UTS I"" II 1 VOLUME IS McCONNELLSBURG, PA., JULY 20. 1917. NUMBER 45 RECORD OF DEATHS. Short Sketches of the Lives of Per- SODS WnO iw.wi.uiij Passed Away. Frank G. Mills. rvnnklin Gray Mills passed L. t his home at New Gren- lRdaon Thursday, July 19, 1917, faged 72 years and 27 days. The ffuneral services conducted by 'Rev. George Frownfelterof the ill. E. Church, assisted by Rew igtese, of" the Church of God, were conducted on the following jsundav at ten o'clock, and inter nment was made in the cemetery Jat New Grenada. Mr. Mills was a veteran of the jrjvil War and saw about all that here was to it. He was muster ? r i into service on the 6th day of fl)ccombcr, 1861. and mustered IV-at finally on the 21st day of Jane, 1805. Ho was takert pris oner in 18G-1 and experienced all ithe horrors of the Andersonville fnriqnn from the 20th day of April ;until the 20th day of November of that year. After returning from the War he wa3 married to Miss Susan Stunkard, of Wells Valley and established a home at New Gren ix To- this union werborn ?ix children, five of whom are living, namely, Myra M.t wife of George Bolinger, near Water fall; Mrs. Clara A. Moore and llirs Blanche, in Philadelphia; Wilbur M in Tyrone, and John S, in Altoona,. The mother died about 34 years ago. Later Mr. Mills married Mrs. Margaret G. Stunkard Grissingcr, who survives. The deceased had a wide circle of friends and acquaintances and the large number of persons who attended the funeral bore testi mony to the esteem in which he wa3 held. Dennis Smith. Dennis Smith a native, and for many years a resident of this county died at his home two miles west of Hancock, Sat urday morning, July 14, 1917, in thl 61 th year of his age. It is said that his death . was due to internal troubles resulting from a fall some thirty years ago. His funeral took place on the follow ing Monday morning and his re mains were interred in the Pres byterian cemetery at Warfords bu. Besides his widow and aged mother, the deceased is survived by the following children: G. W. Smith, proprietor of the Hancock Foundry and Machine Works, Roy A., of Akron, Ohio; R. Darl ington, of Brunswick, and Clar ence, Charle3and Linwood at borne; Mrs. J. R. Musser, Bruns wick; Miss Reba, Cumberland, and Bernadotte and Margaret at home; al-io a brother, JohnSmith, of near Everett, Pa., and two filters, Mrs. Aaron Layton and Mrs. John Engle, of Locust Grove, Pa. Andrew Glenn. Andrew Glenn wa3 born in Ayr township this county, April 2. 18-10 nr,d died at his "home in M'lledgeville, III., July 13, aged ' years, 3 months and 11 days. , He was married to Miss Hen rietta A. Bowman at Webster Mills i by R,v. A. M. Whetstone of lie Lutheran Church on his 27th birthday. To this union were torn four Rons and three daugh ters, all of whom grew to ma turity and. became heads of families; Divid, of Milledgeville; James (deceased); George, Bat v'a. HI; Anna May, now Mrs. Jjnn Hart of Rock Falls, 111. and orencc, now Mrs. Terrell, of jf nton, Iowa. There were also db Krandehildren, (3 of whom are deceased) and six great Krandehildren, IIe algQ leftvea a Dher, George W., and a sister w. Anna Fulton both of Ayr township. The family moved to ilinois in 1804, and became fully indentified with the citizenship of that state. Mr. Glenn was a faithful mem- " 01 th Lutheran Church, and recognfc..4 in hisommunity Local Committee of Public Safety. The Local Committee of Pub lic Safety is at the service of the, citizens of this county. Since its organization on May 15, 1917, with headquarters at McCon nellsburg, this Committee has been actively engaged in stimu lating tha farmers to increase their acreage of foodstuffs, in teresting the women in food conservation, and in trying to get enlistments for our fighting forces, etc. The Committee of Public Safety is composed of 15 departments, each of which has its own chair man who is familiar with 'the work expected of him, as follows: Finance, B. Frank Henry; Public ity and Education, B. C. Lam berson; Legislation, II. M. John ston; Allied Bodies, W. R. Sloan; Sanitation and Medicines, Dr. J. W. Mosser; Civic Relief, William Hull; Food, George A. Comerer; Material, George W. Reisner; Motor Trucks, A. W. Grisainger; Civilian Service and Labor, John R. Jackson; Military Service, L. W. Seylar; Naval Service, W. II. Greathead; Guards, Police and Inspection, T. F. Sloan; Trans portation, H. A. Duffy. These departments act in con junction with the following offi cers who constitute the executive committee: chairman, Leslie W. Seylar; vice chairman, John R. Jackson; executive secretary, W. R. Sloan; treasurer, Wilson L. Nace; member of State Central Committee, M. W. Nace. This Committee was appointed by the Governor of this state, and in their acceptance, the members acknowledged a specific duty in the solemn and patriotic service of their Country. Let the Committee of Public Safety help you. Address the Departmental head of the subject in which you are interested or the Executive Secretary, Wants His Name. Have you in'the army or navy a husband, son, father, brother or other relative or friend in whom you are interested? If so send his name and the name of his regiment or-vessel to Mr. W. C. Patterson, McConnellsburg, Pa. Mr. Patterson is chairman of the Civilian Relief Committee, of the Fulton Chapter of the A. R. C. Association, and he wants the name of every Fulton County man in the United States military service. The Red Cross is the medium of communication in many ways between the soldier in service and his family at home.' If he is wounded or killed or in prison, it will be the Red Cross chapter that will have first in formation, and convey that in formation promptly to the family. It is the Red Cross that has a personal sympathy and oversight over the families of soldiers. Who are members of the Red Cross? Every man and woman who feel like taking some part in the great task of carrying on the war, and doing everything pos sible for those who have, or may leave their homes to go into bat tle for the life of our Republic. Finger Broken. One day last week, while he was logging in Big Hollow along the Pike above Saluvia, Thomas Ensley had the index fiinger of his right hand broken backwar ds at the second joint by being caught between a log and a rock. It was a distressing and most painful accident. Annual Harvest Home Picnic in Ayr township on August tenth. More about it next week. as a most excellent citizen. August 12, 18G2 he enlisted in Co. B, 126th Penna. Vols., was wounded in battle on May 3, 1863, and was discharged on the 11th day of the same month. He was again mustered into service Sep tember 19, 18G4 in Co. L, 56th Reg., Pa. Vols., and honorably dis charged on the3l8tof May, 1865, DISTRESSING ACCIDENT. Son of Jtide and Mrs. Donald P. Mc pherson Smothered to Death While at Play. Edward McPherson, son of Judge and Mrs. Donald P. Mc Pherson, of Gettysburg, was smothered to death in sand on last Monday. The distressing ac cident occured rt Tacoma Lake in the Tocono mountains in Mon roe county, Pa. Edward, aged twelve years, and three other boys crawled under a sand ledge to hide from their companions who were plaj.g hide and seek among the sand hills and dunes about the lake and while lying prone on the ground a slide of sand and rock covered the four boys to f uch depth that it re quired several hours shoveling by several men to rench an res cue them. Three of the boys were revived by two physicians who were summering at the lake but Edward was dead when re moved, from the sand. All Fulton County offers sin cere condolence to the stricken parents in this hour of deep af fliction. Boys Co Campipg. Our Boy Scouts and some of their friends are enjoying camp life near Richmond Furnace, in Franklin county. They were ac companied to the camp last Mon day morning by Scoutmaster Harry M. Johnston, Rev. J. L. Yearick and Mr. D. E. Little. Each boy had a locked box con taining necessary equipment to lie out-doors or in a tent. The boys' names are . Fred Wilds, Charles Black, Jacob Clevenger, George Mosser. Don Shimer, Frank Shimer, Donald Nace, Bil ly Tritle, Carl Grissinger, Lester Ewing, Paul Ewing, Elwood Wilkinson, Lamar Daniels, Ted Hamil, Charley Ray, George Tritle, Billy Nace, John Taylor. The boys were prepared to fish and have a general good time until Friday or Saturday of this week. Anto I'pset Last Sunday, a party who reg istered ' at the Fulton House as "Mrs. Ratkowsky and children" of Detroit, Mich., met with an accident at the second turn on this side of the top of Cove mountain when "something went wrong" with the steering appa ratus and the, Buick touring car ran over the bank and upset aft er having struck a concrete cul vert guard. The party consist ed of the mother, two grown sons, and two daughters of ten or twelve years of age. No one was hurt except tho mother who received a severe cut across one temple and a bruise on her back. The damage to the' car was es timated at four or five hundred dollars. ' Frank Sloan Enlists. Thomas Franklin Sloan, of Me Connelluburg, went to Philadel phia last Saturday to enlist as a telegraph operator in the Signal Reserve Corps of the United States Army. On Monday, be took the necessary oath and on Tuesday he returned home to await orders. He does not know what the orders may Jae. Mr. Sloan served in the Spanish American War. More Pay For Election Officers. The bill providing for payment of election officers on a basis of votes cast has been signed by the governor. The new law fixes the pay for election officers all over the State at $5 a day and provides that $1 additional shall be paid for each 100 ballots or fraction thereof polled after the first 250. Three Germans, suspected or peddling poisoned court plaster, were arrested in Perry county last Monday. Similar reports have been received from other places. THE FIRST ROLL CALL. Names of Those Who' Will Answer Their Country's Simmons Under the Conscription Act. Did it get you? The Draft. Of course it did, if you registered on the 5th of June. Every one of the COO persons registered in Fulton County were drafted last Friday, and are now to all in tents and purposes members of the army of the Republic. Of the 669 persons drawn, on ly 79 arc needed just now, and the five enlistments, cuts the number down to 74. To get the 74, the first 148 drawn will be asked to report to the local board composed of Sheriff, J. L. Gar land, County Commissioner Frank M. Lode, and County Health Officer Dr. J. W. Mosser in McConnellsburg as follows: one-third of the 148 in five days; one-third, in bix days, and the remaining third in seven days from date of official notice. The list following shows tho orderln which the men were se lected, and while each will be notified through the postoffice, the fact that he may not get his mail will not excuse him from reporting. I.f your number is included in the first 148 you will be called for physical examination. This examii. 'Mon will begin in five days fo. .wing the mailing of the notict ihat you have been called, and continue on the sixth and seventh day, one-third of those called being examined on each day. If you claim exemption, a claim must be filed within seven days after the mailing by. the local board of the notice that you have been called; you will have ten more days to prepare affidavits and present your case to the local board, and the board must decide in three days. If you are accepted or rejected on the physical examination the decision of the local board is final. On claims for exemption decided adversely by local boards you have appeal to the appellate board of this draft. No claim for exemption on ac count of occupation is made be fore the local boards, but direct to the appellate board. If you are in doubt about any point, determine just what you want to know and consult the officiate of your local board. In most in stances thev are the judges who will finally decide your case. The physical tests applied by the physicians will make the drafted man represent the finest type of American manhood. If he is under 61 inches in height he can be accepted if he is well formed and not under 61 inches tall. If ho be over C feet 6 inches he cannot be drafted. In order to test the legs and feet of the man being examined the physician will have him hop the length of the room, first on the ball of one foot and then on the ball of the other, to make a standing jump as far as possible, to run the length of the room several times in double time, after which his heart and lungs are to be re-examined. Minute test3 to determine the vision of each eye and the hearing of each ear also prescribed. In the matter of teeth, it is re quired that the person must have at least four serviceable molar teeth, two above and two below on one side and two above and two below on the other side, and so opposed as to serve the pur pose of mastication. A good fit ting bridge or plate, where not more than one-half of the teeth are involved, is not disqualifying. As may be noticed by the fol lowing list Lewis F. Stahla had the honor to be the first man drawn, and he was drawn by Secretary of War Baker, who soon thereafter turned the work over to the regular clerks. The second man drawn was Cyrus S. Johnson, of Thompson township and so on. See list 1 Lewis F. Stahle 2 Cyrus S. Johnson 3 Oliver Leroy Cook 4 Alfred V. Crawford 5 George M. Wink 6 Lloyd Alphonse Winter. 7 Speer Thomas Strait 8 Norman Baltzer Deshong 9 Harry Elvyn Conftrer 10 Walter Guy Alloway 11 Lewis Dor Wible 12 Thomas Ensley 13 Charles A Manning 14 Harrison M. Shnfer 15 William Gilbert Polk 16 William Webster Mellott 17 Harold Eugene Chesnut 18 Alonzo Funk 19 Harry Thompson Kline 20 Ralph Cletus Mellott 21 Aloiy.o V. Bivens 22 George Mellott 23 James Ellsworth Peck 24 Bruce C. Lake 25 Jesse Morgret 26 Walter Roy Gordon 27 Herbert Fulton Cooper 28 Ira Lloyd Fleming 29 Norman Howard Mellott 30 Howard Brown Swope 31 Harrison Horton 32 John W. Layton 33 Howard Fisher 34 Edward Jackson 35 Hezekiah Summers 36 Charles Edward Kline 37 Ward Barnhart 38 John Calvin Cooper 39 John Elmer Wigfield 40 Elton Guy Barton 41 David Stevens 42 William A. Golden 43 George Ralph Hess 44 Oscar Russell Keith . 45 Howard Alton North 46 Oscar Hayes Lashley 47 David Thomas Woodcock 48 Russell George Glazier 49 Alvah R. Williams 50 Orville Mellott 51 Edward Hann 52 Frank Chilcote 53 Oliver Howard Daniels 54 Ralph Cook Lininger 55 Elmer Virgil Mellott CO Scott Carmack 57 Clarence Pierce Kelso 58 Robert Gilbert Gerehart 59 William Atlee Burpee Truax 60 Ernest Rudolph Sprowl 61 Chester Cletus Truax 62 John Duffield Sipes 63 Russell Deavor 64 William Henry Thomas 65 Michael Smith Wilt Henry PG John Hunter Fraker 67 Martin Arnold Sipes 68 Joseph Barnhart Schooley 69 John M. Deneen 70 Martin A. Grissingcr 71 Oscar Hill 72 Ira B. Lake 73 Samuel Omar Layton . 74 Robert E. Winegardner 75 Baltzer David Mellott 76 Floyd Price 77 William Henry Mentzcr 78 Morgan W. Gordon 79 Charles Herbert Carbaugh 80 Jesse B. McClain 81 David Andrew Woodal 82 Brenton B. Regi 83 Riley Clarence Peck 84 Jared E. Eminhizer 85 Maynard Crouse 86 DeKalb Chesnut 87 Norman Cleveland Fraker 88 Russell Lowell Stevens 89 Harvey Wm. Winegardner 90 Eugene Alexander Spriggs .91 Robert Bonnie Regi 92 Carey F. Carlson 93 .')mer Reed Bivens 94 Siley Quay Mellott 95 Frar Fisher 96 Paul Herbert Houck 97 Rexy C. Hesa 98 Thos. Richard Hollenshead 99 Benjamin C. Miley 100 John Willard Palmer 101 John E. Divelbiss 102 Charles Sheffield 103 George Skiles 104 Robert Gilson Alexander 105 William Nicholas Fegley 106 Raymond Cleveland Paylor 107 F. M. McKibbin 108 Dallas Brant 109 Edward F. Caldwell 110 David Roy Hess 111 James Hixson Hoop 112 Orlen Snider Mock 113 Webster Daniel Mellott 114 Clyde L. Barnhart 115 Lloyd Kline 116 Callie D. Truax 117 Roy R. Laidig 118 Thurman Nesbit 119 Harry Albert Edwards 120 Ira Mellott 121 James Cecil Akers 122 Watson E. Crawford 123 James Erb Bishop 124 Jackson G. Hanks 125 Clem Chesnut Mellott 126 Ira Mellott 127 Francis Esco Barber 128 Jerre D. Knepper 129 Alfred Franklin Baker 130 Thomas Heinbaugh 131 Rush David Hann 132 Roy Black 133 Samuel Rufus Hess 134 Clem Albort Deshong 135 George Roy Chesnut 136 Thompson M. James 137 Ray Wilson Weller 138 Elim Walker 139 John D. Shaw 140 Oliver Lee Bard 141 Preston Irvin Wilson 142 Herbert Eugene Cromer 143 Orville Vernon Wink 144 Abner Shives 145 Harvey Loander Barmont 146 Russell M. Glenn 147 Tobias William Carbaugh 148 Ralph E. Fraker 149 Rowe Chester Mellott 150 Ernest Lewis Kcefer 151 Albert Roy Wink 152 Edgar Howard Gobin 153 Walter R. Spade 154 Alfred Deneen 155 Charles Edward Heeter 156 Archie W. Everts 157 James L. Garland 158 Raymond A Keefer 159 James A. Myers 160 Jackson D. Hendershot 1G1 C. Claude Smith 1G2 Chester Bishop 163 Ross James Barton 164 Sherman Andrew Amick 165 Orion Lester Hebncr 166 Owen Smith 167 Owen Hicks Anderson 16SGIeun Oscar Miller 169 Charles Walter Kline 170 John Pittman Schooloy 171 Earl II. Truax 172 Lewis Melvm Lum 173 Ellwood Biunhart 174 Jainos Claude Scbreivor 175 U. Bruco Barton 176 William Howard Koefer 177 Wilbert A. Layton 178 John Harvey Tritle 179 Orville James Taylor 180 Henry Franklin Wingord 181 Benjamin Franklin Shimer 182 Earl R. Jackson 183 Ira Gordon 184 James Leslie llarr 183 William Bridges Sipes 186 Harry Scott Roeder, 187 Orville G. Leador 188 Rush Wagner 189 William Schooley 190 Charles Bruce Paylor 191 Ulysses Stanley Humbert 192 Walter Roid Sloaa 193 John B. Everts 194 Dick DoshoDg 195 Harper P. Barton 196 liobert Cloy d Black 197 Blaine J. Ilixaon 198 Elmer Silas Smith 199 Russell Stockman 200 Andrew Jackson Strait -01 Raymond E Garland 202 Joseph tlondershot 203 Harry llerehey Crouso 04 Claronco Elliott Smith 205 Cloyd S. Evorhart 206 Foster Gar von Mellott 207 Samuol Robert Ilelman 208 Thurman Guy Lynch 209 Reuben Clyde Hann 210 Dwight Robert Sipes '211 Jacob W. Douglass 212 Norman Schooley 213 Palmer Waltor Strait 214 Edward S. Brant 215 Dennis E Sebum 216 Goorge W. Weaver 217 John Calvin Bishop 218 Harry Herbert Holman 219 Charlie Henry Oylor 220 Wilbur Leroy Sipes 221 Amos Chester Fittry 222 Fred Larnberson 223 Ross S. Barnhart ' 224 Wilbert M. Deshong 225 Geo. A. Caldwell 226 Lloyd Nelson Cutchall. Cashier Gives Bail. Enos D. Myers, defaulting cashier of the Lemasters Nation al Bank, gave, bail in the sum of $5,000 on Monday for his appear ance before the' United States District Court at Scranton, in October. Myers was very "cool" and insisted that he is the "goat." REGULAR HABITS. Little Talks on Health and Hygiene by SamacI G. Dixon, M. D LL. D., Commissioner of Health. Regular habits for retiring must be considered as one of the best' methods for securing good sleep. The human body has a wonder ful periodicity in all its spontane ous actions, and by studying those 'much of the machinery of health may be made to work smoothly. Witness one habit of waking at a certain hour to which we have been accustomed. Regularity in eating is most important for health. The di gestive tract will respond at reg ular times just as other habits will repeat themselves. Proper food properly digested will do much for one's health and happiness. It is a mistake to eat too much. We should try to enjoy cur meals by pnying attention to the. taste of food. Do not gulp it down. It should be masticated and tasted so as to stimulate those nerves which reflect their sense on the other nerves con trolling the glands of digestion. When you feel indigestion after eating a meal, note the ingredi ents eaten, and should it repeat itself, try to convict the guilty food and dismiss it from your dietary. Don't make eating a task but a pleasure, so that the fowl will digest and be assimilated and applied to the different necessi ties of the activities of iife. Youth demands a greater va riety and quantity of food than does old ago, and especially does it require more protein and meat. Learning what foodstuff best suit is one of the great education al tasks man has before him, for he no longer has the intuition of the lower animals. The latter seem to inherit a sense that di rects them what is best for their body wants. The vast majority of animals can differentiate be tween poisonous and nonpoison ous foodstuffs. Birthday Party. At the hospitable home of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Mort at Clear Ridge, on Sunday, July 15th, quite a number of people assem bled to extend congratulations to this worthy couple whose birth day anniversaries came near to gether. Among the children and grandchildren present were: Samuel Chilcote and wife of Rockhill, Pa., and son Clarence, wife, and baby of Sixmilo Run; Easton Stinson and wife and sons Luther and Frank and daugh ters Lillian and Grace, of . Burnt Cabins; John Mort and wife, son Edgar and daughters Grace, Blanche and Mary, of Sixmilo Run; Blair Mort and wife and children Ethel, Wilford, Chester, and Wilbur, of Sixmile Run; and Harry Mort and wife and children Elsie, Pauline, Margaret, Mervin and Harold, of Clear Ridge. The dinner was great The menu consisted of boiled ham, chicken, potatoes, bread, .cake, pies, bananas, ice cream, lemon ade, etc. While everyone seem ed to have a good appetite, there was plenty left. There were seven of the children that could not be present: Susie Stouffer, of Waynesboro; Frank, of Waynes boro; George, of Sixmile Run; Belle Kerlin, of Braddock; Nan nie Anderson, of Three Springs; Mae Harnish, of Robertsdale; and Rosa Lynn, of Robertsdale. They were greatly missed around the family table. Others present were H. I. Cromwell, Emery Cromwell, Scott Stains and wife, and Mr. Hockenberry and Samuel Reese, of Sixmile Run, and Ralph Frak er, of Fort Littleton. It was a delightful occasion at the old home, and Mr. and Mrs. Mort have many nice presents to remind them of the love and good wishes of those present.
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