VOLUME 17
JIcCONNELLSBURG, PA.. NOVEMBER 11,1915.
NUMBER 8
TOE GRIM REAPER.
rt Sketches . of the Lives of Per
sons Who Have Recently
Passed Awaj.
John D. Cutchall.
n announcing the death of Mr
itchall last week, we were un
tie to get all facts. The follow-
I obituary was since furnished
relatives: John D. Cutchall
ed at his home near Huston
n about 10 o'clock Tuesday
ening, October 26, of heart fail
after having suffered for
;re than a year with stomach
hible. He was born on the old
;tchall home3tead, where . he
bnt all his lifetime, February
i, 18G4; hence at the time of
death he was aged 51 years,
months, and 12 days. He was
i sou of the late Mr. and Mrs.
ilson Cutchall. The funeral
m. place the following Friday
tanoon at 2 o'clock. Services
ere conducted by Re. Benson
the U. B. church, and Rev.
iidel of the M. E. church and
?e held in the M. E. church at
atontown of which Mr. Cut-
till had been a member for
re than 18 years, and inter-
bnt was made in the cemetery
irby. Text for the discourse
ta Revelation 21:4. He leaves
xourn his death, his wife who
talliss Emily Bolinger, and
:e children, namely, Jessie, who
Li been confined to her bed for
o years with nervous prostra
o; Olive, wife of Cleve Mellott
Licking Creek township, Elva,
;xy, Myrtle, liruce, Harry,
irl, and Pauline all at home.
: sister and one brother sur
eLaura, wife of Thomas
ses, Johnstown, and Collins,
Iowa. Also, his stepmother,
x Cutchall, of Clear Ridge,
a grandchild, Woodrow. He
hs a devoted husband and fath-
a good neighbor, a highly re
nted citizen, always ready to
i a hand to the needy, and
"J frequently contulted by his
ads in regard to spiritual mat-
May the mother; sons and
kilters find sweet peace in
Savior loved so well by the
per. Mr. Cutchall was a farm
and for three years, a mail
Fier.
Lucien E. Foor.
Veteran Lucien E. Foor,
ir Breezewood, whose serious
ess was noted in former items,
W of heart trouble, on Satur-
October 30, 1915, aged about
years.
Mr. Foor was married about
ee years ago for the second
t to Mrs. Jennie Booher, who
TOerly lived at Saluvia. He
M by his first wife seven chil
li and Mrs. Booher had by
f first husband, seven children
ul of whom, on both sides,
-e present at his funeral. His
py record was not ascertained.
neral services were held at
'i's Hill Lutheran Church, No-
aber2nd.' Rev. Hilbish, of
m. E. church, his pastor, of-
ited. Interment in cemetery
said Lutheran church.
Vores.
Uuvangie May, daughter of
'' and Mrs. Charles Vores, died
'heir home in East Extension,
Jrsday, October 28, 1915, aged
'ecks and 2 days. The cause
;ta death was acute peritonitis.
funeral, conducted by Rev.
E. Peterman, of the Lutheran
'fch, took place on the follow-
Nay, and interment was made
Union cemetery. The parents
v the sincere sympathy of
;r many friends in the loss of
baby daughter
Bethel oo the White List.
1 Golden, Franklin Mills,
ti our attention to - a mistake
Iin the News last week,
, a we said that every town
l Pin the County voted against
"nan Suffrage. Earl's town-
i-Bethel stood 59 for and 33
"st Evidently a majority
( men in Bethel believe that
wives, sisters, mothers and
(hearts are at least, as good
"n'ggers.",
Maj Not Ship Game.
A recent law provides that no
game taken in the state of Penn
sylvania may be shipped from
one point to another unless the
owner accompany same. The
Secretary interprets the law to
mean that it shall apply to par
cel post, freight, express, rural
mail carriers, and private con
veyances. The law further states
that when game is being carried
by the owner either by train or
by any other conveyance, it shall
be carried on the person or pack
ed in such manner that there will
be no doubt as to contents of
packages, with owner's name and
address plainly marked, and the
package must be of easy access
for inspection. A McConnelle
burg hunter who goes to the
country for a few days may not
send his kill home by friends
unless the' owner goes with it
The owner and carrier would be
subject to same fine as if game
was killed out of season. .
S. S. Convention.
The District Sunday School
Convention of Todd district was
held at Bethlehem last Sunday.
The subject of Adult Classes
was well discussed by Rev. Wolf,
and our County President and
Secretary A. U. Nace and W. C.
Patterson left some good impres
sions on Sunday school work in
general.
The evening session was one
of much interest John Snyder
gave a very impressive talk on
the Things we learn at Sunday
School. Temperance Superinten
dent C. J. Brewer addressed the
convention on the different ways
of Temperance. .
L. D. Wible impressed upon
the teachers the great responsi
bility they owe to their pupils.
Trust that all may have been
benefited, and will take on more
energy, and strife to promote the
Master's Kingdom.
Had Fingers Cat Off.
Wednesday of last week, J.
Emory Sipes, . of Licking Creek
township, was buried beneath a
fall of rock and slate at the State
Highway quarry near Siloam
church. When rescued by fellow
workmen, it was found that in
addition to terrible body bruises,
the third finger of his left hand
was hanging by a strip of skin,
having been crushed between the
hand and second joint The first
finger of the same hand was
crushed back of the first joint,
and Dr. Mosser amputated the
middle finger close to the hand,
and the other injured member
between first and second joint
Mr. Sipes was able to walk to his
home, but it will be some time
before he will be rid of the ef
fects of cuts and bruises on many
parts of his body, as well as the
ones described.
Bought Henry Farm.
On Friday of last week, Real
Estate Agent D. Hunter Patter
son, of Webster Mills, sold the
James Henry farm, situate one
mile east of Knobsville to John
H. Van Cleve, of Harris, Iowa,
for $7,250. Mr. Van Cleve gets
possession right away, but it is
tenanted by Grover Peck who
will remain on the premises un
til the first of next April. Mr.
Van Cleve expects to come to
Fulton county and take ' charge
of the farm next spring himself.
Mr. Van Cleve. is a son of the
late B. Frank Van Cleve, and a
son-in-law of George W. Hum
bert of Ayr township.. We wel
come Mr. and Mrs. Van Cleve to
our county. j ,
Saville Carbangh.
Mr. David Saville, son of Web
ster Saville', and Miss Rosa Etta
Carbaugh, daughter of John Car
baugh all of Ayr township, were
married Saturday, November 6,
1915 by John P. Conrad, Esq.,
of McConnellsburg. "
Miss Gertrude Sipes, of Cham
bersburg, spent last week in the
borne of Mrs. Elizabeth Shimer.
Resolutions.
Sunday evening, October 31st,
the following resolutions were
passed by the Union Congrega
tion of all the Churches of Me
Connellsburg.
Whereas, The Church of
Jesus Christ on Earth is the
means by, with, and under,
which Almighty God establishes
his Kingdom on earth; and
Whereas, That Liquor Traf
fic is a great, organized enemy of
the Kingdom of God, a fearful
menace to any community in
which it is licensed, and is now
assuming such tremendous pro
portions in McConnellsburg in
view of the proposed increase of
licenses; and
Whereas, The laws of the
commonwealth of Pennsylvania
declare the citizens' right to re
monstrate to the license court
against the licensing of hotels
shall be taken into consideration
as well as the petition for license
by the court; and since the church
of McConnellsburg has come to a
crisis now that it must stand in
the Command of God "to put the
evil from their midst" or die, be
it, Resolved:
1. That we the members of the
church of Jesus Christ of McCon
nellsburg, and others, openly op
pose the onslaughts of the Li
quor Traffic.
2. That we men, women, and
children, sign our names to the
remonstrau es to be presented to
the license Court.
3. That since it is a long estab
lished ruling of the Protestant
Church, contrary to which a min
ister may not go, that the mem
ber of the church who signs a
liquor license be disqualified while
his name appears , on the paper,
we request our brethren, mem
bers of the church and friends
not to sign the licenses, and if
they have signed unwittingly al
ready, that they remove their
names from the license petition
at once.
4. That, since it requires the
names of twelve men only, who
are voters among us to validate a
license petition, we fulfill the
commands of Our Lord wherein
he says, "Come out from among
them and be ye separate," and
come out from among them and
separate ourselves from them.
5. That we have printed in our
County papers in the name of the
Church of McConnellsburg the
names of all those who sign the
license papers this year so we
may know who they are that the
Lord holds responsible and asks
of us to come out and be separ
ate from.
6. That our church councils
with others who are interested
have a union meeting in the near
future and start the circulating
of the remonstrances which we
will sign.
7. That these resolutions be
printed in the county papers.
Whereas, It has pleased the
Supreme Ruler of the Universe
in his allwise providence to call
from this earth a member of the
Ladies Aide Mrs. Charles Mel
lott, and
Whereas, While we humbly
bow to the will of him who doeth
all things well, yet we cannot
but feel we have been bereft of
a good Campanion, whose mem
ory we will ever cherish for her
good qualities and whose virtues
shall ever be emulated; and be it
Resolved, That we the mem
bers of the Ladies Aide Society
of Hustontown, Pa., tender her
husband and son our heartfelt
sympathy and condolence and
call upon God to comfort and
sustain them in this their time of
sorrow.
Resolved, That a copy of
these resolutions be presented to
the bereaved husband and son;
that a copy be entered upon the
record of the Society, and that
tbey be published in the County
Papers. Mrs. Jennie Downes,
Mrs. H. C. McClain, Mrs. B. H.
Shaw, Mrs. Harry Lamberson,
Ethel Sipes, Committee.
Whereas, Our beloved broth-
COOKING.
Little Talks on Health and Hjgiene by
Samuel G. Dixon, M. D., LL D.,
Commissioner of Health.
Since our primitive ancestors
squatted around the cookery pots
after hunts for food stuffs, an
inconceivable amount of effort
has been expended in the prac
tice of the art of preparing food.
Considering the energy spent in
experimentation the accumula
tive knowledge has not been ex
tensive. Every member of the . human
race from early childhood to the
grave now depends principally
upon cooked food to maintain
life.
It is not without reason that
cookery is called an art , There
is nothing which does more to
build up and maintain good health
than the proper preparation of
food. It may be considered the
first essential. It is commonly
considered a menial task, yet
next to motherhood it is one of
the most important
Thanks to modern methods of
transportation and commercial
enterprise there has never been
a time in the history of mankind
when so vast a selection of food
stuffs was at the disposal of all
people. This should prove a
large asset to the race, for a vari
ety of foods well prepared serves
to give a well balanced nour
ishment conducive to proper
growth and sustenance of body
and brain.
Improperly cooked foods lead
quicker to distress of body and
mind than almost any other fac
tor. Poverty, unhappiness and
dissipation can in many in
stances be traced to poor cooking.
Among the least expensive
foods, we may find, if well pre
pared, those which form a nour
ishing and tasteful diet With
the necessity for economy be
coming more pressing as the pop
ulation of the world increases,
there is no one line of effort better
worthy of study and attention
than the science of economical
wholesome cookery for man is
indeed what he eats.
Kicked by Horse.
Last Sunday a horse kicked
George Garner who lives west of
the Ridge, on one of his legs be
low the knee, cutting a deep
gash about an inch long. Blood
flowed freely from the wound
and for a time it was feared he
would bleed to death. Dr. Mos
ser happened to be in the neigh
borhood calling on another pa
tient and he was called to dress
the cut. He found a small vein
opened; but was able to stop the
flow and make the sufferer com
fortable. George Bradnick's children, of
Knobsville, have whooping cough.
er E. Baldwin Fraker was by the
decree of an overuling providence
called from his earthly suffering
to a home where pain and sorrow
are unknown where' the weary
find rest be it therefore,'
Resolved, That in the death
of Brother Fraker the members
of the Fort Littleton Epworth
League fully recognize that they
have lost one of their members
who was at all times interested
in the work of the League and
was a faithful member.
Resolved, That the sincere
and heartfelt sympathies of this
League are hereby extended to
the bereaved wife and friends,
whose loss we, with them, deep
ly mourn.
Resolved, That as a token of
love and esteem for our. deceased
brother, the charter of our League
be draped in mourning for
thirty, days.
Resolved, That these resolu
tions, be entered on the minutes
of the League; also, that that it
be puhlished jn the Fulton Coun
ty News, and a copy given to
the bereaved wife.
Anna M. Buckley,
, Florence Cromer,
Carrie M, Locke,
C V. S. N. S. Notes.
Dr. Lehman spoke at the dedi
cation of the new hall of the "Or
der of Independent Americans"
at Walnut Bottom Saturday even
ing. He took with him a quar
tette from the school, composed
of Messrs Lehman and Wink of
Fulton County and Messrs J. S.
and E. S. Wenger of Cumberland
County. This quartette is on the
program for special music at the
Franklin county institute.
Miss Margaret Stroh, our Elo
cution teacher, who was ill with
typhoid fever, has gone to her
home in Sunbury, where she will
recuperate. , She will resume her
work at Normal after Christmas.
Last Saturday about 27 of the
Geology students took a trip to
Roxbury. The object of the trip
was to study the various rock
formations at that place. All re
ported having had a very pleas
ant time when they returned in
the evening. The following stu
dents from Fulton County were
present Misses Katherine Hoop,
Helena Charlton, Ada Lee Leh
man, and Mr. DeKalb Baldwin.
Our Offer to Farmers.
Some time ago, we told our
readers that we had been prom
ised a weekly agricultural letter
from the Agricultural Depart
ment written especially for News
readers. We have the privilege
of naming the subjects of these
letters; but we prefer that our
readers should do so. Any farm
er, or any association of farmers,
will render service to other farm
ers of Fulton county as well as
to themselves if he, or they send
us a postal card containing the
request for information. We
will then forward the request
Begin now, Mr. Livewire, by
sending the cards. Send them
every week so that we may keep
an endless chain of inquiries go
ing and coming. Call on or ad
dress the News.
WELLS TANNERY.
The social gotten up by the
Boy Scouts last Saturday was
well patronized. Oar boys are
ambitious and want to do right
in what tbey have undertaken.
As far as we koow, the boys are
receiving deserved encourage
ment from parents and others.
Mr. and Mrs. II L. Baumgard
ner drove to Laidig last Sunday
to see their brother in-law, Cas
per Brant, who has been ill for
some time.
Mrs. Rebecca Wishart who
spent the summer with her -son
Harlan, has returned to Lewis-
town to spend the winter with
her daughter, Mrs. J. R. Hunter.
Mrs. Belle Glunt and Miss Lu
cy Witter of Bedford, spent last
week with their aunt, Mrs. J. W.
Barnett.
Mrs. George Garver, of Hunt
ingdon, and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
Garver and children, of Hill Val
ley, spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. G. E Truax.
J. W. Gibson and daughter Zo
la were in Everett Monday on
business.
Mr. Shepard and son, ot Brad
dock are guests ot Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. Kirk.
Mrs. Robert Moseby and chil
dren are visiting her parents in
Path Valley.
Miss Sue Ortn who has born
visiting for several weeks in Wells
Valley, returned to her home at
Fort Littleton last Saturday.
THOMPSON.
A new son arrived in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Soudera a
few days ago.
Elizabeth Bailey attended
preaching services at Needmore
Sunday and took several abort
rides in an auto. She thnks they
are just the thing for children of
86 summers to sport about in.
Russell Gordon has been sen
ously ill from an attack of tonsil
ltis. He is now some better, and
it is hoped that bis recovery may
be speedy.
The State Road between Need
more and Hancock is now in such
excellent condition fiat thfl trav
el on that highway has very much
increased both m the way of
horse, and motor drawn, vehicles.
Wonderful Hens.
On the last day of October, an
egg-laying contest of 365 days
was completed at the Delaware
Experimental Station. One pen
of five hens averaged 242 eggs
per hen for the year. One of
these hens named "Lady Eglan
tine," laid the largest number of
eggs laid by one hen in 365 con
secutive days 314 eggs. She
began laying on September 2,
1914, and missed but 51 days dur
ing the year, while the average
Pennsylvania hen misses at least
300 days. She is a White Leg
horn, and weighs three and a
half pounds. 314 Leghorn eggs
weigh 35 to 40 pounds. It will
be seen that this hen produced
from ten to eleven times her own
weight in eggs. To accomplish
such marvelous results she had
to be kept in the pink of health
by cleanliness and wholesome
food and pure water. She was
given every variety of food that
a hen must have to keep vigor
ous and manufacture eggs. Eggs
from such hens sell for as much
as $5 each, and her owner says
her weight in gold would be re
fused for her.
Hens for egg-laying purposes
are developed by trap nesting.
Nests are arranged in a simple
manner so that when a hen en
ters she traps herself and after
she has laid the keeper releases
her and keeps an account of her
eggs. When a hen is thus found
to be a good layer, her eggs are
hatched and the best layers from
these are saved. This process is
repeated until the owner has
nothing but heavy layers in his
flock, for, as soon as a hen is
found that does not produce the
required number of eggs, she is
sold to the butcher. It has been
found that the male bird, bred
from heavy layers, has more to
do with reproducing layers than
any other similar factor in the
business of producing egg-laying
strains of poultry.
Rural Credit And Rural Tariff.
The South and the West and
the Northern agricultural states
have much to learn in the way of
rural thrift from the New Eng
land rural communities. The
constant cry is easier credit for
the farmer, but what the farmer
most needs is more thrift Some
of the Southern states are cursed
with crop lien laws which are
holding back the rural communi
ties by allowing a man to mort
gage his future work and hopes
and keeps him continually in
debt instead of allowing him to
lay something aside. It is an as
tonishing fact that Massachusetts
has five times more savings bank
deposits than have twelve south
ern states. In Massachusetts
there are 3,300,000 people and 2,
250,000 of them have savings
bank deposits. In three years
the savings banks in connection
with the public schools showed
1,400 000 deposits. Every school
in the rural communities ought
to have a course of "thrift talks'
whereby the teacher could lay be
fore the scholars the necessity of
saving a portion of whatever
money they might earn. This
money could be deposited in sav
ings banks and, later, when it
has grown, could be used to pur
chase good, safe bonds paying
three and one-half to five per
cent interest The child mind3,
as well as the minds of those who
are older, Bhould be impregnated
with the fact that it is not what
one earns that makes a compe
tency for old age, but what one
lays aside.
Why Should They Worry?
That Brush Creek Valley farm
ers know how to farm, and that
they have farms that" "know
how" to produce, is evidenced by
the yield this season. Minnick
Mellott of Saluvia with his fine
threshing outfit has just com
pleted threshing the crops of the
Brush Creek Valley Farmers, and
reports a total wheat rye, oats
and buckwheat of 26,863 bush
AOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW.
Snapshots at Their Comings and Goings
Here for a Vacation, or Away
for a Restful Outing. '
Mrs. E. R. McClain is visiting
friends in Red Lion and Lan
caster. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Johnston,
of Newville, spent last Saturday
with relatives in the Cove.
W. B. Skinner, Esq., of Spring
field, III., attended the funeral
of J. Nelson Sipes last week.
Miss Bess Patterson of Brook
side Farm, is in Philadelphia vis
iting her brother, T. Elliott ' Pat
terson, Esq.
Mr. Clarence T. Mock, of Al
lentown, Pa., is spending part of
the hunting season with his home
folks in Tod township.
H. U. Nace and family, and
Miss Annie Dickson motored to
Chambersburg last Friday on a
combined pleasure and business
trip.
Dr. R. P. Smith and family, of
Pittsburgh, located at Ft. Lou
don last Monday. The Doctor
will engage in the general prac
tice of medicine.
Mrs. Christmas Shimer, Mrs.
Ralph Reed, and Miss Jessie
Shimer, spent the time from
Saturday until Monday in Cham
bersburg and Shippensburg.
. Mrs. N. H. Roettger and her
sister, Mrs. Louisa Jackson went
to Chambersburg last Friday to
spend two weeks in the home of
the latter's son, Rush Jackson.
Miss Reba Knight of Balti
more, returned home a few days
ago after having spent about a
month with Mrs. J. Campbell
Patterson and friends in the
Cove.
After having spent several
weeks in New York, Philadelphia
and the western part of the
State, Mrs. D. H. Patterson and
daughter Blanche, will return
home sometime this week.
Mrs. Angeline Sipes and her
daughter Miss Myrtle visited
friends in Chambersburg part of
last week, and Mr. and Mrs.
Cornelius Lambert, of Frank
lin county, visited in Mrs. Sipes'
home several days recently.
Paul I. Johnston and C. A.
Brown both New Yorkers-
came to the home of the former's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. K.
Johnston, last Friday, and for a
few days enjoyed hunting the
elusive turkey gobblers on the
surrounding mountains.
W. Orville Logue, wife and
child of Ellerslie, Md., and Miss
Miss Ethel Logue, trained nurse
of Baltimore, came to the
home of Mr. and Mrs. B. W.
Logue. These with the ones men
tioned last week, held a family
reunion, all the Logue children
being present but one.
Mrs. Minerva Kellar, of Wash
ington, D. C, Mrs. Mary Wil-
helm, of Homestead, Pa., Clar
ence Sipes and Brooks Sipes, of
Bellevue. Pa., and Rev. H. N.
Sipes, of Blairsville, Pa.', were
here last week in . attendance at
the funeral of their father J. Nel
son Sipes, Esq.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Mellott of
Belfast township, accompanied
by Mrs. Mellott's sister. Mrs.
Frances P. Hart passed through
McConnellsburg last Saturday
morning in Mr. Mellott's antomo
bile on their way to Chambers
burg to visit Mrs. Hattie Dixon,
who is a sister of the ladies in
the party.
Mr. and Mrs. S. Logue Wink,
their little son Wallace, and Mrs.
Wink's sister Orpha (Mrs. Mor
gan Winters) of Needmore went
over to Franklin county in Lo
gue's automobile last Saturday
evening and spent Saturday night
in the home of their uncle and
aunt Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan P.
Peck, near St Thomas. Sunday
morning, Logue' took Mr. and
Mrs. Peck to Chambersburg for
a little outing. Mrs. Teck has
been an invalid for several years,
not having the use of her lower
limbs.