thi fultoh cotnmr idswi, eccoihtellzbu2o; fa.
MARKET REPORT.
COHBEOTKO XTKKT WKDNBBDAT.
The train market are taken from tba Cham
ratrarf dally newspapers. . The provision
Biioea ara those thai obtain In MoOonnella-
r.
GRAIN
Wheat
Now wheat
Bran.v
Corn
Oats
liye
PROVISIONS
Butter, Creamery
Butter, Country
Eggs, pr dozen
2.00
2.00
200
1.07
65
1.20
40
30
28
Wanted, For Sale. For Rent.
Lost, Found, Etc.
RATES One cent per word for each
insertion . ho advertisement accepted
lor less man 10 cents, uasn muit ac
company order.
Wanted Lady coon and wait
era wanted at Hotel, McLaugnnn
ureencastle, Fa. 3 1 zt.
Shoot Them Down!
In an address to the Landis
Tool Company's employes in
Waynesboro last Saturday even
ing, Judge Gillan of Chambers
burg said: "We should deal with
the mad Germans and their sub
marines as with a mad dog when
he comes into our houses shoot
him down!"
"God grant we be spared from
another war" said Judge Gillan,
"but if it must come, then we as
men must go into it The gov
erment relies on men like you
for salvation. The government
would never exist would it not be
for the common people. It was
the common people that made
Waynesboro."
No Change in Cabinet
Washington, March 5. Presi
dent Wilson renamed his present
cabinet to-day as follows:
Secretary of state, Robert Lans
Ing of New York.
Secretary of the treasury, Will
iam Gibbs McAdoo of New York.
Secretary of war,. Newton. D.
Baker of Ohio.
Attorney general, Thomas W.
Gregory of Texas. .
Postmaster general, Albert Sid
ney Burleson of Texas.
Secretary of the navy, Jose-
phus Daniels of North Carolina.
Secretary of Interior, Franklin
K. Lane of California.
Secretary of agriculture, David
Franklin Houston of Missouri.
Secretary of commerce, Will
iam Cox Redfield of New York.
Secretary of labor, William
Bauchop Wilson of Pennsylvania.
Only three of the the cabinet
officers named four years ago
have changed. The first to re
tire was James C. McReynolds,
attorney general who quit when
appointed to the bench of the
3upreme court William Jenn
ings Bryan retired from the sec
retaryship of state as a protest
against President Wilson's note
to Germany after the sinking of
the Lusitania. Lindley M. Gar
rison retired as secretary of war
because he did not endorse the
president's views on the prepar
edness situation holding them
inadequate.
Cheap E&s Candling Service
Candling, which is merely a
simple method of examining eggs
to ascertain their interior con
dition, should always be resorted
to by the producer who desires
to build up a good market for
his eggs. The same method is
recommended in selecting hatch
ing eggs.
' A device used by the Pennsyl
vania State College school of ag
riculture and experiment station
consists of a round hat box in
which a hole is cut at the top
large enough to allow the en
trance of an electric light bulb,
and another at the side the size
of a small egg. Either lamp or
electric light may be used with
this device. A cheap type of
candling apparatus usually fur
nished with incubators may be
attached to an ordinary oil lamp
in place of the regular chimney.
The way to discover the stale
egg is to candle it A little prac
tice in candling together with a
knowledge of what constitutes a
good or a bad egg. will enable
one to tell the freshness of an
egg without the aid of a date
mark.
The consumer as well as the
producer and the merchftut can
use this method of candling to
insure the purchase and sale of
good quality eggs. Heated eggs
eggs with a blood ring, or eggs
with rots and spots may readily
be detected by candling. ,
Dun's reports show that during
January there was an average
increase of four per cent in the
wholesale prices of 100 leading
commodities, placing them about
twenty-five per cent higher than
they were at the beginning of
the European war.
Wanted 1 will pay spot cash
for Fat Hops, Cured Meat, iGood
Lard, Ear Corn, and Potatoes de
Uvered at mv store, Ulay park
Merchant, Three Springs. 21 9t
Wife Left My wife has left
my bed and board without fault
of mine. I hereby notify tne pub
ho that 1 will pay no bills con
tracted by lier nereafter. r . a.
Spade, Jr., Emmaville, Pa.
For Sale, One Registered
Brown French Draft Stallion.
Will take in exchange good big
draft homes or mares. Price is
right W. H. Baumgardner,
Wells Tannery, Pa. 3 8 2t
Wanted: 50 or more men to
cut poplar and gum pulp wood
lbU cubic feet to cord. Wood
must be barked. Price $2 50
per cord Apply or write to
John K. Tayman, Brandywine,
Md. . 318t
Agents wanted for rope ma
chines. Anybody can make rope
Bplices, etc. No experience ne
cessary. Sells fast to farmer?.
Price 3 85. Big commissions.
Exclusive territory. Address
Gretb, 845 N. Eataw, Baltimore,
Md.
. Sale Register.
Wednesday, March 14, Ross
King, having sold his farm and
intending to quit farming, will
sell at his residence one mile
west of Laidig id 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.
Wednesday, March 14th, B. F.
Catchall, D. A. Nelson and J. H.
Kendall will sell at the residence
ot B. F. Catchall two and one
half miles south of McConnells-
burg 12 head of horses and colts
44 head of cattle, 15 of which are
fresh cows and spriugers,' and
the rest are fat steers and young
cattle, 70 head ot hogs, weighing
from 40 to 150 lbs. 11 head of tine
ewes, bred to lamb in April, corn
by the barrel. Credit 9 months.
Sale begins at 10 o'clock.
Saturday, March 17, Mrs. Ag
nes Ray having sold ber house
and lot and intending to move in
to smaller rooms, will sell at her
residence East Lincoln Way, Mc
Connellsburg, household goods
consisting of good cook stove
with tank, oil stove, box stove,
chairs, carpets, stands, wardrobe
bedsteads, extension table, sew
ing machine, lounge, cupboard,
sink, writing desk, wasting ma
chine, lawn mower, garden tools,
clocks, churn, &c. Sale will be
gin, at 1 o'clock, p. m. Credit 6
months.
Wednesday, March 28, Mrs
Albert Gordon intending to quit
farming will sell at her residence
on what is known as the Sarah
Johnson farm in Thompson town
ship 1 miles south of Dickeys
Mountain post office, and i mile
east of Board Yard schoolbouse,
the following property to wit: 3
horses and colts, hogs, cattle,
wagons, buggy, farm machinery,
potatoes, meat, household goods
and many other things. Sale
will begin at 10 o'clock. Credit
6 months. J. J. Harris; auction
eer.
ENID.
Sure, some snow! Sixteen to
twenty inches in depth and still
coming down this (Monday)
morning. .
Twenty-live of Lena Schenck's
friends met at ber home last
Saturday evening and gave her a
pleasant birthday surprise.
Mary Stunkard, who had been
n Altoona several months, has
returned to the Valley.
Boyd Stevens and Marshall
Foster of Defiance were at. Lena
Schenck's birthday party last
Saturday evening and spent Sun
day in the home of the former's
parents.
a M. Edwards and Mrs. W.
Cunningham are the latest
grippe victims in this community.
a. a. Alexander has a nock of
twenty-one bens, and one day
ast week they laid him nineteen
eggs. They are mostly. White
Leghorns.
Mrs. II. li Bridenstine return
ed home last Saturday after hav
ing had an extended visit among
relatives in Punx9Utawney, Al
toona, Mt. Union, Sax ton and
Minersville,
a 6
Preparedness
99
Preparedness is a topic of national importance, no matter which side of the question you may take. Is the nation properly
prepared? It is a grave question.
But that is a question for the nation to answer. There is one question nearer home, the matter of financial preparedness
of the individual against the rainy day of adversity that may come. Are you financially prepared to meet that sickness which
may come to you or vour family? Are you prepared for the time when there may be loss of employment or loss by fire, flood,
bi; mismanagement? Are you prepared for the old age that's sure to come? These are serious, vital questions to every one of us.
If you are not prepared, resolve to open a savings account at our bank today and thus make the first step toward your own pre
paredness. , ......
FULTON COUNTY BANK.
. McConnellsburg, Penna.
"OLDEST AND STRONGEST''
j:
SHAPIRO BROTHERS
COMPLETE DEPARTMENT STORE
ORBISONIA, PENNA.
WAR!
WAR!
We are making war on high prices. This establishment is leading
the way to lower the high cost of living. This sale
for 10 days only. Closing
March 14, 1917,
Offers You Bargains of Exceptional Merit.
Attend this Sale by all Means and Save Money
Olnhino Every Suit Reduced.
OIU LI 1 1 1 lgj , All wool best makes at $4 19, $9.87, $12.00 and $14.98
This is in many instances at and below cost.
QUnCC Our big stock offers you any and all leather.
Walk-Overs at $3.45; $3.00 grades at $2.19; $2.50 grades
$1.67, and over 100 pairs at $1.16.
Coats and Suits
of the season's latest styles.
Ladies here is a chance to save
real money Every suit at less than
cost. Misses andChildren's included
Every Department Offers Big Inducements Now
50a and $1.00 Caps . .
Now 39c and 79c
Boys Knickerbocker
Suits at $2.89
75c and $1.25 Dress Shirts
Now 49c and 89c
89c Leather Palm Canvas
Gloves now 81c
12c Heavy Seamless
Sox at 9c
Men's Single Coats 57c
$1.25 Value House
Dr?se;t at 89c
$1.98 Umbrellas Now $1 89
39c Value Flannel
Waists at 26c
2 yard wide Linoleum
5 yd. and under Remnants 89c.
Square yard
15c Outing Flannels
5 yds for 47c
R and G. Corsets 69 j
93c Gowns
57c
$1 00 Sweaters 69c
others also cheap. .
Big savings on
Groceries, Drugs and
everything in our lines
Paints, Wall Papers, Roofing, Furniture, Fencing
WE POSITIVELY PAY YOU HIGHER PRICES FOR PRODUCE
COME HERE AND SAVE DOUBLE MOW.
Shapiro Bros re Orbisonia, Pa.
A. L. WIDLK,
AUCTIONEER
Public Sale
Wednesday, March 21, 1917, at 10 A. M.
The undersigned will sell at public
ale at his residence in Tod township,
about one half mile north of McCon
nellsburg, the following: valuable per
sonal property:
4 Head of Horses
No. 1, Bay mare colt, 2 years old;
No. 2, Roan mare colt, 2 year old;
No. 3, Roan mare colt. 4 years old;
No. 4, yearling horse colt.
15 Head of Cattle
of which are milch cos, 1 fat cow, 4
steers and the balance are young cat
tle.
2 Brood Sows
and 5 pig s, one Berkshire boar.
2 Farm Wagons
2 sets of hay ladders, one Rood hay
fork and pulleys, 130 ft. of rope, 2
sets pf front (rears, bridles, baiters,
1,000 ft. of white pine boards,
Corn by the Barrel
, . some good seed corn,
Lot of Household Goods
amd many other articles not mentioned
A credit of six months will be given
on all sums of $5.00 and over to pur
chasers giving note with approved se
curity; sums less than 15 00 the cash
be required. 2 per cent, on for
will
cash.
GEO. B. MOCK.
Why Brazil is Anti-German
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Mails just received from Rio
de Janeiro explain why Brazil at
this time is so excessively anti
German in spite of the fact that
her Secretary of State is of Ger
man descent The list of com
plaints is lone and even then is
not complete. The first great
grievance, or the one of .longest
standing, is over the $40,000,000
in gold which Germany holds and
refuses to give up until after
the war. This was deposited in
Berlin to pay off the coffee valor
ization loan which was primarily
a charge on the State of Sae Pa
olo, but guaranteed by Brazil.
It was made up of an export tax
of $1 a bag on all coffee and Ber
lin was chosen as depository be
cause the tax was collected abroad
and the Rothschilds are the fiscal
agents of Brazil.
Most of the Brazilian national
loans fall due this year and un
til that $40,000,000 is released
there will be difficulty jn convert
ing the loan as had been confi
dently expected. But that is
only one grievance. Germans
are very numerous in some States
of Brazil and they are suspected
of collecting arms and munitions
and preparing for war. They
are accused of having tried to
sink vessels by bombs and infer
nal machines vessels which sail
ed from Brazilian ports. There
is believed to be a great German
conspiracy to overthrow the
country or such is feared, and
too many suspicious events have
occured to restore confidence.
Brazilians have been offended
at Great Britain's course in hold
ing up mails and certain interfer
ences in commerce but these are
of small account compared with
her grudges against Germany.
This accounts for the bel
ligerent spirit of the Brazilians,
as told briefly in recent cable
grams and now more fully ex
plained in the press of Riode
Janeiro. Brazil seems alone of.
South American nations to have
warmed to President Wilson's
policy. It seems likely .that if
we go to war we shall have a
sort of ally in Brazil, which will
be of much advantage to us now
and may lay foundations for
muchcloserinterestsinthefu'ture.
. Subscribe for the Nsws.
Wheat Yields Increase.
The average yield of wheat on
Pennsylvania farms has been
steadily increased during the
past fifty years and the yield of
18.8 bushels to an acre during
the past year was only surpassed
in two previous occasions accord
ing to figures of the Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture.
In 1897 the banner wheat yield
of 19.7 bushels to an acre was
reported and in 1915 the yield
wrs 18.9 bushels. The lowest
average yields were in 1885 and
1887 when 9.6 -bushels was re
ported. . The ten years average from
1906 to 1915 is established at 17.5
bushels to an acre while in the
ten previous years it was 15.8
bushels. In the ten years from
18G6 to 1875 the average was
13.8 bushels and next ten years
it was 13.4 bushels. From 1886
to 1895 the yield was recorded as
13.6 bushels. The big stride
came about this time and the
rapid growth now brings the
average up to 17.5 bushels.
Wheat was rather light dur
ing the past season on account
of the unseasonable weather and
the farmers look for record break
ing yields this year if weather
conditions are favorable. Much
of the wheat has wintered well
but in some sections the thaws
have caused considerable to stool
out and . the increased ..1
sown in the fall may be rjC
when farmers are compel
plough under some fields jp
have practically been de"'
by the thaws.
Notice of Special Publify
ought Election Marcl?,
1917, between tJ
hours of 7 a. j
and 7 p.m. L
Notice is hereby given that Jot
cial Public Borough ElectloiL
held at the regular polling L
no M hnxntiiv). In PnnjriW
the 27th day of March 191"
the hours of 7 a m. and 7 d.
regularly constituted e lectio:
of said Borodgh of McConti
At which time the qualified i
the said borough will by ttt
approve or disapprove the
increase of the indebtedofi
said borough in the sum of I
for the purpose of purehusij;
ing, maintaining, aod optr
electrie lighting plant for lit .
the said borough. As recoa
by resolutions of the Boroii,r:
cil, passed on the 10th da; o'jou
aryl9)7. kz
The last assessed v a lutttio: Li
able property within the iiJ:L,"
of McConnellsburg, is 8197,&til"
present totsl indebtedness li y
being ,731 thousandths of 1 pejc'
of the total assessed vuluat 1 j
amount of the proposed toffo
indebtedness Is 812,372.08 beii.
266 thousandths per centuuhl
tal assessed valuation o! F"
property within the said bon
By order of the Borough f 1
of McConnellsburg, Pa. Jra
J. A. IRWIN, ?,
President of the Borough (I
V
c:
H. U. NCAE, Clerk.
lit
RACKET STOf
I
Why Pay the Peddler or Can
vasser Twice These Prices?
You can save a good deal of money by buying
your stock tonic at this store, instead of pay
ing the peddler big, fancy prices for goods of
unknown quality. Look at these prices for
that old reliable and guaranteed stock con
ditioner and worm expeller
2 pound package 25c
5i pound package 50c
DR. HESS STOCK TONIC
12 pound .package $1.00
25 pound pail costs $2.00
Kemember, we have no peddler's wagon em
horses' expense to pay. That's why we can sell
you Dr. Hess Stock Tonic at these rock-hotton-
prices
Here is another point, Mr. Farmer, we want to
emphasize, that is: Dr. Hess Stock Tonic is
highly concentrated; It goes farther, as the
smell does quantity proves.
Dr. Hess Stock Tonic is to put your animals
in a thriving condition, make ' the ailing ones
healthy and expel the worms otherwise you
get your money back right here at our store.
"We also handle
Dr. Hess Dip and Disinfectant
Dr. Hess Poultry Pan-a-ce-a
Dr. Hess Instant Louse Killer
lafaaVjnHafaavnnHsau
When you buy Dr. Hess Stock tonic. Poult
pan-a-ce-a and Disinfectant, you will m2
. more DOUnds of 9c cattle, mors nminds of
hogs, more pounds of 12c, lambs, more dt
ens of 34c eggs.
Try these goods and be con
vinced that , they will make
you good interest.
HULL & BENDER,
McConnellsburg, Pa.