2 The Day's News in Cities and Towns of Central Pennsylvania ENORMOUS VALUE ] OF STATE CROPS AgrlcullUrul Produce For 191S! " Went Over $618,000,001), Says Rasmussen •'Value of Pennsylvania's farm prod ucts in 1918 ran over $648,300,000. according to figures assembled by Secretary of Agriculture Frederick ligsmussen, and 1910 will probably exceed it, owing to the advance in tile prices of almost every variety. The 1918 figures were far ahead of tHose for 1017, owing to the jump in Ibices which followed the outbreak <*! war. „ were secured on u classes and it was shown that ha> was the most valuable crop produced in the State, its figure being $112,- 037,565.55, a big advance over 1911 and a surprise because of the laige showing. Com came next with a value of $103,406,893.83, dairy prod ucts being next with an estimate of $1.00,000,000, which also makes a record. .The figures, the Secretary says, were gathered from almost 1,000 ci-op reporters throughout the State. The estimates are as follows: Hay, $1 12,927,565.55; corn, $lO3 - 496,892.83; dairy products, $lOO,- 000,000; wheat, $56,202, 706. 08; vege tables, $50,000,000; pasture, $50,- 000,000; eggs, $45,000,00°; POs*toe B ; $37,564,590.56; oats, $3a,9 0,392.70, apples, $14,352,187.50; tobacco $l4 " 501,850.00; buckwheat, sl°,Z4,- 1 04.53; rye, $7,768,715; cherries, etc., $8,;000,000; wool, $2,850,000; peaches $2,808,000; pears, s64!i.i2°: ba.rle>. f $578,45:}; honey and wax, sooo,ooo. Charles Frederick Fletcher Dies at Greencastle at 76 Greencastle, Pa., Nov. 29. Charles F'rederick Fletcher died at his home here on Tliudsday evening, aged. 76 years. He was a son of the late Charles Augustus Fletcher, a rob ber of the Maryland Legislature. He had been an elder in the Presbyte rian Church since 1879. a director of -the Greencastle Public Schools dnd secretary of the board for 2u vears. He also had been deputy reg ister and recorder. He is survived by his widow, and four children, Mrs. Watson Snively, Waynesboro; Valentine Thompson, Amonla, N. Y.; Misses Margaret and Ann Fletcher, at home. The funeral services will he held from his late home on Mon day afternoon at 2 o'clock. Perry County Youth Loses Toe as Result of Accident •Liverpool, Pa., Nov .29.— Boyd son of David Swartz, of Greenwood township accidentally shot himself in the left foot while hunting s several miles from home. The hoy Was removing the shell from his guiv and the end of the barrel resting on his foot when it was dis charged, mangling the toes of his left foot. Young Swartz pluckily walked to his home where medical attendance was secured. At Har risbtirg hospital one of his toes was amputated. Eucknow Shop Worker Takes Bride at Columbia Columbia, Pa., Nov. 29.—Philip Eckert, an acetylene gas welder in the Lucknow shops, whose home is in Columbia, and Miss Nell Ger trude Hall, of Columbia, were mar ried at the parsonage of the Re formed church by the Rev. Dr. J, H. Pannebecker. They will reside at Penbrook. TO BE IX PVLPIT New Cumberland, Pa., Nov. 29. The Rev. Harry Lefever, a student at'Finley College, Ohio, will preach at the Church of God on Sunday morning. BELL 125 DAY AND DIAL 4010 NIGHT SCHOOL Open Now Enter Any Time Two aeparnte Night School*: The One on | Mommy, Wcdnexdny. I'rldny—The Other I Tueadny, ThurMdny Night*. Beckley's Business College (Opponltc Senate Hotel 1 121 MARKET STREET CHARLES It BECKLEY, Principal ROPS wFlolWßiX!iSrztf At the very first sign of tickling in the throat, fortify yourself with u box of Bacon's Cough Drops. Many a doctor bill lias been nipped in the bud through the early use of Bacon's—they taste good, sweeten the breath and they're good for the whole system. Nip that cold in the bud—Keep a package handy. Good For the Throat Bad For the Cough On sale at practically ail stores. Ask for Bacon's—they're still sc. ■ ' ' " ' " W" SATURDAY EVENING, hARRISBURG I&B&S&TELEGRAPH . NOVEMBER 29, 1919. ANNVILLE FOLKS AND THEIR NEWS Personal and Social Mention of People in Lebanon Val ley Cdllcgc Borough Aiinvllle, Pa., Nov. 29. —Misses C. Mae Reeves, Virginia Gilpin, Daisy Gilpin and Lilliam Barefoot are vis iting the former's parents nt High spire.—b. Frank Keister, of Scott dale, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Mills and family.—Miss Jose phine Kettering, of the Bishop Thorpe Manor, Bethlehem, is spend ing Thanksgiving week here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin K. Kettering.—S. Huber Heintzleman, of Chambersburg, visited friends in town recently.—Misses Evelyn Artli and Katherine Levun, of Lebanon, visited Miss Josephine Kelchner on Thursday.—Squire Z. S. G. Light is confined to his home with illness. — j Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Brightbill left for Hagerstown, Md.. on Wednesday where they will make their future home. —Miss Edith Lehman, of Phil adelphia, is spending Thanksgiving with her parents, Prof, and Mrs. J. E. Lehman.—Captain Edward Smith, who has been in the service since the beginning of the war, lias received an honorable discharge and will take up the practice of law. —The Rev. and Mrs. F. DeLong and sons, Wil liam and Charles, and Mrs. Mary Wagonhurst are visiting relatives in Washington, D. C.—Misses Dorothy and Louise Fencil are spending sev eral days at Harrisburg and New Cumberland. Members of Church Call on Elizabethville Pastor Elizabethvillc, Pa., Nov. 29.—Mrs. George linker returned home from Sunbury, where she had been visiting for several weeks. She was accom panied by her sister, Mrs. Mary Ma lick.—Members of the United Breth ren Church tendered their pastor and family a reception ut the parsonage, the ladies bringing packages. Among those who spent Thanksgiv ing at their homes here were J. Kent Hassinger, of Muhlenburg Col lege, Allentown; Miss Pearl Roth riiuel, of Harrisburg; Mrs. Charles H. Gardinier and son, Charles, of Mil lersville; Miss Irene Bressler, of Harrisburg; Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Mc- Laughlin, of Millersburg; George Schriver and family, of Halifax.— The Star Theater has been leased by Harvey Matter. —Samuel Sadenitz sold his entire stock of merchandise to Crane and Carton, who have taken the stock to Philadelphia. Gives Reading Folk Thirty Tons of Sugar Reading. Pa., Nov. 29.—William H. Luden, confectionery manufac turer, yesterday distributed 60,000 pounds of sugar to grocers to relieve a famine among consumers here. He sold it to the grocers at less than cost and stated that out of another shipment he expects shortly he will try to allow 5,000 pounds additional to the grocers. Luden, who employs 850 people and is noted for philanthrophy to his workers, says the alleged .fiortage is due chiefly to refiners holding sugar back for higher prices. Young Hunter's Gun Injures Him in Head Waynesboro, Pa., Nov. 29.—While Brosius Friedly, the 15-year-old son of Daniel G. Friedly, of Quincy, was out hunting yesterday on the Frank Cook farm about a mile west of Quincy, his gun was accidentally discharged and the load of shot struck liim in the back part of the head, injuring him very severely. A gash about four inches long was i plowed through the scalp, reaching to the crown of the head, and his neck was burned by the powder. DEATH COMES TO TOILER AT WORK Fatally Stricken While He Talks to Companions at Mount Union Mount Union, Pa., Nov. 29.—Al bert Parson, one of Mopnt Union's j foremost citizens and employed at the Mount Union tanning and ex tract works, aged 60 years, while at his work at the plant suddenly sank to the floor and expired before medical help could be summoned. He was in his good health, seem ingly, and was conversing with other employes at the plant when he was stricken. Heart failure is given us the cause of death. Nine years ago his wife diod at their home in Blairs Mills, where Mr. Parson was em ployed by J. M. Blair, following which he came to Mount Union and made his home with his sist*r, Mrs. William Dezinny. The body was removed to the home of his sister and will be taken to his old home at Blairs Mills, where services wil be conducted and burial made. Mention of Linglestown Folks at End of Week Linglestown, Pa., Nov. 29. —0n Sunday morning services will be held in the United Brethren church and also in the Church of God.—Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Leese and son, Walter, motored to the home o(Mr. and Mrs. Adam Walmer at Steelston. — Miss Eliza Buck is spending several days at the home of Professor Wetzell, Beavertown. John Etz weiler, of Harrisburg, spent Sunday with Mrs. Martha Etzweiler.-'-Mr. and Mrs. Andrew But!k, son Luther, and daughter Mahill, spent Sunday I with Mrs. Annie Buck.—Mrs. A. Leese, of Bell Grove, is spending a few days at the, home of her son, Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Leese. —Mr. and Mrs. Frank Walter ,of Harrisburg, spent Sunday with Miss Marion Smith.—Miss Hulda Liongenecker, Miss Vesta Koons and Ross A. Look spent Sunday at the home of A. L. Bierbower and family at Carlisle. — Mr. and Mrs. David Furman and Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Wagner, of Sunbury, spent Thanksgiving Day with Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Wagner.—Mrs. Christ Demmy and son, Harold, of Rutherford, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Stuckey.—Mrs. Hal Hetrick and daughter, Claudia, spent Thursday with friends at Har risburg.—Mr. and Mrs. William Reed, of Penbrook, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Wagner.— Miss Mary Allwine, of Hershey, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Cassel. Haverstock Family Hold Thanksgiving Day Reunion New Cumberland, Pa., Nov. 29. A family reunion was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Haver stock in Market street, on Thanks giving Day, at which the children and -grandchildren were present. They were Mrs. I. J. Rider, daughter .Mary Louise, of Hagerstown; Mrs. J. T. Shaffer, Carlisle; -Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Haverstock, Lancaster; C. E. Haverstock, of York; Norman Hav erstock, Harrisburg; Mrs. S. C. Cam eron, of Shiremanstown; Mr. and Laurence Hackman, of Lancaster; Mr. and Mrs. George Haverstock, Washington, D ,C.; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Steigerwalt, son Herbert; Mr. an dMrs. George Updegraff, son Richard Dean; Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Haverstock, daughter Betty, Miss Esther Haverstock, of New Cumber land. Slayer of Adams County slan Gets 6 Years in Texas Gettysburg, Pa., Nov. 29. - Six years in the Texas penitentiary was the sentence meted out to John Hoover, * murderer of Harry L. Bream, of Cashtown, by the judge in the Comanche county court Thurs day after the jury had returned a verdict of murder in the second degree. The twelve men had de liberated but a short time before agreeing upon the verdict. The news of the sentence reached Gettys burg last evening. Romance Has Culmination at Altar in Gettysburg Gettysburg, Pa., Nov. 2 9. —A ro | manee which began In 1917 when ; the Seventh Infantry came here i from the border culminated when I Miss Katharine Jacoby, daughter of Harry Jacoby, became the bride of Franklin W. Bybee, of Childress, of I Texas, a former sergeant in the | Seventh Regiment. The ceremony ) was performed at the home of John j Spnngler by the Rev. F. E. Taylor, i They will reside in Texas. WOMAN APPLIES MATCH Txrwistowu, Pa., . Nov. 29. —The Lewlstown Baptist congregation cel ebrated Thanksgiving Day here by . burning the mortgage on the church property. Mrs. David Hunter, widow of a minister, applied the match and the Rev. Thomas Phillips, the pas tor, preached a sermon, having thankfulness as its keynote. r —; My idea of a three course breakfast is three dishes of NEW MEN ARE TO DIRECT SCHOOLS Citizens Chosen by the West Shore Voters to Take Office Next Week The new school directors of West Shore boards are to take office at meetings the coming week. Council men elected at the repent election will be sworn in the first meetings in next year. The Lemoyne school board wiU meet Tuesday evening. Whitney Mumma, who has been a member of the board since 1906 and L. F, Baker, who lias been a director for 10 years and who has been re-elect ed for six years, will take the oath at this session. W. E. Bushey has been elected for two years to fill thei unexpired term of Leroy Unger, who moved out of the borough. Wil liam Fettrow, a member of the board for six years, retires. The New Cumberland board at the monthly meeting on Monday night will receive Samuel Straub and Roy Lechthaler to succeed V. Minter and Dr. J. E. Good. L. S. Hatfield, a school director In West Fairview, for 20 years, will retire as a member of the borough board on Monday evening. Abraham Hoover also will cease to be a mem ber at that time. William Hoover and Harper Lantz, newly elected members, will assume their duties. At a meeting of the Wormleys burg board on Monday evening Ed ward Baum, president of the board and a member for 10 years, will re tire, as will H. G. Knier, secretary. J. G. Garvin, Kalph Brown and Mor ris Khinehart are the new members. It was through Mr. Baum's efforts the board was incorporated and he has been an active member since. CAR RUNS DOWN PARTY IN ROAD Two at Lewistown Hospital and Skull of Man May Be Fractured Lewistown, Pa., Nov. 29.—William Etitgner, of Burnham. and Msg Sara Maben, of Milroy, a.-e at the hos pital here, tihe result of injuries received when struck by an auto mobile near Milroy. Ettinger is un conscious and may have a fractured skull. Miss Maben's right leg is frac tured and she is suffering from bruises and shock. They were j found unconscous in the road short ly before midnight on Thursday by Ferguson Price, of this place, who was driving a party home from the teachers' institute, which closed its sessions fast night. Price says that when ho neared the scene of the accident two girls ran in the drection of Mil Toy. To-day Miss Maben, who was able to talk, said she and Ettinger were walking along the road with Reed Nergood and Louis Dalby and two girl friends when struck by the ma chine. Nerhood was knocked un conscious. Dalby escaped unhurt. Marysville Civil War Veteran Die* at 80 Years Marysville, Pa., Nov. 29.—Joseph W. Rhoads, one of Marysville's few remaining Civil War veterans, died yesterday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. William House holder, aged 80 years. Mr. Rhoads served with Company M. 7th Penn sylvania Volunteers. He had been engaged in farming and lumbering, but lately has been retired. He was a member of the Marysville Post of the G. A. R. Four daughters, Mrs. William Spurrier, of Middletown; Mrs. David Bomgardner, Mrs. William House holder, of this place, and Mrs. Al fred Jenkins, and one son, Grafton Rhoads, of this place, survive. I-M -neral services will be held oh Mon day afternoon at 2 o'clock, conduct ed by the Rev. C. D. Pewterbaugh, of Bethany United Evangelical Church. Burial will be in Chestnut Grove Cemetery. Ryde Boy Fatally Shoots Himself While Hunting Lewlstowji, Pa., Nov. 29. —Henry j Hesser, 14, accidentally and fatally i shot himself while hunting squirrels J near Granville yesterday afternoon. 1 lie slipped upon a rock and dis j charged his gun, the load penetrat | lng his vital organs. ! JHe had come from his home at I Ryde, to visit his nephew, George j Buchannan, near Ryde, while spend -1 ing a school vacation during county teachers' Institute. His nephew was with him when the tragedy occur red. HURRY SCHOOL BUILDING West Fairview, Pa., Nov. 29.—The brick work of the new school builld ipg will he completed early next week. Work Is being hurried so that the building may be occupied early In the year. YOUTH MAY HAVE i JUMPED IN RIVER Columbiu Boy Leaves Note on Bank of Susquehanna; No Trace of Him Foinul Columbia, Pa., Nov. 2 9.—George | •Carl Webster, 19 years old, son of George F. "Webster, assistant fore- : man in the freight transfer station of the Pennsylvania Railroad here, is missing and it is believed com mitted suicide by drowning in the Susquehanna river. John G. Hughes and his son, Gerald, and Walter Groom, return ing from a duck hunt on the river, found an envelope in a boat at Green's landing, weighted down with a lady's gold watch. It con tained a few railroad passes In Web ster's name. An inscription on the outside of the letter read: "God be with you all." Hughes at once In formed the authorities and inquiry at the youth's home revealed the fact that he had not been at home on Wednesday night, but that he | had worked as usual on Wednesday. A search was at once instituted but no trace of the young man lfas been founcf. The supposition is that he jumped into the water at the I place where the letter was found .and was drowned. The young man 'was employed at the transfer and it is said had intended to go away on a trip with his sweetheart Kn Thanksgiving Day. Unable to pro cure sufficient money, it is said he became despondent and then drowned himself. The river is being dragged for his body, but so far without result. Another report is that the young man intended to get married but became discouraged because his family objected on account of his youth. The father has offered a reward for the recovery of the body. COAL LANDS TOO HIGHLY ASSESSED Northumberland Co. Owners! Will Appeal From $119,- 000,000 Valuation Sunbury. Pa., Nov. 2 9.—Announce ment was made here to-day that the anthracite coal corporations op erating in Northumberland county will resist the increase of the as sessed valuation of coal properties, which were formerly placed at $19,- 000,000 and under a recent revision have been placed at $119,000,000, or $100,000,000 of an increase. Counsel for the coal corporations indicated fchat an appeal is being prepared on the grounds that the assessment is exhorbitant and out of all reason with many figures to prove it. However, it is a general belief that the coal barons in the face of recent profit exposures by the Na tional government representatives will get little sympathy afrom the courts. Little Lines From Nearby| | J Booms burg.—Rltner Hurvey and J. E. Boston shot a 250-pound bear near this place on Wednesday. Gettysburg.—John A. Menchey, former treasurer of Adams county, died here after an extended illness from paralysis. Dallastown. Henry Knadb, of this place, who enlisted under an us sumed name, was killed in action in France six days before the armistice was signed, according to word re ceived from the War Department. Altoona.—J. H. McKee set tire to clothing, resulting in $6OO loss while searching for mice in a clothes press with a lighted lamp. Gettysburg.—J. D. Groves, of Grand Gorge, N. Y., yesterday bought the Granite Hill stone quarry from B. F. Pope for $20,000 and ex pects to give employment to twenty men. Lebanon.—Employment of the Bethlehem Steel Company and of the Lebanon Valley Iron and Steel Company, who have ben on strike since lust April, will return to work on Monday, according to advices re ceived here from Pittsburgh lust night. Sunbury. • A big deer, evidently shot at clostt range by turkey hunt ers, was given to the Mary M. Packer Hospital here by the White Deer game preserve warden. Supnbury.—M. Jonas, a Sunbury merchant, gave $lOO to tho Milton Jarrett Norman Post of the Amer ican Legion here as a Thanksgiving Day gift. Sunbury. Mrs. Mary Conrad, probably Sunbury's oldest regident, died here yesterday at the age of 85. Enola United Brethren to Have Special Program Enola, Pa., Nov. 29.—A program entitled "Building the Church" will be given to-morrow in the Enola United Brethren Church at the morning services in connection with the united enlistment campaign being conducted. The following will take part; G. G. Shellenhamnier, E. E. Allen, W.- M. Beers, E. E. Keck ler, C. L. Cochlin, Frank Stauffer, Mrs. B. Smolizer, Mrs. G. Shelle hammer, Mrs. Edward Baughman and H. A. Zeiders. Schools Ordered Closed Because of Diphtheria Wonnloysburg, Pa., Nov. 29.—The Wormieysburg schools have been ordered closed because residents near the building are under quarantine for diphtheria. Next week the an nual Cumberland county institute will be in progress at Carlisle and no sessions will be held. Pupils will not be obliged to make up time If the schools open December 8. Wheel. Bursts and Hits Worker, Fracturing Skull Lewistown, Pa., Nov. 29.—John Walllsckl, aged 30 years, was prob ably fatally Injured at the Mann Edge Tool Company plnnt. A grind ing wheel hurst nnd hit the Polander on his head, fracturing his skull. The Injured man lias been employed at the ax factory the past three or four years. He was conveyed to the' Lewistown Hospital. WIFE OF JUDGE ] WOODS IS DEAD Mother of Commander of the 1 Pacific Squadron Dies at Lcwistown, Aged 61 l/'\vlsU>\vii, Pa., Nov. 29.—Mrs. J Surah Elizabeth (Johnson) WOO<IH, | ; wife of former President Judge j ' Josoph. M. Woods, died on Thanks- ' | giving Day evening ut 8 o'clock at ( ; her home, Stone ltoad, Lewistown, | j after an illness of ten weeks. She ! | was born ut Hackettstown, N. J., I May 22. 1858, and was aged G1 \ . years. Sarah Elizabeth Johnson'was ! I married to Joseph M. Woods at i ! Hackettstown, N. J., June 2, 1881. by , the Rev. Alexander Proudtit, a Pres j byterian clergyman of that city. ' I The deceased is survived by her j i husband and the following sons and daughters: Miss Catharine T. Woods, a missionary in China, now spend ing a furlough at her home here; Commander James S. Woods, United .States Navy Pacilic squadron; Mrs. Herbert S. (Margaretta) Kent, of Ridgewood, N. J.; William J. Woods, employed In the office of the Penn- j sylvania Glass Sand Company, | Lcwistown; Mrs. James Frank Bell now at home, her husband being a surgeon in the United States Navy; Mrs. Charles E. Dahl, of Harrisburg, her husband an instructor in the Harrisburg Academy; Joseph M. j Woods, Jr., an instructor in the J Lewistown High School. A brother, j George W. Johnson, of Hacketts- i town, N. J.. and a niece, Mrs. Fred erick W. Schlleder, of New York , City, are also living. Mrs. Woods was a member of the X.ewistOwn Presbyterian Church. She i was the first president of the Ladies' I Aid Society of the Lewistown Hos pital and an active and faithful member of the Missionary Societies of her church and taught a large class of women in the Sunday school. ■Her funeral services will be held j Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at her late residence, her pastor, the Rev. Reid S. Dickson, officiating. Burial will be made in Mt. Rock Cemetery. Personal and Social News of Towns on West Shore Mr. and Mrs. John Watts, of New Cumberland, visited their daughter, Mrs. Fred Naugle, at Middletown, on Thursday. Miss Sarah Leeds and Herbert Booz have returned to their home in Harrisburg after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Beil, Jr., at Shiremans- I town. Mrs. O. B. Baker, of Lemoyne, vis- ' ited her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Com- i fort, and her niece, • Mrs. Paul L. ] Wolfe, ut Shircmunstown on Friday. George Fllckinger, Miss Hulda Sutton and Miss Rena Nebinger, of Shlremanstown, visited the latter's uunt, Mrs. Rudolph Kaley, in Mc chanicsburg on Thanksgiving day. Miss Mildred Bigler, of Enola, is spending a week with her grandpar ents, Mr. and Mrs. John Renninger, j at Shiremanstown. Mrs. Lizzie Bentz, of Dillsburg, | visited Mr. and Mrs. Leon R. Zerbe j and family at Shiremanstown, on I Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Portls Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Paup and Mrs. Sarah Cleaver, of Kralltown, were entertained recently by Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Wentz at Shiremans town. Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Lauver, j sons Claire and Melvin, of laincas j ter, motored to Shiremanstown on I Thanksgiving Day, where they vis- I ited relutives. Miss Jeanette Sellers, a freshman jat Goucher College, Baltimore, is spending her Thanksgiving vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Sellers, Marysvilte. Miss Mary Reighard, Walter W. White, James Benfer Piatt and James Bell, students at State college, ure at the homes of their parents in Marysville. Miss Emma Fisher and Miss j Tillie Fisher, of Marysville, have re j turned to their homes after visiting | relatives at Popular Bluff, Mo., and i Chicago. I Alton W. Lick, a student ut XJnl jversity of Pennsylvania Law School i and, Howard Adams, a student at the j Philadelphia School of Pharmacy, i are spending Thanksgiving vacations with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Simort Lick and Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Adams, Marysville, , Miss M. Winifred Jones, a teacher in the Marysville schools, Is visiting her parents at Good Spring. M. W. Albright, a teacher in the Marysville high school, is at the home of lits parents in Halifax. Miss Katherine Hench, of Marys | vllle, is visiting Miss Beatrice Bell I in Washington* D. C. 1 News Notes Gleaned in Perry Co. Borough Dmicaiinom Pa., Nov. 29. The Revf and Mrs. W. H. Heilman. of I Lebanon, were guests here of Mr. ! and Mrs. Jesse McCoy.—Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Dtckel, of Harrisburg. > visited relatives and friends here on Friday.—The borough schools will remain closed until Monday, Decem ber 8 o account of thanksgiving va cation and the Pennry county tearh i ers' institute which will be in ses sion at New Bloomfield.—Mrs. F. T. Kohler and little son, of West Fair view, are spending several days here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Owens. Thieves Break Into Two Lewistown Homes licwistown, Pa., Nov. 29. —Bur- glars broke into the homes of Prof. • Harry Kreps and Frank E. Childs here and from the Childs home stole : jewelry valued at several hundred dollars. The Kreps home was thor ' oughly ransacked, bdt nothing of value taken. Childs hnd h ! s wife were absent from home for two hours and it was between the hours oflB and 10 o'clock In the evening the thieves got their plunder. Mrs. Elizabeth Snell Is Dead at Home of Son New Cumberland, Pav., No. 29. Relatives here have received word of the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Snell at the homo of her son in Chicago. Mrs. Snell was more than 90 years of age and was formerly a resident of New Cumberland. Her body wHI be brought here and in Mount Olivet cemetery. Besides her son, Harry, she is survived by oner daughter, Mrs. James Marston, of Folansbefe, W. Va. HALTS MILKMAN AT POINT OF GUN Dairyman With Day's Re ceipts Held Up in Wild J West Fashion | Ijc banon, Pa., Nov. 29.—While on i ! his way home with considerable | | money Casper Krach, a Mount Zion I dairyman, was ordered to stop his I wagon and give up his money while , la young man, unmasked and fairly j j well dressed, pointed a revolver at j j him. Kraeli was driving along the ] j Kimmorling church northeast of this! Icily with his day's revenues, the j ! monthly and semi-monthly 1 ments of many families, when or- 1 dered to stop. At sight of the gun, Krach quickly | grabbed the sliding door pt' his wagon, und started to draw it shut. The action undoubtedly saved his life, for the highwayman pulled the trigger of the weapon, and as the j revolver exploded, the bullet grazed the edge of the door. It seemed to I .have been aimed directly at Krach's ] breast, but its contact with the door i I deflected its course, and it gruzed I ] the milkman's leg and then passed I j through the opposite door. The ! ! highwayman tool; no chancy of bc j ing captured and made Ills escape. Frach was too badly frightened ■ to pursue the man even if ho had heon armed to do so, and for that ( reason he did not get an accurate view of the man, but he described him as having been only 21 or 22 | years of age. Writes From Far West He Will Pay Bill For Sheep After 35 Years Ncwvllle, Pa., Nov. 29.—Thirty five years ago. J. A. Harlan, a retired tarmer, living here, purchased three sheep at public sale. After the sale he drove the sheep to his home. Later the animals took their de parture agd returned to their original owner. When Harlan went for the sheep, the man refused to give them up. Recently Harlan re j cei\ ed a letter from the former owner, now living in California, stat ing that he acknowledged his wrong and desired a bill for the value of the sheep and assuring the New ville man the money will follow. Harlan will get the money due him I for so many years. "The House <>l* Diamonds" Jewelry For Women Our well-known standard of quality and our moderate prices are the two strongest reasons why you should buy that gift of jewelry for "her" at Boas'. A bar-pin, a brooch, a bracelet, or a string of pearls, if it comes from our store will show that you have been thoughtful enough to purchase something exclusive as well as beautiful. , Men who have troublesome gift problems to solve at Christmas should come here and take advantage of our experience. It will be a revelation to them to see our large stocks, and have suggestions made in a manner that is not insistent, but merely helpful. C. ROSS BOAS Kinee 1850 Harris hurt's Foremost Jewelry Store 28 North Second Street Harrisburg Penna. L^rofonto" ||fr CREME TOOTH PASTE. ML • • k Mrs. George Peters I Gives Pyrodento pH| A Boost I " 1 have used nearly every tootli CB H ' ' ' I taste that I have ever seen tulvcr- H HMXI and each was claimed to ■ ■ i'vito ■ ItlOXTt> Is the lirst i>re|taratlon ■ that I have yet found tliat did ■ , ' not leave a sandy, gritty taste in B •;/'> ,llout 'i after using. ■. * "I linvc deeided to mnkc it my B' • < i regular dental crcainl" I •••••••••. A V ery truly yours, bl 1 Bk. Rebecca Peters, 261 Crescent St., ■j| Harrisburg, Pa. •' ■ CHURCH TO HAVE WEEK'S JUBILEE St. Mark's Lutheran Congre gation to Observe Fif tieth Anniversary West Fnirvlew, Pa., Nov. 29. j Plans are well under way for the iiftieth anniversary celebration of St. Mark's Lutheran church, to be , held the week beginning December j 14. Prominent clergymen of Har- I risburg and Cumberland county will | assist. Sunday, December 21, will be di | vlded into three parts, present past, land future. The morning services | will lie held as a memorial to the I charter members, all of whom have , passed away except Mrs. Elizabeth ■ Wilbur, of Harrisburg. The present ] will be represented in the afternoon j services, the services to be con ducted by members of Enola Zion Lutheran church, the mother church. In the evening the young people, representing the future ele ment. will give Htting exercises for | the occasion, adding a touch of | Christmas to the exercises. . The following committees have I been appointed: General, the Rev. O. A. Lantz. chairman, Miss Lillie | Freeland, Mrs. Sarah Smeltzer, Mrs. ! Geo. Wilbur, Mrs. Eugene Fager, j! I G. Shaffer, and J. Harper Lantz; ; memorial service. Mrs. Geo. Wilbar, i chairman, Miss Jennie Eslinger, and | Mrs. Eugene Fager; evening service, ! Miss Lillie Freeland, chairman, Mrs. | Thomas Eshenbaugli, Mrs. I. W. Matter, and Mrs. Sarah Smeltzer; decorating, Luther Eckert, chair man, Bernard Gladfelter and Jacob Wnchtman. Funeral Services Held For George W. Rhoads Marysville, Pa., Nov. 2 9.—Funeral I services were held this morning for | George W. Rhoads, who died at his home on Wednesday. He was 5S years. Services were in charge of the Rev. J. C. Reighard, of Zion Lu ■ theran Church. Burial was in Chest nut Grove Cemetery. Mr .Rhoads, at the time of his I death, was a switchman in the local • preference freight, yards of the Penn sylvania Railroad. At one time he : was in the tinning and stove busi ness and for a period conducted Cen ; tral Hotel and later a hardware ,! store. In addition to his widow he 4 is survived by four daughters and three sons.
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