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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.
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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.
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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. ,