The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-07-16

Harrisburg and Middletown motor
cyclists are arranging for joint run.
The Pennsylvania Steel Company
has started construction Of the new
thirty-two-inch mill at Steelton.
Because Of lack OF money the Sun
bury School Board has decided 1t will
not elect a medical inspector this year.
The Helertown Board of Education
has reelected +. M. Ruch secretary
and Eugene Leith treasurer.
A Red Mems lodge, with forty.eight
charter members, has been founded at
Spinnerstown.
After operating sixteen weeks on
four-day schedule, the cigar factory at
Quakertown has started on full time.
The Chester Board OF Education, at
a special meeting reelected A. Lin
coin Castle, secretary, and Reuben Il.
Jefferis, treasurer.
Count Michael Karolyi the Hun
garian reformer, was the guest in
South Bethlehem of local Hungarians
at banquet in his honor.
The Lehigh Coke Company, Bethle
hem, is making 50O-foot extension to
its coal storage plant and a new 500
foot crane runway is being built.
Harrisburg Christian Endeavorers
have sent an invitation to the Union
town convention to meet here next
year.
Berks County's tax collections for
1914 will amount to s431 ,349.27 accord
ing to the amount of the duplicates
sent out to collectors today. The city
collection will amount to S244,309.33.
Mrs. Francis Jones, mother of Barry
Jones, secretary and treasurer of the
Bethlehem Steel Company, has endow
ed bed in the Children's Home in
memory Of her daughter.
Determined to keep the town spick
and span, Chief of Police Harry
Rhoades, of Quakertown. at the order
of Chief Burgess Fluck. has removed
all advertising from telephone poles.
James M. Wuchter was reelected
president of the Allentown School
Board, as were Secretary Thomas p.
Wenner and Treasurer Alvin p. Zell-
ner.
At a meeting OF the Citizens Fire
Company, of Tamaqua, It was decided
not to permit liquor in the hose house
or social rooms and to expel any men,
ber who breaks this rule.
The body OF man found near
Egypt nine miles north of Allentown,
and held by Coroner Goheen, was
identified as that of George F. Snyder,
of Slatington, thirty-hve years old, who
had been missing two weeks.
Mrs John Grove, Of Springfield
Township, fell from a ladder while
picking cherries, and died from the ef-
fects of her injuries Sunday. A bone
in one of her legs was broken and
blood poisoning set In.
In fight over religion among
foreigners at Tamaqua, Joseph Bus
less, twenty-five, had his skull frac-
tured with a club and was taken to
Coaldale Hospital in critical condi.
tion.
Because the County Commissioners
reduced the tax rate from three mills
to two mills the revenues in county
taxes will be reduced more than ST.
900 according to the returns OF as
SCISSORS.
As Mrs. Eliza Seifert, of Tatamy
forty.six years old, stepped from a
trolley car at Northampton Heights
on her way home from visiting her
parents at Hellertown, she dropped
dead of heart failure.
The body of man about thirty-hve
years old. found in the river near
Birdsboro, was identified as James Nc
Grath of Phoenixville. The authori-
ties are making an effort to find his
relatives.
Jacob Hartz, farmer Of Morgan.
town, was probably fatally injured
when one of the wheels Of an empty
hay wagon passed over the rear Of his
head and shoulder. He slipped on the
wet grass and fell under the wagon.
Frederick c. Mackert, OF Reading,
and Miss Helen Lands Keeport.
daughter of William Keeport, member
Of the State Legislature from Berks
county, were welded in Sunbury by
Rev. Robert O'Boyle, of the First Re-
formed Church. They will live in
Reading. The bridegroom is former
AL. l.e.