3I)C jmlton Cotmto VOLUME 9 McCONNELLSUURG, PA., NOVEMBER 28, J907. NUMBER I INDIAN HEAD. J .mi:- D. Deshong, Furmcr Teacher of I hi- Count , Olves Much Information of a Very Interesting Place- WHERE WAR MUNITIONS ARE TESTED. On ilia Maryland side j)t the P to mac, out of gun rai ge and mt of the earsh t of Washington, in the midst of a coujtry whose exceeding natural ruggcdness has boen aggravated by the do spoiling agencies of man, is locat ed the headquarters and scene of action of one of the most de structive forces on earth. Un told fortunes in materials and workmanship aro swept out of existence here like a Mash in a pan. The product of years of mau's best thought and his most ingenious devices are ground in to shapeless, worthless frag ments in the tw n'ding of an eye. Surrounding forest, oncepromis iug to redeem the wilderness in a mearure from its ugliness, is stripped of its noblest sentinels, while those that remain standing aro barked and distorted and riddled and split. "The rock ribbed hills" have beeu torn and lacerated, and gaping, cavernous holes liuve been pounded into the cliffs The visitor who, through good fortune a d the graces of the powers, has been blessed with an opportunity to run down to In dim Head from Washington on a Goverment boat, lands on a nar row wharf at the foot of a broad vale, which stretches a great w ay back from the water. High, rug ged cliffs overlook the Petomacat this point and fall abruptly to a uanow, sandy shore. The vale stretches back between the Hanking hills for nearly' a mile before it narrows into a jungle like ravine, and farther on is en tirely encompassed and finally completely obliterated by the highlands, the edge of a vast plateau which leads to the to bacco plantations of Southern Maryland. Near the wharf are heaps of anchors and chain and other mantme essentials, whose order huess compares favorably with things of like character elsewhere. But a few yards away begins the scene of apparent confusion. Battered timbers, which were evidently not long since a part of substantially built barriers of some kind; huge steel fragments, indented, crocked, split and burbt asunder in every conceiv able fashion and form; flattened spheres and caues and cylinders of the hardest metal.- ; splintered boards, planks, rails, all are s r jwn about promiscuously, save here and there, where they have been gathered in piles as they ac cumulated too thickly to permit an uninterrupted continuince of the process of destruction. Id places the earth is furrowed waistdeep. The in. is are hollow ed and trees that sought to grace their heights have been rudely shorn of branch and bough. Oat wonders how in the midst of the merciless frenzien which have wrought this work the little shauties at the side of the ravine have been spared; how certain delicate, mysterious frames standing in the center of the confusion have escaped; how iiimsolf has survived. Tut, Gun Phovini; Ground. Withal, this seeming madnesB represents the acmo of method and of precision. This destruc tion has boen jfticially and scien tifically done, and constitutes one of the most necessary factors iu the reuhzition of the United States Govermont's dream of be coming the greatest of world powers. The engines of ruin are the big steel guns singly and io battery at either side of the lowland. Here at Indian Head is their place of trial and of trin naph, just us surely as will be those vessilaupon whose decks they will go down to the seas. We have heard a great deal about "the men behind the guns'' and about the guns themselves. A few weeks ago the Bureau of navigation of the Navy Depart 1 roont issued a statement showing ; the very excjlleut records mae ! by the marksmen on the war ships of the United States in an nual target practice competition. Much stress was laid upon the skill oi the guuncrs and the ac curacy of the guns, and justly so. But seldom do we hear of the period of probation through which all ofthearmsand ammuni tion of the uavv p.sses before being pron unced good and true and tit to take its pi a and serve its purposes in that tumultuous world for v hich it is intended. Seldom is thought given to ac cording the proving grounds a share of credit tor that accuracy of action of the complement of our warships which has made the new United States Navy the envy of peace desiring civilized nations. Indian Head is one of the wild est and most picturesque sections of the country. Situated in Charles county, Maryland, only 28 nautical miles from Washing ton, it has practically uothiug in commou with the bustling civili zation that surrounds it but a few miles distant on every side. The river boats seldom make a landing and the daily trips of the Government tugs to and from the Navy Yard at Washington, hauling great barges, heavily laden with t.iie munitions of war, constitute the sole regular tralhc between this point and the out side world. Four miles up the river, at Glyinont, there is a daily steam boat service, and from that place is brought the bulk of supplies for the denizens of the little com munity that has grown up just outside the Government reserva tion. Country store wagons, horse, mule or ox drawn, make the trip from Glymont to the settlement after each boat with their cargoes of merchandise or loodstulfs and an occasional pass enger, who may have been able to persuade the teamsters that it was to their advantage to take him along and that he was inno cent of any desire or intention to spy upon the modes and methods of Uncle Sam. The nearest railroad to Indian Head is across the river in the wilds of P-ince William county, Virginia, aud the little Iudian Headians who venture forth ou a clear day can peep from their wooded cliffs aud see the smoke curling up above the trees away off there to the west and some times hear the faintest sound of the whistles of the locomotives on that road. Hut the nearest station on that line is Quantico, which, direct as ;he crow (lies, is 20 miles distant. Fiftkkn Milks To La 1 lata The nearest accessible railroad is at La Plata, the county sea', of Charles, somo IS or more mileB away, and reached by rather poor and little traveled highways. But if Indian Head is away fiom the world, it is a world .to itself, with its own peculiarities, customs and manners, social functions aud hues of thought, which differ in greater or less extent from kindred traits in the surround ingcountry. Itisin a quaiut, rugged sectiou, abounding in n. uiu - linking it with tlio past aud recalling the days when the red man held i upremesway in this region. One miie below the In dian Uead wharf is the mouth of the Mattiwoman river, common ly referred lo is ' the creek" by the natives. The Piscataway empties iuto the Potomac a few miles above, while directly oppo site the proving grounds is Oo cuquan bay, into which flows Oc cuquau creek, or Bull run, tamed id Civil War history. Acquia creek also contributes to the Potomac on the Virginia side near this point. Friestone Point, knowD by the Indians as Mat amano, is at the head of Oocu quau bay. Directly below In dian Head is Cornwaills Neck, a stretch of land said to have play ed a part in the maneuvers of tho British general. (To be Ooctluui-il District Sunday School Convention. The second Sunday school con 1 veution of Mrush Creek district, was held in tho M. B church at ', Akersville last Wednesday. Presi ! dent of ihe convention, M. M. I Barton. The following in an out l liue of the work doue : Moruing session- Praise seivice. Prayer, A. W. Duvall. Address of wel come, S. K Walters. Singing. The County Standard Miss Maude' B Baumgarduer, Field J Secretary. The Home aud Pri mary Class - Miss Viola Hixson. By the time of the close of this session, delegate from every School in the district were pres ent, namely, MeKendree, Mi is Clara Hanks and Mr. Grant Spade; Whips Cove, Misses Zoo Deneen and Laura Winter. Afternoon sesfoon. Devotional exercises, John N. Hixson, How the Home Department Helps the School, Miss Bessie Akersand others. Dutieof Superintend ent and Teacher discussed bv M. I; Barton, superintendent of McKe: dree school; L A. Duvall, of Akersville school, and others. Select Heading by Goldie Akers. Solo by Miss Mary Seiiing. First Lesson in Teacher Training -Miss Baumgardner. Report of delegates. Arrangements were made for the starting of a Cradle Holl, a Home Department, and a Teach ers' Training class, at McKen dree, and a Teachers' Training class at Akersvdle. Evening session. Praise and Thauusgivng service, conducted by Lewis A. Duvall. Solo by Miss Viola Uixson, entitled' Keep Sweet." (This song was sung at the State Convention) Solo by Essie Williams. Recitation by Esta Akers. District coutribu tion for Couuty Work, $5.07. Soul Wiuniug Miss Baumgardner. Singing by the convention. Pray er by M. E. Barton. Duet Ada Hixson aud Veruie Duvall. Altogether the convention was very interesting and profitable, and the work in this district ; iu hne working order. S. B. Wai1'kks, Secretary. LUCKY HUNTERS. 0 Kerlln Boya Kill Three Bears on Top of Cove Mountain, Monday, in Two Min utes by the ClocK. ! I.XRORSf W 1 1(, l:li Jul) POUNDS. Issue of Local Option May Cause Trouble Next Year. In a leading article iu a recent issue of the Philadelphia Lodger that paper makes the following startling prediction: "During the next two years pol iticians in nearly every State in the Union will be forced to face the issue of prohibition or local option relative to the restriction of the liquor tratiie. There is every evi diMice of a revival of the issue that attained prominence ionic years ago. The Southern States have gone into the question in the most drastic manner during the last year, and their work has attracted universal attention. "The wuvo of prohibition and local option is not 0OD fined to the South alone. It is rolling along in the Western and Middle States in a manner that promises con fusion and trouble to the political parties.'' To Pension All Widows. Aiming to correct a long neg lected oversight, Congressman Lafean, of the York Adams dis trict, will introduce a bill into the next Congress providing $12 a mouth pension for w idows of all soldiers who served ninety and sixty days iu the Civil and Mexi cau Wars i espectively, and $2 a raon tii for each of their childen under 10 years old. Unlike pre vious bills, Congressman Lafean's measure will provide mouthly al lowauces for the widows, regard less of what their income is or the c ause of the death of their soldier husbands. Under the terms of the proposed act, wid ows aud minor children not eligi ble to pensions at this time, may receive the benefits of the act. Strong support has been given the bill by the Grand Army of the Republic aud posts through out the country have reoeived copies of the measure. If President Riosevolt had come up to Fulton county in stead of going down and wading iu the Louisiana swamp-), '.ie and Mrs. Roosevelt and the children could all be living sumptuously every day day on b'ar meat. It would too have been a saving of his time, constitution and clothes, and the newspaper reporters would not have been drivea to such straits to write up satisfac tory accounts of the successes attending tho expedition. That our woods is full of the big game is proven by the fact that Will and Cloyd Kerlin, of Knobsville, strolled out Monday morning for little hunt, and when they reached the top of Cove moun tain, northeast or their homo, thev stopped to get tho lay of the land, and to decide j ist where to go next. Imagine their surprise, while thus deliberating, wheu they saw a i o'd moll.er bear and two big, clumsy cubs that ought to have been ashamed of not having cut loose from tho.r mother's apron string loug ago. Three savage iooking Bruins "boar"-ing down ou the hunters, awakened tho hitler to quick ac tion, a id in a moment there was bang! bang! bang! bang! from their trusty Winchastors, aud be fore the smoke iVtd time to clear away, thera were three dead boars, and two happy hunters. One of the boys weut dowu to the vail ay aud got Jake Sharpe with a wagon to go aud help home with the big game. Too old bear dressed 250 pounds, aud the cubs drssed 100 earth. Birthday Surprise. Last Saturd iy noon, while Mrs. John B. Booth, near Mad densville, was seated at dinner, Mr. Booth happeued to look out through the window, when he ex claimed to his wife, "Look here!" Mrs. Booth hastened to the win dow and was much surprised to see that they were getting com pany in great shape. Just then it occurred to her that it was the 4 1st anniversary of her birthday, aud she made up her mind to be -ubmissive to the will of her friends, who had come not em p ty Landed I assure you. After the usual happy greetings had been exchanged, a sumptuous dinner was prepared, at which there were preseut Grand mother Booth aud daughter Ella, John Ott and wife, John P. Conrad and wife, Walter Rohrer and family, Grant Lock and wifr, Mrs. H. R. Locke, Mrs. James Clarke, Mrs. J. S. Mort and daughter Roseua, Lulu Hess, and Guy Booth. Ou account of sick ness, quite a number of those ex pected to be present were detain ed at home. A G UEST. Thanks. We are now hying In our new house on the full a littlo w est of Need more, and we wish to ex tend our thanks through your paper to all our friends who bo kindly assisted us in building We pray that God's blessings may rest upou them. A G. B. Powkuh. Hannah Powkuh. A Pratt County fanner, accord ing so the Coats Courier, purchas ed a stick of dynamite for the pur pose of blowing up u stump. He luid the dynamite dowu by the bam door aud went inside to put his team away. A pig found the dynamite and swallowed it and walked into a stall where a spun of mules were tiod. One of the mules kicked, the jar set the dyna mite off. The explosion blinded the farmer, killed one mule, tore the harness oil' the other, blew tho end out of the ham and nearly kill ed the pig. Teachers- Institute. Tho Fulton County Teachers' In stitute will convene for tho Forty first annual session in the Court House, Monday Dec. 2, at 1:16 p. iu. Wo have secured the host avail able material for this year's work. Day Ixstkk tous: Prof. XV. M. Rife, Shippoiislnirg, Pi. Dr. Chas. C Bnver. Kurtztown, Pa. Dr. J, (ieo. Becht, Clarion, Pa. Dr. George Hull, Millcrsville. Pa. Mi sic. Rev. Henry Daniels, Ilustontown, Pa. Pianist Miss Gertrude Sipes, McConnellsburg, Pa. EvENlMI. Monday, lecture Hon. Geo. I . Aldon. New York. Tuesday, Lecture Judge Alfred Flleson, Indiana. Wednesday, Lecture Dr. Guy Carleton Lee, Baltimore Md. Thuisday, Entertainment The Scotch Singers of Glasgow. Day Sessions free to all. We invite you to attend both day and night. The attendance given to the In.tituto by the gene"al public is always considered as an indica tion of the interest manifested in educations! matters. His an inspi ration to the teachers as well as the superintendent to see you here. Come, our workers are all able mm. B. C. Lambbbson. Few Here Know This. When an eminent authority an nounced in the Scrauton (Pa ) Times that he had fouud a new way to treat that dread American disease, Rheumatism, with just common, every day drugs found in any drug store, the physicians were slow indeed to attach much importance to his claims. This was only a few months ago. To day nearly every newspaper in the country, even the metroi oh tan dailies, is aunouncing it and the splendid results achieved. I is so simple that any one can pre pare it at home at small cost. It is made up as follows: Get from any good prescrip ion pharmacy Fluid Extract Dandelion, one half ounce: Compound Kargon, one ounce; Compound Syrup Sarsa parilla, threo ounces. Mix by shaking in a bottle and take in teaspoonful doses after each meal and at bedtime. These are all simple ingredients, making an absolutelyharmlesshome remedy at little cost, Rheumatism, as every one knows, is a symptom of derang ed kidneys. It is a condition pro duced by the failure of the kid neys to properly filter or straiu from the blood the uric acid and other matter which, if not eradi cated, either in the urine or through the skin pores, remaius iu the blood, decomposes aud forms about, the joints aud mus cles, causing the untold suffering and deformity of rheumatism. This prescription is said to be a splendid healing, cleansing aud invigorating tonic to the kidneys, and giv 's almost immediate relief iu all forms of bladder and urin ary trouoles and backache. He also warns people in a leading New York paper against the dis criminate use of many patent medicines. .Hiihhntli Convention. The Fulton County Sabbath As sociation held its annual session in 'ho M. E. Church of town on Tucs ItV f lust week. Much interes VN manifested by those present n its conferences and business matters. All the topics elicited a lively 'oneral discussion. For the en suing year the following officers wore chosen, vise : President, Rev. S. R Houston, Vice President, (ieo. W. Hays, Secrotary, Rev. J. L. Grove, Treasurer, It. M. Kendall, and for executive committee, in addition to tho above officers, Da vid Kelso of Tod township, E. E. Fraker, of Dublin, Geo. W. Glenn f Ayr, Geo. XV. Reisner and B. W. Peek of McConnellsburg. Hi ley Daniels of Thompson, II. K. Markloy of Bethel, C. U. Mann of Licking Creek, Rev. U. Daniels of Taylor, S. P. Wishart of Wells, Amos Hixson of Brush Creek, and G. (i. Geingcr of I'nion. (Those officers will please accept this an nouncemeut as sufficient notifica tion of their election.) A commit tee on press work was chosen whose duty shall be to have pub lished in the locil papers short ar ticles occasionally on the Sabbath ui -tion and the work of the As sociation. Mrs. S. M. Cook was chosen to till this position for the current year. Tho Association asks the various churches of the county to contrib ute an offering for its work and tend to the Secretary, Rev. J. L. Grove, MeConnollsburg. Pa., not later than February 1908. A com mittee consisting of Rev. Calvin Fassold, Mrs. S. M. Cook, and Mrs. Geo. W, Reisner was appoint ed on resolution which reported the following which were adopted, viz. : We, as workers iu righteous en da avor for God an- humanity, as sembled in Fourth Annual Con vention of the Fulton County Sab bath Association, do resolute and adopt the following resolutions: 1st. That we call on all good and lawfully disposed citizens of Ful ton county to highly maintain the sacred obligations of the Sabbath Day as taught from God's Holy Word. Und. That we ask all political candidates, as aspirants for our legislature, through the officers of this Association, to commit them selves in writing to their position on the laws of our Commonwealth which reserve to us tho sacredness and hallowednessof this Holy Day and that answer be given for pub lication. 3rd. That wo rejoice in tho nior al public conscience of our nation, that there is un increasing tide working for tiod and humanity in all things righteous, for which wo give God all praise. It is the aim of tho Association to arouse a much more decided sentiment in favor of tho Christian Sabbath. Secretary. ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW Snapshots at Their Comings and Goings Here for a Vacation, or Away for a Restful Outing. Much sympathy has been ex pressed for the "poor farmer" by his city brethren, but it is all lost ou the present up to date ag riculturalist. He is either selling his bay for $17 a toil, or holding it for $20. He is disposing of his loose straw for 8 a ton, his but tar for 40 cents a pound, and oats, 00 cents a bushel; buckwheat, K0 cents a bushel, and eggs, 85 cents a dozen. "Poor farmer," indeed, city cousin. Come out and use his loug distance phone, lead by his acetylene gas plant, bathe iu his luxuriously appointed bath rooms, and have your choice diiving a tiue Wilkes colt to a rubber tired runabout, or ruling in his automobile. The farmer, who by reason of his production is king of the country, has come to ids own. Tall Timber in the Next Congress. The coming congress w ill con tain three men who wili contest for the honor of being proclaimed the tahest member. They are Sulloway of New Hampshire, Barchfield of Pennsylvania, and Anthony of Kansas. Sulloway and Barchfield were rivals in tho last house. The former has a height of six feet six inches, but he is round shouldered and is topped by Barchfield with his six feet three inches. Anthouy ib six feet four inches. The frieuds of Sulloway have been urging him to take exercise so as to re gain an erect carriage. If he sheuld succeed he would be a towering figuie in the nextcon gross. Wichi ta Eagle. Tho jury in the case of the Reading conductor, Alfred M. Clay, who brought an action agaliist the Western Maryland Railroad, returned a verdict, at Carlisle, granting Clay $15,000, Clay was conductor ou a Reading train which ran into a draft of Western Maryland cars od a Y al Gettysburg. He was badly injured. NAMES OF VISITORS AND VISITED Paul C. Ott is speuding a few weeks with his sister, Mrs. Geo. U. Knotts, iu Altoona. Win. V'ink, of Belfast, called at the News office a few minutes, while iu towu, Mondoy. M. R. Shaffoer, Esq , has been spending several days during the past week among his Hunt ingdon county relatives and friends. M. aud Mrs. John Ott, of Tod township, siieut a few days dor iug the past week, guests of John Booth, ut Maddensville. J. Veruon Skipper, of Tyrone, spent a few days during the past week with friends out about Har risonville. Ho and his father, Mr. Alex Skipper, were in town Monday. M iss Jessie Gross has just re turned home after having had a nice visit in the home of her brother, Prof. Ernest M. Gress, at Steeiton, Pa. While there, Miss Jessie visited the Steeltou High School, in which her broth er teaches chemistry aud phys ics: also, she visited the Capitol in Harris burg, and had the pleas ure of attending the Dauphin county teachers' institute, which was being held in the hall of the House of Representatives. Com bining this with many otl.er in teresting places she visited, it goes without sajiug th it Miss Jessie had a vory pleasant visit. Picturesque Pennsylvania. Do you believe that Pennsyl vania is one of the most attract ive States, as well as the richest in mineral wealth? The Phila delphia Record does. It is devot ing a page of its Sunday Maga zine to "Picturesque Pennsylvan ia," in which from Sunday to Sun day will be presented the mrst striking, charmiugand attractive features of tho natural scenery of the State, iu which it is unrivaled. Its 'Picturesque Pennsylvan ia" page consists of articles de scriptive of the hue scenery of its various secticns, interwoven with a goodly measure of legend, iocal tradition, and historic inci dent, thus giving the articles a warm human interest, besides calling the attention of the Re cord's great army of readers to the picturesque features of their own State. These articles are written, or edited by George E. Mapes, who has charge of "Our State Neigh bors" column on the editorial page of the Record. He has made a special study of Peunsyl vania, aud ;s personally familiar with every section of the State. The articles are illustrated with the best pictures of the striking scenery described, that modern photography can furnish. The first rive articles, which have already appeared, have boen devoted to the w ater gaps aud river gorges made by the Dela ware, Lehigh, Schuylkill, Swat ara, and Susquehanna rivers, through the Kittatinny range of mountains. It is tho purpose of the Record to luclude iu this ser ies of descriptive articles, all the important natural attractions of Pennsylvania, among which may be named its mountain ranges, its principal river systems, fer tile valleys, marvelous springs, forest reserves, numerous lakes, water falls, cavorns, aud other iu toresting natural features. The Record will welcome in this connection, suggestions and information from its State read era regarding special scenic fea tures wbiobcan be described and presented in attractive pictured form from any section of tho State. t 'buries L. Hammers is king ing, "A Charge to Keep" It is a dish washer.
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