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COBREOTKD IVKBY WEDNESDAY.
The ireln murkeu re ,'J!JI!S '
nburf dily newtpapere. The jwwn ,
';' GRAIN
Wheal ll00
I!ew whet I-00
l'-rn 175
torn 1-00
OaU 6S
Kye; 11s
PROVISIONS
Ham per lb 8
Shoulder 16
3acen. Sides per lb U
Poiatoei, per bushel 1-5
Butter, Creamery 32
Butter, Country 28
Ecrs, per doxen 34
Lard, oer B, 13
LlreCaWei, per Dk .9
Chickens. Der lb ... 15
Advertising keeps on talking
at hours when the merchant and
his clerks are oft duty.
William Brewer, of the Cove
had the misfortune to lose a val
uable horse last week.
So far no one has proposed
that the United States must buy
Greenland in order to protect the
North Pole.
Miss Mamie Hoke entertained
a number of her friends at din
ner a few days ago and at lunch
eon, the day following.
' Mrs. C. B. Stevens entertain
ed a large company of her friends
last week one section Thursday
afternoon and another, Friday
evening.
There will be preaching servi
ces at Bethany Church at Big
Cove Tannery, Sunday evening
at 7 o'clock. Subject: "The
Cross of Christ." All are wel
come. Mrs. Margaret Schooley, after
having spent two months with
her daughter Mrs. Shotts, at
Tylersburg, Pa., returned to her
home near Harrisonville last
week.
HIDES. Frank B. Sipea
pays the highest market price
for beef hides at tbeir butcher
hop in McConnellsburg, alar
highest price paid for calf skins
sheepskins and tallow.
Advertisement.
Mr. Bryan Mellott was in town
Monday. His sale last week ad
vertised in the News was very
satisfactory, and Mr. Mellott ex
pects to remove to Ohio about
the middle of February.
Mr. and Mrs. L B. Mellott and
son Paul and daughters Helen,
and Nellie Arlene spent Wed
nesday night in the home of Mr 3.
Mellott's sister, Mrs. George C.
Mellott, East Market Street
Mrs. J. D. Cutchall and daugh
ter Elva, of Hustontown, made
a trip to McConnellsburg Monday
in a sleigh. With the exception
of more or less water in the road
in places, the sleighing was
good.
The magazines claim that they
should have low rates of postage
because they are popular educat
ors, and they proceed to prove it
by putting red and yellow pic
tures of pretty girls on their
covers.
The Misses Virginia and Bertha
Tritle entertained about forty or
fifty, of their friends at their
home in Ayr township on Friday
evening of last week. . "We just
had a grand time" is what every
body is saying that was there.
Last Saturday's Public Opinion
Bays that Miss Rose Fisher was
taken very ill with acute indiges
tion' while at the home of A. L.
Metz in Chambersburg last Thurs
day. On Friday evening she
was better, but still at the Metz
home.
Rev. and Mrs. Will R. Truax
and son Roy, and their son-in-law
and -daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Mellott and John H.
Strait all of Pieplant Ridge,
took advantag of the good sled
ding to make a trip to McCon
nellsburg last Thursday.
All applications for liquor li
cense were refused by Judge
Charles Corbett in Jefferson coun
ty laBt week. This is the second
year the Judge has refused all
applications in that county.
This is offset, however, by the
fact that 1090 licenses were grant,
ed in Schuylkill county.
Dayton Mellott, of Edenville,
Franklin County who resides on
the farm purchased from former
county commissioner, John F.
Gelwicks, is recovering from a
severe attack of illness. Mr.
Mellott will retire from farming
in the Spring and will have pub
lie sale of his personal proper' y
on February 21. .
Wanted, Fer 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.
Fon Sale Uolstem Bull Calf,
week old, well bred. Geo. K. Nel
son, Big Cove.
Fou Sale: Surrey, good as
new, at bargain price. Owner
having a car, has no use for it.
J. H Kendall.
Foil Sale: Two pure bred
Jersey Heifers and onepure bred
Bull weight about 1200. Will
Ball at a reasonable price. D. M.
Black, Three Springs, Pa.
For Sale: Good Thrush and
Stough Fallintr Top Buggy, good
curtain-, lap apron, and good sin
gle harness. Bargain to quica
buyer. Inquire at this office
Wanted! Wanted!
Wanted 8000 bushels ear corn
at ? I 00 per bu. cash. Rye want
ed at $1.00 per bu. cash. Pota
toes at $1.50 per bu. trade.
llAUttY E. Huston,
1 18 4U Saltillo Pa.
Daily Papers Two Cents
Beginning Monday, January
29 tb, the price of all daily papers
will be advanced to two cents per
:opy to regular subscribers.
For advanced payment subscrip
tion rates, h quire, B. F. Shimek.
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Sale Register.
Friday, February 16, John W.
Car mack 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 9 o'clcck sharp.
Credit 12 months. J. M. Ches-
nut, auct.
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, his entire stock.
Come in 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.
1 4 6t. Chas. F. Scott.
Notice.
Notiee is hereby given, that af
ter thirty days from the date of
this notice viz: January 25, 1917,
the County Commissioners ol
Fulton County, Pa , will direct
the Constable of each township
and borough in the said County
to bill all dogs not wearing a li
cense tig for 1917, and all unli
censed dogs tound therein.
F. M. Lodge,
Chas. W. Schooley,
A. K. Neshit,
1 25 17 St. Commissioners.
Substitutes for Shoe Leather
While the consumer is lament
ing the high price of 8hoe3 the
manufacturer are considering
ways and means of preventing a
still further increase in price.
The National Boot and Shoe Man
ufacturers' Association, which
has been in session in New York
has been considering the use of
substitutes for leather to check
the advance in the price of shoes
and "to preserve a just balance
in the cost of materials." It is
suggested that fiber soles and
heels can be used to advantage
in a majority of all the shoes
made. Cloth tops can be used
to replace leather. It is explain
ed that cloth has not hitherto
been used extensively in uppers
for shoes because leather has
been cheap and the necessity for
the fabrics did notjexist.
The first thought of consumers
will be that some manufacturers
have already been using substi
tutes for leather in the manufac
ture of shoes if we are to judge
anything by the rapidity with
which shoes wear out. But there
is no denying the fact that the
cost of the material with which
shoes are manufactured has ad
vanced enormously. It is quite
probable that ' reduction in the
hours of labor and increases in
wages will add to the cost of
shoes in 1917.
Unprecedented prosperity
seems to be a pretty serious thing
tor the American DeoDle and
'ome of them will feel greatly
relieved when we get upon a nor
mal basis.
There's nothing to be gained by nursing a grouch. It will not help your business. It will not help you. Be a BOOSTER
for your own business, anyway.
We are boosting for our business in a modern way right now. We don't expect all the business but we want more busi
ness. We have built up a good strong creditable bank. The more patrons we have, the stronger our bank will become. We
need your business. We want you to do business with this bank. But this is only one side of the question our side. We can
help you, also. We safeguard your funds! We offer you every accommodation afforded by any reliable bank. It's to your ad
vantage as well as ours to make our bank your bank.
We have built up our business by boosting our own business. The business man who has a grouch is knocking his own
business.
Come in and talk business over with us. We are always glad to exchange ideas.
FULTON COUNTY BANK.
Billy Sunday as a Model.
Scoffers and skeptics at the
Billy Sunday'u evangelistic work
must be affected by the figure
of his results. Even on the ba
sis of the crowds drawn, it is an
amazing spectacle, without para
llel in history. An attendance of
a million and a half in eleven
weeks preaching at Boston, has
nothing like it in Christian tradi
tion. The ordinary Christian preach
er has a lot to learn from Billy.
That does not mean that he must
pound the table, mount up on the
desk, swing chairs, or sling slang
like Mr. Sunday. Sunday has a
certain natural physical grace
that makes his antics a natural
expression of his nervous and
passionate utterance. Anyone
who tries to imitate him simply
makes himself grotesque.
Wherever Billy goes clergymen
flock to hear him. They do well
to study his methods. They can
distinguish many methods used
by Billy that the most dignified
preacher can usefully employ in
his pulpit
For one thing Billy is tremen
dously lucid. His language is
clear cut, direct, straight to the
point Me draws his illustrations
and ideas from every day life,
from much contact with men and
things. Different types of char
acter, different courses of con
duct, are graphically described
and separated from each othet
with absolute clarity. The hear
er leaves one of Billy's taberna
cles with certain positive impres
sions that stick in his mind.
No man makes a great popular
appeal unless he does acquire
this habit of clear, lucid, graphic
utterance. Many clergymen sur
round their subjects with a hazy
fog of speculation and philosophy
The best intentions and the most
spiritual desires often fail to get
over as they say in the theatres.
Birthday Surprise.
A very pleasant surprise was
sprung on Mrs. Frank Bowser at
her home South Richard Street,
Bedford last Friday evening in
honor of her birthday. Those
present were: Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Cessna, Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Leffert, Mrs. Henry Arnold,
Mrs. Ida Pepple, Mrs. George
Hert Mrs. Percy Mock, Mrs. Ella
Little, Mrs, Frank Mann, Mrs.
Thos. Easter, Mrs Thos. O'Shea
Mrs. Frank Mock, Mrs. Nick
Mautters, Misses Marie Dren
ning, June Price, Mary O'Shea,
Bertha Miller, Mary Easter,
Effie Fetter, Maude O'Shea, Mary
Leader, Lillian Little, Christina
Leader, Florence Little, Helen
O'Shea, Louise Cessna, Haze)
Mautter.and Messrs Fred Cessna,
Raymond Little, Bernard Feight
and Fred Baylor. It is needless
to say it was a joyous occasion
and Mrs. Bowser would be almost
willing to have two birthdays a
year if they would all he as
pleasant as this.
Legalettes
A bank is liable for the loss if
it pays a check on a depositor's
account which was forged or
raised in the absence of gross
negligence of the depositer.
A man may marry a girl in
this. State if his mother and her
mother are cousins. The Penn
sylvania law prohibits the mar
riage of first cousins, but not
cousins of more distant degree.
A wife cannot cut her husband
out of his share in her estate un
less he has not supported her for
one year or upward. The hus
band could elect to take against
the will. A child can be entirely
disinherited and it is not neces
sary to leave it one dollar or aiy
other sum.
BE A BOOSTER.
GEORGE A. HARRIS, President.
C. R. SPANGLER, Vice-President.
Cleaning Spotted Clothing
Nothing is more necessary to
the long life and appearance of
clothes than the removal of spots
which may appear from time to
time and which are almost inev
itable even it the case of the
most careful individual.
The home economies extension
staff of the. Pennsylvania State
College school of agriculture and
station suggests two ways of re
moving grease spots one by
absorbing and the other by dis
solving. Magnesium, fuller's earth,
starch or French chalk may be
used for absorbing spots. The
spots should be covered with
powder and blowing paper placed
underneath the material and over
the powder. A warm iron placed
on the upper blotter will draw
the grease out into the powder.
When the powder is removed the
garment should be brushed
thoroughly.
For dissolving grease spots,
gasoline, ether, alcohol or chloro
form may be used. A soft blotting
paper is placed under the spot
and the dissolving agent applied
with a soft cloth. Light rubbing
hastens the dissolving process
and prevents the grease from set
tling on the edges.
Before an attempt is made to
remove any spot, all dust should
be brushed out, as it is likely to
form a dark ring.
Mending Trousers.
One of the readers of The Sun
day School Times sent this story
for use in The Illustration Round
Table, a department of that pa
per conducted by the readers
themselves. The department evi
dently furnishes very practical
illustration, and right , to the
point
"Two pastors' wives, alleges
the Western Christian Union,
were visiting together. One
mid: T don't know what we will
do my husband is so discour
aged. Somehdw his people dc
not care to hear him preach, and
our salary is far behind. My
husband feels so blue that he
does not like to visit the people
and pray with them, and so he
sits around at home nearly all the
time.' The other sister said:
'We are getting along fine. My
husband spends much of his time
visiting, and the people like to
have him kneel and pray with
them in their homes. Our con
gregation are always good, am
our salary is paid up promptly.'
While the two sisters were talk
ing they were mending trousers.
One was mending her husband's
trousers at the seat, the othei
was mending her husband's trous
ers at the knees."
Sweeping Decision
In the most sweeping of all
decisions upholding prohibition
laws, the supreme court had up
held as constitutional and valid
the Webb-Kenyon law prohibit
ing shipments of liquor from
"wet" to "dry" states. It also
sustained West Virginia's recent
amendment to her law prohibit
ing importation in interstate com
merce of liquor for personal use.
After having been vetoed by
President Taft who held it uncon
stitutional and having been re
passed by congress over his veto
the law was sustained by the su
preme court by a vote of 7 to 2.
Leaders of the prohibition move
ment declare it is to their fight
second only in inportance to the
propossd constitutional amend
ment. Lawyers for liquor inter
ests who heard the decision today
admitted it upheld and applied
the law "in its fullest sense."
Naval Careers for Young Men
The death of Admiral Dewey
concentrates attention on one of
the great naval careers of Amer
ican history. As our young men
read the dramatic story of George
Dewey's life, with its thrilling
climax at Manila Bay, a great
many of them will be fired with
the ambition to enter this career.
If the United States should be
drawn into war, a great many
young men now obscure would
in a day become figures of his
tory. Those who long for money mak
ing will not choose navy life.
Republics are ungrateful, and
most of our heroes have never
received much financial reward.
But there are many solid ad
vantages in a naval career. The
strict discipline of these little
kingdoms on shipboard produces
a very self controlled and well
ordered type of character. The
navy men are alert mentally,
and erect physically and morally.
Their drills makes them quick
thinkers. Any family with a
naval officer among its boys is
prouder of him than of the money
makers who stay at home and
enter business.
Naval officers say that the navy
has more democratic spirit than
the army. The various grades
of the shipboard life meet in close
quarters and artificial distinc
tions could not live long.
American sentiment had de
cided that an increase of our
navy is necessary in these times
of world anarchy, and we need
many bright young fellows in
our ships. They- should note
that Dewey's great achievement
was not due to any luck or chance
but to the fact that he had pre
pared himself for a historic em
ergency by a life of incessant
industry, study, and technical
skill.
The Kissing Germ Again
If you are of a warm and affec
tionate nature; if you have the
inveterate habit of breaking into
osculatory expression of your
joy or enthussasm, you must
make a heroic effort to conquer
that practice during these days
f uncertain weather.
If you don't exercise the most
rigid self-control in the matter
of "this abominable habit of in
discriminate kissing," you will
either infect with or be infected
by the horrid little old germ of
cold in the head.
An eminent London docter says
so and this doctor knows.
"Kissing," says the doctor, "is
one of the most frequent causes
of infection in cases of cold in
the head.
"Women with a bad cold think
nothing of kissing their own or
anybody's else children. They
think little of the chances of in
fecting the child with thejr own
ailment although they know that
there is nothing more nagging
disagreeable than a cold in the
head, which lowers the system
and makes a person susceptible
to more serious troubles."
It is the same way with influ
enza, this doctor affirms.
"A woman who is suffering
with influenza will ask her friends
to come in and cheer her up, in
spite of the fact that influenza is
one of the most highly infectious
diseases known.
" Influenza has not a friend in
the world and every county tries
to make out that it is a native of
some other country. In Russia
it is called Siberian fever, and in
Siberia Chinese fever. In France
it has been called Spanish catarrh
and Spain returns the compliment
by calling it Russian fever."
Babicnbe tor the Nkwp.
WILSON L. NACE, Cashier.
ROBERT G. ALEXANDER, Teller.
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-cell, Ever-ready flash light
at 59c. complete; others,1 at
65, 76 85,90c, SSl.CT, $1.25,
51 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
Ve 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'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 vnn for
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neSS OVer 1915. We HOW h.1V
our gain over 1915 is R523.90,
nv " 1 '"p manning yuu.iur me. ne wisn you an a
prosperous New Year. Knowing that if you are prosperous
if tc lilralit 4-U4 ...Ill
ii iJ uivciy mm WC will UC.
HULL & BENDER,
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,
v WHEN IN CHAMBERSBURG
be sure to look at our line of
Ladies Furs,
Assortment will please careful buyers.
We sell furs on honor.
HENNINGER
The Hatter, Chambersburg, Pa.
SAFETY LIGHTS
Vic light that satjs
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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.
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