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VOLUME 12
McCONNELLSBURG, PA., APRIL 27, 1911.
NUMBER 32
RECORD OF DEATHS.
Persons Well Known to Many of Our
Readers, Who Have Answered
Final Summons.
ALL SEASONS ARE THINE, 0 DEATH.
Henry Millkk Tuuax.
Henry M. Truax died at his
home at Enid in Wells Valley,
this county, Thursday morning.
April 20, lDll, aged 51 years and
9 months. The funeral took
place on Saturday, the services
being conducted by Rev. Harvey
Swank of the United Brethren
church, and interment was made
in the cemetery at the Wells
Valley M. E. church
Henry was a son of William and
Mary Truax, and was born
Taylor township, July 20, 1859
Uis parents moved to Wells Val
ley when Henry was d.uite young.
and he spent the most of his lifo
in the Valley
On the 29th of December, 1883,
he was married in Everett, Pa.
by the Kev. vvm. J. btowart to
Miss Sadie E Baruett, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Barnett.
To this union no children were
born, and the widow alone, is left
to mourn the loss of a faithfu
and affection companion. He is
also survived by four brothers
Edward, Levi and Richard of
Wells Valley, and James, of Mt,
Union, and by two sisters Mrs.
Thornton Foster, of Enid, and
Mrs. L. L. Cunningham, of New
Grenada
The deceased was a blacksmith,
and he conducted a shop at Enid
until about two years ago, when,
on account of failing health, he
abandoned the shop, and devoted
his time to trucking. Recently
he disposed of his property, had
public sale, with a view to reuiov
log from the Valley. The day
before the sale he took pleuro
pneumonia and lived but thirteen
days.
With the death of Mr. Truax
the community has lost one of its
best citizens, lie was faithful in
the discharge of any duties he
undertook, whether in the church,
in the shop, or in the hjme; and
the large -number of people who
attended the funeral, attest the
esteem in which he was held.
Mrs. Joseph Truax.
Mary, wife of Joseph Truax,
near the Sideling Hill Baptist
church in Belfast township, died
at her home last Thursday aged
53years, 7 months and 20 days The
funeral took place Saturday fore
noon, and interment was made in
the cemetery at the Sideling Hill
iiaptist church, of which church
she had been a faithful member
for many years. Mrs. Truax
was a daughter of John and Juh
anne Truax, and is survived bv
her husband and by five children,
namely, Martin living near Mer
cershurg, and Frances, Nathan,
Allison and Calvin at home.
irs. iruax had been a great
sufferer from cancer in the breast
w about two years, and was
confined to hor bed about fifteen
weeks prior to her death, during
which vime she suffered more
than tongue can tell. But she
endured it all with Christian
Patience and fortitude, never
once complaining, only longing
fr the time to come when God
ld release her from her terri
ble suffering. In peaceful anti
ClPation of the change that was
oon to take place, she selected
7 hymns and the text she want
e? used at her funeral, and de
bated that Eld. Calvin L.
unlf. of Needmore, should
Preach the sermon. This he did;
W besides giving consolation to
ap bereaved family, he offered
uch valuable instruction to all
Dresnnt. Th
rax selected, and from which
v,r' unk Preached, is II Cor.
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Mrs Truax will be greatly
ssed by a large circle of friends
9 was a kind an true-hearted
"""a mother. At
her own
,wt, she
was
buried in a
PRETTY HOME WEDDING.
Ayr Township Teacher Becomes Bride
of Son of District Attorney Frank
P. Lynch.
The home of Mrs. Rebecca
Stenger, two miles south of Mc
ConnelJsburg was the scene of a
delightful social event last Wed
nesday evening, the occasion be
ing the celebration of the wed
ding ceremony that united in
marriageher daughter MissMary
Louise and Thurman Guy Lynch
son of District Attorney and Mrs.
Frank P. Lynch, of McConnells
burg. The ceremony was pro
nounced by the bride's pastor
Rev. Clifford E. Hayes, of the
Lutheran church in the presence
cf a largo numbor of invited
guests. The bride was gowned
in white silk chiffon and looked
very pretty. Miss Alice Steng
er, sister of the bride, was brides
maid and Mr. Dalo Garland was
groomsman.
After congratulations had been
extended, a bounteous wedding
supper was served. The bride is
one of Ayr township's charming
daughters, and the groom is
young man of upright character
and of industrious habits.
The bride was the recipient of
a large number of beautiful gifts
Union Telephone Line.
Dr. J. G, Hanks, and James
Pee, of Breezewood, and Amos
Hixson, of Brush Creek valley
were in town Tuesday lookin
after the interests of the Union
Telephone Company. These gen
tlemen have applied for a charter
of incorporation, and their tern
tory comprises the counties of
Fulton, Bedford, and part o
Huntingdon. Their lines are in
successful operation from Bed
ford by way of Everett, Breeze-
wood, Crystal Springs, Emma
vilie, Whips Cove, Buck Valley
and on to Hancock; also to Pieas-
aDt Ridge, Needmore, and other
points. The line is being built
from Pleasant Ridge to McCon-
nellsburg, via Harrisonville, and
soon for the first time we shal
have direct service with the west
ern part of the county.
Subscribe for the "News, 'only
$1.00 a year.
white robe, and the casket was
almost covered with tlowers. The
pall bearers were Edward Strait,
Clayton Deshong, Jefferson C.
Mellott, Riley Deshong, Scott
Baumgarner and W. Randolph
Pal rr n
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The family desire to thank their
friends who so kindly lent their
helping hands during the illness
and funeral of the wife and moth
er.
James B. Rakek.
James Budd Raker, died at the
home of his parents, John and
Barbara (Mum ma) Raker, on the
'each Orchard road about five
miles northwest of McConnells
ourg, last oaturday evening,
after having been confined to his
bed about ten days. Ho was
aged 19 years, 3 months, and 2
days. 'His funeral took place on-
Tuesday.
Budd, as he was familiarly
known, lived during the last two
years in the home of his brother
in law, Sylvester Cunningham on
the Woollet farm in Dublin town
ship, and was not possessed of ve
ry vigorous health. Budd was a
young man of excellent habits,
and the bereft family have the sin
cere sympathy of their friends.
Mrs. W. Harry Reisner.
Gertrude, wife of G. Harry
Reisner, died at her home in Ha-
gerstown, about eiyht o'clock,
Sunday evening. She was oper
ated upon in a hospital last weak
for appendicitis, and a series of
complications arose afterward
which brought about her death.
Besides her husband, who is a
brother of Jacob G. and George
W., in this place, she is survived
by a daughter, Gertrude, about
twelve years of age. The funer
al took place yesterday afternoon,
Friends, in Need; Friends Indeed.
In an article concerning Ful
ton county and its people, which
appeared recently in a leading
Philadelphia newspaper, the
writer praises the cheerful re
sponse made by the neighbors of
any family "in need."
Early last week George A
Comerer, a hustling young farm
er who owns and Jives on the old
Harry Comerer farm in Ayr
township found himself
need-" Pile upon pile of squared
timbers were scattered about
walled enclosure on his premises
and these timbers u ntteu pro
perly to gether some in a per
peudicular and some in a hori
zontal position would form the
initial structure of a bam, and
George "needed" a barn.
To havo these heavy timbers
fitted together and placed on end
alter w hich great oak plates m us
bo raised and placed on top wouk
reriuiro tne services oi men-
strong meu mighty men with
muscles of iron; and, as tliecoun
ty of Fulton abounds with just
such sturdy fellows, the names
of about IM were selectsd to
whom invitations were sent.
Now, mighty men are ncce
sarily mighty eaters, and George
and his good wile knew this;
so a peep into tho family Hour
barrel was necessary, after
which a visit to tho smoke house,
spring house, and cellar cou
vinced them that even with
mighty appetites there was
enough material to feed many
times this number of barn heav
ers. Tho morning of last Wed
nesday the day set for the rais
ing, dawned clear and bright,
and by 7 o'clock there was
small army of strocg men on the
job, and in a jiffy, frame after
frame was fitted, braced, and
pinned securely together and
lifted into position apparently
liko so many match sticks. There
was an entire absence of jar or
hitch, no pieces, or few at least,
needed altering; the careful eyes
and skilled hands of builder John
Comerer, and his brothers Henry
and William, had by careful
framing attended to all tho de
tails of construction.
Word was passed from one to
another during the eutire opera
tion and this amongst men en
tirely familiar with barn raising,
that they had never seeu work
progress more smoothly. For
the top fitting that work usually
ccnsidered daugerous there
were more volunteers than were
needed.
In due time diuner was an
nounced, and to say that the de
tails ol this very important fea
ture of such an occasion had not
been attended to, would be an
everlasting shame, and a libel on
the efficient corps of ladies who
so wisely planned and so care
fully executed all tho details of
providing for this great crowd.
And those men those mighty
meu those meu with iron mus
cleshow they did eat! They
ate then shifted about then ate
some more until the wisdom of
having the heaviest work finished
before dinner was revealed to the
writer, who was having his first
experience at barn raisings.
After dinner, those who could
walk bacK to tne barn, lit cigars
from a well tilled box that was
passed around, and soon a great
cloud of smoke began to asceud
which later developed into rain
clouds, and a gentle shower put
an end to the work, which, very
fortunately, had been about com
pleted.
The process of finishing the
structure is poing rapidly on,
and George A. Comerer will soon
have one of the best barns in the
Cove.
c. w. p.
Mr. S. A. VanOrmer, editrr of
the Bedford Gazette, and Miss
tfidna Smith, daughter of Mrs.
Martha Smith, also of Bedford,
were united in marriage at the
home of the bride on Tuesday
afternoon, April 18th by Rev. J.
Albert Eyler, pastor of St. John's
veformod church.
LOCAL HISTORY.
Wells Township Schools, Houses, and
Teachers of Sixty to One Hun
dred Years Ago.
FOR THE NEWS BY M. M. HORTON.
Continued from last week,
In 1836 free schools were first
opened in Wells Valley with John
B. Moreland teacher at Gibson's
and John Cunningham, at Bivin's,
Of Mr. Cunningham Iknownoth
ing out it is Hue to the memory
of that veteran teacher, John B
Moreland, that I here offer a tri
bute to his memory.
My father, the late Wm. Hor
ton, and the late John B. Alex
ander, of Wolls Valley, were pu
pils at Gibson's during that term
of 1h;J0 7; and, until the end of
their long lives, they often ex
pressed themselves in terms of
greatest admiration and highest
appreciation of tho character and
work of their old teacher. He
died in Clay township, Hunting"
don county in January 1904, at
the advanced ago of 93 years, his
strong, thoroughly . developed
mental fuculties remaining unim
paired to the last, and he was
loved, honored and revered oy all
who know him especially by the
children. He was a fine matho
matician, a surveyor, and an as
tronomer of note. A close stu
dent, during all his long life, bis
great desire, until tho end was,
to learn more and more of tho
great universe which the God he
loved and served had made.
What would the boys and girls,
of to day, in Wells Valley, think
of the trip to and from school
each day, if there were but two
school houses between Wells
Tannery and New Grenada, one
uear U. li. Lburch, tho other
near John Gibson's? Perhaps
tho perceutago of attendance
would not bo up to 100 all the
time.
About 1840 an old log house
near Valley M. E. church was
fitted up for school purposes and
used as such until 1851. No
body seems to know just where
that house stood.
In 1847 the people, in tho lower
end of the Valley assisted by a
small sum from the school fund
erected a small school house
near New Grenada. It stood on
the old Keith farm. It was used
until 1851.
Broad Top township, Bedford
county, of which Wells Valley was
part, was stricken off from Hope
well township in 1838.
Elections in Broad Top town
ship were held in Ground Hog
Valley Sherman's Valley now
at the house of a man named John
Lane, whose place was situated
in extreme upper end of the Val-
ey on right of road loading from
Wells Tannery to Hopewell, and
about half a mile from it. The
Lane farm has long been known
as the old John Wright place,
would like to ask how those dem
ocratsfirm tried and true, in
whom is no guile, at New Grena
da, the Cunninghams, the Keiths,
Dr. Campbell, Mac. llouck, Frank
Mills and others would like to
travel all the distance from New
Grerada up to the old Wright
place in Ground Hog Valley ten
miles, at least to cast their votes?
How would my old friend Crider
like to do that? Yet New Grena
da voters did that from 1838 to
to 1850.
April 19, 1850 Fulton county
was takeu from Bedford county,
and Wells township organized
under the name by which it has
since been known. It was so
named for the same reason that
Wells Valley is named as it is, in
honor of a family named Wells
who weie the first settlers within
its limits. The Wells cabin stood
down near the creek ou which
was known, in ray boyhood days,
as Wisharts "Upper place." The
exact spot where the cabin stood
can be located, very nearly, by
the Easter flowers which grow
there luxuriantly every spring,
(Continued on page four)
Rallcy at Round Knob.
The Round Knob Sunday
School held a rally on Easter at
p. m. The house was crowded
An excellent program was ren
dered. ork has been slack in I
this place for a number of years!
and a debt remained on the house
of worship. The pastor, Rev. F.
VV. McGuire, of Saxton, announc
ed the result of the anneal.
Enough monev had been received
. ,i it. j.Li a-
An appeal had been issued to the
Sundav SrluinU fnr bnln Thorn
had been a response but not
r.
enough to clear the Indebtedness.
Mr. McGuire announced as one
of the special gifts, one of $2.30
sent by A. Warne Johnston,
Cito. Fulton countv. This mnnev
was sent by tho Rockhill union
school held in a school house.
and was givon because a notice of
the appeal appeared in the Ful
ton uounty isicws. An offering
of was then lifted. The Sun
d.iy School still appeals to other
Sunday Schools to send small of-
fonngs that this small debt may
bo wiped out. Money may bo
sent to pastor.
Snows During 191011.
W. A. Staver of Shippensburg,
who has kept account o" the
snows during the past winter,
reports tho following:
Nov. 4, 1910, 2 inches
Nov. 8, 3 inches
Nov. 29, 5 inches
Dec. 5, 10 inches
Dec. 10, 4 incues
Dec. 11, 1 inch
Dec. 12, 1 inch
Dec. 13, 2 inches
Dec. 20, 1 inch
Dec. 23, 3 inches
Dec. 29, 1 inch
Jan. 21, 1911, 3 inches
Jan. 29, 2 inches
Feb. 4, 1 inch
Feb. 0. 14 inches
Feb. 13, 2 inches
Feb. 20, 5 inches
March 2, 1 inch
March 4, 1 J inches
March G, 2 inches
March 7, 11 inches
March 1 1, 2J inches
March 18, 1 inch
April 2, 1 inch
April 3, 1 inch
April 8, 2 inches
April 23, 1 inch.
Total, 7 feet.
iiius Art, vimrs.
lheJNEvs a few weeks ago
ioiq mat u. . L,ogue, oi Ayr
1 a . - r r
township, purchased a mars for
fuo, irom wnicnne nas since bred
mules which, with the mare,
realized him an even thousand
dollars at his sale this spring,
e have since found that this is
not an isolated case. lliiam
Uershey is a thrifty young farm-
er in laylor township. Eight
years ago, he bought a mare at
George llann 8 sale for twenty-
nve dollars ana twenty-five
cents, bince that time he has
one horse colt, and the mare is
wumoai now. ror two or tne
mule colts, he received two nun-
dred dollars; for two of the oth-
ers, he received three hundred
dollars, and one of the mule colts
died. For the horse colt, he re-
ceived one hundred dollars, and
no man's hundred dollars would
buy the mare now.
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By a vote of two, to cne, 25 to
13, the Senate on Wednesday of
last week defeated the resident
hunters' license bill. This is the
bill which was a duplicate of the
. I
House bill which never got out of
committee and disposes of the
matter for this session. The bill
created state-wide discussion and
only advanced as far as it did aft-
er a compromise had been effect-
ed whereby owners and tenants
were exempted from license.
i he reason that Roy j. Crom
well has been making such good
time with the mail this week is
because a nice little baby girl
came to ms home on Monday
night.
NEW TIME LIMIT.
2 Candidates
File Petitions Not Later
Than September Ninth to Get
Name on Ballot.
The method of making nomina
tions for public officers is the
samein the Tustin bill recent
ly signed by Governor Tener, as
prpvided by tho act of 1900. The
change of tho date of the primary
this vear. howm-nr. will mom that.
aiuraay, September -Jth, will be
In, . . . .
ne 'ast day for candidates to file
. .. . .
peuuon8 Ior lDoir names to he
Piaceu uPn m oanoi.s oi tne
several political parties at the
Prima,7 election to be conductod
in in,s C0UDly Saturday, beptom
bor rfa
ln additIOn to the aspirants for
P"cal honors being required to
file their papers with the county
- commissioners not later than 21
i"'"' uuo "luJa,,ca' "',0
- """" ttU Ui kUO uul cuwujiu-
lee3 01 u,e several parties are
"peuea to senu written notices
to the county commissioners not
later than Saturday, July 29, set-
ting forth tho names of all party
umuers 10 oe iineu oy election at
the ensuing primary.
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iu iuim.w MtikG oi iwis.
Henry Houck, of Lebanon, took
the oath of office for his second
term as Secretary of Internal Af-
rairs l uesday morning. I Ie was
sworn into ollice by becretary of
the Commonwealth Robert Mc-
Alee, becretary Uouck's term
of oflice will not begin until next
Tuesday, but on account of going
south on a trip for his health, he
was sworn in ahead of time.
During his second term of four
years Mr. Houck will get $3000
pur year, ine salary is now
. . ....
ctuuu pur year.
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"Uncle Henry" has been in the
puonc service years, lie was
a nuivn, turner nuu stupenuienu-
ent for 15 years in Lebanon Coun
ty, and before becoming Secre-
ft . 1 I ,
been before the Fulton County
teachers institutes many times.
Although he has held oflice longer
than any other State officer, there
j-uu u
has always givon good service.
jriarnea in tumocnana.
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aa i .iiu it i r iv r nun nT o am
A T H t Ll m r- . t
W. Va., a son of Mrs. Elizabeth
McKibben, of Breezewood, and
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Miss Edna lola Wilson, were
married at the bride's home in
Cumberland. Md.. Moodav eve-
ninar. bv Rev. J. S. Rnhi nnnn.
pastor cf the Methodist Episco-
pal church of Salem, W. Va.
A supper of most delicious
viands was served after the cere-
mony at small tables in tho din
ing room, all surrounding the
massie bride's cake, which itself
completely coveted a table. The
bride was the recipient of many
beautiful presents.
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Among the guests were Mrs.
Elizabeth McKibbin, Breezewood,
f&., mother oi the groom. Dr.
and Mrs. McKibben left Cumber-
land the same night over the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad for their
home in Salem, where Dr. Mc-
Kibben is building up a fine prac-
ticein his profession. Everett
Press.
How It Was Named.
A subscriber writes: "I wish
to correct a statement I read in
the News a few weeks ago which
said that the late Daniel Bishop
gave to Belfast township's lare-
est village the name 'Needmore.1
4 n
Ooe day Abner Morgret and the
late Elijah N. Palmer were stand
ing looking at some repairs that
had been made to the school house
by EphraimLake, VhenAbner re
marked that it needed more, and
the village has borne the name of
Needmore from that day until the
present."
Bedford county will hold its
Sunday school convention at Sax
ton, May 16 and 17. A parade of
Men's Bible classes will be a
feature,
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
Miss Jeanuette Stoutoagle is
spending a few weeks with her
COUSin
Miss Helen Hanks at
I KronvAitrnnl Ort
, -
Max Irwin, one of Philadel-
, .1. J . ...
Pul snuiea pnarmacists, lias
uee u spenumg mo past ween in
the home of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John A. Irwin.
- hid. A. J. Garland will preach
m the church at Needmore. Sat
urdiy evening, April 29th at 7:30
o'clock, and on Sunday the 3(h
at 10 o'clock in the morning and
at 7:30 in the evening.
Hz Mason drove down to
Hancock Fnday and returned
Sunday bringing with him homo
his sister Miss Goldie, who had
just completed a successful term
0f teaching in the Mount Airy
scUoo. Bethol townshm.
Mrs. Walter Rotz, accompanied
by her mother Mrs. Agnes Ray,
left TupariflV mnrninc fnr f'hnm.
u..
bersburg, where she and her
husband will go to housekeeping.
Mrs. Ray intends making her
homo with Mr. and Mrs. Rotz.
Those who visited at J. C. Mc-
Kco's, near Huston town, last
Sunday, were B. E. Wagner and
wife of Laidig, Chester Mc-
Elhaney and lady friend Beatrice
Wagner, and Allison Sipes, wife
and daughter Ethel all of Uus-
tontown: and Morgan Barton and
wife of Crystal Springs.
npw riRFNAin
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Rftf ePm,n attnr havin
SfiV(5ral w . - ...
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nary trip to Altoona, John Mills
is now busy packing his houso-
I - O v v vnuu v.vjr
this week.
Alma and Edna McClain, who
had been spendinc part of the
Wint.orin 1 InnlitKTflnn rntn
home and Alma ha ppened a
ornery 8tore at Three Springs,
i,mi n,9a n.t
Rnont, ft ffW fl:tra irir.h trionrla
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here.
I mi r
i rinm no 1 1 n m ontr tMinthnnAH
horse recently from James Mc
Elhaney at Clear Ridce,
Curtis Long and Bert Bolinsr-
er, of Jacobs.Huntinjrdon countv.
visited in the home of Samiifil
Stain.
One of John Rider's children
was badly scalded one eening
last week.
Grace Lodge finished a very
successful term of teaching at
No. 3, last Thursdav. and she has
returned to her home in Brush
Creek valley
Dr. R. B. Campbell spent last
Snndwln tliBlmmnofhia mnih.
w-.w v tiitj vu
er-in-law, Mrs. E. II. Lod"-e near
Em maville
In the New Grenada items of
last week the statement was made
that George Shafer had installed
a new engine. The item should
have said that he installed a new
"Iron Man" in the shape of a
trip hammer. Mr. Shafer has
had an engine "this long time."
New Grenada seems to have
the "go backs." We notice, that
over Sunday in a row of five
buildings from J. G. Cunning
ham's alley to Water street or
Mills' Corner, there are but two
persons residing Mr. and Mrs.
Mills.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Gracey, of
Taylor township, were calling on
friends here last Sunday.
W. L. Cunningham, of Euid,
was a visitor in New Greuadalast
Sunday.
Mrs. Jacob Black is on the
sick list suffering from an attack
of rheumatism and neuralgia.
The Annual Baptist May Meet
ing will be held at Needmcre on
the first Saturday and Sunday
in May, Services begin each day
at 10 o'clock, a, m,