THB FULTON COTJlf TT 1TBW1, McOOKKlLLgBPRq, PA. INTERESTINfi PARAGRAPHS I I tc$ and Qeneral Intercut, Qathered v it Home or (lipped from our Exchanges, For Sale Holstein Bull Calf, week old, well bred. Geo. K. Nel son Big Cove. CONDENSED FOR HURRIED READERS Dr. F. K. Stevens sDent the first of this week at Hustontown. c Rev. John Mellott will preach at the Laurel Ridge Christian church next Sunday morning at 10:30 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Peck, and Miss Esta Hart-all of Need more-were in McConnellsburg last Saturday. Mr. Howard Garland and wife have moved to their farm in Bel fast and he is busy getting out lumber for a new house. Miss Cora Nesbit entertained tha Hich School last evening, at her home in Big Cove. Cora is a member of the senior class. Edgar Tritle, Walter Shimer, Howard Lynch, and' Calvin and Jacob Clevenger spent Saturday and Sunday with friends in Chambersburg. Communion services will be observed in the Presbyterian church, McConnellsburg, next Sunday morning. Preparatory services, Saturday evening. Communion services at the Big Cove Tannery Lutheran church next Sunday morning at 10:30. Regular services in Luth eran church in town in the even ing. Attention is called to the an nouncement of D. A. Black, of Taylor township as candidate for Associate Judge. It will be found tnder the proper head on the ourth page. Mrs. Remington Patterson (Dot 'atterson) and little son William, "f Philadelphia, are spending ome time in the home of "Dot's" . tarents, Hon. and Mrs. D. Hun ' er Patterson, North Second Jtreet. Frank Snavely has purchased the valuable Garber farm, in Lancaster county, near Lampeter containing a hundred acres for i' 189 25 per acre, which is the aighest price p ud for a farm in '.hat section in many years. Mrs. Mary Deamer, eighty four years, who died at Yeager town, is survived by eleven chil dren, five living; fifty-two grand children, forty-two living; 102 great-grandchildren, eighty-two li ving.and five great-great-grand-childred, all living. Roy Barber and brother John, of Coles Summit, Huntingdon County, were in town Tuesday, and they spent the night at Rich ard Pittman's. Roy said they did not have nearly so heavy a rnowfall in Huntingdon County on Monday as we had. With a view to further improv ing the strains of cattle in their neighborhoods, James R. Sharpe, of Dott, and John Hess, of Need more have recently purchased from a stock farm at Syracuse, N. Y., some thorobred Holsteins. Mr. Sharpe purchased a bull and Mr. Hess, two heifers. Unfor tunately for Mr. Hess, one of his heifers has died since he got it home. We notice that our old friend John H. Truax.who lives between Foltz and Mercersburg, is going to have sale of his household effects on the 31st of this month and he and Alice will make their home this winter with his niece, Mrs. Bard McAfeein Mercersburg. When the weather becomes- fine next spring they expect to come .'yer and spend some time among heir Fulton county relatives and riends. i Substantial Greeting. Pastor Jacobs and family were nadeto feel Tuesday evening hat they had cast their lot imong "Good Samaritans" as fir nome in tne Lutheran par lorpge was being visited by a 'ery larpe number of the mem-rhip-both of the town and 3ig (W Turinory churches. Besides bringing greetings of lood will, they brought willingly if; good thingfi-just such as a preacher and his family need wnfti mey an warming a arsonage. new Admiral Dewey Dead. At the age of 79 years and 21 days, Admiral George Dewey, the hero of Manila Bay, died at his home in Washington Tuesday night of hardening of the arter ies. He had been sick about week. Runyan the Eye Man at Warfordsburg, Thursday and Fri day, January 25-26. Needmore, Saturday, January 27 Harrisonville, Monday January 29 McConnellsburg. Tuesday and Wednesday, January 30-31. Saxton, Friday and Saturday, February 2-3. Improving: The Egg Yield. The Department of Agriculture Washington, recommends that crushed oyster shell food be kept before laying hens as a means through which a good hard egg is produced. A record kept at the Government Chicken Yard, of the amount of oyster shells fed to a laying hen, showed that in one year 1-three tenth lbs. per hen was consumed at a cost of 1 cent a hen per year. It is also pointed out, that the calcium mineral matter taken in by the young chicken in the feeding of oyster shells, may have a tenden cy to strengthen the frame of young pullets and make them stronger and healthier in later life. It is further shown from actual experiment, that when beef scraps was fed to hens, the average egg yield was 137 eggs per hen a year, and when beef scraps were not fed, 90 eggs was the average yearly yield. Wheat Will Be Scarce and High, Even With a Bumper Crop. "This country will be so bare of wheat by next summer that high prices will prevail even if armers raise a bumper crop," declares the Manufacturers Re cord. "The farmers will thus have an opportunity to continue to get such prices as they have not had in the past, even if they produce a crop surpassing the record yield of 1915. Every bush el they can produce will be need ed. Should they 'double their work' they will simply very near- if not quite, double their prof its, for the world is short on oodstuffs." Winter wheat may be helped by top-drssmg with manure during the winter months or with applications of fertilizers high in ammonia early in the spring, indications are tnat a greatly increased number of farmers will top dress their wheat fields this year to get the increas ed yields and resulting larger profits. J Card of Thanks. The family of Mrf. Margaret Barnhart deceased, desire to thank friends and neighbors for their sympathy and kindness during her, illness and death. Peck-.Sipes. Harry L. Peck, son of Nathan iel H. Peck, and Miss Marvin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. El- is Sipes all of Needmore, were quietly married in Hagerstown on Wednesday of last week. They returned to the bride's home Thursday evening, where a sumptuous wedding supper and a number of close members of the contracting parties awaited them. Those present at the reception were Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Myers and son Charles, of Hancock; Mrs. Wilson Myers; Wood De- neen, HancocK; ii,mory Hessier and family, and Ed. W. Hender- shot. Saluvia; R. C. Dixon, and family, and the groom's father, Needmore. Notwithstanding the tempera ture was nat suggestive of the "good old summer time," sere nades turned out and added merriment to the occasion by fine mus'c. The happy couple have already gone to housekeeping the groom having taken charge of his fath er's farm (the old Evans farm) a mile east of Needmere. Locust Grove, were very pleas ant Sunday visitors arroug friends here. Among the sick in this com munity are Eosh Mellott, Marie F.ist. Ralph aid Charley Grey, and Andrew Mellott. Hazel Hess spent a day rncent ly with Mamie Mellott, Warforda burg 11 F D School at -Mt Airy ia progress ing very nicely under the man agmont of Vi'tgieGress. Miss Carrie Hill of Pigeon Cove is spending several days with her uncle and aunt Mr. add Mrs. An drew Mellott. Mr. Ira Hess who has beentuf fering with pneumonia for sever al days is better. Stanley Sbarpp, of Dott. visit ed bis cousin Frank Carnell Sat urday and Sur day. Miss Lucy Uess of Dott, vnit ed the family of Mr. Alexander Bernhardt Saturduy. Mrs. John Bowers spent a day recently with Mrs. George Hill. SI DELI NO FILL. Early Friday morning cU'ath In the form of meningitis enter 'd the borne of Mr and Mrs Omar Lay ton and claimed as its victim their beloved, bright three months' old son, Warren Gliston Burial at (Jedar Grovf Saturday Mr, and Mrs. Lay ton have the sympathy of the entire community. Mrs. Amos Layton has gone to live with the family of ber son Reuben J. Lay ton near Dott. Emory Diehl and family, of State Agricultural Notes. The tacney produced by the bees in tho State during the pa?t year was valued at over one mill ion dollars. Pennsylvania rank seventeenth noiong the corn prod ucirg States having jimped from twentieth place since 1915 Although the ota crop was partially a failure, Pennsylvania has increased its ranking from from fourteenth place in 1915 to twolfl'i place last year. Farmers' Institutes in Somer set county were attended by over 6,000 persons. Westmoreland county leads tho State with the largest num ber of registered stallions with Crawford and Chester following. The losses sustained by the Pennsylvania farmers from hog cholera during the past year were about $60,C00. An mpjrtint rule tlai, all or chardists should follow is to spray ao3)rdmg to ih3 paits that are present or likely to ap pear sooa. It is as much folly to spray on general principle as it s to take medicine for indefinite purposes. hire a single secretary, and divide the balance among themselves. There have been numerous efforts to get these secretaries on the regular payroll, but so far with out succees.-The Independent. Growing Buckwheat. Buckwheat is the least com mon of the grains, yet this crop in New York last year totaled more than 260, 0'O acres, and Pennsylvania stands as a second Michigan, Wisconsin, West Vir ginia, Now Jersey and the other eastern and the New England states also produce large crops of this grain. Buckwheat has, until recently, been given but little attention bv experiment stations and conse- uently the crop has been quite frequently grown in a very bap- hazard way. Buckwheat has been called a "poor land" crop. It is true that buckwheat will frequently produce a profitable crop on land too poor to produce either oats or rye profitably, but it will do still hotter if given good treatment. In fact, the New York Experiment Station finds that "buckwheat when grown on poor land responds well to mod erate dressing or even low grade fertilizer and many farmers who do not use fertilizer on other crops find it profitable to pur chase it for buckwheat " Congressional Graft. Among the forms of petty graft that exasperate people in Wash ington is one involved in the re cent raise in the salaries of the secretaries of members of the House of Representative, from $1500 to $2000. If the secretaries themselves got the benefit of it. no one would object. In fact, ir probably the mHjurity of ca, it simply amounts to an increas in tr.f salary of the .Representa tive himself. These screUrii-s are the only employees of the Government who are not on the payroll, and as a result, the Rep resentative himself draws the salary, and pays it out as he pleases. In some cases he em ploys a member of his own fami ly; this i3 perfectly legitimate provided he pays that member full rates for the work. In many cases we understand Representa tives, who do not have much secretarial work, club together, Pennsylvania Club Bojs Receive Honors Sixty-seven exhibits were en tered in tho State boys' crrn and potato club contest conducted by tho Pennsylvania State College in connection with its annual Farmers' Week in December The clubs whose members fi?ur ed in the contest were organized in most cases by county agricul tuial extension representatives under the regulations prescribed by state club leader, C. W. Clem mer. In awarding the prizes, the following points wero taken into consideration: buahelful yield per acre, excellence of report or sto ry of work done and the merit of the exhibit of corn and pota toes, as the case might be. Three prizes are offered in connection with this annual contest at State College. The first prize includes expenses for a winter course, in agriculture at the College; the second prize, expenses to Farm er a Week; and the third three books on agricultural subjects. The judges of the contests are members of the stiff of the School of Agriculture. In the corn growing contest, Clarence D. Dcnkel of Myers- town, forks County, Pa, won the first prizo with a score of b9 5 per cent and a yield por acre of 1:0 bushels shelled corn. Paul 11 Snyder of Reading, Berks County, Pa., won second prize with a score at 83.1 per cent and a yield per acre of ICG 1" bushels Lewis Dana llico ot JJloom field Porry county, Pa., won third prize with a score of 8- 9 per cent and a yield per acre of 110 7 bushels. In the potato growing contest, Noyman Carey of Sundy Lake, Morcer Couoty, Pa., won first pnze with a score of 91 per cent and a jield per acre of 319 4 bushels. Clyde llerrick of Cam bridge Springs, Crawford coun ty, Pa , won second prize with a score of 69.4 per cent and a yield per acre of 228.8 bushels. George E Harris of Newtown, Bucks County, Pa., won third prize with a score of CG 7 por cent and a yield per acre of 1H4 4 bushels. The value of those contests are not to bo measured in dolla.-a and cents, but rather in theecouomic training they give the boys en listed in them in keeping ac counts of receipts and expendi turea, in the sense of ownership, achievement and ability which it generates and in the opportuni ties which club work in general provides for physical, intellec tual, and social development and for recreation. When it is remembered that the last census tiigures give 30 bushels as the average yield of shelled corn per acre in Pennsyl vania and 83 bushels as tho aver a?e yield of potatoes, the yields secured by the winners in this contest are, to say the least start ling The lowest yield of corn in the contest was fifty four bushels and the highest, 120 bushels. For potatoes the lowest yield was 184 4 burhels and the highest 394 4 bushels. These results au Kur well for the future of club work in Pennsylvania. Tho counties represented in the contest are Beaver, Berks, Blair, Cambria, Fayette, Jefler- 8 o n , bawrence, Montgomery, Potter and Westmoreland. The boys' club work will be prosecuted on a larger scale this year by State College. Present plans comprehend the extension of the work into counties where it was not known last year. The end is not yet. This work con stitutes only one of the activities directed by the department of agricultural Extension at the Peunsvlvarna State College. The New Half Dollar. The new 50-cent piece made its appearance in our local banks last week-and they are really not much improvement in appear ance on the old one. On the "head" side is a thinly clad woman walking along with a lithe step, her right hand out stretched, and holding in the hollow of her left arm an olive branch. Over her right shoulder hangs the Stars and Stripes. The background is made up of the setting sun, and "In God We Trust." Above is the word "Lib erty," in letters far enough apart to form a semicircle ground the top edge of the coin. At the bottom is the date. On the "tails" side is an eagle le considered by some a bit cor pulent-just about to fly. It is perched on an olive branch, and is glancing toward the words "E Pluribus Union," directly in front. Across the top of the coin is "Uuited States of America," and at the bottom, "Half Dollar." G. I. Reisner & Co, Adams Has Dry Judge. in the Adams (Jounty license court held at Gettysburg last Fri day, Associate Judge Miller re fused to concur with President Judge McPherson and Associate Judge Dicks in the granting of thirty-one of the thirty-four ap plication for liquor license. Associate Miller, in refusing to sign his name to the liquor selling, filed a dissenting opinion, as follows: "I refuse to sign liquor license applications because, in my judg ment, there is no public necessity in the county for a saloon and because the evils to the young flowing from the saloons are so great; also the changed trend of sentiment in this county is all against the granting of licenses. I have therefore determined to suppress them as far as it lies in my power to do so." An Accurate Description. "Did you ever run into a tele graph pole?'' inquired tho elderly passenger. i es, ma am, paid tho chauffeur, slowing up the tuxixciib to avoid a collision with n ctrcct car. "I've bumped into telegraph poles, I reckon, two or three times." "Brings you to a pretty sudden stop, doesn't it?" "No, ma am; tho machine stops, all right, but I nlways keep on go ing." Chicago 1 nbuno. Friendship. Doctor Did you sleep wellf Patient Not a wink. Doctor That is too bnd. Sleep is our beet friend, nnd especially to the sick. Patient It is a friend like all the others who abandon you nt the mo ment when one has most need of them. Medical Pickwick. Handicapped. "While coming dow n in the train this morning t noticed two denf and dumb men sitting opposite me. One of them had an impediment in his speech." "How could n deaf and dumb man have an impediment in his speech?" "Two of his fingers were cut off." Exchange. Western Maryland Railway. In Effect November 20, 1916. Subject to change without nolloc. Trains leave Haneook aa followa: No. 7 1.40a, m. (dally) forCumberland, Pitts bureh and went, also Klklua, and West Vlrirmls points. NO.SS.3S a. m. (dully) for Hagerstown, Get tysburg Hanover, York (eicvpt Sunday), and Ualllmore. So, 18. M a. m. (dally exoept Sunday) for Cumberland and Intermediate points. No. 4 8.07 a. m. (dally eicept Sunday) (or HniferHtown, (IcttysburK.llunover, York l'u' tlmoreand Intermediate points, Wash Inston, l'lillitdulphla, and New York. No, 82.87 p. m '(dally) Western Express for Cumberland West Virginia nolntr, and PlttNburKh, Chleuxo and the West. No. i 2 67 p. m. (dally) Express for Havers town, Waynesboro, ChambersburR, Hal t'more, Washington. Philadelphia and New York. O. P. STEWART S. ENNES, Gen'l Passenger Ag'l General Manager. DO YOU DREAD WINTER? If every man, woman and child in this vicinity would only take one spoonful of We Wish Every One a Happy and Prosperous New Year. m tP TP IV ila M n M R nn bvl after meals for one month, it would put vigor in their blood to withstand the rigors of winter weather and . A- L I l. 1 J- anrl luinla aiflrnoca ncip prevent vuiusf jiff a vn- v"w. SCOTT'S is a fortifying medicinal-food of particu lar benefit in changing seasons, and every drop yields direct returns in richer blood, stronger lungs, and greater resistive power. No alcohol in SCOTrS. SHtAttewBloon.id.N.J. 1 i-1t 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. -:- C O A T S 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 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. alia. S. RAYMOND SNYDER, Jeweler.. Watches, Clocks, and Jewelry Repairing We Aim To Please North Main Streeet.J Opposite Post Office, Chambersburg, Pa. are ths products of mora than 80 yearV experience. Four brands 76' Special Motor Auto ; Power Without Carbon Waverly gasolines are ell distilled end refined from Pennsylvania Crude Oil. Clean, Uniform. Mora miles per gallon. Contain no crude com pressed natural gas product. Waverly Oil Werka C PIMabivgh, fa. Inrfapandant Raflnera niumlnanta Ltibricaato Paraflln Wax Waverly Producta Said by 13. 11. SHAW, Hustontown. Pa. Li.- rJ
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