$l)c Jfultott Couivtg Nmo.
VOLUME s.
LETTER FROM LEWIS.
".Iiilm H.'" Says Pulton Is a Garden
lor R.iilrnnd Building Compered
with Virginia.
TELLS OF MURDER OF COUNTY CLERK.
McCONNELLSBU KG, PA., FEBRUARY 14, 1907.
NUMKKft 22
PROPOSED LAWS.
A Few of the Many Bills Introduced dy
the Legislature at HSfrisbSff.
The increase of power for Jus
tices of the Peace and Aldermen,
with authority to dispose tiually
of minor cases by trial, are ;on-
: tern plated in a bill offered by
Lebanon s the county seat of i 0 pr e s o n ta t i v e topiuuls, Re
Knssel county, N'a. The town re- i publican, of Wushingt( n.
minus mo moon oi mouobbbiw In certain minor cases, w:iere
burg as to the way it is laid out.
It is in a lino agricultural district
mountains on either side and
DUBLIN MILLS.
Churl s lioltnger and
spout Saturday n ght
d.y in our town.
Hcinhaugh.
wife i Chailes, son of Mr. and Mrs.
and Sun- j0hn Heinbaugh, of Ayr town
I ship, died on Tuesday of last
THE COST OF THE PAPER.
Trusts arc Putting up all Prices on the
Products it Must Use.
If any class of business men
over had good reason for the
Samuel Wilson, of Pittsburg, week aged ! years, 1 month and
speut Saturday and Sunday with 2 days. His funeral took place
11 IIUjJ. -1 f - . 1 . - m . . I M . t r . . .
macK ouu laiiiny. on i nursuay, anu lniermoui was . r rmattou ot a trust 1W a View i forge cities.
Harry Caster is very poorly at mado in Uuion cemetery. I of advancing prices, the press of ;
this writing. Charlie had been sick only , this country presents that justiti-
John Bolingor, wife and son about thrco weeks, and thon at ' cation at this time
Robert, speut Sat.nday and hun-; no time was his condition such as The white paper aloueou which
Loca. Paragraphs. j BOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW
The plan of printing the names I
of the postotllce on stamps lor SnipgM(l , Thclr Coming and (Mint
the various ollic.es where they Here for a Vacadon, or Away
are sold, has simmered dow.ito
supply such stumps for thirty
(or a RcstHil'Oiitin.
NAMES OF VISITORS AND VISITl.U
defeud.mtj plead guilty, the Mag
istrates are em powered to sen
tence according to law, and in
day at Amos Wilson's, near North
Foiut.
Fred Benson spent Sunday in
our tow D
it cannot be reached by railroad, cases where the defendants plead
The Clinch Valley is its nearest not guilty, they are authorized to
railroad, and it is reached from a try tho issues before a jury of
NlkOMOML
Kvery body is taking advantage
:OL lilt. BlfSlKllllJK 1 " V IB I P. , ,T VI.
town named Cleveland, a distance j twelve anil pass seutouce accord ! ((,ctors
of seven miles, by stage coacli ingly. All sentences m such
over a mountaiu called Copper
11111. The trip reminds on of
going from Fort Loudon to Mc
C mnellsburg, although ttie road
is not : early so good as tlie Lon
don pike. Kussel county joins
T.izowell on the south west.
The town of Tczawell as well as
Hie county, is all exciteraeut now
owing to the sudder death of the
circuit court clerk, F. E. George,
w ho, it is supposed, was murder
ed near his own home a week ago
last Fridav eveuiug.
Mi. George resided on a farm
some four miles out of town. It
was his custom to go to his home
almost every night unless tho
weather was too bad aud then he
ren a nod in town; aud thus his
absence occasioned no une.isi
i.ess to his family. He kept a
tiding horse for that purpose.
Cn the evening in question, he
Started lor home at 5:80.
i :i Saturday morning his son
'found him very near his home in
a little stream of water called
Pium Creek, with his throat cut
and the horse he had been riding,
wandering about with the brldie
reins cut off aud made into a
noose. There were geat pools
i.f blood in tho road, aud Mr.
George was sixty feet away, ly
ing in the water in the creek. It
is said that a barlow knife has
been found with blood ou near
where the murdered man was
found. Three thousand dollars
reward is now effered for infor
mation that will lead to the per
petrat -rs of the crime.
Robbery was the motive of the
dastardl, crimo as Mr. George
was seen with a large roll of
money in his otlice that day.
When one of his daughters caine
in to get somo money, lie took
out a large roll of bills, but that
was returned to the safe, as since
his death his money has been
f und all right.
He had beon clerk tor more
than '.wont," years, and by the
minority party at that, which
shows conclusively that he was
held in high esteem.
Three men are held now as sus
picious characters in a little town
over in West Virginia or near
the Taz'jwell huo. What may be
the outcome of their preliminary
examination cannot be fully con
jectured. What f have seen sinco coming
to Virginia of railroad engineer
ing through hills aud mountains,
satisfies my ruiud that Fulton
county would oca perfect garden
to build through compared with
this. 1 came to-day about one
hundred miles down the Clinch
nvor which runs down iutj Ten
nessee throilgh as rough a coun
try as 1 ever saw. This is a
country where illicit distilling of
'mountain dew" used to be ex
tensively carried on, aud may be
yet. Many marshels and depu
ties have lost their lives in trying
to capture the operators and cut
up tho stills. The ravines are
very deep aud ti ' hills are shap.
I'd like groat cones. It looks to
me that a very few mon could
keep at bay a very tormidable
army, if they were bravo like tho
Bp 1 1 an heroos.
J am told that mo .nshtno whis
key can be hid yet by those that
are on the inside, but not by him
that has not the password.
I came here from Highlands, a
boomiug town ou the Clinch Val
ley railroad. It is a beautifully
laid out town on a nioe.level piece
courts are to be accepted as Ken
teuces of Quarter SesMonsCourts
the jury's decisiou m question of
fact being tinal.
Cases which the minor Magis
trates are empowered to try in
clude illegal sale of liquors, sell
ing unwholesoino or adulterated
provisions, and revealing tele
graphic dispatches.
If Representative Hush, Demo
crat, of Greene, has his way, the
vexed question as to whether
public school pupils shall be vac
ciuated will be decided by the va
rious Bchcol boards, His bill
provides that In case of epidemic
the school board or boards in the
atfected district shall order the
children to be vacciuated.
Amid the chivalrous applause
of legislators who gathered at the
hearing, four women teachers
last night apjiea rod here before
the House Committee on Pensions
to argue for the favorable cousid
eration of the bill to pension
tea'.'hers. The measure backed
by the State Teachers' Assoc.a
tion, was introduced by Repre
sentative Moore, Republican, Al
legheny, and provides for retir
ing teachers af or thirty years'
service on anuuities Lot to exceed
ti00 nor less than 200.
Ex Senator Flinn, of Allegheny,
came here with a resolution that
will be introduced in the House,
providing for an amendment to
the Constitution that will permit
the State to borrow $25,000,000
to be spent in improving the
State's highways. The Consti
tution prohibits the State from
contracting any debt iu excess of
$1,000,000, except in case of in
surrection or war.
The resolution fathei ed by Ex
Senator Flinn would have to pass
this and the next Legislature,
and thon be submitted to the vot
ers of the State.
State Highway Commissioner
Hunter is asking tor an appropri
ation of 0,000,000 to be used in
the next two years to build roads
iu additiou to 11,000,000 already
available.
Phineas Runyan is on the sick
list.
Mrs. Jane Ann Snyder is slow
ly improving.
MissAddie Snyder had a se
vere attack of grippe during the
p.tst week, but is some better
now.
Corder Snyder and wife, and
Miss Ldith McEldowney, were
pleasant callers In our village this
week.
No wonder E. M. Peck seems
so chilly. The stork left a little
baby girl at his house the other
night when the mercury was
down to sixteen below zero. Nev
er mind Eh, it will be warmer be
fore the Fourth of July.
Foxy Grandpa took a sled load
of our young people to a local in
stitute! last week.
A sleighing party comp sed of
Jim Mollott, Eva Pitt man and
AriV.yPeck, passed threugh hero
on their way to Pleasant Grove
meeting.
Thom&F Wink and Miss Eva
Barnhart called on friends at
Sipes Mill Sunday.
Morgan's Wild West show was
at the P. O. S. ot A. Ball, Satur
day night. A large crowd attend
ed.
to cause great alarm, ludeed, many papers are printed, costs
he had uot been confined to his more than-is paid by the purchas
bed at all, and deatti camo upon er for the printed edition. The
bid) while ho was sitting in a cost of white paper has been ad
chair, i vancing for years. Fruiting ink
lie was firtt attacked by tonsil-1 never cost more than at the pros-
itis. which later developed into ! cut time and wages wcioneviv ;
adpltia both, diseases of the , higher; yet tho price of the out-
glaVdl
Rev. Paul Hadfelter, a student
1 in tho Gettysburg Theological
Seminary, preached in the Luth
i eran church here last Sbnday
morning aud evening, a:.d at Big
: Cove Tannery in the afternoon.
i Mr. Gladfeltor is a young man of I gu. Chambersbo
i ability and he greatly pleased his
hearers.
withstand the last attack.
Of the throat: aud owing
to the fact that about a year ago
he camo through a severe attack
of diphtheria, his physical condi-
put has been retained.
The newspapors of the coun
try iu their columns seem to
point ojt everything in the news
Robert (i:arltart.
Robert Gearhart lied at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Oliver,
near Yt. Dallas, on Tuesday of
last week. Doceasod was aged
7'J years, li months and 18 days.
tion was too greatly enfeebled to im0 portainiug to the fonnatiou
of trusts, in oil, sugar, paper,
coal, steel aud almost eve: y com
modity iu general use, but they
entirely overlook the fact that
they could and should point with
great interest to the fact that
newspapers are supplying the
public with the news of the world
Fuueral services were held on i under a greater expense of pro
Thursday at the home by Rev. J. ductiou than at any time previous
Rev. J. c. Grimes, of the M. E
'church in this plp.ee, preached
I tho concluding sermon in the
Presbyterian church last Friday
evening, iu a series of special ser
vices, much to the spiritual en
joyment and edification of the
large congregation present. Mr.
Grimes, besides being a compan
ionable gentleman, IS a pulpit or
ator ol more than ordinary abili
ty.
S. Souser, pistor of the M. E.
church at Everett. Interment
was made in the Kverett ceme
tery. Mr. Gearhart was a for
mer well kuown resident of this
eouuty.
while the comparative cost of ad
vertising has uot been greatly in
creased. The newspapors have been in
the front rank in the develop
ment of American civilization,
Last Saturday evening, the Mc
Couuellsburg lLnd wont out to
Hust:jntown for a sled ride, and,
incidentally, as one of the mem
bers confessed, tugeta good sup
unr ot. T-lnlo! Hoover. Tliov took
their horns along, and while tlds place.
Miss Kathryn Cook is visitnig
Miss Janet Zacharins in Cham
bersburg. Dr. West, a membor of the
board of trusteas of Wilson Col-
g, attended a
meeting of that body on Tuesday.
George A. Winters and family
were iu town last Saturday. Geo.
is one of Thorn ps ;nY. substantial
young farmers.
Will Fields of Clear Ridge,
speut a few hours at tho County
Seat last Saturday and took time
to call and cheer tho heart of ye
editor.
R. R. Sipes, oue of Licking
Creek towuship"s excellent citi
zens, was in town one day last
week. Reuben is one of those
good souls that does not forget
the printer.
Miss Annie Comorer who has
her home with tho family of H
W. Karper, Chambersburg, is
spending this week with her pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. William Com
Doors op- oar fsfully consider the increased erous Huston towners had paid
Exorcises, ! publication cost of newspapers ; their hotel bill; aud more ot it-
Washington's Birthday Entertainment.
The ladies of King W. R. C. No.
18, will hold a patriotic entertain
ment in the Court House, the ev
ening of February 22
en at seven o ciock. .exorcises. tm. ,clltion cost ol newspapei
conducted by Mrs. Charles I !. aiMj the vast amount of in for m a
J Stevens, patriotic instructor, will ! tion and pleasure tho people de
' begin at.7:vd. AdtnLsieu 10 rive from them at old-time pric-
cents. School children free. i os. will airree with us that the
postage on them as well as on let
ters, should be reduced.
there, gave tho citizens of Hag
aud to day they give more to the I dad a Utile music. They got a
purchaser for the investment ! royal supper, had a' mighty good
than it is possible to receive in I time, aud as they were about to
any other chaunel of expenditure. ! start home, we' o very agreeably
Anu- ihono-htfnl nerson who will i surprised to tiinl that those gen-
On Januaiy 31, li07, Charles
Mum ma aud Miss Frances Sipes
were quietly married at the M.K.
parsonage, Harrisonville, Pa.
of laud from which tho high peaks
of mountains can be seen at some
distance standing hko sentinels
guarding their homes. A tifty
t h o u s r. n d dollar hotel stauds
prominently upon an elevation,
and makes a lino appearance; but.
of courso, I did not stop there,
It is quito a coal cei.tor as large
mines are worked about four
mdes from town.
Negroes do not stop long about
this town, as the climate d es not
agreo with their prosperity as a
people, and they steer clear of
the town. Did not seoa negro in
town.
In 1894 two men came over
from Buchanan county, Vlrgiuiu,
on a business deal., They were
murdoted in a most brutal man
ner iu au out ot tne way place.
The murder was traced to five
negroes; a lynching j arty was
formed, aud the result was that
tivo negroes hung dangling from
one tree wheu daylight carno.
My informant, who saw them
hanging and pointed out the place
where they hung, said that inside
of three days a darkey could uot
bo seen about the town nd have
ever since giveL Richlanda a wide
berth.
BRUSH CREEK.
Not seeing any items in the
News from our valley lately, I
will try to send you some.
Mis. Boyd S. Jackson, of Ev
erett, speut a few days last week
with her mother, Mrs. E. H.
Lodge, at Emmaville.
Edward N. Lodge, of Ohio, is
spending some time with rela
tives aud friends iu our valley.
Otis Akers, Daniel Krouse and
wifo, and Mrs. Mary Ray, visited
relatives in Urush Creek one day
last week.
. t I T I . . . 1 . DMMi.H
.Ma. 1 u l.ougo speui last ouuuajr
with his mother near Emmaville.
Ross Jackson, of Altooua,
spent a few hours last Sunday
with home lolks.
A. M. Ilixsou, of Jamestown,
N. V., is visiting relatives in this
valley.
Mabion Akers, near Robinson
ville, was transacting business in
our valley oue day last week.
Rutherford Williams, wife and
family, of Everett, spent last
Suudav with M. J. Hixson aud
family, at Crystal Springs.
J. C. Hartonaud wite, and Mrs.
Sarah 10. llartou, of Crystal
Springs, visited M. M. Hartou
and family last Sunday.
Geo. O. Schenck, Haslet Wal
tors, aud Walter V. Harton spent
several days last week in Altoona.
Caera Hixson, of Maryland,
spent last Sunday with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Hixson,
Crystal Springs.
A sled load of young people
from Akersville, spont last
Wednesday eveuiug with M. E
Harton and family.
Perry Robinett and Roy Reed
er, of Everett, spent laBt Sunday
with Mrs. John Ixdgo and fain
ily, of Finmaville.
A merry sled lead of young
people from this dace, drove to
Wesley Chapel last Sunday night
and attended the prot acted
meotiug. They report large
crowds and good meetings.
Any one wishing to .read th?
.atest news, should subscribe tor
the Kultou County News.
I10TT.
There will be preaching at Ce
dar Grove, third Sunday in this
month, at 10:30 a. m., by the pas
tor, Rev. HeuJersh H.
We are having quite a lot of
sickuess in this part of the coun
try. The doctors are kept busy
day aud night.
The men have heen making
good use it this sledding, haul
ing crossties.
Mrs. Israel Hill is very ill with
pneumonia.
Orpha Suyder closed her
school three days last week ou ac
count of sickness.
Quiteanuraba' of the young
people around here, have been at
tending the protracted meeting
at Pleasant G rove. Reuben Lay
ton took a sled load up last Satur
day night.
Roy Garlaud came home Fri
day to visit his parents, Job L
Garland and wife.
JoeO'Rourke and family are
Tisiling Ellsworth Golden's.
The men werevory busy tilling
their ice houses while the weath
er was so cold last week.
According to readers of the
goosebouean early spring will be
experienced aud alter February
there will be little cold weather.
It is said that the goosebone
clearly indicated tho weather
which has been experienced dur
ing the past two months and that
it indicates that February will
open with a few days of mild
weather followed oy severe cold
and stormy weather for the re
mainder ol the mouth and taper
ing olT into much milder weather
with the beginning of March.
the 'Band received a hearty' invi
tation U "co:no again."
George C.St pes, wo last spring
removed from D. M. Kendall's
farm in Ayr to that of K C.Graves
near Hancock, was in the TJovu
aud iu town u few days last week
on ousiiiess.
NEW ORENADA.
Our neighbor F. G. Milis is se
riously ill with a protracted case
of grippe. He is confined to his
bod. Jacob Crider is also very
much afflicted with grippe.
J.G.Cunningham is struggling
with grippe and heart trouble
something similar to the attack
he had about this time last year.
Dr. Campbell is the busiost
man in town ou account of the
pre.'aleuce of grippe.
A sled load of f.lks irom Sal
tillo spent an oveni.ig at Central
Hotel very pleasantly last week.
A sled load of young folks from
here speut Saturday evening at
Mr. aud Mrs. Guy Weaver's at
Saltillo.
Nellie and Rav Dawnev of Hus-
ton town, and Mary Hergstrosser
of Waterfall, Waited the family ol
L. L Cuumogham and of Alice
McClain last Suuday.
Mr. aud Mrs. James Chesnut,
near Hustoutown, visited William
Alloway's ou Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Corbin and
Ida Watkin of Taylo.visitod Wat
kin Watkin's last Sunday. Mar
tha Hlack accompanied them
from here.
Kihol Thomas and Ruth Cun
ningham have been trying a dose
of g.'ippo the past few days.
The suggestion has been made;
that tho February election be
done away with aud all elections
held at the same time in Novem
ber, The idea is a good one with
no valid objections against it.
The February election is an uu
necessarv item of expense as all
officials could be elected at oue
time as well as not. This will
probably come Jator aud it may
not be so far in the future as
some think. Hut a short time
ago the idea of a uuiforin prim
ary was laughed at and now it is
a leality, ai.d the abolition of the
Spring election is just as possi
ble. Bedford Inquirer.
A party of twenty young folkl
from town in a sled and two
sleigh -, drove up to the home of
Peter ScbStdlem&n nc.ir Knobs
vilie, last Thursday evening, and
they say, had a grand time, and
we believe thoy are telling the
truth. Three persons at Knobs
ville joined tho party. Mrs.
SObeldlem&Q served delightful
refreshments, and the party
spent the time until late in the
evening playing Bingo and O
well, you know how it is your
self. Of course, they had a good
time. Tuo only accident was that
to Harry Clouser, who was driver
in the sled. The seat broke, but
he managed to keep the horses
from getting over tho fence, or
climbing telephone poles, if he
did have to sit dowu in the sled
in a mesf with the crowd.
We note that a bill has been in
troduced into the Legislature to
require the county treasurer to
publish iu the newspapors the
full assessment list, as made an
nually aud triennially. Such a
law would no doubt materially in
crease the reveuues of tho coun
ty, as the public have no way now
of telling what any assessment is
outside thei." own unless they go
to the County Commissioners of
Hon aud investigate for them
selves. If the list was published
it would make tho assessor more
careful in equalizing the assess
ments, and special favors" would
uot be shown some while others
are required to pay taves on an
assessment equal almost to the
fuh valuation. We believe the
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with popular favor especially ; 8l"jr1, s
Among those who have favored
the Newn office with their pres
ence this week were Mr. A. S.
Brant and son Master Jimmie of
Taylor. Andy is now bemoaning
somo hard luck that he fears may
have come to him from being gen-
en us and hospitable. A few
weeks ago a well dressed, glib
tougued Spectacle peddler appli
ed at the Brant home one evening
arid asked permission to remain
in the home over night. As it
was ujt the peddler's first ap
pearanco in the neighboihood,
the doors were opened to him, a
p;ace wasgivou him at the family
board, and a well furnished room
and coin fortable bed was placed
at his disposal for a night's rest.
After a hearty breakfast next
moruiug, the spectacle vender
hastened away, i he second chap
tor of this story may be told in
.'ewer words. A few days later,
Mr. Brant wont up to a bureau
which stood in the room occupied
by the spectacle man, unlocked
one of the drawers, took there
from a rocket oook which to all
appasrance was just as Mr.
Brant had loft it, opened it, and
found to bia dismay that eighty
five good dollars had disappeared.
Mr. Brant 's (.'ash account is still
The query is . What
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Comerer of
Thompson township, spont a few
days last week in the home of
Mrs. Comerer's mother, Mrs.
Sarah Pittman, in this place.
Mrs. Pitt man has had poor health
for several weeks.
Robert M. Dowr.es, who for
several years has conducted a
barber shop in this place, bus
sold it to 0. A. Martin, of Cham
bersburg. who took possession
Tuesday morning. Mr. Downes
will have sale in a few days, and
expects to remove to Pmladel
plna. Hob is a good barber. Of
tho new man, the Frankhu R
pository says : ' ('harks Martin
who has of late been employed
by Percy Black, the south Main
street barber, has purchasod the
tousorial parlors of Robert
Dowues, McCounellsburg. II:
took possession to day. Mr.
Martin's success s wished lor
by bis many friends in Chambers
burg." Fulton county people in visit
ing Chambersburg will not miss
it if they stop at Hotel M Kiulov.
It is loca' ed in tho business cen
ter of the town and has a "ba-,"
that will pick you up at the sta
tion, if you go by rail, and set
you dowu at the hotel, and take
you back to the station when you
waut to return. It you are driv
ing you may leave your team at
the hotel aud it .vill have the same
careful attention as if in your
stablo at homo. The hotel is
heated throughout with steam,
the rooms are well furnished, nice
parlors for the lady guests, the
servants are attentive and polite,
and above all the table is great.
Mr. Bruner, the proprietor, is an
ideal hotel man and will makovpu
feel at home iu two minutes.
anloug those who waut to see ft
fair assessment
Squire Billy G.irdon of War
fordsburg, was in town Tuesday
uight and Wednesday atteudin?
to buaincts.
of tho money ? The
was ucked, the pocket
became
d rawer
book w ith the band around it was
in ifcllnilacp, and everything just
as
or
a wed
ant had left it v ith the
t In
County Medical Inspector Mos
ser went out to Isaac Ho.inger's
near Dublin Mills, Monday, to
make arrangements for the dis
infection of Mr. Bohnger's bonse,
which has boon under quarautinu
sinco the tlfth of December on an
count of members of Ins. family
haviug scarlet fever. This, like
it always is iu such cases, has
been a hardship to Mr. Boliuger,
yot as a good citizen, ho f ?els that
the sacrifice he is making may be
the means of saving a like hard
ship to his neighbors, to say mail
ing ot the deuths that would, in
all probability occur, if no pre
caution wore taken to prevent the
spread of the dread disease.
While Dr. Mosse.r did not raise
the quarantine because the per
iod of danger to tho.se who might
mingle with the Bolinger family
has uot passed, the restriction
will uot be enforced a day longer
than is absolutely neoesaary.
One of Mr. Hollnger's children is
- . - , pneumonia.