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McCONNELLSJJURG, PA., DECEUliER 3,1914.
NUMBER U
THE GRIM REAPER.
Sketches of the Lives of Per
sons Who Have Recently
Passed Away.
Jonas Mellott.
Las Mellott, one of Belfast
foship's oldest and most favcr-
known citizens, died at his
le near the Cross Roads school
fee, Sunday morning, Novem-
20, 1914. The funeral servi-
conducted by Rev. J. C. Gar-
took place Monday after-
i, and interment was made in
cemetery at the Brethren
fch on Pleasant Ridge.
ie deceased was a son of
el and Mary Deshong Mel
and he was born in Licking
k township, on the 11th day
December, 1833; hence, if he
'lived until Friday of next
, he would have completed
ears.
i the 8th day of September,
, he was married to Miss Par
ia, daughter of the late James
Mary Clevenger Lake'of Bel
township, who survives,
union was blessed by the
i of ten children, all of whom
k- to manhood or womanhood,
all but two are now living
tie who married Joseph Funk
Harriet, lately the wife of
Jl. Peck. The names of the
jdren living are; Almira, wife
kufus Harvey, Saxton, Pa.:
Zander, residing in Thompson
Si
t
iship, married to Jane Mc-
i: Alice, widow of Rev. W. T.
is, Oakland, Md. ; Hon George
married to Susan Truax, and
'ding in McConnellsburg, Et
jrife of Wm. H. Mellott; Re
jja, wife of James Pott Mc
t Anderson married to Ida
jes, and Isaiah, married to
trade Grodon the last four
id, living in Belfast town-
)r forty-two years, the deceas
iras a devoted member of the
thern, or Dunkard, church,
(was one of those oldfashion
ihurchmembers whose chief
yht was in reading the bible,
'storing in his well cultivated
ory those gems of Divine
that rob death of any ter
Iwhen the summons comes.
W the last twenty-seven
S of his life, he was totally
i. and his faithful wife read
h daily the story of God's
William M. Corbin,
x many friends of Nell John
I were saddened by the tid
iwhich told of the death of
fusband, William M. Corbin,
nnville, Mifllin county, Pa.,
A occurred at a Harrisburg
)!tal, after a lingering illness.
Corbin, was born December
l8 on the same larm on
h he and his family resided
time of his death.
J was graduated at the Juni
wsiness college and after
J was employed at the Stan
Neel works at Burnham.
e years ago he was married
jaNell, daughter of the late
;a'ker Johnston, of the Cove,
'th a little daughter Eliza
He is also survived, by
Allowing brothers and sis
5 M- N. A. Mumper, G. A.
jj. C G. Corbin," Mrs. J. M.
fl'e of Granville; Mrs. V. B.
BsofLewistown, and Mrs.
- Haines of Altoona.
?wa consistent member
Methodist Episcopal church
iville ami n faitUf.,1
, 1UK1UU1 UlClll"
J we Sunday school being
w" superintendent at the
Of h!o J..,i
- ...o uuatn. tie was a
7 f a Masonic Lodge in
'town.
funeral sprvinoo
. -, - '-vo irviv uv,iu
Granville M. E. church last
y afternoon conducted by
,attern, ofMcVeytown. as-
DRev. Grove, of Lewis-
Y1. widow of the late
' J"es8, had a light stroke
"'WW about two o'clock
I morning. She does not
'oe'nany immediate dan.
Recent Weddings.
Tuue-Norris.
Mr. B. F. True and Miss Mar
jory Norm were married at Berk
ley Springs VV. Va., November
25, 1914. Aftor the ceremony
they returned to the home of the
bride's mother in Hancock where
friends and a bountiful supper
awaited them. On the following
day they went to the home of
groom's parents in Buck Valley.
After receiving the best of
wishes of their friends and doing
justice to the supper, they enjoy
ed the music of the calithumpian
band. The bride is a daughter
of Widow Norris and one of Han
cock's most estimable ladies.
The groom is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Moses True, of Buck Valley,
and an enterprising young man.
The bii le vag handsomely at
tired in bluo satin and looked
very pretty.
After a vacation among friends
they will go to housekeeping at
Orchard Valley where they will
be at home to their many friends.
C.F.S.
SKILES IIlLL.
On Thanksgiving Day, Mr.
Frank D. Skiles and Miss Maude
Hill were united in marriage by
Rev. A. G. B. Powers, at the
home of Mrs. Martha Skiles at
rieasant Ridge.
The marriage ceremony was
performed at high noon in the
presence of about forty invited
guests, after which a sumptuous
dinner was served. Mr. Skiles is
assessorof Belfast township, and
the bride is. a worthy member
of the household in which she
was married.
Our correspondent asks "Who
next?" and significantly adds
that he "has an idea."
Lost His Life.
A dandy fat gander owned by
Wm. Cutchall lost his life the
day before Thanksgiving.
Mr. Gander was the walking
boss around that place for a long
and good luck it was, that the
day before Thanksgiving when
Mr. Cutchall, assisted by Mrs.
Cutchall. got the better of him,
and Mr. Gander lost his head.
The next record we have of
him was at high noon when the
alarm wa3 given
Hurrah for the fun,
The goose is done,
Hurrah for the pumpkin pie."
When Mr. Cutchall and family
accompanied by nine of their
friends entered the dining room,
just one glimpse and all knew
that it was not the first time Mrs.
Cntchall had been there.
Not only the goose, "please re
member," but two fine roosters
surrounded with many other good
things too numerous to mention.
The afternoon, spent in a good
old fashioned game of ball which
was enjoyed very much followed
by a little song service.
As this was a day of Thanks
giving we again thank Mr. and
Mrs. Cutchall for their kindness,
and above all we do not forget to
thank our heavenly Father who
permits us to enjoy these good
things for all come to us by his
bountiful hand.
A Goose Eater.
Not Belgian nor Bclligerant.
When Rev. J. V. Royer was at
Fort Littleton last Friday, some
one untied his horse and drove it
all over town. When Mr. Royer
regained possession of his horse
and buggy he found the buggy
well filled with winter supplies
for his table. Just whether the
Ft. Littleton good people thought
the Reverend gentleman was a
Belgian, report doth not say, we
are inclined to think however,
the crateful Fort Littleton M. E's.
knew what they were doing, and
we know that Mr. and Mrs. Roy
er greatly appreciated the gift,
because they told us so.
A large company was entertain
ed very pleasantly last Friday
evening in the home of Mrs. Net
tie L. Alexander, west Lincoln
Way.
Was It A Jliraclc?
Several reports reached this of
fice that five doe were killed and
left lie to rot in the "Egypt" dis
trict of Taylor and Licking Creek
townships. These does were kill
ed for one of two reasons-either
in sheer, savage wantonness, or,
by firing before the hunter knew
what he wa3 shooting at. As we
cannot bring ourselves to believe
that we have any savages among
us, we are left with no other con
clusion than that the slaughter
of the little does was due to that
form of insanity known a "trig
far madness." It takes hold on
persons who are shy on self con
trol and principle. They get so
crazy for the time that they ac
tually risk killing .human beings
in the bushes just for the sake of
shooting, and they shoot regard
less of the consequence. We
heard of a man who was hauled
before the court for shooting a
doe. The shooter tried to influ
ence the judge by claiming that
he did not know it was a doe.
The judge came back at him by
asking if he knew that it was not
a man, or a sheep, a dog, cow or
horse. The man said he did not
know what it was. The judge
replied "In that case you were a
fool, and I will give you the lim
it of the law; I wish I could pro
hibit you from ever handling a
gun as long as you live, you are
not fit to hunt."
The most sickening accounts of
killings this fall were those of
men who were shot in mistake
for deer, and it must have been
a miracle that one or five men
were not shot when those five
does were killed in this county
this fall. It vas supposed when
hunters were warned not to kill
deer without horn3 that it would
end the killing of men in mistake
for deer; but it seems that anoth
er law will have to be passed
making the punishment so terri
ble that it will have a deterring
effect even on crazy people.
A True Story.
Dear Editor: After having
spent some time hunting for deer
with the Fulton County Rod and
Gun Club, I will relate a true sto
ry of what Edward Brant and my
self saw on the hunt near what
we call the Shaw hollow. Three
deer within 25 ft of us one a doe
a large one, and two fawns, of
course no horns. The doe was ly
ing lengthwise to our .view, one
fawn lying with its head and
neck over the does back, the oth
er fawn was lying behind the
doe presumably looking from us
toward Charley Sprowl, 30 yds.
below, and about same distance
in part. We looked at them per
haps two minutes when they all
sprang to their feet and off.
Within CO yds. was a man by the
name of Ed Murtlock from Pitts
burgh, with camera in his pock
et; had we known this we could
have had a snnp shot of all three
deer in their beds. This was the
finest deer sight we ever saw in
the wild woods of the forest.
We saw quite a lot of deer and
fawns while hunting with the
Club people. They are a gentle-
menly set of men all through and
regard the game laws. They
killed two bucks, one. a three
prong, the other, a spike buck.
M. D. MATIIIAS.
The Belgian fund.
W. R. Sloan, Treasurer of the
Belgian Relief Fund acknowl
edges receipt of the following
sums:
McConnellsburg Public
School
Mite Society of Reformed
Church of McConnells
burg
Offering at Union Thanks
giving services
C. E. Society of Presby
terian Church of Mc
Connellsburg E. R. McClain
Nicholas Hohman
Mrs. B. W. Peck, pro
ceeds of bazaar
Miss Mollie Seylar
$13.85
10.00
20.7-i
2.00
1.00
1.00
1.25
1.00
Total.
$50.84
IN THEIR NEW HOME.
I'ulton County Bank Now in the New
Building, Corner Second and
Lincoln Way.
Last Monday morning the Ful
ton County Bank began business
in the new building at the corner
of Lincoln Way and Second street
it having removed from its old
home farther up town. It is now
one of the most modernly equip
ped banking institutions outside
the large cities, and its officers
are to be commended for their
enterprise. The vault, which, of
course, is the first thought in pro
viding safety against fire or bur
glars, is first class in every par
ticular. Its walls, which are
twenty-four inches in thickness,
are constructed of solid concrete
reinforced with strong steel bars.
Inside this vault are huge steel
safes, equipped with all the mod
ern appliances to ballle the skill
of burglars. The large heavy
door to the vault is of drill-proof
steel and pressure-bar system.
The Fulton County Bank has
not only provided for a place of
safe keeping of your money, but
it has also made extensive provi
sions for the safety of your pri
vate papers, such as notes, deeds
insurance papers, S:c. A large
number of these safety deposit
boxes have been provided, and
you may have your own box, in
which to store your papers, and
carry the key. After you have
deposited your papers and locked
your box, not even the banker
himself can open the box and get
at your papers unless you are
present with your key.
One of the special features of
their new home is a public room
provided with heat, tables, chairs
stationery, pens, ink, &c, for the
free use of the public. A private
room and wash room is also pro
vided, and a special invitation is
extended to ladies as well as gen
tlemen to make use of these
rooms for business or for social
engagements.
Quarantine Lifted Here.
A new order of quarantine by
the State Livestock Sanitary
Board releases twenty-five coun
ties, including Fulton county,
from the general order of Novem
ber 10th which included the
whole State. Counties bordering
on Fulton county that are not now
under quarantine are Huntingdon
and Bedford counties, so tnat
these three counties may freely
exchange livestock. The rules
governing quarantined districts
are the same as under the first
order.
At no time since the outbreak
of the foot and mouth disease in
the United States have we heard
of a case in this county. Per
haps by carefully guarding a
gainst infection being carried on
clothing and in similar ways from
infected districts, we will escape
the plague.
Big Cove's Big Heart.
A collection for starving Bel
gians was lifted at the union
thanksgiving services held on
Thanksgiving day in the Second
United Presbyterian church of
the Cove. The sum collected was
$50.38 and it was sent to the
Christian Herald Distributing
Agency in Now York by the pas
tor, Rev. J. L. Grove. This, to
gether with a similar sum report
ed elsewhere in this paper, raises
the amount to over $100.00 that
has been sent from McConnells
burg and Big Cove to Belgium to
help alleviate the sufferings caus
ed by the invasion of that coun
try by warring nations.
John F. Johnston, of Taylor,
dropped in to see us a few min
utes while in town Monday. Mr
Johnston says, that owing to the
fact that his township did not
have a fire warden, he suffered a
loss of a thousand dollars in the
recent forest fires.
Mr. and Mrs. G. Walter Smith,
of Chambersburg spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Seylar.
Solution for Social Problems.
In accordance with previous an
nouncement, Rev. J. L. Grove,
pastor of the United Presbyter
ian church, preached his discourse
to a large and appreciative audi
ence last Sabbath evening on the
theme "The Principles of the
Prince of Peace Applied to Na
tional Life." The text upon
which the sermon was based was
Isaiah 9:6. "For unto us a child
is born, unto us a son is given;
and the government shall be up
on his shoulders and his name
shall be called Wonderful, Coun
sellor, The mighty God, The ev
erlasting Father, The Prince of
Peace."
After the introduction, in
which was shown the conditions
of the Hebrew nation which call
ed forth the prophecy, the es
sential and central thought in
the text was shown to be that of
government. The ultimate end
of the Prince's mission to the
world was the establishment of
the Kingdom of God. All other
purposes are included in this.
I. Then the principles of the
Prince of Peace were deducted
from the descriptive titles found
in the text.
1. Human life can only real
ize the true intention as it is
related to God. The King held
up the sacredness of human
life "Thou shalt do no mur
der." The sacredness of the
marriage relation. The family
is God's primary social institu
tion. The sacredness of child
life.
2. He taught that all true
benevolence among men has its
fountain in right conceptions
of God, "God is love."
3. He taught the true con
ception of humanity. That man
is essentially in the likeness of
God and has an eternal destiny.
These are samples of the King's
principles. They were force-
. fully illustrated and moral
ethics deducted therefrom.
II. The application of these to
national life was shown. What
these principles mean to the in
dividual, they must mean to the
nation. There cannot be two in
terpretations put upon them. If
it be wrong for the individual to
murder, can it be any les3 wrong
for the nation? And so in every
item of moral ethics. Were
these principles adopted and
lived out by nations of the world,
we would have the grandest, the
noblest and purest civilizations
and philanthropies the world has
ever known. It was shown how
they would solve the problem of
wars and the maintenance of uni
versal peace. The fallacy for
the necessity of armaments as
means of peace was exposed.
They would solve the labor ques
tion, the monopoly question, the
Mormon question, the divorce
vuestion, the liquor question, the
Sabbath question, the Bible in
the schools and every other mor
al issue. These several applica
tions were duly illustrated and
their pertinency made manifest.
The discourse closed by empha
sizing the responsibility of Chris
tian people and the church in
view of these facts. This was
summed up in two despositions
of the above principles,
1. Their perpetual incarnation.
2. Their earnest advocacy
everywhere.
The pastor of the M. E. church
adjourned his congregation and
together with them attended the
service.
In a business letter to this of
fice a few days ago, Mr. C. II.
Mann said that he was busy erect
ing a new store room on one of
his lots in Saint Cloud, Florida,
and that the weather and climate
had been ideal since he and Mrs.
Mann went there several .weeks
ago. He said that there was a
slight frost on the night of the
21st
J. M. Myers and family, Mer
cersburg, spent Thanksgiving
day in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Ben Shimer.
Are You Superstitious?
After Dr. Fletcher Bascom
Dressier got through with his in
vestigations and the University
of California had published them,
it was,apparent that there are
some 3,000 superstitions distribu
ted among about 45 per cent of
the population.
Pretty nearly everything under
the sun seems to be connected
with some superstition, from and
owl to the hem of your skirt.
Never hear either? Well, if your
skirt happens to be turned up a
bit at the bottom, you can be sure
someone is thinking about you.
You can, however, make every
one think more, especially the
men, if you wear a slit skirt. As
for the owl, if it should come in
to the house, trouble i3 sure to
follow. The best thing to do
when you expect an owl is to put
all the cut-glass into the china
closet and the china closet into
the dining room closet. For the
owl, you can then use anything;
a broom is generally pretty handy
The first time pigs cross your
threshold make them jump over
your pants belt, or your wife's
garter, or the maid's apron.
Then they will come home regu
larly. A plan now in use among
up-to-date American farmers is
to keep the pigs in regular pens
and feed them twice a day. It
is regarded as a scheme more
popular with the wife and the
maid. The other way is recorded
as being a German one.
If there are white horses in the
barn good luck is due to come to
the house. That's a German
stunt, too, but the United States
has shown a late and marked pre
ference for gray horses since
about the time when it was dis
covered that if you meet a red-
haired girl you'll meet a white
horse. The red-haired girl lately
has changed, so that the white
horse has disappeared, too. But
we're going strong now on grays.
It i3 bad luck to hear a dog
bark at night This superstition
has been found to depend on cir
cumstances; it is a matter of
whose dog. If it's the dog next
door, the best thing to use is a
fiatiron, but a good aim is even
more valuable.
Twentieth Century Proverbs.
A man can lie out of a lot of
things. But he can't deny it
when he eats onions.
A man will pay a dollar for a
50-cent article that he wants. A
woman will pay 49-cents for a
39 cent article when she doesn't
want it.
A girl is real proud when she
graduates from college with a B.
A. But she is even prouder, when
she enters the school of matri
mony and adds BY to her de
gree. A girl can wear a long skirt
and make it display more hosiery
than if she wore a short skirt
It is all in the management
A Mother never changes. When
her son is forty years old and
wears long whiskers she won't
call him anything else but "Wil
lie." The Scientists must be losing
their grip on the Peepul. In De
cember of last year the Harvard
savants announced the Great Dis
covery that nearly all women are
knock-kneed. But you may have
noticed that the fool men keep
right on getting married and tak
ing a chance.
A Massachusetts girl cut off
her hair in her sleep. Most girls
yank it olf before they go to
sleep.
The Hibrows claim that the
use of a medicated tissue screen
will make kissing "safe and san
itary." It may make it sanitary
but their isn't any way to make
kissing safe.
It must be a terrible jar to the
Reformers to realize that the fel
lows who Smoke Cigarettes man
age to cop so many good jobs.
Mrs. Harvey Clevenger, o f
Hiram, spent several days this
week in the home of her mother,
Mrs. Malissa Lodge.
DANGEROUS OASES.
Little falls on Health and Hygiene ry
Samuel 0. Dixon, SI. D., LL, D.,
Commissioner Health.
When the first cold snap comes
down go the windows in homes
and offices and whatever fresh
air is obtained finds its way in
when somebody opens the door
to enter or de iart
If the heating arrangements
are deemed insufficient they are
often supplemented with oil heat
ers or gas stoves. In the vast
majority of ca:'es thesp have no
flue connections and as they burn
they exhaust the oxygen in the
air with great rapidity. When
the atmosphere in a room 13 de
vitalized in this manner be
comes dangerously unfit to
breathe as the life supporting
qualities are exhausted.
When gas stoves are used with
out ventilation there is danger
from carbon monoxide gas. Thi3
is an odorless gas which also es
capes from coal fire, one percent
of which will kill a horse in two
minutes. It is visible as the blue
flame which burns over anthra
cite coal after it is put on the
fire. This gas will often perme
ate the entire house from the fur
nace in the cellar or from the
kitchen range. The sulphurous
gas which escapes with it is irri
tating to the olfactory organ and
so ussally gives warning.
To guard against the escape of
gases, fire doors and stove lids
should not be opened or removed
beyond the point where the flame
of a match held close outside will
be drawn inward. As long as
the draft is up the chimney the
gas will be carried with it.
Unfortunately the majority of
heating systems are planned ith
out providing for ventilation. Di
rect steam and hot water plants
which have this pernicious fault
of making no provision for the
admission of fresh air are respon
sible for much ill health.
More people die from the im
proper use of steam heat than
freeze to death.
Support the Chairman.
We heartily agree with Chair
man of Farmers' Institutes, Mr.
Frank Ranck, when he declares
that we must fight for them or
suffer defeat at the hands of a
click who would cut off the ap
propriation for institutes. Mr.
Ranck is in the best of position
to know that the costly work of
our Experiment Station can be
best demonstrated (under pres
ent laws) by sending experts in
to our county to meet farmers
face to face at the institutes.
Where one young farmer is in
position by circumstance or edu
cation to go after this valuable
knowledge of his own accord,
ninety-nine are not so equipped.
Nothing short of a better system
of bringing the findings of our
experiment station to the doors
of our farmers will induce us to
let go the institute. When the
seventy consuming families of
this country get their eyes opened
wider to the necessity of boost
ing the thirty families that sup
ply them with food, then, per
haps, the latter will see to it that
appropriations for graft be cut
olf and the money turned into the
hands of henest educators who
will spend it to keep every young
farmer posted on best way to
produce food stuffs, to the ad
vantage of both the producer and
the consumer. We are with you,
Mr. Chairman.
I
Mr. William M. Morton and
daughter Miss Ida, of Ever
ett R. D. 7, spent Monday night
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Asa
Keefer, and on Tuesday, went
down to Big Cove Tannery, to
see Will's brother ex-Sheriff John
J. Morton, who has been sick for
some time.
Miss Mayme Fields of Clear
Ridge, spent Saturday night and
Sunday in the home of Mr. and
Mrs C. E. Shore in McConnellsburg.