mm VOLUME 1G McCONNELLSBURG, PA., JULY 1,1915. NUMBER 41 PETITIONS READY. LETTER FROM EGYPT. JUNE WEDDINGS. HOME FROM PHILIPPINES. HONOR ROLL FOR JUNE. THE MEDICINE HABIT. Commissioners Have Blanks Enough on Band to Supply All Aspirants for Political Honors. The fires under the various po litical pots in the County will be kindled next Monday, which will be the first legal day for obtain ing signatures to petitions for kounty, borough, and township foflicers. Outside of the township knd borough officers, there will lie a sheriff, a prothonotary three county commissioners, a treasur er, three county auditors, a dis trict attorney, a coroner, and a resident judge for this judicial listrict In this connection it night be well to add that voters nay not sign more petitions for my particular office than the lumber of persons for which he nay vote at the November elec ian. That is after he has sign ed one petition, say for coroner lie cannot, sign Bomebody else's or the same office. As there will be several party andidates for the different offi- es to be filled in each of the 12 ection districts, special arrange ments will be made for the pa- crs to be handled by the officials the county in connection with he preparation of the primary allots. Besides the several par- ballots there will be a non-par ban ballot on wh;ch will be the ame3 of the aspirants for judge the Court of Common Pleas of he county. The only nomination petitions be filed with the Secretary of he Commonwealth at Harrisburg ill be those seeking to be judge the Court of Common Pleas of he county.. They must contain he signatures of at least 200 elec )rs of the judicial district Pe- tions for county offices must intain 100 signatures, those for ty offices to have 25 names hereon, while those for judge of ections will have to have 10 ames and those for inspectors f elections must have five names All petitions must give the ad- ress and occupation of each sign r thereon, as well as date of gning, and qualified to by a iona fide elector of . the district 3 to the genuineness of the sig- latures. The petitions for judge ' the.courts of the county must t filed with the Secretary of the ommonwealth at Harrisburg not Vfn A.. m fxi uiau Aug. xuur w ee a ifore the primaries, while all persmust be hied with the lounty Commissioners not later Jian Aug. 31, or three weeks be- pre the primaries. Any petition bund to have been signed prior Jo 60 days before the. primaries ill be declared illegal. POLITICAL CALENDAR. July 2-First legal day for ob- jaining signatures to petitions p county, borough and town JMp officers. July 20 Last day for borough ferks, secretaries of school board jnd supervisors tofile with coun y commissioners Tist of offices to filed in their district, i July 20 and 21-Assessors of pwnshipsand boroughs sit at oiling places to revise registry. July 21 Last day to be assess tovoteat the primary elec- July 22 Assessors return re ,stry lists to county commission 's. July 27-Election proclamation published. August 31-Last day to file pe lons for primary election with county commissioners. September 1-Last day to be essed to vote at November ition. Ptember 21-Primary elec V November 2 General election. McConncIIsbarg Closed on 5th. Ve have been authorized by 'merchants and banks of Mc inellsburg to Btate that their jes of business will be closed Monday, July 5th, in order fall may rightfully observe -pendence Day, Mrs. W. 0. Reed Personally Witnesses Horrors of European War. Turks a Bad Lot. By way of explanation we will say, Mrs. Reed ( Bertha Grove) is a daughter of Rev. J. L. Grove, pastor of the United Presbyterian church, McConnellsburg, Pa. She and her husband, are with other United Presbyterian missionaries in Egypt. In a recent letter to her sister, Mrs. W. C. Patterson, of Ayr township, she spoke of having missed receiving accus tomed letters from home folks, and thinks that these letters went down with the Lusitania, as her mail from America goes by that route. Extracts from the letter follow: "Sabb th morning, May lGth, just as I vaj jeady for church, Mr. Thompson ind Mr. Bell, two of our missionaries, brought the word that there are 2,000 British soldiers (wounded at the Darda nelles) lying in boats in the Al exandria harbor, without doctors or nurses, and no place to put them. All the hospitals in Alex andria, Tanta and Cairo, are full. Also, most of the school buildings and hotels. Three hundred of their Red Cross doctors were killed in the landing, the Turks having spotted them by their badges and picked them off. "Dr. Pinny and Mr. Bell had met with missionaries from Cairo and Tanta and Mr. Bell was sent on to Assiut to tell us about it and to see what could be done. So a meeting of missionaries was called and Dr. Henry and Mr. Russell appointed to confer with the committees from other places, in Cairo, to-day. Probably our central school in Alexandria will be closed and turned into a hospital. 150 beds are offered by Assiut College, 50 by Tanta hospital which is closed on account of building operations at presept Doctors Grant, , Pol lock, and Lambie will be asked to form the medical staff, Sister Dorcas and Misses Hassack and Holland the trained nurses, and then the rest of us as volunteer nurses. The army officers who talked to Mr. Bell said they would be everlastingly grateful to us if we would just open, equip, and man a hospital and take in the poor men. It means feeding and clothing them too. But the gov ernment is ready to pay expens es. However, the missionaries feel that if the missionaries do the work, the wealthy in Ameri ca ought to pay the bills and make the thing a gift to the British government in her time of need. We all know, too, that these men are fighting our bat tles, and were it not for them, Egypt would probably be in the hands of the Turks and Germans to-day. These men are from Australia and New Zealand, splendid fellows more like Amer icans than English. They are very open to spiritual help just now, and there will be a wide field for work among them." All the above missionaries, doc tors, nurses, and the institutions that were pressed into service to care for the wounded, compose the United Presbyterian branch of the American Board of Mis sions. Egypt having been as signed to that denomination. The killing of Red Cross doctors by Turks throws a different light upon the character of the Turks, in-contrast with the reports of humane actions attributed to them by newspapers. Will Oil Roads. All State highways that have been repaired similarly to the way in which the Lincoln High way through this county is being resurfaced will be oiled in order to allay the dust nuisance, and to preserve the road. Work will begin as soon as possible, The Byron Tannery " at Mer- cersburg is now turning out three hundred hides daily. Well Known People Whose Lives and Hearts Have Been United in Matrimony. Mellott-Reynolds. The marriage of Roy C. Mel lott, son of Mr. and Airs. G. Wes ley Mellott, of Ayr township, this county, and Miss Edna M. Reynolds, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Reynolds, of Morri son, III., was solemnized at the home of Rev. E. C. Harris, pas tor of the St. John's Lutheran church at Sterling, 111., at 2 o' clock, Monday- afternoon, June 14th. Following the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Mellott returned to Mur rison where a reception, atten ded by obout 30 friends of the young couple, was tendered them at the home of Mr. andMrs. Reyn olds. A feature of the wedding is that it was solemnized on the twenty-second anniversary of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Reyn olds. The Reynolds home was very prettily decorated in pink and white in honor of the joint cele bration and a very nice three course luncheon wa3 served. Mr. and Mrs. Mellott have not decided on plans for the future, but for the time being they will make their home with the bride's parents. Roy, like many other of Fulton County's best young men, took Horace Greeley's advice, and about seven years ago, left the home nest, and "went west." Since the 14th of June, Roy is more sure than ever, that he did not make a mistake. The News joins with his many friends here in extending congratulations. Helsel- Young. The home of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Young, near Hollidaysburg, Pa., was the scene of a quiet but very pretty wedding at 9 o'clock last Thursday evening, when their only daughter, Miss Emma, was united in marriage to Mr. Lewis R. Helsel. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Julius Seebach, of the Hollidaysburg Lutheran, church. After the ceremony and congratulations, the wedding party, composed of the members of the immediate families, enjoyed a sumptuous wedding feast. Later in the evening the happy couple left for their honeymoon trip. The bride is a beautiful and accomplished young lady, and the groom, a brakeman employed on the Penn sylvania Railroad, is a young man of excellent habits and worthy the confidence of the hand he has won in marriage. Litton Warble. A very pretty wedding occur red at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. G. E. Warble in Greenville, O., at 6 o'clock last Thursday evening, when Miss Ethel Warble became the bride of Mr. Raymond A. Litton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Lit ton of Thompson townahip, but now residing in Hancock, Md. The bride is a niece of Mr. Geo. A. Winters, of Thompson town ship, and spent part of last win ter in the home of her grand-uncle, the late John M. Winters. Mr. and Mrs. Litton will reside in Hancock where Mr. Litton is in the automobile business. ' Akers-Barkman. Mr. Stanley Akers, son of Dr. E. D. Akers, of Akersville, this county, and Miss Pearl Barkman, daughter of Mr. M. A. Barkman, also of Akersville, were married in Philadelphia on Tuesday of last week and left the same day on a wedding trip to San Fran cisco, Cal. Mock-Smith. At the Bethany parsonage in Allentown, Pa., on Monday morn ing, June 23, 1915. Rev. A. B. Smith united in marriage Mr. Clarence T. Mock and Miss Mary M. Smith. The bride is one of Allentown's most popular school teachers, and the groom, a native of Tod township, this county and James K. Foreman Visits McConnells burg After an Absencs of Twenty seven Years. The Editor was agreeably sur prised Monday morning by hav ing a call from his old teacher friend James K. Foreman. Mr. Foreman was reared on the farm that "Doc" Mellott now owns near Knobsville, and taught the McGovern school in Tod township the last year that Harry Wood al was County Superintendent (1880-7). The summer of 1888, Mr. Foreman went to Illinois, and in 1898 when the United States needed men for the Spanish American war, he enlisted in the Fourth Missouri State Volunteers was mobilized at Jefferson Bar racks, spent five months in Camp Alger, Va., 5 months in Camp Meade, Pa., 3 months in Green ville, S.C, and was mustered out February 10, 1899. In Sep tember, 1899, he enlisted in the 22tid U. S. volunteers, sailed for Manila in September, and disem barked in Manila Bay November 3, 1899. He served as a soldier until May, 1901, when he was honorably discharged. As a result of the Spanish American war, the United States became possessed of the Philip pine Islands by the payment of 20 millions of dollars. The group consists of more than 3,000 is lands having a combined area of about 115 thousand square miles, and about 8 million people. The land area is about equal to that of the six New England States with the addition of New York and New Jersey. Of the popu- ation, about 7 millions are more or less civilized, while about a million are practically barbarous tribes. The object of the United States in taking under its care these people was to do them good to lift them out of a state of super stition and ignorance, and let the beams of civilization and enlight enment fall upon them. Hence, one of the first things to do was the establishing of schools, and the placing of teachers at Gov ernment expense. As soon as Mr. Foreman was mustered out of service in the army he went into the service of the Gov ernment as a teacher and served in that capacity for 7i years. The last eight years he has serv ed in the Quarter Master De partment as clerk and storekeep er. Inasmuch as the Philippines lie in a latitude south of that of Cu ba, the climate is hot, and to a northerner, more or less debili tating. Hence, upon the advice of his physician, Mr. Foreman is taking this summer "off" and visiting his old home in this coun ty. He left Jolo, Sulu, COO miles south of Manila, on the 22nd of March, and coming by way of Manila, Nagasaki, San Francisco the Panama Canal and New York he arrived in McConnellsburg on the 22nd of June. He spent 27 days crossing the Pacific, about 6,700 miles, and 17 days from San Francisco by boat via Pana ma canal to New York. The fare from San Francisco to New York, which of course, includes state room and board, is $75. There is also a $60 rate, but this means that you occupy a stuffy room with four or five other pas sengers at night. Mr. Foreman enjoyed the trip home very much, and is receiv ing much physical benefit, hav ing gained 20 pounds in weight. He is in love with his work in those far-away islands, and ex pects to return to them Septem ber. a former typo in the News office, is now a hustling drug salesman and a splendid young man. The happy couple have the best wish es Off a wide circle of friends. , W. S. Palmer, of Sipes Mills, accompanied by his brother W. W. Palmer, of Connellsville, Pa., were In town Monday, TETANUS, OR LOCKJAW. Health Department Calls Attention to the Treatment of this Most Seri ous of Ailments. Dr. Dixon, of the Department of Health, Harrisburg, has sent to the newspapers his annual caution to guard against Tetanus, commonly called Lockjaw, caused by burns from firecrackers or toy pistols on the fourth of July. Cannon black powder burns are not as dangerous as those from firecrackers and toy pistol caps, as the latter two contain a clay that almost invariably contains the germ of tetanus. Called a physician at once. In the mean time, wash the wound thorough ly with boiled water as hot as patient can stand it. Then band age with clean white cloths that have been soaked in a pint of boiled water containing a teas poonful of salt. It would be well if all would remember that boiled water with a little salt dissolved in it is a good disinfectant for all wounds, such as those caused by nails, splinters, cuts, &c; but for fire cracker burns, always call the Doctor, in addition to the salt water treatment. In order that such accidents as occur may not be followed by deaths from tetanus or lockjaw, as it is commonly known, Dr. Samuel G. Dixon, Commissioner of Health, , has made arrange ments for the State-wide distri bution of tetanus antitoxin. This will be finished without cost to the poor. It is essential that tetanus anti- tox in be ' administered within twenty-four hours after the wound has been received. Any physician can secure immunzing doses of 1500 units upon applica tion if he will certify same is for the treatment of persons too poor to pay. That there may be as little de lay as possible in securing anti toxin, the State Department has placed a supply with one drug gist in each county. The supply for Fulton county may be found at L. W. Seylar's drugstore, Mc Connellsburg; Bedford, at Jor dan's in .Bedford; Franklin, at Miller's, in Waynesboro; and Huntingdon, at Steel's in Hunt ingdon. Fulton House Sold. The Fulton House was sold through Real Estate Agent Geo. A. Harris last week to Charles Ehalt, of Greensburg, Pa., for $15,000. Mr. Ehalt is a practic al hotel man and comes with the best of recommendations as a citizen and business man. Mr. Ehalt will take possession of the property in a few days. The property was bought last fall from the Rexroths by Calvin E. Little of Chambersburg for $11, 500. Since that time Mr. Little has madeextensive improvements to the property. The Rexroths bought it in the fall of 1891 from George W. Cooper for $3, 600, and they conducted it from that time until Mr. Little took charge of it last fall. It is one of the most popular hostleries between Phila delphia and Pittsburgh. A Prized Souvenir. Mrs. C. E. Little, of the Ful ton House, has a souvenir of the European war that she prizes much. It is a button from the coat of a German soldier. Mrs. Little's son is a Canadian soldier in the English army fighting in the trenches in France. As told by the News some time ago, her son was severely wounded, but he has recovered from that and is back in the ranks. A short time ago in battle he helped to capture a lot of Germans, and from the uniform of one of the captives he cut a button, which he sent to his mother. He also sent her two roses one picked in France, the other in Belgium. He says that in one engagement, 8,000 of his Canadian comrades were killed or severely wounded. List of New Subscribers and of Those Who Paid Subscription During the Month of June. Thank you, friends. The list of names on the honor roll is not as long this month as last. But there is a reason. Some months more subscriptions become due; hence there are more to pay up and renew. The publisher of the News has now been in the news paper publishing business more than twenty years, and at no time in those years has he had a more loyal clientele, or a more appreciative set of readers. The many expressions of satisfaction on the part of patrons makes the editor forget the daily and week ly grind of labor in getting out a newspaper. The fact that the News has turned down many dollars worth of objectionable advertising to its own personal loss, makes its advertising col umns more eagerly sought by reputable advertisers who are willing to pay a better price for the service. Now, in view of the fact that the Editor of the News is per sonally acquainted with most of the more than 2,200 of his sub scribers, it has been his custom, as it is with most country pub lishers, to continue sending the paper until the subscriber orders it discontinued. He does this because many of his subscribers who are busy people, do not think of the expiration just at the time and would not want to miss a number. In fact, they would be offended if their names should be removed from the list just as soon as their time had expired, and would tell us if we were afraid to trust them for a few cents until they came to town, we could take the paper and, yes, we could Then, there are people who tell us that when their subscription expires, they want us to discon tinue sending it. When such or der is given, we never send it beyond the time paid for. So, dear friends, if you are getting the News beyond the time for which it is paid, it is because you have not ordered it discontinued; and the fact that you are still re ceiving and reading it leads us to believe that you wish us to con tinue sending it, and that you intend to pay for it If there is one subscriber on our list who thinks that we are trying to force the paper upon him, and who does not expect to pay for it, we will thank that person to write us a postal and say so frankly, and we will take his name off the list, and we will call the bill settled. Isn't that fair? We do not want your money, unless you think you are gett'ng value received; and you should not be receiving the paper which i3 costing us good hard money, unless you intend to pay for it. Is there anything wrong about that? It is a good thing to have these little heart-to-heart talks once in awhile. Mrs. Cora Aikins 1 8 16 D. A. Bair 10 1 15 Geo, W. Barnett 2 7 15 Henry Barmont 3 26 16 Ward Bernhart 6 10 16 Etta Bernhart C 24 16 John Comerer 9 21 15 H. I. Cromwell 5 1 16 S. J. Deshong 11 15 15 Mattie S. Davis 7 1 17 Dennis Everts 5 22 16 Sarah Jane Everts 5 22 16 P. B. Foreman 6 10 16 Mrs. Emma.Fegley 5 15 16 Cook Foster 7 14 15 Mrs. Geo. W. Fisher 1 9 16 Walter Fegley 12 22 15 Mrs. T. M. Felton 7 8 15 Lola C. Giffin 6 1 16 Wm. J. Giffin 6 1 15 I. N. Horton 4 1 16 Dr. D. A. Hill 9 21 17 C. J. Hovis 12 11 15 C. L Henry 10 5 16 Morton Hess 7 20 15 M. H. Hollinshead 11 1 15 Albert Heikes 2 20 16 Little Talks on Health and Hygiene by Samuel G. Dixon, M. D., LL. D., Commissioner of Health. Many a man who would resent the efforts of a blacksmith to re pair his piano, will accept the ad vice of his next door neighbor, regarding some favorite remedy for an ailment, the nature of which is by no means certain He will consume innumerable bot tles of "medicine" which are ac companied by guarantees that no reputable physician would think of making. The human body is so much more delicate in its construction than any mechanical device ever invented, that to run the risk of upsetting the functions of the va rious organs by the use of prepa rations of which one has no accu rate knowledge, is not only ab surd but in many instances ex tremely dangerous. There is another draw-back to self medication. The diagnosis of disease is a matter which re quires skill and training of the highest kind. The symptoms of various disturbances in the hu man economy may manifest them selves by causing distress in some part of the body entirely separat ed from the seat of the difficulty. As an example indigestion is of ten the cause of headache. Such symptoms can only be properly related to the cause by one who is skilled in diagnosis. Food it self, under certain conditions, may produce disturbances as pro found as those caused by potent drugs. The tendency of modern medi cine is toward prevention, and the present day physician makes far less use of drugs than did his predecessors. Despite this fact it has been estimated that the people of the United States spend some $500,000,000, a year for medicine, most of which is not prescribed by physicians. We consume more drugs than any other people in the world. The individual who has any ail ment which seems to necessitate the continued use of drugs should for his own welfare and safety, consult an able physician. L. R. Helsel 7 1 16 H. Johnston 6 20 16 Harvey Kelley 5 3 15 Lewis J. Keefer 5 15 16 M. G. Kerlin 2 17 16 H. W. Karper 6 20 16 John M. Lodge 5 22 16 Mrs. E. M. Lodge 4 18 16 P. T. Little 5 15 16 C. B. Little 7 1 15 D. Landers 1 2 17 Mrs. Russell Mentzer 12 25 15 W. P. McGee 6 12 15 Bennett H. Mellott 7 20 16 Gilbert C. Mellott 6 13 16 C. H. Mann 5 25 16 John Mock 5 13 15 Harry C. Mock 6 27 16 Mrs. John McDonald 7 1 16 G. D. Morgret 620 16 Mrs. Lizzie Miller 6 1 15 Mrs. Emma McCoy 6 6 16 J. N. Nelson 7 18 16 Samuel B. Oyler 6 15 16 A. J. Pittman 7 1 15 Walter H. Palmer 4 2 16 W. S. Palmer 1 1 16 Frank Ray 11 23 15 C. A. Runyan 11 13 16 Roy A. Rice 8 7 16 Mrs. Catherine Spangler 1 1 16 B. W. Spangler 1 1 16 John B. Spangler 1 1 16 Dr. John C. Stevens 61215 Mrs. Hattie Starr 3 2 17 Cha3. F. Stunkard 12 12 15 Frank B. Sipes 3 15 16 Maggie Sipes 1 13 16 Howard Sipes 6 24 16 Mrs. Adam Shaffer 10 17 16 Mrs. Ellis H. Trogler 4 1 16 Dr. Blair W. Truax 10 6 16 Nathan E. Truax 4 11 16 Mrs. D. F. Tenley 10 1 16 Samuel Taylor 9 8 15 James Hess 7 1 16 H. H. Wible . .7" 16 16 Mrs. A. H. Wilson 9 21 15 Mrs. C. F. Woy 6 11 16 Miss Lola Wilson 3 17 16 B. S. Winegardner 8 1 15 J, I, Zimmerman 5 J2 10.
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