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McCONNiaLSISUKG, PA., AUGUST 23, 1 i)0(i.
NI!)I!!I:R 'IS
THE VACCINATION LAW.
iiilroiits Teachers, Patrons and School
Officials, as acnooin are adohi
(o Open.
IITN LETTER FROM SUIT. BARTON.
'o the School Directors, Teachers
and t'atro'-s of the Schools of
lAiltou County:
Shortly after the opening of
,ir schools a year -ago, we were
ml routed by the ruling of Dr.
atnuel (1. Dixon, State Health
'ommissioner or renusyivania,
directing that the vaccination law
hould b8 rigidly enforced
liroughout the State.
Our county, like many others,
. . - "ai- ii , r
nil not comply wiui me law lor
wo reasons: first, because the
f-chouls had already begun, and
n enforcement of the law would
lioce.' sarily have meant a break in
jiio attendance; and, secoud, be-
ause the cold and brittle weathei
jwas here and parents hesitated
flo have their children vaccinated
r fear of colds and such disor
ers as are incident to winter
front lie r, thus making the vacci
nation doubly hard.
The question now arises what
hall we do ia the matter for the
oming term t
Section 12 of the Act of June
is, IMCi, provides: "That all prin
cipals or teachers iu charge of
schools are hereby required to
refuse the admission of any child
u the schools under their charge
or supervision, except upon a cer
lificate signed by a physician set
ting forth that suchchild has been
successfully vaccinated, or that it
lias previously had smallpox."
Suction '21 of the same act pro
vides; "That any principal or
teacher who fails, neglects, or re-
I'usus to comply with said act,
shall upon conviction thereof be
liable to a tine of not less than $5,
i. or more than $100,and in default
uf payment thereof shall undergo
mi iuiprisiouiiieut in the county
:u 1 for a period not to exceed six
ty days."
Whether the law meets with our
approval or not, or whether it be a
wise. ruling or not, it is neverthe
less a part ot the statutes of our
State, and we cannot question its
justice. It has been sustained by
the Courts, and we, as school of
ficials, and as patrons and citizens
of the commonwealth, must eith
er obey or be prepared to suffer
the penalties of its violation.
The law makes the teacher
wholly responsible for the ob
servance or the violation of the
same it is the teacher only who
is made to suffer where the law
i-s not complied with; and, while
the law provid3s that no pupil
shall be admitted to the schools,
who does not possess a physi
cian's certificate, yet I feel that
by judicious efforts on the part
of teachers and school officials,
and by the laying aside of pre
judice on the part ol patrons, all
'f our boys and girls can be
brought to a fulfilment of the law
without any being driven from
I ho schools.
Where we go in advance of pub-
lie.
sentiment or go contrary
thereto, we must meet opposition;
hence, my argument for wise
( ouuselhng and tactful presenta
tions of the vaccination question,
by those in authority so that pub
he sentiment may be educated to
. the point of cheerful observance
I of the law.
In three of the districts of the
p county, the law was observed last
winter; in others, the ' school-
I boards have recommended its ob
V servance this year; but whether
i school boards take action or not,
i n, is up io the teachers to meet
; the question and handle it as they
tmuK nest.
, i trust that parents will give
mis question due and fair con
; sideration before tho openiug of
j uiobciioois so that no teacher
I may be endangered, and uopu
pn uepnveu ot an education.
Kespectfullv
' Chas. E. Baiiton.
i V. S. The question may arise,
Must teachers bo vaccinate! y i
AUGUST NUPTIALS.
The Hot Weather Has not Produced a '
Slump in the Matrimonial Market. !
HARP MHM.OTT. j
Last Thursday morning after
breakfast,, as Kev. J. (!. Garland 1
was about ready to go to work,
lus attention was directed to a
party coming up tho lane toward
his house. This did not in any
way alarm the preacher, for it
was not an unusual thing for per
sons to travel that road. But this
particular party, which was made
up of Misses Ida and Laura Bard
aud their eldest brother, drove
up to the gate, alighted from their
conveyance, hitched their horses
aud went into the house. Noth
ing wrong about this proceeding,
and Mr. Garland went into the
house to have a pleasaut word
with his callers. They had not
chatted long, however, until there
was the sound of approaching ve
hicles, aud when the Reverend
went to tue door lie noticed two
buggies the first containing Mr.
Virgil Li. Bard md Miss Mollie
Melllott, and the other, Michael
W. Mellottand a western woman.
This party, also, stopped" and
came into the house. The pastor
now begau to think that there
was "something up," but he did
not have to wait long to have his
curiosity relieved, for Mr. Virgil
produced certain papers that had
been executed under the seal of
Prothonotary Harris at McCon-
nellsburg, and in less time than
it takes to read this yarn, Mr.
Virgil B. Bard and Miss Mollie
Mellott woae standing with right
hands joined, listening to the
ceremony that made them legal
husband and wife.
After the ceremony was over,
and congratulations had beeu ex
tended, the bridal couple started
to si. end a day or two with the
groom's sister, Mrs. Louie Mcll-
nay, at Yellow Creek, in Bedford
county. Ihe other folks went
back to their respective homes.
kki.no MOCK.
On Wednesday afternoon, Au
gust 14th, of last week, at 2 o'clock
Mr. Curtis Kolso, and Miss Alice
Mock, both of Knobsville, were
married at the office of Kev. Mark
G. Holtzman, pastor of the U. B.
church at Hustontown, Pa.
We sincerely hope this young
couple may be abundantly bless
ed with health, prosperity, and a
pleasant and profitable journey
through life together.
M'GKKHK KlNt.KY.
On Wednesday, August 15,
1900, at the Washington House,
Charnbe.'sburg, Mri Koy McGee-
he, son of Chas. McGeehe and
wife, of Burnt Cabins, was united
in marriage to Miss Grace Fin-
ley, daughter of J. D. Finley, of
Decorum, Huntingdon county.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. Geo. M. Glenn, of the Meth
odist Episcopal church.
SO CI )KUN Li U KLiOU Y .
Edward Souders, son of An
drew Souders, of Thompson
township, and Miss OliveGregory,
daughter of Mrs. Mary Gregory
of tho same township, were mar
ried at Need more by the Kev. A.
G. B. Powers, on Wednesday ev
ening of last week.
CA IU1 AUU 1 1 M lirXOTT.
Ou Monday the Otlt inst., at
tho Lutheran parsonage iu this
place, Rev. A. G. Wolf uuited in
marriage Mr. John A. Carbaugh,
sou of John S. Carbaugh, and
Miss Osa Mellott, daughter of
Nathaniel Mellott.
Dr. and Mrs. W. T. McMillan
aud their little son Master Wil
liam, Jr., accompauiod by Miss
Mamo Jones, of Philadelphia,
spent Tuesday night at the Ful
ton House, on their return to their
home la Meyersdale, Pa. The
Doctor and his lamily have been
out on a thiee weeks' uutomobil
ing tour, visiting Gettysburg, At
lantic City, Philadelphia, New
York ttod Boston.
answer yes; the County Suporin
tenueut and teachers must us
necessarily he vacciuatel us the
pupils.
THE WEATHER .MAN.
How He Eorecasts Atmospheric Condi
tions With Much Precision.
What the weather man bases ;
his foreasts on, how ho is able
to tell hours befoi ohtid tin ki"d
of weather a certain place will
have, and the roanon why his fore
casts often prove to be correct,
make up a story (if which the
general public knows but little.
In the first esc forecasts aiu
based ou barometric readings, a
low barometer indicating a storm,
a high barometer tho ontrary.
Nearly every one knows this, but
comparatively few people know
that iu this country all storms,
with but one exception move in
one direction, and this is true, no
matter what the direction of the
wind may be.
In the United States the gen
eral direction of the motion of all
storms is from west to east, but
they may take any easterly course
that is, northeast, east or south
east and it is these variations
from the regular course that so
ofteu upset the weather man's
predictions. A storm, therelore,
being reported as raging in any
locality they in charge of the
weather bureau, assumiug that it
will take the regular course, pre
dict similar conditions for points
of that in which the storm is re
ported as existing. Ofteu his
predictions will come I rue but
frequently the storm wH switch
its course to some other easterly
direction, and then, to use com
mon parlance, he is up against it.
To this rule that all storms in
the United States move in one di
rection there is but one excep
tion. This is another class ol
storm sometimes affecting the
country which are called sub
tropical cyclones which first move
toward the northwest, but about
latitude thirty degrees north,
curve around toward the north
east and move in the same direc
tion as ordiuary storms.
The winds circulate around
thesa storms in a spiral inward
course in the opp 'site direction
to the movements of the hands of
a watch Therefore, if a storm
passes north of a place the winds
will -first "be southeast, east or
northeast with warm, cloudy or
rainy weather, and will then shift
to northwest, with clearing skies,
but if the storm passes south of
a station the wind will shift from
northeast through north to north
west.and the weather will remain
cold, at first rainy, while the wind
is northeast, thou clearing as it
shifts to northwest.
The area of cloud and ram ac
companying storms is most ex
tended ou the east side.ofteu cov
ering hundreds of miles in ad
vauce of the storm centre; while
on the west side the clouds rapid
ly break, showing clear sky.
The storm centre is the region
where the barometric pressure
is lowest, usually tne barome
ter reads about 30 inches; if it is
found to read below ISO (:.",t "i inch
es) it is an indication that a storm
is present. The lower the ban m-
eter.the higher will be the winds,
the .more severe the stirm and
the heavier will be the rainfall.
An interesting feature in con
noction with the fact that storms
along the east Atlantic coast move
from the southwest toward the
northwest, is that the direction
of the storms in that region was
first discovered by Benjamin
Franklin in 1750. On one occa
sion Frankhu, who lived in Phila
delphia, wished to lake observa
tions of a total eclipse of the
moon; he made arrangements
with a brother liv'.ug in Boston to
take simultaneous observations
there. But a few hours before
the time of the eclipse a soere
northeast storm with rain set in
at Philadelphia, which spoiled
Franklin's view of the eclipse.
As the wind and rain came from
the northeast Franklin supposed,
of course, that the stirm came
from the northeast, and that it
must also have spoiled the view
of the eclipse at Boston, but he
was surprised to hear 1 iter that
ON WHOOPING COUGH.
Health Department to Post Warning of
the Disease's Presence, Gives In
structions How to Prevent
Spread of the Disease.
I)K. DIXON TO IJEfilN CRl!SADE.
State lloilth Commissioner
SamuelO. Dixon is after whoop
ing cough. By seeing to it that
the proper precautions are being
taken to prevent tho spread of
the disease aud by educating tho
people to the necessity of such
precautious, he expects to ma
terially reduce t!u; number of
cases of tins disease which an
nually causes the death of so
many infants and small children
in Pennsylvania,
An innovation .which State
Health Commissioner Dixon will
iutroduca will be the placarding
of houses m which a case of
whooping cough exists. The pla
card will shite, "All persons are
notified of the presence of this
disease and are warned of the
danger of visiting or coming in
c.mtact with those sick with it."
In the circular of r iles to Vie
observed iu tho care and manage
ment of cases of whooping cough,
Dr. Dixon, s.fter wai riug persons
of the. fatal results of whooping
cough and its associate compli
cations, instructs that children
with whooping cough must be
prevented lrora coming in con
tact with other children as long
as the disease. lasts.
Special precautions must be
taken to prevent the spread of
this disease among the s:;hool
children, and, therefore, children
suffering from whooping cough
must be excluded from school
during illness, andotho - children
iu the infected household must
be excluded until it is demon
strated that they have not con
tracted tho disease.
Whooping cough is communi
cated direct from the sick to the
well through the breath espe
cially during the act of coughing.
However, there is good reason to
believe that the poison may ue
harbored about the rooms aud
clothing, and for this reason
Health Commissioner Dixon calls
attention to the necessity of prop
er dlSUi fectiul).
All bed and body clothing, in
cluding handkerchiefs, towels,
napkins, cloths, etc., used for the
collection of discharges from the
mouth and nose of tho patient,
should be disinfected before be
ing taken from the sick room.
For this purpose he suggests a
disinfectant made by dissolving
oue-fourt l of a pound of chlorin
ated lime (bleaching powder) iu
eight gallons of water, and allow
ing such articles to remain in the
solution at least three hours bo
fore being washed.
Eating utensils should be scald
ed and remnauts of food destroy
ed by burning.
When iu the opinion of the at
tending physic.iii recovery has
taken place, the patient should
bo given a bath and bo provided
with fresh clothing.
Following the recovery. death or
removal of the patient, the sick
room and its contents should be
disin footed.
Mrs. W. L. Sloan and baby Eliz
abeth, left this place on Monday
for the lr home iu Buffalo, N. Y.,
after having spent four weeks
pleasantly among friends and rel
atives here.
the sky had remained clear at
Boston until some hours after
the ochpso. Franklin investigat
ed tho matter in the only way
then possible- by correspondence
with friends and found that the
ruin and mrthoast wind had be
gun at Washington befi.ro they
jr. nehod Philadelphia aud did not
reach boston until many hours
later. From thin he concluded
that the storms move from south
west tovard rortheast and that
the winds work their way backward.
SEPTEMBER 5th LAST DAY.
Voters Must Pay Tax One j
Month Before Election. I
If voters have not paid a state !
or county tax witiiiu two years!
next preceding tin; sixth day of j
November next, they should call
I upon the assessor for their proper
district and have themselves ns-
psM'd on their occupation so that
that they may iputlify themselves
to vole. They should do this not
later 1 1 1 ii n Wi:imiv. Sitit.m
itr.i: ." two months before the
election. The nuvuient of ;i lax to
iiin!ify as a voter must he made
)m: Month lli.toui. i in-: Ei.r. -tion,
or initiator than Saturday,
October ti. Under the "('onupl
Practice Act." no tax can be paid
for the voter by a political party,
candidate or any individual, nor
can a tax receipt he given u voter
as a gift. Tho penalty for viola
tion of this law is tine aud impris
onment. A Terrific Storm
lust after the turn of midnight
on Sunday morning a torrilic thun
derstorm broke over this region.
All evening sheet lightning played
about the skies but it was late be
fore tin; storm began to gather in
over us and the storm did not
break until about l-J::o. It was
one of tin; most terrific and awe
inspiring we have ever experienced,
hecaused of the electrical phenom
ena. Peal after peals, rolls, roars,
crashes, long continued rumbles
of thunder were heard in quick
succession for nearly an hour and
vivid bolts of lightning came crash
ing earthward, while tho rain de
scended iu torrents.
We have heard of no damage in
this county, but in Franklin coun
ty a number of buildings were
struck by lightning.
On the farm of the estate of An
drew Shelly, near ( iipe's School,
between Upton and Leamaster, the
large bank harn was struck and
set lire to and burned ti the
ground. The crops just harvested,
machinery and a number of ve
hicles were destroyed. The insur
ance was in the Friendship Mutual
Company for s?l,500.
A thousand bushels of wheat,
lot of hay and corn, wagons and
sleighs wont up in smoke. George
Robertson, of St. Thomas, saved
the three horses, which were in tho
barn. He was returning with the
St. Thomas Band from a festival
in Mcrcersburg.
The large barn on the farm of
George Goldsmith, near Marion,
about throe miles west, was struck
and burned down. His crops and
some machinery worn totally de
stroyed. There was considerable
insurance.
Caki.isi.k, Aug. .0. A most re
markable escape from lightning is
that of L. J. McGregor and family,
of West South street, on Saturday,
night. While the family slept,
tho house was struck by lightning
and set on tire and yet no serious
damage was done to the house or
inmates. During the storm, which
passed over Carlisle on Sunday
morning at about 2 o'clock, there
was a flash of lightning instantly
followed by tho thunder-clap. Mr.
McGregor was not awakened by
the shock. Ho is a clerk in one of
tho departments at llarrisburg and
he just dreamed that the one end
of the new Capitol had been knock
ed out and he was being carried
over the edge. When ho landed
on tho lloor ho awoke. Mrs. Mc
Gregor rolled out upon the oppo
site side of the bed and llioy sur
mised that something had happen
ed. They began to search. In
going into the hall Mrs. McGreg
or saw that tho door loading to tho
attic was open aud there was light
above. Thoy took in the siluittibn
at oncu and with tho assistance of
tho hoys water was dashed upon
the dames and the family bucket
brigade soon had tho. lire extin
guished. Lightning had, struck
the roof, splintered some rafters
and tailed a naming tiro of about
10 feet, hut did no further damage,
and although the family wore
sleeping within 10 foot of the lire,
they hud escaped unhurt.
di-:ath rrcoko.
Names of Those Who Have Been Recent
ly Summoned to Their Lonit Homj.
t 'ATTI.KTT.
Mrs. Mary Flien Cattlett, died
in McConucllshurg. Pa., Sunday
night, August 1!'. ltidii. Brief
Mineral services were conducted
by Kev. J.L ! rove, of tin' United
I 'resby tor tan church, at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. A. F. Little,
on Tuesday morning when her re
mains were taken to Hie Sideling
Hill Baptist church, where con
eluding services were conducted
by her p isfor, Eld. C. L. Punk, of
the Primitive Baptist church, aud
interment was made in the ceme
tery at, that church.
Mrs. ('attlett was a daughter of
Win. T. Clevcngei', deceased, of
Sip"s Mill, this county, and was
boru, July 1.", WS She is sur
vived by two brothers, Aaron, of
this place, and Samuel M., of
Need more; also, by tho following
children, namely, Mrs. Florida
Brocks, of Bonier Springs, Was.;
Elizabeth, wife of P. P. Shives, of
Dickeys M(iuntain,da.:LillieMay
wife of J. V. K. Fisher, of Groat
( 'a '.upon, W. Ya.; Abbie, wife of
D E. Little, McConuellsburg, and
Lve, in Thompson township.
The deceased was married to
Mr. Bazil C. Cattlett, of Freder
ick county, Ya., in 1"C7, and 1 re
sided most of the time since in
this county. She was a member
of the Primitive Baptist church
for many years.
.ion .MANN.
.lob Mann died of general de
bility at his borne in War fords-bur-,
August 8th, 1SKH), aged 71
years and !5 months. He is sur
vived by a widow and seven chil
dreji, Mrs. Lillie Greer, of Mar-
1 1 usbu r.i, W. Ya.; Charles, of East
Liverpool, Ohio; Lemuel (. aud
Mrs. Gussie Spotts, of Johns
town; Jolui A , of Pittsburg, and
Miss Mattioand William at home.
June luth. 18(51, he enlisted in
Company A., Urd Keg. Maryland
Vol., and served until the close of
the civil war. Hewas at the bat
tles of Autietam, Gettysburg,
Fredericksburg, Cold Harbor,
aud was severely wounded at
Chancellorsville. He was a con
sistent member of the Presby
terian church at Warfordsburg,
and his remains were laid away
in the cemetery at that place Au
gust 10th. Funeral services were
conducted by Kev. D. M. Dibble,
ot the Hancock M. E. church.
With the exception of the time
spent in the military service. Mr.
Mann's entire life was spent iu
Warfordsburg, aud his neighbors
and acquaintances all attest to
his kindness and moral character.
mooui:.
On last Sunday afternoon, Wil
liam Heury Moore, who illness
has been noted in previous num
bers of the News, died at his home
iu Licking Creek township, aged
ii years aud 10 months. Inter
ment was made in the cemetery
at the Sideling Hill Christian
church. The services were con
ducted by Revs. S. W. Foor and
S. J. Pittongor,
During his last illness, Mr.
Moore made a profession of rehg
ion. lie was a good neighbor, a
kind husband, aud aloviug father.
A wife and four children are left
to mourn their loss.
Mr. Moore was the sixth one of
tho children of his father to die.
His deatli was brought about by
consumption.
l.Aioii;.
Ou last Sunday afternoon,
George, infaut son of Mr. aud
M rs. Hiram Laidig, of I aidig, died,
aged 1 month and 19 days.
Funeral services were conduct
ed ny Kev. S. J. Pittenger. Iu
torment in the Hustontown cem
etery. STO'tTl.KM vi:k.
On Friday of last week, John
S., ago l 8 months and l.'i days,
aud Etta May, aged 8 months and
17 days children of Mr. and
Mrs. Denton Stottlemyer, of the
Little (Yve, Franklin couuty.
ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW
Snapshots at Their Comings and (ioins
Here for a Vacation, or Away
for a Kcstful'Outing.
NAMRS OF VISITORS AM) VISITED
S. I). Jones, of Fort Litth'tou,
was a County Seit vi-.it, ,- Na Ur
du. v.
G. W. M ii in in, i and son ( 'ha l ies
of llarnsotiville, were in town hist
Friday. .
Mrs. E A Lngent and son Al
bert, of tins place, spout a week
with her daughter, Mr.-,. Clarence
Wilson, iu Chambcrsburg.
W. II. Greathead. K: t'-arino
Cook- and Emily Greathead, of
this place, are spjnding the week
the guests of Miss Jan net Zacha
rias, In Chambersburg.
Mrs. Blanche Martin ;uid Mrs.
M a ry S h ea I le r , o f C h a m b e r s b u r g,
are spending a few days at tho
home of the termor's I'-iUicr, Win.
Stoner, of this place.
Ellis Unger, of tho place, wa-;
one of the number from here who
went io Chamborsrurg to soothe
elephant in John Kohinson's big
show last Friday.
Kmtna Sloan, of this place, lias
accepted a position as teacher of
one of the primary schools iu tho
borough of West Fail view,. Cum
hoi land county.
Tho family of William Jennings
returned to their home iu Harris
burg on Monday, after havirc
spent several weeks at tho Wash
ington House.
Josephine Kuuyan returned to
her home Tuesday, after having
spent a week very pleasantly vis
iting friends in Chauibersonrg
aud Sinppensburg.
Miss Phaniah Stephens, who
had been visiting in the family of
J. Walker Johnston, iu tho Cove,
left last week for her home in
Groat Falls, Montana.
Blanche and Bess Morton and
Daisy Wink, Olive and Anus
Stoutoaglo all of this place, were
among those who attended the
Crystal Spring Camp mooting.
K. K. oipes, one of Liculug
C.eek township's well known ciL
izeus, has been confined to his
home the past few weeks suffer
ing from a dangerous attack of
heart trouble.
D.C. Hart, thegeuial assistant at
Wallen'sGiftStore, leavestom i
row for a two-weeks' vacation at
the old homestead aj Etnmavill.',
Pa. Camden (N. J.) Daily Cour
ier. MissBlauche Barton, whoholds
a lucrative 'positiou as -stenogra
pher with the Curtis Publishing
Company, Philadelphia, is the
guest of her brother. Supt. Chas.
L. Barton, South Second street.
Miss Barbara Martin, a lOOO
graduate from the Lock Haven
state normal school, is visitinu
her parents, C. Martin and wire
in the Cove. Miss Martin has
beeu elected teacher of a school
near Tyrone, Blair county.
David Malloy, a well known re
tired photographer of this place,
left Tuesday noon tor tho Sim-.,
shone Indian reservation iu Wy
orr.ing, lately opened to settlers,
where he will locate a homestead.
He will spend some time en route
with a brother at La Port, Ind.,
whom ho has not soon since W.".
May his venture bo successful.
Kev. A. Z. Myers, of llazeltou,
will deliver an illustrated lecture
iu tho Methodist church ou Tues
day evening, September 8th, at. 8 .
o'clock. His subject will bo "Tho
Chrst in Art." Kov. Myers is.
an able speaker aud should lie
greeted by alaroaudionce. p0p.
ular price;.,.
James B. Mellott, in coming
from his home'over ou lower road
through the Meadowgroundslast'
Friday, lost Ins pockotbook, con
taining about uiuety-seven do!- &
lars. He did rot miss it until h!i '
reached Amos Seville's ou t'
Trout Farm west of town. r
tiudor will receive a libera'
ward by returning it to Mr
lott.