C M US. VOLUME 5. McCONNELLSBURG, PA., DECEMBER 2, 1903. NUMBER 11 ROADMAKING IN GERMANY The Highways In that Country Compared With Those In America. OWNED BY THE GOVERNMENT. Country Roads ai Good as City Streets. Fruit Trees Planted aloof rue Roads. No "Spring" Breakers. If anything draws the attention of the American traveler in Ger many, it is its beautiful highways. One is astonished at the patience of the American people, to travel such miserable, imperfectly con structed, horse killing and life endangering roads, such, as we have in Am erica. There may be some fairly good roads in some parts of the United States, but we know that they are most wretchedly bad in Pennsylvania, especially in our own county. If we evenhave many short stretches of solid stone road, between two given points, we must still gauge the load to be able to draw it over the worst part of it, even if it is but a short distance. Regardless of the law to remove all loose stones once a month, during the summer season, the roads are constantly strewn with them. To draw a load over a loose stone, is like drawing it up an incline of 45 degrees, and we know how it wears the poor beasts to do this incessantly. The people of Amer ica must build better roads or hide their faces in shame before Europe. Some of the highways in Ger many are of greataniquity. When the Romans first set foot upon German soil to conquer it, Ger many was an .impenetrable for est; now, the Romans were ex perts at road building. They had built many good roads already. One, the Appian way, leading from Rome to Padua aud farther south, a distauce of 330 miles, is even at this day, better than any modern built roads. The first thing they would do towards a permanent occupancy of a newly acquired country, was to build good highways for easy commu nication with the home country. Thus road building commenced in Germany, and generation after generation kept on at it; so that to-day, Germany has the finest roads in the world. It is an un deniable fact that the success of Germany in its defensive wars with France, aud its well known prosperity in manufacture inter nal trade, and in every depart ment of business, is greatly due to its many well built and well kept highways. ueiore uermany became an empire there existed in that country no less than thirty dif ferent states, each ruled by a po teutate who Jived in a capital city and kept a standing army. From each of these cities radiate fine highways in every direction to the end of their domain, connect ing with the highways of the neighboring capital. So an end less chain of roads almost as per feet as city streets runs through all Germany. If you visit one of these cities, for instance, Darmstadt, and fol low one of its beautiful main streets to the end ot the city, you , will only see bef ore you a contin uutiou pf that street as a high way,, not much inferior to the street itself, 8nd that will bring you to the next city. The road may be forty feet wide, the cen tor being raised, about twelve inches for drainage. Eight feet on one side for pedestrians, eight feet on the other side for eques tnans, and the middle space for vehicles. Low curb stones mark these three divisions, and the prescribed use of these different paths is very strictly enforced, " The road is 'smooth and solid and no loose stones. Tho heavi est loads make no impression up on it, the tires of all kinds of ve hicles being broader than in the United States. - On each aide o; the road thirty feet apart are ' f ruit trees planted, apples, pears ud cherries of the beat varieties, I' is a pleasure to walk beneath these shady trees, with their 200-LB. DEER KILLED. As Related In Prose and Versa by One of the Party Engaged In the Hunt. As day was beginning to dawn last Saturday morning a party started from John Helman's for deer hunt among whom was one person commonly known as Dutch" Finiff. About 12 o'clock Dutch's old gun began to belch forth streams of fire and bunches of lead. After the firing ceased the party surrounded and held an inquest over a 200- lb buck which they pronounced killed by that cyclone Dutchman George Iniff, Jr. An Dutoh u slowly wending bli wy Up tba mountain side no gray, A three-pronged buck with listening ear. Began to leave Dutoh (ar In the rear. But as Dutoh had seen many a deer before From bis old gun he began td pour Suob balls of lead that ne'er before Bad caused the mountain side to roar. Before many minutes the deer was lame And Dntch began to own his game. With a notched and rusty, but trusty old knife Dutch left out the poor deer's life. EVANQELISTIC CONFERENCES, To be Held Within the Bounds of Carlisle Presbytery, during this Month. The Eaangelistic Committee of the Presbytery of Carlisle, in ac cordance with the action of the Presbytery at its meeting in September, 1903, has arranged for a series of Evangelistic Con ferences within the bounds of the Presbytery during the month of December, 1903. The places selected, and the time for the holding of the con ference at the respective places, as follows: Shippensburg, Thursday evening and Friday, December 3 and 4; Carlisle, Mon day evening and Tuesday, Dec. 7 and 8; Greeacastle, Wednesday evening and Thursday, Dec. 9 aud 10; Harrisburg, Monday evening and Tuesday, 14th and 15th; Dun cannon, Monday evening and Tuesday, 21 and 22; and Mercers- burg which includes the churches Burnt Cabins, Green Hill, Lower Path Valley, McConnells- burg, Mercer sburg and Upper Path Valley. Dr. West and Rev. Waldo will open the subjects Monday evening. It is hoped that representatives from the churches named will be present at the meeting. Didn't Lose. About two years ago Davy Lit tle of this place purchased six acres lying in the forks of the pike east of town at a hundred dollars an acre, and laid the land out in eighteen building lots. With the exception of one, which he rese'rved for himself, he last week closed out the last of them, at an average price of f 100 a lot tempting ripe fruit ; but you will trespass if you appropriate any of it, as it has been sold to some one by the government, and is no lonper public property. Large sums of money are yearly real ized by the government from this Bource. The banks at the sides of the road are nicely sodded.and the grass crop is turned into a revenue likewise. No' water- breakers exist, thi water being carried across the road through culverts or tiles. No toll is lifted on roads or bridges : the govern mentowns all highways, builds new ones, and keeps them all in good repair. Steam stone crush ers are used : and I saw a trac tion engine, with a very heavy roller attached to it, doing most effective work in road building, The most competent engineers superintend the whole work. Stones nicely dressed, about three feet high, set along the side of the road, mark distances in kilometers (the French metrf cal system is ia use in Germany). A meter is about three feet, and a kilometer one thousand meters, One ton is a load for one horse. At night every vehicle most car ry a lantern, and every wagon left standing In the street or road must have a light to it to ward off accidents. ,. , Henry'Wolf, THE COUNTY INSTITUTE, Excellent Corps of Instructors and Enter talners Engaged, THE KAFFIR BOY CHOIR. Splllmaa Rlggs. Hon. Fred Ikeler, and Dr. Lee Frances Lybarfer, Have Been Se cured lor the Evening Entertainments. The 37th Annual Session of the Fulton County Teachers' Insti tute will convene in the Court House next week. All efforts have been put forth to make the week's programme a superior one. Monday evening Dr. Lee Fran cis Lybarger will deliver his lec ture "How to be Happy." Dr. Lybarger has been before the teachers of Fulton County at two previous Institutes, and we feel sure that the announcement of his return will be received by those who have heard him with considerable oleasure. Dr. Ly barger will be with us during the entire week. Tuesday evening Hon. Fred Ikeler will lecture on "The Needs of a New Century." Mr. Ikeler has never failed to interest enter tain, and delight his hearers. At the bar, on the platform, and in the halls of legislation, he has gained a wide reputation as an el oquent and powerful speaker. The Philadelphia Press says, "Mr. Ikeler is an oratorical won der." Hon. S. W. Kirk of our town sat with Mr. Ikeler in the Legis lature, and says of him that he was by all odds the finest orator in the House. Mr. Spillman Riggs will be with us again on Thursday even ing, when he will deliver bis lat est lecture "Heads (Yours and Mine.)" It is not necessary to make any comments on Mr Riggs : he was with us last year and captivated his entire audi ence.'. No lecturer ever made a better hit in McConnellsburg. It is a pleasure to be able to announce the coming of Dr. Na than C. Schseffer, State Superin tendent of Public Instruction. Dr. Schseffer will be present Wednesday, Thursday, and Fri day. We are confident that his talks will benefit and interest all isteners. It can but be a privi ege to our teachers and friends of education to meet and bear this able man. Ex-Supt C. J. Potts of Bed ford county, who was a favorite with the teachers last year, will be here all week. Prof. Potts experience as a teacher, direct or and county superintendent, makes him a valuable institute man. Owing to the illness of Dr. Eck els, Dr. Jos. F. Barton' will be here for the entire week. Dr. Eckels has been compelled to cancel all of bis institute engage ments throughout the State, aud Dr. Barton has been able thus far to till them in addition to his own work. Prof. I. 'D. Gresh will have charge of the music. WELLS TANNERY. W. H. Spangler spent last Fri day in Sax ton. Misses Lizzie bprowl and Lies sie Johnson are visiting relatives at Sixmile Run. , . S. P. Wishart,Mrs. Baumgard ner and daughter, Miss Maud.at- tended the Sunday School Cob vention at the Bethel church in New Grenada on Thanksgiving Day. The . Altoona Rod and Gun Club, who have purchased sever al hundred acres of our mountain land and erected several nice buildings,have spent another sea son pleasantly among us. They snot only two deer and some small game, but felt paid for their coming by the restful quiet time they had. Mighty good is Fort Bedford Coffee and better still, a hand some present in each pack, and it only cost a cent more than other package coffee, OLD SOUTH PENN AGAIN Rockefeller Says Road Must Be Complet ed Between Pittsburg and Phila. FACTS BEARIN0 ON CONTROVERSY. Says the Pennsylvania Railroad Company Must Either Build or Oet Out of the Way of Those Willing sad Able to Build. The railroad which Andrew Carnegie threatened to build three years ago and to prevent construction of which J. P. Mor gan organized the $1,400,000,000 United States Steel Corporation, is to be built for the Gould-Rock -efeller-Carnegie alliance, unless President Cassatt, of the Penn sylvania Railroad, resigns and turns the management of that system over to the Standard Oil interests. This is the ultimatum that John D. Rockefeller has laid, down. Attorney-General Carson has been notified that he must force the Pennsylvania to declare itself at once in regard to its plans for building the old railroad planned twenty years ago lrom Pittsburg to Philadelphia, through the southern tier of counties including Franklin, Bedford, Fulton and Cumberland. This is the route Mr. Carnegie intended to follow. The Pennsylvania Company has for years blocked the build- iDg of this line through pretense of intention to build it, and by ac tual ownership of the right of way for much of the distance. Under the laws of Pennsylva nia no company can delay the construction of a railroad that is needed if any other company is willing and able to build the road. The Pennsylvania has been able to block the road in the past be cause nobody except Mr. Carne gie ever came forward with a bo na-fide oner to build. He was drowned out with a deluge of wa tered stock which he shrewdly turned into cash long ago. Now, by a strange turn of circumstan ces, Mr. Carnegie is lending the influence of that very same cash to defeat his old enemy, the Penn sylvania, which he swore three years ago, he would never lor- give for what he termed unfair treatment of the Carnegie com pany. It is the realization of these facts that has made the stock of the Pennsylvania Company go down to such low figures in the market the last few weeks. MUST BUILD OH GET OUT. Acting on the statement made to him by the Rockefeller-Gould -Carnegie interests, the Attor ney-General has written to the Pennsylvania company informal ly that it must give him an an swer soon or he will serve formal notice on the company to build the road or get out of the way for others. As the retirement of President Cassatt and the surrender of the Pennsylvania system into Rocke- leller hands would stop this new project, the men who are behind thedemand for action on the route by Pennsylvania believes they will not have to build the road. However, they have the money to build it, and will do so it the Pennsylvania company does rot yield. The significance of the deal lies in the fact that witn the Gould-RockefeJler-Carnegie interests in control of the steel trust they could turn all tonnage of that huge combination over to their new road and thus turn it into a money maker from the very be ginning. The Pennsylvania robbed of its greatest Bource of freight, and paralleled through most of its territory, would be brought to terms. The Gould roads would under this plan split the territory between the Pennsylvania main line and its Baltimore & Ohio ally. Tbe southern tier of counties is the richest in tbe state, and few of them are on the main line of the Pennsylvania. The Pennsyl vania has proved its inability to (Continued on psK Ave.) ON HER WAY TO INDIA. I Miss Alice Wishart Reached London on Monday of Last Week. INCIDENTS OF TRIP TO NEW YORK. After a Week on tbe Continent, She Expects to Sail from Marseille, France, Next Sat urday. Her Companions In Travel. Miss Alice E. Wishart, dau?'h S. P. wishart of ter of the Hoa. Wells Tannery, left her bomp Movember 12, enroute to Allaha oaa, inaia, accomnauieu as iaras Huntingdon by her father and Miss Maude Baumgardner. In Uuutingdou she was the guest ol the Woman's Missionary Society and the Younjr Ladies Branch Missionary Society of thePresby terian church, at their afternoon pint meeting. On being request ed to sneak, Miss Wishart told the societies how the call had come to her to work in a foreign country and how she had accept ed it. Miss S. R. Lowrie of War riors Mark, president of the Presbyterial Society, was pres ent at this meeting, having come to Huntingdon to bid Miss Wish art good-bye. At 10:30 P. M., joined by her friend Dr. Bertha Caldwell of Johnstown, who had been connected with the Presby teria n Hospital at Allahabad, M iss Wishart left for New York, ex pecting to sail Saturday, Novem ber 14. On Friday afternoon November 13, tho officers and members of the Americau Union Missionary Society tendered a reception aud farewell meeting to the two young ladies who were to sail under their auspices. Miss Mary Fair bank had boeu appointed to assist her sister at Jhansi, India, in hospital evangelistic work raid Miss Wishart to assist Miss Todd at Allahabad, in School and Zena na work. The meeting was held in the beautiful Assembly rooms of the American Bible Society, aud the room was completely till ed with friends and members of the society. The meeting was opened with praver and reading by the Rev. Dr. Valentine, a form er Congregational missionary at Bombay. The chairman of the meeting, after a few introductory remarks, called upon Miss Edith May for a few remarks ou her work. Miss May was formerly stationed at Allahabad, but is now on a furlough, leaving next fall to take charge of the Calcutta Mis sion. Miss May told the society of the work which had been un der her charge, and which would now be shared by Miss Wishart on her arrival in India. Dr. Cald well gave a little outline of her hospital work, and spoke on Mis sionary Societies, stating that though it is hard to leave home and friends and comforts, even for Christ's sake, the sacrifice is nothing compared to that on leav ing India for furlough, after hav ing put one's whole heart und life into one's work. Miss Fair- bank told briefly of how her grandfather, father, and relatives had been happy to serve Christ for so many generations in India and how she felt that she was go ing "home." She gave a little sketch of what her future work would be. Miss Wishart,whoncall ed upon told very simply and nat urally of how she had been led iu this important step.how she know her own weakness and shortcom ings and could hope to accom plish good only by living near to Christ, and by being upheld by the prayers of her friuuds and the love and sympathy of her so ciety. After the benediction the meeting was turned into a recep tion. From the uudutneo a lady came forward who announced she wished to have Mis Wishart as her missionary and to assume her support aud expense The lady is the married daughter of one of New York City's merchant princes, aud seemed much iuier- ested in hor protega On Saturday morning a largo crowd assembled at trie doctt to ers and good wishes of many see Misses Fuirbunk and Wishart friends iu and about Fulton coun Bail. Among tho close frieuda of ty, FIRE IN WELLS. i 11 School Building In Wells Township ' Burned Last Friday Night. i The High School building, known as No. 2. school houso, in ! Wells, was di covered to be on tire about midnight last Friday j night, and before anything could I be done to stay the progress of j the flames, the building and all its contents were entirely de stroyed. Insurance. $45. The 8cho()1 boanJ had a meeting Mon d;iy mght lo lake Rteps to pro, vide another building, and con tinue the school as soon as possi ble. MISS CORA SHOEMAKER WEDS. Married in Philadelphia last Wednesday Evening Brilliant Social Affair. An attractive wedding was sol emnized at 151 North Fifty-first street, West Philadelphia, last Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock, when Miss Cora Veletta Shoema ker was married to Mr. Thomas Clyde, of that city. The ceremo ny was performed by the Rev. Willis B. Skillmau, pastor ol Ta bor Presbyterian church. The bride, who was given away by her uncle, Mr. S. J. McCauslin, was gowned in white net over taffeta, trimmed with a panel of duchess lace. The bridesmaids were Miss Virginia Ely of Chambersburg( and Miss Eleanor Logan of Phila delphia. The best man was Mr. William Russell Kirkpatrick, and the ush ers were Wr. William Kammerer and Dr. W. W. Hawko. A reception followed the cere mony, after which the bride and bridegroom left ou an extended tour through the New England States. The bride is a daughter of the late Samuel U. Shoemaker of this place. New Fleecing Seheme. It is said a new graft is being worked among the farmers in different parts ol the state. This time it is "non-freezing stock tanks" that are offered for sale. When the farmer buys one he is given the exclusive agency of sev eral townships without extra pay. This simple request is made, however, that he sign three pa pers, all of which turn up a few days later as promissory notes. Subscribe for the Mews and do it to-day. Only one dollar. Miss Wishart who were present was Mr. Sprague, son of a form er pastor at Wells Tannery, who had left his studies at the Prince ton Theological Seminary, to see Miss Wishart sail. The Bhip Min netonka, Atlantic Transport Line was a tine, steady boat carrying only first class passengers. The cabins were large and very com fortable, and the ship was nicely heated. Just before the whistle blew for passengers' friends to leave the ship, the members of the Congregation al party of Mission aries, four in number, with whom Miss Wishart is to travel, togeth er with members of the societies, friends aud relatives, met at the hurricane deck, aud held an in formal prayer meeting, after which all left the ship, the ropes cast off, and with many a last good-bye and much waving of handkerchiefs rom the passen gers and their friends on the dock ti e good ship MinnQtonka start ed on her ocean voyage. She ar rived in London, Nov. 23. Miss Wishart and her party will visit London and other Eng lish cities, and then cross to Paris x pending a week on the continent calling again on the P. A O. steam ship "India," from L'arseilles, France, on December 4. They reshlp at Port Said, Egypt to the I'. & O. steamship "Oriental" a week later, arriving at Bombay shout Christmas time. Miss , Wishart Is followed by the pray- ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW Snapshots at Their Movements, as Tbey Come and Go. NAMES OF VISITORS AND VISITED. Home for a Vacation, Away lor aa Outing, a Trip for Business or Pleasure, You'll Find It Right Here. Miss Dessie Kendall of Ayr township, is visiting friends in Franklin county. Mr. Isaac Bohnger of Dublin Mills, was among the visitors at the county seat on Monday. Bowden, the well known base ball pitcher, has been signed to pitch for Harrisburg A. C. next year. Miss Gertrude Tuck of Homer City, Pa., is visiting the family of her brother, Lafayette Tuck, in this place. Mr.Samuel Wilson of New Wil mington, Pa., is visiting the fam ily of R. M. Kendall and other friends in town and the Cove. Mr. N. 1. Finiff of Tod town ship, spent from Wednesday un til Monday very pleasautly visit ing friends in Chain bersburg. Mrs. Adam Shaffer and son John of Suramcrfield, 111., is vis iting her father, Mr. Philip Sny der, and other friends in this county. Andrew Washabaugh of Ayr township a few days ago pur chased from Albert H. Wilson of Pittsburg the John B. Hoke farm at the west end of town. Mrs. P. P. Shives of Dickeys Mountain, accompanied by her cousin, Miss Belle Cattlctt, spent last Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Little in this place. Davie Little last week sold the property in which he lives ou Main street, including his bak ery, to Messrs. D. E. Keyser and Sanner Ray of Ayr township for the sum of $2500.00. It is said that owing to tho fact that the Everett furnace has late ly been producing twice as much iron as the managers have been able to sell, it will be closed down indefinitely. This throws a lot of men out of employment. Miss Mamie, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David H. Fore of Tod township, has been in a hospital in Philadelphia for some time un dergoing treatment for throat trouble. Mamie's many friends will be pleased to hear that she is getting along nicely. Gen. John Pedden and Capt. A. Dotterman will hold preaching service at the Salvation Army church near Big Cove Tannery next Saturday evening at 7:30; Sunday at 10:30 a. in., 2:30 and 7:30 p. in. All are welcome to these services. Thanksgiving dinner for 1903 at Daniel E. Fore's was partaken of by Mr. aud Mrs. John Lamas ter and son Earl and daughter Ethel, and Mr. and Mrs. Allio Phiol all of Markes, Franklin county; Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Rotz and Mr. and Mrs. John Nelson of McConnellsburg, and Mr. and Mrs. Grant Baker and sou of Knobsviile. All did ample justice to Miss Katie's dinuer, and weut home Iu a good humor after hav ing some music by Mrs. Phiel. Local Institutes. A local institute was held at Spring House Valley last Friday evening. The meeting was cull ed to order by the teacher, M r. James Keefer. Mr. J. F. Johus-. ton was elected president The questions for discussion : "Self Reliance, how taught?" "Duties of teacher, pupils and patrons." "Aims of an Educa tion," were discussed by the teachers and a few of the patrons. Teachers present were G. B. Mellntt, James Keefer, May Mol- The meeting was interspersed by recitations and singing by the pupils. The teacher and pupils, deserved mnoh credit for the manner in which they were reu dcrod ' " Olive Kendall, Socretarr.
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