Alii' HiS 4 rfil I 4 yiy i ; VOLUME IS tfcCONNELLSBURG, PA., JUNE 28.1917. NUMBER 41 i I Jfi tsar a j RECORD OF DEATHS. - J ,.,-!,.- of thu Lives of Per jjooj V Haw Recently I Passed Away, i "iss Jessie Barney. in. JuMie M. Barney, aged ,..,. r. months and 23 days. drghterof Mr.'and Mrs. Andrew P-nrV. Of Umcn tOWHSnip, uieu .rn AllPirheny hospital Cuabrrkn-l, Md., on Thursday :h Inst Her remains were lain to rest in the cemetery at the Christian cnurcn on the following Sunday in the pros MMf a very large assemblage of sorrowing friends. She vas an active church and -vrtav.irhool worker, and in -knovledpmcnt of her faithfu xices, her Sunday-school cla3s .frits honorary pall-bearers. tn idrlition to her parents she i mifvivpd hv two sisters: Mrs. Myrtle Mann, Lr.shley, Pa., anr 'In. Blanche Johnson, Williams- irt, W. Va., and one brother at JlRS. JO!! Z. SlPES. Mrs, John Z. Sipos died at her meat Clear Ride, Tuesday, ' ;ne ID, 1317, aged 5u years. riusecf death was tuberculosis ( the lun9. Interment wa.s ade at Clear Ridjre on the foi ling Thursday. Her pastor, ;v. Geo. P.. W. Reidell conduct- d the funeral services. Mrs. ,iea' maiden name was Kerlin i she was twice married. Her tt boshnd'a name was Eph- i:ra Anderson, lo this union njBon, Owen, survives. Her cond husband, John Z. Sipes, ) uvini. Also, the follcwinz there and sisters: John P. !oar i Wilson Kerlin, cf C! '!e;J!ack Kerlin, of Gracey; 'Ki Phoebe, wife of James Stcv- J, of Fort Littleton. MRsj Martha A. Dugan. Sirs, 'Martha A. Dugan, widow ' the late William Dugan, died tie home of William B. Trox- lin Bethel township, thiscoun- . on Sunday, June 10, 1917, fc1 M years and 1 month. In ir.snf was made at Big Pool, 1, on the following Tuesday. Mks. 0. Oakman. 'ri 0. Oakman died sudden Jl heart trouble at her home Tiykr township, June 19, I 'Jed about 31 years. In sent was made on the follow .'Thursday at the Green Hill E- Cemetery, s" fs Attack Calves. -t Sunday, a fierce commo ns heard in a woods on the Bros., farms just :f t town. Calves were i: T piteously and dogs were fiercely. Knowing that Join calve3 valued at , ?e 'n the woods, Dale -.J a tenant, mounted a ? lf road rapidly to the f.l'cre he found the 3 Cornered" by four big ill ft rtnl...- , vua were in a paustion so completo 1 y feared some of them Dale'3 arrival was ? " of time and when he the doC3 to drive them of them attacked him uDDed off. 1 ! t V8 Breat indignation ;rjmer9 of the Cove who stock in their out- Thl. may be fjjsinnmg of the work ' nlnuthat 8ection and ; e kept convenient lor use. Jta Boards Named. jr Brumbaugh announc jMago that the fed- fchad aPProved fade for members ?a exemption boards I1 the countipq t v.- fo boards were named "n Cniint.. . Job L. Gar. ' w- MosserandCoun-a0;f!FnkM.Lodee Cnildrco's Dry. One more McConnolloburg Sun day fchool-the Reformod-to obperve Children's Day, next Sunday, and then all the schools will have celebrated for the sum mer of 1917. These proran.s are always interesting, for, so far as life's relation to eternity, nil are childien fro:n the cradle to ths p;ravo. Sorry thp.t it is a rtewspapcjr impossibility to re port details, for there was not a dull part in all th3 churches; but ve will follow our U3ual custom by giving a line of space to the colored choir who annually treat the Presbytymn audience to several of their inimitable sonprs. At the Presbyterian church st Sunday, Thomas Franklin bioan, a'ed 30 months, twice climbed to the platform and sa luted the American flas in such soldierly manner that he won the applause of the audionce. llie jvi. h. aiwulay school at uito neul Linlilreri's service last Sunday. Several antos from the Cove were sent to the Methodist school in McConnellsburg to con vey the latter in a body to Cito. lhe Keformed school in town marched to the Presbyterian school nnd noxt S'inday the Pres byterian school will march to the Jeformed church to witness the vork of the little folks there. When we remember that the children of today will comro?e the church membership of tomor row, it would seem that the lit- At f t 1 II. ue ieuows snouia nave more I 1 1 1 V cnnaren s days. Many are too often neglected until after they have passed the formative period in their lives and the re sultwell, look around and see. MTON CHAPTER RID CROSS. LigliUiing Strikes House. Last Saturday night, r.t about midnight, lightning struck the residence of ex-Judge Peter Mor ton, east of town. The slate at the eves of the roof on two diag onal corners of the house were badly broken. Mr. and Mrs. Morton were sleeping in the cor ner room over which the greater damage was done. From the bed the eyes the distance was about twelve feet, but they ex perienced no serious shock. Next morning it was discover ed that the slate were broken and the boxing at the eves splin tered on the corner of the house diagonally opposite from where Mr. and Mrs. Morton slept. No trace of how the fluid reached the ground could be found. State forester and Mrs. T. Roy Morton of Petersburg, Pa., are homo on a visit and were sleeping in the corner room directly under the plintcred woodwork, but they too, experienced no hard shock. lost Several Testh. Mrs. George B. Mock is re ceiving sympathy lrom many friends for the loss of several teeth and a piece of skin from her nose. Last Saturday, Mr. and Mrs. Cloyd Everhart, of Cnobsville, came to town in their auto and were joined by Mr. and Mrs. Mock and the four started or Pittsburgh where they Bpent the time until next day when hey started for home. All was going well until passing through the small village of Youngstown, when Mrs. Mock leaned to the side of the car to look at some object by the roadside. At that moment the car struck a chuck- hole and the lady was "bounced" to the top of the car. Her face being in just the right position to come in violent contact with bows, she received cuts on her nose, and Hps and had several teeth broken. Nature will make part of the repairs and the den tist will do the rest; hence, we do not anticipate any permanent injuries. From reports up to time of go ing to press, Fulton county is re sponding grandly to the call of Wl. ara at will , the County will be given the op- ''PiionrecommpnH. vm- i yvvuuibJ W UU a Kfl W 111 bUtb line. Onthnsiastic Kafs Meeting Held in An Citorium Last Sntuntoy and Per manent Orgaiization Effected Although Fulton County was not the first to become fully aroused to the importance of Red Cross work, the last week has devlopcd an interest thut is en tirely creditable, and the work is now thoroughly or;;anicd. s we announced in the News last week, Corporal Agate, bjrn in London. laLur h. rcsidr.nt of British Cokirr.bi ., married to a Franklin County girl, has a fami ly of three fine children, and who has served in thu trenches in the Great European war, was brought to McConnellsbarg last Satur day evening by Chair.beryburg lied Cross people, and addressed the audience alembic J ir. the Auditorium. Kin story was thrill ing from start to liimh, as he. pictured the horrors of the war bought cn the world through the greeu of the German autocracy. He made it plain that wo are not fighting the Germans a3 a pco pie, put that our war is against an unholy government and for th-j perpetuation of democracy, T!;i3 is Red Cro33 week, de aignated po by the President of the United States and by the Governor of our Commonwealth A million dollars i.sw!. i;d. Frank lin county i3 raising $20,000.00, and Fultcn well, all she can tin ii i . v aen me suoscnption campaign It. A I . 1 was openeu last aaiuraay even ing the following persons re sponded: Rev. J. Lcidy Yearick, $50.00; John R. Jack3on. 5 00: Dr. J. W. Mosscr, N50.00; J. H. Kendall, Dr. H. C. McCiain. 50. CO J. L. I'altsHon. 50.00; Hon. D. II. Patterson, 25.00; Mrs. Josephine A. Sloan, 25.00; Mrs. B. V. Peck, 25.00; Mrs. John P. Sipes, 25.00; Geo. A. Comerer, 25.00; Rev. and Mrs. Edward Jackson, 25.00; Miss Flora Rexroth, 25.00; Miss Bessie Patterson, 25.00; Mrs. Geo. A. Harris, 25.00; H. U. Nace, 10.00. W. L. Sloan, 10.00; T. F. Sloan, 10.00; Elizabeth M. Fal lon, 25.00. Admiral Smith, 10.00; W. R. Sloan, 10.00; Dr. Geo. M. Robinson, 10.00; McConnellsburg Water Co., 25.00; Hon. S. W. Kirk, 10.00; B. Frank Henry, 10.00; Mrs. Ella G. Grove, 25.00; Rhoda E. Kendall, 3 00; Scott Runyan, 5.00; J. K. Johnston, 10.00; Chas. F. Ehalt, 10.00; J. A. Irwin, 10.00; Harvey Bender, 10.00; William Hull, 10.00; Geo. Rexroth, lO.flO; Geo. W. Reisner & Co., 10.00; 1). F. Trout, 5.00; J. F. Mackey, 1.00; Samuel Div ens, 2.00; Henry Barmont, 10.00; W. H. Wible, 1.00; D. II. Fore, 2.00: Ira Fore, 1.00; Albert Kor- in 1.00; J. C. Fore, 1.00; John A. Hamil, 2 00: John V. Glunr. 00; B. Frank Wible, 1.00; D. II. Wible, 1.00; George' FinnifT, 1.00; D. S. Maun, 10.00; D. M. Kendall, 50.00; F. McN. John ston, 25.00; Mrs. J. C. Maun, 5.00; Mrs Margaret Kendall and Ruth I. Kendall, 5 00; Cyrus Wagner, 1.00; B. W. Logue, 1.00; Mrs. E. Ewing, 50 cents; Rev. W. W. Spriggs, 25 cents; Frank Tritle, 1.00; Duffield Sipes, 25 cents; Mrs. James Fryman, 25 cents; Mrs. Rebecca Stenger, 1.00; Mrs. A. L. Lamberson, 25 cents; Roy M.. Kendall, 5.00; N. W. Hohman, 1.00; H. H. Helman, 50 cents; John Walker, 25 cents; George Seiders, 25 cents; Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Unger, 1 00; E. J. Seiders, 50 cont9; Harvey Mel- ott, 2.00; Walker Shaw, 2.00; Mrs. Margaret Johnston, 25.00; Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Nelson, 5.00; Daniel McQuade, 1.00; Mrs.Cleo- nie E. Kendall, 25.00; 0?carTru ax, 1.00; Charles Schooley, 1.00; Jas. T. Nelson, 10.00; William Secrist, 25.00; Mr. and Mrs. John Hendershot, 5.00; U. ' Stanley Humbert, 1.00; Conrad Glazier, 20.00; W. M. Kendall, 20.00; George W. Humbert, 2.00;, Wm. Mellott, 2.00; Howard W. J Truax, 1.00; David Uveas, 1.00; Himmell Harris, 1.00; Peter Kirk 1.00; Harry Shaw, 50 cent; Walk- Had Novel experience. Last fall, Miss Minnie Reisner went to 1'ittsburg, Kansas, to visit her brother, Dr. Edward Reisner. She soon made the ac quaintance of the United Pres. by teriun minister and other prom inent members who persuaded her to take charge of a mission in that city. Although the church owned a neat chapal built for tha mhsion section of the city, no permanent worker had been se cured. Mbs Rvisner came home a few days ago ard Inst Sunday eveninc, r.t the Christian Endeav or meetinir in the Prcr.byterian church of this place she describ ed her experience at being a homcniissiunary. 'Jy doin.'r house-to-house work, she bir'It up r.n attendance of children from a careless audience at the chapel of less than twenty to a regular attendance of over seventy, cijrhty-one being high water mark althou gh the membership miht be p'accd at about cnu hundred and twenty-five. Like all o'.her r.in?ere people, Miss Rcisner'a heart was touched by what she found in the homes of the cla:is to which she minis tered. If sick, she reported to the Cit" Nurso. If in need of food or elothinr, the ladies of the congt -fi'ation, who paid her i t . . . salary, ei iyn crenoreusiy re sponded, b. many mothers of large families small children learned to appreciate the work done for them bctn spiritually and in other ways that the speak er paid she felt herself being drawn into a vortex of human activities that made it harder and harder ach week to give up. rmally, finding that an end to the novel situation had to be made sooner or later, she resign ed with the hope that th'. work tj ii i wjiuci pe :a::cn up ny s?me one who had more experience. It was interesting and instrue tive to get a glimpse of the other side of life through the eyes of one of our own townpeo ple. We are inclined to think that if an unexperienced woman could make such headway into the lives of the non-Christian world, an experienced person might make a failure of the work paradoxical as that may seem. The Enter tainment. Not only wa3 the lecturer, Humphrey C. Deibert, pleased with tho interested attention shown by the audience on Tues day evening, but all were in spired with a greater determina tion to make closer acquaintance of good books. er Richard.?, 1.00; Frank Smith, 25 cents; Henry Ilann, 2.00; J. H. Johnston, 25.00; Henry Car- baugh. 5.00; Mrs. Samuel Mellott 25 00; John F. Kendall, 20.00; Mrs. E. J. Johnston. 20.00: W. H. Mellott, 1.00; Tobias Glazier, 5.00; Dully Bros., 10.00; D. E. Grouse, 1.00; Leonard Bivens, 00. The American Red Cross' So ciety is raising $100,000,000, as a war fund to be used for the care of our soldiers and sailors who have been wounded on the battle field in our war against Germany. The following is a list of those who have contributed to that fund thru the Fulton County Charter of the Red Cross Society. Many of our Fulton County boys will soon be in France fight ing for us would you want to think of their lying on the battle field suffering and perhaps dying because we had withheld the money necessary to equip the Red Cross so it could properly care for them. "Dolour bit." At the permanent organization of the local chapter, the follow ing officers were elected: Chair man, John P. Sipes; Vice Chair man, B. W. Peck; Secretary, Mr 8. B. Frank Henry, and Treasurer H. U. Nace. The Ex ecutive Committe, is composed of the following Geo. W. Reis ner, D. H. Patterson, Dr. J. W. Mosser, A. D. Hohman, and B. C. Lamberson. LETTER FK(M rKANCE. Friend of Mrs. F. McN. Johnston Sends Thrilling Account of Life on Av iation Field. Edgar Hamilton, of New Cas tle, Pa., recently wrote a leng letter home giving a four-column account of the life on the field of aviation ia France. His mother Mrs. Harriet Hamilton, sent her friend Mra. F. McN. Johnston a copy from which we have taken some interesting quotations. Edgar went to France in March 1010, and when he determined to become an aviator, he was required to enlist S3 a private in the French army, but wa3 not required to forfeit hia American citizenship. His pay would make a bloated bondholder look green with envy it was U cents a day. Before entering into a descrip tion of aviation proper, he called attention to the sacrifice of life by stating "If you could know intimately as I do the thousand i pr.d thousands of fine young men who are being offered up daily as cannon fodder, during thsse gi gantic battles or effensivea as we may now say! There are also many thousands yet who have a 'rendezvous with death' as Allen Seeger, the American poet in the French foreign legion put it. Seeger died in the offensive last July It.h. We must remember that many of the young men who will be sacrificed in the future in this terrible offensive will be Americans, and among them there may be friends of yours or mine. Having discarded the large, siow macnines or several years ago, the latest French, English and German fliers are light, Hmall bi-planes with powerful motors and smaiiwing surface, capable of moving at the rate of 120 milea an hour and climbin to tne height oi atmut a mile in five minutes something un known less than two years ago 1 hese planes carry from one to three rapid firing guns. Often they carry a small cannon. In the fast scout machines that do the attacki ng, the gun is fired through the propeller, and is worked by the motor, being tim ed so that it can't fire when the propeller is directly in front. In the big machines the guns are lired Dy the passenger or passengers who also drop bombs, operate the wireless, photographs or signals to regulate artillery fire. For all these purposes planes are now available. I am training for the scout ing machines which have many duties. They do regular patrol work over tho lines to prevent hostile machines from coming over, lhey escort bomrjing ma chines over the enemy's lines to prevent their being attacked. They attack the captive observa tion balloons of the enemy that are anchored every mile along the front about three miles back of the lines. They dart down on the balloons from on high and shoot, incendiary rocket3 into them. When I sWV at the front I used to see the Frenchmen drop from the balloons when a German plane came near. They fall about COO feet before their par achutes open. It must be some sensation to drop GOO feet like that and it must take nerve to jump off. Sometimes the para chutes do not open." Celebrated 90th Anniversary. Last Sunday, Daniel E. Fore, Esq., north Second Btreet cele brated the ninetieth anniversary of his birth. Very few knew of the event for there was no "fuss" over it. Indeed we doubt if the gentlemen felt the importance of the occasion as much as he did at his ninth. To his many distant friends we are glad to report that Mr. Fore is enjoying good health. George Barber, near Need more, came to town early Mon day morning to see Dr. Stevens. Clcvenger-Tritle Nuptials. A very pretty wedding occur red at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin P. Tritle near McConnells burg on Wednesday evening, June 27, 1917, when their daugh ter Ursa Virginia became the bride of Mr. Calvin Edward, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ahimaaz Cleven ger. The ceremony was perform ed by Rev. C. F. Jacobs of the Lutheran church in ths prenonce of the members of the immedi ate families and a number of in vited gue?ts-Mrs. J. C. McQuade playinrr the wedding march. The parlors were beautifully decorat ed with ferns and roses. The bride, gowned in white crepe de chine, looked very pretty H3 she enrriod a bouquet of white rose?. The bridesmaids, Missea Mildred Hixson and Caroline Tritle, were dre3ed in pink and carried bou quets of pink roses. Benjamin Miller, of Merccrsburg, was best man. After congratulations and the serving of delightful refresh ments, the bride's brother Edgar took the happy couple to Cliam bersburg in his automobile where they boarded a train on the C. V. railroad for a honeymoon trip. Objections Answered. Alice Stone Blackwell publish ed a little book in which she an swered many objection to woman suffrage. To the objection that if women vote they should fight she Bays in part: "If no men were allowed to vote except those who were able and willing to do military and police duty, women might consistently be debarred for that reason. But so long as the old, the infirm, the halt, the lame nnd the blind are freely ad mitted to the ballot box. some better reason must be found for excluding wrmen than the fact that they do not fight. All men over forty-five are exempt from military service, yet they vote. Col. T. W. Higginson Bays: 'It appears by the records of United States Military Statistics that out of the men examined for mil itary duty during the Civil War, of journalists 710 in every 1,000 were found unfit; of preachers 971; of physicians, GS0; of law yers, 541."' Experiments with Macnre. Few farmers have sufficient manure to cover their farms as abundantly as they desire. Re sults as shown below emphasize the .importance of using a manu re spreader and spreading thinly rather than leave some acres to be cultivated without manure. Careful experiments at State College covering a long series of crops proved that bix tons of manure spread on each of ten acres was more prohtable than ten tons of manure spread on each of six acres. However, the foregoing does not disprove the superior value of small, highly fertile farms as compared with farm3 of many acres of very poor land. ABOUT PEOPLE YOU Kf.'OT. Many Boys Wanted. Next to agriculture, the can ning industry is making the heaviest demand on the boys' working reserve organized by the labor department. Mary land canners have asked for 0500 boys, those in Michigan want 1000 and those in New York and other states have indi cated that they will send in simi lar calls soon. The department estimates more than 20,000 city boys already have been sent by local branches to the organization to work in the country. For Plant Lice. Plant lice, including "green lice" on potato leaves may be killed by spraying with the fol lowing solution: Steep (not boil) a pound of tobacco or tobacco stems in three or four gallons of liquid, add some soap to make it , stick' to the leaves and spray. ' This spray is not injurious to plants. ,' Snapshots at Their Comin-js sod Colngf Here for a Vacation, or Avay . for aPestfu! Outing. Mrs. J. K. Linn, of Philadel phia, is visiting her sister. Mrs. Geo. A. Harris. R. B. Fore and wife, of Phila delphia.1 were recent guests in tho D. E. Fore homo. Mis3 Ethel Hays, who taught during the past term atl'leasant ville, N. J., is home for the sum mer. Miss Annie Ruisncr, teacher of domestic science In tho public schools of McKeesport, is home for the summer vacation. Misses Gertrude and Emma Sloan entertained on Tuesday and will be hosteses to another party of friends this afternoon. Mrs. Josephine Sloan was a guest of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Reisner, in Hagcrstown last week. Miss Elizabeth Patterson, of Baltimore, visited her parents, Hon. and Mrs. D. II. Patterson, at Webster Mills last week and remained pome time. Mrs. Hammond Troaser went to Bedford a few days ago to visit her husband's people and from there she will go to Eiierslic, Md., to visit her brother Orville. Messrs J. G. and Watson Fletch er, of New York City, brothers of Henry Fletcher, U. S. Ambas sador to Mexico, called last Fri day on their friends, Hon. D. II. Patterson and family. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Nesbit, accompanied by Miss Marion Sloan, motored to Vaync3boro last Sunday and ate dinner with Mrs. Nesbit's father, . Mr. John II. Wilt, who ha3 been in poor health for some time. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson L. Nace and daughter Helen were guests in the summer home of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. McCandlish at tho Green Valley Fruit Farm last Sunday. They were accompanied home by Sarah McCandlish. After having visited for ten days in the home of their parents Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Kendall, in Ayr township, Mrs. J. II. Atchi son returned home a few days ago to Albia, Iowa, and Mrs. Thomas Shephard to New Con cord, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Niles Wearry and two children and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Zeigler, all of Car- " lisle, motored to McConnellsburff last Sunday, took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. S; A. Nesbit and in the afternoon called on friends . down the Cove. Dr. and Mrs. S. G. A. Brown, Mrs. Bessie Beatty and Miss Evelyn Beatty all of Shippens- burg, and H. Brady Hough, of Newville, Cumberland count', motored to McConnellsburg last Sunday and called on J. S. Brat- tan, of the News office. Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Shimer and four Normal School students who board with them were taken to Gettysburg in an automobile last Sunday, with Jack Snyder at the wheel. The students were Miss Etta Waltz, Miss Flossie Sharpe, Miss Janette Breakall and Miss Myrtle Snyder. Mrs. J. L. King, near Lock Haven, is visiting her Bister, Mrs B. W. Logue on south Second street. Mrs. King's son James and her two daughters Helen and Marion accompanied her to Mc Connellsburg. After having vis ited relatives in this county, they will go to Elizabeth, N. J. to make a new home. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Lodge and children Martha and Robert motored to McConnellsburg from their home in Saxton last Satur day afternoon and spent the time with relatives until Sunday after noon when they returned home. They were accompanied from Saxton to McConnellsburg, by Mrs. W. T. Runyan, who is now visiting at Needmore. 4
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