The Ambler Gazette 19170301

              The Ambler Gazette.
VOL. XXXV.-NO.   8
AMBLEIR.   PA..   MARCH
1,   1917
S1.75   A   YEAR
COLD POINT AND PLYMOUTH.
Happenincfs 9t Local Interest to Our Readers.
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Horse Dies PAJnTuI Death &t Cold Point—Harmonville Property Sold— Rev. R. W. Musselman Returned by Conference—Mrs. Kate Lightkep De- oeased. The  Steadfast     band   meets   in     tho
Cold Point church on Thursday even-
Intr.
Wlllard Tupper, of Cold Point, has purchased a. (ive-passenger Overland touring car,
Mr.s. Ella Freas,' of Norristown, at¬ tended the' Cold: point Itaotist church on Sunday.
Mi.ss Lettie I'.ownian, of Harmon¬ ville, who has been very ill, is now much Improved, '
A daughter was born last week in Germantown hospital t.o Mrs. Georg • Thraln, of Harmonville.
Mr. and Mrs, Linebach, of OIney, spent Sunday with Mr. and .Mrs. Georgo  Relhl,  of  Cold  Point.
Mr. and -Mrs. William Carr, of Har¬ monville, on Sunday entertained the latter's sister from Philadelphia.
Jonathan Cleaver, of the Consho¬ hocken pike, has placed a new motor trucl? in Hervlce in his plumbing busi--
¦•Miss Edna Berkhimer, of Philadel- iphia, spent Sunday with her fiarents, ' Air. and Mrs. J. M. lierkhimer, at Har- «non ville.
>Misa Estelle Donley, of Plymouth Meeting, who ha.i been quite 111, Is now much- Improved and able to be about the house.
Mrs. R, E. Thomas and daughter, of Jeffersonville, motored to Harmonville Sund.ay aflernoon and visited Mr. and Mrs. J. M. fierkhlmer.
Mrs. Fi-ank Stelner, of Maple Hill avenue, Plymouth Meeting, was a week-end visitor with her daughter, Mrs.  Elwood Zeigler,  Norristown.
Miss Mary Cunningham, of Maple Hill avenue, Plymouth. Meeting, has been on the siek list suffering wltli lumbago and .sciatic rheumatism.
Mr. and Mrs. Lemuel Rodebaugh, who have been spending two months in California, are expected to arrive ;>-home this Thur.9day in Hickorytown.
Mrs. Wilmer Love, of Plymouth Meeting, who has been very ill, Is con¬ valescent and is planning to go, this week,, to Wilkes-Barre to recuper.ate.
Mftny coal trains passed over the Trenton Cut-off line Sunday going east, presumablv to New York and New England points to relieve the shortage,
Miss Emily Gilbert, of Cedar Grove, and Miss Helen Gelsinger, of Norris¬ town, were 'Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mi-s. Vickers Tarbutton. of Har¬ monville. •    ¦
Oliver Reed, of Harmonville. wlio has been employed b.v A. D. Bartholomew for several years, now has a position with Swallow brothers, bottlers, in Norristown.   •
¦Rev.  W. S. Teel, of Locustdale, and
Corristown,   WjV'e' en,-
ie  honiislSof  I^.
OBITUARY.
MARIE LOUISE K. RITTER. Marie   Ixiuise  K.,     wife   of   Sheldm Potter   Ritter,     of   Fort     Washlngtm, died suddenly of apoplexy Wednesdu> night, aged 35 years.
The deceased was a daughter of John M. Kennedy, and besides a hus¬ band, leaves two daugliters, Marie and Rebecca; sisters, Carmita, wife of I'. Russell J.ines; Bertha, wife of N. K, Bartlett, of Fort Washington; Mrs. George Shannon. of Germantown; Georgette, wife of Richard V, Mattison, Jr., of Ambler, Josephine, wile of Frances Lawton, Jr„ of New York, .md two brothers, Fred, and John M, Ken nedy. Sd.
i''uneral services  were  held  Saturda morning at St. Thomas' church. White¬ marsh,   with  Interment  in   the  adjoin¬ ing cemetery.
i:.M.\lA   CLARA   K1U.MA.\. Emma I'ara,  widow of the late  lilias I'lrrnan,  died  at her  home,  ;;2ri  Oraii.ut. avenue.   Ambler,   after   a   short   illness, ' a.gcd    U   years.     The   deceased   resided j here  for about  10  year.s  and   her   late I husband   was  enijiloyed   on   the   "star" i mail   route  between   .\mbler  and   lioy ; lestown.     Mrs.   Firman   is   sui'Vi\ed   b.s ;lie   following     sons   and     ilatigliters ; I Lillian,   wife   of   Albert   liager:      Kate, wife  (]f    Walter  McGowan;     Howard, Sara,  Watson and Mary,    l'"uneral ser¬ vices  were held on  Tuesday and inter ment was made in Rose Ilill cemeter.\-. GEORGE ARP. (Jen. Aril, an aged resident of Centre .Square,   died   very  snddenl.v  on   Satur day morning, aged  81) yettrs.
Funeral will take place at bis late residence on Wednesda.v afternoon at 2 o'clock, with iiitei::i!nt in .N'orri.i City cemetery.
He is survived by a wife and om daughler, Laura, wife pf Harry Dane- hower,   of  Centre   Square.
RUTH ANN MALONl';. The funeral of Ruth Ann who died at the age of !U, Friends' Home, Swede and streets, .Xorristown. Tuesda.v occurred, Saturda.v morning ;ii 10. All service's were conducted in Horsham I'^riends' Meeting, al 12.(!0, with friends and le- md many member.s of tbe in attendance. Interment ai Meeting burying ground, llor-
Maloiie,
at     the
Powell
lulives meeting Friends' sham,
EUGENE   1>A.MP,LV.
Death, Sunday Tuorniiig. claimed Kugene Dambly, a;;('d ¦1S._ a widel.s known publisher, banker and cliui(di worker, of SkippacU, lollowing an ill¬ ness extending for a period of about ,seven years, during the past eight weeks of which h'e was conlined to his bed.
Mr. Danibly and two brothers, II. Whitman and Htirry AV, conducted the Montgomery Transcript, a weekly pu'i- lication established by their father, the late A. E. Dambly, ami with it an ex¬ tensive printing business. Eugene w.is active in the development of the in terests of tho community and tiecam' identified with various local enter¬ prises.
He was connected wiili Trinity Re¬ formed church, Skippack, and for many years was an offlcer^of tlie church and the superintendent of the Sunda.v school. ,,
,peceasad  w%g.on6wef (tj^te^fiafiprpora'
OLD BETHEL CHURmS 135.
Belfry Methodist Conjregation Ob¬ serves Anniversary.
Edifice  Used  as a  Hospital  During the
Revolution — Soldiers       Buried       in
Cemetery—Sunday Services Most  In¬ teresting,
• lid liciliel chunh, of ItevuliUionary .1111. , oelebraied its KJiitii anniversary .Suiida.\ with all-day services, A house of worsiij)) was built .as etirly as 1770 by Hans Supplee, bul the con.gregati'Hi was not iinde]- the cliarge of any ile- nomination.
l.iuring l,",S2 it Wtts regularly organ¬ ized under Iho cotiYrol of the Methodist I'jpiscopal cliurch, and has so remain^l to tlie |ir(seni time, being une of lb' . !dest in '.he I'nited Slates and the flrst of the (U iioiniiiation in America, hi i (!i2 ill" ground was ileeiled by Davlrl v\a'gnii- to the trustees i'or the sum of live shillings, A provision in the deed .staies tliat a sihool house must be erected adjoining ihe church, the Eu.g- iisli and the I lurch weri^ to use il be¬ tween tliem, tbe I'.ii.nlish to have il two .vears and the liuTiii one, .ind so on.
Tbe lirst pastor of llethel church w;is Joseph I'ilmore, a minister fr'.im Eng¬ land. He remained but two years. Hans Siipplie ilid not live to see hi.s (diiirrli compU led. d.\'ing in 1770, his being tile oldi st stone in the gmveyard. Al the time of the Revolution the old chui-.'Ii 'iVM..^ used as a hospital fur Hie disai'iid soldiers. It appears that- many soldiers died there during their stay in the vicinily. p"or it is record¬ ed that they were burled "by the car¬ load' in the west corner of the Iltt' graveyard.
Rev. Ale:;ander Graham. Jr., of Ti vose M. F. chur(li, preJi'i>hort the Sun-' <la.v morning sermon. At 2 p. m. Rev. .Alfred Dingee. ol .Xorristown. a former pastor, spoke. 'I'lic evenin.g services i-onsisti d ef siiecial >t\\iiiie and an ad¬ dress liy the pastor,^ ftev, Alexander Gr.aham, Sr.
With the reniarkalile history of this famous old h use of God, there lius ne\er before been such a spirit of acti- viiy as has been shown iluring the year just closed. iJU'OO in additional pro¬ perty and church improvements have been added. The idiiirch is entirely free of debt, and every department of tile chunh work is well organized The Epworth Leauiie has an enrollmeiu
of so members, an ,iddition of 10 during    ^    .^._.	
line.    The  liletiiel Aid so(iet>' has aild   f;,pV,ni',V^"tiVo ',|\iaV^\v"a'nd a comTle^^^ de
EXPANDING PLY- MOUIHJPLANT.
E. J. Lavino & Co. Acquires Addi¬ tional Property.
Purchases the Green Uane Trap Rock Holdings lOr 125,000—Now Develop¬ ing the Ellas Phipps Quarry, White¬ marsh, Through the Bell Bell Lime & Stone Co.
The !•;. .1. Lavino coinpany, of i'ly- moiitli .Meeting, which, some months igo, I iindiased tbe Howellville quarry from the John T, Dyer Co,, and which is al,so the owner of the Gallagher <iu.ii'r.\ ill Plymouth township, has bought the properly of the C.reen Lane Trap Ruck Co., at Green l.ane, for .$->,".,OH'i.
'Phe sale was mado l..\- .loiiii J. Cor- ¦=oii, o| .Norristown, and is considered iiie of 111,' most impoiiant real estat. deals consLimmalod In the Perkiomen valley for a number of years. Included in Ihe purchase, in addition to tlr- tiuarry, are till of the company's tools. sfieani sliovels and maidiinery, as well ns sheds and otlier biiildini^s,
A represeiitathe of the Lavino com¬ pany, said that just as soon as tilit- can he iiassed, his farm will begin 'liiarry operations al tlie place, and that it is iiitiiided to carry on liusiness tiiere oil a iniirii larger scale th.iii has I'vci been done. 100 men are now emplo.v¬ ed   there.     .Many   others   will   be   given
.;vi    Liifif.      .Maii.s    uMui.s    v\ IM    ue   J^IVCIl l\vc rk, ami  tlie highest  prices for labor- fcrs will be paid. 5   The   Lavino  compaii.\.   whiob  has  it^
fi.Min   olfice;
J'hiladeliihii
{townshi,p 1,  Several .vears, owning land,    underlaid    with
ed many new members and closes thi-i conference yi-,-ir with iV.'.'i in its treas ury. The success achie\ed is due ti the' congenial ciiroperative workin; plans of pastor and members.
omp
in   the   IJullitt     building
has operated in l^lymouth
townshi,p   near   Plymouth   Meeting,   tor
u   line   tract   of
limestone    rock,
imd    located    between    the    Plymouth
branch of the Reading and the 'Trenton
Cut-off   branch     of   the   i'ennsylvania
railroads,  with  sidings frum each road.
The      compan.v      manufactures       iron
sponge  for     purifying gases,    crushed
stone,   etc.,   and   has   recently   put   into
o])eration   monster  bricli  kilns,     it   has
also   developed   an     extensive   busines.-
iii  inilverized   limestone  ruck,   which   is
splendidly adapted  for  land  fertilizin.^
purposes.
In addition to these activities, tht company has recently org.inized the LJIiie Hell Lime & Stone company, and taken title to the old Elias Phipps farni in central Whitemarsli. adjoining the iinarries and plant of G. it! w. H. Cur- son, and  hiive already commenced   re-
BASEBALL IS PROMISED.
Ambler Is to Be in the Montgomery County League.
League Meeting at Jenkintown Finds Eight Clubs Desirous of Entering— Ambler A. A. Club to Be Strongly Backed Locally.
.Vmliler prjmi.ses to be .s'troiigly back¬ ed duiing the present season aloiM baseball lines, and already plans aro being laid to revivo interest in the .Ani¬ bler athlete a.-soeiatlon organization. A. M, Jenkins, .A. R. Hayden, Alexan¬ der Knighf, llanild G. Knight, I'^sq., Howard J. Dager, II. S, Amey and others are iiuerestiiig themselves in tiie proposed organization to organize and support a, strong loial team to repre¬ sent the borough in the .Vlontgomery County  Laseliall league.
Local tans are planning lo place the liist year Keasbey iSc Mattisuii A. A. team in the field as a nucleus of a f'.ou 1 hall team, witii several good players additional to till up in positions wliere strengtlieniiig   is  lu-eded.
.¦\. meeting of Ihc  .Montgomery i' i-
ty Raseball league was held in '.he Jenkintown buys' club building last l-riday evening witti a half dozen duhs represented. It is believed that the league will be comiio.seil of .-Vniliie.', Glenside, Jenkintown, l-'ort Washiiig ton, Hethayres, Wyndmoor, Willovv Grove and possibly  Hatlioro.
I'lans wei'e discussed for the i- iiiiiii'-; season, and J. C. Franklin was elected president. Mr. Houser, of Glenside, Wiis elected secretary, iUid other ofli cers were also ,selected.
Another meeting will be hebl at Jen kintown this l-'riday evening when re¬ ports will be received from the sever¬ al teams and further steps will be tali- en to place the league on a strong footing.
Cheltenham Seeks Sewer.
To install a modern sewage system in the township of Cheltenham, in tbc I lid 'I'ork road section, officials of thai township have laid preliminary plans for an expenditure of $62I"i,000. The money lor this improvement will ba made iiviiilable by a bond issue, and voters of the township will pass upon the pruposition at a special election.
Result of the special election will un¬ doubtedly have a direct bearing on ac¬ tion   to   follow   in     Abington   lownship
HORSHAM AND UPPER DUBLIN.
Hiscelianeous  Items of Interest to Many Readers.
Horsham   Pike   to   Be   Improved—With
the Sick—Miss Freas Tendered Party
—Rentals     at    .Dresher—Successful
Supper at Jarrettown.
Mrs. t.'ornelius Lane, of Dreslier, W isS in Philadelphiii on Friday.
Mrs. F. C. McConnell, of Jarrettown, spent Fiidiiy  in   i'liiladelphia.
A diiughter ha.s been born to Mr. iiii.l airs. .\i;tonio ^'-ol.i, e!" l.>rev: ler
Miss Hessie Li.uhtkeii, of ,T,arret*.(>wn, spent   Saturday   in   i'hilailelpliia.
Miss Wolf iiiiil Mis.s Parry, of Drejli- er, spent Saturday in Philadelphia.
Mrs. .\. |i. Barnett, of Dreslier, spent Friday  with her sister in I'biladelpluci,.
Mrs. I-^miinuei Dewees, of lii-eshei-. has recovered  after an attack i f grii>.
Miss l-lorence McOormicU. ot Am¬ bler, spent .¦<uinlay with her piirenis at. Dresher.
Edward Heritage, of llorsli.im, pur¬ chased a horse at the Larzelere sale at Edison.
I.ol.diil ^^Jbe^ls, of Horsh,in>, is re- covei'ing from an attack of co.i'..;csiloi>k of the lungs.
The i,.:iy u.ir jiiisspd o\-er tli,- Trert- ton Cut-off line on Tuesdtiy aiternooii.
'Die .Meeliiin nurseries !i i-/.! shipper! a car of slirubbery from Dresher to Moniieul,  Can.
Jitnici lleicsford, a resident of LUa K. G. ii. home Havis Grove, has been on  the sick  list,
Ridgewood farm, Dresii- -, l.jis loail- ed two cars of h;i.v this w-oeU lor ship- Uicnt to Philadelphia.
A son, Thonuis Reading llairiir, hui* I been born to iir, and Mrs. ,Ioiui Har- I liir, Jr., of llorshiim.
.Mis-;   Anna   Roberts,     of     Kdge  Hill,
visited  her  sister,   Miss   May   Robert^?,
I at Dresher on Siiturday.
i     John   l-'ord,   of   Horsham,     who   ha-**
been  seriously iil,  is able lo sit up fin"
a short time each day,
Samuel Smith, of Philadelphia, vis¬ ited his brother, O. P, Smith, at Hors¬ ham,  une  day  last week. '
William llallowell, of Hallowell, ha^ been haulin.g lime from llii'tboro ancl spreading it  on   his  liind.
.Mrs. Ldward C. AVilliams, of Jia- lettown, biivin.g purchased a house at, Crestmont, will shortly move there¬ into.
Miss  A.giics  Tomllnson,  of  HorsiUin), who  has been  criticiiUy  ill  with pneu- I monia, is now able to be up and aboui:.
velopmen of the property. The Read- ng riiilway will extend a siding there- tiio  from  its  Plymouth   branch.
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Found   Asphyxiated.
-Maurice Giiggeiiheimer, ¦;2 .veins old, was found ii-'piiyziated al the home of his lirothi i! Svdne.v. a broker, at .Melrose, Chelienhiim, at .S o'clock. Sat¬ urday morning.
James   Loses   in   New   Trial Motion.
fact   that   il  jury   iillowed    Luca
larlon, of .\'u! riHi.,,. .. • Mrs. George Bwlng and son, of Con¬ shohocken, spent Sundav with Mrs. "W^alter Campbell, of Hickorytown.
William I^awrence. of the Boxwood property, Harmonville, has moved into the house on the Conshohocken pike Just vacated by A. P. liartholomew, who has removed to Conshohocken.
Miss Editli Marple and Miss Emmii Wolf, of Cold Pont, intended a ban¬ quet at the Calvary Haptist churcii. Norristown. under tiie auspices of the Young Women's World-AVide guild.
Mis.ses Effle and Edith Marple, of Plymouth Meetin.g, accompanied the Barren Hill pupils and teachers to wit¬ ness the Ben Hiir jiroductlon in Broad Street theatre. Philadelphia, Saturday afternoon.
Ray Donle.v, of Plymouth Meeting, who was injured last week at the Spring Mill tire plant, where he was cut in the hand, i.-^ recuperating iit home, and lias had the stitches remov¬ ed from the wound,
George W, Williams, of Harmonville, on Monday passed his 7Bth birthday. He is well preserved and active. Hav¬ ing seen service In the Civil war, he located thereafter In this vicinity and has resided here evere since.
Rev. R. W. Mu.sselman, pastor of the Plymouth United Evang. church, has been attending the annual conference in Christ church, Twelfth and Oxford streets, Philadelphia, and will return this week to resume his labors hero next Sunday.
The members of the Loyal Crusaders- class, of Cold Point Baptist Sunday school, and their friends spent a very enjoyable time last Saturday evening. The quartet furnished the class with sev-eral seloction.s. The class gave $2ij toward the piano fund,
William Dewees has sold his neat propert.v. on the Conshohocken pike, east of Ridge pike, Harmonville. A Roxborough party is the purchaser, and the title will bo transferred about April 1, Mr, Dewees will move to Harry street, Conshohocken.
Hagy brothers, pork packers at Cold Point, had occasion to order a deck of hogs from the Pittsburgh stock yards Saturd.ay, and there were only four available. Their order was helil over until Monda.v. The price is not only the highest in history, but, there, is an actual scarcity ,as well.
Beginning next Sunday there will be frep transportation from Plymouth Meeting to the Cold Point Baptisi church in both directions. Tho autos will be waiting in front of II O Young's store, 'Plymouth Meeting at 10 o'clock a, m, and 7 p, m. Transpor¬ tation Is free.   Everybody Invited
Tho Brotherhood .and P, O. ,S. of A., of 'CJoId Point, havo moved their meet-^ ing quarters from Lyslnger's hall, Cold Point, to the Baptist church hall. Wal¬ ton Lysinger, owner nf the hall pro- iperty, will transform same Into an apartment. Three houses are now on the property, and the hall will be re¬ novated Into living quarters, with pro¬ bably an elevator convenience.
Oil Sunday Samuel Finckelstein, who occupies the Houston estate property, ,it Plymouth Meeting, formerly oecu¬ iiied by Percy Coulston. had a horse ill with colic. He attended tho animal, giving it medicine reeularlv. About in o'clock he bad occasion to go Into his - house and when he returned to the barn he found tho horse had broken loose from the stall, crashed through the door and was not to be found. Next morning tho animal was found near Corson's coni yard, having wan¬ dered there and evidently died of colic In  great agony.
(Continued on T&ge 8.)'
,1   niunibei    n|' I'lr.--.-;  le,i;4ue.
.Mr. Dambly wiis onu of the iictive promolers of the .Montgomery Tra:- | lion company, known iis the "Trooper | Souderton" line, running from its juiic- j tion with the Reading Transit line .it ; Trooper through .Skippack to Hurleys-| ville itnd  now ,about  to  be  c-.vtended  to
I Sondertun,
i     A   man   of  a   broad   mind,   .genial   in ^
: (lisl osiiion, interested in the wellaic of his fellow-man, devoted to his hoini- iind   an   ideal   litizen,   be   won   tbe   ad-
! miration   and   good   will   of   a   host   of;
\ people, ]
I      Uesides  bis  wife,  tiiere  survive J.iiiuu j liruthers, namely, John, of Norristown, | former iisscmblymun   H,  Whitman, aim Harrv   W.,  both  of .Skippiodi:   and  une siter.   Rose,      wife   of   A.    1).    Hallman,
j also of Skippack.
I The funeral will tiike place, Thursday iifternoon,     with     services  at .2.30,     in
' Trinity  Reformed church.
.Mr.   Dambly's   aged   mother   died   a few weeks ago.
Many Dogs Killed for Lacloof License.
Accordiii):;   to   'h-'   dog     rppuri   siib- nmniia^i^ei
t     ;        li,.;ri.sliuril>,    foi     .),..-
yeiir of 1916, '.tlu i e were 17 dogs or¬ dered killed, throiigliout Montgomery cuuiily. The cost of having the can¬ ines killeil. amounts to ,f47.S. Number of .sheep killed or maimed b.v dogs, 10. In this county, there are ll,,S2S iis- sessed do.gs, l(ili6 of which iire females, and 10,];t2 are males. . Dog tax place,! upon the aniniiils is ,10 cents for miilcs and  •¦'¦-¦.IIO  for females.
md the boi-oiigh of Jenkintown.    Tlicsa ,	
two districts, like Cheltenham, have the j tj^g house.
Three Italians from New Jersey liavtf
Bride Has a Million. At the bride's home, L'old .Spring Farm, Bethayres, Wednesday, Rev. James W, WiUiams, of Jenkintown, officiated at the wedding of Mrs, Genevieve Gray Wernwag, widow of f. Theodore Wernwag, who left lier an es - tate valued at .$1,000,000, and Olin Fin¬ ney, a banker, 11 years her junior, and who Wiis divorced from his flrst wife! in New York three months ago. After the ceremony, Mr, and Mrs. Finney left for Indianaiiolis. where Mr. Finney formerly lived.
McGlatiiery   Acts   on   Lineman's   Death.
I'uroiii-r .\l(-(ijiitliery has issued o .-eriillcatc. of accidental dciitli in the CISC of l)iiver Asley Jlooney, a line¬ man, in the employ of the Philadel¬ phia Suburban Gas and Electric com¬ pan.v, who was electrociued hy ,a liv ¦ wire while working on a jiole at Wyn¬ cote, on l-'eb. 21. Mooney was L'J years old, and was married seven weck- ago. He and his bride had just gone to iKHisidieeping in a newly furnished home  in   Willow  Grove.
.•Vci'ording to tlie coroner's investi.ga Uoii.   Mooney's   death   was   due   to   his failure to wear the rubber gloves pro¬ vided by the company for the luirpose
Til
eru.gno. of Plymouth. only ,$ll) for piiin and suffering in his action for j'dainages iigainst AValter R. James, ol f'llarmonville, prompted fhe court to ijumark in dismissing ii motion I'm new trial and judgment for defendant, ii&t    ¦•tho   inroi-.s   may   have   been   Ii- . ,_
1- >WflSef8i bitt''*»t<er''*feKH)'«WWft«f;ii.-
.     jiiirso  strings  light."
The  plaintiir  vviis  knocked  down   'oy the   wheel   of  the  delendanl's  automo¬ bile.     The   attending     physiiian     liad testified   that     he   was   injured   in   the back iind leg and suffered from bruises : and   contusions.     The   doctor's   treat- i ment  for  the pain  and  liriiises  conliii- j ued   for   three   weeks'.     The  jur.v   con- | eluded   that $10  would  compensiite  for j Piiin  iind   suffering.     It   allowed   $S   fo: ' medical iitteniliiiice and  $,'i2.2n for pain iind suffering—a total of,.$70.2,-1.
It vvas contended by defendiiiu's counsel that the jury could nol havo allowed iinything for loss of Wiiges iiecatise the pliliiuiff failed to show how man.v days ho would have lost be¬ cause of weather conditions. It was upon this point mainly tliiil, tli^ defen¬ dant rested his reasons whv a lu-vv iriiil  should  be granted.
sewerage problem under advisement and establishment of the -system in Chelienhiim will likely be followed by similar action in the two adj<iiniii.g district,s, or possibly co-operation in the establishment of a single system l,i serve  the  three districts.
Evangelicals  Meet at  Lansdale.
A delegiilion of ministers from tiie North Penn Ministerial iissociatlon on Saturday attended iho aflernoon ses¬ sion of the eastern'Pennsylvania con- ferejiue of the rXiuigelLCal churc'  ¦"«^>    -——vt :., .iirchthei
The deiegalioii ' •¦o. J. Rothrock, Liiusdiih- ihiirib; C. T. Isenberger. l.«iiisdale .MetVihdist Episcopal church: M. K. lliire, Lansdale liaptist ciiun'h: W. L. .Amthor. North AA'ales Methodist Epis- c' pill church; E. R. (nemniens. Colmar liaplist church, iind B. Luckenbill, .Sou¬ derton Reformed ihiirc-h.
The  Rev man   for   tbe   delegation,   and   the   i sponse   was   made   by    Hi.shop   Seag who pleaded tor a closer union between tbe  I'rotesliinl churches,     lie said  they are all workin.g for one great cause and be   is  i-(-riiiIii   that  the   time  is   nut   far disliint   when   thev    will   all   be   closely
rented the Mrs. Betus iiroperty, on, Mundock roiid, Dresher, iind will as¬ sume charge on  March.
Cars of manure hiivc arrived ac Presher recentl.v for Chiirles Paxiso/i iind ,IoIin Robins and been unloadeii iind hauled to their respective farm;:.
Mr, and Mrs. Alvali Williams, of Horsham, spent Sunda.v at the latter'.s. parenliil home iind saw the seriou->v wreck on the Pennsylvania railroad at Rristol. tMlss   .\lari'   Parlfj^
_  nisHiV'-to^e*- -svr
iV^Revs.  J. I school   after   having   been   on   the   sii-l-; Reformed ! "st for a few  days.
Mrs. Davis VV. Sill ;iiid her .sister^ .Miss May llallowell. of H'lrsh.am, i(iav» both been i-onliiied to their beds with illness. They are now somewhat im¬ proved.
The   services   in   Horsiiiim   ball   hava
v\'ith   be-
Sherldan
Hatboro.   wli i  is  conduct-
¦ been     .somewhat   interfered Mr.  Rothrock was spokes- I cause  of the  illness  of  R-
. I Dawson,  of I   I ing s.ame.
William Mci'ormick, of Dresher, will, on next Mnda.v, reopen the Jarret¬ town blacksmith shop and will plaro ,Iohn Ai'i'orn.ick, ,Ir., in charge of thor work there.
.Miss   l-'luren.e   AVhitesi •¦¦¦.     of   We,-;f
At the business session it was vot-' ^^hester State Normal school, on Sua- ed to establish a special conliiigcnt ')->.V entertained two school friends fund,  the committee  having charge  of,"'"'" Harrisburg at her parental homa.
this  fund   being  instructed   to   work harmony with  tlie budget committee.
in
More   Bridge   Bids.
l'"or the tliird time, the county com- iiii-ssioners hiive received and opened IjiJs for the erection of the conciele bridge which is to carry the east iip- proach     to   the    Phoenix-Mont     Clare
of hf.ndling wires In proximity to tho.se j bridge over the Schuylkill Canal,    The
of high tension.    Mooney was working   lirst  and   the  second  sets  of  bids   iv-
oii  a    pole     engaged    In   triinsferrin--,'' ceived   hiid   been  rejected   because   tic
sti-iinds from an old upright.    The man  iimount.^  asked were above the ligur.-^
working  on   the  guy   wire   saw  .some-   set by the countv for tlie work.    Thi"e
thing  wrong  with  him  and  called   the  bids were received last week, thev be-
iittenlion  of  the  foreman   to   the   fact ; ing-:
The  latter made  an  investigation  am!       Whitaker  and   Diehl.  $16,lti-l;     Am-
found .Mooney stiff and clinging to the : Iiler-Davis    companv,    JLI.SOO;     .Xeeds
pole.     Through   his   body   had   pissed  and Rrooke, $12,698.
2:iC'0     voits.     Both   bands   wero     badlv ¦ 	
burned.
Observe Golden Wedding. -Air. and Mrs. Theodore lUuniel, North AVillow Grove, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on Feb. 25, at the home of their son. Frederick H, Brumel, 21311 North Marshall street, Phil.adelphia, Mr, Brumel is an em¬ ploye at the mint and is a veteran of the Civil war.
End  of Winter March  1.
.According to tlie prediction made by Peter Snyder, of Red HiU, this county, the winter will end March 1.
Mr. Snyder butchered a hog, and, like tho goosebone prophets of Berks county, he pins his faith in tho pre¬ diction made by the internal organs of the animal. He says the weather thus far has been running true to form and that the winter will end next Thursday. Mr. Snyder says he has watched Jiis prediction for a number of years, and he has invariably found that tho hog knows all about it.
Want to Free 'Vork Road.
County Commissioner Bre.ady, ex- Speaker Amber and a committee from Hatboro and New Hope aro pushing a project to free Old York Road pike from Willow Grove to Street road be¬ yond Hatboro. A circular has been issued to residents telling liow to pro¬ ceed in the matter.
MONTGOMERYVILLE.
I-:dw.ard Holrovd and family will move from the Weidner farm, ou tho Stiite road, to one of John Logan's farms.
Mr, and Mrs, Norris White visit¬ ed Mr, and Mrs, John Kibblehouse and family, of West Point, on Sunday.
Horace  Leidy,   of  Philadelphia,   vis ited   his   son,   Haiwey,   on   Sunday  iit th.s place.
Jlr. and Mrs, Raymond Weidner and family, of Prospectvilie, vlsjted ,Tames l;.iizby on Sunday.
jamc" Biizby is improving after his recent Illness.
Editor Wilmer Atkinson  Retires.
Just -10 years after he founded the ¦Farm Journal" at 726 Sansom street, I'liiladelphia, Wilmer Atkinson an nounced his retirement as editor at a celebration in the "Farm Journiil" building, AVest Washington Square, AA''ednesday, Hereafter he will serve as '¦editor emeritus,"' he told those of the staff who attended a reception. Among those who attended were con¬ tributors from ever.y corner of the nii- tion,
Tlie iiiiiiouncement came iis a dis¬ tinct surprise, for, though the founder ij 7li years of age, lie retains much of the vigor of his youtli. In his new position, he stated, he will continue t'l conti'ibute as regularly as in the forl.v years of his coun ction witli the paper. He stilted that C. F. Jenkins will bu coino managing editor.
Officers  of County  Supervisors Assn.
The county convention of the road supervisors, held last week in Norris¬ town; elected the following officers : President, Roy A. Hatlield; flrst vice president, Siimuel S, Hartranft, ot West Norriton, superintendent of Val¬ ley Forge Park; second vice president, William H. Fox, of Skippack, deputy sheriff; secretiir.v, ,1. II. Krause, Sanii- toga; treasurer, William .Anders, Wor¬ cester. Executive cominiUee, the above ofiicers together with former Prothono- tiiry J. Milton I'.ruoke, of Springti iinfl Ttiriim Kriebel, of AVhitpain.
Probation   Officer   Resigns.
Mis. Lucy S. Parham, probation olfi¬ cer nf the juvenile court of Montgom¬ er.v county, has tendered her resigna¬ tion and hopes to go biick to her home in .Vewtown and live for the rest of her days. Mrs, Parham has taken this step after due deliberation iind is con¬ vinced that she owes it to herself lo retire,
"Closing my work in the county," she says, "f am leaving friends in tlie boys and girls who hiive been my care and joy, my disappointment and my success, for neari.v seven years. My work here is not that of a day or a ye.ar, but it is eternal, the victories and rewards are immortal."
North  Penn   Is Sacred Ground.
In a recent iiddress at Lansdale ,1. ,1. Rothrock told tho following interesi- ing facts respecting tho North Penn section, which constitute sticred pioneer ground of the Prote.?tant church in Pennsylvania. "Do you know that this ia sacred .ground ':"' he aslted. Then h«- mentioned these churclies of tho eej- tion that were founded in the early seventies : Colmar Baptist, founded in 1719; the Neshamin.v, or old Log College, founded long before the Revol iitionary war-; the Dutch Reformed. Hartsville; the ancient Friends' meet¬ ing house, at Gwynedd; the Iilue Bell Reformed, founded in 1720; the liethel .M, E„ at Belfry, mother of Methodism of the section, whicii celebrated its lliiith anniversary Sunday, the famoii.s old .Schwenkfelder, two miles from Ijansdale, foundeil in 17;i;!; tho ancient AVentz Reformed, at Skippack; tli(> Lutheran, at Trappe; the Franconi.i Mennonlte, near Souderton, tho mother church at that section, and the old Dunkard at Hatfield.
W. W, Harper County Commissioner.
The ¦ court Ims aop anted William Warner Harper, of Springlield town- •jhip, county commissioner to succeed Georgo Sullivan, late of Lower Merlon township.
The appointeniiil of Mr. Harper came as a surprise, as bis name had not been mentioned in connect ion with the office. I-lo has for manv yciirs been identified with Iho Andorra nurseries near Chestnut Hill. The office pii.vs #1000 a year and expenses.
Mr. Harper Is president of the board of commissioners of Springlield town¬ ship alid is also ii director of the Pel- ham Trust compan.v. He has a beau¬ tiful residenco at the top of the AVissa¬ hickon drive surrounded- by his ex¬ tensive Andorra nurseries.
EUREKA.
Mrs. A. i'oplitwski had three of her lingers niiiiigled last Tuesday by hav¬ ing them ciuight in a. fodder cutter.
Jlrs. Paul AV. A'oh rendered a solo at the C. E. meeting last Sunday even¬ ing.
Benjiimiii   Liirzelerc   visited   his  par eiits hero on .Sunday,
Mrs.   Sallie   Lynch,   of   Philadelphia 1, I spent .Sunday with  Mr. iind  Mrs. Wil¬ liiim Hamilton,
Mr. iind Mrs, O. Sherman I'erry cele¬ brated their 10th wedding iiiiniveiviir.v on   Saturday evening.
The sale of E. L. Harrar Wiis well iiltended last AVednesday mid things brought fair prices.
Mr. and .Airs. Allen Horner, of New Jersey,   were   week-end  gruests   of   .M and  Mrs. H, A. Clymer.
IJso the 'Phone
when you want flour, and insist on Stritzlnger's Gilt Edge, and you will be highly pleased, '»
War Vet Dies at Pennsburg. Charles Sehmoyer, S7, a Civil war veteran died at his home in Peiinsbnrg, Ho served as ii member of Company G, 167th regiment, Ai'niy of Ihe Potn- mac.
Lansdale  Defeats  Hatboro.
I'laying superb baski.'tball, the Liins- li lie High .School liasketball tetini won iruiii the Hatboro Hi.i^h five Frida.v night 22 to 21. It was the last gaiiio for Lansdale on the home floor this .^e;lson¦and their liniile was the befit display ever seen in tho cage. Tlie Hatboro team is the championship high sciiool quintet of tho York road and North Penn. In a previous game at Hatb_pro,  Lansdale  was  defeated.
FITZWATERTOWN.
AV. Carney spent Sunday with rela¬ tives in Chestnut Hill.
Mr.-?. Scudder spent .Alonda'' in Phil¬ adelphia.
Mr. Clark is preparing to move on h.is farm in -Xew Holland .about March 10th.
Monday afternoon a funeral going to Falrview cemetery found it impo.ssiblo ti> get through the muddy dirt road and tbe automobiles liiid to back down on¬ to the pike.
Mrs. .1. RIgluy, of Princeton, N. J„ spent Saturda.v iuul Sunday with her daugliter, Mrs, H. AV, Sc'Udder,
Ml', nnd Mrs. Maier entertaine 1 friends from Philadelphia on Thursda ¦.•
Tho East Oreland school had a holi- diiy on Washington's  birthdiiy.
Boy Denies Kidnapping Tale.
.Alliert .Tamison, Ji".. l."i yeixrs old, of Ivyl.md, who told the polico he had been kidn.apped and taken on a 25- niile drive by an unidentified motor¬ ist, iuid who gave several suburban police departments something to work on tor several days, confessed to Pa¬ trolman Messers that the tale was an untruth.
near H.allowell.
Tho Jarrettown pnblic sciiool eltear- ed about. S22 at its entertainment Fri¬ day evening. The pupils, who reiid'er¬ ed the interesting program, acquitted thumselves very creditably,
George AA', Lenhart, of Maffie Glen, bas purchased from Clark M. Hill a liir.iiu liiiildin'-f lol oil Penbryn avenue, west of Crestmont avenue, A^V'illow Grove;  consideration not disclosed.
Joseph Kirk, Max Kaiser, Samo©* Carr and t^ourtland Fi-ick, of Jarret¬ town, atteiuled church services Sunda.v- evening iii Glenside with the Edjft* Hill camp, representing the Jarrettowiv* P.  O.  S.  of A.
The supper at .larrettown Methodi.sr church last Saturday evening yielded iibout $90. 'l"'here vvas a large attcnil- ance present, and a delegation, head¬ ed by Rev,'. A. C. James, of Ambiei-. Ciim^ ovei^to attend the event.
Frank Potts, .lohn Donat, Max Ka'S- er, AA'iliiam fuj-syihe iind .loseph'JCirk- of Jarrettown, on Thursday evertmg al Jenkintown attended the county con¬ vention of the P. (). S. of A, order.-, and   represented   tbe  Jarrettown  lodgip,.
Joseph Whiteside :uid AValter V. Al¬ len, of Hallowell, ran their motnr car.-^ to the funeral of Mrs, Thomas Fill¬ man, of ProspectvlUe, on Tuesday. Interment vvas made at Union ceme¬ tery, Whitemarsh.
Clark N. Ilill, of Willow Grove, wfn.- has pui-cliased .-Several building lota oi, the Ferguson tract, Horsh.am, has pur- cliii--ed a Hudford motor truck fronv Ia D, Myers, of Ambler, and has been hauling lumber to his property then for the erectiofi of another house,
Robert   McKnight,   of     Philadelphiu has rented  tho Robert Fox place of J >. acres, on Mundock road, near Dresher and will go extensivelv into th" raisin of pigs.    Mr. Fox  has returned to tln- omployment   of  George  W.   Elkins,   ii Elkins Park.
-¦V meeting of the Jarrettown Briiii 'li. of the Needlework Guild is to  be hei.J on March 7th, 2 p. ni., at the home of Mrs.  D,   Jarrett   Kirk,     Dresher.     Tii" subject nnder consideration la tlie piir of the guild in tlie preparedness mo\-u ment.    The national organization wish¬ es every branch to be ready to ansv ui any  call  that  may  come.     An   invi. i tion  Is extended   to  all  the  menibeis
Saturday evening a surprise pailv was given MalKille B Fr/fiis in honor ot¬ her 21st birtliday. Those present "¦ Misses Ruby and F'-o".;,, TMddel. ¦NTi-vil, I-Tentner. Kthel Hnldennm nf AA'lllo a Grovo; Edith McOuigiin. Anna Miuh ener, of Warrington: Edith Rtio l<- house. of Ambler: Viri.'inia and Ph-"'i.- Potts. Mildred Tvson, of >ro"-iv"'K Messrs. Klmer TTiim, P.aul Bn'-er -i' Philadelphin; Lester Riddel. 'W-'iiioi Roberts, Willinm Dietrlck. of Wdluw Grove; Fr.ed. NTasb .J* Tr,ilIoweP W-il- ter Comlj', Russell Wood, W"Ii;nr Krickbaum, Rnvrnnnd Potts and Kd¬ wln Cribb, of Horsham.
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