THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, KcCONNELLSBURG, PA.
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L i nril and General Interenl, Oathered
at Home or Clipped (rra oir
Exchanges.
;0NDENSI!D FOR HURRIED READERS
Alvin Glass, of Chambersburjr,
visited friends in this place a lew
days this week.
George L. Reisner came home
fmm State College to-day to
spend his vacation.
Ross G. Correll, of Needmore,
nent two days with Mr. and Mrs
D. A. Little last week.
Dr. F. K. Stevens and daugh
ter Ethel spent a few hours in
Harrisburg last baturday.
Mrs. F. K. Stevens and son
Frank spent a few days in Ship
fpensburg during the past week.
At Johnson's-a new supply of
Men's and Ladies' Dusters and
Plain Coats-you need one. G-ll-2t
Cashier M. VV. Nace and little
Fon Billy spent the time from Sat
unlay until Monday in Chambers
jurg. A competent Washington critic
faid that our last week's number
Df the News was extra fine.
Thankee.
Preaching in the Presbyterian
church next Sunday morning,
and in the Reformed church in
Hie evening.
The Laurel Ridge Sunday
School will have their Children's
Day exercises at 10 o'clock Sun
jay, June 21st.
T. K. Downes, Esq., and wife,
)f Needmore, spent a few hours
in town last Friday and were cal
lers at the News office.
J. S. Mort, Esq., of Clear
HMgc, was intown Monday at-
nding to business, and made
he News office a very pleasant
kali.
Miss Ethel Hays having finish-
id her term of teaching in Pleas-
fentville, N. J., returned home
last Friday for the summer vaca-
ion.
Mr. and Mrs. William Beidle-
nan, and son Charles, of Har
risburg, are guests in the home
f Mr. and Mrs. Chas. B. Ste-
ens.
A little device to take the place
pf the back collar button has been
placed on the market, and will
rove a boon to suffers from
ihafed necks.
Atter having finished another
ear's work as teacher in the pub
ic schools at Vandererift. Pa..
Miss Jessie Mason came home for
per summer vacation.
Mrs. W. II. Elder and little
daughter Elizabeth, of Albany,
f'. Y., is expected home Satur-
ay for a visit with her mother.
ps. Emma Robinson.
Rudolph Spangler. a student of
'ranklin & Marshall College, Lan
aster, Pa., is home with his pa
ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Spang-
ct, for his summer vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Little and
Jlisses Lilli nn Rraurni 7 o 1 1 n
rouse, and Evelyn Bennet, mo
ed to Clear Spring and Ha-
pstown last Sunday, returning
pie day.
Mrs.Clem Chesnut. Hnstnnrnwn.
I ho has been seriously ill for
nie time is now convalescing.
H it is hoped that her complete
wovery may be both speedy and
'nianent.
, . and Mrs. D. E. Little, on
Jesday, took Mrs. Walter Ewing
id her sons Paul and Lester to
wcersburg to spend two weeks
ith Mrs. Swing's sister, Mrs.
)e'mar McCune. .
Miss Gertrude Sloan is spend
ng two weeks visiting in the
"meofhor brother-in-law and
'tfw (Scott) Mr. and Mrs. T.
Walker, near St Thomas
ranklin county.
Attention is callod roth nffininl
demerit of
i r'ton. County Bank at the close
f DllSinnnr. . ...
-.v.oa lust Saturday. Note
substantia
irong financial condition.
i.,..,,. rwn.aiiLciiair on me
;; u' yofthe Ohio University; is
L:lfh.ermother Mrs. Clara
-"eaci, north First street.
Wl cre to see our friend
Vinson in town Monday.
tinson h:io
lumber from th nBf r,-,An
Hill mountain to the
eli iZ, aPrwl place, for
-b'aiey brothers.
Daniel Ward, and William
Ward and wife (Annie Comerer)
of Chambersburg, were visitors
in the home of their sister, Mrs.
John Doyle, and Annie's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. William Comerer.
Mr. and Mrs. George M. Myers,
of Bethel township, were called
to this place last Friday on ac
count of the illness of thelatter's
mother, Mrs.Sarah B. Deshong,
Mr. Myers returned home on Sunday.
Mrs. Ollie Plessinger and her
son Raymond, and Mr. Job Tru
ax, of Belfast township, wer,e in
town last Friday on business con
nected with the estate of Ollie's
late husband, John Plessinger,
deceased.
Miss Annie C. Reisner, after
having completed a year's work
in the McKeesport public schools
as teacher of Domestic Art, is
spending her summer vacation in
the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. G. Reisner.
Dr. and Mrs..Jame3 M. McKib-
bin, and the Doctor's mother,
Mrs. W. L. McKibbin-all of
Union township, were guests in
the home of the Doctor's brother,
Editor Herbert L. McKibbin,
Tuesday and Wednesday.
About two weeks ago James
Kendall, of Ayr township, took
his little son Nelson to a private
hospital in Philadelphia, where
Dr. LeFevre, of that place suc
cessfully treated his eyes. Mr.
Kendall brought ' his son home
last Saturday.
'Squire Bert Hann, of Licking
Creek township, working for the
Reichtly Brothers at one of their
lumber camps, wandered into
town last Tuesday, and exchang
ed jokes with old friends. Bert
says he greatly enjoys the wild
life of the woodsman.
The Fulton Republican came to
our desk last week as a seven
column folio, all home print, in
stead of the small five-column
quarto as before. The general
make-up and press work is first
class, and we congratulate our
contemporary on this evidence of
enterprise.
Prof. N. E. M. Hoover and
John Hockensmith, both of whom
had been employed at Kearney
for several years, were in town
Monday. The coal operations at
that place have closed down for
the present, and several of the
Fulton county people employed
there are at heme now.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Comerer
and their daughters Nancy and
Margaret and their son Harry
all of Windber, Pa., passed
through McConnellsburg in their
automobile last Friday on their
way to visit Mr. Comerer's moth
er, Mrs. Nancy Comerer at
Burnt Cabins.
Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Mellott,
and Mr. and Mrs. Isaiah Mellott
and daughter Gwendolyn, of Tim
ber Ridge, were in McConnells
burg Tuesday. The elder Mr.
and Mrs. Mellott are in good
health considering the fact that
they are well along in the after
noon of life.
W. C. Patterson, Brookside
Farm, Ayr township, returned
Friday of last week, after a ten-
days' trip to New Castle where
he attended the General Assem
bly of the United Presbyterian
Church. While away, he visited
Pittsburgh, and other places
along the route.
Miss Orpha Snyder, of Need-
more, who recently closed a
year's teaching in Franklin coun
ty, left; last week for Illinois,
where she will spend the summer
visiting in the home of several of
her Fulton county relatives and
friends who are now residents of
the Prairie State.
Rev. and Mrs. R. E. Peterman
and baby, Robert Adams, motor
ed to Gettysburg on Monday, to
attend commencement exercises
of the Gettysburg College, and
to be present at the class meet,
of which Mr. and Mrs. Peterman
are members. A very large num
ber will graduate this year.
County Treasurer Samuel A.
Hess, compliments his fellow citi
zens for the manner in which
they are paying their taxes this
year. Mr. Hess said that a great
er degree of prosperity is evident
because of the promptness of
taxpayers to meet their obliga
tions. 1913 was an improvement
over 1912; but a much greater im
provement marks the payments
in 1914 over last year. Good for
Little Fulton 1
FIRE AT NJXT LITTLETON.
George Fr;kcr Came Near Losing His
House and Its Contents Tues
day Evening.
About five o'clock on Tuesday
afternoon, smoke was seen com
ing through the roof and around
the eaves o f George Fraker's
nice dwelling house at Fort Lit
tleton; and it was but a moment
more that the discovery was made
that the upper part of the house
was fifire inside. The alarm was
quickly spread and scores of per
sons rushed to the scene.
Of course, on account of the
absence of modern firefighting
facilities, and the scarcety of wa
ter, efforts were divided between
saving the household goods by
getting them outside, and the ex
tinguishing of the fire. Fortun
ately, the fire was brought under
control in time to save the entire
destruction of the building, but
not before the inside of the house
was almost ruined. While the
property fully protected by
insurance, no one but those who
have passed through fires know
how much of inconvenience, la
bor, and real hardship, come as a
result of such misfortunes even
when insurance companies fulfil
their obligations promptly.
fifty Tliousand on Roads. .
"Pull West Virginia out of the
mud," was the slogan of 50,000
or more men who on May 2Slh
observed good roads day by work
ing on public highways through
out the State. Governor Hatfield
all State i 'dicers, wore out with
pick and shovel, and one-third of
the men in the State penitentiary
at Moundsville were fiven an op
portunity to help.
In some counties auxiliary corp
of women provided food for the
workers, and the occasion tool
on the spirit of a holiday. The
weather wa3 generally fair al
though operations were tempor
arily interrupted in some sections
by thunder showers.
The foregoing item is but one
of several that the News has pub
lished recently. Two week3 ago
we told of how 10,000 workers
turned out and, in one day, fixed
up the roads in Washington coun
ty, Pa. Since mentioning the
subject of repairing the Sprou
Route roads by making a frolic
of it, we have been approached
by a number of men who asked
us to agitate the matter a little
further. There will be no trou
ble to raise money here in town
to cover cixst of any materials
that may have to be purchased
leave that part to the Nkws. We
have been promised money, one
man offering to pay ten dollars
others less sums. As there will
be no need of cash to pay for la
bor, the cash item will give the
least trouble. It is loaders in the
movement that are needed.
When Dr. McClain, of Huston
town, mentioned our effort to get
up a frolic to repair the Sproul
roads, we asked him if he would
use his swift automobile to visit
the people over his territory, and
after a little persuasion he said
he would jump in and try to work
it up in his locality, and find out
what time it would suit to have
the meet. We say this for Doc
tor McClain he felt a little back
ward about taking the leadership
because he is in the auto business
and his motives might be miscon
strued, but we told him to "cut
it out," as every man in the
county could patch up an excuse,
so he is now committed to the re
sponsibility of taking care of that
section.
We have had enough encour
agement from LickingCreck.Tod,
and Ayr townships to assure us
that when leaders are secured,
the citizens will fall in after him
like sheep to the bellwether, and
the worst places at least, on the
Sproul'roads, will be repaired.
And the ladies well, don't trou
ble about them; they'll cook the
dinners. One of them told us
that "the men never could do
anything without being pushed
along by the fair sex." Shall
we resent this soft impeachment?
It has been suggested that the
local State Highway overseers
could have plenty of help to lay
some underground drainage, stc p
the washing out of roads, and,
indeed, do much work at no cost
to the State, if a day be .set to
make a frolic of making the road
passable, rather than wait on er
ratic movement of the State.
No matter how good the State's
Farms
for
Sale
200 ACRES Limestone and gravel, situate 2 miles from Mer
cersburgm Peters township, one half mile from R. R. station
Largo bank barn, brick and ntoue house 10 rooms, all otner build-
ing in good repair. Running water at stable door, plenty of good
water on the farm, making it a good stock farm. Last year rinsed
1 100 obis, "corn, 900 bus. wheat, -100 bus. oats, and 200 bus. rye,
Wintered l'J head horses, 1. head cattlo and plenty of feed left.
210 ACRES .tine quality slate and gravel, Montgomery town
ship, about 110 acres cleared, balance in timber. Good 8 room
frame house, now bank barn built only three years. Buildings all
wo!l painted and m tine condition. Finest kind of water at house
and barn. An abundance of fruit of all kinds, choicest varioty of
cut rnos iu I rankliti county.
210 ACRES Montgomery township, tine quality slato and
gravel. 1;0 acres cloared, !)() acres timber. New bank barn, "
acres apples 5 years old, good old orchard, fruit of all kinds, ecel
lent, stock farm, running water, about 25 acres meadow, and the
price is surprisingly cheap.
107 ACRES ono mile south of Morcersburg on State Road
Lo nd is level, easy to tar m Fine 8 room house with hath room,
new barm barn, good neighborhood, plenty of good water at build
ings and on farm. This is one of the nicest farms in this section.
E'noo reasonable.
123 ACRES limestone and gravel, two miles from Mercers
burg along li li only sli rt distauce from station, all new buildings
just painted thU spring and in the best of condition. Land lays
ni :i ly, easy to farm. Finest quality of water, pump in kitchen, and
wutor at tlio stable door. Au excellent stock farm, a beautilul
home and thu price is right.
30 ACRES frco stone and gravel situato at Foltz, Pa. Large
frame house 10 rooms. Water piped in house aud to barn, running
water through the place, an abundance of fruit of all kinds, last
year xold a'wut 150 bus. pears. This is an ideal home and cheap at
the price asked.
45 ACRES 2 miles from Mercersburg on II R , limestone, all
new buildings. A tino little farm.
40 ACRES 3 miles from Mercersburg.
G8 ACRES Montgomery township.
74 ACRES Montgomery township.
We at all times aim to offer Ral estate worth tho money, and
havo selected from our large list the above described farms as a
row of tho good values we havo for sale. Our motto always "A
SQUAllE DEAL."
For further information inquire of
Witherspoon Farm Realty Co.
MERCERSBURG, PA.
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MOVE IT ANYWHERE
The New Perfection Oil Cook Stove is light
two people can carry it easily. It is cool
it concentrates all the heat on the dinner..
It is clean no ashes or coal to handle,
Hew'PeiSctioit
Oil Cook-stove
'roasts, toasts.broils.bakes. It cooks better than
& coal stove, because its heat is controlled.
In 1, 2, 3 and 4 burner sizes. Look for the
1914 model 4-burner cabinet range with fire
loss cooking oven. At hardware and general
stores everywhere.
The Atlantic Refining Company
Philadelphia Pittsburgh
intentions are, there is no argu
ing away the fact that it will be
years before all of the Sproul
routes can be reached, and the
desire to get better transporta
tion facilities is so great that
many farmers have told us that
it would be money in their pock
ets to get out and do, at least,
enough work to stop washes and
other damage now being done to
roads through neglect. One or
two cannot do much, but a day's
work by all along these roads
would repay for the cost of the
holiday. It seems to pay well
elsewhere.
Frank Burk (colored) formerly
of this place, but living in Cham
bersburg since last spring, was
working in Waynesboro a few
weeks ago, and when he entered
the employer's house for dinner
the watch dog thought he was an
intruder and sprang for his
throat, missed its aim and caught
Burk by the nose, tearing that
facial adornment so badly that a
surgeon had to use the needle to
repair it
Robert Everts and son Denton,
of Thompson township, were in
town yesterday transacting busi
ness and shaking hands with
friends. Denton has two mare
colts that he will sell one, is a
yearling, and the other, a two
year-old. He will also sell one
of his milch cows, that is just
fresh.
There has been a dispute of
long standing between Judge W.
B. Stigers, of Warfordsburg and
II. L. Wishart, of Wells Tannery
as to which one owned the finer
Scotch Collie. It was decided to
photograph the dogs and submit
the photos to disinterested judge9,
who decided that they were the
finest.
Miss Sally Hoop and her Sun
day School class of eight little
boys, spent Sunday, May 31st.
visiting Miss Hoop's former Sun
day School at Siloam church, in
Licking Creek township. They
went out in a two-horse hack,
taking their dinner with them,
and spent the remainder of the
day camping. ,
Lawn Mowers.
This week we want to tell you that we have
just received a large quantity of Lawn Mow
ers and Garden Plows, and can sell them to
you at a price that will save you good money.
The garden Plow that we have sold so many
of at $2.25 during the last five years, we are
going to sell this spring at $1.98. We can let
youhave a 12-inch lawn mower at $2.50, and
a 14-inch at $2.65, We have been selling
these mowers for eight years and know what
we are talking when we ,say they are good
ones. Having brass bearings and being self
sharpening, they are always on the job.
Steel garden rakes, 25 cents; Hoes, 16, 20,
25, 38, and 40 cents. Steel shovels no riv
ets in the blade 55 cents.
Fencing.
Say! Don't you want a nice lawn fence in front of
your house or lawn? We have it at 10 cents a foot.
Also, we have some Field and Poultry fence on hand
yet, that we are selling at the old prices. Screen
wire at 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 cents a yard.
Paint! Paint !
Are you going to paint your house or barn this
spring? If so, why don't you let us figure on it. We
will not charge you anything for the figuring; and if
we can't prove to you that we can save you money,
then, we will not feel sore if you buy some place else
Come Quick.
We have bought from a manufacturer G cases of Ber
lin kettles 3 cases of 6-quart, and 3 cases of 8
quart all with tin lids, and they go at 23 and 33
cents. These goods sell regularly at 35 and 50 cents.
Step along lively if you want some of them; for at
these prices, they will disappear like a snowball in
harvest
Shoes! Shoes!
We have sold more shoes this spring than any spring
since we have been in business We have all kinds
and are selling them at factory prices See our white
shoes for children, misses, and women; also, our Ox
fords We want everybody to try our shoes; for this
is a line upon which we can especially save you mon
ey And, we had almost forgotten to say that if you
want a nice hat and suit to match your shoes, we
have them too
HULL & BENDER,
McConnellsburg, Pa.
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A finger on the pulse
ot your telephone
In every Bell central office there is a wonderful
mechanism of dials and testing apparatus by
means of which the telephone doctor the
Wire Chief and his staff keep a finger oh the
pulse of the telephone system and learn of and
correct faults which may arise. Trouble may
be discovered and corrected by these telephone
doctors without the subscriber having any
knowledge of it.
In this, as in every other detail of the operation
of the telephone plant, the standards of men
and methods are high, and the apparatus is so
delicate that the least disturbance in the nerv
ous system of the telephone may be promptly
traced to its source.
Bell Telephone Service, you see, is more than
just operating a system; it includes a constant
watchfulness that YOU may always have at
command the most efficient telephone
service in the world.
When you telephone, smile I
The Bell Telephone Co. of Pa.
jb. ti. UVEKFKCK, Local Mgr.
Chambersburg, Pa.
HORSE BREEDERS
Persons desiring to raise line horses
should note that the French Imported
nelgtan Stallion known as the Com
pany Horse, will Ntand for service at
Alvah Mellott's barn four miles south
of McConnollsbure, during the season
ot 1014. This horse is fully covered
by license and registration. Terms:
Ten dollars for Insurance. Persons
parting with mare before she Is known
to be in foal will forfeit insurance.
While care will be taken, the company
does not assume any responsibility
for accldouts. 3-20-ra3.
IP. M. COMERER,
agent for
1HLGEISER MANUFAC
TURING COMPANY,
BURN! CABINS, PA.
for the sale of Traction and
Portable Engines, Gaso
line, Separators, Clo .
rerHullers, Saw
mills, Sc.
Engines on hand all
the time.