VOLUME IS
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McCONNELLSBURG, PA., JUNE 21. 1917.
NUMBER 40
tuE DISEASES Or WAR
talks oa Health and Cjgiene
: jiicl 0. Dixon, M. D., LU D.,
toiDinissioner of fleakh.
Tuberculosis has a hold on the
f France both or tne
a? and the civil population.
White French bacteriologists
,ve been conspicuous among the
Jcientific investigators the
-i health authorities have
t fjowed up their preventive
It by educating the people
w ta,build up a resistance to
3 d'fcase. This cftlamity to
3 nench is a warning to us
t hilds not only in regard to
mitosis, but other diseases
j- - '
;t art spread nation-wide dur
r vara.
Pennsylvania fortunately has
irreal State-wide system to
ht tuberculosis and other dis
cs. During war times we
:;t ask the closest cooperation
our citizens and others living
:ur midst.
."bore is no time to lose in pre
injf against the spread o f
a:3. Our happiness and cur
lions! strength in our army,
vy, on the farms and in indus-
il mants. all depend upon our
ilth. Without it victory can-
; be ours.
Borzi or Bread?
.Ira. George A. Dunning, chair-
n of the Philadelphia branch,
i in a recent interview "An
elenang campaign against
: use of alcoholic drinks during
i war Is being pushed by the
man ; Suffrage party. It is
fht departure from our na-
-1 platform of suffrage only.
If the national amendment
'hibitibg the manufacture and
5 of intoxicating liquors dur
the war u not passed by
Jgrecs) the suffragists will try
boycott the use of liquor by
in people to pledge them
'es to. abstain from purchas
er usjng any form of alcohol
liquor during the term of the
ftliea it come3 to a question
booza, or bread, there is no
bt where any sensible person
All the men and women
my acquaintance have come
vard to indorse the move-
Many of them have
been accustomed to a
J usa of liquor in their own
es. But they are now strong
Prohibition during wartime,
ease t&ey fool that the effici
J of fie nation will suffer if
hr. isure is not Daased."
fer.
A Engineer Here.
ays ago, a gentleman
'!ne i be about seventy years
Pen at the J. K. John
ine fountain in Mc-
jrgand during a brief
n he disclosed the in
thut he was A. L.
f e man who engineer-
-rVeV anrt rnnf. u.
,.?'Penn railroad from
"J?J to Pittsburgh more
J years ago. For a
ne ade McConnellsburg
J- $rsand boarded at the
fr? HoU8e' Sin then
'3 J peered the construc
6 tje greatest electrical
fte world-the one at
rfa. Also had a hand
, instruction of the New
J-aducts that supply
vflth water from a dis
ol'r rone hundred miles,
'ess inRPected the
ll., rremains of the
of tl.i
in the northern
l county last week.
Jrra Broken.
1
uv3 ago. Ron
J repairs on a Ford
linn garage and when
fjto crank the ma
became "crankey"
kicked." Ben is
J h's right arm in a
for a fracture to
larger of the two
forearm was broken
nst as a result of
by the crank handle
;tae back-fired.
Men Wanted.
mi. .n .
ine ioiiowing notice was sen
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 brought
to war strength.
4ij,uuu 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 300,000 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."
Ercllicrs Lulbt.
Ira L. Peck and Wilbert D.
Peck, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Jon
athan P. Peck, of Chamberaburg
R 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 Naval 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
ege, goes into the sameibranch
of the service and will be called
to Philadelphia soon where he
will spend six months in train
mg for work as Wireless Oper
ator for merchant ships. One of
the boys exchanges a position at
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
the 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-
iibbin (Minerva) of Waynes
boro; Mrs. J. 11. 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.
Entertainment Postponed.
Last week the local Chautau
qua Circle announced the James
Whitcomb Riley entertainment
in the Auditorium for June 22nd.
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.
his entertainment is of a highly
refined, educational nature that
mav be enjoyed by old and young.
rice of general admission 15
cents; reserved seats 25 cents at
'rout's drug store.
Mrs. Frances P. Hart and son
loyd, 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.
Young Men Enlisting.
Young men are needed
in the military service of the
United States. They have been
asked to volunteer. If a suffici
ent number do not enter the
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 draftee', they will go
wherever it suits the govern
ment best to place them.
Enlistments may be made for
the army or thenavy which includ
es infantry, cava rv. artilWv.
i. J
uuusi ucier.ee, signal corps, air
service-in fact, ynu have the
choice of fighting on water, un
der the water, on land or above
the land. Fulton county men en
listing in me intantry service
I be sent to Gettysburg whore
they will probably be stationed
fur six to eight months, and men
from the same neighborhood will
be assigned to the same company
if they so desire.
Enlistments may be made for
the Signal Corps Army Balloon
bchcol, Fort Omaha, Neb., of
men who are qualified as lathe
operators, drill proas operators
and machinists.
Every postmaster is an author
izea recruiting agent; nence you
neeu not go iartner than your
home pst dice, to get started.
Tell your postmaster. He will
do the rest. Postmaster Lamber.
son has from the first of April
to June 10th, 3 recruits to his
credit; Grant Mellott at Need-
more, L, Dr. Enliuld at Bedford,
2; and Bob Speer at Everett, 8.
Yt ill Go t ) India.
On May 17, 1917, Miss Helen
McCain Kendall, daughter of the
ate William and Hattie Kendall,
of Ayr township received her
diploma from the Presbyterian
lospital 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 was
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 Miss Kendall and Miss Go-
leen 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 Fiiend who is closer
than a brother.
They do not expect to sail for
ndia until next spring.
Wcmcn Jlnst Register.
Herbert C. Hoover who is in
ull charge of the government
food conservation movement gave
ut a statement in Washington
ist Saturday calling upon every
woman in the United istates to
support his plans.
All women will be asked to
sign a pledge, which if observed,
Ioover says, will save as much
a year as was asked for the
Liberty Loan. He asks them to
pledge themselves to carry out
the directions and advice of the
bod administration in the con
trol of their household. Hoover
states the general principles of
the instructions are: save wheat;
save meat; save fats; save trans
portation.
Forage Crops For Sheep
Rape may be used during the
ntu'e season. 1 1 produces a
crop U sown at any time lrom
early spring until September 1.
Rye, sown in August, furnishes
an excellent early spring pasture.
f corn is used, it should be graz
ed when eighteen inches high. '
A few days ago, Chas. Eite-
miller and wife, of Mercersburg,
brought the former's mother to
stay with her sister, Mrs. Henry
A, Comer er, for a lew day a.
The Red 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
7:30 for the purpose of effecting
a permanent organization for Red
Cross work in this town and sur
rounding community. As the
News stated last week, Fulton is
the last countyin 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. i'f 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 Cross. 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 Washington, the other one
half ren uins here to purchase
materials w hich our women will
make into virments for war re
lief. Memo, 'ihip places you un
der no obligated whatever. If
you want to wotk there is plenty
to do. Neither tne 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 be a menber o
t! e Red Ciops and so help in that
way. This is your war, and the
whole country must help win it.
hvery one can do something.
Will you not join
After an Absicce if Twenty Years.
After an absence of twenty
years, during which time 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
iucuinneiisDurg. uetore 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 given 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.
Dangerous Sport.
Far be it from us to curtail
legitimate sports of our boys in
vacation time, but when children
from eight 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 rifles 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 for1 a life taken?
War Garnuuts Made Here.
The McConnellsburg branch of
the Needlework Guild of America
shipped the following new gar
ments and othr 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 the needy, and this is
the first t:me that the ladies have
given of their work to Uncle
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 Gth 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 American 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
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 crops.
The flour of alfalfa is of a
creamy tint before cooking and
a light green afterward, and
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 fljur. Alfalfa candy
is made from a glucose pressed
from the stalk.
Carry Xm Card
Men between ii and 31 years
of age who complied with the
registration on June 5, should
carry their registration cards
with them, especially it they go
away lrom 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 they sus
pect of having failed to register
to display his registration card.
SchooleyFicks.
On June 14, 1917, Mr. Harvey
Watson Sehooley and Miss Stella
Blanche Fick3 were united in
marriage by the Rev. George B.
M. Reidell at the parsonage in
Ilustontown. The groom is a
son of C. W. and Jennie Sehool
ey, and the bride is a daughter
of Grant .rd Flora Ficks all
near Harrison.': lie.
f 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
Fulton County, McConnellsburg,
giving name, price and kind of
seed. Don't let your surplus
seeds waste yourneighbors need
them. The lot of available seeds
will be open to all farmers in the
county.
Forest Fire.
Monday evening fir'? broke out
on Henry layior 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
wa3 under control. The total
area burned over was about three
acres.
Waitc flress.
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.
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 Bix inches of new wood.
1
jvery 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
t a
cnestnut, wny 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.
ABOUT rCOFXE YOU KNOW.
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 a3 too
high.
The arrangement regarding
steel orders, the secretary said,
eaves a "handsome profit" for
the producer.
Silo l'rof its.
Results in Lancaster county
ast year showed that a silo was
worth $10 per steer. The uni
versal use of silage throughout
that county during the past sea
son would have meant an in
creased profit to the county of
$000,000. 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.
Mrs. Frank Mason returned
home last Friday after having
spent several weeks very pleas
antly with relatives in the east
ern part of the State.
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 tor horses to tread
on and ruin their feet. Many
auto.tires have also been damag
ed. Several persons are being
watched and prosecutions may
follow.
As if to show his contempt for
law, some 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 Friday to
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 Sipcs 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, East 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. Neal Crouse, at Webster
Mills.
Mrs. Margaret Johnston and
Mis3 Ruth Kendall attended a
missionary meeting this week at
Hopewell U. I 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 Mercersburg-Mrs.
Joseph Doyle of Har-
risburg, 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 1G0 miles
in one day.
Miss JeannetteStouteaglewent
to Everett last week to be a
guest in the homo of Dr. Hanks,
for 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
Path 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
ast Sunday to spend the day
with Mr. Jackson's brother, At-
torney John R. Jackson and fami-
y. On their way to McConnells
burg they had the misfortune to
burn out a bearing, which kept
them here until Tuesday. They
i y
were accompanied nome ov j.
Hixson, who spent the weak-
end with his fami y. , , .