a a or rrp omer y Er—— CTE n ETS ——rio rare THE MEYERSDALE COMMERCIAL, MEYERSD ALE, PA. | “5,4 GARRETT COLONEL ROOSEVELT Johnstown will play host to the » . greatest assemblage of laboring men which Western Pennsylvania has witnessed in years, when, on Sunday, September 30, a workingmen’s Red GARRETT — wr — — — ~~ — — Cross Rally will be held there at Church Notices. Reformed—J. E. Sheetz, Pastor. Sunday school 10 .a m. Church 7:00 p. m. which Colonel Theodore Roosevelt will be the principal speaker. The ! Colonel will end a week’s speaking | tour with his appearance there, being { scheduled to address meetings in Lutheran—W. H. B. Carney, Pastor. Kansas City, Racine, Wis, and Min- Sunday School 10 a. m. Church 11:00 a. m. Brethren—B. F. Waltz, pastor. Sunday school 10 a. m. Church 11:00 a. m. Evangelical —Rev. Hetrick, Pastor Sunday school 10 a m. Church services, 2 p. m. £m School Opens The Garrett Public ‘and High Schools opened Monday with an en- rollment of over two hundred and fifty. The teachers in charge are: Principal, H. B. Speicher; first pri- mary, Nell B. Brant; second primary, Emma Grant; first intermediate. Blanche Phennicie; second interme- diate, Alda Beachley; fifth and sixth M. C. Haer; seventh and eighth grades, Verda M. Brant. Personals Charlotte Brant returned Saturday from McEcesport where she spent ' two weeks visiting Miss Velma Hen- ' derson. Mr. Jesse Sturtz, of Pittsburg, ar- rived Sunday to visit his son, Mr. Harvey Sturtz. Mrs. Cora Custer and daughter, Margaret, of Pittsburg, are visiting Mrs. Custer’s brother, Mr. S. P. Lease and family. Miss Verda Brant returned Satur- day from Martinsburg, W. Va., where she was visiting Miss Margaret Sei- bert. Mr. W. M. Henderson, of McKeces- port, Pa., spent the week-end in Gar- Mrs. Ida Sturtz, of Akron, Ohio., is visiting at the home of her brother, Mr. H. E. Sturtz. Messrs. Bryan and Harold Merrill visited friends at Pittsburg, Sunday. Messrs. John, George and Paul Kistler, who are employed at Youngstown, Ohio, arrtved Monday to visit their parents and friends. Messrs. Howard Merril and James Nedrow returned Monday from Ak- ron, Ohio, where they were visiting friends and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Lease and chil- dren, Leroy and Martha, and Miss Emma, Liberty visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. McCarty, at Pittss burg, Sunday. Misses Rene and Helen Brant left last week for Hood College. Freder- ick, Md., Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Miller returned | Sunday after having spent several, weeks visiting friends at Baltimore ° Md., and New York. Miss Mayme Tuckes returned last week from Washington, Pa., where she was visiting her brother. Mrs. Sara Devore resigned her po- sition at Enterprise Supply Store to accept a position at Cumberland, Md., Mrs. Devore left last week to take up her new work. Miss Clara Bittner left Sunday for G:eenville where she has been elected as teacher in one of the schools. CARS GOING WHERE MOST NEEDED In the Exercise of its power to op- erate all the railroads as a single unit, for the best interests of the country as a whole, the Railroad’s War Board since May 1 has ordered 113,420 empty freight cars moved without delay from one railroad to another, regardless of ownership. The latest orders sent 2,450 more cars to the grain-producing country, 4537 to the lumber states of the South and others to territory where the need for cars is most urgent. Because of the unified policy of railway operation adopted by the Railroads’ War Board, despite the most terrific pressure ever inflicted upon the railroads of the country, millions of tons of government sup- plies, including lumber, munitions and materials for government con- | struction, have been transported by the carriers without a hitch this year and without interfering to any extent with the regular commercial traffic of the country, which, too, has been increased to vast proportions by the | war. Despite the abnormal traffic in- | crease, the Railroads’ War Board's policies have reduced the unfilled orders for cars from 148,627 on May i to 83,776 cars on August -st. Unprepared. Edith— Were you taken y surprise when he proposed, dear? Elsie—Good ness, yes! Why, I hadn’t even locked up his financial standing. — Boston | Transcript. Falsehood. Ko falsehood, did rise heaven high and cover the world, but bankruptcy lown and us f1 £4 1yle. neapolis before his Johnstown stop. In each city he will speak on Amer- ica’s part in the war, and it is certain that he will bring a message that every workingman in this part of the State will wish to hear. The Ex-President’s acceptance of | the invitation to speak at the local Red Cross-Workingmen’s rally was received a few days ago. Several other National speakers have sent tentative acceptance and it is expect- ed that within a few days the full ' list of speakers at what promises to be a record-breaking rally, so far as attendance is concerned, will have been arranged. Announcement of the names of other speakers has been withheld pending definite assurance that they will be present. Labor organizations in Cambria, Blair, Clearfield, Indiana, Somerset, Westmoreland and Bedford counties joined in the local committee’s invi- tation to the Colonel to be present at the big rally, and his letter of ac- ceptance he declared that he was | more than pleased to have the oppor- | tunity of speaking before the labor- ing men of Western Pennsylvania, upon whom depends so much with America at war. The rally will be held in Luna Park the city’s biggest playground and ar- rangements have been to care for a crowd of 50,000. PITTSBURG CONFERENCE OF EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION The Pittsburg Conference of the Evangelical Association convened in the Trinity Evangelical Church at Johnstown, Pa., September 13th, at 9:00 a. m. with Bishop G. Heinmiller presiding. The Rev. R. C. Miller, of Indiana, Pa., was elected Presiding Elder - for the ensuing term of four years and assigned to the Pittsburg Conference District. Mr. Ory Burkett of Coalport, Pa., was granted license as a local preacher. On account of ill health, L. E. Haviland, of Johns- town, Pa., was compelled to retire and was granted a superannuated re- lation to the conference, and at his request, W. F. Conley, of Connells- ville, Pa., was retained in the itiner- acy for one year without accepting work. Rev. C. E. Miller was appoint- ed to the Cumberland church and Rev. T. O. Fuss to Meyersdale. JOHN R. KIRBY John BR. Kivby, aged about 70 years i died suddenly Saturday at Somerset House, Bedford and Baumer Streets. Mr. Kirby was a son of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Kirby, both deceased, and was born in Somerset. He was pro- | prietor of the Somerset House for many years. Surviving are his wi- ! dow, Mrs. Katherine Mulvenhill, for- 4 merly of Westmont, and these { children: Mrs. Charles Cole, of Baker- | ton. Mrs. Ida Horner, Mrs. John | Williams, Thomas and William, all ‘of this city. Mrs. Kirby, Thomas | Kirby and Mrs. John Williams are in New York state on a motor trip and funeral arrangements will not be completed until they arrive in this city. 1 i | { | { ! { POTATO "7° Heaviest In iH ¢ yas Gowiary The Lry’s i pariment ol wil! reach 457. Estabrook. zhisf of hie ory bureau, esti & The figu:e i 256 ona Les above ih years aud last year's