TUB rULTOIf GOTJrTTY KIWI, HcOOHHMUBUXB, FA. 'MARKET REPORT. CORHEOTKD IVIRT WEDNESDAY. Tta frln muken r Uken from the Ohm ruburf dU MWimpert. Ttaa provlilon erloa M Miom tbt obwln Id MoO(todI1 GRAIN Wheal 2.08 Nw wheat Bran. 2 20 Corn 1-30 Date 65 Ry l5 PROVISIONS Butter, Creamery Butter, Country 38 Eggi, per dozen 48 Runyan the Eye Man at Burnt Cabins December 19. McConnellsburg December 20 to 22. Needmore December 24 to 26. Warfordsburg December 28. LaBt trip. Mrs. John Booth and daughter MissPearhof Maddensville, spent Tuesday with relatives in town. No postmaster's pay will be increased during the war, ac cording to an order by the Post master General. Many officers of the Marine Corps and the Navy are mem bers of a class receiving in struction at Washington, D. C, in defense against the use of gas. The woman's committee of the Council of National Defense has arranged to furnfBh a badge to every woman who registers to work in cooperation with the committee. The Rebecca Jane Kesselring farm in Taylor township, an ad vertisement for the sale of which appeared in the News, was sold to David Miller for nineteen hun dred dollars. In five years the portion of the world's gold monetary stock (coin and bullion used as money) held by the United States has increased from one-fifth to more than one-third. The Sunday school at the Mt. Zion M. E. church on Timber Ridge in Thompson township will have their Christmas enter tainment on Saturday evening the 22nd of December. The retail price of milk in England has been advanced from 14 to 16 cents a quart The sale and use of cream has been prohibited, except for invalids, infants, and for butter making. Mrs. William Davis and family have moved from Lewis C. Mann's tenant house at Saluvia to the tenant house of Mrs. J. P. Kline and not Howard Hann and family into the Kegarice homestead. The McConnellsburg knitters are requested to have their brown yarn garments delivered to Miss Ruth Kendall by Saturday, Jan uary 12th. The auxiliaries that got yarn before December 3rd are requested to have their gar ments in by the same time. Ex-County Commissioner Sam Gracey, of Mt. Union, Earl Gracey of Newburg, and Messrs. Sudis, Fluke, and Eichelbarger all of Saxton, killed a fine 4-prong-ed buck in Tod township, Hun tingdon County on the 6th of De cember. The buck weighed 175 pounds. , At a children's hospital re cently established by the Ameri can Red Cross in France, an av erage of 850 boys and girls are being examined each day. In connection is a dental dispensary located in an old kitchen, with a dental chair improvised from a wine barrel. 'Rev. and Mrs. A. J. Martin of the Cove, went to Lewisberry, Pa., where Rev. Martin will have charge of the work on Lewisber ry Charge, M. E. Chruch until Conference. This is the Charge from which Rev. Edward Jack son came when he came to Mc Connellsburg. More than half of the 1,250 colored men who completed the course at the reserve officers' training camp at Fort Dei Moiaes, Iowa, have been commis sioned as officers in the army. Nearly 100 colored physicians and surgeons have received com missions as officers in the Medi cal Reserve Corps. A full fight ing force of 30,000 colored sol diers, including representatives in all branches of military serv ice will constitute the Ninety second Division, to be detailed for duty in France under Gen. Pershing. Learn Wireless Telegraphy. Many young men who a few months ago were picking up fugi tive wireless messages on rudely constructed amateur instruments in their homes are now serving at important radio posts on sea and ashore. The war has reveal ed that a large number of young men were interested in radio ex perimentation and service. A school for men enlisted in the ra dio service was opened at Har vard University, where 2,000 men are training? 400 graduating for duty each month. In addition to the war work, routine peace services are con tinued, including storm signals and Weather reports and bulle tins informing ships commanders of floating wrecks, buoys out of position, icebergs, and other ob structions to navigation. On the Atlantic are three high powered stations capable of trans Atlantic communication, and four high-powered stations are located on the Pacific cost. Since the opening of the war the expansion of the personnel in training in the radio service has been more than 1,000 per cent. , 20,000 Graduate Nurses Needed. With a continuance of the war in the next year at least 20,000 nurses will be needed in Army hospitals at home and abroad. Of the 80,000 graduate nurses of the country only 35,000 have so far been assigned to duty in Army service, and of this num ber 1,500 are in France. An Army nurse must be a graduate of a training school for nurses and must have served for two years in a hospital. They are assigned to duty in the United States or abroad, and preferences are granted when conditions per mit Nurses whe prefer not to have service abroad . will have their preferences respected. f nblic Sale. The undersigned will offer at public sale on the John A. Lam berson farm near Hustcntown, Thursday December 27th at 1 o'clock the following personal property: 3 head of young cattle, 5 head of fat hogs, 1 Berkshire brood sow, bred, due to farrow March 17ih. Poultry, potatoes, ai.d buckwheat. Terms all sums under ten dollars cash, all sums of ten dollars or more a credit of 6 months will be given by purchaser giving note with approved security E II. McDaid Notice. The Fulton County Mutual Fire Insurance Company will meet at Needmore, Pa., on Tuesday, Jan uary 8, 1918 at 10 o'clock, a. m., to transact such business as may come before the Board of Direc tors and to organize for the com ing year. Any member in good standing may have a vote in the reorganization. A. M. Bivens, 12 20 2t Secretary. 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, 1918 between the hours of 1 o'clock and 2 o'clock, p. m. Wilson L. Nace, 12 13 4t Cashier. No General Holidays. The war department has put an end to all hope of the drafted men in national army camps for Christmas at home. Secretary Baker declared that ,no general furloughs will be granted in view of the heavy strain already plac ed upon the railroads. Card of Thanks. Mrs. Sam Hess and family wish in this way to convey their thanks t o the kind friends and neighbors for their sympathy and help during the sad funeral of her brother Dr. Blair W. Tru-ax. In its campaign for the saving of coal the Fuel Administration declares the average American home is superheated.' Eminent American physicians are quoted as saying that a room above 68 degrees Fahrenheit is too warm for health and exposes the occu pants to catarrhal diseases and pneumonia. . - ' War Savings in a Nutshell. Q. What is the war-savings plan? A. It is a plan by which you can lend small savings to your government at 4 per cent, inter est, compounded quarterly. Q. How may this be done? A. By purchasing war-savings stamps and thrift stamps. Q. W h a t i s a war-savings stamp? A. It is a stamp for which the government will pay you $5 on January 1, 1923. Q. What does it cost? A. Between $4. 12 -and $4.23 during 1918, depending upon the month in which purchased. . Q. What is a thrift stamp?. A. It is a stamp costing 25 cents, to be applied in payment for a war-savings stamp. It does not earn interest The purpose of its issue is to enable people to accumulate in small sums the amount necessary to pay for a war-savings stamp. Q. Where can I buy them? A. At postoffices, banks and authorized agencies. Q. Why should I buy them? A. Every dollar loaned to the government helps to save the lives of our men at the front and to win the war. What Does Christmas Mean to You? What does Christmas mean to you this year? I believe it should mean more to us than just pres ents, c indies and dainties. We should be merry, glad and thankful not just for the feast ofdaioties, but thankful pray fully thankful, that it is the day God gave his only sou the great est gift man ever received so that all men the poor as well as rich might save their souls. What a sacrifice he must have made in giving such a gift as that! But sadder still he must feel to see so precious-a gift thrust aside and untouched by so maoy of us in our greed for the tinsel wrapped gifts which satan is always dangling before us and if unwrapped we only find sorrow and misery. Why don't we accept Christ as he is today. Titus 2 11 22 for the grace of God that bringeth salva tion bath appeared to all men teaching us that denying ungod liness and worldly lusts we should live soberly righteously and godly m this present world. So, why are we not all doing this? Do we expect to gain heav en by not working for it or obey ing God's directions for getting there? Do we intend to lie.onr lives here for satan and ourselves, and God take us in at the last mom ent. If we on our death beds, bave strength enough left to be tble to pray for the atonement of our wasted lives it will be a great wonder On, I say, think of the time when your frail body is so racked with the pains of death and should be waiting lor he Lord to release, the awful agony and take you home to think ; ou must lie there tortured with the th ugbt that sinne-s cannot escape the judgment of God. 1 say do not wait for that time which may not give you time for prayer? Romans 13 12: The night is far spent and the day is at hand; let us therefore cast off the works of darkness and let us put on the armor of light and when we get to the great -Judgment door as we all will before long, as we are on the way now, and all journeys must end, may we then be pre pared so we may not hear the sound of the great judgment clock as it ticks the sad words too late ! too late ! V. M. Bad Sidewalk Costs Mercersbnrg $1421. A bad sidewalk in front of the Anthony Neuroth residence in Mercersburg caused Mrs. Re becca Skiles to fall from which she was much ir j ired. Suit was brought against the borough of Mercersburg to recover damages Last Thursday morning a jury in the Franklin County court, brought in a sealed verdict, which awarded to Mrs. Skiles 1646.00 as compensation for her suffer ing and pain, and to her hus band, L ivi Skiles, the sum of $775 00 as a return for the loss of his wife's service during her ill ness. Thus Mercersburg wi 1 have to pay $1,421 OMor the ne gleet it its couocil to steloittbit 'Its sidewalks are ktpt in good condi'ion. r The Horrors of War Those who have not experienced the horrors of war only know of is 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 of 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 REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF The Fulton County Bank of McConnellsburg, Fulton County, Pennsylvania, at the close of business, Decem ber 11, 1917. RESOURCES. Cash, specie and notes $23,210.20 Due from approved reserve agents .... 39,061.80 Legal reserve securities at par 17,000.00 $ 79,272.00 Nickles and cents 176 21 Due from banks, trust cos., etc., excluding reserve 2.715 27 Bills discounted: ' Upon one name 1.830.40 Bills discounted: Upon two or more names 21,386 94 Time loans 9.G54.73 Call loans with collateral. 21 500.94 Loans on call: Upon one name 41,675.90 Loans on call; Upon two or more names 93,601.67 Bonds.... 133,614.80 Mortgages and judgments of record '. . 128,988.67 Real estate 9,000.00 Furniture and fixture i 1,570.00 Overdrafts &G.62 Book value of legal reserve securities above par. . 4C3.00 Total $543,193.15 LIABILITIES. Capital Ptock paid in cash . . . . $ 50.000.00 Surplus ' 32.C00.00 Undivided profits less expenses and taxes paid. . . . 9,913.57 Deposits subject to check $100,058 40 Demand certificates of deposit 318,469 02 Savings fund deposits -33,255.66 451,783.08 Due to banks, trust cos., etc., excluding reserve.. 4,493.50 Total $548,190.15 State of Pennsylvania, County of Fulton, ss : - I, Wilson L Nace, Cashier of above named Bank, do solemn ly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my - knowledge and belief. WILSON L. NACE, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 17th day of Decem ber 1917. - . M. Ray Shaffner, v Notary Public. Geo. B. Mellott, 1 C. R. Spangler, S. W. Kirk, Directors. A. U. Nace, I B. W. Peck, J HOWARD YEAGER BOOKSELLER, STATIONER, NEWSDEALER, TRUNKS ' AND SUIT CASES, 29 SOUTH MAIN STREET Charribersburg, Penn'a, No News From the Soldier Means De Is All Right Although the failure to receive letters from men in the service ia not pleasant to relatives and friends at home the adage 'no news is good news' never waa more true than at present. The report of every casualty at home or abroad is immediately wired or cabled to officials at Washing ton, being relayed from there without loss of time to the emer gency address of soldiers or sailors affected. It is also at once released for t publication in the newspapers. No news of casual ties has or will be held up, No man in the service has re ceived orders not to write home; he has been urged, on the con trary, to keep in touch with rela tives and friends. The forces in France have at their disposal post cards giving general infor mation in regard to health and the receipt of letters and parcels, which may be dispatched with out payment of postage. Care is also taken to see that mail intended for soldiers and sailors reaches them promptly. Where the regimental and com- j pany designation of a Boldier is not known it may be secured by application to the Adjutant Gen eral's Office, Washington, D. C. In one week 1,674 letters with in sufficient addresses were received at this office, On 1,232 the ad dresses were completed and they were forwarded, 123 were return ed to senders, 58 went to the dead letter office because senders' ad dresses were not given, and the ballance were held with the view that the address might be com pleted later. Own a Farm. . The farmer who owns a farm is the particular person who is fixed. Banks may fail and fac tories close, workmen strike and mines suspend, merchants fail and towns burn, times may be panicky and even crops may be short -but the farmer who owns his acres will get along. He will live in comfort and quiet with plenty to eat, drink and wear. He is the most independent man on earth. Yet there are lots of them who do not appreciate their situation. New Real Estate Agency. Having retired from the Mercantile business with a view to giving his entire attention to Real Estate, the undersigned offers his service lo 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. After having spent several weeks visiting relatives in Carlisle and Newville, Miss Vir ginia Tritle returned to her home in the Cove last Friday. mmwmmm RACKET ST ORE 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 is 12 cents a gallon, now. Underwear Shoes and Clothing We are in shape to save you some mony on un 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 at 65. Men's union suits at $1.25, $1.35, $1.90, $2.50 and $3.75. Men's wool shirts and drawers $1-00 and $1.35. Children's separate underwear, 15 cents and 35 cents each. Bovs' union suits 55 c'ts.; Misses heavy, 55 and 65 cents. Boys' sweater coats, 50 cents to $1.25. Men's sweater coats 50 cents to $3.25. Boys' sport coats, $3.25 to $7.50. Men's heavy Overalls $1.00 and $1.25. .v Gallon . crocks 10 cents Men's work shirts 60 cents. Men s wool shirts 95 cents and $1.98. We think we can save you, also on Shoes for the Whole Famil These goods are hard to get, but we expected this and bought heavily, and we are now very gwu we did. We have just received a work shoe for men that was ordered three months ago tnai hard to beat and we can sell it at $2.60. lard can9 55 cents, butcher knives 10 to 25 cents, same kind and same nrice as last vear. Linoleum 85 and $1.00 a yard, 100 split rivets 5 cents, corn bushel basket 95 cents, bed blankets $1. 25 to- horse blankets $1.25 to $2.50, Buggy harness $18.00, $20.00 and $22.00, set bunch straps l" cents, - Fire Extinguisher. We have a good fire extinguisher. Ay! that owns' an automobile should have one. cost but 35 cents and one might save the price new machine. If you have rats, why not try Corn? It will kill them, and you won't have a sm either only 20 and 45 cents a box. This is the time of year to get your stot cmcKens in gooa conaiuon ior me try Dr. Hess's remedies. 25, 60, and dollar HULL & BENDER McConnellsburg, Pa. 'tl 'i
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