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VOLUME XVI NO. 16
ARDMORE PA., JANUARY 5, 1907
CONDENSED NEWS
OF LOCAL FLAVOR
Interest!
Notes of General
Gathered Here and There
Around Town,
BRIEF PERSONAI, MENTION
The many friends of John Adan
will regret to learn that he is seri-
ously ill at his home, on Ardmore
avenue, with scarlet fever
. Berry has returned
w Ardmore from a visit to his hi
in Mion,
Miss Hazel Harlan, of Atlantic
City, has been spending the week
in Ardmore with her sister, Miss
Marguerite Harla
‘The Brotherhood of Andrew and
Philip of St. Paul’s Church will
give a reception to the men of the
congregation on Tnesda evenings
January 22. At this fur ey
will be assisted by the Tadiewot ue
chureh,
Arthur and Walter Knapp have
been speuding tie holidays in Ard-
A
\AUTOCAR RUNABOUT WON THE STILLMAN or, LAUD
WORK OF A. J. CASSATT
ie Smedley Presents Reso-
“lutions at First Meeting
of Board.
\6
MONTHLY REPORTS READ
Lower Merion township's Board of
Commissioners met in the first meet-
ing for the new
evening, January 2.
mei
presen “ot the Per
‘ond,
Mn. Horace W, Sinedi in
[district Me. Cassatt lived, int votuced a
resolntioy a
sent to the nd
the resolution will be placed on the
books of the Ci Previous
the presentation of
President Rob
Sve om Fecent-
Mr, culiarly
sell known in Lower ‘\eriom, “snd this
Board of Commissioners ite cay sur
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This Autocar Won the Quaker City Motor Club’s Endurance Contest for Rurabouts,
perseded the Boar:
chich he
hich institution they
will Morty return,
iss Marguerite Kaldenbacher
returned on Sunday night from her
trip to New York, where sae made
a tour of the theatres in that city.
During the holidays the floors of
the Ardmore School building were
oiled and the fire-fighting apparatus
in the building tested rything
was in a satisfactory condition,
Mr. W. W, Chambers returned
early in ‘ne, week from his trip to
Wilkes-Barre.
5
Prof, Francis Kehr, of the High
ck iu Ardmore from
home,
School, is bai
his Christmas visit to his
near Port Washington.
Mrs.F,Walton Staley,of Indepen-
dence, Kansas, who bas been visit-
ing her patents in Chymont, Del.
visited Rev. and Mrs. F. W. Staley
at the Lutheran parsonage on Wed-
nesday.
ower Merion High School
basketball teat journeyed down to
Chester on Frid.
school teem of that place failed to
put in an appearance, thus giving
the local team the game by forfzit
A New Year's party was given
avenue, on Monday, which a num- |p
berof young peogle of the neigh-
borhood enjoyed.
At the watch-night service on
New Year's eve, the Christian Ea-
deayor Society of the Lutheran
Church elected officers to serve for
the year 1907
Mrs. H. L, Roberts, of Vineland,
N. J. was a visitor in town this
week,
THE PENNSY’S
James McCrea Is Not Es
TRIBUTE TO A. J. CASSATT
rectors of
NEW PRESIDENT
pected to Introduce Change
of Policy.
‘The meeting of the Board of Di-
formality of electiny
reat railway system eae i
ained in the of th
late President salt “i sever:
personal friends. been
elected he was oly “informed 0
the fact and escorted into the
fact a
Board room and. Congraated by his
icllow-members of
After the meeting 0 of the hoa rd of
Directors Mr. McCrea issued this
‘The poliey of the Pennsylvania |
road does not depend upon any
onti unchanged
from year to year. It will be my pur-
best I can the
evelopment which
ted under Presi-
tient Cassatt and rane Weeekdents who
receded him.
It is certain that President McCrea
will be elected to all the places made
vacant by the death of Mr. Cassatt.
‘The question of ing the vacancies
created by the of Mr,
Crea has been ite toa committee of
the members of the Board, who will
consult i
wishes in the matter. The two men
most mentioned for Mr. McCrea’s
place as first vice president of the
Continued on third page.
Miss Eda Barker, who isa stu-
dent at Maryland College, Luther-
, Md, is spending the holiday
vaestion with her sister, Mrs,
Milton Connell, of Coulter avenue.
Company, left on Wednesday with
Mrs. Clarke for Palm Beach, Fla,
where they will spend the month.
Mr. J. B. Keyler and family, of
Waluat avenuef have been. spend:
ing the week at Hess Station, Lav.
caster county, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs, John Williamson,
of Coulter aventte, are receiving
congratulations on the birth o!
son on Weduesday
Mrs. Samuel Anderson, of Colo-
nial Block, entertained at dinner on
New Year's day.
The Lower Merion High School
basket ball five played the strong
Coatesville team on the home floor
last night. Captain Bartlett's team
madea good showing.
Judging trom te advance sale of
tickets, the play to be given to-
night in Maspuig ull iu aid of the
¥ree Library will be a big success,
The old year wept as it went out
on Monday nig
The weather is just the kind in
which the grip germs do their best
ork,
the Pennsylvania Railroad Com-
pany as to the
by the hacks at the station, an offi-
cial came out Wednesday and a gen-
eral shaking up was given. Itis
hoped that this will josre a, better
service, Which is sadly needed,
old year with loud clanging at the
midnight hour on Mond
The little two-year-old son of
Mr, and Mrs, A. Wright died very
suddenty on Wednesday, Mr.
Wright is the senior member of the
Wright-Craig Compa
ek
At the morning verve tomorrow
at the First Baptist Church four
persons will receive the hand of
fellowship. In the evening the
newly elected officers of the Chris-
tian Endeavor Society will be in-
stalled and the past
especially to the young people.
the Pennsylvania Railsond Year
Company, held o1 ‘edne: Sa
— wei
Complaints having been made to
poor service given |
‘The big bell at the engine house |“
of the Fire Company rang out the scceor con
tor will preach |™
ARDMORE GETS PRIZE
IN ENDURANCE RUN
Autocar Runabout Wins New
Year’s Contest—Awarded
Stillman Cup.
WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE
f the interesting events of New
sday in our town wus the passing
schedule
“si be stood aw:
ate contestants, wo"
Ohrowgh about 9 o'clock in the
Bs ‘rom that time there wa: interes
en in learning of the sent at each
s| sat of the e race, The fact that an Auto.
he care
é
delpbia and Harri ng vere im many
places lbp wit ith wu
The little
reached ort ms fear ‘end
wee
twenty-fourth car to
It he c
teave Phi iden end the seventh to
cars on th
ry control was reached on time ex-
nd
nniuutes. The Toss of two and a. half
ttle autocar arriving at Harrisburg on
dule time,
h Pl
delphi before 3.21 P.M. the autocar
completed its rum at 2.45, 36
fe pas:
a the competitors in the endurance race “
d for
arrive at burg, having passed 17
setae w
d by him, as president
Pennant Roilros d, for ai
pri ms have oc-
FIRE BELL RINGS = 5
THE NEW YEAR IN}
when
we were unable to have "shipments of
ant, Vda and never
Dawning of 1907” Heratded |*° one oe
by Many People in , although hi
our road
Many Ways. ne of the sew:
hrough hi:
WATCH MEETINGS HELD] personal help ha
coming to such advantageous
Ww year of with |eareement with the city of Philadel
more tse the sual Gemonstration in|phia, This community has always
rdmore. An hour before midnight had a strong friend in Mr. Cassatt,
wish to repeat that while pres-
in began and coutinued long after |
the stroke of twelve.
ident of the Pennsylvania Railroad not
at the engine house of the |2nce in my experience did I ever have
f this Board
re soma sta se to clang erty him ask a single favor o}
t}and almost drowned th of Cor
sical chime which ‘ounded out an the | therefore, owing
mid ia ir from the belfry of old St.
various ch
Board of Commissioners of
Lower Merion town: ship desire to ex-
ter
h Dr. H. A, Arnold took charge |0 small
degree due to the unselfish
and asked for an offering. Every cent |service which he had rendered it. His
ts e current in ines and all ac- | oss asa citizen will be greatly felt by
debted: 1
abilities were cheerfully 0 all the people of this township.”
vided” for in a few minutes and The resolution was “unanimously
le joyfully sang Praise adopted.
God from Whom All Blessings Flow.”
‘efreshments were st
1g the routine ee business
ssioner Crai his report
taken up|as chairman of the sinance Con
id year wer Fe | $250.00; fines, $
ny,
ents, $42.21, The report ot the frean
Darin g the services at the Lather lance in general a
Church the you ie belonging to |count of $9240.65 and that of the sew.
3. Mr.
ahead of the time allowed,
sequently they are greatly pleased at this
fe over the w out fal Performance of
tei car in the New Year's endurance
“the Company are pioneer
sstomobile wa tr.
8. Clarke, president ofthe mpany, wi
Far cxperimenters
and designers, baving and built
the Gree natocur ia 3893, at which tims
only three other persons in the United
States were known to be experimenting
long the same Tine, and the automobile
was almost a thing uwheard
The Autocar factory
has grown from
‘space aggregates nearly 90,000 square
feet and the em
‘There was a well attended m
ing of the Woman's «Club vested
afternoon, when a special
xe F program entertained the mem-
A dance will be given by the|rosr_—on Ja
younger set in Merion Title Hall
to-ni
six hundred and eight hondre
Appraisers who recently appraised the| "hs
plant reported that it is one of the best
‘ond most completely equipped Ttonotile
works in the country.
Many medals and certificates have in tor
received a tang ¢ majority and will be
ie
custom for many years,
ent to year until today the factory floor |
mployes untber between | Mon
peopl
1 the Christian Endeavor Society of the | ¢r construction account, $2201.48,
report i
the ensuing year. In the ballot we che
ay Commit tee was
* president Mr. Robley A. Warner Enso
Expenditures hav ve amount-
nd will to $46,077.23, wl
ssisted in his capacity as President scriptions of $135
by Me at Frantic who was elect- |
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medley’s report as chairman
ents were ser
climbed up the “pairs to ring the beli|is in good
in the church tower as has been
tolling the | fights aa fire Bis are all in good
id announcing | condit
é
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ages
z
death of the old year a
ow cet a
moon shining brightly and the sky |deceased, be jermanent
his was wele jose | potntme:
© had journeys in prospect and the | motion.”
tho:
day te Be stay-at-homes was a pleas-|_ Chairman Knipe on
ant ee jiness was entirely sus-| Drainage made the repor
pended ter the noon hour and the| mittee as follows: Ho:
Lost
January 1, small black
eee Fier tay yeep ttoney on
ate family. State particulars
tahtiy. and. tates, Retcreacen. givens |
Ticket oles, no quer
g and other ntente to Arde}
wked,
Address C. O., Box 385, Arduiore P, O,
cl vb. | while their families were cared for by their friends in th
50.00, Teaves a ® total hood.
23.
e am
secretary of tke society elected at this | of the Police and Fire Committee em.| Was one of the cas
mi Re “During the
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yeople held a social at which refresh: |Sauire Brook and $10.00 from Squire | fatal. shot,
wis i
igh
the tele; nhone and| Sibley property, at Churel
ing th southwy
ap:
nit, was wee “and carried ae| the exception, "OE the Med
Health and] of Jam
mi rede and enlar,
Ei
ee a jo use“ connec-
y was ost strictly asa holiday. tions made with the sewer in the past | tion eve y th OP,
m
Early Recollections of Ardmore
By Josiah S. Pearce
In the year 1872 John Carlisle
house to the house now owned by Chat
avenue, Carlisle was among the ea
moved from the Sibley tenant
tles M. Stuard, on Cricket
rly purch asers °F lots on the
Owen jones ‘act, and wh ¢ built he was amor rst 0 im-
drove the icket avenue front of the new resin section laid
out by Sie s, which, ptevi i it beer
in 1 ved
fro hens avenue, selling. fe te
Andrew Miamiton rho, 10, ie same day, sold it to Charles B. Pretty-
man, a real e¢: dealer of Padelohea from whom Mr. Stuard
purchased it in Nook
of Ardmore would be but partly told siete selerence
sle € omitted ¢ or only cursorily made,
ted man in the village, combining ci
butcher, well digger and skewer m: fa
sale and retail dealer in the product which Sperndced a fatal wttack
of angion pectoris in Ananias and Sapphi
cupation of skewer maker en; ngaged him ile walking
about the village, as he drew from one pocket the rial and,
after whittling it into perfect skewers, Feturned the Bris hed product
to ea Pocket, i ioe servi ve to indicate the courses and
a
Been run nda ay rand n night. mpanying t he skewer industry, in the
ugher 2 house or diggin ells Carlisie exemplified his = facts for
enterta his willing listeners with stories which gave him real
notoriety as a compiler of the highest type of fiction, ao, while he
was undoubtedly one ot the village's best-known citizens, he was al
one of its least
WI ben
ads one inxe a stock transaction for the purpose of unloading his
le:
ny | bad holdin;
o “thor joroughly honest, and never told a falsehood to the
ig at all times that a lie was the
e
injury of of anyone holdin
to any question
on numei
and may be sa
in
said he, e, “Crawfor rd Barr ae ‘use eell dead in the barnyard oe a ‘m
going for ’Squire Sibley st.” OF c
the smar' mies hurried t on the sise ee the
present residence “of Mr. ‘Willan T, Repnolde. s, only t
tending to farm work-as usual, while Carlisle ‘was cleewhere
whiting Sket
er sell ting his property o eta
his fam fi to the West, where he aa several years
s
the neighb
lage other ‘than his habit, w
George H. Mowrer has been mentioned as having
tenant of the old eorner house. He was a carpente
very popular man in the village.
rand returned unharmed. It was wrigg
ndal
re, worth the telling, even though it be
press in behalf of t! their story is, tl fe
feeling of great me shiek it has suf-| admitted to be not an early recollection, for there are many yet liv-
fered by reason of the death of Mr.| ing who remember the wnferta ‘unate occurrence and its consequences.
~ meeting, ies began on the sti troke Cassatt. Mr, Cassatt sree as town- John W’ iigman in was a time (January, 1877) “constable ‘of the
of midni ship supervisor from the year 1880| township and servator of peace and order in the village,
‘At the a Baptist Church the an- {until 1899. During The cou: "of his | as well as in the owns, for then there was no police force.
nual wateh night service was eta The dministration of that office there was} Was suffering from an injury sustained a/short ti fime previously y wie
first hour was o} ional char | largely constructed the present mac-| Making an arrest, which necessitated the' wee of c
acter, led by Mr. HL. Horn, xeamized road system of Lower Mer-| Upon Mowrer, and George Litzen f ‘Delaware County,
Rey. C. R, Blackall, D. D., then con. | ior nship. We feel that the re-| Who also a constable, and 1 oth to assist him in mak-
ducted a testimony service in which |markable growth of the tovnship dur-| ing the arrest of David Mundell, a resident of Bryn Mawr, for who!
all present participated, after |ing the last twenty years has been in|@ Warrant had been
the
resisted arrest by Constable Litzenberg. ‘The t
proceeded to the Mundell home in
the promise
0 gain admittance to the
ing t use they forced the door, con
frome Mundell and demandin,
house
g his surre
Mundell had armed himself with a conn cut
scythe blade, about two and a half feet in length, wi
attacked the officers eh murderous frenzy. Just as
weapon was descending with tremendous force upor
head, a well-aimed bullet Siruck Mundell fairly i in the centre of his
forehead, nee he fell dead at the feet of the pos:
= ieee The e excitement in the neighborhood was i intense. The
ter, oF piece of
officers wert
and held in hai for
on the charg
rosecution wa
na was the, at that time, noted lawyer, William
Bis
go:
ate
Po
0:
Phila
scutes were sentenced to short terms in the Montgomery
nty prison, where they may be said to have served in luxury,
je neighbor-
Upon their release it was with great difficulty that an ovation
was not tendered. them, only the intervention of the cooler heads
jong the best of the people preventing the emonstration. It
ry
t Judge) practically ‘dotted that there could have been ne
made thir. | President
w. Mr. Arthur Warner was re-|teen arrests, six of them for drunken. | conviction had t 109 zealous officers refrained from breaking ore
elected. treasure: ness, Fines duting the past mor the door of the ea 's home in order to reach him. «be
Following their election the young {have amounted to $28.11, $18.11 from | added that the trial nee Sdn ot disclose which of the
S amination revealing the fact that al the revolvers
‘iting not the People and he, Properties on the northeast
we have them up consecutively, be-
cect and ending wit old
e
a e
1c irate it meh i well to note the
the advent of t! teley earaph poles Duri me month | the est side of th not
There was Satan | of i ther were two fires w: bat slight changes | which have taken n one side or the main street
noisy demonstration early o1 mage. Mr, Sm edley’s. request that | of t] ge since «the. Toate “not all of ‘shih have been noted in
Year's morn ing. Rising carly hee Once John Chambers, serving pro descriptions already “w 2)
‘© went out in the street found the}tem. in the place, ot ae, Harry Shea in the paints ‘name
Bet and within the time given there have
en built ¢ it
° Mr,
Gruber, and the old Sibley homestead, now occupied by the ianily
n houses s have been torn Core and in addi
of the street in 838 has been removed, with the single exception of
Continued on second page.)
‘and store 1 n addi.
stable ant smaller building standing on this side
avenue he removed, with ~
day previously, viol- -
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