Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-17
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this part of Pennsylvania which can
snow as large a number of former
scholars who have gone into the min
istry as Market Square Presbyterian
Church, whose celebration of it's one
hundredth anniversary was an event
of more than local interest. This
school which has been continuously
actlVe for century, has been a strong
supporter of missionary activity and
noted for it's attention to Bible study.
Ihe scholars of other days who have
gone into the ministry and have laborN
ed IN widely scattered fields have
been Benjamin Wallace, who was one
OF the original scholars in 1916; c. A.
Wyeth member of a family promi-
nent in the early days and who are
now active in Philadelphia; John De-
wit, professor of Princeton Theo-
logical Seminary and son of one of the
pastors of the church; Edward Fail.
William Spicer, William p. Schell,
Harris Stewart and Clarence n. Platt,
who represent the younger generation.
Harrisburg was not only a place of
interest to Sunday school workers yes
terday but to people throughout the
catholic church in the United States.
Blshop McDevitt, who became noted
Tor his management of the parochial
| schools in Philadelphia is national
ngure and many messages of felicita-
tion upon his installation as fourth
bishop of the diocese of Harrisburg
| came here. Those who know the dis
| unguished churchman and scholar
say that he will take an active part in
the !lfe OF Harrisburg and speedily
win friendships among the people of
the city as did his predecessors.
When you were writing about the
troubles with traffic the other evening
why didn't you make some comments
! upon the manner in which the city
ordinance requiring that the intensely
bright lights on automobiles he dim
med within the municipal limits?'
was the remark of a man who observes
traffic last night. What the man SAYS
is true. He talked about nineteen
cars that he passed on Second street
between Market and Verbeke and said
! that some were throwing lights so
bright that it fairly dazzled those in
front. 1t is not uncommon for auto
mobiles to be run in Derry street
with the powerful lights throwing full
beams, so bright in some cases that
motormen are compelled TO hold their
hands in front of their faces in order
to shade their eyes.
In the same connection a policeman
says that you can write mile of ad-
vice and complaint every day about
the traffic conditions and 1t all goes
back to the human element. Tho
human or personal equation, as the
high-b brows say, is what the police
men have to reckon with and they
declare they do not know why a man
driving a delivery wagon with u
spirited horse will take to Market
street at the crowded time and why
touring cars containing families are
piloted in and out of lined-up cars in
the evening when a detour of a block
would make everyone safe.
Golf is to be given a further stimu-
lus in this city by a plan now under
discussion for the three clubs having
courses to unite in a big trophy to
be played for annually or to become
the property of the club winning it
a certain number of times. There are
now ten people playing golf in Har-
risburg and Steelton to one who was
playing five years ago. Golfers used
to be a curiosity when they played at
the Reservoir ten years ago and now
the playing has to be regulated on
Saturdays SO that all can have try.
Recent court decisions on the jit-
ney question have aroused more than
ordinary interest in legal circles
throughout the city in view of the
case pending in the Dauphin county
courts. Some weeks ago an effort was
made to restrain the city from en-
lOIClHB It's JlIney Dy an IN
junction proceeding instituted before
President Judge c. V. Henry, Lebanon,
specially presiding in the local courts
in the absence of Dauphin's own
judges. Judge Henry only recently
has been furnished with the required
briefs on the subject by contending
counsel and attorneys of the local
bar look for a speedy decision.
: Some pretty fine catches of Susque-
hanna salmon have been reported
from the Maclay street rifles and
, the vicinity of the sanitary dam at
Conoy street the last few weeks but
it seems that honors come pretty near
going to Harry Stoner and Arthur
Bamford, of 705 South Front street,
for the prize fish. On Saturday they
took in. after a dandy fight, salmon
that weighed six and one-half pounds.
,
DR.. Samuel G. Dixon, State Commits
sioner of Health, who took a day off
yesterday to hunt quail, used to be
very fond of life in the open and won
, prizes for work with his guns. The
commissioner still has a fine collection
of fowling pieces and is proud of his
dogs.