m 1110 MtWl VOLUME 12 McCONNELLSBURG, PA., SEPTEMBER 29, 1910. NUMBER 2 . RECORD OF DEATHS. persons Well Known to Many of Our Readers, Who Have Answered ' Final Summons. ALL SEASONS ARE THINE, 0 DEATH. HOKTON. Mary Emma, daughter of Ed ward aud Myrtle Huston Hjrton, died at her home in Saltillo on Monday evening, September 19th aged 11 years, 6 months, and 11 days. Little Mary had been sick since last February, and her parents aod loving friends had done all they could to relieve her suffer ing and make her comfortable, but her disease was one which baffled the skilled physicians. She told her friends not to mourn for her, as she was very desirous to leave this world for a better oue. She had expressed a desire to be buried in the Clear Ridge cemetery, and on Wednesday, her funeral services were held in the M. E. church at Clear Ridge and her remains were borne to their last resting place by four young ladies of Saltillo Misses Shope, Wadkin, Senft and Green land. The floral offerings were many and beautiful. She was a grand-daughter of Evan Huston, deceased, of Hus tontown, and of Abner 1 lor ton, late of Taylor township, whose death occurred last winter. Culp. Catherine Ann Culp departed lrom this life September 19, 1910, at the home of her son in Taylor township. She was horn in Ship pensburg, September 8, 1830, and was aged 80 years and 16 days. , About a week previous to her death, as her daughter-in-law was preparing to go out, she no ticed Mrs. Culp acting strangely as she went to get coals to make fire under a kettle, and just caupht her as she fell, and assist ed her to a chair. She spoke a few words that day, then lapsed into unconsciousness, and remain ed in that state until death. In terment was made at Center M. E. church, Wednesday, Septem ber 21st, Rev. L. W. McGarvey conducting the services. She is survived by one brother, Isaac Culp, in Indiana, and three chil dren. Jacob, in York, Pa. ; Wilson M., of Taylor township, and Jen nie, in California. Chambers. At his home in . Sherry, Wis., on Monday evening of last week, Mr. John Chambers, died of heart trouble at the age of about 60 years. , The deceased was a son of the Rev. Lewis Chambers, and re moved from Ayr township to Wisconsin several years ago. He is survived by five children, nitnely, Rose and Laura at home; Mrs. Blanch Cline, of Nebraska; William, at home, and Prof. Geo. Gailey Chambers, of Philadelphia. He is also survived by one brother, Joseph Chambers, of South Wayne, Wis., and one sis ter Mrs. Amanda Pott, of Crest Hne, O. The deceased was an excellent t-itizen, and the tidings of his "eath will be learned by his old friends and neighbors here with genuine sorrow. Kirk. ' On Monday, September 26th, bout6a. m., the angel ot death Jgaiu entered the home of M. L. krkat llustontown, this time timing as its victim, their young daughter Mabel Prances. About three weeks ago the lit fle girl became ill with typhoid, d. while the fever was broken d friends and loved ones hoped r her recovery, . the system uldnot withstand the strain. She was aged 9 year, 8 months, 18 days. Rabbits can be killed from November 1st to December 15th quirrels from October 15tb w December lit, . ' ITCLIC ORCHARD MEETING. Result of The Year's Work to be Stud led in The State Model Orchards. There will be a public meeting in the orchard of J. B. Runyan, at McConn ells burg, on Friday, September 30, 1910, for the pur pose of showing the benefits re sulting from improved methods m use in the Model Orchards conducted under the ccopera tion of the Division of Zoology of the State Department of agricul ture. This is one of a series of Fall Meetings held throughout the State at this season. At these meetings treated trees will be compared wkh those not treated, and sprayed fruit shown beside unsprayed grown under the same other conditions. Lectures will-be delivered by experts from the Department, and an opportunity given for asking questions. Determina tions of specimens will be made, and growers are invited to bring twigs ot diseased or infested trees for identification. The Model Orchard Movement was inaugurated several years ago by Prof. H. A. Surface, Eco nomic Zoologist, for the purpose of familiarizing the farmer and fruit grower with the best prac tical measures available for the control of destructive pests, and in order to show how well these operations have succeeded meet ings are held in the orchards where both fruits and trees can be examined by all who attend. The session being at one o'clock p. m. The State's representatives will be present rain or shine. Scale Insects on Maple. The Superintendent of Grounds and Buildings of a leading east ern college wrote recently to Prof. H. A. Surface, State Econo mic Zoologist, Harrisburg, Pa., submitting a specimen of scale insects infesting the maples on the college campus for identifica tion, and requesting methods for their control. Professor Sur face replied as follows: - Your favor ot the 6th inst., to gether with specimens of maple leaves enclosed, has been receiv ed, and in reply 1 wish to say that upon examination I find the pests' infecting your maples to be the False cottony maple scale (Phenacoccus acericola), an insect which is becoming more numer ous in the eastern part of this State each season. They show decided preference for the rough barked maples, seldom being found on the Norway maple. This pest can be easily recogniz ed by its conspicuous, white, felt ed, cottony masses on the trunks of the trees, and the fiuffy aggre gations on the leaves. Treatment can be applied at once, which should consist of a ten per cent, kerosene emulsion spray, made by dissolving one pound of Whale Oil Soap in one gallon of but water; remove from the fire, and add slowly two gal Ions of kerosene, stirring briskly all the time. This should be whipped or churned until it forms a homogeneous creamy mass, which can be kept as a stock so lution for some time. When ready to spray, dissolve one pert of the stock solution in five parts of water. Whale Oil Soap, at the rate of one pound to five gallons of water, will also destroy this pest , I would advise, also, that you spray these Infested trees during the dormant state, after the leav es have fallen, using a twenty per cent kerosene emulsion, or Whale Oil Soap, one pound in each gallon of water. The leaves will then not interfere with thor ough treatment, which is neces sary In destroying these Insects. AN OLD RESIDENTER. Land Turtle Picked Up Near Ebenezer Church Recently Carrying Date May 8, 1821, While Bruce 'Clevenger Was walking ne ar Ebenezen church in Belfast township a few days ago, be picked up a land turtle, and found engraved on the under shell, "Levi Hollanshead, May 8, 1821." The man whose name is engraved on the shell is remem bered by the older people and is known to have resided on the old llollenshead place, which is about half a mile south of Ebenezer church. This patriarch of the tortoise family evidently had been taught by its mother that "a rolling stone gathers no moss" and acting on that theory had spent almost ninety years quietly sliding around in the immediate neighborhood of its hirthplace; indeed, there is no evidence to prove that the turtle was not ninety years old the day Mr. llollenshead engraved his name upon the turtle's ceilar door. Heavy Shower at Needmore, Dear Editor News : Several weeks ago, some ot our good peo ple around here prophesied every few days that we would get a shower; but all signs seemed to fail for a long time. Then we were made to think that the old Indian sign is the best "cloudy allarcundand pouring down in the middle." Last Tuesday, the 20fch. was a beautiful day. The sun sbined bright and clear; but there came a heavy shower in the evening, which almost inundated the home of Rev. A. G. B. Pow ers, who was at church, and on returning home, stepped into the postoffice to get his mail; and all of a sudden there came a shower ot post cards 235 in number all of which are very beautiful, causing him to remember that he had preached on his Goth birth day. The names of the postoffice from which those cards came, are Plymouth, Ind.; Laneville, W.Va; Friendsville, Md.; Hancock, Md.; Everett, Gapsville, Saluvia, And over, Harrisonville, McConnells burg, Big Cove Tannery, Dickeys Mountain, Plum Run, War fords burg, Amaranth, Locust Grove, Sipes Mill, McKibbin, Iddo, Dott and Needmore. The Reverend very much appreciated those kind remembrances. A Friend. The last legislature passed an act creating commission to ar range for the proper observance of the fiftieth anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg. Exit the Cube Root. The Denver School Board cer tainly took a radical step when it decided to eliminate from the cur riculu m of its pu blic schools those portions of the arithmetic which have been wont to strike fear to the heart of the ordinary school boy. What person cannot recall the fearful problems proposed for solution involving the use of compound fractions, partial pay ments and other varieties of arithmetical gymnastics? The practical value of these studies is really very small, and it is the in tention to substitute for them other blanches which will be of more utility in the daily work of life. Not only is this departure to be confined to arithmetic prop er, but also to certain tables of weights and measures now obso lete. The replacing of these com paratively useless studies by oth er which shall impart to students a practical knowledge that will be of daily service to them, is a work that deserves the highest com meudation, and it Is much to the credit of this progressive West ern metropolis to bethe initiator ot such a desirable reform. Franklin Repository. Miss Mary Sloan, who has been visiting friends in the west ern part of the State for the past month, returned on Monday evening. She reports a very pleasant time and is m nch plea led with the country through which be traveled, Ficlds-Winegardncr. A quiet wedding occurred Tues day, September 20th, at the llus tontown M. E. parsonage, when Grovar C. Fields and Miss Goldie Winegardner, both of Clear Ridge, were united by Rev. Luth er W. McGarvey in the bonds of holy matrimony. The young people are well knewn and highly esteemed in their community, and their friends, discovering their secret, gathered enmasse and tendered them a rousing serenade. The bride will remain at her father's home until fall, and the groom has returned to Hunting don, where he is employed by Joseph Hall, contractor, in the erection of a large hospital. i Open to Settlers. Lands reaching the grand to tal of 1,737,000 acres in California and Nevada will oe opened to settlement on November 21, and to entry one month .later. Em braced in the tract are 205,000 acres in the Sacramento and In dependence land districts in Cali fornia, and 1,532,000 acres in the Carsou City land districts in Cal ifornia. Approximately 679,555 acres of land in Arizona and New Mexico, eliminated from the national for ests, have been opened to settle ment under the homestead laws. The lands will become subject to settlement November 22, but not to entry until December 21. The list follows. From the Coconino national forest, Arizonia, about 283,444 acres, lying along the eastern and northern borders of the forest in Coconino County; about 338,913 acres eliminated from the Coronado national forest Arizona, lying m Pinal, Pima and Cochise counties Arisona and about 51,057 acres in Grant Coun ty, New Mexico, and approximate ly 6,240 acres in Cochise County, Arizona, eliminated from the Chiricahua national forest. NEEDMORE. Seeding and cutting corn are the order of the day. Mrs. Carrie Lanehart, who has been seriously ill for sometime, is no better. Ireda Garland is reported bet ter. Eld. C. L. Funk, who had been visiting friends in Indiana and Illinois, for sometime, returned to his home recently. Edward Wink and Frank Mel lott are drilling a well at. Dr. Pal mer's new barn. The wall for the new school building is ready for the carpen ters. Rev. Powers began a series of meetings at Oakley last Saturday evening. Charles Kershner has several jobs of plastering m the Big Cove. If you want a first class plasterer call oh Charlie. Our cider mill has been run ning over time to accomodate its many customers. An Association will be held at the Sideling Hill Baptist church next Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Last Thursday forenoon, Mr and Mrs. Blair B. Young, of Hoi lidaysburg, and Mr. and Mrs. C. Howard Kendall and their daugb ter Miss Lillie, of Altoona, in Mr. Young's "Cadillac Thirty" drove over from Hollidaysburg, and spent a few days visiting in Mc Connellsburg and in the Cove. Mr. Kendall is a brother of John F. and David M., m the Cove, and Mrs. Kendall and Mr. Young are sister and brother of Mrs. B. W. Peck, of McConnells burg. . ' On Monday, the visitors, accompa nied by John F. and David Ken dall, and the editor and his wife, made an automobile trip from McConnellsburg to the Antietam Battlefield, returning In the even ing. Tuesday mornjng, the Blair county party left for home, and oxpressed themselves as having had very pleasant outing. FROM EASTERN SHORE. A Very Readable Letter From Mrs. Thomas R. Starr. As my other half (I won't say better half) is about to send you a portion of the contents of the "First National," maybe you would not mind a little news too. We are having a couple weeks of dry weather now. We have bad more seasonable weather since spring really began, than we had had for two years before. The corn is a fairly good crop, and most of it is cut now. The tomato crop was very uneven; the vines were mostly good, but the turnout was anywhere from two to twelve tons to the acre. Hay was a good crop, except cowpeas. There was not enough rairi lor them. Everything else is good sale now, but potatoes, which only bring sixty cents a bushel. Jessie and Jennie Wink have come home, reporting a splendid visit' and good time with their friends on Pleasant Ridge. Mrs. Charles Mellott and Miss Mary Deshong accompanied them home. The Kent and Queen Anne coun ty fair was a success. The gran gers' exhibit of both counties was a sight worth seeing. 1 was lucky enough to take sixteen dol lars and twenty-five cents in prem iums on canned goods and four dollars on fancy work, and Mr. Starr got two dollars on a basket of pears. The rain on Thursday spoiled the racing, but the other days were good. Mr. Wink took a number of premiums too. Bond Chapel at Pomona held its annual supper, September 14 and 15, and had the largest turn out it ever had. Quite a large sum was realized for the Church. Fruit has been very plentiful. There will be hundreds of thous ands of baskets of Keifer pears in Kent county. The peach crop was large but very defective. The oystermen are not doing much yet on account of the low price. Some report getting only thirty-five cents a bushel, and they will not catch them for that Mrs. T. R. Starr. ENID. Mrs. Lizzie Woodcock is very poorly now. She has been con fined to her bed for a couple of weeks. E. J. Anderson and wife, of Kearney, spent Tuesday night with the latter's parents Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Lockard. Cloyd Edwards, of Juniata was home a couple days on account of the death of his grandfather John Edwards. Martin J. Miller, Asst., Ad jutant Gen., of the G. A. R., of Kansas, is visiting his old home for a few days. Geo. S. Edwards leaves this week for Philadelphia where he will finish his course at .the Uni versity, and next year will write D. D. S. after his name. 1L C. McClain returned to Juniata last Wednesday. H. M. Truax and wife, after having spent a couple of weeks with relatives, returned to their home in Juniata last Saturday. Mrs. Harriet Barnett and Miss Ada Foote, attended the funeral of Mr. John Edwards. t A. G. Edwards and wife, went to Mineraville last Tuesday, they having received information that the stork had visited their daugh ter Mrs. W. H. Barnett, leaving a little daughter. The ball game between Enid and New Grenada last Saturday resulted in a tie of 9-9. Mrs. Anna M. Neff, of Con nellsville, Pa,, spent the time from last Thursday until yester day in this county. Mrs. Neff is a daughter of the late Rev. N. G. White, who was pastor of the Presbyterian church in this place from 1834 until 1864. While. In town Mrs. Neff was the guest of Senator and Mrs. Alexander, HOW TO PLANT TREES. Information Given by State Zoologist H. A. Surface. Following information given by Professor II. A. Surface, state zoologist, tlarrisburg, to a su preme court justice, will be of in terest to all whj intend to plant fruit trees : "I can say that I am certain from experience, observation and study, that it is best to plant the pome fruits or apple, pear and quince, in the fall of the year. This, of course, should be done late in the fall, and care should be taken to use trees that were matured in the nursery rather than those from which the leaves had been stripped while yet green and thrifty. I would pre fer trees from which the leaves had dropped naturally. "The stone fruits are best planted in the tarly spring, if the soil is in proper condition and the planting well done. By this I mean, that one should avoid planting when the soil is so wet that it will cake or pack around the roots of trees, which is liable to be the result of very early spring planting. "If trees be Kept dormant when in storage, they can be planted very late in the spring, but the chief objection to this is, their lack of growth during their shortened summer. In the fall one has more time, the soil is in better condition, and planting can generally be done with more care than in the spring time. The date of spring planting does not de pend so much upon the condition of other trees in the vicinity, or plants of the spring, as upon the condition of the trees planted as to dormacy. It should be a truly dormant tree, or, in other words, one in which growth has not started." BUR T CABINS. Warren Welch, who went to Pittsburg to seek employment, has returned home. James Raker, near Fort Little ton, was a pleasant caller at Har vey B. llertzler's, Saturday even ing. Preston Wilson, of Fort Little ton, called at Lemuel Cline's, Sat urday evening. T. J. Comerer and wife, of Mc Connellsburg, were visiting the former's mother and sister at this place, last week. Presiding elder Rev. Mosser, ol the Juniata district, delivered a very fine sermon in the M. E. church, last Sunday. There was quite a large attendance. Lemuel Cline and wife and Sa rah Cjmerer visited Mrs. James and family, near Shade Gap, last Sunday. John Crouse and family, of Knobsville, visited Roy McGehee and family, last Suuday. Roy North, who ( has had typhoid fever, is out again. John Baldwin visited his father Elijah Baldwin, at Fort Littleton, on Sunday. H. B. Hertzler will be prepared to haul passengers along the line from Burnt Cabins to the County Seat, on Court week. Give him a trial. M. M. Carothers, of Orbisonla, was registeied at the Mansion House Sunday. A. B. Snyder and J. M. Ewing, of Orbisonia, were registered at the Mansion House last Sunday. Ruth McGehee and Cora Doran visited Anna Buckley at Fort Lit tleton, Sunday. Alaska Gold Output Increase. The Klondike placer mining district in Alaska has produced 1150,000,000 in gold since 1898, and mining experts estimate the amount yet to be mined will equal that already produced. Consul Cole, of Dawson, states that the gold output for 1910 will exceed that of 1909 when more than three and a half millions was pro duced. Most of tins gold was shipped to the United States. 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 W. B. Clevenger of Laidig was a town visitor on Friday last. John Gillis, of Knobsville, was seen on our streets on Monday. Mrs. J. V. Skipper, of Tyrone was a very pleasant caller at our office on Monday. Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Diehl are attending Presbytery at Fau nettsburg this week. Miss Bessie Gress left for Harrisburg, on Friday where she expects to obtain employment. Duvid Peightel of Altoona, is visiting bis sisters, Misses Sue and Annie Peightel, in this place. W. 1 1. Fix and wife spent last Sunday with Mrs. Fix's parents W. M llann and wife near Web ster Mills. MissLilhe Campbell of Holli daysburg returned to this place last week after an absence of several months. Hon. J. W. Hoop, left on Mon day for Gettysburg to attend the dedication of the Pennsylvania Mounment. Misses Bessie Helman and Ruth Roettger returned to their duties at Wilson College, Cham bers burg, last Friday. Miss Rachel Thomas of Mer cersburg, spent a week with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Thomas, near Back Run. Dr. A. K. Davis, of Hustontown, accompanied Dr. McClain lrom Hustontown to our city in the Doctor's auto on Thursday last. Clem Chesnut, of Hustontown, Democ ratic candidate for the leg islature was shaking hands with friends m town on Thursday. Miss Minnie McGovern, of Bristol, Tenn., arrived in town on Wednesday evening for sever al weens' visit among friends in tbis place. John R. Fox and Mrs. George Daniels and little son Lemar, left Monday for Lewis, Kansas, where they expect to spend some time among friends. Mr. and Mrs. Spade of Dills burg, are spending the week with the family of Leonard Hohman in this place. Mrs. Spade is a sister of Mr. Hohman. Miss Elsie Wagner of Knobs ville who has been visiting her brother Cyrus and family at Cito for three weeks returned to her home last Sunday. Oscar Peters wife, and daugh ter Miss Jennie, John Gardner wife, and little son Philip, spent last week very pleasantly in the home of William Fix and wife east of town. Mrs. James Sipes, Harvev Sipes and Miss Gertrude Sipes are attending the Carlisle fair this week. They will visit their new farm while there. They travel by auto. Mrs. Margaret T. Mitchel. mother-in-law of Editor E. U. Kirk of Taylor township, has been visiting in the families of S. W. and M. G. Kirk in this place the past week. Mrs. John Doyle and Miss An nie Doylo left for their homes in Illinois last Friday. Tbey will visit friends in Chambersburg, Newville, and Harrisburg, before returning home. The following veterans uassed through town Monday noon for Gettysburg: Lieut II. E. Polg grove, George Taylor, John Kee- baugh, A, M. Corbin, and J. V. Deavor, of Taylor township, and A. F. Baker, of Wells township. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rogers and little son Harry, of McKees- port, spent a couple of, weeks very pleasantly with their uncle . and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. George Thomas and other relatives and - friends In the upper and lower part of the Cove. They return ed to their home Saturday.
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