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McCONNELLSBURG, PA., APRIL 5. 1917.
NUMBER 29
RECORD OF DEATHS.
:tcbes of the Lites of Per
a fbo Have Recently
Passed Away.
Rebecca Unger.
, Rebecca Everts Unger,
of Samuel Unger, died at
ae in Spokane, Washing
mday, March 18, 1917,
i years, 8 months, and 21
Unger, a daughter of
!yerts, was born on the,
n Everts farm, now the
! Mrs. Jonas Mellott near
)ads school house in Bel
ynship, June 19, 1831,
'le grew to womanhood,
th day of October, 1849,
married to Samuel Un
otherofthe late Henry
jf Ayr township, this
For a few years after
rriage she and her hus
xl in with her parents
:ed the old home farm.
,band, Samuel Unger,
jvoted member of the
i Church, and establish
f the first Sunday schools
X township, holding the
in his home on Sunday
ns. One of the "schol
that school was the pres
sor of the News, then
e years of age.
A was the youngest of
hildren, and the last sur
lier family. To Mr. and
ger, ten children were
j of whom Burvive her,
Mrs. Belle Thompson,
"ge, Idaho; Mrs. Virgin-
Xton, Gallup, New Mex. ;
and S. M., Spokane,
an; and William T.,
, 111. She had 12 grand
and 18 great-grand-Five
of her children
in this county, and one
n County.
the family removed to
anty III. Her husband,
i Civil War Veteran,
annon, 111., in October
9 continued to reside in
:ntil nine years ago,
went, to Spokane. Five
ears she lived in Couer
'daho; the balance of
with her two sons in
'She had never had
a illness, and was re
active up to withjn
i, of her death. For
had been a member of
T. U. She also belong
ielief Corps, and to the
-She had a host of
b will miss "Grand
aant smile and jolly
he was a consistent
and died in the faith.
V. N. Witter.
tfew' days illness of
i, A. N. Witter, Esq.;
ton County's most sub
iizens, passed away at
,t Waterfall, this coun
iurday, aged about 62
i funeral took place on
id interment was made
itery at Center church,
tmof Joseph Witter,
younger days taught
r several years he has
i mercantile business
41, and enjoyed ' the
1 confidence of a large
lends.
Helsel.
Mrs". Harry Helsel, of
inery, were greatly
hen they awoke on
rning, March 25, 1917,
. their three months'
ead in bed with them,
jirl baby had gone to
lem in apparently the
1th. The funeral took
ie following Tuesday
mt was made in the
a cemetery. The pa
'he sympathy of their
Is.
vyFittery.
sry, aged 4 years.
Mr. and Mrs. George
lar Big Cove Tannery
y, March 27, of a
arising from an at-
monia. The funeral
Thursday and inter-
dein Union ceme
April Fools Day
You could never make the kid
lets of former days think that
April Fools Day was one of the
minor occasions of the year. They
looked forward to it as almost
next to July Fourth. They plan
ned elaborate hoaxes and con
ducted campaigns for the befool
ment of older and wiser heads.
For once in the year they felt
abreast of the grown-Ups, being
able thus to deceive and make
game of them.
Most women set out in the
morning to fool their husbands
as the first business of the day,
and commonly they succeeded.
The newspapers printed elabor
ate accounts of traditional hoaxes
like placards attached to people's
backs marked April Fool, wool
doughnuts fried in brown fat
looking exactly like the real
thing, etc. .These were beyond
the capacity of the children, who
contented themselves with minor
stunts like calling attention to
some imaginary bird in the near
by tree.
The humorists of every age
have their, own methods, which
change from time to time.
Practical jokes are not so com
mon as they used to be. Wit
and humor becomes more refined.
People with a humorous turn en
joy jollying others matching wits
and poking fun at them. They
like tripping them up in conver
sation and repartee, rather than
making them physically ridiculous.
These modern forms of humor
are more subtle and 'are often
just as irritating to the sensitive
victim. Fun making is the spice
of life. People who can't take
their part and accept joking on
themselves good naturedly, are
bound to be as uncomfortable as
the old timer who had the pla
card stuck on his back on the
first day of April.
Mellott-Kirk.
At 5:30 o'clock, Monday even
ing, March 26, 1917, .Miss Effie
Pauline Kirk was united in wed
lock with Lester R. Mellott, by
Rev. A. Lincoln Frank, at the
Methodist Episcopal manse, Mt.
Holly Springs, Pa. '
The bride is the youngest daugh
ter of Mrs. and Mrs. Nevin M.
Kirk, a merchant at Hustontown,
Pa., and she is a beautiful and
accomplished young lady, the
sister of Mrs. Frank. Mr. Mel
lott is, also, of Hustontown and
is the Bon of a prosperous farmer.
He is a graduate of Pennsylvania
State College and is at present
engaged with the branch of . the
National Dairy located at Grove
City, Pa. ,
The happy couple returned to
their home Tuesday, via Cham
bersburg and McConnellsburg, to
spend a few days with their
friends before taking up their
residence in a new home now in
preparation in Grove City.
A host of friends join in con
gratulations and in wishing them
a long and happy life.
One Hundred Dollars and Costs.
A few evenings ago, an auto
mobile party of four men arrived
at the Fulton House from Greens
burg. After refreshing them
selves, they retired to Harris's
Hotel, a dry house for rest. Their
rest, however, was disturbed
about two o'clock next mornir.fr,
when Officers Gienger and O'Shea
arrived from Everett with a war
rant for the arrest of the sports
on information of Charles Cox, a
caretaker on the State Highway,
charging that the driver was
running a car while intoxicated.
The party was taken back to
Everett, where the owner and
driver, John J. Lynch was fined
one hundred dollars and costs.
A hearing wa3 set for the follow
ing Wednesday before Squire
Ritchey, but Lynch sent the
hundred dollars to. the State
Highway Department at Harris-burg.
Miss Bessie Nesbit spent last
Saturday in Charabersburs.
March Donor Boll.
Owing to the fact that many of
our subscribers during the winter
months when they did not have
a great deal to think of, advanced
their subscription to the News so
that when the good old summer
time would come they would not
have the thought weighing on
their minds that they were be
hind with the printer they just
paid their subFcription ahead,
and so, during March there were
not many to pay.
Congress has just declared that
a state of war exists between the
United States and Germany. The
President has asked for five hun
dred thousand men, and we are
likely to have exciting times dur
ing'the next year. Daily papers
have gone out of sight in price,
and busy people will want to de
pend upon their home papers to
keep them posted on what is go
ing on, not only at home, but
abroad as well.
The News will make a special
effort to keep its readers posted
up to the mintue on war doings.
We want that our readers shall
read every page, and if they do
that they will keep abreast of
the times. The News does net
have so many pages as to be cum
bersome, and yet, as many as
most people have time to read.
Everybody that does not take thf
News ought to subscribe just
now. You had might as well try
to keep house without bread, ax
to try to get alor.g without keep
ing in touch with the stirring
events of the day. .
Bergstresser, Edwd 3 14 18
Barn hart. Mrs. Etta 6 21 18
Crosby, Mrs. E. E. 9 10 17
Covalt, Eli 4 5 IS
Crist, Bundy 0. 3 18 18
Corbin, A. M. 9 20 17
Carbaugh, E, W. 3 1 18
Clevenger, Erra 4 1 17
Deshong, A. E. 5 8 19
Denisar, Miss Grace 3 1 19
Daniels, Andrew 9 14 18
Fryman, James 9 21 18
Fields, W. L. 4 1 18
Gobin, C. E. 4 13 18
Hendershot, E. W. 3 13 18
Hughes, Mrs. Rachel . 3 9 17
Hawk, Wilbur D. '3818
Johnson, James 3 21 18
Knable, Newt J. 9 G 17
Kelner, Wm. 1 24 18
Kesselring E. 0. 5 20 18
Kegarise, Scott 10 1 18
Lake, Rebecca 4 14 18
Lynch, Mrs. W. C. 3 1 18
Lowery, Joseph 10 23 18
Lee, James 3 8 17
Laniberson, Jennie 5 1 17
Lambcrson, Mary C. 4 1 18
Laidig, G. Mac 4 1 18
Lynch, F. P. 9 21 17
Miller, D. J. 71 18
Mellott, Milton 4 5 IS
Mellott, T. S. , 5 8 18
Price, Mrs. D.' B. 2 5 18
Peck, E. M. 9 2718
Peck, J. A. 4 1 18
Palmer, H. P. 3 22 17
Reed, Wm. 4 118
Runyan, Scott 2 15 IS
Rice. J. W. 414' 18
Schooley, R. Y. 4 1 18
Shimer, John H. 4 15 19
Seville, A. M. ' . , 3 15 18
Sigel. Joab 2 1 18
Shoemaker, Grant 4 4 17
Souders, Harry 3 19 18
Secrist, John 5 16 18
Klotz, Mrs. John 8 26 17
Wible, H. 0. 51 17
Walters, J. B. 4 27 19
Williams, John 3 20 18
Mr. and Mrs. Lemuel Hender
shot (the latter Bess Morton)
and Miss Estella Hendershot
all, near Clear Spring, Md., and
Mr. Ramsey and daughter, of
Hagerstown drove up in Mr.
Hendershot's car last Sunday
and spent several hours in the
home of Judge and Mrs. Peter
Morton near town. '
Fulton County Fire Wardens.
The following list of forest fire
wardens for Fulton county was
issued by the Pennsylvania De
partment of Forestry to-day. It
takes account of all changes to
March 15th, 1917. The Depart
ment is conducting a strenuous
campaign to reduce the area
burned over by ' forest t fires in
Pennsylvania. The publication
of these lists is part of the cam
paign. Every reader of this pa
per is interested in keeping Penn
syl vania beautiful and productive,
and therefore in preventing and
extinguishing forest fires. Clip
this list and post it in a conveni
ent place, and when you see a
forest fire notify the nearest fire
warden immediately.
I). L. Alexander, McConnellsburg
Leslie Ilarr, "
Samuel Mellott, Webster Mills.
Harvey J. Unger, Cito.
J. Frank Hess, Warfordsburg, Rl
Andrew Bishop, "
W. C. Camel!,
Alfred Schetrompf, "
Milton Mellott, Needmore, R 2.
B. A. Truax, '" R2.
E. V. Mellott, " R 1.
Edgar A. Diehl, Locust Grove.
!i. J. Hixson, Crystal Springs,
h M. Jackson, Akersville.
W. U. Williams,
Anti. "H' P ' Emmaville.
Elmer Fruker, Fort Littleton.
James L. Shore, Burnt Cabins.
U. R. Ham., Saluvia.
Thomas Morton, Andover.
W. G. Bergstresser, Waterfall.
S. S. Strait,
J. V. Deaver, Laidig.
Ross B. King, Hustontown.
A. B. Gordon, Plum Run.
Fulton Gordon, Dickeys Mountain
J. V. Carlin, Metal.
John Forney, Knobsville.
Enoch Kerlin, "
W. H. Carnell, Amaranth.
John Hammann, Buck Valley.
Buhrman Stahle, " ' "
Clem Lehman, Lashley.
H. E. Eridenstine, Enid.
A. H. Stevens,
Albert Helsel, Wells Tannery.
A. D. Keith, New Grenada.
Alfred E. Rupp, Forester, Fort
Loudon.
Praise AlMona Schools.
From AltiKiiiu Tribune.
Hon. M. J. Greevey, of Omaha
Neb., who is visiting his brother
Thomas H. Greevy, the promi
nent attorney, after a thorough
inspection of the local high school
yesterday, pronounced it the fin
est technical high school on the
North American continent
Mr. Greevy, who was for two
years secretary of the Nebraska
slate senate and is a prominent
political figure in his home state
has journeyed over practically
the entire continent, and being
interested in school work, visit
ed many of the leading institu
tions of the country.
Professor W. F. Kirk, principal
of the Clearfield high school
spent the entire day at the local
institut'on yestesday, and accom
ponied by Superintendent H. H.
Baish, inspected all departments.
George Minceemoyer Superin
tendent of the Renovo public
schools, visited the elementary
schools of the city yesterday.
Both educators were loud in their
praise of the methods used and
results obtained here.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Sloan and
Miss Harriet B. Sloan, accom
panied by Mrs. Ellis L. Lynch,
went to Chambersburg Tuesday
in Mr. Sloan's new car. There
Mrs. Lynch joined her husband
and with him went to Gettysburg
and the Sloans returned home in
the evening.
Cutcball-Mellott
Chalmers Cutchall, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Cutchall, on the
T. F. Sloan farm' in Ayr town
ship, was married to Miss Min
erva Mellott, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Rowe Mellott, of Big
Cove Tannery in McConnellsburg
on Wednesday of last week by
Rev. C. F. Jacobs, of the Luth
eran Church. The bride and
groom are excellent young people
and have the best wishes of a
large circle of friends for happi
ness and prosperity. They will
be at home to their friends on
the D. M. Kendall farm.
State Agricultural Notes.'
It is reported that the frost
penetrated the ground to an un
usual depth during the winter,
as much as five and six feet in
some places.
The scarcity of female house
hold help has decreased the num-
Lber employed on the farms of
the State during the past year
almost two thousand.
Westmorelond county ranks
first in the number of pure bred
stallions on the farms and Wash
ington county leads in the num
ber of pure bred bulls, boars and
rams.
There has been a marked in
crease in the number of purebred
bulls in the State during the past
year, estimate making the total
now 9,700 as compared with 8,8
90 a year ago. There has been a
more general interest in dairying
throughout the State.
Approximately fifty per cent.
of the farmers in Pennsylvania
are using lime for agricultural
purposes. Reports indicate that
farmers generally are pleased
with the results obtained from
the increased use of lime and the
tendency seems to be -to use
still more.
It is estimated that Pennsyl
vania farmers held on March 1,
a total of 1G. 965, 900 bushels of
corn, almost five million bushels
less than during the past two
years at that time.
It is estimated that seven per
cent more of the 1916 wheat crop
was shipped out of counties where
it was grown than in 1915. This
represents almost two millions
bushels.
It is estimated that the 1916
potato crop in the United States
was 75.284,000 bushels short of
the 1915 crop. Germany's crop
wa3 1,212,530,000 bushels short
and Great Britian's almost 80,
000,000 bushels short The crop
in France was about 15,000,000
short.
Statistics show that about $4,-
000,000 worth of firewood is used
annually on the farms of the
State, but Pennsylvania ranks as
one of the small consumers in
the total of $225,426,000 worth
of firewood used on the farms of
the United States.
VOIR HEALTH AND THE WAR
Harvey Laidig and Frank Deav
or, of Hustontown, motored to
McConnellsburg last Friday,
B1Q COVE TANNERY..
We ara having somo fine weath
er surely summer is not far
away.
The sick people in this neigh
borhood are rapidly improving.
Dorothy Kirk and Cecil Mel
lott are home from C. V. S. N. S ,
spending their Easter vacation.
A log measuring 5 it, across
the stump, 8 It., long and con
taining 6-15 ft., was sawed on
Rr.we Mollott's sawmill at Geo.
Unger's. It required six horses
and two drivers to get the huge
blr clr to the mill
Charley Gordon has left for
Pittsburgh where ho expects to
get employment.
Mr. , and Mrs. Harry Shaffer
a-e visiting the latter's mother
Mrs Jane A Morgret.
A Uoiou Sunday School was
organized at Laurel Ridge last
Sunday electing Stanley Hum
bert Superinterdent and Robert
Mellott Assistant Superintend
ent.
Walker .Richards has moved
into the bouse purchased from
S. S. Mellott, .which was last
occupied by Miss Savannah Stev
ens who moved into Frank De
sbong's tonant house. ,
- Edward Richards spent Satur
day and Sunday with his brother-
in law, David Bivens.
Sunday School at the Lutheran
church next Sunday at 1:30 p.
m. and preaching at 2:80. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Will Houpt of
near Mercersburg, visited friends
in Ayr township last Thursday.
Little Tails on Health and Hjgicne by
Samuel G. Dixon, M. D., LL. D.,
Commissioner of Health.
If we are to go to war, let us
have the lesson of the tremend
ous bearing of health problems
on our armies camp and our cit
izens at home well learned be
forehand so that we may not
have to learn it by bitter and cal
amitous experience. It would
seem to be a late date to have to
point out the almost self-evident
fact that sickness will decrease
the national efficiency by just so
much whether it be among sol
diers or non-combatants, but the
general public does not yet give
enough attention to this aspect
of war's demands, the accent be
ing placed on more spectacular
elements of preparedness.
Each individual must consider
himself a unit of our great popu
lation to be kept able to meet
whatever comes along. If there
was ever a time when the indi
vidual had the duty of taking
thought of how he could keep in
good health, it is now.
One of the first elements of the
health of a nation at war or at
peace, for that matter is its food.
It cannot be healthy and strong
without good food and plenty of
it. Therefore agriculture and
gardening must be intelligently
and intensively stimulated, so
that larger crops shall be brought
forth.
The housewife's task will be to
economize the food Bupply and
cook it with skill, so as to make
her meals tasty and digestible.
The streams from which our
domestic water supply comes
should be carefully guarded
against pollution, so that com
munities shall not run the risk of
being infected with some deadly
disease.
Vaccination against typhoid is
a valuable step in preparedness
under conditions as they are at
present, and the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, through the
agents of the Department of
Health, is prepared to give the
virus for vaccination to those
who cannot afford to purchase it
While our water supplies have
been improved in the Common
wealth so that typhoid fever has
been cut down 75 per cent vac
cination against it during this
emergency should bridge us over
a period when we must attain
highest efficiency of health and
give the health departments
throughout the Commonwealth
time to continue their work of re
ducing the pollutions of our
streams, and enable our people
to go with their daily labors and
produce food and all other things
necessary for us to maintain our
strength during any war.
Smallpox is a loathsome dis
ease that is often fatal and under
the best of circumstances creates
a long period of incapacity for
work and one which demands the
strictest kind of quarantining of
all who may occupy the same
ho.ne. This can be absolutely
prevented by vaccination. The
presence or smallpox would
greatly handicap the efficiency of
our great Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania in serving the na
tion in time of war..
The Life Extension Institute
with whom we are working, has
estimated that nearly half the
body building food and 70 per
cent of the sustaining food on
American tables is derived from
grains such as wheat, oats, corn,
rye barley, rice and buckwheat
and that these grains are to the
human machinery what coal is to
manufacturing industries, the
great source of heat and power.
The time has come to consider
these matters in a spirit of pat
riotism. It is the duty of every
citizens to attain physical fitness
and of the people as a whole,' to
take measures for the increased
production of food materials.
Wanton destruction of food is
an injury to our country just as
positively as destruction of mu
nitions or arms, for in the last
HAY SEE SOLDIERS.
No Doubt Government Plans to Use
.Lincoln Highway on Which to
Move Troops.
The general guess that the Lin
coln Highway may be used as a
millitary artery, a road to move
large bodies of troops between
the East and West, is becoming
more generally favored and is be
lieved in. by more and more peo
ple daily.
The idea is enhanced by an in
cident noted on Memorial Circle
in Chambersburg last Saturday
morning says Franklin Reposi
tory. A large touring car driven
by a khaki clad chauffeur came;
from the east on Lincoln Way
and half circled the memorial
fountain in Memorial Circle. As'
the car passed Chief of Police
Klenzing one of the two men on
the rear seat threw a millitary
salute to the Chief and it was
observed that the two men in the
car as passengers were United
States Army officers.
The car momentarily halted at
the fountain and the two men
looked north on Main street and .
one made some notes on a pad or
book in his hands. The earthen
rolled on we&tward over Lincoln
Way,
In the event of war the Lin
coln Highway would be the equal
of the P. R. R. as a means of
moving large bodies of troops.
The motor car can run an average
of 20 to 25 miles an hour, which,
exceeds the steam roads record
during the movement to and from
the Mexican border, Cars can
be secured to an almost limitless
number, even commandering
what are needed. There would
be no interference by other traf
fic and the Government beyond
doubt is going to use the great
highway in just that manner.
All of which means that Mc
Connellsburg as Chambersburg
may get some first hand views of
millitary operations this summer.
C. L. S. C. Program.
April 9 1. Roll Call-Scriptural
Quotations. 2. Talk on Leopold 1
-Harriet Sloan. 3. Sketch of
Malterlinck Mary Pittman. 4.
Talk, Leopold 2 and the develop
ment of the Congo States-Mary
Trout. 5. Treaty of Ghent Rev.
Jackson. G. Review of Chapters
29 and 30 Mrs. Henry.
April 16, 1. Roll Call, Quota
tions from Favorite Authors. 2.
Belgium Boundaries Mrs. Stev
ens. 3. The Two Nationalities of
Belgium Mrs. McKibbin. 4.
History Touching on the Princi
pal points of Belgium Mrs.
Gerge Reisner.
April 23, This week we take
up the last book of the 191617
course, "What Men Fight For."
1. Roll Call, Current Events. 2.
The Author's Purpose-Mrs. W.
A. Sloan. 3. Locate the Red, the
Adriatic, and the Mediterranean
Seas Mr3. Mosser. 4. Debate,
Resolved that Nations Colonic
to Promote National Ideals and
not for Commerce Miss Mc
Govern and Mr. Smith. 5. Talk.
Race Unity the Cause of War
Mrs. Peck. 6 Talk, Religion and
Commerce as Causing War Rev.
Jackson.
April 30 1. Roll Call, - Current
Events. 2. Talk, How Did Eng
land Acquire Gibraltar M r s.
Hull. 3. Talk, History of Suez
Canal, Netha Neshit. 4. The
Panama Canal as a Rival of the
Mediterranean Sea Mrs. Henry.
5. Review of Chapters 3, 4 and 5.
Sobacribn for the News.
analysis a nation that is well
fed is the nation that will pre
vail. These are matters already
claiming the attention of the
Federal Government
Hand to hand with the mobil
ization of factories and muni
tions must go the mobilization of
agricultural products the plant
ing of as many acres of land as
possible with grain and vege
tables and the distribution of the
crops iq the most economical way