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VOLUME 16
AlcCONNELLSBURG, PA., JANUARY 14.1915.
THE GRIM REAPER.
"AULD ACQUAINTANCE."
PIONEER STORIES.
FARMERS' WEEK.
JANUARY COURT.
THE PENNSYLVANIA FARMERS LIVING
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sons Who Dave Recently
Passed Away.
William H. Walters.
Wm. H. Walters a well known
resident of Brush Creek Valley,
sustained a very painful, and as
it proved a very Berious, accident
on Monday of last week. While
walking c the porch of his
home he had the misfortune to
step and fall heavily upon the
floor, completely severing the fe
mur bone from the socket and
terribly crushing the entire pel
vic bone. Dr. J. G. Hanks, was
hastily summoned and gave all
surgical assistance possible.
At first it was not thought se
rious, but it later developed that
some internal injury had been
sustained, and despite all that
could be done by human hands
death came, as a relief to the
scorching pain, Thursday, Jan
uary 7th, at 10 p. m.
Mr. Walters was born in Frank
lin county, Pa., August 5, 1842.
His father removed to Harrison
vile, Fulton county, where his
father died.
Mr. Walters went into the Civil
war at an early age, and served
two enlistments; first, for 9
months in the 126th P. V. I.,
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company j. ; secona, ior 6 years
or during the war in Co. L 22,
P. V. Cavalry. He served his
country faithfully and was hon
orably discharged. He then re
turned to the farm near Akers
ville where he died as above not
ed, aged 72 years, 5 months and
2 days. In politics, he wa3 a life
long republican and was always
known for his honesty and integ
rity. He was a member of the M. E.
church for nearly 50 years and
his life was an open book. He
was a member of the G. A. R.
post at Everett who assisted
by camp 69 S. V. of Breezewood.
had charge of the funeral which
was conducted by his pastor Rev.
R. F. Hilbish, interment at Ak
ersville M. E. cemetery, Sunday.
March 11, 1864 he was united in
marriage, toCharlotteBarton who
' died about five years ago. To
this union were born 9 children
7 boys and 2 girls.
He is survived by 6 sons and 2
daughters. J, B. and Emma
wife of C. W. Thomas, of Six
Mile Run; Elisha of Flemington;
Calvin, of Altoona.; Ross H., S.
E., L. H. and Rachel wife of
Wilson Conner of Akersville, also
one brother, Frank Walters, of
Pitcairn, and two sisters, Mrs.
W. M. Figard, of Six Mile ,Run,
and Mrs. J. M. Lehman of Johns
town. Mrs. J. R. Foster.
Mary Frances, wife of J. R.
Foster, died at her home in Al
toona, Pa., Thursday, January 7,
1915, aged 62 years, 10 months,
and 15 days. She leaves to
mourn their loss, the husband
and the following children; E. G.
Knobs ville, Pa., Mrs. Veda Ry
der, Three Springs, .Pa., Mrs.
Olive Lockard, Mrs. Mary White,
J. Esley, and Elsie all of Altoo
na; one brother, A. G. Edwards,
Enid, Pa., and two sistersMrs.
Chloran Miller, Sixmile Run, Pa.
and Mrs. Ella Lockard, Enid; al
so, the deceased is survived by
fourteen gaandchildren.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at her late home on January
9th by Rev. Winey of the second
U. B. Church. She was born in
Wells Valley, Fulton county, Pa.
February 22, 1852, and resided
there until 1901, when she with
the family removed to Altoona.
She was a good and loving wife,
and kind and affectionate mother
and was loved and respected by
all who knew her, as - was at
tested by the hundreds of neigh
bors who called and gave their
expression of sympathy during
her sickness and death. Her life
has left a more lasting monument
to her memory than shafts of
granite.
Continued on page 8.
Short Sketches of the Lives of
Bits of News and Gossip Extracted
front the Letters from Our
Distant Subscribers.
Mrs. John H. Porter (Ella Ir
win,) Wellington, Kansas, says,
It is about time for me to be
sending you a "long green," as
you call it, or you will forget to
send me my good old home paper'
The Editor is trying hard to make
the News a "good old home pa
per," and it does him good to
hear exressions of appreciation.
In a letter renewing his sub
scription to the News, w. M.
Cunningham, Jerome, Idaho,
sends holiday grreetings to all his
Fulton County friends, and wish
es them all a happy and prosper
ous year.
Mrs. ueorrp uonaon: l am
sending you a Hollar for the Ful
ton County News for one year,
1 am from old Fulton county.
my name was jvesseinng. l am
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at the Allegheny County Indus
trial Training Sohool for boys.
We get plenty of good things to
read, but nothing takes the place
of the "old home paper."
Rev. C. W. Summey, Apollo,
Pa., a boyhood schoolmate of the
Editor in one of Hiram Winter's
schools, in sending his check for
two dollars to advance his sub
scription, says, "I enjoy the vis
its of The News so much. It
keeps me informed as to what is
occurring in the old home. Wish
ing you and all my friends a hap
py and prosperous New Year. I
am, Youre truly.
Gilbert Rice, Tiffin, 0. "We
certainly enjoy the weekly visits
of the News as it seems like a
visit from a friend at home. De
cember, 1913, wa3 a genuine
winter month here, with a fine
sledding snow during the great
er part of the month. Since the
beginning of the new year we
have had beautiful weather.
The coldest night we have had
this winter was that of Christ
mas eve, when the mercury
touched 15 degrees below zero.
Wishing the editor and all the
readers of the News a happy and
prosperous year, I remain yours
truly."
Peter Scheidelman, Knoxville,
111. "We are having lots of
snow. Our coldest weather has
been 20 below, The corn crop
was not very good in this seetion
last summer dry season and hot
winds did the mischief. No ap
ples. Oats and wheat good.
Lots of cholera among hogs last
summer, and foot and mouth
disease among- the cattle. I
sold $1100 worth of hogs in 1914
from 12 brood sows. We like it
better here than in Fulton coun
ty, but, O, we miss those buck
wheat cakes!"
Harry Boerner, Shannon, 111. :
My mother and myself cannot do
without the News, for it is like
receiving a letter every week
from our dear old home McCon
nellsburg. We find a great many
strange names in the paper, but
there are many people in that
town and neighborhood ihat I
still know, and many that are
mentioned in the paper thafc-I
had forgotten about We are
now in the midst of winter. The
mercury has been down as low as
18 below. I want to thank you
for the little mention you made
of me and my affliction in the
News a year ago. From that,
mother and I received a great
many letters and post cards from
friends as far east as Philadel
phia and Washington, and as far
west as South Dakota, and we
did certainly enjoy hearing from
so many of our oldtime friends
again. Our farmers had great
crops last summer, but during
the last month or two, they have
had a sore time with that dread
ful malady among stock, The
Foot and Mouth Disease. There
have, at least, been a thousand
head of cattle and hogs killed in
this immediate neighborhood,
and others are still being slaught
ered. For one man were killed
136 head of cattle and 150 hogs
that were almost ready for mark-
Interesting Reminiscences Related By
Daniel E. Fore, Esq., of His Ex
periences ia the Far West.
I1M
wnen our reporter called on
Mr. Fore this week for another
story, he found the venerable
gentleman reading a daily news
paper without the aid of glasses.
Mr. Fore informed our scribe
that he would soon be 88 years
of age; and, that while he kept a
pair of eye glasses within reach
in case the print was very fine,
111 m .
ne naa never lound it necessary
to use them while reading ordi
nary print Mr. Fore keeps post
ed on current topics, and he
planning a trip to Iowa and Colo
rado next summer. Letting his
mind drift back to the youthfu
days he spent in Iowa, the hero
of our stories said that Jefferson
county, Iowa, numbered among
its citizens many families from
Fulton county, Pa. Asked to
name some of them, Mr. Fore
said that he could recall family
names, but that he could not al
ways be sure of the given names
of heads of families and others
who helped settle Jefferson coun
ty. Beginning with his own fam
ily name he said that his brother
Jacob had preceded him to Iowa
about four years. Among the
families from Big Cove who went
about that time, he could recall
those of John Linn, Jugtown.
From McConnellsburg were; Jake
Richard, Samuel and Thomas Al
der, who liyed where Mr. Geo.
W. Hays now resides. The first
of the Alders to go to Iowa was
Richard. He went hunting one
day, and kept on hunting until
he reached Jefferson county, Io
wa. lie then persuaded the oth
ers to follow. Ludwig and Wil
tarn Lunningnam, location i n
town forgotten; William, Henry,
and Lee McGraw who lived where
the Racket Store is located; some
people named Parks, Jacob being
one of them, removed from a
farm on the west side of the
Ridge: Joe Slates and others who
ived up against Cove mountain,
north-east of where Judge Mor
ton now lives; John and Sam
Charlton who lived on what is
nowClark McGovern's farm north
of town. The Charltons were
millers by trade, and operated a
grist mill at that point Conrad
Orth, a Mr. Erb, Lewis Hoopen-
gardner, and a Mr. Eshleman
who lived where George Mock
now lives, were others named by
Mr. Fore.
There was also a "colony" of
ennsylvanians from the neigh
borhood of Cass ville, Huntingdon
county, who settled in Jefferson
county at the time of our story.
Among them were James and
Billy Frazier, Wash and Abram
Hannawalt Archie Green, and
Wash and John Vance. We have
no doubt that the News goes to
some of the descendants of these
amilies, and that the foregoing
history, brief as it is, will be read
with interest by some of them.
We feel sure, too, that some of
the relatives and friends of these
people, who have remained in old
ulton county, would be glad if
the former would send' word to
them through the News,
giving briefly, such news of
themselves, as friends would like
to hear. We. would be pleased to
receive ana to puonsn snort
sketches of the lives of these ear-
settlers.
et Tney tore all the stalls and
mangers out of his barn and
burned them; and, also, burned
some ot his lences. un other
farms the cattle were so badly
diseased that the froth ran out
of their mouths and froze into
ong icicles, and when they
coughed, parts of their tongues
would fly out. Mother has been
in good health this winter, but
during the past two , months I
have suffered much pain from
my old disease, rheumatism.
here is not an hour that I do
not suffer pain. Kindest holiday
greetings to all our old friends.
Feast of Good Things Long to Be Re
membered by Pennsylvania Agri
culturists at State College.
The Farmers' Week at the
State College during the holidays
of 1914-15, will long be remem
i it .
Derea Dy tne more than nine
hundred farmers, (in many in
stances, accompanied by their
wives and children) who took ad
vantage of the free instruction
and the reduced railroad fare, to
better fit themselve to grapple
with the many intricacies of ag-
ncultural life. Each one of the
sixty-seven counties in this com
monwealth sent an average of
more than thirteen farmers to
this great -School-Convention
and, while it was attended with
some expense on the part o
those who went, each returned
full of enthusiasm, new ideas,
and greater love for farm life.
it is to be regretted that not
more of our own people took ad
vantage of the opportunity, only
one, Mr. W. C. Patterson, of Ayr
township, being in attendance
but Mr. Patterson is as generous
as he is enthusiastic, and he has
kindly consented to give the
readers of the News the benefit
of some of the things that were
interesting to him. The follow
ing is written by Mr. Patterson,
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ana ne nas promised to give us
another article next week.
'State. College, Center county,
Pa,, was the place, and the fac
ulty of the College and the peo
ple of the Village were the hosts.
Good weather prevailed during
most of the week, and the reg
ister showed the names of about
nine hundred farmers, many of
whom were accompanied by their
wives and children. Although
the men were largely in the ma
jority, the program contained
much of value for the women, in
the, way of lectures, and demon
strations in Domestic Science.
which, had the audiences been
larger, would have been of ines'
timable advantage to the house
wife, and to the prospective
housewife.
A special program was arrang
ed for the boys and girls, about
100 of whom were present. This
program was under the care of
E. K. Hibshman of Agricultural
Extension work and included, be
sides reports of Boy's Corn Clubs
and Girls Canning Contests, veg
etable and poultry raising, very
interesting data from the County
Superintendents of School and
the County Agents of Agricul
tural Extension. It seems un
fortunate that none of our home
boys or girls was among the con
testants for prizes. Aileen Fell,
13-year-old girl, of Mercer
county, this state, was the prize-
winning contestant a year ago,
she having raised a bumper crop
of corn on an acre of land. This
season she distinguished herself
by raising 67 bronze turkeys out
of a hatch of 100. She was in
troduced to an audience of about
000 and pleasantly told the story
of her achievement
The Agricultural Extension
County Agents are young men
who have taken a course of train
ing at State College, or at other
Agricultural Schools, and they
are located, generally, in the
county seat of the county em
ploying them. Their duties are
to visit farms by invitation, or
without, ask questions, get in
formation, advise, diseases of
crops and stock; and to organize
corn clubs. C. S. Adams, Agent
from Berks county, had charge
of a lot of boys including J. R.
Shuman, 13 years of age, the
State prize winner, who raised
90 barrels of corn per acre. David
Wilson, 12 years of age, was the
prize winner from Chester coun
ty, he raised G2 barrels. J. C.
Jackson 12 years of age, under
adverse conditions, raised 53 bar
rels. . C. H. Yoder, 13 years of
age, son of a Berks county Dutch
man said "I cultivatet my corn
ven it vas in tassel, allretty.
That made it grow!"
Continued on eighth page.
It Took Just Seventy-five Minutes to
Clean I'p All the Business of the
Quarter.
"A short horse is soon curried'
and the business in the average
term of Fulton connty court
soon disposed of. Fulton County
has but two "jury courts" in a
year March and October, and it
not unfrequently happens that
the jurors have but little more to
do than sign the payroll and go
home. Courts are expensive ne
cessities in any county, and the
taxpayers have cause for rea!
gratitude, when the business
is
transacted with the minimum of
time and cost. Just seventy-five
minutes elapsed on Tuesday morn
ing Detween tne time the crier
announced his o yez! o yez! unti
in the same sing-songy tone he
declared the court adjourned.
President Judge S. Mc. Swope,
arid Associates, W. B. Stigers
and Wm. Mellott, were on the
bench. The following is an out
line of the business disposed of
by the Court
Petitions were presented by W
L. Cunningham, and W. W. Cess
na, setting forth their resigna
tions as supervisors of Wells
township, which were ordered to
be filed by the Court.
In the matter of the estate of
John Oakman, late of Licking
Creek township, deceased, wid
ows appraisement was approved
and ordered to be recorded unless
exceptions be filed within 20
days.
In the estate of Jonas Mellott
late of Belfast township, widows
Appraisement approved with us
ual order.
In the estate of Alvin K. Alex
ander, late of Ayr township wid
ows appraisement approved and
like order made.
In the estate of Benjamin Bo-
linger, late of Taylor township,
widows appraisement approved
with usual order.
In the estate of J. E. Grissing-
er, late of Ayr township, widows
appraisement approved and us
ual order.
In the matter of the order of
sale of real estate of Geo. Schet-
rompf, late of Union township,
deceased. Return of sale of real
estate, continued.
Return of sale, in the estate of
Abram Fox, deceased, was con
firmed.
In the matter of the estate of
Samuel Smith, late of Brush
Creek township, deceased, the
return of order of sale was con
firmed.
In the estate of W. B. Ander
son, sale of real estate was con
firmed as made on order of the
Court
Edward Palmer was appointed
guardian of Marcus A. Markley,
a minor.
Joseph Woodcock was appoint
ed guardian of Robert and Glenn
Lockard.
In the matter of the estate of
Levi Smith, late of the township
of Brush Creek, deceased, a rule
wa3 awarded on the heirs to take
or refuse to take the real estate
of deceased at the appraised val
ue. The account, of J. C. and M.
Baker. as stated by M. B.
Baker, administrators of the es
tate of A. F. Baker, late of Wells
township deceased, was confirm
ed. In the same estate, the pe
tition of the Administrators was
presented asking their discharge
and the discharge ot the sureties
on their bond. Order made as
prayed for.
A license was granted Harry
Hamil proprietor of the "City
flotl, in McConnellsburg, also to
R. W. Broadbeck. proprietor of
the "Mansion House" in Burnt
Cabins, also to Charles R, Witsel
for the "Wilt House" in Fort
ittleton, and to Calvin Little,
of the VFulton House" McCon
nellsburg. Petition of Nellie Wishart was
presented asking permission to
take testimony, out of the state
in an action pending in our court
he matter was argued at bar, !
Interesting Comparisons Made by (he
I'nited States Department of Agri
culture on Cost of Living.
Careful observation on forty
three farms in Pennsylvania,
find the actual cash value of
cost of board and lodging
to
the
for
each member of the family
shows that it' is $157.44
The average size of the farms in
vestigated was 77 acres. The
average membership of the fami
lies was five. The cost of board
wa3 found by putting a market
value on every potato, egg, hog,
chicken, vegetable, pound of but
ter, quart of milk and mess o
beans that were taken from the
farm for food. To this was ad
11.1 l m
aea tne marKet value oi every
cent's worth of things that were
traded at the store for food, and
again, to this, was added any
cash that was spent for food. In
other words, if every cent's
worth ot food that found its way
to the farmer s table had been
bought with money, it would
have cost an average of $75.40
for each member for one year,
In the same manner the cost of
fuel was found to be $8.83, light
$1.21. But this was not all. The
cash value of lodging was found
to be $31.00, a figure which in
eluded interest depreciation and
repairs. And if the house work
had been paid for in cash,
it
would have cost $41.00 per mem
ber. Cost of living on a farm
can be estimated one way only,
namely, put a market value on
every stroke of work done, exact
ly as would be the case if you did
it for some one else, instead of
for yourself. The total cost per
member was found to be a3 fol
lows:
Food ... $75.40
Fuel 8.83
Oil 1.21
House rent 31.00
House labor 41.00
$157.44
Districts in other states were
studied in the same manner, and
it was found that Pennsylvania
farmers raised a trifle over half
the food they consumed, while
some southern states raised more
than three quarters of all they
ate. The fact that southern
states are farther from markets,
and have longer summers, ac
counts, in part ior their raising
more ot their own lood. But
Pennsylvania is behind every
state in the Union, except Ver
mont in producing food for the
amily on the farm. The aver
age for the United States being
two thirds.
We have seen that the average
cost of board and lodging for
each member of a Pennsylvania
farm family is $157.44 per year.
The investigating committee
found that, with the exception of
Vermont, it was the lowest in the
United States. For this reason,
they try to make us believe that
the Pennsylvania farmer is a
hard liver," and that his fami-
y does not get its share of the
good things of life. We cannot
believe it since the tables of this
state may be set with a different
class of food. For instance, they
show that the average Pennsyl-
vanian eats eighteen dozen eggs
a year, while an lowa individual
eats 58 dozen. But their own fig
ures show that Pennsylvanians
buy more meat than perhaps any
other set of farmers. Their fig
ures also show that Pennsylva
nians trade more farm products
'or groceries, and they will have
to try again to prove to us that
the average Pennsylvania farm
er sets a poorer table than they
do elsewhere. The foregoing fig
ures are interesting because it
enables us at a glance to see the
rash value of each individual's
abor to provide food and shelter
for his body.
and the prayer of petitioner was
refused. The Court adjoifrned
at 11:15.
Fav
Little Talks'"
Samuel G. t.
Commit
Few people f0-808 Bo
tention to the cahDJiV
A certain number of a Yt
devote no little time to ;
of that portion which- eS3
above their collars but
derstand the real impoi l
the functions of the skiri!n ''
We breathe through th(
A considerable volume of ,
is absorbed by the body im
way. Certain poisonous subsh6
ces are disposed of through
pores of the skin. These poison
are eliminated through the glanc
in the skin passing off in perspi
ration. The skin is one of the body's
thermostats that automatically
regulate its temperature. If the
heat grows excessive the blood
vessels in the skin dilate and per
mit the circulation of an extraor
dinary amount of blood near the
surface. This permits the radi
ation of the heat from the blood
and the corresponding cooling of'
the body and stimulates a more
active combustion.
When the body is exposed to
cold if the skin is properly per
forming its functions it will con
tract and drive the blood away
from the skin to concentrate its
warmth near the vital organs.
The ends of the nerves which
give us our sense of touch are lo
cated in the skin. This sensi
tiveness is for the continual pro
tection of the skin. In order
that these various functions may
be properly carried out it is es
sential that the skin be well car
ed for at all times. If the pores
are not kept thoroughly clean.
the poisonous excretions instead
of being expelled are re-absorb
ed by the blood. Such a condi
tion also prevents the skin from
absorbing oxygen as it should do
when properly performing its
functions. Then too, there is the
question of beauty. A clean,
healthy, well groomed skin ia
genuinely attractive.
Soap and water should be vig
orously applied but no soap left
on the skin after bathing. Sleep
and exercise in fresh air combin
ed with good food and plenty of
water are better than all the skin
foods and beautifiers and their
consistent and regular use will
add materially to the general
bodily4health and well being.
Were Arrested.
Harvey S. Bomberger of Pal
myra and John Funk of Derry
Church have been arrested upon
complaint of the State Livestock
Sanitary Board, charged with
conspiracy and violation of the
foot-and-mouth disease quaran
tine.
The accused men have been ac
tively opposing the measures a-
dopted by the Board to eradicpi?-
the disease in Dauphin and Le
banon Counties.
By making misleading state
ments Bomberger induced sever
al farmers to oppose, for a time,
h e killing of infected herds
which were a menace to the safe
ty of healthy herds, but the dis
eased cattle were finally killed
under the supervision of the State
police.
Bomberger and Funk are charg
ed with removing the milk of in-
ected cattle from Funk's prem-
ses while under quarantine. They
were each held in $500.00 for a
furthe: hearing.
Cut Off Toe.
David, son of John Heinbaugh,
near Cito, was cutting wood in
the woods last Saturday, and ac
cidently cut off one of his big
toes. Dr. Robinson was called,
and he found that all but a por
tion of the skin at one side of the
toe was severed. Having bu '
two big toes, the young man wav
anxious to save the member, and
he persuaded the surgeon to sew
it on in the hope that it would
grow fast again. We hope that
he will not be disappointed, as no
one has more big toes than he
needs.
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