Juitott VOLUME 10 McCONNELLSUURG, PA., AUGUST 5, 1909. NUMltEK Ui RECORD OF DEATHS. ersons Well Known to Many of Our Readers, Who Have Answered Final Summons. ALL SEASONS ARE THINE, 0 DEATH. Mellott. Mrs. Ada Jane Mollott, wife of nthony Mellott, of Pleasant iidge, died Sunday evening, toe Sib, inst., at her home, aged wenty-mne years. She fell a ictim to the "great white plague" fter years of heroic effort to tay its progress, but finally had lo yield to its assaults. She was daughter of the late llham ISvfope of Licking Creek township kind on account of her thoughtful- Iness and kind consideration for others greatly endeared herself to all. Mrs. Mellott was a mem ber of Ebenezer M. E church, having united therewith in child tifod, and remained to the day of her demise a faithful disciple of the Master. She leaven, besides her husband and three small children, Judson, Blanche, and Jennings R; a mother, Mrs, Ellen Swope, and the following brothers and sis ters: Edward W. Swope and Mrs. Edward Mellott. Licking Greek township; Mrs. llartm'an Truax, Belfast township, Dr. Wat son, and Richard Swope, of Pitts birg, and Robert Swope, of Port age, Pa. Surrounded by a large crowd of sorrowing relatives and friends tlio remains of the deceased were laid away in Ebenezer cemetery Tuesday forenoon. Parlett. Mrs. Barbara Parle tt died at her home in Union township on Monday, July, 19, 1909, aged 75 years. Funeral occurred ' on Wednesday the 21st, and inter ment was made in the cemetery at; Methodist church in the Valley. Mrs. Parlett will be re membered as Miss Barbara Pef fer, once a resident of ,McCju nt-llsburg. She is survived by her husoand John C. Parlett. and was an aunt of Daniel Peffer, of Todd township. From her early girlhood she was associated with the M. E. church and her sincere and earnest prayers will be lov ingly recalled by pur people of a e . . . w lurmer generation. Jler ener gies and zeal found scope in the performance of the church duties and her life was spent in the good and kindly acts for whinh the world is better, and which mark ed her so unmistakably, as a ccn sistent Christian woman. SHADE. John S. Shade, husband of Jessie McDonald, formerly of thw place, died at their home in JJarriBburg on Wednesday of las week, after an illness of three weeks of typhoid fever. I lis remains were taken to Sbipoeus burg, Friday, and the funeral toon place from the home of his brother Frank, on Saturday aft- frnoon. lit. is suvvived by his wifj and two children in Harris- burg- lie was born and raised in Shippensbnrg. H3 is survived by his wife and two children, of Ihrrisburg, and bis mother. Mrs Mary Shade, and the following brothers: William, of the Adams Express Co., and Frank, of Ship pens burg, and Robert, of yarns burg; and two sisters, Mrs. Har ry Smith, ot Harrlsburg, and Mrs. Won. Wingler, of Shippens burg. He was about 89 years ot age. Thomas. Mrs. Sarah Thomas, of Ayr township, died last Friday, at the advanced age of eighty-six years. She was twice married first to Emanuel Cuff. From this mar riage she is survived by three eons, William, John, and Wilson. Her second marriage was to John Thomas, who died In 1890. From this marriage ah is survived by Mrs. Jane Stoner, Albert and Anthony Thomas; and from both marriages by over forty grand children. For 3(1 years she was BIRTHDAY PARTY. Uncle John Harnett's Friends Assemble In Honor of His 8Jrd Anniversary. They Had Good Time. Uncle John Barnett will re member during the remainder of his life, with great pleasure, the eighty third anniversary of his birth, which was celebrated a few days ago at the old Barnett Homestead near West Dublin, on which Mr. James Barnett and family now reside. The Barnett family is one of the oldest in the county the grandfather of Uncle John Ab ner Barnett, having secured a warrant for four hundred acres at, or very near the present resi dence of Uncle John, away back m the times when the settler was not safe from the ravages of the red men. This particular anniversary served the purpose of a family reunion as well, and a large num ber of kinsfolk running down the genealogical line to great-great- i'rand nephews and nieces joined in this day of festivity. Among those present were: Howard Barnett and wife, and children Verna, Beuiah, Seibert, and Olive; Bert Barnett and wife, and chil dren Raymond, Ethel, William, and Hazel; Irwin Ramsey and wife, and children Hattie, Veta, Lawrence, Myrtle and Ralph; Joseph Barnett and wife, and children Zola and Clarence; Wm. Knepper and wife, and children Howard, May, Ermine, Laura and Beatrice; Joseph Barnett and wife and son Vaughn; Biuce Barnett and wife; Mrs. Harri?t Barnett; Mead Barnett, Henry Truax and wife, James Dorar: and wife, David Knepper and wife, Thomas Reeder, wife, and son; and Isaac Horton. At twelve o'clock, noon, forty- one of those present with Uncle John at the head were v seated at a oeautnuiiy aecoratea taoie, laden with a dinner fit for kings and princes. Lewis G. Lyon, who has been doing business - in this county during the past eight years, has rented a large store room in Chambersburg, and will go into the clothing and gent's furnish ing business early in September. Lewis has many Fulton county friends who join in wishing him success in his ventura. a faithful member of the United Presbyterian church. Only about ten months ago she walked to town, a distance of seven miles to attend the communion services of her church. Bishop. Mrs. George W. Bishop, of Black Oak Ridge, Bethel town ship, died on Saturday, July 17, 1909, aged about sixty years. Mrs. Bishop had been suffer ing for some time back of a com plication of diseases. She was buried on Monday following at the Christiau church, Union town ship, of which denomination she had lived a faithful member. She Is survived by her husband and eight children as follows: Lemuel of Hancock, Md ; Reuben, of the standing army; located in the Philippines; Mrs. Christ lUu man, near Hancock, Md.; Banner and two other younger sons and one daughter at borne. Our sym pathies are extended to this be' reaved family. , . . Mellott. 0 Jennings R. Mellott, aged 1 year, and 9 days, died at the home of his father, Anthony Mellott near Sipes Mill, on Thursday of last week, and the funeral took place on Friday, interment beiDg made at the Ebenezer M. E. church. The cause of the child's death is supposed to have been cerebro spinal meningitis, it bav ing been sick but a few days, The grief stricken father has the sincere sympathy of his wide circle of acquaintances,' especial ly in view of the fact that the wife and mother died only the Sunday before. THE NEW HEALTH LAW. All Communicable Diseases Must Be Re ported by Physicians aud Must Be Placarded. FINE FOR NON-COMPLIANCE WITH LAW Physicians in this vicinity have received within the past few days from the department of health, through Commissioner Samuel G. Dixon, a copy of the new law requiring physicians to report to the board of health all communi cable diseases. Accompanying it is a penal clause telling what punishment a violator of the law is liable to have visited upon him; also a list of what the department considers communicable diseases. The act, which is that approved May 14, 190!), explains fully the kind of diseases to be reported, the duties of the heal h officers, the quarantine precautions, and the placarding ol houses. According to the new law the following must hereiftor be sent in to the board of health as com municable diseases and in a ma jority of cases the houses where they exist must be placarded: Actinomycosis, authrax, buboDic plague, cerebro cholera, diphthe ria, epidemic disentery, erysipe las, German measles, glanders, rabies, leprosy, malarial fever, measles, mumps, pneumonia, puerperal fever, relapsing fever, scarlet fever, smallpox, tetanus, trachima, "triehmiasis, tubercu losis, typhoid fever, typhus fever and whooping cough. In this letter to the local phy sicians Commissioner Dixon says it is his duty to enforce the law strictly, under the following pen al clause. Any physician, undertaker, teacher of a public school, prin cipal of a school, sexton, janitor, or any other person or persons, who shall fail, neglect or refuse to comply with, or who shall vio late any of the provisions of this act, shall, for every such offense, upon conviction thereof in a sum mary proceeding before any mag istrate or justice of the peace of the county wherein said offense was committed, be sentenced to pay a fine of not les-s than twentv -($20) dollars, or more than one hundred ($100) dollars, to be paid to the use of said county, or to be imprisoued in the county jail for a period of not less than ten days or more than thirty days, or both, at the discretion of the court. One of the cases to be effected to the greatest extent by the new law is that of tuberculosis, or consumption. Physicians in the past, out of consideration of their patients and their families, have been loath to report cases of this disease. The records of board of health for the past year show that, while only nineteen cases in which patients were afflicted with the disease, there were forty- eight deaths from the disease. Applies to McConnellsburg. The versatile writer of "Jot tings by the Wayside, in the Miftlinburg, Pa., Telegraph, makes the following well-put re marks, which applies with equal force to McCounellsburg: By a careful calculation it ap pears there are just about 150J people in town diegroced and an noyed by about 25 dogs running the streets. A man may Lot spit in public places under a penalty of one dollar, but the dog may pollute the pavements, the corn ers, porches, posts, store goods and even people's gardens, all for why. Because people are afraid to stop it, -They want it stopped but fear offending a few. What brave cowards men are. Even the women scrub and clean up the dirt in silence until it ceases to be a virtue, so the Stink Ped dlers can roam about. Card of Thanks. Mr. John R. Fox, ot this place, desires through the medium of the Nkws to thank the many kind friends and neighbors for help and sympathy during the death air funeral of his beloved wife JOHN H. H. LEWIS. Tribute to His Memory by His Friend and Lifelong Companion Rev. J. H. Barney. John II. II. Lewis was my friend. We played together as children. As we only lived a half a mile apart, we grew to young man hood together, In childhood, in in young manhood, in middle life, and even down to old manhood, we were friends. Never was there an unkind word passed be tween us. I always found a wel come at his home from himself and family; and he, in mine. Only a shorty rI)e before his death I was made welcome to his hospi tality, and spent the night with him. Little did I think the next meeting would hye to preach his funeral. But such is life. On Friday evening, July 23d, I was called to the 'phone in Clearville, Pa , and asked, "Can you preich the funeral of J. H. H. Lewis, at Tonoloway Baptist church, Sun day morning, 10 a. m.?" With a sad heart I answered yes. Sun day morning found me at hi3 residence; but oh, what a change! My friend and brother failed to meet me with his familiar greet ing "How are you, John?", That voice was silent in death. After religious services at the house, we wended our way to tne church where we were greeted with a large congregation, who had come to pay their respects to a friend and neighbor. To these people we tried to preach a sermon suitable to the occasion from the words, "God himself is Judge, shall not the judge of all the earth do right?" We then laid him in the grave to sleep, undis turbed until Jesus comes. J. II. II Lewis had enemies like the rest of poor mortals; but he had a host' of true friends. Many will miss him. Asafriond, I cherish his memory. His kind ness to me and mine will never be forgotten, and after just a little while, I hope to meet him to part no more. Farewell, friendand brother, until we meet again. Rev. John H. Barney. Clearville, Pa. MORE SOLDIERS. Rata Eat Up $100,000,000 Yearly. One of the most serious prob lems the Department of Agricul ture has had to meet is the rid ding the country of the millions of rats with which it is infested, and which are especially the foes of the farmer. It is estimated that the rat pest costs the United States $100,000,000 yearly in grain destroyed alone. The rat also pollutes a great quantity of food products which it does not eat, does great damage by dig ging under buildings and em bankments, gnawing wood, cut ting up goods and papers to make nests, killing poultry, and steal ing eggs. The most destructive species is .the Norway rat, which has beencarried to all parts of the world on ships. It is calculated that a siugle pair of rats would, in three years, under favoring circumstances, increase to 20, 000,000. The Department of Ag riculture has planned a vigorous crusade against the vermin, and it recommends rat proof con struction in buildings better pro tection of food supplies, and the use of various poisons in locali ties haunted by rats. From Les lie's Weekly. Hai Padlock With a History. Thomas Gillis; formeily of this county, but now of Mt. Union has a padlock that has been in use in this country for more than a century, and which was reput ed to be a century old when it was brought to this country. It is very large and strong, weighing nearly two pounds. ' The key be longing to the lock has never been lost and is in perfect conditiou. The lock is one that could not easily be broken or picked and is no doubt hand made and certain ly well made. Mr. Gillis prizes it highly, and we do not wonder that be does ho. His great grand father brought it over from Scot-laud, Troop B. Fifteenth Regiment U. S. Caval ry, Camped In Washabaugh's Or chard, Monday Night. WERE RETURNING FROM SOMERSET. Two weeks ago Battery B, Third U. S. Field Artillery, pass ed through McConnellsburg on its way to the N. G. enca mpment at Somerset, and camped in Mc Connellsburg over night. The cannon, the caissons, and other military eqipments together withal battery of real soldiers, were viewed with as much curios lty and interest as would haye been a three-ringed circus. Then, on Monday morningriof this week it was learned that a Troop of Cavalry was heading for McConnellsburg, and about three o'clock in the aiternobn, they ar rived. It was troop B, Fifteenth regiment U. S. Cavalry, return ing to Fort Myer, Washington, from the N. G. encampment at Somerset. Like the Battery, they went to camp in Washa baugh's orchard, and remained until Tuesday morning, when they left at 6:30 for Hagerstown, where they will rest over one day, and then proceed to Fort Myer, being due at the latter place on Friday. ' The troop was in command of Captain L. C. Andrews, every inch a gentleman as well as a fine soldier. It consisted of 72 men, 78 horses, 2 escort wagons, and 1 ambulance. The horses were all bays, and in fairly good condition considering the service they have had since the opening of sum mer. On a march each horse carries a weight of about three hundred pounds In addition to the rider, there is his rifle, sabre, pistol, halt a shelter tent, horse blanket, bed blanket, slicker (rain coat), blouse, extra suit underclothing, saddle bags containing toilet out tit, mess kit, grooming outfit, etc. Descending the mountains and longer hills, the men dismount and lead their horses. While the men look somewhat formidable with their repeating ride, six shooter, and saber, it is all a bluff for not one ot the fire arms Is loaded. Their next trip out from Fort Myer, will be to Boston; but they will go by water, and hence the trip will not be so laborious. Many of the men have seen sev eral years'service were through the Spanish-American war, and have been m the Philippines. TARGET PRACTICE. ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW STATE TOLL ROADS. Longest One Passes Through Adams, Ful ton and Franklin Counties 107 Companies. Facts and figures regarding toll roads in Pennsylvania were ascertained at a recent meeting in Philadelphia of the toll road commission appointed by the last legislature. The commission found that there are 107 turnpike companies in the state. These companies operate about 718 miles of toll roads in twenty-one counties; Lancaster county has the great est number of miles 150. Bucks county comes next with 105 miles. Montgomery is third with ninety three miles. Franklin county has sixty-seven miles and York county sixty-three miles. Hun tingdon county has only two miles of toll roads. The commission found that the longest toll road in the state ex tends forty-two and one-half miles. This road runs through Fulton, Franklin and Adams counties. The shortest road, less than a half mile long, is in Bucks county. , The commission gathered data regarding capitalization of the turnpike companies, dividends paid, cost of road construction, copditi ius of road beds aad the out of condemnation and recon struction according to state standards. James D. Hoop Tells of a Week's Stay at Fort Greble, R. I. They Had a Very Pleasant Outing. The 129th Company left Fort Adams, R. I., Monday morning, July 20th, for Fort Greble, R. I., at which place they remained in camp one week. The boys enjoyed the trip very much with the exception of a few who felt a little weak about the stomach, when the boat began to roll on the breakers. Arriving at Fort Greble about 9 o'clock, we marched across the island in heavy march'ng order to the other side, where we went into camp. Perhaps our home for the week may deserve a short description. Fort Greble is a fort having two companies. It is situated on a small island just one and one eighth mile in circumference, with Jamestown across the chan nel on the east, and Saunders town across the channel on the west. Eight of our Company went on the range for tiring at onetime. Each man tired 120 rounds, part of which is fired at a 200-yard range, and the remain der at 300 yards. Part of the firing is lapid, and part slow. The positions of firing are stand ing, sitting, prone, and kneeling. To qualify for marksmen, it re quires each to make 225 points out of 00 record shots there be ing twelve men in toe company, making the required number of points. Having finished firing Friday evening, the next morning the command "strike tents" was giv en, and all tents fell to the ground in a jiffy, and all were packed and we marched to the dock in a few minutes, where the Gen. Richard Arnold was waiting to convey us home. We arrived at Fort Ad ams in time for dinner. The boys were all in a jolly mood to be at home again, and you could hear them saying "I love Greble but, Oh, you Fort Adams." Nothing now remains of our week in camp, but the memory of the fine shooting to the credit of the 129 Company, or of a sore nose or face caused by the recoil of the rifles, as it some one had hit you with a hammer; while oth ers may still think of some pretty girl in Jamestown or Saunders town, whom he got acquainted with for it is a truthful saying that a soldier has a sweetheart in every town he goes through. HARRISONVILLB. Rev. L. W. McGarvey recently reaped the fruit of last year's la bor by receiving into full mem bership 21 persons from proba tion. Ten of these joiaed at As bury and 11 at Siloam church. A birthday surprise party was held at the home of Mrs. George Fix on Wednesday In honor of her mother Mrs. Mary A. Desh ong. The trustees of Siloam church are making big preparations for their festival at parsonage Satur day, August 7. They expect Ft. Littleton, Knobsvlllo, Dauo and Need more, also Laidig 2nd and Andover, to play ball that day. Great alarm was felt at the parsonage Sunday when master Wm. Albert son of Rev. McGar vey picked up a bottle of carbolic acid and attempted to drink it. His lips were terribly burned but it is thought that he did not swal low any of the acid. N. S. Strait is wearing a broad grin in honor of bis bouncing boy Mr. John Sipeb and family of Licking Creek were visiting at the home of.Wm. Vallance Sun day. . Many persons attended the festival and ball game at Dane Saturday, and report a "royal" good time. Annual Harvest Meeting. The Annual Harvest Meeting will be held at McConnellsdale church, two miles north of Mc Connellsburg, beginning at 2 o' clock, Saturday afternoon, Au gust 14th, and continuing over Sunday, Snapshots at Their Comings and Goings Here for a Vacation, or Away for a Restful Outing. NAMES OF VISITORS AND VISITED Miss Zoe Mason is spending two weeks in Baltimore. Miss Anna Buckley, of Fort Littleton, spent last Friday in Mc Connellsburg. Mrs. Grant Boyer, of McKees port, has been spending a, few weeks visiting friends and rela tives near McConnellsburg. Henry Tritle and Walter Bnu die, of Franklin county, spent a day or two last week on this side of the mountain. Rev. Jr hn M. Diehl represent ed the Presbyterian church ot this place at the Presbyterian lie union at Pen Mar last Thursday. George C. Sipes, of Dickey's Mountain, and his uncle Harvey Sipes, of Mt. Gilead, O , spent a few hours in town Monday. Druggist Maurice E Trout and Miss lva Poor, both of Phila delphia, are guests of the form er's mother, Mrs. M. H. Trout. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson Mol lott, of Belfast township, were guests in the home of the form er's brother, George B. Melbtt in this place last Thursday. Mrs. James Fulton and little son Samuel, and Miss Carrie Rod gers all of McKeesport, are visiting friends and relatives near McConnellsburg. Edward Mellott and daughter Miss Daisy, spent a few hours in McConnellsburg last Saturday. Miss Daisy was an interested vis itor to the News office. Squire Walter W. Hewett aud Farmer Samuel L. Simpson, two of Thompson's representative young citizens, spent a few hours at the County Seat last Friday. Harlan L. Wishart and Paul Baumgardner drove down from Wells Tannery last Thursday, and spent a couple of days at the Fulton House, meeting their many friends in this place. Miss Victor, Germantown; Miss Ilebberlig, Carlisle, and Miss Steiger, Wilhamsport all German Hospital trained nurses, are visiting Miss Pearl Logue at her home in Ayr towuship. Oliver Plessingerand daughter Miss Ada, of Need more, spent a few hours in McConnellsburg last Thursday. From Oliver's youthful appearance, it would hardly be suspected that he was a pupil in the Locust Grove school in Whips Cove, in 1S00, when the editor of the News was teaching his first school. Miss Pearl Mellott and her grandmother, Mrs. Emaline Dan iels, spent the time from Friday until Sunday of last week visit ing relatives in McConnellsburg. Miss Pearl has been elected to teach a school in Beaver county during the ensuing year and will go to her work about the first of September. Dr. Albert N. Mellott, of Sipes Mill, now practicing m a hospital in Baltimore, passed the examin ation before the Pennsylvania State Board most satisfactorily, and is now a full fledged doctor. The standard this year was unus ually high, and of the 354 appli cants, 20 of whom were women, only 20 failed. Dr. Ramsey, of Chambersburg, was one of tho examiners. John N. Deavor, who is making his mark as an electrician in the city of Omaha, Neb., was an agree able caller at the News office, Monday afternoon. He is spend ing a few weeks of the hot season in the East, and was just return ing to the home of his parents in Taylor township, from a visit of ten days with bis brothers Elmer and Ernest, who live in Balti more, Md. His bister-iu law, Mrs. Elmer Deavor, accompanied him home from Baltimore, and she is going to visit the homo folks in Taylor township.
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