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VOL. XLYII LITITZ, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 1, 1924 NO. 32
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INTERESTING THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN
TOWN AND VICINITY.
John G. Carpenter, civil war vet-eran,
was 77 years old last Thursday.
Don't forget the Fire Company
spelling bee to be held this Thursday
evening in the High School auditor-ium.
There will be plenty of fun.
William Kissinger caught fourteen
trout in the Furnace Hills on Satur-day.
This is the record for local
fishermen so far.
A man's watch charm was found
on South Broad St. last Friday by
H. B. Baughey, of Neffsville. Owner
can secure the charm from him by
proving property.
Starting this week the stores of
town will observe the Thursday half
holidays. Amer's hardware store,
however, will be open all day until
the end of the month. This will con-tinue
for five months.
The lovefeast of the unmarried sis-ters
of the Moravian Church will be
held on Sunday. This day has an
historical significance in the church
annals" dating back to Bohemia.
The frame barn, formerly known
as the Springs Hotel stables, will be
sold at public sale on" Saturday after-noon.
Conditions as to its removal
will be made known at the sale. «
Sunday ,May 11, is designated
as "Mothers' Day", when due honor
and respect is to be paid to our
mothers, whether still living or not,
and when we are all expected to
wear a white carnation or other
•white flower in honor of mother.
The members of Lititz Lodge No.
1050, 1. O. O. F., are urged to attend
devine services at The United Breth-ren
church on Sunday evening when
a special sermon to the order will be
delivered by the pastor, Rev. I. W.
Funk. The members are to meet at
Malta Temple at 7:00 P. M. and
march in a body to the church.
John Fleishman, who had been at
St. Joseph Hospital after an auto ac-cident
at Manheim when his car ran
over an embankment into a creek, is
so much improved that he is able to
attend to his insurance business
again, with the help of an assistant.
Mrs. Fleishman, who was in the acci-dent,
is about again, although still
suffering from the nervous shock.
The two beds of tulips in the
northwest corner of the Moravian
church square are attracting much
attention just at this time when they
are in full bloom. One bed contains
all shades and colors of the beauti-ful
flowers, while the other is one
variety only, but just as pretty.
There are few if any tulip beds in
Lititz to compare with these.
A board fence was built on Main
street along the site of the new
Farmers Bank. Some jokester pass-ed
the remark that there would be re-served
seats on the inside for which
admission would be charged. In the
cities where building is being done
boarding it shut is always done but
it is probably the first time it was
done in Lititz. Wntching the build-ing
operations seemed to be quite a
pastime for spectators here.
Ernest Johannsen, of this place,
celebrated his 85th birthday on Sun-day.
In honor of the event a num-ber
of relatives came here from New
York by automobile to pay their re-spects
to him and his wife. Those in
the party were: Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Witzman, Ernest Witzman, Mr. and
Mrs. McCarthy and two children and
Mr. Pritcher. Mrs. Witzman is a
daughter of Mr. Johannsen. A son,
Herman Johannsen, resides on Main
street, where a dinner was served in
honor of the occasion. Mr. Johann-sen
received a number of gifts.
ABE BUZZARD RELEASED
FROM PRISON
Spoke In Lititz Years Ago As An
Evangelist
Missionary Spoke About India ,
Catharine Ziegler, a missionary in
India, who is home on a furlough,
spoke in the Brethren church on Sun-day
morning and evening. At the
morning service she gave a talk on
the mission school and dressed a
little girl in an Hindu costume and at
the evening sermon she spoke on
community work and dressed an older
girl to show the style that is worn in
India. She stated that • styles in
India never change Besides these
talks she sang a song and read a
story in the native language. Miss
Ziegler is a missionary for the past
sixteen years and her home is at
Limerick, Pa.
Abe Buzzard, known as the Welsh
Mountain desperado, will be released
from the Eastern Penitentiary to-day,
being 72 years old. Forty-two
years of his life was spent behind
prison doors. At one time he lived
with his wife on the ridge of hills
near Ephrata.
Many Lititz persons remember
when Abe, as an evangelist, spoke in
the U. B. Church here. In his hand
bag, besides the bible, he carried a
revolver, it is said. Following his
visit here, he stole cKickens that very
night, walking backward in the snow
as a trick to mislead anyone track-ing
him.
He will become an evangelist, a
prison evangelist. To this end he
has studied theology and-the Scrip-tures.
But even with all his vehement
and genuinely sounding protestations
there are those at the Eastern Pen
who smile peculiarly when asked if
they think Abe means what he says.
They don't answer directly, but sim-ply
point out that on two former
prison terms the convicted des-perado
declared his intention to be-come
an evangelist oil his release,
but somehow slipped up on it after
he had bid the prison gate goodby.
On both occasions Abe did make
pretentions of evangelical fervor, but
somehow the law did not think this
excused him from charges of steal-ing
chickens, robbing homes and
holding up neighbors of his.
But Abe says that is all over. He
really knows the truth now, he says,
and nothing, nothing can make him
ever go wrong again.
Lititz Will Have a Strong Lineup
While New Pitcher Will Play
for Lititz
Manager Kreider is grooming his
men for the opening game of the
county league at this place on Satur-day
when the locals will meet the
strong Denver team. Lititz fans
have had many opportunities to see
Denver play here in past years and
have never been disappointed in • the
brand of ball they put up. Lititz too,
will have a team that should step
lively and give any team in the
league a run for their money. The
Lititz team has been carefully select-ed
and there is no reason, even at
this early date for predictions, why
they will not be among the first di-vision
teams. The game will start
at 3 o'clock.
The following players will start the
game for Lititz: Hackman, catcher;
Hunter, pitcher; Kingsley, first base;
Mearig, second base; Diehm, short-stop
and captain;*. Shoemaker, third
base; Weiss, left field; Spickler,
center field; Walter Enck, right field.
Other players are Young, catcher;
Will Enck, pitcher; Hershey, pitcher.
The admission is 35 cents. Nelson
Mearig is treasurer of the team.
Rev. Heisey Appointed to U. E.
Church Here
At the conference of United Evan-gelical
Church of East Pennsylvania,
held at Reading, Rev. S. A. Heisey,
of Akron, was appointed to the Lititz
charge. The present pastor, Rev. G.
W. Imboden, will go to Emaus. Rev.
Heisey has been at Akron for the
past five years. Rev. Imboden has
served here for three •years. Other
changes are: Rev. Ralph Borneman,
of St. John's Allentown, to Mt. Joy;
Rev. B. S. Hoppes, of Locustdale to
Akron; Rev. Amos GrofT, of Ronks
and East Petersburg, to Mahantogo;
Rev. E. F: Brown, of Adamstown, to
Manheim; Rev. S. M. Snyder, of
Kinderhook, to Adamstown; Rev. J.
L. Ferguson, of Mt. Joy, to Leola.
Among those who receive charges
for the first time were: Rev. Claude
Heim, Columbia, and Rev. Samuel
Obetz, Ephrata.
The following is a record of G. W.
Imboden, pastor of the United Evan-gelical
church, for the past three
years: Members • when Imboden
came, 289; received, 54; members at
the end, of three years, 313; gained
over all lost, 24; offerings for Trus-tees
in three years, $2,804.71; aver-age
per year, $93^4.90; Sunday School
offerings in three years, $3,276.51;
average per year, $1,092.17...
The Sammet farm, along the dam
road, midway between the Millport
Mill and the Rothsville Mill, which'
was offered at public sale on Tues-day,
was withdrawn at' $2150.00.
The furniture fetched good prices.
A large crowd of people a t t e n d e d .^
ASPARAGUS SEASON IS
HERE
These Tips a Favorite On Most
Tables In Town
Asparagus time is here. The ma-jority
of gardens have asparagus
while there are some truckers
around here who keep the town sup-plied.
It seems to do fairly well in
any soil. Like the horseradish,
when once planted, it- persists in
fence corners and other sheltered
spots. Asparagus shoots should not
grow too high before cutting, as af-ter
a few days they darken in color
and become woody. The tips make
a fine culinary dish and have prop-erties
which the body seems to need
after the winter diet.
The asparagus season lasts until
peas come. After that the shoots
are allowed to grow. If the pruning
should continue throughout the entire
growing season, the plant would lose
vitality. _
This perennial herb is native to
Europe and Asia. In Greece, and es-pecially
in the southern steppes of
Russia and Poland, it is found in
profusion. There are about 150
species, native to warm or tropical
regions. Southern Africa is noted
for many beautiful species. What is
grown here is known as the garden.
variety. Some species are climbers; i
some are trailing plants; some are
bushy.
The Greeks and Romans were
familiar with asparagus. It has
been cultivated, for at least 2000
years. The largest asparagus plan-tation
in the United States, prob-ably
the largest in the world, is
owned by the Voorman Company of
California. Many persons around
here no doubt have eaten canned as-paragus
from this plantation. It is
situated on Baldwin Island in San
Joaquin River. The island, which
comprises in all about 7000 acres,
has been diked. Three thousand
acres are under asparagus. The
island has been fertilized by the tides
for ages.
The soil is deep and enormously
fertile. During . the asparagus sea-son,
which lasts from March 15th to
June 15th, 1,500 persons are employ-ed.
The harvesters go up and down
the rows daily, cutting the tender
shoots, just as they peep above the
soil. The cut is made about six
inches below the "surface of the soil
with a peculiarly shaped knife.
Wagons draw the cuttings to sheds,
where they are culled and sorted ac-cording
to length, quality and size.
The shoots are washed and cooked
slightly in steam-heated salt water.
They are then sealed in glass jars
and cans and placed in hot water
tanks to complete the cooking.
About 650 cars of canned asparagus
are shipped annually. The season's
crop is valued by the owners at over
half a million dollars. This Island
is destined, no doubt, to retain its
claim as the asparagus center of the
world.
Altering for Springs Bank Building
L. N. Moyer, who is altering the
old Springs National bank building
here for a drug store, has, among the
old deeds of the building, the specifi-cations
for the building when it was
erected in 1880. The deeds date
back to the early days of the Mor-avian
church prior to the revolution-ary
war when the congregation was
known as the United Brethren of
Lititz. The site was half of lot No.
20, the lots at that time having %
frontage of .66 feet. The building
was built by Seaber & Grube. The
specifications required the mortar to
be buried three months, for curing,
and the bricks all to be soaked in
water. Because of this method
mortar dried hard and adheres to the
bricks. A brick will absorb a pint of
water.
Some townpeople remember when
it was built, replacing a log house.
The bank was known as the Lititz
National Bank.
The old vault, whiclx was made by
Farriel " & Co., was tor out and
bought by the Stiffel-Freeman Safe
Company. It. contained fifteen tons
of steel, bolted together in sheets.
Furniture Repairmen Coming To
Lititz
Earl F. Eshleman, a furniture re-pairman,
formerly of New Holland,
will locate on Centre street, Lititz,
arid will be open for business today.
Besides doing all kinds of furniture
repairing he will do special work
made to order.
Onrlcwi
Wild geese as they fly
north or return always hold
a certain fascination. Dur-ing
the past Christmas a
wild goose was seen to alight
at the dam at the old Roths-ville
mill along the Lititz
creek and join a flock of
tame geese there. At first the
newcomer was disturbed and
flew high in the air and
circled around but came
back again. It went with
the tame geese to a stable
during the night and the
owner, Harry Pfautz closed
the door. He caught it, af-ter
it had slapped him with
its wings and pinched him
with the bill, and clipped a
wing. It soon made itself
at home and seems thor-oughly
domesticated. Sev-eral
weeks ago it made a
nest in the stable and after
laying ten eggs started
hatching. It carefully guards
the nest and shows no fear
when approached but is
ready to fight. Mrs. Pfautz
is the only one it fully
trusts and never as much as.
hisses at her when she
comes to its nest or touches
it.
It is of the specie known
as the white-fronted goose
or spreckled belly, and
should not be confused with
the Canadian wild goose. It
has a shorter neck than the
domesticated variety and
has a different honk. The
eggs are similar in size to
those of the tame geese.
While building a nest near
N. D. Sturgis' pretzel bak-ery
a robin became entang-led
in a string and an on-looker
happened to see it.
It was feared that the robin
would hang itself as the
string was wrapped around
its neck. Chester Ritchie
secured a ladder and re- .
leased the bird. Now the
robin has started to build
again, but this time at a new
location. Robins are grow-ing
in favor and become
very tame. Many women
throw out crumbs for them
and one Lititz woman has a
basin for them in a well-shaded
place where they can
bathe and drink. True, they
may help themselves rather
freely to cherries, but then-other
good points more than
overcome this and no one
should begrudge them a
treat which costs them noth-ing.
With the passing of the
Springs Hotel Livery stable
the business of horses for
hire ends in Lititz. This
last livery stable was the
windup of business that was
once flourishing. Lititz used
to have three and more liv-ery
stables—at the War-wick
House, the Sturgis
House and the stables con-ducted
by the late Isaac
Pfautz. No chance now for a
black beauty to end its . days
in a livery stable or in a cab.
The new comes and the old
goes. However it looks as
if the horse is coming back
for horseback riding. Rev.
F. W. Stengel, is about to
alter a stable on Main street
to keep six riding horses.
Riding is becoming a fad all
over the country. It is a
healthy sport and recom-mended
by doctors.
DIABETES AND SOUR
KRAUT
—Every Monday double stamp day
at Ritchie's Candy Shop.
Protective Home Circle News
The members of Lititz Springs
Circle No. 272, P. H. C., are urged to
attend the meeting on Friday evening
to observe the memorial services in
honor of our departed sister, Emma
Groff.
Three new members will also be
obligated and other important busi-ness
will be acted upon at the same
meeting.
Beginning with the month of May,
our meetings will be held on the first
and third Fridays of each month.
Sometimes a Cure and Then Again It
Might Prove Disastrous
To the Editor Lititz Record:
Amend the article in last week's
Record, relative to the merits of
sour kraut as a cure for diabetes re-calls
to mind the story of a doctor—
not a Lititz doctor, but not far off.
The doctor had a patient, a shoe-maker,
who was in the last stages of
diabetes. He was informed that he
had but a short time to live, and that
the doctor had done all he could to
prolong his life, but all to no avail.
Casually the doctor remarked that
the patient might eat anything his
fancy dictated, as it would not short-en
his life to any appreciable ex-tent.
After that the doctor dismiss-ed
the patient from his mind. Sever-al
months passed and one day he met
the doctor on the street, who was
dumfounded to find his diabetes pa-tient
still in the land of the living
and showing a marked improvement.
"Why how's this," he said, "that
your still living and looking so ro-bust.
What have you been doing to
bring about this metamorphosis in
your condition ? "
"Well, I'll tell you doc, when you
told me I could eat anything at all
I started in on sour kraut, as I'm
very fond of it."
"Sour Kraut!" said the doctor in
amazement. "Good heavens, man,
this is truly remarkable," so he
wrote in his notebook, "Sour Kraut is
good for diabetes."
Some time after he had another
patient, a tailor, also in the last
stages of diabetes, so he advised him
to eat sour kraut. The tailor did so,
but it wasn't long before he died.
So the doctor again took out his
notebook and wrote in it: "In the
treatment for diabetes, sour kraut is
good for a shoemaker, but it isn't
worth a damn for a tailor!"
HARRY W. SEABER,
Palmyra, N. J.
LOCAL PERSONS WENT TO
HILLS AFTER ARBUTUS
This Little Gem of Flower Fast Dis-appearing
Many Lititz persons took auto
trips to the Furnace Hills on Sunday,
some looking for the trailing ar-butus
and others just to get a change
of scenery. It was -a wonderful day
to be out-of-doors, and warm enough
in the stm. The trailing arbutus is
in its prime now, all spring flowers
being late. Mountain laurel can not
be expected before the middle of
June. The dry weather during the
past two seasons made thé arbutus
scarce but the wet weather has given
them a good start again. These
flowers on account of their beautiful
tints and delicate perfumes have
been loved almost to extinction. The
lovely pink and white flower clusters
in their setting of deep emerald leav-es
have been too great a temptation
to nature-lovers, and the plants have
been literally uprooted.
These flowers were once found in
abundance at Keller's Mountains and
near Lexington, but. now it is hard
to find any there. At the Furnace
Hills they are not nearly as abundant
as they once were.
Boys Had Close Escape From
Burning $
John Getz and Lester Shreiner
had a close escape from being ser-iously
burned -on Tuesday evening
when straw near a coop in which
they were sitting caught fire. They
secured matches and lighting several
through them outside. A pile of
straw just in front of the doorway of
the coop caught fire and the boys
had to pass through it in getting ou^t
They were hardly out when, the straw
in the coop caught fire and owing to
the small opening had they been in-side
only a short time longer - there
would have been little chance to es-cape.
Both"' boys were somewhat
blistered about the face. The shoe
lacing on the Shreiner boy's shoe
had started to burn. The boys are
around six years of age. The fire
was extinguished with a few buckets
of water. The fire occurred in the
lot in the rear of Emanuel G. Wit-ter's
home, South Cedar street.
Young Shreiner is his grandson and
resides there; Getz lives nearby.
N. S. MYERS ALWAYS BUSY
Completing a Block of Houses and
Will Build Mansion
N. S. Myers bought another plot
of ground, between Machpelah ceme-tery
and Wayne Fahnestock, front-ing
on South Broad street, on which
he will erect a fine up-to-date man-sion,
having a private driveway from
the front. It is said that work will
be started on this structure this
week.
Mr. Myers has about completed his
new houses, which makes practically
a block of houses on South Broad
street addition. These houses are
all sold with the exception of two,
and those two are for sale. They are
offered at very reasonable prices with
liberal terms if desired. These
houses have been drawing the atten-tion
of many townfolks and out-of-town
people and, many commented
on the rapid progress in building
them. It was about six months ago
that this block of houses was started.
Good management and hard work
seems to do the trick. Mr. Myers is
no eight-hour a day man, but often-times
works sixteen hours and more,
if necessary, to accommodate the
public and to get his office work, real
estate and legal work, finished., His
office is located at 15-17 South Cedar
street, formerly the Dr. E. E. Evan's
place, and seems to be a busy place
and especially in the evenings. He
gets in contact with and is well
known by the people, not only in this
county, but adjoining counties.
Warwick Township Alumnal To Give
Entertainment
An entertainment and play will be
given by the Warwick Township
High School Alumnae in the High
School Auditorium at Rothsville. on
Saturday night, May 10th, at eight
o'clock. There will be vocal and in-strumental
solos and duets, recita-tions
etc. A play entitled, "Why
Not Jim?" will be given. The char-acters
are: Mrs. Gordon, Carrie
Kieffer; Paula Harmon, Gladys Weid-ler;
Edna Frazer, Mildred Yerger;
Vivian Gordon, Isafiell Groff; Ger-trude
Price, Mary Hess; Alice, (a
maid), Irene Butzer; Alec Frazer,
Domer Brenner; Charles Ramsay,
Eugene Mohn; James B'arry, Amos
Yerger.
Tickets may b.e reserved by calling
Mr. Earl Stauffer, 64-R-ll (Bell
Phone), or Mr. Alfred Douple (on the
Ind. Phone).
SEASON IS OVER
Little Doing in Oyster Business
Until September
The oyster season closes semi-of-ficially
for a period of four months
on Wednesday, April 30, to reopen
on Monday, Sept. 1. An unwritten
law calls for a curbing or complete
denial of oyster appetite during May,
June, July and August, the months
in which the letter R is absent.
There is no law against the sale of
oysters in the four months mention-ed,
and while the demand for the bi-valves
falls off greatly with the ad-vent
of warm weather, what are
called salt oysters may be procured
during the summer months in the
cities and many connoisseurs are of
the opinion that in respect to quality
they rank with the best.
Salsify or oyster plant is grown
around here. , It obtains its name on
account of thé similarity of its flavor
to oysters. Some persons claim that
it is hard to tell the difference. At
least it is wholesome and nutritious.
It is a very hardy plant and can be
left in the ground all winter and dug
as needed, ft is cooked until tender
and stewed like oysters, with pepper,
cream and butter.
—You'll find everything you need
in fishing tackle, baseball goods and
tennis equipment at the right price,
at Scott's Book Store.
COLUMN TO KEEP YOU IN TOUCH
WITH OLD AND NEW NAMES
Warwiek High School Alumni
Banquet ,
The annual banquet and reception
of the Warwick Township High
School Alumni Association, which
was held in the Rothsville High
School auditorium on Saturday even-'
ing, was attended by about seventy-five
members and teachers. Very
appropriate arrangements had been
made for the entertainment of guests,
by the committee in charge and the
event was one long to be remember-ed
by those members of the associa-tion
who were so fortunate as to be
present. Dancing was indulged in.
Cards and other games were also in-cluded
in the amusements. Music
was furnished by Hackman's or-chestra.
Covers were spread for the
guests and the tables were tastefully
arranged.
Mrs. W. H. Buch ¿¡pent from Fri-day
to Monday with relatives in
Reading.
Mr. and Mrs. John Trei'sh, of
Reamstown, spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Garman.
Ethel, daughter of William A.
Sturgis, is spending the week at
Reading.
t
Mr. Elam Kline and wife, of Stev-ens,
spent Sunday evening with D. W.
Withers and family.
Mrs. Paul Longenecker and three
children of Reading spent Saturday
and Sunday with her sister, Mrs.
Ralph Gonder.
Daniel Bauer and daughter, Mrs.
Mame Murr, and her daughters, Erla
and Mae, of Boyertown, spent Sun-day
with Mrs. Emma Murr and fam-ily.
Mrs. Bille Brink, of New York, IF
visiting her mother, Mrs. Young, at
the Moravian Home. Mrs. Brink
spent the greater part of the past
winter in Florida.
Rev. and Mrs. G. E. Plott, of Jef-ferson,
Md,, motored to Lititz on
Easter afternoon and spent several
days with their parents, JVlr. and
Mrs. S. K. Miller.
Solomon Weaver, East Petersburg,
and son, Jacob, of Lancaster Junc-tion,
spent last Friday in town. The
Weaver family formerly lived on
Maple street, near the Spring
grounds.
The following Lititz persons took
an auto trip to Gettysburg on .Sun-day,
going over the battlefield: Wil-liam
Zell and family, George Wonder
and family and Sherman Steffy and
family.
Mrs. J. Irvin Miller, of Goshen,
Ind., who come here to attend the
funeral of her brother, Aaron Long,
is visiting in the home of her hus-band's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. K.
Miller.
Rev. and Mrs. Samuel J. Kirk, of
Royersford, motored to Lititz on
Monday to make a hurried visit to
the parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. K.
Miller. They returned home on
Tuesday.
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Paul Sturgis, of Tuckahoe, N. J.,
spent from Thursday to Saturday
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin
Sturgis on South Cedar street. Mr.
and Mrs. Morris Maderia and two
sons of Lancaster were visitors at
the same home on Sunday. -
Miss Susan Ruth Phillippi, of this
borough, is among the list of grad-uates
on May 2nd at the Phoenix-ville
Hospital Training School for
nurses. The ybung lady is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Monroe
Phillippi, residing on West Orange
street. She spent Sunday with her
parents.
Elmer Kauffman, a former resident
of this place, was in town last Thurs-day,
Lititz being part of his territory
which he covers in selling dry goods.
He is with a Philadelphia firm, for
twenty-two years, ever since he left
here, spending twenty years on the
road and two years on inside work.
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin J. Rhen and
children, of Lancaster, spent Sunday
at the home of Harry Smith on Cedar
Street, their son, Richard, being
married to Mr. and Mrs. Smith's
daughter and have their home with
them. Mr. Calvin Rhen teaches
printing to apprentice boys, all of
whom must be high school graduates,
for the New Era and Lancaster
Press.
Mrs. Smith Ninety Years Old Today
Mrs. • Catherine Smith, South
Spruce street, is ninety years old to-day.
Mrs. Smith is enjoying good
health, although somewhat feeble in
her limbs. Her mind is keen and her
eyesight and hearing are good. She
is the mother of eight children, sev-en
of whom are living, namely:
George, Philadelphia; William, Mon-roe
and Harry, Lititz; Charles, Read-ing;
Katie and Mrs. Martha Thumba,
at home; Mrs. Smith's husband died
about forty years ago. There are 13
grandchildren and 12 great 'grand-children.
Her maiden name, was
Stark and she was a resident of
Lititz all her life and a member of
the Moravian Church 74 years.