2 TIMELY NEWS OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND CITY'S SUBURBS MAY DAY FETE AT DICKINSON Miss Helen Jones, of Carlisle, Is Queen and Marie Ritz Maid of Honor Carlisle, PH., May 17.—Hastening In present the performance before a threatened downpour of rain materi alized, Dickinson College girls num bering about tiO yesterday afternoon presented their annual May Day fete on the college campus before a large audience. The program embraced a number of fancy dances in costume, a.,i old-time English "play and as the culminating feature, the crowning ef the May Queen. The identity of the spring sovereign was not made l;nown until the procession entered. She was Miss Helen Holmes of Car lisle. a senior. Miss Marie Ritz was nitid of honor and the Misses Shell inper attendants, while representa tives of each class presented lifr with her emblems of authority. Mrs. Katharine Kniter Is Hostess to Aid Society Dauphin, Pa.. May 14.—0n Tues day evening the Ladies Aid Society of the I'nited Evangelical Church met at the home of Mrs. Katharine Kniter, North Krie street. After the regular business was transacted, a social time was spent. Refreshments were served to Mrs. B. F. Reynolds of Harrlsburg, Mrs. C. Hoover of Rockvillc, Mrs. Charles Uricker, Mrs. Jane Gorman. Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Shoop, Mrs. George Shoop. Mrs. Le- Roy McKissick. Mrs. Katharine Kniter. Mrs. George Taylor. Mrs. Samuel Raub. Mrs. Charles Welkcr, Mrs. EImPP Feasor, Miss Clara Berg stresser. Miss I'ora Gofrode. Miss •Tanc Biekel, Miss Lydia Maurey, Miss Margaret Speece and Miss Alice Feasor. One new member was add- J ed to the society. The next meeting I will be held at the homo of Mrs. George Taylor, North Erie street, on j June 12. No FIREWORKS AT COLUMBIA j Columbia, Pa., May 17.—Borough council has adopted an ordinance prohibiting fireworks on the Fourth of July. An ordinance to establish j a recreation bureau and playground | system was defeated. An ordinance I to allow the Pennsylvania Railroad Company to lay a track on the low I grade line through a portion of the I borough was passed in a modified form. TAKES SECOND HONORS Waynesboro, Pa.; May 17.—Merle McCarney, son of Mr. and Mrs. John McCarncy, who will graduate from the Philadelphia Gollege of Phar macy this year, has distinguished himself by taking second honors of his class. Ci£Ass f£C r GS X TBADB MAH,K REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. Insure against Disappointment Demand the Genuine—CßEX The name C-R-E-X is woven in the edge of side binding of the genuine—look for it when you buy—protect yourself against disappoint ment and dissatisfaction. Clean, cheerful, appropriate, durable, econom ic! indoora and out the year round —just e few of the things you can say about CREX I Ask your dealer for color-folder or write to us direct—it's FREE CREX CARPET COMPANY 212 FIFTH AVENUE - . NEW YORK I \ M \\ By the same token, "Old Man Average" \ \ I jm mh. \ \ \A end I have looked behind the scenes and 1 V / /B Mft VA \\\ are convinced that Diamonds are bound % \ , j Imm \ \A to have respectable habits—and long \ \ >WO jfWS B I know that 5000 miles per Diamond I NW1 \ \ \\ tire is common—mora times than not a ||R| \ \ 1 \ good deal more. Yet their price is Low. j&3j®o^^r wMnflk \l ■ \ 1 Every Diamond Tire mini deliver full ■ \ | | value in service. If ever a Diamond Tire Geo. TV. ifyera H BLACK \\ fails, a cheerful, willing adjustment will be Mr SQUEEGEE 1 1 promptly made. HK aP |l Get the habit of stopping at our Store for .ree air, gasolire, accessoitas SB m WALLS ,M I Si _ >\ Myer's Accessory House, JE" g* Harrisburg, Pa. I THURSbAY EVENING, Recent Deaths in Central Pennsylvania Columbia. Amos G. Simmons, a well-known resident of the borough; died at his home this morning, aged 75 yeavs. His wife and daughter sur vive. Htaiii. Mrs. Michael Miller, died at her home in Jackson township, two miles west of Blain yesterday, aged 57 years. Marietta. Peter Daugherty, aged 29. a young man of McCalls Ferry, was found dead in bed by his motner, Mrs. Mary Daugherty, Tues day night. Mrs. Louisa Royer, aged G5, of Iteinholds, died suddenly while vis iting her daughter. She is survived by seven children and a sister. John Shatz, aged 52, died Tuesday night. Mrs. Mary Heinsey, aged 81, a prominent resident of Ncffsville, died Tuesday. She was at the l?bited Brethren Home, and is the last of a large family. Sylvester Wedman, aged 54, a na tive of East Earl township. <fied Tuesday night after a long iliness. Mrs. Jean Stively, of Quarryville, aged 25, died on Tuesday. Her hus band and two children survive. JUSTICE is NOT sivOW Carlisle, Pa., May 17.-—Judge Sad led served notice in the closing ses sion of the court of common pleas that the traditional slowness of jus tice is a dead issue so far as Cum berland county is concerned. lie stated that there is nothing to pre vent cases being heard at the session following the time they are brought,, provided the attorneys do not press for continuances. In'all, eighteen cases, many of them being suits that have been continued from month to month, were settled definitely in two days and a half. FLAG RAISING AT MT. lIOI.DY Carlisle, Pa., May 17.—0n Satur day special ceremonies will mark the raising of a flag at Mt. Holly Springs presented to t he school board by the Order of Independent Americans in tiiat town. A parade will be held and a number of addresses made, one by B. K. Spangler, a Civil War veteran and attache of the State Fire Marshal's Department. DISCUSS SUSQUEHANNA TRAIL Columbia, Pa., May*l7.-—Members of the Susquehanna Trail Associa tion visited Columbia for a confer ence with the Columbia Automobile Club and they discussed the plan for the construction or a trail along the banks of the Susquehanna River, from the Maryland line to the New j York border. It is proposed that j this road will bo in some respects; similar to the Lincoln Highway. DISTRICT S. S. CONVENTION Waynesboro, Pa., May 17. —The | ninth annual convention of the sec- | end district Sunday sdhool assocla-' tion is in session in Hawley Memo- j rial Chapel at Monterey. Nineteen j delegates were present, with J. F. , Kunkel of Williamstown, president! of the county association, in charge.. The convention will end this evening. ! WEST SHORE NEWS Social and Personal News of Towns Along West Shore Miss Mildred Kottler has returned i to her home at Hershey after spen-d- I ing several days with the Rev. and ! Mrs. H. C. Kottler, at Shireinans ! town. i Mr. and Mrs. W. Tolbert Abbott, i of Shiremanstown, are home from a I visit at Carlisle. Mrs. Mary Owen, of Shiremans i town, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. 'John Drawbaugh, at Roxbury. i Emma Darr. of Steelton, and Mr. Shyder, of Carlisle, spent a day | with Mr. and Mrs. J. Henderson | Stock, at Shiremanstown. j Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Shields, sons | Merion and Edward, daughters, ! Leoma, Esther and Anna Shields, | and Robert Ebersole, of Chanibers burg, motored to Shiremanstown and were guests of Mr. and Mrs. D. Ccover Faust. Miss Hazel Danner, of Shiremans ! town, is home from a visit with her j aunt at Roxbury. j Mrs. George Houpt, son, Walter, j daughter. Miss Margaret Houpt, of I Mercershurg, are spending several ! days with B. E. Diller and the , Misses Dorothy and Wealthy Diller, ] at Shiremanstown. Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Hissong and i daughters have returned to their I home at Williamson, after visiting | friends at Shiremanstown. , Mr. and Mrs. David Kohr, son, j Rossweli; Mr. and Mrs. Willis Kohr, I all of Mowersville, are spending sev | eral days with Mr. and Mrs. William j E. Rowek. at Shiremanstown. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Eberly, Mrs. Elmer E. Henderson, George Kubac-her and Laurence Miller, all of Shiresmanstown, motored to ( 'hambersburg, Gettysburg, York Springs and Mount Holly Springs on Sunday. Dr. John Ayres, of Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Green and two children, of Carlisle: Mrs. Elgherly, Mrs. Hurst and mother, of York; Mrs. Plough, of Hagerstown, visited the Rev. A. R. Ayres and family, at Trin ity I'nlted Brethren parsonage, New Cumberland. Paul Wlntermyer, of Water street. New Cumberland, is ill with pneumo nia. Mrs. Seaholtz, of Bethlehem, is vis iting her sister, Mrs. H. C. Oren, at New Cumberland. Mr. and Mrs. George Fry, son, Wil liam, and Mrs. Hummel, of Philadel phia. spent several days with Mrs. Susan Fry and daughter, Mary at New Cumberland. WiriTTIER'S FINAL MEETING West Fairview, Pa., May 17.—This evening the Whlttier Literary So ciety of the West Fairview High School will hold its final meeting of the school term. A debate. "Resolved That the honor system of examina tions in the High schools is desir able and practicable," will lie a fea ture of the program. Miss Kath erine Kutz and Miss Helen Cripple will support the question on the af firmative, while Miss Nadia Davis and Miss Letitia Deet.s will be the negative debaters. Other patriotic and educational subjects will be dis cussed in essays and readings. FLAG FOI\ CHURCH New Cumberland, Pa., May 17. Members of Baugliman Memorial Methodist Sunday school ara contrib uting towards a large fiag to be placed in the church before Memorial Day. Bini.E CLASS ENTEHTIXEI) "New Cumberland, Pa., May 17. Loyalty Bible class of Trinity United Brethren Sunday school were enter tained at the home of Mrs. Strayer, in Fifth street, on Tuesday evening. Teachers Elected For Year by Mount Union Board Mount Union, Pa., May 17.—At a meeting of the' school board, these j teachers were elected; Superintendent i W. P. Harley, who is doing great j work in Mount Union, having been j elected last year for three ycrs; ] Principal of High School C. C. Smith j was re-elected at an increase of 25 | per cent. All other teachers were j placed on a salary schedule which i will give the teachers a chance for at j least a 15 to 2 5 per cent increase. The following were elected: High school—C. C. Smith (principal), mathematics; IT. W. Slotliower, sci ence; Mary B. Fike, Latin and Ger man; Edith . Rare, history; Isabella Postletliwalte, English and geogra phy; Marguerite Emmert, English and drawing. There will be two teachers added to the <tilgh school ! fcrce for another year. Grade teachers elected wepe Fred erica Hockman, Edith Madder, Elsie Landis, Miss Cunningham. Almeida Snowley, Mae Jones, Mrs. Roy Krepps, Idessa Rinker, Gladys Gra cey, Bess Bair and Reba Wagner. Several grade teachers will also be needed because of the increase in the town's school population. The salary schedule adopted will recog nize service, professional training and efficiency. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Wooden Doormats at C\ Chambersburg, Pa., May 17. —When you step into any of the pas senger stations along the line of the Cumberland Valley railroad you do not see a sign of "clean your shoes,' but there is one looking at you all the time. It is a monster wooden foot mat, lying flat in front of the entrance, and almost automatically you scrape, scrape before vour lift the latch. " I Heretofore large and expensive cocoa fiber mats were used at the various depots and these quickly become filled with dirt and during damp weather were almost mud puddles. The new mats are more serv iceable in every way. They are made by the railroad's carpentry de partment from strips of wood an inch thick, two inches wide and of a length to suit the doors. The strips are joined by iron rods and blocks and form a corrugated surface. Many Ministers and Church Officials at McClean Funeral Mechanlcsburg. Pa., May 17. —- Yesterday morning funeral services ■which were largely attended, were held for the Rev. Robert Finley Mc- Clean, a retired Presbyterian minis ter, in the Presbyterian Church, the Rev* George Fulton officiating, as sisted by Ihe following members of the Presbytery: The Rev. Dr. T. C. McCarrell of Middletown, the Rev. Samuel S. Wylie of Shippensburg, the Rev. X. Iv. Euwer, acting presi dent of Irving College, and the Rev. Thomas J. Ferguson of Silver Spring. Pallbearers included officials of the .local church as follows: W. F. Fish burn, Charles Eberly, Joseph Z. ProweH, J. Will Brandt, B. B. Eber ly and John Harnish. In addition to members of the Mechanicsburg Ministerial Associa tions these ministers were present: The Rev. E. E. Curtis, the Rev. E. P. Robinson, the Rev. B. M. Ward, the Rev. Harvey Klaer, the Rev. IT. I E, llallman, the Rev. George E. I Hawes, D. D., all of Harrisburg. the Rev. C. Benjamin Sekelken of Steel | ton, the Rev. R. M. Ramsey of Xew j port, the Rev. L. C. Smiley of Le ! moyne, the Rev. J. Harold Wolfe of Dillsburg, the Rev. I. Potter Hays ■ of Xew Bloomfield. the Rev. W. P. I Nicholson and the Rev. A. N. Hag i serty of Carlisle, the Rev. Thomas C. | McCarrell of Middletown, the Rev. | S. S. Wylie of Shippensburg and the I Rev. T. J. Ferguson of Silver Spring; I the Rev. Hugh R. McGill of Centre, and a. classmate of 18f>8 at Gottys- I burg; J. w. Hay. M. D., of Hartjs i btirg. At the conclusion of the serv ice, the hody was taken to New Rloomfleld for burial in the family plot. SAVING COLUMBIA'S TREES Columbia, Pa., May 17.—The Woman's Club has taken up the question of the preservation and care of the trees in the borough, and, in their behalf, the Rev. Dr. E. G. Mil- J ier delivered an address at an open i meeting of the Merchants and Man ufacturers Association, advocating some system by which the conser vation of the trees within the bor ough limits may be insured. The meeting authorized the chairman, W. H. Eucas, to name a committee to meet individuals and corporations controlling trees to induce then} to lot them stand. MOTHERS' DAY IN PERRY Blain, Pa., May 17.—Mothers' Day services will be held next Sun day morning In the Methodist church at Emory chapel and the Green Grove school. In Madisorn township by the Rev. George H. Knox, pastor of the Blaln Methodist Episcopal charge. HEAVY DAMAGE BY FIRE Mount Union, Pa.. May 17. —A large blaze emptied churches and a cjrcus to-night when the large dwell ing of Mrs. Kimeling, a widow, was , burned and all the furnishings with it, causing several thousand dollars worth of damage. Suburban Notes MIM-ERSTOWN | John Neuman, son of Mrs. J. Xeu- I man, was taken to the Jefferson ! Hospital at Philadelphia on Sunday, I where he will undergo an appen j (Ileitis operation. Mrs. Robert Corn man and daugh ; ter, of Enola, visited her parents, I -\lr. and Mrs. D. B. Gable, this week. Miss Jessie Kipp spent several I days at Altoona. Mr. and Mrs. Max Taylor, who had been visiting the former's par j cuts. Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Taylor, have j returned to their home at Jersey Shore. Mrs. J. C. Hall has returned homo | from Baltimore, where she spent ! several days with her son, Dr. Ros ! coe Hall. Mrs. O. O. Wagner and son. , Grande, have gone to visit relatives j! i>hio. j The Bishop Henderson Sunday 1 rthool class of the Methodist church • v ill hold a box social in the llre ; house on Saturday evening. Mrs. J. 1. Crane left this week for Parkersburg, W. Va., whero she will spend several weeks with her dnughter, Mrs. Georgo Lent. Mrs. Raymond Clotiser and daugh tci, llelene, of Harrisburg. were re cent guests of her mother. Mrs. Mary Pcllow. I Mlro Sue Kline, of Shlremans i town, visited at the homo of D. M. I Klckabaugh, on Sunday.. 1 .Mrs, Nelson Williams, of Newport. | ..i'< nt Sunday with her daughter, j Mrs. Martin' liowe. iberland Valley Stations VOLUNTEERS TO REGISTER Carlisle, Pa., May 17.—Sheriff Greenwood to-day issued a call for volunteers to aid in the enrollment viider the selective conscription bill. So far about 'ten men have volun teered and fifty-eight are needed in the county. The latest to apply was Phil S. Gardner* New Cumberland, a veteran of the Spanish-American war. He wrote that as he had lost a foot in the former war he was un able to volunteer, giving his services in this way to aid in the present crisis. RUTHERFORrt-HOUSER Marietta, Pa., May 17.—Morris Rutherford, of Elizabethtown, was married Tuesday evening to Miss Mary Houser, of Middlctown, at the Camargo. was perhaps fatally in church, Elizabethtown, the Rev. B. M. Moyer, pastor, officiating. {ffl| M W 1 * • §1 MOTHER NATURE Protects Your Tobacco IF You Smoke VELVET J.. |§ / 1$ She sees to it that Velvet's mellow- Men have tried—and will try —to .■•%' ness and aroma are not created by beat this,method by quick curing | * artificial methods, but by her very or artificial processes, but Mother * i|| own. That is Nature's way —the Velvet way— j-| A complete natural curing for two remains the very best. f 'fkA 1 ' |§ years, during which time the tobacco m 11/flKfWf , '■! m remains, untouched, in its original " costs us mqre money to prepare fel /lm:M. I wooden hogsheads. At the end of Velvet in this way—it will cost you f jl || two years it is made into Velvet and only 10 cents to prove Velvet, at the t \ is as smooth as its name implies. first store you come to! y if ' || Gx News Items of Interest in Central Pennsylvania Carlisle. Registration Day un der the new selective draft will be ob served in Carlisle by a parade, his torical fetes and addresses, according to a program adopted by the Cham ber of Commerce. Carlisle. The Carlisle board of health has ruled that after June 1 no j milk may be sold in the borough ex cept from dairies to which sanitation j certificates have been issued. Reading. Running down a steep < grade in Fast Reading at terrific j speed, a car loaded with ten.tons of l stone hit a Boyertown car. Chris tian Kutz, aged (50. a veteran con ductor. was probabiy fatally hurt. l.eliighton. A Carbon county National Farm Loan association is being formed here and farmers are offered loans running from 5 to 40 years at 5 per cent, interest. Cliambersburg. Dr. William Mann Irving, president of Mercers burg Academy, announces that the term will be shortened because of the j war. The commencement exercises will be held Monday, May 28, instead of June 6. The dance, musical con cert, class day exercises and alumni luncheon will all be dispensed with. lla/.leton. The Lehigh Valley Coal Company has granted its unor ganized shop employes at Drifton an increase of 35 cents a day dating from May 1. Huzicton. Brush fires are raging everywhere on the mountains in the Hazleton district. One threatened the St. Nicholas < 'atholic Church and rectory at Weatherly and it was nec essary for the fire department of the town to fight the blaze. Considerable damage is being done to timber tracts and the huckleberry crop. Gilberton. John Boner, aged 31, burgess of Gilberton. died here to day of pneumoniae- He caught cold while chief marshal of a patriotic parade at Mahanoy Plane. PRAY FOR WAR TO END Marietta, May 17.—Sessions of the Westminster Presbytery of Lan caster and York counties closed yes terday with special prayers for the i war to end. It was the most sue- ] cessful hold for years, with the largest number of delegates. The j music at all sessions was a feature i and reports show a big gain in . membership. GREAT FOR ECZEMA AND OLD SORES I Guarantee My Ointment, Says Peterson "If you are responsible for the health of your family," says Peter- I ] son. "I want you to get a large 25c i I box of Peterson's Ointment, to-day. | "Remember, I stand back of every [ box. Every druggist guarantees tod refund the purchase price if Peter- j son's Ointment doesn't do all 1 j claim. "I guarantee it for eczema, old I sores, running sores, salt rheum, j ulcers, sore nipples, broken breasts, itching skin, skin diseases, blind, | bleeding and itching piles as well as for burns, scalds, cuts, bruises and sunburn. • "I had 30 running sores on my leg for 11 years, was in three differ ent hospitals. Amputation was ad vised. Skin grafting was tried. I was.cured by using Peterson's Ojnt ment."—Mrs. F. B. Root, 287 Mlch , igan St., Buffalo, N. Y. —Adv. WAT T?, 1017. Forest Fires Still Burning in Mountains of Perry Duncannon, Pa., May 17. Fire that has been burning intermittently for several days has again broken out on Peters mountain and is still doing damage to the timber. Last night at midnight the first was higher than at any time since it started, but was burning on the lower end of the mountain, where there are no houses and where good timber is scarce. The fire that was burning on the Cove mountain is still smouldering in places, but has been conquered un less it breaks out again somewhere along the long line where it formerly burned. Reports from the western |i!f Tke boys favorite f It's Easiest! SHOE POLIISHES caor NEW YORK INC. BUPPALO,N.Y.\ Dwik a; Qmt oj( iMlk I | If it weren't the fin- A II . est grade and rich in A Ifllf | butter fat milk —we __ M 11. ■\/ wouldn't sell it. 11l 5 JLr Purity and quality / \ •If ARE YOU fel 1 GETTING MILK K „„„ | FROM US?. I Penna. Milk Products Co. j-iwtJfoSURE Cs. parts of the county say that several llres are burning in that section. The smoke around Duncannon is Btill dense. Work of Paving Streets Is Started at Carlisle 1 • Carlisle, Pa., May 17.—Paving of : three blocks In the central part of town was begun this week as the first answer of the borough council I to the threat of the Motor Club to [ bring action unless the thorough | fares were put in passable condition, i Minor repairs will be made, a great J program of work being mapped out | lor 1918, should the bond issue of I $ 150,000 to be. presented to the vot -1 evs in November pass.
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