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An Independent Family Newspaper, Devoted to Literature, Agriculture, Local and General Intelligence. VOL. XXXV LITITZ PA. THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 20,1912. NO. 40 Don't Miss Seeing the Great Competitive Prize -Drill at Lititz, July the Fourth Gil OF IDOL m HAPPENINGS ABOUT TBE TOWN AND VICINITY. Short and Snappy Paragraphs of Inter est to Every Header. Kenneth, son of D. G. Witmyer, has entered H. Wertsch's jewelry store to learn the business. Several souvenir and huckster stands did a good business near the Springs entrance on Wednesday. The national colors were displayed at different residences and places of busi ness last Friday in honor of flag day. Hiram Hollinger now handles Hup-per's famous ice crean, and is prepared to fill large or small orders at prompt notice. The chestnut trees are in full bloom. Raspberries, nice and sweet, are in the market. So are canteloupes, melons and cherries. Photographer H. E. Reidenbach has had a frame building erected on the Spring grounds where he will carry on his vocation during days that picnics are here. Seventeen members of the Chauf-feurs' Association of Lancaster came to town by auto on Monday evening and enjoyed a fine supper at Snavely's res-taurant. The crimson rambler variety of roses are in bloom, but much later than usual. Many were frozen down last winter and therefore the usual number will not be seen this season. There are quite a number of new homes being erected in town at present. In the vicinity of South Spruce street ten dwellings are in the course of construction. Persons who have not yet paid their Mercantile tax are requested to pay the same at the County Treasurer's office at Lancaster before July 1. There will be a penalty if this is not complied with. Robert Kling was overcome by the heat while planting tobacco in a field at the rear of the Warwick House Stables on Monday afternoon. He was taken to his home and confined to bed for a day, but is up and about again. A number of leading Democrats of this place had intended going to Balti-more latter part of the week to attend the national convention of that party, but have been unable to procure tickets for their admittance to the sessions and hence will not go the the Monumental City. Meesrs. B. B. Leaman and son Benja-min, N. B. Leaman and Elam Risser went to Philadelphia on Wednesday morning and returned in the evening in Mr. N. B. Leaman's new Carter auto, which he purchased in the Quaker city. They made the return trip in four hours without a mishap. Miss Miriam Hepp entertained a num-ber of young folks at her home on last Thursday evening, in honor of Miss Dor-othy Worthington, of Scranton. Vari-ous games were played and a fine lunch-eon aided in making the evening a most enjoyable one. Miss Hepp and her guest were classmates at Linden Hall, graduating in 1909. Mr. Henry Weaver, residing on Front street, celebrated his sixtieth birthday anniversary on Sunday. A sumptuous dinner was served in honor of the event, the following attending from out of town: Mr. and Mrs. William Weaver, Harry and Irene Gast, Miss Catharine Green, of Reading, Mrs. Sherman Car-penter, of Kissel Hill, Frank Weaver, of Lancaster. Now that school has closed, many boys are in idleness, and consequently get mischievious. A number of them are again using sling-shots about town. Burgess Steiner is determined to put an end to this violation of a borough ordi-nance and Constable Greek has instruc-tions to take the first offender which he apprehends into custody. Cut it out, boys, before your parents are made to pay a fine. Night Watchman Kreider, while mak-ing his beat about 2 o'clock the other morning, spied a fellow on Juniper alley. He followed him cautiously and the fel-low, who also spied Kreider, appeared to be a bit nervous. Kreider afterward found out that it was a man who is em-ployed out of town and returns home at any hour of the night. He did not know Lititz had a night watchman and was as suspicious.of Kreider as the watch-man was of him. MANY ATTENDED LUTHERAN REUNION Held on the Spring Grounds Wednesday —A Number of Good Addresses Beck's Band Furnished the Music The first event of the season on the Spring grounds occurred on Wednesday when Lutherans from this and adjoining counties gathered here in annual re union. With overcast skies and a slight drizzling at times during the early morning hours, the day was not one to offer much inducement to people to leave home for a day's pleasure in the open air. Nevertheless a goodly number arrived about 9 o'clock on the special trains, one of which was start-ed from Reading and the other from Lebanon. Towards noon the weather prospects were much brighter and many persons then decided to come here. The noon trains were well filled as were the trolley cars, which observed the half-hour schedule. A score or more autos also arrived from various places and by 2 P. M. upwards of 2000 persons were in attendance. Many of the visitors took a walk about the town and the thoroughfares were far more lively than customary. Bretzel bakeries had their first call of picnic visitors who purchased a great many of the famous twists. Many visitors took theopportunity of calling on relatives and friends. Morning and afternoon sessions were held and the audience sang the good old Lutheran hymns in a beautiful manner. No less than a dozen of the clergy were in attendance and they all made short addresses, the one by Rev. G. W. Nicely, of Reading, in the morning, being a very able discourse. The junior choir of Emanuel church, Lancaster, rendered a number of selections in the afternoon. Beck's concert band played during the entire day and the efforts of the musicians did not fall on deaf ears, as the hearty applause, which followed various selections, proved. lit Cherry Festival. All roads will lead to Rudy's Hall on Saturday, June 22, when the four cir-cles of King's Daughter's will hold a cherry festival. Chicken corn soup, clams,[sugar cake and coffee, homemade candies and cake, cherries, ice cream and cherry ice will be on sale. Full suppers will also be served for 25c. The proceeds of the festival will be used for a worthy cause and therefore should be well patronized by the public. Local Anglers Caught Big Bass. The bass season opened on Saturday and quite a number of local anglers journeyed to the streams in search of the gamy and very toothsome variety of fish. The day was f a r from auspici-ous for the opening day as it rained most of the time and the waters were not as clear as they should have been for bass fishing. Nevertheless the bass appeared to be in a biting mood and some nice catches were made. N. D. Sturgis and Robert Furlow caught four fine jones, the former landing one 17 inches long that weighed 21 pounds. Lewis Haines angled one that measured 18 inches and weighed over 2 pounds. A Pleasant Way to Travel. On Sunday afternoon the following persons left here on a long trip in two automobiles for the e a s t : Harry F. Eby and wife, A. R. Bomberger and wife, H. J . Pierson and wife and W. H. Muth and wife. Their destination is the White Mountains in Vermont, consequently they will pass practically through all the eastern states except Maine, besides New Jersey and New York. They ex-pect to be gone about two weeks. This no doubt will prove an enjoyable trip. WILL OPEN ON TUESDAY AND CLOSE ON SUNDAY. RECEIVED THEIR LAST SUMMONS, Each Afternoon and Evening Some Great Entertainment Will be Offered —Be Sure and Attend. Two Ribs and Bone in Shoulder Broke by Fall. Miss Laura Kissinger, employed in the wrapping room of the Ideal chocolate factory, while carrying a tray filled with candy, had the misfortune to slip and fall, when the heavy tray landed on her, breaking two ribs and a small bone in the shoulder of her right side. Dr. J . L. Hertz is attending her. Male Chorus Treated to Strawberries. On Tuesday evening thirteen members of the Lititz Male Chorus, led by Com-mander- in-chief H. C. Reedy and his big stick, trailed the dust to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Gable at Owl Hill, who had invited the singers to spend an evening with them and incidentally eat a few strawberries. After arriving at their destination and recuperating a bit, the singers proceeded to render sweet music to their host and hostess as well as a number of others who had gathered at the Gable home. No one enjoyed it more than did aged Isaac Grube, who makes his home there. Then the mem-bers of the chorus were invited to the festive board, where as fine strawberries as ever grew were set before them, as well as a number of -large- layer cakes. Mr. Gable's good housewife .gave the command, "Eat all you Can, boys" and how they did disappear! As fast as a dish was emptied it was filled,, until fin-ally the lingers went down to defeat saying, "enough." More songs follow-ed, and at a seasonable hour the singers, after heartily thanking Mr. and Mrs. Gable, returned home. The much heralded Chautauqua will be located in our midst next week, and beginning on Tuesday, and continuing each day until Sunday, the residents of this section will have the opportunity of their lives to hear and see some of the greatest musical organizations, speak-ers, debaters and other entertainers be-fore the American public to-day. No matter what one particular kind of entertainment a person may desire it will be found on the Chautauqua " pro-gram. An immense tent with a capacity of 2,000, will be erected on the public school grounds, and there each number on the program will be rendered rain or shine. In t h e afternoon of each day the session will open at 2 o'clock with a lecture by Dr. Jesse H. Holmes, of Swarthmore College, and at 3 o'clock some prominent musical orgaization will give a concert. In thè evening the session will open at 7.30 o'clock with a musical attraction and there will be illustrated and other lectures, closing with moving pictures. The latter are none but the very best of pictures, the kind that educate, ennoble and refine. One of the most wonderful pictures ever exhibited will be the great 0,000 film, "The Fall of Troy." For weeks the Chautauqua people have been distributing advertising mat-ter throughout this vicinity and there promise to be a number of persons here for the event. In all 31 events are of-fered during the six-day stay of the Chautauqua. The admission to a single afternoon or evening, session is 35 cents for adults and 20 cents children. Per-sons should purchase season tickets, ad mitting to the entire twelve sessions, at the following prices, adults $2.00, child ren, $1.00. A decidedly popular fact is that the season tickets are transferable hence need not be used by any one per-son at all times. The debate between Hon. William H Berry and Robert E. Ireton on "Cur-rency legislation" is slated for Satur-day afternoon, and a large audience will no doubt be present on this occasion Mr. Berry is not a total stranger to Lit itz, having made a short address here when a candidate for governor of this state. He is an excellent speaker and persons in this vicinity will welcome this opportunity of hearing him in de-bate. Musical attractions include Ciricillo's Italian band, Walter Bentley Ball Con cert Co. in a popular program of folk songs, the Lyric Glee Club, The Mor-phets and Florence Wood-Mitton, ir music, majic and mirth, Royal Austro- Hungarian Orchestra, Ernest Gamble Concert Party. Among the lectures are Captain Rich-mond Pearson Hobson, who will talk on Thursday evening. A dozen years ago the name of Hobson was on every lip, as that of a hero who could both con-ceive and achieve. The first to volun-teer for the daring task of sinking the collier "Merrimac" at the entrance to Santiago harbor, under the very guns of the Spanish fleet, his place is secure in our gallery of American heroes. Hobson is a man with a message, the message of truer patriotism and more earnest citizenship, and this message, delivered in a full, sonorous voice, and couched in well-chosen and impressive language, never fails of its effect. The lecturer for Sunday of the Chau-tauqua program in our town will be Mrs. George E. Pickett, the widow of the dashing Confederate who led ' 'Pick-e t t ' s charge at Gettysburg." Mrs. Pickett will tell the story of this great battle as no one else can tell it. She is a woman with an accepted reputation both as a speaker and a writer of. his-tory, stories and verse of the Old South in which she grew to woman-hood. She is a typical Southern woman, with all the spirit and sweetness of that delightful type. Her lecture combines the spirit of the South of the past with that of the Nation of the future. There is not a single entertainment on the entire six-days program that will fail to please and it is to be hoped that the people hereabouts will take ad-vantage of this unusual opportunity of-fered them to be entertained and in-structed. - - . . . . The Chautauqua Association of .Penn-sylvania, under whose directions the sessions are held, is a "no-profit or-ganization, ' ' and its board of managers consist of a number of prominent men ( CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 ) Death of Isaac Diilman. The death of Isaac Diilman, a well-known resident of the eastern end of the county, occurred at the home of his daughter, Mrs. John W. Burkholder, near the Rothsville station, on Sunday afternoon about 2.30 o'clock. His age was 80 years, 4 months and 26 days. Death was due to a stroke of apoplexy, which diseased sustained ten days pre-vious. Mr. Diilman was a son of the late George and Catharine Diilman, and was born near New Holland. He was a coachmaker by trade and for fifty years conducted a coachworks at Farmers-ville, gaining a lasting reputation for efficient work. Eight years ago he re-tired from active work and moved to near Lexington, where he resided un-til five years ago, when he moved to the home of his daughter, above named. Mr. Diilman was a devout member of the Church of the Brethren. Besides his wife, Mary Ann, four children sur-vive, namely: John M., of Lititz; Em-ma, wife of David H. Bomberger, of near Lexington; Lizzie, wife of John W. Burkholder, of Rothsville, and Amos, residing on the old homestead at : Farmersville. A brother Jacob, of Richland, Lebanon county, and a sister, Mrs. Lizzie Garman, of Terre Hill, also ! survive. The funeral was held on Wed-nesday morning with services at his late home and interment in the Roths-ville Zion cemetery. Revs. I. W, Taylor and J. W. G. Hershey officiated. LOCAL RESIDENTS GOING PLACES. TO OTHER E AND I DAVID BRACKBILL COMMITS A HOR-RIBLE CRIME Death of Mrs. Elizabeth Brubaker. Mrs. Elizabeth Brubaker, widow of the late Daniel Brubaker, died at her home, in East Petersburg, on Sunday evening, in her eighty-first year, death resulting from pneumonia. The deceas-ed was a member of the Mennonite church. Three children survive; Fannie, at home; John. at_Bamford: Mrs. Willis Kiihene'r, oi Jüast Petersburg. The funeral was held from her late home on Wednesday at 9.30 and at the East Pet-ersburg Mennonite Church. Henry K. Shiffer of Manheim. Henry K. Shiffer, one of Manheim's aged and respected citizens, died Thurs-day, June 13, aged 85 years. His death resulted from dropsy, but it came unex-pected. Deceased was born and always resided on a farm in Elizabeth township near Elm until five years ago, when he removed to Manheim borough. He was a shoemaker by trade and worked at cobbling up the time of his death. He was a member of the White Oak Re-formed church at Penryn. He is sur-vived by his wife and four children, as follows: Mary, wife of John B. Huber, and Emma, wife of Jacob Hossler, re-siding in Manheim; Mrs. Lizzie Stohler, at Speedwell, and Allen, Lebanon; also by one sister, Mrs. James Beard, Read-ing. The funeral was-held on Sunday afternoon at the White Oak church, with interment in the adjoining ceme-tery. Rev. G. B. Raezer of Lititz offi-ciated. Lancaster Lady's Death. Miss Harriet Heitshu died at her home at Lancaster on Saturday afternoon from paralysis. The lady had been an invalid for many years. She spent sev-eral summers at Linden Hall and for some years was nursed most faithfully by Miss Emily Eschbach, formerly of; this borough. Will Spend Next 30 Days in Jail A man giving his name as Charles Morgan and claiming Brooklyn, N. Y., as his home, was arrested by Constable Greek on Tuesday afternoon for va-grancy and disorderly conduct. He was somewhat under the influence of liquor and very abusive, and did not appear to be sound of mind. Greek took him to the lockup, where he remained until Wednesday morning, when Squire C. N. Derr committed him to jail for 30 days, Constable Hacker taking him to the bastile. . A Gross Oversight. We are justly proud of our beautiful Spring grounds but we were sorry to note that but one solitary drinking cup was in evidence at the head end on Wed-nesday', when hundreds of people who home with her mother and brother in a attended the Lutheran reunion, s o u g h t few weeks. the only thirst quencher. At times! Miss Florence Buch is spending a scores stood about and waited for their week here with her mother Mrs. Louisa turn to drink, finally leaving in appar- Buch. She spent from last fall until ent disgust. Some one neglected" his last week at Bryn Mawr; from here she duty to see that enough cups w e r e o n goes :to Atlantic City to the Hotel Soth- You and Your Friends Who Come and Go for Business and Pleasure. Miss Gladys Thome is visiting her friend Miss Nelson at York. Mrs. Ada Diehm and son Charles spent Saturday at Manheim. Mr. Daniel Li^ht, Jr., visited friends at Phoenixville over Sunday. Misses Minerva Hacker and Estella Grosh spent Sunday at Reading. Mr. John Wilson of Kutztown visited his son Addison at this place on Sunday. Mrs. Rachael Roland visited relatives at Adamstown on Saturday and Sun-day. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Miller, of Lan-caster, visited relatives in town on Sun-day. Mr. John Kleinfelter of Altoona paid a visit to his sister, Mrs. Clayton Storm-feltz. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Young, of Man-heim, spent Sunday in town with her parents. Mr. Wm. H. Spanglerof Ephrata was a visitor in our borough last Saturday looking up old friends. Miss Libbie Buch spent from Satur-day to Monday at Bethlehem with her aunt Mrs. Caroline Lowell. Mrs. Gideon Kahl of Lancaster spent Sunday in town with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Reidenbach. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Klopp and Mrs. Fred Strickler of Richland visited Mr. and Mrs. J . Worley on Sunday. Mrs. W. A. Ensminger and Miss Liz-zie Kline of Manheim spent Tuesday afternoon with Lititz relatives. Mr. and Mrs. H. Y. Yocum and Mrs. Louisa Yetter of near Reading spent Wednesday to Thursday in Lititz. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Potts and chil-dren, of Lebanon, spent Sunday and Mofiday with William Rapp and family. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. L. Hepp spent sev-eral days of this week at Gettysburg, where they viewed the historic battle-field. Jack Reidenbach, son of Ira Reiden-bach, of Allegheny City, is visiting his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Reid-enbach. Messrs. Charles Landis, John B. Leib and G. Graybill Diehm took a trip in the l a t t e r ' s automobile to Harrisburg on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fertig and three children, of Lebanon, spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Showers. . Mrs. Catharine Smith, a resident of Spruce street, is spending a week with her son Harry on East Front street, Warwick. Mrs, Haydn Lutz, who spent the past nine months with relatives in Oklahoma and Texas, has returned to her home at Kissel Hill. Aaron Leed and Ralph Walters, two young men of town who have been em-ployed at Baltimore, Md., since March, returned home on Sunday. Mrs. S. C. E. Beckler and Miss Mar-tha Derr attended the fourth annual re-union at the old historic Donegal church (founded prior to 1721) on Wednesday. Mrs. James Goldthwaite, of Philadel-phia, and her sister, Mrs. Sherman Wolf, of Brownstown, visited their mother, Mrs. Amanda Hornberger, last Satur-day. Mr. Harry Wherlo, a resident of Lancaster, spent Sunday with Mr. Wil-son Gibble. The two men worked to-gether in Lowell's saddlery at Lancaster years ago. Mr. W. E. Fasnacht, superintendent of the Ideal Chocolate factory, left Tuesday for Niagara Falls to attend the convention of the National Confec-tioners Association. Mrs. M. C. Overstreet and daughter Miss Clara Overstreet, of Franklin, Ind., are the guests of Dr. and Mrs: H. A. Cuppy, they being mother and sister, respectively, to the latter. - Mrs. Annie Killian of Akron and son William of this place have gone to Wa-bash, Ind., where the former's daughter Florence is staying, the latter to return hand. It should not occur in the future." Speedwell Manager Seriously 111. William L. Groh, who for a number of years has been manager of the Speed-well farms in Elizabeth township, is re-ported to be seriously ill. He was op-erated on last winter in a Lancaster hos-pital for an intestinal affection. ern as assistant housekeeper. Messrs. N. D, Sturgis, Henry Habeck- I er and Wilson Gibble [are attending a branch convention of the Y. P. S. C. E. of the U. B. church, being held at Reading. Messrs. Sturgis and Habeck-er are delegates and Mr. Gibble is pres-ident of the local branch. Miss Lottie Sturgis is representing the Junior socie-ty at the same place. i Manheim Man, Formerly of Brunner- | ville, Committed the Deed at Ephrata, Where His Wife Lately Resided ' The borough of Ephrata was thrown | into a state of intense excitement Tues-day morning by reason of a double trag-edy which occurred there between 9 and 10 o'clock, when David Brackbill, con-stable of the First Ward of Manheim borough, shot and instantly killed his wife, Alice, and then turning the wea-pon on himself, fired two shots into his own body, inflicting injuries from which he died about two hours later. Brackbill, aged about 42 years, had resided with his wife, who was about the same age, at Manheim, until* a few weeks ago, when, following a quarrel, they separated, Mrs. Brackbill and her daughter Lizzie, aged 20, moving to Ephrata. Brackbill had accused his wife of unfaithfulness on numerous oc-casions and those well acquainted with the family entertained fears that the matter would possibly cultimate in a tragedy. Early Tuesday morning Brackbill was in Lititz and visited the Park View hotel, where the clerk, John Chronister, waited on him. He boarded the morn-ing train and went to Ephrata, where he loitered about his wife's home on Ful-ton street, and when he saw his daugh-ter leave the premises, entered the house and locked the door behind him. When Mrs. Brackbill, who had been hanging up wash in the back yard, came into the house, he opened fire, firing two shots into her brain and one into her chest. Her death was instantan-eous. He then pointed the weapon at his own breast and sent two shots into his body. The shots were heard by neighbors, who summoned Constable Clayton Reager and an entrance was forced into the house. The wife was found lying on the floor dead. Brackbill was con-scious, but was unable to speak and re-mained in this condition for about two hours when he passed away without having made any statement of his crime. After the constable had investigated Deputy Coroner H. E. Steinmetz, of Ephrata, was notified of the tragedy, and with Dr. D. J . McCaa as his physi-cian, conducted an investigation, finding that the deaths of the couple had occur-red as stated above. Both husband and wife had died from hemorrhage of the brain. The remains of the couple was taken in charge by Undertaker L. Y, Eitnier. Mr. and Mrs. Brackbill had been married about twenty years, Mrs. Brackbill having been a Miss Alice Ha-becker, of near Clay, prior to her mar-riage. They are survived by a daugh-ter, Lizzie, aged about twenty years, and a son, Christian, of Manheim. The murderer's mother, Mrs. Amanda Brackbill, of Brunnerville, also sur-vives him as does a brother, Hayden, living with his mother. The murdered woman is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Habecker, of near Clay, and the following brothers and sisters: William and Francis, of near Clay; Mrs. J. A. Weidman, of Mount Airy; Mrs. Levi Becker, of near Eph-rata, and Mrs. Adam Seiverling, of Ephrata. Brackbill and his family are well known hereabouts and for many years resided at Brunnerville, from which place they moved to Manheim. The frightful tragedy is only another fearful supplement to a suicide in the family which occurred the seventh of last August, when Christian Brackbill, a son of the victim of Tuesday's crime, took his life when he was jilted in love with a girl near his home town. The circumstances attending that suicide were most revolting, the victim tying his revolver to a fence, then pulling the trigger that shattered his brain. The funeral of the two victims will be held on Friday, when they will be taken to Brickerville for interment. Services, which will be held in Bricker-ville Lutheran church at 1.30 P. M., will be strictly private. Rev. Shantz, of Schaefferstown, will preach the fu-neral sermon. The remains of the two deceased will be laid side by side in the family plot. Lititz School Teachers Now All Elected The Lititz school board last week filled the remaining vacancies in the teaching force, as follows: First assistant princi-pal, Miss Anna K. Miller, of Millers-ville; second assistant, Miss Katharine G. Aumiller, of ElizabethtoWn; gram-mar, Mrs. Elizabeth Sahm; director of art and music, Paul E. Beck.
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Title | Lititz Record |
Masthead | Lititz Record 1912-06-20 |
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Date | 1912-06-20 |
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Full Text | An Independent Family Newspaper, Devoted to Literature, Agriculture, Local and General Intelligence. VOL. XXXV LITITZ PA. THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 20,1912. NO. 40 Don't Miss Seeing the Great Competitive Prize -Drill at Lititz, July the Fourth Gil OF IDOL m HAPPENINGS ABOUT TBE TOWN AND VICINITY. Short and Snappy Paragraphs of Inter est to Every Header. Kenneth, son of D. G. Witmyer, has entered H. Wertsch's jewelry store to learn the business. Several souvenir and huckster stands did a good business near the Springs entrance on Wednesday. The national colors were displayed at different residences and places of busi ness last Friday in honor of flag day. Hiram Hollinger now handles Hup-per's famous ice crean, and is prepared to fill large or small orders at prompt notice. The chestnut trees are in full bloom. Raspberries, nice and sweet, are in the market. So are canteloupes, melons and cherries. Photographer H. E. Reidenbach has had a frame building erected on the Spring grounds where he will carry on his vocation during days that picnics are here. Seventeen members of the Chauf-feurs' Association of Lancaster came to town by auto on Monday evening and enjoyed a fine supper at Snavely's res-taurant. The crimson rambler variety of roses are in bloom, but much later than usual. Many were frozen down last winter and therefore the usual number will not be seen this season. There are quite a number of new homes being erected in town at present. In the vicinity of South Spruce street ten dwellings are in the course of construction. Persons who have not yet paid their Mercantile tax are requested to pay the same at the County Treasurer's office at Lancaster before July 1. There will be a penalty if this is not complied with. Robert Kling was overcome by the heat while planting tobacco in a field at the rear of the Warwick House Stables on Monday afternoon. He was taken to his home and confined to bed for a day, but is up and about again. A number of leading Democrats of this place had intended going to Balti-more latter part of the week to attend the national convention of that party, but have been unable to procure tickets for their admittance to the sessions and hence will not go the the Monumental City. Meesrs. B. B. Leaman and son Benja-min, N. B. Leaman and Elam Risser went to Philadelphia on Wednesday morning and returned in the evening in Mr. N. B. Leaman's new Carter auto, which he purchased in the Quaker city. They made the return trip in four hours without a mishap. Miss Miriam Hepp entertained a num-ber of young folks at her home on last Thursday evening, in honor of Miss Dor-othy Worthington, of Scranton. Vari-ous games were played and a fine lunch-eon aided in making the evening a most enjoyable one. Miss Hepp and her guest were classmates at Linden Hall, graduating in 1909. Mr. Henry Weaver, residing on Front street, celebrated his sixtieth birthday anniversary on Sunday. A sumptuous dinner was served in honor of the event, the following attending from out of town: Mr. and Mrs. William Weaver, Harry and Irene Gast, Miss Catharine Green, of Reading, Mrs. Sherman Car-penter, of Kissel Hill, Frank Weaver, of Lancaster. Now that school has closed, many boys are in idleness, and consequently get mischievious. A number of them are again using sling-shots about town. Burgess Steiner is determined to put an end to this violation of a borough ordi-nance and Constable Greek has instruc-tions to take the first offender which he apprehends into custody. Cut it out, boys, before your parents are made to pay a fine. Night Watchman Kreider, while mak-ing his beat about 2 o'clock the other morning, spied a fellow on Juniper alley. He followed him cautiously and the fel-low, who also spied Kreider, appeared to be a bit nervous. Kreider afterward found out that it was a man who is em-ployed out of town and returns home at any hour of the night. He did not know Lititz had a night watchman and was as suspicious.of Kreider as the watch-man was of him. MANY ATTENDED LUTHERAN REUNION Held on the Spring Grounds Wednesday —A Number of Good Addresses Beck's Band Furnished the Music The first event of the season on the Spring grounds occurred on Wednesday when Lutherans from this and adjoining counties gathered here in annual re union. With overcast skies and a slight drizzling at times during the early morning hours, the day was not one to offer much inducement to people to leave home for a day's pleasure in the open air. Nevertheless a goodly number arrived about 9 o'clock on the special trains, one of which was start-ed from Reading and the other from Lebanon. Towards noon the weather prospects were much brighter and many persons then decided to come here. The noon trains were well filled as were the trolley cars, which observed the half-hour schedule. A score or more autos also arrived from various places and by 2 P. M. upwards of 2000 persons were in attendance. Many of the visitors took a walk about the town and the thoroughfares were far more lively than customary. Bretzel bakeries had their first call of picnic visitors who purchased a great many of the famous twists. Many visitors took theopportunity of calling on relatives and friends. Morning and afternoon sessions were held and the audience sang the good old Lutheran hymns in a beautiful manner. No less than a dozen of the clergy were in attendance and they all made short addresses, the one by Rev. G. W. Nicely, of Reading, in the morning, being a very able discourse. The junior choir of Emanuel church, Lancaster, rendered a number of selections in the afternoon. Beck's concert band played during the entire day and the efforts of the musicians did not fall on deaf ears, as the hearty applause, which followed various selections, proved. lit Cherry Festival. All roads will lead to Rudy's Hall on Saturday, June 22, when the four cir-cles of King's Daughter's will hold a cherry festival. Chicken corn soup, clams,[sugar cake and coffee, homemade candies and cake, cherries, ice cream and cherry ice will be on sale. Full suppers will also be served for 25c. The proceeds of the festival will be used for a worthy cause and therefore should be well patronized by the public. Local Anglers Caught Big Bass. The bass season opened on Saturday and quite a number of local anglers journeyed to the streams in search of the gamy and very toothsome variety of fish. The day was f a r from auspici-ous for the opening day as it rained most of the time and the waters were not as clear as they should have been for bass fishing. Nevertheless the bass appeared to be in a biting mood and some nice catches were made. N. D. Sturgis and Robert Furlow caught four fine jones, the former landing one 17 inches long that weighed 21 pounds. Lewis Haines angled one that measured 18 inches and weighed over 2 pounds. A Pleasant Way to Travel. On Sunday afternoon the following persons left here on a long trip in two automobiles for the e a s t : Harry F. Eby and wife, A. R. Bomberger and wife, H. J . Pierson and wife and W. H. Muth and wife. Their destination is the White Mountains in Vermont, consequently they will pass practically through all the eastern states except Maine, besides New Jersey and New York. They ex-pect to be gone about two weeks. This no doubt will prove an enjoyable trip. WILL OPEN ON TUESDAY AND CLOSE ON SUNDAY. RECEIVED THEIR LAST SUMMONS, Each Afternoon and Evening Some Great Entertainment Will be Offered —Be Sure and Attend. Two Ribs and Bone in Shoulder Broke by Fall. Miss Laura Kissinger, employed in the wrapping room of the Ideal chocolate factory, while carrying a tray filled with candy, had the misfortune to slip and fall, when the heavy tray landed on her, breaking two ribs and a small bone in the shoulder of her right side. Dr. J . L. Hertz is attending her. Male Chorus Treated to Strawberries. On Tuesday evening thirteen members of the Lititz Male Chorus, led by Com-mander- in-chief H. C. Reedy and his big stick, trailed the dust to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Gable at Owl Hill, who had invited the singers to spend an evening with them and incidentally eat a few strawberries. After arriving at their destination and recuperating a bit, the singers proceeded to render sweet music to their host and hostess as well as a number of others who had gathered at the Gable home. No one enjoyed it more than did aged Isaac Grube, who makes his home there. Then the mem-bers of the chorus were invited to the festive board, where as fine strawberries as ever grew were set before them, as well as a number of -large- layer cakes. Mr. Gable's good housewife .gave the command, "Eat all you Can, boys" and how they did disappear! As fast as a dish was emptied it was filled,, until fin-ally the lingers went down to defeat saying, "enough." More songs follow-ed, and at a seasonable hour the singers, after heartily thanking Mr. and Mrs. Gable, returned home. The much heralded Chautauqua will be located in our midst next week, and beginning on Tuesday, and continuing each day until Sunday, the residents of this section will have the opportunity of their lives to hear and see some of the greatest musical organizations, speak-ers, debaters and other entertainers be-fore the American public to-day. No matter what one particular kind of entertainment a person may desire it will be found on the Chautauqua " pro-gram. An immense tent with a capacity of 2,000, will be erected on the public school grounds, and there each number on the program will be rendered rain or shine. In t h e afternoon of each day the session will open at 2 o'clock with a lecture by Dr. Jesse H. Holmes, of Swarthmore College, and at 3 o'clock some prominent musical orgaization will give a concert. In thè evening the session will open at 7.30 o'clock with a musical attraction and there will be illustrated and other lectures, closing with moving pictures. The latter are none but the very best of pictures, the kind that educate, ennoble and refine. One of the most wonderful pictures ever exhibited will be the great 0,000 film, "The Fall of Troy." For weeks the Chautauqua people have been distributing advertising mat-ter throughout this vicinity and there promise to be a number of persons here for the event. In all 31 events are of-fered during the six-day stay of the Chautauqua. The admission to a single afternoon or evening, session is 35 cents for adults and 20 cents children. Per-sons should purchase season tickets, ad mitting to the entire twelve sessions, at the following prices, adults $2.00, child ren, $1.00. A decidedly popular fact is that the season tickets are transferable hence need not be used by any one per-son at all times. The debate between Hon. William H Berry and Robert E. Ireton on "Cur-rency legislation" is slated for Satur-day afternoon, and a large audience will no doubt be present on this occasion Mr. Berry is not a total stranger to Lit itz, having made a short address here when a candidate for governor of this state. He is an excellent speaker and persons in this vicinity will welcome this opportunity of hearing him in de-bate. Musical attractions include Ciricillo's Italian band, Walter Bentley Ball Con cert Co. in a popular program of folk songs, the Lyric Glee Club, The Mor-phets and Florence Wood-Mitton, ir music, majic and mirth, Royal Austro- Hungarian Orchestra, Ernest Gamble Concert Party. Among the lectures are Captain Rich-mond Pearson Hobson, who will talk on Thursday evening. A dozen years ago the name of Hobson was on every lip, as that of a hero who could both con-ceive and achieve. The first to volun-teer for the daring task of sinking the collier "Merrimac" at the entrance to Santiago harbor, under the very guns of the Spanish fleet, his place is secure in our gallery of American heroes. Hobson is a man with a message, the message of truer patriotism and more earnest citizenship, and this message, delivered in a full, sonorous voice, and couched in well-chosen and impressive language, never fails of its effect. The lecturer for Sunday of the Chau-tauqua program in our town will be Mrs. George E. Pickett, the widow of the dashing Confederate who led ' 'Pick-e t t ' s charge at Gettysburg." Mrs. Pickett will tell the story of this great battle as no one else can tell it. She is a woman with an accepted reputation both as a speaker and a writer of. his-tory, stories and verse of the Old South in which she grew to woman-hood. She is a typical Southern woman, with all the spirit and sweetness of that delightful type. Her lecture combines the spirit of the South of the past with that of the Nation of the future. There is not a single entertainment on the entire six-days program that will fail to please and it is to be hoped that the people hereabouts will take ad-vantage of this unusual opportunity of-fered them to be entertained and in-structed. - - . . . . The Chautauqua Association of .Penn-sylvania, under whose directions the sessions are held, is a "no-profit or-ganization, ' ' and its board of managers consist of a number of prominent men ( CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 ) Death of Isaac Diilman. The death of Isaac Diilman, a well-known resident of the eastern end of the county, occurred at the home of his daughter, Mrs. John W. Burkholder, near the Rothsville station, on Sunday afternoon about 2.30 o'clock. His age was 80 years, 4 months and 26 days. Death was due to a stroke of apoplexy, which diseased sustained ten days pre-vious. Mr. Diilman was a son of the late George and Catharine Diilman, and was born near New Holland. He was a coachmaker by trade and for fifty years conducted a coachworks at Farmers-ville, gaining a lasting reputation for efficient work. Eight years ago he re-tired from active work and moved to near Lexington, where he resided un-til five years ago, when he moved to the home of his daughter, above named. Mr. Diilman was a devout member of the Church of the Brethren. Besides his wife, Mary Ann, four children sur-vive, namely: John M., of Lititz; Em-ma, wife of David H. Bomberger, of near Lexington; Lizzie, wife of John W. Burkholder, of Rothsville, and Amos, residing on the old homestead at : Farmersville. A brother Jacob, of Richland, Lebanon county, and a sister, Mrs. Lizzie Garman, of Terre Hill, also ! survive. The funeral was held on Wed-nesday morning with services at his late home and interment in the Roths-ville Zion cemetery. Revs. I. W, Taylor and J. W. G. Hershey officiated. LOCAL RESIDENTS GOING PLACES. TO OTHER E AND I DAVID BRACKBILL COMMITS A HOR-RIBLE CRIME Death of Mrs. Elizabeth Brubaker. Mrs. Elizabeth Brubaker, widow of the late Daniel Brubaker, died at her home, in East Petersburg, on Sunday evening, in her eighty-first year, death resulting from pneumonia. The deceas-ed was a member of the Mennonite church. Three children survive; Fannie, at home; John. at_Bamford: Mrs. Willis Kiihene'r, oi Jüast Petersburg. The funeral was held from her late home on Wednesday at 9.30 and at the East Pet-ersburg Mennonite Church. Henry K. Shiffer of Manheim. Henry K. Shiffer, one of Manheim's aged and respected citizens, died Thurs-day, June 13, aged 85 years. His death resulted from dropsy, but it came unex-pected. Deceased was born and always resided on a farm in Elizabeth township near Elm until five years ago, when he removed to Manheim borough. He was a shoemaker by trade and worked at cobbling up the time of his death. He was a member of the White Oak Re-formed church at Penryn. He is sur-vived by his wife and four children, as follows: Mary, wife of John B. Huber, and Emma, wife of Jacob Hossler, re-siding in Manheim; Mrs. Lizzie Stohler, at Speedwell, and Allen, Lebanon; also by one sister, Mrs. James Beard, Read-ing. The funeral was-held on Sunday afternoon at the White Oak church, with interment in the adjoining ceme-tery. Rev. G. B. Raezer of Lititz offi-ciated. Lancaster Lady's Death. Miss Harriet Heitshu died at her home at Lancaster on Saturday afternoon from paralysis. The lady had been an invalid for many years. She spent sev-eral summers at Linden Hall and for some years was nursed most faithfully by Miss Emily Eschbach, formerly of; this borough. Will Spend Next 30 Days in Jail A man giving his name as Charles Morgan and claiming Brooklyn, N. Y., as his home, was arrested by Constable Greek on Tuesday afternoon for va-grancy and disorderly conduct. He was somewhat under the influence of liquor and very abusive, and did not appear to be sound of mind. Greek took him to the lockup, where he remained until Wednesday morning, when Squire C. N. Derr committed him to jail for 30 days, Constable Hacker taking him to the bastile. . A Gross Oversight. We are justly proud of our beautiful Spring grounds but we were sorry to note that but one solitary drinking cup was in evidence at the head end on Wed-nesday', when hundreds of people who home with her mother and brother in a attended the Lutheran reunion, s o u g h t few weeks. the only thirst quencher. At times! Miss Florence Buch is spending a scores stood about and waited for their week here with her mother Mrs. Louisa turn to drink, finally leaving in appar- Buch. She spent from last fall until ent disgust. Some one neglected" his last week at Bryn Mawr; from here she duty to see that enough cups w e r e o n goes :to Atlantic City to the Hotel Soth- You and Your Friends Who Come and Go for Business and Pleasure. Miss Gladys Thome is visiting her friend Miss Nelson at York. Mrs. Ada Diehm and son Charles spent Saturday at Manheim. Mr. Daniel Li^ht, Jr., visited friends at Phoenixville over Sunday. Misses Minerva Hacker and Estella Grosh spent Sunday at Reading. Mr. John Wilson of Kutztown visited his son Addison at this place on Sunday. Mrs. Rachael Roland visited relatives at Adamstown on Saturday and Sun-day. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Miller, of Lan-caster, visited relatives in town on Sun-day. Mr. John Kleinfelter of Altoona paid a visit to his sister, Mrs. Clayton Storm-feltz. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Young, of Man-heim, spent Sunday in town with her parents. Mr. Wm. H. Spanglerof Ephrata was a visitor in our borough last Saturday looking up old friends. Miss Libbie Buch spent from Satur-day to Monday at Bethlehem with her aunt Mrs. Caroline Lowell. Mrs. Gideon Kahl of Lancaster spent Sunday in town with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Reidenbach. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Klopp and Mrs. Fred Strickler of Richland visited Mr. and Mrs. J . Worley on Sunday. Mrs. W. A. Ensminger and Miss Liz-zie Kline of Manheim spent Tuesday afternoon with Lititz relatives. Mr. and Mrs. H. Y. Yocum and Mrs. Louisa Yetter of near Reading spent Wednesday to Thursday in Lititz. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Potts and chil-dren, of Lebanon, spent Sunday and Mofiday with William Rapp and family. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. L. Hepp spent sev-eral days of this week at Gettysburg, where they viewed the historic battle-field. Jack Reidenbach, son of Ira Reiden-bach, of Allegheny City, is visiting his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Reid-enbach. Messrs. Charles Landis, John B. Leib and G. Graybill Diehm took a trip in the l a t t e r ' s automobile to Harrisburg on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fertig and three children, of Lebanon, spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Showers. . Mrs. Catharine Smith, a resident of Spruce street, is spending a week with her son Harry on East Front street, Warwick. Mrs, Haydn Lutz, who spent the past nine months with relatives in Oklahoma and Texas, has returned to her home at Kissel Hill. Aaron Leed and Ralph Walters, two young men of town who have been em-ployed at Baltimore, Md., since March, returned home on Sunday. Mrs. S. C. E. Beckler and Miss Mar-tha Derr attended the fourth annual re-union at the old historic Donegal church (founded prior to 1721) on Wednesday. Mrs. James Goldthwaite, of Philadel-phia, and her sister, Mrs. Sherman Wolf, of Brownstown, visited their mother, Mrs. Amanda Hornberger, last Satur-day. Mr. Harry Wherlo, a resident of Lancaster, spent Sunday with Mr. Wil-son Gibble. The two men worked to-gether in Lowell's saddlery at Lancaster years ago. Mr. W. E. Fasnacht, superintendent of the Ideal Chocolate factory, left Tuesday for Niagara Falls to attend the convention of the National Confec-tioners Association. Mrs. M. C. Overstreet and daughter Miss Clara Overstreet, of Franklin, Ind., are the guests of Dr. and Mrs: H. A. Cuppy, they being mother and sister, respectively, to the latter. - Mrs. Annie Killian of Akron and son William of this place have gone to Wa-bash, Ind., where the former's daughter Florence is staying, the latter to return hand. It should not occur in the future." Speedwell Manager Seriously 111. William L. Groh, who for a number of years has been manager of the Speed-well farms in Elizabeth township, is re-ported to be seriously ill. He was op-erated on last winter in a Lancaster hos-pital for an intestinal affection. ern as assistant housekeeper. Messrs. N. D, Sturgis, Henry Habeck- I er and Wilson Gibble [are attending a branch convention of the Y. P. S. C. E. of the U. B. church, being held at Reading. Messrs. Sturgis and Habeck-er are delegates and Mr. Gibble is pres-ident of the local branch. Miss Lottie Sturgis is representing the Junior socie-ty at the same place. i Manheim Man, Formerly of Brunner- | ville, Committed the Deed at Ephrata, Where His Wife Lately Resided ' The borough of Ephrata was thrown | into a state of intense excitement Tues-day morning by reason of a double trag-edy which occurred there between 9 and 10 o'clock, when David Brackbill, con-stable of the First Ward of Manheim borough, shot and instantly killed his wife, Alice, and then turning the wea-pon on himself, fired two shots into his own body, inflicting injuries from which he died about two hours later. Brackbill, aged about 42 years, had resided with his wife, who was about the same age, at Manheim, until* a few weeks ago, when, following a quarrel, they separated, Mrs. Brackbill and her daughter Lizzie, aged 20, moving to Ephrata. Brackbill had accused his wife of unfaithfulness on numerous oc-casions and those well acquainted with the family entertained fears that the matter would possibly cultimate in a tragedy. Early Tuesday morning Brackbill was in Lititz and visited the Park View hotel, where the clerk, John Chronister, waited on him. He boarded the morn-ing train and went to Ephrata, where he loitered about his wife's home on Ful-ton street, and when he saw his daugh-ter leave the premises, entered the house and locked the door behind him. When Mrs. Brackbill, who had been hanging up wash in the back yard, came into the house, he opened fire, firing two shots into her brain and one into her chest. Her death was instantan-eous. He then pointed the weapon at his own breast and sent two shots into his body. The shots were heard by neighbors, who summoned Constable Clayton Reager and an entrance was forced into the house. The wife was found lying on the floor dead. Brackbill was con-scious, but was unable to speak and re-mained in this condition for about two hours when he passed away without having made any statement of his crime. After the constable had investigated Deputy Coroner H. E. Steinmetz, of Ephrata, was notified of the tragedy, and with Dr. D. J . McCaa as his physi-cian, conducted an investigation, finding that the deaths of the couple had occur-red as stated above. Both husband and wife had died from hemorrhage of the brain. The remains of the couple was taken in charge by Undertaker L. Y, Eitnier. Mr. and Mrs. Brackbill had been married about twenty years, Mrs. Brackbill having been a Miss Alice Ha-becker, of near Clay, prior to her mar-riage. They are survived by a daugh-ter, Lizzie, aged about twenty years, and a son, Christian, of Manheim. The murderer's mother, Mrs. Amanda Brackbill, of Brunnerville, also sur-vives him as does a brother, Hayden, living with his mother. The murdered woman is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Habecker, of near Clay, and the following brothers and sisters: William and Francis, of near Clay; Mrs. J. A. Weidman, of Mount Airy; Mrs. Levi Becker, of near Eph-rata, and Mrs. Adam Seiverling, of Ephrata. Brackbill and his family are well known hereabouts and for many years resided at Brunnerville, from which place they moved to Manheim. The frightful tragedy is only another fearful supplement to a suicide in the family which occurred the seventh of last August, when Christian Brackbill, a son of the victim of Tuesday's crime, took his life when he was jilted in love with a girl near his home town. The circumstances attending that suicide were most revolting, the victim tying his revolver to a fence, then pulling the trigger that shattered his brain. The funeral of the two victims will be held on Friday, when they will be taken to Brickerville for interment. Services, which will be held in Bricker-ville Lutheran church at 1.30 P. M., will be strictly private. Rev. Shantz, of Schaefferstown, will preach the fu-neral sermon. The remains of the two deceased will be laid side by side in the family plot. Lititz School Teachers Now All Elected The Lititz school board last week filled the remaining vacancies in the teaching force, as follows: First assistant princi-pal, Miss Anna K. Miller, of Millers-ville; second assistant, Miss Katharine G. Aumiller, of ElizabethtoWn; gram-mar, Mrs. Elizabeth Sahm; director of art and music, Paul E. Beck. |
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