iff VOL. XIX. SO. 3'2. JlcCONNELLSBURG, PA., APRIL 25, 1918. $1.50 A YLAK. lttit0tt 6 OK RECORD OF DEATHS. ... ctrhct of the Lives of Per- SOaS WHO liac iwwsuiij Passed Away. Martin L. Peck. Martin L. Peck died at hi3 rl U -.. n l)atantlo iomeatPecktonville, Md.t Fn day evening, April 19, 1918 aged 6') years, 5 montha. and 27 days. The funeral services conducted (y his pastor Eld. J. W. Smoot, if he Primitive Baptist Church, took place on the following Mon jay morning and interment was frade in the cemetery at the To taloway Baptist church. The mmediate cause 01 ma ueaw waa cute Bright's disease, ne oeing . i I.:- U.A knf f txm rlnva The deceased was a son of Dan I and Nancy Hart Peck, and he ras born in Belfast township, this ounty, October 23, 1848. Avail- g himself of the meager advan ces offered by the home schools, e fitted himself for teaching nd taught successfully for sev- ral years in the public schools of ihis county and in Washington fcounty Md. In February, 1877, e was married to Miss Jennie lawn, near Parkhead,- Md., and esided in that community until he time of his death. He is sur- ived by his widow and by one w 1 T-l-l l- -...J V, ... on, uaniei uaipn, auu uy ui aughter Ruth Virginia, wife of . G. Bachtelof Chambersburg. Martin was a busy man. He as engaged in farming, milling, umbering and contracting. He as a consistent member of the primitive Baptist Church and a tseful citizen in his neighbor hood. John W. Creek. John W. Creek, formerly of Union township, but more re- ently a resident of Hancock. died in a hospital in Hagers- own, Friday, April 12, 1918 of tomach trouble, aged about 55 ears. The funeral services kere held in the Buck Valley M. church on the following Mon day and interment was -fllade in he cemetery at that church. Mr. Creek's first wife was Re- Wa, daughter of Charles and Wjlhelmina Hebner Hendershot, ana 10 inis union mree suua qui- five, namely, Uiaries, jonns- own, Pa. ; Clem, Baltimore, and Harry, Pittsburgh. His second jvife was Ellen the widow of halmers Boor and a daughter If the late Ephraim Garland. Ehe survives. Mr. Creek has hree sisters and one brother iving, namely, Mrs. Shafer Hovermale, Hagerstown; Mrs. Iaria Norris, of Cohill and Al- pert Creek, residing at Sideling Jlill. Mr. Creek was a member of the P. Q. S. of A. who had charge of the funeral services. Rachel Ann Skinner. Rachel Ann Skinner, died at Miehome of J. C. Stitt near pry Run, Pa., April 5th, 1918. Rged 74 years, 7 months, and 16 days. Deceased was the widow of the late John A. Skinner, a Civil war veteran who died about G years ago. Funeral service at the Stitt home by her pastor Rev. D. I. Camp on the 7th. In terment at Spring Run cemetery. She was a member of the Upper Path Valley Presbyterian church, was a daughter of William and Nancy Stitt Harper of Neelyton, Pa. Mrs. Skinner first married Thomas Appleby who was among the number who died in Libby Prison during the Civil war, and was a brother of J. D. Appleby, of Shade Gap. Mrs. Skinner was the last of the Har per family, as her brothers and sisters died some years ago. Heart trouble caused her death. Mrs. Margaret Bolinger. Mrs. Margaret Bolinger, wid ow of William Bolinger who died many years ago, passed away at the State Hospital, Harrisburg, Tuesday, April 14, 1918 aged about 70 years. Her body was taken to Orbisonia to the home f her niece Mrs. Howard Apple by, from which home the funeral wa held at 2 o'clock Friday. HUSTON AT McCONNELLSBL'RG. Do Not Fail to Dear the Story of One of Our Home Bojs Who Has Seen the Trenches. Mr. Amos Huston of Three Springs, Pa., will speak in the Public School Auditorium in Mc Connellsburg, on Monday even ing April 29th at 8 o'clock. Mr. Huston has been over in France in the Ambulance Ser vice and tells a most interesting story of his experiences and of what he has seen. He has been speaking at sev eral places in the County to large audiences. He gives his services free. Every one is cor dially invited to come and hear him. There will be no admittance fee. She was a faithful member of the M. E. church all her life and took an active interest in the work of the Church. She is sur vived by three sisters one resid ing at Shade Gap, one at Mc Connellstown, and oue in Brock ton, Mass. Mrs. Margaret Marshall. At the age of 78 years, 10 months and 16 days, Mrs. Mar garet Marshall passed away at the home of her son Harry Mar shall in Todd towpship on Sun day, April 21, 1918, after a short illness of influenza. The funeral took place on Tuesday afternoon and interment was made in the cemetery at Bethlehem church. Mrs. Marshall was a daughter of John and Jane Wilson Sher msn, the former having been born in Germany. She was mar ried to George Marshall who died several years ago. To this union the following children were born; Samuel, John, George, Thomas, Harry, Van, Jennie, wife of a Mr. Snyder, near Brownsville; Mary, wife of A. B. Wakefield, Mt. Union, and Tillie, wife of Bert Brant, near McConnellsburg. Van died a few years ago. Mrs. Marshall is survived by two brothers. John and Thomas Sherman, and by one sister, Ann, wife of George W. Mock near Burnt Cabins. Mrs. Marshall was a woman of remarkable constitution, kindly disposition and a good neighbor. Barton. ' At the tender age of 1 year, 1 month and 17 days, the only son of Prof, and Mrs. Harper P. Barton of Hustontown was taken by death from the fond parents on the 12th day of April, 1918. The child had whooping cough about a week, when it suddenly became violently ill. Loving pa rents, faithful nurses and skilled physicians were alike powerless to stay the arch enemy of man kind. Real sympathy for Prof, find Mrs. Barton can come only from those who have passed through a like ordeal. Mrs. Adam Wagner. Mary, wife of Adam Wagner, died at their home in Brush Creek township, Friday, April 12, 1916, aged about 59 years. The cause of her death wrs tu berculosis. Funeral services were held at the lower church in Whips Cove on the following Sunday, and in terment was made in the ceme tery near. ' The deceased is survived by her husband and two children- Harry and Lena Letonia, both of Berkeley Springs, W. Va. Margaret Lynch. Margaret, aged about 12 years, daughter of Victor and Annie Slacker Lynch, died at their home at Berkeley Springs, W. Va., Tuesday night, April 16, 1918 of tuberculosis. The funeral took place on Friday and interment was made in the cemetery atAnti och church on Timber Ridge. The UlUO 11 1 UClU UCCU 111 fUUl liv-ttil.il for a long time. She was taken to a hospital in the hope that some thing might be done to restore her to health, but all to no avail. "FROM ATLANTA TO THE SEA." Veteran ' Who MarclKd Yi'ith General Sherman Calls fur Congressman local's Ik-Nomination. Mr. Jame3 J. McMulIen, the well known respected citizen and life-long Republican of East Waterford, Juniata County, has authorized the publication of a letter he recently wnte Con gressman Focht. Mr. McMulIen served in the Civil War as a cav alryman, being a member of the "Simon Cameron Lochiel Cav alry", v.'hi'.'h was the 9th Pa. and Company E. This grand old veteran, who was with General William T. Sherman from "At lanta to the Sea" has made public the letter as follows: East Waterford, Pa. Ai-ril 2, 1918. Hon. Benjamin K. Focht, Washington, D. C. Dear friend Mr. Fociit: I have your letter and the stnte merit regarding the pension claim which you are giving your char acteristic careful attention, I krow you will work this out for us as you have thousands of others for the soldier3 and sol diers' widows. The United States is just now passing through a frightful crisis and such a3 never before and which we hope will never occur again. I am confident the voters of the county will recognize the importance of retaining pres ent members of Congress who have done things so well in our great trial. This is no time to fool with factional or personal politics. It is legislation and ex perienced work for the people we now need, and it surely can be better enacted by men whose minds have been trained in this work. I hope that your expe rience will be amply recognized, and that you nay be retr.ined in Congress until this war is over and the country restored to peace and prosperity. I would like to see the voters of the 17th Dis trict renominate you by acclama tion, for your constituents want you for your dependable and in telligent work for all the people, This work you have done most diligently and without discrimi nation as to rich, poor, high or low. Closing with thanks for the kindness you have always shown me, I am. Sincerely your friend, James J. Mc.Uullen. AJvertlhcint nl To l'lsce Signs. The Chambersburg Motor Club has taken final action on the signs to be placed at each end of the Lincoln Highway on the Fulton and Adams county lines. The signs will be 8 by 21 feet, and will inform the tourist that he is within the Cumberland Valley. The signs will be placed within the next ten days. The letters will be rod and blue with a white background. The signs will be inscribed as follows: Entrance to the CUMBERLAND VALLEY 18 miles to Chambersburg Population 15,000 The Most Attractive City in the Valley. Erected by Chamber of Commerce and Motor Club. Must Sign Name. We have received from "some one" at Clear Ridge a communi cation for publication in this week's News in which the send er says the fellow who wrote the items from Clear Ridge last week "is another;" that, instead of Clear Kidge being a peaceful little village, the people up there use swear words, say naughty things, play cards on Sunday, and tell lies on the Sundaylchool superintendent. But as the writer's name did not accompany the article, we cannot publish it. Of course, we did not want the name of the writer for pub lication, but we must have it for our own protection. For State Senator. (Thlrtj-ilxtli District) it. - i V-- ?r' si-'- V V. 'X f r "A JOHNS. MILLKtt, of Suinertet, IV John S Millnr wa born on a farm in Jenner Township, Somer set County, Li ; reue vod his early education ua t ho farm and district school; taught tchonl s( v oral terms; whs graduated from Washington A Jetlersou College in 11)01; admitted to praciice of law in 1!)01; elected District At torney in 1 SJ07, as the nominee of the Rppublican party, f r one term, liH S1S12, ard ha3 since combiutd farming with practice of law. Mr. Miiler is, actively identi fied with the agricultural inter ests of Somerset County, being a member of the Patrons of Hus bandry and organizsr and sec rptary of the Couutv F.'.rm Bureau, lie is active in eom irunity and church work and all moral uplift and welfare move uints of his town and county. Being earnestly opposed to tho l:luor traflic ho has for some years past acted as counsel fi r remonstrants against liquor li censes and bet-u diligent in tl.e f jstering of anti saloon, and pro hibition sentiment. Mr. Miller has always been a Ropublicin in po!itic 'and has Uio endorsement of the Dry Fed iM iition A'lti Saloon Leugue, Pro nibition Party,. 1 iterdnomina Uonal Sunday Softool Association, Adult O.izau'z-d Biulo Classes, V. 0. T U , at.d other temper at ce-arid uplift organizations of Somerset Cunty, for Sta'.o Sena lor on the tickets of the several political parties. Lie respectfully po'icits the support of the Dry voters of all poiiiic.il t filiations at tho Pri m .try elcctioi , on Tuesday, May 21, pledin himsolf, if elected to tho Senate to voto for tho ratifi cation by tin Pennsylvania L :t islature of the National P.nlnbi lit u amendment and all ottie tempei a:ico legislation tint may couio h ;i'o-o tho Seuato whi'o he is a ujtMiib'T Ailvt'itlscmont. Paxlua fiuiff. At the First United Brethren parsonage in Chambersburg. Rev. Dr. L. Walter Lutz united in marriage Bruce H. Paxton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin H. Paxton and Miss Margaret E. Finiff, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas I. Finiff all of Cham bersburg. Both are well-known young people of that town. Miss Charlotte Finiff, sister of the bride, and Miss Ethel Paxton, sister of tne groom, accompanied the couple and witnessed the ceremony. They will reside in Chambersburg, Mellott Truax. At the home of the bride's pa rents Rev. and Mrs. W. R. Truax, near Pleasant Ridge on Wednesday, April 17, 1918, Miss Jessie Margaret Truax was mar ried to Mr. Rowe Chester Mel lott, sons of the late Miles and Rachel Schooley Mellott. The bride and groom are well known young people and have the best wishes of their many friends. Esther Agnes is the name of a fine little daughter recently ad ded to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sanner E. Ray in McConnells J J- ill ) ) ! "Mr BIT VOTED WITH "RETS." "Dry" Voters Put Wise to the Record tf Senator Janus W. Endsley. The following special dispatch to the Philadelphia North American frankly give3 the "wet" and "dry" records of certain gentlemen from Somer set County seeking re-election to the Legislature. Somerset, Pa., April 13. Slate Senator James W. Endsley, one of the more feeble Penrose members of the upper branch of the Legislature, is trying for renomination in the Somerset-Bedford-Fulton district, after all, failing to live up to reports that he would drop out to avoid defeat. Altho he voted with the "wets" in the only division of the Senate oa the liquor question last ses sion. Endsley advertises that "I renew the pledge made when I was a candidate for the first time several years ago, and which I consistently kept thru out my legislative career: To support temperance legislation and to vote for the ratification of the prohibition amendment to the constitution of the United States." " The test on the liquor and anti liquor attitude of state senators occurred on June 27, when a motion to suspend the rule3 in order to give immediate con sideration to a resolution urging Congress to enact the food con trol bill then pending, which in cluded an anti-liquor section, was voted down, 26 to 16. The regular defenders in the Senate, like Crow, McNichol, Beidleman and Salus, were quick to recog nize the resolution as antagonis tic to the grain-consuming booze trade, and Endsley voted ith them to prevent, its con sideration at the time chosen by its supporters, as page 4312 of the Senate Journal sets forth. Having obtained a black and white record of the 2G to 16 roll call, the "dry" senators, know irg their resolution could not be passed, because of liquor dom ination in the Senate, did not call it up for consideration the following day, when it would have been in order under the rules. By this course they de prived any senators who wanted to flop harmlessly to the "dry" side in an effort to square them selves with constituents, of the opportunity to do so. The Dry Federation of Somer set county is supporting John S. Miller for the Republican sena torial nomination against End sley, aiming to elect a man who will not vote with the "wets" under any circumstances. The federation's candidates for the House are John P. Statler, and Paul D. Clutton.' Representative Robert W. Lohr, who voted with the Pen rose element last session to make Dick Baldwin, choice of the "wets," speaker of the House, and then stood with the temper ance forces on legislative meas ures, is asking renomination. Hia colleague in the House, Morris W. Spekher, a Penrose liquor member all the way thru, also wants another term. Ad vertisement. Fagley Hess. Mr. John Fagley and Misa Ada Hess, both of Licking Creek township were married in Cham bersburg on Wednesday of last week. The groom is an enter prising farmer and lumberman and the bride a popular young lady. Mr. and Mrs. Fagley have the best wishes of their numerous friends. Clavbangh Strait. At the Lutheran parsonage, McConnellsburg on Thursday, April 18, 1918, the pastor, Rev. C. F. Jacobs, united in marriage Mrs. Mary Strait, of Saluvia and James F. Claybaugh of Everett. Mr. and Mrs. Claybaugh will re side in Everett. He Is a Fulton County Boy. The Republic Item, published in Chicago, has this to say of George A. Wishart, son of the late Hon. S. P. Wishart of Wells Tannery: "The American Sales Book Company has what they call the Amsaboco Trophy, presented by the peesident of the company, and ultimately to be given to their best salesman. Their method of determining who is best seems a decidedly fcir one. Each salesman is given a quota, based on past sales , records, and territorial possibilities, etc. At the end of three months the name of the man who has furthestpassed his quota is engraved on the cup. And when one one's name has appeared three times the cup will come into his permanent possession. "At the end of the last three months' period Mr. George A. Wishart, of the Chicago office, had a percentage of 211 per cent, or 111 per cent higher than his quota, and the highest percent age for the quarter, so he is the present owner of the cup. "The Chicago office of the American Sales Book Company is in Room 1307 of The Republic, with Mr. F. S. Graham manager and Mr. Wishart associate mana ger. Bath men have been with the company for a good many years. Mr. Wishart wa3 with the old American Sales Book Campany 12 years before its consolidation with the Carter Crum Company in 1911. He was district manager of ten states until two years ago, when hewas transferred to Chicago city territory." A Long War Ahead. Washington, April 21 Some of the more influential members of the house committee on military affairs ha've become convinced that the United States must be prepared to carry on the war for from three to seven years longer. They realize that this is not a very cheerful outlook, but feel it would be worse than unwise to paint the situation in any but its true colors. The congressmen will take this message home to the people when they return to their constituencies after the ad journment of the house and sen ate some time during the sum mer. It is not the sort of news they would like to convey, but they are convinced America's chances of winning the war will show a sudden leap upward from the moment that the hope of peace is discarded in favor of the reality that the United States is in for a long, hard war. Bohman McQuade. Mr. Ralph Wilson Hohman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Hoh man, and Miss Hazel Catherine McQuade daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel B. McQuade all of Ayr township were married Wednesday evening, April 21, 1918 at the parsonage of the Uni ted Presbyterian church by the pastor, Rev. Wilson V. Grove. After the ceremony the happy couple left on a honeymoon trip. Both bride and groom are fine young people start out in mar ried life with the best wishes of many friends. Raymond T. Eichelberger, youngest son of Landlord and Mrs. Thomas Eichelberger of the Union Hotel, Everett, Pa., is now a full fledged man-bird, hav ing received a commission as Lieutenant and assigned to pur suit work in the aviation service, which is quite an honor for the young man. He is in class A and will beseut to Lake Charles, La., where he will do scout and pur suit work entirely. v Mr. Wm. E. Ott of Back Run, spent Wednesday in Chambers burg, and was accompanied home by his daughter Mary who had spent the past.two weeks in the Chambersburg hospital. TRACTORS NOW AT WORK. Lieutenant fiovernor RTcCIain Tells of Progress Made on Farms , in Pennsylvania. Philadelphia,' April 17 Frank B. McClain, Lieutenant Govern or, who among his other numei ous war activities is Chairman'of the State Tractor Service' Com mittee ' of the Pennsylvania Commission of Safety and De fense, announced today tfrat the work of placing tractors was progressing satisfactorily in spite of the delays in shipment of machines, caused by railroad conditions. Mr. McClain said that the greater numbers of requests for tractors had been received from tne farming counties of South Eastern Pennsylvania, whiAi counties have been hardest hit in the matter of farm labor by the drain from factories and ship-building plants. Tractors are now in seventeen counties out of the total of sixty seven in Pennsylvania. They are as follows: Lehigh Colnmbia, Butler, Bradford, Crawford. Blair, Del aware, Bucks, Potter, Montgom ery, Erie, Lawrence, Washing ton, Mercer. Tioga, Venango and Huntingdon. One tractor will do in a day about four times as much work as a man, a team and a plough. The tractors will be worked 11 or 1G hours a day with double shifts, one operator working 7 or 8 hours, and being relieved by another who will take a similar tour of duty. It is estimated that a man and a team can plough about three acre3 per day, whereas a tractor can plough twelve. About a score of machines are now at work and others will be on the job in the course of a few days. I'lilizicg Old Grass Lani The present is an admirable opportunity to make goo J use cf the old worn-out, hide-bound mowings or .meadows. As a rule, old grass land is the most unprofitable part of an average eastern farm. Unless they are regularly top-dressed they do not yield enough grass to pay their way on the farm. As a rule, the old mowings are workable. They were tilled in the old days, and there is no reason why thev may not be tilled now. Though they are stony we have steel tools adapted to working rough land. The principal drawback to these old grass fields is low fertility. From time immemorial they have been cropped to death. How ever, the present is a good time to start to reclaim them. A small amount of plantfood accompanied by thorough preparation of the seed bed will result in fair crops of certain kinds of grain. The old neglected mowings should be utilized this year and made to produce something more profitable than scant, weedy hav. The present is a splendid oppor tunity to break them up and uti lize them for the growing of cereals, either corn, oats, buck wheat or wheat. When condi tions are as they now are eastern farmers can afford to grow some things in addition to hay and ensilage corn. New England Farms. Two Years More. In an address before the New York legislature in joint session up in Albany last week, ex President Taft said the United States must put an army of from five to seven millions of men fully equipped on the west ern front to win the war. It will require two years to do this, and probably another year to smash German militarism. Mr. Joseph Sipes of Licking Creek township, came to town last Thursday and spent the night in the home of his old neighbors Judge Wesley Hoop and daugh ter Miss Sallie. A
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