If ' ' VOLUME 18 McCONNELLSBURG, PA., APRIL 26.1917, NUMBER 3 2 DEATH CAME SUDDENLY 1 5 J. Conrad Died From Effect of Stroke While Ploughing at Home Near Carlisle. Relatives here were greatly 'locked Monday afternoon upon . jceiving a telegram stating that ; imes Johnston Conrad had died i iddenly. Hit. Conrad was a son of the ; e Daniel and Rebecca Peoples Conrad and was born on the !ex Patterson farm in Ayr town- : p, on the 25th day of July, 54. un tne aay oi ucioper T 7n he was married to Mi9S f j-ah L. Fryman, daughter of t' B late Mr. and Mrs. John Fry- in of Ayr township. After K;W in the Cove several years, 1 purcnaseu a iarm in -uinour- county ana movea mere '"K K!a fnmilv nrA in thntrmm. 7 Oe resiueu unui me uinevi nia " ith which occurred about 2 ' lock, Monday afternoon, April 1917. He had been in usual jth ana ivionaay iorenoon j ploughing with a riding v in a field near the house, jut ten o'clock, he went to .' v. house for a drink of water j returned to his work. Some ; e afterwards, Mrs. Conrad : .iced that the team was stand- :r ana m. umraa wa3 ivimr on )' ground by the side of the t 1 r t t l i j . n. one went, urn aim luunu i unconscious. n was rnkpn : :ae nouse ana a pnysician sum med. The doctor said Mr. rad had sustained a heavy ke of apoplexy. He was be i the help of medical assis e, and passed away about , ' nVlnelf nouor hnvinor ra. .eu consciousness. ie funeral will take place to- iuw morning, wnen me re is will be taken in a funeral Union cemetery in Ayr iship, where a short service be held at the White church, ev. J. L, Grove, f. Conrad was a consistent ,ber of the United Presby n Church and a most excell ilizen. He is survived by wife, three daughters and Kn, namely, Nora, wife of Tucker, New York City; Lois of Niles Weary, near Car- Miss Lena at home and )nce, Carlisle. John P, Con ind Mrs. S. A. Nesbit, Mc ellsburg, are brother and r of the deceased. , Found Dead io Bed. - ' I home of Mr. and Mrs. John ;tt at Fostoria, Ohio, was Hied on Friday morning of Week when the discovery hade that their little daugh 'helma May, aged 2 months V days, was dead in bed. hild was apparently in the . Of health the evening before ' I a great shock to the par- ! The parents, accompanied ; Irs. Mellott's sister Miss "i brought the remains to ome of the mother's parents and Mrs. E. V. Mellott, nt Ridge, from which place uneral took place Sunday loon and interment was at the Sideling Hill Christ .hurfch. The funeral ser were conducted by Rev. T. eland, of Necdmore. Uather, Mr. John Mellott ,ed to his Ohio home on jy. and the mother, Mrs. Mellott and her sister Daisy to Johnstown on Friday they spent a day or two their brother, and then n home. . I 1 " Woman Caaght Fire. .William Kline, of Mercers- R. 3 while engaged in t some rubbish at her was badly burned. Her aughtfire. She sustained " her arms and legs. She Je at the time of the ac ut had presence of mind thro herself on the and roll. She was thus w extinguish the flames. Time Extended. Mr. L. Leo Heyn. one of the Heyn Brothers who will erect the big hotel on the mountain east of town, was here Monday asking the Tuscarora Land Company for an extension of time in which to begin work on the enterprise. By the terms of the agreement with the Land Company, work was to begin on the hotel not later than June 1, 1917, and be completed not later than June 1, 1918. But conditions have chang ed very greatly since those ar ticles of agreement were signed. Our country has been drawn into war, the munition plants have drawn heavily on the supply of labor, and now, with the call for volunteers to the army, with a prospect of draft no contractor is willing to be bound up to do anything even if he were to bo given two or three times a rea sonable price for the job; hence, the Land Company granted an extension of the time for the beginning of the work. Should the war close, and the country settle down to normal conditions, the Heyn Brothers are ready to push the work to a speedy com pletion. Kiss Jlcllvaiac 85 Years Old Miss Lottie Mcllvaine quietly celebrated her 85th birthday an niversary at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Noggle near Ev erett on Monday of last week. Her friends remembered her with letters of congratulation and card messages, which Bhe very much appreciated. "Aunt Lottie, as she is familiarly known to a host of admiring friends is still bright and cheery and in full possession of her faculties and never tires of recounting in cidents of her early life. Her mind is well stored with happen ings of by gone days. She is a daughter of the late John Mc llvaine who for many years CJnducted the hotel on the Cham- bersburg and Bedford turnpike at the east base of Rays Hill one of the most, famous hostleries between Philadelphia and Pitts burgh. Dad Their Nerve Vi iih Them. Last Sunday morning Daniel McQuade and family came to town for Sunday school at the United Presbyterian church in their automobile. When they came.out to go hone they were surprised to find their automobile missing. Borne boys had bor rowed" it and gone out on a joy ride, and were having such a good time thatihey did not get back quite soon enough. It might be well enough not to leave valuable packages in auto mobiles left standing on the streets in the evening. ' A gen tleman was seen rooting around through a car last Saturday .eve ning, and when he found that his actions were being observed remarked that he thought it was Bert Hann's car. Of course, the mistake might easily be made for the car had about a hundred empty milk bottles in it Had Nice Trip. Miss Annie Ott, returned to the home of her father Mr. John, Ott, East Lincoln Way, last Fri day evening after having spent eight months visiting friend in the far west. She left McCon- nellsburg by automobile with D. A. Washabaugh and family last August, and went with them as far as Waterloo, Iowa. From there she went by train to Greene, Iowa spending four months with her brother Paul and fanily. With friends she went to Riverside, Calif., and from there visited other points of interest by automobile, includ ing the Panama Exposition at San Diego. While Miss Ott very much enjoyed the wonderful sights of California, she was very glad to get back to the good old Keystone state. Mrs. Elizabeth Mellott and fon of Andover were in town Mon day. EMPLOYER'S LIABILITY, Harry Linn Received a Ilujidred Dollars As Result of Injury Sustained Last Full. That employers of laborers, with the exception of farmers under certain conditions, are li able to pay tor any disability that may come to their employees while in the discharge of their duties, is now well known. The legislature of the State has made i p a schedule of prices to be paid by the empioyer, from which there is i.o escape, if solvent. To provide against what might be a serious burden, insurance has been provided, whereby for a fixed charge, the Insurance Com pany assumes to f ay all claims that may arise. L3t fall Harry Linn, a cer penter of this place, was work !rg on the railroad station at the east end of town. Oh the 18th of September he stepped on a nail, which ci.used tl.e foot t sv.e!!, become very painful, End completely disable him from t!o ing any work until the 7th of February; from that time he was partially cii:-ub!ed up to the 21. day of this month. Harry was employed by Hurry Atkinson, who had a subcon tract under D. W. Faust & Son. D. W. Faust & Son were subcon tractors under Walter Patterson. After Harry Linn found that he vas disabled, he applied to Mr. Atkinson for the monetary relief provided by law, but fail ed to get a response frtm Mr. Atkinson. Some three or four weeks ago, Harry, through his attorney Frank P. Lynch, Esq., brought suit before the Referee of this tenitory, Mr. Joseph Sny der, of Altoona, against Mr. At kinson, and also against Mr. D. W. Faust & Son. Neither Mr. Faust nor Mr. Atkinson had tak en out any liability insurance. At the hearing before the referee it was shown that Harry Atkin son was insolvent Then the next etep was to get it from the Fausts. The -claim was $103.00. Faust's attorney offered to Ret -tie the claim for $100.00 which was accepted. Had the Fausts been insolvent, the claim would have been carried on back against Walter Patterson, who carried liability insurance. From this it may be gathered that a contractor is liable for the employees of his subcontractors, if it Ehould happen that the sub contractor is insolvent Had Mr. Atkinson been solvent, then he would have had to pay Mr. Linn, but would have had no recourse against the Founts. Another point to be gathered is, that where an employer does not protect himself with employ er's liability insurance, he must go down into his own pocket if any of his employees become dis abled. Hunters' License Fees. The Supreme court has handed down a decision requiring county treasurers to pay into the treas uries, of their respective counties the fee allowed for the collection of the hunters' license. The treasurer received ten cents for each license. This would have gone to the treasury had not the taxpayers contested the bill, and the Supreme Court now directs that the money shall be paid into the treasuries of the counties in stead of being retained by the treasurers. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. A. Harris and Mr. and Mrs. Wilson L. Nace motored to Washington last Sat urday spent tho time until Mon day morning in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall McKibbin, when they returned to McCon- nellsburg having had a very de lightful outing. Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Woollett and Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Kirk motored to Bedford last Sunday and called on their old friend William Stuckey who is in very poor health. Religion, Withstanding Cynicism, Has Sur vived Through the Ages. Go to Church. A GREAT number of the people who GO TO CHURCH nre men aud women with the WISDOM OF YEARS AND EXPERIENCE. Many young people who seem to RE JOICE WHEN THEY ARE CALLED CYNICS not only fail to GO TO CHURCH, but flippuntly refer to the movement. One great writer suid, "WHO ARE A LITTLE WISE THE BEST FOOLS BE." Another eaid, "A LITTLE LEARNING IS A DANGEROUS THING." Churclic havo survived through the ages. One hates to think what would become of this world without churches and religion. The churches TEACH RIGHT EOUSNESS. Aud yet there are some young people who aro dis posed to take lightly this splendid GO TO CHURCH movement. Happily they aro in the great minority, and it is certain that the will soon bo moved by the AWAKENING OF RELIGION over the land. In many churches in the west preachers report a .Sl'LENDij) ATTENDANCE ,OF YOUNG PEOPLE. THE DAY IS GONE WHEN IT CAN BE SAID THAT THE CHURCH IS ALL RIGHT FOR OLD WOMEN AND CHILDREN. CO TO ANY OF THE GREAT CITIES IN THE COUNTRY AND NOTE THE REAL DIG MEN, THE MEN YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW, AT DIVINE SERVICE. THEY ARE PROUD TO BE SEEN IN CHURCH. NO, INDEED, THE CHURCH IS NOT FOR THE OLD AND THE WEAK. IT IS FOR THE YOUNG AND 8TRONG. IT IS FOR EV ERYBODY, FROM THE HIGHEST TO THE LOWEST. PRESIDENT WILSON HA3 EMPHATICALLY GIVEN HIS APPROVAL TO THE GO TO CHURCH MOVEMENT. If you nre one of tho young men who has been reached by the GO TO CHURCH appeal and now regularly attend church, you aro to be commended. But you can do more. You can induce that friend of yours who is inclined to cynicism to join the GO TO CHURCH throng. Argue with him. Plead with him. Show him tho right way. If you do this, you'll bo doubly rewarded. Get him to CO TO CHURCH next Sunday. Get him to GO EVERY SUNDAY". djjurfloJ Court. At an adjourned Court held on Friday of law week when Judge Donald P. McPherson with his associates, Win. 13. Stigers and William Mellott appeared on the bench at 2 p. m., the following business was transacted: Hon. Charles Walter, Attorney for Lemnster National Bank, pre sented petition of R. D. Garrett, Receiver, for permission to com promise claim against Harvey Cooper, and the Court made the order as prayed for. In tho estate of George Frak f r, deceased, the Administrators made return of order of sale of real e.state to R. R. Sipes at pri vate sale, and the sale was con firmed by the Court In the estate of John J. Gor don, deceased, the inventory and appraisement of property set apart to the widow was presented and confirmed ni si, to be con firmed absolutely unless excep tions are filed within 20 days. In the estate of John R. Pay lor, deceased, inventory and ap praisement of property set apart to the widow was presented, and the same order made. The report and distribution made by the Master, in the equi ty case Annie Shimer, et al. vs. Mary Seylar was confirmed ni si, to be confirmed absolute, unless exceptions are filed within ten days. In the matter of the dissolu tion of the Green Valley Fruit Company, the decree was 'made dissolving the corporation as pray ed for. In the case of D. H. Fraker et al. vs. David M. Barnett, No. 61, January Term 1917, a motion was made for judgment, and order made as prayed for. In the estate of Elizabeth Lew is, deceased, a petition wa3 pre sented asking permission to pay certain money into court, and the order was made by the Court A letter from George W. Hein baugh, Progress, Pa., states that he is having a public sale on the 28 th of this month, and soon thereafter, he and his family in Empire Six will make a journey through the southwest part of the country. They expect to pass through McConnellsburg, and, of course stop to see their friends Delegates to the annual suf frage spring conference at Har risburg passed a resolution urging the President, Congress and the Pennsylvania Legislature to pro hibit the use of grain for the manufacture of liquor during the war and to conserve the same for food, Capital Punislmot Remains. The House of Representatives r.t Harrisburg has decided that the death penalty is to remain in Pennsylvania, and the decision has been reached by a decisive vote. For some time there has been an agitation for the aboli lien of capital punishment in this State, and it seemed to have a considerable sentiment behind it, but when the test came it was shown that a large part of this was manufactured sentiment. Quite a respectable number of people are opposed to what they call "legalized murder," just as there are a considerable number who are opposed to war and who refuse to serve in the army and even try to influence others to follow their example. But it will be noticed that these people expect to be protected in their lives and property. They would feel cruelly wronged if members of their family were murdered in cold blood and the State did noth ing towared bringing the crimin als to justice. Perhaps the most compelling force in the retention of the death penalty in Pennsylvania was the horror at Eddystone. That brought many members to their senses. It compelled them to think, and the more they thought the less they were inclined to give immunity to murderers. One may regard that . terrible tragedy either as an accident or the result of a plot. If a plot is finally proven in a court of law, who would have the plotters escape the fate they deserve? So, re garded in this light, it was in possible to abolish the death per). alty at this time. It is interest in' to note that only nine of the forty-eight States have abolished the v death penalty. They are Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Min nesota, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota and Wisconsin. In a number of oth ers it is optional whether first de gree murder shall be life impriS' onment or death. The choice is left with the jury. But for the present the sentiment of the Keystone State seems to be de cidedly in favor of the death penalty for premeditated mur der. Philadelphia Inquirer. Ex-County Auditor Wiliiam Wink and son George of Belfast township were in town Monday afternoon. William insists that he had, nothing to do with un hitching Christ Deshong's horse at the Dunkard church. He says he went to church with the preacher, staid in the house and listened to the sermon, and went home with the preacher, Where Shall Taxation Fall. The government rightly plans to raise a large share of the war cost by taxation. Everyone nat urally will want some one else hit. But there are certain gen eral principles that everyone should assent to. These are that wealth should pay in proportion to its ability, and that special taxes should be laid upon play rather than on work and busi ness upon luxuries rather than necessities. One proposal is to tax advertis ing. That places a direct tax on the selling of goods. The 'busi ness men no doubt expect to take their share of the burden, but it would be equally fair to tax every employer for the number of salesmen employed. Either proposition would hamper busi ness, tend to restrict, trade, and would impair the ecconomic soundness of the county. ' Another proposed tax placed contrary to the principles enum erated above would be to raise letter postage to three cents. This would hit business concerns heavily and would be an impost on work rather than luxury. So far as heard from, however, no one has objected to tax on pic ture post cards. The more legitimate subjects for taxation are luxuries like liquor, tobacco, soft drinks, candy, chewing gum, and a wide range of notions, and frivolities which people can easily do with out. The amusements of the people are a legitimate field for assessment, including theaters, baseball games, movies, all en tertainments for private profit, country clubs, billiard rooms and bowling alleys, and all kinds of sporting events. It is not a hardship to the peo ple to have to cut down their ex penses a little in these respects, It of course means higher prices on all such diversions and luxur ies. But if the people will but restrict themselves a little, their expenses will be none the great er. War is serious business, and we must all expect our daily hab its to be affected. Large incomes must of course pay a heavy tax, and the people of wealth expect it. Anto Driver Killed. W. S. Swope, aged 23 years, whose home was in Hummelstown and who was employed as a hank clerk in Harrisburg, was instant ly killed in an automobile accident near Shippensburg, last Sunday evening. His companion, Miss Anna Stroup, aged 19 years, of Oberlin, was seriously hurt. Miss Stroup is a senior in the C. V. Normal School. She had been home for the week-ending and young Swope was bringHyj her back to school in his Overland touring car. He was driving along at a moderate rate of speed, when he started to turn out to pass a horse and buggy. In the buggy were Harry Cocklin and Miss Mary Miller, both of whom live near. Just then Harper Hershey came along, pushing a baby carriage. The carriage scared Cocklin's horse and it made a sudden jump, right in front of the approching auto. The horse was badly hurt and the force of the collision jammed the steering wheel into Swope's ab domen. This injury and a fraa ture of the skull caused death, Miss Stroup's skull was also frac tured and although she was not rendered unconscious at once, she was dazed. Miss Stroup was taken to the Harrisburg Hospital on the C. V. train and it is believed she will recover. Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Mellott and daughter Miss Daisy, and Mrs. Roland Sharpe and daughter Mabel, of Pleasant Ridge, spent a few hours in town last Thurs day. Mr. andMrs.Chas. R.Spangler, of Hancock, spent a few hours in J town Monday. KEYSTONE OF THE ARCH Little Talks on Health and Itygicne bj Samuel G. Dixon, H. LL D., Commissioner of Health. The perfect manifestations of life can only be had with a har monious performance of all the functions of the body. This is so from the lowest form3 of life up to the complex and wonderful creation of man. Now when we are confronted with war and its accumulated horrors, we must use every efTort to throw off the insidious hold it gradually gets upon our nervous systems, deFtroying the harmon iousncss of the vast number of active little cells that go to make up our physical and mental bod' ies. If the balance and harmony are once destroyed, our digestion weakens and this robs the body of nourishment, which is follow ed by general loss of Btrength. The heart muscles consequently suffer and weaken and when this pump fails to send the exhausted blood cells through the lungs for purification and recharging, the physiological process fails in its purpose. The break up of the general balance and harmony causes the body to lose its resistance to dis ease germs. The result is gener al weakening of the individual and often death, neither of which we can afford at any time let alone in time of war, every pre ventable measure must be taken to guard against the inroad of disease. Today we cannot help but feel our great responsibilities and make sacrifices for that which , has given us our national pride' 4 and freedom. We must, how ever, at the same time be care- ful not to break up unnecessari ly the harmony of our social and other everyday occupations. The greatest measure to help us carry our burden during war is to keep busy in some well di rected path of work that will pro duce those things most essential to a successful warfare and turn our minds from those horrors that otherwise would break up our nervous force. If war becomes long-continued it may be that a revolutioary state may occur, where our oc cupations will have to be chang ed: giving up the easier ones to the weak, and shift ing those that are more laborious to the strong. These changes, however, at tho present time can be effected more easily than ever before in the history of the world, because of the many kinds of modern oc cupations which permit of selec tion to accomodate those of dif ferent capabilities. Whatever may be the disturbance, we must keep busy. We must not think too much of "what might hap pen" and keep it ever before us destroying that balance and har mony necessary for health. Clarence Little, aged 19, of Chambersburg, riding a motor cycle, crashed into an approach ing automobile on the crest of the bridge across Back Creek on the Lincoln Highway, three miles west of Chambersburg last Sun day morning about ten o'clock. Clarence, who was seriously in jured, was taken to the Cham bersburg hospital where it was found that his left leg was brok en and his skull fractured. His motorcycle was completely wreck ed. The front of the automobile was badly damaged and the car had to be towed into Chambers burg. The United States leads all countries in the consumption of sugar with an annual average of 3,492,000 tons during the 10 years 1904-1913. The annual consump-, tion in this country is nearly one- fourth of the world's production. Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Shaffner spent last Saturday in Chambers burg. .
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