2 TIMELY NEWS OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND CITY'S SUBURBS SUPERVISORS HELD FOR COURT Lancaster Automobile Club Brings Charges For Neglect of Duty in Road Repairs Mount Joy, Pa., Sept. 6.—A. F. Brenner, R. H. Gamber and How ard S. Stauffer, supervisors of Manor township, were held for court on Wednesday for neglect of duty and refusing to repair three public roads in the. township. The prosecutors are E. D. Ruth and C. A. B. Zook, representing the Lancaster Auto mobile Club. Birthday Celebration For Henry Landis and Grandson Hockersville, Pa., Sept. 6.—A; double birthday surprise party was i held on the lawn at the home of! Henry H. Landis near here, in honor ! of Mr. Landis' sixty-second birthday and his grandson. Lewis Seigler's | sixth birthday. The lawn was beau- j tlfully decorated with Japanese lan- j terns and flags. The evening was j spent in games, music and singing, I after which luncheon was served, i The centerpiece on 'the table was a large birthday cake with sixty-two' lighted candles. A table was set fori Master Lewis Seigler with a birthday! cake with six candles for the little] guests. Those present were: May' Weber, Carrie Smith, from Hum-j melstown; Stella Fasnocht, Lillian' Herr, William Quiekley and Arthur I Brlghtbill Palmyra; Miriam Rover,! Hazel Stone, Mr. and Mrs. John Boy-1 erand George Bover. Hershey; Kath-j ryn Adams, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ad- ] ams and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Adam®, I from Lebanon; William O. Upjohn, Walter O'Meara, Jack Brannock. A. | Le Russo, G. Wallace, Lester Burton, | Herbert Hafley, Albany, N. Y.; Mr. | and Mrs. Clayton Nornhold, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Landis, Mr. and Mrs. Jo seph Clark, Esther Landis, Pearl! Landis, Lena Land. Hockersville: Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Landis. Harry Lan dis. Edith Landis, Beatrice Landis, Swatara Station: Ellen Holstein, Mrs. Mary Kope, Frank Raiger, Jr., and Mrs. Frank Raiger, Leah Raig er, Union Deposit; Mrs. Allen Nye and Landis Henry Nye, Newark, N. J.; Sadie Hoover. Mary Bair, Blanche Hoover. Alma Hoover, Adeline Lan- I dis. John Hoover, Herman Hoover and Louis Seigler, Harrisburg. MORE LAND PURCHASED | Marietta, Pa., Sept. 6.—There has been purchased another tract of land in the western end of the borough adjacent to the lands recently pur chased and in all aggregating about 800 acres. There is a large force of men laying tracks and doing other work in the vicinity. EXEMPTION BOARD MOVES TO DAUPHIN BUILDING The local exemption board for di vision No. 2 has removed their office' from Paxtang-' Srhoolhouse to third floor of Dauphin Building, formerlyi the Commonwealth Hotel.—Adv. I Your Boy's Clothes —and His Happiness Are Inseparable And New Store Clothes Bring Happiness The Fall Selection Is Superb Handsome grays, browns and serges of the sea son's latest patterns and models—And, say bovs, you ought to read ' ( S Llh E —1 he official magazine of the Boy Scouts of America. Boys' Suit Prices are fjh $5 to sls A J The New Store is the Official All genuine Boy Scout goods are made by Sigmund Eisner, of Redbank, N. J. The official representative of this firm in Harris burg is the New Store of Wm. Strouse. Remember—New Store—Official Scout Outfitter 1 1 The New Store Has Added a New Department Of Infants' Sweaters —Silk Fibre and Wool Of Every Delicate Shade Conceivable $2.00 and $2.50 The New Store of Wm. Strouse THURSDAY EVENING, Cumberland Valley Address on "Pellagra" at Medical Society Meeting Mechanicsburg, Pa., Sept. 6.—To day the fifteenth annual meeting of the Cumberland Valley Medical As sociation is being held at Boiling Springs Park. The business and scientific session was held in the pa vilion at 11 o'clock this morning. Dr. H. A Spangler, of Carlisle, the president, entertained, assisted by the women's committee. Dr. Guy C. Maisch, of Hagerstown. called the meeting to order and the program Included a paper by Dr. V. M. Rich ard on "Pellagra;" talks by Major Ashurst, of Philadelphia, and Dr. Johnson, of the Gettysburg Camp. Cheap Peaches at Orchards in Blue Ridge District Waynesboro, Pa., Sept. 6.—A1l the I families of Waynesboro and for I many miles around are getting all the 1 peaches they want to can at from I 25 to 50 cents per bushel, provided j they visit the orchards of the grow j ers and pick the fruit themselves. I Several hundred automobiles were j at the orchards of Aaron Newcomer, j at Midvale, and near Pen Mar, Tues ! day and Wednesday, and all went j home filled with the finest of peach es. Mr. Newcomer, as well as sev j eral others, has thousands of bushels i of the fruit that will go to waste if not picked in the next few days. To | secure sufficient help is one of the biggest problems. MARRIED AT WAYNESBORO Waynesboro,. Pa., Sept. 6.—Rufus E. Weaver, of Marsh Creek, Adams I county, and Miss Edith M. Swift, of | Gettysburg, came to Waynesboro Yesterday and were married at the , home of the Rev. H. Mitchell Stover. CHILD BITTEN BY SNAKE Waynesboro, Pa., Sept. 6.—Seven | year-old Florence Peary, daughter of Harry Peary, a ranger of the Calen | donia forest reserve, is suffering , from a wound caused by the bite of a. copperhead snake. The little girl I reached under a chicken coop in the i yard of her home, near the Calen donia ridge, to secure a pet kitten. There was a sharp sting in her fore finger and when she withdrew her I hand her arm had already com j menced to swell. Her condition is se rious. DR. (i. M. BRVRAKER ILL Waynesboro, Pa., Sept. 6. —Dr. G. M. Brubaker, who recently came to Waynesboro from Mercersburg, is se riously ill at the home of his father, John H. Brubaker. RIDERS' MANY ACCIDENTS Marietta, Pa., Sept. 6.—John Kugle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Kugle was thrown from his motor cycle and badly injured. He has within a short time met with many accidents, his right arm was broken twice. collided in Harrisburg with a machine and met other other minor accidents. ROBBERIES AT MARIETTA Marietta, Pa., Sept. 6.—Thieving in Marietta is in vogue and last night the homes of six residents were vis ited and porch rockers, chairs and carpels stolen. This is the practice every year, but last year the thieves visited the other end of the town. [The New Store of Wm. Strous Young Girl of Buffalo Marries Dauphin Soldier MR. AND MRS. GUT WILLIAMS Daphin, Pa., Sept. 6.—On Sunday morning Miss Amy Jeannetto Walk er, of Buffalo, N. Y., and Guy Max well Williams, of Dauphin, were married at the home of the groom's mother, Mrs. J. E. Williams, by the Rev. Robert Fulton Stirling, pastor of the Dauphin Presbyterian Church. The groom is a sergeant in the Quar termasters Corps, stationed at Camp Hancock, Ga. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Walker, of Ruffalo. N. Y. Perry County Doing Big Things in Fruit and Flowers Newport, Pa., Sept. 6.—Mrs. John W. Lutz. of Liverpool, raised a to mato in her garden that weighed two pounds and six ounces. Thomas Weirick has one of two and three. H. G. Shreflicr produces another giant sunflower here. This giant measures twelve feet, four inches in height and five feet and two inches in diameter. C. E. Miller, a farmer of near here, has several peaches of the Yellow Alberta variety which weigh nine ounces. One measures 9 3-4 inches in circumference. A dalilia blossom measuring inches in diameter Is the property of a Stony Point resident. The blos som was raised on a plant that grew from a two-year-old tuber. George D. RafTensperger, of Hom iny Ridge, Juniata county, reports lifting a potato stalk with forty-three tubers attached. # AXXOUXCE BIRTH Marysville, Pa., Sept. 6.—Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Gelb, VaJley street, an nounce the birth of a daughter on Monday, September 3. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH I WEST SHORE NEWS! Social and Personal News of Towns Along West Shore Mrs. Walttr Hevern and son Charles, of Baltimore, are visiting Mrs. Catherine Cook and Mrs. Clif ford Yetter, at Now Cumberland. The Rev. and Mrs. J.' C. Forn crook, of Penbrook, visited Mr. and Mrs. Park Minter, at Now Cumber land, on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Dill, daughter, Miss Marian Dill, have returned to their home at Harrisburg, after being guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob B. Frcy at Shiremanstown. Mrs. Barbara Daugherty, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Bitner, son, John Bit ner, Jr., of Harrisburg, were enter tained at dinner Sunday by Dr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Daugherty, at Shire manstown. Miss Kathleen Shover and John Stuart have returned to Harrisburg after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shover at Shiremanstown. Mr. and Mrs. William Bates, son Robert, of Shiremanstown, are spending several days at Atlantic City. John F. Chronister, of York Springs, motored to Shiremanstown on Wednesday where he visited his niece, Mrs. Paul L. Wolfe. Miss Tillie Toole has returned to her home at Northampton, after spending a week with Miss S. Irene Heck, at Shiremanstown. Mrs. John S. Sheely, of Shire manstown, is spending several days at Atlantic City. Mrs. Bailey, Mrs. Walters and Mrs. Gibson, of Mechanicsburg, were entertained Tuesday by Miss Belle Heck, at Shiremanstown. Miss Margaret Smith, of Mechan icsburg, spent Monday with Miss Ruth Starr, at Shiremanstown. Miss Agnes H. Ising, Mrs. Charles B. Ising, of Shiremanstown, and their guests, Mrs. Mary Hoilis and daughter. Miss Jennie Hoilis, of Co lumbia, spent Wednesday with Mrs. John Whisler, at Harrisburg. Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Groom, daughter Louise, son, Martin Groom, of Steelton. Mrs. George Bear, Mr. and Mrs. Buhrman Bear, of New Cumberland, were entertained on Sunday by Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Starr at Shiremanstown. Mrs. Jacob M. Rupp and her daughter, Mrs. Orrell D. Rupp, of Shiremanstown, visited friends at Harrisburg on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. George Fisher have returned to their home at Pitcairn after visiting Marysville relatives. Miss Jeanctte Sellers has returned to her home at Marysville utter visiting two weeks with Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Williamson at Princton, N. J. Augustus Dettling, of Harrisburg, visited friends in Marysville on Mon day. W. R. Hench, of Harysvllle, was a visitor at Altoona oiv. Wednesday. Young Folks' Cornroast Along Yellow Breeches New Cumberland, Pa., Sept. 6.—On Tuesday evening a party of young people held a cornroast and marsh mallow toast along the Yellow Breeches creek. The crowd was en tertained by a number of popular songs sung by Wilbus Starner and ghost stories by Gardner Vogelsong. They then went to Camp Speakman and played games. Those present were: Hazel Vogelsong, Hazel Hale, Irene Seaman, Vergie Ruby, Elmira, Ruby, Christine Blessing, Ruth Schell, Sara McCreary, Esther Bow ers, George Bates, Leo McCreary, Earl Ortmyer, Gardner Vogelsong, Raymond Westhafer, New Cumber land; Earl Berkheimer, of Lemoyne; "Wilbur Starner, of Steelton, and Bud Sutton, Milltown. 140-lb. Pig Lost From Hickman Pen at Enola Enola, Pa., Sept. 6.—Mystery sur rounds the disappearance of a pig Tuesday night from the pen of W. t?. Hickman ,of this place. Early on Tuesday evening, Mr. Hickman re turned from Milford, Del. r and vis ited his pen to make sure all his prized porkers were still on the job. In the morning he went to the pen to feed his pigs and much to his sur prise, one was missing. After an in vestigation the only available clue was the tracks of a horse and wagon. Mr. Hickman is peeved, with the price of pork near S2O a hundred, to loose one weighing 140 pounds. Enola Fire Company Wants Motor Pumper Enola, Pa., Sept. 6.—At the monthly meeting of the Enola Fire Company next Monday evening pre liminary arrangements will be made for holding a fair in the hosehouse J next month. A committee will be ap-! pointed to have charge of the fair | and the date decided upon. Work is about finished on the ew addition to the house. The new part of the building will be used for hold ing meetings while the old part will be used for the apparatus. The com pany is planning to purchase a mo tor-driven pumper. MEETINGS ON ANNEXATION Camp Hill, Pa.. Sept. 6. —On Mon day evening next the members of the West Shore Firemen's Union will arrange for meetings in several West Shore towns for consideration of the proposed annexation to Harrisburg. Several sessions have been held, one in "Wormleysburg and the "bther in | Lemoyne, and the people have all asked for annexation. BENEFIT FOR SOMMERS Washington Heights, Pa., Sept. 6. —Members of the Camp Hill division of" the Emergency Aid of Pennsylva nia will hold a benefit for the Penn sylvania soldiers in France in the form of a food sale and festival to morrow afternoon and evening on the lawn of Mrs. G. A. Rive, Wash ington avenue and Market sfreets. CONFERENCE WITH SUIT. Enola. Pa., Sept. 6. W. R. Me. Xeal and P. M. Miller, of Enola, special representatives of Blue Moun tain Lodge, No. 694, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, held a confer ence with General Superintendent Massey, at Altoona, yesterday. BIBLE CLASS FESTIVAL Enola, Pa., Sept. 6.—Members of the Men's Bible class of the First United Brethren Church, will hold an ice cream festival on the lawn of I£. A. Zeiders to-morrow evening. GUILD TO MEET New Cumberland, Pa., Sept. fi.— The Otterbein Guild of Trinity Unit ed Brethren Church will meet at the i home of Miss Elizabeth Sloat nextl Tuesday evening. ' J John H. Rhoads, Blind War Veteran, Dies at Marysville Marysville, Pa., Sept. 6.—After being blind for some twenty odd years, John H. Rhoads, commonly known as 'Bltnd John Rhoads," died at his home in Valley street on Mon day, aged 74 years, from debilities in cident to old age. He was a Civil War veteran. Funeral services were held from the home this afternoon, conducted by the Rev. S. T. Stouf fer, pastor of the Gienvale Church of God. Burial was made in Sitter ly's Cemetery, near here. Mr. Rhoads enlisted in February, 1864, in Company M, Seventh Regi ment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Cav alry, and served until he was hon orably discharged on June 30, 1865, after the conclusion of the war. He took part in a number of engage ments. In March, 1865, he was sent to the Jeffersonville, Ind., hospital and remained there until the con clusion of the war, after he had been badly injured while helping to dig trenches. His sight was affected by Injuries suffered during the war and eventually blindness came from them. He was a member of Lieuten ant Alfred Corl Post, G. A. R., of Marysville. One brother, Joseph A. Rhoads, of Marysville, and one daughter, Mrs. Anna Shoue, of near here, survive. United Effort to Clear Baughman Church of Debt New Cumberland, Pa., Sept. 6. Baughman Methodist Episcopal Church for several years has felt the burden of a debt of $15,000 and at a special meeting of the men of the church last evening, called by the pastor, the Rev. T. S. Wilcox, $lO,- 000 was pledged on condition that $5,000 be raised by the congregation by October 1, 1918. The meeting unanimously and enthusiastically ac cepted the challenge and agreed to meet the condition. A personal canvass will be made to secure the amount by October 1, 1917, with the understanding that the subscriptions will mature Oc tober 1, 1918. The plan anticipates quarterly payments. RECEPTION FOR IiIEUT. RUPP Shiremanstown, Pa., Sept. 6. A reception was tendered Lieutenant David M. Rupp by the young men of St. John's at the parsonage in East Main street on Tuesday evening. Lieutenant Rupp was recently mar ried to Miss Maty Hursht Landis, of Mechanicsburg, at Fort Niagara, N. Y. He is now stationed at Anna polis, Md., where he will assist 'n training the new National Army. Suburban Notes NEWPORT Clcyd Cooney is spending some time with his parents at Anderson burg. Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Carl have re turned to their home here, after spending a week at Atlantic City. Mr. and Mrs. James Cochrane have returned to their Philadelphia homes after spending some time with Mrs. Cochrane's father, Levi Smith. Mrs. Anthony Presenza, of Phila delphia, has returned home after visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. Pye. Mr. and Mrs. Singer J. Smith and Miss Pearl Wright, are spending a vacation at Anglesea, N. J. Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Coble, of Philadelphia, are guests of her mother, Mrs. Mary Noll. Miss Edith Veigel, of Pennsboro, N. J., is visiting J. S. Leiby and family. Morris, Landis and Frank Metzgar, of Lancaster, spent the week-end with J. L. Snyder and family. DUNCANNON Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Boyer and little daughter, of Akron, Ohio, are spending some time here with Mr. and Mrs. George E. Boyer, parents of the former. Miss Margaret Raissner, of Harris burg, was a week-end guest of her sister, Mrs. Jacob Johnston. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fritz, Jr., and children spent over Sunday with relatives at Logania. Abraham Kruger, of Harrisburg, visited relatives here on Tuesday. The Arter family held a reunion in Sieg's grove on Saturday, those present were: Mm. Mary Arter, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Arter, Mr. and Mrs. Harley F. Arter, Henry Arter, Mrs. Charles Krick, Enos Arter, Hempton Arter, Master Charles Krick, Mrs. Annie Kerns, Philadelphia, Miss Dorothy Mahlln, of Philadelphia, Master Henry Ar ter, Miss Mary Arter. They enjoyed a chicken corn soup dinner. BLAIN Professor Roy R. Allen, instructor In physics in the high school at Meriden, Conn., accompanied by his wife and daughter, Lois, visited Mrs. Allen's mother, Mrs. Mary Ellen Stroup, who Is 111. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Kelt, Harry i B. Kell, Minnip B. Kope and Eliza- 1 beth Kope, made an auto trip to j Chambersburg Sunday. On their' return they" brought Squire R. H. j Kell from Plainfleld. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Calhoun, of| Decatur, 111., visited R. M. Smith, j Mr. Calhoun, is a retired editor and j newspaper man. He wears a SSOO i G. A- R. badge which was pre- j sented him when he was State Commander of Illinois. The Rev. and Mrs. J. K. McKee | and daughter, Catherine, of York, I are visiting friends here. HALIFAX Elmer Chubb and Miss Hazel Ful mer, of Northumberland, spent parti of the week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry S .Chubb in Halifax j township. Miss Christine Neidig is home | from a visit to friends at Kennett Square. * Mrs. Chester Funk and children, of Steelton, are guests of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Newbaum, In Halifax township. Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Eisenhower, of Altoona, are visiting relatives here. John Sheesley is visiting friends at Pittsburgh. Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Fetterhoff spent the forepart of the week vis iting friends in Elmira, N. Y. Mrs. John Singer, of Ontario, Canada, spent the forepart of the week with Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Smith. Upon her return home she was accompanied by Miss Frances Smith. Martin Keiter is visiting relatives at Cherrydale, Va. Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Short. of Erie, were guests of the Misses Belle ,and June Hamilton, on Tuesday. News Items of Interest in Central Pennsylvania Reading. —To induce the city to buy it a $9,500 motor fire engine, the Riverside Fire Company has offered to lend the money to city council until the city can repay it. Maltanoy City. —To care for in jured mine employes, the Lehigh Valley Coai Company has established its own hospital at Centralia. Dr. Frank Marshall, of Ashland, is in charge. Allcntown.—Edwin Will, a young Allcntown barber, mysteriously dis appeared Sunday after seeing a base ball game, and his family fears that he has met foul play. Haileton.—When Mrs. George N. Introduce the Advance Modes For Fall and Winter In Semi-Tailored and Strictly Tailored Suits For Women and Misses The ensemble embraces the most alluringly fashionable garments, featuring "Golflex" Suits for which Schleisner's is sole representative in Harrisburg. It is highly advantageous for a woman to wear Schleisner apparel. 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Munch Chunk. —Exemption board No. 1 has certified 111 drafted men to the district board at Scranton. Many of them are filing claims for exemp tion for industrial reasons. The board will call 400 more men for ex amination. FALLS FROM APPLE TREE I Mount Joy. Pa., Sept. 6. —Benja- j min F. Shank, aged 46 years, of I Elizabethtown, on Wednesday fell from an apple tree and was found in an unconscious condition by his I wife. He is in a serious condition. |p New Universities Dictionary 111 i|| WARRISBURG TELEGRAPH |ji How to Get It ?resen^r^nail^o^his^ For tha Marm Nominal Cottof paper one like the above I Manufacture and Distribution with ninety-eight Cents to and 98C packing ' clerk hlrt ' secure this NEW authentic MAIL ajjimPm*,, Dictionary, bound in real ORDERS uSSjooSi:: jo flexible leather, illustrated WILL UpStcooSbl'io with full pages in color i BE f and duotone 1300 pages. FILLED 25 DICTIONARIES IN ONE A/l Dictionaries published preci ous to this year are out of date Lancaster County Historical Society Holds Session Marietta, Sept. 6.--To-day the Lan caster County Historical Society held its annual summer session at the home of Justice and Mrs. J. Hay Brown, in Paradise township, and it wap one of the largest ever held by this society. Judge Lnndia, of the Lancaster county courts, read a paper and spoke on Lafayette's career while in America. The sug gestion of a monument was consid ered ■ and discussed at some length.
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