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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. |
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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
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M. R. MILNE, D, D. S.
respectfully announces that com-
mencing with December 1st he
will adhere STRICTLY to the
CASH SYSTEM.
20,1917
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| 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.
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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.
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A NEW HOME MIS.
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"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.
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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 ,
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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.
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Also most all other makes
All kinds of repairs
“8. BR for guns
Complete line of loaded
shells
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