Ambler Gazette

              The Ambler Gazette.
VOL   XXX-NO.   14
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AMBLER,   PA.,  APRIL. 4.  1912
$1.25  A  YEAR
THE CHURCH
IS STARTED.
Ambler.   Methodists  Hold
Breaking Exercise ■
Ground
Building is Staked Out on New Lot,
Corner erf Park and Lindenwold Avenues.—Other Pastors of the Borough
Assists
Appropriate exercises, last Saturday j
afternoon,   marked   the   beginning   of
the erection of a handsome new edifice
for   the    Methodist   congregation    of
Ambler and vicinity.      More than  S00
people assembled to witness the breaking  of  ground   for   the   new   church,
all of whom  entered  most Heartily in'
making    the    event a    success.      The I
scholars  of the  Sunday  school,  members and friends of the church met at i
,the present chureh at North Ridge ave* |
nue  and  Race    street    and   marched |
from   there   to _ the   new   church   site,
corner of Park" and Lindenwold ave- 1
nuss.
At the head of the line were the pas- :
tors of the sister churches of Ambler
and the invited guests.    Each of .those
in line carried either a carnation or an
Easter    lily, presenting   altogether    a
very pretty  sight.      As  they reached
the building site a circle was formed [
and Rev.  Herman 8.  Cook,  pastor of c
ithe   Upper   Dublin   Lutheran   church,
announced    the first    hymn,    "Crown i
Him Lord of All."     This was followed
by a prayer which was most fervent-
ly offered, for the success of the new I
project, by Rev. L. F. M. Myers, pastor
of    St.    John's  Lutheran  church,    of
Ambler.      Rev. .George C. Crist, pastor
of the First Presbyterian  church,     of
Ambler, read a most suitable passage of j
Scripture,  the ninth to the 23d verses
of the third chapter of the First Cor- I
inthians       This was followed by sing-
ing the hymn, "How Firm a Founda- ■
tion."     The address of   the afternoon '
was delivered   by Rev. Richard    Rad- ]
. cliffe,   pastor,   of  the   Glenside   M.   B.
.church, who spoke earnestly and with
much   enthusiasm,   pointing   out   the
great   good   a   church   will  be   to   the
.community.      He   urged  all  who   had *
taken part In the work .to stand stead- ,
fast and overcome ths many obstacles
that win confront them in tha future. I
He . also   called   the  attention   of   the
members of too church to the fact that
they must not forget the spiritual work,
that there Is for them to do.      In closing, Mr. Radeliffe said, "Labc* for the'
Lord and you will see this handsome
new  church  a  crowning  success,  and
when all is done here on earth and you '
have  gone   from   it,   the   chureh   will
stand as a  monument to  your efforts
for many j itars."
Dr, „Frank Parkin, of Philadelphia,
superintendent of the district la -whioh
the Ambler church Is located, was the
next speaker. Dr. Parken said, "Back
ef all the grand reports that have
come to the conference for the past
two years there appears, to have been
SmXlelon, andaethis ground brealj-iaiLthte,
ajPVTnoo**i na&rks -tn*** tfegihifrng^nrtli-
accomplishment of that vision and
what' a great day -ltplPHl be for the
Ambler people when this grand vision
has been* fully realized." In closing
Dr. Parkin urged the members to stand
by their pastor, trustees and officials
of the chureh"until all the indebtedness
is fully discharged. Rev. A. C. James
closed this part of the program by
making a few timely remarks. Be-
afore the flrst spade full of earth was
turned the entire assemblage sang the
hymn, "In the Cross of Christ I Glory"
and the manner in whioh the hymn
was sung attested to the fact that it
was a real Methodist gathering. Mrs. j
Rebecca Howard, who has passed her
83d milestone and who has long been
a member of the church, was ssdeeted
to turn the first spade full or earth
which act she accomplished with the
assistance of Mr. James, who took out
the next spade full. Then followed
Dr. Parkin, Rev. Radeliffe, Rev. Cook,
Rev. Myers, Rev. Crist, J. B. Martin,
president of the board of trustees; J
Blsworth Posey, secretary of ths same
body and superintendent of* the Bun-
day school; Albert Shook, also a member of the board of trustees; F. B.
Streeper, secretary of the stewards'
board; E. C. Scott, secretary of the
building committee. Following those
mentioned came the teachers of the
Sunday school: Miss Carrie Camburn,
organist of tbe. Primary school.
The oldest members of the church and
officials of the various organizations
connected with the church ended the
ground breaking, which when completed formed a cross into which each
dropped a flower as he or she passed
around it singing the last hymn stated above.
"When this handsome new church
is finished it will mark the consum-
ma tion of that which has been "in the
minds of a member of the Ambler M.
B. church for years," so said one of
the oldest members ot the church, lt
is a well known fact that for the past
few years the present church has been
too small and on many occasions
people were unable to even secure
standing room. The crowded condition at the regular services was also
very much in evidence in the Sunday
sohool, and of late years the large
auditorium has been used by the
school, which has also been inconvenient, Sinee the organization of the
Methodist church in Ambler it has
been a growing congregation, the
members, It Is said, holding their first
meeting in tbe house now owned by
Oeorge Stong en Race and North
Spring Garden streets, later occuplng
the little chapel oa the present 1st with
an entrance from Race street. Some
years after, during ths time Rev.
Bawden was pastor of ths church, the
extension, whioh is now used, was
built. New furnishings and improvements were added when Rev. F. C.
Thomas became pastor, but it was not
until the beginning of the pastorate ot
the Rev. I. T. Edwards was it evident
mors room was needed, and when Rev.
Milton H. Nichols was installed as
pastor, of the churoh, the members
started the movement for the new
church building, securing ths lot on
Llndenwold avenue, but no further definite action was taken until the present pastor, Rev. A C. James, was sent
here by the conference and then - tt
was that every organization ln the
churoh was put to work for the new
buildirig.
The ground breaking on Saturday
marked the first step In realizing th.
efforts put forth for several years.
Iy preparatory service will be held on
^Saturday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock.
Every member is strongly urged to
be present. The Easter program Is
as follows: Sunday school at 9.15- a.
m. At 9.30 a. m. the special Sunday
school service will begin. Holy communion will (bv administered at 10
a. m. Everybody cordially invited.
Christian Endeavor consecration service will begin at 6. 45 p. m. and will
last 40 minutes. The service at
p. m. will contain special music by
.30
the !
HEAVY RAWS     FARM TOPICS
CAUSE TROUBLE. ARE DISCUSSED.
Engineering Problems   Pat Up to Horsham    Farmers*   Clnb   Holds
Borough Council. March Meeting.
Morris Hallowell gave his experience
in planting apple trees which were
ruined by the scale.
The president appointed Elite M-
Jarrett and Anna Stapler to assist the
editress. Refreshments were served
and the usual pleasant social time enjoyed.
FIELD CLEAR
FOR BEAN.
OBITUARY.
Junior C. E. choir, the school and the
Choral society. An interesting address will be delivered by Mrs. J. Albert Beam, of Fort Washington.
SPRINGHOUSE.
There will be preaching in the Odd
Fellow-,   hall on Sunday afternoon.
*   George Emery  has secured a  position with F. E. Bond.
George Schneider and family moved to Virginia on Monday.
C. E. ingersoll has had his buildings
repainted.
Mrs. Warren Ingersoll returned to
her home here on Monday.
Henry Nedab returned on Monday
after spending the winter months in
Virginia,
Simon Sionsky, who recently
chased the Kershaw mansion,
had the house repapered, and tin
i,urban Gas company Is now busy
ting In gas.
H,  P.  MeKean wlll return from
trip to Panama this week.
Ambler Lawnmakers Fees Unusual Csndition
Conditions—Streets Washed and Cst-i sidered-
lars Flooded—Regular Monthly Meeting  Held.
The    regular    monthly    meeting    of
Ambler borough coucil was held Monday "evening with Messrs.-  Acuff, Jenkins,   Craft.   Turner,  Hayden,  Kramer [-President
and Rose in attendance aad Mr. Acuff Miiieeting
o'< Crops  and   Markets Con-
-Current Topics ga\4  Domes-
I tie     Science—Coal
Items   Mentioned.
i Horsham    Farmers;
meeting at  tbe horn
Anna   M.   Hallowell
Wm.   Penrose
to order   about
History—Other
The   minutes   of   theIgoodly
pur-
has
I Su-
put-
hls
Used Axe as Weapon.
William Lambdiek ls a prisoner at
the Abington police station, awaiting
a final hearing Thursday night. Early
one evening the Abington police
were told that Lambdiek was about to
attack an entire family at Meadowbrook wtth-an axe.     He was arrested.
According to Duckworth, manager
of the George S. Coyne estate, 'Lam-
dick took offense at a "call down." He
struck at Duckworth, tt ls said, and
then, grabbing an axe, is declared to
have rushed toward his house where
Mrs. Duckworth and two children, a
boy and a girl, were looking on. They
ran Into the house.
the   lire  committee,
apparatus   in   good
Horsham Friends Meet.
Horsham Friend0' association held a
meeting at Horsham Friends' meeting
house on First day afternoon. Vice
i'r-sident Howard Jarrett uresidvd and
in the absence of the .secretary Emma Kinsey performed the duties. A
Bible Seeding was given by "James
y. Atkinson, after which D. Jeanette
Stuart read an account of the establishment of a school in Kentucky
which had accomplished much in doing away- with unfortunate feuds tn
that region.
Samuel J. Enlrekin then addressed
the meeting on "The Colored Schools
of the South," especially-the school at
Aiken, S. C„ which was started by-
Martha Schofield .44 years ago, and in
which Mr. Entrekin had himself been
a .teacher. An effort is being made
to establish a fund of $50,000 for tha
support of the Aiken school. Martha
Schofield has done a wonderful work,
but the timgj.hag .yn<ji%.(JQjpe loKmher
•to* ltfcii'= fi*©}j^*acl}5f"e& ajirvtee, nnd • it
seems diffieiilt^Bb find any one to take
her place.. Mr. Entrekin said that
those boys and girls who come on
from the country are particularly
anxious to obtain an education and
are willing to work for it. An effort
ls made to oblige every pupil to pay
for any privilege either by working
for it or paying outright. When barrels of clothing are ' sent, the best
things are taken out and sold to the
colored people from a store for the
purpose, the remainder being given to
the old and very poor. While all like
to receive something for nothing, it
is found things given are not appreciated as much as those which are
earned and paid for. Manual training is greatly needed and good wages
are paid for skilled workers. Mr.
Entrekin says lt Is a mistake for the
colored people to come north. They
are needed south and there ls plenty
of work for them. Funds are greatly
needed -to put the good* work on a
firm foundation. Many questions were
asked which were satisfactorily answered.
Marlon Warner recited "The Dying
Mother,* and Walter Comly, " "The
Wreck of the Hesperus," Catharine
F. Smith read one of Samuel J. Le-
vick's sermons, which called for the
many expressions of remembrance of
this forceful speaker. Current topics
were well discussed by Emma L. Hallowell and Hubert Walton.
the chair
meeting held March 4  were read and
approved.
Mr. Jenkins, of the highway committee, reported deep holes washed tn
Tennis avenue. The cinders placed
therein are of very little service because of tbe heavy rains, and be suggested ths use of large stone in filling up -the deep holes. Mr. Craft
mentioned tbe gutter washed near the
middle of the junction of Tennis avenue aad Reiffs Mill road. The crossing pipes are on the site, and Mr.
.rets is willing to give the ground
to make a finished job of this place.
Mr. Hayden, of the law and order
committee, repuritkl f,\e oflicer had
examined the poles and found three
of the Bell company's poles on North
Main street unsafe, two of the Keystone company on Forest avenue and
poles Nos. 460 to 462 on Tennis avenue and No. 10 on Ridge avenue in a
more or less dangerous condition,.
Chairman Acuff asked that tbe clerk
advise the respective companies and
serve notices at the office of each instruct ing them to take immediate action.
Mr. Hayden, c
| reported the fir
I order.
. Mr, Turner reported the several)
| building permits issued and turned $7
: therefor over to  the clerk.
Mr. Jenkins, of the borough prop-
1 erty and supply committee, reported-
: having ordered  two  tons  of  coal -fori
use in the borough hall.
Mr, Hose, of the highway committee,
reported having inspected the streets.
, traversing 8%  miles of highways.    He
stated   that  North  Mate street  is Its
bad condition and tha,t at the upper
tend the culvert water washes the surface. There should be a channel from
I Refits Mill road to tha culvert * on
i North Main street. 11 the pipe on Mt.
; Pleasant avenue at >the railroad ia
i lengthened two feet it would better
j conditions. Mt. Pleasant avenue te
* in   fair  condition. .     Gutters  generally
are bad.     A sci apper la needed on tha
| street and also on the Penllyn  road.
Reiffs   Mill   road   between   Tennis   to
Mt. Pleasant    avenues    is    not    good.
Need    stone    and rip-rapping    there.
| Tennis   avenue   is   bad  from   the   hill
[ to    the  turnpike.      Ridge _ avenue     is
I gop* .frbtftJEbi'Sst to JRe'l
MJut iti-fieeffs-'topartfBeiffigl
j nue.     iSfcbMonSravenue lias   beeffTeft
ln poor condition because of digging
j done by plumbers during the • winter. [
Spring Garden street from Belmont t
I Butler    avenues      is    good.      Walnut t
i street needs topdressing.     Forest ave- j
I nue  from   the  top of  the   hill   needs !
| stone.     Woodland avenue should have
: a  pipe  crossing  at  the  end. of North
street.      Xorth street has a few holes. |
| Butler   avenue   needs   resurfacing   on
: the south side from Linden wpld ave- '
! nue to the .turnpike.      Rosemary ave- i
i nue  has  had a  bad  quicksand  below I
Park avenue.     Water street ts ln bad I
I condition from  flood of water.      The
I macadamising  is   washed  out  on  the
sides and the water washes into the!
cellars.     Ridge from Orange avenue to !
"Lemon street ls bad.     On Orange ave- i
I.nue owing to heavy hauling a quan'
tlty   of  mud   has
club      held    a
if Wm.  J.  and
last    Saturday.
sailed     the
8 p.    in., a
number   being   present
•   The    executive committee's    report
■ was first in order and was as follows:
"Would lt be possible for two young
> men  whose  assets are  nerve,  energy,
ambition and a little capital,  to take
j up homestead tend, place a part of It
under cultivation and use the rest in
1 the poultry line '!"     P. P. Gheen and
| Howard Jarrett.      "Would  it    not  be |
I better for the government to operate
I the   coal  mines  and   the   railroads ?"
I Isaac   Michener.       "Is  the   tariff   too
! high   in   the   United   States '.'**    Davis
|'W. Sill.     ••Which is best for a farmer,
»    have    strength    or    endurance ?"
Ella Park.      "With the wholesale price
of cattle at 8 cents per pound,  would
1 it  not   be   well   to   raise   cattle      for
;beef?"   H. Warner Hallowell.      "Give
i the names of the states where Women
I vote  and  the  good they have  aceom-
| pushed."   Anna M. Hallowell    Current
' topics, Ed win   Stapler and   Henrietta
i Kinsey.       Next   place   of  meeting   at
the  home of Alfred K. and Susan J.
Williams,-Saturday evening.  May  4th,
I 11112, at rikO o'clock.
Isaac Parry, of the crop committee
| said he had been in the Reading ter-
| mlnal market a day or two before and
j had seen lots of fruits and vegetables
{ which showed -there are crops raised
j somewhere. He thinks wheat ls
nia king fair progress. Many consider
'the grass backward. - Prices have advanced sime last month. Hay is
''becoming scarce and potatoes are
'higher. Last year we bad March
'weather In April, so perhaps if we
' have' seasonable weather this year
] things will be as fur ward as usual.
Under   domestic   economy   Elizabeth
t W.   Ely  said   French   thrift  and   econ-
miiy   are  proverbial.      We  all  know
|- of the terrible debt-that hung over tba
. country  of  1 he  Franco-Prussian  war,
so enormous '.hat it Would have staggered any otj!>,„ir nation.     They acoept-
| ed the condiVSons with perfect confidence and In an  amazingly short time
paid off the debt.     With this ability to
j economize    they are   happy and con-
I tented, dress well and can please the
! palate  better    than . any  other  cooks.
Thomas A Edison says the formula of
| French thrift is as simple as the sunlight—be  industrious;   be frugal,  give
1 and -enjoy -in proportion to your means
.and Nil ways lay    away    one-fifth    of
M-Xiiur..income for capital.
*" _Cnde_.; current    tppics.   H.    Warren
■"HBllowSt":   said- the   frost   is  about jjUt
[j of the ground und  the mud  ls drying
~|up.      The  turnpikes  were worse  this
| spring than they have ever been.      lt
|is   in i.i    possible   for   the**   farmers   to"
stone   all   the   leading   roads   without
help from the state.
Elizabeth R. Wood spoke of the'
coal strike. . She also spoke of the
mothers' congress and' the Mothers'
Protective association, the resignation
of Dr. Wlle>. of the Pure Food association. It is said that many cases
of appendicitis are caused by impurities In the food. -
aVPurrls   Hallowell   .thinks   that   the
government needs some lessons In domestic economy.     Six battleships have
been ordered.     It requires 800 men to
run each and an enormous amount of
coal.      Our nation is the strongest of
mud   has   been  carried " over ! aU- and the American farm and home
the surface, but this will be removed I must m*k* ***. money to run the coun-
at  no  cost   to   the   borough.      South  ,try   *°   he should   go
Main street Is fair, as are also lian-
DAVID LUKENS.
David Lukens, one of the pioneers of
the Old York road section, and a
-well-known member of the Society of {
Friends, died at his home on Washing- |
ton lane, Jenkintown, Sunday morning.
He was in his 88th year, and death
was due to old age.
Mr. Lukens was born ln Hillside, in
Montgomery county, a few   miles from j
Jenkintown.     In the civil war and lat- j
er, he supplied the United States government    with horses, and    by   other
business ventures accumulated wealth.
He married Miss Sarah Stinsman, who
died  some y,ears ago.      One daughter, I
Anna Moore Lukens, survives
KATHARINE LESHER.
Katharine,   wife   of  Alonso   Lesher, j
of •**'!' Greenwood avenue, Ambler, died j
Sunday morning at Mt. Sinai hospital,
Philadelphia, aged 42 years.
The deceased was the daughter of j
Arthur and Ann Carney and was born
in Ireland, coining to America at the
age of 15 years, settling in German-
town. < )n Dec. 29, l'SST, she was married to Mr. Lesher and in 1889 they
removed to Ambler.
The husband, two sons, Reehm and
Arthur, and one daughter, Marie, sur-
Vive.      All  reside  In Ambler.
The remains were viewed Tuesday
evening and the funeral services were
held this Wednesday morning with
solemn high mass at St. Anthony's
church, Ambler.
One   Married   Thrice,  Other   twice.
Saturday afternoon, at Jeffersonville. Mrs. Laura West Buckwalter
and Solomon A. Henry, both of Upper Providence, were united in ma*
l. iony by Rev. Samuel O. Perry. The
marriage is the third like experience
of the bride, while Mr Henry ' has
"been through the mill" twice.
Ober Withdraws From Contest
tbe Nomination.
for
in-
hls
of
PENLLYN
A. I.. Fitzpatrlck will move out to
his country home on April 15. He
has already sent out his teams and
coachman.
Miss Bldlack, of Philadelphia, visited at the Fenton home on Monday.
Michael Montgomery ls now overseer on tbe W, L. Biddle farm.
Miss Sarah Langstroth, of New York,
spent Saturday and Sunday here.
H. B. Cox Is completing his new
house. Th.*. house is now being papered and after tbis will be gotten
ready for the occupancy of the family the latter part of this month.
William Morgan has purchased the
old Scarlett place, which was recently
bought by- W. G.  Just.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Price returned
to   Philadelphia^ithls   Wednesday.
H. E. Drayton and family
move t<> their-country home o
day.
.. An artesfitifcwell  is  being drilled at
the*"Holiday" hbi*tser-*--r*kr^AaAupwowt-'
W. H. Vvilso'n, Esn.T "spent Sunday
at   his  country  home  here.
Dr. and Mrs. Allen spent Sunday as
guests of I. R. Davis and family at the
old Mitchell tarm.
H. P. McKean returned Tuesday
from.Panama and South America,
Mrs. W. S. Hallowell was out Sunday.
All of Montgomery County's Candidates Have Now Conceded toe Honor
to Bucks With Bean as the Choice.
Bucks ls going to get the congressional nomination for which the Republicans of that county have made
such a hardpf-ught contest. This
was made certain when Thomas K.
Ober, Jr., of Abington, withdrew as a
candidate for the nomination last Saturday. Ober was tire only remaining
aspirant for this nomination ln Montgomery, and now the contest has, narrowed down to two Bucks fountains."
Of these candidates, everv indication
points to Oscar O. Bean, of Doylestown,
as the nominee.
As Ober says in his letter of withi-
dteawal, he retired when he found,
after a thorough canvass of the * district, overwhelming "feeling that the
nomination should be conceded to
Bucks this year." He retired In
interests of party harmony, and
course is commend'ed by members
his party throughout the district.
Ober, who is a Philadelphia business
man, living at Nohle, had many supporters ln the Old York road district,
and these will now go over almost
entire to Bean as Bucks county's
strongest candidate, and as the nominee whose election in November is
probable.
Republicans ln Bucks are predicting
a big vote for Hean in both' counties,
and they say his nomination is not
only ii settled fact, but that his election in .November should be easily
accomplished ln the face of a badly dived opposition. Defenderfer, who Will
be Bean's Democratic congressional opponent, is facing the campaign with
both his former Democratic and Keystone supporters tn anything but an
attitude of enthusiastic support.
Back of Bean will be a united party,
and Bean has proven' his capacity' ln
this canvass to lead his party as a
ided opposition. Difenderfer, who will
political strength is demonstrated.
With his opposition wabbling, Bean's
skilled, resourceful campaigner. His
nomination ought to be followed by his
certain election.
WEDDED.
will   re-
l Satin*-
•Waite   lace
and carried
roses    and
mem-
School
when we want things
nockburn avenue.  Church and  Poplar I
streets  and   Greenwood  avenue.      At I
Greenwood  and    Lindenwold  avenues I
the crossing stone should bs removed
and the low place graded Into the gutter.       Maple   street   should., be   top-
dressed.     Chestnut street, from Butler  avenue   to   Centre   street,   should  slon °
the legislature
different.
Under letters and communications,
C. S. Kinsey read the following telegram addressed to Horsham Farmers'
club. New Oreleans, March 26, 1912,
the sugar Industry of Louisiana is
threatened in the senate at this sea-
congress.      We cannot stand
i*rt.s
MAPLE   GLEN.
Jesse   Button   and   Charles   R
have each purchased a new horse.
Alfred Weller and family visited at
George Swaincott's on Sunday.
Joseph L. Botten and wife spent
Saturday in Philadelphia
' Samuel Miller, who moved from the
John M. Rex farm to David Jarrett's,
near Hatboro, last spring, moved on
Monday from that place to the William Potts estate farm near Jarrettown.
many   changes   in   the
the    following:   George
John Rex's farm to. near
llillory   Dotts,   of   Blue
his   place.      Walter
Harry    Stout's  to
Among   the
vicinity    are
Kreisler from
Dovlestown.
Bell,    will
Dickinson
take
fror
Cheltenham. John Harrar will take
his place. Alfred Weller will move
from Mr. Schneider's house to Sptn-
nerstown, near Quakertown. John
Craven has moved from Buckingham
to Isaac Farley's house.
BLUE  BELL.
Passion week services each night
this week, except Saturday, at 7.30.
The preacher on Thursday evening wlll
be Rev, Mr. George H. Strouse, pastor
Ot the Montgomery Baptist church.
On Friday evening Rev. George J.
Crist, pastor of the Ambler Presbyterian church   will preach.      Quart er-
GWYNEDD  VALLEY.
W. G, Just ls erecting a new tank
to supply H. B. Bartow's country
home,
Irvin King Is building an addition
to his house. Ashton Jacoby is doing the work.
F. J. Hartman has purchased a
horse.
C. L. Loney has been appointed assessor of Lower Gwynedd township
in place of Jobn Hoffman, resigned-
George Snyder left Tuesday for Lyells
postofflce, Richmond county, Va. Wil-.
Ham Morton, lof Meadowbrook, fills
the vacancy as gardener on the George
Norris farm,
Mrs. Benjamin Ridgely left Tuesday
afternoon  to  reside  In  Philadelphia.
Misses Emily and Elizabeth Smith
came out to their country home on
Tuesday.
Miss Cooper, of Philadelphia, visited >the family of Joseph S. Evans on
Saturday,
George Just has received a power
saw and has installed it on the Wil-
lowdell farm   to  saw  timber.
Last Wednesday a freight bos car
was pushed through the earth bumper of the lower switch and narrowly
escaped rolling over down the embankment. The wrecking crew on Thursday replaced the truant car.
David Shrewder has bored an artesian welt tor Mrs. Stiles Huber and
struck a good vein of water at a depth
.-:* ■] i>0 teet. e
j be stoned.     Locust street, from Centre
I street    to Butler avenue,    is  hon-jble.
1 Wissahickon avenue is bad with deep
ruts,     Mrs. Besson is laying her pavement    on    Belmont    avenue    towards
I Ridge, but the grade of the latter street
is  18  inches    higher, and it  may  be"
necessary  to   place   two  steps   in   the
sidewalk.      The  24-Inch  sewer     pipe
I down    Rosemary    avenue and    Water
| street and  out Orange avenue carries
1 so much sediment that it has partially
I filled  iy^the  bed  of .the  stream.      A
* great quantity of macadam has' w.ash-
' ed    down on to Mrs. Dager's property
on  South  Main street and the  water
has burst through and into the cellars
of Mr. Frets's houses.
.The condition at Euclid avvnu and
I North street was again discussed, and
| after  much  debate  this  problem  and
that of the accummulatlon of sediment
I and water west of South Main street
I on Mrs. Dager's property were re-
! ferred   to   the   solicitor  to  investigate
• and to make report at the next
I meeting as to the borough's powers
i and  duties.
Mr. Kramer, of the light committee,
reported  the new light  contract exe-
' cuted and filed.     Mr, Kramer suggest-
! ed  that  the  light committee and  the
light company go over the street light-
I Ing  with   a  view  of  rearranging  the
I wattage of the lamps In some of the
| outlaying sections.     This was passed.
Treasurer  S.  A.   Faust  reported  as
follows:  Balance on hand at test report,    $760.11;     taxes,  $400;    licenses,
$12.50; permits, $4.92; building permits,
$2;   orders   granted,   $651.79; .balance,
$527.74.
It was decided to pay the fire company $75, "One-half of the appropriation
made at the test meeting.     The usual|
I salaries   were   ordered   paid   together
j with the following bills:  Wissahickon
Fire company, "ftOflW;   G. W. Niblock,
! $14;    James    Boileau,    $7.20;    special
street    work,  $20.55;     filing    borough
i statement,    $16;    John    T. Dyer   Co„
I $241.00.
The advisability of procuring a new
I uniform for the officer was referred to
the supply committee.
Mr.   Rose   asked,  that   the   highway
I committee  be  instructed to  purchase
I several  cars  of stone  and  same  was
I granted, 	
Mr. Hayden asked If couacil has
any properties where fire traps are
known to exist. The borough solicitor was instructed to give an opinion on this question and also as to
I what control council has over buildings that are a menace to flre safety
and also to advise council what legislation . is necessary to .overcome such
any   reduction
in
schedule,  as  it  wlll  destr.
the present   sugar
that
turers, far-
We would
you  would
against any
Can Gi'ow-
IContinued on page 8)
dust ry and affect manufai
ni ers  and laborers alike.
I appreciate  your  efforts   if
wire your senator to vote
red net ion.      The American
«rs association,
A  committee,  composed  of  Charles
Kinsey,  Isaac Parry and  Isaac  Mich- I
ener,  was appointed  to attend  to the
matter.     Anna Penrose, editoress, read I
an  interesting number  of  The    Club
Gazette.
Referred  questions "being     in order,
Alice Michener had the question, "De-
I scrible   the   simple   house   furnishings
i among which you would like to live." ]
I She said she prefers plain, substantial
I furniture—the  kind  that   it   the  least
; trouble   to keep,   clean.     "When   was
I anthracite coal first mined in Pennsyl-
I x.i nia.  and   when  and  by whom  was
I it   flrst  taken   to   Philadelphia '.','   had
been   referred   to   Newton   E.   Wood.
I Coal was flrst discovered in the Wyoming valley in 1769 and Obadlah Gore
used  lt    flrst  for  smith    work   that
year.     The Lehigh Coal Mining company was organised  in 1792, one year
after   coal   had been   discovered   at
Mauch  Chunk.      In   1808 sludge  Fell
first used it    in a grate    in   Wllkes-
Barre    and it was taken to Philadelphia  by George  Shoemaker and  was
i first    analysed    and    its    combustible
quantities determined by   an   English
chemist in 1812.
Newton EL Wood also gave the infor-
| motion that the large piece of coal
la a glass case in Union library
Hatboro, Pa, had been brought from
Germany by Isaiah Lukens and presented to his sister, Martha Shoemaker, Whose daughter, Geraldine Wood,
presented It to the llbraryt A similar
piece had also been given to another
sister, Tabetba Kirk, which ts in the
possession Of one of her family.
Elizabeth W. Ely, in answer to the
question,. "Which is worst, to give
undue praise to the undeserving or
not to give praise where it is due ?'*'
said she thinks' it best to study tbe
individual.
Wm. J. Hallowell thinks that Ice
has not injured the crops*,. He
went on to say that if anyone contemplates planting apple trees lt is a
good plan to dynamite the holes to
make the earth loose and pliable. He
also said horse radish Is an excellent
crop and he realised a good price for
what he had  this year.
Som-e flne apples were on the table
of the Stark Cider and Fallawater
varieties. The first two had been
purchased from Wm. Hallowell by
John Park and put In cold storage.
i They  were, in excellent     condition.
Babe  Found in Creek.
With a sausage chopper encircling'
its neck, a three days' old Infant was
found In Stony creek near Lansdale |
Sunday. The babe was found ' by
"Slip" Baker, a well known charact- ■
er, while he was walking along the.
stream.
When he first saw something floating near the bank, Baker thought j
nothing of a strange nature concerning the abject, but whv-n he approached closer to satisfy his curiosity, he
was startled as his -gaze rested upon a I
ting baby. With a stick, he nulled it
ashore and as he drew it upon the
bank he found the meat chopper
wrapped about its throat.
His shouts and actions quickly
brought a crowd to the scene. Summons were then sent to Undertaker
Samuel Conver and the latter upon
his arrival took charge of the body, I
removing lt to his morgue.
Coroner William Neville, of Consho- I
hocken,  was notified.      According    lo j
details    thus    far learned, it    appears
that   the   infant   was   thrown* into   ai
sewer  during  the   night.      The   baby !
was evidently flrst chocked to death and
the sausage chopper was    then encircled about its neck.      This, no doubt, !
was. done  to  hold   the  infant   beneath
the  water.
HENDRICKS—MILLER.
A very pretty wedding was solemnised on Saturday evening in the Cold
Point Baptist church when Rev. William Cusworth united in marriage
Miss Anna Miller, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Miller, of "Shady Creek'"
farm, Cold Point, and Charles Weber
Hendricks, of Plymouth Meeting.
The bride was attractively attired
in a gown of white crepe and carried
a shower bouquet uf bride roses.
She was attended ^Wy Miss Mabel W.
Staley, who-",a*ore;„ gown ofpink chif-
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<* iSvsJds^pthk* i-TOtf^
Mabel Xekkeon and
noWer girls,* who wdlL
trimmed witn-pink ribbon
baskets til 1 eel -with -.pink
sweet peas. - Both children ar<
bers of the bride's Sunday
class.
The groom was attended by Mr.
Hugh Cunningham, a business associate, of Plymouth Meeting. Mr. Morris Studenmund, uf Germantown,
played the wedding march and also ■
rendered a number of'other pleasing
selections. Mr. Harry Miller and Mr.
Percy Hendricks, brother of the bride
and groom respectively, acted as ushers. The church was beautifully decorated with palms and ferns for the
occasion.
A reception a,t the home of the
bride followed the ceremony Iwhere
hosts of friends showered their good
wishes for a happy and successful future upon Mr. and Mrs, Hendricks.
Refreshments were served and Mr.
and Mrs. Hendricks apparently gave
their friends "the slip" about'' 9.16.
This movement was anticipated, however,, by the many friends Of the happy
couple and a carriage literally filled
with feathers was waiting to escort
them where they wll reside in the
future.
GWYNEDD.
The arttslan well at C. C, Cool-
baugh's county place is drawn ' 200
feet and supplies 50 gallons of water
per minute.
Last .week the new. farmer moved
from Delaware county to C. O. Beaumont's property.
J. Conard Walton and Melville Greger, both of whom occupied H. G.
Keasbey farms, near the Gwynedd
railroad tunnel, which properties have
been sold, moved to their own newly
purchased farms near Gwynedd Souare.
Pemberton Hollingsworth last week
from his productive farm here shipped
two carloads of baled hay and received two carloads of manure.
Walter H. Jenkins was on Monday
■sworn in as jury commissioner, to
which position he was recently appointed. He has already assumed his
new  duties.
Rev. Radeliffe to Speak in Ambler.
Rev. Richard Radeliffe, whose address last Saturday afternoon at the
ground breaking ceremonies stirred the
hearts of the throng, will be the preach*
er of the evening this Friday In
the Methodist church, at which time
passion services wlll be observed.
The hour of worship will be 8 o'clock.
The Wesley vested choir will sing,
A large and enthusiastic audience
will doubtless greet Dr.  Radeliffe.
MONTGOMERYVILLE.
William Rittenhouse spent Saturday
and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Service and family,
John Boehner visited Mr. and Mrs.
Mahlon Heckler on Sunday.
Horace Leidy ls building an addl-
tiun tu his barn.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Weidner, ot
Pros-.-f.ct-.ille, spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Willing Weidner and family.
Mr. and Mrs. John Palmer visited
Mr. Yates, of Ivyland, on Sunday.
William Ginther visited his sister,
Emma, at Norristown, on Monday,
BROAD AXE.
The  following  pupils were  present
every day at Shady Grove school for
the   month   of   March*   Helen   Fisher, j
Violet Shoemaker, Emma Cassel, Harriet  Tyson,  Mary  Tyson,  Ralph Cassel,    Albert    Cooper,  Mahlon    Cassel,
I Oliver  Eliassen  and   Leonard   Cooper.
I    An automobile driven by Royal Mattison,  of Ambler,  skidded aad  turn-
I ed   turtle   in   a   ditch   opposite   Broad
Axe inn.     A very serious accident was
averted by  the   prompt  assistance  of
nine  men  from   the  inn.
Harry   Carey   was   removed   to   the
I hospital last week suffering with several carbuncles on his neck.
Miss Durrell Is ill with rheumatism.
Miss Florence Sellers is spending
the spring vacation here, being home
from Perkiomen seminary
Oliver Stannard was removed .to
Charity hospital, Norristown, suffering
with hemorrhages.
Miss Grace Duffield is ill with diphtheria.
Mr. and Mrs. Eddleman spent Sunday ln  Conshohocken.
G. W. Hellings is on a business trip
west
NARCISSA.
Jesse Buler has resigned his position
as farmer for Jesse Davis and haa
secured one on the farm of W. E. Lukens, Cold Point,
Irvin Wallace, of West Conshohocken, has secured a position in ths Narcissa grocery store.
Wallace L. Danehower, principal of
the Plymouth high school, has resigned: his position and expects to study
la w at Urslnus college, next year.
Miss Ruth Cooke, of Cold Point, and
Pearl Zimmerman, of Earnest station,
expect to take the entrance examination at West Chester State Normal
school on Saturday.
Special Easter services will be held
in Cold Point Baptist church on Easter Sunday. In the evening the service will commence at 7.30 and will be
opened bv a song service, after which
baptism will be held. The ordinance
of the Lord's supper will also be observed after the church service In the
evening. The choir will render special music both morning and evening.
Mr. Kriebel, who has recently farmed the Mewtainney farm, has secured a
position as farmer fur Jesse Davis
The regular monthly meeting of tbe
Cold Point Steadfast band will la**
held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. W.
Lewis, at Harmonvllle, this Thursday.
evening.
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