1)C jfulton Countg 3Xeus.
VOLUME 9
McCONN ELLSBURG, PA., APRIL 23,1908.
NU.MBIK 29
ABOUT INDIA.
Mrs. W. L king, the Wile of Mtocion-
ry Writes Interesting Letter.
IIyuku miao, Dkcan, India,
Feb. 4, 1!M)8.
Dkah Fkikno: I notice that Mr.
KIok has written that I am writlnR an
article on Hyderabad and Its people,
but I have prepared only a little ramb
llng description of things as they are
here It Is hard for- one who has
lived so long in India to realize that
there Is anything to write about that
will Interest people at home; every
thing scorns so commonplace and
natural. Another t liintf that makes it
hard to write missionary letters is the
fact that, at the present day, so many
missionaries are returning and speak
ing all over the countrv. One Is al
most sure to write about some things
that are f'imiliar tio many. However,
when at home, 1 found some who had
never seen nor heard from a "real
live missionary" so I may he able to
tell you something that may not be en
tirely familiar.
Hyderabad, the greatcity in which
we live, has a population of about
4 25, (MX). The eity proper, includes the
part within the walls, and has a pop
ulation of about 10,000 Mahomedans
and Hindus No Europeans live with
in the walled city. The streets are
D arrow, crooked and dirty, judged
from our standpoint, but the people
arc proud of their eity. A student,
giving a description of Hyderabad
City in an examination, said that the
streets were so wide that two car
riages could pass and so clean that it
ghee were dropped in the streets, it
could be picked up and eaten, I am
sure that yon would not want to eat it
before it was dropped, much less
after.
great change has come over the
place in the last twenty-Hve or thirty
years. Formerly it was considered
unsafe io go through the walled city
Without a government "scort; now we
all go through whenever we wish to
ami our W. V. M. B. missionary and
her. assistants go through the city al
most daily. When I first sawHydera
dad, twelve years ago, the men went
armed with all sorts of weapons;
Now, while very many daggers,
swords, etc., are seen they are very
noticably less than formerly. The
Xizun (ruler) professes to be very
loyal to the English Government, and
indeed he has shown the sincerity of
his professions iu muny ways.
Hyderabad is a pretty place. It is
siiTOunded by low hills of almost
bare rocks. There are immense boul
ders piled one upou another in such a
way that it seems as if the least mo
tion would hurl them down. Beauti
ful houses are built right under these
overhanging rocks. There is one
place especially that we used never to
go by witheut our little girl saying,
"Mamma, wouldn't you hate to live
in that house? 1 would". There are
a great many wealthy Mohammedan
gentlemen here aud so the city affd the
hills abound in magnificent palaces.
I have never lived iu a place where
there were more horses aud carriages,
and such expensive automobiles. The
.Nizam has, it is said, between two aud
three hundred horses and the last I
heard he had twenty automobiles and
had ordered a lot more.
Now, I fancy I hear some oue say,
"What is the need of sending miss
ionary money to such a place as
that'" Do not imagine for a moment
that there are no poor people here.
While, as I have said, there are many
wealthy people here, yet comparative
ly they are very few aud as they are
not Curistians, their wealth is not
consecrated to the good ottheir fellow
men. The mass of the people of Hy
derabad, and throughout the Nizam's
domluluns are as poor and degraded
us iu any part of India. An idea of
tlie extreme poverty of the peoplo may
be gained from their money. The
smallest , piece of money that Kuro
peaus use Is the dub, but the natives
use a small shell, called cowrie. It
takes about 100 dubs to make a Hall I
Sicca Hupce, which U worth about
twenty eight cents. Forty cowries
equals one dub so it takes about 4000
cowries to equal tweuty'elght cents.
Another evidence of their extreme
poverty might be seen from our milk
man. We cannot trust aim to bring
us pure mlllc, so It is the custom to
bring the cow to our door and milk
what Is rsqulred before us My man
brings two cows for what we use. Oue
gives scarcely a teacupful each morn
big and yet he thluka it worth while to
bring her a long distance for thut
teacupful, or about one cent's worth.
An ordinary Cooly, or day laborer,
earns from a dollar tifty to three dol
lars er month. The wife may add a
little. A man earning from four to
Ive dollars per month it considered to
be in fairly comfortable clrcumttan
ces, that U, he is able to provide his
family with the barest necessities of
life, but the people live so near to ac
tual hunger that In times of famine or
extremely high prices there la great
sutferlng, even among the people who
fe considered well-to do.
The houses of the common people
small, low, dark but o( mud,
with thatched or tiled roof. There Is
usually a place Iu one corner arrang-
TOBACCO TAOS BRIN0S FINE PRESENTS
Tobacco Company Redeeming Tags From
Many Brands.
According to reports from the
local dealers ib tobac.o morb peo
ple are saving tobacco tags than
ever before in the history of the
giving of presents in exchange
for tobacco tags. This tremen
doJ8 increase in tag saving is due
to the action of the A merican To
bacco Company in offering a re
markable list of valuable presents
in return for tags from various
popular tobaccos.
Such brands as Master Work
man, Bridle Bit, Twslev's Natur
al Leaf, Town Talk, iSpear Head,
Standard Navy, Jolly Tar, and
about a dozen others, bear tags
which can be exchanged for pres
ents. An idea of what can be ac
comphshed by so far- reaching a
co-operative system is gathered
from such sample offers as the
giving of an English Steel Razor
for only 30 tags.
Reports in the tobacco trade
indicate that dealers throughout
the country are laying iu stock of
presents in order to be able to
meet the rising boom m tobacco
tag saving. In places where the
dealers are not supplied with
presents, the American Tobacco
Company is redeeming by mail
tag-savers selecting the presents
they wish from a free catalog.
Had His Qold In The Wall.
Banks might fail and cashiers
abscond for all the late William
B. Wilkiu, of Whitestone, L. I ,
cared, according to testimony
presented to Surrogate Noble in
Queens county, where his daugh
ter, Mrs. Ann Elizabeth Horton,
of Whitestone, put in an appear
ance as executrix to straighten
up her father's estate.
In her testimony Bhe stated
that tier father's estate amount
ed to about $14,869, and of this
amount she found $7,(12 in gold
and silver coin stored away in a
hole in the wall. She said her
father had no faith in banks or
cashiers, so he had a sort of re
pository built in the wall back of
the kitchen door casing. After
it was once sealed up he had no
way of opeuing his home made
bank, and he dropped money in
through a small slot from time
to time. From the day ho had
the place built, up to the time of
his death, and he lived to be
eighty five years old, he never
disturbed his hole-in-the-wall
savings. New York Times.
Normal School,
I will teach a normal school at
Needmore beginning June 4. A
prospectus containing all the ne
cessary information will be mailed
upon request. Students desir
ing me to order text-books for
them should send me their order
not later than May 10. These
books will be furnished to stu
dents at cost.
W. Don Mokton,
Maplewood Institute,
Concordville, Pa.
ed for their cooking chatties and wa
ter pots The smoke has no way of
escape except through a small hole in
the roof, so of course, the interior of
the houses is soon very b'ack. They
have no furniture, or at most an old
chair, and are they happen to have a
rough old col or two they are consid
ered a little above their neighbors.
Hut it is not on account of their
physical condition that we appeal to
you for sympathy and help. Croat as
their temporal needs may be, the
needs of their miuds and hearts are
tar greater. Worst of all, they are
so Ignorunt and degruiled that the
most of them do not realize ihelr need.
I fouud when at home, that telling the
people there are thousands here who
have never known what It Is no-, to be
huiigby, made a deep impression, but
we feel that to the Christian the spir
itual needs of this people should ap
peal very much more strongly, and so
we urge you to do all you can, both
by prayer and giving, to help supply
the greater need which in time will re
lieve the lesser.
With best wishes for a prosperous
year,
Yours sincerely,
, Mkh. W. L. Kind.
Widows Pensions Quickly.
Washington, April 10. Pen
sion Commissioner Warner to
day announced that widows now
on the pensiou roll would not be
required to make application for
the increase from $h to $1" a
month recently voted by Con
gress. The commissioner has instruct
ed the pension agencies through
out the country to put the law into
effect automatically, the first pay
ment of the increase to be made
May I. This action will result in
a saving of several hundred thou
sand dollars to the pensioners
affected. Widows not already on
the rolls, but who are entitled to
the increase, are required to
make application, as in the past.
The law effects only widows
who wore married prior to June
27, 1890,
MEETIN0 OF CARLISLE PRESBYTERY.
McConnellsbure Schools. Sixth Month.
PRIMARY,
Number enrolled. 119; average
attendance, 85; per cent, of at
tendance, 94; those who attended
every day, were Willis Daniels,
Moss Hamil, Ted Hamil, Francis
Uoupt, Pete Morton, Frank Shi
nier, Dwiglit Stench, Harry
Steach, Parker Tritle, Chester
Woodal, Tommy Wooclal, Helen
Bender, Rose Daniels, Mary
Fisher, Nettie Mellott, Winnie
Mellott, Mary Pittman, Anna
Mary Sipes, El ma Smith, Helen
Steach, Ethel Stevens, Martha
Taylor, Goldie Tritle, Helen
Wasliabaugh. - Nora Fisher,
teacher.
INTFKMIOI HATE.
Number enrol'cd, III; average
attendance, 89; per cent, of at
tendance, 98, Those who attend
ed every day during month
Floss Thompson, Elizabeth Doyle,
Grace McQuade, Lois Mason,
Mildred Mock, Margaret Patter
son, Lucille Crissinger, Dorothy
Hamil, Albert Largeut, Elwood
Grissinger, Robert Hamil, Thad
Shimer, Raymond Grissinger,
Pierce Hem-v, Mac Morton, Guy
Reed, Wayne Taylor, John Stout-eagle.-
Gertrude Hoke, teacher.
Spelling Reform.
The Simplified Spelling Board
is not a quitter. Its suggestions
as to reform have not been re
ceived as kindly as it expected
when the President supported it
by ordering that the simplified
spelling be used In the publica
tion of State papers. There has
been a halt in the general move
ment, but the Board goes brave
ly on regardless of the small num
ber of its followers.
These, however, makeup in de
termination for the defection of
the weaner converts. They are
fighting tooth and nail, pen aud
typewriter, for the improvement
of orthography as they think it
ought to be improved. It will
not be denied that the present
method, or lack of method, of
spelling is absurd. Not even
those who resist the simplified
spellers deny it. Au example of
its absurdity is given bvau organ
of the simplified which argues
that if we say "lost" we should
say "crost. " That is an argu
ment that is unanswerable, But
by the same reasoning if we say
"blew,, and "snowed" we should
gay "blowed" or "anew." It
may be held that this has no con
nection with spelling reform.
But if we begin arbitrarily to
change rules of spelling the
change of word forms must of
necessitv follow.
The changes advocated aud
pressed by the simplified spellers
must come by the process ol
evolution and naturul selection.
The.changes in orthography that
have been adopted by common
consent during the last few cen-
will be continued ui till some
thing like phonetic spelling shall
be in common use. But uothiug
will be gained by trying to force
tin' inform. Tout is productive
of resistance. Hamsburg lude-peudent.
Hon. W. Scott Alexander Elected Modera
tor to Succeed Rev. Dr. West.
The spring meeting of the
Presbytery of Carlisle was held
in the Central Church in Cham
bersburg, on Tuesday of last
week, and was presided over by
Rev. Dr. West, the Moderator:
4,") ministers and 117 elders were
present The usual repot ts of
the differont committees were
made, and their recommenda
tions adopted. Rev. E. H. Speir
ow was dismissed to the Presby
tery of Oklahoma; Rev. Loroy L.
Daniels, to the Presbytery of Uti
ca, N. Y. G. Herman Fickes, J.
W. Diehl, and John Witherspoon,
of the graduating class at Prince
ton Seminary, were licensed to
preach the Gospel, and Mr. Diehl
was ordained. It is Mr. Diehl's
purpose to go as a foreign mis
sionary to the Philippines or Ko
rea. A call was extended to Rev.
James Glenn by the church at
Dickinson. Rev. Charles Dalzell
and T. C. McCarroll were elected
ministerial Commissioners to the
General Assembly that meets iu
Kansas City in May, and Hon. E.
Z. Gross and Dr. H. C. Devilbiss,
lay Commissioners. The next
meeting of Presbytery will be
held at Dillsburg on the last
Tuesday in September. Hon. VV.
Scitt Alexander, of this place,
was elected Moderator tor the
six months beginning with the
September meetu.g. Senator
Alexander makes the second lay
Moderator in the history of the
Presbytery; the first was Hon. E.
Z. Gross, tlio retiring Mayor of
Hamsburg. The Presbytery of
Carlisle was organized in 17e0,
and nas always occupied a promi
nent position among the Presby
teries by reason of age, its con
servatism, aud the high standing
of its members; and for it to elect
a layman as its Moderator is evi
dence that it is breaking away
from its time honored customs,
and is becoming more progress
ive. The last session was devoted to
a popular meeting. The speak
er was Mr. Wm. T. Ellis, of Phil
adelphia, and his subject was
"The big world through a journ
alist's eye. " Mr. Ellis recentiy
returned from a year's journev
around the world, having spent
the most of the time in the Orient
studying the socixl and religious
conditions, and his lecture was a
treat to the large audience that
had gathered to hear him.
Married.
DANIELS S'lDITKAClK.
On Saturday, April in, 1906, in
Hamsburg, by Rev. Joseph Rod
dy, pastor of Olivet Prosby terian
church, Mr. Frank Daniels, son
of H. S. Daniels, of Licking Creek
township, to Miss OI've Rebecca,
daughter of our townsman, Mr.
John V. Stouteagle.
The bridegroom is one of Ful
ton county's highly respected
young men, who holds a responsi
ble government position in a
Philadelphia shipyard, aud the
bride is oneof McConnellsburg s
fair daughters, who we are proud
to own. The happy youug cou
ple have gone to housekeeping in
Philadelphia whore Mr. Daniels
had a home ready for his bride.
The "News" and a host of
friends wish them a long and
prosperous voyage through life.
K kit h DOOUB ERT y .
Mr. Alford Ketth, of Wells
Valley Pulton county Pa., led to
the marriage alter on February
20, 1908, Miss Mary O.Dougherty
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Dougherty, 124 Willow Ave.. Al
toona The best man aud lady
were classmates, Charles Holde
mau and Agnes Sinclair. The
ceremony was performed at the
parsonage by their pastor M. A.
Kennelley. Mr. Keith is an em
ployee of Altoona Railroad Shops
14th St. They will reside in A I
toona. The in fare was held at
the home ofMr. Keith's parents
near New Granada, on Monday
evening April 18 where many
friends were present and helped
to get away with a bouutiful
feast, of which Mrs. Keith knows
how to prepare to tempt the ap
petite. We congratulate the
happy couple. May sorrows
never find them.
FAST PASSIN0 AWAY.
i More Pensioners Died Last Year Than
I ought at Shiloh in IS62.
Moie pensioners died during
I the put year than fought at the
famous buttle of Shiloh in 1862,
This was the statement made in
the House when the 1150,900,000
general pension bill was up for
passage. It was shown that 45,
7IS8 names had been stricken from
the nation's roll by death. Of this
number III, 201 were Civil war vet
erans. It was predicted that in
uiue years Civil war veterans will
be as scarce as are Mexican war
veterans to day.
The McCumer act, which puts
the soldiers on the -pension roll,
according to age, without exami
ntion, increased the annual pen
sion roll over $1 5,000,000. In 1905
there were 1,004,000 pensioners,
the highest number ever known,
but the next year this dwindled
to 1185,000, and notwithstanding
the increase during the last year
on account of the McCumber bill
the uumber went down to 96?,'
371. This number is now the
smallest sirce 1808.
ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW
PLEASANT RIDUE.
Mrs. Elizabeth Morton who
has been sick for sometime does
not improve very much.
Mrs. Martha Doshong, Auna
Polk Earl Shives and Charles
Fittery visited ai F. R. bhives
Sunday.
Mr. U. W. Kline recently sold
a yoke of oxen for $100. Pretty
high price for cattle.
Shives & Son have finished
sawing shingles.
Howard Strait has gone to
Frauklin county whero he has
secured employment.
Miss Louie Shives and brother
D. G. spent Sunday at Mrs.
Martha Skiles.
The people are staking off tho
ground for the proposed Tele
phone from Harrisonville 1 1 Need
more an i we hope that in the
near future communications m?y
be established between the two
places.
McConnellsburg Normal.
The undersigned will open a
summer normal school in the
Publi? School building at McCon
nellsburg, Pa., Tuesday, May 12,
1908 at 1:30 o'clrck, p. ra.
Special attention given to
teachers and those propariug to
teach. County Superintendent's
tunes are many, and the process examination, July 2nd and 3rd.
For further information address
E.meuy Thomas
Lewis Haukis
McConnellsburg, Pa.
Subscribe for the "News, 'only
$1.00 a year.
WEST Dl'BIH.
Harvey Mumnia, of Wills Val
ley, passed through this place
Monday morning on his return
from a visit to his father James
A. Mumraa of Licking Creek
township, who has been in poor
health for the past few weeks.
Prof. B. C. Lambei'son, County
Superintendent, was in this vi
cinity last Saturday fishing.
Brownie Reeder, Harvey Clev
enger, and Edwin Brant attended
the meeting of the Jr. O. U. A.
M. at Clear Ridge on Saturday
evening.
Frank Price who is employed
at Nortn Point returned to his
work on Monday,
Mrs. Joseph M. Laidig and
daughters Luella and Edna, of
Minersville, spent a few days at
their property along the State
Road last week.
Harrison Hoover spent the lat
ter part of last week with friends
and relatives in McConnellsburg
and Tod township.
Quite a number of people were
fishing in upper Wooden Bridge
last week and a number of speck
led beauties were taken.
Erra Clevenger spent Sunday
with relatives on Clear Ridge.
E. H. Kirk bought a good horse
from Erra Clevvnger on Monday.
Dallas Brant and Harrison
Hoover started to Wells Tannery
to school on Monday.
Our huckster, O. E. Hann, of
Saluvia, had the misfortune to
have a break down on Sideling
Hill mountain Saturday night
while returning from Broad Top.
Julia Mumma, a pupil of the
Laidig school, made a good record
for attendance at school the past
vinter, considering the number
of deep snows, having attended
every day. The distance traveled
morning and evening being about
l miles.
The Wayuesboro Tourists As
sociation has completed its plaus
for itB trip to the Pacific ocean in
July and August Ntuetytwo
Ieople have already decided to
take the trip.
Mr. Thomas F. Sloau is mak
ing preparations for a new two
storied kitchen to the South side
ot his house on West Water St.,
to take the place of tbe one th tt
was burned several weeks ago.
Deaths.
MRS, Ei.i.kn B. Thomas.
Mrs. Ellen B. Thomas, wife of
George W. Thomas, died on Sat
urday night, on the farm of the
late Samuel Houp, near New
Grenada. She had been asuf
ferer for many years with stom
ach tr luble, terminating in can
cer, which caused her death. Her
remains were interred in Bethel
cemetery ou Tuesday, her pastor
Rev. Fleigal, officiating. She se
lected her own pall bearers, and
the choir of Wells Valley M. E.
church to furnish music at her
funeral, as well as the music; she
also, selected a lot in the ceme
tery. She passed peacefully
away, leaving evidence that all
vyas well with her soul. She was
a member of Zion M. E. church
since 1H0G, or about 42 years.
Her a;e was 03 years, 0 months,
and 2 days. She was married to
( 'eo. VV. Thomas on June 14, 1874.
They never had any children,
hence George is left sadly alone;
and only one brother, Harry, of
Uollidaysburg, and one sister,
Mrs. Sarah Schenck, of Wells
Tannery, survive, being the only
two of the Houp family living at
this time.
Many of the readers of the
"News" who were schoolmates
of hers at No. 4 school, and iu the
Sunday schools of Zion and Be'th
el, in their young days, will read
this with sorrow. They are pass
ing away one by one.
David J. Seylau.
David Jefferson Seylar died on
his farm at tho head of the Fall
ing Spring, in Franklin county,
on last Saturday about 2:20
a.m. His death was very sudden
and entirely unexpected. When
he retired at uight ho was in ap
parently the best of health.
About 11 p. m., he aroused his
wife as he was suffering from
acute indigestion, and despite all
that could be done for his relief,
he died at the hour named, after
intense agony. Mr. Seylar was
aged 52 years, and had lived on
the McKmght farm near Marion
until April 1st, when he moved to
the place where he died. He was
a son of Joseph SeyRr, near Mer
cersburg, and was a good, indus
trious man. He is survived by
his widow and u'no children.
Has Returned.
A letter received on Tuesday
informs us that Miss Alice Wish
art, who has spent the past five
years as a missionary in India,
and who has been m ill health for
some time, lauded in New York,
ou Thursday last and was im
mediately taken to the Woman's
Hospital 4035 Paritih. street,
Philadelphia. She has been suf
foring from appendicitis and on
Saturday morning an operation
was performed which proved
successful. The physiciaus think
she will be able to return to her
home in Wells Valley in about
oue month. Her many friends
hope for her speedy recovery.
Snapshots at Their Comings and OoingH
Here for a Vacation, or Away
for a Rextful Outing.
NAMES OP VISITORS AND VISITED
John McQuade, of Altoona, is
visiting friends in this place.
Biddis Lynch, of Ayr township
was a business visitor to town on
Monday.
Miss Ella McQuade of Altoona
is visiting frieuds in this place.
Harry Suders, of Altoona, is
visiting his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Geo. Suders, of this place.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Stevens of
Laidig were pleasant and profit
able callers at this office on Mon
day. Mr. Campbell Patterson Web
ster Mills' progressive merchant
was a business visitor on Tues
day.
Miss lola Mellott and sister
Myrtle, of Pleasant Ridge called
at the NEWS office while in town
Monday.
Russel Layton and mother,
Mrs. E. J. Layton, ot Bethel
township spent a few hours in
McConnellsburg last Thursday.
Mr. D. J. Miiler and daughter
Maye and son Floyd, of Gracey
were among the visitors at the
County Seat last Thursday.
W. W. H. Kline aud D. Oakman
two of the good citizens of Lash
ley, in Union township, were
pleasant callers at our office on
Monday.
Mrs. Geo. F. Metzler, of Har
risonville, accompanied by her
daughter Tholm t, left last Satur
day to visit her sons in Philadel
phia and Atlantic City.
John Spangler, a student at the
State College, has been spending
his Easter vacation at the home
of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.
Spangler Uj this place.
Mr. and Mrs. II. M. Downs, of
Everett, spent part of this week
with Mrs. Downs' parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Martin Bender. Rob
ert reports the barbering busi
ness in a flourishing condition in
Everett.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wagner
of Mercersburg, and Mr. and
Mrs. John Mackey and children
of Knobsville, spent Saturday
and Suudry very pleasantly in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus
Wagner of the Cove.
Miss Irvie Hull, who for sever
al years, has been holding a re
sponsible and lucrative position
in New York City, as stenogra
pher and typewriter, is visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac
Hull ou Firs' street.
Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Nace and
daughter Jessie (Mrs. John Hoov
er) of Chambersburg, came over
to NcConuellsburg last Thurs
day. Mr. Nace returned home
Saturday, and Mrs. Nace and
Jessie went Monday.
Scott Dickson, a member of P.
M. Taylor's corps of engineers
in the service of the Pennsylva
nia Highway department, now
workiug in York county, was in
this place with relatives over
Sunday.
So satisfactory was the work
of Miss Barbara Martin as teach
er of a school near Tyrone during
the past winter, that her Board,
presented her with a check of
twenty-five dollars extra salary,
on the last day of the terra.
Frank Bare, the hustling mer
chant from Fort Littleton, lett on
Monday for the Eastern cities,
where he will purchase a full line
of summer goods. He will have
bargains galore for his many cus
tomers, when his goods are re
ceived. Paul 1. Johnston, who holds a
responsible position ra tho Iand
Title Trust Building, Philadel
phia, with the Bar rait Maiiufaot
uring Company, was at home
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. K. Johnston, from Saturday
until Mouday.