TEli rULTQy COUNTY NEW, McCONNILLSEURO, PA. -
INTERESTING PARAGRAPHS
j L tcl and General Interest, Gathered
at Home or Clipped Irm oor
Exchanges.
CONDENSED FOR HURRIED READERS
Blanche Patterson entertained
at luncheon on Monday.
George W. Bishop, of Thomp
son township, spent Monday in
town.
Miss Flora Rexroth is visiting
her sister, Mrs. Harry E. Gress
in Monessen, Pa.
Mr. W. Scott Dickson, of Flint,
Mich., is visiting his sister, Mrs.
M. VV. Nace, north 2nd street.
Geo. L.Alexander, of Everett,
recently spent a few clays in the
home of his uncle, Thos. F.Sloan.
Last Thursday evening, about
twenty o' our young people en
joyed a marshmallow toast on
the Ridge.
Mrs. Logan Sloan (Ella Trout)
and her two children, of Buffalo,
U. Y., are visiting friends in
town and near by.
Last Friday, eight of our young
people motored to Tuscarora
Heights where they spent the af
ternoon and had lunch.
Mrs. Max Sheets went to Har
risburg last week to visit her
friend Mrs. Virginia Beidleman
for a week or ten days.
Miss Myrtle Sipes accompanied
her brother-in-law and sister, Mr
aid Mrs. Will II. Staley to their
home in Carnegip, last week.
The Borough Schools opened
on Monday with an increase of
twenty-five children over the
number in attendance last year.
Clarence Shimer, of Altoona,
came Home last baturclay lor a
short vacation in the home of his
mother, Mrs. Anna Mary Shimer.
Miss Mary Hill, of Blue Mound
111., after an absence of twenty
two years, is visiting her rela
tives and friends in this county.
Miss Mary 0. Ott, of Altoona
is spending a. two-weeks' vaca
tion with her father (John Ott)
and sisters on East Lincoln Way.
Mr. Geo. W. Weaver of Han
cork, Md., accompanied by his
sister-in-law Mrs. Blair Waltz,
r-pent a few hours in town Tues
day. Miss Mary Sloan left last Sat
urday for Philadelphia where
she will spend another season in
Strawbridge and Clothier's milli
nery department
Misses Alice and Jessie Cut
chall, of Gracey spent Saturday
night and Sunday, the guests of
their friend Miss Ethel Sipes
near Hustontown.
There are 2,000 copies of the
answers to the temperance ques
tions put to the candidates for
President Judge, in the hands of
township secretaries. Get a copy.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. C. Sipes, of
Thompson township, motored to
McConnellsburg yesterday and
spent a few hours attending to
business and doing a little shop
Ping. Mr. and Mrs, Raymond reck,
of Waynesboro, spent last Satur
day night in town on their way
to Belfast township to visit in
the home of Raymond's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Peck.
Mr. and Mrs. Thompson W.
Peck. Nathaniel H. Peck, Har
vey M. Snyder and Howard Gar
landall of Needmore, in How
ard's auto, attended Mrs. Stivers'
funeral in Bedford Monday.
Wanted First class all round
store man, or good live man as
cerk: also, first class saleslady
ho is good stockkeeper and can
,8'1 goods. Send application by
""ail Harry Huston, Saltillo, Pa.
9 9 2t
Mr. and Mrs. Paxton Bigham
and son, of Gettysburg, and Rob
ert Cunningham and two sistt rs,
f Fairfield, Pa., motored to Mc
Connellsburg last. Sunday and
called on Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Ir
win. Mrs. A. F. Little has just re
ined from the eastern cities
here she purchased a large and
exceptionally well selected stock
jf Fall and Winter Millinery, See
"e' new advertisement next
Week.
& Holmes Thompson, former
's' of this place, and now assist
ant postmaster in Tyrone, is tak
in the sights at the Worlds
ta''r in California, and will visit
"any places in the West before
burning. '
Had Big Oats Crop.
J. C. Hess, of Bethel township,
reports that he cut eight acres of
oats and got 430 bushels by ma
chine me.ipure. Me weighed a
few bushels and found that the
grain overrun by weight 5 pounds
which would indicate that b y
weight he had 497 bushels, or
C28l bushels to the acre.
BRUSH CREEK.
Rain and peaches plenty . .Our
achool8 open September 13th.
.Last Sunday Misses Elizabeth
and Iva Hixson visited N. B. llix
od;W. F. Hixson and family at J.
Lowrey's; T. II. Akers at George
Schenk's; S. Walters, T. II Wal
ters and family and C. E Hixson
at R H. Walters. ..An ir.fant
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bretz
Coflner died last Friday in the
home of G. W. Conner.
Church Notices.
Members of Pleasant Grove
Christian church will meet at 2
o'clock p. m., October 2, 1913,
for a roll call meeting for the
purpose of revising the church
records. All members are re
quested to be present, or if im
possible to be present, to corres
pond with church clerk. By or
der of the church. Elanche C.
Smith, Cork, Warfordsburg, Pa.
Dr. A. S. Ffjick will begin a
series of mejti.gs in the M. E.
church of McConnellsburg, on
October 8th. Keep it in mind.
WARrORDSBl'RU.
Mrs. S G. Andrews received se
vere bruises by falling down
stairs.
J. D. Ranck, of Cumberland,
Md., is paying a visit to relatives
here.
David Bennett and wife, of Al
toona, Pa., are spending a few
days with Mrs. Bennett's mother
Mrs. Lucinda Ranck.
Harry Crist is finishing the
first floor of the I. 0. 0. F. hall
for a schoolroom. Our school
nouse is too small to accommo
date the number of pupils in at
tendance and the directors have
decided to divide the school.
What Will You Read?
In addition to the Fulton
County News, have you thought
what you will read this winter?
Stories are all ri.trht; but to read
nothing but t tones would be too
much like eating sweetcake for
an exclusive diet. We are not
agents for periodicals; but being
in the publishing business, we
might be able to guide you to the
selection of good winter reading.
At any time you wish, drop in and
give us an idea of the nature of
the reading you would like.
There are magazines suited to
family reading, while some are
devoted to mechanics, agriculture
stock raising, &c. Keep the
young folks in mind. Remember
that their future is often Bhaped
by what you put into their hands
to read, or by what you withhold.
How does what you read a 3 a boy
or girl affect you now? For
good; or for evil? Has it helped
you?1 Your boy or girl should
have the benefit of your experi
ence in this matter, in just the
way you now see that you should
have received guidance from your
parents. When the boy who
likes to read is handicapped by
having to buy his reading by the
ten cents' worth, it nearly always
is ruinous trash.. Don't you
wish you had never read, or
could forget the vile, useless stuff?
Don't you wish that you had been
given reading that would now
help you in your business? Sure
you do we all do. Do you fee
tnat your parents neglected you
in the matter of reading? Shal
your boys grow up with the same
feeling toward you?
New Dentist in Town,
Dr. George E. Bartholomew
formerly of Philadelphia, who
has been practicing seven years,
has opened temporary offices over
the Fulton County Bank, until
his office in the Tost Office
Building can be completed and
made ready. Dr. Bartholomew
is ready to accomodate patients
for all kinds of Dental work or
Surgical work on the mouth or
jaws. He has had surgical ex
perience in two of Phila's largest
Hospitals and is equipped with a
new method for painlessly ex
tracting teeth or painlessly drill
ing them ready for filling. He
solicits a trial and guarantees en
tire satisfaction.
Need
NEEDMORE.
What has become of the
more Scribe.
The picnic at Palmers Grove
was well attended and superin
tendent and school deserves cred
it for the program: The Need
more Band furnished fine music.
Silas Mason and wife, Mrs
Alice Cevenger, and Miss Bex
tha Clevenger all of Berkley
Springs, W. Va., spent a few
days last week at J. P. Garland's.
Mrs. Martha Garland is very
poorly.
James Hill and wifo spent Sun
day with the latter's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Clark.
WEST DUBLIN.
James Lyon and family autoed
to Bedford Sunday. They re
turned by way of Yellow Creek,
taking dinner with Ldwd. White
hill. . .Chester Brant and fam
ily, John W. Laidig and family
and Dallas Brant made a trip to
Gettysburg on Suuday. ..Ross
King, A.M. Corbin and wife, and
Ida Watkm visited relatives of
Mr. Corbin at Mapleton Saturday
..Roy Cook, who has employ
ment lumbering in West Virgin
ia, is spending some time on his
farm in this township. . . W. Lee
Berkstresser who is employed at
Jacobs, andUarvey Berkstresser
who is employed at Robertsdale,
spent Sunday at their home in
this township. . . Paul Hershey,
accompanied by his cousin, Ma
mie Uillis, of McConnellsburg.
spent Saturday and Sunday with
relatives in Saltillo. ..Elliott
Kirk has been nursing a sore fin
ger for some time. The finger
had been injured at the stone
quarry on bideling Hill where
Mr. Kirk is foreman. ..Don't
forget the picnic at Fairview on
Saturday, September 11th.
Late Sowing.
It seems now to be pretty well
understood mat late sowing is
one of the best ways to prevent
the ravages of the Hessian Fly.
The eggs are laid in the early
wheat, but if there is no wheat
for them to lay in until frosts
make it impossible for the fly
to lay more eggs, it stands to
reason that there will be no dam
age. Many are afraid to wait
until after the regular sowing
time is past for ' fear the wheat
will not root sufficiently to pre
vent heaving, or, that it may not
sprout at all. But if a record had
been kept of late sown fields, it
would show that late sown wheat
has, as a rule, been as good at
the next harvest as that sown
earlier. Last fall very little wheat
sprouted until long after the
usual time because the ground
was too dry. Some fields looked
as though there would be nothing
on them; but this spring, they
were well covered with healthy
plants. Where the fly is known
to be Dad, it is a case ot risking
either the fly, or the conse
quences of late sowing.
Form Reading; Clubs.
One of the most interesting
and profitable employments for
long winter evenings is reading.
There is no better way to begin
than to get up clubs composed of
a few friends who will stick to
gether for the accomplishment
of some object. Do not make
the clubs too large. If each in
vests a dollar, and the' club has
ten members, each member will
then get ten dolhrs worth of
reading matter and be out only
the dollar. The books, or period
icals are exchanged. Make very
few rules; but make them bind
ing. Set a limit to the time that
each member may keep a book.
Stick to it and avoid all unfortu
nate "hard feelings."
After having spent a month in
Bhdford county, Miss Grace
Lodge returned to her homo in
this place last Saturday.
Farm Note
The News takes pleasure in
passing along note3 of interest to
thinking readers. It helps them
to "put two and two together"
and reason out ideas of their own
for practical use.
A man had a field, on the poor
er half of which he had raised
soybean hiy for several years.
This year lie planted all of the
field to corn. The corn on the
soybean side was a foot taller
than on the other half of the
field. What boy reader under 18
can tell us why?
A McConnellsburg man put
12 bushels of stone lime on his
garden potato patch last fall. It
is a little less than an eighth of
an acre. He also manured it
WILLIAM McSHERRY.
Sketch of tho Life and Qualfficalions of William
McSherry, Non-Partisan Candidate for
Judge of the Courts of Common
Pleas of the Counties of
Fulton and Adams.
William McSherry was born July 15, 1854. His people have been
residents of York, now Adams county, since 1732. He is a son of
Honorable William McSherry who in 1852 represented the District
of Adams, Franklin and Fulton Counties in the State Senate. Mr
McSherry has always lived at the old homestead in Germany Town'
fchip, near Littlestown, in Adams County, Pa., and still retains his
legal residence there but his law offices are in the borough of Gettys
burg. His boyhood was spent like that of most country boys, brought
up on farms. He learned the hardware business when a boy of fif
teen and there acquired those business habits and that promptness
which have always guided him in his successful life. In 1877 he
graduated from college with high honors and has since received
the degree of Doctor of Laws. He then began the study of law
with his father and Edward S. Reily, Esq., District Attorney of
Adams County, and on the motion of Hon. William A. Duncan was
admitted to practice as a member of the Adams County Bar August
17, 1878.
He at once met with unqualified success in his profession, and has
always held an honorable position at the bar. His legal attainments
and his fidelity to every trust have won for him the implicit confi
dence of all with whom his large practice has brought him in con
tact. He has for a long time been a member of the Superior Courts
of Pennsylvania. He has also been admitted to the courts of Car
roll County, Maryland, of Jefferson County, W. Va., and of several
counties in Pennsylvania where his extensive practice has taken
him. He is a member of the State Bar Association of Pennsylva
nia and represents Adams and Fulton counties on the Biographical
Committee. Since 1905 he has been President of the Gettysburg
National Bank and wa3 for many years its counsel. He represents
many large estates and many individuals who are prominent in
business circles, and has frequently settled many large estates as
executor and trustee.
In 1901, Mr. McSherry was a candidate for judge under the old
delegate system and was second highest for the nomination, having
only six votes less on the first ballot than the successful nominee.
An editor of one of the County papers under his own signature,
said of him editorially:
"That Mr. McSherry's candidacy adds doubt to the situation is
certain. Hi3 strength among the people is undeniable. His ability
is unquestioned. His personal integrity is of the highest. For a
quarter of a century (1901) Mr. McSherry has been a prominent
member of the Adams County Bar, and in all that period of life,
both private and professional, has been without reproach. His ca
reer has been in all respects an honorable one without tarnish, and
it is this personality that causes him to be regarded by his numer
ous friends and admirers within and without the party as an Ideal
Judicial Candidate. He will not employ unscrupulous measures
or put forth a hand to aid his cause save in a fair, highminded,
righteous way. Even so tempting an honor as the bench will not
swerve him one iota from the rectitude of act and purpose which
has always actuated him in private and public life."
That same year, without any solicitation on his part, Mr. Mc
Sherry was unanimously nominated for congress as the compromise
Candidate by the Democratic conference of York and Adams Coun
ty, and a term of four years conceded to him. Wm. Arch McClean,
Esq., Editor of the Gettysburg Compiler, editorially said of him:
'Democracy and the people of the 20th Congressional District
are to be congratulated upon having such a candidate for congress
ional honors as Wm. McSherry. He is not alone an educated and
trained lawyer; but one of the best at this bar, and able to repre
sent his district on the floor of the House of Representatives in any
emergency. His whole life has been such as to make him a most
fitting representative with interests and sympathy broad enough to
cover the life of his district"
He made a vigorous but short campaign and went down with the
Democratic nominee for President, Alton B. Parker, at the fall
election, but his popularity in his home county was maintained.
His political career has been straight-forward, avoiding all fac
tional disputes, identifying himself with none, He is a good clear
speaker, a diligent student, and possesses that good memory and
quick perception so essential to the successful lawyer and judge.
His habits are simple and methodical and his disposition even. He
ha3 the plain, friendly manner of the countryman, speaking to all.
In his judgment all good people whether rich or poor are equally
entitled to respect Nothing is too much trouble for him to do for
a friend or an acquaintance. His acquaintance with the people of
his home county is wide and his popularity well established. Rec
titude rather than expediency actuates him always.
Mr. McSherry possesses many of the natural and acquired quali
ties that should adorn the incumbent of the judicial office. These
are strict honesty, integrity, patience, moral courage to do what is
right because it is right, legal ability and broad knowledge of men
and their needs. As President Judge he would see to it that the
business of the courts would be promptly attended to with the view
'hat the county and litigants would not be put to unnecessary ex
pense nor parties delayed in the trial of their causes.
It has well been said that the test of a good judge are:
To hear courteously,
To answer wisely,
To consider soberly,
To decide impartially.
Mr. McSherry can meet successfully every one of these tests.
The people of Adams and Fulton Counties need have no fear in se
lecting him to preside over the courts of this district, for there is
no question that if nominated and elected, he will do so with dig
nity, fairness, ability and impartiality.
REISNERS.
AT COST!
ALL OUR SUMMER DRESS GOODS MDST-CO.
We Want The Room.
You can buy a splendid Flaxon lor 10
cents that sold for 12J and 15 cents; the
20c Crepe for 15c. and the 15c at 12 cents.
For Ladies and Misses.
A lot of White Waists that sold for t 50
$1.75 are going now for 1 00. Many of
them cost more. A splendid waist for
48 cents. Still eome white and light
dresses for Ladies and Misses and Chil
dren. Wbatis left will be cut still more.
$3 dresses for Ladies and Misses now go
ing at $2.00; and the 2 dollar ones for 1. 25.
LOW SHOES.
Last week moved a lot of them, but we
still have some at from 75c. up. You can
suit yourself here at a price.
Geo. W. Reisner & Co.
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THE POLICY OF
The First National Bank p
of McConnellsburg, Pa. x
Has always been marked by adhearence to .5
SOUND BANKING PRINXIPLES. This has
won for it the confidence and patronage of Q
the people of the county, as shown by the W
steady growth.
Total Assets $395,000,001
Our superior f acilities are at your command,
and your account will be welcomed whether 5C
large or small. j
The First National Bank $
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The BANK that made it possible for you to re
ceive INTEREST on your savings.
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heavily. He mixed the manure
and lime in the ground last fall,
stirred it up three times. This
year he raised potatoes at the
rate of about 210 bushels to the
acre, and not a scan to De tound,
although the scab was present
ast year. Who can beat it?
A certain young man from this
county spent the summer in a
ennsylvania county where they
had a County Agent He says
that the organized farmers of
that connty made an enormous
profit over what it cost them to
keep the Agent going.
The County Agent's business
is not to teach men how to farm.
At least in the sense some take
it. (It amounts to that in the
end, however.) He is rather the
"Head Manager" of a big busi
ness association. To begin, he
must be a real farmer. He must
have a business education. He
must be pleasant to meet He
must learn to know the county
like a book, for soils vary so
much that even two sides of a
field may not be alike. He en
ters into the social life of his peo
pie. After he gets matters in
hand, he knows where to secure
good seed, good stock cattle of
different kinds, knows the kind
of fertilizer needed for every
field, and knows where to get it
at lowest prices. In fact he does
the clerical work of a hundred
things that every man feels
should be done, but too costly
and requiring too much time for
each man to do it alone for himself.
New Real Estate Agency.
Having retired from the Mercantile business
with a view to giving his entire attention to Real
Estate, the undersigned offers his service to any
one having real estate for sale, or wanting to
buy.
His thorough acquaintance with values and
conditions in Fulton County, coupled with long
and successful experience in handling Real Es
tate, makes it possible for -him to bring about
results in the shortest possible time.
Write, or call on,
D. H. PATTERSON,
WEBSTER MILLS, PA.
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