2 The Day s News in Cities and Towns of Central Pennsylvania GERMAN GRENADE SLEW THORNTON Mother of Camp Hill Soldier Learns From Lieutenant How He Died Camp Hill, Pa., Nov. 7. How Miles Thornton, of this place, was killed in battle Is told in a letter received by his mother from Harry Jt-ggs, a former infantry lieutenant, who now is at his home in Ease Ber lin, Pa. Is was during the Argonne Sure Relief 6 Bell-ans Hot water RE LL-ANS mm for in dig bstion f 1 ~ MANHATTAN SHIRTS IP#|{ Y Pemi-Uarrls 4 " 11 1 Hotel UlUg. OPEN EVENINGS m — ' Market st -. I3£?S£S ; Market st A Wonderful Line of jf 3 ?/ Ladies' New Fall Boots I§II $6.90, $7.90, $8.90 J| Really Worth $2 to $3 a Pair More JwJth /W Dark Brown Black Kid A/l Tan Calf Gray Kid P Pretty Two Tone Combination Styles I Includes the smartest new styles for Fall and early Winter / ' wear. Popular high lace models, long turns, slender vamps. AH / I best styles. All sizes ami widths, assuring you of a perfect lit. / 9 I en * See the Good Shoes ; 1 \ \\L re AH f K^vValues jjff I \|W X Y ° U reall y save $2.00 on every pair. Look ]//*/ \ I T \*\STX these over. Eight classy new styles to ft { X. vX=X choose from—Narrow, English and A&/ \ X Blucher, Dark Brown, Tan and JH*>/ Ij sizes. Real TTntil 10 O'Clock ° Day Saturday Specials J b~ In ° ur Money-Saving Bargain Department "' ' ' — 1 - ' Children's ' Children's 1 Children's HEGULAH f YW LADIES' RLBREKS Shoes Slinnerc I 4 ANn * | W - Special from 2to 4 o'clock Ppers Scuffers A AI.UBS I / G(NNI duality. All sizts PA 1 ll,fnt nnd ! Felt nolo*, , ti llr i OWn " nd Lndlc*' Shorn, 1 ■/ Extra mmrinl ' 59c k,d with dark i *>lnrk tenth- button nnd ,i IM,a S I M ,al button ntylrn, 1 -:rnj upper*; I rw, lu button | n rc, blah GIRLS' Rl'llll'KßS with berlx; In | !sen to 11* i nil Incr und low lirrln; From 2to I o'clock Saturday, Hlu * H tj G# Kood va,BM ' iJ*L 1e 1 Hla * H I HiKCH <° 4 - Girls' Rubbers in sizes up to 2, SPLI IAL SPECIAL spkci \L SPECIAL SV 49c 98c 79c $1.50 $1.95 Girls' Sturdy School Shoes _ =r _ f Girls' Fall Dress Shoes Fine wearing sollrl m mat l| f v T mil High lace and but black leather—extra d) f / L. 11 I- /' iff ton styles. Come in strong soles. Lace 9 U,"| 11 I / , m ll brown, tan and <h M and button styles. U* AO J| JL / \\ elf black leather and h I >4 AH sizes to 2; $3 If, /| J •fl pretty two-color W values If jI, n / | patterns. Sizes 11% %J* Afj , 0 - , LL \u \K to 2, $3.5; sizes 1 isses School Shoes Jzf JO /•Ja. to 11 ii% to 2. A sr \ K. Xw Children's Dress Shoes v< y strong A* mm m X. Dressy, neat ■hoa for school {II VP\ X*3X styles, in patent A | rtT BVSSfS: Jut sizes'* up l t h 7; 195 ues at - 42.50 values at VUU Boys' U. S. Army Shoes Boys' Elkskin Shoes Boys' Fall Dress Shoes Very strong heavy tan leather Comfortable, scouting lasts— Solid makes; dark tan and uppers stout double soles. made of tough elkhide. A fine black calf. Narrow and broad Blucher lasts. Sizes 1t05% at shoe for school. Sizes Ito 5%, toe lasts. Finest wearing grades $2.18: sro. 13%, at 1.0r,. Sizes to 13%, All sizes to 5 % Kraaes. jjj^33s R§H ROOKS UREAL SHOE MAKERS —•II colors, 1 at|k 125 I 217—MARKET STREET—2I7 * X 1 rllflSliliifi Hii 'fi iff- L MiJUiii . . . s litjmi" it limb . :l& ...... . S. •mj i. NOVEMBER 7, 1919. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY EVENING, drive. A soldier who fought by Thornton's s.rto said that the (,'unip Hill trooper had been put in cnargo of a machine, gun, the position of which was exposed to some extent. While Thornton and his men were on duty several Germans swept up on them and threw a hand griiiada. wl.lch exploded and instantly killed Thornton an 1 u companion and tore a leg from a Y.vic soidier. Th ; bod ies were terribly mutilated. "He must have died bravely," writes Hoggs, "for I have been advised that he was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross." The Argonne drive started on September 26, 1918. Thomas Wagner, a New viile soldier, was killed during the Argonne fighting. Lancaster Corn Crop Is Only Half Husked Lancaster, Pa., Nov. 7.—One-half of the corn crop of Lancaster county remains unhusked. The reason is the scarcity of labor, despite the fact that the farmers are paying from 6c to 9c per shock. Whfle the aver age busker can finish 75 shocks per day the expert can do 100. County Farm Agent Bucher says that in spite of the high wage paid, men are utmost unprocurable and the only way the farmer can get his corn in is to do it himself in the nice days of the winter. BUILDING PERMITS Building permits were issued to John M. Kauffman to erect a one story frame garage at the rear of 62 8 Woodbine street, at a cost of $175; S. Harrison and H. Cohen, with A. E. Behringer, contractor, one-story brick garage at the rear of 1403-05 Susquehanna street, $600; 801 l Brothers Manufacturing Com pany, addition to building at north- | east corner of Fourteenth and How ard streets, to cost $75. Juniata County Hustles to Give Soldiers Welcome Mifflintown. Pa., Nov. 7.—Through out Juniata county there has a hustle this week for the welcome home celebration to be held In honor of the soldiers, sailors, marines and nurses who served in the World War, and who will be officially greeted and honored on Saturday. I Not only the twin towns of Mifflin and Mifflintown, but all other towns of the coynty are to participate. A parade will be held at 2.30 o'clock in the afternoon, seven bands to bo in line. Hon. B. K. Focht, repre sentative in Congress from the Sev teenth district, will be the speaker of the afternoon. A dinner for all the service men will be served at noon. On Sunday a community memorial service will be held in the court house yard in honor of the heroes who made the great sacrifice for their country. Democratic Candidate's Vote Is Reduced by 20 Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 7.—Unofficial returns on Wednesday showed that Daniel H. Heller, of Newville, Demo cratic candidate for the county com missionership, had received 4,89& votes and his party rival. Bitter, of this place, 4,897, the narrow margin of four votes separating the two. The official count yesterday revealed the fact that there had been an error in the count and that Heller had been credited with 20 more votes than actually were cast for him. It was said last evening in political circles it would take the complete count to determine which of the two men had won. (Other State News Page 12) GIVE RECEPTION TO NEW PASTOR Members of Mechaniesburg U B. Church Welcome tne Rev. Mr. Koontz Mccluiiiicsbtirg. Pa., Nov. 7. Members of the First United Church welcomed their recently appointed minister, the Rev. Paul R. Koontz, and Mrs. Koontz last evening at a reception, to which the ministers of the various churches were invited as special guests. A program was given as follows: Music, orchestra; welcome address, Roy Burkliart; address,' the Rev. Mr. Ayrcs, of New Cumberland; music, piano duet, Miss Violet Bcit zol and Miss Alice Ulrich; address, by the president of the Ministerial Association, the Rev. C. D. Rockel; vocal solo, Mrs. C. It. Pope; address, the Rev. Dr. A. B. Slatton; address, the Rev Paul R. Koontz; music, mule quartet, George C. Dietz, Frank T. Hollinger, Bernard Stansfleld and Lloyd Ulrich. A feature of the evening was the Presence of the men composing the conference quartet and of whom the Itev. Mr. Koontz is a member. They came as a surprise. They were the Itev. Mr. Beattie, of Greencastle; the Kev. Mr. Ayres, of New Cumberland, and the Rev. Mr. Rhoads, of York. There was a large attendance at the reception and the program was ar ranged by a committee of whom Wilbur Dietz wus chairman. The Rev. Mr. Koontz came to this place from Lemoyne. He also served congregations at Myerßville, Md., and Carlisle. He was graduated from the Lebanon Valley College and Bonebrake Theological University at Dayton, Ohio. The new pastor is the son of the Rev. J. R. Koontz, pastor of the Second Church, York. Henry Nixon Dies of Disease at Cleveland Chambersburg, Pa., Nov. 7.—Fu neral services will be held in Fall ing Spring Presbyterian Church on Saturday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock over the remains of Henry Nixon, who died a* his home in Cleveland, 0., on Wednesday night, after an illness of four weeks of typhoid fever. He was 35 years old and the son of the late William Gilmore Nixon, once a prominent business man of this place. The dead man had been an active member of Falling Spring church and before leaving here held a responsible position with the Chambersburg Engineering Com pany. His widow, who was Eleanor Ruthrauff, will be unable to accom pany the remains here because of the serious illness of her stepmother, who contracted pneumonia while caring for Mr. Nixon. Break Ground in Perry Town For Silk Mill Dnncannon, Pa., Nov. 7. The Jauvand and Lavlgne Co., Inc., of Danville, Pa., have broken ground for a silk mill on the lots which they purchased recently situated between Cumberland and Ann streets. The building will be of New Jersey maroon brick, 153 feet by 53 feet, facing on Cumberland street, extending to Ann street, with a plant for the generating of electricity for motor use. There also will be a rec reation room for the use of employes. The contract work is being done by E. R. Hall, of Philadelphia, who ex pects to have the mill in operation by February I. About 60 people will be employed. Maid Returns $45,000 Pear] Necklace to Owner Chambersburg. Pa., Nov. 7.—Mrs. Percy M. Chandler, of Philadelphia, a sister of Postmaster Krebe, of Mer c.ersburg, has recovered her $4 5,000 pearl necklace, which disappeared while she was attending a dinner party at New York. The necklace was returned by a maid, who held the jewelry until a reward had been offered. The maid was given the reward and no questions asked. LITTLE LINES FROM NEARBY Shippcnsburg The Rev. J. H. Dohner was elected justice of' the peace here, receiving 417 votes. Elizabctlitown The Uockwood basketball team, of Harrlsburg, will play here on Saturday evening. Marietta Marietta's Red Cross branch is to elect officers for the year next Monday afternoon, at 4 o'clock. Marietta—Mrs. Leah Shutter, the mother of ten children and the old est woman in Wrightsville,' is dead, aged 88. Middlcburg Frank Swartzlander has sold his grocery and restaurunt here to H. E. Emery, who will take hold at once. Elizabcthtown—The lobby of the Black Horse Hotel here is being Im proved, a new front taking the placo of the old onE Marietta—The Red Cross drlv e here is proving successful and Mari etta is likely to go over the lop. Mrs. B. Frank Hlestand is leading the drive. Union Deposit—A Sunday School convention is to be held in ■ the United Brethren Church of this place on Spnday evening. Boiling Springs—Samuel Adams, a Philadelphia hunter, shot a grap fox in the South Mountain yesterday that measured 40 inches from tip of nose to tip of tail. Lcwisburg— Mrs. H. Grant Dreis bach, of this place, is a candidate for the office of State regent of the An Energy Food for eveny day in the week— Grape=Nuts the delicious and substantial *eady-to~eat cereal— Unlike any other cereal. RIVALRY BRINGS OUT HEAVY VOTE Plessinger Defeats Black For Associate Judge in Fulton County Election McConnellsburg, Pa.. Nov. 7. — Much interest wus shown in the elec tion in Fulton county this year and a heavy vote was polled In every sec tion of the county. The contest lor associate judge was very keen. Tho candidates both made a thorough campaign and visited almost every voter In the county. The returns for this office were: F. P. Plessinger, 952; D. A. Black, 793. In the contest for sheriff. A. D. Hohman, Democrat, received 1,037 votes, wtiile his Republican opponent, G. H. Hann, received 747, S. W, Kirk wus re-elected district attorney with 1,101 votes. J. R. Jackson, Re publican, received 657. For county treasurer, D. Gregory, Democrat, received 990 and J. Mor ton, Republican, 793. I. B. Lake, Democrat, was elected county sur veyor, receiving 888. F. M. Taylor, Republican, received 858. The vote for county auditors was ns follows: H. Comerer, Republican, 758; W. Ranck, Republican, 769; I. \V. Garland, Democrat, 861; Biddls Lynch, Democrat, 812. Dr. G. M. Robinson, Democrat, was elected coroner, receiving 869 votes. J. W. Gibson, Republican, re ceived 576 B. F Henry has given such good service as prothonotary that both the Republicans and Democrats selected him as their candidate and he re ceived the total vote of 1,550. The contest for county commis sioners was hard fought and resulted as follows: J. G. Alexander, Repub lican, 648; H. Wible. Republican, 683; H. Wible, Prohibition, 53; J. H. Hess, Democrat, 851; J. W. Mel lott. Democrat, 920; A. K. Nesbit, Prohibition, 132. Wards of State Help in Franklin Corn Field Chambersburg,. Pa., Nov. 7. While a large party of Scotland In dustrial School girls were out walk ing through the fields and along the lanes, chaperoned by some teachers, a day or two ago, they came to a cornfield in which Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Ott and three children were husking corn. Help is scarce and the Otts could hire nobody to aid in their work. The S. O. I. S. girls volunteered to help and were wel comed. Buckling to the job they husked bushels and shocks of maize and had lots of fun in the neigh borly task. Most people in the State and many elsewhere have heard the S. O. I. S. Boys' Band play in parades. Prof. Charles Mentzer has evolved from that bunch of little orphans of com rades of the G. A. R. a splendid musical organization and when the time comes that this band ceases to exist it surely will be missed about this man's town. Scarcity of Houses in Reading Grows Acute Reading, Pa., Nov. 7. So acute has become the scarcity of houses for rent in Reading that some persons are beginnnig to offer cash bonuses to anyone able to find a suitable home for them. Recently an adver tisement appeared in the classified columns of a local newspaper. In it a $5 "reward" was offered to anyone finding a suitable apartment or small house. Later, the offer was increased to $lO. Mifflin County Corn on Exhibition Best Yet Shown Lewlstowii, Pa., Nov. 7.—The farm product show held jointly each year by the Mifflin County Horticultural and Agricultural Society and the Farm Bureau opened yesterday in the Market House Hall. Many farm products are on exhibition. The corn is the best ever exhibited in this sec tion. Speakers from State College are to be present before the show closes. D. A. R„ the election to be held at Pittsburgh next week. Altooiin—The Altoona Rotary Club voted unanimously to get behind the project to give this city a metropoli tan hotel and committees have been named to drive for subscriptions. Carlisle—William C. Hultgren, of New Britain, Conn, who is to be the new Y. M. C. A. physical director here, visited Carlisle yesterday to become acquainted with his duties. Columbia The Rev. William Boyle, newly appointed assistant rec tor of Holy Trinity Catholic Church, succeeding the Rev. P. M. Stief, l.as arrived here and assumed his duties. Mountvlllc —Plans have been com pleted for this town's Welcome Home celebration on Thursday of next week. Capt. W. H. Itehm, of Lan caster, will be one of the speakers. West Fair view Word was re ceived here last evening of the death of Mrs. Mary Leedy, at the county hospital at Carlisle. - She was 82 years old and had a daughter living here. Carlisle District Manager Wil liam 11. Fetter, of Harrisburg, was here yesterday meeting the subscrib ers of the Belle Telephone Company in this section of the Cumberland Valley. Carlisle—John W. Wetzel, a lead ing attorney of this place, who lives a few hundred feet outside the bor ough line in North Middleton town ship, was elected a school director for the township. New Park—The dwelling of Dr. Vallle Hawkins was struck by light ning during a heavy storm. Two telephones in the house were badlv shattered and an electric light plant on the premises damaged. Worinlcysliurg—The annual con vention of the Lower District of the Cumberland County Sunday School Association will be held in the Church of God at this place next Thursday, November 13. Columbia Columbia's borough council instructed its solicitor to take steps to oust the lessee of the opera house and endorsed the petition of several women's organizationsagalnst the appearance of burlesque shows here. Ilolllng Springs ln St. John's Lutheran Church here last evening at 8.30 o'clock the wedding of Gilbert Malcolm, of Harrlsburg, and Miss Helen Frances Bucher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jared Bucher, of High land Terrace, was solemnised, a re ception following the ceremony at the home of the bride. CHURCHES READY FOR FALL DRIVE McConnellsburg Will Start Earnest Campaign For Members Sunday McConnellsburg, Pa., Nov. 7. —! The churches of this place will unite] In an evnngel'sttc campaign which is to begin Sunday evening. A su>*-! vey conducted by a committee repre senting the churches shows there are a large number of the people in this community unchurched, and to reach those this campaign was planned. The services will extend over a period of three weeks, with meetings every evening, except Sat urdays, in the McConnellsburg Pres byterian Church. The Revs. Ed ward Jackson, C. F. Jacobs, William J. Lowe and W. V. Grove will be the preachers. The musical part will bo under the direction of the Rev. and Mrs. R. c. Cuddy, of New Bloom field. Pa. In preparation for the services prayer meetings have been held in different parts of the town and country, as many as eight groups in different localities meeting at the same time and twice a week. VOTES HON I) ISSUE Columbia. Pa., Nov. 7. At the election on Tuesday Columbia voted favorably for a bond issue of $45,- 000 to meet the floating indebtedness of the town, which until January will probably be nearly that sum. The loon carr 'ed by 322 majority. ' | Store Closes Every Saturday at 6 P. M. H £B-30*32 North Third Street. A Very Exceptional Assortment | Of Women's and Misses' j Fashionable Winter Coats | At Extremely Moderate Prices Hp HE special advantage of selecting a coat from our assortments lies in the fact that not only are there so many styles adaptable W\ to the requirements of the fashionable dresser but at the same H , time a very substantial saving may be had. = There are in this vast collection tailored coats and fitted and semi-fitted models and luxurious street and afternoon coats —in H the season's most alluring and serviceable materials, Velour, Soft Silvertip Bolivia, Silvertone, Velour de Laine, Peach Tinseltone, Duvet de Laine, Frost Glow and Suede Velour. H Many have large collars in fashionable rich furs. 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