est 0 A. UK ifttlton VOLUME 4. McCONNELLSHUKG, 1V.. APHIL Hi, 1003. NUMBER 31 CUPID'S LITTLE ARROW. COMING EAST. HARVEST OF DEATH. SCHOOL SALARY BILL SIGNED. : HEW MARRiAC: LAW GOES INTO EFFECT. LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Three Weddings of Well Known People Last Wednesday. WHITKHH.t, NPEF.U. ()u Wednesday, April 8, 190H, a very pleasant wedding, at which uoao but the family were present took place at the home of Mrs. R. Abbio Speer at Saluvia. Mr. Ed ward C. Whitehill of Yellow Creek Bedford county and Miss Anna Speer were the contracting par ties, and Rev. Win. A. West, D. P., was the officiating clergyman. While we congratulate Mr .White hill, we cannot help feeling a lit tle pouty that ho came over hero and took away one of Fulton coun ty's best church and Sunday school workers. TKOULKR DESHONG. At the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Harriet Deshongof Pleasant Ridge, at 10 o'clock on Wednesday, April 8, 1903. Rev. J. G. Rose, pastor of the Presby terian church at Mercersburg, Pa., united in marriage MissLin ua A. Deshong and Mr. Harvey Trogler. The bride was beautifully gowned and the wedding was a very pretty one. The brides maid was Miss Edith Trogler and the gr oin was attended by his brother, Mr. David Trogler. There were about forty guests present, relatives and intimate friends of the parties. On Wednesday evening Mr. and Mrs. William A. Trogier of Mercersburg, gave an elaborate reception to their son and his bride. Miss Deshong has been a faith ful member of the Fulton .County News corps of local correspon dents, and her contributions will be missed. , 4 Mr. Trogler and his wife will resido on their farm four miles south of Mercersburg. We with their other many friends, join in wishing them success and happi ness. EITEMILLElt NAUOLE. A very pretty wedding took place last Wednesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George A. Comerer of this place, when Mr. .Charles H. Eitemiller and Miss Nannie Elizabeth Naugle were united in marriage by Rev. A. G. Wolf. The wedding march was played by Mrs. Geo. W. Reis ner. The groomsman was Jacob H. Comerer, and the bridesmaid, Miss Mertie Comerer. The bride, gowned in Paris muslin aud carrying a bouquet of whito carnations, looked very pretty, while the bridesmaid who wore Persian lawn and carried pink caruatious was very attrac tive. About fifty guests were pres ent, and after congratulations, delightful refreshments were served. The bride and groom were the recipients of a tine lot of baud some and useful presents. Finer Amputated. William Flagle a teamster in the employment of Kalbach & opanaler near Knobsville met with an accident -last Friday af ternoon which caused him the loss of part of tho second linger of his left hand. Mr. Flagle was hauling a load of corn from Franklin county aud when near David Hershey's in Tod township pulled out the Ussy hoard and attempted to get on it when it broke and ho fell In attempting to save himself from being crushed by the mov mg wagon, the finger as before stnted was caught by the wheel and crushed. Drs. Mosser and McKibbln amputated the finge at the first joint at Dr. Mosser 'i office in this place last Saturday morning. Mr. T. Riloy Kline, a former resident of this county, but who during tho last twenty years has been a prosperous citizen of Franklin, spent a day or two last week with his old friend Judge morion at tho latter's homo near town. . ASSOCIATE JUDGES. Tlielr Powers and Duties, Term of Office, Salary, and Those Who Have Held the Position. This being tho year for the elec tion of an Associate Judge in this county, it may be of interest to know something of tho duties, &c, of that office, hence this ar ticle. POWERS AND DUTIES. Their powers and duties not being generally known, Associ ate Judges are frequently spo ken of in derision, are called side udges, figure-heads, &c, and many suppose that their places could easily bo filled by wooden men ; but such is not the case : they have extensive powers, aud they are often called upon to pur form important duties. It was decided by the Supreme Court over a hundred years ago that an Associate Judge when on the Bench has a right to deliver his sentiments upon every mat ter that comes before the Court, aud has a right to be heard, though the President Judge is the organ or mouth-piece of the Court. The two Associates be ing a majority of the Court, can over-rule the President Judge; they can fix the term of impris onment of persons convicted of crimes in Court ; they can con trol all appointments where the power to make appointments is vested in the Court; they can grant licenses to applicants to sell intoxicating liquors, or they can refuse the applications eveu against the protest of the Presi dent Judge, as was done in Hun tingdon county a few years ago when all the applications were refnsed and Huntingdon county was without a licensed house. We might cite many other pow ers of the Associates ; but the above shows enough to satisfy our readers that good meu, men of intelligence, men of ability, meu of honor, conscientious men only, should be elected to fill the office. When not on the Bench, Asso ciate Judges, also, have unlimit ed powers in many things ; they can perform the marriage cere mony, take acknowledgments of deeds and other instruments of writing ; they can issue warrants and have persons arrested and fined for drunkenness, profanity, or for profaning the - Lord's day; and, in fact, they have the same powers and authority in criminal matters as are possessed by a Justice of the Peace. TEKM OF OFFICE. Associate Judges are elected for a term of five years and are commissioned by the Governor; and should one die in office, his successor is appointed by the Governor. If a vacancy should happen more than three calendar months immediately preceding the next general election, his suc cessor must be elected at that general election, but if less than three calendar months, then at the second succeeding general election. The elective term com mences on the first Monday of January following the election. Compare the appointments of John B. Hoke and John W. Bohu with those of M. W. Houck and John M. Fore, as found in anoth er paragraph of this article. SALAKY. In our County the salary of an. Associate Judge is $.'100.00 per annum, and is paid by tho State In quarterly instalments of $75.00 each; but in addition to their sal ary, they are allowed mileage for all distance traveled when on ofli-' cial business at the rate of 15 cents circular ; they can also, draw with each quarterly instal ment $5.00 per day for each day or fractional part of a day spent during the quarter on official bus iness, but in no case can the sala ry exceed $300.00. per annum. Associate Judges are frequently called to the County Seat to stay executions, approvo bonds, in habeas corpus proceedings aud Major Frank lies and Family Will Return to Pennsyl vania. Mr. Snott Tritle informed us a few days ago that Major Friod: Uess who has been at Sau Diego, Cal., for some time expects to come east iu a few mouths. He and his son Frank expect to goto Carlisle and his daughters to Lin den Hall Seminary at Litiz, Lan caster county, Pa. Miss Lib Hess who has been iu the home of the Major two or three years, will re turn at the same time. She is com ing to Iowa where she will visit Bess, Mrs. Bragouier and Mrs, Frank Vaucleve, and before the snow falls next autumn she will likely be in McConnellsburg. Their many friends will be de lighted to hear of their intoutiou to return to their homeland. other matters, when, of course, they receive mileage. HAVE HELD THE OFFICE. I The following persons have till- j ed the office of Associate Judge j since the organization of the County : Mark Dickson of Mc-1 Conuellsburg, and David Maun Jr., of Licking Creek township, were appointed by Governor Johnstou, January 23, 151, and served until the first Monday of Jauuary 1852, when they were succeeded by Samuel Robinson of Ayr, and Nathan Kelly of Dub lin, who had been elected at the fall election of 1851. Mr. Kelly dying iu office, John W. Bohn of McConnellsburg, was appointed May 14, 15(5, and served to the I close of that year. At the fall ele.:tiou in Wi(5 Wil- j liam Sloan Nelson of Ayr, father j of our present Associate Judge, David A. Nelson, aud William Lodge of Brush Creek were elect ed aud went into office in Janua-! rv 'ST. Thov lived to servo their term out, aud were succeeded in 180:2 by Lemuel Gordon of Beth el, and Robert Campbell of Dub lin, who iu like manner were suc ceeded in 18ti7 by Jeremiah Por ter of Tod, aud George W. White of Wells. The latter died in of fice, and John B. Hoke of Ayr was appointed April 0, 1h"1, to succeed him, aud serv :d until January following, when Daniel Logan of Ayr, aud Thomas Sipes of Licking Creek, went on the oeuch, and were succeeded five years later (1877) by George W. Barton of Brush Creek (father of County Superintendent Chas. E. Bartou), aud James Cooper of Tod. These gentlemen were suc ceeded in 1882 by John Daniels of Bethel, and Samuel L. Buckley of Dubliu, who were succeeded iu 1887 by Jacob McDonald of Mc Connellsburg, and Peter Gordon of Dublin. Five years later (1892) Joshua Uixson of Brush Creek, and Thomas Gracey of Taylor, went into office, both of whom died before the expiration of th' ir terms Mr. Hixson first, aud to succeed him McKinzie W. Houck of Wells was appointed Novem ber 9, 1892, and served until Jan uary 18!) I, when he was succeed ed by James Daniels of Licking ureeK, lamer or uisirict Atior - no George B. Daniels. Mr. Gra cey dyhur, was succeeded by John M Foro of Tod, who w:is appoiuted September 4, 1891, and served until January, lMid, when ho was succeeded by Peter j Morton of Belfast, who had been elected iu tho fall or 180.-). When James Daniels' term expired he, was succeeded in January 1M)9 by Lemuel P. Kirk of Bethel, who is serving tho last year of his term, and David A. Nelson of Ayr, succeeded Peter Morton in 1902, and is, consequently, on his third year. It will bo observed that two Associates were elected in 151; and had not death interfered with the order, two would bo elected each year eudiug with a 1 or a 0. This continued until 1891. Since that time the terms have not run together. Subscribe for the News. Those Who Have Ileen Summoned i to the Other World, i WH.r.IAM .WOOSTEK. j Lust Thursday morning at 2j o ciocic iiiinni wooster ciieu at his home at Harrisonville aged j 5 years, 1 month anil 2 days, and was buried in the Preshytor- . ian cemetery at Green Hill on j Saturday, Dr. W. A. West of tliis j place conducting the services. j Mr. Wooster was a native of: New .Jersey and came to Harri-1 sonville soon after the close of the j Civil War, aud later married j Mary Garret, of tho latter place ! wlH survives him. ! He served three years in the army being a member of tho lath New Jersey Volunteer infantry. Mr. Wooster was a most excel lent citizen, a mau of more than ordinary intelligence, a great bi ble student, and of unquestiona ble integrity. His funeral was attended by his Grand Army brethren, Adam Clevenger, .T. E. Rumel, Abram Runion, 1). A. Gillis, Deputy-sher itf Fields, Dr. Wishart, and' Dr. McKibbin all of this place, aud hv J. W. Iloim and John B. Sines ..fiij,:nrwi,i..i,:,, .1 MKK MINNICH I James A. Minnich, another of, Licking Creek township's most highly esteemed citizens, passed to his final reward ou last Thurs day aud was interred in the cem etery at tho M. E. church at Greenhill on Friday. While Mr. Minnich lived three days beyond the allotted period f "three score years aud teu, lc was u, his usual health aud workiug' about his garden the day prior to his death, when ho was stricken with paralysis. Mr. Miunich was also a veter an of the Civil War, he being a member of Company I, 2ud Reg- nneut Pennsylvania Infuntry.was j I mi-.tfrnii into si.rviee on IhoAMli I i of November 101, and mustered out with his Company July 13, ls5. His wile died about seven years ago; but he is survived by the fol lowing children : Henry, in Ever ett ; Nannie, wile of Wm. Stiffier, near Bedford; and Jennie, wife of D. E. Mellott of Licking Creek township. The services, conducted by Rev. Wm. A. West, were held iu tho M. E. church and wtro at tended by a large concourse of friends and neighbors, by whom Mr. Mitnich was held in high es teem. HLAXC'HE SIUMEU HIXSON. A telegram Tuesday morning brought the startling intelligence to Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Shimer of this place that their daughter Sa rah. Blanche, wife of Jesse L. Hixson, had died at their home at Eastou, Pa. The deceased was married to Mr. Hixson March 12, 1902, aud since that timo they have resided rn r-astou Mr. tiixson oeing a i cai laxatiou. meu, to neip iiiem druggist. have better schools, tho Sti le Mrs. Hixson had been in her i stepped in and offered its assist usually good health, and the first auce. When this came, the school that tho family knew of her ill-j boards relaxed their efforts and uess was last Saturday; aud then, ! allowed the State practically to with assurances that her coudi-! do it all. The d strieU of Bethel, j tion was not considered alarm .ing, She was aged 29 years, 1 mouth and 1 day. Her remains will reach Mercersburg this, Wednes- day, morning, and will then be brought to the homo of her pa - rents, but uo defiuite time has been fixed for tho funeral. mrs. AMANDA CATLETT. Died at her homo in Birming- ham, Jefferson county, Ala., aged 55 years, 5 months and 12 days. She leaves a husbaud, three chil dren and one sistor namely, Wil liam A., of California, Emma and Ruth at home, aud Mrs. Catha rine Clevenger, ot Hustontown. KESHONO. uara Jano, tno only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frauk Deshong; of Ayr towuBhip, died Ayril 7, 1903, aged 2 yeras, 9 months and 14 days. Interment at the Lu- theran church near Big Cove Tan nery last Wednesday. The strick - ed parents have tho sincere Bym - pathy of their mauy friends. .Measure Fixing .Minimum Va(.,es of Teachers liecomes a Law. Governor Ponnypnckor last, Thin S'.lny ovoubig signed iho Snyder hih fixing the minimum salary of school teachers nt .-;:5 per mouth measure : Tim following is the j j Section 1. That on aud after ! the first dav of June, 190-4, '.lie minimum ,-al.iry of school tea h ers teaching in the public scho. of this Commonwealth shali ie per month. Section 2. It shall be the duty of the President and Secretary of the School Board of each school district iu this Commonwealth to make report under oath to the Superiutendeut of Public In struction that the requirments of this act. have been fully compiled with. Section 3. Every school dis trict of this Commonwealth fail iug to comply with the require ments of this act shall forfeit its State appropriation for the whole time during which this act has been violated. The people of Fulton county ! have reason to be thankful that tno 'n Inis;se as is f'11' il most desperate etlurt was made to make it lorty instead ol thirty- live dollars a month. Had it boon made forty instead of thirty-five dollars, it would have meant that many townships, not ouly iu Ful ton but in other counties, would have been obliged to forfeit the I State aid, aud manage their! schools with reference to salary ! and length of term as well as p-.s-' sible without it. j This is one of tir; instances in i which special legislation would seem to have its advantages. The fact should not bo over looked that Fulton county does ot possess many ot the advanla L'es had by other counties. It is sparsely settled, and must, of ne cessity, have more school hoiis s than if the population were more dense. By referring to the ite reports issued by the School de- partinent it will be noticed that there are but (i pupils to every square mile of territory ; and while wo have but one school house to every 5 A square miles, there is still only 32 pupils to the shcool. From an exchange we lenru that Perry county will close about 20 of her schools, and hire per sons in tho several districts to convey the pupils of those schools to adjoining schools. This plan is, no doubt, feasible iu Fulton county. Where adjacent schools are small, it would be far less ex pensive to "double up.' Some of the school boards of the past are partly responsible for legislation ou this matter. A few years ago the schools w re j conducted almost eutirely by lo ! McConnellsburg aud Wells are tho ouly ones in this county that raise as much money at home as they get from tho State. When a sympathizing neighbor sees you ( toiling in tho field, aud comes iu j and shares your work, it would uot be in good taste to climb up j ou the fence and make him do it all. j There is u constant uuneces.-a- , y loakago iu tho school funds iu eoniiection with the purchase of school l.ooKsand supplies. Books are bought at high prices, aud i el. an hay alone. On such a diet, then at the instance of oily- i -viil develop a good round bar tongued, and often oily-lingered, ; i essential if tho calf is intend- agents, they aro thrown out and a "new Kind" put in before the first are half worn out. Appara- tus, Charts, Maps, etc , aro not j infrequently purchased nt enor - I ,noU3 prices, aud ofuu but little 'UB.1 In th Kehnol. Whom li. : rectors aro not comment to j judgo of the merits of the books 1 t,r apparatus offered, they slio i!J be governed by some one who For License .Must (tuitions Spccili" aj!y. Hereafter all applicants for marriage license will be compell ed to answer certain questions in addition to those heretofore ask- d as a condition previous to me grant in.'"1 of the license. The amendments to the present ma;- ''i.igf: license law passed by the ! e:-,enl. le;rilaturo and approvi. d iiy i iveriMf Pennypac'iior a few days ago has been received lu;ie ai.d is on lilo iu Prothouotary George A. Harris's office. It im poses additional duties on him as Clerk of the Courts before he can grant the license. Under the old law the Clerk of the Courts was rcquiredtoa.sk the necessary questions to see if there was any legal impediment to the marriage. Under the new kiw the questions are specified. The clerk must ask the age of the parties and if under age if the consent of parents or guardian lias been obtained; if there was a prior marriage and how dissolved I The information thus obtained must bo set forth in the license. Heretofore the preliminary affi davit was kept ou file iu the office and the license gave no indication of the grouuds on which it was t ranted. CAUL OF C.ALYFS. Written for the ' News" by u Ful ton County Farmer. The care of a calf commences before its birth. The mother should be fed, while staudii.g dry on good nutritious food; but it is safer to drop the grain ration a week before the calf is due, nud a dav or two after it. comes the grain ration may be coutiuuod again aud gradually increased to full feed within a week or two. Bv this means, much dauger of milk fever garget, and inflamma tion of tho milk glands is avoid ed, and consequently, the young ! will be more thrifty. If, howev- Willi ail LIU U1U LClli. OUUUIU get diarrhea, it should have at teutiou at once and with care, ill effects may bo frequently avoid ed by giviug a handful of salt to the calf, or by an egg forced down its throat shell and all. Perhaps the greatest benefit lies in the skin of the egg, because of its astringent qualities. A piece of fat bacon is a cheap aud ready remedy. If, however, these all fail, tho following given by Dr. Chase has been found excellent: 'Equal parts of spirits of cam plior, tincture of rhubarb and laudanum one ouuco each of these materials makes a conven ' ient quautity to be keptou hands j A teaspuouful at a dose is suffi cieut. ; When the calf is weaned, at five davs or a week old, its milk feed should be changed gradually, no ting the health of tho calf care fully. Separator milk is a dangerous lee l, summer or winter, unless you possess a hand separator. A quart to a gallon of skimmed mihe thiuued with water to make sufficient drink aud mixed with a handful of middlings or bran, makes a good feed, if given warm. It is cruel and costly to feed it eol.l. When two weeks old, the ca'f will learn to eat grain if given ; i!; small quantities. Bran, oats, (,r shelled corn aro good. A sin- .fc!.- haiidful is plenty to start i v i h. Hay or corn fodder should ; b given as soon as it will bo ta- , 1 - n. When several mouths old i ihe call' will do well on a ration of j i .1 to grow into a dairy cow. h:.n no liuaucial interest in the I m ater. It should bo remember- 't l that a good teacher can do 'g" 'd work with any series of ' it.odoru text books, and that a ' p or teacher can't use any of ihoui. J - Subscribe for the News. Applicant; Answer Brief Mention of Persons and Places You Know. W. H. Duvall of Akersville was in town Saturday. Mrs. S. B. Woollet is visiting frieuds in New York and Phila delphia. Miss May Barton of Huston town felt on the (Uh inst., to enter Juniata College at Huntingdon. J. P. Uoge of Franklin county dropped in to see us a few minutes while in town last Saturday morn ing. Mr. and Mrs. L. N. Baumgard- ner or lseiiast townsnip were pleasant callers at this office one day last week. Mr. Will Grissiuger and his sister-in-law, Miss Alice Hoke spent last week with relatives iu Altoona. Mrs. F. M. Taylor accompanied by her children Bess and Wayno left last Friday morning to visit her sick father who resides at Al lentown, New Jersey. Mrs. W. II. Bauragardner and daughter Mary returned home Saturday evening after having spent a week very pleasantly with relatives in Pittsburg. Ex-Superintendent Chesnut of Hustontown spent a few hours in town last Saturday. Clem has been in poor health for several weeks. His mother, who has her home with him, is quite an inva lid. Mrs. Frances Fraker of Fort Littleton, while spending last Fri day in town, called a few minutes at this office to advance the sub- scripton of the News to her daughter Miss Emma who holds a responsible position with a Banking & Trust Company at Chattanooga, Tenn. Hugh Ewing who has been a resident of Licking Creek town ship thirty years moved to the old Scott farm the first of April and will be busy during tho summer building a nice new house and bank barn. His son-in-law, Nick Finiff who had been living on tho Scott farm went to the farm left by Mr. Ewing. An exchange says a new bunco game is being worked on unwary merchants throughout the coun try. A man enters the store, displays a government badge and states that he is in the secret ser vice and on the lookout for coun terfeit money. He looks over the cash drawer and invariably finds four or five "counterfeit" dollars and "confiscates" them. Tho whole thing is a fraud. THE FISH LAW. Trout may bo legally caught from April 15th to July 31st, in clusive. Bass, salmon and pike, June 15th to February 15th, inclusive. Nets of not over five feet span nor over two inch nibsh may bo used in March, April, May, Octo ber and November, for catching carp, cattish, eels and suckers, oth er fish to ho returned to streams. The use of small nets for catchinr bait is not prohibited. Penalties for the unlawful use of nets are $10 for each tish unlaw fully caug .t und forfeiture of nets. Law of lliol. Penalty for catching fish out of season or having them in posses sion is $10 for each tish. Law of l'.MIl. For taking fish by the use of dynunvte, nitroglycerine, torpc dos, electricity, lime or any poi--. onous substance, $100 tine and kx months imprisonment. Law of 1901. PROF. BRUMBAUGH A BANKRUPT. Miss Cora Kciiu, of Somerset county, will lose the $5,000 ver dict awarded against tho acting president of Juniata College Prof. J. Harvey Brumbaugh, acting president of juniata College, has been adjudicated a bankrupt and Miss Coru A. Keim, of Elk Lick, who obtained a verdict of $9,250 against hint in a breach of Jiromise suit, later receiving it re uction to $5,000, will not receivu unythiug. The litigants are Duuk ardji. ,
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