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VOLUME 17
AIcCONNELLSBURG, PA., OCTOBER 21, 1915.
NUMBER 5
THE GRIM REAPER.
Sort Sketches of the Lives of Per
sons Who Have Recently
Passed Away.
Mrs. Margaret J. Stevens.
jlrs. Margaret J. Stevens, the
idow of John W. Stevens, died
her home in North Madison,
... on Thursday, October 7,
915, and the funeral took place
be following Sunday.
Mrs. Stevens was born near
untingdon, Pa., August 10,
jlO. Her maiden name was
argaret Jane McKean and her
irenta were James and Jane
cKean. When Mrs. Stevens
about 23 years of age the
amily moved from this county,
North Madison, Indiana. On
ptember 29 1874, she was mar-
ed to John W. Stevens, who
as born on the old Stevens
imestead near the Wintergreen
tool house in Taylor township.
b this union were born three
as, Anarew, Vincent i;urus
ad Marion Landers. The latter
ed in infancy.
Mrs. Steven3 united at an ear-
age with the Methodist church
nd lived a beautiful Christian
The sons who survive are An
ew, of North Madison, Ind. and
if. Curtis Stevens, of Williams-
irt, Pa., and both were with
ieir mother when the final sum-
ions came.
Mrs. Milly Reed.
Mrs. Phemelia Reed, or as she
as better known by the name
"Milly," wife of J. Collie Reed
ed very suddenly at her home
Andover, this county, on Thurs
jy evening of last week, .aged
j'ears and 2 months. Her
ath resulted from a stroke of
polexy.
Mrs. Reed was a daughter of
bed and Sarah Truax Mellott
)th of whom have been deceas-
i for a number of years. Be-
h her husband, reported to be
ing somewhere in the South,
it is survived by one son Or-
ran Reed, about 17 years of age
ad by one brother, Martin Mel-
tt
Mrs. Reed was a quiet unas-
ming woman and a good neigh
r. Funeral services were held
i" her late home and at the Side-
fa Hill Baptist church on Satur
day last, Rev. E. J. Croft con-
Jcting the services. Interment
fade in the cemetery at the Sic'e-
W Hill Baptist church.
Sarah C. Clippinger.
Sarah C. Clippinger was born
Jgust 18. 18G3, anddied Octo-
MO, 1915, age 52 years, 1
Mh and 8 days. She was the
slighter of James and Catherine
ippinger of Well3 Valley, Pa.
ie united in marriage to Thom-
sHollinger, February 23, 1884.
w was nuited with the Church
God at Reedsburg Ohio more
m twenty-five years ago. brie
westo mourn their loss her
pband and five brothers, two
srs having proceded her in
e!th. She was afflicted with
at dread disease, cancer of the
otoach, and for more than two
ears made a heroic struggle for
but finally succumbed to the
pitableand resigned to her
Re peacefully.
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unerai services were held in
R Methodist Episcopal church,
"ducted by Rev. J. R. Thoma3
Hayesville, Ohio. The body
Placed in the Jeromeville,
'o Mausoleum.
E. Baldwin Fraker.
After a week's illness Eliiah
a,dwin Fraker. died at his home
''FortLittWnn
rer 13, 1915. aeed 30 vears. 11
FQthS, and 19 davs. The fun
ril was held yesterday, and in-
"nent was made in the ceme
at Port Littleton.
ne deceased was a Bon of
"Wand Katie Baldwin Fra.
He was married to Zella,
4U8hter of Mi. And Mrs. Thorn.
f "Uure. who survives, to-
aU..
Hr with one child-a daugh
"is mother is living, and
brother-Hunter.
The
sympathy of a large circle
Recent Weddings.
Over-Lamaster.
A very pretty home wedding
was one ot Lemaster on Tuesday
evening of last week which unit
ed in marriage Miss Ethel Rita
Lamaster and John Graham Over
of Newville. The ceremony was
performed in the beautiful par
lor's of the home of the bride's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John M.
Lamaster, in the presence of a
bout one hundred guests, rela
tives and friends of the contract
ing parties.
The officiating clergyman was
Rev. W. S. Brendle, pastor of St
Paul Reformed church at Lamas
ter and of which both Mr. and
Mrs. Over are active members.
The attendants of the wedding
were Mrs. M. F. Hall of Norris
town, sister of the bride, as ma
tron of honor and M. F. Hall
best man and Miss Gertrude
Snapp of Winchester, Va,, brides
maid and Chas. K. Over of Win
chester, Va.. brother of the groom
was groomsman and Daniel B.
Lamaster of Markes and Earl La
master of Philadelphia, brothers
of the bride, were ushers, while
ittle Miss Gladys Evelyn Lamas
ter, niece of the bride was flower
girl. The bride is a granddaugh
ter of Daniel E. Fore, Esq., of
North Second street.
Glazfr-M'Fadden.
Lewis Glazer of Mercersburg
and Miss Mary Ruth McFadden
whose parents live near Mercers
burg, were married in Pittsburgh
on September 22 by the Rev. Ru
dolph I. Coffet
Parent-Teachers Meeting.
Everybody is invited to at
tend the second meeting of this
organization at the Auditorium
on Friday evening of next week
at 7 o'clock. A fine program has
been arranged, and it will be
worth your while to attend.
Ex-Sheriff J. Alfred Rumel, of
Gettysburg, is spending this week
among his McConnellsburg rela
tives and other old-time friends.
of friends is extended to the wid
ow and children in this unexpect
ed hour of bereavement.
Jacob A. Deavor.
Jacob A. Deavor died at the
home of his sister, Mrs. Wm. C.
McClain at Robertsdale on Tues
day, October, 12, 1915, aged 53
years, 7 months and 3 days. The
funeral took place on the follow
ing Thursday, and interment was
made in the cemetery at the Val
ley M. E. church in Wells Valley.
The deceased was married to
Miss Margaret Bergstresser,
daughter of Theodore Bergstres
ser. who preceded him in death
about two years. Mr. Deavor
was engaged in blacksmithing at
Waterfall for a number of years
and was a useful citizen until he
became a victim of tuberculosis.
Mrs. John Bergstresser.
Mrs. John Bergstrrsser died at
their home in Waterfall, this
county on Wednesday, October
13, 1915, aged 64 year, 11 months,
and 4 days. The funeral took
place on Saturday and her re
mains were laid to rest at Zion,
M. E. church. The deceased was
a daughter of Philip Stevens.
Besides her husband she is sur
vived by two daughters, Blanche,
wife of Wilbur Mills, residing in
Canada, and Mary, wife of Chas.
Newman at Waterfall. Mrs.
Bergstresser was a consistent
member of the Methodist Episco
pal church and a good woman.
J. R. Sproat.
J. Ritner Sproat died at the
home of his son James, in West
Providence township, the 8th
inst, Friday, from cerebral hem'
orrhages. He was born at the
Mountain House, in this county,
on February 13, 1836. He was
united in marriage with Miss
Margaret Swartzwelder, who pre
ceded him to the grave about
eighteen years ago. Deceased is
survived by six children. Mr,
Sproat was a veteran of the Civil
War. Funeral services were
held in Ray's Hill Lutheran
church, conducted by Rev. Se
I christ.
CHAITFCIR WOUNDED.
Shot Through The Hand While Driving
His Car on Lincoln Highway
Just West of Grccnhill.
A chauffeur driving a car west
ward just west of Greenhill on
the Lincoln Highway last Sunday
afternoon was shot through the
hand by some one who has not
taken the trouble to leave his
name at the News office.
The car belonged to Mr. Wm.
W.Bonnell.a Leather Goods Man
ufacturer of Youngstown, 0.,who
was just returning home from a
stayat his summer home at Wild
wood, N. J. In the car was Mr.
Bonnell, his nurse, (Mr. Bonnell
is a paralytic) the driver of the
car, and a gentleman friend of
Mr. Bonnell. They were journey
ing on their way, when the re
port of a gun was heard and at
the same instant the driver felt
a stinging pain in his right hand
and saw that he had a bullet
wound.
A big Cadillac came along and
took the injured man to McCon
nellsburg where he received sur
gical attention, and Miss Marie
Hann with the Bonnell car, fol
lowed. It was found that the
bullet had entered the right hand
between the thumb and index
finger and passed through the
hand coming out just back of the
little finger. After the wound
had been dressed, Ernest Mc
Clain drove the Bonnell party to
Pittsburgh.
Report has it that there was a
party of young men shooting in a
nearby field.
It is fortunate for the fellow
that did the shooting that the
bullet went through the driver's
hand and not through his heart.
Successful Hunters.
Scarcely had the town clock
finished striking the hour of
twelve last Thursday night when
there was evidences that the
turkey season was really "in."
While there was much activity in
the license market, the number
granted up to last Friday was
below that of the opening day
last year. Owing to the fact
that turkeys had been protected
two years led hunters to believe
that the woods would be full of
them, and on Friday 'andSaturday
the woods were full of hunters.
Among our local sportsmen who
came lugging a turkey home
were, Ed Lininger, Ralph Lin
inger, B. Frank Henry, Elim
Walker, Lewis Linn, Raymond
Paylor, Clarence Shimer, Edgar
Ehalt, Will Ott, Ralph Mellott,
Walter Cooper, Christ. Shimer,
Thad Shimer, Merrill W. Nace,
Linn Alexander, Adam Cleven
ger, and Ben Buterbaugh.
Didn't Thick It Was Loaded.
Gilson Bare aged 14 years and
Robert aged 16 were assisting
their father Daniel Bare who
lives near Five Forks, Franklin
county, in husking corn Monday.
Seeing a hawk hovering over the
field one of the boys went to the
house and got the gun. By the
time they got the gun the hawk
had disappeared. Sometime af
terward Robert told Gilson to do
some errand. Gilson refused and
Robert picked up the gun and
playfully pointed it at Gilson say
ing if he didn't do it, he would
shoot him, and pulled the trig
ger. The gun "went off." Gil
son fell dead. Robert was sorry.
He said he thought his brother
had taken the shell out.
Ran Over Teamsters.
Otto Kampmann, a German Al
toona butcher, with his automo
bile, ploughed through a bunch
of teamsters hauling lumber be
tween Fort Loudon and St. Thom
as last week, seriously injuring
two of the men. His license
number was taken and the au
thorities in Chambersburg noti
fied. When he reached Cham
bersburg he was promptly ar
rested and taken before a magis
trate who held him in $500.00
bail on the charge of running an
automobile when intoxicated.
To the Yotcrs of Fulton County.
The Mcpherson advertising in
the Fulton County News and
Fulton Republican of last
week is largely untrue and inten
ded to mislead the voters of Ful
ton County.
Adams County is Democratic
but McPherson did not carry the
county, he had a plurality of G8
votes. However the vote of Mr.
Butt and Mr. McSherry combin
ed showed a majority of 366 over
McPherson, a normal Democratic
majority.
It is untrue that Mr. Butt's
ward is Democratic. On parti
san lines it is Republican by
about 40 as certificate below now
shows. The Republican candi
date for Congress in November
1914 received 260 votes in the
first ward of Gettysburg, the
ward in which Mr. Butt lives,
the Democratic candidate 123, so
that the former had a majority of
139. McPherson vote in same
ward is 208, a loss of 52 since
Nov. 1914, Mr. Butt receives 182
votes, a gain of 45. McPherson
leads Butt in ward 26 and falls
111 votes behind the Republican
candidate for Congress last year.
The statement that McPherson
carried all the wards of Gettys
burg, the total majority being
double the normal Republican
majority, is deliberate misrepres
entation. While the wards are
Republican, the Republican can
didate for Congress in 1914 car
ried Gettysburg by 334 and Mc
Pherson by only 128, so that Mc
Pherson falls short of last years
vote by 206 votes, because of Mr.
Butt's strength.
ADAMS COUNTY SS.
I. T. M. Mehring, Pro
thonotary of Adams County here
by certify that among the elec
tion returns in my office there is
the return of the vote cast at the
November election 1914 by which
it appears that the Republican
candidates for Congress received
in the first ward of Gettysburg
260 votes, in the second ward 186
votes and in the third ward 208
votes and the Democratic candi
date received in the first ward
123 votes, in the second ward 86
votes and in the third ward 111
votes.
T. Marshall Mehring
seal Prothonotary.
Polillcul Advertisement.
Beware of Cows.
Next to meeting a drunken
chauffeur the worst thing a man
driving an automobile can en
counter in the road is a cow. She
will stand with a most innocent
look, and just as you are about
to pass her, she deliberately walks
in front of your car. Last Thurs
day a party were going home
from the Hagerstown Fair, and
a few miles west of Hancock an
old cow performed the above de
scribed stunt with the result that
the car was turned over and two
of the occupants pinned beneath
it. The machine was so badly
damaged that it had to be aban
doned and the party taken to
their homes in another car.
SALUVIA
Mr. I. W. Schooley and her
sister Mrs. R. P. Schooley visit
ed their sister Mrs. Lucien Foor
and her sick husband neat
Breezewood last ween. Mr. Foot
is reported to be very low.
Mrs. Roy M. Sipes'a grand
mother, Mrs. Starr, is paying
her a visit, having previously
visited Mrs. Homer L. Sipes.
Edgar C. Haun got able to open
his school at Saluvia on the 11th,
but his little daughter is still
very poorly.
Never la the history of this
country has there been such an
influx of foreign hunters as exist
at the present time. Some farm
ers are housing as many as tweu
ty-five, nd the mountain sides
are reverberating with the sound
of their shooting. Probably as
large a proportion of the shots
jro wild of the mark as in the bat
tl of Waterloo, else there woold
not be a living thing left ia the
wood?.
LETTER FROM CALIFORNIA.
Writer Is Mrs. A. V. Doyle, Formerly
Miss Alice Y. Lewis, of Bethel
Township.
Stockton, Cal., Oct 11. It
takes a shake sometimes to get a
person awake. We had a small
sized earthquake the other night,
and I awoke to the fact that I
owed the Fulton County News
a dollarfor subscription, so here's
your dollar, and keep the News
a comin'. It's a welcome guest
at our house. I get plenty of
newspapers newspapers with
more pages than the News
more columns of reading matter
but none with news so interest
ing to me as that from my old
home county news about my old
time friends and acquaintances
every line is good to me.
Well, I am very much interest
ed in the outcome of the vote on
Woman Suffrage in my old home
State. You know that the men
of California were not afraid to
take chances to put women on
a political equality with them,
and when we asked them to
grant us equal rights with them
at the polls, they did so; and if
the question had to be settled
now, after these years of experi
ence, the vote should be double
what It was at the election when
woman suffrage won. Tell my
good Fulton County lady friends
to keep busy till the last day in
the afternoon. Men who vote
for it now, will never regret it,
and those who do not, will live
to see the day they will feel
ashamed of themselves for being
so far behind the spirit of the
present age. I serve on the elec
tion board in our precinct and re
ceive the same wages for my ser
vices as that paid to the men for
like work. It somehow or other
makes one feel good to think she
is on an equality with the "lords
of creation" and they seem to
feel proud that it is so. You'd
hardly recognize election day
since women are in it every
thing quiet and passing off like
clockwork. No loafing, boister
ous conduct, no collecting in
squads simply go vote; go home.
I have been to the great Expo
sition three times and each time
have seen much to interest me
that I failed to see before, and I
hope to get there a time or two
before it closes on the 4th of De
cember. A. V. D.
Press Says Suffrage Will Win.
The Literary Digest has taken
a poll of the press of the United
States on the quetsion of woman
suffrage and the results show
that "the ayes have it" Letters
were sent to 1000 papers. A to
tal of 526 replies were received
and every state was represented.
The personal views of the edi
tors were shown in the following
vote: Affirmative, 391: negative, 97;
undecided, 38.
The sentiment of communities
was reflected in this vote:
Favorable, 237; negative, 156;
and undecided, 133.
"Until recent years, "the man
agers of the poll say, "the sub
ject was regarded indifferently
as a menace to the home and so
ciety, facetiously by mothers and
with most astonishing apathy on
the part of the vast bulk of the
population. However, since ele
ven of the great western states
have granted women the fran
chise, and as the question is to
be voted on this fall by four of
the greatest original thirteen
states of the Union New York
New Jersey, Pennsylvania and
Massachusetts it is beginning
to arouse a degree of attention
worthy of a great political issue.
The general apathy i3 giving a
place to a more lively interest
and it gradually is becoming ap
parent that the nation soon must
face one of these great issues in
government that is comparable
to the struggle of manhood suf
frage. Subscribe for the News.
Support Mr. Butt.
The recent primary presents
the two judicial candidates to the
voters in attitudes which should
be carefully noted. J. Lawrence
Butt conducted a dignified and
clean campaign in keeping with
the most important office of the
district. It was a campaign can
did and fair from start to finish.
He announced hi3 candidacy ear
ly. He made no attack or criti
cism of any other candidate. He
did not seek to advance his own
cause by pulling down others
He has been a very busy lawyer
with an experience in settling
estates more than twice as large
as Mr. McPherson, and more
than three times larger in bring
ing actions.
Mr. Butt is a college graduate
and has spent all his life prac
ticing his profession.
A desperate attempt was made
to win fifty-one per cent of the
votes at the primary by Mr. Mc
Pherson, by waging a two-faced
campaign on the license question.
A bid was made for the temper
ance vote by a frame up and a
patting of them on the back with
the answers to 29 questions even
though the answers would dis
qualify. Many of the temper
ance people acknowledge that
they were fooled and many are
now confident that the attitude
taken by Mr. Butt on the impor
tant question of Liquor Licenses
is the only right and fair attitude.
Mr. Butt came right out and
promised a square deal to all and
that he would render his decis
ions on the important questions
before him according to the law
and evidence.
While Mr. McPherson was
fooling some of the temperance
people into soliciting contribu
tions for his campaign on the one
hand, his henchmen were spend
ing McPhefson money and tell
ing the liquor people that their
licenses would be safe with Mc
Pherson on the bench.
In the face of all this double
dealing Mr. Butt carried the dis
trict by 60 majority.
What the people are demand
ing, and are going to have, is a
Judge who will give a square
deal in all matters coming before
the Court Mr. Butt will come
to the bench free and untrammel
led. He has not violated his
oath and the law by making
promises one way or the other
on any question. Judge Gillan
went before the people of Frank
lin County on the same platform
and wa3 elected at the primary.
Mr. Butt will be elected Novem
ber second, because he has shown
his bigness as a man and a law
yer. Vote for Butt.
Political Advertisement.
DOTT,
Miss Maude Layton is employ
ed at the orchard of E P. Cohill.
. . Mrs. Francis Lyncb and daugh
ter Miss Mamie called at the
home of S. M. Carnell last Sun
day. ..Rev. J. W. Hoffman and
Prof. Thomas will begin their
evahgalistic services at Pleasant
Grove Oct. 19th. Everybody in
vited. ..An automobile party
composed of Mrs. E. Carnell, Mr
and Mrs. John Hess, Pearle Car
nell, Thelma Hess, Verda Sharpe
J. R Sharpe, Wm, Carnell and
Stanley Sharpe, spent Saturday
and Sunday in Mercersburg at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Na
than Truax. Mr. Truax who
formerly lived in Fulton county,
is engaged in the mercantile
business and is getting along
very successfully.
Mrs. Tilden Hill has returned
home after having spent some
time in the cities of Johnstown
McKeesport and Pittsburgh. . .
Quite a number of our people at
tended the Hagerstown Fair last
Wednesday and Thursday. All
report a good time and a larpe
crowd.
Scott S. Hann was in town
Monday. Mr. Hann says he help
ed measure a single bean stalk
grown at John W. Bain's that
measured 30 feet in length.
SENDING SICK CHILDREN TO SCHOOL.
Little Talks on Health and Hjgicne by
Samuel G. Dixon, M. D., IX. D.,
Commissioner of Health.
A day spent in school by a half
sick child may result in a week's
serious illness. If, as so often
happens, the slight indisposition
proves to be the beginning of
some communicable disease, the
result is that the other children
in the school are exposed and
those who are susceptible will fol
low in turn.
School authorities are natural
ly anxious to secure regularity of
attendance on the part of the
scholars, and many parents feel
that they are simply doing their
duty in forcing children to go to
school who complain of not feel
ing well. It is much better for a
child to lose an occasional day's
schooling than to risk bringing
on an illness and exposing oth
ers. Children's recuperative pow
ers, generally speaking, are su
perior to those of older people.
Proper rest and care will often
ward off serious illness; but this
requires care and insight on the
part of the parents, and the chil
dren themselves are not apt to
call attention to their condition
until they become seriously ill.
Loss of appetite, feverishness,
lassitude, discoloration of the eye
all, are indications which should
be watched as symptoms of in
disposition.
The work which children lose
in the schools they can make up
far more readily than what they
lose in health. Satisfactory men
tal progress cannot be made un
less health is first considered;
and school authorities should rea
lize that the total amount of time
lost is far greater, owing to the
added possibility of spreading
communicable disease, when half
sick children are permitted in
school.
When children are ill their
playmates should not be permit
ted to go to see them until it i3
absolutely certain that they are
not suffering from some commun
icable disease. Colds are com
municable. Parents should see
that their children do not visit
other youngsters who are ill, and
infants should never be taken in
to houses where there is danger
of their contracting illness from
children who are not well.
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Dr. George S. Edwards wife
and son, of Grcencastle, are vis
iting her parents for a few days.
Dr. Harry Cunningham and
nephew, Julius Khaesa of Juniata
motored to the v alley last Satur
day and spent a few hours with
the former's brother and sister.
Laura hdwards spent the week
end with relatives in Juniata and
she is attending County Institute
in Huntingdon this week.
George Licbardson, of Dudley,
visited the homes of James and
John Lockard the last of the
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ham Eider, of
Three Springs, spent a few days
with relatives last week. .
Mr. Shenefelt, of Orbisonia,
came for his daughter Miss Pearl
teacher of No. 3 school, on Fri
day and took her home for the
week end. Her mother brought
her back and spent Sunday night
with her.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Barnett of
Wells Tannery, spent Sunday
with the latter's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. II. 11. Bridenstine.
Stella Truax is at present at
the home of Edward Truax at
Wells Tannery.
CHERRY GROVE.
Mr. Frank Fix, John Hess and
Wilday Black three of Cherry
Grove young spcrts were lor-
tunate enough to each kill a wild
turkey the tirst day of the soa
son . . Mr. J. H. Koher is in poor
health at this writing. . .Quite a
large crowd attended the corn
husking and party atllarmoa
Cromwell's Wednesday. . . Mrs.
Daniel Fix of this place started
Tuesday morning for Pittsburgh
where she expects to attend the
golden wedding of her parents
Mr. and Mrs. Adam Kauffman.
..Mrs. Mary Wagoner is em
ployed at Harrison Locke's.