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YOL. XXXIX LITITZ, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 25,1915 NO. 11
EVENTS CONCISELY TOLD
INTERESTING THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN
TOWN AND VICINITY.
Items of Minor Mention, So to Speak
but of Interest to the Average Reader
at Home and Abroad.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Light became the
fond parents of a daughter a few days
ago.
Jerome SheafTer vacates the Rome
tollgate house to-day and moves to Man-heim.
Elam Bouder, of Millport, is his
successor.
The good, look-ahead housekeeper al-ready
has her fruit cake all ready for
Christmas.
An auto driver's license No. 26314 was
found on the street and awaits the loser
a t t h e RECORD office.
The Moravian Sewing Society will
have a sale of plain sewing in their room
in the Moravian S. S. chapel on Tuesday,
November 30, afternoon and evening.
Beginning on Monday, December 6,
the stores of town will be open every
evening during the week up to Decem-ber
24. After that three evenings a
week, same as now.
To-day Messrs. Henry C. Sturgis,
Emanuel Grube and Reuben Diehm
should be a happy trio, not only because
it is Thanksgiving day but because they
celebrate their 71st birthdays.
We want that cannon, and the fact
that Mr. John Ely has about 150 signa-tures
on the petition praying for the se-curing
of it, shows that the idea has
met with the people's approval.
Miss Miriam Regennas, who has faith-fully
served the public for several years
at Miller's store, has accepted a position
with Pfautz Bros., and entered upon
her duties with this progressive firm on
Monday.
Mrs. John Weitzel, who lived here and
whose husband deserted her about ten
days ago, with her two children went to
the home of her father, John Rider,
near Zartman's mill, to live for the
present.
The rabbit gunning season ends on
Tuesday, Nov. 30th. The open season
for deer opens on December 1st and
closes on December 15. The season for
bear opened October 15 and closes De-cember
15.
The King's Daughters annual sale of
needle work, cakes, candies and ice
cream will be held in the gymnasium-auditorium
at Linden Hall on Saturday
afternoon and evening. Everybody
come and encourage this most worthy
cause.
Many improvements are being made
to the home of the late Luzetta Lehn on
Front street, purchased recently by
Jacob Leed. Concrete pavement, large
porches on two sides, hot water heat
and a bath room are some of the many
improvements.
Messrs. C. B. Dillman, Israel Bom-berger,
George Burkholder and Ben.
Snavely, of Lexington, spent several
days of this week in the vicinity of
Eagles Mere, Sullivan county, on a
gunning trip, making the journey in Mr.
Snavely's auto.
People who have hens that are laying
should indeed be thankful, for a laying
hen rivals the goose that laid the golden
egg these days. Hen fruit is quoted at
40 cents per dozen by local merchants,
and the retail price is 3J cents a piece.
Every time the cook flops one to f ry it
on both sides it jingles like real money.
A new organization has been formed
among young men of town. It will be
known as the Citizen's League and will
open in about a week, with quarters on
the second floor of A. R. Bomberger &
Co.'s hardware store. The young men
intend to equip their headquarters in
modern style and the object of the league
is to promote sociability.
Snow flurries were in evidence on
Monday and Tuesday, and for a time on
Tuesday the flakes descended quite live-ly
and were of good size. They disap-peared
however, just as soon as reach-ing
terra firma. This disappointed the
little tots no doubt, but there will be
plenty of snow falling ere long that will
not be in such a hurry to depart.
The west side of North Broad street
from below the Warwick House up to
the Bricker home is now one complete
sidewalk of concrete and presents a
pretty appearance. How unsightly it
used to be, to say nothing of the un-pleasant
walks which were there for so
many years, compared to the present
day appearances and comforts. Surely
greater Lititz is coming to the front.
Letters addressed to Miss Mary Dim-ming,
Miss Mary Bortna, Mrs. Clara
Hartranft, Mrs. Herman Hodgson, Miss
Barbra Kreider, Mrs. S. B. Miller, Mrs.
F. K. Jtothfus, Miss Naomi Stumb, B.
F. Coom, Mr. David Foreman, Mr. A.
E. Farland, James Johnebern, Mr. Wil-liam
Keath, Mr. David Kauffman, Mr.
A. H. Nagle, Mr. Chester Turman, and
Mr. Wm. B. Zug remain uncalled for in
the Lititz P. O.
LITITZ NEEDS NEW SCHOOL BUILDING
Present Buildings Inadequate for the
Proper Instruction of the Increasing
Number of Pupils T
Lititz needs a new school building.
Those who are intimately associated
with the conditions of the present struc-tures
devoted to the education of the
children of town have been aware of
this fact for some time. Possibly they
have not stated so publicly but neverthe-less
they realize that such is the case.
The present school houses are too small
and there are numerous other deficien-cies
that hinder thè faculty in impaiting
knowledge to the pupils.
With the exception of the home and
church, thè public school is without doubt
the greatest institution in existence. It
is one of the most striking features in
the upbuilding of the future active cit-izens
of any community. It is in the
school that plans are formulated and
executed that develop the children to
become niore useful men and women.
Every citizen is benefited by this develop-ment.
There are those who possibly
ridicule such a statement, but what good
have such cynics ever been to any com-munity.
Naturally thè erection of a
modern school building such as is needed
for the town would incur expense, but
the good derived therefrom would be
worth it and more. At the present time
the local school buildings can hardly be
compared with those of some of our
sister boroughs, who have realized what
a modern building means. The borough
of Myerstown, Lebanon county, will
shortly dedicate one of the finest school
buildings in this section of the state,
and Myerstown does not have the popu-lation
Lititz has. Many more instances
could be cited.
We certainly believe that when the
question of increasing the indebtedness
of the borough woulà be put before the
voters, fot such action would be neces-sary
for the erection of a building, they
would show the progressive spirit which
they have always manifested by heartily
endorsing the movement. The school
directors of town have been considering
the matter for some time and on Tues-day
School Directors H. R. Gibbel, E. E.
Eby, E. E. Habecker, H. C. Seldom-ridge,
accompanied by „Messrs, N. B.
Leaman, A. H. Bomberger and E. *H.
Risser, visited several modern school
buildings in the vicinity of Harrisburg.
In conclusion we state the sooner Lititz
has a modern school building the better.
RETAIL MERCHANT ASSOCIATION PUNS
—A fine assortment of gold fish for
sale at Geo. C. Miller's, 125 Spruce St.
They Met on Tuesday Evening and Ar-ranged
for Holiday Observances and
Evening Closing
The Retail Merchants' Association
met on Tuesday evening in the council
chamber, Clayton S. Zartman presiding.
The first business brought up for deci-sion
was the December evening hours to
have places of business open. It was
decided to have open hours every even-ing
from Monday, December 6, to and
including Friday evening, Dec. 24, after
which they will go back to the customary
open three evenings a week, viz: Mon-day,
Friday and Saturday evenings.
The following holiday schedule was
adopted: Good Friday, closed all day;
Memorial day, closed from 12 o'clock
noon; Ascension day, closed all day;
Independence day, closed all day; Union
and Moravian picnic days, closed at
noon; Labor day, closed from 12 o'clock
noon; Thanksgiving day, closed all day;
Christmas closed all day.
A corn and other farm products show
with school children as contestants for
prizes to be awarded was discussed at
some length. It was shown that such
shows are success at other places and
that the same could be done here. A
committee of three composed of H. S.
Dissinger, Geo. L. Hepp and John K.
Carper was appointed to take the matter
under consideration and report at a later
meeting. Such a f a i r could be made in-teresting
to the parents and others of
the community of Lititz and its sur-roundings.
The idea as per custom at
other places, is to place the exhibits in a
hall or large room for a week and invite
farmers and town people to come to in-spect
the exhibits. The prizes to be
given will excite interest among the
young folks.
Firm Dissolved Partnership
Sturgis & Co., who a few months ago
purchased the good will and fixtures of
William Kissinger's bretzel bakery,
since which time they were making the
twists, have dissolved partnership, Wil-liam
Sturgis withdrawing from the firm.
Howard Evans, the other menber of the
firm, intends to start making bretzels
in a few days.
Heavy Porkers
There is quite a rivalry among a num-ber
of residents of what will soon be the
second ward of Lititz as to who has the
heaviest porkers. If you want to see
some fine ones call and see Thad. Will's,
Monroe Miley's, Harry Showers' and
Charles Fink's. These are hard to beat,
as time will tell. Jacob Kling, Jr.,
however, it is said, has the champion
porkers of the neighborhood.
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NUMEROUS PERSONS CALLED TO THE
GREAT BEYOND.
William Benjamin Heinicke
William Benjamin Heinieke, who re-sided
in part of Mrs. Elizabeth Miller's
house on South Broad street, died at
2.30 o'clock on Wednesday morning,
aged 41 years, 3 months and 6 days. His
ailment was dropsy and heart trouble,
with which he suffered for six months
or more, and was confined to bed about
a month. Deceased was born in Stros-burg,
Franklin county, but lived in this
county since early in life. He moved
to Lititz early last spring from Lime
Rock and was engaged in the poultry
business, prior to which he worked in
the stone quarries at Lime Rock. His
wife, who was Minnie Fetter, survives
him ; also his father, Jacob Heinicke, of
Lime Rock ; two sisters, Mrs. Alice H.
Keith and Mrs. Sarah Keith, of Penryn;
also a half brother, Harvey Keith, of
Lime Rock. Mr. Heinicke was a mem-ber
of the Penryn Reformed church,
and of Lititz Springs Council No. 197,
I. O. of A. The funeral will take
place Friday at 12.30 at the house, at 2
P. M. at the Penryn church, where in-terment
will be made. Rev. Geo. B.
Raezer will officiate.
Death of Dr. D. Y. Roebuck
Word has been received of the death at
Dal ton, Ohio, of Dr. D. Y. Roebuck,
who was a brother of the late Dr. P. J.
Roebuck, of this borough, who died
nearly five years ago. Deceased was a
former resident of Lebanon. He went
to Ohio when a young man. He made
an enviable record for himself as a sur-geon
and died at the age of 70 years.
Mrs. Elizabeth Sener
Mrs. Elizabeth Henrietta Sener, wife
of J. Frederick Sener, probably the
best-known woman in philanthropic
circles, died early Monday afternoon in
her home "Hermosa Vista," on Lititz
avenue, near Lancaster city. Death was
very sudden. She was 73 years old.
Mrs. Sener was born 'in Lancaster on
December 10, 1842, and was the daugh-ter
of the late John A. and Harriet T.
Keller. She was an extremely active
member of Grace Lutheran church, and
did much towards its development and
the upbuilding of its various associa-tions.
Mrs. Sener was a director of the
Anne C. Witmer Home, and it tvas
largely through her efforts that the in-stitution
was placed upon a permanent
basis. She also gave much of her energy
to the interest of the Lancaster General
Hospital. -Mrs. Sener is survived by
her husband J . Frederick; one son Frank
K., and one daughter, Mrs. B. Grant
Stauffer; the following grandchildren,
J. Frederick, 2d; Elizabeth Sener Stauf-,
fer. One brother and two sisters also
survive, John A. Keller, Miss Harriet
Marie Keller, all of Lancaster, and Mrs.
Mary Ellen Earle, of Palmyra, Lebanon
county.
Farmers Receiving Good Prices for
Tobacco
Those farmers who did not devote any
of their land to the cultivation of tobac-co
during the past season, thinking that
it would be unprofitable, no doubt re-gret
the fact. The condition is that the
farmers who have already sold their
present crop are receiving one of the
best prices in recent years, 10 and 3
cents being the prevailing price at which
they are selling. There seems to be a
heavy demand for the crop and at the
above-named price a farmer can average
about $150 per acre for the weed. W.
M. Pfautz, purchasing agent for Root &
Baker, of Landisville, has started buy-ing
and has secured some of the crops
in this immediate vicinity.
Our Market
A splendid local market prevailed last
Saturday morning for the reason that
nearly every commodity in season could
be had. Three farmers had fresh pork
and sausages and their bi-products on
sale, besides which there were plenty
dressed chickens and the usual run of
vegetables, etc. Following prices pre-vailed
: Fresh pork from 16 to 22 cents a
pound, fresh sausage 18 cents, smoked
20 cents a pound, sultz 5 cents a cake,
dressed chickens 50 to 80 cents each,
dressed ducks 90 cents each, butter 36
cents a pound, eggs 40 cents a dozen,
sauer kraut 8 cents a quart, applebutter
12 cents a pint, sweet potatoes 15 cents
a half peck, turnips 8 cents same meas-ure,
onions 5 cents a box, onion sprouts
5 cents a bunch, radishes 5 cents a
bunch, Japanese radishes 1 cent each,
endive 2 bunches for 5 cents, celery 8 to
10 cents a bunch, carrots 5 cents a bunch,
cabbage from 3 to 7 cents a head, large
parsnips 1 cent each, horse radish from
3 to 7 cents a root.
DESERTED HIS FOUR CHILDREN
An Act of Kindness
On Tuesday of this week a large num-ber
of men did an act of kindness to
Mr. Harry B. Graybill, of Elm, who had
the misfortune of breaking his shoulder
some time ago. Forty-two men entered
Mr. Graybill's cornfield to husk the
corn and until noon the entire crop was
husked and hauled to the cribs. Mr.
Graybill wishes to express his thanks
and appreciation to his friends and
neighbors for their kindness and feels
his indebtedness to them, both for cut-ting
and husking his corn.
Harvey Smith, of Carlisle, Brought them
to Sturgis House Last Thursday and
Then Left for Parts Unknown
Showing cruel-heartedness such as not
even an animal can be accused of, a man
by the name of Harvey Smith has left
his four children stranded at the Sturgis
house, this borough. Smith and the
four children, as well as some furniture,
arrived here from Carlise last Thursday,
the father and the children taking up
quarters at the Sturgis house. Smith
told Mr. Hertzler, the proprietor of the
hotel, with whom he was acquainted,
that he intended to secure work and re-side
here. The following day Smith in-formed
Mr. Hertzler that he had to go
to Manheim and that was the last seen
of him. Mr. Hertzler received a letter
from Smith postmarked Manheim stat-ing
that he had been taken ill and that
the proprietor was to take care of the
children.
For some reason or other Mr. Hertzler
did not place much faith in the letter
and he at once telephoned to Manheim
and learned that the man Smith was not
to be found there. Consequently the
four children, a twin boy and girl
aged 13, a boy aged 10 and a boy aged 8,
were left with Mr. and Mrs. Hertzler.
They had no clothes with the exception
of those which they wore. It seems,
however, that there were other wear-ables
in the shipment of the household
goods, which was yet at the local rail-road
station. Station Agent Brenneman
permitted Mr. Hertzler to secure what-ever
articles were of use to children,
and the rest of the belongings will be
sent back to Carlisle. Mr. Hertzler has
applied to the county for the purpose of
securing a home for the children in the
county home.
FARMERS INSTITUTE llERE NEXT WEEK
Prominent Agriculturists Will Speak at
Sessions to be Held on Wednesday
and Thursday
The farmers of our community will go
to school next Wednesday and Thurs-day,
the dates of the annual Farmers
Institute at Lititz. Sessions will be
held in the Linden Hall auditorium and
the programs abound with lectures and
other features that will be of great in-terest
and benefit to the tillers of the
soil. These Farmers Institutes are held
by the Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture for the benefit of the dif-ferent
communities of the state. The
object is to improve agricultural and
farming conditions. The state speakers
are practical and experienced men in
their various lines and are well worth
hearing.
These meetings are open and free to
every one and the farmers of Lititz and
vicinity are to be congratulated on hav-ing
this opportunity to learn points in
improved farming. The Hon. A. S.
Martin, director of Farmers Institutes
of Harrisburg, informed County Chair-man
J . W. Bruckart that he would spend
at least a day at the Lititz Farmers In-stitute
if at all possible. Turn out
farmers, attend these lectures and hear
Mr. Martin, who has done so much for
the farmers of our state. Following is
the program for the institute:
WEDNESDAY MORNING
9.30, Invocation, Rev. H. R. Gibbel,
Lititz; Address of Welcome, W. W. Gib-bel,
Brunnerville; Response, Sheldon W.
Funk, Boyertown; 10, Silage as a Farm
Feed, Paul Gerlaugh, State College;
10.45, Potato Culture, C. E. Myers,
State College; 11.30, Question box.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
1.30. Best Poultry Farm Breeds and
Their Needs, C. M. Barnitz, Riverside,
Pa.; 2.15, Profitable Apple Culture, S.
W. Funk; 3, The Farmers Meat Supply,
Paul Gerlaugh.
WEDNESDAY EVENING
7.30, Music, Lutz Family Band; Tobac-co
from Seed to Case, Otto Olson, Eph-rata;
8.30, Music; Recitation, Miss Dor-othy
Hershey, Lititz R. D. 2; 8 45, The
Farm Boys' Welfare, C. M. Barnitz.
THURSDAY MORNING
9 30, Commercial Fertilizers and the
Value of Home Mixing, Sheldon W.
Funk; 10.15, Some Fundamentals of Soil
Management, C. E. Myers; 11.45, Ques-tion
box.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON
1.30, Music; Feeding for Winter Eggs,
(illustrated with slides), C. M. Barnitz;
2.15, Flowers and Their Care for the
Home Lawn, Sheldon W. Funk; 3, Home
and Market Gardening, C. E. Myers and
Sheldon W. Funk.
THURSDAY EVENING
7.30, Music; The Chick from Shell to
Maturity, (illustrated with slides), C.
M. Barnitz; 8.15, Music; Recitation,
Edna M. Bushong, Lititz R. D. 4; Music;
8.45, An Appeal to Our Farmer Boys,
Sheldon W. Funk; 9.45, Music; Closing
of Institute by the County Chairman, J.
W. Bruckart, Lititz.
L. H. S. Play was Appreciated
A large and appreciative audience at-tended
the play given by the Linden Hall
students in the auditorium-gymnasium
on Saturday evening. It was a comedy
entitled "Miss Fearless & Co." and the
participants performed in a manner
which brought credit to themselves and
their instructor, Miss Martha Ellen-berger.
Between the acts Miss Mary
Garber and Miss Miriam Weltmer ren-dered
solos in a captivating manner.
TRAVELERS AND FAR
A COLUMN TO KEEP YOU IN TOUCH
WITH OLD AND NEW NAMES
The Whereabouts of Your and Our
Friends as Thev Move To and Fro.
Miss Anna Singley spent from Satur-day
to Monday at Reading.
Mr. Dietrich Bopp went to New York
last week to spend some days there.
Mrs. Samuel Foltz spent Saturday and
Sunday at Lancaster with her sisters.
Mr. Arvil Burkholder is spending a
week at Reading with his brother Atlee.
Mr. Harry Foltz of Lancaster spent
Sunday with his father on Front street.
Mrs. Lydia McCully has gone to Over-brook
to spend several days with her
mother.
Mrs. Fred Myers of Middletown visit-ed
her daughter, Mrs. Harry Rudy, for
a few days.
Mr. Henry Seaber has gone to Lan-caster
to spend a few weeks with his
son Robert.
Mrs. Sara Jenkins and children David
and Doiothy are spending the week-end
at Philadelphia.
Miss Augusta Shultz, who scent some
time at the Moravian home, has returned
to Philadelphia.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kline of Man-heim
were among Lititz relatives and
friends last Saturday.
Mr. Charles Schmidt and Miss Jessie
Queair, of Philadelphia, spent Saturday
and Sunday in Lititz.
Mrs. David Graybill and daughter, of
York, are visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Sturgis.
Miss Maude Baker, of Lancaster,
spent Saturday and Sunday with her
friend, Miss Mary Garber.
Mrs. Charles Clewell, of Nazareth,
spent several days in town with her
mother, Mrs. D. A. Cohick.
Mrs. James Sesseman spent several
days with her son Roy, who is a student
at the Mercersburg Academy.
Mr. and Mrs. George Leicey and Mas-ter
Mark Deterline, of Reading, spent
Sunday with Michael Adams and family.
Mrs. James Mertz and children, of
Ephrata, spent Sunday here with her
sister, Mrs. Morris McCloud and family.
Mr. Michael, Spangler, who had been
employed at Chester, has returned to
town and is working in the trap fac-tory.
Miss Ruth Stockton, a Millersville
State Normal School student, spent
Saturday and Sunday here with her
mother.
D. W. Withers and J. F. Stoner, who
spent about six weeks in upper New
York state buying and packing apples,
have returned home.
Henry Pfautz, who spent several
months in the state of Missouri, where
he was engaged in cigarmaking, has re-turned
to this place.
Miss Frances McCully is spending a
few days at Trenton, N. J., with Miss
Elizabeth Gaskill. Both young ladies
attend Linden Hall Seminary.
Miss Emily Eschbach, who came here
from Illinois several weeks ago, spent
several days in Philadelphia as the guest
of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Keller.
Mr. H. H. Martin and children of Man-heim
are spending Thanksgiving day
with his parents on Front street, where
a family dinner is being served to all
the children and their families.
Mr. Frank Sturgis, employed at Lans-ford,
spent a few days in town this week
with his father, N. D. Sturgis. Frank
took the opportunity to hike to the fields
and hunt cottontails while here.
Mrs. Joseph Dreifus, a former resi-dent,
who spent the past summer and
fall in Philadelphia and New Jersey, has
returned to Lititz and with her husband
is quartered at the Springs Hotel.
Mr. Joseph W. Baker, the horse deal-er,
who spends most of his time in the
west buying horses f or the plblic sales
held almost weekly in Ephrata, is home
visiting his family, which is a rare treat.
Prof. Roy Hassler, of Morayian Col-lege,
Bethlehem, and Raymond Evans
and Ernest Hagen, students at that
place, are spending the Thanksgiving
vacation in town with their respective
parents.
Dr. O. H. Yereman, the Armenian,
has return« d to Lititz, after delivering
a number of lectures in Virginia. He is
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Breiti-gan.
As yet he has heard nothing con-cerning
his motherand sisters in Smyrna.
Mr. Paul Hassler spent several days
at Bethlehem with his brother Prof. Roy
Hassler, of Moravian College. He wit-nessed
the foot ball game between Le-high
and Lafayette universities which
was won by the latter in surprising
style.
Miss Augusta Lichtenthaeler, an in-mate
of the Moravian Home, on Satur-day
by invitation goes to Bethlehem,
where she will spend a week with the
Rev. Paul de Schweinitz and family, and
celebrate her 70th birthday, which comes
on the 30th inst.
The following members of the Masonic
fraternity of this place spent Wednes-day
at Harrisburg, where they attended
the fall meeting of Zembo Temple, a
feature of which was an elegant ban-quet:
Messrs. William M. Amer, S. C.
Hassler, E. E. Habecker, W. B. Light,
H. E. Workman.
Rev. James B. Musser, of Ellwood
City, Lawrence county, Pa., spent Mon-day
in town calling on friends and form-er
parishoners. Rev. Musser is a native
of Lincoln, this county, and was the
first pastor of St. Luke's Reformed
church at this place. Mrs. Samuel K.
Hostetter, of Charmian, Franklin coun-ty,
was here last Friday. Both were
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Bair
on Lincoln avenue.
SEARCHED BY OFFICERS IN CANADA
Room Occupied by Two of Our Citizens
Forcibly Entered by English Subjects
After a short, but rather interesting
stay in Canada, Messrs. William H.
Smith and Victor Hacker, of this place,
are more convinced than ever that the
grand United States is the finest spot on
the face of the earth. These two men
left Lititz some weeks ago, expecting
to do considerable travelling and work
from place to place at their trade of
cigarmaking. But jobs did not appear
to be plentiful and the men decided to
go to Windsor, Canada, which is not far
from Detroit, Mich. Little did they
think that they were to have quite an
experience at that place.
Owing to the European war, in which
Canada is a participant, for they are
part of the British empire, all strangers
who enter the dominion are carefully
given the once over, or searched, in
other words. It seems as though the
Canadians think every one coming there
is a German spy. Smith and Hacker
were examined upon arriving in Canada
and then all owed togotheirway. After
being in Windsor a short time they se-cured
lodging in a boarding house kept
by a woman. Being fatigued they went
to their room early.
Along about ten o'clock in the even-ing
they were surprised to hear someone
at their door and in a few minutes the
door was broken open and in walked an
officer. He illuminated the room oc-cupied
by our citizens by means of a
pocket searchlight, after which he de-parted.
Not long afterward several
officers came to the room and again a
searchlight was pressed into service.
Of course Smith and Hacker were be-coming
very much interested by this
time and Hacker politely informed one
of the officers that he could see better if
he lit the gas. The officer complied and
then our townsmen were the subjects
of a careful scrutiny. The officers were
accompanied by another man who ap-parently
was supposed to identify the
cigarmakers. He was asked by an offi-cer
if they were the men and promptly
replied that they were not, whereupon
the intruders left the room telling Smith
and Hacker that they were all right.
The next morning the landlady in-formed
Smith and Hacker that they
were suspected of being two men who
had been alsout that section claiming to
be recruiting officers and charging each
one who enlisted a certain amount. One
was reported to have been a middle-aged
man of good size and the other a younger
man of small stature. Our townsmen
answered to this description very well
and hence were under suspicion. They
decided that Canada was not the place
for them and departed the next day.
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The Check Caused Lots of Trouble
One of Lancaster's most prominent,
best-looking and finest appearing attor-neys
had quite an experience in Lititz
the other day, when here procuring evi-dence
for one of his clients. Among
other actions it seems that the learned
man had to look into an uncovered well
of much depth. And here is where the
force of gravity entered into the tale.
Mr. Lawyer had a check in his vest
pocket and as he stooped over the edge
of the well the check politely slid out of
his pocket and went flittering down the
well. The amount stipulated in the
check is not known but it must have
been a handsome one, for the attorney
became much excited and at once start-ed
to recover it. First a bucket was
attached to a rope and he tried to scoop
it out of the well. All to no avail, how-ever,
and finally a large ladder was se-cured
and dressed in his Sunday best,
the learned man of the law descended
into the pit. This time his efforts met
with success and although he emerged
from the well with besmirched clothes
he had a smile on his face, for in his
hand he had the check tightly clutched.
Warwick Combination Sale
Potatoes apparently were the fore-most
feature at the semi-monthly com-bination
sale at the Warwick House last
Saturday. There were 236 bushels put
under the hammer, many of them, how-ever,
of inferior quality and only fit for
hogs and cattle. These sold as low as 15
cents per bushel, while the best brought
63 cents. A number of live geese were
sold, bringing from $1.25 to $1.75 each.
Ducks sold at from 50 to 90 cents a piece.
Only a few chickens were sold. Suck-ing
pigs commanded $2 each, shoats
selling at from $2.50 to $4.20 each.
WIFE'S PRESENCE OF MIND PREVENTED
TRAGEDY
When Explosion of Carbon di Sulphide
Injured Husband and Ignited Home
Aaron Graybill, a well-known Penn
township farmer residing about two and
one-half miles west of Lititz, had a pro-vidential
escape from what might have
resulted in serious if not fatal injury to
himself, and in the destruction of his
home, on Friday afternoon of last week.
His thrilling experience was the result
of an explosion of carbon di sulphide,
caused by Mr. Graybill making the mis-take
of heating it. The liquid is used
for preventing wheat from heating, and
Mr. Graybill had a tin can full of it in
his hands, after taking it from the
stove, and just as he was passing ©ut of
the door of the house, there was a loud
report, and almost instantly everything
was filled with smoke and flames.
The carbon di sulphide had forced the
cork off of the can and also became
ignited. The flames struck Mr. Gray-bill
full in the face and ignited his cloth-ing,
as well as partially stunning him,
They also ignited the doorway. For-tunately,
Mrs. Graybill was in the room
at the time, and showing rare presence
of mine, secured water and extinguished
the flames at the door, as well as bet
husband's burning clothing. The intense
smoke in the room made her work diffi-cult,
but she bravely stuck to the task
and kept the fire from gaining headway,
and no doubt destroying the home.
Mr. Graybill, although not seriously
injured, had a narrow escape. Besides
being burned about the face, he inhaled
some of the flames, and his eyes were
likewise effected. A physician was hor-ridly
summoned and rendered the neces-sary
treatment, since which time Mr.
Graybill is able to be about, although
unable to work.
Ducks Galore
Mr. Harry E. Eby, who spent several
days last week duck-hunting on Chin-coteague
Bay, Va., returned home Sat-urday
a f t e r a most successful trip. Mr.
Eby and three other gentlemen succeed-ed
in bagging 130 of the wild ducks, al-though
they were unable to secure any
wild geese. Owing to the mild fall
weather the ducks and geese have not
moved south as early as on some previ-ous
years, and considering the condi-tions,
Mr. Eby and party fared very
well. Our townsman brought a string
of twenty of the ducks along home and
generously shared them with a number
of relatives and friends.
AniTong the Sick and Injured
Margaret, daughter of Mr. and Mrs,
Chas. B. Dussinger, is suffering with
appendicitis, but it is not known as yet
whether an operation will be neeessary.
James J. Breitigan, cashier of the
Farmers' National bank, is recovering
from an attack of tonsilitis.
Mrs. Charlotte Hacker, 87 years of
age, fell down the stair steps at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. W. M.
Grube, on Saturday evening. A severe
shock and several bruises was the re-«
suit, but luckily no broken bones.
Mrs. Amelia K. Miller is confined to
bed with illness. A trained nurse is by
her side.
Mrs. Elizabeth Weiser, an inmate of
the Moravian Home, tripped on the
carpet and fell, striking a door with hetf
face, causing ugly and painful bruises.
Miss Jennie Grosh suffered with a sore
hand and arm, symptoms of blood poison-ing
being prevalent, but she is slowly
recovering.
While assisting to make alterations at
the starch plant for the Stiffel & Free'
man concern, Clayton Shue was very
severely bruised about the entire right
side of the body on Wednesday morning.
He was standing on a brick wall in the
boiler room when the wall gave way ahd
Shue fell a distance of about ten feet,
landing very heavily on a valve. Be
was rendered unconscious and a physi*
cian was summoned to remove the un-fortunate
man to his home. Luckily no
bones were broken.
When a Rabbit is Not a Rabbit
One outstanding feature of the rabbit.
hunting season this year is the small
number of stuffed bunnies that are be-ing
shot, unless those who are shooting
them are keeping a stiff upper lip. But
a certain man living in what will be the
Second Ward of the borough, bagged
one of the fake cottontails the other
morning. He spied Mr. Bunnie neatly
cuddled up in some raspberry briars and
thereupon beat it post haste for a neigh-bor's
house to secure a gun. But the
neighbor's gun was not at home, so the
man decided to use his revolver to send
the rabbit into oblivion. Returning to
the vicinity of the briars he crept as
close as he thought advisable and then
getting down on one knee, took careful
aim and fired. Br'er rabbit keeled over
without as much as giving a leap, and
the man, his face beaming with delight,
and with the taste of rabbit potpie all
but smacking on his lips, ran to pick up
bunnie. Alas ! When he got there he
found that the straw was sticking out
of its body and his expected good meal
was only a dream.