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Judgment of the People Combination Offer!
Three Fine Magazines in Connection
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o questionable stories ani alvariisen=ats uafic for the hone
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. _ The railroads of Pennsylvania and New Jersey believe that the public
should be fully advised concerning the Full Crew laws in these states. Costly
experience has demonstrated that these laws have worked to the detriment of
public interest and that their repeal would redound greatly to the advantage
of the people.
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TITS THE BST FARM PAPLR 4 THE WORLD AND YOU KNOW IT
Not a Fight On Trainmen
The railroad companies making this announcement wish the public to
clearly understand that this appeal is in no way to be construed as being aimed
at the trainmen in their employ, nor is it an effort to curtail operating ex- I itars can obrain. superior coading matter for 2 Mere Naniyg! : os
penses at the cost of public safety or service. sunserit . : Comercial. thelr [avorie couhs
: . SL tiiise . 1ee when combined with The Co.umercial, their favorite county
The companies point to the fact, with justifiable pride. that wherever pric : A :
. P po! ’ : hich 1s a leader in quality. ~ — 2
public safety and convenience demand :d an increased number of employes which 1s a le: : - 2
"© necessary men were put on trains. Behind this statement is a record of For oniy $1.85 per year we will send the
advancements and improvement achievements which is a most vital factor of following with our viper:
: : : : : . The Na tonal Stock nan And Farmer, . Ki 11 |
calm and dispassionate consideration of the laws in question. Bain. tae wariils gran dy [arn papse Kimballs |
But when arbitrary laws are passed which compel these railroad companies to burden ° a ve wontd'n ee iu hota init itis Dairy Farmer
their payrolls with some $2,000,000 annually for wasted, unwarranted extra labor, and which a ae farm Caper not ohthly on Bo elm |
actually means a decrease, rather than an increase, in operating efficiency, together with a id You can’t get this: from
heavier casualty lists, it is undeniable that the public should be put in full touch with exist- TOs aD hoTS for less than S100 ]
ing conditions that the people may judge w'sely for themselves should an effort be made tr p ; ST, §
; : : : : : : The Woman’s World, a very superior 4
impugn the sincere motives which prompt this educational campaign. Vite DOSE :
How Full Crew Law Works Kimoall.s Dairy Farmer, which comes :
A twenty-nine-car freight train can be operated with five men. Add a car and an Do Combination rarely equal-
extra man must go on. The law requires no larger crew on a hundred-car train. : oi .
A four-car passenger train can run with five men. On a five-car or longer tra’ Yor can Get McCall's and Commereial =
there must be an extra man. Even if all the cars are Pullmans, with porters and a Pullman through us for 31.60: We have other t
conductor, a six-man railroad crew is required. ; ) % Pye Son g
A milk or express train of twenty or more cars, running through, sealed, and virtually : very attractive combina 3 it
without stops, must carry a crew of six. The only place four of them would ride would be _ if
in the end car. - = — = aR u
When the Full Crew law became effective in Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Railroac . CONFLUENCE. | Ee RX = a nt :
Lines East of Pittsburgh and Erie were operating in Pennsylvania 2,971 weekday trains. Of Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Parnell have EE : =
hese) 1 1ps passenger and 1,061 freight trains were manned up to or beyond the law’s Jerre) on i ip Boden | REPAIRS ARE OUR SPECIALTY »
requirements. 5 1 ter, Mrs. Earl Miller at V Sided es . y te
The 1,198 passenger trains which were provided with crews equal to or in excess of They report Mrs. Miller seriously ill | Fixing a faucet or remodeling a bathroom fr Pe 1
the law’s requirements consisted princ’pally of local or semi-local trains, making frequent with no hopes of recovery. | receives our prompt and careful attention. >
stops and handling a large number of passenzers. The second brakeman was employed to A Rumanian, who had been clerk- | However, we suggest ther ho
expedite the departure of trains from stat’ons and to assist conductors in collecting tickets. ing in the store of A. B. Licher at Permanency is obtained and future re- or
The 1,061 freight trains on which the law requred no additional men consisted of Fort Hill for the past year, was ar- pairs avoided by giving us the contract for Al
local freight trains carrying package freight, on which brakemen were required to load and rested Thursday by Constable Alvin new work. Permanent satisfaction is further an
unload cars; road shifters, doing a large amount of work, necessitating the throw'ng of Rarnworth and taken to the Somdr assured by our installing “Standard” guaran- i
sw iches and much hand braking on cars; mine trains, placing empty cars and pick ng up set jail. Mr. Eicher churges him with teed fixtures. Booklets showing the many ke
loaded cars, and through slow freight trains of heavy tonnage on the Philadelphia and Middle the theft of several hredred dollars beautiful designs of these fixtures free upon 5
D.v's‘ons on which the brakemen riding on the front part of the trains were required to ass.st fn the past few months. request. rl
the firemen. . N. R. Burnworth and daughter have m tr
oe eo ° ? > tar ps
Official Casnalty Statistics returned to their home in Union r & U0 o
. . town after visiting Mr. Burnworth’s » " B ]
The effect of the Full Crew laws in forc'ng extra men into already adequate train mother at; Johuson: Chapel the
crews, thus dividing responsibility, has been to increase the hazard of operation. This fact James Ligenficld of Deakotows Was hot
is conclusively proved by the official figures of the Interstate Commerce Commission. The here Thursday oh his. way. to Con bok
reat number of persons killed who were neither employes nor passengers have not been gelisville io visit his little soi Who ig) thi
included, for it is obvious that extra men on trains are powerless to prevent such casualties. in, the, Losolial, iliere anderéong: 46 :
The Pennsylvania Full Crew law took effect on July 19, 1911. The Commission’s he ration try a double acreage of potatoes. It : Ms
figures show that for the three-year period preceding this date 10,186 employes and pas- 3 Bn | should not be necessary, under proper | W our ste nm
1 1 * J. 8S. Hicks, an evangelist singer, of :
sengers were killed. Since the law became operative, the total number killed shows an Connellsville, 1s assisting Rev. L. Ww. | Conditions, to import "potatoes ‘into ‘a : 4
increase, or 10,372 persons, . 2 $ iy e in is meetings in the Meth. any agricultural county. Put the hens D em an ds the
The casualty list of the Pennsylvania Railroad for the six months preceding the ; . age I ‘and the turkeys to work amd give rbd a i
enactment and the first six months of 1914, when the law was in full force and effect, dis-'* 37" | © oh Paap Beggs was in Ohiopyle | thenl a square deal. Raise pigs, cattle | an occasional rrective to’ insure to
closes the following startling comparison: L Cokes a Thursday and horses in as large numbers as |’ good health and strength. Success I
. Before Law nder Law, . for il | 73a ‘als Iie do Cintnsl Su; yo
First half 1911 First half 1914 C. G. Masters has returned from a the accommodations of the fa - w. i slinbt impossible for the weak Te
i tured Killed = Injured aed : justify and any losses that any farm- | and * ailing Enjoyment is not
Trai “qs 1046 16 1699 businesetrin:ioiSomarsen er, planter or rancher may have sus- * for’ thé" sick! Impaired ' health b
Pas : 1 99 %9 141 A,.C. Eicher of Fort. Hill was a re tained last year wil be more than | and serious sicknesses ui a od
BSSENEErS: «+... everest cent ‘business visitor here. mH Mee ve beggin ‘in deranged conditions ‘oF the. t
— —— w— ——— Mrs. Fila T. Bird. was in Humbert made, good.:;; The war in Europe may gin inc nge I cond ions of the pi }
16 1145 18 1840 Thursdas Jo last for months or years, but while | stomach; liver, kidneys or’ bowels.
*Fell from train. : Chazies. EB. Humbert: has .z eturned it Santee Bee rl be an RG ° J Sa intd sof
ik : in Pi demand for everything we produce.
What the Extra Man Costs from a visit with friends in Pittsburgh. ! gas
= : $ : Jacob Keim of Addison township, | Should the war end this week the
Twenty Railroads in Pennsylvania and New Jersey last year paid d . hal was
in employment of superfluous brakemen .$2,000,000 Was hers Wednesday on business, nations engaged ‘will need all our sur- slav
. ’ » 1 ¥ r y
That would have bought. ...............200 steel coaches yo Pig worth, and dsuehter Of plus products for a year at least. de.
It would have bought. ..................80 locomotives Cua) pwn Be hb ie Hal Take our advice, for once, and do not i
It would have paid for.........., ......67,000 tons of rails worth’s mother at John pel. permait. good, stillable: land: to! tie: idle oR
It would have returned 5% on. ..........$40,000,000 The little sons of Mr. and Mrs. E. |" Ris Wiel
It would have block signaled.............800 miles of track W. Shipley, who have been very sick | ID ” are recognized’ all’ ‘over the" world ligio
It would have eliminated. ...............65 grade crossings are reported better. RARTER NOT ite 1 Bo The bgt carrot or ns bi
Paul Goller of Harnedsville was a . x : Lin
Rejected by Other States wy business visitor here. Th In Ten ME me aT pe ad on slals
. . . . . at an y ’
A Full Crew law was enacted in Missouri and signed by the Governor in April, Mrs. Ezra Burnworth, of Johnson |the Governor of the State of Pennsyl-| ulate the bowels. They cleanse the (chaj
1913. In November, 1914, it was subm’tted to a referendum vote. The people repudiated Chapel has returned from a visit with | vania, on the 23rd. day of February, gystem, purify the blood and ishm
the law by a vote of 324,085 against 159,593. ; . her daughter, Mrs. Harry Hayden at 118.07, Ee imoth, Fred 1, Ni act in the best and safest way Same
A proposed Full Crew law for Texas failed to pass owing to the popular protest against Uniontowd. Too 2nd as or Ader | he
it, led by the farmers. . D. H. Brown and Frank Havner | wealth of Pennsylvania, entitled “An | For Hoa ith was
In 1907, Governor Charles E. Hughes, of New York, vetoed an attempt to enact a have formed a partnership and in-|Act to provide for the incorporation “ ek
Full Crew law in that state. ‘ : vested in a sawmill preparatory to|20d Regulation of gerigin Sornors: | hr)
In 1912, Governcr John A. Dix, of New York, also ve'oed a Full Crew measure. : j tions,” approved April 29th, 1874, and an re n
Governor Foss, of Massachusetts, vetoed a Full Crew bill passed by the le~islaiure going in the lumber business. the supplements thereto, for the char- unnec
4 ". / ey Rev. H. C. Thomas, pastor of the |ter of an intennded corporation to be | Li Sale of Any Medicine in the World. care ¢
In 1913 the State Assembly wisely referred a Full Crew law to the Railroad Methodist Episcopal church, Greens. | ‘alld BLACK TOWNSHIP ELECTRIC | everywhere. ising in She Wor a. i]
Commiss’on of Connecticut, who promptly condemned it. ’ LIGHT, HEAT AN POWER COMPA-|.______ °' wicke
Hi burg, and formerl astor of the AA MPA
Governor Cruce, of Oklahoma, vetoed a Full Crew bill in 1913, ; ure, at : y R | NY, the character and object of which those
Attempts to enact Full Crew laws in Colorado, Delaware, Virginia, and Ohio were Methodist Episcopal church at Addi-|js supplying light, heat and power by 50 YEARS’ 0 fo
defeated son was a visitor here. means of electricity to the people in EXPERIENCE childr
In Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Maryland such laws are in force. In P. V. Nedrow of Somerfield was Iain of Diack in me Coumy The
the interest of the public, the railroads, and the great body of railroad employes, these here Tuesday transacting business. |partners, partnerships and associa. After
burdensome laws should be repealed. Is. Pennsylvania, approxisstely 65,000 men are 0. P. Thomas of Pittsburgh was in Hb roving thei ans 805seont 2 =
i i ice. On of these are extra hrakemen. ; ereto, as. may desire the same, an adab,
employed in train servi ’ y 4 F; h town Tuesday on business. TOF hiss DATHOSCD to: Nave, Dont y . A
J - C. J. Duncan of Fort Hill was a|and enjoy all the rights, benefits and TRADE MARKS was t
Will Wage a Just 1g t Yecent business: caller here. privileges of the said Act of Assembly CoriaiaNe, ge
ing i nns ia and New Jersey are determined to place their : and its supplements. i *2C,
Railroads operating in Pe Svan ny Yo Yh 2 Grd P, h ! Morris T. Lancaster of Harnedsville UHL & EALY, a a capo may The
case squarely and fairly before the Deofiie of :those states, ey. are firmly, convinced that was here recently on his way to Ohio- Solicitors. | tionastriotly boaraosy fol, HANDBOOK om Patents do by
the people—all of whom, without exception, are affected more or less directly by the ‘mposi- pyle sent free. Oldest Banc 10p Beau CLA ciple i
tion of this annual $2,000,000 burden, and thousands of whom are direct sufferers—will, : CHARTER NOTICE special notice, without Sharasinn & Co. e do not
knowing, what a continuation of these harmful laws means to them, voice their wishes in no ’Y v * Scientific Am i not. a
Ghceaiarn ny Eo. thelr slecied Fapresontativessat Harrisborgrand Satie, 2. PouLTRY AND STOCK. : NOTICE ' IS HEREBY GIVEN Ms jerican, listenis
Th's campaign of public enlightenment will be waged by the railroads in a manner : Ta : Taat, ZR applicsiion ou be Bade a CUlAtion OF ana eng Toguly: Lareest ir. the vir
- ale o » be 1 bb . t h b Things the Industrious Farmer Should | the ; overnor o e ate o ennsyl- year; four months, $1. Sold by all newsdealers. source.
that cannot possibly. be legitimately assailed. . There will no lobbying, no star chamber Know vania, on the 23rd. day of February, 2 (30. 361Broadway New Yor’: St
conferences, or private deals to influence public opinion or legislative action. The campaign : : 1915,by Jennie Wilmoth, Fred L. Wil- nth Sa 4 EW 101: 3
. : : The United States Department of e, t.. Washington, D. C. comfor
will be fought in the open, purely, on its merits. moth, ‘and: Barney D. Wilmoth, under &
° o . : Agriculture, the state boards and the | the Actof Assembly of the Common-| ~~ ~~ of cree
: 3 : “© - sd
Railroad Pledge to Trainmen and Public rn th yan wen fas eis Children Ory mb
Definitely and finally to give public notice that the railroads ask only a square deal : Te a . and Regulation of Certain Corpora- FOR, FLETCHER’S- + Its
all around in this matter, the presidents of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Philadelphia {iain Eo Th ro rare tions,” approved April i 1874, and CAS TO R1A times, |
& Reading Railway Company and Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, in announcing on oo 5 gh ole oF almost eH tie TRVnen jnaeiontor Ie San SNA AA ~~~ life has
February 9 that the railroads intended to work for repeal of the Full Crew laws, pledged Sures € Sryinng S Parer
he rhs follows ’ that can be raised. Every article that MM N eT FOLE x AIDNEY PILLS discipli
themselves as fo. : : . 5 3 : , > A h ] 3: |
“Let us add that if there shall be evidence that without such laws the railroads is Sxpofied to feed, the soldiers and | 5, rauicr and object of Which io sup-| FOR RHEUMATISM KIDNEYS AN. ELAQDER that br
$ i i the citizens and the stock of Europe | plying light, heat and power by means to accu
would underman trains, to the hardship of employes or t etriment of or danger to the 2 1 ! - : :
public, that, assuming the present Public Service acts do not give to the commissions ample gans just that much, less for home of Slecirioliy 19 Leonie ol the tow At a meeting df the inspectors of hed
powers to determine what crews are necessary on different trains and to compel the rail- consumption, therefore, even with big at Pennsylvania, and oh part. | 0° bituminous coal mines of Pensyl- ik Dr
roads to man trains as ordered, we will openly support such amendments to the present acts crops of everything, the prices will ners, partnerships and associations | Y2Ria held in Harrisburg one of the omit ¢
as may be necessary to give such assurance.” be high. If it is not .a. good CroD | residing therein and adjacent thereto, [facts developed by the preliminary astry 3
The railroads now appeal directly to the people, who demand the greatest safety | year the farmer. will at least raise | as may Sesire the same, and > these | comparison of the work done during Christia
at all times and who realize that a policy of wise economy, and not one of wasted revenue, } enough for home use and will Bo Eh ill ay 1914 was that all of the districts ex- service
will enable the railroads to adequately fulfill their obligations and meet those demands as | have to pay the high prices that will | & 1° said Act of Assembly and its|CePt the 28th, which includes the school &
they should be met. prevail. Utilize every available acre supplements. greater part of Somerset county, est poss
R. L. O'DONNEL, | for grain, grasses and vegetable. In UHL & BALY, showed a decrease in tonnage as com-
Chairman, Executive Committee, Associated Railroads of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. ‘many sections farmers are urged to Solicitors, | pared with 1913,