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f ®l)£ Consljoljotuen Reorder, PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND Fill9AY 4691 THE COXS11O110CKEX HECOllDEll, FllIDAV APRIL 10, 15)14 $1 PER YEAR SUBSCRIBERS TO PLAY GROUNDS FUND THE NECESSARY $50C TO EQUIP THE GROUNDS AND EMPLOY A TEACHER WAS QUICKLY SUB-SCRIBED. WORK OF EQUIP-MENT WILL SOON BE STARTED. —GROUNDS TO OPEN AT THE CLOSE OF THE SCHOOL TERM. Tlie report of the Faance Commit-tee of tin' Plaj Qround Association, which fallows, Bhowfl that the move-menl for Play Grounds tor the small clilMren for the Bummer months sirmk ;i popular and responsive chord in the people Of our town. The short time ela ring bi taeen the appoint-men) ol the Committee and the com-pletion of their work Is most gratify-ing to those having the matter in charge. The Association asked for five hundred dollars to de raj expens-es ol the present year, which includes the Installing of the paraphernalia re-qulred aqd the salary of the profesaios> al leader or teacher, and the proinpt- I v\ i111 which the sum was sub- Bcribed, shows the willingness of our people to help In any mov< ni that will benefll the children of the town. From time to time a report will be made of the progress of the work and matters ol Interest connected with the movement, The following is the report of the Finance Committee: Howard Wood jr $r,0.0O -Mis. Alan Wood, Jr 26.00 .Mrs. Francis il. I.iibbe 26.00 .). Kllwood l.ee 26.00 Richard T. Bate 25.00 A. COnrad Jones 25.00 Dr. George X. Hlghley 26.00 Charles Heber Clark s°ff.M Jonathan R. Jones 25.00 Richard G. Wood 25.00 Horace C. Jones 25.00 David H. Ross 26.00 Spencer I.. Jones 16.00 Woman* Club 10.00 Mrs. Win. r. Perot, Jr 10.00 Bather •'ones m.oo Mrs. Charles l.ukens 10.00 .Marian Middle Wood 10.00 J. Aubrey Anderson 10.00 William A. Cooper 10.00 John Pugh i Ki.oo Biddle Wood 6.00 Dr. C. F. Tcgtmeier 5.00 John A. Harrold 5.00 James B. Ray 5.00 .lames Morrison 6,00 Burnetl Holland 5.00 in. William M. Hall 5.00 1 Ullan Jones 5.00 Donald Cranei 5.00 Elizabeth M. Harry 6.00 Eleanor Clark Kmlin 5.00 Ralph Campbell n.00 Dr. George T. Lukens 5.00 Dr. .1. Quinoy Thomas 5.00 John Wood, Jr 5.00 Margaret McF. l.ukens 5.00 Total $500.00 J. AUBREY ANDERSON. Chairman Finance Committee. HARD WORK DOESN'T GUARANTEE SUCCESS It you labor without a business ed-ucation you are simply trudging on a treadmill. The time you devote to any particu-lar task has but little influence on its value—It's the knowing how, that counts—And for the man who knows how—who has the training, there is always an unoccupied place—an op-portunity somewhere. Your livelihood may be wiped out of existence any day—you can't lose what you know—The future is up to you—It's what you yourself make it— If you choose to stick in the rut—to earn with your hands and not your brains, you must be satisfied with the wane at Which the world can hire your substitute. Prepare yourself with a business education—then it is far you alone to 111 is sure your success and fortune. This can be secured by attending lb- Schissler College of Business, WH'TO the work in all departments is Individual and the teachers are spec-ialists. When the course Is complet-ed, the graduate is guaranteed a posi-tion, through its employment offices, located in Norrlstown, Philadelphia and New York City. Our willingness to aid our students does not end In the placing ol them ill the first posi-tion, but we continue to assist them from time to time, as long as they prove their present worth. The choice of a school for Com] cial education should be made discrimination.—ADV. BOROUGH GETS $342.21 PREMIUM FOR BONDS FIRST NATIONAL BANK AWARD-ED ENTIRE ISSUE OF $12,000.— STREET LIGHTING BILL HELD UP: ALLOWANCE FOR OUTAGE QUESTIONED. POLICE TO DO MORE WORK. TILT WITH TEL-EPHONE CO. .■it- the persistenl lamor thai the borough is In bud financial cond-ition, council, <>ii Wednesdnj evening sold 111 the first National Bank, Of this borough, $12,000 funding and Im-provement bonds bearing Interest al the rate of tour and one-quarter per ,. m |M ; annum, at a premium of j or at the rate ol $102.8617 and ai < rued Inti rest. This brings the bonds in nel the buyer four per • at. The ways and ana committee re-ported receiving two written bids lor inds, the one iron, the banl one from Dr. William M. Hall, who bid jar and accrued Interest. Ml'. Hate. chairman ol the committee, said thai a number ol inquiries bad been made and a number of persons said the] de-sired to bUJ 11 the bonds were made iii denominations of $100 and | tin motion of Mr. O'Brien the bonds were awarded t" the First National Bank. Light EMI Held Up. The police, lire and water commit-tee reported an allowance or $is.i2 for outage ol street lights during March. Mr. (Hamilton asked if the al-lowance was correctly computed and said that all the street lamps were out of service during the night of March llrst and man) were not lighted on March second. Mr. Crimean said there were no street lights on the tirst of March and the arc lights on Fay-ette and Hector streets were not in Service on '.he night of the second and the allowance s' mild be $38, Mr. Bale sta d that the police keep a nightly record of the street imps jui'i report i .1 i.ii n "ii of sen Ice and the Urns '1 " "j out On motion of Mr. ■ • ..»-n. ' . ended by Mr. Hamilton, the bill tor street lighting, amounting f»as hud over and tife comnitttee Instructed to ob-tai'iAio <•( rrect amoun^ tor outage. Police toju!^\ Dogs. I] froi i ■'" lord Campbell for $3, v. ng ami burying dogs, caused Inqulrj as to why the police did ■• i rk. Mr. Garret) stated inall- r «a- in the hands of the \rgeas and Campbell did the work irity. Mr. O'Brjen objected to council pay-ing sum hillV and said such work is within the duties of the police. Mr. Btemple also obja ted, i ie said "the police are walking around the streets ■with their hands in their pockets and thej ail carrj guns!" He said the Streets are full of dogs and cats and made a motion, which carried, that hereafter when i' is necessary to kill a dog, the police shall do it and bury the carcass Tilt With Telephone Co. A representative of the Bell Tele-phone Companj a^ked the privilege of the Moor, which was given. He stat-ed that he came before council to ask approval of plans for the removal of poles on West First avenue and plac-ing sevem; distributing poles from the conduit system. Also to make ebang-es on Maple street The changes pro-posed are to remove seven poles on First avenue between Maple and Fay-on- streets and erect three distribut-ing poles on Maple street and First avenue. To make cHs - i the pole line to Plymouth to ■* sable line which win in i te hangs In the line north of bright! renue on Forrest stre-i. The ooi any also wants to erect live polos on Poplar street to take their .vires away from the high tension electric wires. Mr. Crimean satfd the company comes into council In ice, in that It bad not completed Its work on the conduits began two years ago. He mad- a motion, seconded by Mr. Donnelly, thai nothing be granted the company until it finishes the work commenced. Mr. O'Brien objected saying tne proper course iii be pur-sued is prescribed bs ordinance and the oompanj should nol oome Into council but submit Its application for changes or permission for new con-struction togeih-r with the plans to the conduit committee and said com-mittee to either 1 pprove or reject such plans and iM«^»rt its findings to (continued^Jpage six). EASTER MUSIC IN THE CHURCHES! ALL OF THE CHURCHES IN THE BOROUGH WILL COMMEMOR-ATE THE DAY WITH SPECIAL SERVICES. CALVARY AND ST. MARK'S WILL HOLD TWO MORN-ING SERVICES EACH.—ALL TO RENDCR SPECIAL MUSIC. The glorious resurrection of Christ will be appropriately celebrat-l •■il in the different churches of the borough on Easter Hay —next Sunday. Ai : rupiia'i Bermont and special mus-ic will mark all of the services, in st. Marks Lutheran church a celebration of the Holy Communion will be held al 6 and 10 o'clock A. M., HI . .1. T. Fox, the pastor will preach ■sp cial and appropriate Bermons al ■ a ,i ni the servhss, while the choir will render specially prepared E anthems. Calvary P. B. Church there will be a celebration of Holj Communion al B:30 and 10:30 o'clock. At the 10:30 service it Is ex lected that Rev. i aned] Moorhouse, the rector, who has been detained from the pul-pit for sou ral weeks owing to illness ie able to preach the special ser-mon. The regular Faster Service Of the Sunday School will be held In the afternoon at ' o'clock. Rev. Mr. ouse will be assisted at all of II rvices by Rev. C, BS. Ball. real Ol the chinches will have but one celebration of thelHoly Com-munion which will be held al 10:80 A. M. Special music will be rendered by the choirs of the different churches, The IfiaBter services at St. Mat-thew's will be of a special nature. lal music will be rendered by the |cholr • * w PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Morning Service. • Orgag Prelude—Break of Dawr. Schliecker. Anthem Hollowing the Lord's prayer I Hallelujah Christ is Risen .. Simper Offertory—Easter morning . . Mailing Anthem Christ our Passover .... Schilling Postlude Blaster March — Merkel BSvenlng Service. Organ Recital at 7.1". P. M. Halleluiah Chorus Handel I know that my Redeemer l.iveth Handel Violin solo by Mr. Carbon I.. Weber - - Romance WleniawsM Resurrection Morn Fohnston At Sunset DlgglS Anthem Christ is Risen .... Turner Offertorj 'i willghl I- rime! Tenor Solo by Mr. A. Stanley Hyde There Is a < irocn Hill ... < lUOnOd Postlude -Festival Postlude . smart The pastor will preach morning and evening. Sabbath School al 9.15 A. M. Men's Class at 9.30 A. M. Y. P. B. c. E. Prayer meeting at 6.46 P. M. Theme: A long look ahead. I Corinthians 15:36-68. I Faster meet-ing I. CALVARY CHURCH MUSIC Calvary choir will sing special inus-i. c at each of three services on Easter Day. At 6.80 a. m., Foster's Commun-ion service in a, and Warren's Anthem "The Magdaline' will be rendered: AT b'.30 Proc. Hymn 112 Gloria Patri .. in C Oliver Christian Passover .. in C . Schilling Te Deiim . . in (! Calkin Jubilate Deo in D Field Hymn ill As it began to dawn Vincent Communion Service .. In A .. Foster Rec. Hymn 116 Hallelujah Chorus—Organ ... Handel At four o'clock in the afternoon, the festival service of the Sunday ^ chool will be held, with the singing of the Faster Carols. * * * FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH The Easter Day Session of the Bi-ble school will he held at 9.16 A. M. with a program and music appropriate tO the day. The Blaster Morning service in the auditorium, 10.80 A. M. The decorat-ing of the Church for the day will be under Hi- care of the C. E. Society. Special music by the Choir. The Pas-tors morning sermon Is entitled: "The Evangel of Easter." The Easter Day meeting of the Christian Endeavor Society at 6.46 P. I M. in the upper Room. "A Long Uiok Ahead'" is the topic. The Raster Evening service at 7.30 P. M. A special service expressive of the EaBter Joy. The Pastor will preach on the pertinent theme: "How Are the Dead Raised Up?" The Midweek service, next Wed-nesday evening, 7.16 P. M. We urge all those who worship with us to be piesent for Easter and heart-ily invite any Others without a Church Inline to come and share our Easter joy. J. ELLW00D LEE. INVENTOR AND MANUFACTURER, DIED Or-" ANGINA PECT0RIS WELL KNOWN INVENTOR AN3 MANUFACTURER DIED SUDDEN-LY AT HIS HOME 'VttLAivu WEDNESDAY EVENING.—HAD BEEN ILL. SINCE SATURDAY PUT WAS NOT SERIOUSLY SICK UNTiL iHREE-QwA.rTfc.FS OF AN HOUR BEFORE DEATH. FCNDED THE J. ELLWOOD LEE COMPANY ANDTHE LEE TIRE & RUBBER CO. FUNERAL ON MO .DAY AFTERNOON. MEN'S EASTER SUITS AT $17.95 ler wl inMtte - A, The latest styles, all the materials. You can't lind th in value. Get the Suit (i here, and pay for it late_ PUS'S, 115-117 E. rlstown.—Advt popular ■ lual ter J. Kllwood l.ee, president of the l.ee Tire & Rubber Company, died at his home. 'I.eelaiid, ' Eighth avenue and Kayelte street itt 8.16 o'clock U • day evening. Heath was caused by angina peoioriit, au aacimn ui tin heart. Mr. I.ee ate a very light dinner and returned to lis room. At seven o'clock he talked over the telephone and then seated blmsell in a c import-able chair and shortly afterwards was seized with a heart attack, lie suffered much and asked that a physi i ian be hurriedly summoned. t>r. ge T. I.ukenvi wa8 soon at Ins side ami mm ii.m dhitmciu but tb ■ patient did nol rall^|iir. J. Quincy Thomas »,i. also sun .mined nut the physl lans saw that the end was near and nn dial kin i on! i do nothing. He passed away surrounded by bis family with the exception of his wlfi . who is in Europe. Mr. Lee has been working under high'tension lor a number ol years ami his health becai u affected, For over a year be suffer d Blight bear) attacks, i.ast Saturday, be i tmplain-ed of not feeling well but remained al his olti: 8 all day. On f um'a.v, Ii 01 Suited a Bpi lalisl who ordered 1,iin to Btaj ill bed foi a tea davs to re-.| and then to go away for a time and forge) business. Mr lee icmaineii al home on Monday but on Tuesday, against the advice ol his physician, Insisted upon going to New York to keep an important business engagement. The trip used much ol his vitality as on Wednesday be complained of not reel-ing well. However, he did not stay in bed but sal in a large chair. His condition was not considered serious at any time until he was seized with the sudden attack. At the time of bis death he was sur-rounded by Ills family with the excep-tion of Mrs. l.ee, who is touring Eur-ope, who left early in the winter to tour the Holy I .and and Europe. While in Merlin, she became ill of pneumonia but has recovered and will sail from Liverpool tomorrow on the steamship Lusitanla and is due to ar-rive here next Saturday. A cable was sent her on Wednesday night Mr. I*e was a member and vestry-man of Calvary .hurch. He was a member of the Manufacturer's club, Of Philadelphia, the Penn Club and hritz Ledge ol Masons, No.480 of this borough, lie was a prominent Repub-lican and serv) d his home people in the school hoard and in town council. fie was also chairman of the advisory hoard when the street improvements were made and also served as a mem-ber of the citizen's committee to se- < mi' a new bridge across the Shuvl-kill at this point He has served on committees in every movement lor the public good. The only political honors he sought was when he wa* elected a delegate to the Republican national convention which nominated Theodore Roosevelt, for president. He was a member of Fritz Lodge F. & A. M. and a thirty second degree Mason. He is survived by his widow, a son .1. Ellwood Jr., a daughter, Elsie Vife Of Albert (iarthwaite, of White-marsh: two sisters, Lillian, wife of William Cleaver, and Miss May II. Lee. of this bpTOUgh, and a brother, Hairy l.ee, of this borough. The funeral will be held at "I.eelaiid" on Monday afternoon. The public is invited to the house between the 1 is of 12:80 and 2:80 P. M. Ser-vices will be held in Calvary P. E. church at three o'clock. The inter-ment will be private at Riverside cemetery. The body will be laid to rest in the beautiful mausoleum which Mr. l.ee had erected last fall. The employees of the I>»e Tire and Rub-ber Company will attend the funeral I in a body and will meet al Eighth av-enue and Harry street between the hours of noon and 12:30, Monday af-ttiiioon and proceed to ' l.eeland" at 12:30 sharp. One of the most important industries i,a i Important luanstriei enterprises Oi .Montgomery county and at the same tune one of the youngest is the ... i of the J. Ellwood l-ea Company al CoCShohOCken. This business was 61 tahlished by .1. Ellwood Lee, who was b ii n in oie.in.la., hi a In IB60, lie is the oldest Mm of Brad-ford Adams Lee, who was a res-ut of . onshoho ken for more than a half century, and Sarah A. iRa;. son • .. i esii.eal of I tie same low n T.iropi'ii his paternal grandmother, .\ r, ' • Is conn cted with thi famil] P lent John Vdamt and John B, and through his pater- II .: gi an ia,l ( r * ith I ie Ni * Ji rsej a I ii Inia i 11 ie hes >! I be Lee tain il . •:. "*■;: '.in d Adams .>■<-. father of .11 In \i w Ca.; Of Delaware. i i b 38, He Is a son of Thomas and Ann x. I Adams! Lee. Ann Notingham (Adamsl Lee, grand-mi iii"i was a daughter of Edmund and , ape Adams. Her father, Ed-mund Adam.-, was horn May 20, 1769. HtS wile .lane, whom he married June ii, 1792, was born September -, 17Ti:. Their children were: James, born December I, ITH::: Elizabeth, bom October -I. 1794; Mary, born March 24, IT'.'T: Rebeoca, born December _::, 1800; Jonathan, born July 16, 1803. ntlsha, born November 26, 1805.; Ann Nottingham Adams, who was the mother of Elislia Bradford Adams l*>e born February 16, 1808. Jane Adams died February 16, 1848 He- 'uisband died January L'S, 1817. Ellsha Bradford Adams Lee, father of Mr. l.ee, came to Pennsylvania at the ai;e of four years, his parents re-moving from Delaware in 1842 and es-tablishing a home in Conshohocken. There be had but limited educational advantages, being employed from the pge of eleven years in earning bis own livelihood. For more than thirty live years he was engaged in the rolling; mills of .). Wood and Brother. For a time he entered Into mercantile busi-ness with bis son, and he lias been employed with the I. Ellwood Lee Company in various responsible posi-tions lie died in August. lflL'. Thomas Lee, grandfather, was born in Delaware county, Pennsylvania, in 1799. lie married. June II, 1829, Ann Nottingham Adams. Their children were as follows: Edmund Adams, h MI Ami 28, 1880; William, bom October J I. 1831; Daniel W. Coxe. born February 12, is:>4. Mary Jane, bom July ."•. 1836; t lisha B. Adams, I lather of J. Ellwood l.ee. Mrs. Thom-as l-ee died October 84, 1N44. Thom-as l.ee married a second wife, who was Rebecca N. Adams, a sister of his llrst wife. There were no chil-dren by the second marriage. Mrs. Rebecca Lee died July IS, 1848, and Mr. l.ee married a third time, Septem-ber S, 1X411, Sarah Logue. By this marriage there was one daughter, Eli-zabeth Lee. The mother tiled July 29, 1K.-.4. her husband having died eight days previously, both being victims of cholera, which was then raging in Consliohoi ken. J. Ellwood l.ee was born November I.", 1N60. lie received bis education at the Conshohocken High School, be-ing a graduate of the class of 1ST!'. Immediately after bis graduation he entered the surgical instrument bus-iness in Philadelphia with William Snowden, remaining with him for (Continued on Page Four) DR. DAVID W. HARRY CALLED BY DEATH WAS A MEMBER OF CONSHOHOCK EN'S OLDEST FAMILY. SERVED AS SURGEON ON THE OLD 'TON-AWANDA" AND WAS HONORED EY THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT. WAS SECRETARY AND TREAS-URER OF J. V/OOD BROS. CO. Dr. David Wood llarrv. a member of Conshohocken's oldest family, died this morning at his home, Second ave-uue and Harry street. The doctor be-came ill about a week ago "ilh a se-vere cold wnlcli developed Into pneu-monia and he was recovering from the 8 whi n bis heart failed and was j i i lm diate cause of his death. David \V i Harry was the son of :nin and l.ydia Wood Harry an I b nn m iioashohocken i which was then a village iii Whltemarsb and Plymouth townships) September 15, He attended the local public Is and Tremont Seminary, at Norrlstown. After leaving the semi-nars hi entered the Philadelphia Col-i ' ar .; i j and graduated in the class of |v",s. die was one of the i i ' di uggiata In tjie borough. He tiled Ol the drug business and Btudied medicine under Dr. Hunt and in. i.cvick. the latter being an emin-ent urge n and was the Inventor of • 8 i;i Blllc pllnl maniifa' lured b.\ tin .i. Ellwood Lee Company and named for Its inventor. Dr. Harry was graduated from the medical school of niversitj ol Pennsylvania In the ela-s of 1889. After his graduation he accepted a! position a;. Burgeon on the emigrant ship "Tonawanda" in which many of the older English and Irish residents ol this borough crossed the ocean. On one of the voyages of the Tonawanda B wnck of a French lishing bark was sighted. The crew was rescued after many difficulties and brought abroad the Tonawanda. The crew were in a frightful condition, many of them hav-ing broken arms and legs and suffer-ing other physical distress. Dr. Hurry worked heroically to relieve their Suf-ferings and later the French govern-ment honored him by presenting to him a beautiful set of surgical instru-ments. The doctor prised the gift very highly. Dr. I lurry* gave up the practise of meilifine to engage in the business of manufacturing iron with his mules J, Wood and Hi others. He continued In this business until bis death and when the linn was reorganized and In-corporated as a stock company under I the name of J. -Wood Brothers Com pany be was made secretarj and upon the death Oi William M. Wood, he was elected treasurer of the company. He married Mary S. Wood, who survives him as does two sons, David W. Harry I'. S. N.. and I!. Reese Harry, of this borough. He is also sur-vived b> B lister, Miss Anna Harry ol this borough and two brothers, John w. Harry, of Norrlstown and W'uliebl S. Harry, of this borough. David W. Harry was a member of the oldest family in this vicinity, His treat, great grandfather, David Han", came lore In 1699 and purchased 1260 acres Of land, the site of the borough of Consholiot ken. He farmed the land. Dr. Harrys great grandfather and grandfather farmed the land. His father. Benjamin Harry cut the land into building lots on which the busi-ness section and a great i>ortion of the residential section has been built. A portion of the land is still owned by the Harry family, Dr. Many had a very extensive ac-quaintance and was beloved for his fine disposition. He was a most enter-taining conversationalist. He was a very observant man and had many ex-periences, which he recited in the most entertaining manner. He was a vertible store house for local history and told of many incidents told him by his grandfather, of hap|>enings dur-ing the Revolution. lie was one of the oldest members of Frits Lodge, No 420 F. &' A. M. of this borough. i ne funeral will take place from his late home on Tuesday aftrenoon at 1 o'clock. The members of Frit/ Lodge and the Masonic Veterans of Pennsyl-vania, are invited to attend. The in torment will be private at ML. Ver-non Cemetery, Philadelphia. Bishop Kennedy Returns to Rome Bishop Thomas F. Kennedy, rector of the American College at Rome, who has been visiting his sisters, the Misses Kennedy. Spring Mill avenue, and who was taken seriously ill with pneumonia while here, has complete-ly recovered his health and yesterday hii tor New York on his return to Rome, lie will sail tomorrow. THAT SUIT FOR EASTER. MEN Gel it here—the greatest values in town. Easter Suits usually selling from $20. to $25. Special. $14.!!."., J17.95 and $19.8.1. Plenty of time in which to pay, THE PEOPLE'S, 1 Ki-ll? E. Main Street, Norristown.—Al). On time, fine time, all the time! Rockford Watches! J. It. RAY. .lew-der. Advt. Chocolate Easter Eggs Named Free of Charge at PEDRICK'S, 621 Fayette street.—Advt. Advertls* In "THE RECORDER" \ V. i
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Title | The Conshohocken Recorder, April 10, 1914 |
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Date | 1914-04-10 |
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FullText | f ®l)£ Consljoljotuen Reorder, PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND Fill9AY 4691 THE COXS11O110CKEX HECOllDEll, FllIDAV APRIL 10, 15)14 $1 PER YEAR SUBSCRIBERS TO PLAY GROUNDS FUND THE NECESSARY $50C TO EQUIP THE GROUNDS AND EMPLOY A TEACHER WAS QUICKLY SUB-SCRIBED. WORK OF EQUIP-MENT WILL SOON BE STARTED. —GROUNDS TO OPEN AT THE CLOSE OF THE SCHOOL TERM. Tlie report of the Faance Commit-tee of tin' Plaj Qround Association, which fallows, Bhowfl that the move-menl for Play Grounds tor the small clilMren for the Bummer months sirmk ;i popular and responsive chord in the people Of our town. The short time ela ring bi taeen the appoint-men) ol the Committee and the com-pletion of their work Is most gratify-ing to those having the matter in charge. The Association asked for five hundred dollars to de raj expens-es ol the present year, which includes the Installing of the paraphernalia re-qulred aqd the salary of the profesaios> al leader or teacher, and the proinpt- I v\ i111 which the sum was sub- Bcribed, shows the willingness of our people to help In any mov< ni that will benefll the children of the town. From time to time a report will be made of the progress of the work and matters ol Interest connected with the movement, The following is the report of the Finance Committee: Howard Wood jr $r,0.0O -Mis. Alan Wood, Jr 26.00 .Mrs. Francis il. I.iibbe 26.00 .). Kllwood l.ee 26.00 Richard T. Bate 25.00 A. COnrad Jones 25.00 Dr. George X. Hlghley 26.00 Charles Heber Clark s°ff.M Jonathan R. Jones 25.00 Richard G. Wood 25.00 Horace C. Jones 25.00 David H. Ross 26.00 Spencer I.. Jones 16.00 Woman* Club 10.00 Mrs. Win. r. Perot, Jr 10.00 Bather •'ones m.oo Mrs. Charles l.ukens 10.00 .Marian Middle Wood 10.00 J. Aubrey Anderson 10.00 William A. Cooper 10.00 John Pugh i Ki.oo Biddle Wood 6.00 Dr. C. F. Tcgtmeier 5.00 John A. Harrold 5.00 James B. Ray 5.00 .lames Morrison 6,00 Burnetl Holland 5.00 in. William M. Hall 5.00 1 Ullan Jones 5.00 Donald Cranei 5.00 Elizabeth M. Harry 6.00 Eleanor Clark Kmlin 5.00 Ralph Campbell n.00 Dr. George T. Lukens 5.00 Dr. .1. Quinoy Thomas 5.00 John Wood, Jr 5.00 Margaret McF. l.ukens 5.00 Total $500.00 J. AUBREY ANDERSON. Chairman Finance Committee. HARD WORK DOESN'T GUARANTEE SUCCESS It you labor without a business ed-ucation you are simply trudging on a treadmill. The time you devote to any particu-lar task has but little influence on its value—It's the knowing how, that counts—And for the man who knows how—who has the training, there is always an unoccupied place—an op-portunity somewhere. Your livelihood may be wiped out of existence any day—you can't lose what you know—The future is up to you—It's what you yourself make it— If you choose to stick in the rut—to earn with your hands and not your brains, you must be satisfied with the wane at Which the world can hire your substitute. Prepare yourself with a business education—then it is far you alone to 111 is sure your success and fortune. This can be secured by attending lb- Schissler College of Business, WH'TO the work in all departments is Individual and the teachers are spec-ialists. When the course Is complet-ed, the graduate is guaranteed a posi-tion, through its employment offices, located in Norrlstown, Philadelphia and New York City. Our willingness to aid our students does not end In the placing ol them ill the first posi-tion, but we continue to assist them from time to time, as long as they prove their present worth. The choice of a school for Com] cial education should be made discrimination.—ADV. BOROUGH GETS $342.21 PREMIUM FOR BONDS FIRST NATIONAL BANK AWARD-ED ENTIRE ISSUE OF $12,000.— STREET LIGHTING BILL HELD UP: ALLOWANCE FOR OUTAGE QUESTIONED. POLICE TO DO MORE WORK. TILT WITH TEL-EPHONE CO. .■it- the persistenl lamor thai the borough is In bud financial cond-ition, council, <>ii Wednesdnj evening sold 111 the first National Bank, Of this borough, $12,000 funding and Im-provement bonds bearing Interest al the rate of tour and one-quarter per ,. m |M ; annum, at a premium of j or at the rate ol $102.8617 and ai < rued Inti rest. This brings the bonds in nel the buyer four per • at. The ways and ana committee re-ported receiving two written bids lor inds, the one iron, the banl one from Dr. William M. Hall, who bid jar and accrued Interest. Ml'. Hate. chairman ol the committee, said thai a number ol inquiries bad been made and a number of persons said the] de-sired to bUJ 11 the bonds were made iii denominations of $100 and | tin motion of Mr. O'Brien the bonds were awarded t" the First National Bank. Light EMI Held Up. The police, lire and water commit-tee reported an allowance or $is.i2 for outage ol street lights during March. Mr. (Hamilton asked if the al-lowance was correctly computed and said that all the street lamps were out of service during the night of March llrst and man) were not lighted on March second. Mr. Crimean said there were no street lights on the tirst of March and the arc lights on Fay-ette and Hector streets were not in Service on '.he night of the second and the allowance s' mild be $38, Mr. Bale sta d that the police keep a nightly record of the street imps jui'i report i .1 i.ii n "ii of sen Ice and the Urns '1 " "j out On motion of Mr. ■ • ..»-n. ' . ended by Mr. Hamilton, the bill tor street lighting, amounting f»as hud over and tife comnitttee Instructed to ob-tai'iAio <•( rrect amoun^ tor outage. Police toju!^\ Dogs. I] froi i ■'" lord Campbell for $3, v. ng ami burying dogs, caused Inqulrj as to why the police did ■• i rk. Mr. Garret) stated inall- r «a- in the hands of the \rgeas and Campbell did the work irity. Mr. O'Brjen objected to council pay-ing sum hillV and said such work is within the duties of the police. Mr. Btemple also obja ted, i ie said "the police are walking around the streets ■with their hands in their pockets and thej ail carrj guns!" He said the Streets are full of dogs and cats and made a motion, which carried, that hereafter when i' is necessary to kill a dog, the police shall do it and bury the carcass Tilt With Telephone Co. A representative of the Bell Tele-phone Companj a^ked the privilege of the Moor, which was given. He stat-ed that he came before council to ask approval of plans for the removal of poles on West First avenue and plac-ing sevem; distributing poles from the conduit system. Also to make ebang-es on Maple street The changes pro-posed are to remove seven poles on First avenue between Maple and Fay-on- streets and erect three distribut-ing poles on Maple street and First avenue. To make cHs - i the pole line to Plymouth to ■* sable line which win in i te hangs In the line north of bright! renue on Forrest stre-i. The ooi any also wants to erect live polos on Poplar street to take their .vires away from the high tension electric wires. Mr. Crimean satfd the company comes into council In ice, in that It bad not completed Its work on the conduits began two years ago. He mad- a motion, seconded by Mr. Donnelly, thai nothing be granted the company until it finishes the work commenced. Mr. O'Brien objected saying tne proper course iii be pur-sued is prescribed bs ordinance and the oompanj should nol oome Into council but submit Its application for changes or permission for new con-struction togeih-r with the plans to the conduit committee and said com-mittee to either 1 pprove or reject such plans and iM«^»rt its findings to (continued^Jpage six). EASTER MUSIC IN THE CHURCHES! ALL OF THE CHURCHES IN THE BOROUGH WILL COMMEMOR-ATE THE DAY WITH SPECIAL SERVICES. CALVARY AND ST. MARK'S WILL HOLD TWO MORN-ING SERVICES EACH.—ALL TO RENDCR SPECIAL MUSIC. The glorious resurrection of Christ will be appropriately celebrat-l •■il in the different churches of the borough on Easter Hay —next Sunday. Ai : rupiia'i Bermont and special mus-ic will mark all of the services, in st. Marks Lutheran church a celebration of the Holy Communion will be held al 6 and 10 o'clock A. M., HI . .1. T. Fox, the pastor will preach ■sp cial and appropriate Bermons al ■ a ,i ni the servhss, while the choir will render specially prepared E anthems. Calvary P. B. Church there will be a celebration of Holj Communion al B:30 and 10:30 o'clock. At the 10:30 service it Is ex lected that Rev. i aned] Moorhouse, the rector, who has been detained from the pul-pit for sou ral weeks owing to illness ie able to preach the special ser-mon. The regular Faster Service Of the Sunday School will be held In the afternoon at ' o'clock. Rev. Mr. ouse will be assisted at all of II rvices by Rev. C, BS. Ball. real Ol the chinches will have but one celebration of thelHoly Com-munion which will be held al 10:80 A. M. Special music will be rendered by the choirs of the different churches, The IfiaBter services at St. Mat-thew's will be of a special nature. lal music will be rendered by the |cholr • * w PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Morning Service. • Orgag Prelude—Break of Dawr. Schliecker. Anthem Hollowing the Lord's prayer I Hallelujah Christ is Risen .. Simper Offertory—Easter morning . . Mailing Anthem Christ our Passover .... Schilling Postlude Blaster March — Merkel BSvenlng Service. Organ Recital at 7.1". P. M. Halleluiah Chorus Handel I know that my Redeemer l.iveth Handel Violin solo by Mr. Carbon I.. Weber - - Romance WleniawsM Resurrection Morn Fohnston At Sunset DlgglS Anthem Christ is Risen .... Turner Offertorj 'i willghl I- rime! Tenor Solo by Mr. A. Stanley Hyde There Is a < irocn Hill ... < lUOnOd Postlude -Festival Postlude . smart The pastor will preach morning and evening. Sabbath School al 9.15 A. M. Men's Class at 9.30 A. M. Y. P. B. c. E. Prayer meeting at 6.46 P. M. Theme: A long look ahead. I Corinthians 15:36-68. I Faster meet-ing I. CALVARY CHURCH MUSIC Calvary choir will sing special inus-i. c at each of three services on Easter Day. At 6.80 a. m., Foster's Commun-ion service in a, and Warren's Anthem "The Magdaline' will be rendered: AT b'.30 Proc. Hymn 112 Gloria Patri .. in C Oliver Christian Passover .. in C . Schilling Te Deiim . . in (! Calkin Jubilate Deo in D Field Hymn ill As it began to dawn Vincent Communion Service .. In A .. Foster Rec. Hymn 116 Hallelujah Chorus—Organ ... Handel At four o'clock in the afternoon, the festival service of the Sunday ^ chool will be held, with the singing of the Faster Carols. * * * FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH The Easter Day Session of the Bi-ble school will he held at 9.16 A. M. with a program and music appropriate tO the day. The Blaster Morning service in the auditorium, 10.80 A. M. The decorat-ing of the Church for the day will be under Hi- care of the C. E. Society. Special music by the Choir. The Pas-tors morning sermon Is entitled: "The Evangel of Easter." The Easter Day meeting of the Christian Endeavor Society at 6.46 P. I M. in the upper Room. "A Long Uiok Ahead'" is the topic. The Raster Evening service at 7.30 P. M. A special service expressive of the EaBter Joy. The Pastor will preach on the pertinent theme: "How Are the Dead Raised Up?" The Midweek service, next Wed-nesday evening, 7.16 P. M. We urge all those who worship with us to be piesent for Easter and heart-ily invite any Others without a Church Inline to come and share our Easter joy. J. ELLW00D LEE. INVENTOR AND MANUFACTURER, DIED Or-" ANGINA PECT0RIS WELL KNOWN INVENTOR AN3 MANUFACTURER DIED SUDDEN-LY AT HIS HOME 'VttLAivu WEDNESDAY EVENING.—HAD BEEN ILL. SINCE SATURDAY PUT WAS NOT SERIOUSLY SICK UNTiL iHREE-QwA.rTfc.FS OF AN HOUR BEFORE DEATH. FCNDED THE J. ELLWOOD LEE COMPANY ANDTHE LEE TIRE & RUBBER CO. FUNERAL ON MO .DAY AFTERNOON. MEN'S EASTER SUITS AT $17.95 ler wl inMtte - A, The latest styles, all the materials. You can't lind th in value. Get the Suit (i here, and pay for it late_ PUS'S, 115-117 E. rlstown.—Advt popular ■ lual ter J. Kllwood l.ee, president of the l.ee Tire & Rubber Company, died at his home. 'I.eelaiid, ' Eighth avenue and Kayelte street itt 8.16 o'clock U • day evening. Heath was caused by angina peoioriit, au aacimn ui tin heart. Mr. I.ee ate a very light dinner and returned to lis room. At seven o'clock he talked over the telephone and then seated blmsell in a c import-able chair and shortly afterwards was seized with a heart attack, lie suffered much and asked that a physi i ian be hurriedly summoned. t>r. ge T. I.ukenvi wa8 soon at Ins side ami mm ii.m dhitmciu but tb ■ patient did nol rall^|iir. J. Quincy Thomas »,i. also sun .mined nut the physl lans saw that the end was near and nn dial kin i on! i do nothing. He passed away surrounded by bis family with the exception of his wlfi . who is in Europe. Mr. Lee has been working under high'tension lor a number ol years ami his health becai u affected, For over a year be suffer d Blight bear) attacks, i.ast Saturday, be i tmplain-ed of not feeling well but remained al his olti: 8 all day. On f um'a.v, Ii 01 Suited a Bpi lalisl who ordered 1,iin to Btaj ill bed foi a tea davs to re-.| and then to go away for a time and forge) business. Mr lee icmaineii al home on Monday but on Tuesday, against the advice ol his physician, Insisted upon going to New York to keep an important business engagement. The trip used much ol his vitality as on Wednesday be complained of not reel-ing well. However, he did not stay in bed but sal in a large chair. His condition was not considered serious at any time until he was seized with the sudden attack. At the time of bis death he was sur-rounded by Ills family with the excep-tion of Mrs. l.ee, who is touring Eur-ope, who left early in the winter to tour the Holy I .and and Europe. While in Merlin, she became ill of pneumonia but has recovered and will sail from Liverpool tomorrow on the steamship Lusitanla and is due to ar-rive here next Saturday. A cable was sent her on Wednesday night Mr. I*e was a member and vestry-man of Calvary .hurch. He was a member of the Manufacturer's club, Of Philadelphia, the Penn Club and hritz Ledge ol Masons, No.480 of this borough, lie was a prominent Repub-lican and serv) d his home people in the school hoard and in town council. fie was also chairman of the advisory hoard when the street improvements were made and also served as a mem-ber of the citizen's committee to se- < mi' a new bridge across the Shuvl-kill at this point He has served on committees in every movement lor the public good. The only political honors he sought was when he wa* elected a delegate to the Republican national convention which nominated Theodore Roosevelt, for president. He was a member of Fritz Lodge F. & A. M. and a thirty second degree Mason. He is survived by his widow, a son .1. Ellwood Jr., a daughter, Elsie Vife Of Albert (iarthwaite, of White-marsh: two sisters, Lillian, wife of William Cleaver, and Miss May II. Lee. of this bpTOUgh, and a brother, Hairy l.ee, of this borough. The funeral will be held at "I.eelaiid" on Monday afternoon. The public is invited to the house between the 1 is of 12:80 and 2:80 P. M. Ser-vices will be held in Calvary P. E. church at three o'clock. The inter-ment will be private at Riverside cemetery. The body will be laid to rest in the beautiful mausoleum which Mr. l.ee had erected last fall. The employees of the I>»e Tire and Rub-ber Company will attend the funeral I in a body and will meet al Eighth av-enue and Harry street between the hours of noon and 12:30, Monday af-ttiiioon and proceed to ' l.eeland" at 12:30 sharp. One of the most important industries i,a i Important luanstriei enterprises Oi .Montgomery county and at the same tune one of the youngest is the ... i of the J. Ellwood l-ea Company al CoCShohOCken. This business was 61 tahlished by .1. Ellwood Lee, who was b ii n in oie.in.la., hi a In IB60, lie is the oldest Mm of Brad-ford Adams Lee, who was a res-ut of . onshoho ken for more than a half century, and Sarah A. iRa;. son • .. i esii.eal of I tie same low n T.iropi'ii his paternal grandmother, .\ r, ' • Is conn cted with thi famil] P lent John Vdamt and John B, and through his pater- II .: gi an ia,l ( r * ith I ie Ni * Ji rsej a I ii Inia i 11 ie hes >! I be Lee tain il . •:. "*■;: '.in d Adams .>■<-. father of .11 In \i w Ca.; Of Delaware. i i b 38, He Is a son of Thomas and Ann x. I Adams! Lee. Ann Notingham (Adamsl Lee, grand-mi iii"i was a daughter of Edmund and , ape Adams. Her father, Ed-mund Adam.-, was horn May 20, 1769. HtS wile .lane, whom he married June ii, 1792, was born September -, 17Ti:. Their children were: James, born December I, ITH::: Elizabeth, bom October -I. 1794; Mary, born March 24, IT'.'T: Rebeoca, born December _::, 1800; Jonathan, born July 16, 1803. ntlsha, born November 26, 1805.; Ann Nottingham Adams, who was the mother of Elislia Bradford Adams l*>e born February 16, 1808. Jane Adams died February 16, 1848 He- 'uisband died January L'S, 1817. Ellsha Bradford Adams Lee, father of Mr. l.ee, came to Pennsylvania at the ai;e of four years, his parents re-moving from Delaware in 1842 and es-tablishing a home in Conshohocken. There be had but limited educational advantages, being employed from the pge of eleven years in earning bis own livelihood. For more than thirty live years he was engaged in the rolling; mills of .). Wood and Brother. For a time he entered Into mercantile busi-ness with bis son, and he lias been employed with the I. Ellwood Lee Company in various responsible posi-tions lie died in August. lflL'. Thomas Lee, grandfather, was born in Delaware county, Pennsylvania, in 1799. lie married. June II, 1829, Ann Nottingham Adams. Their children were as follows: Edmund Adams, h MI Ami 28, 1880; William, bom October J I. 1831; Daniel W. Coxe. born February 12, is:>4. Mary Jane, bom July ."•. 1836; t lisha B. Adams, I lather of J. Ellwood l.ee. Mrs. Thom-as l-ee died October 84, 1N44. Thom-as l.ee married a second wife, who was Rebecca N. Adams, a sister of his llrst wife. There were no chil-dren by the second marriage. Mrs. Rebecca Lee died July IS, 1848, and Mr. l.ee married a third time, Septem-ber S, 1X411, Sarah Logue. By this marriage there was one daughter, Eli-zabeth Lee. The mother tiled July 29, 1K.-.4. her husband having died eight days previously, both being victims of cholera, which was then raging in Consliohoi ken. J. Ellwood l.ee was born November I.", 1N60. lie received bis education at the Conshohocken High School, be-ing a graduate of the class of 1ST!'. Immediately after bis graduation he entered the surgical instrument bus-iness in Philadelphia with William Snowden, remaining with him for (Continued on Page Four) DR. DAVID W. HARRY CALLED BY DEATH WAS A MEMBER OF CONSHOHOCK EN'S OLDEST FAMILY. SERVED AS SURGEON ON THE OLD 'TON-AWANDA" AND WAS HONORED EY THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT. WAS SECRETARY AND TREAS-URER OF J. V/OOD BROS. CO. Dr. David Wood llarrv. a member of Conshohocken's oldest family, died this morning at his home, Second ave-uue and Harry street. The doctor be-came ill about a week ago "ilh a se-vere cold wnlcli developed Into pneu-monia and he was recovering from the 8 whi n bis heart failed and was j i i lm diate cause of his death. David \V i Harry was the son of :nin and l.ydia Wood Harry an I b nn m iioashohocken i which was then a village iii Whltemarsb and Plymouth townships) September 15, He attended the local public Is and Tremont Seminary, at Norrlstown. After leaving the semi-nars hi entered the Philadelphia Col-i ' ar .; i j and graduated in the class of |v",s. die was one of the i i ' di uggiata In tjie borough. He tiled Ol the drug business and Btudied medicine under Dr. Hunt and in. i.cvick. the latter being an emin-ent urge n and was the Inventor of • 8 i;i Blllc pllnl maniifa' lured b.\ tin .i. Ellwood Lee Company and named for Its inventor. Dr. Harry was graduated from the medical school of niversitj ol Pennsylvania In the ela-s of 1889. After his graduation he accepted a! position a;. Burgeon on the emigrant ship "Tonawanda" in which many of the older English and Irish residents ol this borough crossed the ocean. On one of the voyages of the Tonawanda B wnck of a French lishing bark was sighted. The crew was rescued after many difficulties and brought abroad the Tonawanda. The crew were in a frightful condition, many of them hav-ing broken arms and legs and suffer-ing other physical distress. Dr. Hurry worked heroically to relieve their Suf-ferings and later the French govern-ment honored him by presenting to him a beautiful set of surgical instru-ments. The doctor prised the gift very highly. Dr. I lurry* gave up the practise of meilifine to engage in the business of manufacturing iron with his mules J, Wood and Hi others. He continued In this business until bis death and when the linn was reorganized and In-corporated as a stock company under I the name of J. -Wood Brothers Com pany be was made secretarj and upon the death Oi William M. Wood, he was elected treasurer of the company. He married Mary S. Wood, who survives him as does two sons, David W. Harry I'. S. N.. and I!. Reese Harry, of this borough. He is also sur-vived b> B lister, Miss Anna Harry ol this borough and two brothers, John w. Harry, of Norrlstown and W'uliebl S. Harry, of this borough. David W. Harry was a member of the oldest family in this vicinity, His treat, great grandfather, David Han", came lore In 1699 and purchased 1260 acres Of land, the site of the borough of Consholiot ken. He farmed the land. Dr. Harrys great grandfather and grandfather farmed the land. His father. Benjamin Harry cut the land into building lots on which the busi-ness section and a great i>ortion of the residential section has been built. A portion of the land is still owned by the Harry family, Dr. Many had a very extensive ac-quaintance and was beloved for his fine disposition. He was a most enter-taining conversationalist. He was a very observant man and had many ex-periences, which he recited in the most entertaining manner. He was a vertible store house for local history and told of many incidents told him by his grandfather, of hap|>enings dur-ing the Revolution. lie was one of the oldest members of Frits Lodge, No 420 F. &' A. M. of this borough. i ne funeral will take place from his late home on Tuesday aftrenoon at 1 o'clock. The members of Frit/ Lodge and the Masonic Veterans of Pennsyl-vania, are invited to attend. The in torment will be private at ML. Ver-non Cemetery, Philadelphia. Bishop Kennedy Returns to Rome Bishop Thomas F. Kennedy, rector of the American College at Rome, who has been visiting his sisters, the Misses Kennedy. Spring Mill avenue, and who was taken seriously ill with pneumonia while here, has complete-ly recovered his health and yesterday hii tor New York on his return to Rome, lie will sail tomorrow. THAT SUIT FOR EASTER. MEN Gel it here—the greatest values in town. Easter Suits usually selling from $20. to $25. Special. $14.!!."., J17.95 and $19.8.1. Plenty of time in which to pay, THE PEOPLE'S, 1 Ki-ll? E. Main Street, Norristown.—Al). On time, fine time, all the time! Rockford Watches! J. It. RAY. .lew-der. Advt. Chocolate Easter Eggs Named Free of Charge at PEDRICK'S, 621 Fayette street.—Advt. Advertls* In "THE RECORDER" \ V. i |
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