i C01llf fine VOLUME 16 McCONNFLLSKURG, PA., JUNE 24,1915. NUMBER 40 THE GRIM REAPER. WILL PASS OVER McCONNELLSBt'RG. CLEANED BY THE WAYSIDE. EVANGELISTIC WORK. "AULD ACQUAINTANCE." CHILDREN'S VACATIONS. Short Sketches of the Lives of Per sons Who Have Recently Passed Away. Bruce A. Woollet. Bruce Ashton Woollet died at his home at Fannettsburg last Saturday morning in his forty third year. Several years ago while working for the Westing house people in Pittsburgh, he sustained ,a serious accident while riding on a trolley car, from which he never entirely recover ed. The deceased was a son of Scott and Lydia Ashton Woollet and he was born on the old Wool let homestead near Fort Little ton. He was married to Mis3 Mary H. Lessig, of Fannetts burg, and to this union were born five children, all of whom are liv ing. The funeral took place at hi3 late home on Monday afternoon, and interment was made in the cemetery near Fannettsburg. Killed in California. The Morning Union of Nevada City, California, gives an account of a frightful mine accident at Canyon Creek, on Friday, 'June 11th which resulted in the death of three persons, one of whom was J. Harry Seiling, at Akers ville, this county. The remains were shipped to Everett and ta ken to the home of his mother at Akersville for burial. The unfortunate young man was a son of the late Wm. A. Seiling and Mrs. Mary Jane Seil ing and was born at Akersville, Fulton county, about 37 years apo. He is survived by his moth er and three brothers and three sisters; as follows; Dr. Agustus Seiling, of White Oak, Lancaster county, Pa., Gates Seiling, of Sublette Illinois; Ross J. Seiling, of Altoona. Pa., Mrs. Wm. P. Felton, of Altoona. Pa., Mrs. Alex Lamberson, of Akersville, Pa.; and Mrs. John Bottenfield, of Breezewood. Deceased was unmarried. His death is mourn ed by a host of friends 13 Brush Creek Valley.- Fine Road. Automobile tourists returning from points in the West and Western Pennsylvania, report the roads as very poor in portions of Ohio. According to aPhiladel phian, Mr. Hoyle, from Pitts burgh to Breezewood, which is about sixteen miles east of Bed ford, is probably as fine a stretch of 116 miles of road as can be found anywhere in the country. The mountain scenery is perfect and an altitude of 3399 feet is at tained crossing the Alleghany mountains. From Breezewood to Fort Loudon the road has been put in splendid condition with the exception of a few short stretch es, and men are at work on these. The mountains between Everett and Chambersburg are no longer a dread to tourists, and in a few eeks will be in perfect condi tion. Dorse Killed. About noon Tuesday a heavy electrical storm in which there was much hail gathered in the mountain east of McConnellsburg and swept southward over Mer cersburg, caused much damage fruit and crops. A team be longing to D. W. Unger had been 8ent to Fulton ponntv for a load "f calves, and while Mr. Unger's aon-in-law, Mr. Edgar Hiland Was drivinir thn team hptwppn th-Hunter Road and the tollgate on the east side of the mountain on the Mercersburg pike, a bolt U1 lightning struck a pine tree 00Ut twentv fppt from the rnnH .and, at the same time struck one Mr. Unger's horses in the team u,ng it instantly. Neither the drver, the other horse, nor the jalvea were in any way affected " we shock. vXr-and Mrs. Earl Lone of iZ 7 Vllle were in town Bhop- i )(, rriuay. KILLED BY AUTOMOBILE. Roy Mellott Lost His Life Monday Aft ernoon While Riding a Bicycle East of Everett. A shocking accident occurred on the Lincoln Highway two miles east of Everett about 4 o'clock, Monday afternoon, in which Roy Mellott was killed in stantly. Roy was a son of Wil liam II. and Mary Amanda Bot tomfield Mellott, living near Breezewood. He was aged about 27 years and wa9 unmarried. He was returning from Everett, and while descending a gentle grade near the old Morgret place, he was met by an automobile driven by P. M. Torter, of Easton. Pa. The road had been freshly oiled and Roy attempted to cross the road in front of the approaching machine, when his bicycle skid ded, and he w ; s caught by the automobile, hurled to the ground and instantly killed. Upon ex amination it was found that his skull had been .crushed, both arms broken, and his body terri bly bruised and mangled. The occupants of the automobile were horrified when they found what had happened, and set about what they could for the repara tion of the terrible accident, Af ter notifying neighbors, the mo torists went on to Everett and gave themselves up to the proper authorities. A coroner's jury was empanel led on Tuesday in Everett and after six hours deliberation, they exonerated James Porter, d? Easton, and John Vilsack, of Pittsburg, of being in any way responsible for the death of Roy Mellott It was shown that while riding a bicycle down grade, Roy attempted to cross the road which had been freshly oiled and fell directly in front of the machine. Porter in a Winton racer was tak ing Vilsack his Lafayette college chum, to the latter's home in Pittsburgh. The young man wa3 taken to Everett to an undertaking estab lishment and his body prepared for the funeral which took place from his home yesterday and in terment was made in the ceme tery at UnionJMemorial church. Roy was an excellent young man, and his untimely death was shock to the community. He was a member of the Odd Fellows, the Eagles, and the Sons of Vet erans, ane enjoyed the confidence and respect of everybody. Besides his parents he is sur vived by six brothers; Irvin, residing in Oregon; Lester, Ern est, Philip, Frank, and Lloyd all at home, and by two sisters Iva, wife of Jesse Barton, Crys tal Springs, and Edith, at home. Had Nice, Trip. Mrs. Jacob Sheffield and son Walter, and Mrs. George Shef fieldall of Fort Littleton, went to Mt. Union where they were joined by Mrs. Jacob Sheffield's daughter, Mrs. A. V. Woodcock. The party then went to Altoona and visited Mrs. Sheffield's other daughter Mrs. Claire Miller. who has lived in the City several years showed her guests a mighty good time. Mrs. Miller took them out for a t'.ay at Lake mont park, where they saw amusements for young and old, and they had a very enjoyable time. In the evening they at tended a theatre. While in Al toona they visited the big de partment stores, the City Hospit al, the big railroad shops and the many other points of interest. Last Friday evening they re turned to Mount Union where they remained with Mrs. Wood' cock until Monday morning, They made a call atShirleyS' burg, and reached their home at Fort Littleton Monday evening, having had a most delightful trip. Mrs. Charles Eitemiller and daughter Myrtle, of Mercersburg, are visiting relatives and friends on this side of the mountain this week, Coast-to-Coast Flight by Members of the Aero Club of America Will Follow Lincoln Highway. Two cross-country aeroplane flights, in which probably a dozen or more prominent aeronauts will compete will be made from New York to San Francisco, says the Bedford Inquirer, some time during this summer. The Lincoln Highway has been selected as the premanent trans continental course, and Bedford will be the scene of - the first night stop after the araoplanes leave New York. Lee Hoffman, local consul for the Lincoln Highway Association has been appointed by the Aero Club to select the landing place for the birdmen in the vicinity of Bedford. Several sites have been considered, and it is probable that the machines will come to earth on a big field about a mile from town, which is the place most favorably thought of by Mr. Hoffman. Prizes aggregating $20,200 have already been offered and tentative offers indicate that be fore the flights are completely ar ranged the prizes will total $50, 000. That these prizes will in duce the most prominent aviators of the country to participate in the contest is certain, already thirty-two applications have been filed and seventy-five are expect ed before the competition starts. The prizes are offered in soctions for the best daily flights. Ten hour3 will constitute a day's flight. According to Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary, Chairman of the Committee on Aeronautical Maps and Landing Places of the Aero Club of America, the Lin coln Highway was picked for the transcontinental flights because of its direction .it being the short est land route, and because of the co pe -ation which the organiza tion of Lincoln Highway Consuls scattered in every city and town along the 3,400 mile course, could offer the aviators. Land ing places will be selected along the trail, and it is expected that later signs and indicators which can be read by the air men while making the . flight will be erect ed along the course of the high way. The Aero Club of America state the purpose of the competi tion to be the demonstration to the United States government that aeroplanes are the practical means of carrying the mails to isolated points and to assist the War and Navy Department in the development of an aviation corps for the National Guard and Naval Militia. If present plans do not miscar ry, they will pass over the top of Cove mountain but a few feet above the tree-tops toward even ing, swing high over the Cove and McConnellsburg so as to clear Scrub Ridge, and make a bee line for the top of Sideling Hill where the Lincoln Way crosses; thence over the top of Rays Hill on Lincoln Way; thence in a bee line for the Gap at Mt. Dallas; thence through the Narrows to Bedford. Struck by Rock from Blast. On last Satuidiy, while two men in a buggy were coming down the east side ,of Sideling Hill on the Lincoln Highway, one of the men, a Mr. Jackson of Brush Creek township, was struck on top of the head by a small stone that bad been hurled near ly an eighth of a mile by a blast at the State quarry; but it cut through his cap and opened a small vein from which the blood trickled to the ground. Cold wa ter from a nearby spring stopped the flow of blood. Workmen had stopped the buggy at what was supposed to be a safe distance from the blast, but the stcne found its way over tree tops and came down with the foregoing result Some Observations Recorded by Our Correspondent in a Stroll Through the Country. Our correspondent, spending a few days in the northern part of the county, begs to submit the following observations: 1. That hundreds of sycamore trees, an occasional cherry tree, many small caks in low places, and nearly all pear trees, are covered with dead, curled-up leaves caused by a cold high wind that passed over the county about the last of May. 2. That, wherever black slate has been used to resurface the roads, the "going" is fine; also, that the Lincoln Highway from McConnellsburg to Bedford coun ty line is smooth as a floor, ex cept shot stretches, where wa ter weareth away stones. This is a reminder that the only road that never needs repair by human hands is the Great Highway to Perdition, paved, it is said, with good intentions. This might suggest something to the State Highway Department. 3. That the enormous Catalpa tree in I. W. Schooley's door yard five miles west of McCon nellsburg, is in bloom, and it is a sight worth looking at It re sembles a pile of snow forty feet in height and may be seen for miles. 4. That M. II. Hollinshead, Harrisonville's enterprising gen eral merchant is installing a 500 gallon gasoline tank for the ac commodation of the traveling automobile public. 5. That this seems to be an oats year. Farmers say they never knew oats to show up bet tersomething out of the ordi nary in this section of the coun ty. 6. That some automobile driv ers travel more deliberately than others. 7. That farmers along Lincoln Highway will raise fewer chick ens, because auto speeders run over them faster than the owner can finish them with the axe and eat them. 8. That between Greenhill and Saluvia are two of the finest con crete bridges in the County. 9. That ten additional teams were added this week to the re pair force working on the Lin coln Highway on the east side of Sideling Hill. 10 ThatR. R. Hann is building a neat dwelling house for his son one-fourth mile north of Green hill House on the old Enoch De shong farm, 'recently purchased by Mr, Hann. 11. That the Children's Day services last Sunday both at the Greenhill Presbyterian church and at the Siloam M. E., were highly entertaining and very creditable to those who had the matter in charge. 12. That Roy M. Sipes is work ing wonders on the old place that lay fallow for twenty odd years in Licking Creek township. New buildings and scores of wagon loads of roots grubbed out, has completely changed the appear ance of the famous old rabbit hunting grounds. He has fine crops ot wheat, oats, and rye. 13. That reliable farm labor is scarce along the Lincoln High way, for the reason that a man with a team of horses can earn from $75 to $90 a month. Nine-inch Bass. The Walsh bill, approved by Governor Brumbrugh makes ille gal the catching of bass less than nine inches long, and . this is a point important for all anglers to note. Heretofore the minimum legal size in thi3 state has been eight inches. The nine inch stan dard is trre same as applies in New Jersey and in the Delaware river. Notmore than twelve bass can be taken legally by an individual in one day, but very few persons will have to worry about that. , Subscribe for the News. Third Week of the Big Meeting at Need' more Shows I'nabatcd Interest. Great Crowds. Evangelist Charles Beard, of Martinsburg, W. Va., is conduct ing a series of meetings at Need more in a big gospel tent with marked success. He is heartily assisted by Rev. A. G. B. Pow ers, of the Christian church, and by Rev. E. J. Croft, of the Meth odist Episcopal. The large at tendance shows the interest awakened. A choir of one hun dred voices under the direction of Rev. Powers, which, being supplemented by sacred concerts given by the Needmore band, so los by Rev. Croft, and duets by Revs. Croft and Powers, makes the music an attractive and in spiring feature. In the big tabernacle last Sun day Rev. Beard preached a .pow erful sermon to the mothers, us ing the word "Home" as a key to his theme. His pathetic de scription of the toils and sacrifi ces made by the mother fcr her children; how the waywardness and ingratitude of some children crush the heart of the mother, held the audience spellbound, and carried a lesson that will not soon be forgotten. At two o'clock in the afternoon more than five hundred people assembled at the Concrete Bridge east of Needmore to witness the baptism by immersion of twenty- eight persons, by Rev. Powers. After the baptismal ceremony the congregation repaired to the tent where an experience meet ing was led by Mr. Amos Sharpe. At night the tabernacle was again filled to overflowing, the special music being a quartette composed of Ralph Truax, Dee Garland, Robert Dixon and Wal ter Peck, and Miss Delia Bard at the organ. Services every evening this week. All-day services will be held next Sunday beginning with preaching in the tabernacle at 10:30; then, at 2:30, and 8 o'clock in the evehing. People are in vited to go early, take their din ners along, and stay all day. Recent Weddings. Paylor Rinedollar. Mr Raymond Paylor and Miss Maude Rinedollar, both of Ayr township were married in Har- risburg on the 7th inst The ceremony was performed in the home of the bride s uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. William J. Bricker by Rev. Thomas Reisch, of tne Lutheran church. The groom, a son of William and Abbie Everts Paylor, and the bride, a daughter of David and Mary Alexander Rinedollar, are most excellent young people. After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Paylor made a trip to the National Capital, and returned home Saturday evening. They have the best wishes of a host of warm friends. Eitemiller-Napier. Jacob S. Eitemiller, a native of McConnellsburg, but a resident of McKeesport Pa., for several years, was married in that city on the tenth of June to Mrs. Grace Napier. Jake was hurt and had to go to the hospital, which may have had something to do with his making up his mind that he needed somebody to take care of him. Congratu lations, "Old Boy!" CUTCHALL BlVENS. At the Lutheran parsonage in this place on Wednesday evening, June 16, 1915, the pastor Rev. Robert E. Peterman united in marriage Mr. Wayne W. Cutchall and Miss Mary E. Bivens both of Ayr township. The groom is a son of Robert and Alice Laidig Cutchall, and the bride, a daugh ter of Leonard and Emma Reed Biven3. The young people have the best wishes of their numer ous friends. Prof. A. C. Garland and wife, of Lemasters, spent last Friday in McConnellsburg. Bits of News and Gossip Extracted from the Letters from Our Distant Subscribers. G. D. Morgret, Cumberland My label tells me it is time to "come across" with another dol lar: so, here's my check to make it good to 1916. Would not like to miss having it come, as it af fords me much pleasure. We are having a fine growing season and the corn "is getting there." I have corn waist high. Some of my neighbors are done their wheat harvest. N. H. Peck, Kingman, Kans., June 18; After leaving Hartford City, I spent several days with relatives at Huntingdon, Ind. While there the City had a Boos ter Day. The trades display in the big pardde was magnificent On a platform on one of the big floats, a couple were married. It was the biggest wedding I wa3 ever at It is estimated that 40, 000 people witnessed the cere mony. TheChamberof Commerce presented the couple with $500. 00 in cash and "set them up" in housekeeping. At Auburn, III., I visited Jo h n Montgomery's They live in a beautiful mansion and own a farm of 320 acres of as fine land as lies in the State. They have two hundred acres of it in corn, but owing to the cool' weather in May, the corn is some what short. At Decatur I spent a day with G. C. Covalt and wife From "Gid's" I came straight through to Kingman county Kans where I am now staying in the home of my cousin Enoch Peck. I was treated to-day to an old fashioned Kansas storm. To me it looked like "some storm." The winds blew, the rain fell, and much damage was done the growing wheat Harvest will be in full swing by the 25th of June It has been very wet here all spring. Old residents say that it is the wettest spring they have ever seen in Kansas. The town of Kingman is a nice little city of 2500 people, with the main street 100 feet in width situated in a nice rolling country. Fulton County S. J. A. Officers. At the recent convention of the Fulton County Sunday School Association, the following officers were elected for the current year President, A. U. Nace; VicePres idents, J. C. Hixson, Erra Clev enger, and James Barnett; Sec retary, W. C. Patterson, Treas urer, Geo. W. Hays; Home De partment Superintendent Mrs. J. G. Alexander; Elementary, Miss Minnie Reisner; Teachers' Training, E. J. Croft; Temper ance, C. J. Brewer; O. A. B. C, Geo. A. Comerer; Secondary Di vision, Mrs. Geo. W. Reisner; Rural Schools, A. K. Nesbit; Mis sionary, Miss Blanche Smith. Executive Committee; Wm. Kendall, Henry Wolf, Geo, A. Harris, O. A. Barton, J. C. Par- lett, E. H. Kirk, Geo. W. Fisher, Job P. Garland, C. W. Schooley, Dyson Fraker, John N. Duvall. Dismiss Road Foreman. Highway Commissioner Cun ningham has ordered the dismis sal of eighty general road fore men who have been paid $85 a month and expenses and will pur chase small automobiles at about $4G5 each for road superinten dents in an effort to reduce ex penses. It is figured that the cars will enable the fifty road superinten dents to cover much more terri tory and to keep in closer touch with the work. 5230 An Acre. Charles Stare, of near Mechan icsburg, purchased the John A. Coover mansion farm, near Wil liams Grove at a price considered "high water" for fertile Cumber land Valley land. There are 100 acres in the tract and the price paid was $23,000, or an average of $230 an acre. Little Talks on Health and Hygiene by Samuel G. Dixon, M. D., IX.' D., Commissioner of Health. "One ship drives east and another weit With the self-same winds that blow; Tis the set of the sails and not the gales That sends thpm the way they go." School will soon be over and several hundred thousand boys and girls will be out for a three months holiday. After their winter's work in school they need change and di version and healthful exercise. Perhaps during the school year, like many parents, you have shifted the burden of your chil dren's supervision upon their teachers. Now for three months the full responsibility must rest upon the parental shoulders. It's a serious problem how boys and girls shall spend their vaca tions. Of course, if you don't take a hand in it they will settle the question for themsel v e s. There are always other boys and girls, perhaps many of them that you are in no way acquainted with and, of course, there are al ways both good and bad diver sions at hand for healthy young sters. Through their parents lack of interest many children form bad habits and cultivate evil asso ciates during school vacations. Boys and girls minds need enter taining occupation and their bo dies need plenty of healthful ex ercise. The parents should try to guide this natural craving and where circumstances make it pos sible to join and share in some of the vacation amusements of their children. While the majority of us must continue our regular occupations, the summer usually offers some chance to get into the open and hark back to Nature. Every boy and girl naturally has something of the love of our primitive forefathers for the woods and streams. Cultivate this and share it Since our schools have been teaching natur al history you will find them es pecially keen. They will have things of interest to tell you. All this will serve to give you an agreeable change and it will en courage the girls and boys to take an interest in the wonders of God's great out-of-doors. You can do nothing better for their health, enjoyment and future happiness than to stimulate their interest in these things. How to Can Whole Tomatoes. In the July Woman's Home Companion appears a department called "The Exchange" in which readers gave each other the bene fit of helpful suggestions that have been developed out of prac tical housekeeping experience. A Pennsylvania woman tells as follows how tomatoes can be can ned whole: "Select medium-sized, smooth and perfectly sound, ripe toma toes. Put a few at a time in a colander or wire basket and plunge them into boiling water; then remove the skins and hard stem end and put carefully into wide-mouthed jars. Dissolve two tablespoonfuls of salt in two gal lons of boiling water, fill the jars to the very top, and steam about fifteen minutes. "This steaming may be done by putting the filled jars into a wash boiler with hot water cov ering about three-fourths of the jar; or, better still, by putting them into a steam cooker. Then seal. "These tomatoes may be eaten cold with salt, pepper," sugar or mayonaise. They are especially tempting each one on a lettuce leaf, topped with mayonaise and a slice of hard-boiled egg. Miss Annie C. Reisner, teach er of Domestic Art in the City schools McKeespoat Pa., is spend ing her summer vacation in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J, G. Reisner.
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