2 NEWS OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND CITY'S SUBURBS CONSIDER RAISE IN COAL VALUES Northumberland Commission ers Meeting With Owners in Effort to Fix Amount Snnbnry, Pa, May J 4.— Rather v than submit to snap judgment £ Northumberland county coal barona in session with the county commis sioners here to-day agreed to al f- low expert mining engineers go over t their properties for the purposes of securing a physical valuation. Once this *"" been done, according to the oommissioners, they will sit as a u board of t T revision and fix the valuations for taxable purposes for the next three years. y .It is agreed by the majority a members of the board, S. Harry MeKlnney. Sunbury, and Frederick R. Dornsife, of Dornsife, that there is an urgent need of a revision np ~ ward that will be of a substantial * nature. According to the tax records of the county tho coal mino owners pay taxes on an assessed valuation ,_ o? $17,000,000 for all coal property in Northumberland. This includes improved and unseated properties. Muah of the unseated land is as sessed nominally, some of it as low as S2OO an acre, while under It are thousands of tons of virgin unmined anthracite, worth at least $5 a ton on top of the ground. When tbc last assessment was made in 1915 there was approxi mately no raise from the previous valuations. Then the war came along and Jumped the retail price of pea coal, the most universal size, from . $3.75 a ton to $8 n. ton. This, the consumers assert, put a different value on the coa Iminlng properties in Northumberland, which experts agree to be the Ohird best in America's anthracite basins. Northumberland county has ap area of 460 square miles. Of this 50 square miles, or 32,102 ac '" eß, ar ® in the coal measures. T. Ellsworth Davies. Scranton coal mine expert, bad been employed to make this valuation, and before he died he furnished the commissioners a statement of conditions in the an thracite section of the county. The coal deposits, he said, are controlled *7 by the Philadelphia & Reading Coal „ and Iron Company, the Lehigh Val ley Coal Company, the Susquehanna Collieries Company and the Girard C Estate. They originally contained 4,044,852,000 tons of anthracite, from which 241,141.035 tons have been removed, leaving 3.803,710,965 tons'in the ground. Tt is agreed by consumers and experts on taxes that if this prop u erty at this time be raised to any way near its real value an assess ment of $10,000,000 would be only half of what the unmined coal f would be worth on top of the •y ground. Three Veterans Die During Year in Gettysburg Post Gettysburg, Pa.. May 25.—The an nual memorial services for the vet erans of the Civil War who died dur ing the year were held in the hall of Corporal Skellv Post No. 9, Grand Army of the Republic to-day. Three vacant chairs draped in black were the silent reminders of the passing of Comrades Franklin Kime, Alex ander D. Oyler and Lieutenant Oscar D. McMillan. Commander Peter S. Tgenberg had charge of the services and the memorial sermon was preached by the Rev. Frank H. Brun stetter, of the Methodist Church, the choir of that church, with a male quartet, furnished the music. SENIOR HONORS AWARDED Gettysburg, Pa., May 26.—The final examinations for the senior class at the High School are over and the honor of delivering the valedictory and the salutatory have been awarded to Miss Martha Major for the former and Harold Lady for the latter. Both .* are nonresident pupils, Miss Major •T living in Straban township, and Mr. ' Lady in Cumberland township. IN MEMORY OF SOLDIERS Marietta. Pa., 26.—1n memory of 3 Private Harry H. Becker, of Caernar von township, who was killed in bat tle in France. October 1918, a memo ' , rial service was held to-day In the Caernarvon Mennonite Church. tie (was 29 years old, and was among the first to answer the call. TOMATO WEIGHS TWO POINDS Kinderliook, May 26.—A tomato, J weighing over two pounds, raised by Mrs. L. O. Mayer, is attracting con- I siderable attention, due to the early [ and large growth. It is the only t one ripened on the stalk, and is of 1 the Stone variety. 1 The peak of excellence I in corn foods — POST STOASTIES I "Nothing M I Like em l^?l i | Luscious flakes— I feature of | the" best" breakfasts I and lunches! MONDAY EVENING, HAPPENINGS ON WEST SHORE MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE PLACED IN YOUNGER HANDS BY VETERANS OF CIVIL WAR Membership in Grand Army Posts of Perry County Rapidly Dwindling and Several Are Unable to Continue the Work of Annual Decoration Ceremonies Marysvllle, Pa., May 26.'—Perry county, the county that proudly boasts of having furnished a larger percentage of men to the Union Army during the Civil War than any other in the North, now has remain ing only a greatly thinned rank of those men who offered their all that the Union might be preserved. Not more than 125 Civil War veterans at tho most survive in the county, it is believed. So thinned have become the ranks of those gray-haired heroes of the "sixties" and so decrepit have be come many of those who still sur vivo that but three posta of G. A. R. men still continue active in all Perry county. And one of these trio of posts that still maintain an organi zation has found It necessary this year to give over to younger hands the duty of making preparations for honoring those who have departed to that bourne from which no travel er ever returns. The past several years have wit nessed the sad surrendering of char ters by two G. A. R. posts in the county, those located at Marysville and nt New Bloomfield. Advancing age and decreasing vitality prevent ed the energy to the maintenance of an organization and the performance of the duties connected therewith. Veterans of the World War and veterans of other wars will have an important part in honoring the memory of the departed warriors of the past. In every borough and com munity in Perry county in which Memorial Way services have been arranged, prominent places have been assigned on the programs to the men who have already returned from service either on this side or on the other side of the Atlantic. In several instances they are taking leading parts in the preparations. That their ranks will have to be come even thinner and the surviv ing members even weaker before they think of relinquishing the du ties of honoring the dead of the North and the South, is the senti ment expressed by veterans of both the Lieutenant Arnold Lobaugh Post No. 297, of Newport, and Lieutenant William Allen Post No. 196, of Dun cannon. "We had vitality enough to whip the stuffin' out o' Jeff Davis and I guess that eighteen of us ought to have sufficient stamina to do such a little thing as honor 'our dead comrades," one of the Duncannon veterans said when told of the pre parations being made in some of the other boroughs. Lieutenant William Allison Post, of Duncannon, is one of the most active in the county and includes on its membership roll eighteen names, being one of the largest surviving posts in the county. W. H. Pennell is the commander of his post. The other members are: John B. Boyer, David Coulter. Sampel Finkenbinder, Edgar Greybill, Frank Lopfer, Wil liam Lecdy. Samuel Baker, John H. Mutzabaugh, George Pennell, Jacob F. Sterner, Ira Stuckey, Robert B. Valentine, William H. Willis, Charles Kugler, David Sellers, John Benner, John G. Kugler. During the past year, three deaths were recorded among post members. They were George W. Dill, John E. Pierce, George Sneath. ' Lieutenant Arnold Lobaugh Post, of Newport, with less than ten sur viving members, has not let the fact of small numbers deter it in its ef forts and just as elaborate an ob servance as ever will be held this year. Most of the work has been done by the members themselves. D. P. Little is commander of this post. Members of the post who will participate on the Memorial Day program, in addition to Commander Little, are Josiah Zeigler, J. A. Tit ler, Daniel Ramp and J. S. Super. Lieutenant John Q. Snyder Post, No. 408, located in Liverpool, one of the smallest boroughs of the county, has a comparatively large enrollment of members, thirteen in number. They have been compelled, however, they say, to relinquish the authority of making preparations for Memorial Day to Liverpool Camp, No. 217, Patriotic Order Sons of America. This camp has invited all Sons of Veterans and veterans of past wars to assist in the arrange ments and all will take an important place in the memorial services. The membership of the Lleuten- HXMJSBURG *TELEGKXPH ant John Q. Snyder post includes Si las W. Snyder, William H. Miller, George W. Wertz, James W. Wright, Jacob Knlsley, Jeremiah Lowe, J. D. Shure, Josiah Wagner, John Koch, Josiah Sweezy, H. H. Shuler, Z. T. Shuler and L. C. Reifsnyder. Two members of the post died during the past year, Absalom Gougler and Samuel A. Robinson. In Marjf3ville arrangements for the services on Memorial Day are in charge of Lteutenant Alfred Corl Camp, No. 113, Sons of Veterans, which organization was entrusted with the charter of Lieutenant Da vid Geib Post, No. 14 3, G. A. R„ three years ago when the ranks of the organization became depleted. Veterans of the World War and Spanish-American War will take ac tive parts in the Memorial Day ser vices. Nine members are on the post rolls. They are A. J. Seidel, Levi Hummel, A. J. Ellenborger, William Meyers, Joseph Rhoads, J. S. Bit- | her, Benjamin Flickinger, Emman uel Ney and Jacob Kline. Benjamin Flickinger Is one of the few surviv ing Perry county veterans who en dured the hardships of Anderson | ville prison. The Lieutenant John Jones Post at New Bloomfleld, has been in active for several years. Less than a half score of members are in cluded on its rolls. Arrangements are in charge of New Bloomfleld Lodge, No. 626, Junior Order of United American Mechanics. Arrangements for exercises at Biain are being made bv veterans of the World War. Dr. W. H. Woods, who was recently discharged from the Army after serving as a cap tain in the Medical Corps is chair man of the committee in charge. Elliottsburg, Saville and other communities of the country report veterans of the nation's latest war in the lead in the preparation plans. WILT/ ERECT PARSONAGE Marysvllle, Pa., May 26.—Plans are being made by the Methodist Episcopal Church congregation for the erection of a new parsonage to be erected on a plot of ground ad joining the church in Manic avenue. This plot of ground was rectnly pur chased from Mrs. Susan Gensinger and the residence thereon will soon be removed to make room for the proposed new structure. TRIP TO OCTTTSBURG New Cumberland, Pa., May 26. The A class of the grammar school, accompanied by their teacher, W. H. Speck, went to Gettsyburg on Saturday. They took the trip in W. A. Mathias' large motor truck and spent a delightful day sightseeing. RED CROSS ACTIVITIES Marysvllle, Pa., May 36.—A mem ber of the committee on nursing ac tivities of the Harrlsburg Chapter of the American Red Cross will meet with the Marysvllle class in the Red Cross rooms on Wednesday evening from 6.46 to 7.45 o'clock. GUILD TO-MORROW New Cumberland, May 26.—The Sunshine Guild will meet to-morrow evening at 8 o'clock in the home of Mrs. Charles Lelb, president of the organization. Suburban Notes HTMMEI/STOWN W. K. Harrison, of Hulnerville, and H. A. Troutman, of Herndon. both of Company E. One Hundred and Third Engineers, spent over Sunday with Lieutenant Russell Hummel. Miss Yingst, of Lebanon, spent yes terday with Miss Miriam Wagner. Philip Delmier spent yesterday at Philadelphia. Leroy Shearer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Shearer, who recently re turned from France, arrived heme Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. John Zellers, Mrs. Pearl Horn, Messrs. John and Harvey Horn, of Annvtlle, spent yesterday with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Horn. Grover Booser and family, Mra Ir vin Ruff and daughter Florence, and Miss Esther Walter spent yesterday at Washington, D. C. Abram Oobaugh and family, of Mld dletown, spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cassel. Mr. and Mrs. John Lenker, of Han overdale, were entertained yesterday by Mr. and Mrs. John Fisher. The Rev. Adam Book, of Renova, Kana. spent the weekend with the Rev. Samuel E. Brehm. Mrs. George Fettrow, of Harris burg, spent yesterday at the home of her father, George Cassel. MERCERSBURG Lieutenant Allen Swede, of Nor ristown, now a student at Princeton, N. J., and a former member of the Mercersburg Academy track team, took part in the Princeton meet held in the Academy oval Saturday. Swede holds several world championships. Dr. and Mrs. David Frederick Un ger have returned home after spend ing several weeks at Harrisburg, visiting relatives. Martin Truax, of Wllliamsson. was a visitor here Saturday. Mr. Truax is a brother of Nathan Truax, of Fayette street. Fraker Byers, retired railway mail clerk of Fort Loudon, was a visitor here on Saturday. James C. Byron spent the week end with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Harold W. Byron. He is a student at St. James school at St. James. Md. Mrs. Joseph Doyle, of Harrlsburg, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Harvey Helman. Henry L. Waidlick, who repre sented Marshall Lodge. No. 283, at at the Grand Lodge meeting held at Johnstown last week, has returned home. Mr. Waidlick has been an Odd Fellow for fifty-three years, and is as active as the new class of can didates just initiated. Paul Stenger has received notice that his brother, Melvin B. Stenger, has arrived in this country and was sent to Camp Merritt, N. J., and later transferred to Camp Meade. Md. Private Harry Trayer, who has been stationed at Camp Lee,VVa t has received his discharge and has re turned to his home here. CLASS OF THIRTY MADE FRESHMEN Interesting Exercises at Sum mit Street School Building as Promotion Is Made Enolu, Pa., May 26.—A class of 30 pupils was promoted to the fresh man class of the Enola High School with appropriate exercises on Fri day night. The exercises were held in the auditorium of the Summit street building. The Rev. S. Win field Herman, pastor of the Zion Lutheran Church, Harrisburg, was the speaker for the evening. Prof. G. W. Shumberger, principal of the building, presented the certificates. The program follows: Invoca tion, the Rev. Dr. Herman; recita tion, "We are Seven," Gertrude Dib eler; recitation, "Our Debt of Honor to France," Richard Steinmetz; song, class: recitation. "The Rich Man and the Poor Man," Vera Eichelberger; recitation, "The Southern Soldier After the War," John Kreider. piano solo. Gertrude Barrow; recitation, "Old Aunt Mary," Dorothy Vanaslan; recita tion, "What I Should Like to Tell the Immigrant," Frederick Buck; address, the Rev. Dr. Herman: pres entation of certificates. Prof. Shum berger. The class roll follows: Gertrude Barrow, Frederick Buck, Paul Bor dlemay, Martin Dibler, Martha Dohner, Eva Eichel berger, Vera Eichelberger, Ernest Hartzell, Nellie Gardner, Mary Hum phreys, John Kreider, John Klein, Albert Kaufman, Richard Kramer, Mary Laverty, Florence Miller, Hugh Morrison, Anna Peck, Mar garet Riggs, George Ream, Marea Stough, Harry Snavely, Glenn Sad ler, Dorothy Vanaslan, Theodore Webster, Hazel Welker, Chrales Tetter, Richard Steinmetz and John Hambridge. SERMON TO GRADUATES • Enola, Pa., May 26.—The bac calaureate sermon to the graduating class of the local high school was preached last night by the Rev. H. M. Buck, pastor of the Grace United Evangelical Church. Class day ex ercises will he held on Tuesday night, while commencement will he held on Thursday. The members of the class are as follows: Margaret Hassler, Viola Knauh, Martha Ad dams, Miriam Troup and Cynthia Boyer. that tobacco really "ripens" after it is brought from the fields T and ' tobacco has *4S cST £*lZ"' 15c Personal and Social Items i of Towns on West Shore Mrs. John Stonesifer, of Fifth street, New Cumberland, has re turned from a visit to friends at Mont Alto and Pen Mar. Dr. and Mrs. Henry Mitchell, of of Arkansas, are visiting Mre. J. A. Coover's family at New Cumberland. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Dierich, of New Market, returned from a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shelley, at Harriman. Pa. Howard Snyder, of Chicago, is vis iting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John F. Snyder, and his sister, Mrs. W. A. Clouser, at Shiremanstown. Mr. and Mrs. L. Kemper Bitner and daughter, Margaret Bitner, of Shiremanstown, are spending a month with Mrs. Bitner's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Williamson, at Lambertville, N. J. Mr. and Mrs. John Bistline, of Mechanicsburg; Mrs. John None maker and Mrs. King, of Wormleys burg, were recent visitors at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Bist line, Shiremanstown. Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Faust and son, Cyril Faust, of Shiremanstown. were Harrisburg visitors on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Byrl Yohe, son, Ira Yohe, and daughters, Ruth Yohe and June Yohe. of Lemoyne, spent Sunday with Mrs. Yohe's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nebinger, at Shiremanstown. Miss Theetta Bloser, of Dlllsburg, is spending the summer with her aunt, Mrs. A. W. Bistline, at Shire manstown. Mrs. N. M. Spahr and daughter, Dorothy Spahr, of Harrisburg, vis ited the former's sister, Mrs. J. R. Nebinger, at Shiremanstown on Sat urday. Mrs. J. Henderson Stock, of Shire manstown, spent Saturday with her sister in Mechanicsburg. Mr. and Mrs. George Reed, of Enola, visited Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Smyser at Shiremanstown. Ralph Sheely, of Carlisle, visited his parents and other at Shiremanstown on Saturday. R. Nevin Hagerman of Greencas tle, spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Faust at Shiremanstown. James Eckert has returned to his home in Shiremanstown after spend ing sometime with his sister, Mrs. Charles Armoul, in Lebanon. SERMON TO G. A. R. POST Marysvllle, Pa., May 26. —The an nual memorial sermon to members of Lieutenant David Geib Post, G. A. R., was delivered in the Zion Lutheran Church last evening by the pastor, the Rev. J. C. Relghard. The services were attended by Lieuten ant Alfred Corp Camp No. 14 3, Sons of Veterans; the Red Cross, veterans of the Spanish-American and World War, and members of various fra ternal orders of this place. Memorial Day Exercises of New Cumberland Post New Cumberland, May 26.—8. F. Eisenberger Post, Grand Army of the Republic, will have charge of Memorial Day exercises. On Friday morning, May 30, a committee will go to Mt. Olivet Cemetery at 7 I o'clock and decorate the graves of I the comrades buried there. At 1.30 the parade will form at the G. A. R. hall tn Bridge street and go to Mt. Olivet Cemetery in the follow ing order: B. F. Eisenberger Post No. 462, G. A. R.; drug corps; Sons of Veterans: Spanish-American Veterans: World j War Veterans: Boys' Brigade: Girls' Military Corps: lodges and Sunday schools. After the strewing of flow ers over the graves of eighty dead comrades, tho Rev. V. T. Rue, pas tor of Baughman Memorial Church, will make the address, and tho Boys' I Brigade will fire a salute over the graves. MEMORIAL DAY AT ENOLA Enola, Pa., May 26.—Memorial Day will be fittingly celebrated by members of Washington Camp No. 680, P. O. S. of A. The local camp will be assisted by tho West Fair view camp. The Rev. Edwin S. Rupp, pastor of the Otterbein U. B. Church, of Harrlsburg, will be the speaker of the day. The three Harrisburg posts of the G. A. R., as well as the Sons of Veterans, will participate in the parade. MUSICAL BY TJ. B. CLASS Enola, Pa., May 26. A benefit musical will be given to-morrow night in the United Brethren Church by class members of the Sunday school, taught by Mrs. Edward Baehman. The program follows: "America.' audience: piano solo, Mrs. Harold Busey: piano duet. Misses Marie Neidhamer and Margaret Doepke. vocal solo, Miss Mildred Garman; selection, orchestra: piano so>o. Martha Dohner; piano duet, Robert and Herbert Boose: violin nuet, B. F. Bard and Jarties Penny, reading, 1 Miss Violet Roland; vocal solo, Mrs. T C Griffith, p'ano duet, Jeanette Johnston and Ethel Krober; selec tion. orchestra; benediction, the Rev. Stewart Glen. LADIES' AID TO MEET Shlroiuanstown. Pa.. May 26. —- The monthly meeting of the Ladies' Aid Society of the United Brethren Church will be held Tuesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Wolfe in Railroad street. STODART Piano used, mahogany case, in fine condition. Cheap for cash, or easy payments. Yohn Bros. 13 N. 4th St. MAY 26, 1919. Paul L. Allen Chosen Principal Enola High Enola, Pa., May 26.—Paul L. Al- j len will be principal of the Enola High School for next year, succeed ing Miss Helen C. Markell, who will take a course at the University of Chicago. Mr. Allen was elected at a recent meeting of tho board of directors. Ho is a son of the Rev. E. M. Allen, pastor of the Methodist Church. He is a graduate of Dick inson College and was recently dis charged from tho Army. Miss Markell, who resigned, has been connected with the local schools for the last six years, being supervising principal of the local schools for two years. BIBLE CLASS TO MIiET Shlremanstown, Pa., May 26. The monthly meeting of the men's organized Bible class of tho Church of God will bo held Monday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Souders in West Main Btreet. COMMUNION SERVICES Shlremanstown, Fa., May 26. Holy Communion services in the Bethel Church of God Sunday even ing were largely attended. ADDRESS TO SUNDAY SCHOOL New Cumberland, Pa., May 26. Charles Zimmerman, of Lebanon, made an address at the Methodist Sunday school yesterday morning. CENTENARY DRIVE A SUCCESS Columbia, Pa., May 26. —The Methodist congregations of Colum bia, have gone over the top in the centenary drive. The First Church secured subscriptions for the five year term, amounting to more than $14,000. The congregation of Cook man church raised the first year's quota of more than $l,lOO dollars. Victory services were held in the MOTHERS Reduce your doctor's bills by keeping always on hand— VICK's\^PORUO "YOUR BODYGUARD" - 30*. 60M1.20 First Church yesterday to comme morate the success of the drive. 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