VOL. XIX. NO. 13. McCONNELLSBURG, PA., DECEMBER 13, 1917. $1.50 A YEAR. RECORD OF DEATHS. jKt Sketches of the Lires of Per kids who Dave Recently FassedAway. Jacob Wiland. After a lona: illnesa Jacob Wi died at his home in Cham 'tersburg on Thursday morning: u last week aged 71 years, 9 Lths and 1 day. He was born 'i Hamilton township, Franklin County, and was engaged in farm 'igin St Thomas township for W years. About three years 'jo he moved his family to Cham 'taburtr. I Besides his wife he is survived V the following children: Mrs. lilliam Upperman, Chambers rg; Mrs. John B. Kellar, Car le; E. R. Wiland, Adams ex- mi Rorpnt at HftrriRhiiror? J. . A "0 ' & t jiilind, chief clerk to the gener al agent of the C. V. Railroad L j T . T ' lompany at mgerscown; w. u Jiland, St Thomas township; by these sisters: Mrs. Cath- oe Tweedall, Front Royal, Va. ; William Wister, Mechanics- m; Mrs. John Steiger, Mer mbarg. Among those who attended his neral from this county last Sat lay were Miss Margaret E. idi?, Mrs. M. G. Lamberson, Mrs. H. C. McClain of Hub town, and Mr. and Mrs. Jesse mg and daughter Marjorie, kLaidig. Urs. J. W. Swisher. . Frances Wilson Swisher, wife il W. S A'isher, of Waynesboro at a hospital in Cleveland, , after having submitted to a ious surgical operation for ter, Tuesday, December 4, .7 aged 57 years, 11 months 5 days. I few weeks ago Mr. and Mrs. per went to Cleveland to at the family of Mrs. Swisher's ;fcew, Charles Wilson. She 'been in Cleveland but a few n when she became very ill I was ordered to the hospital. I brief funeral service was tt the Wilson home Tuesday ling conducted by a Baptist iter, whose text was, 'The w my shepherd," after two hymns were sung: ,-tfein the Arms of Jesus" and eday We',11 Understand." deceased left these comfort jlwds, "I am prepared to go." jH remains were shipped to y former home at Waynesboro )j interment was made in a ffcryat that city. Besides Husband, she is survived by following brothers and sister: FJ and Elias Wilson, Mad Javille, Pa. ; and Anna, wife 6f Stevens, near Clear Ridare Harriet Darks. .L Jrnei uarks (colored) wid f the late Dennis Darks, 'tithe home of her son Ed- "1 Keith at Thomastown in township, on Saturday, De- 8, 1917 aged about 69 P The funeral took place lwaday and interment was r6 ID TTnmn AAiMAlAan ffog the past few years, lived in Mercersburg. to the Cove to eat her giving dinner in the home 9 8n, and soon thereafter e ill. ttany years Harriet lived PjCove. Being honest in rouand capable, her aer F'eremuch sought by house in helping out with do f Work 'n times sf emergen ce was held in high es- 111 the community. William McQuade. Kffl. littln arm nt .Tnhn onrl Wer McQuade, died at 'b0ne in Altoona on Friday, fif I 1917, aged 11 rnd a few days. The ."Of fk J...L I t 1. - o ueatn was. wnooping MinA v ' n-u- pneumonia, ceaiuea ta, the child is survived brother, John Jr., and ii Virginia, ine par vjj the sympathy of their County friends. Final Quota Go Next Week. Information has been received at draft headquarters that the remaining number in the firs draft- will be sent - to Camps Meade and Lee next week. Twenty-eight thousand Penn sylvania are still in the State. and there are twenty-five Fulton County men needed to fill out our quota. The first Installment we sent out contained four men; the sec ond, 29 men, the third, 15. Our apportionment was 73. hence, 25 will be sent next week. There were 671 Fulton County men drafted and the Govern ment's first call was for 79. As we had 6 enlisted men to our credit, only 73 drafted men were needed to complete the first call. To get 73 men who could pass all the military requirements, it became necessary for the Board to examine 298 men. This left 373 men who were drafted, to be called for examination later. The discharges granted to those of the 298 men who were examined and excused from go ing into service at this time, will be revoked on the 15th day of December, and after that date they will be liable to be called for service at any time. The Government has found that it needs men for many pur poses besides that of actual fight ing in the, trenches; and those drafted, who may not be physi cally able to bear arms, will be used in other branches of the service and thus be able to ren der as valuable assistance to their country as though really under arms. Look Oat for Them. Despite the warnings of the News and other periodicals, many people are permitting thieves to fool them by a story that should not deceive a ten-year-old boy or girl. When John Keebaugh, tenant on S. B. Wool- et's farm in Dublin township, was in town Friday, he reported the operations of a gang just across the line in Huntingdon county, who represent themselves to be in the employ of the U. S. government their duty being to visit fruit cellars to determine whether "hoarding" is going on.( f they find more than one hun dred cans or jars of fruit, the rascals appropriate the surplus. A few weeks ago, the Cham- bersburg papers reported a simi- ar gang that visited smokehouses n Franklin County and appropri ated all the surplus hams. ' One ady smart enough to act, held the thieves on a pretext until she called her husband from the field and he Boon told them "where to get off." . Let the News readers not for get that Uncle Sam is not Bend ing spies to inspect farmers' eel- ars and that all suspicious char acters should be rounded up and held until a constable can be call ed. Elected Cashier of First National. From Hancock Star, V At a special meeting of the directors of the The First Nation al Bank on Tuesday, Lieutenant Robert J. McCandlish resigned as cashier and Mr. Roy M. Dan iels was elected cashier to suc ceed Mr. McCandlish. " Mr. Daniels had been with the bank as assistant cashier for ever five years and his selection as cashier is due to his intelli gence and diligence as well as his all round true worth. He possesses all the honesty and integrity so characteristic of his ather W. Riley Daniels and his grand-father Dennis Morgret both of whom are noted for their integrity and honesty that have made them successful men', use- ul and respected in this section. Mr. Roy M. Daniels aside from his duties as cashier of the bank is treasurer of the. town of Han cock and a leading member of Masonic Fraternity. We con gratulate him on his preferment. BED CROSS CHRISTMAS DRIVE. Hany Names Added to tbe Roll of Mem bers from Tbose Attending Institute Last Week. ' While the sunshine of prosperi ty is resting upon America, the darkness of poverty, destruction and suffering lies heavily on the face of Europe. Thousands millions of dollars worth of prop erty have been wantonly destroy ed, homes have been broken up. mothers and children have been separated, and In many places the direst devastation prevails. is it any fault of theirs that they thus suffer? And have we any assurance that we shall al ways be as free from calamitous conditions as now? I m . as a memoer or society, are you living for yourself alone, or are you living that others may be better-happier, for your life? Just now, every man, woman, boy, girl, has an opportunity to help in the greatest work for the relief of humanity ever offered, and this is done by becoming a member of the Red Cross. Get it out of your head that you are helping the Red Cross. In joining, you become a unit in an organization whose sole pur pose is to care for the suffering, ihe distressed, the dying wheth er it be in the training carrm of the soldies, the trench iawhich his life blood is slowly oozing away, or in the care of his loved ones at home. The work of the Red Cross is to find suffering and minister to its relief. Last June Woodrow Wilson asked the American people for one hundred million dollars; and in a few days it came. The Red Cross has a big field in which to work, and if the work is to be continued, there must be a con stant influx of funds and work ers. Hence the great Christmas drive for 2000 members from Ful ton County is now on, and the enthusiasm with which the work ers all over the County are work ing, more than that many mem bers will have enrolled before the rush is over. If you are not in terested in it, it is because you have not made yourself acquaint ed with its objects and with your privilege for doing a good thing. Below will be found the names of those recently added , to the iSt : ' . ' '' ANNUAL MEMBERS. Rose Keefer, Lydia Humbert, Clara Norris, John Mentzer, Mrs. D, A. Nelson, Maye Pittman, Cora Nesbit, Gladys Charlton, Minnie Lynch, Helen Daniels, Cloyd Everhart, Andrew . Sipe, Frank Chesnut, Mrs. A. J. Mar tin, A. J. Martin, Daisy Strait, F. Morse Sloan, C. W. Mellott H. S. Alexander, Mary Unger, Howard B. Knepper, . J. K. Mc- Kee, Hazel Cline, S. E. Walters, A. E. Deshong, E. C. Hann, W. C. Mason L D. Wible, Myrtle Alloway, Celia Barton, David Hollinshead, Roy Mathias, Elias P. Lynch, Harvey Raker, Levi H. Garland, Clarence Morton, John W. Garner, G. E. Clouser, Foster Hollenshead, Thelma Glaz ier, Hobart Truax, Oliver Win- ter, Etta P. Waltz, Earl Golden, Kenneth Glazier, Mrs. Geo. K. Nelson, Geo. Mock, Fred Akers, Anna Mary Si pes, Willis Daniels,; Edith Fix, Walter S. Cooper, Florence Truax. CONTRIBUTIONS. Miss Mary Knauff $1.00, Mrs. E.R. McClain $1.50. UNION AUXILIARY. Alice Deneen, Delila Rhea, Clyde Stahle, Joseph Hendershot Garfieldf' Mann, W. L. Geinger, ra L. Smith, George Carnell, Margaret Lee, Rebecca Schet- romff, Hazel Scriever, Mrs. Ber tha Stahle, John Scriever, Jack son Hendershot, Howard Deneen. FRANK P. LYNCH. Keefer Troax. Jacob Keefer, Hancock, and Ora ruax, Warfordsburg, Pa., were quietly married on November 25th at Belle Grove by the Rev. A. W. May.. Ex-Protbonotarj and Attorney Passes Awaj after Brief Illness ofAcnte Bright'! Disease. Frank P. Lynch, one of Fulton County's best knowa citizens, passed away at his home in Mc Connelleburg on Monday night after a brief illness of acute Bright's Disease. Mr. Lynch had been in his usual health and was down town attending to business as late as last Friday afternoon. Friday evening he became ill, rapidly sank into unconsciousness and remained in that pondition until death camev Frank P. Lynch was a son of Anthony and Catherine Hull Lynch, and was born in Bethel township, this county, March 18 1857. During the earlier years of his manhood he taught in the p'ublic schools. In the fall of 1893 he was elected prothonotary register and recorder and clerk of the courts of this county and was twice re-elected, serving al together nine years. Having read law under the tutilage of the late J. Nelson Sipes, Mr. Lvnch was admitted to the bar on the 12th of January, 1904. In 1907 he v&s appointed to fiill the unexpired term of George B. Daniels as J istrict attorney, at the close of w " Ich he was elected and served the succeeding term. For Beveral years he had given his time to the practice of law and to the insurance business. Mr. Lynch was united in mar riage with Miss Elizabeth C. Hill, daughter of ex-County Commis sioner Lemuel Hill, who survives, together with the following chil dren: Watson C. Ellis L.. Aenes. wife of Clarence E. Seville; Wat ter E., residing at Lamoille, 111.; Thurman G., Frank Howard, Jennings McCaulay, Charles An thony, Ruth E. and George Al- vin. The funeral will take place this afternoon at 1 o'clock, and infer- ment will be made in Union ceme tery. DEPENDENTS OF ENLISTED HEN. is is a Made Good Wages. The corn crop this year good one, the price is high, and the corn huskers have come in for their share of the prosperity. A man living near McConnells burg has a wife whose household cares do not stand in the way of her going out occasionally and helping her husband to make the living. They went down the Cove, husked fifty barrels of corn one day. The old rule is, the tenth barrel for the husking. When night came, they had five barrels to their credit. The farm er said to them, "If it's all the same to you, I will give you ten dollars in cash instead of the five barrels of corn." The offer was accepted, and the worthy pair went home with a ten-spot as their reward for a day's work. George A. Sipes, nearAndover in Licking Creek township, beats that just a little. George went to Franklin county and set to work husking corn for George H. Martin on the 11th of October. At the end of thirty-five working days, George had husked 975 barrels an average of 27 6-7 barrels a day. Applying the rule of one-tenth for husking, and the price, two dollars a bar rel, George cleaned up about $5.57 a day. George then came over to Fulton and husked 188 barrels on the Alex Patterson arm in the Cove. Quite a number of people re ceived post-cards last week from Lieut, W. F. Sappington, who is with the British Expeditionary 'orces "Somewhere" in France, and who has just been released rom the hospital, where for five weeks he suffered with mustard gas poisoning. W. H. Anstine, Bank Examin er of the Banking Department of ennsylvania, spent Wednesday and Thursday of last week with the Fulton County Bank, on the regular examination of bank. Provision Government Hakes for Fam ilj, and for Han, in Case of Per manent Disability. Since the order from the War Department was received giving the local recruiting officers au thority to accept married men on the same basis as single men nu merous queries have been made regarding the provision made by the Government for the depend ents of enlisted men. MEN MAKE ALLOTMENTS a minimum sum 01 $io is ap portioned by an enlisted man with dependent or dependents from his pay monthly to the depend ent, the amount increasing in ac cordance with the salary of the man. In the case of a dependent wife the allotment is compulsory but may be waived upon written con sent of the wife, supported by evidence that she is capable to support himself. FAMILY ALLOWANCE The family allowance paid by the Government shall at no time exceed $50. The allowance paid from time of enlistment Besides the amount alloted by the enlisted man to dependents the, Government pays allowances on the following schedule: Wife with no children, $15 wife and one child, $25; wife and two children $32.50, with $5 per month additional for each addi tional child; no wife and only one child, $5, two children, 12.50 three children, $20; four children $30, with $5 per month for each additional child; for one parent, $10; for two parents, $20; for each dependent brother or sister $5 and a like amount for each dependent grandchild. LIBERAL COMPENSATION liiDerai compensation is pro vided for by the Government for the widow, children and depend ent widowed mother in case of death. The monthly sums pay able follows: For a widow, $25 a widow with one child, $35;wid ow with two children, $47.50 with $5 additional for each child up to two; if there be no widow and one child, $20; two children, $30; three children, $40 with $5 for each additional child ud to two: for a widowed mother, $20. Compensation shall continue until death or remarriage of wid ow or widowed mother. Com pensation to a child shall cease at the age of 18, or at marriage, un less child is incompetent In case of total disability the following allowances are made monthly: If he has neither wife nor child living, . $30; if he has wife, $45; if he has wife and one child, $55; if he has wife and two ehildren, 65; if he has wife and three children or more $75; if he has no wife but 'one child, $40, with $10 for each additional child up to two; if he has a widowed mother dependent upon him for support then in addition to above amounts he receives $10. GOVERNMENT INSURANCE. Insurance against death or to tal permanent disability is pro vided by the United States. It is given in multiples of $500, ranging from $1,000 to $10,000. It is granted without medical ex amination to every man in the service. Every person enlisting is auto matically insured until February 12, 1918, but can take out addi tional insurance before that date if they so desire. ' The Government gives enlisted men a very fair rate of insurance, the rate being, similar to that which may be secured by a civil ian, Uncle Sam assuming all war risks. To give an idea of the insur ance rate the amount that a man 21 years of age must pay on the minimum and maximum amounts is giving as follows: For $1,000, 65 cents per month; for $10,000, $6.50 per month. Other amounts between the two extremes are payable on the same basis. Keep the Roads Open. Keep the roads open, do not let snow block the Government" is the slogan adopted by the Pennsylvania Committee of Pub lic Safety. They have sent a call for organized community workers, equipped with automo biles, snow plows and shovels, to every district in the State, to keep the roads open during the present winter. They say the railroads are doing their utmost to handle the transportation prob lem, but they are congested and the highways must be kept in shape to make possible the con tinuous use of motor trucks and passenger cars. The Lincoln Highway has been doing much to relieve the rail road congestion. The thousands of new cars that are being driven over it from western factories, the large trucks hauling great loads, that otherwise would have to be shipped by rail have help ed solve this serious problem. In addition to this the announce ment has just been made that the initial fleet of thousands of war trucks will go over this road within the next week or two, traveling from Detroit and other western points eastward. The Lincoln Highway has put Fulton County on the map. Not having a railroad this great ar tery of travel has been opened to us, supplying our every need. It must not become snow bound this winter not only for our own local use but for that of the Government Every man should feel it his patriotic duty to put forth every means at his command in doing this work. Our part in winning the War has been put squarely up to us and we must assume it INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY. Little Talks 00 Health and Djgiene bj Samnel Q. Dixon, H. Dn LL D., Commissioner of Health. The demand for men to serve in the army is fast making seri ous inroads upon the forces en gaged as producers of food, fab ricators pf munitions of war and guardians of the sick. Our In dian corn is standing uncut in the fields while other foodstuffs are rotting in the ground for the want of human hands to work them. The prospects are that the home army which produces those things necessary to sup port our boys at the front is go ing to be still further reduced in number. This condition of things makes it obligatory for each individual to take care of his own health as well as to be his "brother's keep er." Walter Won One. Fulton County boys are win ning their share or commissions in the U. S. Army. In addition to those already named is Walter S. Hendershot son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Hendershot 0 f Buck Valley. Walter is a member of the 1910 class, Cumberland Val ley State Normal school, and aft er graduation, taught two years in Allegheny County. He then accepted a position as traveling salesman with a wholesale Mc Keesport Grocery Company, which position he resigned last spring to go into the Second Re serve Officers Training Camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., from which he won a commission as second lieutenant, and He has been assigned to the 51st Regiment of n fan try at Chickamauga Park, Ga. Lieutenant Hendershot ac companied by h i 8 friend Miss Etta Smith, of Wilson, Pa., has been visiting his parents for sev eral days, and will report for duty on the 15th inst Badly Rammed. Mr. William Hershey, one of Taylor township's enterprising armers who is trying to help the Government keep up its wool sup ply, had an experience last week that he will not soon forget. He was out in a pasture where the sheep were, when he noticed a big ram plunging toward him with head down. The "gentle man" sheep had blood in his eye, and a wicked pair of horns, but William made up his mind to stand his ground, and when the sheep came near enough, he would grab him by the horns and sling him into the middle of next week. Human calculations some times fail. William missed his dip. The head of the sheep hit one of William's legs between the knee and ankle and broke it off like a pipe stem. Fortunately Dr. McClain knew how to fix it and William will be just as good as ever if he has patience enough not to try to walk on it too soon. Today, the point of our talk will be on a custom of the retail druggist and of those who have contagious and infectious diseas es at their homes. Take as an example what may very well be atypical illustration in the case of a child suffering from scarlet fever. The doctor leaves his prescription, which is Bent to the retail druggist to be prepared. The medicine is sent home and given to the patient There be ing signs of improvement the doctor orders the prescription re-. newed. The bottie that has been kept in the patient's room is sent to the druggist, who is busy putting up a prescription for another child who only has a bad stomach-ache. The druggist takes the bottle from the scarlet fever patient in his hands, but, , being in a hurry to get the prescription off to the prtient suffering from stomach-ache, , sets the bottle down and puts up the powders with his infected fingers. One of these powders is given to the patient directly out of the paper from the druggist with a result that in a few days she has a slight sore throat etc. The doctor is sent for, and informs the anxious mother that he very much suepects scarlet fever. The bottle, boxes or jars fn which prescriptions are put up, should never be returned to the druggist from a house where there is a contagious or infec tious disease. These communica ble diseases have to be quaran tined to prevent them from be coming epidemic. Thus in the case mentioned above, the illness of the second ' child would probably make nec essary the isolation of some wage earner in its family, man or wo man, and thus cause the econom ic loss of one who contributed not only to the support of those at home but also to the upkeep of the soldier boys at the front Let us take care to keep well, that we may produce our share of the winning of the war fought to free the peoples of the world. J. W. Mellott, of this place and Samuel Lauver, near Mercers burg, each killed a deer on the mountain last week, Fonr-Prooged Bock. ' A party of Bethel township boys had a fine time last week in a deer hunt down in the South Mountain near Caledonia. On Friday afternoon, part of the crowd passed through. McCon nellsburg with a big. buck tied on the automobile. It had been shot by Frank Hill. The hunt ing party was composed of nine persons, namely, Frank Hill, Ross Barnhart,- Oscar , Bivens, Walter Palmer, John HilL Al bert Carnell, John Carnell, Thur man Sharpe and Glenn Yonker. They had made the trip in two automobiles Frank Hill taking part of the boys, and James Sharpe, the rest While they didn't get a buck apiece, they got a lot of fun out of the trip. The deer killed by Frank Hill had four prongs and weighed about 150 pounds. Fred Wilds was a guest of Miss Rose Fisher in Chambersburg a few days last week, ) ' .
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