2 (^ffFftftbPcnnayLvanigcj^evgs] DiLLSBURG TERMINAL FOB TRACKLESS CABS Company Is Being Promoted to Establish and Operate New System WILL OPEN WAY TO YORK Rail Route to County Seat, Now Fifty-Two Miles, Would Be Cut Thirty-Two Miles Special to The Telegraph Dillsburg, Pa., Aug. 30.—A com pany is being promoted here to es tablish and operate a trackless trolley system between Dillsburg and Dover by way of WeUsville and Rossville. A representative of the promoters ap peared before the Dillsburg borough council on Friday night, asking a fran chise to operate In the strets of the borough, which Is to be the terminal. This is a new method of transpor tation in this part of the country, the new system having cars built on the lines of a regular motor car operated on tracks, but equipped with heavy rubber-tired wheels and run over an ordinary wagon road. The motive power will be electricity, supplied by overhead wires as in the regular trol ley system. The system is claimed by th« promoters to cost less than one fourth that of the regular trolley, system. A special meeting of the borough council has been called for Monday night, September 6, when definite ac tion will be taken. This line when in operation will prove a great convenience to the resi dents of the upper end of York county, as this will give a direct route to York, the county seat, twenty miles ft way. At present to go to York by rail travelers must go by way of Har risburg. a distance of 52 miles. ANVr.VL PICNIC PLANNED Halifax, Pa., Aug. 30.—Trinity Re formed Sunday school will hold its annual picnic in Buffalo Park, above town on Saturday. September 4. I Qualrty 1 - - - Coal GoesUp Sept. 1 If price concessions ap-, peal to corporations and! business concerns with vast capital at their command in the purchase of fuel and other supplies to run their plants, why shouldn't the privilege to buy coal for less attract the individual con sumer. Get your order in to Kel ley before September 1, when coal prices advance to the old winter rate. H. M. KELLEY & CO. Office, 1 N. Third Street Yard, Tenth and State Streets ■HHMSgSKffiKIIiI'HIIMIII | RIVIMHHMII 111 I IRMB fe,FffifcOUPO'N^ WORLD FAMOUS EMBROID- To indicate you are a regular reader yon must present ONE Coupon like this one, with 68 cents. THE WORLD FAMOUS EMBROIDERY OUTFIT A anteed to be the best collection and biggest bargain in patterns ever offered. It consists of more than 450 of the very latest designs, for any one of which you would gladly pay 10 cents, best hardwood era. broidery hoops, set of highest grade needles (assorted sizes), gold-tipped bodkin, highly polished bone stiletto and fascinating booklet of instruc tions £iring all the fancy stitches so clearly illustrated and explained that any school giil can readily become expert. SEVERAL TRANSFERS FROM EACH DESIGN ONLY SAFE METHOD „ AD old-fashioned methods using water, benzine or injurious friyh are crude and out-of-date. This k the only safe method. Others often injure expensive materials. N. B. Out of Town Readers will add 7 cents extra for postage and expense of mailing. MONDAY EVENING, Township Republicans Announce Their Ticket Special to The Telegraph Halifax, Pa.. Aug. 30.— The Repub licans of Halifax township met Sat urday afternoon and named the fol lowing ticket to be voted for at the i' Fall primaries on Tuesday, Septem ber 21: Judge of election, Isaac Straw; inspector of election, Isaac B. Rutter; school directors, William E. Reed and Amos E. Hetrick; road commissioner, Charles Vanatta; audi tors, Henry C. Baker, Cornelius End ers and Ross Scholl; justice of the peace, John W. Seiders; constable, j John Wilbert.' International Bible Students at Hershey Special to The Telegraph Columbia. Pa., Aug. 30.—The Inter national Bible Students' Association will hold a convention at Harshey Park, beginning September 5 and con tinuing eight days. It is expected that at least one thousand persons will be in attendance, coming from four states. There will be sermons and lec tures by able Bible students every day and evening. This will be the first convention' of this kind held In this part of the state. LOW PRICES FOR PR I" IT AND VEGETABLES ESTABLISHED Special to The Telegraph Lewistown. Pa., Aug. 30. —Prices of vegetables and fruit in this vicinity are lower this year than in many years past. Potatoes are selling on the streets of this town at 40 cents per bushel with prospects of a 10-cent drop. Tomatoes sell at 60 cents a bushel and large cabbage at 2 cents per head. At Middleburg prime peaches are selling at 25 cents a bas ket. At Beavertown fine peaches are selling at 50 cents a fcushel, the low est price in 25 years. MRS. COCKMN 91 YEARS OLD Special to The Telegraph Mechanicsburg. Pa.. Aug. 30.—Mrs. Anne Cocklin. one of Mechaniesburg's oldest residents, quietly celebrated her ninety-first birthday anniversary at her home in West Factory street yes terday. The day was made pleasant by callers, bringing gifts and con gratulations. PICXIC AT MOUNTAIN HOME Special to The Telegraph Dauphin, Pa., Aug. 30.—0n account of the rainy weather, the annual pic-J nlc of the class of the Presbyterian Sunday school, taught by Charles Shaffer was held on Saturday at Mr. Shaffer's home on the first slope of the 'mountain, instead of at "The Elm Tree," as had been planned. About fifty people were in attendance and the afternoon was spend with races and contests. DYESTVFFS TAKE .TI'MP Special to The Telegraph Philadelphia, Aug. 30.—Speculators, quick to take advantage of the dearth in dyestuffs caused by the European war, have cornered the bulk of avail able color materials in America and raised the prices to such prohibitive figures that the cost of dyeing has ad vanced more than 500 per cent., it is I charged here. JACOB C. LEHMAN Carlisle. Pa.. Aug. 30. Jacob C. Lehman, for 40 years a Magistrate at Boiling Springs, this county, died of heart failure at his home. The de ceased has accumulated much wealth as a result of his ownership of large tracts of land in the mountains south of Carlisle, upon which 20 years ago i valuable ores and white clay were discovered. Philadelphia and local companies developed the tracts. pointy I is "Crowded with j —there are I six more in M. I Sterling Gum I Thepoint dum B - m*t> .UMV CIM MA MOM YOUNG PHYSICIAN IN CLUTCHES OF CUPID Miss Marian Wagner and Dr. Charles R. Snyder Wedded at Marysville \ By Special Correspondence Marysville. p a ., Aug:. SO.—Mi#s Mar ian Wagner and Dr. Charles R. Sny der were wedded early Saturday morning in the Trinity Reformed church by the Rev. 6. L. Flickinger, pastor, the ring ceremony being used. Only Immediate members of both families attended. Mrs. Snyder is a daughter of Mrs. Catherine Wagner. Verbeke street, and is a graduate of the Marysville High School and the Harrisburg School of Commerce. She Is popular among Marysvilie's younger set and enjoys a large circle of friends here. Dr. Snyder is a son of Dr. and Mrs. E. Walt Snyder, of Front street, this P'» ce - He Is a graduate of the Marys ville High School, Harrisburg Central High, took three years work at Dick inson College, later being graduated at the Jefferson Medical College, Phil adelphia. From July 1, 1914 to July 1. 1915 he served as an interne at the Harrisburg Hospit'al. Immediately after the ceremony, the young couple started for Niagara Falls. Dr. and Mrs. Snyder will be at home within a few weeks at 209 Front street, where Dr. Snyder will assist his father, Dr. E. Walt Snyder in his practice. ALLEGED CHICK EX THIEF ARRESTED Special to The Telegraph Tork, Pa., Aug. SO. After being trailed through the country last night by a York motorcycle policeman, Frank McCarthy was arrested early this morning on a charge of chicken stealing. He had 41 chickens In a wagon. FIELD DAY AT LEWISTOWN Special to The Telegraph Lewistown, Pa., Aug. 30.—Saturday will be Firemen's Field Dav in this place and preparations are being made for a gigantic celebration. An auto parade will be a feature in addition to a score of athletic contests. Garrison Will Not talk on Roosevelt's Statement Special to The Telegraph Washington, Aug. 30.—The Roose velt-Garrison controversy, growing out of Colonel Roosevelt's attack on the Wilson Administration at Platts burg, has ended as far as Secretary Garrison is concerned. Mr. Garrison sain so today, after he was asked to comment on Colonel Roosevelt's state ment. The Secretary of War declined to have anything more to sav on the subject. "Not today or any other dav," he said. "That case was closed day be fore yesterday." Opinion here among men who are well acquainted with Colonel Roose velt are confident that he will not stop his criticism of President Wil son. Secretary Garrison and Secretary Daniels. The criticisms of the Colo nel have not been directed specifically against Secretary Garrison, on the ground that he has not made prepara tions for national defense, but because he is a member of an Administration which the Colonel charges with negli gence In that direction. His quarrel with Secretary Garrison was based on the public reprimand delivered by Mr. Garrison as Secretary of War to Ma jor General Leonard Wood for per mitting Colonel Roosevelt to make a political speech at a camp conducted under the authority of the War De partment. Warden Tells Newport Society About Sing Sing Newport, R. 1., Aug. 30.—Nearly 400 members of the summer colony, clergymen, the jailer of the county jail, newspaper editors and others packed the ballroom of Mrs. John R. Drexel's home yesterday afternoon to hear Warden Tnomas Mott Osborne, of Sing Sing Prison, speak under the auspices of the National Commission on Prisons and Prison Labor. He asked the assistance of the assembly for the protection of society in gen eral from the criminal and for the work which has been done for reform in Sing Sing and Auburn. Governor R. Livingston Beeckman, of Rhode Island, introduced Warden Osborne, who spoke for 80 minutes on the life at Sing Sing, conditions, re forms and what had been accom plished. Warden Osborne swayed his audi ence by accounts of conditions at Sing Sing and the after life of the criminal. He asked assistance in the work of prison reform against the ef forts of the politicians. Ford Gives His Clerks Chance Following Plot Detroit, Mich., Aug. 30.—1n order that they may not have a "black mark" on their lives through their plot to steal hundreds of proflt-shar ing checks, three young clerks in the accounting department of the Ford .Motor Company will be given another chance by Henry Ford. The youths —Frederick Clark, 22 years old. for merly of Milton. Pa.: Edward Har per. an office boy, 17 years old, and Henry Aubrey, 26 years old—still were in the Highland Park police sta tion today and ignorant for the plans their employer had worked out for their salvation. The price the youths must pav for escaping prosecution is work—-"hard i work and plenty of it—in the Ford machine shops. This is a part of the reformative policy of Mr. Ford. , It is significant, too, that when thev start in their reformation they will be rubbing elbows with laborers who are being paid $5 a day, which is more than they were receiving in the Ford offices. Two Killed When Two Powder Mills Explode Wilmington, Del., Aug. 30.—With a concussion that could be felt for miles, two mills in the Upper Hagley yard of the Du Pont Powder Com pany exploded at 9 o'clock yesterday morning. Two men who were work ing In the first mill to explode were killed and property In the section was damaged. The dead men are Lawrence J. Cunningham, married, residence at Henry Clay, and Hugh Gillespie, of Hazleton, Pa. He was probably blown to pieces, as no trace of his body was found. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH j | WEST SHORE NEWS SHAFFER—OREX New Cumberland, Aug. 30.—George F. Shaffer, of New Cumberland, and Miss Mary Oren, formerly of Newport, were married at Trinity United Brethren parsonage by the Rev. A. R. Ayers. They will reside here. MITE SOCIETY TO MEET New Cumberland, Aug. 30.—The Mite Society of Trinity United Breth ren church, will meet at the parson age on Tuesday night. SCHOOLS REOPENED New Cumberland. Aug. 30. The schools of Elkwood opened this morn ing with a good attendance. WILL ENTERTAIN CLASS New Cumberland. Aug. 30. Miss Mary Williams will entertain the Faith Circle Sunday School class at her home in Market street Thursday even ing. GROW MAHOGANY IN LANCASTER Special to• The Telegraph Lancaster, Aug. 30.—A belief pre vails that mahogany trees can only be grown in the tropics. There are fine trees on Mrs. Mary Huebner's prop erty in Lititz. and on the old Pool Forge farm, near Churchtown. An other at the old Mount Eden furnace was blown down during a recent storm. All of these trees were grown from saplings from South America. MRS. DEARDORFF BVRIED Special to The Telegraph Dillsburg, Pa., Aug. 30.—The fur.eral services of Mrs. Rebecca Deardorff, who died on Thursday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. C. Baker, of South Baltimore street, were held on Saturday, conducted in the Barrens Church by the Rev. G. H. Eveler. pas tor of the St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Burial was made in the cemetery ad joining the church. G. W. KOCHEXDERFER DIES Special to The Telegraph P.laln, Pa., Aug. 30. G. William Kcchenderfer. of Ickesburg, died at hit; home on Friday. The funeral was held to-day. Mr. Kochenderfer was 74 years old. He was a member of the Reformed Church. The Rev. J. W. Keener officiated at the funeral and burial took place in the Buffalo Cemetery. RAISING FUND FOR COLLEGE Special to The Telegraph Lancaster, Aug. 30.—The move ment for increasing the endowment fund of Franklin and Marshall Col lege is nearing a successful ending. It originated with a promise from the General Education Board to give $50,000 to the college on condition that an additional sum of {308,512 should be raised, making the total en dowment fund 1500.000. 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Keystone M. C. Co., 1021 Market St. Myers, Tire Man (G. & J. Agency) Cameron and Mulberry Sts. United States Tires I Made by the Largest Rubber Company in the World (Operating 46 Factories) Social and Personal News of Towns Along West Shore Mrs. Joseph Hlakle and Miss Ada Eslinger, of Enola, spent Saturday and Sunday with friends in Lewlstown. Mrs. C. 8. Smith nnd son, Scott, of Marysviile. are spending some time with her sister at Ellzabethtown. Mrs. Joseph Alberts and children have returned, to their Marysviile home after spending some time with friends and relatives at Selinsgrove. Mrs. W. W. Puhl of Baltimore, who has been ill for several weeks at the home of her aunt, Mrs. Jennie Wox, at Marysviile, has returned home. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Beard and daughters, Miss Genevieve Beard and Miss Agnes Beard, have returned to their homes »at Washington after spending several days at Marysviile as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. L M. Adams. Mrs. Theopolius Shakespeare, of Marysviile, is spending some time with relatives at Baltimore. Miss Jeanette Straw, Miss Catherine Hamilton. C. W. Stipe and Walter Straw, of Marysviile, are spending some time sight-seeing at Niagara Falls. Miss Maude Hoyer, of New Cum berland, Is spending her vacation at Baltimore and Atlantic City. Professor Albert Shuck of Cham bersburg. was in New Cumberland on Saturday. Mrs. Wakenmeyer of York was the guest of the Rev. and Mrs. A. R. Ayers of New Cumberland on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Kamel who have been , visiting Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Bamberger, of New Cumberland, re turned to thei/- home in Sandusky, Ohio. Mr. nnd Mrs. Lloyd Brubaker and son, of New Cumberland, are visiting relatives in Goldsboro. W. JSnnls of New Cumberland, was in Tork on Friday. GETTYSBURG MEN TAKE OVER BIGLERVIIXE ASSOCIATION Special to The Telegraph Gettysburg. Pa., Aug. 20.—The Biglerville Agricultural, Horticultural and Poultry Association which has been holding exhibitions in that place for the past several years, has been found by the management not to be a paying proposition. The show has been taken over by Gettysburg mer chants who will hold their first ex hibit in this place, in the Center Square garage, in York street, from December 7 to 11. The catalog and prize list will be furnished in a few days to entry seekers, and spread broadcast into adjoining counties to get a large number of participants. MAKE PLANS FOR FARMERS' DAY Special to The Telegraph Gettysburg, Pa., Aug. 30.—Plans for the annual Farmers' Day celebra tion are being formulated by the merchants of town and this year it is anticipated that the event will be the best yet. At a meeting of the businessmen to be held next Monday the final arrangements will be made. AUGUST 30, 1915. 4 and the Fels-Naptha way together—will wash clothes quicker, easier and better than they can be washed with any other soap or in any other way. Fels-Naptha cuts out all the hard rubbing. Just as wonderful for all household cleaning. Old Landmark in Rapho Township Is Removed Special to The Telegraph Columbia, Pa., AUK. 30. Gantz's ' Church, nenr Old Line, in Rapho I township, one of the oldest land marks In the county, has been razed and it will be replaced with a larger structure. This church had been used as a place of worshlti since 1759 by members of the German Reformed faith. KLECT NEW SUPERVISOR Special to The Telegraph Maytown, Pa., Aug. 30.—Professor John Campbell, who last year taught school in the state of Wisconsin and is a graduate of the Franklin and Marshall College, has been chosen firincipai and supervisor of schools of he East Donegal district. Misses Ella Glatfelter and Verna Peck, of this place, will be the assistants. MISSIONARY MAKES ADDRESS Special to The Telegraph Halifax, Pa., Aug. 30.—Mrs. Delia Todd, of Annville, a missionary who spent sixteen years In Africa, ad dressed the Sunday school and spoke at the morning service in the United Brethren Church Sunday. 1 Tobacco Crop Will Not Come Up to Standard Special to The Telegraph Lancaster, Pa., Aug. 30.—Lancaster ! county's tobacco growers have more trouble on their hands now in the shape of musty plants, due to the ex cessive hot weather. The growers ad mit the bulk of the crop will he much below what It promised only a few weeks ago. Continued warm weather, especially at night, would help the plants, but not sufficiently to bring the crop up to the standard. Along the Susque hanna River belt, where the soil is sandy, rapidly absprbing the rain, conditions are not so bad, and that is the locality whero the most Havana seed is raised. The cigar industry in this county continues to Improve, the orders for goods coming largely from the West, and as the cigar business becomes bet ter the local leaf trade Improves. ENTERTAIN AT CORNROAST Special to The Telegraph Halifax, Pa., Aug. 30. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Reed entertained at a cornroast and watermelon party at their home, above town, on Friday evening.
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