we = » py YERSDALE, PA. THE MEYERSDALE COMMERCIAL, a —— —— _- .| GOVERNMENT HELP FOR Just the Good Old-Fashioned Wish--- : INCOME TAX PAYERS MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR Reich’s Auditorium OUR XMAS WEEK PROGRAM CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG Thursday, Dec. 27th. You won’t have to figure out your own income tax all by yourself hereafter. The Gov- ernment is going to send out men to help you. It will be up to you to hunt up these men, who will be sent into every county seat town, and some other towns besides, to meet the people. Postmasters, bank- ers and newspapers will be able to tell you when the gov- ernment’s income tax man will be around, and where to find him. He will answer your questions, swear you to the re- turn, take your money, and re- move the wrinkles from your brow. Returns of income for 1917 must be made between January 1 and March 1, 1918. “The Government recog- CORNMEAL MUFFINS nizes,” Collector of Internal 3; cup corn meal 1 | Revenues, C. G. Lewellyn, says, 1) 47s BOM alt : “That many SC i > i559) Igaspoons om Baking Powder 1 al of difiicu in - irk me 8 Sou as tax an It 2 fabiespoons shortening recognizes too, that taxpayers! resident at points where col-| lectors’ offices are not easily. accessible find it hard to get! Our red, white and blue booklet, “Best War Time Recipes’ containing additional similar recipes, sent proper instruction in the law.! free on request. Address Royal Baking Powder Company, Dept. H, 135 Willicm Strcet, New York Next year, when every married . . person living with wife or hus-| band and having a net income] of $2,000, and every unmarried | person not the head of a family and having a net income of} $1,000 for the year 1917 must) make return of income of the! form prescribed, there will be] hundreds in every community! seeking light on the law, and help in executing their returns. My own and every other col-| lection district in the nation] will be divided into districts,| with the county as the unit,! and a government officer in| formed in the income tax as-| signed to each district. He will spend hardly less than a week! in each county, and in some! counties a longer time, very] likely in the courthouse at the! countyseat town. In cities! where there are collectors’| branch offices, he will be there and in other cities possibly at! | the city hall. My office will in due time advise postmasters and bankers and send out no- tices to the newspapers stat- ing when the officer will be in each county. It will be un- necessary for prospective tax- payers to ask my office for forms on which to make re- turns. The officer who vigits their county will have them. “It may be stated as a mat- ter of general information that ‘net income’ is the remainder ® 2 after subtracting expenses from gross income. Personal, J family or living expense is not expense in the meaning of the The United States Government Food | Administration Says: ; “Baking Powder Breads of corn and other coarse flours are recommended” ROYAL BAKING ETE POWDER ABSOLUTELY PURE Makes delicious muffins, cakes and coarse flour breads OATMEAL BREAD 2 tablespoons sugar 1, cup cooked oatmeal or rolled oats cup flour 1%, cups corn meal 1 teaspoon salt 1 egg cup milk 2 tablespoons shortening 5 teaspoons Royal Baking Powder HR 7% Zr Mix together flour, corn meal, salt, baking powder and sugar; add oatmeal, Add beaten egg, melted shortening and milk. Mix well and bake in greased shallow pan in moderate oven 40 to 45 minutes. 7 Mix thoroughly dry ingredients; add milk and melted shortening and beat well. Bake in greased mufiin tins in hot oven about 20 minutes. 72. 7 \ \ Lo sELZNICK@B PICTURES TEs “THE EASIEST WAY?” The Fate of a Woman Who Couldn’t Fight Her Way Alone. Tuesday, Dee. 25th Skating Afternoon, Pictures and Dancing Evening. J Monday, Dec. 24th Roller Skating and Pictures. CHRISTMAS EVENING MARY PICKFORD---"pook LITTLE RICH GIRL” Wednesday, Dec. 26th (BILL)-S-HART =X Friday, Dec. 28th MARGUERITE CLARK Coming Next Week—Hall Caine’s, “The Manxman,” and Madge Kenney in “Baby Mine.” A Real Farce. WE SHOW THE FIRST “That's the one we want” law, the exemption being al- Columbia liwed to cover such expenses. Cons Come around and inspect our line of NICE COATS AND SUITS FOR LADIES AND CHILDREN eee go farther in the purchase of gifts for Xmas. = Greatly reduced prices on many useful articles. WEINSTEIN’S LOW PRICE STORE Next to Postoffice, MEYERSDALE, PA. Buy here and make your money CENTER CHURCH NOTICE Mrs. Christian Haer is on|To the Stockholders of the! “The new exemptions of $1,000 and $2,000 will add! tens of thousands toe the num- ber of income taxpayers in this district, inasmuch as prac- tically every farmer, merchant, tradesman, professional man and salary worker and a great, many wage workers will be re-| quired to make return and pay tax. “The law makes it the duty of the taxpayer to ¢eek out the collector. Many people assume that if an income tax form is not sent, or a govern- ment officer does not call, they are relieved from making re- port. This is decidedly in error. It is the other way rounid- The taxpayer haz tu go to the government and if he doesn’t within the time pre- scribed, he is a violator of the law, and’ the government will go to him with its penalties.” BOYNTON Until you have seen and heard the Columbia Grafonola you are not likely to have a complete conviction that you are buying the right instru- ment for your home. From the lowest-priced Grafonola at $18 to the handsome cabinet instru- ment at $250, Columbia instruments invite and welcome comparison. aT ram © F. B. THOMAS ,Leading Druggist, |} Meyersdale, Pa. Agent, Ren Columbia Grafonola, Price $110 we [A SNS SRS PN Mrs. William Bowman, Mrs. C. K. Bowman and Mrs. Wil- liam Darr were Xmas shoppers in Cumberland a few days of | Catherman’s Business School | Graduates Placed Immediately | The last four graduates of| Joseph L. Tresster Driving It Home| the sick list. Sand Spring Water Co. | asf week. : this school were placed in po- : ‘ A meeting of the Stockhold- The church and school are sitions the day they graduated! Miss Martha Ebbekah, of|..c of the Sand Spring Water, busily engaged in rehearsing or the day afterward, at salar-| North Dakota, is visiting at cg of Meyersdale, Pa., will be} for Xmas. Church services to ies that averaged $65 a month. the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ten held in the directors room of, be held Sunday evening De- Young men and women who man Sanner. the Citizens National Bank, on cember 23rd. are desirous of acquiring aj Miss Mary Burkholder is Monday evening, January 14,; The teamsters are making superior business training living at the home of Mr. and 1918, at 7 o’clock, for the pur-; good use of the sledding by should communicate with this | Mrs. W. A. Merrill, of Garrett,’ pose of electing directors for hauling coal and ice. school at once. Address, at present. | the ensuing year, ond te trans-| 5 Miss Ethel Pyle left last Oothermians Business School, fo _iaction of any other business Frida for Woodlawn, Pa., Cumberland, Md. adv ,FP2% Sanngn Ih Iz smplay. properly brought before the| where she expects to spend! —_—t e y e a . . . + = . ,3 | ST PAUL Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Lepley Connellsville, spent Sunday, Te€ung. : some time with her Aunt, Mrs.| : x | were in Meversdal : with his parents | 49-52 S. B. Philson, Sec. Aller Ley: 5 9 Miss Ansie Cami, Sho oy Ee $ On Huginess Iv ? J So eis r. an rs.W. G. Blough keeping house for Mr. Ross] . : 2 H. M. Hostetler helped his oq Christmas cheer broad-| attended a surprise party at Sechler, left for her home in! Communion will be celebrat- mother-in-law, Mrs. D. Hein- cast this year; | the home of Wm. Miller in The Cove, Md., on Tuesday- | ed in the Reformed Church in Let us drive home to you the fact that no washweo- 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. Funeral Director and:Embalmer : Meyersdale, Penna. Hesidence: 309 North Street Economy Phone. Office : U 229zCenter Sree & Both Phones. § ing, butcher, one day last week. ! 2 ._,. | Meyersdale Tuesday evening. | A crowd of young folks of St. Paul on Sunday, the 23rd ny . Miss Elsie Walter spent, Fay up that back subscription Frank Lowery and John Boynton were Sunday visitors) of December, 1917, at 10:30 It is simply 3 matter of having Thursday with her friend, Miss fore, a { Robertson went to Rockwood at the Home of their friend,}2. Mm. proper facilities. Gertie Engle. nl | Tuesday for the physical ex- Miss Elsie Sipple. rr ithh—— fhe. writer wishes every: Oleomargarine is pure and ination for military service. Miss Edna Livengood, Mrs. | Good Candies 20c per 1b. Meyersdale Steam Laundry bodv A Merry Xmas ‘and Al} wholesome and much cheaper —_—— Nan Engle, Ray Engle and| at HABEL & PHILLIPS Happy and Prosperous New, than butter, Christmas Tree Ornaments, Lloyd Engle were Meyersdale| nee | le Year. at HABEL & PHILLIPS at HABEL & PHILLIPS visitors on Saturday. Patronize our Advertisers. Patronize our Advertisers.