VOLUME 15 McCONNELLSBURG, PA., JUNE 4.1914. NUMBER 3S THE GRIM REAPER. lort Sketches of the Lives of Per sons Who Have Recently passed Away. jamks Alfred Sipes. Tames Alfred Sipes died in the ihambersburg hospital on Wed- tsday, May 27, 1914, of cancer the liver, aged 07 years, b nnths. and 12 days. He was Lried from his late residence in eking Creek township, at bi im M. E. church on the follow- Saturday. Funeral services reconducted by his pastor, iv. E. J. Croft, in the Siloam arch of which Mr. bipes had ten a consistent member since yhood. The deceased was a veteran of je Civil War, he having served to enlistments. The first time went into the service was lion he was a mere youth. tile is survived by the follow h children, his wife having died April 21st, of this year. Al wife of Mr. Daniel Johnson, tterson's Run, Daisy, wife of Smith Mullinix, of Foltz, Pa. x M., May, and Roxey at ne. fir. Sipcs was one of that class fmen of whom it is said at their Kth, "this community has lost od man," for he lived an ex ilary life, and was a model iband, father and citizen. His ith made the twelfth funeral wenty-three years, held from t house. Morgan Fisher. lorgan Fisher died at the lie of Elmer Gress west of Mc- mellsburg, Monday afternoon, e 1, 1914, aged about 78 years i funeral took place yesterday yning, and interment was in Union Cemetery. Mor isher was a spn of the el aul Fisher, and was born in on Cove this county. He is ast surviving member of his fer's family, and the last of own immediate family. ! Home For Fulton County Bank. cause the wide-awake citi- of Fulton Caunty have co- rated with the Fulton County , that institution has grown ch proportions and impor- e, it that has been obliged to anew, better, and larger contract has been signed. the foundation completed, fiodern and up-to-date tank- poms, at the corner of Wa- md Second streets (the old son Drugstore corner. ) The twill occupy space 25 feet 'ater Street, and 54 feet on nd Street to the Post Office. rebuilding will be of brick concrete partitions. A lartre 1 forced fire proof vault will luipped with burglar proof lhere will be a corner lance, and also an entrance Second street. Besides the ar working space and a com "us lobby, there will be a fte room for use of patrons, f director's room, toilet room, pwrage room. 10 management nf the hnnV liking every effort to have a stable and convenient htisi- home, not onlv fnr the hank pe pattons as well. The will be ready for occunancv uvember first. An EightccnTound Calf. Tuesday nf 1 f J mob vvwrvj c ? y cow belonging to Harrison Bmll fw.. i ... .... u JvnoDsville gave birth alfthat weighed eighteen 13. When llfed twenty inches in length (!n inches in Vioi'rrVifir nnil Pn inches around the body. r small that it cannot suck 1 piatea on a box; conse nt is being fed from a 0sity, and a large number mo k ... nave called to see it 'JWC. Sipes, of Thompson fF7 brought his daughter, feasant, to town Monday W Normal School. r Recent Weddings. ClIESNUT-IIOOVER. Hustontown society witnessed a pretty wedding on Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock, when Harold Eugene Chesnut and Miss Edna May Hoover were united in marriage at the home of the bride by Rev. McKechnie. Mr. Ches nut is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Chesnut, deceased, and lives with his uncle, Dr. A. K, Davis. Miss Hoover is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hoover. These young people are favorites in social circles of that place, and have the best wishes of a large number of warm friend. The bride was handsomely gowned in white Brussel netting over messaline. Miss Lillie Ann Winter was bride's maid, and Prof. Harper P. Barton was best man. Miss Luemma Laidig pre sided at the organ and played Wagner's Lohengrin. Early Wednesday morning Mr. and Mrs. Chesnut left for Wash ington, D. C, and other points of interest, and will be at home to friends after June 10th, at Mr. Chesnut's residence. Brenneman Deshong. A quiet wedding took place on Tuesday evening of last week at the parsonage of the Fifteenth Street MethodistEpiscopal church Huntingdon, Pa., at which time George C. Brenneman and Miss Georgie Flora Deshong were unit ed in marriage by the Rev. E. E. McKelvey. The groom is the son of 0. C. and and Martha Brenneman, of Huntingdon. He is helping to conduct the Brenneman restau ra n t at 7th and Washington streets with his brother, their father being in poor healths He is an industrious and respected young man. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Deshong of Hustontown, this county. For the past two years she has been employed at the Washington House, Huntingdon and- is in an excellent young lady. The couple about the mid dle of June, expect to take up housekeeping in one of the hous es on Seventh street in that town. Bradnick-IIampton. Charles W. Bradnick and Miss Goldie Hampton, both near Shade Gap, Huntingdon county, were married at the home of the groom's mother on Monday eve ning, May 25, 1914, by their pas tor, Rev. J. W. Bathorst of Pleasant Hill. There were about twenty-five persons present. A splendid wedding supper was served, and later they were ser enaded by a calithumpian band which gave them aplenty. Mr. and Mrs. Bradnick will go to housekeeping in the near fu ture on the farm owned by Walk er Johnson, near Mentzer. The News extends congratulations. CoorER Dorty. At the Lutheran parsonage last Saturday afternoon, by Rev. Rob ert E. Peterman, Jesse Hartman Cooper was united in marriage to Miss Charlotte Edna Dorty, near M'ercersburg. These people will begin house keeping in the near future on a farm near' Mer cersburg, and have the best wish es of their Fulton county friends. It's Doctor Rcisner, Now. Edward Hartman Reisner, A. M., Ph. D., spent a few days last week in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob G. Reisner, in this place on his re turn from Columbia University, New York, where he had re ceived the college degree of Doc tor of Philosophy. While but a smooth-faced boy yet, Ed has pushed his way through the Mc Connellsburg schools, the Cum berland Valley State Normal, Ursinus College; Yale college and Columbia University. He now occupies a chair in the State Ag ricultural College, in Manhattan, Kansas. This is a case where a boy has shown his ability to lift himself over the fence by his own bootstraps, . MEMORIAL DAY. Weather Fine. Business Suspended. Fitting Services in Many Places in the County. Contrary to the usual condition of the weather on Memorial Day, it didn't rain, and nearly every body seemed full of patriotic in spiration. Very early in the morning the McConnellsburg Band appeared on the streets and filled the air with patriotic mu sic, after which they left for Un ion cemetery for the exercises at that nlace. All stores and other "business houses in McConnells burg were closed from ten o' clock until three. After the close of the ceremonies in town, most of the out-of-town people remain ed to see the automobiles in the Booster Run, which passed through from four to five o'clock. McConr.elluburg r.nd vicinity paid tribute to the memory of de parted soldiers in its customary enthusiastic manner, last Satur day. At 1:20 o'clock, p. m., tne Auditorium of the Public School Building in McConnells burg was crowded to fullest ca pacity to h.?:ir the excellent pro gram fur the day. After prayer by Rev. Yearick, the McCon nellbburg Eand rendered patri otic music. Eight little girls then recited in turn how they were "Scattering Blosssms for the Blessing of Humanity." They then sang of how the same spirit bound together all who had the good of their country at heart. Guy Reed recited Lincoln's Get tysburg address. Between each subjoct on the program a choir of ladies sang appropriate pieces, with Mrs. C. B. Stevenr-i at the piano. Rev. Henry Wolf's Memorial Day address was worthy of a page notice, had we the space. He began by calling his hearers' attention to God's law of recom pense for good or evil deeds, and illustrated by giving a history of the introduction of slavery into America. He then showed how innocent men and women after wards were called upon to suffer and die in order that our fore fathers' sin of slavery be wiped out, He praised the fighting qualities of the South as well as of the North. He recited, as only an old soldier could, what a grand old fellow Uncle Sam is; how this country immediately after the close of the Civil War began the care of all who had gone to the front in defense of the Union. Mr. Wolf then touched" on the present situation in Mexico, say ing that, as President Wilson was contending with Mexico for the adoption of civilized and real Christian government (not Pop ery), he fully believed that this country would sustain him; and, like the abolition of slavery in this country, Mexico would abolish its state of chronic revo lution, and take its rightful place in the brotherhood of nations. "America" was sung by the audience, after which the Bund led the Veterans, Patriotic Sons of Veterans, and the Ladies' Relief Corps, to the different burial grounds where children laid flow ers on the graves of the depart ed heros. AT UNION CEMKTERY. One of the largest assemblages ever seen at Union Cemetery greeted the speakers on Memo rial Day. Farmers and others took a day off to help swell the throng that met to pay honors to the memory of dead heroes. The McConnellsburg Band fur nished excellent music. Misses Stella Wible, Cora and Jennette Ncsbit, Ethel Ray and Harriet Miller each delightfully enter tained the large audience by re citing appropriate pieces. Mr. J. K. Johnston read a paper on "The Flag," and County Super intendent J. Emory Thomas, made an address in which he re viewed recent history of this Na tion, especially as connected with the Civil War. Rev. J. L. Grove THE SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION. One of the Very Rest Ever Held in the County. Splendid Spirit of liiion. Judging by the reports of the people Fulton County had one of its best conventions last week. The weather, the program, the speakers, the music, and the peo pleall presented a high stand ard for Sunday School work. Mr. Reel toned up the County For ward movement to a high pitch in having the delegates decide to adopt the Front line Standard at once in their respective schools. Jesus Christ from Heaven was there end impressed himself mar velously with his wonderful spir it of harmony, unity, and love. Among the other many things worthy to be noted are the fol lowing: 1. No decisive invitation for a place to hold the Convention next year was presented. 2. Resolutions were passed to the effect that all the S. Schools of the County endorse the actions of the Convention in teaching and demanding of its members that Temperance be taught and practiced and that our' represen tatives in state and national Gov ernments be informed by the Secretary of the request to vote for temperance bills and that the voters at the coming General Election vote only for the Can didates who are pledged . for Temperance legislation. 3. The Special Fund for larger work which the district Conven tions started last year be renewed and operated again this year. The renewal pledges will be re ceived at once. Contributions from the schools are not lare enough to meet the necessary expenses, not even the State pledge ot $05.00. The officers elected are: Pres ident, S. W. Kirk; Vice Presi dents, Jno. Snyder, Scott Bot tomfield, Erra Clevenger: Treas urer, G. W. Hays; Secretary, R. E. Peterman; Elementary Super intendent, Mrs. J. J. Palmer; Home Department, Mrs. E. Nor man Akcrs; Teacher Training, Rev. J. E. Croft; Temperance, C. J. Brewer; O. A. B. C, Geo. Comerer; Missionary, Miss Mary J. Johnston; Secondary Division, Mrs. Geo. W. Reisner; Rural Schools Department, A. K. Nes bit. Rout. E. Peterman, Sec. A Whale of A Trout. On last Friday., while Charlie Crouse, was fishing in the Nar rows, near Big Cove Tannery, he caught a trout that meas ured twenty-three inches in length, and weighed four pounds Charlie carefully removed the skin with the head, and after feasting on the flesh Saturday morning, brought the skin to town where it will be mounted by Leslie W. Seylar. Local sports are puzzled as to what species it is. The spots are not round, but star-shaped, others are irregular shaped. It is proba bly a rainbow species. We ven ture to say that few, if any, lar ger trout will be reported from the waters of the State this sea son. Mr. Crouse was fishing for suckers, in a very small stream, using a sycamore stick for a fish ing rod. made the Memorial Day ad dress. The leading t) ought in Mr. Grove's address was, "The Purpose of Memorial Day." ' The object, as explained by him, was not to foster the spirit of war; as we are essentially not a warlike people, and go to war only when driven to it for the preservation of the Union, or to uphold the principles on which the nation is founded; but, when some'of our people give their lives in defense of the country, it3 honor, or for the good of mankind, we cele brate the day in their honor, that we and the coming generations may not forget the cost at which the thing3 we now enjoy were purchased. CIVIL WAR RELIC. Saber-Bayonet Fonnd Years Ago on Cove Mountain, now in Possession of D. 31. Kendall. Some time after the close of the Civil War, the late Christ. Carbaugh found a weapon near one of the old Packers Paths on Cove Mountain, which was a curi osity even to those who had pass ed through service in the army, and were familiar with' the dif ferent kinds of weapons used for warfare. The weapon is a com bination saber and bayonet, 20 inches in length, including a five inch brass hilt and guard. The guard is made with a hole large enough to admit the end of a musket, and a spring in the hilt is intended to lock it fast to the gun. David M. Kendall, a vete ran of the Civil War was so much interested in it, that he procured it from Mr. Carbaugh, sent it to his brother Howard in Altoona, who had it reburnished and clean ed up. It was then sent back to King Tost where it remained until a few weeks ago, when it passed back into Mr. Kendall's possession. Cashier Merrill W. Nace, sev eral years ago, heard Mr. Mose by, who was in the Confederate service, tell the late W. Harvey Nelson, of his expeditions over our mountains and through our valleys during the early part of Civil War making maps of the territory, noting the mountain passes, the condition of the roads, and getting other information useful to an army that might afterward make an invasion. Knowing Mr. Mosebey to be a man well versed in history, and having a practical knowledge of war equipments, Mr. Nace wrote Mr. Mosebey a letter of inquiry concerning the strange weapon, and received the following letter in reply: Wells Tannery, Pa., May 18, 1911. M. W. Nace, Esq., Dear Sir: in reply to yours of the 11th inst. will say that the bayonet you describe is of French manufacture. The only Confederate regiment equipped with them was the 2nd Alabama, commanded by Col. Hannigan, a big burly Irishman. In the Federal army, the red petticoated Zouaves were equip ped with such weapons. After the battle of Bull Run, the Zou aves were used only for garrison duty; neither the Alabamans nor the Zouaves ever reached any of the mountains in Pennsylvania. I am of the opinion that it is a weapon that John Brown used at Harpers Ferry. He and his men were armed with just such weap ons placed on poles, and they were called John Brown's pikes. On the ISth day of April, 18(51. when we the Con federates took Harpers Ferry, we found several boxes of such pikes in the arsen al. The boxes were addressed to Cook, Brown's son-in-law. Cook was captured on the South Moun tain. Samuel Brumbaugh, of Mut tontown State Line told me in 1SG1 or '02 that John Brown's men passed through that village on their way over through the Corner south of Mercersburg, where some negroes piloted them across through Little Cove, Tus carora mountain, and Big Cove, to the turnpike on Scrub Ridge west of McConnellsburg. John Mcllvain, who, at that time lived on the eastern slope of Rays Hill, told me in 1SG5 that a party of Brown's men staid with him three days just after the Har pers Ferry insurrection in Octo ber 1859, and that the late Dr. S. E. Duflleld, of McConnells burg, gave them assistance. Brumbaugh told me that they were carrying one of their disa bled men and got him as far as Sideling Hill mountain, where he died and was buried near the roadside. Just where the spot is will, probably, never be known. In conclusion, I would say that the weapon was one of J,ohn Nice European Trip. Mrs. Mary E. Marshall, a sis tor of Jacob G. and George W. Reisner, of this place, will sail for Italy next Saturday on the steamship Mesaba, Red Star line, landing at Antwerp, June 16th Mrs. Marshall is the resident teacher of Art in the Wm. Penn high school for girls in Philadel phia. After visiting places of special interest to the art student, in the Netherlands, Switzerland, Ger many and France, she will spend the summer in Italy with a class of fifteen art students who will study under the direction of Mr. Stratton and Mr. Copeland in structors in the School of Indus trial Art of Philadelphia. Mrs. Marshall has been granted a leave of absence from the school duties to visit schools in Europe which are noted for their work in art and its relation to industry, The latter part of her time will be given up to school problems and will cover half the school year, beginning September. Learned Valuable Lesson. Miss Margaret Reese, of Burnt Cabins, thinks now that banks are not such bad institutions, af ter all. Like many others, Miss Reese, felt that if she took care of her money herself, she would know where to find it when she wanted it. But after having made a trip to McConnellsburg last week, Miss Reese looked for her money, and it was gone, For a time she was pretty badly scared;but, like some other things that are lost, they turn up when you arc not looking for them, and this was the case with the mon cy. Now, .Miss Reese sees just how easy it would be to lose mon ey kept about the house, or a bout her person, and she has placed her money in bank where it will not only be earning some in terest, but she will know where to find it the first time she looks for it, and she will sleep all the more soundly by being relieved from the care. Borough Teachers Elected. At a meeting of the school board Monday evening the fol lowing teachers were elected for the ensuing year: Supervising Principal, J. Harper Barton; Grammar, Miss Joanne Morton; Intermediate, Miss Grace Lodge; Primary, Miss Minnie Reisner. With the exception of the super vising principal, who gets a sala ry of seventy -five dollars a month, the other teachers each receive a salary of fifty dollars. The term was left at eight months, and Monday, September 7th nam ed as the day for the opening of the school term. Owing to the fact that there is a bonded debt of six thousand, two hundred dollars resting upon McConnellsburg school district, and as it has not been found pos sible to reduce the debt with the old rate of eight mills, the board raised the tax rate to ten mills, with a view to reducing the in debtedness as fast as possible. Thomas, County Superintendent. J. Emory Thomas was, on Mon day, sworn into the office of County Superintendent by As sociate Judge William Mellott. With his long experience in the school work of this county, Mr. Thomas is well fitted for the pos ition to which he has just been elevated, and we predict for him a successful administration. Miss Ida Huber, of Lancaster, Pa., spent several days during the past week in the home of Postmaster and Mrs. S. B. Wool let in this place. Brown's pikes, and hidden by his men on their flight before reach ing the open thoroughfares; and it is probable that more of those weapons may be found in the lo cality where this was found. Respectfully, W, L, Mosebey. THE BOISE IN SIMMER TIME. Little Talks on Health- and Hygiene by Samuel 0. Dixon, M. D., LL. D., Commissioner of Health. When our remote forefathers lived in caves and trees their household goods were limited to a favorite club, a stone ax, and a few skins. The question of cleanliness was a matter of as little considera tion as the question of ventila tion. Both of these took care of themselves. In the thousands of years that have intervened, with increasing intelligence has come added ac cumulation of household goods. Nowadays the poorest individual among us would find it difficult to load his belongings on his back and move when the fancy struck him. At this particular season of the year the stuffiness and over-furnished feeling of our places of abode is a reminder of some of the good points in our prehistoric mode of life. For the sake of comfort, cool ness and .cleanliness, dispose of your heavy curtains, thick car pets and other unseasonable fur nishings. During the summer season the windows are open and more or les3 dust sure to enter the house. To eliminate unnecessary fur niture from over-crowded rooms gives an agreeable feeling of space, makes the house easier to keep clean, and is more sanitary and comfortable during the heat ed term. A porch is one of the most use ful and enjoyable additions pos sible to a house in summer. As a safe playroom for the baby, a cool and comfortable rest or work room for the housewife, o r a sleeping room at night, it adds to the health and comfort of the entire family. Dryers Recommended. Engineer Francis M. Taylor, whose duties bring him in touch with localities where soil charac teristics are noted in his work, complimented the News on its recent articles on the evapora tion of fruit as one of the indus tries that could be profitably de veloped in this county. Mr. Tay or related stories of visitors to the County who wondered at the waste of apples in our orchards because of the lack of market for green fruit and vegetables. He corroborated our statement that a ton of apples could be re duced by evaporation to a small fractional part of the original weight, and that a four-horse team could easily haul the evapo rated product of what would have required many days to haul to the railroad in the form of green fruit. The simple machinery neces sary to handle twenty-five to fifty bushels of apples daily, costs less than $100, and, by evaporation, it reduces them to small bulk and weight, ready lor safe shipment to city markets, at times when convenient to do so, instead of having to rush fresh goods out of the County before decay sets in. Every store in the County han dles evaporated apples, peaches and other dried fruits. Where do they get them ? Certainly not from home dryers and canners. Instead, they buy them through ' channels in which several sta tions took toll in the way of prof- fts, and freight to the jobber and again to this place was paid and all added to the consumer's, cost. "Great oaks from little acorns grow," and nowhere is the sen timent in that little quotation better illustrated than when we see how nearly every one of our big industries originated in some obscure little shop where the owner began by making some article needed by the masses, and adding to his facilities as his trade grew. W hat is more in de to-day than dried and otherwise preserved fruit? And where is there a county better adapted to producing dried fruits cheaply, than right here in our own "Lit tle Fulton." r- f i i if r H S- h I': it 3i !? i J;'
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