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OLUME 18
McCONNELLSBURG, PA., JULY 5. 1917.
NUMBER 42
record of deaths.
Sketches of the Lives of Per
sons Who Have Recently
Passed Awaj.
fiLLMM Henry Pittman.
iiliam Henry Pittman, aged
Ura 11 months and 1, day,
SB1, 1
pf Richard and Rosa Barber
i Knonifnl at 1 o'clock. Fri
Tmnminir. June 29, 1917.
femains were iuivcu uj mi
lker Homer Li. fcipes irom
lospital to the home of his
pts near tne ijincom mgn
west of McCon
on Friday and on Sun-
morning at nine o clock,
(services were' held at the
i when the remains were
J to the Sideling Hill Christ
church, where the funeral
jn was preached and in
jnt made in the cemetery
I church.
the 13th of June, William
' iken to the hospital, and
i evening of the same day
ei upon for appendicitis; a
later an adhesion of the
i made a second operation
ry.
Se was a member of the M.
v Orch and an excellent boy
1 i parents have the sincere
ithy of their many friends
1 i rather sudden bereave
Besides his parents, he is
:'. td by one brother John
. liftman, and by one sister,
ti a Irene.
it. I
' i Work for Civic Club.
'lout any other suggestion
tot of our own offended
je wrote a tip for the Civic
It week in which we hint-
Ian anti-swearing crusade
e profitable morally and
Jilly. Before the article
; jnted, a very active mem
' the Civic Club asked a
:) -reporter to help start a
. 'gn that would clear at
c Je street (Lincoln Way) of
:insive language to which
ye compelled to listen or
ndon their comfortable
I iorches during summer
it street could be cleansed,
-tion of others would au
illy follow. Many Mc
'Jburg people may think it
jle to rid a street of the
of swearing, but let
land live where there are
jo protect ladies and. many
f'H be changed. Now
1 have twice given the
ublicity. why should the
ib not finish the job by
at the law against swear
iforced? But please do
on the country people
town chronics that Should
St,
?e on Western Trip.
Hay, Mr. and Mrs.
rtin, of Ayr township,
I former's brother John
K and wife, nearMer-
(started in Aaron's tour-
I visit their brother S.
J at Dunkirk, Ind.
J". John Martin will
jhere by rail to Califor-
1 and Mrs. John Martin
f Bide of the mountain
3ay.
a'nful Accident
kpine, employed in. the
fahops, suffered a pain
ft last Friday morning,
fnpting to drive a shoe
irae. th i
. ... nurse gave a
the foot was drawn
irine'. hand, aprotrud
fughtthe fleshy part
1
justinBidftfiotkMrau
esh most shocking-
NnTReedTwho nur.
acobHykeg property
abut street, andmov-
on the first of last
its value by
Was Born at Clear Ridge.
Vincent Curtis Stevens, second
son of John W. and Margaret J
fTr n a
mcivean otevens was born at
Clear Ridge, this county October
10, 1877, and he died at Harris-
burg, Pa., June 19. 1917.
Mr. Stevens moved his famiiv
to North Madison, Ind., in 1882
where Curtis graduated from tho
High School, He also attended
Moores' College and was gradu
ated from theUniversity of Louis
ville, Ky. In March 1904 he
went to Harrisburg intd the of
fice of his cousin. Dr. John r.
v m w w Willi
Stevens where he remained' three
and one half years as his assistant
He was afterward fmn1nviH in
Atlantic City and Philadetohia
and returned to Harrisburz in
1909 in the employ of the Penna.
Steel Co., now the Bethlehem
Steel Co., where he remained
until his death which was due to
nephritis.
Funeral services where held at
the home of his pnnsin Mra
Nellie Stevens Cobean. 223 So.
13th St. Harrisburg. Dr. C. A.
Smucker, Pastor of Stevens
Memorial Church had charge of
he services. Floral tributes
were beautiful.
The body was' taken by his
brother Andrew M. Stevens to
his home in North Madison, Ind.,
for interment.
Died Suddenly.
Mrs. Glenna Mae Decker, wife
of Oliver J. Oakman, died sud
denly at her home in Dublin
township at 10 o'clock, Monday
night June 18, 1917, aged 31
years, 1 month and 27 days. The
'uneral took place on the follow
ing Thursday, and her remains
were laid to rest in the cemeterv
at Abbury M. E. church at Green
Elill, in the presence of a large
number of sorrowing friends.
Besides her husband, she is
survived by three children, name
ly, Mae, Stella and Willard: also,
by her parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Milton Decker, and by the fol
lowing brothers and sisters: Ver-
da, wife of Edward Deshong,
Kearney, Pa., Charles, Harrison-
ville; and Herman and Laura, at
home.
Mrs. Oakman became a mem
ber of the Methodist Episcopal
Church at the age "of fourteen,
and lived a faithful Christian
life. She was a devoted wife
and mother and will be sorely
missed by her surviving relatives
and friends.
Shocking Accident .
On Thursday forenoon of last
week, Irvin C. Martin of Letter-
kenny township. Franklin county
went to the field with two horses
hitched to a mower, After he
had started work he found that
he needed some repairs and ask
ed Mrs. Martin to hold the horses
until he brpught them. This she
did, holding the reins of the one
animal.
Soon after Mr. Martin left the
field the horses frightened at
several colts in an adjacent field
and started to run, throwing Mrs.
Martin into the cutting bar. Her
left foot was cut off just below
the ankle. She was otherwise
bruised and shaken up. She was
at once taken to the Chambers
burg hospital where her injured
leg was amputated.
Mrs. Martin was married . July
last and had but recently gone to
housekeeping. She is aged about
22 years.
Ol'R MAIL SERVICE
Became Insane.
Joseph Layton, a farmer aged
about 35 near Three Springs,
who has been in poor health for
the past three years, became vio
lently; insane, He was taken to
the county jail at Huntingdon a
few days and as his condition did
not seem to improve the Sheriff
and his deputy took him to the
insane hospital at Harrisbure on
Monday of last week. . They had
c ui in
hproved
I baluBtrnd .!
h Dlnoi T i wonuay oi iasc ween. . xney naa
w!?8 Rework to take him by force measures,
wnn7u Dy Duild- havin considerable trouble to
, 86 back of et him k the hospital. He has
' a wife and and child.
mange in Contractors, Routes, and
Methods. Went into Effect Last
Monday Morning.
The contracts for carrying the
United States mail, run for a
period of four years and begin
on the first day of July following
a presidential election. The
routes radiating from McCon
nellsburg are in the hands of
new men with the exception of
the McConnelhburg-Fort Loud
on route, which 3 still in the
hands of the Sbeetses who are
well equipped with automobiles,
and who during the past four
years have given excellent ser
vice. By' the schedule the mail
leaves McConnellsburg for Fcrt
Loudon and points east at 5:20
in the morning and 12:50 p. m.
making connection with trains
east; returning, leaves Fort Loud
on at 8:19 a. m., and G:27 p. m ,
reaching McConnellsburg about
9:30 in the morning and 7:15 in
the evening.
The route between McCon
nellsburg and Merccrsburg, 10
miles, has passed from the hands
of John' Sheets & Son into the
hands of G. Johnson Mellott.
who is equipped for automobile
service, by which passengers
and packages, as well as mail,
may be transported safely. By
the schedule, the mail will leave
McConnellsburg at 7:30 in tho
morning and arrive at Mercers
burg not later than 10; leaving
Mercersburg not later than 11 a,
m., and arriving at McConnells
burg about noon.
Qur southern mail service has
been greatly improved. Instead
of the mail leaving McConnells
burg, going to Big Cove Tan
nery eight miles distant, lying
over night, and going on to Han
cock next day, the route has
changed so that now, it leaves
Hancock daily at" 9 o'clock in
the morning and reaches Mc
Connellsburg at 11:30; returning
it leaves McConnellsburg at 12
o'clock noon, and is scheduled to
reach Hancock at 2:30. Ira
Diehl, who had been in the res
taurant business in this town for
several years has the contract
or carrying the mail, and last
week moved his family to Han
cock, so that he might be better
located to give the service. Mr.
Diehl is equipped with two auto
mobiles and is well prepared
not only to carry mails, but to
convey passengers and packages
which will add much to the con
venience of persons desiring to
travel between the two towns
named. In case conditions should
become such that the trips could
not be made by automobile, two
hours additional time is allowed
each way.
The routing between McCon
nellsburg and Everett has been
abominable for several years,
making very poor mail service,
and affording no convenience for
passenger traffic. The mail left
McConnellsburg ir. the afternoon
went as far as Ereezewood, staid
all night and reached Everett, at
o'clock next morning, a total
distance of 26 miles from Mc
Connellsburg an easy run from
McConnellsburg by automobile
in 75 minutes. The new routing
beginning with last Monday pro
vides for the service between
McConnellsburg and Saluvia
same as before leaving McCon
nellsburg at 2:10 in the afternoon
and returning leaving Saluvin nt
5:10, reaching -McConnellsburg
about an hour later. Lloyd Ray
of this place has the contract.
Mr. Ray has an automobile and
well prepared for the mail ser.
vice and to carry passengers and
packages. The route from Salu
via across Sideling Hill mountain
to Breessewood on the Lincoln
Highway has been discontinued
and now mail from McConnells
burg to our neighboring town
Everett, 2G miles in distance,
and an hour in time, must be
sent around by Harrisburg and
Huntingdon, or by way of Han
cock, Md., Warfordsburg, Locjst
Grove and Breeze wood either
PREVENT TYPHOID FEVER.
Little Talks on Health and Ojgiene bj
. Samuel 0. Dixon, M. D., LL D.,
Commissioner of Health.
We must do our best to keep
well. Before long our hospitals
will be wanted for our soldiers.
Listen and take a little advice.
Don't be careless or foolhardy
and. bank on your being an ex
ception to the rest of your asso
ciates and defy Nature, for she
will not be defied.
Typhoid fever germs in a fer
tile medium will grow just as
surely as grains of wheat in a
fertile soil.
Nowadays Nature is in all her
glory in the valleys and moun
tains of our beautiful country
and it is the season when we are
attracted from our winter homes
to get close to Nature. Camping
grounds are easily reached in
these days of automobiles, motor
cycles and other rapidly moving
vehicles. There are thousands
of beautiful Hites to pitch our
tent3 along the attractive-looking
brooks. It is these attrac
tive waters, which we find so
soothing to the thirst after riding
or driving long distances, that are
so deceptive to the layman. They
are often clear and sparkling,
yet loaded v-ith miserable house
drainage, c 'Tying at times the
deadly germs , typhoid fever.
Don t be decked by the old
fashioned pump, the .boiling
springs, and the clear water
rippling over the pebbles in our
little mountain streams, for Penn
sylvania has now become thickly
populated with people who are
not yet sufficiently educated to
protect the streams thoroughly
against pollution.
When you are traveling by au
tomobile or camping in strange
locations never drink the waters
without filtering or boiling. Try
to carry pure water with you
either in thermos bottles or stone
ars. Most typhoid fever is con
tracted from drinking water. It
is the great carrier and typhoid
enters the system by drinking,
by cleansing the teeth, by rinsing
the face and mouth, or through
raw vegetables that are washed
in infected waters.
Swimming in polluted streams
is known to be dangerous and
children as well as adults have
often lost their lives from taking
typhoid fever in this way.
Be just as sure to carry pure
water for drinking when touring
or camping as to have good food.
LARGE MEMBERSHIP.
Fulton Ccanty Chapter of the American
Red Cross Society Growing
Summer travel is at its height
please tell us of visits of distant
friends, or of those who -go
away.
routing taking the greater part
of two days.
William H. Wible is the new
contractor on the McConnells
burg Burnt Cabins route and
he is giving automobile service.
Mr. Wible leaves Burnt Cabins
at 7 o'clock in the morning, goes
by way of Fort Littleton and
Knobsville, and reaches McCon
nellsburg at 9 o'clock. Return
ing he leaves McConnellsburg at
2:45 p. m., and gets to Burnt
Cabins about 4:45.
The McConnellsburg C 1 e a r
Ridge route is in tho hand3 of
Frank C. Chilcoate who like the
others mentioned, has an auto
mobile, and thus McConnellsburg
will have complete automobile
mail service on all its routes.
Mr. Chilcoate will leave Clear
Ridge at 7 o'clock in the morning
going by way of Hustontown and
reach McConnellsburg about 8:30.
Returning, h e leaves McCon
nellsburg at 1 o'clock p. m., and
reaches Clear Ridge about two
hours later.
Improved road3 and automo
biles have given us a service
never dreamed of a few years
ago. rhiladGlphia morning pa
pers reach McConnellsburg a few
minutes after 9 .o'clock, and we
have first class letter mail service
between McConnellsburg and the
eastern cities.
Fulton County Chapter of the
American Red Cross Society, or
ganized only a few days ago is
increasing in membership at a
most gratifying rate. ' We pub
lish below a list of the mem
bers up to this time, numbering
more than 1!0. This, of course,
is a good beeinnme but it is
only a beginning; for if Fulton
County is to measure up in pro
portion with its neighboring
counties it should have a Chapter
of not fewer than eight hundred
members.
As the News told you two
weeks ago, membership places
you under no obligation whatever.
You pay a dollar to become a
member. Half of this dollar is
sent to the Red Cross department-in
Washington, and the
other half is kept in the local
treasury to purchase material
which the women members of
the Chapter will make into gar
ments for war relief.
There are no salaried officers.
All work is purely volunteer, and
all gifts whether money or other
wise, is ' voluntary. Nobody is
compelled to join; no one com
pelled to give anything. It is,
whether or not you feci like lend
ing a hand to bring this terrible
war to a successful termination.
Your husband, brother, son, or
friend may have to go to the
front may be there now. It is
the Red Cross that will look aft
er him when sick or wounded,
and will give you first news, i
he is injured or killed.
Send your name and dollar to
Mrs. Frank Henry, Secretary,
McConnelliiburg, Ta.
These are the members to
date:
M. W. Nace, John P. Sipes,
Dr. J. W. Mosser, Rev. E. Jack
son, Jno. R. Jackson, B. Frank
Henry, S. W. Kirk, D. L. Griss
inger, W. It. Sloan, Rev. C. F.
Jacobs, Geo. Grissinger. H. L
McKibbin, D. H. Patterson, Ad
miral Smith, Geo. A. Harris,
Thos. T. Cromer, W. C. Patter
son, H. U. Nace, A. U. Nace, J,
A. Irwin, B. W. Peck. H. M.
Johnston, G. M. Robinson, T. F.
Sloan, A. D. Peightel, Harry
Hamil, Frank P. Lynch, Mrs.
Ella Grove, Mary J. Johnston,
Ella M. Johnston, Bessie Patter
son, Lillie Patterson, Florence
Johnston, Emma McGovern,
Gertrude Sloan, Mrs. J. G. Reis
ner, Mrs. B. F. Henry, Marion
Sloan, Mrs. J. B. Runyan, Mrs.
J. W. Mcftser, Mrs. W. A. Sloan,
Mary Trout, Mrs. H. U. Nace,
Flora Rexroth, Marg't Rexroth,
Adaline Rexroth, Mrs. J. A. Ir
win, Mildred Mock. Mary A. Ir
win, Mrs. J. R. Jackson, Minnie
Dickson, Mrs. Mary Fields, John
B. Runyan, Geo. W. Reisner.
Scott Runyan, D. E. Little, Rev.
J. L. Grove, B. C. Lamberson,
Rev. J. L. Yearick, W. L Nace,
W. H. Greathead, L. W. Seylar,
M. R. Shaffncr. Josephine Sloan.
Mary S. Seylar, 'Vrace A. Lodze.
Mary Pittman, 01iv D. Pittman,
Mary Goldsmith, Emma Rexroth,
Mrs. W. Kendall, Mrs. S. B.
Woollet, Mrs. H. B. Trout, Mrs.
Jno. P. Sipes, E. Myrtle Sipes,
Mrs. S. W. Kirk, Mrs. W. II.
Bender, Ella Pittman, Mrs. J. E.
Jackson, Mrs. G. A. Harris, Mrs.
W. R. Sloan, Mrs. C. B. Stevens,
Mrs. E. L. Lynch, Mrs. B. W.
Peck, Mrs. Geo. W. Reisner. Jean
W. Johnston, Mrs. L. W. Seylar,
Sophia Hohman, E. L. McKibbin,
Mrs. M. R. Shaffner, Mrs. Lam
berson, Mrs. M. B. Trout, Eliza
beth Harris, James Brattan, Mrs.
A. U. Nace, Mrs. J. L. Yearick,
Harriet B. Sloan, J. Alex Sloan,
Mrs. E. R. McClain, J. H.
Kendall, Katharine Hull, Chas.
B. Stevens, Nelson Comerer,
Mrs. J. II. Kendall, W. C. Pat
terson, H. C. McClain, J. L. Pat
terson, G. A. Comerer, Mrs. G.
A. Comerer, J. K. Johnston, C.
F. Ehalt, Harvey Bender, Wm.
Hull, Geo. Rexroth, J. G. Reis-
Patriotic Knobsville.
Hurrah for Knobsville! Bright
and early last Saturday morning
Bix of Knobsville's sturdy young
men went to Chambersburg to
offer their service to Uncle Sam.
According to population, that is
a greater showing than has been
made by any town we have heard
from. Knobsville has the spirit.
The names-of the young men are
as follows: John W. Kelso, Rush
Wagoner, Merril Fore, Reed
Wible, Harry Naugle, and Horace
Ashwell. If they pass the rigid
examination .and are accepted as
part of the country's defensive
forces, Knobsville will win no
mean place in the history of the
greatest war the world has ever
experienced.
Since putting the foregoing
into type, we are informed by
the recruiting agent at Cham
bersburg that the following
named Fulton County boys have
applied for enlistment: Daniel F.
Barnhart, McConnellsburg, Hos
pital Corps; Pierce A. Naugle,
Knobsville, Infantry; Melviq L
Chapman, Hospital; Reed M.
Wible, Knobsville, Infantry. The
recruiting agent further states
that John W. Kelso, of Knobs
ville, will leave Friday for the
regular army from Chambers
burg. The other Knobsville boys
who went to Chambersburg to
enlist, did not measure up to the
required standard in their exam
ination, but they intend to get
in yet, if they have to crawl in
under the tent.
Who Pays Final Bill?
Those who defended specula
tion in food because it raised the
price received by farmers are
now "lost in thought" because
the high cost of living has re
cently hit the farmer so hard
that he may not be able to har
vest his crops. Wages, machin
ery, twine and other factors have
made such headway into the cost
of production, together with the
scarcity of labor, that there is
sober prediction that- crops may
be let stand to be ploughed un
der right here in Fulton county.
Whenever the law of supply and
demand is violated and artificia
conditions created by the specu
lator, the producer is bound to
pay the bill in the end.
Suffrage Itea
Alice Stone Blackwell said
'Statistics published by the Na
tional Bureau of Education show
that the high schools of every
state in the Union-are graduating
more girls than boys some of
them twice and three times as
many. Because of the growing
tendency to take boys 'out of
school early in order to put them
into business, eirls are eettinar
more schooling than boys. Equal
suffrage would increase the pro-
portion of voters who have re-
ceived more than a merely ele
mentary education, and in this
manner greatly reduce the per
centage of the ignorant vote."
ABOUT PEOPLE YOD INOtf.
Mrs. Meredith and her two
sons and two daughters, of Johns
town, passed through town on
Wednesday of last week on their
way to Gettysdurg. On their re
turn Mrs. Meredith and the daugh
ters staid all night in the home
of their friend Mrs. Abram Run
yan.
ner, Mrs. M. W. Nace, E. L.
Lynch, Chas. T. Johnston, Mrs.
J. Johnston, Mrs. John Hen-
dershot, Conrad Glazier, W. M.
Kendall, Leonard Bivens, Herb
ert Duffy, Chas. Duffy. Tobie
Glazier, J. H. Johnston, Henry
Carbaugh, Mrs. Samuel Mellott
J. F. Kendall, Henry Barmont,
John Stunkard, Mrs. Edith Com
erer, D. S. Maun, D. M. Kendall.
McN. Johnston, Mrs. J. C.
Maun, Miss Ruth Kendall, Roy
M. Kendall, Mrs. Margaret John
ston, Mrs. Cleonie E. Kendall,
James, P.. Nelson, Wm. A. Se-
crist, Scott Tritle, Lydia J. Mar
tin, D. A. Washabaugh, Lois C.
Nace, Rhoda E. Kendall, David
Rinedollar, Mrs. Mary Rinedollar.
Snapshots at Their Comings and Goingi
Here for a Vacation, or Away
for a Restful Outing.
Ross Hamil, a student at the
Williamson Trade School, is home
for a six weeks vacation.
Mrs. M. B. Trout went to Red
Lion last Thursday to visit her
son N. C. Trout for two weeks.
Rev. McHenry, of Lancaster,
was a recent guest at the Re
formed parsonage in McConnells
burg. Prof. A. C. Garland and wife.
of Lamasters spent last Saturday
in the home of Mrs. C. D. Hix
son, East Lincoln Way.
Miss Mary C. Hoke returned
to her home in McConnellsburg
Tuesday after having spent three
months in Pottsville, Pa.
Harry Foor, Herbert Jackson,
C. D. Hixson, and a nephew of
Mr. Foor, spent a few hours in '
McConnellsburg last Saturday.
Dr. and Mrs. M. C. Dunnick.
of Shrewsbury, Pa., made a short
visit this week in the home of
the former's sister, Mrs. (Rev.)
Edward Jackson.
Mrs. Harry Mock and twn ohil-
dren Snd Mrs. Norman CooDer
all of Altoona are visiting the
mother of the two ladies. Mr3.
Rebecca Spyder, in McConnells
burg.
Miss Murnie Marshall has re
turned home after .having spent
f our weeks very pleasantly among
friends and relatives in Three
Springs, Shirleysburg and Mount
Union.
After having spent a week in
her home in Ayr township, Miss
Jessie Brewer returned to Phil
adelphia a few days ago to take
a post graduate course in the
City hospital.
Mr. Ellwood Lanehart and son
Charles and daughter Blanche,
and J. C. Fisher-all of Bethel
township, motored to Fort Loud
on last Thursday and spent some
time in McConnellsburg on their
return.
Mr. W. H. Duvall accomDanied
by his son, O. R. Duvall. both of
Akersville, this county, motored
to McConnellsburg last Fridav
and spent a few hours attendine
to business and
-vwwauQ ViVl
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. SDeer
and daughter, accompanied by
Miss Alice Michael and a daueh-
ter of Rev. Dowling, all of Ever
ett, motored to McConnellsburg
last Sunday and called on friends
and relatives.
Rev. and Mrs. A. J. Crooks
and two children, of Apollo. Pa..
are expected to arrive in McCon
nellsburg latter part of this week
to remain with relatives for some
time. Mrs. Crooks is a dauchter
of Rev. J. L. Grove.
Mr. D. B. Gailaher and wife
of Burnt Cabins, accompanied by
their five children, passed through s
McConnellsburg in their Buick-
Six last Friday morning enroute
to Altoona, where they visited
Mrs. Gallaher's brothers Harvey.
Howard and Guy Mills, and her
sisters Mrs. Rilla Cornelius and
Miss Maye Mills.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Humphreys
returned missionaries from China
and Miss Alice Wishart, return
ed missionary from India, were
brought to town from Wells Tan
nery by Mrs. Humphries' father
W. H. Baumgardner and they
went on to Wilson College to at
tend the Summer School of Mis
sions at that institution.
A motoring party consisting of
Mrs. Thomas W. Falls, her son
Wilson Falls, and her Bon-in-law
and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Ralph "
M. Lowery and their two chil
drenall of Hartford, Conn., ar
rived at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. F. McN. Johnston, Monday
evening. Tuesday morning Mr.
Lowery and family left for Cleve
land, a, and Mrs. Falls and Wil
son are Btaying in the Johnston;
home.
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