- fy = POCAHONTAS. | FAIR HOPE. Institute. | We are having zero weather at this The following is the program for writing. an institute to be held at Pocahontas Mrs. A. F. Berkley has returned school on Saturday evening, Jan. 22. Song, “America” with band accom- paniment. Mrs. Walter Gaunar spent over Value of a Common School Educa- Sunday with her sister, Mrs. Walt. tion—William Miller. ' Kennell. Recitation. 3 | James DeVore and Mrs. Mary Duet Emrick spent a few hours in Meyers- value of Cheerfulness—Wm R. Sny- der. Topic—Luella Baker. Recitation—Mary Dickey. Band Selections—By Baer Band \ Value of Text Books—Minnie =H. Rembold. is Corporal Punishment Necessary? E. F. Hosteitler | Opportunities—D. C. Baer | “Topical Talk—Charles Durr Quartet Debate: Resolved that war is justifi- able—Affirmative: Aug. Sass, BE. J, Loraditch and Wm. Miller; Negative: Dp. C Baer, Minnie E, Rembold and ' J. M. Yutzy, ; The program will be interspersed with queries and Recitations. Every- .body cordially invited to attend. Minor Mention. t Business is slow in our burg the past few weeks. Monday last was the coldest day in this vicinity so far this winter. : La grippe has cavght some of our iyisited people the second time besides new ' ones right along. ' Harry Yaist is suffering with a pain- ful hand at present. the result of a torn cord in it. W. R. Snyder spent Saturday, and ! Sunday at Eckhart Md. ! Everybody is invited to attend the! Institute at Pocahontas on Jan. 22nd ' 1916. | Quite a numebr of people are suff- ering with the grip at present. Harry Yaist was a welcome caller _at Samtiel Clark's last Saturday night. i Austin Friedline spent a few days with friends and relatives in Mey- «argdale last week. Clarence and Elsie Sipple of St. Paul were the guests of J. H. Snyder last Sunday. Millard Steinley made a business trip to Frostburg Tuesday last. A. E, Baer attended to business affairs last Tuesday in Somerset. Henry Baker will move to within the city limits of Pocahontas in the near future. A New Year's Resolution: “Get wise and subscribe for the Commer- cial.” WELLERSBURG. Mrs. Angeline Glesnner of Mt. Sav- age spent Sunday wtih relatives near town. Miss Woolen Mills of Cumberland spent Saturday and Sunday with her ‘par- ents, Mr and Mrs. F. O. Robinette. Miss Carrie Robinette, employed 1u the Cumberland Woolen Mills, spent Saturday and Sunday with her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. F. O. Robinette. Mrs. Mary Haugemeyer of Frost- burg is spending a few days with friends and relatives in town. DeSales Shaffer of near Deal spent Sunday evening in town. Miss Susan Wilhelm, a student of “Beall High School, Frostburg, spent from Friday till Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wil- helm. A very delightful Leap year party was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs Nevin Shaffer, Thursday evening, Jan. 413th, when many interesting games -were played. Refreshments were ser ved. Those present were: Homer and Ellsworth Beal, Cecil Long, Earl | Reginald Shaffer; and Guy Witt, “Misses Elthea and Lillian Wilhelm, Helen Wingert, Bertha and Loretta Beal, Nora Sturtz, Dorothy Shaffer and Edna Witt. One of the young la- ~dies, having in mind that it was leap year, asked to escort her gentleman “friend home which he accepted gladly t . . GLENCOE. Guests at the hotel this week-end were: The Misses Vesta and Annie Sharp, of Sand Patch, and ‘Doc” De- ‘lozier of Salisbury. Ben Leydig spent a few days in Johnstown returning home Sunday to await orders for future employment in * the Flood City. home after spending two weeks with her son at Somerset. dale on Thursday on business. Miss Ruth DeVore of Cumberland is the guest of her sisters here. Ralph Kelly and James Martin of Cumberland was visiting at the home |! of Harry Markle over Sunday; some attraction evidently, girls. Ben Maust was a business visitor | in Cumberland, Monday. Eyes! Eyes! Eyes! My subject matter in this little talk will be on the EYES as this is my SPECIALTY. I love my work and this is why I am so SUCCESSFUL in giving my PATRONS ENTIRE SATISFACTION. I am contiually studying this line of work and the SCIENCE of REFRACTION or GLASS Fitting has become a FAD with me, In other words I am FANATICAL along this line -t White Two Big Sales at the Red Letter Sale at THE WOMEN’S STORE tically every article in the store reduced. Sale same time. Prac- few days in Cumberland. Carrie Robinet of the Union * J. M. Lowry left last wek for Mont Alto. Mrs. Wm. Smith was visiting her daughter at Glencoe over Sunday. J. A. Lowry was a Hyndman visit- or on Thursday. Mrs. Wm. Richardson is spending a Henry Dively from the Slope was in town Friday on business. Mrs. J. M. Lowry and daughter, Ml- dred returned home Saturday from CONSULTATION FREE Mont Alto. Are Your Eyes giving you trouble? -:- ESTER LE TRE COOK, The Optometrist, Eye Sight Specialist “ie COME TO SEE ME Ms. A. F. Berkley and Mrs. Redhead were Hyndman visitors, Tuesday. Miss Emma Perdew of Glencoe was her mother here recently. | Harvey Poorbaugh spent a few | hours n Cumberland on business, on Tuesday. Wialter Kennell was a Hyndman vis- itor Saturday night. Those among our sick: Jesse Der- ner, who has been very sick, is now improving; Ray Baker is not improv- ing very much; Mrs. Lous Miller is very ill with diphtheria; Hazel Low- ry is very sick at present and Miss Stella Emerick is hivng 2a siege of the measles. LARIMER Lewis Mankamyer Jr. spent Sun- his grandfather, Nathaniel Bitt- it Pleasant Union. with ner Mr. Chas. May is working for the Wilmoth Bros. at present. Miss Lucile Conrad, the Geiger sehool teacher. spent Sunday at Rich- ard Mankamyer. Francis Smith the western Mayland section foreman bought some young cattle from John Jackson last week. ~ C. S. Mankamyer made a business trip to Meyersdale last Friday. { John Geiger is workking at Howard | Mazer at present. | Rev. C. L. Miller preached a very ! able sermon to his people at the Ev- {pngetical church on Sunday. Elmer Chrissinger and wife spent i Sunday at the home of Joe Bittner. Margaret Mankamyer was the guest ‘of Mary Mazzer last Sunday. { Samual Bear of Greenville attended the Communion service at the White Oak Sunday. : Miss Mary Murray was visiting at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Owen Murray and left for pittsburg Sunday where she is employed in a restaurant. Calvin Weimer is seriously ill at | present, suffering with the grip and quinsy. : , John Fair is hauling Props from the | Gomer hollow for Mr. Kelly at Deal. , Mrs. Chas. May is spending a few days with her cousin, Mrs. Wm, Housel of Florida Hollow. | What is the matter with our corres- i pondent from Pleasant Valley. We have not seen his items in our good | paper, the Commercial for some time. Wakeup, brother, give us the news of the woods. Miss Grace Murray spent a few days at Rockwood visiting her sister, Mrs. Robert May, returning home on ; Sunday. | P. H. Ohler, a few days ago hauled ' some coal for Jacob Sturtz. a 8T. PAUL. | The thermometer reached 10 de- gres below zero on Monday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Rhodes were j called to Pittsburg last week to at- , tend the funeral of Mr. Irvin Rhodes, i a brother of Calvin Rhodes. | Rev. Joab Kombar, from Armenia, | conducted services in the Reformed church at St. Paul on Sunday. His plea was for the coming of the King- 1 } Wil':am Diest is home again after | dom of God. He showed his opposi- an operation in the Western Mary- land hospital at Cumberland. “Bill” 1s much bandaged but still a brave 12d | xingdom come, Oh, Millionaires! Ralph Poorbaugh and chaffeur John would say:“Thy Thy Thy His | sin to those who i kingdom come, Oh, Business! kingdom come, Oh, Militarism!” rattled into our Burg Sunday morning | \anguage betrayed a foreign accent, in The Ford. Who says Northampton : put his sermon Was appreciated by ! isn’t on the motoring map even in mid (pe audience. winter! Harry Smith and bride of perland spent Sunday at Smith's where on Saturday night they | gigeration on the first of April were serenaded. The loading of potatoes and apples by our farmers was the | commonwealth which would collec on Monday leading social event of the day. Mrs. Samuel Frey of Washington tion is spending a fort-night with r sister, Mary Stoner. ir is seeking a job in We understand the miners and Op- Cum- orators of their region have adjusted | Herman ' ir difficulture pending further con- We trust will be no further trouble. Why not work for the co-operation | tively own, operate and administer the industrial affair of the country for the benefit of all, making things for use and not for profit? : she went to a hospital and when she | » BUCK- mamta = > white, BRIGHT LIGHT A —— Se Ri ¢ Te ADDISON. : Mrs. Annie Kurtz has returned her home at Ridge View after af- er a month spent vist ing relatives a Swissvale. Mrs and Mrs. Mlovd Hilom sn are ill with la grippe, threatened with pneu- monia. ; Clarence Turney caught the larg- est red fox ever seen in this locality. Our new schoolhouse is completed and is surely a fine structure and is quite a credit to the builders, Wright Bros. i Two-thirds of the people of Addison are down with the grip. H. L. Dean an old veteran is not | expected to. live. James Rush, our popular landlord received a message from Uniontown last week to come at once as his fath- er was very ill. Mise Julia Augustine, an estimable lady of Addison, aged 50 years, 10 mecreths and 27 da. She had been a sufferer for two yeais with cancer. About four motnhs ago to | returned it was hoped that she was | cured but in vain. She was prepared | to meet her God. She was a faithful . member of the Lutheran church. She i leaves two sisters and one brother: Mrs. Dr. Jacobs, Robert Augustine, both of Somerfield and Miss Ella at' home. The funeral tok place on Sat- urday afternoon. Rev. Boyer of Con- fluence preached (the sermon, taking as his text, “Thywill be done”. In-| terment in the Addison cemetery. The pallbearers were C. H. Bird, H.! Witt, George Mill, Harvey Diehl, Chas. Nedrow and James Hileman. The floral emblems were many and beautiful. Rev. O. Rishel is holding 2a series of meetings in the M. E. church but owing te so much sickness and in- clement weather it is not well attend- ed. i SALISBURY Other items on Another Salisbury Page. Mrs. E. H. Miller and son, Darby, went to Clayville on Thursday, Mrs. Miller having been called there ‘ bY the serious illness of her mother, Mrs. Sawhill. She will also visit in Pitts- burg before she returns. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Menhorn, last week, moved into the Anderson house on Ord street recently vacated by ‘the Beahm family who now ocel- py the Chalfant property. J. W. Corbett was called to Massi- lon, Ohio, the latter part of the woek on account of the death of his sister, Mrs. Minks. - George Riley, of West Salisbury: celebrated his twenty first birthday The light that saves your eyes and saves you trouble. Poor oil cannot WV FAMILY FAVORITE OIL the best oil made, the oil that gives the steady 1 odor, no soot—costs little more than Trelorior ig i Re \ Get I from your dealer. It is there in barreis shipped direct from ous IN n eries. \ WAYERLY GIL WOKS CO., independent Gasolines, Tllumi Soicants, Parafine Wax. Waverly fr i3t U BITTNER NACMINE WORKS -:- D H WEISEL -:-P, J. COVEK & SON Moyersdale § ‘Tows Park spent Sunday with friends t ‘in town. were business callers in Cumberland Thursday. baugh spent part of Sunday with the | formers sister Mrs. Frank of Mt. Savage. (were pairing and changing lines. died on January 13, yheumatims, is still in a verv weak fwere callers on Mr and Mrs. e this kind of light, but PITTSBURG, PA. Refiners, FREE 23%. 3 Favouton ORITE OIL WELLERSBURG Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Damm of Nar- Mrs. Levi Beal and daughter Bértha Miss, Edna Witt and Ralph Poor- Delbrook linesmen doing re- A number of telephone in town Wednesday Mr. and Mrs. James Reddig and family were business callers in Cum- berland Wednesday. : Miss Ella Troutman of Kennells Mills is working for her sister Mrs. Wm Sturtz. Mr. Lewis Neubeiser of Cumberland was a caller in town recently. C. H. Long, who has been com- olaining for some time of muscular SALE CLOSES JANUARY 29th This is the final men’s Garments. garment along. Children’s Coats Reduced fo Ladies’ Suits and Coats Reduced to Half Price. Look at the price on the tag, pay us half and take the ALTERATIONS FREE Are You Walching the Dutch Auction? HARTLEY, CLUTTON CO, ‘THE WOMEN’S STORE clean-up on Wo- Half Price. A rr SSS SNS SAINI Nl” rs > That Hartley unary 29th. A condition. _ Mrs. Wm. Sturtz and Mrs. Russell Kimmell have been ill with La Grippe for the past week. FORT HILL. J. A. Merrill of Addison township was a Scottdale visitor on Friday. B. G. Tressler was u Confluence EVERYBODY REMEMBER Red Letter Sale will con- lit tinue until Saturday, Jan- tunity for special bargains. .... COME IN .... & Baldwin’s great oppor- T0 GIVE 6,000 ACRES FOR HOME FOR BOYS visitor Monday. Mrs. W. J. Woods has returned from several weeks visit in W. Va. It is reported that a general store will be built here in the near future. Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. P. BE. Vincent Lloyd Bird of Addison Twp. on Sunday. Mrs. A. C. Eicher is now improving. ——————————— FORTY-NINTH STATE URGED. Upper Peninsula cf Michigan Seeks Entrance as Superior. Calumet, Mich.—Plans for a cam- paign to carve the forty-ninth state of the Union out of the “upper peninsula” of Michigan. under the name ‘‘Supe- rior,” were discussed here by Roger M. Andrews, proprietor of the Menominee Herald-Leader. at the annual banquet of the Calumet Business Men's associ- ation. ' He asserted that the assessed valua- tion of the district exceeds that of any one of seventeen states which he named and laid stress upon the fact that it is isolated from the rest of the state. part, Best Man at Wedding. Lacouture at his marriage to Miss De lina Harpin in order that his should be able to distinguish him fron his twin brother. Narcisse L.acouture. Narcisse was his brother's best man SIGNAL TO KNOW HUSBAND. Brother of Bridegroom, His Counter- Brockton, Mass.—A secvel identifica- tion signal was adopted by Evangelist bride The brothers were dressed alike. as they always have been. and their cios- Kansas Ranchman Working Out a Scheme of Philanthropy. BUY CENTRAL CITY LOTS If you want Sure Profit— Strayer is back on the job. Write him; address JOHN E. STRAYER, Topeka. Kan.—John Marriage, own- er of the Eagle Canyon ranch in Mul- linville, is going to turn his 6,000 acre ranch over to a home for orphan and neglected boys as a training school in farming. Marriage told of his plans in a letter to Governor Capper. He wants the governor to help. He would make the Kiowa county ranch a big home for boys. where they may go to school, learn to farm. live right and become honest and indus- trious farmers. | “1 have a ranch of 6,000 acres, fully equipped with machinery and stocked with pure bred cattle.” the letter said. “It is excellent land. 2,400 acres de- voted to farming and 3,600 acres in pasture. For years I have been oper- ating it with hired belp. but 1 want to get different helpers and co-operate with thém ¢n’'4 profit sharing plan so they can have a good living and com- fortable home here so long as they do right and are satisfied to remain. : “This property never is to be sold. but is to be made into a training home for orphans and neglected boys. There will be three trustees to have the gen- eral management of the property and pine co-operators to do the work and live Christian examples. /We are non- - | sectarian, but take the whole Bible as our creed. Each co-operator will be 1 | permitted to draw cash each month for his living, also be credited Jan. 1 . | of each year for a share of the ranch profits. We have good schools and Sunday schools on the ranch. No one est friends have been unable to tel on Friday, January 14th. Miss Susan Younkin, sixty years, died at the home George Younkin, Sunday night. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Norman Pat- | i ton on Thursday, twin girls. The family of J. been sick with grip and whooping | WILL BE cough. The baby, Evelyn, is improv- {ing after a long siege . aged about of | A. Beachy have | GEORGE RANDOLPH OUR NEW SERIAL TO |FULL LINE OF PRATT'S POULTRY THE | AND STOCK FOODS them apart. many of the osculatory congratulation | from fair guests brother. ee ————————————————————— ..A TALE OF RED ROSES, START SOON. DON'T MISS PAR | OPENING CHAPTERS. At the reception Narcisse enjoyed himself thoroughly, receiving intended for his | conditions they are to be permitted to CHESTER, | 1 | who uses liquor, tobacco, vuigarity or profanity will be tolerated.” Just how many boys or what sort of s | boys are to be taken and under what R. F. D., Cairnbrook, Pa. PARSON'S FAMILY TREE. Branches Out Considerably In Two Years—May Receive a Raise. Boonville. Ind.—I'ive children in two years is the record made by Mrs. Har- ry O. Simmons. wife of the pastor of the Yankeetown M. To. chrrrh of this county. Twins were born : weeks aR0, Triplets were born two years ago. two boys and a girl, the latter surviving. The twins. a boy and a girl. are healthy youngsters. It is understood that the M. B. church congregation is planning to increase the Rev. Mr. Simmons’ sal- ary. OSAGE INDIANS CITIZENS. 2,229 Added to Oklahoma's Population by Court's Decision. Pawhuska, Okla.-~Oklahoma recelv- ed a gift of 2,229 citizens, each of whom is worth about $30,000, when Federal Judge Henry Hudson handed down a decision holding that all Osage Indians were full citizens of the Unit- ed States and as such were entitled to all rights granted in the Fourteenth amendment. The decision gives the members of the tribe complete control over their personal property, but does not affect thelr real estate holdings. fen Red Heads Good Citizens. | enter the ranch school has- not been | worked out. Mr. Marriage is consult- BY | ing other philanthropists. | AT HABEL & PHILLIPS Evansville, Ind.—Neal Kerney, coro- ner, has added to the weight of testi mony as to the good citizenship of red | headed persons. None of them is in | Jail here or in the divorce courts, and | the coroner says he does not recall that any red headed person has ever committed suicide here. ett eer Ae i Bde} an } 4 Atlantic ST One o© transact; lately oz years to The Al offices i building stone m ing to t trially f much. mines i will be ent ‘the: employe agemen be requ tensive The. ‘in the operati is exha acres a as the thickne tions W be min which twelve ME Sixt) selves Street day ni ca” th did lw C. B. Mr. the F and, i ner, o ganize spirat A fite follow Cor Quart H. L. Jame; Burn’ Mour: Villas Tice -