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VOL. XIX. NO. 12.
McCONNELLSBURG, PA., DECEMBER 6, 1917.
$1.50 A YEAR.
RECORD OF DEATHS.
jort Sketches of the Lives of Per
sons Who Have Recently
PaisedAwaj.
Mrs. D. M. Cline.
Harriet Deshong Kline, wife
,f David M. Kline, died at their
borne near Pleasent Ridge on
Sunday, November 25, 1917, aft-
i week s illness aue to a Btroke
ifnaralysis, aged 69 years. The
funeral services conducted by her
oastor, Rev. T. F. Garland, of
. ... 1-11 L i
the Christian unurcn, took piace
Monday afternoon and interment
us made in the cemetery1 at
theSidelingHill Christian church.
Mrs. Kline was a daughter of
tie late Henry and Priscilla Mel-
;0tt Deshong, and she spent her
entire life on the farm upon
bich she was born. She had
ten a member of the Christian
Church for many years, and when
ossible, she was always in her
ice at the preaching services.
Aunt Harriet as she was
familiarly known, will be missed
for her many deeds of kindness,
which she performed in her quiet
obtrusive way. There was no
:i2ht too dark no storm too se
en for her to go where Bhe
sold lend a helping hand or drop
word of sympathy. Having
o children of her own, she was a
bother to all. During the years
:(ber married life she took into
;ahome no fewer than eight
iildren whom she reared to
:anho d or to womanhood.
She is survived by her husband,
iree brothers, nanulv, Morgan
i Her.ry living i n Licking
eek township, end Simon, at
md, M d . , and Elizabeth
Won, of Pieasant Ridge.
John C. Cromwell.
Mount tlolan Time".
Hount Union lost one of her
k citizens in the death of John
.Cronuell, which occurred at
ihome on East Shirly street,
November 23, 1917, after a
tering illness of some months,
r. Cromwell was born near
jJdensville, in Springfield
whip, on February 17, 1970,
Wwas aged at death 47 years,
honths and 6 days. He was a
ft of Wesley and Diana Booth
pwell. He was married to
fiiiie m. Amnion, 01 near
Wensville, in December, 1896.
this union have been born
pchildren, namely: Fred 18,
m 12 and Normal 4 years of
A respectively. In addition to
fWe and children, he is sur-
his father, one brother
'Jiimand two sisters. Ettie,
r ife of Grant Lane, and
W wife of Walter Lytle, all
Wingheld township, Hun
rfon County. Mr. Cromwell
the Madden mill and
at Three Springs in 1908
resided there until 1915.
"after selling to Mr. Liu-
JJ the family came in No
:r to Mt. Union, where they
ased the Kepler home on
ramrely street Mr. Crom-
as converted attheWal
Grve Camn meetinc and
Nw baptized and united with
wcn of God there. After
P to Mount Union he united
foe Methodist church. In
f M was a Democrat For
r one after coming to Mount
VII Vllt UllvC IVItC
fr he became interested in
inal"ro Drug & Cafe Co. He
111 excellent man, pleasant
nio fiannoifiAn a
had man v friends and
e death many are called
L7wand mourn. The fu
tV8? fteld from the home
r,in charge of Rev.
fin- the Baptist church,
i 'Hiunei services were con-
fRev. Todd at Walnut
rnev. Todd at
'Mermen
Infn., a. 1
Kiumnc in me
e cemetery. x
Isaac b. t.avtov
WaL
V 0. Lavtnn Hied nt tVio
C 1 Henry Deshong near
VjJdW on Friday, No-
13 1917 of infirmities in
i Reclining life, aged 74
L? Months, and 11 days.
I "een in declining health
Reckless Driving.
Last Saturday evening Ira For
ner and Charles Hixson came
near being run down by an auto
mobile driven by Merrill Martin
and a Mr. Myers who were going
east on the Lincoln Highway near
the old tollgate in East Exten
sion. The first named were walk
ing and the automobile party
seemed to think it would be fun
to give the footmen a thrill, by
steering the machine as close to
them as possible. The machine
is said to have followed the men
to the sidewalk, and Forner felt
the brush of the fender as it
whizzed by. -
about two years, but had been
seriously ill only three weeks.
Mr. Layton followed the busi
ness of cabinet maker and under
taker in the community about
Pleasant Grove Christian church
for many years. It is stated
that he kept a recerd of all the
burials which he made as under
takerthe number on list run
ning into the hundreds and that
in a period when he manufactur
ed by hand most of his coffins
and caskets.
Mr. Layton was a quiet unas
suming citizen a member of the
Christian Church for many years.
He was married to Elizabeth De
shong, daughter of the late Hen
ry and Priscilla Mellott Deshong,
who survives the loss of her hus
band. The funeral services, conduct
ed by Rev. J. C. Garland, were
held on Sunday, November 22nd,
and interment was made in the
cemetery at the Sideling Hill
Christian church.
Nathaniel Mellott.
Nathaniel Mellott, aged 74
years, 8 months, and 11 days,
died at the home of his son Harry
in Todd township last Saturday
night after an illness covering
a period of three years. The
funeral services conducted by
Rev. J. L. Yearick, took place
Tuesday morning, and interment
was made in the cemetery at the
Sideling Hill Baptist church.
The deceased was a son of
Samuel and Asenath Truax Mel
lott and he was born on the old
homestead near the Sideling Hill
Baptist church. About 46 years
ago he was married to Miss Ada
line Barton, who survives, to
gether with one son Harry, and
one daughter, Mrs. Osie Car
baugh. There are 12 grand
children. He had a large family
of brothers and sisters, one of
whom is now living William,
near Hartford City, Ind.
George Clevenger. .
George I. Clevenger died at
his home in Illinois after a short
illness, on Wednesday, Novem
ber 21, 1917, aged 49 years, 11
months and 12 days. His re
mains were sent to the home of
his mother near Hustontown,
and on Thursday, November 29th
his body was laid to rest in the
cemetery at the Pleasant Grove
church in Belfast township. The
services being conducted by Rev.
L. A. Duvall and Rev. John Mel
lott assisted by Revs. Crawford
and Powers. George was a son
of Samuel and Catherine Barton
Clevenger, and is survived by
his mother, his brother John re
siding in Whips Cove, Erra, near
Hustontown, and Olive wife of
Harry Mort
Jacob Waltz.
Jacob Waltz, unmarried, died
at the home of Mrs. Mattie Hill
near Sharpe post office in Thomp
son township, Saturday morning
December 1, 1917, aged about 70
years. The funeral took place
Monday, the Rev. A. H. Garland
of the Christian Church conduct
ing the services, and interment
was made at the Antioch church
on Timber Ridge. The deceas
ed was a son of the elder John
Waltz and he was born in the
neighborhood in which he died,
Runyan.
A fine little daughter was born
to Mr. and Mrs. Scott Runyan of
this place early Thanksgiving
morning but it lived only about
an hour. Interment was made
in the family lot in the Presby
terian graveyard that afternoon.
BON. JOHN R. D0NEB00, DEAD.
Was Owner aod Editor of the Fultoa
Democrat in McConnellsburg
Fifty Years Ago.
At the ripe age of 83 years, 2
months and 28 days, Hon. John
R. Donehoo passed peacefully to
rest at his home in New Cumber
land, W. Va., at 7 o'clock on
Thanksgiving evening.
The deceased was born in
Washington county, Pa. He read
law in Wheeling and was admit
ted to the bar i.i 1857. lie pur
chased the Fulton Democrat from
Charles Gaither, . moved to Mc
Connellsburg in the fall of 1865,
and resided in the house now
owned and occupied by Rev. J.
L Grove. On the first day of
April, 1809, he sold the Democrat
to the late Smith M. Robinson,
and a year later, he purchased
the Indiana Democrat and re
moved to Indiana, Ja., where he
resided 18 months. While ' in
Fulton County, he was twice
elected District Attorney, and he
was a delegate to the National
Democratic Convention in New
York that nominated Seymour
and Blair.
From Indiana, Pa., he went to
Morgantown, W. Va and edited
the Constitution for three years.
In 1874 he gave hi3 entire atten
tion to law and politics, and was
recognized as one of the strong
est members of the bar in his
county. In 1880 he was elected
to the state senate of West Vir
ginia and served with much cred
it during a term of four years.
In 1860 Mr. Donehoo was unit
ed in marriage with Eleanor
McCown, a highly intellectual
and accomplished lady. Mrs.
Donehoo died a little more than
ten years ago. ,
A short time after the Done-
hoos came to McConnellsburg.
the present editor of the News,
entered the Fulton Democrat
office to learn the mysteries of
the "Art Preservative" and lived
in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Donehoo. The attachment form
ed for that worthy pair during
his stay in their home was such as
will last as long as life itself,
and it is with a pang of sincere
sorrow that he chronicles the
death of his early friend.
Parcel Fost Tax.
A tax of one cent on all parcel
post packages carrying twenty-
five cents worth of -postage or
more was charged, starting De
cember 1st To pay the tax the
sender of the package must use
a special revenue stamp, the or
dinary postage stamps not being
permissible.
The revenue stamps may be
purchased at the local posteffice
or substations.
The sender must affix a stamp
and cancel the same by writing
his initials' across it but care
must be taken not to write across
the regular postage stamps.
Packages, the postage on which
costs twenty-four cents or less,
will be exempted from the tax.
Killed Canada Lynx.
A wild animal seldom seen in
this part of the State was exhib
ited in town last Saturday by
Jere and Tobie Carbaugh. who
live in the Corner. It was a
Ciriada Lynx, and had been shot
by Jere while, hunting in Cove
mountain back of the Corner.
The animal weighed 37 pounds;
would be about IS inches tall if
standing, and about 3 feet from
point of noise to tip of tail the
tail being short
Air. Nace Appoiuted.
From Vullcy Spirit.
Merrill W. Nace of McConnells
burg cashier of the First National
Bank at that place, has been
named county chairman for Ful
ton county on the War Savings
committee. The appointment
came through Robert K. Cassatt,
director of the committee. Mr.
Nace is a son of D. B. Nace of
Montgomery avenue.
Subscribe for tha News.
Tfl COUNTY INSTITUTE.
Ever; Teacher, Large acd Attentive
Audiences, and Splendid Ly
ceum Course.
The Fifty-First Annual Session
of the Fulton County Teachers'
Institute was called to order by
the County Superintendent, J.
Emery Thomas in the auditorium
of the Public School Building at
1:30 o'clock, Monday afternoon.
Every one o f t h e eighty-four
teachers in the County was pres
ent, the day-workers were on the
ground, and the Superintendent
had but to touch the button, when
the machinery of the institute
began to move smoothly and
there has not been the slighest
hitch in the proceedings.
The work had been most care
fully planned by Mr. Thomas,
and the fine weather, the good
health of instructors and teach
ers and the absence of unavoid
able interference made it possi
ble to "run on high" every min
ute of time.
That grand old man old only
in the length of time spent in
continuous service as State Sup
erintendent of Public Instruction
Nath vr. C. Scheaffer, was pres
ent as to all-around man, and
was equa.'y as acceptable as in
structor in e day session.! or as
lecturer on Ivi i.iday evening.
Prof. Wm. h. Shaw, of Buffa
lo, N. Y proved Jn'mself to be a
most capable director of music,
and Miss Emily V. Greathead, as
pianist, needs no introduction to
our home people.
Dr. C. H. Gordinier, of the
Millersville State Normal, is not
a stranger to the teachers of Ful
ton County, and is one of the
State's strong men on the Insti
tute platform. L
Owing to a puncture some
where on the Cumberland Valley
railroad, Prof. Alton Packard
the entertainer for Tuesday
evening, did not reach Cham
bersburg until the time set for
the entertainment in McConnells
burg to begin; but thanks to the
Lincoln Highway, the automobile,
and the patience of a McCon
nellsburg audience, an hour
later, nine o'clock he stood
on the platform, with crayon in
hand, and the way he flashed
pictures on the easel soon put
the audience in the best of
humor, and for nearly two hours
he gave a most pleasing enter
tainment Y.M.C. A. had. .
Below will be found the result
by districts of the campaign for
Y. M. C. A. War Work. As no
reports were received from four
districts the publication of the
result of the canvass has been
delayed in the hope that one or
more of the four might make a
report of the result of the work
done in them.
Ayr - - - $116.00
Belfast - - - 110 00
Brush Creek - - 85.75
Licking Creek - 96.50
McConnellsburg - 91.70
Taylor - - - 101.40
Thompson - - 38.55 ,
' Todd - - - 42.60
Total - - - $GS3 10
The fund collected was sent off
last week to W. Lovell Baldrige,
Hollidaysburg, who is the chair
man of the district composed of
the counties of Blair, Hunting
don, Bedford and Fulton.
We extend our sincere thanks
to the Captains of the districts
of the county for their "willing
cooperation, to all their helpers,
and to all who contributed to the
fund.
Jno. P. Sipes,
Chm. Fulton County.
Craig Cutchall.
Edward Maurice Craig of Mc
Connellsburg. and Miss Pearl
Cutchall daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. B. F. Cutchall of Ayr town
ship were married in Hagers
town, Md. Tuesday," November
27, 1917. They were taken to
H age i-3 town in Daniel Cleven
ger'B touring car with Robert
Linn as chauffeur.
rOI'LLAKIZE AIRPLANES.
Better Planes, Longer Flights, Lincoln
Highway Considered for Trans
continental Air Journey.
Plans are already afoot for the
extension of aeronautic activities
following the war. Numerous
manufacturers are making prep
arations in this connection, upon
the theory that highways in the
air will be as necessary to the
commercial interests of the coun
try as the Lincoln Highway and
other through' transcontinental
routes of travel are to the truck
and pleasure automobile of the
present time. Orville Wright,
of Dayton, has been quoted in,
this connection to the following
effect, "after the war flying will
become safe, popular and com
paratively cheap. As soon as
the war is over I expect to see
the whole country mapped out
with aerial highways. Along
these routes, say every seven
miles, there will be alighting
stations and hangars. With
these airdromes as near to each
other as this it will always be
easy for an aviator to make a
safe landing in case, of engine
tr6uble.
While flying one-half to one
mile above ground a very mod
est altitude nowadays, it will be
easy to glide to safety if you get
stalled midway between sta
tions." For some time past Carl G.
Fisher, of Indianopolis, originat
or and Vice-President of the Lin
coln Highway Association has
been working upon the details of
aerial routing to meet such re
quirements. His findings are to
be placed at the disposal of the
Government to facilitate present
war time needs. The system
perfected by Mr. Fisher will be
available in laying out the trans
continental routing foreraoplanes
which it is expected will closely
follow the line of the Lincoln
Highway from New York to San
Francisco.
From Geo. H. Eitemiller.
Kansas City, Mo.
Enclosed please find M. O. for
$1.50 subscription to News for
the year to September 1918. I
believe this is correct. Also
please change the mailing ad
dress from the Winton Hotel to
the Hotel Roxford 3425 Harrison
St, as Frank has sold the Win
ton and purchased the Roxford
where we now hold forth. A fine
family hotel in southern section
of the city. Very homelike and
filled with very desirable guests.
I hoped to visit the old town
when Jake was home but we took
a trip in our auto through south
ern Missouri, Arkansas, Oklaho
ma and Kansas (994 miles) which
was all I wanted in one dose.
Hope to see the old Bnrg and
those of my acquaintance who
yet decorate the store boxes,
counters and other meeting plac
es to discuss the topics of the
later day. From the strange (to
me) names and doings given in
your paper I f&'fj there are but
few of my old school and boy
hood acquaintances ieft, 54 years
since I first flew the coop, makes
many changes.
Seventy-Second Birthday.
The heart of Mrs. Lydia Mel
lott was made glad last Friday a
week when a number of her good
friends called to offer congratula
tions and to perform such other
acts of kindness as were much
appreciated by that good woman.
Those present were A. C. Deshong
and wife, and sons Ross and Wat
son; Y. S. Mellott and wife, I.
W. Kline, wife and baby Made
line; B. A. Ross and daughter
Pearl, Mrs. Blaine J. Hixson and
sons Doyle and John, Mrs. Micha
el Bard, Mrs. James Harr, Nel
son Daniels, George Hauman and
son Elias, Wilson Roudabush and
wife, Ross Bard, Sylvester Truax
Bruce Clevenger and William and
Andrew Swope. Two of Mrs.
Mellott's 8 surviving c h i 1 dren
were present: Mrs. A. C. De
shong and Mrs. I. W. Kline.
"Little" Fnlton.
When the adjective "little" is
applied to Fulton, it is done by
some one who is proud to admit
that he is a native of that county
and not with a view to be-"little"
the name in the ears of strang
ers. Of the 67 counties in the
grand old commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, 17 of them or more
than one-fourth of the counties
of Pennsylvania are smaller in
point of area than Fulton, as the
following will show:
FULTON 442
Cameron 381
Carbon -. 402 .
Delaware .' 195
Forest 431
Juniata 407
Lackawanna f . . . 424
Lawrence 376
Lebanon 356
Lehigh 364
Mifflin 377
Montour..- 140
Northampton 382
Philadelphia' 130
Snyder 317
Sullivan 434
Union 315
Wyoming 403
While Fulton County does not
have a population as great as
that of Allegheny, there are
counties in Pennsylvania with a
smaller population than Fulton:
Cameron 7644
Pike ' 8033
Forest 9435
FULTON 9703
As a wheat growing county,
Fulton does not hold mean
position, there being 37 counties
in the State whose acreage of
wheat planted this fall is small
er than that of Fulton according
to reports, just published by the
State Board of Agriculture as
the following will show:
Allegheny 15,654
Armstrong 17,999
Beaver.: 12,797
Blair 17,176
Bradford 5,701
Cameron 30
Carbon...., 1,594
Clarion....' 16.6S6
Clearfield 4.603
Clinton 10,697
Crawford 13.325
Delaware 7,520
Elk 224
Erie 7,049
Fayette 16,260
Forest 4S3
Greene v... 15,632
Jefferson 7,896
Lackawanna 20
Lawrence 13,590
Luzerne 4,550
McKean 284
Monroe 1,608
Montour 12,363
Philadelphia 1,375
Pike 148
Potter 157
Schuylkill 15,951
Somerset 15,798
Sullivan 6G6
Susquehanna 389
Tioga 1,391
Venango 4,615
Warren 949
Wayne 15
Wyoming 538
FULTON 18,192 .
Bad a Deer Hunt
Judge Peter Morton and wife
spent the time from Tuesday of
last week until Sunday visiting
their son Roy at Petersburg, Pa.
On Saturday morning Roy took
his father to the Rod and Gun
Club at Harry's Valley for a day's
deer hunt, a thing that the elder
Morton enjoyed immensely.
The Club owns 150 acres of the
choicest hunting grounds in the
State, which is entirely surround
ed by State Forests. The
Club has a fine building erected
on this, containing all modern
conveniences and during the sea
son they have all kinds of Bport
The party that Judge was out
with last Saturday was composed
of sixteen hunters and they suc
ceeded in bringing down hree
finejjucks one of 3-prongs, one
of 4, and one of 5. The largest
deer was shot by Samuel Light
ner, a Ranger; the 4-pronged, by
Billy Philips, and the 3-pronged,
by Harry Lightner.
Mac Morton came down from
State College and spent some
time with his parents at Roy's.
WHEN CEREALS ARE INJURIOUS.
Little Talks oo Health and Hygiene bj
Samuel G. Dixon, Jl. D., LL. D.,
Commissioner of Health.
Cereals are valuable as food
stuffs for human need?, particu
larly during youth and old age.
We .will use in this talk oatmeal
as an example of starchy 'foods
and through it, study their effect
on the system. In the first place
it should be thoroughly chewed
so that the alkaline secretions of
the glands in the mouth are
thoroughly mixed with it. If this
i3 done, the proces3 of digestion
which turns the starch into sugar
is well started before the food
passes from the mouth into the
stomach, where it meets with
an acid secretion intended for
the digestion of proteins or meats.
Here the starch- digestion, if it
has been started, is arrested.
There a-e two ways of prepar
ing or cooking these foodstuffs,
oatmeal among them. The
Scoth cook it a very short . time, .
their idea being to retain a cer
tain degree of hardness of the
grain that may act mechanically
and stimulate the nerves of the,
muscular walls of the intestines
and thereby take the place of
laxatives that are too often used '
by those leading sedentary lives. .
This half-cooked mass of food is
often mixed with milk or cream,
which helps to wash it down '
immediately upon taking it into
the mouth, which entirely pre
vents the natural digestion.
When taken in this way, oat
meal or other . starchy food is
wasted as far as nourishing the
body is concerned and often acts .
as a foreign substance in the'
digestive tract, thereby interfer
ing with general digestion of
other foods. This not only pre
vents the body getting nourish
ment from a general diet but it
produces toxins or poisons which
are absorbed by the body and
cause various ills, all the way
from a slight disturbance of
health to such an extreme that
sometimes will cost a life.
The better and most practical
way to cook oats or other starchy
foods is to submit them to cook
ing for hours, often all night,
that the grain be thoroughly
softened, which makes it more
easily digested. This softer
preparation of the food, however,
is also often eaten with milk or
cream, reducing its consistency
to a semi-liquid which goes
down the throat almost imme
diately after entering the mouth.
It therefore is- subject to the
same criticism as the less
thoroughly cooked oatmeal as far
as the alkaline digestion in the
mouth is concerned. This, how
ever, is not irritating to the
digestive system and would seem
to go through a certain degree
of digestion in the intestinal
tract Nevertheless, it is robbed
of a great deal of its food value.
The oats and other starchy
foods, as we have said, should be
thoroughly cooked and kept in
the mouth sufficiently long for
the first process of digestion to
take place.
Going back, then to our
thoroughly cooked oatmeal, we
may say that the wisest way to
prepare starchy food is to make
it into cakes or some other form
that will necessitate chewing be
fore it can be swallowed. If,
however, owing to the conditions
we meet in life, we are compell
ed to take a food in mush form,
it is advisable to select that
which is thoroughly cooked and
sufficiently dry to hold its own
form. This form should not be
destroyed by adding large quan
tities of milk and cream. The
food should enter the mouth in
solid form so that more or less
mastication will be required.
When this is followed out oat
meal becomes a valuable food,
and many persons who have had
to give up the eating of starches,
can, if they follow this advice,
resume their consumption with
mpunity and often be much bene
ited. This is true especially, as
las been said, in yonth and old
age.
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