C0Bltf a ni J j VOLUME 18 McCONNELLSBURG, PA., JUNE 7,1917. NUMBER 38 CONSERVATION OF EDUCATION. Utle Talks on Health and Hjgiene by Samuel 0. Dixon, M. D., LL. D., Commissioner of Health; ?The physical and mental strength of a student is rarely considered by the educator. The result of this is that we have a vast number of nervous wrecks, , burden to themselves and to the public because they are too weak, either physically or men tally, or both, to stand what is placed upon them by theteach eri. Many of them, if strong enough physical, have not been born with sufficient gray matter ever to apply the higher educa tion with which it is sought to equip them; Bhould they live through the ordeal. Teaching does not produce brain substance, but only arms the brain with tools for the strug gle of modern achievement. Not only are children forced by teach ers beyond their natural aptitute, but frequently to death. Along the tracks of education there should be many stations where children could be discharg ed, fitted to fill situations consis tent with what nature had in tended them to perform. To ac complish this in public school ed ucation, the curriculum would have to be adjusted so as to round up certain degrees of edu cation essental for them to pur sue successfully some of the les er positions in life. ' The present system of having l continuous chain of study from .he 'primary school to the high ichnpl leaves no link that is com Diet within itself to provide for iiany of the occupations which ire humble but but still indis pensible to our existence in civ il'zeoj life. Those sufficiently endowed with natural ability to make use of the higher education really represent i minority of our children. Those with weaker mentality, who are forced to keep up with those more richly endowed so that thev pay (graduate from our high schools, are often rendered too )roui to seek the more humble osiiins in life. Manv of these ho find themselves in that po Hitn( become a burden to the ;ubl;e and often tumble into ;itki of dissipation. I Bad Foot' Crashed. Mr and Mrs. E. C. Ehalt and vo little children returned to cConnellsburg last Friday after 1(j I ivmg spent some time in Jean- ma., where Mr. Ehalt had aplypment in a rubber factory. o Weeks ago, a rubber tire d the core on which it was be ." J n-ide, total weight 250 pounds ll t-reefeetand landed on one 1 H Ehalt's feet, crushing it oember severely. Creamery Re-Opened. Lr -JMonday, the McConnells-"zCo-operative Elgin Cream 'tympany re-opened their - : the southern edge of the ff; An expert butter ;--(irm Mate College has fcured to take charge of 3; Unufacturing end of the and instruct Clarence Hof McConnellsburg, in ' 3f butter making until he .T. fiQ . r "lu'raent in the work. Clevenger Mellott. e home of tKa -K:-t: I' ' ' Garland at Ore On Pyio.ri-.i . w Km m -. Revenger son of Oliver ,rj"orri8 Clevenger '.Pnnes. mll,...i.j IT' u8hter of Daniel C,T. True "Mellott, jvaion township. I Cool Wort ! broke out nnTwj Ray's nj m Tod township last c with . """. out W the n nrev Jarr and iwarden milling fre v. as brought neigh- unrier uvmg bu: ,nree acre 3 of i Durned over ground Easy ricking. Drivers of automobiles are separated from thousands of dol lars every year not entirely on account of ignorance of law, but more frequently on account of carelessness or deliberately "tak ing chances." An unusually large number of motorists were on the road last Sunday and of ficers in many towns gathered in fine quantities of shekels. D. A. Varden, of Mercersburg, was fined five dollars for having too much dust on his license tags; Otto R. John, of Chambers burg, paid a fine of $25 and costs for speeding; another driver paid a fine for passing a trolley car that had stopped to discharge passen gers; another, for an accident that happened while he was driving on the left hand side of the street; another for not being able to show hi) licence card when it was demanded; another for not sounding his horn when approaching a street crossing. Nearly all boroughs and cities (including McConnellsburg) have an ordinance against a fpeed of more than 15 miles an hour, and notices are posted. This regula tion is violated every day, and the drivers may thank the laxity of the application of the law, that Ihey do not pay fines more frequently than they do. Your license card is apt to be in jour other suit when it is wanted. A good plan is to have it tacked securely to" the under side of the seat board, or else where about your car, so that it will always be get-at-a-ble when wanted. Don't run your car at night with the headlights in full glare when another car is approaching, unless you want to blind the oth er driver and see him dash into your car, or over the bank trying to escape you. Running your car at night through - cities and most towns with your headlight on full, is likely to cost you a ten- spot. If you drive a car, it will pay you to read the law once a week, and heed its provisions. R. S. Patterson's Loss. About six weeks ago, R. S. Patterson, formerly of McCon nellsburg, but now of Concord, California, met with quite a fin ancial loss on account of a fire which destroyed a manufactur ing plant in which he was a stockholder and, also, an em ployee. Part of his letter fol lows: '.'The best block in the town of Concord, California, was burned. The Concord Wire Com pany, in which company I was a stockholder, and employed by the company, was burned. . The Concord Inn, Concord Bank, postoffice, hardware store, pool room' and barber shop, were all burned. I lost my position and will lose most of my investment in the company, as the insurance companies are trying to get out of paying the amountof policies." Went to Gettysburg. A motoring party consisting of three cars made a trip to Gettys burg last Saturday and spent several hours upon the famous battlefield. In the first car were Mr. and Mrs. Daniel B. McQuade their daughters Hazel and Flor ence, and Mrs. Nicholas Hohman; in the Becond, Mr. and Mrs.- J. Wilson Souders and 'sons Don and Paul, and daughters Hazel and Olive; and in the third, Mr. Stanley Humbert and brothers Ormond and David, and sister Margaret. Found Young Eagle While fighting fire recently on Evitt's mountain, Joseph F. Snyder, . of Snake Spring town ship Bedford county found a young Eagle in its nest that measured 23 inches from tip to tip of its wings. In the nest with it was found a dead grey squirrel, a carrier pigeon, with a band on it, . numbered 6077. The bird was taken to Everett and sold to Mr. Christopher, of Hopewell. Gave Interesting Talk. Those persons who were for tunate enough to be present at the services in the Presby terian church in town last Sun day morning listened to a very interesting talk by Mi'33 Amelia B. Klein. Miss Klein's home is in California, and on, her way to attend a missionary convention in New York, she spent the time from Saturday until Monday morning a3 guest in the home of Misses Marion and Jessie Sloan, East Lincoln Way. Miss Klein is a daughter of Rev. and Mrs D. G. Klein, and she was born in the house now the home of John A. Irwin and family, opposite the City Hotel. Her mother was Maria Pott, daughter of the old ironmaster John Pott who owned and operat ed the Hanover Furnace south of Big Cove Tannery years ago. Miss Amelia or "Millie" as she was familiarly known to her home friends, became a trained nurse in a Philadelphia hospital, and after the Spanish-American war at the time of the Philippina Insurrection she enlisted in the military service of the United States and was detailed to a hospital ship plying between Manila and San Francisco. Aft er the close of the insurrection she was discharged from the service. The next ten years she spent in the Philippines as trained nurse in a Presbyterian hospital. She has made nine trips across the Pacific, and one around the World. Possessing a a fine intellect, she ha3 a mind well stored with valuable in formation, and is a very interest ing conversationalist. Club Had Good Time. Last Monday evening, the Chautauqua Literary and Scien tific Circle of McConnellsburg met in the home of Mrs. J. W. Mosser to celebrate the closing of a successful course of reading and study during the winter of 1916-7, the last regular meeting having been held in the home of Mrs. J. L. Grove, May 28th. After a heavy repast consisting of water and toothpicks had been consumed, lighter refreshments of coffee, cake and ice cream were served. An appropriate program of a social nature was rendered and enjoyed until near ly midnight. Bicjcle Accident. Last Monday morning, Boyd Bivins, of Knobsville, rode his bicycle to McConnellsburg, in tending to cross Lincoln Highway an pass on out South Second street. Coming down the hill past the post office he did not notice an auto that was going west until he reached the cross ing between Trout's drug store and the Fulton County Bank too late to stop his bike and he ran into the auto. The front fork of his wheel was badly bent but Boyd escaped injury as the auto was not moving rapidly. Was Near Tornado. A few days ago, we received a copy of the "Wichita Beacon," sent by our friend and subscrib er, John Hohman, of Valley Cen ter, Kansas, R. R. 3. The paper gave details of the ruin and death that followed in the wake of a tornado that recently swept across the prairies near him. In its travels, the ' "twister" was headed straight for Valley Cen ter, but before reaching that town it bore to the right and this may be the reason why Mr. Hoh man's name did not appear in the list of sufferers. Smith Crawford. Albert Smith, near Robinson ville, Bedford county, and Miss Mary, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Levi Crawford, near Amaranth, this county were married on Tuesday of laft week at Berkley Springs, W. Va. 1 he bride and groom are worthy yoang people and have the best wishes of their numerous faiends. Safe Across the Atlantic. Mrs. Sappington received a cablegram from her husband, Dr. William F. Sappington, a few days ago. stating that he had arrived safe at Liverpool, Eng land. Dr. and Mrs. Sappington re sided at Webster Mills, this coun ty a number of years where the Doctor had a large practice. In order to.be in closer touch with his practice in the southern end of the County, he removed to Hancock some two years ago. Like many other physicians he responded to his Country's call for volunteers, and received his commission with orders to go to France, to serve during the war. It doesn't take much thought to realize what it means to have the three-thousand miles expanse of the Atlantic ecean between him and his good wife, and to leave the emoluments of a prac tice that it had taken years of hard work to build. Of course, he did nothing more than thous ands of other physicians have done; but it should stimulate others to "do their bit." If you should awaken some night and find that a band of bad mt n were on your premises with the intent of carrying away and desi.ying your property, would you :it supinely by and submit to th i: depredations, or would you deft. id your property nnd your wife ar,..i children to the last ounce of your strength? It is only because an army of brave men are standing between your home and Germany that your property and family are be ing protected; and should the Germons be successful in over coming thyesistance, everything lliut we have would be swept from us. Let those who cannot shoulder a musket and go to the front, be willing to lend the Government fifty dollars, a hundred dollars, a thousand dollars all the monev you can spare. The safest in vestment in the world and 3$ percent, interest So, that in buying a Liberty Bond, you not only make the safest kind of an investment for yourself, but you are doing what you can to show your patriotism. Any postmas ter or any banker can tell you just how to do it. Nyce-Me. Miss Katharine Hoke, daugh ter of William E. and Laura Spangler Hoke, of Montgomery county, Pa., was married at Col legeville, Pa., last Saturday afternoon to Mr. Wallace E. Nyce of Philadelphia. After the cer emony, the happy couple started away on a motoring trip to spend their honeymoon, and arrived at the home of the bride's uncles and aunts, Mr. and Mrs. John B. Runyan and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Henry, in McConnellsburg, where they remained until this morning, when they left for Wells Valley to visit their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Spangler; thence they expect to visit other points of interest. After their return they will be at home to their friends at 3941 North Delhi St., Philadelphia. Concert on the Mountain. The Queen City Band, Cham bersburg's excellent musical or ganization, is contemplating the giving of a sacred concert at Turcarora Heights on the" divid ing line between Fulton and Franklin counties along the Lincoln Highway. This would no doubt attract hundreds of au tomobile parties. The purpose is to hold it some Sunday after noon when the ' weather gets warmer. Miss Blanche Smith, Warfords burg R R 1, spent last . week in Bedford county attending to in terests connected with the dis charge of duties connected with her work as Missionary Super intendent of the Southern Penn sylvania conference of the Christ ian Church. Raiding Gardens. Some people look at garden products as almost common prop erty. The host of people who are putting hard labor into gar den this spring are beginning to ask just how safe their products are going to be in the dark of the moon by and by, when vege tables and fruits are matured. In the outskirts of the larger towns there always seem to be people who know the location of all the promising crops, and who can do a very good stroke of business on a dark night with capacious bags. Some of them go in automobiles too, indicating that they are not always people on the hunger fringe of life. Their point of view is, that the owner of a good big field of pota toes will never miss a few pecks. Raid3 by boys on fruit trees are often condoned by people of high respectability. When a man comes back after a success ful life to receive honors in his home town, he is apt to brag about the apples and pears he stole at the tough kid of the neighborhood. And he is ap plauded tor it too. But the boy who makes free with grapes and plums may later conclude that the owner of the cash drawer will never miss some of his shiny coins. In former years fruit and vege tables were so abundant that they were given away. Great quanities of them rotted on the ground. The prices were so low that it did not pay to hire labor to pick them up. Under these conditions it was perfectly nat ural that they were looked at in a different light from ordinary forms of property. Food supplies are now short, labor scarce, and every garden now being planted will represent effort and some money. Raiding it will be just like rifling a cash drawer. One result of the school garden movement has been to change the feeling of chiidren about stealing fruit. After they have put labor and pains into their little tract they get the point of view of the owner. The many people who are gardening this year will demand protection and they are entitled to it. Family Reunion. Wednesday of last week was a happy day in the life of Mrs. Maria Palmer, near Needmore, this county. Her children, not an exception to those of many other families, have all married, and part of them are located in different cities. The coming of Mrs. J. W. Lake (Mattie), from her home in Illinois, was the signal for the other children to return, and at dinner on the day above named, Mother Palmer had the pleasure of being seated at the table surrounded by all her children and part of her grandch'ldren, namely, Mrs. Harriet Dixon and daughter Ma bel (Mrs. John P. Glass) and Mabel's children Harriet and Robert all of Chambersburg; Mrs. Frances P. Hart and son Floyd and daughter Esta all of Needmore; Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Mellott (Margaret) Needmore R Rl; Mrs. J. W. Lake (Mattie) and son Newton, of Kansas, 111., Mr. and Mrs. B. Newton Palmer Portage, Pa., and Dr. and Mrs. J. J. Palmer and son Paul, Need more, R. R. 1. A Smash-up. Last Friday morning when Brice Hann started with the 7:30 mail to Mercersburg, he could not control the horse by reason of the lines having caught under the end of the singletree. The animal turned west at Trout's drug store and a front wheel caught the lamp post and upset the wagon. Brice and the mail landed in a puddle of mud and ; the horse took one shaft and the singletree and made a tour of the western streets and alleys of the town. All damage was less than witnesses expected to find, A Big Year ror Women. Krom the Uottoa Transcript. This is beginning to look like a big year for the women folks. As John marches off to war, Mary steps into his job; and while that is all very fine in an emergency like this, what is John going to do about it when he comes back and finds Mary firm ly established at his desk? That is a question for the future that must be met in England; and consideration of it need not at this time cause either concern or anxiety. One thing at a time; that is the demand of the hour. And since John must go, Mary must remain behind to keep the wheels of commerce humming. There are plenty of indications that she will do it with enthusi asm, and if she proves her worth in fields of activity heretofore closed to her, Johnny will have to find something else to do when he comes marching home again, hurrah! Undoubtedly he will stay onward and upward, for when this war is over the whole world will need rehabilitation and rebuilding, and there will be plenty of work for every pair of hands. With Boston society girls going into the navy a3 radio op erators, and Boston women tak ing tickets on our street cars, the economic upheaval may be said to have begun. There is no rea son why a society girl shouldn't send wireless, while feminine conductors are assured of suc cess, for they have long been passing fair. Collecting nickels will come to them naturally with many women it is a gift. They should bring a refining in fluence to our popular vehicle of transportation, and cause a gen eral sprucing up among mascu line pasengers all along the line. As for the girls, the door of op portunity is opening at their touch. The old order will change but the new, no doubt, will be far better. Hay Honor Roll. Bender, M. M. 5 8 17 Brant, A. S. 5 14 17 Clarke, Lewis 5 20 18 Corbin, Mary E. 5 15 18 Deshong, C. L. 7 2 18 Everts, Jacob 1 2 18 Everts, Dennis 5 23 18 Galbraith, John 11 8 17 Garland, D. S. 5 8 18 Gress, George 5 25 18 Gress, D. B. 5 22 18 Hann, Eli 4 9 18 Hoop, J. D. 5 8 18 Hoover, Clarence' 5 23 18 Lake, Abner M. 5 15 17 Little, P. T. 5 15 18 Long, Howard 4 1 18 Martin, J. M. . 5 15 17 McGowan, Dallas 5 28 17 Mellott, J. H. 21 18 Mellott, J. O. 5 8 18 Morton, David 5 18 17 Newman, Charles 5 5 18 Paylor, Bruce 5 10 18 Pittman, Shade 5 8 17 Seelar, Walter 4 15 18 Sipes, Abner 5 25 17 Sprowl, W. L. 8 20 17 Stevens, Geo. E. 4 1 17 Tritle, J. Walter 7 13 17 Truax, Samuel 5 29 18 Vallance, Zack 11 1 17 Waters, P. J. 8 9 17 Wilson, Mrs. Alice 6 5 17 Wright, Theodore 5 8 18 New Bridges in Fulton. Among the permits issued last week by the State water supply commission, were two for ulton county as follows: Concrete arch bridge over Tonoloway creek at Daniels fording, Bethel township, and a bridge across a branch of Brush creek, in Brush ' Creek valley. Cyrus C. Gelwicks. Cyrus C. Gelwicks, one of the organizers of the St. Thomas Bank and for several years its president, died at his home in St. Thomas Monday morning at 9:30 o'clock. His illness dated back over a long period and much of that time he was a constant sufferer. ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW. Snapshots at Their Comings and Goings Here for a Vacation, or Away for a Restful Outing. Adam Grissinger spent two days in Franklin county last week. Mrs. E. R. McCIain came home last Friday after having spent four weeks in Philadelphia. T. K. Downs, Esq., of Belfast township, was an early morning visitor on our streets last Tues day. Miss Rose Fisher, of Cham bersburg was a guest last Sunday in the home of her uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Woollet. George Layton, near Locust Grove, was in town on business last Friday and this office ac knowledges a pleasant call from him. Edward D. Shimer, employed in the State Insurance Depart ment, at Harrisburg, spent the week-end at home in McCon- nellsburg. Monday morning, Mrs. Ham mond Prosser, (Pearl Logue) who is visiting in McConnells burg, went to Philadelphia to re- main a week. C. D. Hixson came home from Akersville to see his son Her man C, graduate last week. Frank Jackson, of Akersville, came with him. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Houpt, . and children, of Mercersburg, spent a few hours Monday in the home of the latter's father, R. C. Mc Quade in the East Extension. Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Sipes, of Franklin county attended the graduating exercises of the High School Class of which their daughter Anna Mary was a member. Lloyd Andrews, of McKnights town, Pa., and Alvin Sheets, of Franklin county, were among those from a distance who attend ed High School Commencement at McConnellsburg last week. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Spangler were looking for a house in Mc Connellsburg in which to make temporary stay until their new house is completed. Hope they will be successful. Mrs. C. P. Tritle and son Ed gar and daughter Miss Ursa mo tored over to Cumberland County last Friday and spent the time until Saturday evening in the home of Mrs. J. J. Conrad and family. Chas. W. Mellott and wife of Belfast, were in McConnellsburg last Saturday to meet Mrs. John Yeager, of Chambersburg, who came to visit her mother Mrs. J. W. Deshong, and other relatives in Belfast township. Charles W. Mellott and wife, of Belfast drove their new Buick to Hollidaysburg last week and called on Charles' two sisters, Mrs. Wm. Greenawalt and Mrs. Ralph Laidig. Ralph and wife and son Harold accompanied them home. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. McCandlish and daughter Sarah and son Rob ert, Jr., accompanied by Mrs. W. F. Sappington all of Hancock, motored to McConnellsburg last Sunday and spent the afternoon in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson L. Nace. Mrs, Raymond Paylor (Maude Rinedollar) and son Robert, and Mrs. Paylor's mother Mrs. D. L. Rinedollar, went to Everett last Saturday and spent the time un til Monday in the. home ofW. Scott Rinedollar, when Mrs. Rinedollar returned home and Mrs. Paylor is remaining until the last of this week. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Linn, of Maddensville, Huntingdon Coun ty motored to McConnellsburg on Thursday of last week and spent the day in the home of their Bon J. W. Linn, proprietor of the Central Garage. Not withstanding the fact that "J. R." is past his "three score years and ten" he handles a car with the Bkill of a boy in his teens, vV V M w
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