THE rULTOlf COUKTT KZWg, McCOIffnSLLB33tTEflf, PA. MARKET REPORT. OORMOTBD KTEBY WEDNESDAY. . i--.- ... I... Frnm t h Phim "i'sr tm ww CrloM ra Miom IhM obmlo Id MoCoddoI Whett J.'tfw wheat. !ltD ' orn i U GRAIN PROVISIONS Ham per lb Shoulder Baccn, SIdeiper S.. Potatoei, per bushel Butter, Creamery.... Butter, Country Eggs, pr dozen Lard, per tt) Live Calves, per lb. . Chickens, per lb 1.87 1.87 1.05 1)3 50 1.05 18 14 14 1.50 32 28 40 13 0 14 afternoon, h e dentist's office teeth extracted. took "to keep Dr. Stevens will be at Huston- town January I5th and 16th. Calvin P. Tritle slaughtered two hogs for David Woodal last Thursday that dressed 842 lbs. HIDES. Frank B. Sipes pays the highest market price For beef hides at their butcher hop in McConnellsburg, also highest price paid for calf skins neepsfrns ana taiiow. Advertisement. There will not be preaching services in the Presbyterian church in town next Sunday morning; none at Greenhill Pres byterian church Sunday after noon, but there will be, at the Reformed church in the evening. Dr. Charles McLaughlin, aged 55 years, a well known physician and surgeon of Greencastle, Pa., died at his home in that town last Saturday afternoon. He had been ill for some time, and his death was not unexpected. Heart trouble wa3 the cause of his death. Mr. R, H. Gale, of Mt Gilead, 0., called at the News office Tuesday while in town on a business mission. He expresses himself as much pleased with the appearance of our little town. He is staying temporarily with his friend C. A. Runyan near Warfordsburg. While J. W. Linn, proorietor of the West End garage was in Chambersburg last Thursday stepped into a and had several The drugs he it from hurtin n.Tocted his heart about three or r)ir hours after the extraction, nd he became very sick for a lew hours. Those who visited in the home of Elmer Hann during the past week were Mr. and Mrs. John Souders and two children, Mr. and Mrs. C. B- Pajlor and baby, Job Everts, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Paylor and baby, Mrs. Lizzie Tolbert; Mrs. Wm. Mellott, Mrs. John Truax and two children, Wm. Paylor, S. S. Hann and son Rush, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Pay lor and Mrs. Henry Carbaugh. During the past 12 years the annual expenditures on the rural roads and bridges in the United States have increased from about $80, 000,000 to about 282, 000, 000, or an increase of more than 250 per cent. During this same period the annual expenditures from State funds for road and bridge construction and main tenance have increased from $2, 550.000 to $53,402,000, or almost 2,000 per cent Garageman Jame3 W. Linn and son Lewis, Wilson L. Nace, B. W. Peck and wife, and Miss Mary K. Hoke, went to Cham bersburg last Thursday afternoon to see "Civilization" at the Orpheum. The trip was made in a Studebaker-Six, of which Mr. Linn is the agent in this County. It may be true that among other makes there are rattling good cars, but the Studebaker-Six is surely a "hum mer." A great many people fondly imagine that if they are honest, pay their debts and do not speak disparagingly of other people they are among the mainstays of the town. But such is not always the case. Honesty and a careful mouth are much to be commend ed but this town needs more than that It needs citizens who will get out of their way to do some thing for the town, who will labor to better local conditions, who will go their length to bring new industries and new people to our community. Such people as these are in reality the main stays of a town. And we need u few more mainstays. Farm for Sale or Rent. This larm is under good state of cultivation, good buildings, and in good repair. Running water in house and -barn. All kinds of fruit. Write or cull on II. E. Sl'ANGLKU, 1 11 4t Wells Tannery, Pa. Sale Register. Friday, February 16, John W. Carmack intending to quit farm ing will sell at his residence on what is known as the Downey farm in Taylor township, horses, cattle, hogs, farm implements, grain, household goods,' etc. Sale begins at 0 o'clock sharp. Credit 12 months. J. M. Ches nut, auct. Brjan Mellott's Sale. Bryan Mellott's sale advertised for the 16th of December and postponed will now take place on Tuesday, January 16 at his resi dence about two miles west of Pleasant Ridge postoflice, when ho will sell horses, cattle, hogs, farming implements, corn and household goods. Sale will be gin at 10 o'clock. Eleven months crfidit.. J. M. Chesnut, Auction eer. I New Year Resolutions Are in order. A very good one is to resolve that you will place your savings in the FULTON COUNTY BANK. This resolution will be hard to break. Many people started a savings account last January and now have plenty of money, not only for the holi day season, but sullicient to pay taxes, insurance, &c. Many have, left over, a nice sum to start ths year 1917. You can start with any sum, and we will pay you interest at 3 per cent, compounded semi-annually. You can withdraw any part, or all the de posits, at any time. Come in and talk it over. We Wish all a Happy and Prosperous New Year. FULTON COUNTY BANK. "OLDEST AND STRONGEST" McConnellsburg, Penna. Closing Out Sale. The undersigned intending to close out his stock of Groceries, Confections, Tobaccoes, Fixtures Etc., will positively sell at whole sale or retail, bis entire stock Come ia and buy one ounce or fifty pounds, and buy at and be low cost. Here's a rare chance to get bargains. Good to Feb ruary 8th. 14-6t. Chas. F. Scott. Pav License to Hsb. In these good old days of ours you have got to pay a fee to the State to be born, pay a fee to get married, and pay a fee for the privilege of being allowed to be buried after you cash in your last check. You pay a fee for per mission to run your own automo bile on the highway, you pay a fee if you want to take your gun and spend a few hoars in the fields or woods hunting, and now at is proposed that you shall pay a fee for the privilege of taking your hook and line and spending a quiet hour along the bank of some secluded stream and amuse vourself trying to catch sunfish oi' any other kind of fish. A re cent despatch from Harrisburg says that a State fisherman's li cense of fifty cents, the proceeds to be used for protection and pro pagation of fish and to prevent pollution of streams, was recom mended by the conference of rep resentatives of sportsmen's or ganizations and the State Fish Commission and will be present ed to the Legislature. The con ference, which met Friday with the State Game Commission and drafted several changes in the game laws, spent a day talking over legislation regulating fish ing.- The proposed license is to be paid by all male fisherman over 17 years of age and the license is to be worn upon the arm. Land owners fishing on their own land will not have to secure a license. After an extended discussion the conference struck from the proposed fish code the prohibi tion of Sunday fishing, but au thorized the committee in charge to insert it as a separate section ( it is found that the act cannot be passed without it A bill to permit Sunday fishing will be presented, members of the con ference holding that because oth er Sunday amusements are al lowed the Legislature should act upon the proposition, which it was stated, is widely favored, es pecially in industrial regions. PLEASANT GROVE. The protracted meeting at this place will begin on Wednes day evening January 17th. A reorganization ot our Sunday School and C. E. Society was effected the first Sunday in the flew Year. Our sceool will be in progress this week in the new school building. Alex Spade is visiting h l s brother, J. L. Spade. Mr. Jonathan P. Peck, near St. Thomas, was summoned to the home of his son Grover near Knobsville Tuesday on account of the Berious illness of Grover's M-months' old daughter. Thank You! This is to thank our patrons for one of the biggest years we have ever had. We will now put on display some great bargains to make room for early spring goods. Goldsmiths' Opposite Public School. Local Institute. The third locals institute of Thompson was held at Indepen dence Dec. 22, 1916. The meet ing was called to order by the teacher, Jessie Yeakle. The fol lowing questions were discussed: 1. Civil Government, how taught to Intermediate Grades? 2. Val ue of an Educatior. The school room was nicely decorated with flowers and evergreens, and an excellent literary program was rendered by the school. The teachers present were Alice Brewer, Jessie Yeakle, Thomas Truax and Oliver Winters-all of Thompson; Etta Waltz, of Bel fa3t, and ex-teachers Anna Hy att, Denver Evans, Mrs. Ora Douglas and John Simpson, and director Erby Winter, Sec. Booth. Oliver The fifth Local Institute of Dublin township was held at Ft Littleton, Friday evening Jan. 5. The meeting was called to order by the teacher, Mis9 Cromer, The topics for discussion were as follows; 1. The Value of Scholar ship. 2 History, How taught? 3. Assignment of lessons. The questions were discussed by the following teachers: Etta Snyder Esther Welch, Jane Cromer, Ger trude Gelvin. Roy Mathias-all of Dublin, and Rush Wagner of Todd. A complete program was rendered by the school, which speaks well for both teacher and pupils. The next institute will be held at Burnt Cabins, January 19th. -Gertrude Gelvin, Sec. How He Did It. It so happened that 30 years ago the N. K. Fairbank Company of Chicago hired an office boy named Joseph Dixon Lewis. He was a bright little chap, and he attended strictly to his business, and every once in a while and sometimes twice in a while secur ed promotion. Attention is call ed to this fact because he has recently been appointed president of the company and is at the head of one or two other big corpora tions with an aggregate capita lization of $150,000,000 with cor responding salary and income. Asked for the motto which en abled him to secure such sucess he said: "Rise early, work late, play hard, be merry, don't worry and be good." Good Positioo: Good Pay. There has been a recent in crease in the rate of pay for all positions at the Ashcom Quarry of Jos. E. Thropp and a bonus system has also been applied to the men loading trucks of stone, by which the rate per truck is ncreased Fitty (50) Per Cent over the regular pay if a fixed number of trucks is loaded per day. The men can therefore by this arrangement, make from 12 50 to 13.00 per day. Six new houses have also been provided for the men and in ad dition, ttiereare Four (4) three room doublelined shanties. A number of steady men can Bad good positions at this operation by applying to the Suponntond- ent at Ashcom, Pa. 12 21 4t OAK GROVE. Those who spent Christmas and New Years at their respec tiv3 homes have all returned to their places of employment. Mr. and Mrs G. N. IJarnett spent New year's Day at George Ueefner's. Mrs. Jacob Cutchall, of Three Springs, is visiting friends in this vicinity. Charles Lam berson and family spent last Sunday at Bruce Shore's. Mrs. Alice McCJain visited in the home of Dawson Strait last ween. Among the helpers and visitors at D. M. Black's the day he butchered his porkers, were David Gladfblter, Mrs. Jacob Cutchall, Mrs. James Cutchall and son Norman, and Mrs. Matie Wible. Oak Grove school is getting eady for a local iustitute to be ield Friday night, January 12th. MissesGertrude.Or pau,( That's he way it is spelled in the Biblo SeeKuth 1:4) and ll.lda Black, ind Alice and Mae Shore, were it Charlie Cutchall's last Sunday ifternoon. James Benson is tilling his ice 'louse with nice ice. Mr. Ben son means to keep cool next summer. SALUVIA SUHMAUZINQS. une an ubuious foe, tie measles aro sweepirg on, At tacking the sweet liitle babe, the osy, ruddy checked girls and ooys, and the fathers and moth irs Among those recently Hrlcken in this section ae two mothers. Mrs. Reuben R Si ind Mrs. James Mellott, living near. Miss Rhoda Sipes, only daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. R. E.. Sipes, who contracted measles from a school companion, is now recov ering.- Mr. and Mrs. Edward Sham's live children are recovering from measies, and Homer L. Siies' two daughters are safely over tnom. Mrs. John Hann, after an ab sence of atout four months, has returLed to her husband. Mrs. Harm was called away last Au gust on account of a daughters' illness. a dauahtar bv her form - w er husdand, living in Now York Oity. Uncle Johu was sTettini quite louely "baching it" so long, wuiist Mrs. was gone; but the Now Year is passing quite se renely now with Uucle Jobr. Vv e have j'jst recently learned that the lmnrrtation (f Mexicans as a means of solving the labor problem on our farms, is fast proving a failure. Up in Somer set county where several hun dred Mexicans were brought to labor on farms, and in the mines, they have been found lazy work ers. Every experiment thus far made, has been disarjDointine. O ie who has tried them says lhat they don't want to work much, 1 1 m a too lazy, complain oi cold, want to sit in the shade, and roll up tobacco to smoke. Many of them are leaving. Railway System in.Mexico. The railways of Northern Mex ico, the use of which was fraught with grave moment to the puni tive expeditionary force under Gen. Pershing recently, because of the serious question of trans porting supplies, is the subject of an informative bulletin issued by the National Geographic Society of Washington. "The railway system of Mexi co has a mileage which exceeds by 25 per cent, the combined mileage of all other countries of North, and South America, with the exception cf Canada, the United States, Argentine and Brazil," says the bulletin. "This vast system has been built up in forty-five years, for while there was a tiny track from Mexico City to the suburb of Guadalupe as early as 1854, it was not until 1873 that President Lerdo inau gurated the first important line, that which runs from Vera Cruz to the National capital. Presi dent Lerdo was opposed to the building of railways across the desert plateaux of northernMexi co, for he believed, it is said, that these arid plains afforded certain security against the political and commercial influence of the Unit ed States. President Forfirio Diaz had a far broader vision, however, and during his long regime railroad building was one of his chief concerns, so that when he retired from the Presi dency these steel arteries of com merce had crossed the United States border at six places La redo, El Paso, Nogales, Eagle Pass. Presidio and Brownsville, and 11,000,000 people were car ried annually, together with 11, 000,000 tons of freight "One of the most interesting features of the railway system under Diaz was his insistence that the American managers of the merged Mexican national railways should employ, whenev er possible, Mexican conductors, f brakeman, telegraph operators, flagmen and section foremen. In this way he hoped to build up a substantial middle class from among the peons, one of the cry ing needs of the country. "The first railroad connecting Mexico City with the United States border was that to El Paso opened by President Diaz thirty two years ago last month. Racket Store FLASH LIGHTS. evREADy SAFETY LIGHTS Vie light Uiat satjs "Qfiere it is f We have gone into the flash light business stronger than ever. The more you buy of these goods, the cheaper you can buy them, and the cheap er you can sell them. So we have bought the quantity and can save you some money. We are selling a 6 1-2 inch 2-ceII, Ever-ready flash light at 59c. complete; others, at 65, 76 85,90c, $1.0 51.25, $1 40 and 52.00, and the best batteries 2-cell, 25c; 3-cell, 35c. Bulbs, for same at 12c. Why run the risk of fire, when you can buy something that is safe, and will not cost you much more than oil ? YOU need one of these hand electric light plants. It's foolish to motor without one. Fool-, ish to be without one anywhere, any night. Think of home comfort and get one before dark. Many styles 75c. and up. You get them at the Racket Store. Rubbers We sure have sold a nice lot of rubbers this year, and have been fortunate in replen ishing our stock, so that we can still sell at old prices. So, Don'tWorry! We can still save you some nice money. We are still selling quite a lot of goods at old prices and will as long as our present stock lasts. P will, that hns-livcd W, BIQ COVE TANNERY. A large audionce greetel Rev. C. R Jpcobs who preached in the,' Lutherai ihurch last Sunday morning. An Institute v ill be held at the Corner school Friday evening Jan. 12th. Amoig the isitors who fpent the nay at Mrs. Biddis Lynch's, Thursday, were Mrs. Harry Shaw, Mrr. El r er Clooser, and Mrs. Krank Sa it i and family. J. L. Gcrdor, wto t as been sick for some time is not improv ing. Miss Elsie Piltman has gone to Berkeley Springs, where she expects to spend some time with relatives. Mrs. Edmund linger is spend ng tbis week Mth her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rowe Mellott. County Auditor Biddis Lynch, has returned borne from McCon nellsburg where he was helping to make the annual settlement. Divid Lauver, is improving some of the roads in this section. Preaching next Sanday at 2:30 Sunday School at 1:30. Come and bring your friends along. Nineteen Years We want to thank you for the nice increase in our busi ness over 1915. We now have been in business 19 years, and our gain over 1915 is $4,523.90, Surely this is incouraging, and we can t help thanking you for same. We wish you all a prosperous New Year. Knowing that if you are prosperous, it is likely that we will be. HULL & BENDER, McConnellsburg, Pa. Mrs. Maye Sheets Miller has accepted the position of teacher in the school atEmmaville, made vacant by the resignation of Mr. S. E. Walters. ON HAND Some Fine Portland Cutters, one Carload New Idea Manure Spreaders, Steel and Rubber-tire 'Buggies, Plows and Harrows. Hardware, Specialties, Etc. Thankful for Past Favors, and soliciting contin uance of the same, I am yours for More Business. J. F. SNYDER, Mprcersburg. Penn'a. WHEN IN CHAMBERSBURG be sure to look at our line of Ladles' Furs, Assortment will please careful buyers. We sell furs on honor. HENNINGER The Hatter, Chambersburg, Pa. i
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