' ? 1 3 ...- A "Ai:,: i i ; y'.-" I ' . , I ' ' ' emit VOLUME, IS McCONNELLSBURG, PA , AUGUST I f. 1917. 3 iN, T. ides' Tar iend RECORD OF DEATHS, t. Sort Sketches of the Lives of Per- ; sons Who Have Recently ; passed ; Away. V, 7' ! WillumTruax. I 1 William Truax . passed ' peace fully away at the old home place !jn tseiiasu wnuin - r " August U, 1917, aged, 78 years, ''9 months, and 19 days While the had been in declining health incident to advanced age for ( some time, he was in his usual health last Saturday morning, fend conversed freely with the family and neighbors . and did Ittle chores about the place as luual. Later he suffered a severe V.tack of acute indigestion which grew worse until the end came. Mr. Truax was twice married, the first time to Marthe Steck (.u on the 1st of June 1864. To 11, is union were born 6 children, lamely, George, Hansou, Albert, iidrew, John and Ettie, only fc oof whom are living: John, to the home place, and Ettie phiney in West Virginia. I His second wife was Martha Divel, who survives. 1 Two chil Jren Russell and Maggie were $ra to this union, but both died J childhood. The deceased is iko survived by one brother lillard, of Whip3 Cove. More Ian thiriy years ago hejoined le Christian church and has XveJ a consis mt life. Inter in t was m. ie at Pleasant jve. 1 ; Henry Clay Fost. . , Henry C. For, one of Bethel Jtoiuhip's high y esteemed citi es passed aw y at the home of 'k daughter M:v Bertie Heller lHancock. on Sunday morning, igujt 12, 1917, . aged about 78 r. The funeral took place .'ien day, and interment was made ' jhe cemetery at Warfordsburg. .he deceased was a veteran of "k Civil War and a good citizen. wife died about .nine years He is survived, by the foi ling children: Miss Estelle, a fined nurse; Bertie, wife of 'fen Heller, Hancock; Frank T. it, farmer living in Bethel tnsl.ip; Edward, Nina, and -ck at Lonaconing. Two sons, irles and William are dead. I Harvest Home Picnic, -lie annual harvest home pic h the Cove is looked forward With delightful anticipation, i the event in Sloan's woods Friday was no exception to Jileaant occasions of other f. ihe WPnthor woo ftna several hundred DeoDle as- d. Of Cniirap t-Vio Hinnor (. . w j UtllllVl f the spreading branches of pld oaks was not the least eatin5 of the many pleasures' 51. The band furnished mt music, and the speak tade it worth while to sit up fake notice. Mr. C. M. Ray ed, t.nd performed his work 1 The election of officers for y ear resulted in placing the -sibiiity for a good time on vA.Gomerer,W. M. Kendall; ft Duffy, Walter Johnston, y&e.ibit andRoyM.Kend- t) war interference '! customed practices by .w me disturbance of I. both of things to sell and Ies to be purchased, knotty let" ' wnrront the farmer 128 w to may out economical i aoma tiointa that worn - - VT l V ea at the picnic were the ?cjandpr .turage questions F" 14 Pi to fatten cattle Jfwt when the feed can' ? at Wish prices? Shall fw cur land or shall we aJ Por Jble growth to !oii? pr ?er humis 8upp,y s to b understood that JPJ answer can be given f hose who ask questions. I tarmera preaent exactly J.d'tons. This is why .fa education is so to-dnw' tei "J r. Each, man "nine his own needs. , course has been FIFTY-EIGHT DISCHARGED. Local Exemption Board Concluded Their Work of Examinations on Fri day of Last Week. The local exemption board, composed of Sheriff Job L. Gar land, Preaident of board of Coun ty Commissioners Frank M. Lodge, and County Health Offi cer Dr. J. W. Mosser, put in five strenuous days last week, in ex amining and passing upon the physical liability of those called to the military service of the United States. It is a job that came to them, and a responsi bility that few would care to as sume. The board acted consci entiously, and if mistakes were made, they were of the head and not of the heart. Of the 146 examined, the following were exempted or dis charged within the meaning of the rules and regulations pre scribed by the President the Act of Congress approved May 18, 1917. It may be well enough to add here by way of information, that this discharge is not abso lute, as the rules fixing the stan dard has been ehanged so fre quently that some of those ex empted may be recalled. For instance: By the fifst instruc tion itwas necessary for a' man to have two opposing molars on each side. After several had been discharged on this ground, it wa3 ruled that two on one side would do, and then it was re duced to one so, it will not be sure of exemption from service sometime in the future. Members of religious sects op posed to war,1 conscientious ob jectors and all others fighting conscription will be sent to na tional army cantonments regard- ess of their creeds. Once ar rived at camp they will be put to work at tasks other than drill ing and preparing for fighting. The names of those d scharged last week are as follows: Morgan W. Gordon, Ira B. Lake, Jesse B. McClain, Lloyd Price, Baltzer D. Mellott, Samuel 0. Layton, Riley C. Peck, Martin A. Sipes, Michael S. W. Henry, Kussell Deavor, Russell Stevens, Eugene H. Spriggs, Cyrus Johnson, Har ry A. Comerer, Lewis D. Wible, Chas. A; Manning, Harrison M. Shafer, Wm. W. Mellott, H. Eu gene Chesnut, Harry T. Kline, Ralph C. Mellott, George Mellott, Walter R. Gordon, John W. Lay ton, Howard Fisher, Hezekiah Summers, Ward Barnhart, John C. Cooper, David H. Stevens, Wm. A. Golden, Howard A. Miller, Oscar H. Lashley, Orville ivlellott, Elmer V. Mellott, Scott Carmack, . Clarence P. Kelso, Ernest R. Sprowl, Elmer Reed Bivens, David T. Woodcock, Rexie C. Hess, Benj. C. Miley, John W. Palmer, Chas. E. Kline, Chas. G. Sheffield, Wm. N. Feg ley, Lloyd Kline, Stanley Quay Mellott, Carey F. Carlson, Roy R. Laidig, Ira Mellott, John D. Shaw, M. L. Fleming, R. W. Weller, Roy Black, JereKnepper, Francis E. Barber, Ira Mellott, James E. Bishop. Desliong Mellott. . William Henry Harrison Desh ong, near Harrisonville, and Miss Celia Mellott, near Sipes Mills, were married on Sunday, July 29. 1617 at the residence of the officiating minister, J. C. Gar land. ' Preparations for floating a sec ond liberty loan some time this fall have been made-probably about September 15th. found best for a farm, it will be safe in the long run to continue in that course, regardless of the temporary disturbance of the war. If cattle have . been necessary for the maintenance of efficieny of the farm, keep up the practice and risk the chances of "coming out square" on them. The own er will have the satisfaction at the close of the war, that he has not lowered the standard of ' productiveness of his land, ANOTHER VEASS WORK. C'Botj Snpcrintendent Thsmas's Annu al Report to the Department of Public Instruction. In summarizing the work of the past school year, ' I find that sub stantial improvement has been made along a number of lines, and this carries with it pleasant memories of duties performed, although in the performance of these duties the task may have been in some cases an un pleasant one. During the ti.tiro three years of my administration, the great est difficulty has been to get a sufficient number of teachers of good intellectual qualifications. I have passed each year barely enough applicants to fill the school; and, notwithstand;ngthia fact, I still had to issue some weak certificates. In order to obviate this difficulty, to hold our young people in the schools, and thus to increase their intellectu al qualifications, I have insti tuted a series of examinations for the advanced pupils, given at regular intervals during the en tire term. This seems to be elim- nating the above named difficul ty. I now have our schools filled for the ensuing year with a high er grade material than any of the three preceding years; and not only do I not need to search for material to fill vacancies this year as in previous years, but I have a number of well qualified teachers left without schools. I wish to thank the teachers of the county for their effort to hold our young people in the schools, and for encouraging them to take these examinations. By so' do ing, teachers are conferring upon these young people a lasting ben efit and also greatly increasing the educational interests of our county. . Notwithstanding the fact that the corps of teachers elected for the ensuing year is the "tnngert yet elected under ' my super vision, I recognize room for im provement. Under existing high prices for everything purchased, a good corps of teacher cannot bn kept at the present salaries. Sume of the districts seem to be doing about all they can in the way of taxation. The school code imposes upon the districts certain requirements, such as length of school term, building specifications teachers salaries, etc. These must be complied with. The executive authority compels the districts to comply with .these legal requirements; therefore, the legislative author ity should come to the assistance of over-taxed districts with greater appropriations. The activity of directors in the different districts shows evidence of interest in school work. Some times there is a tendency to criti cise and condemn the activities of public officials in the perform ance of their duties. This has a tendency to handicap officials and to prevent progressive move ments dependent upon the initia tive by them. Notwithstanding these obstacles, the school direc tors have done much to make the work of the schools more effec tive. The school board of Belfast district has built a modern up-to date '.one-room building. The directors of this district deserve much credit for this progressive and much needed improvement. The school board of Taylor dis trict has built a' fine one-room building at Hustontown and has fitted it up with modern furniture. This building also reflects great credit upon the board of directors of this district. There are some old wornout buildings in -the county that should be replaced by new ones of the above type. As parents, we try to provide comfortable cozy homes for our children, but here our parental anxiety seems to end. We seem to be' satisfied for our children to sit six hours a day for five days in the week and, at least, seven months in the year, in an old . Red Cross Work. j ; With each week the interest in Red Cross work is increasing. As fast a9 people become ac quainted with its objects' to alle viate suffering and care for those in distress whether in war or in peace, they are anxious to have a part in the work. The following annual members have been added to Fulton Chan ter since our publication day last week: . Mrs. D. H. Fore, Mrs. Geo. Mock, Enoch Kerlin, Nor man J. Kerlin, Mrs. C. E. Gobin, Rush Wagoner, Mrs. John II. Vancleve, Mrs. Amanda Cromer, Etta M. Snyder, Mrs. Cloyd Ker lin, Harvey L. Barmont, C. E. Barmont, Nell Barmont. Rhene Barmont, Newton J. Bard. Geo. W. Wagoner, Jnhn Kelso, Ethel Kendall, Mrs. Ralph Glenn, Viola E. Glenn, Mrs. Rowe Mellott. George A. Buterbaugh, D. E. Crouse, Mrs. Kate A. Patterson, Mrs. Fannie Johnston. Walter II. Johnston, Mrs! Geo. W. Hum bert, Mrs. John Carbaugh, Mrs. Hays Richards. R. J. Mellott. SUUSCUIBIXG MEMBERS. Mrs. II. Barmont, Marie Biv ens, Mrs. S. R. Cromer, Mrs. Samuel H. Pittrnan, Mrs. Wash D. Ktlso, Mrs. C. S. Everhart, Mrs. Mvy J. Kendall. '.ONTRIBUTORS. Mrs. El. -jr Glunt, 23 cents; Ed . Keyser, .'0 cents; Walter Cooper 50 cent .. Some nice apples were sold at Hancock last week for six dollars per barrel. worn-out school-house with brok en plaster, worn-out floor snd no means for ventilation except the chinks made in the building by tinv. Educational facilities advance little beyond educational senti ment. Patrons have largely the power in their own hands to ere ate school sentiment, and for this reason have much to say as to whether or not their children shall sit in comfortable well-ven tilated school buildings. I feel that the directors stand ready to do their part in this matter. The school directors of McCon nellsburg have increased the sal aries of the entire corps of teach ers for the ensuing year. The C. L. S. C. organization of McConnallsburg has placed free of charge to the district, in the McConnellsburg High School library, at a costjof $M0 to the society, a new International En cyclopedia. The society hes suf ficient fends in the treasury with which it intends in the near fu ture, to put in the same library Redpath's History of the World. Each district in the county kept up its educational meetings throughout the entire term. These meetings were well attend ed by the teachers and patrons and were a means for creating educational sentiment and also helping the younger teachers to solve many of the complex prob lems which continually arise in all grades of school work. The county institute held dur ing the week of December 4th, was generally considered success ful. The teachers showed re markable interest during the en tire week. The instructors were Dr. Harlan E. Hall, Cumberland, 0., Dr. Ezra Lehman, Principal Cumberland Valley State Normal SchoolDr. G. Philips, Principal State Normal, West Chester,. Pa'., Prof. Burnham, also from the West Chester State Normal, and Prof. L. B. Furry, Supervising Principal, Johnstown, Pa. In conclusion I wish to extend sincere thanks to directors, teachers, and patrons, and also, to the Department of Public In struction, for valuable assistance during the school year which has just come to a close. Since the above report was written, Governor Brumbaugh has signed the Minimum Salary Act thus removing in part one of the things complained of in this report. J. Emery Thomas, County Supt, FATAL AUTO ACCIDENT. Front Wheel Collapses While Rounding a Curve On Lincoln Highway On Ridge West Of Town. Last Sunday afternoon about 1 o'clock, County Superintendent Thoma3 in his car, accompanied by his little daughter Geraldine, was horrified when he came to the Lincoln Highway at the curve on the Ridge west of McConnells- Durg where the road leaves the Highway fortheMeadowgrounds to find a wrecked Cadillac-8, and three men lying in the road in what seemed to be a dying condition. He hastened to McConnellsburg and sent Doctors Mosser and Robinson to the place of the wreck. The injured men were brought to town, received surgical attention and were taken to Hotel Harris, where one of the men died early Tuesday morning. Joseph Hildebrandt, aged 49 years, proprietor of the Aurora Hotel, McKees Rocks, Pa., in his Cadillac-8 accompanied by Joseph Gastigar, of McKees Rock and Julius Steinwender, of North Side, Pittsburg, left home at 6 o'clock last Sunday morning for atrip to Boston, where Mr. Hilde brandt expected to meet his brother who belongs to the Uni ted States Navy. As they were rounding the curve at theThomas town road at a high rate of speed the outer front wheel of the machine not being able to with stand the strain, collapsed, with the result that the machine turn ed a complete summersault alighting right side up. It was Mr. Hildebrandt the driver that was most seriously hurt, and that died from his injuries. Mr, Gatigar's left leg was terribly mangled, and he was otherwise bruised. Mr. Steinwender, while painfully bruised about the face, escaped with the least in jury, and was able to leave for home Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Hildebrandt reached Mc Connellsburg Tuesday noon. An automobile hearse came here from Pittsburgh Tuesday even ing and took the remains to Mc Kees Rocks, where the funeral will take place on Saturday. Mr. Gastigar is at the Hotel Harris and will not be able to be removed until his leg heals. While there are many sharp curves on the Lincoln Highway in Fulton county not sharper normore dangerous, than in other sections of the Lincoln Highway in the State-this is the first fatal automobile accident to be charged to the County. With a traffic on the Lincoln Highway averaging a car for every minute and a half during much of the time, the great won der i3, that there are so few ac cidents. ' Had Narrow Escape. From last week's Hancock News we learn that Clarence Daniels, Elmer Cain and Burton Weaver, three young men draft ed from Hancock, who were on their way to .oonesboro to be ex amined, had narrow escape from being kii.'od. Wednesday morning of last wtsk when a W. M. passenger train struck the au tomobile in which they were rid ing, while crossing the tracks at he passenger station in Hagers town. The men were badly cut and bruised about their bodies and the car was completely de molished. That thier lives were saved is nothing short of miracu lous. Rode Ti j Fast One day last week, two men on a motorcycle came up the east side of Tuscarora mountain at such rapid gait that they could not make the curve in the Lincoln Highway a short distance west of Seylaf 's restaurant and they ran over the bank. One? of the men left some of the skin of his nose on a rock, but that wa9 about the extent of the damages. Subscrioe for the Naws. MORE HEN CALLED. One Hundred and. Fifty Additional Hen Will Apperar Before Exemption Board Next Week. With the five days strenuous work last week, and the ex amination of 18 men called for military service, the local Ex emption Board find it necessary to call at least 150 more of the CG8 men drawn in this ' county. Beginning with Number 149(Ab ner Shives) thirty men will ap pear before the board on Mon day, the next thirty on Tuesday, and so on. It is very probable that some of those discharged last week will be called back, on account of changes in the regula tions. With reference to a discharge upon the plea of dependency, the latest ruling says: "A clear case of dependency ordinarily renders discharge ad visable, because, since the draft ed person loses his civil income and thus loses his means of sup port, the wife is left without, and this lack of support is the effect which the. act aims to avoid. . But wherever such effect does not in fact follow, and the wife is not left without reason ably adequate support, but will receive such support from other sources, there is no real depend ency rendering discharge advis able. "The followingjclasses of cases are within this ruling: "A WIFE AND CHILDREN "1. Where the parents or other relatives of the wife or the hus band are able, ready, and will ing to provide adequate support for her (and children, if any) during the absence of the hus band. "2. Where the-wife owns land which has produced income by the husband's labor, but which could with reasonable certainty be rented during his absence, to other persons so as to produce an adequate support. "3. Where there exists some arrangement by which the sal ary or wage of the husband is continued, in whole or in part, by third persons, being employ ers or iusurers or others, and such portion of the salary or wage, either alone or with allot ment of his soldier's pay or with other definite income, will fur nish a reasonably adequate sup port." Bicyclist KilLd. Samuel Beattie, of Franklin county, was almost instantly killed one day last week while riding his bicycle on the left hand side of the Lincoln High way, on a hill at a point about three miles east of Chambersburg. He did not see the approaching bicycle that was coming down the hill until too late to take his proper place in the road and he was knocked from his wheel and killed. This is the third time the News has had occasion to call attention to the crime of riding or driving on the left hand side of the Lincoln Highway. We are speaking from personal observa tion also when we warn against tne practice. Unfortunately it is not always the offenders who suffer. Our Potato Crops. . According to Statistician L. H. Wible's monthly crop and live stock report, Fulton county's potato crop for this year will be a little more ..than one-fourth greater than the average. This relatively small addition should not be difficult to care for, and it is hoped that effort will be made to hold them out of the hands of speculators until the long delayed food control law can be put into effect We predict that the United States will become a buyer of surplus necessities and t-hnno wVift trnvn awnv'thpir nnta. toes to speculators at thirty-five cents a bushel will be sorry, or at least regret that they did not give their Uncle Sam first chance. HNE MUSIC. Hundreds' of People listen to Sacred Concert Given by Qneen , Cit; , j , Band Last Sunday, i ' i i Tuscarora Heights,' 2210. feet above sea level, and situated on the Lincoln Highway, three and K k one-half miles east of McCon nellsburg, has won the 'admira tion of thousands of tourists for its clear bracing air so free frorp gases, smoke, dust, or other ad ulterants that must of necessity be inhaled in cities or towns; for its sparkling water filtered by nature through the great beds of pure white mountain sand," and for the great sweep of vision that carries you over four states and gives you an opportuity'tq look down on numerous rnoun- ' tains and vL w the beautiful in-. tervening vaileys. ' ; M Last Sunday by previous ar rangement, the Queen City Band of Chambersburg, one of the finest musical organizations, in! the Cumberland valley, gave one of their delightful sacred con-' certs at the Smith , restaurant , about two hundred yards east of' the summit, to an audience of1 about two thousand persons. A visitor counted 212 automo: biles on the ground at one timei . but machines were coming and 1 ' going all the tine. Had the con-,' cert been given from the pavil-1 lion, the vast crowd would have ' been much better accommodated " but as the Smith people had put 3 up the money for the band, it was only right that they should ' ' have something to say about the place the concert should be giv- -. , en. ' Notwithstanding the extended grade on each side of the moun- .', tain and the congested traffic on " the roads; there were no serious accidents. H. A. Logue, signal ' engineer of the C. V. It. R. of Chambersburg, took his family" and Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Clarkjto '.''j the concert , While the band was playjng and the rest of the party ' were out of the car, Mr. Logue "j thought it a good time to turn. : t He drove down the west side of the mountain a few hundred yards, and in attempting to make 'i the turn the machine ran over ' the lower side of the road. He . , jumped to safety before it made . the plunge. Fortunately a tree stopped it and it went but a car ) length off the road, It was pull-. ( . ed back, little damaged. - ' D. Allday, a neighbor of Mr. Logue heard of this mishap and .. with his daughter, Savillia, went ' to the scene -to help. He stop- ped his new sedan car on a grade . but the brakes did not hold, and '" the car began to move, towards ' " the road edge. Seeing this Mr. . Allday jumped in to save his ' daughter by applying the foot j brake. He could not stop the ,t car and it went over the side. i He guided it into a tree and this stopped its jJjnge, after it had run about icrty feet One front 1 . wheel was broken and a fender ' mashed, but the two occupants , were unhurt. Two-Dollar Wheat. ' Well can many of us remember when it did not pay to raise wheat in the East except to pre serve the crop rotation and for the straw. However, during re cent years, dollar wheat paid a little profit as long as the charges for farming remained lower than at present The food control law recently signed by the Presi dent insures the farmer a mini mum price of two dollars for all the wheat ha can raise. He may get more, but he is . guaranteed two dollars per bushel. This in sures sufficient profits to encour age the growing of adequate war supplies of wheat With the price fixed and overhead charges that go with farming today, two dollar wheat will not greatly crowd other crops, Corn and grains for feeding will continue to be grown on even a larger scale than before the war. t I f. I! I'. '. t s;ii
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