Children Cry for Fletcher's The Kind You Have Always Bought has borne the signa ture of Chas. H. Fletcher, and has been made under his personal supervision for over 30 years. Allow no one to deceive you in this. Counterfeits* Imitations and *'■ Just-as-good " are but experiments, and endanger the health of Children—Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA Gastorla Is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. It de stroys Worms and allays Feverlshness. For more than thirty years it has been in constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency, Wind Colic, all Teething Trou bles and Diarrhoea. It regnlates the Stomach and Bowels, assimilates the Food, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea—The Mother's Friend. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of _ In Use For Over 30 Years THC CgWTtUW CCMMHY, NKW VOWK CITY. RAILROAD RUMBLES BILLION INCOME FOR RAILROADS Eastern Roads Lead in Profits For Nine Months; Heavy Passenger Traffic Washington, D. C„ Dec. 26.—Federal statistics show net earnings of $1,098,- 000,000 for United States railroads in 1916. Eastern roads lead in gain with the 59,200 miles, earning more than $1 to a foot of rail. Expenses didn't mount with the increaseu profit. For the first nine months of the year com plete returns show $785,558,266. The estimate 51,098,000,000 is re garded by officials as conservative. It makes no allowance for normal in crease in business during the last three months of the year—returns for which are unavailable. Analysis of the returns for the first nine months shows a startling increase from January to September, amounting to more than sixty-seven per cent. This net Income in January. $64,915,286, had mounted to $107,910,514 in September, an iucreasc of nearly $43,000,000. Source of Income For the first nine months of the year the commission's figures show that the ■railroads collected $2.651.829.647 from ftall sources of operation, the chief items of which were as follows: Freight, $1,875,019,990; passenger traffic. $522,- 103,907: mails. $45,348,609: from express companies. $65,089,4:4: incidentals dining and buffet car service, operation of hotels and restaurants, sale of vend ing privileges on trains and at stations, parcel rooms at stations, demurrage, •storage of freight and baggage, tele graph and telephone wires leased to orher companies, operation of grain elevatorss. etc. —$6,414,597; and all oth er transportation charges, $76,087,611. The last item embraces sleeping and pallor car sersvice. freight on milk, which has virtuall an express service: switching charges and the operation, of special trains. From a total of $152,h81.269 in Janu ary expenses had increased to $203,235,- ..94 in September, approximately eleven per cent. During that period "receipts had increased from $260,054,306 to $324 - 904.301, approximately twenty-five per cent. The chief Items of expense for the nine months' period for which re turns are available are as follows: Itnllrondx In Operation Xlaintenance of way, $302,157,526; maintenance of equipment. $441,750 000- transportation, $858,973,536: traffic" *.)46, miscellaneous operations,' $19.901 ,69; general expenses. Including administration,- $61,996,428. All oper ating expenses totaled $1,744,160,022. About 230,500 miles of railroad were in Operation during the year. In the first months the total fell below 230,- 000: during the latter part of the vear it exceeded 230,000. Using 230.000 as an average, returns show that for every mile of road operated in the country the railroads Will receive this vear ap proximately $15,655 in gross "receipts and a net income of $4,774, or little more than thirty per cent, of the gross. RETIRED ENGINEER ILL William H. Filling, Sr.. a retired passenger engineer of the Pennsyl vania railroad is seriously ill at iiis home. 1408 Xorth Sixth street. En gineer I* illing has been in poor health for sometime. He quit active duties three months ago, after a ser vice record on the Middle division covering a period of nearlv 50 years He is a member of the Good Wili Fire company. HOLIDAY VISITOR HERE George P. Snyder. Glenside. Phila delphia. is the guest of Gustavus A. Geisel, 24 3 Maclay street. Mr Snyder is a prominent grocer and a brother-in-law of Mr. Geisel. The latter is a director of the P. R. R. Y. M. C. A., and prominent in rail road circles. SAYS SHE HAS NO ACHES OR PAINS . Alter Years of Suffering from Muscular Rheumatism Finds Relief at Last BENEFITED BY TANLAC "I certainly am a walking testi monial to the efficieacy of Tanlac," ■ says Mrs. N. L. Harrison, of 233 Briggs Street, Harrisburg, Pa. , "I had a separate ache or pain in every bone and much and often the pain was so severe that I couldn't get around to do my housework. "I couldn't sleep worth a cent and I was so irritable that the least little thing upset me for the whole day. "But you can't imagine how much I have been benefited by taking Tan lac. I have only been taking this tonic for a little while and yet I feel ever so much better as I told you. "My aches and pains have all gone ana I have plenty of energy and I am so ~ ? py 1 feel lilte "inging for joy." ranlac, the famous master medi cine, is now being specially introduced here at Gorgas' Drug Store, where the Tanlac man Is meeting the people Hnd explaining: the merits of this master medicine. TUESDAY EVENING, FREIGHT RATES LOWER IN U. S. India Only Country Where It Costs Less; Due to Cheap Labor While receiving lower freight rates per ton per mile than the railways of any other country in the world, ex cepting India, the railroads of the United States pay higher wages than the railways of any other country, ex j eepting Western Australia, says the Railway Age Gazette in an analysis of the bulletin prepared by the Bureau of Railway Economics giving compara tive statistics of the railways of the United States and of thirty-eight for eign countries, representing seven j eighths of the world's railway mileage. [ The article also points out that the capitalization of the railways of the l'nited States, $65,861 per mile, is le&s than that of any of the principal coun tries of the world, and is only from one-third to one-half as great"as the capitalization of the railways of the principal countries of Europe. In the only country having lower freight rates than the United States, viz, India, the cost of labor is so little as to be almost negligible, and the only country in which railway wages are higher than in the United States is Western Aus tralia, where the average freight rate per ton-mile is almost twice as great as in the United States. The statis tics are for 1913, the latest vear for which comparative figures are avail able. The average receipts per ton mile in some of the principal countries are given as follows: Austria, 1.009 cents; Denmark. 2.113: France. 1.1 S3: Ger many, 1.244: Hungary, 1.215: Japan, • i 74; Mexico, 1.443; Russia, .933; Spain, 2.226: Sweden, 1.373. The average yearly compensation per employe in the United States in 1913 was $756.83. In Western Aus tralia, the only country with a higher wage, the average was $500.50. In Germany the average was $ 405.97; in Holland, $341.52; Italy, $376.81; Aus tria, $335.90; Hungary, $300.41; Rus sia, $211.49. "In the principal Euro pean countries." the Gazette says, "the average wage is hardly more than half that paid in the United States. The lowest average is in Japan. $1J2.56." Standing of the Crews UARRISBIRG SIDE Philadelphia Dlvixlon —ll6 crew first to go after 4 p. in.: 106, 124, 119, 125 Engineer for 124. Firemen for 106, 125. Conductors for 116, 124, 125 Flagmen for 106, 125. Brakemen for 116. 124. 115 Engineers up: Gehr, Sei'fcrt, May. Maxwell, Alartin. Firemen up: Brown. Eckman, Arnev. Middle DlVinton—2 crew first to iri! after 2:10 p. m.: 5, 7, 4, 6, 9, 16. 26 235 228. 252, 243. .... Laid oft: 22. '9. 21, 18. Engineers for 7. 4. 16. Conductors for 2, 4. 16, 26. Flagman for 7. Brakeman for 6. Engineers up: Bowers. Hummer, Nunier, Mckles, Brink. Blizzard T W <"ook. Albright. Tettemer, Howard! Peis'hta!, Kline, Asper, Rensel, Grove, firemen up: Bitting. Steel. Pensyl. Brakemen up: Ryder. Blessing. Mil ler. Howe, Humphreys, Knight, G. W Campbell, Reeder, Heck Swailes, Gar lin, Wright, G. Campbell. Ynrd Crew*— Engineers for 2. second 8. third 8 fourth 8, 14. 16. 18, third 22, third 24 fourth 24, 56, 76. Firemen for fourth 8, 12, 18, second 22. third 22. 60. 61. 76. Engineers up: Hlosser. Malabv, Rod*. ehs. Snyder. Boy, Bel by, Fulton. Fells, Runkl-j. Wise. Firemen up: Richter, Ferguson, Six, Warner, Shoemaker, asslcr, Spuahr Charles, McCormiok, Otstot, Bryan Hardy. ENOI.A SIDE Philadelphia l)h Ihloii— -208 crew first to go after 3:45 p. m.: 207. 218. 240 234 221 205. 226, 219. 222, 204. Engineer for 221. Firemen for 208. 207, 221, 204. Conductors for 4. 11, 19, 20, 22. Brakemen for 4, 5 (two). 7, 8, 16 19 20. ' Conductor up: Flickinger. Brakemen up: Felker, Thart. Middle nirlhlon—llß crew first to go after 2:10 p. m.: 10S. 120, 114 Ijftid off: 105. 109, 115. Fireman for 108. Flagman for 120. Brakemen for 120, 111. Yard Crew*— Engineers for first 108, first 126, 130, third 124, second 102. for first 124, 130, 132, third Engineers up: Bretz. Kauffman, Parthemore, Anthony, Neumvre Firemen up: Hall. Blddick. Beckhart. Clark, M. S. Hall, Hubert, Myers. HF.ADIXr, CREWS The 2 crew first to go after 12 15 p. m.: 10. 6. 12. 19, 3, 20. 4, 18. The 70 crew first to go aTter 12 15 p. m.: 71. 67. 62. 65. Engineers for 67. 10. Firemen for 67. 71, 2. 3. 12, 18, 19 Conductors for 67, 10, 18. Brakemen for 67, 70. 71. 6. 19 is 19. Engineers tin: Freed. Massiinore, Zeigler, Richwine. Firemen up: Folk, Miller. Miller Sherman, Brougher. BincJler, Peters' Hess, Enders. Souders. Grove. Kline' Kull. Falcomer, Wilson. Sipe, Buffinc ton. Martin. Conductor up: Baxter. Brakemen up: Martin. Redman Wales. Fenstermacher. Hetrick, Os tosto. Cassett. S7ZF/7®VA£W COMPANY TAKES CASE TO COURT Harrisburg Railways Await Grand Jury Action on Traffic Violation Charge The strength of a borough ordin ance giving fire apparatus the right of way on all borough streets will be decided by the Dauphin county court when the case between the borough and Harrisburg Railways company is heard. The company has appealed a case to court in which two of its employes were charged with violating the traf fic ordinance. The reason for the ap peal. the company's attorney states, is that there was no violation of the ordinance. At a hearing before Burgess Wig field. November 21. F. E. Gotshaull, and J. T. Theal, employes of the com pany were lined $25, on a charge of violating the ordinance. The informa- I tion was made by Fire Chief Male horn. It is alleged that the crew re i fused to stop the car, when firemen I were extinguishing an automobile i fire at Front and Swatara streets, No 'vember 15. i It was brought out at the hearing that the car did not impede the ap paratus in answering the call, but hindered the work of firemen on the scene of the fire. The car crew, It is alleged, refused to stop the car while firemen were carrying chemicals across the street. On the grounds that firemen were a part of the ap paratus, the burgess asserts, he im posed the fine. After the hearing, before recording the proceedings on the borough books, the Burgess deemed It advis able to allow the company attorneys and the borough solicitor to test the strength of the ordinance. The bur gess recently received information I from borough solicitor, Frank B. , Wickersham to the effect that the ordinance needs amendments. | The ordinance was passed in 1904, i and since that time has not been j amended or strengthened. Steelton Snapshots Car Hits Waeon.—A milk delivery wagon driven by John Ulrlch was struck by a street oar yesterday morn ing in North Front street near Adams street. The wagon skidded on the tracks as the car was approaching. Ulrich was not injured. Meeting of Stockholders.—The stock holders of the People s Bank will hold their annual meeting on the morning of January 8. Gas Engine Working. The gas blowing engine that was recently com pleted at No. 5 blast furnace in the local steel plant has been put into operation and is working satisfac torily. FORMER RESIDENT DIES : The body of Mrs. Gustie Baker, ' aged 32, a former resident of the bor ough, who died at her home in Spar ' row's Point, Sunday, will be shipped to the borough to-morrow, and fun eral services and burial will take place Thursday at 3 o'clock. Burial will be made in the Baldwin cemetery. Mrs. Baker is survived by her mother! Mrs. Eva Shultz, a brother, Charles Shultz; two stepbrothers. Willium Stabnau and one sister, Mrs. Minnie Baughman, all of the borough. FIRST M. E. ENTERTAINMENT The Christmas entertainment of the First Methodist Sunday school will be given this evening by the La Ban de Musique. assisted by Miss Vera Care, leader; William Hughes, Phila delphia, soloist, and Elmer I. George Chambersburg, cornetist. The com plete program follows: "The Birthday of the King, La Ban de Musique; song, school; overture. La Ban de Musique; also, William Hughes; reci tation, Fay Crump; cornet solo, Elmer I. George; reading, Miss Care; over ture, La Ban de Musique; song, school; male chorus, "Good Night " La Ban de Musique. REORGANIZATIO N MEETING Election of Sunday school and church officers will take place at a meeting of the Grace United Evangel ical congregation to-morrow evening. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT T ,. Mr o 9 - n £. } lrs : Thomas R. Vernon. i ,lu street announce the birth of a daughter, Dorothy Relm, December 23. Mr. Vernon is pro prietor of the Steelton American. Mrs t?, Rio . r t0 r, her marr i£ige was Miss Catherine Brashear, 197 South Front street, Steelton. STEELTON PERSONALS Joseph Yoselowitz. and familv of Sanford, North Carolina, are visiting Th. h I T- S '? arents - -Mr. and Mrs Theodore Yoselowltz. South Second ov. and ilrs - William Ditlow. of! borugh a,e Vislting frien "s the HOLD KENNEY FI'NERAI, Funeral services for P. I. Kennev a former resident of the borough who d ed in Pittsburgh, were held 'from St. James Catholic Church this morn tntf. Burial was made in the Mount calvary Cemetery. The body was brought to the borough yesterday and W rpp ! (]ence of Mrs. Hogan 113 South I* ourth street. FUNERAL OF MBS. BROWN Funeral services for Mrs. Levi p Brown, of Highspire, will ho held this .vening at 7 o'clock. The Rev. Ernest n'u Ps ,°r of St. Peter s Lutheran Church, will officiate. The body wU be taken to Gap, Lancaster county to morrow morning for burial. hMIDDLETQWfI* • -1 MANY ATTEND EXERCISES Several thousand persons attended Middletown s community Christmas ree celebration in Center Square yes terday afternoon. The Liberty band began the program with a half.hour •oncert. School chtldren and minis ters of the town took part in the pro -,'ram. H CLASS OFFICERS Officers elected by the Sunday school class of St. I eter's Lutheran Church taught by A. S. Quickel are as follows- President. Mrs. Kathryn Koombs- vicel president. Mrs. William Dentaman secretary. Mrs. Clarence Poorman : treasurer. Mrs. Paul Wharton. The class is arranging for a New Year's party to be held Saturday evening at the residence of Mrs. A. L. Miller and Mrs. Fred Randolph, on North I'nlon .street. MO HE HOMES FOR LABORERS The Pennsylvania railroad is erect ing 90 one-story homes for their lab orers near Division street.. They will be ready for occupancy on or about January 1. It is probable a number of Mexican laborers will be sent here for service as trackmen in the local j yards. | HAHRISBURG TELEGRAPH Our After Xmas Reduction Sale of MiTSuits, Coats & Dresses Continues Your Unrestricted Choice of Any Garment in Our Entire Stock At a Big Reduction Tomorrow, Thursday, Friday & Saturday Come, choose now, Every Suit, Every Coat, Every Dress has been radically reduced You can spend that Xmas money to good advantage here and the great sale provides most remarkable values. Women's & Misses' d*7 TA Women's & Misses'up to 7C Up to $15.00 Suits, P I wU _59.00 Coats, For pD. I D Women's & Misses' <f. Q r n & ( M ' Beß ' up to tfi 7S Up to SIB.OO Suits $9.50 V -$lO 00 Coats, For ■PO.I 3 Women's & Misses'up to (frH 7r Women's & Misses' (11 r A JjglePßv $11.50 Coats, For pi.lD up to $22.50 Suits,.... 3pil.au Mm&m** , 0 —— Rnw Women s & Misses up to dA 7r Women's & Misses' $1 OCA 514.50 Coats, For ... .. ..PJ. I D Up to $25.00 Suits, .. ~y Iv.uU Women's & Misses' up tod* 11 ... iWßWmmk $16.50 Coats, For pII./> All of Our Finest Women's, Misses' . and Extra Large Women's Suits. Women S & Misses'up to 1Q 7£ Worth $29.00 to 11 OCH $20.00 Coats, For p 11). I D $39.50 For P SJ.D Jay Women's & Misses' up tod*| Q 7C Women's Silk Poplin dQ OA : Dresses; worth to $5.95, Women's Satin & Silk 'JC Women's & Misses' up to d* 1 Q 7C Dresses; Worth to SIO,OO, pO. I D . $22.50 Plush Coats, For .$lO. I D Women's &. Misses' Serge & Satin Continued To-morrow Women's & Misses'up to <J*OO CA Dresses; worth to $14.00. <jA TA —the Big After-Xmas $30.00 Plush Coats, For JU or yv.OU Reduction Sale of One Lot of Girls' Winter OA __ _ 7 T~ Men's and Boys' Coats; worth to $4.00 .... Handsome Evening Dresses O Ht* rinthi'no- ~ . ■ Worth to $14.50, For SO. I D A „ Mens and B g oys . Suits One Lot of Girls' Winter $9 7C and Overcoats radically re- I Coats; worth to $5.95, . . . PJ. I O R duced. Buy now and save. $4.75 EDUCATORS GET HERE TOMORROW [Continued Front First Page] ed because of the discussion of finan- j ces of the schools, the lecture by ex- j President William H. Taft, on "Is There Waste in Modern Education?" and the numerous departmental meet ings for the discussion of special-J ied subjects. The meetings will be opened tomor row afternoon when Secretary Houck and Superintendent Schaeffer will deliver addresses of welcome 011 belialt' of the State with one for the city and the: school district by Superintendent F | E. Downes. Prof. F. M. Rapp, of j Reading, will formally open the con vention. The financial side will be discussed : by State Treasurer Robert K. Young. I Dr. Scliaeffer, George W. Gerwig, of! Pittsburgh schools, and Harlan Up j degraff, University of Pennsylvania, 011 Wednesday afternoon, with the! country school problem as the night j theme, President Rapp, Superinten- j dent A. S. Cook, Baltimore; Herbert j Quick, of the Federal Farm Loan j Board, and Prof. Warren H. Wilson, 1 Columbia University as speakers. i Thursday afternoon physical cduca-i tion will be the theme. Prof. G. E. Johnson, Harvard University, to dis- j cuss the reaction standpoint; D. A., Sargent. Cambridge, Mass., the pre-! paredness side. Dean Sarah Louise! Arnold, Simmons college, Boston, dis- ' cussing wholesome living for girls and j Prof. Thomas D. Wood, Columbia University, discussing rural health and I sanitation. At night Mr. Taft and 1 Charles Zueblin, the author, will j speak. Friday a State system of retire-1 ment funds for teachers will be dis-1 cussed by Dr. J. George Becht, State! Board of Education; Miss Elizabeth Baker, Harrisburg; Marcus Aaron, Pittsburgh, member State Board of Education and Assistant Superinten-j dent O. P. Cornman, Philadelphia; 1 Raymond W. Sies, University of Pitts burgh, will open the discussion. Among the speakers and educators in Harrisburg who are to take part in the big association meeting are the Rev. Dr. J. A. Lyter, Miss Elizabeth Baker. J. George Becht, secretary of the State Board'of Education; Frank E. Shambaugh, county superintend ent of schools: Dr. C. D. Koch, high school inspector; William Esslg, H. C. Fetherolf, supervisor agricultural edu cation; Dr. J. G. Sanders. State Zool ogist; Professor William M. Har clerode, Steelton. Important committee reports will be made at a number of the meetings •md resolutions may be adopted by the association in general sessions asking the legislative bodies to enact addi tional laws to improve the school sit uation In the entire state. The closing session will be held on Friday morning with the final com mittee reports. Dr. Downes has charge of arrange ments in this city for the meeting. Every county in the state will be rep resented and efforts arc being made to break all records for attendance and enrollment of members. Special rail road rates have been arranged for and a complete list of hotels, restaurants j and private homes with rooms for rent has been included In the program. NEW HALF DOLLARS SOOX Washington, D. C., Dec. 26. The new silver half dollar coins will be placed in circulation January 2, Treas ury Department officials expect, ana the new silver quarters, two weeks later. They will be issued at the Treasury here and the various sub- Treasuries elsewhere. JERE S. BLACK NOTED LAWYER, DIES [Continued From First Page] j as soon as was expected, aVid a second operation was decided upon. This was j performed on Tuesday. Immediately after this an improvement was noted, j and it was thought that the patient j would recover. Last night, however, | his condition became aggravated. His physicians then gave up hope of his | recovery. j Jere S. Black always took great in ; terest in Pennsylvania politics, and was credited with being the one man I responsible for the reorganization of the Democratic party in the State. He organized the Bryan League in 1908, with the assistance of Roland Morris land other party men, and, as its first j president and national delegate, suc ceeded in having the Old Guard dele ! gates unseated in the Denver conven tion after their victory in the State and the State delegation given to ! Bryan. Financial Reverses I While he enjoyed the most exten sive and lucrative practice of any | member of the York bar, Mr. Black's i investments in industrial and other i propositions were not of the best, and he became financially embarrassed, j Tuesday, July 6, 1910, he filed a peti tion of voluntary bankruptcy in the : United States District Court ut Scran- Iton. His liabilities were scheduled at ' $429,000 and his assets at $274,745.50. j Of the former $297,303.66 represented the amount he borrowed from banks and individuals, while the remainder (aggregated the amount of notes he i indorsed for corporations and indi viduals. 1 Mr. Black was married In 1891 to I Isabel, daughter of Frederick Edwin |Church, New York City. Four chil dren were born to the union, as fol lows: Mary, Isabel. Louise and Jere miah S. Mrs. Black's father was a j noted artist. 1 Soon after their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Black took up their residence |at Willow Bridges, the former home of his parents. In 1903 they erected a handsome residence near the sum mit of Webb's Hill, south of York, and called it Rural Felicity, at which many brilliant social functions have been held. ALL PRODUCTION RECORDS BROKEN [Continued From First Page] a number of officials assert as they look back over the books from Janu ary 1, 1916, and prepare to close ac counts December 31, and prepare for the New Year. At some of the plants, it was said that the increasing cost of raw mate rials during the year cut slightly in profits, but that additional orders j made up largely for this loss. Capacity work is being done In many of the factories; in other em ployes are working overtime to get out rush orders, and in still others the machinery is kept in motion 24 hours a day, going full speed. Big Wake Increases Employes in all parts of the city in many cases have established new records for continuous work, while di rectors of a number of the manufac turing companies, realizing the in creasing orders and demand for quick, efficient work, have granted voluntary wage Increases which add many thou sands of dollars in the pay envelopes each month, i, "The most prosperous year in our DECEMBER 26, 1916. history," said W. T. Hildrup, Jr., gen eral manager at the Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe Bending Works. The best year we've had for some time," comes from Robert H. Irons, general manager of the Central Iron and Steel Company plant. "The biggest year in the history of the company," officials at the Elliott r isher typewriter company report. "One of the largest years for busi ness in the history of the VV. O. Hick ok Manufacturing company," Ross A. Hickok, secretary of the big plant, declared. 'Announcement of plans for future development shows what is going on here, comes from officials at the . teelton plant of the Bethlehem Steel corporation. 1 hese are only a few of the remarks gathered from the heads of the com panies as they hurry on with the rush of business and plans for 1917. Big Improvements improvements costing thousands ol dollars have been'completed in the present year, new plants were built greatly increasing the capacity for production, while other companies ha\ e under way extensive additions which, it is planned will add from 20 to 100 per cent, to the facilities for output. At the Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe Bending \\ orks, the total tonnage for the year, according to General Mana ger Hildrup, will be approximately (0,000 tons, a ten per cent, increase over the output for ISIS. Kightv per cent, of the products which were "ship ped, were finished in the Harrisburg mills. A large order for projectiles was responsible for the record, it was explained. At. present two orders from the United States government are to be filled and will keep a number of the mills open for weeks. At the Central Iron and Steel Com pany mills during the last few months roports have been made a number of times of new records for production and officials despite the delays caused by two fires in the electrical equip ment of the plant are preparing for bigsrer things. Continuous work with no shutdown in the summer months as had been the custom is the record for 1916 re ported at the Lalance-Grosjean Manu facturing Company. During the year Resolutions arc often made in January, only to be broken during the year. Why not endeavor to do a little better this year than you did in the one past without making any resolutions. Start right— systematize your saving by budgeting your expenses and in vestments. Buy some additional life insurance and pay the premiums as you collect your salary, by opening an INSURANCE SAVINGS ACCOUNT in the Mechanics Trust Company The booklet with full explanation makes interesting read ing and will be mailed upon request. Write now to Perm Mutu Insurance Company E. R. ECKENRODE, GENERAL AGENT 604 Kunkel Building * L. " 5 two 10 per cent, increases in wages were granted. Big Shoe Production Officials at the Harrisburg Shufi Manufacturing Company report that during 1910 300,000 pairs of shouh were turned out, or about 40 per cenK more than in 1915. Prospects of 2 similar increase in the coming year', which will mean a new record for the Allison Hill plant, are announced also. Other plants doing big business arts the Moornead Knitting Company, New idea Hosiery Company, Harris'burtf I'oundry and Machine Works, llai risburg Silk Mills and the Devinc t \s Shoe Manufacturing Conipanyt At the Bethlehem steel plant, iij Steel ton, during the year three 10 peg cent, wage increases were granted, anil since the company became part of tiia big Bethlehem corporation Kugenc Grace, president, has announced that millions of dollars will be spent in inn provements to increase the capacity at the Steelton mills. Was Your Title Clear to lhat Christmas Chicken ? Bid you buy a chicken at any of thti Harrisourg markets tor your Ciirisi-i mas dinner? Then it's just as likely as flot thai the bone thai stuck in your throat diil so because you were eating stolen tfooda. Thieves looted chicken coops in thi vicinity of Goldsboro and LewisberryJ They carried off between 200 and 4utl chickens. It is the b.'lief they wei3 sold in Harrisburg markets, as it wal noticeable that an unusually largil number of chickens were offered tort sale on Saturday. From the farm of R. Fisher, neap Goldaiboro, eighty fowls were stu.bu.' Jacob Connolly lost seventy, and John Burger, another farmer, reported that fifty of his chickens were gone. Near Lrf>wisberry three coops, containing 200 chickens, were cleaned out. The thieves used a wagon to carry away their loot. MISS CATHERINE MAILMAN DIES Mechanicsburg, Pa., Dec. 26. Catherine Hallman died early yester* day morning at the home of he# brother, George Hallman, West Simpi son street. She was aged 79 years and a lifelong resident of that locality. She was a member of the Church of God. Funeral services will be held to-mor row afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. B. L. C. Baer. Burial at St. John's Cemetery.
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