ti A 0tt VOLUME 11 McCONNELLSUURG, PA., SEPTEMBER 23, 1909. NUMBER 1 MINE PLANTINQ AT FORT ADAMS. A Short Description ot the Planting Sea ton Now Golni on at Fort Adams, R. I. General Ord, who has charge of Mine Planting, arrived here jn Monday morning. The "Plant er" is just a new vessel, having been out about a month. Mine Planting consists of putting uiine9 under water loaded with gun cotton or dynamite. We have been planting the mines in rows of seven. The details in mine planting are as follows: Planting section One on Port and one on Starboard; the Att. detail three row boats, each man ned by six men. One detail on the distribution box boat. While the men on starboard are planting one mine, the men on port are getting another ready. The planter then makes a sweeping turn, comes up past tne distribution boat and gets the cable to the distribution boat; the men on the boat then make it fast to the distribution box by means of a turkshcad. The planter keeps thus going first from Port to Starboard until the seven mme are planted and all cables made fast by turkheads. The distribution box is made fast to a large cable whjch leads to the casemate and is made fast to the Electric Switch. The mines are so arranged that they can be fired one at a time or all at once. The boit crews have been changed about ten times on ac count of the men getting seasick. The water has been very rough, the waves coming in on the small boats some ten or fifteen feet high. . You can imagine the ieel ings of the men in the boats. Mine planting will continue here for a week more, when the men will be glad, once more to make use of their bunks in the afternoon. The "Planter" after leaviDg Fort Adams will go to Fort Greb el, where it will stay two weeks. ' James D. Hoop. Care Needed In Sending Samples. Specimens of insects, and of plants attacked by pests and fun gus diseases, that are sent to State Zoologist Surface, Harris burg, lor examination and report, should be packed with care, so that the same'will arrive la good condition. Recently some clover leaves infested with plant lice reached the Professor in bad shape, and the instructions that he gave to tbe person who sent them will be useful for others to observe who contemplate sending specimens for the obtaining of information. The letter fellows: "I have received the leaves of young clover and ' the plant lice which you sent to us with the in teresting statement that the bees are at present gathering honey dew from these. Unfortunately the material was too much dried and broken when it arrived to en able us to determine anything concerning the srjeciea nf th Aphtds, and I should like very uiucu to receive some in better condition. I,, therefore. three two cent stamps and ask Jf you will kindly mail rue some more of the clover containing th plant Jice;, and, especially, if you can find any with wings, these should be enclosed. Please pat thra in something like a tin bak ing powder can wfth a tightly fit ting hd. The specimens will then keep fresh without letting them be crushed, and when they reach us we can make a proper study of them." Carmack QUI. At their new home m Cham- bersburg, Sept. -15, 1909, occur red a very pretty wedding, when Jacob B. Carmack was united in marriage to Miss Bertha Gill, of Neelyton, Huntingdon county, by Rev. Alfred P. Waldo, of the (Jentral Presbyterian church. Promptly at 8:30 the bridal party entered the parlor by the strains of the wedding march played by Miss Eleanor Austin. After the ceremony, the doors to the dining room were opened, where all partook ol the good things that awaited them., The following guests were present: J. V. Carmack and wife; Arthur, Guy, and Jesse Carmack ; Misses Mary and Blanche Carmack; Charles Amsley, wife and daugh ter Gladys; Thomas Amsley and wife all of Mercersburg, Pa. Rev. Alfred F. Waldo and wife, A. L. Metz and wife, II, C. Lippy and wife, Wm. McCoy and wife, Geo. A Santer and wife, Chas. E. Hokeind w'ife; Ira B. Winger, wife, and Mary, Edna, and lrvin Cloyd Winger; Harry Burkhart, wife, and Mae, John, and Mabel Burkhart; David Hock and wife, and Mabel and John Hock; Dan iel Wmeert, wife and son Nor man; Wm. Ashway and wife; Cy rusCarbaugb and daughter Ruth, Stewart Gilbert and wife, and Miss Jennie Hiteshew. Harry and Alfred Rotz and Florence Hock and Mae Burkhart were ta ble waiters. The bride received many use ful gifts silver, linen, and glass ware. The friends of both bride and groom wish them" much hap piness in their new life. A Guest. NFW 12-CENT STAMP. NEtOMORb. We are having delightful au tumn weather. Lemuel Garland has been very ill during past, few days, but is reported better. The many friends of Esther Peck will be glad to learn that she is greatly improving. Dr. Palmer is the attending physi cian. The Wink brothers are drilling several wells near Hustontown. We are glad to note that Sam my Clevenger is able to travel about again. Editor Peck, wife and niece Lillie Campbell were pleasant visitors at Need more last Sun day. The Martha Washington Sew ing Club met at the Misses Kershner'fi last Saturday, and will meet next Saturday at tbe Misses Funk's. Tbe Buchanan Bridge people who have the contract for the concrete bridge were here Mon day making arrangements for supplies. Our schools began Monday with an attendance of twenty eight. ' . . Ed. Wink traded his engine for a driver, buggy, and harness. Look, out girls for there will surely be something a-doin'. Orange Rally. There will be a Grange Rally at Clear Ridge on Saturday evening September 25, 1909. The pro gram will consist of vocal and in. strumeatal music, recitations and an address by Rev. Harry Mo'yer. Refreshments will be served by the Ladies' Aid of M.K church. All Invited. Got Fourteen Years. In the town of Bedford, on the fourteenth day of last month, John Crawley and Howard Har ris, both colored, were digging a ditch for a water pipe to Crawl ey's house. They had been drinking during tbe day. About four o'clock they had a quarrel, it is said, over an unequal divis ion of the firewater, from which Crawley received a blow on the side of the bead which caused his death four hours later. Harris was tried in the court at Bedford, convicted of murder in tbe second degree, and sent enced to a term of fourteen years imprisonment in the western peniteutlary. Rev. Rice will preach in the Reformed church next Sunday morning, and Rev. Grove in the United Presbyterian . church. There will not be any preaching services in tbe other churches in the morning, and none m town in the evftoing. It Will Send a Registered Letter Under New Order. A stamp of a new denomina tion is to be issued by the postof fice department to conform with the recent increaso of the pi ice of registration from 8 to 10 cents. The new issue is to be a 12- cent stamp, so that on ordinary letters one stamp will suffice to pay for postage and registration. This new stamp may retire the 13 cent stamp, Issued for regis tered letters going abroad, 8 cents being for postage and 5 cents for registration. SALUV1A. Mrs. William Swope had a par alytic stroke last week and has been unconscious ever since neither eating nor drinking. Benjamin Deshong is still on tbe sick list. Gehrett Burns and Charles Eagan, of Allegheny county, Md., spent last week in the home of uncle John llann. They made two trips on the mountain. While traveling through the woods they found a vein of iron ore three feet thick, that will yield 20 per cent, pure nou. They also found a large vein of Belgian Rock, which they say is the best they have ever seeu. The blocks run from ten to six teen inches n thickness. D. E. Mellott lost a nne fat hog last week. VOLUME ELEVEN. With this issue the Fulton County News enters upon the eleventh year of its existence. In the summer of 1898, when the present editor and owner of the paper conceived the. idea of es tablishing a news paper in Fulton county that should be free from domination of politicians, and should be an all-around homo pa per, it little occurred to him that in less than half of ten years it should outstrip its predecessors in point of circulation aud influ ence. It was recognized at once as"thepeople's paper" aud the in terest taken in its welfare by the ptfople both by sending it news and getting for it subscriptions shows that the men, women and children of the County ieel that the News is their piper. Fulton county people at home read it, and Fulton county people who have gone away and made their homes in distant parts all alike read the News. There is some thing in the bond of brotherhood that exist in the great family of News readers, that makes them feel a common interest in its suc cess. As the News goes into the homes scattered all over the land every week, it carries tidings of the joys, the sorrows, the suc cesses of its people the little happenings in the community, and the matters of more import ance so that the thousands who reads its pages weekly are kept in sympathetic touch with each other. The Editor knows per sonally a large percentage lof the subscribers, and they know him; and as he sits behind the desk writing out the matter for each week's issue, it seems to him more like the penning of a perbou at letter. Tbe Editor asks of his friends the same kindly treat ment during the coming year that has been given him all through .the past. When there is anything of interest happens in your family or neighborhood, do not hesitate to send it in for pub lication: for when it gets into tbe News it will save you writing dozens of letters to your friends. Owing to the large circulation, the News otters , tbe best of ad vertismg facilities for it goes into the nomes ot Democrats, Re publicans, and Prohibitionists, alike, ' Owing to the fact that the News has outgrown its present quart ers, arrangements have been completed to enlarge our j ress rooms, and add new and Addition ai machinery and equipment be tween this and winter. Trip Through Northwest. September 10, 1909. Editor Fulton County News: As Mr. Palmer and I have re cently returned from a very de lightful trip to the Northwestern corner ot the United States we thought our Pennsylvania friends might care to read a few impres sions of the trip. We left here June 29th, over the Santafe to Pueblo, Colorado, and saw snow capped Pikes Peak, then via Denver and Riogrand up through Royal Gorge which is rightly named, for it is a contin ual panorama of most wonderful scenery, through which we had the privilege of an open observa tion car. Such awe inspiring heights and overhanging preci pices, the rushing, roaring river but 1 cannot describe the granduer, so will not attempt it. We reached Salida near the summit at sunset, and such a sunset, thought 1 had beheld many beautiful ones, yet none to compare with this. We watched it from the rear platform, fasci nated, no painters art could com pare with the beautiful tints. As our train 'vound in and outamong those mountain peaks, we caught glimj ses of the rich crimson and gold ir some time. We reached Tennessee Pass at dusk and started down the western slope of the great Rockies, morning found us among the wonderful rock formations of eastern Utah, aDd soon the desert which was not enticing, but we remembered tha beautiful places. Of course we saw the great Salt Lake, and the Mormon Temple at Salt Lake City. At Ogden, it was 104 in the shade and continued hot and yet were scarcely ever out of sight of snow on the mountain ranges. We especially enjoyed the last 40 or 50 miles along the Columbia river after passing the dalles tbe see nery was very beautiful. The river llowing on one side with numerous fisheries and various boats and canoes, and on the oth er side with barely room for rail road, were perpendicular cliffs and heavily timbered mountain peaks with numerous tiny waterfalls leaping down hundreds of feet some looked like ribbons of silver in the sunshine. From Portland we went north to Tacoma, where our son Ross lives. We were four days and nights on the way and made good connections too, we spent a very happy month there. Tacoma is a beautiful city of 120,000 on Puget sound and is a great shipping-point it is also noted for its beautiful roses which bloom almost the entire year, and many other flowers. We saw many novel sights there. There are many pretty lakes and parks and beautiful spots near Tacoma, but think they prize most the view ol Mt. Tacoma (Rainier, geographies give it) on clear days it looks very near though 00 or 70 miies distant. This perpetual snow crowned mountain lifts its magnificent head 14520 Jeet above see level and shows glistening white and at sunset beautifully tinged with pink gets higher each year as snow gets deeper. We went to Seattle which is called the city of a 1000 hills via steamer. They claim 250 000 population and visi ted the exposition which is good but small compared with St. Louis exposition. Went via steamer to Bremerton, United States Navy Station. There were 8 large battle ships anchored there. The Colorado was in dry dock. We wout aboard the Ore gon and were shown all through it. . They are immense. Anoth er interesting steamer trip was to Victoria, B. O., when we were reminded that we were outot United States when met by the custom officer examining all bag gage as we left the ship. Looked odd to see the large Tally ho and high wheel carts and soforth, and all driving to tho left even the street cars, and .found they do not use pennies iu change. Vic toria u a pretty plaee but sleepy BIO. COVE RIFLE CLUB. Score Made at Their Shoot at Webster Mills Last Satnrday. Distance 500 Yards. Mellott 2 3 5 3 2 4 423 J. J. O'Bryan 4 5 4 5 5 5 533 W. S. Warthin 5 3 2 5 4 4 427 T. Bishop 2 3 5 4 5 5 428 J. C. Patterson 5 4 2 2 2 4 322 D. E. Crouse 2 2 2 4 2 3 419 H. llann 5 0 4 4 0 4 522 R. Bivens 3 0 2 2 3 3 417 Dr. Sappington 2 4 2 0 2 3 417 As information for those in terested, it may be stated that the size of the target and of the bnll's-eye depends upon the shooting distance. Where the distance is 200 or 300 yards, the target ia4 x 0 feet; the bull's-eye, 8 inches; and around the bull's eye are two circles, each 4 inches in width. At each contest you have seven shots. Hitting the bull's eye counts five; the first circle, 4; the second circle, 3; and any where in the target out side the circles, 2. Hence, 35 is the largest score possible, with 7 shots. When the distance is 500 or GOO yards, the target is 6 x 8 feet, the diameter of the bull's-eye, 20 inches, and the width of the cir cles, 8 inches. At 800 8nd 1,000 yards, the tar get is 0 x 12 feet, 30 inch bull's eye, and circles, 18 inches in wiath. Now, as to position in firing. At 200 yards, you fire standing; at 300 yards, kneeling or sitting; 500 yards, or moie, shoot prone that is lying on your stomach, ENID. Mrs. Mary Keith spent a week with her sons W. R. an Frank in Altoona recently. Our schools began on Monday. We hope for a good term for both scholars and teachers. Mrs. Laura C. Dickson, Phila delphia, is visiting relatives in the Valley. Ritner Black and Veryl Al loway, of Robertsdale, attended the funeral of Mr. Early last Friday. Miss Bessie Willett, Mr. G. S. Edwards and II G. Horton have returned to their work, the form er to Indiana State Normal, the latter to Philadelphia. R. E. Early who went to Mil lersville on August 30th, was called home by the sudden death of his father. He does not ex peep to return at present D. W. C. Cunningham has en tered Millersville to prepare for College. Mr. Kegg, of Mansfield, O., spent a few days with L. W. Cun ningham. L. W. Cunningham left on Sat urday for a little trip. He will be at Bedford, Rainsburg and Fishertown. J. M. Schenck, who was em ployed at Six Mile Run, has been at home sick for a few days, but is better at the present. and quiet after our hustling west em towns. We visited the Par liament Buildings and a tine Museum. But must hasten. We left Ta coma on return trip by Northern Pacific via Spokane, Idaho, Mon tana, Wyoming saw Fcrt Custer and graves of massacreed heroes and on to Alliance, Nebraska; then driving to Denver, Colorado; where we stopped to take an auto ride over the city. Then to Col orado Springs, where we stopped for a few days of sightseeing and at Manitou and among tV.e canons; then on for home and although we had enjoyed our trip so much and seen so much, yet when we saw the miles and miles of wheat, corn, alfalta and orchards of Kansas, it looked good. We were glad to be home again. We wero gone about six weeks. Fear this Is entirely too lengthy aud yet have only touched here and there. Mrs Joel T. Palm er, , Hutchinson, Kan. Recent Deaths. Makemoke. Edward D. Masemore, near Broadcop City, with his wife and child, made a visit to the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Masemore, near Dublin Mills, a few weeks ago. While there, be besame a victim of typhoid fever, and died on the fourteenth of this month, aged 30 years, 8 months, and 17 days. Funeral services were conducted in the Cherry Grove church, Thursday, Septem ber 16, 1909, by Rev. Harry Moy er, of Hustontown. The deceas ed is survived, in addition to his parents, by his wife, an infant son, two brothers, and a sister. Richards. Elizabeth, daughter of A. Cur tis and Minerva Richards, died at their home in Ayr township, on Wednesday of last week, aged 8 months and 3 days. The cause of the child's death was cerebral meningitis. Funeral on Friday, and interment in Union ceme tery. Seiders. James Adam, nine-months-old son of William and Daisy Seiders, of Tod township, died at their home on Sunday, September 19, 1909. The cause of its death was dysentery. Funeral on Monday, and interment in Union cemetery. Strike Declared Off. At a meeting held in Saxton last Friday afternoon by the fed erated railroad unions, the Hun tingdon and Broad Top Railroad strike was officially declared off and the trainmen were compelled to acknowledge that they had been defeated. On July 13 the strike was or dered on and about 85 per cent, of the trainmen of the road left their jobs. During the months since meetings have been held in Huntingdon, Saxton and other places but the Broad Top Com pany, not employing strike break ers, put men in the positions va cated and as far as they were concerned there was no strike. The grand officers of the four big brotherhoods have been in Huntingdon and in the Broad Top region during these weeks but left for other points on Fri day uight after the Saxton meet ing. Many of the old men have already applied to the Broad Top company for positions and some are known to have left for jobs on western railroads. Bark Beetles In Trees. Specimen twigs of fruit trees reached the Division of Zoology of the Dept. of Agriculture, liar risburg, fromCambndgeSprings, Pa , which the sender supposed were infested with San Josescale. State Zoologist Surlace, in ac- knowleding their receipt, gave the following information as to the cause of their badly-appear ing condition: "We find that the pear twigs are infested with scolytids or bark beetles, which are boring in the dead wood beneath the bark. They have not caused the death of these twigs, but they are there because tbe twigs are dead and afford favorable places for the beetles to live. It is prob able that the pear twigs died by blight, and that the beetles came later. There la nothing to do bu t to cut out the dead and dying parts and burn them promptly. For all cases of blight cut out and burn the blighted parts." ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW Snapshots at Their Comings and Goings Here for a Vacation, or Away for a Restful Outing. NAMES OF VISITORS AND VISITED The Lutheran Sunday school of this place held their annual picnic in the grove at McGovem's school house last Saturday, and spent the day very pleasantly. During a game of baseball made up of boys and girls of the sohool Irwin H el man did such wicked pitching that be tore one of tbe muscles of his right arm loose from the bone, and is now carry ing the injured member m a hug. C. B. Stevens spent Monday ight In Chamborsburg on ousi- ness. Ben Fisher has gone to Cham- bersburg where he has employment. Miss Esta Hart, of Needmore, rs a student in the llagerstown High School this year. Harvey Suders, of Chambers- Uurg, spent a few days this week with relatives in this place. Messrs Zack McElhaney and Mack Kerlin, of Taylor, were County Seat visitors Tuesday. Rev. and Mrs. C. W. Bryner and little son Leon are away from home now taking a little vacation. Miss Annie Roisner went to Chambersburg Tuesday where she entered Wilson College as a student. Alex Sloan has returned to his home in this place, after having spent two wueks very pleasantly at Atlantic City. Miss Lillian DeUart, e former compositor in the News office, is visiting the family of her undo Frank Suders, at Greenvillagc, Franklin county. Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Gilhs, of this place, spent tbe time from Monday until Friday of last week, on a visit to their sons. Daniel and Roy in Uarrisburg. Miss Daisy Kelly, of this place, went over to Chambersburg last Saturday, where she expects to be employed during tbe winter at Wilson College. Misses Bessie He! man and KuthRoettger went to Chambers burg Monday, where they will be employed during trie current school year at the Wilson College. Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Robinson left home to day for Morgantown, W. V a., where they will spend a few weeks visiting their daugh ter and son-in-law Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Elder. Edward H. Reisner, who last year took a post graduate course at Yale, left for New York City last week, where he will tane a year's course of study in Colum bia University. , Chas. J. Pagan, of Midland, Md., and Undo John Hano, of Sa luvia, spent last Thursday in Mc Connellsburg. Mr. Eagan owns about twelve hundred acres of timber land near Saluvia. P. Luther Fmiff, of Redmans ville, Pa., spent the time from Saturday until this week with his parents, Mr. aud Mrs. Geo. Finiff, Sr., in Tod towuship, and with other friends and relatives in the Cove. Messrs. G. Ed Dunlap, Frank B. Fleming, David K Anglo, aud Clarence J. Reddig all of Ship pensburg, made an automobile trip from that town to Bedford and return on Tuesday. They paused a few minutes in town for refreshments. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Sloar, went over to 'Franklin county yesterday to spend a couple of weeks with their son in law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Walker. Mr. Sloan has been confined to bis home since the middle of April, and we trust this visit may do him a lot of good physically, and every other way. Mrs. Horace W. Cromer, of Pittsburg, who had been visiting relatives at Maddensvillo " and Port Littleton for several days, peut last Thursday night in town the guest of Miss Amanda Bender and her mother. Mrs. Cromer is a daughter of the late County Superintendent, 11. II, Woodal. Mary's visit was made short here on account of the illness of her mother in Chambersburg.
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