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SOUTHERN TOURS WILL
BRING MANY TOURISTS
ONE who lives and moves in re
stricted territory may not real
ize the frenzy of relish which
seizes the weary tourist when be
knows that his approaching des
tination includes an up-to-date hotel.
But the fact is that in many in
stances a continental route Is shifted
. at points merely because of this ad
-1 vantage, and one of the prime ef
forts made by the United Hotels
; Company, through its president,
i Frank A. Dudley, was to identify
; Harrisburg and the Penn-Harris
1 with the "Southern Tours." The ur
gent necessity of this he graphically
i pointed out in a letter to Mr. Wal
: lower, saying:
"In my early investigations re
i spectlng Harrisburg and its ability
to sustatin a first class hotel. I
found geographically the location
( was favorable. The arrangement of
| the transportation lines, of necessity,
makes Harrisburg a traffic center.
Harrisburg is sufficiently removed
from the larger cities to take it out
y'of the class of "stop over" cities, so
called. A capital city always at
tracts tourists, as well as those hav
ing business with the government,
and It seems reasonable to expect
that the capital of the second most
populous stato In the United States
would attract enough business to ma
terially assist in sustaining tho prof
itable operation of a first class hotel.
Harrisburg has, for a city of its size
and by reason of proximity of im
portant industries, a fair average of
commercial business, which undoubt
edly Is Increasing.
"We have always considered our
selves specialists in the development
of automobile touring, and wo aro
endeavoring to attract to Harrisburg
automobile tourists from not only
the West, but the North, East and
South. We are able, through our
connections, to influence a consider
able volume of automobile traffic,
and as we have hotels practically
surrounding Harrisburg we feel that
The Penn-Harrls should be the re
cipient of a large automobile traffic.
"The Southern Tours, which Is
now being established, extending
from New Orleans, Mobile and Flor- i
Ida points north via Birmingham,
gives Harrisburg as a northern ter
minal over the Shenandoah Valley
route, so-called. As this undoubted
ly will be one of the popular tourist 1
routes of the country, we look for
ward to an ever-increasing tourist
traffic for Harrisburg.
"Our own efforts to develop busi
ness, go ably supported by yourself
Forry's
Haberdashery
will be located in the
Penn-Harris Hotel
Building
It is with much pleasure that we
announce to our patrons that on or
about January 1 5 this business will
be located in one of the storerooms
of the new Penn-Harris Hotel.
The new and spacious quarters
will be fitted with the most modern
store fixtures, providing for conven
ient selection from wider stocks of
exclusive haberdashery than we have
ever before shown.
It will be our policy as in the past
to carry only strictly high-grade lines
of men's dress accessories, that will
embody the utmost in quality, dis
tinctiveness in style and sensibleness
in pricing.
We are proud of the new building,
proud of our privilege to be located
therein, and extend to the stockhold
ers of the Harrisburg Hotel Com
pany our congratulations upon their
achievement.
TUESDAY EVENING,
and your associates, indicate to us
'that the operation of the hotel at
Harrisburg should prove mutually
profitable."
Tho "Southern Tours"
The "Southern Tours," which from
now on will attract thousands of mo
torists to Harrisburg, includes five
jroutes:: Shenandoah, Blue Grass,
jLouisville, Tennesee river and Geq
leral. The officers are Alfred S.
iAmer, Frank A. Dudley, Eugene
! Stuart and R. M. Clark. These men
found that long distance travel for
both business and pleasure has large
ly been East and West. They deter
mined to develop the North and
iSouth district, bringing together the
'Northern and Gulf States, and Har-
Irisburg should be proud that It will
be the northern terminus of this vast
' system.
j The topography of the country was
'studied to avoid monotony of travel
|and the routes finally selected give
|to the tourist the safest roads, the
Ibest roads and the greatest variety
!of scenery and opportunities to see
jnt close view in many respects the
jmost wonderful parts of the United
j States.
Touring between tho North and
'the South along tho Atlantic Sea
' board or along the Mississippi Valley
| presents + such a sameness of level
country as to become tiresome.
| "In the routes embraced within the
iSouthern Tours, all the beautiful
scenery of the Appalachian System
with ever-changing pictures of moun
tain, canyon, forest and river is pre
sented to the tourist.
Many Interesting Points
j The famous Hot Springs of the
; South, Mammoth Cave, Natural
■Bridge, and Lookout mountain are
among the natural wonders. Tho
Blue Grass section of Kentucky is
traversed. The great battlefields of
the Civil War. with their monuments
and story which cannot but touch
the heart-strings of every citizen be
he resident of North or South, are
passed. The beautiful Tennessee
river with its canyons and power
development are sfcen. The fertile
valley of East Tennessee around
Knoxville is traversed.
AIT of the routes from the North
| center at Birmingham, one of the
imost progressive and bea'utlful cities
iof the South. South of Birming
ham over good roads, on the route to
itho gulf, is Montgomery, tho first
jcapitnl of the Southern states until
; tliey were again united under the fold
ot the Stars and Stripes. From Mont-
Igoniery the advised route is to Mo
j bile at tho head of Mobile Bay on the
jGulf of Mexico. From Mobile the
tourist has the option of turning
west to Now Orleans, passing many
'attractive winter resorts on the
jGulf of Mexico. The distance is 164
1 miles from Mobile to New Orleans.
I "To reach Florida points the tour
ist turns east from Mobile traversing
Mobile Bay to Permacola. Pensacola
can also be reached by a direct route
south from Montgomery.
Great National Highway
For the first time in its history
Harrisburg now figures us the north
ern terminus of a great national
highway and it is good to read in the
prospectus which will be in the hands
of every tourist thut the magnificent
system begins In John Harris town,
the iirst lap being from here to Car
lisle, with the following information:
: "Road of crushed stone foundation
with asphalt binder. Harrisburg,
HOW PENN-HARRIS
NAME WAS CHOSEN
Josiah 11. Hillegas Is Respons
ible, Sangrce Finds
After Long Search
i&L HS^Bhh
JOSIAH HILLEGAS
BY ALLEN SAXGREE.
BV no means the least serious
consideration when the gor
geous mansion began to de
! velop was to choose a name for it,
! and W. T. Hildrup, Jr., who had
i by this time waxed enthusiastic in
| the project, suggested that the Tel
! cgraph take up this matter. Talk
; about wildfire! Harrisburg seized on
' tho opportunity with the avidity of a
I tramp reaching for a mince pie.
. The replies began to swamp the pa
per. "Walpole" was tho suggestion
from one contributor, combining
the names of E. Z. Wallower and E.
J. Stackpole.
At that moment history, imagina
tion and efficiency prompted Josiah
Hillegas, captain's mate in the crew
which steers the destiny of Dives,
Pomeroy & Stewart. Mr. Hille
gas relates that his rest one night
was something painful. He felt it
his duty to find the real and only
name for Harrisburg's new hotel,
and. being conscientious, no oster
moor could lure him into the arms
of Morpheus.
About 5 a. m. his better half was
startled by a shrill, maddened yell
from Mr. Hillegas, who ffcund diffi
culty in enunciating his divine dis
covery, and jumbled his worlds like
a Bolslieviker behind time. Present
ly he recovered and otmed the
magic phrase: "Penn-Harris" ut
tered, thus, perhaps, for tho first
time on earth.
This entirely upset the creator,
and he held forth, while tho pipe
bending whistle wheezed 6 o'clock,
on the appropriateness; how he had
dreamed of John Harris and the
Redskins; how of the generous and
valiant William Penn, and from that
to the highway which bears his
name. "Easily remembered and
covers everything," reminded Mrs.
Hillegas. "But you don't want to
waste any time; telephone it In, for
ideas like this quickly spread."
This shrewd advice weaved the
wreath which Joe Hillegas will wear
through immortality, for his wife
urged htm to obey within a few
minutes, and thus worked tragedy
for an enterprising woman on Alli
son Hill who must have been in
spired at about the samo Identical
moment. Unhappily, she waited to
send It in a letter, which did not
reach the Telegraph office until 10
a. m., after Hillegas had already
suiled into fame, for this caption,
embracing city and state, fairly
hand-cuffed every director, and In a
few days none other was considered.
In all justice to Joseph Hillegus,
it should be noted that his gallantry
touched high C, for when told or tho
tragedy he offered with the courtesy
of Sir Galahad: "Let this lady have
tho honor of Penn and Harris; I
will be satisfied with merely the hy
phen."
I*. O. S. OF A. NOMINATIONS
Halifax, Pa., Dec. 31.—The fol
lowing candidates were nominated
on Monday evening by the local P. O.
8. of A. as officers for the ensuing
term: Past president. Ira B. Zim-
I merman; president, Ross E. Zim
merman; vice-president, J. Howard
! Chuff; master of forms, Mylcs E.
Motter; recording secretary, H. S.
Potter; financial secretary, P. C. Fox;
treasurer, W. D. Straw and Ross E.
Zimmerman; trustee, H. S. Potter;
conductor, Joseph Landis; Inspector,
I Leroy Enders; guard, M. H. Spahr.
GIFTS TO SUNDAY SCHOOLS
llalifux, Pa., Dec. 31. —Mrs. W. H.
McFadden. of Halifa, who Is spend
ing the winter at Richmond Hill,
L. 1., has remembered in a generous
way the old home town. On Sunday
each member of the primary de
partment of tho three town Sunday
schools—United Brethren, Methodist
Episcopal and Reformed—was pre
' scnted with a half-pound box of
candy as a Christmas gift from Mrs.
McFadden.
SOLOMON DAXNER
Solomon Danner, aged 82 years,
died of uraemtc poisoning, after un
dergoing treatment at the hospital.
His death occurred at 2.30 yester
day afternoon. He lived at New
Cumberland, In Second street.
HABJRISBURG TELEGKXPH
population '87,000. the capital of
Pennsylvania, la located on the cast
I bank of the Susquehanna river,
'which Is spanned by several long
!bridges. It was laid out by John
,'Harrls In 1785, and was made tho
slate capital In 1812. Points of In
terest are the State Capitol, State
! Library, Soldiers' Monument, State
Arsenal, Courthouse. The prosperity
of Harrisburg is due to a large ex
jtent to Its facilities for communica
tion with the coal and iron districts
lof the state.
The I'enn-Harris hotel will be the
I official hotel for these tours.
HARRY'S CIGAR
STORE THERE TOO
Famous Old Stand to Have
Quarters in the New
Hotel
IT WAS a foregone conclusion that
the Penn-Harris would lack a
certain luster without the pres
ence of George Harry, bonlface of
the succulent weed, who for twenty
years—count, 'em— has dispensed
it to Pennsylvania Governors, not
to mention thous nds of legislators,
many of whom have crossed beyond.
This was a prime feature, the lobby
emporium of the big hostelry, and
the United Hotels Company gave it
minute and serious thought, until K.
Z. NVallower, in casual manner, indi
cated that there was Just one mnn
tltted for the job, and he knew
something, as the saying goes.
At the beginning there was slight
bickering over the lease, for George
Harry has strong convictions when
confronted with any new proposi
tion. So far as he was concerned,
he would not seek the location, and
the mountain promptly came to
Mohammed. ' Manager Wiggins is
one who "gets the idea" quickly and
when he realized the hotel would
not be complete without George
he sent a hurry and must call.
Needless to say this adjunct will
be big-league caliber; situated, as
it is, immediately to the left as one
enters the Walnut street door, with
the incense of the aromatic leaf
mingled with fragranco of boxed
candies and reams of magazine lit
erature. Mr. Harry will continue at
his old stand in the Columbus, but
give much of his time to the Penn-
Harris, for he will be in demand
by many thousands who have dealt
with him in years past.
The callous reader may not un
derstand the significance of a cigar
host who has had long experience,
and vision, but the Penn-Harris folk
werot "hep" to it. George Harry's
place is a catchword far and wide,
and when he chose, he identified a
merited one by naming a cigar after
him. Thus for John P. Elltin, at
torney general under Governor
Stone, and a member of the Su
preme Court at the time of his
death. He was a ' staunch "Mat"
Quay partisan and ran for Governor
against Mr. P 4 ennypacker..
One secret of the successful cigar
man is to always keep in stock the
variety demanded so that the patron
can get it instanter, and not be com
pelled to send for his brand out-of
town. So it is that the present in
cumbent of the Gubernatorial chair
always finds himself supplied, for
Governor Brumbaugh unquestion
ably relishes a de luxe flavor with
all the intensity described in Ik
Marvel's "Reveries of a Bachelor."
Two clerks will be on the Job here
until closing time, always under the
trained supervision of Grand Poten
tate Harry.
Appreciation of the
Telegraph's Aid
Mv Dear Mr. Stackpole:
We to-day have instructions to
cease our "Price Publications." For
nearly a year our Mr. Frank L. Cook
has been meeting twice each week
with representative retail and whole
sale grocers, and together they have
agreed on price lists of staples, show
ing the low and high prices at which
the retailers bouht and the fair
prices which the consumer should
pay.
Your publication of these lists has,
I am sure, been of great value in pre#'
venting proliteering without the Ad
ministration having to enforce penal
ties or even threaten and I now want
to thank you for the space yen have
given these lists and for the many
favors you have given the F-jrd Ad
ministration in conveying to your
readers the many changing ruies as
they have come to us. YJiis price
list pu'.llcation was the last ,'unctlon
of the Food Administration and in
now Withdrawing from its duties, I
must again speak of the great co
operation that has come from every
home and store and office in 'lie de
sire to follow out the rules as you
have announced them.
Very truly yours,
DONALD McCORMICK,
Food Administrator for Dauphin
County.
COL. M. C. KENNEDY IS
HACK FROM FRANCE
His many friends here and else
where and throughout the railroad
world will be glad to know that Col
onel M. C, Kennedy, president of the
Cumberland Valley Railroad Com
pany, arrived yesterday from Europe
where ho has been engaged for
months in the transportation *ork of.
the American Expeditionary Forces.
Colonel Kennedy's efforts were
highly appreciated by the Allied na
tions and when the tor.v shall hnvc
been told by others thai himself—
because he will never tell it—it will
bo a narrative of railroad develop
ment worth while. It is ihe hope >.f
the chamber of Commerce of Har
risburg to have Colonel Kennedy as
Its luncheon guest in the near future.
TWO ARRESTED FOR
HIGHWAY ROBBERY
John Detan and Charles Spencer
of Sibletcrwn, were arrested by Po
liceman Parsons this morning on the
charge of holding up nd robbing
William Reld oC 57.55 and a pair of
shoes. The holdup is said to have
occurred In the vicinity of Seventh
and T-lerr streets about 5 o'clock this
morning.
BUYS 1888 NORTH SECOND
Sale of the property at 1838 North
Second street to City Assessor James
C. Thompson was announced to-day.
The consideration was not given!
The property was owned by Edward
L. Daron, who lias removed to Scran
ton.
NEW YORK HARRISBURG READING LANCASTER
p China (Ho. ,
"Harrisburg's Exclusive Specialty Shop"
PEHMARMS HOTEL BUILDING
I
AN ANNOUNCEMENT
f -
The Cloos Co.
Will Be in Evert) Sense of the Word
A Specialty Shop
carrying nothing but the smartest of fashions in outer apparel and
catering to women who desire clothes which are the last word in
fashion and the first word in quality. The entire time and atten
tion of our New York office organization is devoted to fashions of
superb character, with the result that discriminating women rea
lize the value of the concentration which comes from a life study of
women's and misses' apparel.
This new shop will open its doors early in the Spring for the
approval of the women shoppers of Harrisburg and vicinity.
The Cloos Co.
Lyman W. Cleveland
Decorator
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721 Witherspoon Bldg.
Philadelphia
DECEMBER 31, 1918.