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The ambler Gazette.
VOL. XXXV.-NO.    6
AMBLER.   PA..   FEIBRLARY   21,   1918
Sl.7.5   A   YEAR
COLD POINT AND PLYMOUTH.
Happenings «t Local Interest to^Our Readers.
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tjcbshtful Party at Harmcyivllle—Pa¬ triotic    Service   in    Plymouth   U.   E.
Church at  Unfurling of Service  Flag
Hickorytown and  Harmonville Notes.
Albert Hiltner, of Ilarmonville, spent Saturday evening in Philadelphia.
Leonard Beck, of Harmonville. visit¬ ed   Philadephia  friends   on   .Sunday.
James Carr, of Harmonville, spent Monday in Roxborough with friemls.
Rev. H. W. Atkins on Sunday occu¬ pied the pulpit of the Port Kennedy church.
Miss Lettie Bowman, of Harmonville, ¦who has been ill for a long time, im¬ proves but slowly.
Percy Rodenaugh, of Camp Meade, spent Sunday at his parental home in Plymouth Meeling.
George Sheller and family, of Cold Point, visited the former's father at Primus, on Sunday. /
Howard Johnson, of Harmonvfile, spent the week-end wilh his aunt and uncle at Oak Lane.
Announcement is made of the en¬ gagement of Miss Linda Cenci, of Volpe, of Norristown.
Mrs. Mary Reed, of Collegeville, spent Sunday with her son. Oliver Reed,  in  Harmonville.
Solomon Lightkep, after having re¬ sided in Plymouth Meeting for 15 years, will remove to Norristown.
Mr. and Mrs. Markle, of Ridge pike, Harnionville, delightfully entertained friends last Saturday evening.
Mrs. Hovenden and daughter, of Washington, D. C, spent several days last week in Plymouth Meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Blair, of Con¬ shohocken, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Hart, al Cold Point.
Samuel Rodebaugh, of Harmonville, who is now residing wilh his son in New York, is recovering after an ill¬ ness.
George Hiltner ^d family, of Con¬ shohocken, spent S\mday with Mr. and Mrs. James Cunningham. Maple Hill avenue, Plymouth Meeting.
Rev. and Mrs. G. W. Tupper, of Cold Point, herewith extend thanks for appreciated cfjurtesies extended them during their recent bereavement.
Harry Davis, who has een at Camp Meade, spent Saturday and Sunday at his home in iTarmonville. He e.xpects shortly to be transferred from Camp Meade.
Percy Supplee spent Saturday at his parental home in Plymouth. He is on a United States transport and has just returned from -France after his second trip across  the  water.
At Cold Point Baptist church Sun¬ day morning a song service was held, nnd in tlie evening the service was dis¬ pensed with. Rev. Dr. Tupper will be in cliarge next Sabbath.
A crab cactus in full bloom in the home of Mrs. J. Martin Derkhimer, Harmonville, has been attraetin.g great attention. Th? plant was in most pro¬ lific  bloom  last  season  also.
A young lady from the R. 3. Envino 'hiladelpiii.a office substitiied in the  uth Lav^^J^ligJps for,^Iias
er.
""Sunday Mr. and JArs. .1. .Vlartin Berkhimer, of Htirm('n\ille, r-ntei'tained John lierkhimer and dnughter, of ("old Point; AVili.am Rex, of Xarcissa, and Miss Katharine Rodeaugb. oi llickory- tnv.-n.
Miss Helen Eiveze.v, after having spent several da.vs witli her mother in Plymouth Meeting, has relurned to iJanville. Pa., wliere she is aiding witii the thrift and war saving stamp cam¬ paign.
If is desired that a large number of ladies assemble at the Plymouth Con- soliflated school next Monday after¬ noon at 2 o'clock to listen to the lec- Vire and demonslra.tion on food con- servatin,  canning and   pr'serving.
Miss Julia M. Connelly, who was for¬ merly I^ell telephone oper.ator .at the Plymouth Meeting exchange and latler¬ l.v in charge of the Coatesville ex¬ change, is now at the company's ex¬ change at Camp Dix. Wrightstown, N. J., where she has the supervision of 27 operators. Miss Connelly has man.v friends here, who re.1oice in her ad¬ vancement.
The tirst step in the actual removal of the Plymouth Meeting (formerly Narcissa) station, along the Trenton Cut-off from the present location to a point between the Lavino and the magnesia plants, was tiiken on Mnnday. when (he Pennsylvania nailroad com¬ pany ran ,a passenger and n. freight cnr into the siding, which cars are to be utilized for station and freight storage purposes pending the time the present frame station is dismantled, transport¬ ed in sections and erected at the new site.
On AVednesday afternoon 16 ladies .assembled at Plymouth IT. E. church and organized a Plymouth branch of the Red Cross. Rev. R. W. Musselman was also present. Surgical dressings, sewing and -Itnitting will be executed and already a number of ladies have been enrolled witli more to follow, and room and work for all. It is not impro¬ bable that tbe committee of the Friends, whicii has boen working dili¬ gently for somo months, will also co¬ operate with the local Red Cross move¬ ment.
On Sunday evening a very interest¬ ing, impressive and largely attended servics was held in the Plymouth U. E. church. Rev. R. W. Musselman. pastor, v/hen under the auspices of the church iiill" of the Cold Point P. o. S. of .-V., a service flag was most approprintely unfurled.jc The interior of the edifice was crowded to the doors, and the large iiudience favorabl.v commented upon tho display of nntional colors and other decoratii as. .ludge .Tohn l-'aber Miller made a most thoughfnl address, dwell¬ ing particularlv on our responsibilities. '". B. 1 t^elms. who is state secretary of "k;  p.  O,  S. of A.,    gave an    address
hich enthused the hearei-s. J. Sher¬ man, district president of the Mont¬ gomery County Association of the P. O. R. of A., also made interestin.g rem-.rks. The service flag contains elg-ht stars — three for the Sab¬ b.ath school and five for th'e order. The members of tho school in service are : Walter Knerr, Horace AVoodland and Charles Wager, while the members of the order in the service nre : Ellwood Dutill, Percv Roden¬ baugh, William Hendricks, D.avid Smith and David McQuirns. A commanlery fr( m Norristown a^ttcnded the service, and previous to the meeting marched out to Cold Point from Plymouth IVJeet- ing and escorted the Cold Point-order to the service.
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RED CROSS i, AND FIRE CO.
Two Ambler Organizations to Work Hand in Hand.
Fire Company to Allow  Red  Cross the
Use  of  Whole  Second   Floor  of   New
Structure—Dance to the  Ladies This
Friday.
The Wissaliickon J'"ire company, of Ambler, al its regular meeling last I'riday evening unanimously decided to reeommend to Ambler borough council, which is a tenant in the struc¬ ture, that iiermisslon be granted the Ambler branch of the Red Cross to oc¬ cupy and use the whole second floor of the building.
The refiuest in behalf of the Red Cross was made by Dr. Godfrey, who is Vice ciiairman ot the Ambler branch. He reviewed for the benefit of the firemen the work' so successfully car¬ ried on by the ladies of Ambler and vicinity, stating that the pre.sent head¬ ciuarters—a private house on Eutler avenue east of Hendricks streei—lias become crowded, so great has been the increase in number of workers, .gai- meiit cutting and sewing machines and the gene'ral scope of the work, that it is necessary to secure larger quarters to accommodate the present work. In addition to the activities of the Red Cross as now conducted, the plan for the summer is to conserve the vege¬ table and fruit supplies which nor¬ mally are wiisted. W'itli this aim in view the product of many local gar¬ dens has been pledged to the work, the yield . to be canned or preserved by the ladies of the- Red Cross under federal supervision and for uses of the national governmeiU. Nearly 300 ladies per month are at present worlt- ing in the sewing department of the local Red (h'oss, and about the same number are identified with the pre¬ paration of suigical dressings.
The lire company. Dr. Godfrey stat¬ ed, has 12 members in the service; the borough has sent about 12.t of its citizens anrl the community f-omprised in the local branch of the Red Cross has more than 200 young men under arms. All these have heen supplied with their equipment by the local ladies of the Red Cross, and a supply of gar¬ ments, Itits, etc, is kept on hand sub¬ ject to instant call, while the excess is forwarded to the Philadelphia head- iinarters. Wool is made up into sweat¬ ers, wristlets and helmets, while stock¬ ings are also being knitted for the boys. All this knitting is done by the ladies at their homes and entirely outside of tlie hours spent so industriously at the Red Cross headquarters. Th? doc¬ tor also g.ave a review of conditions in France, nnd our responsilulities as Ihey ale  to  be assumed at present.
The whole proposition was most fav- ..riibly commented upon by President Knight. Chief Hayden, VVm. J. Devine, Watson K, Phillips and others, with the result as stated above, and in addition a committee, comprising II, G. Knight. Wni. J. Devine. Dr. C. B. Hough and J. M. Haywood, wiis aiipointed to work ill  connection   with   cfnnmitlees  of  the
R?d   iQ'roHs   and   of   Ambler   c cil   in
details ns lo Ibc - ¦'
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'Man
Without     a     Country"     Brings Appeal.
"The Man Without a Country" is founded upon Edward Everett Hale's story, "The Man Withoul a Counlry," written in 1S6.3 and intended, as the author said, to be "a contribution, how¬ ever humble, toward the formation of a just and true national sentiment of love to the nation." The universal ap¬ peal of this classic is shown by the fact that tho lesson intended in the story has been in u.se in other times, under other circumstances than those which surrounded this country in 1S0.3. When, in 18SS. Peru found herself hard pressed by Chile in the war between these nations the patrir/ts of Peru translated this story into the Spanish language. At the outset of the war with Sjiain the publishers of the "f)ut- look" reprinted it. in their wish tliat the nation should nol shrink from the duties fif a nation.    Ambler Branch of
WHITPAIN A^D L. GWYNEDD.
Who's Who and What's Whatjn the Two Townships.
John Jlitchell. of liower Gwymdd, has ordered a Franklin roadster.
Samuel Cassel has been cutting cord wood on the Acuff farm. Lower Gwy¬ nedil.
Tyson Whittock, of Penllyn, has pni( hasetl the W. C. Bri.ster farm, near Amliler.
Jlildred Bernhard, of Centre Square,
has  been suffering  with  an abscess on
her neck.
,    ,     ^Ir, and Mrs. Charles Haley, of Blu^
the   Red   Cross   win   bring  this   timely , Bell,   ciilled     rei;ently   on   Mr.s.   Harry
BRAUNFELDT LOSES APPEAL.
No Retrial for the Man Convicted of Arson.
Lengthy Opinion by Judge Miller— Accused Convicted on Both Bill's of Indictment — Technical Exceptions Overruled.
In   a   lenythy   npinion,   Judue   Miller, Monday,   overruled   the   motiuns   for   a
HORSHAM ANDiH UPPE^DDBLIN
Miscellaneous  Items of Interest to Many Readers.
Allen,   of Hallowell, In
feature into the Ambler opera house, on Feb, 2S. Matinee at 4 and evening performance at 8.
EUREKA.
Jlr. and Jlrs. H. A. Clymer delight¬ fully entertained the following al a 6 o'clock dinner on Saturday eveniug : Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Hartzel, Mr. and Jlrs. Harvey Hartzel, Mr. and Mrs. R. JI. Johnson, Mrs. Elwood Harrar. Mr. and .Mrs. J. L. IToover, Mr. and Mrs. II. M. Worth, Albert Wmth, Mr. and Mrs. 1'^. P. .\tcNair, Miss Margaret Mc¬ Nair, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Worth, Har¬ old Worth, Mr. and Jlrs. F. W. Worth, JIiss Evelyn Worth, Kingsley Worili, Jlr. and JTrs. A. D. Markley, Mis.-3 Wilma  Jlarkley,
The Ladies' -Aid nnd Missionary so¬ cieties held their regular monthly meeting on Wednesday afternoon at the home of JTrs. John Swartzlander,
Mr. and Jlrs. I". W. Worth pent Sun¬ day with the latter's sister, Msr. John Stevens, in Jenkintown.
The members of the Ushers' associa¬ ion. of the Pleasantville church, were delightfully entertained by Carl Kohler. at  his  home on  Saturda.v evenng.
The Warrugton Community club will hold a Liberty loan supper on Friday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Washington Cadwallader.
Mr. and Mrs. Klias .Sellers and Miss Eleanor Sellers were guest;- of Mr. antl Mrs.  A.  D.  Markley on  Mondny.
Miss Helen (^rainer was a guest at the home of A.  .\.  Nash  on Sunday.
Jlr. Elwood Harrar is confiiied to the house with an attack of lumbago.
T. A. Clymer has had some improve¬ ments made to the interior of his house, which lins added greatly to the comfi^'t and  appearance of same.
Jlrs. Sykes. who luis been spending the past week in .\nrristown. has re¬ turned lo th? parsonage.
JIiss Frances Hoover attended ft; danco iit Doylestown on Saturday even-. ing.
Colonial Day by "The Neighbors."      '
"Tell me the tiil-'s.thnt to tne wore so
denr.    Lnng. lon.g a.go. lon.g, Iniig ago."  '
It   was   in     the   spirit   expressed     in
these   lines   thiit    the   ".Xeighbors"   as-j,.
semliled   for   their   re.gular  meeting  as ^
the   Hatboro  Baptist church,  last  Satrf
urdny for ("nloninl da.v. ' %
The meeting was opened by the cluffi
reading   tho   Collect.   JIiss   JIarion   ^
Goentner.  president,  in the chair,    Mis.=!'
JTnble   F.   Worth,   secretary,   read   the
minutes     of   the   Isst woyo    arprovpi,!.-   .as
meeting, ¦«ad.     Tlu
wbi(
H^inver.
¦'.Grace Walton, of Bhte Bell, is in bed with measles, and the home is under qUiiiiiutine.
Jlrs. Horace Krieble, of West Point, spent Sunday with her brother, Harry Tippin. and family, of Blue Bell.
Jlrs, -Albert Fry, of Three Tuns, spent se\eriil days with her father, Charles DePrefontaine, Sr., of Blue  Bell.
The family of C. O. Beaumont, of Philiiilelphia, spent Monday afternoon at ili.-ir cniintry home in Gwynedd.
I'liiiili Hibshman and famil.w of Blue Bell, spent Sunday with Jlrs. Hibsli- rhan's mothei- in West Philadelphia.
Jlrs. Phoebe McCann, of Avalon, spent Sunday with her sister. Mrs. Hnrry Hoover, of Blue Bel, who has been  ill.
.Mr. and Jlrs. J. Harold Hoovi^er, of Ambler, spent Sunday with the for¬ mer's parents, Jlr. and Jlrs. George Hoover,  Iilue  Bell.
Lower Gwynedd township is repair¬ ing with crushed stone certain sections of rnads that were badly woin as a result of the winter.
Wm. G, Jusl, of Lower Gwynedd township, on Tuesday attende 1 the su¬ pervisors' county convention in Nor¬ ristown on Tuesday.
Iliram Kriebel, one of Whitpain's rond supervisors, attended the county convention of the road supervisors in Xorristown on Tuesday.
.\llierl Weddel, manager of the Kolb farms, Lower Gwynedd. has been cut¬ ting nnd hauling large quantities of cord  wood   to  Philadelphia,
W.alter Dotts has taken llie position of gardener on the George W. Noiris place. Gwynedd Valley, held by the late George W.  Snyder,  deceased.
Willinm Donelly and family, of SiiriiiLiliniise. aU'l Horace Fish?r. of Noi'iisinwn. spent Sunday with S.im- uel  I'isher and family, of Blue  Bell.
A. G. Vothers. of Wm. Penn inn Gwynedd, has taken the agency for the Frnuklin car and has ordered ii ma- jchine uf the touring type of that make.
Jlrs. Jlarietta Hoover ami daughter, lof Mine Hell, attended the fnnernl of Ti'ninan C. Hoovei'. held at his resi- deii.-, IHI W, Xorris street. Philadel¬ pbin.  on   Saturda.v  aft,ernoon.
The old Weidner_ place, on the town- hip line and Cathcart road, Lower iGwvninl.I township, IVas been purchas¬ ed ho Walter Schuler, who is lixing up the property and will remove titer (in shr.i'tiy,
Howard l-'ridny h.a^ secured the posi-
timi   nf gardener  for  ("".  O.   neaumont.
Gv ytiedd.   in  place  of  William   Dickin-
^cM. who hns inirchii.-(ed the Elias F"-'c
Wniicester township,iMar Ci ii-
new trial and for arrest of judgment i in the case of Edward S, Braunfeldt, | convicted, at the la.xt term of i riminal ] court, of setting lire to and liiirning his wife's lliirns and other buildings on a nurs r.\ plant uperated by him, south of North Wales and east of Wm. Penn inn.
Th(- (.-nurt directs that BraunfeMI .¦ilia 11 appear for sentence, Saturdav morning. Jiaicli 2.
Une  of the  reasons  assigned   why  a ; new  trial  should  be  granted   was  that the  reports of  the  trial  by  the  news¬ papers  were  sensational and   exagger- , ated,   and   clipiiings   from   the   .N'orris¬ town   dailies     were   submitted   to     the I
Mrs.  Walter V. has been ill.
Janies  Nagle,  of Jarrettown,   was I the city on Thursday. I     Charles Donat, of I'hiladelphia, spent ; Sunday in Jarrettown. j     Raniliil   I'enton.   of   Dreaher.   was   in Philadeliihia  last  week.
James Xagle, of Jarrettown, spent Sunday  in Philadelphia.
John .McJIullin, of Dresher, spent Sunday at Willnw Grove.
John JIci'oi miclt, Sr., will move, about JIarch 1, to Glenside.
Jlrs. Fj. (.'. JlcConnell, of Jarrettown, spent  I-riday in  Pliiladelphia.
•Mrs. Charles Corneal, of Pliiladei^ phia, spent Sunday in Jarrettown,
Isaac Shoemaker, of Abington, well known  iu   Horshnm,  has  been  i|iilte  ill.
Jlr. and Mrs. A. 'I'. Ramsey, of Hors¬ ham,   on   .Sunday   enttrtained   relatives.
Robert Cninpton, of Fordhooke farms. Three Tuns. lin-( been ill  with  limiliago.
Jlrs. J. D. Kirk and  Jliss Clara  Carr.
court in -support of the contention. | of  Dresher,   were in  PiiiUidelpliia  Fri
Judge Jliller upholds the newspapers, I day. saying :      "Conceding   the   jurors   hii\e ' read    the   newspapei-   accounts   of   tiie
"Conceding newspapei- trial mentioned, we are not convinced that they were sn sensational or iii- accurat- in head line or reading ma.- ter. or objectionnble in character, iis to either re(|uii-e or justify granting a n^w trial on  their account."
The court also failed to detect any misstatements of testimony by the (lis¬ trict attorney in his summing up be¬ fore the jury, and reminds counsel for the defendiint- that the attention of the court was not cnlled to the alle- giition at the time.
In reference to Braunfeldt and guilt, the court says: "lie was convicted on both bills of indictment after an unusually long and tedious trial. The evidence, circumstantial though it was, point his  guilt.'
Mr. and Jlrs. Charles McCorniii k, of Dresher, s|ienl Wednesday in Philadel¬ phia,
Tile large clearing-out public sala on the. Hallowell estate, Hallowell, will be  held on  Feb, 22.
Jliss Ethel Robinson, of Dresher, visit-d .Mrs, l-'rank Iloupt in Ambler on Sunday.
Harold Lightkep. of Piiiladelphia, spent ,Siinday in Jarrettown with hia parents.
Mrs, I'M ward Cahil. of Three Tuns, pent Jlonday with George Nagle in Jarrettown,
Howiird   JlcConnell,   of   Philadelphia,
spent Saturday evening and Sunday iu
Jarrettown.
.  ,   .       , ,     Michael   Dougherty   and   family,   of
ial   in   character.   Dresher,  spent Sunday  afternoon with
-d   unerringly   to | friends at Willow Grove.
William   Klinck,     of   Horsham,   has
This   was   said,   in   connection   with   rented  the  Buekman property in Ilat^ one of the chief retisons advanced   for ; boro and  will remove thereto a new trial and in arrest of judgment I     John   Daly   and   friend,   of   Consho- —namely a  technical defect in the in-j hocken,     spent   Sunday   with     Georgo
Nagle and family in Jarrettown
dictment
On this point the court continues ;
"The gist of the charges against him was that he had burned tlie two biirn-* and set fire to the dwelling house of his wife's farm.    He had fnll and am-
Raymond Tyson, of Camp Meade, Md., spent Sunday with ' his jiarents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Tyson in Hors¬ ham.
Miss   Olive   Iloupt,   of   Germantown,
pie  knowledge  of  the   charges  against I spent  the  week-end  with  her parents!
him. lie filed no demurrer. miuE no motion to quash, but went to trial. 1le of all others, knew best wheth r lie was a tenant or occupant of the prem¬ ises. Ile was fairly convi(-teiE.,an(l ii,o.\ moves for arrest of judgment on th ¦ purel.v technical .grounds that he wn ^ not ftescribpil in the nills as the 'own-
Jlrs.    Benjamin    Houpt,    at
Mr.   and Dresher.
Miss Ethel Robinson has secured a position in the wholesale offlce of tlie Thomns B. Jleehan Co., nurser.xmen, at Dresiier,
Frnnk Hill and famil.v, who residet nortii    of Prospectviile.    spent Sunday
er. tenant or occupant,' and for a nev   with   Jlr.   and   Jlrs.   Joseph   Gouak   In trial.    The omission  in  tbe  indictment   Horsham,
tfchcfd b(,i.ird..'st!it.6cr that th b^'.semt^nt of the Mhttison avenue school building, 28 by 111 feet, is not utilized ut pn sent, and he asked if this lnrg> .pnc:! can be of nny service in con¬ nection  with the Rc-1 Cross  work.
L wis l'"arrin'gton. of the hoard of en.ginccrs, reportel the new pump for the American Lal'"rnii(e steamer-'ha-i iirrived nnd has been placed on tho mncbine. The ch-"micnl mnchin? iiw-nits its r.'ptiii's, the parts liiivln,^' ar¬ rived.
fnie propoi-iil \>as received for mem- bershi'i. The following were elected : Harry .\lipliii, Terrance Bradv. How- ni'd Idiger, Harrison Douglass. J. War¬ den X'olile. I'^ranl> Wincliester, .Ir., and James .1, Brady.
A check for ,$il was received from J. TT. Hinkle, of Blue Bell, an-l a letter of thanks  ordered  returned.
The games committee reported h.av¬ ing collected $11.80 since tho last meeting, with a total of $24..55 fur the month.
Walson K. Phillips reported with re- gnrd to building conditions, stating that the contractor, IE P. Sclineider. h.ad senl .a man to make certain ad¬ justments, and the remainder of the wnrk will be completed as soon as weather conditions warrant.
It was stated that certain members seem disposed to continue the abuse of the building and allow outsiders tn do th ^ .same. The house committee wns instructed to prepare rules to pro- \ ide penalties or punishment for such actions.
Tho dance committee reported thnt plans have heen made for a dance to h= held in the fire house on Friday evening to be tendered the ladies and their friends who so generously assist¬ ed in making the recent fair a great success. JTusio and refreshments will be provided. To cover the expenses a nominal c.arge of .'iO cents will be asked of the gentlemen attending. Ladies admitted free.
Drs. Godfrey, Hough and Fine wer" anpointed a committee to prepare rules, i-i^gulations and charges for the use of the ambulance.
The following bills were ordered pnid: C .\. Sassaman, $17..'IO: Philadelphia siiliurhan Ons &. Electric compnny. nO cents Receipts were listed as follows : Imbl'er council, $09;   keys sold, $1,
Tt was decided, in view of th? prn- bnble Red Cross occupancy and use ef the second floor of the building, to Have the building committee nscertain the cost of purchasing and installing an elevator to be placed in the hose tower.
2 -I ,'i i'lvil!  deliver th?  address.    Jiftis   Ihi I well h.nd nn interesting re'inrt fcmii iic : l-'arm  bureau.
1     The   worupii   that    the    Farm   bur.  m?
I will   piHiiage   are   c.xpe  ted   tn   have   -in
I delinite liniivs or liom-s.-  ft is reported
! that it will rcfiiiire five -(Vomen to ei|i>nl
jone man on a farm, and it is hope,! ibn
womi-n   will  husk  the corn  better  this
! yenr thnn liv^ men did Inst .vear.
I     JTrs.  Smith  called  nttentinn  to  Tlr\-n
JFawr  coll '.go     gj-ls   rnising  fruit    nn-l
ve,getaliles     nnd   canning     them.     .-\U
! these goods are now being used in the
i collego.
.\ h-tter to JTiss Darrah was read, in which she was thanked for hor splen¬ did work for the Red Cross Christmiis seals. Ilellglitful musi(-. "The Charge of the Hussars." was ,a trio played, by JTiss .-Vnnn T.ogan. Elizabeth Cornell and  Ethel  Hobensack.
The program for the day opened hy JIiss Jiaria Yerkes. who was dressed ns .a Colon inl dnme in a flowered dress, lace cap, and knitting in her hands. Three little children sat on the plat¬ form in rapt nttentinn ns she told them "Paul Revere's Ride.''
JTrs. JIartha B. Jlitchell .gave a book review of "Richard Cnrvol" by Church¬ ill. .'\. dud, "The Witch's Flight." was rendered by Jlisses Elizabeth Cornell and  Ethel  i lobensaek.
JTiss JIarston took the place nf JTrs. Anna IT. Penrose nnd recited nnd road a remarkable stor.v of historical event. She brought in the stirring stories of the men and women of our early d.ays, "Carsnn Rodney's Ride" wns splendid¬ ly read, and n.« she told lhe story of "Mollie at Monmouth," known as JTol- lie Pitcher, Miss Blanche Downie came through the room dressed in Coloni.al fashion, and carriefl the American Hag and .a pitcher.
As Lydia D.arrah's splendid story- was told, JTiss Florence F. Fenton f-amo througii the room dressed in black gown, grey poke bonnet and n bag of corn on her shoulder.
When JIiss Jlargaret 1,. Carrell. as Betsy Ross, was seen dressed in a purple fiowered divss. ,a lace cap and fishu and sat down to sew on our fiag, it was a very fitting climax. It was .a very original nnd !ileasin.g afternoon, and ,a rising vote of thanks was ex¬ tended to the musicians and entertnin- crs. The meeting was then ndjourned till March 2nd.
was a formal oversight wliich migli have been easily corrected. He w;is not and could not have been prejudiced by the omission. The time should be past when a defendant wlm could ha.',; tnken advantnge of suf-h n luirely f •'-- nicnl point, befnre the jui-y.was swcr:: cnn sit idly hy and siibj it the piibi; to a long and protract.-d trial and 'Iv '. having inl<en his clinui-e and lost, i hc::i 1  in  nrgin.g it I'nr the first ii-'i
"ill language thai now sounds • ¦Eoi-.i    Uale.    .Iftnir   ng.^      -.visei.y ¦JFoi-e  idfli^pP^l^er -nsy  o.tr     given 'to   :-'Nce| (iictments    than    hy    thei cence, nnd mnny heinous and crying o'' fenses escape by these, unseoniin;.; nicr ties, to the reproach of th? Inw, t-rrth
cou idnd   to  A\'m.  G.  Jusl.  of, R''u-yuc,i l i6nlra(d  £nj- the crcctic;, o.'' n cci bridge      oX-er   the     WissnhJcUfu; I'eSU   on   ¦^''is.iahickon   pike   near   city liine. ," i ....^,  ,,
(in tin S-n'e rfiad. Lower Gwyned l.j shame of the gevernment nud i there is n solid .sheet ot ice over the | enconrtlg-'mi^nt of villi:inv nn,l ; I highWiiy between  the  Gr?.gor and  Kul"| honor of God.'"
I farms.    What the rond rni,;lit have b".-^ii , _J_	
! had   not   the   snow   been   remoxcd   wiib ¦ the scraper cnn fnily be imagined. I     The annivei'snry of the .Sewing circle ' of   Boehm's   church,   which   was   pnst- j poned,  will  be held on  Thnrsdny eyen-
--^rtliur, son .ti Mr. and Jlrs, .Tame.''! Coopei', of Hiillowell, a cliild nged one month, was Ijinied Jlonday in Haiboro cemetery,
Ralph, son nf 1-''. W. Stout, of Jar¬ rettown, has secured a posiUon with the T'ennsyhiinia railroad al Broaii Street station.
William W'liitesid \ of HalloweU, on Tuesday, hniiled p5 bags of potatoes to the Philadelphia markets. The con¬ signment  comprised  ll-'i  buijjjels-
The i'ted Crosjs will holftfa'supper in
Hoarders Will  Be Prosecuted
Sheep  and  Hogs  in  Bucks.
According lo the burcnu of stntistics of' the Pennsylvania Department of \gricultui-e there are 1083 sheep a-id 27.022  hogs in  Buck-; county.
The figures show that in Janunry I'llC there were 701.712 sheep in the stat" nnd thev were valued at $.5.40 a bend or .'i;l.S20,7Ci'i sheep on the farms in the state with an average valne of $10 fiCri each or a total of $8.747,21.5.00. Secretary of Agriculture Charles E. P.atton has been urging farmers to take m'oi-o intertst in sheep raising for the na^t two vears anl a gradual increase ili the number of sheep gives hopes that tlie million mark mny soon be reached.
AVhat is true of the sheep situation is almost ns true of th? swine industry, where the value has jumped from Sll.SO n head in 1916 to $18..50 each this year. But there has been .a gradual decline in the number of swine, there being 1173.1i:;('i in 11)15. 1,120,12,5 in 1917 and 1,008,333 this yCXiP. -i'l'*.'
C'uunty Food Administralnr I'.ny calls the attention of dealers, hotel a i restaurant proprietors, i-!ubs. Iniardi:i liouses and other publie eatin.g pl.T-- and  the public in general, to the quit
ing',   Fell,   2Stli,   iit   the   home   of   Jlrs.
Clarence     Zimmermnn.     near     Centre
Square.     A   good     program    hns  been ; ;n;',",„;.\",;„j "j^i^j Vl'i.a't^Vhe'riries"iiiid
prepared. | gulntions of th? food administration
The orchnrd on the fdd Cnstner pro-| ,^.j„.,, ^j, ^,,p United States and that ail ' Chester  State ¦perty.   Lower i Gwynedd,   recently  pur
'ins-     In   i:i      on   Jini-cli   2  from   5   to   I)   fi.   in.  - PrfT own    inno     eeeds fnr the beneiit of the wool fund.,
-Mrs. Wnkelielrl Walker, of ^.anesville-, O., anl .Mrs. Harry Keller, of Cleve¬ land. (I,, spent Fridav and Siiturdav with Jlr. and Jlrs. J. W. Freas in Hor¬ sham. !
Jliss l-"iaiicis Peterson, of llie West Chester State Normal school, spent Saturday and Sunday in Horsliam witli her iiiirenls, JTr, and Jlrs, Samuel Pet¬ erson.
Mrs. William Hallowell. of Halloweir, ha-i rented tiie house, on Doylestown pike of Fred. Satterthwaite. south of Hallowell, and will move there in the: near future.
Jliss l-"lorence Whitesi!ie, of tlie West X'ormal   school,     s|ient
perty,   i.ower ,uw.vne(ifi,   i<^^'':'"'.>   I'ui-i offenders are liable to federal prfisccu- i Saturday and Sundav at Hallowcil with chased   bv     the  late   E.   B.   Smith,     oflfi„„ , „,.   ,|.,,,,.,,,..      -,,,.    .,, ,      -,,,.„    i,-nii.,,„
Gwynedd-ValUn-, willber(,nt.^dout,aiil!"°^,'„   ,„„„^^.   ,„„„hiistrntor   will    un-   wliitesWe    ' ''      ^'    '   "'""'"•
Wm G. Jnst, contractor, has already ordered the dynamite for the operation The o''chard comprises about 10 acres A ne\-,- orchnrd will be planted on tin- other side of tlv barn.
Divorce Is Granted.
The court has granted .a divorce to Frank Y. TCdwards I'rom his wife, Ellen D. Edwards, on the .ground of deser¬ tion, sustnining tlie recommendation of the m.astei:. (". Tnwnlev Larzelere.
During th ir ninrried life they live! al Cedars and nt Telford. The mar¬ riage, the testimnnv- disclosed, was the wife's third venture, she having had two other husbands from whom she had been divorced. T'ldwards, her last, was n fnrmer. nnd Iv» could only as¬ cribe her desertion to the f.nct thnt sh? did not like farm life or work; She is no-\v working a*- the Friends' asylum for the insane at Philadelphia.
SPRINGHOUSE.
Jlrs. JI. JT. Ay;irs spent the week¬ end at her country place.
Jlrs. Jessie Smilli is confiined to her bed suffering vvith a severe cold.
Miss Fmily Bell, of West Chester. spent the week-end at her parental home at this place.
Rev. Henry Oarmnn was making parochial calls nt this place early in the weelv.
Mrs. .Tohn T-'Iynn continues to im¬ prove and will soon be able to return home.
Jfr. an.l Mrs. John Reyner, of Blue Eell, were visiting at Tlarry Strehle's on Sunday.
Jo.seph G. McCabe has rented a house in .Ambler and will move there this week.
E. J. JTorris nnd fnmily nre .now in Florida.
Jlrs. Samuel Barger is recovering from .a severe cold.
JTany homes in this neighborhood aro still without coal.
The Dager school is still closed, he¬ ing without coal. The Seventh and Eighth grades ar" continuing thei" studies tbis week nt t)ic hom" of ITarry Strehle under the iuslructinn of their tciicher. JTiss .Amber Schowcr'i. nf ¦•''ort Wnshington.
AnotheT-   Hotel   May   Be  "Dry."
In going over the list of liquor li¬ cense applii"ntions it hns b?en discov¬ ered thnt nnne'wns filed for the I'-rnn-I The  men. after
hesitatingly nnd without fnvor, enforce j Dn Tuesdny in Doylestown S. S. these regulations. They ari> a military ! Hagerty, of ' Hallowell, attended the necessity. We cannot eat ns nsiinl. di , funeral of his nncle, Jacoh Hagerty, business as usual and win this wnr. j who died ii1 GeVmantown in the 79tli. Ilonrding is especially obnoxious to the year of his age. He was a Ijormer- law as it is to every honest and fair- I treasurer of Bucks county, minded m^i. The administrator relies j Claude Jlyers, who has" been employ- upon the public to assist in detecting ed on the Ilallowell estate, north ol' violators of the regulations and .gen-| Halluwell, fnr the past 10 years, will erally to uphold his hand nnd aid liiiii tsuperimendenl the 22i5-acr? ¦ farm for' in his work. i the new owner, Joseph G. Hitner, who
In  case  of    need,   neighbors    shoul I | purchased the propert.v last summer, share with each other.    AVe have lieai'd i     Edwin Heritage, who has been n ten¬ ant   on   tile   Phillips   farm,   Horsham, for   some   years,   has   rented   the   100-
the lirsl and great commandment rend ' in  the  churches  since cliildhood.    The time has arrived when the great Amer¬ ican   nation  should  practice  it  unive.-- sally.
Labor Troubles Along the Schuylkill.
A tie-up of the Schuylkill Iron AA'ork plant of the -Alan AVood iron and Steel I haulii
company was engendered, Monday, when all except three ot the machin¬ ists were summ.aril.v di.smissefl aftei- they had presented n demnnd for slini-t. er hours. It is only a qucstinn of tini" emplo\cs sny, until the iU'liistry will b idle, unless ther-- is nu niljustmcni "f conditions.
The men  in  the curing room  of  the
acre Samuel Penrose farm, on Doyles¬ town   pike,   south   of   Doylestown,   nnd will shortiv remove thereto, Walter   V,   .Allen,   of   Hallo\-,ell,   will I this   week   receive   the   new   body   tov I his Brockway niotor truck and will put the  niachine    into  active   use  at    once his   potatoes   to   the   Philadel¬
phia markets.    The body  Wiis mn.l(> by J. G.  Rirmpp  and  Son,   Springhoii-e.
A despatch from Doyl"stowii says : Among the interested visitors to thet Bucks County I listnriciil snciet.\- mu¬ seum Thursday wiis T-higene Blivir. a natice of Bucks county, but now living- over the county line in Horsham lown¬ ship.    Jlr.  Bliiir is a  Incal  nnliiiiiarlan
Lee Tire (& Rubber conipnny, on JTon-'of note and one of the best posted men day,   presented   a   demand   for   an   in-iin local lore in that section] cri?ase  in   wages  of  2   cents  per  hnur i     At  the Theodore  P.. Serrill, Jr., snle. and agreed to return to work wliile- the ] Monday, near Eureka,  the agent, Tl, J. matter   is   under   consideration.     It   i-"- understood   thnt   their   request   is   the forerunner of similnr nues by the work¬ ers   in   other   depnrtnients.   when   their proposal was iiresented, the firm coun¬ tered with a proposal to give them the increase, providing llie men themselves cnrried tlv oil necessnry in their work. a, consultation,  offered
conia  hotel.
This"1iostelrv was .'-old by the sher¬ iff recentlv. It wns bought by Char¬ les and Theodore Holly, of Souderton. Thev do not wish fo personally have the license, it is said, nnd up until the last dav for filling applications for licenses they hn<l not secured nny on'^ to tnke it.
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—JTr. and Jlrs, George Tf. JTiller. of D'?ylestown, announce the engagement of their daughter, JIiss Jlargaret F. Jtiller, to Ralph James, of Ru.shville, X\ T.
—Because of dampness that has worked its way into Holv Trinity church, at Lansdale, the valdable organ has been seriouly dnmnged. du" tn coal shortag-e.
Line    Lexington   Boy   Given   Croix Guerre   for   Bravery. In a  letttr i-eceiviid  by Jlr. nnd  Jlrs, A.    C.    Sw-arlley,   of   Line    [.exington, from   First     Lieutenant     Lawrence   J, McGinlev    U.   S.  A.   A.   S.,   they   have-f-Balanc been  inl^oVmed  that  their son. Willard H.   Swnrtlev,   has   been   awarded   the Croix   de   Guerre     frnm   the     French government   for   bravery-   displayed   in performing  his  duties  nnder the  most hazardous  conditions.    He  is  connect¬ ed -with a unit of the TJ. S, ambulance oorpB.
to transport the oil themselves, if tli- increase is m.ade three cents an hour. The matter rests at this point for th? present,
A layge part of the Ivy Rock steel plant of the Alan AVood company was compelled to suspend operations, JTon¬ day afternoon, when the coal suppE- gnve ont, anfl there is no indication ns y"t when operntion-^ will be rosnmod. iriindreds of workrncn were thru wn out of employrnent.
Adjudications.
'Jlichael     Decider.     Lower     Salford : $18-1.87,   which  i.s  awarded   to tho Jlontgomery Trust company, trus¬ tee for Ann.T. Eatcliff.
John W. Plunsicker. Itite of Hat¬ field : Balance, $10.5,."8 of which $121,82 is awn-' " • ¦ the v ' -w, Kate D.,  and   the '  $00,91
tho cliildre-    ''    ¦ ¦¦' ¦
Clayton TTnneicker,
(»ach
Dager, reports very good prices rea¬ lized. A large attendance resulted. One motor truck brou.ght .$20.50, cows, from $60 to $85; lioi-ses brought .good prices, chickeirs, from $1,.8'0 to $2 each, Jlr. Serrill disposed of ov(>rylbing. Ko has bought the Phillips farm, Hors¬ ham township, on the i-onil from Hors¬ ham store to Welsh road.
The ITorsham township road super¬ visors' board met, Wednesdav evening of last week, at Xash's hotel, ITallowell. Bills amounting to $110 were ordered paid. This principally represented th'> cost of snow removiii from the road-'. Tho treasury balance is about $700. while the tax collector, Enos D. Wat¬ son, reports about $500 of outstandln-v taxes. With re.gard to the right of the Rapid Tractinn company tn carry freight through the towr\.ship without first having s>ctired permission of the township authorities. In accordance with the law of 1909, was referred to the township solicitor. Jos. T. Foulke, Esq.
Mrs. Ida Krlckbatim, of Horshnm,. has been   visiting  friends  in   Holland.
Chalkley Stnckhous. of Horshami has been o-i *" ¦'' ¦'•¦ list, havinir been- taken   ¦'" 'in.
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