sea Jttlton Cotttifgi 21 CMS. All II VOLUME 18 MCCONNELLSBURG, PA., DECEMBER 7. 1916. NUMBER 12 RECORD OF DEATHS. PECULIAR ACCIDENT. COUNTY INSTITUTE. THE OLD SOUTH PENN. ANNUAL FARMERS' INSTITUTE. RAILROAD "DONE GONE." FAT AND FORTY. lort Sketches of the Lives of Per was Who flare Recently Passed Awaj. Mrs. Lee Sifes. Mrs. Jennie Deshong Sipes, L,;ta nt Ta Sines, died at her Tliv r Jiome near Coshocton, 0., Sunday November 19, 1916, following an Illness of abscess of the liver. 'he deceased was a daughter of he late Abraham Deshong, and he was born in this county Sept- mber 6, 1864; hence, she was aged 52 years, 2 months and 13 In the year of 1885 she Vas united in marriage to Lee Jsipes also of this county. Short hy after their marriage they re moved to Ohio and settled at first jin Canton. Later they moved 'again making their home this ttimp in Franklin. Mrs. Sines was a member of the Coshocton Church of Christ and her entire life was marked by her faithful adherence to the principles of her faith. She leaves her husband and one son, George of the home. Another son Edward died when but three years old. Her moth er, Mrs. Sarah Dishong of Mc Connelltsbcrg and the following Bisters and brothers survive; Mrs George Myers, Warfordsburg; Mrs. Fannie Voorhees, Knobs- ville; Mrs. Annie Mellott, McCon- nellsburg; and brothers, are Con rad of Franklin; Cleveland James and Shadrach all of McConnells burg, Fa. Bill-Morgret. Mr. Sheldon Hill and Miss Nel lie Morgret were married in Cum berland, Md., Thursday, Novem ber 16, 1916. Both the bride and groom have been very successful teachers in the public schools, of this county, but for some time Mr. Hill has had a responsible position with the United Rail says Company, and stationed in Baltimore. After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Hill spent the time until Tuesday on a honeymoon trip and risking their relatives and other !riends, when they went to Bal amore where they will be at lome to their many friends. The fevs joins in extending most learty congratulations to this worthy young couple. v.. . cl:.,.. A W. Clevenger, a former Taylor township boy, but for Beveral years prominently con nected with the Prudential Insur ance Company of America, and Btationed in the city of Sacramen to, Cal., writes: "When we read of the old thermometer hovering around zero in places in the United States and, in others, 20 below, it doesn't create even a hiverhere. This is a great cli mate. With the exception of an occasional frost, we have had Perfectly clear sunshiny days. This city is rapidly coming to the jfront and it is predicted that it ll be THE city, of the Pacific Coast" John Hann. a member of the special Police force, Pittsburgh taompained by Sergeant Fred leek and Lieutenant Nona, and 7 John's good friend S. Miller .'ho has an Overland car, made trip from Pittsburgh last Jiursday and spent a few days 'siting John's parents, Mr. and K W. M. Hann and other rel ies and friends. The party pent a day or two in the woods, H will have some Fulton County Me to show their friends when W get back to the Smoky City. i At the Monday afternoon ses lon of criminal court in Cham aburg, Judge Donald P. Mc rson, presided. This was udge McPherson's first appear "ceon the bench in a Franklin nunty court Mr. Mumma, son Daniel and hter Pearl and Merrill Mel , l Pent Sunday Jn the home of 'Gobin, , Dorse Frightened at no Autrmobile Plunges Through Fence Breaks Its Neck and Dies Instantly. Not long ago, Hoyt Glenn, who lives on the Esther Sloan farm in the Cove, purchased the Geo. Pittman farm from C. Murray Ray. Monday morning, Hoyt went up to the Pittman farm to haul Borne fodder, telling his tvelve-year-old son Charlie, that Charlie might come up to the farm on horseback later in the forenoon. Harvey Unger, living near Cito, is one of Ayr township's road supervisors and had to go to Webster Mills to a township settlement that morming. Char lie on horseback and Mr. Unger in his Buick-six met rather unex pectedly at the top of Sloan's Hill and the road being very nar row at that point, the horse with its youthful rider was crowded down over the bank, and the frightened horse plunged through the fence. The horse's feet be coming entangled in the rail?, the horse, a valuable mare worth $175, was thrown headlong with its youthful rider, the boy being thrown to the ground and the horse passing over him alighting on its head, breaking its neck and dying instantly. Mr. Unger stopped his machine as soon as possible, went to the boy wlio did not seem to be seri ously hurt and took the boy to the boy's home, and Doctor Mosser was summoned. Walter Gress Lost Eye. Two weeks ago, the News told of a shell exploding and in juring one of Walter Cress's eyes. Walter is 15 years of age and a son of Mrs. Rhoda Gress, of the Cove. On the 20th of Novem ber, Walter was in the act of firing a gun at an old tin bucket He noticed when he put the shell into the gun, that the shell was rather tight and so it was, for when he pulled the trigger, a piece of the rim of the shell flew back and hit him in the right eye. In the hope that the sight might be saved, he was taken to the hospital in Chambersburg, but after careful consideration, it was deemed best to remove the eye. This was done last Saturday afternoon. His mother and his sister Bessie, (Mrs. Geo. Richards), went to Chambers burg Saturday and remained un til Sunday. While in Chambers burg, they were guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Horst. Walter is getting along first rate now and will be home in a day or two. florton CrojI. A pretty wedding took place at the home of James B. Horton in Wells Valley last Sunday at noon when their son Alfred R. was united in wedlock to Miss Nancy M. Croyl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Croyl at Saluvia, by the Rev. C. F. Weise pastor of Pine Grove M. E. church. Miss Eleanor Sipe was bridesmaid and Mr. Oscar Franks best man. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Greenland, Mr. . and Mrs. J. N. Duvall, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Batdorff and son Walter, Mrs. Belle Anderson and family Hartman, Willie, Anna, Alice, Mary and Roland; James Horton, wife and children Miss Amy, and Clyde and Robert . Lee B. Cattlett Hurt. , While hauling in cornfodder last Saturday, Lee B. Cattlett was dragged from the load by some overhangirlg apple branches and he fell to the ground sustain ing painful injuries. Dr. Fisher was summoned from Needmore and rendered necessary aid. Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Little and the latter'a sister Mrs. P. P. Shives went down last Sunday to see Mr. Cattlett who is a brother of Mrs. Little and Mrs. Shives, and thay report him getting along as well as might be expected. Splendid feather, Good Attendance, Practical Instructors, Popular En tertainers, and Everybody Happy. County Superintendent Thom as has a reason for shaking hands with himself in token of appre ciation of the fact that his coun ty Teachers' Institute i3 working so satisfactorily. The responsi bility connected with this part of his official work is attended with no little risk and worry and there always comes a sigh of re lief when it is over. His teachers are all present, where it was possible for them to be present; the committees are on the job, the instructors J.E. 1IIOMAS, County Superintendent. know their "pieces" and the work of the institute is going on as smoothly as a new eight-day clock. Of course, it is out of the question to print all the good things the speakers say, but the hints and suggestions given will be taken back to the school room next week, and the thousands of Fulton County boys and girls in our public schools will gradually absorb the instruction given this week at the institute and the standard of popular education be elevated to a higher plane. Educational Meeting. The fourth local institute of Union township was held at Fair view School on Friday evening, December 1, 1916. Questions discussed; 1 Algebra Importance of, and how taught? 2 Civil Government, How taught to beginners? The schoolroom was tastefully deporated and a splendid literary program was rendered. Teachers present from Union Jessie Hoopengardner, Lily Ritz, G. B. Mellott, J. 0. Stahle, and Kenneth McKee; from Brush Creek, Cecila Barton, Elizabeth Hixson. Edith Fix, Jame3 Davis and Roy Plessinger. Directors present, S. E. McKee J. C. Hixson. We thank the visiting teachers for the interest taken and invite them back again. Lilly Ritz, act ing' secretary. The fourth local institute of Taylor township was held at Gracey December 1, 191G.- The meeting was called to order by the teacher, W. U. Rmck. The topics for discussion were: 1. Physiology. 2. Child Study. 3. Writing. Teachers present were Alice Cutchall, W. II. Ranck, W. G. Wink, Howard Knepper, Thad Winegardner, E igene Chesnut and Ethel Sipes, of Taylor, Fred Lambersonand Jessie Cutchall, of Wells and Ray Hess, of Hun tingdon county. The next local institute will be held at Laidig, Dec. 29th. Top ics for discussion are: 1 Discip line. 2 Geography, How taught to all grades. 3 How should a teacher spend his evenings dur ing the term of school. Ethel Sipes, Sec. Among the out-of-town people attending the Institute Tuesday were Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Berk stresser, their son Leonard their granddaughter Eunice McCoy, and Ivan Wright the son of a niece. They made the trip to town in their Dodge car, Part of the Great Steel King Scbuab's Scheme Includes the Building of . This Railroad. Harrisburg, Dec. 2: Charles M. Schwab's plans for the de velopment of his Bethlehem Steel propertied will not only mean much to the development of this city and Steelton, through the building up of the Steelton plant but may make Harrisburg the central point between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia on the old South Penn railroad. Railroad men who have been following the negotiations . be tween the Pennsylvania railroad, which Is interested in getting the home Bethlehem plant on its system, and the Lehigh Coal and Navigation company, which owns the Lehigh and New England railroad, see in the move one to revive the South Penn. As far as the negotiations have progressed the contemplated plan of the two transportation companies is to run a line start injr at Dauphin or Duneannnn, which latter pl tn would necessit ate the b'rilning of a new railroad bridge across the Susquehanna river, through the Lykens valley to Schuylkill county and then to a point near Tamaqua, where it would join the Lehigh and New England railroad. This plan contemplates the purchase of a half-interest or a bare majority of the latter railroad's stock. This line passes through Pough keepsie and thence over the New Haven system. Letter From Harry Bocrner. While Harry Boerner has been away from McConnellsburg more than a score and a half of years, he is well remembered by many McConnellsburg people who were his schoolmates during his boy hood days. Harry has been a shut-in for a long time, suffering greatly with rheumatism and kindred ailments. Under date of November 29th, Harry writes from his home in Shannon, 111., as follows: "Enclosed I am send ing a dollar for another year's subscription to the News. We would not want to think of trying to get along without hearing reg ularly from our old home. We have had a fine fall out here but very few days of cold weath er. To-day is just like spring. Mother's.health is just about as usual. She is still able to do her own work even to the family washing besides taking care of me. I had a very hard time of it for eight weeks this summer, during which time I was not able to be out of bed, and I surely did some suffering. But now I am feeling better than for a long time have a good color, and mother says I am getting fat. She says if I keep on, I will have a double chin like she has. I am still under the doctor's care. He says he likes chronic cases, and he is doing some experimenting on me. Among other ailments I have loco-motor ataxia. I am willing for him to see what he can do, for he is not likely to do me any harm, even if he does me no good. I think my legs are beginning to get stronger, The doctor injects the medicine into my hips twice a day. Living is high here: apples $4.50 a barrel: potatoes, 55 cents a peck, and very scarce at that I would like to be back in Mc Connellsburg when the railroad is completed, and ride in on the first train. I shall be pleased at any time to get a letter from any of my old schoolmates and my friends. Harry C. Boerner, Shannon, 111. Mrs? Harrison Cutchall and her neighbor, Mrs. P. C. Mellott near Knobsville, were welcome callers at the News office while shopping in town last Friday Mrs. Cutchall renewed her sub scription and Mrs. Mellott had her name added to the already long list of subscribers, Euid, Dec. 18-19; McConnellsburg, Dec. 20-21; and at Needmore Decern ber 22 and 23. The annual Farmers' Institute under the auspices of the Penn sylvania Department of Agricul ture will start in Fulton county on Monday, December 18 and will continue throughout the week with meetings at Enid on Dec. 18 and 19; McConnellsburg on Dec. 20 and 21, and at Need more on Dec. 22 and 23. County Chairman, Mr. . Frank Ranck, of Hancock, Md., has ar ranged attractive program for all of the meetings and subjects vital to the agricultural interests .1 xp H f x V Frank Ranck, County Chairman. of Fulton county will be discuss ed by the State experts who have been assigned. J. T. Campbell, of Hartstown, Pa., is the section leader and one of the State Farm Advisers. Mr. Campbell is a successful pouUryman and soil expert. Leon Otice Van Noy of Troy, Pa., is an expert on dairy ing, and J. Stuart Groupe, of Jersey Shore, Pa., will speak on soil fertility, potato culture, hog breeding and corn culture. Some of the subjects Mr. Campbell will discuss are: Resto ration and Maintenance of the Productive Power of the Soil; Lessons from Experience in Tile Drainage; Poultry Feeding and Care of Chicks; Problems of the Large Poultry Farm and two evening lectures. Mr. Van Noy will speak on; Feed and Care of the Dairy; The Silo; Swine as a Side-line with Dairying; Soil Fertility; and the Care of Milk, These meetings are held for the special benefit of the farmers and their families and the in structors are practical farmers who have made a success in the lines of agriculture about which they speak. Farmers who have any problems should attend these meetings and get the advice of the experts. Farmers and the general public interested in agri culture throughout Fulton coun ty are urged to attend these meet ings as they offer much advice that will be profitable in increas ing and producing better crops on the farms. Bad Appendicitis. Mrs. J. L. Garland, of Mer cersburg, has just returned home after having spent two weeks with her daughter Pearl (Mrs L. Weisel) in Pittsburgh, who has been very ill from an attack of appendicitis. Mrs. Garland had spent a month in Pittsburgh with Mr. and Mrs. Weisel and had been home but three weeks when Bhe was called back on account of Pearl's illnes. Pearl's many friends here will be gratified to learn that she is out of danger, and convalescing nicely. A private letter from U. S. G. Mann, formely of Saluvia, but for several years one of Burling ton, Colorado's successful citizens reveal the fact that Grant is plan ning to drop in on his old time Fulton County friends "one of these days" when they are not looking for him. All right come ahead, old boy, we'll not tell anybody, Boss Left For Parts Unknown, Sheriff Garland Temporarily Superin tendent. On the quiet, the News wishes to say to any of our distant Ful ton County friends that may be delaying a visit to McConnells burg, "Don't wait to come in on our new railroad, but come to Chambersburg and inquire for Sheets's or Murray's autobus." Our raifroad ha3 just had a relapse and its condition now is awaken ing the gravest apprehension. In the fall of 1914 two gentle men by the name of Post and Shearer came into this commun ity and organized a company to build an electric road between McConnellsburgand Fort Loudon. The contract was let to Bennett and Smith, of Greenaburg, prac tical railroad builders, who spent the summer of 1915 working on the Fort Loudon side of the mountain. For lack of funds, the work closed down at the opening of winter one year ago. Last spring, Clyde E. Coon, of New York, appeared on the scene organized a new company, chang ing from an electric, to a steam road. Contracts fcr the con s:urction were let, work began, and it was carried on vigorously until about ten days ago, when the men refused to work longer without getting their ray. Coon who had gone to New York to get money did not return, and legal proceedings were instituted to attach his property and as far as possible secure the laborers and others who had claims. But, there is another chapter. Monday, the Lemaster Nation al Bank, at Lemasters, Franklin county closed its doors, and it was found that Coon had suc ceeded in buncoing the cashier, Mr. Enos Myers, out of more than $50,000.00. This Coon did by placing in the hands of the Cashier a supposed "draft" on a New York institution and draw ing funds from the Lemaster bank on the credit of that draft. Later Coon succeeded in getting the "draft" from the cashier, and now both Coon and the draft are not in sight Coon tried to work the banks in this county, but our banks are not "easy." All Coon's effects consisting of mules, machinery, etc, are in the hands of the Sheriff. Subcontractor McLean, who used several thousand dollars of his private funds to pay his men, is a heavy loser. It is unfortunate that after having done so much work on the construction of the road that it should come to such an abrupt termination. The News has deen criticised for not giving more railroad news, but we have always felt that the best news would be the announcement when the road was completed. FVom Clara Powt.ll Riggin. Barr, Mont., Dec. 2, 1916. Dear Editor: I was gratified recently to see in your paper a report of what was accomplished by the women voters in Utah at the late election. As women are allowed to vote in this state (Montana) the re port was especially interesting te me. We, of Montana, feel proud of our Btate in this fall's election; for our state has' gone "dry" by a vote of nearly 2 to 1. We suc ceeded in electing to nearly all our offices men who stand for prohibition, and we also, had a direct vote on the sale and manu facture of intoxicating liquors. In but one town in the entire state, did the "wets" get a ma jority. Montana will 'go down in his tory as being the first to send a a woman to Congress. This we did in the person of Miss Jean nette Rankin. I hope the good people of my native state, dear old Pennsylva nia, will put their shoulders to the wheel and help to add the Keystone state to the other nine teen states of the Union that have put John Barleycorn out of business, Little Talks on Health and Hygiene ly Samuel G. Dixon, M. D., LL. P., . Commissioner of Health. Forty is an unlucky number for men five feet eight or under if it is the waist measure. Any number above that is equally to be avoided. Over weight is dan gerous and is indicative of several things. Either the appetite is not controlled, insufficient ex ercise is taken or the diet is made up of improperly selected food stuffs. If any or all of these things are to blame it is the part of wisdom to seek expert advice and begin the remedy forthwith. To sink into the placid indifference of the fat and forty stage is a crime against your health. It means in all probability that the liver and kidneys are overwork ed and the results of any such strain prolonged is at times fatal. There is another reason which is worth almost equal considera tion. To over-feed undermines one's health. Physical fitnes3 has a distinct bearing on a man's mental attitude and unfitness has also. The man who, through ne glect and lack of control over his appetite, begins to eat himself into an early grave, loses his crispness of thought The self respect which every man who achieves things should have for himself as a clean well groomed animal, is lacking. Don't weakly excuse yourself if you have unconsciously slipped into this class. Get busy and work yourself out of it before it 3 too late. Advantage of Fall Plowing. "Fall plowing is a practice that leads to the destruction of the larva of the click beetle, known as the wireworm, the white grub the larva of the June bug and the cutworm, the larva of a night flying miller or moth well known by its fluttering about lights dur ing summer nights," says Frank lin Menges, soil expert of the Pennsylvania Department of Ag riculture. "The reason why fall plowing is usually so destructive of these larvae is that they construct an encisting among the roots of the plants upon which they feed at this season of the year, or per haps a little earlier in the south ern section of this State, and sev eral weeks earlier in the north ern areas, in which they pass the winter. "Any farmer who would pre fer spring plowing but fears that his land might be infected with any or all of these larvae can find out by spending a little t time in examining the sod field which is to be planted with corn the next spring and if any or all of these larvae, the six legged yellowish or brown wireworm or the white grub recognized by every one and the greenish greasy lookirg cutworm, are there it would be advisable to fall plow such a sod. and set it on edge so as to break up and expose the encisting and in this way destroy hundreds of these enemies of the corn crop. "During the soil investigations this fall quite a number of sod fields, the soil of which should not be fall plowed, because they are loams and gravels but be cause of the presence' of these larva, fall plowing of these fields are suggested." Cutchall-Ambrose. A very pretty wedding took place at the home of Rev. E. J. Croft at 11 o'clock on the morn ing of Thanksgiving Day, 1916, when Mr. Lloyd Cutchall,son of Mr. and Mrs. William F. Cutchall, of Todd township, was united in marriage to Miss Nora Ambrose daughter of Mrs. Margaret Amb rose, of Licking Creek township. The happy couple are among Dane's very best young people and have the best wishes of a large number of friends for long life, happiness and prosperity,
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