The Ambler Gazette 19010117

              ambi 1he vol xix xo norristown letter gazette ambler pa jant'auy 17 1901 81.25 a yeab s i,,.c|m|,h ion ari'i lu cnn««<rnrn1 trwn it.iitii.lnrii of cniit;ri'm*i(>li:il ih trtctt s.dmiiiriiii mghl r»f ixiia • •<>!. i itinnl •«'¦ inhriiliiik i.hf.-i n n i islnun l'a hui i i 901 tlic philadelphia nqiilrci nayn in i brief rliscupsion wltli the pittston • iiizi'itc w 1 1 nit had declared trathfnlly tluit the ctistitiffrfawiflcation nf penn sylvafiia cities is irotewiue " hint the fundamental law must m changed " snwii'iii has now the population of the second clan city over idii.imki people and dreads the expense and costs of the itui thu f null i mil hi ilic fnmiamen iiil law there li no authority inywhere in the constitution of pennsylvania for flrttj si'ccinii third and fourth clans fica linn of cities this was a species of jug sling l>y tlii leiiislnture to gel special legislation for philadelphia and pitts burg the constitution limply says t art ."), sec i : cities may lie chartered whenever a majority of me electors of aiiv tnivn or borough having a popula tion of at leaal 10,000 shall vote at any general election in favor of tlie same " no one over dreamed in 1k72-:i when this constitution was adopted that the legialatiire woulil undeitakc to divide cities into classes fur clnss distinctions are obnoxious and are neither democrat ic nor republican they are not con stitutional the act of the legislature of 1874 dividing the cities into three classes was incautiously declared constitution al by the supremo court much to their own future sorrow and the regret of all the beat people of the state for the supreme court subsequently in avar's appeal 122 page i a state kept jits.de clared the act of l.h7li and the act of 1s87 dividing the cities of the state into seven classes unconstitutional the su preme court tlien saw that the bars taken down in their lirsl decision had to be put ii again and wedged against all invasion tins was in 1888 the oreselit act after much legisla tion many amendments and repeals is the act of mays 1889 unfortunately this is a pi rpetual parasite fastened on the law ami fixes the limit at three classes under the first decision of the supreme court this legislation is vic ious in the extreme it creates classes among citizens who by the fundaments al law of the iiuid know no classes the first class population 800,000 or oveej seemul class population 100,000 and under 800,000 ami third claws popular lion nnder hid 000 this is t he ri a.su n noriistown witli its population of over 20,000 always votes against a city cliarter,for we would rather be a lirst class borough with an ancient dm want in aurrendter il to become citi'zesns of the third class much as we would like to x a city if the legislature had the power to create three classes it had the same power to create seven classes vet the supreme court decided that tho legislature had not the power to create seven classes that they should have decided in the lirst instance when the legislature divided cities into three classes but the last decision was right although illogical ami against their own precedent bad precedents ought never to be followed i glory in a j<id«»e who can decide according to right ami justice and pitoti manifestly unjust precedent out of the window uad precedents o hones people much harm legislation could easily have beenfpro video for cities of over lioo 000 and over 100,000 without the invidious dis tinction into classes just as bow when a county has over 100.000 inhabitants it shall lie divided into legislative districts of compact ami contiguous territory but a county so divided into districts is not designated a county of the first class or oljiny class all are of jaie class the mtne as states j ilwell upon this theme for our members of the legislature inuut under stand that they are son to harrisburg to preserve the plain principles of liber ty which governed the founders of the . ipiuoiiw ralili ami not to give title and dignities by classes the business of defining the boundaries of congress ional district under the new apportionment of 866 members is thus d h t apportiment f 86 members denned by the constitution the y t times places anil manner of holding elections for senators and representa tives shall lie prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof but the eon gresb may at any time by law make or alttfr such regulations except a to the place of choosing senators all the law on the subject is united states law ratified it ii true by the legislature of pennsylvania but such ratifications was nevet necessary to give it full eilnt the authors of tho constitution of the united slates widely provided that in the evi'iu of an unjust gerrymander by the states congress could intervene by paramount authority and rectify the evil if thetnuntber of representative be qxed al 3843 as now seems likely we will gain two ooogiessmeil we already nave a surplus oj two spread u»i over the state as represenbitives-al large llt'iuf i hope the districts will be made more oompacl so thai eaoh member shall represent a district as a judge rule in his judicial district what would you think of two judgea-al-large it would be absurd lust so n is with congress men harge they may nol assist nor interfere m itli candidates for office from any county which i us the member of . listrict support or oppose i ii would be discourteous to me an im jieilinince not to be c.iiintoiianccd they ale shooting tars siiinct inn ¦» louilnuus meteors appearing luddenly al itate conventions dart quickly across the state and disappear in the arena al washington to vote with the uieuihsru of ih i i party the people waul u rep i s.ii ii i i nearer to them than tlutt i am in favor nt the iuorewe in propor tion to llie increase in population kx ik lu-iu-e show that the house with it i members >¦- more expeditious with iisu.iil ihan the senate with iis two inly give the state full representation and uive earh di lii'l a cnii-'ri — man who will look rtftni and care for tin inlii.---ls nf hi eonntit iieni mr wanoer han ben i very present help to tin ui.l roldiara applyi ng for pensions anil in many other ways montgomery county has belonged to main iniuilii-s and pails of other i-mm lies under past apportionment we have been annexed to delaware i in lehigh r.u.ii ami philadelphia our i 	 ni lelal inn with bucks are i > pints ant and the cor.stitntents sn congenial that we shall dread atrj experiment with a new alliance • tnr star gazer are much interested si now in mars with whose inhabi tants they are about to open enmn 	 lea ion with u view i piesuine to ultimate iitti to that planet the only thing i sen aboul mars according to the astronomers is that it has an even clim ate and ready-made canals but how to -." i this island in the air so remote to us under the united states flagfwill be more difficult than the porto ri ran ques tion these fellows who are studying the climate fauna and canals op on mats hills such an nickola fesla had better turn their attention to the isthmian canal or lake sunn surveys across the peninsula in order to lind a good route for our lung delayed ship canal from the oarribean sea to the pa cific i stick to my original view that our government should have ad hered in its original intention and purchased lie right of way across the southern end of mexico called the isth mus of tehuantepec the narrowed part of land separating the gulf of mexico from the pacific distance across only about 130 miles and traversed al most throughout by the river coatracal co 50 years ago it was proposed to unite the altantic and pacific oceans at this point by a canal the southern route now before con gress is many hundred miles around and does not start from our gulf ut all the great commerce of the mississippi and from the states will demand this route till it is linal i v accomplished just as the people demanded the northen pacific railroad or to come nearei home just as the north pennsyl vania railroad became a necessity not withstanding the reading road or the central pennsylvania railroad it will he time enough to stpdy mars and the tnher stars that shine in the lirinanieiit when we have made ourselves acquaint ed with the earth on which we live and how to connect its parts by bridges and canals talk about the excitement attending the election of united states senator it is no ii-eater than it has been many times befnie indeed in 18153 when the democrats had a majority of one on joiut ballot ibcy.jjunearcd al llarrisbutg with a furii.us.f'.rfe"of men with co aled intentions atyliml to ^ e ilemocrats had the majority the tihinklew followers were determined to prevent any de fault in their ranks v\f at the point of lie bayonet metaphorically speaking there was one democrat who owed cameron a return for a former favor and would have voted for him if he had not been overawed and terrified al most to death i went up to llarris burg monday ian il 18ii in com pany with e a banks esq of our bar a democrat his father ha<l been auditor general and enoch a had been one of his clerks at ihurisliuij and was well aoquanited with the pub lic men of the state kverv place was filled l>r whnley was a democrat member of our county from limerick he invited us to sleep in lus room in the buehler house now bolton'a the deonccrat ic headquarters we took our places on the floor in the night we were awakened by the groans of the doctor and we went for a physician dr wimley had a heinoitugt and was in a serious condition i was frighten ed all cameron men were watched whai if dr wimley should die or be unable to appear it was known or could be easily known that hanks and myself had slept in liib room but banks and ] stood together with i>r wimley till he was resuscitated and the danger mark was passed ami dr wimley appeared in his seat ob tlie 13th and voted and buckalew was elected ondei the most tense and painful silence of excitement i ever witnessed but when ilu result was announced all the throats toured and hands clapped and thunder and lightning ruled the day old friknd willow irure work lias been started upon mr oubberly's new bouse on the doyles town pise by builder kates there is a talk of building a colored church mi the davisvllle road east willow grove the artesian well being bored at the corner of old welsh road and plank road is now down 570 feel and no strong spring has yet been struuk nearly all of the bond wire on the track around llie park has been stolen recently an investigation is being made the wire was worth over l'00 the trolley company has five lines surveyed from hcie to hillside one crossing the railroad twice they aie having some difficulty in getting the right of way repairs and improvements are being made to the cenic railway in the park a tunnel will be built near the end of the hack and a larger landing made 10 ihai more cars can be handled plans for the new school house for ibingtou district near willow grove to lake the place of the old bulldln lbiugtoa corner have been submitted to the srkinol board by tlie oommlttee turkey i'liiri in n.urituii poultry thieves in norrlton township have again started their depredations the are becoming more ohoice in their lions of poultry foi instead of chickens be i uk the feathered victims this time turkeys have been attacked in thursday nighl jacob d heavnor lu>t u lii gobbler and john blattner 1 four of 1 l link.ys kri horsham farmers iii < lull llol h i moliiiu llotli < iim.rv i'mlik-ni i iikimiv in ll.iitliiif ii 1.11*1 iii iir.v il«:lfi'l mf'tl ihii.cis i i ttnl the lir-l mm •! ing of the mm held ai ihe residence i1 samuel 1 and mary i ppnrose ai th it beatil iful i dence " farremfale " near dnvlcstown in the ali-i'h of 1'ie-i'h ni i i nl \\ . hallo well vice president isaac mnh ener took ill chair i he tlliniitcs at t meet ing were nail by si rretnry annie mlchener and adopted isaac parry spoke of ihe necessity tliere neemcid ' * he to thresh ihe wheat a boot after harvesting as pi is ible newton ii w 	 1 thought it extrnvar rant lo gel a steam thresher as he thought bv niainil'eiiii-ni the work could he done by the fanner themselves with llnir hone power especially if a baler is used to bale the straw \ member of the domestic economy committee gave a talk on the experiment of alfred 0 harmswoith of the london daily mail in having the editor of llie new york world print one edition of that paper in some what the form of a maga zine it being only four columns wide instead of eight and only four-fifths of its ordinary length the news was put in without any embellishment what ever the idea was te economize the lime of business men by making the items of news as brief us passible and having tilt paper a more convenient size for handling it did not meet with a very enthusiastic reception however although one editor said it would have an influence on the journalism of the futuie harmsworth's wife is said to be a true helpmate to this young editor of mi who has already massed a fortune of millions she is not a literary woman in the sense of being a writer but by her great interest in her hus band's business she has contributed greatly to his success k parry of the experiment eoin mittee said she had tried llie experi ment of boiling lamp imrneis vt ith polato i,irings and had found it caused the lamps to burn with a much cleaner maine the wolf gun of the west is said to he a mechanical anaii^'-nu-iit by which a ami is lireii at regular intci val's while the slice keeper can sheep knowing that fie wolves will be seined awav from his lock the most economical way i if heating houses was tho subject of a talk bv james n atkinson wh thinks all things considered hoi water is the biest although he thinks hot air makes the best ventilation alfred u williams agrees with him in piefeirin hm water while isaac parry aid he did not ihiuk anyway of heating is 1 ih-r than u good stove harry 1 shneina hcy b.ud , thermostat attached to the t \\ lih-h is an eleel i'm'ol l.rllf.lnlt1 jiuiiitl 	 price tin veti lied sit liin l,.\in ion friday njiis last from paralysis lie hail m-dale for id years and i'm nun of hi liffi ll wll ii school lemi'her and 1 nf john price of line l who dm ill the pel ¦ to i84'i kepi ii fiirnoih private c 	 1 al thai place the deceased married a christian r.ndeavm society hn been inrtnc 1 ll 	 ciunpomcd nf '.)' inenibern ol i im ki ; ¦ n med chinch a r place the law ei mie of its mill tts pri iding officer is ii 1 1 beidler the school prijicipal lolin s until for some years past a citizen of l.ansdale ha resigned his place in the directoi \ nf ihe s 	 in hm hank after a service of l'i years mr ruth belongs lo an old family of new britain township the life and drum crop announce a id entertain monl in i'rnadway hall on the i'd of february aji effort will he niadn lo nrgamze a board of trade here also to raise k000 to rehabilitate the defunct ice factory revival meetings are going on now in the methodist the dunknrd and kvan gelical churches one of the main street restaurants foi i yfcr or more past under the manage ment of iefjrge frederick has been sold to chailes 1,'ehcr of chalfont the winter schedule of o minutes headway on the inland traction is not very jioniilar and possibly the half hour time will again he restored this shows how much the conveniences of the trclley cars are appreciated and that people cannot have them run too often jnrr ettown john ('. i'onat has decided to stand for the nomination for supervisor in the lower end he has the good wishes of many taxpayers and voters in all parts of the township many cases of sickness are reported in this vicinity mrs annie iilbert mr s s kitter amos krb jr and howaril nieweg are among the 	 re serious cases miss mary cash went lo a city hos pital lanl week to undergo a surgical operation walter davis is busy this winter cutting a number ol woodlols in ih.rs ham jghtkep who is emplovcil by lirdtlicre has charge of the ic ! being made lo sonic of the build belonging to i hi linn lie is also ihe packing department laware ^ atlantic telephone oiupain is running a branch from fort washington t divshoi'town the line fihetown road and suso,ue 1 the com]iuny will in for median brothers glenside romance all around glenside ibb^fcfitfe temperature and when if reach that temperature the door of the furnace will be oiiened and the lower draft closed james >}. atkinson also ave a talk on food ra the farmers families in llie-winter he does not approve of so much soft fdffl like oat meal which docs not require mastication and thinks we will eventu ally jecome a toothless race if wo do noil use our teeth more he thinks people who aie much in the open air may eat almost anything the appetite craves but favors a vegetable diet for those who nre in the houses most of the time three answers to the questions who were the three greatest men of ibe 10th century first one by elizabeth ely who said she had consulted the list sent tiv the new york hall of fame and had chosen lincoln emerson and edison elizabeth r wood agreed with her except she choose longfellow instead of emerson harry j shoe maker who had been asked to give bis opinion on this subject had prepared a paper in which he mentlored a great many great men but said it is so much a matter of opinion as to what constitu tes greatness that he could not decide on the throe who might be considered bv all to be greatest lames q.atkinson hadbeen appointed to prepare a paper to send to a party in texas wlu desired the hoi-sham farm ers club iv give their opinion tin the cheapest way to board farm hands at yom own home or to let them hoard themselves he prepared a paper for the members to criticise which they did and the criticism wan mostly favor able except in the estimate for board ing a man for a week on good substan tial fond which he gave as 11.26 the members thought this estimate too low elfljotion of officers being in order newton r wood was chosen for 7>resi dent william j hallo well vice presi dent lierthu paul recording secretary charles s kinsey corresponding secre tary howard larrelt treasurer and kh/abetti w ely reporter the last throe holding office for one year an executive committee consisting of six persons and u crop committee a domes tic economy committee and experiment committee each consisting of two per sons were also appointed the paper in the absence of i he editor was read by susan ii jarretl thecou !!.'!!. i?fr>wi be y""1 < inn !<¦¦. 1'iiii lit i iniinil in ;, starving i.uli.in mv tin i iii i ii mi in itflufn fjfwm-pri i i < si ti •¦ ..( iii»m.h:ii>i l-;l iflit the dincoi nry la-t week ol i ! s'clichter in i frozen tai vinv condition iii a tni-'-raii liovel,on the jenkinlown i'-ail near kituwatertown ha bronjfhl to liuilii tin1 hidden stin y i if a romance an hair tragedy of tn years ago 1 1 1 i < • 1 , 1 ( ¦ r is a man abotlt 4fi years of ihe 1 1 1 i -<' i 1 1 1 1 . ' es isleiii e in ha iii.v he came to his pres cut low tatc ha unbalanced his mind when fnunil last week he lay a poor demented scurfy-ridden poverty stricken loan mi the bed he bad not qttll for weeks it wm oxer a month ago that be was last seen by the neighbors hunger cold and loneliness diw 8 him to his miserable bed of rags the only possession he owned in the uide world mr and mi wilson streepei neighbors of the outcast wondering at his disap pearance investigated and found him m ihe last stages of starvation his bodily tnnfotts are now being attended to hanks to the kindness of nympathlsing neighbors i'he discovery of < barley schlichter in bis present condition has revealed an interesting story the half-demented man is the 1 eir of many thousands his father isaac schlichter is president and three-fourths owner of the schlich ter jute cordage company whose manu factory is stationed at krie and trenton avenues philadelphia 22 yean ago charley then a boy of is with his mother and brother frank first made his appearance in this vicinity they lived for a numbei ¦>(' years in one of mr george i heist's bouses in edge hill il years ago they moved to the uncouth bare red frame house charley now occupies mrs schlichter as she called herself was at one time a hand some woman and of refined appearance and extreme gentility the air of mystery surrounding her appearance among local residents with the promis ing educated lads set tongues to wag ging it wns known that he had com mand of considerable nmnev from the way she dressed and haunted it before the wondering neighbors talk of u clandestine marriage was heard every where apparently worried by the con tinued rumors tlm hullies upon her character the woman mrs schlichter in name at least seemed seized by a spirit of degeneracy she and her sons be came i|iiiet ifi-tant remote frank dioil about six years ago the mother har ras-eil by the goading gossips at last succumbed she died two years age sinn then charley haa lived'the life of a hermit a recluse he often took trips through the^'oods and lie ids stav ing away for weeks no kind of weatii heemi'd i phs peril insl i'hila.li-i n i'l.-iiii finmlp vlaltlnfjk tiinii lir \ i inn < li 1 1 man i:ii.i<-:im r imiiit>iii.ii ftftwk nf f fit vi.fnii r . ni.ii mi . i if red i mier has rettirm djfroni iri visit to friend in wilmington del mr alexander tiioinnsoii sunday with ft lends in ilo)i phi mi -. kate i . way - nt'w house willow < ir"'.e pikp i well nigh i pleled mr and mrs l'd aid a saylor ipent monday evening with friends in pfi iba ih-lphia ardent john shalke scon greatly crestfallen over the outcome at linnis huig ii tersely terms il the over ilnow of truth or money wins every i ime it has been currently reported that the philadelphia v reading railway company contemplate erecting a hand some new station on the east side of the hacks i'.arher jacob fox is the authority for this welcome rumor mr kobert scheuing has accepted a position with dr ii n will taker at the ilenside pharmacy lie intends to learn the drug business with the pros pects of following the profession in life lie is ¦ promising young man and has the well wishes of his many friends in this vicinity on thursday afternooon between the hours of i and •"> o'lock secretary ('. ii b roberts has made ariangenient for having the ore alarm of the fire com pany rung this will be done to test the strength and volume of the alarm an immense railway engins hoop sus pended so feel in the air mr and mrs william j hoover en tertained a number of friends at their ome on jit aimel avenue last sat urday evening those present were mr and mrs george r todd mr and mi m i l.achot mr and mrs f l hoover mr brvin l oaton of west philadelphia mr and mrs frank 0 comlv and kev and mrs a i v oi l - tobef the rumors relating to the pitiable condition of charles seblichler the nn fortunte young heir of thousands who was found north of tyson station in a starving condition last week has awak ened the sympathies of everyone con tributions for iiis relief have been made generously we are pleased to relate that he is being well t-iken care of by hi relatives the monthly business mectinc of the ushers association will be held at the gaimcl presbyterian chinch next friday evening ihe adoption nf bylaws goi i-rniiw the movements of the managers of the sent inel the association's organ will be the chii f point yf ¦ ¦' ¦ i • ( < ntion iomt f iine bgo ii the medical depnrt meut/of the army as a trained nurse is ixpeqting orders to goto thel'hilipitine.h mr john firilliths will manage his farir himself tluring thtr coining season foot of snow watching sonif i'ii-'s ! monday isaac schlidhter the father ol the boy was enterviewed on the sub ject lie was seen at his office al 21 north front street philadelphia ir rl'l ie secretary of tjut's.i-hool'boar.'i has esplanation he said : i have done my jiyen notice that bond no."ii for s0o ! v,1 h'e s"1'l'?',t "' tllls sl)n "' '"""'• t sum april 1 including ias been paid on tin school debt during the past six years the ladies aid society will mold its next regular meeting at the home of mv and airs frank llotipt dreshertow n a package sale will be a part of the pro gram and everybody is invited to come the subject for the sermon next sun day morning at the methodist church will be why mew j)o not attend church with some possible romedtafl jpggested " tli little m i i snows mai of january hone prophe i i . and only two ii is mother and 1 were divorced fully l'o years ago even after we were sep arated and the children had been legally transferred to her i attempted to pro vide for charley he followed tlie sea gave that up learned the stove-making trade and finally left that 1 have given up the attempt to protect him owing to his wilfullnesg anil perverse habits it was not until last friday thai i heard of his poverty and distress lie will bt takt n care of 1 assure you tiieex plunation silences the rumors which 1 have persistently hovered over ilii pe culiar family it is only after two dec ades of gossiping suspicion that the iam g nftt,(1 frnni . he character of the tents were mans th f h mans the specta of the holiday times bh motto editorial ' santa spectatoi s impressions . _ soino ex tracts from lliaabeth in her qerman garden the club adjourned to meet at the home of alfred k and sn-an 1 williams jan.31 1901 bufflairii hull al wyii.nl thieves entered the muimar homes of his wharton 8 sinkler and deaver bt wynrote and also the home of j s culver at jenkiutown thursday night al the latter place llie thii-ves wen frightened away by mi culver who heard them prying open the shniti-rs and gave an alarm the bouses of !>«. sinkler and l»i-:u ii were raimaoksd frona cellar to gai ret and the loclu on the dooi between the roonis were broken an sere als ihe on the drawers and closet the oontentu of which were strewn around oil the floor the thieva wereevidi in kin for silverware as they left both places without taking anything bin in i llie i to dektrov whiiti-ver ihi-v \ cold winter tho price of butter has cents per pound i this that oleomargarine the market mr dunn and mr record met with an accident at plymouth last friday evening which while it was serious enough might have been much worse the horse scared at the trolley throw ing the occupants out mr dunn held on to the lines and as a consequence was dragged i'm some distance when he struck some obstruction in the road rendering him unconscious he wsis also kicked i;i the side by thy horse his head was considerably cut in fact he looked after the arl ray was over as if he had been badly handled mi record was uninjured they procured a lantern and started after their horse which had made a bee line for home he wan heard going by narcissa with the remains of the wagon that would have done credit to maud 8 or some other equine celebrity they found ihe horse at home when they arrived there and tho carriage a wreck 86 relatives of chalklev styer gather ed at his house on monday to celebrate iho rsth anniversay of his birth there wen present walter jenkins and family william sheppanl and family mrs reeves lukeiis and laughter bessie thomas butcher and wife klliott zimmerman and family they had a royal apod tune and a line hupper wa lerved 1ml 1 0 and george d long were visitors ai nareiswa on monday al the home of j i long ii being the an niversary of the birth of ii ii long the oldest hiollii'i the arcis.-a literary society dul not have a meeting on account of dukne in the family of mr rittenhouse where the meeting was to be hold li will meel at hia house the fourth saturday night of thu mouth lewis i crater expei ts to enter wil liamson trade school the 12th of march losepll i ' i ' i - - i of \\ hit marsh inienl to james ii holland for llie benefit of credii the deed was tiled at tho i . inoriiiiig it i reported that dr a \. hoop man who lefi llatiield la-i spring t i leiilianv w ill again return to ins i.l resume iiiedicini , . the rural loneliness their home occupies iioppim two ¦ n in bttera ,,, forget the past and live • air5n the future in peace and contentment again flooding jlbe attem i unsuccessful mrs sehliehler died with the taint hanging over her now her one remaining boy although broken ill mind and body can look the world in the face with a eon sciuusness that his pcrenbage is honor able his imnih clean his character of the best it is probable that the man will he placed in some philanthropic institu tion where his bodily wants will be permanently attended to orolaml william it lamlis is confined to his home sullering with the grip fred kiefner and family william ravior and family and edward dieoh inan of philadelphia spent 8unday hen with qeorge bavioraiid family mr philip qoldbec and daniel mau pay are among the citizens who an on ihe sick list a musical and literary entertainment will be given at at the oreland baptist church on wednesday evoning jan 30 by the young people of the frankford bapt ist chinch bohll 	 ie v son of this place aie put ting inan incline from the quarry to the crusher which will do away with the horse and cart mi a 1 1 luir mccnuley is receiving the oongratulations of hi many friends iiver ihe appearance of a young son in hi family do not forget to attend the 20th oen tiiiy dance al the wisxahickon ball i '< ni washiuirtqn tliursduj evening j milton brooke our new iirolh ni otury attended a banquet at slioemak ! count j , in il i i l ij jiveu by the sohuylkill valley clay mann factui tny of which joseph w tinnier of jenk inluwn is president vti brooke reports hav iii(j had a imis time i'he \ . o 1 1 1 i mi 1 1 i union will hold it i w inter con ention thin e en in-j jan 17 in th cliall'oni i nth inn chinch i;,-v courtni j ll venn speaker of thu evening figured vei conspicuously in the chii lioldlng an luiportanl osition in pekin al the i ime his a.hiii -.— w ill b cecdingly luten i try one and should bt heai i in many uon7li"rif i-'.-lirn.at will al demand attention a large number of the meiriberii oi the christian endeavor society of thi carrnel presbyterian church are expect ed to attend ihe winter convention of the north penn local c k union to be held 111 chalfont this thursday evening thin society has won the dis tinction and banner incident to the fact that it has had the largest proportionate attendance at the quarterly conventions of the past year president harry deri is making herculean efforts to again eclipse the other societies bv taking the largest delegation up to chalfont on ths present occasion present prospect point to such an accomplishment f<mkiiit<mvh mrs m krauf is visiting relatives in butler pa and vicinity karl dnikeniniller has returned lo the blairstown n j academy after a good long holiday vacation dr hubert coltnian jr of pokin china has been visiting his brother druggist coltman dr coltman and family were in the siege of pekin and fully corroborate all of the thrilling ac counts which were published in the american papers the doctor wife and two children will return to china in the spring and leave four children to this country to he educated kev joseph brown synodical mis sionary of winconsin gave an interest ing talk of his woik in the presbyterian church last sunday evening mrs i w comfort wan visiting ! friends in nonistown monday thu debating section of tlie jenkin tmvu club is getting to be a great suo ccs and interest is advancing rapid ly the question beslovedxhat the department store i a disadvantage to any community ' was discussed on the affirmative by william maogam well frank sargent and andrew argue on the negative by harry depue ueorge llainel jr thomas fitzgerald last saturday night the judges rendered their decision in favor of the affirma tive duvid hates new houses on lewlom street are progressing nicely ami will shortly ha ready for occupancy when completed mr edwin kirk of the ilalboio spirit will occupy one the public school has had water put in the building miss noble's bouses on willow street will be ready for occupancy about april i llor.sliu in mi 1 anie doyle ha i i n mis mary rush is iiuurovinn alter i bad attack of the grip mary carr is visiting her dttutth hi mrs john maul the ll w l s u itfully en nrlainc.l by mis.s hm nieguigeti on tuesday evening the next meeting of the ii v t s will be ai the home of mi and mrs s s kitter jarrcllou n u dowim peni sunday with ttts mi ind i downs hie slackhonse who inn is hallow u ith mi kale km ,!'!,- in