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VOL. XLVIII THE LITITZ RECORD, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 29, 1925
EVENTS CONCISELY TOLO
INTERESTING THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN
TOWN AND VICINITY.
Emory Wagner has been confined
to his home with grip for about a
week.
Mrs. David Fass entertained some
of her friends on Saturday evening
in honor of her birthday, which ac-curred
on the 27th of January. Ex-cellent
refreshments were served.
Twenty-three Kansas rabbits were
received here thru the state game de-partment
for distribution in this
county. They will be released by
John Madlem and Linnaeus Firestone
as soon as weather conditions are
suitable. They are of the cottontail
variety.
Joseph Driefus was given a birth-day
package surprise on Wednesday
in honor of his seventy-second birth-day,
receiving handkerchiefs, neck-ties,
socks and numerous other things.
A cake with seventy-two candles was
placed in his room at the Springs
Hotel. To express it mildly, Joe had
one of the biggest surprises of his
life. Before retiring from business,
Mr. Dreifus conducted a store in Lit-itz
for many years.
Linnaeus Firestone, living near
Lexington, is feeding three coveys of
partridges, totaling thirty-three birds,
and eleven pheasants. There are
only two • hens among the pheasants.
These latter birds are running about
with one of the coveys of partridges.
Mr. Firestone discovered the birds in
the fields near his home and takes
the feed to them, having shoveled
away the snow where he throws down
the feed.
Mechanical Eye Assorts Tobacco
Lititz Visitors at New York Tobacco Show—Machine That Works
Like Human Brain
Real Estate Sales
The Rudy properties on Main street,
comprising the building occupied by
Trimmer's store on one side of the
street and opposite the store building
of the A. & P. store, and a dwelling
and store room, will be offered at
public sale this Saturday, There is
considerable speculation as to the
prices these properties will bring.
A tract of five acres of land with
a frame dwelling house and other im-provements
in. the village of Kissel
Hill was offered at public sale on Sat-urday
by the heirs of Abram F. Bear.
It was withdrawn with the highest
bid at $3,000.
HOG TIPPED SCALE
AT 783 POUNDS
Converted Into Tubful of Sausage,
Five Cans of Lard and Many
Other Products
What was probably the largest hog
around here was killed on Tuesday
by Paul Bushong, rural mail delivery-man
at this place. The hog dressed
783 pounds and was so large that the
ordinary scalding trough would not
hold the animal. A make-shift trough
was made from heavy canvass cover-ing.
Products from the hog were
five kettles of lard, a tub of sausage,
seven crocks of pudding, metzelsoups
and many other things down to pigs
feet jelly. Reuben Fry was the
butcher.
The animal was not over f a t but
had an immense frame. It was seven
feet long, stood three and a half feet
high and was seven and a half feet
around the girth. It was of the Duroc
Jersey breed and was registered, be-ing
used for breeding for several
years when it was operated upon to
make it fit for food.
A new color sorting machine,
the sensation of the cigar in-dustry,
was seen at the New
York tobacco show by the fol-lowing
Lititz men: F. A. Mas-ser,
Henry H. Bomberger, Paul
and Lloyd Bomberger. The ma-chine
is more accurate than the
human eye. As marvellous as
the radio—as revolutionary as
the cotton gin. The color sort-er
does one of the most deli-cate
tasks in the factory and
does it with unheard of speed.
Sorts 4000 cigars an hour, in
thirty-two different shades.
Operates by electricity without
the aid of daylight.
It was an interesting show.
Several kinds of cigar manu-facturing
machines were in
operation, making from 400 to
450 cigars an hour, designed
for fifty different sizes and
shapes.
There was imported leaf to-bacco
from practically all the
growing parts, even "York coun-ty,
but unfortunately, the Lan-caster
county product was not
to be seen.
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Coasting Accident—Horse Kicked Boy
on Head
While J. W.Bruckart of Lititz was
driving to Rothsville in a sleigh last
Sunday afternoon he encountered a
number of boys with sleds. When
going down the steep hill west of
Ivan Bushong's mill, two sons of John
McCreary attempted to pass the
sleigh. When even with the Bruck-a
r t ' s horse the animal became frigh-tened
and kicked at the passing sled
and hit Richard McCreary squarely
in the face, knocking him from the
sled in a partially stunned condition.
Young McCreary was later taken to
the office of Dr. H. Walter, at Roths-ville
who stated that his condition
was not serious. Mr. Bruckart's
horse fortunately had no shoes on or
results might have been more serious.
The following article was taken
from the Tobacco Journal.
Among the unusual exhibits at the
Tobacco Show at Grand Central Pal-ace
this week is a Cigar Sorting Ma-chine
whose operations so closely ap-proximate
those of the human brain,
eye and hand that it is attracting
keen interest.
All who see the machine marvel at
the accuracy and rapidity with which
it sorts approximately 4,000 cigars
per hour according to the color of
each individual wrapper. It seems
to those who watch, that this mechan-ism,
capable of sorting 32 colors of
cigars, is gifted with human intelli-gence.
Cigar a f t e r cigar flashes down
into its proper bin despite the slight-est
variation in shading— in some
cases such a delicate difference in
coloring that not even the keen eye
of the expert cigar sorter would de-tect
that difference at the first glance.
The cigar sorting machine operates
by electricity and does its work equal-ly
well in daylight or "aarktess, as
the sensitive mechanism is all' enclos-ed.
The brain of the machine dir "V s
the "eye" of the device in proportion
to the reflected light from each cigar,
but unlike the human brain is untir-ing
in its task and always accurate
in its decision.
The so-called "eye" of this n i n M ie
is a photo-electric cell such as is used
by astronomers in determining the in-tensity
of the light of stars, and such
as is used in connection with the
transmission of photographs by wire
and by radio.
The photo-electric cell is very sensi-tive
to light and generates electricity
proportional to the intensity of the
light which strjkes it.
In the color sorting machine the
photo-electric cell is so arranged that
it receives the light rays of four small
electric light bulbs after they have
bf ' " -"•-'-"or of the |C:
i The cigars which have light wrap-
' pers reflect more light than cigars
which have dark wrappers, and so the
amount of current which is generated
in the photo-electric cell varies ac-cording
to the depth of shade or color
of each wrapper.
This current is then "boosted up"
by means of an amplifying tube such
as used in tras-continental telephone
work, and is then of sufficient strength
to operate the needle of a very sensi-tive
ammeter, which is so constructed
as to act as a selector switch which
controls the progress of the cigar
f r om the "eye" and directs its course
through the machine until it is placed
in a bin for cigars of this particular
shade.
Seen f r om the layman's viewpoint,
it is a very simple and extremely "hu-man"
series of operations. Take a
very light-colored cigar, for example.
I t will naturally reflect more light
than one of its swarthier^ friends. As
the energy is governed by the amount
of light reflected, the Mulato gentle-man
naturally radiates more energy
than the darker gentleman. It is
here that he is first selected by the
cigar sorting machine to travel a
different journey than his friend. The
eye of the machine is saying in ef-fect
to the brain, "Mr. Mulato is
bound on a trip to bin No. 1. De-posit
Mr. Extra Dark-colored man
bag and baggage in bin No. 2." The
brain, amplifying those statements
with extra force, commends and en-ergises
the magnet to do its duty.
The magnet, operating the finger-like
trippers, forces them to release their
grasp on "Mr. Mulato" and "Mr. Ex-t
r a Dark-colored" as each arrives at
his prearranged destination, and each
slides to his surprise into a tbin full
of brethren of exactly his own shade
of coloring.
Tobacco men at the Show were of
the opinion that the new cigar sort-ing
machine, doing away as it does
with the slower color sorting of cigars
by hand and eyesight, will mean
a tremendous saving of time when it
is put in operation, as it does the work
of eight human cigar sorters.
The editor made a mistake in
quoting Walter Bear, in an ar-ticle
in the Record of the past
week, as saying that the spar-row
was the only bird men-tioned
in the bible. There are
twenty birds at least mentioned
in the bible, two of them being
referred to in one verse. This
should be an interesting ques-tion
for bible students. The
version of the sparrow is prob-ably
the most familiar to the
average person, as it is fre-quently
quoted in sermons.
"If God notes the fall of a spar-row,"
said Mr. Bear, I believe
that man should at least feed
them when they are in distress,
along with the other birds. It
takes such a small amount of
money to do it, and the plea-sure
one derives from it more
than repays one. He believes
that every farmer should do his
duty during this weather, as the
bird is his friend. A world with-out
birds would be a barren
place, especially on the farm.
Skiing has become quite a
fad among the young people of
town and many pairs of these
wooden runners are being re-ceived
by parcel post. Natural-ly
there have been many spills
when skiing is tried out in the
fields, to say nothing of skinned
noses and other minor remind-ers
that it is an a r t that must
be learned. Several of the
yo ung men seem to have caught
the idea and get along well with
them. Naturally no record
jumps of 200 feet, as seen in
the movies have been made or
even attempted. Experts can
t u r n a complete somersault on
skees and while some progress
is being made in this direction,
it is not being done intention-ally.
If the snow continues to
last several more weeks skiing
parties and clubs may be orgon-ized.
Not to be outdone a tobog-gan
sled was introduced in this
section. Those who rode on it
said it traveled like an express
train.
A former New York state
man with his daughter were
out in the fields with snowshoes. \ S
FIRE COMPANY HAD BIG
SMOKER LAST NIGHT
Big Audience—Many Speakers—
Smokes and Refreshments
—Ladies Day at Pfautz Bros Store,
Saturday. See adv.
A big audience was in attendance
at the annual smoker by the Lititz
Fire Company last evening, when a
fine program was given, including
speeches by prominent speakers from
this and adjoining counties. There
was nothing dry or formal about the
affair. It w a i a real get-together
event, with plenty of cigars, respon-ses
and stories not officially on the
program, and plenty of refreshments.
I t was the opinion of practically every
person that it was the best smoker
in the history of the company. Among
the guests were members of the bor-ough
council. A business meeting
preceded the program. The smoker
opened by the audience singing a
verse of America.
The program follows: Address of
welcome, S. C. Hassler; vocal se-lection
by the Fire company, octette;
address by Ex-Fire chief, O. F. Hart-man,
of Lebanon; address by
Hon. Guy K. Bard, of Denver; hum-orous
talk by Dr. Charles Rosenberg;
The program was interspersed with
orchestral selection and the giving
away of prizes.
POST OFFICE
TO BE MOVED
—Dry goods Remnants at Bargain
prices at Pfautz Bros.
—Children's high school shoes $1.50
per pair at Leaman and Leeds.
—Got to Pfautz Bros for Rubbers.
Ask for Red Sole Brand.
Read the Record—$1.50 a year
To Occupy Quarters in Building Now
Used by Farmers Bank
The Farmers National bank was a
successful bidder for the post office
quarters and the present location will
be changed as soon as the banking
business is moved into the new struc-ture,
now nearing completion. The
bank building will be remodeled to
meet the demands of the Post Office
Department. The contract is good
for five years, starting on April 1 of
this year. -V
The Springs, bank officials generously
conceded the use of a driveway from
Broad street in the rear of then-building
for the rural deliverymen.
This will be a fine location for the
post office, between the two banking
institutions and is in the heart of
town. The design of building is fitt-ing
for a post office. It is certain
t h a t the new post office location will
meet with the approval of the citizens
of the town.
SIXTEEN DEGREES BELOW ZERO
Six More Inches of Snow Fell on
Tuesday
Plaining Mill Had Annual Banquet
The annual banquet was given in
the Keath Plaining Mill on Saturday
evening, by the company, to the em-ployees
and their families. The mill
was beautifully decorated and a very
entertaining program was rendered.
Charles Keath, president of the
company served as toastmaster. Cov-ers
were laid for over two hundred
guests and seventeen turkeys were
served.
—A limited number of Ladies high
shoes, special ?l«-per pair, at Leaman
and Leeds.
The snow stopped falling Tuesday
evening and about midnight the air
was calm, stopping the drifting. Wed-nesday
morning the weather was the
coldest of the year. Depending on
the location the thermometers around
town showed f r om 5 to 16 degrees be-low
zero. The six o'clock trolley car
arrived almost on time but a f t e r that
there were no cars until afternoon.
Rural deliverymen could not navi-gate
all of their routes on Tuesday
Bread and other deliverymen in the
rural sections are having a hard time
of it.
With the thermometer registering
five below zero oh Saturday in the
coldest part of town, along the
Springs creek, the backbone of winter
seemed to be broken on Monday when
the thermometer rose to 45 degrees.
There was rain part of Monday and
the snow starting to disappear fast.
On Tuesday there was a driving snow
all day, putting the trolley schedule
out of commission in the afternoon.
The recent heavy snows demolished
the roof of the baseball grandstand
and some of the seats at the baseball
grounds. Probably it was a good
thing from the fact that the stand
was old and might have given way
with a crowd on it. At all events it
will cost considerable money to re-pair
it—more perhaps than is cleared
from baseball here.
Bonus Agreement at Stiffel-Freeman
Workmen Pleased With Scale of 2 Per Cent, on Wages and 1 Per
Cent, of Profit
Calling the employees together at
the Stiffel-Freeman Safe Works,
Harry G. Gorton, the superintendent,
announced that the officials of the
company guaranteed a two per cent
bonus on the wages paid during this
year, or two cents additional on every
dollar paid in wages. . In addition the
employees will receive one per cent
of the net profits during 1925. This
money will be paid to the workers
on December 31, 1925.
This announcement came as a sur-prise
to the employees and they are
highly pleased. The safe works em-ploys
a 100 per cent local men. Many
of them have been at the plant from
nine to ten years and are skilled me-chanics,
turning out work that is a
credit to the business. The vault
doors in the Farmers and Springs
banks, weighing from fifteen to
twenty tons, are good specimens of
the high grade and mechanically cor-rect
work done there. In spite of
the height, making them burglar
proof, they turn on the hinges with
only a slight pressure. Besides the
great stability they are a picture of
beauty, with nickled parts and per-fect
finish.
The prosent company has been con-ducting
the business since May of
last year. Mr. Gorton, the superin- | bright.
tendent has been there almost ten
years. He feels proud of the fact
that he has a capable and well trained
force of men. The co-operation be
tween the management and workers
should produce results and the ex-periment
will be watched with much
interest.
One of the products for which there
is a big demand is the Label B safes.
After long experimenting and after
being put through severe tests for
safety of contents in fires and falling
when in heated conditions the com-pany
was granted the label B by the
Underwriters' Association.
Further experiments will be made
in the Chicago laboratory by the Un-derwriters'
Association. The safes
will be put to a more severe test than
formerly, with the possibility of se-curing
a label A safe.
In the previous tests a f t e r exposed
to severe heat for several hours, the
contents of the safe were not even
browned. In another test a safe
a f t e r the metal became red hot, was
dropped several stories on piles of
bricks. It held together without any
damage being done to the Contents.
With a product of this kind and the
co-operation of the employees the
company feels that the future is
J. L. PEIFFER, LITITZ,
PRAISED IN WAY HE
HANDLED BANTAMS
Superintendent at Baltimore Poultry
Show
The Farmers' Guide, the American
Bantam Journal, praised John L.
Peiffer, who was superintendent of
bantams during the entire week at
the Baltimore Poultry Show. The
article follows:
Bantam Superintendent
The success of any great bantam
show depends much on how the ban-tams
are fed and handled. They can
not be overfed, and they must have
fresh water in clean cups, daily. Ban-tams
at Baltimore were given the
most ideal attention, for the coops
were cleanly bedded and not filled
with a lot of uneaten grain, and the
water cups were always filled with
clean water. The bantams received
the attention that only a real bantam
fancier could give. The daily supply
of grit, and the chopped onions
several times and combined with that
grand attention, found the bantam
show on the last day in tip-top show
condition. Our staunch member and
booster of the American Bantam As-sociation,
Mr. John L. Peiffer, of Lit-itz,
Pa., is the fancier that deserves
all credit for the fine manner the ban-tams
were taken care of at Balti-more.
The American Bantom Asso-ciation,
through its president, Mr.
Emil Meier, and on order of its sec-retary,
Mr. George Fitterer, hereby
wishes to use this opportunity to an-nounce
to the bantam fraternity that
the American Bantam Association
Gold Medal No. 95, has been award-ed
to Mr. John L. Peiffer, Lititz, Pa.,
for his untiring and most efficient
service to the American Bantam As-sociation
National Winter Meet, Balti-more,
Md„ Dec. 2-6, 1924, as Bantam
Superintendent.
D. G. Witmyer, of Lititz, was judge
of bantams at this show. The arti-cle
ends with, It was a grand lot of
bantams and all well judged. Mr.
Witmyer received congratulations for
his judgment in picking out winners
in such big classes as were assembled
there. There were no protests made.
Following the Baltimore show, Mr.
Witmyer judged bantams at the New
York show, where birds were exhibit-ed
from every state in the Union as
well as Canada.
FROM EQUATOR TO
ZERO WEATHER
TRAVELERS HEAR AND FAB
COLUMN TO KEEP YOU IN TOUCH
WITH OLD AND NEW NAMES
H. Herbert Hassler Here
from Africa
on Visit
Careless Shooting—Bullet Almost Hit
Man-
Just as John Birkenbine was rising
from bed at his home in the eastern
end of town, early Sunday morning,
a bullet crashed thru a window pane
in his room, passing directly over his
head and hitting the wall. John con-siders
he had a narrow escape. He
is wondering who fired the shot.
Local Prizewinners at Harrisburg
At the f a rm products show at Har-risburg,
last week, Abram Z. Bom-berger
won 1st prize in Mellinger's
yellow dent corn: J. W. Bruckart won
first prize in the district class on ten
ears white dent corn and second prize
in the state wide class.
In the egg contest exhibitors from
this part of the county were success-ful.
A loving cup was awarded for
the largest and best display by an
adult poultry club to the Lititz Adult
Record Association.
In the commercial class Ira Rohrer,
Lititz, was awarded third and fourth
and one dozen eggs in cartons, $2.50;
Catherine Rohrer, Lititz, R. D. 5, one
dozen in cartons, $1.00.
H. H. Reifsnyder, of Brickerville,
won a second prize in tobacco.
Coming from a climate where the
heat is so intense that special hats
must be worn to protect white people
from the intense rays of the sun, Mr.
and Mrs. H. Herbert Hassler and
young son Bruce, lately of the east-ern
part of Africa, are visiting rela-tives
in Lititz, with a real winter as
a contrast. He is a brother to S. C.
Hassler and Mrs. John Wagner. Mr.
and Mrs. Hassler served as mission-aries
in Kenya Colony, formerly call-ed
British East Africa. They were
here on a furlough 4 years ago. Mr.
Hassler spent seventeen years in
Africa. They expect to locate in Eph-r
a t a for the present time.
The start of the journey was by
train, covering 600 miles through wild
country to Lake Victoria. They came
by boat thru the Suez canal to Eng-land
and thence home, landing in New
York.
On the railroad trip thru Africa
they saw large herds of antelops,
zebras and other wild animals. This
was the country that Roosevelt cov-ered
in going after big game. Mrs.
Hassler with other persons of the
settlement shook hands with the form-er
president at that time. In fact
there is big game in the dense for-ests
tiear their former home. At
times elephants approached within
twelve miles of the mission station.
Hyenas and monkeys were numerous
around their home. The common hy-ena
is not dangerous but there is one
specie that attacks human beings.
Being so near to the equator white
persons cannot withstand the penetra-ting
rays of the sun. From eight in
the morning until five in the after-noon
special hats must be worn—
pith helmets being the accepted form.
Even on cloudy days the head must
be covered. The rays penetrate
through clothing and if not well pro-tected
cause pains and soreness of
the muscles.
A missionary who came to that
country believed that he could be-come
acclimated and refused to wear
the usual head covering. He became
a hopeless invalid. The natives do
not suffer any bad effects from the
sun.
The woods are dense with tropical
trees, especially with the fern tree
which grows to a great height. There
are many beautiful flowers. There
are streams and waterfalls, but few
fish. Lately these waters are being
stocked and the venture is proving
successful.
Vegetables do well, especially in
high altitudes. Many fruit planta-tions
are being developed, as there
is a variety of f r u i t that can be
grown. Coffee culture is one of the
staple agricultural pursuits.
Floyd Bender, manager of a knitt-ing
mill at Spring City, spent Satur-day
afternoon with his parents Mr,
and Mrs. Milton Bender.
Albert O. Bruckart and family of
714 First Street,'Lancaster, spent
Sunday with Mr. Bruckart's parents,
M. and Mrs. J . W. Bruckart on Rome
road.
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Masser and Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Bomberger spent from
Thursday to Sunday at Trenton, N.
Dr. Percey Driefus, of Washington,
D. C., spent several days of last week
here with his parents Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Dreifus. Mrs. I. Jacoby, of
Philadelphia spent several days here
this week with the same persons.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Beck expect
to leave for Belray, Fla., on February
4. Mrs. Beck expects to return in
two weeks while Mr. Beck intends re-maining
longer. Mr. C. A.Zook will
accompany them on the trip.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Muth, left this
morning on a t r ip to California going
by the way of Chicago, 111., and then;
the Southern Pacific route. They ex-pect
to stay about 6 weeks and intend
coming home by the way of the P a n a -
ma Canal.
The following out-of-town persons
attended the funeral of Mrs. S. Harry
Smith on Saturday: Mr. and Mrs.
George Smith, of Philadelphia; Mrs.
Lou Yocum, Albert Yetter, Reading;
John H. Wise, Marvin Hartman, Mrs.
Kate Hartman, Eli Wike, Newmans-town;
Mr. Clayton Wren and family,
Lancaster; Mr. Carpenter and wife,
Maugansville, Md; Mr. -and Mrs.
Hertz, New Danville; Mrs. Alminda
Enck, Leola; Zach and Granville Wike
and families, Reading.'
Lititz Barbers Make New Schedule
Beginning with February 2d the
barbers of Lititz will all be governed
by the following prices for services,
owing to the constant upward tend-ency
of living costs: hair cutting 35
cents, Saturdays 5 cents extra; shave
15 cents; shaving neck 5 cents extra.
Plain massage 35 cents; Boncilla 75
cents. Singeing 25 cents. Plain
shampoo 25 cents. Tonic 15 and 20
cents. Razor honing 450 cents. All of
the barbers have posted cards with
these prices.
All the Lititz shops have agreed on
these closing hours: Monday, Tues-day
and Wednesday evenings at 8:30;
Friday at 9 o'clock; Saturday at 10
o'clock. All shops close Thursday
afternoon and evening.—Adv.
Feeding the Birds Mentioned in the
Bible
As a matter of fact I noticed in
the columns of the "Record" that a
man feeds sparrows, which he says,
are the only birds mentioned in the
Bible.
I do not mean to get into an argu-ment,
nor become critical^ as I ad-mire
the man for his kindness toward
these birds.
My knowledge of the Bible is very
limited, but on the other hand, if this
man will read Lev. 11: 13 to 20 he
will change his mind. Besides the
birds mentioned there, there are a
number of others also mentioned
throughout the good book.
A Reader
Ed,—A correction referring to the
article in question will be found in
"Around Our Town".
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Celebrated 72nd Birthday
Charles Birkenbine, Sr., who lives
with his son John in the east end of
Lititz, celebrated his 72d birthday
last Friday. Mr. Birkenbine is quite
active for his age.
High School Has Pretzel Êm-blem
on Sweat Jerseys
When a Lititz basket ball
team plays on an alien floor
spectators delight to hail them
as the pretzel team, pretzel
twisters, and the like. At last
this feature distinguishes a Lit-itz
team from a quintet from
any other town.
Capitalizing on the idea the
Lititz High basket ball team
has a pretzel emblem on their
sweat jerseys, with the words,
"The taste is the test."
No need to tell the world
where they are from when the
Lititz boys appear on the floor.
We surmise that N. D. Sturgis
knows something about it. In
short, "It pays to advertise."
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