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VOLUME 16
McCONNELLSBURG, PA., APRIL 15,1915
NUMBER 30
THE GRIM REAPER.
lort Sketches of the Lives of Per
sons Who Dave Recently
Passed Away.
Mrs. Sarah Mellott.
Mrs. Sarah Catharine Mellott
vife 01 MOsea ivienuix, ueceaaeu
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ied at her home in Thompson
LiwnshiD April 8. 1915. aged 66
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ears, 9 months, and 24 days.
Ihe was born in Ayr township,
nd was a daughter of the late
ohn Clevenger. She was the
oungestof a family of fifteen
Children. She had no children.
She has one sister in Illinois and
mother sister Mrs. Lizzie Gor
Ion lives in Bethel township.
the cause of her death was drop-
iy. We are not informed when
ir where she was burried.
Mrs. Lula Longman.
Mrs. Lula Longman, wife of
E. H. Longman, of Polo, 111., died
February 28, 1915. But a short
ime before her death she had
talked cheerfully with friends,
ind about two hours later she
fas found sitting in a chair dead
by neighbors. Her husband was
way from home at the time of
ler death.
Spring Opening f jr Sabbath Schools.
Sunday April 25 is the day set
or the general rally of the
ichools of Fulton County. Last
ear seven schools of the County
tiade a canvass of their commu-
ities to enlist everybody in the
School movement The canvass
as made a few days before the
pening day, everybody as far as
ossible was personally seen and
sk id to become member of
)me school, and i. present at
he grand rally and opening. A
total of more than 125 members
fere added to the schools of the
ounty as the result ( ' this ef
brt All schools of the County are
equested to report the number
a attendance on that Sunday at
nee, so the report can be made
n the County papers. Address
11 communications to Hon, S. W.
Kirk, or Rev. R. E. Peterman,
IcConnellsburg, Pa.
The plan for this year is as fol
lows: Every school send teams of
wo members, as many different
earns as seems best, to see and
lak everybody old and young in
he community, during the week
It April 18 to the 25, to become
riembers of the school and be
present on Sunday April 25.
pen, on Monday morning, send
I report of attendance to either
ne of the above parties. Trust-
ng to have all the schools the
pest possible, we are, as always
he Fulton County Sunday School
Association.
Revolvers,
A revolver is a nickl s-plated
substitute for bravery, which has
practically driven the original ar-
lcle out of the market
The' revolver gives a puny man
kith a 5-8 inch brain and the
fluck of a grasshopper' a 100-yd.
reach and makes him more dead-
y than a Sioux Indian. Thero
fvas a time when this country
had no dangerous animals, ex-
F ept bears and wolves, and life
vaa safe, except on the frontiers;
pt now vast hordes of 16-year-
M boys who use their skulls for
a dime novel bookcase, roam the
streets with cigarettes in their
faceand a portable cannon in
their hip pockets, producing obit-
paries with the skill and enthu
siasm of a cholera microbe; while
jit is at all times possible to meet
ia Personal enemy who has been
1
Ml
mg you for a week, and who
Reluctantly compelled to defend
iff-self when he catches you- by
jfillinj you so full of lead that
jJ'ur remains will require eight
(Pall-bearers. Revolvers are now
generally used in debate, in
Wotneatic nunrrpla and ren&rtee
g! 811 sorts that 8,000 Americans
M, i them each year, it is said.
! utchell S. D. Gazette.
Mra.
vcr' w visiting Miss Katie Fore.
ALTO HO BILE MISHAP.
Mack Sipes "Ron Down" by Aaditor
General Powell on Lincoln High
way Last Friday.
Mack Sipes had been over at
the home of his brother Reamer,
near Foltz, Franklin county,
helping the latter work on the
turnpike. Last Friday one of
Reamer's boys was taking his
uncle Mack to his home in Lick
ing Creek township in a buggy.
About a half mile west of Mc-
Connellsburg, the Sipeses were
overtaken by Auditor General
Powell and his wife, who were
going to Pittsburgh. At this
time the young man was driving
the buggy, on the right hand side
of the road, and his uncle was
walking n short distance ahead
of the Lugv on the left hand
side of the road, about 24 feet
distant from the buggy. For
some reason or other, Mr. Pow
ell's car struck Mr. Sipes, knock
ing the latter to the road and the
machine passed over the prone
body. Mr. Powell stopped
his car at once, and taking up
the injured man, brought him
back to the office of Dr. Geo. M.
Robinson. While Mr. Sipes was
badly bruised, it was not believed
that he suffered any internal in
juries, or that he had any bones
broken. After an examination
by Dr. Robinson, and necessary
treatment Mr. Powell took him
to his home.
There seems to be a difference
of opinion as to the rate of
speed Mr. Powell was running.
He says he was not running more
than eight mile3 an hour, while
others say he was "hitting it up"
at a 40-mile clip. Last Saturday
morning's (Chambersburg) Pub
lic Opinion, says that General
Powell gave the local authorities
of that town the slip twice last
Friday morning as he was com
ing through, when they attempt
ed to "pull him" for speeding.
Is Scale Disappearing?
We respectfully 'ask readers to
help us find out how far San Jose
scale has disappeared from our
orchards, due to the work of the
little wasp that pierces the scale.
You can readily detect the work
of this scale enemy. Look close
ly, and if the tiny scale shows a
hole in it no larger than a fine
hair, you may be certain that the
little wasp is at work. This lit
tle wasp-like creature is so small
that one of them could sit on a
period at the end of each senten
ce on this page, and neither its
head nor its tail would extend
out over the edge of the period.
But it is a vigorous worker, and
has the power to sting many
scales. At each sting it lays an
egg in the scale, and the eggs
soon hatch and the larva eats the
inside of the pest We have
heard of some orchards that have
been almost cleared of the scale
through the activities of the lit
tle wasp. You can introduce it
into your orchard by carrying
home some twigs from these
where it is known to exist Tie
the twigs to your trees, and as
the little insects hatch, they go
to work for you. In the course
of time, they multiply sufficiently
to clean up the scale. Please
bring us sambles of twigs con
taining the waspholes, and tell
us as nearly as you can whether
the ravages of the scale seem to
be diminishing. t
State Rood News.
During the past two weeks, lo
cal superintendent J. C. Patter
son has been repairing the War
fordsburg four miles of State
road, and had hired wagons for
hauling, but unable to secure
them for longer time he last Sat
urday, sent four state road dump
wagons that had been stored in
Mason's barn all winter.
A small force of men are at
work on Cove mountain, and oth
er places on the pike, opening
ditches, culverts, and filling in
some of the worst places. He
expects, before many days, to
put a larger force to work on the
pike.
SERIOUSLY BURNED.
Gasoline Took Fire As Morrow G. Kirk
Was Filling Tank in Auto Track,
Last Saturday Morning. '
As was told in the News two
weeks ago, John Sheets & Son
put an auto truck on the road be
tween McConnellsburg and Mer-
cersburg to more speedily trans
port passengers and the mail,
and to take the place -of the old
horse coaches. Until the regular
drivers should become familiar
with the machine, Mr. Morrow
G. Kirk was employed to take
charge of the truck, and instruct
the men in the use and care of
the machine.
As the schedule time for the
leaving of the early mail is five
o'clock in the morning, it be
comes necessary to get the ma
chine in readiness before day
light Last Saturday morning
the machine needed gasoline, and
Mr. Kirk was emptying the con
tents of a five-gallon can into the
tank, when suddenly the gasoline
at the mouth of the spout burst
into a blaze, flying up into Mr.
Kirk's face and setting his
clothing afire. With rare pres
ence of mind Mr. Kirk threw the
can and dropped to the ground at
the same time tearing the burn
ing clothing from his body and
rolling in the dust. John Sheets,
who was standing near grasped
a bucket of water and dashed it
onto the can, which, fortunately
extinguished the flames instead
of scattering the fire as is usually
the case. Mr. Kirk was severe
ly burned along the right side of
the body from head to foot his
right hand and arm, which he
used in tearing his clothing from
his body being the worst. He is
resting as comfortably as might
be expected.
The fire originated from a lan
tern some distance away. Mr.
Kirk says that he had filled the
tank in the light of a lantern be
fore without an accident and
felt that the lantern was far
enough away not to make any
trouble. The accident took place
in an enclosure, and the wonder
is, that the machine and build
ings were not burned, and that
Mr. Kirk escaped with his life.
Like dynamite, powder, kero
sene, and other explosives, gaso
line holds an important place in
the ecomomics of to-day, but too
much care can not be taken to
prevent accidents. People who
use it in automobiles or in sta
tionary engines, should never
take chances in going near it
with an open flame. Lighting a
pipe, cigar, or lantern near gaso
line, or carrying a burning lan
tern, is done at much risk. Ev
ery owner of an automobile
should have a good flash-light
lantern, which can be used with
perfect safety about gasoline or
other explosive gases.
New Garage.
Dr. H. C. McClain, of Huston-
town, is having erected a fire
proof garage on his lot next to
the U. P. church, on west Lin
coln Way. The building will be
128x55 five feet It is being built
throughout of concrete and iron.
The front end for 28 feet back,
will be two stories. The lower
story will contain two rooms,
and a driveway leading from Lin
coln Way to the main room. One
of the rooms will be fitted up for
an office, with washroom, toilet,
&c. Across the driveway, in the
opposite front corner, will be a
storeroom for automobile parts,
accessories, and supplies, and
will be fitted with a big show
window. The second story will
be made into a modern flat with
all conveniences to make a ' com
fortable home.
This leaves space for a show
room and repair shop floor for
machines, 100x55 feet in the rear
of the building which will be
well lighted, and furnished to
take care of new stock cars and
afford room for whatever garages
are called upon to do. Ralph
Reed ia busily engaged in mak
ing the concrete blocks for the
walls.
' Recent Weddings.
Layton-Mills.
A very pretty wedding was
solemnized at Hotel Washington,
Berkley Springs, W. Va., on
April 7, 1915, when Mr. Chester
W. Layton and Miss Myrtle J.
Mills, of Whips Cove, were unit
ed in marriage by Rev. J. H.
Brunk, at 1:30 o'clock, afternoon,
In addition to the bride and groom
the wedding party consisted of
the groom's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Aaron Layton; the brides
cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W.
McKee, Mr. and Mrs. Carry Lay
ton and daughter Esther all in
Messrs. Layton and McKee's
touring cars.
The party returned to the home
of the groom immediately after
the marriage ceremony, and a
splendid wedding supper was
served to thirty-one. Next day
the happy couple went to the
home of the bride's cousins, Mr.
and Mrs. Geo. W. McKee, with
whom she had made her home
before her marriage. Here an
elegant supper awaited them and
their relatives. The bride receiv
ed many handsome presents.
This excellent and intelligent
young couple have the best wish
es of a very large circle of
friends.
Mellott-Mellott.
At the Methodist Episcopal par
sonage in McConnellsburg on
Monday, April 12, 1915, the pas
tor, Rev. A. S. Luring, united in
marriage, Mr, John F. Mellott,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Mason Mel
lott of Belfast township, and
Miss Belle, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Edward V. Mellott of the
same township. After the cere
mony, the happy couple went
over to the home of the bride's
parents, where a splendid Eupper
was served, and on Tuesday, they
went to Everett boarded a train
and left for Fostoria, 0., where
the groom has a home provided,
and they will go to housekeeping
on a farm. Mr. and Mrs, Mellott
have the best wishes of their nu
merous friends.
Knepper-Strait.
On Thursday, April 8, 1915,
Miss Ruth Strait and Mr. John
Knepper were united in marriage
at the home of the bride, near
Gracey, by the Rev. L. Benson,
of the United Brethren church.
The bride is an estimable young
lady, and the groom is an upright
industrious young man, well fit
ted for the affairs of life. Mr.
and Mrs. Knepper have purchas
ed a farm near Gracey, which
they will take charge of in the
near future and be at home to
their many friends, who wish
them a long and prosperous life.
Those present at the wedding
were Mrs. Aaron Knepper, Fan
nie Knepper, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac
Baker, Owen Laidig, Jesse B.
Heefner, wife, and daughter Ol
ive; b. . btrait David btrait
Scott Wolf, and Miss Mary Wolf.
Judge Swope Sustained.
The Superior Court has just
handed down a decision sustain
ing the finding of Judge Swope
in the case of Hettie A. Wither
spoon vs. the estate of ttye late
Wm. Patterson, of Ayr township,
deceased. According to term3 of
the will of Mr. Patterson, Mrs.
D. A. Nelson was to become own
er of the farm upon the payment
of $917.50. Miss Witherspoon
brought suit to recover double
that sum, and when our Court
decided in favor of Mrs. Nelson,
an appeal was taken to the Su
perior Court, which affirmed the
decision as before stated.
Boy Fell OH Wagon.
Daniel Barnhart one of J. W.
Mellott's teamsters was bringing
a four-hofse load of hichory lum
ber up the Cove road last Satur
day, and when near the Secrist
farm, his brother Walter, who
was Bitting on top of the load fell
off. While it is not likely that a
wheel passed over him, one of his
legs was very much bruised, and
the boy needed some surgical at
tention, r
DIED IN HER 99TH YEAR.
Was Bora Near Harrisonville, and
Worked at Metzler's Hotel
for 25 Cents a Week.
From the Public Opinion (Cham
bersburg), we learn of the death
of Mrs. Elizabeth Vance, which
occurred in Chambersburg last
Saturday at the advanced age of
98 years, 3 months, and 9 days.
With the exception of one year
spent with friends in Greencas
tle, Mrs. Vance spent the last 63
years of her life in Chambers
burg. Mrs. Vance's maiden name was
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Brewbaker, and she was born on
her father's farm of thirty acres,
about three-quarters of a mile up
the Branch, northwest of Har
risonville, the buildings having
long ago disappeared and the
land now a part of Thomas S.
Metzler's farm. At the time of
her birth, much of the big Lick
ing Creek valley was covered by
the virgin forest, and it was be'
cause of the Forbes Road which
was the great artery of travel
between the eastern cities and
Pittsburg, that Harrisonville got
its name on the map. During
many months in the year, the
road was alive with its great
stream of wagons, stage coaches
and pedestrians During her
early youth, Mrs. Vance, then
Elizabeth Brewbaker, went to
work in the tavern kept by the
Metzlers. Here she worked,
from morning to night for 25
cents a week. She had her wag
es increased to as high as 85 cents
a week, but this was the limit of
her wages for her hard work.
The tavern cared for scores of
teamsters and pedestrians each
day, "but people in those days."
Mrs. Vance was wont to say,
were not afraid to work and we
laughed and talked and worked
the whole day through and were
happy and contented."
While at Harrisonville, Mrs.
Vance saw a battery of U. S.
Artillery from Carlisle barracks
pass through on its way to Pitts
burgh to take boat down the Ohio
for the Mexican war. Our towns
man J. Nelson Sipes, Esq., who
was a lad at that time went up
to the home of General John
Sipes, who at that time lived at
the Vallance place east of Har
risonville, to see them pass. It
was on a Sunday morning,, and
the "boys" made a splendid ap
pearance in their bright military
suits. Mr. Sipes remembers well
about seeing the recruiting of
ficer at the Muster at Harrison
ville, enroll the names of John
Suders, David Fore, Alfred Sipes,
William Bishop, William Polk,
and others who served in the
Mexican War.
John Miller married one of the
Metzler girls. They went to
Chambersburg and opened the
Miller Hotel. Mrs. Vance went
with them and worked for years
at the hotel. Jacob Vance court
ed her and married her. They
lived happily. He died in 1871.
Work wns Mrs. Vance's mania.
Although relatives and friends
wanted to provide for her when
she entered the 80's, she would
not and up until a year ago she
earned money by doing washing.
"I worked forty years for one
woman," Mrs. Vance once said,
"and that is a long time."
One brother survives her, Josh-
RAILROAD NEWS.
By November First Freight Cars Should
Be Loading and Unloading at
McConnellsburg Statioo.
As noted by the News last
week, contracting firms sent rep
resentatives and engineers to go
over the line of survey, and to
receive copies of the finished pro
files and specifications upon which
to base bids for construction.
Some bids have been received,
and on, or before, the first of
May, it is expected that all bids
will be in, and the contract let
to the lowest bidder. As to the
sale of bonds, President Post re
ports that $100,000 worth have
been disposed of, and that bank
ing firms of Philadelphia, New
York, Pittsburgh, and Baltimore,
are looking up our bonds. At the
last meeting of the board of di
rectors, the Farmers and Mer
chants Trust Co., of Chambers
burg, was appointed trustee of
the bond issue. From present
indication, there will be no grea
difficulty in placing all the bonds.
The assignment of bonds for local
consumption is in the hands of
treasurer Geo. A. Harris, to whom
application may be made for
purchase of same. Sales, includ
ing some at Fort Loudon, have
been made to local buyers.
Lewis T. Peck, of the Westing
house Company, will return this
week for the express purpose of
taking the contract; for that com
pany s end of the work, namely,
the installation of all electrical
work, including the heavy motor.
He will remain on the ground to
superintend the work, on behalf
of the railroad company, until it
i3 completed; his offer to remain
with U3 was accepted by the
company with thanks.
As soon a's all bids have been
received, and the contract let a
day will be set for the driving of
the first peg, and the event will
be celebrated by making it one
of the greatest days in the his
tory of Fulton county. It is not
expected that this event will oc
cur later than May first. Con
tractors claim that six months
will be sufficient time in which
to build the road, and start first
train over the mountain. This
means that by November first
freight cars should be loaded and
unloaded atMcConnellsburg ware
houses. Stray Bullets. '
Several days ago, engineer
Mack Reynolds was running his
train on the P. & R. road near
Shippensburg when he felt a
sharp pain in his abdomen. A
small hole from which blood was
running indicated a bullet wound
though he heard no shot at the
time he was hurt At Harris-
burg, an X-ray revealed a small
bullet lodged in his intestines.
The use of little .22 calibre rifles
has become so common, that ac
cidents like this one are now fre
quent The use of these 1 accu
rate little guns is not condemned
but their manner of use is to be
deplored. The pellets, if shot in
to the air at an angle will travel
the longest length of McCon
nellsburg, and if there is the
least noise in the air, the bullet
travels farther than the sound of
the report It is the same with
modern high power rifles. Down
in Lebanon, a man was shot
while riding in a buggy. The
man who fired the shot was prob
ably, a full mile distant Men
and boys who use either the in
nocent-looking little .22, or the
high power rifle should be
taught to make sure that a back
ground that will stop the bullet
is in sight before firing. The
high power rifle has no rightful
place in the eastern states. Not
one time in ten thousand can
game be seen let alone shot at
a greater distance than it could
be killed with ordinary charges.
ua Brewbaker of Cokeville. He
is over 83 years old and still does
work as a blacksmith. He is al
so a lay Methodist Dreacher.
Five grandchildren and several
great grandchildren also survive.
One of her grandchildren is
Mrs. H. Wishart Decker, of Mc
Connellsburg, who visited Mrs.
Vance about six years ago. At
that time Mrs. Vance was in her
93rd year, but was bright and
active, could carry a bucket of
water in each hand and could
outwalk Mrs. Decker,
THE UNIVERSAL TIPPLE.
Little Talks on Health and Hygicue by
Samuel G. Dixon, M. D., LL. D.,
Commissioner of Health.
Coffee and tea are the two bev
erages used almost universally by
the adult population throughout"
the civilized and semi-civilized
world.
It is impossible to say how
many tens of millions of dollars
are expended upon them annual
ly. Although their use has stead
ily increased they muht be dis
continued by the multitudes who
have formed the habit without
the loss of any benefit and in the
majority of cases abstinence
would result in distinct physical
gain.
Neitiicr coffee or tea are to be
considered foods. Both are stim
ulants and it is this which is re- V
sponsible to their popularity. As
with all other stimulants there is
a continual tendency to over in
dulgence because a moderate al
lowance after a time fails to give
the necessary incitement to the
nervous system.
While the mind is often stimu
lated to good work for a short
time by coffee or tea any stimu
lus which they give is transitory
for there is a period of depres
sion following the use of all stim
ulants. Experiments have shown
that over indulgence in both have
a tendency in the long run to
dull the working of the mind.
A moderate use may not be
followed by any noticeable ill ef
fect but nervousness and dis
turbances of the digestive system
is almost certain to follow the
excessive use of either. Tea ha3
an astringent action which is
often harmful.
Any value which might follow
from the use of a warm beverage
with meals, where the majority
of the food is below the body
temperature, is probably offset
by this action. Hot water or the
"cambric tea" (hot water, whole
milk and sugar) of our childhood
days is far better.
Many people rely upon coffee
and tea almost entirely as bever
ages and fail to drink the proper
quantity of pure water.
Alsike Clover.
Webster says that Alsike clo
ver is so named from Alsike.
Sweden. The blossom is of light
color being pinkish, to white.
Looking up the possibilities.
and values, of Alsike, we fell
back upon that reliable authori
ty, Alva Agee. That gentleman
tells us that if we can get no bet
ter clover to grow, it is a good
thing. Other conditions being
equal, it can find nourishment in
a slightly more acid soil than can
our good old red clover. For this
reason it has gained for itself a
reputation for producing more
hay. But the Professor cites
many instances of failure to
maintain its reputation when the
two were grown side by side un
der proper clover conditions,
namely, a good sweet soil. As a
soil-builder, it does not root deeD-
ly, neither ha3 it the ability to
draw from the air as much nitro- 1
gen. bown by itself, it is hard
to mow because of its failure to
stand upright
Those who know Mr. Agee, or
who are acquainted with his
writings, will at once recognize
his clear and honest way of rend
ering assistance when he states
that if, by reason of lack of lime,
red clover will not thrive, try the
next best thing Alsike if soil
is not too sour for hope of any
of the clovers.
Scalp Bounty Frauds.
Recent en vestigation shows that
the State has been defrauded of
tens of thousands of dollars
through the substitution of rat
scalps for those of weasels, and
chicken heads for hawk heads.
Nearly fifty men are In jail, or
are awaiting trial, for having
fraudulently collected bounties in
this way. This does not speak
well for the intelligence of our
.country "Squires," if they can
I be thus easily fooled.