OLUME 18
McCONNELLSBURG, PA., APRIL 19,1917.
NUMBER 31
? RECORD OF DEATHS.
Sketches of the Lives of Per
sons Who Bate Recently
l Passed Away. .
1 George Wilds. ,
nine o'clock, Sunday even-
ADrill5, 1917, George Wild?,
t Fulton County's highly
ined citizens, passed away
i home of his son William at
Littleton, after an illness of
few days of pneumonia,
aneral took place yesterday.
;rge Wilds was a son of
un and Elizabeth Finley
, and was born on the old
i farm, just west of Fort
ton, now owned by J. D.
us. The date of his birth
October 1C, 1838; hence at
'jne of his death he was
78 years, 5 months, and 30
Mr. Wilds was a veteran
i Civil War, he having been
aber of Company H. 22nd
ient, Pennsylvania Cavalry,
is married to Miss Rachel
ett, a sister of ex-Postmast-8.
Woollett, of McConnells-
She died about forty-five
afro. Three children were
to them, two of whom are
I namely, "Bennie" resid
Iowa, and "Billy," at Fort
ion.
lany wayGeorge Wilds as
6l citizen honorable, cour
,'and gentlemanly. He. is
.ity for the statement that
;er took s. drink of whisky
ed tobac o in any form.
j his last illness, when very
his plnsician suggested
jittle whiskey might stimu
:art action, when he looked
doctor and said, "So far
i kept the promise I made
jnothcr that I would never
. whiskey, and I believe I
: t break that promise now. "
April Our War Month
s of the chief wars in
the United States of Amer
je been involved, began in
tith of April. The battle
iington was fought on
lo, 1775, beginning the
or Independence. Fort
I was- fired upon April 12,
JcKinley issued a call for
srs to engage in the Span-
on April 23, 1S93.
April events in America
jtory were:
111, 1783 Congress pro
an end of the war of
Britain.
I 30, 1803-Treaty with
'"for the purchase of Lou
ierritory. 1 21. 1836-Battle of San
J" ending the Mexican at
It the conquest of Texas.
I 14, 1846 Beginning of
lr between the United
nd Mexico.
9, 1865 Civil war ended
irrender of General Lee.
1 2, 1917-Congress meets
ra session "to receive a
nication concerning grave
I of national policy."
b, 1917 Congress ap
war resolutions aeainst
iy, President Wilson sign-
in the day.
Last Week's Hancock News
Rudolph. Spangler, who
fyed by the Bethlehem
Company at Sparrows'
Jent fro.n Saturday even
J Monday with his par-
and Mrs. C. R. Spang-
tw- F. Sappintrton. on
?took h-s brother Walter,
ently 8' iff ere i a stroke of
I and whoje health is
impaired by other ail-
w Jonn Hopkins Hos-
lumore."
f Mrs. L. B.Mellottand
r Helen, Needmore R R
Mr. and Mrs. Howard
f" son tsoyd, of
T) ft
Need
r c were in towr
attending Georg(
last
:e C.
jvirs. fje
nd Mrs. T. p
C.
Mellott
i alU iruax a-e sis-
LATE WAR NEWS.
Germans Losing Heavily. Submarine
Attack Near New York. 7000-Mil
lion War Loan.
Along a 150-mile front btttle
line the French and British are
pushing back the German armies
in a titanic utruggle for the mas
tery of the western front
Stepping into fray after the
British had hammered the Ger
man lines in the Arras reigion to
bits for a week, the French struck
along a 25-mile front along the
Aisne carried the German positi
ons to an average depth of from
two to two and a half miles cap
tured more than ten thousand
prisoners and maintained all the
ground won. Monday night aft
er the great success of their initi
al rush General Nivelle's forces
occupied themselves with con
solidating their new positions and
resisting German counterattacks.
All these assaults were repulsed
and in the Ailles region, west of
Craonne, the Germans suffered
heavy losses. Their total casu
alties, all told in the first twenty-
four hours' fighting are estimat
ed at 100,000 men.
In Mesopotamia the British
have advanced further up the
Tigris to within little more than
ten miles of Samara, seventy
miles northwest of Bagdad where
another battle apparently is im
pending. Little resistance has
been' offered by the Turk3 in
their retreat.
A German submarine gave fire
Tuesday on the steamer Smith
100 miles south of New York
mi3Ked it by about 30 yard3 and
immediately ducked. The pres
ence of enemy submarines in
American waters indicate that
threatened German submarine
blockade of American Atlantic
ports has begun.
Congress has authorized a seven-thousand
million-dollar war
loan, 3000 million of which is to
be placed in the hands of the
allies. The loan is made in the
shape of 31 per cent, bonds, and
every patriotic citizen is asked to
chip in. The security is as good
as gold. '
The United States will be ready
within 24 hours to place three
billion dollars to the credit of the
entente allies and to spend four
billion toward America's part in
the war.
Clarence, Brooks, and Horace
Sipes, of Pittsburgh, and their
sister Minnie (Mrs. Kellar) of
Washington, D. C, were in town
last Saturday attending the sale
of real estate belonging to the es
tate of their father the late J.
Nelson Sipes. Clarence and
Brooks made the trip in Clarence's
Willys-Knight coupe.
niTfll'Mfitg'TH
MRS. B. M. COX
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Mrs. B. M. Oox, wife of Capt B. M.
Cox, who commanded a company of
Illinois volunteer In the Civil war,
who has applied for a pension In San
Francisco. Cox was a law partner of
Abraham Lincoln when Lincoln was a
struggling lawyer In a little Illinois
town.
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State Agricultural Notes.
Have you planned and made
your garden?
Every home is urged by Sec
retary of Agriculture Charlei E.
Patton to go , into the canning
and preserving business this
summer.
Twenty-seven cold storage
warehouses in -the State were
without fpod products of any
kind cn the first of April.
More poultry and beef than
usual is beiiig r eld in cold tor axe
warehouses, but large shipments
of meat are being exported weekly.
Persons using beck yards r.nd
lots for gardens are warned
against the cut worm and the
white grub. Constant cultiva
tion is needed on lands being
used for agriculture! purposes
after remninmg idle for ears to
prevent large lotses by insect
pests.
Pennsylvania farmers have
been calif d upon to grow corn,
oat?, barley, buckwheat, potatoes
and the navy bean to help the
food supply during the war em
ergency. Pea:!i buds in a number of sec
tions of the StP.tf are reported 10
have been killed by the recent
cold weather.
"flow Mach Youd Would a
VooiSctnck Cliuck."
It is exactly thirteen years
sinco we pave hcFpita'ity in this
column to the query "How much
wood would a woodchuck chuck
if a wooclchuck could chuck
wood."
We then received several an
swers conveying the same mean
ing and but slightly varied in
form:
A woodchuck would chuck all
the wood he could chuck if a
woodchuck could chuck wood.
Just as much wood as a wood
chuck would chuck if a wood
chuck could chuck wood.
A woodchuck would chuck as
much wood as a woodchuck could
chuck if a woodchuck could chuck
wood.
And we have heard of no bet
ter answer since then. Incident
ally one of our readers submitted
at that time another tongue
twister of the same kind:
How much dew do dewdrops
drop, if dewdrops do , drop dew?
Philadelphia inquirer.
Arm Brokeu.
In an attempt crank his un
cle Dr. Geo. M. Robinson's car
Tuesday, Donald Nace. son of
Mr. and Mrs. Horace U. Nace,
had his right arm broken between
the wrist and elbow. Donald had
given the engine a quarter turn
two or three times without get
ting a spark, when he decided to
churn it. The engine was not in
a humor to be churned and re
sented the action by giving Don
ald a violent kick on the arm.
DiwoiuMieedsr.
On Saturday afternoon, April 7,
1917, Edgar Downin, formerly
raiding rear McConnellsburg,
wai married to Mr. Sarah Sheed
er of Everett. The event took
place at tbe parronsge of the M.
E. church in Bedford, and the
ceremony was preformed by . the
pastor Rev. John T. Bell. It is
said that the r.e.vly wedded
couple expeet to reside in Akron;
O.
Samantha Mellott, employed in
Misj Gillian's mi!iin?.ry establish
ment, Chamferbturg, spent the
time from Sunday morning until
Monday rron ing in the home of
her parents Hon. and Mrs. Geo.
B. Mellott.
Mrs. John H. Brewer of Thomp
son township, spent the week
enk in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Baldwin James at Sleepy Creek, 1
W. Va.
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The Country Church Is the Na
tion's Bulwark. Go to Church.
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acU is MORE POWERFUL THAN A DOZEN SERMONS.
Clear thinking pcoplo arc quick to see that there is something
KEALLY WORTH WHILE AND SUBLIME in the church.
THE COUNTRY CHURCH LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR THE(
LATER SUCCESS IN LIFE. READ THE LIVES OF THE GREAT
MEN OF THE COUNTRY. THEY TAKE PRIDE IN RECALLING
THEIR EARLY RELICIOUS TRAINING THE FINE IDEAS THAT
WERE INCULCATED WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG. SURELY THEY
PUT TO SHAME SOME OF THE SCOFFERS AT RELIGION AMONG
THE FLIPPANT YOUTHS OF THIS MATERIAL AGE. YOU CAN
COUNT ON YOUR FINGERS THE NUMBER OF SUCCESSFUL MEN
WHO DO NOT CO TO CHURCH.
The plea of some who have fallen awny from tho church is that
thov are TOO BUSY to attend church. Yet men whose time is
WORTH $100 OR MORE AN HOUlt do not begrud-o an hour
or more for God on the Sabbath.
No man is too busy to attend church. If he is successful lie
should GO TO CHURCH to thank God for his success. If ho is
s.rcggling he should ask God's help. t
CO TO CHURCH NEXT SUNDAY.
Tlie .::it of Silcsce
The very greatest emphasis is
placed cn the teaching of speech.
Our schools spend their millions
to teach young people how to
talk intelligently and effectively.
Ability to express oneself in con
sidered one of the greatest arts
of life. And yet there are
nany people who know how
to express themselves far too
well and whore principal need is
to learn to keep their mouth shut.
For instance a friend who had
a trained nurse in his family was
telling about her peculiarities.
She was wonderfully skilled in
her profession, watchful, inde
fatigable and energetic. Yet
she wearied the patients during
their convalescence and exhaust
ed the family by her endless ac
counts of her own experience and
her personal views about life.
The practical result was that
she was working for pome $6 to
$8 less than oqnally well trained
rurses were getting. Her glib
habits of speech were costing
her just about a dollar a day.
Perhaps it was worth that to her
to be able to talk all she wanted
to, yet one doubts it.
There are fellows whose power
of speech is perfectly irrespress
ible. You simply can't shut
them up. They are so friendly
And helpful in many ways that
you can't seem to get along with
out them. At the' same time
they distract the attention of
their fellow workmen and are so
much absorbed in self expression
ns to reduce their output of work.
The practical result in their case
is that they finally lose positions
or are kept along at reduced
ralaries.
Business offices and workshops
are what their name applies, and
rre not social centers. People
with conversational gifts can find
plenty of outlet for the same in
( lub and society life. They need
to cultivate thnt subtile sense of
thrir surroundings that will teach
them when to speak and when to
keep silence. ,
Ilaniond-KiHik.
A quiet wedding took place at
the M. E. parsonage, Burnt Cab
ins on Thursday afternoon of last
week when D&nieJ A. Hammond
and Mary M Runk-both of Wil
low Hill, Franklin county, were
united in rr.arrir.ge by the pastor
Rbv. Ira R Duvall. They made
the trip to Fulton Con ntN in an
automobile and w hen th;y left
for home their hearts were light
er and the parson's pocket book
heavier. Mr. and Mrs. Hammond
are promising young people and
start, out in their wedded life
with the good wishes of a host
of friends.
1LARGE pcrcentii,ro of the big mou of tliis big
country conio from small country town.
Most of the HEAL 15IU MEN never for
get their bovhood (lava when they went to
the SMALL COUNTKY C11ULC11. The
Bitnnle lemons that were taught there Imve
GUIDED T11EM THROUGH LIFE.
Their lives have boon clean. Clean living
made for their success.
When the GO TO CI1UHC1I cam-'
paign was launched these men took a com
mendable interest in it. By attending
church they net a SPLENDID EXAMPLE
to the careless uud indilTcrent. When a
real bis man GOES TO CllUliCH the
Guard Duty
A great deal of the work which
our military force will be called
on to do will seem pretty tedious
The soldiers will often wonder
what he is there for anyway.' As
he marches up and down a rail
road bridge hour after hour and
day after day, with not a thiny
to arouse his suspicion or to at
tract his attention it will seen.
like a foolish waste of time and
money.
There will be a tendency in the
dark hours of lonesome nights
to take a bit of rest ending in a
snooze. That will be just the
time when a plotting foe will
come along with his package of
dynamite. The watching of vital
public works like bridges is how
ever a real task and it will call
for vigilance, particularly after
the novelty has worn off.' There
have been enough attempts to
blow up these structures already
to suggest that alien enemies
have their eyes on them.
For making itself effective in
the great war in which it has en
tered, the United States needs
command of all its resources. Its
communications need to be
prompt and complete. The deS'
truction of a few bridges on im
portant railroad lines or the blow
ing up of terminals could pro
duce a great amount of confus
ion and delay. Temporary struc
tures would have to be used and
the handling of traffic would be
held up. Schedules would be
thrown into confusion, and the
movement of supplies and trrops
hampered.
So wherever a soldier is placed
on guard duty during this war
period, he should look at his job
as a real one, one calling -for
vigilance ar.d one on which the
country ss depending. He can
never know in what hour the
bomb fiend may turn up. If he
ever does-turn up it would be at
the hour when he was least ex
pected and when his coming
would seem most unlikely. One
thing is sure that if these public
works were not carefully guard
ed a lot of them would fall a
mark to the active colony of bomb
plotters whose plans for such ai
tacks are no doubt already well
laid. .
Last Saturday aweek, Clarence
E. Colledge aged 26, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John VV. Colledge, near
Rays Hill, and Elton Pee, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Simon Pee, at
Breezewood were descending the
hill on the Lincoln Highway just
east of Breezewood both riding
on a bicycle when the fork broke
and threw the young men violent
ly upon the roadbed. Both were
unconscious for a time.
Building op a Reputation.
The essential element in mak
ing a success in the selling of re
tail merchandise is to build up' a
reputation. There are some mer
chants who try to build up this
intangible factor of reputation
by sitting down and waiting for
trade to come to them. It was
the old style of doing things and
possibly good enough for their
grandfathers. But people are not
making money on that basis to
day. A man who is very faithful and
honest in his business may get a
certein li.nited reputation for
reliability. But even at that if
he never pushes out for new bus
iness, the public impression will
be that he is deathly slow. That
is almost more of a hoodoo than
a reputation' for downright trick
iness. Even if after many years he
does get a certain limited reputa
tion he has to wait long and tedi
ous years for it and be satisfied
during the waiting time with
very meagre returns.
Thd cheapest and quickest way
to build up reputation is by
means of newspaper advertising.
An intelligent expense for ad
vertising for six months will go
a long way toward putting a
hitherto unknown merchant on
the map. People will be curious
to see what hi? store will look
like, then they will be personal
ly interested to test out some of
his offerings.
Life is short and time is money.
The man who doesn't advertise
may have saved a small item,
just as he can always save a
n;:l! item by turning some clerk
out of his sales force? But he has
postponed the day when his store
will become well known and will
acquire a reputation for business
enterprise. While he is sitting
still in a penny wise and pound
foolish way his active competitor
has got busy and is gathering in,
the business.
Vaughan Kelly.
Mr. Thomas J. Vaughan, of
Pitcairn, Pa., and Miss Cora Jean
Kelly, of Decorum, Huntingdon
County were united in marriage
in Cumberland, Md., March 10,
1917 by Rev. Joseph Dawson of
the First M. E. church. Mr.
Vaughan is a car inspector in the
employ of the P. R. R. Company
and Mrs. Vaughan is a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. James Kelly,
Decorum and very popular in
her set. The happy couple have
gone to Pitcairn where they will
be at home to their many friends
who wish them a long, happy
and prosperous life.
Thad Shimer, of Pittsburgh, is
spending this week in the home
of his parents Mr. and Mrs.
Christmas Shimer.
, LEO H. LUKGICH
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Acting Whtelman Leo H. Luksich,
Juit promoted to hit present rating
nd shown for the flrittlme In his new
uniform, photographed outside the
coast guard service station In New
York, where he Is assigned and where
he patriotically defended the Ameri
can flag from Insult, knocking down
a man who Insulted the national color.
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INDIVIDUALISM.
Little Talks on Health and Bgicne bj
Samuel G. Dixon, 9!. D., LL D.,
Commissioner of Health.
When we talk about a repre
sentative form of govert.n nt
urd the health of our peorie, we
rarely stop to think of our indi
vidual part in the resptnsibility
and efliciercy of our Government ,
and its every act.
We are ail highly critical of the
way in whi:h our municipalities
and our state and federal depart
ments are conducted, without a
blush at our own want of indi
vidual responsibility in govern
mental affairs when it is time to
direct them as they should go. "
The large majority of us, from
the time we get up in the morn- .
ing and start to look after our
domestic affairs and those con
cerning our business or profes
sion, until the day's end, consid
er no efforts too great for effici
ency, let them be what they may
The large majority of our voter?,
however, never stop to weigh
earnestly the acts of public of
ficials day by day and add up, ss
that when it comes time for nom
inating officials, we may have a
record of the men entrusted to
take care of our affairs. It is
rarely you meet, men at the polls
who can intelligently analyze the
character of those who are to be
voted for to take care of our
lives, our health, our personal
and real property, and to make
use of our money, paid over to
them in the form of taxes, for
the upkeep of those things nec
necessary in higher civilized life.
We should be as careful in vot
ing for public officials as we are
in selecting banks in which we
propose to deposit our earnings.
The manner in which our
Government is being conducted
should occupy some part of each
day of our lives, that we may
keep in touch with public life
we do with our everyday r.ffsus,
both at home and in business.
If we neglect to play our part in
our Government, it soon becomes
empirical, or run by a few, and
those who sometimes take but r.
selfish interest in our affairs.
This same individual indiffer
ence toward our duties aa mem
bers of a representative form of
government can be compared
with our neglect of our individu
al health. We rise in the morn
ing and formulate our daily work,
looking after the social, business
or professional duties; but we
give little or no attention to the
sanitary condition of our homes
and the proper treatment of our
physical and mental bodies, to
place them on the highest point
of efficiency.
Now, in the time of war, let
us stop and deliberate and take
thought as to the necessity of
every individual keeping his body,
physically and mentally, up to
the very highest state of health,
because it is the adding up of the
strength of the individuals that
represent the strength of our
Nation.
At Shippeasburg.
Greater efficiency is the watch
word in educatioral affirs ns in
everything else and the standard
of qualifications in teachers is
each year being raised higher
and higher. To confirm with
this condition Fulton County has
twenty-five young men and wo
men in tha Cumberland Valley
State Normal School getting pro-'
fessional training for work in
the schoolroom, namely, Olitipa
Keebaugh, Chrystabel Lamber
6on, Florence Edwards, Esther
Kendall, Mayme Comerer, Olive
Lodge, Dorothy Hamil, Helen
Charlton, Reba Charlton, Kath
ryn Hoop, Maudleen Stevens,
Dorothy Kirk, Hazel Reeder,
Hilda Reese, Hans Lamberson,
Fred Lamberson, Rush Henry,
Denver Evans, Gordon Charlton,
Cecil Mellott, Clyde Stahle, L.
K. Baldwin, H. A. Brodbeck,
O. V. Wink, and Kenneth Co
zier.