NTT ad of 44 bd i jot EET MEYERSDALE COMMERCIAL PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT MEYERSDALE, PA. ¥. Cleaver, Editor. When paid strictly in advance $1.00 When not paid in advance $1.60 FOREIGN FARMERS FIRST During the ten months of the fiscal eZuZu ¢ ZuZu = Zu Oh, say! You say year 1913, under the Republican pro- tective tariff there was imported in-! to this country meat and dairy pro- ducts to the value of $12,000.000. The bulk of his was foreign cheeses. Sev- en of the ten months ended April! 1914, were under the Democratic tar- | iff-for less than revenue law, with to your grocer m spicy gingc COMPANY Zu Zu and you'll get snappy, snaps. NATIONAL LISCUIT most of these products on the free Zo + ZuZu « ZuZoe | I say! an J or ° 07 07 . nz NZ EE — ROCKWOOD. A few days ago the tin box placed in the cornerstone of the Rockwood Luthera church, built in 1884, was removed _ in the work of placing the structure sby a handsome, modern building. In the box were the follow- ing articles: A hymn book, copies of the Rockwood Times (now the Som- erset Standard), the Somerset Her- ald, the Somerset Democrat, Meyers- dale Commercial, the Lutheran Ob- server, reports of synods held in 1883. All were in a2 bad condition. At a meeting of the school board | THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY items of Interest Culled from Our | Exchanges. .1 Somerset residents have been cir- culating there a petition to council ' protesting against the imposition of an additional tax on the market day sale. The market day sale was start- “ed about a year ago by G. N. Scl = i land A. K. Miller who hold public auc- tion on the first Saturday of each : month. The public is given an 0ppor- tunity to take any article to the mark- ! et and have them sold on a commiss- : jon basis of five per cent. The petit- jon sets forth that the market day is ! on. Thursday evening the following a great convenience to the public and | teachers were elected for th coming | that inasmuch as the men pay a mer- term: Princial, Prof. H. S. Wolfers- ; chants’ tax and a brokerage tax an THE BUFFALO. The Buffalo, whese right name fs Bison, is the only well-known Ameri . can animal except the Goat who still wears wliskers. The Buffalo is re lated to the Kak ,a mild-mannered bg- vine which furnishes the motive pow- er for Asiatic jitney buses. The Yak is Of great economic value when alive, and when dead his tail still wags in ' the form of a fly swatter—and there are some flies to swat in Asia, be- lieve us! The only thing that is left of the Buffalo, so to speak, is a tale. Fifty years ago, when beards were & mark of masculine distinction and family portraits hung in the parlor, when the plush-covered album was & form of popular diversion, the Buffalo pawed the western plains in millions. But with the passing of physiognomic list, and for this ten months period foreign competitors sent meat and dairy products into the American mar- ! to the value of $28,000,000, the bulk of them being meats. Nine of the ten months ended April, 1916, were under European war conditions. Not with- standing this, our imports of these products reached the astonishing fig-! ure of $38,000,000, an increase of 217 per cent over the 1913 period. Argen- tine meats and Canadian milk and cream accounted for the larger part of! of these imports. About this time the demands of the belligerents for Argen- tine meats became heavier, and her trade in these products veered toward Europe, as did much of that from Can- ada. For ten months ended April, 1915 our imports of Argentine meats were just 50 per cent of what they were during the 1914 period, and our total . imports of meat and dairy products were $£21.000,000. The principle after- war problem . which Argentina will have to meet is how to get rid of her vast surplus. o farm produc’s, the proiuction of which, during the past two years has been so wonderfully in- creased. With a Democratic fre2 trade law cn the statute books, the United States is the logical market for these products and that spells dis»ster to the American farmer. ove Yi ru The erection of new buildings and and es Irom Weyersda’® the broadening of the institutions and near Garrett It was here that Lo. 1.¢ pecome necessary by the Governor Brumbaugh was entertain- meroising demands on 1t and those ed last summer for a Short Hme DY 4, 4p, of the work. feel that th Mr. and Mrs. Black: The latter is an confidently took. to the io rs th a in anit soumtiod of Ses faten 2 Ms dot » De HAUS cambria for support, because many of in hs 3 poms much for ne the patients come to the hospital from plift of her community and u,,q, gigtricts, This is particularly at the same time is idealizing coun- true in the mining industry, oy 4; > oy mae o The building it is proposed to erect ; + AR. 2 will give a total capacity of 25f) pat- th 1 a en oy mun. The Suis Bip ts BEE : Tatar nS ANY tenance costs, but does not help in one daughter. One of the sons, Frank the erection of new buildings just graduated from the Carnegie : i It is interesting to note that in the Technical School i e chool of Applied Science .. goo vears 1,228 miners have been ‘nd now has charge as superintend- : : it ’ |€:i of one of his father’s mines; an- |S 0majten he prone of Wag 359 other son, William H., is a student ' . rely free. treatmp Ac seniop in the. same institution pur- cident cases numbered 588. Fhey w (Ea in the hospital for different periof, suin a course; th ber son ? I Bas ERE ATI “Frisn by a fall of coal, being a patient and ‘he daughter is a c¢harmin g & I nearly two years. ~oung 1ady who i tudent in the | a hi 0 12 > > elit in dhe A miner now in the hospital with a a e high school. : broken leg and rib will be there at : te 4s month, at a daily expense of much of his time; he left on Wednea- $1.77. This will total $53.10 in 30 days. ty on arr to be 1 bie wrk U0 ons Compennin rom g Law the hospital can receive only Continued from 1st Page ao in t, i i : : npointment, One of his first duties $25 for hs care. Such cases are never hi Yo 30 Lows a Je oat turned away by the hospital, regacd- governor about the require:!y.. or the expense deticit. It is the hope of those in charge of the campaign that practically every miner in the Somerset-Cambria field An interesting fact . about the new | state highway commissioner is that The morning sermon will be «The he is a grandson of John Bradfield. (who in 1815 was awarded the confiract ; | for building the section of the famous EVANGELICAL A aa National pike from Uniontown, Pa. e $SSOCIATION {over the mountain to Grantsville, Md. y Meyersdale, Senay School on Sun- ‘The records show that Mr. Bradfield ay afternoon at 2:30 o'clock; Y. P| cublet part of the contract and him 22 $325 and i es ivi built only the section between i Braye. i jh ursday | asmerfield, Bomerset county, and BE wy ee: ___ !@rantsville. This work occupied him - St. Jobn's church, near Wittenbéré:| oon 1915 to 1818. Mr. Bradfield is sur Ni ina “2! > Mr ; Grove Meeting: S. S. at 9:30' ... nave been one of the most ey Preaching services at 10:30, 2:30 and pert of road-builders, his work bein: 7:45. Clewell E. Miller Pastor. v— ! evidenced in the longevity of the pike = CES ‘he constructed, . ~~ - GOMMUNION SERVICES. | | "yp isch; Wh BFdfel's descend The : mig sumer communion Wii lant, has Wterally dreamed about good be . celelnated, ‘fn Amity Reformed ! roads, hik friends say. Improved high- Church next Sunday morning and ev ‘way have been a passion with Aim, ening. Preparatory services wil: Pana his friends declare that the ap- Be 18 ‘on Friday sveniug .~= |pointment to the state commissioner Riis: i ship comes to him as an opportunity. v7O ATTEND COLUMBIA 'He has organized his mining interests SUMMER SCHOOL. thoroughly, with his oldest son, Frank Rev. H. L. Goughnour left to day to Snyder Black, acting as assistant su- resume rhe studies of his course lead- ing to Master's degree at Columbia University. Miss Ida Dia who has been elected to teach in the high school at Somerset will attend the same insti- tution for the summer session. Miss Frances Livengood who taught for the past two years in the Meyersdale high school and is a graduate of Le- land Standford, Jr. University of California, will also enroll for work there in a day or two. Prof. Arnold, of the local high school, it is said, will enter at Columbia also for a few wecks of work. EXECUTORS’ NOTICE Estate of John Wagaman, Deceased, of Meyersdale, Somerset County, Vernetta Erlin, infant daughter of State of Pennsylvania. W. T. Jones of the Sout! Side, aied Letters testamentary on the above on July 4th, aged 13 days. Burial named estate having been granted Lo took plac: in the Union cemetery cn the undersigned, all persons know- Wednesday, the pastor, Dr. A. BE. ing themselves to be indebted to the Truxal, officiating; Mrs. Jones gave | same are requested to make immedi- Fourth Commandment.” to devote all his time and energy 1c the new work. When he gets accus- tomed to his new duties, it is said, he will begin making tours of the state, to become acquainted with road diffi- culties and needs in each section, and the county highway workers may expect more than one visit from this man, who has preached good _roads ifor years and is now preparing put his preaching into practice. DEATH OF INFANT. birth to twins on June 21; one of late settlement and those having them died at birth and the other liv- | claims against the estate are to pre ed two weeks and then also passed 'sent them properly authenticated. aay. B. F. WAGAMAN, —_— G. A. WAGARAN, Our Job Work Pleases Executors. perintendent, so that he will be able will make a contribution to the hospi- tal at this time. Needless to say, the coal companes and operators are looked to, also, for substantial sums. CONFLUENCE | The funeral of J. C. Show here oh) Monday was largely attended by ‘relatives and friends, Rev. H. E. Hil !Jegas a former pastor here but now ¥ Sunbury, Pa, officiated at the funer- Bl. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Burnworth wil | visiting the former's sister, Mrs. J.! 'W. Wilson of near Elm Grove, and brother, Norman, of Uniontown. i Miss Ruth Burnworth has return- ed to her work as saleslady in Black’s department store, after sev- eral days spent at Salisbury and ' Meyersdale. Wm. Phillippi and son, George, who are in the lumber business in Uniontown, are visiting their friends here at present. W. E. Debolt has rveturned %o his home in Charleston after visiting ‘g-i-nds in Connellsville and Union ! town. Born to Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Groff, vetently a boy. This makes eight boys and two girls in the family. ' { ‘LITTLE CHILD DRANK ' ARSENATE OF LEAD. | Viola, the 2-year old little daughter ‘of Mts. Nora Ankley, of Keystone street, a few days ago, while the oth- er members of the family were spray- ing potatoes with arsenate of lead, with unnoticed got hold of a pail poison in it and thinking it milk from its white appearance, drank a little of it. Milk was hurriedly given the ‘child and later warm mustard water "and milk and after several hours’ ill- ness she was all right again. A few days previous the little girl got hold of some food with arsenic on it, plac- ed for mice and was found just as she was about to eat. Needless to say that the latter poison when used will be kept in a safer place. berger; assistant principal, E. D. Snyder; sixth grade, Miss Ruby Har- baugh; fifth, Miss Ethel DeVore: fourth, Miss Nettie Barkman; third, Miss Dell Schrock; second, Miss Bes- ie Moore; first primary, Miss Clara Saylor. Harry Vough was reelected as janitor. C. G. Tanenhill, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Tanenhill of Black township and Miss Ruby McVicker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. McVicker of this place were married recently at the parsonage of the United Breth- ren church by Rev. I J. Duke. The marriage was an unexpected one to their friends as Miss McVicker had been filling ‘as usual her position in tie Myers Variety store. The largest class to take the teach- ers examination here ever knownw was examined by Prof. Seibert last v. eek. There were 65 in the class. Mrs. Eli Lephart, of Turkeyfoot :ywnship, was operated upon for in- :srnal diseases Friday at the Memo- .ial Hosital, Johnstown. MARRIED Robert Russell Schroyer, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. K. Schroyer of Stoyes- town, and Miss Sarah Grace Zimher- man, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Noah K. Zimmerman of Quemahoning town- ship, were married at Somerset by the Rev. E. F. Hoffmeier. George F. Shank, son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Shank, and Miss Har- riet May, both of Shanksville, were married at Somerset by the Rev. J. M. Feightner, Harry Lincoln Cossen of Deal and Miss Eleanor Shaffer, daughter of Mr. Mrs. Percy Shaffer of Sand Patch, were married at Deal by Rev. J. T additional tax would be burdensome. ' drapery the Buffalo went down and ! Word was received at Somerset Thursday that George R. Sanner, who some time ago passed the competive examination for a cadetship in the United States Naval Academy at An- napolis, Md., took the oath and enter- |ed that instution Wednesday after- ‘noon, after he had successfully pass- the physical examination before the United States Naval Board. Mr. San- ner received his appointment through Representative Robert F. Hopwood, of Uniontown, of the 23rd. Congress- | nat district. Mr. Sanner is one ot the youngest to enter the academy. having just redently reached the age of 17 years. He is a grandson of set, Sealer o Weights and Measures, in this county. POLISH CAPITAL IS CITY OF STARVING Women Beg In Streets for Food for Loved Ones SURVIVORSWILL BE DWARFED Long Lines of Men, Women and Chil- dren Await Turn at Citizens’ Kitch- ens For Bowis of Warm Soup. War:aw and other places linked promiucrtly with the history ol Poland’s cld glory, and also with that of struggles for freedom in more re- cent years, are today scenes of one of Shacer. John M. Bachman, son of Mr, and Mrs. Andrew Bachman an Miss Ro- sella M. gheticr, + Mrs. Samuel G. Shetler both of Co- nemaugh township were married at Davidsville by Rev. S. G. Shetler. Jlyde Oscar Penner, son of Mr. ana Mrs W. H. Penner and Miss Dora Grush daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Grusb both of Windber were married at Winner, by theRev. A. E. Husted George W. Erb son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Erb ad Miss Catherine M. Zimmel, daughter of Mr .and Mrs. Henry Zimmel both of Johnstown, were married at Windber by Justice of the Peace Patton, Wm. F. Ollinger, son of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Ollinger and Miss Ag- ;nes M. Young, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Young , both of Windber were married at Windber by Rev. J. P. Saas, : " Ralph R. Rederick, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Rederick and Miss Susan Porterfield, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, James Porterfield both of Confluence were married by Justice of the Peace G. 'G. Gross. ‘Merle T. Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs, C. F. Miller and Miss Jeanette Laney, daughtey of Mr. and Mrs. E. [. Laney both of Boswell were mar- ried at Jennertown by Rev. Elmer F. Rice. Daniel P. Yinkey son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Yinkey of Somerset Twp. ‘#88 Miss Bertha Shaffer, daughter of Wit. and Mrs. Henry Shaffer, of Acos- “a were married at Somerset by Rev. G. A. Collin. Ernest J. Hoover som of Mr. and Mrs. Noah Hoover and Miss Marian Adams, daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. Reese A. Adams both of Somerset township were married at Somerset ‘ay Rev. G. A. Collin. —— the greatest battles against starvation ever waged by a whole nation. Children koceling in the streets and Talks Like statues of pray- 13 he seen in the beauti- f yarcow, begging for food. Possers 17 are accosted by women rand 7 “ren who ask for ‘help,’ wheth © ay chance to be in the vi- cinity of the railroad stations, of! Wuildings containing officeg of the Ger- man military government, or upon the leading Lisiness thoroughfares, Griei-stricken mothers with babes in {heir arms begging for food for the little ones throug during the day and evening the various pretentious parts of Warsaw, as well as those which are not pretentious. Not infrequently one meets young wonien evidently from good homes walking the streets begging for aid for themselves or their elders because they are unable to get work and will not become the prey of vice. That the distress of the people is govere and general is readily seen by visiting the citizens’ kitchens and eat ing places. There rows of hungry men, women and children wait their turn to get inside the doors to obtain soup and other warm food pre pared for them. Some adults ad dressed have in their faces the visible effects of hunger. Their eyes are bloodshot, their cheeks hollow ané their features haggard. i But the little children, of whom there are large numbers in Warsaw, suffer most terribly. Because of the lack of milk many little chidren are: dying. Not a few of these in whom life continues to flicker are unabie | to walk or use their limbs. Physiclars | and clergymen, as well as government officials, say that lack of milk and other food suitable for the babes will | cause thousands of the little ones tu. die and that those who survive with few exceptions will be dwarfed or otherwise deformed. Faces of the young children ase of | a dusky o- saliow hue, thefr eyes sunk in, their mouths bleeding, their gums livid. their teeth dropping ou. ‘their faces haggard. They fre suffer Inne W208 DECKER—BARMOY At the Reformed parsonage, Mey- ersdale at 3:30 p. m. Thursday June the 29th Mr. Charles Eugene Decker of Detroit, Michigan and Miss Cordula Mona Barmoy of Meyersdale, Pa. were united in marriage by the pastor of the bride Rev. A. E. Truxal D. D. | They went unattended in an auto- ' mobile and after the ceremony drove to Garrett and took a train on West- 'ern Maryland for Detroit where they will make their home for the present. Mr. Decker is a native of Somerset county having been Greenville township; brought up in but 18 months ago he located in Detroit and now | in a machine | In Use For Over 30 Years holds a good position shop. Miss Barmoy hails from Larim- 9 er Township but has been living in| Bignature of Meyersdale for a number of years. | ing from scurvy. The aumber gf these victims runs into many thousands. For the cure of this disease plenty of | milk and other good aad wholesome | food is required. Girl Accidentally Shoets Slater. The ten-year-old daughter of W. M. Lindenwood, 2a merchant of near Centerville, O., was accidentally killed when a shotgun, which her eight-year- old sister “rss handling, was dis charged. CASTORIA For Infants and Children Capt. William H. Sanner, of Somer- Always beare ! th ZotTita { { i ' out, until, like the Bull Moose, there is nothing left of his former greatness save a few live samples in captivity . and some mounted speeimens in mu- | seums. i The trouble with the Buffalo was that he had enough size and speed, | but he lacked direction. His head was | big, but there was nothing of value in- gide of it. When the mighty hunter sneaked up on a band of gix aisle and picked off one of them with his t-uscty rifie, the other five would stick c.ound and look foelish, until the v hole scxtet were ready to be made: into Buifalo robes. This behavior was. called courage, and maybe it was; but. the fellow who doesn’t know when to. beat it is made of stuff that undertak- ers delight in and cemetery associa- tions pay dividends on. The Buffalo. has always been regarded as a heroie figure, but all he ever got for his cour- | age was to have a village in New York | named for him and 'get his picture on a five-cent nickel. Courage, my son, is a fine thing; but remember that i§ is pleasanter to he a live politician with a large income than a dead state man with a large monument. Dor’t be a Buffalo.—From Judge. THE AMERICAN STIGMA OF “HIGH BROW.” ® The worst fault, however, into which our age-long service of mediocrity has led us is a weak-kneed, pusillanimous dcforence to mediocrity itself. The coliece has borrowed the vice from everyday American life. For example, the most deadly wecpon in the yellow journalists armory is the term “high- krov..” A politician may be called “crafter,” ‘‘hoss,” or even ‘“muckrak- e1,” aid escape unscratched; but if he is domounced as a “high-brow” and the: label sticks, his career is ended. A playwright or a novelist may be writ-- ien down as “cheap,” he may be said to placiarize, he may be shown to be. vicious or unclean, without serious. 3 damage to his reputation; but let him be proved a “high-brow” and the pub- lic will fly from him as if he were a. book-agent. Now the wide-spread American belief that knowledge makes hd a man impractical is responsible for - some of this curious odium; but far more is due to our servile deference - to mediocrity. The weight of public opinion is usually against the expert, . the specialist, the thinker, the excep-- tional man in general, for public opin- | ion, whether right or wrong, is always - mediocre; and there are few among us who do not in this respect yield. scmehow, somewhere, to public opin- ion. The doctor distrusts the ad- : vanced pclitical theorist, the politician : distrusts the advanced dramatist, the- dramatist sneers at the innovation of ° science. ‘We are 2ll made timid by the enormous majorities which uphold mediocrity.—Henry Seidel Canby in. HKarper’s Magazine. TRUTH SPCKEN IN JEST. A wise man says that man is divid-- ed into two great classes—those who- know they are fools, and those who- don’t. Most tall stories are more or less thin. Shiftless people are never the ones: who worry about it, Enthusiasm is the stepmother of” hustle. Poetry may bring returns — if a. stamp is inclosed with it. If the thing a man wants to do is- right he goes and does it. If it is wrong he consults a lawyer. A politician may be able to pack 2a convention all right, but when it. comes to packing a trunk, he has to- turn the job over to his wife. But a man gets a lot of things he doesn’t want in this world, and B- woman wants a lot of things she doesn’t get. Kind words are never lost—munless 8 woman puts then in a letter and: gives it to her husband to mail. An optimist is a man who beleves that all eggs will hatch. Barring hand organs, some good: comes out of everything. People always remember the things they should forget. Most of the sin on exhibition is any- thing but original. The coming man is seldom noticed until he arrives. Even the baby in the cradle finds this a rocky world. Life 1s nearly all desire and regret