- : 2A de : LER J bel TS MEYERSDALE COMMERCIAL. VOL XXXVIII MEYERSDALE, PA, NOVEMBER 29. 1917 NO. 47 SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC UNDER CONTROL Although three cases of smallpox have developed in Meyersdale, ours is not the only community where this scourge has made an appearance. In Berlin a case has been dis- covered, and its source is said to be the same one from which the first case developed here. Through associating with a footing of the racer on the last party in Grantsville who was in the early stages of the dis-! ease, these two victims are be- lieved to have contracted it,, Howard Shaw, veteran honor-| and carried it to their home| ary president, were both on! towns. Also in Cumberland, Md., a large number of cases have developed, and other. points over the State line are centres of infection. Adjoining the Keystone State are Ohio and New Jersey with a large num- ber of cases on record. Aec- cording to latest reports from the Health Department at Har- risburg, Allegheny county has sentation of a resolution depre- two cases, Bedford three, Blair one, Cambria two, Centre four, Clearfield twelve, Clinton five, Dauphin two, Erie one, Perry one, and Snyder four. | these mistaken tactics have Dr. Dixon, the State Health Commissioner, in a statement given out at Harrisburg, calls upon the public to do its puri in stampuig oui the small;on epidemic by seeing that no case where an infection is even slightly suspected escapes the attention of competent medical authorities. Physicians are ex- pected to do their part by act- ing where smallpox may be a possibility, with all the pre- caution possible. School direc-! tors and teachers are requested | to strictly enforce the law| which requires that children ~ must be vaccinated;before they j,~onvention. ~~ +; are allowed to attend“school. J Dr. C. P. Large, represent- ing the State Health Depart-| ment in Somerset county, asked for a statement for publication, said he could do no more than endorse Dr. Dixon’s statement, strongly urged the importance of vaccination as a preventive measure, and apparently is satisfied, that the epidemic is checked and under control in; Meyersdale. The public schools, all places of amusement, churches and the Sunday Schools are closed. for a period of two weeks. Every effort is being put forth by the local medical au-| thorities to master the situation | and they should have the! hearty support of every citizen | in all legitimate efforts in that. direction. | re | SWISHER TAKES OFFENSE Mr. R. M. Swisher regards as offensive the statement in last week’s Commercial about his having sent out notices to subscribers who are in arrears, claiming that he has sent out no such notices since he retired | as Editor. The statement con-! tained no reference to the time’ he sent out his notices but some subscribers seemed to be under the impression that since they had received a notice from Mr, Swisher that he was the man to receive their subscrip- tion money. It was to correct such erroneous impressions in the minds of our subscribers that the notice was inserted in last week’s issue of The Com- mercial. No offense was intended, either towards Mr. R. M. SwiskL- er or the subscriber who is now in arrears.—E. K. C. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Habel, Mrs. George Benford, Misses Lydia Beal and Gertrude Lintz motored to Cumberland, Sun- day. ° Art, rm rr M. R. MILNE, D, D. S. respectfully announces that com- mencing with December 1st he will adhere STRICTLY to the CASH SYSTEM. 20,1917 | Hocking Block, Nov | | SUFFRAGISTS ENTHUSI- ASTIC AT CONVENTION ‘ The annual State * Conven- tion of the Pennsylvania Wo- man Suffrage Association, held at Pittsburgh last week, was the most important in the his- tory of this organization, for the victory in New York has put the Suffrage movement on ran entirely new footing—the lap with victory in sight. Mrs. Chapman Catt, the Na- | tional President, and Dr. Anna the program, and enthusiastic applause greeted their every | appearance. Mrs. Catt laid ! before a secret session of dele- ‘gates the plans for the final ' drive on Congress for the fed- reral amendment for woman ' suffrage, for which she feels the psychological moment has now arrived. , On the occasion of the pre- cating the methods of the pick- eters at Washington, Dr. Shaw gave a memorable address, showing clearly the harm that done the cause. The sessions of the Conven- tion, both business and social, were marked by the utmost en- thusiasm. Suffragists every- where are filled with new hope as is shown by the ease with which the funds for the coming year’s work were raised. Mrs. J. O. Miller, of Pitts- burgh, was elected President of, the State Association. Miss Lucy Scull, Miss Sally Zimmerman and Mrs. E. E. Kiernan, all three from Somer- set, were the delegates repre- senting Somerset county at the IRA BEACHLEY RUN DOWN BY AUTO Last Wednesday evening at about six o’clock, Ira Beachley, the well known merchant of | Beachdale, was run down in the road near his home and painfully injured by an auto- mobile belonging to, and driven by, the Scheller brothers of Berlin, who were on their way home from their lumber and saw mill operations near Beach- dale. The Scheller boys, who are said to be very careful drivers, saw Mr. Beachley ahead of the car in the road and sounded their horn. Mr. Beachley, who is blind, stepped to one side of the road, but before the car passed, it is said, he walked out in front of it and was struck and knocked down. Several} ribs were fractured, his collar bone was cracked and one ear was almost torn from his head. The Schellers deaply deploze the sad occuren.e, and did everything in their power to make the injured m:n corafort- akle until: medi:l attention could be secured for him. At last reports his condition was not alarming, bu: because of his advanced apc rapid im- provement cannot hi: expecicd. NOTICE Article ‘N’ of the School Code is as follows:—All prin- cipals or other persons in charge of schools are hereby required to refuse the admis- sion of any child to the schools under their charge or super- vision, except upon a certificate signed by a physician setting forth that such child has been successfully vaccinated, or that it has previously had small-pox. This applies to teachers and to janitors as well as to pupils. The above article has re- cently been declared constitu- tional by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and will. be rigidly enforced at the re- opening of our schools. By Order of the Board. W. H. Kretchman, Sup. Prin. SPELLING BEE An old fashioned ‘Spelling se HRT pie 1 NEWS FROM THE COUNTY SEAT Clarence H. KXennell has filed a libel in divorce against his wife Effie G. Kennell, of Southampton townsship, alleg- ing desertion. WILLS PROBATED | The will of Elizabeth Woods late of Conemaugh township, was probated November 22, Teem——— i917. She bequeathed all her John G. Foley, of Johns-| property, real and personal, to town, has filed a bill in equity | her husband, John E. Woods. in which he asks for the ap-| John E. Woods and Harry J. pointment of a receiver for the : Spory were appointed execu- management of the Windber| tors. The will was dated Jan- Opera House Company, of| uary 27,1915, and witnessed by which Daniel Kough, of Wind- 7 ber, is a co-partner with the| Kaufman. | plaintiff Foley, alleging irreg-| {The wili of Sarah E. Carroll, | ularities and unfair treatment A of Windber, was probated on the part of defendant vember 23,1917. She be-| Kough. queathed all her property to! — her daughters, Araminta Van- The remains of Virgil R. Lh rn and Eva Carroll Simons, ! Wooley, who was recently|@hd her son Grove Carroll. ‘Bya Carroll Simons was ap-| ip8inted executrix. The willl was dated May 28, 1917, and | Sjthessed by Ida B. McKenzie a hd W. J. Vickroy. 4 The will of Noah Riesecker,! late of Quemahoning township, was probated November 21, 1917. He bequeathed $2,000 tg the Somerset Trust Company $800 to the Reformed Church §, Somerset, $5,000 to his phew F. W. Riesecker and all the remainder of his estate t0 his grand-daughter Eliza-| beth Biesecker. F. W. Bie- seeker was appointed executor. Ihe will was dated January 28; 1901, and witnessed by @hn Biesecker and Josiah: ank. drowned in the Monongahela river, near Brownsville were brought to Somerset Friday morning. Funeral services Saturday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock, at the home of his sis- ter, Mrs. A. W. Lowry of West Main street. Interment in the Husband cemetery. The Annual School Direc- tors’ Institute of Somerset County convened in the assem- bly room of the Somerset court at 10 o’clock a. m., Tuesday, with Homer D. Pyle, of Middle- creek township presiding. Over one hundred directors were in attendance at the three daily sessions which closed Wednes- day evening. The program was highly entertaining and instructive throughout. : Letters of Administration. getters of administration irecently been issued as John R. and William A, ler, of Paint town av file ill in equity inthe Sou ‘erset Court asking for the pre , liminary and permanent in-| dale" Borough. junctions against D. L. andi (. W. Walker, estate of Har-| George Bisel, of Meyersdale, vey Fritz, to restrain defendants from Rorough. driving a drift carl Zine nie : s a tract or deposit of coal owne ; by Ei 1 Summit town-| Charles I Shaver, Clerk of ship adjoining. lands of A. L.|the Orphans Court, has issued Bittner, Samuel J. Miller and| marriage licenses to the fol- others, containing eight acres| lowing parties during the past and one hundred and ten per-| week: ches and interfering with the| Prank Sherman Durst and mining of plaintiffs’ coal thru Bessie Fern Warnick, both of their own mine drift. Grantsville, Md.; Palmer D. 0s Wills and Lillian C. Lint, both " The late Miss Eleanor Keck, | of Somerset township; Robert of Somerset, divided by will an| R. Singo and Henrietta E. Mil- estate estimated to be worth|ler, both of Middlecreek town- from $15,000 to $20,000 to her! ship; John H. Woodmancy, of relatives, nearly all of whom| Bidwell, and Mayabelle Wood- reside in Germany, a country| mancy, of Confluence; George at war with U. S. Inthe mean-| G. Grazier, M. D., of Johns- time, the executor named in the town, and Kathryn 8S. Cassler, | will, the late W. Park Kooser, | of Holsopple; Edwin Kobb, of has died and ex-Judge Francis| Springs, and Elva Grace Gel- J. Kooser has been appointed | ett, of Elk Lick; John Fogle, his successor. Since it is im-|of Brothersvalley township, possible for Judge Kooser to| and Emma S. Meyers, of Sum- communicate with the leyatees! mit township; Ndrman Emert while the war continues he has and Florence Miller, both of asked the Somerset Court for, Lincoln township ; John K. authority to invest their funds Pritts and Tilda E. Guyan. both in U. S. Liberty bonds. I of Somerset. eA Bauman, late of Meyers- late of Somerset! NP rn Na INP INA i PNA dP nt AN NOUNCEMENT EXTRAORDINARY TO the Business and Professional Man: In line with the steady increase shown in The Commercial’s circulation under new management, and in order to ac- commodate such prospective advertisers as do not feel justi- | fied in running large display advertisements at regular in- tervals and to attract them to become steady customers, the following announcement is now made. Effective December 6th, The Meyersdale Commercial will institute a distinctly new depariment in advertising, to be knows as “THE COMMERCIAL’S UP-TO-DATE BUSINESS GUIDE AND PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY,” in which will be listed the business name, location, telephone number and a brief general description of goods carried in stock, or of ‘professional services available to the public; for which the charge of fifty (50) cents per month will be made, but no single ad listed will contain more than seven lines in type similar to that used in setting up this announcement. Out of town advertisements will be classified so that all from any single town or community will come under one main heading which will be similar in style to the type used in the heading to this announcement. May I not expect a liberal and reasonably generous re- sponse from communities where The Commercial now enjoys a fairly large circulation, as in Garrett, Hollsopple, Hoovers- ville, Berlin, Somerset, Rockwood, Sand Patch, Salisbury, Bee’ will be held at the Hand- werk school, in Summit town-| ship on evening, No-| Everybody] Friday 17. ramihor 20 vemper ov, Boynton, and in the country surrounding Meyersdale? Eber K. Cockley, mes G. Kaufman and Kore Cook, estate sof Ela set County. | Salisbury for $20,000, who in| NEW STRETCH : OF STATE ROAD Governor Brumbaugh has approved the new stretch of ' State highway between Mey-! ersdale and Garrett, for which Highway Commissioner Frank B. Black had contracted with R. B. Taylor and Co. before M- y 0 e ore| Miss Kathryn S. Cassler, his resignation from office. Thus another link in the cross- county chain of highway sec- tions, between Lincoln and Na- tional roads, is assured of con- struction for next summer. In fact there is every promise that; the Taylor corporation will be-! gin grading the new highway| stretch almost immediately, if] weather conditions are not too severe, because the Taylors have already a great steam shovel and other grading equip-| ment on the ground prepara-| tory to actual eveavation work, | which can be prosecuted by| machinery through the winter| months almost as successfully! | as during the warmer seasons of the year. ! The Garrett - Meyersdale highway will encounter some considerable grading and fill-! ing to assure a modern and practicable roadway of high’ standing, involving the con- struction of a subway under the Baltimore and Ohio tracks west of Meyersdale and elimin-' ating a very dangerous grade’ crossing there. | The road already passes un- derneath the Western Mary-' land railroad west of Meyers-' dale through a large and splen- didly built tunnel, where no further subway ‘construction! will be necessary. { A NEW HOME MIS. i "SION ENTERPRISE A mission enterprise of the| United Brethren Church at] | Ralphton is perhaps setting the pace along the line of progress. | ive church activities in Somer-| Y. M. C. A. work] will be conducted in conjunc- tion with the usual services of the congregation. The Rev. C.' Kratzer, recently grad-| uated from the theological de-| partment of Lebanon Valley College and who is specially trained in athletics, gymnas-! tics ‘and social entertainment features, will act in the dual capacity of pastor and Y. M. C. A. Secretary of the congre- gation’s unique community pro-| ject. Conference Superinten-| dent J. S.Fulton, of Johnstown, | was at Ralphton several days! this week to help launch the | church association campaign. | It is understood that the Que- mahoning Coal Co, which has! extensive mining operationss at! Ralphton, is supporting the movement financially, one item of which being an annual con- tribution of $1,000 toward the pastor’s salary. The coal com- pany will also contribute liber- ally for the erection of suitable buildings. Report is current! that the company contemplates! establishing similar community plants in its other mining towns. { i TROLLEY DID NOT RUN The trolley car between Salisbury and Garrett did not run all day Tuesday, nor up until one o’clock Wednesday afternoon. Rumors were cir- culated broadcost to the effect! that the absence of the car was, due to the smallpox quaran- tine, but this was not the case. | Repairs necessary to the boil-| ers in the power house at Boyn- ton caused the power to be shut, off, which explains the car’s' absence. The publice sale of personal property on the Bissel farm, near Compton’s Mill, in Elk Lick township, was about the biggest sale ever staged in that neighborhood. The day was perfect and the attendance was very large. Mr. Bissel, the wealthy Pittsburgher, who has owned this plantation of nearly three hundred acres for the past thirty years, recently sold] it to Druggist E. H. Miller, of 501d the farm to J for Cl , 16 500 CUPID’S CORNER Miss Elizabeth E. Miller, ! daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Al- bert Miller and Robert R. | Singo, son of Mrs. and Mrs. ( Willis Singo, both of Middle- | creek township, were married i at Lavansville, by the Rev. H. Petrea. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Cassler, of Holsopple, and Geo. C. Grazier, son of Mr. 2nd Mrs, C. C. Grazier, of Johnstown, were married at Stoyestown, by the Rev. Frank Wetzel. Mrs. Minnie Enos, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andy Blair, and Harry Smull, son of Mr, and Mrs. John W. Smull, both of Boswell, were married at Somerset, by Charles I. Shaver, Clerk of the Orphans Court. Miss Florence Elizabeth Dull daugter of Mr. and Mrs, Ed- ward E. Dull, and Everett Mus- ser, son of Mr. and Mvs Urias Musser, both of Rockwood, were married at Rockwood, by Dr. John Erler. Olga Rae Millhouse, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. William Millhouse, and Luke Thomas Glover, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Thomas Glover, both of Rockwood, were married at Rockwood by the Rev. C. I). Knapp. Miss Annie Hercula, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Her. cula, and Andy Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Andy Miller, both of Macdonaldton, were mar- ried at Macdonaldton, by the Rev, F. J. McCarthy. Miss Margie V. Miller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jos. A. Miller, of Somerset, and Frank W. Tipton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Tipton, of Frie- dens; were married at Lavans: ville, by the Rev. H. M. Petrea. Mrs. Selma Gustafson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Al- fred Gustafson, and Ott Swan- son. son of Mr. and Mrs. Ren- jamin Swanson, both of Wind- ber, were martied at Sipes- ville, by H. P. Kraft, Justice of the Peace. : State College Announces Farmers’ Week Program The annual Farmers’ Week at the Pennsylvania State Col- lege will be held this year on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday—December 286, 27, 28 and 29. Although the period has been reduced to | four days the program indi- cates that a large amount of practical information is in store for those who attend. Lectures and demonstrations will be given in all phases of agriculture, = including vege- table gardening and floricul- ture. A special home econom- ics program has been arranged for the women who attend and also for the boys’ and girls’ club members. Lecture periods, each one hour in length, will begin each day at 8:30 a. m. and last un- till 5:00 p. m. Double periods will be used when necessary for practicums and demonstra- tions. Evening programs will be general, and largely social or recreational. Educational exhibits will be staged by various departments of the school of agriculture. Printed programs will be avail- able for distribution Decem- ber 1st. The following Somerset boys who are in training at Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga., are en- joying a ten-day furlough with their parents and friends:— Walter Jones, Elmer Caddell and Stewart Brant. —— rr Also most all other makes All kinds of repairs “8. BR for guns Complete line of loaded shells XX7 AY TDTY age T W AUR EY ae SR, Wars
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