ALFRED S. HARTZELL, of Allentown, with offices in the Commonwealth building, was born at West Bethlehem, Sept. 16, 1878, and is the only son of Franklin Kerr Hartzell. He was educated in the public schools of Allentown, the Muhlenberg Preparatory School, and was graduated from Muhlenberg College in 1897. He then registered in the law offices of Kauffman & Renninger, remaining in that office until the death of the senior member of this firm, when he completed his course of law under the preceptorship of Hon. Clinton A. Groman, the president judge of the courts of Lehigh county, who at that time was district attorney of Lehigh county. Mr. Hartzell was admitted to the bar on May 20, 1901, and now enjoys a general practice. He is a Republican in politics.

For a number of years Mr. Hartzell has been the solicitor of the Security Building Association, and was one of the incorporators and the first secretary of the Allentown Democrat. He served this corporation as solicitor until it changed partnership in April, 1910. He has membership in the Alpha Tau Omega College Fraternity. In the summer of 1909 he became one of the organizers of the Allentown Forum and serves as its treasurer.