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THE NON-UNION MAN
“T ought to have a large re-
ward,
For never owning a Unioncard;
I’ve never grumbled, I’ve never
struck,
T’ve never mixed with union
truck;
But I must be going my way
to win
So open, St. Peter and let mein.
St. Peter sat and stroked his
staff, *
Despite his high office he had
to laugh.
Said he, with a fiery gleam in
his eye,
“Who is tending this gate,
you or 1?
I’ve heard of you and your gift
of gah,
You are w hat they call on earth
a scab.’
Thereupon he aros2 in his
stature tall
And pressed a button in the
wall,
And he said to the imp who
answered the bell,
“Escort this fellow around to
“Tell Satan to give him a seat
alone,
On a red hot griddle up near
the throne.
But say, even the devil can’t
stand the smell
Of a roasting scab on a griddle
in h--l. :
“Tt would cause a revolt,—a
strike—I know
If I sent you down to the imps
below.
Go back to your master on
earth and tell,
That they don’t even want a
scab in h--1.”—Contributed.
Percentage of Sick at Army
Camps Less Than 2 Per Cent
Returning from inspection
trips to 10 Army and aviation
camps, Col. Weston P, Cham-
berlain, of the Surgeon Gener-
al’s Office, reports that the per
cent of sick ranges from below
1 per cent to slightly below 2
per cent.
Among the conditions lead-
ing to treatment in hospitals
are severe colds, tonsilitis,
slight injuries, and other com-
paratively slight ailments. A-
bout the only serious disease
found at any camp was pneu-
monia.
Each national Army camp
has a thousand-bed hospital,
equipped in accordance with
most approved modern prac-
tice.
Driving It Home]
Let us drive home to you
the fact that no washwe-
man can wash clothes in
as sanitary a manner as
that in which the work is
done at our laundry.
We use much more water,
change the water many
more times, use purer and
more costly soap, and keep
all the clothes in constant
motion during the entire
process.
It is simply a matter of having
- proper facilities.
Meyersdale Steam Laundry
Joseph L. Tressler
Funeral Director and Embalmer §
Meyersdale, Penna.
Office : 3
2293Center Mree
Both Phones. §
Residence:
309 North Street
Econo my Phone.
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Meyersdale, Pa.
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ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
SOMERSET, PA.
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business.
THE MEYERSDALE COMMERCIAL, MEYERSDALE, PA.
Y. M. C. A. DRIVE
Somerset’s first drive for the
Young Men’s Christian Asso-
ciation war fund was the most
successful ever undertaken by
our people.
The big rally in the Court
House Friday evening, over
which County Chairman, Chas.
F. Uhl, Jr., presided, was ad-
dressed by the Rev. J. Lane
Miller, and secretaries Lunk
and Miss Myrtle Waugh, of
Johnstown Y. M. C. A. and Y.
W. C. A., respectively. Their
addresses were highly instruc-
tive, and they prepared the
way for the real work that
started with the blowing of
steam whistles and ringing of
bells at 7:15 o’clock Monday
morning.
During Sunday a dozen or
A SUCCESS|
SALISBURY
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sharp
and family, of Sand Patch,
were Sunday guests at the
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. DelLezicr,
on “Gravel Hill.”
E. H. Miller ard C. M. May
of the Cook and Sechler saw
mill from C. T. Hay and will
ship them to their coal opcr-
ations at Casselman.
J. C. Trevarrow spent niost
of the past week with his fam-
liy at this place.
W. B. Stevanus, who has
been nursing a very sore leg
for the past week on account
home of Mrs. Sharp’s parents, |
CENTER CHURCH
Farmers are busily engaged
in butchering and getting the
turkeys ready for Thanksgiv-
ing day.
Messrs. Alex. and Harvey
Marker are employed by Ira
have purchased the old timbers, Sanner, who is building a house
i near Rockwood into which he
intends to move in the near
future.
Mrs. Dennis Sanner is on
the sick list. Dr. Rowe, of
Meyersdale, is the attending
physician.
Harvey Hostetler is wearing
a smile that “won’t come off”
since the arrival of a son. Mr.
of having cut himself with an
ax is getting around again with-,
out the use of a cane.
Lick township, was visiting
friends in Salisbury last Sun-
more Somerset speakers broke’
for the rural regions surround-|
ing Somerset and they ad-
dressed in all twenty-seven!
Sunday schools for the war,
fund. It was planned for Som-
erset to raise $6,000 and the!
surrounding sections to contri-
bute $1,000.
work Monday morning, and be-'
fore sun-set they had secured
over $6,000, but the work did|
not stop. The Red Cross, it
was understood, is to get all|
the funds in excess of $7,000;
and this assurance induced
more and more subscriptions
to come in. The rural districts
have not yet been heard from
but President Frank K. Sanner,
is confident his rural workers;
will produce amounts aggre-
gating more than the $1,000]
asked for.
The clock in the window of
Snyder’s drug store was to
register the progress of the
drive for subscriptions; but the!
clock was figured for only,
$6,000. It was obsolete by,
Monday evening, and accross
its dial was written “Clock too,
small; see other window.” |
Thursday evening the sub-'
scriptions for Somerset alone,
totaled $8,389.35, as follows:!
Northwest Somerset, Rev. E.!
¥. Hoffmeier, captain, $1,558;
Jortheast Somerset, Daniel W.|
Weller captain, $1.950; South-|
west Somerset, W. H. Kantner,!
captain, $2,365; Southeast
Somerset, Ross R. Scott, cap-
tain, $2,516.35. It is easy to
predict that by Saturday eve-
ning, when the campaign closes
the subscriptions will total over.
$10,000. The result iz sa}
spelndid commentary on the
efficiency of President John H.!
Beerits, his able captains and
loyal heplers in the campaign.
It also speaks volumes for the'
patriotism of the people of
Somerset.
PLANT DSIEASE SURVEY |
Every year the plant path-
ologist of the Pennsylvania,
State College collects informa-!
tion regarding the occurance;
of plant diseases. This year in|
co-operation with the U. S. De-|
partment of Agriculture the]
effart is being made to secure !
more complete information;
than ever before in order that
everything possible may be!
done in the way of devising:
campaigns for control and pre-!
vention of these diseases.
In order to increase grops}
in the face of our present emer-|
gency, every effort must be!
made to prevent the ravages of;
diseases. The practice of,
treating grains for smut and;
potatoes for scab is gradually:
becoming more widespread but
still far from universal. There;
are metheds for preventing
various diseases which are not
widely known but very worthy
of attention. Anyone having
had difficulty this season wili
do well to report to the plant
pathologist, State College, in;
order to assist him making;
complete records, and tc re-:
ceive in return valuable sug-’
gestions. i
CORN AND BUCKWHEAT
The State Department of
Agriculture has issued an in-
teresting bulletin showing the
figures for each county’s pro-:
duction of corn and buckwheat’
in 1917 and comparing them:
with the figures for 1516. In
the production of corn, Som-
erset county ranks thirty-fifth,
with 620,340 bushels produced
in 1917. In 1916 there were]
746,694 bushels produced, or
126,354 more than in 1917. In
the production of buckwheat,
we rank sixth among the
ties of the State, having pro-
duced 233,358 bushels in 1917,
compared with 152,190 bush-
els for 1916, or a gain of
168 bushels.
coun-
day.
Mrs. W. D. Keller and son,
of East Pittsburg, arrived last
Wednesday to spend several
days with the former’s parents,:
Mr. and Mrs. Levi Lichliter.
Mrs. Lichliter has been ser-
iously ill for some time.
Harry McClure has rented)
town and will in the near fu-
ture move with family into the,
Jere Livengood property which
is on the same premises.
Frank Newman and family |
moved from the Forner prop-i
erty to the Kyle property, !
owned by C. T. Hay. |
L. P. Young, D. D. and. fam-
ily moved last Thursday from
the Lutheran, parsonage to the
Savilla Boyer property on
Grant street.
Arthur Emerick, of Akron,!
Ohio, spent several days of,
last week with his mother, Mrs.
Annie Emerick, who has been’
very sick for several days. !
P. L. Livengood, of Hunt-
ingdon, spent part of the past,
week with his family at this!
place. !
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wei-
mer spent Wednesday in Cum-!
berland on a shopping expedi-!
tion. {
It appears that a certain per-|
son got very much offended at:
a remark that I made in my
correspondence a short time,
1
| ago concerning ‘scabs,’ even
going so far as to threaten pro-
secution. Suffice it to say that
since no names were mention-
ed, the shoe must have fit and
fit a little too tight or why such
a squeal about it.
The regular meeting of the |
Salisbury Board of Trade was]
held in the Municipal building
on Monday evening, November
26th.
Miss Grace Brown spent sev-
eral days of the past week in|
Cumberland, Md.
Harvey Fogle, for a number,
of years an employee in Hasel-!
barth’s hardware store has;
resigned that position and isi
working. for the Grassy Run!
Coal Company.
Mrs. Wm. Mechurdo spent
last Wednesday and Thursday
at Westernport, Md., with Mr.
McMurdo. ’
THE MUSICAL GUARDSMEN.
The Kusical Guwsdsmen, six young
men with excellent voices and skilled
on numerous musical instruments, are
scheduled for a long Lyceum tour this
season.
This erganization has been rightly
styled “A Singing Orchestra.” They
THE MUSICAL GUARDSMEN.
appear in evening dress for their pop-
ular medleys and song hits and then
in military uniform for their marches,
overtures and other instrumental se-
lections. In their vocal numbers there
is all the rollicking action of a college
glee club.
Mrs. Elias Griffith, wife of
the well-known blacksmith, of
near Kingwood, died Friday
morning, aged 68 years.
Mrs. Griffith had been in!
feeble health for several
months and the tragic death of
her son Jacob the week before
hastened her death. .
~ Mrs. Griffith was a daugh-!
ter of the late Peter Broucher.’
She is survived by her husband
and four follows: John
Charle William and Milton;
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vil bertha Grililth at
IONS, as
Guerney Swanger, of Elk|says boys may
i and Mrs. Edward Doniker, last
| Sunday.
Hostetler is a man who be-
| lieves in preparedness and he
become very
scarce until after the war.
Mrs. Urias Burkholder spent
Sunday at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. C. C. Schafer.
Mrs. Lloyd Vought spent
Sunday with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. George Growall.
ST. PAUL |
The small boy is smiling a
Fifty-two solicitors started the John Knecht garage in, proaq smile because he can try
his sled on the white, glitter-
ing snow.
A Missionary Pagent given
by the Missionary Society of
the Reformed Church was well
attended on Sunday evening.
A feature of considerable in-
terest was the reading in
Pennsylvania German bv Mr.
Demetrius Compton, Das Schul-
hause aun Der Krick, by Henry
Harbaugh. A translation of
the same poem in English was
read by Mrs. Nan Engle.
Mr. and Mrs. John Poor-'
baugh and daughter, Mrs.
Pearle Thompson of Nebraska,
who were visiting Mrs. Poor-
baugh’s old homestead, left for
Akron, Ohio, this week. Her
father, Mr. A. C. Lepley, bet-
ter known as Squire Lepley,
now deceased, was for many
vears a prominent farmer in
this community. Mrs. Poor-!
baugh contemplated spending
a few weeks longer but fearing
a smallpox quarantine. thought
it best to leave for her own
home. |
Mr. Oberlin Engle shot a!
gray fox last Tuesday.
The campaign for helping
the Y. M, C. A, at the army!
camps met with a generous re-:
| sponse in this community. |
BOYNTON
We are having some severe
winter weather at present.
A large crowd attended the
Oyster Supper which was held
in Engle’s Hall last Saturday
evening for the benefit of the
M. E. Church. The Boynton
Orchestra furnished music for
the occasion, which made the
event a very lively one.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lowery
and their children spent Sun-
day with the former’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Lowery,
at Coal Run.
Mrs. James Robertson and
daughter, Edith, were shopping
in Meyersdale Monday.
Miss Eva Thomas spent Sat-
urday and Sunday at her home
here, returning Sunday evening
to Pocahontas, where she is
teaching school.
Miss Ruth Beals, who was
ill with la grippe at her home
in Coal Run the past week, is
now back at Lester Engle’s,
where she expects to spend the
winter.
Mr. and Mrs. William Rob-
ertson, Jr., and their children;
were visiting at the home of
Mrs. Robertson’s parents, Mr.
Several Berlin boys called on
their ladies here Saturday and
Sunday evenings, making the
trip in a Ford touring car.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Rus-
sell Walker, Sunday, Novem-
ber 18th, a son.
Francis Fogle and Hazel
Meager were visiting their
friend, Edith Robertson, Sun-
day.
Howard Bowman was call-
ing at Engle’s Mill recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Pyle,
of this place, have received a
communication from their son,
Leroy, who is with Battery ‘A’
20th Field Artillery, now at
Leon Springs, Texas, describ-
ing his experiences in the army
and informing them that he is
enjoying good health. He ex-
pects to start with the boys for
one of the firing lines in Eur-
ope before spring, and ex-|
presses a hope of coming home |
to see his relatives and friends!
here before going across. |
THANKSGIVING
Truly America has much to
be thankful for this present
year; as a nation we have been
blessed in abundance, and are
truly thankful that we are able
to help our needy Allies at such
a crucial time.
That this may be a real
Thanksgiving for you is the
sincere wish of
SECOND NATIONAL BANK
MEYERSDALE, PA.
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COAL RUN
Coal Run is still on the map
as a fighting town, as “Old
Bach” on Tuesday night came
home from Meyersdale where
he had indulged too freely in|
“red eye,” and was going to
clean up on everybody in this
place.
Earl, the four-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Blu-
baugh, while at play Wednes-
day last, had the misfortune
to injure one of his fingers, and |
the little fellow is now nursing
a very sore hand.
Lloyd Sipple, with his fam-
ily and Mr. Christopher Folk,
motored to the home of Mrs.
Sipple’s sister, at Muncy Mill
last Sunday.
Miss Alvertia Logue left last
Tuesday for Berlin, where she
intends to work for her sister.
Horse traders are invited to
call on Ferd Nolte, of this
place.
Mr. Jacob Hartline, who
was employed at Meyersdale,
is home again, working at his
old job driving at the Meager
mine.
Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinind
Nolte and daughter, Edna,
were shopping in town Wed-
nesday.
. The mines of Coal Run have!
resumed work, not because the
strike was called off, but be-
cause the workmen decided to
shovel slate for what glory
there is in it.
Mrs. James Walker and
daughter, of Pleasant Hill,
spent Thursday with her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. John Mull.
Master Truman Nolte, who
was employed by Bird Bros.,
is home again.
With interest we note a
young man of this place en-
deavoring to get on the good
side of his intended mother-in-
law by carrying water on Sun-
day night for washday--Mon-
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Mrs. Edna Fisher and child,
of West Virginia, are visiting
her mother, Mrs. Jonas Ste-
vanus.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lowery,
of Boynton, passed Sunday
: with Mr. and Mrs. Sam Lowery.
FENTRESS, VA.
The weather is fine, the sun
is shining nearly all the time.
We haven't had any snow, al-
though the nights are a little
frosty, the coldest weather we
had was Monday morning, 22
above zero.
The people are busy digging
potatoes, the crop is just an
ordinary one on account of
wet weather and late planting.
Corn and cotton was below
average.
_ Mr. Nathan Keim was help-
ing B. L. Camp to thrash last
Saturday, they were threshing
a combination of corn and peas.
Frank Keim moved back to
Chambersburg, Pa., the home
of his wife. Nathan Keim
bought his farm, but he took
all of his furniture and stock
i along to his new home.
i The farmers are about fin-
i ishing up on sowing oats and
wheat.
Mrs.
about five hundred and fifty
cabbage plants and will set out
about two hundred more.
Five of our young men took
a trip to Camp Lee at Peters-
burg, Va., in an auto Monday
to visit the men who
drafted.
Mr. Ray Camp and Miss Ger-
trude Eby, adopted daughter
of J. M. Eby, were married re-
cently at the home of the bride.
Work is plentiful here.
NO TRESPASSING
Persons are hereby notified that
hunting or trespassing on my prem-
ises will not be permitted.
John Heining,
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