wit VOLUME 16 JIcCONNELLSBURG, PA., JULY 22,1915. NUMBER 44 THE GRIM REAPER. Short Sketches of the Lives of Per sons Who Dave Recently Passed Away. Miss Fannie Greathead. Miss Fannie Greathead, passed away at the home of her mother Mrs. Clara Sterrett Greathead, north First Street about four o'clock, Saturday afternoon, July 17, 1915. The funeral services conducted by her pastor, Rev. J. Leidy Yearick, took place at nine o'clock, Tuesday morning, and interment was made in the fam- ,ly lot in Union cemetery. During the last two years Miss Greathead taught in one of the public schools in Pittsburgh, and when she came home a few weeks ago for her summer vaca tion, it was found that her health was being undermined by an insidious disease, that would not yield to treatment. Before going to Pittsburgh, Miss Great head taught the Grammar school in McConnellsburg, and the faith ful, efficient, conscientious work she did while in that position will bring forth golden fruit in the lives and hearts of the many young people who were fortunate enough to be under the pale of her influence. The casket containing her re gains was tenderly placed in its last resting place by six of her former McConnellsburg pupils, namely, Willis Daniels, Scott Alexander, Wilmer Hays, Mack Morton, Russell Stevens, and Or len Mock. ' Besides her mother, she is sur vived by two sisters, Misses Car rie and Elsie her father George W. Greathsad having died about eight years ago. Mrs. Reuben S. Mellott. Annie Clabaugh, wife of Reu ben S. Mellott, died at their home rear Sipes Mills, Thursday even ig. July 16, 1915, aged 31 years, 3 months, and 12" days. The funeral took place last Sunday aid the Services were conducted y Rev. T. P. Garland, of Need more. Her remains were laid to rest in the cemetery at the Side- ing Hill Christian church. The deceased was a daughter if Mr. and Mrs. NathanClabaugh, i Bedford county, and was mar ried to Reuben S. Mellott about 'Jiree years ago who survives, to other with two little sons. Mrs Mellott was a consistent member 'f the Christian church and en- Wed the . love and esteem of a ide circle of . acquaintances, 'ho mourn her early demise. A ew months ago she had an at 'ock of grippe which developed !to pulmonary tuberculosis; and everything was done to ring about recovery that human '-sency could devise, she continu- to grow weaker until the end fane. She is also survived by her ents, one brother and one sis- efAlvin and Edna, at home; "d one sister. Ada. wife of John ;larkle, living near Mattie, Bed rd county, Mrs. Elizabeth Keefer. -Mrs Elizabeth Keefer, wife of tatin Keefer, died at her home ie Warren Point, after an ill- es3 of several weeks, aged 'XHlt G9 vpnrs She ia snrvivprt h her husband and four chil- ren. namely. Mrs. William Hem- Pn8:er, near Mercersburg; Mrs. ;iify Smith, Pittsburgh; Mrs. !arah Wolf, near Philadetohia. N Silas, at home. The funeral ''vices were held at the M. E. hurch, and were conducted by J. T. Wintrer nf Rorlrolpv pt"ies, . his text being taken rm the 103 psalm. Thomas Henry White. f. Thnmna Honrw WKito nno I . ..vii. j ...toy, uijv I '"8 moRfc nrnminpnt. Hiircrpnnq H Physicians In Western Penn rJlvania. was found dead in bed J1 home in Connellsville, Pa., jn Tuesday morning of last week k11', to apoplexy superinduced iy '"digestion. Dr. White a C.Rev. N. G. White for f"l years pastor of the Presby- Out la Ohio. The many friends of Frank E. Mellott, of Bloomdale, Ohio, will be pleased to learn that he is get ting along nicely- It will be re membered that the News told about Frank having both arms broken by a run-a-way team on the tenth of June, which of course put him out of business, notwith standing the fact that Frank had 65 acres of wheat to cut But Frank goes to Sunday school and has the respect of the community in which lie lives. So when har vest time came, his Sunday school classmates took the matter in hand, set a day, and twenty-five men turned out with the neces sary machinery. When night came the wheat was in shock. In singing the praises of the men we wouli! be very ungrateful not to mention tl.e part taken by no ble women in t':o neighborhood, who assembled at the Mellott home, took charge of the kitchen and prepared a dinner and sup per for the reapers that made them feel that their efforts in the field were appreciated. Then to make the day more memorable, as the darkness began to disap pear in the east, the indistinct form of an old stork was seen winging his way toward Frank's home, with the result that after the stork had disappeared, there was in the house a great-big brown-eyed baby girl. Dad Stroke of Paralysis. The News toid last week of Grandma Michaels coming to Mc Connellsburg to visit her daugh ter Mrs. Geo, W. Hays. On Thursday of last week, Mrs. S. B. Woollet was spending the aft ernoon with Mrs. Michaels at the home of Mrs. Hays. Mrs. Woollet and Mrs. Michaels lived in the same neighborhood when they were girls, and it afforded them much pleasure to talk over 'old times.". During their con versation as she was referring to some interesting experiences Mrs Michaels was suddenly stricken with paralysis in the left side of her body. Her mind is entire ly clear, but she cannot talk much. Of course, she ia confin ed to her bed. Big Peach Crop. The Smithburg, Md., peach district is making great prepara tions to ship a bumper crop of peaches to all parts of the United States, to Canada, and to nearly all parts of the world. 2,000 car loads is the estimate. Shipments will begin about August 1st. Reports from all along the South Mountain district extend ing on the Pennsylvania side nearly to "Harrisburg indicate enormous crops of peaches this year. Penrose's Car Brrned. Senator Penrose and party left Pittsburg last Sunday morning for a trip over the Lincoln High way, expecting to reach Harris burg in time for dinner. In as cending a hill two miles east of Greensburg a back-fire from the carburetor causeo" a blaze, and the occupants had but little enough time to escape from the car and watch its total destruc tion by the fire. He Used a Tractor. Hon. W. S. Flemming used a gasoline tractor in his wheatfield near Greencastle last week to draw the binder. It is said that this is the first time a tractor has been used to cut wheat in south ern Pennsylvania. Every thing worked smoothly to the satisfac tion of the harvesters. A great crowd of people witnessed the work. : Mrs. Harvey Bender Bpent last week with relatives near Burnt Cabins. terian church of McConnellsburg, was s born in that town on the 2Gth of October, 1845. He visit ed McConnellsburg about two years ago. EVANGELISTIC WORK. . Necdmore to Dave a New Church. Rer Beard Now Conducting Meetings at Warfordsburg. The evangelistic campaign held at Needmore by Rev. Charles Beard, of Martinsburg, W. Va. assisted by Rev. Croft, of Dane, and by Rev. Powers, of Need- mose, resulted in 48 persons pub licly professing their desire to lead a Christian life. The object of these meetings is not to make Presbyterians, Lutherans, Bap tists or Methodists, but to lead men and women to repent and seek forgiveness of their sins, to lead lives in accordance with the teachings of Christ, and to encourage such persons to con nect themselves with that branch of the Protestant church in which they feel they can be most useful and feel most at home. Since the close of the meetings at Needmore, Rev. Croft has ef fected a Methodist Episcopal or ganization at Needmore with a membership of thirty-nine per sons, a lot of ground has been secured, and a church edifice will be erected this fall. The campaign opened at War fordsburg last Sunday when Rev. Beard preached hi3 Mother's ser mon to a large congregation. At 3 o'clock, he preached a forceful sermon to men, only, in the Pres byterian church, which was re ceived with the greatest interest The Needmore choir of young men with Mr3. Milton B. Hill at the organ, assisted with the mu sic. At the same hour, Mrs. Ful ton of Sleepy Creek, W. Va., a zealous worker, addressed a large number of women in the tent. In the evening the tent wa3 again filled to hear Rev. Beard on the Firing Line" assisted by Rev. Lewis of the M. E. Church, Han cock. Next Sunday Rev. Beard will preach a Memorial sermon. War fordsburg Lodge of Odd Fellows invite every fraternal organiza tion within reach to take part in this service. The members of fraternal orders will meet at the I. 0. 0. F. Hall at 10 o'clock. Binder Passed Over Dim. While Bruce Truxel, near Burnt Cabins, was cutting wheat dur ing latter part of last week, the leaders frightened at something, and ran in a circle throwing the saddle horse. Before Mr. Truxel could get out of the way the plat form of the Binder passed over him, bruising his body and break ing some bones. We could not learn the exact nature of the in juries. He was taken to Cham ersburg Hospital and it is report ed that he is not fatally injured. incidents. The Mercersburg Journal, in commenting on the recent peti tion of thirty-three Fort Loudon citizens for State Police protec tion against intoxicated foreign ers who are working on the Mc Connellsburg and Fort Loudon railroad, sees the following coin cidents: "The petition, the Judge who endorsed it, the saloon, and the State Police. Not half bad, Brother Fleming! Sold Gish Kills. ' The assignee of H. L. Gish sold at auction the Flouring Mills, e.t Fayetteville and Mercersburg in front of the Franklin county Court House last Saturday after noon. The Fayetteville Mill was sold to Luther W. Knauff of Mercers burg for $3050, and the Mercers burg Mill to W. D. Boyd of the same town for $4910. Lost Two Fingers. One day last week, while work ing at the small circular saw in his planing mill at Hustontown, William Laidig made a misscal- culation so that one of his hands came in contact with the saw. Dr. McClain had to amputate the index and middle fingers at the first joint CHARGED TUTU fORGERY. James Smith Used J. K. Johnston's Name on Check to Raise Need ed Funds. Last March Charlie McLaugh lin of the Hotel Mercer, Mercers burg, cashed a check bearing the name of J. K. Johnston in favor of James Smith, for the sum of nine dollarg. When the check reached the Fulton County Bank, there was something about the signature that aroused suspicion, and when the check was present ed to Mr. Johnston, hepronounc ed it a forgery. The check was returned to Mercersburg. Infor mation was made before Justice-of-the-Peace Shaffner of McCon nellsburg, a warrant issued, and placed in the hands of an officer who waited until Jim returned from Canada on Monday, when he was arrested and taken before Justice Shaffner. For want of sufficient collateral, the prisoner was sent to jail, to answer the charge of forgere before Judge Swope. For a Square Deal. If there is any significance in the meeting of 250 people in a country church to swelter for three hours in 80 degrees of tem perature, in order to organize, then the people of Ayr township mean to give and receive a square deal at the next judicial election, for that is just what they did not once, but twice last Sunday afternoon at Big Cove Tannery. A branch of the No-License League known as the Inter-County Judiciary League is being formed in each township and borough in Fulton and Adams counties for the purpose of in suring the election of a president judge who will interpret the Brooks License Law according to the rulings of both the Superior and the Supreme Courts of the State. Last Sunday was the date for the first of these meet ings in Fulton county, and dates for similar meetings in each of the other townships will be an nounced later. We can state briefly that each and every candidate for the of fice of President judge of Fulton and Adams counties will be asked for assurance that he will either grant or refuse licenses accord ing to the will of a superior num ber of advocates for or against licenses. This is in strict har mony with the American spirit of fair play, and since there is no longer any doubt that the Brooks law was meant to be in terpreted in this manner, instead of the way in which it was be ing interpreted in both the Adams and the Fulton county courts, preasure that cannot be lightly brushed aside will be brought to bear upon candidates by the sub stantial citizens of both counties. Enviable Record. J. Newton Morton, son of Hon. and Mrs. Peter Morton,- cf this place a member of the Junior Class at the Pennsylvania State Forestry Academy passed the subject of "Tree Identification" with a grade of 98.5. Only five men in the history of the school have made a better grade than this, and young Morton is to be congratulated. Out of 700 speci mens of trees and shrubs that he was asked to name he missed on ly 28. ' 'Newt' ' it will be remem bered, was Valedictorian of the class of 1913 of the McConnells burg High School. They Want Fair Woman Suffrage ha3 received the unqualified endorsement of those lovers of fair play and good sportsmanship, the big leaguers on the Philadelphia National and the Pirates. Hard on the heels of the Suffrage Day game in Philadelphia on July 7, when so many of the players declared themselves for the cause, comes the news that the Buccaneers are to play for "Votes for Women" on September 3. CRASHED INTO TELEGRAPH POLE. Pittsburgh Automobile Party Had Scri ons Accident Near Everett Last Thursday Afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. William Myers and their three children passed through McConnellsburg last Thursday on their way to their home in Pittsburgh, after having been out on a thousand-mile auto tour. Their journey had been one of pleasure until they reached a stretch in the Lincoln Highway known as the Mile Lev el, a beautiful piece of road straight as an arrow a short dis tance east of Everett After hav ing passed over the sinuous wind ing road through the mountains to the east the motorist is temp ted to open the throttle just a trifle more and notice the figures in the odometer soar, notwith standing the fact that there is a line of sturdy telegraph poles standing along the roadside giv ing silent warning of danger. Mr. Myers had almost covered the beautiful drive, when his car suddenly swerved to the left and with great force crashed into a twenty-five-foot pole planted five feet in the ground and carrying three arms with ten wires on each arm. The car which was a Ford touring, struck the pole squarely near the center of the radiator, and the impact was so great that the pole was driven forward in the earth, at least, eight inches, shattering the pole into splinters, and knocking two of the cross arms entirely loose, leaving them suspended from the wires. Mrs. Myers was riding on the front seat beside her hus band who was driving, and when the car struck the pole, she was shot through the windshield and landed along the fence some dis tance. She wa3 terribly cut by the glass and remained uncon scious for several hours. Mr. Myers having hold of the steer ing column, was able to save him self from leaving the seat but the children were thrown out, and strange as it may seem, neither they nor Mr. Myers suffered any serious injury. The car was not, as might be supposed, completely wrecked. The radiator was slightly mashed in, and one lamp broken, and as it stood in the Karns' garage when our reporter saw it on Friday, it looked like it would not hesitate to run up against the whole Western Union Line if its driver cared to take the chance. The Karns Garage people took the Myers family to their home in Pittsburg, Thursday evening. Tried to Break In. Just as the Clock in the Court House steeple had finished strik ing the hour of twelve a few nights ago, some person, or per sons, made an attempt to get in to the dwelling house of our aged townsman, Samuel Bender east Lincoln Way. Not being asleep Mr. Bender heard the rascals and frightened them away. He learned afterward that two per sons had been seen in a shade tree in front of his house that same night, and he believes they were planning to get from the shade tree into an upper window. He thinks that the fact that the attempt was made the night fol lawing the day he got his pen sion money, may have some sig nificance. $2.50 for Harvest Hands. Denton Hendershot of Pigeon Cove, called at the News office on Monday to order bills for his sale of personal property, August 25th. Mr. Hendershot helped his son Lemdel, seven miles west of Hagerstown, to harvest Lem uel cut 60 acres of wheat and estimated the yield at 1500 bush els. He paid as high as $2.50 per day to hands to shock wheat. Mr. Hendershot said that some farmers in Maryland paid $3.00 a day for help. This is the highest price paid since the Civil v ar period. Hunters' Licenses. Pennsylvania is being given credit by the newspapers of the United States as being the great est all-round game state in the Union. Last week 325,000 licen ses for hunters were distributed among the county treasurers of the state, .and the Game Com mission is prepared to issue more if needed. It is said that the revenue from the sale of the li censes is to be held in a special fund and to be disbursed for game work only. There are two sides to every question and, of course, two Bides to the question of whether hunt ers should be taxed. No hunter objects to the payment of a dol lar for the purpose of increasing game in the State; but there is a feeling with or without base that the greedy eye of "Class" directs the disbursement of game funds. If the American spirit of fair play be followed closely, and the money disbursed economical ly and efficiently, and without favor, then let us pay the tax. But if the system smacks in the least of European practice of gradually reducing good hunting areas to privately owned loca tions, then away with it. Fulton county, despite the destruction of its timber, is a natural breeding ground for game and is rapidly becoming the Mecca for hun dreds of outsiders during the hunting season. But as yet, very little money has been spent by the State in the county for the propagation of game. We be lieve that the Game 'Commission is making an honest effort, through the help of the United Sportsmen's Association of Penn sylvania to distribute game and protect it; but Fulton county is too small, and too poor, to main tain a branch of that organization strong enough to pay in a suffici ent sum to insure us a proper share of stock game and fish, and since it is the favorite hunting ground of Pittsburg and western county sportsmen, we think our selves entitled to special notice by the Commission. As an ex ample of the feeling toward Ful ton county, three wild turkeys were said to have been exhibited last fall by a hunter from a west ern county. When told that it w&s illegal to kill turkeys in Pennsylvania last fall, the hunt er said "Oh, I did not kill them in the State, I got them down in Fulton County." But the Wheat Came Up. On a recent trip through parts of the County we had pointed out to us many fields of fairly good wheat that last fall and winter "were as bare as the big road," according to statements made by those who knew. The drought of last fall delayed both the sowing and the sprouting of the wheat and many farmers thought they would have to plough the fields in the spring and plant to something else; but as soon as the soil warmed up, the wheat appeared, much to the surprise of many. When former townsman John Fields, of Okla homa, was home last week, he said that similar experience was frequent in that dry state. It oc curs here occasionally; but not to the extent that last fall's sowing showed. Pennsylvania Crops Short. The Bureau of Agricultural Statistics at Harrisburg has sent out the following forecast for the 1915 crops: Estimated crop of wheat 21,800,000 bushels. Last year it was 23,747,000 bushels. The hay crop will be short by about one fourth. Forecast for wheat in the Unit ed States for this year, is a little over that of last year as shown by the following figures: For 1915, 9(53,000,000 bushels. For 1914 it was 891,017,000 bushels. A falling off of almost 2,000. 000 bushels of corn is expected for Pennsylvania, with a corres ponding decrease for the United States, KEEP A LIGHT HEART. Little Talks on Health and Hygiene by Samuel G. Dixon, M. D., LL D., Commissioner of Health. "Frame your mind to mirth and mcr rimpnt, which knr 'hoiiBand barms and lengthens Life." Lycurgus decreed that statues of the God of Mirth should beset up in the halls where the citizens of Sparta ate. Men of all ages have appreciat ed the value of a cheerful dispo sition. The cultivation of cheer fulness even in the face of mis fortune and disaster unquestion ably helps to prevent illness. On the other hand those who always take a sober view of life are so distressed by misfortunes when they come, that there is often danger of physical impairment The nervous system in the hu man body is so delicately adjust ed that a comparatively slight disturbance may seriously dis turb certain of the bodily func tions. While it might be at the time difficult for the most skill ful diagnostician to trace the ex act connection between mental depression and r. physical illness, the fact that t ley are often inti mately related is well known. Habits of mind like habit3 of body can be cultivated through persistent effort Cheerfulness is one which will not only Drove a distinct benefit to its possessor but serve to stimulate and en courage those with whom he comes in contact Melancholia and similar serious disturbances may be brought abouty permitting the mind to brood over real or fancied trou bles and if indulged in the line of demarcation between the two be comes more and more indistinct. Therefore, though you do not set up the statue of the god of Mirth in your hou3 bear ever in mind that "the light iioart lives long." Dry Farming Congress. Semi-arid western states hold a "Dry-Farming" congress each year. Our former townsman, John Fields, editor of the Okla homa Farm Journal, says of the organization "This congress has without question done good work in impressing upon people gener ally the necessity of cutting away from the agricultural traditions of the eastern states, and of de veloping methods and growing crops adapted to the climatic con ditions of the Great Plains." Our reason for quoting the fore going is, that up-to-date eastern farmers owe much to their broth ers who went west and cast aside some of the hide-bound notions instilled into their minds by their stubborn ancestors. One of the important things learned from our western friends is the con servation of moisture something that is necessary here in the East as in the West. Another good thing that has been made popu lar by dry-farming states is the necessity of "sticking together" for the spread of advancing meth ods. Much that we know about farming has been handed down to us by some one. The son wants to absorb from his father all the good things that the fath er has learned about the subject; the son wants to develop as much original knowledge as possible, and, in addition, he wants to gather by reading and associat ing with successful farmers all the information possible, and by so doing he will not only be in a position to be a successful farmer himself, but be able to transmit knowledge that will be helpful to the generations that follow him. . Shallow cultivation which leaves a very fine, level mulch ov- er planted ground, and the use of a soil packer, conserves moisture in dry lands of Fulton county as profitably as in Oklahoma. Each type of soil must receive the care adapted to it; and. right here we vtfll say again "Young Farmer, read, READ! Get in touch with the agricultural departments at State College, Harrisburg, and Washington. The ti m e s are changing and we must keep up with them."
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