Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-02
LANCASTER COAL
DEPOSIT EXAMINED
st'sation Shows Fossils to
Be Of Vegetable and
Wood Origin
BURN CHURCH MORTGAGE

Lancaster, Nov. 2.-Coal deposit
found in the extreme northern section
Of Lancaster County are being investi
gated by representatives Of both TIL
State and National Departments y
Mines and Mincralogy.
Indications of coal deposits in thh
section have long been known to exist
but little effort has ever been put fortl
to determine the exact value Of tn
fuel.
The question of whether these Goa
deposits are of animal origin was def
nitely settled in the negative. On ever.
property examined the fossils and car
bonaceous matter in the coal .bearin
rocks were Of trees and vegetable ma
ture. In none of these properties ar
the prospects of character to warran
expectations of economic value. neithe
was the evidence entirely against tn
possibility Of commercial coal. II som
one has the courage to 60 to q reason
able depth to prove or disprove th'
theory.
The annual meeting OF the Lancaste'
County Chapter of the American Re-
Cross will be, conducted in the Y. w
G. A.. this city, this afternoon. at which
time the election Of officers and Execu
tive Committee will take place.
Coincident with the unprecedente
and sudden slump in the hat industr
at Adamstown. which but few week
ago was booming at full capacity. ther
comes boom III the hosiery industry
which Is taxing the five mills to thei
full capacity. Several of the Adams
town mills have refused to accept
orders. owing to the large amount Ut
business on hand.
Miss Evelyn Kunkle, who recently.
graduated from the training school OF
the Columbia Hospital, has taken the
Coatesville Hospital.
November 90 has been the day Sc.
lected for the burning of the mortgage
on the property Of the Lancaster Me.
mortal Presbyterian Church. DR..
Lewis Seymour Nudge, Of Philadelphia,
a former pastor Of the First Presby,:.
terian Church. of Lancaster, vii
preach at both the morning and eveninS
services on that day.
The Women's Missionary Society OF
the Lancaster Conference of the
Lutheran Ministcrium Of Pennsylvania
10 conducting its annual convention In
Trinity Church. New Holland. today.
Daniel Redman. eighty five years
old. of Lancaster. and William Bittin-
.cr, eighty zone years old, of Dill 'sburg,
II. F. D. No. /, Civil War veterans.
met for the first time since the Civil
War Tuesday. when the Lancaster vet
eran visited his old comrade. They
were members Of Company G, Twelfth
Pennsylvania Reserves.
Farm Women's Society No. 4. which
met at the home Of Mrs. Raymond
CARRIER, Fern Brook Farm, Norwood,
this week, elected Mrs. Harry Lichty
president for the ensuing year.
Chestnut Level will stage it's annual
farm products show November 10. II
gest events of its kind in Lancaster
County.
Miss Florence Lefever, Of Mannheim
has been appointed notary public. Her
commission was received this week at
the Recorders office.
The November meeting of the Ian
caster County Historical Society viii
be conducted in the Lancaster Public
Library Friday evening.
Saturday will be observed as "Dra.
matte League Day" in the Iris Club.
After the business session in the after.
noon, Samuel Russell Small, former
secretary OF the Lambs Club. Of New
York, will lecture on THE Theatre,
Past, Present and Future"
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Shultz, Of Mar.
ticville. celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary Tuesday, with an all. day
reception at their home.
The trapping season for fur.hearins
animals. which opened yesterday
promises to be one Of the most pro .
ductive and profitable for trappers In
recent years.