The Conshohocken Recorder, September 15, 1916

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•19-11 (ONSHOHOCKEN, PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1916. $1.00 PER YEAtt
AT HIGHER TAXES
Income Insuffcient to Meet De-mands
of the People for New
Work Appropriations
ASK GRADING OF 2ND AVE.
At the regular meeting of Town
Council, Wednesday evening, a re-quest
was made by Conshohocken
Hire Company, N"o. - for a donation of
$200 to the fun.I for the new motoT
firi' apparatus purchased by the com-pany.
The Penn Club, owners of the
ground at the northwest corner of
Second avenue and Fayette street
asked that the avenue be graded to
the building line and the residents of
West Third avenue asked that the
avenue be graded from Maple to
I'reedley street. Chairman Freas. of
the Street committee stated that
about $800 remained in the street
work appropriation urn', asked wheth-er
he should lay off the only man the
borough .Is employing on the streets
All these demands for money brought
forth at lengthy discussion of borough
finance's with suggestion of an extra
tax levy or another raise in the tax
rate to pi ovide funds for the im-provements.
A letter was read from President
J. K. Went ling, of the No. 2. Fire
Company requesting a donation of
$200 towards the new motor pumper
.nnd hose fire apparatus the company
is having built. The letter stated
the request was made as the borough
sometime ago gave the Washington
company fJOO for hose. The No. 2
company woud like a donation for
company would like a donation for
President Williams stated that he
had talked with Mr. Wentling and
explained the borough had no funds
in any of the appropriations that
could be used for that purpose at this
time and that Mr. Wentling stated
the company would gladly wait until
the appropriations for 1917 are made
as it is not the desire of the company
to hamper the borough hut would ap-preciate
assistance.
On motion of Mr. Garrett, the
matter was laid on the table.
Want Second Avenue Graded.
A letter was read from the Penn
Club asking that Second avenue from
Fayette to Forrest street be graded to
the building line, The Club is about
to erect a clubhouse. The Club owns
three lots of ground on the corners
of Fayette street and Second avenue
and Forrest street and Second avenue
The avenue is partially graded but
not to the bpilding line.
It was stated the engineer, who
measured the ground for the Club,
estimated the amount of earth to be
removed to bring the avenue to grade
at !>f>8.9 cubic yards. Mr. Bate sug-gested
that this work be done in
connection with other work where
the borough will need material for
filling, he then made a motion, which
carried, that the matter be referred
to, the Street committee to get esti
mates of the cost of the work and re-port
to Council at the next meeting.
Threaten Court Proceedings.
Wtnfield S. Crawford Ksq., attorney
for property owners of West Third
avenue, who have petitioned for the
grading of the avenue from Maple to
Freedley street sent a communication
to Council asking that Council take
definite action upon the petition of
his clients, and. if action is not taken
within ten days, he will Institute
legal proceedings to have the borough
grade the street and give his clients
relief. After considerable discussion,
Mr. Hate made a motion, which car-ried,
that the matter be referred to
the sti t committee and the Solicitor
and for them to report to Council at
its next meeting.
The Third avenue question has
been before Council for many months.
The property owners cannot get gas
or water service as the supplying
companies will not lay mains until
the street is graded owing to the
great fill required at certain points,
which would make their pipes Inac-cessible
when the avenue is graded
if the pipes were laid at the present
grade.
Solicitor Holland said he had had
a talk with Mr. Crawford and told
him Council was willing to do the
work when It could he financed and
would be done within a reasonable
tlme> The Solicitor also said should
the property owners apply to the
court it is very probable the court
would grant a writ of mandamus and
the court would probably rule that
the work must be done and set a
time for its completion.
Mr O'Brien stated that it is the
attitude of Council to do the wort,
but lack of funds has caused the de-lay.
He also stated that he believed
the avenue could be put in liable
condition for $2500 and not $,000 as
has been suggested. He also advised
doing the work necessary that gas
and water mains can be laid and the
borough finish the avenue at a later
period when the financial stress is
not so great as at present. He also
asked the Solicitor to find a method
whereby Council may levy1 a special
tax to pay for this work.
Mr. Crimean asked if the iiorough
cannot borrow money for tne work,
as $7000 of a loan of Council's matur-ed
in July.
Mr. Garret! replied that the borough
COUld nUl borrow any more money
without a vote of the people and
there would be no money available
ii<-M year than this year, and the
borough face* I special lax levy to do
the work Deeded on Third avenue.
Second avenue and Forrest street.
Mr. Freas said the Street committee
met tlie pioperty owners and they
Insisted they WOUld have thn avenue
graded. He expressed surprise at Mr.
O'Briens figures of $2600 for the work
as he said a retaining wall must be
built or else the filling wouM cover
private property which would not be
permitted.
Mr. O'Brien said he underseooc the
borough had received a bid of $2600
for the work. Mr. I'reas replied that
a bid had been sent to the Clerk but
it was not opened as Counc.il did not
decidt to i roceed with the work.
Finances Are Low.
Mr. (iarrett read the following fig-ures
to show the financial condition
of the borough: Revenue from taxes.
$28,160; fixed charges for interest,
sinking fund and state tax, $18,663;
fixed charges in appropriations, col-lection
of taxes, $1810; fire plugs
rental, $945; police, $:!l»00; street
lights, $6600; Q, A. R., $100; Kree
Library, $.">»0: Fire companies, $2000;
Hoard of Health, *;:.".(j. making a total
of $27,750. The balance can be de-voted
to incidentals and street work.
Mr. (iarrett said the borough can
borrow only .$2000 legally. He stated
that when the loan of $12,000 was
floatei., the borough did not have a
legal right to float it, as had the ap-propriations
been made early In the
year the lean could not have been
made. Besides the taxes, Mr. Gar-rett
said the other sources of income
would bring the estimate to $:i8,000
bqt he stated that the borough would
not receive the full amount
Mr. Bate took exceptions to the
statement as to the legality of the
$12000 loan. He said the issue was
legal and that uncollected taxes were
legally counted as an asset.
Mr. Freas, that as the finances in
the street appropriation were low, be-ing
about $245, he desired instructions
as to what should be done with the
street supervisor, the only man em-ployee
on the streets. He asked
whether he should be laid off. He
was given i:o instructions.
Does Not Like Recorder Editorials.
President Williams requested that
the Ways and Means and the Finance
committees prepare a statement of
the estimated revenues and expendi-tures
for uext year, together with a
statement ot the bond Issues and the
yearly charges that each Councilman
may know and hafe an opportunity
to study the exact financial condition
of the borough.
Mr. Garrett replied that he did not
like the editorials In the Recorder
asking the Finance committee to sub-mit
information to Council. It is not
necessary, he said, as the Treasurer,
each year, submits a report showing
the resources and liabilities, the re-ceipts
and expenditures and a report
is made each year showing the re-sources
for the next year. He said
Councllmen could keep a record of
the finances if they' would follow the
Treasurer's report each month. Con-tinuing,
he said the income of the
borough is insufficient to meet the
demands ot ' the people, and "we
must have strong men in Council or
the borough will be in a worse condi-tion."
He agreed to submit the state-ment
requested at the next meeting]
Mr. CrimeU said that he did not
accept any responsibility for the pres-ent
conditions as the present Council
Is saddled with a debt, a legacy of a
former Council.
Mr. O'Brien then asked for Infor-mation,
which the editorial complain
ed of asked that he and all Hie other
Councllmen should have. He said he
is not a financier but believes in
preparedness. He said, It was his
belief that sinking fund and interest
charges should decrease as the bonds
mature, but that he knows nothing of
the question and that the members of
Council are not familiar with the var-ious
bond issues. He predicted that
within 2 years a 10 mills tax rate will
have to be levied to meet the demands
for street work. He also advocated
that Council adopt a budget so that
every Councilman may have the op-portunity
of knowing the needs of
the various committees. He sai(. a
budget should be adopted before mak-ing
the appropriations and setting
the tax rate. Under the present
methods, he said, Council does not
know the needs of the various com-mittees.
Borough Not Bankrupt.
Mr. Garrett advised a special tax
levy to provide funds for the needed
street Improvements.
Mr. Kate told a lltth' history to al-ley
the fears of Council as to the fin-ancial
condition of the borough. He
snld that when he first entered Coun-cil
22 yens ago, occuping the. Mno-desk
as he does now, the borough fin-ances
were In far worse condition than
they are now, and that he and others
worked for the heat interest of the bor-ough
and matters were straightened
OUt He told of the time the trolley
built Its line on Hector street. He
said the Trolley Company made an of-fer
to Council to repair the streets or
give the borough $1,000 in cash and
be released from doing the work.
Council was so hard up and In such
great need of money that the $1,000
was accepted and the borough repair,-
Sd the street at a cost of $2700. At
the time, he raised the question and
tried to persuade Council to have the
company make the repairs hut he was
Continued on Page Five
REFUSES TO PLAY
Last Year's Coach to Stand by
His Decision to Remain
Out of Foot Ball
BECHTEL PROBABLE COACH
Billy Pownall has returned to his
borne in Philadelphia from Chambers-burg,
where he has been playing base
ball and has finally settled the ques-tion
as to whether or not he would
again take hold of and coach the local
foot ball team this season, by an-nouncing
that his declaration to re
tire from Toot ball forever, at the
eh.si of last season was final. He
dropped in to see Secretary Hyde In
Philadelphia, on Tuesday and when
askec why he had not answered a
letter sent to him several days ago
offering him the position of coach,
simply replied that as he iiad already!
declared his intention that a reply
was useless. Pownall is looking good,
feeling good and is glad that the ex-citing
base ball race in the Blue Ridge
League ended in favor of his team.
He made a decided hit at Chambers-burg
and will return to that place
next season.
Alter hia conference with Secre-tary
Hyde, Pownall left for .Maryland.
where he is to engage in a series of
five base ball games. He will come
to this borough next week to pay his
respects to Manager Crawford and
the rest of the boys, but he does not
intend to talk foot ball. He Is
through.
While the retirement of Pownall
will be a great surprise and disap
pointment for many of the loyal root-ers
of the team, little else could be
expected. He Is a man who has been
popular In the game in many towns
and on many teams and realizes that
It is far better to stop of his own ac-cord
rather than wait until Father
Time comes along and counts him
out. No one knows better than Billy
that for a man to play foot ball he
must be in perfect health and sound
in every organ. The doughty little
athlete will probably be able to play
base ball for several years yet pro-viding
he takes care of himself but
the injuries he ' received In playing
foot ball last year bothered him for
many months and while he is enjoy-ing
good health just now he is not in
shape to engage In the gruelling
games that a Conshohocken team is
(impelled to play and especially
when he would be picked out as a
target foT the opposing players "to
get." He is a wise guy and his great-ness
as foot ball master will live for
many years to come.
liechtel, of Pottstown, who last sea
son played with i^banon College, has
sent word to Manager Crawford that
be would come to this borough in a
few days for a conference on the foot
hall situation. He is a husky looking
fellow and has always played a tackle
position. Manager Crawford is anx-ious
to land him to take the place of
Pennington, who is at present in the
Western part of the State and likely
to remain there. In addition to being
a clever player, Dechtel has the repu-tation
of being an excellent coach.
As Pownall has decided definitely not
to return it is mole than probable that
Bechtel will be given the position.
With the first class material with
which to work on the new coach
ought not to have much trouble In
rounding out a team that will be well
nlgii unbeatable.
ADDRESS ON MORMONISM
This evening, in the Methodist
church, Mrs. Uulu I-oveland Shepard,
of Salt l^ake City, Utah, will deliver
an address, free to the public on one
phase of the "Mormon Menace" and
on Sunday, Hon. Vernon A Danielson,
Of Salt Ixike City, will deliver an ad-dress
on the same subject but from
another phase, at the Balligomingo
Baptist church. West Conshohocken.
Mis. I-oveland is one of the fore-most
female orators in the country
and is president of the W. C. T. U.,
Of 1'tah. She has learned Morinonlsin
at first hand and will tell how they
inter twine their religion with their
business and their politics with their
religion to the end that none may
know where one begins and the
other ends. She knows the Mormon
question thoroughly and presents It
in a breezy, familiar and most inter-esting
way.
Mr. Danielson was an elder in the
Mormon church and will give an op
to the minute facts of what the
church is doing tooay. <IIe has served
upon foreign missions and has been
in close personal contact with the
Mormon helrarchy and has completed
a study of every department of Mor-monism.
Mill Shut Down.
Yesterday morning a roll was brok
en in the 60-inch flue mill of the
works of the J. Wood and Bros. Com-pany
causing the mill to be shut down
until repairs are made. The mill
will again be placed in operation on
Monday.
DR. H. J. MEYERS
Dentist.
75 Fayette Street.
WIDOWS OF VETERANS
SEEK PENSION INCREASE
Applicants Must Have Reached Age
of Seventy Year*. Bullletin States
Scores of women, widows of sold-iers,
sailors and marines who served
in the Civil War have been besieging
the office of (Seorge 1). Sidman, special
examiner of the I'nited States Pen-sion
Bureau, In the Federal Building,
1 hiladelphia, during the, last few
days, seeking information in regard
to the present law approved by
President Wilson. September 8, in-creasing
the widow' pension from $12
to $20 a month.
Since the law seems to be contusing
to many. Mr. Sidman Wednesday is-sued
a bulletin which he received
from Washington. It reads In part
as follows:
"Widows of Civil War veterans
OT Veterans ot the Mexican War
and the War of 1812, are eligible
to the increased pension provided
they have reached the age of
seventy years. The applicant is
instructed to communicate by
writing to the Commissioner of
Pensions at Washington and state
the number oMier pension certi-ficate,
name and service of sold-ier,
sailor, or marine the dale and
plact of birth and her name as
it appears on the pension certifi-cate
as. well as the present name
and address. No further formal
application is necessary."
Several women in this borough will
be benefited by this act The total
number of widows in the I'nited
States recorded on the pension roll
last June was 286,080. The total
number of Civil War veterans at that
date on the pension roll was lit;:.',277.
In the last year 34,252 soldiers and
14,967 widows, minors and dependents
of soldiers, died.
CHILD HAD THUMB CUT OFF
Conucil to Submit Proposition
to Borrow* That Amount to
the Voters in November
5-Year-Old Winfield Campbisl Had
Thumb cut Off by a Cable at
Works of Lavino Co.
Yesten-ay, a-year-old Winfield
Campbell, sin of Walter Campbell, of
Plymouth Meeting, visited his father,
who is employed in the brick
manufacturing plant of the E. J.
i a\ino Company, Plymouth. In the
factory a wire cable, carried on
pulleys runs near the ground. The
cable is in constant motion and car
ries bricks to the drying rooms.
Young Compbell unobserved by his
father, got near the cable and began
placing his hand on the running
cable. He was near a pulley over
which the cable passes and in a
twinkling, the thumb ot his left hand
was caught between the cable and
pulley'. The thumb was severed from
the hand. Assistance was immediate-ly
given the child and he was hurried
to Charity Hospital, Norristown,
where the wound was treated. While
the child is suffering greatly from
shock, he will soon recover from his
injury.
PRICE AND QUALITY OF
MILK UNDER U. S. PROBE
Department of Agriculture Expects to
Begin Country Wide Investiga-tion
Today.
A country wide investigation of the
price and quality of milk was begun
Thursday by the department of ag-riculture.
It is in charge of W. J.
Splllnian, chief of the office of farm
.management; B. ,11. Rawle, chief of
the dairy division and Department
Solicitor, Frank (1. Caffy.
Chief Spillmnn said Wednesday:
"We want to get at the facts as to
the cost of milk production. We
want to find out just what connection
there is between cement floors in
dairies and the quality of milk. The
situation is acute over the whole
country. We have urgent calls from
New England.
"The biggest question for the spe-cial
Investigators whom I shall ap-point
shortly will be that of the cost
of the product in relation to the cost
of complying with health department
regulations.
The first states in which the inquiry
will be conducted are Maryland and
Virginia. In a few weeks the inves-tigation
will be In full swing through-out
the whole country-
Wedding Tomorrow.
At the marriage of Miss Emily Bea-trice
Saunders, of Overbrook and Mr.
Charles Callahan Perkins, of New
York, which will be solemnized at
four o'clock on Saturday in St.
Asaph's Episcopal church, Bala, the
ceremony will be performed by the
Bev, Dr. Prescott Evarts, rector of
Christ Church, Cambridge, an uncle
of the bridgegroom, assisted by the
Rev. Dr. IHarrison B. Wright.
Onlyi the members of the family and
a few intimate friends have been in-vited
to attend the ceremony, but
there will be a large reception at "Ivy
Lodge," Overbrook, the residence of
the bride's mother, at half after four
o'clock.
This evening Mr. William l^awrence
Saunders, 2d, will entertain the mem-bers
of the Bridal .party at dinner at
the Merlon Cricket Club.
"Fate of 'Chic' Lucas"
When it comes to "ceiling" the fate
Of the "Borders" "Chic" Lucas Is al-ways
sure to "side" with the practical
and artistic. "CHIC" LUCAS, l'aper-bangre.
25 Must Hector street. Key-stone
Phone 10M. Ad.
GE0. RHODES, SUPERVISOR
An adjourned meeting of West Con-shohocken
Town Council was held last
evening and every member was pres-ent.
The meeting was called for the pur-pose
of receiving the proposition of
the Finance Committee regarding the
permanent paving of Ford and Front
streets, to consider the repairing of the
River Pool from the coal chutes to
the Wi st BorOUgb line and to elect u
strict supervisor.
The Finance Committee's report was
that the proposition of borrowing $io,-
ooo be placed before the voters at the
November election. With that amount
of money available, the Committee has
figured out thai Ford street, from
Front street to Church street and
Front street, from Ford street to the
•i" at Balllgo Road, could i>.- perma-nently
repaired. It was expected that
the Committee would submit to Coun-cil
Ogurea Of the approximate cost of
making the repairs with each of the
seven different materials on which
they were working but these were not
given out. The Committee has gone
over the situation thoroughly and is
desirous Of having the work done at -is
small expense as possible and believe
that the permanent repairs can be
made by an expenditure of $10,000.
McCarrick Brothers submitted s
proposition to Council to furnish the
material and repair the River Road
from the coal chutes to the West Bor-ough
line for the sum of $1950.
Dean & Wiley submitted a bid of 48
cents per ton.
Council thought the figures exces-sive
and decided to ask for new bids.
The Liver Road is in extremely bad
shape and repairs will have to be made
before the bad weather sets In. The
Cooper Creek Chemical Company has
a large amount of lime stone at Its
plant and has offered It to the borough
for n covering provided Council will
stand the expense of hauling it. T>io
amount of lime stone offered, however,
Is not near enough to cover the amount
of space that has to be repaired.
It Is expected that the contract will
be awarded at the next regular meet-ing
of Council.
George Rhodes, of Wllsontown, was
elected as supervisor of streets, aj a
salary of $2.00 per day. He will begin
his duties at once. There Is consid-erable
work to be done On the streets
as the borough has been without the
service of a supervisor for more than a
month.
SUNDAY SPORTS.
Germantown Independent-Gazette:
It might be suppose.I from stories
that the dally newspapers have printed
that persons who play golf on Sunday
at the Whitemarsh Valley Country
Club and other country clubs in the
lower part of Montgomery County are
placing themselves In danger of arrest.
Some arrests have been made forSun-day
baseball playing In West Consho-hocken.
The attorney for the lias.'hall
players contended that they were no
more subject to punishment for viola-ting
the Sunday law than the men and
women who play golf on Sunday. The
magistrate, in lining the baseball play-ers,
was quoted as saying that if any
Sunday golf players were brought be-fore
him he would also tine them.
Bui there is all the difference In the
world between golf as played at a
country club and baseball as played on
Sundays at West Conshohocken and
certain other places In Montgomery
County.
The golfers play golf for their own
amusement and edification. No one Is
prevented from looking on. Hut no
admission is charged and no crowds
gather and there Is no noise.
But baseball is not primarily for the
n i reatlon of the players. The game Is
commercialized. It is an entertain-ment
that attracts crowds of noisy
spectators who are expected to pay for
the privilege of watching the perform-ance.
No sensible persons object to Sun-day
recreation that is purely recrea-tion,
as is the case with golf. But
when the recreation is turned into a
money-making exhibition it Is clearly
In violation of -the law. That sort of
thing Is not permitted within the
bounds of Philadelphia. Put Mont-gomery
County is less strict, and many
Philadelphia, teams go out there to
play bull on Sunday.
Horace Holland.
Horace Holland, a former resident of
this borough, and for a number of
years employed at the State Hospital,
at Norristown, died at his home on
Tuesday, 501 Kohn street, Norristown.
Death was due to typhoid fever. He
was a brother of the late Judge James
B. Holland, of this borough.
Funeral services were held at his
late residence yesterday afternoon and
were attended by many relatives and
friends. Th,. Interment was private.
A NEW TEACHER FOR
THE FIFTH GRADE
Miss Winterbottom Resigns and Miss
Heidelbaugh Elected in Her
Place.
Miss Isabella 11. Winter bottom, of
\\'i st Philadelphia, who was elected
in the summer, a teacher of the fifth
grade Of the I'onshohocken public
schools, has decided thai she win be
married this autumn ami has there-fore
resigned her position.
A special meeting of the school
board was held on Wodnesil i\ eve-ning
to accept her resignation ami
eleel a sueeis.SOr.
The Teachers and Text Hindis Com-mittee,
out of five applicants, recom-mended
Miss Leaore Heidelbaugh. who
is a graduate of the Lancaster High
School O&d of the Mlllersville Normal
School. She has been a teacher for
the past six years, and has.specialised
in music and drawing.
wion the committee's report was
presented all the members voted in its
favor, except Mr. Cavanagh. 11«- voted
no, he said, not that he did not want
to sustain the committee, but as a pro-test
that no I'onshohocken applicant
is elected to the vacancy.
Mr. Hastings defended the selection
of the committee. He said that the
s< hools must have capable teachers,
or else they will in coiin- inefficient,
This applicant has bad six \ ears' ex-perience,
and there is now no applicant
from Conshohocken.
Miss Heidelbaugh will teach in the
fifth grade at a salary of *.-.."> pei-month.
DRY MEASURE PASSING
STATE SEALERS REPORT
Advertise in "THE RKCJKDlieV'
Being Eliminated By Dealers Because
of Danger in Violating Law
Requirements.
Dry Measures may soon become so
rare in the retail trade iii Pennsylva-nia
that they will take their places In
museums. Sealers of weights and
measures. In state convention at iiar-rlaburg,
reported that the dry meas-ure
is being eliminated, voluntarily
though slowly, by grocers and other
retailers. They are unanimous in the
opinion that the sooner it goes entirely
and sales of dry commodities are made
only by weight the belter It will be fi
all concerned.
The dealer who is chucking the dry
meusure into the rubbish box is tin-one
who has been •'stung." He has
sold, for instance. 8 half bushel of po-tatoes,
lie has given the customer
good measure in the half>bushel tub.
perhaps; but later it has developed
that the supposed half bushel didn't
weigh the thirty pounds required by
law. and the dealer has found himself
in the clutches of the local sealer.
One big firm operating hundreds of
groceries in a chain in this and other
stales does not have a dry measure In
Its whole system.
-Many of the sealers are in favor of
the next legislature passing a law for-bidding
dry measures and compelling
sales of dry commodities only by
weight.
The "loaf of bread" is anothed thing
over which the sealers are concerned.
All that the Pennsylvania law now re-quires
Is dry sale by "weight, measure
or numerical count." A stamp that
"this package contains one loaf of
bread" compiles with the law, but does
not mean much to the consumer,
Most of the sealers express the opin-ion
that a law should be passed regula-ting
the number of ounces of bn ad
that may be sold for a given price.
INJURED IN FIGHT
William McCarthy, of this borough,
who has been a patient at the Univer-sity
Hospital, Philadelphia, for several
days, is reported to be Improving.
I.ast week McCarthy got into an
altercation with another man and the
argument resulted in a fight during
which McCarthy was badly used up.
As a result of a terrific punch In the
face bridgework of his teeth was
broken and the jaw was badly cut.
It was feared at first that lockjaw
would develop, but the danger of that
has passed and his condition rs much
improved. It is expected that he will
be able to leave the hospital within
a lew days.
Schools Must Remain Closed.
Dr. Dixon has issued a statement
closing all schools until September
29th. The period Of exclusion from
moving picture shows and public en-tertainments
shall be extended to Sep-tember
29th for children under 16
years, "Schools" In the above order is
to be interpreted to mean Sunday
schools, us well as public and all other
kinds of schools.
DR. A. J. DOUGHERTY,
Dentist,
JACOBSON BUILDING,
89 Favette Street
Its a Wise Bunny That
Knows Its Own Fur
Latest Fall Style for 1916, a
new SOFT HAT, clever style,
full of "pep," with a snappy
brim, three proportions, seven
styles, $1.50 and $2.00.
Senator Penrose and Former
Secretary of State Knox Will
Speak at Collegeville
TO-MORROW AFTER-NOON
RAKOSKY'S
73 Fayette St. Conshohocken
One Of the greatest rallies ever held
by the Republicans of Montgomery
county is scheduled to begin at 2
o'clock tomorrow afternoon, .t Robin-son's
meadow, at the Junction Of the
Qermantown pike and Qermantown
creek, Perklomen bridge, Collegeville,
when the big men of the party will
make addresses ami politicians of high
ami low degree from all over win bo
present to talk things over.
Yesterday morning, County Chair*
man Proas siyer received a telephone
message from former secretary of
Slat,- and ex-Senator Philander C.
Knox, who is a candidate for United
States Senator, that he will be pres-ent
at the meeting and will make an
address. This is unexpected good for-tune
as it was doubtful if the former
Secretary would be able to be present
and on this account no announcement
was made of him being one of the
speakers.
Senator lVnroso will be present as
will Congressman Henry w. Watson
and Hon. Charles A. Snyder, candidate
for Auditor General. These prominent
men will make addresses as will lion.
Gabriel II. -Mover, of Lebanon, who
will be remembered as the fourth of
July orator here. Many local people
will be glad of the opportunity of again
bearint Mr. Moyer as he made a fine
impression here on the Fourth.
Collegeville was chosen -is the place
for the rally owing to its central loca-tion
and the convenience of getting
there from all sections of the county.
■fan) principal highways lead to the
place .nil there win be frequent trol-ley
service from Norristown and
Pottstown where connections can be
made with the various lines to all sec-tions
of the county.
from reports received by Chair-man
Styer the rally will he the largest
attended politic gathering ever held
in this county.
MOOSE ENTERTAINMENT
Will Hold a Social Se-ssion Tuesday
Evening. -Plans for New Home
Completed.
On next Tuesday evening the mem-bers
of the .("onshohocken Unlge No.
MS, Loyal Order of Moose will hold
a social session at its home on lllec-tor
street. Regular business will bo
transacted, Carroll's Orchestra will
furnish the music for the occasion and
a number of local und out of town
soloists have been engaged to assure
a good time to' all.
The plans for the new Home to be
erected on Spring Mill avenue have
been completed and the committee
expects to secure bids for its erection
before the cold weather sets In.
Sent to County Home.
Howard Simpson, aged (10 years,'
and for many years a resident of this
borough, was this morning admitted
to the County Home. He is unmar-ried.
He is unable to work and
support himself owing to illness.
Mrs. Elizabeth Tyson.
Mrs. Klizabeth Tyson, who has
been seriously ill for the past six
weeks, died at her home in Philadel-phia
yesterday. Mrs. Tyson has been
housekeeper for {Mrs. John A. illarrold
of the Hotel llarrold. during the sum
mer months for a number of years
and has a number of friends here.
HOME MADE PIES & CAKES for
sale at II Fast (Hector street. Will
appreciate patrons and try to serve
Hum satisfactorily. MRS. KM MA
NEIL. Adv.
50 CENTS FOR YOUR OLD
STRAW HAT!
To svery purchaser of one of our
new FALL STYLES HAT, we will
purchase your old STRAW HAT at
50 CENTS
We have our new line of Fall and
Winter styles of STETSON'S and
other well known makes of SOFT and
STIFF HATS, from
$1.50 TO $5
See Our Window Display!
SPECIAL SALE is now on of N.
SNELLENBURG & CO. CLOTHING.
Many Bargains,
$8.50 TO $20
WILLIAM KATZ
Guarantee Shop.
53 Fayette St. Conshohocken
A New Garment for the One That
FAIL8 to Give SATISFACTION.
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