Ambler Gazette

              VOL
■48
WOMEN ARE
GOOD FARMERS. |)
OBITUARY, at
JACKSON   PHfLlPPS.'
liie  funeral of Jackson Ph)
.unibcrvtile, was held on Mon<Jg.^*,
er Gazette.
NOVKMHWR   30,   1011
81.25   A   YEA B
,   20.     Mr.
Jarrettown School Has Had a
Successful Year.
Vfryj
A Summary of What Is Being Done at
the Institution—Prof. Joseph A.
Briggs Holds Instructive Orchard
Demonstrations. ,
It  is very wident from   the  atten^j
lnent'
mm
PHillpps had been engal
■.-Ing the mail between/Bumbl
[and   Haven   Rock   station,    ti.   3.
two   yews and    had been   appa|
Lwell until three days before jils 3
I when*he   waa striken with pheujxjg]
( He is survived by two daughters^
William    Livezey, of   SolebtHTt*-;
Shired    Brink,    Luniberville;'  and
son,    Sylvester    Philipps, af   AmL
! The  remains  were  Interred  ln"*j|Sg
moiu cemetery. jA
rrom   tne  atien- | WILLIAM B. CHURCHMAN
dance   at   the   orchard   demonstration j     William B. Chiirclujjap, prOj
and lecture given at the Pennsylvania business and social circles, 4
School    of Horticulture    for    women,! home, Bryn Mawr, Sunday,
near  Jarrettown,  last Wednesday  and      Mr. Churchman was born in Germu*!
Thursday afternoons, that the farmers town, for a number of years lived
of this vicinity are not interested ln  Penllyn, and at the time ofr-his de-a]
these   demonstrations     and    lectures, i was. 67 years old.     His death follow]
During the past year the state department  of  agriculture  has   sent   its   re- j
presentatives info this section for thej
purpose of instructing the farmer how j
te   care   for   orchard   In order   that;
be may raise fruit tbat would have a
greater market   value,     it is a    welli
known  fact  among  the  farmers   that
during the past few years the pest has
been    destroying   their   trees   at . an!
alarming   rate, whole   orchards    have;
been    desolated   until today   the fruit.
#EW BOARD.
n_gfie|!?Stqmmissioners Meet in Ambler
•Special Session.
FIRE PLUG
M   PRESSURE.
WEDDED.
j'clo
.-hur
•*k,
-h,
udget    in   .Good Shape—$911.18.   Re
sived * Fjj-Om    the     State—Members
efrort en Conditions—Tarvia   Makes
lippery   Roads,
special  meeting  of  the  board   ofj
I 111 AX— RUTHERI'*' >RD.
Wednesday    evening      at    6.30
in    the Carmel    Fresbytsrian
Edge Hill, the marriage of Mr.
William Sehumaii, Jr., and Miss Emma
A. Rutherford was solemnized, the Rev.
Average  Joseph B. C. Mackie officiating.      Mr.
. ! and ilrs. Sch u ma ii, after a short wed-
FTeSSUre 01* 49.48 Pounds. ding trip, will reside at Camp Hill.
STOUT—HOOVER.
Pressures   Range   From  25  Pounds  all       iu,   Wllliam   Unruh   Stout,   of  Ore-
the Way Up to 70 Pounds—Hydrants  land, and Miss Florence Edna Hoover,
Hydrants  Hold
GOOD LOCAL
BALL TEAM.
Decision of Ambler Atbletic Association for 1912.
i.n   Good   Condition—Report   Will
Presented te Council
Be
crop in this section is almost a Joke.
This being a fanl it is beyond under-
standing to those having in charge the
demonstrations and lectures why the
farmer and fruit grower lake no interest ln them,.
At these meetings can be learned the
best method of pruning a tree and the;
-propei* way of mixing the boiled lime-
sulphur solution. At the two days'
demonstration and lecture at the farm
school, Professor Joseph S. Briggs, of.
the Ktae department'bf agriculture,' of
L Harrisburg,   gave a    practical  demon-1
stfarfiqn of budding, spraying and the'
mixing   of   the   lime-sulphur   solution.
It is claimed for. the solution mentioned here that'it.is not only the. best but
the cheapest and is being used by fruit
growers in almost every state ' ln thej
union.      Mr.   Briggs told  his audience!
of the ease in making the solution, und
if made  in  the winter could be kept;
until spring, if put in an air tight vessel.      The. method of spraying was' al-
so  gone. Into.       It   was   proven   by  a
practical demonstration that with a' %'
inch turn to the feed pipe to the nos-1
sle that a person spraying a tree could
do  It  more  effectively  and   with  less
labor.
Unquestionably those who attended
tbe lecture and demonstration received!
considerable knowledge in the care of:
the orchard and if followed out will be I
tbe means of ridding* many of. the or-1
chards of the scale pest. .
It was learned that the crop, harvest;
at the school farm the past year was
a large one. More than 700 bushels |
of potatoes were taken from the
ground and there was also an abund-j
ance of asparagus and strawberries,
while ithe other garden products rais-1
ed were in keeping with the asparagus
and strawberry crops. There was an'
exceptional large crop of apples, larger
and uf a liner quality than the old or-;
chard has ever produced, due no doubt,
to the pruning and the eare given to:
spraj'ing^-v^.  "',
L    Th«,.,scHo..    vtpects shortly to engage
cxi ,!n«H-?|i,r*•-„<_*.<*. po-.'Uiry^. busii
A  patStry ■ "Kbus^*98i feet" i\
[feet   wide   is   being   built
finished   will   be   up-to-dal
i particular.
an Illness of several days'r durati
Mr. Churchman was head of. the n)
of Churchman and Co., at 33 Souf]
1< rout street, Philadelphia, for the las]
40 years. He dealt mainly ih chemisil
supplies. Up to the time of his _tath
Mr. Churchman was a member of the
Philadelphia club, of the First City
Troop and of the Rabbit club. Hnla
survi vt (aL I iy his wife, a daughter an. j
a son. ™
REV, ,1' IUA! I   WE1DNKR.
?  lie ,*.   L i lah Weidner died in AmbleU
Monday afternoon at 4.15 after ah ill
ness of only two weeks.      He wa_ 1;
the 84lh year of his age.
The  deceased   wis  bom   on   Hep.   16,$,
1S28, nn   the  property   win-re   the  John
C.   Mercer home is now  locate-*!  near
Aipiiler, and    was the son
aiid Mary Weidner, being one of four]
children,   all of   whom are   now   de
mnisioners 'of SpringlieKT" township j made on
Es held Monday evening in tbe town-
In building with all the members
eSfent a_4 Mr. Crothers in the chair.
Sir. Crothers stated .that the call was
ade to ■fedjust several of the items
tne budget for the convenience of
le incoming board. The balances ofi pounds made
k'eral of the* ■ Items were running wold avenue
b^f while in. other itmes there were
iter balances than the proposed ••**-
lemlitures would require, and the
proposed ordinance as presented by
Split itor Miller made arrangements for
the iiroper transfer of surneient balances to meet these needed amounts.
.Mr. Cheston staled that the total
ajjjniint of revnniB avallalile was $28,-
^^.e'; expended?*-5 $21,058.15; amount
-ii>l»i' ; ■! laii'd and held, $4887.64; ti elisor's commissions, $1063.30; commissi on- sundry income, $37.7-; refund,
uncollected, $176; discount of
s, $:j63.24;; balance to opme l'roinj
treasurer, *?tr..T■ I. ' The treasurer's
reiui'iii_is_jjs   foliowh:    Balance
On    Saturday    pressure .tests    were
the lire plugs  within the
rough of Ambler by Phaon J. Rex,
Frank   L.   Turner,   representatives   of
council,  and  Wm.  J. Devine,  superintendent  of   the Ambler Spring Water
company.      Of the 29 plugs the average   pressure   was   found   to   be   49.48
up  as  follows:   Lindjn-
and   Bethlehem   pike,   25
pounds;  Llndenwold and Park avenues,
32; .-Llndenwold    and  Butler    avenues,
3-1; j Butler    and   Kidge    avenues,    35;
Butter avenue and Main street,   36: Butler ^avenue and Maple street, 43;   Centre
street,   two   plugs,   61   and   70;   South
MaAh street,   27;    Ridge  and   Rosemary
avenues,  25;   Greenwood and   Mattison
n ..;iilies.    :"*':    W* •>•!. I ml    avenue,   and
i .eillileheni  pike, 50;   IJutler avenue and
ofidrieks   street,   64;    Kidge  and   l-'or-
' -*'■   avenues.   53;   Forest  avenue    and
• *P"#n*_   Garden   street,   60;    Main   and
nut   streets,   70;   Main   street   and
•iont    avenue.  65;   Tennis    avenue,
West  Maple street, three plugs, 4(.
_..   naiid.     $3782.59;-   to  collet-1,     $2309.32;
a    # i-*it    Kjaiadetjaaa  kleott» Co.,  $100.      it  is
"■"Jcis.-aiy to  uaiisler $856 to  the mis-
^ir^Sten^ee^fr^n "the
"which must    be placed in    the
itenancc   account,      The     present
in  the niiseelliineoiis account is
ind    the    proposed    ordinance
■Rslei^,$855   additional   thereto.
the   proposed    ordinance    was   read
tnimously   passed.
THe auditors will meet next Tuesday
audit  the  treasurer's  uecounts.
.to manhood on the property
ibi June 21, 1856, be married..Mar-.,
garet L. Supplee, daughter of Joel and
Phoebe Supplee, of Sandy Hill," .andl
tljey resided for three years on tha
Job Detwiler property, just west of
Ambit r. Another three years was
spent on his parental homestead, and
lor - nearly three years more they re
ind   Wissa-
ivenue and
street  and
Ipi ing Gar-
asant   ave-
Hendrleks
Hark   ave-
iind  North
avenue and
sided
Mrs. Weld ner's parents' far
Crothers
their  keys
antl    Glllingham
to  the  township
line
pthers   staled   that   he   fq
road from' Pennsylvania ave-
avenue very dark ..
if thi
ll'
46;   East   .Maple  street
olv3Jp.fi avenue,  60;   Butler
i.-.'ihleli.'m   pike,   60;   Xorth
i_iiclid. avenue,   58;   North  i
den   street   und    .Mount    fi*
iiiiti; 62;   I'oi'est avenue atu
sIreet,   40;    Rosemary   anil
nues, 65;   Rosemary  avenue
.-ti-eet; .60:   Mount Pleasant u
ii.-iffr.-Mill   road,   IS.
Tto*report of this invesiij
be lirepared for council at
presented at the meeting on
The coniniittei' also foun
b.vilraJits   in  good  condition.
in addition to the plugs on the borough* plan there are more than a dozen provided by the water company in
close proximity to the line so that they
cnijteje   utilized   ut   any   time   in   easi
tion  will
will    be
Dei
4.
th
of serjtnus contiagratit
ough -JlliiEs are ,at tin
to be Reached.
or if Ihf
listant a
-thi*
ipi
whei
finm)k.,
at Sandy Hill.      During this time tbfWr,nA   1
deceased taught school.     For 12 yea*^£jj,:jf"  '
he presided  in  this capacity in  Wbit-'flC«J'    , ,'j
pain    township    and two    more year'sjr™
■Uiusht  at  Marble  Hall.      Dufing' .thiSfe
fe  anrd^!f^ye^^^s^S^ ™-«
preacher in the Methodist cHttMh. *
In 1866 the deceased moved/his family to Worcester township fyrhata „ha
farmed for three years, and' then
purchased %a farm in Xew, Britain
township, Bocks county. Selling .this
property,    he purchased    another    in
^fs^jssar&s .tefe^s
to Ambler two Weeks ago,  when theair,    „S
took  .up   their   residence   with   ^-F.^JlL,! V"-i"«?rt^in_*i3_k__ Z.™  ^ I
Sarah li. Weidneii.at 111 North Spring  SBS*,*^ Pivpnife     bu?      t„_t    it   Charles °' ^ruger's Home is Threaten-
Garden   street^?" m. i   Zm^.u      *t     IS f'       .■___».! ed  by Flames
i^hnnt  ihT»... Va-nt „  „»,t....„^mm "-slwbld haverbeen put on thicker.    Mr. •"  D'   riames.
'SS^fS*^ i- ^Pr^v^Jed^-nr^ SS» ^omToi
«;rfl^^« IBba'asg^SeS^
mmaSirK^fat ffiJ_f:»f«: ^ ^        * I Kniger^hiinself    and, members    of his
SSISlCTSlBtoS Hte'r-|iraiP'* .^'-   .''''"'.»•■-•    stat^that    he    haAA»(M ____________i>_-....'*'-''''   -'^.J
•TKe^^sed.was the *Stltti^e™^«r%^
railroad   for  freight  on   oil   that   was
Shipped  to -the township.
gutters are tilled- with leaves ;
debris. to.
Mr.  Gillingtiam  reported  portions of
^ftwijewly  tari-ed road  in oreland  very
i slippery.      Mr.        Cheston        reported
Stenton avenue, in the same condition,
ui.llr.   Crothers   stated     that   (Jor-
d^Ks lane is likewise and he suggested
Suit Result of Collision
Attorney Henry I. l-'ox has tiled a
suit for $1000 dumages in behalf of
Sewall Crisman and Benjamin Quill-
man, trading aa Cristman and Quill-
man, of Norristown, against the
Schuylkill Valley Traction company.
Tbe action is brought because of
an accident on the Ridge pike on July
7, 1911. The firm's automobile was
crossing out of Pearlstein's lane, ln
Ijower Providence, and a trolley car
ran into it.
ear made a pretty good
smash is shown by the
i.itement which says that
construction of the said
including the body, gear,
transmission,  axle,   wheels,
That the
job of the
plaintiff's st
"the entire
automobile,
gear case,
fender, both running boards, horn, fixtures, and covers, two shoes, tube,
lamp, main body, floor of car, steering
gear and other parts and portions of
the said automobile were wholly and
entirely ruined und rendered useless
and of no value."
Shoot at Edge Hill.
Highland Gun club members had
the time of their lives at the Thanksgiving shoot Saturday afternoon over
the Kdge Hill traps. Some of the fortunate ones got turkeys, others geese,
chicken, ducks and pigeons, while
there were some who had to be content with the lowly sparrow. That all
the members might have a fair chance
at the live prizes the shooters were
divided into classes. The .program
called for 100 targets in strings of
twenty.
High gun for the day went to
George S. McCarty, who by virtue of
a score of 94 secured not alone a
turkey in his class, but was given a
spoon. Tom Tansey was second, and
will dine on geese, while "Butch"
Landis gat a chicken for his 85 and
Billy Severn lugged home a duck.
The shoot in class B was unusually
keen and Walter Dalton shooting almost ln the dusk on his last string
captured the gobbler, Watson landing
a goose
a duck, while Slear carried home a
pigeon and Freeman allowed his sparrow liberty.
Clark was high in class C, with
William Dalton, Joel Davis, who celebrated bis advent into the class with
74, and Abbott sharing the trophies.
* Harkins had nearly everything his
own way In class D. Llndsley
Ed wards were the other winners.
*T the
following sons and daughters: Frank
X.: of Philadelphia! Mora, deceased;
Willing, of Montgomery township;
Charles, lttfe of Ambler, deceased;
Billle May. deceased, who was the wife
of Charles T. Creamer, of near Prospectville; Rose M., deacesued, wife of
Harry Tyre.
The funeral will be held this Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock from the
residence of the deceased's daughter-
in-law, Mrs. Weidner, Ambler, and
services will be in charge of Rev.
George J. Crist, of Ambler. Services in charge of Rev. John Lentz,
pastor of Pleasantville Reformed
chureh, will be held at 2.30 in Upper
Dublin Lutheran church. Interment
will be made in  Rose Hill cemetery.
Rev. Myers Reads Paper.
Al the Lutheran conferenca held
last week in Philadelphia Rev. L. _*.
M. Myers, pastor of St. John's Lutheran church, read a paper on "The
Claims of Citizenship on Men of the
Chureh," in which he advocated the
study of Christ's character in the public schools.      He said in part:
"We seek tho best secular instruc-
ion in our public schools, und why
not seek the best of character in-
; truciion. Therefore, 1 say that the
character of Christ should be taught
in our schools. If the majority approved of this, as I think they do, it should
oe introduced into our schools, and
the minority who do not approve of it
could-withdraw their children.
"Citizenship should be made spiritual and not simply moral. The great
body of Christian men in this country
should demand Christianity of candidates for public office, and, if they fail
the test, refuse to vote for them."
Air. Myers declared that the church
is under obligation to society as well
as. to the Individual, and that is awakening to the fact that too long preaching has been directed to the individual,
B Late Car for Amblei
The Lehigh Valley Transit
in response to a request for a late car
trom Lansdale to Ambler on Saturday
nights, has decided to run a ear leaving
the* Main street hotel corner at mid-
iiight'j-every Saturday night until fur-
iner notice. This car will leave Lansdale at 11.45 and run only as far as
Ambler.
daughter of Mr. William L. Hoover, of
Glenside, were married ut the home
i of the bride, on Wednesday morning
at 11 o'clock. Only the immediate
family witnessed the ceremony. The
happy couple are now on a tour to
Florida, and points of interest in the
south.
McTAMNEY—GALLAGHER.
A very pretty wedding took place at
3.30 o'clock ln St. Ann's church, Philadelphia, on Wednesday, November 22,
when Miss Mary McTamney, daughter
of Mrs. Elizabeth McTamney, formerly of Jenkintown, became the bride of
Mr. Willium Gallagher, of Philadelphia.
The bride was attended by Miss
-Mai garet Brown us maid of honor, and
the  best  man  was  Mr.  Charles Jarvls.
Motorist is Vindicated.
Waller GicKi-r, of West Philadelphia,
appeared before Magistrate Williams,
at the Abington police station Thurs-
iiuy night for a linal hearing on charges
|iii-feri"d against him because he waa
i.riving the motor car which struck
and injured Arthur Rush, on York road
,it  Abington, it   week before.
Gii-gcr won complete vindication und
v. as released. it was developed that
the accident was unavoidable; thai
I tush, in endeavoring to get out of
the v.ay of the car, turned his foot on
ii rolling stone, and was thrown into,
or against, the moving car.
Spine Fractured by Fall.
While painting a garage iu Ogontz,
eailv Wednesday morning, Thomas E.
Mills. 30 years old, of No. 1643 South
Conestoga street, Philadelphia, fell
from the roof, a distance of some 25
feel, fiucturlng his spine against a
stone when he landed. Mills had been
employed at the garage for the past
few days. lie had only just started
to work Wednesday morning when the
accident happened. He was working
on the edge of the roof, and, peering
over to look for something he had left
jn the ground, lost his balance and
fell. He was taken to the Jewish
hospital.
CENTRE   SQUARE.
Miss Cyril la Hull, of Media, gave
a euchre party to several of her friends
ut the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
tiaysor   lust  Wednesday.
1 n*. und Mrs. S. C. Seiple und daughter, Miss Margie A. Seiple, are spending a few days at the home of Dr.
and Mrs. George Selberllng In Allentown.
Baker Is spending sonic
W.  J.  Baker
making im-
- and stable.
Philadelphia,
stream "and  with buckets oi?
Horsham Friend's Assooiation
Tbe    Horsham Friends'    association
held  a  meeting  ut  Horsham  meeting
house on  First-day  at
ter an  opening silence
gave a Bible reading.
Wood   called   for   the
minute
month.
2.45 p. m. Af-
Howard Comly
President N. E.
reading of the
of the meeting held in Tenth
Anna M.  C. Mullen gave an
unmindful
as a whole.
if the obligations to
society
Fire Due to Tramps.
A    barn   on the   estate of   Thomas
Stockdale, near Blue Bell,    caught lire:
_. early Sunday   morning   and was   de-;
°k> I stroyed.     10   cows   and tnree   horses
were burned with the structure.     The:
loss    is about    $4000.      It ls    thought
that tramps set fire to the barn.     During   the   last   three  years   four   other
barns have ben burned, and three of
them are ascribed to incendiaries.
and
Fight Over Beattie Case.
In a dispute over the guilt of Henry
Beattie who was electrocuted in Vir-
iginia, for the murder of his wife, two
Itirathers   battled - with clubs   Sunday! furnished
"night.at their home in LaMott.      One; appearam
was  locked  np   in  the  Ogontz police!
station and the other is ln the Jewish
hospital  badly Injured.
.  Richard  Washington,    colored,  took!
the stand .that Beattie was guilty and
his electrocution Justified.      His bro-!
tber John does not believe in electrocution.     They ran out of verbal argu-'
ments  to  uphold  their  positions  and
in a few minutes were battling with
clubs.     Richard fell   with a fractured
skull.
Richard was sent to the hospital and
Chief Lever, of the Ogontz police, ar-1
rested the brother. John It ls stated!
was only recently discharged from
the Eastern penitentiary, where he had
served three years for attacking Arthur |
Berry, of Ogontz.
Autoists Waive  Hearing.
Merl Cope aad C. 11. Barnard, Har-;
risburg autoists,  wbo figured  In    the;
motor car accident, Oct. 9, near Trappe, j
the same resulting ln injuries to Miss
Elsio M. Detwiler, before    Magistrate
Eugene Eghert, waived a hearing and
$500    bail each   for   their
at court on charges of aggravated assault and batter)* and violation of the automobile act.
It   Is   claimed   that   the   defendants
were operating the machine, of which shutter,
they are joint owners, at a high rate] the   bar
appropriate reading for the Thanksgiving season from Friends' intelligencer.
Charles Comly reported on current
topics. Both well Park read "The
Song of the Dying Swan." Sarah
Jarrett gave an excellent report of the
conference of associations held at Mt.
Holly, X. J., on Nov. 18, which was
supplemented by remarks by Isaac
Parry and Willium Satterthwaite, Jr.,
who were also delegates from Horsham association. Emma Kinsey, recited * "'The Recessional," by Rudyard
Kipling.
Sarah Phillips Thomas then gave
the mveting a most delightful talk on
a trip to the northern parts of Europe.
She told of the costumes and habits
of the people and showed articles ot
dress, especially women's caps, whleti
she placed on the head of a little girl
In th_ audience. She also had dolls
dressed in the different costumes.
The countries spokem of were Ira-
land, Scotland, Norway, Sweden and
Russia; A most vivid description was
given of the "Land of the Midnight
SOn/' and of the wonder of seeing the
sun set ut 11.30 and rise again at
12.30. The Norwegians freely acknowledge that they owe most of their
prosperity to the tourists who frequent their country. On* account of
the lateness of the hour the whole address was not given, much to the regret of the members of the association.
After the reading of the report of the
executive committee the meeting was
adjourned until Twelfth month 31st,
when Daniel Batcheltor will give an
address on "Peace,"
Want Verdict Reduced.
On Friday morning before Judges
Swartz and Weand N. H. Larzelere argued for a reduction of the verdict
in the case of Adele Trumbower vs.
the • Lehigh Valley Transit company,
and Franklin L. Wright argued the
same case on behalf of the defendent
for a new trial and for judgment in
spite of the verdict of the jury. Henry
M. Brownback on behalf of the plaintiff urged that the verdict of $7500
rendered by the jury was a proper one
and should be permitted to stand.
fle.l    ll
water.;
The fire started tn an apartment on'
the flrst floor and ls believed to have
had its origin from an ember falling
from an open flre place. Mr. and Mrs.
Kruger and their children were in
apartments on an upp,er floor when the
flames and smoke were flrst seen by
lhe ertfw of a trolley car passing over
the Old York road on which the Kruger estate has a frontage. They
turned in an alarm at the Jvruger house
and to the Abington flre station, a
square away.
The capable efforts of tho Kruger
family kept the flames from gaining
any great headway and with the arrival of the Abington service the lire
was controlled in the apartment in
which is started. Alarms were sent to
the two motor companies at Jenkintown, but their services were not required. The loss is covered by several
hundred dollars.
Believe Godshalk Was Murdered.
Coroner King was called to Lansdale
Sunday    to investigate    the  death    of
Mrs. XV.  II
time   with   Mr.  find  Mrs.
in   Newtown.
Mrs.   Harry   Guion   is
provements   to  her  hous
Miss Edith Phulsky, of
is spending a week with relatives
Miss .Knthi'i-ine P. Botts is spending
j^a. week with Mr. w: .1. Baker and
IRniily   In   Newtown.
Mrs. Irwin* H. Detwiler and sou Allan" ure spending the week with the
former's  parents,   Mr. and  Mrs.   Frank
Permar, Sr., near Doylestown. Miss
Martha C. Permar will be married to
Mr. Willis D, Barnes, of Doylestown,
on Wednesday at the home of the bride.
W. BJ. Baker attended the 16th anniversary of University lodge at the
Masonic temple, Philadelphia. This
is the largest Masonic lodge In the
state, having nearly lnun members.
Handsome cut glass souvenirs were
distributed   at   the   banquet.
injuries    Aaron Philips received
f a    horse are    healing
obliged to put
the wounds.
Tlnj
by    the
nicely.      Dr. Seiple
in several stitches tc
kick
is
elos'
improving and
short time.
visited   his   par-
John D.  Detwiler
William  Godshalk,   who   was
by a freight  train on  the St<
luilroad,    near Hancock    sire
train  crew  say the man  was
tin-  track.      Dr.  Bauman   declai
examination  revealed no evident
Godshalk had been drinking,
was not a drunken act of hii
the track leads the coroner to
to the possibility that the
murdered and his body plac
trucks.
run" over
iv Creek
*t. The
lying on
i  his
ence that
That it
i lying on
delve in-
iiiiin   was
Hi on the
Earl   Bernhard   i.-;
able to sit up for a
Irwin   II.   Detwiler
en is,  Mr. and  Mrs.
of Yerkes, last Thursday
Mr. and Mrs. XV. E. Baker
P. P. Fancoek spent several
Philadelphia.
Howard Unruh has rented
ther's, Harvey Unruh, placi
village.   .
Mis.   Max.   Trinkle,   Mrs.   II.
wiler and son Allan well
Airs.   Fred   Davidson am
Ruppel last Wednesday
nd Mr-
days   li
Annual Meeting Held and Officers
Elected—Treasurer's Report—Efforts to Pay Off the Deficit—Prospects for Nsxt Ysar.
The annual meeting of the Ambler
j Athletic association was held last
I Thursday evening at Hotel Ambler.
! In the absence of the president, Senator Vare, and the vice president, Alexander Knight, Sr., J. M. Haywood pre-
: sided. The minutes of the last an-
i n mil meeting were read by Secretary
' Joseph H. Buchanan and approved.
Treasurer Wm. II. Faust submitted
the report, which showed a deflclt for
: the year. Messrs. Everham and Jen-
| kins were appointed an auditing committee. Ways and means we're discussed and several plans suggested.
The one which seemed most promising as to financial returns was tho
awarding of an automobile, tickets to
be -sold ut $1 each and the award to
lie made on the linal evening of a fail*
to be conducted next spring. On
motion the proposition was unanimously, referred to the board of governors with suggestion to act promptly.
A. M. Jenkins outlined the steps
taken by the North Penn Baseball
league to provide a class of baseball
in keeping with the support received
in the several towns, which restricts
the salary list to $33 per game and
laoviil *s for at least live home players. He stated that this action by the
Ii ague representatives was unanimous
und was taken only after a full dls-
cutsion of the whole subject with es-
pecial reference to the support given
the teams in ea< li town represented in
the   league.
The following officers were then unanimously elected: President. Alexander Knight. Sr,; secretary, Joseph II.
liuchunun: treasurer. Wm. H. Faust;
board of directors, A. M. Jenkins, Clifford II. Martin, II. V. Everham, James
Bartleson, Marvin C. Kindtg, H. G.
Knight, A. K. Hayden, George Urban,
Robert C. Conway, Dr. A. Godfrey,
Rees C. Roberts, Joseph A. Buchanan,
Jesse I'. Davis, Oscar H. St ill wagon,
1-1 ugh 11. DeKalb. und J. M. Haywood.
Representative to North Penn Baseball league, A. M. Jenkins; alternate,
.Marvin C. Klndlg; manager of the ball
team. William Urban. The selection
of the ground keeper was referred to
the board of governors, as was also the
proposition of securing the suits from
lust season's players.
The newly elected manager, Mr. Urban, stated that, while his selection-
came us a surprise, he feels positive
he can assemble a team of good ball
players that will contain much local
talent uf promise. He Is already on
the lookout for players, some of whom
have already been secured and the
whole line-up will be announced pre-"
vious  to  the  spring  practice  season.
Missing Woman Heard Fror***.
Ji_i*o. -Ella H. Tysoli, vv.ho left Skip-
pack, for parts unknown, Nov. ?L is in
Winnipeg, Canada. .
She has written a letter to a Skip-
pack justice of "the peace, explaining
the ciicumstances of her leaving. She
says she was not persuaded to go
away, but went of her own free will,
traveling most of the distance alone.
She says she is employed in a large
department store auditing accounts
and receives good wages. She says
she will never return to Skippack.
Child  Killed on  Railroad.
Covered from head lo foot with u
thick frost and with his skull fractured, Harry Sullivan, one of lhe boys
from .the Children's Village of the
Henry Seibert Institution at Meadowbrook, was found early Thursday morning alongside tho Reading railway
tracks near Rydal.
Tho lad had disappeared from tho
village Wednesday and had been re-'
ported to the police as missing. Ho
was  about  11  years  old.
it
the
Mr.  and  Mrs.   William
of Philadelphia,  visited   it
urduy and Sunday  in  thi
ll. Det-
the guests of
Mrs. William
i Xorristown.
t. Rul
lathe;
villag
iinson.
*   Silt-
lb
Thieves in  a  Hotel.
Sunday   nig*%t   visit
uf speed
tomoblle
Ind racing with another au-1 they
In a negligent,  careless  and could
malicious manner.     As a result, it is] Nichol
alleged, the automobile of the accused
struck a machine operated by Undertaker Snalkop, ln which Miss Detwiler,
who   taught school  at  Schwenksville,
I was   being brought   to   her home   In
Trappe,  the young woman  being seriously hurt.
Miss Detwiler has entered a f=uit for
$600    damages    against     the   accused
•■■.Pile Mr. Sbalkop has entered one for
I rf iSOO.
Thieves   Sunday   iiigiv   visited   th
barroom of the Penn Square hotel and
succeeded  in  making a good  haul  of
liquors and cash.
The .thieves succeeded    in effecting
in      entrance    by      forcing   a    side
They went no further   than
room   but from   that   place
took   about as much as two men
carry.       Proprietor     Thomas
i stated that he could not tell
exactly  what  the  visitors  had  taken,
but he Is satisfied that  they made a
good haul.
So far as he ls able to enumerate
the thieves secured 14 quart bottles
of various brands of whiskey and
four pint bottles of champagne. In
of   various    brands of    whiskey    uud
WHEEL PUMP.
Illlles  &  Taggart,  agents,  conducted i [
a   very   successful   combination   sale
at the Wheel Pump hotel on Monday
afternoon.      The sale was largely attended and things brought good prices.
It is rumored here that Joseph
Trimble will be appointed first assistant to H. B. Auchy, general manager
of the White City park. Mr. /Trimble has been in the employ of the park
company for the past seven years and
has proven himself a very valuable
man in any capacity.
Considerable interest is being
shown in the big live-bird shoot which
takes place on the Wheel Pump Gun
club grounds this Thursday at 2
o'clock. The handicap will be from
27 to 30 yards. Several sweepstakes
will be shot during the afternoon that
will be open to all. There will be an
enjdyable as well as an amusing event
to precede the shoot and which wlll
take place at 1.30 o'clock This will
be a live pig chase. The animal will
be awarded to the person catching and
holding it. There will i*>,**;.-.olcnty of
shells for sale, and a light . -ich can
also be purchased on the grounds.
W. H. Merrill bas removed from the
park property to Ambler.
The annual show of the Wissahickon
Valley Pigeon and Poultry association
will be held ln town hall, Germantown.
The date for holding the show will be
fixed and complete arrangements will
be made at a meeting of tee association to be held at the coming Week.
Harry Gelslnger has finished painting the exterior and interior of Mrs.
Reed Savin's house.
The regular club shoot of the Chestnut Hill Gun club will be held on the
Wheel Pump grounds this Saturday.
William Bysher has the contract to
dig a 400-foot trench for Henry Fraz-
er Harris.
Board.
m of the
held Thursday-
Mr. a i id Mrs.
was the last
old school
the
Horsham School
The last regular sessii
sham school board
evening at the home of
Charles S. Mann. It
uslness meeting under
law and was attended by every mem
ber of the board. There, was a general review of the work accomplished
under the present management and
final settling of bills and unfinished
business preparatory to final dissolution.
No other school board ln the district
during the past 30 years has done so
much in the way of repairs, improvements and advance in general better-;
ment and equipment of schools,      No;
other board has been more attentive to
duty or more unselfish ln its service
to the schools. The tax rate has been
lowered to 3*4 mills and there is a
snug balance. No other 10-morithS-
term district In tho county, except
Plymouth, has a lower rate.
Owing to a fierce political local light
for other offices only two of the present board were re-elected.
At the close of the business meeting
the members and their wives spent
a very enjoyable evening. Those
present were Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Tom-
linsin, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Anderson. Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Hollingsworth, Mr. and Mrs, Robert J. Ambler,
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Schaffer, Mr. nnd
Mrs. Charles 8, Mann.
Hatfield i urkey Auction;
The annual turkey auction in Hat-
Id was held Thursday and farmers
oni a wide area around (locked there
iiiii early morning. Hundreds of
Hers of the soil, with their families,
ssembled as buyers, sellers and on*-
inkers.
More than 30Q0 turkeys and more
ian 1000 geese and ducks changed
irners. The fowls were sold in lots of
dozen, more or less, and the bidding
as spirited. The sale begun at 0
clock und lasted until after noon.
First grade live turkeys brought
■urn IS to 10 cents n pound and the
• ond grade IB cents. -. Ducks and
i'ese sold ut from 00 to 7i*i cents each.
addition they secured between $5 und
.?'.• in nickels and din.es from Hi
register.
—The annual i
lem   Reformed
sh I was attended by
was cleared.
upper and fair of Sa-
rUureh,    Doylestown,
2000 persons, and $650
PROSPECTVILLE.
A carnival and oyster supper will be'
held in Prospectville hall on Dec. 5 and'
6th.
Mr. and Mrs. George Rue, of Ambler,
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Anderson.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Kratz and Miss |
Hazel Weiss were the guests of Mr. i
and Mrs. William Fillman on Sunday.
Mrs: Harry Fillman and daughter j
Ethel are spending several days with
Miss Emma Gordon, of Ambler.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Anderson have |
moved Into Raymond Weidner'a house.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Ford and Mrs.
Lavlna Ford visited Mr. and Mrs. Ben-1
jamin Weikel, -of Lansdale, on Sunday.
Surprise to George  Kibblehouse.
A very delightful surprise party was.
given to George 11. Kibblehouse, Sr.,
of Gwynedd Valley, by the directors,
teachers, scholars and friends on
Thursday evening at his home. He is
about to retire from the Bower Gwynedd school board, having been a
faithful director for -4 years. Very
appropriate remarks were made by
Prof. J, Horace Bandis, superintendent,
of public instruction of Montgomery-
county.
The evening was spent in playing
games by both young and old. The
guests were then invited to the dining-
room to partake of refreshments. At
a late hour the guests departed after
congratulating the host.
Among those who were present were:
Prof. J. Horace Landis, Prof, and Mrs.
Frank S. Gottschalk, Misses Maud
Nicholson, Celia Frankenfield, .Ethel
Kulp, Hattlo K. Brinton and Florence
Rempp, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cassel.
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Brown, Mr. and
Mrs. Francis Walton, Mr. and Mrs.
Lafayette Solliday, Mr. and Mrs. William Mollenhauer, Mr. and Mrs, John
Kibblehouse and son, Mrs. Johnson,
Mr. and Mrs. Levi Kibblehouse and
daughters, Mr. and Mrs. George B.
Kibblehouse, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Reuben
Rhodenbuugh, Mr. and Mrs. J. Con-
nrd Walton, Mr. and Mrs. Albert H.
Vaux, Dr. and Mrs. E. W. Mercer.
Misses Wilhelmina Kulp, May and
Anna Walton, Helen and Hannah Kibblehouse, Mary McGrath, Dorothy
Hhodenbaugh and Ethel Mollenhauer,
Grant Wrlbank. Peter McGrath, Albert
Sehnieder, Levi Holland, Clyde Walton, Elmer Murphy, Robert CoPie,
Harry Klblilehouse, Wesley Walton..
Harry Vaux, Dudley Preston. Albert.
Slaughter.
THREIT Tl ••-.