Lititz Record

              An Independent Family Newspaper, Devoted to Literature, Agriculture, Local and General Intelligence.
VOL. XXXV LITITZ, PA THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARYS, 1912.
HAPPENINGS ABOUT THE TOWN AND
VICINITY.
Being Held in the Linden Hall Gymna-sium—
Fairly Good Attendance.
Short and Snappy Paragraphs of Inter-est
t o Every Reader.
Mr. George Ochs, of this place, a
civil war veteran, celebrated his 72d
birthday on Wednesday.
Jacob Kling, who worked for W. M.
Grube, the shoe dealer, for twenty years,
has resigned on account of old age.
Stevens Post No. 517 G. A. R. will
hold its regular monthly meeting in
Brobst's hall on Sunday next at 3 P. M.
The game of games will be played on
Friday evening, when the Central
Manual five, of Philadelphia will be
here. The record crowd of the season
will no doubt attend.
Now the owners of ice-houses are be-ginning
to meet trouble half way. It's
only "when the days begin to lengthen
the cold begins to s t r e n g t h e n , " and it's
many weeks until groundhog day.
The new bowling alleys presented to
Linden Hall Seminary by Jacob Nolde,
of Reading, will be opened on Friday
afternoon at 3 o'clock. Special invita-tions
to the exercises have been issued.
The Moravian church council will meet
next Monday evening to elect three
trustees and one auditor, besides which
other business of importance will be
brought up for action.
Mrs. David P. Bricker, one of the
teachers in the Moravian Sunday-school,
entertained the members of her class at
her home at Warwick last Saturday
evening. Elegant refreshments were
served.
The RECORD sincerely thanks its many
patrons who called as well as those who
mailed their subscriptions for renewals.
There were many of them who thus
expressed their appreciation of the
RECORD.
Jacob Herr, of Northumberland, has
succeeded C. V . Stewart as superin-tendent
of the Lititz, Manheim and Eph-
"ata Gas Co. The latter has accepted
;he superintendency of a similar plant
it Long Island.
Rev. George B. Razer of Maytown
tccepted a call to the Warwick charge
>f the Reformed church, which includes
Jrickerville and White Oak. On the
list inst. he will make his first appear-ince,
when he will be installed at the
:hurch here at 2 P. M.
The regular meeting of the W. C. T.
J. will be held at the home of Mrs. H.
3. Grosh on Monday afternoon, January
, at 2.30. Topic, "Our badge and our
fiotto," led by the evangelistic superin-endent.
Members and friends are cor-ially
invited to attend.
Mrs. Rev. E. S. Hagen's circle of
Ling's Daughters surprised Mrs. Ezra
[abecker with a kitchen shower last
vening. Mrs. Habecker was recently
larried. She was a member of the
bove circle, and the happy event took
lace a t her home on Cedar street.
Our thanks are due The Lancaster
lquirer as well as its able editor Mr. I.
- Witmer for a copy of the 60th an-lal
report of the Lancaster County
eachers Institute, which also contains
le names of all the school directors and
¡achers in the county, all carefully
>mpiled.
Dr. and Mrs. E. E. Evans entertained
le following friends at a turkey dinner
I Sunday in honor of the former's
-tieth birthday anniversary: Mr. and
rs. J. G. Usner, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
sner, of Rothsville; Mr. and Mrs. H.
Fry, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Seaber,
r. and Mrs. Howard Evans, Miss L. A.
eitzel, of Lititz.
Mrs. Moench's Condition.
Mrs. C. L. Moench is still in the
•ooklyn Hospital, where she will prob-ly
have to remain for some time. Up
Thursday, December 21, she had not
t gained sufficient strength to under-the
necessary operation. The sur-on
hopes to be able to operate between
iristmas and New Year. Until
rther notice Bishop Moench's address
Bishop C. L. Moench, D. D., 516
icon Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.—Mora
The farmers' institute under the au-spices
of the State Department of Agri-culture,
is now being held in the Linden
Hall gymnasium. The opening session
was held on Wednesday afternoon, J . C.
Brubaker presiding. Sessions were also
held Wednesday evening and this morn-ing,
and will be held this afternoon and
evening. The attendance thus far has
been fairly good and the sessions have
proven most interesting. There are a
number of fine exhibits of apples, corn,
tobacco and the like, grown in this
locality.
The opening session was called to
order by Mr. Brubaker and Rev. E. S.
Hagen offered prayer. J. Aldus Herr
made the address of welcome and Prof.
Franklin Menges, of York, responded,
stating that these meetings were for the
benefit of and open to all. He lauded
the tillers of the soil of this vicinity, but
said t h a t they, although practically lead-ing
in agriculture, were only doing one-half
enough. "Co-operate, produce more,
and get better prices for products," said
the speaker, and also that "There is
more science in farming than anything
e l s e ."
Leon Otice Van Noy, of Troy, Pa., dis-cussed
the subject of "Swine as a Side
Line with the Dairy." He said in part:
"Skimmed milk is the best feed for
swine and the pork is of a much sweeter
quality. It is very essential that good
foundation stock is secured. The idea of
keeping swine until they weigh hundreds
of pounds is not the most profitable, as
pigs weighing from 125 to 175 pounds
bring the best returns. After a hog
reaches the latter weight each addition-al
pound costs more money comparative-ly,
and hence the profits are less. The
question of economy is not studied
enough, and many farmers feed too
much. A pig should gain a pound a day
to make profit. Cleanliness is an im-portant
factor. Make a slight incline in
the pen leading to a platform. There
the hogs will sleep and you will be sur-prised
how clean they will keep their
sleeping quarters. Too much corn, al-though
it produces energy, does not pro-duce
strength in the bone. One part
wood ash and two parts salt are very
beneficial for this purpose.'' The speak-er
enlightened his hearers on many more
important points and showed a vast
knowledge of the subject.
Dr. Wm. Frear, who has charge of the
tobacco experimental station at State
College, spoke on the subject of "Breed-ing
and Development of Penna. Seed
Leaf Tobacco." He gave many of his
experiences in the above line, from
which many valuable points were learn-ed
by his hearers. "Manure has an ef-fect
on the flavor and aroma of the
tobacco. Be very careful to get good
seed as this is the most important point
in securing good leaf. I have found that
a leaf much shaded tends to be bitter
and hence it is desirable to t ry and raise
upright plants. This will also prevent
much loss occasioned by passing through
t h e plants to sucker and the like. The
question of pole burn is a very difficult
one. It can only occur if the tobacco is
injured. Ventilation has much to do
with pole burn also. Do not hang the
tobacco too close together as the air
must pass through its climatic condi-tions,
of course, are a big f a c t o r ."
Wednesday evening Mr. Frank Kline,
of Spring City, gave a very practical
talk on "Interest the Boy in Poultry and
Keep Him on the F a r m . ' ' Mr. Van Noy
discussed "Farming vs. Other Occupa-tions."
This morning, Mr. Kline spoke on
"Profitable Poultry and Winter Egg
Producers," and Prof. Menges on "Econ-omy
in Crop Production for Food Humus
and Fertility."
At tonight's session the Male Chorus
will enliven the occasion with their
sweet songs.
Champion Light Brahma
LOCAL RESIDENTS GOING TO OTHER
PLACES.
Photo by Reidenbaeh
The above represents t h e Light B r a h m a cock which won first prize over 8 other Light
rsranma cocks, a n d also H special premiums, one of which was for t h e best Light Brahma at
tast week s p o u l t r y show of, which there were 92, i n c l u d i n g prize-winners a t t h e greatest shows
m the c o u n t r y . It was t h e a d m i r a t i o n of all who a t t e n d e d the show. It is owned by "W K
onayely & Hon, of Rome, near Lititz, a n d weighs l i y , pounds. '
TBE PRIZES THAT ARE EAGERLY
SOUGHT FOR BY EXHIBITORS.
Over $200 in Gold as Well as Many
Other Valuable Prizes, Awarded in
Addition t o the Premium Money at
Last Week's Poultry Show.
Native of HaJfville in Jail at York.
identified by W. G. Strine of York
the quartette who on Christmas night
Dbed him of $30, John Miley, corporal
charge of the York recruiting station
the U. S. army, and three compan-s,
were- held for Court, at York on
t Friday. Miley and two of his com-mons
were unable to secure bail and
re sent to jail. When arrested each
the defendants admitted part in the
me, and each returned a portion of
share of the money. Some of it,
:y stated, had been spent upon a
st held in the recruiting office in
rk on Christmas night. Miley is . a
;ive of Halfville and worked in Lititz
'ore enlisting in the army. He is
>ut 23 years of age.
Petitions of Bankruptcy Filed.
Creditors have filed a petition in the
United Stated District Court to have
Harry H. Firestone, of Warwick town-ship,
adjudged an involuntary bankrupt.
The following claims were filed: L. D.
Himmelberger, $158; Wm. M. Weitzel,
$171.67; Neidermyer Bros., $156.92; B.
B. Snavely, $155.15.
The Sheriff's sale of the real estate
of Harry H. Firestone, of Pleasant
View, which was to have been held on
Wednesday, was stayed on account of
the claims of other creditors than those
who issued executions against him.
T. B. Holohan, attorney for S. M.
Huber, of this borough, has issued an
attachment for $175 against Harry H.
Firestone, of Warwick, defendant. Ja-cob
Firestone and the defendant, as
trustees of Barbara Hoak, are the gar-nishees.
-Rugs 9x12 are very cheap a t Doster's
The poultry show held in the Linden
Hall gymnasium last week came to a
close on Saturday evening. Undoubted-ly
it was the best show ever held here,
the fine quality of the exhibits being
the feature. Strange to say the atten-dance
was not as large as last year, al-though
the attendance ran up in the
hundreds and the only discouraging
thing was the small percentage of Lititz
people seen at the hall. Nevertheless,
the poultry show has come to stay and
the next exhibit will be planned on a
larger scale than ever.
Following the award of the pre-mium
winners Judge Corey placed the
special premiums, over $200 in money
and other valuable premiums. Fol-lowing
is the list of these special win-ners,
the first 21 premiums going to the
Light Brahma class:
Four handsome silk ribbons offered by
the American Light Brahma club for
best shaped male, W. K. Snavely & Son,
Lititz; for best shaped female, A. E.
Wohlert, Narbeth; for best colored
male, A. E. Wohlert; for best colored
female, Jos. D. Hollinger & Son, Eliza-bethtown.
$5.00 in gold offered by Jos. D. Hol-linger,
for largest and best display of
not less than 20 birds, including pen, A.
E. Wohlert.
One setting eggs worth $15, offered
by Balch & Brown, Manchester, Conn.,
for largest and best display of not less
than 20 birds, including pen, Jos. Hol-linger
& Son.
One first class cockerel, offered by J.
R. Felch, Natick, Mass., for second
largest and best display of not less than
15 birds, including pen, Jos. Hollinger
& Son.
One setting eggs worth $5, offered by
Mrs. J. W. Cornwell, Newman, 111., for
best male in show, W. K. Snavely & Son.
One setting eggs worth $15, offered by
J . W. Shaw, Brockton, Mass., for best
female in show, A. E. Wohlert.
$5.00 offered by Joseph Elias, Mt.
Airy, Pa., for best cock in show, W. K.
Snavely & Son.
$2.50 offered by a friend for second
cock in show, A. E. Wohlert.
$1.00 offered by Emory E. Banks,
East Pembroke, N. Y., for third cock
in show, A. E. Wohlert.
$5.00 offered by a friend for the best
hen in show, A. E. Wohlert.
$2.50 offered by D. F. Scheetz,
Orpington breeder, Elizabethtown, for
second hen in show, Jos. Hollinger &
Son.
$1.00 offered by Dr. A. C. Treichler,
Elizabethtown, for third hen in show,
A. E. Wohlert.
$5.00 offered by a friend for best cock-erel
in show, A. E. Wohlert.
$2.50 offered by a friend for second
cockerel in show, Joseph McFetridge
Vandergrift, Pa.
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THOSE WHO RECEIVED THEIR LAST
SUMMONS.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hoffman.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hoffman, widow of
the late Jerome Hoffman, died at the
General Hospital, Lancaster, on last
Thurday evening, from a complication
of diseases, aged 56 years, 2 months
and 8 days. She was taken ill at her
home at Warwick three weeks prior to
her death, and was removed to the hos-pital
on the 19th of December. De-ceased
was a daughter of the late Peter
and Susan Brunner and was born at
Brunnerville. Her husband died 22
years ago. She was a seamstress and
enjoyed the acquaintance of a large
circle of friends, who mourn her depar-ture.
She was a member of the Re-formed
Mennonite church. A daughter
Bertha, a nurse at the General Hospital,
and a son Chester, residing in Canada,
survive, as do also a brother and two
sisters, namely: Peter Brunner and
Mrs. Mary Kreiter, of Warwick, and
Mrs. Amanda Phail, matron at the Mo-ravian
Home, this borough. The fu-neral
was held from her late home on
Sunday, with interment at Brunnerville.
Rev. John Kohr officiated.
Death of a Child.
Harry Charles Hummer died at the
home of his grandmother, Mrs. Ellis
Spickler, residing on Centre street,
Warwick, on Sunday night at 11 o'clock,
a f t e r a two weeks' illness with a com-plication
of diseases, aged six years.
The father, Harry Hummer, survives.
The funeral will be held this afternoon,
with services at the house at 1.30 and
interment in the Moravian cemetery.
Rev. S. S. Daugherty of Elizabeth-town,
will officiate.
Son of Ira Good.
Edwin, son of Ira Good, residing in
the village of Warwick, died of mem-branous
croup on Sunday, aged 6 years,
a f t e r a very short illness. The funeral
was held Monday, when the remains
were interred in Machpelah cemetery.
The Cold Winter Months Apparently
Do Not Prevent People from Coming
and Going
Mr. Nath'l Wolle spent several days
in Philadelphia.
Mr. H. B. Buch spent several days
at Greencastle, Franklin county.
Mr. T. I. Brubaker of Philadelphia is
visiting his parents at Warwick.
Mr. and Mrs. Haydn Howard, of
Reamstown, spent Sunday in town with
relatives.
Miss Leona Gingrich, of Manheim,
visited her aunt; Mrs. H. H. Gingrich,
on Sunday.
Miss Mollie Swartz of Lancaster vis-ited
some of her numerous Lititz friends
last Sunday.
Mr. Harry Brubaker, of Columbia,
was the guest of E. A. Sturgis and wife
on Saturday.
Rachel, daughter of John Uhland, of
Cressona, Pa., is visiting her aunt, Mrs.
Carrie Darraugh.
Miss Esther Wolle spent a week at
Mechanicsburg, Cumberland county, as
the guest of the Misses Lenher.
Misses Corletta Downey, Gladys
Fleischman and Lenetta Lehman spent
Saturday and Sunday at Reading.
Rev. J . E. Keene, pastor of the U. B.
church, spent several days among his
former parishoners at Enders, Dauphin
county.
Miss Erla and Harold Murr spent from
Thursday to Sunday with their brother
Morris Murr at Boyertown, Berks
county. ,
Mrs. Melvin Shreiner and three child-ren,
of Reading, spent several days
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. G.
Witters.
Mrs. Samuel Seaber of Philadelphia
visited her husband's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. S. C. Seaber, from Saturday to
Tuesday.
Frank, son of Christ Hess, residing
near Hess' meeting house, spent from
last Friday till yesterday with relatives
in Philadelphia.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kissinger and
two daughters spent a week among
relatives and friends in Dauphin and
Lebanon counties.
Mrs. L. N. Moyer and daughter Grace
spent from Saturday to Monday among
relatives in Berks county. Mr. Moyer
spent Monday there.
Miss Jennie Grosh, who spent ten
days a t her home here, returned to her
post of duty as school teacher near
Coatesville on Monday.
Misses Ella and Edith Deyer, of New
Brunswick, N. J., who came here to
spend Christmas with their grandpar-ents,
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Sturgis, re-turned
home well pleased with the good
time they had in the old home town.
Rev. S. P. Erisman, the popular
pastor of the United Evangelical church
of Lehighton, Pa., paid a visit to 'Squire
and Mrs. John F. Ruth, on Tuesday and
Wednesday. Mr. Erisman was their
former pastor when they resided at
Rothsville.
Mr. John Melzer and Mr. Henry
Lederle, of Brooklyn, N. Y., are spend-ing
a week here as the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. R. O. Melzer. The former is
the f a t h e r of our townsman Mr. R. O.
Melzer and the latter is a brother to
Mrs. Melzer.
BOROUGH COUNCIL REORGANIZED.
Warwick Boy Dies While Visiting
Grandparents.
Robert Pierce, of Warwick, while
visiting his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
John H. Pierce, residing between Den-ver
and Reinholds, died last Friday of
pneumonia, a f t e r an illness of four days.
He was in the seventh year of his age.
His f a t h e r John D. Pierce and six bro-thers
and sisters survive. The funeral
was held on Monday afternoon at his
grandparents' home, followed by ser-vices
at Swamp church near Reams-town
and interment made in the adjoin-ing
cemetery.
D. D. Graul Sells His Bakery.
D. D. Graul sold his bakery and dwell-ing
on West Main street to S. C. Hass-ler
on last Thursday. Mr. Hassler in
turn sold his home on Spruce street to
Mr. Graul. The terms of both deals are
private. The change will take place on
the first of April next. Mr. Hassler
had been in the baking business in for-mer
years. If he bakes bread as good
as Mr. Graul does, there will be no
growling done.
Susanna B. Killian.
Miss Susanna B. Killian, who spent
most of her time at Brownstown, where
she was born, died at the home of her
sister Mrs. Henry Geyer, on Front
street, this borough, on Wednesday
evening, December 27, aged 60 years, 4
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A Pistol Expert.
Charles, son of Henry Miller, of this
place, who recently came home after
serving in the United States cavalry,
is a crack revolver shot. Recently his
troop commander at Fort Sheridan, 111.,
sent him a handsome silver medal which
was awarded him by the war depart-ment
as a result of a recent shooting
contest. The medal depicts a wreath of
leaves, over which two revolvers are
crossed and bears the inscription, "Pis-tol
e x p e r t ."
The young man scored 365 points out
of a possible 400. The targets are made
to resemble an average-sized man, pre-senting
a side view to the marksman.
The shooting is done at a distance of 15,
25 and 50 feet, while mounted on horse-back
riding on the gallop. As the tar-gets
are only fifteen yards apart, the
shots must be fired in quick succession.
Session Held on Monday Morning—New
Members Duly Qualified, Committees
Appointed.
The Lititz town council re-organized
at 10 o'clock on Monday morning with
all present. Frank E. Schnerer and H.
N. Miksch, who were elected and Harry
S. Neidermyer, who was re-elected,
members of the town council for the
ensuing term were duly qualified by
Chief Burgess Steiner, whereupon, with
Chief Burgess Steiner presiding and H.
S. Neidermyer as secretary pro tem,
council re-organized for the ensuing
councilmanic year with the following
officers: Pres., John B. Leib; secretary,
C. N. Derr; treasurer, Lititz Springs
National Bank; solicitor, M. G. Schaef-fer,
Esq.; Water Superintendent, Wal-ter
Miller; Borough Police, W. H.
Greek; Janitor, J. B. Young.
The treasurer's bond was fixed at
$12,000 and the bond of the water
superintendent at $2000. All salaries
remain as heretofore. The regular
meeting of council will continue to be
held the last Monday in the month, at 7
o'clock P. M. from October to March,
and at 7.30 P. M, from March to Octo-ber.
President Leib appointed the follow-ing
standing committees: Street—Baum,
Badorf, Sesseman; Fire and Water—
Leib, Miksch, Baum; Light—Badorf,
Schnerer, Neidermyer; Finance—Neid-ermyer,
Miksch, Sesseman; Ordinance—
Sesseman, Neidermyer, Schnerer; Grad-ing—
Leib, Baum, Badorf.
A Breakdown,
Sylvester Buch's wagon loaded with
flour to be delivered to W. D. Ficht-horn's
bakery broke down in front of
the fountain in the square on Friday
afternoon. Trolly cars were delayed
a little while until another wagon could
be secured and the flour reloaded. The
accident caused "Paddy" to do some
tall talking.
Warwick Schools Closed.
In Warwick about five deaths have
occurred under sore throat affections,
pronounced as croup. It seems to be
all in the village of Warwick and has
been most disastrous during the past
ten days. Dr. J. L. Mowery, county
medical inspector, investigated and
found that it was actually diphtheria.
As a precaution, Dr. Mowery directed
that the two school buildings, with two
grades each, should be closed on Tues-day
afternoon. The rooms are being
disinfected and will remain closed one
week. In the meantime the investiga-tion
will continue in an effort to sift the
matter and trace it to the local place of •
infection.—Lancaster Morning News.
Entertained Children.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin R. Forney, of
Warwick entertained at dinner at their
home on Sunday the following children
and grand-children: Mr. and Mrs. Lane
Forney and children, Mabel, Esther and
Nettie, of Lime Rock; Mr. and Mrs.
Theodore Forney and son Raymond, of
New Danville; Mr. and Mrs. Clayton
Sheaffer and daughter Mary of Bare-ville;
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Brubaker,
of Warwick.
The following were also present: Mr.
and Mrs. Rev. J. W. G. Hershey and
sons Owen and Robert, Mrs. Maria
Graybill, Miss Gussie Groff, and Miss
Mary Longenecker, all of Lititz. All
had an enjoyable time.
Funeral of H. Howard Gingrich,
The funeral of H. Howard Gingrich,
president of the Farmers National Bank,
held Thursday afternoon, December 28,
at his late home, was very largely at-tended
and every available place in the
house was occupied by relatives, friends
and neighbors, some coming a great
distance. There were eleven ministers
of the gospel present, representing
many denominations. Services were in
charge of Rev. E. S. Hagen, pastor of
the deceased, who delivered a splendid
eulogy on the merits of Mr. Gingrich.
Rev. Wehler, of Frederick, Md., spoke
in a similar strain, knowing the deceas-ed
well as a member of the Reformed
church at Manheim while he served as
pastor; Rev. Johnson, of Clyde, N. Y.,
offered a prayer; Rev. C. D. Kreider,
of this place, read part of the Moravian
funeral litany, and Rev. Zinkhan, of
Baltimore, pronounced the benediction.
After the house service, the funeral
cortege proceeded to Fairview cemetery
near Manheim in two special trolley
cars, where the last sad rites were per-formed,
but the prevailing winds were
so fierce and cold that no one dwelt
there longer than actually necessary.
Thus was brought to an untimely end
the career of one whom it seemed we
all loved, honored and paid high tribute
to, and one whose exemplary life was a
model, to say the least.
Mrs. H. H. Gingrich requests the RE-CORD
to extend her sincere thanks to all
her many sympathizing friends who so
kindly came to her aid during her recent
bereavement and offered their services
and otherwise showed neighborly kind-ness
in every way.
—Nice sized Mackerel at 5 cents at
Doster's.