The Conshohocken Recorder, April 15, 1921

              Number 5418 PUBLISH 1.1) EVERT
TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
CONSHOHOCKEN, PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1921. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE
$1.50 A YEAR PRICE TWO CENTS.
BY
ECO. DISPROVED
Manager Kearns States 72 per
Cent, of the Employes Re-side
Here.
PLAN TO PROVIDE HOUSES
Rumors that had pained wide cir-culation
about town that the l«ee
Tire and Rubber Company was llB-criminating
against local men in giv-ing
employment in favor of out-of-town
resident! were branded as un-true
and manager John Keams sub-mltted
figures to disprove the state-ments.
The matter was brought up at a
meeting of the hoard ol directors of
the Chamber of Commerce last even-ing
at the Lee cafeteria".
William I-acey stated that there
is much criticism by the town's peo-ple
of manufacturers not hiring Con-shohocken
men but wore giving pre-ference
to non-resident3. Magistrate
Light also stated that he beard
many rumors of the same kind.
John Kearns, manager of the Lee
plant, who is also a member of the
board of director- of the Chamber of
Commerce, said that he had heard
of criticism of the company's em-ployment
policy and that It Is un-wamnted.
Mr. Kearns stated that
71.81 per cent, of the company's em-ployees
are local men end that 28.5
per cent, resided outside the bor-ough.
He assured the directors that
whenever it is possible preference is
given to Comdiohocken residents but
the company reserves the right to
demand a certain standard of work-manship.
He also staled that many
employees, who desire to live here,
are compelled to live elsewhere be-cause
of the shortage of houses here.
Mr. Kearns submitted ligures
showing that on April 9th the com-pany
had B91 employees upon, its
pay roll 422 of whom were residents
of Conshohocken and ti'.ii were non-residents,
showing that local resi-dents
comprised 71.26 per cent, of
the entire employees and the non-residents
numbered 28.1' per cent.
Anthony Talone asked if Italian
residents were given fair treatment
when men were being hired and Mr.
Kearns replied that almost 20 per
cent, of the men employed in the
plant were Italians.
Victor Mauck, chairman of the
, board of directors of the John Wood
Manufacturing Company, assured
the directors of the Chamber that
preference, so far as it is possible,
is given to, Conshohocken residents
by his company but the seniority of
employes is recognized after a lay-on*
in rehlrlng men.
House Shortage
Cornelius Desimone spoke or tlie
houie shortage and suggested that a
housing; corporation might be
formed, stock to be sold among local
people to raise capital for building
booses, Mr. Desimone stated that
under such a plan houses could be
built and sold at cost plus a fair per-centage
to be paid the stockholders
and this would mean a saving to the
buyers of from $000 to $700 per
house. lie suggested that a commit-tee
be appointed to investigate the
proposition. On motion of Thomas
F. McCoy, Messrs. Desimone and
Light were named a committee to
investigate the proposition and sub-mit
their finding to the directors.
Mr. Kearns told of the Lee Com-pany
offering to sell some of its lots
for building purposes but that the
project was baited by the refusal of
the Springfield Consolidated Water
Company to supply water service to
I he houses.
E. K. William.-, staled the water
company is required to supply sor-vice
where needed and the public
service commission should be ad-vised
of any refusal. His motion
that the matter be referred to the
solicitors of the Chamber was adopt-ed.
Other Business
A number of communications were
read from chambers of commerce
and other organisations regarding
Glean-up week, social welfare and
commerce. These mailers were re-ferred
to the proper bureaus.
Thomas F. McCoy was elected na-tional
counsellor to represent the lo-cal
Chamber in the Chamber of Com-merce
of the United Slates. George
W. Taylor, George It S. Light and
C. A. Desimone were named as rep-resentatives
of the local Chamber to
attend the annual convention of the
United Stales Chamber to be held at
Atlantic City. They a.e to pay their
own expenses.
Mr. Williams reported that town
council had instructed the board of
health to have Angle olley cleaned
within 30 days.
Mr. Lacey reported r- drive is be-ing
made for new members and re-newals
of memberships, and good
success is being met.
Howard Tolr reported the trade
bureau gave a successful smoker for
the merchants and hoped it was the
beginning of an effective merchants
organization.
Messrs. Keains and Taylor said
there is much compl-ilnt of the trol-ley
cars omitting trips to lower Fay-ette
street and cars failed to meet
tin- trains in the late- evening. The
matter was referred to the transpo<-
tal ion bureau.
Mr. Kearns reported the Cham-ber
is giving good aid to the Consho-hocken
Athletic Association.
Dr. J. Q. Thcmas presided over
the meeting and llfteen Of the twen-ty
directors were present.
DEATHS
E
Children Under 16 Years Must
Be off Streets at 9.30 P. M.
—Plans Por Third Ave.
FORMER WEST SIDE
RESIDENT HONORED
J. Ross nurhouse, a former resi-dent
of West Conshohocken but now
residing at 802 South Sixtieth street,
Philadelphia, was on Wednesday
elected secretary and treasurer of
the Colonial Trust Company, Thir-teenth
and Market streets, Philadel-phia.
Mr. Hurhouse was torn and raised
in West Conshohocken. He is a
graduate of the West Conshohocken
High School and also of the Peirce
Business College, of Philadelphia.
At the conclusion of his business
course he entered the employ of the
Colonial Trust Company as a clerk.
His rtrict adherence to his duties
and his pleasing personality attract-ed
the attention of his superiors and
he was rewarded wilh rapid protdb-tions.
From clerk he was advanced
to teller and later was made a so-licitor.
His latest promotion came as a
most pleasant surprise not only to
Mr. Hurhouse but to his friends.
Yesterday morning when he arrived
at his office his desk was literally
covered with bouquets of flowers
ii on] admiring friends.
Mr. Burhouse has man} friends in
the Conshohocken who are glad to
learn of his promotion and wish for
his continued success i.i his new du-ties.
WOMAN'S CLUB MEETING
"The Woman's Club held Us regu-lar
meeting in the Park Mouse .Mis.
Frank E. Wilson gave n worth while
talk on the bills before the legtsla-t
II re.
Special emphasis was placed on
the excellence of the educational BUI
fostered by Dr. Finnegan.
our own school prpblems were dls-
OUBSed and the great need of more
efficiently teaching the English lan-
MI...' to ttic Polish children was
brought out.
A committee of three was appoint-ed
to find mil from the Town Coun-cil,
why the request of the school
>.!■,•• rd for tin' adoption of n Curfew
Ordance was ignored. It is the ob-j.
el of the committee t» interview
each member of town council before
the next mooting of the cluh In or-der
that such an ordtnanoe may be
present""! to Town Council in the
rear.future and I is hoped that the
much needed dnrfew Ordinance will
• i on bo successfully In force."
ACQUIT MAID IN TH.EFT CASE.
In Criminal Court Blanch Copes
was acquitted of the theft of money
and jewelry from the home of Wal-ter
Price at Elkins Park, In which
she was employed as a maid. The
maid's husband, who was arrested
and who pleaded guilty, had in his
possession a key which fitted the
lock of the piece of furniture in
which Christmus gifts were hidden
from the Price children.
ESCAPES OVER JAIL WALL
l>awrence Farley fifty-four years
old, serving three yeais for robbing
a home in Ardmore, scaled the walls
of the Montgomery county prison on
Tuesday and escaped.
Farley, who has a long criminal
record,.was a fireman in the boT.er-rcc.
m ata the prison. He forced a
lock on the door of the prison clean-ing
room, got a ladder and went
through the boiler room to the yard.
With the ladder he reached the top
of the fifteen-foot stone wall inclos-ing
the jail yard, and then dropped
into St. John's cemetery. He had
served only five months of his time.
German Cannon for Conshohocken
Word was received litre that Rep-resentative*
Henry W Watson, of
Lmghorne, had introduced hills in
the House at Washington to have
German cannon donated to I-msdale,
Sellersville. Pottstown. Doylestown,
Hulmetville, Langhornc, Norristown,
Conshohocken, Cheltenham, Barren
Hill and Glenslde.
IMPORTANT MEETING.
An important meeting of the
Board of Governors o; the Consho-hocken
Athletic Association will be
held this evening in the office of
Ralph N. Campbell. All members
are especially requested to be pres-ent.
Bnby Conches retired nt KEIIOE'S
217 Hector street.—Adv.
TAX RATE SET AT 10 MILLS
In compliance with the request of
Uie school board and after many
complaints have been lodged wilh
the police and burgess against chil-dren
being on the streets at all hours
ot the night, town council adopted
a curfew ordinance at the regular
meeting Wednesday evening, a ei
a spirited debate and the taking of
several votes with the opponents of
the ordinance trying to delay its
passage.
The ordinance provides that from
April I to September 30 in each year
all children, under the age of 16
years, must be off the streets be-tween
the hours of 0.8C P. M. and
5.30 A. M. and from October 1 to
March 21 the prohibited hours are
from 9 P. M. until ." :i0 A. M. The
luw will not apply to children accom-panied
by parents or a guardian or
children being out on errands for
their parents but such children must
bear a note giving permission by
their parents or guardian.
Notice of the approaching prohibit-ed
hours will be given by the sound-ing
of a whi3tlc or be'! each day at
9.16 P. M. from April 1 to September
30 and at 8.4.1 P. M. on the other days
of the year. This will give the chil-dren
15 minutes notice lo get off the
Streets and lo their homes.
The ordinance requires the police
to apprehend all children coming
under the previsions of the ordin-ance
who are found on the streets
during the prohibited hours, but no
person so apprehended shall be con-finej
until notice of their arrest shall
hava been given to their parents or
guaulians and they shall have re-fusel
to come for the person or per-sons
arrested.
The penalty provided for violation
of the ordinance Is $1 fine for the
first offense and %', fine and costs
for each successive offense. If the
fine and costs are not paid, the guil-ty
will suffer imprisonment in the
county jail for 24 hours.
At tho conclusion of the first rend-ing
of the ordinance Mr. Moore
made a motion that the ordinance
be laid on the table. He said there
is no need for such an ordinance
and that it is absurd.
Mr. Williams said the ordinance
is needed as the school board is con-stantly
bothered with delinquent
boys and Hie police have received
many complaints of hoys being on
the streets at all hours of the night.
He cited the case of Theodore Gar-dockl,
16 years, who was found guil-ty
in court this week of committing
four robberies here.
President Garrett ruled Mr.
Moore's motion out of order.
Mr. Williams moved the ordinance
proceed to second reading. A vote
wan taken and Mr. Williams' mo-tion
carried by a vote of 8 to 5, the
vote being:
Aye—Messrs. Bate, Freas, Geiger,
Har.old, Kane , Noblil, Williams,
(iairott—8.
Nay—Burket, Hamilton, F. Kelly,
J. Kelly, Moore—5.
Alter the second reading, Mr.
Moore again moved the ordinance
be laid on the table. The motion
was iost by a vote of S to ,r>, the vote
being the same as on Mr. Williams'
motion. » w
The ordinance passed third read-ing
and was adopted by a vote of 8
to 5, the members voting the same
OB on Mr. Williams' motion.
Plan for Third Avenue
A resolution was/ presented /on
behalf of a committee of citizens for
the grading of Third avenue from
Fayette to Harry street. The reso-lution
recited that the ecngregaation
of St. Matthew's church desire to
complete the improvements about
their new property by f'nishing the
grading of the church lawn and lay-ing
new pavements. The present
gra.io of the street is not in har-mony
with the great Improvements
nnd affects the beauty of the build-ings.
The resolution asks that town
council instruct the slreet commit-tee
to have plans prepared for a new
grade of th e street, to call a meet-ing
ol all property holders interested
for ipproval of the plans and giving
release of all damages to properly;
to report to town council their rec-ommendations
that th< slreet might
be improved.
On motion of Mr. Williams the res-olulon
was adopted nnd the street
committee instructed to have plans
prepared as requested.
Tax Rate 10 Mills.
Council kept Us promise to reduce
the cost of borough government and
set the tax rate for this year at 10
mills. This Is 3 mills lower than
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KdwarJ j. Kelly.
[Edward -i. s,,n of Michael anl
Nellie Barret Kelly, aged t't years,
died yesterday at his parents' home,
4888 Walton avenue, Wert Philadel-phia.
Mr. Kelly had long been a sUlterei
with rheumatism which caused his
death. He was born In this bo-*3ush
and lived here n short nine ago when
bis parents moved to Philadelphia,
His death is mourned by e Ian ■
circle of friends. He is survived by
i is parents and several brothers and
sisters, i
The funeral will he held at 11
o'clock tomorrow morning from his
parents' residence, Solemn high
muss of requiem will be celebrated
in the church of St. Francis de Bales,]
Forty-fourth street and ilaz-i ave-1
is in-. West Philadelphia, at i" o'clock,
; The interment will be ai St. Ma't-I
thew's n< u cemeti i,
... |
JULIA F. HORNING DEAD
Julia I". Wife of James O. Horning,
died at tho home of Annie F. Ambler
of Plymouth Meeting yesterday
morning about 8 o'clock.
Deceased was a well-known resi-dent
of Plymouth t> wnshlp, having
resided there for the past nine years.
I many months and during the past
She has been In declining health for
three months hast been confined toi
her bed.
I Tho funeral will take place on Mon
She is .'nvived by her hushand. I
day morning from the residence Of
I Annie i". Ambler, Services will be
conducted in the Plymouth Friends
Meeting House at 10 o'clock. The
Interment will be In Riverside ceme-tery,
Norristown,
LOCAL PARISHES JOIN IN
WELCOME TO CARDINAL
Citdinnl Dougherty arrived In
Philadelphia last evening on his ic-turn
Ironi Home and WSS greeted bv
400,000 members of the various par-ishes
of the archdiocese with a
"standing parade" which lined both
sides of Broad stiet for more than
five miles.
St. Matthew's and St. Gertrude's
parishes were represented by 1000
men and women. St Matthew's par-ish
was escorted by the Conshohock-en
band of 40 pieces and St. Gert-rude's
parish was escorted by the
Citizen's band, of Xorristown. Both
congregations made tho trip to and
from Huntingdon street in a special
train of 12 cars. The parly was per-sonally
conducted by a representa-tve
from the genera' passenger
agent's office of the Reading rail-way.
The parishes took up their posi-tion
in the parr.de in Borad slreet
between Huntingdon and Cumberland
streets. While awaiting the arrival
of the cardinal the Conshohocken
band formed in a circle in Broad
street, and directed by Lieut. John
Moset, played a conceit that drew
crowds about the local paraders.
Rev. Dr. Gallagher, rector of St.
Matthew's church, was a member of
the reception committee which went
to New York early in the day to
welcome the cardinal and returned
with him to Philadelphia. Dr. Gal-lagher
left the cardnVs party upon
its arrival at the poirt where his
parishioners were stationed and
joined them.
H. 0. SCHWABLE BUYS
KEYSTONE HOTEL
Huildings Will He Razed and a
Modern Picture Theatre to
Seal 1200 Will He Erected.
TO BE READY NEXT FALL
Title to the Keystone hotel prop-ertj
a: First avenue and Fayette
street, owned by Harry J. Williams,
yesterday passed to Harry O. '
Schwalbe, owner and operator of the i
local opera house and secretary and i
treasurer of the First National Film !
Exhibitors Circuit, the largest film I
producing company in the country. |
Mr. Schwalbe has long been ne-gotiating
for tiie hotel property and
after a year ol negotiating the, deal
was closed yesterday by real estate
broker C. A. Desimone, of this bor-ough.
Mr. Williams closed the hotel
more than a^year ago and purchased
a farm above Jefl'ersouville. A few
months ago he and hit- family re-moved
to the farm and vacated the
hotel building.
The property consists of the hotel
building and frame buildings front-ing
en Fayette street and the stables
and Irame dwelling on First avenue.
The property has a frontage on Kay
ette street of 60 feel and on First
aveime of 121 feet. The price was
$23,000.
Mr. Schwalb some time ago pur-chased
the two dwelling.; in the rear
of the opera house with the inten-tion
ot enlarging the piesent theatre
building. He abandoned this plan
when he began negotiations for the
hotel property. He has had plans
prepared for a modern picture thea-tre
with a seating capacity of 1200.
These plans ate now being revised
and the new theatre will be better
than at first planned. It is his In-tention
lo begin work within a short
time and have the new house ready
for occupancy at the beginning of
the fall season.
Men were at work yesterday re-moving
the plumbing from the hotel
property and the buildings will be
razed and the ground made ready for
the erection of the new building.
The present opera house will be
ret.lined as it is and the theatre will
be available for rent to the general
public-.
The new theatre and the old one
will supply A great public need. The
new theatre will show the best In
motion pictures and the old one will
give the town a much-needed ],.,n
lord amateur theatrical!- and other
events.
• * •
Another Fayette Street Change
William McGovern, 517 Fayette
streot, has sold to William McGratli,
Jr., of .Norristown, the brick store
and dwelling. 68 Fayette street. The
store is now occupied by the Regal
hat store. 4fA,j
The new owner will take posse
slon in the early summer and after
extensive alterations v. ill open a cut-rate
drug store.
PRESENTED WITH GOAT
The degree team oi Washlta Tribe
accompanied by a number of mem-bers
of the Tribe and the Ladies
visited Hiro Tribe, at Philadelphia,
on Tuesday evening and raised the
Chiefs Ol the latter Tribe ai a pub-lic
raising in a hall at Twenty-Sev-enth
Btreet and Columbia avenue.
About BOO Red Mon and their ladies
witnessed the eremony.
At the conclusion of the cere-mony.
George Giles, captain of the
Washila degree team, was called to
the center of the floo' and after be-ing
warmly congratulated was giv-en
a great surprise when a fine,
young Billy goal, wearing a neat
blanket with the Inscription: "HI-ro's
Goat" and bedecked with rib-bons,
was led onto the floor and
presented to Mr. (Hies.
The surprise was complete even
to members of Hiro Tribe as it had
been planned by a few of their
members.
Mi. Giles accepted the gift and
brought it home. The goat is now-housed
in a stable and on Saturdaj
evening will he taken lo the room
ol the Tribe when il will be given
a reception, alter which a home will
he found for him on a nearby larui.
Enthusiasm Shown at Hint ol
Organization at Chamber of
Commerce Smoker.
AN ENJOYAHI.E AFFAIR
FIREMEN NEARING $2000
MARK IN CAMPAIGN!
Despite the business depressli n and
la I; of employment, the people arc
generously responding to the appeal
of Conshohocken Fire Co, No. 2, In
a Campaign t'<n' $6500 tor a now and
complete madern, motor fire appara-tus.
The i OntrlDUt ions to da Ic
ainornl lo (1848.07.
List of last weeks contributions:
Ladles Auxiliary of the Con-shohocken
Fire Company
No. 2, Apron Social Com-mittee
88.67
Eugene Quinn 2.00
Mr. Jas. Ronan 2.00
Anthony Talone 2.00
Societa I lib Muto Soccorso B.OO
Washita Tribe. No. 53, I. 0.
(). R. M 10.00
MURRAY VANDEGRIFT
H. K. Murray, owner of the Mur-ray
building on Fayette street above
I First avenue, r.nd Mrs. Isabella Van-degrift,
of Fayette stroe' above Fifth
avenue, were married en Monday af-ternoon.
The marriage was solemn-i
ized in tho manse of the First Pres-
, byterian church, Norristown, with
Rev. .1. M. Corum, Jr., officiating.
, Mr. Murray is 65 years of age and
' his bride is 51.
According to the records in tho
, marriage license bureau, Mr. Mur-
I ray's first wife died in October, IOCS.
Mrs. Vandegrilt's first husband died
in August, 1907.
I THC SOY \*MO £AT«, A«-i_
■ -rue duee*J APPces
THAT HE ptci^S CFF
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80
HOLIERMAKERS
REFUSE WAGE CUT
At n meeting of local No, 529, I. B.
U B. M. I. s. ii. & H., held in Wash-ington
Fire Company hail on Tues-day
cvonin-. the nun refused lo ac-cept
a suggestion from the John
Wood Manufacturing Company, ask-l
lag for a temporary change in the.
working hours.
The plant has been working on a
forty-eight hour working basis and
the Company asked the local tn oo-l
ic PI a fifty-five hour schedule with
i forty-eight hour pay. In making
tin suggestion Mr. Sutcllffe explain-ed
that tin- independent companies
were paying) less wages than their
firm and consequently could under-sell
his company with the result
that his company is losing orders be-cause
they are unable to compete
With the other firms. Mr. Sulcliffe
explained that Just as soon as busi-ness
would warrant placing on a dou-ble
shil'l the Old schedule would JO In!
to effect and the uaue scale would I
remain as it was and that there(
would be no further reductions this
year,
A VOte on the suggestion was tak-en
with the result Iliat the majority
refused to accept the su«:;i-ii n
The contract between the Local
and the Company expired on April
let and since thai time the parties
have been working under the ild
contract.
Snapper Soup Supper
The Ladles Auxiliary of the Con-shohocken
Fire Company, No. 2, will
bold a snapper soup supper In the
fire house tomorrow evening. Peo-ple
who wish to donate are asked to
have their donations at the fire
house tomorrow morning. Cakes, ice
cream and fancy work will be for
Si'Ic. Following the supper a dance
will be held. The proceeds of the
affair will be donated to the Are ap-paratus
fund.
Total 1109.67
Wm. T. Walters 5.00
Oscar C. Freas 5.00
John Calms 1.00
James Hefenfinger 2.00
H. A. Eddleman 1.00
Florence B. Jacobus 5.00
Dr. Elizabeth Winter 2...0-1
Iron Castle No. t'.:;, K. G. IC. 5.00
Edw. Nagele 1.00
D. W. Wet/el '... 1.00
Win. itempp 1.00
•Mrs. Forrest 1.00
Harry Hallman 25.00
Court Spring Mill, No.
1SS Foresters of America 5.00
C. J. O'Brien 5.00
E. Francis Moore 5.00
Washington Camp. No. 21
P. O. S. of A lP.no
Conshohocken Council, No.
-'II. O. of I. A 5.00
Harry D. Yost 2.00
John Wilson 5.00
J. L. Yerkes 2.00
K. Wood 1.00
Cash .80
Weidberg 1.00
Cash .25
Wilson .25
Busher L29
J. Freas 5.00
J. James 1.00
Cash .SO
Bcblater l.oo
X. Wolf 2.00
louis Derr» 2,00
Sherman Fisher 5.00
Andrew Long Sr 2.00
J. Burke 1.00
A. Long: 2.00
J. C. Horricks 2.00
Samuel Carr 1.00
Mary Staley 1.00
B. Dunn ,50
Carl Williams 1.00
P. Rodebaugh 1.00
W. M. Thomas 1.00
J. D. Stout 1.00
H. Mclntyre 1.00
Mrs. F. Mclntyre 1.00
H. Mulr 1.00
F. W. Warner L.OO
Cash .10
B. W. Cox 1.00
C. F. Gilbert 1.00
T. Ruser ,50
Mrs. Allebaugh ....
Mrs. Allbright 1.00
(Continued on uage six)
The smoker held in P. O. P. ol
A. hall, on Wednesday evening, un-der
the auspice- ol the Chamber
ol Commerce, was the keynote to
the organization of a merchants as-sociation,
or in otliei words as ex-pressed
by William Lacey who pre-sided
at the meeting, "A Trade.
Bureau of the Chamber ol Com.
mer'ce.''
The meeting was, attended by
aboui one hundred representative
business men of the borough and
much enthusiasm wag manifested
by the speakers In their addresses
bearing on such an organization
and the effects it would have on
their busini ss.
Chairman Lacey in his introduc-tory
remarks spoke ol ihe organ-ization
ol the Chambei of Com-merce
and what had been accom-plished
during the tirsl war on a
good sound basis, bucked financial-ly
by the manufacturera ol the town
and pbinted out a number of pro-jects
to be ^tailed that ought io be
a boost to the borough and siimu-late
ami keep al home business that
has been and Is si ill being taken
to oilier towns. H properly handled
and fostered and he Mated that the
object of the Chamber ol Commerce
has been organized lo • this purpose.
Seth K. Mitchel, secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce, was called
upon for a l\\\ remarks and while
he said ii was not his purpose 9<
say much lie spoke in strong terms
for an organization ol the mer-chants.
He spoke of many advant-ages
to be gained noi only |,y
themselves but to the borough
through such an association. He
had prepared and read suggestions
which he thought would be helpful
to such a body in ibis town as some
of them had been worked advan-tageously
in other places.
Maurice O'Brien Hallowed, head
of the Keystone Surgcal Company,
was called upon, and as a member
of the Chamber ol Commerce he
spoke on the Athletic Association.
He said the Chamber ol Commerce
had taken a stand to assist in this
Association and the means they
had adopted by which to heir fi-nance
the improvements necessary
to give the town what they would
expect and what they ought lo have.
He explained what progress had
been made on the grounds and said
Ihat the work now being done would
use up all the money on hand. He
further stated that n grandstand
was necessary bill thai there is not
sufficient money with with to start
the work. According io the speak-er
about $0000 was needed to com-plete
the stand and he made an
appeal to the merchants to volun-teer
subscriptions but as owing to
the business depression it seem'*I
an inopportune time i<> make a can-vass.
Ueorge Taylor addressed Ihe
meeting ami was enthusiastically in
favor ol a business men's associa-tion
and also favored the step the
Chamber of Commerce has taken in
aid Of the Athletic Association. He
said that When the time comes for
him to make a donation he will do
his part and a little more and volun-teered
to do whatever work he
might be called upon to do in order
to assist in procuring Hie neces-sary
amount.
Thomas I". McCoy was the last
speaker, lie, too spoke in lavoi ol
the business men oi^anBzing and
thought much good would result
from It, He said thai the sugges-tions
offered by Mr. Mitchell were
very good and should be considered.
The entertainment was furnished
by Philadelphia talent and by James
l»ughery. Paul Carroll and Howard
Jlannum, of this borough. The
music was furnished hy Smiih's or-chestra.
The meeting was brought
to a close with refreshments.
GILT KI»;K "FLOUR is sold by ,
good .Groceries. Quality guaranteed.
Adv
LAYING GAS MAIN.
The Counties (as & Electric Com- ,
pany began this morning to lay a j
gas main in West Third avenue. Ai- | IviCIl S
ter the borough graded the street in all kinds of
All Kinds of
Men's Hats
Ihe residents complained that they
could not get gas service. The
Chambei of Commerce look up the
matter with the gas company and
received their promise that they
wouid lay the main beginning about
April 1. The company has kept Its
promise and the residents will be
supplied witli gas within a few days.
Bicycle repairing and Sundries at
KBHOA'g, 217 Hector Btreet,—Adv.
gains, .lust
$2, $2.50
$3.00
Wide brims, med-ium
brims, narrow
brims. flat brims
and roll brims. Plenty of light col-ors
and real nice hats al $2. $2.50 and
$3.01) Right Now.
FREY & PORKER
Hatters
142 W. Main St. NORRISTOWN