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Y O L . X L I II LITITZ, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 5,1920 N O . 21
EVEHTS COMGISELYI0LD
INTERESTING THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN
TOWN AND VICINITY.
During the month of January, Hen-ry
Zook of this place, cleared $17 on
thirty-two hens. They produced 451
eggs. They are a mixed variety.
Messrs. Daniel H. Kreider and
Frank E. Schnerer, were the recipi-ents
of a crate of fruit, from H. A.
Cuppy, who is sojourning in Florida.
Ira H. Brenner sold his home oil
Second avenue to Mary M. Schreiber,
on private terms. The sale was
made through the agency of Frank E.
Schnerer.
A. W. Miller sold the garage prop-erty
in the rear of the Parkview Ho-tel
to Burkholder Bros., who have
conducted an auto business there for
the past several years.
Rev. F. W. Stengel will preach in the
Evangelical church on Sunday morn-ing
and evening during the absence of
the regular pastor, Rev. Harper, who
will be at Boyertown.
Miss Estelle Grosh will discontinue
hemstitching work at the end of the
month. Mrs. David Habecker bought
the hemstitching machine and Will
s t a r t in the work on March 1.
Samuel A. Keene, of Christiana, was
in town this week. He reported that
he will send Mexican and California
quail and some pheasants here next
month for immediate release.
William Smith and Henry Buchter,
employed at the Kinport factory, hold
the record in town for making the
most cigars in a day. Recently this
team made «1300. The pay amounted
to $7.47% apiece.
February, in addition to having two
holidays, a Ground Hog's, Fassnacht
day and St. Valentine's day, has- five
Sundays, scientists pointing out that
such a condition has occurred only
thirteen times in four centuries.
The interests in the Narragansett
cigar factory on Front Street were
sold this week to E. O. Kleiner, of
New York. Mr. Kleiner with William
Freedberger, the latter to take charge
of the factory, are in town this week.
Mr. Kleiner conducts a cigar factory
at Perkasie. Frank Brannigan, who
was in charge of the factory here, will
return to his home in Rhode Island to
assist his father in the cigar business.
Mrs. P. S. Gable, who is on the in-vitation
committee, sends us a tick-et
to attend a turkey dinner to be
served by the Ladies' Aid Society, un-der
the auspices of the Men's Bible
Class of the Keller Lutheran Sunday
School in Washington, D. C., on Tues-day
evening, Feb. 10. Addresses will
be given by Senator I. L. Lenroot, of
Wisconsin, and Hon. John F. Kramar,
of Ohio, National Prohibition Com-missioner.
We'd like to be there but
editors are a busy lot of men.
SICK AND INJURED
Jacob Heineman who is sick with
pneumonia, is showing improvement.
Mrs. W. M. Grube who fell on the
ice last Wednesday, twisting and
spraining her left ankle, is confined
to bed.
Rev. Herbert Hasslerwho is sick
with pneumonia at the home of his
sister, Mrs. George Harmon, is im-proving.
Mr. Chandler Ruhl, an executive in
the J. C. McCrory store at Norfolk,
Va., came home Wednesday, suffer-ing
with a nervous breakdown. His
father, Jacob Ruhl, met him a t Phila-delphia.
With a good rest at home it
is believed he will soon recover.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dreifus left
for Washington, D. C., on Monday,
having received a telegram with the
news of sickness of their son Percy.
No other information has been re-ceived
here since.
Aaron Nach left Sunday evening to
see his son, Hassel, who is sick with
pneumonia at the navy hosiptal at
Stapelton, New York. A telegram
arrived here since with the news that
the young man is improving. He has
followed the life of a sailor. At the
outbreak of the war, before the U. S.
took part, Hassel enlisted in the
Princess Pat Regiment, but was re-leased
from service through the
American consul, upon request of
father, as he was under age. Only a
dozen men are living today who com-prised
the regiment when the Lititz
boy was in it.
Girl Broke Arm Coasting
Grace, the fifteen-year-old daugh-ter
of Hiram Reedy, broke the left
arm at the wrist Friday while coast-ing
at Kissel Hill. She lost control
of the sled on the steep and icy hill.
Others in the party also fell off
their sleds but were more fortunate.
Harlan Hoffman skinned his face
badly.
Discovered Thief
in ElstonviUe Bakery
Intruder Made Escape by
Striking Baker With
Fist
When Charles Showers entered the
bakery building at ElstonviUe, where
he is employed, late Monday night he
was struck a hard blow in the face
and before he realized what had hap-pened
a man rushed past him and
escaped through the door. Showers
had come upon a thief who was rifling
the place, but in making his escape
left behind a basket and a bag filled
with bread and seven pounds of pret-zels.
It is believed that the thief can be
ferrited out and if sufficient evi-dence
can be gathered the owner of
the bakery, Frank Keith, will bring
prosecution. In the basket were some
specimens of writing in a child's hand.
This was taken to the teacher of the
school at that place and yesterday the^
pupils were air asked to write certain
words on paper, although the teacher
felt certain as to the identity of writ-er
at the first glance. These are be-ing
compared with the paper brought
there and in that way trace it to the
home. The ElstonviUe bakery was
robbed a number of times. Residents
of Elstonville are much concerned as
to who the thief might be and before
the end of the week may know.
Mr. Showers does not often enter
the bakery at late as on Monday, but
he and Mr. Keith had been at Lancas-ter,
and he had gone there to set his-yeast
before retiring. Showers is a
brother to Norman Showers of Lititz.
ENJOYABLE MENU
Men's Bible Class of U. B. Church
Banqueted Tuesday Evening
The Men's Bible Class of the U. B.
Church held a banquet in the base-ment
of the church Tuesday evening,
and besides the fine menu there w6re
speeches and other amusements. It
was a fine get-together affair. Fifty-five
persons were present, each mem-ber
haying asked a, friend, to .attend,;
The place was prettily decorated with
American flags and streamers. Rev.
J. M. Walters proved a witty toast-master.
Those who talked were N. D.
Sturigs, William Stauffer, J. P. Mill-er,
H. R. Wertsch, Julius Sturgis and
Phares Enck. The male chorus sang
several selections and there was
graphophone music. The affair last-ed
from 7:30 until 11 o'clock.
The menu consisted of fried oysters,
cold ham, potato salad, bread and but-ter,
sugar cake, coffee, pretzels,
pickles, chow-chow, sour beets, layer
cakes, fruit, and ice cream.
TO TELL SOLDIERS ABOUT
WAR RISK INSURANCE
W. Veryl Walton, State representa-tive
of the Bureau of War Risk In-surance,
will be in Lancaster, Friday
evening, and will talk to ex-service
men at the rooms of the American
Legion, 147 North Queen street, at
7:15 o'clock.
At this mass meeting, which is open
to all ex-service men, even if not
members of the Legion, Mr. Walton
will explain the provisions of the new
Sweet Bill, which has recently been
passed; also the ex-service man's
rights and privileges under the War
Risk Insurance Act, especially those
pertaining to re-instatement and con-version
of insurance.
UNITED IN HOLY MATRIMONY
Myer-Hilton
Paul B. Myer, son of Elder and
Mrs. D. S. Myer, of Bareville, and
Miss Helen D. Hilton, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Addison Hilton, of Penn
township, were married Thursday, at
the home of the 'bride. Elder Myer
performed the ceremony.
Shirk-Shoemaker
Mr. Irwin Shirk, of near Lincoln,
and Miss Bertha Shoemaker, of Brun-nerville,
were united in marriage at
the Lutheran parsonage, Ephrata, at
2 o'clock, Saturday afternoon by Rev.
J. W. Smith, pastor of Trinity Luth-eran
Church, that place.
Patrons of Brunnerville P. O. Take
Notice!
On the 16th, 17th and 18th of this
month, A. G. Fahnestock will take
stock account at the Brunnerville
store, preparatory to taking over the
store. During those three days the
post office will be open only 20 min-utes
before and 20 minutes a f t e r mail
time. Patrons there should bear this
in mind to avoid disappointment.
BOLD, DAYLIGHT
ROBBERY AT LITITZ
Used Automobile and Stopped at
Loading Entrance—Made
Lots of Noise
Probably the boldest robbery ever
pulled off in Lititz took place at the
Kingport factory last Saturday a f t e r -
noon.'- A bale of Sumatra tobacco,
valued at $480 and 1150 cigars were
taken. William Smith, who has charge
of the furnace, went to the factory
shortly after six o'clock in the eve-ning
to look after the fires and dis-covered
that something was wrong.
He at once supposed that there had
been robbers and phoned to Horace
Kinport, at Ephrata, manager of the
factory. The things were checked off
the next morning and the loss discov-ered.
Watchmen were employed with
the hope that the robbers would re-turn
that night, but nothing was seen
of them.
Persons living in the vicinity of the
factory, which is situated along the
Spring Grounds, saw a man walk to
the factory with a valise. No atten-tion
was paid to him. Shortly before
six o'clock a Ford auto was driven in
the alley and stopped before the load-ing'
platform at the factory. The
family of Lewis Haines, who live in
the pretzel bakery building only a
short distance away, heard the eleva-tor
being operated and also heard
some pounding. The machine was
there about fifteen minutes. It fre-quently
happens that an auto is sent
to take cigars away on Saturday af-ternoon
for packing at the Ephrata
factory.
The machine had hardly been away
ten minutes before Smith made his
appearance. His supper had been de-layed
or he would quite likely have
reached the factory at the time the
thieves were operating. It was no
trouble to gain access to the build-ing.
All they did was to step in the
elevator "arid run'4t to: the second
floor. In this way there were no
locks to open. A door was lifted off
its hinges where the unstamped cigars,
were kept. There were 124,000 cigars
there. There were also three other
bales of tobacco as valuable as the
one that was taken, which were n o t
disturbed. Not a clue has been found.
A Florida Visitor
Seeing Ice and Snow First
Time in 31 Years
Joseph W. Simpson, who is visiting
his brother-in-law, Aaron Nach, is
seeing ice and snow for the f i r s t time
in thirty-one years. In 1889 he went
to Florida and stayed there until last
winter, when he came to Norfolk with
his wife to visit her family. Last
winter there was' no snow or ice in
that part of ,the state. Mr. Simpson
is a native of Russia-Poland, a cold
country, emigrating to this country
when 21 years of age. "After being
in Florida so long," he said, " it is
hard to become accustomed to zero
weather." Mr. Simpson secured a
good education in Europe, speaking
five languages then, and since, aft'er
picking up English, learned Spanish
and French. His daughter taught
languages in the public schools in
Florida for a number of years. Mr.
Simpson had a varied career in Flori-da.
He was a farmer until an injury
compelled hirii to take up some light-er
work. He conducted a store in
West Tampa and was city treasurer
there for eleven years.
He owns a thirty-five acre f a rm in
Florida at the present time, and has
a man in charge of it. He has several
acres in oranges and does some truck-ing.
Three years ago he had three
acres of the finest tomatoes ever rais-ed
ready for the market. In one
night a frost caused the crop to be
a total loss. He kept a flock of 600
White Leghorns on the f a rm and said
they were a better paying proposition
year in and year out than oranges.
Mr. Simpson knows considerable data
of agricultural conditions in Florida,
as he was census enumerator of agri-cultural
products numerous times. Mr.
Simpson loves the sport of fishing
and hunting. Fishing is very good in
the numerous lakes in that state, and
in the f i r s t years he was there game
was plentiful. He has shot numer-ous
deer.
Mr. Simpson may go into business
in Lititz or some nearby place, and
if he can secure a place will bring his
family here. He intends to sell his
Florida property..,. ..„•;,.
Will Talk on Sewing
Miss Jennie Shaub, of State Col-lege,
will talk on sewing at the meet-ing
of Farm Women's Society No. 1
to be held at the home of Mrs. J. C.
Brubaker on Saturday afternoon at
1.30. This will be very interesting.
Interesting Discussions at
Local Farmers' Institute
Sessions Held Monday and Tuesday—Progam Covered Wide
Range of Subjects
Farmers Institute opened in the
High School Auditorium on Monday
afternoon with two interesting
speakers on the program. M. P.
Haverstick, of Neffsville, county
chairman, introduced the speakers.
"Starting a Young Commercial Or-chard
H. L. Breidenbach, of Boyertown,
discussed the subject from numerous
angles, but as he said, left a thous-and
and one subjects untouched. A
forty or even twenty-five acre orch-ard,
-if tended right, was a better
paying proposition, according to his
experience, than a 200-acre orchard
because of the high overhead expense
of the latter. It is better to find a
home market than t o sell to the deal-ers.
As to the selection of a loca-tion
almost any part of the f a rm will
do. It should, however, be slightly
elevated so that there is good drain-age
and no cold air pockets.
. He drew attention to the great
scarcity of nursery stock. Grafting
has been done for years on French
seedlings. Now it is a question of
whether this had been a good method
to pursue. Collar blight, it is believ-ed,
is caused by this method. The
speaker had great faith in top g r a f t -
ing. More than one variety must be
planted to insure fertilization. Apples
that do well in New York state will
not bear as prolificately here, for ex-ample,
Baldwin, Spy and Greening.
Among the apples that do well in this
part of the state are Grimes Golden,
Ga"no, Delicious, Smokehouse, Weal-thy,
Duchess, Red Astrican, Grave-stein
and Summer Rambo. He found
that the Rambo was his best paying
apple. The late variety of apple
should predominate. An orchard
should produce apples from early un-til
late, in the season.
The object of thinning is to pre-vent
damage to the tree. The tips
should be thinned harder than near-er
the union of the limb, for the rea-son
that it can bear the weight bet-ter
by this method.
In selecting young trees see that it
has a thick stock. A thin whip will
require more cultivation. In plant-ing
trees don't allow fertilizer or ma-nure
to come in contact with the roots.
Throw the top-earth at the bottom in
planting a tree and firm around the
roots with the fingers. Manure or
fertilizer can be put around the tree
near the top of the soil. After the
earth has been well filled in tramp
around the tree with the feet. It is
best not to use water in planting.
Keep all course material away from
the trees. It is good to heel up the
young trees with earth during the
winter. This is especially true of
peach trees, as the borers can be
found by pushing the earth away, and
is considerably less work than digging
a f t e r them.
T. H. Stauffer, Lititz R. D. 4, spoke
on how to set out trees evenly.
"The Use and Abuse of Commercial
Fertilizer"
W. D. Zinn, of Phillipi, W. Va., gave
a clear analysis of commercial fertili-zer,
what and what not to use. The
so-called potato fertilizer, wheat fer-tilizer,
tobacco fertilizer and so on are
ridiculous, he stated.
The soil must be supplied with
what it is lacking, regardless of the
crop. Nitrogen produces growth of
stalk and gives color. It is not nec-essary
to buy expensive nitrogen. For
every ton of clover grown it extracts
f o r ty pounds of nitrogen from the air.
If fed to stock thirty pounds can be
returned to the soil. Potash gives
stability to the stalk. The clay soils
have enough potash to grow continu-ous
crops for four or five thousand
years. Yet there are farmers who
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RECEIVED LAST SUMMONS
NUMEROUS PERSONS CALLED TO THE
GREAT BEYOND
Father Died in Illinois
Alva Leigh received a telegram
Monday morning with information
that his father, Amos H. Leigh died
at his home at Farmington, 111. Mr.
Leigh left here Monday noon to at-tend
the funeral. Mr. Leigh had been
called to Farmington the latter part
of December on account of his fath-er's
illness. After spending a week
there he returned and his wife left
shortly afterward for the same place,
being there at present. Mr. Leigh
with his wife visited the son here
about a year ago. Deceased was 79
years-old and retired from the farm
about ten years ago. He is survived
by his wife and a sister, Mrs. Jane
Alpaugh of High Bridge, N. J. Be-sides
Alva, there are two sons who
live in Illinois.
Death of Jay Souder
Jay Senioln Souder, son of the late
J. Walter and Mrs. Bertha Souder,
died at his home in Bethlehem, Sat-urday,
after a three days' illness of
pneumonia, starting with a • heavy
cold. He had until lately been in the
west, but came home several months
ago and started work in the Bethle-hem
Steel Works. He was twenty-seven
years of age, and was born in
Millway, and spent the greater part
of "-his life in Lititz. He had been a
member of the Moravian Sunday
School when he lived here. Besides
the mother, the following brothers and
sister survive: Ralph, Ruth and
Charles at home.
The funeral was held Tuesday af-ternoon
at two o'clock at the Moravi-an
Church at Lititz. Interment was
made in the Moravian Cemetery.
Mrs. Mary F. Kline
Mrs. Mary Fry Kline died on Fri-day
at the home of her son, Wayne D.
Kline at Brunnerville, after a long
illness, being confined to bed for the
. p a s t . , s e v e a r a l ^ e e k s f -a&,.a ;xe§]Hto ,oi a.
stroke. Her husband, Rufus Kline,
died seven years ago. She was a
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ja-cob
Fry and was born at Middle
Creek. She and her husband started
farming east of Brunnerville after
marriage and- remained there until
eighteeen years ago, when they moved
to that village. Deceased is survived
by the following children: Phares, of
Brunnerville; Mrs. John Enck, of
Lexington; Mrs. Addison Wechter, of
Lincoln; Wayne, with whom she resid-ed;
Mrs. A. K. Reist, of Lititz. Two
daughters are dead. Twenty-nine
grandchildren and 14 great-grandchil-dren
also survive and the following
brothers and sisters: Abraham and
Adam Fry, of Lincoln; Mrs. Anna
Kline, of Denver, Pa.; and Mrs. Liz-zie
Artabright, of Missouri. The fu-neral
was held on Tuesday from the
late home, with further services at
St. John's Lutheran church, Bricker-ville,
and interment in adjoining ceme-tery.
Rev. F. A. Weicksel officiated.
Death of Mrs. Irwin Ruth
Mrs. Irwin Ruth died near Lick-dale,
Lebanon county, recently, it was
learned here and was buried in the
Lutheran Cemetery near Lickdale.
She was twenty-five years old and
died of a complication of diseases. Her
maiden nam,e was Hattie K. Huber,
and she was born on a f a rm at Pine
Hill, near Lititz and lived there the
greater part of her life. She is sur-vived
by her husband, two children
and the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Michael
Huber, of Lickdale. Eight brothers
and sisters are living as follows: Mrs.
Joseph Miller, Mrs. John Schreiber,
near Lititz; Mrs. Harvey Ulrich, of
Manheim; Amos Huber, of Altoona;
Mrs. John Miller, Noah Michael and
George, of Lickdale.
Death of John S. Heiser
John S. Heiser died at his home at
Neffsville ' S a t u r d a y evening from
pneumonia, after about a week's ill-ness,
aged thirty-nine years. He was
born in Elizabeth township, Novem-ber
28, 1880, and lived at Neffsville
the last three years. He worked as a
lathe hand at the Bearing Co., Lan-caster,
and was a member of Em-manuel
Lutheran Church, Bricker-ville.
He is survived by his-wife nee
Minnie Gantz, and one daughter, An-nie.
The funeral was held Wednes-day
morning with services at the
house and at Emmanuel Lutheran
Church, Brickerville, and interment in
the cemetery adjoining. Rev. F. A.
Weicksel officiated.
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Evangelist Pleases
Lititz People
A Wonderful Bible Student
and Orator
Rev. Henry Ostrom, D. D., started
a two week's evangelistic campaign
in the Moravian Church Sunday morn-ing.
Rev. Ostrom has a nation-wide
reputation. People who have heard
him are enhused and say he is sim-ply
wonderful. It doubtful if any
other evangelist who ever appeared
in Lititz, with all due regard to the
good work done here in the past, can
size up to him. He is a member of
the Moody Institute, a great lecturer,
and preacher. Not only has he elo-quence,
but a deep knowledge of the
bible as well. His discourses are var-ied.
You at once see his logic/and
he speaks with a conviction from the
soul—one who has experienced the
truths of the Gospel.
Lititz is fortunate in having such
a great speaker in its midst. If you
fail to hear him you will miss a rare
opportunity. Persons who are op-posed
to the clap-trap and sensational
methods employed by some evange-lists
need not stay away on this ac-count,
as there is a positive absence
of all these things.
In the several evenings that this
noted man has spoken he has surpass-ed
what persons thought he might be
in calibre. He carries away his ^udi-ence.
Since being in Lititz, Rev. Os-trom
received an invitation to come to
Lancaster but this he had to decline
in order to give his full attention
here. Upon the urgent request of
Principal Stengel he speaks at the
chapel every morning at Linden Hall
Seminary.
His stay here will unodubtedly
prove a great blessing. The people
generaly are invited to come and hear
him. By the close of the week he
should be drawing overflow houses.
The leader of the large choir §nd
soloist is John Burkhart, of Lancaster,
who served in the same capacity dur-ing
the two last evangelistic cam-paigns.
Men's Mass Meeting
A men's mass meeting wijl be held
in the Moravian Sunday School Cha-pel
on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Rev. Ostrom will speak on the subject,
"Which Religion?" Mr. Burkhart of
Lancaster will give several vocal se-lections.
This is an invitation for all
men of Lititz to turn out, and un-doubtedly
there will be a big audience.
Saner Kraut Supper in Honor of
Birthday
In honor of their birthdays, Mrs.
Annie Seldomridge and Mrs. Harry
Wertsch recently gave a sauer kraut
supper to about forty fellow-employes
of the Rush cigar factory at Mrs. Sel-domridge's
home. Sauer kraut was
not the only thing on the menu by any
means, as the numerous other dishes
would have made a dietetist fear for
the safety of the diners. Suffice to
say that the windup of the menu was
cakes, fruit, candies, pies, cream cus-tards
and puffed rice cake.
Those present were: Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Kepple, Mr. and Mrs. Phares
Enck and two children, Mr. and Mrs.
John L. Peiffer, Mr. and Mrs. Wil-liam
Klump and daughter, Mrs. Al-ice
Hackman, Mr. and Mrs. William
Keener, Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Reedy,
Mr. Albert Haines, Mr. and Mrs. John
Fleishman and two children, Mrs.
Mabel Spickler and son, and the fam-ilies
of the hostesses.
GROUNDHOG MISSED GUESS
Regardless ' of Theory He Is Still
Snoozing in Winter Quarters
The ground hog did not see his sha-dow
and consequently winter's back-bone
is supposed to be broken. The
present weather indicates that the
ground hog theory has failed. He re-fused
to return to his cozy nest and
must have had a miserable time of it
in the cold and snowy weather yes-terday.
It looks as if the ground
hog is a liar of the Annias class.
However, that dumpy little animal is
no worse than the weather profits.
Some called for a mild winter and
others for a severe winter. The
groundhog has made an occasional hit
and a great many misses.
Local hunters who know the ways
of the ground hog say the animal is
a wise little fell»w. He crawls in his
hole, goes to sleep during the long
winter, escapes light and heat bills,
and the high cost of eating. Re-gardless
of the groundhog theory he
does not come out his hole until the
ground thaws.
•—Free! at Pfautz Bros, store. A
pair of rubbers with each pair of
shoes.
T
A COLUMN TO KEEP YOU IN TOUCH
WITH OLD AND NEW NAMES
Mr. and Mrs. John Peiffer visited
a t Reading on Sunday.
Clair Rice, Lititz, spent the week-end
with his mother a t Honeybrook.
CC M. Bassford, of Annapolis, Md.,
spent Saturday and Sunday in town.
Mr. Alvin Kochel spent Sunday at
Brunnerville with his brother, Harry
Kochel.
Misses Lydia Grazer and Grace
Good spent Saturday and Sunday at
Reading with the former's sister.
Mrs. W. B. Hubbs, who has her
home with Mrs. Agnes Adams, is
spending some time in New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel B. Holling-er
spent Sunday at Silver Springs
with Mr. Samuel Groff and family.
Miss Olive Daniels and Miss Elsie
Smith, of Akron, spent Sunday with
Mrs. Agnés Adams,, on Locust Street.
Mr. H. W. Spacht, of Elizabethville,
spent Sunday with his son, Ralph
Spacht, furniture dealer and under-taker
at this place.
Mrs. Isaac Pfautz left Sunday to
spend two Weeks at Ephrata with her
sister, Mrs. Raezer, a baby boy being
born in that family.
Mr. Harry Herr, who is now an in-structor
in one of the public schools
at York, spent Sunday at his- home
here on South Broad street.
Mrs. James Mertz, of Ephrata, vis-ited
her sister, Mrs. Morris McCloud,
oij Friday. Mrs. Edwin Wertsch of
Hopeland, spent Sunday with her
brother, Morris.
Misses Beulah and Grace Sturgis
and Roy Myers of this place attended
a birthday dinner at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. David Royer at East Pet-ersburg
. on Sunday in honor of their
son, Lloyd.
Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Bentz, of Brun-nerville,
Mrs. Walter Landis, of Lan-dis
Valley, and Miss Rhoda Houck, of
Neffsville, were entertained by Mrs.
Caroline Grosh and daughter, EJstella,
last Sunday.
Miss Anna Longenecker and Miss
Jennie Hornberger, of Lebanon, spent
Saturday and. .Sunday at Lititz, thf
former with her mother, Mrs. Ella
Fassnacht, and the latter with Rev. J.
M. Walters, and family.
Clarence Burkholder, one of the
f i rm members of Burkholder Broth-ers,
and Robert Behmer, left Monday
for Toledo, Ohio, and will return this
week with two Overland cars. Ow-ing-
to the conditions of the roads it
will be a hard drive.
Mr. William Kemper, of Missouri
Valley, Mo., is, visiting his brother,
Claud and other relatives around here.
He had not been here for ten years.
Mr. Kemper is conducting a big bak-ery
and ice cream restaurant and is
the only baker there for a population
of 5,000 persons. At one time he
conducted a bakery in the rear of the
Rudy building.
Messrs. Menno Brubaker and Ame s
W. Sensenich returned from Florid.a
last Thursday. They met six Lititz
young men in all—Ira Bucher and
Lemon Furlow at Tampa, ísaac Gray-bill,
Lloyd Bomberger, Robert Buch
and Domer Brenner at Miami. The
Lititz visitors reported having a fine
time and liked Florida for its cli-mate
and the many new things which
they saw. They saw some of the
largest orange groves in Florida. Fer-tilizing
and soil conditions have much
to do with the quality of an orange,
they learned. The finest variety is
the King, they say.
HIGH PRICES AT SALE
Many Articles More Than Doubled in
Price
High prices prevailed at the public
sale of Christ W. High, on the Pfautz
farm, east of town, on Tuesday. A
pair of 6-year-old mules brought
$610. Cows brought from $100 tc
$125. Many of the implemer s
brought more than when new. A cul-tivator
sold for $72. Five years ago
ia could have been bought for $28. A
drill which cost $60 sold for $125.
Double trees sold for $6.50. The
present price is about $4.00. Chick-ens
brought 38 cents a pound.
Local Boys Graduated at State
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Muth left for
State College, Centre county on Mon-day
to be present at the graduation
of their son, Martin, who completed
a course in agronomy.
L. A. Spencer, of Millport, gradu-ated
in animal husbandry.
• Albert Bruckart, Lititz, graduated
in landscape gardening.
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