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: VOLUME 18
McCONNELLSBURG, PA., SEPTEMBER G. 1917.
NUMBER 51
RECORD OF DEATHS.
t Sketches of ffaQ Lives of Per
i sons Who Bare Recently .
I Passed Away. '
W Catherine E. Weaver.
Mrs. Catherine Everts Weaver,
Mnor' nf the late John Weaver,
gd at her home near Hancock
l Sunday, August Zbth alter i
,ffprinff illness of almost a year,
;ed, 72 years, 2 months and 18
WJ.
Funeral services were held on
7ednesday, conducted by her
ator Rev. T. M. Dickey of the
'ancock M. E. charge. Inter
wt was made in the Tonoloway
intist Cemetery
Mrs. Weaver's maiden name
ras Everts, daughter of the late
' icob and Elizabeth Ann Everts,
Fulton county, Pa. Forty
rjnie years ago she was united in
arriageto John Weaver, of near
Uncock, at which place she lived
' remainder of her days. To
jia union five children were
' jfD, four of whom survive:
"jseph, of Cumberland, Md; Ab
irr, of Fulton county, Pa, Benja
ziin, and Annie, wife of Charles
Cor sell, at home. Also by one
'roiher and two sisters, , Ella,
ife of James flhi ves, of Wash
gton county, Md; Nettie, wife
fjseph Shav, of Pittsburgh,
i, and John, of Fulton county
::.d will be remembered there by
any of the older residents,
. here she spent her girlhood
tyi. She was a consistent
cember of the M. E. church for
i number of years.
Mither Weiver wa3 possessed
of akind and affectionate disposi
'on which endeared her to all
bo knew her, akind and loving
fe and mother, a good neigh
ii eer ready and willing to go
-d lend a helping hand wherever
:ad whenever needed. Hancock
' William S. Gracey.
Willun S. Grscey, oce of Tay
' township's most highly es
- eaed citizans, passed away at
e N,on Hospital at Roaring
"prinp. Pa., on Monday, Septenv
3, 1317, aged about 62 years.
Mr. Gracey bad been in usual
:ahh until Tuesday night of
"tW(Hi. When he suffered
uuac; of strangulation of the
mU. Oa Wednesday he .was
' ao to the hospital and operat
i npoi, and death came on the
wing Monday. The funeral
;;1 t.le place at 10:30 this
miDft and interment will be
-it at Center,
t Gracey was married to
3Iounj.est sister of ex-Com
iionur John Stunkard, who
;7lVes. together with the fol
cl.ililren: Nora, wile of
- De Ikrgstresser at Water--R-iyn
ond, married to one of
m U inry's daughters and
I t lMcairn; and Jesse and
3n at ho one.
dtcmsod was a Bon of
J, and Ilettie Sprowl
"7, ani he leaves the follow
joiners and sisters: Samuel,
"ciot; Robert, Philadelphia;
Trough Creek Valley;
l'e of Frank
.'""'f, and Ida, wife o
aa Mioway, New Grenada,
Of
3s Sarah A. Dafler.
1 &v" Alluon Truax Daf
3d aUur home near Pea--.'
n , August 16, 1917,
bout 52 years. Besides
Jsl)"'i, she is survived by
uowm brothers an$ sis
9 1,iih county: Martin L.
Truax, Mrs. An-?h,ves-
Mrs. Emma KeU
"B;i--bara Gordon, M
rs.
-'w-v, onade Truax.
and
She was also
an
' Sam Hess and
her
Dr. Blair Truax-
the
""a her funeral.
l"e before her death,
- .i miured
y Prom this iir
)in developed, but
one
ijury
v r uuvauo
Wwa' t about the bouse
Of f rn tnk C7.
she
vucii tier
to at the house
Clop.lt '
uo Huernoon and
nerby field, When he
Bob McCandlish at Fort Myer.
Last week's Hancock News
says that R. J. McCandish, who
left the Cashier's desk in the
First National Bank at Hancock,
to offer his services to Uncle Sam
is now at Fort Myer taking a
course of intensive training to fit
himself for command in the new
army.
Being a commissioned officer in
Uncle Sam's army is not as
much of a cinch as it mieht an-
pear. It takes about the first
two months' pay for equipment.
A first lieutenant's salarv is $2.-
000 a year. A second lieutenant
commands $1,700 Uniforms
alone cost from 440 to $ir,n.
Few makers of officers' overcoats
sk less than $45 and as hiffh hh
$100 a garment. Leather goods
of all kinds have been doubled
unng the last eighteen months.
Ordinary army shoes sold for
$3.50 a little more than a year
ago. Now the same "kicks"
are worth from $7 to & 50, Put
tees in some cases have tripled in
price.
Only commissioned officers are
required to buy their own eauiD-
ment. Supplies, including cloth-,
ing, are furnished non-commis
sioned officers and privates by
the government.
. Do Yoa Get The NEWS.
Now, that our boys are leav
ing home to enter upon the ac
tivities of the War, new interest
in the great world struggle is
being awakened, and every
family in the County will want
to keep in touch with them and
with the progress of the great
war. During the eighteen years
of the existence of the News it
has been the supreme object of
its publisher to make it indispen
sable to the homes of the people
living in the County, and to oth
ers bound to County by ties of na
tivity. The fact that it goes into
probably twice as many homes as
any other paper published in the
County is an evidence of the
value of the paper. No effort
will be spared to make the News
a medium of communication be
tween the boys in camp and the
home folks, and it will be worth
while for every family in the
County to see to it that the News
comes into the home every week.
Many new names have been ad
ded to our subscription list during
the last few weeks.
returned he found ber lying at
the foot of the porch steps dead.
She, had fallen and struck her
head on the corner of one of the
stooo steps fracturing ber skull
Miss Nannie Mellott.
Miss Nannie Mellott died at
her home in Belfast township
Wednesday, August 22nd, the
day following the death of her
mother whose obituary appear
ed two weeks ago. Miss Nannie
was aged 35 years and is surviv
ed by her father S. D. Mellott
and one brother Albert, of Phil
adelphia, and three sisters Jessie
wife of Bennett Mellott, Lizzie,
wife of A. C. Truax and Nettie
at home, all of Belfast township.
The deceased was a member of
the Christian church and was
held in high esteem by her
many acquaintances.
Interment was made in the
Cedar Grove cemetery August
23rd. Funeral services were con
ducted by Rev. J. R. Logue.
Wooster. '
Mrs. Mary Wooster, formely of
Harrisonville, Pa., died at the
home of Mrs. Fred Wertman,
of Hancock, Md., last Sunday and
her remains were brought to the
Green Hill Presbyterian church
Tuesday and were laid to rest in
the adjoining cemetery. Funeral
services were conducted by Rev.
J. L. Yearick. , Mrs. Wooster
was aged 73 years and was the
last of her family and has no im
mediate survivors. For several
years she made her home with a
girl she raised, at whose home she
died.
Soldiers' Reunion.
Owing to rain, the program
arranged for the 1917 Soldiers'
Reunion was not carried out. A
crowd of almost record breaking
size greeted the Veterans in the
forenoon. A feature o f . t h e
day was 'the presence of an un
usual number of small children.
Perhaps thfs was a protest
against a repetition of last year's
edict forbidding the assemblage
of children at public meetings.
Another feature was the in
creased number of autos parked
by the hundreds in the erove.
This feature alone has chamred
the appearence of the grove more
than anything else during the
past ten years.
After dinner, the speakers be
gan taking their places, but Old
Boreas evidently thought that
he had better get busy along the
line of food conservation after
what he Baw consumed in Hood's
Grove that day. Accordingly,
he tilted over his watering can
and let the contents spread over
the fields and gardens with a
large surplus to run down the
backs of ths thousands attending
the picnic. After it was realiz
ed that all were in for a good
ducking, the good natured crowd
started out to make the best of
the situation by poking fun at
each other, each claiming that
the other presented a more re-'
diculous appearance than he or
she. No doubt that the milliners
of the county are doing a rushing
business repairing damages to
milady's headgear.
A Pretty Wedding.
v
On Saturday at twelve o'clock
in the Leister House Parlor in
Huntingdon, Prof. J. Martin Bar
ley, of Bakers Summit and Miss
Zola F. Gibson, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Gibson, of Wells
Tannery, were united in marriage
by the Rev. W. W. Willard, of
Warriorsmark. The bride's fath
er and mother stood with them
and the beautiful ring ceremony
of the Methodist Episcopal church
was used. The groom has been
a teacher in the public schools
at Loysburg, Pa., for the past
two years and the bride is one
of the most respected and esti
mable young women in her home
community. After dinner at
the Leister house the happy
couple left for Harrisburg and
Atlantic City where they will
spend several weeks. When the
couple return from their bridal
trip, Mr. Barley will offer his
services to the Army. The
friends of both young people
wish them long and continued
happiness.
S. W. Kirk Appointed.
Governor Brumbaugh has nam
ed lawyers in every draft dis
trict to take exemption , appeals
from the local to the district
board. These lawyers represent
the government and it is their
business to see that when the
appeals go from the local to the
district boards all of the facts
are made a part of the record.
All exemptions granted by the
local boards on the grounds of
dependency are appealed by the
government to the district boards
as a matter of routine. Among
the lawyers appointed is Hon.
S. W. Kirk of McConnellsburg,
who will handle the appeals
from the exemption board of
this county.
ShearerForeman.
Mr. Orville E. Shearer, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shearer, of
Bedford, and Miss Altha Mary
Foreman, daughter of Mr. John
Foreman, of Maryland, were
married on August 29, 1917, at
the M. E. parsonage in McCon
nellsburg, by the Rev. Edward
Jackson.
C. L. S.C. to Organize.
The Chautauqua Literary and
Scientific Circle will meet in the
home of Mrs. C. B. Stevens this
evening to organize for the fall
and winter weekly meetings.
SOLDIER BOYS APPRECIATIVE.
Letter of Thanks to McConnellsburg
Ladies for Thoughtful Gifts Sent
a Few Weeks Ago.
Fabens, Texas, Aug. 1917.
Kind McConnellsburg
Frjends: It is with no little ap
preciation that I am sending the
thanks of our cavalry troop to
the ladies of McConnellsburg for
their kindness in supplying the
young men in our Troop with
"Housewives." A "housewife"
is a sewmg kit, composed of a
cas.3 of folding pockets contain
ing needles, thread, thimble, but
tons, scissors, pins, safety pins,
etc., just what a soldier would
have almost daily use for. Of
a surety you have in this way,
lightened the burden that is
placed upon the shoulders of each
soldier who has taken his place
among the defenders of our Na
tion, because these same little
gifts contain absolute necessities
that each soldier should have.
You can be sure of the fact that
each man who was lucky enough
to receive one of those "House
wives" is happy in the realization
that tV? ladies of your town have
so kii.d!y remembered them.
These a wing kits, as I would
call them, re absolute necessities
of a soldiei, because of the fact
that each ma. is required to keep
his clothes in repair and unless
the good women who are left at
home, supply these needs, it is
all the harder for our soldiers to
have the comforts while attend
ing to their duty to the land that
we have all learned to love and
the land for whom we as soldiers
are willing and ready to defend
and if need be, to give up our
lives. When I came South and
joined this Division of Cavalry,
I found the fellows who were
already here in need of a great
many things and I made up my
mind that.it was my duty to at
least try and supply those needs
and so I wrote to all of my friends
up North, to lend a hand and I
am glad to say that in every
case, the call was heard and the
many needs were supplied. I
found upon coming to the Troop,
that very few of the boys had
Bibles or any religious literature
and so I sent to the Christian
Endeavor Society and the Church
of which I was a member, and
stated my request and in the
course of a week or bo the Bibles
came and I distributed them
among the boys. At first, I
feared they would not want them
but to my great surprise as well
as satisfaction, each one wanted
one and so in the next few days,
I had to send for more. It would
have done your heart good to see
the boys in the eventide when
their drilling for the day was
over. There to my great sur
prise, I found several of them
that were not afraid of the jeers
of the other fellows and they
were reading the little Bibles
that I had given them.
Well, I was awfully happy
that night and then a couple of
evenings later, some of the boys
came to me 'and told me that they
had found a part of the Bible
that they could not understand
and I tried as best I could to give
them my idea of it. The verse
was "Believe on the Lord, Jesus
Christ, and thou shalt be saved."
Well I was not satisfied ' with
the explanation that I had given
them and so I sent to our Pastor
at home and had him write an
explanation of the verse. The
boys could not see why that a
person could be saved by the
believing on the Lord, Jesus
Christ, but when I read the let
ter to them that our Pastor had
written, they began to see that
it was not nearly as easy as it
.seemed at first and that there
was a great deal more to be done
before a person could be sure
that they were saved. But now,
I am happy in fact that we have
a little church started and when
the Officers saw that we were in
earnest, they sent to Washington
and had a chaplain sent, who
Canning Demonstration a Great Success.
The women of Fulton County
were given the great privilege
this week of observing vegetable
canning demonstrations given by
Miss Ruth K. Whiting, who is
one of the twenty-three demon
strators sent out all over the
state this summer by the Home
Economics Extension Department
of State College.
Demonstrations were given at
McConnellsburg, Buck Valley,
Needmore, Fort Littleton and
Hustontown. The way they
came with their vegetables and
jars showed that Fulton County
women are alert and eager to
learn what they can of the latest
approved methods in canning.
Tomatoes, beans, corn, beets,
peas and carrots were canned
and it was most forcibly shown
that canning vegetables success
fully does not depend upon an
ideal equipment, but upon the
intelligent use of such things as
one has at hand.
Last Bpring the word "plant"
seemed to be the most popular
word in the English language.
Then later on in the season the
popularity was passed od to the
word "can." In order that these
perishable foods might be utilized
to the best advantage, a food
conservation campaign was be
gun. Vegetables are more dif
ficult to can successfully than
fruits, so we were helped over
this difficulty by the State,
through the canning demonstra
tors that are sent out. After
each demonstration Miss Whiting
distributed bulletins of instruc
tions, which she had followed in
detail. Every woman in the
County should have a series, and
those who do not now possess
one can get one from Mr. W. R.
Sloan of McConnellsburg.
According to the interest and
co-operation manifested by the
women of the County it will be
difficult to tell December from
August were we to judge the
time of year by the different
kinds of vegetables we will like
ly see on many tables, Aside
from these vegetables forming a
very important part of one's
diet, it makes the demand upon
commercially canned foods less
and this leaves a great amount
to be used for our own soldier
boys as well as the Allies.
Miss Whiting was accompanied
on her tour by Miss Minnie Reis-
ner and Mr. W. R. Sloan, Exe
cutive Secretary of the Commit
tee of Public Safety for Fulton
County. Miss Reisner had charge
of the registration cards for the
food conservation campaign, and
again we may well be proud of
the fine and patriotic response by
the women of Fulton County.
When the women of the nation
recognize this great food problem
as their problem much time will
be saved in winning the war.
And when this great struggle has
ended and democracy has been
made safe for the world, the wo
men of our county will be proud
to tell the next generation how
they joined forces with the other
women of th - .nation, and helped
win the greatt.v: of all conflicts,
not by fighting W the trenches,
but by lining up as soldiers in
the food conservation campaign.
Riiburriho for ttaa News
could teach the boys and so now
we have a great little church,
and our services are fine. It
keeps the better side of life on
the minds of the boys while
they are far away from loved
ones and friends and from the
church that they were used to
going before they joined the
army. And so I say that any
little thing that can be done for
the soldiers is not a waste of
time, but instead is a great
kindness.
Best regards to the people of
McConnellsburg from the mem
bers of Troop "E", 8th. United
States Cavalry.
Respectfully,
Samuel G. Ferguson,
Trooper. (
High Purpose.
The Sabbath School lesson for
September 9th is taken from the
first chapter of the book of Dan
I lln T-v mm
iei. uui uamei purposed in
his heart that he would not de
file himself with the portion of
the King's meat, nor with the
wine which he drank." What
a splendid thing it would be if
every boy and girl would have
instilled into them the principles
of righteousness as young Daniel
had! No doubt that Daniel's
parents had obeyed the command
of God in regard to teaching
their children His commandments
and laws. They were command
ed to teach them diligently and
frequently. "Thou shalt teach
them diligently when thou sittest
in thy house and when thou walk
est abroad." At least Daniel
was able to say "No" when the
test came to violate his conscience
and to cast aside his early religi
ous training, and from the mom
ent he declared his purpose he
began to climb to fame, honor
and power and won an immortal
place in history.
God will honor those who hon
or Him. It is to bo hoped that
every Sabbath school superintend
ent and every teacher will pre
pare himself to teach this
lesson in the most earnest and
emphatic manner possible, that
the idea of a high purpose in life
may be riveted upon the minds
and hearts of the pupils so that
when they go out into life with
its temptations and stern realiti
es they will have built up for
themselves a character that will
stand tne test, tor, be sure
that time will come to every one
in life, and if ever the rising
generation needed the guardian
ship of maturer years it is now.
People (thoughtful people) every
where are deploring the demor
alizing effect rum and the war
are having upon the young. Let
us do what we can to raise up a
man and woman like Daniel and
Hannah.
C. J. Brewer,
Temperance Supt, Fulton Coun
ty Sabbath School Association.
Preliminary Meeting.
The first preliminary meeting
oi tne teacners lor tne ensuing
Ait i m .
term in Fulton county was held
at Harrisonville on Saturday,
September 1st. Superintendent
J. Emory Thomas called the
meeting to order and Prof.
Lewis Harris was elected presi
dent. '
Drill was the first subject dis
cussed. It was agreed that
some well defined course of drill
should be followed so that at
the end of each day, week, and
month, a satisfactory answer
may be had to the question
What have I taught."
In the discussion pf spelling,
the phonetic method was empha
sized. The phonetic and object
method for teaching reading was
advocated, but the Fulton county
teachers seem to have found the
word method most satisfactory
during the first two months, to
be followed by the alphabetic
method as the surest of success.
After each discussion, and at
the close of the meeting, Prof.
Thomas gave very valuable sug
gestions. Teachers present
were: Lewis Harris, A. E. De
shong, John Kelso, Kenneth
Glazier, Harvey Raker, Stanley
Humbert, Willis Daniels, Scott
Alexander, Wilmer Mason, Jane
Cromer, Gertrude Gelvin, Esther
Welsh, Retha Mellott, CoraNes
bit, Jessie Cutchall, Edith Fix,
Rebecca Hockinsmith, Hazel
Reeder, Myrtle Alloway, Dorothy
Kirk, Maye Pittman, Daisy
Strait, Hazel McQuade,- Thelma
Metzler, Vernona Mellott, Alice
Cutchall, and Anna Howard.
Alice Cutchall, Sec.
Peculiar Accident.
A load of oats belonging to
Hughes Collins, of Bed ford coun
ty caught fire one day last week
while it was on the way to the
thresher and was nearly destroy
ed before the blaze could be ex
tinguished. '
PLAN FOR SEED CORN NOW.
It Should Be Taken From Stalks Stand
ing Where Tbej Grew, Be
. fore Cutting.
The acre yield of corn in the
United States could and should
be greatly increased, according
to the,United States Department
of Agriculture, which states that
the proper selection of seed is of
primary importance in improving
the yield. The average produc
tion for the country is 26 bushels
an acre, though yields as high as
200 bushels have been made by
contestants in boys' corn clubs.
Seed corn should be selected
from stalks standing where they
grew, according to the corn
specialists of the department
This is necessary because it is the
means of making sure that the
seed will have the power to yield
well, as shown by the superiority
of the stalks over surrounding
ones that grew under the same
conditions. This sort of seed in
herits high producing power.
It must be understood, says
the department, that like pro
duces like, and that an early-
maturing corn yielding abund
antly on Bhort, thick stalks is
likely to repeat these same char
acters in the next generation.
For example, seed corn should be
taken from stalks without suck
ers; such seed may produce some
stalks with suckers, but it will
invariably produce fewer suckers
than seed from sucker-bearinff
stalks.
All seed corn should be select-
ed by hand, as a special task,
and not incidental to husking.
The corn should be gathered as
soon as thoroughly mature and
before the first hard freeze.
Enough should be gathered for
two seasons' planting, to insure
a supply of seed, if, for example,
the first planting ia drowned out,
or if the next crop should be hurt
by early frost.
Two Million Bushels Increase.
An increase of over two million
bushels in the buckwheat crop
of Pennsylvania is indicated by
the figures compiled by the Penn
sylvania Department of Agri
culture from the reports on the
condition of the crop early this
month. The estimate places the
crop for this season at 6,440,000
bushels as compared with 4,480,-
000 bushels last year.
When the appeal by Secretary
of Agriculture Patton to the
farmers to increase buckwheat
acreage went out it was accom
panied by the announcement that
seed could be furnished by the
Department at Harrisburg at
cost and many bushels were sent
to all parts of the state. In
many counties where buckwheat
had not been grovn before, the
farmers responded to the call and
an increase of fifteen per cent
In the acreage for the entire State
is shown in the reports. Last
year the acreage was 279,970
acres while this year 322.000
acres will be harvested.
There i3 not one county in the
entire State that has not reported
an increase in acreage and aver
ages of increase run from seven
to hftv-seven per cent Some of
the counties showing increase of
twenty per cent, and over are:
Allegheny, Beaver, Bedford,
Blair, Cambria, Elk. Erie. Fay
ette. Fulton, Greene, Lawerence,
Mckean, bchuylkill. Somerset.
Susquehanna, and Westmoreland,
' Our Sheep Suggestions.
Experts claim that the best .
time for Pennsylvania farmers
to buy sheep is in the fall, unless
purebred stock is wanted. If
wool and mutton sheep are want
ed, the place to, look for the ewes
is in the West where grades of
profitable type are raised by the
thousands.
We suggest that enough Ful
ton county farmers get together
to send a buyer West to secure
several car loads or more if
wanted, We know that sheep
are wanted by many since the
price of wool has soared to pres
ent heights and we do not believe 1
money could be spent in a better
way than to re-stock fuiton
county with sheep this fall.