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THE MEYERSDALE COMMERCIAL,
‘A. M. SCHAFFNER, Editor and Proprietor.
Pablisbed €very Tharsday in the Year at $1.80 Per Year Qash
Phong No. 55. 110-112 Center Street.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1913
White House Wedding.
The wheels of the nation were about stopped when the par
age of the president’s daughter was solemized. Itisa splendi i
dication of the true American spirit, when such general interes is
manifest in nhe marriage of a young woman, as was shown this
‘week, and the president, the first man of the land, whose word car-
ries weight, was largely ignored while the White House was being
‘transformed and the preparations for the interesting event were a
progress. Such occasions form on interesting interruption int .
nation’s serious work,and the people generally are keenly intereste
“yin a social event of such prominence. The nation’s hearty good
will goes out to the new made bride and groom. :
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Gress Choice Of All Parties.
The Johnstown Tribune and the Meyersdale Republican have
interesting conflicting views with reference to the election of. Val.
entine Gress as burgess of Meyersdale. While He Fribune consid-
ers only ‘the political question involved, the Republican is disposed
to get religion and politics mixed in its views and that is a bad mix-
unate one: Br
a and Catholios are living side by ‘side in this great,
free country and religious prejudices have been the bane of many
lands in the past, The twentieth century should try to see good in
all men, regardless of religious beliefs and political bias.
We predict for the incoming burgess, Valentine Gress, an ad-
ministration free from religous bigotry and political bias, broad
and humane, and yet an administration that shall be vigorous and
refreshing, an administration where the burgess sits on the throne
and no man behind the seat of power dictating his course.
Mexico Still Entangled.
ia still wrestling with the great problem, while the
Ty adopted the Fabian policy and delaying
any decisive steps. The Rebels have made much progress and the
struggle still goes on. Vera Cruz is on the firing line and from that
ancient town which has been identified with much that makes up
history in our country may again have an important part in the final
SRO] They say Huerta is under the blight.
iag influence of liquor at all times, that he is an irresponsible per-
Bonage. The report has also ‘gained current that Mexico
has sent fous representatives to Japan in order to get the
prestige and support in case the United States declares war
against Mexico. Whatever truth is in these reports, our country
is going carefully, and if the government believes it tobe her moral
duty to intecvene, she “will take that step whether Huerta be
drunk or sober, whethe: Japan is hostile or friendly, or whether
the whole world is against har. |
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County Institute.
Institute is in annual session, the schools of the county are all
closed, the teachers are all supposed to be in attendance at the
county institute. Directors from every district are supposed to at
tend the directors’ convention. Some of the best instructors in the
11nd are giving the institute the benefit of their talents concentrated
on some particuiar topic, some of the best entertainers are on hand
to amiisé and entertain the institute. All the foregoing propositi-
ons are admitted. Did you ever ask yourself the question whether
or not it pays, Viewed from a money point of view institute is an
expensive method in vogue, but perhaps the more important ques-
tion is, does it pay in the way of helping the teachers to do better
work in their schools and consequently benefiting the school and
the community.
To say ns county institutes should be abolished, one would
of our learned men. The conscientious teacher attending institute
undergoes a strain which is contrary to the idea of all our modern
school training, viz., that the sound body is vitally involved in the
idea of an education, and yet from early in the morning till near
midnight every night for a whole week isa tremendous tax of energy
ofevery school teacher,and a week of so strenuous a life is not a fit-
ting preparation for school work the following Monday. When you
think of the wisdom of the instructors, teaching general prin-
ciples on broad general lines, the instructor is not. applical to one
school out of fifty.-What may be good for a city school may be very
much out of place in the rural mountainous district, what is good in
a country school may be much out of place in a city or large town
school, but here they speak in general terms about general schools
and as a consequence the instructors’ work proves to be impracti-
able.
The general teaching is for the general school, while we need
the particular teaching for the particular school. Meyersdale’s school
board was moving in the right direétion when she brought special
teachers to instruct teachers in their particular departments, that
is the work that brings results to the schools. .
County institutes are an institution in existence, but until they
are of such a mature that they can really carry their influence into
the school room, théy fall far short of accomplishing their purpose.
As it is, the money expended is large, the physical strength of
the teacher is heavily taxed, the children of the county are deprived
of schooling at a time of the year when they are of little service in
the home.
= BoosT the town in order that we may land some business en-
terprises and have a prosperous and substantial town.
Now is the time to think of your Christmas needs and do your
Christmas shopping.
BILLY SUNDAY is an adept at making them hit the trail at]
Johnstown. |
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Over the State
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Western Newsparer Union News Service.
Leechburg.—The First Presbyterian
church has been notified by Rev. Or-
ville J. Hutchinson of Ellwood, Ind.
that he will accept the call to that
church.
Mt. Pleasant.—-The Rainey school
has been closed because of the out-
break of scarlet fever. There has
been one death.
Charleroi.—It is claimed that un-
less quick actich Is taken tne coffer
dam at lock 16 and a portion of the
river dam will be washed away as a
result of the last rise.
Confluence.—Frank Johnson, col-
ored, and declared to be a vicious
character, has been lodged in jail after
going through the village firing a
pistol and driving everybody from the
streets.
Latrobe.—Harry Hankey, aged 23, a
Derry brakeman, fell from a car and"
had both legs crushed by a. passing
train. : :
New Castle.—All shipping clerks at
the New Castle Iron & Steel Co.'s
plant were given notice of a layoff.
No explanations were given,
Greenville.—William Beckstein, aged
18, committed suicide by shooting
himself through the head with a
rifle in a haymow where he was work-
ing.
Washington.—James W. Rush, a
wealthy merchant of Millsboro,
charged with the murder of Charles
Rogge, a former state trooper, on Oc-
tober 15, was placed on trial in crim-
inal court. District Attorney R. G.
Miller said the commonwealth was
seeking a verdict of murder in the
first degree.
Washington.—The jury in the case
of Joseph Coleman, charged with kill-
ing his stepson, Erasmus Stewart, at
Marianna last August 30, returned a
verdict finding Coleman guilty of in-
voluntary manslaughter, but recom-
mended him to the extreme mercy of
the court. Judge James Inghram of
Greene county directed the jury to
retire and prepare a new verdict. The
jury then brought in a verdict of vol-
untary manslaughter.
Alsoona.—Dr. J. M. Sheedy, acting
on behalf of Margaret A. V. Doran,
known in the religious. world as Sister
M. Josephine, swore out warrants
here for Antonio Conti, correspondent
of the Star of Italy, published at
Greensburg, and Antonio Bufano, Gui-
seppe Agugia, Tony Demay, Nick Lon-
go and Stanislao Cipriani, officers of
the company, charging them with
libel.
Philadelphia.—The largest amount
ever asked in a suit of its kind in tha
country is asked in the sum of $200,-
000 by Mrs.. Georgiana Burdick Tower,
who declares she is the wife of Char-
lemagne Tower, jr., and who has sued
harlemagne Tower, sr., for alleged
alienation of the affections of his son.
She declares she was married to
young Tower in New Haven, Conn.,
in June, 1911, while he was a ‘student
in a New England university,
Freeport.—Joseph Fahey of Oil City,
an express messenger on ‘the Alle-
gheny Valley division of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad, probably otves his life
to a pond of water along the track.
As his train approached Aldrich sta-
tion, Fahey started to drag a heavy
basket to the open doorway of the car.
The basket handle broke and Fahey
fell backward from the train, which
was going at 40 miles an hour. He
fell in the pond of water. Except for
a drenching he eséaped unhurt,
Philadelphia.—A. bath and a good
breakfast for three cents for improp-
erly nourished ehildren of the open
air class at the Durham public school
in this’ city will be provided by the
Home and School league. This an-
nouncement was made by the lunch-
eon committee of the league. Soon
after the children arrive at school
they will b#é given the bath and then
served with breakfast. The menu will
be changed each day, one of the break-
fasts consisting of creamed fish on
toast, milk and bananas. :
Pittsburg. — Rev. Dr. Homer C.
Stuntz, Methodist Episcopal bishop of
South America, in an address ‘here,
declarad that South America, morally,
was ‘the rottenest,” and commercial-
ly, the “best field in the world today.”
“South America is bankrupt for moral
and spiritual leadership. Thousands
upén thousands are turning to athe-
ism and agnosticism in despair of re- |
ligion,” he declared. - ‘Bishop’ Stuntz
believes that the opening of the Pana-
ma canal will start a flow of immi-
grants to South America.
Coudersport.—The * settlement . of |
more than 200 suits against the Bay-
less Pulp & Paper Co. of Austin, Pa.,
that grew from the breaking of a dam
two years ago and a flood that cost 80
lives is being sought at conferences
here. It is said that 80 per cent of
the claimants, who seek more than
$400,000 of the $550,000 represented in
claims filed, have signed papers ac-
cepting from 10 to 50 per cent of the
amounts of their claims.
Connellsville—Patrick J. Tormay,
superintendent of the Trotter plant of
the H. C. Frick Coke Co., and one of
the cldest employes of the big corpo-
ration, has concluded 25 years’ service
and has retired from active duty.
Dubois. — The indications are that
within the next day or two the strike
of the miners employed by the Cas-
cade Coal & Coke Co. at Tyler, Clear-
field county, in which about 600 men
are involved, will be settled as all the
employes have been admitted to the
union save only two, and the indica-
tions that they will become unionized,
which action will settle the strike
Preparing Trees for Winter. |
“During the mild weather of fall
and the early part of the winter is the |
to prepare trees to pass through the |
winter without injury from certain
causes,’ said State Zoologis, H. A.
Surface, at his office in Harrisburg, re- |
cently.
Professor Surface said that there is |
great advantage in mounding’ trees |
with earth around them before the |
‘manent freezing of the ground for win- |
ter. He has had considerable experi-
ence with this work, and now practi- |
ces this method in his own bdrchard. |
The grass and leaves around the trees
should be drawn away with a rake or
hoe, and with a long-handled spade
that will let the workmen reach undey
the trees. The earth should be piled
around the top in a cone to the height
of four or six inches. The reason ‘or
drawing away the very loose earthand
organic material, such as grass, weeds
and leaves, at the surface befors cov-
ering the earth and the mound fs that
if this is not done, ‘mice will work
under the‘'mound and gnaw the trees
beneath it. If the earth is yell com-
pacted and not placed on’ rubbish,
there is almost no danger fom their
burrowing through it.
One great advantage of the mound-
ing is that it continues aloye the or-
dinary surface of the snoy, and asthe
mice do not come above/the snow to
feed, it generally gives protection.
The same results as pounding trees
are to be obtained bAs~amping down
the snow after eacksnowfall, so that
it is so firm that the mice will not at-
tempt to burrow tarough it.
The mice’ whick do this damage are
the Short-tailed meadow mice proper-
ly known as Vokes, and often wrongly
called Ground moles, which are seen
in abundance Mm fields and orchards
where there if much vegetation.
Their smogh winding runways just
at the surface of the ground are well
known.
‘to dig into’ or perforote the ground
and gnawat the trunk.
poisoning them by putting poison into
their holes. There is a Farmers’ Bul-
letin en poisoning such rodents, and
publiseed by the U. S. Department
of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.,
which can be obtained free of charge
by writing for it. Itis much better to
prevent the damage by such pests
t or remedy it by bridge grafting, as|
was done by some orchardists in this
State last spring.
In addition to keeping mice from
| the the trees firmly in place, keeping
| them from swaying in the wind, and| Two Concrete Form Builders. About
| family of four grown-up people for |
Fortune, by Caecilius Nepos, tribune.”
Semetimes they go so far as |!
It is a good :
plan to prepare for the-winter by |!
than to be obliged to attempt to cure | §
gnawing the trdes, the mounds hold | Wanted
especially prevent the formation of | six weeks work. Apply to, Johns-
| loose holes down the sides of the trunk | town Construction Co., Garrett, Pa.
where water can enter and forming |
ice to the injury of the iroes: FOLEY KIDNEY PILLS
— FOR BACKACHE KIDNEYS AND BLADDER
Furnished Rooms Wanted for a| —————————e
A $25.00
VALUE FOR
$4.08
A $25.00 Talking Machine
for $4.98 cash and $25.00
worth of our cash coupons,
which we give with every
2 cash sale. Come around
The Salisbury Cometery Co, arell 0" coe and hear the ma-
selling desirable lots at an economi- . :
cal price. John J. Livengood, Pres- chine. WN lg
fesse," at | THORLEY'S DRUG STORE,
and Treasurer. mech 18-14
Centre St., next to P. O.,
i ao
A very useful kitchen reminder
MEYERSDALE, PENN’A.
PENSLAR REMEDIES
light house keeping—modern conven-
ience./ Inquire at The Commereial. |
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/Altar Dedicated to Fortune.
Ia the baths of a Roman fort at
present being excavated at Summer-
ston, England, an altar has been un-
earthed “Dedicated to the Goddess
The. baths served the purpose of a
club, where the men would while away
their time by gambling, and the altar
was ne doubt dedicated by the Roman
officer after a particularly fortunate
coup. The inscription on the altar
may lead to important historical con-
clusions.
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given away free with each large
bag of Marvel flour, at
Habel & Phillips. ad
The Home of Quality Groceries
Thanksgiving!
point of view.
The day when the utmost caution and discretion must be used, and
the best judgment exercised in the selection of the viands for the
Thanksgiving Feast.
Success in this respect insures the additional thankfulness of all con-
cerned—the Guest, the Host and Hostess—and the Grocer.
We sell Heinz’s Mince Meat, Catsup, Pickles, Baked Beans, Jelly, etc.
. We are selling a Faney High Grade line of Canned Goods at moderate
prices.
C pour Thanksgiving Dinner will be incomplete without Levering’s
offee.
The most important day of the year from a culinary
IT WILL PAY YOU TO READ OUR PRICES CAREFULLY FOR THIS WEEK.
Good Broom for 25¢ Fancy Salted Salmon, 12lc per 1b.
Large Mustard, 10¢ Large can Pork and Beans, 10c
10 pounds Pearl Hominy, 30c 3 bars good Laundry Soap, 10¢
25c¢ jar best Silver Polish, 15¢ 10c can Cleanser, 5¢
6 pourds Oatmeal, 25¢ 4 pounds good Rice, 25¢
It will pay you to buy your Dates, Figs, Grapes and
Cranberries from us.
F. A. BITINER,
142 Centre treet. Both Phones.
Meyersdale, Pa.
Special 16¢ Ib.
Loose Coffee, elegant
flavor, the better kind.
Splendid reductions
on Women’s and Chil-
dren’s Coats for Christ-
mas Gifts.
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GRAND
AT THE
| Christmas Store
FRIDAY, NOV. 28.
nobody can afford to miss
You are going to remember your friends at Christmas—of course.
time and this is the opportunity for economical,
Come here for
Beautiful Presents .
3 Now is the
satisfactory Christmas buying that
and you will be both pleased and satisfied. w line,
week, 1s bright, clean and fresh and contains the latest in original and novel attractions.
Our New Holiday Stock
This new line, just put on display this
and fair prices.
Big L
offers in great variety really desirable and useful presents for people of all ages and is a.
most popular stock in every respect because of its choice selections, trustworthy values
ine of Dolls and Toys,
any article for you.
as well as the useful and oruamental gift-goods are here in profusion, and the innumer-
able articles of varying price makes the selection of appropriate gifts easy and you can
count on getting exactly the right thing. :
out of this stock, but come at once to make your selections.
By all means come at once. Come and be pleased.
Grand Toy Opening Friday, Nov. 28.
Don't let your neighbors get the best things
A small deposit will hold
Men's gone-buckle
er
Arctics at only $1.25
pair. va; AE sensible
Xmas giftxfor a man.
Alert *N. Glessner,
Men's and Boys’
all - wool Overcoats
way down in price.
Make practical pres-
Suceessor to Appel & Glessner. ents.
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