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VOLUME 15
McCONNELLSBURG, PA., APRIL 9, 1914.
NUMBER 30
THE GRIM REAPER.
Short Sketches of the Lives of Per
sons Who Have Recently
Passed Away.
Mrs. C. W. Bryner.
The many friends of Mrs. C.
W Rrvnor were shocked beyond
ineasure to learn of her sudden
and unexpected death which oc
fcurred on Wednesday, April 1,
Soil at 10 o'clock a. m., in her
Lme at Centralia, Pa. After an
lines3 of only three days caused
iy laRrippe and quinsy she peace-
.. i .
ally pusscu a nay.
I)demma A. Kirkpatnck. the
fcldest daughter of Amos M. and
Mary E. Kirkpatrick was born in
try Run, Franklin county, May
h 1S78.
After the death of the husband
nd father the mother and chil-
i. i a. ni 1 1
flren movea 10 snineysourg,
luntinirdon county, spring of
SSI), where they since have re-
ided.
Lodemma united with the Shir-
ysburg Presbyterian church at
he age of 12 years and since
hat age she ha3 been an active
thurch worker and successful
ul winner. She having taught
ber Sunday school class on the
sabbath morning .preceding her
oath, all of which class (but
iith one exception) she had suc-
eeded in winning for her Mas-
r.
Shewa3 well known to the
fceople of Huntingdon county,
a., she having taught in the
ublic schools for six years.
On the 27th day of May 1903,
le was united in marriage to
ev. C. W. Bryner of the Metho
ist Episcopal church. She was
true and devoted wife, a" kind
nd loving mother.
She was taken ill on Sunday at
n March 29th, with a severe
Ittack of Lagrippe and quinsy
hich affected her heart and re-
jultcd in her death on the f ollow
fg Wednesday at 10 a. m.
Funeral services were held in
(lie Centralia M. E. Church on
hursday at 7 o'clock in charge
f Dr. J. B. Stein, Dist Supt,
jf the Danville district, assisted
y Rev. D. M. G rover, and G. A.
leukel, the Methodist and Pres
byterian churches of Ashland, Pa.
The . ody was taken to Shir-
fysburg on Friday. Services
fere conducted in the home
lurch by the pastor of her
fiildhood on Saturday at 1:30 p.
'i and interment made in the
arton cemetery.
The large concourse of people
ho attended the services-both
Centralia and at Shirleysburg
fand the many beautiful floral
Iibutea-the gifts of loving
iends-indicate in part the high
teem in which she was held by
ose who knew her.
She is survived bv a husband
nd a little son Leon, of Centra-
her mother, of Shirleysburg;
p sisters, Lacea, ofGirardCol-
f Re, Philadelphia, and Luetta,
"le of Frnnlr VViMn Thrno
'rings, Ta.. and one hrother J.
'X. a Minioforial efiirlnn in
'Ub 1 DWUUVil. .11
rove City College. Pa.
'pant of God "Well Dono"
luJ Christian warfure past
"J 1'attle foiiBht, Thy Victory. Won
nd thou art crowned at last.
Geariiart.
Mrs. Sarah Gearhart, widow of
"bert Gearhart. deceased, died
ltthe home
Chas. Sigel, Buck Valley
us county, March 1G, 1914, aged
-"sunu 4 days.
ble had been afflicted with
leiJmatism, for about five years,
pstantly growing worse, when
- -j v one hic4iiiG
''PICSS. From that. tmn until
F death she remained abed ex-
when helped to a chair for a
She was the mother of eleven
"Wren: Mm a u
""Win Mills; Jacob, Saxton;
deceased; Mrs. Wm. Oli
r and Mrs. Thomas McBride,
;nree Churches, W. Va.; Da-
niladelphia; Mrs. Frank
Ward, Limn n Mro t. w
attan. Indiana; Mrs. Erastus
Silver Wedding.
About a half a hundred people
were delightfully entertained last
Friday evening in the beautiful
home of ex-CountyTreasurer and
Mrs. Charles B. Stevens on Wa
ter street. The occasion of this
happy gathering was the celebra
tion of the anniversary of their
wedding, which occurred at the
bride's parents, the late Mr. and
Mrs. David Goldsmith, twenty-
five years ago. The hand of time
has rested very gently on this ex
cellent couple: and, if physical
appearance goes for anything,
they will make third base (the
goiaen wedding) and have a
i .
walkover.
Nycum, Riddlesburg; Mrs. Cal
vin Smith, Robinsonville; and
Mrs. Chas. Sigel, in whose home
she died.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the Sigel home, Wednes
day, March 18th, by Rev. A. W.
May. Interment was made in
the Lutheran cemetery in
Buck Valley.
Ethel Maye Rupe.
Ethel Maye, daughter, of Mr.
and Mrs. Wilmer Rupe, of Entri
kin, Huntingdon county, Pa.,
died at C:15 o'clock, Friday even
ing, March 27th, in the Blair Me
morial hospital, Huntingdon,
aged 11 years, 11 months, and 27
days. Something more than two
months ago Ethel had a severe
attack of rheumatism which last
ed until about the 20th of March,
when she was seized with an at
tack of nervousness. Upon the
advice of her physician, she was
taken to the Blair Memorial hos
pital, but she continued to grow
worse until she passed away.
The funeral took place the fol-
owing Tuesday morning at the
Brethren Church at Entrikin,
and the services were conducted
by Rev. E. R. Hamme, and in
terment was made in the ceme
tery nearby.
She is survived by her parents
her mother being better known
in this county as Linna, daugh
ter of Mr. Joseph Sipes, of Lick
ing Creek township, and by one
brother and one sister, Joseph
and Elsie.
Ethel was most highly esteem
ed by her wide circle of friends
younger and older, as was at
tested by the large number who
attended her funeral, and the
abundance of flowers placed up
on her casket by sorrowing
friends.
Among those from a distance
who attended her funeral were
A. C. Mellott and Owen M. Sipes
of Pittsburgh, and Homer L.
Sipes and Mrs. Maye Lake, of
Uarrisonville.
J. Alfred Mellott.
J. Alfred Mellott, eldest son of
ex-County Commissioner Samuel
1). Mellott, died at his home
Wednesday, April 1, 1914, aged
40 years, 9 months, and 11 days.
The immediate cause of his death
was typhoid fever, and he had
been ill but a few days. The
funeral took place on the follow
ing Friday, and interment was
made at Cedar Grove. He is
survived by his widow and three
small children Lome, Cornelia,
and Mabel; also, by both parents,
by four sisters Mrs. Bennet H.
Mellott, Mrs. A. C. Truax, Nan
nie and Nettie at home; and by
one brother, Gilbert C, residing
in Pittsburgh.
Alfred was an excellent citi
zen, and will be missed in the
community in which he lived.
The funeral services were con
ducted by Rev. T. P. Garland, of
Needmore, and the song service
by Miss Lsta Hart.
Stahle.
John Stahle, a well known cit-
zen in Union township, died at
his home Tuesday morning about
2 o'clock. March 24, 1914, aged
62 years, 5 months, and two days
The deceased had been serious
y ailing since Saturday preced
ing his death. On that day he
walked over to Amaranth for the
mail preparatory to carrying by
conveyance to Hancock as was
his route. On his way back he
was stricken with heart trouble
which continued till his death,
though he was up and around the
house all the time.
He was a consistent member of
the Christian church. He leaves
a number of children all adults,
NEEDLESS NOISES.
Little Talks go Health and Hygiene by
Samuel G. Dixon, M. D., LL. D.,
Commissioner of Health.
All city dwellers suffer from
the harsh, unnecessary noises
which have grown to be the in
evitable accompaniment of lifein
a metropolis.
The noises of nature are sel
dom discordant. The whisper of
the wind through the trees or the
swish of the waves cn the shore,
the chirping of insects or, the
songs of the birds are all har
monious. Contrasted with these
the roaring of trains, the clang
ing of the trolley, the rattle of
vehicles over the stone pavement
the honk of automobiles, arc vio
lently discordant.
We accustom ourselves to these
sounds to a great degree. We
learn to work amid the clatter of
machines and the babble of voi-
ces througli concentration ot
mind. Despite this acquired a
bility however, the continued ef
fect of discordant sounds upon
the nervous system is injurous.
Let even a trifling illness oc
cur and these discords become
almost unbearable. It is impos
sible to carry on the activities of
a great city without some accom
panying noises but a large por
tion of these which we exhaust
our nerve force in resisting, are
unnecessary.
In one of the large cities of
this country a "Society for the
Suppression of Needless Noises"
has accomplished much genuine
good in securing a quiet zone, a
bout hospitals and schools andin
reducing the shrieking of whis
tles, etc.
In conducting our daily busi
ness an effort toward the elimi
nation of unnecessary noise would
in many instances undoubtedly
be repaid by the additional con
centration and efficiency of em
ployees. The Auto Bucked.
What might have been a serious
accident happened to Dr. II. C.
McClain, of Ilustontown, and his
father-in-law, Wm. Laidig, while
driving driving in the Doctor's
machine, last Sunday.
It seems that the gentlemen
were in a little of a hurry"
while coming down the State road,
not far from Ilustontown, and
that the machine skidded in a
mudhole, running its nose into
the bank at the side of the road
and overturned all in less time
than you could say "Jack Robin
son." The damage to the ma
chine consisted of a ruined top.
The damage to t h e occupants
amounted to a badly bruised knee
on the part of the Doctor, and a
bad scare on Mr. Laidig's part.
It was agreed by the two gen
tlemen that the machine be smug
gled home and that an unfeeling
public be kept in blissful igno
rance of the mishap; but a few
scratches on Mr. Laidig's face in
addition to a copious plaster of
mud, and a sad mixture of butter,
gasoline, and oil in the Doctor's
package, aroused suspicion and
the "cat was let out of the bag."
If we have'nt gotten the story
straignt, blame tha Doctor.
How to Save Trout.
Trout season opens next Wed
nesday. There will be in the ag
gregate, hundreds of small fish re
turned to the stream. It is known
that many of these fish die aft
erwards, not from the hurt of the
hook, but on account of a fungu3
growth that looks like mold.
Careful investigation on the part
of fish hatcheries shows that this
disease starts from the contact
of the warm hand that held the
fish while it was being taken off
the hook. However, if the -hand
be wet by first dipping it into the
stream, there will be no injuri
ous effect In this way all per
spiration and natural heat of the
hand is temporarily removed,
and many fish will be saved to
again take your hook after they
have grown larger.
Recent Wedding.
Alexander Henry.
In the bride's home, just at
the north end of McConnellsburg
at nine o'clock, Tuesday morning,
April 7, 1914, Rev. J. L. Yearick
or the Ketormed Church united
in the bonds of holy wedlock
Miss Laura May Henry and Mr,
Kobert Gibson Alexander. Short
ly after the ceremony, Mr. and
Mrs. Alexander left on a honey'
moon trip.
lhe bnde is a daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. James Henry
and a sister of Trothonotary B
Frank Henry; and the groom is a
son of ex-Sheriff James G. Alex
ander, and is one of this county's
successful teachers. Both bride
and groom are very excellent
young people and have the best
wishes of a wide circle of friends
Brewer-Vancleve.
At the homo of the bride's
aunt, Mrs. Lavinia Hill, Center
Square Gettysburg, Pa., at noon
last Thursday, Miss Elizabeth
xr i .
vancieve was united in marriage
with Mr. Frederick Brewer, o
El Paso, III. The bride wore i
gown of white crepe de chine,
and carried bride's roses. The
ring ceremony was used by Rev.
I rank Taylor. At 2:23 in the af
ternoon, Mr. and Mrs. Brewer
left over the W. M. Railway for
a honeymoon trip. The bride
spent her girlhood days in Ma
Connellsburg in the home of her
grandfather Jonathan Hess, and
her aunt Miss Lib V. Hess, but
more recently she has been t
resident of Rhinebeck, Iowa,
Her many McConnellsburg
friends join in wishing that there
may never be an eclipse of her
honey moon.
Among those present at the
wedding were Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert A. Johnston, of Newville,
Miss Virginia Tritle, of Ayr town
ship, and Harry Vancieve, of
Cross Forks.
An Old Landmark.
Judge Morton began on Monday
morning with a large force of men
to tear down the building on the
northeast corner of Water and
Second streets, diagonally oppo
site Reisners' store, and lately oc
cupied by L. W. Seylar, druggist.
It has occupied that corner for,
perhaps, a hundred and twenty-
five years. A hundred years ago
it was used as a dwelling and store
room by Andrew Work. Later it
was owned and occupied by Rev.
N. G. White; later by John Nel
son, an uncle of the present Jno.
S. Nelson, of town; then by B.
M. Lodge; later by George Scott,
and the Dickson family, then by
W. S. Dickson, and thelastoccu
pant was Mr. Seylar, who vaca
ted it the first of the month.
On the site Judge Morton will
ercet a modern building t h e
first floor for a home for the
Fulton County Bank, and a store
room; the second lloor lor oflices
and a flat.
Dr. Davis Had Stroke.
We are sorry to have to chron
icle the news that our good friend
Doctor A. K. Davis, of Iluston
town, suffered a stroke of paral
ysis last Saturday evening. The
Doctor had just returned from
attending lodge at Fort Littleton
and was in the act of mixing a
dose of medicine for a member of
the household, when he was sud
denly stricken.
His right side was completely
paralyzed, and, for a day or two,
was unable to speak. On Tues
day he wa3 well wrapped up in
blankets and placed in an auto
mobile and taken by Dr. McClain
to the railroad, thence to the
Medico Chi. Hospital in Philadel
phia. The Doctor retained his
characteristic cheerful spirits dur
ing a short stop in town Tuesday,
and we hope the effects of the
stroke will be of short duration.
Miss Sallie Hoop, and her sis
ter, Mrs. Beamer Gress and lit
tle son Norman, spent last Sun
day in the home of Mrs. Roy
Sipes at Uarrisonville.
LETTER FROM CHINA.
Distressing Situation Resulting Firs
From Use of Opium; Second, From
Result of Prohibition.
a lew extracts trom a very
IN m
long letter to Mr. and Mrs. W,
H. Baumgardner, from their son
in-law, Dr. J. C. Humphreys,
Ningyuenfu, West China, will be
of interest to our readers. The
letter gives a detailed account o
the work the missionaries are do
ing in connection with the gov
ernment of China to rid that
country of the curse of the na
tional opium habit. The govern
ment's part in the work is to pro
hibit the cultivation of the poppy
plant from which opium is gath
ered, and severe penalties, that
would seem inhuman in thiscoun
try, are imposed upon the farm
ers and smokers who violate the
law. In spite of this there are
still some districts so isolated that
it is difficult to determine how
far the law is observed; but speak
ing of China in general, it is now
pretty free from the business.
The suffering, of the confirmed
users is great, since the supply
has been cut off.
The Doctor's part in the re
form move is to relieve the
wretched creatures who, by rea
son of the law against smoking
opium, come to him for medical
treatment, just as a confirmed
opium user in this country must
do when he is cut off from his
daily supply, and who, we all
know, is the most miserable spec
imen of humanity the imagina
tion can picture. A recital of
the Doctor's experience with one
case will do for all.
A few weeks ago a wretched
creature crept to the steps of the
dispensary for treatment, ragged
dirty, weak, yes, he was dying.
He had smoked for several years.
When the drug became so expen
sive he could not secure it, be
cause of the reaction that follow
ed, he was unable to work, lost
his position, such as it was, and
was gradually starving to death;
but it was hot long before relief
was given him. All those who
must stop will not become so re
duced as was this poor fellow,
but many will lollow the same
course, and for the same reasons,
large numbers will suffer great
distress before they can possibly
go without this drug for which
every cell of their body issues a
demand when the supply is cut
off."
With propriety one might ask
why the officials did not take this
up and, when demanding that
the people stop, offer them some
assistance? But China is not
built on that principle. The peo
ple were told to stop and that
ended it so far as a majority of
the officials go, and it is in just
such emergencies whether if it
be flood, famine, epidemics, or
relief in any form that the peo
ple turn to the Christian mission
aries, lhe Chinese physicians
cannot give them any help, and
we CAN."
Dr. Humphreys goes on to tell
of the handicap under which the
missionaries work for lack of
unds and facilities to accommo
date the throngs that besiege the
missionary dispensaries, and re-
ates how it has awakened a lit
tlebut very little interest from
the local officials. He says;
'That will help. But the appro
priations for medical work here
for this year and the next year
were not made out to meet such
emergencies, and an overwhel
ming emergency it is. The ques
tion of, funds to buy large a
mounts of extra drug3 that will
be required is another problem,
and the Society is deeply in debt.
Something about the patients
up to date. I at first treated two
men who were studying with a
class of inquirers. They returned
to their home and within three
weeks I had application in person
from fifty people out of town.
he small unfinished and miser
ably lighted, unventilated rooms
of the dispensary building were
crowded in a way that no good I
"Sweet Violets."
Dear Editor News: - The
words of the Preacher are, "For,
lo! the winter is past, the rain is
over and gone; the flowers ap
pear on the earth; the time of
the singing of birds is come; and
the voice of the turtle is heard
in, our land." How apposite
n. ji .
r or tni3 means spring-time; and
spring is, to the majority of peo
pie, the most gladsome period o
all the year. It is the time when
the earth and all the inhabitants
thereof feel the subtle influences
of the dawning year, and Nature
awakes at their touch men, an
imals, plants each after, their
manner, shaking off the apathy
of winter, renew their activities
and in many cases their very ex
istence. This annual reawakening
is one of the profoundest phe
nomena of nature, and brings to
one's mind the expessive lines o
Bryant-"My heart is awed with
in me when I think of the great
miracle that still goes on, in si
lence, round me, the perpetua
work of Thy Creator finished
yet renewed forever." And,
am in hearty accord with Sir
Humphrey Davy when he says
How delightful it is in early
spring, after the dull and tedious
time of winter, when the frost
disappears, and the sunshine
warms the earth and waters, to
wander forth by some clear
stream, to see the leaf bursting
from the purple bud, to scent the
odors of the bank perfumed with
the violet, and enameled, as it
were, with the primrose and the
daisy. borne will appreciate
this more than others, to be sure,
but few will be found to discount
it altogether. And, as I think o
the old Burg and its denizens
and the entire county, too
feel that there must of necessity
be some among you all who will
this year, more or less earnestly
proceed to acquaint themselves
with the interesting flora of your
region how I would love to be
with you through the whole o
the growing season, in order to
see with my own eyes that which
is peculiar to you. Since I shal
not be able to do this, why may
I not be in touch with a few per
sons of either sex who will send
me plants for identification?
I suggest that we confine our
selves, first of all, to the deter
mination of the Violets a class
of plants for which many people
have a liking. I think it possi
ble to find at least twelve dis
tinct species in your territory,
Who wishes to know them, and
will send me specimens? To all
such I will do my best to name
them, and, also, any other plants
may receive; but do not, please,
suffer the violet to escape. Keep
your eyes open now, for the time
of "their flowering is at hand
Further, it would please me if
some one would send me a bunch
of Trailing Arbutus, which I
know grows on your mountains,
and which is becoming extreme-
y scarce with us.
Now that I have spoken, who
will respond? Do not be bashful
leaves of the wild flowers are
riends without the formality of
an introduction, lhe News, 1
am sure, will publish, lrom time
to time, such reports as he may
wish to make.
Sincerely, yours, etc.
Wm. F. Hughes,
143 N. 8th St,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Rev. E. J. Croft will preach at
Ebenezer next Sunday at 10:15
and at Asbury at 7:30.
farmer would allow his stock to
sleep. I am ashamed to go into
details. You would be ashamed
of my neglect of home training,
to say nothing of the results of
my medical education, could you
have seen the place. Sufficient
to say that over forty people, in
cluding the help, were sleeping
in rooms where less than fifteen
should properly sleep. But un
til the actual physical limit was
reached I could not turn the ap
plicants away."
LIZARD STORY A FAKE.
Dr.
Surface Docs Not Believe
They
Could Live in the Human
Stomach.
. Nearly every community
has
some person who really believes
that on a certain occasion when
out for huckleberries, in lying
down and drinking from a moun
tain spring or rivulet, a lizard
was swallowed, and that said liz
ard continued to live and pros
per in its new habitation, much
to the physical discomfort of the
owner of the str-mach.
For years the Divitior f H on
omic Zoology of the State De
partment of Agriculture has been
endeavoring to find a single au
thentic case of a human being
having a live lizard or similar
reptile in his or her stomach, but
it has invariably found such sto
ries to be mythical, just like sto
ries about "hoop snakes" Econ
omic Zoologist Surface has re
cently run down another story of
this kind.
An article widely printed in
newspapers told of a Mrs. Wil
liam Armon, of Pittsfield, Wis.,
vomiting a live lizard, seven in
ches long, when given an emetic.
Professor Surface communicated
with Dr. J. Ashman, R. F. D.
No. 2, Waupaca, Wis., who re
plied that he had given the eme
tic, but was not present when it
took effect Mr. and Mrs. Ar
mon and their daughter averred
that an object ejected "appeared
to be a lizard about seven inches
long. It was not alive." Dr.
Ashman found fault with them
for not keeping it, but they said
it was so utterly repulsive and
disgusting that they threw it in
to the fire."
In acknowledging Dr. Ash
man's courtesy, Professor Sur
face says:
I note with interest that you
yourself did not see the object,
and I note your scientific and
wise caution in not stating for
certain that it was a lizard. I
think that upon careful examina
tion it would have proved to be a
membrane of some foreign ob
ject that never had life, as I do
not believe that lizards or any
thing else of the kind can live in
the human stomach.
A few years ago I read of
such a report in this State and
wrote to the physician whose
name was given, and he sent to
me for examination the object
that wa3 vomited and supposed
to be a lizard. It was nothing
more than a membrane, such as
might correspond to the covering
or scab of an internal sore. It
had no organic structure what
ever.
Sliippinsburg State Normal.
The Cumberland Valley State
Normal School began its Spring
erm on Monday, March CO.
he number of students enrolled
from the adjoining counties is
arger than for many years.
ulton county is unusually well
represented. Those that have
enrolled are Misses Maudleen
Stevens, Mildred E. Mock and
Dorothy Ilamil, of McConnells
burg; Esther W. Kendall, Web
ster Mills; Dorothy E. Kirk, Big
Cove Tannery; Olitipa Keebaugh,
Iustontown; Katharine Hoop,
Iarrisonville;,Ada L. Lehman,
ashley; Hope McKibbin, Buck
Valley; Clura E. alarkley, War
fordsburg; Roy J. Mathias and
Kalb Baldwin, Burnt Cabins; O.
Vernon Wink, Ilustontown; Clyde
Barnhart, Buck Valley and
llenn A. Lehman and Claude
Scriever of Lashley.
The Normal Literary Society
will hold its regular annual re
union on Friday evening.
The Y. M. C. A. gave a recep
tion in the gymnasium last Fri
day evening to ithe new boy stu
dents. After listening to a few
remarks by the faculty we enjoy
ed eating sandwiches and ice
cream. This reception is given
at the beginning of every spring
term.
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