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i the ambler gazette vol xix no 1o ambler pa fkimm amy 14 1901 81.25 a yeah i norristown letter on moil s«in«e us to trolley inilr:i-l 11 hh steam ronrt in viability r,-r n«mi«k««i pmfto'i will snpn-im n rorriatown 1 i i ii root i>d you wonder that men will refuse to give content in the use of i in1 old lii roa is and steets on or along their h li ti ( roa a g lands t the electric cai corporations when you reflect thai after these com ; i y | e :¦¦¦! i ii mil i i pinphiiri 7.e i lir wi 1 permission i to place ihcir iron ra b on the lii'.'liv.:iv-:inil run their curs theroon they claim a paramount right of way nii«l expect pedestrians aod trav elers of every description to gel ont f till way of he cars of lie run over captised or knocked to pieces if the law shall nol be lni'1 flown as it should be expounded and enforced by courts that car companies with permits lo inn on the highways most obey the ancient law of public roadl and look ahead for persona or traveler ob the road ao as to protect them from injury or damage of rtny kin the owners of land will be justified in standing by their ancient iht electric car companies cannot evade the outlay for the purchase of laud on which to lay their tracks as steam car companies have to do get permission from supervisors or a council in a bor ough to run on the already opened rvenues dedicated to public travel and then when the electric car runs into any person or vehicle in the road proceed ing in advance invoke the law of the steam car com panics who own their own highwgays and the public road travelers have no business upon their franchise except to cross tlie tracks where there may be an interscntion the conditions are widely different in principle the taxpayer anil owner of land and the travelers on the ancient highways is entitled to protection against a car run by eleotricity coming in front and more particularly coming in the rear if the legislature which is not very practical generally or the courts will hold the companies on the public roads to a more strict accountability there will be no difficulty in getting permis sion tu lay iron rails and run cars by electricity on all the principal thorough fares lint the companies must be the ones to stop look and listen or if not to go that far to have guards and signals and bells and every caution to the trav elers who had the previous right of way and still have a coeval claim to travel with safety and with rights of life limb and property protected ih • i1 old when supervisors and coum i lnieii eonsent to or permit the laying of tracks on public highways they cannot then by destroy the right the public t hereto fore had of using the whole bed of the road for traveling purposes this can only be done by u petition to court for a jury to view and vacate the road as a thoroughfare and if the road be va cated the land owners of property abut ting on the road may hell if to toe car companies and then and not till then are the car companies absolute sovereigns ol the situs ami pedestrians equestrians and wagoners are trespassers as they would bo walking riding on horseback or in carriagew drawn bv their private teams on the track along and on the bed of a steam car railroad bought by tlie railroad companies for its own ex clusive use we want these electric cans on oui arincipal highways running from town to town over hilltops down the dells and thiough our beautiful valleys but companies favored with the privilege must understand that it is a grant sub • bervient to the people who now own the roads and pay our road taxes this will not be any inconvenience when once understood to be law wo use bells on onr horses when wo go sleigh ing so that persons preceding us may hear us coming and take warning the firemen in our towns run their horses through the streets to a fire but they keep a bell ringing on the lire engine as a caution to all persons to keep out of the way men by nature have not eyes in the back of their heads and cannot see backward without lisking the danger of turning around so i hold until the creator shall change our phys ical structure and put eyes in the back of our beads or in the ears or on top 1 the man who comes behind upon the man who is going before is bound to give notice and keep it up till he knows he is heard and observed now the foolish thing has been pro posed in the legislature to give us a separate court called orphans court we do not need it we are opposed to it and we aro opposed to it because we have never felt the necessity for it our judges are judges of all the courts this makes hem broad beaded and broad breasted harrow courts make narrow men our judges are judges in the oyer and terminer tjuartur sessions common pleas and orphans courts the orphars court practise is distin guished for simplicity tlm petitions in this coc.t can be filed at any time for all our courts are open at once at the same time arguments on exceptions to accouuts and auditors reports are heard at the argument court the or phans court business as now and an it always has been conducted ia the fairest and most economical system of ' miuiiiistration of justice that wo have ho court appoints an auditor where nu i.s desired tho auditor meats the , itieu interested at his own otiice or at some place convenient to the people concerned witnebseh are examined at leisure and if all cannot attend olio day another day is set and so no one ia put to any inconvenience or loss but it is not so in our orphans court the a uiuat fix a day or week for court when all partieu ruuat appear whether it suits them or not ui«k or well and if too tick would have to lay legal ground for continuance all this would be groat inconvenience to the heir aud trustees anil legatees of dssaedaints1 citates ami great uxpmmo to tho tax pavers the judge mould have to bn paid a salary witnesses ami sci \ 1x kllhpoeiias to be iiuid.und lawvers would have to attend c.ouit day ufter day though perhaps interested in bat oue in i wn ol the estates to be distri buted irt iiidri in .., i heart n sow ¦ 1 othei r | en set fire all charged to*the estatei il.cin sclvi §. \\ hy should u millionaire tate lir nettled at t he public expi the estate ii ¦ if i hoi il>l pay its on n ex pool ii en sekfotn have nv estates of course thai come into coo rl in any form little estate mow re nn lent to auditors the court will hear all matters u iftioul nn auditor : recount ¦ contain in themselves distribution rented tn by the heirs ami legatees aid nil is done in the register's office n lull c are told hull is the pro ! new court house contains i hree court rooms «<• must have three court a 111:911 need nol ni c ai 1 iv commit suicide just because ha has bought a cemetery lot the lot ill keep the third room though culled a court room will sniffer foi a jury room a man builds fl new burn an<i has three stalls put in the stable though he onus only two homes is nol hound to ro to the first sali in the neighborhood and buy a third ik use just to ill that spare stall the orphans ooult as a separate cootl is not needed and would be a nuisance to us there would be times when we would have three courts going on at tho same time that should always be avoided there should not be more than one couit at a time in a county like montgomery as soon as the two court rule was adopted the three court agitation followed the next will be a separate court of quarter sessions no 4,and a separate court of common pleas no i a separate court of equity juris diction no 6 and a separate court for lunatics no 7 and by that time the supreme court will call a halt aa it did after offering first second and third class cities against fourth fifth sixth and seventh-class cities let us stop this folly in its incipiency it will be time enough to take our sentence to se cure separate orphans court when the census return shall show that the county has exceeded 1 50,000 in population see as soon as a separate orphans court is established the jurisdiction of our judges swartz and weand shall ceabe and terminate in tiie orphans court they will no longer be judges over the orphans court the register of wills now a judge will be the clerk of the orphans court judge and the orphans court judge approving may ap point clerks to assist him if our judg ministers in danger ll.v r 1 brwtftfli i aimmit thinks hat khii-t inimi-ftit rrfchnrgp i'nntnrn i.m ii\»t h i woman rev r e bn ctell rectcn of trinltj memorial p l church of amoler l well in qoainli d with hev johll killer who was shot hy an en rased band recently mr b ccni lunne of the philadelphia evening bullet in : i do n"i belfi ve thai tny friend the i.vv john keller of arlin ton n 1 is guilty of the awful el ia made hrainst h i ni by the « ife of 01 his pbtinhonrrf < 1 1 1 1 v those connected with the ministry can realize what con stant danger there i thai toinc liy:-|ir leal woman ill can«n micli an oujtrfreak bgainsl iinv clergyman no matter how l'oiid ni ill pore be niiiy in1 the dtslro to create such scandal seems lo be al raosl 1 disease with some women every experienced minister has met the class i mean i he two minister have frequently ex changed pulpits ami the dav before the , arlington pastor was shot down by thomas barker he had been in amblei assisting in the coilifccffltlol of the now church which is now in charge of the hev mr brestell barker says he nhot the rev mr keller because airs marker had confess ed that toe clergyman had assmilted her it wns to obtain anv new information that might be had in regard to the crime that the a iiibler minister whs inter v iew ed the rev mr brestell said i jinve been on terms of close friendship with mr keller for yean our acquaintance came about in a rather unusual way his mother was suddenly taken sick and wished to see a clergyman i was summoned and it was thus at the death bed of mrs keller that i met her son ever since we have been good friends and have frequently exchanged pulpits when i read of the shooting occur ring as it did a few hours after i hat1 parted wi tli mr keller i was greatly shocked and at once wrote him a letter expressing my sympathy as none of his mail has been read to him however 1 have of course received no answer and know nothing more of the case than i have read in the papers from mv knowledge of mr kaller however i cannot believe he is guilty of i the charge made against him the llev ; on tt'cdni'mlnv night lust 1 by \. ( 1 1 law it pi was very line and w ii attended ii wm one in the ni"-i iiiiii 1 , rum nver gh en in f^flnmlale two yniitik indiid bcrthfl brinki chalfont ni mamtie mcklnlev ol ijartmlali . m fdrmed 1 he musical part mr haw tci s was r ( onfederal ¦ oldler in i 1 mi anil now lives i:i baltl john ' 1 1 li miner has sold a strip of innd i l!i patrick ( annnti foi w h was intl the nmthwwt dor line and valuable for prospective building lots abhain hurl ban succeeded gilbert m thompson mqellnr's store in charge ol the hardware depart menl . the 1 ir;i revival ineotingfl a tlio m ilnnli-1 rluirch have ceased nolan's neu cigar factory sttttted with 25 iimihis mrs l'',liz:ilniii zearfoot 68 yean of age died on wednesday last and her interment wan in the cemetery oti mon day 8he was the widow of john s5ear foss and the mother of wnrrcn d zeal loss the bricklayer the i.anedale and norristown trad ion company has procured the right of way through tho borough streets and from the supervisors through uppei iwyncdil towhship various releases have been granted by property holders on its route a r place is its solici tor here mill mlwood hoot in west point when they get as far as centre square i conflict is likely to arise with the inland traction the latter bus pre empted the right of way from thence to norristown they will have to agree or else the first named company must take a route above the stony creek in to west norristown the late jesse shay ban a grandson named william shay living here he is u young married man his wife hav ing been carrie daughter of william gibbs of north wales the sale of the real estate and oer sonal property of mrs mary chaplin took place on monday she is the daughter of the late george lund the state senate ill n recent sunday is.suoof the phila delphia record peter bolger the able llarrisbiiry correspondent of that jour nal writes as follows regarding some of the members of the senate of pennsyl amblkk ol'eba house where tiie local institl • ' ; was ii km es could still act in orphans court judg es all tho judges have equal jurisdic tion and be equipollent as our two judg es now it would not be so bad but the third judge aul tljird separate court would still be unnecessary each judge should have full power and jurisdiction as now and each be able to act in the capacity of the other when it may bo necessary i suppose the idea was that an orphans court judge need not know any law and that the present judges know too much legislation beats revelation all hollow when the law abolishing the right to stand jurors aside was before the public a couple of years ago i asserted that it was right i asaert also that it was never invoked in this state except in capital cases treason or murder and that practise we got from england where the theory was that the king can do no wront many of the state trials were held in tho king's palace lie superintended the summoning of the jury and if bis counselor did not like a juror yet could biiow no cause for chal lenge he could peregoptorlly say to the juror stand aside but this practise wuh not presented in this state in any cases except homicide and never was attempt ed expect in the notable political pro secution it is absurd to say to juror after juror stand aside and let them stand there to be gazeil at as men with out minds with virtue enough to serve or disqualification enoughj",to be chal lenged the laughing stock of the com munity under our system of drawing jurois all the jurors are known and should be challenged or accepted i have not seen the new bill but if prop erly expressed it represents a principle and it is never safe to violate a princi ple especially for an expediency the cuban question returns to plague us we stepped forward to relieve them from spanish oppression and ob tained their liberty we should ob tain our indemnity from the oppressors but somehow a resolution was adopted as an expediency to tyo votes see and now that resolution 11 shouted in our faces anil cuba nys bands oti let us alone wo are free an you we now we will make our own constitution this will lead to much discussion but i trust will be settled by wise statecraft and without further war all see the mis take now or ought to bee it old friend ¦ i ailing io hud reliel fronj lie grip with ukl iiu'tlioils i look hr mill ¦-,' plain pills neivillt and n'ri'.e ami liver i'll is mid wa.s n linunently cured 1 iusl bgau jackson mich ir 3ir keller was not fond of women's society with men ho is a great favorite yet amid tlie most jovial circumstances i have ntiver known the least hint of coarseness or impurity to escape his lips in fact by all his friends he is consider ed everything that is honorable as i said he does not seek the society of women he does not make j social calls in iiis parish as do most ! clergymen his stronghold has always been his work among the laboring men he is friendly with all the policemen and fireman and in his position as bish op's chaplain has been instrumental in securing work for scores of men th«re are curious women in every church and thev often cause theirpastors grave concern to create scandal is al most 11 disease with some of these women all clergymen of experience have met them and learned to dread them it i.s a form of uyeteilathst is not easily under stood hut it is far from infrequent no i do not believe my friend is guilty of mrs barker's charges i can not believe it to my mind be issiuiply the victim of a species of mania and i am rejoiced to read that the members of his congregation believe in the same view vunia with the qua whip in the senate irady successfully protects bis power from usurpation by such enter taining talkers as the fiery focht of union and the dispassionate fox ol dauphin grady finds occassional use for washington's glibneas tlie demo cratic senators among them clever de baters like lee of monroe wentz of montgomery and heinle of centre,are pleased to follow the wise guidance of coohran of lycoming who however cannot always hold tho quintet by whom thequay managers expeot to be assisted in making their apportionment maps minn of allegheny and henry of philadelphia share about equally the leadership of the insurgent senators although when legal questions arise weller of bedford is shoulder to nhoulder with henry and klinn as a modest layman not interfering sena tor mugee has attended only the sessions from which he could not be spared and this care of himself his friends in all factions are glad to hear has made some improvements in his health since he moved into his state slicel resi dence " levi sheppurd who bus been ailing i'm the past year is much improved and lust week was removed from the hospital to his home miss kdith 1 howard is visiting mrs hannah drinkhousu j cheston morris jr and miss maisie morris returned to their country residiinco on monday after a trip through virginia 1 c davis and minn annie fesmiro are on the aiek list mins maggie klerk has 0880 visiting george johnson and family of north wales miss sophie ilurlock is again confined to her bed with illness and at this writ ing is in a critical condition mis iluniy 1 mokean is visiting her parents at jamaica plain matin mrs albert shook of who hell vis ited her sister mrs kred dullield mi sunday my moiimeh was affected by grip and i could eat nothing but crackers and milk i began taking dr miles nervine and plain pills and tho double disappeared mrs j lindsay mont ran . minn f report are uurenl th»t a trolley line is conuuii.lali l<mj ,. c u llli tlm inland com ut ttic latter place tinrrettowu the spelling match obi yes our up per dublin pupilg carried off tho tbreo highest prizes in one of the spelling contests at the ambler institute hur rah for the fort washington boys mrs kingsley visited some friends in the city last week the lloisham literary society was en tertained by mr s s hitter on tues day evening of lust week master johnnie young of plymouth is spending a few days with bis grand parents mr and mrs john 8 hode 111 ich of tli iti place the school children were given a half holiday on friday last because of the institute at ambler irvin lloupt librarian of the m i sunday school ban donated a number of volumes to the school john uodiniicli is making prepara tions to move a large bay bouse for joseph l batten mr roaemioh made a business trip to plymouth and no town kst week miss afafflle orottv is visiting at the home of mr and mrs rodger smith the failure or partial failure of the potato crop in southeastern pennsyl vania during the past three or four years is becoming a scrioua matter to many fanners wbo have made that crop a specialty a wised system of farm ing i iuu the i ho ar your kldaey i dr uobtw svtrwus i'liu cure sllklilucy mm turn lfu add bwrlw keiuitdy cu , i'liicmu ui n y progressive farming ilio llorvhnaoi lull alive llnllni itioiin !:•¦ iniiv i i;ri"iiiiiiri vifiinhi ifllttarj i » ri i l-i in hrlimilw tfrnp i'lniiiiiimi.fi it pnrl r\l m cumc a n i - the tiorshmri pat i i lub nan held al the home of alfred k and htwj .'. willlnrfia on ian 81 finder crop r immlttee u'i"irt twine i'luiyslali'd i.i at spring rye mis ii gs sub jcci to attacks ni1 insect owing proba biy to the grain beiig inn mature early in the season ||. v atkinson gave ome ideas on window gardening from lous-dale's papers al horticulture ball in regard to care in watering plants and keeping the foliage clean i (}. atkinson informed the meeting of the net being introduced in the sen ite at harrlsburg in favor of military drill in public schools of this state the meeting showed its dissent by unani mously adopting the following eeiolo tions to be sent to the propel officials at in early date whereas we learn with regret of a bill presented in the senate of pennsylvania to institute military drill in the public schools of the oinmiinweiilth and whereas we believe it to be against public policy against the wishes of a very largo ma jority of the christian people of the state that very many in tliis county could not conscientiously send their children to a school where they were compelled to take military drill as part of their training therefore resolved that we members of horshani fanners club in meeting assembled unanimous ly request you our senators and repre sentatives to use all honorable means to prevent the passage of any law in stituting such drill in the public schools of the state tlie corresponding secretary read a letter from a rirm of agricultural sup plies offering everything in its line at reduced rates for large orders a com mittee waa appointed to consider the propriety of buying such goods in quan tity whether a man is able to do ilia best work early or later in life it was thought depended altogether on the per son as kuskin and walter scott were cited ah examples of work which dis tinguished them done nt an advanced age while thomas chattcron died at 20 lamented bv literary men for his possibilities having produced work when 18 which made him renowned also of a very young lame girl never outside of home and without education producing a masterpiece.lt was thought however that while prodigies make ex ceptlons the cultivated work of mor mature minds was the rule for standard productions washington lincoln lowell handel dickens and longfellow hre amoug the distinguished persons born in february w 1 liallowell thought good roads are almost demanded and recom mended that u portion should be madl linn with good rock stone as a founda tion each year brat on roads which were central and leading to tlm pige for bcnolit of market men it waa thought each township would have meet its requirements as tho situation made necessary examples showing they differed greatly in the plan it was tho unanimous opinion farmers slioulil not bear all tho expense proportionately between state county and abutting lane owner j q atkinson considered that tl cultivation of mowers as a side issue oi farming could not bo recommended a it was a business which requires much care and personal supervision with in creasing labor the best weekly yield of any cow isaac parry quoted from secretary edge's report aa 4li pounds l'2 ounces in siven days and 1188 pounds a year even such yields as 18 pounds a week exhausted the animal arid it did not pay j doyle piepared an interesting and descriptive account of mummies aud the process of embalming used by the ancients the editor read the contents of the < jp.zette on the following subjects edi torial queen victoria ' troubles " what people are reading for what i have longed mary pro gress of science last century three of farmers best friends outside of the human family were given as the horse sunshine and rain the question resolved that home influeuee is of ireator hem-lit to the child than college training " was as signed tn four members the subject on the negative side was ably presented in u speech by isaac miclicner and thff diirmative in a paper containing valua ble ideas by k.s i'arry s ii jairett and w.j liallowell taking part the argument on both sides wan convincing and ably presented but the opinions of the club favored home influence as the most im portant next meeting to be held at william 1 and anna m llalloweh's 3d month 7th the subjects for consideration as signed to different members were u follows low fa shall the 1'oys and uirls on the farm have a source of income independent of what their parents give them what education does the farmer's wife need describe the nicaragua canal what i.s the principle of henry george's theory of taxation iivu some account of the agricultural resources of porto rico " tai coll lur's allekvtl ln>n»ki the alleged shortage of maurice welil ci con labln and ui collector of fred erick township iu over 1l'oo which his bondsmen 0 w markley and m s wagner will have to maku good the sheriff ban seised bis personal prop and will maku sale shoitlr two of the horses were claimed by 1 1 scasholu nd george c llolluubach mr weldner has been traced il tu a reading where he was saen last week by fredeiiok people and to them he uid b 1 the way to haniaburg hia wifn anil child whom hr left en pcnnile.-s hay gone to bei mr ami vira cbri-liau llenuei it obelisk all around glenside spiinit ural kstate viiviiv cntnlnsof itia trolley dmrbfed sirii.i ¦ ntm political mrs liinics dlainon oi m imi re ave nue died ai her hom lai i thai nftei an mini ss of cvaral took place monday in fl i '¦ i'ili n the holy sepuli lire cenieti washington's wrthrtny lf:i been r the occasion on which the lad ¦ the olenside m l church will i"1 1 their annual supper rim preparations are being pnl forth to make this one of the most successful minn of the year the ni onal property of th late john 0 sims formerly vice president ol the pennsylvania railroad a dis posed of al public sale by henry 0 bid ale ni ambler last monday bye straw brought 70 cents per him lied one cow brought 76.60 wagons f 100 each single harness $")(( per set miss clam weber entertained an in teresting coterie of young lady friends at her homo on mount carmel avenue last sunday afternoon they were miss bnfma wilson,mlsa hetty rodenbaugh miss kdna hoover miss blanche ken ninger miss adel webetam miss kathrvn hoover w vv forgythe owner of the graver track near oak park contemplates a number of improvements on his recently purchased property . the half completed streetway ami building lots will be further improved building operations will begin the corning spring in the erection of n number of capacious residences j schliinme & son have already received several contracts in this connection the regular spring election takes place next tuesday while the rivaly is not keen and bitter sufficient interest centers about the local contest to make it worth more than casual notice mr howard foster pitted agaiast mr maurice 1 clayton for judge of election stands a fair chance for election although a democrat he iijih it strong personal following it is expected that the other local offices will be tilled bv republicans discussion over the proposed trolley connection with philadelphia is being revived among the citizens the last few weeks as the time approaches an nounced for the inauguration of opera tions on the building of the line doubt ing belief is gradually turning to open lack of confidence in the statement of mr w t it roberts made last autumn assurances were then given of many proposed improvements which have not as yet taken place an undertone of nil)iic sentiment places but little i e in the likelihood of the trolley project becoming an assured fad in the mar future mi artlnii u 1 ver atlil fo 1,1 vera bpent several days last week in philadelphia miss bessie slackhoube bpenl teveral days last week with mis firman of ambler mrs frank worth spent several days last week with her raother,mrs wiltett ' of jenklntown mr abraham maikley of philadel phia will preach in prospectville m e church next sunday morning ami evening miss mary kline spent several days last week with her aunt mrs alfred crocket mr and mrs george worth spenl one dav last week with friends in horshani the many friends of mrs krv will.be glad to learn that the report circulated last week of her serious illness is false prospectville m e church rev i 0 kaufl'man pastor services for sun day feb 17 sunday school u0 11 in christian endeavor 7.:;o p m nieacbing 10.4 a 111 and 8.15 p 111 by rev abmui markley of riiiladcl phia a reception was held at the home of horace p clark in qorsbam on satur day feb l',1901 at 1 o'clock in honor of the marriage ol mr and mrs horace leigbton clark only the relatives of the young couple were present supper al i o'clock alter which all adjourned to the parlor where the remainder of the evening was spent in a very enjoy able manner after extending theirgood wishes to the ncwlv married pair the iueate returned to their homes at a late bout mr and mrs clark will occupy their newly furnished home in doyles town hue itell the w i s will meet this week at tho home of mr john haag centre square mi8sfrane.es householder of three tuns visited at mr 1 vv merrill's a large dumber attended the organ recital given by mr walter deprefon talnu iu his studio ou saturday evening i'll sewing circle took a sleigh ride to eugene whlftock's on monday evening mr and mrs l 8 preston miss kdna shearer miss clara shook and mrs levi slinglun have been suffering from the jnp koleascs aje beinv secured foi the trolley line from centre i|iian to amb er muulntlou of c'ulna while the law strictly forbids the mu tilation of gold or silver coins of the united states by private persons there is no restriction on inciting them down an.l urge amounts are undoubtedly melt ed by jewelers the object of tin law prohibiting mutilation i.s to protect in nocent holders if the coins have been defaced or mutilated to such all extent that the government will not redeem them tlm law is considered as having been violated jewelen | and other trades men have been warned recently agaiiim partial destruction of coins anil it will hereafter be found practically loipowible to induce one of thujo to ujuke bttl neck oriiameni oi uuu-h charm out coin nilhout lvinoyin thr iinpi inl from iwh face of ln uiett i
Object Description
Title | The Ambler Gazette 19010214 |
Volume | 19 |
Issue | 10 |
Subject | Newspapers -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County -- Ambler |
Description | A newspaper from the community of Ambler, Pa., this collection includes incomplete runs of the Ambler Gazette from 1897 to 1919. This is a weekly newspaper that reports news from multiple communities in Montgomery County. The local news reported in the paper is, in many cases, the only record of the development of the southern half of Montgomery County. The Ambler Gazette continues the Fort Washington Times. |
Publisher | A.K. Thomas |
Date | 02/14/1901 |
Location Covered | Ambler, Pa.;Montgomery County, Pa. |
Type | text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Language | English |
Rights | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
Contact | For more information, please contact the Wissahickon Valley Public Library at abutton@wvpl.org or phone: 215-643-1320. |
Contributing Institution | Wissahickon Valley Public Library |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Month | 02 |
Day | 14 |
Year | 1901 |
Description
Title | The Ambler Gazette 19010214 |
Volume | 19 |
Issue | 10 |
Subject | Newspapers -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County -- Ambler |
Description | A newspaper from the community of Ambler, Pa., this collection includes incomplete runs of the Ambler Gazette from 1897 to 1919. This is a weekly newspaper that reports news from multiple communities in Montgomery County. The local news reported in the paper is, in many cases, the only record of the development of the southern half of Montgomery County. The Ambler Gazette continues the Fort Washington Times. |
Publisher | A.K. Thomas |
Date | 02/14/1901 |
Location Covered | Ambler, Pa.;Montgomery County, Pa. |
Type | text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Language | English |
Rights | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
Contact | For more information, please contact the Wissahickon Valley Public Library at abutton@wvpl.org or phone: 215-643-1320. |
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Full Text | i the ambler gazette vol xix no 1o ambler pa fkimm amy 14 1901 81.25 a yeah i norristown letter on moil s«in«e us to trolley inilr:i-l 11 hh steam ronrt in viability r,-r n«mi«k««i pmfto'i will snpn-im n rorriatown 1 i i ii root i>d you wonder that men will refuse to give content in the use of i in1 old lii roa is and steets on or along their h li ti ( roa a g lands t the electric cai corporations when you reflect thai after these com ; i y | e :¦¦¦! i ii mil i i pinphiiri 7.e i lir wi 1 permission i to place ihcir iron ra b on the lii'.'liv.:iv-:inil run their curs theroon they claim a paramount right of way nii«l expect pedestrians aod trav elers of every description to gel ont f till way of he cars of lie run over captised or knocked to pieces if the law shall nol be lni'1 flown as it should be expounded and enforced by courts that car companies with permits lo inn on the highways most obey the ancient law of public roadl and look ahead for persona or traveler ob the road ao as to protect them from injury or damage of rtny kin the owners of land will be justified in standing by their ancient iht electric car companies cannot evade the outlay for the purchase of laud on which to lay their tracks as steam car companies have to do get permission from supervisors or a council in a bor ough to run on the already opened rvenues dedicated to public travel and then when the electric car runs into any person or vehicle in the road proceed ing in advance invoke the law of the steam car com panics who own their own highwgays and the public road travelers have no business upon their franchise except to cross tlie tracks where there may be an interscntion the conditions are widely different in principle the taxpayer anil owner of land and the travelers on the ancient highways is entitled to protection against a car run by eleotricity coming in front and more particularly coming in the rear if the legislature which is not very practical generally or the courts will hold the companies on the public roads to a more strict accountability there will be no difficulty in getting permis sion tu lay iron rails and run cars by electricity on all the principal thorough fares lint the companies must be the ones to stop look and listen or if not to go that far to have guards and signals and bells and every caution to the trav elers who had the previous right of way and still have a coeval claim to travel with safety and with rights of life limb and property protected ih • i1 old when supervisors and coum i lnieii eonsent to or permit the laying of tracks on public highways they cannot then by destroy the right the public t hereto fore had of using the whole bed of the road for traveling purposes this can only be done by u petition to court for a jury to view and vacate the road as a thoroughfare and if the road be va cated the land owners of property abut ting on the road may hell if to toe car companies and then and not till then are the car companies absolute sovereigns ol the situs ami pedestrians equestrians and wagoners are trespassers as they would bo walking riding on horseback or in carriagew drawn bv their private teams on the track along and on the bed of a steam car railroad bought by tlie railroad companies for its own ex clusive use we want these electric cans on oui arincipal highways running from town to town over hilltops down the dells and thiough our beautiful valleys but companies favored with the privilege must understand that it is a grant sub • bervient to the people who now own the roads and pay our road taxes this will not be any inconvenience when once understood to be law wo use bells on onr horses when wo go sleigh ing so that persons preceding us may hear us coming and take warning the firemen in our towns run their horses through the streets to a fire but they keep a bell ringing on the lire engine as a caution to all persons to keep out of the way men by nature have not eyes in the back of their heads and cannot see backward without lisking the danger of turning around so i hold until the creator shall change our phys ical structure and put eyes in the back of our beads or in the ears or on top 1 the man who comes behind upon the man who is going before is bound to give notice and keep it up till he knows he is heard and observed now the foolish thing has been pro posed in the legislature to give us a separate court called orphans court we do not need it we are opposed to it and we aro opposed to it because we have never felt the necessity for it our judges are judges of all the courts this makes hem broad beaded and broad breasted harrow courts make narrow men our judges are judges in the oyer and terminer tjuartur sessions common pleas and orphans courts the orphars court practise is distin guished for simplicity tlm petitions in this coc.t can be filed at any time for all our courts are open at once at the same time arguments on exceptions to accouuts and auditors reports are heard at the argument court the or phans court business as now and an it always has been conducted ia the fairest and most economical system of ' miuiiiistration of justice that wo have ho court appoints an auditor where nu i.s desired tho auditor meats the , itieu interested at his own otiice or at some place convenient to the people concerned witnebseh are examined at leisure and if all cannot attend olio day another day is set and so no one ia put to any inconvenience or loss but it is not so in our orphans court the a uiuat fix a day or week for court when all partieu ruuat appear whether it suits them or not ui«k or well and if too tick would have to lay legal ground for continuance all this would be groat inconvenience to the heir aud trustees anil legatees of dssaedaints1 citates ami great uxpmmo to tho tax pavers the judge mould have to bn paid a salary witnesses ami sci \ 1x kllhpoeiias to be iiuid.und lawvers would have to attend c.ouit day ufter day though perhaps interested in bat oue in i wn ol the estates to be distri buted irt iiidri in .., i heart n sow ¦ 1 othei r | en set fire all charged to*the estatei il.cin sclvi §. \\ hy should u millionaire tate lir nettled at t he public expi the estate ii ¦ if i hoi il>l pay its on n ex pool ii en sekfotn have nv estates of course thai come into coo rl in any form little estate mow re nn lent to auditors the court will hear all matters u iftioul nn auditor : recount ¦ contain in themselves distribution rented tn by the heirs ami legatees aid nil is done in the register's office n lull c are told hull is the pro ! new court house contains i hree court rooms «<• must have three court a 111:911 need nol ni c ai 1 iv commit suicide just because ha has bought a cemetery lot the lot ill keep the third room though culled a court room will sniffer foi a jury room a man builds fl new burn ann»ki the alleged shortage of maurice welil ci con labln and ui collector of fred erick township iu over 1l'oo which his bondsmen 0 w markley and m s wagner will have to maku good the sheriff ban seised bis personal prop and will maku sale shoitlr two of the horses were claimed by 1 1 scasholu nd george c llolluubach mr weldner has been traced il tu a reading where he was saen last week by fredeiiok people and to them he uid b 1 the way to haniaburg hia wifn anil child whom hr left en pcnnile.-s hay gone to bei mr ami vira cbri-liau llenuei it obelisk all around glenside spiinit ural kstate viiviiv cntnlnsof itia trolley dmrbfed sirii.i ¦ ntm political mrs liinics dlainon oi m imi re ave nue died ai her hom lai i thai nftei an mini ss of cvaral took place monday in fl i '¦ i'ili n the holy sepuli lire cenieti washington's wrthrtny lf:i been r the occasion on which the lad ¦ the olenside m l church will i"1 1 their annual supper rim preparations are being pnl forth to make this one of the most successful minn of the year the ni onal property of th late john 0 sims formerly vice president ol the pennsylvania railroad a dis posed of al public sale by henry 0 bid ale ni ambler last monday bye straw brought 70 cents per him lied one cow brought 76.60 wagons f 100 each single harness $")(( per set miss clam weber entertained an in teresting coterie of young lady friends at her homo on mount carmel avenue last sunday afternoon they were miss bnfma wilson,mlsa hetty rodenbaugh miss kdna hoover miss blanche ken ninger miss adel webetam miss kathrvn hoover w vv forgythe owner of the graver track near oak park contemplates a number of improvements on his recently purchased property . the half completed streetway ami building lots will be further improved building operations will begin the corning spring in the erection of n number of capacious residences j schliinme & son have already received several contracts in this connection the regular spring election takes place next tuesday while the rivaly is not keen and bitter sufficient interest centers about the local contest to make it worth more than casual notice mr howard foster pitted agaiast mr maurice 1 clayton for judge of election stands a fair chance for election although a democrat he iijih it strong personal following it is expected that the other local offices will be tilled bv republicans discussion over the proposed trolley connection with philadelphia is being revived among the citizens the last few weeks as the time approaches an nounced for the inauguration of opera tions on the building of the line doubt ing belief is gradually turning to open lack of confidence in the statement of mr w t it roberts made last autumn assurances were then given of many proposed improvements which have not as yet taken place an undertone of nil)iic sentiment places but little i e in the likelihood of the trolley project becoming an assured fad in the mar future mi artlnii u 1 ver atlil fo 1,1 vera bpent several days last week in philadelphia miss bessie slackhoube bpenl teveral days last week with mis firman of ambler mrs frank worth spent several days last week with her raother,mrs wiltett ' of jenklntown mr abraham maikley of philadel phia will preach in prospectville m e church next sunday morning ami evening miss mary kline spent several days last week with her aunt mrs alfred crocket mr and mrs george worth spenl one dav last week with friends in horshani the many friends of mrs krv will.be glad to learn that the report circulated last week of her serious illness is false prospectville m e church rev i 0 kaufl'man pastor services for sun day feb 17 sunday school u0 11 in christian endeavor 7.:;o p m nieacbing 10.4 a 111 and 8.15 p 111 by rev abmui markley of riiiladcl phia a reception was held at the home of horace p clark in qorsbam on satur day feb l',1901 at 1 o'clock in honor of the marriage ol mr and mrs horace leigbton clark only the relatives of the young couple were present supper al i o'clock alter which all adjourned to the parlor where the remainder of the evening was spent in a very enjoy able manner after extending theirgood wishes to the ncwlv married pair the iueate returned to their homes at a late bout mr and mrs clark will occupy their newly furnished home in doyles town hue itell the w i s will meet this week at tho home of mr john haag centre square mi8sfrane.es householder of three tuns visited at mr 1 vv merrill's a large dumber attended the organ recital given by mr walter deprefon talnu iu his studio ou saturday evening i'll sewing circle took a sleigh ride to eugene whlftock's on monday evening mr and mrs l 8 preston miss kdna shearer miss clara shook and mrs levi slinglun have been suffering from the jnp koleascs aje beinv secured foi the trolley line from centre i|iian to amb er muulntlou of c'ulna while the law strictly forbids the mu tilation of gold or silver coins of the united states by private persons there is no restriction on inciting them down an.l urge amounts are undoubtedly melt ed by jewelers the object of tin law prohibiting mutilation i.s to protect in nocent holders if the coins have been defaced or mutilated to such all extent that the government will not redeem them tlm law is considered as having been violated jewelen | and other trades men have been warned recently agaiiim partial destruction of coins anil it will hereafter be found practically loipowible to induce one of thujo to ujuke bttl neck oriiameni oi uuu-h charm out coin nilhout lvinoyin thr iinpi inl from iwh face of ln uiett i |
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