0 lje Jfttltcm Cowntg ftem VOLUME 9 McCONNELLSBLRG, PA., SEPTEMHF.K 17,1908. NUMBER 50 RECORD OF DEATHS. Persons Well Known lo Many of Our Readers, Who Have Answered Final Summons. ALL SEASONS ARE THINE, 0 DEATH. Mits. Amoh Pkkjhtrl. ' Estella Viola, wife of Amos D. Peifehtel, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Laidig, of Tay lor township, died at the home of her parents last Friday night, aged 20 years and 1 day. The funeral took place on Sunday, services being conducted by Rev. W. M. Cliue, of Hustontown, and interment was made in the ceme tery at Hartman Chapel. The cause of Mrs. Pcightel's death was puerperal convulsions, and she was ill but a few hours. Her sudden demise was a great shocn to her wide circle of friends and relatives. She was a charm ing young woman, and the very large number of persona who at tended her funeral bore most im pressively evidence of the high esteem in which she was held. She was a probationer in the Methodist Episcopal church, and would have been received into full membership on the day on which her funeral occurred, had she been living. Geokgk H. McCoy. George H. McCoy, formerly a resident of New Grenada, thiy county, but for several years a resident f Chambersburg, died at the hospital in the latter place, last Monday morning, at 3 o' clock, after a lingering illness of typhoid fever, aged 58 years, 10 months, and 17 days. He is sur vived by his wife and one daugh ter, Miss Honta, at home, and by one sister and two brothers ; Mrs. Mary Shulenberger, and Dr. David McCoy, both of New ville, and William McCoy, of Chambersburg. Mr. McCoy wan a house painter by trade, a good man, and was a member of the P. G. S. of A. Funeral yester day at 2:30 p. m., and interment in Cedar Grove cemetery at Chambersburg. Bennie F. Hess. Death entered the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hess, at Wil low Hill, Frauklin county, Mon day, September 7, 1908, and claimed as its victim their bright little son Frank, aged 1 year, 6 months, and 22 days. His death was caused by cholera infantum. Bennie was a bright, interest ing child, and will be sadly miss ed in the home. Funeral servi ces were conducted bv Rev. Bax ter, of Fannettsburg, and inter ment was made in the Presbyter ian cemetery at Fannettsburg, September 9th. The grief strick en parents and relatives have the sympathy of the community in this sad hour of bereavement, hie was their only child. A New Comet. Dispatches from the Harvard Observatory to Prof. Apple, of the Daniel Scholl Observatory, Lancaster, state that Morehouse of Yerkes has recently discover ed a comet in the northern sky. The time since first seen is too short to predict its orbit very ac curately, but judging from its present motion it will pass the point nearest the sun about Jan uary 5, 1909. Its distance from the sun then will be somewhat greater than the earth's. It is as yet invisible to the naked eye, but is growing brighter. It may uot become conspicuous at all it may prove a bright one, no one can tell as yet. Though already 1 has caused not a little stir among the astronomers all the way from Greenwich to Lick. Tho comet's position September 2, at midnight, was right ascen sion B hrs., 22 mm , and declina turn ttfl deg., 52 min. north; on the morning of September 5 at 2 o' clock, it was in right ascension 8 bra. i 14. 5 mm,, and declination 08 4 mm. Wrirbt's Triumph. Mr. Orville Wright has demon strated that the heavier than air aeropltne is not only capablo ot sustained flight, but that it ccn travel at a high rate of speed. He can stay in the air as long as he wants to, can guide the mach ine at will, and travel forty miles an hour. That is a triumph for the aeroplane, and one that is not likely to be beaten soon, nl though there are many people experimenting with flying ma chines. At present the aeroplane can serve no practical and useful purpose. It is too light; it must be light in order to lift and sus tain itself. Its lifting power is not very groat. In this it differs from the dirigible balloon which, although it is of great volume, can also lift an immense weight and travel very swiftly, as Count Zeppelin demonstrated. The great and unavoidable weakness of airships aud dirigi bles is that they are practically useless in a moderately high wind. The dirigible, with its im mense unbroken surface of gas bag, is helpless when the wind blows more than moderately. The aeroplane presents a very small resisting surface, but it is so light and so slight that it, too is very easily buffeted about, and it would bo foolhardy to attempt a flight in a strong wind. But the secret of aviation the thing that lias eluded man for centu ries has at last been discovered, and no man can pi edict whither further experiment will lead. Aviation is only in its infancy, and the aeroplanes are only weak and imperfect forerunners of the flying machines to come. It will be remembered that once it was predicted and proved by theories that a railroad train could never be useful. Bearing that in mind one must not hastily conclude that flying machines will never be useful. The Star-Independent. Triple Birthday Party. A day long to be remembered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Barton in Brush Creek Valley, was the 20th of August, when a large number of friends assem oled to celebrate the ltith anni versary of their daughter Sadie and her cousin Nellie Barton, and the 23rd birthday of their cousin Howard Deshong. A jolly good time was had aud the prin cipals received many nice pres ents. The refreshments were very nice. Those in attendance were Marden Stouteagle, Grace Hixon, Amy Lodge, "Sue Mills, Gertrude Barton, Ada Barton, Mary Clevenger, Olive Barton, Ella Barton, Elsie Whitfield, Iva tlixon, Francenia Whitfield, Clara Hixson, LHlie Whitfield, Minnie Lynch, Louie Davis Nellie Bar ton, Grandoline Barton, Cecilia Barton, Mrs. Haywood, Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Sarah Barton, Eva, Laura, and Lida Barton; Fred Lodge, Cristo pher Spade. Ralph Hixson. Wil liam and Elmer Clevenger, Em berry, Talmago, H. N., Ross, Bruce, George, and James Bar ton, Rusrell and James Akers, Howard Whitfield, Ralph Robin son Pnd George Davis. One who was theke. NEbDMORE. Misses Rose Foltz, of Illinois and Mabei Dixon, of Chambers burg, are visiting in the home of Dr. Palmer. Preaching services here Sun day evening were well attended. Some of our farmers have fin ished seeding. Miss Nelle Morton has accept ed our school. We would that the store-bx class had an in structor, also. E. B. Fisher hulled clover Beed here Saturday. Earl Shives, of Illinois, is visit ing Dr. J. J. Palmer. Grant Meilott is on a picture taking tour at Pleasant Ridge. Esta Hart is visiting tier uncle J, W. Lake, at Pleasant Ridge. H. M. Snyder aud Miss Minnie Funk, spent last Sunday evening at N. H, Evans's. Which Will It Be ? The old political managers that have hoen guiding the hands ot politics for the last twenty .years are entirely at sea so far, and whether the curreut will swing to Mr. Taft or Mr. Bryan is tho deepest kind of a puzzle. In 1890 and again in 1900, the Republi cans accused Mr. Bryan of "be ing scared" and in fac-t so scared that he had to take tho stump and work like a Hercules night and day. Mr. Bryan himself admits that he "was scared" in those campaigns and tho results show that ho had mighty good reasons for being scared. Now Mr. Taft has changed his plans of a "front porch campaign" such as McKin ley had in '9t, aud has decide.! to stump the country from Ocean to Ocean and eud to end. Mr. Taft is going from Now York to Cali fornia and make speeches in ev ery important, doubtful slate. This all lea is to the question is Mr. Ta-ft very "badly scared" and so far nobody has beon able to answer it. The labor vote is a great factor in this campaign anil it is woll known that they con troll two million of votes. Mr. Gompers, president of the Amer icau Federation of labor and thus the head of this great army of two million voters, is working with all his might to deliver this vote to Mr. Bryan. If he can do so, there is very little doubt but what that will mean his election. However, there are very few votes that any one man can deliv er in these days. Every Ameri can is in tho habit of delivering his own vote, and according to his own opinion. Another puzzl ing thing in this campaign is tho "negro vote" and while Mr. Taft was Secretary of War, when the "negro" regiment was dismissed in disgrace by his own act, it is not believed that the negro votes will be cast in a lump for the Democratic party as has been claimed. There is no doubt, how ever, but the negro vote wnl be divided and probably equally di vided between the candidates. There are a good many colored ministers and leaders who be lieve that this is the wisest thing for the negroes to do, as they will be likely to get favors then from both parties by making his vote an uncertain quantity. B ichanan and the Cowbell. Rev. Dr. Frederick Gast, pro fessor emeritus of Hebrew in the Reformed Theological Seminary at Lancaster, Pa., is one of the very tew persons living who were intimately acquainted with Pres ident Buchanan, and he has a large stock of Btories about the Peunsylvanian that have never appeared in print. Buchanan was born in a sparse ly settled part of Franklin Coun ty, and in his youth his mother was accustomed to place around his neck a cow bell, so that its tinkling announced his where abouts whenever he wandered in to the woods surrounding the family cabin. Neighbors' chil dren, nearly all of whom were of German parentage, invariably thereafter called him "Chimmy mit de hells on," a nickname wbich later in life led him into one of the fiercest political feuds that ever existed in the Keystone State. Thaddeus Stevens and Buchanan were practicing law yers in Lancaster, and were inti mate friends until one day, op posed to each other in the trial of a suit, Stevens bauteringly refer red to his friend as "Chimmy mit de bells on." Buchanau made no reply in court, but as soon as the trial was euded ho lured his insulter into an alleyway and gave him a drubbing which Stevens had rea son to never forget. Thereafter the two were implacable enemies. Mr. Samuel C. Dickson and sisters Miss Sadie and Mrs. W. Scott Alexauder wero guests of Mr. and Mra. J. E. Lyon at West Dublin from Saturday until Monday, COUNTERFEITERS NEW SCHEME. How the Smooth Dcmoustrator (lets His Victim' Coin. "One of the latest schemes of the counterfeit money swindlers is to show gulliblo people a ma chine with which they can print for themselves largo size bills, imitative of Government curren cy," said Capt. S. F. Rhodes, for merly of the secret service. "This money producing machine has a smooth demonstrator who will, after getting a prospective victim interested, turn the crank and grind out a $20 note, which, it is needless to say, is genuine. The victim shows the bill to a bank cashier, and hears it pronounced good, and his mercenary nature being aroused, he sees visions of gigantic wealth, aud hands over to Mr. Sharper $500, or at least $250, for the instrument that is going to make him a Rockefeller. It is needless to say that the sub sequent specimens turned outare such miserable imitations that they would hardly fool a blind man, but the ignoramus is in a place whore he can't make a roar for his lost money. "Alaska Wheat " The Department of Agriculture at Washington has made a thor ough investigation of the "Alaska wheat referred to recently in the News It was said this wheat would yield 200 bushels to the acre which now proves to be a fake. The department warns farmers not to buy it for seed at $20 a bushel, the advertised price, for fear they will have $1 worth of wheat aud $19 worth of experience. V'e hope no Fulton county farmer has been deceived in purchasing any of this wheat. This supposedly remarkable wheat was alleged to have been discovered in Alaska and devel oped after years ot culture at Juuateca, Idaho. But Dr. Gal loway, chief of the Bureau of Plant Industry, says this variety ot wheat has beon known for many years both in this country and Europe. It has been tried at several experiment stations in the west, but no where has it shown sufficient merit to attract attention. In certain heavy un drained soiis it yields rather bet tor than other vai leties, but it is oue of the poorest flour wheats and is not grown where other wheat will thrive. Farmers in this country were deluged with this identical wheat twenty years ago, when it was called "Egypti an" wheat and was said to have been discovered in Egypt. And so it turns out that the "Alaska wheat" discovery was but a shab by trick to deceive the farmer. Fire In Fairfield. Tuesday afternoon a fire broke out in Fairfield, Adams county, and word was received here in the evening that the whole town was afire, and that the water sup ply was entirely exluusted. Fair field is the home ,of our former townsman, Dr. N. C. Trout. About half past ten o'clock, E R. McClain, brother-in-law of the Doctor, and Walter R. Sloan left here in the former's automobile, and ran over to Fairfield, return ing about seven o'clock, Wednes day morning. When they reach ed Fairfield, about two o'clock, Wednesday morning, the tire was under control, and the damage to the t own, although bad enough, was not so great as was feared. About tweuty-two houses and stables had been on fire, but less than a dozen were totally de stroyed. While the fire reached the house next to Dr. Trout's residence, no injury was done to any of his property. W. H. Morris, of Shippjusburg, plead guilty in the Cumberland county court Monday to selling liquor without a license, and the Court suspeuded sentence. It appeared that the defendant act ed utider orders of his employers and under the advice that he might lawfully take orders and deliver intoxicant. Summer Trip. Mr. Editor : As io many of our friends have asked us to give through the News an account of our trif), I will ask your indul gence for the following: Mr. Shives and I left McConnellsburg on the 20th of August for Atlan tic City via Hancock, so we could take in Washington and Balti more on our return. Owing to the fact that we found the weath er unpleasant at Atlantic City, we remained there but a few days when we returned to Phila dclphia on Saturday evening and were entertained at the beautiful and hospitable home of Dr. Chambers our own Gaily and. wife and three children. They have indeed a model home, and are a very happy family. Sun day Gaily took us to the Calvary M. E. church. This edifice cost a hundred thousand dollars, and is a very imposing structure. Mon day we went through the Univer sity of Pennsylvania, and at noon left tor Princeton, N. J., where we wero welcomed by the Mar gerum's Mrs. Margerum being a former Fulton County woman and cousin of the editor of the News. From there we went over to New York, crossed the Great Brooklyn Bridge, and saw many other interesting sights in the great metropolis, when we re turned toPrinceton, spending a night, aad thence on to Baltimore where we were met by Mrs. P. M. Frey and Mrs. A. F. Little, the latter of whom being in the city at that time, and we had a very pleasant stay in the Monu mental City. Then we came on to Washington. When it comes to telling about all the interest ing things one sees in this city, we are reminded that the limits of this sketch forbids even an at tempt. Suffice it to say that we had a royal time, and are very much indebted to ail the friends we visited for the good time they showed us. Mus, Lib. V. Shives. BRUSH CRKbk. The soil is very dry on account of no rainfall for a number of days. Ttie farmers are engaged in sowing their grain and reaping the crops of buckwheat. Miss Ella Barton, of Crystal Springs, is spending a few days with friends at Akersville. A revival service is now in pro gress at Akersville M. E. church, but there was no preaching last Saturday and Sunday evenings, on account of the absence of the pastor, Rev. C. F. Weise. Reuben Buzzard and family, ot Clearville, spent Sunday in the home of John N. Hixson. Herbert Jackson and family spent Sunday in the home of C. R. Akers. Misses Besse and Esta Akers spent Saturday and Sunday with friends in Wells Valley. Hunter Jackson is on the sick list. Miss Mame Jackson, of Ohio, spent last week with friends jn Brush Creek. N. B. Hixson spent Sunday af ternoon with Russel Akers. Walter Barton and Howard Conner spent Sunday afternoon with Haslet Walters. A number of young people from Emmaville and Wesley at tended prayer meeting at Akers ville on Suuday evening. O. A. Barton and wife spent Sunday in the home of George Akers. Crist Spade, of Emmaville, spent Saturday oveningand Sun day with a friend near Akersville.' There is an immense crop of apples in the vicinity of Akers ville to be stored away for wthter use. When Oame May be Killed. The law in regard to killing game is the same as last year, as follows: I Black birds, all kinds, unlimit ed, September 1 to Januai-y 1. Doves (Mourning or Turtle), unlimited. September 1 to Jan uary 1. Deer, male with horns, one each season, November 15 to December 1. English, Mongolian, or Chinese Pheasant, five in one day, twenty in one week and fifty in one sea son, October 15 to December 1. Grouse (Ruffed), commonly called Pheasant, five in one day, twenty in one week and fifty in one season, October 1 to Decern ber 1. Hare or Rabbit, unlimited, October 15 to December 1. Quail, commonly called Virgin ia Partridge, ten in one day, for ty in one week and seventy-five in one season, November only. Webfooted Wad fowl of all kinds, unlimited, September 1 to April 10. Wild Turkey, one in a day, four in oue season, October 15 to De cember 1. Wookcock, ten in one season, October 1 to December 1. Sqnirrel, Fox, Black or Grey, six of com bined kinds in one day, October 1 to December 1. Shore birds, unlimited, Sep tember 1 to January 1. Snipe, Jack or Wilson, unlimit ed September 1 to May 1. Plover, unlimited, July 15 to December 1. ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW New Grenada Winning. The New Grenada baseball team played the Woodvale team on the hatter's grounds on the forenoon of Labor Day. The game was very close until the lat ter half of the fifth inning, when the New Grenada team began to get in their work, and the game ended in a victory for New Gren ada. Some of the First Team of Robertsdale - being present, a challenge was issued to New Grenada to play the Robertsdale team a". Robertsdale the follow ing afternoon. This game was played and another victory scor ed for New Grenada. Last Sat urday, New Grenada defeated the Hustontown boys on the former's grounds. This game was very harmonious throughout and was witnessed by the largest number of people, of any of their games of the season. The line up was as follows : Hustontown. New Grenada. Barton, p. Alloway, D. Chesnut, H. C, lo. Berkstresaer D. Hoover, W. c. Alloway, J. Woodcock, If. Shaffer. R. Chesnut, D. K. 3b. Alloway, O. Wink, cf. Witter, H. Taylor, 2b. Alloway, It. Clevenger, rf. Shaffer, H. Keebaugh, gg. fleeter, B. ' Score New Grenada, 8; Hus tontown, 5. A feature of the game was the fielding done oy R. Shaffer. Um pire Charley Stake. James Sipes and son Harvey made an automobile trip down through Frauklin and Cumber land counties last Saturday in aearch of a good farm. They were shown some nioe ones, but as yet, have not seen just what they want. Prophesies Hard Winter. Unmistakable signs lead local weather prophets to predict a severe winter. An old weather wise farmer remarked that the weeds have grown unusually high which he said indicates a long, severe winter. He said nature causes the weeds to grow tall so that birds can feed upon the seeds when the ground is cover ed with snow. Another indica tion, he continued, was the fact that squirrels are carrying their winter supply of grain into hollow trees. When they deposit them in less secure places, a mild win ter may be expected. Vour School Tax. The taxpayers of this county should not forget to piy their school tax before the first of Oc tober if they want to get the five percent, off. it was Frauklin who said that a penny saved was twopence earned, and it makes a difference of two dollrrs, if your tax Is twenty, whether you pay it in September or wait until November. Subscribe tor the Nawg, Snapshot at Their Comings and doings Here for a Vacation, or Away for a RestfulOutlng. NAMES OP VISITORS AND VISITED. S. Max Irwin, of this place went to Philadelphia last week. Walter C. Peck is spending a few days in Philadelphia this week. Mrs. E, H. Kirk, of Hiram, 8 pent a few hours in town Mon day. Miss Carrie Divelbiss of Lou don is visiting friends on this side of the mountain. Mr. P. P. Mann and family, of this place, made a very pleasan t trip to Chambersburg last week. Mr. and Mrs. William Martin of Fort Loudon are visiting their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Watson Lynch of this place. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Clouser were over at Willow Hill, last week attending the fuueral of their grandson, Bennie F. Hess. Mr. Joseph Sipes, Treasurer of the school board of Licking Creek township was in town a short time Monday morning. Miss Elizabeth Unger and Miss Nettie A. Knauff drove to Han cock last Saturday and spent sev eral days with the Misses Frey. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Clyde, who had been visiting friends in this vicinity, returned to their home in Philadelphia last Mon day. Miss Bessie Taylor, of this place, went to Chambersburg Tuesday, where she entered Penn Hall as a student for the current year's work. Miss Jessie Mason returned to the Indiana Stafca Normal school Tuesday to complete her course of study in that institution. She took with her two new students her sister Goldie and Miss Joan na Morton, both graduates of the McConnellsburg High School, who expect to take the course at Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Meilott, who had been visiting among their many friends and relatives in Licking Creek township, left for their home in Pittsburg last Thursday, intending to stop at Bedford and Birmingham on their way home. Mr Meilott is in the U. S. Postal service in the Smoky City. Mrs. J. A. Henry, of Clear Ridge, Fulton county, was enter tained by Mrs. W. O. Rutter and other friends in Orbisonia a few days the past week. Mrs. Henry was at one time a teacher in the Orbisonia Public schools and she was an able instructor. Orbis onia correspondent in Mt. Union Times. D. F. Stover, of Altoona, C. H. McCauley, of Greensburg, S. A. Snook and E. B. Murdock, of Johnstown, and Samuel Meilott, of the Cove, have been spending a few days this week over on Licking Creek fishing for bass, and have been very successful in their catch. They are being en tertained in the home of G. J. Meilott, and W. H. Peck at Gem. Last Thursday evening will long be remembered by those who helped to celebrate Ray mond Paylor's eighteenth birthday at his home. Raymond thinking of having a good time thought he would go coonhunting and it was well that ho did, for he was not gone long until a couple of his friends went after him and car ried him to the house where there was about thirty of his young friends. The eveniug was spent in playing games of all kinds until about twelve o'clock. Ice cream and cake were served when all departed for their homes wish ing Raymond many more such hapiy occasions. The only ac cident happening was that of Kussel Oarbaugh who, in running into the feuoo going home gothia buggy shafts broken.
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