l)e iTulton Countg ftetm
VOLUME 10
McCONNELLSBURG, PA., OCTOBER 1, 1!M)8.
NUMBER 2
ABOUT ELECTRICITY.
The Meaning of Some of the Electrical
Terms in Everyday Use Made Plain
for Our Younger Readers.
Because electricity cannot be
seen is no season why it should
not be understood and it is
strange that with all the mil
lions of users of electricity for
light, power and heat, so few
know anything about this won
derful force.
The majority are content to
know that the pressure of a An
ger will light the house, a turn
of a switch will start the electric
cooking devices and another
switch will give instant power,
without prying into the myster
ies of electrical energy. When
anything gets out of order they
send for au electrician and let
him wrestle with the problem.
In this electrical age it is im
portant that every one should
understand the rudimentary
principles of electricity. The
first step is to comprehend the
numerous technical terms asso
ciated with the profession and
then grasp some tangible idea of
the nature of the current.
In the scientific world electri
city is called a fluid, in the same
sense that light is called a fluid,
and, therefore, it can best be
compared with water. To make
the terms "ampere" "watts" and
"volts" comprehensive it is only
necessary to keep the water com
parison in mind and remember
that amperes correspond with
the volume or How of a fluid, watts
with energy or horse-power, and
volts with pressure. A "kilo
Witt" is a thousand watts, or
equal to one and a third horse
power of energy.
Electric lights consume elec
tric energy this energy is ex
expressed in watts and paid for
at so much per kilowatt, or a
thousand watts. If the rate is
fifteen cents a killowatt hour it is
equal to about eleven cents a
horse power hour.
The average electric incandes
cent lighting circuits carry cur
rent at a pressure of about 110
volts and the street railway sys
tems at about 500 valts. This
means that the wires are carry
ing electricity under a pressure
of so many volts just as water
pressure is expressed in pounds.
We can easily nnderstand that a
certain stream has a volume of
so many gallons of water and it
should be as easy to comprehend
that a certain electrical line is
carrying so many "amperers" of
electricity, which means the vol
ume of the flow of the current.
One reads a great deal about
"direct current" and "alternat
ing current." lathe beginning
of the electrical industry direct
current only was known, that is,
the current generated always
flowed one way along the circuit.
But later developments proved
that a generator could be made
much easier and simpler that
would produce an "alternating
current" a current that surged
first one way and theu the other
over the line. This current sur
ges back and forth as often as
sixty times or "cycles" a minute
on the average lighting circuits
and twenty five times on power
lines. Alternating current gen
erators are most extensively usod
to day and where direct current
is needed for street railway lines
M other work the alternating
current is changed into direct
current with rotary converters.
These machines look not unlike
generators, but they simply
change the surging current to
ne which Hows always the one
way.
Judson Madden, formerly en
gaged in the mercantile business
t Three Springs, has been elect
ed Principal of the Three Springs
Public Schools at that place, and
has already entered upon hia du
tos. Mr.llden isonoof Hunt
ingdon county's most able instruc
tors. Tho School Board at that
place had quite a controversy be
fore thev succeeded in electing a
principal.
Woman As a Money (letter.
A recent bulletin issued by the
National Census Bureau sheds
interesting light upon the ques tion
concerning the extent to
which women are getting into the
gainful occupations, says the Bal
timore American. The trend is
unmistakably to an interesting
ratio of women as money-earners
and the statistics show that there
are few occupations from which
women are now excluded. But
it is shown that the largo majori
ty of women are not engaged in
money-earning employments. At
the time of the taking of tho 1000
census, there were in the United
Slates, exclusive of outlying pos
sessions, only 4,883,630 women
who were "at work." But they
were doing all of the 303 differ
ent kinds of work which men do,
with only nine excepted occupa
tions. There were none who
were soldiers, sailors or marines,
though there is no rerson to
doubt that they would have en
listed in the Army and Navy if
the regulations had permitted.
There were no women telephone
or telegraph linemen, and there
were five other occupations that
had pot been alluring enough to
attract them.
There were women in all of the
other 804 callings, however. Five
were employed as ship pilots,
seven as conductors on steam
railroads, thirty-one as brakemtjn
and forty-five as engineers and
firemen. There were forty-three
carriage or hack drivers, 185
blacksmiths and 508 machinists.
There were 125 of the occupations
in which more than 1,000 women
were employed. But more than
half three-fifths of them were
confined to six occupations. Do
mestic service, as might readily
be guessed, leads as the occupa
tion that absorbs the greatest
number of women wage-earners.
It will surprise many to find that
farm labor comes next as the oc
cupation in which womeu are
most numerously engaged. Dress
making, laundry work, teaching
and farming follow and make up
the six employments in which
women are chiefly engaged. They
are in every one of the profes
sions, however, without a single
exception. As teachers they
predominate. In 1000 they were
doing just 73.4 of all the teaching
in the country.
FRONT LINE.
Resolutions of Respect on the Death of
Samuel Kelly.
Whereas, It has pleased our
Almighty Commander, in his in
finite wisdom, to remove, by tho
grim reaper, Death, our beloved
brother; therefore, it seams right
and proper to place on record a
small tribute to express our just
appreciation of his moral worth.
Therefore be it
Resolved, That we, the mem
bers of King Post, No. 3155," G. A.
II., Dept. of Fa., of McConnells
burg, Pa., join in extending our
sympathy and prayers to the be
reaved widow and friends. And,
also, our Post has lost an earnest
member. While we mourn the
loss of our Brother, and miss bis
presence in our FoBt, we feel
that our loss is his eternal gain
that God made manifest tojus the
importance of his command, "Be
ye also ready, for such an hour
as ye think not, the Son ot Man
cometh.
Resolved, That a copy of these
resolutions be eutered upon ttu
minutes of the Post, and be print
ed in the County papers, and the
Post room be draped in mourning
for thepace of thirty days.
D. A. Gillis,
Henky Tavlou,
T. N. Uammil,
Committee.
Twenty-four inmates were re
ceived at the Huntingdon Rofqr
matory during tho month of Au
gust, 20 were released on parole,
22 received final discharge after
serving parole in outside world,
5 were released on expiration of
maximum sentence, 2 returned
voluntarily from parole and 1 was
returned tor violation of parole,
Through the Indefatigable Efforts of the
Sunday School Workers, Fulton Now
Occupies High Honor.
Whatever is worth doing is
worth doing well, has been the
motto of the present officers of
the Fulton County Sunday school
association, and with the. detor
mination that this county should
occupy no second place in rank
with the other counties of the
State, a strong pull has been
made with tho result that the
goal has boen reached, and the
banner ot Little Fulton has been
placed where it may be seen by
all the other Sunday schools in
the great Keystone State. The
following developments have been
made during this mouth, which
now completes tho conditions nej
cessary to attain to the coveted
rank, namely, Cradle Roll depart
ments in Oakley M. E , Thomp
son district; Fort Littleton M. E
Dublin, and Black Oak Ridge in
Bethel. Teachers' Training de
partraent in Pleasant Grove
Christian, in Belfast. Classes
having taken their first oxamina
tion : Enid U. B. and Kind M. Iv
in Wells, and Wells Tannery third
class.
FORT LITTLtTON.
DeKalb Orth and Charley
Fields spent Sunday at their
homes in this place.
The stork visited the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Charley Fields and
left them a nice baby girl.
John V. Stouteagle and lady
friend, of McConnellsburg were
registered at the hotel Wilson
last Sunday.
Mrs. Thomas Huslor is on the
sick list.
Miss Jess Henry spent Sun
day at her home at Clear Ridge
and Ally Deshong at his home
near Harrisonville. ,
Miss Golda Fields and Mrs.
Charley Wilson were shopping
at Orbisonia last Friday and were
registered at tho Hotel Eagle.
Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Fleck and
Hon. S. L. Buckley wore at
Huntingdon on business one day
lost week.
H. Strait is visiting his mother-in-law
in this place.
Mr Charley Cowan and lady
friend were calling on the for
mer's sister at Burnt Cabins last
Sunday.
Fall Arbor Dav.
State Superintendent of Public
Instruction Schaeffer takes cog
nizance of the steps to preserve
the natural resources in proclam
mg Autumn arbor day. He fixes
Friday, October 23d., and pro
claims it in the following words:
"The conservation of our na
tional resources, has become a
problem of universal interest to
the American people. Our soil,
our forests, our miueral wealth
and our water supply cannot be
wasted without impairing tho
country's future greatness and
prosperity. The sources of our
wealth should be preserved, and,
as far as possible, restored for
the benefit ot posterity.
"Whatever is put into the
schools will reappear later in the
life of the nation. Studies which
tend to improve our industrial
conditions should he fostered
and encouraged. The planting
of trees for shade and for fruit,
the processes of budding and
grafting, the methods of destroy
ing noxious insects, and the pre
vention of forest '! res should oe
studied by the pupils in both
public and private schools. The
dissemination of this kiud of
knowledge has been greatly
stimulated by the observance of
Arbor Day.
"To perpetuate tho laudable
custom of celebrating Arbor Day
when all the schools are in ses
sion, Friday, October 28, 1908, is
hereby designated as Autumn
Arbor Day; aud all conuected
with the schools are urged to ob
serve the day by the plautmg of
trees and by other suitable exercises."
Warning To Merchants.
Dealers in cigars are liable to
a fine ot from 50 to 10') for vio
lation of the state law if they ro
move the lids from boxes which
they have placed on display in
glass cases or on shelves. While
the law is a foolish one, it never
theless must bo obeyed and lids
must not under a.iy circumstan
ces be removed from cigar boxes
until they are empty.
To have a box of cigars without
a lid attached iu the case makes
tho dealer liable to a fine. In Al
lontown last week, a man paid
75 tine and costs, amounting to
83 in all.
COURT NEXT WEEK.
McClain - Harnett.
A very pretty wedding occur
red at the home of the bride's
parents Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W.
Barnett, near Waterfall, on Tues
day evening, September 22, 1908,
when their daughter, Miss Ethel
became the bride of Mr. Koy E.
McClain, son of Mr. and Mrs.
James F. McClain, of New Gre
nada. The ceremony was per
formed by Rev. J. T. Floegal,
pastor of the M. E. church on
the Three Springs circuit.
The happy couple left last
Thursday morning for their home
at Youngstown. Ohio. May their
days be all sunshine and happi
ness is the wish of their many
friends. '
District S. S. Convention.
A district Sunday school con
vention will be held in the Mc
Connellsdale church in Tod town
ship, Saturday afternoon and ev
ening, October 10th. Prominent
Sutiday school workers will be
present, and the t ipics for dis
cussion are such as should enlist
the interest of everyone engaged
in this noble wort. The follow
ing is a program of the work as
it has been arranged :
afternoon session, 1:30.
1. How the Cradle Roll and
Home Departments Help the
School.
2. The Need ot Trained Teach
ers; How Trained.
3. The Management of theClass.
4. What it Would Mean to Have
our School a Banner School.
EVENING SESSION, 7:00.
5. The Everyday Life of Teach
er and Officer.
6. The Organized Adult Bible
Class.
7. How to Keep the School Open
Through the Winter.
8. General Conference.
NEEDMORE.
We are glad for the glorious
rain that fell the first ot the
week.
Rev. A, G. B. Powers is the
happiest man in Need more his
sous aud families are all at home
Chas. of Nebraska and Jacob and
Henson of Virginia. They mako
an excellent choir and can be
heard at Need more every even
ing. Elder A. J. Garland of Front
Royal, Va.. will hold services
here Monday evening, Tuesday
at 2 p. ui., and Tuesday evening.
Rev. Powers and sons will
preach here Wednesday evening,
Thursday, and Thursday even
ing. Elds. Funk, A. J. Garlaud,.and
Ahiinaaz Mellott, accompained
by Mr. and Mrs. John McClellan,
and H. M. Snyder, attended the
Union Meeting at Trough Creek
last Saturday and Sunday.
A birth day party codsisting
of a number of little friends of
Mildred Dixon was given at the
home of her grand father, Mr. A.
Runyan, last Wednesday even
ing.
Miss Mattie Funk spent sever
al days last week with her sister
Mrs. Ross Mellott.
School is going fairly well, but
would go better were the neces
sary supplies furnished.
"Miss Minnie Funk has been
having a serious time with her
finger.
Pleasant Ridge won the ball
game last Saturday but we ex
pect to turn the tables next Saturday.
Likely to Last All Week. Unusually
Large Number of Cases on Crim
inal List- I
Next week is likely to be a
busy one in Court. There are
four cases put down for trial in
the Common Pleas court, and
twenty-seven on the criminal list.
Of course, some of the cases on
the criminal list are ld ones,
and will not be tried, yet there
still enough to occupy a good deal
of time. The Civil cases are:
Geo. E. Northcraft vs. Frank
Bay aud Frederick Ray. W. C.
Davis vs., Blaine Bertrdor.
School District of McConnells
burg Borough vs. School Dis
trict, of, Ayr township. Frank
Sprowl vs. The President and
Managers of the Chamborsburg
aud Bedford Turnpike Road
Company. Rowe Mellott vs. J.
J. Kelly, President, William H.
Nelson, C. C. Ramsey, M. W.
Nace and C. F. McCullough,
trading and doing business as
the United Telegraph Pin and
Bracket Company.
SHARPE.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Covalt
spent last Sunday with Mr
George Bishop and family.
Mr. William Stone our hust
ling fruit tree agent was canvas
sing in Franklin recently.
Miss Jess Truax spent last
Tuesday evening the guest of
her friend Miss Nell Bishop.
Mrs. Dorothy Strait is on the
sick list.
Our school is progressing.nice
ly under the care of Mr. Thomas
Truax.
Mrs. Edward Souders, Miss
Nell Bishop, Mr. Clifford OrTrdon
and Hon. D. T. Humbert are
among those who spent Sunday
with T. H. Truax and family.
Quite a few of our young peo
pie attended the apple cutting at
Mr. Eh Funk's on Tuesday even
ing. All report a line time.
Mrs. Martha Waltz spent a
few days this week visiting her
daughter Mrs. Shade Truax.
ENID.
The schools of the Valley, with
tho exception of the High School,
began on the 21st. The High
school opened Monday Prof.
Jackquish as teacher.
Mrs. Eajma Seelar, of Avalon,
is visiting her mother, Mrs. C.
Schenck.
Chas. Schenck and wife visited
the latter 's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Aaron Foster, at Coaldale,
over Sunday.
Miss Jessie Cunningham, one
of Altoona's successful teachers,
made a flying visit to her home
hero. She took her nieces, Jes
sie and Dora Rhaesa back with
her.
Mr. and Mrs. John Martin, of
Coaldale, visited C. M. Schenck 's
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Berkstres
ser ai.d Mrs. Jno. E. Bridenstein
spent Sunday with relatives in
Sax ton.
Mr. David Spang, of Saxton,
spent a few days at John E. Brid
onstein's recently.
Mrs. Lizzie Woodcock is quite
poorly at this time.
State Game Commissioner
Kill bfus has received the report
of Warden Ralph Ross, who ar
rested a man named John Miller,
in Fayette county, for robbiug a
nest of quail. He took not only
thirty one eggs, but the nesting
bird, and was fined (i0. It is
one of the first cases of the kind
to come up. Another man shot
a robin and went to jail at Union-
town for ten days.
The fall meeting of Carlisle
presbytery was held in Dillsburg
on Tuesday and Wednesday of
this week. Hon. V. Scott Alex
ander, of this place was the mod
orator. The presbytery consis
ts ot 58 ministers and about an
equal number of elders, who, re
present the churches. It covers
the seven counties of Adams,
Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin,
Fulton, Perry, and Lauanon.
Suicide.
Albert, a German, aged about
forty-live years, who during the
past ten years has been employ ed
in the home of Dr. J. Grant
Hanks at Breezewood as a man-of-all-
work, was found dead in
bed last Saturday morning. On
Friday evening he had shaved,
taken a bath, and put on clean
clothing. A handkerchief tied
ovor his face, and a bottle having
contained chloroform lying near
when ho was found, led to the
supposition that he had suicided,
although there was nothing in
his manner the dav previous to
indicate that he harbored any in
clinations in this direction. His
funeral took place on Sunday.
Educational Meeting.
The first Educational Meeting
of Tod township was held at
Knobsville, last Friday evening.
The following subjects were
ably discussed by the teachors
present: 1. Supplementary work;
its value, and to what extent
should it be used? 2. Economy
of time. 3. Spelling in primary
grades, how taught and results:1
The discussions were inter
spersed with a number of recita
tions and several songs by the
school with Miss Mabel Fore as
organist.
All the teachers of Tod were
present. Lillian Fleming and
Elsie Baker from Dublin, and H.
O. Wible from Licking Creek Dr.
Fore and Prof. T. S. Hershey.
also entered into the discussions.
The large crowd gave evidence
of their interest in the work by
paying strict attention through
out the meeting. Adjourned to
meet at McGoverns in two weeks.
Blanche O. Peck, Secretary.
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calling at the office, and thus save
yourself the annoyance of some
time getting a bill for what you
have already paid. To attompt
to collect a bill twice is the last
thing we should think ot being
guilty of.
MUSTONTOWN.
Miss Mary Heifner has return
ed to her home in this place after
naving spent tho summer with
her brother at Petersburg.
E. R. McClain, Ellis Lynch
and Dr. Clarence N Trout spent
Sunday in our town as the guests
of Dr. H. C. McClain.
Mrs. John Jones and two chil
dren have returned home again
after a few weeks' visit in Dry
Run.
Mr. H. E. Palsgrove and Jacob
Strait are now added to the sick
list of the town.
Hunting season is almost here.
Now, hunters, beware of how
many squirrels and pheasants
you kill, and be sure that they
are the genuine article.
A quartet of tho Hustontown
boys attended the Granger picnic
at Maddensville and helped to
furnish the music for the occas
ion; also, helped to play ball.
Fulton Co., vs., Huntingdon, with
score 18 to 10 in favor of Fulton
county.
More than 3,000 bankers, rep
resenting all classes of financial
institutions, and every state in
the Union, are in Derver this
week attending the thirty-fourth
annual convention of the Ameri
can Bankers' Association,
ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW
Snapshots at Their Comings and doings
Here for a Vacation, or Away
for a Resttul Outing.
NAMES OP VISITORS AND VISITED
Miss Gertrude Sipes is visit
friends in Chambersburg.
Isaac Layton and David M.
Kline were in town awhile Mon
day. Mr. and Mrs. John Reed, of
Mercorsburg. spent Sunday with
friends in town.
Miss Annie B. Frey is in the
eastern cities this week purchas
ing her fall and winter stock of
millinery.
Reed Ray and Gus Stanley, of
Everett, drove down from that
town Sunday, and returned Tues
day morning.
M i-8. Minerva Kellar and chil
dren, of Philadelphia, are visit
ing in the home of Mrs. Kellar's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Nelson
Sipos.
Mrs. M. V. Cromer just return
ed from a two woeks visit with
friends at Mercersburg, Mount
Union, Tyrone and Fort Little
ton. Miss Carolyn Charlton, of
Maddensville and her aunt Mrs.
Hannah Cromer, of Pittsburg,
spent last Thursday with friends
in McConnellsburg.
Dr. J. J. Palmer and family, of
Need more, Miss Rose Foltz, of
Oakland, 111., and Merchant J. W.
Lake and family were a party of
visitors to the County Seat last
Thursday.
Ernest Doyle, who has been a
resident of Washington City, for
several years, spent a few days
during the past week with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will Doyle
of this place.
Miss Jessie Dickson, of this
place, left a few days ago for
Philadelphia where she has en
tered the Drexel Institute for a
course of industrial training.
Jess is a bright young lady, and,
of course, is bound to succeed.
Mr. aud Mrs. Bert. S. Wine
gardner and child spent last Fri
day night in the home of the
former's uncle, James Henry,
north of town. Saturday morn
ing, Mr. and Mrs. Winegardner
went over to Franklin to visit
George Fox and family.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Lake, and
the former's sister, Mrs. Lizzie
England, of Everett, spent a few
hours iu town Tuesday. Mrs.
England is visiting among her
oldtime friends and relatives in
Belfast, but expects to return
In 'in in time to attend the fair
in Bedford next week.
Dr. John R. Hunter, of Lewis
town, a native of Wells Valley, is
spending several weeks studying
in the clinics of the Drs. Mayo,
Rochester, Minn., and also in the
leading clinics of Chicago Dr.
Hunter has built up a large and
lucrative practice in Lewistown,
but he is ambitious to rise to a
higher plane of usefulness, m his
profession, and is not satisfied at
auything short of knowing all
that anybody else knows about
the business.
NEW QRENADA.
Mrs. Jacob S. Block and son
Fred visited the family of A. M.
Corbin in Taylor township.
Geo. Cutchall, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Aloaugh Cutchall, who has
been in the West for many yearr,
is visiting his mauy friends in
Taylor and vicinity.
Mrs. Game Llnikin, of Alle
gheny City, is visiting in the
home of her brother, Frar'r G.
Mills.
Elva Black, who had been visit
ing friends at Siiulln, returned
home last Saturday.
Annie Ewing, of Newton Ham
ilton, is visiting friends at the
Houok House.
Alma McClain is visiting in
Johustown.
Bert McClain, who was ser
iously ill, and Ruth Cunningham
are able to be about again.