Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-18
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the board of lectureship of the
Christian Science Church, will be-
interested to know that he will epen6
the coming winter in South AfricaS
Mr.. Bell was for years legislative
correspondent of the Philadelphia
North American and recognized aO
one of the best posted men i'm
Pennsylvania in State affairs. later
becoming managing editor of the
Harrisburg Telegraph. Several years
ago he was selected as one of tha
lecturers and has travelled extern
siVely in the United states and
Canada, recognized as one Of the
best lecturers of the church. He
spoke here few yeaIs ago. Re-
Gently Mr.. Bell was rendered ap-
pointment as one of the editors OF
the Christian Science Sentinel, but
declined. The visit he will make to-
South Africa is in response to calls
in connection with church work.
Phil S. Meyer, who in all probaS
bility will be the Republican candL
date for district attorney the coming
Fall, is one of the most popular pa
triotic speakers in Dauphin county,
For many years back he has deliv-
cred a Memorial speech as regularly
as the anniversary rolls around anG
there have been few July F'ourth
in recent times that have found him
silent. Mr.. Meyer is no hit or mss
speaker. He is a student of oratrY
and as result his addresses are all
ways a delight to those fortunate
enough to hear them and all his eff
erences are historically correct
which is more than can be said foI
/ some speakers who think that ,ach
may be juggled to suit the occisiou
so long as the eloquence is pro-
nounced enough. Aside from LieuS
tenant Governor Beidleman 1t IS
! likely that no man in Dsuphiu
county has spoken in so many differ.
ent districts and under more varied
circumstances.
If the Strawberries were hard hii
by the rain, and it is a fact that
many growers did not harvest more
than a fourth of the normal crop
the mulberry crop is above par. The
trees in many localities are loaded
to the ground and the birds are hav.
ing the time of their young lives
tfor very few farmers take the pains
to shoe a flock of blackbirds or rob-
ins from the mulberry trees. It is
said that pie made from a combina-
ton of raspberries and mulberries
is delicious and can be made with
little or no sugar.
Auditor General Charles A. Sny.
der was the recipient a short time
ago of the four largest trout caught
in the upper end of Dauphin county
this year. The largest measured
1515 inches and the four weighed
| nearly nine pounds. The Auditor
Generals friends have not forgotten
that he was born in their part OF
Dauphin county and they hail him
as an old neighbor when he goes
back there for a short visit on his
way from Harrisburg to his home IN
Pottsville, which is frequent. He Is
still very much interested in Dau.
phin county affairs and is one of the
most ardent advocates of the Cap
itol Park developments in this city,
which he hopes to see one OF the
monuments to his career on the Hill
The boys of the Y. M. c. A. are
beginning to ask Arch Dinsmore,
the boys work director, when the
annual camp is to be held and Dins-
more says the boys work committee
| is almost ready to announce its
plans He has been hampered by
the recent drive for funds which he
engineered in the absence of General
Secretary Reeves, on sick leave, but
he and members of his committee
have made many journeys into the
country about Harrisburg and a
number of likely spots have been
picked from which to choose. The
, 10 OF a pnnSt delight
full affair. 1t was located near Liv.
erpool along the Susquehanna but
on account of the fact that the river
is too swift and shallow there fol
either good swimming or boating
near at hand another location is be-
ing sought 1t is likely that there
will be a weeks camp for younger
boys, 10 to 12, another camp for
older boys and perhaps still another
for boys or men of some other group
that may express a desire for week
or two in the open.
The Scranton Republican has this
to say about a man much in the pub
lie eye and who is also well known
| to many people in Harrisburg:
"Brigadier General ]. e. Erwin, who
has come into prominence through
leading a force of American troops
across the border. to disperse Villa
men who had been firing into FL
Paso. is quite we'll known in Scran-
! ton. heing the cavalry officer who
came here in 1917 to muster the old
Thirteenth Rer'ment into the Fed.
eral service. He accompanied the
Thirteenth home from its pro.
ira cted period Of service on the Mex
lean border, as a result of the Villa
raids. Before he could complete his
work here state of war was de-
cIared with Mexico and he was kent
here to inspect the Thirteenth pre-.
vious tn it's transfer to Camp Ham
cock. He made his home here for
several weeks and is pleasantly re.
m embered by a number of we'll
known men, with whom he became
acquainted. He was with Pershins
when that general came into promi-
nence through leading American
troops into Mexico after Villa. He
was in charge of a large force Of
troops overseas during the European
! war"