t ' Mm mote. VOLUME 11 McCONNELLSBURG, PA., SEPTEMHER 30, 1909. NUMBER 2 TOO MUCH ARITHMETIC. Superintendent Brumbaugh Does Not Be lieve in the Brain-Racking, Nerve Torturing "Examples." PAY MORE ATTENTION TO LANGUAGE. Have you ever sat on a school bench chewing your pencil, gaz ing alternately at a smudgy slate, then out of the window, trying to solve a problem in cube root or figure out a propoaition in medial proportion? If you have you will be glad to know that a merciful decree is about to go forth simplifying tho arithmetic course in public schools, in Philadelphia, at least. Superintendent Brumbaugh docs not believe in the brain-rack Ing, nerve torturing "examples" which are of no practical value in a student's after-life, and which only befog his mentality and make school a bugbear, lie will call a meetinj? of principals and teach ers to decide what superfluous branches of arithmetic can be eliminated m order to simplify the course and give more time to essential English studies. Compound ratio, compound pro portion, bank discount, cube root, medial proportion, are a few of the rules that will be stricken off the common school arithmetic. No child whose later need of antb metic will be limited to addition, multiplication, subtraction and division, will be asked to figure out the universal price of nine horses and seven cows sold at $300, and sixteen horses and thir teen cows sold for the same sum. "Too much emphasis has been laid," said Dr. Brumbaugh, "and too much time spent on arithme tic problems, which only serve to perplex the pupil. English branches have been neglected on this account, and the children have not had the necessary edu cation in reading, writing, and speaking English correctly. The very phrasing of the problems is so involved and so complicated that the child loses sight of the mental process in untangling the language." TIMELY WARNING TO HUNTERS. CLEAR K DOE. Philip Ilileman, wife and kittle daughter Elsie Mae, of Altoona, are spending some time visiting in the home of Mrs.llileman's pa rents Calvin Baker and wife. J. M. Campbell, of Neelyton, K J. Fleming, ot McConnells- burg, McGinnis Fleming, of Shade Gap, spent Saturday night and Sunday in the home of T. E. Fleming and wife. Some of the farmers are thresh ing buckwheat. Mrs. J. W. Mower spent Mon day at Henry Frakei's. ' Miss Zelpha Fleming who has been seriously ill with typhoid fever for quite a while, still re mains no better. Geo. Wilds, of Fort LittletoD, was transacting business hereon Monday. Dr. R. B. Campbell, of New Grenada is almost a daily visitor to this place, wklch denotes sick ness. J. U. Appleby, wife and four. children spent Sunday at N. B Henry's. Wm. Keetaugh and John W. Mower made a trip to Mowers ville last week. John L. Henry loaves for Johnstown this week to remain tor an indefinite time.' Miss Minnie Grove after spend ing a week in the borne of her aister Sarah, Mrs. Judson Mad den, of Meadow Gap, returned . homo on Sunday accompanied by Miss Maym Madden. Farmers Should and Must Be Protected Against the Careless Hunters. With the hunting season fast approaching and with all kinds and conditions of men and boys planning to get into the woods and fields in search of game, it may interest all nimrods to know that they are subject to certain laws governing hunting, which some of them at least forget or overlook from one season to an other. Most important is the trespass law. Farmers and oth er land owners may under the provisions of thlaw, prevent any person walking over or upon their lands by posting notices warning all persons from trespassing thereon. The notices must be placed in conspicuous parts of the land to be effective. Already many farms are pla carded and year by year the land which may be hunted over grows less in extent. This is due tor the most part to the fact that farmers tear to permit hunters on their land lest their property be destroyed by fire or otherwise. Hunters of the amateur grade who go upon the land of the farm er are likely to set fire to bams and other bu ldings and break down l'wnces or do other mischief. To protect themselves and their properties the farmers take ad vantage of the law which prohib its trespassing, and the reckless or careless hunter is partly re sponsible for the passage of this law. Another law in which hunters are interested is that-relating to forest fires. This law was pass ed for the purpose of protecting the forests of the state from de struction from fires set by care less hunters and others. In the hunting season, with the woods filled with hunters whose only de sire is to kill game, there are cer tain to be many fires started in the woods and thoughtlessly left to burn" or be imperfectly extin guished. To put au end to this the law punishes those responsi ble for the fires. . if, eventually, the hunter is excluded from larm ers lands, it will have been the result of their own disregard for the rights of other people. The Valley Times. with REV. WM. A. WEST, D. D. Died at the Summer Residence of His Son-ln-Law, W. W. Jennings, at Duncannon, Pa. It. Holmes Thompson, a for mer typo to the News office, but now one of the clerks In the poatofflce at Tyrone, Pa., left for that citv this week after having spent sev eral days very pleasantly in the home of his mother and sister in ii t - vuis place, lie lore coming to McCiunollsburg Holme visited Niagara Fall and Toronto. BUR T CABINS. Miss Mary Peterson, of Orbi- sonia, spent Saturday friends here. , Ed. Welch, who has been em ployed in Mount Union, has ie- tuaned home. Miss Blanche Cromer, of Fort Littleton, spent part of last week with her sister Mrs. John Bald win. James Waters, Jr., daughtor Margaret and son Donald, spent Sunday in the home of Mr. Wa ter's parents near this place, George Charlton and wife, of Knobsville, Bpent Sunday with the latter 's parents, Mr. aud Mrs Denme Finley. Sam. Bowman, who had been ill, is able to be about again Frank Bare, of Fort Littleton, passed through our town last week one evening, on his way home, with his new automobile, We were sorry to lose Warren Welch who has gone to Wastiiffg- ton, D. C. to attend school. Mr. Welch was superintendent of the M. E. Sunday school. Blaine Mathias who has been absent for some time, has return ed home. We are glad to state that Mrs, Mary Copendaver, who had been ill, is Blowly improving. Mrs. Anna llouck and daugh ter Esther. Mrs. Dora McGowan and daughters Martha and Vara, Mrs. Laura Welch, Mrs. Maggie Briggs, and Ruth Muwma, spent Sunday afternoon very pleasaut ly in the home of Roy North.' and wife near this place. The social that was to be held on the 18th inst. will be held on Saturday October 2ad, io the home of Rev. Pittiuger. Come one, Come alL ON LAST SABBATH MORNING. Rev. William A. West, D. D a former pastor of the Presbyter ian church at this place and at Greenhill, died at the home of his son in law, William W. Jennings, at Duncannon, Pa., last Sabbath morning. His remains were brought to Mercersburg on the 2:28 train Tuesday afternoon, and interment was made in the lamily lot in tne Mercersburg cemetery. The services at Mercersburg wore in charge of Rev. Dr. Rose, and in obedience to an expressed Rev. Wm. A. Wkst, D. D. desire of Dr. West only a few weeks ago, thev were unostenta tious. At the grave, the usual ritual service was read by Rev. Dr. Rose; the twenty third psalm was read by Rev. Dr. Reed, of Newville; prayer was offered by Rev. Dr. Chambers, of Harris burg, and the benediction was prouounced by Rev. Dr. Mai tin, of Shippensburg. Among those present as the last sad rites were being performed were many rep resentatives from McConnells- burg, Welsh Run, and Path Val ley former pastorates. The deceased was born at Land- isburg, Pa., February 5, 1823, and at the time of his death was aged 84 yaars, 7 months, and 1 day. In the same year that he was born, Dr. West's parents removed to Warm Springs, Per ry county, where they remained until 1836, when they removed to New Bloom field to obtain bet ter school facilities. In his nine teenth year, he having decided that his life work should be that of a minister of the Gospel, he en tered the Freshman class in Mar shall College, Mercersburg, Pa., and graduated from that institu tion in his twenty fifth year. Im mediately following this, he took, a three years' course in the Wett em Theological Seminary at Alle gheny, Pa. On the 14th of April, 1852, lie was licensed to preach the Gospol, by the Presbytery of Carlisle, at Hagerstown, Md. On the 23d day of Juno, 1853, he was installed pastor of the Upper Path Valley church, aud remained there for more than twenty years. The seventoeu years of his life, next following, was spent in liar risburg doing missionary work under the auspices of the Market Square, and the Pine Street, church. His work in Harris-bu-rg was eminently successful. After leaving Ilarrisburfc-, Mr. West.took charge of the Second Presbyterian Church, Carlisle, during the absence of its pastor, Rev. Geo. Norcross, and served it somewhat over a year. The next five years he spent as pastor of tho Robert Kennedy Memorial church at Welsh Rud, Pa, The next two years he was President of Metzgar College, Carhslo, Pa. His last pastorate was that of the united churches of McConnellsburg and Greenhill, which he began April 1, 1900, and closed finally on the first day of Noember, 1907. Dr. West has boon the staled clerk, of the Carlisle Presbytery WHEEL WENT DOWN. Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Bedford Had Automo bile Trouble on Way to Get- -tysburg. The Foltz correspondent in last week's Mercersburg Journal says that Mr. md Mrs. o. L. Bedford, accompanied by Mr, and Mrs. Fields, left home Sab bath morning in Mr. Bedford's automobile, intending to spend the day on the battlefield at Get tysburg, All went lovely until they were within a mile of Fay etteville, when one of the wheels collapsed, the machine, of course, was out of business, and the visit to Gettysburg postponed to some other time. They went to work and stowed the machine in a nearoy shed, re turned to Chambersburg by trol- 1 y, thence to Greencastle, where they were met by Mr. Bedford's team that had been summoned by phone, and the party were safe at their home at Foltz by sev en o'clock in the eveuing, thank ful that they had escaped from what might have been a very ser ious accident. O i Monday morn ing Mr. Bedford had the car ship ped to the Crawford factory at Hagei town for repairs. RECORD OF DEATHS. Persons Well Known to Many of Our Readers, Who Have Answered Final Summons. Assessors to Be More Careful. As a result of a communica tiou rce,v-d oy the county com misKiouers from the state de partment at Hsrrisburg, orders have oeon issued to the assessors of the districts to make a more careful return of the taxables for the triennial assessment. All males owr the age of 21 must be assessed as taxables. If they have no stated occupation, they must be assessed, regard less. The list by which the as sessors are to be guided, shows that men may be taxed anywhere from 50 cents to $10, according as they are laborers, not regular ly empioyed, or old men, in the one case, aud merchauts with an income of over $10,000 a year in the other. A case in Tioga connty is cited. Attorney General Young makes it plain that if wrong estimates are given by taxables or none is given, the commissioners may add a 50 per cent, penalty. It is for the benefit of tho district that the assessors return as many taxables as possible since the state appropriation is based on the total. George F. Bloser, a Greencas tie Jeweler and member of town Council, has been made the de fendant in a quo warranto pro-' ceeding to show cause why he should not be removed from of fice. It is alleged in the writ that as a member of town Coun cil fie accepted a salary of $20 a year as clock winder. The facts are sworn to by George M. Heil man, of Greencastle. The writ is retunable October 26. ' for over thirty years, a position he occupied at the time of his death. He was also a member of the Board of Trusteos of Wilson College, and for many years was its honored President. Dr. West had the honor, re spect and esteem of every one who knew him. He was the salt of the earth in- its truest sense. During his long lif 3 of over eighty years, of which almost sixty were spent in the ministry, be went about doing good, not in any os tentatious manner, but in his own quiec and gentle way. What he accomplished for humanity will never be known except in the records-above. He was an example to all mankind. His death re moves a figure that has been most prominent in the affairs of the Presbyterian church in the Cum berland Valley. Dr. West's wife preceded him by several years. He leaves three daughters, Miss Annie, a missianary in Japan; Mrs. Wm. Jennings,' of Duncannon; Mrs. Sharpe Patterson, of Newville. He was also the father of four children, all of whom aro dead, ALL SEASONS ARE THINE, 0 DEATH. SUMMARY OF THE NEW GAME LAW. Mks. Lydia Swbi'G At her home in Licking Creek township on Wednesday, Septem ber 22, 1909, Mrs. Lydia Swope died at the age of 74 years, and 9 days. About a week previous to her final dissolution, she had a strone of paralysis, and from that time until the hour of her death, she could not eat, move, nor bpeak. The deceased was married to William Swope October 13, 1853, her husband dying several years ago. To this union were born tou children six boys and lour girls all of whom grew to man hood and womanhood before there was a break in the family by death. Since that time Death has taken two sons and two dauL,h ters, the father, and now the mother. It has been but a short time since the death of one daugh ter and two of her loved grand children. Mrs. Swope was a consistent member of the Methodist Epis copal church at Ebenezer ever siuce her girlhood, and she al ways attended the public services in the church as long as her health would permit. Iu hei home she wis noted far and wide for her generous hospitality; she was a good neighbor, a kind wife and mother, and always had a kind word for everybody, so that her friends were numbered only by ber acquaintances. The children surviving are: Et ta, wife of H. Truax; Eila, wife of E. Mellott, of Pleasant Ridge; Watson, an eminent physician and surgeon in Pittsburg; Rich ard. of Pittsburg; Robert, of Puritan, Pa.; and Edward, at home. She leaves, also, twenty one grand children, and five great grand-children. Funeral was held last Thurs day at 11 o'clock, services con ducted by her pastor, Rev. Mc Garvey, assisted by Rev. Mellott, a Dunkard minister. Newman. Blanche May, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Newman, died at their home in Waterfall, Thurs day, September 23, 1909, aged 4 months. Funeral at Zion M. E. church, Friday afternoon, and the services were conducted by Rev. Fleegal, of Three Springs. As Mr. and Mrs. J. K, John ston, and brother, O. S. Johnston, in an automobile, were passing through Foltz, on their return Tuesday evening from Dr. West's funeral in Mercersburg, Mrs. Johnston was struck in the lace by a stone thrown by a boy on the sidewalk. The stone broke Mrs. Johnston's spectacles, and inflicted a painful bruit e. While the boy is only four years of age, there is evidently enough deprav ity in his make-up to insure his entrv into a State Reformatory. On Monday Leslie McGovern drove a two horse team out into hi orchard to gather apples pre paratory to making cider. In the orchard was a tent that seem ed to make one of the horses nerv ous, but Mr. McGovern eppre-' bonded no serious trouble, and went to work gathering the ap ples. As the first were thrown into the empty wagon box, the noise made, startled the horses again and they staited to run, when the end of a dead limb ran into the face of one of the horses, near the eye, crushing the bone and making an incision several inches. Dr. Kuhn, of Mercera burg was telephoned for' and came over, and gave necessary directions for the care of the in jured animal Tho horse was worth about two hundred and fifty dollars. Arc Very Stringent, Especially in The Case of Unnaturalized Foreigners. As the game season opened for several species of game on the first of September the following brief summary of the game laws as amended by the last Legisla ture may be of interest to those who may desire to capture any game and also, to land owners who are often much annoyed by hunters: Deer November 15 to Decem ber 1. Only one male deer with horns in a season. Hunting with a shot gun prohibited. Penalty $100. Bear October 1 to January 1. Penalty, $50. Squirrels October 15 to De cember 1. Six in one day. Pen alty $10 for each squirrel. Rabbits November 1 to Dec- cember 15. Ten in one day. Penalty $10. Quail October 15 to November 15. Ten in one day, 40 in one week, 75 in a season. Penalty $25 for each bird. Turkeys October 15 to Novem ber 15. One in one day, two a season. Penalty $25 for each bird. Woodcock October 1 to De cember 1. Ten in one day, 20 a week, 50 a season. Penalty $25 for each bird. Pheasant October 15 io De cember 1. a in one day, 20 a week, 50 a season. Penalty $25 for each bird. Doves, blackbirds Scptamber 1 to January 1. Jack Snipe September 1 to May 1. Ducks, geese and other wild water fowl September 1 to April 10. It Is unlawful to hunt game birds by night i. e. one hour after sunset until an hour before sun rise. Non-resident hunters are re quired to obtain a license, cost ing $10. Unnaturalized foreigners are forbidden to hunt or to even own a rifle, shot gun or revolver. ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW Snapshots at Their Coinings and Goings Here for a Vacation, or Away for a Restful Outing. NAMES OF VISITORS AND VISITED NEhDMORE- Jack Frost has already made his appearance several times. Esther Peck is not so well at present William Montgomery, and wife, of Illinois are visiting the form er's aunt, Mrs. Maria Palmer, and other lriends here. William Mellott went to Mis sissippi last week where he has secured employment. Miss Olive Peck spent last week with her mother, Mrs. Mary Peck. Ross Mellott and wife spent Sunday with Mrs. Melott's pa rents, Eld. and Mrs. Funk. The Needmore S. S. choir will meet in the Hall Tuesday evening to rehearse the music for chil dren's service at Cross Roads next Sunday at 2:30 p. m. Most of our people are done cutting corn. Miss Belle Mellott was very much surprised when a unmber of her friends assembled at her home Saturday evening to ie mind her of another birthday. Worked New Game. George C. Thompson, of Phila delpbia, worked a new flim-flam game on the farmers of Bucks county by which he secured a pleasant summer including board. The game consisted of going to an express office and sending a package of blank pa per to the treasury department at Washington, telling the ex press agent the package contain ed $50,000 in United States bonds. With the receipts for the "bonda" in his possession Thompson work ed the farmers until he was ar rested. A clerk in tho treasury department testified Thompson had sent in a million dollars worth. If George sends any more ho will have to send them from the Bucks county Jail, as be is in for three years. Mrs. Harry A. Thompson, of Tyrone, is spending some time with relatives and friends in this place. Miss Murme Rummel went ov er to Chambersburg yesterday morning, and will be employed at Wilson College. C. II. Eitemiller, wife and little daughter Myrtle Catherine, of Mercersburg, spent a couple of days last week visiting relatives on this side of the mountain. Mr. and Mrs. David Keefer and four children, of Mercersburg, spent Irst Sunday with Mrs. Keefer's mother, Mrs. Matilda II el man, on North First street. Mrs. Jacob Motter aud daugh ter Miss Bess returned home last Wednesday after having spent several days very pleasantly vis iting friends iu Carlisle and in Chambersburg. Miss Sue Orth, of Fort Little ton, returned home on Saturday, after having spent a little over a week with her sister, Lavina Ear ly, widow of the late J. Foster Early, in Wells Valley. Mrs. J. E. Lyon and little daugh ters Mildred and Ruth, drove down from their home at West Dublin last Saturday, and remaiu ed in the home of the Misses Dickson until Sunday evening. Preston Deshong and sou How ard, of Everett, and Mrs. J. Lake Garland and daughter Pearl, of Ayr township, were guests of their sister Mrs. Ellis Trogler, near Mercersburg, last week. Mrs. Mary A. Kelly has just re turned to her home in this place, after having spent two weeks very pleasantly visiting friends in Baltimore and Brooklyn, Md , Chambersburg, and Mercers burg. Walter C. Peck, who has been in ill health at the Washington House for several weeks, took advantage of the nice weather to make a trip to Bedford last week. He enjoyed the trip very much, anl does not seem any worse for the exertion. Mr. Caleb B. Hockensmith, formerly of Licking Creek town ship, but for several years a resi dent of Johnstown, has just re turned from a very pleasant visit through the West during which time he visited h's son, and his brothers David and Obadiah. Thomas B. Stevens, returned to his home in this place last Friday after having spent four mouths in Iowa. Mr. Ste veus is looking fat and hearty. One might be led to judge from his appearance that ho had been eating a good deal aud not work ing much. Mrs. Howard Skipper, and little sons Boyd and Clyde, of Waynesboro were cullers at the News office yesterday morning. They, accompanied by Mrs. Skip per 's son, Wilbur Sipes, of llir risburg, came over last Saturday, and spent the time until yester day visiting Mrs. Skipper's fath er William Vallance, her daugh ter Grace, and other relatives and friends. They took the noon hack here yesterday for their re spective homes. J. Howard Shimer, wifo and two Bons, of McKees Rooks, Pa , arrived in McConnellsburg last Thursday, and are visiting Mr. Shimer's mother, Mrs. Anna Shimer, and other relatives and frieuds in. town. While Howird learned the printing trade in the Republican office in this place, and worked at the business a number oi years, he has for some time held a position as fore man in the repair shops of the r. dfc L. E. Railrcad Com piny at McKees Rocks, aud is enjoying health and prosperity in that hustling industrial center of the Keystone State,
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