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The Lambertville record., 1926-09-16
LOCAL FIREMEN ATTEND
COUNTY MEET

Lambertville - George Larisont
Ex-chief Richard Mangan; assistant
hief, Elmer c. Docherty and Fred
W. Massey, of this city, attended the
quarterly business meeting OF the
Hunterdon County Firemen's Asso-
citation, held in Milford, N. j., on
Saturday evening, September II.
1t was unanimously voted that
committee of three be appointed to
confer to an appropriation of 5000.
be inserted in next years budget,
COR the purpose of appointing
county Fire Marshall President,
Larson appointed John Staples, of
hampton; c. S. Rittenhouse, of
Flemington and chief Emily Apgar,
of Frenchtown, as the above named
committee.
About 80 fremen from the various
towns in the county, were present
and at the close Of the business ses-
sion a buffet lunch was served by
the firemen of the Milford Company
The Lambertville record., 1926-09-16

FAIR OCT. So

The Fourth Annual Doylestown
Fair will open Tuesday, October 5th
and continue to Saturday might 0c-
tober 9th. This year the fair will
take in five days and five nights.
The wind and rain storm which
damaged tents last year taught the
directors lesson, and a lot of
building has been done this summer.
The largest building erected is
i50x32 for the poultry, pigeons, dogs
and pet stock. The new farm pro
duce building is 100x46. A new and
larger hog pen has been built be-
tween the poultry building and cat
tie barn. The cattle barn has been
enlarged so that it will double the
capacity. The stabling capacity of
the horse barn has also been great
ly increased.
Tuesday, the first day of the Fair,
will be Children's Day and all school
children will be admitted free, There
will be five days of the best horse
racing ever put on in this section.
The Speed Department has arranged
well balanced program of harness
and running races that far surpasses
anything yet attempted. The Horse
Show will be held on Friday as
usual.
A more elaborate program has
been arranged for the amusement of
the grandstand audience. AT least
eight acts will be shown in front
IF the grandstand every day and
night. Dazzling fireworks will be
given Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
and Saturday nights.
Entries in the Exhibit Depart
ments positively close Tuesday,
September 2Sth. Premium lists and
entry blanks may be secured from
the Secretary, j. Allen Gardy, 2s
West State St, Doylestown, Pa.
The Lambertville record., 1926-09-16
MUST IMPROVE
WATER SUPPL Y
State Board Of Health Discovers
Organisms In Lambertville
Water
FAULTY PURIFICATION SYSTEM

Lambertville-IIarry p. Croft,
chief of the Bureau of Engineering
of the New Jersey State Board Of
Health, has reported the presence of
minute organisms in the water sup
ply in this city. On Tuesday the
Lambertville Water Company was
ordered on the basis of this report
to improve the publication system
so as to eliminate these impurities.
within thirty days.
A recent hetring was held on the
matter, and at that time G. w. Mas
sey, superintendent, promised the
Board that he would advise of the
attitude of the Company within
two weeks No information having
been received, the State Board ac-
cordingly directed that unless ado-
quate and sufficient filtration is
installed to care for the Swan Greek
supply before the end Of thirty days
that they will be forbidden to dis
tribute water after October nth.
The city water here is a
natural supply from springs and
tributaries, and there is no filtration
plant as is used in Trenton where
the water supply is pumped from
the river. The water is supposed to
percolate thru charcoal pits where
the impurities are absorbed from the
water.
The Water Company about year
ago increased the height of the res
ervoir dam to prevent shortage in
dry weather, and it may be that
the increased supply has produced
more sediment and possible impur-
tiles due to standing longer 1t was
hoped by residents of Cottage Hill
that when the dam was raised that
it would be possible to afford a
water supply to that section of the
city, but the Water Company off
cials say the altitude is too high
for the water to flow there. The
Company has no pumping plant.
The Lambertville record., 1926-09-16
GAS PLATE SWINDLER SERVES
TWO MONTHS AND A HALF

Joseph McMahan, the fake solic-
itor who worked Lambertville, New
Hope and surrounding points during
May and June, was sentenced to
seventy-fve days in the county Jail
on Tuesday by Judge Trenchard at
the opening of the September term
of the Hunterdon County Court of
Common Pleas. McMahan plead
guilty, and as he had already been
in Jail two months, he has fifteen
more days.
McMahan represented himself as
an agent of a Philadelphia gas plate
concern, and was taking orders on
which he collected various sums
without delivering the goods. The
Company has made good on the
orders, although McMahan had no
connection with them. He was ar
raigned before Magistrate Smith on
July 18th, and sent to Jail in de-
fault of bond to await trial.
The Lambertville record., 1926-09-16
HORNER ATTENDS SILVER
ANNIVERSARY OF
JERSEY UNDERTAKE ERS

LambertvilIe-George B. Horner,
local undertaken, was in attendance
at the twenty-ffth annual meeting
of the New Jersey Funeral Directors
Association in Asbury Park last
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Mr.. Horner is president of the State
Board of Embalmers, and attended
in his official capacity.
Being the silver anniversary Of
the Association, silver souvenirs
were presented to the members. One
was a silver desk set, and the other
was silver ruler-pencil, an attrac-
tive novelty of the ready point
pencil with three extensions making
graded foot ruler. Mr.. Horner re-
ports about three hundred members
in attendance with an unusually
good program.
The Lambertville record., 1926-09-16
HERO STUNT
FAILS TO YORK
Frenchtown Bank Clerk Stages Fake
Hold-up To Pose AS Hero
STATE POLICE EXPOSE HIM

On Tusday morning of last week
Austin Pendleton, 24-year-old bank
clerk of The Frenchtown National,
was sent to the Milford bank for a
$4,000 pay roll. When he returned
he drove excitedly up to the bank
and cried, 81 saved the pay roll. |
was shot at, but | came through
with the money
He exhibited bullet hole thru
his coat sleeve and said that On
a lonely stretch of the road a BAN
dit tried to hold him up and shot at
him when he refused to stop. The
State Police Station at Wilburtha
was notified and Sergeant Wilson
and Trooper DeWinne were dis
patched post-haste to the scene
They passed thru Lambertville at
full speed with their horn going,
causing lot of speculation as to
their mission.
When they interviewed Pendleton
and examined the bullet hole in his
coat they declared it had been made
by a pistol fired at close raigc,
Fresh powder marks on Pendleton's
revolver pointed to it being the
weapon which had made the hole,
and when confronted with these
facts Pendleton finally admitted the
supposed hold up was farce. eyes,
did it," Pendeton admitted, "bu'
hope the next time they send up
some cops who don't know anything
about guns"
Pendleton is reported to be "a
years old, and that he has been
working for the bank for six years.
He lives about two miles outside
town.
The Lambertville record., 1926-09-16
START COTTAGE
HILL PAVING
Extend improvements On Swan,
Studdiford, And S. Franklin To
Original Plans
USE STAG FOR BASE

Lambertville-Re Residents of Cot
tage Hill who have patiently and
persistently continued agitations for
paving improvements in this section
of the city are being rewarded this
week by the start of extensive oper-
ations by Street Commissioner Hol-
combe in rebuilding all the main
streets of the section. The original
ordinance providing appropriations
for these repairs included Bruins
wick, Douglas and Lincoln streets,
and an extended ordinance adopted
by the Commissioners Monday even
ing adds Swan, Studdiford and South
Franklin streets, with connecting
points to the original plans.
On Monday evening contract was
made with j. H. Holcombe and the
Lambertville Transportation Com
pany to load and haul Stag from
the premises of the Lambertville
Iron & Steel Company to the streets
where it is to be used for bases to
the new paving. This Stag has been
found to bear up better than any
other road material on roads where
it has been used around Pennsyl-
vania iron fields. The material is
being given by the Foundry free
of charge to the City, and the cost
of loading and hauling is only one
dollar ton.
By using this material suffi-
cient saving has been made to wild
en- the paving from the original six
teenfoot width to eighteen, and some
in some places twenty feet. Grades
are also being made, and the "thank
-you-marms" on the steep streets
are all to be removed. These humps
were formerly built into the roads
to keep the fills from washing, but
now that oil tar binding is to be
used in the new paving they won't
be necessary, and it will make the
grades much easier.
The Commission deserves lot
of credit for the extensive street
repairs done this summer, and es-
pecially due to the fact that the
costs have been kept down to one
half what they would have been If
the work had been done by con-
tractors. All materials have been
bought under contract from the
lowest bidders, but the work has
been done by city labor, superin-
tended by Commissioner Holcombe.
This has meant that both Commits
sioner Holcombe and Mayor Moon
an have had to devote more time to
the work, but it has meant big
saving to the taxpayers, If the work
had been done by contract only half
these repairs would have been pos
sible under the available funds.
Former Commissioner Muirheid is
foreman of the workmen engaged
on the work, and thorough job is
being done
The Lambertville record., 1926-09-16
DENIED DRUNK ENNESS.
But IS SENTENCED
FOR THREE MONTHS

Judge Brennan, of Trenton, gave
Charles Mcgowan, Of New Hope,
three months in the Mercer County
Workhouse on Tuesday Of last week
for being drunk and disorderly.
When Patrolman RaRacowski testi-
fed against him Mcgowan shouted,
according to the State Gazette,
"That's "A liel | haven't been drunk
for 20 years" The heavy sentence
was then administered.
The Lambertville record., 1926-09-16
DELEGATES TO G. A. r.
LEAVE FOR IOWA

Lambertville-M Mabelle Slack
# 60 North Union street, and Mrs,
Eta Lykes, of Trenton, are lcav-
ing today for Des Moines, Iowa, to
attend the G. A. r. Nationa: En-
campment, both being delegates
elected by the Department of New
Jersey at Asbury Park in Jure. Fol-
lowing the close of the convention,
they will visit Denver, Pixies Peak,
Colorado Springs and other points
Of interest in the West.
Richard f. Bennett, Division com
mander Of the Sons Of Union Vetcr-
ans Of the Civil War, viii leave
Saturday evening to attend the Ma
tional Encampment of the olgani-
zation at Des Moines.
The Lambertville record., 1926-09-16
GETS 6 TO
II YEARS
Stephen l.. Peaker Convicted OF
Slashing Wife And Her Mother
LIVE IN LAHAsK A

Doylestown- Stephen Lee Peaker
was sentenced Wednesday by Judge
w. C. Ryan on three counts to an
aggregate sentence of six to twelve
years in the Eastern State feniten-
tiary. The verdict of guilty was for
aggravated assault and battery with
intent to. kill on the night of July
9th. In addition he was fined one
dollar and costs of each of the three
counts.
Peakers' wife, Florence E. Peaker,
had separated from her husband sev-
eral months before, and had gone
to the home of her mother, Mrs.
Amelia Warren, near Lahaska, tax
ing her seven year old son, Lewis
Warren. Pealer had gone to the
house, he claimed, to effect a re-
Cancellation with his wife. The two
women were in bed, and they claim
ed Peaker struck Mrs. Warren with
black jack, and then had slashed
his wife with razor across the
face and breasts, and had severed
the thumb of her left hand. The boy
was also cut in the melee.
Peaker claimed the two women
had shot him five times, twice in the
house and three times after he had
gone into the yard. Mrs. Peaker said
oba ebot onca after ppnkor had at
tackled her with the razor, but den
led that Mrs. Warren had shot him.
Trooper Felix r. Gowan testified he
had been called to the house at
four o'clock in the morning, and
found all the participants bleeding
from their wounds and had assist
ed in removing them to Abingdon
Hospital.
The Lambertville record., 1926-09-16
MRS. HANNAH BATTYE

New Hope, Pa.-Mrs, Hannah
Battye, wife Of James II. Battye,
died last Saturday afternoon at
ofcloci. at the age of 80 years, at
her nome on Old York Road, in this
borough. Funeral services were held
from her late home by Rev. Warren
A. Smith, pastor of New Hope
M. f. Church. Interment was In
Mount Hope Cemetery in Lambert
vile under the direction of A. E.
Worthington, of Wycombe, Pa.
Besides her husband Mrs. Battye
is survived by one daughter, Miss
Kate NJ. Battye, of New Hope;
two sons, C. Garfield Battye and Al
bert IL. Battye, Of Trenton; one
brother, Harry McGill, of Yardley,
Pa; and seven sisters, Mrs. Lima
overholt, of Allentown, Pa; Mrs.
Achsa Krewson, of Trenton; Mrs.
Charles Cryer Naylor, of Lawrence
vile, N. j.; Mrs. Emma overholt,
Mrs. John A. Whitlock, Mrs. Sue B.
Matthews and Mrs. Elmer Mundy,
of Philadelphia.
The Lambertville record., 1926-09-16
PA vs. $500 FOR
PICKING FLOWERSI
New Law Applied To Motorist Who
Enters Private Property And
Picks Flowers

Justice Robert G. Hendrickson last
Wednesday fined Frank w. Sut-
ter, of 1904 York street, Philadel-
phia, S25 each for eight flowers
he picked from the lawn of DIR. X.
H, Bell on the River Road above
Centre Bridge. This was the first
application of the law which was
passed at the last session of the
Pennsylvania Legislation. Passing
motorists have become so brazen in
their wanton disregard of the rights
of people living along country roads
that drastic action had to be taken
to break it up.
1t was brought out in the trial
that when DIR. Bell had Sautter
arrested that he resisted arrest
and was charged with assault and
battery and for threatening Dr.
Bells life, DR.. Bells property Is
separated from the road by small
stream over which stone bridge
leads to the lawn. The property
is really surrounded by water, for
the canal is on the other side. But
this did not deter Sautter from
proceeding to help himself in an
arrogant manner. If such violations
were practiced on city dwellers' pro-
perty and flower beds there would
be such an outraged protest that the
whole country would be stirred up.
But rural dwellers have stood about
as much tresspass and destruction
as they can swallow, and they in
tend to put stop to it. New
Jersey has similar law against
picking flowers and fruits, and
property owners should call the po-
lice and have violators arrested.
The Lambertville record., 1926-09-16
ORGANIZES WITH LOCAL
MEN ON GRAND JURY

Presiding with Judge Thomas w.
Trenchard for the September term
of court are Judge Adam o. Rob-
bins, of Common Pleas, and Cir
cult Court Judge Frank b. Jess.
Judge Jess is to preside over Su-
preme Court cases when court opens
September 2Sth, after being postpon-
ed until that time when the cal
endar is completed. Jacob Holcombe
and William Kachine, both Of Lam
bertville, were foreman and secre-
tary respectively of the Grand Jury.
The Lambertville record., 1926-09-16
NEW HOPE PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
Sunday. September l9.

At 9:45 A. M. Church School
1O:45 A. NJ Morning Worship and
sermon, "Come and See"
The service at 7:30 p. NJ. will
again be combined with the Chris
tian Endeavor The subject will be
Missionary Advance in India An
interesting pageant prepared by our
young men will be presented at
this hour
Wednesday at $3.50 P. NJ, mid
week prayer and praise meeting.
Coming! September 2G, l0;3O A.
M.-Our big Sunday School and
Church Rally.
The Lambertville record., 1926-09-16
PAROLED ON ATTEMPTED
ENTRY CHARGE

Charles Rocks, 16 years old, Of
Lambertville, was paroled by Judge
Robbins at Pennington last week
when arraigned in Hunterdon Coun-
ty Juvenile Court on the charge Of
attempted entry. He plead guilty
to attempting to break into Faher-
ty's pool room, intending to secure
cigarettes. He was paroled in charge
of Justice Elmer Smith to whom he
must report at regular intervals.
The Lambertville record., 1926-09-16
SCHUMANN-COMPTON

Lambertville--M Elsie +. Schu-
mann, this city, daughter of Mrs.
Lucretia Schumann, of Uhlertown,
Pa, and Miles Compton. Of 70 York
street. were uniuted in marriage
last Wednesday evening, at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. George Hen-
nett, Of as Perry street, by Rev.
Harold NJ. Dorrell. pastor of the
Baptist Church. They were attended
by Miss Hazel Baker, of Al Perry
street, ard Furman Vanselous, OF
Frenchtown. Mr.. and Mrs. Comptof
will reside at Hampton, N. j.
The Lambertville record., 1926-09-16
COUNTY W. c. r. u. TO MEET
TOMORROW IN THIS CITY

The annual convention Of the
Hunterdon County w. C. r. u. will
be held in the First Presbyterian
Church Of Lambertville tomorrow,
the morning session beginning at
1890 o'clock Mrs. William c. Geb-
hardt, of Clinton, the county presi-
dent, will be in charge.
Miss Esther II. Elfreth, the state
president, of IIaddonfield, will be
the main speaker of the day. There
will be reports of departments and
election Of officers All interested
persons will be welcome, whether
members or not.
The Lambertville record., 1926-09-16
NEW HOPE WOMAN
LEAVES $4,000

Sixteen wills were reported pro-
bated during the last week by the
Register of Wills at Doylestown. Six
letters of administration were grant
ed and ten inventories of estates
were filed for Bucks County. Among
them was the estate of Kate M.
Taylor Morris, late of New Hope,
which was reported at $12,672.Ss.
The Lambertville record., 1926-09-16
BEER TRUCK"
HAD ONL Y
EMPTIES
Trooper Fusco Stopped Trucks With
out Lights And Found II Load
ed With Empty Kegs
OTHER POLICE COURT NEWS

Observation-Disclosures Fusco stop
ped an Easton truck as it passed
thru the city Saturday night with
out any lights. He found it loaded
with beer kegs, and at first thought
rich haul had been made. But
when all the fifty kegs Were tapped
they were found to be empty. The
driver, Edwin Folk, was arraign-
ed before Magistrate Elmer Smith
and fined three dollars and costs
for running without lights.
The Lambertville record., 1926-09-16
FoY-wALKER ENGAGEMENT

Lambertville-Th engagement is
announced Of Miss Hazel Foy, 'daugh-
ter Of Josiah Foy, of 80 Clinton
street, and Franklin Walker, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Reginald Walker,
of New Hope. The marriage will
take place some time this fall.
The Lambertville record., 1926-09-16

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