est (1 W m II I r I AW 0m i' VOLUME 11 McCONNELLSBURG, PA., JULY 7. 1910. NUMBER 39 RETURNING TO PERSIA. Mlsslonariea Rev. and Mrs. Charles R. Pittman, Who Have Spent a Year's Vacation la (his Country, SAIL FROM NEW YORK TO-DAY. t- After having spent a year's va cation in this country, the last few weeks of which were spent m McConnellsburg, Rev. and Mrs ' Charles R. Pittman lelt for New York Tuesday morning to be in readiness to sail from that city this morning in the Steamship Barbarossa, on the North Ger man Lloyd line, for Plymouth, England, which will be their first stage on their return trip to Ta briz, Persia, Mr. Pittman a son of the late Jacob ana Sarah (Kerr) Pittman, was born in Ayr township. Aft AT HUSTONTOWN. The Celebration of the "Glorious Fourth" Was None The Less Successful for Having Been Held on the 2nd. PARSONAGE DEBT CLEANED UP, c3f ').. Rkv. Charles R. Pittman. er having attended his home pub lic school, and the lccal select schools and au academy, he spent eight years in a college and semi nary course, preparing himself for the foreign missionary field. In the summer of 1900, he was assigned to Persia, by the Board of Foreign Missions of the Pres byterian church, and the Broad Street Presbyterian church, of Altoona, Pa., assumed his sup port. August 18th of that year, he sailed from New York, and in the early autumn, was on his field and at work. While he is working in one of the oldest countries in the world, he is among a people that have fallen thousands of years behind in the march of civilization, and to add to the difficulty of the sit ' uation, the people are almost hopelessly entangled in the mesh es of Mohammedanism. If Char he had been looking for an easy job on the foreign field, he could have selected almost any other in preference to the one he has. In the summer ot 1902, Miss Lucille Drake, of Chicago, who from her childhood had a strong interest in missions, decided to offer her services to the Board, and she was sent to teach in a Girl's School in Tabriz, Persia the school, of course, being under the control of the Presbyterian Board, Pour years latere the McConnellsburg missionary and the Chicago missionary felt that they could be more helpful to each other, and together, could accomplish more in the great cuuso in which they had pledged their life service, if they were to be urited in marriage, ana so Miss Drake became Mrs.Pittman, When a missionary serves eight years in a foreign field, he . is given a furlough of a year, dur lag which time he is permitted to return to bis native land When he leaves home his ezpens es are paid . to the foreign field but no salary. When he reaches the field bis salary, which varies according to the cost of living la different places, begins, -and the missionary pays his own ezpens . When he starts home on bis vacation, the Board stops his sal try and takes up his traveling ex ' peases. When he reaches home the expenses stop and the salary begins, Ac. Mr. Pitt man's sal ary ig fiVe hundred dolllars year. Mrs. Pittman 's the same. When it is considered that eight The successful manner in which Fourth of July celebrations have been conducted at Hustontown during tha last few years has won for that town the confidence of those who went to have a pleas ant outing on that day; and, con sequently, when it is announced that Hustontown is going to "cel ebrate" they get a big crowd. For several years the Metbo-1 dist people of the Hustontown charge have been wrestling with a parsonage debt, and it occurred to the more enterprising of their membership, that it would be a good thing this year to mix patri otism and religion together to the extent that the aforesaid debt might be vanquished. Hence, the church people of the Charge, planned early and earnestly for a Union Celebration for Saturday, July 2nd, and the result was most gratifying. The weather man furnished good weather; the la dies furnished the cakes, and other good things to eat; the men, the ice cream, watermelons, and pop; silver tongued orators de livered happy addresses; the amusements were clean and en tertaimng; the base ball game was up to the scratch, and the big crowd jnst turned their wallets inside out and poured money into the church treasury until there was enough to pay all incidental expenses, totally wipe out the of fending debt, and have a nice sum for other worthy purposes. The Committee who had the matter In charge are very grate ful lor the magnificent encour agement given them, and for the very generous patronage of the public; and the public, in return, are just as p rof use in their thanks to the Committee for providing for them such a pleasant way to spend a midsummer holiday. Fine Flock of Turkeya. Up in the Spring Run section of northern Franklin county, many residents are giving atten tion to the raising of turkeys, as attested by the following, sent by a correspondent of the Peo ple's Register: The largest flock of turkeys in this vicinity is owntd by Mrs. Emma Shearer and Mrs. Manila Coons.. Mrs. Shearer has thirty six and they are getting along nicely. Mrs. Coons has sixty five turkeys with two hens. To keep the hens from flying over fences and going astray. Mrs. C. has a shingle tied across their backs. She also baa a turkey bell on each one of her hens, so she can find them in the wheat and deep grass without any trou ble. Harry Deshong, of 'Andover, spent a few hours in town Tues day. Dr. and Mrs. Rose, Celebrated Their Twentieth Keunfoo. On Tuesday evening, June 28th the Presbyterian manse, Mercers burg, was the scene of an event of more than ordinary interest. The occasion was the celebration of the marriage of Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Rose. Rev. J. G. Rose, D. D., and Miss Effle Brown Rose, were married in Parkersburg, West Va., on June 26, 1890, and have lived nearly all the years inter vening in Mercersburg, where Rev. Rose has been the pastor of the Presbyterian church since 1862. years were spent in preparing for the work, together with the money that eight years of college life would incur, it is plaiu that these faithful people did not choose this work from a mercen ary point of view. While Mr. Pittman had the Lat In, Greek, and Hebrew, together with some French and German, which one gets in a college coarse, after he went to Persia it was ne cessary that he master the lan guages of that country, namely, Persian and Arabic, the writteu languages, and Turkish and Ar menian, the spoken. ' Mrs. Pittman is possessed ot a lovely character, and full of en thusiasm and zeal for her chosen work, and both she and her hus band were anxious to return to their field and continue the work. A union farewell service was held in the Presbrter lan church in this place last Sunday evening, in which the churches of the town united in bidding the returning missionaries God-speed. MARRIAGE ANNIVERSARY. Presbyterian Reunion. The Pen-Mar Presbyterian Re union will be held on Thursday, July 28th. The address will be made by the Rev. A. W. Halsey, D. D., Secretary of the Presby terian Board of Foreign Missions, New York City. His subject will be "Foreign Missions After a Century." The committee is anxious to have representatives from'all the missionary organiza tions in the churches attend this reunion. This is the missionary age of the church, and Presby terians must do their part. The Aeolean Quartette, of Har- risburg, Pa., will sing. The Pen- Mar Orchestra will play. The program will not be long, but it will be good. Make your arrange ments to go and enjoy the Pen Mar air and view and fellowship. Death Comes Suddenly. From a private letter to his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Hess, of Thompson township, Ephraim, a brother of Abner Hess whose death was mentioned in the News last week, writes: "While Abner had beea poor ly, he had gotten so much better, that we all thought he would soon be as well as ever, and was at work. Ephraim and Abner were both employed on the rail road. His doctor was deceived in Abner's condition, no one sus pecting that Abner had any dan gerous ailment. Abner looked as well as ever he did in his life, and during the last week was un usually lively. On Tuesday, June 21st be was eating his dinner in the dining car at Blairstown, Mo. had just finished eating, and was in the act or rising, as though reaching for a drink of water, when he grabbed the lad der of the car with both hands, holding on firmly for a minute. The boys noticed that something was wrong with him, and caught hold ot him. His hold on the car relaxed, he sank down limp, gasped a couple of times, and all was over. He did not speak, A doctor was with him in five minutes, put the doctor was as powerless s the rest. I had been with Abner up until an hour before his death. We had been busy taking some measurements about a bridge. I left him and took a train aud went to my home. (Ephraim lives at Clinton Mis souri. In an hour after my ar rival at home a message was handed me informing me of Ab ner' death. His funeral took place on the 23d, services being held in the First Baptist church in Clinton, and was conducted by Rev. Dr. Stewart assisted by Rev, A. N, Lindsay. Interment in the En giewood cemetery under the au spices of the independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias." The many friends and relatives of the deceased residing in this county extend' to the bereaved family sincere sympathy. Mrs. W. 11. Fix has during this season canned 2,058 quart jars of cherries for the Magsam broth ers. There ought not t be any scarcity of cherry pies next win tor, for Johnny is m a position to furnish each family in Fulton county with, at least, one jar of the delicious fruit RECORD OF DEATHS. Persons Well Known to Many of Our Readers, Who Have Answered Final Summons. ALL SEASONS ARE THINE, 0 DEATH. Peck. Mrs. Mary Peck, widow of the late John H. Peck, died at the home of her son in law, Dallas Lynch, in Belfast township, on Thursday, June 30, 1910, in the 88 th year of her age. The funer al took place last Saturday, and interment was made in Union cemeteiy. Mrs. Peck was daugh ter of the late Jacob Sipes, of Licking Creek township, and was the mother of fourteen children, seven of whom are living, namely. Riley, McConnellsburg, Pa.; Mar tha, wifeof Dallas Lynch; Minnie, widow of the late Monroe Lynch; Carl, Portsmouth, Va.; John, York, Pa.; Jane, wi.'e of David Crouse, Charlotte, wife of Neal Crouse. There are 41 grand children, and 27 great-grand children. Mrs. Peck was a member of the M. E church for many years, and possessed excellent traits of character. The cause of her death was due to a general break down in health incident to advanc ing years. Deshong. Louie, wife of Benjimin F. De shong, died at her home in Lick ing Creek township on Thursday evening of last week, aged 36 years, 6 months, and 3 days. The funeral conducted by Rev. Cline, of Fort Littleton, took place on Saturday, and interment was made in the cemetery at Siloam. Mrs. Deshong had been a great sufferer for a long time, and last January her husband took her to a hospital in Pittsburg for treat ment. After remaining there for some time, it was found that her condition was such that made her restoration to health hopeless, and she returned home patiently to await the coming of the relent less messenger. Mrs. Deshong was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Desh ong, and was a faithful wife and loving mother. Besides her bus band she is survived by three children, namely, Harry, Georgia and Edith. Dunns. 'Alice Isabel, wife of Samuel Dubbs, died at he? home in Mount Union, Wednesday, June 29, 1910, aged 83 years, 4 months, and 15 days. Her remains were taken 10 Burnt Cabins for inter ment, and were laid to rest in the cemetery at that place. She was the mother of ten children, six of whom are living, Her husband, also survives. Mrs Dubbs was a daughter, of H. H. Hertzler, Esq., of Burnt Cabins, and has living two brothers and two sisters, namely, George, in Inland, Clay county, Neb.; Blaine, at Burnt Cabins; Ida Lawson, Philadelphia; and Carrie Fogal at Newcastle, Ind. - Mrs. Dubbs was a faithful mem ber of the M. E. church from early life; and when the death messenger came, his summons had nothing of terror for her. She passed peacefully to sleep awaiting that resurrection to glory where there is no pain nor sickness where there will be no more of parting from loved ones. She funeral services were con ducted by the Rev. E. S. Bierly, Rotz. It was quite a surprise aud a shock to the people of our town and community when the an nouncement was made on last Saturday evening that Nat Rotz was dead, as many of the people had sot even heard of bis illness. He had been to Sunday school on the preceding Sunday as well, ap parently, as usual; but after re turning to his home, was taken sick with a chill, then tonsihtis developed, next, erysipelas and (Continued ou page olirbtj MISSION WORK IN INDIA. Miss Alice Wlshart Tells of Educational Work Amonf the Natives In Allaha bad. They Are Anxious to Learn. The following article copied from the Missionary Link, will be read with pleasure hy all inter estad in Missionary effort: The work is going on encourag ngly and the attendance in the schools is good. March 11th, we had our first Mothers' Meeting, which is an entirely new depart ure. A number of missionaries bad asked to see the school, so we invited them to be present that day. The large courtyard was prettily decorated in bright-color ed paper chains and flags. The English visitors were seated on one side and about thirty of the mothers and grandmothers on an other, and more than a hundred children on the remaining two sides of the courtyard. They THE FOURTH IN TOWN. Leading Business Places Were Closed, and Everybody Enjoyed Day In Rest and Recreation. 't . j.. j. V I'siv'.-v. tjF'Wi Miss Amok E. Wishart, Allahabad, India. looked very attractive in their bright saris and jewels as they drilled, recited or sang. The mothers were charmed, and show ed their appreciation unmistak ably. A fine young Indian Christian woman gave a fifteen- minute address to the mothers, who enjoyed it very much. After it was over, Mrs. Muherji spoke to them on their responsibility as mothers in training their cbil dren rightly, and urged them to send their children to school, showing the benefit of it One woman said: "1 want to come to school, too. I will come and stay the full time. " I told her certain ly she might do so. Then an old grandmother exclaimed, "may I come also r" "You are too old to learn ? What would you go to school for ?" said another. But I replied that she too might come if she chose. I think I have nev er seen non-Christian women show their appreciation so much as these mothers did. We want to win them to know the school, and most of all, to love Christ. We had all the teaching staff come forward and be introduced to the mothers; then the work the chil dren were doing was shown, and they were allowed to look into all the classrooms and see where their children recite and study. We hope to hold these meetings every few months, and thus come in close touch with the parents of our children. When any of our pupils are ill, the bead teachers visit them in their homes and do all they can to show our sympathy and inter est. A small prize of twenty ru pees was given by a gentleman for the work of our children which was shown at our club ex hibition, to be csed for Kinder firai ten materials. We want to get a sand box for the little ones, and to introduce clay modeling. Any money sent for Kinder garten work for the Central School would be most acceptable. We are grateful to God for the way he has shown His approval of this work and sent His bless ing on It The Club exhibition was a great success. For days Miss Roder ick had been gathering the worn en's work and encouraging them to finish their painting. We ar ranged the work gold embroid BASE BALL QAME IN AFTERNOON. ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW Snapshots at Their Comings and Goings Here for a Vacation, or Away for a Restful Outing. NAMES OF VISITORS AND VISIT ED While the citizens of McCon nellsburg are noted for their push, pluck, patriotism, and py rotechnics when they set their heads for a big day, it was decid ed by the fathers of the town that we should not do anything to draw the crowd away from our neighboring town Reno, or in any way interfere with the plans ot Jim and the nigger to furnish high class entertainment for the American Nation; hence, there was a general suspension of busi ness, folks kept on their Sunday clothes, and most of the day was spent sitting around in the shade. Of course, here and there during the day were little spurts of ex citement just enough to break the monotony. Shortly after the town clock had finished tolling off the hour of midnight, some prowling rat, mink, weasel, or measel, got into Wilson N ace's chicken coop and the old hen be came so excited for the safety of her brood of little peeps, that she disturbed the slumbers of the immediate neighborhood. Scarce ly had this excitement subsided, when the stillness of the night was broken by the strains of music. The Band had turned out, and they marched through the town playing for about an hour. This, with the shouts of a crowd of boys that never Bleep when there is a half chance to make a noise, and an occasional cannon cracker, thoroughly awak ened the town and ushered in the national holiday. Frank Henry, Merrill Nace, Brint Lamberson, Ernest Mc- Clam and Bony Sloan went down to Warren Point on Licking creek fishing, and Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Seylar went over to Sipes Mill to see Mrs. H. V. Van Roden, (V erda Akers) of Philadelphia, who is visiting her mother, Mrs. Matilda Akers. In the afternoon, most of our people went up to the baseball grounds to see the Loudon team play our home team. Spangler was in the box for the locals and held the visitors safe at all times. His work with men on bases was sensational. Once with second and third occupied he walked the next man, filling the bases and then fanned three men. Grimes started the game for Loudon but was given the' can in the fifth when the locals scored three runs, and Bowden the ex-leaguer was substituted who did little better. The whole game was characteriz ed by heavy hitting by our "Speed Boys." Knauff sent one to the right field fence with two en in the seventh and Fisher bad a clean double in the fifth. Scbeidleman had four singles out ol as many times to the bat Line-up: Loudon. McConnellsb'g Grimes, p Spangler, Lump, c Scheidelman, Hamil, ss Knauff, Smith, lb Wagner, .' Brindle, 2b Fisher, Bowden, 8b Taylor, Lawyer, If Pelghtel, Hopple, - ct Downes, Byers, rf Stevens. Score by innings: Loudon, 0 0 0 0110 0 02 McConnellsb'g 0110 8 0 2 Ox 7 Almost I When Mrs. Michael Black went out to the barn to milk about six o'clock last Saturday morning, she noticed that James Sipes' barn was afire. She gave the alarm and Boon there were enough men on the scene to take care of the fire. Had the firs got ten a little more headway, the barn would have been destroyed. Only the fellow that set it afire knows, and he Isn't telling. C Wiliod Peck is spending a week with friends in Lancaster and in Philadelphia. M issJean JohDstDn went to Philadelphia Tuesday. She was accompanied as far as 1 Iarrisburg by her brother Harry. Mrs. C. W. Peck and son Mas ter Robert are spending this week in the home of their cousin Jonathan Peck, at Knobsville. W. W. Peck, who has been spending several years in Alaska is now visiting among relatives and friends in Illinois. Miss Flossie Thompson, of Philadelphia, is spending the hot weather season visiting among her McConnellsburg relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Gnssinger, their daughter Olive (Mrs. A. D. Hohman) and Mrs. F. M. Taylor, made a trip to Chambersburg yesterday in Mr. Grissinger's automobile. F. McNaughton Johnston, and wife, of Washington, D. C, ar rived in McConnellsburg last Saturday for their usual harvest vacation. John II. Rotz, of Decatur, 111., was called here to attend the fu neral of his brother Nathaniel Owing to the busy season, Mr. Rotz will return home in a few days. Mark Dickson, of Buffalo, N. Y., is spending a few days among his relatives and friends in this place. Mark is employed with the United Gas Company, and is making good. W. M. Dixon, of Pittsburg, Pa., a conductor of a freight train on the main line of the P. R. R., is spending a few days of his sum mer vacation among relatives and friends in this County. Clarence Shimer, of Altoona, is visiting his mother Mrs. Annie M. Shimer in town; Clarence has an important position with the Pennsylvania railroad com pany, Mrs. A. B. Wilkinson, of this place returned home Monday after, having spent two weeks very pleasautly visiting among relatives and old time friends in Hancock, Md. Thomas IL Lueders, assistant superintendent of the Phosphor Bronze Smelting Company, of Philadelphia, spent the time from Saturday until Monday the guest of his friend Karl de Schweinitz, in this place. Lewis A. Reisner and wife, of Chicago, have been spending the past week visiting in the homes of their uncles Jacob and George lieisner, of this place. Lewis is principal of one of the big graded schools in his city. Miss J. Irvie Hull, of New York City, is spending a well earned vacation of two weeks with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Hull on south First street Miss Hull was formerly a typo in the News office, but during the last few years has held the posi tion as stenographer for a large business coucern in the nation's metropolis. Joseph F. Barton, Ph. D., spent the time from Friday until Mon day morning in McConnellsburg. While Dr. Barton was born in Westmoreland county, Pa., be came with his parents to this county when two years of age, and remained hero until 1887. During early manhood he, taught In the publio schools, served as County Superintendent of this county from 1881 to 1887, was Vice Principal of the Cumberland Valley State Normal School from 1887 until 1906, and a member of the faculty of Hamlin University, Minneapolis, Minn., from 1900 until a few weeks ago, when ho resigned to accept a partnership interest in a large coal and lum ber concern in the Stata ot Wo&! inzton.
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