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HE MEYERSDALE GREATEST CROPS RAISED
COMMERCIAL. | Dr. R. T. Pollard spent several days IN THE YEAR 1915
of last week in Pittsburg on business. The nation’s harvests this year have
Joseph Fullerton, who underwent o,.,,ssed any ever before recorded.
an operation for appendicitis, return- The value of the principal form crops,
ed to his home here last Friday. | based on prices paid to farmers Dec. 1,
G. W. Oaks is busy with his team _.. . announced Friday by the depart-
hauling passengers to and from ,...¢ of agriculture in its final esti-
Blackfield. ; mate as $5,568,773,000, making 1915 a
Mrs. Henry Long, who is seriously papper year both in value and in pro-
ill with dropsy, is srowly improving. 4. tion of crops.
The various churches are being x :
decorated and arrangements cots. The unusual situation of extraordi-
pleted prior to the Christmas Cantatas nory production and high prices, prob-
| ably never before so pronounced, is
to be rendered therein. dited incipally: £0. the E
Messrs. Joseph and Levi Long spent | T° ited principally. to g _‘turopean
war.
Tuesday evening in town on business. |
With the prices of grain soaring as
Mrs. John Walter, who had been
the war progressed, American farmers
visiting with her sister at Boynton,
Health and Hygiene last week, returned on Saturday | began the season by planting greater
evening. ‘areas to grain. The acreage of the
Our local merchants report an ex- principal crops this year aggregated
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I HAVEN'T TIME.
Little Talks on
By Dr. Samuel G. Dixon.
The season for good resolutions is
By Rev. CHARLES FREDERIC GOSS, D. D.
T
HE last of the little stockings
had been packed to its utmost
capacity and hung upon the
mantel.
Mary surveyed them with a smile of
approaching. Within a fortnight ou |
sands of men and of women will have
cellent holiday trade this year.
Donald Craig, of Ralphton, spent
approximately 486,670 square miles.
That is larger than the combined area
resolved to begin the mew year with Sunday here, being called home on |of Germany, France, Bergium, Holland.
a definite purpose of lopping off some account of the illness of his daughter, Denmark and Switzerland.
bad habit or commencing some effort Mrs. Henry Long. Corn was planted on 108,321,000
at self improvement. Mr. U. S. Werner, of Rockwood, acres the second largest area ever
Human happiness so largely de- Was a business caller on Tuesday. 'planted, and the harvest was 3,054
pends upon health that many of | Despite the recent rough weather, | 535,000 bushels, the second largest
these resolutions will center upon automobiles are still in evidence. | crop ever grown. Its value was $1,755,
conditions relating to personal wel! The school children will be given 855,000 exceeding that of the previous
fare. It is not difficult in this age cf 2 week’s vacation next week, which most valuable corn crop by $33,000,000.
self-education to analyze our habits {will be greatly appreciated by all | New records were made in produc-
and discover where our weaknesses C. T. Bittner spent Sunday with his tion of wheat, oats, barley, rye, sweet
lie. Neither is it beyond the majority family here. potatoes, rice and hay, while tobacco
of us to plan a sensible course which Owing to the scarcity high closely approached its production rec-
if adhered to would bring about im- price of turkeys this year in our sec- ord, 1,103,415,000 pounds. Bach of
provement. The task lies in adhering tion, some people will have to sub- these crops, in addition, established 2
to the plans that we have made. stitute for the “American Bird” on record as being the most valuable ever
Perhaps the most common plea that Christmas. grown, except in the case of barley
we make to excuse the failure to ca” John Walter butchered two porkers and tobacco.
ry out our good intentions is that of on Tuesday. Production of the first billion bushel
want of time. “I haven't time” has RRR NE , wheat crop and the second three bill-
grown to be one of the commonest of CHRISTMAS SERVICES FOR ion busel corn crop were features of
phrases. There is no question about ROCKWOOD AND VICINITY the year. Wheat acreage aggregated
it; this is a rapid age which we live The Sunday schools and churches of 59, 898,000 acres, or6,000,000 more than
jn. The possibilities for accomplish- Rockwood and near-by towns will ob- | ever before. The yield was 16.9 bush-
ment are great; what we lack is time. serve Christmas in an appropriate | €ls an acre, largest acre yield for win-
The man in business knows he manner. Services have been announ- ter and spring wheat combined ever
needs more physical exercise and ao- ced as follows by the various congre- attained in this country. The final es-
preciates the fact that he feels the bet ' gations: | timate of production was 1,011,5605,000
ter for it but denies himself because | gi ruke’s Evangelical Lutheran | bushels,, with a value c? $940.2062,090.
he hasn’t time. We lack time to eat Church will present a Christmas can- The crop exceeded las year’swhich
properly, to think properly, to rest tata entitled Santa’s Advance Man,” was a record by more than 12.000,000 |
properly. Twenty-four hours seems ' , g.iurday evening, December 25 at bushels and by $50,000,000.
too short a day for may of us and g jock. Tis service will be held in| Oats, rye, potatoes, sweet potatocs
what is the result? ‘the Rockwood High School auditori- | and tobacco all were planted on recor
Continually pleading the lack of pn, | areas. Oats exceeded its record pro-
time we rush from ome thing to an o ...., peangelical Lutheran |dnuction of 1512 by 122,000,000 busn-
che nd in Sim S00, Sot SES cn, nny wh vi Ske age |e 108 ond 2 801 BSL
boss: of. ular Christmas services on Sunday 000. Barley production was 13,000,000
Our clocks seem to be ticking at the morning, December 26 at 10 o’clock bushels mote than In 1912 sug wos
oh veocnds to tie mindte bat followed by the preparatory services, Worth $4,000,000 more than the form-
me oe hour Bond terawls ot the confession and absolution and the ad- © ‘wok valuable crop grown in 1914.
; ministration of the sacrament of the ' Rice passed the 1912 record value hy
same old pace. Uuquestionably the Holy C : 11,700,000.
majority ~ of us would be happier and y Communion
healthier if we cultivated repose. St. John’ Evangelical Lutheran
Tranquillity is becoming a lost art Church (Sanner) will render the
and as a result disturbing nervous Christmas service, “Joyous Tidings,”
complaints are far more frequent on Sunday evening, December 26 at
than formerly. 7 o'clock.
The cultivation of composure need _ St. Paul's Reformed Sunday School
not mean a reduction in our ability | Wilson Creek, will hold the annual
to achieve results. It is almost cer- Christmas services on Friday even-
tain to insure us time through appli- ing December 24 at 7:30 oclock.
cation for many things which will | Trinity Reformed Sunday School |
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make life better worth living in. | of Rockwood ‘will Tender a Christmas | The potato crop suffered the most
| severe set back of the year. Farmers
and
1000 bushels the 1910. record and were
worth $3,000,000 more than the 1913
' value record. Hay showed a 12,500,009
| ton increase over the record crop of
1912 and was worth $55,600,000 more
than the value record made last year.
Tobacco while growing on a record
| csreage, was worth $26,000, 000 less
than in the record value year.
Sweet potatoes exceeded by 14,000- |
CONFLUENCE
Miss Berza Fike and Miss Beatrice
Younkin, studertts at Irving College,
|service, “His Only Son,” on Sunday
evening, December 26 at 7:30 o’clock.
| The United Brethren Sunday School
| of Rockwood will hold the Christmas
|service on Friday evening, December
Mechanicsburg, are home for the hol-
idays.
The Johnson Ch 1 Sund pots
ohnson Chapel Sunday School’ uy, Np GREAT FOR COAL.
Christmas services will be held on
Friday evening instead of Saturday | Demand for American coal by the
evening as had been announced. French Government is becoming sc
Mrs. Alex. Recknor has returned to urgent and the shortage of steamships
her home in Mount Pleasant after a for the transportation of the coal so
visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. acute that coal men here expect France
A. B. Flanigan, of Johnson Chapel. will be compelled betore long to es-
Mr. and Mrs, Clarence Shipley and tablish a government foot to obtain
two clin wre. recent vistors 1, VL cn coum to
going from here ho Sipes to visit Mr. | months past”
Shipley’ t Several
pley's parents, Wittenberg, one ot ‘the leading ex-
J. C. Bailey was called to Ohiopyle
porters.
a ig nt - me funeral The Consclidated Coal. Company,
of Mrs. Bailes, his, sistonin-aw. the Pocahontas Fuel Company, the
i West Virginia Coal Company and th
GARRETT. gina C pany and.1se
Berwind Company have been among
Miss Fannie B. Bittner returned to | h i h h 1
her home on Sunday on No. 2 after |¢ o companies. which have sen! large
Yaw: t ih ith % supplies to Italy and France. Sailing
2 I ig is iin) ¥ il er | vessels are being pressed into service
cousin, Mr Clayton ner and fam- |i, jarge numbers, for these cargoes
ily of near Somerset, Pa.
i24 at 7:30 o'clock.
| Prices of bituminous coal are soaring.
have
$2.60 a ton, for the better grades.
week ago the price was $1.75. °
Messrs. George Marker and Ray | Pennsylvania prices
Heinbough of Rockwood spent Se
day with friends in Garrett.
Mrs. Henry Bittner and daughter, |
Fannie were doing their Christmas | ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
shopping Tuesday in Meyersdale. | Estate of Margaret Wright, late of
Greenville .Townshlp, .Somerset
County, State of Pennsylvania, De-
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EXECUTOR’S NOTICE.
Estate of Susanna Nedrow, late of | ceased.
Jenner Township, County of Som-| jectters of administration in the a-
erset, State of Pennsylvania, D8 pove named estate, having been issu-
ceased. ‘ed to the undersigned, notice is hereby
Notice is hereby given that letters tes given to all persons indebted to said
tamentary on the estate of said deced- ‘estate to make immediate payment,
ent have been granted to the under- and those having claims against said
signed All perscns indebted to sald [estate may present them for settle-
estate are requested to make immedi- ‘ment to the undersigned at the office
ate payment and those having claims lof Albert B. Lowry, Esq. Salisbury,
er demands agaist the same will pre- Somerset County, Pennsylvania, on
gent them for settlement to the undor- Wednesday, February 9th, 1916 at one
signd executor, settlement to be made o'clock in the afternoon.
at the office of Albert B. Lowry, Esaq., OSCAR WRIGHT, Administrator
Salisbury, Somerset County, Pennsvl- 12-23-6t Boswell, Pa.
vania on Wednesday, February 9th., |
1916 at one o'clock in the afternoon. !
OSCAR WRIGHT, Executor, |
Boswell, Pa.
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DEAD LETTER LIST.
Bowersox & Son, J. C. Lowery,
James McDonald; Cards— Alvin Al-
brtight, Grace T. Havers, Shapiro
Our job work will certainly please Bros J. F. Naugle, P. M.
gold J. J:
reached ;
| planted a record acreage of potatoes,
{but the outturn was only 359,103,000
| bushels. That was 61,500,000 bushels
below the record year and 508,000,000
less than last year. The value of the
rop, however, was $22,000,000 more
than last year.
UNION VALLEY. -
Jingle, jingle, up and down
Merry sleighbells through the town!
Simon Keefer butchered some fine
porkers last weekk.
Zac. Keefer unloaded a car of lime
a few days ago.
Miss Elsie Shaffer has prepared a
very fine program for the Christmas
(celebration to be held on Friday at-
'ternoon at the Witt school.
| Santa Claus was noticed spying a-
| round the valley; it is supposed that
| he is look ing for good boys and girls.
Zac Keefer spent part of Sunday
with Leroy Crissey.
, Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Brant and
daughters, Nellie and Edna, were
| Sunday visitors at the home of H. F.
i Habel. :
; ROCKWOOD.
{ Misses Iulia
jBaron, students of Irving Colege at
i Mechanicsburg, arrived home on
Thursday to spend the holidays with
their parents, Mrs. Ellen Snyder and
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Barron.
Jonas Wable, who was well known
after a short illness with pneumonia.
His son-in-law, E. J. Weimer ard Fun-
Snyder and Martha |
here died a few days ago at Bolivar |
satisfaction and then went into the
nursery to take her good might look at
little Bob and Elsie.
When she returned there was in her
great brown eyes the mysterious light
of mother love.
She found her husband sitting near
the fireplace and gazing absentmind-
edly at the flames,
“Tom,” she said, “what do you think |
Elsie said when Bob asked her this
afternoon what she wanted you to give
her for Christmas?’
“I don’t know. What?” :
“She heaved the sweetest little sigh
and replied, ‘I' wish papa would just
give me his own self all day long.’ ”’
“What did she mean by that?” he
asked with a start.
“you dear old fellow,” she answered,
pushing his hair back from his fore-
head with her gentle hand, “you have
YOU NEVER SAW ANY ONE S80 HAPPY.
not been yourself of late. Your busi-
ness has worried you, and we hardly
feel as if we see anything of you.
Your body js here, but your mind is
down at the store.”
“You think Elsie has noticed it?”
“I do so.” .
“Jing! This won't do!”
“You dear old giant, I dreaded to tell
.you, for I know how hard it is.”
“Bless your heart! Don’t for heaven's
will darken those little children’s lives
nor yours,” he sald, kissing her.
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An all day frolic began in the Speed-
well home the minute those two little
white nightgowned figures stole into
the room at sunrise.
Tom helped them empty their stock:
ings and open their packages, and when
they screamed with delight in their
childish trebles he roared in his thun-
derous bass. He peeled their oranges,
cracked their nuts, spun their tops.
strapped on their skates, dressed their
dollies and shot peas at their tin sol-
dlers for four hours until dinner.
He seemed a little tired and drawn
when he carved the turkey, but Mary
gave him a look that put new heart
into him, and after dinner he com-
mernced again.
You never saw any one so happy as
those little Speedwell young ones!
They forgot all about thelr toys and
just rolled and tumbled over their dear
old daddy lke little poodles over a
great Newfoundland dog.
And when the day turned to twilight
and the twilight faded into dark two
tired children crept up into Tom’s lap
and laid their heads upon his heart.
Bob fell asleep with his eyes fixed
apon his father's face, in a sort of mute
adoration, and Elsie, patting his beard-
ed cheek, sald in tones so much like
Mary's that they startled him:
“Papa, do you know which gift I like
best of all?”
“Your dolly,” he said, trying to ap-
pear unconscious.
the body to Rockwood where funeral
day last week, visiting at the home of |
{his broth, A. J. Willams. Mr. Wil- |
1
jams will spend several weeks with
his parents at Bakersville before re-
tirning home.
Mrs. J. H. Bitner of Connellsville is
the guest of Mrs. W. H. Johnston.
R. H. Speicher has rented his farm {
north of here to E. J. Lyons for five '
years. The latter will take charge on
Merch ist.
eral Director I. D. Hechler brought
services were held in the Sanner |
church
A. B. Williams of Plentywood, |
Montana, arrived in Rockwood one |
“You,” she answered gravely, and.
| trying heroically, but vainly, to Keep
| awake so as to feast upon his love a
| Hittle longer, she, too, fell asleep and
{ dropped off upon the sea of Nod.
| And there by the fireplace sat Mary.
! her big brown eyes full of tears.
{ “Well done, dear heart,” she said.
| “You have won a great victory today.
| You have given yourself to others and
so have reproduced the Christ life
! again. And now carry them off to their
i eribs, and after I put them to bed you
shall sit down with me and have a
sake let me fall into any habit which |
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| Bread and Butter Plates
The Christmas Store
The Place to Buy Your Christmas
Goods at RIGHT PRICES
Our Line of Toys is Complete
Teddy Bears 25c¢ to $2.00 | Hook & Ladder 25c up
ot Chests 50c and up Toy Lead Sets 25¢ up
orns, 10c up 15¢ u
Toy Tables 25¢ Fol Tos cu cw
Kitchen Cabinets 75c up Tums p
Horses 10c¢ up A, B, C Blocks 10c up
Toy Sweepers 26¢
Wagons 25¢ up t £
Toy Stoves 50c up Fire Engines 25¢
Books 5¢ up
Jumping and Barking dogs
Games bc up
Dolls 5¢ up Doll Buggies
Pianos 50 c up Hobby Horses, Sleds
And a host of Toys we cannot mention. Come and See
5 cens
Our line of Imported China is complete and must be
seen to be appreciated
Cake Sets Nut Sets
Berry Sets Cracker Jars
Celery Sets - Vases .
Cream Jugs
Dessert Saucers
Spoon Trays
Salt and Peper Shakers
Covered Cheese Dishes ete.
Sugar and cream Sets
Salad Dishes
Cake Plates
Cups and Saucers
We have some Very Pretty Goods in the following:
Collars and Cuff Pouehcs
Tie & Hand’chfs Boxes
iaving Sets |
Comb Brush and Mirors
Military Sets - |
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Puff Boxes | Nerphes
Hair Receivers , | Suspenders
Work Baskets | Hosiery
A nice line of Handker-
chiefs and many other
articles that will make
appropriate and useful
gifts.
A beautiful line of tree
trimmings and Decora-
tions.
KEEP IN MIND OUR CANDY COUNTER
For your Christmas Supply of Candy. Never before
have you had an opportunity to purchase such Fine Can-
dies at as low a price.
®CPECIAL PRICE WILL BE MADE TO SUNDAY
SCHOOLS.
WISHING YOU ALL
“A MERRY CHRISTMAS” and
“A HAPPY NEW YEAR,”
A. T. HAMILL,
The Racket Store
MEYERSDALE,
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OHRISTMAS TALK
I have been talking about glasses for some months,
and I still want to talk But my theme in this letter
will be CHRISTMAS GOODS.
I carry in connection wtih my Optical line, a full and
Complete Bunch of Presents in JEWELRY, CHINA, CUT
GLASS, STERLING AND PLATED SILVER ARTICLES.
Also if you wish something in odd and unique de-
signs—I have them. Will you please stop and look at
my windows as you pass? I think you will be tempted
to come inside. :
BEFORE PURCHASING PLEASE SEE MY LINE.
COOK, The Optometrist,
Eye Sight Specialist
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We have on hand an excellent
line of Portables $2.50 up.
We also have a good collection of
Bathroom Fixtures, Mirrors,
Medicine Cases, etc.
Stop In and See Us.
BAER & CO.
{ good, long worry if you want to.”
«I don’t believe I do, sweetheart.
pave come out of myself for the first
time in weeks, and I guess I'll stay.”
__(incinnati Commercial Tribune.
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LEAVE YOUR ORDER EARLY FOR| Try SELF RISING BUCKWHEAT,
OYSTERS FOR XMAS. W= HANDLE |and Pancake Flour at BITTNER'S
ALL SIZES. HOLZSHU & WCIMER. | GROCERY.
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