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Don't forsret the DATE of the
big ONE CENT sale.
Mrs. Chas. S. Ehalt and daugh
tera, of the Fulton House, spent
Tuesday and Wednesday in
Chambersburg.
George McEldowney and fam
ily spent last Thursday, Friday
and Saturday visiting among
their home folks in Belfast town
ship. Mrs. Charlie McCurdy (Ettie
Suders) of Hagerstown, came to
McConnellsburg Tuesday to see
her mother who has been quite
ill for several days.
Coming week of March 20th,
the big ONE CENT sale.
Miss Mary C. Hoke went to
Chambersburg yesterday to re
sume work in Mrs. Manning's
Millinery establishment as trim
mer during the spring season.
Mr. Edgar Downin, a former
Todd township farmer, but now
a resident of Mount Union, is
spending some time among his
Fulton county friends.
Mrs. Emmanuel Smith, of Get
tysburg, who had been visiting
her niece Miss Mary Pittman,
went to Chambersburg Tuesday
to visit among relatives and oth
er friends.
Mary Agnes Johnston, brought
her mother and aunt Florence to
town Monday. It was Mary's
first trip to McConnellsburg, and
ihe thinks it about the nicest
town Bhe has ever 'seen.
Mrs. Jere Laidig and Miss
Chloe Chesnut of Hustontown
called at the News office yester
day while in town shopping. Mrs
Laidig says her husband is still
a great suffenr from rheuma
tism. Miss Mary Batdorff, whose
home is with her uncle and aunt
Mr. and. Mrs. A. F. Brant, near
Dane, called at the News office
yesterday morning and left a
dollar which advanced her uncle's
subscription another year.
Something entirely new for
McConneilsburg-a ONE CENT
sale.
Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Little have
just returned from the eastern
cities after having spent two
weeks in making a careful selec
tion of spring and summer milli
nery which they have now on
display.
Stillie Johnson, of Millstone,
Md., spent last Thursday and
Friday in the home of his broth
er Thomas in McConnelllburg.
Stillie is a live wire Maryland
farmer, and he says he does not
feel as much like selling his
wheat now as he did when it was
a dollar and thirty five cents.
He thinks it will pay to hold on.
In Mercersburg Academy there
are nineteen different denomina
tions or religious sects represent
ed. Presbyterians are the most
numerous and the other denomi
nations follow in the order nam
ed; Episcopal, Methodist, Luth
eran, Catholic, Reformed, Con
gregational, and Baptist.- Mer
cersburg Journal.
J. C. Patterson, with the Frick
Lindsay Co., of Pittsburgh, re
turned to McConnellsburg yes
terday. Saturday afternoon at 1
o'clock he will have a public sale
of hia. household goods, after
which he and Mrs. Patterson
will goto Clarksburg, W. Va.,
where they expect to reside in-j
definitely.
Miss Blanche 0. Peck, Cham
bersburg R. R, 7. came to this
county Tuesday evening and
spent the time until Thursday
afternoon in the home of her
brother Grover near Knobsville.
Miss Blanche and her brother
Wilbert will conduct a summer
normal school at Needmore be
fore harvest
Hicks the weather man of St.
Louis is a marvel on the weather.
We read his predictions for Feb
ruary, and he hit it to a notch.
We have also just read his fore
casts for March and he claims it
will be rather a backward month
Summing up he states, "look
a late spell of cold, blighting
winds and weather that will de
Btroy for the most part all the
results of warm and budding and
powing weather that may go
before it.
A south Dakota county agcn
has developed a trade in apples
by paroel post in his community
which has resulted in material
advantage to the producer. He
found that bushel crates of ap
pies could be delivered through
out the second zone at a cost o;
64 cents, including postage, pack
ing, and other necessary expen
ses. The apples were sold to the
consumer at $1.64 a box, $1 be
ing paid for the fruit at the point
of shipment Apples had been
selling at 65 cents a box before
the plan was put in operation
The project will be continued an
other year and plans for a fruit
growers' cooperative association
are being made, so that there
will be a system of grading and
mm
pacKing, ana reasonable prices
may be maintained.
Successful Revival.
Big Cove Tannery, March 6.
The Revival services at Bethany
church conducted by Rev. Siers
was well attended. We were all
sorry to see this dear servant of
God leave. He was sent to
throw out the life line" and to
tell to dying men and women
nothing but the true gospel,
tnrough wmcn many souls were
brought to Christ to know and
learn of Him until the end. May
tms servant be sent back to us
and be the means of bringing
many more souls to a saving
knowledge of the Lord Jesus
Christ is the prayer of many
hearts in this community.
A Sister in Christ
' Eleven Dry Counties.
Mercer county, center of a big
steel industry, was added to the
dry column last week when Judge
McLaughrey refused all applica
tions on the grounds of no ne
cessity. Other dry counties in
Pennsylvania are Huntingdon,
Mifflin, Bedford. Greene, Venan
go, Wyoming, Juniata, Jefferson,
Union, and Crawford. There
were forty-five applications in
Mercer, but the Court held that
no necessity for the sale of liquor
had been proven, anfl that the
sale of rum is a detriment to
public welfare.
Alcohol cud Pneumonia.
The United States Public Health
Service brands strong drink as
the most efficient ally of pneu
monia. It declares that alcohol
is the handmaiden of the disease
which produces ten per cent of
the deaths in the United States.
This is no exaggeration. We have
known for a long time that in
dulgence in alcoholic liquors low
ers the individual vitality, and
that the man who drinks is pecu
liarly susceptible to pneumonia.
The United States Public Health
Service is a conservative body.
It does not engage in alarmist
propaganda. In following out
the line of its official duties it has
brought forcefully to the general
public a fact which will bear
endless repetition. The liberal
and continuous user of alcoholic
drinks will do well to heed this
warning, particularly at this sea
son of the year when the grue
some death toll from pneumonia
is being doubled.
Marching On.
"Thirty years ago," says Sen
ator Cummins of Iowa, "I should
have Baid prohibition was imprac
tical. Under the conditions that
existed then, it would have meant
putting in the field two unrel
ated saloons to the one regulated
saloon. But the world has march
ed along in these thirty years
until now there is sentiment
enough in the United States to
abolish the saloon.1 The United
States ought to abolish it and
will." The Washington corres
pondent of a Chicago daily calls
attention to the fact that "Albert
Baird Cummins, a man feared
and respected on the floor of the
United States Senate, is dead
against booze, and is the first
presidential possibility of a ma
jor party that ever came out flat-
footed in favor of prohibition on
a national scope."
It is an easy matter to go to
war, but it is not so easy to get
out of it after once in it ' The
North thought the whipping of
the South would be only a short
job, but they got licked at Bull
Run and had to retreat and "pre
pare" for a bloody struggle of
four years. More than 60 years
have passed, and we are not yet
over the Civil War. Do we want
war again to-day?
Dwelling Douse Burned.
Fire, last Sunday afternoon, to
tally destroyed the dwelling
house on the Conrad M. Sipes
farm the farm, years ago, own
ed by Conrad's father, B. Frank
Sipes, deceased. It is situated
on the east side of Pattersons
Run north of where the latter
flows into Licking Creek. At
the time of the fire the house
was occupied by John P. School
ey and family.
Reliable reports say that the
fire originated from sparks fall
ivgon the old shingle roof, which
on account of , the strong wind
prevailing were soon fanned into
uncontrollable flames which rap
idly spread over, and through
the building.. Mr. Schooley was
at the home of a near-by neigh
bor when the fire was discovered.1
He and his neighbor hastened to
the scene of the fire, and sue
ceeded in getting out a small part
of the household furniture.
There was no insurance on the
household goods of Mr. Schooley
his insurance having expired
about two weeks ago; and, on the
house, Mr. Sipes was not carry
ing any fire protection.
For National Delegates.
Representative Republicans of
the Seventeenth Congressiona
District at a meeting held at Har
risburg on .Wednesday of last
week and attended by men from
each of the eight counties agreed
upon Harry W. Byron, Mercers-
burVr, Franklin county, and Cal
vin Greene, Lewistown, Mifflin
county, for Republican Nationa
delegates, me two men are
widely known in business, both
being tanners. They will not be
instructed, according to present
indications. Ex-Senator William
Hertzler, Port Royal, and C. L.
Darlington, New Bloomfield,
were agreed upon for alternates,
and Samuel I. Spyker, county
chairman of Huntingdon, for
Presidential elector. The con
ference was held in the office of
A. Nevin Pomeroy, Superintend
ent of public Printing in the
Capitol. Mr. Pomeroy presided
and Harry Ritter, of Liverpool,
Perry county, was secretary
Several men who are candidates
for various nominations were
present
Law Relating to Fur-Bearing Animals.
A summary of laws in the
United States and Canada in force
in 1915 relating to the trapping,
protecting, and bounties of fur
bearing animals, will shortly be
published by the Biological Sur
vey of the department as Farm
ers' Bulletin 706. This publica
tion, which reviews the laws of
States, Territories, and Provinc
es, will be found a convenient
reference book by those who
hunt or trap. You can get a
copy by writing to the United
States Department of Agricul
ture, Washington, D. C, and
asking for it
CRYSTAL SPRINQS.
E A. Hix9on met with quite an
accident one day last ween.
While working oa his sawmill he
was rolling, up a log, and a large
og rolled from the rick and
caught him between the two logs
badly bruising his ankle. Dr. J.
G. Hanks was called and render
ed the necessary medical aid
He Is improving as well as could
be expected.
George M. Trueax, ot Emma-
viUe is very poorly at this time
aud is not expected to live.
Mrs. M. J. ilixson spent Sat
urday and Sunday with ber
daughter Mrs. Rutherford Wil
liams at Everett.
Quite a number ot our people
stored away a nice lot of ice last
week
William Cleveoger and George
Barton went to Ohio last week to
seek employment.
Mrs. Elmer Cljvengerls quite
poorly at this writing.
James Barton took advantage
of the sledding and made a trip
to Everett last Saturday.
Several of the folks of the val
ley attended the I. 0. 0. P. ban
quet at Bretzewood Saturday
eveniDg, they report a good time.
Bruce Barton made a business
trip to Everett one day last week.
Rev. Frum, of Breezewood will
preach his farewell sermon at
McKendree and Akersville next
Sunday March 12 before going to
Conference. Let there be a good
turnout to hear him.
Subscribe tor the News.
Patriotism.
A nation is made great not
by its fruitful acres, but by the
men who cultivate them; not by
its great forests, but by the men
who use them; not by its mines,
but by the men who work in
them; not by its railways, but by
the men who build and run them.
America was a great land when
Columbus discovered it; Ameri
cans have made of it a great
Nation.
In 1776 our fathers had a vision
of a new Nation "conceived in
liberty and dedicated to the prop
osition that all men are created
equal." Without an army they
fought the greatest of existing
world empires that they might
realize this vision. A third of a
century later, without a navy
they fought the greatest navy in
the world that they might win
for their Nation the freedom of
the seas. Half a century later
they fought through an unparal
leled Civil War that they might
establish for all time on this con
tinent the inalienable right of
life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness. A third of a century
later they fought to emancipate
an oppressed neighbor, and.
victory won, gave back Cuba to
the Cubans, sent an army of
schoolmasters to educate for lib
erty the Filipinos, asked no war
indemnity from their vanquished
enemy, but paid him liberally for
his property. Meanwhile they
offered land freely to any farmer
who would live upon and cultivate
it, opened to foreign immigrants
on equal terms the door of indus
trial opportunity, Bhared with
them political equality, and pro
vided by universal taxation for
universal education.
The cynic who can see in this
history only a theme for his ego
tistical satire is no true Amerl
can, whatever his parentage,
whatever his birthplace. He who
looks with pride upon this history
which his fathers have written
by their heroic deeds, who ac
cept3 with gratitude the inherit
ance, which they have bequeath'
ed to him, and who highly re
solves to preserve this inherit
ance, unimpaired and to pass it
on to his descendants enlarged
and enriched, is a true American,
be his birthplace or his parent
age what it may.
Lyman Abbott.
Practical Instructian.
Miss Barbara Martin of Ayr
township, now a prominent teach
er in Blair county, firmly believes
that agriculture is the bedrock of
American industries: that if, in
the preparation for the great
European, war, it paid Kaiser
William to begin the training of
his soldiers when they were boys
in the public schools, Miss Mar
tin believes that the way to keep
boys on the farm is to awaken a
love for the work during their
boyhood days in the public
schools. Acting upon this prin
ciple, says the Tyrone Herald,
she arranged for a date when one
of the instructors in State College
could visit her school. This done
she sent out invitations to all
her patrons and others to be
present on that day, and a large
number responded. Mr. Ken
nedy, a representative of the
State College was there and de
livered a very instructive lecture
along the line of Pure Seed Cul
tivation. He spoke of the prop'
er treatment and planting of both
corn and oats, giving full instruc
tions for the selection and testing
of seeds before planting; also in
structions for the killing of germs
such as the smut germ in oats,
potato blight and many other
forms of diseases in seeds and
plants.
There were many questions
asked by the audience which were
answered by the lecturer, also
demonstrations given in corn.
To further increase the pleasure
of the audience, Miss Martin had
her pupils sing three very ap
propriate songs which were ad
mirably rendered, giving 'great
credit to both the teacher and
pupils of the Nealmont school.
Dug His Own Grave.
Some people hesitate to pur
chase a lot in the cemetery before
it is absolutely needed for fear
'something will happen." They
are willing to risk some one else's
choice of the location for their
last resting place a thing they
would not do if it were a choice
in location for a dwelling place
in life, The same feeling keeps
REISNER'S
Spring Announcement.
While prices on everything are soaring, we are glad to announce that
on account of early and extensive purchases, we can give our
patrons the benefit of old prices, which will soon seem
surprisingly low. Note the following:
FLOOR COVERING
A nice assortment of Floor Covering in Carpets, Mattings and Rugs.
Some of these goods cannot be duplicated on account of color
ing matter. Our prices are same as last year while they
' last; Mattings, 12 cents to 25 cents; matting rugs,
20 to 39 cents; 1.50 to 2.50. A lot of very
PRETTY SUITINGS
and waistings 25 to 50 cents new and pretty. All our woolen Dress
Goods will go at old prices, a saving to you of 10 to 25 cents a
yard. A large line of
DRESS GINGHAMS
at 10 and 12 1-2 cents last year's prices. Percales 10 and 12 1-2 cents
a yard. We will have a splendid assortment of
MEN'S CLOTHING
at old prices, but we cannot duplicate any of this season's good at
old prices.
SHOES
Shoes at last season's prices with few exceptions a slight rise.
Wall Papers lots "of them as cheap as last year. Please call.
George W. Reisner & Co.,
McConnellsburg, Penn'a.
others from making a will; then,
after, death, their property is dis
posed of according to the "will
of some one else-in many cases"
a disposition very different from
that which the deceased would
have made. Then, there are
still other, who will not take out
life insurance. They feel, that
to do so, is to challenge the Al
mighty. A hesitancy in any one
of the cases mentioned, is not
the part of wisdom. The time
to prepare for death, whether
from a spiritual, or from a tem
poral, standpoint is while you
are in life and health.
As an instance of real "nerve,"
Jacob Lawyer, 79 years old, a
retired Carrol county, Md., farm
er, four years ago, selected and
purchased a lot in Pleasant Val
ley cemetery, dug his grave, and
also prepared one for his wife
beside his own. Last week he
passed away peacefully and on
Thursday, was laid to rest in the
grave he had dug.
In referring to this incident it
is not to be understood that the
News thinks everyone should dig
his own grave. That is a matter
that may be safely entrusted to
those whose business it is to do
that work.
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