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“Poor Diretor’s Annual Report of
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(IN EXCELLENT
CONDITION.
the County Home—Affairs in
Good Shape.
“The annual report of the poor
directors of Somerset county—George
“¥. Kimmell, of Somerset; Joseph J.
Snyder. of Somerset township, and
Jacob W. Peck, of Summit township—
shows the county home farm and
hospital in excellent condition. Thous-
ands of bushels of necessaries of life
were produced on the farm during
fhe year, the inmates of the insti-
tntion contributing the labor required
' t ‘nfatoes, 10 quarts; dried beans, 2
bushels.
Meat products—Beef, 9,968 pounds;
pork, 7,766 pounds; lard, 1,527 pounds.
LIVE STOCK.
The following livestock was on the
farm on January 1, 1913; horses, 7;
cows, 23; bull, 1; two-year-olds, 12;
one-year-olds, 11; fat hogs, 13; shoats
and pigs, 20; boars, 1; chickens, 72.
§ FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
@iThe annual financial report follows:
Expenses—Salaries, wages, and labor
(including medical attendance), $12,-
066.65; provisions and supplies,
$7,383.64; fuel and light, $3,144; cloth-
ing and shoes, $261.24; furniture,
bedding, ete., $1,326.45; medicine and
medical supplies, $368.27; ordinary
repairs, $1,879.29; travelingZexpenses,
$365.80.
VIM.
son Earl Smiley,
Tharsday of last week.
visited our schools on Wednesday
ad Wilson Walker on Thursday oi
last week.
last was altogether
vailing in the community at present.
Elias Fike, and his brother Wm.
Fike took advantage of the snow,
day last.
George Bangard made a business
trip to Salisbury last Thursday.
Misses Maud and Ruth Commngons,
Mrs. Priscilla Queer, and her grand-
of near Centre
Church, visited relatives in Vim, on
8S. M. Gnagey, and Russel Engle
The local institute to have been
held in our school Friday evening
postponed on
account of comtagious disease, pre-
by hauling tile from Springs, Thurs-
« exercise in the open air during the
s
. ~or putting down.permanent walks or
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~ within the next 60 days.
othe leading farms in Somerset county.
«tomake the farm a paying proposition,
= #nd manhfacturing many articles of
wearing apparel.
o With the erection of a new hospital
and a sewage disposal plant, Somer-
set county’s eleemosynary institution
ranks high in the State as to modern
and commodious equipment. Thed relief, $4,179.42; insane in state hos-
Jrogressiveness of Somerset county
along these lines has enabled her to
be of valuable assistance to neighbor-
ng counties, whose institutions are
« overcrowded.
a COAL.
- An analysis of the coal underlying
“the County Home farfn, which it had
Heen thought could be_ worked to ad-
~-gantage and profit to the county,
showed that it would hardly be a pay-
~ img proposition for the following rea-
80s: First, because the acreage of the
farm underlaid with coal is compar-
atively small. Second, because the
agpening of the seam of coal without
- shafting would entail much expense £39.84; State aid, $16,898.75; other
md require the purchase of a right- | gourees, $3,283.64; total receipts,
of-way over an ajoining farm. Third, | g59 984 77. Credits—Paid orders out-
because the part of the farm on which
« The buildings are located is without
doubt underlaid with the best coal of
the farm and this could not be remov- 1913, $585.21.
afl without danger to these buildings. °
Fourth, because a large spring north CONFLUENCE
of the county home buildings which
supplies the water for the dam and
other uses would in all probability be
~destroyed.
HEATING SYSTEM.
On account of the overnaulingjof
the heating system and [the unearth-
mg of the conduits which bring the
steam to the various buildings no
attempt was made during the summer
of 1913 toward leveling the grounds
doing any landscape gardening about
the buildings. This work will be
Faken up in the early spring. .
. THE INSANE.
. Ruclosed yards for the insane to
sumner months will also be provided
The Somerset eounty home and
hospital for the insane is now for the
ariost part modern in its equipment
and under careful management and
supervision and modern methods
shonld soon be the equal of any of its
Kind in the State, with comparatively |-
small cost to the county. It shall
‘also be the aim of the present board
of directors to make the farm one of
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INMATES.
Male paupers in home January 1,
“4913, 42; female, 9; male paupers ad-
mitted during the year, 49; female 22;
male inmates of insane hospital Jan-
uRrY 1, 1913, 83; female, 59; male in-
sane admitted to hospital during the
year, R4; female; 44; total in home
and hospital, 392. Deaths in home
during 1913, 4; deaths in hospital, 29;
children in feeble-minded schools, 10;
with children’s aid sqciety of Somer-
sat during the year, 25; tramps fed
during the year, 263; meals furnished
tramps, 507; lodging for tramps, 250;
fmmber of days support given inmates,
.mcluding vagrants, during the year,
78,362; average weekly cost per capita,
$2.85. -
WEARING APPAREL:
The followiug new articles of cloth-
ing were manufactured duoring the
year—children’s dresses, 28; skirts,
#8; women’s dresses, 102; waists, 4;
#hemises, 9; aprons 106; drawers, 16;
‘undergarments, 111: infants’ dresses,
i3; skirts, 13; diapers, 60: curtains,
#0 pairs; clothing mended, 1,000 pieces.
FARM PRODUCTS.
Farm produets were raised on the
«gounty farm during the year,
follows: oats, g,190 bushels; potatoes,
1,500 bushels; ensilage €orn, 125 tons;
cabbage, 4,000 heads; beets, 10 bu.;
aubtabagas, 500 bushels; sweet corn,
3 bushels; kahirabi, 25 bushels; green
beans, 50 bushels; green peas, 25 bu. ;
tomatoes, 75 bushels; onions, 60 bush-
els; lettuce, 100 baskets; pumpkins,
30 loads; squashes, 1 lead; radishes,
shels; butter, 2,425 pounds; eggs,
| friends at Meyersdale.
Farm expenses, $3,464.49; incidental
expenses, $1,040.63; total current ex-
penses, $31,941.36; buildings and im-
provements, $1,362.25; other extra-
ordinary expenses, $2,420.56; total
county home and hospital expenses,
$35,724.17. Outside expenses—outside
pitals, $2,950; children in homes and
private families, $850.15; feeble-mind-
ed in training schools (Polk), $250;
other outside expenses, $2,161.21;
total outside expenses, $7,637.53;
aggregate expenses, $42,361.70. Total
receipts (not tax .eceipts), $23,389.89.
Net cost to county, $19,971.81.
Following is a summary of the
accounts of Treasurer Clarence Moore,
of Meyersdale: from former Treasurer
Henry F. Barron, $4,001.38; Somerset
county commissianers, $23,000; Cam-
bia county commissioners, $1,275.75.
Fayette connty commissioners, $1,-
233.71; Westmoreland couny com-
missioners, $551.70; other counties,
standing, $352.75; 1913 orders, $42,-
776.49; balance on hand on Jafiuary 5,
1914, $7,155.53; outstanding orders,
Mrs. John Alexander has returned
home from a few days visit with
Mrs. Coughenour has returned to
her home in Connellsville after yisit-
ing her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George
Morrison, a few days.
W. W. Frazee, a B. & O. brake-
man, who met with an accident to
his foot, a few days ago is able to
be about again.
E. W. DeBolt of Charleston was a
business yisitor to Connellsville Tues-
day.
* E. 0. Jamison, a well-known resi-
dent of Humbert, was in town Tues-
day on business. !
Kimmel Frazee was here Tuesday
on his way to his home at Buffalo
Run, and after visiting friends in
Cumberl.nd, for several days.
Miss Mary Kate Davis of this place
has accepted a position as head
milliner with the leading depart-
ment store at Homestead.
Nathan Selby, a prominent lum-
berman was here yesterday on his
way to his home at Selbysport, Md,.
business mission. :
John Merrill, a former resident
here but now in the lumber business
at Fort Hill, was transacting business
here Tuosday.
J. L. Burnworth, a young farmer
of Johnson Chapel, was transacting
business in town Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Beggs were
shoppers in Pittsburgh Tuesday.
Mrs, E. L. Beggs,2'and daughter
have rettirned to their home in Scott-
dale; after visiting friends here for
seyeral days.
Miss Grace Stark was inlfConnells-
ville: Monday.
Mrs. A. G. Crabbe, and little
grand son Orville Hitchcock, of
Hyndman, have returned home after
visiting her sister-in-law, Mrs. John
Hawke here a few days.
Orville. Burnworth, of Johnson
Chapel, who lately bought a prop-
erty on the west side, was a business
after. being in Connellsyille on a!
spent last Friday in Cumberland.
D H. Knepp and family moved
their household goods to Centre Co.,
Pa., on Wednesday last and C. H.
Marten and family moved the same
day from Larimer twp., into the
house vacated by the Knepp family.
Our mail carrier, Howard Fike,
was unable to make his round on
Monday and Tuesday on account of
the roads being drifted.
Miss Mary Christner, of Larimer
twp., visited several days in Vim,
this week.
Wm. Engle, and George Bangard,
attended the funeral of J. J. Zorn,
in Berlin on Sunday.
The Personal Element
In Advertising
By HOLLAND,
A ERTIRZRS make a
mistake in treating their
advertising as something ex-
traneous to themselves and
to the people they want to
reach. They omit the person-
al element, which is the es-
sence of successful advertis-
ing.
Be personal in your adver-
tising as ‘you would be in
conversation, Try to impress
the individual buyer by direct
and personal appeal. Write
your advertisement with the
knowledge that it is to be
read by individuals each of
whom thinks and acts indi®
vidually. Put into your ad-
vertisement something of
yourself, something of your
sincerity and enthusiasm.
Make your Fusing as
much a part of yourself as
your business is. Have it
distinctive and characteristic,
as dignified as.you are, as
unconventinnal as you are.
In writing ‘your advertising
be yourself. 'Don't tf to
write above or below your
level. Write as you would
talk—simply, sincerely.” So
doing your advertisement will
“pull.” t =
} The editor's advice and
suggestions are always yours
for the asking. You are en-
titled to ask him any ques-
tions you please, and he will
not feel offended if you de-
cide not to follow his sugges-
tions.
det Lg BL
Father ana His Dzughnre—
uapits of a lifetime which began
a generation or more ago. the habit of
being a source of maintenance and the
need of keeping in hand the means of
maintenance. the habit of power and
of keeping hold of the source of power,
may make a man less than fair per-
haps in dividing his acquisitions with
his wife, but when Jt comes to the
daughters whom he is going to leave
in the world when he quits it he is ali
for securing to them as far as he can
a full share of all that is worth hav-
ing. Hardly can sex selfishness squeeze
in between him and his girls. As be
tween them and all ‘males, he is for
them. He wants them to lose no good
thing that may lawfully be coming to
them. He waits no man to bully them,
no man to impose upon their generosi-
ty, no man to bring them to want, to
sorrow or a hungry heart.—EdwardgS.
Martin in Atlantic.
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zen; apples, 50 bushels; hay,
straw, 30 tons.
and preserved
+ the trees in winter. He ought to buy a
| decaying paxts. removed. All wounds
Farm and
po Garden
WINTER SPRAYING FOR TREES
Dormary Spraying Is the Only Method
For Destroying Certain Pests.
There is long list of tree pests. ene
mies of fruit yields and actual destroy-
ers of the trees, that should be vigor-
ously fought in winter, says a write!
in Farm Progress. Squfar the enl;
method discovered for combating them
is by winter spraying.
Late winter is the time for “annual
housecleaning” In the orchards.” The
list of enemies that can be checked or
entirely wiped out by winter or dor-
mant spraying is rather long and in-
cludes the San Jose scale, anthracnose.
aphis, woolly aphis, codling moth,
brown mite, red spider and powdery
mildew. *
When you spray, spray thoroughly.
Winter spraying is no exception to the
rule, and the spray material should be
put on with force enough to reach all
the lurking enemies. Thorough’ spray-
ing brings up the question of proper
equipment. All the bark must be wet-
ted. At least 100 pounds of press
is necessary, dnd in some cases I ha
found 150 to 200 pounds of pressure
giving the best results. It musi be
driven into the bark cracks and crev-
ices.
The man who is just beginning to
take up the question of winter spray-
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TEN DAYS MORE =
OF the Big Clean-Up Sle of Winter Goo
The cold snap is right upon us and thas stimul
the demand for cold weather wearing apparel.
That makes no difference. We advertised that this
sale of winter goods would last the whole month,
last the whole month it must. a Ee
Duting the next TEN DAYS
purchase goods that you will need
at prices that are but a fraction of
/
you will be able
and purchase tk
their value,
SPRAYING THEES FROM THE ROADWAY.
ing ought to Le able to distinguish the
different kinds of enemies found on
good” pocket ‘lems, costing about 75
cents, and. carefully study all the para-
scal'¥#iud fungi he can find.
ng with mildew, mites,
spiders aiid moths all infected trees
should be pruned and the dead and
should De cleaned out and the flaking.
scaling bark ought to be scraped aw:y
from the trunks. Let this work pre
cede the spraying with lime-sulphur.
All rubbish should be buried at ofice.
to the th#:st twig. The best time for
applying ~prays to the pests mentioned
is a short time before the buds show
signs of «welling. ve
Borde:x 6-4-50 is the spray used
most in te winter spraying, when the
lime-sulphur is ‘deemed inadequate.
It is very effective in dealing with an-
AS AS ANS SNS NS NS NSIS NS INS Nl,
GOOD EYESIGHT
nervousness,
BE What One Dollar Will Buy at
Bittner’s Grocery. :
One can Tomatoes, 1 can Salmon, 1 ean Kidne Beans,
can Cleanser, 5c Baking Powder, 2 Ibs. Pearl Bonin 1 1b.
Coffee, 3 5c boxes Matches, 4 lb. package, Corn Starch, 3 1b.
Soda, 1 package Rolled Oats and 1 bar Soap. .
Any other article of equal value may be substituted.
~ F. A. BITTNER,
142 Centre Street.
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Every Young Fellow
in this town and surrounding community will w:
to wear one of our Hart, Schaffner & Marx Spri
: : : n
Suits. There's the just right touch of smart one:
in them that nobody else gets in clothes—and they're
here for you... ‘Also our Spring line of guaranteed:
EMERY SHIRTS. Latest styles in HATS.
We want to say to the ladies that wé have
complete assortment of room size RUGS.
Hartley & Bald
x (The Home of Wart. Schaffner & Marx Clothes,)
NESE CEC EEE CEE EECEEEETEE SSE
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ri a a
We Are Getting a Carload of ;
Mo. 1 Galvanized Roo
AR these in need of Ro
IS IMPORTANT 10 YOU.
Are you suffering with headache,
ndistinet vision, water-
thracnose and incipient cases of peach
leaf curl.”To- be real¥y effective the
spray should be put:on at a dry time,
as a fall of rain will wash off much of
the spraying material and lessen its ef-
fectiveness. &
The one pest that ought to be fought
hardest by the winter sprayer is the
San Jose scale. Look for the round.
ayish and black, button shaped
bodies with a pimple-like elevation in
the center. This elevation is about the
size of a pin head and is often sur-
rounded by a red ring. Lime-sulphur
solution properly. applied will kill the
San Jose scale at any date between the
falling of the leaves and the leafing
ing of the eyes, inflamed eyes, pains |{ Spouting n :
in the temples, pains on top and back ins 7 Ee mmmer Ya) save
of head, pains in or around the eyes ? ‘handle No. 1 lhe
If having any of the above symptoms
or any
that do not fit properly, therefore do
not: delay or neglect your eyes and
sight, call and consult
M. D. GOLDSTEIN,
At Collins’ Drug Store, Meyersdale, Pa.,
eye troubles or wearing glasses
BANGOR AND SEA GREEN SLATE
Rubber Roofing, Valleys, Nails.
-and Ridgiog.
Right for Prices.
Eyesight Specialist.
Tuesday, March 10,
From8 A M,to5P. M. « :
1: : A Maker of Cripples. out in spring. : i »=" : - :
visitor in Somerset yesterday. Dr, Charlton Walliee once investi There are three rules. that FE think ; B alt 10 re 2 Ol io xant in {
Mr. and Mrs. I. K. Conway, who gated with great care 400 cases of hip | every man should apply in going about 5 Ix ¢ { ’ ! 3 to diyul
were visiting friends near Draketown, | Joint disease—tuberculosis of the hip. | spraying: whether he is doing the work RAILROAD : “2by. Pr
have returned to their home in*Cum- | He found that of this number 70 per | iy winter or in summer. They are: ; iq : =k taken t
berland » cent came of tuberculous families or When you spray, be sure you are ‘do- 1L.O0W RATE to this
. eB th of Uston had lived in houses where there had | j;o it at the right time. ; ym i . right to
awrence Burnworth o nion- been known cases of active tubercu- | rr yoy don't know the reason why ONE-WAY TA RES ¥ dy aud
as | town is here on business. losis within a year. In both cases the you are spraying, don’t spray at all. # - Hobher
Dr. T. J. Jacobs and Wm. Grey, | Spiavalion Yas Ie Samo-orposue bo The only way to know the reasons TO MARY PC. : Beith
i i n of Somer-|!DIection. en lig ercie Eerm | gor spraying is to study up on every : . a i ; CiaiR
8 leading business ms cannot murder a victim it does its best | ; Dreying : hy po £& ‘erte, Agizern:, ECW sumbia, gveSulno.
fleld, were here yesterday enroute to . : . .. | insect or fungus that is causing you
rs to cripple him. The only safeguard is 1 5 bl : « ifgemia, Colosslo Tt ae, Mexi reason
Pittsburgh. to make sure personally that your Trouble now or may. trouble you in oi © _testimo
: { Dy cr the near future. Monts. Nov. ¢ ew Mefiico 4
Mrs. G. R. McDonald, was shkop- | house does not harbor this greatest of Men 10 loiizer arvie about the value : ree, 1 would
A . i . s v ot J 5 > Pipe shkmiok: Jtak ? 3
ping in Pittsburgh Monday. auman enemies.—Chicago Journal. of spraying. That Bas been settled for fan, Sark atel a, Texas, Utah, . against
Wm. Bowman ,of Johnson Chapel Inaporeciathu ™ all time. The scabless, sound and “ington 20d Wyoming. % : £3 0t
is visiting friends in Somerset. “You SHY ee A oka one | Smooth skinned fruit of the sprayed ar le habits !
Harry P. Burnworth, wife and two | of your wife's birthday cigars?” orchard has Settled that Plot. ay : Tien ca sale day from: March 3 ing i Lu
children of Humbert, went to John-|- “Yes; I dug ’em up the other day, fat Toa sn Us fo know is the Tew April Lata, 19g, inclusive, Es The
|son Chapel Saturday evening on ac- and they are a great help in my pres. | Woen and the : ee iFor full irfcrmation call on or ade 4 Sablisn |
fruits and | count of the death of Mrs. Burn- ent situation.” B ord Mohire YT dovote my © are ino. 206 Brees Pinay Agent, Balumore & Oh1e k +
: | worth’s brother, Clarence Butler. “What is that?” Se Barnya 2 ye a Se lo as | and practice to ue scientific examin- | | . ) Jim toxicati
i esol i “I am tr quit smoking for Bar rd manure 1s incispensable as | ;¢i0n of the eyes and the fitting of i ed into
Samuel Wilhelm, an aged man of zood.” — Albans iickerbocker Press. | 8 fertilizer on thin and sandy 1 | glasses. All ex nations wade withe ; There. i
I nbu d Saturday, aged | that is to be farmed. It supplies | out drugs—t} rn instruments I | Fi S | ~ the case
ut 85 years. Interment at Ad-| C Pawnshob mu II as nitrogen. and the ef nse making t os unneces- | or oaie, ks the case
y { 5. ; Ar aps Hof { jus is often more de sary. Ohi ymined and rr 3 5. (1]
Es y 1 Meiers I can tan | oor; oh te TV. gasoline engine 5 above.)
it. a A 5% | ol . cS
id ith Thank 1 ou know I'm in both are surely needed if land. be e » cheap, for y' ld (9. ‘S
3 t Pl no more 1 for y money than thin. { + 5 C 30 © 1 gasolene tank. / eum w
ial ; »- FH latter : smsEEm———_ SpONSsibility never es. Apply, at The Commercial office. ad Yi the: oul
pik i —— el > CAETICRE i reem."
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