I ill 5 VOLUME 15 McCONNELLSBURG, PA., SEPTEMBER 9,1915. NUMBER 50 THE GRIM REAPER. bait Sketches of t!ie Lives of Per sons Who Dave Recently Passed Away. Mrs. S. F. Stiver. Ruth Virginia Peck, wife of ,nuel F. Stiver, died at their me in Bedford, Pa., Friday af-,-noon, September 3 1915 after protracted illness of chronic in gestion. 1 he iu n e r a 1 took ; iceonthe following Monday,: j interment was made in the I jforJ cemetery. I Abraham and Kachel Peck, & she was born in Bel fast tow n :p, this county, August 22, :o; hence, at her death she was Led CO years and 12 days. On the first day of January ' she was united in marriage Samuel F. Stiver, of Bedford, i wa3 a resident of that town ring' the remainder of her life, sides her husband, she is sur ed by the following children: rcy, Maye Virginia wife of ;iliam H. Ayres, and John all iding in Bedford. During the e years immediately preceding r marriage she was a success ; teacher in the public schools 3edford county. The funeral vices were conducted by Rev. Jerof Bedford, assisted by f. Dr. Young, cf Sjmerstt. Stiver was ;i member cf the .theran church. She u survi- Iby three brotherr; Bennett, McConncllsburg, Silas, Vicks :j, Mich; act! Mason, Bedford rings. Her"' death followed it of her brother Wilson just ;r days. JOIIN J. DECKER. John J. Dicker died at his t.o at Mcr.c'.i, Bjufori county. ;uay, August 27, 1913 aged C7 its, 10 months, and 1 day. e funeral conducted by his tor, Rev. T. N. Garland, of edmore, took place on the fol ding Monday and interment -s made at Warfordsburg. Mr cker was twice married; the it time to Miss Eliza Fisher, :ghter of the late John Fisher, Bethel township. To this un i, four children survive, name Roy, Augusta, Mich. ; How- 1 living in' Bedford county; 3. William McKee and Mrs. was Mann both living in ion townsnip, this county. His 'ond wife was Mary Morris, of nch, Bedford county, who died t eleven days prior to that of deceased. Jr. Decker was a native of 3 county, and spent most of life here, removing to Bed- county only a few years ago. ;va3avery excellent citizen i enjoyed the confidence of a ie circle of friends. Jefferson C. Wible. Jefferson C. Wiblea respected ;zen near Saluvia, after a lin- illness, died Saturday, Member 4, 1915, of -cancer of stomach, aged 54 years, 9 Whs, and 2 days. Mr. Wible ason of Frederick, and Re- ;ca Wible who preceded him ;he grave a number of years. ' following brothers and sis- "8 survive; Reuben near Cham fsburg; George, nearHyndman ttord county; Adam, at home; iryJ., wife of Rev. Nathan T. op, near Hustontown, and iei at home. funeral services were held on following Monday at Sideling " Christian church, conducted ,Rev. E. J. Croft, and inter nt was made in the cemetery ar by. iJRs. Catherine Decxer. f3. Catherine Mortrret Deek- ; ed at the home of Dennis ijll m Bethel township, this ;Qty, Friday, September 3. ,'15 aged 79 years. Tho funer- ,wk place at the Cedar Grove hristian church last Sunday, the :rces being conducted by Rev. : Garland, asf-i.it.ed by itav. ,re-of the RantHtr.hnreh. Mrs i3 survived by the fallow- 5lIniiren: a son residing in ,'erett; Mrs. .Samuel Hender 4 and Mrs. John Crawford- Recent Weddings. Swope-Ott. Mr. Howard B. Swope, a na tive of Licking Creek township, and Miss Helen Lauretta Ott, daughter of Mr. William Ott, of Ayr township, were married on Wednesday evening of last week at the home of the groom's sister Mrs. J. W. Booty in Bedford. The ceremony was performed by Rev. George W. Faus, of the M. E. Church. Mr. Swope is well and favorably known in Bedford having been in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad for sever al years, and the bride i3 one of Ayr township's estimable young women. Jackson Ritchev. On Tuesday, August 31, 1915, at the heme of the bride's pa rents in Brer 7.e wood, Mr. Trev erton Jackson, n? AJcersville, and Miss Stella Ritd;ey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Z. T. Ritchey, were united in marriage by the Rev. D. J. Frum, pastor of the Rays Hill M. E. church. A sump tuous wedding dinner was served after which Mr. and Mrs. Jack son left for an extended honey moon trip through the West. They will reside, after their re turn, at Breezewood. SlIIMER MENTZER. PauLSylvestcr Shinier, son of Mr. and Mrs. Christmas Shimer ar.d Miss Katherine Enola Men tzsr, daughter of Mrs. Asenath Mentzer all of McConnellsburg, were married in Chambersburg Tuesday by Rev. Wm. A. Kump, of the Lutheran Church. The groom i3 one of the town's popu lar barbers and the bride a form er successful school teacher. The young people have the best wish es cf their many friends. Hill Bard On September 7, 1915, at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Margaret Bard, Mr. Oscar Hill, son of Hiram K. Hill, and Miss Delia Enola Bard-both of Need more, were quietly married by the Rev. E. J. Croft These are prominent young people. They will go to housekeeping soon. A wide circle of friends wish them happiness and prosperity. Away For the Wintor. The following teachers and students have recently departed for their respective schools: Mis ses Dorothy Hamil, Esther Ken dall, Dorothy Kirk, and Mauda leen Stevens to attend Shippens burg Normal. Miss Grace Shi mer to teach in New Jersey; Miss Ada Rexroth to teach in New town, Bucks county; Misses Zoe and Jessie Mason to teach in Akron, Ohio; Miss Lois Mason to attend Dickinson Seminary at Williamsport; Jean Johnston, Catharine Hoop and Walter John ston t o Shippensburg Normal; Russell Nelson to teach in Prince ton Public Schools; Russell Stev ens to University of Pennsylva nia to study dentistry; Ethel Hays to teach in New Jersey; Ma ry Baumgardner, West Chester. Old Lady Killed. On Monday of last week, an aged lady, Mrs. Lucinda Jay, of West Providence township, Bed ford county, was instantly killed by a train two miles east of Bed ford. She was late to reach the station to take the train and ran across the track in front of the train with the foregoing result, tier maiden name was Lucinda Leasure, born in Bean's Cove. both of Union township; and by one brother, Abner Morgret, re siding at Berkley Springs, W. Va. William Miller. Since publishing the obituary of William Miller last week, the following additional have been received at this office. He was born February 7, 1839. Died Au gust 29, 1915 aged 7G years, 6 months, and 22 days. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Reidell. He was a veteran of the Civil War, having enlisted on September 19, 1S64 in Co. I, Penna. Vol.. and was mustered out June G, 1SG5. Sad Death of Young Man. Last Saturday afternoon, be tween four and five o'clock, a well dressed young man called at the office of Dr. J. W. Mosserand not finding him in, sat down on the porch to wait the Doctor's re turn. In the course of a half hour or more the Doctor return- I ed and found the man in a stu por, but still conscious. The visi tor told the Doctor that he had been drinking heavily, having ta ken ten drinks of whiskey while on the. way from Chambersburg in an autobus. This was, proba bly, not true, for no one could be found who saw him take any thing but a little beer at the sta tions. The man gave the Doc tor a name and address that was ficticious, as afterwards develop ed. In a short time the sick man became unconscious and was car ried into the office and laid on a couch. Ho then began breathing with difficulty and was carried to the lawn in th3 rear of the Doc tors office where fre:;h air and plenty of it could be had. After the Doctor and several citizens had done all they could for the sufferer's relief, it wasdetermin cd to take him to the Chambers burg hospital. A fast car was secured from Rush Cline's gar age, and at 7:05 the Doctor and three assistants started to that place. In less than an hour the hospital was reached. Nurses and physicians at once recogniz ed the man as a resident of Cham borsburg, he having been a pa tient there on several occasions for treatment for the "dope" habit. The parents were notified but nothing could be done to re lieve the victim of the poison, and he died at 11 o'clock that evening. The man's name Mas Robert W. Bickley, of Chambers burg. To Doctor Moser he gave another name, saying that he was from Roanoke, Va. Sheriff Harris did a lot of telephoning to try to locate the man, but failed to find a clue. He had nothing on his person to indicate who he was, or where he was from. It is supposed that he could not se cure enough "dope" in Cham bersburg where he was known, and in desperation, he wandered to this place, hoping perhaps, that a temporary supply might be secured. If this was his ob ject, he failed. Bickley looked to be about 25 years of age. He was an electrician, and his pa rents are highly respectable citi zens of Chambersburg, and were almost prostrated will grief to find their son dying in a hospital from the effect of his folly. Car Burned. One day last week, as a large Winton car carrying a party from Missouri was corning up the east side of Cove mountain, an over heated engine set fire to the car, and burned parts of it so badly that it was towed to the Cumber land Valley railroad anil shipped to the factory for repairs. Fire was first discovered under a seat, and very soon a box of exploding .3S caliber cartridges warned the passengers that it would be at the risk of their lives to work too near the car, and this pre vented swift action toward sav ing the machine. Car was fully insured. Party finished journey by rail. Lime Equivalents. Every year brings more young men into the business of farming and they want to know some of the things that older men in the business learned long ago. We find so many inquiries about lime that we are persuaded to repeat the following table for their bene fit. One ton of freshly4 burnt lime (stone lime) makes about a ton and a half of slacked lime, or hy drated lime, for the latter is nothing more than limo slacked quickly by the application of steam or water, and sold at a big price. In either case you have but a ton of lime, the balance be ing water absorbed in the slacking. MIDDLE AGE. Little Talks on Health and Hvgicne by Samuel G. Dixon, M. D., LL. D., Commissioner of Health. For all that has been said to contrary this is the middle aged man's day. You can talk of the early recognition of competence, youthful success and what does it all mean but that a man reach es middle age with more years of successful endeavor behind. A generation or so ago a busi ness man who devoted himself assiduously to golf or tennis would probably have lost his cred it at the banks and have been looked at askance by his business associates. Now-a-days there are thousands of successful mid dle aged business men who reg ularly devote a certain portion of their time to rational exercise. This is fortunate as conditions have changed, our cities have in creased in size and the environ ment of business is more res tricted. Our grandfathers had much open air life thruHt upon them, today it must be sought. Cheeks bronzed from exescise in the open air stamps many a middle aged man as a devotee in rational sports. College athlet ics are probably responsible for a share of this improvement and public health teaching and a struggle for individual efficiency for the balance. The man who has succeeded young is perhaps more jealous of his physical powers than one who has plodded on to a middle aged realization of his hopes. There is a movement for tem perance on the part of unnum bered thousands of middle aged men. Temperance in eating, in the use of alcohol and a rational indulgence i n exercises which will keep up the physical poise. There are hundreds of country clubs today where there was one twenty-five years ago and it is the middle aged men and not the youngsters who most persistent ly frequent them. It is well that this is a growing movement for it will aid in offsetting the in creasing mortality from degener ative diseases. The pressure of life and the struggle for existence is growing keener and it behooves the man who has reached the noonday of life to give serious consideration to his physical well being if he wishes to hold his place in the harness. To Exhibit Live Stock. There is to be Harvest Home picnic next Saturday, at Red Bridge Park, Franklin county, Pa. Committees are hard at work to have an exhibit of live stock at the picnic. Prizes con sisting of cash, var'ous articles, and ribbons, will be given. It is said that much stock will be ex hibited. This is right in line with what Cove farmers have advocated for the annual Harvest Home picnic in Ayr township. We have it on good authority that a move has been made to erect suitable buildings for en tertainment and exhibition pur poses on the Cove grounds. We feel sure that McConnellsburg would help such an enterprise along. Governor Sticks For Drys. Gov. Hatfield, of West Virgin ia, in a recent speech made pub lic the fact that he would not consider the calling of a special session of the legislature in or der to repeal or weaken th3 pro hibition law of the State. He said that he believed that the ma jority of the people wanted dras tic prohibition and it was his du ty to carry out the wishes of the public. Reports from West Virginia cities say that petitions have been circulated to influence the calling of a special session of the legis- ature in order to pass a law to allow the drinking of light wines and beer. McConnellsburg's Day. Last Saturday was McConnells burg's day for holding religio temperaned meetings like those held in the several townships. The speakers from a distance were Evangelist Beard, chaplain of the West Virginia Legislature. Another was R. J. Funkhouser, a resident of Hagerstown and well known about Hancock and Lower Fulton county as a dealer in lumber. These two men are red-hot temperance advocates, and made stirring appeals to the citizenship of this county to stick together to nominate the candi date for District Judge whose re cord indicated "The best hope" for a reasonable temperance offi cial. The secretaries elected to canvass are; Ruth Roettger, Min nie Reisner, Harriet Sloan, Win nie Kendall, C. J. Brewer, Frank Mason, Clarence Saville, and S, A Nesbit. lie Saw the Torpedo. Rev. George A. McAllister, of Chambersburg, who was a pas senger on the Arabic when a Ger man torpedo destroyed it, has been heard from by letter. His description of the incident agrees with published reports that the boat was torpedoed without warn ing. The Doctor saw the torpe do coming, and with three others ran for belts. He put one on a little girl and dropped her to safe ty into a lowering lifeboat. He then helped two women adjust life belts. He put his own on as the boat was sinking and jumped over the side into a small boat, He saw many drown. They fell into the water when the sinking Arabic caught the life boats and overturned them. Had the Ger mans given the men women and children even ten minutes warn ing, all could have been saved. Lest on Mountain. One night last week when the fog was so thick on Cove moun tain that auto drivers not famil iar with the road had difficulty in keeping on the road, a strange car lost the track at the clearing near Seylar's ice cream stand on the top. Rush Cline came along and helped him into the road and directed the driver to follow him down the mountain. Mr. Cline drove vory slowly, but he soon discovered that the stranger had stopped. Walking back towhere the car was standing he found the bewildered driver holding the wheel and looking at the rapidly drifting fog and mistaking it for receding roadway. The fog was drifting back past him and he did not know that his car had stopped. State S. S. Convention. The State Sabbath School Con vention, to be held in Erie, Pa., October G-7-S, will afford the friends of the Sabbath Schools of the State a grand opportunity to attend a great convention. The Sabbath Schools of the County are urged to send delegates. The program for the convention will be ready soon. Programs, infor mation, delegates credential en tertainment cards, &c, will be furnished by W. C. Patterson, Field Secretary for the Fulton County S. S. Association. To Prevent Hog Cholera. An item that will be of interest to subscribers near the Maryland line is the one that pertains to the bringing of hogs across the line into Pennsylvania. The rules are very strict on account of the danger of cholera, A card to the State Livestock Sanitary Board, Harrisburg, Pa., asking for circular number 3G will bring all the details too long to print here. Cholera is being carried along railroads; but a few pre cautions will prevent accidental outbreak in new territory. I J. Rex Irwin left on Monday for Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., to begin his senior year in that institution. Organize Military Clubs. President Wilson, despite hys terical criticism, has succeeded in keeping this country out of actu al warfare and with honor too. But since nearly every European and Asiatic country is either ac tively engaged in war, or, is threatened by war, excitable men of more or less . public influence may disturb the balance so that this country may at any time be plunged into the whirlpool of strife that is destroying nations. Up to the time of the outbreak of the present war, this country occupied a position in the broth erhood of nations that shielded it from any great danger of un provoked attack, and the general public has always refused to per mit the country to be saddled with a great standing army that, in itself, constituted an invita tion to others to attack U3 or gave warlike Americans a vehicle for the exploitation of their personal advancement. However, a sem blance of danger of but recent origin has arisen, owing to fore going reasons, and since the President recommends it, we pass the word along that the men in country districts could form lo cal training camps or clubs, and not only receive training in mili tary tactics for an emergency call, but they could have a lot of good entertainment. Drilling and the necessary self restraint that goes with it, are good for a man. Localconditionshavemade it natural for many Fulton coun ty men to become good rifle shots Many old veterans can drill a com pany of men and it would afford good pastime for many this win ter to prepare themselves to take command of companies of sol diers in case a call came. Rural companies that can be sent to the front at once in the defense of their country always receive spe cial mention in the roll of honor. . I MAI utner companies oi raw re cruits" have to receive months of training before they can be of any use. Do not get excited; there is probably no war near; but the training would be good for young men in any case. It is part of the program for young men who attend State College, and the newspapers have been bragging" of the great number of graduates that could be call ed upon in an emergency. Why not have a Fulton County com pany? They Want a Cannery. The Businessmen's Association, of Bedford, is working hard to establish a cannery for the fruit growers of the county. There is every prospect of success. The Hancock cannery paid a 10 per cent, dividend at the close of the first season, and they enlarged the plant last fall. Many Fulton county men with whom we have talked, want out lets for their products, among which would be a cannery and evaporating plant Thousands of bushels of apples, and other fruits, go to waste annually for want of a public condensing plant of this kind, but no one seems to take the responsibility of making the start. The establishment of just such work is part of the County Agent's business (but where is he?) Another plant that would pay, would be a public slaughter house where "Fulton County Hams, Bacon, and Lard" could be pro duced cheaply and advertised at a cost of but a few cents per member. Autoists have frequent ly inquired in McConnellsburg "Where can I get a good country ham?" With a reputation soon made, we could sell thousands of hams, &c, at some point on the Lincoln Highway, nd get almost city prices just enough less to tempt autoist to take them with them. Hello, County Agent! Pshaw, we haven't got one -yet. Judge and Mrs. W. B. Stigers were guests in the home of Bur gess and Mrs. L. W. Seylar last Saturday afternoon. ABOUT PEOPLE YOU LVOV. Snapshots at Their Comings and fioiags Here for a Vacation, or Away ' for a Restful Outing. Mis3 Honore Dickson, of Phila delphia, spent a few days visit ing in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson L. Nace. Mrs. A. E. Riley and son War ren, are visiting thi3 week in the home of Mrs. Riley's brother at Big Cove Tannery. Mrs. II. V. Black (Mame Skin ner) and children, of Hunting don, were guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson L. Nace a few days last week. Mr. and Mrs. Bart Stevens, near Clear Ridge, srent nr.rt of last Friday in town for the first time in many month3. Mr. Ste vens has not regained the full use of one of his hands which he had badly injured last spring while loading lumber at Three Springs. Miss Barbara Martin who had been spending the past few weeks with her mother, Mrs. Lydia J. Martin in the Cove, leftonThurs day of last week for Tyrone to teach the same school she taught before. Miss Martin spent most of the summer with friends in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Ne braska and Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Mort. near Clear Ridge, and their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Harnish, of Woodvale, autoed to Waynesboro last week and re turned Monday, stopping a short time in McConnellsburg on the return trip. While away they visited Frank Mort and Mrs. W. E. Stouffer. The party were traveling in Mr. Harnish's Max well. Working at Reservoir. The work of connecting up a number of springs with the town reservoir has been going on for some time, and last Saturday, two springs were tapped and se curely walled up and pipes laid to the reservoir. More were finished on Monday, and it is ex pected that by next week, 13 springs will have been cleaned, walled over tightly to keep them pure, and all fed into the main3 through 3- and 1-inch castiron pipe. Some trouble is being ex perienced with the foundation of the reservoir it leaks. Work men are trying to permanently remedy the defect. For many years, the town has been sup plied with water from some of these springs; but the water ran to the reservoir over the surface of the ground, and, of course, all dirt and filth was carried with it, and the frequent rains of this summer kept the water in an al most constant state of extreme impurity. We may, therefore, in a short time, expect to receive at our faucets, water as pure as Nature can distill it through the rocks under Cove mountain. The water is good it being neither too hard for washing pur poses, nor too soft so as to be come insipid to the taste. Under the new system of supply, there need be little fear that a scarcity of water like we experienced last summer will occur if the reser voir holds it as received, because all the water of the springs will be saved, which was not the case when it had to wend its way over the surface and much of it lost. The pure water will add greatly to the reputation of the Burg as a health resort Licking Creek S. S. Convention. The District S. S. Convention for Licking Creek township will be held in Sideling Hill Christian church September 12, 1915", at 10 ;30 and 7 o'clock. At the morn ing services we will have as speak ers, Rev. Powers and Rev. Croft A. U. Nace, W. C. Patterson, and Hon. John P. Sipes. At the evening services we will have Revs. Lewis Duvall, E. J. Croft, and Lewis Wible. , R. R. HANN, Dist Supt, t
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