VOLUME 16 McCONNELLSBURG, PA.. JANUARY 28,1915. NUMBER 19 THE GRIM REAPER. SERIOUSLY INJURED. WHOSE ALIO IS TI.IS? OF INTEREST TO MOTORISTS. FARMERS' WEEK AT STATE COLLEGE. SPANGLER AND HARRIS RETIRE. HEREDITY. Short Sketches of the Lives of Per sons Who Dave Recently Passed Away. Thomas H. Campbell. Thomas H. Campbell, of Black log valley, died at the residence of his brother-in-law, Postmaster A. V. Jones, of Mt. Union, on Tuesday afternoon, January 12th a 4 o'clock from cancer. He was brought from Philadelphia, on the previous Thursday, having been under treatment in a hospi tal in that city. The cancer was in his face, and after his three brothers, all of whom are physi cians of ability, had done all in the field of medicine to save his life, it was conceded that his case was one not to be operated upon and that there was no hope of re covery. Thomas H. Campbell was the son of Hance and Annie Smith Campbell and was born on Au gust 30, 1858. Left fatherless at an early age, he remained at home as his mother's helper on the farm, assisted in holding the family circle together until his mother's death and all the broth ers and sisters had gone out to make homes for themselves. The Campbell family consisted of five sons and five daughters. Samuel, Mary and Thomas are gone over to the other side. There remain Mrs. Sarah Ballen tine, of Scottdale; Dr. William J. Campbell, of Mt. Union; Dr. R. B. Campbell, of New Grena da; Mrs. A. W. Jones, of Mt Un ion; Mrs. Lulu B. Alexander, of Shelby, Ohio; Dr. Frank Camp bell, of Hopewell, and Mrs. Eliz abeth Skiles, of Pittsburgh. Mrs. Mary Snider. Mrs. Mary Snider, widow of the Rev. Jacob Snider, late of Waynesboro, died Tuesday, Jan uary 20, 1915 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John R. Easton, Waynesboro, from heart trouble, aged 87 years and 6 months. She had been ill but three days. The Snider family were form erly residents of McConnellsburg, and removed to Waynesboro, more than thirty years ago. Mrs Snider was a member of the Church of the Brethren. , Mrs. Snider is survived by ten children: P. M. and Charles Sni der, and Mrs. J. R. Easton all of Waynesboro; Harry K. Snider, Chicago; J. Arthur Snider, Mrs. Maris Royer, Mrs. William Kauff man, and Mrs. Charles Robinson, Dayton, Ohio; Mrs. Harry C. Clay, Columbus, Ind., and Mrs. C. A. Conrad, Massillon, 0. Al so by the following brothers and sisters: Morris Keil, Mt. Union, Pa. ; Jacob Keil, Portage, Pa. ; Mrs. Margaret Young, Toronto, Canada; Mrs. Emma Spielman, Mrs. Celia Clossin, Mrs. Ecks tein Hamilton, and Mrs. Sadie Gibbons of Pittsburg. Mrs. Lucinda Brakeall. In addition to the notice of Mrs. Brukeull's death in last week's News, we gladly give place to the following: Editor Lucinda Brakeall, wife of the late John Brakeall, died at her home near Plum Run, Friday, January 15, 1915 of pneumonia. She was born near Hancock, Md. December 15 1838. At the time of her death she was aged 76 years and 1 month. She leaves to mourn her loss two sisters, Mrs. Margaret Beard, of Pecktonville, Md., and Mrs. Mary Jane Dick erhoff, of Hamler, Ohio; also three sons and one daughter M. M. of Dravosburg, Pa.; W. E., of McKeesport, Pa.; Grant at home, and Mrs. Howard Barn hart, Plum Run. She wae the mother of six children-J. L. Brakeall of McKeesport, and Al bertus both deceased. Mrs. Brakeall is also survived by 16 grand children and 11 great grandchildren. Funeral services were conduct ed at the Antioch Christian church on January 17th by the Rev. Powers. She was a mem ber of the Methodist church for many many years, a kind and af- James Woodall, Sr., Suffering Much from Having Been Kicked by a Horse Last Week. Mr. James Woodall, Sr., of Ayr township, is suffering greatly from the effects of an accident which befell him on Wednesday of last week. While standing near a trough where some horses were drinking, one of the ani mals kicked, striking Mr. Wood all near the knee of one of his legs. The skin was scarcely broken, and the accident was at first regarded as trifling, but later inflammation and pain set in, and for several days he has been suffering greatly. fectionato n :!ier, and was lov ed and respect i by all who knew her as was shown by the many who called and gave their expres sions of sympathy during her sickness and death. She will be missed by all who knew her. George Upton Fryman. The many friends of George Upton Fryman will be grieved to learn of his death which occur red at his home in Berrien Springs, Mich., on Sunday, Jan uary 10, 1915, at the age of 07 years, 9 months, and 21- days. The funeral took place on the fol lowing Wednesday and his re mains were followed to their last resting place by a large number of sorrowing neighbors and friends whose presence on this occasion gave silent evidence of the love and esteem they held for one who had so long lived in their com munity. Upton, as he was familiarly known by his former school mates and friends, was a son of the late John Fryman, of Ayr township, and a brother of our townsman, Robert N. Fryman. In 1870, he was married to Sarah Pittman, and to this union were born seven children three sons and four daughters, three of whom are living, namely, George married and living in New Mex ico; John, the oldest son, married and living at home and Miss Ruth living at home these three, five grandchildren, three brothers and two sisters are all that are left of his immediate family. He was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Jacob Plessinger. Jacob Plessinger, one of Fulton County's oldest citizens, passed away at the home of his grand son, Harry Plessinger, on Thurs day, January 21, 1915, at the advanced age of 92 years, 11 months, and 21 days. The tun eral services, conducted by Rev. T. P. Garland, took place on the Saturday following, and inter ment was made in the cemetery at Cedar Grove church. The deceased was a descendant of one of the early settlers in this county, and spent most of his life in the neighborhood in which he died. He was a man of wonderful vitality, and up to within a few weeks of his death, was active for one of his years. He was a splendid neighbor, and a thoroughly christian gentle man. He is survived by one son, Amos Plessinger, of Belfast town ship; one sister, Elizabeth Mor gret, of Bedford county; and one brother, Joseph Plessinger, re siding in Nebraska. Mrs. James Curns. Mrs. James Curns died at her home in Bedford county on Sat urday, January 9, aged 54 years, six months and nine days. Her maiden name was Miss Isabel Potter and she wa3 born in Buck Valley, Fulton County. Her first husband, Richard Shipway of Buck Valley, died about 30 years ago. Her husband, James Curns and ten children survive. Funeral services were held at Fairview Church on Monday of last week and were, largely at tended. Rev. J. W. Hoffman of Earlston officiated. Mysterious Strangers Pass Through Mc Connellsburg With Autobus Said to Have teen StoLn. Last summer Fulton county figured in a number of auto thefts, due, doubtless, to its lo cation on the trans-State highway and to its isolation from railroads. The year 1915 had scarcely set tled down to business before Mc Connellsburg became the center of another auto mystery. On Monday of this week, four men in a Studebaker autobus, stopped at the Fulton House for dinner. The party was composed of two Italians an d two Americans. Three of the men, including the Italians, are said to have stated while here that they were return ing to Pittston, Pa., with the au to which had been stolen from the two Italians by an American who held a small partnership in terest in the machine. They said that they had picked up the fourth man on this side of Cum berland, Md., to which place the stolen auto had been traced. This fourth man, the three others claim, told them that he was "broke," and wanted to ride with them to Harrisburg. The Italians paid for the passenger's dinner at the Fulton House, af ter which the "pick up" man sat down in the reading room to write a letter, The throe other men concluded that they would not wait for him and they left him sitting in the hotel while they started for Chambersburg. When the stranger discovered that he had been left, he started after the machine on foot. At Fort Loudon he telephoned to Chambersburg that his auto had been stolen 'rom the Fulton House and requested the police to help find it. Word was ac cordingly wired down Cumber land Valley that a machine had been stolen. Th e man's slowness in notifying the police, his refu sal to let Land lord Little mail a letter for him, and the leisurely way in which he proceeded to Chambersburg, aroused suspicion that he was faking. Garage men in Chambersburg say that this machine was brought to their place several days ago by a man who said he was returning with it to Cumberland, That man was not with the party that stopped here for dinner last Monday. This gives color to the truthful ness of the Italians' statement that they were lawfully taking back their stolen machine, and the stranger who started all the "fuss" may have taken this method to get revenge for hav ing been left to walk over Cove mountain. He told the police in Chambersburg that his name was W. T. Gilligan, and that his home was in Cumberland, Md., but it seems that he did not tell them that he was the guest of the men whom he accused of having sto len the auto. Railroad News. The work of locating the grade for the Fort Loudon and McCon nellsburg electric railroad is mov ing along smoothly. The" Cum berland Valley railroad has signi fied its willingness to assist, in any, way it can. Proper sidings and connections with that road will be built by the C. V. The latest plans are, tint the road ov er the mountain will be built to standard guage, and that an elec tric locomotive will be used to draw Cumberland Valley cars to McConnellsburg. Regular com bination trolley cars will be used for passenger and express ser vice. Electric locomotives are in successful use by the Pennsylva nia railroad in many of their yards and on short hauls on feed er lines, and as soon as exact grades, curves, &c. can be estab lished, representatives of the Westinghouse Company will in spect same and pass upon the type of locomotive power most suitable for this road. Subscribe lor the Nicws, If Your Automobile Should Be Stolen, the State Police Will Help You Recover It. John C. Groome, superinten dent of the department of State police has sent out the following notice to motor clubs relative to the operation of the automobile thieves in Pennsylvania. The operation of organized bands of automobile thieves throughout the State of Pennsyl vania has become so extensive that it is necessary to bring the attention of automobile owners to the importance of immediately notifying the State police upon the loss of a car. The information should be transmitted by telephone or tele graph, to the department of State police, Harrisburg, or to "The Commanding Officer" or any of the four troops: Troop "A" State Police, Greensburg, Westmore land County, Pa.; Troop "B" State Police, Wyoming, Luzerne county, Pa.; Troop "C" State Police, Pottsville, Schuykill coun ty, Pa.: Troop "D" State Police, Butler, Butler county, Pa. When giving information the State police should be ratified; When end where the car was lost. Name of owner. License number. .Vlanufacturer'n num ber. Year of mode'. Color of ear. Style of car. .nd any fur ther information inat mij?ht be of us-) in making search for the lost car. Prompt and intelligent co-operation on the part of automobile owners will result in the recov ery of stolen cars and the pre vention of such crimes in the fu ture. Recent Weddings. Carbaugh Palmer. At the home of the bride in Rockford, 111., recently, in the presence of forty guests, Elmer Carbaugh and Bessie Palmer were united in marriage by Rev. Story. The Palmer home was attractively decorated and the ceremony was a brilliant and im pressive one. Mrs. Story played the wedding march and nieces of the bride were flower girls and ring bearer. A reception followed the cere mony, Mr. and Mrs. Carbaugh leaving later on a brief wedding trip and on their return will for the time being, reside with the parents of the bride. Mr. Carb: ugh is a son of Aus tin Carbaugh who formerly re sided near Knobsville, this coun ty. He went west some years ago where he has a lucrative po sition. Mr. Carbaugh is an em ployee of the Hess & Hopkins Company and hi3 bride has been a successful music teacher. Mellott Hess. At the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Hess, of Licking Creek township, on Tuesday, January 19, 1915, Mr. Bryan Mellott, son of E. R. Mellott, of the same township, was united in marriage to Miss Lottie B. Hess. The ceremony that united the hearts and lives of this young couple was per formed by Rev. T. P. Garland, of Needmore. Mr. and Mrs. Mellott will re side on the Fruit Farm, formerly owned by the groom's father. Golden-Andrews. Mr. Daniel E. Golden and Miss Nettie Andrews, of Warfords burg, were marr? j on Tuesday, January 1.9, 191.r, in the parlors of the Hotel Hamilton, Hagers town. by Rev. C. Kennedy Lew is, of Hancock. Mr. and Mrs. Golden left im mediately after the ceremony for Harrisburg and other points on their honeymoon. On their re turn they will reside near War, forbsburg. Mann-Brininger. From last Friday's North Amer ican, we get the information that James Harold Mann, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. P. Mann, of this place, was recently married in Hagerstown to Miss Verna Grace Brininger, of Reeds ville. Mr. Patterson Makes Notes on Alfalfa. More Fultoa County Boys Should Go to State College. At the request of the editor, I will add a few items gleaned from a week's attendance at a school where agriculture is rec ognized as the paramount industry of the State. Perhaps the one crop of which we heard much that should most interest Fulton county farmers is that of Alfalfa. Prof. Moore in describing that plant and its root system de clared that it sometimes has roots 35 feet in length, and that they spread out in the subsoil like an inverted forest, thereby gaining fertility as well as by means of the atmosphere. From no other plant perhaps, can pro tein be obtained as cheaply as by means of this valuable plant. It has been proven a success on limestone soil and it is worth while trying it on our lighter shale soils. It seems capable of successful production where clo ver will flourish and as compared with the latter it is three times as valuable in protein yearly, and nearly nine times as valuable as timothy. The crop can be grown with oats as a nurse crop 20 pounds of alfalfa seed to three pecks of oats. If sown without a nurse crop, the seed should be sown in June or July, while the writer finds that mid-August is also a good time in which to se cure a stand. Soils that will not produce clover seldom bring a crop of alfalfa; but most soils can be made to produce it In oculation of the field may be necessary, as in Wisconsin, but lime in some form is necessary. The land needs to be ploughed if possible several months previous ly to sowing. Well rotted ma nure in liberal quantities is nec essary as well as repeated har rowings to destroy weeds. The seedbed should be rolled before and after seeding, followed with a light harrow. As a source of hay and hog pasture alfalfa has probably no equal. Prof. Gardner, of the College faculty, gave a most valuable lecture on the use of lime in ag riculture. The experiments made by the College farm were shown on charts, and while the land on the farm is all limestone, yet where any soil showed an excess of acid, lime in some form was found to be profitable. In a series of years ground limestone was found to give better results than caustic or hydrated lime, and never seemed to prove in jurious. It is suggested to ambitious Fulton county boys that a college course can be secured at our ag ricultural college at very low cost. Some students are able to earn enough during the year to pay all expenses. Board and rooms are obtained at low cost and a healthy moral and religious atmosphere is noticeable among the teachers and town's folk. Congregations to Unite. Northumberland Presbytery, composed of churches of that de nomination in Northumberland, Snyder, Union, Columbia, Mon tour, Lycoming, Clinton and Elk counties, held its mid-winter ses sion at Milton, January 25th. with more than fifty churches represented. . That there are too many small church bodies in the country dis tricts to do efficient work was the belief of the meeting, and it was decided that there ought to be a closer uniting of these bodies. A resolution urging that all sects unite in each country district and work under one pastor was adop ted. It was agreed that small Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist and Presbyterian churches would be better off if they united in one church and paid one good pastor a remunerative salary, than un der present conditions. The Control and Management of the McConnellsburg Water Company now at Hamburg, Pa. The annual meeting of the Mc Connellsburg Water Company was held here . Saturday. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year. President, S. B. Woollet; Vice President, E. R. Schollenberger, of Hamburg, Pa. ; Secretary and Treasurer, J. W. Stokes, of Hamburg, Pa. The stock owned by C. R. Spangler and Geo. A. Harris of this place was purchased by J. W. Stokes which now gives the entire control with the Hamburg people. Messrs Spangler and Harris who retired from the Company have managed the same since 1908 during which time many important improvements were made, more land purchased, and the affairs of the Company put on a business basis. Mr. Schollenberger who in stalled the plant about fifteen years ago, and who has since been superintendent, says the Company will meter the town next year that there is plenty of water for all use, if not wast ed. The meters will not raise the rent on the average consumer, but those who waste water will pay accordingly. The new company has employ ed Nick Roettger, to go over the town and make an inventory of all the spigots used, and find out the number and names of per sons not patrons. . Has Seen Seven Generations. How many generations in the line of your immediate family have you seen? If you have seen your grandfather, your father, yourself; and your son or daugh ter, you have seen four. We were led to think of this by a letter written by Rev. E. Duffield Aller, of Crete, Nebraska. The name easily suggests that the family physician in the preach er's father's family was the late Samuel Elliott Duffield, who for many years, was the leading phy sician in this county. In the letter which was writ ten to his cousin, George W. Wagoner, of Knobsville, Rev. Aller writes of the pleasure he had last Christmas in being per mitted to be seated at dinner sur rounded by his children and grandchildren, and only those who have been permitted to enjoy that privilege, knows what it means. (The Editor doesn't know). Mr. Wagoner, however, has a distinction, that comes to very few people. A comparatively young man only 67 he has seen seven consecutive genera tions in his own genealogical line, namely, he has seen his greatgrandfather, Christian Wagoner; his grandfather, Geo. Wagoner; his father, George Wagoner; his own name is George W. Wagoner; he has a son George D. Wagoner, a grandson, Rush Wagoner, and a grand-daughter, Olive Wagoner. Both the Aller and the Wagon er families are among the first settlers in this county. Peter Aller, a Revolutionary soldier, cast his lot in the upper end of the Cove just after the.close of that great struggle for Inde pendence. He was succeeded by his son, George, and grandson Christian -Christian being the father of Rev. Elliott Duffield Aller, Rev. E. M. Aller, and oth er members of the Aller family. A Bird Refuge. When the birds flew southward last fall they found a new place of refuge in eighty-five thousand acres of swamp land in Louisana. The Rockefeller Foundation has bought the land for the exclusive use of birds. It is not far from Marsh Island, which Mrs. Rus sell Sage bought for the same purpose in 1912. The cost of the two tracts was $375,000. Little Talks on Health acd Hygiene by Samuel G. Dixon, M. D., LL. D., Commissioner Health. The influence of heredity upon the mental and physical health of the individual has been a deeply discussed question and one on which there is much to say both pro and con. Almost every physician who practiced for any length of time can cite instances of individuals who by rigid adherence to the rules of right living and hygiene have triumphed over serious phy sical handicaps due to heredity. If you have an individual weak ness, whether inherited or not, it is always worth while to try to overcome it, In "hjany cases they can be favorably modified by a continued and faithful effort. Where the parents have suf fered from organic or certain forms of communicable disease, children may be unfortunate enough to be physically marred beyond any hope of recovery. Fortunately, laws are being en acted to prevent such marriages: and stronger than the law, is the growing sentiment against theso unions to prevent the intensify ing of defects. Unfortunately, people too often believe them in surmountable. We are all familiar with the story of how Demosthenes over came the physical handicaps which seems to threaten his career as an orator. For many years it was the general belief that tuberculosis was a hereditary disease. It has been demonstrated that this is the rare exception. However, when the parents are suffering from tuberculosis, there is always a chance of the direct infection of the children and this led to the belief that the disease was in herited, It is true that the chil dren of tuberculous parents may inherit physical conformations that will reduce their resistance to the tubercle bacillus. There fore, every effort should be made to develop whatever weakness may be inherited such as narrow chest, etc. Care, training and persever ance will work wonders in cor recting physical or mental de fects whether inherited or the result of individual weakness. .Mate Buys 209 Oil Two hundred Mexican quail are being cared for at the Capi tol in Harrisburg, and when spring arrives they will be liber ated in lots of ten in various parts of the State. We very much doubt the wisdom of the expenditure. Our native or Vir ginia quail are not hardy enough for our rigorous climate, and for this reason we fail to understand why the Commission should ima ine that Mexican quail, accustom ed to a mild climate, could with stand our winters. Believing that our opinions are as good as some that the Game Commission has exploited, we venture the as sertion that if this money had been expended for the propaga tion of native pheasants, it would have resulted in lasting good. Pheasants seem to be fairly able to take care of themselves when snow covers the ground, a3 they can sustain life better by eating buds, instead of having to depend almost altogether on seeds. They do not seek open fields for roust ing places and thereby become covered with drifting snow and perish. Killed a Wild Cat. Peter Wright, of Horse Valley, Franklin county, found a cata mount in one of his traps last week. The animal had broken the chain and was getting away with the trap. He killed it with his rifle. The cat measured fifty-eight inches from tip to tip, and weighed thirty-two pounds. It was very thin from starvation. Wright received four dollars for the scalp. He insists that there are wolves in that section.
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers