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VOLUME 15
McCONNELLSBURG, PA., AUGUST 12,1915.
NUMBER 46
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THE GRIM REAPER.
Short Sketches of the Lives of Per
sods Who Have Recently
Fassed Away.
Mrs. Eliza Michaels. .
Mrs. Eliza Michaels, mention
of whose illness has been made
in the News, died at the home of
her son-in-law and daughter Mr.
and Mrs. Geo. W. Hays, Thurs
day evening, July 5, 1915. Her
remains were taken to the family
borne in Everett and the funeral
conducted by Rev. Cole, of the
M. E. Church, was held on Sun
day and interment was made in
the Everett cemetery.
As has been previously told in
the News, Mrs. Michaels came
to McConnellsburgfrom her home
in Everett on Saturday, July 10,
and stood the trip remarkably
well. The following Thursday af
ternoon while in conversation
with her oldtime friend Mrs.
Elizabeth Fisher Woollet, she
was stricken with paralysis, and
was practically helpless from that
time until the end came three
weeks later.
"Grandmother" Michaels as
she was affectionately known by
a large circle of friends, was the
oldest and last surviving member
of the family of John and Louisa
Kee Keepers. Not long after
the Revolutionary War, the pa
ternal grandfather of Mrs. Mich
aels, pushed his way across the
Tuscarora mountain from the east
era part of Pennsylvania, and op
ened up a clearing and developed
what was known years ago as the
Keepers farm along the State
Road in Taylor township, and
now owned by the Meliuses. The
grandfather was accidentally kill
ed by a falling limb while at
work in the woods. With the
passing away of Mrs. Michaels
ill of her father's family are
gone. Mrs. Michaels, the oldest
child, wa3 born on the 20th of
November, 1S22, and hence was
aged 92 years, 8 months and 16
Jays.
The deceased was the widow
of Samuel Michaeh, who served
as sheriff of Fulton county from
1853 to 1856. About thirty years
ago, with her daughters Sadie,
Maggie and Alice, she removed
from McConnellsburg to Everett,
where she spent the remainder
f her days. She is survived by
the following children, namely
Miss Sadie, Miss Alice, and Miss
Maggie at home; Louisa, wife of
James H. Irwin, Washington, D.
C; Emma, wife of David S. Sni
der, Peoria, 111.; Jennie, wife of
Gw. W. Hays, McConnellsburg,
Pa., and Hoyt, Swissvale, Pa.
The Harvest Rome Picnic.
The weather on last Saturday
was ideal and a large number of
People turned out tojittend the
Harvest Home picnic in Sloan's
oods. . Many families fromsur
"wnding territory autoed to the
Cove to meet old friends that day
Dr. Conrad of the State Agricul
tural Department, spoke on the
history and management of dairy
fcttle. In a second speech the
Doctor made a strong plea for
toe silo as a means of conserving
stock food. He offered to come
the County at any time to help
any one to select and erect a si-'-
Mr. Parker R. Skinner, in
ductor in the Soldiers Orphan
School at Scotland, made an in
teresting address. Miss Mollie
Mar, leadihg Suffragist in this
tounty, in addressing the crowds
danced the subject of Votes
Jor Women. Music and speaking
others furnished entertain
ment throughout the day.
Soldiers' Reunion.
The annual Soldiers' Reunion
H be held at Hoops Grove, Fri
August 27th. George W.
nith will furnish all old soldiers,
toeir wives, and widows of old
iers with a good dinner. Good
fakers have been provided and
l)ere will be lots of music by the
Band. Everybody take a day on
7 let it be the biggest day of
"year,
From the Battle Front
Thornton Carson is a son or1 the
late Morris Carson deceased who
a few years ago went to Canada
from St. Paul. When the war
broke out in Europe, Thornton
went with the Canadian troops
to help the Allies and in the ter
rible fight at Ypres in April, he
almost lost his life by the poison
gas dealt them by the Germans.
His company was almost entire
ly annihilated. In a letter
to his uncle T. Erskine Carson of
Baltimore, under date of July
30 th, Thornton writes that he
has almost recovered from the
effects of the gas, and that when
he next goes into battle, he and
his comrades will be supplied
with cloth helmets that have
glazed eye holes, and will also
have respirators both for pro
tection agair.it the gas. He said
that the soluiVs receive good
food and plenty of it. To
keep the field camp hospital
secure against attack, parties are
sent out in turn to dig trenches
as soon as they have recovered
sufficiently to work. He expect
ed his turn to come soon. The
letter contained acknowledge
ment of many little luxuries sent
him by home folks. But these
extras do not always reach the
boys when they are far to the
front and in the thick of the
fight.
Save Seed Potatoes.
When digging potatoes, save
for seed the hills that please you.
Like produces like, and there is
no other way to determine which
potato will reproduce prolific
crops. A hill with but a few po
tatoes in it will generally repro
duce itself if you happen to se
lect seed from it next year while
the tubers are in the bin. By
the same token, when you plant
potatoes that you know came
from prolific hills, you may rea
sonably expect to get more pota
toes from them. It is the same
with corn. Seed from stalks that
produce two ears is likely to show
two ears to the stalk next year.
You cannot select such seed from
the crib. Two 7-inch ears to a
stalk beats one 8-inch ear "all
hollow." Select the seed corn
while gathering the crop this fall
if you want two ears to the stalk.
Uncle John Hann Hurt
This office is indebted to Uncle
John Hann near Saluvia for a
box of fine plums. He has loads
of them this year. While in the
office on Monday with the fruit,
he showed us something that was
also purple; but it wasn't plums.
It was a frightfully bruised foot.
On Tuesday of last week, he at
tempted to get into his buggy at
Bert Hann's store, when the
horse started and threw him un
der the vehicle. One wheel pass
ed over his groin hurting him
very much. His right foot then
caught between the spokes and
his leg was carried around to the
axle, thus locking the wheel.
He was dragged in this position
across the road on his back and
he is minus some skin on the
backbone. Fortunately no bones
were broken.
Recent Wedding!.. ;
Sipes Strait.
At the residence of the officiat
ing minister, Rev. John Mellott,
on Sunday, August 8, 1915, Mr.
Martin A. Sipes and Miss Lib
bie B. Strait were united in mar
riage. The bride is a daughter
of Joseph Strait, nearNeedmore.
and the groom, a son of Mr. and
Mrs. V. R. Sipes, near Foltz.
The happy couple are estimable
young people and have the best
wishes of theirjiumerous friends.
Douglas Winters.
Mr. Ora Douglas and Miss
Mattie Winters were married in
Hagerstown' on Wednesday of
last week. The groom is a son
of Watson Douglas, and the
bride, a daughter of George A.
Wiriters-t!l of Thompson town
ship. Subscribe lor the News,
ONE YEAR'S WORK.
County Superintendent Thomas Submits
Report or Condition of Public
Schools in Fulton County.
In submitting this report, it
must be admitted that some very
discouraging conditions were met
during the school year, but as a
whole I feel that the school work
has made progress. Sentiment
in our county in favor of better
school buildings and equipment,
and in favor of better teachers is
certainly increasing. This senti
ment is not confined entirely to
those persons who have children
to send to school, but in very ma
ny cases to persons who have no
children, and who act with un
selfish motives to promote the
cause of education in such a way
as to give the boys and girls of
the present the necessary educa
tion which the future will so
much demand.
In our preliminary meetings,
which meetings were held at two
points in the county before the
opening of the school term for
the purpose of discussing ques
tions vital to the opening and to
the first few weeks of school
while the discussions were most
interesting, lively and beneficial
to those present we are sorry to
state that a number of teachers
were absent from both of these
meetings. Thi3 is one of the
things discouraging to a county
superintendent
Another means for promoting
advancement and professional
growth is our local institutes,
Each of six of the districts in the
county held these' institutes on
alternate Friday evenings during
almost the entire term, scarcely
a teacher missing one of these
meetings. The time was spent
in discussing educational ques
tions which very materially in
creased educational sentiment in
those districts and gave renewed
inspirption to teachers to do bet
ter work. But again we met
with discouragement from some
of the teachers of the other six
districts who gave local institute
work little consideration and for
this reason left sentiment in the
district in which they taught
about as they found it. May
those teachers'see their mistake
during the coming year and make
use of these excellent means for
promoting professional growth.
Stiil another medium promot
ing professional growth was gw
en to the teachers. Our last
County Institute adopted in its
Teachers' Professional Reading
Course "James' Talks to Teach
ers." This book was not only to
be read but to be studied by the
teachers. All our teachers have
been examined in this text but
we are sorry to say that we found
some teachers who knew nothing
about its contents. I hope that
all teachers hereafter will famil
iarize themselves with the pro
fessional reading matter adopted
at our County Institute.
An evidence of increased school
sentiment in our county is an in
crease in the number of our stu
dents attending the different
State Normal Schools. Fulton
County during the year that just
closed had a large enrollment of
students at State Normal and
the enrollment of the coming
school year promises to surpass
that of 1914-15.
The year has not been barren
of results. Twenty-seven pupils
passed the Spring examination.
Many of these have since passed
the teachers' examination for
provisional certificates and have
been elected to teach in the pub
lic schools in the county.
The teaching force, with few
exceptions, did well the work put
upon them. The exceptions re
ceived salary enough, and too
much, but the live, active, ener
getic teachers received too little
pay. '
Manyminorimprovements have
been made in. school property,
but we expect to see greater im
provements during the coming
year. We expect to have, at 1
least, three new school buildings
erected daring the present schoo
year. These will be modern, up.
to-date buildings and will, when
built, reflect credit upon the
school boards in whose adminis
tration they will be constructed
Our examinations at the be
ginning of the year were more
rigid than previously. As a re
sult we had only enough licensed
teachers to fill the schools. This
eliminated what otherwise would
have been low grade certificates
and gave us as a result eighty
two teachers having the best
qualifications of those who came
before us for examination.
The County Institute held the
week beginning November 30,
1914, was well attended and el
icited many favorable comments,
The instructors were both enter
taining and practical and did
much to create higher ideals in
the teachers and to stimulate
them to greater activity in their
respective school work.
Notwithstanding the inclem
ency of the weather, the Annual
Directors' Convention was a suc
cess. A fair percentage of the
directors was present. The diS'
cussions were interesting and all
present went away feeling prof
ited by this annual gathering.
The percentage of attendance
of the schools of the county was
good, yet we are sorry to say
that some boys and girls a part
of whom are under the require
ments of the Compulsory School
Law were not in attendance at
any school during the year.
Our schools are all supplied
with modern furniture and nearly
all have slate black-boards, but
still a few poor black-boards are
found in the county. These
should be displaced before anoth
er term of school begins.
Nearly every school in the
county has an American flag (all
have had but we are sorry to say
that in some instances it was not
floated. We sincerely request
every teacher who has been em
ployed for the ensuing term to
unfurl the flag in such a way as
to comply with the conditions of
the School Code.
As to sanitation we found con
ditions good in many places but
there are other places in which
great improvements can be made
along this line. In the care of
the walls and the floors of school
buildings and the stoves and gen
eral conditions of cleanliness, in
wall decorations and in window
shades, not only is there room
for improvement but in some
places urgent need for it.
In my visits I sought to impress
upon teachers the sanitary and
aesthetic needs of the school
room, and urged upon teachers
to improve them in every way
possible.
In this report, I desire to ex
press my sincere thanks and
highest appreciation to patrons,
directors, and teachers, and es
pecially to the Department of
Public Instruction for the much
needed help given, . and to all
others in sympathy with educa
tional work for their hearty sup
port and co-operation for which
support I am placed under a
great many obligations.
Respectfully,
J. EMERY THOMAS,
County Superintendent,
Fulton County, Pa.
Mrs. A. E. Riley and son War
ren, of Dunlap, Iowa, arrived a
few days ago, to spend a few
weeks with her brothers Jacob
and Amos Clouser, and sister
Mrs. Vanvert Kelso, and other
relatives in town and the Cove.
This is Mrs. Riley's first visit in
the Cove in 26 years.
On Wednesday of last week, at
luncheon-given by Mrs. D. F.
Trout, at The Oaks, the engage
ment of Miss Elizabeth Trout, of
Buffalo, and Mr. Chas. Mayes,
of Red Lyon, Pa., was announc
ed. Fred and Grace Lodge went to
Bedford county last Saturday
for a visit among friends.
FULTON'S SCHOOLS.
Those Who Will Have Charge of the
Education and Training of Our
Boys and Girls.
The following list shows the
names of the schools, and the
names of the teachers who wil
have charge of them during the
ensuing year. It has been the
aim of County Superintendent
Thomas to keep the standard of
qualification as high as the de
mands would permit.
AYR
Back Run, Nellie Corbin.
Road, Stanley Humbert
Jugtown, Sophia Hohman
Rock Hill, Olive Wible.
Cito, Retha Mellott
Webster Mills, Martha Kendal
Conner's, Edward Keefer.
Corner, Parker Crouse.
Laurel Ridge, George Smith.
BELFAST
Cross Roads, Maye Pittman.
Needmore, Floyd Hart
Sipes Mill, Etta Waltz.
Morton's Point, Thomas Truax
Philip Morgrets, Levi Garland,
Cedar Lane, John Morton.
Pleasant Grove, Blanche Smith
Jacob Lakes, Vernona Mellott
BETHEL
Warfordsburg Advanced, Reed
Bishop.
Warfordsburg Primary, Clara
Norris.
Gordon's, Virgie Gress.
Alpine, Gertie Gelvin.
Black Oak, Webster Meilott
Chapel, E. Clura Markley.
Franklin Mills, Earle Golden.
Mt Airy, Orben Hebner.
BRUSH CREEK
Akersville, Advanced, Ernest
Walters.
Akersville, Primary, Iva Hix
on.
Buffalo, vacant
Emmaville, Walter Smith.
Buchanan, James Stahle.
Locust Grove, Roy Plessinger.
Oak Grove, Walter Barkman.
DUBLIN.
Burnt Cabins, Roy J. Mathias,
Mud Level, Esther Welch. .
Battle Ridge, Wilbert Walters.
Glunt's, Erma Gress.
Chesnut's, Lillian Stinson.
Clear Ridge, Glenn Laidig.
Ft Littleton, Grace Piper.
MCCONNELLSBURG.
McConnellsburg, High School,
Easton Fox.
Grammar, Joan Morton.
Intermediate, Grace Lodge.
Primary, Janette Stouteagle.
LICKING CREEK.
"Harrisonville, vacant
Shane's, C. W. Mellott.
Siloam, Ally Deshong.
Compulsion, Harry Deshong.
Forestdale, Thelma Metzler.
Daniels, Daisy Strait
Saluvia, Edgar Hann.
Vallance, Wilmer Sipes.
TAYLOR
Wintergreen, OlitipaKeebaugh
Waterfall, Roy Cutshall.
Gracey, William Ranck.
Winegardner, Alice Cutchall.
Laidig, Ethel Sipes.
Hustontown, W. G. Wink.
Fairview, Lillian Laidig.
Cherry Grove, Ruth Lyon.
THOMPSON.
Independence, Jessie Yeakle.
Center, H. W. Wink.
Board Yard, Harvey Sharpe.
Ditch Run, Alice Brewer.
Westview, Pearl Fisher.
Oakdale, Denver Evans.
Bald Eagle, Rose Keefer.
TODD
Woodburn, Mildred Mock.
Knobsville, John Kelso.
McGovern's, Scott Alexander.
Scott's, Etta Snyder.
Summer's, Rush Wagner.
UNION
Barne's Gap, Jessie Hoopen
gardner. Harmonia, Oscar Lashley.
Excelsior, Lily Ritz.
Center, Nellie Morgret
Zack's Ridge, Annie Uhl'gr.
Fairview, Gilbert Mellott
WELLS
Tannery, Advanced, Vacant
Tannery, Primary, Jessie Cutch
all.
Number 2, Vacant
Number 3, Pearl Shevefell.
Number 4, Orlen Mock,
The Trend of Sentiment.
It is gratifying to note that the
good people of Fulton are con
strained by a spirit of righteous
ness to promote an organization
in the several townships for the
purpose of a concerted disapprov
ai oi tne liquor traffic. In view
of the coming primaries it is pro
posed that the several candidates
lorJUDUU snail be asked to
make known their attitude on the
liquor question in a plain straight
forward manner, no technical
evasions. In the past some of
our Judges, presumably lor rx
htical reasons nave tried to rec
oncile thoir constituents with
nice talk concerning the duties of
a Judge, the interpretation of the
law etc., all of which is no longer
a valid excuse; for the simple rea
son that every reader of average
intelligence knows that the grant
ing of a license for the sale of
liquor in this state is a matter
entirely with the Court, the duty
of the Judge being to hear the
evidence, consider the number
and character of witnesses for
and against the granting of a h
cense, the question at issue being
simply that of a necessity for the
sale of alcoholic liquors as a bev
erage. Scientific investigation
answers the question in the nega
tive, since it has been plainly
demonstrated that alcoholic bev
erages have no food value, nor do
they possess any sustaining qual
Hies; besides, we have the decla
ration of our best physiciars
everywhere that alcoholic liquor
when taken into the system is a
poison to the human organism,
hence it is decidedly harmful as
a beverage, and has but limited
use as a medicine. In all depart
ments of the business world is a
demand for efficiency, and eflici
ency implies being on the alert,
to think quickly and rightly, to
act promptly and diligently, to
grasp firmly and steadily with a
skilled hand, to bo guided by the
clear vision of a trained eye, and
verily, these qualities are the at
tributes of sobriety; they cannot
emanate from a brain excited or
inflamed with booze. The man
at the wheel who has taken a
drink is unsafe, his brain, in a
degree, is excited, he has exalted
imagination, and does not see
with the normal eye. In our day
of good roads, automobiles with
passengers are circling in every
direction; our hotels are filled
with guests in quest of meals and
lodging. These patrons are, as a
rule, our best people intelligent
and sober interested in pleas
ant surroundings, good meals,
clean and comfortable beds; but
not interested in the bar room.
True, we have our "joy riders"
who want the booze, but they are
a blight to decent society and a
menace on the public highway.
But let us have faith, trusting
that in the future w!:en hotel
men appear in court asking the
privilege to sell rum, they may
be manly enough to not cast a re
flection on the many sober people
and good people, who chance to
be their gu ests, by telling the
lonorable Court that the license
privilege is ior their accommoda
tion. May they be truthful, and
frank enough to tell the Judge
that tbdir desire to sell booze, is
for the profit, and that their most
likely costomers are the "Joy
Riders" the old toper, the person
al liberty tippler who is likely to
become a confirmed boozer and
what is used at the recruiting sta
tion where young men and boys
are induce! to join inebriate ar
my, to fill up the ranks as the old
i.ii i il . .
rummies iau uy ioe waysiae, or
wend their way to almshouses or
asylums.
"Observer."
The Fosters.
The annual reunion of the Fos
ter family will be held in Wash
ington Park at Six Mile Run, Pa.
Aug. 26, 1915. In case of bad
weather it will be held the fol-
owing day. All members of the
amily are requested to be pres
ent and all friends are cordially
invited,
MOKE HASTE LESS SPEED.
Little Talks on Health and Hygiene by
Samuel G. Dixon, M. D., LL. D.,
Commissioner of Health.
"More haste less speed" is a
venerable warning against misap
plied energy. The summer sea
son gives additional reason to con
sider the value of rational well
directed activity as opposed to
spurts of action.
The average city dweller re
gardless of years is apt to scurry
about as if life depended upon
his catching a particular train or
trolley. Rushing to and fro with
small consideration for those who
impede his progress, he will risk
life and limb to cross a street
thirty seconds sooner and then
gaze in a show window for ten
minutes.
All this i3 extremely wearing
on the nervous system and phys
ically exhausting. It easily be
comes a habit and if continued
leads to lo3s of personal efficiency
A certain degree of deliberation
usually insures more thoughtful
and effective action and is better
from the health standpoint
To progress at moderate speed
with due consideration for other
people's "rights of the road" re
sults in benefits of no small value
Your physical machinery is far
more likely to successfully meet
emergencies if it is not continu
ally running on high gear.
Then too there is much in our
daily round which he who runs
may not read. If we are to live
rationally and think broadly it is
well to make one's Droeress
through life at a moderate pace.
Your scurrying busybody is sel
fish even though it be uninten
tional. To have an eye for other
people's desires and ambitions and
a consideration for their ideals
may help us to achieve our own.
To live peacefully and to live
happily materially aid in main
taining our physical health and
vice versa. Progress is not nec
essarily measured by rapidity of
action; consider the squirrel in
the revolving cage.
Thrown From Buggy.
Thursday, July 27th, while Mr.
and Mrs. J. S. Mort of Clear
Ridge were driving to Maddens
ville, their horse frightened at a
dead buzzard lying in the road
on Mullein Hill. The animal
'wheeled" in the narrow road
and started back up the hill. In
turning, the buggy was partly
tipped over, throwing the occu
pants out Mr. Mort held to the
lines and succeeded in turning
the horse into a pine thicket
stopping it after running a short
distance. Mrs. Mort escaped with
a few scratches, but Mr. Mort
was considerably bruised, and cut
about the face. One shaft pene
trated the horse behind the
shoulder when the harness gave
way making an ugly wound. A
basket of eggs carried in the
buggy was "a perfect mess."
Dr. R. B. Campbell picked up the
unfortunate parties and took
them home in his auto. Mr.
Mort was confined to the house
for several days. He seems to be
unfortunate, for only recently he
was thrown from a load of grain
an severely bruised.
Mrs. Edgar Criswell (Nellie
Skinner) and daughter Jean, of
New York City, were registered
at the Fulton House during the
past week and spent much of the
time mingling with their friends
in McConnellsburg and the Cove.
By running a threo-dollar ex
cursion to Atlantic City last Sun
day, the Cumberland Valley rail
road hauled 2519 persons to that
favorite seashore resort, for
which the Company received in
cash $7,557.
Calvin E. Little, who recently
sold the Fulton House and went
to Chambersburg, has purchased
the Star Theatre, in that town
and took possession last Saturday
evening.