f I I 10 VOLUME 18 McCONNELLSBURG, PA., APRIL 12, 1917. NUMBER 30 mm I FOODSTUFF IN WAR TIME Cne Hundred Mxteca Munition Workers Known to Be Dead. Bilitvcd to Cave Been Accidental. No such catastrophe since the war began has been reported as that which occurred Tuesday morning about ten o'clock at the plant of the EddyHtone Ammuni tion Corporation, near Chester, Pa. More than 7.CC0 people 8re employed in the ulnnt consisting th ortr oinnur u,e uaRery. . Murray 13 maningi . . r, .... " the very smew . ' H 0f many large buildincs. and millions of dollars worth of mun Change in Firm. 8 Talks 00 Cealtli ana njgieae dj Bome time ago, C. Murray Ray 'amoc 0. Dixon, HI. V., LL. v., sold hia farm in Ayr townshiD Commissioner of Health. and purchased the Bakery prop- - a thp Binpw nf wr eriy on Street from : . !u. - his brother Sanner. who is build - ... lncr a new hnuSP in tho ovtcnemn 1 . I pant of rnwn mof nnwoa k rv.. i monsfrom the Lutheran church v ertvarran in mnn uihit nr. . - - property, un the first of this ; rL : ; r: th j d family moved ' I t.rt tfturn flnrl qa nur AnnfTunf ! u f eti ood supplies, the very sinew "ir il. j: iiiiyiuvciiienis 10 me d ant anu n Annrnra y n u irnuriiinir 1 f mi b- vparptnh ps and r " ' -""" Mca , ;;r ;T 7" ty a service that will merit the t:n Decomea one ui uur un- . , , m.M of rtpfn. P w of all our home people. WY. I One of the first things was to ir.ese eaaeuwiiia win nave . , . , . TZa .ffn. tn 0nntv thn a Phase a brand new up-to-date ZrZ TCtZt TJ tZZ y wwn. such as you see a" 1 in f ;f; J 1 a,uK u v-Bw- with compartmentjJ for hUdiffer wM n, nn. tr,ctIy san,tary Condition. 3 ere restless and demand to be rtained. They do not today r.uch as in lormer times mane ri uany uccupmiuu i 11 o 11 ; For this reason they flock "eana ana gooa prices lor tne ( icentersof noDu at ontobe ,UUBtDUUBta,,UiU lB" Br,I,y ra ed by various forms of en- tl0ns' tne navv bean- Rnd ,n n ' 'nment This robs the farms effort to do his part in answer j-orHpnanfnnrnnnntrvwhiVh tothe government's appeal for n ill jifTnrd at such a time our PeoPie 10 row more vege taoies ana gratns-to cultivate TERRIFIC EXPLOSION AT EDDYSTONE. 200 Acres In Beans Martinsburg, W. Va., April 8 Anticipating a continued big t io. . . " T . intensively all available lands '. - . . . IWOt. t lit i-i fho fono nur nftanfinn ia " v, ai b vy ell M1UWI1 US One O 1 to a serious condition tne leading apple growers of the If! J.-l. "Tlf V threatens a nation that be long engaged in active - tp. Nn mip. rn rnpqq thp of time the United States w. pe USCT as ff TlMer crop in .:n : Illfl ami e orcliirria in HprlfpW jcuta vni uc iuvuivcu IU I -r.-- -. itinir herself from foreicn prpncp with hPr nnHnnni ernment agricultural' experts. Twin., fK.nfn : u after insnection of the snila. nrn. - xuuojr, Luii,iuio, 13 ujc r' -v -.3 ia hpffin to PPonnmi7P in thp nouncea aaaptea to bean culture .. . Mi. 5tinintl,n,.lnriil,...k.i. ci rjouscuir, tne waste 01 uvcnunuunuju uusneis of seed beans, paying over $1200 for them. Shenmdcah "Valley will plant more than two hundred acres of white navy beans. The beans ich is a sin. I::3ening and farming furnish '..'.h' and profitable . activities m ' t omen. 11 many idle wo- n rnd tnose who engage in ''jof various kinds simply to way the time, should be ictive and spend their time 8 useful occupation, White Easter, Easter Day in McConnellsbure M-as rather bleak and cold. ' The temperature was 28 in the morn ing; 45, at 1 o'clock. 32 in the evening and down to 23 Monday Jenin. it miht be more rning. The near-by mount Die to them physically. lly and morally and of in pie value to their country. is the time of all times pleaders of Bociety who are tial, to induce all those d in frivolous habits to gardening and able. ains were white with snow Sun day morning and in the afternoon and evening more fell. The Re formed-Presbyterian congrega tions had a sunrise service' in the Presbyterian church at 6 o'clock. at which about seventy-five per forming 90113 were present Communion on ii.co wcic nciu iii me iveiorm ed, and in the Lutheran churche Communion services in betitive farmintr'hu fKoin iL .. at .10:30 i "''f vj iiiaiuiain meir 'and in many cases make tneGreenhi" Presbyterian church ;as strong. With better c mcuiwiBuip m me fhiw iAi.u fi.j .u breenhill church is small vj nuuiu nnu Hie our- life becoming lighter and nearIy 8,1 the m?mbers were ion wouia become stronir. FiV1It"w "cJr "avc cacuing - o services once a month. I'1 rh A tiiriA rP iUa ouses,wecan sav in all Good Roads Meet,D2 Jness that almost every A meeting has been called for had the facilites for mak- Saturday afternoon April 14th in 'j own little gardeps which Orbisonia Opera House for the muae to produce a part, purpose oi organizing tne Alt. J of their daily food. Union, Orbisonia and McCon j i3 the time to call for nellsburg Highway Association, tion, co-operation and thp . Prominent statesmen, bankers. tion of the necessity on lawyers and business men have ."t of men and women in accepted invitations, and are al- society to make some reaay laying plans for agressive it mi l . iney must become pro- campaign this spring and sum Or continue to be burdens mer. ' country in which they- The general public is heartily invited and all who can possibly 1 or us who live in our 80 shoulu attend. n contribute something Ve11 sS?ned petitions have ?ength of the been secured in the various towns maintaining our health a,onK the route and a strong bthp spade, rake, ho? and P the Proposed road at Harris ""iiurmsh us with all Dure M... . y , rie l Elder John BrRunyan, of the Ur flat T tZ:i: I"?. -! McConnensbur Presbyterian Vards. Wp J:"", I!" church accompanied, Rev. J. L. I corn orZ I. V 7 Mfearick to Mechanicsburg Tues J corn, carrots, parsnips I day to attend the spring meet r - flouts, onions, ing oi arnsie presoytery. tuce, radishes I , v wvjuuan, i - : . . . - ?r has been declarPfHnct L, i. .l ason fni-m j men wncii uiey Ket ciose to na- ;heir lZTn , ,yomen ture- enJv studying her methods WdemlV1- J termination and growth 1ab v tcii l no urn l'ua. u i. a . W cri Ti.1. v . " XJVca BI,ort "me spent out er Riven the siihionfo. j . i . ..... 'w illh- . uuora m worKing a little garden Ciim.SUrf?e?tofind each day wil1 add 8trength to email plot of ground our bodies and minds and there. jor'iti, . 'ore make our defense In our time ' Wi ",en "I wo-1 of war more formidable. itions are turned out for the con tending armies in Europe. An explosion occurred in one of the buildings at 10 o'clock, in which shells were loaded, most of the work being done by wo men and girls. This explosion was soon followed by two others, which cause the building to soon be in flames. The local fire de partment was put to sen-ice, and the whole fire fighting 'force ot Chester went to the reecue, but in spite of every endeavor to save life and property, 11G persons, mostly women and girls had per ished, and many more injured. Wild rumorj of a plot to blow up the plant by alienists were soon in the air, but as a cartful inves tigation followed, the (fikers cf the Company are convinced that the d'sai tcr was the result of carelessness on the part of some one of the employes. Alba A. Johnson, president of the Company, ridiculed any idea of German plotters, tayir g that 200 armed euardi picket the plant day and nig ht, r:nd that no alien or disloyal marplot could ha e had access to the building. Soveral Fulton County people have been employed at the plant among them, Lewis. Largent, John Taylor and Clarence Nesbit. i ... uarence s home people had a telegram from him yesterday morning saying he was safe. The Message of Easter The majority of the American people take Easter celebration somewhat lightly. They listen attentively to the words of the preacher and are more or less moved accordingto temperament. Rut with ill the style parades and striking new clothes, the more frivolous fide is somewhat prominent. Over in Europe Easter is some thing very different this year. In the great fighting countries, the majority, of families have 8'ifTered the loss of some one from their own hearthstone. vjtiiera on tne urine ine are Clean I'p, Says Health Department. There were over two thousand cases of infantile paralysis in Pennsylvania from July 1st to the end of the year 1916 with over five hundred deaths. The Health Boards and physicians generally found by experience that where an energetic clean-up Off For Russia. Harry Irwin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jno. A. Irwin, of McCon nellsburg, who for several years has been special representative in foreign countries of the Landis Tool Company, Waynesboro, Pa., left yesterday for an extended business trip through the coun RECORD OF DEATHS. a earned out the duease was : tries oflapan, China, and Russia. most easily controlled and stamp ed out. A letter has been received by our ctunty health boards direct ing them to eee to it that all cess pools, whether in town or the country, which are filled to within 18 inches of the top, must wv.'x-.u vii uic Hung hiic arc imiicj ui mc uijj, musk likely to be called to pass on at be cleaned out and disinfected any moment. Under that atmos phere Easter has few festal as pects. Over there millions throng the churches hoping for some mes sage of hope to fill their dark with the liberal use of unslaked lime. The privy should be screen ed against flie?, and covers pro vided for the seats. The contents must be removed to a safe dis tance from the habitation and riwphate Fertilizers rour forms of phosphate fer tilizers are today used for soil improvements: (1) acid phos phate, (2) dissolved bone, (3) ground bone, (4) raw rock phos phate or "floats." Virtually all the phosphoric acid in the first two is in a soluble and readily available form. The latter two are natural products and in their original state practically all the phosphoric acid in them is insol uble and unavailable. Where quick results are desir ed, acid phosphate or dissolved bone will, no doubt, prove most satisfactory. Phosphoric acid in raw rock phospnate cost only twenty-five percent, as much as phosphoric acid in acid Dhosohate but it is not so readily available. Various field experiments have shown beyond question that raw rock phosphate when applied in iberal amounts with decayinc green manure or barnyard, ma nure gives results equal and in many cases superior to limited applications of acid phosphate. When applied on the cost basis. three-fourths of the rock phos phate will still be left jn the soil when all the acid phosphate is exhausted. On Pennsylvania soils, all of which are deficient in phosphorus according-to Prof. J. W. White, of the Pennsylvania State Col- ege, any form of phosphoric acid may be used. Easter joys were intensified in the home of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Irwin of this place, when the parents were enabled to sit at dinner in their home with most of their children. There were present, Max, of Pittsburgh; Mary, of Hood College, Freder ick, Md.; Harry, who just return ed from England a few weeks ago after having spent two years in that country, and their son-in- law, Mr. Robert B. Cunningham, luicaaui kji iuai,nentuuv;a, oiev- ens Institute, Hoboken, N. J. 'nis completed the family circle. with the. exception of Frank, at agerstown, and John Rex. leachins in Coneaut, Ohio, ives. The message of confidence buried at least 12 inches below which the Fathers have passed the surface of the ground and on to us is heard with hunorv where there is no risk of infprt " . .. oars ard will be cherished for ing the streams, we lis or snrintrs. many a day. Unslaked lime should be thrown More and more the tendency into the privy frequently. of tliOiirhtful men is to awnt In towns and villacrps mannrp the Enster message of resurrec- niust not be allowed to accumw tion and fulfilment which the Iaie in open piles. The daily b.Ke brings. There was a time contents should be placed in pits wh r tre educated and scientif- pr bins tightly covered or thor ic w -'d scaiie.i at the idea of oughly Ily-screened. The manure any c 1 ' in a future life, from ths pit? or bins must be re- The edu tod world pays more moved once a week from the respect to-'loy to the value 'of first day of May until the first the gospel storv and it' ia the day of November, and the stables ignorant and unthinking, the must be cleaned daily. money getters r.nd materialists. The good housekeeDer needs who are the doubters. not be told that in housecleaning All philosophy goes to confirm all vermin, such as lice, bedbugs, the truth of 'Easter's message, roaches, flies mosquitos, rats If there be not some future life and mice should be exterminat- to ttdj ast wrongs of this one. the ed. i . . . world is indeed a mockery and Cellars should be kept clean at justice is rot in it. It is impos- all times: this includes the floors siuie to conceive oi a maker o.f wans and ceilings.. (Je liars the universe who should not should be kept dry. Cellars should bring to full fruition any life have the windows as well as al He came home from England about a month ago, his vessel successfully dodging the German submarines. From McConnells burg, he goes to San Francisco; thence across the Pacific to Ja pan, and after having spent some three months in that country and . China, he will make the long trip over the Siberian railroad to Pet rograd. He goes to those coun tries to open up territory for new business-: now for three of the largest manufacturers of tools in the world, of which the Landis Tool Company is one.' Harry is another Fulton County boy that has made good. He started as a student in the Williamson School and is still going! that manifests a desire for truth and righteousness. Court Closes 48 Bar Rooms Judge Baldridge, of the Blair county license court granted three brewery and eight hotel icenses, and withheld decisions on the applications of forty-eight other hotelmen, forty-seven be ing renewals. . In March 191G, Judge Baldridge entered a decree prohibiting land lords from making indiscriminate bottle sale, and requiring the keeping of registry records of all bottle sales. Forty-eight landlords violated this decree and when their reg istry books were produced in court the tell-tale evidence of their violation of the court's other openings for ventilation. fly8creened. All dwelling houses should be thoroughly screened by the end of April, and the screens kept in good condition until cold weather or until insect life has ceased its activities. There are a few people who think it a reflection on their abili ty to manage their own affairs to have a health officer come upon their premises to see that every thing pertaining to the genera welfare of the community is al right. If you have everything in a sanitary condition, you have nothing to fear. The officer goes upon your neighbors premises. same as your own, and it may be that in your neighborhood exists a condition that if neglected wil cause an epidemic of typhoid fe ver, infantile paralysis, or some order was revealed. Many landlords retailed bottles ver, .nianti.e paralysis, or some to Pennsylvania Railroad employ- "ner preventaDie aisease. Ihe es on train duty, and sent basket- doc or 8 b,1, ?? fune.ra e?Pens: load, nf flasks into t.h- drV tnr. P3' 10 8aV n0ln,nP Ot the lOSS Of - j I , 1.,J , l r . i ritoryof Huntingdon, Mifflin and T 7 T Z , ine n.J(.j mu... .i . family circle, should make everv up profit of between $5000 and ;5ut'uI Person tl?anKful that (Mnono -u -..4. v.i the State is exercising a care bottle over the community that should $10,000 each out of the Sales, It IS Said. L a fh -nnnorotinn onH on.r. iub luny-eiKin. laiiuiurus nuw ntrpmpnt nf pvpcv crnnrt tion ....... ., . . - W 6 .wv... Drougnt Dy tne court to tne stooi of repentance each sold between 6000 and 20,000 bottles. Anti saloon advocates compute that the total bottle sale aggregated 20,000 with $100,000 profit to the landlords, who defied the decree of the court Elvej-Thomas. Walter Elvey and Miss Nora Esther Thomas were quietly mar ried at the M. E. parsonage Wed nesday p. m. April 4, 1917, by the officiating minister Rev. Ed- wnrd Jackson. The groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Elvey of Todd town ship, the bride a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Thomas of Ayr township. Both are excellent young people and have the best wishes of their numerous friends for a long and prosperous jour ney through life. . D. E. Little is having an ad dition built to the property he recently purchased just west of the City Hotel. From Lat Week's Hancock News. Mrs. J. Campbell Patterson. of Clarksburg, W. Va., was the guest of Dr. v and Mrs. W. F. Sapp'ington, Wednesday and Thursday of last week, stopping off here enroute to Baltimore. Miss Virginia Ranck. niece of Mr. t rank Ranck, who has been attending school in Hagerstown, came home last Thursday feeling ill and has since developed diphtheria. Mrs. Thomas Litton, who for the past two months ha3 been a patient at the Washington Coun ty Hospital suffering with a frac tured hip, was brought home last Thursday about fully recover ed from her injuries. A Ford, driven by Mr. Jack Caspar, hit aChevroIet, driven by Dr. Sappington, in front of the Monterey Hotel, I a 8 1 Friday night, tearing off one of the Chevrolet's fenders and knocking the car about ten feet. No one waa Injured, State Agricultural Notes. Somerset county maple sugar producers report the present flow far above the average and the best crop in fifteen years is ex pected. Secretary of Agriculture Patton urges farmers to save their breeding ewes and increase their flocks as there is every promise to be good profit in wool and mutton during the present year. The State Board of Agriculture will hold its annual normal insti tute at DuBois on May 22, 23 and 24. Following the suggestions of Secretary of Agriculture Patton the Harrisburg Chamber of Com merce ha3 been urged to inauc' urate a plan whereby its menbers arrange to give one day this Sum mer as he b for the farmers of Dauphin county. . . Secretary Patton urges all em ployers of labor to arrange to detail one or more men one day each week to help out on the farm in their immediate vicinity during the summer. The farm ers need farm help badly and every effort must be put forth to bring about a maximum produc tion of farm products. ' SIPES MILL. Mr. and Mrs. Brady Mellott and family spent Sunday with Mrs. Mellott'8 father, Mr. David liann. Reuben S. Mellott is away on his Eister vacation. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. E.rl Mellott last Sunday evening. Mrs. WalkerMellott and daugh ters, Goldie and Ethel, and son- in-law Frank Strait, fipont Easter mih Mrs. Mellott's son Earl Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Truax and family visited C. S. Mellott Sunday. Ralph Deshong was a pleasant caller at Nathan Q. Mellott's last Sunday. Mayoard Deshong has "pur chased a new Blueerass boggy. Ira Mellott, of.Noedmore was a caller at E P. Strait's Saturday and tSunday. John HolleDshead lost a valu able cow last week. E P. Strait, of Pleasant Ridge. ost a fine pair of twin colts last week.- Those who spent Easter at Riley Deshong's were his father A. W. Deshong and wife and daughters Eva, Helen and eon George, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Swopeand baby, and his mother Mrs. Kuth Swope, and Harry Mollott Master Norman Doshong, lit tie son of Riley Deshong. took his basket on Easter morninu and went to the barn and fetched to the bouie 9 dozen and 2 eggs which be bad bidden for bit lister, ' Short Sketches of the Lires of Per sons Who Have Recently Passed Away. Andrew N. Witter. Andrew N. Witter, whose death we briefly noted in tho News last week was a son of Stephen arid Sarah Jane (Shaw) Witter. He was born Novenber 11, 1S54 and died March 31, 1917 He was born and spent his entire life in Taylor township, Fulton county, Pa. He was the last survivor of a family of ive chil dren, namely, Emmanuel, Re becca (married to J. Linn Kes- in ui, uaiun. inuiiicu ill tlUUII k Tt I ....... . . a. nenry, ana wiiuam. About 31 years ago he was united in marriage to Miss " Mary Belfe. daughter of Wilson Bergstresser formerly owner of the Waterfall flouring mill. To this union'two sons were born Irvin, dying in infancy, and Roy, now living at home with his mother. After marriage he spent a short time on a farm, when he went to Dub lin Mills and engaged in the mer cantile business. After a short period at Dublin Mills, he located at Waterfall, where he continued in the mercantile business until the time of his death. Prior to the time of his marriage, he taught school Eeven term.3. Mr. Witter was a man of moie than ordinary intelligence, and possessed a remarkable memory. Unassuminc. hp was otrir-tl ot. , r" '--'j - tentive to his business, thoroly honest and reliable, so that he possessed the confidence of the entire community. His business habits were methodical and cor rect. It is said that during the many years he served as post master, he never had a report to come back upon him for correc tion. Never, previous of his last ill ness had he been detained from his business a single day on ac count of sickness. About the first of last January he took a cold or grip. Later he seemed to have pretty well recovered, when he relapsed into bronchial pneu monia, and that developed into the worst form of pulmonary tuberculosis, which rapidly brought to termination a useful life. The very large number of Per sons who attended his funeral on Tuesday April 3d, bore evidence of the esteem in which he was neia in the county. He was a member of the M. E. Church. His body was laid to rest in the cemetery, at the Center M. E. church. D. A. B. John Mann. John Mann, one of Fulton County's aged citizens, died at the home of his sister. Mrs. Eliz abeth McClellan at Needmore this county, on Sunday evenincr. April 1, 1917 in the 79th year of his age. The funeral took dare on the following Tuesday. The funeral sermon was preached in the Baptist church at Needmore by Eld. C. L. Funk, and inter ment was made in the cemetery at the Tonoloway Baptist church. Mr. Mann had been in declin ing health for some time but the immediate cause of his death was Bright's disease followed by a stroke of paralysis. He Is survived by three sons and one daughter: Albert near Pittsburgh; refer and Elmer, near Warfordsburg. and Mrs. Myrtle Ressley. in South Dakota. Mrs. Ressley came to see her father about two weeks hrfnm his death, and is now visiting among her friends and relatives A I in tnis county. John W. 'Carmack. of Clear Ridge, brought hia brother Har vey and wife to McConnellsburg last Saturday on a little shopping trip. John closed out his farm ing outfit at sale a few weeks ago and is going to try the pub lic works a year for a change. Harvey and his wife are moving to Wood vale, where he expect3 to do hauling this summer,
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