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VOLUME 16
McCONNELLSBURG, PA.t JANUARY 7, 1915.
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TOE GRIM REAPER.
Short Sketches of the Lives of Per
sons Who Have Recently
Passed Away.
Don Karl Swope.
A gloom was cast over the com
munity New Years day when the
sad news was spread that " Don
Karl, eldest son of Mr. and
Mrs. Edw. W. Swope, had pass
ed to the great beyond. The
child had been sick only a few
days, and it was a great shock to
the many friends of the commun
ity. Don Karl Swope was born
August 7 1908 and departed this
life January 1st 1915, aged 6
years 4 months and 24 days.
Don was a bright boy and was
loved by all that knew him. He
will be greatly missed by all his
playmates and friends as well as
by his parents, brothers, and sis
ter. The cause of his death was
ascaris lumbricoides which caus
ed him much suffering. Inter
ment was made Sunday at the
Ebenezer M. E. cemetery, servi
ces were conducted by Rev. E. J.
Croft The funeral was largely
attended showing the esteem for
the boy and sympathy for the pa
rents in their sad bereavement.
He leaves to mourn the loss of a
father, mother, two brothers
Paul and Coy and one sister Zoe
besides a large concourse of oth
er relatives.
A Friend.
Rebecca Woodall.
Rebecca Woodall died at the
home of her nephew, Thomas Oli
ver at the western end of McCon
nellsburg, at 9;30 o'clock Monday
evening, January 4, 1915, aged
81 years and 7 months. The fu
neral" took place Wednesday morn
ing at 10 o'clock, the services be
ing conducted by Rev. J. L Year
ick, of the Reformed church, Mc
Connellsburg, of which church
the deceased was a member, and
interment wa3 made in Union
cemetery. The deceased was a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Woodsll, deceased, and was born
in Ayr township. She i3 survi
ved bj! one brother, James Wood
all, Sr., of Ayr township, and by
two sens John Hoopengardner,
of Riddlesburg, Bedford county,
' - and Jij Harr, McOnellsbur.j,
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me 01 watson Lyncn
fteir home in McConnells-
Saturday, January 2,
bd 32 years. months
liys. Mrs. Lynch who
daughter of Mr.
William Martin.
visitef hr parents at Fort Lou
don, andiother relatives in Cham-
bersburg about six weeks ago,
and while absent from home con
tracted typhoid fever, and was at
once brought to her home in Mc
Connllsburg. A few days ago
she t( ok pneumonia, and on ac
countjof her already weakened
condition she rapidly grew worse
until ;he end came.
The funeral took place on Tues
,dayjthe services being conducted
byhetpastor, Rev. R. E. Peter
man, tfd interment was made in
Unionicemetery. Besides her
husband.'she is survived by two
children, villiam and Rowe.
Harold Houston Kendall.
-Harold Houspn. son of James
H. and Myra ehon Kendall,
died at their ho7le tw0 miles
south of McConnellurg, Tues
day morning, January 5, 1915,
aged 8 months and 13 aays' Ear
ly Monday morning th? cn'lcl
went into spasms as a res
complications arising from t?tn
ing. . In a few hours pneumoSia
developed. The funeral too
place Thursday morning at loV'
clock, and interment was ma$e
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in union cemetery.
The young folks who
plus of vitality at their di
properly celebrated the a
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tne new year 1915 by rin
the bells in town, firing ft
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otherWises calculated
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HOLIDAY WEDDINGS.
What, Therefore, God Hath Joined To
gether, Let No Man
Put . Asandcr.
James Brewer.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Jno.
H. Brewer, of Thompson town
ship, was the scene of a beauti
ful social event on Saturday,
January 2, 1915, at noon, when
their accomplished and charming
daughter Miss Caroline Catharine
was united in marriage with Mr.
Baldwin Grover James.
The ceremony which united the
happy young couple was perform
ed by their pastor, Rev. Lewis of
the M. E. church, Hancock, Md.,
and was witnessed by about thirty-six
of the bride and groom's
relati ves ar d Emost intimate
friends.
The parlor v "s a picture of
rare beauty wim its decorations
of holly and beautiful potted
plants. Miss Alice Brewer, sis
ter of the bride was maid-of-hon-or
and William James a brother
of the groom acted as best man.
Miss Irene JJrewer youngest sis
ter of the bride, presided at the
piano and rendered in a most
dignified and pleasing manner,
Mendelssohn's wedding march.
Just as the clock tolled the hour
of lg. the groom and best man
entered the parlor, followed by
the maid-of-honor, and last of all
came the bride leaning on the
arm of her father. The bride
wore a lovely gown of pure white
Dutchess satin and Oriental lace,
and carried a large bouquet of
white carnations, presenting a
perfect picture of loveliness. The
maid-of-hojnor wore pale pink
silk chifTon over white lace, ajii;
carried pink carnations,jykrTook
ed equally as handsome. After V
congratulations, Lohengrin's bri
dal march was played as the bride
and groom followed by the guests
entered the dining-room. This
event taking place so near the
Yule-tide everything that goes to
make up a beautiful Xmas dinner
was served. The table which
was beautifully decorated with
cut flowers, stood beneath a huge
bell.
The bride is one of our county's
successful school teachers, and is
fevoung lady who is most highly
esteeWd by a large circle of
admiring if finds. She will make
for the younjf man who has chos
en for himself, an amiable com
panion. 0
Mr. James who is one of the
managers of the Scott Fruit
Farm, and a former resident of
Georgia, is a young man whom
it is a pleasure to know, and
since he has become a resident of
this, community has won for him
self a host of friends.
The bride was the recipient of
a lot of valuable gifts, consisting
of silverware, chinaware, table
linen rugs and many other valu
able articles in hand-embroidery.
After a honey-moon trip which
will include, Baltimore, Washing
ton, and intermediate points.
Mr. and Mrs. James will take up
their residence in the "Mansion
House on the Scott Fruit Farm,
where they will be at home to
their friends.
Keefer Mellott.
A quiet wedding took place at
Hagerstown, Md., on Monday,
December 28, 1914, when H. Ed
ward, son of Mr. and Mrs. Levi
Keefer, of Ayr township, was
married to Miss M. Nettie, daugh
ter of ex-County Commissioner
and Mrs. Samuel D. Mellott, of
Belfast township. The ceremony
wa3 performed by Rev. S. W.
Owen, pastor of the St. John's
Trinity Lutheran church. The
contracting parties are excellent
young people and have the best
wishes of their numerous friends.
Wheat 9300 Feet High.
D. E. Aleshire, a rancher liv
ing eight miles northwest of
Cripple Creek, Col. Aleshire's
wheat Crop, threshed recently,
made a yield of 30 bushels to the
acre. It r-Vh"i-Li alti
WHEAT JUMPING EVERYDAY.
Tremendous Foreign Demand. Millions
of Bushels Have Gone to Europe
Since War Started.
The demand for wheat for ex
portation is advancing the price
rapidly. Millers, too, are said to
be anxious buyers, fearing that
the tremendous export call may
eave them short of supplies.
Monday's market showed a rise
of 3 3-4 cent3 over Saturday, and
2 cents more on Monday. Deal
ers in Mercersburg were paying
$1.25 Tuesday and Wednesday,
with a probability of a higher
price to-day. Only small lots
are being delivered, notwith
standing the ease of travel and
carrying by sleds. The waiting
inclination is strong among hold
ers of large quantities. There is
more hesitancy now among farm
ers to part with their wheat,
than when the price was a dol
lar. If farmers only knew when
it would reach the highest point!
The Rockefeller Foundation
and the Belgian relief fund
bought 1.250,000 bushels cash
wheat in Chicago Monday. One
Million bushels of it are, to go
from Chicago, and 250,000 bush
els from Portland, Me. This,
with purchases previously made,
brings the aggregate t o more
than 7,000,000 bushels since' the
war in Europe started. It repre
sents an expenditure of more
than $8,000,000. It is the great
est relief work of its kind the
world has known.
The Steady Subscriber.
low dear to our hearts is the
steady subscriber
Who pays in advance at the birth
of each year.
Who lays down the money and
does it quite gladly,
And casts 'round the office a
halo of cheer.
He never says: "Stop it; I can
not afford it,
I'm getting more papers than
now I can read."
But always says, "Send it; our
people all like it
In fact, we all think it a help
and a need."
How welcome his check when it
reaches our sanctum,
How it makes our pulse throb;
how it makes our heart dance
We outwardly thank him; we in
wardly bless him
The steady subscriber who pays
in advance.
There are Others.
McConnellsburg is not the only
town wrestling with the water
question. In Greencastle, owing
to the alarmingly low condition of
the water supply for that town,
the consumers have been restrict
ed to two houra a day, from 8 to
9 a. m. and from 5 to 6 p. m.
The springs supplying the res
ervoirs have been failing gradu
ally for some time past and at
present the three big springs,
with an average flow under norm
al conditions of 350,000 gallons a
day, are flowing but 19,000 gal
lons. In the big new 15,000,000
gallon reservoir the water-level
is down to a point only about 8
inches above the top of the town
intake; the old reservoir is about
two-thirds fulK and this will be
held in reserve for emergency
use.
The failure of the supply fol
lows a drouth of unprecedented
length, followed by a freeze-up
which has prevented any water
from getting into, the ground
during the past month.
236 Bears Killed in State.
Reports from the bear hunting
counties of tjie state which have
recently been made to State Game
Commission show that 23G bruins
were killed during the bear hunt
ing season, which ended January
1. This is slightly smaller than
the report last year. The deer
hunting reports show that abo
1,000 legal bucks were kilta
29 does. The reports ,
For Farmer Boys.
Well, boys, according to what
has been said by some of. our
most trustworthy scientists . dur
ing the past ten days, you are
"It" (some of you) if you intend
to spend your life on the farm.
As to who the "some-of-you"
are, we will let you determine.
Notice that we said "boys," be
cause," most of us. older fellows
are like the' little girl who, when
Bhe was studying her catechism,
boasted that she "had got beyond
redemtion," and it is the young
er generation that is now the
hope of our scientists. Listen to
this. American Association for
the Advancement of Science met
for several days in Philadelphia
recently. On last Friday, the
subject of Agriculture was be
fore these wise men. They said
"It is, perhaps, the greatest and
most complex of all sciences."
Among someof the points brought
out wag that "For the first time
in history the tilling of the soil
was not merely dignified as the
highest form of labor, but wa3
hailed as the ultimate application
of human knowledge." Think of
it! When great college presidents
and professors meet and unani
mously agree that this field of
study, namely, farming, will be
the "ultimate application of hu
man knledge," does it not
make you proud to feel that you
are right in line to be caught up
in the great boom for agriculture
that is being thought' out by
scientists, great writers and
thinkers, and by the patient men
at our experiment stations?
While this great body of emi
nent scientists was discussing
thi3 and other scientific problems,
another big assembly of a more
local nature, was in ' session at
State College, Pa., during "Farm
ers' week." More than 700
Pennsylvania fanners registered
at that institution last week.
Some were from Fulton county.
Among the thousands of good
things said and done in the pres
ence of these live farmers was
the recognition of the need for
the spread of the knowledge of
the many "eye openers" these
700 men had presented to them
by the College.
Nearly every paper we have
read during the past ten days has
devoted a column to the giving
of figures for the greatest amount
of farm products ever recorded
by the United States the report
for 1914. And yet, one of the
men in the Philadelphia conven
tion said that the United States
is falling behind in methods and
results. What he means is, that
per acre, or, per farm, our aver
age showing is far behind that
of many other countries chiefly,
older European countries.
Nothing, however, c"an be done
to bring about any sudden re
versal of this condition. The
gradual education of the masses
upon the subject is the hope of
the- scientists. Nearly every
community has men sufficiently
advanced to realize the import
ance of the movement, but they
are such a small minority that
the much desired .cooperation
will be delayed. This small ma
jority educated themselves by
reading.
' Too Many Laws to Enforce.
This nation as a whole, and al
most every state in it this one
not excepted suffers from too
much law making. Senator Root
told the American Bar Associa'
tion that in five years from 1909
to 1913 inclusive, Congress and
the State Legislatures passed 62,
014 laws. No one knows how.
many thousands of laws wer,
force before 1909, but th
new ones repealed ma
previously in force.
many more.
suiting
few,
PIONEER STORIES.
Interesting Reminiscences Related By
Daniel E. fore, Esq., of Hjs Ex
periences in the Far West .
In his endeavor to refresh his
memory of events that occurred
half a century ago, Mr.. Fore
went to the garret last week to
get a journal keptJby him during
the latter 50's and the early 60's.
But, alas, the elements had not
dealt with the book as kindly as
it has done with the owner, and
to Mr. Fore's great sorrow, he
found the writing completely ob
literated by the ravages of time.
However, our friend's memory
not having been made of paper,
we may be ble to continue our
stories of pioneer days of condi
tions that are forever passed in
America. ,
What would we think of hav
ing to go 100 miles to find enough
wood to bake bread? Whentrav
elers were crossing the continent
during the times of our stories,
they frequently met just1, such
conditions. One morning at sun
rise, Mr. Fore's party pp.w a
strange star in the western hori
zon, at a distance of almort a
day's journey. This was some
where west of Sait Lake City.
The star being in line with the
route of the party, they traveled
toward it for many hours, aYid
the nearer they came to the
strange sight the larger it seem
ed to be Upon arrival at the
star" they found it to be a post
painted in such manner that it re
flected the sun's rays for many
miles. It had been erected by
General Kearney several year
previously while he was on hi"
way to take part in the war with
Mexico. On this post was print
ed the warning to travelers that
they would find no more .yood
for a distance of 108 miles west
ward. Some later traveler had
written upon the post the advia
that wood could be found four
teen miles south. The party's
course being westward, they could
do nothing else than camp there
until sufficient baking and cook
ing had been done to last several
days, or, until the woodless 108
miles had been traversed by the
slow ox teams. Several men
with oxen were sent south to find
wood with which to make thi s
preparation. A scanty surely
was found and brought back:
While the men were seeking
fuel, Mr. Fore put in the fcm!
baking with a small supply of
wood they had with them. Some
Indians were camped half a mile
away, and a lot of them visited
the White Man's camp and they
"sampled" Mr. Fore's cakes,
dried apples and peaches so lib
erally that it began to appear
that all would be treated as
"samples." Mr. Fore's com
panion suggested that Mr. Fore
impersonate General Kearney
and make the Indiana a speech.
He did so, and one of the things
he told them was, that he never
knew an Indian to live to be one
hundred years old if he ate dried
apples and peaches. Indian
mouths were quickly emptied of
the fruit, and considerable grunt
ing went on among the visitors.
After a short time the largest of
the Indians approached the speak
er, took him bj the ear, and
tragically led him behind a wa
on, and putting his mouth
to his ear, shouted "T
l oc
heap big talk." Whil
was trying to rub
of his pinched
withdrew, ani
trouble th
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Lime Burning for Commune
. to be Begun In Earnest
Early Date.
Mr. C. J. Brewer has leased
the limestone quarry in the Ma
son field at the west end of town
and will burn a kiln of lime as
soon as it can be made ready.
Coal will be used as fuel, In an
interview Mn Brewer stated that
he would feel his way into the
wishes of the public before mak-
,ing final plan3 for his new enter
prise. Consequently, the first
thing he will do will be to burn
an old fashioned kiln, knowing
that he will have ho difficulty in
selling the product. In the mean
time he will decide upon the Kind
of permanent kilns to erect pot,
or draw kilns. In addition , to
burning lime, he will establish a
grinding plant if he finds that
lime in that form is preferred by
a sufficient number of users to
justify the outlay for machinery.'
We have not found an item of
news for a long time, in which
we felt so much interest, as . the
statement bf Mr. Brewer that he
intends to offer our slateland
farmers the opportunity to buy
lime at. the nearest point at which
it can be burned for them. Since
he intends to offer them the
choice of burnt,lime, or raw pul
verized lime, we will underke t6
explain the difference between
the different forms of commer
cial lime, because many are not
posted on the difference.
Stone-lime is unslacked lime
just as it comes from the kiln,
and it requires nearly two ton3
of stone to produce one ton of
stone lime. Ground lime is this
same stone lime ground fine for
use in drills. Hydrated lime is
this ground lime slacked by the
application of moisture either in
the form ; of steam, or water.
One ton of this ground lime takes
up about half its weight in mois
pre; consequently, one and one
half tons of hydrated lime mus
be used in order that one full to,
pf pure lime be applied to Uv
L.ir-slacked lime is th sam
ftiydrated lime in quality
with the unburned pa?.
made fine by grindin
going definitions are,
has been burned,
that the buyer ne
mine is the form
hi3 wants. The i
and the method c
lime to the land
,o be considered
The other fo:
stoite made fi
solve iit
that it
of li
stone fin?
away are
ly, it follol
of pulveril
applied to
ton of pur
lime-hungM
ing powers
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ficed and wfcole comm
overcast by the shade
following epidemics
ease. -; .
Without the use O
tne cteatn rate irom tins "Grease
often exceeds 40 per. cent When
diphtheria antitoxin is used - in
sufficient quantities immediately
after the onset of the disease
prompt recovery . follows with
few exceptioiV Unfortunately.
one of the firsl jvidences of d
theria is sore roat
parents may app
slight cold. . Jf tl
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