The Ambler Gazette 19090722

              The ambler Gazette.
VOL. XXVIl.-NO. ao.
AMBLER,   PA.,   JULY   22,   1909.
«1.25 A YEAR
^HE BOYS L JN CAMP.
F^ Presbyterian Brigade Enjoyed Camp [ Ambler.
Dnlly Bnuliur Varied With BnllUanuH, Swlniniliii; nnrt Franks — What Wns Katen and How Much It Caiit-VI»l«- or» NunirronB.
FollowinK is a re\ lew of the proceed ingB    at    Camp  Ambler  dnriug   the week   the   hoj's   were iu their annu outdoor drill:
July (¦). A detail of the Anihkr Presbyterian Bovs' brigade. Rev Stearns. Dr. Wildrick, Charles Grosholz, Garwood Howard, Philip Wood, James M. Craig and James H. Oraig, weut to Collegeville to prepare the second year's camp. 14 tents were pitched ou the west bank of the creek just below Collegeville.
July 1. At 7.20 a. m. 86 boys, to¬ gether with Dr. Wildrick and Col. Bradley, left Ambler tor the camp at Oollegeville. The ride was one coutinuous round of fun, and by il.iJO they were safely under shelter chang¬ ing tlieir dress uniforms for khaki shirts and trousers. Tlu> time until noon mess was devoted to fixing beds. digging ditches and cleaning up c.imp. Harvey Niblock was the lirst ninii to do guard duty becau.se of insubordina¬ tion. Three boats Jiad beeu jirovided tor the nse of tlie boys. The uoou mess consisted of bologna, boiled lotatoes and cabbage, bread aud mo- asses.    '
3 o'clock drill was eng.iged in. aud at 3.30 everybody went in to bathe, aud for l.'i minutes aquatic sport was in order, (i o'clock mess consisted ot boiled rice, bread, jelly nnd molasses. After mt'ss an excitiug b.nll gamo was played between two nines tlio.sen from the brigade. 8 o'clock. Rev. Stearus gave the boys a graphic aocount of the easteru iienitentiary. At !• o'clock all hands were glad to respond totajis aud tnrn in.
July 8. James Oraig-,was up with tlw moan looking for witches and being unsuccessful, he tliought Jic might as well stay up and cook hot cakes,  v Setting up exercises engaged all but Privates Beringer, Kepler, H. Niblock, Biiclianau. Mor¬ ris Beringer locked his clothes in bis box the night before, and as the key was in his pocket he could uot dress until the lock was cut off. Niblock went to town before mess and without permission, hence he kept up his record of guard <lnty. Ott ate bananas ¦* before breakfast alid had guard duty 1 until noon. Mess at 12 incicSded boiled beef, }xitatoes, ^string bjvJ^'.s. bread, milk,   molasse^^yi   blacll|^jr\' p^^m
M^ (irees drill at .S -il^aB' a splendid eiiiihition. A number of ladies came down from the farm and were muoli pletwed. 3.80 bathing was in order, after whicii a ball game between the regular brigade team and a ecrnb team was pnlled off. Tne score was 18 to 5 in favor of the scrub. The featnres of the game were a home run by Dr. Wildrick, bringing in thr€e other men; also the famous pitching for the ' brigade team by Kreps, Howard and Heath. 0 o'olock mess consisted of beef hash, bread, jelly, molasses and milt. Mr. Edward Boyd and Robert Aooyd, of the Monatank Camping cloti, took snpper with the brigade and remained over night. Mr. Boyd favored the boys with selections of mnsio, he having one of the best baritone voices in the Philadelphia Episcopal choirs. i) o'clock fonnd everybody ready for the tape except Harvey Niblock and a few others, who bronght a watermelori into camp, f July 9. H'ive boys, were not ready for setting np exercises, bnt besides guard dnty they were obliged to go through the motions by themselves. Breakfast was seirved at 7, and the boys fared well on oatmeal, creamed beef, fried potatoes, jelly and bread. The Bible study after breakfast was very in¬ teresting, each boy reciting a verse from memory from the fonr gospels. A very interesting qnolt contest be¬ tween Dr. Widrick and Harvey Heath and John Mcllroy and Garwood Howard, the latter winning the con¬ test, was a feature.
At 9.80   visitors b^gan to arrive and before the day was over there were aO from  Ambler.   The ofBcers were very busy entertaining the girls, and Oapt. Grosliolz,      Lient.     Stackliouse    and Ensign    Pennypacker    certainly   did some ice cuttting. ^    Noon  mess was enjoyed by all, and ^ the stewed veal, potatoes, green peas, bread,   milk,   molasses   and  bananas were voted  by the boys to be the best meal  ever.      At  3 p. m.   a full dress drill   was thorongJily   enjoyed by the visitors.       The longling was a special feature.   At 3.30 all hands took a turn in   the   water,   and Mr. Thomas Rose proved to   be the best swimmer of the company.      Rev. Stearns was obliged to leave camp because of a severe cold, going to Ambler in   Mr. Williamson's ^litomobile.      Mes.'i   at  0 consisted of •¦lilk, jelly, cantaloupe.     At 8 o'clock JKl    hands   visited    the    Oollegeville -'^lirdome,   where   an hour's entertain¬ ment was enjoyed by the boys.     Taps at 0.30 fouud everybody ready for bed. July 10.     The roll call fonnd every¬ one at his post for settiug up exercises. Mess at   7 consisted   of cereals, bacou and   eggs,   and   tried potatoes,   milk, bacon, butter and molasses.        Alfred Grosholz,   "Picky" Bradley, Edward Luttgen   and a number of others went ont   after mess   to catch   fi.sh   for tlie camp.     ,  For   uoon   mess   there were boiled   potatoes,   stewed  coru, bread, butter,   niohissos,   milk and   bananas. ;! o'clock found all hands in tlio wator and Mr. Crowell  joined the boys ;aid eujoyed  a  fino swim.    Theri^   \v^te a uumber of visitors.     At 5,30 drill was exceptionally good, being enjoyed   by the  visitors  as  well  as by the boys. ¦    Harvey  Niblock and   Frank   Tliouia.': did   not  returu   in time for drill aud were   iiluced   on guard   duty tor Sun¬ day.      A barrel of watermelons and a
criitc ot cautaloniies were received in cauiji ns a gift from Mr. M. C. Kindig, und as each boy ate lie gave Mr. Kiudig thrte rousiiiK cheers. There were cakes also -sent from several of the otiier pareuts. A very exciting ball game was jilayed between the regular brigade team aud a nine of smiiller boys, resulting iu a score of 80 to 7. "Picky" Bradley and "Chub¬ by" Heart was the battery. Dr. AVildrick returued to camii after Iwiv- iug gone to Lansdale to play with the Ambler team. For mess thero was bread, jelly, milU, boiled eggs and watermelon. A fiue flag pole \yas cut dowu and planted in front 'of the camp, after wliicb everybody- wont up to the farm house and sore'iiaded tho Fiiiks. All   were    niarcliod   up to
Moyer's store to order chickeu for Sunday dinner. Teut No. 1 had a little celebratiou of its own all to itself, aud more than likely will ueed a dose of kero.sene.
Jnly 11. Reveille was called oue liour later to allow the boys to have a little longer sleep. Setting iip ex¬ ercises woro qnite a feature. Mess cousisted of cereals, cold ham. fried potatoes, cantaloupe, bread, butter, milk, molasses. .\fter mess the Sun¬ dav scliool lesson was taught by Col. Bradley. At il.30 the full company niarcliod in uniform to the Collegeville Reformed church, where a fine ser¬ vico was enjoyed by all. For uoon mess tliore was stewed chicken, boiled potatoes, peas, bread, butter, milk, molasses, watermelon. Visitors to the uumber of 75 camo to camji, and the meuibers had a very jileasaut reuuion with their families. Full dress drill at 8.30 was fully eujoyed by ail, after whicii all luinds were allowed to bathe. At li o'clock mess fonud all ready to pitch into bread, milk blackberry jelly, molasses and cakes. A nnmber of tlie pareuts very kiudly brouirlit truit and cakes for the cauiji. The boys plauued to "roughhouse" tent No.- 1, ,iud when they got through, bedding, clothing and boys were a sorrj' lookiug lot.
July IL'. All hauds were out bright aud early, but uot ahead of Cook J.-inies Craig. He got aji daily at 4 a. m. looking for witches. This morning he saw a .squirrel aud he said it "sassed him something awful." Oat¬ meal, Jiot cakes, jelly, bread, butter and milk made au enjoyable me.ss, after which Bible study was enjoyed. At 11 a. m. about 80 members ot " the brigade took tJie boats and explored the creek, going about oue mile below Yerkes. Col. Bradley Jiad the best of tJie Jiarty, having worn shoes wliicli enabled him to wade tlie sJial- low places witJiout difficnltv. Martin Shrader was so exhausted tJiat he sat down in tlie water to rest.
For uoon mess there was boiled beef, pota,toeB, onions, baked baaps, broad. je;4vy|fcilk. bnttkT. .,and '
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visitors dropped m. ' Prfvates Willi Niblock and E, Perry got in a quarrel and Perry came off witli a beautifully colored eye, artistically decorated by W. Niblock. An exciting ball game was played between picked nines. Evening mess of bread, bntt«r, jelly, milk cantaloupes was enjoyed by all. after which stories were in order nntil taps.
Jnly  13. All  hands  were   on hand after  a   warm night,   and   exercises were  not as  lively as usnal.      Mess, however,    was  relished   by all,   the menu  comprising  oatmeal, fried  po¬ tatoes, hot cakes, bread, butter, molass¬ es, milk and cocoa.     After   breakfast a  game  of  ball  between the brigade and a  picked  team  resulted in a de¬ feat for  the  latter by the score  of 11 to 5.        Noon   mess of ham and eggs, jjotatoes,   peas,   bread,   butter,   milk, molasses was welcome^ by all.     Rev. Stearns    and   many  visitors   arrived during the day. An exciting ball game was played  between the brigade team and a nine which was camping  above Oollegeville. These jilayers were much older  than  the  Ambler  boys,   being mostly college  men, andjeasily scored against the brigade.      The final score was 7 to 3. A full dress drill was held, after whicli   a number of photographs were taken of the brigade, and which will be used as lantern slides for next winter's  minstrel show.      The   boys then threw   aside  uniform  and   guns and jumped Into the creek for a swim. At   6.20  Ool. Bradley   left  camp for Ambler.    Mess was called at 0.80, and consisted  of bread, butter, milk, mo¬ lasses, peaches and crackers,     Au im¬ mense   camp  fire   was   built   on   tlie parade  ground   in front   of tlie tents, and   tlie   while   it   was   burning   the members sat aronnd telling stories and singiug songs.      They were joined by some    Philadeljihia  men,   who   were stopping   in an   adjoining   camji, and witli the aid of their mandolins  made the  evening    a    very  pleasant   one. .Tames Oraig, Jr.,   distinguished him¬ self by doing   tlie   Indian   war dance around tlie camp fire.    It was surpris¬ ing J IOW   rapidly   he   moved.       Some said the fire should have been the flrst night.       All liands were sound asleeji by 10.
July 14. The entire brigade was out bright and early aud ^fter a Jiasty mess of bread, milk, molasses. Break¬ ing nji camp was begun. Each one was assigned a duty and by 10 a, m. everythiug was ready to ship. By somo misunderstanding Mr, Buchanan did not make his appearauce,and after a long aud tedious wait Mr. Esjieu- sliip. of Collegovillo, was iiirod to haul tlie outfit to Auibler, Tho boys with Dr. Wildrick aud Rev. Steariis arrived iu AmWer aboxit 5 p. m., and about throe hours later they could be soou iu all jiarts of the town taking their boxes home. It was agreed by all to have boou a very successful out¬ ing and tliorouglily enjoyed. TJie uunibor, in camp was almost double that ot last year, aud thoretore requir- I'd just thatniuch additional jiJanning and outla}-.
The foliowiug list of articles will iifl'ord some idea of the character of the meals sujijilied and tJie quantities consumed: :.'15 loaves of broad,i,,:i'.l4 quarts of milk, 123 1-2 jiounds of meat, ^22 jiouuds of butter, 14 jiecks of
LEAGUE RACE UNCHANGED.
Ambler  Maintains   Lead in Nortb Penn Baseball.
Easily Defeats Norristowu l>y Score of 11 to 1—Cavis Makes Debut—Ucriiian- towii Ijoses to 8uudertoii nml Lniis* ilnle lo Perkasie.
The North Penu Baseball league raco remaius uuchaugod after Satur¬ day's games, all tlie first division teauis. wiuniug from tJie tail-onders, Soudertou defeating tJie baby meniber of the Icaguo-Gerniantowu.
Norristown came to Amblor with "Lefty" Townseud iu tlio box and Jiis' work, brilliant at first, was erratic throughout tlie rest of tJie game after Ambler Jiad ojiened up its lieavy artil¬ lery of batters, coujilod with errors on'the Jiart of the county seat exjierts. who had Nichols, the old Soudertou Jilayer. ou first base. , I .Ambler did not scrore until tlie tJiird, although things looked jiromisiug in the first, wlien Wildrick opened bwitli a base hit, but Harjier hit iuto a double   play.
The fourth was a large and juicy inning for Amblor, when five ruiin ers crossed the jilato,* iu whicii iuniug both Whitelock and Wildrick hie to the loft field feuce for three baggers. In tlie eighth flvo more tallies were re¬ corded, aud Auiblor throughout the gamo could have scored moro runs b.y Jilaying iusido ball, bnt being reason¬ ably sure of the game the jilayers turn¬ ed tlio contest into batting jii-actice.
Townsend's drop ball was workiug finely and was resjiousible for the seveii strike-outs, TJie prettiest jilay of tlie day, however, wns jailiod off by Stiue, third ba.se for Norristown, whou lie ruu over to the bleachers, readied over tJie low wire fence and caught a liigJi   foul fly.
Howes was twice hit by pitched balls, wJiicJi witfi three times tJie Jirevious Saturday at Lansdale makes liim a jiromisiug^ ajiplicaut for the Nortii Penn leagne jiensiou list. He made two fine catciies iu tlie field,
Norristown's only run cauie as a clear gift from Slaughter, who gave Heebner a base on balls. In au attempt to steal second Heebner started before the ball was pitched. Slaughter turn¬ ed quickly and tlirew to Foulke, but tJie ball weut wide and Heebner raced all tJie, way home. In tJie seventh Thomjison'hit for three bases with none out, but coulo not score,
'Ambler tried two new men. Robiu¬ son started in left lield, but witJi two turns at tiie bat Jie failed to maiutain lii^v r-'l^j^ation   as   a   safe   hi'tter .kn
Tip  he^WnRei^aiKrTB^iTtSr jafcrf-0: balls.   By great  base runniiift.h(; got all the  way  around,   but died at the plate. The next time at bat Jio cracked out a two-base hit. He will most
likely be kept in lett  field.
A PLEA FOR BETTER SERVICE.
One-Half Hour Schedule Wanted Trolley Road.
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AMBLER '. h Howef, c 1 Wirict, rl. 1 Haiper, Ib.O Foulke, 2b. 1 Flavell, c. 2 Slau'hter.p.l GaII'ger,3D.2 WWoct,BS.2 Kobi'BOD.U.O Cavis, If.   1
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0 Williams.ct.O 0 Tompson.K 0 0 Stine, 2b. a 0 NichI06,Ib. u
0 FIn.ery.rl110
1 FallDger.lf. 0
2 Davis, rl. 0 0 Heebner,2b.l 0 Mason, c. 0 0 Town'Dd, p.O
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TotalB      11 9 27 11   3      Totals      1   4 24 11 3
Ambler 0   0   15   0   0   0   5 x-ll
Norristown 0   00000100—1
Two-base bite—Cavis. Tbree-base hits-Wild¬ rick. WhItelock.Tompeon.Strnck ont—B7 Slaugb- ter, 9; Townsend, i..  Umpire- Kirk.
GERMANTOWN LOSES.
Germantown, the baby member of the North Penn league,lost to Souder¬ ton by the score of 4 to 1. Smedley, an old  Sonderton player, pitched for the ' with raiiroad comjietition to Oamden,
"A Header" Says Other Companies ford Accommodations to Patrons ou the Line, nud Asks Lehigli Transit to Follow Suit.
Editor "Ambler Gazette;" The news article, iu a recent issue of your Jiaper, regarding the inadequency of service ou tJie trolley liue botweeu Anibler and Lausdalo is a subject seriously aft'ecting the up-building of our community. We have heretofore during the summer months enjoyed the benefits of a one-halt hour service, and had been hoping that with the iustallation of sufficient jiower the one-half hour ears would be ruu throaghout the year, but somewhat to our dismay tiie jirosent ojieratiug officials have classed our burg as a "one-hour"  trolley community.
It is a sad comuioutary that the welfare ot two sucli jiojmlous towns as Nortii Wales an.d Lansdale, con¬ nected as thoy are Vith still larger communities, is to be held in chock Ijy the Lehigh Valley Trausit manago- luont. Our jieople are not satisfied with one-hour trollej- service. One Jiour is too loug to wait for a car. Our business and convenience are at stake. More frequent car service is wanted. Wo do not accept as true tlie ojierating nrgumoiit tJiat one-half liour cars will nor pay. We jiroffer the belief that it will jiay aud jiay. woll. if this trolley mauageineut will liroclaiui its intention of introducing the service as a jioruiauont feature.
Heretofore our acipiaiutauce with this intermittont (.luo-lialt hour sorvico has been tliat it is a case ot "ou agaiu, off' again, Finncgau." As a consequeuce mucli traific that would accrue to the trolley liuo lias beeu forced to uso train service, aud. so far as this season is concerned, a fair Jirojiortion of tliis business is jiermanently lost to tJio trolley com¬ jiauy even tliough it should condes¬ cend to restore tJie one-Jialf liour cars at once.
We are at a loss to understand why the LeJiigJi Valley Transit comjiany should not cater to tJiis local busiuess. Its apjiarent apathy in gatliering our nickles, while" sjiending large sums in advertising Delaware Water Gap and otiier resorts, savors of tJie paradoxical. It is the j'atron who is resideut along the line tJiat is the basis of all its traffic. A family liviug ht Sjiringhonse. Gwyuedd. Nortli iulaL orj ijny otiiflfr   loc;al
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these \('feek-end visit _; .nore or less on Saturdays and Sundiiys, bnt their mid-week service is but a negative alluren;ient for the uew resident, or rather the would be-resident, who may ^e lookiug for a conntry Jiome. Is it not, therefore, the proper province of this trolley company to promote and foster tJiis permanent resident business by catering to same with one-half hour cars':* Let it do tJiis for a season, and it will have more resi- dents,more visitors and week-end busi¬ ness than it can handle, and it will not have to advertise to get it.
In a flaring advertisement in Pliila¬ delphia newspapers one leads of trol¬ leys from Willow Grove as far as Doylestown at 15-minute intervals, and thence to Easton at one-half hour intervals, Conshohocken and Norris¬ town have one-half hour trolley con¬ nection to Ohestnut Hill, while New Jersey suburban service to snch towns as Moorestown, Haddonfield and Woodbury, all on different rontes and
OBITUARY.
JOSIAH   HEEBNER.
.Tosiah Heebuer, aged li.j years, a well kuowu and jirominent resident of Worcester towushiji, died at his home Friday atter a lingering illness of eigJit inonths due to a comjilication of diseases. Deceased was a lirother of William Heebner, of Lan.sdale, and a iirother-in-law ot ex-County Commis¬ sioners Samuel Anders, of Norris¬ towu. The fuueral will take jilaoe this Wednesday.
TrcRo Paintings Sold at Aucllou.
All the old furniture and oddities tJiat adorned tlie homo and studio of the late William T. Trego, the artist, of North Wales, who died a few weeks ago, a supposed suicide, were sold at auction on Weduesday after¬ noon. The sale was held in the 3'ard iu tlie roar ot tho residence and was largely attended. It was one ot the most curious sale.-- ever held iu that vicinity and the back yard resem¬ bled a scene from a military cauip,old muskets, snbres, cutlnsses,, etc., were Jiiled togethror jirouiiscuonsly, nud when oft'ered for sale unifornfs that doubtless cost fancy jiricos wore sold for a few cents each."
Amoug   the   lionseliold   goods tlierc were    a    number   of   fine   pieces   ot antique      furniture,       a     sideboard very   large size   being sold to a dealer iu    Pottstowu    tor ,$48.    A   case   of drawers,   or   liipli-boy, sold for .$10 to tlic same jiarty.  Walnut beilsteads aud bureaus were kuoclied down tor a few | dollars   and   otJior   articles were sold ] for   Jirices far   Iielow their real valno, A set ot   brass   andirons   was sold for I .•?17, j
TJio bidding for jiaintings by tJie dead artist was lively and aliout :.'0' pictures wore sold. ' Thoy were i mostly unfinished jiaintiugs and rough ¦ sketches, the Iiighest jirice received | being 4il7, while others sold alJ the: way down to HO cents. What are cou- \ siderod his best works were uot offered ; for sale, his last picture, "Ben Hnr," being now in the jiossessiou of liis < sister in Pliiladelphia. {
Jarrettown.
Miss Ada McDowell visited relatives iu the city this week.
The bake sale at Fort Wasliiugtou, couducted by the young peojile of Jar¬ rettowu church, was quite successfnl, Abont $2,1 were the not jiroceeds.
S. F. Tibben aud C. B. Taylor went to Prosjiectville on Sunday, where the former had ciiarge of tlie services at the M, E,    ¦
POLANDER
ISJURIED.
Marin Heoko Meets Instant Deatii by Fall of Lumber.
Accident nt I'Inut of Asbestos Shingle, Slate nnd Shenthlu^ Com|inny — Ono Workman Dead nuii Four In,1ured— Cause u Mystery.
The remains ot Marin Heoko, a Polauder, who met Jiis death iu an unfortunate accident at tJio Ambler plant of the Asbestos Shiugle, Slate and Sheathing couipany on Thursday afternoon, were buried Saturda.y afternoon at 3 o'clock iu St. Au- thony's Roman Catholic cemetery. Ambler, The deceas'd, who was 80 years ot age, had a wife and one cliild^ lu Poland, He made his residence on Maplo street. South Ambler.
The accident, cause ot which is a mystery, occurred when a largo pile of asbestos shingles tojijiled ovor ou the employes, who were working aloug side. Heoko, oue of tlieso, was struck on the lieail, and Jiis nook aud Jiack were broken aud ho was also crusJiod,
Otiier boiidles loll among the work¬ men, knocking theui to right and to lett. One man, Joshua Stevens, of Chalfont, had both legs broken. He wns taken to Philadeljiliia ou a train, where he is doing as well as can be exjiected, Peter Sleatli, of Ambler, liad four teetli knocked out and suft'ered lacerations about the chest aud head. Two others slightly injured are Polanders.
Tlio coroner came over fuim Norris¬ towu on Friday and viewed tho re¬ mains of Heoko.'wliicli wort iu Under¬ taker Davis' establislinieut, and, atter making inquiry concerniug the acci¬ dent, decided that no jury was necessary, issuing a certificate of accidental death.
While the accident created consider¬ able excitement among the foreign workmen and jioj.ulatioii, t'verytliiug Jiossible M'as doue liy the company's olficials and the jihysiciaus for the injured workmen.
l^ndeavors Aleet In Feast of Soug.
Two hundred nud fifty Christain Eudeavor societies affiliated with as mauy Pliiladelpiiia cliurclies com¬ jirisiug the membershiji of the Pliila¬ delpliia Christian Endeavor union, wore rejiresent on Thursday at thu anuual reunion in Willow Grove park.
At   4   o'clock   the   junior societies.
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Oliver Houpt has secured a jiosition   with 400 singers grouued on the as one   of   the" office   force   with   tW J'^T^l^on i^"''g tlie'¦^'iiw. '' " -'   Mattison conniany   «-35.'V,f ^'-    i''	
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PERKASIE   WINS.
Perkasie   won  a  good  game Lansdale by the score of 4 to 1.
LEAGUE STANDING,
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Ambler 10 2	
Soudertown 9 8	
Peikasie 7 S	
>orii6town ,.. ..5 6	
Germaniown 1 9	
Lansdale 1 10	
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NEXT GAMES.
Coullniietl on page 4.
Next Saturday Anibler will play nt Sonderton, Germantown at Lansdale and Perkaise at Norristown^
;leaguecnotes.
Cavis   will do for Ambler.y Germantown  made  a good start in tlie    league    by  putting  up  a  good article of ball against Soudertou.
Perkasie will jilay in Atlantic City tJiis Wednesday, and Ambler's first basem.in, Harjier, is witli them tor the game. •
Montgomery County League.
Laurel Field club, of Ambler, lost agaiu last Saturday iu tJie Montgom¬ ery County league. Ashbourne liad uo diflficulty in winning by tlie score of 5 to 1.
Glenside and Sumniit jialyed iu au interesting game at Fort Wasliiugtou. tlie former wiuniug after a lO-inniug struggle by tJie score ot-2 to 1. EotJi Thompson aud Micliaei pitched good ball, allowiug but five hits each. C. Davis made a Jiome ruu in the firsr inning aud atter tJiat Summit was xxuablo to score.
Hatboro won out over Willow Grove after the latter had tallied six run- in tlie flrst inning. Final score was lu to !». »
LEAGUE •.¦ STANDING.
enjoy the blessings of at least one-half hour cars. Moorestown even boasts a special express service for the accom¬ modation of her business men. These facts mnst be knowu to the Lehigh Valley Transit management.
Dissatisfaction over existing condi¬ tions is widespread; it is not a matter of personal "kick" among a few. One hears condemnation of the limited transportation facilities from the laborer and the business man and our lady folk, while apologists for the transit comjiany are not in evidence. It will be interesting to learn if tJie new fast schedule for througii bus¬ iness contemplates any increased fa¬ cilities for the localist. Let us Jiojie so. A READER.
noOii«»:v»kitmftlu: townshan^ioads." '   Jftmes Br'jTeai and wif^, 'of'fiaston; were among our Snnday visitors.
Miss Etta Frick. of Dresher, con¬ tinues to be quite ill.
Howard Tibbeu and a couple of friends'sjient Saturday and Supday at the sea shore.
Clareuce L. Erb,of Jarrettown, who was receutly elected jirincipal of East Oreland scliool, is a graduate ot West Chester State Normal school. He has also dipilomas from Abington Jiigh school and from Upj/er Dublin scliool district. Mr, Erb is well equipped for the position, and we are proud to number him among the alumni of Jaxrettown school,
M. G. Moyer, of NortJi Wales, was | the speaker on Snnday at the Metho-' dist church here. His discourses, ' morning and evening, were of excep¬ tional merit. Rev. George Eugle, of ; Germantown, will preach next Sun¬ day.
The Ladies' Aid  society will  meet next Tnesday evening   at the home of , Mr, and Mrs. William DePrefontaine. ;
A number of Charles B, Taylor's j many friends remembered him on Monday evening by giving him a birthday surprise at Jiis home, Jarret¬ town, TJiey came from Ogontz, Fort Washington,   Horsham,   Dresher  and, -m    lo
other neiuby points. A very pleasant; ^t""' ^^- ^'' evening was spent witli mnsic and i order has a social conversation.
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ii^Vt . .- \s ¦ Jennie"*'; .-luj^ at <h« Pimp- ; The moire |jSetentious jrfogram was reserved for the eveuiug an'd. was opened by the chorus and eutire mfl- ience of more tlian 15,0tKi. Prayer Was offered by the Rev, Dr, James M. S. Eiseuberg, pastor of the Triuity Re¬ formed church, Philadelphia, aud a brief address followed by Samuel Diller, president of the uuiou. The principal address was made by Mr, Harry E, Paisley, a former president of the Philadelplii;! union, and closely identified with Trinity Reformed chnrch.
Nearly 500 singers, members of tlie senior societies, gave the cantata. "A Golden Harvest,'' TJie solo parts were given by Mr, Nelson A, Chestnutt, of the First Baptist church, and by Dr. George Conquest Anthony, of St Stephen's church.
state Meeting of A. O. K. of M. C.
The   39th annual convention of tho select   castle.   Ancient Order KnigJits of  the  Mystic  Chain, of the state of Pennsylvania,  will meet in Milton on Sejit. 14 to 16.     W. J, Devine will re¬ present Hendricks  castle.  No. 117, of Ambler.       W. H. Barnes, of No. 201, Glenside, and S. B. Drake, of Perkio- at Centre Square.     The membership of 10,000 in Pennsylvania, aud   expended last year Its iuvestments are I $207,816   and   the paraphernalia value is  $47,428,    .ind   tlic   total   value   is
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NEXT   GAMES.
Next Saturday afternoon Sumniit will jihi.v at Ambler, Gleuside at Hatboro "nud Willow Giovo at Ash¬ bourne,
Abington Comuilssloners.
TJie Abiugton townsiiip commis¬ siouers held their regular mo ntJily meeting on Thursday evening, all being jiresent with the exception of Mr, Newbold, who Jias gone to Bar Harbor, Me,, for tJie summer,
TJie report of the finance committee was received and filed and |150() ap- jirojiriated to   its use.
The report of the highway commit¬ tee was received and filed aud receiv¬ ed au apjirojiriatiou of |oOOO.
Tlio Jiolice committee received an ajijirojiriatiou of $1,500, aud the board of liealth, $800,
The solicitor rejiorted jirogress iu regard to tlie Roberts difiiculty, and a'so in the matter of the bridge at Switchville, and the lower end ot townshiji line road.
A water crane lias been ordered from the Sjiriugfield Consolidated Water comjiauy aud will be jilaced at Meot- iugiiouse and Susquehanna roj*tls.
Tho road eugiueer aud liis assistants will in tJie future lie ololhed with police authority, \fWch will give, them power td jireveut drivers ot teams and motor veJiicles from inter¬ fering with their work ou the ro.ads.
Tho matt'T of the rouuival ot gar- b.ago aud ashes from Beecliwood Heights nud Crestmout was deferred uutil the nieetiug in November. . A delegation trom Hillside made a request for tJieJIoiliug of tJie Willow Grove|turnj'iko
Oheston S. Hunter entertained near- '. fSfril^ for relief, ly  40   friends   at   his   parents'  Iiome
here, ou Saturday  evening, in   honor,      - •   ,„.        ,     ...
of his -'1st  brivthday.       The evening ^287,777.       The order is thiiving and was   very   pleasantly spent  in games ! progressive m   its character,   aud tJie and social intercourse.   At a late Jiour i select    castle    oflticers, men   of   high all wero invited  to tJie  diuningroom,   standing in   the  conimuDities  where where tJie table  decorations and cau-  t'ley  reside,   aro  as  follows: C. D, dies looked very jiretty.   According to  Strauss, select  cliajilaiu,   Allentowu the blowing out of tlie   candles on the 1, ¦ "
to a lietter half in a year's time.
After enjoying the refreshments, the comjiany parted, wishing their liost many more such occasions.       He   was
^~-..-^.. v.« ...... Charles Coicburu, select  commander.
arge^birriTdar" cake.we  may exnect I Pittsburg; Jacob L. Murr,   select vice 0 hear the host  taking unto him'self i commander,   Columbia; S.   B.Drake,
the recipient of quite a number of both useful and ornamental   gifts :    Those Jiresent were; Mr,and Mrs, H, Watsou Hunter,    Mr,     aud      Mrs,     William Morette,     Misses    Graco E.   Hunter, RutJi   Geiselman,   A.   Maude   Auder¬ sou,   Auua M.   Oampmau, Edytlie M, Maun, Mildred    M, Mavtrott," M.amie Rein, M.ae   C. Walton,   Auua   WJiito, Emma K, SJiugard,   Emma   S. Cauip- liell. A, Elizabeth Maytrott, Gertrude M. Dickinsou,   Gertrude   K. Conard, Sara K. Ely, Edith Yerricks, Mildred Lang,     Glowiua    Lang    and    Elsio Kuight,    and      Messrs.    Cheston   E. [Huuter, J. Carrell Morris, Goorgo W. Comly,     Aubrey    Conlev,   W. Leigli Morrette,   William    P.   Leaz, Artliru Ellis, Raymond   K.   Brady,   Clareuce A, Geatrell, William H. Mann,George T.   Rue,     George    A,   Waltou,   Wil¬ liam G.    Maytrott, John  Wright, and Russell V.ansant.     The   guests rejire- souted      Philadeljiliia,      Bridesbnrg, Mouut   Airy,   Feasterville,    Ambler, Gwyuedd       Valley,       Prosiiectville, Horsham,Chester Heights,Langhorne, Jarrettowu,   Tliree  Tuus   aud   Majile Glen. 	
—The roads iu Elkius Park aud Ogoutz have uenrly all been sjiriuklod witli the mixture of soap, water nnd oil. I
select marshal, Ceutre Square; JoJiu. Davis, select scribe, Pittsburg; G. Leezer, select treasurer, Pittsburg; W. N.Kline.select iusido guard, Pitts¬ burg. ; W. W. KocJier, select outside guard, Alientown; TJiomas Quinu, select trustee, Pittsburg; Euiauuel Rutter, select trustee, Lancaster; Wm A. Cratz, select trustee, Phila¬ dolphia. . "
Township Treasurers Will .\ct.
Montgomery county commissiouers have trirued over to the treasurers of the first-class townshijis of Lowor Merion, Springfield, Oholteuham and Abington, assessments books tliat they may jiroceed with the collection o'f state hud couuty tax, as tJie couuty court has decided tJiey may act.
Tlw connty treasurer lias filed ex-* ceptions to this decision, but jiending a decision ou tliese e.xcejitious, tlie town.ship treasurers'will,under a sigu¬ ed agreenieut with rhe county treasur¬ er, Jiroceed with the collection of these taxes. 	
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A   son   lias beon boru to J. B. Park nnd wife.
"¦-Q. P. Smith, jxistmaster, broke his left arm ou Thur.sday. wlieu he fell from a ladder. Mr. Sm'itJi did uot fall such a great distauce, but suffered tJ;e injury as lie tiirew out his arm to lessen the jar. Dr. Furman was a oncejsummoucdito dress the injury. .
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