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VOLUME II
McCONNELLSBURG, PA., AUGUST 25, 1910.
NUMBER 46
RECORD OF DEATHS.
persons Well Known to Many of Our
Readers, Who Have Answered '
Final Summons.
ALL SEASONS ARE THINE, 0 DEATH.
MOUTON.
Mrs. Peter Morton returned
home last Thursday, aher having
spent a few days visiting in the
home of her old neighbor and
friend "Aunt Lizzie" Morton, wid
ow of the late George Morton, in
Belfast township. More than
five years ago, Aunt Lizzie, al
though at that time 78 years of
age, fell and sustained a fracture
ot a bone in one of her hips and
in consequence of which she has
cot bf en able to walk a step since
During the last two years she
has been bedfast, and much of
the time suffering severe pain.
Notwithstanding this great afflic
tion, her mind is clear, and she
bears it all with christian forti
tude. Aunt Lizzie is a sister of
Jared PiUmari of the Cove, and
of Rev. Ezra Pitt man, of Thomp
son township both of whom have
been dead several years.
Since putting the above in
type, we have learned that "Aunt
Lizzie" died yesterday morning,
aud that her funeral will be held
at the old homestead on Friday
morning at 9 o'clock, and inter
ment will be made in the ceme
tery at the Sideling Hill Christian
church. " N
Mrs. Morton is survived by
three children: Sarah, wife of
Richard Hollinshead, of Thomp
son township, Jennie, wife of
Jacob Clevenger, Washington, D.
C, and Frances, wife of Bennett
A. Truax, living on the old home
stead. Pittman.
Mrs. Elizabeth J. Pittman, wid
ow of the late Ex-Sheriff "George
J. Pittman, died at her home on
north Second street, Monday aft
ernoon. Funeral yesterday, and
interment in Union cemetery.
Mrs. Pittman was a daughter
of Benjamin and Sarah (Reeder)
Fisher, and was born in Franklin
county, on the 19th of May, 1834;
hence she was aged 76 years, 3
months, and 3 days. For seven
teen days prior to her death, she
had typhoid fever, and twenty
four hours before the , final col
lapse, she suffered an apoplectic
stroke.
Mrs. Pittman was a member of
the Reformed church, an excel
lent neighbor, and she lived a
quiet uneventful life. Her hus
band died some sixteen or eight
een years ago, and the only sur
vivor of the immediate family is
Kiss Olive, who was taken into
the family when she was two
years of age. Miss Mary Fisher
residing on First street, is a sis
ter, and Mrs. E. J. Woollet, of
the Washington House, is a cous
in. Evans.
Mrs. Laura C. Evans died at
her home in Pittsburg, Wednes
day, August 17, 1910, aged 43
Tears, 2 months, and 12 'days.
She- had been in poor health for
tome time and had been under
treatment in a hospital for about
three months.
Mrs. Evans, or Lurie as she
aa more familiarly known here,
as born in Belfast township,
fctf was a daughter of John and
Elizabeth (Peck) Plessinger her
kther residing in that township
t this time. She iaalsosurviv
1 by ber divorced husband, L.
C. Evans, and a son Waltor-re-tiding
in Everett, and one daugh
Penelope, in Pittsburg. '
The remains was brought to
Everett and interment made in
the cemetery at that place.
. ' j
Mr. George A. Harris, Protbou
otary of Fulton county, and wife,
pent several days the first part
tttie week at the homes of Mrs.
friz Michael, of Mala street, and
r. and Mrs. W, R. Bpeer, of
'est Main street. Everett Republican.
FOR BED BIGS.
Prof. Surface Tells How To Get Rid of
These Pests. He Knows Where
of He Speaks.
To an inquirer who writes the
Department of Health asking how
to rid his bouse of bed bugs, Prof
Surface, Economic Zoologist, to
whom this letter was referred,
outlined the following procedure
in his reply:
"I received your letter address
ed to the State Health Depart
ment and forwarded to me for re
ply. I beg to say that the various
means of getting rid of bed bugs
which you have tried, are among
those which are considered least
efficient by those who have had
real practical experience. These
means are all right for destroy
ing germs, but when it comes to
crawhug bugs, they are not so
satisfactory. There are two
rrrethods of destroying bed bugs.
One is to apply thoroughly alco
hohc solution of bichloride of mer
cury or, in other words, corrosive
sublimate. This is not only ex
tremely poisonous, but fatal to
pests. It kills them whenever it
touches them, it can be put in
to an oil can and injected into the
cracks and crevices, if immediate
J.y after using it the can is emp
tied and washed well, rinsed with
water, and then oiled or filled
with oil to prevent further action
of the corrosive material. You
can, of course, not keep it in a
metal oil can for a very long time
because it will readily corrode
the metal and eat its way through
It can be kept in a bottle, and
when you wish to use it transfer
it to a spring bottom oil can, and
inject it where you wish. You
need not be afraid to use this
material freely, even though H is
rank poison when taken intern
ally. -
The other ;means, which is
certain to get rid of bed bugs, is
to fumigate thoroughly with hy
drocyamc acid gas. This deadly
gas is made by dropping potas
sium cyanide or so-called prussic
acid into sulfuric acid and water,
in a tightly closed room, and leav
mg it instantly, so that the opera
tor will not breathe it In the least.
It does not injure any fabric,
metal, food or othe material, al
though it will kill living plants,
animals and insects of all kind
when used at the proper strength.
While it is safe to use, it must be
used with considerable care, and
for this reason, I have prepared
an article entitled household fum
igation, which is published in one
of the Monthly Bulletins ot the
Division of Zoology which is sent
free to persons desiring it. Min
ute directions are therein given.
This is the, most absolutely cer
tain method of getting rid of bed
bugs and other household pests.
It is rather expensive, but it
cleanes the house completely and
is satisfactory. I have fumigated
several houses, mills, warehouses
etc., ia our experimental work,
and know whereof I speak in say
ing that it is effective. "
Harry E.' Mort's Dwelling House and
Contents Destroyed by Fire Last
Week While He Was Away.
On Tufisdav nf laat. jcrpk t.ho
1 welling house, of Harry E. Mort
oi layior townsnip, together with
most of the contents, was des
troyed bytire. Harry was work
ing up at the mines on Broad top.
His wife had been doing the fam
ily washing, and stopped to pre
pare dinner. hen the meal was
almost ready, her little daughter
came running in and told her
mother that the house was afire.
She hastened to the telephone
and called up her neighbors, and
they hastened to the scene of the
fire as fast as was possible; but,
owing to the scarcity of water,
but little could be done in the way
of saving household gqods and
nothing for the house.
This means hard luck for Harry
and his family as there was not a
cent's worth of insurance.
Four Generations Present.
It is only in rare instances that
it is possible for father and moth
er to be seated at the family din
ing table surrounded by the
mother of each, and by their own
children and grand child, making
a direct line of four generations
on both the father's and the moth
er's side of the bouse. Yet such
was the case in the home of Dr.
and Mrs.'Dalbey in this place at
dinner on the 14th inst. Sur
rounding the family board on
that occasion were Mrs. M. E.
Dalbey, mother of Dr. Dalbey;
Mrs. Ruth Uagener, Mrs. Dal
bey 's mother; Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
W. Iteisner, Mr. and Mrs. 0. H.
Jackson, and their little daughter
Helen and Miss Elsie Dalbey
the ladies named being slaters of
Dr. Dalbey; Dr. and Mrs. Dal
bey's children Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Dalbey, Miss Minnie, Wil
liam W., and Alvln and their
grand child,' Edward, son of Mr,
and Mrs. lUrry Dalbey,
HARD LICK.
Orbisouia, Saturday.
TheOrbisonia Baseball Team
will appear on bur grounds this
Saturday, the twenty seventh,
and in all probability, the Speed
Boys will have a strong team to
play. This team has not been in
McConnellsburg for more than
ten years, hence we are glad they
are coming, and we hope to yive
the fans a more interesting game
this week than the game played
with llustontown last Saturday.
The Orbisonia boys are a fast
bunch, but with the Speed Boys
at their best will give them all
they are 1 ioking for, and hope to
send them home with small end
of the score.
On Wednesday of next week,
thirty-first, the Pleasant Ridge
boys will come to McConnplls
burg, hoping to repeat the llus
tontown score of last week, which
is possible but hardly probable,
but as all things ara possible in
baseball and the game is never
over till the last man is out, they
may make our boys go some.
Everybody come to thesegames
and help make baseball a success
and we-will promise to give you
the best we have. We can't win
all the games, but we are not
afraid to try. We are not pro
fessionals, but the boys have their
batting eyes on the ball, asou
will notice the hit column against
the mighty Barton, and with
lewer errors we will show Orbi
sonia Saturday.
A Justice's Duty.
The office of Justice of the
Peace is just like any other busi
ness, it has its pleasant features
and Its unpleasant features.
The Justice is called upon to de
cide questions and disputes aris
ing among his neighbors, and no
matter huw hard he maytry,-he
cannot decide so as to please both
parties, with the result that the
dissatisfied party and bis lriends
will blame the Justice for be'ng
partial.
The Justice is on his oath, and
if he is honest and fair, he must
and will get above his personal
feelings. A Justice, in nine out
of ten cases, would rather dis
cbarge the defendant than punish
him, provided he consulted his
own personal feelings in the mat
ter, but he must be governed by
the law and the evidence and not
by bis feelings. His decisions
may not meet with public, sentl
ment and approval, but the ans
wer of a good conscience and the
consciousness that be has done
right, is better than public sentl
ment and applause.
SHORT CROPS IN IOWA.
Sanitary Drinking Cups.
The Pennsylvania Railroad
Company is installing in a num -ber
of waiting rooms of the pas
senger depot?, an automatic slot
machine from which, by dropping
a penny in the slot, any person
can secure a sanitary drinking
cup, which ia made of paraffiue
and r similar to those carried by
a greatlnany through trains at
present.
Rev. Geo. B. Shoemaker Writes From
Shell Rock, and Says They Have
Had Much Dry Weather.
The mention of my name by
Mr. Alloway, in his communica
tion in the last issue of the Nkws,
caused me to remember that a
letter was probably due from me
to the readers of your paper. I
venture therefore, on this beauti
ful rainy day, to write.
The raiu of last night and to
day is, in the estimation of the
people of Shell Rock and vicinity,
beautiful indeed.. We have had a
long, dry, hot summer. More
than one day the heat reached
105 degrees on our back porch,
during the afternoon; but we
were; with but few exceptions,
relieved by having comfortable
nights. There has beeu but lit
tle rain since the first of June,
until last night, when, with to
day's rain, we have had nearly
two inches of water. The pas
tures all dried up, except in the
timber, and for several weeks
stock has had to be fed hay or
green corn. With this rain we
will hae good fail feed in the
pastures. The hay crop is short,
and the price will be high. Due
to the continuous dry weather the
oats, barley and wheat straw is
bright and clean. It is perfectly
free from rust. To the surprise
of the farmer, the oats is produc
ing a good crop, ranging from 30
to 54 bushels to the acre by meas'
ure, and by weight more than
that, for tne grain is extra heavy.
One farmer expressed his satis
faction by saying, "I raised more
oats than I intended too." Be
cause the hay crop is short, much
of the corn will be cut up, and
later, shreaded. When thus
shreaded it makes excellent feed.
The demand for Corn Harvesters
is ao great that it is hard for the
dealers to supply all that are or
dered. Farmers in this commu
nity, and, indeed, all over Iowa,
are putting up Silos, and find
them to be very satisfactory and
profitable.
The potato crop, unless this
rain redeems the late potatoes,
will be poor. The old adage by
the change of one word will de
scribe the situation; "Small po
tatoes and -tii any in a hill. A
young lady, an speaking of par
ing potatoes from their planting,
said "It was like paring peanuts.
Iowa fruit is scarce, but the
stores are offering all kinds of
fruit fbr sale. Just now the sup
ply is from California. While the
fruit is scarce and the gardens
dried up, there will be chickens
and turkeys galore, and that's
enough to make any preacher
happy, Indeed I know other folks
who are "tickled" about it.
The Upper Iowa Conference
meets at Charles City, Iowa, Sep
tember 14, 1910. We are busy
closing up the year's work, we
are thaukful that wo will be able
to give a good report ot our
stewardship for the year. No
one can tell wnat a conference
will do; and it may be that I shall
address you next from a new
homo. When 1 shall answer
roll call at ' Charles City, I will
have completed thirty three years
of active service in the ministry
in this conference. I also served
six months in Pennsylvania, be
fore coming to Iowa. Hence, ray
record is a full third of a century
in the effective ranks. YThether
I shall complete a half century
of labor remains to be seen. With
kindly greetings to all friends, I
am,
Yours cordially,
Geo. B. Shokmakeu.
Shell Rock, Iowa,
August 17, 1910.
Rchoboth S, S. Picnic.
The1 Rehoboth Sunday School
will hold its annual picnic and
Children's Day Saturday, Sep
tember 3d, in Secrist's Grove.
The McConnellsburg ' band will
furnish music for the occasion.
Speakers from a distance. Eve
rybody welcome.
BRAKE LEYER BROKE
Causing Ira Dielil to Have Serious Mis
hap on Mountain With Load
of Lnmber.
Roe Mellott, of Big Cove Tan
nery, has a sawmill at work in
Belfast township, near Maple
Grove schoolhouse. Last Satur
day Ira Diehl, who is employed
by Mr. Mellott started to haul a
load of lum ber across Scr ubRidge
mountain on the Blackwood road.
Being seated on the load with one
foot on the brake, he had just
started to descend the east side
of the mountain, when the lever
suddenly broke, pitching Mr.
Diehl off the load down among
the rocks. The brakes being re
leased, the wagon pushed ahead
down the mountain the team
doing their best to keep out of
the way of the oncoming load,
until the off side mule was
caught and thrown down below
the road, and the other mule
and the lead horse, managed to
save themselves and were found
standing in the road sometime
later by Mr. Diehl, who, when he
gathered himself together after
being thrown from the load, went
in search of his team,
Cl'RFEW LAW IN EVERETT.
AH Children Under Sixteen Must Be Off
the Street at Nine O'clock, or Go
to the Lockup.
The borough council and bur
gess of Everett have just passed
an ordinance that it shall be un
lawful for any person under six
teen years of age to be or remain
in or upon any of the public
streets, alleys or public commons
in the borough, at night time aft
er the hour of nint o'clock, unless
such person is accompanied by a
parent, guardian or other person
having the legal custody of such
Qainor person; or said minor per
son is in the performance of an
errand directed by Baid parent,
guardian or other person hazing
the caie or custody of said minor
person, or whose employment
makes it necessary to be on
streets, alleys or public commons
during the.night time after the
specified hour; but even then un
necessary lounging or loitering
on said streets, alleys or com
mons is forbidden and made lia
ble to punishment
Farmers and Automobiles.
A great deal has been said
about the buying of automobiles
by farmers, about the extrava
gance of such buying, about the
waste of the purchase money be
cause it is expended for some
thing that does not add to the
permanent wealth of the coun
try, and so forth. But it has sot
been shown that the farmers
who bought automobiles have
snnk themselves in financial diffi
culties on that account. In that
respect they are unlike their city
brethren, some of whom go into
debt to keep in the fashiou. It is
estimated that'a couple hundred
millions of dollars are spent fbr
automobiles every year. A com
paratively small part of this
whole is spent by farmers, and
their share becomes insignificant
when one remembers that the ag
ricultural outturn is worth seven
or eight billions of dollars a year.
The farmers can answer all the
bints and predictions of extrava
gance in the buying of automo
biles by saying that the Ameri
can public spends twenty mil
lions of dollars e year for base
ball. That is a dead waste of
money, for it does not add a dol
lar to the wealth of the people. It
is a good thing to enjoy one's self
occasionally, but the farmer
should have some enjoyment too.
He doesn't get much chance to
spend money on baseball, and if
he likes anything else that'a
about the thing he would like.
Anyhow, the more automobiles
the farmers own the sooner the
States wiU be provided with good
roads,
THRESHING MACHINE ACCIDENTS.
Job Clark, of Belfast, John Tice, of
Todd, and Lewis Clevenger, of
Ayr, Among the Victims.
The threshing machine seems
to be getting in its work this
year, and several persons bear
the marks of a too close famili
arity with the big machines.
A few days ago, Mr. Job Clark,
of Belfast township, 85 years of
age had the misfortune to have
one of his hands caught in the
cog-gear of an old fashioned
threshing machine with the re
sult that he now has a badly lac
erated hand.
John Tice, of Knobsville, who
for many years has run a steam-
threshing outfit in the upper end
of the Cove, was, od Tuesday, as
sisting in the threshing at Squire
Daniel E. Fore's. By some
means, his left hand was caught
and drawn between a set of re
volving cog wheels, and the fin
gers badly crushed. The third
finger was amputated, and he
may yet lose part of the .first and
second. While Mr. Tice is not a
young man, he is gamey, and we
hope to eee him good as eyer in a
short time.
Lewis Clevenger, of Ayr town
ship, is working with Rowe Mel
lott's big thresher, and Tuesday
they were threshing on the old
Knauff place, now tenanted by
Luther Gordon. A belt becom
ing detached from the "worm"
pulby, Mr. Clevenger was at
tempting to adjust it, when an
other flew off hitting him a stun
ning blow across the forehead
causing his eyes to swell shut in
a short time.
LATEST COMET.
Only Discovered Wednesday of Last
Week, but It Promises to Be
a Good One.
If the comet discovered
Wednesday morning of last week
by the Rev. Joel H. Metcalf, of
Taunton, Mass., and named for
him "Metcalf 's Comet," fulfills
the promises it has given, the
world will be treated in the next
two months to a more spectacu
lar sight than that attendant up
on the visit of Halley's comet,
which, of course, is not saying a
great deal.
Since the latest celestial wan
derer has been officially observed
but twice, once by its discoverer
and again by Prof. Asaph Hall
and two assistants at the Naval
observatory, Washington, it is
impossible to say exactly when
it will come near enough to the
earth to be distinguished with
the naked eye. But from pres
ent indications, when it does
come near, it will present an ap
pearance second to none of the
comets seen withm the last cen
tury. The Presbyterian Church.
Presbyterians douated toward
all purposes the sum of $21,959,
968 during the year ending
March 81. 1910. The total com
municants in the Church number
1,339,000. These figures were
given outlast week by the Rev.
Dr. William H. Roberts, stated
clerk of the General Assembly.
According to the figures, the
Presbyterian Church is increas
ing its membership. The contri
buttons alss have kept pace with
the increase in membership, and
are considerably larger than last
year.
At present, according to the
report, there are 87 synods, 293
presbyteries, and 10,011 church
es. Last year there were 0097
churches. The number of or
dained ministers in the Church
is at present 0073, the greatest
number 1 its history. Candi
dates for the ministry numbered
1152, also a record for any year.
The Sunday school membership
of the Church Is 1,211,537, this
number of children m the Sun
day schools, it is pointed out, be
ing larger m proportion to the
number of communicants than in
any othor denomination.'
ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW
Snapshots at Their Comings and Goings
Here for Vacation, or Away
for a Restful Outing.
NAMES OF VISITORS AND VISITED
Judge Humbert was in town
on Saturday.
M iss Jessie Brewer, near town
is visiting relatives near Sylvan.
B. H. Shaw, of llustontown,
was a town visitor on Saturday.
Charles Richardson, of Fort
Littleton, was in town on Satur
day. Miss Sadie Michaels, of Everett
is the guest of her sister, Mrs.
Geo. W. Hays.
James E. Lyon and wife, ot
Gracey, were in ijn on Satur
day. Robert Alexander, of this place
made a little trip to Chambers
burg Monday and Tuesday.
Among the visitors to town
from llustontown on Saturday
was W. 11. Ranck.
Allen VT. Shaffncr and wife, of
Huntingdon, are visiting their
uncle, M. R. ShafTner, Esq., in
this place.
Miss Minnie Dalbey, after
spending two weeks with her pa
rents in this place, has returned
to Pittsburg.
Miss Mary Rumel, of Gettys
burg, is visiting in the family of
her uncle James W. Rumel's fam
ily in this place.
J. M. Myers and family, of
Mercersburg, spent Sunday with
Mrs. Myers' mother, Mrs. R. M.
Kendall.
Mr. and Mrs. Levi Skiles, of
Pleasant Ridge, called a few in in
utes at the News office, while in
town last Thursday.
Hykes and John Culler, of
Plum Run, spent Saturday and
Sunday with their aunt, Mrs.
Mary A. Kelly.
Satnantha and Nettie Mellott
returned last week from a two
weeks' visit with friends in Bel
fast township.
Mr. Harvey Stoner, of Lancas
ter, is spending his annual sum
mer vacation with his father,
William Stoner, at the old home
in this place.
Miss Lib V. Hess, who has
been spending a few years in
Iowa, is visiting among her Ful
ton county friends. She arrived
in town Tuesday evening.
Emory Wible and wife, and
Blame Anderson and wife and
little daughter Margaret, were
guests in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. J. S. Mort on Clear Ridge
l ist Sunday.
Mr. Karl de Schweinitz, of Phil
adelphia, who has been spending
the past three months in McCon
nellsburg, left for Bethlehem, Pa,
to be present at the home of his
parents upon their return from a
trip to Europe.
Rev. J. L. Grove and his son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. W. C. Patterson, left Mon
day morning for Hopewell, York
county, to attend the annual meet
ing of presbytery of tha . U. P.
church. Mr. Grove returned
last evening, but Mr. and Mrs.
Patterson expect to spend a few
days longer visiting among York
county relatives and friends.
Mrs. James Henry, accompani
ed by her husband and daughter
Emma, (Mrs. Geo. Fox) and Mr.
I). L. Grissinger, went to Phila
delphia last Thursday, and enter
ed St Mary's Hospital for treat
ment On Friday she underwent
a surgical operation for the re
moval of a cancerous growth ia
her breast Mr. Henry and Mr.
Grissinger returned home Sun
day, and ber daughter is still
with ber. The operation seems
to have been successful, aud from
the latest reports received from
her, she is getting along nicely.
Mrs. Henry's many, friends .sin
cerely hope for her speedy re
cbvery, x