Jttteti VOLUME 13 McCONNELLSBURG, PA., OCTOBER 5, 1911. NU3IRER 3 BARTON PEIGHTEL. Miss Lucy Peightcl, a Popular Tcaaher, Became Bride of Scbcrt N. Barton Last Week. ' ARE NOW AT HOME IN ALTOONA. A very pretty homo wedding was solemnized at .the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ilenry Wolf near McCounellsburg, on Wednesday, September"", 1911, when their daughter Lucy Luella became the bride of Sebert N. Barton, of At toona. Immediately after the clock struck the noon hour, the bride and groom, preceded by Miss Ada Barton, sister of the groom, as bridesmaid and Ally E. Deshong, as groomsman, entared the parlor to the strains of tho wedding march, played by Miss Klla Barton, another sister ot tho groom, and took their places be fore a beautiful bower of ever greens and Golden-rod. The ceremony which made this happy young couple husband and wife was performed by Rev. Chas. F. Weise of tho Three Springs charge. The bride was beautifully at tired m a gown of cream silk poplin, and carried a lovely bou quet of bride's roses and ferns. The bridesmaid wore a beautiful gown of pale blue silk and carried a bouquet of Carnations and ferns. Immediately after congratula tions were tendered to these young people, an elegant wedding dinner was served to the bridal party, and about twenty five guests who were present to wit ness the ceremony. The bride was the recipient of many beautiful and useful gifts which consisted of cut glass, sil verware, China ware, linen and numerous other articles of which she is very proud. The bride is an accomplished young lady, having taught suc cessfully soveral terms of school in the public schools of this coun ty. The groom is a son of Mr and Mrs. M. E. Barton of Crys tal Springs. He is an industri ous and enterprising young man aud bids fair to make his mark in the world. Both are well known throughout the county and their many frionds join in wishiug them a long, happy and prosperous married life. In tho evening tho cahthumpi &n band made its appearance and gave them a treat to some most excellent music. Sinco October 1st., they have been at homo to thoir friends in Altooua whore tho groom has an excellent position. 0,000 Worth Of Eggs. Io stimulate a movemeut for the proper caro of the egg pro duct and thereby vastly reduce tlio f 15,000,000 loss annually sus tained by farmers and other egg producors, the department of agriculture has been conducting an investigation during the last year, tho results of which have just been announced. The loss 's due to improper handling on the farm and at the country store. locidontallv. it is noinf.nrl "nut. that tho products of tho American heu aggregate a total value of NBO.OUO.OOO annually-a sum piual to the value of the hay crop, uo wheat crop, the combined va'uoof oats and potato crop, a"a ncarly nine times tho yalue 01 the tobacco crop of 1908. pRev.J.D. Stansberry, D. D., B-i will speak at the Cito A. M. church, at 7 o'clock, p. m., -woer 8th, The church will Us sixth year's anniversary orcisos, beginning October 9th Ja continuing until the lGth. nday and Tuesday evening, V6T- Marshal Williams of Cham ersburg wm speaki and Wednes gV evening Rev. W. D. McKin- f Mercersburg. Revs. hpannn' Uyer, and Nappor have DeeQ lUVitP.I t .. mu..-...- fcS ?nd SuQdy the Wth. wervbody mvitod. OCTOBER COURT. Unusually Large Number of Persons in Attendance. Sheriff Harris On Trial Now. The regular sessions of tho October term of court began Monday afternoon with President Judge S. Mc. Swcpo anil his as sociates Humbert and Hoop on the bench. As usual, tho constables were called first and made their re turns. List of grand jurors called and 22 reported. D. M. Kendall, of Ayr township was appointed fore man. After having been sworn and the usual instructions given by the Court, they retired to their room and begau their work. Tho following accounts wero taken up for confirmation: First and final account of Jacob Rotz and P. Luther FioilT, admin istrators of the estate of Nathauiel Rotz, late of Tod township, de ceased. Confirmed. Supplemental accountof Joseph B. Mellott, administrator of Isaac Fink, deceased. Confirmed. Account of George W. Wagner, administrator of the estate of Amanda J. Cook, late of Dublin township, deceased. Confirmed. First and final account of Ban ner Bishop, administrator of Geo W. Bishop, deceased. Confirmed. Inventory and appraisement in estate of R. F. Gallaher, deceas ed. Ordered to be filed unless exceptions be filed within twenty days. Estate of T. E. Fleming, de ceased. Order for sale of real estate awarded. Estate of James Doran, deceas ed. Return of write of partition. Usual rulo on heirs awarded re - turnablo at January terra. Estato of Joseph Hoopengard ner, deceased. Return of Rule on Heirs. Heirs called. J. Luth er Hoopengardner, one of the parties in interest appeared and offered a bid agreeing to take the real estate containing 100 acres at $1495. Decree of Ccurt made accordingly. Estate of George C. Ehas. Pe tition asking permission to pay money into court for Mrs. Emily Gates and Lavina Gates. Order made as prayed for. Petition of Ralph W. Johnston, minor child of J. Findlay John ston, deceased for appointment of guardian presented. John F. Keudall appointed Bond in the sum of $2,500. Petition of Walter Johnston. John F. Kendall appointed guar dian. Same bond as that of Ralph. Petition of Susannah Kerns, minor child of Robert A. Kerns, deceased asking permission to pay for support of child, expense incurred m securing person, and to invest the funds of said ward at a less rate of interest. Order made as prayed for. Comonwealth vs. Andrew Fish er and Leslie Uarr. Motion was presented to tho Court asking that the proceedings in the case bo quashed. On the 11th day of May, 1911, George Magsara aud John Magsam were engaged m selling milk to customers in Mc Connellsburg. As they were passing along the street near the City Uotel about It o'clock in the evcuing, "tho wagon was stoned being hit twice," so said tho in dictment; but as that legal instru ment failed to state that the Mag sam brothers were in the wagon at the time of tho stoning, there was nothing left for the Court but to quash the proceedings, as it is uot a criminal offence to stono a wagon. Commonwealth vs. Logue Mc- Keo was taken up at 4 o'clock. Loguo McKee, a bright looking young man of about 25 years of ago was on trial charged with carrying concealed deidly weap ons. It developed that Logue and a young Mr. Lay ton had some misunderstanding at Isaiah Lay ton's sale m Whips Cove on the 23rd of last March, and that they got over into a field and proceeded to settle the matter in a sociable RESULT OF PRIMARIES Associate Judtfe DEMOCRATIC. Lemuel P. Kirk Albort Plessiugor William B. Stigers Repuhucan. M. 1). Haiston II. H. Hcrtzle;- ,...... Prothonotary Democratic, Frank M. Dieh) B. Frank Henry Norris E. 1 Ioover . Ellis L Lynch RePLT.UCAN. II. W. Wink Sheriff Democratic. Jas. J. Harris Jacob W. Mellott Max II. Sheets Repuhucan. James G. Alexander County Treasurer Democratic. L. L. Cunningham Samuel A. Hess RlCPUHLICAN. Milton Mellott District Attorney Democratic. S. W. Kirk RlCPUHUCAN. ShalTnor County Auditor Democratic. Repuhucan. A. E. College J. H. Woodcock, Jr County Commissioners Democratic. Simon N. Garland Jacob II. Hess Jonas Lake Frank M. Lodgo Wm. L. Sprowl Repuhucan. Edwin D. Alcers S. C. Burkhart A. M. Corbin Robert Ban n Earl M. Morton Albert K. Nesbit Goo. W. Sipes D. F. Trout Howard Wells Wm. Mellott game of "fisticuff." Beforo en tering upon tho encounter, Logue had removed his coat, and alter they had exchange blows a re volver dropped from Logue'a pocket and it was picked up by a bystander. Alter tho Commonwealth had closed its sido of tho case, Loguo went on the stand aud testified that he had put the revolver in his pocket tho evening before, as he started to tho postoflice at Emmaville; that ho had takon the gun along , for the purpose of Bhonting polecats; and that ho had forgotton to remove the re volver from his pocket before go ing to the sale, aud that ho did not know that ho had it with him at the sale. The rovolver was a 32-cal. The fact that the defendant ad mitted having the revolver at the sale tho only quostion for the jury was: Did ho carry tho weapon for tho purposo of doing harm? The next caso was that of tho Commonwealth vs. William Lock ard, charged with shooting with intent to kill. J. Calvin Foster, the victim of the shooting was tho first to be called. Mr. Foster is a farmer living in Wells Valley. lie had beon constable of Wells township, lie had occasion to arrest Mr. Lockard. Beforo he arrested him, he had some controversy with Mr. Lockard about halloing at him. Lockard called him mean names swore at him. On the night of July 12th, Lockard called him names as ho was passing along tho road. 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Miss Maude Armstrong, daugh ter of Mrs. E. C. Armstrong bet tor known hero as Lizzio Peffer, aud now widow of the lato Rev. R. L. Armstrong, died Saturday afternoon September 23, 1911 at her home in Lock Haven, Pa. She had been ill for a period of five weeks and her death was due to a complication of diseases. Miss Armstrong was a former clerk In Rothrock Bros., grocery store in that city and resigned her position some months ago on account ot ill health. Deceased was a lady of pleas ing disposition and her demise will causo siucero regret among her friends. Sho was a faithful and consistent member of Trinity M. E. church and of the Sunday school class taught by Mrs. E. A. Bartlett, and when her health permitted was a regular attend ant. Deceased is survived by her mother, two brothers and one sister, Rev. W. L. Armstrong, of Coalport; Ira and Miss Mary, the latter two of this city. Funeral services conducted by Rev. W. P. Shriner, D. D., pas tor of Trinity M. E. church, as sisted by Rev. R. J. Allen, pastor of East Main Street M. E. church and Rev. R. J. Knox, of South Williamsport, on the following Tuesday morning, and interment was made in Highland cemetery. Mrs. A. W. Brown, of Waynos boro, passed through town last Monday on her way to visit friends in the northern part of the County. a a 5 p H o cr o S d to o D 5L ST 15 38 79 13 15 18 7 1G 19 10 9 32 30 43 35 01 29 29- 881 188 585 10 29 41 9 48 8 0 75 15 3 418 241 28 55 42 42 8 30 550 35 34 55 41 33 81 22 41 25 57 2 5G- 510 390 2 2 G 1 0 5 112 0 1- 0 23 2 1 3 4- G 20 10 1 20 23 29 8 10 21 0 12 100 40 54 249 178 213 154 240 71 51 34 1G 11 12 3 22 13 12 0 9 10 34 20 14 27 21 27 0 9 '8 0 2 27 3 5 1 9 3- Had Nice Visit. Alter having had a delightful visit of four weeks, Mrs. Josoph Sipes, of Licking Creok township has returned to her home. While away, sho visited her daughter, Mrs. A. C. Mellott, in Pittsburg; Oliver Sipos, . at Turtle Creek; hor brother Simon Evans, Blairs ville, Pa.; her brother Joseph Evans at Bell wood, Pa.; Dr. I. W. Carter. Altoona; her son J. W. Booty in Bedford; her sistor, Mrs. Amanda Wolford, Buffalo Mill?, and many other friends and acquaintances at the various places named. As tho Fulton County News goes into nearly all of the homes mentioned, Mrs. Sipes wishes to thank her friends again for tho very pleasant visit she had. Fell From Chestnut Tree. Herbort Defibaugh aged 12 years, an adopted son of Mr. and Mrs. S. L, Frazey, near Everett climbed into a chestnut tree dur ing tho neon hour while at school one day recently, and when about twenty-five feet up, ho lost his balance and fell headlong to the ground and died almost instantly. The boys had been warned by the teacher not to climb the troos. Card of Thanks. 1 desire in this way to express my gratitude to tho Democrats of Fulton County who so cordial ly supported me for the nomina tion for County Treasurer at the primaries last Saturday, and trust that if elected to the office I shall prove worthy of the confi dence thus bestowed. 'Samual A, II ESS, 3 o ex LIQUOR PEOPLE IILLF.D. Bedford Druggists and Physicians Charged with Violating Liquor Laws. Two colorod men, thrco drug gists, one hotel proprietor two liquor agents and one doctor in Bedford, and one man in Everett, havo been arrested for violating tho liquor laws. Three of the party aro in jail because they could not get tho necessary bail, and the rest are awaiting trial at the Movember court. Tho infor mant charges that ho bought liquor from tho druggists with out a prescription, with tho same prescription several timos, and that ho obtained liquor for other than medicinal purposes. It may bo remembered that Bedford county is a dry county, Judge Woods having refused all licenses last spring. The Anti-saloon pooplo are determined to seothat the law is obeyed. The maximum fino penalty for tho offences is $5,000 fine and a year's imprison ment, and tho minimum, 500 tino and three months imprison ment. Death of Edward E. Smith. Krntn ilunuiicU Slur. The funeral of Mr. Edward E. Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Den nis Smith, occurred from tho Methodist Church on Sunday afternoon. Tho church services lasted a half hour and the body was then taken to Warfordsburg for interment. At the grave tho Masonic f ra tornity took chargo of tho ser vices and Mr. Smith was laid to rest with all Masonic honors About a hundred Masons and Ivistern Star ladies camo down from Cumberland on a spocial tra!n. These wero joined at Han cock by members of James W. Bowers Lodge and members ot the Berkeley Springs Masonic Lodge. The Masonic escort when in double marching line reached from tho Masonic Tem ple to the Methodist Church, and the escort was lollowed by a large body of Odd Fellows also in double lino. Not half of the people were ablo to got into the church and the funeral in carri ages was the largest seen here in late years. Mr. Smith was hold m high esteem by the Ma sons, Odd Fellows and Eastern Stars, his fraternal brothers and sisters. Tho Masons wore in Masonic dress and presented an imposing appoaranco. Tho floral contributions were tho finest over seen in Hancock. From his railroad friends camo a fireman's floral shovel with tho handle brokon, soveral Masonic designs, an Eastern Star design and a profusion of flowers from his individual fiiends-thoro wero two automobilo loads of them, in all. Justawcokago Sunday Mr. Smith was kiiled. 1 to was a fireman on an oil luol passongor train in Arizona. Tho enginoor last saw him sitting on his side of tho engino cab. 1 Io turned to look out ahead of his engine, whon ho looked back Mr. Smith was gono and his remains were found along tho track when tho train had come to a stop. It is sup posed that ho had steppod out on to tho side of the engine for some purpose and fell off accidentally. The deceased is survived by his parents and a largo family of brothers and sistors. The Odd Follows lodgo also con ducted their burial sorvico at the Interment. Vaughn Gordon. Vaughn Gordon, aged G months and 20 days, son of Mr. aud Mrs. Lemuel Gordon, of Newville, Pa., died last Saturday morning. The remains were brought to Morcersburg by rail last Satur day evening, thonco to Mr. B. F. Simpson's in Thompson town ship. The funeral was held Sun afternoca and intermont was made in tho graveyard at Antioch church. 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 J. II. Fields of Clear Ridge was in town on Monday. John Duvall of Wells wasamong the visitors to court this week. Harry Spaugler of Wells was greeting his many friends in town this week., Jared Pittman of Thompson was among those attending court on Monday. County Treasurer Elect lless was shaking hands with hi friends in town on Monday. Newton Edwards and family of Wells were guests of D. V. Sipes and family part of this week. Elmer Suders of Chambers burg spent from Saturday until Monday with friends in this placo. Howard Barnett of Taylor was a visitor to town on Monday. Mr. Barnett is Treasurer of tho Tay lor township school board. Hiram Clcvenger one of Taylor township's successful farmers was an early Monday morning visitor to town. Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Fry man attendod the funeral of their cousin Mrs. James Patterson at Mercersburg last Thursday. Miss Nina M. Kelso of Knobs ville spent from Friday until Tuesday very pleasautly with her cousin Lola Wilson at Huston town. Dctectivo Harry White of, Ilarrisburg, and Col. Domtning Court Stenographer, came over tho mountain to attend court on Monday. Dr. John Stevens, of Barns burg, is tho guest of Nathau Stevens, at tho Stevens homo stead a short distanco from Hus ton town. Miss Lulu Kerlin, and A. L. Keyes both of Tyrone, aro visit ing among their Frakcr and Ker lin relatives at Fort Littleton and Knobsvillo. Miss Mary Day Foroman re turned to her home in Wells Val ley last Thursday after spendiug tho past five weeks with friends in Bedford and Everett. Myrtle Stevens, teacher of tho Gracey school, aud Levi P. Mor ton, teacher at Clear Rulgo, wero guests last Saturday and Sunday in tho homo of Mr, and Mrs. J. D. Stoveus at Fort Littleton. Miss Lillian Fleming and hor brother Boyd, of Clear Ridge, wore callers at the Nows oflico Tuesday afternoon. Miss Lillian is tho versatile correspondent from Clear Ridge, aud possesses much ability as a nows reporter. Miss Jessie Sloau of this placo left on Monday for Philadelphia toattoud tho marriago of her niece Miss Jessio Dickson to Mr. Carl Do Swinitz, which was sol emnized last evening. W. Erby Booth and Jacob A. Powell, two of Thompson town ship's first rato citizens, spent Tuesday m town attending court. They do not get to tho County Seat very frequently. It had been seven years sinco Mr. Booth was In McConncllsburg. Among our many visitors Mon day was Charlio Deshong of Wells township. Bo says that they have had a good garden this sea son and as a proof ho says they raised a radish that measured 20 inches iu length and 1G inches around. S. M. Clevengor, of Noedmoro, was a visitor in Evorott on Mon day. Ho drove tho old stage be tween Everett aud McConuells burg in 1870. He was attacked two years ago by tramps, as are suit of which his right arm is useless from paralysis. Sam thinks things have changed great ly since he drove stage to Everett, Everott Press.
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