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VOLUME 15
McCONNELLSBURG, PA., MARCH 5. 1914.
NUMBER 25
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THE GRIM REAPER.
Short Sketches of the Lives of Per'
sods Who Have Recently
Passed Away.
John Lynch.
John Lynch died at the age of
86 year3 at his home in Massilon,
Ohio, on Monday, February 1G,
1914. His funeral took place on
the following Thursday at 2 o
clock, in the afternoon, at his
late residence on North Erie
street, and interment was made
in Massillon cemetery.
The deceased was a son of John
B. Lynch, who sixty years ago,
owned and lived on the farm on
Licking creek in Belfast town
ship, now owned by Amos Gor
don. He was an uncle of Frank
P. Lynch, of McConnellsburg,
Sixty-six years ago, he went from
this county toMassillon.O., where
he spent the remainder of his
li fe. He spent several weeks vis
iting among relatives and old
friends in this county a few
years ago. .
!. Durimr the last twentv-fivp
years, he lived a retired life. Hd
is survived by one son, Jesse, of
Toledo, 0., and by one daughter,
Erma, of Massilon. The imme
diate cause of his death was par
alysis, a stroke of which he had
just the day before his death.
MannPalmer.
. On February 24, Mr. Charles
II. Mann, of Saluvia, this county
and Mrs. Madaline E. Talmer, of
tVineland, N. J., were united in
, marriage at the M. E. parsonage
iVineland, N. J., by the Rev. De
! Naris, pastor of the bride. Only
the immediate members of the
two families were in attendance,
, the maids of honor being Mr.
Mann's two daughters, Misses
! Anna and Marian, and the bride's
sister, Miss Henrietta Conant.
Mr. and Mrs. Mann then spent a
iday in Philadelphia, came to this
place on the following Thursday,
and on Friday continued their
journey to their future home at
Saluvia, where Mr. Mann enjoys
the confidence, respect and pat
ronage of a large circle of friends
at his store, in connection with
which he is postmaster, of the
Saluvia office.
The bride is a most estimable
lady, cultured, and has an inti
mate acquaintance with many
parts of the United States, hav
ing traveled much. Mr. and
Mrs. Mann announced while here
that they would be at home at
Saluvia, to friends after March
first; and that at some period
during next summer, or next fall
they would remove to St. Cloud,
Florida, where Mr. Mann owns
land which he will plant to semi
tropical fruits. We join with a
host of friends in wishing them
much happiness and prosperity.
Shippensburg State Normal.
Our Basket Ball team defeat
ed Steelton High School here last
Saturday, by 32-30 after the hard
est contested game of the season.
drove and Barnhart featured for
Normal in their fast floor wosk
and shooting. Scriever and Ma
thia3, also, played a fast game as
guards. Three of the team are
Fulton County boys-Barnhart,
scriever and Mathias.
A reception was civen. on Sat
urday evening Jan. 21, by the
trustees and Facultv nf the
school, in honor of the Junior
Class. The nl
eighty members, and nearly ev
ery one had a guest present on
me occasion.
B. H. Ovemerk Wnl mnnnfrnr
of the Bell Telephone system in
this section, will give an illustra
ted lecture in the Normal Chapel
3rd. He will show the
development of the telephone
from its beginning.
Summer School will open on
luesday June 30th. This is the
nrst time we have had a summer
ion. The large number who
nave indicated that they will
study here have assured the suc
cess of our Summer School.
h Ah3, Ml Lantz will be at the
eaa of the Commercial Course.
Everybody for One Month.
This is the last call to the Supts.
and officers of the Sabbath
Schools of Fulton County to make
the Community canvass during
the week of March 8 to 15. It is
not too late for the schools which
have not organized for ihe can
vass. McConnellsburg makes
canvas3 on Tuesday, March 10,
from G to 7 o'clock. The canvas
sers wili say to the people they
interview something as follows:
"Well, here we are, the S, School
canvassers, on time as we prom
ised you. We want everybody
in a achool for four successive
Sundays beginning with Sunday
March 15. All the Sabbath
Schools of the county will have
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special programs ana scnool ac
tivity on that day. Which school
have you decided to attend? We
have come to invite you and re
ceive your reply. "The infirm
and those who have positions that
call them away at any time such
as doctors, etc. will be asked to
enroll in Home Dept. of the
School preferred. The children
up to to three or four years of
age will be placed on the Cradle
Roll of the school preferrrd by
the parent. Forty six people,
two on each team will make the
canvass in McConnellsburg. The
people who are not at home wnen
the Canvassers call on Tuesday
evening will be interviewed be
fore the following Sunday, the
opening Sunday. Each school is
asked to prepare a special S.
School program for the Opening
day. Wishing you well in your
cooperation with the Master we
are the Fulton County Sabbath
School Association.
Alaskan Reindeer.
In casting about for stock suit
ed to the climate of Alaska, rein
deer were selected by the United
States, and in 1902, 1,280 of these
hardy little animals were import
ed and placed on grazing lands
in that country. The deer were
distributed among the natives
who were paid for attending
them, and the herd now num
bers about 35,000. The native
attendants receive a few deer
each year as part pay for their
work. The deer are broken to
draw sleds with a load of 150
pounds, or a man of that weight
and can travel forty of fifty miles
in a day. The flesh furnishes
food, and the skins most excel-
ent clothing, soft, pliable, and
very warm, it is estimated that
the territory adapted to raising
reindeer will support 10,000,000
deer.
When dressed, the deer will
average 150 pounds in weight,
and meat sells wholesale in the
ocal markets of that country at
about 25 cents per pound. It is
thought that reindeer meat will
eventually find its way into the
markets of this country at prices
very little if any higher than
beef will cost by that time, since
each year sees advances in the
price of that article in the Unit
ed States.
Advance in Cattle.
As an illustration jf the ad
vance in price of cattle, the fol-
owing from the Valley Spirit of
ast week is good.
"Auctioneer Bender had a note
worthy experience at the Harry
3oss sale, near Fayetteville, on
Tuesday. A cow was offered
there that Mr. Bender had sold
at the Adam Muterpaugh sale
September 11, 1902.. The cow
then had her eighth calf by her
side and was sold for $25. The
cow was sold Tuesday for $23
and is now bearing her twentieth
calf. The cow has a record of 15
pounds of butter per week. A
pair of mules was sold there for
$350 and cows sold from $23 to
$63.50."
Miss Naomi Roettger has ac
cepted a position in the store of
Geo. W. Reisner & Co. to take a
course of training in the, gentle
art of selling drygoods in order
to be ready for an expected rush
of business this spring.
SAl'R KRAUT AND CATSl'P.
Important Enterprises are not Infre
quently Developed from Hum
ble Beginnings.
"Tall aches from little toecorns
grow," is an amusing mutilation
of a grand old proverb that served
as a copy at the head of a page
of fools-cap, placed there by the
schoolmaster in the days before
the patent engraved copy books
now used in our schools wore
thought of. Many of the most
successful. enterprises of modern
times criminated in some very
small beginning. It is but com
paratively a few years since Hen
ry Heinz, an industrious dutch
man, plantcd.his garden in
Sharpsburg, Pa., in horseradish,
and, when it had matured, he
grated it with a hand grater, and
peddled it out among his neigh
bors in a basket carried on his
arm. To-day Mr. Heinz is many
times a millionaire, and his prep
arations are sold in every grocery
in the world. Joe Felz the fa
mous soap maker, who died a
few days agd, having made and
spent millions of dollars, began
the manufacture of soap in -a
small way, in an out-of-the-way
place. But his product was just
a little better than that of his
competitors, he was as careful of
his habits and character as he
was of the quality of his soap,
and success came to him as nat
urally as water runs down hill.
And to come closer home, a few
years ago, over in the little old
oried up village of Bedford,
lived a young man by the name
of Henry Heckennan. Had ho
been very ambitious, he might
have studied' spelling and mental
arithmetic and become a school
teacher. Not having money
enough to buy an iron furnace or
an oil well, he bought a bag of
peanuts the jumbo kind that are
a little bigger than the common
ones, roasted them carefully,
took them around and sold them
Those who bought them wanted
more of the same kind: the de
mand increased so rapidly, that
it kept Henry busy to keep ahead
of his orders. Without following
his history in its details, he now
has a large five-story factory,
with all necessary modern ma
chinery, and scores of men, wo
men, boys and girls, putting up
roasted peanuts, salted peanuts,
peanut butter, &c. In addition
to this, he has a candy depart
ment, in which he makes and
ships candy by the carload every
week.
And now, comes a story from
Indiana, very similar to the a
bove. It is told by Abner Sipes,
an uncle of George C. Sipes, of
Thompson township. Mr. Sipes
in sending a dollar to renew his
subscription to the News, tells
how the farmers in the neighbor
hood of his town (ricrceton, Ind. )
have been making great money
out of the truck business. A
plant was put in for the manu
facture of sauer kraut, and for
catsup and chili sauce. When
the plant was being put in, there
were those who prophesied with
long faces that the proposition
would be a failure; but during
the season of 1913, there were
delivered at the factory for cat
sup and chile sauce 4,0-16,316
pounds of tomatoes or 2,023 tons.
Of cabbage the receipts were 2,
921,705 pounds or 14G8 tons.
This was made into sauer kraut
which filled thirty tanks, each
holding from 5,000 to 5,700 gal
lons. Just how far the odor
could be smelled has not yet been
figured out.
The success of last season was
due largely to the abundant sup
ply of good plants which was
grown early. There were grown
1,320,000 plants and a large number-were
sold after the acreage
had been fidled. The supply of
cabbage plants figured at 1,
575,000. To grow these and have
them ready at the proper time
required much work and great
care. On cold nights the ther
mometer was watched closely,
and when necessary the force
Should Contests Be Limited to Corn?
Discussing the subject of corn
contests with a farmer in Eastern
Pennsylvania, a new note is
struck byState EconomicZoologist
II. A. Surface, who questions the
wisdom of limiting such compe
titions to a single product of the
farm. Professor Surface takes
the position that it is just as im
portant to advance in methods
of carrying on other farm activi
ties." His Jotter says:
"I can not see why the country
is going wild over the subject of
corn growing contests, when it is
just as important to have con
tests in produce-growing of all
kinds, such as potato growing,
cabbage growing, tomato grow
ing, pig growing, calf raising,
butter making, pie making, bread
baking, the canning of fruit, the
making of jellies and preserves,
and a host of other subjects that
touch the activities of the farm
ers and their wives in this State.
There is the whole realm of fruit
growing and preserving, which
should interest the boys and girls.
Corn i3 important, but no more
important than the other sub
jects I have mentioned in a State
with possibilities as diversified
as those of Pennsylvania.
"I am satisfied that it would
be far more rational to establish
a contest for all the products on
a single farm, rather than lor one
alone. Why not have a club of
fer a prize to the farmer produc
ing the best of all the materials
that' can be grown on the farm,
or have the farmer's son or
daughter compete for prizes for
producing the best of everything
that can be grown in the garden?
Or have a prize for the wife or
daughter, who will produce the
best of all that can come from
the kitchen; and, above all else,
the production of the best fruits
at the least essential cost?
"Another very important sub
ject neglected among the farm
ers is the care of lawns and prem
ises. Why not offer a prize for
the most attractively kept lawns
and surroundings of the house
and garden during the year?
This will develop the esthetic
sense to which all should give
more attention. Make the home
and the home surroundings at
tractive by making them subjects
for real thoughtful effort. Thus
it can be seen that corn is serv
ing a very small part of the en
tire unit of agricultural possibili
ty in this State, and we should
not be led into adopting the ap
parently one-sided view of some
other States, that corn is not only
KING, but the ENTIRE FAMILY
OF ROYALTY."
Big Concern Bars Booze.
The American Tinplate Com
pany, a subsidary of the United
States Steel Corporation, has
notified its many thousands of
employees that they must not
use intoxicating beverages, must
sever their connection vAth any
club that maintain sideboards or
bars, and must not sign any ap
plicant's petition for license.
Thus, one by one, are the big
employers throwing their weight
intojthe balance against an evil
that robs working men of their
power to earn a livelihood for
their families, and to lessen the
suffering of thousands of inno
cent women and children who de
pend upon their employees for
daily bread.
was called out to look after the
hot beds.
During the rush of the season,
175 people were employed to pro
perly take care of the receipts.
One hundred and forty cars of
supplies were shipped in during
the season, and 115 cars of goods
were shipped out This will give
some idea of the freight business
However, tomatoes and cabbage
are not the only crops raised.
There were delivered at the fac
tory 6,188 bushels of pickles, be
sides the beans, peppers and
burgherkins. There were also a
large delivery of green tomatoes.
We trust the lesson in the a
bove stories is sufficiently plain
that we need make no further
comment.
FAKE CURES AND FOOLISH PEOPLE.
Litifcjalks on Health and Hygene by
Samuel G. Dixon, li. D., LL. D.,
Commissioner of Health.
We are continually reading of
the gullible individuals who in
vest their money in all manner of
get rich quick schemes. These
poor dupes are the laughingstock
of sensible men and women, who
wonder how they could be misled
by the exaggerated promises
of fake promoters. For every
individual who invests-with these
unscrupulous financial sharks
there are a dozen equally gullible
people who throw away their
money and risk their health and
happiness by investing in fake
cures. A man may lose his mon
ey and be none the worse for it
in the long run if he profit by
his experience, but the use of
consumption cures, soothing syr
ups, spring tonics and cure alls
of every description is fraught
with genuine danger. Often
times these quack remedies con
tain habit forming drugs, The
ailing men and women who trdst
to these and delay consulting an
experienced physician are trifling
with their most precious posses
sionhealth.
Physicians of professional
standing do not advertise. Any
man who claime in print or else
where that he has an unfailing
cure for the ills of humanity
should be regarded with the ut
most suspicion. Traveling quacks
advertising under their own
names or a3 "medical institutes"
should be strictly avoided. They
prey upon the weak and ailing.
The majority of their advertise
ments begin with extravagant
promises of free treatment, and
in the long run they usually sue
ceed in fleecing their patients out
of far more than a regular phy
sician would have charged to at
tend the case. Ninety-nine times
out of a hundred the poor patients
are worse off than they were in
the beginning. All too often
there is a tragic ending. Medi
cal ethics require a physician to
give freely to the world all dis
coveries which may benefit hu
manity. This is rigidly adhered
to by all physicians of any pro
fessional standing. The estab
lished physician like the estab
lished merchant depends for his
livelihood upon his reputation for
fair dealing and his ability as a
practitioner.
Home Canneries
A few citizens have expressed
a desire to know more about the
cost of canning furnaces suitable
for the joint use of several fami
lies who have a surplus of fruits,
berries, etc. We hope, in a few
days, to be able to give out in
formation that will be satisfacto
ry.
There is no doubt whatever,
that the ladies of this county
could make tidy sums each sum
mer if they had an outfit such as
can be had at a reasonable price,
and located at a point convenient
for each member of the club
owning it.
Cans of various sizes can be
had in largs quantities, at whole
sale prices, and a market found
through some local merchant in
terested in the welfare of his
community by calling to his aid
his city commission merchant.
Profitable enterprises frequent
ly grow from small beginnings
like the foregoing. All it needs
here is some community to make
the start.
Pennsylvania will be "cleaned
up" when the suffrage amend
ment is adopted. So said Com
missioner J. Denny O'Neil of
Pittsburgh, at a recent joint meet
ing of the Association of Direc
tors of the Poor and Charities of
Pennsylvania Conference of Char
ities and Corrections in Philadel
phia. "I have been accustomed
to make political speeches to
men," he continued; "but it is
my frank conviction that I shall
soon be making them to women,
and the sooner the better."
Bonght Land in Florida.
Mr. C. II. Mann, merchant and
postmaster at Saluvia, this coun
ty, returned to his home last Fri
day, after having spent a month
in Florida where he purchased
several lots in the growing town
of St. Cloud, and ten acres of fine
fruit land close by. St. Cloud is
only four years old, but has a
population of 3,000. It i3 situa
ted about 175 miles south of Jack
sonville, on the Atlantic Coast
line railroad, and is twenty-five
miles inland from the Atlantic
ocean. Lyi fig close to. the town
is a beautiful freshwater lake,
six by eight miles in dimension,
and with beach and bottom of so
solid material that when Mr.
Mann and a friend drove their
horse and buggy into it they
found no mud or sediment of any
kind. Bathing in the lake is
therefore a favorite sport of the
town people.
Unlike the western coast of
Florida, the soil is not too sandy
for profitable culture of almost
an endless variety of vegetables
and fruits, including not only
those of the temperate zone, but
those of the semi-tropical, and
many of the tropical plants. Mr.
Mann made several trips to Flo
rida before making his purchase,
and feels sure that he has select
ed one of the very finest spots in
that famous state.
We distinctly remember when
Mr. Mann went through this
place a month ago, on his way
to Florida, that he mentioned
having a suit of clothes along in
which to pick oranges. Well, if
he calls the specimen he picked,
an "orange," then we have no
fault to find; for his enthusiasm
for orange land is only exceeded
by his love for vine land.
State Forestry.
In a letter enclosing a dollar
for subscription to the News, Mr
T. Roy Morton sent a map of the
State which shows the location
and extent of the lands purchas
ed by the State for forestry pur
poses. Mr. Morton son of Judge
Morton of this place is a State
Forester, and is located at Peters
burg, six miles west of Hunting
don. The map shows that the State
owns practically all of the Alle
gheny mountains from a point
near Altoona extending in a north
easterly direction to the Susque-
hana river at Williamsport, in ad
dition to many, thousands of acres
in the mountainous parts of the
State, this county coming in for
a good sized slice off of the north
eastern corner.
The average cost per acre for
this land is $2.2G, and it is expect
ed that the State Forest lands
will become not only self sustain
ing eventually, but pay a hand
some return for money expended
in re-foresting and protecting
them from fires and wanton des
truction by lumbermen.
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Renovating Old Orchards.
It has been a surprise to many
that old orchards can, at little
expense, be made almost "good
as new." If strictly scientific
methods are desired, write to As
sistant Agriculturist, A. B. Ross,
Schellsburg, Pa., or the State
Agricultural Department at Har
risburg, and f u 11, and easily fol
lowed directions will be sent free
of charge.'
Briefly the method consists of
a system of top pruning, and the
enriching of the soil by methods
very similar to those given for
crops of other kinds; but to any
one not familiar with the selec
tion of suitable materials, we rec
ommend that the advice of ex
perts be asked and followed.
Allen Grissinger, of Dublin
Mills, hitched up his double
sleigh last Thursday and brought
Jehu Booth, N. B. Boher and A.
B. Wilson to the Nelson-Kendall
sale below town. The party then
spent the night with friends and
at the hotels in town, going home
the next day with their purchases.
W.C. PATTERSON'S LETTER.
Raising Steers in Fulton County One of
the Neglected Industries that
Can Be Revived.
The writer's attention was call
ed lately to the fact that cattle
are far scarcer in the United
States than they were a year ago
and not only that, but the drouth
in the West had caused many of
the western feeders to sell imma
ture cattle rather than let them
starve, so that, in six of our west
ern cities 85,000 cattle were mark
eted on the 25th of last August,
against G2.000 the same date the
year previous. The great ranch
es of the West are short of cattle
and have been buying them at
big figures to eat up their surplus
hay and grain. The demand has
been so great that at the Union
Stock Yards, Portland, Oregon,
they were sold at the advanced
price of $9.00 per cwt.
The price brought by steers
sold lately in the CovC 7 i cts
is an indication of their scarcity.
Ten years ago we were a beef
exporting nation; now we are im
porting it. Our steamships from
Argentine, South America, lately
landed 1,000 quarters of beef
which was shipped to New York
and sold in competition with our
home raised beef.
Twenty-five years ago cattle
sold at 2 to 3 cents per pound in
Fultont county and farmers
were admonished that no steer
could be fattened any more at a
profit; thin steers sold for 7 i cts.
per lb., at public auction, but the
other day.
The beef industry moved many
years ago from the Atlantic slope
to the Pacific,-and now it is mov
ing back again to supply eastern,
cities with beef and at the same
time to build up the fertility of
worn out farms.
No other section of our coun
try possesses such natural ad
vantages for raising and feeding
cattle as the Atlantic States.
Much of our land is rough and
hilly but well adapted to blue
grass, than which, there is no
better pasture for cattle. Two
carloads of cattle fattened exclu
sively on blue grass in western
Pennsylvania sold at the top
notch price of $8.80 per cwt in
the Pittsburgh market last fall.
Corn seems to be an essential
feed for ripening fat cattle, and
it is a fact that our Eastern states
can produce as much corn per
acre as any other section of the
Union; and perhaps, nearly as
cheaply. Some parts of Fulton
County have sufficient corn to fat
ten a large number of cattle,
while it is impossible to raise
beef cattle from the dairy herds
without stinting the latter in pas
ture. For this reason it would
seem that there is a good chance
for those who live on hilly farms
or near mountain or woodland, to
raise steers to supply this de
mand as they once did. It used
to be possible to buy all the
stockers that were necessary
from this source, but now feed
ers have to depend almost entire
ly on cattle that have been ship
ped in from the west and south.
In another article some hints may
be given along the line of feed
ing and breeding with the above
object in view; but another writ
er might be able to advise better
as he may know the needs and
conditions of our people better
than
W. C. Patterson.
Be on Safe Side.
Like learning the multiplica
tion table, the constant repeti
tion of facts fixes them in our
minds for future use. For this
reason the State Board of Health
is again calling attention to pa
rents to the danger to babies
when fed on milk from cows that
are infected with tuberculosis,
and advises that parents keep on
the safe side by making sure that
the source of supply is free from
this disease, as well as free from
other troubles that arise from
the use of milk from filthy and
unsanitary stables.