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VOL. XXXII
NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 26. 1923.
No. 35
AN   INDEPENDENT   FAMILY   NEWSPAPER,   DEVOTED   TO    LITERATURE,   LOCAL   AND    GENERAL    INTELLIGENCE.
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Built al Christian; Springs
Confederate Home Abattoirs Corp. Has
Plans and Specifications Complete
to Erect Plant on Bath Pike
A site has been secured at Chris¬
tian Springs, a short distance from
town, on which the Confederated
Home Abattoir* Corporation will
erect a modern Government-inspected
packing plant. This plant is one of
teven which has been erected or is In
course of erection in various cities In
the East. All the buildings will he
of steel, concrete and brick. The
manufacturing building will be five
Itories with basement, size 140x150
feet. In addition there will be a by¬
product building 33x99 feet; two
leparate reinforced concrete and
brick stock pens, each 99x33 feet and
two stories high; power house 70x45
feet and 30 feet high; scale house
and cattle unloading chute 240x10
feet cooperage house 50x30 feet;
garage 60x45 feet.
The plant, It Is estimated, will cost
upward of $7 50,000 and when in
complete operation will employ be¬
tween 250 and 300 hands. When
running full capacity the daily finan¬
cial turnover will be around $40,000
or between $10,000,000 and $12,-
000.000 a year.
The equipment of all Confederated
plants includes the most modern
labor-saving devices and embodies
the best features of all the latest
plants. The flow of products Is by
gravity—the hogs and cattle enter
process at the top story and the fin¬
ished product comes on: on the main
or shipping floor.
The product Includes fresh and
lalted meat cuts of pork and beef.
Kicked meats. sausage, lard, and the
by-products such as hides, tankage.
Jtied Mood, casings, hair, etc.
The Confederated handles a full
line of vegetable oil products such
aa nut butter, salad oil. cooking oil
and vegetable shortenings for all
purposes. There is a tremendous de¬
mand for these products; their.popu-
larity is growing owing to their pur¬
ity and economy. The Confederated
purposes also to distribute a full line
of  canned   goods,   jams,   jellies  and
preserves.
Surveys of the land for building
levels, etc., are practically completed
and with a few readjustments to be
made in the plans, construction work
will be started and pushed rapidly to
completion. C. W. Brown, general
superintendent of the Lehigh & New
England Railroad, already has a
force of trackmen at work getting
the road in shape to receive the cars
of building material that will soon
be rolling in.
The plant will be conducted under
the strict supervision of the United
States Government inspectors and
nothing comes in or goes out of the
Confederated plants without being
thoroughly Inspected for any and all
traces of infection, and unless the
product is absolutely right In every
respect it Is not passed and will nev¬
er receive the Government stamp or
the "Chaco" label, which stands for
highest quality and ahsolute purity.
Too much importance cannot be
given to the matter of properly in¬
spected meat products. It may sur¬
prise the great majority of meat buy¬
ers to learn that not more than 66
per cent of the packing houses in the
country are under I'nited States Gov¬
ernment Inspection, and this consti¬
tutes a verv real menace to every
family that eats the products of a
non-Inspected plant, it has been
shown repeatedly that cattle infected
with tuberculosis and other organic
diseases are constantly being shipped
to the open market, killed without
being properly inspected and sold as
fit for eating. Just how much illness
could be traced to meat of this char¬
acter will probably never he known,
but it is safe to say that infected
meat is responsible for many human
ailments that are attributed to other
causes.
Before an animal enters a Confeder¬
ated plant it is carefully examined by
(Continued on  Page Three.)
to %tok About
VISITED BOY SCOUTS
IN SUMMER CAMP
Nazarenes Motor to Pike Co.
and Spend Day With Troup
at Camp Nazareth
Sunday, July 22 proved to be an
sventful day for Camp N'azareth, Boy
Scouts of America. The Scouts,
about twenty-four in number, under
the efficient leadership of Scout Mas¬
ter G, F. Bahnsen and Capt. Charles
Steckel, of N'azareth Hall, are enjoy¬
ing the wondrous beauty of nature
and exhilirating air of a pine grove.
Situated among the mountains about
four miles above Creentown, Pike
county.
Many visitors began *o arrive j
early in the morning and noon-time |
found the camp well filled. Among j
the parents ami n [ends I.-iting Camp |
Nazareth were:
Mr. and Mrs.   Amandus    Renner,
Mr.  and Mrs. H. E.   Buss.  Mr.    and|
Mrs.  Luther  Clewell.   Mr.   and   Mrs. i
William Muth  and family.   Mr.   and j
Henry Simons and family,  Mr. |
Mrs.  Mahlon  Ramsey  and  fam-1
Mr. and Mrs. -Asher Brown.   Mr.
Md  Mrs.  Marsha!!  Fehr,    Mr.     and,
Mrs. John Knecht, Mr. and Mrs. MU-
«on Fehr, Mr. and Mrs. Oram Kram-
«,   Mr.  and  Mrs.   Hink.l.   Mr.    and
MM. Frank Stettler   and     daughter,!
Mr. nnd Mrs.   Warren    l'hler    and |
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. William Oano
"il daughter,  Mr.   and   Mrs.   Milton i
Lindenmoyer  and  daughter,   George |
SHer and family. Mr. and Mrs. J. Al-
g> Sterner. Miss Agnes Etachman, of'
•Well,;     Mr3.     T      Krallt,r
"'"enter, Mrs.  Frank    Ehrhart
COMMISSIONERS DE¬
MAND QUICK ACTION
A new road in the Borough of
Wind Gap will soon be constructed If
the Northampton county Commis¬
sioners have their way. In an effort
to speed up a decision in the long-
existing controversy the County Com¬
missioners, in session recently, adopt¬
ed the following resolution:
"Be it resolved that the Borough
of Wind Gap is hereby instructed to
immediately execute and forward a
contract to the County of Northamp¬
ton covering the construction of a
permanent highway in said bor¬
ough."
While the wording of the resolu¬
tion Is intended to avoid the taking
of sides, it i^ stated Its principal pur-
post is to hBTS the Wind Gap authori¬
ties decide on what material shall be
used on the new road; award the con¬
tract and then forward same to the
county authorities.
fuBXrtMnac AUTccAtrte. tCBVld
Town Clock After One
Hundred Years of Ser¬
vice to be Discarded
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Moravian Trustees to Install New Seth
Thomas Clock in Church Tower
Within Next Two Months
The trustees of the Nazareth Mora-1 clock. The new clock is to be placed
vian church decided to place a new I within two months. The present
tower clock in the steeple of the j clock has been in use for more than
They placed the order for a
church.
Seth  Thomas  clock,  with   Young    &
Saeger,  N'azareth,  jewelers.    This is
considered one of   the    best    clocks
manufactured.     The  new   clock  will
strike the quarters on the small bell | complaint     during
and the hour on the large bell, simi-! months because the
a hundred years and has given good
service, but is now worn out and
does not keep correct time. Our peo¬
ple have been accustomed to the
town clock and there has been much
the past few
clock    did    not
lar to the present system of the old I keep correct time.
UNUSUAL SIGHT
ON MAIN STREET
We all, or at least most of us, have
read or heard of scientists predicting
that eventually the temperate zone
in which we are living is gradually
changing to tropical climate, where
we can enjoy summer the whole year
'round and raise oranges, bananas
and other tropical Omits without
leaving the "old home town."
While this fact is supposed to be
of a steady, gradual nature, the ele¬
ment! seemed to have speeded up
somewhat and in spite of the unusu¬
ally dry weather we are encountering
at the present, slipped one over on
the wise ones over night, and accord¬
ing to word received at this'office,
on Tuesday morning a few Nazarenes
while walking along Main street en¬
countered an alligator at large.
Although the "gater" was not a
very large one, nevertheless it was a
real live "gater" and is enough evi¬
dence for belief that N'azareth is in a
class by itself. The animal has been
captured and is now ln captivity in a
nearby private stream.
WOMEN OF COUNTY
INTERESTED IN FAIR
Feminine Sex Vety Active in
Home and Horticultural
Departments
AUTO DRIVERS MUST
PASS EXAMINATION
$15,000,000 FOR STATE
HIGHWAYS IN 1923-24
Fifteen million dollars will be
available for tho 1923-24 highway
construction program, and Secretary
Wright, of the department, an¬
nounced that 275 miles of durable
roads will be built with the money,
his program will exhaust all present
construction funds, and. unless the
voters approve the proposed $50,-
000,000 bond issue in November,
Wright says there can be no addi¬
tional construction work for the two-
year period.
BIRTHDAY PARTY.
The Northampton County Fair
would not be a fair unless the ladies
would take a hand in it. Where they
show the upper hand is in the home
and horticultural departments. You
know or should know that Northamp¬
ton county is noted for being the
home of untold numbers of first-class
cooks and bakers and most of them
are great friends of flowers and
plants, caring for them on the side.
In fact they are considered among
the best housewives in the State and
excel in fruit canning, pie and cake
baking. Indications are that visi¬
tors to the fair will see the pie and
cake department loaded down with
tlie choicest varieties of pie and
plain and fancy cakes done up with
originally designed colored iceings.
Right across the aisle you can pic¬
ture to yourself long rows of shelv¬
ing covered with a grand array of
home canned fruits and vegetables,
looking so tasty that any observer's
mouth will water by looking at the
varied display.
The visitor interested in horticul¬
tural displays will find that the
ladies throughout the county are
also interested In flowers and plants
and can see before his eyes a wonder¬
ful display of nature's own, cared for
by their hands as amateurs, products
that they need not feel ashamed to
show to the public.
Not only are the women folks of
the county interested in baking, can¬
nings and flowers but they also find
spare time to do wonderful crochet¬
ing and fancy work which will be on
exhibition, thus creating the greatest
of rivalry amongst themselves in a
friendly way, which goes a great way
When the new classification of mo¬
tor vehicle operators become effective
next March 1, all persons who have
not driven a motor vehicle previous
to their application for license and
all operators who have not held a li¬
cense for the year just previous will
be required to pass an examination
prescribed  by   the    Department
DISPUTE OVER E. A. WEAVER RETIRES
NEW HIGHWAY   FROM ACTIVE SERVICE
Judge Robert E. Stotz on Thursday
afternoon granted a temporary In¬
junction on motion of Herbert F.
Laub, counsel for the plaintiffs, the
first enjoining the Township of Bush¬
kill, Enoch Bauer, Isaac S. Fehr and _____
Chester Siegel, Individually   and    as
supervisors of the Township of Bush- Ethan A1Ien Weaver, whose early
kill from increasing the indebtedness years were Passed in this community,
of the Township of Bushkill and j on June 30 w,n re,ire from ******
from issuing any bonds in the name I service with the Pennsylvania'Rail-
of said township for the purpose as j road Company, with which he haa
set forth by the supervisors. been connected for upwards of forty-
In  the  injunction against  the  su-  five >'ears'  and  his   name    wi!!     be
pervisors of Bushkill Township.  the!Placed uP°n the Ro]1 ot Honor.
11   plaintiff! were Amandus F.  Renner. |     Mr.   Weaver   was  born  at  Jai ubs-
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For Many Years With Penn¬
sylvania R. R. and Now
on Honor Roll
Highways, Benjamin 0. Eynon, regis¬
trar of the Automobile Division said!
recently.    All persons who operate a
motor vehicle must have   an    opera¬
tor's license whether or not they own
Howard F. Hildenbrandt and Aaron j burg-on-the-Bushkill, near Naaareth,
Williamson. They charged that the
defendant! signified their desire to
increase the indebtedness of the
town from $7500 to $54,213.25; that
the  defendants  gave  notice  that  an
June 7, 1S53. He was educated in
the public schools of N'azareth and
Easton and was graduated a ivil
engineer from Lafayette College in
1874.    From 1S74 to 1S77   he    waa
the vehicle.    Mr, Eynon said pointing; eTeV,on  for such   purpose would  be [engaged in  journalism   and     fo
out that operators, paid drivers   and   he]d M June „   1Bj,. that ,he e,ec.  short „me ,n the £U,dv of ]aw
owners drive* licenses lor 1923 will I noM(,eg and  (,]e  a(lvert,seraent9
be valid until March  1. when r.ll op¬
erators'
iy.
licenses will cost $1 annual-
GOOD SHEPHERD
BAND CONCERT
thereof, fraudulently and mistakenly-
stated the amount of the last as¬
sessed valuation of the township
mere than tbe true last assessed val¬
uation and also that the amount of
the existing fixed debt of the town¬
ship at the time of such election was
also mistakenly and fraudulently ad¬
vertised as being less than the actual
existing debt. The plaintiffs charged
that the form of the ballot at the
lection was invalid and is not in ac-
of
the Act of Assembly in such case
made and provided.
SlVCKSSFl'L   PICNICS.
The Good Shepherd Home Band
of Allentown will give a concert in j eordance with t
the Circle next Wednesday between
11 and 12 o'clock. This group of
musicians is composed of crippled
orphans who are being cared for In
the house. It is remarkable to what
extent these children have been
trained under the proper instruction.
They have been touring various sec¬
tions of the state and have been most
royally received. They will be in
Bath from 9 to 10 a. m. and from
here they will go to Pen Argyl, where
they will give concerts both after¬
noon and evening In Weonah Park,
Come to the Circle and listen 'o the
crippled orphans.
George Knecht  has accepted r
sition as night watchman   with
po-
the
to
About     thirty-liv.
friends
, in  making a successful  fair both
j exhibitors and visitors.
The regular and special premiums
and  offered this year should be an Incen-
j N'azareth Waist Company.
Saturday,  despite  of   the     terrific
! heat wave that swept over this sec¬
tion of the country, was again a gala
day for picnics  at  Farmersville  and
Moorestown.     Thousands    of   people
j gathered  at  Farmersville  where  the
drawing attraction was the N'azareth
Y. II. C. A. band and at Moorestown
, immense crowds   gathered    to   greet
the well known Allentown hand as an
entertaining feature.    The committee
in charge report that this   was    the
most successful picnic that was ever
i held   in  that  locality,    the     receipts
amounting to over M00,
Mrs
a nil
ily.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
Tlie Square Balei Co   al 23 South
Main  street,  is now  receiving    rtoci
dally and is open for business during
regular hours. Their stock consists
of notions, hardware, auto tires and
tubes, accessories, etc. Stop in and
examine their stuck.
tive to bring out more than the usual
numbers of exhibitors. Watch for
date when entries can be made, and
avoid being caught in a congestion
during the last few. houri before the
Great  1923 Fair opens.
neighbors gathered and took posses¬
sion of the home of Mrs. Martha
Reinhelmer, South Broad street.
Nazareth, on Tuesday evening, to as¬
sist her in celebrating her birthday
anniversary. A jolly, good time was
experienced by all with games, music
and social conversation. Lunch was
served and at a seasonable hour the
members present left for   their   sev-i ———
eral  homes  after  extending  fellclta-j     Knecht  Brothers,   plumbers,     last
tions to the hostess for many   more j Wednesday held a pleasant "doggie"
GOVERNOR PINCHOT CUTS
HOSPITAL APPROPRIATIONS
KNECHT BROTHERS SERYE
••T>o<;c,IF." roast To EMPLOYES
future happy birthdays.
CORNER STONE LAYING AT
EMAUS AND GRIMSVILLE
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and
daughter, of Newfoundland; Mr. and
«»■ Peter S. Trumbower, on their
way back from Forest Lake, stopped
»i.k11P NTazare,h and had dinner
PM the Scouts which thev enjoyed
T«ry much.
An    Important    meeting    of    the
•""its Wln be h(,,d  Fr)dav even,
MM 3 at 7 p. m. at th   ■•/»•
NEW VAULT WORKS.
*• O. Well,
.tC11, of the Nazareth Burial
»»» Company,, broke  ground  and
" terete walls for/the erection of
he Manufacture of
n  Green  atreet,
from
The corner-stone of S'. John's
Lutheran church, Fifth and Chestnut
streets, Emails, was laid at Impres¬
sive services on Sunday afternoon.
Excellent and appropriate addresses
were delivered hy Rev. Dr. William
C. Schaeffer, Jr., of Allentown, and
by Rev. Dr. G. F. Gehr, of Bethlehem.
The stone waa placed by the Rev. Dr.
Preston A. Laury, president of the
Allentown conference of the Luther¬
an church.
Rev. J. I Savacool, pastor of the
congregation, presided at the services
and conducted the devotions.
More than three thouaand persons
were present for the laying   of    the
corner-atone of the New Bethel Zlon
Hiram ! church at Orlmevllle on Sunday.  The' The cost of the edifice Is estimated at
'church Is being erected on the site of I $45,000.
two old churches whose corner-stones
were laid on May IS, 1761 and May
31, 1S04, respectively, extending
over a period of 162 years and rank¬
ing it with one of the oldest places of
worship ln this part of the country.
The amount of $1,767.50 was re¬
alized from the laying of the corner¬
stone. The church is a union church
and will be the place of worship for
both the Lutheran and Reformed de¬
nominations of Grlmsvllln. The pre¬
sent pastors are Rev. A. L. Brum-
bach. Reformed, and Rev. James O.
Schlenker, Lutheran.
The contractor expects to have the
church completed late ln Fall. It
will be ijulte a pretentious structure,
being built of beautiful limestone
from the Coller quarry at Kutztown
Governor Piuchot sharpened his
appropriation axe and chopped off
hospital and homes' aid to the extent
of $2,282,500 from the legislative ap¬
propriations and refused mosey to
fifty institutions.
Nearby public In^ltutions are
forced to drastic economy through
tbe loss of State money and will be a
distinct blow to them. The manage¬
ment will of necessity be forced to
curtail certain expenses or go heavily
in debt.
The Easton Hospital will receive
$1S,000, Governor Pinchot cutting
their appropriation J5000. The
amount originally appropriated by
tho legislature for this was $23,000.
The amount received in 1921 ,v.is
$26,000.
The  Easton   Home  for  Frleadlees
Children, at Glendon, while original¬
ly allowed   $10,000,  will   get     only
p | $7500.    The sum   appropriated
1921 was also $10,000.
The   appropriation   of  the
roast for their employes in the lot
to the rear of their establishment.
Those present were Mi. and Mrs.
WarraD Mull. Sir. and Mrs. John
Price, John Bardill and daughter
Helen, Mr. aud Mrs. Steward Knecht,
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Knecht, of
town, and Mr and Mrs. Morris Buss,
of Hecktown.
COMMUNICATED.
In last week's issue of the "Item":
a suggestion was made by some one
who is awake and up and doing.    In :
answer to the same will say that the
Y.  M.  C.  A
second concert where the people who
are Interested ln music can sit com¬
fortably and listen to the music with I for Aged and Infirm Women at Eas
pleasure. The directors of the band | ton for 1923 amounted to the same
are very grateful to those who are ■• 'bat received by the institution in
willing to help the musical organise-1 1921. The appropriation this year
tion along. I will be $5000, or $1300 less than the
On January 24, 1S7S, he eat-red
the employ of the Pennsylvania Rail¬
road Company as a draftsman in the
office of the chief engineer, William
H. Brown, and he remained with him
for fifteen years, being successively
promoted, attafning the rank of as¬
sistant engineer, during which time
some of the most important engineer¬
ing work was planned and construct¬
ed under the direction of Mr. Brown,
notably the bridge and viaduct from
West Philadelphia to Broad street,
the Broad street terminals, general
office building, the revision of the
line and additional tracks and other
facilities between Jersey City and
Pittsburgh, and the reconstruction of
the devastated area following the
Johnstown flood.
In 1S93. when the office of the en¬
gineer of the Maintenance of Way
was created. Mr. Weaver was ap-
pointed chief office assistant to Jos¬
eph T. Richards, the first incumbent
of that office. In 1913 upon the re¬
tirement of Mr. Richards, after twen¬
ty years in that office, Mr. Weaver
was placed ln charge of important
special work, continuing in that ; Ki¬
tten until his retirement.
During Mr. Weaver's con net tion
with the Pennsylvania Railroad Com¬
pany he served under six of Ita nine
presidents, all of whom he knew per¬
sonally, beginning with Col, Te :n is
A. Scott, and ending with S i lei
Re:l
Aside from Mr.   Weavers    i icfea-
slonal duties,  he has devoted   much
I time  to  local,  historical  and  s^nea-
ature  gran:  amounted  to i logical  Investigations  and  has   wrtt-
j ten and published much on theae sub¬
jects.    He is a member of many I !s-
torical.   eenealogical   and  hereiitary
ties     He was for eighteen years
secretary of the Pennsylvania ? x iety
Sons of the Reolution. a vice-;,resi¬
dent of the Pennsylvania-Germ.in So¬
ciety, am!  is at the present time,  a
vice-president   ol  the  Society  of   the
Army  of  till   Potomac,  repress'ing
the hereditary  membership.
In 1903 Governor Pennypacker ap¬
pointed Mr. Weaver a member of the
commission to erect a monument on
the battlefield of Germantown and
in 1905, he appointed him a member
of the Advisory Commission for the
Preservation of the Public Records of
the Commonwealth, and waa reap¬
pointed to that position by Governors
Stuart, Tener and Brumbaugh and
continued as a member of this c\>m-
mission until It was abolished hy an
act of the assembly of 1919.
Mr. Weaver resides at German-
town, Pa.
state i
14000.
The Allentown Hospital, which in
1931   received  $45,000.  was allowed
$55,000  In   1923  by the legislature.
The Governor, however, cut  $21,000
from the appropriation, making   the
amount which the hospital   will    re-
|34, 100,
S:.   Lukes    hospital,     Bethlehem.
d   140,000  in  1921  from  the
eking   the    amount
which the hospital will receive $34,-
A MEMBER
Mr. and Mrs. William E Smith,
Mrs. Maria Best and Mr. and Mrs.
George Smith motored to Kreldlers-
vllle on Sunday to spend the day
with Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Toung.
legislative quota.
The Children's Home at Bethlehem
gets $1500 lees for the current ap¬
propriation than the amount received
in 1921. The legislature granted
$4 500, while the institution will act¬
ually only receive $2500.    The 1921
BI Luk s Hospital. Bethlehem,
received 140,000 in 1921, having
inted 150,000 by the legisla¬
ture for 19 3. The Governor's pen
took off $ 3,000 from this year's ap¬
propriation.
In a statement the Governor Indi¬
cated heavy cuts for   hospitals    and
homes and placed the blame on the
. Legislature for not   Imposing    suffl-
'"   i lent new taxes to meet his revenue
. estimate.    He said he repeatedly had
Home | told the Legislature $1S.000,000   in
revenue was needed,  but  was given
only $16,000,000.
A total of $3,717,500 was ap¬
proved by the Governor for State aid
hospitals, a cut of tl.3S6.lOO from
two years ago and a little greater cut
from the amount granted by the
Legislature. For homes the Gover¬
nor approved $554,000 as compared
to $757,60 two years ago, and $193,-
300 leas than the Legislature grant¬
ed.
MOTORED TO TRENTON, N. J.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond C. Weaver,
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Rohn, Mrs. Cora
Dech, Miss Lula ech and Earl Rader,
of town; Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Weav¬
er. Roy Weaver and Miss Nellie
Weaver, of near Newburg, composed
a motor party that toured to Willow
Grove and Trenton, N. J., on Son jay