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VOLUME 1G
McCONNELLSliURG, PA., NOVEMBER 5.1914.
NUMBER 7
THE GRIM REAPER.
Short Sketches of the Lives of Per
sons Who Have Recently
Passed Away.
Mrs. J. S. Decker
After an illness of about eight
weeks, Cornelia Decker, wife of
Rev. J. S. Decker, pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal church at
Moravia, Iowa, died at the Iowa
Methodist Hospital in De3 Moines,
on Saturday morning, October
24th, at 4:30 o'clock. Her hus
band and her sister Jennie were
at her bedside when Bhe passed
away.
Cornelia, daughter of Jacob and
Amy Zimmerman, wa3 born in
Thompson township, this county,
on March 28, 1873, where she
grew to womanhood, and on Feb
ruary 2G, 189G, was united in
marriage with J. S. Decker. In
the spring of 1897 they went to
Iowa and went to housekeeping
at Fackwood, from which place
in the fall of 1898 they went to
their first charge under the di
rection of Rev. D. C. Smith as
Presiding Elder, and from that
time till the day of her death, she
proved herself a sympathetic and
efficient helper in her husband's
chosen calling. At the age of 14
years she was converted and
united with the Methodist Episco
pal church and always remained
true and faithful to God and the
church.
She never possessed a rugged
constitution, but her conception
of her duties often led her to go
far beyond her strength in the
performance of them, which fact
led to much suffering which was
always borne with patience and
Christian fortitude. Besides the
bereaved husband and little
daughter, Helen Arlene, she
leaves to mourn her departure
three brothers, four sisters and a
nostof friends; for all found m
her a loving, sympathetic and
helpful friend.
One of the things of most com
fort to the bereaved is a letter
written just before being taken
to the hospital, in which, besides
giving minute instructions for her
funeral, she said: "The Lord nev
er has forsaken me, and I know
He will be with me through this,
the severest of trials. It has al
ways been the desire of my heart
to give the best to the Lord. You
have all been so kind to me in my
sickness. I have written these
ine3 without a fear of death or a
fear. I would rather get strong
and work longer for God .and the
church, but if it is His will, I am
ready to go, although it is hard to
leave a parsonage home and dear
relatives. Dear husband and sis
ters, don't grieve for me take
good care of dear little Helen Ar-jene-Good-bye
to all; meet me
n Heaven."
The funeral t.nnW nlnpp tit her
' iome at Moravia on the following
iuesdayand interment was made
n the cemetery at that place.
Tne floral offerings were many
a beautiful. Among those from
distance, who attended the fu
neral were: Mrs. W. M. Palmer,
J Warfordsburg; J. S. Zimmer
j Jn. . Mankato, Kans. ; W. T. Deck
Inl Lai?ha,ltwn: G. L. Decker,
i S ivv. f. and R. L. Decker.
nearick.
John Wright.
John WricrUt rV,nA U
- "ft uiu at LUC liUlllt-
James Richards in Ayr town-
' l a" early hour last Friday
Sfnjns, aged about 35 years,
funeral, conducted by Rev.
Trman, took place on Satur-
' u interment was made in
cemetery at the Big Cove
2l church Mr. Wright
J been totally blind for sever-
4 Von
I until the night of his death
. ; complained of not feel
UL?11; Whe" Mr. Richards
I ' Ll) . nhti'n lLJ 1 -ri . 1
morn' uea earlv aay
L he found him dead. It
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the w Sf John was a son of
The Road Hog Got His.
A road hog living near Cravat,
south of Centralia, got a lesson
yesterday afternoon that may do
him some good, says the Centra
lia Sentinel. A number of auto
mobiles from Saiem had been to
Mt. Vernon and were coming
back by way of Centralia. When
near Cravat, they came up be
hind a buggy. The road was nar
row and the machines could not
get by unless the buggy gave a
part of the road, which the driv
er refused to do. When they
came to a place they could get by,
the man in the buggy would run
his horse to beat them to another
place. lie kept this up for some
time till a place came where he
could not head the cars olF. One
ran by him and then the driver
proceeded to block the buggy, un
til another car got alongside. A
couple of fellows hopped out,
caught the horse and made the
fellow in the buggy get out and
get into the car. The horse was
tied to the fence and the driver
of the buggy brought along to
within a mile of Centralia, when
he was set out and told to hoof it
back and the last seen of him he
was hoofing it lively and saying
things that would not look right
in print. He was fully four miles
from where his buggy was left.
On The Way 81 Days.
Miss Mary Pittman received a
letter Monday from her brother
Charlie and wife, who are mis
sionaries stationed at Tabriz, Per
sia. The letter was mailed in
Tabriz on the 13th of August, and
consequently had been 81 days on
the way. They say they have
had no mail from America for a
long time on account of the Eu
ropean war. The American con
sul at Tabriz was making an ef
fort to have the mail from Amer
ica taken by way of Constantino
ple, in the hope that they might
have better service. Cheer up,
Charlie ! There are others. Mail
for McConnellsburg reaches Mer
cersburg at 8 o'clock, and McCon
nellsburgers are lucky if it is
placed in their hands before
twelve; and yet the distance be
tween the towns is only ten miles.
Wonder if it would be possible to
have ours sent by way of Con
stantinople, too.
Pennsylvania Has Sand.
The production of sand and
gravel in Pennsylvania in 1913
was 6,702, 41G tons, valued at $3,
381.G92, against G.509,333 tons,
valued at $3,371,513 in 1912, ac
cording to the United Statea Geo
logical Survey. Building sand is
the most important product of
this character in the State, but
of greater relative importance is
glass sand, in the production of
which Pennsylvania ranks first
among the States. In the value
of the sand produced, although
not in the quantity, Pennsylva
nia ranks first, the precedence in
value being due to the high val
ue of the glass sand compared to
other kinds.
Fulton connty has mountains
of the finest glass sand in the
world, which will be an asset
worth while, just as soon as it
becomes available for use.
The Edisons Here.
Thanks to the automobile and
the improved condition of the
Lincoln Highway, McConnells
burg has frequent opportunities
to get a peep at America's great
men that have been fortunate
enough to become great'in spite
of the fact they were not born in
Fulton county. Last Sunday
Thomas A. Edison, Mrs. Edison,
and their son Charles, traveling
in Mr. Edison's Simplex automo
bile, passed eastward through
McConnellsburg and spent the
night at Hotel Washington,
Chambersburg. The Edisons
were returning from the Ford
factory at Detroit, where he wit
nessed a demonstration of the
storage battery which he has
perfected for use in the Ford
automobile.
A Victorious War.
The European war concerns
every American citizen. Nobody
knows which side will win. We
know that we are not responsible
for the terrible struggle. Our
national feeling is one of pro
found sympathy with the suffer
ers, regardless of their nationali
ty, because they are human, and
thousands of us are related to
to them by blood. Indeed in a
large sense, they are all our
brothers. In recognition of that
fact it is our privilege and oppor
tunity to do whatever we proper
ly may toward restoring the es
sentials of ordered life after the
conflict shall have ceased. This
is the purely human ifide of the
case. There is another.
It is inevitable that the United
States should, in a commercial
sense, be the beneficiary of the
war. This is an accident which
we as the friends of mankind de
plore, but which as a nation of
producers we are compelled to
regard as an extraordinary op
portunity for the expansion of
our productive industries. Even
tually America will be the over
whelming victor, because, with
her vast resources and uninter
rupted activity, she will be re
quired to assume the foremost
rank as the world's provider.
This is a decree of the fates; our
hands are clean; we shall profit
legitimately, fairly and abundant
ly not because of our position and
resources.
Pending the settlement that
cannot be long deferred, our busi
ness is to build up and proportion
our own industries, so that we
may be prepared to accept our
responsible position as a produ
cer of the commodities which
millions of people will expect us
to olFer. Such action will re
ward the world in general and
us in particular. Our first step
should be fundamental; agricul
ture is our basal industry. At
present it is unbalanced, one-sided
and unstable. It lacks meat,
milk and wood. It has run large
ly to starch, and is deficient in
protein. It is like a sandwich
inadequately buttered or poorly
chinked with meat. A self-sustaining
agriculture is economical
ly impossible without a live stock
population sullicient to balance it.
It is considerations like these
that are fixing the alert eyes of
thausands of farmers and stock
men and their families in all
parts of the country upon a forth
coming event in Chicago. It is
the International Live Stock Ex
position that will occur Nov. 28
to Dec. 5 and an event so impor
tant that no one interested in live
stock can afford to miss.
Kansas "Heap Big State."
J. Frank Martin, a former res
ident of Thompson township, but
now a prosperous citizen of Kan
sas, in a letter along with a
year's subscription to the News
says that the year 1914 has been
a banner year in Kansas, crops,
and that the prospect for a dupli
cate in 1915 is very promising at
this time. Ford seems to be a
lucky name for a county as well
as for an automobile. Ford coun
ty is the banner county in Kan
sas, and will, this year, market
over six million bushels of wheat.
Frank says that the entire State
will have more than two hundred
million bushels of wheat and a
hundred million bushels of corn
to spare to her less fortunate
neighbors. Twenty years ago,
McPherson county, 100 miles east
of where Frank lives, was con
sidered the western line of the
wheat belt, now it is known that
100 miles west does not find the
limit, and there, is much good
land there yet that may be had
for from $1,500 to $2,000 per
quarter.
Bert Hann is well satisfied with
trade at the Saluvia store since
taking it over from Charlie Mann
His daughter Miss Grace readily
adapts herself to the business,
and we predict success for the
new firm.
EAT AN APPLE.
Heduce The Cost of Living by Eating
More Fruit, says State Zoologist
H. A. Surface.
In replying to the inquiry,
"What is the best method of re
ducing the cost of living," State
Zoologist H. A. Surface replied,
"That is easy. Use fruits in
abundance while they are so
cheap. There have been but few
years when fruits of all kinds
were so abundant and so cheap
as at present. While the last of
the peaches are now going out
through the markets, apples and
pears have just commenced to
come to it. Apples of twenty
different kinds can be bought in
the market, at prices below the
cost of any other food commodi
ty of proportionately nourishing
quantity.
There are nearly two hundred
different ways in preparing and
serving apples. No fruit is so
remarkably adapted to different
methods of serving and this
makes it possible to use a larger
quantity in a short time than
though they were restricted to
but few methods of use. It is
not necessary to mention the va
rious methods in which apples
can be prepared or served, as the
good housewife knows all about
this. It should be sufficient to
call her attention to the fact that
this is an apple season, and good
home grown apples are more
abundant and cheaper than usual
Owing to the European war there
will not be nearly so many ap
plies shipped abroad this year,
and prices are consequently low
er. The consumer has the bene
fit of low prices in fruits this
year in this vicinity. To prove
this all that is necessary is to go
into the markets and see for him
self what he can buy with but
little money.
Any kind of apples on the mar
ket will keep a week or two in
the temperature of an ordinary
living room, and many will keep
two months or more. It is con
sequently possible to buy a half
bushel or a bushel, and use them
not only raw, or for dessert pur
poses, but also for sauce, pies
dumplings, tarts, baking, etc.
It does not pay to buy by the
small measure commonly called
the "quarter" as this i3 really
the most expensive method of
buying any commodity. Consum
ers should learn to buy in as large
unit as possible, and thus get it
at a much lower price proportion
ately. Any food substance that
will keep as well as apples can
indeed be purchased by the bu
shel quantity or barrel for even
a small family.
In buying fruits it is important
to consider the quality that is
represented by the name of the
variety. At the present time,
for example, the good housewife
can buy nothing better than the
Smokehouse or Baldwin. There
may yet be a few of the Wealthy
and the Summer Rambo on the
market, and these are beyond
mention, of high quality. Other
like the Pewaukee, Mother and
Bonum are excellent at this sea
son, while Grimes Golden is one
of the best that will be known un
til after thanksgiving. At the
proper period other varieties like
Jonathan, Stayman, Winesap and
Paragon will have their respec
tive periods of best maturity, fol
lowed later by York imperial,
Gano, and others that were nev
er intended to use as fall varie
ties. When the purchaser find3 a va
riety of fuuit that suits him, he
should learn its name and, as far
as possible, purchase according
to the varietal name thereafter.
In this way he can be assured of
quality, as it must be acknow
ledged that there some varieties
that surely are not as high in
quality as others.
Not only is economy to be con
sidered in the use of fruits, but
the preservation of health is like
wise an important item.
The human system calls for
fruit as a large part of its diet.
Halloween Party.
The Epworth League held high
carnival last Friday evening in
the Clevenger building. From
the invitations issued at the be
ginning of the week, you could
have expected "somethin' doin."
As the guests entered the hall
they were welcomed by seven
Shades, who ushered them
through a narrow passage way
meeting all sorts of obstructions
in the way of cornfodder, etc.,
only to be greeted by the witch
who had her Place of Mysteries
fitted in the chimney corner, and
who with assistance of black cats
spinning wheel, owls, etc. was
able to delve deep into the future
for you. The boys and girls were
all there clowns, gypsies, witch
es, and all sorts of masked char
acters; indeed, so well, was their
plan carried out that you could
not identify them until they were
unmasked.
Numerous games and myster
ies were engaged in, including
several musical numbers and sev
eral recitations appropriate to
the occasion.
Refreshments consisting of gin
ger bread, cider, apples, etc.,
were served, and after a hunt for
the ring, thimble, and penny
which were hidden in the room
the guests departed to await the
fulfillment of their fortune.
Auto Struck Lad.
Charlie Walters, a Chambers
burg attorney, who figures in the
trial of many cases in the Fulton
county courts, met with an an
noying accident last week. Mr.
Walters is a candidate for the
legislature in Franklin county,
and last Friday, in company with
some friends was out in an auto
mobile for a last word with the
voters. In passing a schoolhouse
at Dickeys Station, where the
children were out at play, and
notwithstanding that he was
driving very slowly to avoid run
ning into some of them that were
in the road, his machine struck
the twelve-year-old son of Wal
ter Fields. The lad was immed
iately picked up and hurried to
Mercersburg, where Dr. Swartz
welder dressed the wounds and
the boy was taken to his home.
While the boy sustained a num
ber of bruises, he wa3 not seri
ously hurt.
Airs. Shaffer Home.
After having spent about two
months most pleasantly among
her oldtime friends and relatives
in Fulton county, Mrs. Adam
Shaffer is back again in her home
in Summerfield, 111. Mrs. Shaf
fer writes that while we had such
a long dry spell here, farmers in
Illinois had weather just as much
too wet and, on that account, they
were kept back with their seed
ing, and are just now done with
sowing wheat. Feed is being
shipped into their neighborhood
by the car load oats and baled
hay. She says that last Monday
she picked a nice mess of string
beans and some ripe blackberries,
and that they have strawberries
in bloom. They had their first
frost on the 2Gth.
Clevenger Lodge. I
Mr. Harvey II. Clevenger and
Miss Amy E. Lodge were quietly
married in Gettysburg, on Thurs
day, October 29, 1914, and left
for a two weeks' trip to Pitts
burgh and vicinity. Mr. Cleven
ger is a son of the late Hiram
Clevenger, of Taylor township,
and the bride is a daughter of
Mrs. Emma Lodge, of McCon
nellsburg. Mr. D. B. Nace, of Chambers
burg, spent a day in the home of
his son, Cashier Merrill W. Nace,
last week.
One pound of fruit costs less than
one-tenth pound of meat and is
far more healthful. In fact no
kind of food that can be compos
ed is mdre healthful than at least
an abundant proportion of fruits
in the daily ration.
The Ox Warvle in Cattle.
A Pennsylvania correspondent
wrote to State Ziologmt II. A
Surface, Harrisburg, asking fjr
"information concerning the in
sect which deposits her egg un
der a cow's llosh." A9 the insect
in question is evidently the Ox
warvle, which is unusually bad in
Pennsylvania this year, causing
lumps in the backs of cattle, the
reply of Professor Surface will
be of value to the cattle owners
in different parts of the State.
It is as follows:
"The insect of which you write
is no doubt the Ox Warvle, whLh
lives as a larva beneath the skin
of cattle, making large Jumps
with openings through the skin
However, you are mistaken in the
supposition that the Warvle larva
reaches its place of living and de
veloping by being placed there as
an egg on or through tho skin of
the back. Experiments have
been conducted where cattle have
been effectively and completely
covefed from the possibility of
eggs being laid along tho back,
and they have- still devoloped the
Warvle larva there.
"It is well known that this is
abundant in certain damp mead
ows or pastures. It is believed
that tho l!y lays its eggs on vege
tation, and that wheu this is cat
en by the cow they at onco hatch
in the stomach and bore through
the other tissues of the animal to
the region of the back.whore they
make oponings through the skin
and there remain until they are
grown, when thoy work their way
through tho openings and fall to
the ground. There they trans
form into pupae or chrysalids,
aud later in the spring transform
into flies and complete the cycle.
They are not greatly unlike the
Dot flies that cause the bots of
horses. There aro different spe
cies, one of which causes lumps
on the necks of rabbits.
"It has been found practically
impossible to prevent these pests
where cattle are pastured in
damp or low pastures, specially
during the spring or early sum
mer. In the fall this precaution
is not necessary, as they do not
become active then.
"After they are once within the
animal they make themseles
manifest by the lumps tliey pro
duce, and they should be removed
at once, as they certainly cause
great pain and increase the tem
perature of the animal, reducing
the milk supply of dairy cattle,
makiug them thinner in flesh and
Impairing their appetite. The
best treatment is simply to press
them out of the lumps where they
occur. This can be done without
breaking them, if the operator
will proceed with care and pa
tience. A few drops of oil of al
most any kind inserted in the
opening will kill the larva, and
within a few hours it can be
pressed out moro easily than if
left alive, aJ though it should not
be killed aud left beneath the
skin, as this makes sores and in
creases the suffering."
FORT LITTLETON.
Oct. 27. George Mayne, of
Altoona, is visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Mayne, of
this place.
Mr. and Mrs. Levi P. Morton
passed through our town in their
auto Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Sheffield
and sou Harold spent lour days
of last week visitiug Mrs. Shef
field's sister, Mrs. Wm, Meek,
and family, near Hopewell, Bed
ford county.
Mrs. Charles Richardson, who
has boem sick for several weeks,
is not much better.
Samuel Mayne was home for
the first few days of squirrel
shooting.
Ellis Rosenborry had the mis
fortune to loso a horse this week.
Mr. Silas Mellott and his grand
son, Chester HollisCarnell, stayed
a few hours in town last Friday
on their way home from a week's
visit among friends in Franklin
county.
"AM I MY BROTHER'S KEEPER?"
Liltle Talks on Health and Hygiene ij
Samuel 0. Dixon, M. D., LL. D.,
Commissioner Health.
Those who are ever ready to
cry out that their personal liberty
is being attacked, when the wel
fare of their neighbors demands
some restriction of their actions,
are as a rule among the first to
denounce a similar desire for free
dom on the part of others.
Modern methods of administer
ing the health laws of the State
and municipalities render strict
quarantine necessary for certain
communicable and infectious dis
eases, and in the case of children
this is often followed by exclusion
from school for an additional pe
riod of time.
It would seem obvious to any
unprejudiced observer that tore
quire this for the protection of
the innocent and unprotected fel
low citizens is not alone just from
the standpoint of man-made law,
but the higher mandates of di
vine law as well.
Strange as it may seem, there
are many worthy people who
would permit their selfish inter
ests to blind them to these duties.
Part of this is no doubt due to
their ignorance of the dangers
which may result from careless
ness. Hundreds of deaths annu
ally from measles, for instance,
might be avoided if parents would
not look upon it as a more or less
trifling complaint incidental to
childhood from which their own
and other people's children must
inevitably suffer. The child with
a sore throat who is permitted to
go without medical attention and
attend school may prove the
source of an epidemic of diph
theria which will cost lives and
heartbreak. 4
No matter how efficient the ad
ministration of the public health
laws by the authorities, unless
the public is educated to appreci
ate the necessity and will co-operate
with them by living up to
the spirit of the law, it will be
impossible to triumph over dis
ease.
All thinking men.unblinded by
patriotism, must deplore the con
flict in which so large a portion
of the civilized world is now en
gaged. The same spirit which
prevents the individual from ans
wering in the affirmative, the
question. Am I my brother's
keeper?", when his selfisn desire
is to be weighed against the wel
fare of his fellows, and apparent
ly taken possession of Christian
nations.
If we do our duty to others, it
will redound to the protection and
wellbeing of ourselves.
Local Institute.
The second Local Institute of
Dublin Township was held at
Chesnuts Oct. 30th and the fol
lowing questions discussed. Lan
guage; How taught in the pri
mary grades. How shall we
teoch our pupils to be more self
reliant? How do you teach his
tory? The teachers present were;
Lillian Stinson, Esther Welch,
Jennie Cromer, and Ira Teck of
Dublin:
Ethel Sipes, Olipita Keebaugh,
O. V. Wink. W. G. Wink, Wm.
Ranck, Fred Lamberson of Tay
lor, and John Kelso of Knobs
ville. The next institute will be
held at Clear Ridge Nov. 13.
Jennie Cromer, Sec.
Rally Day and Holy Communion.
The McConnellsburg Lutheran
church will have its Autumn
Communion next Sunday morn
ing at 10:30 o'clock. Preparatory
services on Saturday at 2:30 P.
M. Rally Day for the Sunday
School in town on Sunday morn
ing at 9:15 and for the Big Cove
Tannery School at 1:30 P. M., fol
lowed by the annual Luther Day
celebration. All welcome.
T. E. Jackson and C. W. Akers
of Akersville, were transacting
business in McConnellsburg last
Saturday.