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AIcCONNELLSBURG, PA.t FEBRUARY 4,1915.
NUMBER 20
VOLUME 16
ALMOST A CENTENARIAN.
Mrs. Julia Bates, nee Sipss Living a
I HaoDV and Industrious Life in
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Minns.
The Northwestern Advocate of
January 13, 1915, brings infor
mation about a lady who was born
in Licking Creek township, this
county, almost a hundred years
ago, and who at the time of pub
lishing the paper was well and
happy. The lady's flame is Mrs.
Julia Bates, a daughter of Gen
eral John Sipes a prominent citi
zen of this county a hundred
years ago. She married Mr. Jno.
Bates, a brother of Henry Bates,
now living at Harrisonville, and
many years ago removed to the
West. What the Advocate says
about her follows:
"A few weeks ago we had the
pleasure of calling upon a devoted
Methodist who is approaching her
centenary. She is Mrs. Julia A.
Bates and lives with her daugh
ter, Mrs. William McMeekin, at
Galva. She was born August 20,
1820, and has been a Methodist
for eighty years and an interest
ed reader of the Northwestern
for forty years. We found her
in the possession of her faculties
to such a degree that she keenly
entered into the conversation, not
reverting to the times that were,
but intelligently and with zest
making observations upon the
signs of the times. Recently she
celebrated her ninety-fourth
birthday, and the affair was a ga
la day for the town, when she was
surrounded by many, flowers and
gifts and loving friends.
"Mrs. Bates is the oldest living
person in Henry County. While
nearing the century mark, Mrs.
Bates keeps herself thoroughly
informed on all the important
topics of the day. Last spring
she had the pleasure of walking
to the polls and casting her first
ballot at a municipal election.
This was one of the dearest wish
es of her life which she has been
permitted to realize.
"She is at present engaged in
making an elaborate quilt, every
stitch of which was made by her
own fingers, and the work was
so beautifully done that it would
vie with the skill of the most ar
tistic seamstress. She is active
about the house; is a great read
er: and though she is nearing the
century mark, those about her
feel that her spirit is that of
youth. It was an inspiration to
be with her for the few minutes
we were so privileged."
Dad Appendicitis.
Miss Beulah Ramsey, daughter
of Mr, and Mrs. D. R. Ramsey,
of this place, and Miss Jessie
Brewer, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. C. J. Brewer, of Ayr town
ship, are taking a course in the
Dr. Priccllospital, Philadelphia
in trained nursing. Last Satur
day night about midnight, Mr.
Ramsey wa3 called by telephone
bv the head surtreon of the hos
pital, who informed him that
Beulah was suffering from an at
tack of appendicitis, and asked i
Mr. Ramsey objected to his
daughter's submitting to asurgi
cal operation. Mr. ' Ramsey rer
nlinrl fViof Via wraa nnntnnttn Ipnvo
l the matter in their hands. Sun
s day about noon Mr. Ramsey re
ceived a telegram informing him
that the operation had been per
formed Sunday morning; that it
was entirely successful, and that
1 the young lady's condition was
very satisfactory.
Trim Graocvines Now,
Horticulturists in general,
agree mat tnis is me ;
: trim grapevines. Trim
1.1 i ii 1 1
month to
out!
along
the vine you wish to save,
leav
. mg short stems with a
t.Urt tn et4 .nA ,
bud or
-" w Duub new vvuuu, '
drag the cut off vines out
Do not
through
mo tuaaa 01 Vines 0
ntrin rV tVin V,..J .
you wi
left
to eo
to make new growth,
for fruit
uuus. Better cut the
vine into several pieces
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discarded
and with'
uraw u as careiuiiy as
possible,
Recent Weddings.
RUNYAN MOTTER.
At high noon, Monday Febru
ary 1, 1915, at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. William II. Motter, in
Carlisle, Pa., their daughter,
Blanche Esther; was married to
Dr. Edwin Percy Runyan by Rev
Berry Plummer, of Grace
United Brethren Church.
The bride was attended by
Miss Bess H. Wierman, of Car-
isle, and Miss Lena M. Dunlap
of Newark, N. J., a cousin of the
groom. The groom's attendants
were J. Frank Lehman, of Ship-
pensburg and Dr. Robert E.
Hemminger, pharmacist at Mont
Alto Sanitarium, Mont Alto.
Miss Lena R. Wenger played
Mendelf hr.'s Wedding March,
and during tV ceremony, Schu
man's TraumeH She was es
corted to the piuno by LeRoy W.
Cams, a cousin of the bride.
The bride wore a beautiful
gown of white silk crepe de chfne
made with a trimming of silver
beaded lace, and carried a sheaf
bouquet of white bride's roses.
The bridesmaids were attractive-
y gowned in white, with girdles
of pink and green, and carried
bouquets of pink sweet peas.
Aside from the attendants, on-
y the immediate families were
present, including the bride's pa
rents, Mrs. Rebecca J. Morgan
thai of Harrisburg, an aunt of
the bride, Miss Ruth Cams and
Norman Cams, cousins, the
groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
William T. Runyan, of Ephrata,
a., his sister, Mrs. Robert M.
Nell and daughter Dorothy, also
from Ephrata, and Mr. and Mrs.
James Ott, of Carlisle.
The bride was recently a sten
ographer employed in Baltimore,
was a graduate of the Carlisle
High school, class of 1908. The
groom is a son of Dr. William and
Maggie McDonald Runyan form
erly of this place, was a graduate
of the Philadelphia College of
Pharmacy, class 1911, and i3 at
present employed at Eckels Drug
Store in Carlisle. '
Barnhart-Deshong.
Thomas Barnhart, of Thomas-
town, and Miss Violet Deshong
were married in Hagerstown on
January 27, 1915.
Where to Go For Advice.
The new Governor of Colorado
is something of a philosopher. In
telling the reporters how he ar
rived at his present proud station
in life he laid much stress on the
aid his wife had been to him and
observed that "failures come most
frequently to men who do not
tell their business to their
wives."
There is a lot to the thought
that does not appear on the sur
face. For instance, the average
man who wilfully declines to
take his wife into his confidence
either does not have a helpful
wife or he has something unwor
thy to hide from her. In these
days it is only the man whose
character and activities will stand
the searching rays of publicity
that gets far either in private
business or public life. The long.
er he practices his deceptions
successfully the longer and the
harder his fall when he is found
out. So it is the man who tells
his wife what he is about that is
most likely to succeed, no matter
what his undertaking, for hewil
not lay bare his life to her unless
it is clean and his intentions
worthy.
A wife's advice has this to rec
ommend it that it is unselfish,
kindly and sincere. Sometimes
it is given without full under
standing, but often also it is that
of a mind keener than the hus
band's own. Some bigger men
than the Governor of Colorado
have owed their successes to their
wives and more men might profit
by following the example.
The man who dares not take
his wife into confidence in his
business affairs has evidently
made a bad job in his selection
of a life partner. ,
Saturday Night's Fracas.
Sir John Barleycorn was abroad
on our streets last Saturday night
and, as is usually the case when
he is about, his admirers got into
a fracas on Lincoln Highway,
and the Sheriff took one of the
young men home with him to
spend Sunday in a private apart
ment is Castle de Harris. Early
Tuesday morning the young man
was given an opportunity to tell
hia troubles to Justice of the
eace Shaffner. Justice was
tempered with mercy in his case,
and he was permitted to pay
costs and "sign a treaty" ,to be
good for ninety days, and the
sheriff withdrew hi s charges.
The young man is not of age, and
an endeavor was made to make
him tell who furnished the liquor
but he refused to tell. Aged
relatives plead so hard for the
boy, claiming it was a first offen
se, that the legal "screws" were
not applied to make him tell.
For him to have told might have
meant the revoking of a license.
But it is freely declared that no
such mercy will be shown to the
next offender.
Now, boys, we are in hearty
sympathy with your rights to
meet in social concourse, but are
not some of you forgetting that
public rights are being sadly ig
nored by you at times? The
chronic postoffice rowdyism smells
too loudly for us to inflict a dis
cussion of it upon our readers.
Ladies have told us that they
cannot enter to get mail because
of the suffocating pipe and ciga
rette fumes, and because of
the "rough house" going on
while mail is being changed. La
dies have also said that they
have been forced to either elbow
their way through the nice-even
ing crowd (meaning that the
evening was nice) that congre
gates on the Bank corner, or,
walk around it Wouldn't you
get fighting-mad if you heard
Chambersburgers say that about
our town? But have they not
had abundant occasion to talk a
bout McConnellsburg barbarism?
Will you not try to eliminate the
stigma? Or, do you prefer to be
known as being mixed up in
scandalous affairs like that of
Saturday night? Remember, the
young man who was arrested is
not the only one, by a long shot,
that went down before public
opinion that night. A dozen
names are being dragged through
the mire on account of their be
ing more or less associated with
"the crowd."
Movable Institute School.
This is our last opportunity to
take a "whack" at you to insist
upon your attending the Farm
ers' school that will be held in
the Court House February 8, 9,
10, 11. Look up . last week's
News and see the program. Say
boy's, its a jolly good crowd that
you will meet there. Work on the
farm is not pushing you just now
If you are not entirely satisfied
with what you will hear and see
at this school, come in and call
the agricultural editor any old
thing you wish. About the only
thing that is "ripe" now on the
farm are some old hens that you
will want to set to hatch next
winter's layers. You know that
it is the Febuary, March, and
early April chicks that get on to
the job during winter months.
Set them; and then hitch up old
Dobbin and drive over for that
girl you have in mind for a house
keeper, and bring her to hear the
speaking and see milk tests for
butterfat, get poultry hints hear
some excellent suggestions on
housekeeping, and a lot more
good things, and we'll wager a
bobsled against a bushel of tur
nips that she will note down a
store of pointers that ' she will
spring on you five years from
now when you find yourself get
ting a little "off the track."
Mr. D. E. Golden and his bride,
of Franklin Mills, spent Wednes
day night of last week in the
home of Postmaster S. B. Wool
let and wife,
OL'R DISTANT SUBSCRIBERS.
Scraps Picked From Their Letters as
They Renew Their Subscriptions
to the FUTON COUNTY NEWS.
Hon. D. W. Baker, a former
Taylor township boy, but now a
prominent citizen of Benedict,
Nebraska, sends the following
letter along with a bright, clean
"Dollar William."
"I enclose herewith my annual
contribution to the financial de
partment of your valuable paper.
"Without intending to flatter,
I can state as my firm belief, that
the Fulton County News is a
better edited, and more newsey
paper than any of those publish
ed at our county seat a city of
7000 inhabitants. My family and
myself all take a lively interest
in the little paper which brings
more or less news every week
from the locality of the old home.
It is true that with the passing
years the number of old acquaint
ances is constantly diminishing,
but we are just as glad as ever
to hear from those that remain.
Last fall we had a very enjoya
ble visit from our cousin Marga
ret Bolinger, formerly of Dublin
Mills, but now living at Three
Springs. We found her knowl
edge of the doings and where
abouts of almost all of our for
mer acquaintances very complete
and her memory of events in our
early lives remarkably elear and
accurate,
"Last month during a visit to
Omaha my son who lives there
introduced to me Prof. W, Don
Morton, formerly of McConnells
burg, but now engaged in the in
surance business in Omaha. Not
withstanding he and I belong to
different periods of time in old
Fulton we spent a very pleasant
half hour in recalling mutual ac
quaintances. "We have had another pros
perous year in York county, and
in the greater part of Nebraska.
The main crops were very good,
indeed, and prices for most the
products of the farm are remun
erative. Our winter has been
cold ejtcept the first half of Jan
uary, but nyt btomiy. We had
a fine 8-inch snow in December
which came without wind, but
was followed by some decidedly
cold weather 12 to 15 deg. below
zero on two or three mornings.
Again on the 21st of the month
we had a six inch snow without
wind to drift it as yet, but fol
lowed by a drop of temperature
to 25 deg. below on the 23rd
Our stock being generally well
protected by good barns and
sheds is not suffering much from
the cold.
"Our domestic animals are gen
erally speaking, in a good health-
y condition and our state has had
no visitation of the dreaded foot
and mouth disease of which we
read so much in some other
states."
T. Eddie Johnston, son of Mr 3.
Keziah Johnston, of Ayr town
ship, now a prosperous citizen of
Columbus City, Iowa: "Enclosed
please find $1.00 for another
year's News. I notice by the
last issue of your paper that Re
vival Services are going on in
the Methodist church in your
town. I hope you may be suc
cessful, and that many souls may
be won for Christ.
- Why don't you good people in
McConnellsburg start a Men's
Meeting? You would be sur
prised to find the good you can
do both for yourselves and fcr
others. We started the Men's
Meeting movement here this win
ter, and last Sabbath we had 118
men out, and Columbus City is
not as large a placj as McCon
nellsburg. Thirty-five of us went out to a
country church to help some in a
meeting held at that place, and
one night while we were there,
eleven persons came .out and con
fessed Christ, and some of the
eleven were men who up to that
time had led lives in open defi
ance of churches and every influ
ence for good. Altogether sixty-
Greatest Living Athlete.
In a letter from G. W. Sulli
van, secretary of the American
Olympic Team, Princeton, N. J.,
Mr. Sullivan says that it may be
interesting to the relatives and
friends of Timothy W. Margerum,
of Princeton, N. J., to know that
Timothy has been elected cap
tain of the American Olympic
Team. This information is of
especial interest to many persons
in this county from the fact that
the young man has many rela
tives in this county, His mother
was Rachel, a daughter of the
late Peter C. Peck, of Thompson
township, and his. grandmother
on his mother's side, was Betsy
Truax, a sister of the late Shade
Truax and of the late Mrs. Thom
as Humbert, of Ayr township.
Mr. Margerum is the youngest
captain that ever represented a
national team. Notwithstanding
the fact that he is only 21 years
of age he is considered the great
est living athlete. At a recent
meet he smashed Jim Thorpe's
all-round record by 125 points
and holds the world's record for
the 220 dash, high jump, pole
vaulting, 100 and 220 yards swim,
and equaled Paul Jones's 1 mile
record. He is a graduate of
Princeton Univesity and was cap
tain o f the 1912 football team
which defeated both Yale and
Harvard, both games being won
by Mr. Margerum. This team
was not scored upon during the
entire season.
Mr. Margerum and his mother
visited in this county about four
years ago, and the young man is
remembered by many persons
who met him during that visit
If any of our people wish to at
tend the Olympic Games at the
World's Fair they may receive
tickets for same by writing eith
er to G. W. Sullivan, Sec. Olynr
pic Team, Princeton, N. J., or T.
W. Margerum Captain, American
Olympic Team, Princeton, N. J.
These tickets will otherwise cost
about one hundred dollars.
Lectured the Constables.
Judge Reed, of Brookville, Pa.,
gave the constables of Jefferson
county quite a lecture a3 to their
general duty. He admonished
them t o search diligently for
speakeasies and disorderly houses
and said he didn't think a consta
ble who appeared drunk on the
streets was fit for his job and
urged these officers of the com
monwealth to set proper exam
pies before the world.
five have come out as a result of
this effort and it might be well
enough to add that the meetings
are conducted by a layman who
lives in the neighborhood of the
church. The greatest burden of
the Church to-day is not its load
of financial indebtedness, but the
ballast of lazy, indifferent mem
bers whose names are found up
on the church rolls.
James G. Patterson, New Wil
mington, Pa.; "I just had the
pleasure (?) of sitting a week as
a juror on a case in our county
court in which $80,000 was in vol
ved. It took us as jurors just 17
hours after we "got our heads
together" to agree on a verdict
and the plaintiff in the case says
he will not stand for our judg
ment in the matter. .' The Penn
sylvania Railroad Company need
ed 3 J acres more land on which
to place additional tracks. The
owner would not agree to take
what the Company thought area
sonable price, and they had the
land "condemned." The owner
then brought suit for $80,000
damages that he claimed he sus
tained by reason of the condem
nation proceedings. The jury al
lowed him $10,375."
Mrs. D. K. Orth, Portsmouth,
Iowa: We are having lots of
snow, and it has been quite cold,
hence,' we are having a good old
fashioned winter. Say, what
has become of the Pleasant Ridge
correspondent? I wonder if it
would do any good to advertise
for him in the "Lost Column?"
Bits of Local History.
Mr J. A. Stewaht.
The boys and girl3 of the pres
ent generation have but a faint
realization of the troubles and
dangers through which their an
cestors passed, as they came into
the wilderness that has since
been developed into the beauti
ful farms and homes that make
the Fulton County of to-day.
Neither history nor tradition
specifies definitely just when, or
where, the first temporary settle
ments were made, and who of
our ancestors were first to
settle permanently. Rupp an
early historian, tells us that im
migration was very rapid west of
the Susquehanna even far back
into the mountains and wilder
ness valleys as early as 1730. In
May, 1755, Col. Forbes made a
road from Fort Loudon to Rays
town (now Bedford) in order to
get eastern Pennsylvania and
Virginia troops, cannon, muni
tions of war and food supplies
over to the aid of General Brad-
dock at Fort Necessity. This
road opened up the greater part
of Fulton county and our ances
tors came in and settled in the
valleys permanently. But little
do we think of the dangers and
hardships they had to endure.
For ten long years after Brad
dock was defeated, the Indians
made a relentless, savage war
fare on the border settlers killed
people the George Peck family
in Rays Cove, Enoch Brown,
teacher and pupils near Green
castle, destroyed property, burn
ed Alexander's hut and ripe
wheat in Wells Valley, took hors
es, &c. The lives and property
of our ancestors were constantly
endangered. Not only had they
to fear the Indians, but unscru
pulous, mercenary traders with
the Indians as well. The latter
would supply the Indians with
whiskey, tomahawks, scalpin g
knives, rifles, powder, flint, ball,
&c. to incite the savages to
fresh raids on the white settlers
and their property.
Postmaster Forty-five Years.
While just now many post
masters, and many more would-be
postmasters, are not resting on
"flowery beds of ease, " our good
friend Judge Buckley at Fort Lit
tleton, if physical appearances go
for anything, is not losing any
sleep over what might or might
not happen. The Judge was com
missioned postmaster at Fort
Littleton in 1SG9, and has held
down the job continuously,
through wind and weather Re
publican and Democratic admin
istrationsever since a period
of almost 46 years. Then, when
it is considered that during
the three years previous to 18G9,
he was assistant postmaster at
the same office, he has practically
had a continuous service of at
most half a century. The Judge
is looking first rate physically, is
just as genial as ever, and there
is no reason why he may not con
tinue in the service many more
years to come.
.Was An Everett Boy.
Early in December Edward
Burton Robinette, of the Phila
delphia banking house of George
S. Fox and sons, left for Belgium
as the representative of Mayor
Blankenburg and the various Bel
gian relief committees to ascer
tain how the food and clothing
sent to the Belgians from Phila
delphia were being distributed.
Mr. Robinette is a Bedford
county boy. In his youthful days
he lived in Everett
He made an automobile tour of
Belgium. In his graphic and de
tailed report he says the clothing
and food sent from PennsyNania
on the mercy ships have been
carefully distributed and "most
gratefully received by those no
ble but impoverished people."
Mr. Robinette says the apprecia
tion of the Belgium people for
what is being donevfor them by
the Americans is evident everywhere.
WINDOWS AND WEATHER.
Little Talks on Health and Hygiene by
Samuel G. Dixon, M. D., LL D.,
Commissioner of Health.
Does your bedroom window
drop with the mercury? Do the
window openings that cannot be
too wide in the summer time
gradually narrow down to an
inch or two at this season of the
year? Do you think that your
need for fresh air diminishes
with the arrival of the first cold
wave? If so, you are greatly
mistaken.
If the thought of wide open
windows in zero weather i3 ap
palling, pluck up courage and try
a small dose first. You will find
that it is far better to spend more
money for blankets and comfor
tables than for doctor bills and
medicine; and eight hours sleep
in cool fresh invigorating air, is
a far better stimulant than any
thing that comes in bottles, no
matter what the claims on the
label.
It may be that your daily busi
ness demands your presence in
stuffy, overheated workrooms or
offices where the regulation of
the temperature is not within
your individual control. It may
be that your fellow workers or
employers are not wise enough to
appreciate the value from a busi
ness standpoint of good ventila
tion in the workrooms. If it is
your misfortune to be so confined
try and make up for it by giving
yourself the maximum amount of
ventilation during the hours of
sleep.
Night is the time for mental
and physical building up. This
demands fresh air. It i3 impos
siple to properly purify the blood
with used air. It is just as nec
essary to bathe the blood while
it is passing through the lungs
with clean air a3 to bathe your
body with clean water.
Sleeping with your windows
wide open the year around is a
matter of habit and of bed clothes.
Nature intended us to have fresh
air to breathe both day and night.
If you have any lingering mem
ories of the old wives tale that
night air i3 injurious, put it aside.
This like many another old say
ing has no foundation in fact
Dwelling House Burned.
Last Saturday, about noon,
William Gress's house, situated
about two miles west of Knobs
ville, caught fire from the stove
pipe, and was burned. Nothing
from the second story was saved,
and not all from the lower story
was taken to a place of safety,
as Mr. Gress was in town at the
time of the fire, but other mem
bers of the family did what they
could to save the contents of the
building. He lost besides house
hold goods and the building, all
his meat We were not able to
get an estimate on the loss; but
as there was no insurance, the
loss was heavy. One result of
the fire that will cause further
trouble and expense was the loss
of four deeds to the property,'
and as they were not on record
at the Court House, and the
makers of the deeds are dead,
he may have hard work to re
place the papers.
Agricultural Meetings.
Last week the State Board of
Agriculture met in annual ses
sion in Harrisburg, and affiliated
associations took advantage of
the opportunity to meet with
them. Among the associations
that met the Board was the Hols
tein Friesian Association of this
State. It seems that the Hols
tein is bound to become the lead
ing breed of cattle in Pennsylva
nia, owing to their great milking
and general purpose qualities.
An effort will be made to induce
the present legislature to make
an appropriation to ship speci
mens of Pennsylvania pure bred
Btock to the World's Fair at San
Francisco for exhibition.
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