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VOLUME 16
McCONNELLSBURG, PA., APRIL 1,1915.
NUMBER 28
THE GRIM REAPER.
Short Sketches of the Lives of Per
sons Who Have Recently
Passed Away.
Jackson B. Ramsey.
Jackson B. Ramsey died at his
home at Franklinville, Hunting
don county, Pa., on Tuesday,
Mareh 16, 1915 aged 89 years, 11
months, and 5 days. The funeral
took place on the following Thurs
day, and interment was made in
the Church of God cemetery at
Walnut Grove. Mr. Ramsey was
born in this county on the 11th
day of April, 1826, and would
only have had to live 26 more
days to become a nonegenarian.
Mr. Ramsey enlisted in Com
pany K, 22nd Pennsylvania Cav
alry on the 18th day of February,
18C4, and was mustered out of
service on the last day of Octo
ber. 18C5. He was the father of
our townsman, Jeweler and Gro
cer D. R. Ramsey, and leaves
besides, the following other chil
dren; Fannie Osborn, of W. Va.;
Henry, Mount Union; Scott, of
Fort Littleton; Taylor of Waynes
boro; Sadie, of Altoona; Elmer,
of Franklinville; Nellie Little, of
Ohio, and Bruce, of Clear Ridge.
Henry Layton.
At his home in Bethel town
ship, Henry Layton died sudden
ly on Monday evening, March 22
aged C6 years, 3 months, and 28
days. Mr. Layton was born in
Whips Cove in 1848, was the son
of Joseph Layton, deceased, and
was the last of a large family to
pass away. About 1874 he mar
ried Eliza Jane Yonicer, who still
survives him. To this union
were born three children; Albert
Russell, now of Hancock, Md.,
Mrs. Lemuel Smith, Sideling Hill
Pa.; and Mrs. A. C. Garland, Le
masters, Pa. all of whom re
main to mourn his loss. He is
also survived by three grandchil
dren. For some years he had been
subject to stomach trouble, and
for about three weeks previous
to his death he had been com
plaining, and undergoing medical
treatment But no one thought
that he was seriously ill, and his
death was a great shock to his
family and friends. He was able
to be up and about to the very
last
Some years ago he united with
the Christian Church. The fu
neral services were held on Thurs
day morning, conducted by Rev.
A. G. B. Powers. He was laid
to rest In the cemetery at Cedar
Grove.
Andrew Feight.
Andrew Feight died at his home
in Belfast township, Monday
March 29, 1915, of pneumonia,
' aged about fifty years. Funer
al was held on Wednesday, inter
ment being made in Friends
Cove, Bedford county. His wife
who survives him, was Miss El
sie Clevenger, There were no
children. Mr. Feight recently re
moved from Bedford county to
Belfast township.
Program for W. C. T. I.
Franchise Meeting.
A W. C. U. Franchise meet
ing will be held on Monday even
ing, April 5th, at the home of
Miss Jessie Sloan at 7:30 o'clock.
1. Singing Pennsylvania State
Song.
2. Bible Reading-Gen. 1:26-31.
3. Prayer. -
4. Reading of minutes.
5. Essay Meta Fryman.
6. Singing Some Glad Day.
7. Address Mis3 Mary Seylar.
8. Discussion How Can We
Help to Win in 1916?
9. Business.
10. Temperance Doxology.
Pres. Mrs. Winnie Kendall.
' ' Sec Miss Meta Fryman.
Mrs. Geo. W. Sipes and Mrs.
Geo. N. Sipes near Hustontown,
8Pnt the time from Friday un
til Monday in the home of the
former's granddaughter Mrs.
John Summers at Thomastown,
'nd with other relatives and
""lends.
Recent Weddings.
Cromer-Wible. .
a very pretty wedding occur
red at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
David Wible, near Cito in Ayr
township, at high noon on Wed
nesday, March 31, 1915, when
their daughter Miss Estella be
came the bride of Robert B. Cro
mer, eon of Ex-County CommisS'
ioner and Mrs. Daniel W. Cn
mer, near Fort Littleton. The
ceremony was performed by Rev,
J. V. Royer, of the Methodist
Episcopal church, McConnells
burg, in the presence of members
of the immediate families and
about twenty-five other invited
guests.
Tho bride and groom are ex
cellent young people, and will im
mediately take charge of the farm
of the groom's father and will
leave the honeymoon trip off to
some time v!ien soring farm
work is not so pressing a3 now.
The News extends congratula
tions and hearty good wishes.
Kitzmiller Bedford.
A very pretty wedding took
place at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. S. L. Bedford in Shippens
burg on Wednesday, March 24,
1915, when their daughter Miss
E. Corinna, was married to Mr.
F. Roy Kitzmiller, son of Mr.
and Mrs. B. F. Kitzmiller, also
of Shippensburg. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. H. W.
Snyder, pastor of Memorial
Lutheran church. The bride.
who is one of Shippensburg's
popular young ladies, was attired
in a beautiful dress of shadow
lace over white crepe de chine,
with bride's veil, trimmed with
orange blossoms and carried a
bride's bouquet Miss Rose E.
Weast, dressed in an attractive
pink dress, acted as bridesmaid,
while Misses Elizabeth Bashore
and Jess Bedford acted as flower
girls. The groom was attended
by Carl H. Clippinger, as grooms
man. The room in which the cere
mony took place, was tastefully
decorated, the color scheme of
white and pink being predominant
throughout laurel and carnations
being made use of profusely.
The ceremony was witnessed by
about fifty invited guests, among
whom were Mr. and Mrs. D. E.
Little of McConnellsburg. Lohen
grin's wedding march was played
by Miss Jennie r. Bross. After
congratulations and best wishes
had been extended, an elaborate
wedding dinner was served and
later the couple left for Eastern
cities on a wedding tour. The
presents received were beautiful
and numerous.
The bride's parents are natives
of this county, and Mr. Bedford,
who is now a successful merchant,
made his hrst venture at Clear
Ridge, and was in business at
foltz for several years. The
News joins in best wishes and
congratulations.
Rohrer Rohm.
Mr. Kime Rohrer and Miss Lot
tie Rohm were married at the
home of the bride's brother, Wal
ter Rohm at Mapleton, Pa., at
3:30 o'clock, Wednesday after
noon, March 17, 1915, the cere
mony being performed by Rev.
H. B. Ritter, pastor of the Unit
ed Brethren church in the pres
ence of a number of relatives and
friends. William Rohrer, a twin
brother of the groom, and Miss
Viola Neice were the attendants.
Among the guests were Mr. and
Mrs. William Rohm, of Mount
Union; John Hann, grandfather
of the bride, of Saluvia; Mrs. S.
B. Neice, Miss Tillie Neice, Mrs.
Charles O'Conner and Howard
Neice, of Mapleton. After the
ceremony and congratulations a
splendid wedding dinner was
served the party by Mrs. Walter
Rohm.
The bride is a daughter of Tay
lor and Mary Belle Hann Rohm,
and a grand-daughter of "Uncle"
John Hann, near Saluvja. in
whose home she grew from the
time she was but a few months
old at the death of her mother,
until she had reached young wo
manhood. The groom is a fine
young man and the happy couple
Btart out in their wedded life
with the best wishes of their
numerous friends. They will re
side in Mapleton,
SERVED ALIttOM 18 YEARS.
Sylvester 8. Woollet Retired from the
McConnellsburg Postmastcrship
Weduesday Evening.
On the first day of August 1897
Sylvester B. Woollet succeeded
the late W. S. Dickson as post
master at McConnellsburg, and
on the first day April 1915, after
a period of service of 17 years
and 8 months, he was succeeded
by Prof. B. C. Lamberson. At
the time Mr. Woollet took charge
it was a fourth class office, and
the postmaster's income was
$G00.
Fourth class postmasters are
paid as follows: As long a3 the
cancellation of stamps amounts
to no more than $50 a quarter,
the postmaster get3 all -of the
amount for his pay. As "the a
mount of cancellation increases,
he is paid a per cent, so that at
the time Mr. Woollet became
postmaster, his percentage would
indicate that the office was can-
y
S. B. WOOLLET.
celling from '$1,000 ;to $1,200
worth of stamps per year. Six
years ago the amount of cancella
tion brought the postmaster's
share up to $1,000 and as this is
lowest salary for a third class of
fice, the McConnellsburg office
was changed to that class. In
stead of depending on the cancel
lation of stamps for hi3 pay, the
third class postmasters are paid
according to the amount of sale
of stampS, and the sale of stamps
at this office has increased year
by year and Mr Woollet has, dur
ing the past six years, been grant
ed four increases of salary and
at the time he retired from the
service, was receiving $1,400 a
year. Mr. Woollet informs us
that the increase of sales of
stamps is still going on, so that
it will be but a 6hort time un
til the salary will be $1,500. The
yearly sale of stamps at this of
fice now runs between $3,000 and
$3500. In addition to this sal
ary, third class postmasters re
ceive additional allowances for
clerk hire. McConnellsburg is
the only third class postoffice in
the County. All other postmas
ters in Fulton county are paid ac
cording to the amount of stamps
cancelled.
Mr. Woollet passed his 77th
birthday on the 21st day of
last December. At the time this
picture of him was made he was
about sixty years of age. Tho3e
who know him best now, would
not take him to be any older than
he was at that time. From post-
office inspectors, directly, we
learn that his accounts with the
department nave Been excep
tionally satisfactory, and his rec
ord as postmaster stands with
the highest.
For a small town, this is a
"long-hour" office. First mail
leaves at 5 o'clock a. m and the
last mail arrives at 9 p. m., so
that the actual working hours are
fifteen, for it is about ten o'clock
at night before office can be clos
ed. But Mr. Woollet leaves the
service with the best wishes of
thousands of friends for the effi
cient manner in which he con
ducted it For about ten years,
William VA. Sloan, Esq. was assis
tant postmaster, and for the re
mainder of Mr. Woollet's time he
has been ably assisted by John
P, Conrad Esq.
Since not more than a score of
patrons have been added to this
office, it is a matter of interest to
More Bard Cider.
Sometime ago we publiehed a
letter from a Licking Creek town
ship sufferer in which the writer
complained bitterly because in
toxicating hard cider was being
sold to drunkards in his district
We have before us another letter
of the same kind, from the same
locality. The letters were
intended to give publicity
to feelings against the
man, or men, who are selling
the intoxicant We are always
willing to assist in maintaining
high standards of morals in the
County; but in this particular in
stance, newspaper publicity could
not reach and reform the indivi
ouai wno, lor such small gain,
would debauch his neighbors.
But there is a remedy, and the
punishment provided for break
mg the liquor laws of the State
is severe. The offender is not
handled by sympathetic friends
in court. The offenses in this
case seem so gross that we won
der that the authorities have not
been notified. If the wife, moth
er, daughter, or sister, of the vie
tim of the seller of hard cider
would make information against
the latter, she could feel certain
that the community would be
quickly rid of the offender; the
County would utter never a com
plaint for having to pay his board
in the penitentiary for a number
of years, for a term in that insti
tution would be the inevitable
outcome of a complaint from any
suffering woman.
Our3 is the land of the free and
the home of the brave, and there
is nothing upon the statute books
of Pennsylvania to hinder any
man from making all the cider
he wishes to make; nor to hinder
him from keeping it in the cellar
until it becomes as hard as Pha
raoh's heart; nor to hinder him
from drinking the hard cider and
becoming as drunk as two owls,
provided, always, that he does
not let any one see him while in
an intoxicated condition; for it is
an offense against the law to get
drunk, and any person so doing,
is liable to arrest and fine; and
provided further, that the maker
of the cider does not sell nor
give the said cider to any one
else.
it ne do, he is liable to prose
cution, fine, and imprisonment
just the same as for handling
whisky without license. Now,
there is plenty of law, and all
you have to do is to point out the
offender to the District Attorney
and he will do the rest Get bu
sy. It don t do any good to
jaw" about a thing.
Mrs. Anna Cobaugh (former
ly Miss Anna Heinbaugh) of
Chambersburg, is spending a few
days in the home of D. L. Alex
ander in East End.
determine why the office receipts
have almost trebled during the
last eighteen years. During re
cent times a second assistant be
came necessary in order that the
great bulk of mail might be han
dled quickly. The parcel post in
crease does not account for the
phenomenal growth in the busi
ness of the office, although that
has added greatly to the amount
of matter handled. The increase
grew as steadily before the in
troduction of the parcel post a
year ago. The rapid growth of
the office can be nothing more
than an index to the change in
modes of living. It clearly indi
cates that people now spend three
times as much for postage as
they did eighteen years ago. We
live better. Intelligence among
the masses has increased. The
demand for modern conveniences
grows with improved facilities
for the enjoyment of the good
things of life. .
The present incumbent Prof.
B. C. Lamberson possesses the
qualifications necessary to the
successful administration of the
office, and there is no reason why
McConnellsburg may not have a
service equal to the best in towns
of its size,
FIRST OF APRIL.
The Time in the Year When Many Per
sons Hake Change in Place
of Residence.
The first of April brings .with
it the usual number of changes
of residence, and we note the fol
lowing; Harry Ott moves from
the Glazier house in the East
End into John Ott; new house;
Mrs. Nettie Truax, from the Hy
kes property into the house va
cated by Mr. Comerer; Miss Eli
za Fox, from the home of her sis
ter, Mrs. Susan Myers, into the
house vacated, by Mrs. Truax;
David Forner, from the tenant
house on the Trout farm west of
town, into the house recently va
cated by Miss Eliza Fox,. Boyd
Elvey, from the F. M. Taylor
house, into his own new house in
the East End; H. E. Palsgrove,
from Hustontown, into the house
vacated by Mr. Elvey, Wm. Biv-
ens, from the bipes farm east of
town, into the P. P. Shives new
house; Frank Tritle, from the
McGovern' farm to the Sipes farm
vacated by Mr. Bivens; James
McQuade from one of P. P.
Shives' houses to Knobsville;
Herbert Helm an, from the old
Henry house on Walnut street,
now owned by M. F. Black, into
the house vacated by James Mc
Quade; Lloyd Ray, from the
house in East End which he re
cently sold to John Gillis, to the
John Nelson farm in Tod town
ship, which Mr. Ray recently
purchased; John Gillis, from the
Nelson farm into the house vaca
ted by Mr Ray; James P. Waltz,
from the "Blue House" east Lin
coin Way, to his farm in Thomp
son township; Leslie W. Seylar
from Mrs. Nettie Alexander's
house into Mrs. Hal Trout's house
north Second street; C. R. Spang'
ler, from the Mrs. Trout house,
to Hancock; Annie McDonald and
her mother Mrs. Susan Rummell,
from the John Shimer house, in
to the house recently vacated by
D. E. Little: Joseph Sowers from
the west end of the Jennie Coop.
er, house, into that vacated by Mrs
McDonald ; Mrs. Mattie Stouteagle
from the Thompson property into
the rooms vacated by Joseph
Sowers; Mrs. Louisa Jackson,
from one of the T. J. Comerer
houses on West Walnut street,
into the Thompson house; Christ
Shimer, from the John Doyle
property at the east end of Mark
et street into the house vacated
by Mrs. Jackson; George Steach
from the "Vallie Houpt" proper
ty into the house vacated by
Christ. Shimer; Howard Weld,
from the "Milt Unger" property,
into the house vacated by Geo.
Steach, which Mr. Weld owns;
Amos Clouser, from the Henry
Scott property at the south end
of First Street, into the new
house at Clevenger's, formerly
used as a school room; Brice
Hann, from the James Woodal
house across the Bridge, into the
house vacated by Mr. Clouser; A.
L. Wible, from the Alexander
house just east of the U. P.
church into the house vacated by
Brice Hann; A. J. Rotz, from one
of D. E. Little's houses on E.
Market Street into his own new
house, just east of the Borough;
George Souders, from the Gilbert
farm at the Reservoir, to the
Dallas Myers farm; Clarence
Cooper from the Abram Fox
farm to the Gilbert farm; Cyrus
Wagner, from the D. M. Kendall
farm near Cito to the George
Snider farm in Todd township,
which Mr. Wagner recently pur
chased; Harvey Mellott moves
onto the D. M. Kendall farm,
which he recently purchased. C.
C. Crouse, from the Geo. Snidnr
farm to the tenant house on the
Henry farm north of town; John
Wagner, from the Henry house
to Shippensburg; Mrs. Lottie
Grissinger, from the Glazier
(Hoke) farm south of town, into
one of T. J. Comerer's houses on
west Walnut street with her
ather-in-law, Adam Grissinger;
Dale Garland, from Thomas John
son's farm, west of town, to the
Glazier, farm: Fred Gordon '"to
Substitute for Timothy and Clover.
If the fears of many local
farmers have foundation, there
will be a short crop of hay in
this section this harvest From
Big Cove come reports that fre:
quent frost upheavals uprooted
sufficient clover to practically de
stroy the crop, and that timothy
suffered to considerable extent
But it is bo well known that soy
beans sown at, or immediately af
ter, cornplanting time, can be
made to take the place of clover
and timothy, that there need be
no lack of dry feed next winter.
The soybean stubble may then be
planted to wheat next fall. There
are several other crops that would
fill in with local conditions this
spring on barren hayfields; but
to fall back on reliable advice of
our State Experiment station,
three pecks of soybeans planted
in rows 28 inches apart cultiva
ted several times in order that
the stubble may be prepared for
wheat by use of a harrow, seems
to be the accepted course under
conditions here this spring. Some
corn-planters, and drills, crack
the beans, and of course such
seed will not grow; lookout for
that. Cut for hay as soon as
some of the lower leaves turn
brown, and before the pods are
half filled; if cut when more near
ly matured, the leaves and rich
seeds will drop off in harvesting
All stock including hogs eat
soybean hay greedily, and exper
iment station tests have proven
that the feed value of bean hay
is greater than that of clover. If
the enforced introduction of soy
beans into a general farming
scheme of the County results in
establishing more general knowl
edge of the value of this excel
lent legume and soil-builder, the
loss of a crop of clover and timo
thy hay will have-been a blessing
in disguise.
A big lot of rich feed in the
barn next winter will offset any
inconvenience in the change of
crop rotation caused by the
ploughing up of hayfields. There
is no time to lose in ordering seed
for April planting. Some farmer
could give better directions than
we could as to variety and place
to buy seed. Also as to way of
planting same. Perhaps as reft
i.t.t- i
aoie pian as any wouia oe to or
der through A. B. Ross, Bedford
Pa. as he is known to all of us,
and no time need be lost in hunt
ing best variety and place to buy.
It is Mr. Ross's business to know.
Postoffice to Be Removed.
C. R. Souders called a few days
ago to have his address changed
from Dublin Mills to Hustontown
It is reported that the Dublin
Mills postoffice is to be abandon
ed. Mr. Souder's reason for se
lecting Hustontown as his ad
dress for the News was because
the Star Route from Hustontown
to Three Springs passes his farm
and the carrier can deliver at his
box. Many copies of the News
go to Dublin Mills, and we ad
vise that our subscribers let us
know at their earliest convenien
ce where to send the paper when
that office closes.
the Johnson farm. J. Lake Gar
land, from the McQuade farm,
near Back Run, to the Trogler
farm, near Mercersburg; W. S.
Clevenger, from his property in
town, to the farm vacated by Mr.
Garland; Walter S. Osier, from
Chambersburg, into the Mrs.
Nettie Alexander house vacated
by Leslie W. Seylar; James Linn
from Maddenville, into the Mor
ton Building; George Rexroth and
sisters, from the Annie Frey
Shaffner house, into their own
new house on First Street; W. H.
James, from the Shaffner house
on Second street into the John
Stouteagle house on Lincoln Way
Charlie Snyder, from Ayr town
ship, into the house vacated by
Mr. James; Alice Stevens, from
the Dallas Myers place to Cal
Summers house in Ayr township
Geo. C, Mellott from Webster
Mills, into the Little house vaca
ted by Andy Rotz. N
RACE CULTIVATION.
Little Talks on Health and Hygiene by
Samuel G. Dixon, SI. D.. LL D., '
Commissioner of Health.
To maintain the highest degree
of physical health, it must be ac
companied by a healthy brain.
One that can work out its own
problems in early intercourse
with the rest of mankind, and
cooperate for the preservation of
its own species. This ia a law of
nature.
The Teutonic writers would
have us believe that war is nec
essary to keep up the prosperity
of a healthy nation, claiming that
the whole scheme of nature is to
live on itself. This, however, is
a mistake. Cannibalism is rare
and unnatural.
The self preservation of species
means the united effort of indi
viduals to that end. When one
begins to live on one's seK death
follows.
To modify a common but true
saying, dog cannot eat dog. War
kills off the healthy and broods
death.
In these days of all advanced
health measures, children should
be taught to take plenty of out
door physical exercise, but it
should not be brutal in character.
Their sports should tend to culti
vate control, temperate thoughts
and kindness.
As war brings pestilence the
higher education should not
teach the Teutonic interpretation
of the laws of nature, but that
it will lead to the self destruction
of the species.
Wars must cease as man over
comes the brute side of his na
ture although he may be trained
in the science of war without be
coming brutal. In this twentieth
century all questions between na
tions will have to be settled by
international courts. The pres
ent war is counteracting the re
sults of great health laws that
have been enforced by spreading
communicable disease and killing
off the able bodied members of
the belligerent nations.
To attain the highest degree of
health, militarism must be crush
ed. Railroad News.
That Fulton county will soon
be opened up to the commercial
world by a railroad looks plausi
ble. The engineers are rapidly
completing all the details con
nected with the surveys, and en
gineer A. Spotwood Dandridge
reports that he will have all pro
file maps and specifications for
building and construction about
April 5th.
Mr. H. T. Klingensmith, engi
neer of the construction firm o
Ferguson & Edmondson, railroad
contractors of Pittsburg, came to
town Monday. He came for the
purpose of looking over the field
with a view to submitting bids
for the construction of our road.
Our readers have had explained
to them how an electric freight
hauling road is not limited to
easy grades of steam roads, and
in view of this fact Mr. Klingen
smith, like many other visiting
engineers, has said that our max
imum 6 per4 cent grade presents
no difficulties for the construc
tion and operation of a good road
over Cove mountain.
Fort Loudon has responded
freely to the help of bringing the
road to that town, and citizens of
that place hold much stock, and
two of the Company's directors
are from that town. The mi.
thorized issue of bonds will soon,
we are told, be ready for pur- "
chasers, and alread . deaWs in
thli' kind of paper have made
many pertinent inquiries. Unlike
the European field of battle, "
startling news cannot be obtain
ed daily, since events do not oc
cur so rapidly in the field of rail
road work; but the foregoing is a
summary of what has been done
to date, and the develoDment of
this much is as much as ener
getic pffnrfa ftniiM )u a
to accomplish, and the effort3 of
".President Post and co-workera
I have been truly energetic.