i — | OUR BEST WISHES tral Credit In Critical State MORTGAGES MANY FARM CRITICAL IN TURY AND HIGH TAXES SHADOW HOVERS OVER THE BEING MOST S, The agricultural in many sections of the wealth has become the most critical of any time in the past half century officials of the partment of Agriculture said today. The Department tioned its official crop reporters who represent every farming community in the state. They supplied inform- i ation of forced sales of estate due to de number of farm An analysis of the returns indi- WHEREBY WOODLAND OWN- cates an unfortunate situation in ERS CAN HAVE SAME AS. | many districts, especially in the| SESSED AT ONLY $1.00 PER northern, western and central por- ACRE ! tions of the state. The section etree { southeast of the mountains is less How timberland owners burdened { seriously affected. Two of every | with high taxes find relief without three rural comm erage, report (From HALF A CEN- A hearing in the issue was sched- uled for last Wednesday but none was held, commission attaches an- credit situation | ncuncing that plans are being made Common- | for informal conferences as a means De linquent foreclosures. unities, on the av- perplexing problems page 2) Water Main Burst Saturday noon main which crosses the Jacob street [ bridge and residents at several place Supervisor Smeltz and plugged both Christmas. repaired. In suppli in heavy trucks pass eet) Eerie Large Estates Adjudicated The estate of Lothar R. Zifferer, late of Columbia and there remains $75,126.90 for the = yy 0 Hempfield Christmas. it down. Turkeys were so plentiful at Co- lumbia last week that York county farmers offered home at 18 cents. Mr. John Loewen moved from the P. R. R. property on West Donegal that The main is now being * removing this discovered that the babbit corking had slid out of some of the as much as 5 inches. to the vibration of the bridge when Another large estate the large water water to the section, burst s on the bridge. er cut the pip ends until after es pipe. it was joints This is due over it. was a heirs. adjudicated balance of was His widow recently ques- farm real taxes, on forced sales due to non-payment on mortgage obligations, on the avail- ability of local money for refinanc- ing mortgages, and on the trend in that AEG Mute of TE] township. will receive $96,995.36. News In General | For Busy Folks P. S. C. TO ARRANGE PEACE PARLEYS IN WATER CASE The rate case of the residents of Florin, Lancaster county, against the Florin Water Company, Inc, has been taken off the hearing cal- endar temporarily while the Public Service Commission endeavors to arrange an amicable settlement. of ending the dispute. The complaint was filed in the name of Charles H. Staley and al- leged that increased rates for the water service, effective last July 1, were unjust and uneasonable, Owners Can Pay Less Tax A PLAN! THE STATE OUTLINES sacrificing their properties was ex- plained today by Secretary Lewis TO All E. Staley of the Department of the Forests and . Waters. He reports that 45470 acres of woodland in Pennsylvania have been classified as auxiliary forest reserves, permit- ting the assessment of these lands at not more than $1.00 per acre. Any owner wishing to classify his woodland as an auxiliary forest reserve should notify the Secretary of Forests and Waters at Harris- burg. A blank form will be sent asking for the necessary data. Up- on receipt of the application the property will be examined by a for- ester. If the secretary decides that the tract should be classed as an auxiliary forest reserve, a certifi- cate to that effect will be sent to commissioners of the county. The local township assessors will (Turn to page two) 0 Cees: MISS NANCY GERMER WON THE DOLL CONTEST omy Go. The TL — closed on Sat- urday a. Mn. Garber’s Rexall Drug Store an2:3%e dolls were presented The Mount Jo VCL. XXXII, No. 31 MOUNT JOY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28th, 1932 — == OUR PATRONS AND FRIENDS ARE A to the had children at 10:30 P. M., Christm!s 'eve. The prize winners included: 1st prize, Nancy Germer; second prize, Court Disposes INTERESTING HAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WHO ing in a field east of Columbia on The heavy fog brought (Turn to page five) et) Bese. Had Finger Mr. Alpheus town, had a finger crushed in a Tey gasoline engine while shredding II From Gas corn fodder, yesterday. Dr. Asher Eleven persons in three Eliza- Snyder attended him. bethtown homes were made ill by —_— illuminating gas escaping from a About the Sick main on Thursday. Merchant John M. Booth is in- Nornhold, of Crushed disposed at this writing. Chief of Police Elmer Zerphy is confined to his home with sickness. Eighty-Nine Residents Of Mz. Joy Paid 1931 Income Tax I——— There were 2,896 taxpayers who filed individual income tax caster last year, the returns in Lan- U. S. Internal Revenue bureau announced Monday, reporting also that tor the year 1930 ia ve 18 9/4 why ler ano Ld bh 1) from 3.6 + ) fer XX individuals in;qthe state of Pennsyl- ‘ income of $1,620,314,- tax of $46,825,528 was ny Sed feral government. pws a total of 4,944 in- ts filed from Lancas- York there were from. Adams grown birds near Claudia Espenshade; A MARK TO SHOOT AT FOR TOBACCO FARMERS tobacco farmers, who raise from al- most any poundage up to 1500 and 1600 Ibs. per acre, here is a record for any of them to try and equal. Otta Olson, associate agronomist of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, who has charge of the tobacco experi- mental station near Lancaster, grew 2,593 pounds of tobacco to the acre. Richard J. Elmire, 10, was killed while coasting on the streets at Lancaster. He ran into a truck. 366, Berks 7,924 and Dauphin 5,165. Reading citizens filed 4,805 returns, those in York 2,321 and those in Har- risburg 4,049. In addition to the 2,896 from Lancas- ter city, the following were filed by taxpayers in Lancaster county boros. Columbia, 281; Denver, 40; Eliza- bethtown, 128; Ephrata, 126; Lititz, 141; Manheim, 128; Marietta, 60; Mt. Joy, 89; New Holland, 45 and Quarryville, 42, with the remaining 969 from over the county, being from miscellaneous sources. 9th prize, Yvonne Schneider; 10th prize, Dor- With Lancaster county’s hundreds of % : ild sky Anna Martha Strickler; 3rd prize, Of L 1 C THe aes loud, the frosty Sarah Brown; 4th prize, Florence oca asses EYE Be Erb; 5th prize, Elizabeth Metzler; The Dea is dying in the 6th prize, Elizabeth Mumma; Tth 5 i i1d bell a let hi prize, Dorothy Stauffer; 8th ’ prize, JUDGE ATLEE WAS VERY hug og Svan 0 . MAS a» n A HAVE LITTLE TIME TO READ | othy Wagner; 11th prize, Amora MAS—NONE WERE SENTEN Ri eile the Ri Skipper; 12th, Jean Miller; 13th, CED TO JAIL snow; Mr. Elwood Gerber moved from | Jean Schock; 14th, Mabel Jane The year is going, let him West Donegal St. to Florin. Mumma; 15th, Wanda Alexander. Thru the kindness of Judge B. Ring ot the false, ring in the Mr. Hess moved on the corner of | The balance of the contestants | C. Atlee, a number who plead true. West Donegal and Lumber Sts. received a box of candy. There guilty before him just before inci Herbert Mumma won the bicycle | were 48 children in the contest. Christmas, were permitted to eat Be oat Le Bist hat nevis given away at Eshleman Bros. ————— ler their Christmas dinner at home. For those that here we see store, BURGESS DESIGNATED The court disposed of the following no more; Most of the ice on the Susque- STREETS FOR COASTING | local cases within the week: Rn a) Te feud of rich hanna river moved off during the Sentence Suspended Ring In redress to all mankind, warm {pell. When coasting was so very good| Samuel Smith, sixteen, of near : The stork brought twins to Mr. |last week and the kiddies and even | Elizabethtown, one of three boys Bing out id A ge Thine and Mrs. William Heberstroh at | some of the grown ups couldn’t re-| charged with malicious mischief, BS ancien panty | 5 CGlum ia, Christmas Day. sist the temptation, Burgess Keen.|Whose case was continued two Ring in nobler modes of life. The ceiling in Salem Evangelical | er came to their rescue by adopting | months ago, was given a suspended With sweeter manners, purer church at Columbia was decorated | the safety first plan. sentence Friday morning by Judge lpws. over Christmas with 2,000 silver| North Jacob street and Manheim | Atlee after it was averred that Ring out false pride in place and stars, street were designated or set aside | Since the time of the first hearing ls, A family of five was wiped out| for coasters, Guards were placed, | the boy has behaved himself. The soive Slander and the Christmas when the wife, by mis- | all enjoyed the sport and there Smith was one of three boys Ring in the love of truth take, put poison in cakes which she | were no accidents. charged with having set fire to and right, baked. —_——— journals on box cars on the line Ring In tre common love of An airplane made a forced land- between Conewago and Lebanon. Eood: Claim They Can’t Pay Several defendants, who were ac- ease, : quitted at the recent session of ie neriowing lust criminal court, but ordered to pay Ring out the thousand wars the costs, appeared in court Friday of old, (Turn 10 page two) Ring nye thousand years of 0) eee SLIGHT FIRE AT RHEEMS; TOOL SHED DAMAGED Fire, caused by an overheated stovepipe, damaged a shed used as a toolhouse in the Hipple stone quarry, Rheems, early last W. ‘es- day morning. Harry Landis, who resides near the quarry, discovered the flames and notified the Rheems fire com- pany. Firemen responded and they quickly extinguished the blaze. The damage was estimated at $100. ——— et Gp reese Rather Cheap Farm If this is an indication farms are getting cheaper. A farm of 83 ac- res near Cherry Hill, Lancaster Co. with an 8-room frame house, bank barn and other outbuildings, some meadow and woodland, was sold at public sale for $22 per acre, a total of $1,825. a For the Theft of a Car Clarence Heck, Elizabethtown, ac: cused of stealing an automobile owned by Russel Kaylor, also of Elizabethtown, was held for court at a hearing before Justice of the Peace E. S. Grimm, and was com- mitted to jail in default of bail. 0 Cn. 20 Millionaires in Pa. Two years ago there were 150 millionaires in the United States. Since then there are only 75 and 20 of these reside in Penna. LENIENT WITH THE GUILTY ONES JUST BEFORE CHRIST- ‘RING OUT, BELLS ear NG out, wild bells, to the Ring out the old, ring in the Ring out old shapes of foul dis- Ring in the valiant man and free The larger heart, the kind- lier hand; Ring out the darkness of the land, Ring in the Christ that is to be —LORD TENNYSON. Wedding Bells Ring Locally NUMBER OF VERY WELL KNOWN YOUNG FOLKS ARE JOINED IN THE HOLY BONDS OF MATRI- MONY IN THIS LOCALITY. Gibbons—Good A very pleasant wedding ceremony took place at the Church of God par- sonage Elizabethtown Sunday, Decem- ber 18, at 2 P. M., when Clarence Gib- bons, of this boro and Miss Barbara S. Good of Elizabethtown, “were united in marriage by the pastor, Rev. C. H. Heiges. The ring ceremony was used. Rice—Fry William D. Rice, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Rice, of Marietta St., and Miss Mabel G. Fry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fry, of Blain, Pa., were married on Satur- day evening at the home of the bride’s parents. The ceremony was jperformed by the Rev. G. W. Foulkes, pastor of the Blain Meth- odist church. Following the ceremony a wedd- ing dinner was served at the home (turn to page 5) | With Harry Wagner's | Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wagner, Sr. en- | tertained the following at their home (on Sunday: Mr, and Mrs. Harry Wag- { ner, Jr, and daughters Elaine of Lan- | caster; Mr. and Mrs. Christian Cover and daughter Betty of Elizabethtown; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Schatz and chil- dren Harold, Jr., Dorothy, Robert and Local Doings Around Florin NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST AS IT OCCURRED IN THAT 3USY VILLAGE WEST OF HERE. Mr. John Raffensperger is con- valescing at his home. Mr. James Hockenberry will cel- ebrate his birthday on Saturday, Dec. 31st. Miss Kathryn Forry is spending some time with her grandfather, Mr. John Guhl. Mr. and Mrs. John Easton were guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. Hoff- man at Maytown on Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Campbell were Christmas guesis of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Starr at Rchrerstown. Mr. John Landvater, of Anchor, butchered two fine porkers for Jas. Hockenberry, weighing 443 and 342 i ounds. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Campbell (Turn te page four) Peggy; Mr. and Mrs. William Garber and son William, Jr.; Mr. and Mrs. Clair Wagner and daughter Jean, of Mount Joy; Alverta Burkman, of Man- heim; Norman Geib, James Schneider, Beatrice, Eugene, Harold, Carl and Donald Wagner all of Mount Joy. It was also learned of the engage- ment of their daughter Beatrice Wag- ner to James Schneider, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schneider, of 320 East Main street, Mount Joy, ees. MANY FISH ARE PLACED IN LANC. CO. STREAMS The Fish Commission released sunfish, catfish and frogs in the streams in Lancaster County dur- ing November. The sunfish and cat- fish were stocked in the Conewago Creek, Big Chickies Creek, Muddy Creek, Conestoga Creek, Cocalico Creek, Mill Creek, Octoraro Creek Hammer Creek, Holtwood Dam, Safe Harbor Dam, Pequea Creek. Little Chickies Creek, Stoger’s Dam Middle Creek, Conowingo Creek and the West Branch of Octoraro Creeks. Frogs were distributed to Conowingo Creek, West Branch Oec- toraro Creek, Hammer Creek, Octo- y Bulletin HAPPY NEW THE KINDERHOOK CHURCH ELECTS ITS NEW OFFICERS The annual congregational busi- ness meeting and election of offic- ers of the Kinderhook Evangelical Lutheran church was held last evening. Those elected were: class leaders John Gable, C. M. Lichty and Miss A. E. Green; assistant leaders, John Keiser, Earl Shell and George Rak- er; trustees, three year term, Chas. Berrier, five year term, Samuel Kline and Elmer Stauffer; secre- tary to official church board, Miss A. E. Green; financial secretary, Mrs. Charles Berrier; church treas- urer, John Gable; vice president of official church board, C. M. Lichty; pianist, Martha Kline; assistant pi- GAS, THE PR HOME” OVER Last week we that Mr. Harry for coal, posted the premises. TI Wednesday. Passed to The Great Beyond the premises and did not interfere. left in disgust. Skipped Last Saturday, MANY OF OUR BEST KNOWN PEOPLE HAVE PASSED TO THAT GREAT BEYOND WITHIN THE PAST WEEK thing. The followi to pay day: Adam Herman, 75, of Route 2 Joy cemetery vesterday afternoon. The deceased a native of our boro and was a son of the late El Helman, of town. He is well known here and frequently visited in town. i THREE 8. MEETINGS Herman H. Long Herman H. Long, seventy-eight, of Landisville, died Thursday morn- ing at the Lancaster General hos- pital of a complication of diseases. He was a retired farmer and had been for many years a school direc- tor in East Hempfield township. He is survived by three sons, J. War- ern, Benjamin E. and Herman E., of Landisville, and one sister, Fan- ny P. Long, of Landisville. Services were held Saturday af- ternoon at the home and interment was made in the Reformed Menno- nite cemetery, Landisville. day Schcot held Men’s Organized by Rev. Walter Sh home of Ira teacher of the party and all had time. Miss Irene Earl C. Brosey Earl C. Brosey, nine months old son of Albert and Mable Brosey, died at the home near Salunga, Ra- Weekly $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE Skip Pay Day At “Coal Mine” MANY LABORERS APPOINTED — WILL HE RETURN? of the farm near Milton Grove. on which Jacob Hillegas, was forbidding the latter to anist, Estella Probst. Thursday Hillegas, with several employes, put in an appearance, disregarded the notices, entered among the lime stone eagerly seek ing black nuggets. be pay day but there was ed in the Lancaster “The day before Columbia, died Friday “| just another day in the lives of a ’ Score or more of amateur “miners” ; = engaged in exploiting a sy osed att Yer Yo 0, was found coal mine on the farm of eed dead at the American Legion Home Haldeman, Milton Grove, near Eliz- Columbia, Friday. abethtown, abe wn, i It was however, to be a gre: x great in Dy. Wm. S. Helman ; day. But the miners, The remains of Dr. William S.| fled with the expectations and the Helman, who died at Avoca, of notices posted on the zerne Co., were interred in the Mt. (Turn to page five) — S. CLASSES HELD Last Tuesday evening the classes of the Church of God Sun- Bible class taught Hess. flected and a program was outlined for the new year, At the parsonage, Mrs. A. Stover class, entertained with a Christmas Heisey, teacher of a class of girls, held meeting at the home of the teacher. Meetings In ’33 TE YEAR SADLY DIS JAKE HILLE OMOTER, “WENT CHRISTMA < told our Haldeman, reader. owner digging trespass notices g0 upon iis was done last continued digging Mr. Haldemar That evening all Pay Day Dec. 24, was to no such ng article appear- daily relative Christmas was TUESDAY NITE three meetings. The earer, met at the Officers were of service Young Women’s a nice sociable their monthly Prayer ON WEDNESDAY pho township, Wednesday of com- plications. In addition to the par- ents these brothers and sisters MOUNT PLEASANT HOLDS ITS survive: Anna, Lancaster; Edith, MEETINGS Evelyn, Paul, Albert, Helen, Mild- NIGHTS AND BRETHREN red, Robert and Dorothy, all at the home; also the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Grossman, of Lancaster, Services were held at the home Saturday afternoon with burial in the Salunga Mennonite cemetery. Albert F. Risser Albert F. Risser, eighty-one, died at his home in Maytown of age in- firmities. He is survived by his wife Emma, a brother, Jacob Risser, of Maytown; ard two sisters, Mrs. M. R. Hoffman, Maytown; and Mrs. J. Minnich, of Maytown. He was vice president of the Maytown Na- (Turn to page five) MEASE’'S RESTAURANT AT LANDISVILLE WAS ROBBED County Detective Jacob Weller on Tuesday investigated the robbery of merchandise valued at $35 from | the restaurant owned and operated by E. W. Mease, at Landisville. IN CHRIST ON THURSDAY EVE- NINGS Following is a complete list of the meeting places of the weekly prayer nieetings of the Mount Pleasant congregation of Rapho district and also the Brethren in Christ. Mount Pleasant (Jan. 4)—Harry Thompson 11—-Mary Mummau 18—Jac. K. Gish “ 25—L. W. Mummau 1)—Harvey Campbell 8—Martha Kuhns 15—Abram Kreider 22—Earl Myers 1)—Samuel K. Nissly 8—Graybill Wolgemuth 15—John M. Forry “ 22—Samuel Z. Nornhold 29—Albert Greenawalt, Sr. According to Mr. Weller, thieves gained ‘entrance to the restaurant | some time Christmas day by break- ing a window in the rear. Goods stolen included six boxes of cigars, | six cartons of cigarettes, more | than 25 pounds of candy and a | quantity of miscellaneous merchan aise. EE | Hand Was Injured Mrs. William Davis’ right hand was caught in a loom at the Georg: Brown’s Sons Cotton Mills, Thurs-| "= day. Dr. A. F Snyder attended | her. | —_—— The police at 695 arrests for Christmas. That is Philadelphia made intoxication on | { a record. | Miss Marion Wagner was guest of honor at a surprise show- er held on Wednesday evening at the home of Blanche Newcomer giv- en in honor of her approaching marriage to Wilbur Kauffman. Cafeteria luncheon was served to the following guests: Misses Mar- ion Wagner, Lavina Nolt, Mildred Miller, Edna Miller, Ruth Neidigh, Anna May Nissley, Verna Nissley, Laura Wagner, Ruth Hess, Verna Shotzberger, Kathryn Eby, Ann the, raro Creek and Mill Creek. Heistand, Blanche Newcomer, Anna 3)—Arthur L. Koser 12—Benj. S. Ginder 19—Harry Emenheiser 26—Elmer White (Turn to page 5) Rese. A Family Dinner Mrs. John Kolp, of gave a f Day ir stmas ard Hoffmai > recently. married. eee Wissen Rie Banks Closed New Year's Day being a holiday, both the Union and First National Bank Company, will be closed. legal National and Trust Surprise Shower Was Given In Honor of Miss Marion Wagner Newcomer and Rhoda Newcomer, Mr. Wilbur Kauffman, Ivan Nissley Ben Brubaker, Martin Swarr, Clyde Mumma, Stanley Moyer, Robert Kauffman, Flory Newcomer, Vere Garman, Morris Kauffman and Paul Newcomer, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Kauffman, Mr. and Mrs. Baker Kauffman, Mr. and Mrs. Ammon Bucher, Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Gar- ber, Mr. and Mrs. J. Harold Kauff- man, Mrs. Emma Kauffman, Mr. Walter Miller, Mr. and Mrs. David Wagner, Ruth, Paul and Martha Wagner and C. S. Wagner.