jrottott VOLUME 19 McCONNELLSBURG, PA., SEPTEMBER 20, 1917. NUMBER 1 A RECORD OF DEATHS. wSetde! of the Uves of Per tons Who Dave Recently Passed Away. Geo. E. Mayne. ,m Altoonu Times Sept. 16lh. George E. Mayne, aged 54 eSTSi One Ui wc ucot niiuwu IB- red hotelmen in Blair county, ed suddenly at his home, 2529 avenue, at 4 o clock yes lrday afternoon, following a lort illness of pleuro pneumonia. edisease followed Mr. Mayne's intracting a heavy cold while offing the lawn at his home it Friday. Recently he had en conducting a real estate id mortgage business at hjs sidence, having one room set irt, as an office. Mr. Mayne, who was born at iConnellsburg, Fulton county, ril 29, 18G3, came to Altoona iven years ago after success !y conducting the American use Hollidaysburg for twelve an For five years prior to it he had been clerk at the ant House in this city and for o years earlier had been em yed at the Arlington hotel rone, as a clerk. ifter leaving Altoona, Mr. yoe moved to the county cap where he purchased the lerican House, then one of best known hotels in this tion where he was very suc iful in the conducting of the iness of the hostelry. The deceased was the son of jxander and Mary Hoover !ne. On March 19, 1892, he married at Huntingdon' to White, of this city, and to Bunion were born three daugh- Jwho with Mrs. Mayne sur I. They are: Mrs. H. M. per, Mifflin, and Misses Oliv MdMilla, both at home. Four ithers and two sisters also sur Jas follows: Frank, Shelby," Thomas and Samuel, Dun ion; Rev. Charles, Griswold, ;Mrs. Minnie Buckley, Shelby .and Miss Anna at home of father at Fort Littleton Ful scounty. J I.N. CULP. fae N. Culp aged 85 years I at his home at Walesboro, I September 5, 1917 ofparaly- He leaves a wife and six ren. e deceased was a native of isylvania having been born Shippensburc. I October 17, 1865 he mar 'Jane C. Kerlin daughter of te James Kerlin, of Clear ft and in 1873 they moved 8diana. To the union nine Jen were born six of whom !ve. They are Hostpr f and Goldie, of Columbus! ames of North Vernon, field of Ladoga, Ind., Eddleman of Martins Ind. ne time tho naAnnnAy ....... ,a - "' wtcaacu was J surveyor of this county e also taught school for, a Of years BRING WHEAT NOW. An Appeal to Farmers From High Transportation Authority to Get J Township Auxiliary. Mollowintr noiv,nj Fji of the Taylor town- f fed Cross Association: Caorah pans, Miss Fern f?J. V- G. Wink, Mrs. . filter, Chesnut Alloway, f f". Mrs. John Hoover! J Mr". dei"' Mi33 NeIli C K Laidig' Z3ck jt Shaw, Frank Sta?A, Vallance- Mrs- W Olitipa Keebaugh, w t:j; J- Barton, Mrs. A M. P.:; 7 .VHestUt, J taciC A?ir mbei w. ..01,ul. wrs, 'HnL'W Whi Wm. Rev. ft. Robert M. irson, Jas. litfield. Chesnut, Fairfax Harrison Chairman of the Railroad war board, author izes the following: - We are assnred that the price of wheat determined by the President will be maintained throughout the year by the Food administration and that there can be no objective in holding wheat. In fact the farmer saves interest and deterioration by marketing early. "At the present time the rail ways can handle more wheat to storage points for ready distribu tion and to mills to be manufae tured into flour for domestic con sumption ana exportation to our allies, where it is much needed, and for which ships are available at ports. The railways wish to appeal to the farmers to bring their wheat to market now. Lat er in the fall the handlinir of many more products will cause cangestion and delay. The rail . i ways are now Deing operated in common to serve the entire com munity. The demands for move ments of military and supplies will be an increasing burden Therefore the railways must have the cooperation of the entire community." "SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE." Huston, No Flaw Picked. When the commissioners of the general assembly to the Pres byterian Church met in Dallas, Texas, it passed the Woman Suf frage resolution, as everybody knows. Presbyterian press com ment on the subject says that "the boldest prophet for suffrage did not anticipate one week be forehand that this body, which had consistently turned down a similar resolution, would think of passing a suffrage resolution at an assembly meeting in th-e South." When Dr. Rendall introduced the resolution he asked Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman, the moderator elect, to give ample time for dis cussion so that if there was one man in the audience who could pick a flaw in the resolution he might have his chance. Dr. Chapman waited three minutes amid dense silence; then the vast assembly broke into cheers and the suffrage resolution was pass ed by a vote of three to one. From Camp Hancock. Corporal John C. Bishop, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Bishop, of Ayr township, is a member of Company C, 8th Penna., Infan try. Only a few days ago, he with his company left Chambers burg, and they are now quarter ed at Camp Hancock, near Au gusta, Ga. His company saw service on the Border last year. In a recent letter, John says: "Our camp is about six mile3 from Augusta. There is a lot of difference between this camp and the one we had last year down in Texas. We have the sand here, but not the cactus, and it is not nearly so hot. "We are all well and enjoying camp life." Any of his friends who may wish to write him should address Corp. John C. Bishop, Co. C, 8th Penna, Inf., Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ca. Farm Changes Hands. Our old friend Joseph H. Co valt, of Thompson township, was a pleasant caller at the News of fice while in town last Saturday. Mr. Covalt was conveying the ti tle to his real estate to Bethuel C. Powell, who will take posses sion about the first of November. The farm, many, many years ago was known as the old Peter Peck farm, and later belonged to "Little John". Peck. It after ward passed into the hands of Joseph H. Covalt's father, the late Isaac F. Covalt, who owned and lived upon it until his death. Dr. Sappington Tells Something of the Attention Given to a Wounded Soldier. I will briefly describe the route of a wounded man from the time he is hit in the trenches, or in "No Man's Land" as the strip between the opposing armies is called. We divide them into two class es: Walking wounded, and Stretcher cases. The man wound ed, but not so badly but that he can walk, goe3 back to his Battal ion Aid Post, which is located at the Battalion headquarters. Here is the Battalion Medical oilicor in a splinter proof, made of sand bags and corrugated iron, but it is not shrapnel proof, however. The officer gives the wound its first dressing, and the man goes on, passing the Advanced Dress ing station, until he come to the Main Dressing statjon, where his wound may be re-dressed. He is now sent to the Walking Wounded collecting station. He i3 then picked up by a lowy or ambulance, generally the former (as the ambulance is kept for stretcher cases) and taken to the casualty clearing station. This is well back out of danger, and here they operate for any for eign body. If the wound is but slight, he may be sent back to his battalion, or to the corps Rest station. Usually slightly wound ed cases never get this far, but are shipped back to the Main Dressing station. a aireicner case is , picked up by the battalion stretcher bearers (men from each battalion trained while in rest), who carry him back to the battalion aid post. where he is dressed; and, incase of a fracture, a Thomas splint is applied. Then the ambulance bearers take him to the Ad v. Dr. Station; and should the Medical Officer of the battalion be too busy to have applied a splint, it is done here. He is then taken by wheel- stretchers or bearers (who. in the last "push" were Hun pris' oners) to the main Dressing Sta tion. If the shelling is not too severe and we are not too crowd ed, we may keep them until night. This, of course, all de pends upon the number and the kind of country we are in. The Advanced Dressing Station is usually a dug-out and shell-proof. On account of the fact that the water is so close to the surface in the country here, we have much trouble in getting places for advanced dressing stations. After the patient) gets to the main dressing station he is placed on an ambulance and taken to the Casualty Clearing Station. Here he is kept and operated up on, or dressed, if an operation is not needed. If he is able to be moved, he is put on the hospital train, which fills up at the Cas ualty Clearing Station and is sent to the Base Hospital for treatment. All cases are'given anti-tetanus antitoxin at the advance dress ing station dosage 500 to 1500 units according to the severity of the wound. The casualty clear ing station can accommodate 1000 patients and the walking wound ed and head cases are sent to one and the other kind of stretcher cases to the other casualty sta tion. The head cases are kept at that station about ten days be fore being evacuated. Forty percent, die at the casualty clear ing station. At the Base hospital, the man is operated on if he has not been at the C. C. S.', and if it is a wound of any size, and he is not running a temperature over 100 he is sent over to England as soon as he can leave usually in three days. Slight wounds that will be well in two or three weeks are kept until they need no further dressing, and then sent to a convalescent cm?, and from there back to the line. Lieut. W. F. Sappington, 61st Field Amb., B. E. F., France. OFF FOR CAMP LEE Second Installment of Fulton County Quota Will Leave For Camp Lee To-morrow Evening. The second installment of Ful ton County's quota of drafted men ha3 been called to report to the local board.at 3 o'clock this afternoon, and to-morrow after noor at 3 o'clock they will entrain at Fort Loudon for Camp Lee, Va., to join the four Fulton Coun ty Doys wno went to the same place two weeks ago. The men that will leave to-morrow even ing are: Dwight R. Sipes, Or ville W. Wink, Harvey Laidig, Stanley Quay Mellott. F. M. Mc Kibbin, Norman C. Raker, Ralph G. I raker, Edgar H. Gobin, Ira Bain, John H. Tritle, John D Sipes, Orville Mellott, Thomas P. Kirk, Frank B. Spade. Chailca. H. Ritz, MebsteTIMeJlflU! .lames C. Akerffnwss J. Barton Dayton A. Lynch, Alonzi Bivens Oscar Lashley, Edward Hann Ralph C. Lininger, Alfred C McCoy, Harry S. Reeder, Rush Wagner, Dick Deshong, W. M McEihaney and Callie Truax. To provide against a possibil ity of any one or more of the above named twenty-nine per sons not importing, Harry Miller, tiarry fix Harry uromer and Clem Desho have been called to report and hey will be taken to Fort Loudon, from which place they will be allowtd to return not needed else's place. l to tae some one Volume XIX. With this week's issue the Fulton County News enters upon the nineteenth year of its existence. It does not seem so long a time as that,' since the editor was asking the coopera tion of his friends in the establish ment of a "third paper" in this county. From the time of its advent into the field it has con tinued to grow, and the editor- wen, he does not nave as many gray hairs as he did a year ago. (The bald spot is getting larger.) The establishment of the News, the publishing of the paper for eighteen years, and the very cor dial relations existing between paper and people have all been elements that have added pleas ure to the life of the Editor'. May Heaven's choicest blessings be showered upon every home in which the News goes and, upon the rest of the people. Evangelistic Meeting at Mount Union. The members of the Presby terian Church, Mount Union, have decided to hold a series of evangelistic services, starting September 2G and closing October 14. They have engaged the Russell-Weaver evangelists for that time. Dr. Russell is a strong preacher, and a deeply spiritual man. Mr. Weaver was at Mount Union with the John son party in 1914 and is well known to all the town people. These meetings will be held under the auspices of the Presbyterians and the public is invited to coop erate. Birthday Surprise. A very pleasant surprise party was held at Johnson Layton's September 2nd in honor of Mrs. Laytons' 50th birthday at which 41 of her neighbors and friends were present. A very bouutiful dinner was served. Cake and pie, chicken and salad seemed to disappear magically. Every one reported having a good time. May she have many more such birthdays. One Who Was There. Married 68 Years. , Mrs. Susan Heffner McGahan died at McConnellstown, Hunt ingdon County on Tuesday of last week, aged 84 years, 9 months and 15 days. She was united in marriage to David McGahan on the 24th of May 1849, and they lived happily together for more than 68 years. Mr. McGahan is living. CHAUTAUQUA FESTIVAL. In the Auditorium, McConnellsburg, Wed nesday, Thursday and Friday, October 3rd. 4th and 5ih. - The McConnellsburg Chautau qua Festival for this year will be held in the beautifully decorated and pleasant auditorium of the Public School building during October 3, 4, 5. The programs are to be had at any of the business places of the Borough. The talent strikes those interested as being the most attractive that has ever been offered here. There wi be illustrations, lectures, music both instrumental and vocal. One of the most attractive features of the season will be the illustrated lecture on the Great World War, bv Peter McQueen War Correspondent in Europe Peter. McQueen was in Servia when the bullet that started the conflict was fired. He was France when the battles of the Marne and Yser were fought, Can you miss this great oppor tunity? Other numbers will be just as interesting snd important. For instance "Life in the Trenches" a lecture by Captain Leslie Vickers of the Royal Scotch Fusileers. Remember this is a time to be Patriotic and an effort has been made to have this patriotic sea son. Join us and get your blood stirred to a higher temperature as to tickets: there will be no season tickets for sale after the opening hour 'of the festival After that time you will be com' pelled to purchase tickets from those in charge of the work and at their price. If you purchase tickets for the season from one of our ticket sellers or from the central station. Seylar's Drug Store you can Eave money and help the local' association bear the expenses. There will be no cheap tickets for sale after the Chautauqua begins. Buy early. Every season ticket sold helps to finance the Festival. Do Your Bit. The second quota of our sol dier boys will entrain at Fort Loudon at 3:13 to-morrow after noon for Camp Lee. This quota will be made up of 29 men from all parts of the county and it is the patriotic duty of every citi zen to show honor to these men at the time of their departure, we should give them some ex pression of how deeply we ap preciate the service they are go ng to render for our country and the world. Therefore every person who has an automobile should feel it a privilege to as sist in transporting these soldier boys to the railroad station. All those that have cars and are will ing to use them for this purpose, are urged to make the same known to John R. Jackson, Vice Chairman of the Committee of ublic Safety, McConnellsburg, who has this matter in charge. Let Mr. Jackson have your name by Friday noon, and the number of our boys who are offering their lives to 6'ir Country you can take to Fort Loudon. Sale Register. Wednesday, November 28, L W. Funk will sell at bis residence mile west of Needmore, horses, cattle, hogs, grain, etc. Sale begins at 10 o'clock. A. L. Wible auctioneer. Saturday, September 29th, E. McClain will sell at bia resi dence in, McConnellsburg, four mules, four sets of harness, one light covered wagon, one heavy covered wagon, one new bobsled with box, 1 rubber-tire buggy, chains, singletrees, Ac. Sale begins at 1 o'clock. DeshongDeshong. At the residence of the offici ating minister, Rev. J. Leidy Yearick in McConnellsburg, on hursday of last week, Dick Deshong and Ethel May Deshong both of Harrisonville, were married. HUSTONTOWN. William Keebaugh District President of the P. O. S. of A. for this district transacted bust neas ia the interests of the order at llirrisonville last Saturday evening. Mrs. Michael Holland, of Phil adelphia has returned to her home after a briet visit to her parents Mr. and Mrs. William Laidig. , ' Vernon Wink spent the week end at the State Normal the guest of former friends. Mrs. Llenrv S. Fisher and daughters LaVerna and Bertha have returned from a visit to Dudley. . Lester Me lius eldest son of Joseph Melius was painfully bitten by a copper head snake last Sunday. Dr McClain was called in and at this writing Les ter is Improving. Frank Chesnut who was con fined to his bed with an attack of typhoid is again able to be about. The Rtv. J. Etninheiser left Tuesday for Johnstown to attend the annual U B Conference at that place It is the wish of bis panshione's that he be returned as pastor of the Ilustontown charge for another year. James Kellar made a business trip to Dudley Monday. Mrs. Weight has returned to the home of Prof. H. V. Barton after visiting in Mount Union and Lewistown. The large truck of the Atlao tic Refining Co., broke down in this town Sunday while deliver ing gas. v Perhaps it thought the Sal'jath was for it as well as hu man beings, a day of rest! Mrs. David Lamberson is criti cally ill at this writing. Russell Deshong of Pittsburgh spent Sunday at home. Quito a number of our town folks attended the llamil sale and the play 1 Uncle Toms' Cabin" at McConnellsburg Saturday. uumor nas tne credit that a large picnic will be staged in the grove here one of these days by the. Ladies Aide of the Iluston town M. E. church. Work on the remodeling of the Barton property Eist Main ' is about completed. Its appearence in every way has been so chang ed that it now ranks with the best in this village. Harry Reeder, Harvey Ludig and Vernon Wink are in thejsec- ond draft quota from this town. Albert Edwards, of Miners- ville, was a business visitor to this town Monday. Charles Stinson is all decked with smiles. The.cause, a bounc ing baby girl. Miss Anna Howard has gone to New Grenada where she will teach the town school. Mr. and Mrs. Berkley Sipes were recent guests of friends in Hancock, Md. There still seems to be quite a number of slackers concerning the Red Cross support in some parts of Taylor and Dublin town ships. Let no one dissent in having a part in this charitable work. The aides to Mrs. II. C. McClain are Mrs. James Lyons, Miss Alice Catchall and Mrs. Cab Henry. As they come to you in your respective communi ties, do not be a KNOCKER but be a BOOSTER. Fred Ho ver, the son of Squire John Hoover, -who for a number of years has been in the shoe business in Cuba, has returned to his home town for a visit. Hon. Clem Chesnut spent Mon day at Knobsvillo. Harrison Cutcball and family of Knobsville were Sunday visi tors at the home of Berkley Sipes. Miss Lola Wilson north of Knobsville was a visitor recently in the home of Mrs. Clem Ches nut, her aunt. The recent heavy frost played havoc among the corn fields in this vicinity. Our enterprising and genial merchant C. J. Barton went one better during the high price of soup-beans by planting a large patch which he threshed' this MAGNIFICENT STORE. The Leitcr Brothers Had Grand Recep tion in Their New Gorgeously Equip . ped Store in Chambcrsburg. In order to keep pace with the constantly increasing business it became necessary for the . Leiter Brothers, whose enterprsse is so well known to the ladies of this county, to provide more commo dious quarters in Chambersburg, and on Wednesday evenincr of last week, they threw open for public inspection, the latest crea tion of their enterprise, the' beautiful and practical store for women's wear at No. 54 South Main street. And it was in. spected! Promptly at 8 o'clock the doors were thrown open and to the strains of the Majestic orchestra a great crowd surged into the store room. As an in dication of the number of citizens who called during the two hours can be cited the fact that 2,000 carnations and over 500 cicrars were handed out, the former to women, the latter to men, and all the visitors did not accept these tokens of the owners' re gards. The front portion of the 175- foot long store room is done in mahogany, with furniture and furnishings to match. Near the center of the room is a dis play case that serves as a divid er without intruding on the store a3 a whole. Back of this room is in French gray. Here are two ong rows of cases, with nickel rails, containing a complete line of ready-to-wear garments. Back of this department are four fit ting rooms all done in the attrac tive gray. Toilets and other offices are in the rear, while on the second floor, finished in nat ural pine are the work rooms and another department for children's wear. The floor is covered with a soft Wilton carpet, from Sierer Bros., and the walls and ceiling are artistically finished. Light is generously supplied from frost ed globes, suspended by mission fixtures. The store, as a whole, appeals to the eye and the ar rangement of the departments and furniture makes for ease in shopping. week. An abundant crop was harvested. Harry Keller was an early Monday morning vioitor fc Mer- cersburg. The Ladies Aide of the M. E. church were entertained at tho home of Mre. Jeremiah Laidig Tuesday evening of this week. Important business was trans acted. David Woodcock who was over come partially by gas fumes in the McClain garage last -week, is recuperating. LASHLEV. Mr. and Mrs. John Berns, of Greencastle, are visiting the latter'a sister Mrs. C. L. Stoner. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hender shot are all smiles over a "little soldier boy." Edward Shaskion of Pittsburgh, has spent a few days with Annie Schultz. Mrs. LuSwig IajphoLg, of McKeesport spent a few days with old f rienda in our valley. Mr. and Mrs. Wm Sigel, of Needmore, spent week end with their parents Mr. and Mrs. Wm Sigel, Sr. Conda Weicht was a pleasant caller at C. A. Ritz's last Wednesday eve ning. Mis9 Ada Lehman has gone to Medena, where she ex pects to teach school this term. Prof Gleun Lehman is teaching this winter at Langdondale. Wm. Oakman had the misfortune to cut his head on a cradle while cutting buckwheat. King Jack Frost paid us a vis it last Tuesday morning and left bis work to show in our gardens, corn and some buckwheat fields. Do teachers realize that the little children are the men and women of the nation tomorrow? Parents and teachers, train' these children in the way the should go and in a few years our nation will be proud of them. ' i ( i . l -t 1 1 i '. r. i, r if
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