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VOLUME 16
McCONNELLSBURG, PA., JANUARY 21,1915.
NUMBER is
THE GRIM REAPER.
Short Sketches of the Lives of Per
sonsyWho Have Recently
Passed Away.
Mrs. Jacob Schultz.
Anna Rebecca, wife of Jacob
Schultz, Sr., died at , their home
in Buck Valley, this county on
Tuesday; January 5, 1915, aged
66 years, 9 months, and 25 days.
The funeral took place on the
following Saturday morning, and
it was attended by a very large
number of sorrowing neighbors
and friends, whose presence on
that occasion gave silent evidence
of the love and esteem they held
for one who bad lived so long in
their community The services
were conducted by Rev. J. F.
Wenchell, of Washington, D, G,
and interment was made in the
cemetery at the Lutheran church
in the Valley.
The deceased, a daughter of
Peter and Rachel Hage, was born
in Ayr township, this county,
March 11, 1848, and was united
in marriage to Jacob Schultz in
18G8. To this union were born
eight children, five of whom are
living, namely, Margaret, wife of
Francis M. Lee, residing at North
craft, Fa.; Jacob, near Warfords
burg, Pa.; Leonard D., Platte,
Mo. ; and Louis and Annie at
home. She is also survived by
her husband, five grand-children,
and two sisters Mrs. Isaac
Worthington, Johnstown, Pa.,
and Mrs. Rachel Guyer, Mechan
icsburg, Pa.
Mrs. Schultz had been in frail
health during the past six years,
but the immediate cause of her
death was paralysis of the heart.
She was physically of delicate
constitution, but her refined and
ladylike manner endeared her to
all who came within the radius of
her influence, and her taking
away will be keenly felt,
not only by her husband and
children, but by the community
at large.
Thomas Ott.
The Everett Rebublican says
that the shocking news that Tho
mas Ott, one of the widely known
and well-to-do citizens of Ott
town, in Colerain township, Bed
ford county, had committed sui
cide by shooting himself in the
head about noon on Tuesday, the
12th inst, was received with sin
cere regret by his many friends
in Everett
Mr. Ott had been ill for the
last several months and at times
became very despondent For a
number of years he operated a
flouring mill, but lately had lived
a retired life on account of ad
vanced age and failing health.
The deceased wa3 born Janu
ary 7, 1847, in Friends Cove,
His parents were Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel Ott Mr. Ott was twice
married. In 1847 he was united
in marriage with Miss Rachel
Jane Shaffer, and to this union
one daughter, Mrs. E. P. Bing
ham, of Friend's Cove, survives.
His second marriage took place
in 1881 to Miss Catharine Gordon
of Bethel township, Fulton coun
ty, Pa., and to this union one son
was born, Philip G. Ott of Hope
well. Besides his widow and the
above named children, two broth
ers, Samuel, of Cessna, and Fran
cis M of Everett and one sister
Lavanda, wife of Mr. W. H.
Diehl, survive.
Funeral services were held at
St Mark's Lutheran church, of
which he was a member, last
Friday Rev. H. E. Wieand, offi
ciating. Interment was made in
the burial ground at the church.
Charles H. Wolverton.
Charles H. Wolverton, an un
cle of Mrs. A. B. Wilkinson, of
this place, died January 10, 1915,
at the home of his daughter, Mrs
Clara Shure, near Sunbury, Pa.,
aged 81 years'. Mr. Wolverton
was a veteran of the Civil war,
and at the time of his enlistment
in 1863, he was living on a farm
well known as the John Kendall
farm in Ayr township, this coun
ty. He enlisted on July 20, 1863,
and served two enlistments in
Impudent. Tramps.
Ond day. last week two tramps
came to town and proceeded to
tank up on booze. They had
money, and that insured them
the article desired. . It was not
long until they became a nui
sance. They wandered out to
Henry's tenant house north" of
town and lay down on the front
porch. The house is occupied by
a young couple John Wagner
and wife. The Wagners were
not at home when the strangers
took charge of the premises.
When the Wagners came home
the tramps refused to let them
enter. Frightened the Wagners
came back to town and the sher
iff and a constable went out and
brought the self-appointed guard
ians of the Wagner home to town
where tl v vere given the op
portunity to plain to Justice of
the Peace, She fner. - Mr. Shaff
ner named a fine suitable to the
offence, but the tramps refused
to be parted from any of . their
coin for anything more valuable
than booze. They were then
handed over to Sheriff Harris
who placed them in the "cooler"
which, by the way, seemed to be
what the knights of the road de
sired, as Jim had a big woodpile,
(already cut into billets) and a
good stock of good things to eat.
all of which the heroes of our
story felt that they would like to
enjoy until the weather moderat
ed at no cost to themselves.
When this became apparent to
the sheriff, he dismissed the gen
tlemen Monday morning.
Dr. P. Elwood Stigers, of Han
cock, was in town a short time
ast Saturday evening. The Doc
tor's fine residence, office, libra
ries, surgical instruments the
accumulations of twenty-five
years' active practice were re
cently destroyed by fire. The
Doctor, however, is not one of
those who cry after spilt milk,
but grabs up the pail and breaks
for another cow. He expects to
be in his new home by June first
Company K, Twenty-first Pen
nsylvania Volunteers. This will
be of interest to some of the vet
erans who enlisted from the Cove
at about the same time.
"Mrs. Stillwel Palmer. '
Deborah, wife of Stillwel Pal
mer, died a few days ago at their
home in Oklahoma, aged about
75 years. The deceased a
daughter of the late Jonathan and
Katie Peck, was born in Ayr
township, this county in 1840,
and during the sixties was mar
ried to Still well Palmer,, in Bel
fast township. Soon after their
marriage they removed to Kan
sas and later to Oklahoma. The
deceased is survived by her hus
band and ten children, also, by
two brothers and a sister David
L. Peck, Greenville, 0., Daniel
F. Peck, Caldwell, Kansas, and
Mrs. Ellen Plessinger, Hyndman,
Pa. . .:
Reuben Mellott.
Reuben Mellott, a well and fa
vorably known citizen, died at
hi3 home in Bethel township,
Tuesday, Januaryl9, 1915, aged a-
bout 70 years. The funeral took
place on Thursday and interment
was made at Cedar Grove church.
The deceased was a son of the
late Benjamin and Sallie Waltz
Mellott and was born and spent
his entire life on the same farm.
Reuben was married to Emaline,
daughter of the late ex-County
Commissioner George Holly, of
Brush Creek township, and to
this union were born four chil
dren, three daughters and one son
two of whom are living, namely,
Lettie, wife of J. H. Grubb, re
siding at Thurmond, W. Va.;
ivliss Laura, Philadelphia. Be-
sides his wife, he is survived by
one brother, Ezra, living on an
adjoining farm, and one sister,
Esther, wife of Amos Layton, re
siding in Brush Creek township.
The deceased wa3 a member of
the Primitive Baptist church, a
good neighbor, husband, father
and citizen, -'
MOODY AND SANKEY.
Just Forty Years Since These Great
Evangelists Held Their Wonderful
Meetings in Philadelphia.
Forty years ago Dwight L.
Moody and Ira D. Sankey, the
famous evangelists, were in Phila
delphia, when they "swept 10, 000
souls to Christ in a wave of reli
gious'awakehing." No tabernacle was erected for
them, but the old Pennsylvania
Railroad freight stationv on the
site now occupied by the Wana-
maker store, was remodeled to
seat 10,000 people. Thomas A.
Scott, thenPresidentof the Penn
sylvania Railroad, offered the
use of the old freight station for
a rental of one dollar. There
were 300 ushers and 1100 chairs.
The building was lighted with
1,000 gas jets. -
The first meeting was held at
8 o'clock on Sunday morning,
Nov. 21, 1875. With the excep
tion of Saturday, which was Mr.
Moody's day of rest, three meet
ings were held daily until the
middle of the following April.
From the first the crowds over
taxed the building, and as the
fame of Moody's preaching and
Sankey's singing spread through
the city and nearby towns, the
crowds became so great that
more daily were turned away
than were able to get into the
building.
Mr. Moody had a wonderful
control of his crowds, and he
maintained strict order. He al
lowed no interruptions, even by
those who could not control their
emotions, and advised the men to
say their "Amen's" on the way
home. He used no slang or of
fensive language, and did not ex
aggerate or misrepresent Mr.
Moody was a Christian gentle
man. The entire cost of the six
months campaign was $40,000
raised through private subscrip
tion. Not a single collection was
taken in the meetings, as Mr.
Moody objected to raising money
in this way. He was the guest
of John Wanamaker during the
stay in Philadelphia, and Sankey
stayed with John F. keen.
Neither would accept money for
his work. Mr. Moody America s
greatest evangelist, was not a
member of any church.
The Kind We Are Feeding.
The Literary Digest of January
16th, contains a picture of the
first group of Belgians sent to
this country by the Belgian relief
Committee. These people will
engage in farming. The picture
shows as fine faces as could be
found in any similar group of
Americans. Intelligence shines in
every countenance. Indeed, the
best word picture we can draw
of the group is, that for several
minutes we amused ourselves by
trying to prove that the editor of
the Digest had reproduced a
group of .Fulton county people,
so greatly did the faces resem
ble those of some our town and
country friends. And these are
the . people whose rights and
properties have been ruthlessly
trampled in the dust by a strong
er nation, and who, under any
other circumstances! would as
readily resent offers of charity
as would we who so closely re
semble them in features and in
dress. These are the people to
whom we are sending dozens of
shiploads of food.
Operation Was Successful.
On Tuesday Mrs. H. P. Charl
ton and two children Allan and
Ernest, returned to their home
at Jerome, Pa., after having
spent several months with Mrs.
Charlton's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Lewis Yonker. on account of ill
health. About a month ago, Dr.
J. H. Tobias of Hancock, Md.
took Mrs. Charlton to the Uni
versity Hospital in Baltimore,
where she underwent a surgical
operation performed by Doctors
Bay and Johnson, which was
success, and she is now returning
home very much improved in
health,
Why The Deer Sheds Its Horns.
The following explanation,
which is in answer to a hunter's
inquiryis. given by Chas, H. El
don, a well known taxidermist of
Williamsport, Pa. The explana
tion' is quite interesting and will
explain a fact not generally
known.
The shedding of the horns in
dicate the time when the season
of selective attachment should
close. Deer, moose, elk and cari
bou shed their horns. Deer and
elk in their wild state shed their
horn3 some time in January or
February, but, in captivity, a lit
tle later.
It requires about thirteen weeks
for an elk or a deer to grow his
horns and then one month more
is required for hardening. The
horns grow inside a tough skin
which in appearance resembles
coarse plush of a brown color.
When in this condition they are
said to be "in the velvet." The
new growth of horn loosens the
old horn and in time causes it to
drop off.
The horns are built up by , the
blood. The veins pass through
the burr of the antlers and as the
antlers near their full growth the
burr gradually tightens on the
veins until the flow of blood is
entirely shut off. Up to this
time the velvet is very sensitive
even to the slightest touch.
The animal now begins to rea
lize once more his returning of
strengte and he will thresh his
horns through the brush in this
way, tearing off the velvet and
leaving them bare and keen.
The shed horns are eaten by
wood mice, porcupines, squirrels
and other gnawing animals; and
the deer themselves aid in con
suming their own horns, chewing
them and eating them. There is
doubtless some substance in the
horns which aids digestion or sat
isfies a natural craving.
There is a dispute as to the lo
cation of the scent that is given
out by the deer.
It is located in the foot. If the
hoof is separated, a little pocket
is found containing a pasty sub
stance, the odor of which resem
bles that of rank cheese.
This substance works out on
the hoof and leaves its scent on
the ground. If a deer is hard
pressed by hounds he will take
to water and running in it for
some distance the odor will be so
thoroughly washed out of the
hoof that no scent will be left on
the ground and consequently the
dogs will be unable to follow.
Recent Weddings.
Baker Akers.
At the Imperial Hotel in New
York on Monday, January 11,
1915, Maurice B., son of the late
A. F. Baker, and M. J. Baker, of
Wells Valley, was married to
Miss Ora Bessa, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. C. Akers, of Keyser
W. Va. The ceremony wag per
formed at 7;30 in the evening by
Rev. G. W. Peters of the M. E.
church, Setauket, L. I., a brother-in-law
of the groom. After
having spent a day in the home
of his brother-in-law and sister,
Mr. and Mrs. Baker left for an
extended trip through the west
ern states. The News extends
most hearty congratulations to
this worthy young couple.
Black-Brinkley.. , .
Walter Black and Miss Mar
garet Brinkley were married
January 16, 1915, at the M. E.
parsonage in McConnellsburg, by
Rev. J. V. Royer. Mr. Black is
a son of Mr. and Mrs. P. Fred
Black, and the bride is a daugh
ter of Mrs. Abner McLucas, all
of McConnellsburg.
When Dad Is All Right. -
He may wear a greasy hat and
the seat of his pants may be
shiny, but if a man's children
have their noses flattened against
the window pane a half-hour be
fore he is due home to supper,
you can trust him with anything
you have. JHe is all right Cin
cinnati Enquirer,
SANITARY REGULATIONS.
Food That We Eat Uncooked Must Be
Off the Sidewalk and Protected
from Flies and Dust.
Harrisburg, Pa., Jan, 17 The
Advisory Board of the State De
partment of Health met yester
day with Dr. Samuel G. Dixon,
Commissioner, at Harrisburg, and
adopted several rules and regula
tions which will become effective
throughout the Commenwealth
as , soon as they have been
legally advertised.
These regulations provide that
all cooks, waitresses, chamber
maids and kitchen help in the ho
tels, restaurants, dining cars and
other public eating places through
out the Commonwealth who are
suffering from communicable dis
ease and hence are a menace to
the public, shall be excluded
from such service.
A regulation was also passed
prohibiting the exposure on the
sidewalk or pavement of vegeta
bles or articles of food which are
eaten uncooked, unless they are
properly protected from flies and
upon a stand elevated two feet
above the side walk.
This action of the Board is
brought about by the carelessness
of grocers and other dealers in
foodstuffs exposing such articles
along the sidewalk to be nosed
over by every passing dog, or find
a roosting place for the myriads
of flies in the summer time.
Candies, dried fruits, cheese figs
dried beef, dates, and other ar
ticles are not unf requently expos
ed inside the store without any
covering to protect them from
the filth and dust carried in on
the feet of customers and which
in constantly flying through the
air, and settling on the exposed
goods.
Movable Institute School. '
The 8, 9, 10, and 11 of Febru
ary have been selected as the
days for Fulton county's share of
the movable school under the
auspices of the Department of
Agriculture. The Farmers Asso
ciation of the County had hard
work to influence the Department
to let this county have as much
of its time as we are entitled to,
and now that four days are to be
devoted to the very best interests
of farm life as found in this sec
tion of the state, we sincerely
hope that all within driving dis
tance will turn out and show
their appreciation of the privilege
When this school was held at
Needmore last year there were
great crowds in attendance. Any
slackness on our part to attend
will prove to Needmore that we
need more than Needmore, and
we cannot think- of permitting
Needmore to think that we need
more than Needmore. The school
is not for Cove farmers alone.
It is for the benefit of the Coun
ty. Nor is it for men alone.
Mrs. Hannah McK Lyons will be
present every day to see that the
mothers,, daughters and sisters
get their share. The farmer
farms for the purpose of making
a home, and the better the home
the better farmer is he. The en
tertaining instruction is especial
ly intended for young men and
young ladies. ' There ia nothing
to pay not even a" ' collection.'
Make arrangement to attend ev
ery session. If you have a per
plexing question, write it on a
slip of paper, drop it into the
query box, and it will be prompt
ly answered without - any one
knowing who asked it If you
nave a neid that is not paying
for its keep," stock that are eat
ing their heads off, or a husband
that you cannot manage, drop
your query into the box and get
the answer. But whatever you
do or do not do attend every
session that you possibly can.
David Forner and family have
moved from the tenant house on
the Trout farm west of town to
the property recently purchased
from the Abram Fox estate on
east Lincoln Way, McConnells
burg. '
Save That Manure.
Let no man deceive himself
that "manure is manure." Also,
let none of us deceive . ourselves
that scientific men cannot teach
us valuable lessons on as simple
things as how to greatly increase
the profits of common barnyard
manure. They tell us that we
haul our poorly cared for manure
to the fields and it shows results,
of course. But it .might just as
well have shown greater results
without any trouble on our part.
Why? Because we carelessly
permitted the most valuable part
of the manure pile to escape be
fore it was put on the land.
Fresh, mixed stable manure
contains, on an average, 10
pounds of nitrogen, 5 pounds of
phosphoric acid, and 10 pounds
of potash.. Many do not seem to
know that this nitrogen is what
makes commercial fertilizer so
costly. The average value of a
pound of nitrogen freighted into
the central part of Fulton coun
ty is 20 cents, so that the 10
pounds in a ton of fresh manure
is worth $2.00. But most of us
permit this costly ingredient to
escape. How? The answer is
that we allow the liquid manure
to carry some of it off into some
gully. But a still greater part
escapes when fermentation takes
place and the nitrogen passes into
the air in the form of ammonia.
One way to prevent the latter
loss is to keep the manure pile
under cover, with three sides en
closed, and then keep the whole
pile thoroughly wet and packed
until hauled out But it seems
that a still better way i3 to keep
a supply of acid phosphate on
hand to sprinkle liberally over
the manure while yet in the sta
ble 50 pounds of acid phosphate
to a ton of manure and then get
it to the land as soon afterwards
as possible. The acid phosphate
helps largely to "fix" the nitro
gen so that it will not escape into
the air. Any small farm where
stock is kept will produce 50 tons
of manure annually: and if a loss
of $2.00 per ton is sustained, a
cool $100.00 is thereby permitted
to pass off into the air. All
farmers use some acid phosphate
in the course of a year, so that
the 50 pounds (about 35 cents
worth) used on each ton of ma
nure is not lost and besides,
helps to save $2.00.
Purchasing Power of Farmers.
The purchasing power of the
farmer depends not only upon
the money value of what he pro
duces, but also upon the money
value of what he buys. From
1899 to 1909 (census years) the
money value of 1 acre of the
farmer's crops increased 72.7 per
cent but in the same period the
money value of the articles usu
ally purchased by farmers had in
creased 12.1 per cent; consequent
ly, as a result of the greater in
crease in the price of what a
farmer sold than in the price of
what he bought, the net increase
in the purchasing power of the
produce of 1 acre was 54 per cent
more of the articles usua 1 1 y
bought by farmers than in 1899.
Upon the basis of the purchas
ing power of the value of 1 acre
of produce, the year 1909 stands
as the most prosperous for farm
ers of the past 50 years for which
there are records.
A Correction.
On account of the fact that
many of our grapevine telephone
lines in this county become bung
ed up with bronchitis in the win
ter time and this condition re
mains throughout the summer,
the News was led into the error
last week of publishing an obitu
ary notice of Katie Edwards, who
we have since been informed, is
living and in first-class ' health,
and knows how on feels when
she reads her own obituary. The
obituary is all right with the ex
ception that it was Mrs. Jane Ed
wards, instead of Mrs. Katie Ed
wards.
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"News'
OVER DRAWING Your HEALTH ACCOUNT
Little Talks on Health and Hygiene by
Samuel G. Dixon, M. D., LL D.,
Commissioner Health.
We are all more or less famil
iar with the strict rules of banks
in regard to individual credit.
We do not expect to be permitted
to overdraw our accounts. Bi"
with our drafts on the Bank ot
Health, the majority of us expect
more liberal treatment. Over
drafts, promises to pay, notes of
hand we give with a prodigal
spirit an i growl mightily if call
ed to account by Mother Nature
for extravagance.
Every one begins life with a
certain amount of capital in the
way of health and resistance to
disease. This vdfies in different
individuals according to the phy
sique which they have inherited
from their parents plus or minus
the conditions under which they
developed in their youth. We
start life as men and women with
this variable amount to your cred
it When it has been expended
we are through.
Every dissipation and every ill
ness which means the expendi
ture of physical energy with
draws just so much from your
health account It is common
enough to hear people who have
been ill, speak of being "cured,"
but physicians are well aware
that this is a relative term only.
Every serious illness has its ef
fect upon the system, and, even
though we may feel no decided
change, almost invariably there
has been some diminution from
normal.
It is the same with exhaustion
from excesses, physical and men
tal strain. Subject yourself to
these trials and aftr a period of
rest you may recuperate. How
ever, if you continue, this recup
eration will be slower and slower
and, eventually, the overstrained
machinery will break down. For
this reason it behooves everyone
to exercise reasonable caution
and restraint in eating, and the
expenditure of physical and men
tal energy. Remember that the
doctor cannot restore that which
is already lost
Expend your energies with dis
cretion, and keep the balance of
your health account as much in
your favor as possible never ex
hausting it.
Billy Sunday-Grams.
No man ever intended to be
come a drunkard. Every drunk
ard started out to be simply a '
moderate drinker. The fellow
who tells me that he can leave it
alone when he wants to lies. It
is a lie. If you can, why don't
you lrave it alone?
Our so-called best girls keep
company with young men wh :;e
character would make a black
mark on a piece of anthracite.
They miht as well take you to
the graveyard .nd bury you when
your reputation is gone.
If our women and girls would
take a higher stand and say, "No
we will not keep company with
you unless you live the way we
want you to," there would be
better men in the world. A lot
of young women hold yourselves
too cheaply. You are scared to
death for fear you will be what
the world irreverently calls an
old maid.
One old God-forsaken scound
rel of a libertine, who looks upon
every woman as legitimate prey,
will contaminate a community.
One drunkard staggering and
meandering and muttering his
way down to predition, will de
bauch a town.
You can't live your life alone.
Your life affects others.
There are lots of moral lepers
who are apparently clean. They
live in the best homes, and lots
of the so-called best girls receive
and keep company with them. '
Mrs. M. R. Shaffner gave a.
luncheon to a large number of
lady friends yesterday afternoon,
and will entertain again this
evening.
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