9 0M mm VOLUME 15 McCONNELLSBURG, PA., FEBRUARY 26. 1914. NUMBER 2 I v, S 3j s I si Mr THE GRIM REAPER. Short Sketches of the Lives of sons Who Have Recently Passed Away. Nathan B. Henry. Per Nathan B Henry, a well known contractor1 and builder, died at his home at Clear Ridge, this county on Thursday of last week aged 60 years 9 months and 10 days. The funeral took place Sunday morning at 10 o'clock, and interment was made at Clear Ridge. Nathan B. Henry was son of James and Betsey Baker Henry, and a brother of ex-Coun ty Treasurer John A. Henry, of Clear Ridge, Mrs. Jane Gunnells, Hagerstown; Ellen, wife of Thorn as B. Stevens, McConnellsburg; and Mary, wife of James Fields, are Bisters. Last spring, Mr. Henry suf- fered a stroke of paralysis. A second stroke came on Tuesday of -last week, from which death resulted. He was a member of Fort Littleton Lodge of Odd Fel- lows, and Hustontown Camp, Pa triotic Sons of America. About fifty members of these Orders at tended his funeral and read the impressive rites of their respec tive orders at his grave. Mr. Henry was married to Mar garet Richardson, daughter of the late John D. Richardson, of Dublin township, who survives, together with the following chil dren, namely, DeKalb at Clear Ridge, Mira, wife of Dr. F. K. Stevens, McConnellsburg; Min nie, wife of David Fraker, Fort Littleton, Carrie, wife of Frank Keith, Saltillo; Charlie and Smith at home. There are twenty-five grandchildren. Mr. Henry was a busy man during his lifetime until incapac itated by illness, was widely known as a contractor and build er,; and evjoyed the confidence and esteem of all who knew him. j George W. Shultz. George W. Shultz was born in this county February 4, 1859, and died at his late residence in Deca tur county, Kansas, Saturday, February 14, 1914, aged 55 years and 14 days. Hi3 parents, Chris topher and Barbara Shultz, came to America many years ago and settled near Warfordsburg, this county. In August 1877, George went to Decatur county, Kansas, where he resided until the time of his death. He is survived by on sister, Margaret, wife of John Lee, residing in Omaha, Neb.; two brothers-Andrew re Biding in Elk county, Kans; 'and Jacob, the eldest of the family, residing in Buck Valley, this county. During the past two years, the daceased was a great sufferer from rheumatism th e disease starting in his ankles, moved slowly upward, and left his an kleB, knees and hips stiff and drtwn into a sitting position. Since last September, his nephew Leonard Shultz, of this county h"i been with him, and gave him t possible attention. Death resulted from an attack cf acute gastritis. Funeral ser vices were held in the Baptist clarch at Selden, Kans., and a 1 e number of friends were resent to pay their last tribute c ' respect to their old neighbor. 1 4 was a bachelor. j Lewis Williams. . -Mte an illness of six weeks , ration Lewis Williams, one of 1 older citizens, of Ayr town- died at his home just south . pjfts" Mill, at an early hour Friday morning, aged 71 Irs. 9 months, and 25 days. p funeral services were con- indLat the LaUrel Ride Chris" Church by Rev. A. G. B. Vers, of Needmore, Sunday fn'ng, interment being made new cemetery at the Lau age Christian church, his y being the first to be laid to ! n that burying ground. e deceased is survived by widow, who was Miss Abbie and by the following fren: George, athome;Alvah Taken to Hospital. Mrs. Wilbur Grissinger was taken to the Chambersburg Hos- pital last Friday by her husband, accompanied by her brother, D, E. Little. On Saturday at noon Mrs. Grissinger underwent an operation for appendicitis, by Doctor Palmer. Messrs. Griss inger ar.d Little remained unti Sunday evening, and as the op eration seemed to prove success ful they returned to their home in this place, leaving Mrs. Griss inger in the hospital until she re covers sufficiently to be brought home. residing in Thompson township, and Clara wife of William Ingram living at Hancock, Md. Mrs. J. R. Sharpe. Mrs. Laura Frances (Carnell) Sharpe, devoted wife of ex-Coun ty Commissioner James Sharpe, died February 19, 1914, aged 44 years, 4 months, and 2G days, a victim of the dread disease tu berculosis. Mrs. Sharpe was an ideal Christian lady a loving wife and mother, a kind neighbor, Her beautiful home near Cedar Grove church in Bethel township, was always open to all who pass ed and especially was it a home to the clergy. Ministers from the South and West will remem ber her kind hospitality while they stopped in the home. She eaves to mourn her loss a de voted husband, two sons, two daughters, an aged mother four brothers, two sisters and a large circle of friends. Funeral services were conduct ed by Rev. A. R. Garland assist ed by Revs. A. G. B. Powers and J. W. McManiman. Sermon from Rev. 11:12. A special choir un der the leadership of Miss Esta Hart rendered the splendid mu sic. interment was made in the Cedar Grpve Cemetery. Gates. Died at Saxton, Pa., February 17th, Mrs. Elizabeth Gates, aged 83 years, 11 months and 22 days. Her maiden name was Heffner and she was born at Waterloo, Pa., and moved wih her parents to Morrison Cove when she was 8 years of age. A few years later she went to Saxton and conducted a millinery store at Saxton and at Riddlesburg. She married George Gates who sur vives her. She was a member of the church of God for 62 years a member at Saxton for 55 years. She taught a Sunday School class of boys who have now grown to manhood. From this class the majority of the members of the council of the church of God at Saxton have come. This class presented her with flowers and rom its membership her pall bearers were selected. Her fu neral was held Thursday after noon and was conducted by her pastor, Rev. F. W. McGuire. - Mrs. Mary Melius. . After suffering two weeks from a complication of diseases culmi nating in pneumonia, Mrs. Mary Barnett Melius, widow of the ate George Clinton Melius, died at the home of her son Joseph on the old home place, in Taylor township, this county, at 11:30 o'clock Tuesday night, February 0, 1914, aged 75 jears 1 month and 26 days. The funeral took place on the 20th, the services being conducted by the Rev. Mc- ECechnie, of the Methodist church Hustontown, and interment was made in the cemetery at the Fair view church. November 24, 1859, she was married to Geo. C. Melius by Rev. George Smith at Calvin, Hunting don county, Pa., and to this union, 4 children were born, 8 of whom are living, namely, Daniel A., Ridgway.Pa.; Frances Demaris, wife of E. R. Livingston, Indi ana, Pa.; Charles C, John W., and Lewis E., on Broadtop; Phil ip B., near Hustontown; Joseph H., on the home place, and Jas. Beat, at Norris, 111. She is sur vived also by 32 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren, and thefok WIFE FAKED STORY. Wanted to Frighten Husband into Stay ing at Home at Night with His Family. From Philadelphia Keoord, Chestertown, Md., Feb. 20. The mystery surrounding what was supposed to have been an attack upon Mrs. Jesse Hurd while she was alone in her home, a short distance from town, on a recent Saturday night, was solved this afternoon when Mrs Hurd, who had stated that she had been assailed by a negro, but had driven him away by cut ting his head and hands with a carving knife, broke down and confessed to State's Attorney Vickers and Deputy Sheriff Jas, Bolton that the whole thing was false and that she told the story to keep her husband at home at night In her confession she said her husband was in the habit of leaving home evary night after supper and not returning unti late, so she killed a chicken and smeared the blood on the floor of the dining-room and on the out side of the house to give him the impression that she had been at tacked. When the husband returned home about, midnight on the night of the alleged assault, his wife pretended to be in a terri bly nervous condition and stated that she had been attacked by a negro. She showed her husband the carving knife and the blood stains on the floor and around the premises, and he notified the State's Attorney and Sheriff, who immediately began a search for the imaginary negro. The country and woods surrounding the house were scoured without result, and Detective Hogan was ordered here from Baltimore last week to unravel the mystefy. He left last Friday afternoon without accomplishing anything, but the local authorities kept at work and finally succeeded in getting the confession from Mrs, Hurd. She has the sympathy of all defenseless women who are eft alone by inconsiderate hus bands, but the officers will be shy of future like experiences. lowing sisters and brot hers: Eli za, wife of Martin M. Bender, of McConnellsburg; Sarah E., wife of Abner Chilcoate, Blairs Mills, a. ; Tenie, wife of A. P. Isen- berg, Houtzdale, Pa., Ella, wife of David Clark, DuBois, Pa.; Al ice, wife of Jos. II. Chilcoate, Tyrone, Pa. ; Agness, wife of P. Breugger, Nauvoo, 111.; Fannie, wife of Joseph Barber, Defiance, a. ; Joseph H. and James Bar nett, Kewanee, 111., and Philip Shoaf, DuBois, Pa. In early lite she united with the Fairview Methodist church, and lived an exemplary life, ever ready to extend a helping hand to the needy and afflicted. Mrs. Sarah. J. Cromer. Mrs. Sarah Jane Cromer, wid ow of the late Hon, J. J. Cromer died at her home at Fort Little ton at 3:55 o'clock, Tuesday morn ing. While Mrs. Cromer was not possessed of vigorous health, she was well as usually until the Tuesday preceding her death, when she was stricken with apo plexy resulting from cerebral hem orrhage. The funeral, conduct ed by Rev. W. M. Cline, of the M. E. Church, took place on Wednesday afternoon, and inter ment was made in the cemetery at Fort Littleton. Mrs. Cromer was a daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Mc Donald Cunningham, and was born in May, 1849; hence she was in her 65th year. About 42 years ago, she was united in marriage to Jere J. Cromer, and to this union, eleven children were born, ten of whom are living, namely, Mary, wife of John Baldwin, Burnt Cabins; Frances, wife of James Patterson, Pitcairn, Pa. ; Emily and Margaret, at home; George, in Idaho: Catherine, wife of Charles Richardson, Fort Lit tleton; Jere J., Cashmere, Wash. lorence, Blanche, and Harry at home. wm. uunningham, a brother of the deceased, lives in daho. The children were all home to attend the . funeral but George; also, her nephew, Horace Cromer, of Pittsburgh. MINOR ILLS vs. INDIVIDUAL EFFICIENC Little Talks on Health and Hygene b Samuel G. Dixon, M. D., LL. D., Commissioner of Health. A wag once said that "Corns cause more real pain in the world than cancer." This is jesting about a serious subject and yet after all there is an element truth behind it There has been a deal of talk about efficiency, conversation and kiudred topics, and reams of figures have been published to show leaks in our na tional economics. These are al very well but the thing which most interests every man and woman is how to get the maxi mum of work and play into each twenty-four hours. It is almost impossible to over estimate the effect of little things upon our everyday affairs. Sup. pose Mr. Humdrum Businessman comes home tired to dinner and finds his favorite dish on the ta ble. He evereats, the weather is cold and he goes to bed in a warm room remarking that open windows are all right for fresh air fiends but not for him. In the morning he gets up with a headache and a general stuffy sensation. If breakfast is five minutes late he kicks the cat, spanks the baby, quarrels with his wife and starts for the office in a fair way to be at odds with himself and a trial to his asso ciates for the balance of the work ing day. The worst of ill temper is, that it is more contagious than any known infection. It can be carried a thousand miles over the telephone wire and estrange a firm's best customer or find its way into a letter and take the en thusiasm and snap out of a good salesman for a week. Who would venture to estimate the business loss in the course of a year resulting from the ill tem pered indifference of clerks and salespeople caused by little ail ments which upset their equani mity. One of the largest depart ment stores in Philadelphia has placed chiropodists in the employ ees' rest rooms and the employ ees are being taught to ask im mediate attention to any little discomfort which their feet may cause them. Almost every day you hear someone say "Oh, when I have a doctor you may know I am re ally sick" and they seem to take a foolish pride in the statement as if it argued physical endiyance and mental stamina which was quite out of the ordinary. It is the little leak in the dike that eventually lets in the roaring flood and fifteen minutes chat with a doctor now and then when one is suffering from some little upset is better than to be the sub ject of a serious consulation la ter. By giving a reasonable a- mount of attention to little ills, refraining betimes from making them a subject of conversation, we arevgiving our physical ma chinery its just due and as a re sult should be more agreeable as sociates for our families and riends and more efficient work ers in the business or social world. Badly Sprained Ankle. On last Sunday evening Miss Marion Sloan, while on her way to church, stepped into a hole in the pavement, left by the Water Company at the corner of Second and Water streets, and severely sprained her ankle. Neighbors assisted her back to her home. Why the Water Company is al- owed to tear up the pavements and put them down in any old lipshod way without protest from the town authorities or the property owners is a mystery. Travellers to and from the post office are daily expecting to hear of a serious accident on account of the water that runs across and reezes on the sidewalk between the post office and Water street Who will pay the damage when it occurs? That somebody will pay is sure as taxes. INOCULATION OF CLOVER. Reuben R. Sipes Had Splendid Results on His Farm in Licking . Creek Township. Inoculation of clover in this district has long since passed the experimental stage. I have seen many fields where the difference between clover from inoculated and uninoculated seed could be seen right to the line. This cov ers cases of dry-killing, winter killing and choking out by weeds. 1913 was "carrot year," but carrot was much less in evidence in the inoculated clover fields. The reason is not hard to find. The spring wa3 unfavorable to clover and held it back until the carrot got too great a start But with the inoculated clover, the added vigor due to the nitrogen furnished by the Bacteria enabled the clover to hold the carrot down. We are told that lime will bring clover. That is generally true, and it always helps. But where we have been having clover fail ure this rule is unsafe; it must be lime plus inoculation. In the spring of 1913, Mr. Reu ben R. Sipes, a wide-awake, Licking Creek farmer, seeded clover on two limed fields, under precisely similar conditions ex cept that the seed for one field was inoculated and for the other not In the fall of the year the clover from the inoculated seed was as fine and thrifty a field of clover as I have ever seen, even on limestone land, while the clo ver in the other field was about all in." Inoculation made the difference. ine Dest practice is to drill in air-slaked lime to drill capacity at wheat seeding, seed inoculated clover in the spring, harrowing the seed in, if possible. That will make clover as certain as is humanly possible. It costs nothing to inoculate, except ten minutes labor for a bushel of seed; it can do no harm, Try it Send me a postal telling when you expect to seed and how much seed you will use and I will see that the material reaches you and that directions for its use are sent Remember that every clover failure affects every other crop of the rotation and don't take a chance of failure. A. B. Ross, Assistant Agriculturist Shellsburg, Pa Feb. 18, 1914. Held a Banquet Harrisonville, Lodge, No. 710, O. O. F. held their annual ban quet last Saturday evening in the Metzler Hotel at that place. About forty members and their wives attended. Guests from this place were Hon. John P. Sipes, Prof. B. C. Lamberson, Messrs. C. B. Stevens and A. B. Wilkinson. The oysters which were the principal dish, were served by the Rebekahs, and were pronounced by experts to be a little the finest oysters ever brought to the county. In ad dition to 18 gallons' of oysters, the crowd swallowed about 30 gallons of chicken swallop, not to mention cabbage, pickles and the other usual trimmings. The familiar face of good broth er Hiram Clevenger was missed on account of illhealth, but a quart-jar packed with the delici ous bivalves sent to him for a Sunday lunch will make him feel that the3-links form a "tie that binds." Card of Thanks. James R. Sharpe and family, take this method of thanking and expressing their gratitude to the kind friends, neighbors and rela tives, for their many tokens of esteem, words of cheer, condo- ence, and assistance during the lness and death of the wife and mother, Laura Frances Sharp. If your ears are tender and ikely to freeze during this severe weather, have them boxed before starting out. Almost a Wizard. What Thomas A Edison is to the electrical world, Luther Bur bank is to the agricultural and horticultural worlds. At his ex perimental station in California, he spends nearly all his earn ings a quarter million developing new forms of plant life that are useful to mankind. He has sue ceeded in crossing berries of dif ferent kinds until new forms adapted to our climate, have been prefected and will produce them selves true to type. He has given the arid regions of "The Great American Desert" a spineless cac tus plant that produces food for several head of cattle per acre the year round. He has not only produced seed less fruits, but stoneles3 plums, finer cherries, apples peaches, quinces and new nuts and vege tables. He has a new chesnut that will bear at a year and half old, and has borne in half that time. 1 he number of new flowers i3 almost endless. The great feature of Mr. Bur bank's experiments is that his new varieties, in many instances prove so much superior to com mon kinds, that, in a very few years, they will come into gener al use after the test of time proves their value. Another Hold-up. On last Saturday evening while Lloyd Cutchall and lady friend were on their way to this place they were waylaid by a crowd of fifty men and women who at tacked the young man and each pulled his ears eighteen times, which, multiplied by fifty, means that they pulled his ears 900 times. Not being satisfied the crowd compelled the young peo pie to return to the home of Lloyd's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Cutchall, where every one of them and then some spent a jolly evening. When time came to disperse, the fifty-eight revel lers thanked Mr. and Mrs. Cutch all for the good time, saying that the rough treatment of the son was only intended to show that there was no hard feelings be tween them on his eighteenth birthday. He Gets Potatoes. Our genial friend, Uncle John Hann, near Safuvia, took time while in town last Monday, to drop in and, among other things, tell how he raises potatoes. Mr. Hann's method is to plow down amoderate amount of stable ma nure, on ordinary sou not too rich nor too compact. He then takes the bullplow and opens up a furrow, two feet wide where the potatoes are to be planted. Hen manure mixed with ashes are then sprinkled sparingly in the furrow, the potatoes dropped and, with the bullplow, the last furrow is then turned back to cover the potatoes. The potatoes then come up in a uniform man ner along the edge of the furrow Mr. Hann does not "hill up" his rows, but cultivates by keeping the surface level. His crops are uniformly satisfactory. A Near-thief. When Wilbur Grissinger and his brother-in-law, D. E. Little, were driving home from Mer cersburg last Sunday night, after having taken Mrs. Grissinger to the hospital in Chambersburg on Friday, a sneak thief attempted to lift a package from the back part of the buggy. Mr. Griss inger was carrying a pocket flashlight in his hand at the time and hearing a slight noise, flash ed the light on the would-be thief who dropped his hold on the package and disappeared into the darkness. The attempted theft took place near the Fruit Farm, and it is said that several similar attempts have been made at various times near the same place. Miss Gertrude Sloan will en tertain the Social (Thimble) Clu,b on Friday evening. DEPARTMENT WANTS HELP. How Farmers Can Teach Agricultural Scientists In The United States Department of Agriculture. It is not enough that the coun ty agent be simply a "common carrier of ideas" from farmer to farmer. He is to be a go-between to gather facts and exper iences in the light of local condi tions and needs. Then he is to go a step farther and carry the experience and the ideas at the farmers themselves to the De partment of Agriculture and the agricultural colleges; for these institutions are as much in need of the farmer's wisdom and an accurate knowledge of the farm er's problems as the farmer is in need of the information which a&ucuiiuiai iiisiuuuuii3 cuii give. Active and mutually helpful cooperation is needed between the farmers themselves and all of the public agencies intended to prorfiote agriculture and agri cultural education. The farmer needs the facts and the explana tions which the scientists can fur nish. The scientists and teach ers are not les3 in need of the facts and the point of view of the farmers, they need to learn the superscience which farmers call . common sense, that wholesome wisdom that is the essence of the thought and experience of gener ations of men who have made good through work and thought and thrift and unconscious adap tation to circumstances. In nearly every county it will be found that most of the serious agricultural problems have been solved by several of the good farmers. There is no better way of teaching a scientific truth than by calling attention to some one who is successfully practicing it' It will often be found that the successful farmer has not stop ped to analyze the cause of his success and may often attribute it to the wrong factor. The les son is there just the same. News Bulletin. Remedy for Meningitis. Dear EDiTOR;-Noticing in your paper that spinal-meningitis has made its appearance in your county with fatal results, I wish to say that I passed through a siege of this dreadful malady in West Tennessee one year ago ast December, where a great many persons were afflicted and the death loss was heavy. The remedy most successfully used was DoBells solution of arsenic used as a gargle, and applied with an atomizer into the nos trils and throat. By the use of this remedy the disease was prac tically stamped out I suggest that you publish this fact in your paper that "the readers of the News may have the advantage of the information. The remedy is not expensive; but I might sug gest, that inasmuch as it is a poison, it should be used by the direction of your home physician. I am much interested in Ful ton county; for it was in the northern part of Thompson town ship that I was born, and doubt- ess, the Editor will recall a Sun day school at the Cross Roads school house that he and I atten ded more than half a century ago. My name is J. E. Myers, and I am a son of the late George Myers who lived on the farm now owned by George B. Evans. Party Enrollment. The first clause in the Party nrollment law which went into effect last fall, reads as follows: To enable voters (not already enrolled under their party name) to be enrolled so that they mav vote their Party ticket at the Spring Primary, the Assessor or Registry Assessor will sit at the polling place, in all districts outside of cities, on March 17 and 8, 1914, to receive certificates of enrollment Blank forms for these cirtificates may be obtain ed from the Assessor of the dis trict
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