The Conshohocken Recorder, February 17, 1900

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NO. 1900 CONSHOHOCKEB, PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1<>, HHM). $1.<K") PER Yl.Mf
ropics OF TWO TOWNS
Moot ol laterest iroaceralac I ho people thai
we know la both Burouttie,
Olbtr caat.
WlCST CON8HOHOCKEN. HORUI'GH POLITICS.
Mrs. irvin Nace is confined to the
house by illness.
Hi . Una.i W. Wood is viHiting In
Wall Ingtoa.
M, s Florence Jones is visiting rebv
ii Washington, D. C.
sii - Grace 0. Malley. of PottstOWn
is rlaltlni the Misses Tracy.
Tha Women'! Relief Corps will meet
on Mi ii'iiiy evening in o. A. H. Hall.
The Keystone Telephone Company Is
extending Its Una down Hector street.
Mis. Mary O'Donnell wishes to sell
her house on Seventh avenue near
Maple street.
Mis. George N. Hlghley. gave a
"Valentine Luncheon" to a number of
friends on Wednesday.
The AK'ott Club will meet on Tues-day
.'veuing at the home of Mrs. J. V.
Stewart, Kast Hector strict
Miss Mary Sheppard l.ukens. enter-tained
at luncheon, on Wednesday.
bu Valentine's Day.
March 1-th Is the last day for the
1 aymi nt of borough and school tax
without the five per cent, added.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Jones and Mr.
and Mrs. William S. Perot leave on
Wednesday on a pleasure trip through
Mexico.
Mrs. J. W. Harrison, of No. 207
Harry street, will dispose of her
household goods at public sale on Sat-urday.
Feb. 17.
A number of friends of Mrs. Flora
Ilemphe gave her a surprise party, at
her home, on Wednesday evening,
'I lie surprlae waa complete and a very
■Icghtful evening was spent.
If, K. Moore, Chairman of the Street
Committee, will not be able to get any
asphalt blocks until the middle of
April. Therefore there will be no
block crossings in until May.
Mis. Ffferlngham Perot of Admore.
undressed the "Woman's Auxiliary" In
the Parish House on Wednesday after-noon.
She talked very interesting
about missionary work, and gave great
encouragement to others. After the
address ten was server.
Four year old Marie Delaney, a
daughter of P. J. Delaney, had a mi-raculous
escape from injury on Wed
ncsday evening, While crossing Fay-etie
street she was knocked down by
a passing team, but escaped with slight
bruises nn her hand and hips.
Poatmatter Casey has succeeded In
getting tWO new mails added to the
Conshohocken list, one to this office
from Philadelphia tit half-past nine
In the morning and one up the Schuyl-klil
Valley from the olllce at half-past
eight in the morning.
A very enjoyable banquet was given
last year by the members of Town
Council and tha ixirough officials to
the retiring members, it was decided
nt) \Vi dnesday evening that a like ban
quat would be held this year. Mr.
('nine was chosen chairman an! In-structed
to make the net ssarv U
rangomentS. The place and dale will
he s lected and made known later.
Attention Is called to the le-lure,
previi liely announced In these columns
to be given 00 next Monday evening,
at s o'clock, in the Parish Building,
by the Rev. Herbert J. Cook, entitled
"Some Folks and Others." for the ben
ellt of the Free Library. This led tin
has been given elsewhere with great
success, and the members of the Men's
Guild, under whose auspices it Is giv-
*n here, hnve asked Mr. Cook to repeat
It for the object named. It is hoped
the public will co-operate In this effort
to make the Free Library more at-tractive,
and Increase its usefulness,
by the addition of new books. The
tickets may be obtained of Mr. Ell-wood
Jones, or from members of the
Guild, or at the door on the evening of
the lecture. A musical selection will
precede the lecture.
Milton Dcasley, of Ijifayette. was
seriously injured on Elm street on
Wednesdny. About 1 o'clock a load of
hay was passing through the town,
Deasley being seated upon the top of
the tiay, which he was going to help
to unload. When the load reached the
bridge on Kim street, the wagon gave
a sudden Jolt and Deasley was thrown
to the ground below. Two of thf
wheels of the vehicle passed diago-nally
over his body before the horses
could be stopped. The fall rendered
him unconscious, but the heavy load
Oi hay going over his body Inflicted
more serious Injuries. He was picked
up and carried to Kerkner's Hotel,
and was later removed to Charity Hos-pital
in the ambulance, where It waa
found that several of his ribs were
crushed in and he also suffered from
other Internal Injuries.
PoliticM in the Second and Fourth
Wards are at a white heat Until par-
■ Hall are ill tlea are so evenly matched that the
with scarlet rev..,-. ■*»«»>• '■ ■*■* TneN »"■■ '" hr
Miss Cora Begga, ol West Phil*- >'"< li"1'' totw*" Ulken "' ""' """'r
deipina. was i rlsltor to this borough
Ml? I Fl i WIHin I FF honesty after glancing over bis past
,K- J- UCC" record" What other man could be se-
FRANK L. TRACY.
A Leller from a Correspoodeat Rcterdinj
the Candidate lor Towa
Council
LITTLE'S PLANT SOLD.
yesterday.
Commencing on Sunday evening
revival masting will be conducted in
the Free Baptist Church every evening
n, \t week.
Samuel Ciininiings is nursing a
severely injured hand the result of
having it caught in the machinery of
the McKarland mills.
—James Willard, ol Gulf Mills, had
his right hand badly lacerated by hav-ing
It caught in tli • machinery while
attending to his duties In the Mi -Far-land
mills on Tuesday
Miss Mary McKenzle. the fashlon-ahle
milliner, who has been In New
York, hoklng up the very latest
styles 10 ladles hcailwcar. returned
home Wednesday.
Henry Cair. who has been a pros-perous
tanner in this section of the
country for several years past, will
sell his entire stock, consisting of
horses, cows, poultry, carriages,
wagons, harness and farming Imple-ments,
on Tuesday, Feb. 27. on the
farm belonging to the estate of Benja-min
Hughes, near Gulf Mills.
--On Sunday evening the Rev. T. J.
I Wright will preach his farewell
sermon of the Conference year. The
Annual Conference will be held at Mt.
Carmel during the last three days of
next week. The condition of Ebenezer
Church has b ecu mote prosperous
during Mr. Wright's pastorate than
any like period in Its existence.
While stationed in this borough he has
reduced the debt from $1866 to $800:
the membership has been Increased
almost double In number and the
Sunday school report shows it to be
the largest in the Confei DC Mr,
Wright, accompanied by the delegate
Charles Buler. will leave for Ml. Car-mel
on Wednesday ol next week
—There promises to be a lively
at the polls In this borough on Tues
day and the leaders of both patties
say there win be ■ heavier vote polled
tnan for many years. Tha candidate!
are working like beavers to get out
the full number of voters. Last year
the Democrats succeeded In landing
the entire list of Councilmen and this
year the Republicans will make stren-uous
efforts lo defeat them. The Ilur-gesship
has been looked after during
the past three years by Reese P. Davis,
who is this year a candidate for Coun-cil
on tha Democratic ticket Mr. Davis
'uas made an excellent Burgess and
were he allowed to succeed himself
■in dOUbl would be re-elected. However
the voters of his party will make no
mistake by granting him a seat in
Council. He is well Informed as to
'he condition Of affairs in the borough
mil would als i mak-> an able advisor
as a member Of that body. The Re-publican
candidate for Burgess is
Samuel W. Elsenberg. the young, en-
■»rrctic newsdealer of the borough.
Mr. Elsenberg has been a member of
C a il for the past four years and has
li i rod as its president for two years,
being defeated for that office by M. J.
Hushen when the Democrats secured
control last year. Mr. Hushen ap-pointed
him on four committees. Po-lice.
Ways and Means, Property and
Water. Mr. Elsenberg has served the
borough most diligently as a member
of Council He has always been cau-tious
In every move made, always
considering the legality and finance
of each action. He has been a great
help to that body on several Import-ant
questions and nothing has been
too deep for him to digest. The Re-publicans
ha,re made* a choice of one
who is fitted in every way to serve as
a head of the borough. He Is a busi-ness
man through and through and
deserves the united support of his en-tire
party. Mr. Elsenberg has been
working hard for the welfare of the
whole ticket and he conscientiously
believes It will be elected. He Bays It
Is the people's ticket and the people
will elect It Bdward D. Brltt. the
Democratic candidate for Burgess,
Is the son of Edward F. Brltt, who has
filled the office aspired to by his son.
He Is an energetic young man, con-ducts
an extensive law practice In
Philadelphia and la at present solic-itor
for the borough. He is well and
favorably known to mnny voters In the
town. He has been an ardent advocate
of Democracy ever since he attained
his majority and Justly deserves to be
rewarded for his faithfulness to his
party by polling their entire vote.
If elected. Mr. Brltt will execute the
duties of his office with the same
alertness and fidelity that he conducts
his legal business.
wards.
The Democratic Kxecutive Commit-tee
organised on Monday. District
Committaeman Thomas Loftus pre-sided
and William Crawford was
boeen secretary and Prof. B. F. Corel-
:;,n treasurer.
The committee is greatly assisting
the candidates in each ward.
BASKKT HALL.
The Penn Treaty Wheelmen, of
Philadelphia, will again make their
appeuraucc in this borough to-morrow
evening. This aggregation of basket
bailers opened the present season In
this borough, and showed the locals
a good time, making them play the
best they knew how to make it a vic-tory.
The Wheelmen have been greatly
strengthened since they made their
rirst debut on the floor and they prom-ise
to give the locals even a harder
game than ever before. That the
1'hlladelphialans are getting better in
their playing was noticed In the game
.vith Tannhauser Wheelmen on Tues-day
evening, when they were beaten
by only 4 points. The Penn Treaty
.save Tannhauser all they bargained
for and tied the score at several dif-ferent
stages of tire game.
Previous to the game between the
ocala and the Penn Treaty the Gulf
Mills and the Conshohocken Reserves
will play a game in the hall. These I arc
teams seem to have a grudge against
ach other and every game Is contested
In a most bitter way. The Quit taflJ
Daed of players who hall f"
Dill, among whose funs appears
Chunkey" Black and "Roddy" Bust-nil,
of last season's foot ball team,
ine Reserves have succeeded in de-feating
the Quit boys, but it was In
he early part of the season, and Mr.
liiacll seems to think thut they em
>nt It on to the second team of this
town, but Manager Crawford, of lln
Reserves, baa another tale to tell if
vou Interview him on the Subject
Pliesc two games can he seen for om
admission and should prove to be a
good drawing card.
The Manual Training School team
defeated the West Oonehohocken team
in Monday evening In a rough and ex-citing
game by the score of 1- to 10.
THE WASHINGTON PIRK
COMPANY FAIR.
William Little has sold his crusher,
mansion, houses and ground nt Spring
Null, to John T. Dyer, of Norrlstnwn.
The price Is private and possession
will he given next month.
This Is an exceedingly large tract of
or land COnslatlng Of a large mansion,
stable, carriage house, row of seven
houses, office building, feed store and
I valuable tract of trap rock.
Mr. Dyer Intends to crush the stone
and will erect a crusher there this
Bummer.
The fair of the Washington Fin-
Co. Will open In Washitn Hall on Sat
urday uvening and continue for two
weeks. The Spring Mill Hand will be
in attendance. The object of the fair
1B to raise funds to pay the mortgage
of $1000 on the Hose House held by the
estate of the late John Stemple. The
Chairman of the Committtee expects
all the members of the Fire Co. to at-tend
the fair and take an active part
in it.
The following named members will
take charge of the various tables:
Table 1.—Thomas Ferrter, Chairman;
Thomas Mason. Harry Smith, Harry
Murray. Walter Morris and Joseph
Mason, assistants.
Table 2.—John Karr, Chairman;
Benjamin Davis, Benjamin Vaughn.
Thomas Griffith and Ralph Campbell,
assistants.
Table 8.—William Burton. Chair-man;
George W. Stemple, Louis Wag-ner,
Edward Pierson, Samuel Mc-
Knight and B. F. Beaver, Jr., assist-ants.
Table 4.—Llewellyn Jones. Chair-man:
CharleB Huzzard, James Booth.
P. J. Blake, Joseph O'Brien and Oscar.
Jones, assistants.
Table 5.—David Mason, Chairman
Thomas MeCarter. William McCarter,
Bdward Stott. James Courduff, Chas.
Ferrler and S. R. Nixon, assistants.
Table 6.—William Jones. Chairman;
William R. Schank, John Dunlap, Wll-mer
Campbell, Joseph Morgan and
Harry McElwee. assistants.
Candy Table—dus. Sommers. Chair-man;
William Murray and Clifford
Campbell, assistants.
The Fair Committee consists of
Miles Stemple, Chairman; Ous Bom-mers,
Treasurer, nnd William H. Horn,
Secretary.
SPOBCH CAUSED HER TO FAINT.
To Rebecca Gehret, of Norristown
, ii Mi oday was restored the power of
speech) of which she was deprived as
the result of nervous shock at the
burning of a hosiery mill in Reading
I month! ago Si which she was
,II pli v. d. Not since- the lire was Miss
Gehret aide to utter a word, and Her
puttied many physicians.
1 had dyspepsia for years No med- . fl.w ,,.1VH ,,„. W()mnn secured
Line was so effective as Kodol Dys- . . , - ,.
Mpslt Cure, it gave immediate relief, employment with a hosiery firm. On
TWO bottles produced marvelona re- Monday, while at work, aha rrlghl
suits." writes L. H. Warren. Albany, , ned those about her by suddenly
WlB. It digests what you eat and cm .,.,,,,„,„,,. .„„. ,|ien falling |„ a faint.
"",'/ Maxwell" Harry and W. E. Sup- Bhe was Soon restored to OOMClOua-pl
«A West Conshohocken tlOSS, and on Tuesday was aide to
talk as well as before her affliction.
To the Recorder.
Among the objections to Mr. Lee as
I candidate [or Town Council from the
Fourth ward are heard such expres-lle
wont hire Democrats;"
lie frowns upon Catholics;" "He does
not pay living wages;" "He is a capi-talist."
or possibly a monopolist; "He
doa not advance wages correspond-ingly
with the Increased prosperity
Of the times;" and the iron mills are
rooted as marked examples of sharp
advances ill the wage scale.
In reply to the first objection that
, lues not hire Democrats, the writer
tnowt this to be absolutely Incorrect,
:IB a glance over the list of names of
those employed for several years
past would be sufficient evidence
;o an unbiased mind; and the second
objection has no foundation In facts
is the writer well knows, and another
glance at the list of employes would
again demonstrate. The population
of Conshohocken contains a goodly
portion of believers In the Catholic
HI trine; a summing up of the busi-ness
men of the place would show this
oiiclitsivi ly. and It would Indeed be
intirult to select two or three hundred
•itiployes In a place the size of Con-shohocken
and discriminate against
N mi crate and Catholics; of course we
•.11 know that a man who is in a po-sition
to employ a large number of
■adp will, to a certain extent, employ
hose who are In nccord with him. I
,-cjulcl do the same thing and so would
you.
I once hnd the pleasure of an ac-
[UOlntance with the Governor of a cer-
-,in State. At the time of his candl-laey
tie had in his employ in his large
TOrka a man who was opposed to him
.olitlcally. but notwithstanding the
; nt thai this man had received aid
from his employer time after time on
lekneaa, such as house
c nt In, and food for his family, this
rum worked tooth and mill, both while
t( work In the mill and at the polls
I the man who bad so often lie
friended him. But again Mr. Lee does
not personally hire his employes and
it is a fact that many a face in the
Works is new to him until he sees the
iwner of it at his duties. And again.
COO, it is a fact beyond dispute that
|In- employes are hired for their fit-ness
and adaptability for the work re-qulred
of them. How in the name of
ntiimoii sens,- could a business the
size of his be built UP, with Its prod-
Olng to all parts of the world.
If this were not SO?
Mid as to the question of wages. It
is well known to every one conversant
with the Internal workings of the bus-iness
that wages have been steadily on
the increase until now they are at
least, taking the mills through, 20 per
cent, higher than during the depressed
season, and with the Increased pros-perity
and a larger volume of business,
those whose merits and attention
hnve warranted, have received, are re-ceiving
and will receive, their fair
•hare <>f profits.
I have heard men say In their
thoughtlessness, "Oh, I-ee's mill Is no
good, they don't pay any wages."
lint stop a minute. It must be re-membered
that for a very large major-ity
of the help the work Is steady all
the year round, and it dews not require
much of a philosopher to determine
Which will keep u more even supply
of food in the house, or keep the rent
paid up to date, a situation that pays
a fair wage all the year round, or one
with a much larger wage scale and the
possibility and even probability of
many long Intervals waiting for the
works to start up.
There Is one simple question which
I ask people who talk like this and
that la "How would you like to have
Lee's Surgical Works shut down or
move away?" Does not this simple
question bring the matter right home
to ua. those who have sons and daught-ers
working therein or may be em-ployed
there ourselves. Does not an
answer to that question answeralsothe
question as to whether this large in-dustiy
is a benefit to our place and
Bonsequently to our people?
The question as to being a capitalist
or monopolist requires no an8wer. as
no one can point to reduction of wages
or any other grievances which are sup-posed
to go with so called trusts and
grinding monopolies. To sum up. Is
not a man who la clean politically and
Wlthnothlng in his past life toward
Which the finger of scorn or disrespect
can In pointed, a man who by untiring
energy coupled with unusual ability
has built up a business which no one
can deny has been of Immense benefit
to tin- borough and the people therein;
a man. who, aspiring to the honor. If
honor there be. of the privilege of sit-ting
In Council for the good of his fel-low
townsmen entitled lo some -con-sideration
at our hands? What possi-iin
can accrue to liltn? What is
there In the office, either of honor or
;u sufficient to Induce a man to
lected to re,,resent us in the Councils Th" Politicians of Plymouth town-
Ol our borough than the man who has s,l'l' •*■ bustling for votes, day and
shown his ability so signally? Why "ll:l"- fo1' ,h,,|r respective candidates.
not then give him our support and Tl"' "llll» ■*** ls r,,r supervisor, and
honor him by electing him to the Of- -1"1"1 (illlen- ">« Republican candidate,
flee which he desires, and he will hon- aml lnfi Present Incumbent, was ap-ir
us by lending his aid and exerting Muted by the Court to serve the un-hls
enemy toward a purer and better expired term of Samuel Beatty, de-borough
government
X.
G. A. It. BNTBRTAINMBNT.
The entertainment at Crand Army
Hall last evening was the finest yet
given. A packed house greeted the
performers and the frequent applause
showed every act was appreciated
The concert opened with music by the
Harry Orchestra. The song, faded
coat of blue, a touching story of the
war solo and chorus—by Mr. and Mrs.
Frak Collins, was well rendered and
highly appreciated. The recitation by
Mjss Edna AmMerwejas excellent and
encored. Miss Josephine Crowley, an
elocutionist of much talent pleased the
audience with recitations. Mr. H.
Grey Steele. vocalist, rendered very
pleasantly the song Hopp.
The Gable Sisters, of Norristown,
three little girls, overjoyed the audi-ence
with their fine playing. Mr. John
A. Collins In excellent voice sang "The
Palms" and for an encore recited "In
the Corded of the Deeps."
John Crimean and Albert Knecht
rendered solos on the violin and ecu-net.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Collins sang
the duet "Back to our Mountains."
Owing to a misfortune in breaking
his banjo, the selection of Mr. William
Murray wns finished on the piano, by
his accompanist. Prof. John W. Miller.
The musical recitation by Mable Smith
and Mrs. Brown was well rendered
and evoked much applause. Miss
Myrtle Smith delighted her hearers
wdth a recitation in which she mper-gonated
a good boy and a bad one.
Misess Josephine Crowley and Bather
Tracy rendered an instrumental duet
In a most pleasing way as did Mrs.
BrOWn and Mr. Hamlio. In response
to nn encore Mr. Brown rendered a
selection which was well received by
the large audience Mr. Harv.-y Fields
was not on the program, but always
carrying a full stock of good iccit.itions
won the crowd with a recitation in
which he took the part of two Lawyers,
a Duch Justice and the prisoners. He
kept his hearers in a continuous uproar
The role "The Dying Soldier's Request"
was rendered in a most pathetic man-ner
by Paul Smith and sister.
The Harry Orchestra concluded the
program with a beautiful selection.
i eased. The office ls the beat one the
voters of the township can give and
he desires to continue to serve the tax-payers
for another year;his strongest
claim being his experience In the office.
Frank L. Tracy, the Democratic can-didate
wishes to be the next supervis-or
and is conducting an aggressive
sampaign on non-partisan lines. Al-thOUgh
a staunch Democrat when Ills
vote Is counted In support of the De-mocracy
and its principles. In local
affairs, he was always for the man, re-gardless
of party, best fitted to look
after home Interests.
He has just claims for the entire
supiiort of not only his party, but of
every fair-minded voter and tax-pay-er
of Plymouth township. It is the
first time he has ever asked for office,
and his chances, at this writing, look
very favorable. And, the voters of
Plymouth, by electing him. will have
a Sii|iervl8or In whom they can place
BOKOUGH RULERS
Hie Last RcfUlar Meeting ol Ihe liSVu Towa
Coancll. Little Work
Ooae
The last regular meeting of tins
year's Town Council was held on Wed-nesday
evening. It was a short ses-sion.
The burgess vetoed the Elm
street paving ordinance and Council
postponed for one month, action on the
message. "The Borough take control
of alleys" committee gave a non-com-mittal
report, and there was a talk
about borough orderi
The Street Committe recommended
the Immediate repair of the Kim
bridge. The building Of the crossings.
the Committee also reports, was stop-ped
owing to the inability of getting
the asphalt blocks.
The Police Committee reported the
arc lights out 460 hours and the small
lights 100 nights.
Chairman Toner, of the Railway
Committee, reported that the Schuyl-klll
Valley Traction Company offered
to pay the three years tax on their
poles now due. He was Instructed to
send them the bill immediately.
The President suggested a needed im-provement
in the drawing up of orders.
implicit faith. He Is conscientious As done at present the money for the
THE FRF.K LIBRARY.
It Is not known lo all the citizens of
Conshohocken that there Is a free li-brary
which is open and accessible to
all every Saturday afternoon. It is at
the Parish House of Calvary Church,
where over 2000 volumes of standard
literature are at the disposal of the
people of this community. The Men's
Guild has charge of the enterprise; and
a courteous librarian is In attendance.
Besides this there is always a table
full of papers and magazines. Inviting
residents to sit down and read as long
as they will.
There have been of late some ad-ditions
to (he library, and It Is the
wish and purpose of the Guild to In-crease
the number of volumes. There
is no fund or stated income for this.
The rector. Rev, Herbert J. Cook, has
accepted an invitation from the Guild
to lecture on Monday evening. Pet
ruary 1ft, In behalf of this fund. Ev-ery
ticket purchased will represent st.
much added to the fund. I.et the pub
lie buy these tickets of the men or at
Harry's Drug Store and help forward
the general good.
and progressive; a successful business
man, with thoroughly modern Ideas;
oi unquestionable integrity and full
conception of the rights of the tax-payers.
There ls no man In the town-ship
better equipped for the office than
Mr. Tracy. Having been born and
raised on the Tracy Farm, in Ply-mouth,
he readily recognizes the needs
of a country district and the Immense
advantages to be derived, by both the
tax-jiayers and the township, by speed-ily
remedying these wants; by the Ju-dicious
expenditure of all township
funds In permanent Improvement >:
by the close collection of all tax du-pllcatee
and by conducting all public
affairs on strictly business principles
He Is the son of the late John Tracy.
He is competent to do this, by reason
Of a thorough business training in the
tlnai oial and railroad centres of Phila-delphia,
and, if elected, wi!l do it.
Mr. Tracy is one of the most con-eenlnl
men; a pleasing conversational-ist;
always ready and willing to do a
favor; he is the enemy of no man and
should have no man his enemy; he is
open and above board In all his deal-ings
and commands the respect of all
who have met him.
in the conduction of his campaign,
lie has worked diligently and used
every legitirr.ite effort to recure votes
and bis plan has been vastly different
from that usually pursued In a hot
light that politics have been much
benefited thereby.
Both sides have conducted a clean
fight, with the exception of what might
be an error, but the correction has ap-peared
of an article published in one of
the county papers, stating that the en-tire
list of Democratic nominees for
the District of Plymouth, West, would
not appear printed on the official bal-lot.
It was, without doubt, an error
and the full list of candidates, with
the exception of Justice of the Peace,
will appear In thler proper place on
the official ballot.
The above report when first heard,
caused great consternation in the
Democratic ranks and upon finding It
was an error, started to work immedi-ately
to counteract any serious effects
which it might have. However, the
wrong which it has done has been
remedied nnd the voters of Plymouth
will suffer no Inconvenience In voting
for a representative and trustworthy
man. Mr. Tracy.
MUST PAY A LICENSE
CHELTENHAM'S BRISK FIGHT.
In the case of Brownback vs. Bur-gess
and Town Council of the borough
of North Wales, the Supreme Court
has affirmed the judgment of the Sn
parlor Court. This means that an ordl
nance which the borough of Nortl
Wales requiring outside venders o
merchandise to have a license and fix
lug a penalty for not procuring one N
vnlid.
The case has been bitterly fought
It IB an old one. Harvey Brownback
of this borough, as tin agent for a tat
company, sold goods in North Wales
and was arrested for refusing to take-out
a license. The Justice of the Peace
Imposed a penalty of live dollars and
costs. An appeal from this decision
" was taken and the ease was carried
to the court In Norristown, where th
verdicl was for Hrow tihack Th - I.
fendent appealed to the Superior Court,
which reversed the decision of this
court. Brownback then took an ap-peal
from the Superior Court to the
Supreme Court, which lias just af-firmed
the Superior Court.
The Recorder, 11.00 s year In advance.
Ihuel Snlvr- the grandest salve nnd,.» , Fancy Rings made to order Our at every one must know, what can
it cuics piles and heals everything. Hand made Rings, will look better. ,i1Pie he I nsk again, except a desire
Ml fraudulent imitations worthless. La at longer and Cost less, when bough; ((J serve h,g fcuow townsmen?
H. Maxwell Harry and W. B. Sup- of BLOOMIIALL. the Jeweler, Hector , ^ dQubt h|g ab|my an(,
ptee, West Conshohocken. street J
There will be a fierce political bat-tle
fought In each of the five precincts
of Cheltenham township. Montgomery
county, at the next week's election.
Cheltenham township has the required
number of voters and cornea within the
I'm.its of the new law passed by the
Legislature In 1899. which requires the
lection of five non-salaried Commis-
■ ioneis in place of the two salaried
Supervisors, as heretofore. The new
order of things has drawn Into the
content several prominent men, who
never, under the old law, would con-sider
the matter. George D, Wldencr
and Clay Kemble are among the lat-ter.
The contest will be fiercest In the
north precinct.Edge Hill, which has
never as yet been represented In the
Road Supervlsorshlp. Mr. Kemble has
as his opponent Morris W. Wolfe, a
man who thoroughly understands the
road question as It exists In Chel-tenham,
and one who Is very popular
among the working class of the voters.
Another contest will be that waged
t Ashhoiirne. Here a movement is on
a among Republicans nnd Demo-i
ats to defeat Nathaniel C. Rand, the
rtepublioaa nominee, Horace D. Bn-
1-1 ra is the man receiving the support
of the dissatisfied Republicans.
In the other three precincts George
1). Widener, Henry K. Walt and How-ard
Rowland are expected to be elected
o\ i r the Democratic candidates. Mark
work on streets is drawn In one order
to thft Chairman of the Street Commit-ee.
and the money paid by him to the
workmen. There Is one who worked
on the street and he claims that he did
not get his money for one month's
work.
There followed n long discussion re-garding
this order. During several
months each workman received an
irder from council, and since Novem-ber
the order has been granted In a
lump to the Chairman of the Street
Committee, who paid the nen.
On moth n of Mr. Campbell a com-i
Ittee, consisting of Messrs. Cmipbell,
Collins and J. J. Murphy was Appoint-ed
to investigate tl •■ matter nnd report
at the next meeting.
Messrs. Collins and J. .1. Murphy re-ported
to Council, in their opinions,
It would be advisable to accept all al-
■rya in the town provided the borough
lie blocked out in districts and all
ashes collected hy the borough. The
alleys that are now in pi salon of
the borough are In no better condi-tion
than the private ones.
Council took no action regarding the
report.
Mr. Moore spoke of the dangerous
condition of the bridge over the Read-lug
Railroad.
Mr. Long moved that the Street
Committee be Instructed to notify the
Schuylkill Valley Traction Company
to repair the bridge between their
Iracks within three days or the bor-ough
would tear up the tracks and
make the necesoary repairs.
Mr. Bate suggested that a few days
delay should he given the company,
until the new management gets In
charge.
After considerable discussion the
motion was adopted.
A message was received from Bur-gess
Jacoby vetoelng the Elm Street
Paving and Curbing Ordinance.
The Burgess fully agrees with Coun-cil
in the need of curbing and paving
the street, but he will not approve any
ordinance until all the propertyowners
affected sign the release.
Mr. Harrold moved that action on
the message be postponed for one
month.
Mr. Collins vigorously objected to
the message
Mr Harrold thought it was an out-rage
that two corporations should
block this improvement.
Mr. Long recalled that Council com-pelled
him to get releases from all
propertyowners on Eighth avenue be-fore
that avenue wns graded.
There followed a long discussion
that was ended by the adoption of Mr.
Harrold's motion.
Burgess Jacoby reported that he had
heard live cases and collected $14 from
fees and fines and $4 from building
permits.
Treasurer McCoy reported the finan-cial
condition of the borough as fol-lows:
Bnl. In Treasury. Jan.10 $7255.59
J. J. Meyers, tax 4.00
C. W. Jones, tax 182.56
S. F. Jacoby. fees, etc 18.00
$7460.15
Orders paid to date $3063.71
Bal. in Treasury 4306.44
John Dirr, Poseyville. Ind.. says, "I
never used anything as good as One
Minute Cough Cure. We are never
without It." Quickly breaks op coughs
and colds Cures all throat and lung
troubles, Itl use will prevent con-[StOUt, Joseph Heacock and I-awrenre
sumption. Pleasant to take.
$7460.15
Orders for the following amounts
were grant) di
Police |S01 50
B. F. Corrigan, salary 100 oo
Thomas. F. McCoy, salary 125 00
W. F. Meyers, salary 7." nil
S. F. Jncoby. salary 200 M
Work on street 179 57
Block & Tile Paving Co M M
John Leonard, bricklaying 11 H
Recorder Publishing Co 27 00
S. II. Woodward, salary 200 00
Qeo. Hnrlie. Mc-ndotn. Va.. says,
' Nothing did me so much good as Ko-dol
Dyspepsia Cure. One dose re-
Smith. There Is a shade of doubt in lleved me, a few bottles cured me." It
H. Maxwell Harry and W. E. Sup- , ,.onllectlon W|th Mr. Walt, of Wyncote. j °'K*8ts what you eat and always cures
plee. West Conshohocken. , ^ hl8 „„„„„„,„ Mr. Heacock. ,. a very I '>>—» wpll Harry .„, w. R Sup.
The Recorder. $1.00 a year In advance ' Popular man and may defeat him. j piee. West Conshohocken.