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VOLUME II
McCONNELLSBURG, PA., OCTOBER 21, 1909.
NUMBER 5
RECORD OF DEATHS.
Persons Well Known to Many of Our
Readers, Who Have Answered
Final Summons.
ALL SEASONS ARE THINE, 0 DEATH.
ZOI'HAU P. llOUTON.
Ziphar Pasco Ilorton, an old
and well known resident of Ever
ett, died at his home Monday af
ternoon, 11th Inst., of apoplexy,
aged 07 years, 5 months, and 29
days. Deceased had a sunstroke
several years ago and suffered
much from its effects. On Fri
day preceding his death, he was
stricken with apoplexy and at
once became unconscious and
he continued unlil his death. Mr.
Ilorton was born m Ilopewell,
April 12, 1812. Wh9n he attain
ed the age of 19 years, the Civil
War began and he at once enlist
ed in Company P, Eighth Regi
ment, Pennsylvania Reserves.
After serving his time of enlist
ment he reinlisted in the 191st
Regiment, Pennsylvania Volun
teers, and served until the close of
the war, his entire service. bein,
fcur years and three months.
On October 10, 18G5, Mr. Ilorton
was married to Miss Mary M.
Sharrar, of Wells Tannery. A
few years afterwards they remov
ed to Everett and resided there
seven years, when they moved to
a larm in Fulton county, where
they resided twenty live years.
Eight years ago the family moved
back to Everett, as Mr. Horton
could no longer endure the hard
work necessary on a farm, and
they have since resided there.
Mr. Ilorton was a faithful mem
ber of the Methodist Episcopal
Qhurch, and was a devout Chris
tian and a good citizen. He was
a member of Lieut. Josiah Baugh
man Post, No. 131, G. A. R. .
lie is survived by his wife and
nine children, as follows: Prank
of Johnstown; Wilbur, of New
York City; Howard, Clarence and
Mrs. May Cornelius, of Pompton,
Lanes, New Jersey; Mrs. W. R
Anderson, of Six Mile Run, and
Emory, Nash and Chester a home.
This is the first death that has
darkened this household. There
also survives him three brothers:
Milton M., ot Shippensburg;
James B., of Wells Tannery; Al
f red C , of Everett, and four sis
ters: Mrs. Elizabeth Cornelius,
of Huntingdon; Mrs. Simon Hi
nish, of Coalmont, Mrs. Mary
Lockard and Mrs. Ruth Edwards,
of New Grenada, this county.
The funeral was held on Wed
nesday afternoon with services
in the Barndollar FirBt ,Metho
dist Episcopal church, conducted
by Rev. John S. Sous'er, of Hun
tingdon.
Esther Peck.
Esther May, daughter of
Thompson W. Peck, died at the
home ot her father at Need more,
this county, Thursday, October
14, 1909, aged 13 years, 5 mmtbs,
and 18 days. Only a few months
ago, Esther was a bright, happy,
girl, apparently in perfect health,
aaa on account of tier amiable
disposition was not only the idol
of her father, but was loved by
every one of her friends, which
were limited only by the number
ol her acquaintances.
Sometime during the past sum
met one of her legs began to hurt
her, and what at first, was sup
pose to be rheumatism, turned
out to be an affectum of the bones
juBt below the knee. This be
came more and more painful un-
in it was feared that an amputa
of the limb would be' necessary.
Specialists from the hospital at
Johnstown, Pa., were brought to
Needmore, and after a thorough
examination, it was determined
to remove the diseased portion of
the bone, believing that the wound
would heal, and that the child
would soon be well. The friends
of the child were, however, doom
ed to tad disappointment and
fter she pasted through aeveral
Birthday Parly.
A fine big turkey, roasted to a
finish, graced ths dinner table at
Mary E Mellott's on Pleasant
Ridge last Sunday. Sunday was
Mrs. Mellott's birthday, and it
had beeu decided to celebrate. A
number of friends had been let
Into the secret, and were on hand
in good time: Then the turkey,
was not the only thing on the ta
ble, for there was sweet potatoes,
honey, good cakes and pie, and
0 well, what's the use in making
your mouth water; maybe you
will get to a birthday party your
self some day, and then you will
know how it goes to sit down to a
table, hungry as a wood saw.
And then, it always takes bo long
to help the plates, and get right
ly started. But when one does
get at at it O my! This was the
77th anniversary, and the nicest
one cf them all. Besides a lot of
nice presents, she received 5"
post cards. Those present were
Michael Mellott, wife and daugh
ters Laura and Mabel and son
Earl; Abram Deshong and wife,
and daughterEva and son George;
David Deshong and wife, Dewey
Truax, John G. Ewing wife and
sons Arthur and Herbert; Scott
and James Mellott, at home.
Bingo.
Mr. and Mrs. Ahimaaz Cleven-
ger attended the Hagerstown fair
last Thursday and were accom
panied home by their daughter
Miss Bertha, who had been spend
ing a few duvs with friends in
Chambersburg. .
GET KNOWLEDGE OF THE LAW.
weeks of intense suffering, death
came to her relief.
The funeral took place last Sat
urday morning, conducted by
Rsv. A. G. Powers, of Needmore,
and interment was made in the
cemetery at the Tonoloway Bap
tist church.
Esther's mother died about ten
years ago, and she is survived by
ker father and stepmother, the
latter of whom was as kind and
thoughtful of Esther's interests
as though Esther had been her
stepmother's own daughter.
James W. Edmundson. '
James W. Edmundson, well
known in this county, died at his
home in Harrisburg, Sunday aft
ernoon, 10th inst, aged 49 years,
11 months, and 5 days. The im
mediate cause of his death was
muscular rheumatism, which was
succeeded by acute dilation of
the heart
For eighteen years, Mr. Ed
mundson had been a clerk in the
railway mail service between New
York and Pittsburg, and for the
last eight years had been a clerk
in charge between those two
points.
He was a working member of
the State Street U. B. church,
was a great reader of deep theo
logical books, a thinker, ' and a
man of deep piety.
Besides his wife, who is a
daughter of Mrs. Porter Ander
son, at Dublin Mills, he is sur
vived by the following children r
Wm. P., Eva L , John O, and
Margaret. Three brothers and
two sisters also survive him,
namely, William T. Edmundson,
ot Cham bersburg; John Edmund
son, of Tyrone; Hezekiah Ed
mundson, of Fannetshurg; Mrs.
Mary Elder, of Lemoyne, Pa ,
rnd Mrs, Edith Ilamme, of York
Mary C Desmond.
Mrs. Mary C. Deshong died In
Harrisburg, on Friday of last
week, aged 58 years and about 2
months. Mrs. Deshong had been
in ill health for some time. Her
remains" were brought to this
county, and the funeral took place
at the Sideling Hill' Christian
church last Sunday. The servl
ces were conducted by Rev, Pow
era, of Needmore, after which in
termeut was made in the ceme
tery at that church. The deceas
ed la survived by two full broth
era, lion. Peter Morton, jf this
place, W. M. Morton, of North
Dakota, and by one half brother,
George W. Morton, ot Belfaat
township.
Ignorance of The Law Will Not Excuse
Anyone From Punishment.
Ignorance of the law excuses
on one. Iterance of the Truth
and what is right is no excuse for
doing what is wrong. It is a fact
that some knowledge of the laws
which govern the soc ety in which
we live is not only mdispensible
to the welfare of every citizen of
our community but is a proper
accomplishment of every manor
woman whether a great scholar
or not.
All ought to know enough of
law to avoid its penalties and reap
the benefit of its observance. In
a country like this, where the
people participate in public af
fairs, it becomes almost neces
sary, in order to secure our mi
vidual rights, that we have an ele
mentaiy knowledge of the law by
which we are governed. This
being the case, our bos and
young men, and girls and young
ladies for that matter too, should
study the first principles of the
foundation of our government
the Constitution ot the United
States of America upon which
is based the other constitutions
of the states and the laws of our
land. Then will they bo better
prepared to comprehend the ele
mer.ts of law necessary for a cor
rtct understanding of their rights
and duties. Some people appear
to think it is theirs to do as they
please and then take the chances
of the 1 iw being so twisted as to
exonorate them from any guilt.
The greater portion of the
crimes of today exist to the ex
tent to which they do from the
fact that the parties committing
them are ignorant of the law or
that they think the power to evade
the punishment is in their favor.
If our young people would get
a copy of the Constitution, (and
in fact some older ones too), of
the United States and study it
thoroughly, they might have a
different opinion of the law and of
themselves as its subjects. There
is no citizen so good a citizen as
the one who abides by the law.
Peach Trees Damaged by Beetles.
Samples of bark from peach
trees, two and three years old,
were received from York county
at the Division of Zoology, De
partment of Agriculture, Har
risburg, with the information that
gum is exuding irom tne
trunks and limbs of the trees.
Answering the letter which ac
companied the samples, Profess
or.Surface said:
"Replying to your recent let
ter, 1 beg to say that the bark of
your peach tree, which you sent,
has been injured by the fruit
bark beetle or shot hole borer.
The thing to do for these trees is
to cut them back severely this
winter alter the lea es drop, and
next spring fertilize them, giving
them plenty of plant food; culti
vate them, and make them grow
as strongly as possible. , Spray
them with the boiled dime-sulfur
wash this winter while they are
dormant. Wash the trunks with
lime sulfur wash now, and mound
the soil around them to a height
of nearly a f ot. hen the buds
are swelling in the spring, spray
tem again with the boiled lime
sulfur wash, aod about the mid
dle of next Juue, wash or spray
the trunks only with lime-sulfur
wash, and mound the earth about
one half foo't around them to keep
the borers out. .Cut out the
worm j from the trees now, so
that there will . be no worms in
them during the wiuter time.
This is the best treatment possi
ble for damaged peach trees. I
do not recommend cutting them
beck now when in leaf, because
too much of the nourishment
which has been elaborated this
summer will be removed by cut
ting back at this time.'"
Kansas the bountiful
FIRST EXCURSION.
Miss Nettie Koauff and Mrs.
Daniel Koauff and daughter spent
several days last wek with Mr.
Rota Hann, and family at Salu
yla, '
A Resident of the "Sunflower State" Gets
Off a Composition Dazzling in De
scription and Ideal as a Sped
men for a State Boomer.
Written for the "News."
The imagination has perform
ed many strange feats, but sure
ly none stranger than the crea
tion of a commonly-accepted pic
lure of Kansas as a treeless.wind
swept, barren land, "as Hat as a
pancake." It is a strange sur
prise to the man who has carried
such a picture on the walls of his
imagination for as long as he can
remember and who now sits in
one of the many great trains that
traverse the state to find a pano
rama of wonderous wealth and
beauty unfolding itself continu
ously before his eyes. He stops
at prosperous cities, with sub
stantial stores, offices, and pub
lie buildings. He looks in vain
for the b vim shacks, he passes
through lovely suburbs and vil
lages, with tree lined walks and
flower gardens rioting in colors
past fields of grain waving above
a man's head, and gentiy bowing
their golden load before the
breeze;by miles of corn above the
wagon tops,iiloug by tree border
ed water courses, where sleek
cattle trowst;past long orchards
down whose deep vistas busy
ones are plucking the rich fruits,
and where a spennen hangs so in
vitingly that he v, consciously
reaches for it; by immense fields
of alfalfa, looking, in its deep
green like inland seas. He talks
with the people and finds them
free hearted, intelligent, friendly
souls," men aud women who came
out to this state with little in their
hands and large courage in their
hearts, and who new enjoy com
fort, plenty, independence. He
sees all this new wonder and
beauty sweeping by him and lean
ing back, says softly to himself,
"This is God's country."
It is a great thing to be "in the
middle of things." That is where
you are when you are in Kansas
in the middle of things geo
graphically, so far as the United
States is concerned. In the mid
die of things commercial, agri
cultural, political and financial.
You are in the middle of the corn
the wool, the wheat, the beef.and
the butter of the United States.
In a word you are in the middle
of prosperity when you are m
Kansas. This is the actual hub
of the United States. Diagonals
drawn lrom Duluth, to Galveston,
from San Francisco to Washing
ton,from Olympia to Tallahassee,
from Sacramento to Augusta, in
tersect in the very center of Kan
sas. Through Kansas flow all of
the great tides of our nation
She is at the heart of things; she
has well been called "the cote of
a continent."
Our heritage from the tribe of
the Kansas Indians, our easy ac
quisitlon from Prance our imper
lal daughter of the west, she is
just coming into the dominion and
glory that belongs to her, and
more than all her past and her
present, she is "the land of prom
ise. " ' Her future, easily and de
finitely prognostical from her
past, invites the man who is fac
ing toward better things to come
and make his home and find bis
fortune in her broad domain.
The difficulty in telling the
truth about Kansas is to tell the
whole truth and not to scale down
the facts so as to make them cred
ible to the ears of those who Vae
not seen the evidences ot the won
drous wealth and prosperity of
the state. Kansas raises over
three bushels of corn for every
man, woman and child In the
United States. Kansas has the
largest orchard in the world and
furnishes apples for the royal
households of England and Ger
many. Sweeter to me than the Mil nee ipry,
Toe frUHntnoe of Miuiwer riua;
Neir my hert tbu the mighty hlUa,
Are the wind nwept Kuuh ple'u.
J. W. Brown,
Wells, Kan aaa,
On New Fulton Uunty Railroad, Ran Last
Sunday From Wells Tannery Across
the Old Rroadtop Mountain
The peaceful quiet of Sabbath
morning that has reigned for so
many years in Wells Valley, was
last Sunday broken by the whis
tle of the loom tive, carrying a
train load of about one hundred
excursionists from WellsTannery
station, on t ho new railroad, up
and across the Broad top moun
tain. The weather was perfect,
and as the train wended its way
up the moUDtain side, switching
back and fovth to overcome the
grade, the view ever the sur
rounding lowlands was fine, and
the tinted leaves on the trees,
more beautiful than the most ar
tistic paintei could produce, made
the trip all the more charming.
The train left Wells Tannery
at 8:30, a. m., and arrived at
Glonsida on schedule time, 9: Jj.
The air on the top of the moun
tain was bracing and its invigor
ating influence sent the blood
tingling through the veins of the
older members of the party until
they felt they had found the
grand panacea for the restoration
of porpetua! youth.
Too much cannot be said for
the courtesy of the management,
and their thoughtfulness for the
comfort and safety of their pa
trons. As an example: As the
engine was puffing up the moun
tain, and the train was worming
its way doing its best not to lose
sight of the engineer, the pass
engers were startled by a heart
rending cry, and, at once, every
body concluded that some one
had fallen off and had been crush
ed beneath the cruel wheels of
the coaches. The conductor
pulled on the bell rope, the emer
gency brake was Instantly ap
plied by the engineer, and the
train came to a dead stop. Quick
ly an investigation was mado,
when it was found that some fel
low's hat had blown off. The
flagman was sent to recover the
hat, and the owner was soon made
happy by having the tile replaced
on his pato.
The excursionists were all
guests of the Rightley Bros. &
Co., who own and operate the
road, and the excursionists take
this method in expressing their
appreciation ot the courtesy thus
extended, and wish them abund
ant success in their enterprise.
Oct 8, 1909.
Subacnbe tor the Nsws.
Our old time friend George
Pinniff, Sr., of Todd township,
called at the News office Tuesday
to arrange for the advertisement
of his sale, which will take place
onthellch of November. Mr.
and Mrs. Finniff, two mighty nice
old people, have come down to
that time in life, when they think
it best to break up housekeeping
and spend the remainder of their
days among their children. Be
sides those in this county, they
have one son living in I lagers -
town, one in Chambersburg, a
daughter in Newville, a son in
Pittsburg, a daughter in the
West and so, by the time they
get around among them, all, they
will have had a pretty long and a
very interesting, and if their
health keeps good, a very pleas
ant visit, both to themselves and
their children. Mr. Pinniff ia
one ol those men identified with
Pijlton county iu its infancy; for
be served on one of the first jur
ies, and has served his township
as supervisor agreat many terms.
Mrs. Lizzie Fix will have occa
sion to wish that she had about
a half dozen birth days every
year, if they would all be as de
lightful as the one that occurred
on the 9 th inst. A number of
ner friends assembled at her
home, and swapped yams, ate a
good dinner, and bad a good time
generally. Lizzie has a number
of nice gifts by which Bhe will re
member the occasion ' very pleas
iutly for a long time. Among
those present were friends from
Pittsburg, Altootia, and Webater
Mllla.
The Proposed Amendments.
Do not overlook the matter of
voting intelligently on the pro
posed amendments to the Consti
tution of Pennsylvania, at the
election next Tuesday a week.
The entire text of the amend
ments have been advertised in
the News during the past three
months, and have doubtless been
read and studied carefully by
most voters. The matter of vot
ing for the amendments is not a
political matter, but every voter
should cast his ballot for the
intendments because it will
mean a saving of large sums of
mouey to the respect've counties
and townships every year. The
following synopsis will help to an
understanding of what is in
tended: No. 1 Provides that where a
vacancy in office occurs two
months or more before the gener
al election in November in offices
in which vacancies may be tilled
by appointment of the Governor
the vacancy shall be filled at
the said election.
The provision now in force is
that the vacancy shall have occur
red three months or more before
the election.
No. 2 Fixes the term of the
State Treasurer and of the Audi
tor General at four years each,
instead of three and two years,
respectively, as at present; but
provides that the State Treasur
er and the Auditor General elect
ed in 1909 shall serve terms of
three years each.
No. 3 Provides that the term
if office of Justices of the Peace
md of Aldermen shall be six
years, instead of five years, as at
present.
No. 4 Applies only to Philadel
phia and fixes the term of office
of Magistrate at six years. At
present the term is five years.
No. 5 Provides that the gener
al election shah beheld biennially
in each even-numbered year, on
the Tuesday next following the
drst Monday of November, in
stead of annually, as at present.
No. f Abolishes the February
election and provides that the
municipal election shall be held
bienniaily, in the odd numbered
years, on the Tuesday next fol
lowing the first Monday of No
vember, instead of annually, as at
present.
No. 7 Provides that Election
Boards shall be elected biennial
ly instead of annually, aud fur
ther, that the General Assembly
may o.y law require 'said boards
to be appointed, either generally
or in cities only, instead of being
elected.
No. 8 Provides that State of
ficers shall be elected on a general
election day (November of even-
numbered years), and that local
officers shall be elected on a mu
nicipal election day (Novembei of
odd numbered years).
No. 9 Fixes the term of office
of all county officers at four
years, instead of three, as at pres
ent
jfo. 10 Provides that the terms
of office of County Commission
ers and of County Auditors shall
be four years, instead of three
years, as at present, classifying
them as county officers coming
under the ninth amendment
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
School Reports.
WKRSTKU MILLS,
Number of pupils enrolled, 18;
average attendance, 17; per cent
of attendance, 97,
Following pupils attended every
day: Earl Gordon, Catherine
Bivens, Marv Bivens, Florence
Bain, Viola Cooper, Ada Cooper,
Zella Crouso, Eva Crouse, Cath
erine Glenn, Mildred Glazier,
Esther Kendall, Olive Nelsen.
Blanch Nelsen. Stella SI pes,
teacher,
Miss Minnie E. Mock, who is
teaching at . Churchtown, Pa.,
this winter spent the time from
Saturday until Monday morning
with her mother, Mra. Elisabeth
Mock of thia place. , Miaa Minnie
waa accompanied home by her
friend, Miaa Cora Hoerner,
Mrs. Sabina Mellott and son
Webster, ot Gem, spent Monday
in town shopping.
Elijah Baldwin, of Port Little
ton, was in town attending to bus
mess last Saturday.
Joseph Thomas and Daniel Ott
spent last Sunday at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Clouser at
Laurel Ridge.
Ex-Commissioner Z. Bland
Barnett, of Taylor, called at the
News office on business while in
town last week.
ThurmanLynchand lady friend
and Howard Lynch, were among
those who attended tho Ilagers
town Fair last Thursday.
Samuel Divens, of Knobsville,
called at the News office while in
town Tuesday, aod advanced his
subscription well into the year
1910.
Mr. and Mrs. Levi Skiles and
son Wallace, of Pleasant Ridpe,
were pleasant callers at the News
office, while in towu last Satur
day.
Mrs. D. R. Mellott and son El
mer, of Pleasant Ridge, were in
town attending to business last
Saturday and took dinner at
Judge Morton's.
Miss Lydia Martin, who has
been engaged in the millinery
business in Philadelphia, return
ed home Tuesday lor a vacation
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
C Martin.
John Shimer, who holds a re
sponsible position with P. & L. E.
railroad at McKees Rocks, Pa., is
spending his annual vacation with
his mother, Mrs. Anna Shimer,
in this place.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Lockard re
turned to their home in Altoona
on Tuesday of last week, after
having spent some time visiting
the latter's parents, Res', and
Mrs. W. M. Hann and other re
latives in this county.
Mr. aud Mrs. Geo. A. Stewart,
of Wells Valley, spent the time
from Saturday until Tuesday
visiting among their McConnells
burg friends. Mr. Stewart
passed through a very severe
spell of fever, and we are glad to
see him out again, and hope that
he may have better health than
for a long time.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wilson,
of Pittsburg, are spending this
week at the Fulton House. Mr.
Wilson formerly owned tho Andy
Washabaugh farm, and during
that time he and Mrs. Wilson
spent much of their time here.
They have many friends here
who always extend the glad hand
of welcome when thev return.
J. J. Conrad, who owns and
lives on a nice farm near Carlisle,
accompanied by Mr. Daniel
Weary a neighboring farmer and
also an ex-Prothonotary of Cum
berland county, spent a few days
during the past week among Mr.
Conrad's relatives and friends in
town and the Cove. Mr Conrad
likes his new home n Cumber
land county very much. Mr.
Weary is a very pleasant gentle
man. Mr. Uoward B. Arrison, of
Philadelphia, spent the time from
Friday until Monday in McCon
nellsburg. From sometime in
1808, until March 18119, Mr.
Arrison was in partnership
with the late Thomas Pat
terson in the mercantile bust
ness in McConnellsburg, and
part of that time was superin
tendent of the Presbyterian Sun
day school. When Mr. Arrison
walked into the Sunday school
last Sunday morning after an ab
sence of more than forty years,
be did not recogniza any- of the
facea that were familiar to him
when be bad charge of the school
He ia now in the Real Estate and
Inauranoe bualneaa.