HESS HEARING AT
CHAMBERSBURG
School Board Investigating
21 Charges Against School
Superintendent
Chambersburg, Pa., March 21. —Last
evening- the second session of the
hearing was held by the school board
investigating twenty-four charges
brought by thirty-two teachers of the
Cliambprsburg public schools against
Borough Superintendent A. B. Hess.
The first witness last evening was
Alvin B. Kuhn, of the high school
faculty, who admitted that he and
Principal Albert C. Shuck had pre
pared the plan of attack on Hess, had
written the charges and Induced the
teachers to sign them. He said on one
occasion Hess said: "A lot of those
old hens are hatching a plot to get
'me," referring to the women teachers
of the faculty. Jeweler S. Raymond
Snyder testified that Superintendent
Hess told him that he had brought the
matter of repairs to electric clocks be
fore a board meeting, but directors,
when questioned, denied that it had
been.
H. H. Fleischer, clerk in the State
educational department, produced a
certificate of election of A. B. Hess as
district superintendent in which it was
stated that Hess was a graduate of
Bloomsbmg Normal School and Leb
anon Valley College at Annville. Coun
sel for the prosecutors alleged they
would prove he had never .graduated
from Lebanon Valley.
.Miss Kate Eyster, for thirty years
a teacher in the schools, was reported
to the school board three times for
faults which she alleged were falsely
charged.
The hearing was continued until
Wednesday night.
Reception Tendered New
Pastor at Mechanicsburg
Mechanicsburg, Pa., March 21.
The Chautauqua salute greeted the
Kev. and Mrs. D. L. Kepner as they
entered the room where a reception
was given in their honor in Grace
1 nitod Evangelical Church, where the
former was recently appointed pastor,
last evening. A program full of in
terest included: Song by the congre
gation, "Blest Be the Tie That Binds;"
Scripture reading, Murray Slyder, su
perintendent of the Sunday school; in
vocation, W. F. Snelbaker, represent
ing the missionary society; address of
welcome, George H. Eckert, repre
senting the church; words of welcome
Horn the ministerial association; re
sponse by the pastor, the Rev. D. L.
Kepner: recitatipn, Walter Shover:
Vocal solo, Reba Hurst; recitation,
Helen Barnes; reading. Miss Carrie
King. An informal handshaking fol
lowed tho program. Refreshments
were served to about one hundred
people. T. J. Webb was chairman of
the committee on arrangements.
More Coal Being Shipped
Over Lykens' Valley R. R.
Shipments of coal over the Lykens
Valley Railroad from the.Short Moun
tain and Summit Branch collieries
show a slight increase over last year
V 'or the week ending Saturday, March
17. A total of 15,861 tons was the
oTmtf Bhipped a sainst 15,738 tons
The statement of shipments from
the two collieries for the week and
year is as follows:
Short Mountain Colliery, 1917:
'i' 11 , 0 tQns; year - 77,379 ton*;
3 910: Week, 9,619 tons; year, 73,447
tons; increase for year, 3,932 tons; de
crease for week, 1,509 tons
Summit Branch Collierv, 1917-
„ 7 .' 751 tons: year, 66,616 tons';
1916: Week, 6,119 tons; year, 86,645
tons; increase for week, 1,632 tons' de
crease, year, 2,029 tons.
Total, 1917: Week, 15.861 tons
year, 143,995 tons; 1916: Week, 15 138
Ions; year, 160,093 tons; increase'for
,ons > and decrease for year
16,097 tons.
Harrisburg Rotarians to
Attend Reading Conference
Twenty-five Harrisburg Rotarians
will attend the District Three confer
ence which will be held in Reading,
Tuesday, March 27.
The visiting Rotarians will be tend
ered a banquet in the evening at which
President Arch C. Klump, of Cleve
land, and First Vice-President F. W
Galbraith, of Cincinnati, will make
addresses. The first session will lie
held on Monday evening, March 28
when the president and secretaries of
the district will hold a conference Two
sessions will be held on Tuesday". The
wives of the Reading members will
entertain the wives of the visiting
guests at a mountain resort, twelve
miles from Reading.
Waynesboro Couple Wed
and Start For California
Waynesboro, Pa., March 21.—Na
thaniel B. Funk and Miss Lucille
Woltz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Woltz, were married at the Presby
terian manse at Mechanicsburg by the
5? V- ,S e , orge Fulton. Mr. Funk and
Miss Woltz went to Mechanicsburg and
immediately after the ceremony left
for New York, whence they will go by
boat to New Orleans. After spending
a few days there they will go to
El Paso, Texas, then to Los Angeles
and San Francisco. After April 1 they
will be at home at Orland, Cal., where
Mr. Funk has purchased a fruit ranch.
ALFALFA FOR PENNSYLVANIA
That the climate of Pennsylvania is
not unfavorable to alfalfa is proved
by the success that has followed seed
ings in thousands of localities within
the State and in the adjacent States
of New York, New Jersey, Maryland
and Ohio.
Alfalfa Is adapted to a wide range
of soils. Tt. grows well on loose, sandy
soils as well as on heavy clays, but
it succeeds best on medium texture
JA which permit deep penetration by
roots and are well supplied with lime
and the mineral plant foods. It will
not succeed on soils closely underlaid
with hardpan, impervious rock or
standing water, nor on sour soils.
The essentials to its success are
good drainage, freedom from weeds,
sufficient lime, a fair amount of or
ganic matter in the soil, thorough
preparation of the seedbed, seeding at
the proper time, inoculation of the
seed or soil, and good seed. Added
to these will be the after treatment,
such as time of cutting, care in pas
turing. cultivation and mulching.
Alfalfa is a warm weather plant and
should not be seeded too early, nor too
late. Spring and late summer seed
ing are advised. In' Pennsylvania sum
mer seeding is more certain. Spring
seeding should be made with a nurse
< rop. Barley seems best adapted for
this purpose. For most parts of Penn
sylvania spring seeding should not be
made earlier than April 15, nor later
than the close of that month.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH MARCH 21, 1917.
I- LUCKY STRIKE
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they use to make your morning toast over the
coal fire, with a toasting fork ? Then you remem
ber how good it tasted; hot, buttered, crisp.
There's never been anything better, has there?
This toasting idea is the star invention to produce
flavor, all right. And toasting has certainly given the
final touch to this' new Lucky Strike cigarette;; the
Burley tobacco —it's toasted.
Lucky Strike, the real Burley cigarette
,
I Until now the trouble's always been that Burley
wouldn't keep the flavor in cigarette form. But weVe
been working to find a way to do it. We saw 60 million
pounds of Burley poured out of those green, red and
! | blue tin boxes last year.- That's enough for 35 billion
I cigarettes—against 21 billion ready-made cigarettes sold
in 1916.
And, after five years of study and work we made
this toasting discovery —simple, like all big discoveries.
We toasted the Burley tobacco —that held the flavor.
I Now think again of that savory flavor of hot, but
tered toast —you'll be off to buy Lucky Strike cigarettes,
quick. The Burley tobacco —it's toasted.
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