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THE MEYERSDALE COMMERCIAL,
A. M. SCHAFFNER, Editor and Proprietor.
®gblished Every Tharsday in the Year at $1.50 Per Year Cash
Phone No. 55. 110-112 Center Street.
THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1913.
The Mountaineer.
One half of the world does not know how the other lives. The
extremes in life appear all around us. The author of the constitu-
tion declared that all men are created equal and while that general
statement has been proclaimed with much presistency in the past
the fact is that the saying must be tremendously modified to stand
the test to-day.[. Here in our own country the claim is made of the
great opportunities of her poeple, yet we have the extremly rich and
and the extremly, the educated and the illiterate, the urban and
the rural, the man of the plains and the man of mountain. There
18 a wide chasm separating the people. Those more favorably situ-
ated need no particular help wo make life comfortable, but the ex-
tremes on the other side need that help which their fellow being in
better situations can give them. Among that class which needs
help and encouragement is the mountaineer of North Carolina and
Tennesse.
The community has heard the condition, life and habits of the
mountaineer, from ono who is a refined, cultured Christian gentle-
man, who has given the best in his life and devoted himself to those
people, is living the life of those people, has endeared himself to
them, teaching them during the week, preaching to them on Sun-
days and standing before them as a judge at all times. That man
is Mountain Bell, educated in the north, but adopting the life of
the mountaineer to raise him to a higher plane. ‘“‘Am I my broth-
ers keeper’’ finds a strong and beautiful exemplification in the work
and service and self denial of Mountain Bell.
Tariff Reform.
The Democratic side of the Ways and Means committee of the
House of Representative at Washington is struggling with the
vexed tariff problem. The sentiment of the nation is for a reduc-
tion of tariff. General Hancock when a candidate for president on
the Democratic ticket made the fatal blunder by saying that the
tariff is a local issue. In principle the large majority believes in a
reduction, but when it comes to the application of that principle
men are biased largely by selfish motives. In the sugar schedule,
there is a general sentiment for a tariff of one cent for three years,
then free sugar. The Louisiana representative and senators are
bitter, because that is one of the chief industries of their state.
This is but an illustration of the spirit which is at work in the tariff
Pill that is before the representative at this time, and yet on gen-
-eral principles the belief is that the many would benefit by a reduc-
tion. High tariff has been at work for many years, and on the one
hand, has produced the millionaires and on the other hand, the man
with the dinner pail. The great horde of the masses in the past
has not benefitted to the extent to which it is'entitled, from the
natural resources of this country, and yet the many believe a re-
“duction in the tariff would be of great benefit to the struggling, toil-
ing masses. Let there be at last a test made of this, and see if big
business can adjust itself and see if the horny hand of toil can do
better than live from hand to mouth.=To us at all times, while
high tariff and prosperity seemed the slogan of victory, it has
always seemed as a humbug, a delusion, and a legal way of robbing
the public,
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Parent-Teacher Ofganization.
Many weeks before the institution of the Parent-Teacher orga-
nization, The Commerclal urged putting into effect such an auxil-
ijary for the good of the schools. The first regular meeting was
held last week, since the organization was effected. This was the
first meeting and too much should not be expected at once. An in-
teresting program had been prepared, and the program as rendered
gave general satisfaction. The audience was however disappoint-
ing. The people we believe are interested in the schools, loyal to
the teachers and vitally concerned in their childrens’ education,
and all are well wishers in the welfare of the work of the schools.
These parent-teacher gatherings should bring out an audience to
crowd the assembly hall of the High School, Let this be one of
‘the first efforts, to fill the room with a big audience, a place where
_every one interested in the public schools should meet once a month,
get in touch with the teachers and others having at heart the work
of the schools. This should not be difficult of accomplishment, a
place where all classes meet on a common plane once a month. Let
the effort be made to have a big audience at the next regular meet-
ing, the second Friday evening of May. At the last meeting an
address was delivered, filled with good thoughts and ideas. [his
is given in another column. Doubtless the next program will also
be a good one. Let us look forward to the next meeting for anoth-
er good program and a large audience. But to our way of thinking
a successful parent-teacher organization cannot stop there. If it
stops there, it is a pity it made a start. There is a large field for
help outside, the home, playground, library, —with reference to the
good, the bad, the truant, the indolent; the indifferent and the
shiftless parents, home environments, street training, etc. There
is a large field for unselfish work, to help the people, young and old,
to help themselves, and lighten the heavy burdens of the hard
worked teacher.
Le
Miss Georgia May Wilhelm, daugh- | Mrs. Katharine D. Baer, daughter
ter, of Mr. and Mrs. John ‘Wilhelm, | of Mr.and Mrs. John Hersh,and’Amos
and Howard W. Fresh, son of Mr.and Broadwater, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Mrs. John Fresh, both of Berlin, April | Amos Broadwater, both of Brothers-
13, by the Rev, Lawrence O.Hub- | valley township were married at Mey-
bard, pastor of the Berlin Church of | ersdale, April 15, by the Rev. J. A.
the Brethren. | Yount, pastor of the Lutheran Church.
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Miss Lucinda Ada Shaulis,daughter Evidence.
6f Mr.and Mrs. Philip Shaulis of Bak-| “Do you reslly believe, doctor, that
ersville, and Nevin Harvey Tiger, son | Your old medicines really keep any-
: - { body alive?” asked the skeptic. “Sure- |
g Mrs. C. W. Tiger, of Kreg - | ptic. e- |
o Air ond elind in were Mmar- ly,” returned the doctor. “My pre-
er, Westmore W . ~ | scriptions have kept three druggists
ried at the Court-house, on Monday, | dnd their familios dive Ia this toun |
se elerk Bert F. Lan-
by Marriage lice for twenty j¥ —Harper’s Weekly.
dis.
ICKED UP IN
ENNSYLVANIA
Road Superintendent A. M. Wonder
of Indiana county expects that the 16-
mile stretch of road between Indiana
and Blairsville will be constructed
the coming year. About half of the
road has already been macadamized.
This part of the road will be resur-
faced.
Williamsport.—Following the acci-
dent of Dec. 8, 1912, when a Pennsyl-
vania passenger train plunged through
a trolley car in this city, Mrs. Etta
A. Reed sued the Williamsport Pas-
senger Railroad Co. for $6,500 dam-
ages.
Shamokin.—Sioux colliery, No. 3, at
Green Ridge, operated by the Lehigh
Valley Coal Co., was rendered idle by
a number of men going on strike.
Mahanoy City.—John Jones, brood-
ing over the death of his wife, who re-
cently died, ended his life by blowing
out his brains. Six-are left orphans.
Carlisle—The Friendship fire com-
pany, Carlisle’s newest fire company,
has decided to purchase an automo-
bile fire engine, and will create a fund
for the payment of the same through
a bond issue. The machine will be a
combination chemical and hose wag-
on.
Northumberland.—A long-needed in-
stitution in this place—a state trust
bank that may give liberal aid to the
development of real estate in the
community—is about to be realized.
Already stock to the amount of over
$70,000 has been subscribed and as
soon as the required sum, $125,000, is
SALE!
CLOSES APRIL 21S.
If you are not one of those who crowded mv st last w
you missed a sight that would do ree 21 an
bargains. Call anyhow. I
; re last 1 say is that
you good. There is still time for you to share in the
want to see you whether you buy or not.
*‘I reckon you all are welcome to come in and rest yo’ hat.”
Rice and
Hutchins
secured, an oragnization will be per-
fected. The large number of railroad-
ers employed in the classification
yards here has created a big demand
for houses, but heretofore building |
operations have been retarded
cause of capital.
will greatly encourage this work. !
Wilkesbarre.—Five men were killed |
and two injured by an explosion of |
gas in the Woodward mines of the
Lackawanna C8. at Edwardsville, |
near here. |
Johnstown.—A new Catholic church |
and a parochial high school is the aim |
of the Catholic people of Conemaugh.
The movement has gained consider-
able impetus and plans are being
made for the transforming of the pres-
ent church into a school and of the
erection of a handsome new church
structure.
Altoona.—Eighteen $2 bills which
were exhibited in the front display
window of Thomas Canty’s hat store,
and 12 $1 bills similarly shown in
the store window of James Pantazls,
have been stolen. An expert picked
the locks on the front doors and
gained entrance to the establishments,
Chester.—Deluged by boiling beer
from a vat in the Chester Brewery
Co.'s plant of this city, Gunner Peter-
son, a workman, wag badly scalded
about the face and upps® Portion of
the body, . :
Williamsport.—H. ‘A. Beals began
suit against the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Co. to recover $5,000 damages
for injuries alleged to have been sus-
tained when he was struck by a train
last September.
Pottstown.—Fire threatened the car
barn of the Pottstown & Reading
Street Railway Co. After consider-
able damage had been done in the
office the blaze was extinguished by
the trolleymen,
Sunbury. ~~ When struck on the
thigh by a heavy iron bar, im the
Pennsylvania Railroad shops at North-
umberland, Martin L. Lytle was seri-
ously injured. He is in the hospital
Lebanon. — Word reached Robert
Phillips of this city that his mother-
in-law, wife of “Corporal” Jere Rauch, |
of Palmyra, had been seriously injured
in an auto accident in Washington,
D. C.,, and that she is in a hospital
there, but is expected to recover.
Lewistown.—The Pennsylvania Rail-
road Co. has employed several deputy
railroad police and placed them along
the line between here and Altoona, to
do duty during the present trackmen’s
strike, $756 a month being offered to
men to serve in this capacity.
Altoona.—W. C. Horner, aged 38, a
Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive fire-
man, is alleged to have shot and prob-
ably fatally wounded Edward McClain,
aged 32, a local ambulance driver and
his wife’s reputed paramour. He pur-
sued the couple from Lewistown and
opened fire with a 32-caliber revolver
it is alleged. The first bullet entered
McClain’s thigh, while the second
went through his stomach-and lodged
in his wrist. Horner is under arrest.
Johnstown. — Ministers and church
officers of the Brethren denomination
in this city and vicinity have formed
an organization for the promotion of
religious work by the churches of that
faith here, and are now working on a
plan to locate a permanent camp
ground near the city. The denomina-
tion has nc place of general assembly
in this state. The United Evangelical
church already has a large camp
ground at Arbutus park, east of the
city, where thousands gather every
season, and it is the purpose of the
Brethren to found a similar open air
place of assembly’ near one of the
suburban trolley lines.
Sunbury.—The borough schools are
suffering in attendance marks, the re-
sult of a chickenpox epidemic. There
are at present about 110 cases in the
primary schools.
Washington. — Laton Crouse, aged
12, of Rogersville, was fishing for
suckers in Ten Mile Creek when sud-
denly his line shot downward and he
almost lost the rod. Arter a struggle
he landed his prize. Instead of the
big fish he expected it was an ali-
be- | 4
The trust company | *
This Shoe for! $1.98 Until the 2st
i A! Big Splurge in Waists
Silk, Nearsilk, Lawn,
+ $3.98. or
$2.98, or
$1.98. or
O8 cents.
big Reductions in Dry Foods
Calicoes that are guaranteed
fast
GET ONE!
One of the Men's Suits for
$10.75, or
$13.75, or
$1595
‘Worth $15.00 to $20.00
Suit Your Boy With a Suit
$1.98, or
$2.98. or
$3.08
Worth $3.00 to $5.00
Hutchins \
Jhis Shoe for $2.90 Until the 21st
Men’s Hats and Caps | ladies’ and Girls’ Trimmed Hats
O8c. or Are Selling Quite Briskly.
$1.45. or THERE'S A REASON!
$1.90 | Ladier
Worth $1.50 to $2.50 Skirts, 8c $9.98
Men's Paris Shirts “Dresses, 38C 10 $3.98
Everyone says they are the
best ever made for
$1.00
W. B. CORSETS,
_The kind John Wanamaker “=
sells the most} of.
EVERYTHING
TO WEAR
FOR
EVERYBODY,
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Don’t forget Jour secondfopening of
midsummer®millinery,JApril 23rd and
24th. Diehl Millinery. ad.
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Don’t forget the auction sale of
stock of buggies,mApril 19th, Shipley
Hardware Company. ad
‘House FOR SALE OR RENT—On
Salisbury Street. Apply to
apl.10-2t ad MRs. A. Gross.
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As longffas the present stock of
goods last,swe will make photographs
at one half the regular price. All
portrait frames will also go at the
same rate. We guarantee all goods
to be strictly wurst class and up to
date.’ E. E. Conrad. ad
Buy Rubber
That Has a Long Life.
When the life goes out of rub-
ber it is absolutely worthless.
It is not good for anything,
therefore in the buying of rub-
ber articles be sure that you
buy rubber goods that are prop-
erly vulcanized. Proper vul-
canization combined with cor-
rectness in manufacture guar-
antee greatest usefulness and
service. All our rubber goods
wear well, stand hard usage
and give greatest service.
They have long life as well as
elasticity.
THORLEY’S DRUG STORF,
Naugle Building. Meyersdale, Pa
This Does Not Tell All the Story.
Next to Second National Bank, MEYERSDALE, PA,
COME! SEE!
Your
Back With a
Pleasant Smile
if You Want It,
Money
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Second-Hand Automobiles !
One 2-cylinder Maxwell, 2-pas-
senger Roadster, in good condi-
tion, must go at $250.
One 25 horse-power “‘Over-
land’’ Touring Car, with a de-
tachable rear body, in A 1 condi-
tion, a bargain at $375.
Also a bargain in a Ford Tour-
ing Car.
These cars are all guaranteed
to give satisfaction.
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3 April 19 and 21, 1913.
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See the Black Cat at cur hosiery counter—convince yourself as to
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get the most durable and desirable hose made—Black Cat.
MILLER & COLLINS
NORMAL SCHOOL.
The Meyersdale Summer Normal |
School will open on Monday May 5th, [,eohorn
1918, and continue in session eight | Req. ,
weeks. W. H. KRETCHMAN, | apl.3-4t.ad
apl.10th-4t. ad . President. |
EGGS FOR HATCHING.
James McKenzie,
Sand Patch, Pa.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA
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Photographs and Picture frames at
| Conrad’s Studio at half price. Sat- |
| isfaction guaranteed in every sale of |
| Photos or Frames. E. E. Conrad.
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