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The Ambler Gazette.
VOL    XXX -NO.   3
AMBLEiR,   PA.,   JANTJARY   18.   1912
J^l.25   A   YEAR
TEAS DECLARED SUPERVISOR.
Tlw   Court   Passes   On  Horsham Townsbip Contest.
Elmer E. Potts, Who Received More Votes Than Teas, Had No Length of Term Sipecified Opposite His Name —Omission Riesults in His Unseat¬ ing.
Judge Swartz handed down an opinion in the contested election for the OtHce of road supervisor in the township of Horshani, Saturday morn¬ ing, in which he declared that William Teas was elected over his contestee, Blmer E. Potta The costs of the proceeding are to be paid by Horsham township.
The opinion of the court, in part, ia as follows: "At the election held on November 7, 1911, in the township of Horsham two road supervisors were to be elected, one for the full term of four years and the other for the un¬ expired  term of two years,
"The F.epublioan party nominated Norton Downs for the four years' term anu Fllnier E. i'otts lor tho torm of two  years.
"The Kepublican party forwarded a proper eertilioate to the county eonimissioners. designating the terms for their respective candidates. The presiding otlicer of the Democratic meeting also certilicd Its party nom¬ inations, but failed to give the terms Of the respective candidates. On tbe IJoniociatic certillcate tlie name ef George W. Stong was written above that of Fulmer E. Potts. When the commissioners printed the ballots this order was reversed mid tlie name of Klmer E. Potts appeared above tliat of George W. Stong. This was done so that the candidates of a particular party might appear alphabetically where two or more persons aro elected to the same otlice. The election olli¬ cers made return to court as follows: Norton Downs (4 years) had 112 votes, William Teas (2 years) had 102 vote.s, Kliner E. Potts (no torm designated on ballot) had lOli votes, George W. Stong (no term designated on ballot) had 102 votes. The elec¬ tion board gave a certilicate to Xor¬ ton Downs that he was eloi'tod to the oflice of road supervisor for tho term of four years.
"The certilicate lo Klmer E. Potts stated as follows: "VVe do iiereby certify that you having received 109 votes for the otlice of supervisor, it being the highest, or one of the highest, number cast for said office are 'therelore duly elected to said of- tice  for  the  term  of  two  years.'
"The requisite number of electors contest the election of Elmer E, Potts. It ie claimed that the vote^ Jast for .Blmer E. Potts and George VV. Stong were illegal and void and should not have been counted by the election olli¬ cers, that the said Wm. Teas was elected to the office of road supervis¬ or for the term of two years and that the court should declare his election accordingly.
was not necessary to designate the term of office on the ballot, that he believes that each vo-ter fully under¬ stood that he was a candidate for the abort term of two years. He also claims that the court has no right under this- contest to declare his cer¬ tificate invalid,
"He also avers that the court has no right to declare the election in¬ valid. That the case does not fall within the provision of the act of April 14, 1897, P. L. 23, wherein it is declared that the court may hold that an election is Invalid where by reason of the defective conditions on the   ballots   the  voters   were  misled.
"It is Important to note that neither party contests the legality ot the elec¬ tion for supervisor. It Is simply a contest whether certain votes cast for Elmer E. Potts should have beon counted for him."
The court say^: "We cannot give any effect to the claim that the voters understood that Elmer E. Potts was a candidate for tho two-year term. The answer avers a belief that such was the case, but how can ainy one assert such a nroposition unless all the voters are fiuestioned ':• There is certainly nothing in it which indicates for what term any ballot was cast or throws any light on the intention of the elector in respect to the term. Mllligan's appeal, 96 Penna. 222, also hoius that ballots without a specitl- cation of term cannot be counted where two councilmen wore to be chosen for different terms."
The court by using similar cases as examples as proof of the justness of its decision, closes by saying, "We do not see how these new ballots differ in any manner whereby an election bo.trd can now safely count any voites where no term is designated where several ofllcers are to be eleotod but for different terms,"
OBITUARY.
JOHN ROWLEY.
John Rowley, and old resident of Harmonville, died Wednesday after¬ noon, at his home after a brief ill¬ ness from apoplexy. He had been In ill health for some time, but was able to be about to some extent until Tues¬ day   when   he  suffered a  stroke.
Mr. Rowley was well known in this borough. He served throughout Civil war, although he was not a member of the Grand Army post. He Is survived by two sons and two daughters.
The funeral look place, Monday af¬ ternoon, from his late residence. In¬ terment was private.
MARY   READ  FISHER.
The news of the death of Mlss Mary Read IHsher, which occurred at an early hour Friday morning at her re¬ sidence. 2.S8 South Thirteenth street, Philadelphia, was received with feel¬ ings of much great regret by her rela¬ tives and large ciicie of friends in that city. Karly in tho autumn Miss I'isher was taken ill a,t her country iionie at Penllyn, and from the be¬ ginning her physicians hetd out lit¬ tle hojies of her recovery. Born 70 years ago In Philadeiphia. the daugh¬ tor of lho lato Mr. and Airs. Coleman : islior all hor lite was p.i.-^sod there, .'.ho v\jis so.'iail.v prominent in the iushionabio lite of lliut eil.^-. whero her piea.sing poisonalily and alCahlo con¬ versation made lur a special favorite. Sho uas also ehiolly interested in many charitable organizations and was a member of St. James' churoh at Twonl.v-Seoond and Walnut streets, to whirli parish her family had belonged for many gonoriitions. She is sur¬ vived by ono sister, .Vliss Sally VV. I'isher, and a lirother, William Read l-'ish(!r who, with his deceased sis- tor, spent many summers in Ambler. K.MPSO.V  K.  HAINES.
l-:!fmj.son K, Haines, aged .S;! years, >'. lio iias lieen a resident noar .Xorris¬ town for inuny years, and who was Well and proniinontly known, died Tuesday night of last week,'at his late n sidenee, S04 Swede street, following :iii illness due to general debilit.v and old ago. Deceased formerly eonduct.^ oil a farm in Plyinouth township, known as the "Haines plantation." He is survived   b.v  one  son.
-MARY   ELIZABETH   ASHFUV.
Mr.s. Alary Elizabeth Asliury, widow ol' T. Henry Asbury, died Sunday in l"i>-arwater, Fla., of bronohitLs, after an illness of only two days. She was liorn in Biriiii.ngham, England, 87 years ago, and married Air. Asbury in Ks.'iO. She is survived by livo children, Ibirry H. Asbur.v, Charles Asburv, -Vlrs. ,Ianies Carr, Airs. A. C. Harmer and   Airs.   At.   H.   Rand.
.Vlr. Asbury was one of the founders of the Knterpriso Alanufaoturing com¬ pany. Tho wlnier home of tho fam¬ ily was at Clearwater, but their suni¬ mor home is at Oak Lane.
The  funeral  of  .Vlrs.  Asburj-   will   be hold   this   Wednesday,   services   being liokl   at   2,.10  at  the  home  of  hor  son, Ilarrv H. Asbury, at Oak Lane. -VIRS.   EAIAIA   WEIKEL.
Mrs. Emma Xeavil. wife of N. W^. Weikel, and mother of Airs. C. W. Jefferis, of Doylestown, died at her home in Xofth, Wales on Saturday 6. wi"ftli.j 7'oa' yilact oi age. She is survived' by her husbaind and flve cbildrafn: Albert, Ervin and William, ot VV^lkes-Barre; Mrs. Herbert Schoid, of Xorth Wales, and Katharine .N'„ of Doylestown.
AIRS. GEORGE A. RICE.
.Vlary Ellen, wife of George A Rice, died at her home in Clialfont, Satur¬ dav at noon. She had boen a suffer¬ er of neuritis the pas,t 10 years. Drop.sy linally set in and caused her doath. She was helpless for years. Sho was a conscientious and earnest (Christian and a member of the Re¬ formed church at Dublin.
Deceased leaves a husband, one daughter, Elsie, and a son, Paul, both residing at home, also her father, Ja¬ cob Angeny, and a sister. Airs. Clem- mio Rife, of Dublin; three brothers, Wiiliam Angeny, of Philadelphia; Al¬ len, of Chalfont, and I'Yank, of I<"'ort Washington. Mrs. Rice was 49 years, 4  months and  23  days old.
Interment will be made in the Dub¬ lin  cemetery.
MAN'S DEATH A MYSTERY.
Harleysville   Farmer  Found Dead I in His Bam.
Abraham   Price   Killed   Either   by   Man I     or  Horse—Neck Broken, Skull  Frac- turied     and     Chest     Crushed—Horse Untied.
Abraham   Prioe,   aged   63,   a   widely known farmer, who resided near Har¬ leysville,    was found    lifeless    in    his ' barn.   Friday,    by   a   neighbor.        His Inwk   was  broken,  skull  fractured  and 1 chest  crushed.
I The bodv was lying in one of the horse stalls and one of the horses was untied.
U'liotlior    or   not    the  farmer     was worsted in a struggle with an enraged I equine  or   whether  he   was   the   victim ! of an attack by a horse thief or tramp, wliom  be may  have discovered  Ln the struoturo,   is   a   mater   whieh   Coroner Xeville.    who      was    called      to      the soouo Saiurday. is asked to determine. .Vlr.   Frill'   w.-iii   lo  th.-   l..iin   Friday . :.:iig  to  attend   lo   his   usuai   work ill   tho   h..rse   staliles.   and,    from   the oouuii.on  o!   tbo  sialls.  must  have  be¬ iii.ii   tlio   work   iiitendi-d   whi-ii   lho   fa- t.iiily  liappenoil !      The    fact   .that    ono    of    llio    liorses Woro  untied and tho  ta.et  that tramps and   suspicious   persons   wore   seen   in mat   vicinity,   has   caused   a   suspicion ol'   foul   pia,v.        Iioooasod    is   survived l.\   III  ihildren.
Want   Good   Roads.
I'rom August I lo Ji.nuar.\ 1. oov- oriiig lho lirsl jioriod of tho operation of Ule Sproul road law. whioh <'on- loiuidaios putting in eondition hiin- diods ot miles of atrocionsly bad roads in Foniis.v Ivania. applioations wero made to the stale highway depart¬ ment for the improvement of over 2?u iiiilos of road, says a nies.sago from llarrisbuig. .Vluoii of the existing liigliway sysloiu is so bad that coun¬ ties and townships were glad to have .III opportunity lo got it under state .ail', over though Ihoy paid a share .if Iho expense.
In Alontgomery counly the township of Aloreland offered alono to bear the looal expense of improving 3522 feet of road. The most notable applica¬ tions from this countv are:
Moreland 35'22: Cpjier Hanovor, 9000, 11,700; Abington. 10,3SI; Lower Sal¬ ford,6000; Upper Gwynedd, 72r.O: Whit¬ pain,   7000;    Limerick.   19,350.
Runaway  at  Ogontz.
"Jack" Blum, son of Gabriel Blum, who has a country home in the Ogontz seotion, ligured in a sleighing runaway near Ogontz Sunday. Air. Blum es- oa))ed Injury, bul his outfit was de- nudishod.
He was driving east over AV. Church road, when his speedy trotter shield at something, and in just about 60 sec¬ onds Blum picked himself out of a snowdrift by the roadside. The frightened pnimal continued its, dasb -to.'t!-.t=- Yo>J<^'T'craii; • i-artil-d'^BtJTltnr'ii^aE- was hitting a 2.35 clip through Ogontz when hailed by Williani Goeh- ring. of tho Cheltenham poflee depart- nionl.
GWYNEDD,
Conserve the Skunk,  Urges  Prof.  Sur- facie.
A strong plea for the conservation of animal life In this state has been issued by Prof. H. A. Surface, chief of the division of zoology of the depart¬ ment of agriculture. To the killing off promiscuously of various ani¬ mals Professor Surface attributes the increase in destructive insect life.
Cats, chipmunks, foxes, skunks, rac¬ coons, bats and moles are among the animals that Professor Surface pleads for. They are the natural enemies of destructive Insects, mice and rab¬ bita. The robin, top, while he m«.y steal a few cherries, devours great quantities of grub and cut worms and other peste, and the skunk, which may cat a few eggs, will also dig under the stones for insects which ruin crops.
Jt is recommended that cats be cared |?or and fed, but not to such an extent as to make them lazy. Abandoning a cat, it is declared, is almost criminal, for the cat, grixwlng wild, learns to catch and kill song birds and ather birds of value to the farmer. A do¬ mesticated cat will also kill grasshop¬ pers and June bugs. Foxes are great enemies of field mice and rabbits, and the despised bats are foos of bugs that fly by night.
While moles are regarded as nuis¬ ances in a garden, they are decb-ired to be benefactors, because they feed . upon earth worms whieh destroy the P roots of plants. The porcupine is put under the ban because by gnawing at bark It destroys trees.
The engine boing used liy the Harp¬ er estate to drill a well on tho former I..owery place for C. G. lioaumont, broke down last Friday and was out of eonimission until JVIonda.v, when work was again rosuined 'i'he well, wiiioh is now more than 200 feet deep, wili be drilled to a depth of 250 feet. -No   water   has   boen   found   as   yet.
Tiie intensely cold weather diil some damage to the water pipes at ¦the Pemberton Hollingsworth place, whioh  was reiiairod  by plumbers.
John liarndt and wife, of Line Lex- iii,!,-toii, were among the sleighers here on  Saiurday.
A. G. Yothers, of tiiis place, and Air. and Airs. Harry Richardson, of Lans¬ dale, will leave l'"rlday and sail from Xow York Satui'day niorning for a trip to Havana, Potto Rico, Trinidad, Ja¬ maica, Panama and several of the South American ports.
Mr.  Linnard  is quite IH-
Colonel Goodman, who has juat re¬ turned from Florida, was out Sunday to his country place here. During last week there was shipped from his I farms here one carload of shelled corn and two carloads of baled hay. . F. E. Bond has just housed 100 tons of line Ice.
—Hugh It. I<;a.stburn. Esq., of Doy¬ lestown, has announced hla candidacy for tho Republican nomination for con¬ gress from the Bucks-Montgomery county districts.
Has Officiated at 5382 Sates.
A. A. Delp. of Lansdalo, is one of the oldest auctioneers in the county. He is in his 70th year, and has been in the business 41 years. During that time he has cried 5382 sales and has kopt a record of each one. He speaks German and English and is in great demand throughout the county, being more active than some men nian.v years younger.
Thursday. Jan. 4, Mr. Delp cried the F. W. Repogle sale of personal prop¬ erty at Orvilla, near Hatfleld. The following were tllsposed of; Four covv's at ijrices ranging from $25 to J35; nine-months-old heifer brought $15.25; two horses. $50 and $82.50; 250 bushels of corn at 75 cents and 79 eeiiits a bu¬ shel; 9 shoats, $3.50 to $3.75; a num¬ ber of chickens bought 12'^ to 16 cents a pound; 500 sheaves corn fodder, $3^78 hundred; 100 bushels of oats at 45 conts a hushel. D. Schultz acted as clerk.
On Alonday, January 1, he also sold at West I'oint. 19 head of cattle rang¬ ing in prices  fi'om  $35  to $79 a head.
Tuesday Jan. 2, at Kneedler's, Mr. Delp cried tho Arthur Welsh's sale of personal proptsrty, including a lot of farming implements, one horse, 11 lioga and shoats, ranging in price from $4.60 to $25 and many bushels of corn at  70 and  71  cents a  b.ushel.
Bucks   County   Singer     Makes   Good   in Europe.
'I'he I'hiladolphia Xorth Aiiioricaii of Alonday published the following rela¬ tive to the success of Mi.ss Bertha lirinker. of Cb.alfont, well known in Doylestown:
"A Philadelphia singer who lias 'made good' and for whom a great fu¬ ture is predicted is Miss Bertha Brink¬ er, who, on tho advice of Mme. Melba. the prima donna, went abroad for further study. Miss Brinker has re¬ tui'ned to Philadelphia, and it is pos¬ sible that she may be heard in the Aletropolitan opera house before the season closes.
"Five years ago Aliss Brinker was the contralo soloist at the Chambers- Wylie Alemorlal Presbyterian church, on South Broad street, and the quali¬ ties of her voice attracted wide at¬ tention. Mrs. Scammon Jones inter¬ ested   Alme.  Melba in  Miss  Brinker.
Aliss Brinker's trip to Europe be¬ came possible through the offlces of several bankers, headed by Jay Cooke. Jr., who olitained sufficient funds to send lier abroad to finish hor educa¬ tion. Eight months after she plac¬ od hor.seif witii Alme. Barracchia. in ii'iorence, the young woman appeare.l as Aducena In 'II Trovatore,' and hor suocess  was  immediate and  emphatii
"Last fall Aliss lirinker signed a con¬ tract to sing in Rome, but the illness of her inother caused hfr to cancel her ongagoinonts and come to this country. Chalfont, Bucks county, is tho young woman's . home town. Recently she gave a iVcital for friends 'who wero interosted\ln her progress, and it is likely that she may be heard in one of her thirty roles, which include Amnerls, Delila, Mignon, Carmen, Sie- bel. Ortrude, Laura and Ciece in 'La Ciooonda'  and  numerous  others."
«    Bible 313 Years Old.
1>. .-V. F. Cressman, of Springtown. P.a., has an old German Bible printed in 1599 at Frankford-on-the-Main. It is therefore 313 years old. It is a large volume, the paper is eight by 12 inches. It is substantially bound with board, covered with embossed leather in neat design with six stout ropes in back and claspji in front. About 150 illustrations, four and a halt by six Inches, are inserted throughout the Kible, all of which are surround¬ ed   by  ornamental   scroll   work.
On the lirst loaf Is the stateinon* that this edition was the last read over oarofully and corrected by Martin Luther before his death which occur¬ red  in 154Cv
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—AIoi.':gomery county commissioners are now meeting on the first and third Mondays of tho inonth, instead of AVodnesdays.
—Alore than $21 in silver was stolen from H. H. Robinson's store, at Col¬ iegeville.
—Dr. J. ('. Holiton has resigned as dentist at tho state hospital for the insane, Norristown.
—Air. .and Mrs. Clarence E. Weeks, of "Willow Brook," Hickorytown, an¬ nounce the engagement of their daugh¬ ter, Mamie W, to George C. Blngaman, of St. Peters. Pa. No date as yet has boen  sot  for I'Jie   wedding.
—The Sellersville Nationai bank In its semi-.annual report shows that it pr.id interest to depositors amounting lo $5226; dividends to bond-holders $3750, and .ks undivided pi'ollls amount to $7056. Tho semi-annual dividend is 5 per cent.
26 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.
Lowest  Temperature  Recorded in This Vicinity.
Unprecedentled   Cold   Weather   Bestirs tlie Oldest    Inhabitant—Some Ther¬ mometer   Readings   Hereabouts—Ex¬ periences of Bursted Pipes and Brok¬ en  Down  Heating  Plants. The    almost      unprecedented      cold weather   in   this   generation   has   be¬ stirred  the oldest Inhabitant,  and  one hears almost hourly of some new low record  of temperature,  but the lowest hereabouts   is  recorded   by  a   thermo¬ meter  at  AI.   Vandegriffs   greenhouse In    Wost      Ambler.      Mr.    Vandegrift, during    iho    extremely    cold  weather, has   h.-on   obliged   to   attend   his   fires ovory    three-fiuaiters    of   an    hour    to prevent     serious    loss  of    plants    and tlowers    from    freezing.      On    Sunday moiming at 2.30 o'cloek tho thermome¬ ter  on. the  exterior  of   his  greenhouse registered   26   degrees   below   zero.    At !. .on:   lho  same  tiim    the   instruments on   Uu   outside  of   Angeny's.   Roberts' ii.id   Stillwagon's   diug   stores   and   at i.:ie, liio  house recorded  18  degrees  lie- ...w    zoi-o.    and    at    1    o'cloek    Charles .^ireoper,     watchman    at    J.     VVatson itlu s   lunihor   yard,   stated   the   nior- I curfy   touched   20  degrees   below   zero.
Other thormometeis registered from ," to 2.1 dogr.-es below zero as tho oold- I.-', of i:ii inlensivi'Iy cold night, and all marked a temperature of from tbroo' to lij degrees colder' than the niglit hefore. \\hioh (-stabllshed a re- voi'il ill this looiility at loast not only of the yt--av hut also of tho pn sem century.
As   a   i-iuisoquonoo   of   the   higli   eolil \( inds of last  Wook  which preeedod the snow   .'.lonii   of   I'riday   and   the   bitter ,i-.dd   of   .Saturday   and    Sunday   there ' won     many frozen    water    pipes    and I brokt n   down    heating    pianist       The ' noH.tiiig system  in the "Gazette"  build¬ ing, cluo to  frozen  return  pipes  to  the holhr.    gave     out  on     Friday,   several so(iti..iis of the boiler liecoming worth¬ less-.       The   firo   was   witlidrawn    iiii- niediiiloly     and     the   occupants     were witlif.ut. heat, except for suoh as could n.- luiiirovisod fi'oni oil and gas stoves, until   .Sunday   niorning.       A   sled   was closii.tu hod   to   Coliegeville   early   Sat- iii'd;i,\    to   the   plant   where   the   boiler uas  11 instructed,   and   several  sections wore   oonvoyvd    to   Ambler,    reachlnj? hero at ij ]). iii.      In the meantime John .\1.   Kirk   had  a   force  of  men   working (in   the  old   heater  dismantellng  same and gottinK it  ready  for tho new sec- lions.      As .soon  as   the  latter .arrived they    Wore put    in    place    and  by    6 o'rfloi k Sunday morning fire was start- odt       Work,   liowever,   was   necessary ; ali    day    to  thaw out    frozen    return ; pipes   and   other   connections   to   per- , fe^t  the  system.
!     Owing to the severe weather the wa¬ ton    hack    in the range    of    John    E. j Turner's  residence,   Rosemary  avenue, j froze   up   Saturday    night    .and    aljter lire   was  kindled   Sunday   morning  art ox^iwsion    i^ulted.      Fortunately    no ^v.>•i-^»*ls --*«J»ired.-.althpUKt).,-..s, .cljild •"WTifc-  in  tho  room at,,.thc  time and  hot j coals uvgre distributed around the room : very   dangerously.       The   kitchen   was lilled   with   escaping   steam,   but   out¬ side of the wrecked  ra;nge  no  further damage  was  done,  as  a  plumber was sooure(l at once and turned off the wa¬ ter,
-Major    Eliis, a    colored     man    aged about     46   years       and     employed     by Thomas F. Shoemaker, of Butler drive i.etwoen  Rose Vallcv and  Three  Tuns, narrowly    escaped    freezing   to    death Saturday    night    or    rather      Sunday morning.      He    is    a    stranger    here¬ abouts,    and    after    visiting      Amblor .S.aturday evening started  out  to  walk to   his   home.       Somehow   he   mistook ; his    directions    and  after     wandering I about    and  becoming dazed     %vith tho I tierce   cold   was   rapidly    being   over- ! come   in   front  of E.   II.   Faust's  resi- j donee, Bethlehem pike.      Hearing cries , for help Mr. Faust and his son-in-law, I Charles Stout, hastened  to render as- j sistance and discovered the man in an almost helpless condition on  the road. i Mis   limbs   were   benumbed   .and   after I some effort    he    was gotten    into    the I tannery,   where   he   spent   the   balance •¦f  the   night  and   siowiy   thawed   out. lie   returned   to   the   Shoemaker   farm .Sunday    morning    .and after    a    good roakfast     appeared   none     iiio   wor.so I.r his exijcrience.
That there were a numtier of places v.ith lower temperature than Philadel¬ i.hia, with Its zero record, was demon¬ strated by accurate thermometer loadings in various A'ork road towns ¦f several hundred feot higher than i'hiladelphia.
-•Vt McKinley a commisslonor of Ab¬ ington township reported two readings j taken  on  Ogontz avenue shortly after daylight.      An instrument on the norlh i exposure   oif   the   avenue   read   16   de- ' grees   below,    while   on    tho   southern -sitle  was  a   trifle  less   than   12   below.. ' I'ormer Assemblyman Charles A. Am- ider  reported  from  tho  Abington  dis¬ trict    two    re.aders, one    of 10    below, the other of 9 below.      A thermomoter at  the    .Schively    residence,   in    West ,-ivenue, Jenkintown. registered 7 below \:tx daylight,  with a subsequent change ! to    2 below    at    11    o'clock    Saturday i niorning.
WEDDED.
EXCEPTIONS DISMISSED.
County Officials.
H EATO N—DUFFIELD.
A beAutlful hom(> wedding took ulace j last Wednesday evening at .the resi- • dence of John Duffield, near Sandy 1 Hill,  when  Mlss Etta Duffleld became -
the  wife  of Mr.  Carman He.aton,  who j 	
resides  near  F'ox  Chase.      The  house j Petitioim   In«inffiripiit   Air!iin<:t   Twn
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casion, and a large number of relatives
and    friends of    both the    contracting
parties     were     present.       The     bride
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Rev. Loucks, of Boehm's Reformed ohurch. Blue Bell, performed the cere-l mony, and Immediately thereafter the bride and groom and guests eat down to a sumptuous wedding breakfast. Mr. and Mrs. Heaton left on a short honeymoon trip and on their return will reside with the groom's parents near  For  Chaae.
CROUTHAMEL—MOYER.
B. Harrison Crouthamel, of Dublin, and Miss Sallie G. Moyer, of Chalfont, ' Alalsberger. Mr. AIoAvoy is the Dem were united in marriago Saturday, ooratio loader. January Bth, by tho Rov. C. C. Sny¬ der, at his residence, Dublin. The young couple will reside in Plunistoad- \ille in  the near future.
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county controller, have been adjudged insufficient by Judge Weand, and are dismissed at the eosts of the peti- tloner.s, who were tho rival candidates on the Keystone-Democratic ticket, Charlos    D,' McAvoy    and  George    N.
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REAL  ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Fast     .Norriton.   Harr.v-    i'ii,ovitoh John  Cirak. .'511500,  house and tract.
Abingion,   Alary   V.  AloKoan et al, itolioci-a  W.  'I'htuiipson.  $536,  lots.
-Vbington.   Alary   V    -VIcKoan  ol   al, l.oui.so   l.ioons,   $114,   lots.
Ahington.    Anna       P.     Itndolph .;.-oiKo  II.  Sii.Mior.  $aiO,  lot.
-\iiiijlor, -Vlary J. Stannard lo EiIk .\l. Siannard,  $1,  house and lot.
liatbyro,  (Jeorge C.   Yerkes et  ux, Maria  L.   Fondorwbite Ilatboro,   ('lara   M na  E. Yerkes, $1, lot.
Jonkintown,  Jos.   VV.   Al
iaronoo   J.   Shilcook.   $1,   iot.
.lenkiiiton.     Clarence     J.   Silcock .lonuio   II.   fiingee,  $1,  liouso and  lot
-Vhlngton,     Eugene    A.     Heilman Iiarry   F.  Pennypacker,   $1,  lot.
I pper Providence, Theodore Kesting to  Jno.   Todd,   $200,   lot.
l.o«or (/w.\nedd, Henry E. Drayton to ^. .M. C. A. Phila., .'$1. houso and tract.
JouUinu.u 11. Jonkintown. .\atl. Bank t.i  .Sara   R    Moran.   houso   and   lot.
-Vhington. Christiana Corbltt to Chas. F.   Habenold.   $1,   lot.
.Moreland. John Pitcalrn to Ravmond (i.   Chauch.   $111.84.
Lppor Dublin,. Gustaf Pfanner to Harry   Henninger,   $1,   house   and   lot.
UpiK r Dublin, Harry Renninger to Magdalena D. Pfanner. .$1, house and lot.
-Vloreland.   Reginald   T.   F'erguson Uni.    T.    Scott,    $1,    lots.
Aloreland,   Reginald   T.   Ferguson Will. L. liodey, ot ux, $1, lots.
Hatlield.   Eliam   L.   Davis   et   al, Samuel   li.   Conover,   $2100,   tract.
Wost  .Norriton,   Thom.as   Rochelle Clay  Haninier,  $1500,  houso and  tract.
Lower Gwynedd, FYaneis Houston to i-'dwin  J.   Houston.   $1.   tract.
Wliiiemarsh, Alfred Al. Sevmour to David    liuchanan,   $600,   lot.
Wdnostor. Jas. 11. Rader to Jas. Horiihard,   $2000.   house   and   lot.
Montgomery, Harold G. Knight to Win.  C.   Evans.   $2.'i00,,mlll  and  tracts.
Spvingliold. .Mitchell Harrison to Ed- ' f'l'" language Instructed the voter Wn-v^   C.   Dait-,   ^6-147.90,   tract. Iv^i* to mark •...ti/l..',yi*A-A'K«%'i wrt^tr'-t-ft?—
Sj.ringfleld, Mitchell Harrison to ' Poslte the name of a candidate meant Uobert   G.   Fell.   $9993.91,   tract, ja vote for him.      The voter knew- that
West Telford. .-Vbraham Af. Geissing-. | f"' could only vote once for the same or to Abraham S, Kulp, $3000, house '- candidate for the same office. If he and   lot. ' j voted   twioo   for   .the   same   candidate
Ciieitonhaiii, Hichard Straub to Ar-: f'"'' 'h'' -'^aiiie olfice ho violated the tiiiir  P.  Denney,  $250,  lot. i'aw  and  invalidated  his  vote  fvjr  that
Choltenham, "charles   B.   Conklin   to i particular   office,   at   least.
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VVhen tho oioetion returns wore tab¬ ulated hy the court, during election week, it appeared tliat Shel\e had re¬ ceived 14,493 votes, while AlcAvoy re¬ ceived 14,130. Jai'obs had olitained II.4CU  and   Alalsberger   13,019.
A month afti-r the oleition petitions uoio presented, roprosentiiig that the returns of tho oleotion were not cor¬ rect, and that i.v could be pj'ovod that Alo.-Vvoy and Alalsberger wero elected, il was also doelarod that 57'i votes weve ii-jootod liy file election ofllcers, beoauso of a pe(-iiliar (¦hara(-tor in thtj m.'irking of the  ballots.
The contest was ovor the legality of doulile cross and single cross bal¬ lots, ill reference to which the court says:
¦•.No indopoiidont voter is beforo us objei-tiiig to the form of the liallot. Those who voted seieeted thoir party dosigna.iion, whon, if not inclined, they should iiavo used tlie liiaiik space provided for tbat purpose. The re¬ jected votes were of throo classes: i-'ii'st, those which were not marked at all in the straight parly ooiunin, but wore marked with two crosses, ono in tho Democrat' and the other in the 'Koystont!' square—opposite the con¬ testants' names. Socond, those which wore not marked at ail in file straight jiartv column, but on whicii the voter covered both party s(iuares opposite the contoHtant.s' names witli one large iidss. Third, those whicii wore mark¬ ed wilh a cross opposite the word ¦Dinuocratic' or . 'Keystoive' in the straight party columi.. and also mark¬ ed opposite the contestants' names with a cross in one or both of the lioniooralii-' or 'Koyston(!' party squares.
"The .third class alone would not chuiigo tho result if classes 1 and 2 were dofeolivo. It is not clear from the petitioners how many voter:^ made a cross mark in the straiglit party square and also opposite tho name of the candidate of the same party, but if the voter made a cross mark in the straight party square and then plac¬ ed a cross mark opuosite the name of a candidate of another party on an- .Ither   ticket   he   vitiated   his   ballot.
"The ballots were printed strictly in   accordance    with    the   act   and   in
Mandd   Stout,   $250,   lot.
-Vbington, Fliigene Carmine to Al¬ port  P.  Wolf,  $1,  loi.
Worcester. John Metz to Irwin C. .Solilosser, $3050   houso and tracts.
Ex-County  Treasurer  Loses.
Judge Weand, on Monday morning, handed down an opinion in the suit brought by WUliam tl. Hagginbothom, ex-county treasurer, against the coun¬ ty of Montgomery for a post-age stamp bill of $219.70 incun-ed In carrying on the business of the office. The court holds that under the law the bill can not be riaid by the county .and enters judgment In favor of the defendant— th(^ county.
The opinion is lengthy and goes exhatistivoly into the fundamental law and the m.any decisions handed down affetain.i;- the question of "sup- |)lios" tn imblic officials. In conclud¬ ing Judge VVo.and says in part:
"it is incoiu-oivablp th.at under the designation of supplies tho legisla¬ ture intended all artlclis of expense that the oflicer might deem nocessary. There are many cases in whi'h publii; oltioials perforin duties for which no liay is provided. Our attention has not boon oallod l» any law which re- iiuiros correspondence with tax payers and public oiiicials in the
"What was the effect of placing cross mark opposite the names of AIcAvov and Alalsberger twice for the same office '.' Clearly to show that tho voter intended to vote for them as candidates of two parties for the same offie,\ How, then, woro the elec¬ tion OfHcers to count tlio vote '! Cer¬ tainly not two votes for the (!andi- dates, for the elector could only give them one. liut to which political party should the vote, if they gave him but one, be credited ':• Xot to both, and nnt arbitr.arlly to either one. "Here, then, was a case where the election offlcers could not gather tlie intention of the voter with reference to the rvolitical party for wiiich he in¬ tended to vote. The voter had mark¬ ed his ballot otherwise than as di¬ rected by the act of assembly, so that it was impossible to' determine the voter's choice of the political party for which ho had voted. The right of i political parties to have votes credit- i od to them is impor.tant. and cannot [with impunity be disregarded by the '\iiici' or olectiot)   -.flicers."
No License for Inferior Stallions.
A  new Pennsylvania law  went  in'to o.'fect    January    1 regarding   stallions and  jacks standing for service.      The old law is amended that all such ani¬ mals standing for public service In the state   must   be   registered   under   one ..f four forms, after being examined by a duly qualifled vdterlnarian, who will I certify  th.at the animal  is either pure : lired and    sound or unregistered    and ! unsound, and a license must bo procur- I cd  from  the stato live-stock  sanitary i board   in  one  of these  classes.      The license  mutit  be  posted, conspicuously I at the place where tho stallion or jack is  in   service,  and  must also  be  pre- - s.nted to    and recorded    by the   pro¬ tlionotary of the county or counties in .\hlch '.-.he stallion or jack ia used for I public sorvices.      In lieu of an exainl- i nation   by   a   veterinarian,   the   owner i may    make aflidavit    beforo a    notary riublic    as to    tho f.act    rogardin.t;    his breeding  .and   his  condition  of  sound-
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j A section^ of the law which migh't suliject it to some possiblo criticism ! ivads as follows; "Any st.ailion or jack, ! the patronage of which, in the opinion nt those (harged with tho enforcement of this aiit, on account of impure breeding, un.soundnoss, Inferior type .ir conformation may prove a detri¬ ment to the horsobroedlng Interests of the state, shall be refused a license, :ind when license is so refused the said stallion or jack shall not stand for public service for profit or gain.
of the dutties of a county troajsurer.
"In Doweil vs. comiiiissioners, etc. it was hold that tho word 'supplies' as hero used clearly signifies pencils, pa|>ei'S. rubber bands, blanks, ink and articles of that description, re¬ iiuired and constantly used by county olliooi's. Its meaning must be meas¬ ured and controlled by the connection in which the word is employed, the evident purpose of the act and the subject to which it relates, namely stationery and other articles for use of tho county.
"Adopting the samo reasoning In this case we are of opinion that the woi'd 'supplies' refers to articles of a kindred or same character aa those specifically mentioned and in the case of the county treasurer does not in¬ clude postage stamps or mere mat- tors of expiense.''
Ruling on Veterans' Funeral.
Veterans of the Civil war, or, for that matter, a veteran of any war, cannot expect Montgomery county to lirovlde burial expenses at his death, nor provide tho customary tombstone, in .the event of the estate of the de¬ ceased veteran being of sufflcient amount to permit of these items being collected from what he possessed. This is according to a ruling made by Controller John N. Jacobs, himself a \(-toi'an of the Civil war.
Jenkintown   High   Winners.
Jonkintown   High   defeated   the   Hat¬ boro   High   live  at  Jenkintown   Friday I.y a score of 28 to 15, the Jonkintown performance I team displaying tho licsi team work of
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the  season, although  slill  indi ! slight   \veai»noss  in  sliooting.
PROSPECTVILLE.
The package party held at tho home of Air. and Airs. Arthur Williams was well attended. .-Vbout 47 guests were present and good prices were realized at auction.
Air. and Mrs. Waltor Fillman spent Sunday with the la,tter's parents, Mr. and   Airs.   Charl«.\c;   Rich,   of   Horsham.
.S S. Hagerty had the misfortune to los,. his "double neck" freak horso, "Babe,"  last  week.
Robert Wier and sons, LeRoy and Harold, of Horsham, Wvi'e the guests of Air. and Mrs. Robert Weisel on Sunday.
Harvey Ilittle and son Clarence, of' Philadelphi.a, were the guests of Eu¬ gene Kratz and  wite on Sunday.
Herman   Ford   is   on   the   sick   Hat.
The creamery Ice house Is being lilled  this week.
Airs. Robert Weisel and daughter Aldyth snent Alonday In Phiiadelphia with relatives.
An Illustrated lecture, "Shadows of :i Great t^lty,'' will be given In Pros¬ pectvllle hall on Jan. 20, benellt of the Aiethodist church. There will bo 61 vieWjF showing the slums of Xow York oity.
Judge Stout Resisns.
Judgi^ .Mahlon II. Stout, of the Bucks county courts, forwarded his resigna¬ tion to (Governor Tener on Tuesday, r.otlrement Is due to an Illness which has interferred with his judical duties for threo yoars. His term would not havo expired   until  January   1,   1914.
Judge Stout's resignation was ten- dori»d under a law which provides for the ietiromen.t of judges for physical or mental disability and also m.akes provision for the payment of full sal¬ ary for the uncompleted portion of a tenn.
—Sellorsvllle   new nearlng completion.
trolley   depot    Is
GWYNEDD VALLEY.
I'Yilz Ilartman sent two lino porlcers over to Ross Rile's to bo butchered.
Mlss Florence Donat, AIlss Helen Burns and Messrs. Edwin Hambleton and William Fellows, of Philadoiphi.o, spent Sunday .vith Mr. and Airs. W. !¦>.  Cressman.
Thomas II. Allies and family moved to their Phihidelfihla home last Sat¬ urday.
Local young people liave boen en-- joying skating here.
Cressman Brothers lilled their ice hnuse liutt   week with oigltt inch ice.
Henrv Annoar, v.ho  is  oniiitiyed  b.v Dr.  W.   P.  Wilson,   has  purchasid   lb" IBelfry  storo  and   ivill   tnf.e   \'- -. on  M.arch   15.      >lo   will   ;.I • . charre  of the  U't^Ktoffl'.'o.