52.500.000 AVAILABLE POR FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE The United States Government Now in a Position to Reimburse Stock Own ers Promptly for Ail Slaughtered Herds Washington, D. C., Feb. I.—Under Ui.) recent urgent delicieiuey act which was signed by the I'residemt on Janu ary $2,500,000 is now available tor the eradication of the foot and mouth disease. Up to January 1, 1915, the outbreak had cost the federal gov ernment a total of $2,129,138.04. Of this sum $1,540,025.9y represents the federal government's share of the ex of slaughtering affected herds and reimbnimng the owners for their loss, of which the government pays half and the individual States the remainder. The figures show that exclusive of the work in January 101,176 aninrals have been slaughtered. Of these 46,268 were tattle, 47,735 swine and the remainder sheep and goats. The money now at the disposal of the Department of Agriculture, will, it is believed, aid the campaign against the pestilence by enabling the govern ment to make prompt payment to all owners of infected herds, and thus min imize the reluctance of farmers to have their stock slaughtered. In Illinois, for example, approximately $600,000 is now available for this purpose. The loss in that State has beerf larger than in any other, thirty-six thousand, seven hundred and fifty-eight animals, alto gether, having been slaughtered. Penn sylvania comes next with 17.896 ani mals, and Ohio third with 10,111. None of the sixteen other States in which there was an outbreak has iost as many as 8,000. In those States in which the local quarantines have been rigidly enforced, and in which the farmers themselves have aided the authorities to stamp out the disease, satisfactory progress has been made at a smaller expense than was at one time feared. Indiana and Michigan, where the disease originated, were, for example, at first hard hit. •Much of that territory is, however, now entirely freed from quarantine, and in only a small area is the movement of live stock absolutely prohibited. In Indiana 6,127 animals were slaughtered and in Michigan 7,728. While Illinois and Pennsylvania are probably, to-day, the most seriously af fected of all the States, there is, it is raid, every reason to believe that ener getic measures will stamp out the pes tilence there as well as elsewhere. Al though large quantities of stock have been affected already, the number up to •the present is small in comparison with the total quantity in those States. In Illinois there were approximately 2,- 500,000 head of cattle at the begin ning of the outbreak. Of those 14,- 653 have been slaughtered. Out of ap proximately 4,500,000 hogs, only 21,- oSi had been killed up to January 1, Of the 150,000 farms in that State about 500 have been involved. ELIZABETHTOWN Stock All Subscribed for New Choco late Factory Special Correspondence. Elizabethtown, Feb. I.—The entire amount of stock for the building of the Klein Chocolate Factory on the new-1 ]y acquire.} site on th» East Side of Brown street has been subscribed. The j business has outgrown the capacity of ! the present factory on South Market street and a large three-story brick and fireproof building will be erected and much additional machinery introduce !, which will afford the plant more and better facilities for handling the rapid ly increasing business. Charles Shay, railway mail clerk, a.fter a service of a number of years) i has resigned his position to engage in other business. R. C. Gingrich, a vocalist of Lawn,! assisting the choir of St. Paul's I*.' B. church in this place during the re \ ival services. The Rev. J. E. Deacon, pastor of the Methodist church at Strasburg, preach- 1 ed at the Masonic Home Sundav after noon. He was assisted by his' excel lent choir. I'he Ashenfelter bakery, on South! Market street, will be conducted here after by J. K. Frevmeyer, the Florin! baker, who will run it in connection! With his other bakery. The executors of the late John B. 'truer solliia School of Pharmacy, spent Sundav with friends here. Mrs. H. W. McKenzie wiLl entertain the Crescent Bible Class of the Meth odist Sunday school at her home this evening. C. L. Steele is confined to his home ns the result of a fall while working - at his barn one day last week. Miss Ruth l*hillipg, of Mont Alto is i spending a few days with friends here. After spending several months with ! Ins parents, Fred Harl'ing left tor San 1 Francisco, C'al. Ue Lightner, of West Fairview spent the past week with his parents s Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Lightner. W. W. Steele and H. C. Swarr. stn dents at State College, were guests of tiie former's parents last week. i coming out? j » Dandruff causes a feverish irritation t of the scalp, the hair roots shrink, I i loosen and then the hair comes out fast, t To stop falling hair at once and rid the I ( scalp of every particle of dandruff, get 1 ( a 25-cent bottle of Danderine at any ] | drug store, pour a little in your hand o and nib it into the scalp. After a few \ 1 applications the hair stops coming out | 1 aud you can't find any daudruff.—Adv. Watch for Announcement nf a Timelv CALL 1991-AHY "PHONE.'**" AxmmcmZ """"Ks&sr"*" JSjouffiofltt *ARP»«»UW POPULAR ___ fS S2^T25« To-morrow Is the First Day of Our Great ! a a pleasure to hear the oft-repeated state- P* a 0 • o j rTi ment that folks wait for our Furniture Sale V 7 1 X to furnish, refurnish, or add just a piece or ______ s j| ~yj"| two, to the home, because they realize that \ 1 IT 1 t they are saving considerably in doing so. "I < ' event * s mac * e P oss ihle by the ever- i.• 1 . tfki ' : ;s, , >3 increas * n g> ancl rapidly-growing volume of 1 \ business transacted on our Furniture Floor, ly- p|~~j p —pff] |p resulting in the old story of our school days \ t O finished throughout in oak This fifty pounds and conies in one or two parts. .4*12.00 is a fair ! l\ool7l pi(!Ce would onlinari| y st>ll for estimate of its value. , ;{4 - Which would be marked $22.00 any other tune. Of staunch Ciuarie*rt*A finl/lon Our Regular "Number Three" Felt Mattress, that alwavs j construction and finished in fumed oak to harmonize with anv " A . « sells for $6.98, is offered in this February Sale 0? JA 'C surroundings. • Oak Buffet at Consists of table, arinchair and armed rocker. Table is $19.75 All Cotton Mattress—covered with trood art tick- AA i 24x36 inches (top) fitted with magazine racks and under-shelf. v T, *, ing, is very special in this salt 1 , at ..... . ®0.90 Chairs have leatherette seats and baeks, and scats are con- lop «S j structed in auto-seat stvle, with heavy steel spring work. bottom of drawers arc of oak Here Is But an Inkling of the , Exceptional Prices on Brass Beds Many Style Extension Tables During Tr " e a(ur A e d d 7 n "/. h w is Colonial Extension Table, with plank top and platform Brass Beds, with three-inch posts, and fifteen fill- j c* v c • t base; made of quartered oak; finished in golden oak. Three fill- ing rods in head and foot. The combination finish gives it j fOOIII o£t, V6ry jpCCial ing boards give an extension of six feet. Regular (£1 QHK added beautv. Regular price, $45.00. Februarv fI»Q7 CA > at XQS price, $20.00. February Sale price , Hale price, .' tbo / .DU Construction is perfect and finish Colonial Extension Table, substantially made; having plat- New Colonial Post Bed, with large rod ends and heavy as fine as can be had. The bureau and form base, full rubbed and polished. Regular price, «jO 75 «»««• <-"'™ in bli « ht a '" l d,,U H,,ißhc ' s - $22 75 Sm Ztwl"'lwaS' slo.oo. February Sale price price, $29.00. February Sale price, i O and thege as weU thg triplicat^ Colonial Pedestal Style—extension of six feet; finished in Three-inch Post Style—substantial fillers; handsome de- dressing table have large French golden oak. Regular price, $10.50. February Sale Crt sign. Regular price, *20.00. February Sale Ajk , .TStaSd'i"" P nce ' pHee> ; hogany, and fitted with brass screws. 40 KIT TRAIL LAST NIGHT AT MECHANICSBURC MEETING Sufficient Subscriptions Received Yes terday to Liquidate Indebtedness on Tabernacle and It Is Said the Col lections Will Be Discontinued (Special to the Star-Independent.) Moclianicsburg, Feb. I.—Saturday evening was "Booster Night" at the tabernacle. The boys' and girls' chor us occupied the platform and furnished the song service, vhich included solos, duets and quartets, as well as choruses. One tiny soloist, who could not speak plainlv the words of his song, created considerable amusement by joining heartily in the applause which followed his performance. There were reservations for a crowd TTAreftlSßlTftq STAIMXDKPEXDKNT, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1. 1915. of "Kast Harrisburg trail-hitters'' and for the Blue Ridge knitting mill em ployes. Visible tokens of their ap preciation for the Miller partv wore (lowers from the Kast Harrisburg peo ple, (lowers from the knitting mill girls and a '*ake with the iced inscription, '•Blest Be the Tie That Binds." from the knitting mill boys. Mibs Cree and Prof, llohgatt received special gifts from some of their bovs and girl friends. Evangelist Miller preached on "the Devil's Pj>y Check," from the words in Proverbs 11:19, "As righteousness tendeth to life; so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.'' There were twenty one decisions at this service. Yesterday at both morn ing and evening services subscriptions were .received to complete the amount of the campaign budget. It is said that the amount necessary was raised and that the collections will be discon tinued. Yesterday morning no regular ser mon was preached, but Evangelist Mil ler made an appeal to the unsaved. At the men's meeting yesterday afternoon in the tabernacle there was a large at tendance. Mr. Miller's subject, was "God's Gentleman," and he discussed personal and social purity forcefully. At this meeting there were five deci sions for Christ. When Mrs. Bowman, of the Miller evangelistic party, made her address upon social purity at the U. B. church yesterday, the large auditorium was fill ed with girls and women, notwithstand ing the incfement weather. At the tabernacle service last even ing, the Irving College students attend ed in a body and also the local lodge of I. 0. O. P. Forty penitents came for ward to confess Christ at this service, the majority of whom were young men. To-day is rest day and to-morrow serv ices will be resumed as usual. STAB-INDEPENDENT WANT AOS. BRING RESULTS. FRIGHTFUL CONDITIONS AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN State Department of Health Discovers Twenty Per Cent, of School Chil dren in One Ward in Nanticoke Have Tuberculosis The newly organized Bureau of Housing of the State Department of Health has been investigating a condi tion in the Eighth ward of Nanticoke, which Commissioner Samuel G. Dixon, considered in many ways remarkable. In this district there are 356 school children, of this number 69 were dis covered to be suffering from tubercu losis or were in a physical condition which required immediate attention to prevent them from becoming the vic tims of this disease. The discovery that practically 20 per pent, of the children in thjs district were in the various stages of this dis- j ease led to the immediate investigation | of the housing conditions in the dis trict. The Kighth ward has a popula tion of about 2,000, the majority of J whom are coal miners and their "fam ilies. There are no tenement houses in this section. The majority of the 285 dwelling houses are small two-story cottages of front four to six rooms. -Of this number the inspectors found three houses which were occupied by three families, 43 houses which were occupied by two families. In 19 of the houses which were occupied by two families, there were from one to ten boarders and the majority of the residents of the district kept boarders. The highest number of occupants of any one of these houses was '27 but many of them had from 15 to 20 occupants. In ono case a man, his wife and four children wore found living in a low-ceiled one room house, 12 feet square in which they all ate and slept. The wage earner 5 in this case was an outside laborer who receive* $1.52 per day for such .lav as he worked. In one cottage of four rooms a man, his wife, six children and four boarders were housed. In each of these dwellings one of the children was found to be suffering from tuberculosis of the Jungs. The school building attended by these children was a fairly modern structure and the general sanitary con dition of the settlement was fair. The living conditions in tho homes, however, were not sanitary. There was a high number of occupants per room and an almost total lack of ventilation was noted. A majority of the children examined'were also found to be suffer ing from lack of nutrition. In many instances the parents sent the children to school without breakfast. The cases of tuberculosis found were sent to tne State Tuberculosis Dispen sary . n .N'anticoke for treatmeut and further examination.