The Ambler Gazette 19151021

              The Ambler Gazette.
VOL  XXXlll.-NO.   48
AMBLER.   PA..   OCTOBER   21,   1915.
S1.25   A   YEAP.
COLD POINT AND PLYMOUTH.
Happenings of Local Interest to Our mi Readers.
y* Illinois Veteran Visits in Plymouth— Sauer Kraut Supper a Success— Events in Harmonville and Hick¬ orytown—Miscellaneous.
E. Harry Chick, of Plymouth, is still  on  the sick list.
Airs, James l<rith and baby visited Mrs. William L,yle at liridgepoit un Wednesday.
John Underwood, of West Consho¬ hocken, visited Harry Gray at Spring Mill last  week.
Mrs. Walter L.ightkep, of Norria¬ town, visited relatives in Hickory¬ town on Tuesday.
Mrs. Mattie Schwauger, of Barren Hill, visited Air. and Mrs, Aie.xander Kulton on Saturday.
George Sands, of Kensington, has been visiting his father, Samuel Sands,  of Cold  Point. *
Jonathan Rodebaugh, of Cheatnut Hill, visited hla mother. Airs, Lemuel Rodebaugh,  on  Sunday.
Alias Edna Jackson, of Altoona, has been the guest of Air. and Mrs. B, I        Wilson Cox at Cold Point.    .
MLss Emily Fie, of Collegeviile, spent Saturday with Airs, George W. Bartholomew at Barren Hill.
Miss Kathryn Rodebaugh, of Hick¬ orytown, visited Mr. and Airs. Jesse Rodebaugh  at  Flourtown  Sunday.
Mr, and ATrs. William Watt, of Swam Creek, visited Air, and Airs. E. H. Chick at Plymouth last Thursdav. ¦ Airs. Alatllda Halgh, of Philadelphia, was a Sunday guest of Mr. and Mr.s. y James Cunningham, Maple Hill ave¬ nue.
Mr. and Mrs, Harry Yost and fam¬ ily, of Hickorytown, spent Simday at the home of Air. and Alr.s. Streeper Karr,
Mr, and Airs. Eugene T.lghtkep and daughter Elizabeth spent Sunday with Air. and Mrs. Ellwood Hart at Nor¬ ristown.
Air. and Mrs. Howard Noblett, of Hickorytown, spent Sunday at the home of Hezekiah Wood on Alaple Hill avenue.
Clayton Vanhorn, of Corsons sta¬ tion, who has been ill, is much im¬ proved and is now on a visit to hia sister's in Germantown.
Mrs. William Fisher, of Philadel¬ phia, spending Sunday at the home of his pa^renta. Air, and Mrs. Samuel Fisher, at Hickorytown.
Mr, and Mrs. l^ynn V. Rhoads and daughter Dorothy, of Norristown, spent Sunday at Mr. and Airs. David R. Rhoads', Hickorytown.
J. Sergeant Price, of Chestnut PlllI, has erected a corn crib on his ne.v property east of Cold Point, the for¬ mer Thomas Bready place.
Airs, Leonard Hacking, of Barren Hill, waa among the members of the social committee of the Ladies' guild, to Visit Mrs, A. G, Carver,  recently.
The nuptials of Ambrose A, Sugilen, of Black Horae, and Helen S. Black- well,' of Norristown, were solemnized in Sf, Patrick's church on Wednestlay.
Ranile Farrell, of 705 Hector atreet, Spring Mill, was in Boston, Maaa., laat ^ week aijtBiidIng the""funeral of a re- ¥   latlve -        .. - '   .
Air. and Mra. William Watt, of Swan Creek, III., have been spending , some time at the home of Samnel Sands,
Samuel W. Canning, agent at Spring Mill station on the Readlny, onjoye I hla v.acation on Thursday nnd Friday ¦of last week.
Samuel Sands, Jr., of Cold Point, haa been on tho slok list, but has now returned to his work at Newbold's machine  shop,  Norristown.
Air. and ATi-s. William Watt, of Illi¬ nois, and Mrs. .Samuel Sands and Airs. Williiir Nelson spent Wodnesday nf last  week  in Atlantic  City.
Airs. James Graham and daughter.-; the -Alisses Viola and Jennie, of Am¬ bler, spent .Sundav at the home ol' Samuel  Sands,  Cold  Point.
Aliss Olive Dagei-, Miss Sarah Jones. Harry Buckwalter and George Oberfe, of Barren Hill, enjoyed ,a trip tcj Mauch Chunk on Tuesday of last week.
Miss T.everene Lingo, of Plymoutb, a graduate of Drexel Institute, Phila¬ delphia, has secured a position wit!i the Curtis Publishing Co., Philadel¬ phia,
A quantity of machinery haa been unloaded at the Pennsylvania aiding at Spring AIlll for tha new enterprise to be started in the old brewery plant at Conahohocken,
Mr. and Mrs, William Watt left for New York on Saturday morning af¬ ter a stay in Cold Point, They will stop off at Albany, and then proceed to their home In the middle west.
More than 12,1 persona enjoyed tho sauer kraut supper given Saturday evening at "Buttonwood farm," Hick¬ orytown, for the Union mission, A splendid menu was provided for the guests.
On Nov. 6 at Plymouth Aleeting ^ -house a general conference of Friends' associations will be held, and the gathering will be addressed in the af¬ ternoon by Dr. Plodgkin, of England, on "Peace."
A number of the Christian Ende.iv- or workers of Plymouth U. E, chui-ch "held a short service at the home of Mr. Benjamin Bonner at Hickorytown on Sunday afternoon after which they presented him with a handsome house rbbe.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Horan, of Bel- vidf'j-e, III, who came east and at- t^jMJCl he G, A. R, reunion at Wash- jlH§i, D. C, and then spent a week v.-.M^Jir. and Airs. James Cunnlng- h; m In Plyinouth, left for the middle I* west on Monday after a most delight¬ ful stay here. Airs. Alartha J. Blair, mother of Mrs. Cunningham, Is an aunt of Air. Horan, and they had not seen each other for more than 65 years, when the latter left thfe old home In Ireland and came to this country. Ho la now 73 years of age and well preserved and very active. During their stay In Plymouth they visited Robert J. Blair In Ambler, and also Mrs. Helen McClean In Consho¬ hocken, viewed Fairmount park. Val¬ ley Forge, Norristown and other local •points of Interest, and spent the last few daya In Philadelphia -with cousina, Needleas to state, Mr. and Mrs, Hor¬ an lereatly enjoyed their stay In this locB.my.
(continued  on pag«  8).
OBITUAKY.
JESSE  R.  YERGER,
Jesse R. Yerger, a well-known re¬ tired farmer of Worcester township, who died of kidney trouble and senile debility, aged S4 years, was burled on .VIonday, Further services iit Towa¬ mencin Schwenkfelder chui-ch at ll.;;ij a, m. Interment in the adjoining cemetery.
Deceased was born in the uppei- end of Alontgomery county. For yeara he resided on the farm nov," owned by A. J. Fell, in Worcester township. In later years he resided with his son-in-law, Fi-ed, Rentschler, CHRISTIANA    FREDERICK,
Christiana Frederick, widow of the late Allch.ael Frederick, died Wednes¬ day in Lansdale after a short illness, aged 85 years, > one month and four days. The funeral w.as held Sunday at Christ church.  Mainland.
The deceased leaves tho following sons and daughters: Charles, of Nar¬ cis.sa; Joseph, of Philadelphia; Alilton, of Allentown; Katharine, wife of Francis D. oberholtzer. of Xorristown, and Emma, wife of Harvey Rosen- berry, of Lansdale.
BELFRY
Horace Alarkley and family, of Fairview. spent Sunday with his son Earl and  iMmily.
I'^mer Deller, who bas been spend¬ in.g some time here at the home of John Fry, left on Alonday for .N'ew¬ port, R, I.,  where he will join his ship,
Roadmaster Wiltsee ia building a concrete culvert near Oscar Loos' place, and the road in consequence thereof is closed for a few days.
Among the visitors noticed here last Sunday were; Air, and Airs, Owen Schultz, Air. and Airs, Joseph K, Schultz, of Niantic; Mr, and Airs, i'ldward K, Schultz, of Boyertown; Air. and Mrs. Xathan Schultz, of Hosen- sai-k; Air. and Mrs. Oscar .Schultz, ol I.ennsburg; Airs. Lydia .Schultz and Lai-ena Schultz, of Gast Greenville; Levi Krauss and family, of Krans- dale; ; all of the above .arrived here on Saturday to attend the geneial conference of the Schwenkfelder church and to remain with relatives over  Sunday.
Rev. Dr, o, S. Kriebel. principal of the Perkiomen seminary, Pennsburg, occupied the pulpit In the Towamen¬ cin   Schwenkfelder church  on  Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J, W, Brunner enter¬ tained relatives from Trappe on Sun¬ da.v.
Thomaa Comly and family and Jo¬ seph Wiltsee and family motored to Xew Jersey on Sunday where they were the guesta of relatives.
Helen, dai'°-hter of Mr. and Mra. Ellwood Krauss, Is reported to be ill.
Air. and Mrs. Henry Annear enter¬ tained Rev. Theodore HofCmeister and family.
Elmer Seitz has left the employ of Josiah Brunner and has secured a position  with  Ellwood  Krauss.
Air. and Airs. A, M. Bobb have re¬ turned . after spending a few days with the former's brother at Womels¬ dorf.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. William A. -Anderson,  October  12,  a daughter.
Airs, Sarah Schultz .and daughter limina returned home last Saturday after having spent some time with her son Eugene in Florida. Both Mrs. Schultz and daughter report having enjoyed  the  trip  very  much,
Amoa Scjiultz la serving on,, .tiit traverse jury this -Tveefc- at—Norris¬ town.
Rev. Alexander Eraheam, of Erie, Pa„ has aei-'pted tho call to the Beth¬ el Methodisi churrh, which haa been without .a regular iiastor since tho Rev, Chai-IcJ Truax was tr.ansferred. Alr.Erahoam expects to remove to this place .'^"me time next month.
Dr. Krie'i'l and fainily spent Sun¬ day in Phil.idelphia ;is the guests of Dr. Golflliri L'-. who -fiumei'ly assi.sted Dr. Ki-iebf'I  in his practice.
Amos S'-huitz attended the dinner given last .Saturday evening in Phila- ilelphla a! Kugler's hotel tn the suc¬ cessful a id  unsnccessfnl  candid.ates.
Rev, Theiidoro I loiTmeister, jiastor of St. ,Iohn's J.iithei-an church, will preach his farewell sermon on Sun¬ day, October 31. Air, HofCmeister has accepted a. call to a church in Long Tsland and will ta" week in Novomber.
Local talent of the Kpworth League, of Bethel Alethodist church, will. give a play. "Aft-. Bob," in Penn Square hall S<atui-day evening, November 13.    •
JUDGE MILLER'S HORSHAM AND FRIENDS UNEASY I   UPPER DUBLIN.
Widespread Misunderstanding Con¬ cerning the Judgeship.
In   Order   to    Secure    Judge     Miller's
Electkm     a     Successi'ul     Campaign
Must   Be   Waged—Marked   Ballot   in
His Interest Must Be Voted on Nov.
2.
"Virtue is loo often its own and only reward Chivalry is a relic ot the dark ages. If you have a thi. in your grasp, hold on to it." So spoke a pessimistic and practical citi¬ zen of Alontgomery county one day last  week.
'¦ You're dead wrong," replied his equally prominent and optimistic friend, "Judge Miller made hundreds of new friends by hts manly stand on the question of his election to the judgeship. No man fever made a mistake by being generous to his ad- ver.sary."
it is interesting to know what this conversation was all about. At the recent non-partisan primary, which was held for the nomination of can¬ didates. Judge Miller received more than :i00 votes in e.xcess of all the other live candidates combined, and apioximately 6000 more than the next highest candidate, and hia friends, therefore, with great show of reason, claimed that, under the new law, he Wiis virtually elected for the full term. Jiut because that law ia so new and Su little understood by nearly every¬ one, the judge cannot see it that way and generously, yet firmly. Insisted upon v,-alving the advantage that he apparently  enjoyed.
The result is that he was only nom¬ inated at the primary election and, to be elected, he must go through another camriaign and will have organized opposition   in   November.
The whole matter has been much discussed ever since it occurred, but, In the meantime, and because of his unexpectedly large vote at the prim¬ ary election, the mistaken impression continues general that he has been elected
As a consequence, hosts of his friends have relaxed their efforts and consider the campaign over. (Jthers are over-confident. The judge him¬ self is busily engaged in the perform¬ ance of his official duties, with neith¬ er time nor inclination to conduct a personal compaign. Those oppcsed to him are takin" advijntage of the situation and industriously soliciting so-called "complimentary" votes for his opponent.
These circumstances have conspired to produce an interesting? situation, and the time is, therefore, now here when all who really believe In a non¬ partisan judiciary, in keeping the bench entirel.v out of politics and in electing for the ensuing full term a judge who has been appointed to the service and has made good, or, in other . words, in the continuanco of Judge Miller in ofBcc. must be made to realize, and to realize at ¦oir'o tbi* it is only work tha;. .got- that ,it wM.. ba iiotMtittg iiui o .;,,,.... mdr3oB»r^*wPa'W<l!aSTWo'Dposlte John Faber Miner's n;ime and deposited In the box, tliat can be counted for him on  November  2nd.
Judge Aiiller feels that his friends will not bo caught napping on Nov¬ ember 2nd, but ovoi-coiiddence is al¬ waya dangerous, Tlo has nnt yet been elected. llis friends should nfit fnr- fiot that a comillmpntnry vote tor his oppment counts as two a.gainst their candidate. *
May Restore Edge HiH  P. O.
Residents of Edge Hill, by sending <a committee to Washington, have ob¬ tained a sta.v of the order recently made by the postofflce department discontinuing the postofflce after Oct¬ ober 13, and will now have an oppor¬ tunity to submit evidence which they expect m.ay cause the order to be de¬ finitely rescinded.
Abington  First-Day  School  Unicy^
Tho .\blngton First-Day School^n- lon met Saturd.ay at Abington with a good attendance. The morning ses¬ sion was occupied with reports from the several schools and an account of the woman's .school at Swarthmore,
In the afternoon Anna Stapler gave the address of welcome. .-\. class ex¬ erciae was given by Mrs. Elizabeth Hollingsworth, of Horsham, and AIlss Alice Ambler, of Plymouth, conducted a round table conference.
Blue Bell Races. The I51ue Boll Driving club held a race meet last Saturday on the Blue Bell track, and the several events were witnessed by a fair sized crowd. Following arc the results of the races; CLASS A.
Bobby I'C, Kelly 1    1    2
Happy  Cherry,   Bower       4    d
Indian   Boy,   Gerhart 3    3
Fannv   S,   Slrathmoie 2    2    1
Time,  2.23.  2.23,  2.23 CIvASS B.
Grif  JL  Wilgus 1    2    2
Joe Boy, J. Fretz 2    1    1
Time.   2.14.   2.36 RUNNING RACES
Cold  Point,  Fretz 1    1
AIollv  H,   Hynes 2    3
Raven,   Parsons '    -
Time,   1.03,  1.03.
GWYNEDD.
A "Good Roads" party has launched a township ticket in Gwynedd, endors¬ ing Pemberton Hollingsworth for ro.ad sunervlsor nnd Solliday and Thomas for the school board,
A movement is on foot In Lower G-wynedd to organize an Improvement club for the betterment of the town¬ ship, and a meeting will be called later,
R K Kibblehouse is rebuilding the T'pper Gw^^ledd State road between Swedesford and Welsh roads.
PROSPECTVILLE.
Rally day uill lie ibserved in Pros¬ pectvillo church Sunday.
Airs Walter Spioii.-;o visited friends at Willow  Grove  on  Sunday.
John   Wright   and   I'amily,   of  Mont gomeryville,   were   the   guests   of   Mr, iind   Airs.   B.   Frank   Wright   on   Sun¬ day.
John AlcClean and wife and Frank McCiean and family, of Ambler, spent Suiiday at the home of Charles Mc¬ Clean,
Herman T^'ord and son Ellis visited the former's brother, William Ford, .and  wife at  Horsham.
George Rue and f.imily, of Ambler, spent Sunday with Air. and Airs. Thomaa Anderson.
Eugene Kratz lost a horae laat week.
A son was born to Air. and Airs. Walter Wright  on  Friday.
Airs. Mary Chamberlin, of New Jer¬ sey, is visiting Air. and Mrs. Thomas Anderson.
William Hinkle, nf Whitemarsh, spent Sunday with J, C, Weiss.
Bell telephones have been installed into the homes of Hniward Mullen, Eugene Kratz, A, Dixon. Harry Weikel, John Serrell, Illman Bartle¬ son. William Barr.
AIIss Ethel Flllman was the guest of her aunt, Mrs. P. Connolly, of Am¬ bler,   several   days  last  week.
Mrs. Albert Crawford, of Willow Grove, visited at the home of Air. and Airs,  Reuben  Finley on  Thursday,
Howard Fisher and family, of Rush- land were entertained at the home of Mr. and Airs, Harry Weikel on Sun¬ day.
Airs. Robert Turner, of Philadelphia, spent Sunday with his parents here.
Air. and Airs. TTarry Fillman and ATr. and ATrs. Charles Gouak visited Air. and Airs. P. Connolly, of .\mbler, on Sunday.
EUREKA
Air. and Airs, H, .V. Clymer gave a dinner on Wednesday evening in hon¬ or of Air. and Airs. B. Furman Ed¬ wards, Those present were: Air. Al- pheua Edwards, AIi-, and Airs. Daniel Clymer, Rev. and Alr.s. Andrew Wal¬ ter, Air. and Airs, Samuel Dudbridge,. Samuel Clymer and Aliss Sadie For¬ aker.
Air. and Airs, Huchinson, of Norris-. to-a-n, visited Air, and Mrs. J. A, Swartzlander on  Sunday.
Abram Carver lost a horse by death last  Thursday,
Mr. and Mra. P. W, Worth, Atr, and Alra. H. A. Clymer and Air. nnd Airs. A. D. Alarkley were delightfully en¬ tertained at the homo of Miss Eliza¬ beth J. Wilson, of Glenside on Sat¬ urday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wright are re¬ ceiving congratulations on the birth of a son,
Mra. Almeda LaCharge, who haa re¬ cently returned from California, spent a few days with her niece. Airs Frank Worth.
Air, and Mrs, A, A, Nash visited the latter's father last Sunday, '
Miscellaneous Items of Interest to Many Readers.
Visitor From the Congo, Africa—West vs. Rapid Transit Co. Case Post¬ poned Again—Old Dresherite De¬ ceased—Jarrettown.
W;!jian! Rich, of Horsham, has been quiti  ill.
Ali.^. Randal Fenton, of Dresher, spen  .Monday in Philadelphia.
C. W. Willard, of Hallowell, ia paiii'iiiH his bungalow,
Eiio,s u. Watson, uf Hor.sham. has pui-c-,,iscd another horse,
Ali^. l-:iizabelh Iredell, of Horsham, was  -aken  suddenly  ill   on   Alonday.
Oil I'uspday George Sill planted wheat  for VVm. J. Tyson at Hoisham,
Frank Alitsch of Dres' er. who was operated on several days ago. Is re¬ covei luy nicely.
Tla llallowell estate at Hallowell is pi'king a large quantity of very tine  i-Jiel'ler  pears.
Fi'iak Skelton and family, of Jar- rettcrv. n, entertained relatives last week.
Ch.tiles E. Frick, of Horsham, has been 'iliing up and grading the lane leadiiiL.  into  his  property.
All-. Charles Downs and baby, of Philii'l. l;jhia, visited Alra. Alatilda Douiis ;Lt Horsham on Tuesday.
Alls. Charles Rutherford, of Hallo¬ well, -'iicnt Tuesday in Germantown as t!i'   Sliest of Airs. Samuel West,
Mi.<- I'lorence AlcCormick on Sun¬ day a! lier parental home at Dresh¬ er eno nuined Alisses Susan and Alam- ie Ti:i..ov, of Philadelphia.
Wil:iam Pearson, of the Hallowell tollga-f un the Doylestow-n pike, has been itf duty from the Rapid Transit company  suffering from  boils.
Theodore Dubree, who has a beau¬ tifully kept home on Horsham ter¬ race, :ias set out a hedge along the easterly side  of his  property.
AIr>. J. W. Freas, at Horsham, is justly proud of the flne appearance of her i-osmos blooms, some of which stand  12  feet  nine  inches  in  height.
Charles E, I'rick and sister, who occupy their new home on the old Ty¬ son place, Horsham, went to their cit.v il 'Uie Wednesdav for the winter.
Raiulal   Fenton,   of  Dresher,   reports squiriil.s scarce and wary in  this sec- j tion.    The  opening day of the  season ffie shot one, and liagged two on Alon¬ day.
Mr.s. Percy Botten, of Maple Glen, spent Sunday evening with Mr, and Mrs. William Rodemich, at Jarret¬ town, md enjoyed a trip to Jenkin¬ town.
J. W, Freas was appointed poat- maatei at Horaham on Friday, and his notiiicatlon arrived Alonday. ITis bond will be tiled and his commission will  piohably arrive this  week.
Walt< 1- Kneezel, of Hallowell. re¬ cently li.id his livestock increased by the liirili of two families of piga of 13 eaili. Three of the little fellows are ma; ked like a brindle bull dog, three aro rnarked over the backs like oo' .> lo!,    Mihors   arc     speckle;!
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.I.O. .Ori Ujo niiiny whb on Saturdav' att.-nded the Lynnewood <HaII rai es vvere the I'ollowiiig: Charlea and Har¬ ry Rutherford, Harry -Xash, Charles Stackhous, of Hallowell, and AIi-, and Alls. Charles Hodge, Harvev D. Tliompson and, Chalkley Stackhous, of Horsham,
The repairs to the state-aid road fi-oni the Horsham postoflice nest- '.\,ii-d to Welsh road, have been heM up for se\-eral days pendin;.; the ar- livtil of crushed stone. In thp mean¬ time the road machinery and force.s \vcic put to work nn Welsh road clc.iiiing out  the gutters.
The annual meeting of the Jarret¬ town branch ot the Xeedle\vock Guild of .\nierica will be hold at Aliss Cecilia l\'aisor-s, Jarrettown. October 27th, at 2 o'clock. All who are interested in tlic .guild will be welcome. Several siatikers have accepted the invitation to Pe present and give an intei-esting talk of their work.
The writer knows of two young men wlio were deservedly disciplined re¬ com ly in Horsham, when they mal-^ tivated several cows they were di-iv- mi;. The merited rebuke was ad- niiiiistered by a Horsham womtm, wll. I, as in the fable, rushed in, where men folks, who were also witnesses of tlie .shameful treatment of the cat¬ tle, feared to venture, and she did a nio.-t thorough job. too.
John Engard. lou" a resident of Up¬ per Dublin township, died Alonday in Philadelphia aged 72 years. He mar¬ ried Katharine, daughter of the lata Henry Lightkep, of near Jarrettown, and iliey had two sons, one of whom, Wiih the mother, survives. For some years they had the store at Jarrettowii and iitterwards resided where Charles AbC imick livea at Dresher, They iiiov.d from this aection to Philadel¬ phiii about  30  yeara ago
Wm, A. Speakman, of Horsham, spciH several daya in Phiiadelphia I'ouii last week aa a witness in tho case of West va. the Rapid Transit comiiiiny, which, however, was not called for trial. West, some years ago, resifled in the Charles Hodge buny.oow along the east side of the Doylestown turnpike, and in backing his automobile out of his gate the car wa.s .-^itruck by one of the company's trolley cars. The automobile was daniicijod, and the suit is to secure daniit,cs from the company if pos¬ sible.
Ll!-. William H. Leslie, of Lewisbure- Pa., spent a few days recently with Char!-s E. Frick and sister, in Hors¬ ham, i-or the past 22 years Dr, Les¬ lie llii- been employed by the Baptist bo.ard of foreign missions In tho Con¬ go, Central Africa, and ho has just retiiiiua home for a year's stay. He arrived In June, traveling after .'5ome delay, -'y way of Bordeaux, France, He tei.s an interesting story of war condinons in that battie-scaned count;', of the thousands of wounded and m limed soldiers and of the short¬ age ot nurses and physicians to pro¬ perly care for tho injured soldiers. In tho '.ongo country- there I-i no evi¬ dence of war disturbance, and his work "r.is been pushed forward with success during the past year and a half T-ith the result that he hcis explored and founded a new mission at ^¦-''¦sa. in the Belgium Congo. During the early part of the European strugriic the medical supplies sent out from Liigland for the mission were destroyyl by German activity on the seas, a-vl the next consignment were commandeered by the Germans at Antwerp.
Air. and Airs. E. C. AlcConncll and fiimily, of Jarrettown, spent Sunday in  Eiist Lansdowne.
Edwin Iloupt, of Dresher. who un¬ derwent iin operation 10 days ago, is now able  t,, be about.
Airs, Thonias J, Lane and children returned to Dresher after spending several weeks with Dr, T. J, Clemens and family at Southampton, Air. Lane  also   visited   there  on   Sunday.
At   a   uK-i'ting    of  the   friends    and members   uf  the   Horsham   I'iie   com- , riany  on  Tuesday  evening  it   was  de- j cided  to In Id a  baza.ar and suiipe:- iii I the  flie  house  on   Saturday  afternoeii and   evening,  Dec,  4,
The Aleehan nurseries at Dresher are receivinjj regular consignments of I about 10 barrels of Keiffer pear cores every other day by freight at Dresh¬ er station. The cores are shipped from a big cannery at Baltimore, Aid., are dried iit the nurseries and the seeds picked out for planting. The Keiffer pear seed furnishes the most sturdy root stock to which the other and finer \arietles are grafted and thus the finit is preserved healthful and sturdy.
WEDDED.
lI'iKN—i-'EGi^EY. Aliss Jennie S. Fegley, uf Wllmlns- tun, Del., and Air, Sydney B, Horn, of Ambler, wire united in marriage Alonday at the home uf the bride, boi West Sixth street, by the Rev. E, H. Collins, pas-ojr of the Aladlcy Aletho¬ dist churcli, uf wj;iich the biide is a member, .Mr, Hurn is well knuwn in Ambler, being connected with the post- othce as i carrier. Air. and Airs. Horn will r.jside in their new hume on Trinity av nue.
WEST POINT.
Airs, .Mice P, Roberts, ut Gei-man- towii, wa..- a recent guest of Air, and Airs. Llhvuod Hoot, , J. F, 1-cnstermucher, the lucal tin¬ smith, lui.-j the Contract fur putting on the tin roof of the new addition to the Sterner pruperty on Jones avenue.
Rev. 1.1. D. Brendle, pastor of Grace Reform d churcli, and H. Al. Nase at¬ tended the aiiiiual conference or classis of the Refonned churches of eastern •"enns^ ivania synod un Tuesday in Philad- iphia. Air, Nase went as a delegate frum the local chiirch.
Airs, Romanus Hunsijerger and chldreii recently spent some ti.me vis¬ iting  rtlatives  near Harleysville.
The directors of the West Point branch of the Needlework Guild of Americii are urged to attend the meet¬ ing this V/edneaday evening at the home of the  Misses Aluttei-n.
Frank Nolan has returned from an enjoyalile visit to his son Clarence in Niagara Falls.
Preai iifng aervlcea will be held next Sunday afternoon in Grace Reformed church.
Chailes Pool wil! shortly move from this pl.ice to the teiiiint house uf the Alusht'ium  company,  near Kneedler.
Air, and Mrs, Julius Roehner spent Sunda\ as the guest.s of relatives and friend-  in  Camden   .\, J,
Janit-s Sterner has almost complet¬ ed till- new addition to the rear of his prupei ty on Jones avenue.
Ne.-Nt Tuesday evening a number of tlie n;einbers of the local camp, P. O. ,S. of A,, will go-to Conshohocken when they will,attepd the reception  ts-hderBfl to Samue"l Roberts, the new¬ ly elected national master of forms.
Tine   new   conci-eto    walk   and   steps of Grace  Reformed  church  have  been ' laid.
The local, brick yard has started on making and shipping to olney the second   order  of  100,000  bricks.
The Upper Gwyrredd Alumni asso¬ ciation is making arraiigemonts tor ,a Halloween party to be lield in the fire house hall Satui-dav evening, Octobei- 30,
Afan.v of the residents who nse the trolleys divily wero disappointed Tues¬ day morning when it was loirncd that the cars were tied up on account of trouble at the power house. Not until 11 o'clock was the line in operation,
.-\ number of the farni.-rs of this section report a splendid poiatu crop, biif_ the corn crop they say is only fair.
.-V case of books for the Worcester achools was received at tho local ex¬ press   office   recently.
Woi-k on rebuilding the Sumneytown pike was tied up last I'riday and Sat¬ urday owin.g to the mixing machine breaking down.
The shijiment of coal to West Point at this time is not as great as in for¬ mer years.
CONTESTS UNDER FARM^UREAU.
Students of \^ hitemarsh School ia Competition.
Pig Club Closed Friday, and the Poul¬ try and Corn Contest Is Still On— Pig Club Winners to Be Decided Saturday—Great   Interest.
The pig contest for schoul children, conducted under the Alontgomery county farm bureau, closed last Fri¬ day, and lho winner will be decided ne.xt Saturday, when all the boys of Alontgomery county in the pig club will exhibit their pigs at Centre Point, Worcester township, at whicii time the animals will be judged by a cona- petent authority. The l''ort Wa.shing¬ ton school of Whilemarsh townsiilpi has two boys in this cuntest, Robert Campman and Haiold Ricker. Botli of these buys have very line Yorkshire piks.
This pig contest commenced on April ISlli, when each boy purchasecl a small pig, not more than 10 weeka of iige. They were asked to feed tha jiorkers, keepin,g strict account of tho amount expended in feeding, and alsr?> as to the time in caring for the anf— mal.
The winners and tlie prizes will be awarded on the foUowing basis: The best hog, with respect to the purpose, it is to serve. The greatest daily gain.s on hog, cheapest cost of pro¬ duction, besl kept record of the feed- inp- and care of tho pig, best story ora "How 1 Grew Aly Pig,"
The poullry, corn and pot.ato con¬ tests do not close until about Christ¬ mas. The T'orl Washington school ot' AVhitemarsh township has one boy; —Dudley Washington,—in tlie corr^f clnb. This contest is conducted along" similar lines to the pig contest, except that instead of a pig the boys raise- an acre of corn.
Another bov from the .samP schooT is in the potato clnb, and six pupils are in the nonltrv club, dne of these- ' being a girl—Jeanettp Yeakle—who is secretary  of the local  club.
SPRINGHOUSE.
Mra. Warren Ingersoll is iiaving-: electric  lights  installed  in  bei- home.
The bridge on the Sumneytown piko ia  being repaired  and made larger.
Miaa LilliP Fox and slstpr, of Nor-- ristown, spent Sunday with Mlssr Dora Hamel.
Mrs, Jobn Wiley is sinferin.g with a: felon  on  hor  finger.
rYank   Alantzel     and     family     haver moved  from  Harry Alarkoe's, and  Atr. Colmar,    of   Gwynedd,   moved   to   the^ house vacated bv Air. Alantzel.
Miss Alice Dotts waa callin.g on, frienda at Norristown on Sunday,
William Donnelh- was opprated on- for appendicitis tist week and Is at present  doing  nicely.
A moving pi 'ure show by the. Tlorshey Co, ivill bp given for the- benefit of, and in connection with, the Slipper of th.- TTnion Siindiiy school tills Satnrdii'.- evening, to be held In the Sunda 1- achool room at Harry- StMhie:* tiX>ll**i^-Sitop No. 34.-- -      •
John Alagargal has purchased n farm ia Bucks countv and wil! move thoreto   about   April   1st,
PENl-LYN.
Charles    i'laiiagan.   of   l^hiladelphia;; bul  lormerly  of  Penllyn,   was  married last Thursday  to  Airs, Sara Vanliorn., cliief  operiitor  uf   the   Keystone   Tele¬ phone Co,, of Ambler.
William   Donnelly   was   removed   tc> the   Hahnemann   hospital  last   Thurs¬ diiy   iuid   was   operated   uu   lur'appeu- dicitis.
Miss Nellie Loras visiteii Air. and Airs. W. R. Cliurch over the v.eek-cucl.
Air, and Airs, John Funk, uf Quak- jai-town, spent Sunday with Ali-.-i, J. W^, Lutz and family.
Air. aad Airs. T. B, Stephens enter¬ tained .Mr, Stephens' parents. Air/ and Mrs, Richard Stephens, of Philadel¬ phia, fur ¦cX few days this week.
MONTGOMERYVILLE.
The teachers of Mont.gomery town¬ ship met liist Friday at the Alontgom¬ ery Siiuare school and organized to hold monthly meetings, Annie Ben¬ der was elected president and Bertha Grimley secretary.
AIlss Berth.a Grimley and AIlss Elsie Ford spent Saturday and Sunday at Gettysburg, They went by way of Harrisburg, and report having had a. delightful trip.
Airs, Wm, Barr, of Prospectvilie, visited her n.-^rents on  Sunday.
The Epworth League meets at John G. Armstrong's Saturday evening and .a masquerade will bo held.
Edna White spent several days last week with her uncle, Harry White, of West Point,
John Luxton, Jr., while trying to drive a shell into a gun with a stone the cartridge exploded and toi-e the ends of his fingers and onp of his oars was  also  torn.
To   Be   Wedded.
This Wednesday afternoon at 3.30 ia St, Thomas' Episcopal church, White¬ marsh, will be performed by Rev. .V, ti. Groton, rector, the wedding cere¬ mony which will unite Air, Wallace T. Alurflt, of Ambler, and Airs. Alice H, Paxson, ot Philadelphia. The service will be a very Informal one. Airs. Frank H. Klauder, of Ambler, will be matron of honor, and Air. Richard Alurflt, brother of the groom-to-be, will act as best man, while the ushers are Air, Arthur Eastburn and Air, Hugh Eastburn, of Doylestown. A reception w-ill bo hold in November at the new home of bride and groom- to-be. Ambler Highlands,
Air, Alurflt is a son of Airs, Caroline ATurfit. of Ambler Highlands, and Airs. Paxson is a daughter of Atr, James W, Packer, of Philadelphia,
GWYNEDD VALLEY.
Airs. E. Clive Hammord and son have left their home, "The Terrace," Gwynedd Valley, for a few weeks' visit to Cumberland, Md,, and Spring¬ field, Ohio, where they '^'111 be the guests of relatives, Thov are expect¬ ed to return about the middle of Nov¬ ember.
Bergey Assaulted on  Electiion  Day,
All echo ul the primary clcctiuns, was heai'd at a session of court Saiur-- day niuiiiiiig with Judges Swartz and.'. Aiiller on the bench, when Judge- Swartz directed that the district at¬ torney's oflico take action on a spec¬ ial return whicli Constable Charle.-i F.. i-Culp, of Lansdale, made.
The return sets forth that J. Wortli- iiigtuii Brunner, minority inspector of. Hie South ward of Lansdale, commit¬ ted a.ssault and battery upon ii. W. Bci-gcy, by striking him iu .the faco al the polling place on Seplem'ber 21st.
Tbe constable notes on his return that the witnesses to the act include Wiliiam D. Heebner, John Nolan, J.. W, I'hice, James Shaffer, Samuel Ij. Bergey, Horace Davis, T, B. McAIanuSi and Peter AI, Boorse.
Judge Swartz directed Assistant. District Attorney Hendricka to notify Brunner that he will be expected to answer the charge at the Decem¬ ber session of criminal court, and that he shall enter his appearance within., ten' days.
Air.   Bergey   Is   editor   of   the  Lans¬ dalo Republican and former assembly¬ man   from   the  Third   Legislative   dls-- trict.
Marple   Wins  from   Hoover.
A jury in Judge Swartz's court at. Norrislu\vn, lield Alauricu J. Hoover, o£ Wyiicute. liable to Daniel 1-', ilarple.. . of Ambler, lu the amount of SlO.liu tor cesspool cleaning, even though iioovef is not the owner of the place, but had given the order fur lho wurk lo bo done to Alorris Wolf, a contractor, who in lurn, turned the jub over to Dan¬ iel Marple, Hoover denied liability ia nut being lho owner of tho place, but when he gave the order he failed to mako this fact known aud permilteel the work to be done wiihout consult¬ ing the actual owner as to tlio speci¬ fic performance. He had bccumo im¬ patient because of the failure uf the owner to give tho matter immediate attention. Wolf, the contractor, had only been the means of bringing th© parlies together. Hoover tried to . shift the responsibility of tho ordev • on Wolf,  however.
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GWYNEDD VALLEY.
Air. and Mrs. George W, Fredericks an,d son spent Saturday and Sunday with Mrs. Fredericks' parents. Air. anc. Airs. Michael Oeiselman.
Fritz Hartman, who has been 111 for a long time, is now much Improved and was In Ambler on Sunday. ;