The Conshohocken Recorder, February 26, 1915

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4781 THE CONSHOHOCKEN RECORDER, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1915 JfU PER YEAR
VISITING P. 0. S. OF A.
VETERANS BANQUET
STATE AND NATIONAL OFFICERS
ATTEND MEETING AND SPEAK
AT BANQUET—A FLEA FOR
THE HEROES OF PEACE IN HIS-TORY.—
BANQUET WAS AT
BSNZ'S PARLORS.—NEW MEM-BERS
TAKEN IN.
For the second tlmt In a dozen
Conshohocken has been honor-ed
by thi
■ i i i P, O. S. ol \.
and Samuel R ej O.
amltte on arrangements,
provided an eh i anl en at for
the visitors.
Tli began to arrive In re
shortly before five o'cli ck and
shown aboul the town. The bm
I Dg W8 I Called I'M' seven o'clock
in Washington Camp room, P. I >.
A. hall, when a number i I w . mem-ii.
rs v. i r ii -ii Into the asso
and the i
a ti .i.
Shortly 1» 6 l0< R the
members marched In a bodj to Bern's
dining parlors and an elegant roast
turkey dinner was sei ve I
o. "H. Wi therhold, pri of t'.ie
who made short adilri ss< were secre-tary
i I the association, D. 6. Brum-
.. W. II. Luppoltl,
and H la • Readtng^ The latter
i heat ty invitation to
I come to Reading next August when
, the gl 'H St P. O. S. of A. demonstra-tion
the country baa ever witnessed
will ho hi
The bai i ave t! 10 committee
and Caterer Bens much praise for the
banqueting arrangements and the dt-glven
them.
The Reading members left bare at
on the w illiamsport ex-press
which stopped here for their
convi uinee. ^^
Tli of the Veterans Asso-rt
are: President, f>. B. Wether-hoiil.
Heading; First vice piv.-ideiu, i.
8. Smith, Reading; Second vice pn it
Samuel Roberts) Conshohooken;
Seer tary, D. s. Brumbach, Dasterly;
Assistant secretary, Daniel \v. Hock,
. Dg.
The following guests were present:
Charles ^: Philadelphia
i larrj 111 Werkel,
Qi orge S. Koch,
.1.. Packer,
\V. Ii. .Montgomery,
I . ! .
Marry Vf. Ahlns, Noriistown.
Edwin it. Vaughan, West Point
E. M. I lowland,
J. 1". Fensti rniacker,
Jol n fj. Xauder, K adlng
Qoor) e T. Wink,
H. i.uppold,
. ass,
Oscar i Helm,
Qeorge S. UoParlan,
John F. Whitman,
II. K. Koch?
I), ii. vVilherhold,
i. s. Smith,
IGeorge w. Brumbaeh, Masterly
och,
oiivc r .i. Wolff, Hamley.
Fred W. Wool. West Conshohocken.
T, Woodland, Conahohocki n
S. W. Hi]
J. U .
!larvey 11. t le
ph Kolllday,
c. ii. Ran
II. o. Campbell,
B. c. Mi ■ k,
l< y.
l'. D. Koch,
I B.
!■:. K. i: Idleman,
IS.
Jonathan Cleaver,
SAMUEL ROBERTS
Veterans Association anil treasurer of
the National (ami) presided over the
ban .m t. He made a short address
in which he toid the vaule the organ-ization
can /he to the younger mem-bers
of the P. O. S. of A. and
that every veteran take un active In-i
11 . t in his home .'amp.
Daniel w. Hock, I omptroiler of
Berks county was introduced as the
first speaker. Mi. Hock made a
Btrong plea for the peace cause, lie
deplored the tact that our school his-tories
dSVl i : I
PUDDLERS" GET A REDUCTION
Local Puddlcrs have Wages Re'need
Fifty Cent3 per ton to Equal
Reading Scale.
Local puddlers have been receiving
$6 per ton for their work and on Sat-
. the rate was reduced to $4.ii0
per ton, the same as paid by the mills
at Reading.
The- puddlen resumed work but a
tew wet ks ago after being idle sinco
last June and started at the old wages.
The wages paid In other sections of
the valley compelled local mills to re-de-
1 wages that competition in the
iron market could bo met.
ORGAN RECITAL
The following Is the program or the
Organ Recital to be given Sunday eve-ning
next, 7.3d P. M., at the opening
of the sen i thi Baptist Church,
[iss Marlon G. Walker, assisted
by Miss Elizabeth O'Neil, contralto:
Organ:
"Processional March," J. P. Fry-singer
QI a Mi tinale" .. A. W. 'ramer
Contralto Solo:
i i the Lord is Mindful of His own"
.from "St Paul") .. P. Mendelssohn
Organ:
"I nerzo" V. Dln'elll
"Bi n arollt " (from "Tales of Hoff-man")
J- Offenback
• i antai le" U Letblg
Organ (Offertory):
"Hymn i Bte" R. Prlml
Organ (Pc3tlnde):
i ostlnde in Q" R. Maitland
POSTAL EXAMINATION
.F.DONNELLY ESQ. ON
THE BRIDGE QUESTION
.(
WEST CONSHOHOCKEN SOLICI-TOR
GIVES HIS VIEWS ON THE
MATSONFORD BRIDGE SUBJECT
AND TAKES ISSUE WITH THE
STATEMENTS OF COMMISSION-ER
AND ATTITUDE OF COMP-TROLLER.
Applicants for Clerk and Carrier Pos-itions
Will Be Examined
Tomorrow.
ing war and lauding military heroes
while passively treating of the
achievi mi ntt In the pi rioda of :■
He said he longed lor the day when a
school history would be, written and
taught in the schools describing the
wonders and achievements that have
occurred during peace times when
men have achieve.! great got i
humanity. He said these men should
be given the place of heroes.
I. S. Smith, of Reading, treasurer of
the State Camp and Charles Sti
Philadelphia, secretary of the Nation-al
Camp spoke of the work Of the
Order and the nee" salty for till in tak-ing
an active interest in the work of
their Camps.
Qeorge s. McParlan, of Reading,
told of his be i I with the
r o. .-. o-l A. for 28 years and that he
still retained a great Interest In the
Order and its work.
Samuel Roberts, responded for the
nieinl.i rs ol thlB borough. E5. M. How-landi
«'' West Point, responded on be-half
(rf the new members. Others
Civil : !\ iee examinations for posi-tions
In the goveitimi nt postal service
lerks and carriers will be held
at nine o'clock tomorrow morning in
the Third avenue scfrool building. Ja-wiiod
Pierson and .1. Howard l.entz,
secretary and assistant secretary of
civil servlci examinations respective-ly
a ill be iii charge of .the examina-tions.
A SOCIAL
The Dime Social given by the mem-bi
rs of Mr. William Smallwood's S. S.
I, of the Methodist church, last
evening was a grand success. About
I ISO persons were present. Various
' gam08 were indulged in until a. late
hour when refreshments were served.
The proceeds of the social will be
used for buying text books for the
Teacher's Training Class.
Bicycle Repairing and Sundries, ai
KEQIOE'S.—Advt.
For dyspepsia, our national ailment,
use Burdock Blood Bitters. Recom-mended
for strengthening digestion,
j purifying the blood. At all drug
stores. $1.00 a bottle.—Advt.
To The Recorder:
Wnih not a resident of the County
of. Montgomery at the present time.
:■■ i aftet mote than a quarter of a
century of residence in, and as pres-ent
l-orough Solicitor oi, West ' on-shohocken,
the writer feels that be
baa the privilege as m .1 as the knowl-edge,
to express his views on the ques-tion
of the construction of the bridge
by the County over the Schuylkill Riv-er
and railroad .crossings connecting
I ;. i and West .I'onshohocken.
Your County Commissioner, whose
article appeared a tew days ago in the
"Conshohocken Recorder,1' has evi-dently
very recently changed his
views on the subject, in sevi ral In-terviews
with the writer, be, the Bald
. ommlssiontr, declared that he was
in favor of the bridge, and that he
was doing all he -could to have Doctor
Jacobs, 11 -«*» Comptroller, agree to its
construction. In fact, during the
course of a recent conversation on the
subject in the Reading Terminal, the
Commissioner. littformt i the writer
that he had called on Doctor Ja
at bis residence to the puri ot i o
ing over the appropriations foi LVJC
(of which he hud taken.a list with
him I, Including an Item of J75.000.00
for the new bridge at I'JonehoiiOi
Dr. Jacobs had stricken this item out
on the ground that he would not I tt-senl
to borrow money to build this
bridge. The Commissioner was ask-ed
if that meant the end of the bridge
proposition, to which question he re-plied:
"No. no, 1 am still going to
III bl tor it."
On a previous occasion thrs same
i ommissiooer, when questioned by
the writer UJ to the cause of the delay
in building the bridge, informed him
that it v. as due t-> the failure of the
ag Rallwaj Company to contrib-ute
sufficient money. It would be a
work of supererogation to multiply
quotations from tbe Conimirsionor's
oft-repeated expressions in favor of
the in Idge BI Booth nor dM
voice any objection to the propos d
cost. All of which will give the
leaders of this article some idea of
the vacillating nature of at least one
Of the gentlemen who lias been so sig-nally
honored by the voters of the
county.
To proceed to the question of the
bridge, as advanced by the Bridge
Committee, composed ot the leading
representative business men of Con-shohocken;
who are above political
intrigue, selfish motives, or any other
design in this matter except to ad-vance
the interests of the people of
Montgonx ry County and advise tho
County Commissioners, as disinterest-ed
(so far as they are personally con-corned),
reputable men of substance,
and among the largest taxpayers of
the county, who are called upon to act
as the Bridge Committee, not because
or any personal interest, but because
of their recognized standing and abil-ity—
unsullied characters whose very
names inspire respect, and none but
ithe foolish end vicious would dare
Impute the least shadow of suspicion
to any of their acts. The Commis-ir,
therefore, in referring to tlie
ri pi rt. of the engineers employed by
these who desire a new bridge, sim-ply
rebounds to his own discredit and
proves the trend of his own mind.
This Bridge Committee has labored
hard and intelligently, spending both
their time and money in overcoming
almost insuperable obstacles so as to
procure data, plans, and devise ways
for the enlightenment and benefit of
the County i Commissioners. After
several years' hard work and consid-i
table expense, they have had prepar-ed
plans for a concrete bridge to ex-tend
over the rivet and railroad tracks
in both Conshohocken and West Con-shohocken
and have recommended
this plan after due and mature deliber-ation.
In spite of the recommendations of
this Committee, founded upon so
much trying labor and expense and
v. ith a more intelligent knowledge of
tho conditions to be mot in this local-ity
than the CoinjmisslonerB and the
Comptroller themselves possess, tho
Commissioners say "they are willing
to erect a steel girder bridge this year
if acceptable to the people of Con-shohocken.
The writer feels that in
answering the question of the Com-missioners
as to the steel girder
bridge to span the river only, the ans-wer
of tjie people ot Conshohocken
and of the whole county Is "No,' most
emphatically "No." No bridge under
any circumstances nor of any kind
that will not include the railroad
crossings.
It seems to the writer that the Com-missioner,
in his article, has failed to
note that the principal argument for
tho so-called "elaborate"' bridge Is
the opportunity It affords of getting
rid of one of the most dangerous rail-road
crossings in the county where
only a short time ago the life of a
young girl was snuffed out, this be-ing
only one of the victims of tills
deathtrap. But what is the loss of a
life now and then if the Commission-en
can make a good financial showing
on a decrensed tax rate? To build a
bridge in Conshohocken which would
not include the railroad crossings—
the prime object of the bridge sup
porters—would he a decided step
backwards and a very much greater
of the county funds than the
$28,000.00 piers which the ; ommis-sioners
keep in the foreground.
The people of Philadelphia believe
that the ubolition of grade crossings
in their city is of such tremendous
importance that they join hands with
the railroad companies and help the
railroads to elevate or submerge their
tn \s, at u cost of millions of dollars
to the taxpayers, and the taxpayers
. that it is money well spent.
Mr. Commissioner has two very
small baits m his article that would
hook only the unwary: to wit, the
<-'•;.niio.no piers which he fails to state
wlil not be a total loss and idle re-mark
that some railroad official made
that they would build a hump over
the tailroad when they wore ready.
This latter is almost as consoling as
It would be to say to a dying man that
he has live minutes to live. This
crossing has been in existence for
over forty years, se> that unless the
railroad company gets ready, the tra-veling
public must continue to risk
life and limb indefinitely. "No, Mr.
Commissioner, the people of the low-er
end Of Montgomery County are
thoroughly a'roused and /determined
to get rid of these death-traps, and
woe be unto you or any other man or
men who sets himself up to defy the
voice of an indignant public." So
that when you say that you would
iike to meet the man who would offer
this bridge proposition as a political
argument, the writer, tn reply, would
state that you may select the time
and place to meet and debate the ad-bility
of building your "take me
homo for a bridge" or the common
-.. nse bridge as recommended by the
Bridge Committee.
'1 he Commissioner has also failed
to all tho attention of the public to
another most Important contributor to
the iost of the elaborate structure
which would most likely be lost in the
event of building a steel structure
over the river only, to wit, the trolley
company, which would pay hand-somely
to have the privilege of cross-ing
the bridge and connecting these
growing communities that are now
forced to go all the way to the city
and then out to reach each other.
It is undoubtedly true that were
the people to accept the offer of the
steel girder bridge without extending
it over the railroad crossings, they
would by that very oct prevent a trol-l*
y from ever connecting tiie main
line with the : duty Ik ill Valley, for
under no circumstances would a trol-ley
company take the risk and delay
in crossing at grade the railroad cross-ing
in West Conshohocken and the
one at the John Wood Manufacturing
Company.
Consider what an enormous help
to the development of the waste lands
lying on the outskirts of West Con-shohocken
and the increase of traffic
to Conshohocken and the consequent
new business would result from such
a trolley system; the convenience to
thousands of our citizens living on the
main line and having business in the
lower Schuylkill Valley, and the con-verse
or the circumstances, not to
mention what seems to be the all-importani.
elementin the minds of the
Commission—the handsome contribu-tion
the trolley company would be
only too glad to make for the privi-lege
of tapping this fertile territory
and supplying the missing link be-tween
the main line and Gcrmantown
and Chestnut Hill.
To sum up, the Comm/dsloner's
chief support for the recent stand he
takes on the bridge proposition Is
that the railroad is not contributing
enough; or, in other words, they of- i
fer $a5,000.ou less than the I'J'ommis- i
aioner thinks they should contribute,
and every citizen of Montgomery
iCounty will agree with him and go
! further and say that It would be fine
'if they would give JlaO.OOO.OO or more.
But the point is, does their failure to
|give what the people and the Com-mission
believe they should give es-tablish
a just reason for holding up
the safety, development and progress
Of the whole lower end of the county?
| Will this deficiency not be made up
by the contribution which will be re-ceived
from the trolley company for
their franchise?
Again, the Commissioner says the
piers that in 1903 cost J28.000.00
would be a total loss. Does he not
know that statement Is untrue and
was probably made to bolster up a
weak case? I'nder the plans submit-ted
by tho Iiridge Committee, these
same piers with additions will be
, used.
Is there any doubt in the mind of
any citizen as to what his answer
would be if the proposition was put
jto him? A bridge Is to be built at
IConshohocken; two plans have been
1 proposed, one for a steel girder bridge
: on the order of the present bridge
i and on tho same piers, to cross the
river only, at a cost of $70,000.00,
while the second plan calls for a
broad, concrete structure to extend
over the death trap railroad crossings
in West Conshohocken and the rail-road
crossings in East iConshohocken,
so that with one blow the greatest
menace to the traveling public in
Ix>wer Montgomery County will be
eliminated, the meanest, most disre-putable
excuse for a bridge that was
ever wished on a public will be abol-ished,
and in Its place will rise a mag-nificent
structure capable of accom-modating
these growing communities
for the next hundred years; permit-ting
the building of a connecting link,
ja trolley system uniting the Alain
(Continued on Page Five)
RARE POTTERY OWNED
BY WEST SIDE LADY
A PITCHER DEPICTING THE
SCENE OF THE DEATH OF LIEU-TENANT
ELLSWORTH, WHO
WAS SHOT AFTER TEARING
DOWN A CONFEDERATE FLAG
IS OWNED BY MOTHER OF REV.
H. D. S. COATE&.
In the city of Newark, N. .1., there
is in progress at the present time the
"Newark Museum Association," which
is being conducted in the Public
Library. The exhibition was arrang-ed
by the Women's Clubs of the State
of New Jersey and among the many
exhibits of workmanship on display are
the products of the numerous potter-ies
which for many generations have
made the city of Trenton famous and
kept it in the forefront of New Jer-sey
cities. There are many relics
to be found in the exhibtion but a-mong
the most treasured Is what Is
claimed to be one of the original fam-ous
"Ellsworth Pitchers," which was
designed and molded In commemora-tion
of that gallant young lieutenant
who organized a company of zouaves,
at the outbreak of the Civil War, in
New York 'City and piloted them to
Alexandria, Va. The war was begun
in April, 18(1, and In May, of the same
year, the dashing and courageous
young leader met his death when he
went to the top of a hotel in Alexan-dria
and hauled down a Confederate
Flag- The proprietor of the hotel,
who was aware of the act, shot him
to death while lie was descending the
stairway.
The "Ellsworth Pitcher' was de-signed
as a mark of tribute to the
young hero by a Arm of Trenton pot-ters,
whose custom it was to get out
a new design at intervals. The Idea
was conceived by Charles Coxen, who
at that time was employed at the pot-tery
of Tltus, Rhodes &* Yates, now
known as the Thomas Maddock's Sons
Company, of Trenton. The pitcher
portrays the scene of Col. Ellsworth's
death at Alexandria. The actual de-sign
was taken from one of the illus-trated
weeklies of the early Civil War
days, (probably Leslie's Weekly.)
The design on the back of the pit-cher
was original with Mr. Coxen.
This represents the uprooting of the
Southern palmetto with Its serpentine
ally, the copper-head of the North by
the American Eagle, the Stars and
Bars trailing in the dust. The flag of
the Union, the glorious Stars and
Stripes waves proudly in the breeze.
The "Ellsworth Pitcher" has had
a family connection with Mrs. Fos-kett,
mother of Rev. H. D. S. Coates,
pastor of the Balligomingo Baptist
Church, of West Conshohocken, ever
since it was desinged back in the ear-ly
days of the Civil War. Charles
Coxen, the designer of the pitcher,
was the grandfather of Mrs. Foskett
and the great grandfather of Rev. Mr.
Coates, with whom his mother now
makes her home.
There were just five dozen of the
pitchers moulded and of this number
three dozen were decorated. The act-ual
work of decorating was done by
Mrs. Charles Coxen and her daughter,
mother and grandmother respectively
of Mrs. Foskett. It was dipped and
fired by her father Henry Smith.
One of the decorated pitchers Is in
possession of Mrs. Foskett at tho
present time and she treasures the
relic very dearly. Any one wishing
to see the pitcher may enjoy the op-portunity
any time by calling at the
Balligomingo Baptist Parsonage,
where any member of the family will
take delight in showing it and explain-ing
its history.
Mrs. Foskett has been Importuned a
number of times by different histori-cal
societies to part with the pitcher
In her possession, but owing to the
exceedingly close connections her
family had with its designing, she
feels as though she should keep It.
In tho museum at Valley Forge
there is one of the pitchers on exhibi-tion
but it is one of the plain ones.
Recently a Trenton, N. J., publica-tion
with a large circulation, printed
a history1 of the 'IKllsworth Pitcher,"
but the facts contained therein were
not strictly In accord with the real
historic facts, and, knowing that Mrs.
Foskett owned one of the pitchers and
was thoroughly acquainted with its
history, a representative of the Re-corder
interviewed her and procured
tho above facts which are correct.
The above facts can be affirmed by
Mrs. Mary Bird, mother of City So-licitor
Charles E. Bird, of Trenton, N.
J., who is a daughter of the late
Charles Coxen.
FIND DALLAS GOT $68,695
Experts Testify of Embezzlements
From Jeweler White.
Witnesses in behalf of lx>uis P.
White, the Philadelphia jewelry mer-chant,
testified before Judge Swartz in
Court yesterday that they knew from
careful examinations of White's books
that John J. Dallas, trusted bookkeep-er,
who is said to have lived In prince-ly
fashion in the Main Line section,
had embezzled J68.695.70 from 1908
to May, 1913.
White had brought an action In
equity against Dallas to recover al-leged
peculations, which, it was de-clared,
might total J100.000. Counsel
for White told the Court that counsel
on each side had agreed that White
should produce by formal proof, state-ment
of amounts which accountants
employed by White were certain had
been embezzled by Dallas. He also
stated that there was no desire on
the part of the defendant, Mrs. Dallas,
executrix of her husband's estate, and
the guardian of her minor children, to
offer any evidence, nor were they will-ing
to agree that a verdict should be
entered against them, but desired the
Court to make a decree from the evi-dence
produced. The real estate of
Dallas at Ardmore would be open to
question if there was an amicable a-greement
that a verdict should be en-tered
against the wife and children.
Emil Pprague, expert accountant,
who had probej the White books, af-ter
attempt had been made to blow up
the White office with a bomb, sup-posed
to have been placed by Dallas,
testified that he had found by his ex-amination
of the books that Dallas
had embezzled in 1908, J4509.09; in
1909, $8302.02; in 1910. J18.660.36;
in 1911, J15.035.33; In 1912, J16.910.58;
in 1913, until May 1, J5278.02, or a to-tal
of J68.695.70.
RETIRING AFTER 25
YEARS IN BUSINESS
F. B. JACOBUS, OF WEST CONSHO-HOCKEN,
IS DISPOSING OF HIS
STOCK AND WILL REMOVE TO
THIS BOROUGH.—HAS BEEN
SUCCESSFUL IN BUSINESS AND
ACTIVE IN POLITICS OF THE
WEST BOROUGH.
Florance B. Jacobus, who has con-ducted
a grocery store at the corner
of Ford street and First Alley, Wt u
Conshohocken, lor a number of yemrs,
yesterday, sold part of his stock to
grocer John Fearnside, also of West
Conshohocken. Mr. Fearnside will
remove the stock to his store. -Mr.
Jacobus will dispose of the ramaining
stock and then close up his business.
It is expected that this will take about
two wee!ks. As soon as he retires
from business Mr. Jacobus will re-move
to his new home, which he re-cently
purchased on upper Fayette
street, this borough. »
Mr. Jacobus is one of tho* bost
known and most successful business
men of this vicinity. When quite a
GROCER ACCUSED OF ARSON
Lewis Shanficld of Fort Washington
Charged With Burning Barn.
1-ewis Shanfield, who lives at Fort
Washington, and who has grocery-stores
there, and at Pennyln, Is In the
County Prison, charged with arson.
He was committed by William B.
Rhoads, Justice of the Peace, at Fort
Washington, on evidence tending to
show that lie was responsible for a
fire which destroyed the barn of Jos-eph
Washington at Fort Washington,
last November.
Besides the barn, four horses and
six cows were burned. A horse, wa-gon
and harness of Shanfield's were
included in the loss.
ORGAN RECITAL
The fourth organ recital, of the
present series, will be played in Cal-vary
Church this Sunday, after the
evening service. Mr. William R. For-syth,
baritone, will assist Mr. Steele.
TIIP program will include the follow-ing
numbers:
Andantiuo—E flat Merkel
Meditation in a Cathedral .. Silas
Adagio (Elevation) Collhi
How lx>ng Wilt Thou Forget Me,
O Iiord Pfleuger
Mr. Forsyth.
l.egende—Opus 59 No. 2 . Dvorak
Sympatliie L-ott
Melody In E Flat German
The first prepartory rehearsal of the
choir, which will furnish the music
at the Evangelical Services, to be held
in the tabernacle in April, will be
conducted in Calvary Church, on Sun-day
afternoon, March 7th, at 3 P. M.
sharp.
The cjioir will be organized at that
time.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
The folowlng sales have been made
by C. A. Deslmone, real estate broker,
103 Fayette street:
Lot of land Fayette street, above
Little's Opera House. James A. Mc-
Caffrey to Anthony Talone, who will
build a store and residence this spring
and move his tailor business therein.
14 lots of land, Elm street, Oak to
Maple streets, Pennsylvania R. R.
Company, to Vlncenzo Coccla. Domen-ico
Ciccanti and Vlncenzo Galie. Will
erect several houses theron.
Dwelling house No. 126 West Ninth
avenue, Mrs. Ixmlsa Minnlck to John
B. Foley, Jr., of West Conshohocken.
Two lots Third avenue and Wood
street, Alex. Martin, to Ouiseppe Pa-ollni.
Dwelling house on Conshohocken
Pike, Harmanville, Mrs. Miles Stemple
to William K. Wilkinson, of Norrls-town.
Two lots on Third avenue near
Wood street, Alex Martin to Antonio
Mariani.
Gold Filled Elgin Watch, guaran-teed
20 years, J7.50. RAY "The Jew-eler."
adv.
young man he entered the grocery
business as a clerk, and by close ap-plication
to his duties gained a thor-ough
knowledge of how to buy and
sell advantageously. For a number of
years he was employed as head clerk
for the firm of A. S. l^eedom & Com-pany,
of West Conshohocken, leaving
that firm to engage in business for
himself at his present stand twenty-five
years ago. In the conduct of his
business Mr. Jacobus has always used
honest methods with courteous and
impartial treatment and he catered to
much of the best trade of the vicinity.
Since becoming a resident of West
Conshohocken Mr. Jacobus has always
taken an active interest in public af-fairs
of the borough and was in
sympathy with any movement that
would lead to the betterment of con-ditions.
In politics he supported tho
principles ofthe Republican party and
as a supporter of this faith he has
served as burgess of the borough a;
well as being elected to Town Council
for a number of terms.
Mr. Jae-obus has not divulged any of
the plans he has in view after his re-tirement
from business, other than
that he will remove to this borough.
WILL PAY PLAGUE
LOSS IN 48 HOURS
Governor Approves $500,000 Appro-priation
for Fighting Hoof and
Mouth Disease.
Farmers throughout the State who
lost cattle as a result of the hoof and
mouth disease, and who have been
forced to wait several weeks for tho
money paid by the State for such loss-es,
will receive the money due them
within the next forty-eight hours.
Governor Brumbaugh yesterday sign-ed
the bill appropriating J500.OOO to
pay bills now in the hands of the
State Live Stock Sanitary Board,
amounting to $526,000.
The board has the chocks made out,
and as soon as the funds are d< posited
in the bank for payment, the checks
will be mailed. The legislature took
action on the bill soon after conven-ing,
and finally passed the measure
before adjourning last week.
Representatives of beef packers and
butchers are complaining against
the ruling of tho board preventing
them from receiving compensation for
diseased cattle found in the slaughter
pens. They contend that they should
receive as much consideration for
their losses as the farmer. The rule
was passed to discourage butchers
and packers from taking chances on
bringing diseased or suspected cattle
to tho abbatoir.
The State Live Stock Sanitary
Board last night announced a quaran-tine
against any shipments of cattle
from New Jersey because of the prev-alence
of the foot and mouth disease
in that State and decided to maintain
the quarantine against any shipments
from Chicago.
New quarantines were also estab-lished
In Philadelphia on all territory
north of Girard avenue.
SPECIAL
CHOCOLATE PINEAPPLE HEARTS
At 23 cents a pound.
BENZ'S
Fayette & Elm Streets