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AN 1NDEPKM)P:nT family NEWSFAPEk, DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, LOCAL AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE
VOL. XXIX
NAZARETH, PA.. THURSDAY xMORNING, OCTOBER 28, 1920
NO. 48
WHEN
AUTO IS STRUCK BY TROLLEY CAR
ONE MILE SOUTH OF QUAKERTOWN
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URGE A TTENDANCE A T FARM PRODUCE SHOW AT FAIR GROUNDS
Jeams Selected From Til e Different Grang¬ ers Made Decisions; Keen Competition.
[lose Rivalry Between The Display Of The Different Gr c ) c, cs; Newburg Grange Won The Blue Ribbon.
Probably     1300     to  2000     peopl ok in the Farm Products Show ai i
Nazarj*!.! Pair grounds. From e number o' machinoB parked, it uid soera us It the future of ihe irse will be to drag the plow or ml in the grain. Some predict It the tractor will even do this rk. Mu'h interest was manif.-s'- In the di luonstration, by Prof. ¦Bride, of how (o test cows, hors.'s iri:..:s ?o I.; to know which animal mill briPi? the greatest profit to the mer. Teams of five men from il of 111.? different granges had in'v niiiures to d.-cide w'licli Imals hid the most giod poin s beauliful banner was awarded to winning team. The horse that farmer would buy for his owu should be short legged, with 5ort body, straight back, and b' s ted so ai to stand sfjuare, so tha; would no: pull a load at an unHle. 1 ribs '10 placed that he wouM le a good digesiion. Ono farmer d that '10 liked a crooked legged ne, anothe-' answered that h.- di 1 twant one where the legs got all igled up together. Beth Mr. iBriile .ml the farmers soi-med to tk that the gray was a little bet-
han the other two. Ike cows    were  so    nearly equal it    '.vas    dilhcult     to    decide imingly  (-iich   had  a  good  consti- :ion, a straight back and udib r so iced as 'o indicate good milk pro itlon.     \Vhy    a dish  in    the fac- wild   sluiif  that a cow  is a     g.oil Ilier    is     certainly     a     profound set.    I'e-hapfi it Indicates that sli ' Inot kii'k tho horns off the moon pig is   ilways a    pig.     He won't le out when  you  want  him.  and ifiU go i.i where you don't  wan' 1, he Is always ready  for a SiTap. | U he can  possibly find  the least ^ Phole, i.heii it is good fat pig and iyhego,-i3.     Du'    as    fie    is    th,'| lUeman .vho pays the rent, every Irlikee iiirn. fof his backbone and lage,    hi-i    ham    and    scrapnl.'. •
Hey-3r and Kva Malm contend
nth twelve Tjovs as to who  had
belt .Vg.     On' the   b.iiiis  of   50, I
pig of   UoUand   Jones   took   -il \
•l«, and that ot Stanley Willi'im-j
took 4'! '-, :   on  tho  basis of GO.
Hahn  i.   eivod   5 7   and  C.   Rotii
The  J' vs and girls have every
Bn to I'e.l   proud,   for  Pr..fessor
e pr lisod them for iheir work
iMngrituliited them on their su.'-
In   judging    the    Red Duroc
j". he Jail  that  ten  years ago  a
fent ty|i,i of sow  was prefcrri'd.
ithat w.is bloeky, with short leg--,
close to  tho     ground.     Tod.iy
'Want a rugged, upstanding type.
unit inn    wid'h of    back,    of
- arch. a. good str.iin  of bams,
'•tout  b,);]e   that   would   make   a
or 400 I'ound hog. and bring a
* of nine or  ten pigs to jierfec
They \,-ant one that Is b.'tter
for i'r.-ediiin than  for the bul-
> Mook.    All on o\hibition  had
't the same  number  of  pulnts
•t   was   d llicult    to    IU ke    a
ion.
the F.ii- llouBi' there se, ui' d to
*« spirit   of   wholesome   rivalry
m th" (..ranges Newburg.  St.ir,
¦y.   H.irmony.     nnd  the  Forks
'"nltv     .-\s8oclatlon.     T!ie    dis-
"> all  was  remark  bis  for  the
¦f ind   beauty   of   articles   ei-
fr.iin  peanuts  to  big   puinii-
ironi ...i.eii iiiirks to the cboic-
"canned trul-s and vege'aid s
t lahei- and artl.-ftic tasc  had
thing to the be,s; adv n-
many of us ciuld mik
f^ giving tho n me of 'h"
roni    flower    bloSBoms,  m'
"ds of white wa.\ b.'ms
POLITICAL MASS MEETING
AT
ROYAL THEATRE
Nazareth,  Pa.
OCTOBER
29
at 8 P.  M.
.\11 citizens, regardless of party affiliation, are cordially invited to attend this meeting. The honor of our coun'ry mus! bo vindicated, our pledges to tho wcrld must be kept in¬ violate; these and other thenu-s will be d'sciissed by tho follow¬ ing speakers:
\Ii-s Vernetta Decker, James \V. Fox, Esq., George W. Geiser, Jr., Harry D.  Kutz.
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CtWO of the UNFORTUNATE PARTY )
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HENUY F.  MILLER
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UNITED EVANGELICAL CHURCH OBSERVES
RALLY DAY
MRS.   HE.NRY  F.   MILLER
V,
FOUR INJURED WHEN AUTO HITS FREIGHT TRAIN
Wind Gap Party Comes To Grief at Edelmans Dur¬ ing Heavy Fog.
Program Successfully Carried Out; Large A t- tendance At Morning Service; Pastor Deliver¬ ed A Helpful Sermon.
THREE IN HOSPITAL
icclor, and atove all in flavor, than f'ose shipped in crates from th - 'Pacific co'ist. Any man wlio has thr.e or "our barrels of 'Weallhy. Fall Pippin, Bannana, or Gr, ven- stein can feel nil set up and look I with disdain on the oranges and ; grape fruit of the green grocer. The hoy w!io can till up all pock,'ts with apples when he starts lo scliOi-1 a.id then eat trom three to a doz-.m b-^twoen times is certainly in luek. The old proverb says", ".-Vn apple a day will keep the doctor away." T.'ien comes the pesimist. who says ''.\n onion i day will keep every one else away."
The ladies were much interested 'n the display of needle and crochet work. It had at least one merit. Tho (luilts were of recent poductton. and had not covered Ilem. Sham and Jabez, when In thoir cradles. La'er in the day the li.ght hearted, and light footed, tripped the light fan¬ tastic, in *he old fashioned square dances. Judging from the crowd, a groat many must have been in th.' p( sit ion ot the deacon, who was brought before the church court f-r .tning to Ihc circus. He adailtto.l the charge, but said that the only r-ason tor his being there was tha' be had gone to frown it down.
All admitted that It was 'svhat a Farm Products Show ought to b ' :ii,d hat it waii as ditTerent from the usual "Agricultural Hnss Trot," with its midway fakers, and vll." shows, that gr far beyond the sug gestive, as noon is from midnight. Vhile the one Is simply a matter of cniiimeri*ialisra, tho taking of th'> money away from the home, th" o'her is for the instruction and en¬ couragement in all that will bring prosperity and comfort to evei'v ciiutry fire side, and will keep the boys and girls near to the singim,' i:f birds, the petting of stock, th.- glowing of flowers and grains, the drinking in the bracmb 1 reezes, "when the frost Is on piimiikin and the corn is in schock,"
FATHER AND BROTHER
MOTORED TO THE SCENE
AND IDENTIFIED BODIES
Botli Families  Had Arranged  for  a   Week
End  Visit  to   Their Parents
and Friends at Bath.
TOWN AND   VICINITY IN  MOURNING
Four Wind Gap men were injured '1 ree of them so badly that they are il' a serious cindition in the Easton I.ospital, as the result of an accident wUen the automobile of W. H Miller a Wind flap plumber, ran into a r L. & W. fre ght train at the crossing near F.delmans. this county, at about ten o'clock Wednesday night.
Miller, accompanied by Allen (Red I : vis, who is one of his employes, went to Easton to purchase some plumber's suiplies, and they had irvited Thomas L. Davis and John I K. Jones, both of Wind Gap, to a'company them for the ride
Returning home, they were unabl'. to see for any great d stance in front ¦if them, due to the heavy lOg, an i at Edelman's crossing, the r.i"chine cir.fhed ino the freight train which ^ias iiassing tne crossing at the tiia--.
All of the ir en with the e.xcepiion o.' Jones, were rendered unconscious. Jcnes managed to retain corscious- Less long enough to summon -mother motorist who was in the vicinity, and
Trombone Solo By Eu¬ gene 7 reir;^ un ter Cf Trios; Cash Offering For The Day Amount¬ ed to $200.
The annual Rally Day services in Hainan Memorial United Evangelical [Church and Sunday rchool were ob¬ served last Sunday. Rev. P. K. liergman, ii.'ior of the church, had 1 ,anned a program, which was suc- i.Esfully carried out. At &:30 A. .^i . the Sunday school session was oi-ened by rhe superintendent, James Irierly. Miss Jennie Schl.imp and -Mrs. P. K. Bergman rendered a piano duet to the delight of all preseni. F.ev. Paul S. Meinert, pastor of the local .Moravian churcli addressed ;be school in an able aud interesting manner. His address v.is very mstiuctive and was greatly appreciated. A splendid e.xplauatiou o;' the Sun,lay school lesson was given by D. -A. Cohick. Great inter¬ est centersd in the offering; th.i Classes     reported  individually.     The
Ladies'     Bible     Class     reported  the fith the aid of other people who had  Ittigest amount,  $.",0.20;   the amount gathered,    the    injured    men    wer-'  of ihe     am re school  was     $!52.50.
Friends ind relatives of two B.itli families were grief S'-'icken early S.'turday eveuiug wh.m the news was telephoned X,i7,areth Ihat the entire family of Hardie H. Fehnel. a bro¬ ther of Clarence F. Fehnel, 12 il South killed.
latter, scars on her forehead and a fiactured sl'ull. Mr. .Miller, who was caught behind the steering ge.ir oi the car, was pinned underneath the trucks of the trolley, and his bi dy was mangled and skull tract- Green Street, N'azareth, was'uied. From the position of th.- as  well     lis  the     family    of | bodies of Mr, and .Mrs. Fehnel it was
Henry F. Miller, form rly ot Bath, evident that they also were und, r Immediately on rec.'.viug word of! ihe front trucks of tho trolley car the accident, Clarence F, Fehnel, las Mrs. Fehnel's f.ice was smashed with his ftiLiier, Clinton H. Fehnel, laud skull fractured and her b.ick .\. S. Fehnel and S. J. Fehnel motor- Irokeu. .Mr. Fehnel's skull was also ed to Qu.ikertown, reaching the)'e at 'f-actured with ugly face scars, Th-i' 12 P. M., for the purpose of identl-j face of Mrs, Fehnel was so di fl.iiur- fymg the dead bodies. On calling led that identification -was only pos- on Dr. William S. Erdman, they|sihle through the color of her hair were informei that the accident had The victims, all had limbs broken, occurred and reached the scene oiii ft sh torn and badly mangled, he had beeu notified by Superlnten-j X\ the impact of lh,> crash, the dent    Stover    of    the     Quakeriowu ; front   trucks   of   the-   troll, y  jumped
and
fall th,' the
BATH CHURCH
CELEBRATES 50TH
trolley statlo.i, th.it an accident h.d oca'ured aud readied the scene of the accident Just a few minutes later iird found that all of them me' in¬ stantaneous death. From him they learned tij^t personal cards had been found on the bodies whicli en¬ abled him to get in touch with r'Ui- tives lu Bath and that the telephoa-i operator later got inform.ition to r.Jatives of .Mrs. Fehnel in Piilla- c<(:lphla.
On    ascertaining that  the    bodies had been '-iken iu charge by Under-
'te tracks and ripped their way into
.a.'cident  and  that  orders  should  be' giVen    the officials    of the    Trolley! Company  not  to  move  the  m.ichin,i j or do any cleaning up until he was i enabled  to  reach  tho scene  on Sun- ' day morniag    but in    spite of these instrurtious the trolley company saw to   it   that   e\erytliing   pertaining   to the    coUisiin   was  removed     before nine o'clock  Sunday,  and  befoie  h' vas able  lo get there.     He Immedi- aiely  appointed  a  jury,   wilh  Oswin C-iJSsman,    of Quakertown,    as fore¬ man.     A visit was made to 'h.- seen of the    accident and a    prelituir.ary Investigation     made,.   The     coroner advised   the   Jury   that   the   inquest would   probably   be   held   at'er   the funeral  of thn victims  or  early  the following week.
Siever.il     oincials    of the    Leh gh Valley T-ansi: Company. Mr. S; ring
tlie field on the far side of the road, jai'd Mr. Trythall reached the seem a distance of approximately 200 |of the accident early in the evening feet, il hovever not being known lard took 'harge of the v.ilu Dies of whether vhe rear trucks left th" Ithe d.'ad and arran,.;ed for their tr.icks as uo.ie of tho bereaved wa-'remov.il to the morgue.     Mr. Sprin;
enabled to see the debris. Passi'Dj? er.= were thrown from their seats and were shaken and bruised, but none was badly hurt.
Hiram Erb, motorman of the car. st'id that ne sa'.v the autoraohil,.' i pproaching the crossing but believ¬ ed,    from Its    position, that jt    had
faker Trelfin^er, with the aid of two'stepped to allow him to cross th undertakers ;n Quakertown and two'road. ^le said that it was nearly f"om Riclilindtowu, the F.'hnels (.ark Imd difiltuP to see obj'-ct^ hastened t> tho temporary morgU" luore than few y.irds away. His back of tlu. Globe Hotel and identl- statement, however, was discounted fied   the  viciims,   and   a   short   time'in   view   of   the   fact   that   the   road
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