2 NEWS OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND CITY'S CUMBERLAND VALLEY ITEMS DR. CLARK GIVEN BIG RECEPTION Founder of Christian En deavor Speaks at Meetings in Cumberland County Carlisle, Pa., March 24.—Hun dreds of people crowded the opera house yesterday afternoon to hear the Rev. Dr. Francis E. Clark, of Boston, founder of the Christian En deavor movement. Chaplain Afoffitt, of the base hos pital. No. 31, Carlisle, offered the in * vocation. Harold Learn, president of the Reformed Society, read the Scripture after which the Rev. A. R. Steck, pastor First Lutheran church, * introduced Dr. Clark. v Dr. Clark arrived on Saturday evening and was greeted with a re ception. He delivered addresses at Allentown and Gettysburg, and will speak at New London. Conn., and Montreal, Canada. In his address Dr. Clark empha sized the fact that Christian En deavor is moving forward with great er progress than ever in the history of the society under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. A reconstruction work will be established in France, Germany and in other countries, the societies have doubled in numbers. At the Chambersburg United Brethren church last evening 1,500 people crowded the large auditorium. Dr. Clark and many local pastors and prominent Christian Endeavor workers took part in the program. Prof. J. Raymond Hemminger had charge of the singing and Gordon Johnson presided at the organ at both places. A new city union was organized and the new officers include presi dent, Lewis Gartside: recording sec retary, Aliss Janet Fry; correspond ing secretary. Miss Dorothy Bitner. SUIT AGAINST HEAT COMPANY Carlisle, Pa.. March 24. —An equity action was begun before i Judge Sadler by the firm of D. C. I Beetem & Son. against the Carlisle i Light, Heat and Power Company. I 7t is claimed that the latter concern i contracted to furnish steam for | heating at twenty-seven cents per: thousand feet, payable uarterlv. i but later raised the rate to thirty ' cents and sent bills monthly, re- . fusing to furnish steam if the higher ; bills were not paid. Judge Sadler i has granted a temporary order for' steant to be furnished at the old ■ rate until a hearing is held. FARM BUREAU ORGANIZES < liainliersburg. Pa.. Alarch 24. : The directors of the Franklin Coun ty Farm Bureau met here on Satur- t day afternoon and chose an execu- I live committee for the coming year. The executive committee, in turn, elected officers, retaining those who served in the offices of the bureau last year. The officers are: Presi dent, John O. Craig, of Greencastle: Vice-president, J. B. Crawford, of •*,. Guilford township: secretary, R. ,T. Gillan, of St. Thomas, treasurer; I. AI. Shields, of Orrstown. CTI \RGED\VrriI STEALING AUTO i Carlisle, Pa., Alarch 24.—Charged ■ with stealing an automobile and | running a car while intoxicated. J. I E. Shanafeltzer, of near Mechanics- ! ' burg, has been committed to jail I here in default of SSOO bail. Shana feltzer was charged by the recently- i organized Cumberland County Auto Protective Society with stealing a car belonging to John Rank, Ale ., chanicsburg, R. D. 3. The arrest was made by State Policeman William Little. FIRE ON SOUTH MOUNTAIN Carlisle, Pa., Alarch 24.—Aluch ! damage was caused by a fire in the 1 South Mountain which broke out Friday night and was gotten under I control last evening. The blaze | started in the neighborhood of Hun- I ter's Run and burned in a south easterly direction, damaging lands 1 owned by J. O. Lehman and the J Alount Holly Paper Company. RED CROSS WORK RESUMED I Waynesboro. Pa., March 24.—' Aiiss Victoria Beaver, in charge of the knitting department of the Way nesboro Red Cross branch, has re ceived instructions frcm the head quarters division that this part of the Red Cross work is to be resumed at once, and that children's stockings and sweaters are in great need for work among war refugees. The or der received is for 150 pairs of stockings and 100 sweaters, all of which must be finished and ready for delivery by May 15. HOSBSI mSr coffee -1 ike yM mr flavor but pure \p W cereal compo- 1 I sition adds zest 1 and health to i every meal. 1 A Requires little J Ik su§ar, &is ~Vf m MONDAY EVENING, DELEGATION TO VISIT SADLER Franklin County People Will Request Highway Commis sioner to Make Hdste Chambersburg. Pa., March 24.—A big delegation of citizens from Franklin county will visit State Highway Commissioner Lewis S. Sadler at his office at Harrisburg on Wednesday. The delegation will ask the commissioner to hurry construe-, tion of the proposed road known as Route 264-B, running from Cham bersburg to Huntingdon byway of Orrstown and Roxbury and to so im prove the road known as Route 340, running from Chambersburg to Rox -1 bury, byway of Pleasant Hall and Upper Strasburg, as to make it pass able in winter. Pleasant Hall, Up per Strasburg and Roxbury are in the northern section of Franklin county and most of the citizens who will visit Commissioner Sadler be cause at present they have no good road by which to come to Cham bersburg. Route 340 is a dirt road and is often so bad as to be almost im passable: it is a State aid road. Route 264-B is a road listed to be built by the State Highway Depart ment. The citizens decided to make a call upon Commissioner Sadler at a conference held here with com mittees from the Chambersburg Mo tor Club ■ and the Chambersburg Chamber of Commerce. They will travel to Harrisburg by automobile and will meet at 2.45 o'clock in the office of M. K. Burgner, resident clerk of the House of Representa tives. FIXE PROGRAM AT CHI RCH >1 eel La n i csburg. Pa., March 24. Under the auspices of the Student Volunteer Board of Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, a splendid missionary program was given last evening in the Church cf the Breth ren with Miss Eva Arbegast, leader. [The program follows: Song. Scripture [reading. Francis Hirshman; prayer. 1. C. Johnson: song, essay. "Having |An Aim," Sarah Mohler: "Love For •he Unevangelized," Chester Rover; missionary sketches, Rhoda Hertzler: music, "Faith Exercised in Missions." E. G. Meyer: oration. "The Church's Business." E. M. Hertzler; music, "The Prayer Life of the Mission ary*," A. C. Rougher: "The Conse crated Life," Lydia Stauffer. NIGHT TRAIN RESTORED Waynesboro. Pa., March 24. • Changes, in the Cumberland Valley railroad schedule, restore the night train to and from Waynesboro, ar riving at 8:36 and leaving at 9:33. In view of the facilities offered for a later dispatch of mall east, west and south. Postmaster J. W. Wara hinie has applied to the Post Office Department for leave to use this train instead of 8 p. m. trolley to Greencastle, as has been the order since the night train was taken off last summer under federal manage ment. WOMEN SING AT CHURCH Mcclianlcshurg. Pa.. March 24. Yesterday morning in the Presby terian church a quartet of young women sang under the director of Mrs. Mabel Hall Smith, during the regular church service and a ser-j mon by the pastor, the Rev. George Fulton. The music Was beautifully sung by Miss Helen Bentz, Miss Doris Wilcox. Miss Elizabeth Slyder and Miss Mabel Will. THANKS FOR CARPET RAGS Waynesboro. Pa., March 24. — From the executive secretary of the Pennsylvania Association for the Blind, Mrs. D. H. Fahnestock has received a letter of appreciation for the carpet rags which were gathered J and sewed by Waynesboro women for the institution at Pittsburgh. In all twenty-eight pounds of sewed rags were sent in the last consign ment. These are woven into carpets by the blind residents of the home and placed on the market. WILL REPAIR BRIDGE Chambersburg, Pa.. March 24. The Franklin County Commissioners have entered into an agreement with the Chambersburg borough council for the repair of the London street bridge over the Cono'-hoctieague creek here. The bridge has for sev eral months been closed to traffic because of its unsafe condition. It w.'L now be strengthened by* the in sertion of iron girders and wilt he opened up to traffic as soon as com pleted. MEMORIAL HELD FOR DEAD SON Chambersburg Woman Re ported to Have Died From Shock Is Now Improving | Chambersburg, Pa., March 24.—1t was mistakenly reported here on J Saturday evening that Mrs. Emma 'Kyle, a well-known woman, had died ! from shock on receiving the report lof the death of her son, Corporal I William R. Gochenauer, from bron [chial pneumonia in France. Many inquiries came to the homo jof Airs. Kyle, as it was known that she was very ill and that her broth ers and sons had been summoned ,to her bedside, but to alt queries j there came the response that "Mrs. I Kyle was not dead, but seemed to jbe improving." A memorial service was held here. | yesterday afternoon at the home of | Airs. Kyle for her son, Corporal Gochenauer, whose death in France lon March 5, was reported by the War Department last week. Airs. ! Kyle was prostrated by the news of | the death of her son, whom she was | daily expecting to arrive home, i When her condition became serious, her brothers, the Rev. R. H. Taylor, i of Hershey, and the Rev. F. E. Tay | lor. of Gettysburg, and her son. j Bruce Gochenauer, of Mowersvilie, Iwere summoned to her home. Her condition improved, however, and she was able to have the memorial | orvice at her home yesterday. I SOLD SHORTWEIGHT COAL i Waynesboro, Pa.. Alarch 24. — j Charles I. Alyers, of the Consumers Coal Company, pleaded guilty to a charge of selling shortweight coal before Alagistrate Haulman and paid the costs amounting to $11.50, the fine having* been remitted because Air. Alvers later made good the short age. Information was made by In spector of Weights and Measures ' Foreman. YAL'KEY LAND SOLD Chambersburg. Pa., Alarch 24. Thirteen tracts of land, forming the estate of the late J. S. Tauke.v, of near i 'hambersburg. were sold at sheriff's sule in front of the court house. The total received for the ! thirteen tracts was $9,264 SHOOK HOME CUSTODIAN Chambersburg. Pa., Alarch 24. At a meeting of the board of direc ; tors of the Shook Home fen- the Vged here, the Chambersburg Trust Company was choeen custodian and j treasurer of the institution. Suit For Coal Shipment in Northumberland Count; I Banbury, Pa.. Mrach 24.—Suit was i brought In the Northumberland County Court by the Director General of the Railroad Administration, against John P. Helfenstein, of Shamokin, who is seeking to recover $5,100.27. which Is alleged is due on coal shipments from | Clark's Ferry to Boston. In a state ! "lent filed by H. M. Kiscoe. of Boston, i Mass., Federal manager of the Boston and Albany Railroad, it is stated that i Helfenstein between June 29 and July | 11, 1918, sent from Clark's Ferry, Pa., ,to the Staples' Coal Company, Boston, [ Alass., eighteen cars of coal. The fall- I road administration. It is asserted, hauled, delivered and stored the coal, [ incurring the bills stated. No settle ment has been made by Helfenstein, it is asserted. TEACHER RESIGNS TO WED Gettysburg, Pa., March 24—Miss Alary A. Benner, for eleven years one of the departmental teachers in the seventh and eighth grades of .the public schools of the borough, has resigned her position, the cause be ing her marriage to Harry A. Btteher, of Cashtown. the wedding taking i place at Harrisburg on Saturday, j the Rev. S. W. Herman performing l the ceremony. Airs. Arthur Hutchin son will take her place in the school room until a regular teacher can be secured. SERGEANT MAKES ADDRESS Gettysburg, r a ., March 24.—Ser geant Joe P. Aliller, who has re turned from overseas and is spend ing a short time here visiting friends made during the summer of 1917, spoke in the St. James Church Chris tian Endeavor Society last evening. Sergeant Aliller was a member of the Alachine Gun Company of the Seventh | Regiment, which was stationed in ; Camp Colt two years ago. and with them took part in all the hard fight ing in France that the old "Fighting Seventh" was engaged in, and came out unhurt. ' DUCK LAYS GREEN EGGS Marietta, Pa., March 24. John |W. Nissley, a farmer, living near town, has a number of Indian Run ner ducks that are heavy layers. The majority of ducks lay white eggs, but Mr. Nisley has a duck in his Hock that has laid a number of green eggs. The first was laid on St. Patrick's day. Several weeks ago he discovered a black shelled egg In the house. CLERGYMEN AT ZION CHURCH Marietta. Pa., March 24. —Clergy- men from Marietta, York, Lancaster, Columbia and other places gathered here yesterday at the Zion church and held spirited services. A large augmented choir furnished the mu sic. A platform service at 3 o'clock was a feature. The Rev. W. J. Fairfax, pastor, arranged the pro gram. MAY TIE SUPERINTENDENT Gettysburg, Pa., Mar. 24—Reports coming here from Harrisburg, say that Dr. William A. Granville, president of Gettysburg College, is being considered a jng with a number of other promi nent educators of the State, by Gover nor Sproul as a successor to the late dent of public instruction. MEMORIAL FOR SOLDIER Marietta, Pa., March 24.—Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock a memorial service was held in the Ream Lu theran church in memory of Private William Meisky, who died in France. The Rev. D. L, Fogelman, of Denver, delivered the address. OLD BLACKSMITH DIES Marietta. Pa., Alarch 24. —Frank Dertsler, 79 years old, a retired blacksmith and one of the strongest men in West Hempfield township, died Saturday night from paralysis. He was never sick a day. His wife and several children survive. HARRISBURG TELEGKAPfI; CENTRAL PA. PERSONALS LIVERPOOL ; Among the llarrisburgers who j visited relatives in town over the weekend were: William Romig, j Leon Lutz, M. H. Grubb, P. K. Brink. William Albright, X. 11. Miller. Jay Snyder, Ira Wert, Frank Brown, • Miss Margaret Yohn, Miss Frances | Brink. Miss Cordelia Hamilton, and ' Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Grubb and I daughter. Lewis Dimni and Miss Olive Dimm iof Alillerstown, were Sunday visi ; tors at George Beavers. 1 j John ilolman made a business trip i this week to New Bloonifield. j Dr. G. M. Bogar spent several | days last week in Philadelphia. ! The L. H. MacLeod spent a day ] here with his daughter, Mrs. Luther | Eslen. Airs. John Shearer, of Mifflintown, I spent several days here with Mrs. j Wesley Culey. Aliss Caroline Doughten has gone ijto Douglass, Arizona, where she will make her home. John Hetrick and family, of Chi ! cage Junction, Ohio, is visiting his ij parents. Mr. and Mrs. John Hetrick. Hl' MMFLSTOW V Reed AValmer, of Philadelphia, I spent the weekend the guest of his I mother, Mrs. Lizzie Walmer. Mrs. George Karmany and son William, left this morning for New York, where they will spend the week with the family of Mrs. Kar ; many's brother, W. Homers Hend ricks. Howard Holsberg, of Philadelphia, spent over Sunday the guest of his mother. Richard B. Earnest and John Reager, delegates of Camp No. 10,- 714, Modern Woodman of Amer ica, left yesterday to attend a spe ' eial session of the head cant p. M. W of A., which will lie held in Hotel Sherman, Chicago, 111., on Tuesday, I March 25. Robert Hoover, of Reading, spent I yesterday with his brother, A. D. Hoover and family. YORK HAVEN The entertainment given here sev | eral weeks ago by th members of I Emanuel Shoop's Sunday school class, i will lie repeated in St. Paul's hall to -1 morrow evening at 7.45 o'clock. ! Mrs. Laura Bamberger, an aged . resident, who has been critically ill, i yesterday was reported to be some i what improved. A trained nurse has i been engaged. Private Earl Horner, who spent the 1 past week here with his parents, Mr. | and Airs. Daniel Horner, spent sev eral days at West Fairview the guest !of his sister-in-law, Airs. Edward [ liorner, who gave a party in his hon or on Thursday evening, i Mrs. David King and son. Glen, of Manchester, were entertained at din- I ner by the Rev. and Mrs. J. IT. Schmitt. | Mrs. Eliza Reynolds, who lias been j confined to bed the past several weeks i by sickness, is convalescing. A. .1. Henry and his son-in-law, Robert Tross. are preparing to re -1 move to "Three-mile" island, which { they will farm. MO INT VVOI.F George A. Wolf and C. S. Rohr -1 baugh returned on Saturday from Chicago. 111., where they spent the week attending the annual directors' meeting of the American Wire Fab ric Company. Twelve dollars was cleared by the local Boy Scouts with the repetition of their playlet, "Silas, the Chore Boy," last week, at Saginaw. "Edward Kloss, who has been criti cally ill the past week, yesterday was reported to be slightly improved. The Rev. Daniel Ketterman, of Freeport, Pa., is being entertained at the home of his brother-in-law and sister. Dr. and Mrs. L. V. Williams. Mrs. K. G. Miller spent the week end with relatives at Harrisburg. Mrs. Annie P. Gross and Mrs. Mabel | I. Gross are spending some time at j Helair, Aid., the guests of the former's ! daughter, Mrs. J. B. Beshore. • SCHOOLS HONOR ROLL Liverpool, Pa., Alarch 24—The hon or roll of the Liverpool public schools for the month just closed Includes j the following pupils: Chester Deck ard, Alvin Williamson, Lloyd Long, Julia Albright. Cecelia Barner, Eliz abeth Charles, Sara Kiser, Susan Hit ter. Pauline Shuler, Herman Guibt, Herbert Lower, Harrison Lower, Al ice Wert, Jean Murray, Vivian Mur ray, Mary Kling, Aliriam Unker, Ruth Tschopp, Isabel Barner, Marguerite Aloyer, Kathryn Lebkiclier. Eliza beth Klinger, Ada Derr, Sarah H. Peckard, Alargaret. Barner, Dorothy Theodosia Rumfert, Ralph Grubb, Ralph Murray, Charlie Mursay, How ard Aucker, Holman Miller, Clarence Kerstetter, John Rumfert, Robert Richards, Blake Drossier, Helen Dressier, Hilda Dresller, Gladys Rumfort, Helen Wagner. Mildred Coleman, Ethel Albert, Hulda Albert, Gladys Reichenbach, Helen Zink, Elizabeth Kiser, Guy Lower, James Richards. Paul Kinsley, Harry Rit ter, Jr., Lee Kerstetter. Newton Mil ler. Jr., Earl Schumaker, and Clar ence Aucker. Cut Out Butter! "I would." says the saving house wife, "if you could suggest anything besides the old-type Oleomargarine." We can Benefit Brand "Sweet i Nut." made entirely from the nutri i tious part, of the creamy white meat of ripe coeoanuts churned with pas teurized milk, a product that Is iden tical with butter in flavor and nutri tive properties, but only costs 34c a lb. An old law, passed before "Sweet Nut" was dreamed of, demands that the word Oleomargarine be placed on tlie package, although it contains no "Oleo" or animal fat whatever. When served, nobody can tell it from tlie finest creamery butter. It makes a delicious bread spread, light, crispy pie crust, flaky cakes. You can buy Benefit Brand "Sweet Nut" Margarine only at Tamsui Tea Co.'s yellow front store, 42 North Third street, Harris burg, where Benefit Brand Teas, Cof feea and Grocery Specialties aro re tailed at wholesale prices. Look for our store in your town. Influenza Germs Smoked Out Ifrf tin \ every nook and corner. We cannot tell you a ll about the CALORIC in this little adver- tisement. Call us on the telephone and have ' v* c \ our representative call to see you. If you v-Twish, we will make an appointment for you c c \\ to see the CALORIC in operation in any one \ *** \ \of the homes of the 135 users in Harrisburg. 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