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GRAIN
Wheal 2.08
Nw wheat
Bran. 2 20
Corn 1-30
Date 65
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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.
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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.
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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.
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