C0Ettfj i UK. VOLUME 17 McCONNELLSBURG, PA.. MAY 1S.191f. NUMBER 35 VICTIM OF PER0TIN1TIS. Rev. Walter Van Clcve Stewart, Dies After Surgical Operation in Phil adelphia Hospital. Rev. Walter Van Cleve Stew art, pastor of Mt. Carmel M. E. church, died at his home at 1531 Kerbaugh St., W. Philadelphia, May 10, 1916, aged 28 years, 9 months and 8 days. Mav 4th, Rev. Stewart was operated upon for appendicitis at the German Hospital, Philadelphia, and went through the operation in fine shape, but later, perotinitis de veloped and death resulted. Walter was one of the young est members of the Philadelphia Conference, he having been ad mitted to that Conference about four years ago, and was fully ordained last March after a thor ough examination, which he passed mcst creditably. He was licensed to preach in the Juniata District of the Central Pennsyl vania Conference about eight years ago, and served several charges at Shirleysburg, Con cord, and other places. Rev, Stewart was the young ;st son of George A. and Eliza beth Vau Cleve Stewart, and was jorn at the old Stewart home in foils Valley, near Wells Tan nery. He is survived by his es timable and beloved wife, his father, and by one sister, Mrs. losiah K. Blackmore of Glen ihaw, near Pittsburgh, by three brothers: B. Moody, at Altoona; fames E., of Cresson; Clarence 'ii of Ilooversville. The funeral ;ook place a 2 o'clock last Satur day afternoon, Rev. J. 'f. Gray, of the Erie Avenue M. E. church, together with other ministers of the Ministerial Union, officiating. His remains wre laid to rest in the Mount Carmel cemetery, Philadelphia. Karris for Congress. While the returns are yet some what incomplete, enough has been learned to make it sure that Geo. A. Harris has won the Dem ocratic nomination for Represen tative in Congress in the Seven teenth District of Pennsylvania by a handsome majority. He even carried-his opponent's own home county, and if yesterday's vote is any index to Mr. Harris's strength when he comes before the entire people next November this District will be represented by a Democrat in the next Na tional Congress. Mr. Harris's vote in his own county was most flattering it being practically a clean sweep. This recognition of the worth of one of Fulton's sons is not only a compliment to Mr. Harris, him self, but to Fulton County as well. The contest between S. L. Simpson and Clem Chesnut for the Democratic nomination for the legislature- resulted in favor of Chesnut by a majority of from forty to fifty, the returns not be ing all in as this is written. Returhs from nine districts show 156 votes cast for Focht and 59 for Williamson. It is believed that Focht has the nomination in the District by a safe majority. Ed D. Shimer's name will be ni the Republican ticket as can didate for the Legislature The Lincoln Highway. The great Lincoln Highway, which is to cover the whole ex panse of country from New York to San Francisco, will be 3389 tniles long. By railroad the dis tance is 3181 miles. It will pass through 725 cities, towns and vil lages including McConnellsburg, Pa.; traverses 13 States, touch ing Bix State Capitals, 113 coun ties and 81 county seats. The 113 traversed counties have a Population of 15,855.024. Harvey L. Sipes, who with his bother, and niece, Miss Gertrude spends most of his time at the National Hotel In Chambersburg, was in McConnellsburg between I trains" (autobuses) Tuesday. Facts About the Bible. Books, 39; chapters, 929; ver ses, 23214; words, 590,439; let ters, 2,728,109 in the old Testa ment. The middle book is Pro verbs; the middle chapter is Job 29; the word "said" occurs 35,543 times; the word Jehovah occurs 6,855 times; the 21st verse of the 7th chapter of Ezra contains all the letters of the alphabet except "j." The word Reverend occurs but once the 9th verse of 111th Psalm. The word girl occurs but once in the bible, and that is in the 3rd verse of the 3rd chapter of Joel. The most beautiful chap ter of the bible is the 23rd Psalm. All who flatter themselves with vain boasting should read the Cth chapter of Mathew. All human ity Bhould learn the 6th chapter of St. Luke from the 20th verse to the end of the chapter. The NewTestament contains27 books, 2G0 chapters, 7,959 verses, 181, 258 words and 338.380 letters. The middle book of the New Testament is I Thessalonians. The middle verse is Acts 17th; chapter, and 17th verse. The shortest verse 13 John 11 chapter, 35th verse. The longest verse is found in Esther 8th chapter, 9th verse. I Corinthians, 11th chap ter, veraes 28 and 29 explains the . Lords, supper. I Corinthians, i 9th chapter and 8th verse teach-1 es oou s cnnoren now to give, i I Corinthians', 5th chapter and 11th verse, tells wlut company. to choose. ' ihe len uommariU-t menta are recorded in the 20th chapter of Exodus. The two greatest commandments are found in Matthew 22: 37-39. In Luke ISth' chapter and 16th verse little children are called. All humanity should practise the law laid down in Romans 13th chapter 8th, 9th, and 10th verses. In Matthew 6th chapter, the Lord's Prayer is recorded. A Bible Reader. Dave You Noticed? We wonder how many of our readers have noticed the differ ence between the man who has been married but a short time and one who has been married several years. You can always tell a young husband from an old one. When a man has been married a few months, you will generally see him work ing in the garden or fixing up about the house and while he works he whistles, or sings, or occasionally looks up toward the window to see if anyone is watch ing him. A year later he is still working in the garden but, the smile has been exchanged for a frown and he occasionally looks up towards the house wondering why in thunder breakfast is not ready. Another year rolls by and his looks would sour milk, but he is still at work, stopping occasionally to kick the dog or throw a brick at the cat. The next year we find him sitting on the porch smoking a pipe while his wife does the digging in the garden. Now just watch our young men, as one by one they are caught in Cupid's net and see if this rule does not work out the problem correctly. State Takes Hand. Commissioners of counties who have neglected or refused to or der constables to slay dogs which have not been assessed and regis tered in boroughs or townships, will be sued by the State for fail ure to comply with the dog laws of 1893 and 1915. Constables who fail to kill dogs when order ed to do so, will be taxed $2 for every dog which other persons are employed to kill, but when the constable kills the dog, he gets a dollar for the job. Rev. J. E. Jackson will preach the Memorial sermon in the Au ditorium, Sunday morning, May 28th. Parker R. Skinner, son of the late Capt. George W. Skin- ner, will deliver the oration on Memorial Day. Subscribe lor tha Nswp, A Polnt LooU Oiit is one oi tliu Hjiots which the p;;ti'nt8 at the great Sanatorium at Mont Alto often make the objective point In the walks which they take through the great forestry reserve which surrounds the Institution. Here high on the mountain overlooking the country for miles around an observation tower has been con structed on an old monurch of the forest which was partially destroyed by lightning. From signal stations almost Identical with tho one pictured above tho Union and Confederate scouts during the days of the Civil War kept lookout, and with flags by day and torches by night signaled messages to and fro across these same mountains. This Is but one of the points of Interest In the vicinity of tho Mont Alto Sanatorium. The State Forestry Reservation consists of more than fifty-live thousands acres of woodland. The mountain streams and deer-haunted roads offer wonderful attractions for the patients who are fighting their way back to health and happiness. Com missioner of Health Samuel G. Dixon believes that this offers mental diversion which is of great gain to the patients. Fertilization of Apple Trees, "if you want to secure annual crops of apples from your trees it is very essential that you fer tilize them each year," says Shel don W. Funk, marketing garden ing" and fruit expert of the Penn sylvania Department of Agricul ture. Mr. Funk says: "Many people think that fruit trees need no fertilizer and let them shift for themselves, which is the cause of so many starved trees in this State. I believe more trees die of starvation each year than from any other single cause. "When mnnure of any kind is U3ed as feed it should be applied in the fall or sometime during the winter, but if you are using commercial fertilizer it should be applied about blossoming time. If you have not yet fed your tret-s, tliH is a good time to do it apply your fertilizer at once be fore you forget about it. "Trees on different soils of course require different kinds and different amounts of fertili zer and we can make no hard and fast rules, but by watching your trees closely you can tell what they need. Fertilize your bearing trees so that yo j seevre an average of from six to t.vtlve inches of new growth each sea son; young trees should grow considerably more than that. Al ways use a Rood high grade fer tilizer, which carries from 3 to G per cent, of nitrogen at d from 10 to 12 per cent, of phosphoric acid. "Some varieties of trees re quire more fertilizer than others but a safe rule is to apply about a pound of fertilizer to each tree for each year in age; for instance a twenty year old tree should have about twenty pounds. If you are cultivating the orchard apply it just before a cultivation, while if the orchard is in sod, ap ply it on top of the grass and the rains will take it down. Where the trees are large apply the fer tilizer over all the ground, ex cepting; A space of from four to MOUNTAIN-TOP OBSERVATORY six feet around the trunk of the tree. At this point we find near ly all brace foot3 and fertilizer does very little good there. On a younger tree apply the fertili zer well out beyond the spread of the branches so that it comes in contact with the feeding roots. The fertilization of the 'orchard costs so little and the results are so remarkable that you simply can't afford to neglect. C. V.S.N.S. Notes. The Fortieth Annual Reunion of the Fhilomathean Society was held in the Normal Chapel May 12th. The program was well rendered and much enjoyed by the audience. Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Baldwin and Prof. It. J. Mathias of Burnt Cabins, motored to the school on Saturday to visit the former's son, who is a junior. The regular Monthly Social was held in the gymnasium, last Saturday evening. All indications point b the largest audience ever gathered at a p-y entertainment in Normal Ch?pel next .Thursday, May 18, when the Shakespeare pageant will be presented. The installation of the newly elected officers of the Y. W. C. ! A. was held at the joint meeting ' of the two Christian Societies last Sunday evening, Miss Doro thy Kirk, of Biur Cove Tannery, and Miss Mary Cutchall, of Wa terfall, were elected members of the Cabinet. The Varsity baseball team de feated the Mercersburg Academy Reserves here on Saturday by the sore of 101. Barnhart starred for Normal with 3 hits, one of these was a three base hit. The team will go to Millersville next Saturday to play their sister normal. Mrs. W. S. Brant, and her daughter Mrs. Geo. W. King, and Reuben E. Brant and wife, went to Chambersburg last Sat urday to spend a few days among their Franklin County relatives, Rev. C. W. Seville Has Resigned. From the MliiDcapolls (Ivuns) MrnvtiKer. Rev. C. W. Seville, pastor of St Paul's Lutheran church of this city has tendered to the par ish his resignation which will take effect at the close of the Vesper services Sunday evening May 28th. Rev. Seville has ac cepted the pastorate of the Luth eran church is Gypsum, Colorado Gypsum is located on the other side of the continental divide and is a little smaller than Min neapolis. Rev. Seville came to Minneapo lis as pastor of the Luth eran church April 29, 1914 and during his two year3 ministry here his church has increased its membership 150 per cent. He has been a faithful and constant worker in the church has taken a good deal of interest in civic affairs as well. He will be great ly missed by the members of his congregation and his many other friends. Banqueted at Everett. On Thursday morning of last week, Josiah Baughman Post No. 131 of Everett held their regular business meeting and the session was attended by eleven members of William Watson Post, No. 334 Bedford, Pa. After the business to be transacted had been con cluded the visitors were invited to the Hotel Juniata, where the eleven Bedford visitors and twenty-six membersof theBaugh man Post sat down together and enjoyed a sumptuous "mess." The average age of the Bedford boys was 72 and the youngest, G9 Dr. Enfield, John Holler and DeCharmes Davis. Judge Long enecker and Capt Hissong were the oldest 76 years. The aver age age, of the 2G Everett boys was 70, the oldest being John Adams. aod William Boyd-81, and the youngest being W. S. Mullin-C8. Harry Balser, Hancock is pay ing $12 for Rockoak barkanp$10 for Blackoak. Solving the Marketing Problem. The question of finding suit able and ample markets for their crops has worked a hardship to the farmers of Pennsylvania for many years and in some commu nities still works against the ef forts of the farmers to raise max imum crops. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture is now engaged in working out some method of assisting the farmers in isolated districts to market their farm products. The problem of the best means and method to develop markets for the products of the farms that are somewhat removed from the cities and the market centers is a big one, but plans that are now under way are expected to aid materially during the coming sea son. With a source of sale for their products established many farm ers will work for better quality and larger production in their farm crops and the aid that the Department of Agriculture can give in finding a market for these products will mean much more profit to the farmer for his la bors. The marketing problem is one Arhich has the attention of the United States Government at the present time through the bill in troduced in Congress by Senator Sheppard of Texas. This bill provides for the establishment of a National Chamber of Agricul ture with units made up by town ship, county and State bodies. In this way the marketing work will be organized in communities md will have the assistance of che county, State and National associations to carry it through. The bill provides that an or ganization of twenty farmers in a township can form a unit and when four township units have been organized a county cham ber can be organized. When one-third of the counties of any State are organized a State Cham ber of Agriculture can be form ed and granted a charter by the National body. When twenty States have organized the Na tional Chamber of Commerce will become a permanent body. From its inception the President of the United States has the au thority to appoint the necessary officers and nine members, six of whom shall be practical farmers. The work of the organization will consist of helping to market the products of the farm and pro vides that when any member or township unit desires to offer for sale or to purchase any agri cultural product or commodity related to the farm, they com municate with the secretary of the local chamber who shall meet their demand or communicate it to the secretary of the county chamber, who in turn communi cates with the State chamber and if the order cannot be filled there the matter goes to the Na tional Chamber to provide a mar ket for the products offered for sale or desired to be purchased. This system will provide a na tional wide market, if necessary to dispose of the products offered by any one township or county unit and is thought to be a big step in solving tne marketing problem. The bill is sponsored and backed by the Secretary and Commissioners of Agriculture in a number of the most prominent agricultural states. Her Neglectful Parents. She was young, very pretty and had been engaged less than forty-eight hours. "Mamma," she said softly, "Harry is just perfectly wonderful !" "Yes, Muriel," replied her mother un derstandingly. "Yes, he is! Why you and papa have known me known me all my life and never noticed it !" "Never no ticed what dear?" "Why, Har ry kept looking into my eyes last evening and every time he look ed into them he whispered to me that each one was just a little bit bluer than the other " THE LABORATORY. Little Talks on Health and Hjgicne by Samuel G. Dixon, 1H. D., LL D., Commissioner of Health. To many minds the mention of a laboratory brings some haunt ing suggestion of flickering fur nace fires and cabalistic signs. In the first dim morning of scien tific endeavor knowledge pro tected itself from ignorance by a cloak of Mystery. That 'u: van ished. Science now stands close beside us ever ready to aid To the practicing physician the laboratory has become a necessi ty. There are numerous diseases which can be determined with absolute tccuracy by means of laboratory tests and with less delay than is possible without this aid. The basis of any successful treatment must be an accurate knowledge of the disease. This is why it is necessary for the physician to have recourse to the laboratory. It makes certain what would otherwise be in doubt. With the microscope we can determine tissue changes which indicate disease and the chemist can determine the character of certain fluids of the body which are caused by diseases of the various organs. O wing to the rapid advance in medical science laboratory work has become a speciality in itself. It is impossible for the practi tioner in the majority of instan ces, or even the small hospitals throughout the State, to main tain well equipped laboratories with pathologists. In Pennsylvania, the State De partment of Health maintains a free laboratory to aid the prac titioners in rural districts and municipalities too small to main tain their own. State Agriculture Nates. May 1 reports from all sections of the State show a decided gain in the prospects of a normal peach crop over the indications of a month ago. In Adams coun ty the center of the peach belt the indications on May 1 were for 76 per cent, of a normal crop against 52 per cent on April 1. According to reports from all sections of the State the livestock is in splendid condition. In twen ty-one counties the condition is reported above the average while in twenty-six counties the condi tion is normal. Little disease i3 reported and the livestock has spent a splendid winter. The Dairy and Food Bureau of the Department of Agriculture has started a crusade against maraschino cherries used in cock tails and as trimmings for ice cream "sundaes." It has been found upon analysis that many of the cherries contain sulphur dioxide which is prohibited by the pure food law. Reports from crop correspon dents state that the clover mead ows, wheat and rye have been very little damaged this spring by heaving and splendid crops are expected. Farm labor is reported very scarce and in many sections the farmers are from two to four weeks behind with their spring work. Reports from various sections of the State indicate that the El berta peaches have been greatly affected by the changing weath er conditions in Jaunary and Feb ruary. Mrs. Florence Wible, Mount Union, has received word from her attorney at Lewistown that the Court has Bigned her decree in divorce, and that she is now a single woman under the law, and shall be known by her maiden name unless she chooses to change it by marrying again, I
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