TBI HJLTOH OOUlfTT WBW1, MoOOiggLUBtnttt, FA.
MARKET REPORT.
COMMOTIO IVKRT WEDNESDAY.
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GRAIN
WheU
Hw wheat
Lro
Corn
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By
PROVISIONS
Ham per lb
Shoulder
Btccn, 8ldetper lb
Poutoei, per buibel
Butter, Creamery
Butter, Country
Xggs, per down
Lard, per lb
Live Calves, per lb
Chickens, per
1.74
1.74
1.90
98
55
115
18
16
14
1.50
37
28
34
15
g
15
Wanted, For Sale. For Rent,
Lost. Found, Etc.
RATES One cent "per word for each
Insertion. No advertisement accepted
for less than 15 cents. Cash must ac
company order.
Wanted I will pay spot cash
for Fat Hogs, Cared Meat, iGood
Lard, Ear Corn, and Potatoes de
hvered at my store, Clay Park,
Merchant, Three SprlDgs. 2 1 9t
Subscribe lor the "News'
only tl. 00 a year.
Ezra L. Peck. Russell Peck,
Howard Martin and John Martin
nil nf Thomnaon. motored to
McConnellsburg on Wednesday
of last week.
. HIDES. Prank B. SIpcs
pays tne highest market price
for beef hides at tteir butcher
. than in McConnellsburg, also
highest price paid for calfskin
thee ps ions ana uuo w.
Advertisement.
After a week's illness of pneu
"monia. Dr. John J. Eckel, a suc
cessful dentist, died inCham
hersbunr at the home of his
brother-in-law Charles H. Brand,
rn Thursday evening of last
week. .
; Boyd Elvey, East Lincoln Way
had the misfortune a few days
ago to get one of his toes pain
fully smashed while assisting in
getting logs out on the T. J.
Comerer land on the west side of
Cove mountain.
Mr. A. G. Deshong, of Juniata
Pa., accompanied by his brother
John F., of Harrisonville, were
agreeable callers at the News of
fice Monday. Arlie is a contract
plasterer, and made the trip
home in his Chevrolet to visit his
father, Mr. S. J. Deshong, who
has been sick for some time.
All but eighteen miles of the
rural section of the Lincoln High
way in Pennsylvania are under
the supervision of the State High
way Commission. These eigh
teen miles lie in the extreme
western portion of the State ad
jacent to the Ohio line and form
the only section of the route in
Pennsylvania not hard surfaced.
Bar silver is now quoted above
77 cents as compared with about
56 cents a year ago. This is the
highest price which has been
reached in twenty years, but is a
long ways from the 16 to 1 basis.
The value of our silver dollar is
now more nearly approaching par
with gold, but this must not be
taken to mean that the parity is
to be restored and remain per
manently. - Saloonkeepers in Maryland will
be compelled to pay an additional
license of $100 a year as provided
in a liquor license law passed by
the last General Assembly of the
State. In an opinion of the Court
of Appeals just filed, the act has
been held constitutional and those
saloonkeepers who failed to take
out the additional license will be
compelled to pay $100 now for
the year dating from June 15,
1916.
Mrs. Martha Ankerbrand, of
Franklin county, a few days ago,
drew $206.00 from the bank for
the purpose of making a loan,
and returned home, placed her
pocket book on a chair with some
papers and after attending to
Borne duties about the house,
threw the papers into the stove.
Later she discovered that her
pocket book was missing, and
after making a futile search, re
membered where she had left her
money, and going to the stove,
smelled the burning leather and
saw the ashes of her pocketbook
and its contents.
There is a girl in Massachu
setts, who travels 64 miles every
day to get a high school educa
tion. She leaves her home at
6:30 in the morning and drives
to Becket, four miles distant
There she takes her horse to a
livery stable, unharnesses the
nag and puts him in a stall. She
then takes a train and rides 27
miles to Westfield and after she
arrives she walks a mile to the
high school. When the day's
Bessions are over she walks a
mile to the station, goes back by
train 27 miles to Becket, gets her
1 orse and buggy or sleigh and
ciives four mile3 to her home. ,
Wanted Good man to work
on the farm by tbe month Good
wages and a good place. Address
Z. M. Roderick, Mt. C-irroll, 111.,
R. R. 7 2 8 21
Wanted, 1,000 bushels of rye
at $1 10 per bushel cash; potatoes
$175 cash or $180 trade; ear
corn, $1.10; wheat at market
price. Harry Huston, Saltillo,
Pa. H
Wife Left My wife has left
my bed and board without fault
of mine. I hereby notify the pub
ho that 1 will pay no bills con
tracted by her hereafter. F. B.
Spade, Jr., Emmaville, Pa.
Artificial Teeth Wanted:
We pay up to $5.00 full or broken
sets. Mail to vn lor our offer.
If not satisfactory will return
teeth. City Tooth Works. Cham
ber of Commerce Bldg., Roches
ter, N. Y. 2 15 2t
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, bogs, farm implements,
grain, household goods, etc
Sale begins at 9 o'clock sharp
Credit 12 months. J. M. Ches
nut, auct.
Thursday, February 22, Mrs.
Louisa Powell, administratrix of
tbe estate of Miss Hattie Powell
and of tbe estate of John S. Pow
ell, and Geo. W. Fisher adminis
trator of the estate of Mrs. Anna
Yeakel, will sell at the late rest
dence of John b. roweil, one-
fourth mile northwest of Plum
Run postoffice, farm implements
lumber, fence posts, household
goods, etc. Sale beginz ' at 10
o'clock. Credit 6 months.
Saturday, February 24, Mrs.
R A. Skileswill nellon theprem
ises three miles north of Harris
onville on the road leading to
IIust?ntown, good mare 6 years
old, wagon, sleds, farm machin
ery, harness, bay, cornfodder,
household goods, &c. Sale will
begin at 10 o'clock. Terms made
known on day of sale. J. M.
Chesnnt, auctioneer.
Wednesday, March 14, Ross
King, having sold his farm and
intending to quit farming, will
sell at his residence one mile
west of Laidig in Taylor township
2 good horses, 8 cattle, farm
machinery, corn, oats, hay, corn
fodder, household goods, etc.
Sale begins at 10 o'clock. Credit
9 months J. M. Chesnut, auc
tioneer.
tort Littleton Dramatic Club.
Saturday evening, February
17th, the Fort Littleton Dramatic
Club will present the laughable
play "The Deacon's Second Wife"
in the schoolhouse at Fort Little
ton. The characters are: Deacon
Fritz Hunter Fraker; Malviny
Fritz, the Deacon's wife Jane
Cromer. Their children: Milton
George Washington Fritz Carl
Fraker; Nancy Melissy Fritz
Huldah Foreman; Kitty Rollins,
his niece Nellie Cromer; Mrs.
Brown, an interested neighbor
Edith Wilds. Summer Board
ers: John Bullock Ralph Fraker;
Mrs. Bullock Emma Gelvin;
Dorothy Bullock Bessie Fore
man; and Hartley Bullock Ray
mond Cromer; Ernest Reuch,
their chauffeur Ray Fields; PhiU
ip Gamboge,.and .artist Harry
Fraker.
The first period will be occu
pied by a comedy in one act
"The Burglars." Characters:
Josiah Green, brave when dang
er's not in sight Lou Stevens;
Mrs. Maria Green, his wife, and
afraid of burglars-Edith Wilds;
Kitty, the housemaid, and afraid
of no one Huldah Foreman; To
by a negro, hired to catch burg
larsRaymond Cromer.
The entertainment begins at
7:30 o'clock. -Admission 10 and
15 cents.
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Official Statement.
Attention is called to the Official Statement of THE FULTON COUNTY BANK which will be found
elsewhere in this paper.
Please note the increase in deposits, which now are over $400,000.00. The total resources are
near the HALF MILLION mark.
We are always pleased to have you examine these official statements and if there is anything
about them you do not fully understand, we shall be glad to explain it to you.
FULTON COUNTY BANK.
GEORGE A. HARRIS, President.
C. R. SPANGLER, Vice-President.
WILSON L. NACE, Cashier.
ROBERT G. ALEXANDER, Teller.
ADVERTISE IN
Tbe Fulton County Mews.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
The Fulton County Bank
Of McConnellsburg,
Fulton County, Pennsylvania, at the close of business January
26, 1917.
RESOURCES.
Cash, specie and notes $'7,981.00
Due from Approved Reserve Agents, . 39,774,69
Legal securities at par 17,000.00 $ 74,755.69
Nickels and cents, . . . ; 237 50
Due from Banks and Trust Cos. not reserve, .... 9,365.44
Bills discounted: Upon one name.. .. $ 1,134 21
" Upon two or more names, 10,395 80 11,530 01
Time loans 7.849.50
Loans on call with collateral, 36,865 69
Loans on call upon one name 34,160 85
Loans on call upon two or more names 99,138.22 178.014 26
Bonds,.... 89,751.26
Mortgages and judgments of record 125,301. 52
Payment on Real Estate 750. 00
Furniture and fixtures, 1,500.00
Overdrafts 254.99
Book value of reserve securities above par, ...... 502.05
Total $491,962.72
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in $ 50,000.00
Surplus fund t 32,000.00
Undivided profits, less expenses and tax paid,. . . 3,789,53
Individual deposits subject to check, $104,143 54
Demand Certificates of Deposit 180.00
Time Certificates of Deposit,. 271,719.61
Savings fund deposits 24,808 73 400,851.83
Due to Banks and Trust Cos. etc., not reserve, . . P.321.31
Total,..1 $491,962.72
State of Pennsylvania, County of Fulton, ss :
I, Wilson L. Nace, Cashier of the above named Bank, do
solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of
my knowledge and belief. WILSON L. NACE,
Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1st day of Febru
ary 1917. M. Ray Shaffner,
Notary Public.
Geo. A. Harris, 1
Geo. B. Mellott, j
John A. Irwin, ! n,vf
A. U, Nace. ,r Directors
D. A. Washabaugh, I
B. W. Peck, J
erour more recent newcomers
have caught this spirit
Are they willing in a national
crisis to accept the sentiment of
the nation as a whole? Or are
they here only for the fat Amer
ican pay envelopes? Will they
join in loyal assent to the Ameri
can spirit? Will they suppress
demonstrations of dissent that
could easily give the idea that
this is an undisciplined people
lacking any unity?
Probably nearly all of our so
called "hyphenated citizens" will
be found in th'e right place if war
comes. It is perfectly natural
that they should not easily lose
J touch of the ideals and concep
tions into which they were born.
But the American Bpirit has
drawn these people into our free
Western life, and it can't help
swaying them. Those who can't
feel that loyalty to America right
or wrong, were better elsewhere.
They have come here under misconception.
$40,0Q9TRAMP.
Wanderer Since Twelve, De Mow Seeks
a Wire and Will "Settle Town."
Murphy sboro, 111., Feb. 12.
George E. Cheatham, who awoke
in the tramp room in the City
Hall in Bloomington to find him
self heir to a farm valued at $40,
000 through the bequest of an
uncle, has returned to his former
home here to claim his fortune.
Left an orphan at the age of
twelve, Cheatham took up the
life of a nomad, traveling from
State to State and from country
to country trying to find solace
for his grief. In his wanderings
he has visited every State in the
Union, !aa well as many foreign
countries, including practically
all those in Europe and Australia
He speaks seven languages and
knows a smattering of Chinese
and Japanese.
Cheatham recently drifted into
Bloomington and sought a place
to sleep in the tramp room of the
City Hall. A rule of the city
prison requires every lodger to
give his name and address. So
Cheatham replied to the questions
of the sergeant truthfully, and
then went below to the quarters
of the hobos.
When Cheatham emerged from
the tramp room to claim his knife
razor and other small possessions
he was shown a letter saying
that he was heir to a $30,000 es
tate. He was dazed over the
good news, but said he was the
man for whom the communica
tion was intended.
Cheatham boasts that in all bis
wanderings, extending over a
period of twenty-three years, he
has not spent a dollar for a rail
road ticket.
"I've ridden everything faom
a Jersey cow back in Elk town
ship when I wuz a kid to the
cushions of the limited, aud nev
err spent a berry for pasteboard"
said Cheatham, lapsing back into
the vernacular of the road. When
I wuz in Australia I often thought
I'd like to ride one of them kan
garoos, .but they're too keen.
1 want a wife and 1 m gonna
settle down. Yep, I want a wife
that could be affectionate to an
old 'bo like me.!'
"Jlj Country, Right or Wrong."
At first thodght this familiar
phrase might be regarded as un
reasoning patriotism. There are
superior souls who claim to be
internationalists rather than pa
triots. They are not valued citi
zens of any government .
In an autocracy this Bpirit has
its excuse. The people have had
no share in making the govern
ment and can't be expected to
submit readily to policies forced
on them.
The system under which we
live is our own making. The
acts of the Washington govern
ment are the acts of all of us,
since the government was creat
ed by the laws we all have made.
The moment tha,t any minority
or racial section fails to join in
this common responsibslity, it
helps make the United States a
mere debating society rather than
a nation, and renders it about as
formidable as a debating society
usually is.
Democratic governments have
usually failed because their peo
ple could not loyally co-operate.
Having lost the game,' they can
not play. Fortunately minority
political parties usually support
the government in foreign peril.
The bnly question is, as to whetfc-
Display and Americanism.
Some discussion has started
over the question of appropriat
ing $25,000 for the coming presi
dential inauguration. Some of
out people think this is too much
of a price for democratic Ameri
ca. They would like to go back
to the days when Thomas Jeffer
son tied his horse to the rail
fence and walked unattended up
the capitol steps. To be sure
that story is said today to be my
thical, but it has been told so
many times that it ought to be
true if it isn't
Monarchical governments, of
course, have to overawe the peo
ple. They pay out the taxpayers
money in costly display to keep
the taxpayers quiet Tinsel is
sometimes more effective than
good laws in subduing unrest
It is a part of the kinging busi
ness, .
Our people do not need any
money thrown away for impress
ing them with the greatness of
the presidential office. They un
derstand that perfectly anyway.
At the same time, no one in
America wants things to look
cheap. Giving a $75,000 presi
dent a $7,500 inauguration would
be about like a business man go
ing to the office in a ten-dollar
suit
Washington is one of the big
capitals of the world. Represen
tatives of all foreign powers are
there watching to see how Uncle
Sam does things. If he conducts ,
his business in a niggardly way
it must give a wrong impression.
When the head of a public in
stitution like a college, or philan
thropy begins work, the occasion
is always made much of. It is a
time for review of the past and
anticipation of the future. A
certain amount of ceremony and
from its appropriate according to
the importance of the work be
ing done. The United States of
America is the greatest enter
prise on earth, and inaugurating
its chief executive should be dig
nified by an impressive observance.
C Y. S. N. S. Notes.
The basket ball game between
Shippensburg and Bloomsburg
was one of the most interesting
games of the season. The score
was 207 favor of Shipensburg.
The following officers were
elected in Normal Literary So-cicty:-0.
V. Wink, president:
Miss Maudleen Stevens, secre
tary, and Miss Olive Lodge,
critic.
Fred Lamberson had the - mis
fortune to get measles last week;
He is now at home.
Subscribe for the News.
Racket Store
FLASH LIGHTS.
tvEREADY
SAFETY LIGHTS
77k? li'jht that says
"Qtiere it ist
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
hive 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, at
65,76 85,90c, $1.0, 51.25,
$1 40 and 52.00, and the best
batteries 2-cell, 25c; 3-celI,
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 Mill 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
lon as our present stock lasts.
1'
W with that long-lived ';
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, an:' ;
our gam over 1915 is R523.90, Surely this is incouraging.au.;,
we can't help thankimr vou for same. We wish vou alU
prefcperous New Year. . knowing that if you are prosperous
ii is iiKeiy mat we win De.
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, 1 am yours
for"More Business,
i
J. F. SNYDER,
Mercersburg. Peim'a. ji
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.