THE.
MEYERSDALE
COMMERCIAL
Published Every Thursday | ascribed as the direct cause of his]
! death. Mr. Crowe was born in Garrett |
At Meyersdale, Pennsylvania.
K. CLEAVER, Editor and
Business Manager.
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FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE.
The foot and mouth disease has
made its first appearance in Fayette
county, infection among cattle and
hogs, having been discovered on the
farm of Fred Leighty, half a mile from
Tretter, where more than half of a
herd of 17 cattle and eight hogs are
affected. Prompt measure have been
taken to prevent a spread of the dis-
ease and the state authorities believe
they have the situation well in hand.
Dr. F. N. Sherrick, who represents
the state, has established a rigid quar-
antine. Persons are notified to stay
away from the farm. The foot and
mouth disease is very infectious, and
while persons seldom suffer.ill affects
from it, they are known to have car.
ried the germs, and to have caused the
infection of cattle elsewhere. For this
reason, the quarantine has been made
to include persons as well as live-
stock.
INDIAN CREEK.
Dr. Wenzel, who has been practic-
ing at Donegal, for the past six
years, is making preparation too move
to Meyersdale, All feel sorry to have
him leave and wish him the greatest
success in his new field of labor.
1. J. Baer in Meyersdale, on
Wednesday.
Henry Taylor and Chas. Bryner
have resigned their positions at the
J. W. Buttermore lumber camp.
Rodney Woodmancy is busy haul-
ing fertilizer and will be ready for
early gardening.
Jake Dull, the genial passenger con-
ductor, came out all togged out in
his new uniform, Saturday. The man-
agement is noticing the increase in
their passenger receipts since the
new outfit was donned.
Mrs. H. F. Habel and daughter, Al-
thea, of Meyersdale, were visitors on
Saturday at the T. W. Habel home.
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A. P. Doorley spent over Sunday
with home folks in Scottdale.
H. I. Fisher spent the week-end
with his family in Wilkinsburg.
The Wells-Fargo Express Co. aud-
itor was a busines caller here the
end of the week.
Miss Moser, one of the Mill Run tea-
chers, was compelled to return to her
home in Connellsville on account of
ill health.
Rev. Wm. Bracken from Smithfield,
is conducting revival services ‘at
Jones’ Mill,
Miss Cathryn Fette of Connellsville,
and Miss Jean Illig spent Saturday
as the guests of Mis Annie Eberhart-
er, of near Mill Run.
Miss Ola Miller, of Roaring Run,
was in Connellsville, Saturday.
D. L. Maneatta, extra telegrapher
worked the NC tower 2nd trick, on
Saturday.
BERKLEY.
A valuable horse belonging to H.
P. Berkley had to be shot a few days
ago because it was afflicted with astu-
turia, which is another way of saying
the animal was paralyzed in the hind
quarters.
Miss Edna Sellers is able to be out
again.
The mines are not being worked
much at present.
Mrs. Hoffman, of Meyersdale visit-
ed at the homes of her sisters, Mrs. J.
Wilhelm and Mrs. Levi Shultz on
Tuesday.
Sugar boiling is now in progress;
everybody is hauling and boiling the
sweet sap.
Peggy Miller was moved to the home
of her grandson, Wm. Miller, of Mey-
ersdale, where she will be well taken
care of.
Mr. Isaac Neimiller has bought Mr.
Miller’s home, of this place. Mr. Miller
has bought a home at Salisbury.
The young folks of this place are
practicing for an entertainment to
be held at the Walker Schoolhouse
on March 6th. :
Mr. Wilson Bittner of Possum,
Ridge has rented the Ed Shumaker
property and will move his family
there at once.
Mrs. Russel Shultz, who had been
visiting in Berlin for a few weeks has
returned home again.
Russell Shultz and Wm. Ebaugh
are working on the sawmill for Syl-
vester Baer. :
We are all sorry to see Mr. and Mrs.
Miller leave our village as we all lose
good neighbors.
GOLDEN LOAF and GOLD MEDAL
FLOUR $8.00 per bbl. and every bag
guaranteed at Habel & Phillips.
sh Dried Beef scrap,
mash
charcoal
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DEATH OF G. A. CROWE.
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i Died at the home of his son, Floyd |
Crowe near Finzel, Md., Friday morn-
ing, February 19, aged 87 years and
91 days. Neuralgia of the heart was
| county Jan. 31st. 1828. He was mar-
! ried to Louisa S.
| Jesse W. Chaney, October 11, 1855,
| who preceded him to the spirit world
! July 14th, 1913. Mr. Crowe is surviv-
ed by the following sons and daugh-
forms Clarence E. Crowe, U. S. store-
keeper and gauger, now stationed at
Buhl & Gatesman distillery; Eugene
Crowe, bookkeeper for the Meyers-
dale Brewing Company, Floyd, Thom-
as and John, farmers near Finzel, Md.,
George Crowe, and Mrs. Lawrence
Finzel, of Frostburg, Mrs. Wm. Mur-
phy and Mrs. Calvin Wilson, of Belle-
ville, Md. Two daughters are dead.
He also leaves 50 grandchildren and
24 great grandchildren. He led a de-
voted Christian life and was a mem-
ber of the Methodist church from
boyhood. Funeral services were con-
ducted in the Emmanuel Chapel near
Johnsens on the old National Pike
four miles west of Frostburg, on Sun-
day afternoon at 2 o'clock, in the pres-
ence of a large and sorrowing crowd
of relatives and friends.
God has called him from us. One whom
we all loved,
God has beckoned him to come and
dwell withh im above.
Although we sadly miss him, we know
that he is at rest.
We can never more see his smiling
face or feel his kind embrace,
But by the Godly life he led, his mem-
ory will always
Be with us, although he is dead,
“Blessed are they that die in the
Lord.” A SON.
VIM.
Mrs. Kate Tressler, of Meyersdale,
with her little daughter spent Thurs-
day at the home of Henry Suder.
P. C. Milter was a recent business
visitor at Harrisburg.
Mrs. H. K. Aurandt, of East Mey-
ersdale, was a Vim visitor Thursday.
Mrs. Jacob Hoil, of West Salisbury,
spent last Thursday with her daught-
ter, Mrs. Ringler.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Saylor and
one of their children, of Meyersdale
were visitors at the home of Eugene
Weller on Sunday afternoon.
Jacob Beal, of Freeport, Ill. spent
Monday night at the home of W. W.
Nicholson.
Mrs. Ellen Pile and infant are visit-
ing at the home of Milton Bowlby’s
since Saturday where Mr. Pile is em-
ployed.
Geo. Bangard and Wm. Engle at-
tended the I. O. O. F. services in the
last
Lutheran Church in Salisbury
Sunday evening.
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The Best Place.
The illustrated Bible had a strong
fascination for small Geraldine. With
the book upon her lap, she looked up
and said:
“Mother, do folks marry in heaven?”
“The Good Book says they do not,
Geraldine.”
“Well, do they marry in—in—the
other place?”
“TI suppose not, my dear.”
Geraldine shut the Bible with a bang.
“Then I'm going to stay right here.”
she said.
A Gruesome Sneer.
“I have discovered a means of sav.
ing health and prolonging men’s lives,”
said the exultant scientist.
“That’s a good idea,” replied the
cynic. “There’s no telling when some
of your political scientists will need
men in order to demonstrate the effk
ciency of new military machinery.”
Violated Neutrality.
“Why, Johnny, what's the matter
with you?”
“We had a free fight, mother.”
“What do you mean?”
“There’s twenty-three fightin’ na-
tionalities in our school, mother, and
only three stayed neutral.”
Caught.
“lI was looking at some $20 hats
today,” said his wife, “and I brought
this one home to see what you think
of it.”
“Frightful,” said her husband.
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This is a | branch store-
A LESSON IN ETHICS |
By MAUD SMITH COTTRELL.
(Copyright, 1914, by W. G. Chapman.)
“I don’t say you shan’t marry my
daughter, Mr. Wills,” said Hiram Oak-
ley, stroking his white beard thought
fully. “I say that you've sprung this
on me sudden like, and I want time to
think it over.”
“And I say, Mr. Oakley, that Madge
is of age and entitled to choose for
herself,” answered the young fellow.
“And since she has chosen to accept
me J] at asking you only as a matter
of form.”
Hiram Oakley looked at the young
fellow quietly. He did not mind Madge
being married; she was flighty and had
not been too kind to her father since
her mother’s death released her from
what she considered unjustifiable
chaperonage; but Mr. Oakley wanted
to know more about Herbert Wills,
who had appeared in the town three
months before and taken a position
with him in his department store.
He saw no harm in Wills, but the
young man had a good deal to learn.
So had Madge, for that matter.
The mystery was solved a few days
later when Madge and Wills contracted
a secret marriage before an alderman.
Hiram Oakley received a defiant note
from the couple announcing that they
meant to go their own way, unless he
chose to make the first advances.
What their own way meant was
shown a few days later when Wills
opened a smaller rival store imme- :
diately opposite the Oakley premises
on Main street.
Revenge is not a good policy in
commerce, but still Wills’ store opened
with a great flourish of advertise-
ments and bills in the store windows.
Wills made a specialty of displaying
the same kind of goods as his father-
in-law, only of a cheaper grade. Every-
thing that was in Mr. Oakley's win-
dows was in his son-in-law’s, but cut
by one-third in price. And for a time
Wills’ trade boomed at the expense of
Oakley's.
After a while, however, things began
to swing the other way. Oakley's
trade went up and Wills found his
counters deserted. He could not un-
derstand. He did not realize that the
district was not one patronized by
cheap shoppers, and that his shoddy
goods and cheap stock had been tried
and found wanting.
Hiram Oakley, with no bills in his
windows, was doing a roaring trade
during the boom times. Wills found
himself reduced to his last five hun-
dred. And he was not taking in enough
to pay the cost of his help. *
As the sales dwindled Wills’ posters
became more flashy. Hiram Oakley,
who had had no communication with
the couple since their marriage, knew
that the time was at hand.
But, after all, it was Wills who came
to him—came in humbly, but looking
much more of a man than he had
looked before when he defied old Oak-
ley.
“Mr. Oakley,” he began frankly, “I've
come to tell you that I have been a
fool, sir.”
Old Oakley looked him up and down.
“There's always hope for a man when
he finds that out,” he said at length.
“Don’t think that I've come to ask
your help,” sald Wills. “I'm anxious
about Madge, that’s all. Frankly, the
business can’t go on another month.
And I don’t know what we are going
to do. You gee—"
And Oakley learned that he was to
become a grandfather.
There is nothing that touches an’
old man’s heart so much. Oakley was |
genuinely fond of his daughter, and he
thought that the pair had had about as
much of a lesson as they needed.
“So I'm thinking of selling out and
moving to another town, sir,” con-
tinued Wills. “But before I go I want
you to forgive Madge and—and tell me
why I couldn’t succeed,” he blurted
out. “I thought I knew all the tricks
of the trade, with my New York ex-
perience.”
“So you did, my boy,” answered Oak-
ley briskly. “You knew tricks that I'd
heard of but never soiled my fingers
with, nor wouldn't.
“In the first place, you went into
the business in a spirit of vindictive:
ness instead of willingness, to kill an-
other man’s trade rather than estab:
lish your own. That can’t help show-
ing itself in the tone of the selling
force. Your salespeople took their cue
from you, and they lost customers by
their unwillingness and bad manners.
“Then, again, you tried to sell the
same goods I did, but cheaper goods.
People find out good from bad. They
don’t repeat their purchases at a
store that does them.”
Wills swallowed hard, for the lesson
was a bitter one. But the spirit of
vindictiveness had been driven out oi
him.
“I'm obliged to you, sir,” he said.
“And you'll see Madge before we leave
next week—"
“Wait a minute!” said old Oakley.
“Now it’s my turn to speak. I've been
planning turning it into a company and
opening a branch. In fact, I've ac-
quired some property for the branch
store, and if you like to be my man-
ager, I think it'll pay you better than
leaving town. I am retaining 55 per
cent of the stock, and in course of
time it ought to go to you and Madge.
And then I've only one child. What
do you say?”
BUTTERICK
THE EMPIRE GIRL.
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A Tucker of the Finest Lace.
Short-waisted Bodice.
Looking these over
Consulting our - Pattern
ment.
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Reasonably Priced you can find.
Don’t Make your New Gown without
and without
Depart-
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turb the simplicity of it
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Glessner’s Department Store
Is Thinking About the
Confirmation ( andidates
The solemnity of the occasion suggests the kind of
White, of course, suggesting purity of heart
and mind, without even a blush of color in fixing to dis-
For weeks we have been anticipating
and are ina position to prescribe the things that are
absolutely correct for the joyfully serious occasion.
all.
REQUIREMENTS”
Dainty White Persian
Exquisite White Voiles,
Pure White Flaxons —
CONFIRMATION GOWN MATERIALS.
Snow White India Linens at — — 8 cts. to 28 cts yd.
Fine White Dimities — — — 12 1-2 cts.
Appropriate White Piques at — — — — 25 cts yd.
Beautiful White French Batistes,
Handsome White Crepes,
New White Rice Cloths, 40 in. wide — 25 cts. yd.
Charming White Seed Cloths , 40 in. wide 25 cts. yd.
Daintiest White Lace Cloths, 40 in. wide — 25 c. yd
Embroidered Crepe de Chine, 40 inches wide — 50 cts. yd
White French Organdies 54 inches wide — 50 cts. yd.
Whites Messalines, 36 inches wide, — — — $1.00 per yd.
White Taffetas, 36 inches wide as high as — $1.50 per yd
White Silk Crepe de Chine at — — 50 cts to $1.50 per yd.
EMBROIDERIES,
Pure White Embroideries at 5 cts. to 75 cts per yard.
Pure White Laces at 5 cents to $1.25 per yard.
Pure White Ribbons in all the popular widths and prices.
For further helps consult our pattern department.
to 25 cts yd.
Lawns at, 20 to 35 cts yd.
54 in. wide, 25¢ yd
40 in. wide, — — 25 cts. yd
40 in. wide — 25 cts. yd.
aE 25 cts yd.
LACES, RIBBONS.
Don't Fail to See Our Line of Carpets and Rugs. |
Meyersdale,
Albert S. Glessner
(Successor to Appel & Glessner.)
Penn’a.
Wills grasped old Oakley’s hands im-
pulsivel; “1
deserve it, sir, 1d the
say I accept—but I don’t |
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“HENPECKED HENRY.”
The type of henpecked husband
presented in Halton Powell's famous
cartoon musical farce, “HENPECKED
HENRY” which will be seen here at
the Donges Theatre next Tuesday,
March 2 ,is absolutely different from
the accepted idea of a stage “Barna-
by’. The character is a creation and
unlike any other ever presented here-
tofore. It is a revelation in farce com-
edy characterization. “Henry” is
henpecked and desperately afraid of
his wife, but he never allows her to
know it. Nine ouf of every ten hus-
bands will appreciate “Henry”, sym-
pathize with him and secretly ack-
nowledge in their own hearts that he
is a replica of themselves. Henpeck-
ed Henry is drawn {rue to life and at
the same time is the funniest charac-
ter ever presented upon the American
stage. The musical numbes are aug-
mented by a chorus of pretty girls.
MARKLETON.
Somewhat like spring! Farmers are
busy getting their sugar vessels in or-
der.
The revival meeting closed on Sat-
urday evening with more than 20 con-
versions.
Mr. and Mrs. Simon Nicholson, of
Berlin, were visitors at the home of
Wm. Putman over Sunday.
Mrs. Jacob Phillippi, of Kirgwood
visited for a few days with Mrs. M. A.
Snyder. . :
Miss Florence Hogan, of Meyers-
dale spent Tuesday at her home here.
Wm. Hyatt was called to Confluence
on last Tuesday to attend the funeral
of his brother-in-law.
* Mrs. Aaron Lazo of Casselman is
wrending a few days bere with rela-
tives.
Miss Ethel Henry is able to teach
school again.
David Croiner, of Confluence was in
town looking them over?
Mrs. James Peters, of Rockwood
was calling on friends here on Friday
and Saturday.
Mr. Campbell Dunbar of Garrett,swas
calling on friends here Saturday.
Messrs. Lee May, S. A. May and W.
F. Sembower were to Rockwood on
Saturday on business.
Mr.and Mrs. J. M." Cook, of Hynd-
man were visiting at the home of their
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
C. O. Burns.
Chas.
Meyers and two children
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burg on Sunday visiting his wife; she
is improving and hopes to return home
in a few days.
NOTICE—The German Arion Band
of Frostburg, 40 Great Musicians will
be the attraction for Monday March 1,
for benefit of the Meyersdale Firemen.
Besides the band there will be several
high clas vocal singers, composed of
a Vocal Duet, “Miserea” from Trova-
tore by Miss E. Wittig and N. T. Hock-
ing, and “Beautiful Roses” by Miss An-
na Krauss with band accompani-
ment; also a great clarinet solo by
Mr. J. Wilfred Lancaster and band.
The band will be accompanied by a
large crowd of Frostburgers who have
already engaged seats. Buy your seats
now from any of the firemen, they
have them for sale . Concert will be-
gin promptly at 8:15.
Reluctant Turks.
Turkish soldiers killed in battle are
supposed to go straight to paradise.
But somehow the idea doesn’t seem to
appedl to them as it should.—Kansas
City Star.
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i Less in the Dark.
Figing a prisoner only $10 for kiss
ing § woman against her will at Lu
ceryge, the judge said it was worth no
, as the kiss was delivered in the
Folly of Anger.
0 speak angrily to a person, to
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A Bit Tired.
A somewhat weather-beaten tramp,
being asked what was the matter with
his coat, replied, “Insomnia: it hasn't
had a nap in ten years.”—Christian
Register. |
Their Existence a Failure.
They who are most weary of life,
and yet are most unwilling to die, are
such who have lived to no purpose—
who have rather breathed than lived.
—EHEarl of Clarendon.
Worse.
“Do you suppose it’s such a very
bad thing to be sarcastic?” “Not
nearly so bad as to think you are
and not be so.”
Probably the Truest Form of Love.
There is a love which can find its
one expression in sympathy and all
its happiness in understanding. —John
Oliver Hobbes.
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In the Philippines the government is
making great efforts to improve the
quality of tobacco grown there.
Requires Time to Mature.
Until the pearl oyster is six or
seven years of age it does not pro
duce any pearls.
Daily Optimistic Thought.
Truth may be smothered but not ex
tinguished.
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