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VOL L' 311: 9
McCONNELLSllUKG, PA., JUNE 18, 1908.
NUMBER 37
PITTSBURG TO TACOMA.
BIG CONVENTION
Interesting Letter from A. W. Clevenger i of Enthusiastic Sunday School Workers
1500MILE TRIP IN AUTO.
CUPID'S PRANKS.
RECORD OF DEATHS.
In Which He Describes His
Long Journey.
AND TELLS ABOUT THE FAR WEST.
Having promised some of my
Pennsylvania friends prior to my
departure from the State for the
far Vest that upon my arrival,
and after being located in my
new location I would write a hrief
description of my trip West, and
the country as I find it, will now
briefly proceed 'to fulfill my
promise.
Starting from Pittsburg, IV,
at 8. a. m. on Monday, March 30,
we arrived in Chicago, on tune
that same night wherd we were
met at the station by my cousin
Mrs. Win, Horton and husband,
both formerly from good old
Fulton and who are now beauti
fully and comfortably located in
their .wn home in the better res-
i
Held Wednesday and Thursday
of Last Week.
C. A. Vuillc and Party Spent Last Friday : The Oay Little Archer Maintains His
Night inTown Enroute from Florida
to Huntingdon in a Cadillac.
FOUR HUNDRED PERSONS PRESENT. FORDED RIVERS; PLOUGHED SWAMPS.
ideuce section of Chicago.
After spending the night with
them we proceeded on our way
and after many weary hours of
travel over the harron prairies,
no visible sign of vegetation, or
of human life for miles and miles,
the monotony being broken only
by seeing a chance coyotte or
prairie dog, until Wednesday eve
ning at (i p. m., we arrived at
Denver, Colorado, and again
spending the night with friends.
We on Thursday morning left
Denver at 8 a. ra., and no sooner
had we left Denver than we began
to discover some of the natural
curiosities about which we had
Btudied during our school days.
We only traveled a short while
until we were in Colorado
Springs, which appeared to me
as the most beautiful city ia all
the Middle West. We continued
traveling, and by evening, we had
reached the famous Royal Gorge
which is, 1 believe, one of the
most wonderful natural curios
ities ever made, and with pen and
paper it would be impossible to
give any description, that is more
correct than what we are I aught
in Geography,
We arrived in Ogden, Friday
evening, three hours late missing
our connection with the W. R
and N.. hence being curious to
Sde all that we could, we boarded
a street car and went to the Og
den Canon where we again saw
some of the wonders rf nature
On one side of ti)e canon, there
was coming out of the rocks a
natural spring of hot water which
is carried in a twelve-inch pipe
to a sanitarian, where hot baths
are given and where many Rheu
matics go tc be cured. While di
rectly opposite this hot spring
there is the most beautiful water
falls 1 ever saw; for volume they
are not large, but in beauty, far
exceed Niagara Kails or any oth
er 1 have ever seen. Well, we
came back to Ogden and left the
same evening; and alter travel
ing all night, all day Saturday
and Saturday night through bun
dreds of miles of sage brush and
prairies again seeing nothing
but prairie dots once and awhile
a herd of sheep as we got farther
west until we reached the Col
utnbia river on Sunday morning.
then we traveled along this river
four hours, along which the sand
piles were worse than large snow
drifts in Fulton county, it bein
ueoessary to have sand sheds to
keep the sand from piling on the
tracks, until at 10 a. m., we ar
rived at Portland, Oregon. Get
ting dinner, we again left for Ta
coma, Washington, arriving on
Suuday night 7:20, naturally
tired after one whole week's
steady travel, and there to -find
the country climate so entirely
different from what it had always
been pictured to me in the East
You can readily realize my dis
appointment as vegetation was
even more backward here thau
when I left Pennsylvania, while
on the other hand, my mental
picture of the plice was, that I
would find roses in bloom and a
(Continued un page four, j
The annual convention of the
Fulton County Sunday School
Association held at Warfordsburg
last Wednesday and Thursday,
was one of the most satisfactory
and profitable of the many good
conventions yet held in the Coun
ty. Eighty delegates represent
ing forty of the schools in the
County were present, and the in
terest, and activity shown by
them gave evidence that they
were there for the good they
might be able to do for the Sun
day school cause.
It was a matter of regret that
several of the County officers
could not be present, ' but those
who wore there were full of en
thusiasm, and with the aid of the
very efficient Static officers, Reel
and Perry, and ministers, Thomp
son, Garland, McGarvey, Strayer
and Fjltnnr, together with the
local workers from the various
schools, there was not a dull min
ute in any one of the sessions.
E H. Kirk, esq., president of
the County Association, is full of
snap and energy, and makes a
modei presiding officer. Miss
Bautngardner, the Secretary and
l'reasurer of the association, has
shown great executive ability,
and this with her enthusiasm for
the work, and her extended ex
perience in State work, makes
tier a very valuable adjunct to the
County force.
The annual banquet for the
County and District oflicers was
held at tho home of Mrs. Wm.
Yonker on Thursday evening,
and nothing but the kindest ex
pressionsof praise for the hostess
is hearl from every one who was
so fortunate as to oe present.
There is a strong pull being
made to bring Fulton into the
rank of Front Line counties, and
the progress already made is
most encouraging, and it is fully
expected that by tne close of
this season, the County will occupy-
the coveted position.
There are now four banner
schools in the County, namely,
Needmore, McKondree, Pine-
Grove, and Wells Tannery.
The officers for the ensuing
year are: resident iv a. runt;
Vice Presidents, Geo. W. Hayes
and B. W. Peck; Field Secretary
and Treasurer, Miss Maude E
Baumgardner; Primary Supt.,
Mrs. J. J. Palmer; Home Dept.
Supt.. Mrs. C. B. Stevens; Tem
perance Supt., Grant F. Spade;
Adult Class Supt., Rev. C. W.
Bryner; Teacher's Training
Supt, Prof. H. M. Griffith. Ex
ecutive Committee; District Pres
idents and County Officers.
Mi-.Connellsburg was selected
as the place for holding next
year's convention.
While the hospitality of the
good people of Warfordsburg
and vicinity is proverbial, the
kindly and generous spirit i hown
during last week's convention
will always linger in the minds of
the visitors in the most pleasing
recollections.
C. A. Vuille, Karl E. Ranck,
and George Alexander arrived
here last Friday evening from
Rockledge, Floridti, and spent the
night at the City Hotel. Mr. Vu
ille is the IgQBt hr the Cadillac
auto in the district of which this
county is a part, and he spends
his winters in Florida, where he
owns an orange grove, and sells
Cadillacs to those southerners.
Ho and his party left Uockledge
about two weeks ago for Hunting
don, making the; trip of more than
fifteen hundred miles in one of
their lamous machines. The
swampy condition i f much of the
southern end of tho trip, togeth
er with the absence of bridges,
and the bad condition of the roads
made the trip one of remarkable
test of endurance both of driver
and machine. Their machine
was in tine condition when here,
and they expected to reach Hunt
mgdon Saturday in good time.
Reputation for Piercing the King
of Heart.
Persons Well Known to Many of
Readers, Who Have Answered
Final Summons.
HURT IN HANCOCK.
Our
MANY NEW HOMES ESTABLISHED.
ALL SEASONS ARE THINE, 0 DEATH.
Unpleasant Experience.
During the past year or two,
Mr. Emery Glunt, a stout young
man living near Knobsville, has
been affiicted with an open sore
in the internal part of one of his
ears. Last Friday afternoon he
experienced unusual pain and an
uoyance from the ear, aud in the
evening got his mother to make
an examination. When Mrs.
Glunt looked into the ear she dis
covered evidence that maggots
were in, aud she set about trying
to get them out. She was able
to remove a few of them, but she
soon found that it required some
one with more skill aud applianc
es thau she, to rid the ear of the
pests, and on Saturday morning,
after having spent a night in the
most dreadful misery, Emery
hastened to town and went to
Dr. Mosser. While Dr. Mosser
had run across one case of this
kind before in his practice, it is a
difficult one to handle; but in a
few minutes he hit upon a plan
by which the ear was completely
rid of the tormentors, and Mr.
Glunt is now suffering little in
convenience from the experience
that nearly set him crazy for the
time.
Mr. Glunt now recalls that one
day while plowing corn for Char
he Fore, he felt a fly dart into his
sore ear, aud it was with difficulty
that he got it chased away.
With the change of mail routes
last Monday, Mr. C. Wagner,
who lias beeu carrying the mail
between this place and Fort
Littleton during the past three
years, was succeeded by Blaine
Hertzler, who now carries tho
mail between Burnt Cabins and
McConnellsburg via Fort Little
ton. Mr. Wagner has beu a
faithful servant of Uuncle Sm..
and was very accommodating to
the patrons along the route.
Mr. Wagner has a good team,
and will be ghd to furnish trans
portm urn to persons needing a
team from Fort Littleton. He
will come to McConnellsburg for
passengers any time when noti
fied or take passengers to the
railroad any where, and the price
wilt be fair.
McConnellsburg Charge.
M. E Church services for Sun
day June "1st, as follows :
Fo.'t Littleton Sunday school,
9 00 a. m ; Epworth League, 7:00
p. m.
Knobsville Second (Quarterly
Conference for the charge Satur
day evening, June :20th, at 6:!!0;
preaching by the Presiding El
der, Rev. E. M. Stevens, 7:80.
Sunday morning services, Sun
day school. 0:00; preaching by
elder, 10:00 a. m.
McConnellsbu r g Sunday
school, 9:80 a. m.; Jr. League, 2:00
p. m.; Hip.tfOrU) L-eague, o:il);
preaching, 7:80 p. m. The pas tor
will deliver asermou especial
ly to the young people of our
town at that hour. Wo extend a
special invitation to all students
of our Summer School to be pies
ent. Everybody welcome.
C. W. Buyn Kit, pastor.
Mrs. Harry C. Smith widow of
the late Harry C. Smith who at
one time was engaged In the
mercantile business in this place,
spent Friday last at the Fulton
House, in this place. She and
her son Harry Chester, who is
employed in a large department
store iu Pitts ourg, are spending
a couple weeks among friends in
Fort Loudon. It ia five years
since they loft our town.
Com Kit ku M kllott.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
F. Mellott, near Lemaster, Frank
lin crunty, was the scene of a
quiet but very pretty wedding on
Wednesday, June 10th, at high
noon, when their daughter, Etta
Flizabetti, was united in marriage
to Mr. Daniel Herbert Comerer,
of Webster Mills, this county.
Miss Annie Comerer, sister of
the groom, was bridesmaid, and
Mr. G. Alvey Mellott, brother of
the bride, was groomsman. Rev.
J. C. Fassold, of McConnells
burg, performed the ceremony,
assisted by Rev. J. U. Asper, of
Loinaster. Miss Bertha A. We:ig-
ley played Lohengrin's wedding
march.
Promptly at 1L' o'clock, the
bridal party entered the tasteful
ly decorated parlor. The bride
looked charming in a beautilut
white dress, and carried a bou
quet of bridal roses. Tho groom
wore tho conventional black. The
bridesmaid aud groomsman each
presented a handsome appear
ance in their respective costumes.
Rev. Fassold used the service
of the Lutheran church, which
was beautiful aud impressive.
All through the ceremony, the
low sweet tones of the organ were
heard, and when Rev. Fassold
pronounced the couple man and
wife, the joyous strains of Meu
delssohn's wedding march pealed
forth.
Mr. and Mrs. Comerer receiv
ed the congratulations and best
wishes of their friends, after
which all present were invited to
the dimug room to partake of a
delicious wedding luncheon
Tho bride ? voung lady of
noble character ... pleasant dis
position, and her popularity is
amply shown by tho many beau
tiful gifts she received. Mr.
Comerer is a young man of ster
ling qualities, and is a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Wm. Comerer, of Mc
Counellsburg.
Bachtkl Pkck.
At tho Reformed Parsonage in
Hagerstowu, Thursday evening,
June 4, 1908, Rev. J. Spangler
Keefer united in marriage, Mr.
Emerson G. Bachtel and Miss
Ruth Virginia Pock. The bride
is the only daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Martin L Peck, of Pecton
ville, Md., a beautiful and accom
phshed young lady, and tho groom
is a son ot Merchant M. L. Bach
tel, of Millstone, Md.
A reception was held at the
home of the bride's parents on
the evening of the sixth inst., at
which about forty relatives and
neighbors were present and a de
lightful time was had.
The young people will' bees
tablished on the home farm near
Millstone, and the best wishes of
their numerous friends is with
tnem for a long and successful
life.
Mills McClain.
At the Methodist Episcopal
parsonago in Martinsburg, Pa.,
on Thursday, June L't, 1908, Rev.
Harry K . Ash united in marriage,
Mr. Jno. S. Mills and Miss Maude
McClain, both of New Grenadi,
Pa.
The bride is a daughter of the
late Samuel McClain; and since
her father's death she and her
mother. MrB. Evaline McClain
have lived in New Grenada. The
groom is a sou of Frank G. Mills,
of New Grenada. Both the bride
und groom are among Fulton
county's best young people and
start on their matrimonial voy
age with the beat wishes of their
numerous friends.
Mukie Lump.
David M nrie, of Piue Forks,
O, and Mibs Kathryn L Lump,
daughter of the late Pptor Lump,
formerly of McConnellsburg, and
Mrs. Anna Lump How of Fort
Mrs. William Rice of Buck Valley, Knock
ed Down and Trampled While At
tempting to Restrain Horse.
A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE ADAM HESS
Mus. Almlkt Clkvknuer.
Mary Frances, wife of Albert
Clevenger, died at their home
near Cito, in Ayr township, Sun
day, June 14, 1908, aged 80 years,
" months, and 4 days. The fun
eral took place Wednesday and
interment was made in Union
cemetery. Mrs. Clevenger had
been in frail health a long time,
being a victim of consumption.
She was a daughter yf John Sny
der, of Thompsou township, and
is survived by two brothers,
Emery and Cletus, and one sis
ter, Mrs. Clarence Trout of Mer
cersburg. Besides her husband
she leaves three small children.
Mus. John H. Minnick.
Mrs. Caroline Minnick wife of
John H. Minnick died very sud
denly on Wednesday afternoon
June 8rd., at the family residence
iu Hyndman, from an attack of
heart trouble. Tho age of the
deceased was til years, 0 months
and lit days.
She is survived by her hus
band and eleven children as lo-l
lows: ' Mrs. James Harlon, Mrs.
Isaac Taylor, Mrs. Jonas Cou
ghenour, Mrs. Charles Bruck,
Mrs. Wm. Twigg all of Hynd
man, and the following single
children living at home: Frank
lin H., Howard A , George F.,
Louis C, Annie M., and Pearl E ,
also, twenty-six living grand
children.
Mrs. Minnick was born ip Lick
ing Creek township, this county,
in 1840, her parents being James
and Barbara Hann. She was a
member of Asbury M. E. ChapeJ
at Green Hill, and continued to
live an upright christian life un
til her death. She was a kind
and affectio.iate wife and mother,
an excellent neighbor, and an
industrious and useful woman in
the entire community.
Funeral services were held in
the Unitd Evangelical church at
Hyndman, on Friday thelithinst.
in the presence ol a large assem
blage of relatives and friends.
Tho pastor of the church, Rev. J.
H. Wise officiated. The remains
were laid to rest in the Hyndman
cemetery.
We congratulate our young
friend, Dpnald Kerper Skinner,
a former Fulton county boy, on
his success in school. He was
the youngest boy in his class in
the Academy at Chambersburg,
and took "first." Rah! Rah!
Rah !
Loudon, were married at the
bride's home, on Wednesday
evening, June 10, at 8 o'clock,
the Rev. E. F. Faust, the bride's
pastor, officiating. The bride
was attended by Miss Ruth Pat
ton and Miss Blanche Lump, sis
ter of the bride. Roy Smith
was best mau, and Miss Elizabeth
Bowdin acting as flower girl.
About fifty invited guests wer
present to witness the ceremony,
among them being Mr. and Mrs.
Papan, of St. Louis, Mo., and
Mr. and Mrs. Edson, of Oklahoma.
The bride received many beauti
ful and useful gifts. Mr. and
Mrs. Murie left on Thursday
afternoon for their home in Ohio.
Com Kit kk Sipes.
At the parsonage of the Metho
dist Episcopal church in Home
stead, Pa., on Wednesday, June
10, 1908, Thomas J. Comerer and
Miss Editii Si pes were united in
marriage by Rev. L. R. Jones.
The contracting parties are both
residents of McConnellsburg,
the bride being a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. Nelson Sipes,
aud the groom, one of Fulton
County's well known business
men. They will go to housekeep
ing iu a few days in the groom's
three-story building ou South
Secoud street, .
ABOUT PEOPLE YOL KNOW
Snapshots at Their Comings and Oolngs
Here for Vacation, or Away
for a Restful Outing.
NAMES OP VISITORS AND VISITED.
Mrs. William Rice, who resides
near Amarauth in Union town
ship, met with a very serious ac
cident on Thursday of last week.
During tho forenoon of tfiat day
she, accompanied by her ten-year
old daughter, drove to Hancock
in a buggy drawn by ahorse that
has always been counted upon as
being perfectly sate. Being near
the middle of the day when they
reached Hancock, and as they
had taken feed along, they found
a convenient place to feed the
horse, aud without thinking of
any risk, Mrs. Rice took the bri
dle'cfff the horse, in order to give
the animal a better chance to eat.
The little girl was sitting in the
buggy. No soouer did the horse
find himself free from the bridle,
than he started to run away at a
furious pace, with the little girl
still in the buggy. The runaway
had not gone very far until tho
horse and buggy collided with an
other team, throwing the little
girl out violently, and damaging
the buggy. At this juncture, the
horse was gotten under control.
The most serious part of the
accident befel Mrs. Rice, howev
er; for in her attempt to hold the
horse after the bridle had been
taken oft, she was knocked down
by the horse, and the buggy pass
ed over her. When she was pick
ed up, it was found that her head
had been cut severely, and she
was suffering from internal in
juries. She was taken to the
Maryland Inn, in Hancock, and
medtcal attendance called, but
her condition is considered criti
cal. At the time of writing this,
she has not been able to be re
moved to her home.
Mrs. Rice is a daughter of the
late Adam Hess, of Belfast to'vn-ship.
MEMORIAL SERVICE.
Local Odd Fellows Decorate Graves of
Deceased Brothers Last Saturday
Evening.
The beautiful custom of plac
ing flowers upon the graves of
deceased brothers by the Odd
Fellows was observed here last
Saturday evening.
At seven o'clock, the members
of the local lodge, together with
visiting brothers from all the
other Lodges in the county ex
cept Fort Littleton, and Fort
Littleton Lodge had a member,
Postmaster Woollet, in town who
would have participated in the
services if he could have gotten
away from his duties at the post
office assembled at the lodge
room ou West Water street, and
led by the Band marched to the
Lutheran graveyard where lie
four deceased brothers, namely,
George O. Peffer, who died in
1878; J. Thompson Myors, died
in 1876; John L. Smith, in 1899,
and John Bender in 1901. Iu
connection with the placing on
the graves of a beautiful em
blematic flag, by one of the mem
bers, a bouquet of flowers was
placed upon the grave by two
young girls dressed in white.
Short addresses were made at
the graves as follows: At Mr.
Peffer's, by John Comerer; at
Mr. Smith's, by L. H. Wible,
Esq., at Mr. Bender's by Dr. F.
EC Stevens, and at Mr. Myer's
by Heury A. Comerer.
The procession headed by the
band, followed by eight young
girls carrying llowers, aud they
in turn followed by the members
of the Oi der made a very pretty
parade and attracted the atten
tion of a large number of specta
tors. The grave of Geo. B. Daniels
in Union cemetery and that of
Rev. Lewis Chambers at Big
Cove Tannery were decorated on
the thirtieth of May.
Geo. F. Metzler and wife, of
Ilarrisonville. were in town Tues
day. Miss Mabel Jackson left last
Saturday morning for Sunbury,
Pa., where she has secured a
position as clerk.
Superintendent Lamberson was
over at Shippensburg the first of
the week. He was a member of
the State Board of examinars at
the Normal.
Mns Mollie Seylar received a
hurry call to report at the Girl's
Industrial Home in Philadelphia
last Saturday. She will assume
the duties of matron.
A. C. Sipes and Jacob Lamber
son, of Hustontown called at tho
News office while in town Mon
day and left us cash enough to
settle part of our bread bill.
Prothonotary and Mrs. Geo. A.
Harris went down to Buck Valley
last Saturday aud spent a day or
two with the latter 's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. McKibbin.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Peck
near Needmrre, spent the time
from Saturday until Monday iu
the home of their brother-in-law
Jonathan P. Peck near Knobs
ville. Miss Irene Walters and Mrs.
Wm. Keefer and two children,
of St. Thomas, were guests in
the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Ahimaaz Clevenger in the Cove
last Saturday.
Miss Meta Fryman, who had
been visiting in Mercersburgand
Welsh Run for several days, re
turned to the homeof her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Fryman, last
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Sloan, of
this place, spent the time from
Saturday until Monday visiting
their son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Walker in
Mercersburg.
I. D. Thompson and Harvey
Helman represented Cassawappa
Tribe, No. 497 at the meeting of
the Grand Council of Red Men at
Scranton last week. There were
7,000 members in the Grand
Parade, and they report having
had a very pleasant trip.
Dr. N. C. Trout, of Fairfield,
Pa., and Druggist D. L. Miller,
of Wayuesboro, drove over to
McConnellsburg last Sunday
afternoon in a Ford runabout and
speut Sunday night and Monday
iu the home of the former's moth
er Mrs. Matilda B. Trout. They
returned home Monday after
noon. Miss Helen Dixon, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. M. Dixon,
of Pittsburg, returned to htr
home in the Iron City last
Saturday after having spent two
weeks very pleasantly with her
Fulton county relatives aud
friends. Miss Dixon is a steno
grapher with the McChntock &
Irvine Co., of Pittsburg.
Mr. and Mrs. James Spotts -wood,
of Washington, D. C., are
visitiug in the family of their
cousins, Mr. and Mrs. A. U.
Naoe, of this place. Mr. Spotts
wood is assistant foreman in the
Government Printing Office, and
has been there continuously for
fifty years Of the more than
four thousand persons employed
in that establishment, there is
but one there now that was there
when Mr. Spottswood entered
in 1858. Mr. Spottswood is a
very pleasant gentleman, and
looks as though he was good for
many more years of usefulness
in Uncle Sam's big print shop.
He learned hiB trade in Carlisle,
immediately upon the eomploliou
of which, he, through the mflu
euue of General Bowman who was
then editor ot the Bedford Ga
zette, entered the Government
Printing Office.