TOE FULTON COUNTY NZWS, McOONNELLSBUKQ, PA. INTERESTING PARAGRAPHS Of L ocal and Geoeral Interest, Gathered at Homa or Clipped Irm oar Exchanges. CONDENSED FOR HURRIED READERS Mr. 'Samuel Reese was a busi ness visitor at the County Capi tal last Saturday. Walter Johnston and Russell Glazier spent several days recent ly in Cumberland county. Mrs. Milton Kline and her son Edward, of Harrisonville, were in town shopping last Thursday. These numbers 73752, 72976. and 74067 win premiums. Not good after 30 days. -Ye Smoke Shop. Dr. W. T. Runyan . the Eye Man will be in McConnellsburg, Friday and Saturday, February 19th and 20th. 2-ll-2t John Spade and Frank Lay ton spent last Saturday night in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ahimaaz Clevenger in the Cove. Bennet A. Truax, Geo. W. Morton, and Frank Shives were among the Belfast township citi zens in town on business Mon day. ' Mrs. Sadie Everts and Miss Orpha Snider, of Needmore, made a trip to McConnellsburg last Friday, and spent the time with relatives until Saturday aft ernoon. Mr. Berkley Sipes, of Huston town was in town Monday ar ranging for the advertising of his big stock sale which will take place on the 4th of March, See the sale register. Members of the M. E. Church of Burnt Cabins will hold an oys ter supper and social in the home of Mrs. Sarah McGowan, Satur day evening, February 20th. Public cordially invited. Harvey Helman, of Mercers burg was a pleasant caller at the News office Tuesday morning. He came over to McConnellsburg Monday to att nd the funeral of his brother-in-law, Charlie Tritle. Miss Harriett Sloan is spend ing two weeks in Philadelphia with her sister Mary, and of course, Billy Sunday and other interesting sights and sounds are coming in for a share of her at tention. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Heefner and daughter Olive of Taylor township, took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Woollot last Sat urday. They came to town in a sleigh and they said the sleigh . ing was just fine. George Moore, of Chambers burg, was found guilty last week by a Franklin county jury of furnishing liquor to three minors. He was sentenced to pay a fine of fifty dollars, pay costs, and serve sixty days in jail. Mrs. George K. Nelson and baby Betty, of Newville, and her sister Miss Edith M. Campbell, ,of Hollidaysburg, spent the time from Tuesday until Thursday in the home of their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Peck. A. F. Jones and Irvin Cook, of Fort Littleton were in town Mon day. These gentlemen are in terested in our railroad project and feel that a railroad would be a great benefit to McConnellsburg merchants as well as every other citizen in the County. J. F. Garland, of Needmore, and James E. Hollinshead, of Pleasant Ridge made a trip to the County Seat together on Mon day. Mr. Garland is utilizing his spare time this winter getting out lumber preparatory to build ing a house next summer. Philip B. Melius, of Taylor township, was in town last Fri day. Mr. Melius has been "up on the mountain" since the 8th of last October hauling mine Props, extract wood, and cross ties to Woodvale, and now comes home with a roll of long green and will spend the time from now until spring getting his farm ready lot a big summer crop. Dr. and Mrs. J. J. Palmer, of Needmore, spent last Friday in town. Mrs. Palmer spent part of the time in the dentist's chair, while the Doctor's time was spent in the less painful pursuit of renewing old friendships. The Doctor says that the only new thing in his section is a big ditch in the road, near Pott Mc Kee's, washed out by the recent heavy rains. FORMER FULTON COUNTY TEACHER. Mr. Moses Hill Passes Peacefully to Rest at His Home in Illinois on Tuesday of Last Week. Written by Uldeon I. Covalt. TTMi mar Mosesnm. a son oi morgan and Mary Hill, was born in Beth- el township, this county, Afrril 20, ihou, ana died at his home In Blue Mound, 111., Tuesday, February 2, 1915, aged 54 years, 9 months, and 12 days. The funeral services were conducted from the Christ ian church, of which he had been a member for thirteen years, and a large concourse of sorrowing friends braved the inclemency of the weather to be present at these last sad rites. When a young man, he went to Illinois, and after staying there but a short time, went to Missou ri, Oklahoma, and other parts of the then far West, contracting in his journeyings, chills and fever. This caused him to return to his home in this county for a time. As he was recovering from the chills, he found that one of his arms was slightly paralyzed, and this condition continued to grow worse, and little by little he be came almost entirely helpless, his tongue so paralyzed that he could not carry on a conversation. During the '--t few months his health seemed romewhat improv ed, when death came unexpect edly. The deceased was married to Miss Rachael Plessinger, and to this union two children were born Elmer, of Blackwood, N. J., and Ethel, who with her mother, died seventeen years ago. Of his brothers and sisters, only three survive, namely, Oliver Hill, and Mrs. George Wilson, of Bethel township, and Miss Mary Hill, Blue Mound, 111. Of his Christian life, his ideal was Christ, and it was his one and only ambition to be like Him. Morable Institnte School. , Continued from page 1. ing and sleeping rooms were dis cussed by her. Mr. Post, the promoter of our new railroad project, gave the audience a fine talk on the ad vantages that a railroad would secure for practically all of the County. There is not any ques tion about the capacity of the territory being able to double the amount of freight now offered from the west side of Cove mountain. Mr. Ross's let ter in another column of this pa per makes it plain. Dr. Conard left some good im pressions on the minds of the farmers about the selection and raising of calves. Animals that chew the cud have a different ar rangement of stomach from that of other farm stock, and for this reason, calves should never be given any solids like bran, chop, &c, with their drink whether it be milk, or water. leacn the can to eat ground or whole grain at the proper time, but never, under any circumstan ces, mix them, with the calf's' milk or water. Summer Normal School. Prof. H. C. Barton, principal of McConnellsburg Schools, has secured rooms in the school build ing for a summer normal school. We have been assured that the school will be kept up to the high standard to which Fulton county teachers and others have been ac customed at this place. Prof. Barton will make announcements later. Mrs. George Sipes and Mrs. Jere Laidig cf Hustontown, call ed at the News office a few min utes while in town Monday. Our cash drawer had a dollar more in it on account of their visit. They were accompanied tc town by the two Georges George N. and George W. v C. J. Brewer has ordered a pul verizing machine to furnish lime in that form to those who prefer it to burned lime. Mr. Brewer has taken the agency for a com binationor compound culture of legume bacteria that answers, it is claimed, for all legumes. Lloyd Kerlin, aged about 16 years, was seriously hurt near his home at Fort Littleton yes terday morning. He was coast ing and ran off the abutment of the County bridge dashing head long into the Augwick creek below. WINTER WEDDINGS. Daniel Cupid Is Busy Keeping tlio Fire Burning; on the Hymeneal Altar. DARBY-SIIARPE I a pretty Wedding took place on Saturday morning, January 30th at 9 o'clock at St. James church, West End. Pittsburgh, when Joseph G. Darby, of 96Pas sadena St., Pittsburgh, and Miss Carmaletta V. Sharpe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Sharpe, lormerly of Knobsville, but now 139 Steuben St, West End, Pitts burgh, were united in marriage by Rev. Father McCartney and Father Slattery. The attendants were Miss Mary Darby, sister of groom as bride's maid, and Mr. John Buckley ,-cousin of the groom as best man. . The bride was at tired in white and wore a silk crepe de chine dress, over-draped with silk shadow-lace, and she carried a bouquet of white roses, carnations, and lilies of the val ley. The bride's maid wore a peach colored crepe de chine, with shadow lace, and carried pink roses, carnations and tulips. After the ceremony a n auto awaited them at the church and they were taken to the home of the groom where breakfast was served, covers being laid for thirty.. In the afternoon the bridal couple left for a short hon eymoon trip, after which they will be at home to their friends at 80 Pasadena St, Pittsburgh. Everts-Duffy. Mr. Nathan D. Everts, of Har- risburg, Pa., and Miss Theresa Glazier Duffy, of Webster Mills, this county, were quietly mar ried at Harrisburg on Thursday of last week by the Rev. Dr. Cramer. Without any foolish ness, the happy couple at once went to 143 Royal Terrace, that city, where the groom owns a nice home, and where they will have the latch string out for their Fulton county friends. The bride is the pretty daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Duffy, and the groom is a former McCon nellsburg boy, the son of Mrs. Ed D. Shimer and her first hus band, Albert Everts, deceased. Barniiardt-Downs. Miss Marguerite Barnhardt of Hancock, and Mr. Ried Downs, of Franklin Mills, Pa., were mar ried Wednesday evening, Janu ary 27. 1915, at the Presbyter ian Manse, by Rev. J. S. Web ster. After the ceremony, the bride and groom returned to the home of the former's mother, Mrs. Catherine Barnhardt where the happy young couple received the congratulations of their many friends. . Mr. and Mrs. Downs expect to reside in Hancock, where the for mer is engaged in business. Hancock News. Carbaugh-Keyser. On Sunday afternoon, Febru ary 7, 1915, by Rev. A. G. B. Pow ers at the residence of the offici ating minister at Needmore, Mr. Liaude Mcuauiey uarbaugh, son of William and Grace Carbaugh, was united in marriage to Miss Lavina May, daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Keyser, both of Ayr township. Richards-Gress. On Thursday afternoon, Janu ary 4, 1915, Mr. George B. Rich ards and Miss Bessie Gress, both of Ayr township, were married by Rev. J. L. Yearick, at the Re formed Parsonage. The bride is a daughter of Mrs. Rhoda Gress and the late Casper Gress, and the groom, a son, of Mr. and Mrs, Edward Richards. What's the I'se? Last week we asked that ques tion and gave many reasons for our belief that it is but a waste of time and money on the part of whiskey men to fight against the increasing tide that is beat ing down their business. All who read daily papers that oppose booze have seen how many con cerns have posted notices that their employees must either cut booze out or give up their jobs. Since our last issue, all the man ufacturers in another Pennsylva nia town Milton have declared that none of their men may use liquors and keep their jobs. These level headed employers realize that the "Safety First" sentiment that is becoming more and more popular with both em ployer and employee is a farce as ong as intoxicants find their way into the brains of the workmen. INTERESTING HISTORY. Chapter Two, of Mr. J. A. Stewart! Historical Articles. Indian Trad ers Thwarted. . I will try this week to show what a great victory without battle was gained by our ances tors who were the first white set tlers in valleys of Fulton coun A IT V iy. i ou remember l stated in chapter one that beginning with 1755, Col. Forbes opened a road from Fort Loudon to Raystown now Bedford. This road is known to this day as the Forbes road. The Chambersburg and Bedford Turnpike road crosses and recrosses the Forbes road number of times. The Forbes road is distinctly traceable over the mountains and across the val leys all the way; rarely we los( sight of it as we travel the Lin coin Highway. Well, this victory was gained on the east side of Sideling Hill on the Forbes road. It was in March 1765, about ten years after this famous road had been opened. We have ma ny reasons to believe that a good ly number of whites had settled in the valleys along this road. borne think that iamilies now having large progenies, such as the Mellotts, Deshongs, Sipes, &c, were the first white set tiers in Licking Creek Valley; but there is nothing certain as to that What we do know is that Fort Loudon and Fort Littleton had been established some time prior to the opening of the For bes road, for the express purpose of giving refuge to the frontier white settlers and to protect their military and their food supplies, and that settlers had time and time again been compelled to flee to these places of refuge history makes that all plain and indis putable. At the time of this vic tory for the white settlers, it was well known that the Indians were destitute of the munitions of war and the settlers felt more safe. but withal they were even more watchful and mistrustful of the ndians and the detested traders; and so for their self protection the white settlers had organized a band of determined men called the "Black Boys," and as this brief history progresses the read er will the more fully see the workings of this organization. Early in March 1765, an un scrupulous and detested trader named Wharton, of Philadelphia, knowing that the Indians were destitute of munitions of war, determined that he would be first to supply them, so he sent forth under employees a 70-pack horse train loaded with supplies for the Indians to the value of 3,000 or about $14,520, consisting of whis ky, tomahawks, rifles, powder, flint lead, &c. intending to be first in the market at Fort Pitt (now Pittsburg) and being well aware that his enterprise would be viewed with suspicion by the frontier white folks, he instruct ed his employees to say that all the goods were consigned to George Egan, Deputy Indian A gent under Sir. Wm. Johnson at Fort Pitt The "Black Boys" did not believe this story as told by Warthon's employees, and fur ther discovered that a large quan tity of spirits, and warlike stores were included in the trainloads, This alarmed the country west of the Susquehanna, and especially the frontier settlers. One Wil liam Duffield raised fifty armed men and met the pack train in the Kittochtiny (now Cumber land) Valley, and requested the employees to store up their goods and not go on until further or ders. This the employees refus ed to do, and went on over the mountain where they lodged in a valley called "Great Cove." Mr. Duffield followed them with his men coming to the place where they encamped and he again rea soned with them of the great im propriety and danger of supply ing the Indians with munitions of war. But the employees made game of what he said, , and an swered him with ludicrous bur lesque, and tne next morning went on towards Sideling Hill. Now, as the historian has dpne, we will copy from the diary of Captain James Smith, the leader of the "Black Boys." When I beheld that Mr. Duf field could not make them store up their goods, I collected some of my old warriors and went off privately after night; we black ened and painted curfcelves and waylaid them at foot of Sideling Geo. W. Reisner h Co. A Large Assortment of Sum mer Dress Stuff's Just In. Ginghams, Seersuckers, Madras, Silk and Cot ton Mixtures that are beautiful for early Sewing. We have these things all in. See them and you will want them. Muslins are Cheaper. Muslins are cheaper than for some time past. A good unbleached yard-wide Muslin for 6 centswe say a GOOD ONE. Cretonnes for Comforts Cretonnes for comforts a yard wide for 10 cents a yard. Come in and see these Goods. We know we can PLEASE YOU. G. W. REISNER & CO. McConnellsburg, pa. Hill. I scattered my men about 120 rods along the side of the road, and ordered every two to take a tree, and about eight or ten rods between each couple, with strict orders to keep a re serve fire, or not to fire until his companion had reloaded his gun By this means we kept a constant slow fire upon them from front to rear. They called out 'pray, gentlemen, what would you have us to do?' We replied: collect your loads to the front and un oad them in one place; take your own private property and imme diately retire. When they were gone we destroyed what they eft" What a victory without a battle, and yet if those employ ees had not capitulated, and re tired, they would all have been massacred. Many readers have Been this road and the place of this victory, but never thought of what took place in their an cestor's days. A party composed of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Mathias, and Mrs. W. A. Montague, of Decorum, Huntingdon county, and Mrs. Eva Brant and son Charles, of Columbus, Illinois, spent a few a few hours shopping in town last Saturday, and in the after noon, went out to Casper Brant's and spent the time until Sunday afternoon. Mr. Brant is Mrs. Eva Brant's brother-in-law, and Mrs. Mathias's uncle. FARM FOR SALE. 113-acre farm, 65 acres cultivated, balance good timber. Good produc ing land. 6-room house with porches, summer kitchen, woodhouse, bank barn with shed overbarnyard. 2-storv implement shed. Wagon shed and corncrib, hogpen, chicken house, sprlngbouse All buildings have on worked siding and are well painted Good ruanlng water close the house. Close to store, school, and church, fleuty of fruit. 18 acres in wheat. A good stream of limestone water runs through the farm. The farm is situate miles north of MoCounellsburg the County Seat on State road, and it can be bought for almost what it coBt to put up the buildings. Will sell stock, farm implements and household goods with the farm if desired. Possession given April 1, 1915. My reason for selling is that I am greatly adlicted with rheumatism. If you think you would like to have the farm, get busy, for I mean to sell. Call on, or ad dress. J. C. FORE, l-2-8t Knobsville, Pa. M. R. SHAFFNER, Attorney at Law, Office on Square, j McConnellsburg, Pa. All legal baa.neet tad ooUeetlons entrusted wUl eoelTt eareftil and promui attention. L W. FUNK -:- DEALER IN -:- High Grade Plain Pianos, Player Pianos, Organs, Victrolas, Rec ords, and Professional Tu ner, McConnellsburg, Nothing adds more to the refinements of home than good music. To have good music you must have a good instrument. There are good bad and indifferent instru ments, and to the unskilled eye they look much alike. The unprincipled dealer is likely to make you pay a first-class price for a fourth-class instrument. I have lived in this county since my birth, I am a taxpayer and in a position to make good any business transactions. Buy your piano, organ, or victrola trom me and if it is not all right you can come back at me. There are families in every part of this county that have purchased instruments from me. Ask them about me. Perhaps you want to trade your organ for a Piano, or Player Piano; or your Plain Piano, for a Player. See me. Let's talk it over. L. W. If. M. COMERER, agent for 7 Hi, GEISER MANUFAC TURING COMPANY, BURNT CABINS, PA. for the sale of Traction and Portable Engines, Gaso- line, Separators, CI& rer Hollers, Saw mills, Stc. Engines on hand all the time. FUNK. Western Maryland Railway 'Company. In Effect September 27, 1914. Trains leave Hanooek as follows : , , No. T 1.40 a, m. (dally) for Cumberland, Pitta bumh and went, alao Went Virginia points. No. S J.W a. m. for Hageratown, Gettysburg. Hanover, York and Baltimore. No, 1 8.S0 a. m. (dally except 8nnday) Ex press tor Cumberland and Intermedial point. No. 4 .W a. m. (dally exoopt Sunday) Ex fireaa for Hegerstown, GettyRburg ianorer, Baltimore and Intermediate points. New York, Philadelphia, Wash Ington, eto. . . No, I.K p. m. (dally) Western Express for Cumberland, West Virginia polnta and the Went. No. 1 SOT p. m. (dally) Express for Hagere town, Waynesboro, Chambersburg, Frederick. Baltimore, Naw York, Phila delphia, Washlngon. A. L. WIBLE Auctioneer, KcConnellsborg, Pa, ' Prompt attention to all business In this tine. He may be found at his home on West Water street where he oonduota. barber, and shoe mending khop. 6-gl-tf
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