ day on a charge of having sent a threatening letter,    demanding    ran-
Bom,  to  Henry  Ford, tho  inanufactu- , . .   , ^  ,
reF.    Slusarsky pleaded guiltv when   ™«n'« .'^''^J® ^^\^'^' »"d '«» e^efV case
showed  that  clover succeeded  much better where limo was applied.     Tho
Camp Call To Come Soon.
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Pauley, of Ti:??' °" Saturday celebrated their ' wn wedding anniversary. Thev l^t^^/l^rned   January   26.   1868,   at
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I'rges Farmers to Sell 1917 Wheat,
, , He is  72 years of age
his wife Is  71,       Mrs.  Charle.^ ^lerer   of Nazaroth is a daughter ' Mr. and Mrs. Pauley.
Farmers of I'ennsylvanla were on
to  E*ston   Tuesday called  upon by Secretary of
Both are bale  Agriculture Patton to soil wheat from
tho 1917 crop on their hands and not needud for seed purposes as a matter of patriotism. Mr. Patton estimates that over one-fourth of the wheat raised last year is In the hands of tho farmers.
"The public safety committee bas Adam Rltt (called attention to the need of wheat
P  * R   B  n '^^ South Alientown, I A shortage exisU and I hope the far B'«'»tly kiiuH c.*!*'' "f'^nian, was In- ; mers of Pennsylvania will sell now," Mok,-. .."'*i irlday mornlnE --.t tne   said   the   secreUry.     "Tbe   price   Is
S'l arraigned before a United States coin- Star- ,niis3ioner and was remanded to jail to await action of the Federal Grand Jury.
The letter demanded $10,000 as tho price for saf-ty of Ford and his on Edsel. A decoy package was 8i>nt to an addross mentioned in the letter .Slusarsky was arrested when ho got (he package.
Tlu; prisoner declared he did not intend to injure Ford or bis son, but •that he hoped to get $400 or $500 from Ford to pay pressing debts.
results showed lhat farmers ought to try life on their fields whicb show signs of acidity. Unlike nitrate of soda, tho application of lime will show for several yoars.
FIremaji RItter Killed.
Stauffer Sale Nets $3,178.
litVe*'' ^-"-"^-¦**'''°'" at^CaiilUtuqua.   fl <nia<l r
was
Tho sale  of tho  personal  property
of the late Asber V. Stauffer, at bis
home stead in Lower Nazareth Town-
x^ ar»2°20"8o that no'th'ing'can bolshlp.  Saturda.v.  netted  $3,178^    Tbe
Arrested As Allen tnemy,
George Boden for the last two yoars in charge of tho foreign ex¬ change departmont of a large San Francisco bank, was arrested on a presidential warrant Tuosilay and in¬ terned as a dangerous enemy alien, federal  offlcers  announced.
Documents, which the authorities contended   showed   that   Buden   had
Harrisburg, } xn. 27. — Drafted men wbo will be summoned to make up the shortages of draft districts tributary to Camps Lee and Meade in all probability will begin to move to those camps ou February 6, but tho balance of tbo mon neodod to make up tho quota under tho flrst call will not start before February 15, accord¬ ing to present Indications. The meu to flll shortages will replace men re¬ jected at camps after physical exami¬ nation and make up deficiencies un der previous quotas. About 10 to 12 per cent, still are due tbe two camps under  the first call.
Charles Martin, aged 73, of Reed- ers, Monroe Couty, lost bis life last week while crossing Trout Lake Ice dam with a snow plough. One of the horses broke through the ice, i-nd pulled the other borse and Mar¬ tin down into about 20 feet of water bi'veral men at the Ice plant heard .Martin's call for help and rushed to his assistance wl:h ropes and planks The body was flnally re«^vered. .\ doctor decided that Mtwtin had met f'o.ith by freezing.
Vigilance Hose Co. Notes.
run  down     by  a  witst-   gained    by bolding    it any    longer Rtttp?'"^'  Lehigh  Valley  train    This Is m time    when    tbe wheat Is
born  ^^l '¦' '«*•¦• <" •«•• •od tnmTj"*.^"?!'*  A.llent«wn.    He
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needed and I trust that tho farmers of tbe sUte will show tbeir patriot¬ ism by placlDK tbeir wheat at dlepo- sal of bayere."
At a meeting hold recently, yearly reports  were  presented  that  showed tbat the company bad gained both in been   pacific  coaat   representative  of   membership    and  financially        One tho  German     Imperial     bank,   were  new   member   was   elected   and   four seized. applications     received    at  tbe aame
property consisted of cattel, horses, Tbe arrest, federal officers believe, time, automobile* and farming implements.! will result In tbo scotching of Oer- Tbe Company alto decided to bold Tbe homestead will be sold Pebruary I many's alleged extensive flnanclal their annual Memorial Sarrlces, In 9 and tbe sale of the personal prop- system In tbe United States and Ja-1 bonor of tb* deceased members,, with erty on tbe Paulus farm will Uke pan which has been m*luUfn«d la M. M. Dry. pastor .of tbe Lutheran place February 2S. |spite of tbe war. Cburcb.
$25,500 State Bill Filed
Against Stauffer Estate,
Auditor Goner il Snyder's office, at Harrisburg has flled a bill against tho estate of tbe late Ashc'T SiautTor for , $25,500, representing inheritance taxes be Is alleged t^ have collected while register of wills of Northamp¬ ton County and failed to remit to tho state.
Stauffer committed suicide last fall while auditors from Harrisburg were examining bis accounts. The exe¬ cutors of the estate have not not yet met to consider wbat action tbey will ' take relative to the state's action.
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A splendid patriotic rally, seldom, iif ever, equaled in these parts, was 'held in the Walnut Street Pre«byter- ,ian Church, Bath, under the auspices ot the Federated Men's Ciassee of 'Bath, which was addressed by Wil¬ liam G. Girthue, professor of inter¬ national law. of New York University, and Joseph Taylor, of the U. S. Navy, also of New York. The audience was made up of many out-of-town 'persons, who certainly did not come ¦amiss in braving ibe wintry elements to participate in the meeting. It was a lare treat and practically no phase 'Of the world war went unfoi gotten in the may-sided presentation of ¦views. Hon. Girihue dwelt upon the ¦international la.v aspects entirely, ¦while Mr. Taylor enthused his audi¬ tors with his stralghtfqrward talks on navy and army life. The former 'has made a study of international 'law for twenty years, and many In the audience marveled at the cogent, logical statement of Uncle Sam's po¬ sition In the great world conflict. For three years he studied in the Uni¬ versally of Berlin. Prof. Girthue 'poss'esses great dramatic power, and ¦in both articulation and gesture al- ¦most outdoes the redoubtable "Ted¬ dy." He is one of the old school of epellbinders. Mr. Taylor has a daughter, a Red Cross nurse now in France. He recently came East from St. Louis, where he has done some good work in recruiting for Uncle ¦Sam.
Mr. Taylor, the first speaker, stated in opening his remarks that the supreme sacriflce of all time was Christ crucified an tbe cross, and tbe supreme sacriflce now, as he con¬ ceives it, is the w^ork ot enlightened Christian people in this war to make the world safe for democracy.
There is no sucn thing on the face of God's green earth as a German- American, said Mr, Taylor. Tbere ain't no such animal. It's like be¬ ing a sinner and a saint. He admit¬ ted that there were plenty of disloyal 'people in our own eonflnes, dropiping 'indiscriminately their seditious re¬ marks, but, said be, the expurgation period has arrived, and tbere are not I enough jails in the United States to hold all such abominable characters. He surmised there would be some surprise "sunrise parties" before long, to put an effectual stop to any seditious treasonable remarks. Be glad, said he, tbat you are living la the United States, and don't think your sacrifice is too great. Why, In Germany every man between the ages of 16 and 65 are in the service, either in uniform, in training, in the the trenches, or some munition plant. He said he had personally talked with that woman who, in Belgium, I while walking tbe streets with her child, was threatened violence by four German ofl[ioer8 and when she protested, the child was crucified by nailing its body lo the shutters of a house, and the left breast of the wo¬ man was cut off. He met tbis woman ¦ in a hospital in Manchester, England.
Prof. Girthue for twenty years bas 'been telling the audiences of tbe United States our principles of gov- ; ernment. He explained with legal 1 history the systems of governments, llnd quoted Abraham Lincoln that this world cannot remain half slave and balf free, not half despotic and half democratic; it must either be demo¬ cratic or monarcnic. He explained ¦how the Czar bad called tbe flrst peace tribunal at The Hague, and that the only opposition to perma¬ nent disarmament among nations was made hy tbe Kaiser, and that tbe Czar finally acquiesced in the matter.
Peace, what a charmed word it Is, Liberty, I've seen it, I've In a meas¬ ure appreciated it when I looked upon the eagle in Central Park, New York, or tbe lion or leapord and ti¬ ger, or even gazing at the wild flow¬ ers of the mountain. You can't have law without liberty, but you can bave liberty without law.' Ger¬ many Is tbe outlaw—tbe Jt>s«e James —of the so. ll order today Since 1914 she bas acted outside the scope of international  law  absolutely.
In the most scathing terms be <lwelt upon the Lusitania, the Wm. P. Frye case along with other ot tbe dastardly deeds of tbe Germans. The Zeppelins and the submarines, he termed out-and-out assas.'slns. He cited a case in point where In one school 76 out of 136 pupils were killed by the passing over of a dir- igble and tbe dropping of hand gre¬ nades.
The meeting wai arranged by Post¬ master Fred P. Laub, representa¬ tive of the National Securities Lea¬ gue, an organlz.ition co operating with the administration In Its flgbt against pro-Oermanlsm and its pro¬ paganda, by promoting patriotic ed uiafion and universal military triln- ing and service. It bas also rendered invaluable aid to tbe secret service In discovering antl-Ameriran agita¬ tors and trouble makers, and in their internment. With tbe Hon. Ellbu Root as Its president, it Is one of the greatest organizations flgbtlnf our war against Oermany within the con¬ fines of our country
W. T. Rohn president of the lien's Claas presided. Miss Kathe^lno Burke ts scheduled to speak la Batk in the very asar fotare.