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VOLUME 15
McCONNELLSBURG, PA., JULY 29.1915,
NUMBER 44
THE GRIM REAPER.
Short Sketches of the Lives of Per
sons Who Have Recently
Passed Away.
John Swope.
John Swope, aged 22 years, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Swope,
died at Wells Tannery on Thurs
day morning of last week after
an illness lasting but a very Bhort
time. He became sick Wednes
day, and grew worse so rapidly
that two physicians were called
and everything possible for his
relief was done. The cause of
his death was appendicitis in its
most violent form. The funeral
took place Saturday, the services
being conducted by Rev. Weise,
of the M. E. church, and inter
ment was made in the cemetery
at the Valley M. E. church. In
addition to the very large num
ber of local people attending the
uneral, there were relatives
from Johnstown and Swissvale
in attendance.
Mrs. Will Mellott,
Margaret Truax, wife of Wil-
iam Mellott, died at their home
n California and her remains
were brought to the Odd Fellows
emetery at Hartford City, Inu,
where they were laid to rest Wed
r.esday of last week. Mrs. Mel-
ott was a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Stillwell Truax, and in 1848
removed with her parents from
he John B. Kline farm near
iiem, to Indiana, making the
rip overland in a wagon. Wil-
iam is a son qt the late Samuel
Mellott, and he was born near
he Baptist church at Sideling
Hill. Mr. and Mrs. William Mel-
:ott were fortunate enough to
iwn land in the oil belt in Indi
ana, which placed them in very
umfortable circumstances finan-
:ially.
Mrs. Evelyn Duvall.
Mrs. Evelyn Duvall, widow of
Gideon Duvall who died about
wo years ago, passed away at
ler home in Clay township, Hunt
ngdon county, Pa., Friday, July
3, 1915, aged 67 years, 2 months
md21days. The funeral took
!aceon the following Sunday
ind her remains were placed in
lie cemetery at Three Springs
side those of her deceased hus
band.
In younger years she was a
member of the U. B. church, but
iater she united with the M. E.
"hurch. She was one of those
, kind hearted consistent wo-
flen, who always adhered' to the
right and from her countenance
Earned a ray of sunshine and
ope for every one with whom
to mingled.
To Mr. and Mrs. Duvall were
Wnfive daughters and three
"m; John, Wood, Pa.; Isaac,
'odd, Pa.; William, at home; Em
Griffith, Trough Creek, Pa.;
Martha, wife of Thomas Gibson,
who a year ago died in Pittsburg
th, wife of Fred Drake, Three
brings, Pa., Nettie wife of Cloyd
rtin, Trough Creek, Pa., and
ry who died in infancy.
Mrs. Duvall was a daughter of
hn and Jane Black, of Clay
township, and a sister of Allison
fack, Dudley; John R., Saltillo;
Jane Fields. Clay township.
Amelia McNeil, Murraysville
h-stt deceased. Mrs. Martha
"nias and Jacob S. Black. New
Grenada, Henry C. Black, Clay
Unship, and Asbury, Broadtop,
ilJrviveher.
Albert P. Akers.
Albert P. Akers. son of James
fid Matilda Palmer Akers, was
at Sipes Mill, this county,
Jwut thirty-eight years ago, and
ut fifteen years ago went to
J western part of the State. On
luesday morning his mother re
eved a telephone message con
!,eyinK the information that
Bert" had died at his home in
Keesport, Pa. Mr. Akers was
business in that city. His re
nins were hrnnaht. tn his nld
6. Anrl irf etim n4- moa
the cemetery at the Sideling
3111 Baptist church.
Two Little Girls Hurt.
Thursday of last week while
the hay makers at Clyde Ott's, in
Tod township, were unloading
hay by means of rope and pulley,
Mr. Ott's two little girls Ruth
and Dorothy became entangled
in the rope and before they could
be rescued one had both hands
and the other, one hand drawn
into one of the pulleys. Dr.
Dalbey was quickly brought to
the scene and dressed the wounds.
No bones were broken; but the
three injured hand3 were cover
ed with severe cuts and bruises, a
finger being split from end to
end. A loaded wagon obscured
the view of older persons when
the accident happened, and the
little folks seemed unable to ex
plain how they got their hands
into the puLsy; so the conclusion
was reached i iat one of them
stumbled over the rope, caught
it to save a fall, and the other
child tried to help her when she
screamed and in that manner
both were drawn into the pulley,
The girls are aged G and 8 years
respectively.
Play Fair, Hunters!
Detectives are in the County,
and have been for several weeks,
taking evidence aga'nst men who
killed game illegally last fall. It
is not our object to help any one
to escape the consequences of his
selfish acts. Let him take bis
medicine. We feel sorry for any
,who may have been caught, as
well as for those upon whom
u,-ipii;iiii win nercttiier reso
This suggests a little heart to
heart talk on Good Citizenship.
Since laws were made to be
obeyed, every time a man fires a
gun or casta a line illegally, he
lowers his self respect. Not only
that; each illegal act robs him to
a degree of the confidence, of
fellow men. The display of
selfishness over the possession of
a ten-cent gray squirrel out of
season reveals a streak of some
thing that breeds distrust in that
man in future business transac
tions. We defy the alienists to
apply a surer test of a man's
honesty than the many conditions
calling for self denial in the field
of sports. Not even in business
is honor prized more highly than
among true sportsmen. The
truly honest sportsman is equally
an honest business man cannot
be otherwise. To cheat in either
case is to trample upon the rights
and take the property of others.
Fulton county is a grand field for
outdoor sports, relatively, and
there is no doubt that the boom
ing of guns in August, and on
Sunday too, in this county, has
at last attracted attention of
wardens whose duty is to see
that all hunters get a square deal.
Hunting is no longer a necessity
for the supply of food. It costs
five times as much per pound to
hunt and kill game as it does to
work for wages and buy food.
Every hunter knows that. Then,
when a fine and costs bob up, the
whole family suffer still greater
deprivations. Hunt and fish by
all means if you enjoy it; but be
a good sport, ai;d play fair.
Suuda) Reading.
There is no home that has the
proper atmosphere that is not
particular about the kind of book
that comes into it. "The Phila
delphia Press" realizes this, and
in the preparation of its Sunday
Magazine has put together the
best in fiction and articles of in
terest.' Thirty-two pages of fic
tion and current topics, illustra
ted and printed in color. Every
Sunday with "The Philadelphia
Press" a real quality-quantity
Magazine.
. Annual Social at Brookside.
The Sabbath Schools of the two
United Presbyterian churches of
the Cove will hold their annual
Social this year at Brookside
Farm a short distance south of
McConnellsburg, on Friday, July
30th. Bring baskets of good
things to eat and have a good
time.
Tl'SCARORA HEIGHTS.
Last Saturday's Lot Sale and Ox Roast
Drew Large Crowd to the Top of
the Mountain.
The Tuscarora Company, a cor
poration chartered under the laws
of Pennsylvania, purchased 220
acres of land lying on top of the
Tuscarora mountain extending
from a point about a half mile
north of the Lincoln Highway to
a point a few rod3 north of the
crossing of the Mercersburg pike.
On account of the magnificent
view to be had from the top at,
and near, the crossing of the Lin
coin Highway, or Chambersburg
pike, the idea was conceived to
lay out a Mountain Summer Re
sort, and sell the lots at public
auction. Last Saturday was the
time fixed for the sale. The clay
was ideal, and the crowd all that
might be expected. It is esti
mated that anywhere from 2.")00
to 5000 people were present. 'Big
Tom" Gilleece of Hancock was
the auctioneer and when he left
the block, twenty lots had been
sold. Several more were sold
privately, it is said.
One of the attractions W33 an
ox roast and free lunch. The ox
which dressed about 475 pounds
was "done to a finish" and great
ly enjoyed by those whose appe
tites had been sharpened by an
early breakfast and the exhilara
ting effects of the mountain air.
Mrs. Kuhn, wife of Dr. Kuhn,
of Mercersburg, won the free lot.
The plot contains 225 lots, and
it is said the Company intend to
proceed at once to grade the ave
nues and beautify the grounds.
Tuscarora Heights, as the place
has been named, possesses all the
natural qualifications for a popu
lar Summer Resort. Situated at
an altitude of more than 2200
feet, the Cumberland Valley thir
ty miles in width, is in plain view
to the east, while to the west,
the eye falls on range after range
of mountains with a dim outline
of the Alleghenies in the dim dis
tance seventy-five miles away.
It will be the only Mountain Sum
mer Resort on the Lincoln High
way between Pittsburgh and
Philadelphia, and if properly man
aged is destined to become popu
lar. June Agricultural Report.
According to the June report
of Statistican L. H. Wibie, the
average price per pound paid for
wool in Pennsylvania this season
was: unwashed, 25 cents; washed,
29 cents. The June report of
crop conditions in general was
fair, although wheat suffered by
the ravages of the Hessian fly to
a great extent in certain locali
ties. Some fields in Franklin
county did not average half a
crop. This leads us to again re
mind our readers that this pest
can be controlled at no cost what
ever. Recent study of the cycle
of life of the Hessian fly by the
State and Federal Agricultural
Departments has shown that it
can be killed out of communities
if taken before August 15th, in
this latitude. Did you send to the
Agricultural Department, Wash
ington, D. C, for your free copy
of the Hessian Fly bulletin?.
Made a Good Trade. .
Last spring George K. Nelson,
son. of David A. Nelson of Ayr
township, bought the famous
Belgian horse, Grenadier, from
the Belgian Horse Company of
Big Cove. The price paid was
$150. George took the horse to
his farm in Cumberland county,
and a month ago he traded it
"even up" for Diamond Wilks, a
fine Kentucky pacer. Last week,
George entered the pacer in a
mixed road race on the Car
lisle tracks against five others
and won second place. Two
half-mile races were run. Dia
mond Wilks' time was 1.05, and
1.01 in the two heats. Grenadier
cost the Belgian Horse Company
$3,400 several years ago.
Kubscnbe lor the Mews.
CooverShuman.
On July 14, .1915, Mr. Clyde
Coover and Miss Melva Shuman
were united in marriage by Rev.
Lundsey-all of Shippensbitrg.
The bride is a daughter of Mrs.
Celia Shuman and the groom is a
machinest in the employ of the
Domestic Engine Works, Ship
pensburg.. Immediately afterthe
ceremony, the bride and groom
loft for Niagara Falls. Upon
their return about a week later,
a reception was given them at
the home of the groom'3 parents
near Shippensburg. Thirty-six
invited guests witnessed the mar
riage ceremony among whom
were Mr. and Mr3. Hayes Strait,
and their children Clair, Orville,
and baby Faye, of Hustontown.
The bride and groom have a large
circle of relatives and friends in
Cumberland county with whom
their Fulton county friends join
in wishing them a happy and
prosperous life.
Church Notices.
There will be no preaching ser
vices in the Lutheran churches
for two weeks. The pastor will
spend this time at the Summer
Assembly held in Gettysburg.
M. E. church services next
Sunday as follows: At McCon
nellsburg in the morning; Knobs
ville at 2:30, and at Fort Littleton
at 7:30 P. M.
The annual picnic of the Anti-
och Sunday School will be held
in the grove near the church on
Saturday; August 7th. Music
will be furnished by the Need-
more Band. Evangelist Beard
will be present as well as other
speakers. A very interesting
program has been prepared, and
you will have an enjoyable day if
you attend.
A Campmeeting will be held in
the Jugtown Woods, 2 miles south
of McConnellsburg under the
management of the trustees and
stewards of the Cito A. M. E
church, beginning next Sunday
and continuing one week. The
hours of services will be 10:15 a.
m. , 2 :30 and 7 :30 p. m. The pas
tor, W. W. Spriggs invites every
body to attend and take part in
these service3.
Rev. E. J. Croft will preach at
Ebenezer Saturday, evening, July
31st, instead of Sunday after
noon; and at Asbury, Sunday
morning 10:15; Siloam Sunday
evening.
Rev. F. F. Holsopple of Har
risburg will preach at Asbury
August 9 at 8 o'clock.
Went to Gettysburg.
Twelve representatives of the
Inter-County No-License Judici
ary League from Fulton county
met the Adams county branch in
Gettysburg on Tuesday to trans
act business. They were; Revs.
A. S. Luring, J. L. Yearick, and
R. E. reterman. Attorneys J.
Nelson Sipes, Hon. John P. Sipes
and District Attorney S. W. Kirk
Cashier M. V. Nace. Merchant
Horace U. Nace. Farmer J. L.
Patterson, Postmaster B. C. Lam
berson, Autoist J. W. Linn, and
Dr. J. W. Mosser.
Woman's Liberty Bell.
As told by the News some time
ago, the buitragists of this state
were presented recently with a
huge bell, the exact duplicate of
the Liberty Bell of Revolutionary
fame. This bell is now on a tour
of the State in charge of leading
Suffragists. It is the intention
of those in charge to exhibit the
bell in every county, and we hope
to be able to announce soon the
date it will be in Fulton county.
Those who have never seen the
original Liberty Bell should not
fail to see this one.
Card of Thanks.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W, Swope, of
Wells Tannery, have asked the
News to extend their thanks to
kind neighbors who assisted in
their home during the recent ill
ness of their son.
THE ICE BOX.
Little Talks on Health and Kjgiene by
Samuel G. Dixon, M. D., LL. D.,
Commissioner of Health.
The. ice box is a necessity in
hot climates for the preservation
of milk and meat. Where there
are infants and young children in
the family the proper care of the
milk requires ice in order that
it may be kept at a sufficiently
low temperature to prevent it
from becoming a poison.
For the proper care of food dur
ing the hot weather cleanliness
of the vessels and ice box is es
sential. The box should be clean
sed thoroughly at frequent and
regular intervals. The interior
should be washed first with cold
water and soap then rinsed with
scalding water. The drainage
pipes should be kept free from
slime. Where a rubber tube is
used to carry off the waste water
this can be boiled without dam
aging it.
The ice itself should be thor
oughly washed always before it
is put into the box. Unless there
is absolute certainty that the ice
is made from filtered water or no
obtained from a source of sewage
pollution it should not be placed
directly on food or in the drink
ing water.
Economy and health will both
be served by placing the drink
ing water in a receptacle next to
the ice. This will bring it to as
low a temperature as is health
ful. Iced drinks interfere with
digestion and are a menace to
health. They often arrest diges
tion and not infrequently produce
death. Red meats should never
be frozen or placed in contact
with ice.
Scrupulous cleanliness will be
repaid by the saving in the food
stuffs and the maintaining of
their quality.
Scalp Bounty Iiformatiin.
Joseph Kalbfus, Secretary of
Game Commission, is asking the
newspapers to inform their read
ers that when application is made
for bounty of noxious animals,
only the dried or cured whole
skin must be sent to Harrisburg
not the carcass as has been done
in many cases. Cure or dry the
whole skin before mailing. Oth
erwise the package may be put
out of the mails on account of its
bad odor. Never mail the car
cass. Before mailing, fill out
proper blanks before a justice of
the peace.
A Good Suggestion.
Rev. Henry Wolf, who takes de
light and profit in growing finest
grades of fruit, offers the follow
ing suggestion to young farmers
who have hills that wash badly:
Draw several furrows at intervals
around them, making sure that
they are on a level so that water
will not follow. Plant useful
vines and fruit bushes and plant
enough to prevent washing. The
wide strips of land lying between
the .rows could then be farmed as
usual. These belts of fruit would
bring in cash profits every season
and the soil on the open spaces
would improve rapidly by reason
of the stoppage of waste by wash
ing. Mr. Wolf says that the News
should keep on trying to make
the rising generation better farm
ers than their forebears; so we
thank him for this suggestion,
and we believe it to be good,
since he pins his faith to good
fruit and plenty of it
Harvest Home Picnic.
The annual Harvest Home Pic
nic to be held in 'Sloan's Woods
August 7th, will be unusually in
teresting. Two well known state
Agriculturists L. W. Lighty, and
Dr. Conard will be on hand to
Speak and then mingle with the
crowds to have informal talks
with those so disposed. Revs.
L. Yearick and J. W. Weiter
and Parker Skinner, and Miss
Mollie Seylar, will each add zest,
by making stirring addresses.
Good music by the Band.
That "Road Hitch."
The widely advertised demon
otration of the working of a Road
Hitch took place in Bedford coun
ty on Tuesday of last week on i
stretchof road leading out o
ijeaiora. as near as we can
come to describing the machine i
is a combination scraper and plow
or gang of plows drawn by two
large tractors. Dirt, sods, and
every thing loose in the road u
piled up rapidly in the middle o
the road and rolled solid by steam
rollers. According to the Bed
ford county papers, comments fa
voraoie ana umavorable were
freely indulged in by the great
crowd of visitors who witnessed
the demonstration. Many seem
ed to be of the opinion that rains
would soon loosen and wash a
way the piled-up dirt. Others
think that by dragging, the crown
can be maintained until all settles
into a solid mass that ' will shed
water. The demonstration prov
ed that it is possible to fill up and
crown roads rapidly by the use
of the Road Hitch.
No-License Leagne.
At a meeting of the No-License
League held at Big Cove Tannery
July 18th and partly written up
by the News last week, the foL
lowing secretaries were appoint
ed to wait on the people of Ayr
township to give each man and
woman an opportunity to regis
ter his or her approval of the
move to secure a candidate for
president judge of Fulton and
Adams counties who will inter
pret the Brooks License Law ac
cording to the rulings of both the
Superior and the Supreme Courts
of the State:
Mrs. Winnie Kendall, of Mc
Connellsburg, Chief County Sec,
for the women.; and fourteen see
retaries to see the people of their
communities as follows; Ulysses
Humbert, Murray Ray, Tobias
Glazier, Walter Knable, Rev,
Dotterman, Win. Kendall, Annie
Hann, Mrs. Tobias Glazier, Mrs.
David Fulton, Mrs. Peter Kirk,
Miss Florence Shives, Mrs. Wm.
Kendall, Mrs. Cam Mellott and
Mrs. Walter Shaw. Each one
of these secretaries has the priv
elege to appoint a helper.
Rev. R. E. Peterman was elect
ed president and superintendent
of the League. Each minister
of the Gospel is hereby asked to
become a secretary to assist in
securing and recording the names
of all citizens who favor the
move. It is a worthy cause and
deserves the hearty support of
every man and woman who de
sires to see this Judicial District
rescued from the grip of the Li
quor Interest.
Meetings similar to that of Ayr
township will be held on the fol
lowing dates, the places of meet
ing to be selected by the commit
tees in charge and advertised
later:
Brush Creek,v Monday, August
23; Union, August 24; Bethel,
August 25; Thompson, August 2G;
Belfast, August 27; Licking Creek,
Monday, August 30; Wells, Au
gust 31; Taylor, September, 1;
Dublin, September 2; Todd, Sep
tember 3.
Address all communications to
Rev. Robert E. Peterman, Mc
Connellsburg, superintendent and
treasurer, or Mrs. Winnie Ken
dall, McConnellsburg, Woman's
secretary. It will require at least
$300 to meet the expenses of
posters,, literature, speakers, sec
retaries, etc. Personal contribu
tions by people who want to see
the temperance movement win
will be duly acknowledged. A
full report of money received and
expended will be made by the
superintendent and treasurer,
Robert E. Peterman.
Mr. and Mrs. Merrick A. Sto
ner, their daughter Annie (Mrs.
A. C. Davis) the latter's daugh
ter Ethel, and two other grand
children of Mr. and Mrs. M. A.
Stoner, made an automobile trip
from their home in Bedford last
Saturday and attended the Lot
Sale on the mountain. -
SAW LEE SURRENDER.
Short Story of His Experience in the
Civil War Told by Veteran
A. J. Fraker.
The only apology for the fol
lowing is the taking advantage
of your request that the old folks
should talk through the News if
they wanted to, so here goes:
While I was born in Hunting
don county, Pa., I have spent 73
years of my life in Fulton coun
ty, and I am now almost 7G. I
saw the day when all the travel
was done overland by team, and
the transportation of goods across
the State was done by wagons.
The grain was harvested bv
reapers cutting it by hand with
sickle, and it was threshed out
with a "poverty pole" flail, or
tramped out on the barn floor by
horses.
I enlisted in the army, 2nd
corps, 2nd division, lS4th regi
ment, Company C, under General
Hancock; fought in the great bat
tle of Cold Harbor where we lost
12,000 men before breakfast, and
had to fall back a few rod3. Our
dead and w6unded lay before the
two lines three days in the hot sun
the battle being on the 3rd of
June and they lay there until the
Cth. The rebels lav behind their
breastworks, and they would not
grant us permission to bury our
dead. On the Gth, we dug trenches
in the mud and rolled the noor
fellows in all shapes. The next
fight was on the left of Peters
burg. This was on the 22nd of
June. The rebels massed their
army and came down and took
from us the Weldon railroad
which we had but recently cap
tured from them. Our division
lost 2,000 men. The 184th was
badly cut up. I wa3 wounded and
sent to a hospital in West Phila
delphia, where I staid for six
weeks. The next hard battle was
at Hatchers Run. In this battle
we were surrounded, but through
the good management of General
Sheridan we managed to cut our
selves out, with a loss of a large
number of men which we were
obliged to leave on the field of
ttle. I helped to take Peters
burg and we followed the rebels
day and night, overtook them at
Saylors Creek, and captured a
long train of wagons. The rebels
burned the bridge and fortified
themselves on a ridge on the oth
er side. This did not save them.
for we waded the river, formed
in line, charged on them and took
a great many of them prisoners.
Of course, we lost a number of
men; but this was the last stand
Lee made. We followed them
up, day and night, without sleep
or rest, until the surrender at
Clover Hill, which I was fortunate
enough to see. I was in a great
many minor engagements, but I
have already consumed much of
your space, and will close.
The owners of the Oklahoma
Farm Journal, of which former
townsman John Fields is one, re
cently purchased The Oklahoma
Times, the leading daily of that
city, and both papers will be is
sued by that company. A recent
copy of the Times reached our
desk. It portrays Western vim
and progression as "A clean
wholesome paper for Oklahoma
homes." May it become famous
as the Journal.
Doctor Mosser's stork has been
busy with its aeroplane lately.
On Thursday of last week it left
twin boys with Mr. and Mrs. Jo
seph Carbaugh, near Webster
Mills; Friday, a little boy was
given to Mr. and Mrs. Calvin
Cooper, near Rock Hill, and an
other boy was deposited on Sun
day at Mr. and Mrs. James Hull's.
So many boys would indicate that
the stork wants a larger standing
army for the future.
Mrs. Marshall McKibbin (Kit
Cook) and little son George Mc
Cauley, of Washington, D. C,
are visiting in the homes of Miss
Mollie Seyiar and Mr. and Mrs.
J Geo. A. Harris of this place.