ljc jfttlton Countg wtm.
VOLUME 8
McCONNELLSBURG, PA., JUNE li, 1907.
NU MISER 38
THAT DOLLAR ROAD TAX.
A Personal Tax Can be Levied Only at
Place of Residence, says Judge
N Willing.
CANNOT COLLECT FROM NON RESIDENTS
State Highway Commissioner
flun tor's interpretation of the
one dollar road tax upou each tax
aide is already causing consider
able trouble throughout thoState;
lie says "the dollar is assessed
against the property, and must
be paid by the non resident as
well as the lesident owner."
This is not iaw, but only his opin
ion, and in many of the districts
of our County, the Supervisors
havo placed this dollar tax on all
non residents. Oa this principle
if a person residing in this Bor
ough owns taxable property in
ball a dozen districts in the Coun
ly, he will be taxed 6.00, while
he should only be taxed one dol
lar. This matter was brought
before Judge Walling, of Erie, on
R case stated, and he filed the fol
lowing opiuion, in the case of
Millcreek township v. Willis :
' The dofendant, S. H. Willis,
. resides in Erie City, and owns a
farm in Millcreek township. He
has p ud the tax levied upon his
property, but declines to pay a
further tax of $1 00 levied upon
him by plaintiff under the provis
ion of section 2 of th Act of April
12, 1905, P. L 142, relating to the
levy and collection of road taxes,
etc., in townships, which provis
ion is as follows : 'That upon ev
cry taxable the road supervisors
' of tach township shail assess the
sum of $1.00, in addion to the
inillage tax above mentioned.'
"The question proseuted by the
case stated is, Do is tha. provis
ion apply to a non-resident who
owns property in the township?
lu our opiuion it does not. It is
uot levied upon property, but
asrainst the person in the nature
of a poll tax. The taxing power
of a township cannot be extended
so as to embrace a personal tax
against a non resident. A per
sonal tax can be levied only at the
place of residence. For the right
to levy a poll tax depends upon
residence : 27 Am. & Eng. Eucy.
of Law (2d edition), 634.
"A person is not liable to a poll
tax in more than one place, and
that is at the place of his resi
dence : Preston v. Boston, 12
Pickering, 7. '
"It is not necessary to pass
upon the constitutionality of said
act. That question will soon be
setlled by an appellate court.
"And now, June 4, 1906, on the
caso stated, judgment is entered
for the defendant and against the
plaintiff for costs."
Enjoys the Service.
Mussel Garland, of the United
States Marine Corps, is spending
a short furlough with his parents
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Nebraska
Gailand, formerlyof this county,
but who now resido at Washing
ton, Pa. Young Garland is at
present inspector of quarter mas
tors' department and is stationed
in Philadelphia. When his pres
ent term of enlistment expires on
June 21, next, he will have been
iu the service 11 years. He is so
well pleased with his line of work
that he will immediately re enlist.
Mr. Garland's rise has been
rapid, and he hat? been exception
ally honored during the past few
years of his service. He was se
lected to take charge of the mar
ines who acffopanied the re
mains of therMexican embassa
dor back to bll country for Inter
ment, and he was'falso selected tu
accompany Secretary of War
Taf ton bis recent trip to Panama,
Cuba, and Porto Rico. Young
Garland seems to thrive on his
work, ho now tipping the scales
at more than 180 pounds.
Miss Minnie McGovern, who
has been spending some time with
bor brother Will at Bristol, Tenn.,
has returned to McConnellsburg
for the summer and is staying at
the Washington Uouae.
Primary Election Vote, June I, 1907. VETERANS HONOR
AGED NINETYONE YEARS.
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The Primary Election.
The citizens of this county last
Saturday afternoon pulled off
their first Primary election un
der the new law, and the per
formance was considerably
dampened through the antics of
Jupiter Pluvius who poured down
a rain during the entire time,
that kept all but the most ardent
at home. Not half of the number
of Democratic votes .polled last
fall were registered last Satur
day, and the Republicans were
still more afi aid of water, while
the Prohibs didn't risk it at all.
Our county still made a better
showing than our neighbor
Praukhn, for the Chambersburg
papers are authority for the
statement that in several dis
tricts in that county, the votes of
the electiou ollicers were the only
ones cast.
The candidates on the several
tickets were exceptionally good
men, and there was some nice
lighting. The only contest of in
terest being that for the Demo
cratic nomination of Sheriff and
County Treasurer. By the tabie
of votes above, it will be seen that
Harris won over Garland by the
close margin of forty votes, while
Stevens won over Daniels by only
100.
According to the returns the
Democratic ticket for the fall
election will be as follows : Sher
iff, Jefferson Harris, of Ayr; Dis
trict Attorney, Frank P. Lynch,
otMcConnellsburg; County
Treasurer, Charles B. Stevens,
McConnellsburg; County Survey
or, Frank P. Plessinger, Brush
Creek; Coroner, Dr. George M.
Robinson, McConnellsburg. J.
Charles Fore of Tod, is the Dele
gate to the State Convention.
The Republican ticket is : Sher
iff, J. J. Conrad, of Ayr; District
Attorney, H. N. Sipes, McCon
nellsburg; County Treasurer, E
D. Akers, Brush Creek. (There
was no one amony the Republi
cans who asked to have his name
printed on the tickets for the
Primary election; but a d "n of
the friends of Mr Akers in Brush
Creek township, wrote his name
on the ticket Voted, and as he has
the highest number of votes on
the ticket of his party for the of
fice, he has the nomination just
as solid as the best of them.)
County Surveyor, Paul 1. Johns
ton, McConnellsburg. James E.
Palmer of Bethel, received the
highest number of votes on tho
Republican ticket for Del. gate to
the State Convention.
TEACHEKS' SALARY BILL.
Minimum Salary Under Act Will Be
$40 Per Month.
Thousands of public school
teachers all over the Scate will be
glad to learn that the Governor
has approved the bill fixing their
minimum salary at $4o per month
when they hold a provisional cer
tificate, and not less than $50 per
month when they hold a profes
sional, permanent or Normal
School certificate.
While we have not oeen ible to
secure a copy of this measure as it
came from the hands of Governor
Stuart, we have been informed
that while the new law will add a
nice little sum to the former
wages of teachers it will not in
crease the hardship of taxation
on any of our school districts, for
while the legislature increased
tho wages of the teachers, they
increased the State appropriation
fro i, eleven million to tiltoen mil
liuu dollars; hence the school dis
tricts will receive more than one
third more State appropriation,
the teachers will get more money
and the local school tax will not
bo imy higher thau heretofore;
No one should begrudge the
capable teacher the wages she
gets, for mankind has no greater
interest than the proper training
and education of our coming citi
zenship. The man or womau whi
has brains enough to teach school
successfully, has brains enough
to earn twice the sum that teach
ers usually get, at somethtug else
that would not be nearly so wear
log upon the neryous constitu
tion of the person thus engaged.
And now that fair wages is pro
vided, it is up to the school di
rectors to see that incompetent
teachers are relegated to a back
shelf.
Mr. Wellesley H. Greathead, of
Waynesboro, and Miss Hall, of
Cham bersbu rg, were guests of the
former's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Great heat', over Sunday
MRS. D0NEH00.
Wife of a Former Editor of The Fal
lon Democrat Dies at Their Home
in West Virginia.
Through tho courtesy of our
personal friend Col. Baui brick, of
the Soldiers' Orphans' Industrial
School, Scotland, Pa., we have a
copy of "The Independent" a
newspaper published at New
Cumberland, W. Va , coutaiuing
an account of the death of Mrs.
Eleanor McCown Donehoo, wife
of ex Senator John R. Donehoo,
on Monday of last week. She
was born July 10, 18)55, and was
married to Mr. Donehoo April 26,
1860. In 1863 they moved to Mc
Connellsburg, Mr. Donehoo
bought the Fulton Democrat, and
they remained here until 1808.
It was during their stay here
that the present editor of the
News, entered Mr. Donehoo's of
fice as an apprentice to learn the
printing business, and boarded
in the home of the Donehoo's,
which was, at that time, in the
house now the residence of Rev.
J. L Grove. Mrs. Donehoo was
the highest type of a cultured,
Christian, southern lady, aud her
influence for good upon the mind
of the then young apprentice, has
been a lifelong inspiration of true
helpfulness.
Their son Jay, who was at that
time a bright little curley-head,
is now Rector of the Episcopal
church at Opelouscas, La., and a
noted writer of church literature.
The husband, sou, and three
daughters are left to mourn the
loss of a noble wife and mother,
and the editor wants to assure
them that their sorrow is shared
by him.
Card of Thanks.
Mrs. Ellen Shaw takes this
method of expressing hor appre
ciation of the kindness and sym
pathy of their friends and neigh
bors during tho illnness and fu
iwal of hor late husband W. L
Shaw.
PROF. RIFE AT McCONNELLSI.l'RG.
Dame Nature was geuerous to
tho old soldier in according him
a bright and beautiful day on
which, in loving memory, to
strew with fragrant flowers the
graves of his bu rner comrades.
This day, above all othois sacred
in the minds of the Grand Army
of the Republic and the Women's
Relief Corps, was very generally
observed throughout the county,
and the exercises were charac
terized by a reverout and digui
tied deportment that was most
impressive and becoming.
No other patriotic observance
means so much to the children of
ur country as this beautiful me
moriul, for it impresses upon
them the sacrifices made by the
men who weut out in the tryiug
days of 'C1.
At the Union cemetery at an
early hour had collected a crowd
of those who follow the custom tl
decorating the graves of their
dead, and at Ka m., it was in
creased by a squad of veterans
and numbers of children, who
formed in line and proceeded to
pay tribute to those who have an
swered the last roll call. The
graves ot sixteen soldiers were
decorated, fifteen of which held
the remains of volunteers of the
Mexicin, Civil and Spanish
American wars, and one is the
last resting place of one who
wore the gray
Following the ceremony of dec
oration, the children gathered at
the central mound and were ad
dressed bv Mrs. S. M. Cook ou
their duty m perpetuating this
day of hallowed memories, to the
end that the honor and the glory
of our nation may not suffer.
The ceremonies in McConnells
burg were of a more elaborate
character and were conducted in
the Court House. Prof. W. M.
Rife of the C. V. S. M. S., deliver
ed the address aud when he re
minded the old soldiers that
"their glorv cannot fade" he held
the attention of a house in which
there was not standing room.
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
was recited hy Edgar Alexander.
This matchless expression of loy
al devotion to country, and gem
of American literature, should be
memorized by every teacher and
pupil in the county.
Appropriate recitations were
well given by Misses Anna Reis
ner and Marden Stouteagle.
"Some good words in behalf of
the W. R. C," were spoken by
Mrs. S. M. Cook, Secretary of
that association, an auxiliary of
the G. A R.
The large and intelligent aud
ience present gave uumistakable
evidence of the high place which
our "boys in blue" hold in the
heat ts of the people. Mothers
had left their home duties, and
brought with them their tasteful
ly dressed little ones, to learn les
sons of patriotism, aud to follow
with their fragrant tribute of
flowers, The tottering steps of the
veterans to the graves of their
comrades, many of which are
nameless and datelers, owing to
a lack of suitable markers.
The procession was conducted
to the various cemeteries by the
McCounellsburg band, to the in
spiring music of that grand old
march, "Onward Christian Sol
diers," and never did they do
themselves greater credit than
on thh occa&ion the marching
and music being so thoroughly
in good form. The line was
gracefully manipulated by Mar
shal Thos. Hamil, and a corps of
Aids, recruited from the sons
and friends of the veterans.
No grave was neglected in the
distribution of flags or flowers
the ceremony being one of beau
tiful and impressive solemnity,
as it should be, and a Sunday still
The many friends and relatives,
in this county, of Benjimin F.
Clevenger, will loarn w ith sorrow
of the old gentleman's deat'i at
the home of his daughter, Clara
F. Nickey, near Ridgeville, Ind.,
Sunday morning, May lOto.
His parents, William and Char
ity Clevonger were born in Vir
ginia, and settled in this county
many years ago, where Benjamin
was born on the 29th day of Fel
ruary, 1M10.
May 0, 1H44, he was united in
marriage to Barbara Sipes. who
died on the twelfth anniversary
of their marriage. Two children
resulted from this union, Bar
bara P., deceased, and Samuel P.,
who resides in Columbus, O.
May 21, 1H57, he was married to
Sarah Smiley, whose death oc
currcd Januiry 28,1906, One
child was born to this union,
Clara F. Nickey, who very tender
ly cared for her father during his
declining years.
He became a membe: ot the
Masonic fraternity in 1890, and
was a most loyal adherent of that
order to the time of his death.
He leaves to mourn their loss 2
children, 7 grandchildren, and
16 great grand children.
Ho was a mau of rugged physi
cal constitution, aud la his young
er days thought it no trick to
walk from his Fulton county
home to the stale of Indiana, and
made several trips between that
state and this, on foot, during his
life. His last visit to his native
county was about four years ago
and he will be remembered for
the vigor by which he was able
to walk about from one com muni
ty to another, with all the spright
hness of one who had not seen
one-half so many years.
Politically, he was an adherent
of the Democratic party, and a
local leader for many years. Pos
sessed of a splendid mind, he
was companionable, and could
entertain one bv the hour with
a fund of facts and anecdotes
about the persons and places of
three quarters of a century ago.
ness ruled the town.
In perpetuating this memorial
to our soldier dead, we give abun
dant evidence to the survivors
that they are our most precious
war relics, aud that their days of
haru fighting, forced marches,
and lone sentry vigils, are still
remembered by a grateful and
happy nation.
At Sideling Hill.
Memorial Day at the Sideling
Hill Christian church was attend
ed by a large crowd of people.
Speeches were delivered by Hon.
John P. Sipes, Hon. S. W. Kirk,
P. C. Mellott, Esq., and recita
tions were given by a number of
the younger folks.
At Clkau Riu;k.
In repirting the exercises at
Cloar Ridge, a citizen of the town
ship sends the following : "Me
morial Day services and exercises
at Clear Ridge were quite a sue
cess in two or three ways ; the
crowd was largo, the several ad
dresses were tine lessons of pa
triotism, the order fairly good
some drunkenness but the most
unsightly, wicked thing, was a
merry go-'round close up to the
bunal ground running at full
blast as the solemn exercists
wore going on about the graves,
while a so called Christiau man
was at tho helm of the machine
helping to keep up the disturb
ance. A merry go-'round may
not be out of place to furnish,
amusement on Fourth of July oc
casions, but on a day that is as
sacredly observed as Memorial
Day, it showed ve.y little patriot
ism or respect for tho old soldier
that the exercises should thus
have been disturbed.
J. Wkslky Johnson.
Tho above is a good picture ot
Mr. J. WesJey Johnson whoso
tragic death occurred in an ele
vator shaft in the Andrus build
ing, in the city of Miuneapoiis,
Minn., Thursday evening, May
10, 1007, as was told in the NEWS
two weeks ago. His home in ear
ly life was at Barre Forge, Hun
tingdon county, wh?re he lived
shortly after his marriage to
Miss Mary Elizibeth Porter, and
then moved to Weils Valley where
he lived about ten years.
He then moved with his entire
houeshold goods aud most of his
stock to North Dakota, and locat
ed there with a coiony of Penn
sylvanians in or about Steele,
where he lived but'one summer,
and was ruined by drought and
prairie tires.leaving them scarce
ly enough to eat until they could
again locate elsewhere From
North Dakota they wont to the
city of Minneapolis, where Mr.
Johuson started his life anew,
and by hard, conscientious Chris
tian work, he became General
Superintendent and Overseer of
the finest office buildiug in the
Twin Cities.
Mr. Johnson was a member of
Company H, 184th Regiment
Pen nsylvauia Volunteers, and
served in active service in the
CLiI War for nearly a year bo
fore tha close of that bloody
struggle.
Had he lived until the 20th of
August, ho would havo been 02
years of age.
He is a brother of Mrs. W. H.
Baumgardner at Wells Tannery.
About Weddings.
A very simple home wedding
may be very beautiful, and it is
eminently practicable, where ex
pense must be considered. It
obviates the necessity of large ex
penditure and cuts off the cost
for floral decorations at a church,
carriages to aud from thoclurch,
fee to organist uud fee for open
ing the church all of these ex
penses being for the bride's par
ents. Then, too, the invitations
to a small homo wedding need
uot be engraved form--, but may
bo informal notes written by tho
bride's mother. If the house is
laree enough, all one's friends
may be invited; il it is small, it is
jorrect to invite only relatives
and a limited numoer of friends,
and to send, after tho marriape,
the announcements to those who
were not invited to the wedding.
rhe8e are issued in the name of
tho bride's parents, and paid for
by them and are sent to the gen-
e. al acquaintances of the families
of bride aud bridegroom.
Tho hour popularly chosen for
a wedding is midday or afternoon.
Evening weddings are now out of
fashion. A bride elect has the
privilege ol choosing the day, the
clergyman and the bridesmaids.
The ushers are selected from
among her friends and those of
tho bridegroom. One bri lesmaid,
or maid of-honor, would be .-uf
ticiout at a small weddiug, but it
is not necessary to have any at
tend ants. -From "Tho Obsorv
ances of Society," in tho Ladies'
World for Juue.
Mr. and Mrs. Reuben S. Wible
of Franklin county, spent a few
days among their friends on this
side ot the mountain last week.
Mr. Wible likes his new Frankhu
county farm first rate and is look
Ing w U.
ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW
Snaphot at Their Comings and (ioinga
Here for a Vacation, or Away
for Restful Outing.
NAMES OF VISITORS AND VISITED
Daniel Rinehart of Gracey,
spout a few hours in town last
Friday.
Mr. J. W. Mowers of Clear
Ridge, too a day off and visited
the County Seat one day last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. 15. Runyan, of
this place went down to Need
more last Friday and returned
on Saturday afternoon.
Walter C. Peck, a telegraph op
erator in the Western Union of
fice in Uarrisburg, is spending
this week with his uncle, theedi
tur of the News. He will havo
charge of the office at Bedford
Springs during the summer.
Mrs. L. I. Hill who has been
spending a few weeks in . the
home of her sister, Mrs. Scott
Tritle in the Cove, left Monday
for Iowa, where she expects to
spend the summer with her sis
ters Rebecca and Lib, and other
friends and relatives.
Miss Anna Mary Snyder of
Thompson township who has been
in ill health for some time left
last Wednesday for Colorado
Springs, Colo., where she expects
to spend several months in tho
hope that the change of climate
may prove beneficial.
An automobile party consist
ing of Paul I Johnson, Walter
Reed Sloau, Miss Mabel Trout
and Miss Kathryn Cook, went ov
er to Chambersburg last Friday
morning and returned Saturday
atteruoon. Paul and Walter spent
Friday night at Uarrisburg.
Wm. L. Moseby, of Wells Val
ley, was a welcome caller at this
office Monday. The hand of time
seems to rest lightiy on Mr. Mose
by, who says his father lived tc
the age of 104. Speaking of the
weather, Mr. Moseby says this
is tho most backward springsiuco
'04, when there was an 11 inch
snow in May. A frost late in
May '7m killed nearly all growing
vegetation.
Mrs. Elizabeth Morerct-
Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Herbert
Morgret, of Belfast township,
died last Saturday morning, af
ter a protracted illness, aged
about seventy years. Her re
mains wore laid to rest m the
cemetery at Pleasant Grove
onarcb on Monday, in tho pres
ence of an unusually large num
ber ot sorrowing relatives and
friends.
Mrs. Morgret was a daughter
of Dennis Daniels, many years
ago sheriff of this county, and a
sister of Mrs. Rar.hel Hart and
Mrs.Abram Plessinger, of Whips
Cove. She was possessed of
most excellent qualities ot mind
and heart, and will be greatly
missed in tho neighborhood in
wlnco she had lived so many
years. She was a consistent
member of tho Cnristian church,
aud always took a great interest
in its welfaro.
Bisides her husband she is sur
vived by three sons and ouo
daughter, J. Riley, of Fairmount,
111.; Hayes and George, of Belfast
township, and Ahue, wife of Sam
uel Rhodes, of Hancock, Md.
Fourth of Jnly in McConnellsburg.
Ked Men's Parade by Cassa
wappa and visitiug tribes.
Ox Roast.
Sports aud races for prizes.
Several Bands.
Fair and Festival aud Indian
War Dance at night.
Fireworks.
Persons who have returned
from Jamestown givo tho warn
ing not to go for soma weeks to
oomo. It is said by those w'.io
havo been there that the exposi
tion is uot more thau two-tli i is
ready, some of the buildiugs be
ing lucotuplote; . and u is the ad
vice of those who made tho first
trip to wait for the late nu minor.