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a a a a a a a a daily. It now exceeds your business. VALLEY TIMES is growing VALLEY TIMES will greatly The circulation of THE THE VALLEY TIMES An advertisement in THE CIRCULATION MERCHANTS increase 10 ALL THE COUNTY NEWS THAT'S FIT TO PRINT. CHESTER C. BASHORE, Editor and Proprietor LETTERS TO THE EDITOR From Friends and Patrons Throughout the Country.

Osceola, July 25, 1910. EDITOR VALLEY TIMES, DEAR SIR: Please find enclosed $2.00 for subscription to paper. birthday is August 9. I will be 66 years old and would like to have a postal card from all my old friends. Respectfully, MRS.

E. W. HEFFLEBOWER NEE (SADIE GELVIN). Benton Garrison, Iowa, July 23, 1910. EDITOR VALLEY TIMES: Being requested by my friends in the Keystone state to be heard from in my travels through the west, I shall endeavor this beautiful July morning to write you a letter.

That all races of man, in all ages, have found great benefit and extreme pleasure in going somewhere for rest, recreation and recuperation is true, especially during the heated term. There is a practical and physical value, as well as coolness and comfort, to be found in the pleasures of a delightful summer trip, particularly it be where one can appreciate the beauties of Nature, and with them an invigorating climate, pure, cool water, and such other pleasures as will needed exercise and add zest to the rest and recreation of the pleasures of the vacationist. We spent a month in "Sunny Kansas." It is a state of bountiful crops and homemaking possibilities. Farmers expect good yields from their crops. Kansas had wet spring, so that they were late in planting their corn.

Many of the farmers have not laid their corn by, but are harvesting and haying, after which they will go to their corn again. Fruit, including pears, peaches, apples and plums, is plentiful 111 most localities. Left Atchison, Kansas, Thursday evening. Atchison is situated along the Missouri river. Crossed the Missouri, it being about seven hundred feet wide at this place; we were not long in crossing and soon landed in Missouri.

Missouri has extraordinary resources and opportunities for the home seeker and investor. The country is rich with undeveloped resources and with new and growing needs for factories, mercantile establishments, farmers and professional men. The farmers in the section over which we passed were engaged in threshing their large crops. One farmer, having a very large field, had seven teams engaged to haul grain to the machine. Passed from Missouri into Iowa at Junction about 6 a.

111. From that place we traveled north in Iowa, arriving in Garrison, Benton county, about 9:30. Throughout the state of Iowa the early corn beginning to tassel and practically all the late corn is laid by with the fields clean and the soil in fine tilth. Haying and small grain harvest are progressing rapidly under ideal weather conditions. The barley harvest is over and a very good crop is reported.

This week most of the oats will be put 011 shock. The threshers are at work here, although no returns have been received from them. A good yield is indicated. The hay crop is considered lighter than for years past. It has been put away fine shape.

The quality will make up in a measure for the lack of quantity. The potato crop will be a failure, owing to the lack of rain. I am, with best wishes for your SuCcess, NORA M. GARLAND. The Gray--Myers Wedding On Thursday evening, July 28, at eight o'clock a beautiful wedding took place at the home of Mrs.

Caroline Myers, on East Main street, this place, when her eldest daughter, Miss Jane Donaldson Myers, became the bride of Mr. Gordon Gray, of White Plains, New York. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Frank T. Wheeler, pastor of the Big Spring Presbyterian church of Newville, and the ring service of this church was used.

There were no attendants. The house was handsomely decorated with small willow limbs and twigs, intermingled with blossoms of wild carrot and honeysuckles. The ceremony took place under a big canopy of the willows, with white lillies hung from the center and edges. The bride wore a handsome gown of white silk, and carried a large bouquet of white carnations and sweet peas. Following the ceremony luncheon was served.

Guests to the number of about eighty were present from Newville, CarMechanicsburg, Mt. Holly, Barnitz, Dickinson, Big Spring and other points. The bride very estimable and popular young lady, and for several years has been a trained nurse in Philadelphia and Pittsburg hospitals. For some past she has been located at White Plains, N. Y.

Mr. Gray is a popular, railroad clerk of White Plains, They have the best wishes of a host of friends. Mr. and Mrs. Gray left Saturday for their home in New York state.

Notoriety and Advertising iety, that sells merchandise. Objects to Mulatto When a police magistrate in New York before whom Jack Johnson, the prizefighter, appeared as a defendant the other day called the prisoner's attention to the fact that he had been arrested in nearly every city he had visited, the slugger frankly replied: "But, Judge, that was done for advertising purposes." In the pugilistic field advertising and notoriety are synonymous. Mr. John son's "drawing power" is increased by getting his name into the newspapers, no matter in what unfavorable connection. But there is a deal of difference between notoriety and advertising in the business field, in that the former costs its object money in the long run and the latter makes money for him.

It is newspaper advertising, not newspaper notor- Because he is a mulatto, some of the negroes of the District of Columbia are objecting to President Taft's recent appointment of Whitefield McKinlay as Collector of the Port of Georgetown, D. C. One prominent negro, speaking for a part of his people, said recently that they do not believe the appointment of a mulatto would be of any benefit to their race. Some white man, he said, should receive the appointment. He declared that it was not right when recognizing the negro race to give all the good positions to mulattoes.

Hamilton N. Library street NEWVILLE, AUGUST 4, 1910 Established 1881-- Vol. XXIX. No. 17 PASTOR LAUDS NEWSPAPERS Rev.

Dr. Wylie Says Editors Are Doing Great Good Throughout the World. The Rev. Dr. D.

G. Wylie of the Scotch Presbyterian church, New York city, had the following to say in a sermon delivered to his congregation has been a wonderful in development of the press in recent times. We realize there is a bad press and a good press, but the press of the present hour is a mighty influence for good. It distributes intelligence, carries the words of teachers, lecturers, preaches into, thousands of brings the of the earth together. "It is a fact that there is much printed that should be suppressed, but in spite of this the press of New York is on the side of justice, honesty, righteousness, truth, temperance and religion.

As Christians we well may be proud of the newspapers of this city. Many able editors are preaching powerful sermons. The press is a great detective agency, a terror to evil doers and makes culprits, big and little, tremble. The press is a powerful ally of Christianity and is assisting the church in building up the kingdom of God in New York." While Dr. Wylie confined his comment to the press of New York City, his statement applies still more justly to country press.

Is it fact the country newspaper's influence is fully as great as that of the metropolitan daily We should say its influence is even greater than that of the city press. The publisher of the country newspaper lives close to the readers of his paper; has great influence in creating, and in fact, he does create, the moral atmosphere in the community in which his paper is published. His work is, as a rule, good, clean, moral and elevating. All honor to the publisher of the country newspaper Enjoyed New York State's Scenery Contributed. Mr.

David Mentzer, of Shiremanstown, accompanied by his brother Francis, left on July 16 for Atwood, in the Catskill mountains, in New York. They visited a former Cumberland county resident, Mr. Smith Darr, who "whiles very nicely in our sister state. there they witnessed a large number ot men at work on the reservoir, which is to furnish New York City with an abundant water supply. It is calculated to take six years to complete it; at the end of this time it will be 8 miles long and 2 miles across.

The breast will be 150 feet high. The main pipe leading from this body of water will be 19 feet high; a good sized elephant could walk through it and have some space left. On their return trip they visited the following places of interest: Lake Mohonk, Kingston, the old Senate House, built in 1766, Poukeepsie, West Point, New York City and Jersey City. These men the scenery they enjoyed during this trip far exceeds any western trip that they have made and they have seen quite a number of the states west of the Ohio river. RECENT WEDDINGS -MYERS July 20, 1910, by Rev.

H. T. Searle, at Leesburg, Elmer E. Palm, of Walnut Bottom, and Nannie E. Myers, of Lees Cross Roads.

SAMPSON-GREGOR July 22, 1910, by Justice W. G. Hughes, W. Edward Sampson and Mrs. Laura Gregor, Carlisle.

WASHINGTON-HALI, July 23, 1910, by Rev. G. M. Gliver, J. T.

Washington and Mary Hall, colored, Carlisle. MILLER--SANDERS On Wednesday evening, July 27, in the study of the St. Paul Lutheran church, Carlisle, John Miller and Sarah E. Sanders, of Carlisle, were wedded by Rev. B.

Stock. WHISTLER-LYTLE July 23, 1910, by Rev. H. H. Hartman in Upper Mifflin, Elmer D.

Whistler, of Lower Mifflin, and Mabel C. Lytle, of Upper Mifflin. GREASON Harry Kissinger and sister Ada, are visiting friends in Harrisburg. Last Saturday marked the forty -sixth anniversary of the burning of Chambersburg. Mrs.

Wm. Burnight spent sometime with her daughter, Mrs. W. Heiser, of Plainfield. Our county is fortunate in having a number of excellent picnic resorts within easy reach.

Miss Margaret Paul, of Harrisburg, is calling on relatives in Greason for several weeks. The funeral of Mr. Geo. Clay was held Monday, August 1st from his late home in Greason. Mrs.

Gipp and daughter Mary, of Pittsburg, are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Givler. Many people from our vicinity enjoyed themselves very much at Mt.

Holly Park on Saturday. This is the season for picnics and outings and our people seem to be taking advantage of the fine opportunities afforded for spending a day now and then in the parks and mountains. A Remarkable Chicken Cumberland county fish stories are creating much interest among local fishermen, but Camp Hill has one that is quite as interesting, at least to poultry raisers. In the spring a flock of Barred Plymouth Rock chickens were hatched in Harry L. Fender's chicken yard.

They are now just four months old. Mr. Flender feeds them well and all have grown considerably. Three days ago he was surprised to hear one of the young hens cackling loudly and upon investigation found that she had laid an egg under an incubator. Close by were four other eggs of the same size.

They are about as large as bantam egg. 1 Chicken fanciers about Camp Hill who have heard of the case state that in all of their experience they have never heard of a chicken laying an egg until it is at least six months Sentinel. Alum For Snake Bite A large piece of alum, which he chewed and swallowed when he was severly a rattlesnake, apparently saved bitente of Burt Haines. Haines was picking huckleberries when a rattlesnake bit him severely in the palm of his hand. He was many miles from a doctor, but he tied his wrist tightly, swallowed the alum and walked home.

BERRY TO LEAD REFORM William H. Berry Standard Bearer Against Machine Rule in Penna. The convention of the Independent Party of the Keystone State met in Witherspoon Hall, Philadelphia, Thursday of last week, and nominated William H. Berry, ex-State Treasurer, for Governor of Pennsylvania. With him on the ticket are D.

Clarence Gibboney, of Philadelphia, as candidate for Lieutenant Governor C. Scully, of Pittsburg, for State Treasurer, and John J. Casey, of Luzerne county, for Secretary of Internal Affairs, all three nominated by acclamation. were represented at the convention, which met in pursuance to a call issued by a self-constituted Committee on Organization, composed of prominent independents and insurgents from all parts of the State, who are determined to wage war against both the old party Machines. One hundred and seventy-seven delegates presented their credentials.

The convention was called to order by John O. Sheatz, chairman of the local executive committee, who briefly congratulated the delegates upon their fine showing of independent strength and their evident determination to make a united and vigorous fight against the combine of Republican and Democratic bosses. Henry C. Niles, of York, one of the prime movers in organization, and chairman of the State Executive Committee, was chosen temporary chairman of the convention, and in eloquent phrases pleaded with the delegates to forget factional and personal strife and to work earnestly for the good of the comnion cause, the overthrow of bossism and of liquor Surprising domination in enthusiasm State politiested itself in all parts of the hall, at each reference to influence of the liquor interests at the twoold-party conventions, and forecasted the strong anti- liquor and local options planks which were adopted. connection Mr.

Niles said This impressive gathering is proof that there are still brave men ready to serve and sacrifice in the cause of political righteousness. There are behind you who be frightened, seduced or bought. The seven thousand who wrought Baal's overthrow are multiplied by the hundreds of thousands who have responded to the call to unite for the overthrow of the filthy idol of Corrupt Politics. Ringing response has come from Chester and from Erie and from Washington to Wayne. The State is aflame with indignation at the proposed sale of our honor and our liberty.

The cry comes from Allegheny to Philadelphia and from all between. Down with the boss and the saloon they shall not reign over us. What the fathers secured by the pledge of life, fortune and sacred honor, the sons have put in jeopardy. What they wrested from the Crown of England we have tamely surrendered to a corrupt political Machine. The power which dictated the action of both the Democratic and Republican Conventions knows no principle and has no motive but appetite for public plunder.

Its arrogance and effrontery is insufferable. The people propose to overthrow the usurper and retake their own. The impending battle will be no childs' play. It will be Armageddon. On the one side are all the powers of evil.

All interests of capital, capable of being bribed by offer of special privilege and indirect profit from the spoils system all the necessities of poverty, driven by hunger and weakness, to vote as required by the masters all the corps of officeholders paid by public money, but obeying the orders of the boss: all the criminals who receive protection and immunity from the police who are a part of the political Machine. PLAINFIELD Preaching in the Lutheran church on Sabbath evening. Mrs. Jake Eberly and Mrs. Hartman called on Mrs.

Mohler on Thursday evening. Jacob Baker, of Mt. Holly, spent sev. eral days last week with his sister, Mrs. Geo.

Brougher. Mr. Wagner and wife and Mrs. Keiser, of Carlisle, called on Miss Susie Brown one day last week. Mrs.

Sheaffer and daughter, of Carlisle, spent one day last week with her sister, Mrs. Nettie Greason. Harry and Kell have returned to their home in Adams county after spending some time with their brother, Ed Kell. A certain lady of Greason came to one of our stores and ask how mueh bologna she would get for a pound. The storekeeper told her sixteen ounces.

Mrs. Steaves and Mrs. Kendig, of Altoona, Mrs. Martin, of and Mrs. Annie Bloser, of near Newville, spent one day last week with Daniel Doner and family.

Monument Erected There has been completed and erected in the old Presbyterian Cemetery at Middlespring, near Shippensburg, a granite monument, commemorative of the work of Cumberland Valley soldiers who fought in the Revolutionary war. The memorial was authorized by the legislature several sessions ago and will be dedicated some time this fall by the commisioners, the Rev. S. S. Wylie, George H.

Stewart and James Maclay. Mr. Maclay is a descendant of Samuel Maclay, who raised several companies of Revolutionary soldiers in Franklin and Cumberland counties and was one of the first United States senators from Pennsylvania. This will be the second monument' of similar import at this historic place, one of the soldiers of the French and Indian wars having been dedicated several years ago, after being secured by late Dr. Dayid Maclay, who was a member of the legislature in 1903.

CLEVERSBURG JUNCTION. Clark Witter spent the past week in Amberson Valley visiting his grandparents. Mrs. William Stine and son, of Shippensburg, spent a day with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

James McBeth. Mrs. Frank Clever was a visitor at Jacksonville one day last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Goodhart.

Mrs. J. C. Howard and Miss Daysie Russell have returned home from Waynesboro, after spending two weeks in that busy town. Miss Martha Barbour, of Harrisburg, is spending some time with her grandparents, Mr.

and Mrs. Gilbert and Mr. and Mrs. W. F.

Barbour, HAVE ANSWERED DEATH'S CALL Town And County Residents Who Have Passed To The Great Beyond. BITNER Mrs. John Bitner, widow of John Bitner, of Blain, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. S. Miller, at Loysville.

She was 84 years of age and the mother of ex-County Commissioner John S. Bitner, of Enola. WELSH William J. Welsh, a Civil War veteran, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Elmer Clepper, near Salem church, 011 Wednesday morning, July 27.

Mr. Welsh sustained a stroke of paralysis several years ago. Five children survive. He was 71 years of age. STROHM Miss Lizzie Strohm died in the Cham28, aged Her death was the bersburg hospital.

Thursday night, July result of a surgical operation. She was formerly of this county, Mrs. J. J. Elliott, of Carlisle, is a sister and Henry Strohm of Mt.

Rock is a brother. HEFFELFINGER John Heffelfinger died at his home in Mechanicsburg, Tuesday midnight, July 26, aged 61 years. He formerly resided in Newville and removed to Mechanics- burg several years ago. He is survived by his wife and two children, Mrs. Frey, of that place, and a son at home.

BRADY Arthur Brady, three years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. youth Brady, of Elliottson, died of diphtheria, about 4 o'clock on Sunday several days illness. Besides the parents the tot is survived by several brothers and sisters. We understand there are two more cases of the dread disease in the family.

GROSS Mrs. Lydia Gross died at her home in Mechanicsburg, Wednesday morning, July 27, at the age of 85 years. She was member many years of Trinity Lutheran church and as long as her health permitted was regular in her attendance at the services of her church. Two daughters survive, Miss Elizabeth, at home, and Mrs. Hess, of Harrisburg.

STAVER Mrs. Levi Staver died at her home in Shippensburg on Tuesday night, July 26, 1910, after an illness of ten weeks, aged 65 years. Staver's maiden was Malinda Coleman. She was a daughter of David Coleman, and was born in Franklin county in November, 1844. She was a member of the Lutheran church for many years.

She is survived by her husband and by the following brothers and sisters, all of near town Mrs. Susan Reeder, Corilla, Sylvester and Clement. WOODS Dr. David Flanel Woods died at his residence, No. 1501 Spruce street, Philadelphia, Thursday afternoon, July 28.

He was a member of an old Cumberland county family, his ancestors having served the Colonial and Revolutionary wars from this county. He was a son of Woods' homestead in Dickinson townRichard Woods and was born at to the ship. He is survived by a widow and four children, Mrs. Eugene Gettings, Dr. Richard F.

Woods, who practiced with his father, and the Misses May and Helen Woods at home. FRY Mrs. Sophia Fry, widow of Win. Fry, died in Shippensburg 011 Monday, July 25. Old age was the cause of her death.

Mrs. Fry, whose maiden name was Sophia Bidleman, was born in Cumberland county, March 27, 1830. She was the daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Bidleman. Mrs. Fry was a life long resident of this county.

She been a member of the United Brethren church for 40 years, and was an active church worker until her advanced years made such activity impossible. She is survived by an only daughter, Mrs. Lizzie Meador, by two grandsons, Wm. Fry and Clarence Meador, and by one brother, Win. Bidleman, of Harrisburg, now in his 93rd year.

KING At 6:30 Saturday morning Mrs. Mary Brindle King, widow of the late William King, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. George W. Singiser, Allentown, aged 80 years. She was born in Monroe township, this county, on what is known as the Brindle homestead.

Mrs. King went to live in Mechanicsburg many years ago and remained there until the death of her husband, some years ago, she went to Allentown to make her where with her children in that city. She is the last of the Brindle family. Two children survive, Mrs. G.

W. Singiser and John Her remains were brought, to and Mechanicsburg in 011 Chestnut Tuesday Hill cemetery. Clay Company Bonds Sold Friday morning, July 29, the administrators of the estate of W. R. Titler, sold at public sale, at the hall square, in this place, two and a half shares of preferred stock of the Philadelphia Clay company value $50., and two six per cent $500 gold bonds (first mortgage) of the same company.

W. B. Oyler, of this place, was the purchaser of two and a half shares of stock and one bond. W. A.

Kramer, Carlisle, bought other bond. The total amount of the sale was $504.62. 40. A Thoughtful Pastor According to a letter from Waynesboro, published in a recent issue of the North American of the Rev. J.

Lower Grimm, pastor of the First United Brethren church of Waynesboro proposes, instead of taking vacation of three or four weeks, during the hot days of August, as most pastors do, spending them conducting a series of revival services, if he can accomplish any good by doing. At his prayer meeting service he said three people raised their hands for prayer and in order that these may not be lost to the church he proposed inaugurating revival services. We often wondered how it came the spirit only moved people in long winter evenings. CARLISLE SPRINGS Miss Lila Kutz was the guest of Florence Kell. Charles Kitner lost a valuable horse by death last week.

Harry Zeigler was the guest of his parents on Sunday. Edward Gutshall was the guest of the writer for a short time. Miss Mae Brindle was the guest of Pearl Wolf on Saturday evening. John Brown, wife and daughter, visited at the home of Laura Shambaugh one day. CARLISLE NEWS LETTER Seen and Spicily Written By The Valley Times' Special Correspondent.

Miss Bertha Kitzmiller, a teacher in the Carlisle Commercial College, is on a trip to the seashore. She resides in Shippensburg. Charles Kitner, the well known and popular mail carrier on Rural Route No. 2, of Maxwell this place, runabout with which purchesed he will fine. liver the mail over his route.

Dr. W. A. Hutchinson, head master of Conway Hall, has returned from a ness trip to points in New York and New Jersey, the interests of the school. He secured quite a large number of new students.

gOne of the finest flower gardens in this valley is that at the home of Dr. John E. Sipe, West Louther street, near Pitt. It must be seen to be properly appreciated. There are nearly 240 feet of garden space occupied by exquisite flowers, vines, ferns, plants, etc.

Mr. and Mrs. John Kemper, of North Bedford street. left Carlisle last week on an extended western trip, and will visit friends and relatives in Newcomerstown, Ohio; Princeton, and Lincoln, Nebraska, and also several other towns in the western states. William C.

Clarke, a popular stationer and sporting goods man of West High street, has presented to Salad Birds base ball team two of the finest make bats the market. This gift is greatly appreciated, as a good bat means a lot in stick work of the batters. E. Rankin Huston, the well known and popular deputy sheriff, is quite a historian, and possesses much valuable data in the historical line of the entire Cumberland county. He also has several valuable and aged maps of the county, showing all the roads, etc.

Mr. John S. Bursk, the well known hatter and men's outfitter. was on Friday afternoon elected Treasurer of Dickinson college, to succeed the late Prof. J.

Irvine White. The election was held by the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees, every member of whom was present, excepting Judge E. W. Biddle, who is on a western trip. Market Master John Park, Assistant Robert Jackson, and Day Officer Anson Weaver Saturday morning went over the market, and weighed butter and lard in order to ascertain any shortage of weight.

From one woman they confis. cated 17 pounds of butter, which she had brought 111 from a neighbor. In all 28 pounds of butter were taken, some of which was an ounce and more shy of the proper weight. No lard was taken. The inspection caused a great deal of comment.

The funeral of Dr. Benjamin F. Emrick, West High street, Carlisle, was held Friday afternoon. Rev. Dr.

H. B. officiated, assisted by Rev. John Kistler. The pall bearers were M.

A. Sterer, J. C. Eckels, of Carlisle, two brothers, Dr. M.

L. Emrick, Carlisle, and Dr. H. M. Emrick, of Milton, and Dr.

R. Blean Clandy and J. Swigert, of Newville. Miss Rose McKeehan sang very effectively two verses of "Lead Kindly Light." Interment at Ashland. The Horse Vs.

Auto During the great automobile boom of the last ten years, the number of horses in the United States has more than doubled and their market value more than trebled. The Live Stock Journal says that the horses in the State of Illinois alone are worth more in money to-day than all the automobiles built in the world last year. The United States during the year 1910 will build about 100,000 autos; Great Britain, France, Germany, total, 235,000 cars. At $1,000 a apiece, a fair average value, they will be worth $235- 000,000. The 2,000,000 horses in Illinois are worth $256,000,000.

It also declares that horse breeding is the most important and profitable industry of the nation, and that the most profitable of all horses are heavy draft animals, such as are being increasingly raised in the Cumberland More than two million freight cars are being used by American railroads, and they must be chiefly loaded and unloaded by good draught horses. Auto trucks might perhaps carry part of this burden but they are doing very little, and the work is increasing. CARLISLE R. F. D.

5 Dr. Krall, wife and family, spent Saturday with Walter Stuart and family. Raymond Anderson spent several days last week at the home of Miss B. AnderSO11, Raymond Anderson and wife and Ruth Strohm spent Saturday at the writer's home. Rev.

and Mrs. Glenn and son James visited Walter Stuart and family on Wednesday. Anderson, wife and daughter Matilda, 011 S. W. Hoover and family recently.

Misses Margaret and Ella have returned home after spending ten days in Atlantic City. Anna and Helen Maurice spent several days with their sister, Mrs. Jesse Myers, near Kerrsville. C. H.

Anderson, wife and daughter Matilda, spent a day with Raymond Anderson and wife near Mt. Holly. Those who spent a day with James Melester and family were John Melester and wife, Isaac Shenk and wife, William Leidigh and wife, and Earl Raudabaugh and friend. A very pleasant surprise party was held at the home of Edward Stone, July. 20, in honor of Mrs.

Stone's birthday. About 50 guests were present and a more jovial crowd could not be assembled than the one present on this pleasant occasion. A very pleasant surprise party was held at the home of Wm. Burkholder, July 23. The evening was spent in playing games, music 011 the organ and graphophone, after which refreshments were served and all returned home happy.

BARNITZ Arthur Kling spent a day with friends in Mechanicsburg. Samuel Mellinger, wife and daughter Vera, were the guests of Wm. Halter and family for a day. Mr. Steigleman and family spent a day at the home of James Morrison and family near Shippensburg.

The place and date of the picnic of the Pines M. E. church has been changed to August 6 and to be held in Morrison's orchard. Some people are married discontented, some acquire discontent and others get divorced. NEARLY 10,000 IN COUNTY SCHOOLS 4864 Girls and 4799 Boys In People's College Figures Fnrnished by Clerk to Commissioners Appended are the figures showing the number of pupils in the schools of Cumberland County.

They are interesting. Upper Southampton an equal number of boys and girls. Holly has one more boy than girls. Elkwood precinct of Lower Allen has an equal number of boys and girls. Girls Boys Total Camp Hill 77 55 132 Carisle-1 w.

1 104 116 220 Carlisle-1 w. 2 97 99 196 Carlisle-2 145 126 271 67 151 Carlisle-3 2 66 145 Carlisle- 1 w. 2 212 Carlisle-4 w. 3 164 150 314 Cook township 35 Dickinson-Up. 72 Dickinson- 132 Dickinson-South 140 E.

Pennsboro-Up. 1 160 159 819 E. 2 257 249 506 E. Pennsbora -Lower 101 134 Frankford-Lower 122 Hampden 163 Hopewell 141 Lemnoyne 316 L. Allen--Elkwood 134 L.

Allen Slate Hill 155 Lower Mitllin 115 178 139 101 Mechanicsburg- 85 Mechanicsburg-5 155 Middlesex 230 Monroe 152 280 Mt. Holly Springs 105 106 211 Newburg 30 26 56 New Cumberland 247 Newton--North 176 Newton-South 115 Newville-South 32 122 75 North Middleton 120 216 Penn 216 W. 102 186 Shippensburg-E. W. 2 101 199 Shippensburg -West W.

166 Shippensburg twp. 127 Shiremanstown 89 Silver Spring -1 174 Silver Spring-2 143 Southampton--Upper 112 Southampton -Upper 2 84 Southampton -Lower 151 Middleton--Upper 100 195 South Middleton--Lower 175 South Middleton-3 68 Upper Allen 158 Upper 151 West Pennsboro-Upper 172 West Pennsboro-Lower 111 232 Wormleysburg 68 135 4864 4799 9663 DICKINSON The farmers are busily engaged with their threshing. William Cramer and wife spent Saturday evening in Newville. Mrs. Elmer Long and Ethel Newcomer spent over Sunday in Carlisle.

The Ladies Aid Society will meet at the home of Mrs. Charles Mell. Daniel Frick, wife and daughter Susie, spent Sunday with Mrs. Harry Swartz. Miss Grace Stouffer and Harry Beecher spent a day in Shippensburg recently.

The Busy Workers held their picnic in Hays' woods, near Barnitz. Ail reported a fine time. Miss Grace Stouffer and Harry Beecher spent a day with Miss Stouffer's mother near Gettysburg. The Centerville Lutheran Sunday school picnic will be held at Mt. Holly park on August 13.

Miss Meanger, of Baltimore, is visiting at the homes of Miss Sara Beetem and George Shenk. Mr. Stevens, son and daughter, of Topeka, Kansas, paid a visit to their cousin, Mrs John Williams. Mr. Gates, wife and daughter Pearl, of Philadelphia, are visiting Mrs.

Gates' parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Rupert. Mrs. Shenk, daughter Violet and sister, Vesta Woodrow, and Mr.

Raffenberger and two nieces, Miss Yinters, of Gettysburg, are spending a few days at this place. PLEASANT VIEW. Mrs. Dock Peffer has not been well for a few days. Rev.

W. G. Slifer and wife took dinner at Park Heckman's on Sunday. Mrs. Samuel Grove, of Shippensburg, visited at the hame of J.

E. Baker over Sunday. Doc had the nightmare one night recently and he struck his wife on tue nose. Rosie says she didn't mind the clout but that black and blue nose. The Heberlig well drillers have been at Samuel Mumper's, on the Weast farm, and drilled a well about 70 feet deep, securing an abundance of water.

They moved from Mumper's to Dock Peffer's to deepen a well. Don't forget the picnic of the Center Sunday school in Railing's woods on Saturday. All come and bring as many along as you can. It is the desire of the S. S.

officers that all do whatever they can to make this picnic a success. Many of our young people, because they do not seem to feel immediate evil results from their evil habits, such as cigarette smoking, card playing, dancing, drinking intoxicants, think that they are not being injured thereby, forgetting that the most insidious evils are those that gradually and almost impreceptibly fasten their grip on their victim. The words of Solomon are daily being verified; "As righteousness, tendeth to life: so he pursueth it to his own death." Prov. MT. HOPE Preaching services at Mt.

Hope on Sabbath morning. Don't forget the picnic at Mt. Hope on Saturday, August 20. Miss Villa Bitner, of Bridgewater, visited her mother for a day. Carson Blain and family visited at the home of Mrs.

Elizabeth Bitner recently. Mrs. Florence Book, of Steelton, is spending, some time with her parents here. H. S.

Neidigh and wife visited his sister, Mrs. A. W. Miller, in Newville, for one day. WEST PENNSBORO A.

K. Warner and wife visited their son John on Saturday evening. Joshua Bloser and spent Saturday evening at the writer's home. Miss Bertha Shroll, of near Boiling Springs, spent over Sunday at her home. Those that visited A.

K. Schroll on Sunday were Mr. Leidig, wife and son Carl, John Warner, wife and two children, Mrs. John Bricker and daughter Susie, Emma Schroll, Bertha Schroll, Hazel Jumper and Miss Stine. Falling three stories down an elevator shaft in a new building at Altoona, Albert Turner, aged 21, a carpenter, landed on his face, which was crushed in, disfiguring him for life.

His jaw was broken and his face is one great laceration. THE AUTO WITHIN REACH Edison New Electric Motor Can Run All Day Without Being Recharged. with Thomas A. Edison is experimenting a storage battery that if successtul promises to revolutionize automobiling and put within the reach of all a motorcar with which a man can take his family and go out for a day in the country and return with power enough left to run anywhere from 25 to 40 miles further. The electrical wizard has already made 16 tests runs with two electric two-seated runabouts and the results far exceeded the requirements for 811 ordinary day's outing.

In these tests the machine was run over a prescribed route and back to the garage, where it was then run to a standstill to determine what reserve of left. In one run, by way of illustration, the auto made a record of 130 miles without recharging the battery -107 miles for the actual run, finishing with a margin of safety of 27 miles. And this, too, was over the roads to Suffern, N. White Plains, and included to and 11 per cent. grades.

Edison's aim is to cover 8o to 85 miles, leaving a margin of safety of 35 to 40 miles. Mr. Edison says "I want to show that it is possible for a man to strap his trunk 011 his auto and go away for a week's trip with as little trouble as he now takes the train. And it is a pleasure too, in an electric automobile. There is none of the jar and vibration that there is with gasoline, and consequently less wear and tear.

You don't, need a chauffeur, for anyone, even a boy of 12, can learn to run one in 20 minutes. Then there isn't that continual expense for repairs. There is no question that the storage battery car is the family machine of the future--the machine for everything, in fact, except where extreme speed 1S wanted, and that is a fad that seems to be losing favor. On an electric you go along easily at from 12 to 15 miles an hour, without any odor or dust or danger. The easy motion gives you a chance to look somewhere except straight ahead, and you are really lured to notice the scenery.

"The Edison alkali battery has made this possible at a moderate cost. The trouble with the old lead battery was that it wore out in a couple of months. My battery will last four or five years. Yet for years they thought there was nothing possible but the lead and sulphuric acid battery. I got it into my head that nature could provide one other, but she kept mighty still about it.

It seems to be a natural law that the good things are hard to raise and hard to get. When nature really has a good thing she hides it away. Well, I started seven years ago to hunt for that new battery, and now for three I've had it. It was hard work to but I've got it. Heart, "The next thing I want to do is to get rid of pneumatic tires -get rid of rubber.

I've got my claws on an idea to do it, too. It's rubber that makes an auto cost. Why a friend of mine came up from Atlantic City recently, and the trip cost him $240 for tires. Think of $94 for a shoe I'm going to make the auto so cheap that anyone can afford to run one who can afford to buy one. It's the repairs that make them so expensive now.

I am building for myself a big fourseated car, that will be done in about A month, to show what can be done with an electric car on a large scale. "I am also building a 1000-horsepower storage battery locomotive that is to be tried on the Erie Railroad. Such a locomotive will permit alternating electric trains with the regular ones." MT. HOLLY SPRINGS. Miss Rena Adams, of York, is visiting Miss Anna Caldwell.

Herbert Broderic, of Washington, spent a few days with relatives. Miss Grace Goodyear, of York, visited relatives in this place last week. Harry Mundorf, of Philadelphia, is here on A vacation for a few weeks. Miss Nell Swigert, of Philadelphia, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Mervin Thomas.

Rev. W. E. Detwiler and wife have gone for a rest to Ocean Grove for a few weeks. Lafayette Noaker and wife, of Philadelphia, are spending two weeks among friends.

Edw. Sheets and wife, of Lebanon, visited relatives in Carlisle, Boiling Springs and Mt. Holly. Jacob Gibb, one of our worthy painters, has been doing some work for John Keenportz, near Locust Point. Miss Lillie Niesley, son Harold and sister, Miss Minnie Warner, spent a few days in Steelton and Mechanicsburg.

Mrs. Charlotte Broderic and daughter, Mrs. Geo. Culver, of Milwaukee, are visiting relatives and friends here. An excursion train from Harrisburg to Gettysburg on Sunday morning killed a horse belonging to Henry Ward.

It had wandered out during the night. Miss Cora Thomas, accompanied by her niece, Miss Veryl Hummelbaugh, are spending a few weeks with Elsworth Richwine and family in Harrisburg. Epworth League preaching service in the M. E. church will be CO11bined through the month of August on Sunday evening.

Held from 7 to 8 o'clock. Miss Gertie Morrison, of Harrisburg, is spending a week with her sister, Mrs. Geo. Yeingst, at Sycamore, and took in the sights and scenes at this place 011 Saturday evening. S.

E. Bentzel the popular undertaker of Mt. Holly Springs has purchased a new hearse. This makes his equipment among the finest and most up-to-date in the Cumberland Valley. Those who spent some some time with Frank Hartzell and family last week were Andrew Diven and wife, of York, Mrs.

Bertie Boyd, daughter and son, of Shippensburg, and Mr. Freedman, of Harrisburg. Mrs. W. P.

Linthurst and daughter Ethel, of Holyoke, are here during the sickness of her father, Wm. Kennedy, who is very poorly. Owing to his advanced age there is not much hope for his recovery. SHIPPENSBURGR R. D.

5 F. T. Smith's sale for Tuesday CO11sisted of five car loads of cattle. Mrs. James Gipe spent a few days recently with her daughter at Stasburg.

Mrs. Charles Pague spent the past week with her parents in Chambersburg. Miss Helen Reed and Charles Pague called at the Reed home, the former being Mr. Reed's niece. Clark Gephart, wife and son, and Mrs.

Syoc, of Chambersburg, Harry Gephart, wife and son David, Helen Reed, Mrs. Albert Reed and four daughters spent 3 day at the Rosenberry home..