Essentially American No other nation enjoys such progressive business facilities as Western Union Day and Night Letters. Conducting correspondence by telegraph has jumped American business methods into world leadership* THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO. SUBURBAN BEREYSBURG Funeral of Mrs Kate Koppenhaver Was Held Saturday Special Correspondence. Bexrvsburg, May 24. Morris! Moody, of Treverton, visited friends in \ town on Wednesday. M. S. Daniel transacted business at Pillow Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs Joseph Romberger.! Mrs. John Stone." and son, Joe, mo- j tcied to Harrisburg Thursday. Miss Maude Bowman spent th(< past week with her brother, near Halifax The Rev. Irvin E. Runk, who spent j a few days with his aged father, the Rev. J. Runk, returned to his home in ! Socttdale last week. Mrs. Kate Koppenhaver. who had l>een ill for the past few days, died at her home Wednesday, aged S3 years. The funeral was held Saturday. The Rev. J. K. Hoffman and Jacob j Henninger motored to Gratz last week, i Prof. Harry Klinger and R. W. Deib- \ ler transacted business at Gratz last ! week. Morris S. Daniel spent a few days j in Philadelphia last week. Mrs. Zortmau visited her sister. Mrs. John Campbell, last week. Mrs. I>sniel spent a few days with her daughter at Lykens. Mrs. Harry Weaver and children,' Ruth and Clair, visited Mrs. Walter Witmer at Wieon'sco for several days. Mrs. Kate Deibler visited her broth er at Stone Valley. ELIZABETHVILLE Mrs. B. F. Gohs. East Orange. N. J.,, Visiting E. Deibler Special Correspondence. Elizabethville, May 24.—Mrs. B. F. I Gohs and daughter. Helena, of East Orange. X. J.. are spending some time | at the home of C. E. Deibler. Prof. C. M. Weigle has purchased a Buiek roadster. Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Shoap. who left for the West last week, are now visit- j ;ng Mr. Shoal's brother at Upper San-' dusky, Ohio. H. C. Lewis has returned from Eliza--j bethtown. where he attended the funer- i a! of his little grandson. Dr. C. B. Stroup left Friday morning! for his home at Allentown. Dr. X. W and Mrs. Stroup. of Har- i risl>urg, spent last week here. S. W. Cooper, of Lewistown. and C'harle- E. Cooper, of Harrisburg. were in town on business iast week. Mrs. Ella Klinger spent a day at Slamokiu. She returned in her new Mudebaker car. TOWER CITY The Rev. C. B. Felton Is Attending Commencement at Madison. N. J. v ■: Correspondence. Tower City, May 24.—Miss Frankie Kline spent a few days with relatives at Pottsville. El\ in Xeidlinger, Howard Xeidling er. the Rev. O. G. Romig, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Shomper and son. Charles, spent a day at Hershev. Miss Emm? Lawler visited relatives at Harrisburg. Mrs. H. O. Row. of Philadelphia, vis ited relatives at this place. Mrs. Amos Shilev is visiting relatives at Harrisburg. The Rev. C. B. Felton. pastor of the Methodist church, is at Madison, N. J., to attend the reunion of his class at Drew Theological Seminary commence ment. Harry Kneeht and son. John, of Col lingswood, N. J., visited his father at this place. The funeral of the late Cornelius C. iHoffman was held on Friday afternoon. The deceased was aged 53 years and is survived by a wife ans seven chil dren. The services were conducted by the Rev. W. A. Kutz, pastor of the United Evangelical church. Burial was made at Greenwood cemetery. DILLSBURG School Board Selects Teachers for the next Term Dillsburg, May 24.—At a recent meeting of the School Board the fol low ng teachers were elected: Prin cipal, Prof. L. W. Bell; assistant, Myrtle Malberrv; grammar, Marietta Menear; A intermediate, Ethel Rearie; B intermediate, Huldah Bender; pri mary, D. B. Baker. The entire force of teachers is the same as last year. Val entino Blauser was also re-elected janitor. I.rf«t week there were two similar accidents, one in town and one in the adjoining township. While Daniel Heiges, a farmer east of town, was working with his two-horse team, the horses became excited and ran away, one horse breaking a leg. The other ac cident was a runaway by a single team that had been driven to town from Dover, Pa., by two traveling men. The latter horse also had a leg broken. In both instances the horse was killed. The I. O. O. F. meeting on Wednes day evening was a success as the re quired number of applicants was se cured and an application for a char ter will be made promptly. Mrs. Levi G. Fishel and" Miss Anna Kinter spent a few days in Baltimore last week. W. M. Elieker, ®. 'H. Shriner and L. L. Bentz were in York last week. Since the schools have closed many | young folks have secured employment, i Robert Beatty is clerk in the J. A. 1 Lerew clothing store; Clyde Hess is I devoting his time to the Star laundry; j Gintzer has secured a place with j Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Harrisburg; ' Rebecca Baker is clerk for Ira L. j Heiges, the insurance man; William i Sheffer is assisting his father at the ; People's Cash store, and Gretna Goeh j enour is assisting in her father's luni ! ber office. Isaac Lerew, a, well-known resident 'of this place, is seriously ill at his home. Mr. Lerew is one of the oldest residents of this section, being over SS years of age. Frank Karns has purchased and taken possession of the Bowmansdale I barber shop. Joseph Kimmel, of York, is spending ! a few days with friends in town. MILLERSTOWN Sons of C. 0. Spangler Opened Broom Factory Here . Sp..r'nl Correspondence. Millerstown. Pa., May 2 4. —A broon factory has ben opened in the C. O. Spangler building by Mr. Spangler's sons. Ten dozen brooms a day is the 'out;ut of the factory. R. H. Jewens has returned home j from the Bainbridge hospital. Philadel i ;>hi-i, where he underwent an opera i tion several weeks ago. I Harry Martin has purchased a Reo a«tomcbile from the Millerstown Auto <'ompany. Dr. and Mrs. M. I. Stein attended | the funeral services of Sidney Rubin, fin Ilr.rrisburg on Thursday. Mrs. Samuel Seiders and son have returned to their home in Penbrook. Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Cathcart and daughter, Zella. automobiled to Statt College on Tuesday. They were ac |iompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Park Holmes, of Liverpool. MIDDLETOWN Heart Trouble Caused Death of Mrs Jacob Hoffman Saturday 1 .r in! <•:»fspondence. Middletown, May 24.—Mrs. Jacot Hoffman. 46 /ears old, died verv sud denlv at her home on East High strcel Saturday night at 11.45 o'clock fron heart trouble. She had been ill for tht past several weeks with the grip, bui had been able to be about. Besides hoi husband, she is survived by the follow ing children: Ella, Carrie. Ralph an> Helen, at home, and Ruth, of Philadel j hia. Four brothers survive, Edward Clean, John and Clarence Baker, ol Philadelphia; two sisters, Mrs. Gerti( Oberholtzer, Philadelphia, and Mrs Ella Eisenhower, Harrisburg, 111. He mother. Mrs. Emma Baker Pillow. als< survives. Although the occupants of the ma chine escaped injury, the Ford ear it j which the party was riding was badh ! damaged when it was struck by a P •V R. train at the grade crossing a Kast Middletown at 5.27 o'clock ot i Saturday afternoon. The car is ownei jby Lee Sheaffer, who, with his son 1 Charles, and four other men, was ridinj j in the machine at the time of the acci | dent. The party was returning fron i H^shey. Mrs. Howard Bixler, of Harrisburg spent Sunday in town as the guest o j Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Poist. The baccalaureate sermon preachei I in the U. B. church yesterday mornini by the Rev. I. H. Albright was en joyed by the nineteen graduates, sevei directors and the teachers of the Hig] school and a large number of friends Mrs. F. W. Myers, Pine street, en tertained the Social Circle at her hom Saturday afternoon in honor of Mrs Thuma and Miss Pauline Kreider, o Lftitz, and Mrs. Hawthorne, of Harris burg. Refreshments were served. Charles Botts and C. Winegardne and the Misses Lizzie and Emma Kurt spent Sunday at Gettysburg, i Charles Fratts, who spent the pas : three weeks in town, returned to Zafnes | vilte, Ohio, on Saturday. Elmer Heagy has moved from Steel ton to town, j Mrs. Jacob Weirich visited her hus j band at Reading on Sunday. Benjamin Martin. Emaus street, ha obtained the position as day watchma: | at the shoe factory. Mr. and Mrs. C. Ward, of Washing ' ton. D. C., spent Saturday and Sunda; as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Valen ' | tine Baumbach, Jr.. Ann street. Mrs. R. A. Shade is quite ill at he | home on Catherine street, i j E. S. Keiper and wife are spendin ' some time at Pittsburgh as the euest ~ of their daughter, Mrs. A. H. Groff. i Mrs. Ogden has returhed home fror i a two weeks' trip to Omaha, Neb where she attended the missionary cor ■ vention of the Lutheran Church. Miss Estella Laverty spent Sunda, at Harrisburg. Karl Bowers and Miss Margare Kelsch spent Sunday as the guests o HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, MONDAY EVENING. MAY 24, 1915. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Schiefer, near Buck Lock. HUMMELSTOWN Girls' Chorus and Patrons' Orchestra to Give Concert Friday Evening Special Correspondence. HummeWtown, May 24. —A concert inl-l be given by the combined girl*' chorus and patrons' orchestra iu the Star theatre on Friday evening under the direction of Prof. T. O. Mitman. Owing to the fact that there will be no commencement exercises this year. Miss Margaret Mullin, the first grad- ; uute iu the four-year High school course, will at this time be presented with her diploma. Xo admission will be charged to the concert, but a col j lection will be taken for the benefit t of the chorus. The following program I has been arranged: Selection from j Romeo and .luliet, Gounod, orchestra; Handel, chorus and orchestra; speech of welcome, Miss Margaret Mulliu; old Knglish choruses and glees, (a) Cornish May Song; (b) All j the Xight, Welsh; (e) Song of the | Leaves, Pearson, chorus; .lohnnes Brahms, Miss Miriam Wagner; two songs by Brahms, (a) Lullaby; (b) love Song, chorus; Group of Modem French Songs, Miss Marv Ruof; (a) thir Bright Starry Banner, from the Grande Duchesse; (b) Song of Dtwn —Samson and Delilah, orchestra; bal let music from Faust, Gounod, orches tra; Tanhauser, Miss Betty Math; (a) Pilgrim's Chorus, Wagner; (b) Song to the Evening Star, chorus; Polk | Sungs. Miss Dorothy Suggett; Estudi anting, P. Laconic, chorus; presenta- tion of diploma, E. Z. Etter, treasurer of the borough school board; God Ever ' ' (Jlorious, (Russian uational hymn), ; j Alexis Von Lueff, combined chorus and j I orchestra. | A sample 'of the buttons to be sold ! i by the Busy Bees, an organization of i girls, for the benefit of the Fourth of i July celebration fund, has been reeeiv- J | ed by the general committee and an I order placed for 1,000 of the buttons, j The (buttons contain crossed American 1 | dags and the inscription, Second An- I nual Fourth of July Celebration, 1915. Hummelstown, Pi." Upon receipt of ] the buttons, a tag day will be desiynat- i j ed by the Busy Bee club, and the but ! tons sold to residents of the borough, j Mr. and Mrs. J. Harvey Buch and | daughter, Mary, of Elizabethtown. were : j guests of Mrs. Buch'e parents, Mr. and , | Mrs. M. K. Nissley, over Sunday. The Rev. O. J. Farling, of Harris- < I burg, spent Saturday with Mrs. Mary I Farling. Mr. and Mrs. Roy S. Fox, of Harris- ! i burg, visited Mr. Fox's parents, Mr. i I anil Mm, George b'ox, Saturday. William H. Earnest will leave to j morrow for Akron, 0., to attend the j | sessions of the General Synod of the \ i Lutheran church. Mr. Earnest is a dele- : J gate from the Eastern Pennsylvania | | Synod. Committees have been appointed j in the various Sunday schools of the ! I borough to arrange for the annual j union Sunday school picnic. The picnic | will likely be held at Herehey Park, ! where it has been held for the past several years. The borough schools will close a nine ' months' term on Friday. Examinations will be conducted in the grades dur- j i iny the week for those pupils who i must t.tke the tests. Children's Day will be observed by j Zion Lutheran Sunday school on Sun day. June 13. The service "Songs For i Our King," will'be rendered at the j evening hour of worship. Richard B. Earnest has begun the erection of a frame dwelling house on the lot on West High street, which he purchased last week from John T. 1 Remsburg. i A proclamation has been issued by Chief Burgess John M. Murray, stating ' that all persons discharging fire crack ers or other explosives within the bor j ough of Hummelstown, on the Fourth | of July, or at any other time, will be | arrested as provided by a borough ; ' ordinance. i Beginning Wednesday evening, Paul Schaffnor, who graduated two weeks ; ago from the Lancaster Theological ; Seminary, will conduct the midweek services in the Second Reformed ; ' church, Harrisourg, for a period of six weeks. The pastor of the church, the 1 Rev. Harry Nelson Bassler, will spend i six weeks on a trip to California. . Many automobile owners in town will observe Good Roads Day on Wed • nesdav by assisting the automobile . owners of Middletown in repairing the I road between Middletown and Hum melstown. This road is one that is not , s in general use bv autoists and for that ' reason has lately been neglected. The temperance meeting to be held . in the I'nited Brethren church on - Thursday evening, promises to be well ( . attended. The address will be deliver- J ed by Dr. George W. Young, of Ken . j tucky, an eloquent and forceful , | speaker. • j The Rev. Robert A. Bausch. pastor .| of the Reformed church, conducted t 1 services at Union Deposit yesterday i morning. 1 John H. Greenawalt is attending the t State conclave of the Knights Templar r being held in Philadelphia. The church council of Zion Lutheran j church, has organized by electing Wil liam H. Earnest president; E. E. Bol ■( ton, secretary; C. H. Miller, treasurer; f Albert H. Hummel, financial secre tary. 1 The members of the local camp of 7 Modern Woodmen will attend services . in Zion Lutheran church on Sunday i i evening, June 6. The members will ! | meet at Jr. O. U. A. M. hall and will i. i march to the church. . I Mrs. Dmma Brinser, Miss Susan. e | Brinser and Miss Evelyn Krause spent [. yesterday with Mr. and Mrs. Guy f ! Krause, at Enola. Reed Walmer, of Philadelphia, was j the guest of his mother. Mrs. Eliza r beth Walmer, over Sunday, z J Mr. and Mrs. George Etter, of Pal j myra, visited relatives in town Sat t j Urdav. i- Miss Jennie Seibert spent yesterday i with her sister, Mrs. Charles Lei'bv, . i at Harrisburg. I Mrs. Scott R. Wagner, of Reading, i. is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Fox. s Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus H. Miller are n spending several days with Mrs. Mil ler's mother, Mrs. Mary Nitz, at Har risfourg. y Mr. and Mrs. Roy Walton, of Stcel . ton, were guests of Mrs. Walton's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Walters, r over Sunday. Miss Marion Espenshade, of Harris j burg, spent Sunday with her parents, 9 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Espenshade. Charles C. Hummel anil Edgar C. n Hummel attended the funeral of Mrs. ~ Stahley, of Falling Waters, W. Va., 1- which took place at Harrisburg yester day. Mrs. Stahlev was a former rosi er dent of town ami the widow of the late Dr. Stahlcy. t Alfred Suteliffe, a student at the f Gettysburg Theological Seminary, was * CALL 1901 V FOUNDED otmom JuXHtrniGwld 1871 : In a May-time Clearance, High Grade a Furniture Has Been Repriced y To lower this large stock of furniture during rebuilding operations, also to accommodate the ever in- , ► creasing array of light furniture for the porch or summer home, we have taken certain pieces of the finer < ► furniture and lowered the prices to insure quick dismissal. < A number will be found on the floor, not advertised; and a little foresight at this time, followed by a < ► visit, will save you many dollars. ► The following are exceptional: Solid Mahogany China Closet, with full mirror back; regularly S7O. Priced at $35 ' Gentleman's Wardrobe —quartered oak; fitted with cane and umbrella rack, coat, and trouser hang * ers, shaving mirror, etc.; regularlv $52.50. Priced ► at $26.25 ' Gentleman's Wardrobe— (quartered oak; niiror ' doors; regularly $lB5. Priced at $59 ' Delft Blue Bedroom Suite —consisting of dresser. highboy, toilet table, bed, chair, rocker, dressing ' table and chairs; regularly $135.50. Price, . . .SIOO ► Adam Dining Room Suite —solid mahogany; ten ► pieces; regularly $l7O. Priced at $129 ► Mahogany Arm Rocker— upholstered in tapestry; i ► regularly sls. Priced at $9.95 ► Fifth FIoor—BOWMAN'S. ► ————— ; Clearing Out Odd Dressers ; and Chiffoniers ► Here and there over the floor, are odd pieces that ► many folks will welcome at the price we've marked K them for this sale. Tn most eases only one of a * pattern. ► $45.00 large Colonial Dresser, dull rubbed "*^0.75 ► $39.00 Colonial Chiffonier, dull rubbed, | . $15.50 quartered oak Dresser, $8.75 ► $25.98 mahogany Dresser $16.95 ! ► $39.00 curly birch Dresser $21.50 ! ► $39.75 mahogany inlaid Chiffonier $24.00 $28.50 Circassian Walnut Chiffonier, $19.95 Fifth FIoor—BOWMAN'S. ► Some Striking Reductions - That Are Rarely Equalled White Enamel Beds, s2.9o— regularly $5.00; 3 ft. 6-ineh size; continuous posts; ten in the lot. Golden Oak Dining Chairs, $1.39 —regularly * $2.50; —twenty in the lot. Fumed Oak Library Tables, $2.95 —regularlv $5.00. y Royal Rest Chairs, $9.75 —regularly $19.50; — ; upholstered in brown Spanish leatherette. k Jacobean Wing Chair, $9.95 —regularly $15.00; y —twist pattern, cane backs. ► Sleepy Hollow Rest Chairs, $14.75 —regularly y $25; —upholstered in muleskin leather. y Dining Room Suite, $25 —regularly SSO; —fumed L, oak; three pieces—buffet, china closet and serving ► table. ► Mahogany Poster Beds, sl9.so— regularly $32; ► —dull rubbed finish; four in the lot. Fifth FIoor—BOWMAN'S. AA A A the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Suteliffe, over Sunday. Mrs. David J. Hummel and grand- i daughter, Miss Bertha Hummel, of i Philadelphia, visited relatives in town J yesterday while on their way home i from Falling Waters, W. Ya., where , they had been called by the death of | Mrs. Stahlev. NEW CUMBERLAND Endora Guild Holds Anniversary at Home of Mrs. H. C. Owen Spei-ial Correspondence. New Cumberland, May 24.—The third anniversary of the Endora Guild which was held at the home of Mrs. H. C. Oren, Ridge street, Friday night, was a delightful event. The class colors, pink and white, was carried out in the decorations. The following program was rendered: Toast mistress, 'Mrs. H. Oren; music, Ruth Gilmore and Mary Moore; "The Girls," Mary Moore; reading, Addie Guistwhite; reading, Effie Koch; "Our Teacher,'' Ruth Mc- Clearv; solo, Edith Ross; reading, Liz zie Forry; reading, Nellie Nelson; mu sic, Martha Dalhoff; "Our Class," Lil lian Mosey; general conclusions, Miss •loanna Bixler; menu, olives, pickles, j cheese, chicken, salad, beef loaf, bread sticks, turnovers, potato chips, cakes, ice cream, nuts, mints, punch. 'Mrs. Edith Feight, of Market square, entertained the club of which she is a member on Saturday after -1 noon. Mrs. Sallie Foreman, of Hamburg sanitarium, spent Friday with her sis ! ter, Mrs. L. M. Rockey, of Bridge | street. Miss Edith Beaver is visiting Mrs. j Harry Shaffer, at York. Mrs. Henry Mosey, daughter, Lillian, and son, Marian, visited 'Mrs. Frank Mathias at 'Harrisburg over Sunday. Mr. an