VOLUME 18
McCONNELLSBURG, PA., DECEMBER 14,1916.
NUMBER 13
RECORD OF DEATHS.
tort Sketches of the Lives of Per
soos Who Bare Recently
Passed Away.,
William C. Davis.
William Chesnut Davis, one of
the most widely known citizens
of the County, died at the Wash
ington House, McConnellsburg,
Pa., Thursday afternoon, Decem
ber?, 1916, aged 67 years, 8
months, and 20 days. While he
had been in poor health for sev
eral months, he was able to at
tend to business until Monday
eveping, when he was stricken
with acute pneumonia, and his
death followed on Thursday af
ternoon. On Friday afternoon,
his remains were removed to the
home of his brother Dr. A. K.
Davis at Hustontown, from which
final services were held Satur
day. William C. Davis was a son of
Hon. Andrew C. and Chloranna
Chesnut Davis, and he was born
on the old Davis homestead near
Hustontown in 1849. In early
life he taught in the public
schools in this county, afterward
taking a commercial course in a
business college owned and con
ducted by his brother-in-law,
John F. Davis in Williamsport.
Pa.
Having a desire to see some
thing of the world outside his na
tive county, he went to Califor
nia, and for twenty years he oper
ated a sheep ranch and an orange
grove both of which brought
to him satisfactory financial re
turns. By this time he was satisfied
"with the Pacific Coast, and re
turned to this county, and during
the next twenty years he con
ducted a farm in Licking Creek
township.
Being an expert accountant,
lie was called to fill the offices of
township auditor, clerk to the
County Auditors, the office of
bounty Auditor, County Commis
sioners, and during the last few
ears, having sold his farm, he
emoved to McConnellsburg, and
came clerk to the County Com
oissioners, Deputy Prothonotary
aid private book-keeper .to a
number of business men.
Billy, as be was familiarly
'mown, was one of the most
aithful and honorable of men,
md had the unbounded confi
dence of his acquaintances. . He
was unmarried. He is survived
by one brother, Dr. A. K. Davis
Hustontown. He leaves an es
tate of ten thousand dollars.
Mrs. Mary A. Akers.
The community was greatly
shocked last Thursday on learn
ing of the sudden death of Mrs.
Mary A. Akers near Akersville.
Mrs. Akers had been in poor
health for several months, but
she was not confined to the house.
At time of her death she had
gone to an outside cellar or cave
for a basket of apples and sud
denly expired. The cause of her
death was heart trouble. ' Her
death has caused great sorrow,
as she was known far and near
for her hospitality and generos
ity,
Mary Whitfield Akers was
ton in August 1856 and was
therefore, aged about 60 years
4 months. Her husband HenryC.
Akers preceded her to the grave
several years ago. She was a
faithful member of the M. E,
Church at Akersville since girl
hood, and her remains were laid
to rest at that plaoe last Saturday
afternoon. She leaves to mourn
her loss at home a son Hon.
Clarence R. Akers and a daugb
ter Mrs. S. Ernest Walters; also
brother and two sisters.
John Cutchall
John Cutchall, a well-known
d highly respected resident of
Six Mile Run Hi'oH of
nK Spring hospital on Monday
morning of last week. He was
on of William, deceased, and
rah (Laidig) Cutchall and was
rn m this county 34 yearB ago.
(It DI
uuiwju id marriage 10
Bertha Hastings eight yean
to
Motorcycle Accident.
A serious accident befel Arthur
Shields near Burnt Cabins on
Monday the 4th inst Arthur's
riend Paul Snyder owns a motor
cycle and on the day named was
givjng Arthur, who is a cripple,
a ride on the State Road between
Burnt. Cabins and Shade Gap.
Arthur, who, of course, was rid
ing behind, lost his balance and
in falling, pulled the heavy ma
chine over onto him breaking his
right leg above the knee. Mr.
N. A. Mathias happen along
with his touring car about the
time of the accident and look the
unfortunate man to his home.
When Dr. Himes of Shade Gap
saw the condition of the injury,
he advised that Arthur be sent
to the Blair Memorial hospital at
Huntidgdon and in that institu
tion, Arthurs right leg was
amputated the following day.
Arthur is aged about 40 years
and unmarried.
ago. tie is survived by his wire,
his mother Mrs. Sarah Cutchall,
residing in the home of her son-
in-law Postmaster W. R. Speer,
in Everett and the following
brothers and sisters: Jerre, . of
Bayard, W. Va. ; David, of Peters
burg, Pa. ; Kirk, of Cumberland,
Md. ; W.O., Oklahoma City, Okla;
B. E., of Six Mile Run; Mrs. B.
C. Lamberson, of McConnells
burg, and Mrs. W. R. Speer, of
Everett. Funeral services were
held Wednesday at 2 o'clock p.
m. in the M. E. church at Six
Mile Run, Rev. Davidson offici
ating.
Peter W. Magsam.
From Hur.tlnttdoD Globe.
P. W. Magsam, the well known
Huntingdon auctioneer, died at
hi3 residence, No. 1211 Mifflin
street, on Saturday evening De
cember 2. 1916, of diabetes, after
an illness of several years. He
was born at McConnellsburg,
Fulton County, Aug. 12, 1854,
and at death was aged 62 years,
3 months and 20 days. Deceased
came to Huntingdon about thirty
years ago, followed the mercan
tile business in the west end for
sixteen years, and afterwards
devoted his attention to crying
sales at which he was an adept
He is survived by his widow and
five children: Mrs. E. W. For
rester, Altoona; Clifford, Robert,
George and Cleo, all of Philadel
phia. Two brothers, John and
George, of McConnellsburg, also
survive. The funeral took place
on Tuesday afternoon, Rev J. H.
Cassady, of the B rethren church
officiating. Burial in Riverview
cemetery.
Mary A. Martz.
Mrs, Mary A. Martz, widow of
David Martz, who died at his
home in Licking Creek township
about fourteen years ago, pass
ed away at the home of Hon. D.
A. Nelson in Ayr township, Sat
urday evening, December 9, 1916,
aged 78 years8 months and 8 days.
The funeral services conducted
by Rev. J. L. Grove of the U. P,
Church, took place at 2 o'clock,
Monday afternoon, and interment
was made in the Reformed church
graveyard in McConnellsburg.
Mrs. Martz was a daughtsr of
George Hull, Sr., and was born
in the Big Cove April 1, 1838.
During the last four years Bhe
made her home w ith D. A. Nelson
and family, Mrs. Nelson being a
niece. While she had been an
invalid for several yeavs, the
immediate cause of her death was
pneumonia. She identified her
self with the M. E. Church many
years ago.
Mrs. George Carbaugh.
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The many friends of Mrs
George Carbaugh (NoraRitchey)
were greatly shocked to learn o
her death which occurred at their
home in Bedford, Pa., on Monday.
Mrs. Carbaugh lived in McCon
nellsburg several years before
her marriage. She was a step
daughter of the late Jonas Lake,
She is survived by her husband
and one son. The funeral took
place yesterday and interment
was made in Bedford cemetery.
Continued on page t.
Will Yisit Panama Canal.
Peter C. Forner, a United
States Marine from McConnells
burg, will visit the Panama Can
al, when the huge battleship Ver
mont completes her cruise in the
West Indies and sails for the
sthmus, in accordance with the
winter schedule of the Atlantic
leet.
Peter, v ho is a son of the late
David Forner of McConnellsburg,
enlisted in the United States Ma
rine Corps at its Waynesboro re
cruiting station on August 24,
1916, and he will perform his
regular military duties aboard
the Vermont while the dread-
naught steams through the wa
terway" from coast to coast.
Comparatively few Americans
are favored with an opportunity
to visit the great canal, and this
trip to the tropics, which has
been aptly timed to avoid the
rigors of a northern winter, will
doubtless prove very interesting
to Peter.
Get Easy.
Less than a week from this
time the 20th of December will
be here and the subscription price
of the Fulton County News will
be $1.50 a year. If you do not
get the News for a year or two
longer at a dollar it will be your
own fault, for we are accepting
and will continue to accept sub
scriptions at a dollar a year up
to next Wednesday evening. We
have entered the names of more
new subscribers on our list dur
ing the last two weeks than in a
long time. Persons that have
been thinking seriously about
taking the News, now find that
if they wait longer they must
pay more money, and they are
coming in while coming i3 good.
Very many who were in ar
rears a year or two, have paid up,
and have paid a year or two in
advance. We hope by next
Wednesday to have a paid up
subscription list and then our
subscribers w'll feel better and
we shall have a merrier Christ
mas and a happier New Year.
Railroad News.
Very little is to be told in ad
dition to that related in the News
last week. Contractor Coon who
went away to get money to pay
his subcontractors, has not re
turned. Tuesday upon execution
issued by the Lemaster National
Bank, 29 mules, 5 horses and
other personal effects of Coon
were sold by Sheriff Garland
The mules brought from $25 a
head to $262 a pair, and the
horses sold around $150 a piece.
The sale amounted to about
$4,000.00
It is believed by some, that
Coon will turn up one of these
days with money to pay up
everything and finish the rail
road. If that should prove to be
the case the News will let you
know.
Enters Suit for Libel.
Geo. A. Harris, president of
the Fulton County Bank, yester
day, through his attorney, O. C.
Bowers, entered a suit for libel
against the Franklin Repository
for alleged damages sustained
on account of statements pub
lished by the Repository in which
it was stated in substance that
Harris had given notes in con
nection with the failure of the
McConnellsburg and Fort Lou
don Railway. The truth about
the matter is, that Harris never
gave his own individual note nor
endorsed for others.
Barnett Chesnut.
On Tuesday, November 28,
1918, Rev. Geo. B. Mc. Reidell,
Hustontown united in the bonds
of holy wedlock, Mr. George N.
Barnett, son of ex-County Com
missioner Z. B. and Elizabeth
Huston Barnett, and Miss Nora
E. Chesnut, daughter of Auction
eer James M. and Mrs. Malinda
Sipes Chesnut The bride and
groom are popular young people
and begin their married life on
the Geo. W. Barnett farm re
cently purchased by the groom.
WAS IN ERROR.
niton Republican Makes Correction of
Article Published in Its Columns
Last Week.
The following correction and
apology will appear in this weeks'
Fulton Republican:
"In last week's issue we pub-
ished an article on the failure of
the Lemaster National Bank and
the McConnellsburg and Fort
Loudon Railroad, which article
was, in part, copied from Frank-
in Repository, a daily paper pub
ished at Chambersburg, Pa.
n said article it mentioned the
name of Geo. A. Harris, of this
place, who was quoted as having
signed or endorsed notes in con
nection with same. We have been
informed that Mr. Harris is not
corfnected in any way financially
with said bank or railroad and
has not signed any notes or be
come liable in any. way. We
copied the article from the Cham
bersburg paper as a matter of
news. We are sorry this has
happened and want to assure
all who read same that it was
not done to harm Mr. Harris."
Hale and Hearty.
Squire Daniel E. Fore, North
Second Street, who celebrated
his ninetieth birthday on the 26th
of last June, called at the News
office last Saturday afternoon and
after paying his paper up to date,
ordered it stopped. (That's
all right, now! If you take it in
til you are ninety years old, you
may stop it too and we'll not
kick about it )
After we had given him a re
ceipt for the trifle due on his
paper and assuring him that we
never sent the News to any one
after having been told to stop it,
he settled down in an easy chair,
and entertained us delightfully
with stories of his earlier life;
for the Squire's head is as clear
as a bell and he remembers and
describes events that occurred
three-score-and-ten years ago
down to the minutest detail with
perfect accuracy.
Mr. Fore was a Forty-niner in
California during the gold ex
citement Having left his Ful
ton County home, he was living
at Fairfield, Iowa, when he was
seized with a desire to see Cali
fornia. There was no fast trains
(nor slow ones, either) across
the continent at that time, and
the walking was not good; hence,
Mr. Fore worked his way down
to New Orleans, where he found
trading vessel just about to
leave for California via the Straits
of Magellan. Being a carpenter
Mr. Fore struck the Ship's Cap
tain for a job. One of the Ship's
carpenters had left the vessel at
New Orleans and the Captain
was only too glad for an oppor
tunity to hire Mr. Fore. The
long journey was made without
any unusal incident and he reach
ed California safe. While oh
the Coast, he turned his hand
to various things, among others,
carrying the mail a distance of
many miles into the interior of
the State on three mules.
After satisfying his spirit of
adventure and accumulating
$300.00, which sum ,it took to
bring him home, he embarked
on a vessel forAcapulco, Mexico;
thence, he traveled overland by
way of the city of Mexico, and
reached the eastern shore at
Vera Cruz; thence by boat to
New Orleans.
While Undertaker William
Stoner is regarded as one of Mc
Connellsburg's oldest citizens,
Squire says he has it on Bill by
a year and three months, as Mr,
Stoner was born in September
1827.
A. little party composed of Ja
cob Peck, Samuel A. Hess, Rach
el Mellott and Joseph and Sebina
Mellott, did the butchering for
Charlie H. Mellott on the N. H.
Peck farm in Belfast township,
last Thursday. Charlie had four
small pigs, the runtiest of which
weighed 443 lbs.'
From Barry I. Denisar.
Dec. 2nd: I see by the label on
my paper that lam in arrears; so
I am sending a money order to
put my name on the Honor Roll.
My address is Jordan, 'Mont,
instead of Antler, N. D. I am
on my way to my homestead of
320 acres, which is 17 miles from
a town and 80 miles from a rail
road. My nearest railroad town
in Glasgow.
I shipped 2 emigrant cars to
Glasgow. I have 11 head of cat
tle and 10 horses. We are now at
the Missouri river. We have
been here waiting for it to freeze
so we can cross. The river is 80
rods wide, it is frozen so the
ferry cannot run, but not hard
enough to carry horses and cat
tle. There is one man here that
is going to try to take his house
hold goods across to-day and I
will try crossing about the first
of next week if it keep on freez
ing. I was born in Fulton County
and lived there 18 years, I left
there in August 1900 and lived in
Illinois four years and in Iowa
six years. Then I moved to
North Dakota and have been
there six years. The Fulton
County News is like a weekly
letter from home. It is the first
paper I look at when the mail
comes and I always see something
about people I used to know.
I came from Antler to Glasgow
in my new 1917 Ford touring car
a distance of 302 miles. The
roads were so bad and so drifted
with snow that it took us three
days to make the trip.
There is lots of homestead
land here that is not taken; so, if
you know of anyone there that
wants to get a home of their
own send them to Jordan and I
will help them to get one.
I would like to go back to Ful
ton County to visit but not to
stay. I like the "wild and
woolly west"
Wishing you a Merry Christmas
and Happy New Year, I am,
Yours truly,
Harry I. Denisar.
rrom North Dakota.
Cando, Dec. 4. I see by the
paper that you are going to raise
the price of the paper after the
20th, so I am going to make use
of the time left and as the old
saying is, "Take the ox by the
horns" by sending enough to
last until the war is over and we
get back to cheaper rates again.
So here goes a money order for
$3.00, just push my subscription
as far ahead as it will reach.
Our crops last summer were
almost as bad as a failure on ac
count of the blight and rust It
killed the grain just in the milk
stage, and it shrank up almost to
nothing. There was a heavy
stand of straw, making the crop
expensive to harvest and thresh.
A good many farmers did not
get enough out of it to pay har
vesting and threshing expenses,
We had about 12,000 bushels of
grain all kinds but of a very
poor quality. We got from nine
ty-six cents to a dollar and forty'
seven cents a bushel for wheat
Cattle have been a pretty good
price here and the pasture was
good last summer. Stock of all
kinds did well, and are still doing
good as there is abundance of
hay and rough feed on the fields,
We had about two hundred acres
of wheat that we did not cut and
the stock is feeding on it, there
being no snow yet I sold 9 head
of young cattle this fall for $503
and I am wintering 37 head of
cattle and 45 head of horses and
colts.
We are trying to turn this into
a stock country instead of raising
so much wheat
Climatic conditions seem to be
changing against the raising of
wheat
With best wishes to "the News
and all. our old friends, I remain,
Yours truly,
Wm. King.
Master William Lynch spent
some time last week with friends
at Fort Loudon;
SALUVIA SUMMARIZINQS.
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Hunt,
their son F. C. Hunt and wife-
all of Eaton Rapids, Mich., en-
rout? to Miami, Fla., were guests
at the Green Hill House last
Thursdy night. They were
much pleased with tho Pennsyl
vania section of the Lincoln High
way, and were enthusiastic in
their praises of the beautiful
mountain scenery so attractive
to people reired iu a level coun
try. They expected to go on
through Gettysburg, Washing
ton, Richmond, and then follow
the Coast route.
The epidemic of measles is still
spreading like wildtlre in the
Licking Creek Valley. Thus
far, there have been no fatalities
except the death of Mrs. John A.
Deshong, noted elsewhere in the
News.
It is reported that Miss Lura
Decker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Milton Decker has scarlet fever,
and that the home is quarantined
As this is being written she is
better and on a fair way to recov
ery. Sunday, December 17th at 2:30
o'clock will be Rev. Yearick's
regular time to preach at Greeo
bill. Everybody cordially invit
ed. Mrs. Amos Palmer and others
from Belfast township, were
guests recently in the home of
Ex-County Commissioner and
Mrs. George F. Metzler.
After having spent some time
visiting relatives and friends in
this county, Frank Mellott and
family have returned to their
home at Deshler, 0. They were
accompanied as far as Chicago
Junction by Mrs. Maria llann.
SIDELING- HILL
Mrs. Amos Layton is again on
the sick list We hope for her
speedyTecovery.
Ross Bernhardt is burning a
limekiln in Pigeon Cove.
Riley Lynch had the mis for
tune to hurt Lis back while haul
ing lime stone.
Mms Maud Lav ton, of Dott,
spent Sunday with Miss Hazel
Hess.
Miss Pearl Carnell, of Dott,
recently visited her parents, Wil
liam Carnell and wife.
Several persona near here are
suffering with measles.
Amos Seville has returned to
McConnellsburg after having
spent several weeks during the
hunting season here. Mr. Se
ville was one of the lew who got
a nice fat turkey.
Mrs. George Wilson, near
Dott spent a day last week with
friends here.
Miss Lola Giffin Warlords burg
R. F. D. was a Sunday visitor at
the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. William Giffin.
Frank Fost and family attend
ed the funeral of Mrs. Fost's
mother Mrs. Rachel Hughes at
Warfordsburg last Saturday.
Omlle Beatty of near Need
morn, made a brief visit to this
place Sunday. He was accompa
nied by Miss Virgie Gross who
returned to her school.
Webster W. Mellott passed
through Warfordsburg last Fn
day with a carload of teachers
returning from the County In
stitute. WatS TANNERY.
Mr 8. Joe Horton remains in a
critical condition at the Roaring
Spring Hospital.
Mrs. Lavina Eirjey is suffer
ing from a severe attack of spi
nal trouble.
Qarvey Heck man was taken to
theNason Hospital two weeks
ago for treatment for stomach
trouble.
Mrs. Anna Denisar Reese who
had been visiting her parents
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Denisar,
returned to her borne in Altoona
last Monday.
Mrs. Rody Gibson of Sixmile
Run is visiting Mr. and Mrs. J.
W. Gibson.
Mrs. Alice Schetrompf, and
children, of Everett, are visiting
Mrs. Schetrompf's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. A. O. Griffith.
THE SERIOUSNESS OF SNEEZING.
Little Talks on Health and H;giene by
Samuel 0. Dixon, H. D., LL D.,
Commissioner of Health.
Let the innocent bystander
beware of the careless or ignor
ant individual who takes no pre
caution to cover the nose and
mouth to catch the spray when
sneezing. Such carelessness
should be resented as you would
resent the dangerous habit of
spitting.
When you sneeze, a spray of
the secretion from the mucous
membrane of the respiratory
tract and the throat is thrown
into the air for quite Borne dis
tance around you. This spray
often carries germs of diseases.
From some forms of leprosy and
tuberculosis, thousands of germs
that will produce those diseases,
are breathed in by those who
are standing within the zone of
the spray.
Many of the influenzas or so
called colds are communicated
from one person to another in
the same way. Some healthy
people have disease" producing
organisms that are sneezed out
and if taken into the respiratory
tract of others who have less re
sistance, they will fall victims to
whatever form of disease that
germ produces.
ENID.
Mrs. John Stuukard, Sr., is
visiting relatives at Hustontown,
McConnellsburg and Chambers
burg for a short time.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Scott, of
Trough Creek spent a couple ot.
days with W. R. Foster last
week.
Mrs. David Koepper, of Taylor
8 pent a few days at her old home.
Mrs. Lavina Eirly, who is un
der the care of Dr. Davis of Six
Mile Run is not inprovicgas fast
as her friends would like. She
has been confined to her bed the
last week.
Mrs Anna Axon and children,
of Broadtop city are spending
some time with friends here.
Hunter Truax, who is employ
ed at Saxton spent the week end
with his family. The stork visit
ed their home Satui day night
leaving1 a young son.
Mrs. Roy Barnett, of Minerf.
ville is visiting her parents Mr.
and Mr 8. H. II. Brideustine.
Alice Bndenstme who had
been with her sister at Punxau
tawney for soma time is at home
now.
OAK GROVE.
Those who were visiting last
Sunday in this neighborhood
were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ben
son and family at James Ben
son's, Mr. and Mrs. James Cutch
all and son Norman at D. M.
Black's, and Mr. and Mrs. G. N.
Barnett at Bruce Shore's.
Mrs. Charles Lamberson and
children visited Mrs. Clydo
Plummer'last week.
Preparations are being made
for a grand Christmas entertain
ment at Zion this year.
Miss Bertie Andrews of War
fordsburg is spendingthe winter
at 832 S. Second St, Bellwood,
Pa. The News wi'l Keep hpr in
touch with Fulton County "do
in'a." Mr. E. F. Over, a native of
McConnellsburg, but for a num
ber of years a resident of Bed
ford, was in town on business
Monday. Edgar has built a large
garage in Bedford, which he con
ducts in connection with the sell
ing of the Studebaker and the
Maxwell car. Edgar's is the
first garage Fulton County peo
ple see when entering Bedford
from the east, and it is located
on the right-hand side of the
Lincoln Highway east Pitt Btreet
George Rexroth and sisteri Miss
Maggie, of McConnellsburg, are
on a trip to Philadelphia. Mr.
Rexroth will have his eyes treat
ed while in the city. He recent
ly underwent an operation on his
eyes fron which he is recovering
nicely.