2 TIMELY HEWS OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND CITY'S SUBURBS ADVISORY BOARD j IS HELPING MEN I j Next Contingent of Cumber land Draftees Leaves For Camp Meade Friday ' Carlisle, Pa.. Dec. 19.—Daily meet ings of the legal advisory boards to advise men of tho two Cumberland county districts on the way to fill out the questionnaires have begun in the courthouse here and a num ber are taking advantage. In addi- ( tion to those specially designed, oth- t er members of the county bar have j t volunteered their services and are l 1 aiding. Special tables have been|c placed in the main court room for U the convenience of registered men. I r The following men in No. 1 dist.ric.tl j have been notified to leave on Fri-! a day with the next contingent: Wil- a liam B. Davis, Mechanicsburg; l r Charles R. Shur, Lemoyne; Rufus l.u Sherman, New Cumberland; Clar-'( ence E. Schriver, Wormleysburg; j . Thomas J. Booth, Camp Hill; Contoj D. Rocco, Wormleysburg; Touto D.'( Luigi, Wormleysburg; Russel W.' 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M•! :: m Your Saving Funds Cannot Be Invested || : i J | to a Better Advantage garag lf|| SUITS in cassimere, cheviots, tweeds or Piil: 5™TrW jSj worsteds, in all the newest as well as Jf'fcffm conservative models. f.' \ k'" mdj OVERCOATS in Trench models, ulsters, !l ° r reBS coats at one an<^on^ I JW. THE WONDER STORE Open Evenings Branch Stores in Principal Cities of the U. S. WEDNESDAY EVENING, CUMBERLAND INDIANS ENLIST IN U. S. NAVY Six Enroll at Philadelphia, Making Sixty Students of Carlisle School in Service Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 19.—Six more Carlisle Indians have left the school to join the United States, forces, making sixty of the students who have gone into service since war was declared. They enlisted on Saturday at Philadelphia in the Navy. The number of enlisted is about fifteen per cent, of the entire boys' section and the majority of those remaining are youths of from 16 to 19. The response is all the more marked in that not more than half a dozen Carlisle Redmen are iable to draft Carlisle, R. D.; Tolbert B. Welgle, New Cumberland; Max L. Snyder, Enola; William H. Nailor, Mechan icsburg; William A. Fink, Mechan icsburg. JURORS DRAWN IN CUMBERLAND Lower End Men in Majority on Panels For Courts at Carlisle Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 19.-r-The first drawing of jurors for 19'l8 just com pleted shows lower end men in tlte majority on all of these panels. The session of criminal court will be held on February 4 and the common pleas meeting one week later. Among those selected for service are: Grand Jurors—Jacob L. Bowman, Camp Hill; Harry Cart, Monroe; Ad dision Forney, Monroe; Fred J. Fry, Lower Mifflin; Abram Gutshall, Sil ver Spring; Harvey Martin, Dickin son; Jacob McQuate, Lower Allen; Abram Orris, East Pennsboro; Mc- Clellan Wliitcomb, South Middleton; George Zacharias, Upper Allen. Petit Jurors—W. Scott Davis, South Middleton; Lewis E. Weidman, South Middleton; John Brinton, Lower Allen; Walter K. Burkholder, East Pennsboro; S. C. Brownawell, Monroe; Victor Harlacker, Mechan icsburg; H. A. Walter, Camp Hill; Daniel Deckman, Lower Allen; Har vey Shughart, South Middleton; Harry Leach, Lemoyne; Elmer Erb, West Falrview; Harry M. Hoover, Monroe; J. H. Quigley, Wormleys burg; A. Leroy Line, Dickinson; David Shovar, East Pennsboro; C. B. Nebinger, Lemoyne; G. L. Green field, Lower Allen; William A. Mil ler, West Falrview; S. A. Thumma, Lemoyne; Silas Morrison, Dickinson; John F. Springer, Mechanicsburg; Levi Sheely, Shiremanstown; James Chamberlain, Hopewell. Traverse Jurors —J. O. Senseman, Shiremanstown; William Hollar, East Pennsboro; T. K. Wonderly, East Pennsboro; A. A. Bowman, Me chanicsburg; Ember D. Glvler, West Fairview; George Brandt, Middlesex; Clarence Albert, Lemoyne; C. A. Byrem, East Pennsboro; C. J. Eck crt, Silver Spring; Jesse Richwine, South Middleton; T. J. Opperman, East Pennsboro; Silas Gleim, West Fairview; Charles Strong, Lower Allen; Christian Eby, Lemoyne; John Sherly, Shiremanstown; Charles Mulgrew, New Cumberland; M. P. Herman, Camp Hill; Edward Weber, Mechanicsburg; J. S. Bitner, East Pennsboro; Jacob Gleim, South Mid dleton; Charles H. Gutshall, East Pennsboro; S. F. Miller, Mechanics burg; J. A. Pryoi\ Lemoyne; H. M. Glessner, West Fairview; W. L. Ot stot, Hampden. York County Farmers Make Their Own Stock Feed Dillsburg, Pa., Dec. 19.—Because of the high cost of all kinds of dairy feed and the delay in shipments re cently, the farmers of Franklin town ship have planned to make their own product, and on Monday they were hauling from this station barrels of molasses to use in the mixture. A machine to grind and mix the mater ials has been contracted for and in the near future making the food mix ture will begin. MILK PRICE ADVANCED Dilisburg, Pa., Dec. 19.—Price of milk was advanced on Monday from nine cents to ten cents per quart by the local dairymen. SECRETARY GOES TO FRANCE Hagerstown, Md., Dec. 19. The Rev. Clifford E. Hays, son of Ira AV. Hays, a former newspaper publisher of Hagerstown, has been selected as a Y. M. C. A. secretary to be cent to France with the American expedi tionary force, for the duration of the war. The Rev. Mr. Hays was graduated from the Gettysburg: Sem inary in 1910 and has been the pas tor of Bethany Lutheran Church at Philadelphia for two years. He is married and has two children. BUYS VAU ABI.K FARM Marietta, Pa., Dec. 19.—M. Mastel ler, of Frederick, Va., has purchased the valuable Klein farm, near Doner ville. Mr. Masteller is a civil engi neer, and lately retired as superin tendent of the Potomac, Fredericks burg and Piedmont Railroad, and has lat-ge interests in the south. HARHTSBURG &SS& TELEGRAPH Prisoner Asks Permission to Spend Christmas at Home Lewistown, Pa., Dec. 19.—A laugh went over the courtroom here yes-- terday when a local attorney stated that he d&sired to present a petition to the court for the parole of a pris oner sentenced to the county jail for nine months on a charge of assault and battery, the attorney giving as one of the reasons that the man de sires to spend Christmas with his family. Judge Bailey declared that many persons would like to spend Christmas at home, but will be un able to do so. The petition was with drawn. Suburban Notes IIUMMFI ASTOWN Miss Marjorie Nissley shopped in Harrisbusg on Saturday. Mrs. Ritts spent several days at Reading and attended the funeral of Harry Strock, a former resident of Hummelstown. Mrs. Albert Hummel is serieusly ill at her home in Second street. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Levan and sons, Frank, Paul and Woodrow, spent Saturday in Harrisburg. Miss Helen Gresh spent Saturday with Mrs. William Landis, .of Eight eenth street, Harrisburg. Miss Sara Shenk spent the week end with friends in Reading. Mrs. Russell Stoner has returned from a visit with her sister, Mrs. John P. Deiffenderfer, at Easton. Word has been received here that the liev. Robert A. Bausch, former pastor of the Reformed Church here but at Sellersville Reformed Church since Jujy 1, is resigning his charge to enter the Y. M. C. A. work. William Buser, of Hershey, Sunday with his sister, Mrs. Alfred McCall. Miss Lucretia Wheeler returned Sunday from Scranton, where she spent six weeks with her sister, Mrs. Legrange Minnich. Heed Walmer, of Philadelphia, spent the weekend with his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Walmer. Miss Rebecca Sutcliffe spent Sun day with her brother, the Rev. Al fred Sutcliffe, at Maytown. Augustus Zerfoss is ill with pneu monia at his homo in North Hanover street. Walter Gresli was confined to his home, threatened with pneumonia. William Ward and Irvin Whitman have secured positions as messengers for the Adams Express Company be- I tween Harrisburg and I^tsburgh. Roy Brightbill, of Mercersburg Academy, will spend the Christmas vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Brightbill. Mrs. Harry E. Gresh will spend Saturday in Philadelphia with her mother and sister. Mrs. Edgar Hummel was a Har risburg visitor on Thursday. Miss lone Bomgardner spent the weekend with relatives at Steelton. Miss Catharine Crist was a Harris burft visitor on Saturday. Misses Ruth and Esta Kilmer, of Halifax, spent Sunday with their par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. U. Kilmer. MI L LE RST O W N Miss Lillle Nankivelle, of Steelton, spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Nankivelle. Dr. A. 1.. Holman spent several days in Washington, D. C., the past week. Mrs. C. C. Page and sister. Miss Daisy Walker, were visitors at New port on Saturday. Mrs. W. D. Bollinger and daugh ter, Miss Margaret Bollinger, are visiting Mrs. Bollinger's sister, Mrs. C. A. Pike, at Washington, D. C. James Ulsh, who has been prin cipal of the schools at Madera, is home for a short time, prior to leaving for the National Army. ! Mrs. Howard Ward and Mrs. Roy 1 Coates were recent visitors at New port. HALIFAX Miss Ruth Bowman, of Philadel phia, and Paul Bowman, of Sunbury, spent Sunday with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Bowman. • Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Westfall, of Marysville. spent over Sunday in town visiting his mother, Mrs. G. W. Westfall. Charles Romberger, of Rockvllle, spent over Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Etzweller. ; Mrs. H. S. Potter was a Harris i burg visitor Monday afternoon. | Cornelius Heisler has gone to Phil i adelphia, where he has secured em- I ployment. Miss Esther Bailey, of Mat&moras, i spent Sunday with friends here. Henry Radle, of Harrisburg, spent Sunday visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Uriah Radle in Halifax town ship. Mr. and Mrs. William Pike, of Hummelstown, spent Sunday with town relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Clemson, of Harrisburg, spent Sunday at the home of John W. Clemson. Mr. and Mrs. George Schroyer and two children, of Palmyra, spent Sat urday and Sunday with'his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Schroyer. Miss Bethel Wllbert, of Harris burg, spent Sunday here visiting her mother, Mrs. Cornelius *Wilbert. Howard Heisler, of Northumber land, was the week-end guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Heis ler. DIUI/SBURG W. S. Sheffer and family spent Sunday with friends at Harrisburg. Fred W. Floyd and "family, of Harrisburg, are spending several days with friends here. Mrs. Clara Heiges is spending the week with her sons at Harrisburg. Professor J. Ernest Hartman has been elected principal of the schools I at Dillsburg to succeed Professor S. L. Doner, who recently resigned. Jerre Winters and family, of Franklintown, yesterday moved his household goods to Red Lion. Professor Andrew Bender, of New Tork, was the guest of S. H. Bendor and family on Sunday. George Diller, of Gettysburg, visit ed his mother on Monday. HALIFAX Christian Schott, who is past 87 years of age, is critically ill at his hotne In Second street. Mrs. V. P. Fetterhoff, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Straw, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Dunkel and Mr. and MJ-S. C. W. Mc- Clellan were at Highspire on Satur day attending the funeral of a rela tive. F. B. Cratzer, of Harrisburg, vis ited her parents here on Tuesday. Mrs. Harvey Putt has returned from Tower City, where she attended the funeral of her uncle, James Lewis. Mrs. Thomas Leebrick visited her sister, Mrs. Jesse Rauch, at Harris burg on Tuesday. Mrs. C. R. Shope entertained the H. A. C. Club at her home In Second street Tuesday evening. The Methodist Church will hold a Christmas entertainment on Tuesday evening, December 25. An excellent program will be rendered. Shortage of Coal Closes Dickinson College Buildings Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 19.—Because of the shortage of coal a number cf Dickinson College buildings will be abandoned after the Christmas holi days, according to an announcement to-day by President Morgan. The dormitories in South College will be moved and this building closed and the students placed in the west and east buildings. Bosler Hall will also be closed, chapel and other exercises being scheduled for the century old auditorium in "Old West." The law school will have its own plant in the new building. MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENT Marietta, Pa., Dec. 19.—Mr. and Mrs. V. Ellis Simpson, of Columbia, (*nnounce the marriage of their daughter, Miss Hazel G. Simpson, to George H. Blank, color sergeant ot Headquarters Company, One Hundred Seventh Machine Gun Battalion, at Camp Hancock, Ga. The marriage was performed by the Rev. Dr. C. E. Haupt, of the Grace Lutheran Church, at Lancaster, December 13. PI,AN WATER SUPPLY Marietta, Pa„ Dec. 19.—For the purpose of erecting and installing a water system at Yoe, a special elec tion will be held on Saturday, De cember 22. It is claimed the borough council has the assurance of an abundant supply for the borough it the citizens agree to the plan. .1. L. WEAVER DIES SUDDENLY Terre Hill, Pa., Dec. 19.—John L. Weaver, aged 77, died suddenly Mon day night from apoplexy, while vis iting his son. He was a member ot the Evangelical church, and a retired farmer and gardener. Five children survive. Reserve Your Christmas PIANO Player-Piano, Victrola or Edison Now —at Lose no time now in choosing the instru- # ment you want in your home on Christmas MarshaU & W Angelus Player-pianos $685-Sj>loso Ampico Reproducing-pianos SBOO-$2150 , *1 And whoever wants to take advantage of this special sale of used pianos that have been rebuilt like new, had better come at once. The complete list—all at extra reductions for a final clear-a-way, is printed below. 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