2 NE'YS OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND CITY'S SUBURBS PETITION FOR ROAD OPENING Newport People Appeal to Governor Sproul in Ref erence to Highways Newport, Pa., Feb. 13.—Newport people plan to back their petition to Governor Sproul that, he use his influence In having that section of road along the Juniata river be tween Newport and Arnity Hall, near Duitcannon, opened as an arm of the William Penn Highway, with an ac tive campaign. Petitions have been circulated and a mass pieeting of citizens discussed the plan this week. Several important matters remain to be cleared up. These will be con sidered by a committee which will go to Harriaburg to secure infor mation on the subject. Included on this committee are Dr. S. E. Whit- • iner, J. Emery Fleisher and John S. Hby. The organization, formed at this meeting to carry on the work, has for officers: President, Dr. S. E. j Whltmer; vice-president, J. Emery , Fleisher; secretary, L. M. Memin- ' ger, and treasurer, G. 11. Frank. FORCE CRT DOWNs lluiHwniion, Pa., Feb. 13.—With many iron contracts cancelled as a ' result of the cessation of liostili- J ties in Europe, there is not sttffl- ! cient work to- keep the Duncannon plant of the Lebanon Iron and Steel ; Company running at full force. But : one-instead of two tricks are at j work, the tricks alternating each! week. MINISTERS PI,AX DRIVE Newport, Pa., Feb. 13. —Newport ministers are planning a "Go to Bible School and Church Drive." Don't Spoil a Good Meal j With a Bad Stomach j If a physician, a specialist in stom ach diseases, came to you and said: "I i will tlx tip that miserable, worn out stomach for you or money back "t will make it as good as new so , vou will not suffer from any distress ' and can eat what you want without' fear or suffering, or money back l would you turn down his offer?" And when you are offered Mi-o-na i stomach tablets, made from a pre scription better than many of the J stomach specialists know how .to ! write, are you going to bo narrow i minded and continue to suffer from indigestion, or are you going to be ! fair to yourself and try Mi-o-na on the money back agreement. Mi-o-na stomach tablets are offered to you on this baslp. that if they do ' not put your stcuiiaa.li into such good • shape that there is no dizziness, sour stomach, biliousness, sick headache, i and stomach distress, your money j will l,e returned. For sale by H. C. • Kennedy and all leading druggists. MoamtaM SUM, INI—ISM UNITED FOUNDED 18It 6.8. B. Sale Begins Tomorrow Baby Borated Talcum The finest, softest and best. Absolutely pure. Suitable for tender skirt of delicate infants. B. B. B. Sale, 3 for 10c. BOWMAN'S—Main Floor. Girls and Children's Sweaters ' ' Very Special Girls' sweaters Rose, gray, khaki, Copenhagen, brown and green. Square collar, belt. Turn back cuffs and pockets. Size to fit girl's, oto t4 years. B. B. B. Sale, $3.95. Children's sweaters Khaki, gray and Heather Belt and pockets. Suitable for boy or girls. Size to fit children, 2, 3 and 4 years. B .B. B. Sale, $2.50. Children's slip-on sweater. Rose. Copenhagen, coral, corn. Made of all-wool yarn. Collar, cuffs and bottom of sweater trimmed in stripes of contrasting color. For children, 2 to 6 years. B. B. B. Sale, $2.50. 4-piece brush Angora sweater sets. Rose, Copenhagen, brown, beaver. Set consists of sweater, leggings, cap and gloves. B. B. B. Sale. $4.50. Children's knitted drawers, leggings, in tan, blue, rose and red. B. B. B. Sale, 95c. BOWMAN'S—Second Floor. it ______________ Specials in White Goods White mercerized voile. 40 inches wide. Tape selvedge. No. 1 grade. B. B. B. Sale, 25c yard. No. 2 grade. B, B. B. Sale. 35p yard. White striped voile. 36 inches wide. B. B. B. Sale, 15c yard.. White striped skirting. 36 inches wide. B. B. B. Sale, 29c yard. White striped flaxon. B. B. B. Sale, 19c yard. White madras shirting.-' 30-inches wide. B. B. B. Sale, 29c yard. Checked and striped dimity. B. B. B. Sale, 19c yard. > Ulster suiting—36 inches wide. A desirable fabriq for boys' suits and blouses. B. B. B. Sale, 35c yard. > White poplin. .27 inches wide. B. B. B. Said, 29c yard. White nainsook. 40 inches wide. 10 yards to piece. B. B. B. Sale, $2.50 piece. BOWMAN'S—Second Floor. Black Lisere Hats, $3.50 These hats have colored Georgette facing and trimmed with ribbon, flowers and fruit. An excellent value during B. B. B. Sale at $3.50. BOWMAN'S—Third Floor. DAY and NIGHT StHOOL Open All Year. Enter Any Time. Individual Promotion. BECKLEY'S BUSINESS COLLEGE 121 MARKET ST. Ucll 125 (Opp. Senate) Dial 4016 THURSDAY EVENING, i Recorder Given Testimonial For 23 Years' Service t Columbia, Pa., Feb. 13. —Colum- bia Assembly, No. 30, Artisans "Or j dfcr of Mutual Protection, Tuesday j night at a largely attended meeting 1 j presented the retiring recorder, Ed -1 ward E. Becker, with a testimonial, I in honor of his twenty-three years' ' service in that office. C. W. Hig j gins, most excellent past master, 'of Philadelphia, delivered an ad ! dress. The presentation was made iby Past Master J. E. Simpson. A ] music and literary program was ren dered in connection with the event i and a banquet followed. Columbia ' assembly lias 275 members and is 1 still increasing. CANDIDATES IN FIEI.D New Bloomfleld, Fa., Feb. 13.—• i Additional candidates seeking their ' party's nomination for county com- , missioner are announcing themselves | with much regularity. Additional ! seekers for nominations have ap ; peered in the persons of H. W. 1 lorting, of Newport, for the Kepub l Mean side, and G. VT. I.oy, Of New j port, who wants the Democrats to ! nominate him. Their announcements j raise the total number of Republi- I cans and Democrats in the field to' ! five and three, respectively. S. Maurice Shuler, of Liverpool, I seeks the Republican nomination as ! a county auditor. He is now serving in that capaciay. Mr. Shuler 3s county game protector. MEETINGS FOR FARMERS Gettysburg, Pa., Feb. 13. —Adams ' County Farm Bureau is planning a series of meetings throughout the I country for the purpose of bring ! ing'the work of the farm bureau dl ] rectly to the farmers, and at these ! meetings the program of work that ' has been planned for the county will be explained in detail. TAX RATE DOWERED Gettysburg, Pa., Feb. 13. The borough tax rate has been loweted j one-half mill. By the triennial as i scssment made last fall the' property j valuation of the borough was in , creased more than $150,000, and the I council believed that with this in i creased valuation the tax rate could i I be lowered and thq revenue still be I sufficient for the borough's needs. SURPRISE ON BIRTHDAY Columbia, Pa.. Feb. 13. Mrs. ; John Adam Smith, of „ Kinderhook, , ! near here, was given a surprise on liter seventy-ninth birthday, when , fifteen women of Holy Trinity Catho | lie Church, in Columbia, visited her ! home and served a banquet in her j honor. • BOY KILLED BY TRUCK , Suiibury, Pa., Feb. 13.—Falling under an automobile truck, Sidney j Swartzlander, aged 7, son of Mr. and 1 Mrs. Sidney Swartzlander, of Stin . bury, was killed. A cornore's jury j found that the accident was un j avoidable. The boy attempted to climb on the running board when his foot caught in the chain gear. Cumberland. Valley News PRESBYTERIAN ALLIANCE MEETS Ninety Churchmen, to Hold Important Conference at Chambcrsburg Chaaihersbtirg, Pa., Fe'b. 18—Ninety prominent churchrtten will visit Chambersburg next Tuesday and Wednesday, February 18 and 9, when the executive commission of the Pan-Presbyterian Alliance will hold its annual meeting at WilSbn Col lege here. This alliance is composed of all tlie Refdrmed Churches holding the Presbyterian form of govern ment and represents about twenty million members. It holds a confer ence every four years. The last was held at Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1913, and a meeting was to have been held in Pittsburgh in 197, but was post poned because of the war. Between the quadrennial sessions of this general conference fwo com missions. one for the eastern hemis phere and the other for the western hemisphere, hold annual meetings at which reports are heard and im portant matters of church activity discussed, it is the commission of hte western hemisphere .which will meet here next week. It consists of about ninety members, ministers and laymen, among them many of-the most distinguished men In the Re formed churches. * The Rev. Dr. Ueorge W. Richards, of Lancaster, is the presiding officer. A delegation will be present from the Dominion of Canada and representatives of the Dutch Reformed Church, the United Presbyterian Church, the Reformed Church and the Presbyterian Church will attend. George E. Lloyd Will Head Victory Loan Drive Carlisle, Pa.. Feb. 13.—District Attorney George E. Lloyd in charge of the Liberty Loan drives in Cum berland "county and until recently county chairman for war savings, whicb post ho relinquished to be come assistant director of the Third Federal Reserve district, has been nominated for the post of director for Cumberland county for the Vic tory Loan in April and has accepted. The county organization will be practically the same as that which has put Cumberland county over in all of the four former loans. VISITS CHIUKKX COOP Waynesboro, Pa., Feb. 13. —Mem- ! bers of the family of D. A. Whisler i were attracted to the hennery at their home in this cilv yesterday afternoon by a peculiar noise. Upon investigation they discovered a handsome pheasant, about the size of a pigeo'n, had entered the chicken house and was putting up a stiff defense when an onslaught was of fered by the chickens, which tried to drive it away—thinking it was a chicken hawk. It did not remain in its new quarters long, however, taking flight shortly afterward. $13,000 FOR HOSPITAIJ Waynesboro. Pa.. Feb. 13.—The State Board of Public Charities has made its recommendation* for ap propriations to the various institu tions of the slate. In the case of the Cliambersbtirg hospital $13,000 is recommended for the two years beginning July 1 next. ' W*S LUCKV FOR HE." is unnrs VIEW Frank Lenhardt, a baker, of Downingtown, Chester county, Pa says It was a Jucky day for him when he heard about Tanlac, "I had the influenza and was in pretty bad shape. 1 suffered from stom ach trouble and my system was all run down. I easily fell a prey to gastritis, indigestion, liver trouble and finally rheumatism. Then the sciatic form of the rheumatism. I heard about Tanlac when I had the influenza, and X bought some. While I still have a limp in my walk from the sciatid condition, Tanlac has helped me very much." The genuine J. I. Gore Co. Tanlac is now sold here by the Gorgas Drug Store. • ASK YOUR NEIGHBOR 4 It lias been said that there is now hardly a city", town or village in this country wherein some woman does not reside who has found health in that good, old-fashioned remedy, Lydia IS. Pinkham's Veg etable Compound. Therefore, if you are suffering from some ailment, and hardly kifow what to do' for it, and have tried other remedies with out help, ask your neighbor if she has ever psed Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. If she her self has never had the need for it, undoubtedly she knows others who tn your condition and who hav# been restored to health by its use.- WEIGHT records have little value unless correct. FAIRBANKS SCALES standard of the weighing world. Henry uilbert & Son 400 South 2nl St., Harrisburg HARHISBURG ISWWFC TELEGRAPH Shop Employes Insist on Double Pay For Holiday Waynesboro, Pa., Feb. 13. —As a result of a hitch over the construe- I I tion of Lincoln Day as a holiday j twenty-flve per cent, of the men in j l the local shops did not report for j i work yesterday. The m'en contended i Hint it was such a holiday as con- | | templated in the' award of the War ; ■ Labor Board and entitled them to \ ; double pay. The shop management ; took the position that it was not ' such a general holiday and refused , to pay more than the ordinary wage. j The local labor union officials say j the men who worked will not he , penalized, but that the matter will ! be referred to the United States War ' Labor Board for determination as j whether the day was or was not a holiday' under its former ruling in the Waynesboro case. If the an swer is in the affirmative the men who worked will demand double pay. 'Confer on Plans to Improve Franklin Road Waynesboro, Pa., Feb. 13.—George If. Derbyshire, of Cliambersburg, su perintendent of highways for Frank lin county, yesterday had a confer ence with W. H. Scase, of Rouzer ville, who was recently appointed road foreman or supervisor of route No. 43, that is that part of the Waynesboro. Greencastle and Mer cersburg turnpike between Waynes boro and the Adams county line just east of Chairman, Blue Ridge re sort section. Mr. Derbyshire told that at least SIO,OOO of the $40,000 duo Franklin county from the state aid road fund would be expended on improvement of fhis highway. The turnpike was recently taken over by the state on a fifty-fifty contract with the County Commissioners and is now a toil-less road for its en , tire length of thirty.-nine miles from j the Adams county line to McCon | nellsbttrg. PROGRAM FOR INSTITUTE I Mec-lialiicsburg, Pa., Feb. 13.—T0-1 j morrow a local institute will be held | at Centerville, Penn township, with a program arranged by Miss Leila ' McCullough, Miss Laura Bishop and | Miss Grace Davidson. Each school j will have its „best work on exhibi ] tion. The morning session opens j with devotional exercises by the ! Rev. Mr. Games: singipg and j marching by township pupils: ques j tion. "Is it good for children to be j taught to,make and save money?" | discuapion opened by "W. P. S. Otto; concert recitation,Centerville school; i singing, Penn township pupils: ques tions of the day, asked by Miss \ Florence Gibble: entertainment. His ner's school and lfuntsdale school; ; question, "The qualifies in teachers | that scliol boards pay for," Mrs. Roy , Garman; singing, Penn township I schools. Afternoon Session—Roll call of j teachers: singing and marching by ] Penn township pupils; paper, "Our j National Week of Song, Its Pur | poses," Miss Huston; entertainment, 1 Hays Grove and Beetem's schools; j address? Dr. 11. H. Longsdorf; en i tertainment, State Road and Hoek- I ervllle schools; spelling *130111681, i Penn township; address. Professor j .T. Kelso Green: entertainment, ] Cummingstown school. DEACONESS BOARD MEETS Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 13- —The an ! nuul meeting of tlu Deaconess | Board of the Central Pennsylvania conference of tije United Evangeli cal Church opened in the United Evangelical Church here this rnofn in-g. Tlijs afternoon another session was held and the meeting will close j this evening. The Rev. H. A, Benfer ( was presiding officer. NAMED AS COLLEGE TRUSTEE Waynesboro. Pe Feb? 13.—Elder C. R. Oellig. of the A-ntietam Breth ren Church, has been named a mem ber of the board of trustees of Eliz abetlitown College. FIRE AT YORK HAVEN York llavcn, Pa., Feb. 13.—A fire occurred at noon yesterday at the plant of the York Haven Water and Power Company. Although the j blaze was small the damage is said will amount to considerable. The lead was burned from the heavy copper cables which carry the cur rent from the powerhouse to the trinsformers. One of the traps formers, a delicate and expensive piece of machinery, is said to' have been damaged. The blaze was ex tinguished before it attained any material headway. GETTING AFTER DOGS York 'Haven. Pa., Feb. 13. —Con- stable Frederick Laprairie has start ed a campaign to rld York Haven of the dog nuisance, said to liave been existing here for some time. The constable will adhere to the state law and all dogs found on the borough thoroughfares without a 1919 license tax ou its collar will be shot. . TO CLOSE SOLDIERS' CLUB Gottyburg, Pa., Feb. 13. The soldiers' clubhouse which was -kept open for the benefit of the boys in khaki under the auspices of" the local committee of the War Camp Community Service, will he closed not later than the first of March. ENTERTAINS CLASS Blaln, Pa., Feb. 13. —A valentine party was held last evening by Miss S. Grace Htambaugh at her home, who entertained the members of the Sunday school class taught by A. O. Henry in the Zion's Lutheran Sun day school. PLAN CHURCH BENEFIT Hlalii. Pa., hob. 13.—The women of the Methodist Episcopal Church are planning a bake to be held on Saturday afternoon at the homo of Mrs. Caroline, Kistler. 'Doughnuts, pies, .cakes, bread, candies, etc.! will be prepared. APPOINTED BURGESS Catuwissa. Pa., Feb. 13.—President Judge. Harman, of the Columbia county courts, named Charles L. Polie, a former county commissioner burgess of Catuwissa. to succoed A. li. Sharjjless. resigned. HENRY A. WEAVER DIES Marietta. Pa.. Feb. 13.—Henry A. "Weaver, aged 65 years, of East Earl township, Lancaster county, died suddenly yesterday. He was one of the leading gardners, farmers and businessmen. His wife and five chil dren survive. NURSE HOME FROM TRANCE Get*) shut g. Pa., Fob. 13.—Miss Buelah Armor, a Red Cross nurse of Gettysburg, who spent more than a ytear In France, returned to her home a short time ago Columbia Fire Company's Ninth Annual Banquet Columbia, Pa., Feb. 13. Key stone Truck and Chemical Engine ; Company, with seven hundred mem. ; bers, will hold its ninth annual ban- i quet February 24. "William- Hard-i nele Is chairman of the banquet ]j committee, and the menu will be I served by the Ladies' Mite Society j of the First English" Lutheran ! Church. President A. L. Campbell j will serve as toastnvaster. BADLY WOUNDED MAN HOME Danville, Pa., Feb. 13. Sergeant j [John A. Flanagan, Company B, ] 103 d Engineers, who was through; the desperate lighting at Chateau j I Thierry, and other engagements, has! I arrived at his home here, lie was ■ | shot through the back, his right Icgj j was pierced with four bullets and lie l j was gassed, lie lias practically re-! covered from his wounds and Willi talk little of his experiences. ASK SHAKE IN LAYOFFS SniilHiry, Pa., Feb. 13.—The Sun-I bury Federated Shopmen, composed of crafts unions, and numbering 1,-1 350 workingmen, to-day petitioned; the heads of departments to let them share in any layoffs-thus equalizing the burden of loss of time. To date) the layoffs in the Sunbury and North umberland yards have been confined! •to the trainmen and clerical depart ments. I SUES FOR ACCIDENT Sunbury, Pa.. Feb. 13. —John A. Zartman, Sunbury, to-day sued the Northumberland county commission ers for S2OO damages, as the result of a peculiar accident. He says he was driving his automobile across a bridge over Shamokin creek here, when a plank "jumped" out of the floor and bady damaged his car. Suburban Notes NEWPORT Sergeant Charles R. Bosserman, of the -Medical Corps, at Camp Jackson. S. C., lias returned to his post after spending a furlough with his uncle, W. R. Bosserman. Albert Peterman, after serving in the Aviation Corps, lias been dis charged and returned to his home. Samuel. Gardner lias returned to liis home at Coatesville. after visit ing his uncle, George W. Gardner, near here. Miss Emma Super is visiting rela tives at Ilarrisburg. Robert Toomey recently returned after overseas army service, has been discharged and has returned to his home nekr ,here. HALIFAX C. M. Richter lias purchased the Daniel Lebo farm near Enterline. The Ladies' Aid Society of the United Brethren church, will hold a bake at the parsonage Saturday aft ernoon, beginning at 1.30 o'clock. Mrs. Carrie Brooke has resigned as a grade teacher in the Halifax publia schools and will take up spe cial work at State College. Washington Camp, No. 576, P. O. S. of A., is preparing to celebrate Washington's Birthday with a spe cial program and holding a smoker in their hall on Friday evening, Feb ruary 21. Ira Mellott, of Halifax township, has a fine cow that gave birth to healthy twin calves this week. W. ■E. Hackenbrock, of Harris burg. was held for court under SSOO bail Wednesday afternoon at a hear ing held, before Square Isaac Chubb, in tliis place, Hackenbrock is charged by Mis's Marry E. Bowerman, of En terline, with recklessly driving an automobile and running into her car and badly damaging it. A musicaie and social will be held I in the Methodist church on Friday) evening by the Epworth League. The Halifax public schools are| preparing an excellent program to j be rendered Friday evening. Febru-I ary 28., in celebration of Boyer M em orial Day, in honor of the doner of I the town's n£w high school build-1 ing. A literary society meeting will be held on Friday evening at Dunkei's schoolhouße, near town. MILLERSTOWN Mrs. C. E. Rippman entertained the Camp Fire Girls at her home in Main street, on Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar 'Deckard. of Newport, visited relatives in town, on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. William Rounsley were at Ilarrisburg, on Tuesday. Miss Helen Rebok. a student or (he Shippcnsburg Norma! School, spenl Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Rebok. Mrs. W. F. Rippman, of Harris burg, spent several days at the home of O. O. Wagner. Charles Noll, of Klliotsburg, is visiting his sister, Miss Jennie Noll. I Ask your grocer i what the coffee j . drinker turns to 5 when he makes S a change. INSTANT 1 POSTUM| so completely g takes coffee's 1 place in flavor, 0 satisfaction £> 1 appearance as to cause no loss , i of pleasure.. : i No Caffeine in 1 INSTANTPOSTUM I "There's a Reason" i FEBRUARY 13, 1919. Soldier Reported Dead Turns Up in Hospital Norlliiiiiibcrlaiiil, Pa., Feb. 13. \ Private Charles L. Gaugler. North umberland. reported killed in action ! in the Argonne Forest, last summer,' 28-30-32 North Third Street Important Special Values For One Day's Selling-Friday NOTE—Owing to the extremely low prices and the lim ited quantities it is advisable to purchase early in the day. Serge Skirls--New Spring Models A very swagger, highly tailored model, of finest quality serge in deep toned navy. One side in front adorned with large self covered buttons. Smart veil pockets, three-inch hem A All sizes. Very Special, 11l Friday Specuil |J Friday Special ; ■ Friday Special | Blouses i Blouses f Millinery J 1 at $ 3- 79 | . $1.69 | at s s' oo ! I Values to $5.95 j|j at 1 | Values to $12.50 | x Black crepe de x Voile waists in x A good assortment x I chine and black geor- plain and tucked |j of satin trimmed |||| models & Vanety ° " models, smart col- m ha Jfl in black . nav y jj lars and cuffs. IS!J!SSJxxxJ Friday Special jjjp " x x^x Friday Special JJ . [lll Friday Special ' 111 Hosiery | Hosiery I. Petticoats at 98c S al 5 9c i * al $ 1 .95 Value $1.15 | Value 79c | VjUueß , 0 $3 95 ' Women's fibre silk i Women's excellent [II] hose, silk 18 inches to v quality fibre silk, | Mostly taffeta petti lisle garter top, seam in j| h°se, silk 18 inches |j Coa t s j n the popular back "Round Ticket" y shades. Just a brand, black, white, li!l brand. In white and I'i bunted group to sell at navy, gray, brown, r '' the leading shades. [;j this price. A very spe flesh. .|j..=...... =...35=... —...=Jj cial value for Friday. The, Motor Truck That Increased Their Business They were able to take on customers farther away. They were able to cover the needs of all cus- Chassis tomcrs more quickly and more regularly. $2050 They could make a bigger profit from each day's work and each dollar of capital invested. Their three Autocars have reduced their delivery costs and greatly increased their business. We are equipped to render complete maintenance service to Autocar users in this territory. EUREKA WAGON WORKS OXO North St. liaiTlsburg Autocar Tlio Autocar Company, Ardmorc, Pa. Established 1807 EUREKA WAGON WORKS ~ A. H. BAILEY, Proprietor W. ROSS BEALOR, Salesman 616-618 North Street HARRISBURG AGENCY EOR THE AUTOCAR MOTOR TRUCK has turned up in a French hospital, according to word received by friends here. He was wounded three times, one bullet entering his arm, another passing clear through his body at the shoulder, and a third piercing his shoulder. "At that, I'm a pretty live corpse," he Writes. BEER StU'PI.Y SHORJ Sunlmry, Pa., Feb. 13. —Xl* tfP ply of beer manufactured lly J. and J. Moesohlin, incorporated, Sun bury's only brewery, is now practic ally exhausted. Some of it has been laid by for private use, but the hotels can no longer serve it to their pat rons.
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