THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBTTKa, PA. FULTON COUNTY NEWS Published Every Thursday. 8. W. Pea, Editor and Proprietor McCONNELLSBURG, PA. APRIL 19. 1917 Published Weekly. $1.50 per Annum in Advance. C uered at the Pontoffloe at MoOonnellaborg Pa., ai aeoond-elaaa mall matter. Candidates' Announcements. FOR ASSOCIATE JUDGE. I hereby announce myself to the voters of Fulton County as a candidate on the Nn-Parti-an ticket for the office of Associate Judge, subject to the decision of the voters at the Primary Elec tion to be held Tuesday, Septem ber 18, 1917. I pledge myself that if norni natedand elected, I will dis charge the duties of the office, fearlessly, honestly, and to the nin knot rtf Itlt ftbUltV. 1 TO' spectfully solicit the vote and in fluence of all who deem me worthy ot support. David A. Black, Taylor towaship. FOR ASSOCIATE JUDGE. I hereby announce myself as a candidate on the Non-Partison ticket for the office of Associate judge. I pledge myself to abide by the decision of the voters at the Primary Election to be held September 18, 1917, and if nom inated and elected, to discharge the duties of the office to the best of my ability, fearlessly and hon estly. Frank Mason, Todd township. FOR ASSOCIATE JUDGE. I hereby announce myself as a candidate, on the Non Parti an ticket for the office of Associate judge, subject to the decision of the voters at the primary elec tion to be held Tuesday Septem ber 18, 1917. If nominated and elected, I pledge myself to discharge my duty fearlessly and honestly. Your vote and influence respect fully solicited. Geo. B. Mcck, Todd township. ' . FOR ASSOCIATE JUDGE. I hereby announce myself as a candidate on the Non-Partisan ticket for the office of Associate Judge, subject to the decision of the voters of Fulton county at the - primary election to be held Tues day, September 18, 1917 If nominated and elected, I pledge myself to discharge the ' duties of the office fearlessly hon--estly and to the very best of my ability and judgment, and re spectfully solicit your vote and - influence. J. Clayton Hixson. Union township. FOR ASSOCIATE JUDGE. I hereby announce myself as a candidate, on the Non Partisan ticket for the office ot Associate Judge, subject to the decision of the voters at the primary elec tion to be held Tuesday Septem der 18, 1917. If nominated and elected, I . pledge myself to discharge my duty fearlessly and honestly. Your vote and influence respect fully solicited. S. Edward McKee ( Union township. . SHARPE, PA. April 14 Mr. and Mrs Virgil Sharpeand daughter Charlotte spent last Sunday the guests of Mrs. Sharpe's mother, Mrs. Martha Peck. Elva and David Straley, of Lit tle Cove, spent a few days with their Uncle Wm. Stone and fam ily recently. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Ilixon. a son on April 6th. Mrs Hixson will be better remember ed by her Fulton County friends as Mary Kellner. Mac. Pitt man visited Johnson Keefer and family Sunday eve ning. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Truax and Mr. and Mrs. John Yeakle motored to Sir John's Run, Sun day afternoon where they were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Hixon. Claud Pittman, of Clinton, Mo., has been spending some time with bis mother Mrs. El'.a Pitt- man. Miss Blanche Bishop spent Eister the guest of her friends Flossie and Gladys Sharpe. Mr. Roy Mason has purchased , an Overland touring car of Ageut SI pes. DUBLIN MILLS. Nearly everybody is pi wing and getting ready to to v oats. The roads are full of automo- blles. , home Friday and returned Sun day. He is teaching at Laidig and is getting along well with his school. Rev. Summers preached at Oak Grove last Sunday night to a fair aizad congregation. Fred and Erman Knepper, Rhoda Black, Ralph Miller, Ollie Wible, Mildred Black and Laura Knepper were at Jere Knepper'e last Sunday. Are you ready to help Uncle Sam defend our country. Cfaurch Notices. - Preaching in the Presbyterian church next Sunday evening at 7:30; no preaching in the Re formed church in the morning. Sunday, April 22nd Rev. E. J. Croft 'Will preach at Bedford Chapel at 10:30, at Needmore at 3:00 and at Mt Zion at 7:30. McConnellsburg, M. E. charge Rev. Jackson, pastor. Preaching services next Sunday: Fort Lit tleton, 10:30; Knobsville, 2:30; McConnellsburg at 7:30. Theme at McConnellsburg: "Gathering Up the Fragments of Life." Patriotic Sermon at Littleton and Knobsville. ' Lutheran, Rev C. F. Jacobs, pastor. McConnellsburg, 10:30 and 7:30; Big Cove Tannery, 2:30. Hu'stontown M. E. Charge. G. B. M. Reidell, pastor. Dublin Mills, Saturday ' evening, 21st 7:30; Maddensville, Sunday morn ing, 10:30; Clear Ridge, 2:30; Hustontown, 7:30, patriotic ser vices Bpecial sermon schools and lodges attending. BIO COVe TANNERY. Well, farmers, it is again time for us to take the reins of labor, and drive farward to another har vest, which will be far better than any of the past Mrs. Biddis Lynch spent the latter part of last week with rela tives in Thompson. The stork has been very busy this last week. He left a pair of twin boys at Mrs. Maud Gordon Miller's, and a thumping big girl at Geo. Keefer's. Geo. Lynch is able to bejabout again with the aid of a pair of crutche3. Stillwel, son of Mr. and Mrs. U. G. Humbert, left last week for the U.S. Navy. We hope that Stillie will return home again safe and sound. Bert Souders and family spent last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs Walter Shaw. 'Today on weary Nations The heavenly manna falls, Tn hnlv convocations The silver trumpet calls. Powers of Flying Lemur. The flying lemur Uvea la the Indian archipelago. It la from two to three feet In length, and la furnished with a sort of membrane on each aide of lta body connecting lta limbs with each other. This la extended and acta aa a parachute while It takes lta leaps, from a higher to a lower place. Some times It will soar from a distance of 800 feet, or about the length of a city block. : ..tJL No "Play" About It. Edith "If you don't love Jack, why don't you tell him so?" Madge "Well, he sends me flowers and takes me to the opcru, you know, and " Edith "But, gracious I I don't see how you cun piny with his affections that way." Madge "Play t I call tliut 'working' them." Boston Transcript M . Housewife's Wall. i "Dad, what was the labor of Sisy phus?" "Sisyphus rolled a stone up u hill, and as fast as he rolled It up It rolled down aguln. It was a myth ological episode. Nothing like that loday." "Oh, I don't know," Inter posed ma. "Washing dishes la Just like thut." Louisville Courier-Journal. Good Way to Test Diamonds. Suspected diamonds are frequently tested by placing them between two coins and pressed hard with the Angers. It Is said to be Impossible to make the smallest Impression on a real diamond, but. In the case of a paste article, the edges may be crushed. The effect can be discerned by a critical ex amination with a lens. Has Supplied Pitch for Centuries. An Intereiitlng nuturul phenomenon of the Island of Zunte In the Ionian sea, la a shallow spring on the bay of Kerl, where both pitch and water bub ble up. The pitch has been used by the natives In caulking their boats since the days of Herodotus. Curious and Useful Plant Family. The nightshade family, Solmunucad. Is a most curious and useful one, for aside from the tomato, potato and to bacco sections, many of the plants yield poison, yet close species are edible as the ground cherry, chill pep per, eggplunt, peplno, melon peur, etc. Doesn't Worry Them. Shortage of paper does not worr the. persona who visit the hostel He: only to write lettera on hotel ata tlouery. CUPID'S NEW WEAPON By LOIS CRAYTON. All day he hud watched her on the trail as the horses wound around high, rocky cliffs, across tracts of shule and through deep valleys. Uedgeinun, the leader, who knew the country well, went ahead; then cuirte the venture some spirits, ready to take risks of slides and places on narrow ledges, where pieces of rock might have fallen away since the last runger passed on bis lonely patrol. But the mountain ponies were sure footedtoo sure-footed, for they went close to the edge sometimes. The horse the girl rode Insisted on walking as far away from the cliff as possible. The man kept his eye on the girl. Most of the time her left foot was dun gllng over apace, but she gave no sign that she was afraid. When night came they camped In a valley, and after supper roost of the weary souls crawled Into bed. A few still lingered, however, around the great Are. The man and the girl sat apart talking. "You are not afraid of anything,' ire you?" be said. She laughed. "Goodness, yes spi ders and mice, measles and burglars." "I doubt It I" "What did I do to make you think I was brave?" "Most girls would have screamed or fainted when that horse went so close to the edge." "And I kept quiet That was only the Instinct of self-preservation. I didn't want to scare him." "Thut Isn't true, I'm afraid. I Insist on giving you the palm of courage." "And I Insist that I am aa much of a coward aa anybody." "What are you afraid of. then?" "I told you burglars for one thing." "And?" "You for another." "Me?" "Yes. You Insist on dragging my fallings out Into daylight and analyz ing them. I suppose you'll soon dis cover that I'm fond of vegetable soup and hate to use semicolons, and thnt Incidentally these riding boots have rubbed my stockings Into tatters." "I'd forgotten. You must be dead tired." lie got up Instantly and helped her to her feet "Go to bed now and be fresh for new worlds tomorrow." He pressed her hand warmly and was gone. They were . together a great deal after that; they rode side by side when possible, sat together at meals, and had splendid campflre talks. He In sisted on calling her brave as each day brought new risks which she took without flinching. The trip came to an end; the man took train for Seattle, the girl went east, and the party scattered la all directions. The girl's family had not come home from Canada and she undertook the opening of the townhouse. She had long, quiet evenings alone after busy days, and she lived over her wonderful time In the mountains. There were camera views to go over, some of the num. "He's so different from most men," she mused, "so big. He's been all over the world, he says. I suppose he builds bridges and tun nels mountains and constructs dams and aqueducts, for he would never be content to spend his time doing little things." One evening, after looking through her travel book again, she decided to go to bed. Fluldn, the cook, had gone to her room on the third floor, and she was alone. She made a round of the rooms, fastened windows, snapping on locks and turning out lights. Then she returned to the library to switch off the table light before going upstairs. And there stood a man with a black mask over his face and an automatic ready for action. "Oh!" said the girl, standing quite still. "Keep quiet" said the Intruder, "and I won't hurt you." And the girl kept very quiet; In troth, she slipped In a heap to the floor, for she had fainted. "I'm a fool!" A man'a voice was the first thing she heard when her senses came back. She wus on a couch and Huldn was rubbing her face and hands. She thought she knew the voice. The girl sat up. "You I" she cried. "Yes, It" said the man grimly, the man with whom she had traveled over 300 miles of mountains. "And here I've been thinking you did big, wonderful things to help the world, and you're a a" "A burglar? No, I'm not really. Listen. I Just got back from the West today this evening and I couldn't go to sleep until I had located your house. It was too late to come In, but I Just wanted to know where you lived. When I was passing I saw a man work ing at the side window, so I got the corner policeman and we nabbed him. Then I thought of something. Just a fool notion of mine to test your cour age further, for I didn't believe you when you sold you were afraid of bur glars. You know what It wus. I played burglar. Forgive me!" "And I played baby," she said, ashamed.- "You are adorable, and I love you," said the man. "Then It's all right." sighed the girl happily, "but It's the first time I ever knew Cupid to use a gun." (Copyright. 1917. by tha McClure Newspa per Syndicate.) One machine has a capacity of cut ting a thousand celluloid combs a day. But Dont Tear His Shirt ' The woman advanced ominously. "Are you the teacher that tore Henry's shirt?" "Yea." "What did you do It for?" "Because Henry was naughty and wouldn't behave. To make him listen to me I took him by the collar, and he broke away." The woman awung the ball bat toward the teach er. "Next time he don't behave," she said, "you hit him with this." Newark News, AS PRICES RISE HIGH COST Of LIVING HITS THE RAILROADS Servtca Will Bs Crippled Un less Relisl Comas Soon. Laying Up a Competence. Among all material pleasures there Is none so great aa that which springs from a store laid by fr future wants, especially for the needs of those for whose well-being you have become re sponsible. And when you have gath ered that store by steadfastly refusing ' thriftless self-indulgence, you have a satisfaction thut outweighs and out lasts all fleeting Joys. I speak from my own experience, and I can call to witness thousands of others who have traveled the same road. Judson Har mon In Youth's Companion. EXPENSES UP, RATES DOWN Wasteful and Conflicting Regulations Hamper Railroad Credit While Ad vance In Labor and Materiale Out. strips Revenue, Chairman Krutt eohnltt Tells 'Congrees Committee. Unified Federal Control Will Improve Conditions. Washington. April 2.-The condition tn which the railroads find themselves aa a result of constant Increases In wages, prices of material, taxes and other expenses, while their revenues are restricted by legislation, was strik ingly described (by Julius KrutUi bnltt Chairman 'of the Executive Committee of the Southern Pacific Company, In his testimony during the past few days before the Joint Congressional Com mittee on Interstate Commerce, which Is making a study of the question of railroad regulation. Mr. Kriittsclinltt urged the committee t recommend a plan of regulation which will center responsibility for regulation and Its results In the federal government so that conditions affecting both expenses and revenues msy be made subject to a uniform policy Instead of the waste ful and often conflicting policies In volved In the system of aimblped state and federal regulation. Why Roads Need More Money. Mr. Kruttschnlit's testimony also had a bearing ou the reasons for the appli cation of the roads to the Interstate Commerce Commission for a general advance In freight ra's. lie showed ' that while the price of trnnsporta'don has declined In recent yoars. the cost of producing transportation, like the cost of almost everything else, has rap Idly advanced. This he Illustrated by showing that If freight and passenger rates bad Increased during the past twenty years In the same proportion as average commodity prices the railroads of the United States would have re ceived $l.(4.000.tiO(t more for trans portation In WIS than they did receive. This saving to the public was effect ed. In spite of an increase of i)3 per ceut In the cost of oeration of trains, by a reduction In the average passen ger rate per mile from 2H cents lu 18.03 to 1.08 cents In 1013. a decrenso of 8 per cent, and by a reduction In the average freight rate per tou mile from 8.39 mills In 1805 to 7.3 mills In 1915. or 13 per cent During the same period the cost of operation per train mile rose from 02- cents to $1.78, ' almost doubling. At the same time the aver age price, of 34(1 commodities enumer ated tn a bulletin of the Department of Agriculture Increased 115 per cent. Transportation Is practically the only commodity In general use tbat has -not Increased tremendously In price during the past twenty years, freight and pas senger charges being lower than they were twenty years ago. . - Big 8avlng to Public If rates had risen proportionately to the increase In the cost of other arti cles of ordinary use, Mr. Kruttschnltt told the committee, t'ae average pas senger rate In 1915 would have been 2.05 cents a mile, or CO per cent higher than It was, and the average freight rate would have been 1.21 cents, or 00 per cent higher than it was. The sav ing to the public In passenger fares through this difference was 1314,000, 000 and tn freight rates f 1.340,000.000. Universal railroad bankruptcy under this reduction In rates and Increased cost of operation, be said, was avoided only by heavy expenditures to obtain Increased efficiency In train movement making It possible to haul more tons of freight per locomotive. This bad re duced the average cost of hauling a ton of freight but the decline In the average freight rate hud reduced the net revenue of the roads from each tou bauled. If the operating costs of the railroads, Including the prices of coal, labor and material, continue to ad vance at the present rate a lot of rail roods will be In the bands of receivers by 1918 unless some relief Is afforded, Mr. Kruttschnltt told the committee. "Owing to the rlso of commodity prices," he said, "the purchasing (tower of the dollar has fellen 55 per rent and the railroads are In the posltlou of be ing compelled by law to accept pay ment for their service to the public In currency worth 45 cents on the dollar. Public's Chief Interest. "The public's greatest Interest Is in adequate transportation facilities and not so mucb lu low rates. As to most commodities ft eight rates form a very small proportion of their cost Ex cluding low grade commodities, the percentage of the freight rate to the cost Is so slight as to offer no Justifica tion for any substantial lucreuse In prices to the consumer. It may be stated with little fear of contrudlctiou tbat the consumer seldom. If ever, profits from a lowering of freight rates. "Extortionate charges are a thing of the past, and under the attempt to cut rates to their lowest possible Ogure the interest of the whole public in the character and standard of transporta tion Is subordinated to the lutcrest of that part of the public only that profits by lower ratesthat Is to say, the ship pers and their agents and not the gen eral public, the ultimate consumer." Logical. A Itoumanluu scicutlst says thnt ol age Is due solely to n decrease In Hi u mount of water In llio human system. That sounds reasonable. Were yon ever acquainted with a fish who d!ei! of old age? . Vegetables for Health. The Greek philosophers believed that a dish of boiled beets, served with salt nnd oil, was an aid to men tal effort, and it Is suld that Pharaoh fed his pyramid builders on radishes. The Arabians have always eaten arti chokes for liver trouble and In differ ent parts of the world they are re garded as particularly wholesome for men and women, who leud u sedentary lire. - 8olar Surface Temperature. The lutest estimate of the absolute temperature of the solar surface Is thut of F. BIscoe of Warsaw, whose computation Is bused upon the In ; tensity of radiation for Individual wave-length In the solar spectrum aa : obtained with the spectro-bolometer at the Smithsonian astrophyslcal observa tory. He gets an average of 7,300 de grees plus 100 degrees Centigrade. Happy Thoughts. Loose living will get yon tn tight places. Detroit Journal. Ferns That Grow Everywhere. Two ferns are common throughout the world. One Is the common brake found on the floors of .all California canyons, known as pterldlum miullll num. The other Is the polpod 'found on rocky canyon sides und known here as polypndlura Callfornlcum, and else where, the world over as Polypodluin vulgure. The specific differences are due entirely to geographic runge. California Lesson In Natural Hlatory. Man is not a giraffe by any means, but when a pretty girl trips along he can twist his neck In a dozen different ways. Oakland Tribune. Executor's N04 KHtme of Bnlllo Wlblo, Creek townHblp, Pa., deackntd " I.etteis tfHtBnientarv on h kvloK been grunted to tbe Jm pemooM Indebted to the suld TP qu'-nteo in Diane payment, nm .11 claim to nriNinL thn ,ikm. u-i.. r ... 1Hl0 Executrix's Nod ramie or n.u. tunuiinham.Ui, township. Pa., deceuned. Lotto temumentary on the ,J UV!Uf OTOU erUU.CU Ml me person Indebted to the aula enu' quested to make payment, and n, W .. I.E.. , ' win. or.n,6 UUX Kent,,. 4-12-ot. DO YOU DREAD VJIfJTER? If every man, woman and child in this vicinity would only take one spoonful of SCI Of, Mnnnr?npn after meals for one month, it would put vigor in their blood to withstand the rigors ot winter weainer ana help prevent colds, gnppe ana winter uauiess. SCOTTS is a fortifying medicinal-food of particu lar benefit in changing seasons, and every drop yields direct returns in richer blood, stronger lungs, and greater resistive power. No alcohol in SCOTTS. Dally Thought Do not forget thut even us "to work Is tu worship," so to be cheery Is to worship also, nnd to be huppy Is the .lrst step to being pious. R. L. Steven son, i ' pi Wm&tr ANY user will tell you that Michelln . Universals give remarkable mile age. Why? Because these unequalled tires contain more quality rubber and fabric. Prove this by having us weigh a Michelln in comparison with other non-skids. You will find the Michelln from la to 15 heavier than the average. You owe it to yourseli to give these high-quality) moderate-priced, tires a trial. R. M. Cline, McConnellsburg, Pa. Michelln Gufafi anfiuf at food at Mlchtlln Re J Inner Tubet, which ass nfttn brdtaiti In color but neon to euaffy. Administratrix's Not PjitKtM Af MIm HarrfAtt I..-... rowcn, lata ui inompson tawu. Notice In hereby given that lett. totrutlon. upon the above emifcij iuh uiniiua kiiuii sum eniatt ' them properly authenticated iWk and thoae owing the tame m ettle. LOUISA For CHICHESTER SJ !?'? "''' I'ui'i ilAVnvn in.vJ.'.'fM' " .' " ' .. " "Til I m ti. ini.i-' ii-1 ...... SOLDBYDRt'GGMtte Western Maryland Bali S Tn V0tint. VAiramk.. A. am u n - w iii irr j)t ii Sul.jKot to etauniie lihuuu: Tr&ioa leave Hancock m loCni No. T 1.40 a. m. (dally) rorRnirtJ burirb and weit, Im .. ! No. S-S.38 a. m. (dally) for HtnmJ tT.uurr. turnover, 1 orK(tit, ana Baltimore. No, I S.S0 a. m. (dally eiccpt tJ uiuBuoriBuu aua intermediui No. 49.07 a. m. (dully except J Batreratown, unitysnurt llu J Baltimore p) Intermedin! in K ton, rnimaeipnia, toil Nn No. -t.t7 0. m.'(dMly) WMtrrefJ Cumberland, w.t Vlrdikif nttsDurgD, tnicaKo and utii No.l-S.Mp.nl. (dnlly) r.x;im.'.l town, Wavncsboro, Cli.rabT tlmore, WannlDKton. IVifcl new ton, B ENNES, O' neral Manager C.F.STn Qec'IPiacitj WW ' r.'L.i as7 MJIW A'J I J fa rll I iTW F'iH J S""! mnm t,f 360 ARTICl! m EACH MONTH ON ALL NEWS S MS IS Cents POPU1 MECHANIC MAGAZINE WRITTEN SO YOU CAM UND1 All the Cret Eventi in rl Engineering and Invention una the World, are described in a -f ing manner, at they occio.4 readers eacn montn. - ShOD Notll SOnmrnTvliInO' anil briter miMi-i ine mop, ana now to m.ke rtptmi Im.lini U.ak.nlo. )I.MI"' mrtl and Bl.v. Lalvelvronrinn bo to bmild bout Buifcorcjclc."4 FOR SALI IT 11,000 Nisi W Jlaiwftiiiriiikmim:li la HM .UIM. MM II. M mr Uimmm Mft. ImW MMM MM. 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