The Conshohocken Recorder, March 18, 1913

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MANY CHANGES IN HOLI-NESS
CHRISTIAN ASSO'N
FEW OF THE PASTORS WHO
TOOK PART IN THE CONFER-ENCE
IN THIS BOROUGH, NINE
TEEN YEARS AGO, ARE 8TILL
LEFT.—THE PRESENT NAME
WAS ADOPTED AT THAT TIME.
When the sessions of the annual
conference of the Holiness Christian
.Association begin 'n Bbenezer Chap-el
in this borough, in the early part
of April, very few cf the ministers
who attended the conference held
here nineteen years ago will be pres-ent.
When the confer snce convened in
1894 it was under the name of thj
Heavenly Recruit Association. At
that time the entire membership was
under the co.itrol of one conference
and ministers wer> present from all
of the churches as far West as Indi-ana.
Dissention aros.; between Rev.
Frank L* Haas who was one of the
founder* of the Heavenly Recruit As-sociation
and at that time one of the
leaders of the conference. A discus-sion
followed which resulted in the
•overthrow of Rev. Prank Haas ami
the dropping of th* raine of the
Heavenly Recruits and the substitu-tion
of Holiness Christian Associa-tion.
The change at th.it time closed the
reign of Haas who it ill clung to the
Heavenly Recruits Association for a
few years and thin retired from the
ministry. He is at piesent living at
.Allentown
It was many years after the
Holiin jhristlan Association came
into ,tence that the Association
be< e too large for one conference;
npw churches were built In the mid-dle
West and a senarate oonfeience
was started in that district. On ac-count
of this change the local confer
■ence this year will L*> robbed of a
number of the leading ministers who
were prominent in the affairs of the
church at that time. In this number
the roost prominent v as Rev. C. W.
Ruth.
Only i few years ago a number of
the leading members of the Holiness
Christian Association thought it ad-visable
for their association to join
forces with the Pentecostal Church,
and a number of meetings were held
to discuss the advisability of this
move. The result was that many of
the older members took issue agains*.
their Hr3t low and ;oiued the new
sect. This movement robbed the
Holiness Christians of one of their
oldest and most prominent members
and one who had for many yvars bee.i
identified with the Association as its
presiding elder—Rev. Jonas Trum-bauer.
Several Ottaon followed and
for some time the Holiness Christian
Association was nude a struggling
body, with Its future existence only
problematical, but the ministers who
remained loyal, started life anew.
New churches were built In plate of
the ones lost to the Pentecostal sec*,
new members have been admitted
and to-day the Ho.mess Christian
Association enjoys as much prestige
as at any time during their career.
Other changes have taken place,
which, too, have rooted the Holiness
Christian Association of some of
their best and brishtest men, who
were active in the Conference held in
this borough many years ago. These
have joined other foices through no
trouble whatever, MV* for their per-sonal
betterment rnd have go:ie
where their chosen wcrk may lead to
larger successes. TIM most promin-ent
of these are Re.\ T. J. J. Wrigh',
who only last week was assigned to
the pastorate of the Mount Holly
church, in the New Jersey Methodist
(Conference. Rev. Mr. Wright at that
time was a very young exponent of
the gospel and was known in every
•telty where his Association had
•churches as the "Boy Preacher." He
■ entred the ministry at the early age
-of 16 years. He did M»t enjoy the
privilege of a college education to fit
him for the pulpit, but he applied his
ability and to-day he is one of the
imost prominent divines in the New
Jersey Methodist Conference and is a
7-ielf-made man. He nas stationed at
th'» local church for the limit of time
allowed by the conference and during
his pastorate the church enjoyed an
■ ert of great prosperity. Another of
the ministers no less popular than
Rev. Mr. Wright and who has also
•gone to the New Jersey Methodist
Conference Is Rev. L. F. Bausman. He
was for many years one of the lead-ing
lights in the Holiness Christian
tor of the local church. It was dur-ing
his pastorate in this borough that
the local church was remodeled. He
is also making rapid strides of ad-vancement
in his new field and has
been stationed in the Camden Dis-trict.
Death has also nated his quota
Croat the eld guard bnd among those
who have gone to their reward and
entered the realms of eternal rejoic-ing
are Mrs. Taylor, the founder of
this religious body and in whose
luine the first meetings were con-ducted.
Rev. Mr. llartman and Rev.
James Redgraves have also passed
away.
Of those who are still living and
have clung to their first love, the
most prominent an-l the one best
known to the residents in this vicini-ty,
is Rev. E. I.. Hyde, who has for
several years been cue of the great-est
evangelists In till United States,
and who still resides on Cedar ave-nue,
in this boroug'i Rev. H. P.
Jones, now stationed at Grler City is
another ot the ministers numbered
among the oldest of the Assoiation,
who has remained loyal to the church
/He, too, was pastor in this borough
several years ago ar.d still has many
warm friends among-the older resi-dents
of this bnroUf.ll.
A glance of the above article shows
that all but a few •.'. those who were,
present when thy |.iesent name was
adopted art still '.eft to be in attend-ance
at this year'i conference.
Rev. H. P. Magee, the present pop-ular
pastor of the lo< al church, while
in attendance at th*- conference in
1894 was yet unordalned at that time
but It was then tint he was admitted
to a twj year probation for the min-istry.
He was ordained two years lat
er. He Is at present one of the lead-ing
lights of the Association.
Rev. M. 1,. Stewart, who preached
in the local church two weeks ago,
was a member of the conference nine-teen
years ago, bu: fot several year-past
has teen laboriig the the West
He returned to this conference only
a short time ago a:il will be in atten-dance
thio year.
WILL CENTRALIZE SCHOOLS
Graded High School to Be Erected in
Plymouth Township
The most important educational de-velopment
in lower Montgomery dur-ing
the week is the determination of
the Plymouth township board of
school directors to centralize the pub-lic
schools of the entire township
This means a proposition of estab-lishing
a graded high school consist
ent with the educ'itional facilities of-fered
to the children of boroughs ami
tow iiships similar to Xorrlstown, Con-shohocken
or the townships of Chel-tenham
and Abington
There are at this time nine grades
in seven schools in the township. One
of the schools Is at I'.'ack Horse, near
Norristown; another in Connaugli-town,
near Canshohocken; one at
Cold Point, in the extreme east end of
the township; one nt Plymouth Meet-lag;
two in what Is known as tho
North Star building on Germantowu
pike in Plymouth township.
Under plans as outlined there will
be need for the erection of a modern
high school building presumably at
Plymouth Meeeting, the natural trav-el
centre and most convenient point
of the township. If at all possible,
the new building an I new system will
be redy when the ia'.l term of 1918 is
started, and at the coming meeting
of the Board of Directors action will
be taken relative to the building
plans. The decision of the board to
centralize the schools Is regarded as
the most important movement in
years, and has been received with gen
eral satisfaction by the taxpayers of
the entire township.
SPLINTER PENETRATES
TWO FINGERS
Frank William, BS9 Apple street.
West Conshohockeu, and employed at
the Montgomery Woolen Mills at Gulf
M'lls, met with a very painful acci-dent,
this morning while at his work.
He was engaged In removing yarn
from a bobbin when the hard wood
spool broke and splintered. A long
splinter passed through the little
finger of his left hand and entered
the third finger. Mr. Williams wan
compelled to go to a physician to
have the splinter extracted and UM
wound dressed. Th>5 wound is very
painful and he will bt unable to at-tend
to ^ork for several days.
BOY SCOUTS TO HAVE
A FIELD DAY HERE
LOCAL TROOP OF BOY SCOUTS
WITH TEN OTHER TROOPS
WILL HAVE A FIELD DAY ON
APRIL 12TH.—FIRST AID DE-MONSTRATION
TO BE A FEAT-URE.—
SPORTS AN DRILLS AT
TWELFTH AVENUE GROUNDS
The local troop of Boy Scouts, un-der
the leadership of (Jeorge Giles,
scout master, and Matthew Verco, As-sistant
scout master, will hold a field
day, on the Twelfth avenue grounds
on Saturday afternoon, April 12th.
The exercises will be participated !n
by all the troops of this scout district,
namely: seven troops from Norrls-town,
one troop each from Pottstown,
Oaks and l^nsdale.
The exercises will consist of scout
drillB, sports and a feature will be
a demonstration of giving first aid
to the inured by Troop 7, of Norris-town.
The exercises will be very In
teresting and especially so to most of
the residents of this borough as no
such u event has ever been held here
and it will serve to Rive a practical 1e
monstration to the people ust what
the Boy Scout movement is and how
boys are trained to take are of them-selves
and taught tv develop thelv
bodies and minds.
The local troop has been reuvenatcd
ana is constantly gaining in member
ship. The troop has been in exis-tence
about a year but interest died
out as the doings of the troop were
not made attractive to the boys Three
weeks ago, George Giles, who has a
number of years experience in the Hal
ional Guard and who is a non-commis-sioned
officer of the Firat Regiment,
was made Scout Master. He immed-iately
began to create interest among
the boys and membership grew from
seventeen to thirty-five and weekly,
otner boys are being enrolled each
week. Both Mr. Giles and Mr. Ver-coe
have had good e> perience in mili-tary
drills and si>ort.s and are enthus-iastic
with their work. It Is their de-sire
to make the troor. a fine body cf
boys and careful attention will be giv-en
that the development of the mind
will not be neglected with the devel
opment of the body.
The boy? will be given plenty of op-portunity
to enjoy out-door lite and
will also be taught 'vow to do It.
I-aSer, a full program of the exer-cises
for field day »ill be published
and it is desired by the leaders of th■:
movement that the iierents of the
boys will be present to view the exer-cises
that they may see the benefits
that can be derived by their children
by joining the scouts
THE WARNER STORE
The Warner store, formerly Brend-linger's,
Norristown, has been remod-eled
and is now one of the finest de-partment
stores in this section of the
State, outside of Philadelphia. The
store has been made more attractive
and Is filled with f esh goods for
spring and summer. The store has
been made a vertible garden for East-er.
The plants an1 blooms and beau-tiful,
colorful spring dress goods
make the stole an Ideal place for lad-les
to spend the afternoon. The
prices at the store are such that |ier-sons
In nils section cannot afford to
buy in Philadelphia. The method of
doing business is su- ii that every pat-ron
must be pleased and this policy
of fair dealing haB attracted many
strangers to the stove who are loud
In its praises. Mr. Warner is a thor-ough
business man and uses the mod-ern
methods in ovary-department.
LITTLE'S OPERA HOUSE
A great picture, depicting ambition
.intrigue and love with the story
built about a great musical composi-tion
and with the opening scenes set
In Philadelphia, has been secured by
Manager Crelght at IJttle's Opera
House for Friday nrght. The story
is one of great human interest and
will prove a great attraction for the
local people.
On Thursday eveilng, the Country
Store will be the star attraction, la
the furniture department, a fine
couch is on exhibition and Manager
Crelght is going to pive it away with
a great variety of other articles.
URGES BACTERIA
TEST FOR WATER
BOARD OF HEALTH HA8 THE
DRINKING WATER, SUPPLIED
HEHE. ANALYZED AND RESULT
CAUSES CHEMIST TO RECOM-MEND
A BACTERIOLOGICAL
TEST -TEST WILL BE MADE IM-MEDIATELY.
For many months there has been
much complaint ol the quality of the
drinking water supplied here. The
water has an odor and in many sec-tions
of town, it Is not clear. The
Board of Health has received many
verbal complaints end Dr. William
MtKenzie, president of the Board, on
Wednesday, secured'a sample of wa-ter
from a tap la an upper Fayette
street residence and took it to the
F. A. dentil labratwry of Genth and
Adamson, 222 Walnut street, Phila-delphia.
The result of the analysis
(caused the chemists to "strongly
recommend" that a bacteriological
examination be made and Dr. Mc-
■Kenzie, immediately upon studying
the analysis got into communication
with the chemists and asked that
they s?nd a bacter'ologrst here Im-mediately.
The report of the chem-ists
is as follows:
"The result of on" examination of
the sample of water (see analyses be-low)
left with us on Wednesday leads
us to strongly recommend that you
have a bacteriological examination
made. If we were to do this it would
cost ten dollars as we must send our
Bacteriologist up to CVmshohotcken to
make the plates on the spot. No
doubt you have In Censhohocken a
Bacteriologist who can make this ex-amination.
The considerable quantity of organ-ic
matter, the presence of albumin
old ammonia and the odor of decom-position
leads us to make the above
reoomme-jdatlon."
Yours truly,
GENTH & ADAMSON
Appearance—clear and bright.
Odor, cold—As of decomposed ani-mal
or vegetable matter.
Odor, hot—As of decomposed ani-mal
or vegetable matter.
Taste—Fiat.
Reaction—Neutral.
Parts per Gr. per
1,000,000 U.S. Gal.
Poisonous Metals ....None
Organic Matter 17. 0.986
Chlorine 12. 0.(."96
Nitrates Present
Nitrites None
Ammonia Traces
Albuminoid Ammonia
Present
Total Solids 106.4 111
Total solids, after
burning 86. 4.988
Hypothetical Combination
Silica—S12 8.2 0.4756
Iron oxide & Alumina.. 8.2 0.092S
Calcium sulphate—
CaS04 37.9 2.1982
Calcium Carbonate—
CaC03 11.0 OJM
Magnesium Carbonate—
MgC03 7.5 0.435
Sodium Chloride—
NaCl 19.8 1.1481
At a special meting of Town Coun-cil
and the Board of Health, several
weeks ago, when sewers were discus-sed
Dr. McKenzic condemned the
quality of water being furnished here
for drinking purposes. He said the
Board of Health should have funds
in order that tests of the water may
be made when the Eoard deemed it
necessary. Council agreed in the be-lief
that the water was not of the
quality it should be and recommend-ed
that the Board c-f Health have the
water tested. At the meeting, It was
stated that Pickering creek water
has not been supplied here for many
months, but that the rupply is coming
from Nesbaminy creek. At times,
the water is muddy and has an offen-sive
odor. These corditions did not
exist when Pickering creek water
was supplied.
FREE LIBRARY REPORT
Easter Novelties in Gold and Silver
Jewelry at MAAG'S New Jewelrv
Sure, oppo. Opera House—advt.
The circulation ->'. book6 at the
Free Ubrary for tho month of Feb-ruary
was as follows
Circulation for February 313'J
Adult 1603
Juvenile 1533
Fiction 2187
Non-fiction 949
Daily Average 131
Highest dally circulation 9«
Readers at table »87
OUT FOR COUNCIL
Borough's Financial Condition Arous-ing
Interest Among the Citizens
Many residents of the Fourth Ward
have expressed their fear that a raise
in the tax rate is inevitable unless
Town Council practises real economy
and the succeeding council will have
to do the same. A number of prop-erty
holders, in the Fourth Ward
have prevailed upon John Hamilton,
of the Conshohocken Iron and Steel
Company and a property holder In
the ward, to become r. candidate fo:-
the Republican nomination. Mr. Ham-ilton
has consented to stand provid-ing
he will not have ft contest for the
nomination. He Is anxious thai the
borough live within its means and
that no work be contracted for until
the plans and specifications are com-pleted
a.id fully understood by both
paities. He is against the practise of
"extras" and stands for a business
administration.
There are to be two councllmen
elected next fall, in each ward with
the exception of the Second, where
three are to be elected. Mr. M. J.
illnrvcy, of the F->irth. whose term
expires this year, will be a candidate
for a re uominathlon on the Republi-can
ticket William P.. Toner, of the
Fourth, will be a candidate for re-nomination
on the Democratic ticket
and John Conley \ life long resident
and a property ower, will be his run-ning
mate.
M. E. APPOINTMENTS
Bishop Announces that List Will Not
Be Read Until Two O'clock or Lat-er.
The 1918 appointments for the Phil
adelphla Methodist Coisferenbe will
not be read until 2 o'clock this after-noon
and may be delayed beyond that
hour according to an annoucement
by Bishop Berry following the open-ing
of this morning's session in the
Twenty-ninth Street Church 29th st.
and Lehigh avenue.
"I might read them this morning"
said the bishop, "but they are still
just a bit incomplete and If I did so
1 might do something that some of
you would regret lor the rest of the
year. SJ finish up your routine busi-ness,
gee a good lunc'.i, the saterer as-sures
me that he has prepared an ex-cellent
farewell meal and come In
here at 2 o'clock well fortified to hear
the list read."
Applause greeted the Bishop's brief
statement. He then called the Rev. S.
M. Vernon to the chair and retired
for a final session with his cabinet.
MISS REBA LEHMAN HAS
A FINE APPOINTMENT
Will Be Assistant Librarian at Spo-kane,
Wash.
Miss Reba Lehman, formerly librar-ian
at the local library, who resigned
her position here over a year ago to
take charge of the Public library at
Hazleton, has resigned her position
with the latter city to accept the iws-ition
as assistant librarian of the pub-lic
libraries of Spokane, Washington.
Miss Lehman is now visiting friends
here and after spending some at her
home in Annville, Pa., will leave for
the West.
Miss Lehman has been very success
ful In her work. She took.charge of
the local library shortly after Its In-stitution
and through her efforts
made the institution a popular one
and one of the best fot its size in Urn
country. At Hazleton. she continued
her successes and the people there
regret that she has left them.
Her new position is a very import-ant
one but her friends have every
confidence that she will continue her
successful work In the Western city.
Don't Get All Run Down
weak and miserable. If you have
Kidney or bladder trouble headache,
pains in the back I.THI feel tired all
over and want a pleasant herb rem-edy
try Mother Gray'* Aromatic-Leaf
As a tonic laxative It has no equal.
AH Druggists, 50c. Ask today. Sampfo
FREE. Address, The Mother Gray CO.,
LeRoy, N. Y.—advt. 3-ll-3t
A full line of Neck Chains, Belt
Buckles, Bar Pins, Signet Scarf Pins
and Cuff Buttons at MAAG'8 New
Jewelry Store, oppo. Opera House—
advt.
BIG IMPROVEMENTS
AT IRON WORKS
MANY CHANGES ARE BEING MADE
AT THE SCHUYLKILL IRON
WORKS.—A NEW FLUE MILL
WILL BE BUILT AND POWER
AND CONVEYING MACHINERY
WILL BE INSTALLED.—TWO
YEARS TO DO THE WORK.
Great changes are being made at th*
Schuylkill Iron Works of the Ala*
Wood Iron and Steel Company, which
will greatly improv.; the plant an*
make it one of the most up-to-dat*
sheet and plate rolling mills In the
country.
Improvements have been going o*
at the plant for many months bat
these are only, the forerunner of great
Improvements. Already a big power
house has been constructed and two
steam boilers of 500 horse-power each,
have been installed ar.d one of the big-gest
snn.ke stacks in this section haa
been erected.
The big improvements which ar*
now under way will involve a great
expenditure of money and will brine
wist changes in the ni'lls making th*
operation of the plant more regular
and with less labor.
A larg - flue mill, complete with
rolls ai. mace, will be built and
will be kn as flu* mill No. 5. Th*
furnace ot th. II Till be thclargest
in the borough. !'e furnace will
have three chargh , doors and will b»
four feet longer than the largest fur-nace
now in operation there. To op-erate
this mill, a one thousand horse-power
engine has been installed. This
engine will drive by ropes and th*
driving pulley will carry twenty-eight
driving roi>es. Twj more steam boil-ers
of 500 horse-p'wer each will b*
erected in the power house. All th»
boilers will be fitted with economiz-ers
which are machines to heat the
water before being ii j noted into tha
boilers. The water will enter the boil
ers at a temperature of 300 degrees.
All the boilers will be equipped wit*
mechanical stokers and the stokers
will be fed by conveyors operated by
electricity
Yesterday, work was started on th*
construction of a great coal pit. It
will be of concrete and will be twenty
feet deep by thirty feet square. A
large electric generator will be install
ed and conveyors will be erected t*
carry coal from the pit to the boiler*
and each heating lurnace throughout
the mills.
The company hae built up a larg.i
business in plates wihch must b*
painted and oiled and electricity op-erated
machines will be installed t*
do this work.
The railroad sidings throughout th*
extensive yards are cow being chang-ed
to accomodate tho largest cars and
no curve will be lees than 150 fee*
radius.
The Schuylkill Iron Works is one of
the oldest iron and steel manufactur-ing
plants in this country and from
the beginning the quality of material*
manufactured have teen of the best
and the reputation of the mills is nat-ion
wide. From a small beginning,
the mills have grown until today
there are over eight hundred men em-ployed.
The Alan Wood Iron and Steel Com-pany
is one of the best equipped ot
the independent companies In th*
country. They manufacture directly
(from the ore to tho finished sheets
and plates. They own and operate th*
Swede furnaces which are equlppei
with every modern appliance for th*
production of pig iron; the Ivy Rock
Steel Plant and tho Schuylkill Iroa
Works. In all the plants vast Improve-ments
have been made for economy la
the manufacture and increased pro-duction.
A new rolling mill is als*
under construction at the Steel plant.
"Suffered night aid daV the tor-ment
of itching pile t. Nothing help-ed
me until I used Dean's ointment.
The result waa lasting."—Hton. Joha
R. Garrelt, Mayor Girard Ala,—adv.
Order your Chocolit'; Cream Eastjr
Eggs early at BENZ'i?—advt.
A complete line of Kodaks, Films
an* supplies at MAAtlS New Jewwlry
Store. Opp*. Opera Hcuse—adv. 2t.
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