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VOL. XIX. NO. 15.
McCONNELLSBURG, PA., DECEMBER 27, 1917.
$1.50 A YEAR.
RECORD OF DEATHS.
lirt Sketches of (he Lires of Per
sons Who Bare Recently
Passed Away.
S. H. HOCKENSMITH. - .
Samuel H. Hockensmith, one
of Lickinar Creek township's best
citizens, died at the home of his
go Leonard, near Saluvia,
jhuriday afternoon, December
20,1917, aged 74 years and 2
ijj'vg, Mr. Hockensmith had
been in failing health for some
time, but only bedfast, a few
The funeral conducted by
jer, J. L. Yearick, . of McCon
Kllsburg, took place last Sunday
ifternoon, and interment was
i in the cemetery at the
Creenhill Presbyterian . church.
Mr. Hockensmith had been
'carried to Miss Elizabeth
Hiimma, who preceded him to
the great beyond ten years ago
hit March. To this union were
born eight children, six of whom
ire living, namely, Leonard, near
Saluvia; David, Cameron, III.,
George, Philadelphia; Mabel,
rife of Herman H. Snyder,
Williamsport, Pa.; John, Salu
Tia, and Otia E., Cameron, 111.
Be leaves, also, two . brothers
and one sister: George B., Gar
Jen Grove, Iowa; Miles H., Syra
cuse Ind.; and Susan, wife of
John Truax, near Needmore, Pa.
The sons and daughters of the
keased were all in attendance
it the funeral except George.
The deceased was a member of
larriaonviilo Lodge, No. 710, 1.
0.0. F., members of which at
ded the funeral and observed
be imprc3sive ritualistic service
tthe grave.
Miss Elizabeth Bailey.
Miss Elizabeth Bailey passed
way at the home of her niece,
in. Jennie Hatfield, near Co
lli, Pa., on Friday, December
X 1917 at the advanced age of
3jrearsand8days. Theimme-
5te cause of her death was
jteumonia and she was sick only
bar days. The funeral took place
the following Sunday, the ser
vices being conducted by Eld. C.
Funk, and interment was made
the cemetery at the Tonolo
njr Baptist church.
The deceased was a member
of one of Fulton County's
it and most highly esteemed
unities, and with her passing,
last one bearing the name in
U County is gone. During the
tot 17 years she had been in the
me and under the tender care
her niece, Mrs. Hatfield.
Thelma Irene Helman.
Tbelma Irene little daughter
Mr. and Mrs. Mack Helman
lied last Thursday night, Decem-
f 13th after suffering a short
m with pneumonia. She was
'Kd 1 year, 7 months and 21
kv. Yearick conducted funer
lervices the following Sunday
the fair little form was con-
Jw to the Reformed cemetery
'interment.
Aothers Cclcgenariaa Gone.
tonw Finiff, sr., aged 85
and 3 months, passed away
jffo home of his son N. , I.
""Iff in Chambersburg on
nradav nicrhf TWomhiii" 90.
' , ,
ter an illness covering a
Mod of several weeks.
Jhe deceased was born on the
,j miff place in Todd township
7,Dent most of his long life in
241 township.
H fe survived by his wife and
J following children: Mrs.
J'SwRentef Bloomington, III.
George Wagner of Mechan
?S. Philip H., George F.,
3 Ella Helman of McCon-
BUM n, J.. A'lUlil VL 41U
"King street Mr. Finiff
r 1 member of the McConnells
Lutheran church and a good
He had resided in Cham
rt for the past seven
1 eral Sunday afternoon at
'c'opk. Intet ment in Cedar
n
" cemetery. '
flow Abont Your Income Tai?
In a communication received
by this paper, Collector of Inter
nal Revenue,' B. F. Davis, an
nounces that a federal income
tax officer will be sent into this
county on the second day of Jan
uary and will be here until Jan
uary 12th. He will have his of
fice in the Post Office at McCon
nellsburg, and he will be there
every day ready and willing to
help persons subject to the in
come tax make out their returns
without any cost to' them for
his services.
Returns of income for the year
1917 must be made on forms
provided before March 1, 1918.
Because many people do not un
derstand the law and will not
know how to make out their re
turns the government is sending
in this expert to do it for them.
But the duty is on the taxpayer
to make himself known to the
government. If he doesn't make
return as required before March
1, he may have to pay a penalty
ranging from $20 to 1,000. So,
if you do not want to take
chances, you better call on the
income tax man. If you are not
sure about being subject to the
tax, better ask him and make
sure. Whether you see the in
come tax man or not, you must
make returns if your net income
amounts to $l,000i(single) or$2,-
000 (married.)
The Collector suggests that
everybody start figuring up now
his income and expenses so as to
be ready with the figures when
the expert arrives. Expenses,
however do not mean family ex
penses, money used to pay off
the principal of a debt, new ma
chinery, buildings, or anything
like that. They mean what you
spend in making your money
interests, taxes paid, hired help,
amount paid for goods sold, seed,
stock bought for feeding, rent,
(except for your dwelling,) etc.
Income includes about every dol
lar you get.
Letter of Appreciation.
The following letter from one
of the "boys" who was the re
cipient of a sweater knit by Mrs.
P. P. Shives of McConnellsburg,
shows how much the "boys" ap
preciate what the women of the
country are doing for their re
lief and comfort, and thus, help
ing Uncle Samuel win the war.
Mrs. Shives has knit two sweat
ers, one scarf, and seven pairs
of wristlets. Here's the letter:
Philadelphia, Pa., December
18, 1917. My dear Friend:
Perhaps you are wondering just
now who has written this letter
to you. Well, it'a a "sailor"
who has received a very warm
outfit, among which was a pair
of wristlets with your name on a
slip of paper attached. I wish to
thank you very much for your
kindness, and I assure you that
all these nice things are greatly
appreciated by the boys.
You see, I am leaving for the
other side" to-morrow morning
with a lot of other fellows, and
we have all been given knitted
outfits which will, no doubt, and
much to our comfort.
We are known as the "Admir
al Sims" draft, and will leave
New York on the St. Louis. I
will droD you a few lines when
we get "over there."
Thanking you again for your
kindness, I am,
Your Friend,
L. M. Smith, U. S. N.
W. D. Myers Returns to Hancock.
It is with no little pleasure
that we. note the return to Han
cock of Mr. and Mrs. W. D.
Mvers and son Howard. They
will aeain be numbered among
our permanent residents, the
former having decided to open
a tailoring establishment in the
room recently occupied by Hess'
barber shop. Mr. Myers has
reoted the J.'E. Feltner property
on High street, which he is now
making ready for the occupancy
of his family. -Hancock News. ;
SOME DEER STORY.
Hunter Rode Aotlcrcd Bock for Two
Hundred Vards Until Caught
by Tree. "
This, from the Waynesboro
Record, takes the prize for deer
hunting stories for the 1917 sea
son: "Bell Telephone lineman Rob
ert Harbaugh, Rouzerville, who
had been spending the past two
weeks hunting for deer with the
Rouzerville Gun club near the
Cold Spring, east of the Mont
Alto sanatorium, has devised a
new way in which to capture deer
without shooting them, and mav
follow out the plan regularly in
the future.
"He however discovered the
new way at a risk of his life and
received lacerations and abrasions
over the body to such an extent
that he will be several weeks re
covering from them.
"Last Friday Harbaugh was
ranging the mountain with his
fellow hunters in the hope of
'scaring out' a deer. While on
the drive he came upon a large
buck which offered him an ex
cellent shot. The deer dropped
to the ground with the first sound
of the rifle, the bullet ploughing
directly between its shoulder
blades.
"Harbaugh thought it was dead
and, throwing his gun down,
went to the animal and sat on its i
neck. He drew his butcher knife
from its sheathe and pulled at the
deer's head to get it around so
that he could sever the vein and
bleed it. As he did so, the ani
mal jumped up and, with the
amazed hunter astride and hold
ing on firmly, bounded away
through the brush and trees.
"Harbaugh had a thrilling ride
for two hundred yards and would
have gone farther had not his
chin come in contact with the
low hanging branch of a tree.
with the speed he was being
taking and when suddenly
hooked by the limb, his body
was catapulted through space and
somersaulted around a number of
times before he again struck the
earth.
"He was rendered unconscious
from the blow on his chin and
how long he lay there he does not
know. He considers it a miracle
that his neck was not broken
when he struck the limb.
"The deer, when struck by the
ball, was likely paralyzed for a
short time and came to its sense
in time to save its jugular vein
from being Bevered. It was not
seen afterwards.
"Harbaugh, besides the injur
ies received, lost his butcher
knife a number of cartridges
and his hat. He also had to hunt
for one hour before finding his
rifle.
"He Baid that a deer is much
harder to ride than a telephone
pule but it is more exciting.
"Next year he will wear his
pole climbing spurs upside down
while hunting and says if he gets
another opportunity to ride a
deer he will dig the spurs in deep
and ride the deer to death, if it
prefers that to being shot."
Wible Klare.
On Thursday evening, Decem
ber 20. 1917, Mr. J. Oram Wible
and Miss Waive E. Klare were
married by Rev. Dr. Clayton
Albert Smucker, pastor of Stev
ens Memorial M. E. Church,
Thirteenth and Vernon Streets,
Harrisburg, Pa. The groom is a
son of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Wible
formerly of McConnellsburg, now
residing at Camp Hill, Pa., and
he is stationed in the Quarter
master Corps, Columbus, O. On
his return to Columbus at the
expiration of a brief furlough,
he expects to be transferred to
Qu ar termaster Camp. The
bride is an employe of the Public
Service Commission, and a young
lady of most excellent qualities
of mind and heart.
Esther Kendall and Olive
Lodge, , students at the C. V.
state -normal .school, are home
for their holiday vacation. '
Letters from Subscribers.
In making a remittance of
three dollars to pay two years'
subscription to the Fulton County
News, George A. Bard, of Pitts
burgh, says the thought upper
most in the minds of the people
in his city is to do something for
the comfort of the soldiers in
camp and at the front. The big
Christmas Drive of the Red
Cross is now on and everybody
is working. He closes by saying,
they have had some very severe
weather, and by wishing the
Editor and all Fulton County
friends a happy and prosperous
New Year.
Mrs. C. A. McConnell, La
Harpe, 111., eays, "I was sudden
ly reminded that my subscription
had expired by the nonappear
ance of my paper in to-day's
mail, and hasten to enclose $1.50
for a renewal.
"On the 25th of November a
little daughter came to brighten
the home of our son, and as this
is our first grand-child, we are,
of course, much interested.
"On the 1st of December, Mr.
McConnell's eldest sister was
stricken with that dreaded dis
ease nneumonia, and on the 8th,
she ettored the life eternal. The
passing of this good woman,
brings a nse of loss to many of
us. We h e been having win
ter weather i :v some time quite
a lot of unhusked corn in the
fields. May the Editor and all
tiie readers of the News have a
happy and prosperous New
Year."
Fewer Deer Killed.
While deer seemed to be as
plentiful in the mountains this
year as formerly, it seems
that there were not as many
killed as in former years. There
were not as many hunters en
gaged this year as last Mark
Bream of Gettysburg, who gath
ers the data every season in the
South mountain section, and to
whom individuals and clubs make
their report, says that, while
313 were shot last season, only
173 were killed during the season
which closed on the 15th inst;
of these, 89 were killed by clubs
and 84 by individual hunters.
One of the most successful of
our home hunters was Clarence
Gelvin, near Fort Littleton.
While Clarence is only 17 years
of age, he has proved to be a
crack shot, and in the past seas
son he got his limit of all kinds
of game except pheasants. He
had to wait until the last day of
the season for his deer, but when
the proper chance came, he shot
off the top of the head of a fine
buck. Others in the upper end of
the County who were each for
tunate enough to get a buck were
Enoch Kerlin, John Marks, Har
vey Wible and Frank Wible.
Letter fron "Oyer There."
The following letter was re
ceived a few days ago by Mrs.
Lucina Forncr from her son Pe
ter who is with the American Ex
peditionary Force in France. "
"Dear Mother: I received
your letter some time ago, and it
found me well; yesterday I re
ceived the box you sent me. It
contained butter, huckleberry
jelly, grape jelly, plum jelly,
apple butter, cakes, an apple and
some tobacco. Everything was
all right but the butter it was
strong. The apple showed just
s small rotten speck, but it was
very good. I gave my 1st Ser
geant some of it, and he said it
almost made him homesick. I
thank you very much for the box.
It was very good of you to send
it, but it cost too much to send
it so far. We can get writing
paper here in fact, we can , get
almost anything we want except
pipe tobacco.. Do you have to
pay postage on mail that comes
from me without stamps on?
Weil, it is almost supper time,
so I must close for this time.
Fron your loving son, Peter C.
Forner, A. E. F.
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION.
A Modern Type of Practical Training
for (be Boys and Cirls of
Fulton'. County.
Bt Pnor. Fhku Louri
The most practical and effici
ent type of educational training
for rural communities in the
United States to-day, is being
done by Rural Community Voca
tional Schools.
Pennsylvania is the leading
state in this new system of edu
cation. The first Vocational
School in the State was organized
only five years ago; now there
uro more than forty well equip
ped Vocational Schools, and re
quests for the establishment of
many times that number; but
owing to the limited funds the
state is unable to grant them.
Vocational Education originat
ed in Germany, and much of her
efficiency to-day, is due to her
Vocational Schools. The old clas
sical High School was well and
good, bo far as it went,- but it
did not go far enough. Its day
has passed. We are living in a
world of progress. The boys and
girls need a practical training in
something they will use in every
day life, and not to be laid upon
the shelf when they receive their
diplomas.
The aim of Vocational Schools
is to give the boys and girls a
training for life's work. The
boys take a course in agriculture
while the girls take a course in
Home making. However, half
of the time is devoted to academ
ic work thu3 preparing the boys
and girls for entering higher in
stitutions, or teaching school. .
how vocational schools are
maintained.
Each local district is aided
very liberally by the State in
maintaining a Vocational School.
Two thirds of the salaries of the
teachers is paid by the State.
This makes the cost to the local
district maintaining a Vocational
School much lower than does a
regular academic high school.
The course in agriculture giv
en for the boys consists of a
study of soils, General Science,
Poultry, Vegetable Gardening,
Fruit Raising. Dairying, Farm
CroDB. Animal Husbandry, For
estry, Ornamental Gardening,
Mechanical Drawing, Shop Work,
Farm Blacksmithing, Farm Book
keeping. Fertilizers, Farm Man
agement, Rural Law and Project
Work.
The Homemaking course is
for the purpose of acquainting
the girls with every day prob
lems of home life and of making
them efficient in the care and
management of the home. In
order to bring this about in the
best possible manner, science
and theory go hand in hand with
practice.
This course consists of the fol
lowing .work: Personal Hy
giene, Laundering, Handwork,
Hand Sewing, Machine Sewing,
House Sanitation, House Con
struction. Cookery, Food Chem
istry, Serving, Textiles, Dress
making, Bwketry, Millinery,
First aid and House Nursing. It
is a four-year course.
In the academic department
English is required during each
of the four years. The pupils
may take, in addition, at least
one other academic subject each
year: the second and third sub
jects being optional.
Three years of mathemathics,
three years of a foreign lan
guage, two years of science, and
one year of civics is included in
the course.
The students may at the end of
the second year drop the voca
tional work and take all academic
subjects during the last two
years.
The boys and girls of Fulton
County ought to be afforded the
privilege of attending a Voca
tional school. The State 1b doing
its share. Are you willing to do
yours?
' Jockeying for Peace.
For more than two years Ger
many conscious of the failure of
its plans in 1914, has been
jockeying for peace. Does it not
realize yet that this sort of thing
brings it into contempt? Can
Germany suppose that it can,
after all that the world has seen
of the German methods of war,
impose on it by pretending that
motives of humanity impel it to
suggest peace?
Everything that Germany suc
ceeds in is right in the German
mind. Only where it fails is it
wrong. Germany experienced
no humanitarianism while it had
hope of winning. When it dia
paired of conquering the world,
it was impelled to suggest peace
for the sake of averting the
further effusion of blood. When
it began to fear its own over
throw it increased its efforts to
stop the war without giving up.
The German people, no less
than the German Kaiser, went
into this war for conquest of
territory and for money indemni
ties. Not till they were defeat
ed did they have any qualms
about the slaughter. Not until
they saw collapse staring them in
the face did they care a picayune
about the horrors of war. To
this day the Germans, high and
low, are clamoring for Belgium
and parts of France, and the
assimilation ofServia, and the
dismemberment of the British
Empire, and Germany as the
dominating power in the world.
That is why the world cannot
make a compromise peace with
Germany. The world cannot
afford to stop fighting bo long as
Germany chatters about a "Ger
man peace." There has got to
be an American peace and a
British peace and a French peace
and an Italian peace, and there
has got to be a Belgian peace,
before it is safe to stop fighting
against Germany.
It is puerile for Germany to
pretend that its eagerness for
peace is not due to exhaustion,
but to humanitarianism. Ger
many has suffered terribly in
this war, and as it has not won
in three and a half years, it
stands no chance of ever win
ning. That is the only consider
ation that makes it pacific. And
it is not safe for the allies to lay
aside their arms until the Ger
man people as well as the Ger
man Kaiser are convinced that
war is unprofitable, and repudi
ate their claims to the suzerainty
of the world. Nothing but im
pending defeat would move Ger
many to suggest peace. Let the
men who talk about an indefinite
continuance of the war remem
ber that. Doubtless Germany
can hold out for some time, but
nothing but the consciousness of
defeat would move it to suggest
a "peace by understanding ;"
that was offered to it in 1914,
and it spurned it Now it will
get a peace without an under
standing. And the longer it re
sists, the more it will suffer.
When Germany asks the allies
for peace terms it can have them.
In the meanwhile, never forget
for one minute that the only
reason why . peace ieeiers
have been coming out of Ger
many for more than two years is
that Germany knows it is being
beaten, and it is trying to stop
the war before the final crash
comes. Philadelphia Record.
It's Captain Jim. :
It is with pleasure that w e
learn that Dr. James M. Mc
Kibbin, formerly of Buck Valley,
son 'of the late Dr. William L.
and Ella Eddowes McKibbin, has
been promoted to the rank of
Captain in the Medical Reserve
Corps. He is now at camp Up
ton, Yaphank, Long Island, as
chief medical inspector of ma
chine gun battalion, No. SOG.
Raymond Grissinger and Mac
Morton, students at State Col
lege, are spending the holidays
at their respective homes in this
place..
HEAT AND HEALTH DURING WAR.
Little Talks on Hcaltband Hygiene by
Samuel 0. Dixon, SI. Dn' LL D., 4
. Commissioner of Health.
Heat is the first essential to
life. ' The young of man or of
the lower animals in their first
days in the world make from '
their food heat enough to sustain
life, and the snjall nestling ani
mals require the heat of their
parents.
The cry of freezing to death
for want of fuel has gone up and
the responsibility has been put
up to government officials, rail
roads, etc. We have heard,
however, very little about the
individual responsibility of the
great economical scheme before
us in the time of war. . : .
The ash pile of the poor. and
rich, on being exposed to a good
shower of rain, assumes an al
most black surface. A large
proportion of it is carlion and
rich in heat producing units. The
forests, near and far away, are
full of good fire wood. Near
large centers of civilization we
see in the fields or commons lots
of wood, boxes, rubbish of vari
ous kinds, and we find in the
cellars nearby expensive anthra
cite coal.
Many foreigners put us to
shame by collecting these waste
products that can be used for
fuel and today many of them are
rich in heat-producing material
to see them through the winter.
Some time ago, visiting one of
the large State hospitals, and
with a full realization of the .re
sponsibility of having thouiands
of patients unable to take care
of themselves. I found the heat
question looming up. To guard
against the threatened shortage
in fuel we doubled up our grates
so that we could have those cn
which we could burn wood, soft
coal or anthracite coal. This in-
creased our chances of . being
able to guard against having
these poor people suffer from
cold during any emergency that
might arise.
Before leaving there I could
hear the echo of the woodman's
axe felling trees that would
never be of any account except
fov kindling-wood. This wood
was being stored, and as oppor
tunity came, with the teams go
ing to and from various points,
we filled our empty wagons ' and
hauled the wood to the heating
and power plants Of the institu
tion. Therefore, today, those
State institutions feel fairly com
fortable as to the prospects of
getting through the balance of
this cold season.
.Where there is a will there is
usually a '.ay, but our people do
not seem to appreciate their in
dividual responsibility. It is a
pity our people do uot realize
that wood and coal or those com
bustible things that will produce
heat are worth more to us today
than gold' dollars. I feel sere
that if the heaps of ashe3 men
tioned were covered with gold
dollars there would be almost
bloodshed in the scramble to col
lect them, but those gold dollars
will not give you warmth in the
very cold weather or cook . fcod,
which is essential to life. It
therefore becomes obvious to
anyone who will read or . think
that the coal in these ash piles
and the wood in fields, forests or
on the commons, are more valu
able under the present circum
stances than gold itself.
Let everyone turn his thoughts
to his own individual responsibili
ties and seek to detect any waste
of combustibles and conserve
them with more energy than he
would conserve the almighty
dollar. No ashes Bhould leave
the home that have not been
screened and picked. No wooden
boxes or other things that are
made of combustible material
should be burned or wasted on
the commons, but should be stor
ed with the greatest of care for
a day that may meet you when
life depends upon heat.
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