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VOLUME 5.
McCONNELLSHUUG, PA.. MARCH 30, 1904.
NUMHLU 2s.
OUR COAL MINE.
Demming Acting State Geologist
Col.
Takes a Peep at It.
ENCOURAGES MINERS TO GO AHEAD.
Suggests Sensible Plan lo Follow la Pros-
peeling -thai ol Having Analyala
Made at Staled Intervals.
By invitation of a number of
our citizens Col. Henry C. Dem
ming of Harrisburg, the acting
State Geologist, made an exami
nation last evening, of the sup
posed coal deposit about a mile
southeast of McConnellsburg.
lie states that he found there a
coal-like substance, well exposed
in the tunnel which had been dug
eastward into tl.e mountain twelve
or fifteen feet; that near the floor
of the tunnel there is a slate rock
very similar to the slates of coal
regions; also, above the so-called
coal body; that the supposed coal
is in true vein form, and measures
50 inches in thickness; that the
trend of the vein is northeast and
southwest, as are the regular
stratas Of other rock in that local
ity; and that the supposed coal
vein has an inch of pitch of 40 de
grees southeastwardly.
The Colonel also states that it
would take a chemical examina
tion to determine the true charac
ter of the mineral; but, that in his
opinion, it was a lignite, similar to
the lignite coals found in the Philh
pines. He believed that the proper
course for the miners to pursue
would be to have samples of the
material, as now found, analyzed
for the percentageof fixed carbon;
and if 25'to SO per cent, of carbon
were the result, then to go farther
into the mountain on the vein at
least 20 feet, or 30 feet, altogether
from the portal or mouthof thetun
nel; that then it would be advisa
ble to have another analysis made.
Then if the carbon amounted to
more than 50 per cent., with a
fair additional proportion of com
bustible and volatile matter, they
would know they had a certainty
of a coal mine that would pay
them to work.
The Colonel thought the out
look sufficiently encouraging to
warrant the steps suggested, and
this based on many years exper
ience in opening and developing
coal and other mines in Pennsyl
vania and other states.
FRATERNAL RESOLUTIONS.
On the Death of W. C. Mann, by Har
risonville Lodge, No. 710, 1. O. 0. F.
Whereas it has been the will of
Almighty God to remove from
our number our beloved brother
William C. Mann; Therefore, be
it resolved
1. That in the death of Brother
Mann, Harrisonville Lodge, No.
710, I. O. O. F., has lost one.of its
oldest and most faithful mem
bers one who was active in found
ing the Lodge, and whose inter
est and activety never once flag
ged even when clouds of adver
sity and discouragement have
hung heavily overhead.
.2. That no one better than his
fraternal brethren, knew the
qualities of mind and heart pos
sessed by him, and the constancy
by which his hand was open to a
distressed brother.
8. That the charter of this
Lodge be draped in mourning for
a period of thirty days; that we
wear the usual badge of mourn
ing; that these resolutions be
spread upon the records of the
Lodge; and, also, published in the
Kulioii Connty News; aud that a
copy of the paper be sent to the
bereaved family.
4 George P. Metzler,
John P. Sipes,
George A. Harris,
Committee.
Church .Notices.
Diviuo Borvleea at St. Paul's
from April 4th to 7th inclusive at
7:15 p. ra. Rev. R. F. Fetterolf
ot Mercersburg, will occupy the
lltu pulpit April 5th. .
A. G. Wolf, Pastor. ,
THE TWENTY-SECOND.
t . & ra t
rennsyivama tavairy, in wnicn were
Fulton County Men.
SKETCH FROM BATES HISTORY.
Did Valiant Service lor Uncle Sam During
the Civil War and Had Plenty of Op
portunity to "Smell Powder."
As a large number of Fulton
county men were in the Twenty
second Pennsylvania Cavalry du
ring the Civil War, we, at the re
quest of one of the members, pub
lish a sketch of their war history
as found in Bates Vol. 5 and give
the names of all the Fulton coun
ty men as far as we have been
able to ascertain. If we omitted
any we should be glad to be in
formed. Of course many of those
whose names are given, have
answered their last roll call, but
just how many, we do not know
Most of our Fulton county men
entered when the regiment was
reorganized at a camp of rendez
vous near Chambersburg, in Feb
ruary 1864, and were recruited
for a term of three years. They
were united with the famous
Ringgold battalion, and the new
colonel was James Higgins.
company k.
Daniel Denisar, Johu Fulton,
Michael Helman, Martin D. Mat
thias, James A. McDonald, Henry
Slusher, Thomas W. Slusher,
John H. Truax.
company h.
William C. Wilds, George Wilds,
Abraham B. Cor bin, Simon Mel-
lott, John Ramsey, Wesley A.
Ramsey, Sylvester Wilds, Allison
Wagner.
company i.
James W. Rum in el, John L.
Smith, John B. Sipes.
company k.
William F. Sharrar, David A.
Gillis, Reid W. M'Donald, John
M. Gillis, Jacob L. Buckley, Hen
ry H. Buckley, John D. Richard
son, James Ambrose, Joseph E
Barnett, George Bain, Elliott D.
Correll, Peter L. Cornelius, Adam
Cleveuger, John W. Cutchall, John
M. Chesnut, Samuel Cowan, Wil
liam Doyle, Cornelius Doyle, Adam
Dishong, Joseph Edwards, Peter
Gaster, James Hoke, Alex. R.
Hamil, Isaac Houck, James E.
Heeter, Jeremiah Laidig, Henry
C. Matthias, Robert A. M'Donald,
George Needham, Frederick R.
Nail, Jackson B. Ramsey, Abra
ham Runyan, Elliott Ray, George
Shaffer, George Sowers, David
Vallance.
company l.
Lewis Ensley, Peter Ramsey,
Isaac Mills, Joseph Woy.
company m.
H. M. Strausbaugh, Morgan
Bartou, David P. Dishong, Solo
mon P. Dishong, Isaac P. Dish
ong, Robert Giftin, Perry Hixson,
Scott S. Hann, John D. Hender
shot, Samuel Jackson, Balser W.
Mellott, John Minich, J. H. Mc
Eldowuey, John D. Parlett, Thom
as Parlett, George W. Swope,
Joseph S. Strait, James T. Sheed-
er, Joseph N. Swope.
V N ASSIG NED MEN.
John G. Stinson, Jacob Wible.
On the 1st of March, the bat
talion at Chambersburg, under
command of Major Troxell, pro
ceeded to Martiosburg, where it
joined the forces of General Sigel
and proceeded thence, by his or
der, to Cumberland, where the
Ringgold Battalion was stationed
and where a union of the two was
effected. The regiment remuiued
in camp of instructions here, un
tifApnl, when that portion of it
not mounted, amounted to about
seven hundred men, proceeded,
under command of Lieutenant
Colonel Greenfield, to a general
camp of rendezvous for cavalry,
in Pleasant Valley, Mary.nud,'
where it received hortes mid
equipments, and where it remain
ed until the middle of May, the
men receiving, in the meantime, a
thorough course of drill and r.is
cipline. From Pleasant Valley it
moved to Camp Stoneman, neur
,VBiluucil.oa pv (our.)
SPROWL GOOD ROAD LAW.
I I
Representative from the State Department
j Addressed Meeting in Court House.
WHY NOT HAVE GOOD ROADS?
Told How Fulton County May Oct Her Share
of the $6,500,000 Appropriation In
teresting Detail.
It is to be regretted that every
farmer in the County could not
have been present at the meeting
in the Court House last Wednes
day evening. Every one who
gives the matter any thought
whatever is disgusted with the
condition of our public roads, and
with the manner in which monev
is spent on them from year to
year without any apparent im
provement. As is now perhaps known to
every one, the legislature at its
session two years ago appropria
ted six-and a half millions of dol
lars of the State's money to the
townships of Pennsylvania to aid
in bringing up our roads to a
first-class standard, and provid
ed for a Highway Commission to
see that the provisions ol the law
were faithfully carried out.
It was for the purpose of crea
ting greater interest in the im
provement of our roads, and of
pointing out to our people how to
get the State aid, that Mr. G. B.
Statler, Assistant Highway Com
missioner, came over from Har
risburg to talk to Fulton county
people last Wednesday night.
There are in Pennsylvania 1548
townships, which means that
there are about twice that num
ber or more than 3,000, town
ship road supervisors. These of
ficers are responsible for the
care of 98,423 miles of township
roads, and, as has been demon
strated by the work done in the
past, they have been spending
about six millions of dollars a
year in throwing dirt on the road
and shoveling mud off. Fulton's
22 supervisors have 816 miles to
look after, and spend each year
$10,000. Unless they pursue a
change of policy, they will go on
spending a similar sum year aft
er year, and our great-grandchildren
will find the same mud
holes, the same rocky batters,
the fame steep grades, as are
ours with which now to contend.
Well, what's to be done ab ut
it? "Why," said Mr. Stailor,
"place yourselves under the pro
vision of the new law, and for uv
ery dollar you as a township
spend, the County will give you
one and the State four."
That loks all right, but how
shall we proceed ?
"Nothing easier. The township
supervisors aud their clerk liav
a meeting. A resolution i pa"
ed aud put upon record to iui
prove a certain road distance to
be not less than one eighth of a
mile, according to the provision
of the Sprowl Good Road law,
and notify the county commis
sioners, who will make a survey
of the proposed road and send
the same to the State Highway
Department, who will send at
once a Commissioner to look over
the road and determine what
changes if auy, and make an
estimate of the cost. The matter
is now ready to be submitted to
contractors for bids after thirty
days public noiice."
But the county commissioners
might not pay any attention to
the request from the supervis
ors. "They must give it attention,
aud prompt attention : they have
no option in the matter. So, you
see, that a far as the supervis
ors are concerned, they have
nothing to do but pick out their
piece of road, say they want it
"made," and then provido for the
one-dollar in-six that it will cost
to do the work.
It is not a matter of surprise
that Wells township, the first in
the county to take advantage of
the State's aid to establish a high
school, should be the first to ask
the State to help improve their
roads, for it has already tiled its
request wlrti the county commis
sioners. The probability is, that '
Ayr township will be the next, 1
and there is no good reason why
there should not be others. !
APRIL WEATHER FORECAST
As
Given by Rev. Irl R. Hicks in
Word and Works.
DISAGREEABLE EASTER STORM.
Month cornea In Cold, but very Warm Weather
May be Expected by the Middle.
Rain and Hall Storms.
'A storm period, central with
the full moon at the close of March
will extend into the first and sec
ond of April. Storms of rain, low
barometer and high temperature
will have given place to snow, ris
ing barometer and much colder
in all western sectiotis as April
comes in. Cold, northerly winds
with frost and freezing uorth
ward, will follow about the lst.or
3rd, progressively from west to
east.
Plants and tender vegetation
should be protected against the
probability of killing frost during
the first three or four days in
April. From the 4th to the (5th
there will be a reactionary storm
period, during which time falling
barometer, change to warmer,
with more rain and storminess
will be probable. Hail storms
will be most natural at all April
disturbances and sudden drops
of temperature should not be sur
prise. The Vulcan storm period, cen
tral on the 10th, will bring a ser
ies of pronounced storms. The
culmination of these storms will
fall about Sunday, the 10th, to
Wednesday the 13th. Look for
high temperature, low barometer
with rain, hail and thunder, pro
gressively from west to east, on
the 11th, 12th and 13th.
Rapid rise of barometer and
change to quite cool will follow
behind the storms, but a reaction
to storm conditions will suddenly
return and from tho loth to the
17th it will again become very
warm.
A regular Vulcan-Venus per
turbation will be central on tho
21st extending from the. i'JUi to
23rd The barometer will drop
low and the temperature rise
very high as this period pro
gresses, resulting in many vi
cious thunder and hail storms on
and touching the 21st, 22nd and
23rd. .
The normal tendency to April
thunder showers will grow into
decided and far-reaching rain
storms, with dangerous winds
and possible tornadoes during
the progress of these disturb
ances. Late snow squalls need
surprise no one, as the high ba
rometer follows low areas at
these April periods.
May promises the heaviest
raius and the most violent storms
of the present season. The sol
stice rains in tho central part of
June will be generally sufficient
for the time, but many western
to northern parts will have none
to spare. Hicks believes that
drought will be felt in moreow
less severity over much of the
western grain belt before the
season ends.
KICKED BY A HORSE.
Samuel Paylor of Ayr Township, Narrow
ly Escaped Serious Injury last Friday.
Mr. Samuel Paylor lives on Mr.
George A. Comerer's farm in
Ayr township. Last Friday aft
ernoon as Mr. Paylor was pass
ing behind oue of the horses in
the stable, the animal suddenly
kicked Mr. Paylor striking him
violently on the arm just below
the shoulder. Mr. John Comerer
who happened to be near came to
Mr. Paylor 's assistance, and
brought him to town, and Dr.
Dalbey gave tho Injured member
attention. Luckily the bone was
not broken, and it is hoped that
Mr. Paylor will be all right in a
few days.
An Oyster Supper will be held
in the Hall at Gem on Saturday
evening, April Oth. E. N. Akers
will be there with his grapho
phone and a general good time is
expected.
MORE RAILROAD NEWS.
Baltimore & Ohio Said to Intend to Pur
chase South Peon Roadway.
THROUGH MT. DALLAS TO HANCOCK.
Supreme Court Has Ordered the Sale of (he
Old South Penn Rlttht of Way, and Some
thing U Likely lo be Doing.
Tho ftict that much time nud
money have been spent within
the past year or two on the sur
vey between Hancock and Mt
Dallas, through the western part
of this couuty, has led many peo
ple to conclude that those who
are thus puttiug up their money
know what they are doing. Dur
ing tho past few weeks a corps of
engineers have been hard at work
on tho line, but, of course, they
don't talk.
A few days ago the supreme
court ordered tho salo of the old
South Penn right of way. Should
the B. &. O. bo the purchasers,
then the way is wide open for
them to go ahead and build their
short lino from Pittsburg, which
would include tho link mentioned
above. The following from the
railroad department of Sunday's
Philadelphia Press will be of in
teiest to the people of this sec
tion :
In order to obtain a shorter
route eastward from Pittsburg,
with which to compete with the
Gould liues, which are rapidly
being projected from that city to
tidewater, it was said yesterday
that the Baltimore & Ohio rail
road is about to purchase the old
right of way of the South Penn,
ordered sold by the Federal
Courts.
While this could uot be con
tinned, it was admitted that en
gineers of the Baltimore & Ohio
have re-surveyed the old South
Peun route from Port Perry, on
the Monongahela river, to Han
cock, Md., on tne Potomac river,
fifty-five miles east of Cumber
land. From there surveys are
now under way by engineers of
the company to Warfordsburg,
this state, to locate a favorable
grade from Deueeu's Gap to the
river, at that point. Although
this survey is said to be part of
a plan to straighten the line, and
ease the grades for through traf
fic to and from Pittsburg, and
particularly to do away with the
heavy grade at Sand Patch, the
real reason, it is said, is to con
nect the two lines at that point.
While it would cost, it is said,
about $18,000,000 to complete the
line from Port Perry to Hancock,
the distance between Pittsburg
and Baltimore would be shorten
ed nearly fifty miles. These facts
taken in connection with the fact
that the Baltimore & Ohio has
bought other property for tho
purpose of constructing a short
er line, confirm the belief that it
will purchase the South Penn
right of way.
TENDERS RESIGNATION.
Rev. Dr. West Asks to Be Relieved of
Pastoral Work.
The Presbyterian congregation
in this place were uot a little
grieved at the morning service
last Sunday when Dr. West an
nounced that he would ask the
congregation on Wednesday even
ing to join in a request to Presby
tery to dissolve tho pastoral rela
tions now existing betweeu him
and the McConnellsburg and
Greenhill churches, to take effect
July 1st.
Dr. West's son Robert, a pro
fessor in the Protestant College
at Beirut, Syria, is expected to
reach this couutry lu April and
tho Doctor has consented to ac
company his son to Beirut during
the summer, spending some time
in Switzerland.
While not coming here as a
stranger, Dr. West has during
his four years of work here.great
ly endeared himself to our peo
ple irrespective of denomination
al lines, and his departure is re
garded aa a personal loss to the
community. ;
RECORD OF DEATHS.
Well
Known Citizens that
Called Home.
Have Been
' PROMINENT PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER
Rev. J. Smith Gordon. Who Had Served the
! People at Burnt Cabins Almott Half a
Century. Wm.C. Mann nf Saluvla.
; KKV. .1. SMITH iiIUON.
I Rev. J. Smith Gordon, pastor
j of Lower P.ith Valley (Fannetts
: burg) aud Burnt Cabins Presby
j teriau churches, died athu home
! atFannettsburglastFriday morn
ing.
The Rev. Gordon was born at
Shady Grove in Franklin county,
in 12!t. His father, Alexander
Gordon, was a prominent Elder
in the Presbyterian church at
Greencastle. The younger Gor
don received his collegiate educa
tion at Princeton University, and
his theological training in Prince
ton Theological Seminary. He
was licensed by tho Presbytery
of Carlisle June 17, 1857, and on
June 17, 1851, was ordained and
installed pastor of the churches
before named, which he served
until the day of his death a pe
riod of almost forty-six years.
Mr. Gordon had the longest con
tinuous term of service of any
minister in the presbytery.
Shortly alter he located in Fan
nettsburg he married a Miss
Montgomery, a sister of Mrs.
Candhsh, of Wilson College. Aft
erwards he married a Miss Mary
Poull, of Fannettsburg. The Rev.
Mr. Gordon is survived by his
wife aud the following children :
The Rev. Dr. James Gordon, Van
Wert, Ohio; Prof. Clarence Gor
don, of Centre College, Danville,
Ky.; John, a student at the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania; Misses
Mary and Clementine, at home.
His fuueral was conducted by
his life long friend-, Rev. Wm. A.
West, D. D., of McConnellsburg,
assisted by Rev. Bucher of the
Upper Path Valley church.
WILLIAM C. MANN.
William Culbertson Mann died
at his late residence near Salu
via, this county, during the very
early hours of last Wednesday
morning, aged C9 years, 1 month
and 23 days. Funeral on Friday,
and interment at the Sideling
Hill Christian church.
There is, perhaps, no point on
the turnpike between Everett
and McConnellsburg more famil
iar to the traveling public than
the Mann homestead, known in
tho early part of the last century
as Clifford Manor, when it was
owned by David Maun, father ol
the deceased, who kept store and
conducted the farm. Of later
years the place has been known
as "Mann's."
It was here that William C.
Mann was born January 30, 12'J;
grew to manhood ; married, on
the 14th of March, 1859, Miss
Anna Maria Dauiels, daughter of
the late John Daniels of the same
neighborhood, and at his father's
death succeeded in the owner
ship of the property, where he
spent the remainder of his life.
Covering a period of more than
lorty years Mr. Mann was a lead
ing member of the Christian
church and much interested in the
progress of the Sunday school.
With a few others he succeeded
in forming Uarrisouville Lodge,
No. 710 I. O. O. F., and from the
date of its institution in 1870 to
the time of his death he was one
of the laithful.
About twenty-five of his frater
nal brethreu assisted in perform
ing the last sad funeral rites,
which were beautifully impress
ive. Besides his widow, Mr. Mann
is survived by three sons, Lewis
C, of Everett; Frank D., of Bur
lington, Colorado; U. S. Grant, of
Chicago and four daughters,
Christina Scott, wife of Vernon
Skipper, of Tyrone; Effie May,
wife of William E. Bair, at Green
Hill, and Misses Ella Myrtle, and
Lydla Alice at home. He ia also
survived by one Bister, Mrs.
Rachel A. Speer of Salu via.
Funeral services were conduct-
ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW
j Snapshots at Their Movements, as They
I Come and Go.
NAMES OF VISITORS AND VISITED.
Home for a Vacation, Away for an Outing, a
Trip for Business or Pleasure, You'll
Find It Right Here.
Harry E. Seville returned homo
from Canton, Ohio, last Thurs
day. Mr. Clareuce L. Sipes of Phila
delphia is visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. Nelson Sipes.
Mrs. JessieCarmack and daugh
ter Laura, spent a few hours in
McConnellsburg Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Shue and
family are moving from Mount
Union to Shirleysburgthis week.
Mss Nellie Daniels returned
home last Friday after spending
a week with her grandmother,
Mrs.'Christina Daniels near Har
risonville. Mrs. W. B. McDowell, and lit
tle son and daughter Mary Creigh
and James, are visiting Mrs. Mc
Dowell's mother, Mrs. Margaret
Kendall in the Cove.
Miss Annie B. Frey lias been
spending the-past week in Phila
delphia purchasing a complete
stock of the latest creations in
spring and summer millinery.
John F. Reed, wife and daugh
ter, visited Daniel Mock and fam
ily from Saturday to Sunday.and
Miss Alice Mock is now visiting
in the family of Mr. and Mrs.
Reed.
Mrs. Christina Daniels, widow
of the late John Dauiels, near
Harrisonville, left the old home
stead last week and is having her
home with her daughter, Mrs.
Maria Mann, near Saluvia.
Mr.R. I. Huston of Clear Ridge
was an early Monday morning
visitor at the County Seat. Mr.
Huston moves to Dublin Mills
next week and will engage in a
general mercantile business.
Mr. Joseph B. Mellott exDects
to open out a store at Andover on
the second day ol May aud con
duct a general merchandising
business. Andover ought to be
good point, and a store there will
be a great conveuieuce to that
neighborhood.
ed at the house by Rev. Dr. West
of McConnellsburg, and sermon
was preached at the Christian
church by his pastor, Rev. S. L.
Baugher.
MICHAEL 11. ZI.MM HUMAN.
The people of Sylvan were
startled a fejv days ago by the in
formation of the sudden death of
one of its former citizens in the
person of Michifl HZimmerman,
aged 34 years, 4 months and 4
days.
Mr. Zimmerman was working
in the mountaius in Washington
couuty, Md., and contracted a
cold which developed into pneu
monia aud soon removed its vic
tim from this stage of activity.
Several letters and a telegram
were sent respectively to Sylvan
and Hancock informing the pa
rents of the sickness and death
of Micha'l, but neither reached
their destination m proper time.
Michtel's father Jacob chanced
to pass through Hancock last
Friday when he was informed of
the sad news awaiting him. He
hastened to tho mountain homo
of his son and brought the re
mains to Sylvan. The funeral
was held on Sabbath morning at
Zion Lutherun church in the
presence of a large concourse of
people. The stricken parents
have the sympathy of the entire
community.
A. G. W.
MltS. HKHHUCA HOHTY.
Rebecca, wife of Mr. Albertus
Dorty, died at her home near
Foltz on Monday morning, the
28th inst, aged about 32 years.
Mrs. Dorty was a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. G. Clinton Melius
of Taylor township, and is sur
vived by her husband and two
bright little boys.
Funeral on Tuesday and inter
ment at Mercersburg.