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THE PULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURG, PA.
INTERESTING PARAGRAPHS
Four persons charged with
murder are confined in the Cham
bersburg gaol.
Mrs. Annie Dellart, of Mer
cersburg, is visiting ber mother,
Mrs. Suders of this place.
E. H. Kirk, of Hiram, was in
town last Monday, transacting
business at the Court House.
Mr. P. R. Austin, near Cham
bersburg, is spending a few days
among Fulton county friends.
Miss Zella Crouse, of Webster
Mills, is employed in Mrs. D. A.
Little's millinery establishment.
Mrs. Nora Jackson, of Everett,
came to this place last Saturday
to visit her mother, Mrs. Malissa
Lodge.
Mrs. Nettie Alexander and
daughter Miss Maria Dickson
spent a day in Chambersburg
last week.
Miss Gertrude Sloan entertain
ed the Thimble Club last week,
and Miss Bess Taylor will enter
tain it this week.
Frank Mason wears a large
amount of court plaster on his
nose as the result of a hard fall
on the icy pavement
Jno. McLucas has rented a part
of the D. A. Nelson house on
west Market street, and will move
into it the first of April.
' Mr. D. A. Little spent last
week in Mercersbrg, keeping
store for his brother-in-law, Del
mer, McCune, who was siqk.
! Mr. Ralph Shives, near Han
cock, spent the time from Satur
day until yesterday in the home
of Isaiah Barnhart at Back Run.
: Mr. R. J. Lay ton, of Bethel
township, spent Tuesday night
in town and called at the News
office to advance his subsciprtion.
', Miss Netha Nesbit returned a
few days ago, after having spent
nearly a month in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Wible, in
Harrisburg.
; Hon. C. R. Akers and Mr.
Gates Seiling, of Brush Creek
Valley, were in town last Mon
day, and stopped over night at
l the City Hotel.
; Mr. and Mrs. Wilson E. Litton
accompanied by their uncle Mala
chi Litton all of Thompson town
f ship, made a trip to MoConnells
burg Tuesday.
" Mrs. E. Norman Akers of Sipes
Mill, returned home last week
from an extended visit to friends
in Pittsburgh, Finleyville, Am
bridge, and Johnstown.
?Mrs. C. W. Peck, her daughter
Ruth Virginia, and son Robert
Reimer. of east Market street,
.rent to Philadelphia Monday,
1 t i. j
weeks.
I If you smoke, and contemplate
spending a Sunday in Chambers
burg, you must either take your
cigars with you or buy them on
Saturday the dealers do not sell
'em on Sunday.
! James Wainer and J. A. Rum
tnel, of Gettysburg, James Sny
der, Chambersburg, and Mrs.
Joseph Doyle, Mercersburg, at
tended the funeral of Mrs. Jas
W. Rum mel, yesterday.
j Miss Catherine Comerer, after
having spent some time with her
sitser, Mrs. Ralph Hill at Mer
rsburg, has returned to the
acme of her parents, Mr. and
drs. William Comerer.
George Buterbaugh of Ayr
.Qwnship, is erecting a "pot"
limekiln on his farm. He is lin
ing it with mountain stone, and
will burn with wood. We under
ctand he will burn for his own
uae.
Mr. Chas. E. Cook, of Lanark.
13. who spent the winter in Wash
ngton, D. C, with his sister,
-Irs. Marshall McKibbin, is now
t pending several weeks with his
' Jnt, Miss Mollie Seylar, in this
I lace.
'
Since laying hens is a favorite
t Jpic with our readers just now,
ve will add that Mr. Preston
Ap8tin, of Franklin county, (for
nerly of Saluvia) has a pen that
garaged 180 eggs to each hen,
one year.
The revival meeting at the Side
ig Hill Christian Church, under
; e direction of Rev. T. P. Gar
?d of Needmore has resulted in
I unusually large number of
aversions. Up to lastThurs
y night 51 persons had united
In the church.
Scott Brant, near Dane, fed
'ail and turkeys this winter for
Jistance of six miles radiating
Jm his.home. He thinks there
e at least 400 quail scattered
tT e territory covered. He
?orts that coveys of quail were
nd frozen.
4r. H. n. Phenice, of Sylvan.
f an i sister-in-law, Miss Annie
Mrdon, of Plum Run, were in
fn lor a few hours Tuesday,
n8ing for the advertising
the sale of the effects of the
in nry Gordon. of Thompson
'" "y.a nollce of wh chan.
8 ln the sale register,
Overseer o f the Poor M. F.
Black took Billy Egulf to a home
for the feeble-minded at Pope,
Pa , yesterday.
A card from C II. Mann, St.
Cloud, Flu , say there is no troat
in the air them lie is greatly
enjoying the trip.
Mr. J. J. Conrad, of Cumber
land county, is spending a few
days among his Fulton county
relatives and friends.
Miss Elizabeth Patterson, of
Baltimore, spent last week in the
home of her parents, Hon. and
Mrs. D. H. Patterson, at Web
ster Mills.
Rev. and Mrs. A. G. Wolf, of
West Fairview, Pa., were here
yesterday attending the funeral
of Mrs. J. W. Rummell. Rev.
Wolf was pastor of the Lutheran
church in this place before going
to his present charge, and was
highly esteemed.
Harvey A. Welch, of Brush
Creek Valley, had caught eleven
foxes and three wild cats this
winter, up to last Monday, when
Hon. Clarence R. Akers dropped
into our office and told us about
it He did not keep count of the
'coons, skunks, possums, wea
sels and other varmints.
Clark McGovern is enjoying all
sorts of geological studies while
taking out stone for a three-eye
kiln on his lower farm in Ayr
township. When the master
Mason laid the stone in that
quarry he practiced all kinds of
architecture, in arches, angles
and capitals.
Mrs. Mattie Stouteagle, who
spent five weeks visiting friends
i n Waynesboro, during which
time she attended the Biederwolf
meetings, returned to her home
in this place last Thursday. She
had the pleasure of occupying a
chair in the big choir in the tab
ernacle. She was much delight
with the great meetings.
Mrs. B. C. Dawney, of Phila
delphia, in renewing her sub
scription says, "the News is like
a weekly visitor from home each
Friday morning but the arrival
of the News is a signal for the
suspension of household duties,
while its columns are eagerly
scanned, and I, of course, have
an excuse to "rest awhile."
Mrs. Asenath Mentzer and her
daughter Miss Kittie, returned
home from Waynesboro last Sat
urday after having spent three
weeks in that big manufacturing
town and attending the Bieder
wolf meetings. Mrs. Mentzer and
Kittie were both members of the
big choir of five hundred voices
that led the singing during those
great meetings.
Luther Burbank, the "Plant
Wizzard," has succeeded in grow-
200 tons of spineless cactus to the
acre, enough to keep four head
of cattle to the acre for one year.
Heretofore, this cactus was not
available for cattle on account of
millions of spines, like those on
chestnut burrs, unless singed of!,
which was not always convenient
to do.
Boys and girls, do you like to
have the merry little wrens a
bout the house during summer
months? If so, put up little box
es, hollow sticks of wood, etc.
with holes just of an inch in
size. If holes are any larger,
sparrows will take possession of
the nesting places. Hide them
in grapevines and other shady
places. Do it now, before the
little fellows come and go away
because they did not find nesting
places unoccupied by the spar
rows. .Tnhn T,. Mitchell, of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor, when
interviewed in Alabama a lew
days ago, said; "Woman suf
frage is srainin eround through
out the entire world." He ad
ded; The various political par
ties have come to recognize that
it is a great issue and are, there
fore, introducing the plank in
their platforms. It is a live is
sue in the Eastern States and is
making great headway in the
Wpqfr. The American Federation
of Labor has gone on record as
officially endorsing woman sut
frage, andis pledged o do all it
can to support the cause."
George M. Myers, of Bethel
towDship, favored the News of
fice with a call on Tuesday after
noon. He and his wife had been in
attendance at the funeral of his
father D. H. Myers. They were
accompanied home by bis sisters,
Miss Susan Myers, of Pittsburg,
and Mrs. A. C. McCullough, of
Jeannette, who had, also, been at
the funeral. Other children who
attended the funeral were John
and Nelson both of the western
part of the State, and Mrs. Mary
Cordell and sou Ralph, Waynes
boro: a grandson, Guy Myers, of
western Pennsylvania, was also
present.
Sunday School Big Week.
Ho, You Sunday School Work
ers ! The Postmasters or carriers
of the mails do not keep you from
getting a prompt reply to your
letters seeking information about
Sunday School work, and, especi
ally about the doings of the Big
Week from March 8 to 15; but
your County Secretary has no
assistance to reply to the many
letters which you write. They
are coming every day, a mighty
force from the North, the South,
and the West. In answer to a
letter, I reply Yes, the Superin
tendents of the Schools that are
closed during the winter can also
make the canvass of every per
son in the community who does
not belong to the School Call the
teachers of the School to your
home or to a central place of
meeting and organize the teams
as directed by last week's article.
Continued next week.
Another Egg Living Report
Our recent reports of the pro
lific Leghorn hens of the Brook
Side Farm, and the R. I. Reds of
S. R. Martin, Gambier, Ohio, are
still calling out reports from oth
er places. The latest is from R.
M. Nell, of Ephrata, Lancaster
county, who is a son-in-law of
optometrist W. T. Runyan, for
merly of this county. Mr. Neli
has twelve S. C. White Leghorn
exhibition hens, hatched June 21,
1912, that laid 240 eggs from
December 17, 1913, to Jandary
31, 1914, an average of 20 eggs
per hen during the 45 winter
days. Two of the birds were
disturbed during the period by
being prepared and exhibited at
the Lancaster county Poultry
Show, December 22 to 27, 1913,
winning 1st and 4th prizes. A
cock bird of the same hatching
won 1st prize in a strong class of
competitors. These fowls are
kept in a small house, 16 by 14
feet, with no free range, and
with only ordinary attention.
Another Fultonian.
Horace W. Cromer has an
nounced himself as a "dry" can
didate for the state legislature
from the fifth district of Alle
gheny county. Mr. Cromer is a
son of the late George and Han
nah Richardson Cromer, and was
born at Fort Littleton, this coun
ty. His wife, Mary Woodall, a
daughter of the late ex-County
Superintendent H. H. Woodall,
is a former McConnellsburg girl.
Horace started out to fight life's
battles single handed, and he's
been "cuttin right and left" He
has not only been very success
ful in business, but he stands
high in, at least, two of the lead
ing fraternal organizations in the
country, and is very popular in
his home county. Having learn
ed by experience that success
comes from standing on the right
side of all great moral questions,
Horace would make a very safe
legislator, and we hope he may
land the nomination and election
not so much that he may gratify
and ambition, but that Allegheny
county may have a dependable
representative.
Lewis E. Athey.
A letter received by Clark Mc
Govern from his sister Emma,
who attended the funeral of her
brother-in-law, Lewis E. Athey,
at Columbus Ohio, on the 7th
inst, says that Mr. Athey, one
morning, was decending the steps
at his home going out for a milk
bottle. On the steps, he slipped
and fell. He at once arose, and
walked up stairs, but soon be
came unconscious, and remained
in that condition until death came
three days later. He is survived
by his widow (Marion McGovern)
and by two children: Ward and
Alide.
His physician said the fall
caused a rupture of a blood ves
sel in the brain.
Weller's Sale.
In addition to the articles mentioned
under the proper head in another col
umn to be sold at C. B. Weller's sale
in Ayr township, are the following:
2 spike harrows, spring tooth harrow,
2 sets of breechbands, 2 sets of lead
harness, saddle, lines, collars, bri
dles, hay by the ton, fodder by the
bundle, and potatoes by the bushel.
Sale, March 4th.
Look!
As I will not be able to , be at
McConneilsburg as frequently
as heretofore, 1 will, this trip, be
there 2J days Tuesday, Wed
nesday and until Thursday noon,
Feb. 17, 18, and 19.
W, T, Runyan, Optician,
FRESH AIR AND ILL TEMPER.
Little Talks on Health and Hygiene by
S. G. Dixon, M. D., L. L. D., Com
missioner of Health.
Half the ill temper in the world
is the result of poor ventilation.
Think of your own case. Let the
office or the house or the school
room become close and "stuffy"
and immediately there follows a
feeling of depression. The lungs
being robbed of fresh air, the
blood is deprived of oxygen, the
purifying agency, the nerve cen
ters are depressed in their turn
and all of a sudden we find our
selves in an irritable, peevish
humor without any apparent ex
planation for it Ask any teach
er which is the most trying time
of the day and she will tell you
the last hour. Which hours are
hardest at the office the last
ones, of course. Not necessarily
because it means the culmination
of the day's efforts but because
the windows have been kept
down and the steam on until the
air becomes hot, dry and parched j
and then follows in due turn this !
depression and with it irritability.
People whose occupations keep
them out of doors are as a class
more even tempered and genial
than shut-ins.
The conditions in our homes
are equally worth watching.
Many a housewife who feels
nervousely exhausted would
would find that a few minutes
exercise in fresh air would pre
vent a nervous headache. A
temperature of C5 degrees fah
renheit where the air i3 fresh is
far healthier and more accepta
ble to the normal young or mid
dle aged individual than a tern
temperature of 70 or more de
grees in a vitiated atmosphere.
As a preventive fresh air is of
the greatest value. Overheated,
ill-ventilated rooms, offices, cars,
etc., are predisposing agencies to
both colds and pneumonia.
To Better Conditions.
The high cost of food products
in the cities is not fully appre
ciated in farming districts like
our little county where we get
it at first hands. After it leaves
our doors a profit is taken by the
huckster, the railroad, the com
mission man, the jobber, and fi
nally by the retailer five profits
which, in many instances, brings
the price to the consumer to one
hundred and fifty per cent, more
that we received for it We men
tion this because we would have
our readers keep awake to the ef
forts being made to bring the
producer and the consumer into
closer touch in order to eliminate
some of the five profits, and give
the producer a little higher, and
the consumer a little lower price,
to their mutual benefit Intelli
gence will be needed by both, if
better conditions are to be had.
This is one of the reasons why
farm instructors are preaching
local unions of farmer, (coopera
tion) basket of eggs, or my pota
toes cuts no figure in the market
unless combined with forty or fif
ty of our neighbors, making a
quantity worth while. Keep a
breast of the times.
Subscribe for the "News' enly
1.0Ovear.
I called Ben.
Eggs are up three cents"
Market pirces respond to the demand but with
Bell Telephone they're yours to command.
Every farmer can keep his finger on the pulse of the
demand with a farm telephone, and sell at the
peak of the market.
You're a modern farmer, no doubt, but why do you
try to get along without a telephone when most
every farmer in the country hails it as the great- '
est of rural comforts? Prices are low. Post-a
card to the Bell Business Office fy a free book
let, "What Uncle Sam Says About the Rural
Telephone." " .
When You Telephone, Smile J
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Constables Duty.
A subscriber called our atten
tion to a late act of our legisla
ture making the duty of local of
ficers of the law to keep tab on
how licensed hotels conduct busi
ness, and sends the following
clipping;
"A law of the state, act of
1913, provides for still another
watcher. His services might be
said to be a half-way-bet ween
work. He is to be paid for his
services out of the public crib.
He is none other than the ward
constable, whose duty under the
1913 statue is to visit all the li
censed houses in his bailiwick,
once a month, take notice how
matters are being conducted, and
report the same to the courts, for
which the law provides that he
shall receive a fee of 25 cents for
each and every hotel or saloon
visited. This information is
gleaned for the information of
the court and is returned under
oath. The scheme was thought
by the members of the State Ho
tel Men's Association to be good,
as it gave protection to the care
ful hotel man, as well as terror
to the reckless one, who by the
good hotel men are regarded as
the worst foe to their own busi
ness." February 12th is Valentine day.
We are pleased to note the disap
perance of the vulgar sort of val
entines once so popular; it indi
cates improved taste.
successfully used
iur .years'
4245 Fifth AvlPittsburch. Pa.
Western Maryland Railway Company.
la Effeet November 10. 1913.
Tralna leare Hancock ai follows:
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Flat Cost.
Preparatory to invoicing, we will sell
what we have left of our Ladies' and
Misses Coats at FLAT COST. Ladies
suits at and BELOW cost to close them
out. We have had an elegant trade in
these lines and they prove out all right
to the buyer.
If you want a good suit for yourself or
your boy, you can get it now at less mon
ey than you can later on. We must have t
the room, and the suits must go.
Suits for men $5.00 to $17.50. Over
coats $2.50 to $15.00, less 20 percent,
thus making the best overcoat in the
house at only $12.00.
A lot of Boys' and Men's Caps at cost
and less, to close. Elegant Men's Caps
25 cents; were 40 cents. Boys' Caps 15
cents and up.
Lot of dress goods ends that will
prove great bargains to you. We want
these goods all cleared out by the time
we begin our invoice. Some elegant pat
ternsregular dollar stuffs at 75 cents.
An elegant serge at 39 cents, never sold
for less than 50 cents.
We will give you bargains in whatever
you want. Try us out.
Thanking our friends for the large
business we had during 1913, promising
you better things for the current year,
and assuring you that we shall do all in our
power to make your trading with us prof
itable and satisfactory to yourself, we are,
Very truly,
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McConnellsburg, Penn'a.
Racket
We have just finished up
we started m business, and we want to thank
you for it; and, now, this year, we are go
ing to try and give you more for your
money than ever. We have bought
a great many of our Spring
Goods and think we can
save you some money.
Note a Few Prices.
Glass nest eggs
4 mouse traps
5 doz. clothes pins
lc. each
5c
5c
lc
14 ro-vs pins
2 pks. hold fast shoe nails 5c
8 pks. carpet tacks 5c
22-short catridges 12c box
22-long and long
rifle cartridge 15c box
Coat and hat books 5c doz
Coffee pot knobs 6 for 5c
Shoemakers wax lc
Flaxseed meal; pure 5c lb.
Belts 1J in. to 7 in. lc each
Buggy whips 10 to 50c
Heel plates 5c per doz
Cow chains 10 and 16c
7 ft. traces 50 to 70o
Hand-made open links lc
Hatchets 88 to 48c
Axes-double bitted 50 to 95c
Uome-made handles 25c
Wetfavea great line of Child's, Misses',
Ladies', Boy's, and Men's Arctics and Rub
bers. Rubbers 33 to 90c. Arctics, 60c
to $2.50.
Respectfully,
HULL & BENDER.
Pre-Invoice Sale
Store
the greatest year since
13 and 16 m. horse
rasps 20 to 25c
Try our 12c horse shoe nails
Steel picks 40c
Mattocks 40c
Mattock handles 16c
Handsaws 10c to $160
Taper saw files - 3 to 5c
Cant saw files 5 to 8c
Mill saw files 6 and
8 inch 8 and 9c
Mrs. Pott's sad iron
handles 8c
No, 2 lanterns 50 and 08c
Neata foot oil for
harness 75c gal.
House hold paint 10c can
Paint brushes 5c to $1.25
2-in-l 6hoe polish 8c box
No. 1 and 2 lamp
globes 4 and 5c