VOLUME 7, McCONNELLSBURG, PA., MARCH 7. 1906. NUMBER 2 TAKE OFFICES IN MAY What Compliance With Law ihe Jus tices of the Peace and Constables Must Make. PORTION OF THE ACT IS QUOTED. When constables, school direc tors, justices of the peace and oth er officers elected at the election on February 20th, in the various boroughs, townships and town wards of the county district take their oaths of office, the majority of them will take a three-years term. However, where a man was elected for a shorter term, it was so stated on the ballots. There is no notable exception tjthe three-year term of office. Justices of the peace hold office for five years. They do not enter upon the duties of their offices until the first Monday in May. But it is their duty to tile with the prothonotary of the county a statement of their acceptance of the ottbe, with the name ot the justice whom they succeed, whether themselves or others, with the cause of vacancy. The prothonotary certifies the same under his seal of office to the sec retary rf the crmmonwealth. The governor issues the commis sion to the person who appears tc be duly elected for the term of five years, computed from the first Monday in May. If a jus tice elected fails to signify his ac ceptance to the commonwealth, he cannot exercise the duties of his office. No commission is sent to him and he can only acquire one by petitioning the governor to appoint him. His acceptance must be filed within sixty days after his election. His commission, when issued, like that of a notary public, is sent to the recorder of deeds, who places it on record and notifies the justice-elect that his commis sion is awaiting his calling and and paying the proper fees. The oath of office is administered by the recorder. The law also re quires every justice of tho peace to provide himself with a seal which he must impress upon all official documents. He must al so provide himself with proper dockets u; which to enler legal proceedings that may be begun before him. It is the duty of the constables- elect to appear on the first day of the next quarter sessions after tieir election and accept or de cline the office. Neglect or re f ueal to perform this duty sub jects them to a forfeit of $40 to the township .or borough where they were elected If one fails t j give bond court will declare the office vacant and appoint some other person to fill it. School directors-elect enter upon tueir duties on the first Mon day in June, which is a wise pro vision as it permits their prede sessors to serve until the school year is almost concluded and brings the new directors into of fice in time to shape their plans for the ensuing year. This is the only local ofiice to which women are eligible in this state. The tax collector is an lmprrt ant officer. As every one knows it is the tax collector's duty to collect the taxes in the townships. He must give bond to be approv ed by court and renev7 it each successive year he is in office. The following is a portion of ttieactof l80j, relating to tax collectors : , "Section 1. Thtt tax collectors of townships and boroughs of the i cum mouwealth furnish each per f son, on the payment oi taxes, with a numbered receipt, Betting out date, came of taxpayer, amount and district in which tax payer is assessed from a. honk tn I be furuUhed by the county com misM.tners, containing a stub, "tithe 6tub a memoranda "lull be made In ink of th num -' of the receipt, the date, name i taxpayer, amount of tax and d'tnct in which the taxpayer is LETTER FROM OHIO. Written by Mr. John S. Hull, of Mans field, for the Fulton County Newi. Dear Editor : Find enclosed one dollar ($1.00) w pay for the "News," another year. The News is a welcome visitor to my home every Friday. It seems I can't do without the paper. It gives the news of old Fulton where I was born and raised. It is like a letter every week. Perhaps the people in old Ful ton would like to know where and what kind of a place and city I live in. I will give a few of the principal things tbct t'o to make this city a splendid place for per sons wishing to come West to stop off at Mansifield, Ohio. I have lived around and in this city for twenty-six years and I have been in other states and cities and I do think that Mansfield, which is the cjunty seat of Richland county, is as flourishing a city i s 1 have ever seen. It has a popu lation of 20,000. The county is the wealthiest county in Northern Ohio. It has an active chamber of commerce, committees on new industries; fifty acres with super ior railroad facilities for manu facturing sites, on reasonable terms. Numerous large indus trial establishments for wage earners; four trunk line railroads, the Pennsylvania, Erie, B. & O., and Big Four. Within twenty-five miles of the coal fields, via , two lines of rail way. The center for laterurban electric railways of northern Ohio, 35 miles of streets paved with brick and asphalt. Artesian well water works, ample for fac tory, fire, and domestic purposes, complete sewage disposal and gar bage crematory plant; ten mod ern school buildings, and one hun dred teachers; Memorial Library, twenty onechurches.fineedifices; Opera House; Y. M. C. A., and Y. W. C. A.; city paid Fire Depart ment, three stations; stone quar ries, shellandclay, natural gasand electric lights. Railroading sid ings for 5,000 cars. Oil and ga wells within 12 miles of the city. One well that was put down this winter provides 350 barrels eve ry 24 hours. It is claimed to be the best oil well in the world. If you consider this to be inter esting to the readers of the News, you may insert it in the columns of your paper. Tables of Measures. Tho following is a table by which persons not having scales and weights at hand may readily measure the articles wanted to form any recipe without weigh ing. Make some allowance for any extraordinary dryness or moisture of the articles weigh( or measured: wneat nour, one quart is one pound; Indian meal, onequart is one pound twoounces, butter, when soft, one quart is one pound; loaf sugar, broken, one quart is one pound; white sugar, powdered, one quart is one pound one ounce; best brown sugar, one quart is one pound two ounces. Ten eggs make one Dound. A common tumbler holds naif a pint; a tea cup holds one gill, or one-fourth or a pint, bix- ty drops equal one teaspoontuu. fora each election tho tax collect or of townships and boroughs shall send a sheet to the office of the county commissioners con taining the number of each re ceipt issued, date of payment, name of taxpayer, amount of tax and district in which taxpayer is assessed for the period since last report. The first report shall be fur taxes received on and after June first, one thousand, eight hundred and ninety-five. "Section 8. The commission era are hereby directed to have Buch reports of tax payers bound and kept for public inspection. "Section 5. Any tax collector failing to comply with the provis ions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor to be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both, at the discretion of REFUSED TO BE VACCINATED. Teacher for Three Months Sits Alone With All the Decks Empty. Although the tight against the Slate vaccination taw has been bitterly waged agai istthe Health Department in nearly all ol the rural school districts, it is prob able that the present situation at Birdsboro, Berks county, is with out precedent in the history of the State's public schools. Nearly three months ago Dr. Samuel G. Dixon, State Health Commissioner, sent a letter to W. Walter Kessler, teacher ot a Birdsboio public school, order ing him to see that the pupils in his school complied with the State vaccination law after December 4. From that time on until New Year, Mr. Kessler spent each day alone in the school house. Janu ary 2 a lone little girl, Edith Ratbje, put in an appearance. She exhibited her vaccination cer tificate, and for a week Mr. KesJ ler had one pupil. The following Monday morning, however, he found himself deserted. The lit tle girl felt so lonely in the school house that sho begged her par ents to allow her to remain at home. She was sent to the Free- mansville school. Each morning Mr. Kessler pro ceeds to his school house, dusts off the desks and gets ready to open school, but each time h6 is disappointed, and is doomed to spend the day by himself. At noon he eats his lunch in solitude, nd at 4 o'clock he closes the shut ters and goes to his home. The school house is a one story saudstone building. It stands on an elevation, and from the win dows is afforded a fine view of broad acres of splendid farming land, sloping i. every direction. The interior is scrupulously clean, and the teacher declared that it did not require much of an effort to keep it so. HORRIBLY BURNED. Woman Used Gasoline to Start a Fire With Fatal Results. Mercer sburg, Mar. 2 : Miss Emma Bonder, a domestic ser vant employed by the family of I. E. Hoffman, tenants of the Seth Dickey farm two miles north of here, is at the point of death with most horrible burns accidentally inflicted. About 6 this morning Miss Bender went to the kitchen of the farm house to get the break fast. The fire was slow starting and she look what she thought was the kerosene can and poured some of the fluid on the backward blazes. The can happened to con tain gasoiine and there was in stantly a terrific explosion. The flames embraced the young wom an and in a twinkle her clothing were a mass of flames. She shrioked with pain and fright and tried to tear off the clothing. Wil liam Uivens, one of the men em ployed on the farm, heard her screams and running into the kitchtn, helped to tear oft the burning dress and extinguish the fire. Miss Bender was burned over fully three quarters of her body and it is not thought she can re cover. Mr. Bivens had his hands badly burned, his hair and mus tache burned off and his arms blistered. The house did not catch fire. Miss Bender died on Wednes day. Change of Proprietors. Last week Benj. Wilds, wh has been the proprietor of the "Eagle'' , hotel at Fort Littleton for the past year, sold the good will, etc., to Mr. Miller Jones, of Franklin County. Hand Burned. Wm.' Baumgardner, janitor of the Presbyterian church in this place, was so unfortuuate as to have his right hand and wrist hadly burned by the flames from the coal rii e which be was stirring burst out of the door, catching him on the arm and wrist making SMOOTH GAME WARDEN. Dr. Kalbfus Says Charles Hnsler Turned In False Accounts. Information was made Febru ary 21 by State GaroeCommis sionor Joseph Kalbfus, belore Alderman Hover ter that Charles Husler, a game warden living at Hay's Grove, by submitting 1alse reports of his monthly expenses, had obtained money and proper ty belonging to the State. It , is further alleged that he made re ports stating that he had gone to certain places in the interest of the State Game Commission, and contracted hotel and other bills, and according to sworn state ments it was found that he had not been near the places. He was committed to the Dau phin county jail by Alderman Hoverter on the charge of false pretense in default of $1,000 bail, for the nextterm'of court. When asked this morning what he had to say, he replied that he had re ports in derail that would prove that he had charged for only that to which he is entitled. Harns burg Telegraph. The subject of the above notice is the warden, who last fall, had Henry Miller and Baldwin Frak er, of Dublin township, arrested for an alleged infringement of the game laws by calling turkeys with a caller, as told in the News at the time. He also had Robert Downs arrested later for shoot ing robins, and failed to appear at the hearing, throwing the coun ty into the costs. Annual Banquet of 1. O. 0. F. The banquet given by the Mc Connellsburg Lodge, 1. O. O. F., on last Friday evening, at the Washington House was one of the high tides in the calendar of the organization and most enjoya ble affair. During the evening the body held its regular meet ing and increased its roll of mem. bers by the initiation of two of our most reliable young men into the Order. At 9 o'clock, when the supper was announced, the parlors of the Washington House were filled with members of the McConnellsburg Lodge, visitors from nearby lodges, and invited friends to the number of sixty or more. On reaching the dining room the tables decorated with stately ferns and blooming plants appealed to the sight as well as the palate. A very abundant and elaborate menu had been pre pared by Mrs. S. B. Woollet and her capable corps of assistants, and was promptly served by Robert Smith, head of tre dining room service. The menu consist ed of oysters, roast turkey, cold ham, celery, cranberries, salads, all seasonable and unseasonable vegetables, coffee, ice cream and cake. Before eating, but while seated at the table, all present joined in the unique but most impressive ceremony ot the singing of an ode and in prayer led by the chaplain, Henry Comerer. Prof. Chas. E. Barton was toast- master, and played his part with easy grace. Alter welcoming all present to the board of the Lodge, he introduced B. C. Lamberson, who relerred to the high ideals of Odd-fellowship, in response to the toast, "What Odd Fellow ship stands for." The next speaker, Rev, J. V. Adams, responded to the toast, "The Relation between the Lodge and the Chirch of Cnrist. Some of the ideas ex pressed were Both st -nd for the elevation and common brother hood of men one is of Divine or igin, one is of man. No hostility should exist between the two; the good Christian makes a good Odd fellow, and all Odd fellows should be good Christians. The noxt toast, "Our Motto; what dos it mean?" to which Dr. A. D. Dalbey very ably re sponded, was an explanation of tlfo principles of ."Friendship, Love and Truth. At eloven o'clock, the guests rose from the tables, pleading guilty totbesin of self-it, dulgence, bub under many obligations to their entertainers, the Lodge of I. O. O. V., of McConnellsburg for an excellent supper, and i thoroughly enjoyable and profit COMPENSATION OF SUPERVISORS. Attorney General Decides That They Can Receive Expenses. Attorney General Carson has rendered an r pinion concerning the new road law which is of in terest to the officials of every township in Fulton county. The Attorney General hold that the Supervisers under the new law m&y allow themselves necessary expenses, such as meals, horse feeds, etc. Tne opin ion also aiserl,s that the uew law does not prohibit the Supervisors from working out their own road tax with pick and shovel in those townships where the system is in vogue. The Attorney General says : ' "As the statute is silent on the question of compensation, I am force j to the conclusion that the Legislature did not intend that the Supervisors elected in accord ance with the provisions of this act should receive any compensa tion whatever." The opinion continues with an explanation that "necessary ex penses" mentioned in the act would include traveling expenses, cost of meals, horse feed and such other compensation of any kind for the time spent by the super visors in the discharge of their duties. The Attorney General advances the belief that a supervisor may work out his road tax under the word tax system, for the reason that while he cannot receive com pensation for his official services it would be unfair to put him in a worse position than any of his neighbors simply because he holds office. Though he cannot profit by his official position, he ought not to lose any of his rights as a taxpayer by reason thereof. If a township abolished a work tax by a vote at the February election it will be entitled to re ceive the la per centum or the amount of road tax collected in said township for that year. This 15 per centum cinnot be paid however by the highway commis sioner until be has received the necessay report which cannot be fnrnished him before the suc ceeding year because the law con templates that the commissioner of highways shall have at hand the report as provided for before he shall draw his warrant but the preparatory step mupt have been taken at the February election to entitle the township to the State aid for that year. Another interesting part of the opinion is that no member of the board ol Supervisors should act or be employed as road master for any district for the reason that the compensation would be fixed byhimselfandhis colleagues on the board and this would be a direct violation of the spirit if nit the exact letter of the law and in case he should insist upon doing this work he is entitled to com pensation for the same. SCHOOL REPORT. Dr. Schaeffer Gives Figures As To Edu cation In This State. Harrisburg, Feb. 27. The an nual report of Dr. Nathan C. Schaeffer, superintendent of pub- Ho instruction, now in the hands of the state printer,, shows that there are 2561 school districts in the state, outside of Philadelphia, and 31,319 schools. The number of township high schools is 197. There are 8028 men teachers and 24,324 women teachers. The av erage monthly salary of the men is $51.81; of tho women, $39.14. The number of pupils outside of Philadelphia is 1,209,908. Total amount paid n teacher s's wages was $14,142,470.84; for textbooks, $703,771.63; for air other school supplies, $700,777.83. Appropri atiori for free tuition of pupils in state not rual schools was $237,- 500. Total cost of schools last year, as met by state, county and city was $28,565,457.15. . The seals or wages jo" women teachers shows an average in crease of $3.46 -per month; for A WONDERFUL HOSPITAL. Most Self-Contained Institution of Its Kind in the World. . According to the London Ex press, Dr. Ott, the Marienbad pliysLian of King Edward, upoi a recent visit to the London Hos pital, declared that, although not so large as Vienna's largest hos pital, it was the most wonderful ly equipped institution of the Itind he had ever seen. The feature which most im pressed Dr. Ott was the fact that the London is the most Belf con tained hospital in the world. ' Af ter occupy ing nearly nine years and involving an expenditure of almost half a million pounds, the rebuilding of the hospital is now complete. The reconstruction was begun in 1897 on a promise of 5,000 a year from the King's Hospital Fund if the trustees would spend 100,000 on improvements. A to tal of 410 000 has been actually disbursed, and as there is only about 10,000 more to be paid out, the London Hospital starts on its new career almost free from debt. Perhaps the most remarkable feature of the alterations is the fact that not one of 933 beds has been closed during the recon struction. Last Tuesday 1,660 out patients were received in the new department. The 1 record number is 1,666. These figures do not include such cases as cuts, abrasious, and minor accidents, which are treated in thecasuality ward. The new Nurses' Home accom modates 273 women. One thous and dinners are daily served from the remodeled kitchen to patients and porters alone. If the meal is more than three minutes late the kitchen staff are severely rep rimanded. The equipment of the new kitchen cost 2,300. There are now no fewer than thirteen Finsen lamps, one of which was supplied by Queen Al exandra, and the "Ray" depart ment is the best equipped in tne world. There are thirteen oper ating theatres, and an elaborate electrical plant, which manufac tures every kind of medicine, ointment, pills and even lozenges on the premises. Everything, m fact, is made in the building with the exception of electric light, which is supplied on very gener ous t?rms by the Borough of Stepney. Dragged Out Corpse for a "Drunk." James Adams, assistant to O. Hottel, B. & O. Agent, at Han cock Station, had a rather strange experience on Sunday morning in the waiting-room of the depot. Before returning home on Satur day night Jimmy had put every thing in order for the following day but upon bis arrival at the station Sunday morning the first thing to catch his attention was what Mr. Adams termed a "drunk" in the person of Barney Waters, stretched out on one of the seats near the stove. With out endeavoring to arouse his uu welcomed guest, Jimmy proceed ed to "yank" him out on the plat form, thinking that the man was greatly in need of fresh air. Sev eral bystanders, who, no doubt, had been dissipating with their friend during the night, came to the man's assistance, only to dis cover that what Mr. Adams thought to be a "drunk" was in deed a corpse. ' The man had been dead for several hours. His remains were taken in charge by friends. The deceased was un married and resided in West Vir ginia, Hancock Advocate. Wedding. At the Queen City Hotel, at Cumberland, Md., on Wednes day, Feb. 21,1900, Mr. William Hltchens, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Ilitchens, of Defiance, Bedford county, Pa , and Miss Annie R. Thomas, daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. George Thomas, of this place, were united in mar riage by the officiating minister of the Methodist church at that ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW Snapshots at Their Comlr.;s ard Goings Here for a Vacation, or Away for a Restful Outing. NAMES OF VISITORS AND VISITED Mrs. Rebecca Orth, of Fort Littleton, has been in ill health for some time. Miss Clara Snyder, of Tod township, left this place last Wednesday for Saltillo, where she has employment. James A. Stewart, proprietor of the Green Hill house, spent last Wednesday in this place on business. Miss Emma Lisle, of Ft. Little ton, spent Saturday and Sunday theguestof Miss Gertrude Sipes, North Second street. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Karris, of Everett, spent several days visit ing relatives and frit, nds in this vicinity last week Robert Metzler of Harrisonville left last week for Philadelphia He will be employed in his broth er Claud's drug store for some time, and possibly take up the study of Pharmacy. Success to Robert. Prothonotary Geo. A. Harris received a telegram ou Wednes day announcing the death of his brother, J. Orvil Harris, at Fres no, California, on Tuesday. No particulars have been received. W. F. Hart, of Needmore, re ceived a telegram from Big Tim ber, Mont., on last Friday, in forming him of the death of his sister, Mrs. Lib Sharpe. We hope to give a more extended notice next week. Our citizens were startledon Monday night, by the sad news, that Mr. J. Geo. Tritle had died uddenly. As is known Mr. Tri tle had a paralytic stroke several months ago, and from that time has been in poor health. On Monday evening, while talking to his pastor, Rev. A. G. Wolf, he had another strone. and imme diately expired. We will give a sketch of his life next week. Fu neral to-day. Interment in Union cemetery. CLEAR RID0E. Benj. F. Wilds and Miller Jones, of Fort Littleton, were in this place on business Saturday. At this time there is quite a great deal of sickness in this com munity., George Myers' family is quarantined; two of the young est children have scariet fever. Luther Grove and Taylor Ram - . sey nave removed their goods from the Huston store room, and the room is now ready for the new merchant, Charles Stevens, the 1st of April. A wood chopper arrived at the home of Harry W. Wible, on Sat urday. James M. Brown is home from Altoona on a vacation. James Deavor's left last Friday for Salisbury, Md., where he and Jesse Grove have rented a farm, and will try farming the coming summer. Nora Heeter is spending some time in Altoona. Mr. Motzer, a piano tuner, from Altoona, spent a few days at the Mowers House. Word was received by John Wiv-irlnlf rf i.ha lootl. if Vl. brother, A.mos Woodcock, at Sal- isbury, Md. He was raised here, and his death was a shock to many of his old acquaintances. Mrs. Katharine Baker, who is affected with a paralytic stroke, is no better. Mrs. Genetta Henry spent Sun day afternoon with Mjs. Ephraim Need. ' Misses Ella Huston and Vera Fleming returned to their homes at Saltillo on Thursday. Mayme Fields and Ada Fleming spent Sunday with Jess Henry. Mabel Abbott visited some of bet relatives at Saltillo, on Sunday "Section". That 20 dijbe the court." a painful bum. able evening. meu, $2 .CD per mouth. place. Eut "?nh'3 f:r t i f"--
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