The Conshohocken Recorder, April 11, 1913

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H. T. WOODLAND
RESiGNS FROM COUNCIL
SECOND WARD MEMBER'S RESIG-NATION
A GREAT SURPRISE.
COUNCIL DEFERRED ACCEPT-ANCE—
LITTLE BUSINESS WAS
DONE AT MEETING OWING TO
ABSENCE OF MR. HARVEY OF
THE STREET COMMITTEE.
A big surprise was given the mem-bers
of town council, on Wednesday
evening, when the president called for
the offering of "letters, petitions and
memorials" and Clerk Field read the
Jollowing letter:
"To the President and members of
Town Council.
Gentlemen: I hereby tender
my resignation as a member of your
honorable body.
H. T. Woodland."
A murmur of surprise ptnaj
through the council chamber and all
•of the members were at a loss to un-derstand
the action of Mr. Woodland,
■who is hishly esteemed as a council-man
and a citizen. Mr. Bate prompt-ly
moved that the letter of resignation
be laid over for one month.
Mr. Woodland la serving his first
term of three years in council and his
term will expire on January 1, 1914
and during his service lias been chair
.-man of the Railroad Committee and
at the last organization of Council
was made chairman of this trees and
HARRY T. WOODLAND
pavements committee. He held this
chairmanship during the period im
provements WGre being made and the
work took up much of his time.
Street Chairman Grilled
Chairman of the Railroad Commit
:tee, Mr. Harrold, reported that his
•committee had had a conference with
Superintendent Beach, of the Reading
Railway Company in regards to build
Ing a wall and a fence 'along Washing-
-ton street from Harry street to For-rest
street tc prevent people from
crossing the railroad tracks to so to
tin' station. Mr. Beach said the work
Involved a large expenditure of money
land he would communicate with the
•committee after the proposition
had been considered by the
directors of the railway. The com-mittee
expects to receive the com-munication
in the near future. Mr.
Beach also said that the material has
■been ordered for the repairs to Elm
street bridge aid that the repairs will
be pushed aioti«. After making Ud>
re|K>rt. Mr. Harrold said that he had
a very ini] ortant matter to bring be-fore
Council and that he had asked
Street Commissioner Andrew Collins
to be present at the meeting as It con-cerned
hi3 actions. Mr. Collins was
not present and Mr. Harrold said that
he reg;vtted his" absence as he "hat-
•ed to bring charges behind a man's
back" but under the conditions, he
must do so. He said that two planks
had brojeon in the Kim street bridge
and mado a very dangerous condition
which might have cau3ed an accident
making Hie borough liable fir heavy
damans He aid U a member of
the street committee, be notified an
-officer to insturct Mr. Collins tD have
the bri.lne repaired Immediately but
Mr. Collins refused saying that he
was instructed to take orders from
no one but the chairman, Mr. Hurvey.
Mr. Collin's answer was reported to
Mr. Harr:>ld and he then secured Wll-lalm
Wellington to do the work at an
.expense of $3.75.
Mr. Harrold censured such action*
of the cnalrman of the committe • and
the street commissioner anil said if
c;uncll is going to stand for such act-iens
he will not serve on the commits
t.c- ',\v aaked that council take such
action that Us recurrence will be Im-possible.
Mr. Stemple took a shot at the me-thods
of the street chairman and the
commissioner. He said last winter,
Hector street in front of the bor-ough
hall and the Are engine house
was ful lof ice ond the gutters were
frozen. He asked the commissioner
to open the gutters and he refused.
The gutters were later opened after
the Burgess and Mr. Harrold had tak-en
hold of the matter. This subject a-gain
aroused Mr. Harrold who stated
that a man holding the position of
Btreet commissioner should recognize
dangerous conditions and . remove
them without waiting for instructions
and if dangerous conditions are re-ported
to nim by any councilman or
citizen, he should investigate immed-iately
and If prompt action is neces-sary,
he should take it.
Mr, Williams said the fault may not
lay with Mr. Collins but with the com-mittee.
He advised the committe to
hold a n.eeting and have the chair-man
understand that the committee
shall carry out the Instruction* of
council in the manner decided upon
by the majority of the committee.
Mr. Marks said that the committee
Is not working in harmony and that
one man is running the committee.
He also stated that the commissioner
or any one elese should be expected to
take orders from each member of a
committee or from each councilman.
Mr. Jones, the second member of
the street committee, said the fault
lieb with the committee. He said dur-ing
hia membership there has been
but one meeting held by the committee
and had meetings been held, two mem
bers could annul the orders of one.
Mr. Toner said that he was unaware
that friction existed in the committee
and if the protesting members were
dissatisfied with the actions of the
fhainnan, they »hould have offered a
report to council.
The matter was closed for the time
being by a motion of Mr. Williams
whicli was: That the matter be refer-red
to the street committee and that
it inform Mr. Collins as to who has
authority to give him instructions.
A bill lor $119.86 was presented by
contractor Little for extra asphalt
used on the Harry street paving job
above Spring Mill avenue. Mr. Toner
asked for information on the bill say-ing
that he thought it thoroughly un-derstood
that council will have no ex-tras
in the present contracts for
street work. Mr. Bate said that he
made inquiries as to why extra asph-alt
was being used and said Mr. Lit-tle
informed him that It was under-stood
with the street committee to
use an extra amount of ashalt as far
as Third avenue.
Mr. Jones replied that the agree-ment
was that extra asphalt was to
b-i used from Kim street to Spring
Mill avenue and this extra amount
was paid for last fall. Mr. Toner said
that the agreement is -still being con-tinued
and if the street is built in this
manner it will bring the cost to about
83 cents per square yard which is
more than the cost for the mixed
method
Mr. Stemple said that council is en-tirely
too lax In paying bills and more
care should be exercised. He said that
some bills have bev?ii paid twice.
Mr. Jones made a motion, which
carried, that the asphalt matter t>- re-ferred
to the street committee and
that Mr. Little be informed to carry
out his work according to the specifi-cations.
On motlcn of Mr Kelly, the bill for
extra asphalt was referred to the
street committee for investigation
and to report at the next meeting of
council.
Requests and Complaints
Mrs. Mary Mason, of West Klin
street, -.i.v.n d for a permit to dig a
trench In Elm street to lay water pipe
into the house. 10.1 Elm street. Last
fall she was given a permit to open
the street for the purpose of laying a
water service, but the water comp-iny
refused to make the necessary num-ber
of tai-s and has caused her to ask
far another permit. Th!> matter was
referred to the street committee.
Jacob Schnell appeared before
council and stated his horse fell on
F.-yetto Street, «everai months ago
arid was badly Injured. He said the
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CONFERENCE DIVIDED
INTO TWO DISTRICTS
HOLINESS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIA-TION
IN CONFERENCE, DIVIDES
THEIR CONFERENCE AND EL-ECTS
TWO PRESIDING ELDERS.
—THE REPORT OF THE CONDI-TION
OF THE LOCAL CHURCH.
NOTES OF THE CONFERENCE.
Instead of electing a presiding eld-er
and an assistant as was thought at
first to be the course pursued at the
annual conference of the Holiness
Christian Association now In session
in Ebenezer Chape!, in West Consho-hocken,
when the time for the elec-tion
arrived on Wednesday afternoon,
the matter was taken up by the mem-bers
and after a lengthy discussion it
was the sentiment of those entitled to
vote on the question that the confer-ence
was entirely too large and that it
be divided into two districts and in
consequence thereof- this sentiment
was transformed into reality and the
conference was divided into the
Reading and Philadeluhfn restricts.
The Reading District is to comprise
all of the churches above West Con-shohocken.
The Philadelphia District
will comprise the churches in West
Conshohocken, Philadelphia, New Jer-sey.
Delaware and Maryland.
Rev. B. F. Watt, the present Presid-ing
Elder, has been elected to head
the Reading District, while Rev. M.
L. Stewart, one of the oldest members
of the conference, has been elected to
preside over the Philadelphia Dis-trict.
Another ruling which has been
changed is the one relative to the vis-
Its made to the churches in their re-spective
district* by the presiding el-ders.
^Heretofore the presiding elder
was supposed to hold a quarterly con-ference
la each church every three
months. This has been changed and
the elder Is now compelled to hold
only one conference and that is to be
held the third month prior to the an-nual
conference at which time the
delegate' to the conference is elcted.
The annual report of Kbenezer
Chapel which was read P' »he confer-ence
on Tuesday afternoon is as fol-lows:
Membership 61
Increase 2
Class Leaders 2
Home Missionary 1
Sunday School:—
Officers and teachers 16
Scholars 200
Value of Property $3000.00
Debt 144.00
Treasury for debt 75.00
Raised during year for church
Improvement 42.00
Improvement 58.75
Annual -Conference 1.45
Home Missionary 7.71
Presiding Elder 20.50
Evangelistic 23.49
Pastor's pupport 620.00
Current Expense 511.60
Sunday School 531.73
Rev. H. P. Jones, a former pastor
of the loMl church, is not in attend-ance
at the conference. The former
popular Divine has suffered a Blight
stroke and was unable to make the
journey. 'His many friends here hope
that he will soon recover from the ef-fects
of Ml illness.
Mrs. Bessie Hatcher, one of the
most popular evangelists of the AP-soeiation.
who resides in Trenton,
wus elected conference reported. Mrs
Hatchvr, before her conversion, was
an -actress and since connecting her-self
with the church, has been as ac-tive
in her work for Christianity as
she was before to please the people
who delight in looking over the foot-lights.
Mrs. Hatcher built a church
at Goldsboro, Md., and cleared it of
all debt with In the short space of a
few months. She occupied the pulpit
herself and personally supervised the
finances. The church was admitted to
the conference this week and a new
pastor will be apoptnted to the charge
as Mrs. Hatcher prefers to devote her
time to evangelistic work and does
not care to -return to the charge.
The visitors to the conference are
afforded sleeping quarters by the resi-dents
of the borough. They receive
their breakfast where they lodge but
dinner and supper are ser-wl ip the
basement of the church which la be-ing
supplied by the Ladies Aid Soc-iety
of the church.
Proceedings of Conference on page 2
VALUABLE HORSE
KILLED BY MATE
A BALKY COLT BELONGING TO
HENDERSON SUPPLEE & SON
REFUSED TO PULL AND IN
PLUNGING, JUMPS OVER WAG-ON
POLE, FALLS AGAINST IT8
MATE AND KILLS IT.—HORSE'S
NECK WAS BROKEN.
A valuable sorrel horse belonging to
Henderson Supplee and Son met with
a peculiar accident while ascending
the steep grade on Ford street, oppo-site
the Odd Fellow's hall In West
Conshohocken, about 8:30 o'clock
this mor.ilng from which the animal
died almost instantly.
The team was driven by William
Irelan, who has been In the employ
of the Supplee firm for many years.
Mr. Supplee has had a colt on hiB
farm at Port Kennedy for several
weeks. The horse has not been work-ed
and in consequence has become
very fractious. Mr. Supplee decided
to work the horse in his feed wagon
in order to give him exercise and yes-terday
had the animal brought to the
Munshower stable at Mechanlcsvllle
where the horses used in the mill
teams are stabled and instructed the
driver to use him.this morning.
The coll was hitched up beside a
sorrel horse which has been used In
the wagon for many years. The trip
from the stable -was uneventful al-though
the- colt plunged and leaped
considerable.
As soon as the driver reached the
mill he loaded up I.is wagon and start
ed across the bridge to deliver some
orders in the extreme end of the West
Borough. From the time he left the
mill the colt refused to act in a quiet
manner and when in front of the Odd
Fellows' Holl he balked and refused
to pull. The driver, who Is a clerer
hoiseman, tried every means to gat
the balky horse to go but with no
avail. After pleading with the animal
until patience ceased to be a virtue,
he spoke harsh to the colt and he
ic-.-ui'd up en his hind legs and trlea
to turn round. In doing so he fell
against the sorrel horse and knocked
It clean off its feet. The horse fell
heavily in the gutter striking with
great force against the curb white the
colt fell on top of It.
The sorrel was so badly Injured
that it died within a few minutes. It
is believed that the animal's neck was
broken.
After the accident word was sent to
the mill and the man who drives the
three horses abreast went to the West
Side and hitching up one of his horses
along side the colt the feed was de-livered.
The horse was a valuable one and
was prized very highly by its owner.
The horse was removed in the dead
animal wagon.
A CANDIDATE FOR COUNCIL
Second Ward Democrats are Urging
a Candidate
William McAvoy, of the Second
ward is being urged by many Demo-crats
to come out for the councilman-
1c nomination on the Democratic
ticket. Mr. McAvoy is superintendent
of the Schuylkill Stone Quarries and
has always been active In politics
and Interested in borough affairs. He
has built a number of the borough
streets and is thoroughly conversant
with the affairs of the town. His
friends believe he would be a strong
candidate.
MOOSE TO INCREASE
MEMBERSHIP
Have Secured a Dispensation for the
Reduction of the Initiation Fee
Conshohocken Ixxlgv No. 283, Loyal
Order of Moose is going to greatly In-crease
Its membership and In order
that many may take advantage at the
offerings of the order a special dis-pensation
has been granted for a re-duction
in the initiation fee to $j for
a limited time.
A meeting for the purpose of dis-cussing
the matter will be held at the
Home on next Tuesday evening and
National director W. G. Woods, who
will have charge of the dispensation
will be here to attend the meeting
and outline the details of the cam-paign.
A big attendance of the mem-bers
is desired in order that every
Moose may be familiar with the oper-ation
in the campaign.
The Moose is one of the most pros-
I>erous orders in the town and has
its own home, on East Hector street.
The building is nicely and comfort-ably
furni.-hed.
"THE HOLY CITY"
RED MEN RAISE CHIEFS
Norristown Tribe Raise the local
Chiefs with Impressive ceremonies
French Percale 12V4c yard worth 18c.
Annie Kelly, 15 First Avenue. Adv.
With impressive ceremonies, Min-nie
Kawane Tribe No. 198, raised a
number of chiefs of Washlta Tribe, in
P. O. S. of A. hall, on Saturday even-ing
lasL P. S. Wella, of No. 198 was
the deputy and the ceremonies were
conducted in a splendid manner. The
following chiefs were "raised."
Sachem, Harry Letlaven; Sen. Sag.
William Hodkin; Jr.; Sag. James
Wood; Prophet, Kline Ililtner; C. of
R., George T. Giles; C. of W., Arthur
Caress; K. of W., M. P. Vercoe; San-naps,
Lewie Baker and Alex. Young,
Warriors, Howard Smith, Joseph Wat-son,
Earl Carman and James Davis;
Braves, Albert Shore, William Griff-ith,
Samuel Canning and Hugh De-
Haven; Guards, Charles Herron and
Frank Marks.
A delightful musical evening was
enjoyed, last night, by an audience
that filled the Presbyterian church.
The occasion was the organ recital
and the singing of the sacred cantata
"The Holy City." Mr. Roy Martin
Boyd played a recital on the pipe or-gan.
He played four numbers with
consumate skill. The tones of the
pipe organ wer brought out In all
their beauty and pureness.
The cantata wa» a beautiful piec-3
of music. The soloists were In excel-lent
voice and the choruses were-in-
anti fully sung. The soloists were:
Miss Elizabeth Patterson, soprano;
Miss Nellie Augusta Messenger, alto;
Mr. Lloyd F. Kershner, tenor and Mr,
Granviile B. Lane, bass.
The members of the chorus were ail
local singers and their work was a
great credit to themselves and Mr.
Boyd, who directed the music.
BOY SCOUTS WILL
SHOW THEIR SKILL
LOCAL TROOP AND VISITORS
WILL HOLD A FIELD DAY TO-MORROW
AFTERNOON AT THE
GOLF GROUNDS.—MANY INTER-ESTING
EVENTS WILL BE HELD
INCLUDING GIVING FIRST AID
TO INJURED.
To-morrow will be red letter day
for the Boy Scouts of the borough for
it is to be their first field day. At
2:30 o'clock, to-morrow afternoon, tie
local troop with troops No. 1 and N*.
7 of Norristown, will give a publW
demonstration of Heir skill in Bports
and what they can do in giving ftr»t
aid to the injured.
The spurts have been arranged *y
Scout Master George GlleB and as-sistant
Scout Master Matthew Y*r-cce.
The boys have been well drilled
and their performance will be very
interesting to witness.
Arrangements have been made *■
keep the field clear and it is expected
a large crowd will attend the sport*
which will be held on the Geif
gorunds, at West Twelfth avenue.
The program Is as follows: Mile re-lay
race, potato race, boiling water,
lassoing a boy at a distance of 2»
feet, making a Are with flint aad
steel, first aid to the Injured by troop
7, of Norristown, tilting by troop 1, of
Norristown.
RECEPTION TO REV. REED
This Will Interest Mothers
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders Tor
Children relieve Feverlshness Head-ache,
Bad Stomach, Tethlng Disorders
move and regulate :he Bowels and de-stroy
worms. They break up Colds In
24 hours. Vsed by mothers for 22 yrs.
All Druggists, 25c. Sample *'REE. Ad-dress,
A. S. Olmstea.1, LeRoy, N. Y.—
adrt. ,-14-4t
A splendid reception was tendered
Tuesday evening to Rev. A. I. Reed,
the new pastor of the Methodist
Church. The event was held In the
■assembly room of the edifice and be-sides
many members and friends of
the church a number of clergymen of
the borough were in attendance In-cluding
Rev. J. Kennedy Moorhouse,
rector of Calvary Church; Rev. J. F.
Sheppard, pastor of the Presbyterian
Church; Rev. A. J. Davles .pastor ot
the Baptist Church; and Rev. J. T.
Fox, pastor of tho Lutheran church.
An entertainment was given In co-i-ii'-
i-tio with the receptio which open-ed
with siging by the choir and whicli
Included seleclions by the Union Quar-tette,
composed of .'ohn Blggard, Wm.
Sir —d. Roy Ramey and Alan
Ko i, -CT:U ' solo by Warren Thwaite
\ ' s bj Ml . S. .1. McLaughlin,
/ BU H.I V Rlnehart,
Mtea Sa:a Tr ; art . ■ n.. a For-
•: (■■ . tf. by V B. ' -Iv-ai.i Y. II- lc
and ill nn'.i VTbilc; elo< etionary
selections by Alan ICoth. U tl- coa-cluaion
of the enter) lot . nt scalabil-ity
reigned -and refreshuii i ! wei •
served in the basement. All of the ie
present bfor departure extended fereet
ing? to Rev. A. I. Reed.
MATTHEW P. VERCOE
The Norristown troop givea a very
interesting exhibition In its first ale
drill, which is the most Important
event of the day. The tilting match,
which Is sport so ancient that it is
again new, will also be an attractive
feature of the program.
The local troop, under the direction
of George Giles, has made big stride*
In membership and has been well
trained In the sports. Just what they
can do will be shown the public te-morrow
afternoon.
Ladies Can Wear Shoes
one size smaller by using Allen's foot
Ease, the antiseptic powder for swol-iHouse
and street dresses, sizes 34 len, tender, aching feet It makes
to 50. )1 to |2.50. Annie Kelly, 15
First Avenue Adv.
Who-Ray. What-Ray? Why—J. B.
Ray, the Jeweler, Agent for Rockford
Watches.
walking a delight relieves corns and
bunions of all pain PI a gives rest and
comfort. Sold every" here, 25c. Don't
accept any -substitute. Sample FREE.
Address, Allen S. Olnstead, LeRoy, N.
Y.—Adv. 3-11-4L
THE RELIEF FUND
A meeting of the Relief Committee la
dharge of the dolleltion of funds for
the Flood Sufferers in Ohio and Indi-ana,
held a meeting on Tuesday ev-ening
and authorized the treasurer,
Mr. iH. C. Jones, to forward Consa*-
hocken's contribution to the Red
Cross Society. The fund will not be
closed until every one who desires,
has the opportunity to contribute. Coa
ti T'MII am . may be sent to Mr. Jones
direct or to either of the banks.
.Mr. Jones reports the following
contributions:
Amount previously acknow-ledged
1,07«.W
Washlta Tribe No. 53 lO.ot
Penn Club 30.M
Dr. George T. Lukens 5.H
/. Wood & Bros. Co 60.M
Balligomingo Bap. Church 13.13
Gulph Christian Church 20.*e
Total $l,194.l§
In addition to the above mentioned
contributions, Mr. H. Klelnman haa
contributed and sent to the Red Cros*
oe box of clothlnu?, valued at $15.M.
Dr. Thomas' Electric Oil is the best
remedy for that often fatal disease—
croup. It has been used with succee*.
in our family for eight years.—Mrs. L.
Whiteacre, Buffalo, N. Y.
For a mild easy action of the bowel*
try Doan's regulets a modern laxative
25c at all stores-