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MARKET REPORT.
CORRECTED EVERY WEDNESDAY.
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GRAIN
Wheat
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PROVISIONS
liam per lb ....
Shoulder
Baccn, 8 Id ei per lb....
Potatoes, per bushel
Butter, Creamery
Butter, Country
Eggs, per dozen
Lard, per tb
Lire Calves, per ft
Chickens, per lb
1.87
1.87
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1.50
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Dr. Stevens will be at Huston
town January I5th and 16th.
Calvin P. Tritle slaughtered
turn hntra for David Woodal last
Thursday that dressed 8421 lbs
HinPS Prank 13. Sipcs
pays tno highest market price
Fnr hoof tiirtoa at ttoir butcher
ahnn in McConnellaburg, also
highest price paid for calf skins
SQeepskins ana lauow.
Advertisement.
There will not be preaching
Beryices 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 was the cause of his
death.
Mr. R. H. Gale, of Mt. Gilead,
O., 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
afternoon, he stepped into a
dentist's office and had several
teeth extracted. The drugs he
took "to keep it from hurtin"
a.Tocted his heart about three or
''jur hours after the extraction,
nd he became very sick for a
'ew 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- Pqylor 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 $53,492,000, or almost
2,000 per cent
Garageman James 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
o few more mainstays.
Farm for Sale or Rent.
Tbia larm is under good state
of cultivation, good buildings,
and in good repair. Running
water in housa and barn. All
kinds of fruit. Write or cll on
11. K. Spanglkh,
1 11 4t Wells Tannery, Pa.
Sale Register.
Friday, February 10, 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.
Bryan Mellott's ?ale.
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
he will sell horses, cattle, hogs,
farming implements, corn and
household goods. Sale will be
gin at 10 o'clock. Eleven months
credit J. M. Chesnat, Auction
eer.
Closing Out Sale.
The undersigned intending to
close out his stock of Grcceries,
Confections, Tobaccoes, Fixtures
Etc., will positively sell at whole
sale or retail, bis entire stock
Come in and buy one ounce or
fifty pounds, and buy at and be-
ow cost. Here's a rare chance
to get bargains. Good to Feb
ruary 8th.
14-6t. Cuas. F. Scott.
Pay 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
yourself trying to catch sunfish
o:- 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-
erence, 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
7 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
f it is found that the act cannot
be passed without it. A bill to
permit Sunday fishing will be
presented, members of the con-
erence holding that because oth
er Sunday amusements are al-
owed 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 ol our Sunday
School and C. E. Society was
effected the first Sunday in the
New 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
i-months' old daughter.
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New Year Resolutions
Are in order. A very good one is to resolve that vou 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 tfu 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.
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 local- 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
fast, and ex-teachers Anna Hy
att, Denver Evans, Mrs. Ora
Douglas and John Simpson, and
director Erby Booth. Oliver
Winter, Sec.
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, Miss Cromer.
The topics for discussion were as
follows; 1. The Value of Scholar
ship. 2 History. How tautrht?
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 SO 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 cf $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 Position: Good Paj.
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
increased Fifty (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
2 50 to $3.00 per day.
Six new houses have also been
provided for the men and in ad
dition, there are Four (4) three
room doublellned shanties. A
number of sieady men can find
good positions at this operation
by applying to the Superintend
ent at Ashcom, Pa. 12 21 4t
OAK GROVE.
Those who 'spent Christinas
and New Years at their respec
tiva homes have all returned to
their places of employment.
Mr. and Mrs G. N. Bamett
spent Nsw year's Day at George
Heener's.
Mrs. Jacob Cutctall, of Three
SpnngH, u veiling friends in
this vicinity.
. Charles Lam berson and family
spent last Sunday at Bruce
Shore's.
Mrs. Alice McCJain visited in
tbe home of Dawson Strait last
week.
Among the helpers and visitors
at D. M. Black's the day he
butchered bis porkers, were
David Gladfblter, Mrs. Jacob
Cutchall, Mrs. James Cutchall
and son Norman, and Mrs. Matio
Wible.
Oak Grove school is getting
eady for a local institute to be
ield Fnday night, January 12',h.
MissesGertrude.Or pah,( That's
he way it is spelled in the Bible
See Kuth 1:4 ) and H.lda Black,
ind Alice and Mae Shore, were
it Charlie Cutcball's last Sunday
tfternoon.
James Benson is filling his ice
louse with nice ice. Mr. Ben
on means to keep cool next
summer.
SALUVIA SUM ALU BUMS.
Like an u Bilious foe, tie
measles aro sweeping on, at
tacking the sweet little babe, the
'osy, ruddy checked girls and
ooys, and the fathers and moth
rs Among those recently
stricken in this section a-e two
mothers. Mrs. Reuben R Sii.es,
tnd Mrs. James Mellott, living
near.
Miss Rhoda Sipes, only daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. R. R.. Sipes,
vho contracted measles from a
school companion, is now recov
ering.'
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Sharp's
rive children are recovering from
measles, and Homer L. Sites'
two daughters are safely over
them.
Mrs. John Ilanr, after an ab
sence of atout four months, has
returned to her husband. Mrs.
Harm was called away last Ai--,'ust
on account of a daughters'
illness, auaughtar by her form
er husdiiud, living in Now York
City. Uncle John was getting
quite lonely "baching it" so long,
whilst Mrs. was g.ne; but the
Now Year is passing quite se
renely now with Uncle Johr.
We have j'ist recently learned
that the importation (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 ia the mines,
they have been found lazy work
ers. Every experiment thus far
made, has been disappointing.
O ie who has tried them says that
they don't want to work much,
too lazy, complain of cold,
want to sit In the shade, and roll
up tobacco to smoke. Many of
them are leaving.
Railway System iojexico.
The railways of Northern Mex
ico, the use of which was fraught
with grave moment to the puni
tive expeditionary force under
Gen. Tershing 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 w'as 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 Porfirio
Diaz had a far broader vision,
however, and during his long
regime railroad building was one
of hia 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, (
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.
BIQ COVE TAN.NEKY.
A large audiouce greetel Rev.
C. F. Jpcobs who preached in the)
Lutherai church last Sunday
morning.
An Institute v ill be held at
the Corner school Friday evening
Jan. 12tb.
Aanoig tbe i8itors who spent
the day at Mrs. Biddis Lynch's,
Thursday, were Mrs. Harry
Shaw, Mrp. Fl i er Clouser, and
Mrs. Frank Sa it i and family.
J. L. GcrJor, who las been
sick for some lime "is not improv
ing. Miss Elsie PiLtman has gone
to Berkeley Springs, where she
expects to spend some time with
relatives.
Mrs. Edniuud Uocer ia spend-
ng tbia week v.ith her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Rowe Mellott.
County Auditor Biddis Lynch,
has returned home 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.
Mrs. Maye Sheets Miller has
accepted the position of teacher
in the school atEmmaville, made
vacant by the resignation of Mr. ;
S. E. Walters. I
Racket Store
FLASH LIGHTS.
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-celI, Ever-ready flash light
at 59c. complete; others, at
65, 76 85,90c, $1.0 $1.25,
40 and $2.00, 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 ?
Rubbers
We sure have sold a nice i
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'tWorryl 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.
Nineteen Years
We want to thank you for the nice increase in our-busi-bl
ness over 1915. We now have been in business 19 years, an.t j
our gain over 1915 is $4,523.90, Surely this is incouraging, anJie
we cant help thanking you for same. We wish you alia (
prosperous New Year. Knowing that if you are prosperousd,
it is likely that we will be. he
HULL &
McConnellsburg, Pa.
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,
WHEN IN CHAMBERSBURG
be sure to look at our line of
Ladies Purs,
Assortment will please careful buyers.
We sell furs on honor.
HENNINGER
The Hatter, Chambersburg, Pa.
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electric light plants.
It's foolish to motor
without one. Fool-,
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one anywhere, any
night. Think of
home comfort
and get one before
dark. Many styles
75c. and up.
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