Ambler Gazette

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The ambler "Gazette.
VOL. XXXV.-NO.    6
AMBLBR.   PA..   FEBRtJARY   21.   1918
S1.75  A   YEAR
COLD POINT
AND PLYMOUTH.
Happenings »t Local interest to_Our
-. Readers.
JB)elightful   Party   at   Harrmyiville—Pa-
-r'~ tr\tA\e   Servlo.  In    Plymouth   U.   E.
Church at  Unfurling Of Service Flag
Hiokorytown and Harmonville Notes.
Albert Hiltner, of Harmonville, spent
Saturday evening In Philadelphia.
Leonard Beck, of Harmonville. visited  Philadephia friends  on   Sunday.
James Carr,   of Harmonville,    spent
. Monday in Roxborough with friends.
V,     Rev. H. W. Atkins on Sunday occupied   the  pulpit  of the  Port  Kennedy
church.
Miss Lettie Bowman, of Harmonville,
who has been ill for a long time, improves but slowly.
Percy Rodenaugh, of Camp Meade,
spent Sunday at his parental home in
Plymouth Meeting.
George Sheller and family, of Cold
Point, visited the former's father at
Primus, on Sunday. *
Howard Johnson, of Harmonville,
spent the week-end with his aunt and
uncle at Oak Lane.
Announcement is made of the engagement of Miss Linda Cenci, of
Volpe, of Norristown.
Mrs.    Mary    Reed,    of    Collegeville,
spent  Sunday    with  her  son,    Oliver
*   Reed, in Harmonville.
Solomon  Lightkep,  after having  resided in Plymouth Meeting for 15 years,
- will remove to Norristown.
Mr. and Mrs. Markle. of Ridge pike,
Harmonville, ..delightfully entertained
friends last Saturday evening.
Mrs. Hovenden and daughter, of
Washington, D. C., spent several days
last week in Plymouth Meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Blair, of Conshohocken, spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Jacob Hart, at Cold Point.
Samuel Rodebaugh, of Harmonville,
who is now residing with his son in
New York, is recovering after an illness.
George Hiltner and family, of Conshohocken, spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. James Cunningham. Maple Hill
avenue, Plymouth Meeting.
Rev.   and   Mrs.   G.   W.   Tupper,     of
Cold   Point,   herewith   extend   thanks
for  appreciated    courtesies    extended
: them during their recent bereavement.
Harry Davis, who has een at Camp
Meade, spent Saturday and Sunday at
his home in Harmonville. He expects
shortly to be transferred from. Camp
Meade.
Percy Supplee spent Saturday at his
parental home in Plymouth. He: is on
a United States transport and has just
returned from -France after his second
trip across the water.
At Cold Point Baptist church Sunday morning a song service was held,
and in the evening the service was dispensed with. Rev. Dr. Tupper will be
in charge next Sabbath.
A crab cactus In full bloom in
the home of Mrs. J. Martin Berkhimer,
Harmonville, has been attracting great
attention. The plant was in most prolific bloom last season also.
A young lady from the E. J. Lavino
^Philadelphia,   ofllce.   substituted   in   the
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RED CROSS
*< ANDFIRE CO.
Two Ambler Organizations to Work
Hand la Hand.
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^K0_f\Sunday Mr. 'and Mrs. J. Martin
"JWrkhliner,' of Harmonville, entertained]
"John Berkhimer and daughter, of Cold
Point; Wiliam Rex, of Narcissa, and
Miss'Katharine Rodeaugh, of l-Tiokory-
tawn.
Miss  Helen   Livezey,    after    having I
spent several days with her mother in
Plymouth   Meeting, -  has   returned     to
Danville. Pa., where she is aiding with |
the thrift and war saving stamp cam- i
palgn.
It is desired that a large number of
ladles assemble at the Plymouth Con-1
solidated school next Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock to listen to the lecture and demonstration on food con-
servatin, canning and preserving. -;
Miss Julia M. Connelly, who Was formerly Bell telephone operator at the
Plymouth Meeting exchange and latterly in charge of the Coatesville exchange,* is now at the company's exchange at Camp Dix. Wrightstown, N.
J„ where she has the supervision of
27 operators, Miss Connelly has many
friends here, who rejoice ln her advancement.
The flrst step in the actual removal
of the Plymouth Meeting (formerly
Narcissa) station, along the Trenton
Cut-off from the present location to a
point between the Lavino and the
magnesia plants, was taken on Monday,
when the Pennsylvania Railroad company ran a passenger and a freight car
into the siding, which cars are to he
utilized for station and freight storage
purposes pending the time the present
frame station is dismantled, transported in sections and erected at the new
site.
. On Wednesday afternoon 16 ladies
assembled at Plymouth TJ. E. church
and organised a Plymouth branch of
tbe Red Cross. Rev. R. W. Musselman
was also present. Surgical dressings,
sewing and -knitting will be executed
and already a number of ladles have
been enrolled wltb more to follow, and
room and work for all. It ls not improbable that the committee of the
Friends, which has been working diligently for some months, will also cooperate with the local Red Cross movement.
On Sunday evening a very interest-
li( ]t impressive ana largely attended
service was held in the Plymouth TJ. E.
church. Rev. R. W. Musselman, pastor,
When under the auspices of the church
and of the Cold Point P. O. S. of A, a
service flag was most appropriately
unfurled/ The interior of the edifice
was crowded to the doors, and the large
audience favorably commented upon
the displny of national colors and other
decorations. Judge John Faber Miller
made a most thoughful address, dwelling particularly on our responsibilities,
c. B. ITelms, who is state secretary of
the P. O. S. of A., gave an address
which enthused the hearers. J. Sherman, district president of the Montgomery County Association of the P.
O. S. of A., also made interesting
rem-:rks. The service flag contains
eight stars — three for the Sabbath school and five for thc
order. The members of the school in
service are: Walter Knerr, Horace I
Woodland and Cbarles Wager, while
the members of the order in the service
are: Ellwood Dutill, Percy Rodenbaugh, William Hendricks, David Smith |
and David McQuirns. A commandery i
frrm Norristown attended the service,
and previous to the meeting marched
out to Cold. Point from Plymouth Meet- '
ing and escorted the Cold Point- brd'er I
to the service,
(Continued on Page 8).
Fire Company te Allow  Reel Cross the
Us. ef Whole Second  Floor of,- New
Structure—Dance to the  Ladies This
Friday.
The Wissahicken Fire company, of
Ambler, at its regular meeting last
Friday evening unanimously decided
to recommend to Ambler borbugh
eouncil, which is a tenant in the structure, that permission be granted the
Ambler branch of the Red Cross to occupy and use the whole second floor
of the building.
The request in behalf of the Red
Cross was made by Dr. Godfrey, who
is vice chairman of the Ambler branch.
He reviewed for the benefit of the
firemen the work' so successfully carried on by the ladies of Ambler and
vicinity, stating that the.present headquarters—a private house on Butler
avenue east of Hendricks street—has
become crowded, so great has been the
increase in number of workers, garment cutting and sewing machines and
the general scope of the work, that it
is necessary to secure larger quarters
to accommodate the present work. In
addition to the activities of the Red
Cross as now conducted, the plan for
the summer is to conserve the vegetable and.' fruit supplies which normally are' wasted. With this aim in
view the prpduct of many local gardens has been pledged to the work, the
yield. to be canned or preserved by
the ladies of ther Red Cross under
federal supervision and for uses of
the national government. Nearly 300
ladies per month are at present working in the sewing department of the
local" Red Cross, and about the same
number are identified with the .preparation of surgical dressings.
The •fire company. Dr. Godfrey stated, has 12 members in the service;
the borough has sent about 125 of its
citizens and the community comprised'
in the local branch of the Red Cross
has more' than 200 young men under
arms. All these have been supplied
with their equipment by the local ladies
of the Red Cross, and a supply of garments, kits, etc., is kept on hand subject to instant call, while the excess is
forwarded to the Philadelphia headquarters. Wool Is made up Into sweaters, wristlets and helmets, while stockings are also being knitted for the boys.
All this knitting is done by the ladies
at their homes and entirely outside
of the hours spent so industriously at
the Red Cross headquarters. The doctor also gave. a review of conditions in
France, and our responsibilities as they
are to be assumed at present.
The whole proposition was most favorably commented upon' by President
Knight, Chief Hayden, Wm. J. Devine,
Watson K. Phillips and others, with the'
result as stated above, and in addition
a committee, comprising TT. G. Knight,
Wm\, J. Devine, Dr. C. B. Hough and
J. .M. Haywood, was appointed to work
in connection with committee-, of the
Red Gross and of Ambler council in
_________ details as to .the, expenses.of
.'A.nJbiBr. ipHpfiY b.^ird^Stated'' that * the "
basement1" olvthe MaftlHon avenue school
building. 28 by "fit feet, Is not utilized I
at present, and lie asked If this lnrg * i
space can he of any service in con-;
heetion with .the Rod Cross work.
Li wis Farrington. of the board of
engineers," reported tho new pump for'
the American LaFrance steamer- hail
arrived and has been placed on the j
machine. The chemical machine;
awaits its rei-Hirs, the parts haring ar- i
rived.
One proposal was received for mem-1
bership;    The  following were elected *■
Harry Applin,  Terrance  Brady,  Howard Keiger, Harrison Douglass, J. War- j
den Noble, Frank Winchester, Jr., and
.lames J. Brady.
A check for $6 was received from
J. H. Hinkle, of Blue Bell, and a
letter of thanks ordered returned.
The games committee reported having collected $11.80 since the last
meeting, with a total of $24.55 for the
month,
Watson K. Phillips retibrled with regard to building conditions, stating
that the contractor, H. P. Schneider,
had sent a man to make certain adjustments, and the remainder of the
work will be completed as soon as
weatber conditions warrant.
It was* stated that certain members
seem disposed to continue the abuse
of the building and allow outsiders to
do the same. The house committee
was instructed to prepare rules to provide penalties or punishment for such
actions:
The dance committee reported that
plans have been made for a dance to
be held in the fire house on Friday
evening to be tendered the ladies and
their friends who so generously assisted in making the recent fair a great
success. Music and refreshments will
be provided. To cover the expenses a
nominal oarge of 50 cents will be asked
of the gentlemen attending. Ladies
admitted free.
Drs. Godfrey, Hough and Fine were
appointed a committee to prepare rules,
regulations and charges for the use of
the ambulance.
The following bills'were ordered paid:
C. A. Sassaman, $17.50-; Philadelphia
Suburban Gas A Electric company, 60
cents. Receipts were listed as follows :
Ambler council, $69; keys sold, $1.
It was decided, in view of the probable Red Cross occupancy and use ef
the second floor of the building, to have
the building committee ascertain the
cost of purchasing and installing an
elevator to be placed in the hose tower.
"Man Without a Country" Brings
Appeal.
"The Man Without a Country" ls
founded upon Edward Everett Hale's
story, "The Man Without a Country,"
written in 1863 and Intended, as the
author said, to be "a contribution, however humble, toward the formation of
a just and true national sentiment of
love to the nation."- The universal appeal of this classic is shown by the
fact that the lesson intended in the
story has been in use in other times,
under other circumstances than those
which surrounded this country in 1863.
When, in 1888, Peru found herself hard
pressed by Chile in the war between
these nations the patriots of Peru
translated this story into the Spanish
language. At the outset of the war
with Spain the publishers of the "Outlook"' reprinted it, in their wish that
the nation should not shrink from the
duties of a nation. Ambler Branch of
the Red Cross will bring this til-rely
feature into the Ambler opera house,
on Feb. 28. Matinee at 4 and evening
performance at 8,
WHIIPA1NAND   BRAUNFELDT I
I L. GWYNEDD.   LOSES APPEAL.!
Who's Who and What's What jn the | No Retrial for the Han Convicted af
HORSHAM AND,f!
UPPER DUBLIN
Two Townships.
tUREKA.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Clymer delightfully entertained the following at a
6 o'clock dinner on Saturday evening :
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Hartzel, Mr. and
Mrs. Harvey Hartzel, Mr. and Mrs. R.
M. Johnson, Mrs. Elwood Harrar, Mr.
and Mrs. J. L. Hoover, Mi*, and Mrs.
H. M. Worth*._• Albert Worth, Mr. and
Mrs. F. P. McNair, Miss Margaret McNair, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Worth, Harold Worth, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Worth.
Miss Evelyn Worth, Kingsley Worth,
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Markley, Miss
Wilma Markley.
The Ladies' Aid and Missionary sod
cieties held their regular monthly
meeting on Wednesday afternoon at the
-home of Mrs. John Swartzlander.
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Worth pent Sun- [Hoover,
day with  the latter's sister, Msr. John I
Stevens, in Jenkintown,
The members of the Ushers' associa-l
ion. of the Pleasantville church, were
delightfully entertained by Carl Kohler,
at his home on Saturday evenng.
The Warrngton Community club will
hold a Liberty loan supper on Friday
evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Washington Cadwallader. ■
. Mr. and Mrs. Elias Sellers and Miss
Eleanor Sellers were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. A. D. Markley on Monday.
Miss Helen Cramer was a guest at
the home of A. A. Nash on Sunday.
Mr. Elwood Harrar is confined to the
house with an attack of lumbago.
T. A. Clymer has had some improvements made to the interior of his
house, which has added greatly to the]
comfort and appearance of same.
Mrs. Sykes, who has been spending
the past week in Norristown, has re-l
turned to the parsonage.
Miss Frances Hoover attended a|j
dance at Doylestown on Saturday even-™
ing.
John Mitchell, of Lower Gwynedd,
has ordered a Franklin roadster.
Samuel Cassel has been cutting cord
wood on the Acuff farm, Lower Gwynedd.
Tyson Whittock, of Penllyn, has
purchased the W. C. Brister farm, injur
Ambler.
Mildred Bernhard, of Centre Square,
has been suffering with an abscess on
her neck.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Haley, of Blue
Bell, called recently on Mrs. Harry
Hoover.
(Grace Walton, of Blue Bell, is in bed
with measles, and the home is under
quarantine.
Mrs. Horace Krieble, of West Point,
spent Sunday with her brother, Harry
Tippin, and family, of Blue Bell.
Mrs. Albert Fry, of Three Tuns, spent
several days with her father, Charles
DePrefontaine, Sr., of Blue Bell.
The family of C. O. Beaumont, of
Philadelphia, spent Monday afternoon
at their country home in Gwynedd.
Frank Hibshman and family, of Blue
Bell, spent Sunday with Mrs. Hibsh-
man's mother in West Philadelphia.
Mrs. Phoebe McCann, of Avalon,
spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs.
Harry Hoover, of Blue Bel, who has
been ill.
f Mr.  and   Mrs.  J.  Harold  Hoover,   of
Ambler,   spent   Sunday   with   the   former's   parents,   Mr.   and   Mrs.   George
   Blue Bell.
Lower Gwynedd  township is repair
ing with crushed stone certain sections
of roads that were badly worn as a
result of the winter.
Wm. G. Just, of Lower Gwynedd
township, on Tuesday attended the supervisors' county convention in Norristown on Tuesday.
* Hiram Kriebel, one of Whitpain's
| road supervisors, attended the county
convention of the road supervisors in
Norristown on Tuesday.
Albert Weddel, manager of the Kolb
farms, Lower Gwynedd, has been cutting and hauling large quantities of
cord wood  to Philadelphia.
Walter Dotts - has taken the position
of gardener on the George W. Norris
place, Gwynedd Valley, held 'by the
late George W. Snyder, deceased.
William Donelly and family, of
Springhouse, and Horace Fisher, of
Norristown, spent Sunday with Samuel Fisher and family, of Blue Bell.
[V,  G.  Yothers,    of  Wm.  Penn     inn.
• uGwynedd, has taken the agency for thi
HFranklin   car  and   has  ordered  a  ma-   _
Jfichine of the touring type of that make.' moves
Colonial Day by "The Neighbors.";-;"!   1 Mrs,. Marietta Hoover and  daughter,!
"Tell me the tales.that to me were so, of   Blue  Bell,  attended   the   funeral  of
dear.   Long, long ago, long, long ago." _ Truman  C.  Hoover,  held at his  resi-
It  was  in    the  spirit   expressed     ins dence,  -140  W.  Xorris street.  Philadel-
these  lines   that  the  "Neighbors"   as-!;'-phia, on Saturday afternoon,
sembled  for  their regular meeting  at I   The. old Weidner place, on the town-
the Hatboro  Baptist church, last  Sat-' [ship   line  and     Call.cart  road.    Lower
urday for Colonial day-.." 1 JGwynedd township, has been purchas-
The meeting was opened by the club'' <ed by Walter Schuler, who is fixing up
reading the Collect, Miss Marlon E,Khe property and will remove thereon
Goentner, president, in the chair. •"Miss | shortly.
I Howard Friday has secured the position of gardener for C. O. Beaumont,
Gwynedd.  in  place  of  William   Dick in
Arson.
Lengthy Opinion by Judge Miller-
Accused Convicted on Both Bill* of
Indictment — Technical Exceptions
Overruled.
In a lengthy opinion, Judge Miller,
Monday, overruled the motions for a
new trial and for arrest ot Judgment
in tbe case of Edward S. Braunfeldt,
convicted, at the last term of criminal
court, of setting lire to and burning his
wife's barns and other buildings on a
nursery plant operated by him, south of
North Wales and east of Wm. Penn
Inn.
The court directs that Braunfeldt
shall appear for sentence, Saturday
morning. March 2.
One of the reasons assigned why a
new trial should be granted was that
tbe reports of tbe trial by the newspapers were sensational and exaggerated, and clippings from the Norristown dailies were submitted to the
court in support of the contention.
Judge Miller upholds the newspapers,
saying : "Conceding the jurors have
read the newspaper accounts of the
trial mentioned, we are not convinced
that they were so sensational or Inaccurate in head line or reading matter, or objectionable in character, as to
either require or justify granting a new
trial on their account."
The court also failed to detect any
misstatements of testimony hy the district attorney in his summing up before the Jury, and reminds counsel for
the defendant- that the attention of
the court was not called to the allegation at the time.
In reference to Braunfeldt and guilt,
the court says : "He was convicted
on both bills of indictment after an
unusually long and tedious trial. The
evidence, circumstantial in character,
though it was, pointed unerringly .to
his guilt."
This was said, in connection with
one of the chief reasons advanced for
a new trial and in arrest of judgment
—namely a technical defect in the indictment.
On this .point the court continues :
"The gist of the charges against him
was tbat he had burned the two barn<*
ahd set fire to the dwelling bouse of
his wife's farm. He had full and ample knowledge of the charges against
him. He filed no demurrer, mad? no
motion to quash, but went to trial. He.
of all others, knew best whether he
was a tenant or occupant of the premises.   He was fairly convtcted*and now
for arrest of judgment on th
purely technical ground:- that he wai
not described in the hills as the 'owner, tenant or occupant,' and for a new
trial, The omission in the indictment
was a formal oversight which might
have been easily corrected. He was
not and could not have been prejudiced
by the omission. The time should b ■
past when a defendant who could ha..
taken advantage of such a purely technical point, before the Jury .was sworn.
can sit idly by and subject tbe publi ■
to a long and protracted trial and the.n
Mi*MflHfc"*T5_,"3IHHi
n-o-etmg wfil -_^_^_—__
2.-in p. m., andTa_5*s7~STiT]
will  deliver she  address
well had ah interesting r    __	
Pa rm bureau.
The   women   that   the   Firm' buro
will manage are:'-expSSwd tnjhuve
thSpjbntr;
crews'br I >
' r_SS   on
line.
Oh-the
tha¥e
 , .=, . . having taken his chance and lost,
purchased ihe Elias Frick  heard tn urging it for the first time
gt__Li£_^_n_!__>B_iS£___: ____.* I ■ . "In language that now soundsjiu^'j
 B^TiiOril    T_r*l**       InniT   ago      wiseL
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Wm. G. Just, of, S'wy noo .1.'■' Pfl „y^e ar' ~wvmir_Va excebtiSS-''- *W T)
ct for the erectfet,1 oTa cm- d'lctihents than 'by "their own Ifind
ge oyer ■ the Wissahickon ; csnpe, and many heinous and crying o-
Wissa hickon, jpfte  near -mmjfenses escape by these unseemlng nice
 I , ,  I ties, to the reproach of ths law,
______________ s*a-« mad. Lower Gwyned-1.1 shanie  of the  government and
  Mid  sheet of  lee  over  the j ehediiragemei.t of villiany ami t!
definite hours or homes-i Tt is reported j highway between the Gr?gor and Kul*-j honor of Ood.'"
that it will require five womeri%p; equal, farms.   What the road might have been]
one man on a farm, and it is hoped tho ! had not
the  snow  been  removed  with I
this
yn
women   will  husk  the corn  better
year than the men did last year.
Mrs. Smith called attention to Bi
Mawr college girls raising fruit and
vegetables and canning them. All
these goods are now being used in the
college.
A letter to Miss Dar~~ah was read, in
which she was thanked for her splendid work for the Red Cross Christma.-.
Seals. Delightful music, "The Charge
of the Hussars," was a trio played, by
Miss Anna Logan, Elizabeth Cornell
and Ethel Hobensack,
The program for the day opened by
Miss Maria Yerkes, who' was dressed
as a Colonial dame in a flowered dress,
lace cap, and knitting In her hands.
Three little children sat on the platform in rapt attention as she told them
"Paul Revere's Ride."
Mrs, Martha B. Mitchell gave a book
review of "Richard Carvel" by Churchill. A duet, "The Witch's Flight" was
rendered by Misses Elizabeth Cornell
and Ethel Hobensack.
Miss Marston took the place of Mrs.
Anna IT. Penrose and recited and read a
remarkable story of historical event.
She brought in the stirring stories of
the men and women of our early days.
"Carson Rodney's Ride" was splendidly read, and as she told the story of
"Mollie at Monmouth," known aa Mollis Pitcher,- Miss Blanche Downle came
through the room dressed in Colonial
fashion, and carried the American flag
and a pitcher.
As Lydia Darrah's splendid story
was, told, Miss Florence F. Fenton
came through the room dressed in
black gown, grey poke bonnet and a
bag of corn on her shoulder.
When Miss Margaret L. Carrell, as
Betsy Ross, was seen dressed in a
purple flowered dress, a lace cap and
fishu and sat down to sew on our flag,
it was a very fitting climax. Tt was
a very original and pleasing afternoon,
and a rising vote of thanks was extended to the musicians and entertainers. The meeting was then adjourned
til] March 2nd.
the scraper can only be imagined.
The anniversary of the Sewing circle
of Boehm's church, which waa postponed, will he held on Thursday evening. Fob. 28th, at the home of Mrs.
Clarence Zimmerman, near Centre
Square. A good program has been
prepared.
The orchard on the old Castner pro- I
perty,  Lower l Gwynedd,   recently  purchased  by    ihe late E.  B.   Smith,    of!
Gwynedd Valley, wlll be rooted out, an 1 j
Wm   O.  Just,  contractor,  has already
Hoarders Will Be Prosecuted.
lil
ordered the dynamite for the operation.
The orchard comprises about 10 acres.
A hew orchard will be planted on the
other side of tb? barn.
parental
making
early in
SPRINGHOUSE.
Mrs. M. M. Ayars spent the weekend at her country place.
Mrs. Jessie Smith is confllned to her
bed suffering with a severe cold.
Miss  Emily   Bell,   of  West  Chester,
spent   the   week-end   at   her
home at this place.
Rev. Henry O arm an was
parochial calls at this place
the week.
Mrs. John Flynn continues to improve and will soon be able to return
home.
Mr. an.' Mrs. John Reyner, of Blue
Bell, were visiting- at Harry Strehle's
on .'Sunday.
Joseph G. McCabe has rented a house
In Ambler and will move there this
week,
E. J, Morris and family are now in
Florida.
Mrs. Samuel Barger is recovering
from a severe cold.
Many homes in this neighborhood
are still without coal.
The Dager school ls still closed, being without coal. The Seventh and
Eighth grades are continuing thei"*
studies this week at the home of Harry
Strehle under the instruction qf-their
teacher. Miss Amber Schowers, of Fort
Washington.
County   Food    Administrator     lto;,
j calls the attention of dealers, hotel a
I restaurant proprietors, clubs, boardi
houses and other public eating pla-.
I and the public in general, to the qu
j important fact that the rules and  _
gulations of the food administration a
laws of the United States and that
I offenders are liable to federal prosecution.
The county administrator wlll 11 n-
| hesitatingly and without favor, enforc *
these regulations. They are a military
I necessity. We cannot eat as usual, do
business as usual and win this war.
Hoarding is especially obnoxious to the
law as it" is to every honest and fair-
minded nAm. The administrator relies
upon the public to assist in detecting
violators of the regulations and generally to uphold his hand and aid him
in his work.
In case of need, neighbors shoul 1
share with each other. We have heard
the first and great commandment read
in the churches since childhood. The
time has arrived when the great American nation should practice it universally.
Sheep and Hogs in Bucks.
According to the bureau of statistics
of the Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture there are 1983 sheep and
27.022 hogs in Buck**' eounty.
The figures show that in January
1916 there were 794,712 sheep in the
state and they were valued at $5.40
a head or 84,820,765 sheep on the farms
in the state with an average value of
$10,665 eacb or a total of $8,747,215.00.
Secretary of Agriculture Cbarles E.
Patton has been urging farmers to take
more interest in sheep raising for the
past two years ani a gradual increase
in the number of sheep gives hopes that
the million mark may soon be reached.
What is true of the Sheep situation is
almost as true of the swine industry,
where the value has jumped from $11.80
a head in 1916 to $18,00 each this year.
But there has been a gradual decline
in tbe number of swine, there being
1,173.156 in 1916. 1,126,125 in 1917 and
1,068,33$ this yc». I'" «.r
Divorce Is Granted.
The court has granted a divorce to
Frank Y. Edwards from his wife, Ellen
D. Edwards, on the ground of desertion, sustaining the recommendation of
the master C. Townlev Larzeiere.
During thpir married life they live3
at Cedars and at Telford. The marriage, the testimony disclosed, was the
wife's third venture, she having had
two other husbands from whom she
had been divorced. Edwards, her last,
was a farmer, and h. could only ascribe her desertion to the fact that she
did not like farm life or work; She is
now working at the Friends' asylum for
the insane at Philadelphia.
Another  Hotel   May   Be "Dry."
In going over the list of liquor license applications it has been discovered that none^was filed, for the Franconia hotel.
This"Tiostelry was sold by the sheriff recently. It was bought hy Charles and Theodore Holly, of Souderton.
They do not wish to personally have
the license, lt is said, and up until
the last day for filling applications
for license'* they hafl not secured any
one tn take it.
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—Mr. and Mrs. George H. Miller, of
Doylestown, announce the engagement
of their daughter, Miss Margaret F.
Miller, to Ralph James, of Rush ville.
N. T.
—Because of dampness that has
worked its way into Holy Trinity
church, at Lansdale, tbe valilable organ
has been seriouly damaged, due to coal
shortage.    _^	
Lexington   Boy   Given   Croix
Guerre for  Bravery.
In a letter received by Mr. and Mrs
A.   C.   Swartley,   of   Line   Lexington
from  First    Lieutenant    Lawrence
McGinley,  V.  8. A. "A.  S„  they  ha
been informed that their son, Willard
H.   Swartley,   has   been   awarded   tne
Croix  de  Guerre     from   the    French
government   for   bravery  displayed  in
performing his duties under the most
hazardous conditions.   He is connect
ed with
corps.
Labor Troubles Along the Schuylkill.
A tie-up of the Schuylkill Iron Work-*
plant of the Alan Wood Iron and Steel
company was engendered, Monday,
when all except three of the machinists were summarily dismissed after
they had presented a demand for shorter hours. It is only a question of time
employes say, until the Industry will b
idle, unless there Is an adjustment of
conditions.
The men in the curing room of the
Lee Tire & Rubber company, on Monday, presented a demand for an Increase In wages of 2 cents per hour
and agreed to return to work while the
matter is under consideration. It is
understood that their request Is the
forerunner of similar ones by the workers in other departments, when their
proposal was presented, the firm countered with a proposal to give them the
increase, providing the men themselves
carried the oil necessary In their work.
The men, after a consultation, offered
to transport the oil themselves, if tin-
increase is made three cents an hour.
The matter rests at this point for th?
present.
A layge part of the Ivy Rock steel
plant of the Alan Wood company was
compelled to suspend operations, Monday afternoon, when the coal supply
gave out, and there Is no indication as
yet when operations will be resumed.
Hundreds of workmen were thrown
out of employment.
)n mrjuaicaxions.
J.      Michael    Decker.    Lowe;
ve--Balanr?. $184.87, which is
Adjudications.
•    Salford :
_______________ ________     awarded  to
the Montgomery Trust company, trus.
tee for Anna Batcllff.
John W. Hunsicker. late of Hatfleld : Balance, $365.58 of which
$121.82 ls a-fr'-'-' ''- the v"" w, Kate
D., and the ' $90.93        each
a unit of the TJ. S. ambulance I the childre** :'*wv_. Norman a
Clayton TTtinsicker.
' Miscellaneous   Items of Interest to
Many Readers.
Mrs. Walter V. Allen, of Hallowell,
has been ill.
James Nagle, of Jarrettown, was in
the city on Thursday.
Cbarles Donat, of Philadelphia, spent
Sunday in Jarrettown.
Randal Fenton, of Dresher, was in
Philadelphia last week.
James Nagle, of Jarrettown, spent
Sunday in Philadelphia.
John McMullin, ef Dresher, spent
Sunday at Willow Grove.
John McCormick, Sr„ will move,
about March 1, to Glenside.
Mrs. E. C. McConnell, of Jarrettown.
spent Friday in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Charleg Corneal, of Philadelphia, spent Sunday in Jarrettown.
Isaac Shoemaker, of Abington, -well
known in Horsham has been quite ill.
Mr, and Mrs. A. T. Ramsey, of Horsham, on Sunday entertained relatives.
Robert Compton, of Fordhooke farms,
Three Tuns, has been ill with lumbago.
Mrs. J. Li. Kirk and Miss Clara Carr.
of Dresher, were in Philadelphia Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles McCormick, ot
Dresher, spent Wednesday in Philadelphia.
The large clearing-out public sale
on the. Hallowell estate, Hallowell, will
be held on Feb. 22.
Miss  Ethel  Robinson,    of    Dresher,
visited  Mrs.   Frank  Houpt in Ambler
I on Sunday.
Harold Lightkep. of Philadelphia,
spent Sunday in Jarrettown with his
parents.
Hrs. Edward- Cahil, of Three Tuns,
I pent Monday with George Nagle in
I Jarrettown.
Howard McConnell, of Philadelphia,
spent Saturday evening and Sunday in
Jarrettown.
Michael Dougherty and family, of
I Dresher, spent Sunday afternoon with
' friends at Willow Grove.
William Klinck, of Horsham, has
; rented the Buckman property in Hat-
1 boro and will remove thereto.
Jobn Daly and friend, of Consho-
i hocken, spent Sunday with George
| Nagle and family in Jarrettown.
Raymond   Tyson,     of  Camp  Meade,
I Md,, spent Sunday  with  his  parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Tyson in Hors-
I bam.
Miss  Olive  Houpt,  of Germantown,
[spent the week-end with her parents..
Mr.   and    Mrs,   -Benjamin   Houpt;    at
Dresher.
Miss Ethel Robinson has secured a
position in the wholesale office of the
Thomas B. Meehan Co., nurserymen, at
Dresher,
i Frank Hill and family, who reside-
north of Prospectville, spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gouak ln
Horsham.
Arthur, son of Mr, and Mrs.  James
I Cooper, of Hallowell, a child aged one
month, was burled Monday in Hatboro
cemetery,
Ralph, son of F. W. Stout, of Jarrettown, has secured a position with
the Pennsylvania railroad at Broad.
Street station.
William Whiteside, of Hallowell, on
Tuesday, hauled pa bags of potatoes
to the Philadelphia markets, The consignment comprised 119 bushels.
The Red ^roffi wjll holAJtijsupger j~v
eeeds for the benefit of the wool fund. '
Mrs. Wakefield Walker, of Zanesvillei
O., and Mrs. Harry Keller, of Cleve-
WW'" land. (>., spent Friday and .Saturday
to ' with Mr. and Mrs. J. W". l-Sreas ln Hor-
e dis-   sham.
Miss Francis Peterson, of the West
Chester State Normal school, spent
Saturday and Sunday in Horsham with
her parent--, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Peterson.
Mrs. William Hallowell. of Hallowell,
has rented the house, on Doylestown
pike of Fred; Satterthwaite, south of
Hallowell, and will move there in the-
near future.
Miss Florence Whiteside, of the West
Chester State Normal school, spent
Saturday and Sunday at Hallowell with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William.
Whiteside.
On Tuesday in Doylestown S. ff.
Hagerty, of Hallowell, attended the
funeral of his uncle, Jacob Hagerty.
who died ft! G'S-maiit'pwii in the 79th
year of his age. He was a former-
treasurer of Bucks county.
Claude Myers, who has been employed on the Hallowell estate, north of
Hallowell, for the past 10 years, will
superintendent the 225-acre-farm for
the new owner, Joseph G, Hitner, who
purchased the property last summer.
Edwin Heritage, who has been a tenant on the Phillips farm, Horsham,
for some years, has rented the 100-
acre Samuel Penrose farm, on Doylestown pike, south of Doylestown, aud.
will shortly remove thereto.
Walter V. Allen, of Hallowell, wilt
I this week receive the new body for
his Brockway motor truck and will put
the machine into active use at once
hauling his potatoes to the Philadelphia markets. The body was made by
. J. G. Rempp and Son, Springhouse.
A  despatch   from  Doylestown  says i
Among  the  interested  visitors  to  the*
Bucks  County  Historical  society  mu-
' seum  Thursday   was  Eugene  Blair,  a
natice of Bucks county, but now living
over the county line in Horsham town-
. ship.    Mr, Blair is a local antiquarian
j of note and one of the best posted men
I in local lore ln that sectlonl
At the Theodore  B. Serrill, Jr., sale,
I Monday, near Eureka, the agent, H. J.
1 Dager,  reports very good  prices  rea-
1 Used.    A  large    attendance    resulted.
One motor truck brought $2050, cows,
from $60 to $85;  horses brought good
prices, chickens, from $1.80 to $2 each.
Mr. Serrill disposed of everything.    He
has  bought   the   Phillips   farm,  Horsham township, on the road from Horsham store to Welsh road.
The Horsham township road supervisors' board met, Wednesday evening
of last week, at Nash's hotel, Hallowell.
Bills amounting to $110 were ordered
paid. This principally represented the
cost of snow removai from the roads.
The treasury balance is about $700,
while the tax collector, Enos D. Watson, reports about $500 of outstanding
taxes. With regard to the right of the
Rapid Traction company to carry
freight through the towrship without
first having secured permission of the
township authorities, ln accordance
with the law of 1909, was referred to
the township solicitor, Jos. T. Foulke,
Esq.
Mrs.   Ida  Krickbaum,   of   Horsham,
has been visiting friends in Holland.
Chalkley   Stackhous,    of    Horsham;
has been on t"-~ >-("k list, having been
taken   '■' hia.
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