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VOLUME 15
McCONNELLSBURG, PA., MAY 7, 1914.
NUMBER 34
THE GRIM REAPER.
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Short Sketches of the Lives of Per-
4 n ri ff fl i
sons wno naye Kecenuy
Passed Away.
Hiram Clevenger.
Hiram Clevenger, one of Ful-
fnnnfv'a Kfrerlinir citizens.
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Mipfl at his home on the State
'Road in Taylor township, Thura
jday, April 30, 1914, aged CO year3
?r, months, and 29 days. The fu-
fneral took place on Saturday and
Snterment was made in theceme
Lrv at Fairview church. The
ermon was preached by a form
r nastor. Rev. W. M. Cline, of
ort Littleton, tfev. McKechnie,
!nd Rev. Benson, ofllustontown
eing present and assisting in the
ervices. For many years Mr.
levenger had been and active
lember of Harrisonville Lodge,
ko. 710, 1. 0. 0. F. and a large
tiumber of the members of that
raternity were present, and par
icipated in the ritualistic servi
es at the grave, as a last token
m love and respect for their de
parted brother.
Besides being a pillar in the Or-
fier he loved, he was a pillar in the
Methodist Episcopal church, and
or many years was the superin
endent of his local Sunday school
ind the clas3 leader in his home
ehurch.
The deceased was a son of
Abraham and Lydia Clevenger
ind one of a family of fifteen
hildren, all of whom grew to
manhood or womanhood except
ne, who died at the age of ten
ears. Six brothers and sisters
urvive him, namely, Frank, liv
ng in Palestine, Texas; Jacob
Washington,. D. C. : David,
lumberland, Md. ; Tenie, wife of
leorge F. Metzler, Harrisonville;
adie, wife of Amos C. Palmer,
leedmore, and Lou, wife of
udge Peter Morton, McConnells
urg. Hiram Clevenger was twice
larried. The first time to Miss
adie Stevens, who died about
3 years ago, To this union
hree children survive Albert, re
ading in Seattle, Wash.; James,
dward, and Margaret (Mrs. H.
Bowen, ) Pittsburgh. His sec-
jnd marriage was to Miss Alice
alkeld, who survives, together
with the following children, Har-
!ey, Alice, and Olive, at home,
arah, wife of Albert C. ' Mar-
pll, Lexington, Ky. ; and Mar
ine, Pittsburg. The children
fere all home except Albert and
bran's husband. The larcre
fimber of sorrowing friends at
h funeral bore testimony to
re esteem in which he was held
y his acquaintances. .
Mrs. Denton Hendershot
Sarah A., wife of Denton Hen-!
phot, died at their home i n
igeon Cove, last Saturday, acred
f years, 10 months, and 21 days.
'u. C L. Funk conducted short
pices at the house on Monday,
wr which the remains were
'ken to the Presbyterian church
Warfordsburg, t h e funeral
; vices preached in that church
Rev. Lewis, nf the AT F
Jhurch, and interment was made
the cemetery at the church.
Mrs. Hendershot was a daugh
r of the late ey.flnuntv fVm.
turner Lemuel Hill, and is sur
ged by three sisters and one
f other-Mary, wife of Ezra Mel
'U. of Bethel towhship; Eliza-
fw,wueof Frank P. Lvnch.
3J- McConnellsburg; Emma,
'e of Simon Fix, Hustontown,
4 George F. B., Sideling Hill
sto(fice.
About 44 years ago, she was
11ted ln marriage to Denton
undershot, who survives, togeth
Wlth the fnllnwinrr .Vwlrl-nr,
fmely, Ellsworth and John. Ayr
psjip; Edward, Licking Creek
rnjwp, and Estella, and Lem
F 1 at homo
Mrs- Hendershot was an exem
ary member of tfioM v rv,Mi,
ir years, and a faithful wife
f a mother.
Mrs. Lemuel P. Kirk.
Alice D., wife of Lemuel
ntve,Tuesdsy, April 28, 1914,
Commencement of The 1914 Class.
I he commencement exercises
of the McConnellsburg High
School graduating class of 1914
were held in the auditorium of
the school building on the even
ing of April 30. The rostrum
was very tastefully decorated
with evergreens interwoven with
the class co'ors of blue and gold,
with a beautiful back ground of
potted plants and blooming
shrubs. The class flower was
cream roses. Across the back of
the stage was the class motto
worked in eighteen-inch letters of
gold on a ground of blue. The fa
dies of the class were dressed in
pure white, and each carried an
armful of cream roses. The lights
were just right to blend the
scene into a harmonious picture
of youth and happiness.
Promptly at the hour of eight,
the class filed to seats in the cen
ter of the stage, followed by
Trof. J. S. Heiges, dean of the
State Normal School atShippens
burg; Prof. C. E. Helman, their
teacher; and B. C. Lamberson,
County Superintendent, Rev. R.
E. Peterman offered the invoca
tion. For a full hour and a half the
large audience was entertained
by what was pronounced one of
the best prepared and most hap
pily rendered program of gradua
ting exercises ever listened to in
McConnellsburg. When Trof.
Heighes began his address to the
class he paid a high and sincere
compliment to the young ladie3
and gentlemen for the evident
degree of thought that had been
expended on their respective
parts.
The Professor's theme wa3 an
nounced in the form of a ques
tion; Are You Ready to Pay the
Price?" In well choson senten
ces he explained to them that the
price of all achievement is work.
Genius" may flash for a day;
but "work" attains the goal.
Piano recitals were given at in
tervals by Miss Olive Pittman
and Miss Gertrude Sipes. ,
At the close of the class exer
cises Prof. Lamberson addressed
the class in behalf of the teacher
and directors, and presented each
member of the class with the long
coveted and well earned "sheep
skin" which, we are sure, brought
to the hearts of the recipients
that feeling of satisfaction not
measured by the gold standard.
Benediction by Rev. J. L, Grove.
Off For Mexico.
W. Pierce Hamill a sailor on
the Battleship Texas, left the
New York Navy yards on last
Friday for the west coast of Mex
ico to protect American property
there. The Texas the largest
battleship in the U. S. navy, has
a picked crew from the Idaho,
and should give a good account
of herself against any foe. She
carries ten 14-inch guns which
have a range of 21000 yards. Mr.
Hamill has been in the service
for over two years, and is a first
class machinist mate.
aged G9 years, 2 months, and 7
days. 'The funeral was held last
Friday, the sermon being preach
ed in the Presbyterian church at
Warfordsburg, by Rev. C. K.
Lewis of the M. E. church, Han
cock, Md., and interment was
made in tne cemetery at the
church.
Mrs. Kirk was the youngest
daughter of George E. Chesnut,
deceased, - who, icars ago, lived
bn the old Chesnut homestead
between Warfordsburg and Han.
cock.and is survived by one sis
ter, Mrs. Elizabeth Hedding, of
McKeesport, and one brother, G.
W. Chesnut, near Warfordsburg.
She is also survived by her hus
band and the following children,
namely, Mrs. F. C. Bare, Fort
Littleton: Mrs. Frank-Remsburg,
Hancock; Grove C, Philadelphia;
and Lemuel G., and Miss Berdie,
at home.
In the death of Mrs. Kirk,
the husband has lost a faithful
wife, the children a loving moth
er, and the community, one of
its most highly esteemed neighbors.
SUPERINTENDENT ELECTED.
J. Emory Thomas Von on First Ballot.
Term, Four Years. Salary Fif
teen Hundred Dollars.
Notwithstanding the almost in
cessant pourdowh of rain 'Tues
day, fifty-three ,of the sixty
school directors of this county as
sembled at the Court House at
1:130 o'clock for the purpose of
electing a County Superinten
dent of Schools to . serve during
the ensuing four years.
The convention was called to
order by the present County Sup
erintendent, 1J. C. Lamberson,
and an organization was effected
by the election of Dr. J. W. Mos-
ser, or IvlcLonnelLsliurg, presi
dent, T. Scott llershey of Dublin,
TltOF. J. EMORY THOMAS.
secretary, and Levi Keefer, of
Ayr, and Harlan Wishart, of
Wells, tellers. The next impor
tant item of business was a mo
tion which was unamimously car
ried that the convention sit with
closed doors. Thi3 was a polite
notice to your reporter to "went"
and he "wonted."
It leaked out, however, that
three candidates were nominated,
namely, Horace M. Griffith, of
Wells; Harper P. Barton of Tay
lor, and J. Emory Thomas, of
Ayr. These gentlemen were all
graduates of the Cumberland
Valley state normal school, and
are all able school men; but the
fact that Mr. Thomas was the
oldest in point of age as well as
in point of service in the schools
of the County, and that he had
been turned down in a previous
contest for the office, a majority
of the directors present felt that
the election was now due him,
and the vote after one ballot,
stood; Thomas, 39; Griffith, 8;
dnd Barton, G.
J. Emory Thomas was born in
Ayr township nearly 47 years
ago, and, has been a resident of
that township all his life. He
has taught 25 years, seventeen
of which were in McConnells
burg, thirteen of these seventeen
years he was Supervising Prin
cipal. Under the new school code, the
term is now four years, and the
minimum salary, fifteen hundred
dollars a year. Mr. Thomas is
the fourteenth Superintendent in
a period of sixty years, his pre
decessors having been Ross, Rob
inson, Smith, Gray, Davis, Wood
cock, Winters, Woodall, Barton,
(J. F.) Peck, Chesnut, Barton
(C. F.), and Lamberson.
Dwelling House tinned.
The dwelling house of Mrs.
Amanda Lynch, widow of Mon
roe Lynch, near Cedar Lane
schoolhouse in Belfast township,
was totally destroyed by fire on
Friday night of last week. The
house was occupied by Mrs.
Lynch and her son Harvey. The
fire was discovered about two
o'clock Saturday morning, but it
had gained such headway, and
the water supply so meager, that
there was little chance to save
the household goods, most of
which were destroyed. It is said
that there is a small amount of
insurance on the property.
Rev. M. Spiese has been con
ducting with much success a se-,
ries of revival services at New
Grenada. It is said to be the
greatest spiritual awakening in
that place for twenty years.
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VISITING CANDIDATES.
McCormick, Creasy, and Berry Address
ed Large Audience in Court House
Monday Evening.
Word reached this place last
Friday morning that Vance G
ivicurmicK, vvm. ti. Uerry, and
Wm. T. Creasy would arrive here
in time to speak in the Court
House on Monday evening. The
telephone lines were immediate
ly pressed into use to spread the
news in the country, and hand
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whs were nastily printed and
distributed. Unfortunately for
many living in the country, word
did not reach them in time to
come to town; and in addition, a
hard rain set in about the time
others would have started. As
it was, the court house seats
were all comfortably filled by
eight o'clock Monday evening,
when the meeting was called to
order by Mr. George A. Harris,
and Hon. John P. Sipes was made
chairman. Without loss of time
Mr. Sipes introduced the speak
ers for the evening. "Farmer
Bill" Creasy was first to speak.
He is candidate for Lieutenant
Governer, and if elected, will be
Speaker of the Senate. He told
of sixteen years experience in
the House, and of the many ir
regularities practiced in the Sen
ate, and now, if elected, he would
continue the same tactics he now
advocates as Chief of the State
Grange.
Mr. McCormick spoke next
He reviewed the efforts of the
Democratic party to release itself
from the clutches of bi-partisan
ship. He explained the weak
ncss of the Democratic party
prior to the formation of the
progressive wing. He said it
was because of the power of the
monied interests in the two old
parties, gained by working hand
in hand for selfish purposes. He
said that it was to replace the
party standard that he begged
for the defeat of any and all bi
party candidates.
W m. II. Berry then took the
floor and summed up the argu
ments of his colleagues. He
went back to the campaign of
1895 and reminded his hearers of
how W. J. Bryan went up and
down this broad land with the
Constitution under one arm and
the Bible under the other and ap
plied the torch that lighted the
fires of reform that have since
swept the country, setting two
classes into fierce opposition, un-
til, in 1912, this country witness
ed the greatest political upheaval
in its history. The central
thought of the three speakers
was the elimination of bi-parti
sanship from Pennsylvania poli
tics, claiming that until this is
accomplished, the masses will
not realize the benefits of the
revenues of the State for the bet
terment our roads, the dissemi
nation of agricultural informa
tion as prepared by our State
Experiment Station, and the hon
est administration of affairs in
the interests of the common peo
ple. Good for Cholera Too.
Last week we told our readers
how to prevent the disease known
as blackhead, in turkeys, by let
ting them eat all the sour milk
they want. Make the milk sour
as possible by keeping it warm
for several days. Mrs. W, Scott
Brant informs us that the soured
milk is good also for cholera in
chickens. The way to treat fowl
is to pen them up in clean quar
ters as soon as possible after they
show symptoms of the disease
and not permit them to have a
morsel of any other kind of food
and drink, except soured milk,
until they get lively again.
When chickens have cholera the
passage from the craw to the giz
zard closes, and more' solid food
cannot pass through. The clab
ber serves as food, drink and
medicine. We might add that
sour milk clabber is one of the
ery besT summer foods for hu
man beings, also, and is highly
recommended by physicians.
BE CAREFUL OF FERTILIZER.
Orchards May Be Greatly Damaged by
Wrong L'uc of Such Material.
Men who propose to fertilize
orchards should Be very careful,
in the opinion of State Zoologist
II. A. Surface, for it is very easy
to harm trees with such material
to an extent from which they
may-not recover for years. An
orchardist in Elk county, who
consulted Doctor Surface, at Har
risDurg, aoout blighted trees on
his place, received the following
advice:
"It is evident from your letter
that the fertilizer has greatly
aided the blight, as you say that
only orchards in that vicinity
that are not affected are the ones
that never had any fertilizer.
nnd it generally so. it an or
chard is subject to blight the ni
trogen fertilizer should be great
ly reduced. Phosphoric acid and
potash can be used, but not the
nitrogen, as the nitrogen is what
stimulates growth, and the more
vigorous the growth the greater
is the danger from blight. Barn
yard manure and nitrate of soda
are all right in an orchard that
is not growing thrifty, and that
is not subject to blight; but if
the blight is present I certainly
do not recommend the use of
either of these fertilizers
'Last summer near Grove City
Mercer county, I saw one of the
finest apple orchards in Pennsy
vania that was badly blighted
throughout that . portion where
barnyard manure had been spread
in the early spring, and not at
all blighted where such
tion had not been made,
not because the blight is
applica
This is
due to
the use of fertilizer, but
the ni'
trogen fertilizers all produe rank
er growth, and the ranker the
growth the softer the wood. The
blight is always worse in soft,
tender wood. Doubtless if the
growth were pushed to an equal
extent by cultivation the blight
would be just as bad as though
it were due to fertilizer.
"It should be the effort of the
orchadist to use such horticultur
al methods as will insure a fair
amount of growth, but at the
same time avoid such rankness
as to result in blight.
Wherever blight occurs it
should be cut out and the stump
on the remaining portion of the
tree sterilized. Strong limesul
fur solution is as good as good as
anything for the sterilization pro
cess, and is cheaper and more
convenient than formalin or cor
rosive sublimate.
Horticulture is an art based
on science, and is the most par
ticular and highly specialized of
branches of agriculture.
Recent Wedding.
SCHOOLEY MELLOTT.
A very pretty wedding took
place on April 29, 1914, in the
iiome of Rev. and Mrs. John
Mellott, of Pleasant Ridge, when
their adopted daughter, Miss
Virginia Mellott, was united in
marriage with Mr. Charles School
ey, son of Mr. and Mrs. I. W.
Schooley, of Harrisonville. The
ceremony was performed by Rev.
E. J. Croft in the presence of a
number of invited guests. The
bride was charmingly attired,
and the happy couple were at
tended by Mr. and Mrs. B. E.
Waltz, of Sharpe, Pa. Mrs.
Waltz is the daughter of Rev.
and Mrs. John Mellott, and be
came the bride of Mr. Waltz on
April 17th.
Immediately following the cer
emony, the bride and groom, and
the guests, were seated at the
table where elegant refreshments
were served. The bride received
many very pretty and servicable
presents.
Mr. and Mrs. Schooley are very
estimable young people, both
they and their respective home
families enjoying the highest es
teem of neighbors and acquaint
ances, witn whom the jnews
heartily join in wishing them the
joys of a long and prosperous
ife.
Wilson Will Win With Waiting.
When President Woodrow Wil
son issued the decree that the
Western Hemisphere should rid
itself of the Mexican pesthole of
chronic revolution, and that this
country would pursue a course
toward her radically different
from that which had ever before
been tried, he was branded by
his enemies as a sissy," a tut
tut" man, "school teacher presi
dent," vissionary," "novice,'
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anu an me sngnting terms in
their vocabulary. Never has
there been a president who stem
med a swifter current of ridicule,
entanglement, and hindrance
to
the injection of righteous
ness into governmental affairs,
and into our relations with other
countries. But never, for an
hour did he lose sight of the path
he had carefully mapped out for
his course of action.
To-day we fully believe "Watch
ful Waiting" will win! Iluerta
is sick of the "mess" he has got
ten both himself and the Mexi
can people into before the world
and he is now whining for safe
conduct to some country where
he may be free from it all. Our
war ships are now in Mexican
waters, not to fight Mexico, but
to fight for Mexico. A small-
very small portion of the educa
ted citizens of Mexico are for
constitutional government "by
the people and for the people,"
and it will be to assist this ele
ment that troops will be landed,
if it come to the worst. Mr.
Wilson's anger does not make
everything look red before him
and cause him to charge at
ike a stupid bull. Instead, he
maintains a calm attitude before
which savagery quailed, and has
won nations by the power of his
will.
Family Reunion.
The Bix sons and five daugh
ters, thirty grandchildren and
one great-grand child of Mrs,
Matilda Helman, north First
street, McConnellsburg, arranged
to surprise her last Saturday by
having a grand family reunion
to celebrate her sixty-fifth birth
day. The oldest son, Mr. Bert
Helman, lives in West Virginia,
and has not been home for thir
teen years. Not to surprise their
mother to the shocking point, he
and John, the next oldest son
called first. This prepared the
way for the suggestion by the
mother that the rest be notified
of the happy home coming, and
the surprise considered of the
fact that in a short time all were
ushured in. All were present ex
cept one daughter, Mrs. Maggie
Keefer, of Mercersburg, who is
not well.
The children and families pres
ent were; Ollie Warren, wife and
two children, and Harvy Helman
wife and son all of Mercersburg.
Mrs. Charles Tritle and son of
Fort Loudon; John Helman, wife
and five children, Mack Helman
wife and two children, Lloyd
Ray and wife, and Herbert Hel
man and wife all of McConnells
burg. Miss Bessie Helman, of
Chambersburg; Irvin Helman of
Newville, Pa., and Bert Helman,
urgitsville, W. Va. Their pas
tor, Rev. J. Leidy Yearick and
his wife also added pleasure to
the occasion by their presence.
At about four o'clock all depart
ed for their respective homes,
wishing their mother many more
happy birthdays.
Dislocated His Wrist
On Wednesday evening of last
week while Ross Hamil, son of
Harry Hamil of this place, was
wrestling with another boy he
dislocated the wrist of his right
arm. Dr. Robinson rendered the
necessary surgical aid. Ross
will now have to be content to be
a "fan" during the baseball
games, until that member be
comes strong enough to toss the
sphere or swing a bat.
Miss Meta Fryman went to
Chambersburg Friday for a few
days' visit
DEEP BREATHING.
Little Talks on Health and Hygiene by
Samuel G. Dixon, M. D., LL. D.,
Commissioner of Health.
We are all familiar with
sense of exhilaration which
the
lows a deep inhalation of
fresh air. Our lungs respond
to the stimulus much as the body
re-acts from the dash of a cold
shower.
When we studied physiology in
school we were taught that in
the lungs the blood is purified -washed
so to speak and t'c im
purities removed an J uxyjon
supplied.
If this purification of the blood
is to be done properly we must
have pure air to breathe and
must take advantage of all of
our available lung capacity. ,A
slouching carriage when walking
or a stoop shouldered posture
when sitting contracts the chest
and seriously interferes with pro
per breathing. Avoid acquiring
a stoop if your daily occupation
is such that you must work at a
desk or sewing machine. Stoop
ing is responsible for faulty cir
culation of the blood and other
evils beside impaired breathing.
Remember that your blood can
not be properly washed with half
a lung full of air any more than
you can take a proper bath in a
few pints of water. Learn to sit
straight and breathe deep. Fill
your lungs slowly and to their
utmost capacity and then slowly
empty them.
Many puny children through
breathing exercises and physical
culture have been developed in
to strong, vigorous men and wo
men.
One of the most efficacious 1 ar-
riers to consumption is a well de
veloped pair of lungs.
Try It This Year.
If you are not a convert to the
scientific method of handling,
thin, loose soils as described be
low, try about ten or fifteen rows
in your cornfield this year, fol
lowing directions faithfully.
If your soil is shallow, such as
ordinary slate and gravel lands,
and has a tendency to dry out, do
not use any cultivator tooth on
that piece of land that will enter
the soil more than two or three
inches, or that will leave fur
rows. Cultivate the test rows in
such manner that the top soil
will be left as level and fine as is
possible to make it. Go through
it as often as crusts form after
rains, merely pulverizing the
crust. Do not let weeds go a-
head of you and then spoil the
whole trial by gouging them out
with shovel plows. Make the
trial honestly, and if the corn is
not better on that part of the
field than on the shovel-ploughed
remainder, you may bring all
your friends to this office and, in
their presence, tell the agricul
tural editor to his face that he is
the greatest blow-hard in Fulton
county.
The supposition is that you
have made a good seedbed by
thorough ploughing, settled it
properly, and that the test rows
represent the average quality of
soil in that field.
Besides having made the test
ourselves, we will give you rea
sons for our expectations. The
roots of corn are as long as the
stock. ' They reach across to the
next row in quest of food, and
when you cultivate deeper than
two or three inches in thin soil,
you cut off the roots, and, of
course cut off some of the sunnlv
of plant food. Another reason
is that when you gouge soil like
that with shovels and leave fur
rows, the moisture escapes
could'nt employ a better way to
dry it up. On the other hand,
merely breaking the surface clo
ses the cracks and holds the mois
ture in the soil, besides permit
ting the top soil to retain a good
contact with the subsoil, thereby
adding more moisture by mean3
of capillary subsoil attraction
something that cannot take place
when the top soil is kept scra
ped loose from the subsoil by the
use of anything larger than the
smallest spuds or spikes.
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