Jfulton Cotttttg 3Xcui0. VOLUME S McCONNELLSBURG, PA., APRIL 4, 1 907. NUMItEK 20 DR. SWARTZWELDER. Takes "Ballcon Route" Over Pacific Coast and Enjoys The Trip Immensely. TO NEW FIELD. Rev. New BREEZES FRO VI ii) ;iVJ Dear Editor : If you knew how glad we are from the oldest to the youngest to read the Njws ! The first one to come iu posses sion of it, must establish a strong fort to hold it until its items have been gleaned. While we hail its coming with pleasure, the last several numbers have brought us very unpleasant news. The one giving an account of the death of Mr. Isaac P. Varnes, of Forest Bill, Md., gave roe ouite a sur prise, as it v as on'y a few days befo.-e, that I received a long in teresting letter from him, stating that he was in better health than usual. While Mr. Varnes lived iu Fulton ounty, I visited his home professionally quite fre quently and our business rela tions were of the most agreeable kind. I shall always remember him as an upright,Christtn man. Ills bereaved 'family have my pympathy. The last issue con veyed the sad intelligence of the death of George B. Daniels. It seems to oue like a dream. When we see the hand of Providence removing from our midst such pictures of hie. health, youth and inlluence, it mikes us stop and think, "Who next?" Mytirstac quaintance with Mr. Dan els was while attending school at Bed ford, in 1880, during which time we were classmates. I shall loug remember several instances that occurred while there. He was a good student, energetic and upritrhtand had he lived he would have achieved success a id honor to his profession and peo ple. His relatives and friends have the sympathy of myself and family. The health of the people here is very good now. Since the damp.cool, rainy season has pass cd, the sickness has passed with it. The weather here for several weeks has been all that one could expect. To day the air is quite wa: m about like a May or June day. It makes one feel like shed ding heavy winter clothing. The climate is very changeable. I am told that in summer it is wise t'i carry an overcoat with you. If it should become cloudy; or, in the evening, if the breeze comes irom the east, it gets quite cool Tne Sierra Madre mountains are about thirty miles east of us Mt. Liowe and Mt. Wilson are two of its highest peaks the for nier being (5,100 feet above the sea level, while we are but 270 feet above. These peaks are cov ered with snow the whole year and if the breeze is seaward, it becomes quite cool. Since we came here we have had several very enjoyable trips of which I will give you a brie synopsis. The first ll called "The Balloon Route" so called because its course resembles the uhape ol a billoon. We did not go up in tho air, but through it mighty fust sometimes We went in a palatial electric obser vation car. We visited ten beach ea and eight cities, oiog seventy miles, with twenty eight miles along the surfall seen and ex plained by an experienced and in teresting guide. Some of the at tiactior.s are the Old Spanish Plaza and Church, with its ancien bells, the historic battleground of Generals Fremont and Pico Echo and Elysian Parks, Modern Garden of Eden. Hollywood with its tropical gardens and beautiful homes Uahuenga Valley and Cahuenga Pass; largo Power Plants and Machine shops at Sherman ;larg at Bean fields in southern Oali loruii (several thousand acres each): the grounds and buildings of the Soldiers' National Home v, blob arc beautiful (and it makes me wish I was a soldier). The towns of Sawtelle, Westgate, J. C. Grimes (Iocs to His Charge at Riverside To-day. At the recent Conference at Ty rone, Rev. J. C. Grimes, who has during the past year served the M. E. congregations at this place, Knobsville and Fort Littleton, was assigned to a stution at Riverside, Pa. Mr. Grimes is a pulpit orator more than ordinary ability, ui'd his success as an evangelist was demonstrated in the unusual ly large number of accessions to the church at Knobsville. Mr. and Mrs. Grimes are very pleasant people and won to them selves many friends during their tay here. JIM SMITH IN LONDON. RECORD OF DEATHS. of Dr. Albert S. Stevens, of Han cock, Iowa, spent a few days this week visiting in the families of his brothers, Dr. F. K. and Thos. B., in this place. Notwithstand ing the Dr. stopped a bullet fired by a druuken Dutchman last summer, he is about as good as ever. Sailed from Baltimore on the First Day Two FM,(on Co(Iu)y veterans of the Civil of March, and Landed in Liverpool Wflf H,ve An8WCre(l LaR( Ro Ca, on the Fourteenth. 0urinj, ,he p, Wl.ek Jim Smith, a well known Mc- Connellsburg boy, is now a resi-; J. W. JOHNSTON ; WM M'ELDOWNEY. dent of King Edward's domain. Port Los Angeles here a long pier extends out into the ocean ike at Atlantic City; Santa Moni ca by the sea, southern Californ ia's oldest beach, with a panoram ic view of the Great Camera Ob scura;Ocean Park with a ride ov er the Roller Coaster, built over the ocean: Play a-del-Rey with its large auditoriums and beautiful Dining Halls, where C. M. Pierce serves his famous Fish dinners, almost on the waves of the ocean; Moonstone Beach, where every body gathers moonstones, and some people get wot feet. 1 have quite a collection of stones some of which I have had polished. rhe next town was Redondo, a seaport town; thence to Oriental Venice, which reminds me of the 'Midway" at the Chicago Fair, on a less scale; tnen tnrougn orange, lemon, English walnut, and fig orchards, home. If any of the readers of the 'News" come to Los Angeles, they should take tbfe "Balloon Route." Our next trip was the "Surf Route," which with the Balloon Route, gave us a view of the country and towns from the mountains on the north and west to the ocean down as far as Hunt ington Beach on the south; the attractions on the Surf Route, which passes through the Great Dominquez Rauch, formerly 50,- 000 acres, but now 25,000. a beau tiful Spanish home, of orchards, vegetable gardens, dairy, etc. The trip takes in twelve beach towns from Huntington beach, where we ate our dinners in the midst of the waves; to San Pedro, a distance of 70 miles by land, and 30 miles by water (Long Beach to San Pedro). At Long Beach we took in the Royal Ital ian Band Concert in the Auditor ium, and other places of amuse ment. Our next trip was to Pas- sadena, a city of 50,000, ten miles east of here, and over-shadowed by the whte capped peaks of Mt. Lowe and Mt. Wilson, at the base of which Pasadena is located. Pasadena is the prettiest place it has been my pleasure to see, and I presume for its s'ze it has the most wealth in it. It is the haven for millionaires, and ac cording to Bible teaching, they are perhaps taking all the haven they will ever get. Every home is surrouuded with palms, pep pers, magnolias, umbrella trees, tiowers, llowers, and flowers. Ou New Years day they had a Floral street parade there, and the ve hides, teams, people, and streets, were covered with flowers. The air is scented with the perfume of flowers, as well as from the orchards of the beautiful golden fruit, oranges aud lemons, which you can smell on the cars am you pacs through. With best wishes to the read era of tho "News," I am Yours truly, J. S. SWAKT.WHUHSK, M. I). Los Angeles, Cal. March 17, 1007. He left McConnellsburg ou the 28th of February, and sailed from Baltimore on the Steamship Quarnmore for a trip across the Atlantic on the first day of March. With the exception of a stop at St Charles just long enough to take on a few passengers, and one of about two hours at New York, James had a steady trip across tho big pond that lasted about ten days. Jim says their vessel was caught in a big storm, and when the ugly dark waves began to slop over the top of the hurricane deck, he thought he was a goner, sure. But the great sea boat kept ploughing ahead leaving a trail of foaming water far in the rear, seemingly unmindful of the fact that anything unusual was going on. , The ship was furnished in fine style, and it was just like li 'ing in the parlor all day. Tho table was great, and the boarding made him feel that he was eating a big dinner at a harvest home celebra tion three times a day. What was most provoking to Jim was, that during most of the trip his appetite was poor. Notwith standing the fact tint while standing at the guard rail, he de teriniued to give up coffee, give up pies, caifes, nd meat -in fact, gave up about everything he had eaten for a month, his appetite was slow to take the hint for more active service. His only consolation consisted in notioiug that his fellow passengers were dieting themselves, in about the same manner as himself. James was greatly pleased with the appearance of the city of Liv erpool. The horses, especially, attracted his attention. Nice, big, fat ones, they were, and you could buy a fine one tor forty dol lars. From Liverpool, James intend ed to go to London, where he ex pects to remain three years. Of course, he has a scheme o.i the string that he is not telling all about just now, but he proposes that he will be beard from later. Birthday Party. L&st Saturday was Mr. Daniel Elvey's 50th birthday, and little did he think when he and his son Roy were busy ploughing their early potato patch, that there was to be a birthday party at his hr me that day, until he saw a good number of his kind neigh bors coming with well tilled bask ets. Those present were Samuel Scott, wife and son; N. I. Finiff and fam'ly; Thomas McClureand wife; George Brant and wife; Daniel Fix, wife and son; John Shaffer, wife and grandson; Rov. H. Wolf, Rev. E. J. Croft, Mr. Ewing and daughter Mary, Sam uel B. Oyler, John Deshoug, John Wible and lamily, Mrs. Chas. Lawyer and daughter, Mrs. G. B. Mumma, son and daughter; Mrs. Jno Raker, Mrs. Cowan, Miss Fannie Miller, Jessie B. Gress, Boyd Elvey. Mr. Elvey was the recipient of many useful present), among which was a beautiful accordion sent by his son Harry, of Altooua, which he ver.v much appreciates, and Daniel knows bow to make a noise on it. E. J. R. Is Assignee. George C. Austin, Esq., son of the late Rowland Austin, of Salu via, is assignee of the Corbin Banking Company bank which failed for nearl, 3,OP0.0O0 in New York city last week. "Scott McLanahan, Esq., formerly of Chambersburg, is attorney lor the assignee. These gentlemen are prominent lawyers in the Metropolitan city, and are taw partners. Johnston. Mr. J. Walker Johnston was one of Ayr township's most pub lie spirited and enterprising citi zens, lie was born in tho town ship, iu what is known as the "Corner," August 2!), 1885, He grew to manhood on the farm. When tho Civil War broko out, like many other young men, he felt it Ins duty to enter the army. This he did October !, 1802, en listing in the 77th Pennsylvania Volunteers Co. F. In a short time, if not at the organization, he became the First Sergeant of the company. The same year, (Dec. 10,) he was commissioned as 2d Lieutenant. A still further honor was conferred upon him the following spring, (April 12, '68) when he was made 1st Lieu tenant, in which capacity he serv ed until discharged, which was March 20, 1885. The w ir beiug over Mr. Johns ton felt like having a he me of his own. He found- an estimable companion in the person of Miss Jennie Morrow, of Allegheny county, Pa., whom he married the 29th of November the same year, and at once settled down to peaceful farm life in the Cove. In 18(5!) he moved to the farm on which he died, at the foot of t be mountain, a little below tho "Hun ter road." This home was bless ed with nve sons aud seven daughters, all of whom are living and grown. Three of the sous, Richard, Houston and Ralph, are married, and three of the daugh ters, Jessie (Mrs. Alex Patterson, McConuellshura) Mary (Mrs. W. M. Kendall, Webster Mills) and Blanche (Mrs. W. K e g g o r i s , Franklin county). All t'.ie child ren were home for the funeral excepting the oldest son, Rich ard, who is in Colorado. Mr. Johnston was ot Scotch Irish descent, and was a man of sterling integrity and general in telligence. He was deeply inter ested in all political, moral and religious reform; was strong in his likes and dislikes a mau of energy, industry, frugality aud benevolence; was very pronounc ed in his temperance sentiments and was a strict observer of the Sabbath, having been reared in the Associate Presbyterian church. He identified himself with that body by his own public profession, presumably before the war. Some little time after his marriage he was made a rul ing elder, ic which capacity ho served until the day of his death. He died "the death of the right eous," and on the following Mon day, in the midst of a large con course of friends and neighbors, his four m.i .n. Houston, Ralph, Charles and Norman, and two sons-in-law, Wm. Kendall and Alex Patterson, b-ire all that was mortal of our friend and brother to its last earthly resting place to await the general resurrection. Drs. West and Grove of Mc Connellsburg, and Dr. J. G. Rose, of Mercersburg, assisted the pas tor in the services. The family have the deep sym pathy of the community. H. McEi.imiw m;y. After a lingering illness of rheu matism and heart trouble, William MeFldowuey died at his homo in Belfast township lust Sunday morning. Funeral at 0 o'clock Tuesday morning conducted by Rev. C. L Funk, and interment In the cemetery at the Big Cove Tan nery Lutheran church. Mr. McFldowney was a brick layer by trade, but had spent tho last several years of his life on his farm. November 28, 1804, ho enlisted in the army and became a private in Company 1, Bind Regiment, P. V.. aud rendered valiant service I in the defense of his country, being FIRE AT WEBSTER MILLS. Hon. D. IL Patterson's Hay Slic-d Dc- S strnyed Monday. The serenity of the pesieeful ! village of Webster Mills was dis- i turbed Monday by the cry of "lire" :is smoke was seen issuing from a hay shed of H n. I). II. Patterson. Everybody in sight and hear- i ing responded promptly, but the Only thiog that could be acoom I phshed was the saving of the sur-1 rounding building. Abr.ut five tons of hay and seventy five bun-1 dlas of ornfodder were lost. BROKE HIS LEO. ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW School Report. The nu in ber ol pupiis enrolled in the Primary tOhoo of McCon nellsburg, during the seventh month, was f8; average attend ance 84, per cent, of attendance 92. Tho following pupils attend ed every day during the month : Mary, Miuerva, and McClellan Pittman; Dorothy and Ross Ha ra il, Winnie Mellott, Goldio Ti ltlo, Charles Lynch, Pete and Mac Morton, Harry Stench, Mollis Wi ble, Pierce Henry, Wayne Taylor. Hive Grissinger, teacher. k'oosler Victim nl Accident Wednesday of Last Week. snapshots at I Heir Lnmlnjr and linings Jesse Rooster, an employe of Here for a Vacation, or Away Big Cove Lumber Co., at their j for a Restful Oirtln. irillsin the Corner, Ayr town-j ship, is out ol commission On j NAMES OP VISITORS AND VISITED Wednesday of last week, ho was working iu tho log yard with a ! Willis Barney will toach a canthook, when he slipped and j summer normal school at Clear fell, a log rolling on him breuking i ville, Pa., beginning Juno 10th. one of his legs between the ankle I Miss Artie Haulman icturned and knee. Dr. Robinson, of this to her home at Fort Loudon, af place, was called and reduced the ter having spent several days vis fracture. iting in the home of her uncle Charlie McCurdy, at this place. Mr. Ed Reisner, a Yale College Dr. D. A. Hill of Fort Littleton, was in town atteuding to busi ness Monday. A Prosperous Bank. Oq Friday last four shares of stock in The First National Bank of this plr.ee, belonging to the es tate of George B. Daniels, deceas ed, were sold at public sale, in front f the Court Houre, toJ. Nelson Daniels at the following prices per share : $120, 127, I2, and l'A'A As the par value of the shares is 100, and the Bank ha? only been in operation for a year, it shows that tho Bank is certainty in a prosperous condition. honorably discharged July 18, 1805, at Hall's Hill, Ya. Besides his widow, Mr. McFl downey is survived by the follow ing children: Mr. L. M., Gem: Wm., at Waynesboro; (ieorge, nt home; Catharine, wife of (Jlou ser, Avr township: Mary, wife of 1). A. Fisher, Gem; Maye, at home; Olive, wife of Colder Sny der, (iem; Edith a! home, and Fl sie, wife of Job Ilarr, (iem. Mellott. Sarah Mellott of Sideling Hill, died at ihe homo ot her nephew, Henry Deshong, onJSunday, Mar. 24th, aged 85 years, lacking a few days. Mrs. Mellott is the last member of a large family the family records showing that she was one of a family ot twenty four children, her father having been married twice. Mrs. Mel lott had been a consistent mem ber of the Primitive Baptist church for about sixty years She died on the farm on which she was born. The funeral services were con ducted by Elder A. Mellott at the Sideling Hill Baptist church, on Tuesday the 20th, after which her body was laid t ) rest until God shall bid it rise. M. llAltTON". Elishu Barton, died tit his home at Broadtop City, March 19, 1!07. He was engaged in the mercan tile business at that place, and was in the midst of theaetivo duties of his daily life when he wus stricken down with heart failure without u moment's warning. He wasa member of Wells Val ley Lodge, No. tio7 1. (). O. F., and is the iirst of its members to be removed by death during the past five years. At a recent meeting of the Lodge the following resolutions were adopted: Whekkas, Wo stand with beads bowed iu tribute to the memory of our deceased brother, and recognize and appreciate hla vahiablo associations: therefore be It, Kesolved, that we lament the sever ance ol the earthly ties that bound us together, and bow in submission to the divine will of Him who rtilolh over anil dlreetcth all. Resolved, That this l,oil(fe ext'-iul to his bereaved widow and fatherless children our most fraternal syuij-titthy, and that we condole the srvcraiu a "I this earthly tie. Resolved, That ihe (.'hartar of the l.odje be draped in mourning for a period of thirty iluys aud that the members of tho lodjro wear the usual l.a.l::- of mourning. IfMOlveu, inut u copy ol those reso lutions be attached to the records of this Lodge, that a copy lie sen: to I li family of our deceased brother fnd published in the newspapers of ahi.t county. lYuUniully submitted. lKnsi-;v U U,kni:ty, 8. M 1L.LKU till A I i l Hakky K Uhanulku, Committee. Charlie Lawyer Hurt. A few evenings ago Mr. C. W Lawyer of Licking Creek town ship, was coming to McConnells burg in a buggy irross the Peach Orchard road. Descending the Ridge north of the tollgate, the horse he was driving, scared at cmntbing and gvo a sudden lunge, throwing Mr. Ltwyor out between the wheels and using student, has been spending the past week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. (i. Reisner, on West Water street. The four act comedy, entitled "The School Ma'am," will be pre sented by members of the M. H. S., on Saturday evening, April 27th. Further announcements later. Jesse H. Dauiels, who has just completed his second term teach ing in Huntingdon county, will spend the spring term at the S h i p p e n s b u r g State Normal School. Mr. Sheridan Hann of Everett, and Scott Kegarise of Salu via, each dropped a dollar into tho ed itor's cash drawer Tuesday iu payment for another year's sub scription to the News. The Fulton Democrat this week contains the announcement of C. B. Stevens, of this place as a can didate for the Democratic nonii- him up iu bad shape While Mr. Lawyer was picking himself, up ; nation of County Treasurer, sub- aud finding out where he was at, Meet to the vote at. the P.-imary the horse had run away dashing down the road to the turnpike aud turning west, was caught be fore he reached the top of the Ridge. Fortuuatelv, the buggy had not overturned, and neither horse nor buggy sustained any injury. Easter Wedding. At the residence of the bride's mother, Mrs. Susan C. Rummell, west of town, last Sunday after noon, Mr. Frank McDonald, of Chambersburg, and Miss Annie Rummell, wore united in mar riage, by Hev. J. C. Grimes, of the Me'hodist church, in the presence of a number of relatives and friends. After the ceremony and congratulations, a sumptuous weddiug dinuer was served. The happy cnuple will reside in Chambersburg, where Mr. Mc Donald has emp'oyraent as baker for Bush & Son. Two Newspaper Congressmen. "Many years ago," said Con gressman Bartholdt, of St.Louis, the other day, "I was a reporter on tho Brooklyn Freo Press. An other reporter, whom 1 got to know very well at that tune, was Joseph C. Hendricks. He was Oii the Suu. Several years later I drifted west and became nugag ed iu newspaper work in St. L'Miis. In 1888 I was nominated and elected to the Tiild Congress. As 1 walked down tho .lisle to se lect my seat, I spied Hendricks in tho crowd on the floor. We both observed each other at the sjtno time. " 'Hello, Bai-tholdt,' Baid Hen dricks, 'what are you doing here V " 'Well,' I replied, 'what are you doing here?' "It appears that wo had both been elected to Congress the same year, although we had been widely separated for fifteen years. The most remarkable part of it was, however, that our respective careers had been al most iiiuntFul since we parted from each other. He was elected to tho school board in Brooklyn, and was afterward its president. I was elected to the school board of St. L tats and became Its pres ident before I was sent i Congress." election on the afternoon of tne first Saturday in June. Mr. Ste vens filed his petition, containing aoout two hundred names, with the Commissioners this week. The spring session of the Car lisle Presbytery, will hold a meet ing in the Big Spring Church at Newville, on Tuesday afternoon, April 9, at 3 o'clock. The reports of several committees will be heard. Four commissioners, two ministers, and two laymen will be elected for tho General As semblv, and candidates and li censed students for the ministry will bo taken in. "Whafs Next?" The musical cmedy which is given this evening will be repeat ed in the Court House Saturday evening April (ith, at 7:!J0. Ad mission twenty-five and thirty five cents. One of the last acts of Congress was to pass a bill providing tnat stamps to the value of ten cents when attached to a letter or pack age in excess of tne regular post age take the place of the special delivery stamp. When i,he writ er of a letter wants it "special delivery" all that must be done is to attach six two cent stamps to it, one for the postage and the others to make up the ten cent charge for "special delivery.' Mr. U'ld Mrs. John Hr open gardncr of Riddlosourg, were circulating amoug their friends here during the past week. HUSTONTOWN, Postmaster George W. Cloven gor, who has been ill for the past mouth at his brothor Hiram Clevenger's, is again able to re sume Ins duties as jioatmaster. Jacob Strait was suddenly stricken with paralysis last Mon day night, and is still in a para lyzed condition. Quite a number of young men from this place attended the en tertainment in McConuellaburg last Saturday night. Will Strait of Clear Ridge spent several days at this placo last week on account of the serums illness of bis father. Dr. H. C. MoCUun and wife re turned to their borne in this place after haviug spout the last ten days iu Philadelphia aud N w York. B. H. Slmw spout Sunday at Saxtou with his fatnur-iu law and returned home on Monday ac couipauied by bis wife, who had been spending some time with her parents.
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