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v. . 1915.
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VOLUME 17
NUMBER 15
ICE GRIM REAPER. ,
Short Sketches of the Lives .of Per
sons Who Have Recently
. Passed Away. .
Rev. A." G. B. Powers.
After an illness . of -several
reeks,. Rev. A. G, B? Powers
died at his home at Needmore,
Sunday night, December 26, aged
10 years. The funeral took place
Wednesday morning, and inter
ment was made in the cemetery
at pleasant Grove Christian
church.
Mr. Powers was a native of
f est Virginia,. and came to this
county several years ago, locating
it Needmore, and being pastor
of several bf the adjacent Christ
ian congregations. He was lib
eral in his views believing in the
fatherhood of God and the broth
erhood of Man. At his own re
quest, the funeral sermon was
preached by Rev. May, of the
Christian church, assisted by Rev
Funk, of the Primitive Baptist
Church, and the song service
was conducted by Rev. Croft of
the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Rev. W.'R. Truax, Rev. J. C.
Garland, and Rev." John Mellott,
of the Brethren Church,, and Rev
Ed Mellott,' Rev. A. II." Garland,
and Rev. Lewis Duvall, of the
Christian Church, were pall bear
ers. Besides his wife, he is survived
by three sons, William, of Thomp
son township, Jacob, of Green
springs, W. Va., and Charles, of
Smithton, W. Va. -Charles and
Jacob beipg ministers of the gos
pel, the former, a Methodist and
the latter a Christian.
Mrs. James Woodall.
Eliza Ann Butts, wife of James
Woodall, Sr., of Ayr township,
died at their home at 10 o'clock,
Tuesday morning, December 27,
1915, aged 71 years, 1 ' month,
ind 3 days. Her pastor, Rev. R.J
S. Peterman, of the Lutheran
jhurch, conducted the services,
and interment was made in the
Union cemetery.
Mrs. Woodall was born in Mor
gan county, W. Va., and more
than a half century ago, came to
the Cove and lived in the home
of the' late Abram Lesher, where
ihe met James Woodall to whom
she was married on the 24th day
of September, 1865.
To this union were born nine
children, seven of whom "are liv
ing namely, Annie, wife of D. A.
Washabaugh; William H., James
Jr., Miss Jennie, Lula, wife of
Hoyt Glenn, and . David all re
siding in Ayr township, except
ing James, who lives near Fort
Loudon, Franklin county. The
deceased is. also survived by two
brothers; Hamilton Butts, Bruns
wick, Md., and Harrison Butts,
Cherry Run, W. Va. . ; '
Mrs. Woodall was a consistent
member of the Lutheran church,
from girlhood, a faithful wife, a
devoted . mother, and a good
neighbor. . '
While Mrs Woodall has been
in declining health for more than
a year, the immediate cause of
her death was pneumonia. -
Miss. Clara Jennie Pollock.
Miss Clara Jennie Pollock, aged
26 years, sister of Mrs. Morrow
M. Kendall, of Ayr township,
and daughter of William B. Pol
lock, near Morgan za, Pa., and a
member of the senior class at
Miami university, Oxford, 0.,
died at the hospital at Canons
burg, Pa., last Saturday . morn
ing following a short illness of
paralysis of the nerve centers of
the respiratory organs. , The fu
neral was held Monday afternoon
in charge of the Rev. Mr. Greer,
pastor of the United Presbyter
iv;:hurch of Canonsburg. ,
1 ot having been well for sev-
days, MisB Pollock was al
ii to go to her home on Mon
f last week; but after her
i home, her cohdition grew
(ly Worse until the attending
cians decided Thursday that
1 ust go to the hospital for
nent She was able to walk
the house toM the . waiting
:t!'.3 and weV etill able to
Engagements)
Mr. and Mrs. WilliSr.r F. Lai
dig, Hustontown, announce the
engagement of their daughter
Miss Luemma to Mr. Michael Hoi
land, of Philadelphia.
Announcement has been made
by Mr. and Mrs. Lemuel M, Hun
ley, of New York City, of the en
gagement of their daughter Miss
Ethel Virginia Hunley' to Paul
Imbrie Johnston, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. K. Johnston, of McCon
nellsburg, Pa. Miss Hurley's
parents, who come from a family
prominent in Virginia, have long
been residents in New York.
Miss Hunley was graduated from
Harvard in the class of 1915. No
date has been set for the wed
ding. . . .
Back in Fulton. . ..
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Van
Cleve and their three children,
Spirit Lake, Iowa, arrived at the
home of Mrs. Van Cleve's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. George W.
Humbert '. in Ayr township on
Wednesday of last week. As
has been noted in the News, Mr.
Van Cleve purchased the Henry
farm near Rnobsville, and will
move upon it in the near future.
Before starting for Pennsylvania,
the Van Cleves visited a couple
of days in the "home of Mr. and
Mrs. J. McDonald Tritleof Spirit
Lake. The ' Van Cleves and the
Tritles are former Fulton county
people Mrs. Tritle being Miss
Bess Simpson before marriage.
, . v Big Hogs.
Hoyt Glenn butchered three
hogs last week for Hiram Shives
that dressed, respectively, 284,
3G5, and 406; Dick Cuff, had one
that cleaned 432; Rush Hann,
one that cleaned 308, and George
Keefer, one that cleaned 565.
John L Fagley butchered one
that weighed 444.
B. R. Simpson and son Samuel
L. Simpson of Dickeys Mountain,
recently butchesed five pigs that
cleaned 1516 pounds.
be around Thursday night She
was taken suddenly worse Fri
day night and became uncon
scious. Death came while she
was sleeping.
Miss Pollock was born Febru
ary 19, 1889. She was graduat
ed from the Canonsburg High
school with first honors In 1907.
She,was a member of the Wash
ington seminary class of 1909.
Following her graduation from
the latter institution, ' she went
to St. Paul, Texas, and wa3 prin
cipal of the high school at that
place during the years 1912-14.
She then entered Miami univer
sity, from which institution she
would have been graduated in
June. s ' '
She was a member of Green
side United Presbyterian church
at Canonsburg.
She leaves her father, William
B.1 Pollock; one sister, Mrs. Cle
onia Estella Kendall, wife of M.
M. Kendall; one brother S. Mur
ry Pollock, civil engineer, Wash
ington. Her mother Hettie Mur
ray Pollock, died some years ago.
Mrs. J. H. H. Lewis.
Elizabeth Weaver, widow of
John II. H. Lewis, died at her
home in Bethel township, this
county, Monday, December 13,
1915, aged 74 years, 3 months,
and 24 days. The funeral con
ducted by Rev. T. P. Garland, of
Needmore, took place on the fol
lowing Thursday, and interment
was made in the cemetery at the
Tonoloway Baptist church.
On account of the fact that her
late husband was active in polit
ical affairs for many years, the
Lew's home was known all over
the County for its open hospitali
ty and Mrs. Lewis will be sincere
ly mourned by a large circle of
friends. She is survived by the
following children, namely, Mrs.
Alice V. Doyle, Stockton, ,Cal. ;
James in Colorado; Harry, in
Chicago; Jessie, wife of Riley
Garland, Hagerltown: Myrtle,
wife of Charles Hess, of Bethel
township; Charles, residing in
Bedford County, and Frank, on
the old home place, near Frank
lin Kills.
Court albt,
in me corneal over ine win u
T aL i.A A L -ll
John McCullough, late of Bethel
township, deceased, Judge Swope
on Monday filed his opinion in
the office of the Clerk of the
Courts sustaining the will made
by Mr. McCullough. '
As has been stated in the
News, John McCullough. when
a mere lad was taken into the
home of the Gales, a family of
unmarried brothers and sisters
residing near Warfordsburg. In
that home was also, a maiden by
the name of Bettie Andrews. As
the years rolled by, one by one
of the Gala people passed from
earth until the last one was gone
when it was found that the farm
which was a valuable one, and
the personal property o f the
Gales had been willed to John
McCullough, with the condition
that John should maintain a home
for Bettie during her lifetime.
Both John and Bettie remained
in the home growing old togeth
er, when John was seized with a
sickness, and before his death,
which occurred on the 11th of
March 1914, he by will passed
the property on to Nettie An
drews, a niece of Bettie, with the
condition that Nettie should see
that Bettie h&d a good home dur
ing the remainder of Bettie's life.
John's brothers and sisters
were not satisfied with this dis
position of the property, and set
about to break the will. Upon
petition, Judge Swope appointed
the late J: Nelson Sipes a Com
mittee to take testimony as to
the facts in the case, and last
May, in McConnellsburg, more
than eighty witnesses were heard,
consuming a period of almost a
week. ' This testimony was tak
en by a stenographer, then type
written, and handed to Judge
Swope. This he examined care
fully at his office in Gettysburg,
and rendered an opinion as be
fore stated.
This will be final, unless John's
brothers and sisters feel that it
is worth while to appeal from
Judge Swope' 8 opinion.
Tiiken of Appreciation.
At the close of the preaching
services in the M. E. church last
Sunday morning, the superinten
dent of the Sunday School, Mr.
A. U. Nace, in an appropriate
little address presented to the or
ganist Mrs. C B. Stevens, in be
half of the congregation, a purse
of gold as a token of appreciation
of her faithful service as organ
ist in the church and the Sunday
school. For twenty-three years
Mrs. Stevens has , been at her
post of duty at every service,
"unless prevented by sickness or
other unavoidable occurrence."
We did not see the purse, but
have been reliably informed that
it contained more than 'twelve
dollars and. forty-nine cents.' .
Taken to the Hospital.
Owing to the fact that her
limb was not healing satisfactor
ily, Cula, the fifteen-year-old
daughter of Simon Ritchey, near
Burnt Cabins,' was taken to the
Chambersburg hospital last Sun
day, accompanied by Dr. Mosser.
It will be remembered that one
of her legs was amputated below
the knee a few days ago, as a re
sult of the , accidental discharge
of a gun in her lather's hands.
The Valley Spirit (Chambers
burg) Tuesday evening, says that
further amputation is not likely
to be necessary.
Shells for the Allies.
Mr. N. E. Hoover, who has a
responsible position with the
Westinghouse Manufacturing
Company, Pittsburgh, Pa., , has
been spending a few days with
his parents Mr. and Mrs. John
Hoover at Hustontown and was
in town a few hours Tuesday.
Mr. Hoover is inspector of 8-inch
shells which are being made by
his Company for the Allies. They
are turning out thousands of
these deadly missiles every day,
and it is .predicted that they will
be able to ship fifteen carloads a
day after the first of the year.
Kansas, Beuer,
County Beats 'Em AIL
Emporia, Kans., Dec. 22.
Enclosed I am sending two dol
lars to advance my subscription
into 1916. We couldn't get along
without the weekly ' visits of the
News.
I have just returned from a
trip to San Francisco, Los An
geles, and San Diego, California,
I left Emporia October 18th
and was on the road four days
before I reached Los Angeles.
The Santa Fe is the best road
we have in the West, but it isn't
to be compared with the Penn
sylvania, as it goes bo slowly.
We stopped at so many small
towns, and all of the larger ones.
We never made more than thirty
miles an hour going out
The scenery being diversified
and beautiful, kept one from get
ting tired, and also furnished
pleasant thoughts.
On reaching California, I found
the weather to' be the hottest
All the time I was in California
the weather was warmer than
any time this summer in Em
poria. There was not as much farm
ing in California as I had expect
ed to see, but there is much fruit
growing. I spent most of my
time up in the coast ranges near
San Bernardino. This part of
California is called the, "Sum
mer Land" of America, Here
are the orange groves and vine
yards, so I was in the fruitlands.
All tracts of. land are called
ranches from bne acre upwards
to hundreds of acres.
The orange groves are beauti
ful with their fruits ripening at
this season. One could see ripen
ing fruit, blossoms and green
fruit all on the same tree.
All this land is high in price.
One orange grove was sold for
$25,000, and it contained but
twenty acres. This grove, how
ever, was cheap, because it was
quite a distance from Los An
geles. I visited both fairs, and en
joyed my trip down to San Diego,
as I got to see the most Spanish
part of California.
California is a good state, but
the rich people of the east have
made it what it' is. They are
still fishing for suckers, but the
biting is not nearly so good as it
used to be; for California is now
overstocked with all kinds of
people boosters, kickers, knock
ers, suckers, and skinners.
They have good roads, are
making great progress in Educa
tion, and are extravagant as a
whole. In order to pay for this,
taxes are much higher than in
other states.
People from every part of the
United States visit California for
their health; consequently, there
is more sicknefs there than any
place else that I have ever been.
The climate, also, is not bo health
ful as in New Mexico, Arizona,
or Utah. For myself I'd prefer
Pennsylvania to keep my health.
and Kansas, the next best place,
to live.
' California produced 22 million
bushels of wheat and Kansas
produced more than that off of
two or three counties. Kansas
has more money in the bank per
capita than California. Califor
nia is a great' state but I'll take
my stand for Kansas, since I can
no longer live in little old Fulton
county, the best place in the
world. (
Trusting this will be of interest
to you, I am,
Very truly yours. .
. J. K. Stevens.
Misses Zoe and Jessie Mason
teachers in the public schools in
Ak.ron, 0.; Miss Goldie a student
at the Peabody Musical Institute
Baltimore, and Miss Lois, a stu
dent at Williamsport Seminary,
were at the home of their pa
rents, ex Sheriff and Mrs. Frank
Mason for their Christmas dinner.
nsiness Men ts. Farmers.
an editorial written by J.
earn, Master of the State
of Nebraska, for the
f Pennsylvania patrons,
recognizes, and appre
ciates, wfwj; the Government has
done to encourage and educate
the farmer to produce more bush
els of grain, more pounds of meat
and butter, and more dozens of
eggs, but he thinks the Govern
ment should not stop until it
sees to it that the farmer gets
value received for his products.
The business men of the Country
have shown wonderful interest
in the welfare of the farmer, but
after the farmer has his crop
ready for the market, the busi
ness man says: "Now, let me do
the rest," and he takes the farm
er's produce, sells it for him, col
lects the money, and hands it
over to the farmer. No, not all
of it, and here is where the shoe
pinches. The difference between
what the farmer receives for his
products and that which the con
sumer pays, is entirely to great
As Mr. Ream says:
"Why should you be so inter
ested in prying into the farmers'
business, and in gaining an intri
cate knowledge of his methods,
both his failures and successes,
when you have bo securely lock
ed up your own business with
combinations and associations,
national, state and local, that the
farmer could not pry into your
secret prices and methods of do
ing business, even if he used a
steel crow bar in his attempt to
do so?
"Conditions indicate that the
only three points of the great
problem of distribution that you
have given careful ; thought is:
1. What is the greatest possible
profit you can secure? 2. What
is the greatest possible amount
of money that can be invested?
3. What is the greatest possible
number of people that can eke
out an existence both in a direct
and indirect connection with the
business?
"You have readily recognized
the wasteful methods and the
unbusiness like management of
the farmers; but I am wondering
if you have realized that there
are untold millions of dollars use
lessly invested in what you term
business upon which the people
are expected to pay a reasonable
rate of interest And that there
are untold thousands of people
uselessly employed in your busi
ness of distribution who are in
reality a veritable tax on the pro
ducers and consumers.
Today there are thousands of
bushels of good apples going to
waste within 125 miles of us.
These people are willing to Bell
these apples on the trees for
twenty-five cents per bushel, yet
you are charging our people $1.00
per bushel for a ' common grade
of these same variety of apples.
And under your association se
cret system of doing business it
is impossible for the farmer to
know how much of a rake off you
get between the price the manu
facturer receives and the con
sumer pays for the article.' Ac
cording to the most reliable sta
tistics that we have been able to
gather it costs from $1.00 to $2.00
to market every dollars worth of
produce that the farmer sells.
Or that the consumer pays from
$2.00 to $3.00 for that which the
farmer receives only $1.00. Is
it any wonder under such condi
tions as these that we should be
asking you if ypu realize the re
sponsibilities that rest upon you,
whether you have ever given the
question of the economic distri
bution of the necessaries of life,
any serious thought? Is it any
wonder that under such condi
tions that the producers and con
sumers should be asking for a
national marketing commission,
and the establishment of a de
partment of government whose
duty it will be to work out an
economic system of preserving
and distributing the necessaries
of life? Is it any wonder that
under such conditions, the farm-
m m mi
Recent Weddings.
Wilson-Gelvin.
Preston Irwin Wilson and Miss
Reuel Edna Gelvin were married
Wednesday, December 22, 1915,
at the M. E. parsonage, McCon
nellsburg, by Rev. A. S. Luring,
The groom is a son of Irwin
Wilson, the bride a daughter of
E. M. Gelvin both of Fort Little
ton. '
The contracting parties are
most excellent yourtg people and
the News joins with their numer
ous friends in extending congrat
ulations and wishing them a long
happy, and prosperous life.
Stains Stains.
A pretty home wedding was
solemnized at the home of Mr.
Oliver Stains, Richmond Furnace
at 12 o'clock, Dec. 23 by the Rev
Stonesifer, Miss Manerva Stain
and Mr. Morris Stains of Dudley,
Huntingdon Co., Pa. The wed
ding march was played by Miss
Genevieve Cox, Miss Margaret
Sensheimer was maid of honor,
Mr. Henry Stains a brother of
the bride was best man, Miss
Phoebe Keyser, Miss Missouri
Keyser, Miss Ella Butts and Miss
Bessie Morris were the brides
maids. The bride carried white
carnations and the maid of honor
carried pink carnations. There
were thirty-seven guests at the
wedding dinner. .
Trostle-Markley.
An announcement that brought
a surprise to many Conemaugh
and Warfordsburg people, was
made a few days ago, to the ef
feet that J. F. Trostle, a teacher
in the Conemaugh schools, and
Miss E. McClure Markley, a
Wafordsburg teacher, were mar
ried in Philadelphia on the 25th
of last June, while both were on
their summer vacation.
Following their marriage, the
couple spent two weeks in New
York and New Jersey.
Mr. Trostle's parents live at
York Springs, Adams county,
and his wife is the oldest daugh
ter of Hon. H. K. Markley of
Warfordsburg.
Both these young people are
graduates of Cumberland Valley
State Normal School and their
acquaintance began during their
student days.
Mr. and Mrs. Trostle will go to
housekeeping in the spring.
From "Bob" Campbell.
Rogersville, Tenn., Dec 21.
Dear Mr. Peck: Enclosed please
find check for three dollars for
which credit sister Mary E.
Campbell's account with the
News and continue same to her
address. We all enjoy your pa
per very much. It comes like a
friend from our dear old native
land. We were sorry to learn
through the News of the illness
of Mrs. S. B, Woollet but hope,
ere this, she has fully recovered.
Your old friend Geo. A. Smith is
fairly well; but like the rest of
us, not as active as he used to be.
As far as he is concerned, the
coons on Scrub Ridge are safe.
With best Wishes.
R. V. Campbell.
Favor Cnnnty Agent
, At the annual meeting -of rep
resentatives of the various agri
cultural societies ot the County
held at McNaughton's school
house last Friday afternoon,
Frank Ranck,' was re-elected to
serve as Fulton County's repre
sentative on the State Board of
Agriculture. At the meeting the
advisability of making an effort
to secure a County Agent was
discussed, and Mr. Ranck in
structed to use his influence with
the State Board to secure the
services of a good man to fill that
position.
;
ers should be organizing their
VI nug.ai MUivii wiiv it,
ciety of Equity, and that the con
sumers in the cities should be or
ganizing their Co-operative Con
sumers Association in order to
avoid Borne of this fearful tax
that you are levying upon the
producer and the tonsumer by
your unscientific, ancient costly,
unbusinesslike and inefficient
system of dictpution?"
OLD AGE.
Little Talks oo Health and fygiene bj
Samnel G. Dixon, H. D., LL D.,
Commissioner of Health.
"The gray-beard sighs, "shaking
his hoary head,
Compares times that are now, with
times past heretofore,
Praises the fortunes of his fath
er long since dead;
And cracks of ancient men whose
honesty was more."
Thus did a Roman poet describe
the characteristics of old age
nineteen hundred odd years ago.
Those who ,wish to remain
young would do well to con
these lines and guard against
such an attitude of mind. The
fountain of perennial youth is in
the spirit. If you would arm
yourself against the stealthily ad
vancing years cultivate the habit
of looking continually forward.
For the man who keeps his eyes
fixed ahead and struggles onward
to some worthy goal, the years
speed by unnoticed. For him
who turns and walks backward
looking ever in the past, the fu
ture holds no promise and the
stimulus of the shoulder to should-'
er touch with the on-pressing
younger generation is lost
The future is built upon the
ruins of the past Advancing
years should bring ability to con
centrate and an experience which
will compensate in no small de
gree for lack of physical power.
"At thirty, man suspects him
sjelf a fool, knows it at forty, and
reforms his plan; at fifty chides
his infamous delay, pushes his
prudent purpose to resolve" and
if he be wise makes use of such
experiences as he may have piled
up along the road of life and
pushes his purpose home.
Moderation of habit and at
tention to the rules of hygiene
will help materially to make the
years sit lightly, but this alone is
of little value if we are without
ambition and live from day to
day.
When the idols of youth are
broken we must set up new and
better-ones.
Ambition we must have and
work as well if we would laugh
at Father Time.
Not As Good As It Looks.
In Farm and Fireside is the
story of a farmer who sold his
property to live in the city, be
cause his city friends "wore good
clothes, had money jingling in
their pockets, went to the mov
ies, belonged to clubs, and en joy
ed a yearly vacation." He found,
however, that the city' man pays
dearly for these luxuries.
"We came to know," he said,
that it was just as hard for the
city man to get up at seven
o'clock in the morning as it was
for the country man to get up at
five. Why so? Because he must
not relax; he is ever on duty.
He must smile at this person and
that person. He dares not notice
anyone's peculiarities, or oddities,
or unreasonableness. The result
is he must find the relaxation in
the evening; therefore the family,
rarely gets to bed before ten or
eleven o'clock, and seven in the
morning finds him just as sleepy
and far less refreshed than five
found him on the farm.
"We found going to work for
somebody else every day in the
year, except Sunday and perhaps
a two-weeks vacation, under
somebody else as manager, didn't
exactly suit our country spirit of
freedom. We came to know that
our friends saved scarcely a cent;
and furthermore, one couldn't
exactly see how they were ex-
travagant. In the city it Beems
unbelievably hard to separate
luxuries from necessities."
Mr. and Mrs. Chaa. Heiges,
and their interesting little daugh
ters, Dorothy and Meravine, of
York, Pa., motored to McCon
nellsburg last Friday afternoon
and spent the time until Monday
morningin the home of Mrs. I 'zrj
Cleventr, We:t L:r.cc!n v :;.
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