JfttUon Countg iDtfetus volume s McCONNELLSBURG, PA., MAV 2,, 1907. NUMBER 36 VALLEY FORGE. THROUOH PIPE HOLE. 4,412 JUNE BALLOTS. MEMORIAL DAY. Peril of Babe In Greencastle at House Cleaning Time. While Mrs. William B. Kauff ; man, who lives on Allison avenue, i Greeocastle, was cleaning house, her baby fell through a pipe hole onto the kitchen stove, sustain Valley Forge is an old historic j inR 8evere burns. The mother Historic Description Written for the Readers of the "News" by Rev. ! Baugher, Formerly of Needmore. HORSE AND BUGOY GIVEN PREACHER. ! Twice Number of Votes Cast at Last General Election, Together with One-Fourth Specimens. Program of Exercises for The Observ- place eight miles west of here. It is known to every one the world over. Oa the 18th day of December, 177", the Americans went into position at Valley Forge. It is said on that cold winter jjurney to Vallev Forge, Mrs. Washing ton rode behind her husband on a pillion. General. Washington occupied Valley Forge headquar ters for six months, or until June l'.Hh, 1778. The headquarters were erected by John Potts in 1 "."!!; and when selected by Gen eral Washington for his head quarters, was the home of his son, Isaac Potts, then the piopnetor of Valley Forge. The house, from cellar to attic, is in good form, and appears to dav almost as it did wheu Washington l.ved in it. The doors, with bolts and locks, j are the very same Washington's hand had moved; the floors, ex-cj-Jt pirtof the one in the office room, are those over which Wash ington walked in many a weary hour; the window glass are not changed sin -e the days wien anxiouseyes looked through them at the soldiers' huts upon the hill. Il the woods above Port Kenne dy, on the river side of the road, the foundations of huts are still plainly visible, though covered with a growth of underbrush. The shallow c hilars eem to be in lines or streets running north ard south, and can be easily traced. The place where Baron Steuben drilled his soldiers was also in this woods. There is but one plainly marked grave now to be seen upon the camping ground. It is in a field opposite this piece of woods. A common river stone with tbo letters "J. W."cutupon it marks this spot. This grave lias always been well preserved. Not far from this locality upon the same road, is the home of Wm. Stephens. At ihe time of the encampment it was occupied by Abijah Stephens and was made the headquarters of Gener al Whedon or General Vernon, and later by Baron DeKalb. Near the orchard opposite this residence, on the river side, is what appears to be a cone-shaj ed hill. This was their star redoubt and commanded the river cross ing. The entrenchments which Washington and his men built are still to be seen, but they are not as high now as they were when first biiilt. All persons are for bidden to walk on the entrench meuts, as they are considered sa cred ground. The forts called Fort Washington and Fort Hunt ingdon are marked by large signs. There are several graves of the soldiers who died of f?ver or star vation to be fi.und here and there through the Woods. These are marked by stones. Senator Knox lives near Washington's head quarters. These headquarters are the most mterestiog thing to be seen at Valley Forge. They sell nooks describing the suffer ings of our army while encamp ed there during the winters of 1777 and 1778. In one of the rooms on the lower floor, there is a largo book in which all visitors are requested to register their names and addresses. Tnev keep a record in these books tjsee how ma'.iy people have visited Valley Forge during the year. On the upper floor, the doors of the rooms have wire over them to pre vent the visitors from disturbing 'the old relics. In one of the rooms there is a bed, bureau, clock, ta ble, lamp, and a few chairs. The watch that Washington carried was on the table by the bed. Hi? glasses were also mere. This is the room where Washington slept while at Valley Forge. Ttio winter that Washington spent at Valley Forge was & terri bh one. The men were starving, was with the habv in an unner ,.m rto'nr. aha wtttM mnnh i county. As a result, a total of' the kitchen and rescue the child, it was badly burned about the face and on one side of the body. In cleaning house the mother had taken the child with her to the upstairs apartment. In taking up the carpet the register was re moved from the pipe hole, and tne vouugster, unnoticed by its mother, crawled over the hole and fell through. While very sever j Jy burned, the youngster was not seriously injured. ance of The Day in McConnctls burg. A committee meeting of repro sentat'.ves of King Post Mo. 863 G. A. R and W R. 0 No. 18, was !ield Monday evening at the home e km nl - 1 1 L' . . i the last general election in this m -'.-.fjw. u, i oiuiu xoi tin vAULiaun nu Memorial Day was prepared. NO CHANCE TO SPLIT VOUR TICKET. There were l,75iJ votes cast at FELL TO HIS DEATH. ; J. Wesley Johnson. Formerly ol Wells Valley. Met Death in an Elevator Shaft in Minneapolis, Last Thursday. PROBABLY FROM SEVENTH FLOOR. ONLY TWO DOLLARS. ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW Mr. A.B. Wilkinson and daugh ters Mary and Valetta drove down to Hancock last Saturday morn ing and attended the May meet ing atTonoloway Sunday, return ing home Sunday evening. naked and freezing. ' Some of them were without shoes, and they often left bloody foot prints in the snow. As the writer pens those lines from his study in the Gulf parsonage on the second floor, he looks down upon the old Gulf road, where it crosses Ford street, and thinks of the time when the Fatlnr of his Country with his army, in the winter of 1777 and 177H traveled from Phil adelphia to Valley Forge. This short composition on Val ley forge is written lor the News, that it may cause the young men and women to read history more and study more about what our torefathers had to contend with and suffer in order to give us what we enjoy today. Much more could be written on Valley Forge, but we fear the waste bas ket. Rev. J. P. Barnett, D. D., Day ton, Ohio, editor of the Herald of Gospel Liberty, the oldest relig ious newspaper in the world, will preach the sermon at the 7-lth an niversary of the Gulf Christian church, in July. The friends of the Rev. S. L. Baugher, in appro ciation of his three years pastor ate in the Gulf church, preseuted him with ahorse and buggy. He, appreciates the gift very highly, as these are very tine roads for driving. There were ten from the Gulf church started Wednes day for Lewisburg, Pa., one hun dred and fifty-four miles, to at tend the New Jersey Christian Conference now in session at the First Christian church in the above named city. The new M. E church of Conahohocken, winch is to cost $50,000 is now under roof, and will be complet ed by October the first. There are about 25b members of the above chuich here, and that meens give of our money to build such a tine church. The regular Baptist of West Conshohocken a ill build a uew church this sum mer, tl cost $10,000. The Regu lar Baptist church of Conshohoca en, years ago dedicated a $25,000 House . f Worship. The Bible School of Calvary Baptist church numbers 1,008, the largest Bible school i'i Montgomery county Tho Bible School of the Gulf Christianchurch, iuoludingHome Department and Cradle Roll, numbers 3C0. We note with great joy through the "News," the in terest in the Bible School work in Fulton county; but if there is a school that has not organized a Home Department aud Cradle Roll, do so next Sabbath. What is the matter with the correspondence? There is but few writing for the "News'' tne past year. Bi other EJitor, get them at work. We appreciate the "News" and peruse its pages weekly. But we would like to see more newsletters fioin dif ferent postoftiees throughout the county. Happy greetings to you all. S. L Baixjhkh. ( 'oiishohocken, Pa., May 17th. 4,412 official aud specimen ballots are being printed for tho uni form primaries to be held Satur day, June 1st. At the last general eh ctiou the votes polled in the county were as follows: Republican, 722; Democratic, 090; Prohibition, 85. The uniform primary act rc quires that twice as many official ballots as the number of votes cast at the preceding general election shall be prepared for use by the election boards. Tho specimen ballots shall number one-fourth as many. )n the back of each of the par ty ballots is printed the name of the party in prominent type. The ballot varies la form only as the names of offices or candi dates may require. The names of candidates appear in alphabet ical order under the respective offices. The voter may designate his choice as indicated in the gen eral instructions. The period for the chairmen of the several parties to notify the county commissioners to supply additional ballots for any election district than specified in the uni form primary act has expired. The primaries shall be conduct ed by the regular election boards at the places a which the gener al elections are held and the polls are oren in the afternoon from two o'clock until eight. Each elector .shall have the right to receive the ballot of the party for which he asks i Provid ed, That if he is challenged, he shall be required to make oath or affirmation that, at the next pre ceding general election at which he voted, he vote 1 for a majority of the candidates of the party for whose ballot he asks. Candidates for party offices, who receive a plurality of the votes cast for such candidates, shall be the party officers of such party. in case of a tie, the candidates receiving the tie vote, shall cast lots before the county commis sioners, and the one to whom toe lot shall fall shall bo entitled to the nomination or election. Eich candidate will be entitled to have two watchers at the pri manes, as at elections, only one of whom shall be entitled to be in the polling room at me time. All will assemble House at 1.80 p. m. May 80tb,, where the following program will be rendered i Music By Baud. Invocation Rev. Chas. Bryner. Music America. Lincoln's Address - Edgar Alex ander. Music By Baud. Recitation Mardou Stouteagle. Good Words for W. R. C Mrs. S. M. Cook. Music- By Band. ( (ration Prof. William Wife, of Shippensburg. Music By Baud. Recitatiou Auna Reisner. Chorus By Girls. Com MITTKES. Marshall Thomas Hamil. Aids Conrad Gress, for Re formed church; Thomas Hamil, for Lutheran; Cyrus Kelly, tor Methodist; and James Steach for Presbyterian and old Reformed graveyards. Assistants Robert Alexander for Reformed; Edgar Alexander, for Lutheran; Herbert Helm an for Methodist; Kussel Ruuyan, for Presbyteryiu and old Reform ed graveyards. Aid for I'nion cemetery, Scott Haun; assistant, Erskine Hous ton. Musical Director Mrs. Chas. B. Stevens. Flower Committee Mrs. Loui sa Jackson, Mrs. Martha Hamil, Mrs. Lavina Wilkinson, Grace Shinier, Emma Ray, Nellie De Hart, Daisy Kelly, Mary Gold smith, Waltar Black, Ruth Roott ger, Naomi Roettger, Bessie Geh rett, Irvin Helman. Decoration Committee Mrs. S. M. Cook, Mrs. Chas. B. Stev, ens, Mrs. B. W. Peck, Mrs. S. B. Woollett, Mack Helman, Robert Alexander, Edgar Alexander, Pat Fisher, Harry Dalbey, Charles Grcathead, Duffield Sipes, Ross Wagner, James Steach, Henry Taylor. The annual Momorial sermon to the G. A. R. will be preached Sunday morning May 26th in the M. E church by the pastor Rev. Charles Bryner. All veterans and members of W. R. C. will at tend in a body. Farmers' Institutes. Tho County Board of Farmers' Institute Managers, will meet at the County Commissioners' office on the second Tuesday of Juue, to arrange for the place where Institutes are to be held this sea son. All of our people who de sire Institutes, ought to attend this meetiug and present their claims. This Board is composed of the Local Membors of the State Board of Agriculture, aud one representative from e8ch County Agricultural Society, tho Pomona Grange and County Al liance. If you find that you can not attend this mealing, address a letter with your request to Chairman of Board of Institute Managers, care of County Commissioners. ATTRACTIVE RECITAL At Clear Ridge. The soldiers will decorate at Hustontown and Fairview, and meet at Center at 10 o'clock and at Cleat Ridge at 12, noon, where a bean d nner will be sewed, aft er which several Memorial ad dresses will be made by distmg uished speakers. Arthur Barton, who had been called to this place, on accou.it of the illness and death of his broth er Prof. C. E. Barton, left for his home in Birmingham, Ala , last Saturday. Large Audience Enjoyed Entertainment at Seminary. Pro mm wuttamipori (Pa,) sun The senior expression recital given at the Seminary last night by Charles M. Lodge was exceed ingly attractive in every way. In spite of the very inclement weath er the clapel was tilled with a large and attentive audience. Mr. Lodge reads with a calm dig nity and composure which is rarely fouud in public speakers and which is a very valuable asset to effective work. Matthew Ar nold's "Rohraband liustum" was given with an intensely dr imatic spirit which won the audience from the very first. Riley's "Knee Deep in June" was read with a high appieciatiou of the sentiment ot the selection. Mr. Lodge is a great admirer of the "lloosler Poet, "and he is most happy in the interpretation of his writings. "White Azalias" was laden with a tender pathos which touched the hearts of all, while "Uncle Jothane's Spree" as a mirth provoKer was irresistible. The scene from Hamlet was well interpreted, and Dr. Butler's poem, "To an Old Violin" was ar tistically preseuted, bringing out the suotle meaning of the hues. Mr. Lodgo is a native of Brush Creek Valley and a brother of Mrs. R. W. k'irk of this place. Mrs. W. 11. Baumgardner of Wells Tannery received a tele gram last Friday morning an nouncing the dtath of her broth- at the Court er, J. Wesley .lolmson at Min neapolis, Minn. Mr. Johnson was a resident of Wells Valley for several years and a most ex cellent citizen. A few years ago, he removed from the Valley to North Dakota, and after remain ing there one year, went to Min neapolis, where he resided until the time of his death, having a nice position in that city as man ager of the Andrus Building. Mr. Johnson was aged 02 years, and the cause of his death is as yet unknown to his friends here. He leaves to mourn their loss a widow, three sons, and one daugh ter, tho sons live in Minneapolis, and the daughter, in Chicago. Since putting the above in type, we have the following facts from Dr. Joseph F. Barton, now a resi dent of Minneapolis : Mr. Johnson was Superintend ent of the Andrus Building. His body was found dead last Thurs day night in the bottom of the freightolevator shaft, in the build ing, where he had evidently gone to make repairs. The body was fouud by E. T. Johnson, son of the dead mau, who had become alarmed because the father did not arrive home at the usual time, and started a starch lor him. Looking into the elevator shaft in the basemer.t, tho son saw his father's body a few feet below the elevator. The Coroner, who was at once notified, is in doubt as to how the man met his death, although there is no suspicion of suicide or foul play. The bones in the body were broken and there were several cuts showing that the body had fallen some distance, probably from the seventh floor, as he was last seen there. His hands and body were samewhat burned, as though he had fallen along the cables. A charwoman employed in the building says that Mr. Johnson was late in getting through. He paid her for her day's wo.'k, and walked toward the elevator shaft. The elevator was at the top of the building at the time. A minute later, when she turned, Johnson was gone and the door in the shaft was open. Thinking he had gone up in the elevator and forgotten the door in his hurry, she closed it and went home. When ttie body was found the ele vator was only a foot above it. Jcnnsenhad fallen down the shaft and in falling, struck the cable and reversed the car, bringing it down after him. Evchangc Thinks Pay of Jurors not in Proper Proportion to That Received by the Other Fellows. An exemnge says : A noted murder trial lias just closed which has Listed for weeks. ! I'helawyers have been paid thous- ! ands of dollars, the judge has re j Miss Joanna Morton made a ceived a laree salary, individual ! little tnP to Harnsburg last witnesses have been paid thous- Snapshots at Their Comings and Goings Here for a Vacation, or Away for a Restful Outing. '' NAMES OF VISITORS AND VISITED ands and thrusinds of dollars. The entire civilized world has been discussing the points of law aud probable utcime, legal lore has been ransacked to the ends of the earth for which money was paid out as freely as water. After all of this tremeudous outlay of money and combination of braiu power, tho entire matter was sub mitted for final decision to twelve men who were paid two dollars per day, a salary not equal to the amount paid to a common, ignor ant, vicious, unnaturalized for eigner, dii.'Siii"' ;n a New Vork sewer. Iflhejuiy system is a ,iecessi ty, which we do not admit, can any man reasonably object to their beingpiid ten to fifteen dol lars per day. It is disgraceful to force men to come in and de cide great law questions, which cannot be trusted to legally edu cated judges, and then pay them less than street workers earn. In the case mentioned one jury man lost ins business because the great law swooped down on him and compelled him to work for weeks at two dollars per day, and entirely neglect his own business, aud yfit we call this a free coun try. The great eastern state BnOIUu De compelled to rosiore iu this juryman the business he lost. While you are on a jury, decid log great legal questions, you earn a paltry two dollars per day, while the average lawyer who fans .the air of the court room with arms aud tonue, receives tifty to live hundred dollars per day for his breezy efforts. If the jury syst m must be perpetuated, let laws be passed paying jurymen a decent amount for their services. Place Changed. Washington Camp, No. 550 P. O. 8. ot A., Needmore, Pa., has decided to hold Memorial serv ices at Sideling Hill . Vistian church, instead of at Oakley, on account of suflioieut help. Come one; come all a good time is ex pected. We expect to have a number of able speakers. aud will join hand in hand with the Har rison ville Lodge, No. 710 in our Memorial services. Those who have kiudly con sented to speak for us during the day are s Hon. John P. Sipes, Hon. S. W. Kirk aud Horace N. Sipes Esq , of McConnellsburg; Rev. Harry Daniels, of Huston town, and P. C. Meliott Esq , of Andover. An interesting program will be rendered which will consist of music aud speeches by the mem bers of the various Sunday schdbls of this vicinity. By OllDER jk Committki;. John Lininger of Fort Loudon, was the guest of his brother Ed in East End last Sunday. Wells Tannery. IV' rs. S. P. Wishart returned home last Friday, after having spent a week among friends in McAllisterville, Pa. While there she attended the one-hundredth anniversary of the Presbyterian organization of that place. Miss Zola Gibson is home after several weeks visit with friends in Sax ton. Miss Lilhe Burkett, who lias been employed in Johnstown, is home for the summer. Mrs. Florence Blackmore, with her two little sous and Mr. aud Miss Stoeitzing, of Pittsburg, has come to spend the summer with Mrs. Blackmore's parents, .Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Stewart. John Russol Hunter of lwis- town, is spend' usr his vacation with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Wishart. Mr. and Mrs. Unger and Miss Myrtle Price of Laidig, visited their auut, Mrs. E. G. Truax, re cently. Myrel Foreman, DeForost Gib son and Frank tiuillard are stu dents at the Normal School at McConnellsburg. We can say for these boys they were a crodil to our schools here, aud trust they w.ul carrv their good behav ior with them. They are active in church work and we hope our McConnellsburg friends will wel come them into their churches and Sabbath schools. Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Horton have the (ympathy of their many friends in the loss of their little son. Cause, pn.uraonia. Candidates were shaking hands with tho meu folks frequently last week. Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Griffith of Altoona, have returned to the ii ime of the fo-mer's father for a short time. Horace loves the tino country air. The little folks, big folks and old ft Iks seem h ippy riding in Riee& Meek 'a merry go ronnd here for three days. week. John L. Wright and W. M. Mil ler of Dublin Mills, was in town Monday. Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Evan?, of Thompson, were in town one day last week. Mi. aud Mrs. Austin C. Peck of Hancock, were registered at the City Hotel last Friday. Commissioner S. A. Nesbit spent Thursday night in Green castle on business. E M. Golvin, one of Dublin's substantial farmers, spent a few hours in towu, Tuesday. 1 Clyde Ott spent a few days tho past week with friends iu Bed ford county. Mr. Wilbur Fraker and Mrs. George W. Comerer, of Burnt Cabins, spent a few hours in town Monday. Mrs. W. L. Nace and baby Hel en are away on a little visit among friends in Carlisle, Milton, aud Danville, Pa. Misses Marion and Jessie Sloan left yesterday for an extended visit among frieuds in Buffalo and Port Huron. Mrs. Anthony Neuroth, of Mer cersburg, SDent tho time from Saturday until Monday at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Hull, in this place. John Ott, wite anu little daugh ter Edna, drove to Everett Satur day aud returned Sunday, accom panied by their daughter, Mrs. G. H. Knotts aud little son Harry of Altoona. Miss Cornetha Nesbit who had been spending ten days very pleasantly with friends in Cham bersburg and Greencastle, re turned to her home in this place last Friday evening. A party composed of Messrs. H. H. Brewer, L. T. Jackson, Miss H. H. Holman, and Mrs. Z. T. Fendrick drove over from Mercesburg Sunday afternoon and took supper at tho Fulton House. John Stickeli, wife, and son Dean, drove over from William son last Saturday and took dinuer with Mr. Stickell's aunts, Mrs. Barbara Houpt and Miss Lavina Long. While here, he purchased lumbei tocomplete hisuew house. Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Meliott and their son Alexander and daughter Harriet, and Miss Irene Evans all of Belfast township, spent last Friday in McCounells burg. Satnantha MellotVf this place, went home with her grand parents and will remain with them for a little visit. W.W. Howett, Thompson town ship's newly elected Justice of the Pace, was in town last Sat urday lifting his commission and laying m a necessary "supply of blanks for the business of his of fice. Of course, he has lots of marriage certiticatos that he will he glad to till out on short notice. Broke Collar Done. The attention of Kitt'e, daugh ter of Mr. aud Mrs. Cyrus Mem zor, was attracted last Sunday to a bushol beautiful lilacs in bloom at their home in East End, and attempting to get a buuch of the fragraut flowers, she fed aud broke her collar bone, which made a job for tho doctor. Kittio is getting along all right and will be as sound as ever in a few weeks. New Oarage. Davy Little has a force of meu busy in the erection of a building 50x20 on his City Hotel property. The ground tloor will be used as a garage for the use of iiutomo billsts, ana the second door for a band room.
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