—Lancaster Farming, Friday, March 9, 1956
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It’s The Law
“It’s the Law” with simple an
swers is offered by LANCASTER
FARMING in cooperation with
the Pennsylvania Bar Associa
tion. General interest questions
are welcomed, and will be an
swered as soon as possible. Let
ters must be signed. Answer
will'hot be published on a speci
hed,“"teqlifcsted day. Questions
cannot be answered by mail, and
LANCASTER FARMING will
reject any inquiry which is not
of general public interest Ad
dress all inquiries to “It’s the
Law.” LANCASTER FARMING
Quarryville, Pa.
Q. If «. resident of Pennsyl
vania drives his automobile across
a State line to purchase liquor
or cigarets in another State and.
then return to Pennsylvania,
what penalty may be imposed by
our Commonwealth? Does the
State Wave the right to confis
cate the merchandise and the
automobile?
A. Upon conviction of illegally
importing liquor (from another
State into Pennsylvania, a person
shall be sentenced to pay a fine
of not less than $lOO nor more
than $3OO, and on failure to pay
such fine shall be imprisoned for
not less than one month nor
more than three months, and for
any subsequent offense shall be
sentenced to pay a fine of not
less than $3OO nor more than
$5OO and to undergo imprison
ment for a period of not less
than three months nor more than
a period of one year (47 P S.,
Sec. 4-494, Act of 1951, PL 90,
Art. 4, Sec 494)
For conviction of having in
his possession 200 or more eig
arets upon which State cigaret
tax has not been paid or to the
containers of which Pennsylvania
tagaret tax stamps are not af
fixed, a person shall be sentenced
to pay a fine of not more than
$25 and costs of prosecution for
jffii'di 200 Tfgarets found in his
possession, the cigarets shall be
forfeited to the Commonwealth,
jggi in default 'of the payment
of said fine and costs shall be
imprisoned in the county jail
one day for each dollar of fine
and costs unpaid (72 PS. Sec.
3165 (E), Act of 1949, B. L. 336,
Sec. 1).
Where liquor is illegally im
ported the law provides for con
fiscation of the vehicle m which
the illegal liquor is transported-
Where orgarets only are involved
the Jaw does not provide for con
fiscation of the vehicle-
Q. The place where I work
has what they call a Sunshine
Club. Money is collected each
payday. When you leave, get
married, etc, a present is given
you. I dropped out of this club
over two years ago and was told
the money I paid m would be
given to me when 1 left Now a
memo has been posted saying
that those who drop out forfeit
the money I would like to know
if they can do this since nothing
was said about it when I joined
Several others are interested,
also
W.H
A. Most clubs which are incor
porated associations have By
laws or Rules and Regulations
Frequently such By-laws pro
vide that they may be amended
from time to time It would be
impossible to determine your
rights without examining the By-
Laws or Rules and Regulations
of your club.
T. J. MATTHEWS A. H. BURKHOLDER
278R2 175
QUARKYVILLE CONCRETE PRODDCTS CO.
THOMAS J. MATTHEWS, Gen. M*r.
Concrete or Cinder Block.
Phone Chimney Block and LinteL
109R2 Jteel Sash, Cement Paint.
Farm Calendar
(If you wish your Coming
Evehts listed in these col
ums, write a card or letter
to LANCASTER FARMING,
Quarryville, Pa. Be sure to
include name of sender.—
Editor).
March 10—Society of Farm
Women 13 entertains Society
4, Farm Bureau Building, Lan
caster.
March 12-16, Second Grassland
Farming Short Course, Pennsyl
vania State U.
March 12-17—Philalelphia Flo
wer Show.
March 13—Farm Women '22,
auction of homemade .materials,
home otf Mrs. Eugene Bare, R 1
Bird-m-Hand.
March 14—Farm Women 16,
home of Mrs Jean Pownall,
Christiana.
March 14—Farm Women 9,
10, 15 attend Philadelphia Flo
wer Show
F. K.
(March 14—Society of Farm
Women 14, home of Mrs Robert
Esbenshade, R 1 Ronks.
March 14—Farm Women 22,
visit Lancaster County Home.
March 15—Lancaster County
Poultry Association Banquet, 7
p. m, Hostetler’s Banquet Hall,
Mount Joy.
March 15—Farm Women 6 to
Philadelphia Flower Show, meet
6.30 A. M., home of Mrs. S. A-
Sheaffer, 434 So Main St,
Elizabethtown.
March 17— Farm Women 18
entertain Farm Women 16, I - 00
p. m. luncheon meeting, Farm
Bureau Building, Lancaster.
March 17—Farm Women 9>
food sale, Mrs Jeanne Breneman,
R 1 Conestoga, hostess.
March 17—Farm Women 3,
Bnckerville Fire Hall, Mrs.
Charles Weachter, Hopeland, hos
tess; Speakers—Louis and Myrtle
Tremblay; Movies—“lt’s Spring.”
March 19—Southern Lancaster
County 4H Tractor Club. E. L.
Herr Garage, Wakefield.
March 21—Farm Women 6
Serve dinner, Wyeth Laborator
ies, Marietta.
March 21—Farm Women 1
to entertain husbands, Zmn’s
Diner, Ephrata
March 21 —Farm Women 15,
luncheon, Middle Octorara Pres
byterian Church, Mrs. George
Reinhant, chairman.
March 24—Farm Women 12,
Mrs Estella Mower, hostess,
Highville.
March 27—Farm Women 12,
Cinerama Holiday, Philadelphia,
Mrs. Roy Eshelman, chairman-
March 28—Farm Women So
ciety No. 2, home of Mrs Jajiet
Miller, Glen Roy.
March 28—Rural Hopiemaker’s
Club meeting, home of Mrs Wil
liam Neyman, Oxford-
March 31—Society of Farm
Women 4 hostesses to Society
21, Mountville Civic Center.
APRIL
April I—Sacred Concert, Mem
orial Methodist Choir. Quarry
ville, 7;45 p m.
April 2—New Holland Com
munity 4-H Club meeting.
April 3—County Farm Wo
men’s Society Executive Board,
2p. m., home of Mrs. Henry
Reist, El Mount Joy.
April 4—Farm Women 1 re
cover lampshades, Raub Supply
Co, Lancaster
April 7—Farm Women 1, home
of Mrs. Monroe Hufford. 175
Delp Road, Lancaster
MARCH
Precipitation in 30 Days
OBSERVED PRECIPITATION
(APPROXIMATE)
FEBRUARY 1956
This chart shows the general nature of heavy, and the precipitation amounts
total precipitation which fell during the which determine these classes are obtain
preceding 30 days. Precipitation is express- ed from an analysis of many years of rac
ed in three classes; light,"moderate, and ord at many stations.
From Years Ago: John A. McSparran
Named State Ag Secretary in 1930
Lancaster Farming here
presents another in a series
of articles prepared by
Charles C. Slentz, Quarry
ville into the past
history of Lancaster County,
gleaned from files of coun
ty newspapers
Lancaster County was in % the
state limelight mid-January, 25
years ago, both agriculturally
and politically The local figure
in focus was John A. McSparran,
late of Furmss, Drumore town
ship He was master of the Penn
sylvania State Grange ten years,
and Gifford Pinchot, then return
ing to Harrisburg for a second
gubernatorial term, named this
warm friend to the post of Sec
retary of Agriculture. The re
elected Governor was quite ef
fusive in appraising the qualifi
cations and capacity of his new
appointee, conceded to be a man
“as familiar as it was possible
to be with the day-by-day prob
lems of agriculturists through-,
out the state ”
Farmer, preacher, ardent tem
perance advocate and prohibition
leader, McSparran ever hewed to
the line, Jetting the chips fall
where the(y would as long as such
hewing was to the line of righte
ousness The name McSparran is
still one to be reckoned with, in
business and farming circles, for
instance. Currently quite a num
ber of productive acres in the
southern pant of the county are
owned and cultivated by Mc-
Sparrans while the State
Grange secretariat is in the
hands of one of the late John
A’s sons, J Collins Another son,
Charles G., is master of Fulton
.Grange No 66.
(Mentioning the foregoing
prompts an apology. Our re
cent article gave the date of
the official opening of Oak
ryn Band (now Fulton
Grange) Hall as 1708, rather
than 1908. Sorry, a type-set
ting error.)
In the upper river section of
the county, there was a stir over
several geese, in the winter-of
1906 Two men in Marietta stole
four fat ones. Charges were pre
ferred against the culprits; three
geese were recovered. As for the
fourth, sold to a hotel man, it
was a case'' of “your goose is
MAY
May 7-10 Pennsylvania
Guernsey Association host to
79th Annual Meeting American
Guernsey Cattle Club, Philadelp
hia.
JUNE
June 9—Annual Lancaster
County Poultry Association Bar
becue, Lititz.
cooked” and eaten, of course.
A surplus of products, and un
profitable factory operation ac
counted'for a “cooked goose” in
the instance of a Rothsvdle can
nery a few months prior to the
season of 1906- The Lititz Rec
ord Express in February of that
year, gave these facts; “The of
ficers of the Rothsville canning
factory have decided not to do
any canning next summer. There
is considerable goods still on
hand and besides it is no secret
that the factory has not been on
a paying basis and that there are
a lot of debts ”
No cooked goose or “wild goose
chase” was (involved when the
Sharp boys hied to the hills, near
Litiitz, in coon tracking 30 years
ago. While not getting the object
of their hunt, they did find
something mighty sweet on the
expedition. For details, here’s
another Record-Express para
graph dated Feb. 10, 1926 It
seems that “Barton and Luther
Sharp, boys who were reared on
the farm in tracking a coon
came upon a honey-bees’ home
in an old stump in the furnace
hills. They collected 32 pounds
off the finest honey imaginable.
They failed to get the coon, but
set traps for it”
HERTZLER SALE
Cows sold from $lOB to $252
in the Saturday auction on the
farm of Norman Hertzler qear
Blainesport Sixteen cows were
also sold. A stock bull went at
$93, six heifers, from $45 to $101;
a tractor, $700; a field cultiva
tor, $115; tractor cultivator, $125;
two discs, $55 and $6l; tractor
plow, $55; grass mower, $81;
hay, from $l9 to $22 50 a ton; a
1941 pick up truck $157; a wa
gon, $BO, and a dining room
suite, $69.
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Confusion on
Farm in Sales
Tax Prevalent
How does the newly enacted
Pennsylvania three-per cent sales
tax affect farmers?
This question prevailed at
press time Signed at 11 53 pm.
Tuesday, it went into effect seven
minutes later.
There are 17 categories on
which the tax applies: 1, motor
vehicles and maintenance of
them, 2, formal day and evening
wear, articles using hides or furs;
3, construction, remodeling equip
ment and supplies; 4, furnishings
and appliances for home and
commercial use, 5, industrial,
business, professional and com
mercial supplies; 6, cosmetics
and drugs except drugs on pre
scription. 7, tobacco products
except those already taxed by
the Commonwealth;
8, luggage and leather goods;
9 lewelrv etc , 10, books, station
ery supplies', 11, games, hobbies,
nhotographic equipment and sup
plies, also on sports equiument;
12. flowers plants, shubbery,
trees, fertilizers, sprays, insect
icides, bulbs* seeds; 13, fuel oil,
petroleum products for heating
purposes; 14, hardware, tools,
paints, materials and equipment;
15, live animals, fish, birds, and
necessary equipment, 16, Radio
and television sets receivers,
phonographs, sound recorders;
17, food and beverages when
purchased for consumption on
premises (as restaurants, clubs)
except when purchased from
church, school or hospital
Items purchased by farmers
in the process of growing food
are exempt.
Electric and telephone service
are exempt
The tax rate -is- 10 cents or
less, tax free; 11 through 40
cents, one cent tax, 41 through
70 cents, two cents tax; 71 cents
to $l, three cents.
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