fOLUJiE 18 McCONNELLSBURG, PA., JUNE '21.1917. . ilUUIIIL.ll - 1 V ze& )ors ibile that ittle for and well V li. r I " I ADVll ILU1LE IUU KMJfl. I' TflE DISEASES Or WAR Talks on Health and Hjgiene by .... if n 1 1 n Stand U. Dixou, m. v., ui v., I Commissioner of Health. Tuberculosis has a hold on the ..u nt France both of the mt and the civil population. whilp French bacteriologists MM"- hsva been conspicuous among the world scientinc investigators uie French health authorities have not followed up their preventive wo: by educating the people bow to DUlia up a re&iaianue w the disease. This calamity to the French is a warning to us thst! holds not only in regard to tuberculosis, but other diseases thst are spread nation-wide dur ing tars. Pennsylvania fortunately has i pftat State-wide system to fight tuberculosis and other dis easei During war times we must ask the closest cooperation of our citizens and others living in cur midst. There is no time to lose in pre rarini azainst the spread o: disease. Our happiness and cur national strength in our army. navy,' on the farms and in indus trial plants, all depend upon our health. Without it victory can ml be ours. i wh or isreaav Mrs, Georjje A. Dunning, chair r.an of the Philadelphia branch, haid in a recent interview "An jarelenting campaign against he use of alcoholic drinks during he war is being pushed by the Voman Suffrage party. It is hi first departure from our na- nal platform of suffrage only. "If the national amendment inhibiting the manufacture and a'e of intoxicating liquors dur 7 the war u not passed bv ingress, the suffragists will try J boycott the use of liquor by mg: people to pledge 'them :!veg to abstain from purchas er ising any form of alcohol ! liquor during the term of the ir. ' When it come3 to a question 1 or Dread, there is no bt where any sensible person ids.: All the men and women ' ny acquaintance have come f vard to indorse the move-r-t -Many of them have vWbeen accustomed to a uie of liquor in their own T- i But they are now strong f Prohibition during wartime, 8 they fool that the effici- M,me nation will suffer if h 1 Measure is not passed." Old Eogiucer Here. )Mdy W, a gentleman to be about seventy years Estopped at the J. K. John 1 Celine fountain in Mc--:"4urK and during a brief .V frit inn J- - - .ib uisciosed the in- W?hat he wa3 A. L. :nMhe man who engineer- si"'? and route of the r Pe railroad from Jff to Pittsburgh more J JfUr years ago. For a ; J made McConnellsburg i 3nd b0arded at ;nfn House. Since then M 'neered the construc ts ?reatest electrical ' "Jithe wnr1,ltu . -. r.n . " l"c ue at aus, .16 Alan had a u.j QOnatrimt; .... j1 water from a dis pone hundred miles. 'fe inspected the ned rrfn ,-rremains of the ' Ki't" ,the northe , 1 A"u Broken. I days aen R t ltH uu wnen Decamo . 8 righta-ina J" f0- a fracture to 'le w f the two f rearm was broken lcu',s a result of 8 back-fired. Men Wanted. lhe following notice was sent to the News by the War Depart ment: "The cavalry, engineers, coast artillery, signal corps and quar termaster corps of the Regular Army have already been brough to war strength. "45,000 recruits are needed at once to complete the new regi ments of infantry and field ar tillery. '25,000 additional recruits are desired at the earliest practicable date to fill vacancies in order that the war strength of UOO.OOO men may be maintained. "Facilities are in readiness for placing these 70,000 men under proper training "Any delay in obtaining this number will necessarily cause the loss of invaluable time. It is the earnest desire of the War Department that 70.000 single men between the ages of 18 and 40. who have no depend ents and who are not engaged in professions, businesses, or trades vitally necessary to the prosecu tion of the War, be enlisted in the Regular Army before the 30th of June, 1917. Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War." t'rcihcrs L'iilit. ' Ira L. Peck and Wilbert D. 'eck, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Jon athan P. Peck, of Chambersburg K R 7, but formerly of this coun ty, have tendered their service to Uncle Sam and the same has been accepted with appreciation. ra, who is at the head of Com mercial Department of the Cham bersburg High School, will be assigned to the Nava Coast De- 'ence Reserve. Corps, for the fourth district which includes the coast from Barnegat Bay, N. to the shores of Virginia. with Philadelphia as headquar ters. Wilbert. who is a junior student at Lebanon Valley Col lege, goes into the sameibranch of the service and will be called to Philadelphia soon where he will spend six months in train ing for work as Wireless Oper ator for merchant Bhips. One of the boys exchanges a position at a hundred dollars a month for one at $27.50, and the other steps away from college when he is on the threshold of the senior year. hey have the spirit! Family Reunion. A pleasant family reunion took place yesterday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Kendall, in Ayr township, all the children being present Beginning with he oldest and naming them ac cording to age, they are: Mrs. A. M. Malcolm (Edith) of Al bia, Iowa; Mrs. Thomas Shep herd (Katharine) of New Con cord, Ohio; Mr?. R W. Mc- Kibbin (Minerva) of Waynes boro; Mrs. J. H. Atchinson (Jes sie) of Albia, Iowa.. The next are twins Miss Ella, of Phila delphia and Mrs. John Rhoades (Fannie) of Mercersburg. Miss thel is the youngest and lives at home. Several grandchildren were present. Young Ken Enlisting. Young men are needed in the military service of the United States. They have been asked to volunteer. If a sufllci- The Itcd Cross Work. As will be noticed elsewhere in this paper a meeting will be held in the auditorium in the school building Saturday evening at ent number do not enter the ,7:30 for the purpose of effecting Eutertaiutnent I'uslpjaed. Last week the local Chautau qua Circle announced the J.ames Whitcomb Riley entertainment n the Auditorium for June22nd. Owing to unavoidable circum stances, the entertainment has been postponed until June 26, at which time the lecturer, Humph rey C. Deibert, will be with us. This entertainment is of a highly refined, educational nature that mav be enjoyed by old and young. Price of general admission 15 cents; reserved seats 25 cents at Trout's drug store. Mrs. Frances P. Hart and son Floyd, of Needmore, motored to Huntingdon, Pa., attended the commencement exercises at Juni ata College, and took home with them Miss Catherine Hart, who graduated from that institution this year. ' service voluntarily, the deficiency will be made up in a draft. Dur ing the last week many young men have enlisted. They argue that if they enlist they have the chance to choose the branch of the service which they prefer; if they are drafted, they will eo wherever it suits the govern ment best to place them. Lnlistrnent may be made for the army or the navy which includ es infantry, cavalry, artillery. A J 1 cuasi aeier.ee, signal corps, air aervice-in fact, you have the choice of fighting on water, un der the water, on land or above the land. Fulton county men en listing in the infantry service will be sent to Gettysburg where they will probably be stationed for six to eight months, and men from lhe same neighborhood wil be assigned to the same company if thntr Q. rluii'n enlistments may be made for the Signal Corps Army Balloon School. Fort Omaha. Nli.. n men who are qualified as lathe operators, drill press operators and machinists. Every postmaster is an author izej recruiting agent; hence you i neeu not go larther than vour home post ( filce, to get started. Tell your postmaster. He wi do the rest. Postmaster Lamber, son has from the first of Apri to June Kith, 3 recruits to his credit; Grant Mellott at Need- more, 2; Dr. Enfield at Bedford, 2; and Bob Speer at Everett, 8 ill (it) 1 1 India. On May 17, 1017, Miss Helen McCain Kendall, daughter of the late William and Hattie Kendall, of Ayr township received her diploma from the Presbyterian iospital of New York City, and a few days later she received her appointment from the Presby terian Board of Foreign Missions to work in the Western Mission in India. Just recently she wa3 in attendance at a conference of out-going missionaries. Miss Frances Goheen, a young woman born in India, and whose parents are still there, has been appointed to the same Mission. Both Mis3 Kendall and Miss Go heen graduated from Wooster University, Ohio, and both are graduates of the same hospital trained and consecrated friends ready to show to all with whom they come in contact the joy of serving that Friend who is closer than a brother. They do not expect to sail for India until next spring. a permanent organization for Red Cross work in this town and sur rounding community. As the News slated last week, Fulton is the last county'in the state to take up this work. Huntingdon has a membership of more than 1000, and Franklin nearly double that uumber. Not only are County Seats effecting organization, but the smaller towns and villages are taking up the work. List Saturday sixty young wo men made a house to house can vass, of the town of Huntingdon and secured between five and six hundred new members. Every man, woman and child in Fulton county should join the Red Crosi President Wilson asks it; Governor Brumbaugh urges it, and the Committee of Public Safety of Pennsylvania urges it. It costs you $1 00 to join. One-half of this amount goes to the Red Cross headquart ers in uhington, the other one half rema'ns here to purchase materials v' ich our women will make into ga .nents for war re lief. Members! ''o nlacea vou un der no obligation whatever. If you want to work there is plenty to do. Neither the Red Cross society nor the Government has any hold upon you and expects no service that is not entirely vol untary.- You may not be able to join the armed forces, you may not have felt able to buy a Lib erty Bond. Every member of your family can bo a menber of ti e Red Cross and so help in that way. This i3 your war, and the whole country must helD win it Every one can do something, Will you not join? After an Absence if Twenty Years. After an absence of twenty years, dunnor which tirrm she has been a resident of Rogers ville, Tenn., Miss Kate Allender spent the past ten days among former Fulton County relatives and friends at Fort Littleton and McConnellsburg. Before going to Tennessee, Miss Allender was a teacher in the public schools in this county teaching one or more terms in the McConnellsburg schools. Miss Allender took advantage of the excursion rates jriven to the ex-Confederate soldiers to their reunion at Washington D. C, and she and Miss Campbell, spent a few days in the Capitol City very pleasantly. Vcmcn Most Register. Herbert C. Hoover who is in full charge of the government food conservation movement gave cut a statement in Washington last Saturday calling upon every woman in the United States to support his plans. All women will be asked to sign a pledge, which if observed, Hoover says, will save as much in a year as was asked for the Liberty Loan. He asks them to pledge themselves to carry out the directions and advice of the food administration in the con trol of their household. Hoover states the general principles of the instructions are: save wheat; save meat; save fats; save transportation. Forage Crips for Sheep Rape may be used during the entire season! 1 1 produces a crop if sown at any time irom early spring until September 1. Rye, sown in August, furnishes an excellent early spring pasture. If corn is used, it should be craz ed when eighteen inches high. ' A few days aeo. Chas. Eite- miller and wife, of Mercersburg, brought the former's mother to stay with her sister, Mrs. Henry A. Comerer, for a few days. War Caniuiils Made Here. The McConnellsburg branch of the Needlework Guild of America shipped the following new gar ments and otfur hospital supplies to the War Department last Sat urday : 1G sheets, 9 pairs of bed socks, 1 dozen handkerchiefs, 1 dozen body binders. 17 hospital bed shirts, 21 kimona shirts, 13 nights shirts, and 8 suits of paja mas. The boxes were shipped to the New York City office of the Guild where they will be turned over to the Red Cross. For several years, the local Guild has been making new gar ments and quietly distributing them to tne needy, and this is the first t'me that the ladies have given of their work to Uncle Sam. Dangerous Sport. rarbeit from us to curtail legitimate sports of our bovs in vacation time, but when children from eiy,ht years old upwards carry, and fire, real rifles on our streets, as seen and heard daily, we would "be negligent if we did not protest. These riflei are powerful enough to penetrate several boards, and would kill men and horses if hit with a bul let. The use of powder rifles, as well as that of air rifles, inside borough limits is unlawful, made so by recent acts of the legisla ture. In at least one recent in stance, a bullet entered a distant door and narrowly missed killing a man. Parents, can you afford the risk of arrest, or a lifelong regret for a life taken? Joy Turned into Mourning. As happy brides, Mildred Sny der aged 22 years, and her sister Bertha, left the home of their father, Samuel L. Snyder, Penn sylvania Railroad superintendent at Petersburg, Huntingdon Coun ty, on Wednesday the 0th of June, they having become the wives respectively of W. Carey Shoemaker and Chester Stryker of the same place. Traveling together on their honeymoon, they reached Phila delphia in the evening. Shortly after supper Mrs. Shoemaker was stricken with acute appendi citis and was operated on the same night in the Jewish Hos pital. She lingered until Tues day, when she died. Are Yon Patriotic? Authority having been granted to organize the Fulton Chapter of the AmeJican Red Cross Soci ety, there will be a public meet ing in the School Aubitorium Saturday evening, at 7:30 o'clock for the purpose of effecting a permanent organization. This is the week set aside by President Wilson as Red Cross week and every patriotic citizen should feel it his privilege to at tend this meeting and participate in the noble work of the Red Cross. Alfalfa Luncheon Alfalfa was served to Ken tucky farmers in the form of hot biscuits, doughnuts, cake, and candy, at a luncheon during the recent annual farmers' week ex hibition of the Agricultural Col lege at the state university, as told in the July Popular Mechan ics Magazine. The progressive young women of the domestic science department took care of the cookery and convinced their farmer guests that very palatable products may be obtained for the table from their alfalfa cmna The flour of alfalfa is of a creamy tint before cooking and a lieht trreen afterward, nni" while peagreen biscuits may not at first appeal to the average housewife the flavor is regarded by many as rich and delicious. Food requirements may easily result in greatly increased use of alfalfa for flour in the near fu ture. The recipes used in cook ing it are about the same as those for wheat fl)ur. Alfalfa candy is made from a glucose pressed from the stalk. Notice To Farmers. There is a shortage of seeds. especially buckwheat and beans. Many farmers have a few seeds left after planting which they think are of no use. If you have your supply of seed, estimate your needs closely and report any sur plus to W. R. Sloan, Secretary Committee of Public Safety in ulton County, McConnellsburg, giving name, price and kind of seed. Don't let your surplus seeds waste your neighbors need them. The lot of available seeds will be open to all farmers in the county. Carry Your Card Men botween zl and 31 years of age who complied with the registration on June 5, should carry their registration cards with them, especially if they go away from home. From this date a sharp look-out, especially in the larger towns and cities. will be kept for "slackers." The officers will not hesitate to re quest any person whom theysus pect of having failed to register to display his registration card School ey Picks. On June 14, 1917, Mr. Harvey Watson Schooley and Miss Stella Blanche Ficks were united in marriage by the Rev. George B M. Reidell at the parsonage in Iustontown. The groom is son of C. W. ar d Jennie School ey, and the bi.oe is a daughter of Grant and Flcra Ficks all near Harrisonville.v Forest Fire. Monday evening fire broke out on Henry Taylor s timber land along the Lincoln Highway at the Eummit of Scrub Ridge. Fire Warden Linn Alexander and a force of men were rushed to the spot by J. W. Mellott and in a reasonably short time the fire was under control. The total area burned over was about three acres. Waite Gress. On June 13, 1917, Mr. Cyrus Lewis Waite, of Three Springs, and Miss Mabelle Ruth Gress, daughter of W. A. and Catharine Gress of Todd township were married at the Reformed Par sonage in McConnellsburg by the Rev. J. L. Yearick. Mrs. Frank Mason returned home last Friday after having spent several weeks very pleas antly with relatives in the east- J ern part of the State. Tree Talk. Pennsylvania, once the first lumber-producing State in the Union, is now twentieth, and going down. Her cut is now about one-fifth of Louisiana's. During the survey of the Kar- thaus State Forest a birch was found which bore axe marks from the original survey, made in 1794. The marks were buried under six inches of new wood. Every year or two some one suggests that the State Forests be used as sheep or goat ranches The foresters say it is impracti cable. Instead of planting a horse chestnut, why not plant a real nut tree? Pecans, hickories, or English walnuts cost very little more than horse-chestnuts, make less litter, and produce a valuable crop. Will Fix Trices. Secretary Daniels has ordered coal and oil producers to supply the enormous quantities needed by the navy at prices to be fixed later by the president, when the federal trade commission has de termined a fair rate. The navy will use 1,750,000 tons of coal and 50,000,000 barrels of oil, purchas ed under this application of his authority granted by congress. Similarly, steel for the entire navy building program is being bought at a rate fixed when Sec retary Daniels rejected the pro posal of the steel makers as too high. The arrangement regarding steel orders, the secretary said, leaves a "handsome profit" for the producer. Silo fronts. Results in Lancaster county ast year showed that a silo was worth ifciu per steer. The uni versal use of silage throughout that county during the past sea son would nave meant an in creased profit to the county of $600,000. A man feeding thirty steers would have paid for his silo with an extra profit made possible by feeding corn silage. Applying similar standards on a State-wide basis to all counties in which steer feeding is practi cal would show a proportionately greater saving through feeding silage. Bitter complaint has reached this office that parties on their way from Hancock to their homes in this county break beer bottles in the road for horses to tread on and ruin their feet. Many auto.tires have also been damag ed. Several persona are being watched and prosecutions may follow. As if to show his contempt for law, Borne thief stole a very lib eral mess of onions from Sheriff Garland's garden one night last week. , Snapshots at Their Comings and Goicgi Here for a Vacation, or Away for a Restful Outing. Harvey Sipes, of Chambers burg, visited relatives in McCon nellsburg several days this week. Miss Pauline Lyle, of St Louis, Mo., is visiting her sister, Mrs. H. L. McKibbin, in McConnellsburg. Mrs. W. C. Lynch and son Rowe, of this place spent the time from Thursday until Sunday with friends at Fort Loudon.' Mr. and Mrs. Fred Black went to Williamson last Fridav tn visit in the home of their daugh ter Mrs. Scott Souders for sever al days. Cleo. Bard who lives with Mrs. D. E. Little spent the week-end at her home near Sipes Mills and attended children's services on Sunday. Mrs. Harry Mock (Myrtle Sny der) and two children, of Altoona are visiting in the home of Myr tle's mother, Mrs. Rebecca Sny der, Last Lincoln Way. . Floyd R. Garland and mother, Mrs. J. L. Garland, near Mer cersburg spent Saturday evening and Sunday with the latter's son Dale in Ayr township. Mrs. Edgar Hoover, of Altoona. returned home Monday after having visited for a week in the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Ncal Crouse, at Webster Mills. Mrs. Margaret Johnston and Miss Ruth Kendall attended a missionary meeting this week at Hopewell U. P, church, York county. They were delegates from the First and Second United Presbyterian churches of Big Cove. Mr. Watson G. Peck "hitched up" his automobile last Saturday morning and brought to town his wife and children Edna and Frank and Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Lay ton and son Marvin. They were pleasant callers at the News office. Harvey Helman, wife and chil dren and Mrs. Helman's mother, Mrs. DeHart all of Mercers- burg-Mrs. Joseph Doyle of Har- isburg, Miss Bess Helman and Miss Nell Umbrell, both of Mer cersburg; were guests last Sun day of Mrs. Matilda Helman. Mr. Herbert Duffy and moth er Mrs. Catherine Duffy, of Web ster Mills, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Everts, of Harrisburg. and Miss Mary J. Johnston, of McConnells burg, went to Altoona last Fri day, making the round trip drive from Webster Mills of 100 miles in one day. Miss JeannetteStouteagle went to Everett last week to be a guest in the home of Dr. Hanks, 'or two weeks. His daughter Miss Helen recently graduated with first honors from the" High school and Miss Stouteagle will attend the commencement before returning home. B. M. Dawney, of Chicago, is' motoring in Pennsylvania. Last week he came to Pittsburgh. picked up his cousin Ben Stenger and took him to Willow Hill, in 'ath Valley, where the latter ormerly lived. They stopped in McConnellsburg a few hours. Mr. Dawney returned to McCon nellsburg Monday and remained a few days in the homeof ex-County Treasurer and Mrs. C. B. Stevens. He will visit his broth- er'Brown, in Philadelphia latter part of this week. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd S. Jackson and son Ralph, of Everett ac companied by the former's moth er. Mrs. J. R. Jackson, of Akers- ville, motored to McConnellsburg last Sunday to spend the day with Mr. Jackson's brother. At- torney John R. Jackson and fami ly. On their way to McConnells burg they had the misfortune to burn out a bearing, which kept them here until Tuesday. They were accompanied home by C. D. Hixson. who spent the weak J end with his fami y. t t ! t; r I t
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