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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.