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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.
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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.