CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA NEWS GIRL EVANGELIST SCORES GOSSIPERS Savs They Should Be Busy Saving Souls Instead of Idling Penbrook. Pa., Jan. 1. —Much interest ■was manifested yesterday in the open- j ing of the evangelistic campaign which is being held In the Pennbrook United Evangelical church. Services will be held nightly except Monday evening. The Rev. Mao E. Prey, of Towanda, Pa., noted "whirlwind" woman evange list, preached powerful sermons at the morning: and evening services. Her in- j troductory sermon was on the topic, "Past Records," in which she scored the gossipers who trot around town talking: about operas, card parties, poll- | tics, moving* pictures and then neglect the saving of lost souls. She termed ( herself and her followers or c,hris tians as peculiar people and not fana- , tics. 1 The church choir has bem merged into an evangelistic chorus under the j direction of Mrs. K. J. "Weishamoel, of P&terson, N. J. the musical director The singing last night was of high or der and everybody was delighted with the enthusiasm and spiritual interest shown in the campaign. Popular hymn books used in many succeaful cam- • paigns elsewhere were introduced last ; night and will be used during the three ( weeks. To-morrow morning beginning at 10.30 o'clock, a number of community prayer meetings will be held and every body is invited to attend irrespective of working or "go-to-meeting" clothes. | Dauphin High School Classes Hold Banquet Dauphin, Pa., Jan. 1. A ban- j quet was held by the 'l3, 'ls and 'l6 classes of the Dauphin High School, j In the school gymnasium room. An alumni association of the classes from 1913 on, was formed and the fol- . lowing officers elected: I . President, Max Long; vice-presi dent. George Howard; secretary, ■ Charles S. Gerberich, and treasurer, Miss Annie Hinkle. . After the banquet, dancing was en- . joyed in the dance hall. Those pres ent were: Miss Eleanor Emmert, Miss Marv Gaber, Miss Annie Hinkle, Missl Blanch Singer, Miss Helen Kennedy, j Miss Ellen Feaser, Miss Mae Williams. < Miss Dorothy Ross, of Mechanics- ' burg; Miss Marion Smith, Miss Ruth 1 "Ward, Miss Susan Jackson. Miss Ruth 5 Shaffer, Miss Christina Long. Miss ' Esther Shaffer. Miss Luella Strohm, 1 Miss Alice Minsker, Miss Marion Mins l<er, Miss Olive Douden, Miss Mildred Kline. Miss Susan Ixmg, Miss Ruth Long. Prof. Miles C. Hummer, Charles i S. Gerberich, Max George i Howard, George Feaser, Melvin j < Strohm. Clyde Garman, Leßoy Gaber. Joseph Kennedy, William Shaffer, Ira { Lutz, Ernest Shaffer, William Shan. i Jiesy, Hiram Hummer, Dr. A. C. Coble £ and Oscar Moeslein. ANNOUNCE MARRIAGE Dauphin. Pa,, Jan. 1. Announce- 1 1 VAuill-H&a been made by Mr. and Mrs. I George Gilday of the marriage of 1 their dau^VW*-*.• iliss Goldie Gilday to } Ralph Lutz. last June. The marriage i ■was kept secret until last week. j i c MRS. EMMA DECKARI) BCRIED j c Dauphin. Pa., Jan. 1. Funeral ? .services for Mrs. Emma Deckard, aged I 1 * 73, who died on Thursday, were held yesterday afternoon at 2:30 at the! home of her niece, Mrs. Charles Bricker, in Railroad street. The Rev. i I H. C. Lutz, pastor of the United Evan- j gelical church, was in charge of the < ' services. Burial was made to-day at j i Liverpool at 1:30. Mrs. Deckard is I survived by one sister. Mrs. Mary i : Jane Clemson, of Dauphin. j s NICKJEIi SMOKE PASSINGf That 1917, in all probability, will bring . an Increase In the price of cigars, and ; possibly the passinar of the "nickel- , smoke, are predictions made by cigar : manufacturers in Harrisburg and other nearby places, in reviewing the big in crease in the cost of cigar production. Standard live-cent cigars may not ad vance. it was said, but an increase will ' be almost a necessity local manufac- ' turers said, if the present quality is to : be maintained. Increased cost of labor and cost of raising the tobacco are the principal reasons given in explaining the possibility of advancing prices. BELL-ANS Absolutely Removes Indigestion. One package proves it. 25c at all druggists. / _ _ Nuu-K'easv Toilet Cream Keeps ' the Skin Soft and Velvety In Rough j Weather. An Exquisite Toilet Prep aration, 25c. (iOIMJAV DRUG STORES 16 !¥. Third St., and P. H. R. Station ! If you could realize the infinite care with which the good name of KING OSCAR 5c Cigar is guarded, your smoke troubles would be over. You would then know that here is an all-day, evfery-day smoke which is always of a uniform high quality. They couldn't be better because they are made of the finest tobaccos that grow. JOHN C. HERMAN & CO., Makers PPP- t , '■qy EVENING, Wedding Reunites Threads of Romance of 30 Years Ago | Sun bury, Pn., Jan. 1. With the ushering in of the new year last night ! Mrs. Annie R. Ballets, a widow of Sun | bury, became the bride of L. 11. | Varnes, a merchant of Marysville, thus i reuniting the threads of a romance broken more than 30 years ago. The ceremony was performed at St. John's 1 Methodist Episcopal Tabernacle, when a congregation of more than 500 were at watchnight services, j Mrs. Bailets and Varnes were school ; day sweethearts mid were engaged to wed even to the extent of the young j woman having prepared her wedding trousseau. Then something happened, the troth was broken and they drifted apart. She married George Bailets, I who died more than three years ago. While on a trip to Marysville Mrs. ! Bailets met Varnes and learned that i the old affection had never died and | that he had not married. BURIED AT DUNCANNON . Duncannon, Pa., Jan. 1. John A. | Shoarer. Sr., died at his homo at | Washington, D. C., on Friday. He i was a former resident of Duncannon ; and was ongaged In business here for I many years. The body was brought | here this afternoon at 2 o'clock and | buried in the Presbyterian cemetery. Bt'RIAL ASSOCIATION OFFICERS Duncannon. Pa., Jan. 1. At a meeting of the Workingmen's Burial Association licl' at the office of 11. | Jones Rife, the following officers | were elected: James E. Nickurn, ! president: George R. Wahl, vice-presi !dent; George E. Hemperly, treasurer; i R. Jones Rife, secretary; Charles A. : Jones, assistant secretary. During | the past year there were 13 deaths in j the organization and 47 nev/ members j enrolled. APPOINTED APPRAISER New Bloomlleld, Pa., Jan. 1. Pcr | ry county commissioners at a recent i meeting appointed J. Alfred Baker mercantile appraiser for Perry county j for 1917. NEW BRIDGE RECOMMENDED I Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 1. Following ' the hearing of testimony, the viewers in the application for the construction of a new bridge over Mountain creek, ; in the borough of Mount Holly, tiled ' their report, advising, the taking of such action and the construction of a j new bridge to cost about $1,500. The , proposed structure is on a branch of j the State Highway and leads from Harrisburg to Gettysburg. MAROONED ON RIVER Falmouth, Pa., Jan. 1. John Ack erman and Daniel Repman, were ma- j 1 rooned in a boat in the Susquehanna j river against huge cakes of ice for seven hours Saturday, and men from the York Ilaven Power plant rescued them. LANCASTER COUNTY DEATHS Marietta. Mrs. Elizabeth Leaman, 1 aged 87. of Neffsville, died Saturdays night. Five children, ten grandehil- j dren and a sister survive. Mrs. Barbara Witwer, aged 76, died : Saturday after being confined to bed for many years. Two daughters and a son survive. FARMER INJURED Waynesboro, Pa., Jan. 1. John W. Hoffman, a well-known farmer of Ringgold, Md., came near being killed Friday afternoon when a corn crusher he was operating, blew up. Mr. Hoff man was crushing corn at his barn, using a steam engine for power. The crusher was of cast iron, and was doing its usual work when it blew up and the pieces flew in every direction, inflicting a severe wound. ANTHONY-KNEISLEY WEDDING Waynesboro. Pa., Jan. 1. Prof. Ira Anthony, of Shady Grove, and Miss Mary Frances Kneisley, of Strasburg, Va.. were married in St. Paul's church, in the latter city, by the bride's pastor, : the Rev. J. W. Link. For some time i Mr. Anthony was on the repertorlal i staff of the Waynesboro Dally Herald. FALL ON ICE KILI<S BOY Gettysburg, Pa., Jan. 1. William Ziegler. a twelve-year-old boy, died ' yesterday morning as the result of a ' ! fall on the Ice Saturday afternoon. To Prevent The Grip Colds cause Grip—Laxative Bromo Quinine removes cause. There is only one "Bromo Quinine." E. W. GROVE'S i signature on box. 25c. I'. O. S. OF A. OFFICERS Mechanicsburg, Pa.. Jan. 1. Offl-i cers were elected for the ensuing* term at the meeting of Washington | Camp. No. 164, Patriotic Order Sons j of America, as follows: I President, George Berkheimer: I I master of forms. C. M. Cocklin; secre-1 I tary. E. C. Gardner; treasurer. W. F. t Fishburrr; conductor, Samuel Eckert; ! S inner guard, Boyd Basom: outer guard | Russell King: trustee, W. O. Myers; | I host, W. S. Baish. During the past i three months, forty-four candidates > were admitted to membership. | . ASK FOR and GET HORLICK'S THE ORIGINAL MALTED MILK | Cheap substitutes cost YOU same price. J. H. Shook, Bank Cashier For Thirty Years, Dies Greencastle, Pa., Jan. 1. John Heichard Shook, for thirty years cash ier of the First National Bank of Greencastle, died at his home, "Oak Hill," on Saturday, after a long ill ness. Mr. Shook * .s connected with the bank until four years ago, when he resigned because of ill health. He was a son of the late Jacob Shook antf he was born and lived his entire life In the house in which he died. He Is survived by his wife, one sister, Mrs. Marion Brown, of Rahway, N. J., and one brother, D. Z. Shook, of East Bal timore street. Funeral services will be held to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. [ WEST SHORE NEWS | PARTY FOR Glßtj Marysville, Pa., Jan. I.—Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Zellers entertained in Honor of | the twelfth birthday anniversary of their daughter, Margaret. Among those present were: Miss Gertrude Roush, Miss Blanche Howard, Miss Nellie Helm. Miss Ethel Clemens. Miss Cleo Clem ens, Mis Margaret Zellers. Scott Smith, Earnest Kennedy, Mrs. H. B. Clemens, Mrs. Annie Kennedy and Mrs. H. R. Gelb. PETER E. MEII.LER BURIED Marysville, Pa., Jan. I.—Funeral ser vices for Peter E. Meiller, aged 71 years, who died Thursday near Sum merdale, were held from the home of his son, Albert Mellier, yesterday. Ser vices were conducted by the Rev. J. F. Wiggins, of the Church of God. Burial was made in the Chestnut Grove Ceme tery. niBl.E CLASS CONVENTION Marysville, Pa., Jan. 1. Extensive preparations were announced for the first annual convention of Perry County Organized Adult Bible Classes, which will he held at Duncannon on Wed nesday, January 10. Dr. B. S. Forsythe, State superintendent of the Organized Adult Bible Department, will be the principal speaker. COUNCIL, MEETING POSTPONED New Cumberland. Pa., Jan. 1. Borough council which was to have held a meeting this evening, will meet to morrow evening instead. William Sloat. of York county, who purchased old Hotel Cumberland and several other properties In Water street will have the matter brought up in reference to put ting in a switch. Social and Personal News of Towns Along West Shore Mrs. Jennie Kline, of New Cumber land, visited Mrs. Lyman Hertzler at I Carlisle last week. ! Miss Catherine Hoover, of Hagers | town, M. D., spent th week-end with i M. L. Baker's family at New Cumber j land. j Miss Flora Bowers, of New Cumber land, has returned from a visit to jfreinds at York. Miss Ada Long, of Shippensburg, is visiting Miss Mildred Fogelsonger at New Cumberland. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Leaf, of New Cumberland, are visiting Mrs. Leafs parents, Mr.and Mrs. George Ruhl at Baltimore. George D. Snyder and daughter, of Carlisle, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Paden at New Cumberland. Mis Elizabeth Pencil, of Annville, is the guest of Mis Miriam Lenhart at New Cumberland. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Yetter and two Children, of New Cumberland, are visit ing relatives in Baltimore. Mrs. Emma Strawsbaugh and son. of Sparrows Point, ar visiting Mrs. Cath erine Cook at New Cumberland^ Eugene Milleanus. of Goldsboro, vis ited friends at New Cumberland, yester day. Mrs. Bailey Oster, of New Cumber land, spent Friday afternoon with friends at Steelton. I. 0. 0. F. Lodge Members Celebrate Anniversary Members of State Capital Lodge, No. 170. Independent Order of Odd Fellows, with their friends, celebrated the sev enty-fifth anniversary of the organlza : tion of the lodge, on Saturday evening. State Capital Lodge is the oldest Odd Fellow organization in the city, and the anniversary celebration was one of the best ever held. The following pro gram was given: Opening ode; prayer by Mr. Hanlen, of Hummelstotvn; ad | dress of welcome, W. B. Grlssinger; re | Ply, the Rev. A. M. Stamets, member I of No. 1,120, I. O. O. F.;-music, Richard | Potter quartet; recitation. "King Rob ert-Sicily," Mrs. G. E. Ellis; piano duet, ! "Autumn Days," Misses Fentmeyer and Mehring; address, Judge S. J. M. Mc jCarrell; impersonations. Chester It. | Kirk; music, Richard Potter quartet; acrobatic act, the Kunkle brothers; piano solo. Miss Myers; recitation, "Father's Initiation In the Odd Fel- I lows," Miss Ulie Maugans; music, quar- Jtet: piano solo, Miss Myers; recitation. | "The Bald Headed Man," Mrs. G. E. I Ellis. Refreshments were served at | the close of the program. Arrange ments were made by the following com | mittee: Chairman, George M. Dobson; W. B. Grlssinger, J. C. Ernest. C. E. Gray, C. M. Fentmeyer, J. D. Wagner, Paul Sellers, It. E. Wagner, B. Lloyd and C. S. Shelley, secretary. COUNTY READILY BREAKS RECORDS [Continued From First Pago] | the figures of his predecessors. In the | marriage license bureau, for instance, just 127 more licenses were issued dur- I ing 1916 than in 1915—1,441 as com- I pared to 1,314. Eighty more deeds and mortgages were handled and the other business inrceased correspond ingly to such an extent that Recorder Lentz will divide with the county the I largest sum In excess fees that a re corder ever turned in. By Recorder .lames E. Lentz Hearty co-operation on the part of i Deputy Recorder ('. N'lssley Mumma, 1 Marriage Clerk Jacob Alvord and the | rest of the clerical staff combined with 'the recorder's own geniality -ami busi ness eye for details produced just what Mr. Lentz had set out to develop when he took hold of the office—an office I conducted on purely modern efficiency ; lines. I With the advent of the new year Recorder Lentz will further eco ! noinlcally increase tho oflice efficiency | by putting in another book typewriter for transcription purposes. Two such i machines were installed during the I past year. By adding this equipment j the recorder has been able to dispense with the services of two transcribing I clerks, J. li. Sheesley and Joshua W. : Gross. Sheesley Is a appointee; ! Gross has been a clerk In the re corder's office for more than fourteen j years. Their resignations became ef fective to-day. Register Danner. Too What was true of Recorder Lentz's ! office was equally true of Register of | Wills R. C. Danner'a department so HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH ■( ' every musical longing Ijj Hi is satisfied iHI ■■§ . # # IBa When this wonderful instrument brings right into your " I home a wealth of the world's best music, fairly dazzling in the g wideness. of its scope and the array of talented artists interpreting it, you pf I wan^ your family to enjoy this pi Journet, Martinelli, McCormack, eflß^ElS| m| liff Melba, Ruffo, Schumann-Heink, \l|H|J@|ll}[,lSll I 111/ Scotti, Sembrich, Tetrazzini, White- ISIRIJJI if t! H! J ill llf gill hill, Williams, Witherspoon, Wer- Vlgi^ii||!|lSliSl II ' !|j|lj| renrath, and a host of other great 1 ji||tMp!Slffl|Mßj|i ||| Mi artists sing for you; of having El- llw|?I £| jill' §1 llii II :! man, Kreisler, Paderewski, Powell, II&1&':iii Zimbalist and other famous instru mentalists play for you; of hearing J | ■ill! Sousa's Band, Pryor's Band Con- W way's Band, Vessella's Band, Victor ¥ IjM B Herbert's Orchestra and other cele brated' musical organizations; of enjoying the inimitable witti cisms of Harry Lauder, Nora Bayes, Raymond Hitchcock, |jg|jjj jgiill Mizzi Hajos, and other leading entertainers! Whether the home actually feels the need of music, or g| | whether it is already gay with melody, no home can afford to be without the exquisite music produced by this greatest of all musical instruments. F "ZIM Daily demonstrations at all Victor dealers'. Go today and hear the kind of music you like best. The Victor dealer in your neighborhood will gladly play it for you and dcmon- strate the various styles of the Victor and Victrola —$10 to S4OO. gp~ j FT" Victor Talking Machine Co., Camden, N. J. £|j- ■ -j Important Notico. All Victor T.ndrii Machine, are patented and are only UcentmJ. and with ffchtof g||=||||| Records only. AU Victor Records are patented and are only licm—d. and with right of use on Victor Talking Mac y gf__agj| Victor Records and Victor Machines are aclantißcally coordinated and aynchronlied by our apectal proceaa manufacture: and their uae. except with each other, ia not only unauthorl.ed. but damasln* and uniatl.taetory. * Now Victor Raconb damonatratad at all dealara on the 2th of aacb Booth | Victrola f far as net gain to the county is con cerned. During the year Mr. Danner probated 216 wills and issued 200 let ters of administration, earning just $4,767.42 in fees. The expenses of the office, including the register's salary of $2,000, salary of Clerk James G. Miles, payment of postage bills, etc., totaled $3,577.93, which netted excess fees of $1,299. The county and the register divide these fees on a fifty-rlfty basis, which gave both just $594.75 —the largest share over turned in from this office. Roughly speaking. Register Danner did about SSOO more busings during the past .year than in the pre vious twelvemonth, his report for 1915 showing a total earning of $4,223.61. Furthermore, despite his physical in firmities, the register was on the job every day with the exception of nine dnys in which he was confined to his bed. Kfflcicncy in Poor Hoard Dauphin county's Poor Board, con ducted on a business efficiency basis, began the new year by electing Thomas S. Manning. Londonderry, as president; Fernando Ixmdermllch, Halifax, as treasurer, and Frank B. Snavely as purchasing agent. W. J. Bayles and George YV. Ilensel were reappointed chief clerk and assistant, respectively. Poor physicians for the ensuing year were apportioned as follows: First ward. Dr. H. R. Weiner; Sec ond, Dr. G. G. Snyder; Third and Fourth, LJU\ .1. K. Dickinson; Fifth and Sixth, Dr. H. P. Eisenhart; Seventh, Dr. J. H. Rahter; Klghth, Dr. A. L. Page: Ninth, Dr. J. Ix>y Arnold; Tenth, Dr. W. T. Janies; Kleventh, Dr. R. L. Perkins; Twelfth, Dr. C. D. Batdorf; Thirteenth, Dr. C. 15. D. Keene. These physicians will attend white patients only, the colored patients of the city east of the Pennsylvania railroad be ing in the care of Dr. C. K Carter, while those west of the railroad will be under Dr. C. H. Crampton's eye. Want $75,000 in 1017 The Poor Directors requisitioned the County Commisloners for an appro priation of $75,000 with which to con duct the poor needs of the county dur ing 1917. This is about $5,000 above last year's allowance. Installation of a new cold storage system, construc tion of new livestock quarters, etc., re- CA"STORIA For Infants and Childnn. Bears th® The Kind You Han Always Bought *** quiro the additional funds. The annual financial report of the directors shows some remarkable re sults in the handling of county funds. While plenty of good food and cloth ing were provided for the Inmates at the county home, there was enough and to spare of vegetables, beef, etc., so that some good sales of the surplus by Purchasing Agent Snavely netted the board some $5,000. The story is readily told in the comparison with the amounts available and the bal ances at the end 1916 as compared with the close of 1915. Sorno .Comparisons The total requisition on the County Commissioners In 1916 was $65,000 as compared to requisitions of $67,500 by the previous board. During the year the present board earned $5,217.41 as compared to $3,877.07 by Its prede cessor; made permanent improve ments In the way of new buildings, an irrigating system, repainted and reno vated barn, etc., put in new type beds and so on at an expense or $5,060.18 as compared to an expenditure of $3,209.04 for Improvements by the old board. The total cash available dur ing 1916 was $70,217.41 and the total expenditure was $70,197.56, leaving a balance of $19.85. In 1915 the total cash available was $71,377.07, the ex penditures $71,150.34, leaving a bal ance of $226.53. Cost to Uic County The net cost to the county in 1916, Including maintenance of almshouse. Improvements, outsldo expenses, such us outdoor and quarantine relief, main tenance of insane, children in private homes and institutions, support of the colored nursery for a time, social workers' and nurses' services, etc., was exactly $64,980.15, whilo In 1915 tlic item cost the county $67,273.47. During the past year the number of days' support given vagrants and In mates was 67,344, as compared to 74,917 in 1915; the average weekly per capital cost was $2.69Va, as against $2.34 in 1915. and the average dally cost per capita was 39 cents, as compared to 33 2-5 cents in 1915. In the Commissioners' Office No chanses of any character were made in the County Commissioners' 1 TANUARY 1 1917. office. President Charles C. Cumbler, Hlghspire, was re-elected president and Ed. H. Fisher chief clerk. The remainder of the clerical force was retained. The commissioners made some sal ary readjustments, too. Chief Clerk Fisher's salary having been raised from SIOB to $125 per month. Court house Custodian C. R. Peters got a $5 raise per month, his pay having been boosted from SBO to sßs' per Sentanel Kidney Pills Put life into lame backs Every box makes good. Xw 50c any druggist. The Sentanel Remedies Co., Inc. Cincinnati, Ohia WWwwwwßW^^m t Break That Cold! Genuine Sentanel Cold Tablets remove the cause and get results quickly. No quinine. No habit forming drugs. 25c any druggist. The Sentanel Remedies Co., Inc, Cincinnati, Ohio month. All the the old employes were, retained. Within a few days the county' 3 budget will be ready for the consid eration of the commissioners, as County Controller H. W. Cough waited until the final closing of all accounts for the old year before preparing his figures for the new twelvemonth. The tax rate will bo fixed some time in February and It is expected to remain, as at present—4 mills.
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