CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA NEWS ENTERS PLEA OF GUILT IN COURT Man Paroled Last August Sent to Penitentiary by \ork County Judge Gettysburg, Pa., Dee. B.—Robert Bingham, residing near Gettysburg, was sent to the Eastern Penitentiary for a term of two to three years by Judge Ross, in the York County Court, on a plea of guilty to robbing David Stambaugh, a fellow boarder, of $97. All but SR2B of the sum stolen was recovered. Bingham has a criminal record, which was brought up against him, after he had denied that he had ever been in trouble before. It was shown that he had served a term in the penitentiary on a conviction tor forgery in Franklin county and was paroled last August. He still has six months of that sentence to serve and, according to the rules, must now serve the maximum of the sentence imposed. MARRIED OS YEARS ljobutu. Pa., Dec. B.—This section of Rancaster county has the oldest married couple in the county, a couple that ail their wedded lives have remained in the same house. They are Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Hoffman, who were married 66 years vears yesterday. They have been life-long residents of Conoy town ship, arc hale and hearty, despite the fact that Mr. Hoffman is 94 years of age, and his wife just two Vears his junior. (Other State News on Page 8.) When Selecting Lumber IT is always well to get the advice of the lumber merchant. Pie knows the physical properties of the various woods and can give you expert advice. LONGLIFE LUMBER has been selected by us with a view of giving our customers lots of value for the price. Few people realize the many kinds of lumber on sale. Many times a less ex pensive grade may be used with even better results. Don't hesitate to ask us. United Ice & Coal Co. Rumber Department: Forster and Cowden Sts. Here's the Recipe for a tasty, yet inexpensive, Cake for Two—Made With : u wT yhup* in place of SUGAR ARE you one of the house- A Cake For Two wives who are feeling the Place in a mixing bowi: "pinch" of the sugar short- Wl,ltt age, or are you one of the thou- )°."v, of 1 cs:s • , e , ■ 1 tablespoons of water, sands of women who are using 1 cop of sifted fiour. Golden Crown White Syrup (red r !owder! eilspoons ot bak,llß label) just the same as sugar in _ 1 leve| teaspoon of flavoring. i • ill* . - Rent to mix tho roughly and ttiGn cooking and baking, 111 tea or cot- add two tablespoons, of melted fee, on fruits and cereals, for wh!l e^'h,.n,MH linK i if t cnrefully ' , . . , . ' . v\hen thoroughly mixed, cut and candy making, table use, etc.? tol(1 lh ° white or egg into the dough. Turn into xvell-greased anil Golden Crown White Syrup is t'heTentw and'take mVmodera'u perfectly clear, very sweet and oven for 25 minutes. neutral in flavor, but you can merely adding some household • -fr', A Word About Christmas Cakes, Cookies and Candies ' a dellcloua flavor and tempting taste. v 1 * c E tii • Your Grocer Sells Both Kinds 0/ \ Golden Crown White Syrup (with red label) — ts=r u Table Syrup (with blue label) 3uy a can of each kind today Steuart, Son & Co., 01 Baltimore MONDAY EVENING. Personal and Social News of Towns on West Shore Ira Yohe and sister, Ruth, of Re moyne, spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nebinger, at Shlre manstown. Miss Sarah Wriglitstone has re turned to Sliiremanstown, after vis iting her aunt in Harrisburg. Miss Kdna Anderson has returned to her home at Enola after spend ing some time with relatives at Shire ma list own. Mrs. 15. A. Bower, sons Rhea and Willis, and daughter, Ruth Stuart Bower, have returned to Sliiremans town after spending a week with the former's father, J. A. Rhea at New Germantown. Miss Emma Sponsler, of Me chaniesburg, visited her sister, Mrs. J. Howard Beamer, at Shiremans town.' Mr. and Mrs. Allison Kunkle, of Risburn, spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Raymon E. Eberly at Sliiremanstown. Mrs. C. E. liagerman and her daughter, Miss Mabel, and grandson, Robert, have returned to Greencas tle after spending several days wilh Mrs. D. C. Faust at Shiremanstown. Verda and Joseph Weatherley, of New Cumberland, have returned from a 10 days' trip to Wilmington, Del. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Speakman, and son, Henry, of Reading, spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Speakman, New Cumberland. DIES OF PEXC.MOXIA Meelianiesbiirg. Pa., Dec. 8. —Mrs. Rebecca Heffleilnger, widow of Preston Hefflefinger, died on Sat urdav morning at her home in West Keller street of pneumonia. She was 59 years old and a member of St. Mark's Rutheran Church. . HUMMELSTOWNIN ONE DAY'S NEWS Board of Trade Is to Hold Im portant Meeting This Evening d Huiiiiitelstown, Pa., Dec. 8. The i- Revs. A. S. Rehman and H. S. Games conducted funeral services [j over the remains of Jacob E. Zim i_ merman, who died here last week, h aged 56 years. He had been ill sev ■t eral months. His widow, three brothers and five sisters survive.- " Burial was made in the Hummels '• town cemetery. A very important meeting of the Board of Trade will be held in the engine house this evening at 8 p - o'clock. c Jacob Daub, of Swatara township, has purchased the frame dwelling r owned by Mrs. Sadie Porter in R®n '• dis street. „ . Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Stine, ot XV est h Salem, Ohio, and Dr. and Mrs. >• George A. Rudy, of Summerdale, are spending the weekend with Mr. unci d Mrs. Joseph Gensler. i, A basketball team has been organ ized to be known as the Monurchs '• Arrangements for games can be 11 made by addressing Truman Casfsel, t- manager. . __ . Harry Deimler# Samuel Hess and Meade Shuey returned yesterday after spending the week hunting at 9 - Hunter's Run. Deimler shot a six prong buck and Shuey and Hess a l'our-prong buck. if Dr. Horn, of Yorkana, spent yes s terday in town. t- Daniel Rewis visited relatives at Summerdale this week. _ Aliss Edna McCoy, of Summerdale, spent several days among relatives in j town. ißiverman Believes Body Soon Will Come to Top | Columbia, Pa., Dec. 8. —More than | a week has elapsed since disup i pearance of George Carl Webster, the Columbia youth, who is sup posed to have drowned himself in the Susquehanna river, and there has been no word respecting his absence. "Jack" Jones, the Columbia river man, stated last evening he believed : if young Webster had drowned hini- I self, his body would.be recovered | within the next 48 hours, as in that , time it should,appear along the river shore somewhere. He further stated i it was his opinion that the body i would come up In that time, if it 'were in the river and at the place i where he is supposed to have jumped j into the stream. Blinded by Car Light Auto Driver Hits Team ; j West Fair view, Pa., Deo. 8. j James Roddy, owner of an automo ' bile garage in West Fairview, ran into George McPhearson's team with his automobile, knocking the i horse down. Roddy was blinded by I a trolley car headlight. t No other I damage was done. The accident hap | pened on Second street. HJLKRISBURG C6SS& TEEEGICJCPH Carlisle Presbytery Holds Prayer and Devotion Carlisle. Pa., Dec. B.—Ministers and ciders of the Carlisle Presby tery are In session here in the Sec ond Presbyterian Church, for special prayer and devotional service. The Rev. Dr. George McAlister, of Cham bersburg, is in charge of the meet ing. Devotional services were con ducted by the Rev. Lewis S. Mudge, D. D., pastor of the Pine street church, Harrisburg, on the subject "The Power of the Holy Spirit." The Rev. T. C. McCarrell, D. P., of Middletown, spoke on the subject, "The Minister's Own Needs"; and the Rev. Dr. G. E. Hawes, of the Market Square Church, on "The Power in the Pulpit." A lunch was served at the noon hour at the church by the Ixidies' Aid Society. L. V. Postlethwaite Dies at Home of His Daughter McVcytown, Pa., Dec. B.—L. V. Postlethwaite, aged 75 years, died on Saturday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. D. P. Steele, this place. He was born in Newton Hamilton. One daughter, Mrs. Steele; two brothers, J. M. Postleth waite of Garfield, Kansas, and two sisters, Mrs. Scott Caldwell of Cul ver, Kansas and Mrs. James D. Ricketts, Lewistown, survive. Mr. Postlethwaite, was widely known throughout Miffln county. He held the office of county road viewer for a number of terms and wjas a member and trustee of the Newton Hamilton Presbyterian church, and a Civil War veteran. Funeral services will be held in the Newton Hamilton Presbyterian church to-morrow afternoon. [Automobiles Have Hard Time on Icy Highway New Cumberland, Pa„ Dec. B. About 75 automobiles were stalled between New Cumberland and Le moyne on Saturday evening on ac count of the sleet and ice. The family of L. D. Crunkelten, who were returning from Greencastle where they spent a week, met with an accident on their way home. I Their machine skidded, running into [ a pole, tearing the top of the ma chine off. Fortunately nothing hap pened to the engine and they got to their home here safely. Waynesboro Establishes Branch of Red Cross WujucslKUO. Pa., Dec. B.—With the annual election of officers, the Waynesboro chapter of the Ameri can Red Cross takes up the work of this organization for the year of 1920, heretofore conducted here as a branch under the Franklin county chapter. The Waynesboro district will be conducted directly under the supervision of the Pennsylvania-Del aware division, with Charles Scott, Jr., Philadelphia, directing manager. YOUNG HUNTER DIES QUICK I. Y Cash town, Pa., Dec. B.—To be one of party of deer hunters on Wednesday to be taken ill on Thurs day and to die a few hours after Friday midnight was the fate of Paul Guire MundorfC, 21 years old, who died of pneumonia here early Saturday morning. On Wednesday morning Mundorff was tramping over the mountainside apparently as well as any one of his friends ac companying him. RAISE $748.50 IX DRIVE Columbia, Pa.. Dec. B.—The Jew ish Relief campaign committee has reported the sum of $748.50 col lected for the first four days of the drive toward the $6,500, the quota for the borough. Dr. Isudore Rosen thal, of I-ancaster, will address a mass meeting in the high school auditorium on Monday evening in the interest of the drive. I'OI/lICIAN DIES AT lIOM'ITAI, Marietta, Pa., Dec. 8. Henry Swinehart, 72 years old, a well known politician, died at the Lan caster General Hospital. He was a member of the Reformed Church of Providence and for years was af filiated with the ore mines in lower Lancaster county. BIBLE SOCIETY MEETS Gettysburg, Pa., Dec. B.—The Gettysburg branch of the American Bible Society hold its annual meet ing last evening in the College Luth eran church, the Rev. Dr. Frank P. Parkin, of Philadelphia, general i secretary of the American Bible So-| ciety, preached the sermon. FIND DOES ILLEGALLY KILLED Gettysburg, Pa., Dec. B.—Game Warden Guy Linn, in his travels over tho mountains the first week of the deer season, found between I twenty and twenty-live does killed j by hunters. Prosecutions arc ex pected at the close of the season. I WINS ESSAY PRIZE Gettysburg, Pa., Dec. B.—An nouncement was made at tho close I of the state health exhibit on Sat- i j urduy that Miss Melva Ileiges was j awarded tho prize for the best essay | describing the exhibit. She will lie 11 awarded the State College seal andtj the blue ribbon. I ROY SHOT BUCK Waynesboro, Pa., Dee. B.—Clyde Stoops, 16-year-old son of W. G.I Stoops, of near Tomstown, wbiel hunting in company with Huns.j Stull, a boy of about tlie same age, 11 shot an eight-prong buck neui thoji White Pine Sanatorium. BISHOP CONFIRM ICS CLASS Columbia, Pa.. Dec. S.—Bishop i James H. Darlington, of the Harris-' burg Diocese of the Protestant Kpis- ! copal church, confirmed a class in j St. Paul's church in this piace yes- i terda.v and at 10 o'clock In the I morning lie preached the sermon. DIITHKKIA CLOSES SCHOOL Gettysburg, Pa.. Dec. B.—Thg | sixth grade in the high school build-' Ing is closed for five days because' diphtheria lias developed in one of the pupils of the school. ASSISTS AT FUNERAL New Cumberland. Pa., Dec. 8; The Rev. C. H, Helges, pastor of the Church of God, assisted at the fun i oral of William A. Myers at Mt. Pleasant, Yoik county. UNDERGOES OPERATION New Cumberland. Pa., Dec. 8. — [ Mrs. Mary Coder of Market street, | had an operation performed* at the j i Harrisburg hospital tlie past week. 1 | 111 It Ml AM TO GET FACTORY | Lewistown, |'a., Dec. 8. Burn ham has prospects of getting a newt | industry, a pants factory. If the (own can furnish enough employes i to operate the fuctory. CHECK WASTE AND ECONOMIZE These Are Dr. Butler's Plans For Cutting Down Liv ing Costs New York, Dec. B.—Credit ex pansion, currency infiutlon, decreased production and labor troubles were named by President Nicholas Murray Butler, of Columbia University, as four of the contributing causes to the high cost of living. In his statement, which was pre pared for the Nntional Budget Com mittee; Dr. Butler declared that the government could do its share to reduce the 11. c. of L. by checking e !™, Vasnncß and waste. He said: The high cost of living is now ■ Known to be the effect of greatly J The First Week of December Opened | 1* With a Big Demand For Gift Articles 1 Christmas is in the air—Kaufman's is justly proud of being the most Christmacy Store-in j|] the city and of further importance Kaufman's are offering the largest and most varied assort- Sj ments of PRACTICAL GIFT ARTICLES at prices FAR BELOW those of other stores. (jM A Trip Here Will Impress You That Jolly Old Santa Has 1 Dumped All His Precious Baggage Into This Big | Cheerful Christmas Store. Shop Now jjjj i The Recipient of a Pair of Gloves There's Sentiment in a Little J pPj Is reminded many months of the thoughtfulness of 111 WANTEDIKINDS AT LOWEST PRICES Linen Square i [i WOMEN'S CAPESKIN GLOVES.S3.49 Kjl Gauntlet gloves with strap wrist; outside seums stitched, < IV [iU in biaek, gray and mode. From the days of old until the present GRAY MOCHA GLOVES $3.35 time kerchiefs have stood first as the gift of HJ |§j black embroidery; very special. seams three-row heavy sentiment—SEE THESE AND PROFIT n} • FRENCH KID GLOVES $2.95 BY BUYING. S Two-clasp gloves in black, white, brown, tun, gray an>d T lld -r ° A n i r^i r t tt-.o or* AO One Corner Embroidered and Hemstitched S, U FRENCH LAMBSKIN GLOVES, $2.48 Kerchiefs at (u Two-clasp gloves in black, white, brown and gray; _ , , 15! three-row self or contrasting stitching. SC. lU<?, I") WASH ABLE CAPE GLOVES ....$2.25 _ ' ~ f , , . oqa . i ok I'M (IU One-clasp glov'e In brown, gray or mode; three-row four- Boxed lYercnietS D 111 DOX, iiatp tO JpX.^O point stitching In self color. • ||M [1 WOMEN'S GAUNTLET GLOVES $1.25 Boxed Kerchiefs—6 in box, to $1.95 |] ZS Slip-on chumoisette gloves with elastic wrist in- mode . T _ , . - ot-A liH and grav with self color stitching. Sdk Crepe de Chine Kerchiets j§j l2-BUTTON CHAMOISETTE T . . , . „ .. , . U HJ GLOVES $1 95 Imitation Kerchiefs 35(p >J They come in gray and light buck color; have three rows Imitation Madeira Kerchiefs, all boxed. Ly of contrasting stitching. , , or fi!-i /k/Y Si (Boxed when requested.) osv each or 3 for $l.OO jjlj 19 * I il re === \ I IS ft* '*o AD VI A MH Come to "Babvland," the newest hi m J&f®* - J n/\D I department added to the big Kauf- i!H k j man Store, a department complete with all the dainty gift articles |jy |u ; so necessary for baby's comfort arid pleasure. Pretty Rattlers 29c to 75c Rubber Sachets 15c t ; j. . -j!< l I voryine Seat 59c to $2.93 Eui'riagc Rows $1.98 C i®-' . Clothes Hungers 59c to 98c t'ombiiiatiou Ivorine Sets. .$1.98 to $2.98 njl sC® Infants' Water Rags 98c to $1.98 Towel aiul rlet Sets $2.95 to $3.95 [v| * ■ I'-nMKirrffTm llaby I voryine Ranks 59e Christmas' completely trimmed, gS Ribbon Trinket Boxes Jse $ 1:1.50 lialiy Record Rooks I9e to $1.98 Silk Carriage Robes $3.95 to $0.95 t5 IS? a* Soup Boxes 29e to 75c Layette Sets, eomplete, 12 to 18 pieces. Njl y" i Bruslies 08e to $1.50 $14.05 tip iy - M Carriage Straps $1.95 Baby Blankets 79e pi $1.39 IS? A! "VmBS I' ll Holders $1.59 White Blankets $1.29 to $3.95 n l'owder I'ntTs 59e Knitted Caps $1.19 to $2.98 M* id Tpy j \ Rahy I'lates $2.98 Sweaters $1.19 to $5.95 |s| \ I'loaters 19e and 98e White Dresses i 98c pi $3.95 l|H V r~i o jjiajjßftwM 4Wi* Rath Tlterinomcters 98c Hand Kinhrtiiilei'ed Saetjitcs. . 98c to $2.98 fet . TiM tliitiK 49c* to 98c* Infants* Swcatn' Sets $0.95 Rally Armlets 59c Ruby Ratli ROIHS $1.40 to $2.95 p| "] ' 'j lisle garter I ops . |U hose: rcdnforc'd end come In black, ||> els an d Milk * /■ white, cordovan, garttr lops, -oni a 1 /" A \ / Held mouse, silver 15! W I sjgz | : | Italian Silk Hose, II §2 85 P ut a Pair °f Silk Hose in a Pretty Box §l,s:?,. I S-, , ... . with double soles ID siik'Vose B, wTu! And win the everlasting friendship of any woman or miss. h n e a ei h i* h siik Pl ii C s e ie ki double soles end yr a r\ J YT t O ml. garter tops; white, i Here Are Some Dandy Values, See Them I Kunm" , a| CttU U " U (Boxed When Requested) . |H |U THREAD AND FIBER 4 -■ A Q - JLL FASHIONED SILK a Q (H SILK HOSE LISLE HOSE $ 1 15! A combination hose f excellent wearing qualities; double A new kind with double soles mid li.cls and tine garter tops; jS| sides and heels; corttea In while, black, cordovan, Russian calf. comes in biaek, wliite and cordovan IIM and navy. ■> , • "r k ■ a ... expanded credit with resulting cur-| rency inflation; of decreased pro-j duction to fewer working hours; to constant and continued strikes, and to artificial limitations upon out put; of our truly mediaval system of distribution, in which field we have mude almost no progress for years pust, although we have spent untold brains and energy upon more and better production; and of co lossal governmental and personal extravagance. '•Some of these causes can be readied and remedied by Govern ment action and some cannot. The Government must do i its share by checking extravagance and stopping waste, by bringing the cost of tho Government's business within the in jcome of the year, by stimulating pro duction in all possible ways, and by j lending Its aid to tlie study of im proved methods of distribution, par ticularly as related to all that enters 'into the nation's food supply. "The introduction of a national budget system, which, thanks to the initiative of the House of Repre sentatives, is now well under way, r DECEMBER 8. 1919. " will greatly assist in putting the Gov ernment upon a business basis, and in enabling the people to fix re sponsibility both for extravagance' and for excessive and unfair taxation.'. It is greatly to be hoped that both I the House of Representatives and the I Senate will so amend their present j rules as to put the consideration of j the budget in the hands of a single committee in each House, large] enough to be representative of the! [entire membership and yet compact I enough to make it a business body j jupon which. responsibility for a re-1 I port upon the budget can be i j specifically fixed." Have Plan to Stop Thefts in Churches 1 Herefordshire, England, Dec. S. —! So many cases of thefts from church ] offertory boxes have occurred here ! recently that the authorities have ] been advised to place the boxes be- j neath the floor with a connecting i pipe to the coin slot. I 5 EXPLOSIVE PLANT SOLD Washington, Dec. 8. —Sale of tht 'Xpiosives plant at Nitro, W. Va. to the Charleston (West Virginia) industrial Corporation for $8,561,' 900 is announced. The plant and town cost the Government approxi mately $75,000,000. _ AUTO OWNERS APPLY AT OUR OFFICE FOR 1920 Auto License# Applications cheerfully filled out by our Notary Public. Notary foe only charge. (Applications are complicated tills year. We supply the ap plication.) Backenstoss Realty Co. 331 Market Street "The Office of Service"
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