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TflE DISEASES Or WAR
Talks on Health and Hjgiene by
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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
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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,
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Alan had a u.j
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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.
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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
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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.
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