Harrisburg telegraph. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, August 04, 1919, Page 2, Image 2
2 News of One Day Gathered in the Cities and Towns of Central Pennsylvania . • RECKLESS AUTO DRIVER IN PRISON Nick Profcres, of Lcwistown, Victim of Speeding on Waynesboro Highway Waynesboro, Aug. 4. George Gohynes, of Harrisburg, is in jail here as the result of reckless auto mobile driving, and Nick Proferes, of Lewistown, probably has a frac tured skull. Ho came here yester day afternoon in a Packard car, having a 8 companions Nick Proferes, of Lewistown, and Ifis brother, John Proferes, of this place. First he was arrested for violating traffic laws and fined $5. Then, after he had paid that, he was arrested Jgain and fined $12.50 for speeding. Not content with the day's ex perience, he is charged by the police with having raced out Main street toward Greencastle, where he ran into a tree. The Lewistown man jumped from the car a.nd landed on his head. His condition was so bad when taken to the office of a doc tor that it was deemed inadvisable to risk the journey to tho Chambers burg hospital. His condition is criti cal. The charge ugainst Gohynes is driving an automobile while intoxi cated. $6,000 Given toward Debt of Church Home Lewisburg. Aug. 4. More than one thousand persons were in at tendance at the third anniversary of the United Evangelical Home, at this place. The attendance at the anniversary exercises marked the highest in the history of the home and the exercises were by far the most appropriate and interesting ot any program given for this particu lar occasion. It was reported by Rev. A. A. Winter, superintendent ot the Home that more than six thousand dollars had been raised by cash contributions and pledges during tlie exercises. The total indebtedness on the new dormitory building, which was dedicated with appro priate exercises in $11,491. The Rev. Mr. Winter stated that when the reports arc received from the various congregations which ha \ e as yet not made their reports, that their indebtedness will be cleared away. Waits in Vain For Sister to Get Out of Deep Hole Waynosburg. Pa.. Aug. 4.—Eve- Ivn Struwn, 7 years old, (laughter of i Sir. and Mrs. Warren Struwn, of MeUraokcn, near here, was sent after the cows in a pasture field ■ some distance from her home. When she failed to reappear her j father went in search of her. He found her lifeless body in a small run in the field. A younger sister who was wadincr ; In the creek said "Kvelyn jumped in after a stick and stayed there. T have been waiting for her for a long time." The child had leaped , into a six-fool hole washed out by a recent freshet. Sunday Schools Arrange For Year's Annual Outing I Liverpool. Aug. 4. Liverpool j Sunday Schools are making ar- j rangements for the annual picnic, j which will he held this month. The committee in charge of arrange- I mcnts is: J. Park Holmun, Roscoe | Snyder, J. L. "Erlenmeyer. Millard Barner. George Miller, Walter Wert, and John Birehtield. This year's j picnic promises to break all records j for sport, and attendance. Hun dreds of former residents are expect- j ed to return home for the day. i ' i ,o R ! IHot water jsL g Sure Relief RELL-ANS USjDtG^STiO:* I HENRY GILBERT 7 I AND SON ' II : j | |j DISTRIBUTORS OF 'i| I Genuine! 1 ' ! i RUBEROID HI * ROOFING I I I Roofing Papers ! Strip I | Shingles i j] WE BUY IN CARLOADS, j ! )| WE CARRY THE STOCK il '! FOR IMMEDIATE I SHIPMENTS S 400 S. SECOND ST. ! i UHILI! | SUPPLIES J |Wi JL MONDAY EVENING, SEVEN ARE IN JAIL ON ARSON CHARGE Burning of Barn in Cumber land County Followed by Arrests Carlisle. Aug. 4.—Charles Yingst, William Yingst, William Kelley, the Johnson brothers, and men by the names of Kunkleman and Lynch, all of Cleversburg. are in jail here fol lowing an escapade, whiclt took place in Cleversburg on Monday, and which resulted in the burning of the barn of George M. Miller. The offenders were arrested by officers of the State Police stationed at Mechanicsburg and Constable McCoy, of Carlisle. It is thought that more arrests will follow. The affair is the result of intense ill feeling in the neighborhood, and especially between the Millers and Yingsts. Those taken into custody are held on the charges of malicious mischief and arson, the former charge growing out of the fact that the Miller house was stoned during the day and the buildings burned at night. In this feud, which has been going on for some tinie, even the women take part. Not long ago women of the Miller faction are re ported to have stonned some of the other faction while the lutter were on their way to church. William F. McDowell Is Dead of Paralysis; Was to Have Wed Miss Agnew Meroersburg, Pa., Aug. 4.—Wil- I Ham F. McDowell, former postmas- ter hero and a well known Repub | can, died here suddenly last night, I following a stroke of paralysis. Ho | had been calling on his tlaneee and j hail left to go to his home when I fatally stricken. , His engagement | to -Miss Agnew, daughter of a for | liter postmaster, was announced only a few days ago. He was 65 years old and was well known ' throughout Franklin couniy. His j wife died a number of years ago. | One sister survives. Ten Borough Offices to Be Filled in November Waynesboro. Pa., Aug. 4. Ten i vacancies by reason of expiration of term will occur in the local bot— j ough offices and will have to ba tilled at the coming primary. They are: Town Council: Dr. J. W. Croft, K. E. Conrad, S. A. Benedict; (school director, J. G. Corbett and W. 1,. Minick: assessor, Milton Benedict, j Clayton Philips, K. Harper Washa |bn ugh; auditor, S. 1). Hock man: i justice of the peace. John A. Potter. "Squir Potter is closing his~ third I consecutive term and a total service "on the bench" of seventeen years. ' He has tiled nomination papers and will have no opposition. J. G. Cor- I bett, president of the Waynesboro Trust Company, will endeavor to | succeed himself on the school board. Italy Asks Million Tons of Anthracite on Credit Pottsville, Pa.. Aug. 4.—ltalian manufacturers and business men have written to representatives here j asking if 1,000,000 tons of the steam sizes of anthracite coal can he pro- ! cured on six months' credit. There is that amount of coal stored here | and the oflicers of the Anthracite [ Consumers' Dengue will ascertain if j arrangements can be made. A large amount of bituminous I coal is now being sent to Italy, but \ many Italians who have returned home have advertised the superior J qualities of anthracite. James Topper Again in Policce Net at Waynesboro Waynesboro, Pa.. Aug. 4.—James i Topper, a lad of 1", who has been | in the police court a, number of j times, was again taken into custody ' by Constable George Byerson on a | charge of feloniously entering the t office of Collector of Taxes, William I E. Adams, in the Bank of Waynes- I boro building, and taking $52 in cash. After his arrest he returned J the $52, stolen money. He was i taken to the Chambersburg jail, and I will there await his trial. Topper . was out on parole, following a con viction at the last court court in April for assaulting and robbing a j young girl of her purse, while she was returning from her work. Fishermen Busy in Creek and River in Mifflin County Lcwlstown, Pa., Aug. 4. Much llshing is being done in the Juniata river and the creeks running into it. A few days ago George Webber and George Giles, of this place, went to Tuscurora Creek and landed 16 fine bass. Judge Holler McCay got six bass and two pike. Al. Harbst, while llshing in the Juniata river, caught 9 nice eels and several cat fish. Jacob Eby caught 4 bass, Jess Estcp, 2, and Jacob Harbst several eels. Sunbury Elks Planning to Hold Big Outing Sunbury, Aug. 4. Renewing a custom of former years, Sunbury Lodge, No. 267, B. P. O. E., will hold a big outing at Dewitt's Park at South Danville Wednesday, Au gust 13. Elks from the surrounding towns have been invited and a spe cial committee has been appointed by Exalted Ruler R. H. Eisley to make the arrangements. It will be an all-day affair. Perry Leads Counties in War Stamp Sales Liverpool, Aug. 4.—The report is sued from the State headquarters of the War Savings Stamps organi zation shows that the sales of the 1919 stamps for the month just closed in Perry county are $1.06 per capita, leading all counties in this part of the State. Other nearby county records are Dauphin, 83c; Cumberland, 66c; York. 55c; Frank lin, 41c, and Adams, 2 Bc. INJURIES MAY BE FATAL Wn<Montown, Aug. 4. —Stricken with vertigo while putting his horse in the stable, Jeremiah Renn, of this place, was stepped on by the animal and was found unconscious by his family. He is in a serious condition. [Other State News on Page 4.] BROAD TOP COAL FIELDS ARE SOLD New York Corporation Pays $5,250,000 For Railroad and Mines Huntingdon. Pa.. Aug. 4.—A big I corporation of New York City, un derstood to be the Edison Electric Company, has solved the problem of sufficient coal for the coming season and prepared itself for the winter coal famine which is pre dicted by purchasing outright the East Broad Top Kailroad. running from Mount Union to Hobertsdalo, Shade Gap and Jacobs, together with the coal mines and land of the Kockhil! Iron and Coal Company, most of which is located in Hunting don county and a small part in Bedford and Fulton, for $5,250,000. j The Hockhill Coal Company owns ' 21,000 acres of land, 10,000 of which I are underlaid with coal and the re ! maining iron ore and other min -1 orals. The railroad has a mileage | of fifty miles and taps the principal ■ coal fields on the eastern slope ot" I Broad Top Mountain. The stock of the selling companies lis mostly hold by Philadelphia capitalists, who opened up the big coal mines and built the road to Mount Union in 1873. Union Service a Farewell to Returning Missionaries | 'Lnnonstor, Aug. 4. Nineteen | missionaries going to China and Ja- I pan were given a farewell service by i the Reformed congregations _of j Lancaster last evening at 7:31) | o'clock in St. Paul's Reformed j church. Among the missionaries is | Miss Gertrude B. Hoy, of Lancas i fer, who is returning to the Orient, i Others who were present were: i Rev. and Mrs. Frank L. Forperman, of Rockwell. N. C.; Rev. and Mrs. J. Frank Bucher, of Milton, Pa.; Rev. and Mrs. Ward llartman, of Ohio: Professor and Mrs. Horace It. Legnaua, of New Britain. Pa.; Miss Rosena E. Black, of Akron, O.; Rev. and Mrs. Carl D. Kreite, of Louisville, Ky.: Miss Elizabeth C. j Zetty. Quakertown, Pa.; Miss Annie i E. Sehaek, of Avon, Pa., and Arthur | 1). Smith, of Malianoy City. 1 The sermon was preached by Rev. iA. R. Bartholomew. Services in ] most of the other Reformed chur i ehes of tlie city were abandoned in j order to permit all 6f tho congrega j tions to attend the union service. Parole Prisoner Whose Family Is Destitue Milton. Pa., Aug. 4. —On the rc ' quest of the poor authorities of Mil i ton, Jacob Seholsky, of this place, i was paroled from the Xorthumber- I land county prison by Judge H. W. ! Cummings. following tho presenta tion of a petition to the court by 1 Warden W. W. Barr. Seholsky was convicted of felon ious arson at" the February sessions of criminal court, and sentenced to five years in jail. He had burned a neighbor's home. Since his arrest, j his wife and four children have be | come charges on the borough of j Milton, and the poor overseers i , wanted to get liim out so that he I ! can support tliem. | Robert M. Mahon Is Dead Brief Illness Chambersbiirg. Pa.. Aug. 4. —Rob- j ert M. Mahon, son of the lute Con- j gressman Ttiad. M. Mahon, died at j bis home at Scotland yesterday aft- j ernoon at 2 o'clock of a com plica- > tion of diseases. He bail been ill . since Monday night last. He was 20 ■ years old and is survived by his j widow, one son and one sister, Leah. I The young man was a member of ] the Masons, Elks and Knights of j Pythias and of the Methodist | church. He had conducted an insur- i unce business here. Bridge May Be Made Free If JJtate Buys It Sunbnry, Aug. 4.—A movement is on foot for the purchase of the Bain bridge street bridge, owned by the Sunbury Bridge Company, by the State of Pennsylvania. This would result in the elimination of toll charges, and add to the popularity i of travel in this section. The bridge Is on the main highway north and south through central Pennsylvania, connecting Washington and Buffalo and other parts of New York State. LITTLE LINES FROM NEARBY Milton —John L. Lawrence and Miss Jennie B. Home, were married at the parsonage of the First United Evangelical church at Sunbury. Sunbury—The Epler family, one of the best known families in this section of the State, held its annual reunion at the home of John L. Epler. Waynesboro —Photographer Lup ton V. Kaylor's studio was entered while he was at supper and the cash register and a desk drawer robbed of SSO. Waynesboro—A Mont Alto author" ity states that as long as grapes and blackberries grow there will be that old family brand of wine made in that section. Gettysburg—The Patriotic Order Sons of America held their annual county convention at Cashtown. Next year's convention will be held at Bendersville. Waynesboro—The motorcycle for the traffic policeman arrived in Waynesboro and is now in use. Charles Thompson was sworn into afflce as "speed cop." Mt. Union—Senator J. Frank Adams, of Denver, Col., is visiting his mother, Mrs. T. H. Adams on Pennsylvania avenue, being called home on account of the mother's illness. Waynesboro Plans are being made for the 20tli annual reunion of Juniuta College at Pen-Mar Park, August 8. Dr. Galen B. Royer, of Huntingdon, will make the principal address of the event. Huntingdon ■ — James Rodgers, aged 59. of Denholm, employed as a section foreman in the Denliolm yards, was run down by a freight train, causing a fracture of tho right hip and other minor injuries. Gettysburg—A rumor is being cir culated that a still is being operated in the Pigeon Hills, at tho eastern border of the county, where moon shine with a kick is being made and dispensed since the sale of booze has been prohibited. HABRISBUHG TELEGRAPH SKULL CRUSHED IN CRASH ON BRIDGE Fulton County Man Fails to see Automobile Approaching and Loses Life in Collision Near Chambersburg; Occu pants of Buick Roadster Escape Injury Clutmborsburg, Aug. 4. Roy Divens, aged 33, of Knobsville, Ful ton county, is dead and his two com panions, Clarence Carbaugh, of Clto, and Mike Delanco, of Kearney, Bed ford county, are in the hospital hero as Ihe result of an accident on the bridge crossing Back Creek, four miles west of here, this afternoon. Divens was driving a motorcycle. He did not sec a Buiek roadster, driven by Charles Shaffer, of Hum mel, Pa., approaching, and crashed 11,000 PEOPLE AT SHADE GAP PICNIC United States Secretary Hays and Congressman Foelict Arc Principal Speakers j Huntingdon, Pa., Aug. 4.—The big I annual picnic at Shade Gap, this | county, for the twenty-seventh time, j was held on Saturday under clear } skies, and was conceded to be the ! greatest gathering ever held at this I point on a similar occasion. It was ! estimated that 11,000 people were in the big grove, carried there *by more than 1,200 motorcars and spe- Icial trains on tho East Broad Top | railroad from Mount Union and J Robertsdalc. There were p.utoino ! biles there from Franklin, Fulton, Perry, Juniata, Mifflin, Bedford. Huntingdon, Blair, Clearfield and Center counties. There were abundance of amuse ments and refreshments, and the music was furnished by Tressler's orphans' homo band, of Loysville, which has recently been making a | wonderful tour of this part of the i State. United States Senator Hayes V. ■ White, of Kansas, and Congressman I 14. K. Focht were the principal I speakers, while the meeting was j presided over by Attorney R. W. Williamson. The big picnic was un der the auspices of Krice X. Bluir i'Ojv, Grvurd Army at the Republic, of Shade Gap. Mercersburg Regents Elect Gov. Sproul to the Board Mercersburg, Pa., Aug. 4. The board of regents of the Mercersburg Academy, at their annual meeting, elected these men as mem tiers of the board: Governor W. C. Sproul, Harrisburg; the Rev. H. L. G. Keif fer. of Frederick, Md., to succeed his father, the late Dr. J. Spangler Kieffer, of llagerstown, Md., who had been a member of the board for many years, and D. A. Stickler, of Hagerstown, Md. The board voted to have the charter of the academy changed so that the membership of the board shall be increased from twenty-one members to twenty-four members, the throe new members to he elcet d by vote of the alumni of the in stitution. The enrollment of the recent year, in spite of war con ditions, was 481 boys, the largest in the history of the institution. For the coming year the enrollment is already crowded. Flier Again Thrills Mechanicsburg Crowds Mechanicsburg, Pa., Aug. 4. On Saturday evening Mechanics burg was again thrilled by the daring birdman from Middie town. who flew over the town. Peo ple flocked to the streets as soon as the whir of the machine was heard, and watched him loop the loop a number of times and do the tail spin. Then he lighted on Irving College Park, where hundreds of people suddenly swarmed and sur rounded the plane. After courte ously explaining the mechanism to the interested throng, the flier and pilot soared up, and again delighted his audience with stunts, and swooped so low over their heads that a shriek went up from the peo ple. After leaving here, the aviator flew,-to Mt. Gretna. Lancnstcr —The annual confer ence of the Young People's Mission ary Conference of the Reformed church was opened on Saturday eve ning in the Reformed Theological Seminary. Delegates are here from all parts of Pennsylvania. Gettysburg—The union services of the churches of the town were held last evening on the seminary campus in connection with the Lutheran Summer Assembly. The sermon was preached by Dr. Anna Kugler, a mis sionary from India. Gettysburg—A recent casualty re port issued by the Government gives the name of Lieutenant William Al lison, of this place, among those se verely wounded. Lieutenant Allison has been home, discharged from the service, for some time, and was for tunate enough to go through the battles uninjured. |SOSQ] !| Everybody |E |$ ASK YOUR DEALER | into the machine on the bridge. The ; impact was so great that the front j part of the motorcycle was embed ded in the radiator of tho automo | bile. Divens' skull was crushed, Car j baugh's leg was broken in two places anil Delanco was badly shocked and bruised. Divens' body was given in J charge of an undertaker here. Shaf | for and two companions escaped in- I jury. Coroner Klnter was notified and will make an investigation. THOUGHT DEAD HE COMES FROM WAR Charles C. Kneppcr Back in Juniata After an Ab sence of 1(> Years * ~ Altoonn, Aug. I.—Missing for 10- ears and thought by all his rel atives to be dead, Charles C. Knep per, who disappeared as a child, recently returned and is visiting his father and sisters in Juniata after five years' service in Frunee with tho Canadian army. The story of Knepper's career be gan when the orphanage school in which he was placed as a child was destroyed by lire at Buffalo in 1903. Records were destroyed and us no trace of the child could be found, his father, Alexander Knepper, of 915 Seventh avenue, Juniata, and sisters gave him up as dead. Iho war veteran, on his return, told the story of how he hud been taken from the school before the 'V', e °? curred " nd raised as Charles Nicholson by a brother and sister oi that name who reside near To ronto, Canada. At the age of 18 tho \oung man enlisted In the Canadian army at the outbreak of the war, serving as a machine gunner. Ho was twice wounded and was gassed. Tenth Annual Reunion of the Odd Fellows Waynesboro, Aug. 4—Encourag ing reports have been received by tho committee in charge of the fra ternal reunion of the Odd Fellows of the five jurisdictions of Pennsyl vania, Maryland, Virginia, West \ irprinia and District of Columbia, to lie held Thursday, August 7, at Pen-Mar. This will be the tenth an nual gathering there. The fact of making this year's re union the Odd FellowH Centennial re union in commemoration of the one hundred years of faithful service of this organization from 1819, has greatly increased the Interest throughout the various sections, and there is a nearnest endeavor to make this the most interesting and suc cessful gathering ever held at Pen- Mar. '1 he committee has secured several noted speakers for this occasion, inc principal speaker will bo Hon. Julius Kahn, of California, a mem ber ot the House of Representatives teenutor Borah, of Idaho, is ex pected to be present in company with Grand Secretary Frank E. Ra'pp. of Washington, who at this time will he spending a few days at the Buenu \ ista hotel. PRIVATE KIRK HONORED v uA 0 , 1 ' 0, t ug ' '•—Private William Rirk, who served almost a vear ■ overseas, was given a hearty wel- ' come home Thursday evening at the farm home, situated in Tuckahoe valley, when friends from Tyrone. . Bell wood, Altoona and Sinking Vat- 1 ley to the number of 75, gathered | there. Ihe evening was pleasantly! passed in games, music and a good I social time. Refreshments were ' served. I Hill,l. HUM—33.-.H tM'H-1) IIAHKISIILIKi, MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1010. FOUNDED 1871 4 I Good-Bye to All Summer Shoes! | ® Extraordinary Values in This gj | Sale of White Pumps and Oxfords | It's early for us to make such a sac- White canvas pumps, high and low | . n S rifice, but it's our regular rule. Per- heels, $4.35. 11 haps your whole vacation time is still White canvas oxfords, high and ffl ahead—well, that's your good luck. ] ow lleels? $5.35. MJ | Every white shoe in our stocks-for Wh ite Nu . Buc k pumps and ox women and m.sses-is mcluded in 1 fords, high and low heels. $5.35. 0 yy the offering: White kidskin, Nu-Buck , . m and canvas with leather soles. For Women a whne canvas lace shoes; & , walking, for dress, business or playtime eatur unitary tee s, • • 85 wear. Here is the news in detail. Women s white kid oxfords; worn- ft ffl No C. O. D.s, no exchanges; all sales en ' wh ' te , Nl ' ®" c c k ' lace shoes > h, S h | jyP | or low heels, $7.35. m M ; - |Q| UQ JH| p ! MANY PEOPLE OF CITY AT BENEFIT Social Function at Ml. Gretna Participated in by Har risburgers Mount Gretna, Pa., Aug. 4.—The ! benefit card party held in Kauff ! man's Auditorium Friday evening, I under the auspices of the Civic Club, | was a decided success. There was twenty tables of 500 and live tables of bridge. Among the Harrisburg ers were 1). L>. Hummelbuugh, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Baum, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Shelley, Mr, and Mrs. Luther Walzer, Mrs. n. M. Richard son, Mrs. Nell Hawkins, Mrs. Alvin 1. Miller, Mrs. Frank Whitmoyer, Mrs. Anna Hubley, Mrs. John Craig, Mrs. E. E. Ewing, Miss Elizabeth Coble, Mrs. M. H. Craiglow, Mrs. John Houck, Mrs. 11. J. llabb, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Finnefrock, Mrs. Harry .Shugar, Mrs. Herbert Terry, Mrs. Harry Orr, Mr. and Mrs. Am nion Kreider, Mrs. John llargcst, Mrs. Luther Bowman, Mr. Harry Shoop, Mrs, A. B. Peters, Miss Flo Heller, Miss Daisy Sheal'er, Miss Clara Cassel, Miss Katherlne Erb, Miss Pearl Walzer, Miss Frances Hamilton and Miss Milleiser. Mr. and Mrs. George H. Hummel and children, of York, spent several days on the camp meeting grounds, the guests of Mrs. John K. Hummel, Mrs. 11. E. Speas, who in located on the camp meeting grounds, en tertained about twenty-live members of class No. 2 of the State Street United Brethren church last Thurs day. Mr. and Mrs, 11. M. Grove and family ot 548 Schuylkill street, Har risburg, and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Sassaman, of Pcnbrook, are hero for a month's outing. Miss Emily Frankcm, Miss Katli erino Warden and Roy C. Barley, of Harrisburg, motored hero Saturday and will spend the weekend with friends. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Crist and children, Robert, Allen and Harriet, and Mrs. John DeShong and son, James, are at the Melrose cottage for the month of August. Mr. and Mrs. George J. I feller man and little daughter, Rebecca, of 2138 Green street, Harrisburg, mo tored here to spend a lew days with George H. Elsenhans and family on the Chautauqua grounds. Airs. Mary McCarrcl! is in Har risburg for a few davs. Airs. Edith D. Elsenhans, of the Slate Highway Department, is on the Chautauqua grounds for a two weeks' vacation. Mr. anil Mrs. John W. German Jr., and registered at the Inn . Mrs. Harry Orr is visiting Mrs Herbert Terry. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Finnefrock and Miss Elizabeth Coble, of Har risburg, are on the camp meeting grounds lor a month's stay at I.a France cottage. Mrs. Nell Hawkins, ofHarrlsburg, is the guest of her sister, Mrs M 11. Craiglow. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Sullings, Miss Katherlne Eveler, Miss Anna Bacon, Edwurd Moore and Richard Heagy are at Pilgrim cottage for a few duys. Mrs. II W. Denny and little son are stopping at the Inn. „J£ U ? , F ' ore n c e Rtn ken bach is in Philadelphia for two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Calder Metzger mo tored here from Harrisburg and spent Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Gingrich spent Sunday in the Grove, The Rev. H. W. A. Hanson and father -will leave Monday for Wil mington, X. C., where the Rev. Han son will spend a week at his home Mr. and Mrs. Harold Brown of Lebanon, are at the Hotel Conewugo Roy E. Coombs, of Norristown was a Sunday guest at Montancseu cottage. Mr. and Mrs. John Mat-burger and daughter, Anna, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Elntor Xissley. Mr. William Stiner, of Harrisburg is the guest of the Steevers for a few days. WILL HOLD .MEETING New Cumberland, Aug. 4. On Tuesday evening a meeting of the Woman's Benefit Association will be held to make arrangements for holding a picnic. AUGUST 4, 1919 IT. OLIVET CAMP WILL OPEN AUG. 8 Interesting Program Arranged For Gathering of Church People Atccbniiicshurg, Pa., Aug. 4. —Rc- | ginnipg on Friday, August .8, and I continuing to Tuesday, Aug. 19, the \ annual Mount Olivet camp meet j iug will be held on the grounds bo ; tween Mechanicsburg and Dillsburg. | A program of interest' tins been j planned anil us the camp Is noi.- ! secterian, sermons will be delivered j by ministers of various denomina ; lions. Tuesday, August 12, will oe j communion day; Thursday, August j 14. temperance day; Saturday, Au- I gust lli, young people's rally day. ! Mrs. Julia A. Sliolhamer, of Atlanta, I Gii., will be the principal speaker j on temperance day. j Among the representatives from I Mechanicsburg, who liavo part on 1 tho program are: the Rev. J. A. Gohn, Mrs. Sarah Ddrnbach ami Miss Ida G. Kast. There will iio j orchestra music special entertain i mollis will bo held, also Bible read j iug and evangelistic services. Other [ features are: tho Harmony Bethel male chorus, on Sunday, August 10; Arnold's United Lutheran Alalo chorus, Tuesday, August 12; Ladies' I Octet, of Dillsburg, Sunday, Au j gust 17. Demand of Cigarmarkers For Higher Pay Approved Reading, Pa., Aug. 4. —At a meet ing of representatives of union cigar i makers all over Southern, Central j and Eastern Pennsylvania here yes ' terday the. demands of the union I cigar makers and packers for higher wages were approved. The conference authorized de ' liiands for a 50 per cent increase pay; la 44-hour week and better working j conditions to be presented at once iin writing to tho manufacturers, | subject to immediate acceptance 'with the alternative of a general I strike. j J. P. Keenan, of Lancaster, presi • dent of the Blue Label League, pre | aided. Andrew P. Bower, Reading, secretary, will issue the notice to I the employers. Waynesboro Feels Good Effects of Prohibition Waynesboro. Pa., Aug. 4. As | showing the sulutory effects of the "dry" regime here, tho police court | records show there were ten cases | of drunken and disorderly conduct l tried before local magistrates in ;June and none in July. Upward I of a half dozen cases were heard in June wherein the defendant had j disturbed the peace or otherwise I created a disturbance by assault, all I caused by being drunk. There were ne such cases in July. The only j penal offenses for which arrest's I were made were for speeding or violation of traffic laws. Get Materials For Addition to Orphanage Siinliury, Aug. 4.—Materials for the $60,000 addition to the Odd Fel lows' Orphanage near this city, have been ordered and are beginning to arrive. The brick was purchased at the I'axtonville plant, and Is being shipped. The new boiler lias also ! been purchased. The money is com ing in in large sums, and the direc tors anticipate no .difficulty in get- I ling enough to finance the improve.- j ment. William A. Glosser, Railroader, Is Retired Columbia, August 4.—William A. Glosser, a well-known resident of Columbia and for many years an employe of the Pennsylvania Rail road Company, was placed on the company's honor roll and retired yesterday. He made his last run as an engineer on the low grade line work train. He was an employe of the company almost forty years, i LYKENS WORKING HARD FOR POOL Town to Have Place.For Its People to Enjoy Them selves in Water I Lykens, Aug. 4.—The citizens of * town have been working hard to have a high class swimming pool. Much credit must tie given to our townsmen of the different indus tries who helped so well where call ed on. The chairman of the Work Committee, Harry S. Snyder, has called a meeting of the men at the pool to-day to complete arrange ments being made to finish work. Men and boys are needed to load the teams. Each night a number of teams will be there. Mrs. Edwin Hartman, of Gratz and Mrs. Charles Bulllngton and daughters, Misses May and Hilda, of Big Run, aitoed here to attend tlic circus and visit friends. Mrs. Banner of Philadelphia is being entertained by the family of T. A. llonsel. The infant son of John Williard South Second street, died of con vulsions on Friday evening at 9 o'clock. On Thursday afternoon. 2 o'clock the funeral of Mrs. Mary L. Shearer' of Wisconisco, was conducted by the Revs. Kerr and Stetler. Mrs. Shea fcr was 72 years of age. Burial was made in the Sheafer cemetery. Wisconisco. ' , M '" ~u lu' Ml '- Bruce Guistwhite, fiienl e ' e in tOWn wit Miss Miller has gone to Tower ity to spend a few days with her mother. e The barber shop of the lite George Smith orr Market street has been purchased by James Hoffman, of Market street. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Meinhardt, of \veok" r ' V ' VlH ' to * lcr parents last Miss Mabel ifechler is spending her vacation with her parents Mr. and Mrs. William Werner of Mechanicsburg, visited the latter's sister, Mrs. Morris, of Maine street Mrs. Guy S. Matter and son are spending several weeks with Mrs Samuel Maurer, of North Second street. Miss Martha Wnhrman of St. John's Lutheran parsonage, is spending her vacation at Lock Haven. Mr. and Mrs. George Kissinger entertained the former's brother Ouerney Kissinger and wife of Sun bury, last week. Mrs. 11. E. C. Wahrman is en tertaining her sister, Mrs. M. R. Fell of Philadelphia. George Beidenmiller and wife, of Philadelphia visited Mr. Beiden miiler's parents the past week. Miss Angela Sehniiiek is spending her vacation at Pottsville. BITE With False Teeth? SURE Dr. Wernet's Powder Kespi them firm. Prevents sore iruma. White. Flavored. Antiseptic. 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