The Ambler Gazette 19170111

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Gazet
VOt.. XXXV.-NO.   1
AMBLER.   PA..   JANUARY   11,   1917
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COLD POINT AND PLYMOUTH.
Happenlnsfs 9t Local Interest t(f Our Readers.
|50   Realized   From   Oyster   Supper —
New*  of Cold   Point  and   Plymouth
Churches—Events    at    Harmonville
¦nd     Hickorytown  —   Miscellaneous
Items.
Mrs. Wesley Markei, of Harmonville, has been quite ill.
Miss Xiettle Bowman, of Harmon¬ ville, ahs been quite ill with grip.
Ellwood Cressman's children, at Har¬ monville, have all been ill with grip.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred. Bowman, of Har¬ monville, entertained friends on Sun¬ day.
Mias Sarah  P.  Hagy, of Cold  Point, , . , .  .,       ,^ .i,    •        .    ^,  ,
spent  the  week-emTwith relatives at ' '»i"Bh<-er of Mrs.  Cathnrme  A   bykes Cvnwyd ' "^   Norristown,   and  the  Rev.   Paul   VV
Mrs. John Supplee, of Cold Point, \ ^.*^'j. "^ Eureka, Pa., were quietl.v niai- feli on the ice last week .and injured |''''l.^^^ cdnesday lUternoon, at 4 o .'lock, her  hip i  "    ^  Trinity Lutheran  church,   Nor-
Mrs.  Fi-ank  Hagy and  son,  of Cold '¦ ristown.    The Rev, .\den  P.. Macintosh. Point,  viaited   friends  in   Conshohock- ; P",fto'.  Performed the ceremony. en on Sunday ' bride looked most attractive  m
Charles Cox, of Roxborough, will ' "•.«"" ot ii^id-night blue broadcloth, preach   at   Hickorytown   mission   next ! ^'l-'i  «"'lar    and  cuffs  of    black  seal.
WEDDED.
TOMLINSON—HALLOWELL. Mias Prances Sharpless Hallowell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin S. Hallowell, of "Maldenbrae," Jenkin¬ town, and Mr. Cyrus Ernest Tomlln¬ son were married Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock, by the Friends' ceremony, at the home of the bride's parents. The maid of honor was Mi.ts Emma ! Hallowell, a sisier of the bride, and the bridesmaids were Miss Martha M. Jarrett and Miss Hannah Hiillowell. Mr. Tomlinson'.s .best man was his brother, Mr. William Tomlinson, iin.i the following gentlemen acfed as ushers : Mr. T. Klwood Comly, Jlr. Ralph J. Penrose and Mr. John Lan¬ caster. 'A reception Immediately fol¬ lowed the ceremony. The bride and bridegroom will be at home after March 1st at their residence in East Ogontz.
YOH—SYKES. Surrouiidod   by   iheir   many   friends and     relaliv.^t,.     Miss     Helen     Sykes.
FIRE COMPANY MORTGAGE.
Security of $14,000 Filed to Protect Bond Issue.
STREET LIGHTS AND THEJR COST.
Relative Prices Paid in Neighboring: Boroughs.
Ambler Company to Finance Its Build-   Cost of Service in  North Wales,  Lans-
Sunday evening.
Mrs. Oscar Horning, of Plymouth Meeting, has been confined to her bed with a heavy cold.
Mr. and Mrs. Wood and son, of Phil¬ adelphia, spent Sunday at Wesley Markers, Harmonville.
Mr: and Mrs. Walter ll. Corson, of Plymouth Meeting, are spending ii. week at Plnehurst, N. C.
Mrfi. John Houston, of Philadelphia, visited her natmier, Mrs. Irwln. of Hickorytown, on Sunday.
Thomas Lance, of Manayunk, was the guest of John J. Albright and fam¬ ily at Harmonville on Sunday.
Next F'riday the Chrlatian Kndeav- on\society, of Hickorytown miasion, will hold its buainess meeting.
Mr.   and    Mrs.   Harry    Slader    and
She wore a large and becoming hai o gold lace, triMmed with slight touches of the seal and coral velvet. Her bou¬ quet was of lavender orchids, violets and lilies of ihe. valley, fastened with gold cord.
Immediately following the ceremony, fhe Uev. and Mrs. Yoh left on a wed¬ ding triji south, '.rhey will reside iit Eureka, where the bridegroom Is-pus- tor of the Pleasantville Reformed church. They will be at home after February 1.
The bride is prominently known in Norristown and. is a graduate of the 1912 class of the Norristown high school. Since childhood, she has been an active member of the Trinity Luth¬ eran church, bciiiL^' head of the infant department of the. Sunday school, and
daughter, of Philadelphia, visited John l a soloist in the choir of the church.
Botts, of Hickorytown, on Sunday. The   bridegroom   is   a   graduate   of
The Loyal. Ouaaders,    of the    Cold    Kisinus   college,   and   of   the   Central
Point  Baptist church,  will hold  a so- ' Theological    ieminary,  Dayton,     Ohio.
cial on Jan. 20 in the church hall,
Mra. Herbert Stout, of Narcissa, has been spending a week in Norrl.^iown nursing her mother, who haa been ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Gheen and Mr. and Mrs. 8teece, of Harmonville, have taken apartments in Norristown for the win¬ ter.
The K. L. C. E., of the Plymouth U. K. church, met Tuesday evening at the home of Miss Nettie Ambers, Hickory¬ town.
Miss Edna Berkhimer of Philadel¬ phia, spent Sunday in Harmonville with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Berkhimer.
John Fetter, Jr., of Harmonville, and William Dickerson, Jr., of Cold Point, spent Sunday evening with friends at Port Indian.
Miss Katharine Rodebaugh and Earl and Katharine Prith, of Hickorytown, spent Sunday with Mra. Fred. Ollard at Wayne Junction. ...   .
Misses Mary and Lillian Hiltner. of Conshohocken, were guest" at a dinner given by Mrs. Forrest Rawlins, of Nor¬ ristown,  on  Saturday.
Mrs. Emma Warwick, of Plymouth Meeting, who ha.s been critically 111 at the hi-me of her daughter, Mrs. Louis convalescent.
an   old   rc-^ident    of
lilttevlv  h
bshoiiockeia
He accepted the charge at Eureka, last fall.
Rev. IVIr. Miickie Installed. The Rev. Joseph B. C. Mackie, for- ' iiieiiy of Edge Hill, was Installed jias¬ tor of the First Presbyterian church, Haddonlield, Thursday . night. The Rev. Dr. George H. Hemingway, Cam¬ den, was moderator; the Rev. R. H. Gage, Wenonah, delivered the charge to the people; the Rev. Alexander Mackie, Sharon Hill, brother of the new pastor, read the Scriptures, and the installation .lermon was jireachod by the Rev. W. Beatty Jenninga. Ger- m.antown.
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i'r uie imunlty wvis ¦organized at the Plynouth U. E. church.
Next Monday evening Dr. -H<ijmer W. Top»., Philadelphia distiict superinten¬ dent of the Anti-Saloon league, will lecture in  the Plymouth U. E. qhurch.
A largely attended communion ser¬ vice was held laat Sunday afternoon at the Plymauth U. E. church, conducted by Rev. A. M. Sampsel, presiding eld- Xer.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Magee, of Cold Point, on Saturday delightfully enter¬ tained a partv from Philadelphia. Tlie friends motored up iind numbered a dozen.
John White, father-in-law of Char¬ les Nelson, of Cold Point, and father of William White, of the magnesia /arm, Plymouth Meeting, haa been very 111 with pneumonia.
The will of Isaiah Campbell, late of Norristown, formerly of Hickory¬ town, givea his entire estate to his widow Emma J. Campbell, who is also named as executrix.
Mrs. "Albert Bacon, of Germantown, and Mrs. Carl Lorenz, of Plymouth, were entertained at lunch at the home of Mrs. William Fanshawe, Plymouth Meeting, last Thursday.
$50 was realized by the Men's Bible class, of the Plymouth U. E. church, last Saturdav evening at the oyster supper. The proceeds are for the par¬ sonage fund of the church.
Miss Marlon and Dorothy Hlltner, of Conshohocken, and Hugh Cunningham and wife, of Norristown, were visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Cunningham, of Maple Hill avenue, on Sunday.
Miss Edna May McCullough, of Har¬ monville, has been suffering from injuries sustained by a fall on the ice at her home. She struck her face a severe blow, and the right side of her head became much swollen.
This Thursday evening at 8 In tho Plymouth TJ. E. church Bishop U. F. Swengel will preach. Immediately af¬ ter the service will occur the flrst re¬ hearsal of the choir for the evangel¬ istic services which %vlll open on Jan.
Mrs. William White, of Plymouth Meeting, on Saturday received the sad Intelligence that her brother had dropped dead at Gulf Mills. Her daughter, Mrs. Eva Tvove, has also been quite 111, and Mrs. White herself has only recently been convalescent from her late Illness.
Geor.ge Williams, of Harmonville, and Mahlon McNolte, of Plymouth, attend¬ ed the oyster supper at Plymouth church Saturday evening and then nearly foundered themselves by in¬ dulging In a chicken supper the same evening at the post rooms In Consho¬ hocken.    Both have recovered.
In the estates of D. Austin Sinclair, Chester J. Sinclair and Florence F. Sinclair, minors, children of the lato Thomas Sinclair, of Plymouth Meeting petition of Norristown Trust companv guardian, for lea,ve to sell real estate iit private sale flled and decree enter¬ ed authorizing private sale to George Moseley. Norristown Trust company appointed trustee for interest of Beula Sinclair. 'T3ond In the sum of $134 as trustee to be entered and bond In the sum of $266 for sale of minor's inter¬ est.
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Negro Strikes Officer;  In Jail.
Suddenly afllicted with violent insan- | ity, Alfred Minor, 26 years old, a negro ' of  Edge   HUl,   telephoned   to   two   su¬ burban  police departments,    declaring that  shootJsig or a murder had  taken place at his home.    He also had a wo- I man call an entire fire department in- i to   service   after ,he  had   told   her   his liouse was burning down. |
When Patrolman Driver .\ice arrived | from   the Abington  station,   the  negro ! struck  at  him   with  an  ax,  and   Nice i had  one  finger  badly cut when  Minor attempted lo hit him with the weapon.
¦ifjf -Jljj^jljiLeiiae. used his jack to sub- be taken to
20U Victims Alleged. When Emil Cooper, aliils James Mc- Cray, was orrai&ned before Magistrate ' Williams  at  the  Abington   police   sta- ' tion for a hearing, the lower end  au¬ thorities   had   iivailable  a  list   of  more than   200 .people  in  Chestnut   Hill,   Ml. ; Airy,   Gerinantowii.  Cheltenham   town¬ ship   and   the   Old   York   road   towns, who,   it    is  declared,   have    given   the man  sums  of money ranging  from   "iij cents to—in one case—more than $:W0 as the result of Cooper's jilea that he was collecting the money for  "a good educational cause."    It is believed  the total sum of money collected by Coop¬ er will not be less than $800, all  col¬ lected within  the last two months.
Figures Seem to Block Sewer. As the result of a canvass, Dr. John Jacobs has informed Lansdalo council that it will cost $225,000 to build the sewer system. Dr. Dixon, state health officer, demands, while the borough can borrow only $75,000. Connections for 1157 properties will cost $56,000.
Bride of Two Weeks Buried,
Wedded ou December 23, Mrs, Louis Fender, Jr., of Glenside, was buried Tuesday afternoon from her husband's home in the Old York road suburb. Mrs. Fender wa.s Miss Sadie M. Hom¬ er, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Homer, also of Glenside. Her husband is the son of I«ouIa Fender, a Glenside business man.
Mra. Fender died rather suddenly. on Sunday, her death resulting from an attack of ptomaine poisoning and an affection of the throat.
ing in This Manner—Orders for Bonds Now Being Listed—Monthly Meeting  Is Hold by  Firemen.
,\l the regular inoiithly nieeling of the Wissahickon I'ire coinpiiiiy, of Ainbler, lield Friday evening. Presi¬ dent M. ti. Knight stilted thiit tho .Montgomery Trusi comjiany, of Nor¬ ristown, has ajiproved tlie mortgago; of ifH,00u on the company's properly in Ambh'i- and same haa been record¬ ed. This moiigas<! will be the secur¬ ity for a bond issue of liiio amount lo linance the iiuildiiig tu be erected on Ihe Butler avenue lol uf the co.iipan.v. 'J'he bonils will lie in the deiiomiiiatioii of .^iOO Cil ill, cimiioii in form, bearing interest iii ihe rale of 7,.4 per cent., issued for ii period of 10 years, redeem¬ able after tw« years at par and in¬ terest at the option of the company. President Knight stilted that ;f2500 worth of llie.se lioncis hiive already been sold, and inqi.iries for otiiers are being received, tirders for these se¬ curities ma.v be received by .Mr. Knight or the secretiiry. Win. J. Brown.
Henry P. Schneider, the builder, who has been awarded the contraei for th<^ tire comjHiny's new linilding, has been advised ot the iiction of the Mont¬ gomery Trust company, and he is pre- jiiired to push the striiclure rapidly to ccmplelion. A ciuii ad of bricks has been hauled to tlie site of the propos¬ ed structure. Other materials iire also on the way, and the order for the iron work was jilaced soon after the con¬ tract waa signed.
Owing to weather conditions last Friday evening only a small attend¬ ance of the company r'suited. After the minutes of the meeting, held Dec. in. had been apjiroved. Lewis Far¬ rington, of the board of engineera. re¬ ported the apparatus in good condi¬ tion,
Walter Baker and llari\ Keiger v>ere  elected  members.
The equijiment cominiiieo reported tlie receijit of the gaskeis and nozzles.
The games committee reported hav¬ ing received $1.95.
'Treasurer Jesse F. liavis rejiorted as follows: Balance on hand at last report, $531.92; receipts, $113,411; orders paid, $115.89, leaving a balance ol $529.52.
The following hills wore ordered paid : Eureka Fire Hose Co., $6.2s; hand electric lamp, $9.50; "Gazette," $3.25; L. D. Myers, $1.15; A. R. Hay¬ den, $2.,W; I. M. Scheetz, $1.88; .1. \V. Craft,  $35.33.
.\ letter was read fromi the .\meri- < iui La France Co,, acknowledging tiie receipt of the check and note, btali in the amount of $1(;50.
The following donations for the auto apparatus fund were rejiorted: 1, IC. B. Hansen, ii>; Mr. Han.sell for an insur¬ ance company, $25; State Senatoi' Viire, $100; Knight estate, $75; J. f Whalen, $10, all of which are gratefuly received iind have been duly acknow¬ ledged.
The a llio apparatus fund now amounl^ in $1844. of which $1650 has been Jiiiid out, Iciiving ii balance on hand of .'$194.
Presidenl    Knight, stat^    that    he hopes  the company,    by  ijeans  of  its liroposed   fair,   and   other   leneflts. tiii* spring  can  raise  $5000  or ^000   whie.i. ' .:,.^:^ will  furnishthe  new'  buildins,, lll':''':>.','>c(,Tiu£.t.   "S.iaai'lnte- a snug fund for redemption of bonds. Piant.  at.iwa        me
The fair, ivhicli has been delayed be- i-iiuse of the need of a snit.able place nherein to hold the event, will be ojiened in the new lire house on the lirst iind basement floors as soon a.s the building is jirogressed sutiiciently far to insure safety, warmth iind weatlier conditions. The residents gen¬ erally iire urged to co-ojieriile with the efl'orls of the company in this fiiii" and other directions as well. ICven taxpayer of the borough iind suriound- in.g country should lend hia aid in placing the coinpany on a firm basis, aa the organization now has the ap- jjiiratus to reciprocate in real service when the hour of need comes, and there seems to be no hesitancy on tho Jiart of the public generally to call the company when destruction of pro¬ jierty  threatens.
dale, Souderton, Norristown, Jenkin¬ town and Ambler—Fire Hydrant Cost in the Several Towns.
For some time the qjiestion iimoiig the borough council and the taxjiayers of Ambler has been "Are we jiiiying too iniich lor eleclrie current and fil¬ ter ?" .X numlier of our residents iiiive been ill ^ position to answer these question..--, hut .so far as known have not eidlyhlened those who desire tho iiifiiririalion, especially borough coun¬ cil. I-rom time to time citizens have gone to the meetings of eomieil and have expressed themseUes with regard to the cliargos made by the Ambler Eleclrie Liglit, Ileal .^i .Vlotor company .and tile .-\iiiiil(.-r .Spring Water com¬ pany, 'riii.s was the condition at a rc- cem na-eiiui,' of Ambler council, whi'ii one of the liixpiiyers was present anl br.iii.nht up the i|iiestion of lights ' iis 10 the cost, etc., ill other boroughs, but
AMBLER,
The .<Uiibler Electric Light Heal anl Motor comjiany charges u flat rale of 12 cents jier kilowatt to jirivate con¬ sumers and a flat rale of eight cents per kilouatt lo the borough for street lighting. So discount ia allowed. The amount jiaid the ..Vmbler Electric Light, Heat ic .Motor comjiany by tho bor¬ ough was $1829.78 for street ligliting during tin- .scar 191i;, iht: monthly cost being iiK  follow .-J :
1915
January    $199.20.
lobruarv       176.80.
.March        152.88.
Ajiril       151.48.
May       134.48
HORSHil UPPER
122.40	
129.60	
.   146.00	
.   1,54.00	
.   113.84	
,    161.76	
.   lliO.SO	
en   into  consideration
iire   not   burning     all
nighl. The cost of fire- hydrants in Amblei-, accordin.g lo a 50-.vear coniract enter¬ ed into li,\ Anibler conneil and the Am¬ bier ,'^|ii-iii,n Water coinjiiiny on July 31, I.s::), is .-525 Jier .\ ear for 10 Jiliigs. bul .\mliiei' lioroiigli co.uncil, in its boiiii- lifnl geiierosily, has paid the Uiitcr company, without (lUcstion, .-iil'.'i for all the jiUigs e.>cceediiis la, and tlierc tne or   iiiori    uitiiln  tlie  bor-
June
July   	
August  	
September   ....
October    	
Xovember   	
December   	
It   must   b/'   Iil that   the   li.t;lns nigiit and  every
Miscellaneous  Items or Many Readers?
1916
$157..SI
143.,Si
93.61.1
94.56
88.'32
84.42
I8'i.00
172 80
198.40
223.20
231.2(1
161,60
wluii li-esi'lent Aculf, of couiK-il, ask- 1 now- som ed  for iiifiii-iiiati'in   with  regard  to  the : ""Sh.
cost of lighting tlie slieets in oilier j Aei-ordiiig to tlie figures furnished boroughs iind requestei] information ;is ''-V '¦^*^ "lliciiil at Souderton the follow - to whelliei- Amliler is jiaving more or '"S conijiariaion are interesting with less than ether lioroiigha for (-urrent I''•-'''''i''*-l t" ''"« ^"^^ ""^ street lights, the neces,sarv infoi matieii was noi j ^^ni'^'**'"' •'1'^ lights, burning jiart lime, given. ¦ ' $1.S29.7,S.      [.ansdale,   1"'i   lights,    bii.n-
Maintuiniii;; -ur policy of informing I "'« •'" "'>^''t ^""l ''^¦''''¦^' "ight, exce-.it- the taxjiavers on que.^tion3 of more j ms "" moonlight nights, .fluOO. Sou- than   ordinary   importance.     the   "Ga-   'l'-it..ii,  same seheduic as Lan.sdale,
belle" i.-j aide at this time to supply the iulorniation greatly needed by tax- Jiajers and  i-oiine-il.
-VOHTll    WALES,
.-Vt .\ortli Wales the current for atreel lights is furiiiahed by the Phil¬ adelphia Suburban Gas & Electric company and the water is also fur¬ nished by a corporation Uiiown as the North Wales Water comjiany. The street lights, burning all night and every nighl. cost the liorough $1.10 per montli per lamp of 60 candle power. To private consumers tiiere is a slid¬ ing scale of prices, as follows : Four, eight and 12 cents per kilowatt.
Fire hydrants cost the taxpayers $7.50 )ier year. The rate to jjiivate consumers for hydrant, bath, wash stand and closet is $17 per yeiir. The minimum meter rate is $12.
LANSDALE.
ideitMii, same seheduic as J.ansdale, in addiiien has ten 60U candle Jiowcr lanijis, $1409. West Conshohocken, all night and every night, $1200. These figures iire baaed on 100 lights, and the candle power of the lights in some of the boron.glis mentioned is not as liigh in Ambler as in some of tlie bor- I ough.s stated above. In fairness to the -Vmbler company it must be re- meiiiliered ihat the taxjiayers are gel- tiUL; more regular iind reliable .ser¬ vici' than iiuiy poasilily he had if the current is tranaported a distance. i„i,,hi„ During the last six months the local •""^'I'""*-' compiiny   registered   100   per   cent
Horsham  Fire Company Elect! —Heavy    Freight    Shipmeni«' Hallowell—Events of Interest ¦ rettown  and   Dresher.
Peter    Ulair   Umded   a   car iron at Dresher  this  week.
Mias   Ethel   Robinson,     of spent .Sunday in  i'"i-ankford.
Charles E. Frick came out to Hors¬ ham  Monday in  his new Saxon-alx.
Robert .McMullin, of Philadelphia, sjieiit .Sunday with hia jiiirentfl in IJresher.
E. C. McConnell, of Jarrettown, sjient Sunday with relatives at Hon¬ eybrook.
.\ew ties arc being cut on Mundock hill and hauled to the freight yard at liresher.
Lewis Starkey, of Langhorne, spent Sunday with Mr, and Mr.*. FVank l'"orKer at  Horsham,
• 1.   I'.  Smitli,    of   llorsham,    waa  in J'hilailejjihia on  Tuesday al  the  hear- ' iii.g  in   the,   Lancaster  case.
iHii-iiig the jiiist week A. D. Barnett, of  Dresher,   received  cars  of  pea and ! soft coal and a car of corn.       .
.Mrs. Thornt- ii Stackiiou.-ic, who haa : been ill at the K. G. E. home, Davla (Trove, is somewhat better. I Mr. Shoemaker, wlio owns a farm j iiciir Hiillowell, is ill with pneumonia lat ilis I'liihideljihia residence. ' Cliarles Palmer, of North WlUo^ j Grove, assisiant agent at Drcuhar sta- I tion, hiis been on the sick list. I Harold and Willard Lightkep, wlio. iire emjiloyed in i'hiladelphia, spent I .Sunday with tlieir jiarents in Jarr«t- I town.
On   Sunday    Mr.   and   Mrs.    Charli Rutherford,   of   Hallowell,   uiitartalao< i Misses ,Siidie and Pearl Foster, of Oak- ¦ ford, I'a.
i James Paimci-, of the K. G. K. faome, Diivis Grove, has been spending" aomci lime  with  his  granddaughter Inr Phtl-
I     On   Mondav     .Mr.  and  Mra.  Hotten-
service;  thiit is to say, the lights  welvi^if''/'^  [J"''',"thl:  }^-5^!"  ^X ^i"'
in   servic.-   during     all   the   time   ihey I ^^'^r  ^^l'',^ "
should  have  been     burning.    No  con- ! '^¦'m\,^T.[J:;:,i,o Potts, of Horsham, b.«
cessions have ever been made to th< I bol'i'Ugh for the frapchises accorded. I .Vt .lenkintown the borough hall and j both fire houses are lighted free, while lat Norristown the borough's supplv o ! water for fire plugs  is furnished  frei
It is lioped that in tiie future Anibler borough lathers will see to it that the taxjia.vers secure some concessions i whenert'i- any franchises are given oiu land no franchise should be grunted for il lou^fi-r period than 20 years.
Lansdale borough owns it.s own electric light plant and maintains more tlian 100 street li^t-t.,- which are i-iited as follows : 53 of 600 candle power kinijis at $60 jier yeiir, 53 of 100 can'Jle power lamps at $15 per year and three 200-caiidle   power     lanijis   at   $25     per
year. These amounts herein given are ,' Whitemarsh Increases Road Tax. the borough charges to itself. To pri- j The road sujiervisors of Whitemiirsh vale consumers the borough iilso has ! township have decided to raise tin a, sliding .scale, and current is sold at j road tux rate from four to five mills iioiii two to 12 cents per kilowatt, for the present year, in order to liipiid- wiih a discoiinl. which is also com- '¦ ate as miuii as pos.sible thi- exist- i iiled on a sliding scale, from 2~',o ing debt ol about $6000. In order to iin- cent, lo 50 per cent, reduction. It ; aecomjilisli this it is suggested that must be understood by the reader th it   Uie   board   set   aside   for   this   purposi
been spending some time with h«r uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. ^VanlE I'otls,  of Jarrettown.
Miss Florence McCormick, who tii employed at Ambler, upent Sunda;^ in Dresher with her j>arciits, Mr. and Mrs.   .lohn   .McCormiclt.
Everett Hutherford, of HartflviUe, hiis rt-nted of Mrs. William Satterth¬ waite, Sr., her house at Hallowell and will  move  therein  about Feb.  1.
Jonathan .Stackhouse, of llallowell, hiis been hauling 24 tons of manura from the cars at Hatboro to hia farm. With six tine horses he is abla to haul   six   tons  to eacli  load.
Miistand Urolhcrs have finighad tha slate roofing on D. W. .Sill's navv housel at Horshain. The gutters hav© also been finished about Ihe roola, John Forkor,   of   North   Glcisidc,   bas   com-
ihe  above    discount where        12   cents
-harged. However, there is a discount allowed to power users amounting lo trom   20  to  25  ;'er  cent.- -"?'=^ "j
allowed     onlv I the  funds  resultin.g  from   the  one kilowatt       is I increiise in the rate.
invested  in  the Liinsdale  el    "^ plant   is   $89,087.38.      Seven  '" year is  (luirged   off During    the   iirest 1   (i2.9  per  ce
It   was     at   lirst   rejioi ted     that   the! towiishiii's  road si-ranei-. vvas destroyeil ;
bii-n, '
per
Bridge Bids Rejected.
The county commissioners have re¬ jected all the bids received for the building of the proposed new concrete bridge over the Schuylkill ciinal ivt Mont Clare, adjacent to the eastern end of the new Phoenix bridge.
The bidders all asked over $17,uiJ0, this being conslderabl.. over what liad been estimated as the cost of the work.
With a view of bringing the cost price within the range of the esti¬ mates, the commisaloners have niaHo some modifications In the plans for the structure, and on these modified .•spec¬ ifications, bids will now be aaked.
NORTH   WALES.
John Rorer, who has been confined to his home with illness, ia improving and expect to go to hia store in a day or two.
Rev, Mr. Hahl, a senior in the Re¬ formed seminaiT at Lancaster, preach¬ ed a trial sermon in St. Luke'a church on  Sunday morning and evening.
The flrst of the high school course of 10 entertainments will take place in Amusement hall tonight w.ith the Bland—Hippie Orchestra troop, of Bos¬ ton, Mass.
John Keller, the aged veteran of Doylestown lodge, was Interred at the Doylestown cemetery on Sunday after¬ noon. Funeral services were held here at the residence of his daughter, on Third street, with whom he had resid¬ ed for a year or more. He was the last charter member of his lodge, and also a veteran official in tho Lutheran church in the same place.
The Boys' club f the Episcopal church gave a minstrel entertainment on Wedneaday evening for the benefit of ita  ball  team.
Would-Be Divorcee Lived at Barren Hill,
Residents of Barren Hill and vitin- ity ai^e interested in the allegation that Mra. Lafayette Lentz, Jr., a prom¬ inent Philadelpliia society woman iind the wife of a wealthy coal operator, has gone to Reno, Nev,, for the pur¬ pose of aecuiing a divorce.
Mrs. Lentz is the daughter of Hev, Joseph F. Hartman, who for many years was the jjastor of St. Peter's Lutheran church. She was, for a linu identified with the parish work.
aiette" re- prc.-ientiitive (hat-¦ -n : ,-iu ia jiroduced at the switch boani l'')i- $.01556 per liilowatt, and when the new machiii- ery of tlie latest type is iiiHtalled, jire- l)a:atinris for whicii are now underwa.\-. be pioinises that this cost will be re¬ duced  to one cent jjcr kilowatt.
The   water   comjiiiny   in   Lansdale   is
tendance in a
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j-Miss -Miirian  10. ifoeiitiier, jiresided.
' The meetin.g was ojiened by th'; reading of the (-olk'<-t by the cluii. Tile secretary. Irs. Anna ,1. Thompson, lead   the   minutes  of  tlie  two   previous
il  privately owned corporation, and  the |||i,.etings.
len al oi' fire hydrants is $7.;"iO perl j,, response to a call from the presi- year. Hwelling houses and factories j dent for rejiorts from committees il are snjiplied at the rate of $7 for the , (..ji... announced that the civic eoinmit- first 1000 cubic feet iind $2 for each \ tt-e will hold a meeting at Loller hall additional 1000 cubic feet. The aver-| Monday afternoon. The Chautauijua age cost to a home where there are committee will meet at the home of conveniences installed is a'-out $11  per | .^[l¦.s.  \v. s. Buckman, Monday evening
ill 8 o'clock, to talk over jilaiis for tiic next Chautaiujua. The committee on Red Cross stamps could give uo defin¬ ite report aa yet. The cliairman of the reserve committee announced that they hild lociited it very needy and deserv¬ ing family, to whom they had given credit for $12 at one of the Hatboro grocery stores.
Misses Helen Craven and .Mildred Walton gave a piano duet. Mendels¬ sohn's ".Sjiring Song," whicii was very much enje.ved, and the.v resjionded with ill! encore of "Eclioes of the Ball."
As tlie Jirogram for the day was rather long there was little time given to the reports of those who attended the meetings of other clubs.
The program for the day was "Rob¬ ert Louis Stevenson." Mr.=. Anna AI. Hallowell road a splendid paper on ills life. In one part slie drew a sjilen¬ did picture of his character.
Ifrs. Charlotte S. Twining had ii tine pajier on .Stevenson's jirose, and brought out his wonderful "fiiith in iiiiture, man, and God; and with ;ill ills illness his jiower to keep uj) imoerfui smil was onr most lesson from  .Stevenson
Bost a Collector, Mr. Lowske, of Lansdale, had a warrant swoni out before 'Squire E.g- bert, of Norristown, charging Peter Perko, and his wife Adel, of Linfleld, with assault and battery. The plain¬ tiff claims that upon his going to their residence, and endeavoring to collect a debt, the defendants, administered ii, severe beating to him.
BLUE   BELL.
Mrs. Etti* Hoover has returncil from Eureka, where she spent a week with her daughter, Mrs. A. A. Nash.
John Cleeland and family, of >J"'< Lane, visited Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Cleeland on Saturday.
Miss Evelyn Ross has returned to Joseph Shoemaker's after having spent some time at M^. Airy.
Miss Ida Shaeff spent the holidays witft AValter Shaeff and family,
Mrs. Warren Fleck called on the Misses Miller In Ambler last Wednes¬ day.
Mrs. Han-y Sholler. of Marlborough, Mass., has been visiting relatives in thia  vicinity.
Grayson Johnson, of Wyncote, spent the week-end with Edwin Stajiles.
Lansdale Gunners Fail.
On Saturday at Weat Chester the Lanadalo Gun club, in a league race, loat 410 to 432. P. F. Pfleger hroke 44 targets.
The Highland Gun club, of Edge Hill, defeated Meadow Springs by juat one target—462 to 461.
year.
aOVDEHTOS.
Souderton borough buys current fiom the Excelsior Electric Liglit comjiany at Sellersville. It was learned th.it this company jiui'chases its current from the Lehigh Valley Transit com¬ pany and resells It to the borough of Spuderton. The current is transported a distance of three miles and is sold to the borough for four cents a kilo¬ watt. The borough has at present, according to one of the olflcials, about 10 lamjis, cacli of 600 ciiiidle jiower, o.i the Main streets, and aboul 90 or 100 of 60 candlepower Uimjis placed throughout the town. During the yeiir 1916 the borough paid about $1400 lor its street lamps, which burned all night and every night. The borough has an employe to look after the elec¬ trical work, and he also repairs iin;l Installa system in priviite homes and factories. The i.orough, iis stated, re- sella the current lo jirivate consumers at 12 cents a kilowatt with a sliding scale to a jirice as low as si.x cents a kilowatt.
JENKINTOWN.
The liglii rates in Jenkintown are the same as at North Wales, tlie one company furnishing current for both places. However, Jenkintown uses 100 candle power and 60 candle power lamps for street lighting, for whicii the borough pays $24 and $19 per year respectively.
The Moreland 'Wiiter comiiiiny fur¬ nishes water for Jenkintown. The bor¬ ough has been jiaying $15 per year for flre hydrants until recently, and for each fire ii\ drants now installed the town must pay $20. Private consumers are charged $3 for every 1000 cubic feet of Wiiter used, according to the bills renderd bv the water company.
.XORRISTOWN. The Counties Gas & Electric com¬ pany at Norristown furnishes current for many small towns, some,of which are located quite a distance from Nor¬ ristown. At Collegevirie and West Conshohocken the comjiany furnishes light for street purposes at the flat rate of $12 per year jicr lamji to burn all night and every night. Tho lamps are the equivalent of 32 candle power. The rate is somewhat higher where a pole tiix is inijiosed. Private consum¬ ers are charged 10 cents per kilowatt i for tho first 200 kilowatt hours after- warda the jiriee is on -a sliding scale, Norristown la supplied with water by the Norristown Insurance and Water company. All fire houses and flre hy¬ drants in the borough are furnished free. The borough provides, Installs and maintaJna the hydrant and pays nothing for the water supplied thereto.
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w-^iw™«_,-,^-j,.~.i?,Ap'iti*S;,' .id «'v©yik..:-i;-.j.thft,t^--, g of theT7^.1lt-^'5,i   ,„j   Tue:--cn<.\    ;, .'i^ .t" 'cr«I.oal iist   ^atiii-   (.xamimition  of the  roai). ill. the Hilt- 1     Isaac   Wireinan,   a   former   resident of   the   Krank   Crocket   pruperiy,  Hor¬ sham,   died   at   Worcester   on   Thurs¬ diiy iiged 77 .vears.    The remains wen» buried Jtit    the    Worcester    Mennonlt^ cburi-li   ou   Miinday.     His   wife,   Mar¬ garet C, sister of Mrs. Crocket,  alona survives.
At I'rank Palmer's llorsham abattoir on Tuesday two flne piga, weighing 610 pounds, were killed and dressed tof Owen Hiillowell, of Warminater. Twir line porkers, weighing 600 poundi^ from George Nice, of Willow Grove. were killed, and Hiirry Kates brought to the place live other carcases which he had killed and dressed at home.
On Monday at Hatboro cemetery were buried the remains of the latei Theodore Allen, of near Prospectvilie, who died Friday morning, aged 69 years. The following sons and daugh¬ ters survive: Walter V., of Hallowell; Clarence, of Prospectvilie, and How¬ ard, of near Horsham; Irene, who la Jirincipal of the Penn Blair school ot Horshain township, imd Mabel, who Is ¦at  home.
At the Hallowell trolley freight ata¬ tion last Thursday morning a special freight car was loaded with produce, and more than 15 tons of potatoes alone were sent to the Philadelphia; miirkets. Shipments were vei-y hea-vy all last week except Saturday. On Monday 11 tons of fright wero shipped, oni' lon of whicii was wiieat sold by Jonathan ,Stackliousc to Jeremiah Webster at Ogontz.
On    Monday   afternoon    ilie   funeral Wiis held at llorsham of Emma, -wife oC I'Yederick Gensel,  who died on Thurs- hclj'iful j ''"y  'n  Philadelphia after a short  ill¬ ness.    Services  were  held at her latei
.Uiss  .Marguerite   Hallowell   prepar'.1 !'"^si'lPnco  '"'d  interment  was made in il   line   Jiaper   on     Stevenson's  poetry; [ ^''¦¦:""'"'''''^'''    cemetery.     Philadelphia.
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but  iis   slie  could   not   be   present,   MissI Sara Goentner read  the  pajier.
Selections from , .Stevenson's works were read by .Miss Eliz.'ibeih ,T. Ver¬ kes who gave "Will of the Mill Miss Eleanor D. Worthington, who read "Summer Sun," "Night and Day," "Block City," "Winter Time," "Escape at Bed Time," "The Land of Nod," "Young Night Thoughts," "Bed in .Summer."
Mrs. G. Glenn iiccompanied the solo¬ ist of the day. Miss Eva Quirk, In a charming solo and an encore, "Darlc Brown Is the River," from Stevenson's works, with music hy E. Nevin.
Spring Mill Man Secures License. Reuben S. Kiljiatrick, of Spring Mill, and Elizabeth D. Bond, of 114 Carson street, Philadelphia, secured ii mar¬ riage license In Philiidelphia on .Mon¬ day.
Will Insure Against Motorcar Thefts. The .Montgomery Union Horse com¬ pany is offering to Insure automobiles a.gain.?t theft. The company has In¬ sured against horse theft since 1827. At a recent meeting of tho comjiany a resolution was adopted appointing a committee to arrange for tho auto¬ mobile Insuransce, At tho annual meeting these offlcers were elected : Ellwood Hoot, president; B, P. Danne¬ hower, secretary; :^jTon M, Fleck, treasurer.
iesides her husband, she leaves two sons, Fred, and Edward, and two diiiiKhtcrs, Mrs. Emma Blythe and Alinnii, all of whom reside in Hors- and ] ''•'-'"' where the family i-emoved somq years ago from Philadelphia.
The Horaham Fire company on Mon¬ day  evening  elected   tho follo\«rlng of¬ flcers :     President,   William  J.  Tyson;! vice   president,      Charles     Stackhous;! secretary,   William   Satterthwaite,  Sr.;i treasurer,   ,r.   W.   Freaa;    chief,   Jerryl Kelly; first assistant chief, Fred. Nash; second  assistant chief, Clarence Geat¬ rell;     trustee,     Charles    "W.   Wlllard;' house   committee,   J.   Kelly,     Ohalkleyj Stackhous,  Samuel  Gwyther;   commit¬ tee  on   ontertainnieiit.   Clarence  Geat¬ rell,   Howard   Comly,   James   McMullin) and I'rcd. Nash.     The net proceeds of tho   recent   bazaar   and    sujiper   werei $266.6:1.     Arrangements  wero made  to I finance   the  cost  of  the  Improvements I to the motor iipparatus, and with char- ! iicleristic promptness one of tha mem¬ bers offered   the  necessar.v funds at i^i very  low  rate  of  interest.     This  spirit! of  111 Ipfnlnes.s    is  much     appreciated. The   motor   apparatus   is   now   In   thei shoji   of  ,T.   1.1.   Rush   .t   Son,   and   thei equlpiiieiit   tanks,     hose,   basket,   etc., are  all   re.ady   to  be  juit  on  when   the other work  on  the body Is  completed. A   resolution     of   sympathy   to     Fred. Gen.' '1,   .Sr..   was  extended   in   view ofl the licath of Mrs. GenseL
(continueo on i>age 8).