her- rity, tim- kin- n is ere ial- tely e it lop n a eti- ial- . of nd ac- the ru- he ant by nd £2? ch ce ne ic ul se n le )- 1- Ud (WV vw V4 VOL XXXIX ammerrial, MEYERSDALE, PA., APRIL 25, 1918. i IE CALLED TO THE COLORS Vd Mia Am ow A FET we arr ra = ger CE 3 En . ~ aE vs a —Courtesy Brooklyn Bagle. LIBERTY LOAN HONOR FLAG Local and Personal a L LETS WIN ONE BE LFOR F MEYERSDALE L. N. Mankamyer, of Witten- burg, was in town Saturday. John W. Hoskin, of Garrett, was in town on business Tues- day. Mrs. Grace Price, of Browns- ville, Pa., is visiting relatives here. Austin Kennell, of Cumber- land, visited relatives here Sat- urday. : Mrs. Gillian Miller, of Rock- wood, spent Thursday in Mey- ersdale. Howard Mazer, of Sand Patch, spent Saturday in Mey- ersdale. W. O. Houck has returned from a business trip to Phila- delphia. N. G. Nicholson, of Berlin, was a business caller in town, Saturday. Miss Daisy Ohler, of Sand Patch, spent Wednesday in Meyersdale. Earl R. Beggs, of Confluence, was a business caller here, Wednesday last. George Hibner and son, George, of Mt. Braddock, are visiting realtives here. , Mrs. Rome Shirely, of Mec- Keesport, is visiting her moth- er, Mrs. E. D. Leonard. Mrs. W. A. McCune and daughter, Mary, are visiting relatives in Braddock, Pa. Virgil Smith, of Camp Lee, Va., is the guest of his parents$ Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Smith: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wal- ters, of Connellsville, visited relatives in our city recently. Mrs, Clayton Wade and daughter, Elizabeth, returned Sunday from a visit in Frost- burg. Miss Marcella Reich went to Cumberland Wednesday to at- tend Catherman’s Business| School. : Mrs. Bruce Lichty and daughter, Miss Hilda, visited}; in Cumberland several this week. Lawrence Hartle, who was home on a furlough, returned Monday to Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga. Silas Walker, of Camp Lee, Va., arrived here-Saturday to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Walker. Mr. and Mrs. Albert days Mec- Daniels have returned from their wedding trip to Chicago and other western cities. Mrs. J. H. Rohrbaugh and three children, of Hanover, Pa., are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Lint.’ Charles Bittner, of Glencoe, spent Saturday and. Sunday at the home of his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Si- mon Bittner, Mrs. Edward Padefild of this city and her brother, Joseph Jones, of Omaha, Nebraska, who is visiting the former, spent the, week in Lonaconing, Md., visiting relatives. CONTEST AND MUSICALE The high school will hold an oratorical contestand musicale in Amity Hall on Monday evening, April 29th, at eight o’clock. The proceeds will be given to the red cross.:of our city. Every one is invited to attend. Soe «®e fhe eq Eilas Bw THE EVENING STAR By Harold Seton The evening star a child es- Y pied,: } 2 } The one star in the sky. “Is that God’s service flag?” . he cried, And waited for reply. The mother paused a moment ere She told the little one: “Yes, that is why the star is there! God gave His only Son!” 4 i erators have SERVICE FLAG DEDICAT.- ‘ED BY LOCAL UNION Local rion No. 2774, Unit- ed Mine Workers of America, dedicated = service flag in hon- or of all members of the Local who are now serving the colersy, Sunday afternoon. in Rei h’s Auditorivin, Meyersdale, a large audi‘nce greeting the speakers :nd witnessing the exercises. . All rose as the Citizens Band played “The Star Spangled Banner.” A choir made up of the best singers in Meyers- ddle rendered some excellent songs, a solo “Keep the Home Fires Burning,” being a fea- ture that was particularly well ec eived. Patriotic addresses were made by Father Brady and Rev. Andrews, which drew vigorous applause from an appreciative atalience. The meeting was also addressed by two mem- bers of the Union, Mr. King and Mr. Drum, the former hav- ing been a coal miner for 44 years. From the address of Mr. King we take the liberty to quote the following: “We are at: war with the greatest mili- tary machine that the world has ever known. We honor my boy who wears the colors. T le citizens of Meyersdale ould be congratulated for their attendance here. Since b> United States was plunged ViMothewarthe U. M. W. & has been doing its duty. Fif- teen thousand represent their numbers between the age of 21 and 31 years who are in the service. Upon the miners de- pends the outcome of this war. “I have noticed with a whole lot of pride the patriotism of Somerset county. The mine workers are always loyal. The mine workers of this county have been handicapped. They ‘I could not extend their organi- zation as it should be. The cause is due to the employers of labor in this county and the gunmen paid by the men who work.” The gun men should be sent to France! The gun men are no good in a communi- tv where they use their guns on the poor and defenseless min- ers. We ask the employer to meet us and do collective bar- gaining. Those who refuse z¥ ould be at the front! The men of Somerset county should have some of the freedom which they are willing to fight for. “I want all wage earners to buy Liberty Bonds. It would be a notice to the Kaiser that he’d better quit spending the lives of his citizens.” The closing address was made by Mr. Drum from Mary- land. He contrasted the phys- ical fitness of the men for mili- tary duty in the various nations at war. The percentage of the fit men was the highest in Germany and the lowest in the United States. He showed how we had every reason in the world to enter the war, and if we had not entered it how we would have been compelled to go in later; how the miners are playing their part; how the op- caused strikes and called the miners pro-Ger- man when the operators them- selves were to blame. He ad- vised the men to show their patriotism by purchasing Lib- erty Bonds and Thrift Stamps. In closing he expressed the hope that every person will do all in their power to bring the war to a successful conclusion. The meeting came to a close with the singing of the song “America.” ma HOLSOPPLE. Mr. Paul Murry was visiting friends in Somerset, Sunday. Clayton Blough was a visi- tor in Hooversville, Saturday evening. Mr. Morris Spangler was a business caller in Johnstown, Saturday. Quite a number of our peo- NO. 8. SALISBURY. The Salisbury schools will close Tuesday, April 30th. John Merrill, of Addison township, was a visitor to our burg Saturday. Dr. H. C. McKinley, of Meyersdale, was a Salisbury visitor Tuesday. Henry Schram and William Kyle, of Barton, Md., were business visitors here Saturday a ple have invested in the Third last Liberty Loan. Misses Geneva and Anna Livingston, of Foustwell, were visiting in town Sunday. Misses Jane Stevenson and Annie Kauffman were calling, on friends in Hooversville, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Suthard have returned from Pittsburgh. Mr. Suthard has resumed his work at Jerome Junction tow- er, Mr. Dunbar, who had been working his trick returning to his regular trick. Mr. W. H. Eash succeeds Mr. Thomas Quinn as Superin- tendent of the Pretoria mine, the latter named gentleman having taken over the Naylor mine. Mr. H. C. Morgan, who has been in charge of the Mec- Neal mine at Cairnbrook, has returned to town and taken a position with the Maple Ridge Coal Company. Mr. G. W. Cassler, electrician at the Pre- toria mine, has resumed duty after being off several weeks with. rheumatism. LLOYD PAUL MARTIN. About 4:30 o’clock Wednes- day morning, April 17th, Lloyd Paul Martin, eldest _son of Chief Burgess and Mrs. Wil- liam Martin, of Garrett, died at their home on Walker street. of a complication of dis- eases, aged 15 years, 2 months and 3 days For several months past the young man had been confined to his home, suffering constant- ly, and it is thought that death came as a relief to his agony as no hope has been held for permanant recovery for some time by his parents or attend- ing physician. Lloyd had the appearance of a pleasant ob liging young man. and a host of friends mourn his untirely death. He was 2 member of the ! utheran Church and Sun- day School, and his former minister, Rev. W. HV, B, Car- ney, traveled all the way from Dubois, Pa., to preach the fun- eral sermon. Interment was made al Ber- lin on Friday afternoon, Un- dertaker Joseph 1. Tressler. of Meyersdale, in charge. ; We extend our sympathy to the bereaved parents, relalives and friends, hoe PARENT-TEACHER MEET- ING. The following program is announced for the Parent- Teacher Association meeting Friday, April 26th. - Song— Association. Reading of minutes. Piano Solo—William Fritz. Reasons for Joining Nation- al Association—Mrs. R. G. Mil- er. Music — Meyersdale Chorus. Report of State Convention —Mrs. W. H. Ryland. Music — Meyersdale Male Chorus. Awarding of banners. Election of Officers. Male Patronize our Advertisers. . Robert Walker is putting an addition to his home on Gay street, the work being done by Petry Brothers. : David Callan, of Chicago, spent several days of the past week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Maust. Jacob Folk, a prominent far- mer and horse dealer, of near Springs, was a business visitor to our city Saturday last. Misses Nellie Stotler and Mary Reitz spent several days last week in Baltimore, and al- so visited at Camp Meade. Mrs. George W. Cochrane and son, of State College, are on an extended visit with her mother, Mrs. W. H. Boucher. Roscoe Welfley, manager of the Barchus and Livengood store, spent several days of last week in Pittsburgh on bus- iness. Mrs. Ephriam Engle. of Elk Lick township, is spending sev- eral weeks with her daughter, Mrs. Robert Livengood, in Du- quesne. Dr. Albert Haselbarth re- turned to his home in Mercers- burg after spending a week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. .{C. R. Haselbarth. Many of our town boys will soon be busy in France with the Huns but those who . remain will also have some swatting to do as fly time is coming on. Harry Kretchman left Tues- day for Pittsburgh to make ar- rangements for renting his property . and packing his household effects preparatory to moving back to Salisbury. Albert Kendall, of Akron, spent several days over Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Kendall. Tuesday he wags called to report for exam- ination under the draft law. John Mort is having a porch built to his home on Gay street. J. H. Menhorn recently pur- chased the William Kyle prop- erty from C. T. Hayand, his son-in-law. George Ries and family will occupy it as soon as vacated by Frank Newman and family, who will occupy the George DeLozier property east of town. Robert, infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bepler, died at the family home in Rockwood, Saturday, April 20th, of diph- theria, aged about eighteen months. The remains were brought to Salisbury on Satur- day afternoon and interment took place in the I. O. O. F. cemetery. Corporal Marshall Brown of the Heavy Artillery, located at Camp Merett, N. J., spent a short furlough in town with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Urias Brown. His company expects to receive orders most any time to embark for France and he therefore could only secure leave of absence for a few days. SUMMIT MILLS. Miller is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Irvin Miller. Miss Hattie Kemp, who has been working at the Hotel Sli- cer in Meyersdale, returned home Saturday. In spite of bad weather con- ditions, the box social which was held here last Tuesday evening turned out to be a grand success. Miss Margaret Opel, was visiting her sister, Mrs. William Menges, in Berlin, Miss Nellie who several d: last week, return- led home t
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