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VOL. XXXIX.
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MEYERSDALE, PA, MAY 16, 1918.
NO. 11.
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Fred Wilmoth visited friends
in Latrobe, Sunday.
Miss Clara Stacer, of Rock-
wood, spent Friday here.
John W. Hoskin, of Garrett,
was in town Saturday evening.
Mr. Z. C. Leslie, of Berlin,
was ‘calling in town, Saturday.
Mrs. C. S. Claar, of Garrett,
was shopping in town, Thurs-
day.
George Donges has returned
from a business trip in New
York.
Miss Emma Braesecker vis-
ited at her home in Berlin,
Sunday.
Miss Theresa McMurrer is
visiting relatives and friends in
Pittsburgh.
Miss Myra Lichliter, of Elk
Lick, spent Wednesday in
Meyersdale,
James E. Boden, of Garrett,
was a Saturday evening caller
in Meyersdale.
Miss Daisy Ohler, of Sand
Patch, visited friends in our
town, Saturday.
Mrs. George Miller and two
sons returned Wednesday from
a visit in Johnstown.
Mr. Charles Claar, of Gar-
rett, was a business caller in
Meyersdale Saturday.
Mrs. John Kroll, of Lona-
coning, Md., is visiting her sis-
z Spt 2 ede om cpa aries
iss Katharyn R. Brooks, of | parents, Mr.
Pittsburgh, is the guest of her
friend, Miss Mary Black.
Misses Maud Saylor and
Elizabeth Tressler are visiting
friends at Camp Lee, Va.
William Grainey, who was
the guest of Rev. J. J. Brady,
has returned to Lonaconing,
Md.
Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Hanna,
of Rockwood, were business
callers in Meyersdale, Satur-
day.
Msr. Joseph Levy, of Som-
erset, spent the week end here
doing work for the Red Cross
Society. :
L. A. Phenicie and W. H.
Miller, of Garrett, were busi-
ness callers in Meyersdale,
Monday.
Mrs. W. T. Rowe and daugh-
ter, Miss Stella, visited rela-
tives in Frostburg, Saturday
and Sunday.
Mrs. O. B. Elrick, who was
the guest of Mrs. Hannah Smi-
ley, returned to Hazelwood,
Pa., Saturday.
Miss Mary Weakland, of
Washington, D. C., is visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L.
W. Weakland.
Mrs. George Benford left
Sunday for -an extended visit
in several cities in Ohio and in
Pittsburgh, Pa. :
Mrs. Alfred Wilmoth, of
Glencoe, visited at the home of
her mother-in-law, Mrs. Jennie
Wilmoth, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Gurley; C. Engle, near
and three sons were in Cum-
berland, Sunday, attending the
funeral of a relative.
Miss Margaret Metz and Mr.
Jones, of Frostburg, visited
their friend, Miss Pearl Nickol,
several days last week.
Mrs. Charles Shroyer, of
Rockwood, spent Tuesday and
Wednesday at the home of her
mother, Mrs. H. C. Knierium.
Miss Irene Buttermore and
Charles Lewellyn, of Union-
town, spent the week end here
¥ | as guests of Miss Pauline Groff.
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Bittner
and family and Mrs. Edgar
Berkley motored to Bedford
Sunday where they visited rel-
atives. ar
Miss Marcella Reich, a pupil
in Catherman’s Business School,
Cumberland, visited her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Reich, Sunday.
Mrs. Emma Younkin has re-
turned from Washington, D.
C., where she spent the winter
with her daughter, Mrs.
Charles Fernser.
Mrs. Homer Hartley and
daughter, Miss Nellie, return-
ed to Beaver, Pa., Tuesday, af-
ter a short visit at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Collins.
Mrs. A. C. Bolden and
daughter, the Misses Mary,
Helen and Catherine, motored
to Oakland, Md., Sunday,
where they visited relatives.
Prof. and Mrs. A. P. Kep-
hart and two children, of Phil-
adelphia, are spending the
summer with Mrs. Kephart’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Dill.
Mr. and Mrs. Shannon Smith
and two sons, of Boswell, and
Miss Violet Kennedy, of Cum-
berland, were guests at the
home of Mrs. Emma Hibner,
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Critch-
field and two children, of Rock-
wood, motored here Sunday.
6 eld’s
and Mrs. John
Schardt. :
Mrs. Margaret McKenzie
and daughter, Miss Elizabeth,
have returned to Cumberland
after a short visit at the home
of the former’s sister, Mrs.
Daniel Dahl.
Thursday evening of this
week Mr. T. H. Thornton, of
New York City, will deliver a
lecture in Reich’s Auditorium
under the auspices of the Inter-
national Bible Students. Lec-
ture begins at 8 o'clock; all
seats free.
Thursday evening of last
week a large number of high
school boys and girls from town
took advantage of the splendid
weather, holding a dance and
outing at Riverside Park, which
was the first entertainment of
the open air season at this pop-
ular outing place.
ENGLE-GRAY
Miss Alleda Gray, of Meyers-
dale, and Jesse Engle, of Sal-
isbury, were married last Wed-
nesday at the home of the
groom’s mother, Mrs. Margaret
Engle, by Rev. G. K. Hetrick.
SERENADING AND SUR-
PRISE PARTY NEAR
GARRETT.
Around about ten o’clock on
Tuesday evening of last week
a serenading party called at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. John
Garrett, and
made things lively for a while,
after the news had spread that
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Engle,
of Cumberland, were at the
former’s home for a visit. On
Thursday evening a party was
held for the young cuple which
was attended by about 125
people of the neighborhood.
Refreshments were served and
interesting games played, the
guests retiring to their respec-
tive homes at a late hour. Mrs.
Engle, the bride, was formerly
Miss Lela Morrison, of Conflu-
ence.
THE ELECTOR’S GUIDE
PRIMARY ELECTION, TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1918.
In the Primary Election which will be held next week
every qualified elector is entitled to vote in his precinct on the
Non-Partisan Ballot for the nomination of Judges, which is a
separate ballot from the Party Ballot, whether or not he has
been enrolled as a member of any political party or policy.
In order to vote the Party Ballot the elector must have
been duly enrolled as a member of the party which he wishes
to support, and he is only entitled to vote on the ballot to nomi-
nate candidates of that party. .OQn the official Ballot of each
‘Party will appear the names of candidates who are seeking the
nomination of that praticular Partly, and following these names
will be blank spaces provided forselectors to write the name of
any candidate of his choice whose name does not appear on the
Ballot in the original printed form. To express his choice in
the nomination of candidates each elector must place a cross
(X) in the square to the right of each candidate for whom he
wishes to vote. To vote for a candidate whose name 1s not
printed on the official Ballot it is necessary to write the candi-
date’s name in the blank space provided for that purpose and,
in addition, mark a cross in the square to the right of his name.
If challenged the elector shall be required to make oath
or affirmation that, at the last preceding election at which he
vtoed, he voted for a majority of the candidates of the Party
for which he is enrolled. :
To entitle one to membership in a Party he must not only
have voted for a majority of the persons who were candidates
of that party in the preceding election, but he must have voted
for such persons as the candidates of the Party to which he
claims affiliation.
Electors are not allowed to remain in voting booth more
than three minutes in case others are waiting to occupy it.
No person when within the voting-room shall electioneer
or solicit votes for any Party or candidate, nor shall any written,
or printed matter be posted up within the said room except as
required by law. A . :
Any person who shall vote or attempt to vote more than
once at a Primary shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, the penalty
being a fine of $500 or imprisonment not exceeding three years.
Any election officer who permits a person to vote at any
Primary, with the knowledge that such person is not entitled
to vote, or refuses to permit any lawfully entitled elector to
vote, at such Primary, with the kfiowledge that such person is
entitled to vote, shall be guilty of p misdemeanor, the penalty
being a fine of $500 or imprisonmeit not exceeding three years,
or both. pa be L i
Any person who shall directly or indirectly, give, or prom-
ise or offer to give, any gift or reward in money, goods, or other
valuable thing, to any person, with intent to induce him to vote
or refrain from voting for any particular candidate or candi-
dates at any Primary; or shall, directly or indirectly procure
for, or offer or promise to procure for, such person. any such
9ift or reward, with the intent aforesaid; or shall, with the in-
tent to influence or intimidate such person to give his vote or
to refrain from giving his vote for any particular candidate or
candidates at any Primary, give to or obtain for, or assist in ob-
taining for, or offer or promise to give to or obtain for, or assist
in obtaining for, such person, any office, place, appointment, or
employment, public or private; or threaten such person with
dismissal or discharge from any office, place, appointment, or
employment, public or private, then held by him—the person
so offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, the penalty being
2 Bas of $500 or imprisonment not exceeding three years, or
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Regulation Governing The
Sale of Sugar.
In order to insure as fully as possible the conservation of the entire
fruit crop of the present season and to encourage home canning and pre-
serving, the following rule, governing family purchases of sugar, is made
effective, in Pennsylvania.
Consumers may purchase, and grocers may sell to any one family,
sugar, for home-preserving purposes only, in a quantity not to exceed
twenty-five pounds, upon the signing by the purchaser and surrender to the
seller of a certificate in the following form:
SUGAR PURCHASING CERTIFICATE FOR
HOME PRESERVING
1918.
I hereby declare to the United States Food Administration, that
I desire to purchase from
pounds of sugar for my own use, for canning and
preserving purposes.
I agree not to order sugar under this ruling, from any source,
in excess of my requirements for this purpose or, to use the sugar
so ordered for any other purpose than that here specified.
I have on hand sugar to the amount of pounds
I used for canning and preserving in 1917 pounds
Name
Town
Streetor R.F.D. Address... -
Grocers will provide their own printed forms for use in the sale of
sugar under this ruling, and will forward weekly, all certificates received
during the previous week, to the County Food Administrator.
An auto
young people
and Garrett, returning from
Frostburg at an early hour
Sunday morning, while driving
along at a moderate speed near |
the school house just outside of |
Boynton, ran into a tree which |
had blown over the road and |
every member of the merry
party received painful, if not;
in some cases nearly fatal, in-|
juries.
The car belonged to Mr, Rus-
sell Wetmiller, of Garrett. It!
was driven by Mr. Howard
Merrill, of Garrett, and in the
car with him were Messrs.
Bert Wetmiller and Paul Kist-!
ler, of Garrett, and Misses Myr- |
tle Rae, May Wilson and Mil-|
dred Donges, of Meyersdale. |
The driver could not see the |
tree obstructing the road, on ac-|
count of a curve which the car
was rounding, until it was too |
late to stop. When he discov-|
ered that no other course was!
open, he steered the mache
towards the place where the
obstruction appeared to be the
farthest from the ground, in|
the hope that it might pass |
through under the tree with-!
out much damage. The alarm
was sounded and all passen-|
gers crowded low down be-|
tween the seats of the machine
before it struck, but the ob.
Cm
load of popular]
of Meyersdale |
DISTRICT SUNDAY SCHOOL
.# CONVENTION AT GAR:
RETT.
The Convention of Sunday;
Schools of District No. 8 of Som-
erset County held in the Luth-
eran Church, Garrett, last Fri-
day afternoon and evening was
well attended, although weath-
er conditions were not very fa-
vorable for travel.
President I. S. Monn, of Sal-.
isbury, presided at the sessions.
The principal address was
made by Rev. Alexander Steele,
of Meyersdale, at the evening
session.
Petitions for division of the
District into two districts, the
one to take in Meyersdale and
Garrett, the other Salisbury,
Summitt Mills and Springs,
were approved for presenta-
tion to the County Convention,
which is this week in session at
Boswell.
SALISBURY.
Snakeologist Jere Shoema-
ker was a visitor to this city,
Saturday. When asked about
the rattlesnake crop this spring,
he informed your correspond-
ent that he in company with
Simon Livengood visited the
famous snake den on Negro
mountain on Ascension Day
armed with their shot guns,
and, although it was not a
good day for snakes, they man-
aged to dispatch about a dozen
rattlers, among them being an
especially large one. They
could not determine the exact
length of the monster, as the
charge of shot had severed the
snake into several pieces, but,
piecing it together as best they
could, they agreed without ex-
aggeration that the reptile
was at least 7 feet ni length.
Mr. Shoemaker is not only a re-
liable authority on snakes, but
he is also somewhat of a gath-
erer of antiques, his specialty
being old firearms. He had
with him on Saturday an old
rifle which is reputed to be very
many years old, having, it is
clamed, belonged to his great-
great-grandfather.
BAD ACCIDENT AT BOYNTON
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
struction was too low to clear
at all, removing the steering
gear and mashing the backs of
the seats off as the car passed
through under. All of the
boys and girls were badly
crushed and mangled in the
wreckage, one of the boys, Mr.
Wetmiller, being forced
through with his head caught
between the wreckage of the
machine and the tree until he
was dropped off in the road at
the rear of the machine with
the wreckage.
A telephone call for medical
aid was sent in after one of the
party managed to reach a farm
house nearby, and several doc-
tors were on the scene to take
the injured parties in charge a
little later. Their wounds
were dressed and later in the
day each was homeward bound,
with the exception of Mr. Mer-
rill. who was rushed to a Cum-
berland hospital. On Monday
morning he was operated on,
and is reported to be resting
well. Mr. Kistler has been
suffering a great deal of pain,
and some concern is felt for his
sneadv recovery at home, but
the other young folks seem to
be getting along nicely.
Sunday afternoon the demol-
ished car was hauled to Gar-
rett by another machine.
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John, W. Folk, of Springs,
was a Salisbury visitor on Sat-...
urday evening.
A. E. Livengood spent last
week in Somerset, serving on
the grand jury.
P. L. Livengood, of Hunting-
don, spent part of the past
week with his family here.
Mrs. Leo Hendrix and Mrs.
William Macey, of Swissvale,
are visiting their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Jacob Keller.
James A. Winter spent last
Thursday in Johnstown where
he visited his niece, Miss Emma
Inks, at the Memorial Hospi-
tal. ;
Mr. and Mrs. John Boucher,
of Brownsville, spent from
Monday until Thursday with
the former’s mother, Mrs. W.
H. Boucher.
Robert Johnston, Jr., and
Harry Ringler spent several
days iast week in Addison vis-
iting the latter’s grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Mimna.
Emmet Stevanus, George
Trevarrow, Paul Corbett,
among a bunch of other boys
from town, attended a dance
at Frostburg, Saturday even-
ing.
Miss Margaret Glotfelty, a
teacher in the Berlin schools,
returned Wednesday, to spend
her summer vacation with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. R.
Glotfelty.
Miss Ethel Schramm, who
taught in the Boswell schools
the past winter, has returned
to spend the summer vacation
with her mother, Mrs. Ida
Schramm.
Miss Evaline Livengood, of
Lynchburg, Va., and Miss Eliz-
abeth Livengood, of Johns-
town, spent last week with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John J. Livengood.
Miss Della Hoffman, of Coal
Run, and Mr. James Corbett, of
Six Mile Run, were recently
married in Cumberland, after
which they visited the latter’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Corbett, at this place.
Mr. and Mrs. Resley Tress-
ler and child, accompanied by
Miss Thelma Stevanus, spent
Saturday and Sunday at the
home of the latter’s grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S.
iting relatives in Pittsburgh.
Yommer, Monday, May 6th, a
daughter.
Mrs. James B. Martin is vis-|
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Chas. |
Stevanus, and other relatives,
| at Sand Flat.
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