THE FULTON COUNTY HEWS, McCOHlTZLLSBUK, PA.
INTERESTING PARAQ9APHS
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'ONDENSED FOR HURRIED READERS
... Wheat hit the two-dollar mark
in Chicago Monday.
. Mrs. B. W. Peck is spending
this week among her relatives in
Blair County.
D. E. Little, Ralph Reed, and
S. W. Kirk motored to Cham
bersburg last Friday.
Mrs. Jemima Skiles, near Dane
visited her sister Mrs. Lucina
Forner last Saturday.
Preaching at Mt. Zion Sunday
morning January 14th at 10:30;
Needmore 3 p. m., and Bedford
Chapel 7:30
S. J. Deshong and son Russell,
of Saluvia, called at the News
office a few minutes while in
town last Saturday.
Miss Annie Doyle and her niece
Miss Elizabeth Doyle, went to
Chambersburg Tuesday morning
to spend a few days with rela
tives. Mrs. Nellie L. Peck, West
Lincoln Way left last week for a
visit to friends in Philadelphia
and to Bee her son Robert near
Kennedysville, Md,
. After having spent three weeks
in the home of the latter's sister,
Miss Mary Knauff, Mr. and Mrs.
Emory Booth returned to their
home in Altoona Monday.
Mrs. Ed D. Shimer entertain
ed a number of her lady friends
very delightfully at a luncheon
given at her home on South Sec
ond Street a few days ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Skiles and
son, and Frank's mother, Mrs.
Martha Skiles all of Pleasant
Ridge, made a trip to McCon
nellsburg in their new car Mon
day. Mrs. Harry Lamberson has re
turned to her home at Huston
awn after having spent the
holiday season in the home of
Iter friend Mrs. Charles Palley in
Ohambersburg.
"' Miss Elizabeth Harris has ac
cepted a position as stenographer
and typewriter in the law offices
of Walter & Gillan, Chambers
' urg, and entered upon her du
' ies last Monday.
. Mrs. Wm. Paylor is spending
he winter with her daughter
drs. Elmer Harm at Webster
dills in hope that the change of
. esidence may be beneficial to
ire. Paylor's health.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Weisel
md children, of Pittsburgh, ac-
ompanied dy Mrs. Weisel's
. nother, Mrs. Lake Garland, of
-lercersburg spent Wednesday
and Thursday of last week in the
"iuwnes of Dale Garland, of Tod
flwnship, and Sheriff Job Gar
land, in this place.
i William P. Nelson and his
aeighbor John Morrison, of Cum
3erland county, took dinner in
ihe home of the former's parents
Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Nelson, in
the Cove. It was Mr. Morrison's
first to McConnellsburg, and he
expressed surprise in finding
that Big Cove had some width to
it
f Prof. Grover C. Kirk, Super
vising Principal of Schools, Clear
field, Pa,, spent the holiday va
cation with his home folks in
Pigeon Cove. Prof. Kirk has
charge of a corps of twenty-one
teachers in the High School and
' torty-six teachers in the lower
grades, together with 3,000 pu
pils 600 of whom are students in
the High School.
'Mr.J. L. Cope, near Burnt
Cabins was a pleasant caller at
' the News office Tuesday. Mr.
Cope says that Mrs. Geo. Doran.
whose injury was mentioned in
the News, is improving rapidly,
and he told us that his fnlks in.
tended to send the car in for her
and take her out to spend a day
in uieir nome, ana then take her
back to her own home. She has
now Deen confined to the house
for three or four weeks.
Nice Christmas Present
:Mr. and Mrs. Willard Pleasin
ier left Whips Cove something
nore man a year ago, and
low prosperously located
are
at
, lulesburg, Colo. As a token
of
peace and good will, Fillard'g
good wife, on Christmas
presented him with the
Jhnstmas present of his life a
. rair of fine twin babies. Their
v Whips Cove friends are shower
ing in caros ot congratulation.
New Bank Officials.
The First National Bank and
the Fulton County Bank elected
their directorates for 1917 on
Tuesduy afternoon -which mean?,
really, tbe re election of the old
boards. Both r.ur banks have
had busy and prosperous years,
and the outlook for the year just
startad is most encouraging.
The boards elected are as fol
lows:
The First National "Dank.
The stockholders of the Frst
National Bank beld an election
from 12 to 2 o'clock with S. B
Woollet, H. S. Daniels, Bnd J. B.
Runyan as tbe board. Tho fol
lowiug directors were elected:
John A Henry, Hon. Peter Mor
ton, Tobias Glazier, Hou. S. W.
Kirk, David W. Grens, Dr. J. W.
Mosser, Hon. John P. Sipes, B.
Frank Henry, and D. L Gns
singer.
The Fulton County Bank.
The Fulton County Bark held
its election fiom 1 to 2 o'clock
with H. U Nace and Miss Rhoda
B. Kendall on tbe board. Tbe
following directors were elected:
Oliver Hill, W. Scott Palmer, S.
R. Cromer, D. A Nelson, D.
A. Watbabaugh, C. It Spangler,
G. B. Mellott, Geo A. Harris, A.
U. Nace, Jno. A It win andB. W.
Peck.
Farm-Help Wages Increases.
Farm help of all kinds has ad
vanced in price during the past
year and help of all kinds is very
scarce, so much so that all forms
of farm work are being seriously
curtailed.
A year ago the average wage
paid to help in the State includ
ing board was $235 a year but re
ports of the Pennsylvania De
partment of Agriculture show
that during the past year the av
erage wage has increased to $270
The Bcale runs from $210 in some
of the smaller interior counties
to $325 in the counties which
have large towns and cities where
the iron and steel mills and muni
tion plants have attracted former
farm helpers. The farm reports
state that "farm help is only a
miserable apology for labor and
it is not a matter of wages, but
take whatever you can get at any
price.
The average wage for summer
month has increased from $25
to 127.50 and the average daily
wage from $1.20 to $1.42. The
wages of harvest hands averages
$1.89 a day but farmere were un
able to secure men at any price
during the past fall. The wage
showed a variance in different
counties from $1.40 to $2.50 per
day.
Female help has also increased
the price and in some sections
farmers are badly crippled on ac
count of the 'lack of domestic
help. The average wages from
$2.50 to $4 50 and the State aver
age is $3 42 as compared with
$3.20 a year ago.
Color Value.
Mrs. Blank had in her employ
a colored maid who belonged to
a "funeral club," which binds all
its members to attend every fu
neral of a member upon receipt
of notification. One afternoon
Dinah's mistress saw .her come
down the stairs, ready to go our
dressed in a bright scarlet dress,
with a large scarlet willow plume
in her hat and a red parasol in
her hand.
"Why, Dinah, I thought you
were going to a funeral," said
Mrs. Blank.
"Yes, I'se going to the funeral,"
said Dinah.
"But you ought not to wear red
to a funeral," said Mrs. Blank.
"You ought to be dressed quietly
in a dark dress!" Dinah poked
the toe of her shoe with her par
asol, and meditated a moment,
and then said: "Well Ah reckon
I won't go back and change now:
I'll just wear this."
Some three weeks after this
Dinah approached her mistress
told her that she was going to
leave, because Bhe was going to
be married. Mrs. Blank express
ed her astonishment that Dinah
even had an admirer. Dinah
simpered, and twisted the cor
ner of her apron, and said
"No, I didn't have one until just
lately! Does you remember that
funeral Ah went to one time when
I wore my red dress? Well
missus, dat shade of red done
kotched de eye ob de corpse's
husband ! ' ' ' 'Nautilus. ' '
I' Bubacnbe f or the NW8.
Delicately Eliminated
"How did you get Mrs. Bounce
out of your bridge club? Did
you ask her to resign?"
"No we didn't like to do that,
but we all resigned except Mrs.
Bounce, and then we all got to
gether, and formed a new club."
-New York "Times."
, Natural Reasoning
Ruth lived in the country. On
awakening one cold morning she
asked for a drink of water and her
mamma told her she would have
to wait awhile for the pump had
frozen during the night. She
then asked for a drink of milk,
and upon being told there was no
milk either, quickly replied:
"What's the matter, did the cow
freeze up, too?"
Neat Retort
A doctor passing a marble
cutter's fihop, called out: Good
mornin, Mr. Runyan. Hard at
it, I see. I suppose you finish
them as far as "In Memory Of"
and then wait until you see who
wants a tombstone next?"
"Well, yes" replied the man
with mallet and chisel, "unless
I hear somebody is sick and you
attending them, then I keep
right on."
Take Precaution
There is no autoist on earth
who can hope to avoid accidents
when children run out into the
street suddenly and dart in front
of an onrushing automobile,
That there are not more acci
dents is to be wondered at and
that while there may be no blame
attached to the automobile driv
er the safest course is to always
run slowly in congested sections
and take precaution.
Hard Water Good for Rheumatics.
. That hard water meaning a
water that contains two hundred
parts in the million or more of
lime is better than soft or dis
tilled water for drinking purpos
es is asserted in the New York
Medical Journal by Dr. Frank L
Rector of New York. It never
contains enough lime to do harm,
but the little it does contain is
beneficial to persons with a ten
dency to rheumatism, gout or
hardening of the arteries.
To get such a dose of lime as a
doctor would prescribe one would
have to drink six gallons of hard
water in twenty-four hours. A
common glassful of such water
contains about three-fourths of a
grain of lime.
It is an error to suppose as many
do that hard water causes rheu
matism, gout, kidney diseases
and arteriosclerosis, for these are
the very troubles that are cured
by the waters of such places as
Kissingen, Nauheim and Sarato
ga the benefit of which is in their
alkaline content, and this is
principally lime.
Women Getting There.
The first woman to be allowed
the privilege of the floor of the
United States Senate is Miss Jes
sie L. Simpson of St. Louis, who
has been appointed clerk of the
Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee by Senator Stone, of Mis
souri, chairman of the commit
tee.
Without the ballot and entire
ly on her ability, Miss Simpson
has been raised to one of the
most confidential positions in the
lcg.slative branches of the Fed
eral Government. She ha3 de
monstrated to the satisfaction of
the leading members of the Sen
ate, who are members of the
committee, her ability to keep a
secret. With this tribute of con
fidence goes the honor of being
the first woman ever granted the
license to tread the sacred pre
cincts of the Senate while that
body is in session.
A number of women have been
assistant clerks and assistant sec
retaries of Senators, but none
ever has had the privilege of the
floor, as only the clerks of com
mittees, who generally are the
secretaries, have that privilege
under the rules.
Us the Right Key.
Keen your temper under control
at all times. Don't get angry at
small things. Look at vexations
now as you will view them thirty
days from date. 1 ho angry man
who gets the wrong key und pushes
and rattles the door till he breaks
the lock loses more time than if he
had quietly gone for the right key
and pays for a new lock besides.
OUR DISTANT FRIENDS.
Interesting Extracts from Letters Re
cently Received from Former Ful
ton County People.
Enoch C. Peck, Kingman,
Kans., Jan. l.-Our daughter
Minnie and her family live in
Oklahoma. That is a very re
markable state and its people
have a just and pardonable pride
in its civic affair. It is interest
ing, as well as amusing to observe
the brogue and other admirable
and hospitable traits all in a
setting of real genuine Southern
idiosyncrasies, with enough pure
yankee blood and ideal thrift
throughout the whole state to
preserve its equilibrium.
I wish to congratulate you on
securing such a nice paid up sub
scription list to the good old home
paper as well as upon the untir
ing effort which you have for so
many years put forth battling
for just and progressive princi
ples dominating in religious,
moral and political questions
ethical enough to lead your thous
ands of readers without a sus
picion. That "railroad" if it were a
joke is "no laughing matter.'"
It seems to be only a repetition
of fake schemes practiced in
every state upon the credulous
and unsuspecting. We Kansas
people seem to be easy; at least,
the fakers and sharks seem to do
a thriving business. Gas, oil and
mining stocks seem to be the
most prominent get-rich-quick,
or wildcat schemes practiced up
on our people just now shares
of which are offered from one
cent up to $1.00 each.
The paying oil and gas fields
are about fifty or sixty miles
east of us in Butler County. The
well are over 3,000 feet in depth.
Gasoline sells here for sixteen
and three tenths cents and ker
osene at six and four tenths cents
a gallon.
The automobile craze is raging
and nearly 120,000 cars are now
owned in Kansas enough by a
little crowding to take all our
people joy riding at one time.
Auto license is five dollars per
car for one year and the money
is used for better roads.
Last Friday (Dec. 29th) Pres
ident Wilson signed the Ferris
Bill opening up 675,000,000 acres
in the western part of the United
States and Alaska in C10 acre
homesteads. This will give the
boys in the eastern states a
chance to go west, get some land
and "grow up with the country."
Dr. Albert Stevens, Han
cock, Iowa., Jan, 6 -On receiving
the Fulton County News this
morning I noticed the label on
the wrapper said, "Pay up."
So, in order to be in good stand
ing with those who are connect
ed with the News and especially
to have a clear conscience myself
you will find enclosed two dollars
to still continue sending me the
best weekly paper that ever came
into my home.
No; I will not say I was exact
ly mad, when I read in your pap
er a few weeks ago, that the
man who had the contract of
constructing the railroad from
McConnellsburg to Fort Loudon
had made a hasty get away with,
I presume, money that he did
not earn. Consequently the
future outlook for the railroad is
remote. IdonotadovcateLynch
Law neither am I in sympathy
with those who use this method
of righting their wrongs, but I
do believe the people of Fulton
County would be justified in
hanging everg stranger who
comes into the county and pro
poses to build a railroad and in
fluences the people to make do
nations for the purpose, and
when everybody that can be
fleeced, the instigator of the
project makes his "get away"
with a goodly sum of money that
will enable him to enjoy the lux
uries of this world for the bal
ance of his life.
They say that there is more
happiness in pursuit of a thing,
than actually having possession
of the same. If this be true,
Fulton county people should be
the happiest mortals under the
sun. Ever since I can remember,
there were being built railroads
through Fulton county. Oil,
coal, iron ore well, in fact, all
the important minerals having
a good commercial value were
right-at "our doors" all that
was needed was money to devel
op them. So it still continues,
and I presume will just as long
as there are rascals and suckers
to work at the game.
D. M. Black, Three Springs,
Pa. Enclosed find check for
$2.00 on my subscription. Now
just a few words on the high
cost of living. While the Euro
pean war is responsible in part
for high prices and high wages,
we are just coming to the time
or are beginning to feel the effect
of the young people leaving the
farm. They have left, but the
older ones have been able to keep
the old fartp going. Now the
older folks are quitting. Can
you blame the boys for going
from the farm to public works
where many of them are making
as much per hour as they could
get per day on the farm? No;
this is not putting it too strong.
All this cry for an embargo on
foodstuff and boycotts, only tends
to hasten their exodus from the
farm. While the farmer may be
too much of a bone-head to or
ganize, yet the other party by
their attitudes are driving the
farmer from the farm to become
a competitor in the Steel plant.
the rolling mill the mine etc, and
thus bringing about just such
conditions as farmers are trying
to avoid, and about what they
could avoid by organizing.
Now, if there was sound legis
lation compelling the farmer boys
to stay on the farm, and work
8 hours in the a. m. and 8 in the
p. m., and make those "two old
blades of grass grow" for the
price of one then, perhaps, the
matter would be solved. Just
make it worth while, and we'll
make the two blades grow.
Ehhy Booth, Seminole, Fla.
I hear it has been pub
lished m one of tbe McCon
nellsburg papers that I came to
Florida for my health. 1 beg to
inform that scribe and the pub
lic generally that 1 came to see
what I could; and if that scribe
will come to Seminole, on tbe
Gulf Coast, he will find me in
the enjoyment of tbe best of
health and "and having the time
of my life." Here are tropicil
flowers and fruits "too numerous
to mention." Peach trees In
bloom and people digging sweet
potatoes. I am with an aged min
uter and wife in a settlement of
good people I was in St Peters
burg last Saturday. It is crowd
ed with visitors from the North.
Wanted, For Sale, For Rent,
Lost, Found, Etc.
RATES One cent per word for each
Insertion. No advertisement accepted
(or less than 15 cents. Cash must ac
company order.
Baker & Bros.. Real Estate.
Insurance, Automobiles, Live,
Stock &c. Write us your desires
First National Bank Building,
Everett, Pa. Loans arranged
for.
For Sale One Jersey Cow,
will be fresh about first of Feb
ruary, a good one; also, one fine
heifer, half Ho! stein, will freshen
in the Spring. Ira W. Zimmer
man, Hancock, Md. 1 4 2t
For Sale One new section
of Economy silo, 14 ft. in length;
diameter, 12 ft., together with
hoops for same. Inquire at
News Office. 1 4 2t
For Sale Sawmill F rick
outfit complete, mcludind engine
and blower. In use two years.
Price right
G. J. Mellctt.
12 21 4b Warfordaburg, Pa.
Liquor Notice.
Notice Ih hereby given thut the followliiK
mimed Dt'ntorm huve tiled their petition Id the
iillieo of the Clerk of yunrter SimhUhm. of
Fulton county. In.. pruylDK I lie court to ifront
to them License to keep tin Inn or Tavern,
and to sell liquor, and thut the mine will be
presented to the mtld Court, on Tuesduy, the
Ulh dny of Jnuuury ll)i7 at 10 o'clock u. m.
Robert W. Uroudbeok, llurnt Cabins, Pa.
Ha'ry IluDiil, MoConnellKburtfi
Cn8. F Kbalt, MoCounellsburg, I'a.
Clerk's Office, I
Dec. 19, lVIt). I
11. FRNK HKS RY,
Clerk y. S.
Western Maryland Railway.
In Effect November 20, 1916.
Subject to cbunge without notice.
Train leave Hancoek ai followii
No. T 1. 40 a. m. (daily) forOnmberland, Pitta
burgh and went, also Eiklui, and Wnt
Virginia point.
No. 83.38 a. m. (dally) for Hagenitown, Get-
tyxour Hanover, York (except sunuuy),
ana Baltimore.
No, 18.90 a. m. (daily except Sunday) (or
uumbenana ana intermediate pointa.
No. 49.07 a. m. (dally except Sunday) foi
Hwremiown, lieiiyNiuirK.nuuover, vprn
Baltimore and Intermediate point, Waab
lngton, Philadelphia, and New York.
No. Sl.7 d.tb '(daily) Wentern Eipreat foi
Cumberland. Went Virginia point, and
pitiKuurgn, uiicugo ana tne went.
No. 18.67 p. m. (dally) Eipreae for Hagere
town, Waynenboro, Chiunbernburg, llal
tlraore, Wanhlngton. Philadelphia and
Mew von.
0..F. STEWART
8, ENNRS. Oeu'l Pawner
General Manager,
I.
Reisner
We Wish Every One a Happy
and Prosperous New Year.
To begin the year we will sell what
we have left of our
Winter Caps
for Men and Boys at Greatly Reduced
. Prices.
Men's Caps at 20c.
that sold at 25c. to 35c; 50c. Caps at .
40c; A few Fur Caps at $1.25 and
Plush at 40c. to 60c.
-:- COATS -:-
What we have left in Ladies', Misses'
and Children's Coats, at Prices that
must move them.
Children's Coats from $1.00 up.
Misses', $1.50 up.
Ladies, $3.00, sold at $4.50.
Few Broad-cloth Coats at a Bargain:
$15.00 Coats for $10,00; $10.00
Coats, for $7.50. &c.
Respectfully,
G. W. Reisner & Co.
n 1 k
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.
S. RAYMOND SNYDER, Jcveler.
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