l)e Jfttlton Countg ttis.
VOLUME 10
McCONNELLSliURG, PA., DECEMBER 10, 1908.
COUNTY INSTITUTE.
01 the ElRhty-Two Teachers in the Coun.
ty. Every One Present at First
Session.
A RLE INSTRUCTORS and ENTERTAINERS
Monday Afternoon.
The annual Connty Teachers'
Institute began its work Monday
afternoon. While the light snow
fall of Sunday night made the
conditions of travel somewhat
disagreeable, yet at the very first
session every one of the eighty
two teichers was present. The
following outline of the work has
been furnished by Prof. Lew'is
Harris, of Burnt Cabins i
The Institute was opened by
singing led by Prbt. Yoder, after
which Rev. Fassold of the Luth
eran church, conducted the devo
tional exercise.
Singing Prof Yoder.
Superintendent La m be r son
made a brief address, and con
cluded by leaving the institute in
the hands of the teachers and in
structors. W. W. Deatrickof theKutztown
Normal, was then introduced by
Supt. Lamberson. His subject,
"I Have Made the Most of the
Stuff," was handled in such a
masterly way that all could un
derstand and be greatly benefit
ed. Singing Prof. Yoder.
Next pariod was occupied by
Dr. Gordinier, of Shippei.sburg
State Normal. His subject was
"The First Lesson." Dr. Goi dul
ler gave a very instructive and
I highly entertaining talk along the
" line of obedieace.
Singing Prof. Yoder.
Monday Evening.
An unusually larga number of
people assembled at the Court
House Monday evening to hear
the lecture, "Uncle Sam's Peo
pie" by J. Wight Giddins, and
everybody present felt well re
paid for any effort they may have
made to be there.
Tuesday Morning.
The opening service was con
ducted by Rev. S. B. Houston, of
the Associate Presbyterian
church in the Cove.
A song drill conducted by Prof.
Yoder was very interesting, and
greatly enjoyed by everyone pres
ent. The regular work of the ses
sion was now taken up by Dr.
Deitrich, who spoke on "Teach
ing to Read." It was full of
practical suggestion and helpful
thought, and must of necessity
be carried into the schools of the
County by the teachers who list
ened so attentively.
After a short period ot inter
mission for rest and recreation,
Prof. Yoder conducted another
exercise in vocal music, and was
followed by Prof. F. F. HolsoppJe,
of Huntingdon, who talked on
"The Message of the Poet."
The object in his remarks was to
awaken interest in the reading
and careful study of classic lit
erature. The last period of the morning
session was occupied by Dr.
Gordinier, and his subject was
"The Art of Questioning." Dr.
Gordinier is a forceful talker,
and made it very plain that there
is an art in asking questious,
and that no one needs to be skill
ful in that art more than dres
the teacher herself.
Tuesday Afternoon.
In his address to the teachers
nn the subject of Interpretation
of Liteiature, Dr. Holsopple said:
"The question I should like to
ask you this afternoon is : "What
is the special significance of to
morrow in the Literary World V
It is a significant fact that t mor
row is the 9th day of December
it is significant for the fact that
three hundred years ago to mor
row John Milton was born the
beginning of the career of the
second greatest English poet,
placing Shakespeare first; so I
tuink it ib a significant fact. I ask
this foot for a special reason, I
nf to say a word at the out"
start this afternoon, I want you
to answer very promptly and I
shall be very careful to ask you
questions in which the answer
shall be before your eyes so you
will be perfeotly free. However,
there are just one or two things
supplementary to what I said
this morning, that I think ought
to be before yo.ip minds before
we attempt any interpretation. I
tried to make two questions above
all others and that is this s That
literature is worth while, and
then I should like to call your at
tention to another thing. There
are those whom the world will
least willingly forget. The name
oliriatowas familiar because he
was a great philosopher; the
name ot Caesar, because he was
a great emperor and statesman,
and, also, a great literary man.
The Parthenon has crumbled in
to dust that beautiful building
of Greece. Athens, the great
center of art and culture, has de
generated into a city of squalor
and poverty. But the poems ot
Homer you still have, and they
have lasted when Greek states
manship and soldiery have been
forgotten, and the world will not
let them die.
Rome was the Imperial City of
the seven hills. Someone has
said, 'While the Coliseum stands,
Rome will stand.' The songs of
Virgil are uttered by the pupils
who have upon ,them the stamp
of any good school throughout
civilization.
This is an age of cheap litera
ture, cheap printing, and, sorry
to say, cheap thinking. Now, I
want to call your attention to the
fact that a master piece of litera
ture does not come in this way.
It takes as much concentration
of attention as much good solid
thiukiug to interpret the master
mind in a master piece of litera
ture, as it does to demonstrate a
theory in Geometrv. You must
think it through, step by step
until the truth stands up before
you.
great many people want to
FREE OF DEBT.
study literature but they (go at
it in the wrong way. Don't Hat
ter yourself you are reading an
author when you are reading
about an author. There is a dif
ference between the history of
literature and the literature it
self. The history of literature is
a good preparatory study. Would
you not stop to explain words in
a poem':' Would you not stop to
explain a difficult term? Yes,
that is all right, but don't think
it is studying the poem. Now, I
think I may be rather paradoxi
cal to some of you this afternoon.
You may wonder what we shall
do? The first thing is, that we
must appreciate literature in the
sense that'll is imaginative. It
is necessary for you to accept a
few things m literature and to
take a few things for granted.
You cannot keep up to date, you
cannot i ead the latest book. I
would rather wait until they have
ripened a little until tboy have
lived a little to prove that they
are worth reading.
If you carry nothing to a poem,
you will not be able to carry any
thing away; but, remember, the
comment is upou yourself and
not upon the poem. You read
Paradise Lost, and get nothing
from it. It is because your mind
has not been prepared for it.
While the first travelers in Cali
fornia did not reap the fruits of
the gold, it was not because it
was not there, but because they
could not get it. There is the
positive side of studying litera
ture. You must enjoy the poem
you are reading. No pi3ce of
literature cau mean anything to
you unless you enjoy it He jr
she who will sit down thought
fully, earnestly, to a great mas
ter piece of literature, waiting
until the great master mind of
the author shall Inform you, will
enjoy it.
The remaindor of Dr. Holsop
pie's period was spent in the
reading and explanation of "The
Chambered Nautilus, and, Driv
ing Home the Covs."
The remainder of the after-
Continued on page four, )
Pennsylvania Does Not Owe a Cent That
It Cannot Pay on Demand.
The State of Pennsylvania docs
not owe a cent that it cannot pay
on demand. That condition of
affairs was manifested at the be
ginning of the new fiscal year
Tuesday of last week when the
sinking fund accounts were gone
over by State Treasurer Sheatz.
There are now outstanding
State bonds unredeemed amount
ing to 2,689,f17 02 and there is
in the sinking fund to redeem
these bonds the sum of $2,742
531.11, which leaves the net debt
of the State just if47,085.91.
Holders of the bonds, however,
are uot anxious to have them re
deemed The majority of them
are of the issue of lfllfj four per
cents, and the holders, although
offered a good price for them,
prefer to hold on to them to the
last minute, and will not give
them up until interest ceases.
But the 47.000 net debt could
easily be canceled without going
to the State's general fund. A
long while ago many years ago
a patriotic Philadelphian left
2,000 a a legacy to the S..ate to
be applied to extinguishing its
debt, the stipulation being that il
should be placed at interest and
kept in the Girard Trust bank in
Philadelphia until it reached the
sum of $40,000, end when the
State's debt was reduced to $40,
000, then the money was to be
taken from the bank and handed
over to the State that the last
vestage of debt might be wiped
out.
This the State may not be able
to do until 1912 because of the
fact that bondholders are unwill ing,
to give up their bonds for re
demption. It may be, too, that
the 40,000 from the Datriotic
Philadelphian may never be call
ed for; in other words the books
mav, never show that all of the
debt but $40,000 has been can
celed, for the reason that from
what can be learned by the treas-
NUMBER f2
FULTON C0UNTIANS IN TEXAS.
ury department many thousand
of dollars' worth of State bonds
have been lost, burned or other
wise destroyed and will not, con
sequently, be offered for redemp
tion. In such case the debt will
have to be carried on the books
as if still existing. But at all
events, the States does not owe a
cent that it cau not pay to-day.
Proposed School Laws.
That the commission appointed
to prepare a new school code to
present to the Legislature next
January for its enactment into a
law will recommend a medical
inspection of all the school chil
dren in the State was the state
ment made by Dr. N. C. Schaef
fer, State Superintendent of Pub
lic Instruction, at the York Coun
ty Teachers' Institute. Dr
n i mm m .
ocnaener a won at length upon
the recreation of pupils. Statis
tics were shown to the effect that
many children are as much as
four years ov er the normal school
age. ne said that courses were
usually arranged for the average
pupil, while the bright and dull
pupils were aot given the atten
tion they should receive. He at
tributed the deficiency often to
defects in hearing, sight and oth
er faculties which the teachers
fail to recognize. The proposed
inspection or examination of pu
pus is expected o remove the
deficiencies in a large degree.
The Wheat Weevil.
Farmers in this State will learn
with apprehension that an insect
in the form of a wheat weevil,
but much more destructive, has
made its appearance in southern
Lancaster county and is spread
ing rapidly. What the new pest
is the scientists have not told us.
The attention of the state author
ities has been called to it. Ite
ravages have been confined main
ly to stacks and mows of wheat.
The insect eats its way into a
mow to the depth of several feet
before it ceases its destructive
journey.
Letter From Frank Spade, in Which He
Tells" of the Introduction of Himself,
Howard Mellott, and 0. W.
Mellott in the Big State.
Brazoria, Texas, Nov. 30. Be
fore we left home, many of my
Fulton county friends exacted a
promise that I would write a let ter
for publication in a home
newspaper, and tell about our
trip, and about how we liked the
new country so, "here goes."
Our party left Everett Monday
morning, October 19th over the
Huntingdon and Broad top rail
road, changed at Huntingdon tor
the Pennsy.and on we went "rum
bting under arches.shooting over
bridges," climbing lofty moun
tains, winding through valleys,
and pitching ahead across long
stretches ot plain day and night
until Friday, when we were
glad to step down from our great
steam wagon, and feel the touch
of solid ground once more.
We all like our new homes first
rate now. We came right into
the brush. The first thinur was
to clear a place for a little dwell
ing house and now it begins to
look more like home. I have sev
en acres cleared. O. W. Mellott
has about eight, cleared, and
Howard L. Msllotf has about six
and a half cleared. The Wild
Peach division is all right, but I
want to give you a pointer right
here: It is no place for a lazy
man. The mprovements, of
course, are somewhat limited yet,
but it must be remembered that
the first settlers in this subdivis
ion, came last February. There
is a lot of hustlers arriving on
the ground now every week.
Lie climate is just all right,
and it does not take a mint of
money to keep yourself in clothes,
either. A light pair-of overalls,
and a gauze shirt is all the cloth
ing you need unless you choose
to wear a necktie. And even
with this light dress, you will
sweat like a "nigger at a corn
huskin." One thing nice is. that
we are getting a fresh gulf breeze
all the time. We have had two
fine rains since we are bore. We
planted the seed after we came
here, and now have nice cabbage
and tomato plants, lettuce, &c,
and our neighbors have plenty in
full bloom. Some of our Fulton
in. i r i i ...
uuuLiiy .irieuus nave written us
that they hear that all the land
around here is a swamp. I want
to inform such, that the report is
not true.
There is plenty oj overflow
land in Texas, and you can by u
if you want it; but the Stern Land
Co., is honest enough to tll von
where overflow laud may be found.
Lewis Mellott wrote to Fulton
county that he sat on a stump
and the water was two feet deep
all around him. I think that was
when he was sitting along the
Brazos river fishing. I haven't
seen any swampland around here
yet.
The county is going to grade
the roads all through this subdi
vision, and this part of the coun
try will be a garden before many
years. We are all in a hurry to
get orange, lemon, and fig trees
planted. As soon as we get fifty
acres of tig trees bearing, then
we get a preserving plant; and as
soon as it is settled up, they are
going to put in a switch from the
railroad. We are now'tive miles
from the railroad.
When we came in here, lour
weekB ago, we could see nothing
but brush, unless we looked to
ward the .sky; now I can see four
dwelling houses from my door,
and db not" see very far yet. Sev
enteen families arrived here last
week from Napoleon, O. This
settlement; is represented by
resideuts from many states. The
woods is nice, and stock is graz
ing out the same as In May in
Pultou county.
We live five miles from Brazo
ria, four miles from Columbia,
forty-five miles from Houston,
and forty-nine miles from Gal
veston. Angletun is onlv elarht
miles away, and there you oan
MORE THAN HALF OHIO "DRY.
Prohibition Forces Have Woo In 55 of 88
Counties.
Cleveland, O., Dec. 6. Fifty -five
of Ohid's eighty eight coun
ties are "dry. " Seven are wet,
l his is the result of six months'
work on the part of the Ohio
Anti Saloon League since the
Rose County option law went in
to effect. -Of the fifty five coun
ties in which the saloons have
been voted out, five went dry un
der an old law.
Voting will be held in practi
cally all of the remaining twenty
six counties within the next few
months. The counties remain
dry or wet, according to the vote,
for two years.
In point of population the State
is nearly half dry now. In point
of area it is two-thirds dry. Most
of the dry counties do not contain
large cities.
So far about 1730 saloons have
been voted out, which is estimat
ed to be about one-third of the
total number that were in the
State before the county option
voting began.
COURT WARNED NEWSPAPERS.
The Alaska-Yukon Exposition.
Seattle, Dec. 6. Pennsylvania
women, now residents of Seattle,
have formed an auxiliary to the
Pennsylvania State Society for
the purpose of aiding in the ex
ploitation of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
exposition, and to provide
means for the entertainment of
the women who will come to Se
attle during the fair from their
native state.
The Pennsylvania State Society
is very uCtive in the interests of
the exposition, and with the co
operation of the auxiliary organi
zation, the members will make
their friends in the old home state
fully acquainted with the scope
of the 1909 world's fair.
The organization is being ex;
tended over the entire State of
Washington, and several thous
and former residents of Pennsyl
vania are working to have their
home state make an appropria
tion for the construction of a
Pennsylvania building to house
an exhibit from the Keystone
statu.
A register of Pennsylvania peo
pie living in the State of Wash
ingtou will be kept in alpbabeti
cal order, giving their full names
and addresses in order that old
friends visiting the fair may be
able to find them. In addition to
this list, a register will also be
kept showing the county in which
they resided in the home state.
This register will be as com
plete as it is possible to make it
through the channels of the State
Society, and will be open to visit
ors to the exposition grounds at
all times.
The Seattle alumni of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania have
started a movement to have their
alma mate.' make an exhibit sep
arate from the 'state exhibit.
United States Judge Said They Must Not
Interfere With Trials.
In charging the jury in the
harios w. ivlorse case at New I
York Judge Charles M. Hough
of the United States district
court condemned "newspaper
trial .' in tne following words:
"It is the duty of the court to
point out that one of the plainest
duties of owners of public jour
nals is to abstain, pending any
trial, from statements or com
ments calculated to interfere
with the due administration of
ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW
Snapshots at Their Comings and Ooings
Here for a Vacation, or Away
for a Restful Outing.
NAMES OP VISITORS AND VISITED
in town
Mr. A. F. Baker, of Wells Val
ley, spent a few hours
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Cooper,
of Oklahoma City, Okla., are visit
ing friends iu this place.
D. H. Mellott and Andrew Tru-
ax, Of Sipe8 Mill, were nmnncr
justice and to leave those whs the business visitors to the Coun
are brought from their daily vo- ty Seat last Friday,
cations to administer justice be- Mr. George Fox. and fcm.i, J
tween the community and the in
dividual to the law and the evi
aence given in the court and
nothing else
Sherman Demick
A most beautiful wedding was
solemnized at the McKinley Hotel
in Chambersburg yesterday aft
ernoon when Miss Mary V. De
micK, rormerfy ot this place, and
Williamson, came over last Sun
day to make a little visit among
relatives in this vicinity.
Mrs. Samuel Rotz, Jr., .and
children, of Williamson, Franklin
county, are visiting among rela
tives and friends on this side of
the mountain.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sherman,
of Auburn, N. Y., are guests in
a lady highly esteemed by a host the home of their brother-in-law
or rriends, became the wife of
Frank Sherman, of Auburn N.
Y.
the bride's two sisters, Mrs.
George W. Cooper, of Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma, and Mrs. E, D.
ohimer, of this place, together
with their husbands, and the
and sister. Mr and fro tt.h t
Shimer on Walnut street.
Mr. and.Mrs. A. J. Mellott, of
Whips Cove, spent a day or two
in this neighborhood this week.
Andy expects to move back to
this community in January.
Miss Laidig, one of Taylor
bride s nephews Nathan Everts township's teachers, is spending
of Harrisburg, and Frank D. part of this week in the home of
ttiimer, M;jCounellsburg, were Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Comerer
me only witnesses to the impres- while attending the County In
sive ceremony by Kev. (J. M.
Smith a former pastor of tne Ma
Connellsburg, Reformed church.
The party came to McConnells-
burg last night, and after a short
stay here Mr. and Mrs. Sherman
will return to Auburn, their fu
ture home. Fulton Republican,
Dec. 3.
Oneita Blanche Kirk.
Oneita Blanche, aged ten years
two months and twenty-four
days, died at the home of her
parents. Mr. and Mrs. M. L.
Kirk in Huston town, on Tuesday,
December 1, 1908. Never a verv
vigorous child, Oneita contracted
A. 1 i 3 M - .
typuoia iever a lew weeks ago
stitute.
Mr. and Mrs. Conrad J. Wink,
of Thompson township, spent
the time from SaturHnv n n n
Monday in the home of their son-
in-law and daughter, Ex Sheriff
and Mrs J. G. Alexander, in this
place.
Mr. and Mrs. James K. Linn.
of Harrisburg, were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. A. Harris.
from Saturday until yesterdav.
Mrs. Harris and Mrs. Linn are
sisters daughters of Geo. Mc-
Kibbm, of Union township.
Mr. William Miller and daugh
ter Miss Lillian, and Mr. John
tless and daughter Miss Ruth
and was making a brave fight all of Dublin Mills, came ,n TW.
against me ravages or that dread day and attended the entertain-
aisease wnen other comphca- ment Tuesday evening and Insti-
uiuus set iu, ner young are went tut.o WorinU,, m
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Mr. and Mrs. Will E. Hoke, of
Will Pass Upon the Amendments.
The legislature will pass upon
the new proposed constitutional
amendments at the coming ses
sion and if then approve by the
people they will become part cf
the organic law. The adoption
ofth amendments will reduce
lUBuumotroi elections by one
half, thus saving the people a
considerable sum of money au-
nually and diminishing the wear
and tear on the average editor's
constitution and conscience. The
proposition is to hold the munici
pal elections in the odd years and
the state elections in the even
years. That will prevent the
mingling of national and local
politics, an entanglement much
to be deprecated.
out and her spirit in all its stain
lessness and purity winged its
flight to the Good Father who
gave it
Her remains were given sepul
chre at tairview M. E. cemetery
Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o
clock, beside those of an older
sister who was c died home about
four years ago.
Ihe sincere sympathy of the
whole community goes out to the
members of this severely tried
family as it is called upon to again
pass under the rod of bereave
ment. Fulton Democrat.
Saxton, Pa., spent the time from
last Thuisday until Saturday
among their relatives and friends
in McConnellsburg. Mr. and
Mrs. Hoke were formerly resi
dents of this community, and
have a host of warm friends herd
to extend the glad hand.
State Road Building.
It is only 297 miles from Phila
delphia to Pittsburg, following
the old and beaten trail through
Lancaster, York, Gettysburg.
Chambersburg, Bedford, Ligon
ier, Greensburg, and Wilkins
burg, to the environs ot our west-
see all kinds of oranges, lemons
and figs bearing and looking nice,
l will closi, and write more
later on. when i learn mnrAthn.it
the country. We are going to
the Gulf of Mexioo which is only
fifteen miles- away, during the
holidays, to gather oysters, fish.
and shoot wild geese.
FlftANK SPA.DE,
Crop Outlook.
Some uneasiness has been
caused in financial circles during ern metropolis, says thePhiladel-
the week by reports of unsatis phia Record. The route is all
factory prospects for the Winter the Way enticing, whether for its
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111 i in; luiuui LttUL u3i v ui tiihuirv I r. la ma - a
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bearing which next year's crops fair day's travel in an automobile
win nave on tne business situa- breakfasting in one city and sud
tion is generally recognized. The pmg in the other. There is noth
flrst crop to be harvested will, of ing to compare with it. takinsr it
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course, oo muter wneat and its an m ail, in any other part of the
progress will thorefore be watch- Atlantic states. And to too off
ed with unusual interest There inducement the making of the
has been a prolonged drought road has been in good part done
over a large section cf the coun- for the last seventy years. It is
try and some damage has already only a question ot buying up the
oeen aoue. ur course, it may be toll roads for what they are worth
repaired, but as the seeding sea- and putting the necessary finish
son has now passed there is still upon roadway and bridges, and
danger that the acreage may be providing for sure maintenance.
reduced. As usual these stories 1 here is good engineering au
M i I a . t . . .
oi crop aamae are exaggerated tnoriiy ror the Statement that
by the speculators in the wheat 10,000 per mile is an outside es
pit at oincago. . tirnate of the complete cost. The
state could well afford l.n B lull 1
ir trr I m.i.lli . I . .
jrB. . la. jwcrviooiu una son- der the whole burden. Th t.h.r
ln-lauj l.'.l M..L'..., I)..l. 17.1 x ...
u. iw. vni- veen counties alon th rmito
iey, came up to McUonnellsburg oouid well afford to pay one fourth
last Saturday evening and return- the cost for the sake of the nro-
u"uia 'JU "ir. MCK.ee ht it would bring to them Tim
nan aoio ms store at Amaranth to whole hue would be a mid wv tor
. ' r
Frank Diebl of Whips Cove, and
will give hia attention to his farm.
the exploitation of oountry lover
desiring summer homos.
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