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VOLUME 15
McCONNELLSBURG, PA., JUNE 18, J9I4.
NUMBER 40
fLLS VALLEY MAN MURDERED.
Milam R. Anderson Shot to Death
While Attempting to Defend His
Little Daughters.
William R. Anderson, until re
cently, a citizen of Wells Valley,
died last Sunday morning in the
nisiir Memorial Hospital, Hun
tingdon, Pa.k as a result of gun
shot wound3 made by an Italian
last Friday noon at Wood vale, a
small mining town in the Broad
Top coal region.
The deceased, aged about 49
years, is a son of Hartman An
derson at the grist mill in Wells
Valley, and for some time has
hppn employed as a teamster at
the mines.
The trouble originated about
the use of water from a large
spring, which the Italians were
forbidden, they having their own
supply at various places. An
Italian woman having begun to
use from the spring, a man named
Long drove her away. Anderson
lived nearby, his housekeepers be
ing his two little daughters, Alice
and Anna, ten or twelve years of
age. As Anderson came to his
home on Friday at noon he no
ticed an Italian expostulating
with his two daughters at the
spring, and the little girls were
crying. Anderson hurried to the I
protection of his daughters, hav
ing in mind the rape that had
been committed in that vicinity a
few days before. The Italian
used abusive language such as
leads to the belief that he thought
the little girls were daughters of
Long and that the man who was
Jinterfering was Long. Whipping
lout a revolver, he shot at Ander
son three times. One ball took
.'effect on the left side below the
.ribs, passing toward the right
me through the stomach, and
waking a dangerous wound.
The wounded man was hurried
jto the hospital at Huntingdon, ar
Jiving there at 5:30 Friday even
5ng, but he was so badly injured
jthat he could not lie down in the
Smouiance.
After the shooting the Italian
ed up over a hill in the direction
M Bedford county. John Det
keiler, of Orbisonia, was sunv
jnoned to take up the chase and
h secured Guy I,ocke, who has
m automobile. They followed
iround the hill by the road, and
net the Italian just as he was
uming down off the hill. Det
iler jumped out of the auto,
ul!ed a revolver and called on
"m t( surrender. Having thrown
'way his revolver but retained
113 knife, the Italian gave up his
ast weapon and was taken to Or
"sonia by his captors, thence to
untingdon, where he was lodged
n jail Saturday morning.
The deceased is survived by
113 wife, who was Miss Belle
rton, of Wells valley; by six
"'n, -Anna, Mary, Alice,
iartman, William and younger
',v, by his father, one brother,
rren Anderson, of Wells Val
W two sisters, Mrs. John Mc
lwee, of Everett, and Mrs. Wil
'W Corcoran, of Pittsburg.
He was a member of -the Ju
dder of American Mechan
.So the 1.0. 0. P. Thefuner
10fthe unfortunate man was
; d m Wells Valley oh Tuesday,
r "iii'rment wna nwia of u
Methodist church.
Hume Again.
iS;,.feorse S- Mellott. of
' es Mill, who had her nrm hm.
I1'" sometime atro. Jihq r,,
rtfr,om Abridge, Pa., where
"ou Been
ipi , L,t"-"unig several
7 ith her sons, Dr. Albert
wshe and H,u.,n
b0n after M,- iliLi.
rni her son n a xt u.n.tl
J her homo and took his
Hination wasmnrip an BJL
3then-tavp : Ar.'r
,atm ;',au me advantage of
A" tha.
r Mature .;n a i.i . .
- "u uu me rest.
iur me JNEWS,
Recent Weddings.
Lodge Pringle.
A pretty wedding was solemn
ized at the home of the bride's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. A.
Pringle, of Huntington Mills, Pa.,
when their daughter, Miss Sadie
was united in marriage to Mr.
Charles M. Lodge, June 11, 1:114,
by the Rev. Wilbur Norcross,
dean of Dickinson Seminary,
Williamsport, Pa.
The wedding was an informal
affair, only members of the im
mediate family being present.
The bride is an accomplished and
most estimable young lady, and
a favorite in her circle of friends.
Mr. Lodge is a graduate of Dick
inson College, and of Maryland
Agricultural College. Mr. and
Mrs.' Lodge will reside after Sep
tember first, at Tocomoke City,
Md., where Mr. Lodge has ac
cepted a position as head of the
seed department of the Peninsu
lar Produce Company, of Mary
land. Mr. and Mrs. Lodge are
now spending a few days at the
home of the former's mother,
Mrs. Malissa Lodge on north
Second Street.
Roosevelt Willard.
At the office of the officiating
magistrate at police headquarters
n Madrid, Spain, last Wednesday
Kermit, one of Theodoi'e Roose
velt's boys, was married to Miss
Belle W. Willard, daughter of the
American ambassador to Spain.
mi i i
me Dnue ana groom are nice
young people, and the News ex
tends congratulations.
Siiore-Knable.
Mr. Dnrsey M. Shore, son of
Barton B. and Sarah Jane Shore
of Meadow Gap, Huntingdon
county, and Miss Nannie LaRue
Knable, daughter of Leidy T,
and Margaret Knable, of Ayr
township, this county, were mar
ried by the Rev. J. L. Yearick,
at hi3 home in this place, June
15, 1914.
Mellott Strait.
Mr. Earl Mellott, son of Mr,
and Mrs. Walker Mellott, of
Needmore, and Miss Carrie Le
ona Strait, daughter of Mr. and
lurs. jii. r. btrait, oi tne same
place, were married on Wednes
day of last week by the Rev.
Ahimaaz Mellott.
Sprowl Ritchie.
Mr. D. Rei Sprowl and Miss
Alta M. Ritchie, both of Breeze-
wood, were married June 11, 1914,
at the M. E. parsonage in this
place, by Rev. J. V. Royer.
ELAINE ffl-RTZLER IN TROUBLE.
What Started in a Friendly Tussle,
Ended in Deadly Struggle. Now
Held for Murder.
Harvey Blaine Hertzler, for
merly of Burnt Cabins, and for a
long time carrying the mail be
tween that town and McConnells-
burg, but now a resident of Hag
erstown,Md.,is in serious trouble.
It is said that on Tuesday of
last week, Blaine and a young
man by the name of Hemphill
were joking together in Ilagers
town; then varrner words began
to pass, and these were followed
by blows.
Hemphill started to run and
was pursued by Hertzler. A Bal
timore & Ohio railroad dray.pull
ing out of Talace Theater alley,
was run into by Hemphill, who
fell against the horses. Hertzler
is then alleged to have struck him
a powerful blow on the side of his
head. Hemphill fell under the
dray. Two physicians were sum
moned, but he expired in a few
minutes.
Hertzler jumped into a fish
wagon and was driving toward
Maugansville, near the Pennsyl
vania line, when he was arrested
GOOD OLD SIMMER TIME.
"Itootie" Loved Turkey.
The weather must be pretty
bad when vv. bcott brant, near
Dane, does not have a good, fresh
story to tell of doings out in that
game section. His latest is an
account of a visit from what he
calls "The Farmers' Friend," in
ventilation of his opinion of our
State Game Department. Mr.
and Mrs. Brant add several hun
dred dollars to the family exche
quer each year by raising tur
keys. So far this season about
one hundred little turks have ar
rived at their placej and all were
growing ii Ke a choice bit ot scan
dal until Saturday JuneGth, when
a big hoot owl mistook one of the
old turkey hens and her flock of
seventeen for a mouse and nest
of little mice, according to Mr.
Brant's story, a,nd killed her and
four of the little ones, the latter
being large enough to fly.
The tragedy was discovered
next day when Mr. Brant was
met in the woods by the thirteen
little orphans that gathered a
bout him to be comforted, and
they led him to where the moth
er was lying with her head eaten
off. Traps set near the carcas
that night put an end to Hootie's
further mistakes, and Mr. Brant
had the satisfaction of knocking
him in the head, in pay for ,the
theft of ten dollars' worth of
turkey. (
Mrs. Harvey Bender and son
spent several days in Chambers-
burg and Mercersburg, last week.
by Chief of Police Fridinger.
Justice Doub conducted an in
quest, and Hertzler was held for
murder.
Blaine has been working at the
carpenter trade in Ilagerstown,
and is said y his employers to
have been steady and industrious
lie had just returned to his job
on the morning of the day of the
trouble, and Mr. Shipp, the man
for whom he was working, speaks
very highly of him.
Blaine's wife is Carrie Divens,
of Knobsville, and they have
three children.
Iror. Hughes s Letters Are Awakening
Interest in the Study of Our
Native Flora.
Dear Editor Nevs:-I in
tended to send you this a fort
night earlier-in May, the merry
month the month of blossoms.
Every month has its own charm;
but none is so prolific of new and
varied beauty as May and the
lover of Nature is sometimes
tempted to wish that May might
remain forever so bewitching
are the delights of field and for
est in this Middle Spring Season.
But no one who has inquiringly
followed the months year after
year, really does wish that any
of them should tarry beyond
their period. There is always too
much fascination ahead. We
never are quite willing to sur
render the wondrous glory that
is to be.
Since a bit of poetry is a seas
oning to everything I write.
please insert the following, taken
from, 'The Amethyst," a Tern
perance journal every one shoul
read:
ANNUAL REUNION.
rullomans Residing iu Northern Ohio,
Have Fifteenth Annual Reunion.
Ten New Members.
I he annual reunion of natives
of Fulton county, Pa., now re
siding in northern Ohio, was held
at the home of Clem Lenhart,
near Fireside, 0., last Saturday
The exercises were opened by the
president, C. II. Keefer by sing
ing "Nearer My God to Thee."
Free Libraries For All.
Why don't you have a free i
brary in your community. Would
it not be a splendid thing if there
was near at hand a collection of
good books to which you could go
during the spells of bad weather
when outside work in not possi.
i.i- i i . .
uie, or wnen you need neip in
solving some question which
comes up in your work. Do you
know that there are many books
written by men and women who
HOT WEATHER MAXIMS.
Little Talks on Health and Hygiene by
Samuel G. Dixon, M. D., LL. D.,
Commissioner of Health.
, Overcome by the heat. This
will be a frequent headline in the
papers for the next three months.
In the minds of the majority
of the people all ills resulting
from excessive heat are grouped
under one head. There are as a
matter of fact two distinct types
followed bv scr bture readino hv are experts in 'our line for the T , Vf il
EiXkS lrt l very purpose of telling how to of ailment from this cause, heat
milieu ecK, ana pi ayer by hev. . t. , . stroke or therm c fever, and hent.
Snoke. Address of welcome was .l.ne Pro.Dlems wtllcn arise
madP lw Mr Tnharf TV,JIrom day toaay-' Why would it
J i-JV II1IU1 m J. 111.11 I
followed what, w hv nn mn. tha not be a Kood thing to have such
- j uu UAVWIld UIV , .
least interesting fe.ntnrp nt th a coiiecuon wnere you, your wile
rlnv-n trrnnH cr,wl riinnn, a ff an(1 vour children could find such
Pr.fhp Pninvmonf nf tl, At ttIU aS COmeS "Oni DOOKS
v viijvjIIJVIJW VI tllU UllliJUi
Exciting Runoff.
On Tuesday evening of last
week, Mrs. John II. Wible and
two children, Goldie and Earl, R.
D. G, Chambersburg, met with an
accident that might have cost
them their lives.
Returning from market in a
one-horse wagon heavily loaded
with feed-stulF, empty crates, a
shipment of Larkins' products,
and some store goods, the har
ness broke while going down a
steep hill, and the frightened
horse ran down a ten-foot em
bankment, so steep that the wag
on and its load of goods and hu
manity landed on top of the ani
mal. The baby rolled under the
horse, but was not seriously hurt.
Earl and Mrs. Wible escaped with
a few bruises. The wagon was
about demolished.
The accident happened within
two miles of the Wible home.
Kind neighbors cared for the
thoroughly frightened marketers
until they could be taken homc
John II. Wible was a former resi
dent of this county, Mrs. Wible
is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs W.
Scott Brant, near Dane. We
congratulate our friends upon
their escape from more serious
injury, as the conditions were
right for a tragedy of greater
proportions.
' Mexico.
What a blessing it will be to
this hemisphere if this, and suc
ceeding adniistrations at Wash
ington, succeed in breaking up
chronic revolutions in Mexico!
Many of these revolutions are
fomented and financed in Europe
for reasons nothing short of rob
bery, but under a less harsh
name. Over eighty-five per cent.
of the population are kept in de
grading ignorance for this very
purpose that they may be made
the dupes of others. If, it is said
by thinking men, revolutions can
be made unprofitable, they will
naturally cease. This is the sole
object our Administration has in
mind, and because it is a radical
departure from our accustomed
easy-going attitude toward our
neighbor on the south, Mr. Wil
son is held up to all kinds of ridi
cule and hampered in every pos
sible way by political opponents.
"Heart o'mic, the world la sweot,
Tim violets are bloomlii;;
All the tctiilcr Ki'conlu things
Aro lau-jhinj; In the huh;
Sail, my heart':' bo lad, my heart!
Summer time is coining!
Uinl and brook aro kinging,
For thu joy days now begun."
This was indited for tne month
of June, but better suits that o
iUay; tor while everything is
laughing in the sun, and the
birds and brooks singing, the
violets have ceased to bloom
and this will serve to remind my
botany friends that their indif-
ierence or mis year will now
have almost ten or eleven months
to change into interest before
Violet time comes again. "To
every thing there is a season
and a time to every purpose un
der the heaven."
Would you think it?-my offer
to identify the violets aroused
some interest; but, all the speci
mens sent me were one kind only,
viz., the one known to botanists
as Viola papilionacea; and, to the
laity as The Meadow or Hooded
Blue Violet the commonest of
the violets. In this I confess to
a disappointment; for, I expected
twelve species, at the least. I
shall not scold, however, for,
"where ignorance is bliss, 'tis
folly to be wise."
As to Arbutus, every point of
the compass contributed and
some of the finest specimens im
aginable. Evidently this plant
is plentiful, and obviously it is
well-beloved by young and old
I received enough Arbutus to put
a ray of sunshine into the hearts
f. some worthy people- thanks
to my friends. I would like to
commend the good spirit of the
Webster Mills' lassie, who, with
her specimens, wrote me two
charming letters; also of one
from Three Springs and one from
Burnt Cabins, who sent me Moun
tain Tea, Spring Beauty, Arbu
tus, and Wolf's foot. Keep it up
brave girls despite the Copper
headsyou will come into a glo
rious "knowing someday!
The aromatic plant found in
the woods, now in white blossom,
is Sweet Cicely; another, with
finely divided leaf is Yarrow, or
Milfoil; the many-lobed leaves
from a tree are Paper Mulberry
a good tree for shade. In 1907
there was one standing at the
rear of Martin Bender's place,
adjoining the Lutheran church
yard in McConnellsburg plant
ed by Mr. Bender. This will suf
fice for the present; and I will
ask my friends to remember to
send good specimens, and to en
close postal card or stamps for
reply.
W. F. Hughes,
143 N. Eighth St.,
June 10th. Philadelphia, Pa.
Mrs. A. D. Dal bey left last Fri
day morning for Pittsburgh,
where she will visit her sisters,
and thence to Harpers Ferry, 0.,
to spend several weeks in the
home of her daughter Minnie.
and the good cheer that was in
the hearts of every one present,
the company sang, "Somebody
is looking to you," the roll was
called and G3 persons responded.
There were 10 new members, and
20 visitors. A song by Mr. and
Mrs. Calvin Keefer and Mr. and
Mrs. N. E. Keefer; recitations
by Helen Snoke, Leona Mason,
Gusta Keefer, Beryl Neikirk,
Myron Garland, Dalbie Funk,
and Walter Garland; select read
ing by Goldie Funk,t and addres.
ses by Revs. Friterdr and Wan
gard, of Flatrock, 0., Rev. Snoke
and James Smith, of Republic.
and Eugene Brundag, of Tiffin,
were much enjoyed.
The following resolutions were
read and adopted upon the death
of George Garland, the first death
to occur in the society since its
organization, fifteen years ago.
Whereas, It has pleased Al
mighty God to remove from
earth's habitation Brother Geo.
Garland, a faithful and beloved
All this is possible to those who
live in towns, for our laws make
provision for the establishment
of libraries. It is possible for all
such to combine and by joint ef
fort provide books for themselves
But, perhaps you live out on a
farm miles away from a settle'
ment and with very few neigh
bors. A combination of all the
families livincr within n mile nf
your house would not be nearly cu,nng ine ser.vlces a physician
stroke or thermic fever, and heat
exhaustion. In the first of these
the patient usually runs a high
temperature and the treatment
calls for ice baths. In heat ex
haustion the heart and respira
tion are depressed. When the
humidity is high over-exertion in
more apt to cause heat exhaus
tion. In extreme weather endeavor
to secure some circulation of air
in the dwelling and workroom.
There is less likelihood of pros
tration when the air is in mo
tion. No time should be lost in se-
suiiicienc 10 provide adequate li
brary facilities. So you have de
cided to accept your lot, and see
your neighbors in the towns go
ahead of you because they have
books and you have none.
ur.n it . .
veu, mere is no neea ot giv-
when anyone is overcome by the
heat. No layman is competent
to distinguish between the two
types and give the treatment re
quired.
In beginning the summer
months it is well to fix these few
ing up. It is just as possible for maim n 'our mind-
Don't hurry-remember it wa3
the tortoise that won the race.
Don't worry for your sake
and the other fellow's.
Eat regularly but sparingly-
even an ostrich should use some
discretion in hot weather.
Alcoholic beverages if you
must use alcohol, burn it in a
chafing dish.
Avoid ice water and cold bev
eragesit is dangerous to para
lyze your stomach because the
you, although you are miles from
town, with only a few neighbors,
to nave books within reach as it
is for the townspeople, because
your State has established a
FREE LIBRARY COMMISSION,
It has charged this Commission,
among other things, with the
member of our Pennsylvania Re- duty of maintaining a system xf
union, be it therefore, traveling libraries for the bene-
Resolved, That we bow in fit of those living in the country
humble submission to the Will of and the very small towns. In
the all wise Father, knowing that the year 1913 this Commission thermometer i on the rnmnn
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ue uut'iii an imngs ior good io pent mure man inteen mousand
them that love and serve Him volumes into the very small com
and believing that Brother Gar- munities of our State. Some of
land has gone to a better world them went into places which are
there to reap the rewards of a twenty miles from the nearest
faithful christian life here, and railroad station. In many places
that' our loss is his gain. the books were kept in a farm
Resolved, That we as fellow house because there was no store
members of an Earthly Reunion or other more public place with
so shape our lives that when our in reach. Just think what it has
meant to the farmer people in
Crawford, Mercer, Bedford, Ful
ton, Center, Totter, Bradford
many other counties to be able to
stop at a certain farmhouse as
Resolved, That our sincere they drove along the road, look
sympathy be extended to the over forty or fifty good, whole-
family and friends of the deceas- some stories and popular books
ed, commending them to the of history, .. biography, science,
blessed Father of all who never and, possibly, agriculture, select
yet has failed those who come to something which interests them
him seeking help. and take it home to be returned
Resolved, That these resolu- after it had been read. It is pos-
tions be entered in the minute sible that fifty thousand people
to theJ on the farms of our State took
and a advantage of this opportunity
papers during rju.
1 his is possible for you and at
very little expense! The State
maintains the work and the only
expense to the borrower is one
dollar for each collection, which
is used to pay the freight on the
books. Ihese are made up into
libraries containg fifty volumes,
put into a bookcase and loaned on
.11 i
eartniy careers are ended, we
may all share in a glorious re
union in that blessed abode where
sorrow and suffering are un
known.
book; a copy presented
family of the deceased,
copy sent to the county
for publication.
Mrs. G. R. Rice,
Wm. Funk,
Dwigiit L. Mason,
Committee.
The invitation of J. P. Eader,
to have the reunion at his home
on the second Saturday in June,
915, was accepted. A committee
composed of F. W.Neikirk, Ralph
May and Loui3 Lenhart reported
the following officers for the en
suing year: President, N. E. Kee
er; Vice President, Chas. Funk;
Secretary, Wm. Garland, Assis
tant Secretary, Ethel Peck; Or-
the application of twelve taxpay
ers in any community. The book
may be kept for six months and
then exchanged for others. In
this way any farming community
can at an expense of two dollars
a year (and this is used to pay
the transportation) maintain a
ganist, Mrs. Gilbert Rice; Chor
ster, N. F. Keefer; Executive free library for the people.
Committee, Mrs. F. W. Neikirk, Why not take advantage of
Mrs. Wm. Funk, and Mrs. J. P. this opportunity? More than
Eader. After the singing of twelve hundred places have had
We 11 Never Say Goodbye in Ilea- these traveling libraries during
ven, " the formal exercised were the past twelve years. You can
closed by the benediction by Rev. do the same if you will. If you
Wangard.
Grover Funk, Secretary.
Prof J. Willis Barney, son of
,ev. John II. Liarney, graduate
of Elon college, N. C, and one
of Bedford county's leading teach
ers, will enter Columbia Univer
sity next fall. Prof. Barney de
sires to be fitted for the highest
grade of school work.
are interested write to the Pen
nsylvania Free Library Commis
sion, Harrisburg, Pa., and they
will send all necessary informa
tion.
Ex-Sheriff John J. Morton, of
Ayr township, spent part of last
Friday and Saturday greeting
friends in town. He spent the
night with Judge Morton.
I'p to Bigclow.
Under the above caption, the
Valley Spirit, of last Friday, says
editorially, that the freeing of
over a million dollars by the
courts for road repairs, puts it
squarely up to Commissioner
Bigelow to give us better roads.
The Spirit insists that the un
businesslike practice of moving
machinery from one place to an
other is foolish. The old Cham
bersburg and Bedford pike in this
county has not received anything
ike its share of work, and that,
as the machinery is now here,
work shoiJd not stop short of
finishing the job.
About ten days ago the same
paper told of the extravagant
methods of State work by citing
costs of hotel bills, for the officials
while working the pike, alleging
that the board bill amounted to
more for the time than was spent
in work on the pike between that
place and the top of Cove mountain.
We will stand up for any offici
al that will give us good roads at
proper cost; as we said in anoth
er place, the eyes of the people
are now on Mr. Bigelow to see
if many of the accusations of ex
travagance are true, and it is up
to him to mould the verdict they
will render.
Let's show Mr. Bigelow that
we mean business in the practice
of economy, by doing a little
work here and there ourselves
when we find a clogged gutter.
bad rut, or any other obstacle
that could be removed probably
with a hoe or shovel, and which,
if allowed to remain, would turn
water into the roads, &c.
Edward Kummcll.
Word was received by relatives
in this place last week that Ed
ward Rummell, son of ex-Sheriff
J. Alfred Rummell, had died re
cently at a sanitorium in New
Mexico of tuberculosis. Edward
was a native of McConnellsburg,
but has been away from the town
for several years.
S u user ibe f or the "Ne w ' only
1.00 year,