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VOLUME 1G
McCONNELLSBURG, PA., SEPTEMBER 23, 1915.
NUMBER 1
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THE GRIM REAPER.
Sort Sketches of the Lives of Per
sons Who Have Recently
Passed Away.
Mrs. J. B. Peterman.
On last Sunday, Rev. K. E.
eterman, pastor of the Luther-
church of McConnellsburg, re-
i i.i : u:
iSiH a ie leg run i iiuuriiung una
the sudden death of his moth-
r, Mrs. J. B. Peterman, at her
jme in Hanover Pa. About
ree years ago, Mrs. Peterman
iered a stroke of paralysis of
:e left side, and some time af-
irward she had a second stroke;
it she recovered sufficiently to
alk unaided. However, she was
i in good health, and the an
juncement of her sudden death
as not entirely unexpected. The
mediate cause of her death was
ot stated in the telegram; but
lev. Peterman informs us that
was, doubtless; a return of the
aralysis. She was aged 68 years
jneral was held yesterday, in-
rment being made at Littles-
wn, Pa.
Why Not Smile?
Are you angry? Is your lip
racked? Are you afraid of
rinkles? Are you suffering
am an ingrowing grouch? None
: them? Then why don't you
mile? History tells us of men
;o trained themselves not to
aile, because they wanted a
an expression of countenance.
ae savages also prided themsel-
es on not showing any sort of
notion. Have you noticed in
photographs, that the moth-
rs of the war heroes of Europe
e not smiling? Neither are the
nerals who are doing the kill-
l Only the heroes themselves
e smiling. A hard and stern
xpression doe3 not indicate a
ood heart nor a clear conscience
a thief seldom smiles. The wo-
an of the streets smiles with
;r lip.?, but her eyes are hard
sd cold. The poverty stricken
an on the street who begs for a
:me, send3 his plea direct to
our heart if his appeal isaccom
anied by a smile. Only the
ailures of life never smile. A
mile is the cry of the sentry of
the soul-"All's Well!? .
Water Convenient.
We noticed a recent inquiry of
farmer who asked advice about
wilding a concrete cistern above
bound. He asked if it would
reeze, &c. He wanted the cis-
to above ground in order to
pipe it to several points. Why
'oes he want an overhead, or an
ibove-ground cistern? Why does
e not purchase a large iron tank
ike a steam boiler, and but in
cellar of his house, pump it
"'alt full of water from the well
nd then switch the engine to an
F Pump and force air into the
Rik until the water will flow to
:"e roof of the barn or to any
Point desired? The whole sys-
em costs no more than the out-
'f-date and troublesome over
bad wav. T?nnninfr water would
;tan be had in the kitchen, bath-
rom, &c, where it is needed
18 badly as at the barn. In eith
T wse he must have either an
ttgine or a windmill. The little
puma needed in the under-
Sound system is the only extra.
Cemetery Cleaned.
We, the people of thecommun
surrounding the Tonoloway
Ptist church desire through the
umns of the News to thank
fVery one who took part in help
to clean the Tonoloway Bap'
tl3t cemetery on Thursday of last
week. Thanks are esneciallv due
"Mr. J. Allen Heller of Han
for the ice cream he fur
"'Shedfree of charge. Dinner
w&8 Servpri nn tha crrnimda and
f00 sixty persons were present
7e of those present had the
vemre to eat dinner off a table
lot made by a lady eighty-five
:.ari or age both dear and
DII1l-Miss Kate Williams, Wash
"Won, D. C.
MAYES-TROUT NUPTIALS.
Home of Mr. and Mrs. fl. B. Trout the
Scene of a Beautiful Wedding
Last Evening.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. II.
B. Trout was the scene last eve
ning of one of the most brilliant
affairs in local society circles this
season. The occasion was the
marriage of their sister, Miss
Elizabeth Fore Trout to Mr.
Charles Edwin Mayes, of Red
Lion, Pa.
The beautiful and impressive
ring ceremony was used by Rev.
J. L. Grove, of the United Pres
byterian church in the presence
of nearly one hundred and fifty
guests.
The parlor was beautifully dec
orated in pink! andjwhite E3ters,
and pink gladioluses, and the re
ception halls in autumn flowers.
At 8 o'clock, with Miss Nelle
Nace of Chambersburg at the
piano, Mr. Grove took his posi
tion before a beautiful arch in
East Parlor. To the sweet strains
of a wedding march, approached
the groom, and Dr. Clarence N.
Trout a cousin of the bride; Mrs.
W. L. Sloan, of Buffalo, N. Y
sister of the bride, wa3 Maid of
honor; Mrs. Sloan wore whito net
and organdie and carried a bou
quet of gladioluses. Following
n the procession, came the two
flower girls Elizabeth Sloan and
Rose Daniels in white voille with
rosettes of blue ribbon and pink
rosebuds, strewing the path of
the bride with roses, who lean
ing upon the arm of her brother
Daniel F. Trout, thus completing
the procession.
The bride, gowned in a beau
tiful creation of crepe San Gene
entrain, in filet lace and pearl
trimming, carried a beautiful bou
quet of brides roses, and Jooked
very pretty.
The parlor was entirely lighted
by candles and the effect was
most pleasing.
Following congratulations, ela
borate refreshments were served
after which Mr. and Mrs. Mayes
eft in an automobile for Cham
bersburg, and will take a honey
moon trip which will include
points of interest along the At-
antic coast They will be at
home to their friends at Red Lion
after the first of October.
Those from a distance who at
tended the wedding were Mr. W.
A. Mayes, of State College, Pa.;
Mrs. H. W, Beymar, Pittsburgh;
Miss Nelle Nace and Mrs. Nelle
Shoemaker, Chambersburg; Mrs.
N. C. Trout and Miss Annie Lan
dis, Fairfield, Pa., and Dr. C. N.
Trout and family, of Red Lion,
Pa.
Some Sauerkraut.
Out in Pierceton, Ind., where
our old friend Abner Sipes lives,
there is a sauerkraut factory.
Mr. Sipes informs us that during
the month of July the cabbage
brought $8 a ton, then in August
$6 a ton was paid. 350 tons were
taken in, in July at the high price
113 ton of which came in during
one day. Farmers in the neigh
borhood of Pierceton are making
loads of money raising . cabbage,
the yield being as much as 20
tons to the acre. Twenty tons
at $8 a ton is not a bad product
for one acre of land. When trie
new electric railroad is finished
we may turn the Nev-s office in
to a sauerkraut factory, and see
if we can not make a little mon
ey for a "rainy day."
C. V. S. N. S. Notes.
Fulton county has fifteen stu
dents in Shippensburg Normal
this session.
Miss Dorothy Kir,k, Messrs
Wink, Lehman, and Charlton all
of Fulton county, had part3 on
the program for the annual re
ception held last Saturday.
Miss Maudleen Stevens, of Mc
Connellsburg, gave a very inter
esting reading in Normal Liter
ary Society last Friday evening.
On Saturday, October 23, all
teachers, directors, and county
superintendants of the State are
invited to witness a demonstra
tion of what can be done in teach
ing agriculture in the public
schools.
HE VISITS OLD SCENES.
J. B. Cutchall Indulges in Reverie,
Compares Old Methods With New,
and Makes a Prediction.
Editor News: It was my
privilege recently to spend a cou
ple of days where I knew every
foot of the ground and note im
provements in buildings and the
methods of doing things even
those that have taken place dur
ing the last few years.
When I used to tickle the bos
om of Mother Earth with a Cro
mer plow and a pin harrow, we
seemed to have an idea that if a
thing was done at all, it was done
well enough and that we could
trust Providence to make good
our neglect. Another crazy idea
peemed to be that we could take
crop after crop, year after year,
sell it, or use it, and put nothing
back, although Mother Earth
took revenge occasionally to show
us our folly by not returning to
us as much as we sowed. Places
that in those days looked as if
the owners or occupants were
merely existing wa i t i n g for
something to turn up, or to save
funeral expenses are now owned
and occupied by wide-awake en
ergetic, ambitious people who
have heard the call for better
things, and who have comforta
ble, attractive homes, up-to-date
farm buildings, modern machi
nery and abundance of every
thing, and always some surplus
for the needs of others. This
manifest spirit of progress, and
the wide-awake appearance of
homes, make me happy, and I
take much pleasure in making
this small tribute.
I wish to say here that this cry
of "Back to the Land" makes
me, in a measure, weary. There
are men who are no more fitted
for farmers as we use the word
to-day no more fitted to own or
have control of dumb brutes,
than a donkey id fitted to wear a
surplice.
Now, if you please, I want to
make a prediction. While I am
only one of the common people,
not blessed with wisdom, yet I
believe the time is near, if not
already here, in our own country
when the man who is not a skill
ed workman, who cannot, for any
cause, command a good salary,
or who is not blessed with some
"kale," must raise at least part
of the food necessary for the sus
tenance of himself and family or
carry abont an aching void where
his digestive apparatus is sup
posed to be located.
J. B. C.
Didn't Have a Peacock.
Some time ago Miss Marie
Bootwright of South Carolina,
placed an advertisement in a pa
per for a peacock. G. K. Man
ning, said to be a resident of the
southern end of this county, saw
the advertisement and wrote
Miss Bootwright that he would
furnish her one for six dollars.
That looked like a bargain to
Miss Bootwright, and she prompt
ly sent Mr. Manning her check
and gave the necessary directions
for shipping the bird. Not re
ceiving the peacock, "Miss Boot
wright notified the officers, who
investigated and found that Man
ning had never owned one, and
promptly arrested him for hav
ing used the United States mails
to practice fraud. He was ar
rested in Hancock, taken before
a United States Commissioner,
who held him for the action of a
Federal Court in the sum of $300
bail which he was not able to fur
nish. Manning, it is alleged, has
worked similar schemes on other
occasions, but this was his first
time to be caught.
Uncle John Hann brought us a
mess of apples last . Saturday,
that for "eating" were just
about top-notch. Mr. Hann says
that if there is anything better
in the apple line, he vant3 to
know where it is. He takes much
pride in having the choicest of
everything in the fruit line.
BIG CIRCUS COMING.
Carl Itagenbeck-Wallace Shows To Ap
pear Near Here Soou.
The Carl Hagenbeck-Wallace
Shows Combined will visit Cham
bersburg on Friday, October 1st.
For more than a quarter of a
century the Great Wallace Circus
was the best in all the land. Sev
eral years ago the big circus was
consolidated with Carl Hagen
beck's trained wild animals ex
hibition. Carl Ilagcnbeck, be
fore his death, was the "animal
king," and the combination of
the two shows for a single price
of admission make3 it something
unheard of in the amusement
world. With few exceptions
great arenic acts originate in
Europe. They are invariably
introduced in America by
the Carl Hagenbeck-Wallace
Circus, which maintains agencies
in Europe and Asia for the pur
pose of keeping in touch with the
latest achievements.
The Carl Hagenbeck-Wallace
Circus has either originated all
great attractions in the past few
years or have searched them out
from distant lands. It has offices
in London, Liverpool, Paris, Ber
lin, Hamburg, Vienna, Constan
tinople, Calcutta, Hong Kong and
Buenos Ayres. Its agents are
always looking for novelties. E.
E. Wallace may be justly called
the "circus king," as he is the
largest individual circus owner in
the entire world. His name has
been lisped by the mouths of two
generations of children.
Today the the circus has reach
ed a size that is giving the rail
roads much concern. If the three
trains were any longer they could
not handle them. It enrolls al
most 1,000 people, who travel
along with the show. It has over
810 horses and animals, together
with three herds of elephants.
All of the equipment throughout
this season is new. It cost the
owner, Mr. Wallace, $3,000,000.
The parade alone represents a
cash outlay of $1,000,000. The
menagerie is worth half as much.
The best circus artists in the
world have been engaged for the
season; there are 400 of them.
Doors to the big show be open
ed at 1 and 7 p. m. Performance
will begin an hour later. The
parade leaves the grounds at 10
o'clock.
If By Railroad.
An ordinary railroad coach
seats sixty people. If the tour
ist automobiles that daily pas3
through McConnellsburg carry
an average of five passengers,
then every twelve, carry a' full
railroad car load of tourists.
Granting that but twelve autos
nn hour pass over the Lincoln
Way for twelve hours each day,
it will be seen that twelve full
railroad passenger coaches of
strangers pass our doors daily.
But railroads do not run ' regular
trains with all cars filled. These
720 passengers would in all prob
ability, be carried in twenty-four
coaches which, if divided into
ordinary passenger trains each
with mail . and baggage cars,
would make six trains of six cars
each. This bit of calculation may
not bring any one a job; but it
serves as a yardstick to measure
the extent of travel through Mc
Connellsburg. A Correction.
In our last week's reference to
Mr. R. Holmes Thompson's trip to
the Pacific Coast, we stated that
he was assistant postmaster at
Tyrone. We knew that he was
assisting the postmaster in some
manner, and therefore, we called
him "Assistant". Mr. Fred C.
Buck, of Tyrone, promptly wrote
us, calling attention to our mis
take,, and saying that he (Mr.
Buck) bears the official title "As
sistant," and not Mr. Thompson.
Mr. Thompson only "clerks" in
in the Tyrone office. We gladly
accept the explanation of this fine
distinction, and hasten to make
amends to Mr. Buck for our stupidity,
OIF FOR EUROPE.
Woman Will Be Red Cross Nurse in Ar
my Where Her Son Is Now
Fighting.
Mrs. Marie Little, wife of Cal
vin E. Little who purchased the
Fulton House from the Rexroths
and conducted it until he sold it
to the Ehalts a few weeks ago,
has a son fighting on the side of
the Allies in Europe. During
the early part of the summer the
News told about this son having
been wounded in battle, and how
he suffered from the effects of
the poisonous gases thrown into
the trenches by the Germans.
After having partially recovered
from his injuries, he went back
into the service,' and he is now
in the front. Mrs. Little being
a Canadian by birth, and deeply
interested in the cause for which
her son is risking his life, ten
dered her services to the Red
Cross Society and expressed her
desire to go to the front. On
Thursday of last week Mrs. Lit
tle, who now lives in Chambers
burs, received a letter saying
that her services had been ac
cepted, and that she should re
port prepared to go at once. She
expects to leave Chambersburg
about the first of October for
France, and is very enthusiastic
over her chance to serve her na
tive country in this laudable
work. Mrs. Little will carry
with her the best wishes of her
many McConnellsburg friends.
Old General Prosperity.
(With A polonies to Jurni'8 Whilcomb Riley)
Old General Prosperity's come
to our town to stay; the local
merchants all are glad, now trade
ha3 come their way; there was a
time when money vanished from
us like a fog; "Enclosed find
check, for which please send as
per your catalogue" We had the
same goods right at home, our
prices, too, were right, but some
how no one understood, and no
one saw the light; out-of- town
concerns had methods that we
didn't know about the mail or
der firms 'II, git you, ef you don't
watch out.
Once we had a citizen who
wasn't very wise; he kept the
General Store, but was too proud
to advertise. His groceries and
dry goods, an' his eggs and but
ter, too, his hardware an' his
boots an' shoes were good, but
no one knew; and so we spent our
money where it didn't help a bit
to make the town a better one;
to make us proijd of it; the big
city got the profit, and we what
were we about. The mail order
firms'll git you, ef you don't
watch out.
This citizen at last woke up and
advertised his goods, an' all the
others followed suit, and came
out of the woods, an' they help
ed their own town paper which
had alius done its share, to boost
the town and help to put it on
the map somewhere. An' the
paper helped them in turn, an'
people came to buy, an' found
that money spent at home makes
old Depression fly, and unless
this mutual spirit kinda hovers
all about, the mail order firms'll
git YOU, ef you don't watch out.
Came Too Late.
Three communications reached
this office Wednesday evening of
last week, too late, of course, to
be used that week as we begin
printing Wednesday noon, and
are half done by evening. We
always regret receiving news
from our friends too late to use,
it is seldom that we can use let
ters that come later than Tues
day night Monday would be bet
ter. Ask your postmaster to tell
you what time the mail from
your office reaches McConnells
burg; then mail in time to insure
its arrival here not later than
Tuesday. To those who do not
understand printing, we will say
it requires many hours to trans
fer your letters to the pages of a
newspaper and print them.
Subscribe for iLe News.
A Topic For Institutes.
Now that the public schools are
in full swing, and local institutes
again in vogue, subjects for dis
cussion at the meetings are being
brought forward. The News
begs to submit a thought that it
believes worthy of consideration.
This thought has been presented
by us before; but we do not know
that local institutes have taken it
up.
Only a few days ago, we heard
the matter of backward pupils
discussed again. Every teacher
knows the difficulty of keeping an
occasional student abreast of his
class without holding back the
major portion of the class, espec
ially in ungraded schools where it
is not possible to divide the pu
pils into small units. The ques
tion we wish to raise is, what
particular obstacle do you find to
be the underlying cause of this
and that student's backward
ness? To hear him talk, or, to
see him at play with hi3 mates,
the observer would not suspect
any lack of natural ability. In
the class he is as quick to com
prehend oral instruction as any
member. Why then the difficul
ty? Please make careful test3 of
backward pupils and see if you
will not agree with us that at
least seventy-five per centum of
the cases can be traced solely to
those pupils' inability to read the
lesson as easily as those who ap
pear brighter. No educator will
attempt to dispute the fact that
if a student's ability to read the
lesson understandingly i3 lack
ing, he will naturally fall behind
those who can. It may be the
fault of his eyes, or, it may be
that reading is alone his weak
point. In either case, a cure at
the seat of the difficulty would
cause the trouble in his other
studies to vanish like vapor.
Worked Farmers.
The grand jury of the Septem
ber term of Bucks County court
returned true bills on ten counts
against Harvey S. Bomberger of
Palmyra, Pa., who is charged
with obtaining money under false
pretense. Bomberger represent
ed himself as treasurer of the
Pennsylvania State Cattlemen's
Protective Association, which As
sociation it is alleged has no ex
istence except in Bomberger's
imagination.
During the past three years he
has operated throughout the
State and according to his state
ment has collected about $11,000.
He was arrested last February
by the Bucks County authorities
after having obtained $1S0 from
ten farmers in Bedminster town
ship. Attorney E. S. Hershey of
Ilarrisburg, who represents Bom
berger, appeared in Court and
asked for a continuance of the
case on the plea of Bomberger's
serious illness. The continuance
was granted and the case will not
be called to trial until the De
cember term.
Automobile Tourists.
A party of automobile tourists
consisting of thirty-two persons
and seven automobiles, encamped
on the top of Cove mountain on
the Lincoln Highway, Sunday
night. Three weeks ago, they
started out from Jackson, Michi
gan, and went via Chicago, To
ledo, Cleveland, Buffalo, Utica,
and New York City to Atlantic
City. From Atlantic City, they
turned homeward, crossing the
Delaware river at Wilmington,
and passing through Pennsylva
nia via of Gettysburg, McCon
nellsburg and Pittsburg. They
carried four large tents, cooking
outfit, cots and everything nec
essary for a run of nearly twen
ty-five hundred miles with a min
imum expense and a maximum
of pleasure. Four of the seven
cars were Fords; the others be
ing a "Hup" a Hudson, and a
Jackson. The Sun is an early
riser on the top of the big moun
tain, and the party hit the Lin
coln Highway early Monday morn
ing planning to be home by
Thursday.
PRUDISH PARENTS.
Little Talks on Health and Kjgicne by
Samuel G. Dixon, M. D., LL. D.,
Commissioner of Health. -
There are certain stages in the
life of every boy and girl when
the confidence and advice of the
father and mother may prove of
inestimable value. If parents
have not cultivated a relationship
with their children which will en
able them to discuss the problems
which budding man and woman
hood bring, they have fallen far
short of doing their duty.
The evasions, lies and prudish
attitude of parents has been re
sponsible for mistakes which
have resulted in agony of soul
and body for innumerable grow
ing boys and girls.
There is no period in life when
children are more sensitive to in
fluences for good and evil than
in this formative stage. It is not
fair to expect your children to
come to you with those things
which they are perfectly well
aware you have avoided discuss
ing in every possible way. They
will accept and seek information
from other sources if they can
not get it from their parents; the
chances are a hundred to one
that what they get will be mis
information and the injurious
lies of companions with a distort
ed moral code.
, If you do not feel competent to
discuss these matters with your
children in a manner which will
give them a thorough and full
understanding of the responsi
bilities and functions of manhood
and womanhood, it is better to
admit it and arrange to have your
family physician talk the matter
over with them fully.
This is far from being satisfac
tory however, as being yourself
fully informed regarding the
problems which your children
have to solve and encouraging
them to come to you with tha
doubts and questions which they
are certain to have.
Ignorance by no means implies
innocence. Confidence and earn
est highmindness alone will be
get their like from your children.
If you never discuss the problems
of sex which every healthy boy
and girl has forced upon them by
nature, you may be certain they
will return the reticence in kind.
They are certain to seek informa
tion somewhere. If you do not
give them the truth frankly and
willingly they will accept what
they can pick up from question
able sources.
Educational Meeting.
The first Educational meeting
of Ayr township was held at Mc-
Naughton's School last Friday
evening. Five teachers of the
district were present, also four
from McConnellsburg and one
from Todd. These ten teachers
and Mr. Thomas discussed the
following topics and brought out
many profitable points. 1. How
second and third grade pupils are
taught Arithmetic. 2. Spelling,
How taught? The active part
the teachers took in the discus
sions showed they were begin
ning their winter's work with
enthusiasm and vim. Mr. Thom
as added much interest to the
meeting by his words of encour
agement and advice. The songs
and recitations given by the pu
pils were greatly enjoyed.
The next meeting will be held
at Jugtown, Friday evening, Oct.
1. The following are the topics
for discussion: 1. How to teach
Patriotism. 2. Discipline. 3.
Mental Arithmetic. Why nec
essary and how taught? All
teachers and friends of educa
tional work are invited. Sophia
Hohman, Secretary.
Col. R. L. Moseby of "Wells
Valley, drove to town last Tues
day, twenty or twenty-two miles.
The Colonel says that the dis
tance is twenty-two miles on
court weeks when the Valley peo
ple attended as witnesses, &c
At other times it is twenty miles.
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