VOLUME 18
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McCONNELLSBURG, PA., MAY 31,. 1917.
NUMBER 37
IDE SHORTAGE OF WHEAT.
Tails oo Health and Hygiene bj
I. jael G. Dixon, M. D., IL D.,
Commissioner of Health,
rs' yield of wheat this year
t possibly meet the demand
-3 5ome and abroad. If we
- to divide our crust with our
' conservation must be ob
v;l at bread is made either of
wheat or the white starch
ftVheat. Ia the economic
; we must consider these
o kinds of bread.
Whole wheat flour will sustain
n-.:a life with its starch, bran
"::J and phosphate of lime,
' 'a we would starve to death
i n'Jte bread made entirely of
jch, therefore, those on a
v restricted diet, sucn as
js, etc., are often depend
t c;n bread. They should
:e the flour containing the
..la f heat.
T.'ui'i bread,' however, when
'.cawith soup made from a
:i B'ick that furnishes the ni
;:a and earthy salts, is a
:;;food. It is also full of
i'j7e when combined with fat,
:t and a little soup, thejaase
which is soup stock. There
;, white flour bread with a
;rl diet is cheaper than whole
.at br ead.
A further conservation of our
::ct supply may be found by
:rv:ng more moderation in
j quantity of broad and bh
t ecten. Most people eat too
:h t'-trch.
" 1 in charge of children
a to te under the impression
t wheat breal made of white
r iB the "staT of life." This
I mistake. When children
?e toj depen I largely upon
;te bread the are apt to be
':r-nouri.hcc' shown by their
t and flabb flesh. Under
i I starchy diet they are sus--b!e
to tuberculosis.
m much bread made of white
r (starch) often produces a
-Thai condition of the mucous
:brane.
"oth economic way to help
:lvcs and our allies would be
acE the crop of food stuff,
t is not the season for plant
wheat, to make up the de-
3cy caused by the foreign
"Jd, Wn, a valuable food
J for Joth man and beast,
d b sown.
' ld be the best substi
for ulieat.
-sofceorn has a larger pro
i an cf Btarch than wheat and
-.5T one half more nitro
I is Jnuch richer in fat than
jrt7? ' be served in many
Jishes. These are gen-
' Wn Or Mn ha kf: J
D-on cookintr.
nM a larpe geographical
"we united States and
.J crop will do much to
-u woo. tor our people.
?,Lan?8 of Belgians have
-ost emtirely on corn for
-t year.
I I ?W oats are also mhti.
J "wsure for wheat
- f fed to yield this sea-
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6 Revolutinnai. xr.
V -k J " 01
, ?n importaat factor in
- HNldiers.
'tons to Volunteers.
: r entrance into the
. . Prompt steps were
ilia?
-." vy recruiting stations
f to protect men of
DIH'a . .
irom being con
fwless slackers tie.
Jeir civilian attire,
pi? the inscription:
Weired for the navy
"ere issued for
applied for enlist
fce of physical im
icoinotbe accept
Kjted the badge
ll ?deTr'8 rih to
to tb s
"NH.WS,
Sundaj School and C. E. Convention.
The annual Sunday School and
Christian Endeavor Convention,
of the Rays Hill and Southern
Pennsylvania Conference will be
held at the Jerusalm Christian
church in Whips Cove on Friday
and Saturday, June 8th and 9th.
The sessions will begin at 10
o'clock a. m., 1:30 p. m., and
7:30 in the evening ofFriday and
at 9:30, 1:30 and 7:30 on Saturday.
The session Saturday evening
will consist of a song and praise
service followed by a sermon by
Rev. J. Pressley Barrett, D. D.,
of Dayton, O.
Each Sunday school and Chris
tian Endeavor society in the con
ference is entitled to two dele
gates. All ministers and dele
gates are requested to go prepar
ed to take part in the discussion
of the topics.
Dr. Barrett will re.nain for
an all-day meeting on Sunday,
and will preach at 10 in the
morning and at 2:30 in the after
noon.
Aalo ?mah-ap.
On Wednesday of last week as
two men were driving a car on
the Lincoln Highway just west
of the top of Sideling Hill mount
ain, they crashed into a telegraph
pole with Buch force that the
cross arms were shaken Yff and
many of the insulators broken.
The car was badly wrecked, but
the occupants of the car were
but slightly injured.
Passing tourists took the men
to Bedford, and that evening
they attempted to board a freight
train as blind baggage and were
arrested by the railroad police
man, taken to jail and locked up.
They gave their names as John
Hill and Francis Keno. It is be
lieved that they were trying to
make a get-away with a stolen
automobile.
To Avoid Bean Bogs.
All who have tried to grow
soup beans south of the central
part of Pennsylvania have been
troubled with Jthe little bug that
hollows the bean. To avoid the
bug, plant as late as possible-
just so the beans ripen before
frost. As corn planted June
first is seldom troubled by the
cutworm because the time for
damage is pasf'by time corn is
up, just so with beans the time
that the moth lays eggs is past
by the time the beans reach the
stage at which the eggs are usu
ally deposited. Too many beans
cannot and will not be planted
this season, and as has been told
frequently in this paper, grow
ers need have no fear of low
prices because every thing you
can grow will sell at high prices.
BissDaniels.
On Thursday, May 24, 1917,
George Ralph Hess and Ida Mae
Daniels both of Hustontown
were quietly united in the holy
bonds of matrimony at the home
of the bride, by Rev. George B.
M. Reidell. pastor of the M. E.
church. Following the ceremony
a bounteous supper was served
to the following guests: Mr. and
Mrs. Geo. Hann, sons Charles
and William, Mr. and Mrs. Caleb
Mellott, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Sipes
Sr., Rev. G. B. M. Reidell, wife
and daughter Margaret Elizabeth
and son Geo. Jr., Clem and Rus
sell Daniels, Bruce Clevenger
and John Hess.
Change in Post Office.
Jesse O. Mclain has been ap
pointed Acting Postmaster at
New Grenada to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of N. ,G.
Cunningham last January, who
had held that position for ten
years, The posteffke has been
removed from its former location
into the Houck store, and Miss
Rilla Houck has been appointed
assistant postmaster. Mr. L. L.
Cunningham, who was assistant
postmaster during his brother's
administration, had charge of the
office until the recent change.
. Automobile Accidents
WhMe rounding the circle in
Mercersburg last Saturday even
ing in an automobile three per
. sons were thrown out into the
, square. John Carmack fell on
his head and received a concus
sion of the brain.
Sunday eyening while on their
way from Chambersburg to Mer
cersburg all the occupants of an
automobile were thrown out as a
result of a tire coming otF. The
occupants were all young men.
One had his arm broken another
his nose. The accident happen
ed on the highway, near Mercers
burg. Last Sunday afternoon a fami
ly from Hollidayxburg was ap
proaching, the intersection of
Pitt and Richard etreets in Bed
ford from the north nnd, at the
same time, a party of four men
from Saxton were approaching
the same intersection from the
east. The IIoHidaysburg driver
was approaching cautiously,
while the Saxton . party rushed
ahead unmindful of the warning
piven by Officer Stiver. The
result was, that the Saxton party
hit the IIoHidaysburg car "amid
ships." Both cars were now
ripe for a hospital. The drivers
of both cars were arrested and
taken before the Burgesp, who
separated the S. xton party from
a tenspor, and the Hollidaysburg
man from a fiver. The charge
against the Saxton driver was
that he was exceeding the speed
limit and that he refused to obey
the signal of the officer. The
Hollidaysburg man was driving
with caution, but was on the
wrong side of the street and
forgot to sound his horn.
Registration
Sheriff Garlar.d, County Com
missioner Lodge, and County
Medical Inspector Moster, have
been sworn in as the Fulton coun
ty board to conduct the registra
tion day work in connection with
the selective conscription act, and
the following registrars were ap
pointed to sit at the regular poll
ing places in the several town
ships, on Tuesday June 5.
Ayr Wilson Souders, John Hen-
dershot.
Belfast-William Wink, Frank
Skilcs.
Bethel-Job T. Barnhart Albert
Bivens.
Brush Creek James Garland, E
E. Selbey.
Dublin Dennis Hess, Charles
Fields.
Licking Creek L. Swartz, Loy
Hollenshead.
McConnellsburg II. A. Comerer
W. C. Lynch.
Taylor Huston T. Hecter, J. V.
Deavor.
Thompson Willis Yonker, Alvah
Gordon.
Todd George Kelso, Daniel
PetTer.
Union George Carson, Chas.
Scigle.
Wells -R. L. Mosbey, J. C. Kirk.
Pronj;!it llrokcn.
The much needed rain in this
section came Sunday evening and
during Monday and Tuesday the
ground was refreshed by gentle
showers. The rain was preceded
by a violent wind storm Sunday,
which seemed to be the after
math of tornadoes that raged in
the middle west and south during
the three days previous, destroy
ing millions of dollars worth oi
property, including live slock,
causing the death of 250 people,
and the injury of 1200 others.
The crops on thousands of acres
were completely destroyed.
Nearly Q.iartor itawy
Dr. Nathan C. Shaeffer. state
superintendent of public instruc
tion, and so well known person
ally and officially to many of our
citizens, will celebrate twenty
four years in the state service
tomorrow. Dr. Sehaeffer wbf
commissioned as superintendent
June 1, 1893, and has just been
appointed by Governor Brum'
baugh for four years more.
Old Established Trade.
Old fashioned merchants some
times argue that all the inhab
itants of a town know where
their store is, and if they want
anything they will come around
and get it. That is nn argument
that would bankrupt a factory
in a year, but let that pass.
As a matter of fact in any com
munity population is changing
so rapidly nowadays that only a
small portion of the people are
old timers who have fixed habits
of trading at certain stores.
Young people are constantly
coming of age, who are not the
least dipposod to trade at a store
beeaune their fathers did. They
like merchants that show a
spirit of enthusiasm and goahead.
The fact that a man had been in
business a long time would not
help him a bit in their eyes.
If people would look over the
voting lists of this town and the
surrounding country and compare
it with the list of a few years
ago, they would be surprised to
see how many changes there
have been. A great many peo
pl: have died and a great many
others l.ave removed. In their
places have come new faces who
are strar.'trs to these who are
located her permanently.
These pei' le are not in the
leant moved U frade at a place
by the fact that - has been here
a long time. They po simply on
whether it seems as if it were
enterprising and alive or not. A
new store that has been here a
few months stands just as good
a chance to get trade as the old
settler. So the argument of old
location and old established busi
ness grows weaker every year.
K . en the old residents can't be
hold in line to trade at the same
place year after yen.r. They feel
the high cost of living keenly as
any one and where a merchant
shows a little life and disposition
to solicit trade by newspaper ad
vertising, he gets the business.
Earnings at State College
State College, Pa., May 29.
More than 450 students at the
Pennsylvania State College have
earned $4500 to help pay for
their education during the pres
ent college year, according to
the annual report of John M.
Horner, acting secretary of the
student employment bureau.
This is a slight increase over the
earnings of the student workers
of last year.
It is estimated that double this
amount will be received by the
students for their work during
the coming summer. Hundreds
of them have already left college
to go onto farms and into the
arm and navy. About 500 stu
dents are accepting jobs in with
industrial plants, munition facto
ries and Kteel miils. v here wages
are high. One third of the
students are earning their own
way through college.
Memorial S& nun.
Last Sunday morning, nine
veterans of the Civil War at
tended services in the Audito
rium. They were: T. N. Hamil,
J. W. Rumel, J. W. Hoop, James
Youse, Scott Hann, Abram Run
yan, Adam Clevenger, S. B.
Woollet, and William Reed. The
Women's Relief Corps, Sons of
Veterans, and the troup of Boy
Scouts from McConnellsburgwere
ilso in attendance. Rev. C. F.
Jacobs preached the Memorial
Sermon to a well pleased audi
ence that filled the room.
Palmer-Hill.
A very pretty wedding took
place at the home of the bride
near Dott post r.ffice, this county,
on Wednesday, May 1G, 1917,
when ex-County Commissioner
H. Park Palmer and Mrs, Eliza
beth Hill were united in the Holy
Bonds of wedlock by Rev. E. J.
Croft, of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. Both bride and groom
are prominent people and have
the best wishes of a host of
friends for happiness and pros-parity.
We Are At War.
The United States is at War
with Germany, which means that
Pennsylvania is at war withGer-many-that
Fulton County is
at war withGermany that every
township and borough in Fulton
County is at war with Germany
that every citizen in every village,
town, city, township, county and
state in the Union is in a struggle
with Germany.
Why?
It is not a condition of our own
choosing.
A certain individual known as
King Bill strutted around our
Uncle Samuel with a chip on his
shoulder and grinned. Uncle
Samuel seemed not to notice
him; but Bill drew nearer and
tramped on Uncle Samuel's toes
with his great heavy " boots.
While it hurt, Uncle Samuel pre
tended to believe that Bill was
just in fun; but when Bill swung
out his sturdy arm and almost
knocked Uncle Samuel's hat off,
Uncle Samuel just pitched into
him.
The fight is now on.
Germany has shown that she
will do to the United States just
what she has done to Belgium
what she is trying to do Rus
sia, England, France, Italy, and
to any other nation in the world
that 13 not willing to bow down
at the Bhrijie of the Hohenzol
lerns and worship the Great Au
tocrat! The only thing that is saving
the United States from the rav
ages of the German navy is, that
it is bottled up in the North Sea
and held there by the English
navy; or from the ravages of the
German army is, that it is held
in check by our European allies.
These Allies have held Germany
in check for two years at a cost
of millions of lives and billions
of money. They are beginning
to stagger. While they are fight
ing primarily for their own pre
servation, they are protecting us.
Should the Allies in Europe fall,
the battleground would at once
be transferred to the United
States. We are on the eastern
border, and would be the first to
suffer.
We are at war with Germany.
The sooner every man, woman
and child in the country realizes
that he has a personal interest
a personal responsibility in the
outcome, the more speedily
will the wat be ended. Germany
is coming at us with an army of
millions of men equipped with
the most modern machinery for
fighting on land, under the sea,
or overhead in the air. For bru
tality in their methods, they have
the wild Indians of our colonial
days beaten to a frazzle.
We must go at them.
To save our country our prop
ertyour liberty-our homes the
dignity of our nation we must
have an army equal to theirs.
Thousands of young men have
already stepped to the front and
offered their service in defence
of the Stars and Stripes, but
thousands more will be needed,
and Fulton County will furnish
her share a3 she did in the great
Civil War, and the" Spanish
American war. And how we
honor the veterans of those by
gone wars, and how we will hon
or the boys who now go in the
time of the nation's peril!
Money, as well as men needed.
War brings on a great and un
expected expense. To raise
money quickly, Congress has
asked the people of the United
States to lend 5,000 millions of
dollars. This is known as the
"Liberty Loan" in which every
person man, woman, boy, or
girl may have a part may have
a feeling that each is doing his
"bit" in helping to carry on this
war.
The act authorizing the Liberty
Loan Bonds of 1917 was passed
April 24, 1917. It provides for
the issuance of $.1,000,000,000 of
3i per cent. bonds, the interest
payable semiannually on Decem
ber 15 and June 15 of each year.
The principal ia repayable on or
From "Hancock Nsws"
"Word has been received here
that Russell (Teddy) Myers, son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Myers,
who with his brother Horace,
has been running a large ranch
in Colorado, ha3 enlisted in the
Army.
"Dr. 1J. E. Stigershas purchas
ed from Litton's Garage a new
Buick Six. It is a splendid car
with a striking appearance and
will be the very thing for Cap
tain StigerB to go after recruits
for his company of Home
Guards."
after the 15th day of June, 1932,
at the option of the Government,
and if this option is not exercised
the bonds will run full 30 years
and become due June 15, 1947.
The bonds are exempt both as
to principal and interest from all
taxation, national, state, county,
or municipal, except the inherit
ance tax, which is really not a
tax on the property, but on the
transfer of property by will or in
heritance. The bonds are to be sold at
par; that is, dollar for dollar, no
premium and no discount. They
are to be sold by the Treasurer of
the United States, and by all
Federal Reserve banks. But all
banks, National and State, post
offices, and express companies
have been designated as agents
of the Government to receive ap
plications for these bonds. It is
almost as easy to purchase one
of these bonds as it is to get a
post-office money order.
It is not necessary to pay cash
in full for a bond, One can pay
down 2 per cent, of the purchase
price on application that is, $1
for a $50 bond, $2 for a $100
bond, etc. 18 per cent, on July
25, 1917; 20 per cent. July 30,
1917; 30 per cent. August 15,
1917; and the balance, 30 per
cent. August 30, 1917.
WHAT A GOVERNMENT BOND IS.
The Government of the United
States has two methods of rais
ing money. One is by taxation.
The other is by the sale of bonds
which is a method of borrowing
money.
The Government bond is the
printed promise of the Govern
ment to pay back the sum of
money at a certain time, and to
pay interest on it at regular in
tervals until it is repaid.
The Government borrows mon
ey in this way only, after it has
been given the right to do so by
act of Congress approved by the
President, and the terms of the
loan are set out in the act. -
Back of the promise of the
Government stands the honor of
the Government and all its tax
ing resources. Really the whole
wealth of the Nation stands be
hind this selemn promise of the
Government to pay.
Thi3 makes a United States
Government bond the safest in
vestment in the world. If the
bond of the United States Gov
ernment is not safe no property
in the United States is safe. If
the United Slates can not pay its
bonds, it is hardly probable that
it will be able to protect the cit
izens in their other rights.
The Liberty Loan Bond3 of
1917 are especially attractive in
vestments. Not only have they
this absolute safety characteris
tic of all United States bonds but
they are tax free not only from
all existing taxes but from any
war tax that may subsequently
be levied. No State, city, nor
county may tax them. The in
heritance tax of the United
States and of some States may
affect their transfer after death
of the owner by will or by in
heritance.
Another advantage these Lib
erty Loan Bonds possess is. that
if the Government issues bonds
later on during this war at a
higher rate of interest the hold
ers of Liberty Loan Bonds will
be allowed to exchange at par
their bonds for bonds bearing
the higher rate of interest ,
ABOUT rEOFLE YOU KNOW.
Snapshots at Their Comings and Goingi
Here, for a Vacation, or Away
for a Restful Outing.
Henry A. Comerer is visiting
in the home of his son Jacob and
family in Hagerstown.
Miss Thelma Metzler, of Har
risonville is taking a spring term
at the West Chester state normal
school.
N. H. Peck and eon Walter
and grandson Harry, Jr., spent
a few hours in town Thursday of
last week.
Miss Annie Buckley, of Fort
Littleton was a guest in the home
of ex-Postmaster and Mrs. S.
B. Woollet, last Saturday.
Ross Doyle and Charlie Vores
returned to Riddlesburg Tuesday,
after having spent a short time
with their respective families in
this place.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Wilson,
near Fort Littleton, spent last
Saturday shopping in McCon
nellsburg and took dinner at
Hotel Harris.
Raymond Grissinger, a Mc
Connellsburg High School grad
uate of the class of 1916, is this
week graduating from Conway
Hall, Carlisle.
Mrs. Sadie Fisher, who had
been in Bedford several weeks
taking care of a sick uncle, re-
turned to her home at S. B.
Woollett's last Friday evening.
M. E. Barton and son Ross
and Mrs. Maria Jackson and son
Earl all of Brush Creek town
ship, were business visitors at
McConnellsburg Thursday of last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Hal B. Trout,
Miss Margaret Rexroth and Miss
Maude Ott-all of this place,
were recent guests in the home
of Mrs. J. F. McFerrenin Cham
bersburg. Mrs. Frank Mason is visitinz
in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
James M. Powell, in Norristown,
Pa.;D. C. Hart, Camden, N. J.,
and S. W. Hart and Jonathan
Cope, Kennet Square, Pa.
Mr. L. L. Cunningham, of New
Grenada, has been spending sev
eral days during the past week
in McConnellsburg attendine to
some matters of business and
shaking hands with his many
County Seat friends.
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Evler. and
the former's mother Mrs. Frank
Eyler, of Zelionople, Pa., visited
in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry A Comerer and in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. William
Brewer last Friday. Mr. Evler
recently moved to Bedford and
is engaged in the automobile
business with Edgar Over.
George K. Nelson took hia
mother, Mrs. David A. Nelson.
to Bedford Tuesday afternoon,
from which place the latter went
to Pittsburgh to visit her moth
and sisters-Susie (Mrs. Moore)
and Miss Mary Hull. Later.
Mrs. Nelson will go on to Ohio
to visit her sister Mariraret and
family who recently had the
mistortune to Io3e their home by
fire.
On Tuesday of last week. Mr.
and Mrs. H. B. Ilanna, of Desh-
ler, Ohio, came to the County and
are visiting m the home of Mrs.
Hanna's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Fernando Decker in Licking
Creek township. On last Satur
day they were in town in com
pany with Ray and Edward Deck
er. They reported some frost in
that township Saturday morning.
Uses Salt to Lay Dast.
According to the June number
of Popular Mechanics, Belleville,
Mifflin county, Fa., has solved
the street dust problem by the
use of coarse salt sprinkled free
ly every six weeks. To obtain
best results, the salt should be
applied two or three days before
a rain in order that the salt and
dirt become well mixed.