2 NEWS OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND CITY'S SUBURBS METHODISTS WILL HOLD CONFERENCE Forty-Ninth Annual Meeting of Central Pennsylvania Body to Open at Lewislown Lewistown, Pa., March 19.—Bishop A\. F. McDowell, -D. D„ LL. D., of \A ashington, D. C., will preside over ihe various sessions of the forty-ninth annual meeting of the Central Penn sylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, which will open at the First Methodist Church here on Wednesday. There will be about 700 ministers and laymen in attendance. This evening and to-morrow will be devoted to the examination of under graduates. Tuesday evening the an niversary of the Conference Home Missionary Society will be held, with the Rev/John T. Bell, of Watson town, presiding, and with S. W. Dickson, of Berwick; the Rev. A. S. Williams, of Harrisburg. and the Rev. Fred C. Fisher, D. D., New York, as speakers. Wednesday afternoon will bo de voted to the conference memorial ser vice, followed by an address by the Rev. Clarence True Wilson on "Present Day Advance in Reform Movements." Thursday morning will be devoted to corporate sessions, while tile after noon will be taken up with the ad dress of the Rev. George Edward Reed of Harrisburg, on "The Preacher's Preparation for His Pulpit Work." Frklay afternoon the principal ad dress will be delivered by the Re. C. M. Boswell, D. D., of Philadelphia, whose subject will be "Worked Down Evangelism." Saturday morning the Bishop's address to the class on full membership will be given. Saturday afternoon the Rev. C. Ml Boswell, D. D., will discuss the subject, "Worked up Evangelism," and Saturday evening the Rev. M. M. Gray, pastor of Grand Avenue Methodist Church, Kansas City, will deliver his famous lecture,' "Unremembered Heroes." The Rev. Mr. Gray is a former Lewistown boy and his mother was a teacher in the public schools fifty years ago. The conference love feast will be held Sunday morning by the Rev. J. Ellis Bell, of Chambersburg, with tho sermon by Bishop McDowell. Visiting clergymen will occupy the pulpits of sister churches throughout the county. HANI) CRUSHER IN ROLLER Marietta, Pa., March 19. Elmer Denlinger, proprietor of the Inter course Flour Mfll, was injured Satur day night when his left hand was caught in the cogs of the roller while cleaning it. Several fingers were sev ered. Keeps the Teeth White and Healthy " - •- Fat Taking Father John's Medicine." "Marjoric hncl a cold and Father John's Medicine helped her greatly and she likes it very much. _ She ako got nice and fat on it. I think it is a good tonic for anvor.e who is subject to colds. (Siirned) Mrs. P. Mannewitz, 91 Broad St., I Stapleion, S. I. Father John's Medicine i: I safe to take because it is free I j from alcohol cr c!;r;~;roiis 1 drujjs. GRADUATES^ Our line of Commence ment Invitations, Pro grams and Announce- is now ready 1 and we invite your in- | spection. 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Mr. Carroll is second lieuten ant in the machine gun company of j Ihe Eighth Regiment and recently re-, turned from service at the border. He is in the otUce of the Public Service i Commission at the State Capitol. Another engagement announced on th csame date was that of Miss Beetem, a daughter of Mrs. Eleanor ! Beetem, to John A. Burns, of Stam ford, Conn., a graduate of the Dick iinson school of law. class of 1915, and i ! now a practicing attorney. Camp Fire Girls Cook and Serve Course Dinner Mechanicsburg, Pa., March 19.—0n; 1 Saturday afternoon a domestic science ' meeting was held by the Kittatinny j ; Camp Fire Girls at the home of Miss I Ruth Miller, under the direction of I their guardian of the tire. Miss Mar [ garct Blackburn. The girls cooked I and served a course dinner, each one ; being assigned a part. Those who I enjoyed the dinner were Misses Miriam ; Zufall, Rachel Shelly. Mary Holler, Marjoric Bauni, Etta .Miller. Elizabeth Crawford, Florence Orris, Miriam Or ris, Ruth Miller and Miss Blackburn. Miss Elisabeth"Hurst, who is a mem ber. was in Carlisle assisting in the eRd Cross exhibition given under the auspices of the Navy League. BOOSTER RALLY AT ENOLA Enola, Pa., March 19. —Last night . a booster rally was held in the Enola ! Church of God. The meeting was in I charge of Frank Gregory, secretary 1 of the Harrisburg P. R. R. Y. M. C. j A. and boosters rVom the association. ! Musical numbers were sung by the Harrisburg and Enola shop quartets ! and the Enhaut trio. Temperance j day exercises in charge of the Rev. IC. D. Rishel, pastor, were held at the Sunday school session in the af- I ternoon. WINNERS IN CONTEST Enola, Pa., March 19.—Miss Helen | Markell, supervising principal of the schools of East Pennsboro township, lias announced the results of a spell ing contest recently held between the seventh and eighth grade schools of the townshjp. The winners are: Highest average in eighth grade, as a class, Washing ton Heights, second, Musser's highest I average in seventh grade, as a class. Summerdalc, second, Washington j Heights; first honors, eighth grade, | Elwood Kutz; Washington Heights, j second, Mary Otstot, Adams street, Enola; first and second honors, sev enth grade, a tie between Mable Boy-j er, Summerdale and Edna Groff, Sum-| nut street, Enola. ARRANGING FOR CONVENTION j Newport, ,Pa., March 19.—At the j Methodiht Episcopal Church this' evening will be held tho quarterly so-1 < ial of the Sunday School Teachers' j Union. The principal address will be made by the "Rev. Dr. R. M. Ramsey,! pastor of the local Presbyterian I Church. In connection with this event,! a conference will be held to make | preliminary arrangements for the an- j nual convention of the Perry County j Sabbath School Association here on! May 2 and 3. | "THE LITTLE MINISTER" | Loysville, Pa., March 19. —The 10-1 cal Luthex-an Church choir on Satur-•, day evening presented their musical | < comedy. "The Little Minister." at 1 Mannsville. Eighteen members par-! ( ticipated in the production. 1 MANY DEFECTIVE PCPII.S i Carlisle. Pa.. March 19.—The report 1 of the medical inspectors for the town : J to the .school board shows that only!* 787 of the 1,821 pupils in the Carlisle! schools are fully normal, 980 having j some defect. Of these 72. have some single ailment and 268 more than one. n Bad teeth lead in the list, according i to the examiners. j 1 TO TAKE EXAMINATION Marysvillc. Pa., March IS.—H. S. j 1 Ilubler, ol' Port Royal, and G. L. j t llaubc-t, of Mexico, have been named!' to take the State examination fori boiler inspectors for the Perry-Juniata county branch of the Pennsylvania Threshermen and Farmers' Protective'] Association, at Newport. A meeting of 1 < the association will be held at New- i t port on Saturday, April 14. j 1 GROI'NtfHOG IN COOP Duncannon, Pa., March 19.—When Mrs. W. H. Fuhrman went to feed her chickens she discovered a .large fat, 1 groundhog domiciled in the chicken 1 coop. -She captured the animal and gave it to a neighbor. SI. 100 I'ROM FARM SALE ], Blain, Pa.. March 19.—Public sale,( of farm stock, etc., of A. C. Hollen- J ] baugh, at Andersonburg, was attended j < by a large crowd. Everything brought | fair prices. Gross receipts of the sale amounted to $1,400. NURSE HAD POOR HEALTH Suffered Much Pain, Yet Had to Work. Finally Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg etable Compound. ; Toledo, Ohio.—"l am a widow and go out nursing, and suffered from a ! iillillli: 111 .lfemale trouble 'HI I 11',VJ that caused a great j' I ! ea ' a 0 r f n ess i across my back, and through my abdo- ' men. Sometimes it J would be very pain iimP' ful after a hard j day' 3 work. I read about Lydia E. llr P'nkham'a Vege- table Compound and tried it and it I has helped me won- i derfully, so the soreness is all gone now. I believe Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege- 1 table Compound is just the remedy for female troubles." Mrs. ELIZABETH 1 JOHN, R. F. D. No. 4, Toledo. Ohio. ; Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- , pound, m&de from native roots and j herbs, contains no narcotic or harmful drugs, and today is regarded as the < most successful remedy for female ills. There are thousands of voluntary testi monials on file in the Pinkham labora tory at Lynn, Mass., to prove this U fact. < JURORS DRAWN FOR MAY COURT Men Front Lower End of Cum berland County Who Will Serve at Carlisle Carlisle, March 19. —Many l..ower End men liavc been chosen for service In the May term of court here, accord ing to the list of jurymen just an nounced. ' They include: Grand Jurors—C. JI. Bixler, East Pennsboro; J. IJ. Cope, Dickinson: 11. •V. Cromlich, Mechanicsburg; H. J. I Dunbar. West Fairview; Thomas Get to, Mechanicsburg; John W. Hartzell, i South Middleton; Forrest Henipt. Camp Hill; G. U. Ilartmaiv Lemoyne; A. B. Harnish, Mechanicsburg: George jM. Jacobs, Shiremanstown; Jacob j Miller, Lower Mifflin; C. T. Miller, J Lemoyne; Earl Powell, New Cumber land; E. Stonebraker, East Penns boro; Jonas Zimmerman, Mechanics burg. t Petit Jurors—A. E. Burns, Mechan isburg; E. E. Biddle, Silver Spring; James Craighead, South Middleton; llarper Chambers, Upper Allen: Sol Danver, Jr., New Cumberland; J. K. Davis, Jfbpewell; John Ebv, Mechan icsburg; Abram Etter, Dickinson; J. W. Finney, Lower Allen; Samuel Frownfeller, Camp Hill; Charles Go lin, New Cumberland; J. E. Hollinger, Dickinson: John S. Keenportz, Mon roe; W. L. Keeney, Lower Allen; Lewis Lightner, Kast Pennsl>oro; G. S. Markley, Monroe; J. C. Parker, Me chanicsburg; Ellwood D. Ross. New Cumberland; Lester Reigling, New Cumberland; R. H. Scliroeder, Me chanicsburg; J. J. Sheely, Shiremans town; Lewis Sutton, Camp Hill; George Snyder, Wormleysburg; J. E. ©trickier, Monroe; Harry W. Spahr. South Middleton; J. C. Thompson, East Pennsboro; H. F. Waggoner, East Pennsboro; J. H. Wise, South Middleton; C. N. Williams, Mechanics burg. Traverse Jurors—Samuel 11. Myers, Mechanicsburg; Harry Barrick, Low er Mifflin; Frank S. Hertzler, Lower Allen; Harry Hess, East Pennsboro; Charles S. Meily, Silver Spring; Thom as Nickel, South Middleton; Frank I Railing, Lower Mifflin: W. H. Dougli : ert.v, Mechanicsburg; C. P. Chapman, I Lower Allen: Charles M." Gleim, South Middleton: Harvey Wolf, South ! Middleton; George Webber, East I Pennsboro; Thomas Dunlap, South | Middleton; W. K. Hollar, Mechanics j burg; Daniel Kepford, East Penns- j boro; Charles Leiby, New Cumber-' land; P. McQuate, East Pennsboro; i J- H. Seiffert, Wormleysburg; George j Nelson. Lower Mifflin; Charles Matt-' , hews, Mechanicsburg; Reuben Miller. Upper Allen; A. C. Rich, Mechanics burg; Guy M. Eberly, Mechanicsburg; ! H. Sliumberger, East Pennsboro. SIO,OOO FOR Y. AV. C. A. Tork, Pa., March 19. —Members of the Young Women's Christian Asso-; ciation who have been conducting a campaign to raise SIO,OOO to pay "off a mortgage have reached their goal. 1 Businessmen of the city contributed ; liberally to this fund. Plans are now j under way for a campaign by the : Young Men's Christian Association to raise $150,000 to build a new home for the association. JOHN CHRISTY DIES i Marietta, Pa., March 19. John Christy, aged 22, a well-known young | man, who was married a month ago, ) died Saturday night in the Columbia i hospital, after a short illness. He was ; a member of the American Mechan- : ics and the Susquehanna Eire Com pany. His young bride, who was Miss j Abbie Blottenberger, and his parents i survive. ROBBED DURING FIRE Marietta, Pa., March 19. There' was stolen from the home of George.! Slider forty-three dollars during the] lire which destroyed his home on Sat urday. To-day Slider received two $lO bills which were damaged a little w re * an< * P° rson who took them doubtless felt his conscience bothering him and returned them. WILL SET 11,000 PLANTS Waynesboro, Pa., March 19.—D. U. Boerner, of Waynesboro, a grower of strawberries, expects to shortly begin the setting out of 14,000 plants. He kept the market here well supplied with strawberries all last season. NEW BANK TO OPEN Waynesboro, Pa., March 19. The I new bank at Mont Alto will open for business the latter part of this week, j IIORSE HANGED IX'STABLE Waynesboro, Pa.. March 19.—A bav horse owned by the J. B. Long Ice Company hanged itself in its stable }rt-y n 'Sht. The hose was valued at MONEY FOR BELGIAN RELIEF Blain, Pa., March 19.—At a meet 'r"i? V 1 ~t he Methodist Episcopal i r ur , C , h , ' G - H - Knox and Miss Ida. Hartman, volunteered to raise money for the Belgian Relief Fund. SUBURBAN NOTES DINCANXON The Rev. Filmore T. Kohler has re turned irom a several days' visit to relatives at York. Mrs Deborah Liddick. who spent the winter with relatives at Harris burg, has returned to her home here. Mrs. Samuel Derrick, or Harrisburg spent Thursday with relatives here Mrs. Roy Wolpert and children,'of Petersburg, are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Harper. T , he ,^ )l } le birds and robins have made their appearance. FALMOUTH Misses Ruth and Mary Metzgar are spending this week at Donegal Springs. Mr. and Mrs Elmer Fishel and children, of Middletown, spent a day with Mr. Fishel's mother here. Miss Maude Coyle visited at Mid dletown last week. Adam Shumaker and son, Ross at tended Kohler's sale near Highsph-e on Thursday. Miss Carrie Sonnon, of Donegal is visiting her parents here. John E. Smith, who works in Mid dletown, spent Saturday and Sunday at home. Joe Wolf spent several days among friends in Cumberland county. I The Rev. George Landis, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Churches here and at Bainbridge, spent a day with Thomas Couch and family. Mr. Landis illso attended conference at Philadelphia last week. Mrs. Fred Welty and Miss Millard Coyle were visitors at Middletown. To Prevent the Grip folds cause Grip—Laxative Bromo! Quinine removes cause. There is onlv one "Bromo Quinine." E. W. UKOVK'S signature on box. 25c. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Guest at Neffsville Home Celebrates 99th Birthday til* ' ■ ■ I J f . .is 1 I hh ,j I iif| i BtS ! I mm i MRS. SARAH MILLER Marietta. Pa., March 19.—Mrs. Sarah Miller, aged 99 years, celebrat ed her birthday Thursday at the Brethren Home, at Neffsville. She is enjoying good health ancL is one of the most remarkable wo/ien in tho county. She has been an inmate of the home for ten years. Her homo is at New Cumberland, Cumberland county. Mrs. Miller has a son 82 years old, living at Mechanicsburg. He is H. S. Mohler. VICTIMS OF TRUST Sunbury, Pa., March 19.—Sunbury housewives declare they are victims of a farmers' trust, inasmuch as they are paying $2.50 a bushel for potatoes, while in Mt. Carmel and Shamokin. nearby towns, but ?1.75 is being asked. 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Victor Records and Victor Machines are scientifically coordinated and synchronised by our special processes of iQfc" 7 ==jJV lB? \ Inaau^aiclurc; an d their use, except with each other, is not only unauthorized, but damaging and unsatisfactory. New Victor Records demonstrated at all dealers on the 28th of each month 1 Victrola fl Victrola ia the Registered Trade-mark of the Victor Talldng Machine Company deaignating th. product! of thia Company Only. ' , § Warning: The uae of the word Victrola upon or in th* promotion or aale of Q I any other Talking Machin. or Phonograph product* ia miaieadiog and illegal. Q Irishman Wore Red Tie and Is Fined $25 Pittsburgh, March 19.—Magistrate John J. Sweeney's eyes narrowed omi nously in police court yesterday when J. T. Flinn, Irish of feature and wear ing a brilliant red necktie, appeared before him for hearing on a minor charge. "You're an Irishman, I suppose?" rasped Sweeney. "Sure," responded Flinn. "And you allowed yourself to bo ar rested 011 St.* Patrick's day? .You're a nice specimen. Ireland would be proud of you. I'll just Hue you $25." Flinn's attempt to protest merely increased the magistrate's wrath. The court's gaze caught the radiant tie. "You wore that red necktie on St. Patrick's day, too, did you?" explod ed Sweeney. "Well, that will cost you $25 more." PAXTON CIRCLE MEETS Dauphin, Pa.. Match 19. —The Par ent-Teachers' Circle of Middle Paxton township held its meeting at t lie Heckton school house. The program was as follows: Song. "Love's Old Sweet Song." by the school; opening address, Marie lieckert; solo, Dorothy Norton; drill and reading and number work, primary class; dramatization of "The Three Bears," Silverlock, Cather ine Meyonnel; Papa Bear. Augustus Dewalt; Mamma Bear. Lillian Straw; Baby Bear, Evelyn Heckert; singing, by tho Rockville pupils; reading. Miss Good; solo. Marian Turns; address, "Our National Songs," Mias Esther Denison; address, "Currept Events," William Minsker; singing, by Rock ville pupils; song, "America," by audi ence. > The next meeting will be held on April 5 at the Stony Creek school house. CAUGHT LIVE FOXES Marysville, Pa., March 19.—William Blain, the champion fox hunter of Miller township, has captured two live animals recently and is taming them for pets. MARCH 19, 1917. Torn Paper Causes Arrest in Arson Case Lancaster, Pa., March 19. —Almost coincident with the release from cus tody of Garfield Trostle on the charge of arson, State troopers yesterday ar rested George Seldomridge, of near Intercourse, on tho same charge. Seldomridge's house was burned and the receipt of a threatening letter threw suspicion on Trostle. Troopers continued their investigations with the note left at the door of Seldomridge's house, followed a clue which led to the Seldomridge place, where they >Vi", a Paper of the kind on which the noto was written. The torn edges fitted and evidence pointed to the fact that Seldomridge had written the note. Seldomridge disappeared on Friday night, which created the suspicion, and it was while making a search in the effects saved from the house that the piecfe of pa per was found. He was found early yesterday in Chester county and ad mitted writing the threatening note. WEST SHORE PERSONALS Mrs. Elmer Tritt entertained the Endora Guild at her home in Bridge street. New Cumberland. Mrs. Jacob Ebersole, Mrs. Martin Miller, of, Hummelstown; Mrs. Robert Sweeney, of Lemoyne; Mrs. Mabel Brinton and daughter, of Harrisburg, were guests of Mrs. Harry Sweeney, at New Cumberland. Mrs. Walter Hevern. of Baltimore, is the guest of her mother, Mrs. Cath erine Cook, and her daughter, Mrs. Clifford Yettcr, at New Cumberland. Mrs. H. A. Bixler and daughter, Mary, of New Cumberland, weftt to Philadelphia to-day. MITE SOCIETY WILL MEET Shiremanstown. Pa., March 19.—A meeting of the Mite Society of the Bethel Church of God will be held to morrow evening at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob B. Frey, in East Main street. An interesting program of readings, recitations and music has been arranged. FIFTIETH YEAR OF ORPHAN HOME v jTrcssler Institution at Loysvillc Making Plans For Anniver sary Exercises in June Loysville, Pa., March 1?. —An- nouncement was made to-day hy C. A. Weidle, superintendent of the Trcssler Orphans' Home, of the Lutheran Church, here, that on Thursday, Juno 7, the fiftieth anniversary of the es tablishment of the home will be ob served. The occasion will be the an nual Visitors' Day. Visitors' Day at the home has al i ways been a big event at this institu ! tion and this year on account of the anniversary, it is planned to mako | the ceremonies and exercises more ! elaborate than ever. Visitors usually attend from all parts of Pennsylvania and adjoining States. Plans are al ready being made for the affair. ACCIDENTS AT LEWISTOWN Lewistown, Pa., March 19.—Archey Stimcly, aged 38, had his. hand so badly, injured at the Standard Steel I Works that it was found necessary to amputate it at the Lewistown Hos ] pita). Mr. Stimely's wife is in tho I hospital to undergo an operation and j has not been told of the accident. ) Myrl Geist, an electrician, burst a j blood vessel in his hand and is now (suffering an attack of blood poison. Mrs. Clyde Pearson run a splinter I under a nail on one of her fingers. I Tho member is highly inflamed and is j causing much pain. | Jacob Koller, of Pittsburgh, em | ployed here, stepped on a banana peel j in West Third street on Saturday and 'injured his right ankle.
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