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VOLUME 16
McCONNELLSBURG, PA., MARCH IS, 1915.
NUMBER 20
. TOE GRIM REAPER.
Short Sketches of the Lives of Per
sons Who flare Recently
Passed Away.
Simo.,! Mellott.
Pneumonia, from which he had
been suffering since the 5th of
February, caused the death of Si
mon L. Mellott at his home in
Johnstown, Pa., on Wednesday
night of last week. The funer
al took place at 2 o clock, Friday
afternoon, the services being con
ducted by his pastor, Rev. Wil
liam McCullim, of the Second
Christian Church, of which Mr.
Mellott was a member.
Simon L. Mellott was a sqn o?
Dentist Job B, and Savannah
Layton Mellott, and was born in
this county in December, 1870;
hence he was in his 45th year.
He was twice married. Hi3 first
wife was a daughter of Andrew
Truax, of Belfast township. To
this union two children were
born both of whom died. After
the death of the mother, he was
again married and about 14 years
ago, went to Johnstown, and
went to work for the Lorain
Steel Company. Being industri
ous and frugal, he, accumulated
property, and was getting along
well. He is survived by his wid
ow, Daisy Khoades Mellott, to
whom he was married in 1903,
and five children Margaret Paul
Ethel, Lawrence, and Meade.
The deceased was a brother of
H. W. Mellott, Hamilton, 0.; Ra
chel, wife of Joseph Wyles, Ever
ett, Pa.; Jennie, wife of Walker
Mellott, near Needmore, Ella,
wife of Charlie Deshong, Wells
Valley, and Bertha, wife of Ross
Bard, Sipes Mill.
Margaret Figard.
Mrs. Margaret Figard nee
Margaret Ensley died at the
home of her nephew, Mr. Levi
Johnson, at the Club House on
top of Sideling Hill, Friday night
March 12, 1915, aged almost 80
years. Funeral was held on the
following Monday, interment be
ing made at Breezewood.
Mrs. Figard had been living on
the Lewis Ensley place, near Sa-
luvia, and had gone to visit her
friends at the Club House but a
few days previously to her death
which was due to old age.
Charlie Lynch Badly Injured.
Charlie, aged 15 years, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Lynch,
was seriously injured Thursday
evening of last week when he
stepped from the runningboard
of a moving automobile. J. W.
Mellott, lumberman, was going
east on Lincoln Way, and Charlie,
to save a walk out to his brother
Watson's store, was riding with
him. When near the store Char
lie stepped from the moving ma
chine and in some manner, trip
ped and fell before -he could ov
ercome the momentum gained
from the speed of the machine.
Result was a very hard fall. H6
fell on his stomach and injured
the lower bowels; shoulder, and
side. He was taken home and
Dr. Mosser was called. By Sat
urday, bad symptoms developed
and Doctors Palmer and Skinner,
of Chambersburg, were called in
consultation. Water collected in
his side and the lower bowels
failed to perform their function
after treatment, and, for a time,
it was feared that an operation
would be necessary. But he is
better, and if no further compli
cations develop, his physician
thinks it will be only a matter of
time until he will be well again.
Our "Trolley."
For the benefit of the city pa
pers that smile when they speak
f "Pulton county's trolley," we
wish to Bay that regular steam
road cars will be drawn over
Cove mountain by a 90-ton elec
tric motor, thank you. We do
nt propose to use out-of-date
Bteam locomntivoo w vnt
to have city people come out here
w see something not common ev
erywhere.
Recent Weddings.
Laidig McClain.
At the M. E. parsonage, Hunt
ingdon. Pa., on Wednesday,
March 10th, Rev. George S. Wor-
mer united if marriage Mr. Jesse
Daniel Laidig and Miss Bertha
Nevada McClain. The groom is
a son of David Laidig, and the
bride a daughter of Isaac Mc
Clain, both well known families
of Taylor township. They will
begin housekeeping on the farm
of the groom's father at Laidig.
A reception was given at the
home of the bride's parents at 4
o'clock on the following after
noon, at which were present Dm
iel Rinehart and wife, Wm. C.
McClain, wife and daughter Byrd
of Roberstdale; S. T. McClain,
Three Springs; George Heefner,
wife, an I. daughter Lydia; Char
les Black, i.e, and children
Hazel and Harder; William Heef
ner and wife, W. F. Berkstresser
and wife; Jere Heefner, wife and
children Cora, Eunice, and Wil
lis: Jesse Keefner, wife, and
daughter Olive. I. C. McClain,
wife, and family Viola, William
Jesse, Russell, George, Lydia,
and Marshall. The bridal couple
were the recipients of many val
uable and useful presents. The
finishing touches to the happy
event were placed by the cali-
thumpians who turned out in full
force in the evening.
Hann Kuhn.
On Thursday, March 11, 1915,
Mr. David Rush Ham, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Hann, of
Webster Mills, and Miss Adaline
Kuhn, daughter of William Kuhn,
of Tod township, were united in
marriage at the M. E. parsonage
in McConnellsburg, by Rev. J.
V. Royer. Mr. and Mrs. Hann
will reside near Webster Mills.
Buildings Burned.
The barn, hogpen, and adja
cent out-buildings together with
four nice shotes, were destroyed
by fire on the farm on which re
sides Gayle Remsburg, on Wed
nesday night of last week. This
farm lies along the mountain
road leading from Deneen's Gap
southward and is known to the
older people as the Perry Hughes
place. Mr. and Mrs. Remsburg
had been away during the after
noon. Returning in the evening
they did the work at the barn,
went to the house, and about 9
o'clock were surprised to see a
light shine in through the win
dow, and looking out they saw
that the barn was afire. Not on
ly was the barn, and adajcent
buildings destroyed, but they lost
about 3 tons of hay, a threshing
machine, harness, fodder, and
other property. It is not known
how the fire originated. The loss
is partially covered by insurance.
Beautify the Lincoln Highway.
Much interest is being taken in
several localities for the improve
ment of the Lincoln Highway by
planting trees and shrubbery
where they will give best effect.
What could be more beautiful,
and what could induce more
tourists to come in and spend a
little money with us than a shady
lane leading from one end of this
beautiful state to the other?
Many city tourists, glad to get
away from the heat, dust, and
odors of the town, love to stop
along the way at inviting spots
and pay well for entertainment
for a few hours or for several
days. Then too, civic pride is a
good thing to teach young peo
ple. By teaching them to make
home surroundings as beautiful
as possible, they make better
citizens. It awakens interest in
public affairs and helps to keep
them on the arm. Young peo
ple like toffee noticed, and if a
neighborhood undertakes to do
something to attract attention,
it affords just the opportuni
ty for them to carry on friendly
contests that cultivates love of
home.
Subscibcrlor the "News' only
$1.00 yea.
"ALXD ACQUAINTANCE."
Bits of News and Gossip Extracted
from the Letters from Oar
Distant Subscribers.
Mrs. Anna R, McClellan:
Please find enclosed $1.00 to r&
new my subscription to the Ful
ton County News. I am leaving
to-day March 12 for Fostoria,
Ohio where I expect to make my
future home, and feel that I can
not do without the "News." I
was born and raised in Fulton
County and it comes to me as let
ters from home. My address
will be 151 E. Summit St., Fos
toria, O.
James G. Kline, Alpha, N. J.
Enclosed I am sending one dol
lar to renew my subscription to
the News. There have been
many sales postponed in Bucks
and Northampton counties in
Pennsylvania on account of Foot
and Mouth disease, and these
counties are just across the Dela
ware river from Warren and Hun
terdon counties in New Jersey;
but up this time, there have not
been any cases of that disease in
New Jersey. On Saturday March
Gth, we had the greatest fall of
snow, we have had thi3 winter,
twelve inches; but, the next day
the sun came out and soon the
snow had disappeared. The
truckers are getting ready for
their spring and summer work.
Some of them have their early
peas, and other early vegetables,
planted.
Harry E. Sipes, Chadwick, 111.
The label on my paper tells me
that I will soon be in arrears, so
here goes a check for two dollars
to push my subscription into 1017
We are all well, and times are
good everything taken into con
siderationfor our farmers have
not been able to ship any stock
out of here for two months and,
of course, that has its effect of
business. We are having nice
March weather.
Mrs. E. B. Crosby, Lowville,
N. Y.: Enclosed you will find
the usual "dirty dollar" for an
other years subscription to a
'clean" newsy paper. We could
not well no without it, as it keeps
us in touch with the good old
home town and our many friends
there.
I did not notice the subscrip
tion had so nearly expired. Hope
you have not suffered the pangs
of hunger, on account of it
Wm. King, Cando, N. Dak.:
I see by the label on my paper
that if I don't pay up, I shall
soon be missing the weekly vis
its of the Fulton County News,
and I am sure I wouldn't want
that to happen; so I send here
with a money order for two dol
lars which will pay up arrears and
put me a year to the good. We
have had a very nice winter-
only two or three very cold snaps
and they were of short dura
tion, and I think we have had less
than six inches of snow all told
this winter. Not enough to make
good sleighing. At this writing
( March 8 ) the weather is nice
and balmy, and the ploughed
fields are all dried off; no snow,
except here and there, and that
is fast disappearing. Spring is
almost here, and we have been
so busy with our every-day chores
that we do not have our seed
grain cleaned; and that is no
small job, as, we shall sow be
tween sixteen and seventeen
hundred bushels. We shall begin
Beeding anywhere between the
1st and the 15th of April just ac
cordingly as the season opens up.
I very much enjoy reading in
the News letters from the Fulton
County people who have gone
out to stake their, fortune in oth
er parts. Let us hear from more
of them. Let the Fulton County
News be the official medium by
which the distant Fulton County
people shall keep in touch with
each other. Any of my friends
who want to know more about
North Dakota, and will take the
pains to write me I shall be glad
to give and information within
my knowledge.
LET THE STATE HELP.
lion. Geo. B. Mellott Introduces I
Providing For the Construction
of County Bridges.
Section 1 Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Repreenta
tivesof the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania in General Assem
bly met and is hereby enacted by
the authority of the same. That
upon petition the court of quart
er session shall direct the county
commissioners to build at least
one county bridge annually until
all streams which it is impossible
to ford at times by reason of
floods ice gorges or washouts are
crossed by bridges.
Section 2 The petition shall not
be considered unless (a) it is
signed by at least three hundred
qualified electors of the county
who are realty owners of the
county and (b) it prays the court
to order the erection of a bridge
at a place stated in the petition
and (c) itgive3 approximately as
nearly as may be the location de
sired for the bridge and (d) it
sets forth the name or termini of
the public highway which is to
cross the stream by means of the
bridge.
Section 3 Upon presentation of
the petition the court shall ap
point three members of the board
of viewers of the county who to
gether with the county surveyor
shall form a board of view to se
lect a site for the proposed bridge.
Section 4 The viewers shall in
person visit the proposed site and
shall select a site that in their
judgement will be best from the
point of economy and accommo
dation to the traveling public.
They shall cause a plan of the
site to be made which shall be
filed with their report
Section 5 The viewers shall
complete their labors and file
with the court a written report
of their selection within thirty
days from the date of their ap
pointment Section 6 When the report is
filed the court may enter a de
cree directing tne county com
missioners to erect the bridge on
the site selected by the viewers.
Section 7 Immediately follow
ing the decree of the court the
county commissioners shall cause
plans and specifications for the
proposed bridge to be made and
publicly exhibited in the office of
the commissioners. They shall
then by advertisement as direct
ed by the court invite sealed bids
for erecting the bridge. The ad
vertisement shall fix a time at
least two calendar months from
the date of the first advertise
ment when the bids shall be open
ed publicly in the office of the
commissioners. Each bid shall
be accompanied by a bond to the
county in double the amount of
the bid conditioned for the faith
ful performance or the contract
according to the plans and speci
fications. . Section 8 At the time and place
stated in the advertisement the
bids shall be publicly opened and
a contract awarded to the lowest
and best bidder. If the sureties
on the bond of the successful bid
der are not satisfactory to the
commissioners the bidder shall
furnish a satisfactory bond.
Section 9 A copy of the plans
and specifications and of the con
tract and bond verified by the af
fidavit and of the commissioners
shall be filed in the office of the
Auditor General. When the
bridge is completed and accepted
by the county ."commissioners on
behalf of the county the Auditor
General shall be notified thereof
in writing under the seal of the
commissioners.
Section 10 When the Auditor
General is notified that the bridge
has been completed and has been
accepted by the county he shall
draw his.warrant on the State
Treasurer in favor of the com
missioners in a sum equal to one
half of the amount of the con
tract Upon receipt of the warrant
the State Treasurer shall pay to
the county treasurer the amount
thereof out of the special fund to
SHALL WOMEN VOTE?
)
The Men of Pennsylvania Will Answer
That Question at the Election
Next November.
Whether the women of Pennsy
Ivania shall vote will be decided
by the people next November.
The Senate at Harrisburg on
Monday night by a surprisingly
large margin of 37 to 11 passed
finally the suffrage resolution
which passed the house nearly a
month ago,
Shortly after the close of the
Civil War, the white men of the
United States felt that they need
ed the judgment of the colored
men of the country in the guid
ance of the old Ship of State, and
gave to them the right of suff
rage, Notwithstanding the fact
that a large percentage of them
had just emerged from slavery
and could not read nor write,
nearly a half century's experi
ence has shown that the country
has not suffered on account of
the granting of that prerogative,
Pennsylvania has been slow to
take advanced steps in progres
sive movements, and it was not
until the wave of public senti
ment sweeping from the west
struck us, that we awakened to
the fact that woman suffrage was
a question that had to be met
Every state from the Pacific
Coast sweeping eastward and in
eluding Kansas has already con
ferred that right upon women,
and with most satisfactory re
sults, and there can be no doubt
that Pennsylvania will set the
pace for eastern states next No
vember.
Ten Dry Counties.
Perry County joined the "dry"
counties last Friday when Judge
W. N. Seibert refused all of the
sixteen applicants for licenses to
sell liquor. The Judge made his
announcement soon after court
opened Friday morning, stating
that he had refused renewals be
cause the applications did not
conform to the requirements of
the High License Act and for
cause. A. decree will be filed
later.
With the decision by Judge
William N. Seibert, refusing all
the license applications in Perry
county, ten counties of Pennsyl
vania are now dry. This, and
the refusal of forty-three old
licenses and 103 new ones in Lu
zerne County were the big de
velopments of Friday in the
anti-liquor fight in the State.
Towanda, in Bradford County,
felt the hand of the law on
Thursday, when Judge Maxwell
refused to renew licenses of six
hotels and two restaurants in the
town, which with refused appli
cations earlier in the week, cut
the number of licenses in the
county from sixty-five to fifty
two. In Erie County, Judges Wall
ing and Benson issued an order
closing all saloons outside Erie
City at 10 p. m. instead of at
midnight.
In Montgomery County, where
the non-license campaign has
filed a general remonstrance to
the 250 licenses applied for, on
the grounds that the advertise
ments of the applications were
not in accordance with law, the
real fight will be begun on Mon
day. The following counties in Penn
sylvania which are now "dry"
follow: Green, Lawrence, Bed
ford, Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juni
ata, Venango. Forest, Tioga, and
Perry.
In Union there are only two
saloons and in Indiana County
there is only one.
be appropriated by the General
Assembly from time to time to
carry out the provisions of this
act.
' Section 11 To carry out the
purpose of this act the sum of
fifty thousand dollars is hereby
appropriated as a special fund
upon which warrants may be
drawn from time to time in ac
cordance with this act
All acts or parts of acts incon
sestentwith this ia hereby repealed,
To Change School Laws.
The State School Directors As
sociation has taken steps to have
some new ideas incorporated in
the school laws of the State.
According to information direct
from the Association, the Schoo
Directors' bills were, or will be,
introduced in the Legislature
some time this week. There
seems to be a sentiment in some
places in favor of taking the con
trol of schools farther away from
the people. This will be serious
ly objected to by the Association
The Association will endeavor to
have politics eliminated, and put
the election of school directors
on the non-partisan plan. An
other feature of the school code
for which a remedy will be
sought is the selection of instruc
tors in schools where instruction
in manual training, domestic sci
ence, and agriculture is taught,
The code sets forth that instruc
tors must hold certificates in these
professions, and it has been found
that the average young graduate
has nothing to recommend him
or her but a certificate, having
had no actual experience. Hence
the local school board is barred
from employing instructors, who
in some instances, would volun
teer their services, or at least be
far more capable of giving the
desired instruction along these
lines. The Association claims
that, in many localities, there are
local men and women of undoubt
ed capabilities, but whose servi
ces are barred because they are
not "graduates."
Other features of the bills to
be introduced provide for the
payment of tuition of children
from public' homes by the state;
wider privileges of local boards
to provide transportation to and
from high schools; the regulation
of normal school graduate's cir
tificates; to permit the establish
ment and maintenance of teach
ers' training schools in districts
of the second class; to provide
for a more efhcient and less cost
ly system of teachers' institutes;
to remove high schools from state
supervision entirely; change in
the issuance of bonds in case of
immediate need such as after
a fire. The central idea of the
Association is to oppose all furth
er efforts tending to remove the
schools farther from the control
of the people; either in matters
of administration or taxation. It
stands opposed particularly to
the "County Unit" system as
recommended by the State Edu
cational Association.
Harrowing Wheat
If ndications prove anything,
there will be a lot of wheat har
rowed this spring. We have
heard many say that they are
thinking of trying it Without
giving any names, we will quote
some of the expressions we have
heard that prove that harrowing
pays, i tried breaking the spring
crust with a drill set to run be
tween the rows, but I covered
but an acre or two because I was
afraid I was tearing too much
wheat out of root" Another
said "I tried it with a spring
tooth harrow, but lost my nerve
and quit." Another man "har
rowed a part of a field with a
slant-tooth harrow." Still anoth
er man said "I left the harrow
out all winter and on the follow
ing spring I hitched to it and
drove diagonally across the field
to the gate." In each and every
instance our informant added
that where the drill, the harrow,
or the thorn bush, was passed
over the wheat, "there was the
best wheat in the field." Does
any man want better proof that
it will pay to break the first crust
that forms on the wheatfield this
spring? Not even the men who
used a spring harrow, or the one
who used a hoe drill, would ac
knowledge that he had in any
manner injured his wheat On
the other hand, all agreed that
the rough treatment had greatly
increased the yield. In parts of
Europe where peasants have the
use of but small plats of ground,
they cultivate the wheat and
raise at the rate of sixty bushels
to the acre.
BOILING WATER AS A DISINFECTANT
Little Talks on Health and Hygiene by
Samuel G. Dixon, M. D LL. D.,
Commissioner of Healtii.
Measles, scarlet fever, diph
theria and various other com
municable diseases are perhaps
most readily transmitted by the
discharges from the nose and
mouth of the patient. When the
patient is cared for in the home
and some member of the famity
must act as nurse, it is necessary,
for the protection of whoever acts
in this capacity and for those who
come in contact with the patient,
that the utmost care should be
exercised in handling them.
Instead of the handkerchiefs
commonly used for this purpose,
the patient should be supplied
with cheese cloth or paper nap
kins, and in a sufficient quantity
so that they can be handled with
comfort Those which have been
used and discarded should be
handled only by the nurse and
immediately burned. After
handling such materials the hands
should be thoroughly disinfected
in a bichloride of mercury or
other good antiseptic solution.
The dishes and eating utensils
which are used for the sufferer
should in no instance be washed
with those used in the household
but should be placed in a recep
tacle kept just outside the sick
room door containing a disinfect
ing solution of cresole or formal
dehyde and then placed in boil
ing water and allowed to boil for
ten" or fifteen minutes.
The sheets and bed clothes
which will invariably be covered
with fine particles of sputum
when the patient coughs
or sneezes, should be placed in a
tub containing one of the three
disinfecting solutions and allowed
to soak for three hours, after
which they should he boiled for
one hour.
When there is a sufferer from
tuberculosis in a household they
should not use the dishes and
eating utensils which the other
members of the family do, but
should be supplied with individu
al utensils. These should al
ways be first boiled and then
washed separately.
These are fundamental pre
cautions in the handling of com
municable disease which can only
be disregarded at the peril of the
nurse and the entire household.
Unquestionably the transmission
of disease from one member of a
family to another in many cases
is due to the failure to follow out
this method of procedure con
sistently. Because Farmers Are "It"
Why don't the city papers urge
the shoemakers, the clothing
manufacturers, the iron mongers
and the manufacturers of other
necessities to make their business
pay better? Why are the farm
ers singled out as the only class
for which the State maintains
costly experimental farms and
schools, and spends thousands of
dollars annually for free litera
ture, while some little, obscure
bureau of mines, or a commission
of several men to gather statis
tics in this or that field of com
merce attracts little attention?
t is because the production of
food is uppermost in the minds
of the leaders in all nations. It
is from the farm that comes the
best of everything, including cit-
zenship, for it is said that for
every one hundred positions of
responsibility in New York City
positions where character counts
for as much..fls ability sixty of
of them are filled by men who re
ceived their earliest r.viral train
ing in the country. The effect
of a campaign of education is re
sulting in the reversal of the old
.order which condemned the
brightest youths to study profes
sion, while the weaker member
was kept at home where Pa and
Ma could protect him. Science
has developed farming into a pro-
ession, and to-day an educated
and trained mind must guide the
affairs on the farm if full returns
are expected,. '