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VOLUME G.
MeCONNELLSIiURG, PA., JULY 19, 1905.
NUMBER 44
OPPOSES JUNE WEDDINGS.
Maine Pastor Declares They Product
More Divorces Than Marriages
of Any Other Month.
Rev. George II. Brownlee, pas
tor of a church in Belfast, Me.,
has created a sensation among
his parisboners and the people of
Waldo county by refusing to mar
ry any couple in June. t
The decision of the minister,
made after long and careful study
of the matter, was announced on
the last Sunday in May, and the
startled members of the flock
especially those who had planned
their nuptials for the month of
roses were up in arms.
Dr. Brownlee declares June
weddings immoral and wrong in
principle, and states that never
again will he perform a ceremony
during the 30 days that constitute
the period. He has produced
figures, gathered from court rec
ords of ihe United States, Canada
and England, to show that a great
er proportion of persons married
in June are divorced than in any
other month the proportion be
ing so large as to lead him in the
first instance to investigate.
Among one of the surprising
statements made by the divine is
that the average age cf persons
in the United States who are mar
ried during June is over two
years less than the average of
ages of the contracting parties
in weddings that take place in
aoy other month of the year.
The average age of men is slight
ly over 15 months less, while the
average age of June brides is 33
months and 18 days less.
In part Dr. Brownlee holds this
comparative immaturity of the
brides ana groonu responsible
for the extraordinary percentage
of divorces resulting from June
weddings.
While he does not say so, the
minister lays stress upon the
one word, "lightly," in the quo
tation: "In the spring the young
man's fancy lightly turns to
thoughts of love." Be objects to
the lightly. He declares that
when thoughts turn to love at all
they should turn seriously, rev
erentially with a fixed and sol
emn realization of the importance
of tire step and its heavy respon
sibilities. Miss Grissinger Elected.
About midnight last Saturday
night the deadlock in the school
board on the election of a pri
mary teacher tor the Borougn
schools, was broken by the elec
tion of Miss Olive Grissinger.
The contest lay between Miss
Grissinger and Miss Elsie Great
head, each having three votes up
to the thirty-first ballot. Sloan,
Woollet and Wible had supported
MissGreathead, and Irwin, Com
erer and Stevens, Miss Grissing
er. Mr. Wible, on the last bal
lot, went over to Miss Grissinger.
A Note Goose.
A goose 41 years of age, is the
curiosity reported from Fannetts
burg, and it is certainly one of
Franklin county's remarkable?,
says Public Opinion. This vener
able goose, however, is feeling
the effects of age and can barely
move about on its legs. It is
owned by Crawford and Miss
Anna Everett. The certainty of
its age is accounted for from the
fact that it made its appearance
on the Everett farm the same
year as did Crawford Everett.
Not Visible Here.
The total eclipse of the sun,
which will take place, August 30,
and for which great preparations
are being made by various eclipse
expeditions, will be the most im
portant astronomical event of the
present year. On that occasion
the moon will pass over the sun
disc, completely hiding it from
view wherever the moon's shad
ow falls upon the earth. It will
not be visible in thia part of the
world.
, . Merchant Frank Bare, of Fort
Littleton, spent a few hours in
MoCounellsburg yesterday.
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK.
I
State Organization Sends a Man Into this
County for Two Months.
Mr. Courtland Van Deusen, a
Princeton College student, has
been sent by the State Sabbath
School Association into this coun
ty to Bpend two months at work
in the interests of the Sunday
sshools. During this time, Mr.
Van Deusen expects to visit per
sonally every Sunday school sup
erintendent, teacher and pastor
in the county, and do what he can
to inspire a greater interest in
the work. Communities not hav
ing the advantages of a Sunday
school, can have M r. Van Deu sen 's
assistance in the organization of
one; or schools already organized
that feel they need a little boost
ing along, may have his help for
the acting. It may as well be
understood at the outstart that
Mr. Van Deusen is no religious
tramp, that he is not working in
the interest of any particular de
nomination, and that he will not
come among you to ask for a col
lection or for money in any way.
He is a cultured christian gentle
man, his salary is paid by the
State Organization, and he is here
to work in the interests of the
Sunday school work, and will
give his help just as cheerfully to
one denomination as to another.
Just take good care of him when
he comes among you that's all.
Write to him at McConnells
burg, or address M. R. Shaffner,
field secretary.
Oscar Morgret Killed.
Oscar Morgret, aged 20 years,
an electrician in the employ of
the Western Maryland Telephone
Company, was instantly killed by
a fall while at work on a cable in
Cumberland ou Thursday, July
6th. He is survived by a widow,
and an infant only a few days old.
His father, Abner Morgret, for
merly of this county is a mer
chant at Berkeley Springs, W.
Va.
The remains of the unfortunate
electrician, were taken to Berk
ley Springs on Saturday after
noon following.
Lodge No. 307, of the Interna
tional Brotherhood of Electricians
had charge of the funeral ar
rangements in Cumberland and
escorted the remains from the
residence of the deceased in
Ridgely, to the train in a body.
A committee from No. 307 ac
companied the corpse to Berkeley
Springs where the order of Jun
ior American Mechanics took
charge and under the ritual of
that order the remains were com
mitted to the earth.
PLEASANT RIDUE.
The hum of the mower and
thresher is the noise of the day.
Clayton Deshong and family
visited Morgan Deshong's Sun
day. S. L. Shives and family visited
Mrs. F. R. Shives, Sunday.
Mrs. Martha Skiles and son,
Frank, spent last Thursday in
J;own.
Ulysses Deshong and family
spent Sunday with his parents,
Morgan Deshong and wife.
Louie Shives spent Sunday
with Jeaunetto Deshong.
J. A. Mellott and wife spent a
day last week with the former's
parents, Joseph Melloitand wife.
D. II. Shives returned from
Franklin cjunty one day last
week.
There will be Child ren's Ser
vice at the Christian church the
fifth Sunday in July.
E. V. Meliott'. new barn was
finished last Saturday.
Anthony Mellott is singing
Hush my babo. It's a girl.
Lloyd Mellott, of Pleasant
Ridge, spent last Saturday even
ing with Charles Brant.
Last Sunday morning E. W.
Swope made the discovery that
his old barn had burned down
during his absence Saturday eve
ning. There will be a festival at Ebeu
essor Saturday evening. .
CONDITIONS OF CROPS.
The Government Report Ninety-four
Million Acres of Cora.
Preliminary returns to the
chief of the bureau of statistics
of the department of agriculture
show the acreage ot corn planted
to be about 94,011,000 acres, an
increase of about 2,080,000 acres,
or 23 per cent, on the area plant
ed last year. The average con
dition of the growing crop on July
1st was 87.3, as compared with
80.4 on July 1, 1904, 79.4 at the
corresponding date in 1903 and a
ten-year average of 87.0.
The average condition of winter
wheat on July 1, was 82.7 as com
pared with 85.5 last month, 78.7
on July 1, 1904, 78.6 at the corre
sponding date in 1903 and a ten
year average of 77.8.
The average condition of spring
wheat on July 1st was 91.0 as
compared with 937 last month,
93.7 on July 1, 1904, 82.5 at the
corresponding date in 1903 and a
ten-year average of 89.3.
The average condition on July
1st of spring and winter wheat
combined was 95.8 as compared
with 84.5 on July 1, 1904, and 80
at the corresponding date in 1903.
The amount of wheat remain
ing in the hands of farmers on
July 1st is estimated at about 24,
257,000 bushels equivalent to
about 4.4 per cent, of the crops
of last year.
The average condition of the
oats crop on July 1 was 92.1 as
compared with 92.9 last month,
89.8 on July 1,1004, 84.3 at the
corresponding date in 1903 and
a ten-year average of 88.5.
The average ondition of bar
ley on July 1 was 91.5 against
93.9 one month ago, 86.7 at the
corresponding date in 1903 and a
ten-years average of 88.3.
The average condition of win
ter rye on July 1, was 92.7 as
compared with 88.0 on July 1,
1904, 90.2 at the corresponding
date in 1903 and a ten-year aver
age of 89.1.
The average condition of spring
rye on July 1 was 93.0 as compar
ed with 90.8 on July 1, 1904, 88.3
at the corresponding date in 1903
and a ten-year average of 88.4.
The acreage of potatoes, ex
cluding sweet potatoes, is less
than that of last year by about
19,000 acres, or 6 per cent. The
average condition on July 1 was
91.2 as compared with 93.9 on
July 1,1904, 88.1 at the corre
sponding date in 1903 and a ten-
year average of 92.1.
The acreage of tobacco is less
than that of last year by about
54,000 acres, or 6.7 per cent. The
average condition on July 1 was
87.4 against 85.3 one year ago.
Mr. Baldwin's Condition.
Rev.Amos Baldwin, D.D., Pres
iding Elder of the Danville district
of the M. E. church, accompanied
by Mrs. Baldwin, has gone to
Indianapolis, lnd., to be treated
by a specialist for cancur of the
rectum. Dr. Baldwin lias not
been able to sit up for several
weeks. The only relief from his
intense suffering was afforded by
means of morphine hypodermi
cally administered,
He was conveyed from Sun
bury to Harnsburg on a cot, ta
king a sleeper at the latter place
for the balance of his journey.
Dr. Bye, after a careful exami
nation, says th-j conditions are
favorable for Dr. Baldwin's re
covery. His response to the
treatment is very encouraging.
Dr. and Mrs. Baldwin expect to
remain in Indianapolis until next
Tuesday, and then spend two
weeks in Atlantic City under the
doctor's care.
We learn that while Rev, Lowis
Chambers is visiting his grand
son, G. G. Chambers, at Ridley
Park, Pa., he is havlug his eyes
treated for cataract. We trust
that the treatment may bo suc
cessful, and that the organs that
have served him so well for many
years, may still give him service
for many years to come.
OUK PHILIPPINE COUSINS.
Something of Their Religion As Given by
Charles Henry Wlssncr for the
News.
Few men have had better op
portunities for an inside acquaint
ance of the lives of the Filipinos
than Mr Wissner, who lived
among them and knew their lan
guage. Of their religion Mr.
Wissner says:
The inhabitants of the Philip
pine Islands are Uatholic, Mo
hammedan or Heathen.
The Spanish call the heathen
"infieles," while the Mohamme
dans are called Moros.
"infiel" means unbeliever
or heathen, while "Moro" means
Moor, and was first applied to the
Moslems of Spain by the Spanish
and later by them to all Moham
medans. The heathen are to be found al
most entirely among the "lgorot
tes and Negritos. " For centur
ies the Spanish priests and friars
have attempted to convert these
people, but without effect. The
lgorottes are to be found only in
the island of Luzon, while the
Negritos are found in the seclud
ed mountain ranges and forests
of almost every island.
The Mohammedans or Moros
inhabit the southern coasts of
Mindanao, and the smaller is
lands that compose the Jolo (Sulu)
group. While these people are
nominal Mohammedans, observ
ing few of the simple forms of
their creed, yet they are most
bitter in their hatred of the Cath
olics and for generations waged a
piratical warfare against them.
To fully understand the relig
ious questions now agitating the
Islands, one must go back to the
13th century, when tho Span
iards first took possession of the
Islands.
At that time all of the people
were pagans with tho exception
of some scattered settlements of
Mohammedans near Manila and
in southern Mindanao. With the
Spanish troops came the friars
or missionaries of the Catholic
church. These friars were veri
table men of God men like Saint
Francis Xavier and Las Casas
men who have had no equals since
the days of the Apostles men of
whom the world was not worthy.
These men and their immediate
successors converted the majori
ty of the people to the Catholic
church. The Filipinos are not
ignorant of their creed nor are
they as some would have us sup
pose but baptised heathen, but
on the other hand pious, faithful
and earnest in their religion and
so liberal in their sacrifices for
the sake of religion that a story
of it would seem almost impossi
ble to an average American prot
estant. In the course of time the friars
or missionaries died out and were
replaced by a set of men who
were more politicians than priests
and whose ideas of morality were
n it superior to those of the heat li
en around theci. The Catholic
church when it fell into the bauds
of these lriars soon degeneratod
in its tone and furnished to the
world the strange spectacle of a
Catholic people faithful to their
creed while their leaders were
untrue to every vow they had ta
ken, cruel, false, licentious and
ahuist devilish,
NEW PAPER FOR HANCOCK.
The Advocate, a Newsy Little Four-column
Folio, Makes Its Appcarauce
with George C. Huber as Editor.
The first issue of the Advocate,
a four column folio, published by
the Hancock Printing Company,
and edited by Mr, Georgo C. Hu
bor, has boon sent out to the pub
lic for its approval. It is well
edited, well printed on good pa
per, and with Mr. iluber's long
experience as a practical printer
and editor, we expect to see the
Adocate occupy a conspicuous
place on the crest of the wave of
Hancock's prosperity,
TEACHERS WANTED.
J Weddings and Good Jobs Make Teach
ers Scarce In Monroe County.
The dearth of school teachers
promises to cripple the schools
of Monroe county. School
"marms"are marrying too fast
to please County Superintendent
Koehler, and those who remain
in the work are drawn away to
neighboring counties by better
salaries and longer terms.
Superintendent Koehler has
completed his examination of ap
plicants for provisional certifi
cates in the eastern districts of
the county. Only twenty-eight
persons appeared before him.
This is a very small number, and
is entirely inadequate to supply
the demand for teachers. The
number of pchool in these same
districts is almost fifty, and to
supply all the schools at least
thirty more teachers must be se
cured from among Normal school
graduates, holders of profession
al and permanent certificates and
such new applicants as may pres
ent themselves at the special ex
amination. There seems to be a demand
lor good teachers in many adjoin
ing counties. Recently a well
known educator received a letter
from a city superintendent stat
ing that he was in need of twenty-one
teachers, and asking infor
metion concerning several Nor
mal graduates whom he intended
offering positions at salaries far
above what are paid there.
Since the organization of the
normal school thereabout one
hundred and fifty pupils from
the county have graduated there
not including this year's class,
with the expressed purpose of
becoming teachers. A goodly
number are married, and many
have entered other professions.
WHIPS COVE.
Miss Achsah Plessinger, who
has been suffering from a severe
attack of typhoid fever, is slowly
improving under the care of Dr.
J. S. Swartzwelder.
Mrs. Ollie Robbins spent last
Friday night with Squire F. M.
Diehl and family.
Mrs. Barbara Fletcher, of Rob
insonville, spent last Saturday
night nnd Sunday with her sister
Mrs. Mary Winter.
Mrs N. W. Mellott and Mrs.
E. A. Hoopengarduer called on
Miss 15eKe Diehl last Thursday
afternoon.
F. M. Diehl and family spent
Sunday with N. W. Mellott and
family.
Ed Diehl and Carey Laytonleft
last Friday for the West where
they will spend some time visit
ing friends.
William Martin lost a valuable
horse last week.
Ruv. Jacob Powers, of Virginia,
will preach at the Whips Cove
church, Saturday evening, Au
gust 12th; also Rev. Morton Pow
ers, of Ohio, will preach at the
same place ou Sunday morning
August 13th at 10 o'clock.
TheDuffys at Webster Mills
have just placed In their mill a
Wolf cry ra tor, which takes the
place of their former bolting ma
chinery. Tho Ayr township directors
will receive bids at Webster Mills
at 1 o'clock, p. m., Saturday, July
29tii for the furnishing of wood
for their schools next winter.
I Ion. and Mrs. Jno. P. Sipes
and their grand daughter, Anna
Mary Sipes, spent from Satur
day until Monday evening in a
itrlp to Altoona.
After 8 ponding a week with his
sister, Mrs. Susan Toston at
Cloarspring, and a tew days with
his brother Will near St Thomas,
Mr; Jacob Runyan and his broth
er Will came over to McConnells
burg iast Saturday .and were the
guests of their brotherAbri4
Runyan over Sunday p when; Will
returned home and Jacob la still
here. It Uaebeasiir yesra
since1 Jacob" visited hiK pennsyl
v&nia. friends,
IS FIGHTING GOULD.
Cassatt Has Thus Far Prevented the
Connection of the Wabash With the
Western Maryland Railroad.
The fight which A. J. Cassatt
is making against the Goulds, to
prevent the acquisition of a con
necting link between the Wabash
system and the Western Mary
land, wus described in last Sun
day's New York World as fol
ic ws :
"A. J. Cassatt, president of the
Pennsylvania system, has left no
stone unturned to prevent the
Goulds from getting possession
of the Little Kanawha railroad
which Joseph Ramsey, Jr., and
his associates have recently con
trolled. President Cassatt in
duced the Vanderbilts to join him
in making a bid for the Little
Kanawha property, and an option
on it was secured. Wall street
now appears to be getting ready
to boom the Pennsylvania group
of stocks in the belief that the ex
ercise of this option will block
Gould interests from establish
ing a physical connection be
tween the Wabash and the Wa
bash and the Western Maryland.
"Cassatt, in starting on his
summer vacation, left theimpres
aion among some of his Pennsyl
vania railroad associates that the
Little Kanawha will soon be turn
ed over to a purchasing syndicate
and that it will be brought direct
ly under the operation of the
Pennsylvania system. Tho stock
ownership, it is said, will be di
vided equally between the Pitts
burg & Lake Erie a Vanderbilt
line and the Pennsylvania com
pany. Another factor that is helping
to improve the speculative posi
tion of the Pennsylvania group is
the splendid financial status of
the Baltimore & Ohio. This rail
road company is said to have
$26,000,000 of cash assets, and
the management is quickly buy
ing up, before maturity, all of the
$10,000,000 of two year 4 per
cent, notes that were issued last
year that can be found in the
market.
N. H. Evans and Dennis Gor
don came to town yesterday to
meet two Miss Bennetts, of Har
nsburg, who were going down
to visit among friends in Thomp
son. M". Crist Wagner, proprietor
of the mail route between here
and Fort Littleton, brought with
him to town on Monday a rattle
snake skin that measured four
feet in length. Mr. Wagner kill
ed the reptile at his barn Sunday
evening, and when opened the
snake was found to contain a very
large rat and a small mouse.
Mr. Wagner gives as a pointer,
the fact that where premises are
infested with rats the pesky ro
dents may soon be rid of by plac
ing a good healthy snake among
them. A good sized rattler or
blacksnake is better than a cat.
A Serious Charge.
W. H. Woody, who claims to be
a United States detective, is in
jail at Chambersburg on a ser
ious charge, which will send him
to the penitentiary if convicted.
He was arrested by Constable
Etter, on warrants charging him
withcriminal assault and battery.
The police say they have evi
dence that will prove he inserted
an advertisement in a local news
paper for a wife, holding out the
inducement that he was the heir
to a large sum of money and
that in order to get his inherit
ance was obliged to marry. In
that way, it is charged, he gained
admission to the homes of sever
al young women, and that at the
point of a revolver, he tried to as
sault one of them. Woody is 80
years old. For a number of
weeks he has been watched by
the authorities who suspected
him of using the office of a gov
ernment detective to gain en
trance to the homes of young
women of the town and he says
57 of them answered his advertisement
ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW.
Snapshots at Their Movements, as Tbey
Come and Go.
NAMES OP VISITORS AND VISITED
Home for a Vacitton, Away lor Outing, a
Trip (or Buslneis or Pleasure. Voa'U
Find It Right Here.
C. M. Dixon, of Chambersburg,
was registered at the Fulton
House last Thursday.
Mrs. George B. Mellott is vis
iting among her many friends and
relatives in Needmore and vicini
ty. Captain and Mrs. George W.
Skinner and son Don K., spent a
few days at the Fulton House last
week.
Harry Beener and wife, of Nor
ristown, Pa., are the guests of
the latter 's uncle, M. R. Shaffner,
Esq., of this place.
Mrs. Henry Demuth and sons
Christopher and Henry, of Lan
caster, are guests in the family
of Mrs. M. B. Trout, of this place.
Mrs. Charles F. Reisner and
son little Charles, of Hagerstown,
is visiting the families of George
and Jacob Reisner in this place.
J. W. Tritle, of Waynesboro,
has been spending several days
in the home of his parents, J.
George Tritle and wife, in this
place.
Hon. and Mrs. Scott Alexan
der and daughter Maria Dickson
Alexander, went to Atlantic City
last Thursday for a summer out
ing. .
Mrs. George Fockler, of Johns
town, Pa., is visiting her parents,
Dr. and Mrs. H. S. Wishart, and
her many other friends m Mc
Connellsburg. Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Nace and
daughters Misses Nellie and Jes
sie, of Chambersburg, are among
the summer visitors at the Wash
ington House.
Roy M. Sipes and Norman Mel
lott tarried awhile in town last
Saturday on their way home from
the neighborhood of Greeucastle
where they had been harvesting
for about four weeks.
Mrs. Elijah Mellott and her
mother, Mrs. Margaret Henry of
Sipes Mill, spent Monday and
Tuesday in town. Mrs. Henry,
who formerly resided in town is
now making her home with Chris ;
tina (Mrs. Mellott).
Samuel Spangler, wife, and
little daughter Matilda, of
Waynesboro, have been the
guests of W. H. Nesbit and wife,
and other friends in town during
the past week. Mrs. Spanglur"
was formerly Miss Carrie Wilt,
of this place.
Miss Ruth West, a student at
Wilson College, spent from Fri
day until Monday with her grand
father, Dr. W. A. West, in this
place. On Monday she and her
grandfather went over to Path
Valley to spend a week at the tet
ter's farm.
A. Runyan and wife, of Need
more, and their daughter Mollie
(Mrs. R. C. Dixon, of Pittsburg)
and Mrs. Dixon's little son and
daughter, Fred and Mildred,
were guests, Saturday and Sun
day, of John B. Runyan and wife
of this place.
In a recent letter from Miss
Nora A. Conrad, a very efficient
stenographer in the Iron City,
she says: "People who smile at
the mention of 'Little Fulton' 'al
ways assume a respectful de
meanor when I flourish the big
eight page weekly that chronicles
the doings down there. Loug
may it wave !"
We were glad to learn recently
through Mr. Arthur Barton, of
Birmingham, Ala., of the where
abouts of Mr. ; 'R. R. Akers, a
former Brush Creek boy, of whom
we had not heard .for a long time.
Mr. Barton reports that Mr, Ak
ers is owner ol a large lumber
plant uear Birmingham, and is
doing a very prosperous fcusl-
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