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MEYERSDALE. PA
NEWS FROM THE COUNTY SEAT
VOL XXXVIII
GENER AL ELEC | 400TH ANNIVERSARY
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TION TUESDAY! _ A large and attentive aud-' Charles I. Shaver, Cierk of} ig tarewell demonstration | for the Parenti-1eacher mec
iience listened to an excellent the Orphans’ Court, has issued d in the assembly room ! : es
! lecture on “The Manysided marriage licenses to the fol-. p court house Tuesday ON Priday Senn Paden
Tuesday, November 6th, Luther,” delivered by Rev. Dr.| lowing parties during the past Ig at five o’clock in honor | Study Hall 2 ns Nan MH ne
hetween the hours of 7 a. m.|d. T. Huddle, of Washington, week. ; {Colored boys, who left building. © Schoo
; and 7 p. m., the voters of Som-| D. C., at the Zion Lutheran| pester Weigle, of Stoney- £ tap Lee on the 5:44 train | Song by the Association
: crset County will visit their re- Church Wednesday night, Oc- creek township, and Eliza E, 1 Somerset. The demon-! Reading of nits of 1, t
Ho spective voting rooms and se-| tober 31st. The Pastor, Rev.| Glessner, of Allegheny town- S 0 was given under the: Meeting : > 23
lact three of their number to|d. Luther Frantz presided. Rev. ship; Frederick R. Knight. of. 8USBICEs of the Somerset Board | Election of two parents as|ersct and several adjoinin
#11 important vacancies occur-| Mr. Winstead, of Baltimore, Belle Vernon, and Martha Ann’ fide. Addresses were! members of exccdiive cons. ! counties bbiiiciin
ing in county offices the coming led in prayer. America” and Mohaffy, of Beswell, Homer Hor. Amos W, Xnep-| mitiee. : : 1" The Ebensburg. Greensburg
i winter, as well as a large num-| Luther’s Battle-hymn, Al Fdust, of Somerset township, 'P Rev. J. M. Feightuer. | High School Chorus | Ligonier, Johnstown Eiiehel
; her of borough and township! Mighty Stronghold,” were Sung: and Edna Rey Gindlesberger, 2 was furnisped by the' Aadress by Miss : and Davidsvilie Zun clubs sent
: ¢“ sews in each and every dis-| by the congregation led by the of Somerset Borough; Warren nd and Sons of Vet-| maker. their best’ riflemen to the
i trict. For county offices the| Lutheran Brotherhood Chorus.) Younkin, and Anna Irances um Corps. { Song by the Association “Hammer” match this year to
! Socialist Party has a straight| Rev. A. Steel pronounced the) Pagicer, both of Ursina; Har- oe memo ' Presentation of Humsanola by | contest for the twelve turkeys
and full ticket nominated, as| benediction. vey Sylvester Spary, and Hat- gaton, former B. & O.! Mrs. H. M. Cook. Y| offered for their superior sail
follow... John ER. Wil of Dr. Huddle spoke of the|tie Berkey, both of Boswell; le Division Superin-' Awarding of Banners and the honor of carr tng
Rockwood, Financial Secretary | versatality of Martin Luther, | Karl H. Statler, of Meyersdale d two years ago a' a “first gun’ far layne
of the Local Union U W.!| the great theologian, teacher,| and Fdna Wolfersberger, of “Somerset, has been SOCIALISTS ACQUITTED possible material prize to be
of A., for Coroner; Aaron P.| preacher, musician and author| Rockwood. in the Pittsburg; BY GRAND RAPIDS JURY | contested for 3
Smeed, of Holsopple, a success-| who translated the Bible into — Hospital ever] re The weather was almost
fuil and popular farmer in hisi the German language. The| Following are the wills resignation from the, An Associated Press dis-|ideal fora “s hooting match” —
district, for Poor Director;| period known in history as|which have been probated i service preparatory! pateh announces the acquittal Just enough ‘“frost tang” in the
William H. Ream, of Conflu-| The Reformation began with| during the past week, in the Brgoing 2 delicate oper- of Adolph Germer, Nacional air to kzep the contestants “on :
ence, a master carpenter and| Martin Luther’s nailing the 95| office of Charles I. Shaver, ich will be performed, Executive Secretary o! hii ta edge.” Ti
a union man, for Jury Commis-| Theses on the coor ot the C «-| Clerk of the Orphans’ Court: | his general condition’ cialist Party, and ten Other neta) The match was conducted
sioner. Henry S. Kimmel,|tle Church at Wittenberg. The will of Emanucl Blough,! now improving, will! sons who had been “charged | Over a fifty-one-yard range
preseut County Coroner, is a] Four hundred years have now| late of Somerset township was’ ; : with conspiring to defeat “ho, Telescopic sights snd other de
candidate for re-election on the passed and the Quadri-Centen-| probated October, 30, 1917.! ' operation of the selective Grate vices tending to make the con-
Republican, Roosevelt Progres- nial of that great historical] He bequeathed all his real and : Short jaw. ‘ike trial was conducted: test mechanical were bafred
sive and Democratic tickets,| event is being celebrated by! personal property to his wife, Staged by the Scmerset| jn United States District Court making the match purely one
and A. M. Uphouse is the Pro-| Protestants of all denomina-; Catherine, as long as she lives of ‘rade drew several at Grand Rapids Micingan | of skill. The guns of Pope and
hibition nominee. E. K. Suder| tions throughout the world. and after her death whaie farmers to the meet- and the charges grew ouf of 5 Stevens manufacture.
is running on a fusion ticket! Salisbury, Garrett and Cen-| remains is to be divided equal- ne court house assem-'jocal distribution of anti-war] The following are the win-
against the Socialist nominee ter Churches participated injly betweet his and his wife's ‘yesterday. The in-|jeaflets published by the Na- nings that resulted: “Win” S
for Poor Director, having se-| the local celebration. brothers and sisters. Jeremiah | ® Messrs. MeKerrow, tional Office of the Socialist, Walker, of Johnstown, 4; A.
cured the Republican, Demo- resend J. R. Reiman of Stoneycreek ie and Miss Zella Wi-' Party and passed around from G. ideckman, of Somerset, 3;
cratic and Prohibition nomina- and James Cable, of Berlin, | pe among the ablest house to house by Socialists of | £. Bowers, of Johnstown, 2;
tions. John S. Shaffer is a can- were appointed executors. The!’ al, (instructors in, Grand Rapids. Palmer Hammer, of Glessner,
didate for Jury Commissioner will was dated January 8;19186, and the farmers ap-, —_— 1 ’
on the Republican and Roose-| pe Somerset County Coall|2nd witnessed by A. Kent Mil- their talks to the|«GOD’S COUNTRY AND THE
velt Progressive tickets, Chaun- Operators’ Association held its ler and Clara Statler. eh ee. : WOMAN”
i cey M. Fisher, Democratic, and! 5h 4] meeting in Somerset ar —— which the contesiants showed
John G. Bender, Prohibition. fast week ond re-elected ihe Masquerade Balli At the Summer Garden the keenest, though friendly,
Socialists of Elk Lick Town-! Following officers for the year: irin Club was held| Wednesday night a large and| rivalry, and so close was the
ship haye a full ticket in the! "prosident, J. C. Brydon, of
\ ’s”’ work that several
field with fine prospects for! n,iimore, of the Quemahoning
AT SUL
The annual ‘shooting match’
at the R. F. Hammer farm in
Jenner township last Satur-
day, drew a large atiendance
of crack marksmen from Som-
Ida Shu-'
: Agricultural
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COAL OPERATORS
- ELECT OFFICERS
: Remarkablyaccurate marks-
manship was demonstrated, in
Letters of. administration
have recently been issued as.
follows: :
John S. Mathias estate of
coms ong Annex, appreciative audience saw one | gunmen’s ;
ing. The rooms of the best movie shows ever ties resulted, and in each wia-
victory. J. W. Argenbrighti8!'cy,01c Coil “Company; Vice| George H. Mathias, late of ated ‘most appro-i shown in Meyersdale. - Each ning a perfect center-shot was
their candidate for Justice of eh Pitts. More date borcaoh. . fhe 0CCasion anG| picture just a little better than required to decide ownership
the Peace, W. H. Mc@lintock Tnited Coal Cor aders used Very the one before is the way the! of the birds.
for Supervisor, James Robe a Samael h selecting thoir| Summer Carden. is pleasing a
Lak bk) ai iid 3 RITE |
patrons. God's
on for Assesso | OLDEST LUTHERAN HAS
© 4 Hor Tax Go Lon MRBOBT ton” COMETH a ” oa nd_playine|. Worn hws Phin :CENTURYBIRTHDAN
“for Auditor, H. J. Engle ‘Secretary, B. B. Boose, of Som- Ira"W. Gardner, [ ere were 115 pres-iof"the far north snd carrvied| =~ = ———- hh
School Director, Frank Lowe Annie Belle Gardner, late of el The Rev. Dr. William Ger-
erset; Directors—the officers with it some mighty fine scen-|
and D. B. Zimmerman, of Som-
erset; Telford Lewis, of Johns-
: . : town; John Gibson, Jr. of
In Garrett all signs point to} pittshurg; C. F. Roy, of Somer-
a Socialist victory. The can-| get: A. G. Smith, of Meyers-
didates of the party for Bor-| gale, and Howard Meager, of
ough offices are as follows: Salisbury
Justice of the Peace Lee W. :
Pollard, Burgess William Mar-
tin, Councilmen Albert Bolby,
H. G. Weaver, Charles Colbert
and H. Lehman, Assessor N.
J. Judy, School Director Geo.
Jenner township.
; . ES . 'v of the great arctic region. | hart, retired Lutheran ministe
At a convention of the Wo-!| Thos who: failed 1 £ ; go TOL SN er
Any a e o attend, of Cumberiand, rat
Robert Ww. McGregor has | man Suffrage Association for] missed a rare treat. PL Jpbariand. re us
been appointed majority in-| Somerset, Fayette, Cambria} “'Writoh their. programm for. d y
spector for the election board | and Blair counties. which was! pe excellent Tn will 0 By Gorhart was bork in GC
of the Borough of Hoovers-| held recently at Altoona, Mrs.| shown at this popular Show! many and he Sth
ville to fill the vacancy caused E. E. Kiernan, of Somerset, was| house pala | A as ope i 13 country
by the removal of Charles C.| re-elected President for the en- Ba Ee 1 5 ci:
Ober from the boropgh. . fsmng yenr HALLOWE'EN PARTY |lages of Summit Mills and Mey-
En Sr > . te et | ers Milis, now Meyersdale, Pa.,
LITTLE GIANT TO SPEAK | mass meeting at Washington,| Miss Rebecca Steele gave a in 1834 and 1835. He was
> i and has since been printed by | Haliowe’en party to twenty- graduated from Gettysburg
Noted Orator to Give Lecture the United States Senate as a {four of her little friends, last: College and Seminary and en-
ta for Judge and Frank Argen-
i bright for Inspector of Elec-
gs tion.
ent 3: :
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ORGAN RECITAL my
The organ recital by Gatty
Sellars, the celebrated organist
in Amity Church last Tuesday
Carter, Judge of Election evening, came off very success- in Amity Hall, Meyersdale, | Public document. The lecture Friday Gs evening. A happy tered the ministry in 1847 He
Harry Lohr, Inspector Hiram|e jo" "The (weather was in-| Thursday Evening, Novem. is said to have made a pro-| evening was spent in games dis the oldest member of the
Lohr. . | clement and consequently the| ber 8th, on— | found impression wherever de-! and other amusements follow-| oldest Lutheran Synod Minis-
In Hooversville, where the J 4:0, 0 was not as large as ree | livered and some 100,000 co-ed by a delightful lunch.Those | terium of Pennsylvania.
mineworkers have been on 3° hyo wise might have been. <THE WORLD ON FIRE” | pies have already been sold. present were: Misses Elizabeth, He was twice married. His
The meeting to be held in Williams, Elizabeth Hoblitzell,
Meyersdale will be free to both | Hester Shaw, Stella Waga- are living. \
men and women, but an offer- | man, Julia Cover, Genevieve, He isthe father of the West
Se 5 Your fad 2 Bali. Pros- my “organ in this church is re-| : 5 second wife and six children
aa Olan: victory are o..q04 a very good: one and| A Nation wide campaign for)
ooming Up and Causing grave; p,.,¢ Sellars surely knew how the conservation of the food r | : :
concern to be felt by some); "J cc it to express itself in|Supply, man power, industrial | ing will be taken. Everybody | Jenkins, Rhea Aurandt, Muriel Virginia Knights of Pythias
coal operators of that section, | all manner of ways. The| and military efficiency for the is cordially invited. Obrien, Evelyn Hasselbarth, and at a celebration will be
Candidates of the Socialist] 4 ..n\ scene was made very! period of the war was launch- mre be remanlee { Helen Staub, Anna Bolden, presented with 100 $1 gold
Party are: U. S. G. Gallagher) oyictic and impressive. The|ed at Washington, D. C., on and Ross pieces by the grand lodge.
for Justice of the Peace, J. W.
Nestor for Burgess. Joel Fyn-
ock, William Johnson, John: ,. djence of “America.”
Murray and P. M. Boyer for,
Councilmen, George Bond for
Assessor, 0. B. Coleman for
Tax Collector, James Berke-:
bile for Auditor, Robert Pepe-
ley for School Director, James
Hilton for Judge and George
Wain for Inspector of Election.
“THE GRAY GHOST”
Thursday
entercainment was concluded |
bv playing and singing by the
Gatty Sellars nag been de-
scribed as the world’s greatest
descriptive organist, establish-
ing a world’s record of 500
recitals given in direct succes-
sion and which have attracted
the largest audiences in the
history of many of the larger
“| cities visited for such an event.
In Europe Mr. Sellars is known
chiefly from his performances
! declaration of war,
~ Rockwood, has entered a suit |
in the Somerset court against
the Somerset Telephone Com-
April 7. the day following the
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WANTS $20,000 DAMAGES | Kathryn Bolden,
Benjamin H. Mayhugh, of
pany claiming twenty thous-
and dollars damages in conse-
quence of injuries sustained by
him on April 24th, 1917, when
a : loosened and negligently
charged wire of the telephone
company came'in contact with
the plaintiff’s body, burning
Ickes, William Jenkins, Harry
Finnegan, Nathaniel Friedline,
| John Shipley, Barron Shipley,
| ter Shaw.
| GOOD SHOWING HERE
| Radolphus Saylor, Homer Mil-
| ler, Ralph Rosenberger, James
| Steele, Arthur Tipton, and Pot-|
| Of the 365 drug stores in|
| Pennsylvania which handle the!
Rexall remedies, there are sev-; ;
ere] in Somerset county which
The Rev. Dr. Gerhart attend-
ed the Lutheran Church Sun-
day and delivered a short ad-
dress.
SPROAT—SAYL.-R
| On Saturday, Octobér 20th,
{ Mr. Robert Lee Sproat, of
. Windber, was married to Miss
Anna Florence Saylor, dangh
ter of Jacob S. Saylor, of wast
Broad street, Rev. Dr. Truxai
ciating. The ceremony wag
his head and scalp, rendering |
+ him unconscious for several]
i days and burning plaintiff's |
left forearm so severely as tol
: necessitate subsequent ampu-,
| tation of the arm above the el-|
| bow, permanently
stand well to the top of th
list in the volume of business
they did last vear. The Rex-
all concern issued a bulletin
annually Showing the rank of
: i=. leach store. The Washko store
IMDAUNING | + Windber stands 43rd., Col-
-erformed in the Savior hime
in the presence of the members
of the family. Mr. Saylor had
been in bed for several weeks
with 2 severe spell of iliness
which nrevented much ado to
3 at the Queen’s Hall and Crys-
At the Bijou Theatre, Thurs. tal Palace, London. Prior to
day night will be shown one of! joaying for his American tour
the best serial movie pictures| i» musical “At Homes” given
over put on mn Seyerstale | at his residence were attended
Scoop, the Cub Renorter” of py well-known titled people
the Commercial saw the 11th: 54 many of the musicians ' his eve-si i : h lad affai
; : 27 maf i his eye-sight and hearing andj. > be made over the glad affair
episode in Cumberland recent-| celebrated in the musical . permanently injuring hie ner. | Lins’ store at Meyersdale 53rd. After a brief visit with Mr.
ly and if that number is any; world. | ‘and Mullin’s store at Somerset nnd Mrs. Swearman, at Mar-
{TOUS system. fiom Democrat [ghin, . kleton, sister and brother-in-
Sag rhiEee ee {law of the bride, the married
| MASQUERADE PART . couple went direct to Windber
| TET ‘which is to be their future
The Sophomore class of the home. Miss Saylor, as noted
| High School entertained the above, is a native of Meyers-
| Senior class by holding a mas- dale, but had lived in Boswell
| querade party on the second. the past six or seven years, be-
Al salloth L floor of the Pfahler building, ing employed in the First Na-
so most all other makes Friday evening. About 75 tional Ban} of that place. Mr.
All kinds of repairs | Persons were present. { Sproat is in the coal business
criterion of what comes before Though a bachelor, Mr. Sel-
and what goes after, it is one|jary’ country residence, Park-| oe
of the best serial pictures of|jands, Leicestershire, England,; Clinton N. Howard, of Roch- |
the day. Mr. Goller has been! contained a music hall contain-| ester, N. Y.. known as “The
showing a number of fine fea-| ing a large three-manuel pipe| Little Giant,” member of the |
ture pictures of late and it will| organ alongside which stood a; War Conservation Commission
Pay you to watch his program. | nisnoforte to listen to which! is at the head of the campaign.
Get the habit. frequently 120 guests would | Mass meetings have been held
— be invited. With its conserva-| in the principal cities under
tory, tennis court, and grounds! the auspices of the Citizens’
these were certainly ideal sur-| Committee representing the
Miss Lottie May Wills, of
Ursina, and James B. Watson,
of Uniontown, were married | roundings for a composer. Byj local civic and religious organ- 4 {of cutis TEs Sree at Windber. Congratulations
last Thursday noon at the home | way of recreation Mr. Sellars! izations. Le = ENTERTAINED CLUB and best wishes of the Com-
; mercial go with the young
Mrs. John Cover entertained couple for a successful career
i the L. B. T. Club at her home: throuch life.
Complete line of loaded
shells
Mr. Howard will deliver his
great war address, “The World
on Fire,” in Amity Hall, Mey-|
of the bride. Rev. W. M.lis an ardent motorist, having.
Bracken, of Confluence, of- been the owner of both English
ficiating. The bride is a daugh-' and French built cars, whilst
ter of Mr. and Mrs. W.R. Wills. | at the week-end he was fre-! ersdale, Thursday evening, No-|° TT. W. GTTRLEY ion Front street, Thursday af- ne tn ZL
The bridegroom is in the lam-' greatly to be seen living on' vember 8th. This address was | ; | ternoon. Refreshments were Best Kidney Beans at 15 and 25
ber business in Uniontown. | his sailing boat on the Thames. | first delivered at the opening | Sporting Goods Dept. | served. cents per can, at Bittner’s Grocery.