The Ambler Gazette 19160113

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'VOL,  XXXl\'.-NO.   a
AMBLKR.   PxV..  .lAXU.VRY   13.   IDKJ.
.«1.2.5   A   YKAR
COLD POINT   ' AND PLYMOUTH,
GOOD YEAR FOR IMAY LIMIT AMBLER BANK,
Happenings of Local Interest to Oar j President Craji's Report at Stock- Readers, holders' Meeting.
OUTSIDE PUPILS.
Ambler S.hoois to Give Preference to Borough.
F'lymouth   Church  Activities—Rev.   Mr.
Tupper   Preaches    at    Cold    Point —
Events at Hickorytown and Har¬ mon ville—Miscellaneous.
Miss Virginia Cook, of Culd Point, is laid ui> with grip.
Howell Johnson, of Barr&n llill, spent fciaturdu.v in  Philadeljihia.
Mrs. William l-'ie, of Harmonville, lia.s been on tho siclt list with grip.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Prader, of JBarrea Hill, spent Sunday in Darby.
Miss Hettie Hoyer, afler sjiending a week in Churchville, lias returned to Barren Hill.
Jacob Gall, of Barren Hill, has been on a 'vis'it to Serville Kirkner's at Dougla.ssvilie.
Mr. and .Mrs. Samuel Ramsey, of Harmonville, spent Sunday afternoon In  Roxborough.
Mrs. Albert D. Bartholomew, of Har¬ monville, who has beciii (juite ill with grij). Is r-onvalecent.
Measles are a veritable epidemic among the Plymouth Meeting .and Hickorytown  children.'
Kviin -Vla.Kwell. of Pljmouth, has pur¬ chiised the .Sinclair estate milli route and is conducting sapie.
Harry Cressman, of Cedar Grove, recently sold a line five-weeks-old calf wiiich weighed   LIS  pounds.
Miss Gertrude Myers, of Harmon¬ ville, spent Sunday with her uncle, Elmer  ifyers,  at  Bridgeport,
.Mis.s Coojier, of Morristown, X. .T., has been the guest of Mr. and Jlrs. A. G. Carver, at Barrf^n Hill.
Mr. and Mrs-. Walter Hansell, of Barren Hill, spent Sunday with the former's jiarents itt L.afiiyeite stiitinn.
Frank. Lewis .nnd Hyles ILigy, of Cold Point, visited the iiutomobile show In Philadeljihi.a Saturday evening.
Mrs. Mary Johnson has returned to Barren Hill after spending sever.al "weeks  with  her sister at Washington,
D. C.
Tho Sewing circle of Cold Point grange met Tiiesda.y afternoon nt tlio home of Mrs. Orlando Re\-, Hickory¬ town lane.
Mr. and Mrs. Ellwood Zlegler, of Norristown. spent Sunday with their daughter, Mr.s. Frank Steiner, Maple Hill avenue.
John IT. Slingluff and wife, of Con¬ shohocken, spent Sunday afternoon iwith their mother, Mrs. E. H. Chick, nt Plymouth  Meeting.
Many auto license tags have beyn passing through the Plymouth Meet¬ ing and the Lafayette Hill postoffices during the past  tfew weeks.
Mr.s. Casper Slinglufr. who ha.=i been visiting her son, Charles, in Bridge¬ port, has returned to tho residence of Stimuel Ramsey,  in  Ilfirmonville,
Brinch Minerts, of Barren Hill, has reurned to Paris, Ky., to complete the contract for a hirge order of shrub- hery being supplied by the Andorra niir.series.
Misses Clara ami Ella Core.v. ot Port Indiiin; .spent Saturday and Sun¬ diiy wltb Mrs. Elwood Cressman • at Harmonx'ille.^ ,—^  -
Mi.«t3*-~a('lie Forri.' of (Conshohocken. were m.arried T'rlda,\- in RIklon. M'l. Mr. Brogan is exim operator on th'^ Reading  railroad.
Mani- Barren Hill residents last week enjoyed the skating on the old Chest¬ nut Hill jiiirk I.Tke. Weslev Diiimoiid was one of the nnfortuniite skiiters to bre.ak tlirourrh  and  get  a  ducking.
Matthew Ruchaii.'in, ol' liar'-en Tlill. ¦who snent 10 weeks In Ihe Chestnut Hill hopittil. wns able fur sever.-il dav.s last week tn visit his ilni'<;hlcr. Mrs. Ravmond  Sylvester,   in  Phil.adelnhiii.
Charles .X'elson of Culd Point, hn--- recovei-ed from hi." recent illness and has consented to take b.nek his I'urmor position MS forem.an of. the repair rang on the Xurcissa section of the Tmnton Cut-off.
Mr. ond Jlrs. Forrest T'mvlin.sl of Norristown. were guests Siiiiil.ay nf the latter's fin rents, Mr. .nnd Mrs. .Tames Cunningbnm, Plyinouth Meet¬ ing. Mrs. Rawlins, -.who has been ill. is recovering.
Miss Gertrude M.vfi-s, <,f K.nrr's lnne, HarmoiiviHe, -(vho injured her right hand in .a fall on the. Ice. has recovered Rufiiclentlv to retiirn to school .al¬ though still unable to use the member In  writ ing.
Mrs. M. E. Marls, nf West Philadel¬ jihia, .nnd Mrs, Tdn Slingluff, of Con¬ shohocken. spent Wednesdav in Plv¬ mouth with their mother, Mrs. E. Tl. Chick, who has heen seriously ill, but who  Is  now  slowly   Improving.
Pierson Crouthamel, of Plymouth Park, charged by Health Officer Chas.
E. White with violating the Norris¬ iown reguliiions a=i to the g.athering of garb.age, on Iieing arraigned before- Burgess Saul, wa.s adjudged guilty and subjected to a penalty of $7.50.
The Plymouth school bo.ard met ."^iiturday arternoon and considered the erection of shedding at the Plymonth Con.solid.afed school for fhe ,accomm;i- dation of teams, as tlie auditorium is In frequent demand for evening enler¬ lainments, etc.
Rev. Mr. Tupper, of Wlikinshur.g, Pa., near Pittsburgh, preiiched in Cold Point Baptist church Sunday, and both of his excellent sermons were Hs- lended to by a l.arga audience. His leaching in the Sunday school was also of high order, and the congrega¬ tion generally was very much pleased with the speaker, tind the hope is ex¬ pressed that he is a candidate for the jiiilpit.
William Moser, siiperintendont of Conshohocken Lutheran Sunday sidiool, visited tho Plymouth United Evang. church on Sunday afternoon ayd taught the men's Bible class, whieh had one of is largest turn-outs in its history. In the evening band No, 1, <if Calvary church, Norristown, com¬ prising five men, conducted the ser¬ vice.s. 20 friends aiso visited from the county seat. Rev. Mr. Musselman, pastor, was jirenchlng at Worcester.
In her will, just probated, Caroline A. Engle, late of Whitemarsh, gives $200 to the Guarantee Trnst and" Safe Deposit company to hold in trust and use the income to keep in order the family burial plot in St. Peter's Luth¬ eran cemetery at Barren ITill. The residue is given to a son, Alva C. Engle, who is also named as executor. In a cocidil the bequest of the $200 to the Trust Company is revoked and the sum directed to be paid to the church council of St. Peter".? Lutheran church .-at Barren Hill t        -•
(Coptlnued on pare t.)
Reviews Banking and Monetary Con¬ ditions—Fine Earnings Report—Se¬ curity of Holdings—Board of Direc¬ tors  Re-elected.
At   the    iinnual    meeting,    Tuesday
m6rnlng,   of   tho     stockholders   of   the
Kirst  Xationiii     Lank   of  Ambler,   Lir.
Norton Downs acted as chairman, ami
the  foilctwing   board   of  direcLora  was
re-elected.    Dr. Howns, of Three Tuns;
Lienjamin     F.    Penrose,     of    Ogontz;
Mames  A.  Conen.s,  of Davis  Grove;   E,
C.  Shoemaker, of Jarrettown;  John A.
VVemz,  (if   L'ort   VVashington;   Ambrose
; Veakle,  of  l-'lourtuwii:     Rdwiird  liiger-
Isoll. of Springhouse;  ,T.  V\'alsoii  Craft,
JOHN MC CLEAN LAID AT REST
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Remains Interred Monday in Rose; s; Hill Cemetery.
Question Will Be Up When Limit to Death Resulted Suddenly on Friday Present Capacity Is Reached, But While He vi^as in the Midst of His Equipment Is Yet Able to Accommo- Daily Activities—Sketch of His Busy date  Recent Applications. |     Life—Samuel   Whitcomb  Deceased,
"the   .Vmbler   school   board   may   be       't'he  reinains   uf  lhe     late  John   Mc- obliged to luiiil the number ol! oulside- iCleuii were Interred .Mond.ay al'Lernuon, of-lUc-borough   pujiils,"     said  Director | with  imjiressive  services,  in   Uoise  Hill i .\laas  at   the  regular  monlhly   nicclin^i  Ceiriclciy,   the   Patriotic  Order  Sons  of liist  Tliursday  evening,   "in' urder,"  he America and  Agiiwan  tribe,  2711,, 1.  O, iconiinucd, "to properjy and adei|iiiilely  R-  .M.,  conducting  the     final  rcciuiem. I |)jrovitle I'aciliLies for ijujiiis from with-i^eii ices,  ift  charge  of  Rev,  George .1.1 in lhe boruugh." {.^-'I'L-t,    of  "the    Amlder    Presbyterian |
I Tlie ijuesiion came iiji as a result li^hiii.-M, conducted serv'ih^n at'the Late j I of I'rincipal l-'lsher's rejiort, wherein I residence of file deciiised, 115-'Nurtli| lhe stated  that   the  board, al tho cimi-' Riii.;c iivenue, .^Vmbler, the fiirtejrai be-
 |iiieiu-einent   uf   tiie   year  had   provided i in.^ .ari^ely attended, ¦'
I Edwin H.'liuist, Alexander Knight anii I'or but SO pujiils from ilie outside, but I     -Mr.   .McClean,   who   wius   in /the  68tli | J. M. Haywood, of Ambler. jnow is acconimudaling more t+tan 100—;yc-iir    of his age,    died    suddfeiily    of;
President  J.  Watson  Craft  rend  tho : "'t  lieing in  the high school and Sl) In jlil'oilcxy    Friday morning    uIljUI S.30. i following letter to the Stoi-kholders:        j Uic   grades.      'l*lie   question      was   dis-i,,Wlii:c   performing   liis   usual   vijt-atioii.i. |
Ambler,   Pa., ,Ianuary llth,  1916. To the  StiK.khulders uf Th(>   l-'irst Xa- tiunal   lliiiik  uf  Amliler,   Pa. This Bank  is now  launching out on its  153rd  business year.    In submitting its  last  tinnuiil  statement,   1   desire  to cull your attention to some ti.gures per¬ taining to it, also show that the bank's business record has been one of stead.v gain,,     nolwifhstanding    the     notable change   in   the  national   b.-inkin,g  laws, namely,  laws  authorized  by  the feder¬ al  reserve sict  whlcli became effective November lilth,, Ifll4.    By-  this act  the, j legal reserves    nf the national    banks I were   reduceil,   thus   making   available I many millions of doll.nrs for the expan- I sioii of Ii.-inking credits.
AI this Iiiink your board of directors I assisted li.v its finance committee, hiis j found . profitaliie employment for this extra money, hence our exjianslon has .lieen most gratifying. Th(. large in- Icre.-ise in exports and ciiriailment of j imports results in ii large influx of gold land nonsennent accumulation nf addi- , tional l.-irge deposits in the banks of I this countr.y.
The effect    of these    conditions    has I been   fo   reduce   the   earnings   in   some
CENTRE   SQUARE.
("cTii-tlninli. .Vluri'is i.-- un n liusiness trip to VVellsljurg, \V. \'a., Cleveland, (•hiu.   and   I'iusfiiirgli,   Pa.
Jlr. imd .Mrs. .Vrm:iiid Lierkheimer, of IMiiladelphia, sjienl Sunday visiliiiK ,lohii   lierkheimer iind  farnily.
Mr. nnd .VIrs. William 13. Ilernharil Siiturday evening celebrated the -IOth anniversniy of their wedilint,'-. Th(> event uiis ailended b'- .Ml', and Mrs. Hernhard's children and  grnndclilldren.
Ur. E. A. Rile, assisted by Charles .Morris, on Mondny, made some rejiiiirs to the cupola .ni lijs stable.
The Ski|i|i;ick pike iind the State rond nre in such wretclied condition thai tliey have become almost unfit for travel, (in the Stale road, almost oji¬ posite Blattner's place, thero is a ruL in the bed of the road about 12 inches deep and severiil hundred feet In length. .Nor is this all. There are many deeji holes in the centre of the rond that unless care is taken a driver is liable to lireak the a.xle of his ve¬ hicle, l^ust fall an attempt was made to repair the ."State rond but all Ihat vvas done wns to clean out the gutters along the side of fhe road and then cover with a tup dressing of fine stone, : which  long since  has,  in  many  T>lac(: s, I
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cussed,   and   it and yet  alile   to
decided   that   Lho Ipeiuii came   without  premonition,  and stanlaneo tccomiuodate  ali   bor- IJ., Deceased   was   born   on   what   is  now i
facilities and eiiuijiiiieiit uf the schools i|viis iiistanlaneoun.
iLH- i ei, aoie tu u( coiiiiuu,,itiie .in uui - j^, »'^ . ciL.-^cu ,»t<s w/tii "ii ,. iim ,;-, ji.ii, i uugii demands and also tho.se aiijjli- ij''nlland farm, occupie.l by -JlicliaL-d | cations from the ncigiiliorin.g districts, l^"iiii.v, Horsliam township, iiefcr 'I'lircej lint fhiit tho limit of present cajiacity j^Tiiiis and was the .son of the late Wil- I will bo reached, as il h;is been in sum.; ili:iin McClean and .I^liznl.ielh Jeanette. i of the local districts—Ciieltenham, foi;-ijtV lu-uiher, Charles 11,. nnd a sister, ] example. i'?^l.o '.  wife of Geor.ge Lukeps,'deceas- |
Tlie meeting was jiresided uver ii.vlf-l. nf ProspeGtville. survive.,'Carrie, . I'resident .Styer, and Messrs. AVeber, jflccused wife oF James Harrar, of near j .Mans and  Gillin  were  In iittendiiuce.      feiillowell, Is another sisier.    Later the
Principal Fisher stated that it isjaliiniily moved to the jiresent residence. | desired this cohiin.g year to try an- jitif Charles H, McClean, iieiir Prospect-: other   iilan   wiih   regard   to   the   school j^^'jlI". |
garden worlc. and lo duvelall the worlc jJ Tlio deceased ojierated the mill oni in the open with the instruction in tlio j.JVest Butler avenue, Anibler, for two j sc-huol riiom. i^^ears.    This enterprise  was called th
The improvement   i-unimittee report
lieen buried out of sight In the mud.
.Mr. and  Mrs. Enos Roberts, Jr.,  who i were   receiill.v   married,   have   returned I from  their   wedding  triji  and   an^   now ; residing  in  tVilliam  McCann's  iirojier- ty- I
Chief ICn.LViiiecr .loiin  llerl-.licinier, to- ¦ gellier ^^¦ith J.  I.  Vost  and several offi¬ cials  of  lhe  Centre  Square  Fire  coin-j     •>.!   nibw jiany tested the fire apparalus (in ^itt-jj^||'J]g|-[ \^
urday afteriioun "hnd at the same  time
HORSHAM AND UPPER DUBLIN.
Miscellaneous   Hems of^ Interest to iMany Readers, j^
Large   Freight   Shipments   at   Hallowell . .—Prevalent Sickness—Events at Jar¬ rettown  and   Dresher—Miscellaneous.
.Mrs. Williani Sill, of llorshiim, has been on lhe sicii list.
Rachel Whiteside, of llorshum, ha.s been  on  lho siclc list.
Ellwood Wheatland, of Horshain, who has been quite ill,  is inijirovin.g.
Jonathan Stackhouse, of Hallowell, has been laid ujj with a severe cold.
Mrs. Michael Dougherty ahd child, of Dresher, have belli been quite ill,
Benjamin Jarrcit, farmer of tho JC. G E. home property, Davis Grove, has been ill.
Miss S. L. Walton, of Horsham, made a business trip to Norrisiown on Tuosdii.v.
Roy Forker, who has been conlinetl to his bed itt his Horsharn hume, is im- jiroving.
Loretto Eugano, uf I >resher, has cut ilown tho tali uiiie trees in front of ilis iioine.
.Mr. iind Mrs. Hui-nce Gcatrcl/, off Horsham, have botii been under tho doctor's care.
w  call   mail   boxes    have   been the  equipment of the  Hors'-
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•Jiose Valley ihill.     Later.  Mr.  McClean
jfaimed tlie Mercer heme farm proper-
'ty for flve years, and  then moved  inlo
a portion  of the present  Pavid Knipe
resilience.     Two   years   la-ter,   in   1SS6.
he    moved    to    X'orth  Ridge    avenue.
wht'/e he resided llie remainder of iiis
life. '
111 1S81  the deceased  married  Eliza-
he\i\  Hirst,  of  Germantown,  who sur-
4'i\'es. as does  a son  Frank,  who also
fp^ides  in  Amlder.    Mr.   McCiean  was
ia member of Ihe Patriotic Order Sons
'ht  .Vmericit   and   of   Hendricks   castle.
JN'o, 117, A. O. K. of M. C, and was a
ed   having   li:id   tested   the   cables   and pulleys on  the liftin.g Joors.
-Vlr. Gillin, of the buHget committee,^ rejiorted the several balances as fnl-" I lows: Snlnries, .«fi68;Lii.'); imjirovements ;iind reiiairs, ,i;."ili.2l: li.ght and fuel, |?l'.M,l(l; miscellaneous, $2SI,40. The 'siipjier item is overdrawn .'SStO.fi.i; com- mission.s, etc.. .<;18.ti7, and the sinking jftind item is satisfled. I Treasurer l-'nust reported as follows: I banks, more particularly in l.arge cities, ¦ Balance at last report, $1067.7-".: Whit- ibnt the earnin.gs, number of depositors, [pnin, $riS,S.61t: Lower Gwvnedd, $284.58; iloan.s, amount of deiioslt.s, savings and j Siiringfield,   ,St3.43:    Whiteniarsh.   .$94.-
i Christmas club accounts of your bank. |Sfi; rpper Dublin, $.126.77; private tul-E-liarter member of Agawan tribe, X'n. I all hiive increased and .show handsoma ,iun. $14..'iS: Interest. $lS,.'i8: orders 279. I. O. R. M. He served fur several gain.".     The  present  number of depos- mrnnted.  $is;!9.1n;   balance  $3.595.0.1. l^rars as a director of thp Wissahickon
ifors is .1,!;3.1, being an increa.se overt .^^ addition nf 10 pupils, with sev- f iuildin^, & Loan association, and was last year of 471. A comparison of fig- p,..,] others eligible, has resulted from;* memttier of Ambler borough cniincil ures covering the span of the last flve ' the discharge frnm lncal factnries of l|Fle waS also street commissioner of the years shows that onr gross earnings ichlldren between the ages of 14 and 16 ' have increased about 2."^ per cent, and   yp^rs
our deposits which now stand at $8,'iO.-   '   'ry^^p ..,(,,to li.ibilitv insurance item of 000 show the remarkalile increase of 40 i$i7.2f; was a proved,  the premiiini  hav- per cent.    Our savings accounts havciintr been paid between board meetings proven to he the best form of interest |    xhe bearing accounts. naid-
The  Chnstmas  clnb.  now  well  tried | p,pf.i,.ip    (•„      ^a  cents:     L.   C.  Allen, out during the year, has proven a moat ! $, 7 r.O;   Keystone  Telephone  Co..  $2.6.1; ,
R. ('. Roberts. $2.5.20: G. M. Deck & ' .'<:iiiii.ie!;., X. Whitcomb, a life-long Co.. $16,0;:: C, E. Ridgwav and Son, p'''sidetU -Of Ambler, died Saturday *2!I6:   J.   M.   Fisher.  $2.14T Keasbey  ,ife !inornir% at «  in  the Presbyterian  hos
porough for several years. The detseased  was one    of  the bor-
bugh'a      most     responsible      citizens.
Hard-w^klng and   thorough-going,  he
Vilw the highest tyjie of rugged hon- foHowing bills were ordered ifiify i|ml integrifv. and in the borough Philadelphia  Suburban   Gas'& | ^("i^\il!,'njost useful citizen.
'SAMUEL N.  WH'TCOMI?,
the new starter, which is operated through the air cnmjiression syste.ii, was also tested and found to work sat¬ isfactorily.
Mrs. Horace C. Woods has been re¬ moved to her home from Charity hos¬ jiital, where she had lieen a jiiitieiit f ir i several weeks for treatment for an in¬ jur.v sustained from a fall from a cliaii- on which she was standin.g. It in some m.anner lirnkc, nnd a jiiece of the wool pierced the liesh to such .an extent as to render it necessar.v for-her to ,go Jo the hospital.    .She Is nnw convalesi-ent.
Miss Kathi-iiip Roberts, one of the teachers r\i tlie Whilemarsh schools, has resigned itnd has accented a simi¬ lar position in tJie Cheltenhnm district, Klkins Park, for the remainder of the term.
]\frs. W. K. Baker is suffering with an attack of griji.
"Clifford   Bernhard    has purchased    a. new Overland  touring car.
The .Sewing circle met at Mrs. Oliver .Stannard's on Thursda.v.
Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Spare, of Nor¬ ristown. visited Mr. and Mrs. William .A.   Himsberger.
Misses Edna and Alice MOyer spent Sundav with Mr. and Mrs. Willania S>nherd.
Miss :M. Miller is spending some time with  Klmer  Ochlert's  famil.v.
Mr. and  Mrs. Henry W. Sullivan, of
ham   j>ustoHi(-(>.
I An audit of tile treasurer's books olT I the Horsham Fire company was-mado I Tuesday fU'ternoon.
ITjjper Dublin townshij} expended re- Icently less than $.100 in opening its Isiiow  lilocke.J   r.iads.
Samuel Dudbriilgc. uf Carneys Point, X. ,T., sjient the week-end witli his famliy   in   Horsham.
Mrs. G. Thompson Fills, nf f.ucking- has. sjient Thursdav with Mr. and Mra. George Sill, nf Horshanv
The infnnt son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mitch, of Dresher, has been very ill with  congestion, of the  lun^s.
,Ios"jih Wood, Jr.. on llis Horsham farm." is having a quantity of split nil and post fence (-oiisti-iu-fed.
Siil iny 'I'omllnsnn, of Horshiim, han bun dl for a long fimi^ h.aving had .several  ailments   in   succession.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ricdi, oif near Bali.vlun. sjipiit Snnday with T. FranK Stackhouse and famil.v at Kintners¬ ville.
Ravmond Tyson has returned to his Horshanl home after doing substitute work on the Reading railroad at Sprini? Mill station.
A marriage license was granted iu Philadelphia to Melville C. Buckman, of Horsham and Mary J. Mitcjiell, of Germantown.
F.  D.  Mewhinney.  of Camden,  spent
unique form of savings, both for Christmas use and redeposlt. Divi¬ dends paid 8 p«r cent. The increase in loans and discounts account is most marked, and our total resources,-1 hope, are soon destinfl^l to reach the million and .a quarter marie.
Respectfulb- submitted on' behalf of the board of directors.
_   ,.     ^.    T. AVATSOJSr*CFwSFT.
„^.,   ,  ,   ,.. ,    , .4.   I Saturdav   iit    his   farm    near    Dresher.
Philadelphia,   spent  .several  days   "'ithjj,j_^ fnriner, George Kaiser, has moved
r^r^'";    .,<    . ¦,- f.v,    fi Ito Hoojieston.
The Ladies  auxiliary of the fire CQni- |     (^p,,^^ Willinms. cf Logan, has mov- pany held its yearly meeting oii^T^^^ i,^,,,   ,,„,  William   Tysoh    Horshan>
terrace  prnjierty   formerly  occupied  io'
Mattisnn Co.. 60 cents: O. H. Stillwa- "on, $2.1 Ti; Remington Typewriter Co., $.5. ..       :
Allen's Foot-Ease for the Troops. i     .Man.v   wiir   zone   hosjiitals   hav^'or-. ... ¦4u-.';i-elV'A^rPn's ¦?'<nit:'9m0Si:*^»^'-'>^^'-^ 'i^aHh''' '11 powder  to  shalce  into  Vour  slides, ^or jtlj^;^..
If Mothers Only  Knew. Motlier   Cray's   Sweet     Powder^
for Children relievu Feverishness, "Head- ai-he, l:!iid Stom.Tch, Teethin,g Disor¬ ders, move and rcguiiife the Bowels and destroy worms. They break uji c-olds in 24 hours. Used by mothers for 28 years. All l)rn,ggists, 250. Sani-|^,",' jile Free. .-Vddress, Atother Gra>- Co. ' ' LeRoy. .V.  V. i:i Jan 4t
use among the troops, because it gtves rosi and cumfort to tired, aciiing, swoll¬ en   feet  nnd   makes   walking  eaey.     .\t
driiguists everywliere.
in.jnn-lt
NORTH   WALES.
First Suit  Under Practice Act.
the   lirst   suit   lo   be -tiled   in   Mont¬ gomery   county   under   tlic   new   prnc- aci was instituted  in the office of 1 T'rothonutar.\-  Drake last   week.
The action   is  one  in  assumpsit,  an.l
is   brought   by   I),   llettro   against   fJii-
imaro   and   Graziii ' Reilo,   of   Glensido.
ISiiil   is  brought  to  recover $350.13 al-
jlege-l to he due'nii a hook account
j^iial.  Philadelphia,  in   tlie  72d year of
Bis aga   ,      '
".The flecefised, who was born in .Tar-
ttu^vjitL was ttie sun of the late Mat- j»jCT\^hitcomb,    and     Hannah,     his
ie was i"iue of fcw-i children, Cyrene. wife of Jacob L. Nice, of llendiic-ks street, .Ambler, survives.
The fiitlicr uf the deceased .i'dieJ when the subject of this sketch w-as quite small iiiul his mother and Iier family resided with I'^liz.abeth Xash, in a property along the Chestnut Mill and Sprin.ii'hoiise turniiike. which -s now a part of the Lindenwold farms. The decease.1 learned the blacksmith trade, and w.-ts it most proficient work¬ man, havin.g various shops hereabouts at different times lie mairied .Alicp- Hallowell, of Bridgeport, and they had five  sons:     Matthew  and   Slerling.    of
dav at .Mrs. Miix Trlnkle's and the fol¬ lowing were elected otlicers for the ensiiini.' year: President. Mrs. B. Frank Famous: vice president, Mrs. Daxid ,1. Schwenk; secretary. Miss Lillian .T. TTalbersetadt; triisurer, Mrs. R. M. Rodenliangh.
Mi.s^ Elizabeth Cannon. of X'orris- tOi'"*?!. siient SHndaVvWlvll Mr., and Mrs. ,T. f.luincy Freas. -¦
A juijil nieetin.g of tiiP Miinfgomery count\- farm liureau, the Centre Square Cow "festing association and the Cen¬ tre Square Farmers' T'nion clnb will be held this Frida.v evening at 7.30 o'clock. An illustraiel lec-ture by Pi-o- fe.ssor 13orlan on "Ff-ediiig the Dairv Cow" will feature the nieetin.g. K\'Pi'y- body   welctime.
I'ntler  a  ^recent     act   of    .assemb!,\-. I Philadelphia:   Samuel,   of  Fort   Wash- framed   with     tho   idea  of    shortoning i Ino-ton;   Leiniard.   of  Philadelphia,   and
District Dejiuty Grand Chief Charles Anderman and siiil'E and a delegation of  Gilt   Kdge    castle,     Knights  uf   the
Golden LCagle. uu -Monday evening went I ^   ,      .       -,     ¦ .,    iim    „   ,r   \v.,ii>,-
insiTlled   flip  officers  "tigation.     or   at   least   reducing     the  -Allison,  of .Ambler.
stle for the ensulnci^'exiitious delays .so often Imnosed in | The deceased at one timo nwned the " tiisuin.L, .^^^ ^^^.^^^ ^^^^ affidavit of defcii.se must, property at Puff's Corner, east of Am- since Ihe flrst of Jiinuar.v. be filed with-I bier, but latterly he has resided in in 1.'^ days after the flliiv of the suit. Tlic issue is then framed and read.v for trial.    Tnder the old system dekiys
to   Lansdale
of     Lansdale
term. .
Architects Ralph Shaffenecker lias prejiared jiiuns :ind speciiications for a new factor.v building for the Asbeslos
L'ilicr and  Soiiining Co..    It  wiil  con-.       ,, ,     , ,     ^ , ,. ,    .
nect the two mnln buildings on the Elm ''ou'^' be interposed which would inter- nvenne front, two stories in height. If If^^, "-'th cases being placed on the will bo of Iirick, tbe st.vle to conform j |''ial ''st for a year or more. This new to  the  .Jiresent oflico    front.     Builder  '•''"' applies to trespass as well as as-
Abel Frv will have charge of the work, j «""iP«it ''^'^t'""'^-	
which  will he commonced at once. ; ....„,.
Theodore Hettriclf, a well known Horse Company Meets at Broad Axe. young man of Second street, who has | The Whitpain and Whitemarsh iieen sick witli inflammatory rheuma-j Horse company met Thursday at the tism ill addition has an absess on his Broad -Axe hotel. Abont 3.5 members hip aiid was taken to tho Methodist were present and enjoyed .a good din- hospital for treatment. The I'amily is|ner. TIio company sustained no losses Indeed sorely alHicted, the wife having 1 during the year. Following ara tho recently buried two of her father's ] officers: President, Wm. PI. Taggart; family. 1 vice president, Hoivace F. .Schlater;' sec-
¦ :    - ,-.;..„  retary,  Charles  Kehr;   treasurer,  S.  J.
Jones.
Williiim H. Hoyt.
Miss Marie Pennick. of Three Tun."?, one of the Bell Telejihone ojieiatora at -Ambler, •nent the week-end with lytis.s i Freas  in  Horsha.m.
i     Mr. nnd  Mrs.  William 'Rodemich an<t MiV and rMs. 'William , Tavlor,  of J.ar- reitdvtni.'' J'fl^'iTT'-y'ro-.da v fttk'.m^-f^i.'^iii^ Mr.  and   Mi's.   C,   ^V.  Wlllard at Hallo¬ well.
The Isr-A-stone Teleiihone company has dV-t'riliuted several new jioIes alon.g lhe Limekiln iiike north of Dresher tr> i-eolace worn-out and in-oken down equipment.
An   Italian   woman   on, the   .Sliuman pronertv,  east of Dresher,  died  recent¬ iv   fi-'-m   Jineumonia.     .Anntbei-   Italian, f-'rank   .Sparintrn,   was  removed  !:o   thf* ..Abington  hosjiital win- I     On  Tuesdav at Palmer's jiork nianu-
ifacturing plant. Hor.sham. six fine pigs, r*   ... ...  .. .rtA  .3. -,,.,..- I.Ill
GWYNEDD  VALLEY.
1-;. H.  Goodniiiii  is sjiending the ter at West Palm  Beach, Fla.
Albert L. Smitli and household have j weighing about 1400 jiounds were kill- gone  to the city.
Good skaiinp wns enjoyed here Siit iirda.v and Sunday.
Edward  Hoffman   Is ter an attaclc of grijx
ibont a.iiiiin  af-
wero
liree  for
Special revival services are being held in the Baptist churcii this week,
Tho funeral of Mrs. Margaret Gor¬ don took pliico from tho home of her sons, George and Walter, at the old homestead, on North Main street. In¬ terment was made at St. Peter's Luth¬ eran  cemetery.
A big force of linemen has been busy tho past week in repairing tho big'tangle of wires and poles along the Reading railrnad from tho tunnel to Pennbrook,
The postponed communion services of St Luke's Reformed church was held on Sundav morning. This congre¬ gation is agitating the matter nf secur¬ ing a Jiarsonage. „-,-,.. -r,
Mrs Edward EnglLsh, of East Pros¬ pect avenne. and a teacher in Lower Gwvnedd school, Is ill at her home.
Mrs Lutz, mother of onr townsmen, fioward lAitz. is being treated tor ill¬ ness in a Philadelphia hospital.
Tbe Reading Railroad Co. is Jire- jiaring for erection ol' two safety gates
nt  Main  street  nnd   :Montsomery ixve-ji„|i.frpi.  \vere  married nno and at Walnut street crossing.       | ham,     Kent,   England
Ambler, having been employed in a responsible position in the Cruse-Kem¬ per comp.anv's .Amhler jdant.
He has not been well for six years, waa a most patient sufferer and re.- fused to relinquish his duties even when In apparent sufferin!.'. During the week before Christmas his trouble took on an aggravated form and on the 26th he was removed to the hos¬ pital, bnt he w,as too weak to with¬ stand an oper,atlon
His body wns on view Tuesday even¬ ing nt the liome of his son, Allison, Ambler, and the funeral services were held there thi.j Wednesday afternoon at 2. Tnferment was privately made in Whitemarsh cemetery
Lansdale  Gunners   Lead   League.
On Saturday the Lansdale Gun club defeated Glen Willow by tiie score of 450 to 410 and malnt.ained its lead in thf'" Trap Shooters league. For Lans- dolo Pfleger, of Ambier, broke 49 blue rocks out of 50, leading his teammates.
The Lansdale club is tie With S. S. White with eight jioints scored, but leads in broken targets, 1822 to 1781.
Sa^nrda.x' afternoon Highland, of F.dge Hill, defeated Camden, and is tie in tlie league with DuPont. each ha\'- ing scored seven points. DuPont marksmen have bruken 1752 tixrgeis and  Highland  1699.
Mr.  and   Mrs.  Strassburger  Havo Son. Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ralph  Beaver Strass¬ burger,  of X'ormandy farui.    Gwynedd 'Valey, are being congratulated on  the birth of a son.    'Mr. and  Afrs.  Stras-:- at   West   Wick- in   May,   1911.
The annual  congregational    meetin.g | ^j,.;,   Strassburger  is of   St.   Luke's   Reformed   church   '"'•I'M Mr.  nnd  Mrs. 'i'-'rede held   on   Mond.ay     evening.     The  con-   Qakd.ale, Long Island grpgatlpn votQd tn secure a parsonage.' •     •   -'-
Percival Slough, tlie venerable school janitor, vhn has been sick for sever¬ al weeks, is convalescent.
Alfred  Parker,  the  well  known  real
the daughter of •k Cr. Bourne, o!" .Mr. Strassbur¬ ger was'graduated from tho U. S. naval academy in 1905 and served until 19.V) in tho navy. Ho is a son of J. A. .Strassburger, former district attorn >v for Montgomery connty.    Jtr. and Mr
Would   Honor   Elkins.
Penrose Robinson, chief burgess of Hatboro, nnd a member of the board of trustees of the Abington Memorial hospital, has started a movement to have the name of the institution chang¬ ed to the "F.Ikins Memorial hosjiital" following the announcemenct several davs ago tlmt George W. Elkins, Jr.. had made ;iiiother gift of S250,000 to the endowment tund ot ttie hospital. Mr. Robinson said:
"Mr   Elkins founded  the  hospital as a memorial tu his wife, Stella Mclntire i Elkins     Ho    hns    given  in all    about I $720,000   to   llio  instituion,   represented iby $500,000    ill  the endowment    fund; $150 000  in  Ijiiildings.    and  the assur¬ ance that ho wili build a nurses' home, representing nearly $70,000 mpre.
"Yet lho name, .Abington Memorial hospital, does not reveal the Import of the memorial, ft does not identify the institution ns n memorial to Mrs. Elk¬ ins nor as ,1 monument to th© bene¬ factions of Mr. F.Ikins. I am given to understand ili.ir other of tlio trustees coincide with m\- views, and I am hop¬ ing that delinite action ^'hich will re¬ sult In a change of name will shortly be taicen."
PROSPECTVILLE.
.1.  Ilurai-e Landis, county sujieiiiil dent,   visiied . the   Pi'Osijectviile   gram¬ mar sciiool.
.luhn, young son of Jlr. andr Mrs. John   Carne.\-,   has  been  seriously  ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry AA'eikel attend¬ ed the funeral of Mr.s.. Weikei's moth¬ er. Mrs. .Simon S. Ritter, of Ivyland, on ThiirsUa.v.
.Miss Caroline Niblo, assistiint coun¬ t.v superintendent, visited Prospectvilie ernmmar sciiool uu Thursday.
Misj! Lottie Smilli and Milton Wenfz, of -Ambler, were the guests of Mr. and jtfis. Eugene Kratz on  Sunday.
Jliss CiiiTine Kistler, of Mauch Oiunk, has been visiting Miss Lillian Dixon the past weeic.
VVilliam Fillman and son Albert, of Haiboro, spent Saturday with Mr, and Mm. Thomas Fillmau.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Kunz, a dau.ghter, on Thursday.
Miss Lillian Kunz is spending some timo witii  her parents here.
Charles Ilaverkamp .and family, of Cheltenham: Mr. and Jlrs. Lewis Voting and Jlr. -A. S. Dixon, of Phila¬ delphia, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. -A. Dixon on Sunday.
Jlrs. Elwood Kiv has lieen removed to the -Abington hospital for treatrrient.
estato broker,  is 'Jsain  able to bo out  qtrasshurger'a    residenco,      X'ormiindy
after ,a severe illness. | I'arm, is one of the show places of sub
 — : urban Montgomerv county.
HATBORO.
Paul Jones again serves as president j
He
the
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of council. I  . Dr.  B.  E.  P.  Prugh.  state  cliairiiia
Hatboro council was obliged to mrvkeL,f t^^^ Prohibition party, wlil speak
a  temporary  loan   to  pay    its  obliga tions at the close of tho year
—During the last year 10.5 aliens, twice as many as in the previous year, were naturalized at Doylestown, and 03  were Italians.
Gwynedd Friend.s' meeting on Saturdav morninfr, tho 23d. .A. conference will be held In the afternoon, and'in the eve.a- ing Dr. Prugh will deliver an addres'- from a local church pulpit. The coun¬ ty convention of tho Prohibition part- will he held in Xon-Istown on the 22d
JENKINTOWN.
¦W. B, Cooke has''gone to Easton, -was formerly superintendent of switch worics.
Miss   Dorothea    Robertson,    of Summit    avenue,   spent the    holidays with friends in  Baltimore.
Miss Evelyn -Armstrong has return¬ ed lo Wilson college.
The following Jenkintown peoole have sailed for Nassau from New York: Mr. and Mns., H. B. DePuy and, daughter and Mrs. DesPuy's sister, Mra. P. P. Webh, and nieof, and Harrj' Schively.
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EUREKA.
Rev. John Lentz and wife liave both been on tlie sick list witli gri|i.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Mullin enter¬ tained a number of guests at dinner on .Sunday.
Jliss Frances Hoover is still confined to her hed as a result of tho measles.
The teacher training class of the Pleasantville church took it.s third ex¬ amination on Sunday afternoon. ,
Harold Worth hii.^ been on the sick list for several davs.
Jliss Vyvian Weidner has resumed lier duties at tlie Samaritan hospital.
Dr. B. F. Dlseroad and wife and Miss Helen Dlseroad visited Mr. nnd Mrs. Theadore  Serrill  on  Sund.ay.
Prof. Horace Landis, superintendent nf thp Montgomery county schools, visited the schools of Hnrsham town¬ ship on Tuesday, and -Albert Tyson, Iiresident of the*board of directors, and Miss Carrie Niblo. nne of tho assistant superintendents, visited the same schools on Thursday.
Meeting of Holstein Breeders. A meeting of tho Holstoi-i Breedef.s nf Montgomerv county will be held )n tha f.arm bureau office, Penn Trust company's buildin?', Norri.'-town, this Thursday afternoon at 1 o'c'ock for tho purposo of organizing' a Holstein breeder's association.
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ed for AVilmei- AVoml. Two killed fur J. W. I'reas and Wm. X. Zell, of Horsham.
William Sill, of Horshanl, niotnrmari on the R.apid Transit compan.v's line, has been confined to his home with an .unusual injiur.v. .A muskrat bit oue of. cii- ibis rintrers so painfully tbat the wound has   given   him   considerable   trouble.
Dnvid -Amber, who for severiil year,'* kept fhe toll gate on the Pfursharn amt Halbnro turnpike, died in Hatboro ou Friday at tho home of hi" son, Irviii Amber, aged 81 years. His rein.ain.s were interred Sunday in the Horsliann Friends'  burying ground.
On Saturday afternoon in Hatbon* occurred an unavoidable, and forttin- atelv not serious, accident when, ,Tohi> Blytlio stepped iu front of tlie auto¬ mobile driven by .fnsepii AVhiteside. otf Horsham. Tbe motor was not gnlnj? rapidly, and Blythe did not exerclso the precaution to look carefully be¬ fore steppin.g into tlie traveled portion of the higliway. Blythe was some¬ what bruised, arid the fender or,- 'Whiteside's car was damaged.
("In TuPsd.-iv the freight shioment:^ fi-om fhe Hallriwell trollev- station to- lallPd 19,940 pounds, or 60 iionnds 1esi« than 10 tons. Two freiglit cars wero crowded full, some of tho slo. k ioadect nn the ends and a jiortinn of Ihc .sood.t were left until -the afternooii freight cars. The shifunPiits comprised car¬ rots. Jiotatoes, rnt.-ibag.as and beefs. O. H. S. Jiaurer. Joseph nnd AVilliam 'W'hite.sidp. Snmupl Peterson, Buckman ibrothers and Waller .Allen wei-tt tho shippers.
C. VV. Willard lia.s stocked up his store, and the'old stand at Halluw-ell, and is able to siipfdy all demands. Thp slock su neari.v and convenioiitl.v placed un the long .shelves reveals tho care taken in selection of gonds anil their arangcment. -V full line of hard¬ ware Is also to he purchased and ifJ expected shortlv. Mr. Willard is an experiencd dalcr, and guarantee?! satisfaction as to nrices and quality ni' stock. Electric lights wil .shortly i'o, adiled to the equipment nf the stiuid.
On jronday at Jenkintown  -wits held the annual  meoting of the T'nion Mu¬ tual  Fire  TiiRurnncp  comjiany.  and tlnv following    were    elected:       Piesident, Israel  F.Iy;   vice  president,  Israel Hal-- lowell;     secretary,     Is.aac     Jlicliencr,- treasnrer.   Charles  D.  Wright;     direc-- tcirs, Wr/i. F. Morgan, TTarrv Kates. .Al¬ fred K. Williams, Davis -W. Sill. How-, ard   J.arretf.     Edwin   Hallowell,     .rnlii,- Rnherta, John TToIcomb and F.  jririoi. Fdw.ardR.    Tho company is in uon.l fin¬ ancial condition.    It has abonf .? 1.500,- 000 represented in protected iir.uiertle.s. and  last year paid  out nenriy  S10,oni> in   losses.     It   -n-ill   Inr're  projierty   In the  surrounding    coul   ics.    -Vfter  the meeting  ;i.   fine   meniil   vas   served   h\ Mino ITo.st  Bellis,    of\ ic Jenkintown house. \ J
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