Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-27
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TO De right on the job both as re-
CARDS welcome and business with the
soldiers of the Pennsylvania division
OF the National Guard is we'll illus
trated by the letters that have been
coming to Harrisburg asking for in
formation. Some of these letters have
been received by State officials ana
others by businessmen. One letter
asks for list of the officers of the
Guard so that the people of the city
would be able to know them and
newspapers have been seeking infor-
nation as to the home stations of
the various organizations which will
comprise the big assemble of troops,
| other letters have been from busi-
nessmen asking for lists and infor-
nation about the units and what
they would be most likely to want to
buy in the shops. 1t is combination
OF southern hospitality and business
which is revealed by the inquiries
coming from Georgia. Augusta az
has been stated in this column before
mas entertained Pennsylvania troops
petore, as our own Eighth infantry
and other regiments were camped
rlght outside of that city in the win
Ter OF 1S9S-99. Apparently the Au-
| gusta people look for a prolonged
stay or the Pennsylvanians and also
loF some good business to be done
MhlIe they are in the southern State.
Inc commercial and fraternal or
sanlzauons are already taking steps
10 get INTO touch with their breth-
ren IN the Keystone State. From all
accounts the campsite is being pre-
pared and construction work on
Gantonments will begin before many
uays' Thls is taken to mean that the
SHances or the whole Guard going to
MI. Gretna for a while before being
sent to Georgia are diminishing.
Patriotism and jitneys sometimes
pump into each other. One of the
signs adopted by the jitneymen to
designate their cars is a display of
nass. Naturally, American flags are
used. They seem to be pretty gener-
al!y understood as the sign, too. The
other day man driving a fine big
car, almost new, came along. He
mad silk flags at each fender and he
was moving north, slowly. Suddenly
Two, Two men stepped to the curb: They
were Workingmen with pals and
they signaled the man to stop. The
man with the handsome car stopped
and looked inquiringly.
we want to go up to Broad" said
one man moving to get in.
Well, I'm not stopping you. Why
dont you take a carr" asked the
owner OF the automobile.
Amt you runnin' a jit?" asked
one of the men.
What the thunder's wrong with
you certainly am not"
~, We'll, what you got them flags on
the car for?"
AdJutant General Stewart and
state Treasurer Kephart would like
10 get hold of the men who started
the story that the State was going
TO pay a ten-dollar bonus for all
Pennsylvanians enlisting for the war.
The story has been roaming up and
down the mountains and along the
rivers and moving beside the coast
lines of the United States and its in
sular possessions for six months And
the letters are coming here from Cali
fornia and from Louisiana, from the
Rio Grande and the Yukon, from
Ponce, Cavite, Tientsin and Guanta-
namo to say nothing of Colon. They
all want the ten. There is no such act,
there is no such bonus, there is no
such appropriation. General Stewart
says he never heard of it until the
avalanche of letters struck him and
State Treasurer Kephart says he
wishes he never had.
With the retirement of Professor
zach. T. Nickel, of the Central High
school faculty, the services of one of
the best teachers of mathematics in
TINS section of the State will be lost
to the Harrisburg school district. To
replace him will be a difficult task
for the school board because of his
| lifetime study of all mathematical
subjects from plain arithmetic to the
! advanced .kf t,-fr
A teacher in the High school for
twenty-five years, his record is al
most unequaled. At school Prof.
Nickel was commonly known as
! Fac" as he invariably signed all
notes and other minor papers. He did
not consider it discourteous if he
overheard pupils using his nickname,
although at rare times he did pre-
| tend to be annoyed. His expression
make a picture" which he used in
addressing students in geometry
when he wanted a diagram of a
| problem, was the source of much
fun in the upper classes. To those
who grow to know him intimately,
Prof. Meixel was one of the most
genial and friendly teachers Central
High ever had. He was always will
ing to help any student who showed
that he or she wanted to learn, and
often spent hours after the regular
sessions going over difficult parts of
! the school work. His systematic
method of doing all work and his de-
termination to have each pupil mas
ter subjects he taught, often proved
inspirations to the students who re-
cited to him. His forty-nine years of
service in the schoolroom, almost
half of which was spent in Harris
burg, gave him a broad experience.
AS he steps now from public school
work to retired life he will take
with him the memories of many
years of both faithful and fruitful
service.
Among visitors to the city yester-
day was Lieutenant Colonel Frank
NJ. Vandling, of Scranton, for years
prominent in National Guard affairs
and former Harrisburger. The Col
onel came here on business at the
Capitol and was welcomed by many
| friends.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
-Senator Jarnas p McNichoI ;s