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GRAIN
Wheat 2.06
Naw wbest
Bran. 2 20
Corn 130
OkU 65
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PROVISIONS
Butter, Creamery
Butter, Country 38
Eggi, jr down 48
Buckwheat
While Fulton County is famed
for the quality of its buckwheat
flour, it is not the only county in
the State that produces buck
wheat According to a report
just issued by the Department of
Agriculture, Bradford County
leads in the number of bushels
of buckwheat produced in 1917,
her crop amounting to 405,929
bushels. Tioga, Indiana, Craw
ford and Erie follow in the order
named, while Fulton is the
twenty-fourth. Of course, it
must be kept in mind that Brad
ford has an area more than 21
times as - great as Fulton. The
county producing the smallest
number of bushels is Lebanon
only 60 bushels, Cumberland but
468, and Montgomery 963. The
total production of buckwheat in
the State is 5,570,124 compared
with 4,203,890 a year ago.
In the production of corn, Lan
caster leads, with York, Berks
and Franklin following in the
order named. Fulton County's
crop is 549,120 bushels as com
pared with 580,109 a year ago.
Cameron produced the smallest
number of bushels (14,750) fol
lowed by Potter, McKean and
Forest in the order named.
Notice to Dog Owners.
Under recent act of Assembly,
all dog licenses are paid to the
County Treasurer.
The County Treasurer author
izes us to announce for the bene
fit of dog owners that he will re
ceive licenses from the 1st to the
15th of January.
Licenses may be paid in per
son or by mail The County
Treasurer will, upon application,
f uruish proper blanks.
If owners desire to pay by
mail, they Bhould include three
cents postage, as the county
Treasurer receives no extra com
pensation for this service.
All applications should be ad
dressed to Leonard Bivens, Coun
ty Treasurer, McConnellsburg,
Pennsylvania. The same will re
ceive prompt and careful atten
tion. If you desire to pay in
person, call on Robert Alexander
at the Fulton County Bank.
Waste Nut, Want Not
Among the blessings that will
result from this great war' (to
those who are not killed before
it is over) will be a lesson , in
economic living. Extravagance
in expenditures in everyday life
are sapping the lifeblood of our
people. , We have become a na
tion of spendthrifts. There is
a disposition to live beyond one's
income, be that little or much;
the family with an income of five
thousand a year is just as likely
to be short when the twelve
months have'passed as the one
with five hundred, The trouble
lies in trying to keep pace with
the fellow ahead.
The family with an income of
one thousand dollars a year,
tries to live in the same style
as the family with two thousand;
the family of five thousand, with
that of ten thousand.
The secret of success lies in
being content to live within your
income. If the average person
would put into a savings bank
the one-half of the money he
spends each year for "foolish
ness" things that he could just
as well do with out. there would
be very few people who would
not have money ahead all the
time, and be just as comfortable
and happy.
Just at this season, when the
shops are full of "Christmas
Goods" it is a good time to draw
a line. Don't buy what you do
not need; and do not think you
need something when you do not
Thousands, yes millions, of dol
lars are spent every holiday
season for things that could be
just as well dispensed with.
Cutout that Christmas pres
ent business. Buy some nice
cards and send one to each of
your friends at a cost of a few
pennies. Your friend will be
just as happy in the thought that
you have not forgotten him, and
that friend will hot feel that you
have placed him under obligation
to get a present for you. You
know how it is yourself.
Soldier and Sailor Insurance.
If a soldier or sailor is killed,
and he has a wife and 'children,
the Government will provide com
pensation for the wife, so long
as she remains unmarried, and
support for the children until
they become 18 years of age.
These payments range from
$25 for a widow alone to $57.50
for a widow and four children.
If the man is totally disabled the
Government will make a fixed
monthly payment to him rang
ing from $30 a month, if he is
married, to $75 a month, if he
has a wife and three or more
children. Should he be so help
less as to require a nurse or at
tendant he will be given up to
$20 additional. Should he lose
both feet both hands, or both
eyes,or be permanently bedridden
he will be paid $100 a month,
whether he is bachelor or mar
ried.
Notice to Shareholders.
The regular annual meeting of
the Shareholders of the Fulton
County Bank, of McConnellsburg,
Pa., for the election of directors
. for the ensuing year will be held
in the banking rooms of said in
stitution on Tuesday, January 8,
1917 between the hours of 1
o'clock and 2 o'clock, p. m.
Wilson L. Nace,
12'13 4t Cashier.
Sale Register.
Saturday December 15, Rev.
J. L. Yearick intending to re
move from McConnellsburg wil
sell at the Reformed parsonage
oi North First Street household
good etc. Sale begins at 1
CONGRESSMAN FOCHT AD
DRESSES MI. CARMEL ELKS
Bad Their First Snow.
Rockford. Washington, No
vember 30, 1917. Fulton Coun
ty News, Gentlemen: I am en
closing post office money order
for one dollar and fifty cents to
push my subscription ahead for
another year.
The News is a welcome visitor
in our house as Fulton County is
my old home. I left there some
forty-two years ago, and I find
in the columns of your good paper
that many of my acquantances
have passed away.
We are having our first snow
of the season here today. It
had been very dry this summer
no rain since the fifteenth of
May. Still the crops were good.
The wheat in this section of the
country running from 35 to 45
bushels per acre. We harvested
1700 bushels of wheat from 45
acres, part of this we sold direct
ly from the machine at $2.25 per
bushel. '
We planted one fourth of an
acre of onions which yielded us
70 bushels. These were ready
sale at three cents a pound.
So taking it all through, the
people of this section of the
country are well satisfied.
Thanking you very kindly for
the News. I remain, Vours very
truly, J. W. Carmack.
Fiftj Girls io Potato Patch.
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Neuroth
of Mercersburg, spent Thursday
of last week among relatives on
this side of the mountain. Mr.
Neuroth spent several months
during the past summer in Ohio.
He says that farmers out there
have much difficulty in getting
labor sufficient to take care of
their crops. Corn huskers readi
ly get $4.00 a day and board.
One farmer who had 60 acres in
potatoes, went to the Orphans
Home and got fifty girls, who
picked the entire crop of 6,000
bushels in one day. The potatoes
he marketed at $2.00 a bushel.
Big Opera Boose is Packed to Bear
Annual Memorial Oration
Last Sunday.
From tht Ht. Camel item, Deo. t.
Many of onr people have in
times past beard the Hon. Ben
jamin K. Focht, of Lewisburgde
liver addresses, but uutil yester
day we never heard him talk on
anything but political matters.
Yesterday he came as the guest
of Mount Carmel Lodge No. 856,
Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks, to deliver the annual
Memorial Day oration, and the
audience heard not the politician,
but the philosopher and sage, the
statesman who took the time to
give a message that thrilled and
inspired, and that made better
men and women of all of us.
The opera bouse was filled. It
was a representative audience,
gathered from all over the region
and all except tbe seats re
served for the Lodge were filled
when the Elks marched in. ..The
stage was beautifully decorated,
evergreen prevailing in tbe color
scheme, witb American flas in
the background. .
The orati n by Congressman
Focht was a masterpiece. It was
a carefully prepared address.
Although called to the opening of
Congress today, at a time when
the very fate of civilization may
depend on bis work and tbe de
liberations of bis colleagues, the
distinguished Representative
from our neighboring Congres
sional district obeyed tbe call to
come here, for he had a real mes
sage to deliver.
Summing up the lofty thought
of the great writers and poets of
ancient days, Mr. Focht pointed
out the life and works and su
preme sacrifice of Christ as tbe
great examplo tor mankind. Ap
parently realizing that we had
enough of war, he touched on the
great conflict just enough to de
clarethatif mankind bad been
imbued with real love and charity
and justice there wouli be no
war with its attendant 'horrors.
He paid a beautilul tribute to
Elks' principles, the chief of
which. is Charity.
The address was scbolary, and
it was uplifting. He achieved the
purpose for which he visited our
town. He left with us high ideals
and memories of a speech, that
was more than an oration, but
really a sermon. One thought
impressed itself on many of us
lhat with such men as Benjamin
K. Focht at the helm, our count' y
is indeed safe in these critic
days.
Ears Keep Growing. -
An odd thing about ears is that
throughout one's lifetime they
continue to grow bigger. The
ears of a girl, admired perhaps
for their small size, are fairly
large by the time she has reach
ed middle age. In old agetbey
may be larger. In any company
of people one may notice that it
is the elders that have the big
ears. In the very old they are
. Acknowledgment
The following letter from Mrs.
E. H. Olmsted, 105 Front St.,
Harrisburg, Pa., under date of
December 8, 1917, addressed to
Miss Mollie Seylar of this place
is self explanatory:
My Dear Miss Seylar:-! have
just received your check for
$207 04, and I wish to acknowl
edge it at once, and to say that
Miss McCormick and I feel that
the women of Fulton County
have done splendid work for the
War Fund of the Y. W. C. A.
and that it will give us much
pleasure to report it to the Na
tional Board next week. With
sincere thanks to your commit
tee. I am
Most Cordially Yours, '
Mrs. E. H. Olmsted.
War Thrift Stamps.
The new thrift stamps are
making a very direct appeal to
the man or woman, the boy or
girl who can save up a quarter
every once in a while and already
'many of them have been sold at
the post office here.
For sixteen of these stamps
and a few cents over, a war sav
ing certificate, redeemable Jan
uary 1, 1923, at $5 00 may be had
in exchange, If these certificates
are not registered they may be
used as readily as currency or
may be cashed in at tbe postomce
at any time at their value.
Tbe war saving certificate baa
twenty spaces upon it holdings
that number of the $5 00 stamps
and when filled have cost the
purchaser $64 40, on January 1,
1923 this will have a value of f L
There is no set time when tbe
tamps must be bought, they
can be secured at any time that
may be convenient and are re
deemable at t'ie purchaser's
ptaasu e No more attractive
The Horrors of War
Those who have not experienced the horrors of war only know of its terrors by "hear-say" but
even then it's bad enough. .
But terrible as death on the battlefield may be, it has no more terrors than some other things, a
life of grinding, pinching poverty, for instance. Death amidst the roar and crash ot battle is frightful
but death is at least mercifully the end. But to live and struggle on from dav to day in poverty, pos
sibly under a load of debt, but little hope, just struggling along wearing the life away by inches, that
takes courage and is enough to try the stoutest heart. The way to avoid this is by systematic saving.
Our bank will do its best to save you from a fate worse than the horrors of war.
FULTON COUNTY BANK
HOWARD YEAGER
BOOKSELLER, STATIONER, NEWSDEALER, TRUNKS
AND SUIT CASES,
29 SOUTH MAIN STREET
Chambersburg, Penn'a,
FOOD DIRECTOR HEINZ GALLS FOR
SEVEN WHEATLESS MEALS A WEEK
America Must Reduce Daily Wheat Ration One-Third to
Provide Food to Keep Allied Armies on
the Firing Line Over Winter.
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A BUI i lug appeal iv ovcij umcu iu
the itate of Pennsylvania to observe
seven wneatless meala each week lias
been issued by Howard Heinz, .Direc
tor of the Food Supply Department of
the Pennsylvania Committee of Public
Safety. It follows:
"The appeals of recent months to
Vi a A moi-liian nannla I rT aiinh A. fnfl
eervation ot food as would enable us
to fulfill our obligations to our own
soldiers and our allies abroad have
fallen upon willing ears and ihe re-
innnu in nntrldtium and self-denial
lias been worthy of the best traditions
ot tnis great irea nauon.
tXl n,.rlinlnili ,n rr hniuAvaf nil 11 n.
doubtedly great uftvlug of important
the disappointing crops of the 1917
er, through the exigencies of war. than
we nau expeuieu, iiu uiuukul ub .
the terge of a grave criuis in the
v. 4 ..;. ..... tt.nt noii ha nvonnmR
by a more vigorous self-denial, a far
greater aegres oi buviuk; uy mo
tttltuikm of other foods in place ot
wheat than anything we have before
undertaken.
8avo Wheat For Fighters. .
"The demands of those who are help
ing to fight our battles for the cause
of democracy and of their supporters
behind the lines are urgent, insistent
and compelling. They must be met.
Any break in the regular movement of
supplies from America at this time
would mean Inevitable disaster and it
is a tact wblch all should understand
that our wheat supply is now known
to be Inadequate to permit a- continu
ance of our present rate of home con
sumption and keep our own men and
our allies on the firing line through
tbe winter.
"The greater wheat saving at home
need not be a hardship. Americans
like and know how to prepare appe
tizing breads of corn meal, rye and
other cereals in substitution for
wheat. Buckwheat and corn cakes,
oats and oat products for breakfast
are an American institution and w
can increase our consumption of al'.
these plentiful commodities with no
Injury to our health.
"Mr. Hoover has asked that the re
sponse to the request for cutting down
the consumption of wheat flour bt
made at once, before it is too late.
The needs of France, Italy and Eng
land, not to mention our own boys a
the front, require us to curtail our
consumption of wheat by one-third
The time to begin is today. It i
now necessary to become more drati
in our savlnR.- Mr. Hoover has ake'
the people of Pennsylvania to hive
seven whentless metilB each Wek
meals in which there wiM be absiWe
ly no wheat flour used, either for
spaghetti, macaroni, noodles, pastry,
cake or bread.
"These meals should be preferably
the evening meals, but that is left en
tirely to the judgment of each indi
vidual family. The only exception
that should be recognized is the case
of invalids or small children. 'At meals,
we can substitute bread made wholly
from corn meal, rye, buckwheat or
some other cereal or we can u?e oat
meal, rice or vegetables in place ot
bread.
Substitutes Will Help.
"Mr. Hoover also asks that in ad
dition to the saving by adoption of
seven wheatleBS meals, we make a
further saving in wheat by using as
much as possible bread made from a
mixture of wheat and other cereals.
An appeal, therefore, is made in the
name of President Wilson and Mr.
Hoover to every man, worn in and
child and to every Pennsylvania home
in which the spirit of patriotism lives
to adopt , these rules in their dally
home illfe and to fulfill them faith
fully and thus discharge the present
sacred obligation."
ALL BIG FOOD DEALERS
MUST TAKE OUT LICENSES
Acting upon instruction from Wash,
ington, D. C, Howard Heinz, Federal
Food Administrator for Pennsylvania,
has made this announcement to all
dealers in foodstuffs:
"The trades covered in the presi
dent's proclamation of October 8
should nave applied for licenses to
Che license division of the United
States Food Administration, Washing
ton, before November 1. Some firms
have not applied, and proceedings will
be immediately initiated to suspend
trading operations of such firms, un
less applications are received at once."
The following trades are included
in the above notice: Those engaged
In business as cold storage ware
house men, commission merchants,
brokers, auctioneers, manufacturers,
wholesalers, retailers and all other
dealers in grains and their by-products,
rice, dried beans, pea seed and
dried peas, cottonseed and its by-prrd-ucts,
vegetable oils, cooking fats, milk,
butter, cheese, canned meats, poultry,
ggs, fish, fruits, vegetables, canned
ind dried fruits, sugar syrups and mo
lasses '
Under the act of congress any per
son who falls to take out a license or
"ho continuPB to do business after
ills license hns been revoked Is sub
ect to a fine not exceeding $3000. or
'mprlsonmcnt not exceeding two
years, rr both.
Rpf"er, in food doing a business
wer $100,000 a year are subject to
Mronse.
way to save money was ever de
visee and . with tbe power and
credit of tbe government back of
them are as safe as five dollar
bills.
Besides their attractiveness
they offer the person of small
means and the boys and girls a
chance to help their country win
the war for democracy, so that
thrift and patriotism are both
gratified by the possession of
the stamps.
SALUVIA.
Mrs. Wm. Davis and family
have moved from the tenant
house of L. C. Mann to the tenant
bouse ot Howard Hann, formerly
the Scott Kegarige homestead.'
Wm. Davis quit working for Mr.
Mann in September last and
went and got a job near Everett.
Two of his daughters are employ
ed at Everett.
Winter has come in dead ear
nest, the temperature was to zero
' o l Monday morning. A ten inch
now fell last Friday and Satur
day. A fierce cold vind has
blown the snow into great drifts
blocking the roads in many plac
es. . .The U S. mail carriers have
their troubles getting over their
roads Tbe Li o coin Highway of
flc'als bad forces removing drifts
from said road Sunday and Mon
day. Speer Strait and wife have
moved to L. C. Mann's tenant
house, so as to be closer to bis
work cutting logs for Reichtly
Bros. & Co. on y, est side of Side
ling Hill.
Mason Daniels, Oliver Daniels,
Fernando Decker and Harvey M.
Strait have each hauled limestone
to burn kilns of lime on their
farms, duria? tbe fall. Lime
has a magical effect on the shale
lands of Licking Creek valley,
sweetening tbe sour acid soils,
decomposing the humus la the
soils, causing clover to grow and
all binds of cereals to flourish.
Samuel H. Hockeusu ith has
bf en suffering from a pell of
rheumatism for tbe past few
weeks disabling him from labor.
New Real Estate Agency.
Having retired from the Mercantile business
with a view to giving hi9 entire attention to Real
Estate, the undersigned offers his service to any
one having real estate for sale, or wanting to
buy.
His thorough acquaintance with values and
conditions in Fulton County, coupled with long
and successful experience in handling Real Es
tate, makes it possible for him to bring about
results in the shortest possible time.
Write, or call on,
D. H. PATTERSON,
WEBSTER MILLS, PA.
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RACKET ST
Well, last week we told you about glass jars,
. tin cans, jar gums, coal oil, etc. We can still sell
you glass jars quarts at 60 cents, and half-gallon
at 85 cents; jar rings at 5 and 8 cents a doz. or 35
cents a pound. ' Tin cans at 50 cents. Coal oil to
i 12 cents a gallon, now.
Underwear Shoes and Cloi
We are in shape to save you some monyonan
derwear, shoes, and clothing. We bought all these
goods early, and we are going to give you the ben
efit of the nice saving.
You want to see the Men's fleeced underwear
we have for 50 cents each: also, the one al 65.
Men's union suits at $1.25, $1.35, $1.90, $2.50
and $3.75. Men's wool shirts and drawers $1.00f
and $1.35. Children's separate underwear, 15j
cents and 35 cents each. Bovs' union suits 55cts.J
Misses heavy, 55 and 65 cents. Boys' sweatej
coats, 50 cents to $1.25. Men's sweater coats50
cents to $3.25. Boys' sport coats, $3.25 to $7.50 j
Men's heavy Overalls $1.00 and $1.25. im
crocks 10 cents Men's work shirts 60 cents. Men
wool shirts 95 cents and $1 .98. We think we
save you, also on
Shoes for the Whole Fam
These goods are hard to get, but we expecK
this and bought heavily, and we ar6 now very t -we
did. We have just received a work shoe
hard to beat and we can sell it at $2.60. 5)
lard cans 55 cents, butcher knives 10 to & j"
onmA kind and same nrice as last vear. LinOel
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o anil i.vu a ymu, iw oput iiycib - . .
bushel basket 95 cents, bed blankets $1. 25 J
horse blankets $1.25 to $2.50, Buggy n"
$18.00, $20.00 and $22.00, set bunch strap
cents,
Fire Extinguisher.
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We have a good fire extinguisher.
that owns an automobile should have one.
-a ni k
cost but 35 cents and one might save the pj
new machine. If you have rats, why not W )
Corn? It will kill them, and you won't have a " j
either only 20 and 45 cents a box. ' J
This is the time of year to get your stocky
in tUa winter. ' (
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