VOLUME 15 McCGNNELLSUUUG, PA.. JULY ),I94. INSTANTLY KILLED. 1 S. Kurfman Loses His Life in Rub away Accident ia Dominion of Canada. Mr. R. S. Curfman, aged CO years, was instantly killed near Irma Alta, Canada, on Wednes day, June 24, 1914, in a runaway accident which took place while he and Mr. G. Arnold were hitch jnu a team to a wagon on which was a hayrack. Mr. Arnold m attempting to climb onto the front of the rack, fell down behind the horses. This frightened them, and they sprang forward and attempted to run away. Mr. Curfman, who had been standing just in front of the team, attempted to grab the horses; but in doing so he was knocked down, and before he could get out of the way, he was run over by the wagon, a wheel running over his head crushed his skull, resulting in instant leath. Mr. Curfman had but recently arrived in Canada from Burnt Cabins, where he had lived for thirty-three years. At first, upon reaching Canada ie was not very well satisfied with the climate: but. after a hort time, he fell quite in love (with the place, purchased a nice Kami a mile from town, and de- Ad to spend the remainder of is life in Canada. His health nproved much in the new cli pte, and he was hoping to spend he declining days of his life in lomfort. tf a his tragic death was a great nock to his family, the survivors tins his wife, and one son M, .. Curfman, the latter being a -sident of Irma Alta, Can. NUMBER 43 Recent Weddings. Bingham-Anderson. Mr. Daniel Ellsworth Bingham and Miss Lulu Alma Anderson were united in' marriage Thurs day evening, July 2. 1914. bvthp - bride's pastor, Rev. J. V. lioyer, xue ccieuiuny was penorme l in the homo of Mr. and Mrs. tyl yester 15. Wooliet at the Wash iiuujc in mis piace. jyuss Anderson is a daughter of. Elihu Anderson, of Taylor townshin deceased, and had lived with Mr and Mrs. Wool let for eight years .1 . . uiiiu recently when she went to Chambersburg for a few weeks. The two young people came over from that town Thursday even ing in a taxi cab to be married in the home of her old friends. Mr. Bingham is an industrious young man of Altoona, and is employed in the Pennsylva. nia car shops of that place, Mr. and Mrs. Bingham returned to Chambersburg Friday morn- ng, and on Saturday went to Al toona where they will reside. The News joins with the many ulton county friends of the bride in wishing the excellent young couple a happy life. Wakefield - Wilkinson. A pretty wedding ceremony was performed at the M. E. par sonage in New Cumberland, Pa., Wednesday, July 8, 1914, by Rev. J. V. Adams, who united in mar nageMiss Mary C. Wilkinson. eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Wilkinson, of this place, and Mr. George P. Wakefield, of Berwick, Pa. The bride was handsomely gowned in brocade eharmouse satin under Princess lace. S'ne was accompanied to New Cumberland by ner father, who, together with the pastor's Spent Day In fliiitstone. July 3rd was the twenty-sixth anniversary of the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Wilkinson at Flintstone, Md. It was also twenty years to a day since he, his wife, and ron Robert F. then but a baby visited his parents and friends in that place; so, be ing in need of a rest and vaca tion, Mr. Wilkinson thought it befitting that he go back and vis it the home of his boyhood, where he began working at his trade of smithing which he now follows in McConneilsburg. Accordingly on Friday alVrnoon, the babe of twenty years ago took his father in the the little Metz runabout to Flintstone,- which is fifteen miles on this side of Cumbprlawi r nntsione is one ot the most picturesque of mountain villages iat lie along the Old Natiotia ike between Cumberland, and T 1 ! L An. uttbningcon. Alter soiournir.tr n that place, renewing old ac luaintances, and visiting the dif ferent places of interest, they went to Hancock, the home of his mother, Mrs. R. M. Wilkin- son, whore he hud npent a num ber of years before coming to McConneilsburg. KANSAS WHEAT CHOP. me mnains oi tne deceased f am y witnesspd the We laid tn roof l'n fVlo nnmnfsi.... I T -1 T ITT i n . . .. . - ' iciiicici v mr. :infi i-o vauanati latt im- . ... - I " - " wi.viiviM ai nil- C irma Alta. mpdintplv nftnr Umm rv,n,.,V,l - -J v vv fcsvui, lllUlilCU, for Troy, N. Y., and other cities. The bride is one of McConnells TTF II L. '1.1 i l vv. uurg a nigniy esteemed young Some Goer. Our young friend Daniel raker, of Towner county. North ladies who won her laurels bv a haVnta ?o tr,l.; l i i. I . i ,i: .11.1, rvi" ,o "-"Mug a uanu in pou- owceu uispusiuon ana Kinciiv at p mis year. At the primary titude toward all associates. For ection held in his county on the some time she engaged in the What a pleasure it was to Mr." Wilkinson to recall the happiest ays of a man's life-his bovhood days! After having roamed over hillsides, extracting pleasure at every nook, as a bee gathers hon ey from the lowliest liov.er, then growing into mankod and going out into the world of rougho e i i . 1 . . . ' hixue, mere is homing that so relaxes the tension like a return to the old playground.-! Sue Tl- 11. 1 1 . whs mr. vHiKinson s experience and he and Bob at the anvil, ant in the family group around th library lamp, will long find pleas ure in going over the incidents o the trip. I he round Jnp of 150 miles was made in seven and half hours without an accident They arrived home Sunday even ing. Prevent Thresher l ires. J. L. Baldwin. State Fire Mar tn ot June, he was one of four millinery business at the home of shaI has compiled a lot of rules for farmers for the prevention of fires, among which are the fol lowing good suggestion; If damp hay or straw may be suspected when put into barns, watch it- nigin anu uay it it shows signs namates in the race for the her parents o n north Rpponri TillKlirtrt a ! A . 0 1 I A I m . ruU1.aii nomination ior tne street wnere sne iound onoor- ' a . i - ire ot register of Deeds. As tunity to exercise her talents and e received 450 votes against 505 display her taste for the boauti les cast for the others, and 221 f ul. p-s more tnan his highest com- 1 he bridegroom is an enter- finur, ne won the nomination prising sa esman for .the CRisp ot heating, and bo prepared to th "hands down." As the Nursery Company, of Rochester, open it up before it gets so hot pity is Republican by 2-to-l. N. Y. Eefore announcing their that it will burn when air strikes P nomination means his elec- future home location, the hannv it. Do not let greasy ratrs. waste - , - - - f --irj ' ' Ihe News extends con- bride and croom will rptorn to &c. get into corners to heat and puiations. Daniel is a son of this place for a short- visit Tha , - - wvavv V 4. 11V. wade Dyson Fraker. of Fort News extends sinrprp rnnorntn. lun. ations. T'.lllS K. TTntrpr enn rf ITofwnii A Mflni .. .1 1 .. - - I J -'ti.civuua letter Alont av n nnH M.v Cmifk tt - On fpnm t- ii D ' "-aoamc-siv. foreman, a Miss Pauline Suders, daughterof "v-nuuon uountv teachpr. i .lor several years a resident tne hllinnine Islands. Thp w contained two dollars to arl FMr. Foi "wtheNKWH TV.oiptroo ., , MV, VYUO Wllea at Jolo Sulu nostortW - . ' r'llice Of Mnrn n OKU, way; hence it took 41 days Democrat Publishing Company. tO IliaKe tne Oe- and thA hndA ia n hinrhlv ocfnnm- JVlctonnellsburg ed young lady. Laidig- Moore. Mr. Norman E. Laidig, son of Mrs. Maria Laidig, of Huston town, and Mrs. Margaret C. Moore, of Buffalo, N. Y., Nto George and Alice McQuade Su- ders-both of McConnellsburer. were quietly married in Hagers- town last Saturday. After hav ing spent a day in Chambersburg the happy couple returned home on Sunday evening. The groom is a printer in the employ of the l'ncle Sam efy to thP rntt "ce. 1-Vom this it ,iil hn . I W T f 114 kVrf I "Wat the Nr , uau uiu wiit'n ill uies James, but hp thini-s it 'h the nrii-p nnrl ,lc f take fire. Do not cai'ry matches loose in the pocket. Keep at least six buckets of water where they can be reached easily, es pecially when threshing. Many a barn has been fired by a spark from a stone or nail as it went through the cylinder of the thresh er, or from a spark from the en gine. A few buckets of water at hand would have put the fire out before it did any damage. Go into almost any factory and you will see buckets of water standing in a row on a shelf and marked "For Fire Only." The bucket idea costs little, and is a good idea tor us to follow. f armers Are at a Loss What to Do With It. Will Store Thonsands of Bushels iu Silos. A letter from John Hohman, a native of the Cove, but for sev eral years a resident of Kansas, enclosing the cash to renew his subscription to the News, says that the wheat' crop this year in that state is wonderful. Before the time of grain cut ting, the farmers in the State ex pectod a groat yield, but it now turns out to be much beyond their widest expectations. Vv. erything now points to an aver age yield of more than 20 bush els to the acre. James Bin ford threshed more than 000 bushels from a field of 20 acres an av erage of better than 30 bushels. It is said that there is not a field between Wichita and Norwich that will j ield less than 20 bu shels. John Stivers' whole crop averaged more than 27 bushels to the acre. The wheat was of good weignt and quality, and he put it right into market at 07 cents. It is believed by many that farm ers who are in a position to hold win jjei u ueuer price later on. It has been figured by railroad of iicialsthat the wheat crop vuld call for the handling of 170,010 ars by the railway lines in this state. This will make an aver- igeof3,-i00 freight trains. If these trains were connected they would reach from Topeka to Washington, D. C. In other words the wheat train with the 101 1 Kansas wheat crop would extend 1,202 miles in length. Fred Messmer had 700 acres this year and began to cut it last Thursday. There was in the field twenty-nine men and fifty-six horses, operating eight binders. Six of the machines were 12-foot Many Silos Being Built. ir 1 e re leurn irom country news papers, and from other sources, that many silos will be erected this summer. There are reasons for the activity in this line, among which is the short hay crop. bilage can be stored at a cost of from $2.50 to $3.50 a ton, and each succeeding season finds more advocates of its use. The corn from which silage is made is cut us soon a3 tne grain ma tures, but before the stalk dries, so that when the green stalks and the ears are run through the cutter and carefully packed into the silo, they are preserved in the state of freshness very simi lar to the way fruit is preserved by canning. Livestock, from chickens to cows and horses, be come very fond of this green feed, and its effects on the health of all kinds of stock is like that of fresh grass in the pasture. Those who have used silage say that when it is fed along with a little dry roughage, during win ter months, it keeps all kinds of stock in much better condition than when all dry feed is used, and that there is a great saving of cost of feed. Indeed much less money need be paid out for mill feed when corn is fed in this manner. The grain in silace con Fruit Tree Blight. A disease conspicuous in many apple, pear and quince orchards at this time of year is variously known as Pear Blight, Fire Blight. Twig Blight, Black Blight Body Blight, Trunk Blight, and is also probably the same as the destructive apple tree disease known as Collar Blight. Prof. II. A. Surface, State Zoologist. Harrisburg, says that it is really the worst disease of the apple, pear and quince trees, and it should be recognized and remov ed before its germs are widely spread through the orchard. In reply to an inquiry as to what to do for this disease Pro fessor Surface wrote as follows: "The pear blight is a bacteria disease that works within the bark and living wood of pear, apple and quince. It is most de structive on trees that grow rap idly. Therefore, those methods of cultivation should be avoided which produce rank growth. Aft BREEDING FLIES AT HOME. Little Talks on Health and Hygiene by Samuel G. Dixon, M. D., LL. D., Commissioner Health. "Behold how great a matter a little fire kindleth." For several years past the cam paign against the fly has been waged with unceasing vigor un til the majority of us have come to realize how dangerous this disgusting little insect may be. Decency and health demand that it be abolished and whoever is responsible for the toleration of its breeding places is a public enemy. However, before you criticise your neighbor make a tour of your own back yard. Of course, your garbage can is prop erly provided with a lid? No. Well, sanitation begins at home. Seek no further until this is reme died, for here is the source of much of your trouble. uncovered garbage cans and tains all the food value of fully gous diseases are not effective in ripened corn, and the only ad- preventing pear blight. Hit .n il . .TL 1 . ungual Kituu iitxfssury is mat me germs are carried oy in- which should be fed to balance sects such as ants, wasps, bees. . i - the ration as at other times. flies and others, and also by the make-shift substitutes are the er it once starts in a tree nothing breeding places for millions upon whatever can be applied that will milIions of flies during the sum- cure it, and the only thing to do mer month. Where the prompt is to cut it out. The germs live rcmval of this kitchen refuse is and work beneath the surface of lmPSSI'ble it should be kept in a the bark, and this is why extern- toMy closed receptacle. A lit al applications that ordinarily t,e kcrspne poured over it'every prevented the occurrence of fun- day or so wil1 Prevent the flies irom breeding. There are many other breeding grounds-dirty stables, insani tary out-houses, etc., but none more common than the uncovered We are fully convinced that wind, and also on the tools used Karl)age can. One screened ma- there is no other investment that by men in pruning. Therefore, nure nit W1" d mote to extermin pays better than the silo; and we the pruning tools should be ster- atc mcs t,ian a car load of swat predict that as the wasteful meth- ilized occasionally. This can be ters no matter how enthusiastic- odof feeding dried fodder be- done bv passincr them nmVklu a,y wielded. comes better understood, silos through a hot flame or washing yur share in the work of will follow, to the great advan- with a solution of formalin, cor- destro'inff these dangerous pests tage and profit of the user. Sil- rosive sublimate or lime-sulfur by clcaninff out their breeding age will keep well into the fol- solution. places. lowing summer, so that, if pas- "In cutting out pear blight for of Lengthening Human Life. mi ine present generation run cattle and hogs in the fields, back into the living healthy wood young people should live 15 vpar? the same results may be had by Merely cutting it off at the base longer than their parents. The continuing the use of silage, of the visibly infected part, and latter lived 15 years longer than uuiiu a good silo in time to store not cutting back in the healthy aid their ancestors of 100 vears tnis season s crop of corn or wood a suitable distance, means Previous, part of it. Poorly built silos how- to leave it in the tree and con ever, are like poorly made fruit tinue to do serious damage. It cans which permit the contents is the worst enemy of the pear to spoil. Build good silos or apple and quince. The cut of the none. pu.sh machines, operated by eicht . re snouiU nappcn 10 De 8,lort ,n tne purpose ot geUin ri(i of jt- horse each and twn woro Hn.n uie sPnn. or not desirable to it is very important to cut well machines with four horses each. They cut 20 1 acres of wheat that day. ."While the men were cutting the wheat another gang of men put up a steel tank in the field, and on Friday morning a thresh ing machine was started. The wheat was elevated from the ma chine into the steel tank. The wheat is yielding 21 to 27 bushels to the acre." The Agricultural Commissioner is urging the farmers to tempor arily store their wheat in silos. A silo sixteen feet in diameter filled to the height of 121 At least this 13 what Dr. V. C. Vaughn, the new president of the American Medical Associa tion, told that body the past con- "Takelt Back" Day. We have been hearing for some time that towns, in several in stances, have established a "Take It Back" day, which 'means that fppt a certain day was set apart, for will hold 2,000 bushels of wheat. Storing an average of 2,000 bu- hels of wheat in each of the silos n Kansas will hold back the mar keting of 11, 000, 000 bushels from the first rush in shipping. A metal silo makes an ideal granary. A wood silo is good. cement silo must have a roof. and if the walls are not moisture proof they should be made so by painting them with pure cement mixed with water, on both the inside and outside. m,ss a single number. Harvey Sines. , - r iarvey Sinn- ; Mead, Ohio, May "suu . years. 11 u ciays. married in this place on June G, 1914, by Clerk of the Court B. Frank Henry. "t'ncle Joe" Mellott Kicked. iast rnuay aiternoon, ex- County Treasurer Joseph B. Mel lott, of Ayr township, went into one of his stables to bridle horse; and while in the act of getting the bridle from the pin, rememberpd that. Mr. a horse kicked him in the side. "olted hia nanksiti HT lnmnncr him sprinnslv Mr ML L. SiV i . . . : u: a ji tn; "'ws ana other triends IULI' 18 111 ils sevemy-seventn year o til inf.. i . . I l . . , ,v , last winter. au. oi course, not as strong pny. I ?it mi,.. : sicaiiy as ne once was. Dk 01 Ayr town- kh! Work horse last week- Miss Harriet Sloan went to Al Methodist Day. The seventeeth annual gather ing of the sons and daughters of Wesley will be held at Lakemont were park, on Thursday, Julb'O.. All 31, months, Mr. Sipes was born COUntv nn.fi 1,4- i. r, . iuuii uie iivii " ne servprl frv,,- j if.. .. " 4UUi jedia aim Yu onw,n Company G., O. twill be: arrangements are now complete. Grace church people furnish the meals, and their previous cater ing is a guarantee of excellent service and good things in plen ty. The Lakemont people will be in charge of the refreshments which have been dispensod by them for three years. Excursion tickets will be sold July 21), good nutil August 1, from all points on Cresson divi sion, and between Lock Haven, Huntingdon, Johnstown, Cum berland and Altoona. The only excursion trains on Methodist Day start from Saxton, via Bed ford, and Gram iian, via Tyrone. borrowed tools charged to them to replace at the periodical settlements, and T". 1 I 1 3 J. i - - At 1 .1 uuc it car uau w pay lor mem Because tney tural nanprs Pmifwnin(r f )lo ,, UJ . - I i J j. i ' r i"""1""" oi miana 11UU llcvei uen reiurneu, iney This Man Likes Fish. One of our esteemed subscrib ers recently called our attention to a, long article on the impor tance of fish for food. The ar ticle dealt chiefly with ' sea and river supplies of fish as a cheap source of flesh food costly farm products, ried with it the idea supplies as well. Th i s latter took care to return borrowed source would have to be develop- things promptly thereafter. ed by individuals, as has been suggested frequently bv the Stream Pollution. News. Game fish are more cost- Over in Franklin county the ly to raise than others, for the farmers and others are making a reason that fish like bass, pike, big fuss over the pollution of cer- sunfish, and trout destroy the fry tain streams, and in one case at of their own species, as well as least, they have applied to Court the small fish of almost any oth- for relief. This reminds us of a erkind. For this reason we have complaint that was made to the advocated ponds where nothing News some time ago concernirc except catfish are permitted to the pollution of Licking Creek in stay, ine nesn ot cattish is con- this county. There is no dnnht j sidered a delicacy by most fish whatever that bodies of dead an- eaters, and catfish are known to imals and the drainage from priv multiply rapidly when given the blighted part should be at least week at their Atlantic City one foot below the lower part of vention. the discolored bark, and where it The death rate was reduced in has entered only a spot in the a century in London, for instance. bark of a branch it should be from 50 per thousand to 21. trimmed out with a sharp knife, Twice as many - children live to and the cut surface should be Krow up now. It was formerly washed with some antiseptic so- Quite an achievement for a young those who have borrowed things Iution, such as that mentioned Person to acquire maturity." Small from neighbors, to return them above. Ordinarily the trimmings pox used to kill one in ten of the to the rightful owners. We pre- of blighted trees of any kind population. sume that the man who thought should be gathered and burned Still the ordinary observer of out this scheme intended that t0 Ket nd of the disease germs, ""man Me can hardly believe it should prove to be a polite and Wherever possible the end of the pat the babies of today are go peaceful way to remind borrow- stuD f a branch remaining on a '"P to gain any 15 years. Dis- tree should be washed with some eases like cancer, Brights, heart antiseptic solution, such as that troubles, are increasing. The mentioned, and then painted with science of modern life saves the pure white lead and raw linseed infants, but the pace of human on. turpentine and anything containing turpentine should not be used on a tree, and as a rule most oils should be avoided on ac count of their fects." ers of their duty. We were at one time intimate ly acquainted with a firm com' posed of two men who sold hard ware. Of neceasity, they had to keep an assortment of tools used around the store and warehouses, and chronic borrowers of these tools became such a nuisance that the firm was forced,' in self de fense, to open a "Loan Account." The result was that when sever al of the worst borrowers' found life kills the old folks. It is a good deal like a para graph seen in some paper the other day. A young man was possible evil ef- reported as seeking a $5 per week increase of pay and getting it. He immediately telephoned his wife that she could close the deal for another house at an increased rental of $20 a month. Added in come means added outgo. If a man through better science fjl:er.f"8: W'" creased strength, he rarely uses uiai it will , ; K;i,i: . Sweet Clover Here. Those who have been following the recent animated discussions in some of the leading airricul- les and hog pens introduce dis- :?omh; f;sh V1- communities farther RworUi an j . 6 . . loond.iauer pa" oi last week tor , most disappeared from the dams 1 down -.tram. nd thprp ? kmni in tne run-' a wppk's visit in thnt n nw ..j wnm, , , . . i .., , " ' m oim jjuuio ui uui BUtJcinia jatHolhdaysburg, Subscribe for the Nsws. ' the introduction of bass. allday "kerned all right. since ( law for protection if the law I would be invoked. interested to know grow in this part of the country if given a chance. George W. Morton, of Belfast township brought a stalk to this office for identification, by Prof. Will Hughes, who said that it was sweet clover. It probably found its way to this county in seed of philosophy. auine Kinu snipped nere. Sweet clover is highly recom mended for lands deficient in lime; but, like other clovers, does best where lime abounds. It is a fine soil improver, same as com mon varieties, and is said to win ter well. The specimen sent to this office was of the yellow blos som variety sistance against troubles to come. Ordinarily he uses it in speeding up his business pace, so that he can make more money. What is needed for a greater longevity is not so much more science, as a better spirit of It is just as impor tant to live within our physical means, saving up a reservoir, of energy against future drains, as to live within our financial means and acquire a bank balance. J. Harold Mann left Sunday for Maryland to resume his duties as traveling salesman, after h nvino- The white variety spent two weeks' vacation with sometimes reaches a length of his parents, Mr. and Mrs P P seven feet I Mann.
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