Ambler Gazette

              THE
Gazette.
VOL  XXXll-NO.  5
AMBLER.   PA..  JANUARY   29.   1914.
$1.25  A  YEAR
COLD POINT
^JkND PLYMOUTH.
Happenings of Local Interest to Our
Readers.
J Workman Killed on  Rail at Nsroissa—
Hi
Rev.   IVir.   Cusworth   'TaKCs   i-ea.o—
Potts Farm Sold to W. w. titttpefm,
Locals and  Miscellaneous.
Eillwood   Cressman,   of   Conhsohock
en, will move this week into the Mo
Gettigan.   estate    property
lane, Harmonville.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. B. Richards, of
Upper Plymouth, on Sunday attended
the funeral of. the former's cousin, the
late Isaac Richards, of Norristown.-
Stephen Laubert, of Barren Hill,, on
Saturday lost a valuable horse by
death. Mr. J-.aubert has been quite
unfortunate in losing fine animals in
this way.
A dog that Walter H. Corson used
on his recent gunning trip into North
ICarolina, is now! ' on a similar trip
With G. A. Clark, of Ambler, who: is
hunting near Sparta, Ga.
Dr. George _. Bartholomew, of Philadelphia, and Miss Carrie Fie, of Coilegeville, were guests Sunday of Mr.
and Mrs. George W. Biir.tholoniv; iv,
Of Barren Hill.
Miss Mary Barnes, of Broad Axe,
has been spending a few days with
Rev. and Mrs. Win. J. Cusworth in the
Iatters' new home at -Hammonton, N.
J., where they are being domiciled this
week.
Two young then on Monday afternoon Were engaged in measuring the
Ridge road down past i Kirkner's
hotel. When they got half way. up the
hill .they ceased the operation, but did
not give out any information.
A foreign named Prosak, employed
on the Harry Atkinson faMri,' ori .the
Ridge, south of Barren Hill; qh Saturday fell oft the manure spreader an J
broke his 'shoulder blade. He was removed to St. Timothys hospital, Roxborough, where he is improving.
James Gilmore,* of Cedar Grove', to
whom as constable, was entrusted lhe
duty of collecting in Whitemarsh
township i some $4000 of delinquent
oounty tax, is' now gathering in • the
last $700 of this ..amount: fie,'says he
may be obliged to levy on a few "ofj
the tardy ones.
Miss Mabel Nelson had quite an ex-
citing experience Friday evening while
skating o'n the ice st the creamery
pond. Venturing,1 too near the weakening; ice:* _iei Broke - through; and
plunged into the water, from, which
predicamenb^he" was gallantly - res&ued
by Stanley Quigg.
On Tuesday evening the members
and friends; of /Cold. Point grange tendered J. K. Thompson a most-' delightful surprise -parts*, -which was a success in every feature. Games and
•music., wei-e ,enJoye*l by all, and later
refreshments were served. A most
enjoyable evening was .passed.
Of Interest to Tax Collectors.,
ward R. Miller, of Coilegeville,
tiiif.ugh his attorney, Thomas Hallman, filed a petition in* court, Saturday, (or his appointment as tax collector of that borough.
Mr. Miller states that- the office of
tax collector is vacant for the reason
that ho, who had been elected last
November, failed to comply with the
law'S' ■ pro\isions to quality by taking
phis oath of office and filing his bond
on of before December 'th.
Every-' tax collector in  Montgomery
county is interested in this action, in
| that none of them has compiled  with
the requirements of the act of assem-
I bly. and -therefore, not having qualified
Carr a! n accordance with the law, the office
[ot tax collector is vacant In every bor-
h and township.
^ifSr^s^as*^te^hi>-t*,*l.to^-icp^ 4P^*?W«m^:s"-i-^«g..,w41. enj
fas tendered Mlftai, R< Marple Satur-   wasepW Thome in Philadelphia.
ay  evening*' In  honor of the  latter's      Henry    Newman,    who     was
V
was
day
birSJd^y    Members of the Cold Point
granger "and friends  to  the number of
40 successfully.executed  the surprise.
Games and music were indulged in -and
later    bounteous    refreshments   "were
served.
The following guests Were entertained Sunday by Mr. and Mrs. Wm. B.
Richards: Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Shoemaker, Mr., and Mrs-. Joseph Woodward, Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Richards and
Miss F. W. Richards, of Norristown;
Mr. and Mrs. & C. Richards, of Blue
BeB{ J. R. Richards, - *Mh. Comstock
and ^William Robinson, of Philadelphia.. ;
Eck Carson, of Hickorytown, has recovered from painfurinjuries sustain!
ed Friday morning, when he slipped
at Ninth and Market. streets/- Philadelphia.. He struck his head on thi
pavenjient. J. Edwin Ewing, who was
with {him, helped the Injured man ftj
his feet and later he was takento the
office of a physician, and later in the
dav he was removed to his honie.
Rev. Wm.. J. Cusworth oa Sunday
preached , his final sermons in Cold
Point: Baptist church as pastor there-
of. Large audiences assembled,-, and
Mr. qusworth preached two -very' able
and Scriptural discourses. During tiie
last few days in Cold Point Mr. ,Cus-
worthi was entertained by Mr. and Mrs.
George Kerper, where on Sunday were
also entertained Mrs. H. Oscar Youns*
and mother, Mrs. Wilson.
Aa the direct result of the sentences
s **$jjt0 three b°ys at Fridays session of Juvenile court, the police have
unearthed the mystery surrounding the
disappearance of $11 in cash from the
private desk of F. D. Duffield at his
home lin' "Washington Square last week.
The hoys, who gave their, names as
Robert Weidman, Horace McCaffrey
and James Bonti,"passed some money
among them - as thfy ,were being led
away and. being detected admitted that
Jeffries Weidman had stolen tho mon-
••*." The latter was arrested and late-
admitted the theft
The William W. Potts farm of 60
acres at Cedar Grove. Whitemarsh
township, has been sold, through the
agency of James Gilmdre, - to William
Warner' Harper,' of the Andorra nur-
s®rles* The figures are private, but
the title will be passed about April
1. Mr. Harper will add the property
to the already extensive .holdings of
the Apdpri-a; nilrseries and utilize' the
ground fii the planting.of trees, shrubbery, etc. The property (dies not adjoin any of .the .other tracts controlled
oi> owned by Mr. Harper .tor- nursery
purposes. ;Mr. Potts owned the property about 15 years.
On Saturday evening, despite >: the
very disagreeable , weather, a largo
turnout attended' the meeting of tho
Loyal; Crusaders at Cold Point itl
was;*a»eXfihal gathering) of .the members with Re-vv Wm, J. Cusworth -as
pastor of the -elrurch. A PX^OiliTfiti-
gram was rendered. Miss Whitman
sang two solos. ' Miss Emeline Hoskins presented vocal <a*atL anstrumen-
tal selection**. Mrs. JV M? •BeiShiWe'n
Mrs. Carrie .Cpslstpn,' land-.Mrs, George
Relhl gave s-tea^hgfe'orVedMtroias, and
Mr. Cu-"worth \tn\a\ Itew remarks, en-
couragfed the* ___be/s to press onward diligently* tat -the .work and to
hold.fogetbar,. JBe thanked them for
the Supp.drt antj nejb.they pgi given
him during his mjnii&,„and urged
loyalty to the work'alia' ''to the new
pasts* -sthoev^-fto/'-Jught be-,' "Pefresh-'
ments were •then' served'.
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(Cbritih-ied on page itj
FLOURTOWN
Ambier opera house, this Friday
night, Jan. 29 tu. "Tne Batue of Waterloo," consuming 5U0U teet of picture
linn to show this wonderful production.
George T. Mats, local plumber, haa
the contract ior installing a heating
system in the residence of Horace Nice
at Hooverton.
New window sash with large Window
glass have been put in Dager's store.
At the teachers' meeting of the
schools of. Springfield township, held
in the township building at Cues unit
Hill, on' Monday- afternoon, the question of a parents' meeting to be held' in
several of the schools was" one of -he
subjects discussed.
Harry Good win Will again enter the
Eagles' home, at X-lorsIiam. i
Mrs. Ada Shearer and children, of
Broqklyn, N. Y., are spending a week
here at the home of her brother, -Wesley
MacLaughlin.
*. The..presence of mind in a driver of
a four-passenger automobile prevent-,
ed what' might have been a serious
accident last Monday morning on tho
pike near the Wheel Pump hotel. A
heavy -delivery auto truck of a Philadelphia department store was coming
down the hill from the township building at a high rate of speed. At the
same time the passenger auto was
coming down although the latter was
not running so rapidly. Both met at
the point where the trolley leaves the
pike to go towards the. station. Between the two automobiles was a hay
wagon loaded with wood drawn hy a
pair of spirited horses. The, animals,
becoming frightened at the noise the
auto was .making, reared and plunged directly in the path ot the oncoming touring car, the driver of which,
seeing, that he was about to strike
the Horses, quickly turned his steering,, wheel and shot into the trolley
entrance to the station.' The man had
much trouble in keeping his machine
from crashing into the Iron fence between the rails.
The office of the Philadelphia Toboggan Co., which has been located
in the home of H. B. Auchy, president
of the concern, has been moved to the
factory in Germantown.
Mr.  and  Mrs. .George  Mowery,  who
have made their home in. part of Edict' Cgettsman's -house., will -enter the.
SPEAKEASIES
ARERAIDED.
Effective Move Against Ambler's Alleged Resorts.
Salutatory Results Attained After
Weeks of tftort—John Palermo Arrested and Warrants Out for eight
Others.
The efforts for weeks of the law and
i order society,  directed    from  Norris -
j town   against  certain    alleged  speak-
| easles in South and West Ambler, cul-
| m mated   this   week   in   the   arrest   of
| John  Palermo,   ui  Chestnut and  Cen-
I tre streets, South Ambler, and the ts-
| suance of warrents against eight other alleged offenders for dispensing liquors  without licenses and  for keeping disorderly houses.
The warrants were sworn out before Magistrate Eugene Egbert, of
Norristown, and were served by Constable Walter Lilly, of Norristown,
I who was assisted by Richard J. Ford,
of Ambler. Evidence had been secured
I through the agency of tha Dickerson
detective bureau of Norristown, which
had been working on the case for
some time.
It  is  stated  that    at  the    Palermo j
store in South Ambler a bottle of wine
was Secured among the other evidence, j
At Petro Gambonie's, Wissahickon avenue and Locust street, intoxicating liquor was procured, but the proprietor
receiving some inkling of the proposed arrest, made his departure ln haste.!
It is also stated    that up to ■ Monday
there were 12 kegs of* beer in* the place.
Franoesca's  resort  at   Maple  street, I
West Ambler,    was also    among    the
places  against  which   evidence  is  secured,' it is said.    Antimocio has been
conducting the place, it is alleged, but
Krancesca is also among the missing.
Antonio   Viceso,    of    100     Chestnut
street,  has-also moved away suddenly i
as a result, It is alleged, of the efforts'
of  the law,  but a  warrant is said  to
have been issued for him and he Willi
be   -captured. ' Phileppo ' Signor,    the
baker, is also among the missing, and |
was chased twice on Tuesday by officers ■armed with a warrant, and it is
assured he will be brought to face Jus- '
tice'.-. I
A warrant is also out for Dominlck |
Rotello,   who,  it  is  alleged,   was  busy-
selling liquor openly when the evidence
against his  resort  was  gathered.    He
will also be apprehended.
At 222 North Maple street, West Ambler, at a store conducted by one Ante- I
nello,! there  were found  six  boxes  of
beer,     and     evidence'    was     secured
against the place.
On,. Tuesday    morning,    when    the
swoop was made by the officers there
was
fi
resorts, at their places of employment,
etc., and' others chased off from their
PROMINENT
FIREMEN HURT.
OBITUARY.
Three Men Injured ln Blaze at Wyn
cote.
Th'
of Jenkintl
of 'last «
cemetery. .
raised in
engaged
WILLIAM SEAL
mains  of  William
wn, were
Seal, late
interred Tuesday
M-k in Abington Friends'
Phe deceased was born and
Chester county: He was
the   grocery   business   in
Philadelphia for 10 years and in the
flour and feed business for more than
20 years. He had been a resident of
Jenkintown for several years, a man
A. Fos- I highly respected by all who knew
him. His wife died 12 years ago. He
leaves one son, Thomas H, Seal, who
is with, the Jenkintown National bank,
and also one daughter, Mrs. Harry
Carpenter, of West Philadelphia.
DAVID A. MARSH.
David A: Marsh, who has been residing in the Suner property, Eort Washington, for several months, died Saturday morning from pneumonia, in
the 62d years of his age.
The deceased was born Oct. 18, 1852,
ln Yorkshire, Eng., being the sob of
the late Henry Marsh. One brother
and two sisters, Sarah, widow
| of the late Joseph Cartner, and Emma,
all of Yorkshire, survive. The subject of this sketch came to America in
1876 and settled in Philadelphia, where
he engaged in the real estate business,'
In 1907 they moved to Barren Hill,
where they resided until May of last-
year, When they- removed to Fort|
Washington. For several months' Mr.J
Marsh suffered from diabetes.
The deceased married Elizabeth'
Miller, of Lancaster! in 1881, who wtth
one daughter, Maud Emily, wife of _.
G. Halloway, of Philadelphia, survives.
Mr. Marsh nearly his whole life was
a. member of Wesleyan Methodist
Episcopal  church,  Yorkshire, England.
The funeral was held on ' Tuesday
with services, in charge of Rev. C. A.
Santee; of St. Paul's Reformed church.
Fort Washington*;, conducted privately
at the hojuse, and interment was made
at Ardsley cemetery.
3 JOHN   MEEHAN.
John  Meehan,    of near    Blue    Bell,
a long illness, aged
Hanover   township, j 84 years.    He resided oh a' small place
start  a  rattlesnake I along thi Skippack  road  opposite  the
Those    Injured   Ar.   Andrew   Grahan
Burgess  of Jenkintown*   H
ter,    Secretary    of    Montgomery Co.
Association,   and   S.   H.   McNeill,   of
Jenkintown.
Causes of the flre which ruined the
Wyncote estate of H. S. Eckles, have
.not yet been determined. An Investigation is being made by Chief Jensen,
of tbe Cheltenham police. A revised
estimate places the loss at over 825,000.
.. Chief Jensen said there were two
slight fires on the premises within the
last four weeks, and other developments may come, all dependent upon']
an investigation now under way.
Three firemen were injured at the | _,*J_"
tire: Andrew Graham, chief of Pioneer company, and chief burgess of
Jenkintown, struck by falling timbers
and debris, stunned; H. A. Foster, secretary of Montgomery County Volunteer Firemen's association, and chief of
the* Glenside company, overcome by
smoke; 8. If. McNeill, of Jenkintown,
artery in hand severed by falling debris.
These accidents happened after 2
o'clock Sunday morning, when Chief
Graham was heading a party of firemen into the building. Ceilings, partitions and dtibris came crashing through
from the third floor to the flrst, the
firemen being practically burled under
the falling material. Chief Graham
was removed to his home in Jenkintown. '
To Start  Rattlesnake  Farm.
William H. Crane, formerly of North
Carolina,  who recently purchased and
moved on    the Elmer Clemmer   farm,
formerly owned by Joseph Dyson, near | died Saturday, after
led   Hill,     Upper
this  county,     will
ELOPERS FROM
COLD^POINT.
Removed to Burlington,  N. J., to
Answer Charges.
George Fawful and Mrs. Mollis Carter,
After    Two    Weeks    in    Norristown,
Leave  in Custody of Officers— Woman  Has Two Children.
After  having    spent  the    past  two
weeks in the county Jail at Norristown,
George Fawful and Mrs. Molly Carter
were on Thursday taken to  Burlington, N. J.,  by Deputy  Sheriff Thomas
W.   Holland,   of  that  city,  to  answer
serious charges preferred by the wifet
of the former and the husband of tha.
latter.
Fawful and Mra. Carter were arrested in Cold  Point  ou January  11,
I the above deputy sheriff having traced the elopers  to Plymouth  township
i by means of letters that Mrs. Carter
had    written    to a girl chum    ln Bur—
I lington.    He  and  Constable Lilley,  o£
I Norristown;   found   Fawful   and   Mrs..
[Carter living as husband and wife int.
[.Cold Point. They bad with them the;
woman's /l\vo small children and it
wa. necessary; for the officers to also.-
take cure, of the llttle ones. The
lopuple had resided ln Cold Point for
several weeks, and their arrest was a
big surprise to the acquaintances that
they | had made. Fawful and Mrs.
CarteS* together with the latter's children were placed in the county jail to
await requisition. papers from Newi
Jersey.
Deputy Sheriff Holland -armed with
these papers and accompanied by tha
husband of the woman arrived in Norristown Thursday. Mr. Carter refused;
to interview* his wife but he took tha
custody of the older child. Tiie other
child, which is a mere'infant, was left
with the mother.
.The New Jersey official presented
his. papers to the local court.    Judge
farm—something    quite new    for the
Perkiomen valley.
Mr. Crane assures the natives that
there will be no cause to fear the
rattlers, for his experience with the
snakes in the southland proves them
luite harmless under proper care arid
Weand     learned    that     the    charges
high  scKEoI   "building,    north  of  Blue I against lhe couple were proper and he
Bell. instructed  Sheriff Schwartz to  deliver
The  deceased    leaves    a    daughter, j the' prisoners --to' the '-deputy    sheriff,.
Anna, and two sons,; Seolt and Charles,! Jhe latter official left .immediately for
latter Official
all of whom reside at home. " f Burlington. N. J., where the prisoners
The funeral was held Tuesday morn-   wl"  P* obliged to face trial.
ing with high    mass
well
known in this section, having been
the driver of a team at one of the
local coal yards for a number of years,
died last Friday in the Chestnut Hill
hospital, after a short illness. The
I funeral was held on Monday with interment at the Rose Valley cemetery.
Daniel  I.  Nash  has  disposed  of his
I milk wagon..
The Misses Bessie and Margaret
Farrell have moved from Wissahickon
avenue to. Germantown.
A topdresslng of cinders has. been
put on Wissahickon avenue.;.
^ George. Bullen has moved fro.m Ambrose Yeakle's tenant house, on Mill
road, to one of Frazier Harris' tenant houses, and the house vacated by
Mr. Sutler wlll.be occupied by Albart
France. William Buller, who now oc-i
cupies the Weiss property on the pike,
|wili move to the house vacated by Mr.
France.
If any of our residents desire tickets
for the minstrel show of the Brotherhood* of Zion church this Saturday
ev.ening in Wissahickon hall, . Fort
Washington, they will have to hurry,
as most of the tickets have been sold
and a large attendance is assured,
I I George T. Matz, agent, has sold to
parties at Plymouth Meeting one of
the flnest automobiles ever disposed of
by an agent in this section. This car
is an Overland coupe and is equipped
with the latest appliances.
Considerable, delay has been experienced in installing the new scales at
-Zebedee Comly's coal yard because of
an error in the equipment. The matter was adjusted by making altera-
|tions jto .the foundation for tbe scales,
the work will now be pushed to completion.
All unsold tickets for the benefit of
.the demonstration committee of the
Firemens' association, together with
the money for the tickets disposed of,
are to be turned over to G. Fred. Kimbel, secretary of the flre company, on
Thursday evening, February, 5.
, The annual banquet of tbe Irving
Literary society was .held last Wednesday evening lu Odd Fellows' hall
and was attended by a large number
of members of the society, there being
about 70 in all present Rev. C. E.
Smith, pastor of Zion Lutheran church,
Whitemarsh, acted as toastmaster, and
among the speakers of the evening
were: EC, Wilson Stahlnecker, Esq.,
Daniel I. Nash, Mrs. Richard Green,
Miss Edith Clymer, Samuel « Yeakle.
A male quartet composed of John Harner, H. L. Barnes, David Kissler and
Samuel Yeakle, rendered a number of
excellent Selections during the evening. The society on this occasion also
celebrated Uts 10th anniversary, . Gen*
eral regrets were -expressed -over the
death Qt]Vxa. W. S.: rfetper.i.who had
been one or the leading members* of
tjie society. Appropriate : resolutions;
prepared by a committee, comprising
Rev. C. E. Smith and Russell Y- Puliinger, president of the society, on the
death-or-Mrs. Kerper were offered and
adopted.       > q .';ib (, t. 2 ?
handling. He has had a breeding farm church, jNoTrlstdwrii
in North Carolina and met with good | neighborhood viewed
success. I day evening.
A  few rattlers  were  shipped   there -| OLIVII
and are now safely housed in ,their
new home. Last year Mr. Crane reared and sold 100 of the rattlers.
The snakes are much in demand for'
scientific   purposes.    The    New    York'
museums  and   biological    laboratories
are ready to buy all the rattlers tbatj
Mr.  Crane    can    furnish.    A  product
. in St.. Patrick's
Friends    of -the>
the remains Mon-
few,
found
**n»4»
sobn-
aceustomed rendezvous. Some
venturing .back later in the day,
»0^ic.er^-atilJsj.(>n.(the^i^7^-d^aga*l»
I their escape from th'e law, "which
er or later will gather them in."
Palermo  was  held  under $1000   bail
for   a   further   hearing   next   Monday
morning at 8 o'clock.-
Springfield Company Buys Land.
Mrs. John B. Stevenson, Jr., sold the
property on the Edge Hill road where
the towers are located to the 'Springfield Consolidated Water company.
She recently sold the balance of her
holdings there to the same company.
1 This organization has purchased this
lsjnd in appreciation of the local:busi-
nes§ it is getting, and in recognition
of.the rapidly growing section, getting
ready to make more improvements.
The Springfield Consolidated ■ Water
company is an extensive corporation
being w.orth about $25,000,000.
R fT-VCK.
Oliver jFlack,  one of the oldest rest-
[ dents of'IDoylestown, died
j morning jat  his   home  on  West JOak
land   avenue   after   being   ill   a  'short
1 time with diseases incident to old age.
He  was 1 in  his  89th -year.*''
Mr.  Flack  was    the  son  of    James
and'   Phoebe  (Lake), Flack,,   and was
born  in Doylestow'n  township.    All' of
his  life was  spent   iu   Doylestown  and
vicinity where he for many  years fo!-
lowed carpentering.    He also Served a
econd*. McKinJey FinvCo. Th™ &S  8ch°o1- *»S!-tor in  t&§_tQ3!
ATlMr^o^imto^^^kftomi f&r'fr mh^r-**•t$i.iA&m.lM
Ui-Vfor a second flre'company^ at Mc-  Doylestown  townshii
Kanley to be known  as the  Indepen-'
.   Runaway st Chalfont.
As a special  train  passed  Chalfont
I station,    Thursday    afternoon,    David
Bensinger's  horse  became    frightened
land ran away.    In attempting to hold
him  by  the  bridle - Mr.  Bensinger was
v- thrown to the ground and one of the
rear wheels passed over him, but he
escaped    injury -yid    the    horse    was
I caught' before' It had gone far.
Tei^V^hTZrTl^ ?Tn&   T '«W croaalin burnished  byra"
»   tholtlesnakes, and this lltfuid is extensively^
used In treating people suffering with
epilepsy.
dent Flre Company, No. 2, of MclCn-
ley.. Five of these persons have signed the application for the charter to,
the local courts. From the outside
it looks as though there ls a split in,.
the original fire company.
Sunday Sohool on McKean Farm.
The newly organised Sunday school
on the McKean farm, about two miles
from Springhouse, will open next Sunday at 2.30 p. m.   Preaching at S.16.
Bequests Declared Void.
Two bequests of $500 each to the
Baptist orphanage and the Oak Lane
Baptist church, made in the will of
Mary. M. Wood, who died recently at
Oak Lane, are declared to be null and
void, because her wlll was made less
than a calendar month before she
died, as required by law. Her will
was dated January 10, and was admitted to probate Saturday by Register
of Wills Sheehan, Philadelphia. Her
estate, which is valued at $50,000, was
left to her sister and a number of nephews and nieces, and other relatives
lin scattered bequests.
!    Will Start Clothing Factory.
The:, proprietors ol the Montgomery
Clothing factories at Kulpsville and
Harleysville have leased tho Bromer
building in Schwehksvljio 'for a period
of years with an optHnt of buying tho
same., and will start a children's clothing '- -factory." * '''"Mis' 'factorjr* 'wlli tbe
managed by Lipman Lachman, Herman H. Becker and Benjamin Goodman. A' oompany will be organized
under the name of "The Perkiomen
Clothing company."
BROAD AXE.
I Lewis Harner, of Philadelphia, spent
Sunday .with Jesse Cassell and family.
I Horace _ddlemah had the misfortune to fall in the water while cutting
ice on the Cassell 'dam with the result that he is suffering from a heavy
cold.
Joseph Thomas, farmhand for Mr.
Parsons was robbed of $8, all the money- he had, while coming from Ambler
one night last week.
Mrs. Milton Nice and Miss Edna
Nice spent Thursday visiting friends
in Fort Washington.
il Mrs. Charles Rile in less than three
weeks shipped 1760 white mice, and
still has large orders coming In dally.
Mrs. Eddleman entertained a number of guests at a delightful I whist
party on Saturday evening.-1
LINE LEXINGTON.
W. S. Bergey sold Mrs. Bertha Reen-
stick's farm, near Line Lexington, to
a Philadelphia party.
W.1 E. Morris) ls making extensive
improvements to his property which
he purchased pf \3* L. Bergey several
years ago.
„,?_*' William Leonard has resigned
the pastorate of the Montgomery Baptist church after being Its pastor only
a fejv.,-months; Ho will preach his
farewell sermon on Sunday evening
and will later take up his residence tn
Boston.
; A'dog supposed to be mad whs killed
too Wednesday after* having bitten
P,har]es-,Stewa*ct..and William Bloom,
the latter the -.dog. only caught by >the
coat sleeve. The dog belonged to Char-
"*» Stewart and was-at first thought
to have only a fit. Other dogs that
ha.d-b'ien, bitten, have since been killed. Mr. Stewart js undergoing treatment in Philadelphia.
Metropolitan-Suburban Planning Com-
nA%' : - mission.
Following are the members of the
Metropolitan-Suburban Planning commission: Alba B. Johnson, president
of the Baldwin Locomotive works, and
whose home is at Rosemont, is chairman of the commission. Other members are Penrose Robinson, Hatboro;
George. W. TOlkins, Jr., Ogonts and
Abington; Charles O. Kruger, Abington; Julius E. Nachod, Glenside;
John Gribbel, Wyncote; Joseph R.
Grundy, Bristol; Arthur P. Townsend,
Langhorne; Marshall R. Pugh, Wayne;'
E. J. 1 Berlet,- Ridley Park; William E.
Ellis, Bryn > Mawr, and George Sullivan, Cynwyd. Mr. 1 Sullivan is secretary.
'etc***
who  died about I
seventeen years ago.
V Surviving him are one son,    Walter
Flack,   of    Willow     Grove,     and   two
[daughters,    Mrs.   George  . Brooks,    oft
JLahaska,   and   Miss   Emma   Flack,   of
Doylestown.   . There     also     are     nine
grandchildren  and  three  great-grandchildren.
JAMES  KNIGHT.
James Knight, of Ambler, died Tuesday at the Chestnut Hill hospital,
aged 66 years.
The deceased was, severely injured
on Dec. 30 on the Mrs. M. C. Hart estate, where he was, employed, .his in-1
juries being the result of a tree fall-1
ing upon him. He came to Ambler
30 years ago from Long Island, and
was one of the charter members of
Hendricks castle, Np. 117, A. O. K. of
M. C, which was .organized 28 years
ago. He was also' a member of the
Wissahickon Fire company, of Ambler. • He was unmarried and leaves
a niece and a nephew residing in Long
Island.'f.
The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at 2 .o'clock from the residence of Mrs.' Camburn, Railroad avenue, West Ambler, and the Interment
will, be made ln Rose Hill cemetery.'
Fitzwatertown Home Robbed.
, The summer home of Herman Deis-
inger, whose residence is on the Fits-
watertown road, near the Susquehanna
road, near Fitzwatertown,. was broken
into by thieves -during the absence; of.
ft ered fS^rnEhe floor.' tatA .-
William   Clayton   Diss   Suddenly.
William Clayton, of Hatboro, died"
suddenly on Saturday. The man who
is said to. have been morose since the
death of his wife, about two years ago,
has several times threatened to end
his life.
Recently a woman member of tha
household happened to enter a room,
just in time to see Clayton press a,
revolver to his forehead. She sprang,
at him and bravely knocked aside the
weapon, the bullet burying itself ih-
a wall. Since then he has been guarded with great care.
_ Saturday, Clayton suddenly collapsed, and when members of the household reached his side he was dead. It
so happened that Coroner Neville was
ln the neighborhood, investigating another case, and he was promptly summoned. He found that Clayton had!,
suffered an internal hemorrhage, which!
caused death.
Mr. Neville was Summoned in bis*
official capacity on the occasion of thet>
death of Clayton's wife.
Sale of Willow Grove Tract.
The Matilda L. Hallowell estate has
sold, through W. L. Kentner, real estate broker, of Willow Grove, a tract
of 20 aoTes with an extensive frontage on the Doylestown turnpike, north
of Willow Grove. The purchasers are
Henry Specht and John Shull, of Willow-Grove, Who will develop the tract,
together with other adjoining holdings
of ; the same Owners. The price paid
for the ground Is not disclosed. It
was held at $12,000, or about $600 an
acre;
Branchtown Hotel Sold.
The old Branchtown hotel on the
Junction of York road and Limekiln
turnpike, has been purchased by Matthew Donnelly from David N. Hallowell,
for $4000, subject to a mortgage of $14,-
000. The license was transferred recently to Donnelly, who has already
taken charge. The property is assessed for $18,000.
* mVfhA _. b. Miller Cigar company,
of Red Hill, shipped 40 carloadsTof
cigars to various parts of tho union,
during ths year wl J.
---Skippack desires that more1 homes
be erected there, ,.
Assured of Free Postage.
After a five days' trip to Washington, during which she interviewed . a
number of the leading statesman of the
country, Miss Olive Wilson, of Jenkintown, returned Saturday with assurances that her cherished, object of
free postal service for charitable
Christmas gifts to poor children will
become a fact', Among those inter-1
view by Miss Wilson were Vice President Marshall,' Secretary of State
Bryan, Speaker Champ Clark, Secretary Of the Navy Daniels, Admiral
Dewey, Oscar Underwood, J. Hampton
Moore, A. Mitchell Palmer, Senator
Moon, of Tennessee, and Senator John
Sharp Williams.
' All of the statesmen gave her letters
of indorsement and promised to work
for the bill giving.^.'h'e'r' the. franking
privilege for Christmas purposes.
Took Long Walk.
After wandering about during the
greater portion of Saturday afternoon,
exposing herself to the terrific downpour of rain, Mrs. Mary Horning, wife
of Frank Horning, residing in Norris-
|town, was found shortly arter 7 o'cloclt
Saturday evening and returned to her
home, where she is now under medical1
attention suffering from, a , complete
breakdown following her experience.
in the inclement weather.
It has been learned that after leaving her home, the unfortunate woman
had walked to Lansdale and after wan-
| dering about in that borough for a
short time had walked back to Norristown. It was reported that although she ls suffering from exposure,!
she will likely reoover. A physician
i'and nurses are in almost constant attendance, a
Wages Cut at Woods' Plants.
The new scale of wages at the plant
of the Alan Wood Iron and Steel company and the J. Wood and Bros, company, by which all of the 1600 employ-]
ees are given a 10 per oent. reduction
[in wages, went into force Monday
morning. There has been no protest
from the men affected, and the usual
mills are in operation..
Mt. Carmel, 24;  Ambler, 20.
The  weight and  the-..agUity of
the
Has Private Secretary Post.
John Alleva, of j^orrlstown, and a
former student at Ursinus college, Is
now private secretsiy^to G. A, Mon-
gelli, professor of garment cutting at
Temple college, Philadelphia, .
The Course teaches -the. art by a new
[ientffic double balance system.
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,*<nS*|-n*iO siU lo -*5*>i1-!.*> 1;^
-10 *nei)a\u$eH bos i'l',H fa
Brigade team, ot the Mt. Carmel :Pr'es|
byterlan church., Edge Hill, waa too
much of a handicap for the looal
Brigade team last Thursday evening at I ista-
the Boys' club, when the Ambler; boys | "*6
went down ta defeat ln basket ball
by the iscp're of S4 to 20. Following is
the- line up::' '
Ambler Position        Edge Hill
Kelly, Keiger     forward Roatche
Garrett forward ^Whfttock
jpienfelder        .   center ' Searih*j
Bapp guard     p. Harris/on
Davis V   guard .,,€, Harrison
Field goals, Kelly, 2; Garrett, 2;
-BaPJS.. 1; .Davis, l: Roatche, 2; Sear-
JngA *: IHI HjJTison, 1;' G. Harr*so*n,;4.
Foul gdalfiA  Ambler,    8;    Edgi Sill
.   Referee TJr. Wildrick.
t—Asljei; I^J^ndjersj has** Ibeeh named
as postmaster' of Doylestown.
N.w Signs to Make Motoring Safer.
Many serious accidents to automo4
biles are due to the fact that danger-
spots In the road are not marked witls
warning signs distinctive enough or'j
placed in the right way to be noticed-.
by the driver traveling at even a moderate speed.
Much confusion results from the fact
that every state, and Often every county in a state, uses a different style of
signs for the guidance of motorists.
And this confusion is heightened by
the unfortunate tendency of many ad-
ivertisers to overshadow the road signs
with large announcements of their-
wares.
Several Guropean countries have
lately adopted a system of signs which
has many advantages over this- country's chaotic method, and which lt is
hoped will some day become international. In these new signs no words
are used—they give their warnings
by means of cleverly devised symbols,
which can b* easily mastered and can
bo grasped much more readily than--
cven a short sentence..
If, for instance, a sign ; showing a -
right angle turned to the right appears on the roadside, the motorist
knows tjtat he is approaching a sharp-
•curve ,turning toi the right:! If the
angle turns in the opposite direction
[he known that the curve is toward
the left*. |1
'   It he sees a sign' life a huge Z, ho
known,that he is approaching a, double
rtirvV.    It the sign be a great X,  ho
known ho Is-, nearing.* a cr.oss, road.   JtW
Mml- sign  hear a    barred  gate, . th4t i
aneans; "railway crossing.'?
I   If the sign is a disk, with three black *
ircles, the road is barred to motor-*
i If the picture shows a  "hump',
road Is    filled with    "thank you
ma'ams."   If thev mark' oh the sign Is. a  |
straight    line, * included,    there  is "& |
steep  grade ahead.    Should  the  sign
have -what looks like the outline of a.
washtub, that indicates a water course,
bridge or depression..   If the sign bears
byro  "humps"\ the <road   is   barred  to.
sill traffic.
Lived to Be Over 100?
, :.A,case which Coroner; Neville lnyes^-.r
tlghle'd at Hatboro,' was the death ok'\
Theodore Johnson,', a negro, living bn?i I
tho Davisville road.   The old man died*
of Heart* failure.\an*i waa said w residents of the neighborhood* to Da-o.~
tween'100 and UO yeara old.
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