The Meyersdale commercial. (Meyersdale, Pa.) 1878-19??, May 23, 1918, Image 1
ic hee St ae 3 a a i es i Mk Commercial, VOL. XXXIX. MEYERSDALE, PA., MAY 23, 1018, For REPRESENTATIVES IN TRE GENERAL ASSEMBLY Eber K Cockley and, Te THE Viewpol/ oF PAUL PEOPLp, EVERYWAERE¢ Herman G. Lepleys 9 GS ar er A A A A Ir re AT I eo AA Pe sn i : Local and Personal : BOBCEOB0R0ACA0S0R0ACENE1E RCROROBOAORCACICANACRCRT | Mrs. Clyde - Rowe spent | Thursday in Cumberland. Mrs. James Leckemby spent Thursday in Connellsville. Clayton Wade visited rela- tives in Frostburg, Sunday. . Mrs. Benjamin Keefer, of ".. Mange, spent Saturday here. + —~Mrs-David Haris; of Pitts- ¥ burgh, is visiting relatives here. : Miss Carrie Steinberger vis-! ited friends in Elk Lick, Sun- day. Mrs. Peter Havman was a business caller in Cumberland, Friday. Mrs. 0 cya Charles Darrow is spending several days in Cum-|J berland. Mrs. John Darrah left Sat- urday for a few days’ visit in Baltimore. Mrs. Elizabeth Younkin is visiting Mrs. "Shannon Smith, of Boswell. Mrs. James. Parker, of Read- ing, Pa., is the guest of Mrs. John Maul. D. P. Kurtz, of Johnstown, was in Meyersdale on business, Wednesday. Misses Rose McKenzie and Stella McQuain spent Sunday in Confluence, Mrs. Frank Miller, of Walsel, Colorado, is visiting her sister, Mrs. George Blake. Mrs. J. T. Belle, of Pitts- burgh, is visiting her sister, Miss Ella McMurrer. Miss Daisy Ohler returned to Sand Patch Monday after a few days’ visit here with friends. i and Mrs. William Hou- sel and little daughter visited relatives in Wittenburg, Sun- day, John Boucher, of Braddock, Pa., visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Boucher, Sun- day. Johnson Collins is spending the summer with his sister, Mrs. DeForrest Ludwig, of Pitts- bugh. : Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Say- lor, who were visiting relatives here, have returned to Canton, Ohio. ; Mrs. C. E. Deal has return- ed from Pittsburgh, where she spent the week visiting rela- tives. . Mrs. John Habel, of Cum- berland, visited Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Habel, several days this week. Mr. and Mrs. Albert McDan- jel visited relatives in Martins- burg, W.. Va., Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Simon M. Bittner and three children visited relatives in St. Paul the former part of the week. J. E. Barnhart, of Baltimore, visited at the home of Mr. and and Lonaconing, Md., Su ! where they visited friends. for Memorial Day. and therefore bring it to the atten- tion of those overlooked it or neglected to do it otherwise. Mrs. D. A. Friedline, Saturday and Sunday. Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Ryland and three children motored to Lonaconing,” Md., Sunday, to vigit relatives. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Bauman and Miss Dulda Powell, of Somerset, were business callers here, Wednesday. Mr, and Mrs. James Dixon and family motored to Midland Mrs. Mary Naylor and Miss Mary Lou Dom, who were vis- iting Mrs. William Klingaman, have returned to Pittsburgh. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Crise, of Connellsville. spent Sunday at the home of the latter’s par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. John Stein, Mr. and Mrs. Gus Damico and family motored to Indiana, Pa., Sunday, where they visit- ed Miss Margaret, of Indiana State Normal. and James Pittsburgh, Lester Tedrew McCarthey, of spent the week end at the home of their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. P. P. Breig. Miss Pearl Starker, of West- ernport, Md., and Miss Edith Lee, of Moscow Mills, Md., vis- ited at the home of Mrs. August Lintz, Saturday and Sunday. The boys and girls who were injured in the automobile ac- cident at Boynton, as reported in last week’s paper, are all reported out of danger. Their scars and wounds are healing up nicely. Everyone should clean up their lot and the graves in the cemeteries and burial grounds This is a habit which many people have formed here and elsewhere, is commendable. We who may have HIGH SCHOOL COMMENCE- MENT. The sermon to the High School graduating class will be preached in the Main Street Brethren Church on Sunday evening, May 26th, by the Rev. E. D. Burnworth. The Senior Class Play and Com- mencement Exercises will be held in Reich’s Auditorium on Friday even- ing, May 31st, at 8:00 o’clock. Tickets will be on sale at Thomas’s Drug Store after 12:00 o’clock noon, Tuesday, May 28th. Admission-Reserved Seats 50 cents, War Tax 5 cents, Total 55 cents. General Admission 385 cents; War Tax 4 cents, Total 39 cents. a_e, — held in the Lutheran Church. Sunday, |*« *+“The Challenge of the Organized: Tig NO. 12. Dry Federation Wins Out In The Republican Primaries. Stotler, Who Opposed Full Crew Law In Assembly, a Candidate, At the time we went to press with this issue of The Commercial Dry Federation headquarters claimed the Republican nomination for its candidates in Somerset County. Next week’s paper will give a full account of official returns. SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK- ERS MEET IN BOSWELL. The Fourteenth Annual Interdenomir ational Convention of Somerset County Sunday Schools, held#in Boswell May 14th, 15th and 16th, was pronounced the great®st religious gathering ever held in the county. Delegates were ‘present from every district, and more than a thousand people crowded into the new Lutheran Chureh to witness the opening services on Tues- day evening. All of the main sessions of 't le Convention were H. Bi Speicher, of Garrett, President of the County Organization, Prof. I. H. Mack, of the Hall-Mack Pa., directed the musical program. Th Melba Ober and Margaret Horne, + # The address of welcome was del F. Rice, of Jennertown, and responde: gracious address by Rev. G. E. McCay near Somerset. % any, Philadelphia, fanists were Misses ' by the Rev. Elmer i a most happy and ‘of Casebeer Church, . gram,” was the subject of Preston G. Orwig, of Philadelphia, State Secondary Superintendent. « The challenge to the Sunday School is first, Study Your Community; second, Religious Edu- cation; third, the Organized Sunday School Work, Mr. Orwig pointed out. He said the first teachers’ training was started in 1889. “Educating the mind is not enough,” he continued, “you must educate the heart.” At the Wednesday morning session Miss Ida Shumaker, of Meyersdale, a missionary worker, delivered an address which appealed strongly to the convention, in which she told of her work in India and explained the needs of the service. At the afternoon session Miss Shumaker continued her timely remarks on the subject of missions, stating that in India only one woman in a thousand can read and write in her native lan- guage, that thousands who come to the missionaries for assist- ance have to be turned away because of the lack of room and means to care for their needs. She said a missionary is “God’s man, doing God’s work for God’s glory.” At the close of her remarks Rev. Monn, of Salisbury, took the center of the stage, dramatically waving a dollar bill at the audience and challeng- ing them to match him in raising a present for the missionary woman. Dollar bills began flying about, or waving about, in all sections of the convention, and when counted they totalled $150. Miss Shumaker is a niece of Bishop C. G. Lint, of Mey- ersdale, and a grand-daughter of the late Bishop Adam Snyder, a minister in the Church of the Brethren. a eRv. B. F. Rhoads, of Butler, took up the subject of “Evan- gelism in the Sunday School,” in which he remarked that the teacher’s duty is to prepare the Sunday School lesson with a view to making it interesting. He said no wonder some teach- ers have a small class when they do not make the lesson inter- esting. He told how one minister even made the announce- ments interesting—instead of the usual Bible meeting it was the unusual. Rev| Rhoads in another address to the convention on the subject of “Adult Characteristics,” reviewed the growing diffi- culties in cases where denominational aims are made para- mount. That itis the living activities which draw the people to certain denominations, was his contention. He said all are working for one object, which is the building up of God’s King- dom, and insisted that this aim should be considered as more important than denominational differences. In still another address, “The Anarchist of the Centuries,” he plead for equal rights for all and special liberties to none. In the course of his remarks here he entered upon a bitter at- tack of liquor traffic, saying among other things that he would prefer his son, who is in France, to be a German prisoner for- ever rather than to see him a drunkard. He said whiskey af- fects society and the church, and interferes with the human relationship. He remarked that he did not nor does not hate the saloon keeper, but only the mean way in which he makes his living. In “The Seven Point Challenge,” Mr. Orwig said some in- teresting things in regard to practical Sunday School work. There are 126 Sunday Schools in this ‘county, and in order to rise to a higher standing in the community, he said they should take a census of the community, registering each person, so as to know what work was to be done and where to go to do it. Teachers should be trained for service and leadership, he con- tinued. For the two weeks’ special training at Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, 31 boys and 27 girls were registered in 1917, and in 1918 there were 80 boys and girls registered from Pennsylvania. There were many interesting addresses, programs, and conferences, which we do not have the details of nor the space to cover here, but which were greatly appreciated by the dele- gates and visitors. As a whole the gathering was a great suc- cess, long to be remembered by those who were ded at the sessions. day. School ‘Pro- POSTCARD SHOWER FOR A LITTLE COMRADE. Roma Donna, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Cunning- ham, of Confluence, will be ten years old, Monday, May 27, 1918. Although young in years, Roma has been a faithful worker in the Socialist move- ment. For several years prior to the declaration which in- volved the United States in the in the world war for de- mocracy, wherever there was any Socialist or Suffrage literature to be distributed in Confluence Roma covered the south side of ‘the town, while William H. Ream, perhaps the oldest active Socialist worker in the county, usually took care of the north side. Roma can gnock the props from under many an old partyite’s argu- ments against Socialism. also. as has been demonstrated in a number of instances to the sat- isfaction of the writer. As an act of appreciation for her unselfish devotion to our cause, we call upon all Social- ist children to join us in send- ing Roma a post card for her birthday. The adult comrade. is also invited to participate. Write plainly, and address cards to Miss Roma Cunning- ham, P. O. Box 248, Conflu- ence, Pa. Let’s make it a real shower for this little May flower! 2 In conclusion we must ac- knowledge that it is just such inspiring examples that give us the heart to continue the bat- tle for what we consider the right, when ‘the odds ‘against us seem tremendous. WITTENBURG. . Personal Mention. Mr. Frank Kahler is employed in Meyersdale at present. The Misses Myrtle and Ruth Mankamye:r were visiting friends and relatives in Somerset a few days last week. Social Event. A very pleasant surprise party was held at the home of L. M. Mankamyer, in Larimer Town- ship, Monday of last week, in honor of Miss Margaret’s birth- day. The evening was joyfully spent in talk and musie, followed by the serving of delicious re- freshments, after which all the guests departed for their homes at a late hour, wishing Margaret many mere happy birthdays. She received many beautiful and useful presents. The following persons were present: Norman and Effie Peten- brink, James, Mary, Irvin and Sarah Geiger, Myrtle, Edna and Lester Mankamyer, Albert Fair, John Knepp, Mr. and Mrs. Christ Mapkamyer and children, J ames, Flo- rence, Mary and Wilbert, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Reitz, Floyd and Clarence Kahler, Dewey Smith, Irvin Murray, Orlin Mankamyer, Frank Brown, Or- pha, Ralph, Margaret, Carl, Louis, Howard, Oscar and Paunline Manka- myer, and Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Mank- amyer. Maple brick and crumb sugar wanted will pay 18 cents per Ib. —at Habel & Phillips. The man who fears to go his way alone, But follows where the great- er number tread, Should hasten te his rest be- neath a stone; The great majority of men are dead. —Edmund Vance Cooke. Potato flour, rice flour, ‘barley flour and a full line of all other flour sub- stitutes at Habel & Phillips. Swift's Pride laundry soap, also nice white toilet soap, 6 cents per bar at Habel & Phillips. SALISBURY. Arrangements have all been com- pleted for the proper observance of Memorial Day in Salisbury. Various bands and able speakers are on the program, which includes the unveiling of a community service flag contain- ing 81 stars. A patriotic pageant and parade will form at 2:30 p. m. at the north end of town and march through the main thoroughfares. tm RINGLING BROTHERS ; ANNOUNCE DATE. Gigantic Spectacle and Thou- sand Arenic Sensations To Invade This Locality In Near Future. Word comes that Ringling Brothers’ Mammoth circus is to exhibit afternoon and night at Johnstown, Tuesday, June 4. Always the leaders in intro- ducing the newest and great- est features the famous show- men this season announce the most remarkable program of their career. There is a brand new spectacle of gigantic pro- portions entitled “In Days of Old.” Produced on the big- gest stage ever built, it tells the story of the golden age of Ivanhoe, Robin Hood and King Arthur. An entire trainload of scenery is carried. The cast numbers 1,250 actors and there is an entrancing ballet of 300 dancing girls. A thousand arenic sensations follow the spectacle on the main-tent pro- gram. There are great troupes of seals, dogs and monkeys that walk on tight ropes and ride horseback; herds of ‘elephants in ‘all new tricks; internation- al athletes in feats of amazing strength: slides for life from tent-top to the ground by men susvended by the hair, and one —the great Hillarv—who “jumps the gap” with skates attached to his head. The world’s greatest stars, such as May Wirth, who leaps from the ground to galloping steed with baskets tied to -her feet, are presented in great number. There are twice as many clowns as before, a menagerie of 1,000 splendid animals and, to introduce the holiday, an all new street parade three miles long, oe =e You can purchase 25 lbs. of sugar for canning by signing our sugar cards, 9 cents per lb. —at Habel & Phillips. 3-2 COAL RUN. Mrs. Ware, of Berlin, spent a few days with her sister, Mrs. Henry Hersh, and family. Johnny May and family have moved into the house vacated by James Walker, at Pleasant Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mull and son, Billie, spent Saturday evening and Sunday with Sam- uel Gray and family, in Salis- bury. Mrs. Mary Hotchkiss and family, and Mr. Walter Hersh, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Swartswelder, of West Salisbury, Sunday. Frank Lowery, Richard Hick- son, Charles Ohler, James Mull and Walter Hersh motored to Uniontown in Mr. Lowery’s car to take in the races, Thursday. Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Bitt- ner and daughter, Miss Iva, are spending a few days with their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Deal, of Six Mile Run. Rogers free silverwaré cards given with purchases at Habel & Phillips.