The Ambler Gazette 19170816

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VOL. XXXV.-NO.   32
AMBLER.   PA..   AUGUST   16,   1917
S1.75   A   YEAR
COLD POINT AND PLYMOUTH.
Happenins:s of Local Interest to Our Readers.
THE UMPIRE IS BLAMED.
Germantown
State   Oiled
Pines" to Remain Open Until Sep. 18—Bathers at Potts' Quarriss—Har¬ monville and  Hickorytown  Events.    ¦
Miss Elizabeth Market, ol Harmon¬ ville, is visiting in Manayunk this week. 1    ..J
I..illle Bernice Maxwell, of Harmon¬ ville,  jB  recovering  after a   week's  111-
Jenkintown Defeats Ambler ty tbe Score of 6 to 3.
PIUe—"The i ¦
BAD ROW AT NEGRO PICNIC.
Edge Hill Negroes Beat Up Constable Thompson, of Ambler.
enkin-town   Has   Game   Well   In   Hand  Thompson   Had   Previously   Broken   Up Before     Ambler     Starts—The     Sixth I     a   Crao   Game   and   When   He   Tried
'Was Our Best Inning—Other Letgue Games—Race Nearing End.
Bad   umpiring-  helped   to   defeat   the
a   Crap   Game   ar
to   Separate   a   Quarrelling   Man   and
Woman he Was Attacked.
Jusliua   O,   Thomps'.n,     of     j\:ii 'l'i',
WHITPAIN AND L. GWYNEDD.
John liiiider's term e.Npires this fal! on the J.ii-.-y-ei G'.vyncd.l township boa'.d of road  ,^:iipervi.-;ui-s.
Levi   .«lin;;lufl',   of   Elue   Eell,   raise.l a   bean   in   his   gaiden   that   measure'l •')0 inches in lenntli.   I    The Jlrs. Alter new house, alons the
Who's Who and What's What in the u"!""''^""'" '""*"'   ""r." °^   sprinK-
hdusr, 1,..? Hearing- completion. Two Townships. Lower   Gv.'ynedd   men   are   receivlns^
  'I'jmmis.sion.-i     in   the     regular     army.
mpi-cvements at Blue Bell Hotel— Tiie--e men have served in th'i national Horsham Men Successful Fishermert—1 EIrcksmith Shc-j Reopened at Pen- K"^"'''-"' ""d have also rc-ently .-.im- Firemen Will Parade at Willow llyn-Agent   Tomlinson   on   a   Trip-  !;|^'5f;;/^-„---%\-,p; Grove-Jar rettown     Residents    Sign..
Si.i.-~'-.eyio//n   Pike    Repairs—Penllyn of Lower  fiwynedd's  road  .supf'i-vis.n-s i    '"9    fo''    Electric    Current—Dresher I'.c'.is. lias   been   commlssioneil   a   major,   and '     Items.
Alliert   .Smith, ''    "
HORSHAM AND UPPER DUBLIN.
Miscellaneous  Items of Interest to .Many Readers.
Ambler team last Saturday at Jenkin-  constable, is recoveriiiB from lus ijiJi"^;-      ,]-Aiu  Mitchell's  new  house, at  Gwy-  ^"'^'t   '''"™'"?;  '""'?   "^  ^'" .''-   •''mith,   ut |    Augustus    Lentz,   of   Jarrettown,    i3 ''town  in  a   Montgomery   county   league i e*  lei-'-iv-d  last  Tlunsday, at  Zeiber s ,,,,,,,,|^  ^^^  being  weather  boarded. ijuynedd  Valley, has r'.'ceived his com"   lepairing the  local township school.
¦ Lgame.    With   the     aid   of  tb,'   umpire,  park,   n-^ar   .North   Wale.-^.   he   was   set |    i loi-aee W. and Cyrin.^a Phipps spent  ""*^'S'""  as a captain. |    >i,..   a,„|    ^,ly^_   Charle.s    .McCormicIc,
I who   Is   accused   of   giving   iivAuy   'aw  upon',  while jieiforming his official dU-ig,,(y^j^.|y ^^.^^j Sunday in Philadelphia.. |    Wm.   G.   Just,   ..'ontractor,   has   com-   ot  Ijie.-her,   spenl   Thui-day   in  Phila- ness, 1,   V,      V,   ' ' ¦deci&iciis, Jenkintown Svon bythe score, ties,   by  a  gang    ot  Kdge  Hiil    negr.o       |ju,,iel   iJuclijey,   of   .^kiii-ia.'k    pike. ,P'eted the street  work in .North Wales,  delphia.
Miss 'Wood, of Roxborough. has been ^^f g ,g  .^     Quite a l.-'.rge cr.".vd of the Iroughs and  beaten over the head  by alj^^j, p   ,|,^|,  i,,^ j^,  ^.^^.^^ ^^^^^1  j.^^g g^eet ;He is now working on or getting ready '¦    .Mr.s. Wainuei Kerbaugh, of Horsham,
the ruling of the -.in/piro un one or ; ThJ.np-'on is a veteran of the ripail- two occasions almost caused a riot. jsli-American war and was one of thd In  one   Inning   he   called  a   strike  on   troop of negro soldieis that gave
the guest  of  Mr.s.  Isaac   bbeppaid, at |Ambler fans   went  with  the team, and .jjia.-kjack. ilarmonville. .1    • -    -
Harry Kaudenbu^li, of Cynwyd, spent Sunday in Haimonville wJtli William Karr, ^ ^     _          	
,   ¦   ,    ,     , !.;„»¦ I—'- ••• " ^-  '-¦"- ..."..«..-- „ ..... luiieti^c   *•¦   *^-^   .,..«-o-   tip   ban
Reba  Amber.s,     of   conshohocken,  Jast ,^p^igj^j,  ^.^^ robt-ery.    This so peeved  hill      He   has   been   an   elflcient   cqt^ Friday afternoon. jOie Held .iudge  that  ho ordered  Richie'stable   of   th^   Thltd, ward   of 'AmWfr
Frank Steiner, of Maple Hill avenue, ifrom   th«   game.     Manager  Kgolf   was  fo,. .several years,   .''t Plymouth  Meeting,  is  still  conhned  to ^jgoing   'to    take    his  players    off    the I     with many othef^'ft-oin Ambler, lets" his  bome by  Uteiess. _    _ .'fleld, but    the -officials  of  the  Jenkin-  Thursday,   he   went  <>!*¦ the   combined
iRlchie, the local catcher, who swung hLs gallant  support  tci  Colonel   Roosevelt's Mfs.   Samuel   Fwher,   J'l-.,   and  -wpa j bat in a manner that indi.'ate.l that the , brigade   in   its   charge "''"    ''¦""^
uph
;Jt's
JiJftn
C.   McConnell,   of tiie     week-end   in
corn. Ito start rejiairs  for the .''unty  on  th"  spent Tuesilay   with her sisier in Jen-
\Valter  H. Adams,  uf  Penllyn,  spent  following  bridges :     Areola,     over   th°  kintown. Satunlay  visiting his  mother  In Cam-  Perkiomen, Branch creek.    Green Lane      ,Mi.   and   .Mis.   E. den,  N. J. over  the   Perkiomen.     Mr.   Just,   uhile  Jarrettown,     .spent
liarry   Hart,   of   Penllyn,     has   been  ''eP'iiring the bridge near Rose Valley,   ftea'ling. siilistitiiting  as   agent  at   Fort   Wash-  Ambler,  hauled  some    of the  stone  t-j i    J.   .M.   .Megargee,   of   Hallowell,   and. ington  station. I*''^ '"'" "''*"" th* Penllyn turnpike, an.l  Alfred   Tyson,  of  Horsham,  have   been
George  W.  S'hlater,  north  of  Broad  °"   this   he   expects     to   erect   several  threshing. Axe, is having the outside of his resi-   ''ouses  if  he   is  ahle   to   linish   up  his |    Ilarry    Uoiigherty,   of   Uresher,   haa dence lathed and plasterd. !  "T"'''   ^^'"'"^   li'-loie  winter  .sets  in.
<in the Lapetina farm,  Blue Bell, thej
Miss Mildred Heaton, of Norrtetovyn, Uown   team,     who   act/^d   fairly     from ; picnic'of ' lo'cal  roioieS" Sunday schools lpo,^.{tops gYp'^jVi^^^ ^"nJ'J, "^s"Je™^   {l',V, has been visiting the family ol <^naries i,gtart to finish, prevaile.l  upon the um- jto Zieber's  park.    Am'.'ng the  picniCK- |,yie|^ ^vill not be half a crop.
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Sulabach,   Haranonvllle. !plre tc reverse his decision,  which  he ers  was  a  delegation  from  Edge   HIU
Lewis  Hagy,  of  Cold   Point,  le^t  on  j,jj_ ^^^ j^g game proceeded. and  It  is  said that  Thompson   earned
Jenkintown was the lirst to score. ftheJr enmity when he broke up a crap In th* second Evans walked Bouldner |game they were enjoying. Later when and iie stole second, scorinjr on T. L man and a woman were having a O'Neiirs sln«le. Another came over in heated argument, Thumpson- endeavor the third *or Jenkintown, Morgan's three bagger and -an error 'being re¬ sponsible. An error, Brack'ey's single and  Cavls'  hit  produced  the two  runs
Monday to join his brothers 4it Rohr- .erstown, near Lancaster.
Mrs. Binkley and daughter, of Wis¬ .sahickon, have been guests of Mrs. Joseph Market at Harmonville.
Chai-les Canfleld and family have re¬ turned to Harmenville after having ¦Spent  sever.al   weeks  in Jeffersonville.
ed to restore peace and Qui^t, but ho was set upon by the roughs, overpow¬ ered and his blackjack taken from him. Drawing his revolver to def ead liini- '    and  he  was
h-jf,^'
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Mrs.   OHver   Re>ed     and   children,   of j for   Jenkintown     in   the   fifth   se.ssion. self  the'weapon  snapped
• Harmonville,  have    been  guests    this luiijpire K-eenon te'i^dly assisted in se- l-wacked over the head. .»
•week of Mr. Reefl's mother at Trappe. jcuirlng tbe  next  two tallies,  by calling I    a hurry call to Ambler brought St«P
Mrs.   Cbarles  Campbell   and   daiigh-  fair Cavis'  long drive, which  was foul I'Traopers Heisej- and Eiler, of the St#t
,ter   Grace,   of   Wyndmoor,   hav-e   been Ky   several   feet.     This   hit   was   goodi police, who made a rapid run in auto*-
- guests of Mrs. M. Hiltner at Harmon-j for a hoime run iind it .'»c<w-ed Brockey. jimobiles   to   the  West  Point  park   and
' ¦'Virle. . i.!-*Aliwho   haid   single«.l     previous   to   Cavi.s'Urrested     Harrv   Homes,     29;     Albert
;; Albert  Hlltn:er,   of   Harmonville,   re-  j^^t^ j Homes   25,  a  brother,  and  Mary  Tol-
'¦^atteA,   this   .Wednesday,   to   the   pny- i    Ambler failed to get a run over un- Uon    '25,  all   ot  Edge   Hill,  and   lodged
Blcal     BSamihIiig     board     at     Willow tu   the   tlfth   inning.     In   this   session!them   in   the  lockup   at   .North   Wales.
Grove. tj  .i v. '***¥* pOavies   opene/5   with   a single   and   l=3|They were later given a hearing befoie
Mr.   and   Mrs.   Lemuel     Kodeoaugn, i.gtole second,   ooming  home  a   moment | Justice   Kirkpatrick   and   in   default   of
of Hickorytown, visited   Mr.  and   Mrs. jg^^j,   .^^^    Wcdock's    one-base    blow. I $800   bail  were  taken  to jail  to  aw-ait
William  Houclt,   of  Limerick,   on   »at-|Ambler went ai'ter Morgan hard in the [trial.     They   are  charged  with   aggra-
jsixth    period.     Strain  iwened     with  a ivated   assault  and  battery  with  Intent single;     Marfan   sacrificed,     and     then  to kill.
Richie hit for three bases.    Kvans kept      Thompson    was    pretty    badly     cut up the good -work and  drove  his bat¬ tery mate in -with a sdbd single.    Tliis was all for cnr fellows.    The scoie :
urday.
The parsonage committee will hold a lawn social on the Plymouth U. E. church lawn on Saturday fcvening, Aug. -S5, ^       "* >
Miss Marie Allbright, of Harmon¬ ville, has been spending a few days ¦with her aunt, Mrs. Hickey, in Con¬ naughttown.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Klllmev and daughters, Misses Grace and Vera, of Plymouth Meeting, spent Monday in Atlarrtlc City.
Miss Esther Buekman has returned to Cold Point after having siw-nt some time with her aunt and uncle at Bridgeton, ..>:'. J.
Henry Curson, of Avondale, spent Snnday with Walter H. Coraon, Dr. P. H. I'oiKDn and th:^ family of George
ith. ,^	
irmou
A. G. Vothers, of Wm. Penn inn, and party will witness the grand circuit races at Belmont park next week.
I'rank and Dorothy Adams, of Pen¬ llyn, spent last week in Camden, N. J., with  their mother,  Mrs.  May  Adams.
Girl Says She Was ;.ured by Soldier. Two men of the Third Regiment, Matlonal guard, station at White¬ marsh, near Fort AVashington, are ac¬ cused by a 15-year-old girl, who wa^ arrested Sunday of having lured hoi- to Philadelphia.    The girl  tol'l  the de
rented and oc.upied li. J. Kirk's house,
'south of Jarreltown.
I Mrs. Matilda Downs sp':iBt Thurs-i day with her daughler, Mrs. c>. H, Lindsay, of Germantown.
! Mrs. Elizabeth Gardner, of Wash¬ ington, D. C, is visiting her sister, .Vlrs. Harvey D. Thompson.
i    Mrs.     Farien,     of     Philadeliihia,     is
tectives that  two guardsmen  gave  her  spending some  weeks  with -Mrs. Eliza¬ beth  Webster, of Horsham. Howar.l .McC.jiinell,  who is employed
C.   C.   Coolbaugh,   of  Gwynedd,   who ithe  money   to  go   to   Philadelphia  and is spending the summei- in Ocean City |that one of them promised to take her with his family   is reported to be quite [to  Elkton,  where  they  would   be  mar- ill I "6^1- I ....       , ,    ,      ,.,     ..             ..          .MAa   Hennen,     whose   home   is     al I
The  Penllyn  blacksniith  shop,    af ei U,.^,,^   -^vashingtoii,   is   the   girl   whos-. having   heen   closed   for   some   "weeks '^.^^^^^^^   ,^^^     ^^^^^   ^^^^       .shattered., has been reopened by John Monaco, of gj^^   ^^.^^^   ^^^^^^   j^j^   custody   in   com-, i Ambler. !pany  with another  girl  In  a  bote]  nea-
Itev. Mr. Pershing and Dr. Jamison, ,Twenty-third and Chestnut street--, ; of Pittsburgh, are spending the sum- , Philadelphia, after word was sent to ' mer at .Sycamore farm, Penllyr, the the detective bureau by the police ati residence ot E. J. Pershing. iFort Washington, that she was a run- ,
Oscar M. Parsons, former storekeep- ,away. '
er   at   Penllyn,   has   a   jiosition   in   thft I    She   was   registered   at   the  hotel  as Midvale   Steel   work.s.     The   postofhce "Barbara   Mayer."     With   her   at   the, is still retained in the former store.       itime  was Winifred  Mayes,  22,  also  ol i .,,„.,,.
and il^crt     Washington.     Hoth   girls     .said  V'^^'t,'"^''
in Philadelphia, spent last week in Honeybrook   and   Jarreltown.
Charles IJ. Taylor, formerly of Jar¬ rettown, is reported to have purchas¬ ed a  proiierty  in  Jenkintown.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Gouak, of Horsham, spent Sunday wi^h Mr. Gouak's motlier at  Prosiiectville.
Leroy Forker, of Philadelphia, spent the week-end with hi.s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Forker, of Horsham.
Misses May, Liessie and Dorothy Lightkep, of Jarrettown, have been spending a week in Ocean City.
Mrs. Matilda Downs visited her Mrs.   G-2urge   Thomas,    and
raNKlNTOWM r h o a Baekey, cf2 2 0 0 Bieaw'er. 3bO « 0 3 Cavja. If 12 3 1 VanSant, cO til 2 Goiild'r, 2b 1 14 4 McJlell, 88 0 1 3 8 McKeon, IbO « 5 2 T.O'NeiI,rfO 110 Morgan, p. 2  ¦£   0   2
AMBLER e r   h
0 Davis,   If   1   2 rRobinson. cfO   0   0   0 0 Wodr'k 3b 0   2   2  £ 0 Riec. 3b      0   0   12
0 ."itrnin, 98     12   2   2
1 Martin, lb 0 2 ¦? 0 0 Garrit, rf 8 110 0 Ritaiiie, c 119 1 0 Eva.is. p      0   2   0?
about     the   head    and   fai-e,     and   his
wounds    were   treated   by   Dr.    Siife?,
of   North   Wales,   lo   whose   offic-j   Ixp
iwas taken. S
-   -      uther   negroes   received    slight    cure
" ''and  bruises,    and  it  is thought    thaj
Whitpain tov.nship road supervisors are r-'pairing the road from Sandy Hill school h'use past Triple Springs farm. A large ciuantity of stone i:- being placed  thereon.
.Mrs. William Scott and  daughter, of
Gerniantown, spent the we"k-end  with
Mr.  and   Mrs.  W.  H.  Adams.     Master
bounds.     Ti-W)iier   Shavet   arrived^ lat-'|-\Valter Adams returned wilh them and
Totals ,. 6 -S 27 17 1   Tttals..    3 12 24 12 3Jtho   nark   and   ke
Jenkintown   -   0   110   2   0-20   x—6 ' ¦ f   „
Anibler         0   0   0   0   12   0   0   o-3 ^^ ^"'"^'   ^""^   '^'
q! nothing but the timely arrival of th^ 0 stale troop°is to. quell the riot pre* 2 vented a disturbance the limits of ^i\vhii-h  prohai/ly  would h.ive known  no
o'er   and   with   Con.stable   Aaron   Kush-.jis -.^pending some time, more and Officer George 'Moss went to''
:plained that the soldiers gav ,$100 with which to go to Philadelphia, i Th" Mayes girl was released, as there was no complaint against her, but Alda was sent back to her paren's. "The names of the .guardsmen -were not given out by the police, hut it was in¬ timated that if it were shown that th girl's story is true a serious charge will be made against the one whn ipromised to marry the Hannen giil L. W.  Uiddle,  Morris  road  and  Blue I The  case will  be  reported  by  the  po ¦
"AVillow  Grove   faileii   to  show  up  at Bsthayre-S'.-am  Saturday  and  the  game. ,^o th-.! la-ter by the siscrii
got      another
of the leaders
itono;; had     th '
cy   Siroughou
OU'.
any emergency.
?i!i "'".'!'", I"„.'-'l?.„.?^;^I^.-iB?ll   pike-   has' drained   out   his   dam ,™„. "¦¦  and   is  preparing  to   place  a   concrete
Th '
m^A, and prepared  for
lice   to ment.
the   commander     ot  the   regi.
I wall   inside   of   the   Stone   wall. I pond will also be cleaned oul.
The crops  on  the Wm.  .S.  Hallowell
all  loiik   well  and
pi-omisc  a good  yield.    Henry  'Walton
Paroled   Prisoner   Freed;   Given ?26.40.
The  lirst   of  the  grouB   of  prisoners .       .,-,,,
iin   the   countv   jail   who   were   parol-:d  '""'^^.''y  '''  ^7':\", hv the  .'ourt   for th-.  purpo.se ot   work-   Promise  a  good   .\ iel ing oB'the term at tlie ilm.shouse was  '^ superintendent, and g-meral appear returned  to  .i"il  Thursday  by  Stewaj-'l i.;artnmn    aii'l    giv^j/Kgafmagmim^iiai
¦tnihni^'ttAyirig.Mx.pbmKKmKKKKKfK^ji*^ ¦
Tistown  miuo  and  had "S*tf"i«BleBced  at  Penniijpipi nearing  completion.
him.
i.^es  of  the  property are a  credit  to
be heM on Aug. 25 at the home of Mr. afrd Mrs. John Sujiplee, on Flour¬ town road ne-ir Col'J J'oint.
Miss Mary C. Hiltner, of Consho¬ hocken, spent the week-end wilh Miss Mary C. Cunningham, of Maple HIU avenue, Plymouth  Meeting.
Walter Lightkep, of Xorristov.Mi, and Eugene     Lightkep,     ul     Hickorytown,
spent .Monday Hshing at  Anglesea and hf.rdt,   Norrtetown,  char.ged   with   nun- returnel with.* good Ci. tch. support.     The   action   w-.as   brought   by
Mr. iind   Mrs.   Eu.^en.^  Lightkep  and  his wife, who is a residenl of Consho- daughter  Elizebeth,     of    Hickoiv;town, htcken.     i?he   contended   that   he   lial
STA?.-DING  OlT CLUBS.
W, L.   P.C. W. L.
Glen.-ide... 16 2    .832   A-nblcr.... 8 ft
JenLint .wn,13 4   .705   Willow Gr.   E U
liell.ayres.. 8 '.1   ,.|7I Ft.Wash'ion 2 1!
Conshohocken   Man   Arraigned.
Geurge    W.    l-^'.tmun.      uf   Manayiiill^. ¦WAS arraigned   before  Riagislrate Len-
afler conviction on a charge of larceii  . Before goins  to the county jail tc 1'^ P'G- ' ormally   released   the  man  was   tak'- i -,^  to   the   ofRoe   of   the   counfy   contrull' .IW   '^li"?re   Deputy   Williani   Irvin   cong:a- itulated him on having served his tim - I and  exiendoil  the  hope  thai he  wciM hereafter be a  la-.v alijdhig citizen.    .A' the same  time Mr.  Irvin gave the mn i ian order on county treasurer for .'i!2''..li .his earning-s ai  CO  cents  per .lay  d\-:- :ing the period of his parole. ;     I'lius.   fur   the     Iirst   time     in   m;i,i
railroad Just  north  of  ("amp- ipaiiying  this   run
"Know  Your  County."
The annual Farm bureau "kn >. your county" automubile lour, will b held .ju Thursday, -\iigust 23rd, a i promises tu be a bi,i; event fo;- thi-, IntereRted in knowing mor> ab.mt ;li agriculture     of     Muntgu^nery     cuuiil.N
,  ,„   .tiBiiirjwiiwttiaTinijigBitiini^iftiiiji wijiwumwutiwii
slgnifleo    fh6ir     Intentioris   of   accom-  Tuesday with "Mr. an
Sunday- school was held Wednesday at Willow Grove park, and all had a good time.
Miss Elizabeth Kalback, of Dresher, has been spending a week with hep aunt in Philadelphia and Atlantic City.
Miss Florence Mct.'ormick, who is employed in Ambler, is spending a; week's vacation with her parents In Dl esher.
Mr. an..l Mrs. William C. West, ot. Germantown, spent Sunday with the. former's sister, Mrs. Susan Crocket, In, Horsham,
Mr. and Mrs. William Doyle, o£ Horsham, spent Salurday eveiilng- with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Koons, of Willow   Grove.
Marion , iJchaffer, of Hatboro, Is spending several days with he:- grand¬ parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Zeitler, Sr.,  of Horham.
.VMS.   Wal
'faces th
.bell's .greenhouses.    It will be oi-cupieu will be througli th.? central and  south
hy   the     farmer,   Harry   Evans,     when eastern   part    of  the   county,     with   i
completed.- number of stops on Horsham and Ab
;    The   Sumneytown   pike   is  being   re- 'J'^}';'^   ?„T'!l, ,Y.'^''^'?...?i"-f .--"'["^ ¦"'^   ''^ -surfai'&d   and   oiled   from   Springhov
spent'Sunday with'Jlr. ;and Mrs   Wal-  done little  cr Clothing  for  the  supp-..-   !f,^:H.,''%,''„/,'T'"T'?;uJf.'''- *'!!-  ''"""'y, ter  Lightkep,  of  Norriitown. .of  their four children  during  ihe  pasi i:\',V}..-'="'j"''"'"t. .^"'"1^ '"  his pocket
Mr. au'l Mrs. Charles G"rsing(-r, uf .several months. An agreement v.-a Ardmore, were the guests uf Mr. and eftected. whereby Ettman entered int. Mrs. Myers Ho!!, of Maple Hill avenue, , a bond to pay -$8 a week f.ir the sup Plymoutli Meeting, on Sr.nday. j'Port of the  chiUren.
Mrs.   George   Sheller,   of  Cold   Point
has   been  enterlblning  her  father   and       Two Persons Die in Burned Barn. . mother,   Mr.   and   Mrs.   Armstrong,   of      Two men  were burii'?d  tu .lealh, an.l 'Elmwood,  South   PhiladelFhia. |a fire loss in  cK'.^ess  of .$rn''Oo resulted
Rev. Dr. G. W. Tupper, of Cold Iwhen the stable pr.iperlies owned bv Point, on Sunday evening, preached atii.:dward Ganley, f intraetor, of LaMott, the union .servicef^ lield on the lawn ofjjn the Ol.l York road section, wer- the Consht'huckeu ipresbyterlan church.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Maxwell, cf Hickorytown, and Mr. and Mrs. Hor¬ ace Moyer, of NorriBtown, motored to Mt. Joy on Sunday, a trip of about 175 miles.
Mrs. Irvin Taylor and two inter-, esting children, of Philadelphia, have been spendlna- several days at "The Willows," (Md Point, with i-Ir. an.l Mrs. Jacob Hs.rt.
Mrs. C. W. Lewis and Mrs. J. M. Berkhlmer, of Harmonville, visited Miss Mary R. Green in Charity hos¬ pital, Norrislown, who is eonvatescenl after an operation.
The   Endeavor   society,   of   the   Ply
destroyed Sunday morning.
Th« bodies of -ihe two men, both employes of (janle.v, were found in the ruins after the rire. They were : George Smiley, aged about 40, of La¬ Mott; John Lang, aged about 35, of LaMott.
The Ganley properties are located oa Sycamore avenue, immediately north of City Line. The tire was disoivercil at 3.30, an.l companies were called into service from LaMott, Cheltenham, Glenside, Ashbourne, McKlnley and Jenkintown, seven eomiianies at on.- time b.ung in service to prevent thr spread ,;t the fire and  others  nearby.
sultiii.!-: frum his .iwn labor to eniil' jhhii to live for several weeks comfui' lably and look around for work. .Sti, Imore valuable to the man than th.' .money, is the fact that  the rommiini'
that    iiniirisonoU     him  has    permiti. ,him  to ac.lliil-.-  Hie  habit of work n-i learning money. j    The s'-'nlenc.'s of the other men pai
oled  to  work  on  the county farm  vii
all  expire  this  month,   September i-October.
northward, and the men are opposit ' the R. K. Kibblehouse property. Dur¬ ing the progress of the v.-.irk the roa.l Is   shut  off.
. In .Sunday lh-; hedge along the Acuff estate and near Cassell's hay house, t.iok tire, and the Norlh Wal.'s Flre company was summoned. Th.- blaze -was extin.guished without lus.-. Th'» origin  i= a mystery.
Clifford   Wou'l,   who   purchased   land
finest     and   must     successful     in     t'l county.    The  tour will  start   promptly at  :i a.  m. at Centr.' Point,  wher- tlr^ autos are expected' t.i collect and m,-ik- slops in  the  following order :     At  tli
The  trip  this year g^n ;„ Horsham.
Willard and Harold Lightkep an.l Alfred Caldwell, of Jarretljwn, spent last veek camping- at Lumberville, along the  Delaware.
Jlr. and Mrs. Daniel Sullivan, Mr. and .Mrs. Rhinehart, of Philadelphia, sp -nt Sunday witii Mr. and Mrs. George Zeitler in Horsham.
Mr. and .Mis. l-;dwai-.l Black, Mr. and
farms ot  Milton  O. Landis   and  l;ran'--:Mrs.  Edward  Gaun    and  Mr.  McDade. Landis,     near     Centre   Point;      Fi-'^a-.  of Logan, spent  Sundav  with   Mr. ancl Slyer,  near  Washington   Square;   W il-   Mrs. James Ram.-^ey at Hor.sham ham  Whiteside    and  Jonathan   Stack-,    a partv in u  l-.u-d tourin h.iuse,        " '     ---¦'   -"--   ¦¦''-"--
car stoj?-
near   Hor.sham:   and   the   Folly :ped at th-j Ho\-sham st.ire Oh Tue.sday. 1,-1 rms, near .\bmgton. ._.        . ,.,aj.
The :4bjects of interest at th   -*...
lulls   sti7,is   will   he   the
var- difference   be-
toured   from    Steubenville-,. were   em-, ute   from     New
a I)
'Killed  on   Way  to  Answer  Draft   Call.
Preston    Stetler,      25    years   old, Boyertown, .died  a half hour aftei- hi motorcycle   turned    three    somersanii at Clayton,  near  Penns'burg,  Thurs.l i afternoon, and  Charles  Orendlinger, . years old, of Boyer tow-n, was serirn ly injured.    The two men were on n.' i way  to     'Wilkes-Barre,     w-here   Stei.'- was  scheduled   to  be  ex-amined   bel..-. the draft beard.
.According   to   John   T.isenbigler,   ;-. ¦
eye  witness  of  the  accident,   the   iii' '
to   Ganley's   home I were driving at a fast rate, and wh • ¦
Several  times  th-i^'f't.'er,    who   was   operating   the   c:.
^near Wm. Penn inn on which to, ere.^t't^^.^^n sprayed and unsprayed potatoes a dwelling, has decided to postpou ¦ corn variely fost, plank frame barn t-onstructlon work during the high soy beans, good farm management, prices, but has started work on a new dairy cows and fine Percheron horse-- .Iriveway  into  the plot. . |    Every   .ine   is   expected   to   take   his
(¦in- Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Horace ;Own lunch, and th" tour is planned Phipps, of Blue Bell, entertained the .to reach tho fnrm of Jonathan Stack- iollowing friends ; Walter Lalferty ihouse for the lunch hour. Mr. .Stack- 3nA friend, of Willow- Grove; Edward jhouse's farm is one of the most pro- Fesmlre and wife, Williani l-'esmire .ductlve In the coimty, and some tim" and wife, of Lans.lale. and Miss B Mla, I will be spent in observing- his 50 acre; Cardell,  uf .Springhouse. of  potatoes,    or.'hards,    and  vegetabl
The  old   toll  house  at  Blue  Bell,  the jcv-ips.    At this place C   H.  Hadley, th.- lasn one In that locality, is being torn  extension entum.ilugist of the Pennsyl away   jireparatory   lo   removing   same i to   its   new   location   on   au   adjoinin.g ': farm.    II has already been moved back j .iff the  turnpike, whicii is  now count.v i™'''"-
Thi..
They   ha.l :Oiiio,   and
York. Albert Meehan, of Germantown, who
is asso.-ialed with his father in thei jnui-sery business al Dresher, -was i '\vedded last vveek and is now away on
his honeymoon.
! .Vliss I'.dith Lewis, wh.i is a student ,nur.';e at the Methodist hospilal, Phil- jadelphia, has been spending her va-: .oatitm with her parents, Mr. and Mra, jW. D. Lewis, at Jarrettown. I    Harold- Com].v,   of  California,   son  otf'
J. I. Cumly. of Horsham, and the lat; I'Mary P. Coml.N-, arrived in Horsham joii    Tuesda.v,    having   started   east   at
once  on  learning  of  the  death   uf his
proptrly.
vania   State   college,   w-lll   demonstrat.:"
th" use of carbon bisulphide on wheat InioThei
stored   in  a  granary  to  kill   the   grain       John'Hnvro,-    „.i, .    j,
1, .   ,     Hai rai,   who   raised  and   niar-
he ,hc'^^^^   "^°"*   •"'•"^'OOO   celerv oe ine< years,   haw   been
undoubtedly
mouth  TJ.  E.  church,   held   Its   regular JGar.ley homo was scorched, but tiremen i'^^w that he could not round tho sh:.. monthly   meeting  Tuesday   evening  at saved the property. icurve, thoy suddenly appll-^d the brak-
the     liome  of  Mlss     Katharine  Rode-I    Smiley   an'l   Lang   ociipied   sl»epliig-l^'id the car sent them hurling into tl baugh, Harmonville. quarters    on   an   upper    floor  of    the air
Mrs. Gilbert, of Conshohocken, is i stable propertr. When the firemen ar- spending some time with her grand- j rived tho interior was a mass uf daughter, Mrs. Canfleld, in Harmon- flames. It was not luiown that the ville.     Mrs.   Gilbert     is   an     old-time  rnen were  in  tlie  stable when  the  lire
resident of the village. broke  oul,  but  because  they  wore  not j rested'at  Perkasie,
Mrs. Bosler and sister
Ambler  Man  Charged  With  Theft. Fred.   Kulp,   17   years   of   ,age,   wii shys  IVs  home  is  at Ambler,   was ar Thursday,   by  D
Williain, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs, William Lancaster, .if Morris road, re- •urned home Sunday frum Pittsburgh, vhere ho has been stationed with ¦tlier arm.v mon for four months, r'urtough   ends     this  Wednesday.
CLASS A. His I'Jack Horner, G. Maust.. The ;Paul i", C. Stackhous	
R.   Bickhart   and   family,   Mrs. |.seen   during  the   flre   an   inv.-stigation teetive   J.   E.   Stevenson    chw'ged  wi¬ and   baby   and   Mrs.   J.   -Thim; was started as .soon as the ruins wore entering the house , n tlie fa%f of O n Mrs.  Swartz   and  d.aughter,'sufficiently  cool'Hl     and   shortly    after ard    John.son,     of   No th   "Wa^es spent_Wednesday_   of_Jjist  week   with ;daylight    their    chaired    bodies    wero jstealing the  .¦Savings of John  O^Xei'l
|farm  hand,     amounting     to   $5o'    I'l^ youth   outfitted   himself  from   head   t
Mrs. Jacob Hart, at Cold Point. found
Next, Sunday there w-ill be regular services at the Plymouth TJ. E. church at 10,30 a, m. and 7.30 p. m. Note chr>n.g.' of latter service from 8. Pray¬ er meeting, We.lnesday  evening.
A copious coating of road oil has been spread by thn state on the Ger- manto'.vn     piko     from     Barren     Hill
i
Cow  Damaged  Corn. S. H. Jloyer. of Norristown, reported .to the police that he held in his posae.s- Ision a cow, whicii ho thinks is the pro¬ iperty of Edwin Carr, of Centre S.iuaro.
_____^      ^       ^^^__   The  hovine     Is   being  h"ld,     awaiting
through'Pl.vmouth and Hlcko"rytow-n"*to idcntltication and settlement for the the read Jusl north of Charles John- '^''^'"aa''' it is allege.I to have caused son's realdence. |to Moyer's  corn fleld.
Harrv   JIcNolte,   of  Plymouth  Meet- |    ^h..- cow  broke down several fences, ing   -.vho has been  laid up for several h^^^'^ Moyer and ruined much corn be- =ek.-!,   following   an   accident   to   his K""'^   ''"'   '"¦^¦''   a'lvised   of  Its   presence, limbs   is  still  unable  to   walk  without P'^" ^<'"t <¦"'¦ Policeman Taylor, whn ro¬ the aid of a crutch.    His left ankle Is i^'*'^''   nearby   and   got  after  the   milk till in its plaster cast : producer.     Jlore   corn   -n-as   ruined   in
Miss Katharine Rodebaugh, Grace and Waldo Ollard, Jlisses Nettle and Reba Ambers, Jlrs. James Frith and Earl and Katharine Frith, of Hicltory- tow-n, spent Saturday afternoon at Elmwood   park,   Norristown.
After having been connected with the John Wanamaker store, Philadel¬ phia, for about 14 years, Vickers Tar¬ button, of Harmorrville, has resigned nnd is now employed at the Lee rubber plant. Mr. Tarbutton was one of tha oldest and most reliable employes in the delivery service of the 'Wanamaker store.
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the  chase,   hut   the  cow  was  captur 'd and put under lock and key.
Diver Is Injured.
There Is a slight improvement in the condition of Clyde Moser, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Moser, of Consho¬ hocken, who has been suffering with concussion of the brain as a result of .living from a peak at Potts' ciuarry. Whitemarsh to-wnship.
—Abington township has been sued by C. Harvey Reiter and Marguerite his -wife. .A statement of the proceed¬ ings has not been fil»d. Attorney H Fox, is counsel of the Reiterp.
foot and then went to Perkasie .,, stayed at the IJnlon hotel. In his po'k et, when .searched at the police statio" were 76 cents. There wero also < number of pictures of Perkasie "ii- which the youn.g dofendant had p.ii to have taken. In most of the pi. tures, he Is Ihe central figure
To Detective Stevenson, Ku'lp Is sai.' to have admitted taking the monc' at the Johnson farm, and also to ste-i'- Ing some money at the home of Fi-'<.,"l Bottomly, on  Third street,  Perkasie
At   hearing   before   JIagistrate  kii'-v- Patrick,     of  North   Wale.s.     Kuin   wa ^ committed   to   jail   in   default   of   $-ii i cn   charges   of   larceny   and   feloniou- entry.
Jlajor Kln,a-, !>. 1-'. Worthiiiirlon.
Ray,    Thonan	
Joe,  Cannon	
Prince   J	
Time,  2.25.  2.2.;.
CLASS  B Chum, A. B. Wilgus	
voung   man   looks   well   and   likes   the ife.
A fine crop of alfalfa has been cut llis year on Windridge farm, H. K. leyner, superintendent, and the .ro-wth was cut agaiii thisi week. This I ia.v is very nutritious and its price 'f $1 per lon proves its worth for cat Io and poultry. -A. new . ..as lately ben erecied on
H. C. Tomlinson, agent at Penllyn ¦tation, with his son and daughter, spent several days last week near Williamsport in Lycoming county. He leports that a very h.oavy -storm in taat S"ctlon Wednesday night dani- 'ged 1 lilroa.ls and intlictod great loss. .Mr. Tomlinson goes inlo that section .very fall hunting deer.
!    -A guard of soldiers—six men  and a ;Bobby K, H. W. Kelly!, irporal—reache.l   Gwynedd   Valley   on iBgtsy Ethen,  D.  Dyer. ! ! .-unday,   and   have  been  guarding   the Royal,  B.  Bates ',',
 fi
lio„v      ;'^"'"K  and   was  successful  in
on   Saturday  a   large  crowd   viewed   'amung the largest lish of the season	
the intersting races .m the Nash track.  ?     ''ac«   hass   measuring   ir,U    iivh-s: Hallowell,  which  resulted as follows :    ;'« 'ength.
On Tuesday morning at 5.10 a wreck Do\!e'r    °'' -^^^    Trenton.  Cut-olt   at
friin   C. V  ','"'-'¦•   '^^'^"   '-•»  east-bound
train   crashed   into   the   rear   end   uf  a
freight.     It   is   claimed    a   dense   fo^
rendered   vision   difficult.     An   ,.ngine"
five car.s and a cabin were thrown ofC
.the track.    .No one was hurt.
I    Candidates   for   township   offices   ara
2  ah-ea.ly   appearing    in   Horsham,     and
j  already petitions  are  filed  b.^-   the  fol-
1
3 !,
, „ ^^ ^^,,^_ Henry H, A. Leatherman _     . , .   ^ .,
¦"'water' tank Fern.   R.  Kephardt s    1 .'o"ing to be pla.>ed on tho nomin.-it'io'u
the farm "^^   ''•   ^-'   Bates i    ,   papers:       RepubUcan     partv—Charles
Ellly  Bear            5    -  '¦'*¦"'-'       „ _
Time,  2.31,  2.27%.
CLASS C.
Fray Jr..  S. Hagertv .s
Wilkes,   H.   S.   Nash 1
Geo. Harrison, D. F. Worthington 2
Emma, Chimes
Time 2.37n, 2.33%.
FREE-FOR-ALL. Rooster.   C.   Danehower
1 mnel and the water tower along the I Heading    tracks.     The  men  who    ara
'vom troop jr. Forty-seventh regiment, 'lire   quartered   on   the   Fritz   Hartman
.-fixte   property.     The   men   guard   In
siuads   of   two,   eight    hours   to   each
'^'luad.
I    J. C. Hinkle, who has purchased the iP't'?**,'^?"'^'', °^ ,'^^'^"*:^°™®'"y county,
: I lue   Bell  hotel  property,  has a large
if "rce of mechanics renovating the his-
|t' ric old inn.    Jlr. Hinkle has been in
jthe business for many years and town, sustained a fractured leg at the '''imes from prominent Ohio people, steel plant -fit  Tvj' Rock, when  he wasi'' '' father ha-ving been associated with
Dannehower  is  Now a  Sergeant.
Wm.  F.   Dannehow-er,  Jr.,   of  Norri town, has been made a sergeant in : ambulance     corps   now     operating Franco with  the American forces.
Sustained   Fractured   Leg.
Charles St. Clair, residing in Norris
caught between an electric crane and freight car.   He was removed to Chai¬ ity  hospital for treatment.
great
I Mayor   Tom  Iy.   Johnson   in   his three-cent-fnre  flght  and  was  several
'times mentioned as a presidential pos¬ sibility.
Stackhous,   judge;     Enos   D.   Watson .tax   collector;    Howard   Comlv.   super¬ visor.       Democratic     party—Jeremiah 2,Ivelly,   judge;   Williani   JT.   Dag-"r    tax
1 , collector; John Serrill, supervisor; 3 Albert Tyson, school director; Charles 4,8. Gouak, in.spector;   O.  H. S.  JIaurer
justice  of  the  peace. ^auici,,
Lt"^ German woman m Horsham on 1; Monday gave rise to many suspicions, 3  and  the  residents   of  the   village  were
2 determined that if she appeared on 4|Tuesday the authorities  would  be  ap-
- pealed to.   Although evidently advanc-
'!'J w-.r'''*'''^-''''® hoarded a hay wagon
,at Willow Grove whilo tho vehicle was
<s,vt.-arf/ ¦      "^°**°".  and   sai.l   she  desired   work
common iHorsham  while  the   svagon   wa.^  mov,-
Nobodv else has filed a"petltlon'for iv'Jfi'tin^'!, ''^®,'''"*"^i"   several   farms.
judgeship    nommatior^^l^bot i^fll^i^e? '^^'^c^tE^^''^^^
Every-,some  time  at  the  Horsham   .store ancl appeared  ke"ii  of vision,  quick  in  hei-
  physical  movements  and  alert.    There
I was  some  suspicion   that  "she"  w-as  a —iTom reports    made  by    farmers, man, but ns the individual disappeared Bucks  county    -will have  one  of    the  nothing further  w.-is  done, largest   crops   of   potatoes   grown   In I —	
Tlmo  2,20,   2.23%,
Judge Swartz Unopposed.
President   Judge   Aaron   S. ill have no opposition for 1 consecutive    election  to   the
the
wanted the offlce in his place.    _ bo.ly evidently desires him to continu on  the bench
recent years.
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