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VOLUME 18
McCONNELLSBURG, PA., MAY '24,1917.
NUMBER 36
RECORD OF DEATHS.
Qort Sketches of the Lives of Per
t .nni Who nave recently
passed Away.
Mrs. Martha Lamp.
Jl .1... i .nrlc (III ) Cazatie.
fjom m- - - ,
Mrs. Conrad Lamp, one or the
best known and best lovea oia
ladies of Lanark, died very sud
denly at her home in that city
last Wednesday evening, from
the effects of a paralytic stroke
which seized her at 7:15 and
fnm which death resulted at
7:45, a short half hour later. It
wis her third stroke, two similar
lofeures having been successfully
eombatted. Mrs. Limp had lived
In this community for nearly
fifty years and her fine christian
character and unfailing kindness
and courtesy made friends of all
with whon she came in contact.
Toher children and the close
trends who knew her best the
r.inory of her life will prove a
p:.Tetual inspiration.
Martha Bermond was born at
L'Xonnellsburg, Pa., February
3, 33, and died at her home in
L-aark May 2 1917, aged 84 years
2 rionths and 29 days.
Che was married to Conrad
Lsap, March 13 185G, in Mer
cenburg, Pa. To this union
were born seven children: John
D., of Hasting, Neb ; Katherine
M. Brown, H:n; )n, la ; MameE.
Me, Merrill, la.; William H.,
whdiedMay 2J, 1916; Anna B.,
d;; December 5, 1897; Emma M.
Aians, and Gecrge C, of Lan
ark.Ill. Stie is also survived by two
brothers, Daniel Bermond, of
Harvard, Neb., and Henry of
I!:Cbnnellsburg, Pa.
lire. Lamp spent her childhood
and the first thirteen years of
her 'married life i n Pennsylva
nia, moving to Lanark on the
Lrr.p farm in 189G, where she
r: ."Jed till 1901.. She has since
r; Jed in Lanark.
Tue deceased united with the
IL'imed Church at McConnells-t-"3
Pa., in 1852 and lived a
t:: latent christian life.
ovember 27, 1914 she was
:-!-ken with paralysis and has
- nan invalid ever since, but
' :? christian life shined forth in
- iina and loving patience.
- Was laid to rest in Lanark
tery on Saturday afternoon
: 6, beside the remains of
Jiusband who passed away
inber 9, 1906. All the chiL
( were present at the funer-'
- vPich was neld at her late
i on East Locust street, and
'tfted by her pastor, Rev.
(ra her Fulton County relativ
: -? Wends the deceased wifl
- ::nembered as Martha Bar-
t Ind her husband as Conrad
She is a sister of Henry
"ffdT0,uT2? Unship and
Of John Sheets of town.-
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Joseph B. Mellott.
iu:'' ife of Joseph-B. Mel-
- rased away at their home
r feasant Ridge in Belfast
. hip Wednesday mm-
7 .16, 1917 aged 50 years, 6
-I and 14 days. The funer
Tce was conducted by Rev.
J'Vyt on Thursday after--nd
interment was made in
:; JJJnr at the Sideling Hill
Church.
VMelbtt had been in
n1" more than
f e yoars
IMicted
a,ucn (f that
Peat sufferer.
?as a member of the Pro
J Church for nearly twen
.years and bore her long
2 Ctristian patience
J'e. Shewasadevot
1 J loving mother and she
patly miaSed by all who
poor
twenty
ago she be-
tlrifU J i
r ur"psy ana
time she
was n i1qui.- .
'Marthn wi.i. . ,
fA muir, ana 1
; 10 Josenh R lyrn-i.v
f- wu day of
r w leaves to
1 hni l l .
fe all at home.
Elias
was
29
last
mourn
three
M.
i, her
Three Go to War.
Three brothers, Alex, James
and Ralph McKibbin, sons of the
late Dr. W. L. McK'bbin, of this
county, have proffered their ser
vices to and have been accepted
by Uncle Sam in his determina
tion to be avenged for the Kais
er's ruthless warfare against
humanity.
Alexander is State Highway
Commissioner of Missouri, and
makes his home in St. Louis He
will receive a commission as
officer. He will visit the old
home in this county some time
this week.
Dr. James McKibbin. of this
county, will be sent to France as
a surgeon and expects to sail
this week.
Ralph, of Missouri, has enlist
ed in the navy. These men came
from a long line of fuhters and
sailorsand thewelfare and record
of these brothers will be of great
interest to Fulton county people.
Albertus Dorty and family.
near Foltz, iiutofd to this countj
last Saturday going as far a
lluatontown. In the afternooi
they called on friends in McCon-
nellsburg. Many years ago, Mr
Dorty was a resident of Aj
township, fie has two nice farm;
in Franklin county.
parents also living i.i the horn'
one sister Elizi'oeth wife o
Richard E. Mellott, of Ihij coun
ty, and one brother D. R. Wink,
of Princess Anne, Md.
Mr.s. Edith Pensinger.
Mrs. Edith Pensinger died at
her home on the Lincoln High
way a mile west of St Thomas,
on Wednesday of last week,
aged 26 years, 5 months and 19
days. The funeral took place on
Friday afternoon and interment
was made at St. Thomas.
The deceased is a daughter oi
Howard and Laura Chesnut Den
isar, and was born near Huston
town. She is survived by her
husband and two children or.e
about five weeks, and the other
somewhat more than a year of
age.
Her death resulted from an
accident she had while handling
a cow a few days before her
death, from which peritonitis
set in.
. Gladys Irene Custer
Gladys Irene, aged 1 year 1
month and 15 days, daughter ol
A. J. and Amy Shives Custer,
died at their home on the Cold
smith farm near Williamson,
Franklin County, on Tuesday,
May 15, 1917 of septicaemia, as
a result of an attack of measles.
The funeral was held at the home
on the following Thursday morn
ing and the remains were brought
to Fulton County and interred
in Union Cemetery.
Clyde Hockenberry.
Mr. Clyde Hockenberry, well
known in the northern part of
the County, diedatPitcairn, Pa.,
last Saturday morning from an
attack of Bright's Disease, aged
39 years. Mr. Hockenberry was
a fireman m the employ of the
P. R. R. Company, and was mar
ried to Emmaretta Grove, a
daughter of Squire Wm. Grove,
of Clear Ridge who survives.
His remains were brought to
Three Springs where interment
was made yesterday afternoon.
He is also survived by the follow
ing brothers and sisters: Wilson,
Three Springs; George, Myers
town, Pa.; Berlin, Harrisburg;
Mrs. Lincoln Cutchall and Mrs.
Austin C. Peck.
Moses hess.
Moses Hess aged about 56,
died at his home in Pigeon Cove
last Friday morning after a
somewhat protracted illness. He
was a son of the late Aaron Hess
and owned, and lived on, the old
homestead. The funeral 'took
place on the following Sunday
mornin? and interment was made
in the cemetery at Hills Chapel.
He is survived by his wife, who
was a Misa Hixson, and by three
children.
The world-wide food shortage has
put YOU on the firing line
The Hunger Cry at Home
and Abroad Bids ' You'
You know the wi;eat crop is more than
125,000,000 bushels short in the face of
a bigger demand than ever. Other crops
must make up this shortage
Here is how you can help :
, Give first consideration to the
non-perishable crops. Increase
your acreage of beans and corn.
Sow more buckwheat. Plant
forage crops to .supplement
grain feed. Increase your live
stock especially hogs. Raise
more chickens for quick meat.
If you have more of any kind of seed
than you can use, see that some one
else gets it.
WE MUST FEED THE ALLIES
AND OURSELVES
THE
WAITING TO
WORLD IS
BUY
Don't Be Afraid of
Low Prices
If you need help to do your part ask the Local
Committee of Public Safety for Aid
ISSUED BY
THE PENNSYLVANIA COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY
DEPARTMENT OF FOOD SUPPLY
SOUTH PENN SQUARE PHILADELPHIA
STUDYING TUE WAR SITUATION.-
Representatives of Every Section of
the County Present at Big Mass
Sleeting Monday Evening.
Last Monday evening, we had
our first preparedness meeting
to plan to meet the food question
that confronts us. If any of our
readers expect a full report re
quiring two pages in the News,
we will have to disappoint them.
The main points developed by J.
H. Oberle, the newly appointed
County Agent for Franklin coun
ty, were as follows:
Mr. Oberle called attention be
tween noises to the fact that
there would Boon be a real and
burdensome shortage of food in
the world. He pointed out that
our farmers could not be expect
ed to very greatly increase their
acreage on account of shortage
of help. But he said that the
production per acre could be
greatly increased by a more lib
eral use of fertilizer and proper
cultivation. He said instead of
feeding grain to hogs, sheep, or
cows giving less than twenty
pounds of milk per day, a suc
cession of pasture crops should
by all means be provided and in
that way have more grain to sell
to those who must have it
Among the crops for pasture,
he mentioned rape, Canada field
peas, soybeans, oats and rye.
Any or all of these may be sown
at intervals throughout the Bum
mer so that as one field or crop
is used, fresh pasture will be
ready in another place. This is
true conservation of food supply
and it is the secret of success
with hogs. He urged quickly
grown meat such as hogs and
chickens. He proved in a few
words that the man who raises
cattle and does not have a silo,
is losing $10 to $15 per head
every winter. We must get
away from American wasteful
ways of managing the feed
question.
The second speaker of the eve
ning was ex Lieutenant Gover
nor John M. Reynolds, who is
Bedford's most active member
of that County's Safety Commit
tee. He gave a clear explanation
of the organization and workings
of their committee. H e . then
branched out into a recital of
the reason why each state, coun
ty township, man and woman
should help in this great war.
The war in Europe has resolved
itself into a test of which side
can starve out tne omer. it
Germany win, then the United
States will find the whole Prus
sian fighting strength arrayed
against them, and with Prussian
capacity for deviltry, there is no
telling what nations may join
with her as victor to "bleed"
this country which is already the
envy of people of more rude
principles. German authorities
have said that the present war
will be won in American wheat
fields. The meaning, of course,
is, that if this country can feed
German foes long enough, Ger
many will lose; but if England
can be starved out, then a world
wide victory for what Prussian-
ism stands for will be easy. It
will be seen, therefore, that in
this war the man with a hoe
stands for more than a soldier
with a gun and in a figurative
way the world is on its knees to
the American farmer as the only
hope of saving it from Prussian
savagery.
ABOUT TEOIXE YOU KNOW.
More Enlistments.
Last Monday, Elmer Truax, of
McConnellsburg went to Cham-
bersturg to effer his services in
defence ot his country. On
Tuesday, Frank Cutchall and
Harmon Richards, both of Ayr
township presented themselves
at the Chambersburg recruiting
office, and on Wednesday Daniel
Barn hart, of the same township,
applied for enlistment
Since the foregoing was put in
type, we learn that Frank Cutch
all and Harmon Richards have
returned and that Frank Stenger
left yesterday to apply for enlistment
Snapshots at Their Comings and Goingi
Here for a Vacation, or Away
- for a Restful Oating.
Mrs. M. Denisar, of Harris
burg, made a business trip to
McConnellsburg last Saturday.
Mrs Geo. A. Harris is making
rapid strides in learning to run
her new Country Club Overland
car.
Alvin Sheets, Franklin county
visited his uncle, John Sheets,
in McConnellsburg from last
Friday until Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. David Rotz, of
Tod township went to Chambers
burg last Friday morning and
remained with relatives until
Sunday afternoon. '
Editor and Mrs. Herbert Mc
Kibbin visited the latter's uncle,
Mr. D. A. Charlton, near FortLit
tleton, last Saturday. Mr. Charl
ton is recovering from a severe
illness.
Hon. and Mrs. Clem Chesnut,
and Rev. G. B. M. Reidell, in the
"preacher's" car, went to St.
Thomas last Friday afternoon and
attended the funeral of Mrs.
Pensinger.
Mr. Scott Tritlc, of the Cove.
spent the time from last Friday
until Monday in the home of his
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert A. Johnston.
near New ville, Cumberland Coun
ty. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Wright
and sons Wilkinson and Carl, of
Wells Tannery, called last Satur
day and got a subscription re
ceipt for a year in advance.
They came over the mountains in
their auto.
J. Houston Johnston and son,
of Pittsburgh, motored to this
county last Friday and spent the
week-end with the former's
brother F. McN. Johnston, south
of town. They were accompani
ed by little Harry Carter and a
Mr. Price.
Rev. John M. Diehl, pastor of
Robert Kennedy Memorial Pres
byterian church at Welsh Run,
formerly paster of the Presby
terian church an McConnellsburg
represented Carlisle Presbytery
in the General Assembly held in
Dallas, Texas, last week.
Last Friday, Roy Witter and
wife and the latter's mother,
Mrs. Alice Alloway; Mr. Josiah
Witter and Mrs. Mary Witter
of Waterfall-motored to Mc
Connellsburg on business in con
nection with the settlement nf
of the estate of the late Andrew
N Witter.
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Mellott
in their new Buick, with L. W.
Funk at the wheel, took their
daughter Miss Vernona to Cham
bersburg Monday, from which
place Miss Vernona went to the
West Chester State Normal for
the Summer term. Miss Mellott
was , at West Chester last sum
mer. George K. Nelson and mother
Mrs. David A. Nelson, and Mrs.
John P. Conrad, went to Bed
ford in the Nelson automobile
last Thursday afternoon. They
were accompanied home by Mrs.
Geo. K. NeHn and daughter
Betty who haT been spending a
week among Blair county rela
tives.
Mr. andvMrs. Marshall McKib
bin and son George McCaulay, of
Washington, accompanied by Mr.
McKibbin's parents, Mr. and
Airs. Geo. McKibbin, of Han
cock, motored to McConnellsburg
last Monday and remained until
next day. On the return trip
Tuesday, they were accompanied
as far as Hancock by Mrs. Geo.
A. Harris.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Shaffer
and two sons - Paul and Burke,
and Mr. and Mrs. William Drom
gold, all of Blaine, Perry county,
were Saturday and Sunday visi
tors in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
S. A. Neabit, in McConnellsburg.
Mrs. Shatter and Mr. MesDit are -brother
and Bister. Running
time via Concord mountain waa
four hours. -
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