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THE MEYERSDALE COMMERCIAL, |™=t™ Yovepaper Union. Special
A. M. SCHAFENER, Editor and Proprietor. : ee.)
Smithfield.—A marker presented by It
Pabli . Mrs. Jessie Perry Lehm i ef
blisbhed €very Tbarsday ip tbe Year at $1.80 Per Year €asb| liam Hammond Chapt aa of the Wil-
pter of the Daugh-
Phone No. 55. 110-112 Center Street. ters of the American Revolution, Fair
mont, W. Va, was placed on
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1913. the grave of Abel Jones, a Revolu-
tionary war soldier, by the Jerry
Jones post of the Grand A :
s = ab rmy of the U. M.
The Mexican Problem. Republic. “The post was named for Pittsbu
tip i. : erry, who starved to death in the H q x rT.
A critical point is approaching In this nation’s relations with | Salisbury prison, c E.D.
: : : : H e as e WwW town vi
Mexico. Huerta has declared himself Dictator, and the opposing Mersey uly 5 years old, reads B.J
sy : A . e second reader, is WwW k S ( ) La
deputies in his country are imprisoned. The former President died | numbers and writes a fair bons tn €eEKS On weaters an omforts hw
at the hands of assassins while under the protection of the govern- | remarkable record of Master Lester b . . Rev.
ment. It has been a difficult matter ever since to convince the Soroush, Son > Edwin Foreman of ecause of the Immense stock whi h gi
world that, that crime was not committed, to say the least, with the | iast term 158 ® stienged the sonool . C Virgil
k d ; > y ? : rm 158 days in an eight months’ I h : : : Mend
nowledge of Huerta. These deputies are evidently in dire peril. |term in Foreman's school, in Derry purc ase 1n t ese lines I V ® pes
Our government has spoken through the Secretary of State, JoTaain, about two miles south of se ave Fran}
demanding that the lives of the representatives of Mexico must not Tn mga B you the bene fit of myv lar e Ic ase os
be imperiled ey wn.—Between the 2 P u Thon
. ; : ; rora and Conecocheague moun-
The lawlessness continues, life 1s unsafe. a dictator governing tains, in Jackson township, Perry coun- an am prepared to still ive y the "ies |
with a high hand, and while the government has exercised patience re i rr you 3 ou € days of
. : . : a thrifty little settle- d 1 :
yet there is a limit to the reckless waste of life and the wanton de- | ment, known as Allcorn’s Orchard. It aavan ag e---a vantag e 1n Sweat Vas
struction of property. is said that Commodore Allcorn, who : ers Mrs.
The great law in behalf of humanity will assert itself and the ue pm a an and Comforts. But more than th : pik
strong arm for the suffering and the oppressed will eventually be settlement. There re us. 1 : 18, I friends
raised. the “orchard” and on these four farms Se 1 everything to We ar--for 1f Sok
Can the neighbering Republic solve its own problen? It is be- Were Sood farm buildings, Desides a \ yourse Wass!
ginning to look as if the real crisis were near at hand. nn 79m by waisr Yawer: Zoday your wife 0 j 2 ye
Et iy ce vacant ox os , your son and your daugh- be
np ~~ TT alls.—Walking into a room f >
G d R d where her husband was seated talk- ter. y shelves were Puen
00 oadas. ing fo several nefgnbory, Mrs. Aletha never so ull Be
Toye . : : Villiams, aged 20, a brid » 9 TS.
The fifty-million dollar bond issue is a live question and will be | drank poison and died ro i my stock never SO com lete m V 1 Noe
discussed in town and country until the people have the opportunity late Es This was her third attempt to e ne Pp 9 y arl- were 1
i to express themselves at the polls. Then according to th i t Ve IM gre
i % y e Ameri-| North wk : arg ] Ti.
» can habit they will abide by the decision of the will of the people. | has i oe a Bott €, Sty €S never SO a busir
J The people generally want good roads, its economic value is gener | Sunbury and Susquehanna Street Rail. up-to-date, a Nn d m y PI ices V r ¥riday
: ally recognized, but there is evidently much opposition to the bond Way So In order to correct. alleged o ne © weie SO v bi
issue ‘because there is much distrust in the handling of so large a|the ER nee es attractive as now. oe gue
sum nf money. That appears to be the biggest objection which the | Poroush authorities claim that the : A. 0:
opponents of the bond issue have. The advocates of the measure | s1ong th has not maintained the street Mi
: : I'€ | along the right of way i i M ] ry o
y in a satisfac- J °
furnish many and plausible reasons why the measure should meet | tory manner. Council is also Foor ale y clerks " 11 bé Pp leased to wait on ou oe
the approval of the voters. This is a vast sum that the state con- ing: against a 30-minute schedule for Visit my store, lo ok ov 1 you. « on
templates spending. The handling of the money implies big busi- fhe Mone part of town, When a 15 ish , . £7 the stock, whether you Pe
ness, and while the people have had experience in seeing large sums Fr Stull Was stinulsisd by fhe Wis to b uy or not. : s rs
handled by the state in which graft on a large scale was evident, it| Harrisburg.—The next convention of and i
i is clearly evident that much machinery must be put into operation |, Lost Pennsylvania Synod of the br
! to carry out the plan in case of i i i uthersn church, will be held here ac: ? ; i
most dey ion d hi 2loption under the wisest and | cording to a vote taken at the synodi- FAIR Dealing . iy
¢ p , and then shou d it not be wisely expended | cal convention held in Asbury Park. AID DL FAIR Treatment repurn
and large sums be turned into private gain, would be an unnecess- | soc sr, 200 ministers and lay dele- feast Shying > , No. 3.
ary burden on the people. gates will attend the sessions here . FAIR Prices Baliim
S tho bond | : during the first week of October next FAIR Selling ’ Mr.
uppose the bond issue is approved and the ‘money judiciously |¥**" - FAIR Merchandise Sanda)
| expended with the knowledge we have of road building, will the re- |; Mercer Por. ne. Joss of eb arin and A —— ’ broths
$ sults of road building be what we expect ? 182 a Pond Dae : > orgy hardy ——— —— in
¢ : y uit against the National - : : isiti
} Pennsylvania for many years has held a very jprimitiveplace leable Castings Co. for $50,000 ak yisitin,
i 50 far as roads are concerned, and Somerset county is perhaps no| two Hie Wis embloved 91 (Ae plant i :
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worse or no better than the rest of the communities and counties of some wheels by ne fava mw 1W0 of
the state, although when the mountainous districts are considered | Putler——Contending that the ordi- gifyes
there seems a reasonable excu i Ae nance under which Supervi - Miss
se for bad roads in many localities, |; Dervisor of bub A
due to our present road making system, but there is not a term of I ors ii 5 clus 1s . ; 9 a
: : : " s illegal, 150 citizens peti- Sand
court that Jb DYSS dent judge of the county does not have some | tioned council to abolish the Es It J
supervisor before him on account of poor roads. W. i is alleged the office is unn Y ‘Ar
s e only in re ecessary. our 8 Im nt BR 3 ith
years have learned to make good roads and have not foo rs x 3 ET Ig fie Tublic ’ H en an c cite Up on bua
spend money. The good roads that are now made are splendid for the a toy do = He bh | = ig
side pb oA 3
roads for horsg and wagon. Roads as they are now made cost the ours. "The board of directors have We are sh | gril
state something like $13,000 per mi adopted the Oregon idea, with a view owin of las
have reached th $13,000 per mile. It appears that at last we |to increasing interest in manual la 11) E53
= ache L e period when road making is pretty well mastered | Por: Marks will be based on the effi y th e [ ove [ les t ae
Si ut this is not the age of wagons only; it is the auto- cient and rapid manner in which the / ) for Th
obile age as well, or at least the beginni Seryices are Perfovned, and the moth. :
: , ng of the aut i ned, J. 3
ET a a A 21s of the pupils will fix the percent: er aavance sty és No. 1
3 . en ac oy or girl. i i
In wagon travel, is after all not enduring the test for automobiles, | _\ 2shington. — Washington’s new % you ever saw town
is generally admitted thata road where automobiles make it| 310500. was wai tats commiedion. . a
their highway does not last 1 ake it | $10,600, was put into commission / : : and 4
ast more than two or three years The furnace w tod wi ri t now eet Vi
Thirteen thousand doll e 8 5 was started with 20 wa- ° 7 Im,
1h ars a mile for a road lasting but two years | 80210848 of garbage, including a vast 3 A
18 Bore to be an immense drain on the taxpayers which will cause Sumnily of tin cans and old bottles. iE on his
complaints without num ; t The initial test proved satisfactory. lled
Le : : ber and an intolerable burden, Carlisie—~When the auto he was a
: . - : : hd : : . driving, collided with a telegraph pole a E
The system of good road making now in vogue is not of such a! Rdward Rrooks of Lexington, Ky., wag AKE this chic and
nature that it can withstand,the wear and tear of rain and the | dashed through the windshield ang Buttes, k : friend
automobile. In the great question before the state for passing the oy a gitention Pievented aim utterick design, Raf;
bond 1ssue measure, there ought also be implied the road making HE ee ‘NEN forinstance. You fons
that carries with it some semblance of permanency. If our data |i# & brother of H. C. Brooks of Mar- VAP _— can have the blouse Bow
are approximately correct, viz that it costs from $10,000 to $15,000 | {1 2s2rE: one of the contractors on | IN “~ "and tunics in chiff busine
: : ; the sewage system being installed | = In cnirion
for every mile of road making, and the roads used for automobiles | here. At the time of the accident “oh the der: . : Week,
jast only obout two years, then some better method and some bet- | Mrs. Brooks, the mother, was with | } Ha ; under section of Mr.
ter material should be used than at the present time. Iiet us now Be i oe car, but escaped with | | the skirt in satin and the trimming of fe)
1 mjuries, f ’ ‘ 181
remember that the good roads as we now have them are good| Rochester—C. H. Heutherm, afb | swan's-down. We have the exact mate- Miss
wagon roads but totally deficient so far as good and permanent | 23, Pittsburg, a traveling salesman, | rials you want for thi . ‘Ohio,
roads for automobiles. was injured probably fatally when he | Fas. 1S stunning frock. relatiy
7 tala s vise was struck by an automobile, ewrned : pd son, 0
The people want good roads, are, we take it, willing to pay for | ana driven by Dr. Harry W. Bern- | ou Mr
good roads, but the material ought to be such that roads w hardy of Rochester. R BUTTERI ®
g en once ; DE- ed hor
made at so great an expense, ought to last for years with com- ne ey ni PARTMENT is showing all the smart BrLeY
paratively little expense in repairing. tled a damage. suit between them in | . martest, there
twee a A ?
Sw on amici manner Cant owned 3 Revo advance styles. Call and get the Mr.
YES the Athletics are in a class by themselves,and it is observ- De i i having You see the atest B ul erick Fashion Sheet FREE. ; bide
ed that the Pirates have lots of company; but there is only one re- | been in his family for more than a Jon. can feel ih > f 1 your own eyes, you behold the charm and beauty of it montt
al Connie Mack century. The company exercised its y Tee e softness of the texture with your own fingers: ou k : y Cn ;
‘ ! right of eminent domain and Carl can even take the goods to your own home and compare a the Drices) yn g
Y ere e——— sued for damages. The price of settle 3 BE fay an rices wi imilar § ; yhere t
It looksas if the West Virginia congressional district which e- | ment is not known, but it is ssid tost RE Fifi Te noun, ond yes 40 net find my merchandise bo >. i, as EP aiden
lected a congressman recently, is willing to give the new Tariff law | Car! received more moucy than was || 8% my prices lower, on an average, than you have been payi de weoks
a fair chance ever before paid for Herndon prop- bring my goods back and get your money. / baying, why, then just ko Mrs
La . erty. I want you t itely certair , ; ] ho
Curfew time is 8:00 o’clock at night, but-- Hoilidaysburg.—Mathias Stehle, a and t t 3 0 be absolutely certain that you are getting what you need to wear : ng
—— mm A md a ed mei ANNI rominent building sociati flici n o eat, at‘the lowest possible cost to you Y I 7€ - 3 y ol .
D ilding association official 2 7 > J uu have a perfect ol inf 3 Quilln
: : | DO Lr, Lon 1 president of a |] mation, Give me a trial on those conditions. You need right to that inior- 1 Mi
Foley Kidney Pills Succeed. | Killed by Flying Splinter. German singing society, was convict NEW DRESSES, UNDERWEAR, HOSERY Bl; 3 2 new COAT, two or more y i”
| A curious donth Detall a anid at S ed here on a charge of embezzling SHOE y Es , ANKETS and COMFORTS E Bien
—_— | rious de ehildat Bt 1°. oe ne Dy S, CARPETS, LINOLEUMS, OIL, CL.OT 7 , a Golde
Becarse they are ah honestly made | Dis, Prance, the offer day. A men $15,000 belonging to his minor son, ire = : ] ) LOTH. You need groceries too Just : |
medicine that relieves promptly the was cutting up tree trunks for firing. John H Srens Sisile confessed on ¢ Y. ny suggestion once. ot will be satisfied with your verdict = k p pore
suffering due to weak, inactive kid- He was splitting some of the large na Hh be ii Suen mE —- rm | Me.
3 nerd badd bi ones by boring a hole, putting in a lit- dered 75,000 of other people’s money. . of Mc
neys and painful bladc er action. |, gunpowder, and explod! He A Columbia.—More than 2,100 hunters’ 3
They offer a powerful help to na-| gr] of eight ntohal eg b licenses were issued in this county, : i = 34 the
ture in building up the true excreting | hind a first-floor Iho hich among the number being one woman. Mrs
kidney tissue, in restoring normal ac- | Suddenl , - | One out of every eighty persons in the . i Broad
E Be nam : y a trunk exploded, and & | .ouito is now qualified to hunt game F.J
son and relieving bladder discom- |splinter flew up, smashed through the y 15 nov ined to on ory Sib S ¥ 7 = :
forts. TRY THEM. Sold by all Deal- Window, and pierced the child's & | 2 rather remarkable record for Lan- | SUCCESSOR TO AP [ ] trip .t
> uh ea . | She died mediately. child’s heart. | caster, where game is not plentiful. | Elli PEL, & GLESSNER 5 return
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