Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-03
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OF the Telegraph" Yes" "WeIl.
want to know whether Buchanan was
born In Lancaster or Franklin county?
A couple of us are having an argu-
ment here and want you to decide
it for u.s."
The Pennsylvania President was
born in Franklin county, he was told,
at place called Stony Batter. The
supporter of the argument that our
fifteenth President was born in Ian
caster county had evidently been mis-
led by the fact that Buchanan as a
young man in his teens studied law
III Lancaster. AS a matter of fact a.
$2b,O00 monument has been raised in
frankhn county Is a memorial to the
only occupant of the presidential chair
VINO came from the State of Penn
sylvania.
Until the question Of supremacy is
settled between the baseball teams
representing the Department of In
dustry, and State Insurance Fund De
partment, daily business will move
slowly on Capitol Hill. According to
reports everybody is all wrought up
over the claims of each team. Wagers
are being made and to-day 1t was
said that friends of the Labor and In
dustry players expected to raise a
purse of $3.50. Both teams have an
army of hackers. and the next game
VIII be for blood"
Some wild rumors spread over Har-
risburg at intervals. How they start
is a mystery. Thursday afternoon it
was reported on Allison Hill, in the
vicinity of Fourteenth and Derry
streets, that two piers of the Walnut
street bridge had toppled over and
number of people hurt. Later came
report from West Harrisburg that
all automobile had run off the Market
street bridge into the river. The only
accident that occurred during the aft
elnoon was the collapse of several
small bleacher seats at the track meet.
Two persons were slightly injured.
Progress in the plans for the COM
hintng of the High schools of the West
Shore into Central High School. now
being made by the school boards, de-
pends largely on the interest taken
by the people and members of several
of the boards in the move. To date il
appears that several of the boards are
deadlocked on the proposition and in
several of the towns the sentiment
Of the residents is of like nature.
However, it has been learned by the
promoters that the transportation eX-
pepses appear to be one of the rea-
sons for the difference of opinion. A
campaign of publicity and education
will be started soon.
"In what other country in the wide
world but these United States could
such a thing as a great school chill
dren's track athlete meet. be pos
sible?" smilingly observed Attorney
John A. Herman as he gazed up at
the thousands of excited faces of
small spectators at the grammar
school track meet on the island
Why" went on the enthusiastic at
! torney, i've travelled a little biz
abroad but I don't believe | can
imagine anything quite like this
Boys and girls together having the
time of their lives untrammeled by
the careful eye of duenna or
chaperon. And this is just the thing
that helps to make of the American
hoy and girl tn self-reliant youth
whom foreigners so much admire IL
they can't quite understand"
Rockville bridge is quite a shelter
place in time of storm. On afternoons
when showers come up or thunder
storms come along the great arch
which spans the Riverside road is
sought BY everyone riding within a
mile and automobiles and teams are
packed into the shelter sometimes to
the number of eight or ten.
In the matter of religious fervor and
heartfelt utterances of religious joy
there is no race that can excel the col
ored race, as shown by the baptismal
service which was performed by the
Rev. w. Tolliver, pastor of the Zion
Baptist Church of this city on Sunday
morning. The rites took place in the
Susquehanna river just below Nerbeke
street, where flats, boats and canoes
and hundreds of people gathered to
see the converts dipped" Coal dirt
and mud were as nothing to them in
their higher zeal and the happy
"amens," joyful laughter. 'yas-suhs,'
speak -ons," Zachariahs, "uhm- M ms"
and so forth ad infinitum followed one
another with rapidity as the frosty
haired old men caught the spirit of the
occasion and Joined their voices to
that of the speaker in cries of enthusi-
Iastic appreciation.
There is printed in the April number
of the National Geographic Magazine
a picture of the oldest living thing
the General Sherman Tree" the
patriarch of the Sequoia National Park
of California. 1t was 1000 years old
when Christ was born. 1t was dis
covered in 1879 by James Wolverton,
a hunter, who gave 1t the name of
General Sherman. 1t towers 279.9
feet into the sky; its base circumfer-
ence is 1923 feet. Its greatest diam
eter 36.5 feet. Who knows the big
gest tree in Central Pennsylvania and
will he tell us about 1t?
W. NIo-.x