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
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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.