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TIMELY NEWS OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND CITY'S SUBURBS
ANNVILLE HAS
22 IN SERVICE
P. 0. S. of A. Camp Honors
Charier Members and Un
furls Service Flag
Annville, Pa., March 6.—Two of
Annville's best-known citizens wore
rpecially honored recently when the
P. O. S. of A. caii)]) celebrated its
golden anniversary. They are Oli
ver H. Henry, father of Judge C. V.
Henry, and Dr. W. S Seabold, well
known in G. A. tt circles, both of
whom are surviving- charter members
of this organisation, founded in a
country schoolhouse north of Ann
ville, and now grown to ? total mem
bership of 330.
Appropriate exeyises were held in
the Conservatory of Music, at which
l>r. 11. Zimmerman presided, and ad
dresses were made by E. E. McCurdy,
of Lebanon, and G. 1-1. Mo.ver, Depu
tv Auditor General and state presi
dent of the J . O. S. of A. The Pal
myra Glee Club furnished the music.
A feature of the occasion was the
unfurling of a service flag with
twenty-two stars with an appropri
ate address by Prof. H. H. Shenk.
The following young men from
this organization are in the Army:
Sergeant George DeLong, Camp Tra
vis Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio,
Texas; Second Lieutenant Joseph W.
Boltz. Camp Meade, Md.; Ralph Bai
lor, France; Herbert F. 1-jiliott. engi
neer, Coast Artillery; Sergeant Max
F. Lehman, Camp Meade, Md.: Homer
Staley, France; Philip Hartman,
Three Hundred rnd Sixth Engineers;
Homer Fink, Ambulance Corps, Al
lentown; Reno ICeibler, Coast Artil
lery, France: Sergeant John Howard,
Truck Motor Company; Frank Long,
('oast Artillery, France; Harry
Bloueh, Field Artillery; Edward 1).
Buck, radio operator. Coast Artillery:
Corporal Amos Byle, Camp Hancock,
Augusta, Ga.; Earl .G. Loser, Camp
Meade, Md.; Sergeant Edward Smith,
Camp Upton, Yaphank, N. Y.; Cor
poral Oliver Yake, Camp Meade. Md.:
Harry Yordy, Camp Gordon. Atlanta.
Ga.; Roy Spangler, Truck Motor
Company; Paul Stober, Coast Artil
leiy; W. M. Miller, Fort Oglethorpe,
Ga.; John W. Snyder, Kelley Field,
Sr:i Antonio, Texas.
00 YOU GET UP WITH A LAME BACK?
Have You Rheumatism, Kidney, Liver or
Bladder Trouble ?
Pain or dull ache in the back is
often evidence of kidney trouble. It
is Nature's timely warning to show
you that the track of health is not
clear.
Danger Signals
If tliese danger signals are un
heeded more serious results may be |
expected; kidney trouble in its worst
form may steal upon you.
Thousands of people have testified
that the mild and immediate effect
of Swamp-Root, the great kidney,
liver and bladder medicine is soon
realized—that it stands the highest
for its remarkable curative effect in
the most distressing cases. If you
need a medicine, you should have the
best.
I.anic Back
Lame hack is only one of many
symptoms of kidney trouble. Other
symptoms showing that you may
need Swamp-Root are, being subject
to embarrassing and frequent blad
SPECIAIJ NOTE —You may obtain a sample size bottle of Swamp-
Koot by enclosing ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. This
gives you the opportunity to prove the remarkable merit of this medicine.
They will also send you a book of valuable information, containing many
of the thousands of grateful letters received from men and women who
say tliey found Swamp-Root to be just the remedy needed ift kidney, liver
and bladder troubles. The value and success of Swamp-Root are so well
known that our readers are advised to send for a sample size bottle.
Address Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. Be sure to say you read
this offer in the Harrisburg Daily Telesraph.
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•Vv EDNESDA\ FA ENfNG, HJtmusBURG TELEGRAPH , MARCH 6, 1918.
PRESBYTERIAN CLERIC
ON ADMINISTRATION
WASTING FOODSTUFFS IN BEER
Ministers Declare It's Fully to Wail Until Passage of Pro
hibition Amendment Before Saving Wheat
Xot to wait for the passing of the
prohibition amendment in Congress,
but to immediately stop the use of
grain foods in the manufacture of
beer on account of the war, was the
gist of a resolution drawn up last
evening by the Presbyterian Cleric
of Harrisburg and neighborhood and
forwarded to-day to President Wil
son. This gathering included pastors
representing 29 churches with a to
tal membership of 8,000. It was held
at the Y. M. C. A. where a dinner
was served with the Rev. Dr. Lewis
S. Mudge, as host.
Among the speakers of the meet
ing were the Rev. Thomas P. Me-
Carrell, of Middletown; the Rev. Dr.
Robert H. Zeach, secretary of the
Board of Sunday School Work; the
Rev. Ralph W. Hall, secretary of the
Young People's Work, and the Rev.
J. F. Armentrout, secretary of Sun
day School Work, all of Philadel
phia.
The resolutions, which were also
| Food Demonstration Held
by Experts at Liverpool
Liverpool. Pa.. March 6. —An in
tensely interesting food demonstra
tion was held yesterday in the G.
A. R. Hall, under the auspices o£ the
Perry county food commissioner,
Arhbiship Wm. Dorwart, of New
j port, presiding. Miss Martha Pitman,
j of the executive bureau of Pennsyl
| vania State College, had charge of
the demonstration. H. E. Ritter, food
administrator for Liverpool, address
ed the meeting and appointed the
following food committe for Liver
pool and vicinity: Mrs. Sara A. Rit
ter, Mrs* Liberty Derr and Mrs. J. D.
Snyder.
der troubles day and night, irrita
tion, sediment, etc.
Lack of control, smarting, uric
acid rheumatism, bloating, may be
loss Of flesh, sallow complexion.
Prevalency of Kidney Disease
Most people do not realize the
alarming increase and remarkable
prevalency of kidney disease. While
kidney disorders are among the
most common diseases that prevail,
they are sometimes the" last recog
nized by patients, who very often
content themselves with doctoring
the effects, while the original di
sease may constantly undermine the
system.
Regular medium and large size
bottles at all drug stores.
Don't make any mistake, but re
member the name, Dr. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, and the address, Bing
hamton, N. Y., which you will find
on every bottle.
! sent to Herbert Hoover,. Federal
Food Administrator, read as follows:
' "The Presbyterian Cleric of Har
risburg and vicinity, representing the
f | pastors of twenty-nine churches, and
I a membership of about 8,000 per
sons, respectfully urge that the gov
ernment prohibit the use of grain
; foods for the manufacture of intox
| icating beverages during the present
I war.
| "We heartily approve, commend
! and urge the rules for the conserva
tion of foodstuffs, but find a spirit of
protest, growing out of the permis
sion of breweries to use food grains
for the manufacture of beer.
"Our people are loyal and patriot
ic; ready to do all to win the war,
but protest making the full sacrifice
so long as the above conditions are
tolerated.
"Therefore, that our government
may accomplish its war purposes,
and that our Allies may be supplied
with needed food, we urge the above
i prohibitive measure."
Miss Lillian Foreman Bride
of Lieut. J. L. Baxter
Carlisle, Pa., March e.—On a short
lesve of absence here while en route
to Austin, Texas, enter training
w th the Aviation Corps. Lieutenant
James L Baxter, a DicKinson grad
uate, nO Miss Lillian Foreman, a
Carlisle society girl, were .quietly
marrhd here Monday noon by Ihe
Rev. J. H. Price, pastor cf the Alli
son Methodist Chimb. Thj event
was a complete surprise to their
friends.
Lieutenant Baxter has been sta
tioreci at Camp Meade, fatd., and goes
to Texas the latter part of the week,
being accompanied by the 'Tide's
blether, Robert H. Foreman, who has
been with an engineering unit at
29 n de.
Lieutenant Baxter was a student at
Dickinson and entered the iirst camp
at Fort Niagara, being commissioned
and assigned to Camp Meade. His
home is at Crafton, Allegheny
county. He was a member of the
Phi Kappa Rau fraternity.
Mrs. Baxter is a daughter of J. H.
Foreman, an official of the United
Ice and Coal Company. She is a
graduate of Penn Hall. Chambers
burg, and Metzger College. Carlisle,
and attended Temple University at
Philadelphia. She was at the Chil
dren's Home at Atlantic City for
several summers and has bien in
kindergarten work here. She is
prominent socially among the young
er set.
PLAN'S FOR DILLSBURG CAM!'
Dillburg, Pa., Mar. G. —The trus
tees of the Dillsburg Camp Associa
tion held a meeting here on Monday
afternoon to plan for the sessions
of the campmeeting. The time set
for beginning th 6 camp is Friday,
August 9, and as usual it will con
tinue ten days. A program will be
announced later. The services of
the Rev. Zuber of Philadelphia, have
been secured to conduct the evening
evangelistic meetings. E. L. Bender,
of York, is expected to again have
charge of the singing.
DIES IX CALIFORNIA
Dillsburg, Pa., Mar. G. —Word has
been received here from Miss Eliza
beth Mumper of the death of her
mother, Mrs. Alfred Mumper, at
Riverside, California. Burial was
made at Los Angeles.' She is sur
vived by her husband and son, the
Rev. William Mumper, and her
daughter, Miss Elizabeth. The
Mumper family is well known here,
having lived on Mountainside farm
in Carroll Township adjoining the
Dillsburg campgrounds for a num
ber of years.
PICK COMMON !
PLEAS JURORS
J
Commissioners and Sheriff j
! Caldwell Get Ready For
April Court
Jury Commis-1
Bioners Hoffman ,
sherlff Caldwell j
j ing names from j
; Wj llllm ot Common
S. E. Klinger. I
j Steelton Thomas
S. Stevens, city; E. E. Dockey, Un-,
iontown; Joseph McCMntic, city; j
Stanley Q. Snyder, Elizabethville; j
Philip L. Bock, city; Beverly Obey,
city; George M. Aungst, Penbrook;
John D. Evans, Williamstown; Rob
ert C. Castor, city; Elmer Hits, South
Hanover township; John Smoll.
Highspire; Harry S. Finley," city;|
John A. Baker, Steelton: CharlesW. j
Meredith, city; Isaac Rutter, Halifax
township; George AV. Gonder, Swatara
township; Philip Farmer, Jackson
township; William D. Lebo, Upper
Paxton township; H. H. Weand, city;
I Harry W. Straw, Halifax; Allen As
per,city; Grant M. Hartnian, Berrys
fcurg; AVilson F. Bomgardner, city:
Curtis C. Sweigard, Halifax town
ship; Edward N. Rhoads. East Han
over township; John B. Koch, city;
Paul E. Kurzenknabe,' city; Eli Kauf
man. South Hanover township; Amos |
Kern, East Hanover township; An
drew J. Gipe, Derry township: Bcn
| ,iamin Bowermaster, city; George C.
Eager, city: Alonzo Martin, Sr., city;
John H. Banks, Steelton; Simon L.
Epler, Ijondonderry township; George
N. Lyter, Highspire; John E. Kelter,
Jackson township; Mason M. Harvey,!
city; Harry M. Wolf, Hummelstown; I
John H. Wise, Mlddletown; M. Elmer
Stoner, city: Thomas McCall, Sr., j
.Hummelstown: Harry A. Aungst,
I Middletown; John W. Adams, Hum- |
melstown; Clayton S. Bechtel, Eliza - |
bethville: William J. Retallick, Wil
liamstown; John L. Togans, city;!
Karl Koons, Derry township; Oscar
Eshenaur, Swatara township; W.
Frank Witman, city; Herman J.
Wieger, Steelton: J. Benjamin Naee,
Williamstown; Samuel W. Fleming,
city; Harry M. Hoffman, city; Fran
cis'J. Keller, city: "Morris Starr, city;
Frank McCord, South Hanover town
ship; William C. Pfouts, city; M. S. j
Miller. Lykens.
Gompers Most Important
I Member of Wilson Cabinet,
Charges "Dry" Speaker
By Associated Press
Chicago, March 6. —With the debate
interrupted by frequent heckling and
with feeling running high, delegates
at the thirteenth national convention
of the Prohibition party to-day be
gan the second day of the special
session called to decide upon a merg- j
er with the new National party. The
opposition, which thus far has won
several test clashes, opened its at
tack, led by Dr. Edwin Worrell, of
I.'linois, who announced lie had
changed his views.
George Harger, of New York, fa
voring the merger, caused mild ex
citement when he called SaiAuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, the "most im
portant member of President Wil
son's cabinet, although not really a
member." Burton Rockwood, Michi
gan, state chairman, said: "Gom
pers has fought bitterly the things
the Prohibition party has sought for
the last forty years."
To permit the Prohibition party
delegates to see the opening session
of the National party convention, it
was announced that that party's
meeting would be held late to-day.
MAGEE RENOMINATED
New Bloomfield, Pa., March G.—
Word has been received here of the
renomir|ation of James S. Magee,
editor of the Perry County Demo
crat, to be United States marshal of
the middle district of Pennsylvania,
with headquarters at Scranton. The
nomination is now before the United
States Senate.
ENFORCING DOG LAW
Newport, Pa., March 6. —The new
dog law will be strictly enforced in
Newport borough. Burgess C. W.
Smith has just promulgated a notice
that he will strictly enforce the law
by shooting all untagged dogs on the
borough streets and all dogs run
ning at large at night.
Realty Men Discuss
| "Buy-a-Home" Campaign
More than twenty members of the
Harrisburg Real Estate Board held
a noon luncheon to-day to discuss
plans for extensive realty campaigns
to be conducted during the year. The
members talked on many phases of
the real estate situation in the city,
particularly with relation to the
"buy-a-home" campaign. According
to dealers this move will result in
big. improvements in the city and
will increase home interest and de
velopment.
The many opportunities in connec
tion with this movement were spoken
of, arid a record number of trans
actions are anticipated during the
coming months.
MILLER STOW N
The Rev. U. H. Kerschner, of
Newport, gave an interesting address
on "Food Conservation" in the
Methodist Church.
Prof. D. A. Kline, of New Bloom
field, superintendent of the county
schools, was in attendance at the
Teachers' Institute here on Satur
day.
Mrs. James Walker, of Altoona,
spent Sunday at the home of Wil
liam Walker.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Parsons and
the former's mothers, Mrs. Mary
Parsons, of Port Royal, spent Sun
day with the Misses Kipp.
Mrs. W. D. Bollinger was In Mil
lersville on Saturday to visit her
daughter. Miss Margaret Bollinger,
\ who is a student at the Normal
School.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Martin were
recent visitors in Newport.
Miss Gracella Allen has returned
from a visit with relatives at Harris
hu rg.
W. F. Rounsley and son. Kenneth,
of renbrook, spent Sunday with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. William
Rounsley.
Mrs. J. B. Allen is visiting her
sister-in-law, Mrs. William Kauf
fold, In Lancaster.
Manheim Bank Teller
Training at Army Camp
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CLAIR H. KEEN
Marietta, Pa., March 6.—Among the
many Lancaster countians to give up
responsible and lucrative positions
for the service of their country is
Clair H. Keen, teller of the Manhelm
National Hank, who is now in train
ing at a southern ramp. He is a
native of Quarryville, a son of Air.
and Mrs. .Samuel A. Keen.
11l SBAMJ AM) BO A ItDICIt
MOTH MELD VITUH MLRDEIt
Chambersburg, March 6. Clyde
W'eyant, a boarder, at the home in
Waynesboro, of John If. Monn, where
lie found the body of Monn's wife last
Saturday morning, is held in jail on
a charge of assault and battery with
intent to kill Monn. The latter is in
the Chambersburg Hospital and is
expected to recover from a self-in
flicted bullet wound in the abdomen
and a knife wound of the throat.
lie still insists that he did not cut
his throat.. The.testimony of board
ers and others was that the razor
found in his pocket did not belong to
him.
Three other Waynesboro men have
been arrested a% material witnesses
Policeman .1. Rush .lohn, Carl Stack
man and Henry Kniss, all boarders
in the Monn house. They gave bail.
MRS. JOHN LEBO HIES
Dauphin, Pa.. March G.—Mrs.
Laura Lebo, aged 57 years, of Stony
Creek Valley, wife of John Lebo,
died suddenly Monday night, from
acute indigestion and heart trouble.
She is survived by her husband, one
daughter, Mrs: Charles Lebo, of
Dauphin; one son, Isaac, at home:
two brothers, Purde Garman, of
Stony Creek Valley, and Eugene
Garman, of Dauphin; one sister, Mrs.
Irvin Koons, of Penbrook. ,
Funeral services at 10 o'clock Fri
day morning from her late residence.
Burial at Pleasant View Cemetery.
-\utomobiles will be at the station to
meet trains on Friday morning.
OLD HOTEL CI/OSEI)
Marietta, Pa., March 6. —Mumma's
Hotel, at Jronville, has been closed.
It was one of the oldest in the coun
ty. The proprietor, Andrew Mum
ma, has removed to Lancaster. This
leaves but two hotels in that sec
tion.
IHLLSBURG
Calder Smith has moved from Me
chanicsburg to the Daniel Knaub
home, about a mile and a half west
of Dillsburg.
1... L. Bentz has moved from South
Baltimore street, to the J. H. Hess
house, in Gettysburg street.
Letters of administration on the
estate of the late George Kapp, of
Mt. Royal, have been granted to J.
S. Kapp, a son.
Letters testamentary on the estate
of Morret Coover have been granted
to Victorine R. and Howard Coover.
Frank Heiges, of Camp Meade,
Md., spent Sunday with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Israel Heiges, in Frank
lin township.
Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Zerby of Steel
ton. visited friends here recently.
Mrs. Amelia Bender and Mrs. J.
J. Klugh were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
J. Harold Rearick, 214 Cumberland
street, Harrisburg, on Saturday.
Ray Klugh, son of S. H. Klugh,
has been accepted for Army service
as a musician.
Mr. and Mrs. John C. \Y
spent the past week with
daughters at Philadelphia.
Mrs. Maggie Lerew returne'
the hospital in Harrisburg SuUi .
evening.
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Miss Evelyn Wentz. spent Sunday
with Miss Florence Woods.
Miss Grace Spotts is home from
Philadelphia, on account of the ill
ness of her father. M. S. Spotts.
G. S. Rice, of Landisburg, visited
his niece, Mrs. D. VV. Sheaffer, last
week.
Cloyd Morrow, of Pittsburgh, is
visiting his mother, Mrs. Mary E.
Morrow, and his sister, Mrs. F. A.
Kern.
Robert Martin, of Britt, la., is vis
iting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Martin.
Tlio Blain Dramatic Club is re
hearsing the play entitled "Her
j Friend the Enemy."
NEWPORT
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Fickes
have removed their home in East
Newport to Duncannon.
Sergeant Wayne Crissman, of
Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga., spent
a short furlough here with his wifa-
F. S. Waggenseller, an attorney
of Selinsgrove, visited with his broth
er, George J. Waggenseller.
Make Your Stomach
Your Best Friend
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Di
gest the Food, Prevent Sour
ness and Make You Feel
Fine All Over.
If you feel any distress after eat
ing take a Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab
let. You will then have a good,
steady friend in your stomach. For
no matter what you cat there will
be no gas, no sour risings, no lump
in your throat, no biliousness, no
dark brown taste in the morning.
Ar.d should you r.ov be. troubled,
j eat a tablet as soon as possible and
relief wil come promptly. These
tablets correct at once the faults of
a weak or overworked stomach, they
do the work while the stomach rests
and recovers itself. Particularly ef
fective are they for banqueters and
those whose environment brings them
in contact with the rich food most
apt to cause stomach derangement. Re
lief in these cases always brings tho
glad smile. Get a box of Stuart's
Dyspepsia Tablets. B0 cents, in any
dnug store. He good to your stomach,
i -Advertisement, V
UNIQUE PLAN TO I
SELL WAR STAMPS
|
Tickets to Rotarian Enter-1
tainment Redeemable at
Box Office For W. S. S.
The Rotary Club will give a mem- I
bership entertainment for the sale of
Thrift Stamps, it decided at a meet- !
ing of the club in the building of the
State Capital Sovings and Loan As- |
sociation in North Second street.
Tickets will sell for a dollar each ;ind
will be redeemable at the box office
on the evening of the entertainment i
for one dollar's worth of Thrift
Stamps, the stamps to become the
property of the. ticketholder. Half
the expenses of the entertainment
will be borne by Arthur D. Bacon,
chairman of the Rotary Thrift Stamp
Committee, who addressed the meet
ing at length on the War Stamp issue,
and by John Ileathcote, authorized
agent for stamps. A large number
of stamps were sold to members of
the club last evening by Mr. Bacon.
The Rotarians also selected Samuel
Eby to be chairman of a campaign
committee to be entrusted with the
work of aiding Scout. Commissioner
Stine to procure additional Scout
masters to take chance of the many
troops of Boy Scouts now being or
ganized. The campaign will be con
ducted Saturday.
The club was entertained last
evening by Pork Commissioner E. Z.
Gross and E. R. Pierce, of the State
Capital Savings and Loan Association.
Mr. Pierce delivered a very enlight
ening address on the methods and
growth of building and loan asso
ciations, especially the part the State
Capital has had in the promotion of
hoinebuyingr throughout the state, the
sale of Liberty Bands and War Sav
ing Stinps. Refreshments were serv
ed by Caterer Rutherford.
John W. Hoke For
Beidleman Now
An interesting incident at the
Capitol to-day was a meeting be
tween Senator E. E. Beidleman, of
this city, mentioned fo'r Lieutenant-
Governor nomination, and Ex-Sena
tor John W. Hoke, of Chambersburg,
a former colleague in the Senate.
"Are you going to be a candidate
for Lieutenant-Governor?" asked Mr.
T-loke.
"Some peope say," replied the Dau
phin leader.
"Well,'here's to you; I'm for you,"
I replied the Chambersburg man.
Prominent men in politics here
during the day were Representative
Charles Walter, Franklin; 'Ex-Repre
sentative H. H. Brosius, Jefferson:
Porter W. Lowry, Butler; Robert C.
Miller, Adams county Republican
chairman, and W. T. Creasy, the
Democratic floor leader.
INVESTIGATE DEATH OF
CAPTAIN A. H. I\.\ES
By Associated Press
Baltimore, Md., March 6. lnvest
igation into the circumstances sur
rounding the death of the man iden
tified at noon to-day as Captain Alex
ander Hamilton Innes, of the United
States Army, whose body was found
I in his room at a Wegt Fayette street
| hotel, here last night, was continued
by the authorities. The police are
hunting for the woman who was
with the man wh|n he registered at
the hotel last Saturday as "A. Hamil
ton and wife." She disappeared yes
terday. about two hours before the
discovery of the body.
The Reality of It!
\ou can only understand The increased cost of
the true state of affairs Copper Wire from 1915 to
when you come face to face 191-7, 180 per cent.; axles,
with facts. 272 per cent.; car forgings,
216 per cent.; tie plates,
The war has changed 276 per cent,
things all around! Yes!
You know it! TL I c c
1 hese are only a rew or
Everybody has to share ems *
in the difficulties. Yes,
everybody from the manu- What do these figures
facturer to the consumer. mean? They mean that
Nobody comes before the tlie war absorbs materials
Government. No! And and labor, causing a short
nobody should. age and we all have to
stand the burdens of war.
We've five cars on order
since last August. Scarcity But there - s a bright side
i m^ ena ' s anc * labor to s hi ne again. Democracy
holds them up. w -JJ RE {G N supreme the
w 11 4 i world over and the world
Would you* wonder -n • i
i ... i j i will move on in rapid
about it when you read the • j
figures of the Comptroller * S n CS '
of the Currency?
The adjustment will
Well, then, read. benefit us all alike.
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HARRISBURG RAILWAYS COMPANY
State to Place Orders
For Farm Tractors, to
Be Delivered at Once
The State Safety and Defense Com
mission at a special meeting held to
day at the Capitol, authorized an ap
propriation of $50,000 for the purchase
of tractors to be rented to farmers in
need of farm labor by the State De
partment of Agriculture at as low
rates as possible. The meeting was
presided over by Lieutenant Governor
McCiain, and after a statement by
Secretary of Agriculture Palton the
money was granted, Messrs. McCiain
and Patton and M. G. Bushong, of the
State Commission of Agriculture, be-,
ing named as a committee to make
the purchases.
The Commission of Agriculture was
in session at the same time, and Mr.
Patton, after communicating with
them, announced that the orders
would be given for the purchase of
the tractors before night and that he
hoped to get early delivery.
LANCASTER COUNTY HEATHS
Marietta, Pa., March C.—Christian
Miller, aged 77 years, a resident of
Gitt's Run, died Monday night. He
was a member of the United Breth
ren Church. His wife and several
children survive.
Joseph W. Bowers, aged 55, a native
of MifHintown, died Monday night at
the home of his daughter in Stras
burg township, while on n visit. He
was a veteran of the Civil War. He
is survived by four children.
Mrs. Ephraim Achey, aged 70,
died near Marietta Monday night,
after a long illness. She was a mem
ber of the Church of the Brethren.
Seven children and a number of
grandchildren survive.
SOCIAL AT ALRIIIGHT IIOMK
Halifax, Ta., March 6.—The Chris
tian Endeavor Society of the United
Brethren Church on Monday evening
gave a social at the home of Mrs.
Susan Albright in Fifth street in
honor of her son, Joshua Albright, a
sailor on the United States Ship
Georgia, who is home on a furlough.
The evening was spent in games and
music, and refreshments were
served.
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RED CROSS AIDS
FAMILIES OF MEN
CALLED TO WAR
Home Service Department
Extends Loans in Time
of Need
That sixty-nine families have been
helped during the, last month by the
Home Service Department ot the
Harrisbui;g Chapter, American lied
Cross, was the substance of a report
made yesterflay afternoon at a meet
in of the chapter's executive commit
tee. A total of $164 was expended
for financial relief and five soldiers,
stranded here, because thev lacked
funds, were given money and sent on
their way.
It is the practice of the Home Serv
ice Department to lend money to the
families of soldiers, when there fam
ilies are found to be in need. The
result hits been very encouraging.
During the past month, $43.50 was
returned to the chapter from these
loans.
Teacher of French has been se
cured for the instruction of the men
at the Middletown camp, by the com
mittee in charge of this camp's Red
Cross work. Mrs. James Henry
Darlington is chairman of the com
mittee. Nhe reported at yesterday's
meeting that the men were enthus
iastic over the new class, and that
the commandant has warmly approv
ed their work.
MRS. OKRBKKICII I.NXKKTAINS
Dauphin, Pa., March 18.—The
Mite Society of the Presbyterian
Church met with Mrs. Freeman l\
Gerberich. After the usual business
meeting, the evening was spent so
cially the women knitting. Refresh
ments were served to Mrs. Sarah
Sqonsler. Mrs. Amanda Meyers, Miss
Margaret Brooks. Mrs. J. D. M. Reed,
Mrs. Harry Reed, Miss Ann Miller,
Miss Ora Bickel, Dr. W. P. Clark.
Master Russell Reed, Mr. and Mrs.
Y. C. Gerberich.