Lititz Record

              LITITZ RECORD.
An Independent Family Newspaper, Devoted to Literature, Agriculture, Local and General Intelligence.
VOL. XXXY LITITZ, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 16,1911. NO. 9
C i l OF LOCAL HIS
HAPPENINGS ABOUT THE TOWN AND
VICINITY.
Short and Snappy Paragraphs of Inter-est
t o Every Reader.
Miss Grace Keller has left the Mora-vian
Home and gone to the Hotel
Sturgis as a boarder.
The November term of quarter ses-sions'
court will begin at Lancaster
next Monday. The trial list is small.
The members of the Junior Class of
the High School enjoyed a straw ride to
East Petersburg on Saturday evening.
Ornamental tiling has been put on the
floor in the Farmers' National Bank. It
greatly improves the already attractive
edifice.
A marriage license was granted at
Lancaster on Tuesday to Frank S. Bru-baker,
of Millway, and Mary Quinther,
of Reading.
The morning electric street light ser-vice
went into effect again for the
winter months. Lights are on from 5
until daylight dawns.
A meeting of the committee in charge
of the preparations for the Golden Eagle
parade to be held here on the Fourth of
July will be held on Saturday.
Mrs. H. D. Long entertained the
Speak-no-Evil Circle of King's Daugh-ters
on Tuesday evening. Mrs. Rev. E,
S. Hagen is the leader of this circle.
There will be a deer chase held near
the Clay hotel, Grant Steinmetz, pro-prietor,
on Thanksgiving day, and some
rare sport is promised, as the deer is a
wild one.
The Thomas Wagon Company, of Lit-itz,
N. B. Leaman, President, and J. C.
Brubaker, Secretary, has made an as-signment
for the benefit of creditors to
John M. Miller.
H. S. Meiskey and family last week
were presented with a five-pound Sus-quehanna
salmon, which was caught by
their son Wilbur. The rare fish was
greatly relished.
Mrs. Susan Reist, widow of the late
Peter Reist, was overcome by a slight
stroke on Monday morning, while seated
in R. N, Woiie's store. The lady, who
is in the 82nd year of her age, has, how-ever,
fully recovered.
Patrons of the Conestoga Traction
company will be pleased to learn that
round-trip tickets on all lines operated
by said company are now good for five
days, instead of two. The change went
into effect last week.
A long black coat was taken by mis-take
in the cafe of the Woolworth store
at Lancaster Tuesday noon. The per-son
who accidentally got the wrong coat
can have the matter righted by writing
to 14 South Spruce street, Lititz.
Rev. J. W. G. Hershey, who was on a
fair way to recovery the past several
days, has suffered a relapse and is again
in a critical condition. Dr. Apple of
Lancaster and Dr. M. H. Yoder held a.
consultation on Wednesday afternoon.
Jacob Bomberger received 100 bushels
of Eastern Pennsylvania grown potatoes
last week. There was such a demand
for them by people who had not yet
procured all they need for winter, and
who realize that the Keystone state
tubers have no equal, that Mr, Bomberg-er
was compelled to order 400 bushels
more to supply the demand.
We acknowledge the receipt of a let-ter
from LeRoy Hacker, who resided
here when a boy. He is now in the U.
S. Army and is stationed at Fort An-drews,
Mass. He likes army life very
much, although it is very cold at that
place at present and the first snowfall
occurred on November 2. He is a son
of our former townsman, Levi R.
Hacker, now of Mt. Airy, Philadelphia.
' The three circles of King's Daugh-ters
of Lititz will hold an annual sale
on Saturday, Nov. 25, afternoon and
evening, in the market house. A great
variety of needlework will be on sale at
reasonable prices. Come and select
your Christmas presents and encourage
the King's Daughters. Cakes and can-dies
also on sale. Don't forget the
date, Saturday, November 25.
A petition is being circulated for sign-ers
and which is to be presented to the
borough council asking to open East
Main street from the premises of Henry
Shenk on the west to the premises of
Henry M. Zook on the east to conform
with the regulation width of 58 feet.
The paper is being numerously signed,
as it is deemed a necessity for this
growing town.
A YOUNG MAN ENDS HIS LIFE
John Fetter Commits Suicide in His
Father's Barn.
John Fetter, twenty years old, son of
Hiram Fetter, of Penn township, com-mitted
suicide Saturday afternoon by
hanging to a r a f t e r in the barn. It is
said he took his life because of a quarrel
with his father. The family was absent
from home, having gone to Lebanon for
the day, and the body was found by a
chum of the young man, Edwin Hummer.
On Friday evening Hummer and
Fetter met in the village of Penryn and
the young man confided his troubles to
his chum and said.that he would take his
life the next day. Hummer tried to
dissuade him from the suicide idea
The young men met again on Saturday
morning, the suicide having been to the
creamery to deliver the day's supply of
milk. They had a long chat about
<Fe^;ter's troubles. He made the remark
on parting that he was going home and
feed the pigs and that wasthe last stroke
of work he was ever going to do. His
companion, however, did not take him
seriously, yet his remark worried him
and in the afternoon he decided upon an
investigation.
Hummer summoned several neighbors
who cut the body down. It must have
been hanging several hours, as it was
cold and stiff when found. The young
man is survived by his parents, two
brothers, Martin, living in the same
township, close by, and William and
Katie, at home.
The funeral took place from his late
home on Tuesday morning in the White
Oak Church at Penryn, with interment
in the cemetery adjoining. Rev. Bittner,
of Lititz, officiated.
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THOSE WHO RECEIVED THEIR LAST
SUMMONS.
Gave Way to Storm's Ravages.
Mrs. Hannah Hull, a resident of
Orange street, Warwick, regrets very
much the loss of a large honey-suckle
rose-bush, which gave way to the high
winds on Sunday night and was blown
down. This bush stood in Mrs. Hull's
yard for fifty years and was enjoyed
for its lavish bloom and fragrance every
summer for half a century.
Served Rabbit.
C. M. Imhoff served seventeen rabbits
as lunch in the dining room at the Rome
Hotel on Saturday and reports a good
sized crowd present. Christ shot all
the rabbits himself in several days,
aided by a cracker-jack rabbit dog.
The rabbits were fried a la Lancaster
county style and the tender morsels
of meat were piled high on platters on
the table, accompanied with side dishes.
Miss Lydia Miller of Reading furnished
mnsic on the piano during the evening.
Other guests at the Imhoff home were
Missses Jennie Miller, Annie Brisley
and Sallie Ray, also of Reading.
Reckless Drivhtg.
In a race, their horses going at break-neck
speed, two persons drove up East
Main street on Saturday evening about
6.30 o'clock. As they came near Rudy's
hall a horse and wagon, in turning
around, partly blocked the street. The
reckless drivers could not stop their
horses and as a consequence the one
animal crashed into the vehicle which
was being turned around. The pave-ments
were lined with people, some of
the women- screaming, as they looked
on and thought there would be serious
results. Although the wagon which
was struck all but upset, no damage ap-peared
to result, and the two drivers
got away as quickly as possible. They
were not recognized.
I t seems strange that such a thing
should occur on a Saturday evening and
at so early an hour, and yet escape pros-ecution.
Some time ago an automobile
and motor cycle were raced together
from one end of town to the other
and nothing was said about it.
Local Boys Will Compete.
Atwood Kreider, Jay Evans and Ellis
Spickler, young men of this place, will
participate in the'five-mile cross country
run to be held under the auspices of the
Lancaster Y. M. C. A. on Thanksgiving
day. The local boys should make a
good showing. Kreider, it will be re-membered,
won the five-mile run at this
| place last year. The prizes for the
1 winners are well worth striving for,-
and consist of two handsome cups and
| a number of medals. They are now on
I display in the window of Miesse's con-fectionery
store, No. 24 E. Main street,
this place, and attract much attention.
Birthdays.
To-day our far-distant friend and for-mer
citizen H. L. Eschbach, of Cassel-ton,
N. D., celebrates his 50th birthday
anniversary. Mr. H. S. Kauffman, our
neighbor, also rounds out the half-cen-tury
mark to-day. He and his next
door neighbor, Mr. H. P. Fry, can ex-tend
mutual congratulations, as the
latter is 61 to-day. Miss Grace Keller,
the hello girl for so many years in the
Bell telephone exchange, although not
as old as the others above mentioned,
also rounds out another year in life to-day.
Mrs. Theodora Beckler, East
Main street, reached her 85th birthday
last Friday. She was kindly remember-ed
by numerous friends. The RECORD
extends greetings to all of them, hoping
that many more years of life may follow
them in peace, plenty and happiness.
Lemon B. Studenroth Dead.
The death of Lemon B. Studenroth,
who conducted a grocery store on Front
street, occurred on Wednesday morning
about 10 o'clock. He had been in de-clining
health all summer and took his
bed beginning of last week. The cause
of his death was uraemia. His age was
64 years, 2 months and 15 days. ' Mr.
Studenroth was born near Lexington.
At the age of fourteen years he entered
the store of John B. Wissler atBrunner-ville,
as a clerk and served faithfully for
fourteen years. The next fourteen
years he clerked in S. D. Schreiner's
store at Lexington, after which he suc-ceeded
Mr. Schreiner in the business
from 1892 to 1909, when he came to
Warwick and took possession of the
store stand and dwelling where he died.
His wife, who was Martha Harpel,
survives him, as does one son, George.
Two brothers also survive—Elizaphaz
and Addison, of Shippensburg, and one
sister, Mrs. Malinda Krick, of Neffs-ville.
Mr. Studenroth attended closely
to business and was of a quiet disposi-tion,
but conscientious and honest in all
his dealings. He was respected and
honored by all who knew him. He re-cently
was united with St. Paul's Evan-gelical
Lutheran church of Lititz. The
funeral will take place Saturday at 2 P.
M. at the house, at 2.30 in the Lutheran
church. Interment in Machpelah ceme-tery.
Rev. George D. Clarke will
officiate.
Former Lititz Lady Dead.
Mrs. Catharine O'Conners, widow of
Patrick O'Conners, died on Saturday
morning at the Lancaster General Hos-pital
from the effects of injuries she re-ceived
by falling from a trolley car
about seven weeks previous, when her
hip and ankle were broken and she also
suffered from internal injuries. She
resided in Lancaster about eighteen
years. She was in the 68th year of her
age. She was a member of the Lan-caster
Moravian church. She was twice
married. Her first husband was Eman-uel
Hull, who died many years ago, and
with whom she had' one son, Abner, of
Lancaster. The-children with the sec-ond
husband are Wiliiam O'Connors
and Mrs. Ella O'Donavan of Lancaster,
and Mrs. Cora Gardner, of New York.
The following brothers also survive:
Henry Diehm, of Lancaster; Herman
Diehm, of Lebanon; William Diehm, of
Lititz. One sister, Mrs. Clara White,
of Lancaster, also survives. The de-ceased
was a daughter of the late Wil-liam
Diehm of Lititz. The funeral
took place on Tuesday when interment
was made in Greenwood cemetery, Lan-caster.
Death Near Denver.
Mrs. Harriet Bucher, widow of Jacob
Bucher, died at her home one arid a half
miles north of Denver, Friday, aged 67
years, 5 months and 11 days. She was
ill for the last two years with dropsy,
and was bedfast for one week. Her
husband died 28 years ago. Thefollowing
children survive: Edwin, of Lebanon;
Samuel, Reistville; Abram, at home;
Cora, wife of James W. Brendle, of
West Cocalico. Two sisters survive,
Mary, widow of the late Jacob Shirk,
residing at Gouglersville, and Sallie,
wife of Henry Kurtz, of Denver. The
funeral was held from her late home at
9:30 A. M. on Tuesday. Services were
conducted in St. John's church, Denver,
by the Rev. J. A. Wickert. Interment
made in Fairview cemetery.
James Bryson.
James Bryson, formerly a horse deal-er
in Ephrata, is dead at his home in
Philadelphia. Death was due to infirm-ities
incident to age. Mr. Bryson was
79 years old on the day of his death,
Sunday. The deceased was born on
November 12, 1832, in Ephrata town-ship,
near Hinkletown. For a number
of years he resided at Ephrata, where
he was for a time engaged in the plan-ing
mill business, and later conducting
an extensive horse business. Two sons
survive: John, of Ephrata, and H.
Martin, of Reading.
Mrs. Isaac Kieffer.
The funeral of Mrs. Caroline Kieffer,
wife of Isaac Kieffer, took place Tues-day
morning from her late home at
Muddy Creek. Death was due to a
complication of diseases. Her husband
and these children survive: Barton, of
Rothsville; Amanda, Terre Hill, Eli-zabeth,
Lancaster; Katie, Bowmans-ville;
Charles, Leola; William, Consho-hocken;
Henry, Shillington; Ella, Fair-land;
Annie, Muddy Creek; Caroline,
Reading; Carrie, Allentown.
Mrs. 1. H. Fosters' Brother Dead.
John S. Brenneman died at Fairfield,
Ohio, on Friday, aged 39 .years. He
was a son of Mrs. Harriet and the late
Amos Brenneman and was born in
Rapho township. Besides his mother,
who resides at East Petersburg, three
sisters survive: Mrs. I. H. Doster,
Lititz; Mrs. Henry B. Andes, East
Petersburg; Mrs. Elmer Brubaker, Mt.
Joy. The funeral will be held to-day,
with services and interment at Eris-man's
meeting house, in Rapho town-ship.
Jacob E. Fry
Jacob E. Fry, a retired farmer and
one of the best known residents of the
northern end, died suddenly on Tuesday
evening at his home at Stevens. Mr.
Fry had beeji in his usual good health
until Tuesday, when he began complain-ing
of pain at his heart, and just as he
was about to retire his fatal attack
came. He was in his sixtieth year. For
a number of years he was proprietor of
hotels at Akron and Reamstown. He
was married twice, his first wife having
been Miss Anna Zwally, of Akron. His
second wife was Miss Linda Trostle, of
Adamstown, who survives him. He
leaves a number of children. The fol-lowing
brothers and sisters survive:
Adam E. Fry, Lincoln; Mrs. Mary E.
Kline, Brunnerville; Mrs. Salinda Stee-ly,
Ephrata; Mrs. EmalineFry, Denver;
Abraham Fry, Ephrata; Hiram E. Fry,
Lincoln, and Mrs. Elizabeth Snirk, Fair-view,
Mo. The funeral will be held on
Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the
house and later at the Lutheran church
at Lincoln. Interment will be made in
the adjoining cemetery. Rev. D. L.
Fogleman will officiate.
MAN RUN DOWN BY AY AUTO.
R.oy Meiskey Seriously Injured When
Machine Driver Turned Into Him.
Roy Meiskey, of this place, was ser-iously
injured at about midnight on Sat-urday
when he was run down by an
automobile. In company with several
other persons Meiskey was walking to-wards
Lititz on the Lititz and Roths-ville
turnpike at Rome when an auto
approached them at a high rate of
speed. The pedestrians went to the
side of the road, but the driver of the
car steered it directly at them, the eye
witnesses say. Meiskey was struck
and hurled heavily to the road, while
the other pedestrians had a narrow
escape from being caught. The victim
appeared to be lifeless and he was taken
to a nearby house. Dr. E. E. Evans
was hurriedly summoned and after two
hours work restored the unfortunate
man to consciousness.
He was probably struck by the fen-der
of the car, badly bruising his left
leg and causing it to swell, and was also
injured on the right side about the
groin. His clothing was torn into
pieces. Meiskey was conveyed to his
home on Sunday, where he was con-fined
to bed for a few days. He is able
to be about somewhat again but feels
very sore. It is still feared that inter-nal
injuries may be discovered.
The owner of the machine,which was
a large touring car, is not known. It
hardly seems possible lhat a man would
deliberately run down another, yet the
person in question must have been a
heartless being, for he never stopped to
ascertain how badly he had injured his
victim. Jail would be a good remedy
for drivers of that kind.
Odd Fellows Degree Team Honored.
The degree team of Lititz Lodge No.
1050 I. O. O. F. is busily rehearsing
each Monday night after the regular
lodge session. The team has been given
the honor of initiating several candi-dates
before the Past Grands' Associ-ation,!.
O. O. F., of Lancaster county,
on Tuesday evening, November 28.
The work will be done in the hall of and
for Emanuel Lodge at Lancaster and
the team will undoubtedly acquit itself
nobly.
Successful Hunters.
Frank Spickler and David Voy, re-turned
on Sunday from a week's gun-ning
trip in Bedford county. They were
very successful and bagged 58 rabbits,
2 pheasants and a number of partridges.
They report the partridges plentiful in
that section and the sportsmen therea-bouts
do not shoot them, but instead,
protect them as much as possible.
The young men shipped a number of
the "bunnies" home, and also brought
several with them, as well as the pheas-ants,
all of which game was greatly
relished by relatives and friends.
Willis Marks, of this place, Jacob
Kauffman, of Penryn, Clayt White and
William Boyer, of the Furnace Hills,
spent four days last week gunning in the
vicinity of Centreville, succeeding in
bagging 42 rabbits, a wild duck and 18
quail.
LOCAL RESIDENTS GOING TO OTHER
PLACES.
The Fall Season of the Year a Pleasant
Time for Goers and Comers
Mr. John Purdy, of Philadelphia,
spent Tuesday in town.
M r. Hiram E. Steinmetz of Ephrata
was in Lititz yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Crall spent Satur-day
and Sunday at Reading.-
Mrs. C. N. Derr and son William
spent Wednesday at Manheim.
Miss Mabel Leib spent from Friday
to Sunday with friends at Harrisburg.
Mrs. Mary Zartman and son Charles
visited her sister at Lincoln on Sunday.
Miss Emily Eschbach of Lancaster
was among her Lititz friends last Fri-day.
Mr. Harry Longenecker of Lancaster
spent Sunday here with his brother
Wayne.
Mr. Paul Evans of Philadelphia spent
Sunday with his parents on North
Broad street.
Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Graul attended
the funeral of John Yingst at Schaffers-towri
on Monday.
Miss Miriam Hepp is spending a week
in Philadelphia with her uncle Thaddeus
Barr and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar A. Sturgis spent
Sunday with Mr. Sherman Hacker and
family at Lincoln.
Mr. William Smith, employed at
Nazareth, was here visiting his parents
from last to this week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Paul received a
visit from the stork last Friday and an-nounce
the arrival of a baby boy.
Mrs. Wallace Meiskey went to Hazel-ton
last week on account of the illness
of her daughter Mrs. Albert Manns.
Mr: and Mrs. Herbert Haisch of
Pittsburg were in town several days
visiting his sister Mrs. S. M. Huber.
Mr. M. E. Hacker and wife of Myers-town
were visitors in town last Sunday
calling on former neighbors and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Steiner, of
Lebanon, spent Sunday in town with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Kling.
Mr. C. B. Fuller, who represents the
Ideal Chocolate factory in the east, with
headquarters at Boston, was here for a
few days.
Rev. J . E. Keene and family had the
pleasure of being taken to Reading and
back by Zenas Herr of Neffsville in his
automobile.
Mr. and Mrs. Webster Gingrich of-
Manheim paid a visit to his brother H.
H. Gingrich and family at this place
last Sunday.
Rev. D. S. Stauffer, wife afcd daugh-ter
Florence spent from Monday to to-day
at Myerstown visiting their son
Rev. Edgar E. Stauffer and family.
Mr. C. J. Mengle of Manheim was in
town on Monday. Mr. Mengle is engag-ed
in the manufacture of gloves and
reports business extraordinary lively.
Mr. David Bohannon, who resided at
Leoni, Tenn., for the past several years,
has come to Lititz to reside with his
niece, Mrs. A. C. Pfautz. When a boy
he resided in Ephrata township.
Messrs. Ray Meiskey and Walter
Scott and the Misses Anna and Mary
Meiskey took an auto ride to Philadel-phia
last Saturday, returning on Sunday.
Miss Hattie Crouse, of Reinholds, a
school teacher who is attending the
institute at Lancaster, is the guest of
John Gingrich and family this week.
Mrs. Leonard Taubert and Miss Emma
Graul attended the funeral of Ray
Gilmore at Reading on Tuesday. The
young man was a distant relative and
was accidentally shot to death last
Wednesday.
Harry, son of Andrew Bruckart, re-siding
East of town, left for Ada, Ohio,
on Monday, where he entered the Ohio
Northern University as a student. He
will take an electrical engineering
course. The young man is a Lititz
high school graduate, class of 1910.
A WEDDING RECEPTION HELD.
The Resurrection.
The resurrection and natural immor-tality
of the soul cannot both be true.
Hear the scriptural truth about it. - Sun-day
at Rudy's hall at 3 o'clock. Free.
No collections.
Confectionery Store Changes Handf..
William H. Bollinger sold the good
will and fixtnres of his confectionery
store and ice cream manufactory on E.
Main street to Frank Crawford and
Walter Saylor. The young men took
possession on Wednesday. Under the
guidance of Frank, who has been the
handy man for Mr. Bollinger for years,
and knows how to make the "dew
drops," and satin-lined ice cream, the
business should be a successful venture.
Mr. Bollinger will reside in the building
where the store is located for the pres-ent.
A Surprise In Store for Mr. and Mrs.
Paul M. Seaber When They Arrived
Home From Wedding Trip.
After a wedding trip of almost a
week in Philadelphia and New York
city, Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Seaber ar-rived
home on Wednesday evening and
were agreeably surprised with a recep-tion
at the home of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs: S. C. Seaber, on East Main street.
Many of the relatives and friends
whom the young couple had bade fare-well
in Philadelphia the same day, some
of whom had accompanied them to the
railroad depot, were present at the re-ception,
having arrived here an hour
previous to Mr. and Mrs. Seaber by
taking a f a s t train on another railroad.
It was a w-e'Il arranged and complete
surprise and when the newely married
couple opened the door at the Seaber
home at 8 o'clock and beheld the assem-bled
guests a wonderful look of aston-ishment
was shown in their faces.
The evening was pleasantly spent
and the entertaining features were the
flute and piano duets by Mr. and Mrs.
Paul E. Seaber, and the vocal duet by
Mrs. M. H. Yoder and Mrs. Jacob
Dommy.
About nine o'clock the guests were
invited to the dining room, where a fine
supper was served. The table was
tastefully decorated with a centrepiece
of chrysanthemums surrounded by a
pyramid of fruit, and arranged about
the room were plants and autumn
leaves. Mr. Charles B. Dussinger was
the caterer and nothing was left un-done.
The menu in part consisted of
fried oysters, potato croquettes, cold
ham, relishes, cheese, ice cream, cakes,
Moravian sugar cake and coffee.
The wedding presents were very
handsome and comprised a great amount
of cut glass.
The list of guests follow: Mrs. J . W.
Young, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Seaber,
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Seaber, Philadel-phia;
Mr. Cuvier Grube and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Dommy, Lancas-ter;
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Baker, Mr.
and Mrs. H. R. Gibbel, Dr. and Mrs.
M. H. Yoder, Misses Ella Buch and
Vera Habecker, Messrs. Nathan Wolle,
Herbert Zook, Ralph Buch, of this
place, and Thomas Haisch, Lancaster.
An Unique Birthday Present.
Anna, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Weidman, residing on Spruce street,
attained her sixteenth birthday last
Wednesday, and in honor of the event
she received an unique present—a won-der
bag. The young lady was informed:
that it contained 66 gifts, 16 of which
she was permitted to take from the bag
at once and three each morning there-after.
At this rate the presents will
last until the 25th of this month, Thus
far the bag has contained very beau-tiful
gifts, consisting of aprons, hand-kerchiefs,
kimona, lace curtains, sew-ing
boxes, fancy work, manicure set,
stockings, several dollars in money,
and in fact almost anything of use to a
young lady, while the bag still contains
things that can only be guessed at. One
of the donors composed the following
verse, which was attached to a g i f t:
The pieces that you find herein
Are not worth much, dear Anna;
You'd much prefer a diamond ring
Or a fine, big f a t banana!
But time hangs heavy on one's hands
And Christmas soon is coming
And presents you can make of these,
So keep your needle humming!
And as your presents love^ express
May each one bring you happiness.
The young lady received a number 'of
post cards and other gifts which the
bag did not contain. The wonder bag
was arranged by Mrs. Anna Bard and
the recipient of the gift wishes the
RECORD to extend her heartfelt thanks
to all who so kindly remembered her,
and cause her hours of happiness.
Shooting Street Lights Proved Costly.
Ralph Souders, a young man still in
his teens, was arrested on last Thursday
by Special Officer R. N. Eby, of Lancas-ter,
on a charge of malicious mischief,
preferred by the Conestoga Traction
company. It is claimed that on October
23 and 27 he shot electric street lamps
on Centre street. He gave bail, for a
hearing which was held on Wednesday.
Special Officer Eby stated that the
traction company was willing to settle
the case by Souders paying the costs of
prosecution and the broken lamps,
which amounted to $11.06. Souders
preferred doing this to receiving jail
sentence and accordingly paid up, and
Squire Derr held the case under advise-ment.
If Souders or any other person is
caught in the act of destroying the
traction company's property in the
future they will not be dealt with so
leniently, however.
—Eiderdown wool in all colors for
making aviation caps at Pfautz Bros,
store.