2 CENTRAL PENNSYLVAN Institute and Reception of W. C. T. U. at Mechanicsburg Special to the Telegraph Mechanicsburg, Pa., May 9.—Local i institute and reception was held to-' day in the Methodist Episcopal church ; under the auspices of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. The; former opened at 1:80 o'clock in the j afternoon and the program included a speech by James L. Young:, secretary I of the No-License League of Cumber land county on the subject, "How Can ! the Counties in Pennsylvania Become j Dry Under the Brook's High License Law?" There will also be brief talks by repreeentatives from different "Unions" in the county and discus sions This evening a lecture will be given by Professor Nye, of Steelton, on "Temperance in the Public Schools and Eugenics." At the close of the lecture a reception will be held in the lecture room to which are invited the local public school teachers, directors and ministers of Mechanicsburg and vicinity. The local W. C. T. U. is in a pros perous condition, having more than doubled the membership in one year and Is a live organization. jjjjj| cigarette y° u can lip; buy for your 5 |&|jjjjjjj|jj; i|:l Cents, don't you? TUESDAY EVENING, - Motorcycle Rider Loses Leg in Collision With Automobile Special to the Telegraph Waynesboro, Pa., May 9. Houti Jonen while riding his motorcycle along the public highway from his home at Metal to Cliambersburg was run into by an automobile owned and driven by Wilson Fleagle and nearly killed. There was a head-on collision and Mr. Jones was thrown under the machine and had his leg crushed and was badly cut about the face and body. His condition Is critical. BTT»F IX BOYER JOY OAR Special to the Telegraph Dauphin, Pa., May 9.— A1l the pri mary departments of the Sunday schools of Dauphin enjoyed a ride to day in the Boyor Joy-Giving Car, of Harrisburg. AfTO OYER BANK Special to the Telegraph Dauphin, Pa., May 9. —An auto mobile, bearing a dealer's license, last evening about 8 o'clock went over the bank above the Reading Railroad tracks below town. The three occu pants, two girls and a man, were uninjured and the car was pushed back on the road. Hurt in Auto Collision at Carlisle on Sunday Special to the Telegraph Carlisle. Pa., May S. Mrs. John Darr and Mrs. Thomas Henry were severely Injured when their automo bile was struck head-on by a taxi. Both women were thrown to the brick pavement and hurt about the head and shoulders. The driver of the taxi and the chauffeur of the automobile es caped with minor hurts. Dazed by the heat of the sun, Karl Martin, general manager of the Landls Tool Works, at Waynesboro, drove an automobile containing his mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Mariin, down an embankment near Carlisle. The machine was wrecked, but the oc cupants escaped with minor hurts. LITTLE GIRL SAVES SISTER Special to the Telegraph Florin, Pa.. May 9.—Miss Violet Hilt, daughter of Howard Hilt, was saved from death by the presence of mind of her little sister Ruth quickly 1 tearing up a piece of carpet and wrap ping It around her when her dress was set on fire while playing in the garret of the Hilt home. The child was badly burned. The little heroine Is 7 years old. BAKRISBURG TELEGRXPH BUTTON STRIKE ATLYKENSMINE 1,000 Men Refuse to Work Be cause Twelve Employes Do Not Have Badges Special to the Telegraph Lykens, Pa., May 9.—Another "But ton Strike," was declared at the Short Mountain Collfery here this morning when about 1,000 miners, members of the United Mine Workers Union re fused to go to work because twelve employes at the mine did not have union buttons showing that their dues were patd. « Under the check-off system which the men demanded in the recognition of the union it seemed as though such a thing as a "button strike" could not occur again, but events of this morn j ing have proven otherwise. PARTY ON 20TH BIRTHDAY Special to the Telegraph \ Halifax. Pa.. May 9. A birthday | party was held last evening at the I home of Mr. and Mrs. George Motter, | in Halifax township in honor of their son, William's twentieth birthday. The evening was spent in game and music | and refreshments were served. Those present were: Miss Bertha Button, of Millersburg: William and Carrie Kop penheffer, Katie, Martha and John Bowman, David Hoffman, Elmer, Mary and Martin Reed and Mr. and Mrs. George Motter and children. LICENSE TAX REDUCED Special to the Telegraph Halifax, Pa., May 9. Borough council met last evening. License ordinance, section 8, was changed. Fifty cents a day, instead of sl, »as the price agreed upon for allowing the distribution of circulars in town. Sec tion 5 was also changed and peddlers will now pay 50c a day Instead of sl, and $5 a month Instead of Jl6. SURPRISE FOR MISS LUPFER Special to the Telegraph Ellabethvllle, Pa.. May 9.—A birth day surprise social was held for Miss Merl Lupfer, by her classmates at her home In North Market street on Fri day evening. Those present were Misses Esther and Dorothy Margerum. Daisy and Mabel Weaver, Grace Forney, Kathryn Maice, Helen Relgle, Mr. and Mrs. Lupfer and son, Harry. CHAMBERSBURG POSTMASTER Special to the Telegraph Chambersburg, Pa., May 9. Wil liam Alexander has been named as postmaster of Chambersburg, to suc ceed Charles A. Suesserott, whose term expired yesterday. Mr. Alex ander is a prominent attorney and one of the owners of the Chambers burg Valley Spirit. Recent Deaths in Central Pennsylvania Special to the Telegraph Marietta, Mrs. Frank Hemmig. of New Holland, died yesterday after a long illness. Marietta. Dennis Barnhart, a na tive of Florin, aged 76, died Sunday night in the General Hospital, at Lan caster. Ho was among the first to answer the call at the outbreak of the Civil War. He was a local preacher of the Methodist church for many years. Mt. Union. Mrs. Eliabeth Rob erts died Sunday night after an ill ness of several months. She was 75 years old. Lewlstown. William Orner, 6 4 years old. Is dead here after a short illness. He was a boatman on the Pennsylvania and Erie canal running between this place, Harrisburg and Nantlcoke. WEST SHORE NEWS Program For Opening Sessions of Women's Missionary Society Wormleysburg. Pa., May 9. To morrow afternoon the thirty-ninth annual meeting of the Pennsylvania branch of the Woman's Missionary Association of the United Brethren Church will open in a three-day ses sion in the United Brethren church. The opening session will be marked by the sacrament of the Lord's Sup i per. a solo by the Rev. Paul R. Koont« of Lemoyne; an address by the Rev. E. J. Pace. Wednesday Evening: Music, Union Choir, director, the Rev. Paul R. Koontr,; worship, Mrs. John J. Hem mer; address of welcome, Mrs. Wm, O. Rlshel; fraternal greetings from Pennsylvania Conference, the Rev. William H. Washlnger; greetings, the RPV. E. Vance; solo, Mrs. Sylvan Neldlgh; address, the RH'. E. J. Pace. Thursday Morning: Quiet Hour, the Rev. A. R. Ayres: opening service, Mrs. Ida Chenowlth; reports of cor responding secretary. Mrs. W. .1. Holt nan and treasurer. Mrs. F. E. Ren ner: Otterbeln Guild. Miss Amy C. Cllppinger; Junior Work, Mrs. j. A. Gohn: organizer. Mrs. E. V. Bixler; secretary of literature. Mrs. Tj. M. Stangle; thank offering secretary, Mrs. Walter R. Thomas; vice presi dents. Mrs. Esther M. Melly, Mrs. Samuel G. Zeigler, Miss Grace Jones; memorial service, Mrs. Esther M. Meiley: worker's conference, Mrs. Alva Ksuffman. Thursday afternoon the recognition of new societies and worker's confer ence, by Mrs. Alva Kauffman will be features of the program. Other numbers will be a recitation, "A Sam Shut Out," by Miss Ruth McCurdy and Miss May Foltz; solo, by Mrs. Hilda Famous. OTTERBEIX GCN.R RECEPTION New Cumberland, Pa., May 9. The Otterbeln Guild to-night will hold a reception for new members in Trinity United Brethren church. MOTHER'S DAY AT CHURCH New Cumberland, May 9.—Next Sunday Mother's Day will be observed in Baughman Memorial Methodist Church. There will be a short pro gram in the Sunday School room at 9.20 a. m.„ and at ten o'clock, the Rev. Dr. T. S. Wilcox will preach an appropriate sermon. There will be automobiles to take the mothers who are unable to walk to the church. ADDRESS BY PORTO RU AX. New Cumberland. Ma}' 9.-—The Rev. Mr. Angjubar, a missionary from Por to Rico, delivered an address at Baughman Memorial Methodist Church on Sunday night. His son and daughter accompanied him and sang several selections in Spanish. Social and Personal News of Towns Along West Shore ! Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Bobb, of New Cumberland, who spent the winter at jSebring, Florida, have returned home. Mr. and Mrs. Parker Murry. of Xew Cumberland, have returned from : a visit to friends at Philadelphia. W. H. Young, of Philadelphia, visit ed his father, Dr. J. H. Young, at LN'SW Cumberland, yesterday. I Mrs. Ann Cocklin, Aged 92, Dies at Mechanicsburg MRS. ANN COCKLIN ■ Mechanicsburg:, Pa., May 9. Mrs. Ann Cocklin, died at her home in West Factory street last night after an ill ness of several days. She was 92 years old and was the widow of David Cocklin. She was born in Lancaster county and lived in Mechanlcsburg more than fifty years. In early life lser home was In Upper Allen town ship. Cumberland county. Mrs. Cock lin was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for seventy-five years. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. John C. Rupert, of Mechanics burg, and a son, John Cocklin, of Chicago, 111.; also sixteen grandchil dren, fourteen great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild, Rup ert Perry, of Wilmington, Del. Mrs. Harry Funk of Harrisburg, Is a grand daughter. Funeral services will be held on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock In charge of the Rev. J. J. Resh of the Methodist Eplscopnl Church. Burial In Chestnut llill cemetery. MARTIN Ij. FEESER DIES Special to the Telegraph Penbrook, Pa., May 9. Martin L. Feeser, Jr., aged 22 years, died at the home of his parents, at Curtin and Main streets, after an illness of more than a year. Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Emma Smith Feeser; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Martin L. Feeser; one brother, John Franklin Feeser. of Harrisburg, and six sisters, Mrs. Katherine Sheet and Mrs. G. F. Trevena, of Allentown; Mrs. William C. Brenneman and Mrs. W. H. Ger hart of town; Mrs. Thomas Gillan and Mrs. E. M. Shuler of Harrisburg. II Take Wrigley's to the I III movies and leave dull | A restful hour in the dark ened hall, plus pleasant food 1 for thought • on the screen, ijj plus Wrigley's to help you | ij| Equals: perfect content. £ ji! Wrigley's helps mental as well as B I ! physical digestion. It sweetens, soothes and E jij satisfies —it's the universal trouble-chaser. S I Chew it after every meal 1 I I j Writ® Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., 1008 Keener Bldg., 9 MAY 9, 1916. 28-30-32 N. 3rd. St. * . New Millinery Smart Hats Showing Panamas, sailors and novelty straws for sport and out door wear. The most approved styles for the present and Summer season— -3.95 5.00 7.50 Special sale of 50 smart hats that formerly sold for 5.00, 8.00, 10.00; special 2.95 3.95 RUNS 18-SEAT JITNEY Special to the Telegraph Waynesboro, Pa., May 4. —H. M. Petrie, who operates a jitney line be tween Waynesboro, Ijeitersburg and Hagerstown, has secured a new, up-to date automobile bus, which will seat sixteen persons and is equipped with all the electric appliances. TO IMPROVE POST OFFICE Waynesboro, Pa., May 9. Plans have been completed and approved by the Post Office Department at Washington and the Bank of Waynes boro, the latter owning the post office building here, for very radical changes and improvements in the post office. Plans for the improvements were drawn by Postmaster J. W. Warehime himself, who Is an architect and de signer. DIES IN ILIJINOIR Humnielstown, Pa., May 9. Word was received here that Leonard Myers, well known to the older residents of Hummelstown. died at his home ju Danville, Illinois, on Wednesday in his 86th year. Mr. Myers was married to a sister of George P. Greenawalt of town.
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