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VOL XL!Y LITITZ, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 28, 1920 NO. T
First Public Meeting
For Proposed Trolley
The first substantial start in or-ganization
in Lancaster county in the
interests of the new trolley line was
made Monday afternoon when 'offi-cials
of the new company met a rep-resentative
body of Lititz citizens
a t the Young Men's Business League.
The Reading men comprised Charles
J . Esperly, President, and William G.
Seidel, Secretary, of the Womelsdorf,
Myerstówn and Lititz "Transit Com-pany,
and Mr. Ferguson, one of the
fiscal agents.
The visitors outlined their plans
and gave the paying possibilities of
the .road. It was stated that- it was
opening up a territory comprising
twenty thousand persons.
The speakers said that they were
doing their part in Berks county and
it remained for Lancaster county to
do its part. Attention was drawn to
t h e fact that it would be a utility
that would do good to all and injure
none.
Under the conditions of the organi-zation
the stockholders would have
voting power and the management
would be in their hands. It was the
purpose to have representation on the
board from this county.
The original cost of the link from
Clay to Lititz of $250,000 can be re-duced
by careful management. A
new and shorter route by way of the
Hammer Creek meeting house instead
of Brubaker's mill met with favorable
comment. It the residents along the
route aided the project by not de-manding
excessive damage and if the
selling of stocks were made a local
affair much of the cost could be chop-ped
off.
A local committee will be formed,
comprising two members of the
Young Men's Business League, two
members of the Merchants,' Associa-tion
and, two farmers. A meeting
will be called by the committee and
the board members will come here
again.
The Readinng men submitted the
following questions:
Questions to be Decided
Have local engineer Mr. R. submit
local people's idea of most direct, con-venient,
level route from Clay to
Lititz.
Shall we employ brokers at a cost
of approximately 15 to 17 Vz % to
gather in the money, approximately
$200,000; of will local people interest-ed
volunteer to solicit subscriptions?
Who will take charge and direct
above work for Lititz boro ?
Who will take charge and direct
above work for county and along the
right of way ?
What quota will Lititz stand?
What quota will county stand?
Method of subscription used by
Ferguson & Co. for Berks county
attache.'
Shall money subscribed be deposit-ed
in both Lititz banks at interest or
reinvested in say, French Gov. 8%
bonds so we can pay 8% interest on
subscription to preferred stock until
actually paid out on construction
work ?
Will farmers along route donate
rights of way.and do grading?
What representation do local Lititz
and Clay people want: on the Board
and who?
How many?
We would like to suggest that this
is a strictly A No. 1 business venture
managed by public-spirited business
men and the many advantages accru-ing
to the community, make it a
necessity and guarantee its success.
With this thought in mind it is the
policy of the management to go for-ward
slowly with an open mind ready
at all times to listen to advice and
constructive criticism.
EVENTS COHCÍSEIY TOLD
INTERESTING THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN
TOWN AND VICINITY.
The Lititz Chapter of the Delphian
Society will hold their next meeting
on Tuesday" evening, November 2nd,
at 8 o'clock, a t the home of the. Misses
Bricker on N. Broad street.
The Lititz Music Store is enlarging
its business and besides selling talk-ing
machines they will sell pianos and
piano players. A piano will be plac-ed
there for testing music rolls.
The Love One Another Circle of
King's Daughters held a social in the
room Tuesday evening. A very en-joyable
evening was spent and fine re-freshments
were served.
P. B. Bucher and sons Ira and Elam
are at Beech Lake, along the New
York state line, expecting to buy be-tween
three and five thousannd bush-els
of apples. Some of the apples
will be shipped here shortly.
Voters should turn out in full on
election day. No one should be a
shirker. The advent of women in
politics is being looked forward "to
with interest. The banks in Lititz
will be closed election day.
Lititz Lodge, No. 1056, I. O. O. F„
received an invitation to confer the
first degree on a number of candidates
at Terre Hill. The invitation was ac-cepted
but no date has been set.
Lititz lodge has a degree / t e am of
which it can feel proud.
The Rev. E. S. Hagen, former pas-tor
of the Lititz Moravian congrega-tion,
has been relieved of his church
work at New Dorp, Staten Island, N.
Y., and will give his time and atten-tion
to the Larger Life Campaign of
the Moravian Church.
I. H. Doster has a pretty window
display appropriate to the fall hunt-ing
season. With a background of
corn shocks and dead limbs are dis-played
mounted birds and small ani-mals,
such as pheasant, quail, wood-cock,
groundhog, and fox. - The dis-play
would do credit in a big city
store.
After being in the army nine
months Elmer Heineman of this place
was honorably discharged because of
physical disability. He broke his arm
ten years ago and a f t e r being in the
•vsarm climate at Panama it caused
him considerable annoyance. Elmer
does not regret having been in the
army a»d said he liked Panama. The
f r u i t appealed to him. Banana trees
grow along the street Mke shade taees.
REAL ESTATE MARKET
J e r r e Bowman sold privately his
two double frame houses on Lincoln
avenue. House No. 132 was sold last
week to Monroe Shue. The 'other
houses were sold previously to Jacob
Eberly, of this plase, 'and Mrs. Heck
and Mr. Kulp of Rothsville. f
Urias Adams sold his two-story
frame house on Front street to Albert
Hauck of this place for $2800. The
deal was made through J. Fred Essig.
Martin Hess of near Brunnerville
sold his f a rm of 139 acres at public
sale to Frank Kline for $7,200.
C. B. Brubaker of Broad street sold
his f a rm of 64 acres, near Lincoln, to
John Heisey.
The f a rm of Sarah Hess a t Oregon
comprising 58 acres, was sold a t pub-lic
sale to BIr. Husson of Lancaster
at $251 an acre. The barn on the
f a rm was destroyed by fire about a
month ago.
The farm of Abram Weidler near
Oregon was sold at public sale to
Andrew Kulp a t $244 an acre.
Bitten by Dogs
Frank Runk was bitten entirely
through the hand by a bull dog last
week when he attempted to rescue his
dog after the "bull" had a strangle
hold. Mr. Runk's dog is a hunting
dog and he was afraid it would be
killed. He grabbed the bull dog by
the collar but it broke loose and at-tacked
him. He got the best of the
dog and then had a doctor dress his
hand.
Noah Myers was bitten in the hand
this week when he attempted to pet
a dog. He had it cauterized to pre-vent
infection.
Will Keep It for Seed
The New Guinea bean raised by
William Snavely at Rome is exhibited
a t Rader's cigar store. It measures
four feet three inches and weighs
twelve pounds.
Party at Rome
Mr. Benjamin Ritter of Rome gave
a surprise p a r t y on Saturday evening
in honor of his wife's birthday.
Twenty-eight guests were present,
coming from Elizabethtown, Lancas-ter,
Reading, Akron and Lititz. There
was special piano music and all had a
nice social time. Mrs. Ritter received
a number of beautiful gifts.
Hampshire Sale
The Lancaster County Hampshire
Swine Breeders Association will hold
a combination sale at Lampeter, Pa.,
on Thursday, Nov. 4. J. C. Brubaker
and J. W. Hruckart of this vicinity
are consigning some stock.
LITITZ BASKET BALL
TEAM ORGANIZING
Manager Chandler Ruhl Gives Lineup
A basket ball team has been organ-ized
at Lititz, under the management
of Chandler Ruhl. Mr. Ruhl has pre-vious
experience and turned out fast
town teams. The lineup this, year
looks good and comprises Victor Wag-ner,
Henry and Owen Hershey, Guy
Hershey, Arthur Evans and Leon
Keith.
The games will be played in the
High School auditorium. Practice
wa;s started this week. Lititz will
play county league ball if the plans
under way materialize. The league
will comprise such towns as Marietta,
Manheim, Ephrata and Elizabethtown.
The Lititz boys are old campaigners
and know the tricks of the game. If
the league is not formed the fastest
teams <in this section will be booked
as Lititz has a team that will hold its
own with the best.
Good News for the Trap Factory
! Employees
The high cost of living percentage
which has been added to the wages of
employees in the Oneida. Community,
Ltd., factories, will be done away with
on November 1. A permanent fifty
per cent, increase on the base rate, or
wages, will take the place of the slid-ing
scale.
The high cost of'living percentage
was started in 1916 and corresponded
to the cost of commodities. Fifty per
cent, was the high mark and the rate
for Oct. is 37%%. It can readily be
seen that the present permanent rate
of 50 per cent, is a decided advantage
to the wage earners.
Had Fine Banquet
There was a big gathering of the
White Dove Commandery, Knights of
Malta" in Rudy's Hall last Thursday
evening, at the first banquet of that
order. Dr. D. C. Martin was toast-master.
Rev. J . M. Walters gave the
address of w'elcome. Hon. G. G.
Diehm and S. C. Hassler responded to
toasts. .
The Knights of Malta orchestra
made a hit. Victor von Wagner sang
a solo and responded to an encore.
Charles Zartman gave a funny reci-tation
and also gave a second selec-tion.
Hunting Season Near
With the near approach of the rab-bit
season and the leaves lying golden
and red in the fields and woods, the
huntsman is giving his gun careful
attention. Hunting dogs, especially
the good ones, finding ready sale.
The Hershey brothers had a bag of
twelve gray squirrel around Quarry-ville
last week. Other local gunners
had one and two apiece. Gray squir-rel
are becoming scarcer each year.
The deer season will not arrive until
December 1 and will last only two
weeks.
Shipment of Safes for Cuba
Stiffel-Freeman Co. has an order
for a hundred safes for Cuba. A ear-iond
"left, the factory for that desti-nation
last week and the rest will fol-low
as f a s t as they can be completed.
A five-ton vault door has been com-pleted
for the Akron, Pa., bank. It
is one of the finest doors ever turned
out at the factory and it is next to
impossible to 'break into it. The f r o nt
is encased in glass to keep dust out of
the vault.
A Treat for Muisc Lovers
The first concert of the Lancaster
Municipal Orchestra for the season
will be held a t the Y. M. C. A. build-ing,
Lancaster, on Thursday, Nov. 4.
The soloist for the occasion is Bar-bara
Maurel, formerly of the Boston
Opera Company. She has won a place
for herself among the a r t i s t s and her
visit to Lancaster should prove a
t r e a t to music lovers.
Three Lititz men are in the or-chestra—
Herbert Beck, J. J. Hueben-er
and Herbert Weitzel.
S. R. C. Boys Will Have Good Time
The S. R. C. Club, located above
Moyer's drug store, will hold a Hal-lowe'en
Sociable for the members on
Saturday evening. The rooms will be
prettily and appropriately decorated
with corn shocks, pumpkins and witch
designs. The boys have always had a
fine social time with plenty to eat on
Hallowe'en but this year expect to
surpass all former occasions.
The Club numbers fifty members
and is making good financial headway.
New Teacher in High School
Mr. McLeaf of Lebanon started on
Monday as teacher in the Lititz High
School. He succeeds Mr. Ray Grube
who resigned to take up ether work.
Strongest Man
in Navy Here
Sailor Jim White Will Pull Ten
Ton Truck, With Teeth
A navy recruiting party of four, in
charge of Chief Gunner's Mate Hem-merick,
with sailor Jim White, strong-est
man in the navy as one of them,
is in town for the week to explain
the advantages of navy life. They
a r e living in tents in Evans' lot near
the Moravian Sunday School Chapel.
Sailor White will give exhibitions
of strength. He will pull a ten-ton
truck with his teeth, drive, heavy
spikes in wood and break off two
at a time with his teeth, tear thick
books with his hands, and o'ther
stunts. While on a visit to the "Rec-ord"
office he bent three three-eighth
inch carriage bolts, one around his
neck, one under his chin and one with
his hands extended in f r o n t of himself,
although he complained of not having
slept well and was feeling weak. As
the recruiting p a r t y will be here until
Saturday or Monday Sailor Jim prom-ises
to provide some entertainment.
His picture has been, shown in the
movies and he has given exhibitions
in every state in the union.
NEW EXPRESS MAN HERE
He has been in the navy nine years
and is only twenty-five years old. He
told the editor that he was always
naturally strong but practice and
training have increased his power.
He is small in stature and in his
street clothes does riot seem to be
heavily built although. Ms weight is
175 pounds.
One advantage of having strength,
related the sailor, is the ability of
taking care of yourself.
He has a fresh cut in the back of
the head which was caused last week
when lie was held up in Philadelphia.
Seven men, believing t h a t he was an
ordinary sailor, tried t o hold him up
for his money. "It was not all one-sided,
either," said the sailor, "as I
made it lively f o r them and kept my
money. The police scattered them
and I was surprised when they told
me I had been cut." Sailor J im is an
interesting talker and when he shakes
your hand you know he means it.
•It's a grip you won't forget and makes
you think of the iron spikes he bends
with his hands. He's a good type of
navy boy and it stands to reason he's
a clean liver. He said he does not
smoke cigarettes but occasionally en-joys
a cigar. He is examined each
week by a physician.
United 'Phone Files New Rates
The United Telephone and Tele-graph
Company has filed a new
schedule of r a t e s with the Public Ser-ies
Commission and p u t the same into
effect last Thursday.
The new rates make no change in
the rentals, but reduces in some in-stances
the free radius area.
Hereafter Lancaster is affected by
a ten cent toll charge on all calls to
New Holland and five cents on Leola
calls, these previously having been in
the free area. The Lancaster free
area now includes East Petersburg,
Ephrata, Gap, Lampeter, Lititz, Man-heim,
Millersville and Strasburg ex-changes.
Other toll charges made include the
following: Gap to Leola, 10 cents;
Gap to New Holland, 10 cents; Lititz
to Denver, 10 cents; Lititz to Leola, 10
cents. The Leola, Denver and New
Holland exchanges are under the sys-tem
of the Enterprise Company.
The free area for Littiz includes
the exchanges at East Petersburg,
Ephrata, Lampeter, Lancaster, Man-heim
and Millersville; for Gap is in-cluded
Christiana, Lampeter, Lancas-ter,
Millersville, Quarryville, Stras-burg.
The free area for the Enter-prise
exchange remains the same ex-cept
in the changes riamed.
Young Norristown Man Took Place
of W. S. Evans
Mr. T. C. Heath of Norristown is
the new agent for the American Ex-press
Co. a t this place. He has open-ed
an express office on S. Bi;oad street
in the room formerly occupied by N.
S. Myers as an auto accessories store.
Mr. Heath brought his family here
to live. He is young in years but
has had considerable business experi-ence,
having worked for the express
company at Reading, Philadelphia
and Norristown.
Mr. Heath takes the place of Mr. W.
S. Evans, who was placed on the re-tired
list after thirty-four years of
service.
Cut Tobacco With Mower
A farmer living east of Lititz made
quick work of harvesting his tobacco.
In fact, his method was entirely ori-ginal.
Instead of cutting by the
single stalk he used a mower. It cut
two rows at a time with a speed that
had the hand method beated by a mile.
The damage done io the mower will
amount to about five dollars. This
farmer has sold his tobacco recently
at fourteen cents through and as it
was not considered a good crop it is
doubtful if he would have received
much of an advance if he had handled
it carefully.
Boy Hurt Jumping Off Automobile
Lester, eleven-year-old son of
Elmer Adams, fell off an automobile
last Thursday and badly injured him-self.
There was a deep gash in the
elbow and he \gais also cut in the side.
Stitches were required to close both
wounds. He is under a doctor's care
and is improving rapidly. The boy.
was helping to drive cattle and jump-ed
on the rear of an auto when it
slowed down while along the Manheim
and Lititz turnpike. The autoist did
not know the boy was on the machine
and when he jumped off was running
at a good r a t e of speed.
All in a Lifetime
The shedding of the Hershey-Lea-man
Co. coal and lumber yard on
Water stieet has been torn down.
The ground will pass into the posses-sion
of the Philadelphia & Reading
Railroad Co. on Nov. 1. The yard
was opened for business forty years,
ago by the late Levi Kemper.
Death of Mrs. Graybill
Mrs. Magdalena Graybill died Mon-day
at the home of her son, Samuel
Graybill, East Main street, from a
complication of diseases, a f t e r being
bedfast two weeks, aged 88 years, 4
months and 7 days. Mrs. Graybill
r e s i d e with her son for the past
eleven years, moving to Lititz from
Rome a f t e r the death of her husband,
Henry Graybill, having lived a t Rome
for fifty years. Mrs. Graybill was
born in Germany, coming t o this coun-t
r y at. the age of 22 years.
Five sons and three daughters sur-vive,
as follows: Peter, of Ephrata;
Jacob, of Brunnerville; Harry, of
Ephrata; Christ, of Maiden Creek,
Berks county; Samuel, of Lititz;
Kate, wife of John Weachter, Mill-port;
Lizzie, wife of Herman Helman,
Lititz; Martha, wife of Christ Landis,
Brunnerville.
The funeral is being held this morn-ing
at nine o'clock at the house, and
at 10 o'clock at Hess' Mennonite
church, with interment in the adjoin-ing
cemetery.
Death of Elder David Snader
Elder David Snader died at his
home at Akron on Wednesday, aged
58 years and 29 days. He was a well-known
member of the Church of the
Brethren. The funeral services will
be held Monday at 9.30 a. m. at his
l a t e home and at 9.45 a t the Brethren
Church, Akron. Interment in Woljt's
cemetery near Akron.
Re-Enlists in Navy
James Hornberger, of Lititz, who
served eight years in the United
States navy, has re-enlisted at the
Lancaster recruiting station as a first-class
electrician and has been sent to
the receiving ship at Philadelphia.
He had been employed as electrician
a t the chocolaté factory. "
COMMUNITY DAY
AT LITITZ
Notice
The ladies who are interested in
the contest for the box of candy by
judging our window display of
dresses, each one is numbered, must
have their answer in not later than
Friday with their name signed to their
guess, and answer the question how
-we can sell better merchandise for less
money than anyone else.
Lititz Slothing & Shoe Store
Friday Afternoon and Evening
Saturday All Day and Evening
NOVEMBER 5 and 6
Exhibits and Public Meeting to be Held in
Leaman's Garage and the Fire House
Large Display of Automobiles and Farming Implements.
All manufacturers of" the town will display their products.
Exhibits of Farm Produce, Poultry, Pets, Fancy Work, Canned
Goods, Vegetables and Fruits.
Large Exhibit of Cattle, including Feeders and Cows, by local
dealers. Public sale of cattle will be held Saturday afternoon be-ginning
at 2 o'clock, at drove lots.
Special display of Corn, Apples and Potatoes.
Amusements and Refreshments under management of the
American Legion.
Prominent Speakers for Saturday Afternoon Public Meeting.
The doors are open and everybody invited to attend this
educational display.
In mentioning the enterprise last
week it was called a Farm Products
Show. That head line did not tell the
whole story. It will be a community
affair, in other words everybodys'
show. Practically all the manufac-turing
concerns of Lititz will be ex-hibitors,
as well as other business
firms and also private citizens of the
borough as well as the residents of
Warwick and adjoining townships.
The women will give their hearty co-operation.
. Every one should show
something. Perhaps some, persons
are wondering what would be desir-able
exhibits. Any article! that will
look well on a table or in a show case
is desirable. Home-made or home-raised
articles preferred of course.,
If you haven't anything else to en-ter,
show a nice house plant, a globe
of gold fish, rare coins, old and rare
laces, Indian relics, old manuscripts,
ornamented penmanship, plain and
fancy sewing. At the Lancaster Fair
some years ago a specimen of plain
patching done by a girl f r om Virginia
was much admired. The gardeners
and farmers will no doubt confine
their efforts mainly to vegetables,
f r u i t s and grains. In these lines the
Lititz Community Show should ex-cel
all others as Lititz is surrounded
with some of the best garden and
f a rm land in existence.
Of course the' the housewives of
borough and townships will not for-get
to show their best needlework,
canned goods, preserves, jellies, can-dies,
cakes, pies, etc.
Now for a long pull, a strong pull,
and a pull altogether, and the Lititz
Co-Operative Community Show will
be landed in first place.
THE SECRETARY
Community Show Meeting
p n Monday evening a large number
of men and women interested in the
Community Show to be held Nov. 5
and 6 met in Lehman's garage to
make further arrangements for the
exhibition. The gathering included
merchants, business men, bankers,
farmers, grangers and members of
the Farm Women's Society. J. C.
Brubaker presided.
The Committee on Arrangements
reported the premium list almost
ready for the printer.
The Finance Committee reported
the total amount collected and pledg-ed
for premium money was $454.50.
I t was decided that all persons on the
contribution committee ^ should de-posit
the amount.s pledged with their
respective bankers, or pay them to, A.
H. Bomber,ger, treasurer.
The Committee on Exhibits for the
different townships reported a great
many exhibits promised.
I t was decided that the Warwick
Grange members place their exhibits
in one group and show them as a dis-play.
The Farm Women will do the
same.
I t was also decided to have an or-chestra
to furnish the music.
I t was also decided to confine the
awarding of money prizes to resi-dents
of Lititz boro, Warwick and ad-joining
t®wnships.
After considerable discussion it was
decided to hold the Poultry Show in
the town hall and all other exhibits in
the Lehman garage.
The American Legion expect to
take charge of the refreshments and.
some amusements.
I t was alse decided t© hold cattle
sales at the Warwick House during
the Show. Cattle Sales Committee
consists of A. H. Bomberger and D. M.
Graybill.
Any one desiring space for exhib-its
or wishing copies of the premium,
list should apply to H. D. Lehman at
the garage.
The next meeting of the various
committees and exhibitors will be held
on Saturday evening of this week.
All persons interested a r e urged to
come, when final arrangements will be
made for the Show.
The Community Poultry Show
On Tuesday evening the Poultry
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TRAVELERS HEAR AHD FAR
A COLUMN TO KEEP YOU IN TOUCH
WITH OLD AND NEW NAMES
u •
Mrs. Ivan Brookmyer of Philadel-phia
spent several days with Mr.-
Lemon Neidermyer.
Mr. and Mrs. David Fass and son1
Benjamin spent Saturday and Sunday"
with John Fass in Philadelphia.
Mr. Otto Stephan attended a ban-~
quet given at Lancaster last Friday"
evening in honor of Jack Dempsey,?
the world's champion boxer. „
Mrs. Anna Bricker and her daugh-t
e r s Dr. Elizabeth Bricker and the
Misses Sophie and Magdalena are
enjoying the week at Asbury Park.
Mrs. S. C. E. Beckler and Miss M. J.
Derr leave today for Mechanicsburg,
Cumberland county. They will at-tend
a Hallowe'en party there and
spend Sunday with the Misses Len-her.
Mr. and Mrs. George Bashore, of
Baltimore, accompanied by Mrs. Mary
Kissinger, who had been visiting
them, were in town several days as
t h e guests of Thomas Kissinger and
family.
Mr. Carl Vollmer, of Buffalo, N. Y.,
with two friends, spent f r r om Sunday
until Tuesday with his sister Mrs.
Earl Erb. They made the trip by
automobile, a distance of 525 miles.
Mr. Vollmer is in business in Buffalo.
Mr. John Biemesderfer of Reading
spsnt Sunday in town. Jehn was fifty
years old last Tuesday. It's hard to '
believe it is so long since he was a
young man learning the trade of tin-smithing
and plumbing at Lititz.
Mrs. J. C. Staley, of New York, and
Mrs. James Kennedy, of Youngstown,
Ohio, are visiting their mother Mrs.
Sue Young at the Moravian Home*
The latter part of the week Judge
Kennedy will join his wife here, and
Mr. Miles Orth, a nephew of Mrs.
Young, will be with them. They are
all interested in the sale of the Hal-lacher
properties which will take
place this coming Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. David Meiley, of Eph-rata,
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Quintin Enck. Mr. Meiley and wife
have worked their way around the *
greater part of the United States,
having worked at whatever they could
find 'to do. Often they served as
cooks at ranch houses. The came"
east f r om California several months
ago. They will psobably go to Florida
f o r the winter. Mr. Calvin Buch
and family of Brownstown wfere also
guests at tfoe Enck home on Sunday.
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