THIS riTLTOH COUNTY 1CEWI, KcCONNILLIBTOO, ?. INTERESTING PARAGRAPHS Locl ind General Interest, Oathered at Home or Clipped frm oar Exchanges. CONDENSED FOR HURRIED READERS Miss Mame Gillia was a' guest of friends in Knobsville, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. P. . P. Shives were Harrisburgers part of last week. Mrs. Ahimaaz Clevenger was shopping in Chambersburg one day recently. D. E. Little and wife are in eastern cities looking up the lat est for milady. Georgia Wilson, of Ayr town ship, visited friends in McCon nellsburg this week. Miss Blanche Keith, of Peters burg, is the guest; of Dr. and Mrs. F. K. Stevens. Miss Carrie Locke, of Fort Lit tleton, was the guest of Miss Mame Gillis last week. John Nesbit, Ayr township, took in some of the sights in Har risburg, one day last week. The work of resurfacing the Lincoln Highway east of town will be completed this week. Mrs. James McQuade spent the time from Friday until Sunday with her father near Knobsville. Miss Ethel Croft, of Dane, spent last Sunday in the home of her uncle Cyrus Wagner and family in the Cove. Hon. Peter Morton is having two summer kitchens added to hi3 commodious farm house. P. Fred Black is the contractor. Preaching in the Little Cove Reformed church next Sunday in the morning, and in the evening in the Presbyterian church in town. I Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Lynch went to Red Lion last Saturday to vis it in the home of Dr. C. -N. Trout They remained for Labor Day ex ercises. All-ladies of the town who are interested in Civic work are asked to meet Thursday of this week at half after three with Emma Mc Govern. Miss Mary J. Sloan returned home a few days ago after hav ing spent a very pleasant month with friends in the vicinity of Pittsburgh. Mr. Foust and Harry Atkinson of Mercersburg, contractors for the new railroad station house were in town a few days ago en gaging workmen. Hon. Geo. B. Mellott and fami ly took a little outing last Sunday by autoing down to Thompson township to call on Mr. Mellott's brother Alexander. Miss Elsie Wagner, of Knobs ville, after having spent some time visiting her brother Cyrus in the Cove, is visiting her sister Mrs. E. J. Croft at Dane. Mrs. Daniel Laidig, of Taylor township, returned homeTuesday after having spent several days with her daughter, Mrs. Clar ence Mellott, East Extension. Ex-Sheriff Frank Mason has been confined to - his bed the greater part of the time the last week on account of muscular rheumatism and other troubles. Mr. Preaton R. Austin, Frank lin county, is viewing former well known scenes of earlier life out near Saluvia. He expects to stop a few days in McConnells burg. All Sunday school workers are cordially invited to take part in a Sunday school convention to be held at Pleasant Grove church in Belfast township, Saturday, Sep tember ICth. Frank Fore came over from Franklin county Tuesday and took his father, D. E. Fore, Esq. and his Bister, Miss Katie to Burnt Cabin3 to attend the fu neral of K. J, Fore. After having enjoyed a rat tling good time for several weeks in Fulton county, Mr. and Mrs, Ed Reisner and their interesting little son returned latter part of last week to their home in Man hattan, Kansas. v R. C. McQuade and his daugh ter Myrtle, are visiting the form er's brothers and sisters in Al toona and Johnstown. They were accompanied to Altoona by Miss Susan Peightel who will vis it her brother David who is quite ill. , Mr. Benjamin Franklin Kersh ner, a former resident of Tod township, and now of Chambers burg, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Seylar last Tuesday night Mr. Kershner left Ful ton county about twenty-five years ago. Some time ago VanvertDivens formerly of Knobsville, had one of his hands crushed at the coke ovens at Minersville. His fellow workmen recently made up a purse of $30.25, and presented it to him. Vanvert ha3 asked the News to express his gratitude for the thoughtful act In addition to the names men tioned in the Cito write-up as having attended those meetings, the following from McConnells- burg were there: Mrs. B. C. Lam berson, Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Mos ser, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. War thin, Mr. and Mrs. P. P. Shives, Mr. and Mrs. Z. V. Hays, and Rev. Jackson. Chairman R. R. Hann, of Licking Creek township, drove his two fine little mules to town last Tuesday and like real Demo crats, they didn't scare worth a cent at the racket being kicked up by booming prosperity coming and going in all directions. Didn't have to be hitched a min ute. The Governor's Side Trip. W. R. Douglas, of the Depart ment of Agriculture, and W. R. D. Hall, of the State Highway Department, were in McConnells burg last evening making a pre liminary survey of the tour to be made by Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh on September 2Cth as stated several times by the News. The Governor's party has agreed to make the run to Webster Mills as requested by farmers of the County. Cove farmers are arranging to meet the Governor on top of Cove moun'a n. More particulars later. Unusual Auto Travel. One of our citizens counted the passing autos for forty-five min utes last Sunday during which time forty-eight machines passed through McConnellsburg. Many hundred passed through that day. . ., ,. ., ,. On Monday, there were two continuous lines of autos passing through McConnellsburg during forenoon hours. From the morn ing papers ;t was learned that towns east and west of this place had to turn away travelers Sat urday night. McConnellsburg hoteU were filled Saturday and Sunday nights, and the overflow sent to private houses. Garage men estimate that there were 500 autos in McConnellsburg on Sunday. Ayr S. S. Convention. The annual Sabbath School Convention for Ayr District will be held in the Presbyterian church Sabbath afternoon and evening, Sept. 10. Afternoon session 2 o'clock; evening session 7:00. Everybody interested in Sabbath School work should be present and take an active part in the meeting. Flora Shives, secretary. Schools Open October 2nd. I wish by this method to call attention to directors, patrons, and teachers of our schools that I have received from the Depart ment of Health a new decree or dering the schools to be kept closed till October 2, 191G. Respectfully, J. Emery Thomas, County Superintendent. f Big Tomato. A Pleasant Ridge friend of the News, who forgot to sign his or her name to the letter, sent some items, among which is the description of a largo tomato grown by U. S. Deshong. The writer asks, "Who can beat It?" The tomato measured ten and one-half inches in length, twen-ty-fye inches in circumference, and weighed twenty-five ounces. Sawmill Burned. Walter Comerer's sawmill near Burnt Cabins, was destroyed by fire last Monday. Cause is un known. Loss about $500. No insurance. We have been in formed by a mil) owner that in surance on sawmills is a thing of the past. The rick is too great Subaclber forthe "News'j only tl.00 1 year, Farmers Should be Wary. It is unwise to pay an excess ively high price for a new wheat variety just because it i3 glow ingly advertised by the seed firm introducing it. For example, it is claimed by seed firms that two varieties, Marvelous and Miracle, have wonderful tillering capacity so that a peck, or at most a half bushel, 13 sufficient seed per acre. Both of these varieties have been tested at The Pennsylvania State College Experiment Sta tion, as well as the Ohio and Vir ginia Experiment Stations, for yield, when sown at varying rates per acre. Both gave the best yields when sown at the rate of one and a half or two bushels per acre. They are much like Fulcaster and may be strains of this variety. Apples Nurmal'-Pcaches Scarce. What is popularly known as the fruit belt, Adams, Franklin, Fulton, Cumberland and York counties, shows 89 per cent of a normal crop of apples, while the average for the State is 87. The counties named show 75 percent peach crop, while the average for the State is 53 per cent, or not much over half a crop. The same report shows better than average hay crop for the State. Turkeys, one of Fulton county's eklom-failing crops, show a falling off in the State of about 20 per cent, but Fulton county has lost only about ten per cent of its normal crop of Thanksgiv ing dinners. Tlease Answer. Will some one in Fulton county tell us if they have tried sowing timothy seed in the fall without sowing wheat, rye, or other nurse crop with it? We a3ked this once before, but received no reply. We wish some one would give us their experience. There are oc casions when without doubt, it would be profitable to sow grass seeds alone. Also, several of our readers have tried soybeans this summer. Please report results. A lot of your friends will read your report with pleasure. Tell us the facts we will write it up for the News. why Hot? Wouldn't it be great if all the farmers of a district kept same breed of cattle? The coat of raising full blood3 would be so reduced by reason of exchange of sires that no one would ever think of going back to scrubs. How good it must feel to a young man to know that he can earily get an average price of $40 for male calves, and from $100 to 200 for all the heifer calves he can produce! This is exactly what is taking place in communi ties where all can see eye to eye. Why not more of this kind of prosperity in Fulton county? How the Name Was Given. The common name, "Hessian fly," was long ago bestowed up on this insect by Americans be cause of its having committed some depredations on Long Is land, New York, in 1779, in the vicinity of Lord Howe's old en campment of threo years before. The Hessian mercenaries were much despised, both at home and in America, and, on the supposi tion that these soldiers had brought the pest with them from their native country in the straw used for their bedding, it was given the obnoxious name of "Hessian fly." Kcllolt Pajlor. On Thursday, August 31, 191G, at the home of the officiating minister, Rev. John Mellott, of Pleasant Ridge, Mr. John D. Mel lott, son of William Spurgeon and Eliza Jane Mellott, of Sipes Mills and Miss Rose Ettie Paylor, a daughter of John R. and Matilda Paylor, of Thompson township, were united in the holy bonds of matrimony. The young people begin life in earnest with the best wishes of a wide circle of friends. AndersonSipc. Mr. Owen Anderson, son. of Mrs. Celea Anderson, of Huston town, and Miss Opal Sipe daugh ter of Amon Sipe,-of Saluvia, were married by Rev. J. L. Year ick, at the Reformed Parsonage in McConnellsburg, Tues day, September 1916. The News extends best wishes for a happy and prosperous life. None of Your Business ! Oh! no, we are not mad just said that to shock you a little to prepare you for what is to follow. For weeks we have, been urged to "cut loose" and keelhaul all who should cut the weeds along some of our streets and in the several churchyards of the Bor ough but who have neglected to do so. Now, it is not pleasant to be keelhauled we never liked the sensation and it is equally un pleasant to keelhaul our friends. But, if we can jolly the Town Council into cutting a few weeds, and. cajole the young men mem bers of our churches into cutting the wilderness of weeds now growing in our churchyards, we will not have wasted our time and costly ink and paper. Young men, what would it cost six or eight of you to take scythes and remedy the disgraceful condition of your churchyard? Fifteen to thirty minutes time for a half a dozen healthy young fellows would do the trick, and well, you know how proud you would feel afterwards. Our grave yards, and some of our streets, are no joking in a deplorable condition. Some of our ladies are SO anxious to see them clean ed up that they have offered to accompany the men and sing for them while the dear fellows la bor. While it may not be your business to mow weeds, you would mow weeds to please '"Her"; we know , you would. Therefore, let all the "Hers" who would see McConnellsburg cleaned up hold a meeting and lead the "Ilims" out to the weeds and see the matter ended. Clip the Young Clover. Many clover fields were nearly killed out last winter because the owner failed to clip the young clover in the fall, and it blossom ed and made seed. Thus the mission of the plant was fulfilled and it lost vigor and the cold and unfavorable weather killed it. "If the plant is clipped, says L. W. Lighty, Farm Adviser of the of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, it cannot make seed and will make a strong plant to reproduce itself next year and we may with a great degree of assurance expect a large crop of hay the following summer. Not only is the clover greatly bene fitted by the clipping as the blos soms begin to show but all the weeds are also prevented from going to seed and that more than pays for the clipping. Then clip ping throws a lot of mulch on the soil and few if any realize the value of a mulch on the new ly seeded field during the heated term of the summer. Late clip ping, after the seed has formed rarely has any good effect but may do a lot of harm." Make a Sheep Corral. New interest in the sheep busi ness is being shown just now, and more farmers would gladly start a flock but for the fear of dogs. Dogs need not kill sheep to ruin them. Badly frightened sheep are a great loss to the own er. Up in Center county, at one of the State College farms, they have found that by building a dog-proof fence of woven wire, with barbed wire at top and bot tom, sheep may be protectedjat night One acre of ground, di vided into two parts, is sufficient for 100 sheep. A half-acre would do for fifty sheep. Divide into two sections and let' sheep stay at night but about 'ten days in one of the enclosures before turning into the other. This per mits growth of grass and the disappearance of droppings. An open shed with southern expos ure will provide necessary shel ter. See that the sheep are shut up in the corral each night. From Our Exchanges. After having been idle for two years, the Saxton furnace was started last week, giving employ ment to about 200 men, and mak ing good times for the Broad top regions which greatly effect busi ness in the northern end of this county. One day last week, Alda, aged three years, daughter of Mr. and .Mrs. Joseph Harclerode, of Ever ett, was badly burned by matches with which she was playing. Citizens of western part of Bedford county are greatly ex cited over the alleged discovery of a rich deposit of copper ore. A horse and buggy was found REDUCTIONS :ON Summer Goods Ladies' Dresses and Waists. Nice white dresses that sold for $3.50, now $2.00.' Only a few left. Nico house dresses that sold at $1.25 and $1,50, now $1,00, good to buy for next season AT COST Our entire line of Waists at cost and below. 69 and 75-cent waists at 50 cents. $1.25, and $1.50 waists at $1.00. Wash Suits A small lot of up-to-date Wash Suits at 60 and 75 cents, that have been selling right along at 75, $1.25 and $1.50. Low Shoes A fair assortment of Ladies' and Misses low shoes at bargain prices. George W. Reisner & Co., McConnellsburg, Penn'a. recently in a woodsearLoys burg, Bedford county. The horse had been hitched to a tree and was dead, and had evidently died of starvation. President Judge W. N. Seibert, of Perry county, has instructed the constables to report the con dition of the roads that action may be taken against delinquent supervisors. Cider Making. My cider mill at Waterfall will begin operation August 23rd and continue to end of season. W. G. Alloway, New Grenada, Pa. 8 10 6s. Western Maryland Railway. Iff Effect June 18, 1916. Trains leave Hanoookas follow! : No. 7 1.40a, m. (dally) forCumberland, Pitta burgh and west, also West Virginia points. No.8-S.38 a. m. (dully) for Hairerstown, Get tysburg Hanover, York (except Sunday), and Baltimore. No, 18.30 a. m. (dally except Sunday) for Cumberland and Intermediate points. No. 4 9.07 a. m. (dally except Sunday) for Hatterstown, Baltimore and Intermediate points, Washington, Baltimore and New York. No, S S.ST p. m. (dally) Western Express for Cumberland West Virginia points, and Pittsburgh, Chicago and the West. No. t 2.57 p. m. (dally) Express tor Hagers town, Waynesboro, Chambersburg. (Jet tvsburg, Baltimore, Washington. Phila delphia and New York, for York dally : exoept Suuday. O. P. STEWART1 S, ENNES, Gen'l Passenger Ag'X n General Manager. KATAW a memedy for Asthma We will refund the money to any person who is not benefit ed by the use of one bottle; 4 ounce bottle, 32 doses 40o. Sent post paid. Brindle Pharmacy 13th & Darry Sts., Uarrlshurp, Pa. Executor's Notice. Estate of John F. Johnson, late of Taylor township, Pa., deceased.. Letters testamentary on the abore estate having been granted to the undersigned, all persona Indebted to the aald estate are re quested to make payment, and those having olalma to present the same without delay, , JAMES E. LYON, 7-27-et Hiram. Pa, CHICHESTER S PILLS fiTTtVS. A"K for A New Real Estate Agency. Having retired from the Mercantile business with a view to giving his entire attention to Real Estate, the undersigned offers his service to any one having real estate for sale, or wanting to buy. His thorough acquaintance with values and conditions in Fulton County, coupled with long and successful experience in handling Real Es tate, makes it possible for him to bring about results in the shortest possible time. Write, or call on, D. H. PATTERSON, WEBSTER MILLS, PA. .k.r, iatritasM M.ILX. SMITH BROTHERS Mercersburg, Pa. Farm Goods Used Every Day. We have the largest stock of Harness, Gears and Collars, in south ern Pennsylvania. Single Driving Har ness from $10 to $'25. Double Driving Har ness for $20 and up wards. Yankee Bri dles $150, $1 75, $2 00, $2.25, and $2.50. Halters all leather at 50 cents, 75 cents, $1.00 and. $1.25. Collars $1.25 to $4.25. Collar Pads 25, 85, and 50 cents. Yankee Front Gears $15 per pair. Yankee Breechmg $18 to $20 per pair. Plow Gears $3.50 to $4.25 per pair. Riding Baddies from. $5 to $13. Wagon Saddles from $9.50 to $12. Russet leather Rid ing Bridles from $1.25 td$2.50. Cow chains, Halte.r...chains, Chm Chairs, Trace Chains. Harness oils 60, 75 and 00 cents a gallon. Caster Machine Oil 40 cents a gallon. 1 Repairing of all kinds promptly and neatly executed. All goods sold t lowest possible Prices. PULTON COUNTY NEWS $1.00 a Year in Advanc:
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