01 VOLUME 1G AIcCONNELLSBURG, PA., DECEMBER 10,1914. NUMBER 12 TOE GRIM REAPER. Swrt Sketches of the Lives of Per sons Who Dare Recent! Passed Away. Mrs. Geo. A. Stewart. Elizabeth Vancleve, wife of George A. Stewart, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. H Blackmore, at Glenshaw, Pa., on Thursday, December 3, 1914, iged 63 years, 7 months, and 8 Mrs. Stuart was a daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham L. Vancleve, and was born in Ayr township, this county, on the 25th of April, 1851. In 1873 she was married to George A. Stew irtof Wells Valley, and in that beautiful valley they went to bouseheeping, reared their fam ily and resided on the old home place until about a year ago, when they sold the farm and re 1 moved to Glenshaw, where they lad since made their home, with their daughter Mrs. Blackmore. The deceased is survived by her husband and five children, one daughter and four sons, viz. : Mrs. J. H. Blackmore, of Glen shaw, Pa.; B. Moody, of Altoona; James E., of Cresson, Pa. ; Clar ence L, of Hooversville, Pa. ; and Rev. Walter V., of Phila delphia; also by three sisters, Mrs. J. N. Cypher, of New Cas- j tie, Pa., and Hester C. and Nellie 1., of Washington. The funeral took place from the home of the Misses VanCleve, 122 West Wheeling Washington, Pa., last Saturday afternoon, and inter ment was made in the Washing- i cemetery. A. K. Alexander. AlvinKeyser Alexander died it his home on Lincoln Way, eastern end of McConnellsburg, December 6, 1914, aged 68 years, 5 months and 20 days. The fu neral took place on Tuesday, the services being conducted by his pastor. Rev. R. E. Peterman, and interment was made in Union cemetery. The deceased, a son of John and Elizabeth Keyser Alexander, raa born in Ayr township, June 11816. In 1869. he was mar ried to Susan Buterbaugh, daugh ter of the late David Buterbaugh f Ayr township. To this union ere born five children, two of hom-John Scott Alexander, m David Linn Alexander, both f McConnellsburg are living, k 1877, Susan died, and two yws later he was married to i Martha Rinedollar. dauehter f the late Jacob Rinedollar, who Jfvives, together with one son, r Alvin Alexander, at home. The deceased is survived, also, by brother, J. Scott Alexander, es Moines, Iowa, and one half brother, Wm. T. Lesher, of Phil adelphia. The deceasprt onHdterl in th I Jited States Regular Army in , Decoming a member of Co. I- 1st Reg. Cav, attaining the I1 of Commissary Sergeant, pi serving a full term of three years. 'Allie" A Won luiliar V knnwn Viu Ma uriffo n r. cle of friends, was well and fa' "rabiy known, and his somewhat !U(1aen death was a shock to the Immunity; for he had been sick J few days, and many of his ",Bas had not heard of his ill John J. Mnrnriw. After Via.,;- i s.j A rnwmfor a period of about ini&e Weekir .Tnhr. t a;a i,i i vim u. 1UU1 bull we home of his son David at L: C1J? sPng farm in Ayr town "Pi Uecemhn.. 1 101,1 a on iZ, ana 7 months. The fu 'services conducted by W U Grove- of McConnells naonflv Or ?ernoon j . . -i uu interment was maae Tu i , "wcui son oi nits John n a xt m ' ncy morion, wan Belfast township, this wS ,the 7th day of May ?hem' inar the best use of SovwS18 Community during his paooddays, he fitted himself McCusker Gets 12 Years. Claude McCusker, convicted in Hagerstown of second degree murder for having killed Justus Roman, of near Hancock, on Memorial Day four years ago, was last Saturday morning given 12 years in the Maryland peni tentiary by Judge M. L Keedy. Incidentally in connection with the case, Judge Keedy stated that the case of McCusker again showed the reliability of the old saying "Your sins will find you out." "Whenever one trans gresses the moral, natural and divine laws it means that sooner or later one is called upon to pay the penalty" said the court. You were detected in the moun tains of Pennsylvania by chance, " said the court "and brought back to face the consequences of your crime of four years before. I have nothing to say to you con cerning your determination to eave, but I believe the four years you were away had much to do in tempering the verdict against you, as time makes les3 certain the human recollection and the human memorv." Judze Keedv also took a fling at Ihe mountain eud which is said to exist in the mountains of Western Maryland, and which had some part in the killing. A Near-Runoff. On Saturday, Harry Mellott who lives on the Brick House farm east of town, on the Loudon pike, drove John Magsam's gray horse to a mill below town. On the way back one of the front wheels of the spring wagon ran over and crushed a large oil can that was lying in the road at the foot of the hill on south Second street The sudden, unusual noise frightened the horse, and it let fly with its hind- feet and broke off the crossbar of the shafts. The consequent drop ping of the shafts only frighten ed the horse more, and for a few moments it looked bad for the driver; but he held the animal from getting out of the shafts by making traces of the lines until help came and the horse was un hitched. We have commenced sending out statements to those owing us for over one years' subscription and will continue until we have gone over our entire list We hone our natrons will make a generous response to our appeal. Each one owes us but a small amount but in the aggregate it amounts to quite a large sum to ns. Heb us celebrate Christmas properly by paying promptly the little you may owe us. for teaching, and for several terms, taught the Turkey-foot school in Belfast township, the editor of the News being one of his pupils. He was married to Miss Susan Myers, daughter of the late David Myers, of Belfast township, and together they lived as husband and wife for more tnan nity rears, she passing away on the 14th day of February, 1912. To this union were born five child ren, namely, Jennie, wife of Pivwri Wilson: Ella, wife of JLV1 v- ' & cntt Porter! Nancv. wife of Walker Richards; Georgia, wife of Jere Glazier, and David, mar- ripd to Abicrail. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Mellott and residing on the Big bpnng farm. The other children reside in this county, with the exception of fipnrtria. who lives near Mercers Franklin county. The de uua , ceased is survived by one brother, William M., near Tatesville, Bed tnrA pnnntv. and by one sister, Margaret wife of Riley Cline, residing at Shady Urove, ranK lin county. Tn 1871. Mr. Morton was elect 0a ohoriff of this county, and served acceptably during his term of three years, in pontics, ne was a Democrat, and in religion, a consistent member or tne ue formed Church. The New Wet and Dry Line-np. As a result of the November elections there are now fourteen states in the dry column. They are Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Kansas, Maine, Mississippi, Okla homa, North Dakota, Oregon, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia. There remain 15 states in which half the population live in so-called no-license territory. They are Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Ida ho, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisana, Minnesota, Nebraska New Hampshire, South Carolina, South Inkota, Texas and Ver mont There remain eleven states in which 25 per cent of the popula tion lives in no-license territory. They are California, Deleware, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Utah, Wisconsin and Wyoming. At dif ferent times in the past 23 states have adopted the policy of prohi bition. All but nine for one rea son or another, abandoned it for local option or control by license. California and Ohio, out of the six states in which statewide pro hibition amendments were voted on this fall, elected to remain in the wet column. The present laws, however, are very strict and are carried out to the letter. The new amendment docs not prohibit the holding of wet and dry election in communities, un der the laws that are at present in force. The states that have voted dry during the year 1914 are Arizona Colorado, Oregon, Washington and Virginia. Lnclc Sam's Cook Book. The Department of Agricul ture, Washington, D. C, will send you a pamphlet giving a complete list of bulletins if you will ask for it Each one of these bulletins deals with some phase of agricultural home life in laneuaee similar to that used by speakers at our popular institutes for farmers. Collectively these bulletins have been known as 'Uncle Sam's Cook Book." No better winter evening reading can be had for farmers' wives. The News takes the occasion to again remind the men on the farm that a postal addressed to any one of the following three in stitutions will bring them infor mation upon any farm topic; State College, State College, Pa.; Department of Agriculture, Har- risburg, P a. ; Department o f Agriculture, Washington, D. C. We are personally acquainted with men who acquired a good education on the subjects discuss ed at institutes by reading these bulletins and by asking questions ofthe above departments. Indeed, you may now take a thorough course in agriculture by corres pondence with our experiment station at State College, Fa. It is good employment for winter evenings. Farm Credits. Those of us who read agricul ture papers have long been inter ested in the talk of farm credits something that will place the farmer on an equal footing with manufacturers in the way of se curing money to finance their ag ricultural undertakings. We have been assured that long de layed legislation on this subject will be taken up during the pres ent Congress. Just what form of rules will be adopted has not been determined; but we wish to advise that there will be nothing done to enable Tom, Dick and Harry to borrow money any more easily than they can now do. Something in the way of longer time loans will probably be the chief benefit to the farmer borrower. Under the new system the local banks mak ing the loans will be the judges of security offered, just as they do at present We hope to be able in the near future to publish full details of the new laws. Rolsteins Most Profitable. Big Cove farmers will be inter ested in the following report of careful tests as to the value of the different breeds of cattle, be cause an efTort is now being made by some of them to make the Holstein the standard for this section. Much has been said and writ ten about dual-purpose breed of cattle, in the past, the dual-purpose cow has been discussed from the standpoint of whether the Shorthorn or other beef breeds as the dual-purpose could be made profitable. The experiment stations of Michigan, Nebraska, Iowa and Ontario have proven that the Holstein will gain more per day and at a less cost than any one of the other breeds as follows: Cost per cwt Holsteins $4.22 Shorthorns, $5.02 Herefords, $4.99 Galloway, $5.67 Ayrshire, $6.06 Angus, $7.46 Jersey, $7.91 At the Fat Stock show in Chi cago the following has been shown that in dressed beef: Herfords hind quarter lighter than the front by 52 lbs. Shorthorns hind quarter lighter than the front by 71 lbs., Augus hind quarter light er than the front by 70 lbs,, Hol stein hind quarter heavier than the front by 9 lbs. For milk in every way, the Hol stein cow today holds all world's records, for butter all but one, and from the foregoing tables all for beef. . Will not this make this the dual-purpose breed and the one and only breed for the farmer? Prof. I. P. Roberts and others who have tested the qualities of the meats say Holstein beef has a superior flavor. Will not this prove that beef and milk can be profitable combi ned in the same breed? Wait For Her, Boys! The girl who is unkind to her mother isn't worth a tinker's dog gone. This isn't written in any part of the Bible, but it's written in the history of thousands and thousands of misfit homes. If one of you boys ever run across a girl with her face full of roses, with eyes that would dim the lus tre of a Colorado sky and with a voice that would make the song of an angel seem discordant and she says, as she comes to the door, "I can't go for a few minutes I've got to help mother with the dishes," don't give her up. Stick to her like a burr to a mule's tail. Just sit down on the door step and wait If she joins you in two or three minutes, so much the better; but if you have to stay there on the door-step for a half hour, or an hour, you just wait for her. If you don't, some body else will and in time you'll be sorry. Wait for her, boy. She's worth it Wormy Apples. There is no longer any excuse for wormy apples; the cause is known and the remedy is known. When apple trees fre in bloom, a little insectcalled coddling moth lays an egg in the embryo apple, and as the apple develops, the lit- worm hatched from these eggs, eats its way to the outer part of the apple, and seeing the worm hole,, we are led to believe that the worm began its work on the outside of the apple which is not the case. The remedy is to spray with a preparation that kills the life in the egg. and the time to do it is just as the blossoms have nearly all fallen from the tree. The time to prepare is during the win ter months so as to have every thing ready to Bpray on the day the blossoms fall from this or that variety of apples some blos soming later than others. Subscribe for the News. Listen Daughter. Listen daughter, don't go mop ing around the house and sighing like a freight train cutting loose the air brakes; and don't be walk ing around with your eyes all puffed up and red from tears, Bimply because you can't have clothes that wouldn't look good anywhere expect on one of those freak magazine-cover girls. I know its a pretty tough old world from your range of vision, be cause your ma and I have forbid den you to wear skirts that are too high and waists that are too low. I know, child, that some of the other girls are chasing a- round the streets in costume that would shame a burlesque troupe and attracting lots of attention; but did you ever notice just what kind of attention they attract? Of course you haven't You don't happen to be within ear shot when some of the boys say what they really think about the "other girls." Thank God you don't You're too young to know those things yet awhile. You say the other girls laugh at your simple, pretty little frocks and at your freckles. Let 'em laugh! That shows they are the other kind of girls. Your moth er and I met each other long, long ago. I loved her enough to ask her to marry me and she car ed enough for me to answer "Yes." We've been happy ever since, haven't we, Ma? Our marriage took. It didn't take any split skirt or silhouette gown to make me fall in love with your mother. She never had such contraptions on in her life. And I didn't go prancing up and down Main street with a monkey hat on the back of my head and a cigarette poked out in front of my face. Let the other girl smile if they want to, but just wait for the finish. You wont find the decent young chaps, the kind I would want to give my little girl to, marrying any of the "other girls." War Weary. The obligation that rests upon decent newspapers to tell the truth is ever a sacred and re sponsible one. At no time should it be more honored in observance than during the continuation of the tragedy that is being enacted upon the European continent A period like the present stiffens the demand for veracity made by a public that takes journalism seriously. Right-minded people have wearied of the unending proces sion of tales of horror, cruelty and destruction. They are eag er, even anxious, to address themselves to the constructive policies of peace. The distorted perspective presented them by many newspapers gives them just offense. The plain truth is, the reading public is sick and tired of the monotony of the war diet served up to them. Yet how many sensational news papers disregard their duty to their readers, and careless of their obligation, deliberately in vent horrors for the sole purpose of claiming supremacy in the publication of exclusive news. Never in the history ofthe newspaper has there been such a demand for Truth; yet never in the history of the newspaper has Truth been so carelessly handled. No wonder the reading public is weary of "war news." So are we. Wrecked His Anto. Last Sunday a week ago, while Ben Fisher, of Port Treverton, Pa., was on his way to Sehns- grove for a load of passengers, a tire on his auto burst and caused the machine to swerve into a tele phone pole. The pole was bro ken off, and about $700 damage done to the machine. Ben was thrown out of the car, but he es caped with cuts about his face. The car is owned by a lumber comDanv for which Ben is the driver. He is a son of Mrs. Sa die Fisher of this place. Of Interest to Sportsmen. Hunters and others who like to see wild birds and animals cared for during winter months will be interested in knowing that the State Game Commission is en deavoring to cooperate with them in preserving the life of these wild things. The Commission is making offers to supply feed un der all conditions with the ex ception that private owners can not receive help to preserve game for their own killing. A private owner may receive feed provided his farm is open to the public, or, that neither they nor the public kill game there, but permit the game to breed there and spread to surrounding territory for the benefit of the public. The game Commission considers such a place to be a preserve, on a par with the following paragraph No. 1: 1st. To game birds and ani mals on State Game Preserves, whereon no one can hunt at any time for any purpose. These preserves are surrounded by a single wire, a fire line and a line of notices. Game comes and goes at pleasure, and may be taken by sportsmen outside of this sanctu ary, during the open season for such game. 2nd. To game on State lands whereon it may be taken during the open season. 3rd. To game on private prop erty, either wholly protected or entirely open to all legitimate hunters. 4th. If private lands are post ed and no one permitted to hunt thereon at any time, we believe the game there found should be given every help possible so that it may increase to the utmost and overflow into the surrouning country to the benefit to sports men, just as is done on the Pre serves on State lands. If the land is open to all hunt ers we will feed the game, but we feel that not one cent of this money should be applied to the feeding of game on lands posted against the ordinary hunter but open to the owner of such lands or his friends. Experience teach es us that many people will try to secure a part of this fund for personal private profit and we will surely be imposed upon un less you who are interested help us to protect your interest. Later on we will select agents through which game in you coun ty is to be fed and we hope you will help to place feed where it will make the best return to you. Secretary, Game Com. Target Shooting. Hundreds of our readeas are interested in guns. More than 900 Fulton county men paid a dol lar for the privilege of using guns this season. Many more who hunted on their own lands did not have to pay the dollar, so that from this course of reasoning we are led to think that the inno cent amusement of breaking clay tareets would appeal to hundreds of men and big boys in the coun ty who need amusement We say "need" because every man with red blood in his veins must have recreation from the labor of ma king a living. Some of us find recreation by changing from one kind of work to other tasks; but even this class finds it necessary to occasionally engage at some amusement that tones up the nerves. Since most of us like to measure our skill with that of others, why not organize little groups of sportsmen this fall to meet and devise ways and means for increasing game in our re spective localities? At the meet ines we could bring our guns and spend a few hours breaking (or trying to break) cheap clay tar gets. It is the finest nerve tonic known. It trains the muscles to obey the will as no other form of sport can do. (And it trains the will too.) A little money will be be Bpent for amusement anyway; why not spend it in this manner instead of for perhaps, doubtful things, . SELFISHNESS AND HYSTERIA. Little Talks oa Health and Hygiene by Samuel G. Dixon, M. D., LL D., Commissioner Health. One cannot say that selfishness is responsible for nervousness and yet unquestionably it is oft en a considerable factor in caus ing nervous ailments. The self-centered individual who is continually thinking of his own comfort and who mani fests annoyance over every trifle which interveres with his partic ular occupation or activity, is running a decided risk. With advancing age a marked degree of irritability is almost sure to follow. If a selfish attitude is cultivat ed and consideration is demanded for individual whims without consideration for others, this readily grow3 to be little less than a mania. Our nervous sys tems are delicately adjusted and once the mind weaknes its con trol it is apt to become a factor for pain and discomfort. In the beginning many of the things which "get on our nerves" do not really distress us. We note them casually. With their repetition comes the selfish wish to have our individual comfort considered without regard for general conditions. If we give way to this, the most trilling oc currences hold the possibility of causing infinite annoyance. The greatest number of suffer ers from nervous diseases are not as might be expected, overwork ed individuals, but are commonly enough, people who have little or nothing to do and for want of activity devote too much time to thinking of self. It is common to hear some ir ritable individual say, "so and so' gets on my nerves" and the very manner of the speaker has an equally irritating effect upon the unfortunate auditors. Nervous irritability and selfishness beget their like. They are contagious. Let us be unselfish and avoid the spreading of this all too com mon complaint One-Cent Eggs. Eggs can be produced in Ful ton county at an average cost of one cent each from flocks of 1,000 hens. To do this the manager must first have a first class edu cation on the subject. He must then keep the "machinery" in as good condition as a watch. A little grain of sand will put a watch out of commission, and on exactly the same principle, neg lect of one little item of the busi ness will put the egg business on the bum. The man in the egg business cannot afford to have a flock that lays well one year and not the next The hit-and-miss farm flock methods will not do. In addition to knowledge of the details of the business, the mana ger must have an unlimited stock of patience. If he have not this latter element, all his work and knowledge will go for nothing. Patience for one, two, or three, years will not do; he must have it for life if he would make it a life business. This is the rock on which tens of thousands have made shipwreck of the egg and poultry business as a business. Rats. Rats from ships in seacoast towns have become such a nui sance in the spread of plagues that large sums of money are be ing spent to destroy them. Sta tistics gathered by the United States Agricultural Department show that there are three rats for each man, woman, or child, in the United States, or a total of 300,000,000 rats. Further in vestigation proves that each rat destroys annually one dollars worth of property. The rat being responsible for the destruction of $100,000,000 in property, and for, the spread of disease, is the rea son given for the war that the Agricultural Department urged against this rodent
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