2 NEWS OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND CITY'S SUBURBS ! ANOTHER SCHOOL ! FOR MT. UNION Town Growing So Rapidly That New Building Is Planned For Near Future Mt. Vnion. Pa., March I.—Although 111. L'nion has just completed a SOO,- 000 schoolbuilding, the hustling bor ough will be compelled to build an other one. This time a much larger 1 amount will be expended. The pres ent grade building is nearing a point i where it cannot be used and with the' rapid growth of the town provision j will have to be made to accommodate about 1.000 pupils. The board of directors has appoint- : erl C. V. Hackman superintendent of the Refractories Brick Company. I. N. ! Taylor assistant postmaster an(f W. O. j l'ildo, 1.. N. (.'rum and W. P. Barley; a committee to investigate the old. building, propose a site and make] plans for a new building. A citizens' meeting is called for to- ! morrow night and in all probability, Jit. l'nion will now get a building of about twice the size of the recently i completed one. Halifax P. O S. of A. Will Try to Get New Orphanage Halifax, Pa., March I.—Halifax is making a big effort to secure the next! P. O. S. of A. orphanage, which will shortly bo erected in Pennsylvania. At a_ meeting of Washington Camp No. 576 on Tuesday evening a resolution j was passed urging every member to do his utmost to have a site near town selected. The P. O. S. of A. has a i membership of nearly 120,000 in this; State. Annual Bohemian Night of Gamma Delta Girls Williamstown. Pa.. March I.—The girls of the Gamma Delta Room held their annual Bohemian night at their room on Monday. The room was deco rated artistically and the evening was . pleasantly spent in card playing, danc- ' Ing and music. The girls and the char- - acters which they represented were as' follows: Emily Reigle. "Mrs. Wiggs of Cab- ! bage Patch:" Florence Kaufman. Milk i Maid: Elizabeth Moss, Yama Yama; Bessie Moffet. Baby Doll; Nina Schaf- ; fer. Cupid: Ethel Berry, Flora Finch: j Helen Moyer, Mary Pickford: Hen-! rietta Haerter, Gold Dust Twin: Helen Durbin. Gold Dust Twin; Estella Mof fett. Farmer Cornstossil: Bertha Kinsey. Colonel Trexler; Eva Ralph, i General P?rshing; Alma Byerly, Gen-' eral Bell: Esther Marlow. Lieutenant Joseph Hoffman: Anna Hines. Killifer of the Phillies: Jane Moffett, Bob Fol well; Amy Moyer, Charlie Chaplin: | Anna Miller, Si Perkins: Mary Budd. | Dutch Cleanser: Alma Thompson, Mr. [ Sid Chaplin: Alice Moffett. Mrs. Ver-i non Castle: Mae Thompson. Mr. Ver- I non Castle; Mary Watkeys, Very Good Eddie; Hazel Walkinshaw, Sis Hop-1 kins. MISFORTTNES FOLLOW QUICKLY Sunbury, Pa., March I.—The rule of vftree strangely followed itself at the i yn>ome qf H. F. Clemmer, a Sunbury | M business man. First his daughter, H. Ruth Clemmer. was taken ill of an undetermined disease and died. Then ; his father-in-law, Levi Bachman, 7u years old. of Allentown, was stricken : ill after he came here to attend the j funeral, and died of heart disease. To /- day, a niece. Miss Florence Kenny, 1 was taken ill with appendicitis. . MRS. WILLIAM MURPHY DIES Dillsburg. Pa.. March I.—Mrs. Wil-- liani Murphy, wife of a well-known farmer in Carroll township, died at her home Monday evening, about 9 o'clock. She had undergone a serious operation at the Harrisburg Hospital last summer and never be came strong. She was 48 years old. The funeral was held from the home ! this morning. The body was taken to ; Dover by team and burial was made in the cemetery at the Salem Church, j The Rev. George Eveler, assisted by i the pastor of Salem Church, had charge of the services. TO IJIGHT HOTEL AND COTTAGES Waynesboro, March I.—Waynes-! boro will furnish light for the Buena Vista Springs hotel and surrounding i cottages this season and hereafter, the old acetylene system having been thrown into the discard. The lin- i proved lighting equipment will include! the large hotel, the garage, the tea room on Monterey avenue, and four) cottages belonging to Colonel George K. McGaw, of Baltimore. Current will i be furnished by the Waynesboro Elec tric Light and Power Company. Your eyes are worthy of the beat attention you can give tliem. Bel •lngcr glasses can be had as low J.3HTT6SER 205 LOCUST ST. Optometrists Opp. Orpheum Theater Eyes Examined No Drop* i > HEADtI li AItTEUS FUR SHIRTS SIDES & SIDES V——— i I Front St., Near Pine i w tib Conference From > March 4th to March 10th CONDUCTED BY The Rev. J. O. S. DAILY Hi r. m. Holy Communion. 4.30 p. m. Children's Service. 8 p. m. Popular Preaching Service. - Everybody Welcome I THURSDAY EVENING, ' Claude M. Stouffer, Band Director, Goes to Loysville Carlisle, Pa., March I.—lt became j known here to-day that Claude M.; Stouffer. for several years musical di rector yf the Carlisle Indian School, : who has lately gained prominence as j an orchestra leader in this section, lias i accepted the position as director of ! music at the Loysville Industrial ! School and will take up his duties j there April 1. He has also been se lected as field agent of the school. Mr. Stouffer resigned his position as or ganist and choir director in the First I Lutheran Church after serving sixteen years. He came to Carlisle in 1900 to enter Dickinson College and was for j I several years director of the musical organizations at that institution. He | served for ten x£ llrs as musical dlre'c i tor at tlve Indian School. Food Prices in Lancaster County 91 Years Ago . Marietta. Pa.. March I.—Henry S. I Rich, cashier of the First National; 1 Bank of Marietta, lias in his possession | valuable old newspaper, called the; j Pioneer and County Advertiser, print- | 'ed in Marietta in 1828. ninety-one 1 years ago. It is in a good state of preservation. It gives prices of the j following commodities: Lard. 6 cents pound; wheat, 76 cents bushel; pota , toes, 3 7 cents per bushel; butter, 10 cents pound; eggs. 8 cents per dozen; ham, 8 cents per pound; flitch, 6 cents I per pound, etc/ John Huss was the ; editor. Banquet and Parade in Honor of Lewistown Co. \ Lewistown, Pa., March I.—A big demonstration in honor of Company s M, Eighth Regiment, N. G. P., which ! returned home from the Mexican bor- | der on .Sunday, will be held this even- j j ing. There will be a parade of Coin- : ; pany M and the following other or ganizations: The Veterans of the j Spanish-American war, the Grand 1 Army of the Republic, the Patriotic i Order Sons of America and the tire department. Speeches will be made by ' prominent citizens and bronze medals will be presented to each member of , | Company M, by Burgess Leopold, af- j • ter which the soldiers will be banquet- i i od. Colonel John S. Garret is chairman of the soldiers' committee and will j I lead the parade. He was assisted in I preparing the reception by William | F. Eckbert, Jr., M. M. Myers, Harvey ! Burkett, Burgess Leopold and others, j Romance of School Days Ends in Hagerstown Manse Carlisle,' Pa., March I..—Friends I here were surprised to learn to-day of the romantic end of a schooltlme friendship, when they were informed that John F. Gillespie, a member of' the class of 1919 at the Dickinson School of Law, and Miss Verna Erd- j ; man had been married Monday at ; Hagerstown. Both are from Shamo kin, and attended the high school j I there together. Miss Erdman is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Erd man, and came here last Friday to; 1 attend a week-end house party held! by the Sigma Chi fraternity, follow- j : ing which the young couple left for ! ; Hagerstown. Edgar Thompson, ofj Carlisle, and Miss Margaret Francis, j of Shamokin, were attendants. Co. G Mustered Out of Federal Service at Carlisle i Carlisle, Pa., March I.—With a long j cheer the members of Company G, j Eighth Pennsylvania Infantry, at 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon greeted, the announcement by Lieutenant O. H. ; Saunders, United States Army officer, that they were formally mustered out of the Federal service. The men ex-1 pect to be paid within a few days. To-night a monster testimonial din ner will be held under the auspices of the Carlisle Chamber of Commerce for the men from Carlisle in all organi gations and for their wives and sweet ; hearts. The lodges of Eagles and Owls will also hold banquets, as will the Carlisle Band, for enlisted members j I and various private Individuals. | A big social event will be a dance j held next Tuesday evening by the Lotos Club, an organization of the | , younger set. in honor of its members i who were in the service. j XO ACTION* OX FARM AGENT ; Carlisle, Pa.. March I.—Asking one week to consider the financial ques-1 ition and the sentiment throughout the 'county, the members of the Board of | County Commissioners postponed ac tion on the request of the Board of Directors of the recently formed Cum berland County Farm Bureau Assocla- 1 tion for a $1,200 appropriation for the expenses of a farm agent during the ; coming year. Headed by T. A. Ca- j vothers, the president, the directors presented a petition signed by a num ber of prominent landowners asking this action. Mr. Carothers and County ; Superintendent J. Kelso Green spoke in favor of the plan. PERRY PROPERTIES SOLD Blain, Pa., March. 1. —Charles R. I Hench. wheelwright, of Blain, has I purchased the farm property of Mrs. | William A. Owings, at Stony Point, fori $1,400. George W. GutshaH, of Blain, has bought the William Hockenberry property in Jackson township. Con sideration $275. BELL-ANS ' Absolutely Removes Indigestion, One package proves it 25c at all druggists. HARRJfIBURO TELEGRXPE j^^C" 9 "* ""l ***** ' .JST* m"M < jgggjA4* JL. jK j - .■" " IS" "'"" s " Wkmm • H '~''vr-\e*(§j^^.~ : -~-<: :fSs> :isttr- Malm: - ' Camp Hill, Pa., March 1. —Members of the blrdhouse building class of the borough schools are shown ibove. The class is instructed in this work weekly by a committee from the Camp Hill Civic Club and Is doing rood work. In a few weeks work on all the houses will be completed by the boys and prizes will be awarded :o the best builders. SUBURBAN PERSONAL NOTES / DILLS BURG ' Joseph Comfort, formerly a resident of this section and road inspector on the Harrisburg-Gettysburg highway, was in town Monday saying goodby to his many triends. Mr. Comfort will leave New York by boat on Friday noon for New Orleans and from there he will go by train to Phoenix, Ariz. The members of Camp No. 111, P. ! O. S. of A., are endeavoring to do their share in increasing the membership of the order this year. At Jheir regular meeting Monday evening seven new j members were initiated. ' Amelia Bender on Monday sold to ; Joseph Grove, of It. D. No. 4, the dwelling house on the west side of South Baltimore street belonging, to the Bender estate. DAUPHIN An addition is being built to the brick plant at Speeceville and also a room which will be used for the office force. If the weather continues fa : vorable the plant will reopen soon, j The Ladies' Aid Society of the Unit ed Evangelical Church will meet at the home of Mrs. Leroy McKissick, in ! South Erie street on Tuesday evening, < March ti. Election of officers will be t held. Robert Frey will move to the prop ! erty of H. C. Frantz, Frantzville : Heights, and Oscar Stuck to the farm jof David Hoffman, Clarke valley, on j March 1. News Items of Interest in Central Pennsylvania ' York. The first day of the cam paign to raise 110,000 to satisfy a mortgage and for maintenance of the Young Women's Christian Association 'netted $754.50. York. —The members of Companies | A and K, Eighth Regiment National I Guard of Pennsylvania, were mustered i out yesterday. Allen town. Workmen excavating for the buildings of a new motors cor poration in Allentown found two well j preserved skeletons that must have been there for more than seventy | years. Pottsville.—Ashland Is without its two chemical fire trucks for Sheriff i Litchey to-day replevined them, and had them brought to this city and placed In a garage. ShcniuMoah. —George Nickora, 6 years old, was run down by a trolley car and dragged 15 feet before the car could be stopped. He was only | slightly Injured. 1 Littlestown. —Pupils of'the schools I here have started a fund to secure a ! public playground. They are selling j waste paper, the campaign being in charge of their teachers. Shamokin. The Rev. William W. Whalen, for two years connected with the local St. Edward's Catholic Church, left yesterday for Orrtanna, near Get tysburg, to assume a -new charge. York.—Joseph S. Myers, 63, one of the oldest employes of the York Rail ways Company, died suddenly yester day while on his way to work. Death ; was caused by acute indigestion. Wllkes-Barre.—Edward M. Corri gan, of Browntown, has been appoint- I ed as a cadet to the West Point Mili j tary Academy, and Joseph Seleteskl 1 has been appointed to the Annapolis Naval Academy. APPOINTED EXAMINER New Bloomfield, Pa., March I.—Dr. X. SchaefTer, Superintendent of Public Instruction, hasireappointed the i Rev. U. Thomas Fox president of the | examining board to examine appli j cants for permanent State teachers' certificates in the Nineteenth district, 'comprising Lebanon, Dauphin, Cuni ! berland and Perry counties. The other I members of the board are W. H. Fahnestock, of Harrisburg, and W. M. Heilman, of Cleona. Examination will be held at Harrisburg August 2 and 3. LICENSE REMONSTRANCES New Bloomfield, Pa., March I.—Re ' monstrances against hotel licenses I have been filed against applications in j Perry county as follows: McClellan I Cox, Blain; Samuel F. Seal, Buffalo , townshp; W. H. Power, Loysville; j George W. Rhoads and H. R. White, Marysvllle; F. J. Kerstetter and John jW. Deitrlck, Millerstown; Charles J. Reeder and Paul R. Flurie, Newport. MRS. AMANDA SWEIGARD DIES Halifax. Pa., March 1. —Mrs. An , drew Swcigard, of Halifax, died yes terday morning at the home of her : daughter, Mrs. Green, at Steclton, fol ! lowing a short illness. She is survived Iby five children: Mrs. Green, of Steel ton; William Sweigard, of Penbrook; I Ephraim Sweigard, of near Llngles- I town, and David G. Sweig-ird, and Mrs. | James M. Straw, of town. The body j will be brought hero to the home of j her daughter in Armstrong street, i where funeral services will take place ! Sunday afternoon al 2 o'clock. Burial 'will be made In the Methodist Episco j pal Cemetery. HIGH SCHOOL PUPIL DIE& | Waynesboro. Pa., March I.—Miss i Kathryn Bretzler, aged 18. died Tues | day at her home here. She had betm (confined to her bed since December 15. She was a member of the sopho j more class of the Waynesboro High I School, and was a member St. Paul's I Reformed Sunday school and church. I She is survived by her parents, Mr. and I Mrs. William E. Bretzler, and six ! brothers and sisters. Illr One "BROWO <II'IK IMS" To got the genuine, call for full name, NAXATIVB HROMO QUININE. Look for signature of E. W. OHOVE. Cures a Cold iu One Day. 25c. ✓ CAMP HILL BOYS IN BIRD HOUSE CONTEST HALIFAX Mrs. O. J. Cooper, who underwent j a serious surgical operation at the ! Harrisburg Hospital last Saturday, is reported to be improving. Mrs. L. W. Ryan entertained the members of her Sunday school class of j the Methodist Church at her home in | Market street Monday evening, i H. D. lletsler, a clerk at the rail i road station, has been promoted to a ! similar position at Northumberland. Mrs. J. W. Clemson is critically ill at her home on Clemson's island. The Rev. J. C. Pease preached a sermon to the members of Washing j ton Camp, No. 576, P. O. S. of A., in Trinity Reformed Church Sunday | evening. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. McClellan spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Straw, at Highsplre. Mr. and Mrs. William Alvords an j nounce the birth of a son, Monday, i February 26. William Jury and Harry Shellen berger spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Still at Hummels ' town. | Advance Spring Showing of New Spring Styles | I In Ladies' Suits, Dresses, Skirts, Coats and Millinery | I At the Big Store Outside High Price District js I We are unable to resist showing these spic-span new creations and letting you share in the ♦♦ enjoyment of comparison. If you have the least desire to familiarize yourself with the forth- XX coming season s latest styles visit this big store and compare our values with your favorite ti store. - , * H We have clothed MILLIONS of famijies the past 47 years. We enjoy facilities and buy- & ing power no other store can. Our Credit Prices are LOWER than others. Cash Prices—our 8 QUALITY is as good. • XX I# Silk Dresses $9.98 to $35.00 '* New Spring Suits .. . $9.98 to $75.00 j|| Serge Dresses $7.75 to $30.00 3S New Spring Coats ••. $7.75 to $60.00 ♦♦ ♦♦ Silk Skirts $6.75 to $28.00 Suits few Winter Coats, including + H Sersre Skirts $2.98 to $15.00 **** h , Velour and Mixtures at practi- U XI cally your own price. ' ♦♦ '•xx XX Specials in Furniture Pieces, Rugs, Carpets, Linoleum and Everything to Furnish the ♦♦ .±X Home and Clothe the Entire"Family—Men's Spring Suits and Top Coats Arriving Daily. XX I Gately and Fitzgerald Supply Co. § !H [ HOME I 29-31-33 &35 S. Second St. f FAMILY I H :: | FURNISHERS THE DIFFERENT KIND OF A CREDIT STORE \CLOTHIERS HI'MMELSTOWN The stork left a daughter at the : home of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Zerfoss i several days ago. This is the first girl in tha family. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Breckenmalter spent Sunday evening at Harrisburg. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Rhan visited at Philadelphia over Sunday. Ernest Shope has gone to Minneap olis, where he will be in charge of the I Elllott-Flsher Typewriter works. For | the past three years he has worked l for the company at Harrisburg. The Rev. Allen K. Faust, of Sendal, i Japan, delivered a missionary address in the Reformed Church on Sunday evening and Miss Jessie Brewer, who . has represented the Lutheran Church in India for the past fifteen years, spoke In Zion Lutheran Church. Mr. and Mrs. Charles I. Holler en , tertained the following relatives on Sunday: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Holler, Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Holler, Miss ' Sadie Holler, Leroy Holler, Miss Ruth Holler, Mrs. William Holler, Christian ! Holler and M'ss Annie Weber. MARCH 1, 1917. Three Sets of Triplet Lambs in Three Years Blain, Pa., March I.—Edward M. Wilt, auctioneer and progressive farmer, has raised a cwo that has given birth to nine lambs in three years. The last set of triplets were born several days ago and are doing well. So far Mr. Wilt has raised all the offspring of this rare mother of the sheep family. WILL ATTEND BANQUET Wormleysburg, Pa., March I.—J. J. IHemmer, district president of the P. O. S. of A., and the Rev. S. E. Vance will attend the annual banquet of the P. O. S. of A. Camp at New Kingston this evening. The Rev. Vance will make an address. IRuskin once said that the value of a horse was in your ability to bridle him; —hands- high jmd pounds - weight are The value of an automobile is measured by its ability to §§§&§§ jj j|j| ;fl, deliver satisfaction, service and long life. All other considera- HpgSs tions are secondary. Measured by this standard I#®!?® the Cadillac is the most val iijijijijl uable automobile built today. ill CRISPEN MOTOR CAR CO. IB iljlwg 311-815 S. Cameron Street HARRISBURG, PA. gfi®© Frightened Doe Jumps Into Chicken Yard Near Pen Mar Waynesboro, Pa., March I.—A largo doe deer, bleeding at the mouth anil fegged, as if run hard by dogs, jumped over the gate of the chicken yard of School Director John A. Johnston, fruit grower, near Pen-Mar Park, shortly before noon Tuesday. Tho animal rested for a' little while and then endeavored lo find its way out. It repeatedly tried to leap over tho wiro fenco around the yard, but tho strands were too high. It Jumped against tlio wire with such force that. Mr. Johnston was afraid that the dot) would break her neck. Finally, Mr. Johnston drovo the animal toward tho gate over which it had entered tho yard, and it went over it with a great bound and raced into the mountains.
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