VOLUME 17 AIcCONNELLSBURG, PA.. NOVEMBER 4. 1915. NUMBER 7 OCTOBER HONOR ROLL. uncs of Those Who Advanced Their Subscription Daring the Month and of New Subscribers. If you think the subscribers to nt Fulton County News are tlow payers, you have "another Was cominz. " Look at the list from month to month and see yho are paying ahead. You will Uhaps, see the name of some iriend you had lost track of me one you had not heard from or a long time. If you find in the list the name of some one of khorn you would like to have the ostoffice address, write us a ard. Of course, there are a few jst a few whose label on their j3per has a "14" on it. These icople mean to get the "14" off ,nd a "16" or "17" on before this year goes out To those who jdvanced their subscription dur 'ng the month we say THANK '0U, and to those who enrolled their names as new members of :he NEWS family, we welcome rou, and trust you will feel that iou are getting the worth of your noney. Salter E. Aller . 6 15 16 Clyde Austin - 2 26 16 L B. Appleby 6 12 16 Albert Alexander 3 1 16 William Bishop 10 2 16 I. H. Brewer 10 616 Daniel L Bolinger 4 22 16 1 P. Barton , 4 516 B.F. Booher 11616 fc L Berkstresser 11 2 16 I. E. Berkstresser 12 1 16 fceo. T. Barber 11 1 16 Crist Bros. 5 1 17 B. B. Connelly 4 14 16 W. Carmack 8 13 16 W. Clouser 10 1 16 ohn B. Clouser 1 1 17 iarence Colledge 4 12 17 ILADetwiler 101516 L Deshong . 7 2 16 llice V. Doyle 9 1 15 bseph B. Doyle 11 1 16 M Preston Deshong 3 2416 lartin A. Dyer 5 22 16 JIiss Rose Fisher 1 7 16 KEFiniff 6116 rrred Fisher 4 7 16 P. Garland 5 816 has Golden 10 24 16 m. Jane Gunnells 11 1 16 leorge Glunt 7 4 16 has, H. Heiges 9 21 16 has. Huston & Bro. 11 1 16 PIE. Hoke 9 2115 Richard Hollenshead 10 8 16 ilas Holly 10 8 16 H F. P. Hart 9 20 16 C Hockensmith 9 16 16 cott Hockensmith 10 1 16 'easie Helsel 5 8 16 homas Hollinshead 6 20 16 larry Hill 10 716 ra. M. B. Hill 11 10 16 . R. H. Hoover 9 21 16 B. Hastings - 3 13 15 D. Hess 3 2 16 H. Horton 6 1 17 W Anna Irwin 10 416 H Nettie Jones 10 12 15 ( B. Karns 10 5 16 W Kindle 11 1 16 0. Layton 10 7 16 feLaidig 4 24 16 yes Locke 10 19 16 ard Long 4 1 16 taiel Laidig 9 22 16 l Layton . 4 3 16 prt J. Mellott 10 7 16 fhur E. Manley, 101316 ae Mellott 10 8 16 ?k McElhaney . 9 6 16 pnick Mellott 10 14 16 'McCray 71416 f. Mills 8 14 15 per Morgret ' 4 1 16 ). Mellott 5 8 16 itMarks - 5116 ,H. McNeil 10116 Frank McGinnis 10 20 15 'earet O'Rourke 5 18 16 p. Paylor 10 8 16 Alfred Peck 10 9 16 h Pittman 9 21 16 h R. E. Peterman 5116 h A. E. Riley 8 2 16 M.N.Richards 10 916 J Shaw 1 18 16 Spencer 7 11 16 P. Shives 3 19 16 E. Swope 101817 C W. Seville 1 1 17 x Kay. Sipea - 1 9 16 Celebrated 70th Birthday. But for a clear conscience, John M. Kerlin, near Knobsville, would have concluded that a lynching party had swooped down on him Saturday evening, October 23rd when 40 "moonshine" travelers walked unannounced into his quiet home. He regained his ac customed composure when re minded that it was his 70th birth day. , A big supper and lots of fun followed. The guests were: Mr. and Mrs. John Long and daughter Mabel; Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Foster and children Cecil, John and Olive; Mr. and Mrs. George Glunt and daughters Vel- ma and Alma; Mr. and Mrs. Reu ben Helman and children, Mary Norman, Hazel, Jean and Don ald; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Long; Mr and Mrs. S. R. Helman, daugh ter Emma; Mr. and Mrs. D. Coop er and baby; Mrs. Mary Wilson and daughter Lola; Mrs. Etta Kerlin and children Raymond and Verna; Mrs. Edith Regi and sons Roy and Brenton; Mrs. Ma ry Campbell, Mrs. Ethel Mellott, James Davis, Brice Aller, Mrs. Jessie Shadle and children Lucile Hulda, Vera and Wallace. Gift to Cliambersburg Hospital. Mrs. Blanche B. Coyle, of Chambersburg, whose death oc curred last week, provided in her will that $8,000 should be used to build an annex to the Cham bersburg hospital for the exclu sive benefit of the colored race, and she left a further sum of $10,000 for the maintenance of the annex. Mrs. Coyle gave $5,000 to the Falling Springs Presbyter ian church, the interest of which is to be used for the care of the burial lot of the testatrix and her late husband,-and the surplus to be used for needy members of that church. Turkeys "Trotted." We may not eat turkey with Mrs. Scott Brant on Thanksgiv ing day as we informed our read ers last spring that we had in vited ourselves to do. The rea son is, that on the opening day of the shooting season twelve of her flock failed to return from their ramble in the. woods and it is but reasonable to suppose that they have long since graced the tables of a number of strenuous hunt ers. Several other ladies of the County say that their flocks were mysteriously reduced on October 15th. Sawmill Burned. Sometime during last Saturday night the Spangler-Harri3 saw mill situated in Belfast township was destroyed by fire which ori ginated in a cook shanty nearby. The mill and mill-shed were burn ed and the engine considerably damaged, together with a small quantity of chair and table lum ber. The amount of damage was about $600. Bought House and Store Room. C. H. Eitemiller has purchased from J. C. Metcalfe the property consisting of residence and store room in Mercersburg in which Mr. Eitemiller's grocery business is conducted. Mr. Eitemiller in tends to enlarge the store-room and make other improvements in the near future. We congratu late Charlie on this evidence of success in business. Miss Maggie Rexroth returned home last week after having spent three weeks visiting her sister, Mrs. J. K. Van Dyke, in Philadelphia. J. A. Stewart 10 1 15 Geo. W. Sipes 3 17 16 Mrs. A. M. Shimer 10 8 15 Martha P. Smith 10 10 16 Palmer Strait 11116 Joseph Sipes 6 2 16 W. H. Suders 11 J 16 H. E. Stailey , 9 23 16 John F. Truax 3 14 16 Rev. Henry Wolf 9 20 16 J. W.' Williams 112615 Mrs. Sarah J. Wishart 11 1 16 Joseph E. Winters 4 8 16 Returning to Philippines. The Editor received a postal card from James K. Foreman a few days ago. Mr. Foreman a former Todd township teacher went to the Philippines several years ago. To recuperate his health, he spent the past summer in Pennsylvania. The postal card received was mailed at Kobe, Japan on the 3rd of October, say ing, "I am making the trip from San Francisco to Hong Kong on the last one of the Pacific Mail S. S. Company's boat3 to sail the Pacific under the United States flag. Our boat will be trans ferred to one of the Japanese Companies at Hong Kong." Fire at Fannettsburg. About ten o'clock Tuesday morning, fire broke out in the heart of Fannettsburg, and for a time it looked like the whole town would be destroyed. It was dis covered on the roof of the home of George McGowan, and a stiff wind carried the fire to the house next to it, occupied by Samuel Fleming. This was a frame structure and soon succumbed to the flames. The next building was a large stone building be longing to Bruce Woollet, which was also destroyed. Several oth er houses were damaged. It is reported that there was no insur ance on any of the properties. The Crops. L. H. Wible's monthly crop re port for October contains infor mation from every county in the State that potatoes were rotting badly. However, the indications for November report are that the rotting has stopped to a large ex tent, and that potatoes will not be as scarce as predicted, owing to the large acreage planted. Ap ples were about two-thirds of an average crop in the State. Fall pasture averaged 103 per cent. a3 against 100 per cent normal. Fall wheat in this county looks healthy. Dad Letter from White House. Some time after President Wil son cast his vote in New Jersey for Woman Suffrage, Miss Mollie Seylar wrote and thanked him for his support A few days la ter Miss Seylar received the fol lowing reply from J. P. Tumulty secretary to the President: "The President asks me to acknowl edge the receipt of your letter, and to thank you warmly for writing it. He deeply apprecia tes your generous expressions." Martin Mellott. Miss Edith Mellott, daughter of Newton Mellott formerly of this place, and Mearl Martin, of Chambersburg, a stock buyer who makes frequent visits here, were married at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Little, in this place, Wednesday afternoon, Oc tober 27. The ceremony was per formed by the Rev. R. H. Hoov er, of the Presbyterian church, Perryville, Md. The News ex tends congratulations. Cannot Sell Rabbits. No rabbits killed in this state may be sold in Pennsylvania this year, according to the statement made by Secretary Kalbfus, of the state game commission. ; All hunters must also observe the new law relative to the killing of the furry animals. The season opened last Monday and will close November 30. ' Preston Deshong, wife and daughter of Everett visited Mrs. Ellis Trogler near Mercersburg Saturday and on Sunday and Monday visited Mr. Deshong's mother and sisters Mrs. Lake Garland near Blue Spring. Miss Mary Hoke who holds a position as milliner in Chambers burg, was accompanied home last Saturday evening by Miss Susan Clark, of that place, both ladies returning Monday morning. MORE, NOT BETTER. Our Battleships Show Bigh Efficiencj at Target Practice, but We Need More of Them. By Sam W. Peck, U. S. S. Vermont, Norfolk, Va. A few days at sea with the bat tle fleet during target practice would be quite enough, I think, to convince the average landsman that modern sea-fighting has beon brought to a high state of effic iency and that our need lies not so much in having better ships for we have succeeded admirably with those we have but in hav ing more of them. At least that wa3 the impression that Secretary of the Navy Daniels got recently during the period which he spent aboard the dreadnaught Michigan at the battle practice of the fleet And perhaps that ''s why he turns a deaf ear to those of our coun trymen who, being very much "from Missouri," have not had his opportunity to "be shown." The place chosen for this work is thirty miles off the Virginia Capes and is known in naval par lance as the Southern Drill Grounds. It is out of the fre quented paths of ocean traffic and is comparatively shallow. Hun dreds of tons of steel lie on its bottom, representing thousands of dollars of the public money ex pended in the development of a high efficiency. Except for occa sional heavy fogs in spring and fall, conditions here are ideal for heavy firing. Many excellent records have been made in recent years. Preparations for the strenuous work of fighting are always care fully made a great while ahead of the actual event For many weeks in advance there have been battle and leading drills, drills for spotting ranges and sight setting and maneuvers in fleet formation. The shells are gotten ready for their work great twelve-inch ones that weigh nine hundred pounds and cost eight hundred dollars each; eight-inch-ers of almost equal weight and cost, then the sevens and threes, these last constituting what is called the secondary battery. The three-inch shells are ready loaded with cordite a very high explos iveand look for all the world like giant rifle cartridges. Several days before the actual firing every wooden article on the ship is tagged "overboard," this taking the place of the sum mary disposal of these articles as would be practiced in time of real warfare. Everything which might be endangered by the ter rific shock of the heavy firing is carefully stowed away. Pictures have been taken from the walls and placed between blankets; lighting fixtures have been taken down and every port has been closed. All heavy objects are lashed fast while the ship's pets the cats, dogs and parrots which may be found on every man-o'-war are taken fav below decks where the concussions cannot penetrate. Sick members of the crews have been transferred to the hospital ship which is already far out of range of the booming guns. With the piping of the boatswain's mate and his cry of "Clear ship for action 1" all hands set to work to prepare the vessel for firing. This takes but a short time since there are some nine hundred trained-to-the-min-ute men to do it, and soon we are under way to take our posi tion in the column. The column formed, "Full speed ahead" is the command, and with every man tense at his station, the battle colors high at each masthead and the wake trailing off behind in a churning foam, we approach the range. Far off on the horizon the tar gets may be seen, distant about ten miles. They are tall and wide, a sort of latticed woodwork that is designed to stand heavy fire and yet not be totally de stroyed. As we come on the range, each ship swings a quar ter turn to right and we lengthen - Buck Killed. About two weeks ago, buz zards were seen centering upon some object on top of Kings Knob in Taylor township and when hunters made an investigation they found a dead seven-prong buck with a bullet hole and many small shot holes in it. A detec tive from Johnstown told us that on the 15th or 16th of October, he heard men after a deer at that spot and saw a man leaving, but could not catch up with him. Fully 100 men from western counties, in addition to that many from this county, were hunting on the eastern side of Sideling Hill that . week and it will be hard to locate the wretch who evidently killed the buck "for fun." Ellis Trogler, of Mercersburg is in Denver, Colorado, visiting his father, W. A. Trogler. out into a diagonal line five miles long with the guns of every ship centered squarely on a target. The red flag is run up to signify that firing is .about to begin, and the command is telephoned to each gun to load. This is only a second's work. With the heavy shells shot home and the bags of cordite behind them, everything is ready. An expectant silence settles about At last a buzzer sounds zzz, zzz, ZZZZZ-boom! and the great engines of de struction have been set in motion. After the first mighty shock of the explosion ha3 passed and the volumes of yellow smoke have cleared away, there is a terrific rush of air toward the space about the guns. The effect of the shots on unprotected ears is very serious. Cotton plugs are used, and even then one is quite deafened for a time. Meanwhile hundreds of tons of steel are speeding toward the targets at the rate of thirty miles a minute to the accompaniment of a weird droning whine as the air starts in behind. If one is standing di rectly behind a shell in its flight it may be seen describing a huge parabola while a humming noise grows fainter and fainter. Af ter a lapse of about twenty sec onds great columns of water are seen to rise up three hundred feet high from the spots where the shells first hit So great is the impact that they are sent hurt ling end over end through the air falling and rising again and again in a series of ricochets like a skipping stone. The crash of its first dip into Old Ocean is almost as loud as the initial explosion. After each gun on every ship has been fired a number of times ralvo firing or firing in batteries is begun. Then the line becomes an inferno of flame and smoke while the acrid smell of burned cordite is all about The ship is shaken from stem to stern, and her tall basket masts whip back and forth from the recoil. After this comes the supreme test firing in broadsides. This calls for much care in loading and fir ing in order that all guns may fire exactly together at the mo ment the authoritative little buz zer sounds its command. All the rest is nothing compared with this. If there is a weak seam or a defective plate or any hitch in efficiency anywhere it can hardly escape the effects of a broadside fire, a simultaneous discharge all the guns of the main and in termediate batteries on one side of the ship. Countless watery columns are tossed up out across the miles to tell the tale of well placed shots. Anything within a ship's length of a target is called a hit which is narrowing it down pretty well. And yet I have seen hit after hit go down on the markers' pads to the accompaniment of loud hur rahs from the crew. It is a pride ful moment when, firing done and the weary men refreshing themselves with coffee and sand wiches, we swing about and move down along the torn and shatter ed line of what were targets. Farmers Losing Money. While buckwheat was about a normal crop in Fulton county, re ports for the State indicate a little 1 falling off. If we had a County Agent to look after the business of the County, the grow ers would be able to get big re turns for their buckwheat for the reason that the bulk of it finally reaches other states where about double the home price is paid. To get these prices the grain must be shipped in carload lots, and no one or two farmers can do this alone. The County Agent's business would be to find these higher priced markets and set a day for the growers to load car3 at Fort Loudon, Han cock, Three Springs, and Ever ett While in the country this week we talked with several farmers who said they were sor ry the County did not have an agent It remains, therefore, for more of the county people to find out what it means to have a county business manager and then get one like other counties have done. Many Fulton county men have 200 bushels of buck wheat this fall. If the County Agent sold it for them at an ad vance of but 20 cents a bushel, the increased profits would amount to $40. The cost to each farmer in this county to pay an agent's salary would be some where between 50 cents and $1. a year. We are losing money big money every year we neg lect to engage a County Agent. Ber Fiftj'Seventh. As Friday, October 29th was Mrs. Wm. Booth's 57th birthday, her sons Emory and Erby plan ned a surprise for her, and it was complete. When her first friends came, she called Erby to get something for dinner; but in a few nv'nutes, the house was fill ed with relatives and neighbors with baskets, laughing, and say ing "did you know this was your birthday ?" Emory and wife mo tored up from Gettysburg and ar rived just as the others came, and such a table of good things ! Mrs. Booth had been very sick for several weeks and quite weak yet she said it was the most de lightful day she ever spent, and she wishes to thank each one for their kindness to her during her illness. The many flowers sent her were beautiful and gave her much pleasure. As the sun was nearing the mountain they all bade her goodbye wishing her many more happy birthdays. One of Them. Sailed For England. Last week John A. Irwin and son Rex were in Philadelphia and New York buying fall goods. While in New York they attend ed several social functions in hon or of Harry A. Irwin who sails to-day on the good ship Rotter dam for England where he rep resents the Landis Tool Company of Waynesboro. Travelers to Eu rope now have to observe much "red tape" on account of the spies and other troublesome char acters in those countries. A good photograph of every pas senger is taken and preserved for identification. The passports must be signed, countersigned, and examined in the most criti cal manner. Well Spent Evening. . Sunday evening, .October 24 th was spent very pleasantly at the home of Mr. and Mrs. tJeorge Uiunt Knobsville. lnose pr,e3-)l ent were Mr. and Mrs,, hdward Foster and children Park, Cecil, John, and Olive; Mrs. Campbell and daughter Ruth; Misses . Lu cile and Vera Shadle and Norman Baker; Mr, and Mrs. Peter Mel lott and children Lloyd and Ches ter; Mrs. Samuel Helman and daughter Emma; Mr, and Mrs. Daniel Cooper and daughter Eth el; Mrs. Geo. Rcgi and children Roy, Bonnel, Brinton, Virgin and Norris. Most of the time was spent in good vocal and instru mental music, ' THE GRIM REAPER. Short Sketches of the Lives of Per sons Who Have Recently Passed Away, - . . . J. Nelson Sipes. John Nelson Sipes died at his home in McConnellsburg last Sunday. Since the death of his wife and the marriage of his youngest daughter, Mr. Sipe3 had occupied alone the family home at the corner of Lincoln Way and Second street, taking his dinner and Eupper at the home of his daughter Caddie, Mrs. William Kennedy. After waiting some time last Sunday for her father to come to dinner, Mrs. Kennedy sent her little daughter Erma, to tell the grand father that dinner was ready Erma went to Mr. Sipes home went into the sitting room saw her grandfather sitting in his easy chair apparently sleeping. When she attempted to awaken him, she failed, and went to the home of her aunt Daisy, Mrs. T. J. Comerer, who lives near, and told her "Grandpa would not get awake." When Mrs. Comerer reached the home she found her father dead. Death had come suddenly, and he apparently passed away without a pang. J. Nelson Sipes i3 well known in Fulton County. He was born in Licking Creek township, April 23, 1837, hence was aged 78 years, 6 months and 8 days. During his early manhood he taught school. Afterward read law with William C. Logan in McConnells burg and was admitted to the Fulton County bar on the 5th day of April, 18G1. He, however, did not engage in active practice until 1872. Mr. Sipes, wLh DV: B. Nace, George J. Pittman, Harvey Nelson, A. U. Nace, B. M. Lodge and William Kendall, in 1S87, instituted the first bank in McConnellsburg the old Ful ton County Bank. He was married to Miss Min erva bipes, of Licking Creek township, who died a few years ago. To thi3 union were born thirteen children, ten of whom are living, namely, Nettie, wife of Frank B. Sipes, McConnells burg; Minerva, wife of W. R. Kellar, Washington, D. C, Cad die, wife of William Kennedy, McConnellsburg; Mary, wife of V. J. Wilhelm, Homestead, Pa. ; Edith, wife of Robert J. Fleming and Daisy, wife of T. J. Comer er both of McConnellsburtr: Brooks and Clarence, Bellevue, Pa., Stella, wife of Welles H. Greathead, McConnellsburg, and Rev. Horace N., Nanty Glo. Pa. The funeral took place yester day afternoon conducted by his pastor, Rev. A. S. Luring of the M. E. church, and interment wa3 made in Union cemetery. The children were all present at the funeral. John D. Cutchall. . On Tuesday evening of last week, as John D. Cutchall, of Hustontown, was about to retire for the night he suddenly ex pired, the result very probably, of heart failure, as he had suf fered for more than a year with dropsy. Funeral was held on the following Friday, interment be ing made in the cemetery at Hus tontown. Services were conduct ed by Revs. Benson and Reidell. Mr. Cutchall is survived by his wife who was a Miss Belinger, and nine children, namely, Jessie wife of Irwin Winegardner, of Clear Ridge; Olive, wife of Cleve Mellott of Licking Creek town ihip; Elva, Roxy, Myrtle, Bruce, Harry, Pearl, and Pauline all at home. He was aged about fifty years. Mrs. Will Hays. A telegram received by George VV. Hays of this place, Monday morning brought the sad intelli gence of the death of Mrs. Cora Hays, wife of William S., Hays at their home in Clinton, Iowa. Mrs.' Hayes is survived by her husband and their two children, Harold and Violet
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