2 NEWS OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND CITY'S SUBURBS Wheat Sells at Dillsburg For Highest Price in Years Dillsburg, Pa., March 12.—Wheat made another advance here on Fri day. The grainmen were ottering $1.90 per bushel, the highest price o fie red here for more than twenty hic years. Corn was ottered for SI.OO per bushel and eggs dropped to 20 cents per dozen. Contractor H. E. Williams yester day started building an addition to the farmhouse belonging to Georgel Markley at Williams' Grove. Jacob Curl spent several days with bis granddaughter at Duncannon. .Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cassell, accom panied by Ervin Cassell, a brother, left yesterday for Detroit, Mich. The two young men have two brothers. George and Frank, living at Detroit, 1 who for some time past have been working in the employ of the Ford automobile factory. Morrett Coover yesterday attended the farmers' meeting held at York. J. J. Klugh has secured the services of Levi Arndt to assist with the work at the lumber yard during the year. WILI.IAMSTOWN The funeral of Mrs. George Dond; who died at her home in East Market street, was held Saturday. Burial was made in the Methodist Episcopal. cemetery. Mrs. Bond was aged SO i years and is survived by her husband, five sons and one daughter. Mrs. Wilson Hettinger, of Harris- 1 burg, and Mrs. Sophia Matter, of j l.ykens, were visitors at the home of, James Welsh. Ralph Lutz is spending several days j with his parents at Dauphin. Mrs. Samuel Cox, of Lykens, was a visitor at the home of Charles Nash. ! Mrs. James Newton, of Lykens, was | a guest of Miss Olive Budd. Thomas Bond, Jr., of Eddystone, is the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.l Thomas Bond. Mrs. Josephine Haller returned to| her home at Harrisburg after spend ing several weeks at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Ray Thompson. Miss Vivian Moore, of l.ykens, spent a day as the guest of Miss Margaret! Budd. Thomas Parcasco and George Nace j left for Renovo, where they have se cured employment. Thomas Wagner, who is employed 1 at Renovo, spent the past week with his family here. Miss Esther Bond, of Philadelphia, attended the funeral of her grand mother, Mrs. George Bond. HIGH WATER CLOSES SCHOOL New Buffalo, Pa., March 12.—The Haldeman Island school has been' closed during the past several days; due to the fact that the teacher, Miss Sara Cromlelgh, has been unable to get across the branch because of the high water and the ice. CAM MI DATE FOR RE-ELECTION New Bloomlleld, Pa., March 10.— I S. E. Arnold, c " Sandy Hill district, has announced himself as a candidate for re-election as jury commissioner. Nearly Crazy With j Pimples on Face; Cuticura Heals Very Sore and Itchy, Caused Scratch ing. 2 Cakes Cuticura Soap and One Box Cuticura Ointment Healed. Cost sl. 'Sometimes at niplit my entire fact would get very sore and itchy,Vand after wards I noticed pimples and blackheads , coming. The pimples which were scat tered all over my face and chin were very hard and sore causing me to scratch them, artd then they would bleed. At night I would nearly go cra/y. "I read in the paper how another girl i suffered the same as I, and had found relief with the Cuticura Soap and Oint- | ment so 1 sent for a sample. When I used the sample I could feel a difference so I bought two cakes of Cuticura Soap and one box of Ointment and 1 was all healed." (Signed) Miss Katherine Ker nan, 2830 E. Indiana Ave., Philadelphia. Pa., Oct. 21, 1916. The majority of skin and scalp troubles might be prevented by using Cuticura Soap exclusively for all toilet purposes. On the slightest sign of redness, rough ness, pimples or dandruff, apply a little Cuticura Ointment. For Free Sample Each by Return Mail address post-card: "Cuticura, Dept. H, Boston." Sold everywhere. *0.50~j" £B*4 ROUND TRIP Philadelphia A city rich In historic mcmoricn. SUNDAY, MARCH 18 Special Train l.rnvri HARIUSHLHU 7.00 A. M. Itrlurnlng, Irinrn I'HILAUtI.I'HIA .. 7.00 P. )|, IE7 See City Hull Tower, (.pen 12.30 to 4.00 P. M., In tlrprnilruve Hull, opru 1.00 to 4.U0 I*. H„ Memorli.l Hull and Academy of Klnr Arts, open t.OO to S.OO l\ M., Commercial un." Pennsylvaniaß.R. * * FLORIDA "BY SEA" Baltimore to JACKSONVILLE (Calling at Savannah) Dellsbttul Sail Ftae Steamer*. Lon Kurca. Best Service. Plan Your Trip to Include "Finest Coastwise Trips in the World" UHiatrated Booklet on Bequest. M KltCllA NTS * Ml Mills TK.IAs. CO. W. P. TIiKNBK. C. P. A. Halt.., MiH.'ilimifjfi) Noii-gieuo) t'uilel Clcain Keeps | the Skin Soft and Velvety in Hough I Weather. An Exquisite Toilet Prep- i aration, 26c. UUItUAS' DltOG STOItES 18 M. Third ht.. and P. It. It. Station I MONDAY EVENING, Welfare League Plans to Have Vacant Lots Farmed Lemoyne, Pa., March 12.— Plans for reducing the high cost of living are being worked out by the Welfare League of Lemoyne. It js purposed to ■ take advantage of the vacant lots in I town in the early spring and have . the school children farm and culti- I vate them. On predictions by mer- I chants of the, town that the present day prices are nothing compared with i what the future ones will be, league members are become anxious that Lemoyne be well taken care of. At present a membership campaign !is being waged. Dr. Edgar S. Evcr j hart and Mrs. .John E. Myers are i heading this work. Predictions of Big Peach Crop in'South Mountain Waynesboro. Pa., March 12.—That the peach and apple crops in Wash ington county, Frederick county and throughout the southern portion of Pennsylvania kh's year will be record breakers unless a cold wave should I come during budding season, is the : prediction made by the large fruit ! growers throughout this section. The trees are in tine condition, having suffered no damage during the winter. EGGS SELL AT 24 CEXTS Waynesboro, Pa., March 12.—A ; merchant of Maplegrove journeyed to Horse Valley last week and succeeded jin gathering up over three hundred dozen eggs in a little while among !the farmers living between Stenger | and Freestone. Eggs are now selling in the markets of Waynesboro at 24 j cents per dozen. HOME FROM EI"ROPE Waynesboro, Pa., March 12. H. A. Irvin. a representative of the Landis Tool Company, this place, who has ' been located in London. England, and ; other points in Europe for several | months, arrived in Waynesboro yes i terday to spend several days. Mr. i Irvin will not return to England at present, but will go to Russia, where | he will represent the local company. PASTOR REAPPOINTED Blain. Pa., March 12.—The Rev. W. E. Smith, who has been pastor of the Perry United Evangelical Church [ charge for several years, was reap -1 pointed at the recit meeting of con ference at East Prospect. The charge 1 includes the Stony Point church, lo cated three miles north of this place. ELECTRIC COMPANIES MERGED Waynesboro, Pa., March 12.—Con solidation of the Antrim, Guilford, j Quincy and Washington Township ; Electric Light Companies and the Waynesboro Electric and Power Com pany has been ef.'ected. The capital stock of the new company is $50,000. EUROPEAN WAR TROPHIES New Cumberland, Pa., Mareh 12. A number of European war trophies I are on exhibition In H. E. Wright's ! clothing store in Third street. $250 FOR ORPHANS' HOME Loysville, Pa., March 12. —Tressler I Orphans' Home, of this place, is the ! recipient of a legacy of $250, by the : will of Jacob Winter, late of York, ! Pa. MARRIED AT PHILADELPHIA New Buffalo, Pa., March J. 2 .♦lice Ruth Arney and John D. Grubb, of Watts township, were married in Philadelphia. APRICOT TREE IN BLOOM Waynesboro. Pa., March 12.—An J apricot tree in the yard of J. W. Stambaugli, at fhambersburg, was in I bloom all last week, but the recent; heavy snow storm put the beautifully j covered tree on the blink! WILD GEESE FLY NORTH Waynesboro, Pa., March 12.—Many I flocks of wild geese were seen this j week flying in a northerly direction. "Tin: NEW MINISTER" Blain. Pa., March 12.—The Loys ville Lutheran Church choir will pie-; sent a play entitled "The New Min-; ister" here in the town hall on March i 31. FIXE COW *>SOLD Bi&in, Pa., March 12.—David E. Book and Harry M. Hall, two farm ers, sold a cow each to a Loysville dealer for S9O and SBO respectively. | The former was a Durham and the latter a Holstein. GIRLS IN SCHOOL OR AT BUSINESS who are delicately constituted, who have thin blood or pale cheeks, will find in SCOTT'S EMULSION a true tonic and a rich food to overcome tiredness, nourish their nerves and feed their blood. Start with SCOTT'S to-day—and say "NO" to substitutes. 6coU & Bowse, Dloomfield, N. J. 16-10 r BAD BREATH Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets Get at the Cause and Remove It Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets, the sub stitute for calomel, act gently on the bowels and positively do the work. People afflicted with bad breath find j quick relief through Dr. Edwards' I Olive Tablets. The pleasant, sugar coated tablets are taken for bad breath by all who know them. Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets act gen tly but firmly on the bowels and liver, stimulating them to natural action, clearing the blood and gently purifying the entire system. 'They do that which dangerous calomel does without any of the bad after effects. All the benefits of nasty, sickening, griping cathartics are derived from Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets without grip ing, pain or any disagreeable effects. Dr. F. M. Edwards discovered the formula after seventeen years of prac tice among patients afflicted with bowel 1 and liver complaint with the attendant bad breath. Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets are pure ly a vegetable compound mixed with olive oil; you will know them by their olive color. Take one or two every i night for a week and note the effect ner box. AU drusarists. Woman Sustains Stroke and Falls Into Water in Cellar Carlisle, Pa., March 12.—Sustaining j a stroke and falling down the cellar I steps, Mrs. John W. Beetem, aged 76, living: near Carlisle, had a narrow I escapd from death, from drowning in backwater from the Conodoguinet creek. ller son George, heard the sound of the fall and found his mother lying unconscious in tlie water. She is in a serious condition from the shock. Ages of Four Columbia Veterans Total 314 Years Columbia, Pa„ March 12.—Four vet- I erans of the Civil war happened to j meet by chance in the office of the Cen [ tral Hotel the other day and on a visitor observing the coincidence, a summary of their age was made when ;it was found that combined it was [314 years. They were: John E. Tyler, I Sr., 84; William Baight, 81; Jack Stein i er. 74, and James Shennbrook, 75. All are enjoying fairly good health. Marysville High School Attendance For Past Year Marysville, Pa'., March 12. —Profes- sor A. E. Deckard, principal of the Marysville High school, has announc ed the list of pupils having perfect attendance records for the past month and also for the year as follows: For the month: Ellen Gault, Mary Deckard, Alda Gault, Adella Smith, Anna Whitmyer, Anna Hammacker, Jeanette Sellers, Margaret Deckard, Anna Aikcijs, Florence Smith, James Benfcr, John Shearer, William Keller, Harvey Bratton, Watson Hippie, Ray mond Kennedy, James Bell, Earl White, Arthur Hill, Norman "Wolf, i Ray Li 1 ley and Scott Smith. For the year: Anna Aikens, Ellen Gault, Jeanette Sellers, Adella Smith, I Florence Smith, Watson Hippie, Scott! Smith, Kay Lilley, Harvey Bratton and William Keller. "POVERTY PARTY" AT ENOLA Enola, Pa., March 12. —Sunday school class No. 1 of Zion Lutheran Church will hold a "poverty party" at the home of Mrs. J. J. Putt, 22 Brick Church road, to-morrow even ing. The proceeds will be for the church debt. A nominal admission fee will be charged, and fines will be imposed on certain articles of dress. I Ice cream, cake and candy will be on sale. MRS. KASSON ENTERTAINS Lemoyne, Pa.. March 12.—Mrs. C. ; D. Kasson, was hostess to members of the Daughters of Ruth Bible class of the Calvary United Brethren Sunday ; school at her home at Washington Heights. Friday evening. The guests included: M. M. Eshelman, the teach- , er; Mrs. Harry Spangler, Mrs. Z. B. ' Kasson, Mrs. Clyde Kasson, Mrs. Jesse Snyder. Mrs. J. C. Firestone. Mrs. I Frank Harro, Mrs. Harry Wagner, j Mrs. Charles Sierer, Mrs. T. J. Bard, j Mrs. William Rapp, Thelma Harro, ' Albert Bard, Jack Kasson, Jack Wag ner and Albert Bard. SAFETY FIRST FOR CHICKS Hammonton, N. J.. March 12. Safety first for chickens is the impelling rea son why the many poultry raisers here abouts are in close sympathy with the ■ tight being wages against the proving 1 grounds of the Bethlehem Steel Com- i panv at Mays Landing. Why? Well, the poulterers fear the vibrations cans- ; ed by the firing of heavy guns would ■ prevent the hatching of chicks. Thev ! point out that thunderclaps have killed ! large quanities of chickens in a certain j stage of embryo. Hammonton is only about tifteen miles from the proving grounds. SATURDAY EVEXING DANCE Dauphin, Pa., March 12.—Attend- j ing the regular Saturday evening, dance were the Misses Martha L. j Cresswell, Ruth Shaffer, Esther Shaf fer, Christine Long, Ellen Feasor, Ethel Forney, Ora Bickel, Susan Jack- j son, Olive Douden, Eleanor Emmert, Sabra Clark; Charles Mellinger and Houston Weaver, of Lancaster; Ralph Seiders, of Steelton: Harold DeVeny, of Miilersburg; William Shannesy, Charles S. Gorberich and Seth Dou den. RECORD PRICE FOR HOGS Marietta, Pa., March 12. Record price for hogs was paid at recent sales, many bring sixteen cents live weight, | which is the highest since the days of the Civil War. There were no choice ones to select from at that. Four teen cents was the prevailing price. RJFLE CARTRIDGE IX COAL West Donegal, Pa., March 12.—Mrs. Mary Gipe is in a serious condition from being struck by a bullet from a 32-caliber cartridge, which was in the coal that she put in the lire Saturday evening. The bullet cannot be lo cated. KINDS 1.%' POTATO Altoona, Pa., March 12. While par ing potatoes for dinner, the knife Mrs iony Rocabello, of HolUdaysburg, was using came in contact with a metal substance, which, upon investigation proved to be a 5 gold piece. The po tatoes were bought several days airo from a farmer for f3 a bushel. Full Crews Cases Are Continued To-day ! Appeal of the Pennsylvania Rail [ road from decisions of the Public Ser , vice Commission in the "locked bag gage car" and "rear end of postal car phases of the full crew cases were continued by the Superior Court to-day until later in the spring when the court opened its annual sitting at the I Capitol to-day. The Beaver Valley | water case, involving an appeal from I the valuation made by the commis | sl °n. was continued to Pittsburgh, the | date to be set later. The Somerset ; milk rate eases in which the Baltimore and Ohio took an appeal was sub | mitted on papers. Ihe had the largest list of I cases for hearing in some time and t took up Lycoming county cases first. Cases noil prossed included Beck es tate, York; Motter vs. Stephenson, i Dauphin, and one of the Parkesburg j Gas-Philadelphia Suburban Suburban j cases, the other being continued to Pittsburgh. No opinions weer handed down The judges will be here most of the week and to-uight will be guests of i the Governor at a dinner at the execu- I tive mansion. Attorneys admitted included Mark -T. Milnor, law clerk. Public 'service Commission; E. K. Bawling:, Snyder county; John T. Olmsted and W Jus tin Carter. Dauphin; Joseph E. Weaver and Donald H. Yost, York. ""** v er j The Dauphin county cases will not | be taken up to-day. To Prevent the Grip Colds cause Grip—laxative Bromo Quinine removes cause. There is only one "Bromo Quinine." E. W. GROVE'S signature on box. 25c, HXBMSBURG TEEEGRXPH J. H. Morrett, Mechanicsburg Liquor Dealer, Dies Suddenly Mechanicsburg. Pa.. March 12. J. Herman Morrett, wholesale liquor dealer, died suddenly in his store, Rail road avenue, on Saturday afternoon. He had been attending to business and sat down at his desk, when some one In the store noticed his head fall for ward. A physician was summoned, who said the man died almost instant ly and gave Brlght'a disease as the cause. Mr. Morrett was aged 54 years and was a member of tlie Citizen Fire Com pany. He was born at New Kings ton and except for some years in the West, the earlier part of his life, lived here the greater time. His daughtr, Mrs. W. J. Stambaugh, of Mechanicsburg, survives. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Stambaugh. South York street, conducted by the Rev. E. C. B. Castle, pastor of the First United Brethren Church. Burial will be made in the Mechanicsburg Cemetery. Carlisle Elks to Present Annual Play Next Week Carlisle, Pa., March 12.—Delegations from Waynesboro, l.ysville, Cham bersburg, Shippensburg and Harris burg* will be here for the sixth annual play under the auspices of the Car lisle Elks, to be held next week. The play is under the direction of Leo McDonald, who lias produced a number of amateur performances in this sec tion. The Loysville and Waynesboro delegations are arranging to come by automobile. NEW FACTORY OPENED | Colutnbia, Pa.. March 12.—The Stand ard Garment Company, whose plant was recently destroyed by fire, opened its new factory in the Columbia Engineliouse, which has since been purchased, and will operate with a full complement of hanes. The new fac tory Is one of th 4. largest and most imposing buildings in the borough. if pj new record JjpP ■ of "Dixie" JpPfc" || ■I WBM ■ sung by Mabel Garrison j|j| Dixie Mabel Garrison (With Victor Male Quartet) . g Victor Red Seal Record 64637. Ten-inch, $1 j§Zi i ||l|j|| Dear to all America is this beautiful song of the Southland. Its charming swing and dashing melody have made it perhaps pIH the most popular of all our national airs. This new inspiring interpretation by Mabel Garrison reveals i • the patriotic love that springs from a true Southern heart. It is a wonderfully stirring rendition—one that will endear "Dixie" I jgjj . still further to every American. The exquisite brilliancy of Mabel Garrison's voice has earned her a place among the mighty group of famous Victor artists, and like all the world's greatest artists, she makes records for the Victor exclusively. She knows that only the Victor can bring her voice to you in all its original beauty and purity. You can have the pleasure of hearing this new Garrison record at any Victor dealer's. § He will gladly play any music you wish to hear and demonstrate the various styles of the Victor and Victrola —$10 to S4OO. Victor Talking Machine Co., Camden, N. J. j|j|ll|i||l F""' 1 Important Notice. All Victor Talking Machine* are patented and are only lictnfd. and with right of use with Victor rap-—I I" ~ • "pgl Record! only. All Victor Records are patented and are only linnW, and with right of use on Victor Talking Machines only. I Victor Records and Victor Machines are scientifically coordinated and synchronized by our special processes of 11|§|: manufacture; and their use, except with each other, is not only unauthorised, but damaging and unsatisfactory. 1 [l^j. | Nw Victor Records demonstrated at all daaiars on the 28th of each month | I Victrola I "VJctroW U U> Registered Trade-mark of tha Victor Talking Machine Company designating the praductg of thia Company only. S fvWjO Warning: The use of the word Victrola upon or In the promotion or sale of Q ether Talking Machine or Phonograph products is misleading and illegal. g g|j|ij jiiiiij 1 1| 1 Odd Fellows Visit Lodge on Eleventh Anniversary Mechanicsburg, Pa.', March I.—Me chanicsburg lodge, fro. 215. independ ent Order Odd Fellows, were well rep resented, on Saturday evening at the open meeting of the New Cumberland lodge, when they celebrated the elev enth anniversary of the organization of the order, and had as speakers. Grand Lodge Officers Perry A. Shanor, Robert Montgomery and Boy Beaman. New Cumberland lodge was instituted eleven years ago by the Mechanlcsburg lodge, and has Increased so rapidly in membership's to almost rival the par ent order. \ Among the memifers present from this phice were: District Deputy Grand Master George W. Hershman. D. S. Walter, Samuel C. Plough, M. M. Tate, George M. Milteisen, Frank Rowe, •M. O. Swanger, C. E. Umberger. Harry S. Moore. Charles Frey, Louis A. Diller, George C. Dietz, Bernard E. Stansfield, A. A. Arnold, Professor Ralph Jacoby, Grant S. F. P. Rice, Grant ■Weaver, C. M. Nickel and John T. Uarnlsh. MONROE BACHMAN BURIED Duncannon. Pa., March 12.—Monroe G. Bachman. a former resident of this place, employed as a telegraph opera tor on the Pittsburgh Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, died at his home 'at Gallitzln, Pa., on Wednesday aged 40 years. He is survived by his wife, who was' Miss Emma Singleton, of Duncannon. and five children; also his mother, Mrs. Clara Bachman t three brothers, Edward, Miles and Christian Bachman, and two sisters,. Ida and Ma linda Bachman. who live at Lebanon. The body was brought to the home of George You/ig, where funeral services were held on Saturday. TO PLAY DECIDING GAME Columbia. Pa.. March 12.—The Lan caster County Basketball league will play the deciding game for the cham pionship in the State Armory, here, on Thursday evening, the contest being between Columbia and Eiizabethtown, which teams, are now tie for first place. MARCH 12, 1917. Ice Gorge in Deep Water at Clark's Ferry Bridge Duncannon, Pa.. March 12.—Ice here has lodged against the fourth pier from the Clark's Ferry side of the river, at a place where tho water is 20 feet deop and where the ice has never before been gorged. The gorge extends several hundred feet north. Oldest rivermen arc at a loss to ex plain why the ice should have gorged at this point. It is almost as high as the bottom of the bridge and In case of a general movement the bridge* may be damaged. PERFECT ATTENDANCE RECORDS Duncannon, Pa., March 12.—Pupils have attended every session of tho Primary room in the borough schools as follows: Raymond Guyler, Charios Kauffninn, Richard Mayal, Wilnont Hweigurd, James Dershem, Clem v it Sands, Albert Houk, Donald Drinht blll, Herbert Mannin, Donald Render, William Wagner, Helen KUnepeter, Marie Hunter, Fredaline Lcstz, Katli ryn Matlack, Martha Hamilton, and Beatrice Cope. RID FOR SEWER SYSTEM Loysville, Pa., March 12.—Perry county commissioners are holding un der advisement the only bid received for the building of the sewerage sys tem at the county almshouse here. The permit was received with the ap proval of the State Board of Health last week and has been filed in the Recorder's office at New Bloomfield, as required by law. DATES FOR EXAMINATION'S Carlisle, Pa., March I.—Announce ment of dates for examination of teach ers throughout the county was made to-day by Superintendent J. Kelso Green. The examinations for provis ional certificates will be as follows: June P. Lamberton Building, Carlisle; June 12. High School Building, New ville; June 16, High School Building, Mechanicsburg. A special examination will be held In Carlisle on August IS. The examination for professional cer tificates will be held here on June 9. Duncannon People Ask For 24-Hour Electric Service Duncannon, March 12. —Supplying: electricity for the borough all hours of the day, instead of just during the darkness, |s a plan to be soon put into operation by the local Borough Elec tric 1 ,ig ht Company. Many housewives for some time have been urging the company to do this so they can use electricity to do their weekly ironing, etc. Some, too. want to relieve the drudgery of turning a washing ma chine andiare anxious to use elec tricity for washing clothes. The com pany has been operating In the bor ough for about twenty years and on several occasions talked of putting the twenty-four hour system into use, but It was never done. Humor has it that an out-of-town company Is trying to purchase the lo cal concern, but this could not be learned officially to-day. NEW BROOM .FACTORY Rlain, Pa., March 12.—David Gut shall, Sr., and his son, David Gutshall, Jr., are making extensive plans for the establishment of a broom manufac turing plant in the tannery building at Beavertown. just south of this place. The younger Mr. Gutshall has just re turned homo from Cleveland, where he made an intensive study of the manufacture of brooms by machinery. PARENT-TEACHERS' MEETING Penbrook, Pa.. March 12.—Secre tary Ellis M. Packer, of the Penbrook Parent-Teachers' Association, has sent out invitations to parents and teach ers of the town to attend a meeting of the association to-morrow evening lat 8 o'clock. Professor Nye will make | an address at the meeting. Will VETERAN 111 mr.it | Columbia, Ta.. March J.—The- funeral of Anthony .1. Arnold, Civil war vet j eran, who died at the home of his | son-in-law. .Tohn A. Koehler, was hel* | from the latter's home, and the body was taken to Lebanon Saturday morn ing for burial.