2 JOSEPH 11* LOSES HIS LIFE Oil DIOE Climbs Electric Light Pole and Grasps Highly Charged Wire Special to The Telegraph Sunbury, Pa.. April 9.—Refusing to be dared cost Joseph Shay, 3D years old and single, of Howard, Pa., his life at Mliton. Shay, with three friends, was walking close to the high tension line of tho Northumberland County Gas and Electric Company, there. A companion dared any of the four to go up the pole, as it was tall and difficult to climb. Shay, an ex pert rigger, laughed and said, "Tou can't dare me." and went hand over hand with cat-like agility to the top. Evidently not knowing that the line carried 16.500 volts of electricity, he grasped it. There was a streak of blue tiame shot out at the point of contact and the next moment the body ■went hurtling to the ground, thirty five feet below. A doctor said his reek was broken in the fall, but that death was undoubtedly due to electric ehock. RECEPTION FOR NEW PASTOR Special to The Telegraph Blain, Pa.. April 9. —A reception was held on Tuesday evening for the Rev. Thomas R. Gibson, newly ap pointed pastor of the Blain Methodist Episcopal charge, which was held at ; the parsonage. Quite a number of) the members of the church were pres-! ent who brought a variety of the I dainty necessaries to fill the larder at the parsonage for their pastor and family. A pleasant evening was en joyed by all present. TAX RATE OF SUNBCRY 11 MILLS Sunbury, Pa., April 9.—Last evening the borough council placed the tax i rate for 1914 at 11 mills. It also j fovnd that at the end of the fiscal year ! the borough will be $20,000 in debt, according to Charles W. Clement, of j the finance committee. STOJP Coffee Drinkers, And think a minute! Some persons seem able, for a time at least, to get along with coffee, but contains a subtle, habit-forming drug, caffeine, which sooner or later is pretty sure to rob one of health and comfort. If you know coffee don t harm you—-if you feel prime and fit under its con tinued use, well and good—stick to it. But— if you are sometimes a bit "off color," and irritable nerves, disturbed heart action, biliousness, headache, or symptoms of liver or kidney trouble make you wonder what's the matter — Better find out what coffee has to do with it. Evidently some people are learning the truth about coffee—listen- During 1913 the sales of coffee in this country decreased over one hundred million pounds. A mighty army of former coffee drinkers now use POSTUM and enjoy freedom from their old coffee aches and pains. Postum, made of whole wheat and a bit of molasses, is a delicious table beverage absolutely free from the coffee drugs, caffeine and tannin. If you are interested in bettering yourself— think it over! Postum now comes in two forms. Regular Postum—must be well boiled. 15c and 25c packages. Instant Postum—a soluble powder, requires no boiling. 30c and 50c tins. The cost per cup of both kinds is about the same. *'There's a Reason" for Postum —sold by Grocers everywhere. THURSDAY EVENING, R&HkIsBURQ TELEGKSPH APRIL 9, 1914. MARYSVILLE'S NEW PU f • •■. ' V JACOB I). OATtMICHAEL wMMHapBg Interesting Program For . This Evening'sXxercises Marysville, Pa.. April !>. Marys vil'e's handsome new public fountain will be dedicated this Evening ut 5.15 o'clock with appropriate ceremonies. There will be addresses by prominent ** .-itizens addition to concert b> M j tain were collected by Street Commis ——————_________i I s j oncr j aco i, d, Carmichael. Recent Deaths in Central Pennsylvania Special to The Telegraph i Quarryvllle.—Mrs. Isabella Collins, 130 years old, died yesterday. One son j and two daughters survive. | Mechanic's Grove.—Jacob M. Swarr, !81 years old, died at the old home j stead from infirmities incident to old ] age. All his life was lived in Lancas- I ter county, and the Swarrs were the | first to inhabit LandlsvUle. Two chil | dren are his only survivors. His wife ! died five years ago. He «had one of the largest private libraries in the j state. INJURED IN PLANER Gettysburg, Pa., April 9. Curtis | Kime had the ends of the middle and | fourth fingtrs on the right hand pinched oft' in the planer at the Get tysburg furniture factory this morn ' ing. You Need Medicine at This Time Everybody is more or less troubled at this season with loss of vitality, failure of appetite, that tired feeling, or with bilious turns, dull headaches, indigestion and other stomach troubles, or with pimples and other eruptions on the face and body. The reason is that the blood is impure and impov erished. Hood's Sarsaparilla relieves all these ailments. Ask jour druggist for this medicine and get it to-day. Nothing else acts like it. Get Hood's. —Adver- tisement. WEST SHORE NEWS JANTTOK'S CoAT CAUSED ALARM Marysville, Pa., April. 9.—The old | adage, "Where there is smoke, there! is fire," was again proved yesterday morning. The school rooms in the' public school builuing in Maple ave-1 nue were rapidly fining with smoke j and the fire signal was given. After the pupils had gotten out in safety, j - an investigation was made and it was i discovered that all the smoke came j ' from a coat of Janitor T. W. Whit- : 1 mever, which had been placed over' the furnace whiie wet to dry, and had I caught on fire. APPOINTED FINANCIER Marysville, Pa., April 9.—Dr. G. W. Gault has lieen appointed financier o. Haley Conclave, No. SGG, Improved j j Order of Heptasophs, to succeed E. M. | Kennedy, deceased. REPAIRING CAR TRACKS Marysville, Pa.. April 9.—For the ! last few days, the Valley Railways \ Company, have had workmen busy , repairing their tracks about a quartei j of a. mile below town. During the past I week, the cars have left their tracks! at this place on two occasions. NO DRINKING ALLOWED New Cumberland, Pa.. April 9. —j New Cumberland's band is an organ- ! ization of which the town can be very [ proud. They do not allow any drink- I ing among the members and when i they meet no profane language dare be used, nor smoking or chewing. WILL CLOSE SATURDAY New Cumberland, Pa., April 9. j New Cumberland Knitting Mill will be closed on Saturday on account of the | boiler being inspected. EASTER SERVICES ON SUNDAY New Cumberland, Pa., April 9. —| On Sunday morning at 10.30 the inter- |' mediate and primary departments ofj the Methodist Sunday school will hold j an Easter service, and on Sunday even- j ing at 7.30 the choir of lie church i will sing an Easter cantata. — Oldest Lancaster County Clergyman Seriously 111 > : iMM.N ,-r'i *IIW EITZbU Marietta, Pa.. April 9. The Rev. Stephen Schweitzer, one of the oldest 1 clergymen in Lancaster county, and ! for tnany years pastor of the Re ! formed church at Ephrata, Muddy | Creek, Adamstown, Lincoln and ; j Swamp, was perhaps fatally stricken j lon Monday with apoplexy. He had j only a short time before been attend- I ing to his duties and had conducted I services at the Swamp church. He is | very prominent in all movements in i the upper end of the county, and is J past 70 years of age. ! News Items From Points in Central Pennsylvania Special to The Telegraph York.—Charles E. Dutrow, of Phil adelphia, and Miss Isabel Wasbers, daughter of State Senator and Mrs. ! Henry Wasbers, this city, were mar | ried at the home of the bride's par | ents by the Rev. Samuel H. Stein, pas- I tor of Trinity Reformed Church. Lancaster. —The Young Men's Dem- I ocratic Society, the only real Demo cratic club In Lancaster county, has | gone out to existence through lack of 1 interest, partly, but more because of the factional differences within the party. Of the club's once large mem 'bership only two dozen remained un til the end. Pottsville.—Tho Pennsylvania Rail j road Company had issued to Sheriff I Ditchey for execution two writs ■ amounting to $210,023 against the j Summit Branch Railroad, a subsidiary of the plaintiff company operating in ! Schuylkill and Dauphin counties. I Lancaster. —The family of Wash ! ington L. Sharley, n building contrac i tor of Ephrata, is alarmed over his continued al sence. He disappeared vlarch 18. He was health • (Tlcer for Fphrata, Clay and West Earl town- I ships. Maltanoy City. Hurrying home from work at the mines, Stephen j Hower, aged 30, was struck by a j Head passenger train and sustained I probable fatal injuries, j Allontown. —Thieves broke into the Keystone Silk Mill here and ripped j about SI,OOO worth of dress goods i from the looms. The perpetrators are < believed to be the samt gang that j plundered silk mills in the Lehigh ■ Valley the last few months, securing 'booty worth upwards of SIO,OOO. i Palmyra.—Voters, by a showing of j 325 to 27, at a special election held here authorized a $70,000 loan for the I erection of a modern public school | building to contain twenty rooms. Potts ville. —Michael Salake, three i years old, of Minersvllle, in the ab sence of his mother, got matches with w*'ich he ignited his clothing. He ; sustained burns of tvhich he died in jthe local hospital an hour afterward. | Tamaqua. —Determined to rid the town of all gambling devices. Chief of Pblice Ehrig and Chief Burgess Harris yesterday raided three cigar stores and a barger shop and confiscated Ave nickel-ln-the-slot machines. Special Sale x 80 Girls' Spring Coats Smart styles—suitable for school or dress wear, of Serge, Tweeds, Cords, Mixtures, Club Checks and Shepherd Plaid Worsteds. Girls' Coats 2to 5 years. .Value 3.93. ... $1.75 Girls' Coats 2to 6 years..Value 4.95..... $2.95 Girls' Coats Bto 14 years—Value 8.90...a $4.95 28-30 and 32 N. Third Street 300 at Installation and Banquet of Sunbury Elks | OLIVER K. COWELL Special to The Telegraph Sunbury, Pa., April 9.—More than' 300 persons attended the Installation and banquet of Sunbury Lodge, No. 267. Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, which was held ut Its quar ters in Sunbury. Installation was in charge of Oliver K. Cowell, past ex alted ruler of the lodge, and until this year a vice-president of the State Elks' • Association. Officers installed are: Frederick J. Byrod, exalted ruler; Clarence E. Sautters, esteemed leading knight; H. W. Glass, esteemed loyal knight; Frank Persing, esteemed lecturing knight; Peter F. Hower, secretary; William W. Fisher, treasurer; Chas. A. Caldwell, trustee and I). O. Phil lips. tyler. Following the Installation, a ban quet and smoker was held. Frederick J. Byrod, Mr. Cowell nnd Herbert W Cuinmings president judge of North umberland county courts, made ad dresses and at II o'clock the Elks' 11 o'clock toast was said by Clarence E. Sautters. Sunbury lodge has recently bought an SB,OOO property here, and will erect a $35,000 home. SUMMER SCHOOL OPENS Special to The Tele graph Blain, Pa., April 9.—Professor Al ton J. Shu maker, opened a nine j weeks' term of summer school in the j borough school rooms yesterday with I an enrollment of for*y-eight pupils j and until all are in there will be a i school of about fifty-rive within the i j next week His assistant teachers are Miss Frankie B. Dimm and Miss Anna! L. Fetro, of this place. BOY SCOUT TIIOOP ORGANIZES j Special to The Telegraph Wrightsville, Pa., April 9.—A Boy Scouts has been organized here and last evening fifty-two members were sworn into the ranks of the organiza tion. The meeting was held in Odd Fellows Hall and Scoutmaster W. W. ! Drennlng presided. Assistant Scout j master Snyder gave a description of j the intents of the movement. WAYNESBORO GIRL HONORED Special to The Telegraph Waynesboro, Pa., April 9. Miss j Alma Geist, daughter of Mrs. John M. Wolff, of Waynesboro, has won signal honors at the Georgetown Visitation [ Academy. She has been assigned the ; valedictory of her class after a com petitive thesis writing. No Retrenchment Herfe Large Assortment, Lower Prices, Better Service Oar buyer for our chain of stores knows Yalues and Places his knowledge at the «rricg of our patrons. He has secured for our Spring and Summer Sale. $2.50 Shoes to Sell at $1.98 I $3.50 and $3.75 Shoes to Sell at . . . $2.98 $3.00 Shoes to Sell at $2.48 | $4 00 and $4.50 Shoes to Sell at . . . $3.48 Easter Opening on Friday Shoes For the Whole Family OUR SHOES WEAR 20th Century Shoe Co. No 7 South Market Square Next Commonwealth Hotel Young Couple Married by Father of Bridegroom Special to The Telegraph Greencustle, Pa., April 9.—Miss Edith Henneberger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Henneberger, near Greencastle, and Lewis Muchler, of I hiladelphia, were united in marriage Vi ednesday afternoon at the home of the bride. Tho ceremony was per formed by the Rev. Dr. Muchler of Philadelphia, father of the bride groom. The bride was gowned in a blue traveling suit, and carried bride's roses. Mr. and Mrs. Muchler left yes terday for Philadelphia, from there they will go to Montana, where Mr. Muchler has taken up land. ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED Special to The Telegraph Litltz, Pa., April 9. The engage ment of Miss Editli Marie Graeff. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Graeff and C. Martin Bomberger, of Greens burg, has been announced. The wed ding will occur in the near future. The bridegroom-elect is a graduate of several schools, and holds a respon sible position in Greensburg. miininnr mum IIIIHIIHHIHIIIIHIIH IT aa|>* TETOMAN'S delicate system requires UUWIi ▼▼ more than ordinary care and at- AM tention more care and attention than UCIUIIS It is given by the average woman. Vffcmiy Neglect it and ills soon creep In, and ***■ anuv the look of old age, sometimes quickly, sometimes gradually follows. That backache, so common among women, brings with it the sunken chest, the headache, tired muscles, crow's-feet, and soon the youthful body is no more youth ful in appearance—and all because of lack of attention. 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NOT SS' Hooka on Dlopliry at llarrlaburg Telegraph llfffifti jjSsOTI Bualneaa Office BmSrBHH fly-' r: ; latoD afteh apiul 4th. »u. Qijßi IMPORTED CLOTH—GOLD—ILLUST: Gettysburg Man Sold Car That He Had Not Paid For Special to The Telegraph Gettysburg, Pa., April 9. It ha» been learned that Robert White who left last Tuesday in an automobile sold the car In Philadelphia for S3OO. White appeared In Gettysburg several months ago looking for a Job and ap plied at the Reaser Furniture Com pany where he secured employment and became popular with the rest of the employes and Mr. Reaser went his security for the car. While here ho took an active part In church work connecting himself with St. James' Lutheran. White is an Englishman and it Is thought lie took this means of getting money to return to his native country. White had purchased the car and given a note with C. S. Reaser as security. CONSISTORY MEETING Special to The Telegraph Blain. Pa., April 9.—A special meet ing of the joint consistory of the Blain Zion's Reformed charge, composed of the congregations at Blain, Sandy Hill. Buffalo and Ickesbttrg. will ba held in the Sandy Hill church on SaP urday afternoon. iHiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiinnniiniiiimniniiini TED.
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