NE pe ay TRS TT ————————— Veyersdale ommereial. ~—'_|HE GOT THE MACHINE | Kegusteved at the Fostothce at Meyersdale, Fa, as decond-Ciass Mail Matter.] Oe me By ELIZABETH SHEAR. THE MEY ERSDALE COMMERCIAL, A. M. SCHAFFNER, Editor and Proprietor. “Gene Filers has a new automobile,” said Harry Jungles. He had stopped YE ee Pablished Every Tharsday in tbe Year at $1.50 Per Year Cash | his trotter at the gate to the Tramp- hops No. 55 110-112 Seater Street ton farm for the very good reason that ing for the mail man. “Has he?” inquired Pearl with inter- ee — est. Then quite casually she addressed > . : the fence post. /1 should nev—er,” Billy Sunday bas stirred up the whole of Western Pennsylvania, | said she, “marry’ a man whé didn’t : daiwa . _ He is one of the [own an automobile. Why, I wouldn't Eastern Ohio, partly Pest Virginia and Maryland the | 3 re if it were a wheelbarrow—just so greatest pulpit gpeakers the world has ever known. When Billy |it was an automobile” lizin se- «“Giddap!” said Harry Jungles to his Sunday some years ago commenced the work of ovange g trotter. Arriving at the town of Three vere strictures were placed on him. Now he is charged at times | Pines, he told the hardware man who . . . ‘ i had been pestering him for a month with being engaged in his work for mercenary purposes, but those | 220 **i "mare that he could have THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1914 who have heard him most frequently give him the unstinted credit | her for the price he offered, =. ty: of being sincere in the work in which he is engaged. True, there| : sat down suddenly. She stared help-, to be counted and to measure strength with the saloon element. tossly when he stopped, with some ef- | fort, before her. Os : “How do?” Harry said, casually. THE postmaster general takes the position that the telegraph pg. yas ceated somewhat precari- and telephone lines should be under the control of the government. | ously in the largest wheelbarrow This is not a new idea. Itis rather a forward step that an admin- | Pearl had ever seen, with or - : : . : wheels under it, a motor attached tq istration urges 1t strongly. There 1s much expense connected with | 1 rear and a clever amateut steering the ownership, for example of the telephone lines of different com-| gear in front. Never would she have panies thought thdt a human being in such : nnn, eh SLSR Say ; an absurd position could look so en- Ta¥~, the situation in Meyersdale. “It is almost a necessity il al gave, rr Hairs st 3 “Want an n wn? T every firm yto have both phones and the expense this involves 1S 2] ol yung considerable sum, while if the ownership was by the government|** i" pearl managed to gasp out a one telephone would reach where the two are ney zed the | faint “No” he grabbed a Landle and i i oney but rather to choked it, banged his foot on a valve practice of the government is not to make me id is th hich and shook the appartus in front of him meet expenses. Government ownership of telephones is that whieh | gercely, whereupon BF oteTharrow would pay the public and which is evidently one, of the good things | lunged, snorted and trundled off. which will come before many years. And he’s actually going to appear The parcel post has reduced the price of expressage nearly half EAS SRT s i kno equal to what we now have and a great reduction in the cost. Naturally she did mot Know TS ON the 14th of March 1912 President Taft issued a proclamation | © +" 3 back home . that there existed 1m Mexico conditions of domestic violence which | After that he came to see Pearl every | were promoted by the importation of arms or munitions of war pro- | 437, always in his unique motor car cured from the United States, and that it became unlawful to ex- port arms or munitions of war to Mexico except under such limita- tions and exceptions as the President should prescribe. Lhe Pres- ident on Tuesday declared that the conditions which then existed ceased, and that the above embargo is revoked. : This action gives the constitutionalists, that 1s, the rebels, an| 0 1 yy telling him n advantage that they did not have before. They are now in a better | apparently the idea never occurred to | position to procure arms than in the past and the beginning of the | her. struggle should be shortened and that the contest, sanguinary, but |room for two from now on of short duration. Spit ———————— next in precisely the same tone. j at the gate Pearl Trampton was wait- | told him, briefly. That was one thing about Harry Jungles. Hehad down to saving | BS wi 3 (fy § 3 Ny TN 3 5. ¥ Nes a on the streets of Three Pines in that thing!” she murmured in agony. “Oh, and government ownership of the telephones would give service my! What have I done?” dat Harry Jungles on reaching the turn pelow the Trampton farm headed his wheelbarrow around that section of He never mentioned it and Pearl was afraid to after that first appearance of his when he had ignored it so com- pletely. But she suffered at the hands of her family, who said it was a dis- grace to the community and that she | must make Harry Jungles stop it. 1d have done this easily . Pear) SI a ot to call, but | than the price. . i i 3 : «want to go for a ride?” Harry end ought to be here. The price of peace in Mexico 18 blood. More | oq finally one bright day when he arms means possibly more bloodshed, but it should mean that the | stopped at the mail box. “There's | No, I don’t!” she answered hid at this store. «Will you marry me?” he inquired | I | Raising Cain ~~ With Prices! BIG CLOSING OUT SAL AT LOUIS COHEN'S. emi | 1 4 | More ‘big bargains have been carried away from dis store into the homes of Meyersdale and the sur- rounding country than for many years. ~The Good Work Will Continue During the Whole Month : until the entire Winter stock is closed out, if. towest : «prices in years mean anything to you. { | This Is the Sale Many of You Have Been Waiting For} “JOIN THE ARMY” AND GET THE BARGAINS. sae! ALWAYS ALWAYS - LOWER BEST PRICES QUALITY * Meyersdale, Pa, WINTER WHITE SALE t : . . L Your opportunity to secure extraordinary values for immediate needs, and jus at the time they can do you the most gcod. White piece goods enter into this sale. Do your Spring and Summer sewing now, while the evenings are long. : Plain and Fancy White Goods. This line includes all the good features that can be had in White Goods— quali- ty. style, variety and exceptional values. The plain White Goods embrace 1 ong Cloths, Nainsooks, India Linons, Dress Linens, Persian Lawns, Linens, etc, and all at the splendid reduction of 10 per cent. less than regular price. The Fancy White Piece Goods include Piques, Ratines, Crepes, Dimities, suitable for children’s dresses, Seersuckers for underwear, also Poplins, Madrasses, Nebulettes, Granodines, Eponge’s Ripulettes, etc. Your choice at 10 per cent. less than the regular marked price. Laces and Embroideries The new Spring 1914 goods, including Cambric, Swiss and Nainsook Embroid eries in narrow widths as well as in flcuncings ; and Vals, Torchons, Linens and Orien- tals in Laces—also the handsome new Allovers thrown upon the counters at a reduction of 10 per cent. Table Linens, Napkins, Towels, Bed Spreads and Art Linens Snowy white goods and the most beautiful patterns obtainable. Your trade om these goods is solicited, not alone on right qualities, reliable weaves and bottom prices, but also on superior patterns—the best ‘n the markets. Your's now at 10 per cent. less £ Lace Curtains and Curtain Goods. The new Spring line is right in every detail of style, make and finish. If you will but look— examine, compare goods, compare prices, you will buy your White Goods 15 Lace Curtains and in Curtain Goods you will get the best that your money can buy, During this sale at 10 per cent less than the usual low price. Tue United States is living at peace with the whole world; is| Thereupon Pearl burst into tears White Handkerchiefs Good. clean, honest values, warranted io be Just ss reple, a strong advocate of peace, but the Secretary of the Navy recom: and Harry descended with so much speed that the machine |g Linen is called linen. mends that. not less than two battleships per year ought to be built. | ;ipped over and was fatally wrecked. from the barrow sented and not one whit less, t r Reliable in wear, make and finish. During this Snowy Winter White Sale at 10 per cent. less than you have ever bought them. | | Japan passed through two expensive wars in late years, but is| “Wh-whwhy do you ride in that es : =. ; ; ; going to expend something like $30,000,000 on her navy. Japan js stevia thing?” seine] est} oo wis | White Undermuslins and White Waists Broken lots of Wnts Welds and Unjermusking of s & : "| shoulder. various kin y ces. of the also at peace with the whole world. These two nations are CON-| “Had to,” Harry told her. “You R lightly mussed, but the former price has been thrown to the wintry winds and you get the | «you never asked mel” flushed she | 4 3 9 : | indignantly, «1 d-idn’t care whether In time of peace prepare for war’ seems to be literally car-| you had any old oe omobile or not. «Because,” said the practical Jun- | gles, “the new automobile I've ordered | > ’ templating the spending of lots of money when both nations are at | said—" peace. ried out by the U nited States and Japan. goose! Why did ‘you have to?” ET 71 val ial il att While parcels admissible as mail matter are reduced, those | _cnicago Daily News. not accepted by the postoffice have been increased. | “¢Copyrizht by Dafly Story Pub. Co. oe. — T ;press companies have revised their rates, but they are|won’t be delivered for another month | o g like the revision of the tariff under the Taft administra- | 2nd 1 couldn’ let Gene Filers got all that start of me after what you sald.” | benefit. Come now and get the choice selections. MEYERSDALE, PA. Red dd HN po tat lt Il pet 3