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VOLUME 10
McCONNELLSBURG, PA., JANUARY 7, 1909.
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NUMBER lc
PURE FOOD BILLS.
Proposed Legislation to Cover All Varle-
tlea of Food and Drinks.
ONE ACT AIMED AT ROTTEN EGOS.
WILL BE A SAILOR.
Eight separate acta, all of which
can bd grouped under the gener
al classification of "pure food
legislation," have been prepared
by State Dairy and Pood Com
missioner James Foust for intro-
duction in the approaching Legis
lature.
Among the bills is one which
grovs out of the sickening dis
closures resulting from the re
cent rotten egg investigations in
Philadelphia. It prohibits the
sale of such eggs entirely. Fol
lowing are the other bills :
A general pure lood bill to take
the place of the unconstitutional
Tustin act ' of 1907; an alcoholic
liquor bill; a non-intoxicating li
quor bill; a lard bill; a milk and
cream bill; an ice cream bill; a
cold storage food bill.
In discussing the rotten egg
legislation which the division will
endeavor to have placed upon the
statute ' hooks, Commissioner
Foust said :
"This act is one to protect the
public health by prohibiting the
sale of eggs that are either whol
ly or partly decayed or decompos
ed, and prohibiting the use of
such eggs in the preparation of
food commodities. The need of
this bill was made evident by the
recent investigation in Philadel
phia. By that investigation 4t
appeared .that decayed and de
composed eggs, or eggs that were
partly decayed or decomposed,
were being sold to bakeries and
noodle factories for use in the
preparation of their food pro
ducts. These eggs are such as
have been 'candled put,' or reject
ed upon inspection, after having
b?en in storage for long periods
of time. They are utterly unfit
for food and their use for food,
- or as ingredients of foad, cannot
be too severely condemned. This
particular bill prohibits the use
of what have been called 'rots and
spots' has a severe penalty at
tached thereto, it being the inten
tion to utterly destroy the busi
ness that has grown up in the
traffic in these decayed or decom
posed eggs." .
According to Foust, the gener-
. al bill intended to replace the
Tustin act bas been drafted with
the utmost care. A striking
point in it is that the retailer is
protected from prosecution for
selling food stuffs which are, un
known to him, not up to the stand
ard. He is to be prosecuted only
' in the event of wanton violation of
the law. Discussing this point,
the commissioner says :
"An act such as we desire to
have enacted to prevent the sale
of impure intoxicants, "said Mr.
Foust, "is Imperatively necessary
by reason of the tact that we now
have in Pennsylvania no law on
this subject, and by reason of the
further act that because there
is no law regulating the subject
. matter, Pennsylvania has become
the dumping ground of the entire
country for imsbranded, fraudu
,leot and adulterated alcoholic
dnuks. The proposed bill will
operate to protect the legitimate
businesainterestsof Pennsylvan
ia dealers against the ruinous
competition of unscrupulous man
uf&cturers and dealers of other
states." .
Of nou-intoxlcants Foust says
that his attention baa many times
been called to the necessity ot
controlling .by law the traffic in
non-intoxicating drinks, such as
"orangeade," "lemonade," so
called "root-beer." and other
drinks usually sold on public oc
- cAsions by street fakirs and pro
protors of temporary Btands and
booths. Many of these so called
uon Intoxicating beverages con
tain poisonous acids and other in
jurlous ingredients, and their
use has fuquent'y caused serious
Earl Taylor Has Chosen a Sea-Faring
Life, and Will Sail for Southern Wa
ters on The Twentieth Inst.
As was noted in last week's
News, EarlTaylor and his father,
F. M. Taylor, Esq., went to Phil
adelphia last week. While in that
city, Earl went down to Pier 13,
not to jump into the chilly wa
ters of the Delaware, but to jump
uto an examination that was in
progress there of candidates who
desired to enter the marine ser
vice on the Pennsylvania nautical
school-ship Adams. When the
Committeo was through with
Earl, they said "You'll do, young
man," and now be is at home a
few days preparatory to sailing
on that vessel which leaves Phil
adelphia for Cuba, Jamaica, and
South America,, on tha twentieth
of this month. This is a desira
ble position, and Earl will have
an opportunity to, see the world,
and at the same time
himself-for usefulness in life
NEhDMORE.
a We have had another week of
very beautiful weather.
Mr. Peter Culler, a former
Need more resident, w.as visiting
among friends here the past
week,
Mr. and Mrs. Trail of Mattie,
Bedford County, are visiting
friends here.
Some of our local " sportsmen
carried off prizes awarded at the
shooting match New Year's day.
Services were held at the
church Sunday morning by Elder
Funk, be will preach again" next
Sunday evening.
Rev. Powers commenced a
series of singing services Sun
day evening which will continue
all week.
The post office has been moved
to T. W. Peck's store room.
Grant Mellott is the postmaster.
E. B. Morton, of McConnells
burg, was calling on' friends in
Needmorelast Sunday evening.
be fitting
S ALU VIA.
We are having a spell of fine
weather too nice for this time of
year; tor it usually means "good '
weather and "bad" colds.
George Minnich, of Everett has
been visiting his mother and
many other friends here during
the past week. George is a good
fellow and we are always glad to
see him come.
Mrs. Sarah Deshong is not ex
pected to live. .
The local institute at Forest
Dale New Year's night was well
attended, and very interesting.
The recitations and dialogues
were well delivered, and the sub
jects for discussion by the teach
ers were ably bandied.
sickness to result to children and
others.
Of the other bills, the commis
sioner says :
"There is not m Pennsylvania
at the present any law fixing a
minimum standard of batter fat
for cream, and the proposed bill
on the subject of milk and cream
is intended to fix such minimum
Btandard as ; well as to prevent
the sale of milk that has been wa
tered or skimmed.
"The proposed ice cream bill
fixes a minimuu standard of but
ter fat tor ice cream. Heretofore
we have not had any definition or
standard for ice creioi in Penn
sylvania. Ice cream has been
sold upon the streets of our cities
which contained practically noJ
cream. ...
"The proposed bill regulating
the sale of cold storage poultry,
game and eggs is a new depart
ment in legislation and one that
bas been needed for many years.
The only requirement of this bill
is that cold storage poultry, game
and eggs shall be properly label
ed or branded s-t as to advise the
consumer of its real character."
The purpose of the proposed
lard bill is merely to compel the
proper branding of lard so that
the consumer will know just what
is being supplied him. ' -i
Business and the Outlook., . -
Two striking indications of the
recovery of trade are railroad
earnings and stock prices. Rail
road earnings in December were
8 3 per cent, better than a year i
ago, and only 2 2 per cent, less
than in 1900, when everything
was riding ou the top of a tidal
wave of prosperity. Early last
week stocks reached the highest
price during 1908, whih was
only $7 below the highest figures
of 1907 and an average gain of al
most $29 a share for sixty of the
most active railroad secu rites
from the lowest point a year ago.
Bank clearings last week were
not quite so larare as the week be
fore, but the loss was small and
the gain over a year ago was
more than 18 per cent
Many industrial establish
ments have curtailed their ac
tivities over the holidays, taking
stock and making tepairs, but as
they start up now that the annual
interruption of business is over
there will be more machinery
running than at any time last
year. From the first of the panic
the manufacturers have checked
their production and retailers
have curtailed their purchases.
As a result of this the stocks of
retailers are greatly depleted,
and the mauufactuers are not
carrying stocks of goods; with
rare exceptions they have been
running only on orders. Now
that there is complete confidence
in trade expansion there are no
stocks at either end of the line to
be worked off, and there is every
indication that the demands of
the retailers will soon compel the
manufacturers to run all the
machinery they have.
The weather lias not been the
most favorable for the distribu
tion of goods at retail. Dealers
would be glad to have severer
weather to drive their customers
to them for heavy clothing, rub
bers and winter conveniences
generally. Occasionally the holi
day trade was a disappointment.
Possibly too large supplies were
laid in. At any rate, at some
points considerable stocks have
been brought over. But almost
everywhere the testimony is that
the holiday buying was extreme
ly good; nearly equal to the best
we have bad.
The iron and steel markets
are notvweak, but they are ex
tremely quiet. There have been
no large transactions. It is be
lieved that the probability of a
reduction of duties is having
some iniluence in deterring free
buying., Customers who believe
that in a few months duties)and
therefore prices, will be reduced,
are not buying more than they
need at present. This, however,
is only one of many factors. Only
a part ot the buying can be defer
red six months, and there is al
ways a tendency to exaggerate
the influence of legislation on
business. There is confidentex-
pectation of a speedy improve
ment from the present quiet.
The receipts of iron ore at Lake
Erie ports last year were four
sevenths of the amount received
in 1907. The total amount of fab
ricated structural steel produced
last year is believed to havo been
a littlo more than a million tons.
The Boston wool market shows
so al e activity after a few weeks
of lethargy. The sales last week
were not heavy, but they amount
ed to about three times as much
as the sales of the preceding
week. No great amount of buy
ing is expected in the near future,
but prizes are firm, aDd in some
cases where small increases were
demanded, the buyers acted so
promptly that the sellers regret
ted not asking more. The Phila
delphia wool market is in fairly
good condition, with small stocks
and firm prices. New business
in Jhe dry Roods market has been
moderate. The tone ot the cot
ton goods market is a little firm
er, and most of the mills have or
ders for a couple of months.
There are more reorders for
spring wooleus with urgency for
delivery, Boston shoo shipments
RECORD OF DEATHS.
Persons Well Known to Many of Our
Readers, Who Have Answered
Final Summons.
ALL SEASONS ARE THINE, 0 DEATH.
John S. Barkis.
John S. Harris died at his home
on South Second street, McCon-
nellsburg, shortly after mid
night on New Year's morning,
aged 51 years and 3) days. Fu
rer?l Sa'urday morning, services
conducted by Rev. J. C. Fassold,
assisted by Rev. J. L. Grove, and
interment in the family lot in the
cemetery at the Greenhill Pres
byterian church.
About eighteen years ago, he
was braking on a railroad train
in Nebraska, when one day the
tram parted, and Mr. Harris was
violently thrown to the ground
from the top of a box car, sus
taining injuries to the spine,
which resulted in paralysis of the
lower limbs, the use of whicli he
never recovered. About fifteen
years ago, ho returned to the
home of his mother, Mrs. L. E.
Harris, then living at Greenhill,
and remained with her until some
six years ago, when they moved
to McConnellsburg, where he re
sided until the time of his death.
Notwithstanding the fact that
for many years he has been oblig
ed to use crutches, and then .it
was with difficulty that he could
get about, he was cheerful, and
pleasant and always had a kind
word for those who came in his
way. He served two terms as
County Auditor aud made a very
efficient officer, and for several
years has held the office of loual
registrar. Ue was a member of
the Presbyterian church, and
identified with all her interests,
and a regular attendant upon the
servi.es as long as his health
would permit.
Just about a week before his
death he had a stroke of paraly
sis, and from that time on until
the end came he lay most of the
time unconscious. Besides his
mother, he is survived by a sis
ter, Mrs. S. D. Stevens, Cham
bersburg, and by a brother,
Prothanotary Geo. A. Harris, of
this place.
Margaret Winters.
The subject of this notice died
at her late home in Thompson
township,'on the 21st of Decem
ber, 1908, aged 75 years, 2 months
and 19 days.
The deceased was a sister of
John M, Winters, of Thompson,
and o'. Job Winters of Ohio. Her
remains were laid to rest in the
graveyard at the TonoJoway Bap
tist church of which church she
hat been a member for many
years. .
' The uneral services were con
ducted by Eld. C. Li. Funk. The
large number of friends that at
tended her funeral shows the es
teem in which she was held.
Nice Christmas Present.
The families of Capt. C. T. Dix
on and Emory Hessler at Saluvia
were a few days ago recipient J cf
a 150-lb. box of raisins, oranges,
evaporated peaches, figs, pome
granates, and other fruits native
to the fertile soil of the Joacbin
Valley, California. This splendid
Christmas present was the gift
of the Captain's son in law, and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Ellis
Sipos, of Reedley, California.
showed a heavy decline from the
previous week, but a good in
crease over a year ago. Hides
are quiet, nut prices are main
tained. Tanners make no couces
sions in prices, and - hope to be
able to advance them. Heavy
Hole leather is scarce and in great
demand.
' Wheat has advanced on small
receipts and reduced estimates
of the Argentine surplus. Corn
futures have been stronger under
the influence of small receipts
and a large cash demand. Large
Chicago "shorts" have bem cov
ering. There has beea moder
ately active lard speculation, with
slight changes in prices.
Holiday Weddings.
COMERER WkLLER,
At the residence of theofficia
ting pastor, Rev. A. G. B. 'Pow
ers at Needmore, on Wednesday,
December 23, 1908, Mr. Wilbur
Comerer, of Thompson township,
and Miss Mollie Weller, ot the
same township, were united in
marriage. The bride and groom
ate excellent young people, and
have the best wishes of their
numerous friends in their start
on life's matrimonial voyage.
Truax Smith.
On Wednesday, December 30,
1908, Rev. A. G. B. Powers, of
Needmore, united in mar.-iage,
Miss Clyde Smith, and Mr. Rus
sell Truax. both of Belfast town
ship. The News extends congratu
lations to the worthy young peo
ple and wishes them a prosperous
journey through life.
EARLIER CLOSINd HOURS.
Birthday Party.
Last Sunday was the sixty
sixth anniversary of the birth of
Mrs. D. D. Deshong of Licking
Creek township, and a number of
her friends assembled at her
home and spent the day very
pleasantly in honor of the occas
ion. Those present were: O. E.
Hann, wife and daughter Marie;
A. W. Deshong, wife and daugh
ter Eva; Joseph Sipes, W. H.
Hoop, wife and son John; C. W.
Schooley, wife and son Norman;
John G. Ewing, wife and sons.
Arthur and Herbert; Mrs. Sarah
Wilson; Mrs. Alice Sipes and
sons, I Owen and Wilmer and
daughters Rebecca, and Amy;
Miss,Jessie Sipes; D. D. Desh
ong and wife; and R. R. Sipes,
wife and sons Dwight and Earl
and daughter Rhoda. Mrs. Desh
ong received many useful pres
ents. All enjoyed themselves in
a delightful social way and ra
turned to their respective homes
in the evening wishing Mrs
Deshong many more birthdays.
One That Was There.
HARRISONVILLE.
The protracted meeting at Si
loam has been in progress for
three weeks and there have been
twenty-three conversions.
B. F. Deshong & Bro. hive
sawed lumber for a barn for D.
D. Deshong; and, also, lumber
tor Joseph Sipes, H. L. Sipes, C.
W. Schooley and R. R. Sipes.
Oar schools are all getting
along nicely under the preseut
corpa of teachers this winter.
Mrs. Geo. W. Sipes and child
are on the sick list, Mrs. Joseph
Sipes is suffering from an attack
of rheumatism.
Mrs. Catharine Hessler is crit
ically ill.
Daniel Johnson and wife, of
Wells, have been spending the
holidays with Mrs, Johnson's
parents J. A. Sipes,
H. M. Strait and brother D. R.
Strait spent a few days with their
mother Mrs. Mary Strait.
May the Editor of the News
have a happy and prosperous
year.
LAUREL RIDuE.
Miss Cora Shaw is spending a
few days visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Shaw near Plum Run.
Miss Florence Sbives spent
Christmas with her aunt Mrs.
Frances Cover in Hancock.
MisaesMai t Shives and Mande
Gordon spent Wednesday after
noon with J. L. Richards and
family.
Mrs. Rachel and Mary Shives
spent Tuesday with Mr. Jchn
Fisher and family.
Miss Maude Gordon spent Sat
urday and Sunday with her sis
ter Mrs. Edward Keyser.
Preaching at .this place the 8rd
Sabbaih in Jauuary, by Rev, A.
G. B. Powers at three o'clock p.
m. ond also in the evening.
J. L. Richards is reported on
the sick list.
G. E. Clouser aud wife, and
son George spent Christmas with
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Shaw.
Stores That Will Close at Eight O'Clock
Every Eveninr Except Saturday
Evening.
McConnellsburg is about the
last town in the Untied States to
take steps toward the closing of
the stores, 'and business places
generally at' ad earlier hour than
has been the custom in the years
gone by. For a long time the
stores have been opening at day
light, and kept open until any old
time at , night frequently not
closing until 10 o'clock, and often
later. No man that has any re
gard tor his health can keep up a
habit of this kind very many
years without paying the penalty.
Then besides, if the business
houses be closed earlier in the
evening, the wants of the public
will be just as well served, and
the storekeepers will sell just as
many dollars' worth of goods m
the year, as they do now, and
have an hour or two more to
spend with their families.
The following business men
signed an agreement on Wednes
day to close their respective
places of business at 8 o'clock
every evening, except Saturday
evening, beginning with Monday
evening, January 11, 1909 and
continuing this arrangement un
til April 1, 1909.
J. K. Johnston, Leslie W. Sey
lar, Geo. W. Hays, E. R. McClain,
A. U. Nace & Son, T.'B. Stevens
& Son, C. B. Stevens, R. M.
Downes, Chas. A. Martin, Geo.
W. Reisner & Co., Trout's Drug
Store, R. N. Shinier, J. A. Irwin,
O. F. Scott, 1. N. Watson, C. C.
Bender (except restaurant).
Subscribe tor the
J only $1.00 a year"..
"News;"
Birthday Dinner.
A birthday dinner was held at
Elias Deshong's New Years Sun
day. At an early hour his frienda
aud neighbors assembled with
well filled baskets to celebrate
his thirty-fourth birthday. About
12:30 o'clock the diningroom ta
ble was laden with delicious stuff
ready to be served.
Harry Deshong one of Andov
er's esteemed young men think
ing he wouldn't get enough of
chicken and cake, tolled his slip
pers with both. Wishart Desh
ong and Miss Carrie Palmer
thinking that Miss Myrtle was
not able to feed herself overflow
ed her plate, with delicious cake
and gravy. Earl Beatty and Miss
Myrtle oipes thinking that they
would not get their share of cot-
fee, after drinking two cups each,
had Mrs. Amanda Deshong to
keep them some back. Thomas
Deshong who ate so much cake
and chicken that when he went
to get up from the table upset the
cream jug.
Those who were present were:
Mr, and Mrs. Elias Deshong and
son Albert; Mr. and Mrs. John
Deshong and children, Clyde,
George and Ada; Mr. and Mrs.
William Deshong and children,
Clem, Thomas, Nathan, Martin.
Kiymond and Ethel; Mr. and
Mrs. Ulysses Deshong and chil
dren, Wishart, Mattie and9 Ada;
Mr. and Mrs. John Sipes and
children, Battle, Thomas .and
Clura; Mary, Madeline, Karl and
Carrie Palmer; Mr. Mack Sipes
and wife, and children, Emil,
Helen, Lula, Clyde and Maurice;
Wilbur and Myrtle Sipds; Edward
Sharp- Earl Peatty, Harvey
Deshong, Alvin Sl.rait; Miss Edith
and Georgia Deshong.
. "UNO."
Week-of-Prayer Scrvicts.
The week-of-prayer services
being held in the churches of this
place are well attended, and inter
eating. The meeting was held
m tha Frei:yterian church Mon
day evening; in the United Pres
by terun Tuesday evening; in the
Methodist Episcopal last evening,
and to-night it will be held in the
Reformed church, and to-morrow
evening the closing semco will
be hold id theLuthoran church.
ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW
Snapshots at Their Comings and Goings
Here for a Vacation, or Away
for a Restful Outing.
NAMES OP VISITORS AND VISITED
Logne Hess, of Iddo, spent a
few hours in town Monday.
W. L. Swopeof Pleasant Ridge,
paid this office a business coll on
Monday.
Miss Mae Kellar, of Chambers-
burg, is visiting in the home of
Cyrus Kelly on South Firs 5
street.
Mrs, Jacob Motter and daugh
ter Bessie, and Miss Anna fclarr,
spent Saturday with the family
of Zack Vallance, in the Cove.
Mr. Duff Keyser, of this place,
is taking a week off and spending
the time with friends in Cham-
bersburg, Waynesboro, and other
points in Franklin county.
Dr. Clarence N. Trout, of Red
Lion, Pa., came to McConnells
burg last Friday, and returned
home Monday accompanied by
his mother, Mrs. M. B. Trout.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Peck,
who had been residing in the
Presbyterian parsonage packed
their household goods, and on
the first of this month went to
Philadelphia.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Wible
and children, of Selea, Hunting-'
don county, and Mr. and Mrs.
Levi Cor dell and son, of Waynes
boro, spent a few days in the
home of the latter's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Zack Vallance.
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Ilein-1
baugh announce that the marr
riage of their daughter Minerva
to Mr. Francis F. Haslett, of
Johnstown, Pa., will take place
at their home in Johnstown on
the 12th of January.
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Rotz,
and their son Lawrence, of Nian-
tic, 111., are visiting among their
relatives and friends in town and
the Cove. They are looking well
and evidently John made no mis
take when he left Fulton a few
years ago and planted himself in
the West.
Mr. R. A. Skiles, of Huston-
town, called at tha News office a
few minutes while in town last
Saturday. Speaking of big pork
ers, Mr. Skiles said that he help-
butcher one at David Fohner'a
last Wednesday that dressed 598
lbs. The animal was two years
old, and measured 7 feet and 11
inches in length. Now, it seems
but a simple problem in arithme
tic to arrive at the conclusion that
the hog might have grown much
larger; tor, if in two years, the
hog gained 598 pounds, m four
years, which is just twice two
years, it is plain that he would
weigh just twice 598 or 1190
pounds, and measured twice 7
feet 11 inches, or 15 feet 10
inches.
FORT LITTLETON.
Miss Jessie Henry is being en
tertained at her home at Clear
Ridge over Sunday.
Mrs. Thomas Uussler. after
having spent ten days in the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Win.
Meek, has returned home. She
was accompained by her son
George.
Mr. C. S. Wilsou' spent Mon
day in McConnellsburg on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Frehu
of Maddensville visited the lat
ter's sister Mrs. Chas. Wilson.
Quite a number of our folks at-,
tended the lecture held at Clear
Ridge Saturday evening.
Messers Chas. Cowan, Ally
Doshong, and DeKalb Wilt, were
callers at Burnt Cabins Sunday.
It is reported that there is to
be a shooting match iu our town
next Saturday.
B. 8. Winegardner hold a very
interest! ag shooting match at ,
Clear Ridge last Saturday. A
number of our fine rcjraea
were there,
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