Sir $t!l0i VOLUME 17 McCONNELLSBURG, PA., DECEMBER 9 1915. NUMBER 12 i r THE GRIM REAPER. Short Sketches of the Lives of Per sons Who Bare Recently Passed Away. Mrs. Emma E. Tubbs. from the Benton (Pa.) Argun. The death of Mrs. Emma E. 'ubbs, wife of the Rev. Timothy i. Tubbs, occurred at the home of her brother, Mr. Thomas Ed wards near town, on' Wednesday morning Nov. 23, 1915. Mrs. Tubbs came from her home at Salisbury, N. C, three weeks ago to attend the funeral of her sister, Mrs. Margaret Eyer at Berwick, and while visiting her brother she contracted pneu monia from which she died. The deceased was aged C9 yrs. 1 months and 28 days. She is survived by her husband the Rev. Timothy H. Tubbs, a mem ber of the Central Pennsylvania Conference of the M. E. church, Ralph, of North Emporia, Va., Mrs. Fannie Hess, of Berwick, Dr. I. L. Edwards, of town, and Thomas E. Edwards, near town. The deceased was born at Lime Ridga, this county, and in Jan. 8 1S74, was united in marriage to Rev. Tubbs. Since the age of twelve years she was a member f the Methodist Episcopal church The funeral was held on Sat urday morning at the home of her brother where she died, con ducted by Rev. Harry W. New man, pastor of the local M. E. church, assisted by Rev. James B. Stein, D. D. District Superin tendent, and Rev. W. A. Faus, of Millvillev She was Buried at Beach Grove near Shickshinney. The entire funeral party went in automo biles, a distance of 22 miles. Note. Mrs; Tubbs will be re membered by many people of Hustontown and vicinity, as Rev Tubbs served the Ft Littleton :harge, now called Hustontown :harge, from 1877-1879. H. W. N. James M. Moore. James M. Moore, an uncle of Mrs. T. F. Sloan, West Lincoln Way, and for many years a resi dent of Wells Valley, this county, Jied at his home in Brule, Nebras ka, on September 27, 1915, aged 80 years. The JUoores nave quite a military history. His grandfather, James M. Moore served as Major through the war of the Revolution and two if his grandfather's brothers fell in the battles of Lexington and Brandywine, yet the family nev er swerved from what they deem ed their duty to their country, and their names have been on the Muster Roll of every war in which the U. S. has been a party with the exception of the Semi nole, and some minor Indian wars which wen? not according to their sympathies. When the CiviLwar broke out he was one of the early ones to enlist in the 28. Pa Vol. Inft His enlistment was followed by seven other brothers, making eight brothers in the Union service. A family record not duplicated so far as known in the history of that war. Altho he had known the hard est of service he reinlisted when tiia time expired, in Co. B. 147 Pa. Inft. The severity of his wounds and hard service follow ed him through life. He was married to Sarah Haight, Jan. 1854. Chas. F. Moore of this union survives him. He was married the second time to Margaret,. A Smith in 18G9. A. P. Moore and Mrs. Thos Whvman of Brule, of this union are citizens of this community, his daughter having ministered to and nursed him through the declining years of his life. These with an aged brother survive hi Mrs. Mary Deshong ira. Mary Deshong, wiaow oi late David D. Deshong, or nor Creek township, died at home of . her son David D. long, Jr., in Pittsburgh, Sat- V 71 J If JM f Mm Ail December 4, 1915, aged Bad Been Lost Fourteen Years. -Fourteen years ago Roy Mc- Geehe, of Burnt Cabins, was wearing a ring presented to him by his mother as a Christmas gift, and while in one of the sta bles in his father's barn, lost the ring. So highly was the ring prized, that two men spent a whole day searching the stable for the lost ring. A few months ago, Roy's brother Edgar was cleaning a parsnip that had grown in the garden at their home, when he scraped into something hard, and upon examination he found Roy's ring imbedded in the parsnip, lhe manure irom the stable had been hauled into the garden fourteen years ago. The ring went into the garden with the manure. As the parsnip was growing, it shot one of its roots through the ring, kept on grow ing until the ring was completely hidden within the parsnip. about 75 years. Undertaker Homer L Sipes, met the funeral car at Everett and brought the body to this side of the moun tains on Monday, and the funer al was held Tuesday, interment being made by the side of her husband at Sideling Hill Chris tian church. Mrs. Deshong was a daughter of the late Mathias and Julia Hann who lived at Saluvia. She was married in 18G5 to David D. Deshong, a veteran of the Civil War, who died about three years ago. To this union were born Harvey, Shaw, W. Va. ; Michael, who died several years ago at Hyndman, Pa.; David D Jr., of Pittsburgh; James, of Delaware City, Del.; Harry who died in August of this year; Mary, wife of John W. Ewing, of Ayr town ship; Rebecca, married and liv ing near Pittsburg; and Amanda, in Pittsburgh. Her brothers and sisters are all dead except Porter Hann, residing in Everett, Pa. Mrs. David S. Snyder. Emma Michaels, wife of David . Snyder, passed peacefully a- way at their home in Peoria, 111. Thursday evening, December 2, 1915, aged about 62 years. Mrs. Snyder was a daughter of the late David and Eliza Mich aels, of McCbnnellsburg, and a sister of Mrs. George W. , Hays West Lincoln Way. She was married to David Snyder, a na tive of Todd township. She and her husband "went west" about forty years ago, and for several years, they have been in the Drug business in Peoria. Besides her husband, she is survived by four children, name ly, Miss Effie, at home, Herbert, residing in Denver Colo.; Nellie married and living in Portland, Oregon; and Ralph; married and in the drug business with his father. . Silas Holly. Silas Holly, a well-known citi zen of this County, died at his home in the southern end of Brush Creek township near the Union township line on 1 Friday, December 3, 1915, age'd 68 years, 6 months, and 3" days. The fu neral took place on the following Sunday, The funeral sermon was preached in the Whips Cove Christian church by Rev. Ed Mel lott, Revs. James Logue and Lew is Duvall assisting in the servi ces." I Interment wa3 made in the cemetery at that church." The deceased was a son of Ex County Commissioner George Hoi ly, deceased, and was married to Miss Catherine Garland, who sur vives her husband, together with one child, Martha Lizzie, wife of William Robinson, residing at Canfield, 0. Mr. Holly was a victim of Bright's Disease, and had been a great sufferer for a long time, He was a consistent member - of the Christian church, and bore his affliction with that fortitude that comes with an abiding faith in the unerring providence of the Supreme Ruler of the universe. Continued on pace 6. DISASTROUS FIRE. Chalmer Mitt's Big Baro, Including Ten Dorses and a Lot of Cattle, De stroyed Sunday Night. About ten o'clock last Sunday night, after the family had all gone to bed, it was discovered that the large bank barn on Chalmer Stitt's farm about a mile and a half south of Shade Gap, was in flames. An alarm was made, but the fire had already gained such headway, and the means at hand for fighting the devouring element, so meagre, that but little of the contents were saved. In the stables were ten head of horses and colts, and a lot of cattle which it was im possible to liberate, and hay, grain, straw, harness in fact, everything in the barn was to tally destroyed, with the excep tion of , some farm machinery, which was easy to get at. Since putting the foregoing in to type, we have a letter from Mr. Isaac D, Bolinger, of Shade Gap, saying that Mr. StittlostlO head of horses, 8 milch cows, and all his machinery down to gar den tools. He managed to save his automobile. His loss is from $3,500 to $4,000.00 with an insur ance of $1,200.00 on the barn nothing on the stock. Mr. Bo linger says the barn was full to the roof from one end to the oth er, including a lot of clover seed. Mr. Stitt is the man who bought the Spangler farm near Knobs ville and sold it to Clarence Go- bin. Mr. Stitt has remaing 12 head of cows and heifers coming fresh soon, that he will sell; also, a nice lot of shoats that will weigh near a hundred pounds each. This stock must be sold at once as Mr. Stitt doe3 not have a handful of feed. It is not known how the fire originated. Deer Killed. Rumors of many deer having beed killed have reached this of fice, yet we have been able to verify less than a dozen. As cor rect an account as we can give is as follows; Jim Shore, of Burnt Cabin a 153-pound buck in Locke Valley; Jas. O. Mellott, Charlie Wink, and Thos. Ensley together secured a young buck on Edwin C. Deshong's farm a half-mile north of Green Hill House; Wm. Carlin, a State Forest Ranger making headquarters at Burnt Cabins, killed a buck; Ira Kerlin of Knobsville, killed a five-prong buck on Cove mountain. The five prongs on each side of the head are perfect and it will be mount ed by Leslie Seylar. John Marks of Tod township, killed a buck; Everett and Wells Valley hunters jointly killed four; Earl Bard of Sipes Mills, killed a large buck that had enormous, horns carry ing fifteen knobs and points, but it would be classed as a five-prong and it will be mounted. A curious thing happened on Sideling Hill on Tuesday. Some hunter mistook a stranger's auto on the LTncoln Highway for a buck and fired a shot through it, the ball entering just above one of the rear wheels, coming out on the opposite side, and leaving a large jagged hole. If the one who fired the Bhot looked for horns before shooting, he doubt less saw them; but he must have had a bad case of "buck fever" if he could not distinguish a Klax on from the kind deer wear. Two esteemed' subscribers whom we do not see often drift ed into the News office last Sat urday W. R. Palmer, and John Hollenshead, of Sipes Mill. .If so inclined, these gentlemen may shake their fists at ' the Editor with' impunity, because they are both paid in advance. Last Saturday, Bert Hann, of Saluvia, loaned his ride to some hunterd. When the rifle came home in the evening, it had 22 pounds, of venison hanging to it. Not a bad loan, Fert, From the Pacific Coast Los Angeles, Cal Nov. 24. Dear Editor: I see by the label on my paper that if I want the news I must pay for the News, so here goes two dollars more, and keep it coming. Well, Mr. Editor, I am sorry to see that Pennsylvania, my own native state, voted down Woman Suffrage; but Mollie Sey lar hit the nail on the head when she said it was caused by Old Standpats, Negroes, and Booze. That is just our experience out here in California; but thank goodness, there were too many Progressives and others in favor of fair play for the women, and now women have the same right at the polls as men. At our first city election that the women enjoyed the privilege of voting (and they enjoyed it) a lady stood first in line and cast the first ballot in our precinct; and so they came in age from' 21 to 76. The lady of 76 said it was one of the most 'pleasant events of her life to be able to vote. We had a long ballot a full city ticket, and several amendments and out of 310 ballots cast (about one-third women) there was not one thrown out on account of mistakes. One "Lord of Crea tion" did not care at all about who was elected to office or about any of the amendments. His on ly concern was whether our city should be "wet" or "dry". He voted "wet," and confessed to it later. We have ladies in office State, County, and City some elected some appointed. Mrs. Lindsay, our council woman, is recognized as one of the most able members in our city council. There are many things I could say in favor of woman Suffrage and nothing against it So I will close by saying to the women of Pennsylvania and elsewhere, be of good cheer, your time is com ing. As for the natives of Fulton county who live in Los Angeles and vicinity they are well and doing well. Ed Austin and wife refuse to go back to Minneapolis even on a visit My best wishes to you and the many readers of the Fulton County News. Yours truly, M. L. Hann, 954 E 42 St, Los Angeles, California. Think First, Young Men. You may have heard, or seen in the city papers, that city em ployers are begging for workmen to help out on the rush of orders that are being received. Did you notice that they, want men for work real manual labor, of ten harder than ploughing or grubbing? The pay of. $1.25 to $1.50 a day does not mean for six days in the week it never does. Four and one half days is the best average for a whole year. But your costiy, boarding goes on just the same. Think first then before you rush away from the good old home in the country to what looks like a better , job in the city. Unless you have had years of training, you will be put to work out in the cold alongside of the roughest kind of foreign ers who never pretend to know how to do any other kind of work than that which can be done with pick and shovel, or by lifting and carrying heavy articles.' 1 Were at Sliippcnsburg. , An automobile party composed of Mr. and Mrs. John Baughman and their little grandson John Eshelman.'and James Baughman and Allen Eshelman all of Ever ett spent a few hours in McCon nellsburg last Saturday as the guests of Chas. Hixson and fam ily' while on the'r way to Ship peisburg where they spent the time from Saturday afternoon until Monday afternoon. Miss Mildred Hixson accompanied them to Shippensburg. Mildred says she visited the C. V. S. N. School and saw our Fulton coun ty girls who are attending that institution, ORDER OF COURT. Resolutions of Committe Upon the Death of J. Nelson Sipes Esq. By Order of the Court. In the Court of Common Pleas of Fulton County. In reference to the death of J. Nelson Sipes Esq., the Nestor of the Bar of Fulton County. And now, Nov. 15, 1915, the Court appointed Hon. John P. Sipes, M. R. Shaffner, Esq., and Hon. S. W. Kirk, as a committee to draft suitable resolutions on the death of the Nestor of our Bar, J. Nelson Sipes Esq. The Hon. John P. Sipes is here by directed to call a meeting of the Bar and upon their approval of the said resolutions, they are ordered to be published in the three papers published in the Bor ough of McConnellsburg, the News, Democrat and the Repub lican, to be spread on the records of the Court, and a copy of the same to be sent to the oldest liv ing child of our deceased brother. S. McSwope, Pres. Judge. In the pursuance of the above order of Court, the committee met and drafted the following resolutions which were approved by a meeting of the Bar Associa tion. TO THE HONORABLE, THE JUDG ES OF THE SEVERAL COURTS OF FULTON COUNTY: We, the undersigned, appoint ed by your honorable court to frame and submit resolutions, consistent with the life, charac ter and death of J. Nelson Sipes, Esq., late a member and officer of the Court, beg leave tosubrfit the following: Whereas, These courts have officially learned with profound sorrow the sad intelligence of the death of J. Nelson Sipes, Esq., the nestor of the Fulton County Bar, therefore be it Resolved, That.the Bar and the several courts record their high esteem and regard for John Nelson Sipes, Esq., among whose chief attainments and character istics were his unfailing courte sy, matchless determination and unfaltering fidelity to duty in all the varied relations in life as a citizen, as a keen business asso ciate and as a wise and alert at torney and officer of the Court whose dignity and honor he sought untiringly to uphold. Resolved, That in the death of John Nelson Sipes, Esq., his clients have lost a safe, wise and conserative counselor and advo cate, the Bar and able and exper ienced practitioner, the commu nity one of its most substantial citizens and his family a most de voted father. Resolved That in this time of great affliction and deep sorrow, we tender to his children and friends our herjtfelt and sincere sympathy. Respectfully submitted by John P. Sipes, M. R, Shaffner, . S. W. Kirk. Cash Prizes for M Trees. George Wv Reisner handed us the following clipping and said that he is collecting samples of the excellent niits found in the County and will forward them to the Nut Growers Association: To help to bring promising nut trees to light and thus start a new industry, the Northern Nut Growers' Association is offering cash prizes of from $10 to $50 for the best tree of black walnuts, butternuts, shagbark, hickories, hazel nuts and northern pecans. Send a dozen nuts from the best nut tree of any kind that you know of to Dr. W. C. Deming Secretary of the Northern Nut Growers' Association, George town, Connecticut and ask for particulars of the prizes and the rufys of the contest. , Ve hope some of our readers will get these prizes, for them are some fine nuts produce I in the territory covered by this pa Crops and Livestock Report. L. H. Wible's Crop and Live stock report for November 1915 shows that 6 per cent more than the average wheat acreage was sown in Fulton county this fall. Condition of wheat in ground is one per cent above average. Corn averaged 3G bushels to the acre in the County. Average for the whole State was 36 bushels. York county, averaged 45 bushels highest in the State. Buckwheat averaged 17 bushels in the coun ty. Potatoes, 85. 2 per cent more hogs than average for the County. Turkeys, 14 per cent, less in County than average. 2 farms in every 100 in County use silos. We think it is well to call at tention to the . corn average of the County and for the State they are the same 36 bushels. This should be an encouragement to fester Boys Corn Clubs in the County. Underlying all scientif ic methods of doing things are fixed principles that must be mas tered at the beginning. There is no know better way to teach them to a boy than by example. Show him how an acre of ground may be made to produce 100 to 150 bushels, and when he goes to farming on a larger scale the taste of that profitable acre will stay with him and he will not be content with 36-bushel nor 50-bu-shel averages. We are fully alive to the fact that very few farmers in the County can afford to buy $15 worth of right kind of fertilizers for each acre of a 20-acre corn field. But every farm can afford to bug $15 worth for one acre, and that acre can be made to clear a profit of many times $15. This Is what leaves all the good "taste" mentioned above, and there is no "taste" that sticks to a man like that of lots of dollars to jingle in his pocket. He .will scrape up $15 for each of two acres the following year as sure as you live. By-and-by, he will have a whole farm that will av erage 75 bushels to twice that much. Every fall we read of hundreds of boys who get prizes and free trips to interesting pla ces at the expense of the State for having demonstrated the old er folks that it don't pay to "fid dle along" with poor land when it might as well be made rich and kept so. Let the teachers, and pastors too, organize Boys Corn Clubs this winter. Program. The program of the local C. L S. C, for their third meeting in December is Roll call Christmas quotations Story of the week Miss Hoh man. Sectionalism in the south and the "Crisis" by Winston Church hill Mrs. C. B. Stevens. Reading, Lincoln's Gettysburg Address Mrs. R. E. Peterman. The inventions of the periods and their effect on National Life. Rev. Peterman. Sketch of Horace Mann Miss Reisner. Sketch of Robert E. Lee Miss Pittman. Sketch of Stonewall Jackson Miss Sloan. Sketch of U. S. Grant Mrs. Luring. He Appreciates It. As a recognition of their ap preciation of the courteous and faithful manner in which Mr. A. M. Grissinger, who has charge of the Public School Building, looked after the comfort of the teachers while in attendance , at the Institute last week, they "passed the hat around" before leaving town with the result that Mr. Grissinger received a very substantial gift Mr. Grissing er appreciates this all the more from the fact that it was entire ly unexpected; and as he cannot take each teacher by the hand and thank him or her personally he wishes through the News to say a great big THANK YOU, and hope that every one of them miy have a merry Christmas and a hanpy New Year. . INJUDICIOUS INDULGENCES. Little Talks on Health and Hjgieoe by Samuel G. Dixon, M. D., LI. D., Commissioner of fleclll - The holiday season is a busy time for the doctors. Many things contribute to make it so. The nervous strain of holiday shopping and living in overcrowd ed cars and shops get the people pretty well fagged out; and then, while in this condition, the di gestive system is often loaded to the breaking point. That's the program for a very large percentage of our popula tion about this time of the year; and even a layman, when he reads it over, hasn't very much difficulty in discerning that in all probability, it would result in a call for the doctor. Those who can afford to do so seem to regard the over-loading of the digestive tract as an es sential part of the holiday fes tivities. A3 a matter of actual practice there is a great deal more enjoyment to be derived from conservative indulgences in tempting viands, than eating to satiation; and this is the case, even though the feasting results in no noticeable distress. When excessive quantities of food are consumed, the digestive organs are over-worked and cer tain "poisons are formed which are absorbed by the blood and carried through the body, often to'the extentof taking life. There are numerous serious disorders which may be traced to the failure of the digestive tract to properly act because it has been over-loaded. The failure of these important functions of digestion speedily reacts upon the rest of the body, and results in special suscepti bility to colds and other infec tions which find fertile fields among those whose natural re sistance to disease is thus lower ed. It would be well to consult a doctor before the Christmas meal instead of after when the harm has been done. . Taylor Township and Potash. What has become of the Wa terfall Agricultural Club? Don't they keep fire in the mill room now? Why this silence? For several years we caught inspira tion from remarks that overflow ed and reached this office. A certain statement made by Dave led us to investigate the action of lime on soils of various kinds, and, as the Club may recall, we found that careful tests showed that lime had a greater action on red shales (Taylor township soils) than on any of a dozen other types. The locked-up "natural strength" of shale soils may be released by lime. This i3 well worth, remembering, for the pur chase of commercial potash i3 now impossible. Shale soils, es pecially the red varieties, are known to contain great quanti ties of it but it is not naturally available. Lime releases it And since it is-there, why not use it during the present Germam cri sis? Then, if greedy robbery be avoided, our Taylor township friends should not worry over the potash situation since by the lib eral use of lime, purchased pot ash will not be missed, and the extra growth will create 'humus to be returned to the soil to give it "body" for the retention of moisture and to increase fertility. Never plough lime under. Demand for common labor is said to be so great in Harrisburg that enough employees cannot be secured, and the professional hard-luck bums are receiving cold receptions when they tall at private residences or food and aid. The papers of the city are printing directions to give these lazy fellows the address of the nearest employment station where neither employee nor em ployer is charged for filling or ders for jobs.
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