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[Registered at the Fostofhee at Meyersdale,
THE MEYERSDALE COMMERCIAL,
A. M. SCHAFFNER, Editor and Proprietor.
Pablisbed Every Tharsday in the Year at $1.50 Per Year Cash
Phone No. 55. 110-112 Center Street.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 29. 1914
Advertising Pays.
The season immediately following the Christmas holidays has
usually been counted as the dull season in the stores, but a new
policy has been adopted in recent years. Instead of laying goods
aside that' were unsold, for the riext season, the live up-to-date
business firms, in clothing, dry goods, etc., move the remaining
stock off their hands at unusual bargains, with unusually good re-
sults, and the particular method which they adopt, along with cut
prices, is extensive newspaper advertising. They have long ago
learned that advertising pays.
Boost Business Enterprises.
Much is being said-about new industries and new business. A
community should always feel hopeful and grateful when a new
industry is being established. It means more work for more peo-
ple, it means more money will be in the -community and conse-
quently the material welfare will be enhanéed. A warm welcome
should be tendered every creditable industry that is brought to any
community, and every possible help should be rendered, but no in-
dustry that already exists should be ignored, nor should such busi-
ness be made light of. Let all new business be welcomed and en-
couraged, and all old business be given the proper support and en-
couragement, The community ‘fares best when all her business
prospers. Boost old and new, boost, and don’t knock. ;
Fulfilling Pledges.
The administration at Washington is determined to make his-
tory. The tariff had'been undertaken courageously, and the prom-
ised reductions had been made and there is no political party in
this country today, and never will be, that will have the effrontery:
to restore the tariff again to a condition of licensed roobery, which
produced the Andrew Carnegies.
The currency bill was next considered and after a long and de-
termined opposition a change was made and in the final test, mem-
bers of all parties gave it their support, so that it can be counted
as a big improvement in our monetary system. Whatever defects
may appear legislation of a minor character will remedy.
Now the trusts. When the Sherman anti-trust law was adopt-
ed there was a belief that a great advance in legislation had been
made. The Sherman law appears largely in the good intention, for
the trusts never flourished as they did when the Sherman law was
in full operation. It is believed that by remedying the defects of
the Sherman law the demands of the public will be met.
Quietly, but persistently the administration has set about doing
its work, and fulfilling its promises. The new laws have not been
fully tested to learn their merits or demerits, but the merit is due
the administration in fulfilling it8 pledges and interpreting correct-
ly the letter and spirit of platform promises which President Taft
failed to do, especiallywith reference to the tariff. All still remem-
ber that tariff revision in the days, of Taft meant but one thing,
viz downward, but when the law became effective it was learned
that the tariff had been increased and all tariff speeches in defense
of that measure, were apologies which did not satisfy and found
their condemnation in the progressive opposition and ip a demo-
cratie president, democratic senate and democratic house. =
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Another View of Petitions.
The license question still agitates Towanda and Sayre. Fol-
lowing the holding up of twenty-two licenses for various reasons
comes the afterinath. The liquor men and their friends have
started a boycott on the remonstrants and other complainants.
Every man who signed a remonstrance against Sayre or Towanda
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liking of tha liguor forces. Lt tins sis
|. The yemonstrants who aie being boycotted :
thiCaten to. boycott the merchants who signed the
made the granting of forty-seven licenses possible.
While the greater part of the population of Towanda was dis-
cussing the situation, there appeared in public a four-page pamiph-
By the for men |
Petitions and’
let giving the names of all the license applicants in Towanda and | guy man can scare ‘em off who makes
the names of the men who signed the petitions making it possible
for the court to grant the licenses. Sixteen of the eightee appli-
cations for licenses in Towanda borough were granted, and the
temperance forces claim that had it not been for the sig#®rs of the
petitions, not one license would have been granted. J
On the first page of the folder appears the following, signed
by the Rev. A. E. Hall, Ph. D., pastor of the First Methodist
Episcopal Church, of Towanda: : -
““The voice of the supreme court of the, Usiited States has fo
all times clarified the atmosphere as to the e¢firestion of individual
rights in the retail liquor business. The detiston handed down in
the Christensen case, twenty-three years ago, reads in part as
follows:
«* “Phere is no inherent right to sell intoxicating liquors by re-
tail.’ It is not apprivilege of a citizen of the state or of the United
States.’
“Therefore, special legislation is necessary to make the. busi-
pess possible. In Pennsylvania 1t is made legal only when tweive
reliable citizens shall petition to the court that a certain man be
privileged to sell liquor. These twelve men are the originators of
the business which is, of course, to be run under highly restricted
conditions, ?
“Tt is to be hoped that these twelve men who originate the
business in our town will be held responsible for the damage it
does; all the murders, thefts, pauperism, broken hearts, ruined
homes and worthless young men. The liability act in some states,
making every business responsible forinjuries done by it, is already
causing tremendous judgments against the saloon and its sup-
porters.—A. E. HALL.”
Mr. Hall’s declaration is causing great uneasiness among the
license petition signers. For many of the applications there are
but twelve petitioners, and théy feel that the Kev. Mr. Hall and
the temperance forces are going to hold them responsible for ‘all
the damage done by ‘‘l >’ during the next license year.
ENDING OF SEA FEUD
By J. C. PLUMMER.
! task undertaken by the monks of the | can often be attributed to .a lack of
famous St. Bernard hospice usually Water.
ruin the health of these originally |
| robust men in the brief spell of 15 |
| years, when they return to Martigny
Keep plenty of water befors the
The hard climate and the perilous | ducks. Sudden death among the ducks
Strenuous Life In 8t. Bernard. | Meek Men. 7 Ee |
If you want to find a picture of true
humility, hunt up a railroad president,
Between the money kings on the one
side and the labor barons on the
other, he feels like going on a dollag
excursion.—Philadelphia Ledger.
Frequent dumping and burning of
nesting materials will thin out vermin
“Let him go. To hades with his
bloomin’ knife. Let the dago loose,”
and Tom Bradd struggled to free him-
self from the grasp of two brawny
sailors who held him. Mr. Buck, the
lean, sinewy mate, had his arms in-
terlaced about Nicola’s waist, utterly
unmindful of the cruel looking stiletto
shaking in the powerful Italian's hand.
Captain Newton advanced to the
main hatch, his long, patriarchal beard
falling to his waistband.
“Stop it, gall darn ye, stop it,” he
thundered. “I'm short handed now,
and I won't have any man killing on
this here hooker. Batten down your
feelin’s, you two fellers, till you get to
Rio Grande, and then you can chop
each other into bits and devil take
what’s left, but there's to be no chop-
pin’ on the Apollo.”
The two sailors released Bradd, who
recommenced the work he had stopped
to fight Nicola, and the Italian, find-
ing himself free from the mate’s hold,
walked dignifiedly forward and went
below. The crisis had been passed,
temporarily at least.
What begun the feud be the
men no one knew. It existed when
they shipped in New York and they
had spat hate at each other during the
voyage, but this was the first time
an actual “collision had ‘been threat-
ened. . ” ’
“It's only put oft,” remarked ' old
Ned, oracularly; “blood’ll fly yet.”
There “were several days of bright
sunshine, calm sea and cloudless sky,
and on one of these mornings the}
mate ordered Nicola to some duty on
the fore-topgallant yard. The Italian
looped: a line about his neck and grip- |
ping a marline spike in his teeth
climbed the weather rigging. Just]
as he swung himself over the top he
lost his hold and fell like a plummet |
into the sea.
“Man overboard,” yelled O'Neill,
who was at the wheel, and he flung a
life buoy over the rail.
The skipper was on deck in one
jump.
“Heave her to,” he shouted.
“Braces,” came sharp and curt from
the mate, and the men hurried to
obey, casting glances aft.
“He’s a goner,” exclaimed Mr. Buck.
“No, there he is,” said sharp-eyed
O'Neill, pointing over the lee quar-
ter, and there, sure enough, was a
black speck, the hedd of Nicola. He
was swimming, but slowly and labori-
ously.
The brig had been brought to and
the boat ready, when a cry came from
the poop. :
“Hi, hi! Shark, see him!”
Abeam was the triangular fin of a
shark cutting the water as it made a
straight course for Nicola,
pot publish it.—The Tatler. i
to conclude their days. Even the Wonderfully. Smoke out the nest boxes _——
dogs are at intervals sent to Martigny over the fire thus made. # Not Numerous. .
for a yest. | ss A true Christian is one who can ame
‘Whitewash is cheap and easily pre-
: | pared. By the use of a coal oil emul-
Not for Publication sion from ti
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You may print a kiss, but you’ must | of the vermin rips oat
sured.
ree reese remem.
Question in Etiquette.
Does a king ever answer the teles
phone? :
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“It’s all up,” muttered the mate;
“nothing can save him now.”
There was a splash, and to our as.
tonishment Bradd had leaped over |!
board and was swimming fiercely. He
lay a course which must bring him
between the shark and Nicola.
Having laid a right angled course
Bradd gained on the shark, which was
swimming in a straight line for the
Italian and was a cable’s: length
ahead of the fish when he reached a
line with the slowly swimming Nicola,
and then he seemed seized with con-
vulgions. He splashed the water with
his hands and legs, reminding one of
the actions of a duck which has
reached a pond after a long, dry land
journey. His motions were so violent
that the sea frothed about him, and
the shark was evidently as surprised
at thesg evolutions as was the crew of
the Apollo. Obviously they were not
to his taste, for he darted off in 2n
opposite direction. By. this Hite the
boat Bnd been lowered ahd In a half |
hor both men were aboard the brig.
“4% qiin’t think you Were that big a
fool to risk your fe for a dago who's
hungry to put & knife. in you,” re
marked Ned, ¥éproachfully.
_ “Risk!” ‘exclaimed Bradd; “there
wasn’t aay. If youd been in the In-
dian @e¥an you'd. know the ghark is
the Biggest coward that swims and
‘a big splutter in the water, and then
I hate the bloody things and I'll balk
‘em of & meal any day.”
Not a word had Nicola spoken to
anyone since he had been brought on
board, but now he came out of the
forecastle and approached Bradd. He
held out to him the. stiletto with the
hilt toward his enemy.
“Keep your bloomin’ knife,” sald
Bradd, and the broad, freckled face
broke into a smile.
In that most monotonous and very
dirty Brazilian town, Rio Grande, do
Sul, two very drunken men walked
arm and arm down towards the quay.
Orne sang a coster song in ‘a deep bass
and the other in a screechy tenor a
barcarole. They were Bradd and
Nicola, and the sea feud was at an
end.
(Copyright by Daily Story Pub. Co.)
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Rabbit Wrecks Railroad Motor,
General Roadmaster A. A. Miller of
the Iron Mountain system was recent-
ly taken to the company’s hospital in
St. Louis suffering from a compound
fracture of the left arm, cuts on his
jaw and ear and internal injuries. He
was riding on a railway motor car
near Knobel, Ark., when a rabbit, leap-
| ing across the track, was caught in the
| wheels of the car. The car was de
| railed. Three other men on the car
| also were injured.
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| Plan to Reduce Cost of Living.
| Milwaukee working girls are or
ganizing co-operative buying clubs to |
| ppduce the cost of living.
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YOU SHOULD ATTEND THE
Clearance Carnivz
Glessner's Department Store.
It’s a glorious®opportunity to secure extraordinary bargains for immediate
use—A REAL CARNIVAL OF BARGAINS.
New Spring Goods Enter Into This Sale This Week.
Our new Carpets, Curtains, Mattings, Linoleums ; also Spring Dress Fabrics of
all sorts which have arrived before théir time— WHITE GOODS, together with
LACES and EMBROIDERIES, are now on display. You get the benefit. It will
certainly be of great prcfit for you to study the buying advantages offered you here in
these lines of merchandise. Quotations will prove it that at no other place in town will
you find such a wonderful array of low prices for high grade goods.
BARGAINS IN DRUGS
Hood's Sarsaparilla, regular price $1.00, here 6oc. Honey-Tolu, regular price,
25c, here 15c. Witch Hazel Extract, rogular price 25¢, here 15¢C. i
Muco Solvent. best specific for the prevention and cure of contagious diseases,
also coughs and colds, regular price 25c, here 15c. ;
Gilbert's Emulsion Cod Liver Oil, with Hypophosphates of lime and Soda, reg-
ular soc, here 32c. :
Dr. Fahrney’s Teething Syrup, regular 25¢, here 15¢.
Gilbert's Syrup of Squills, useful in Infants’ Pronchitis.
adults, here at 7c. - :
Paskola—a flesh forming food for thin, pale people, regular soc, here at 3oc,
Mellin’s Food for babies, regular 75c, here at 52c. :
Sanford’s Mixture for cholera morbus, cramps, etc., regular 25c, here 15¢
tor's Infan Relief, regular, 25c, here 15c. . Kilmer's (Indian) Cough Cure, regular
soc here 3oc. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, regular 25¢, here 2 for 25c. Para-
goric, regular 10c, here 2 for 1oc. Durkee’s Essence Cinnamon, 2 for 10c. Godfrey's
Cordial, 2 for 1oc. Agent for ‘MAGIC SEAL.”
GOOD COFFEE, 16c.
ALBERT S. GLESSN ER,
MEYERSDALE, PA.
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