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VOL. XIX. NO. 1G.
McCONNELLSBURG, PA., JANUARY 3, 1918
$1.50 A YEAR.
RECORD OF DEATHS.
rt Sketches of the Lives of Per
sous Who Dave Recently
Passed Away.
' John Stanley Winter.
fohn Stanley, little eon of Mor-
n and Orpah Snider Winter,
8 born Saturday, December 22
17 and died Friday, December
1917, aged six days. Funer-
services on Sunday, conducted
Eld. C. L Funk, of the Prim
is Baptist Church and inter-
nt in the cemetery at the
ooloway Baptist church. The
-ents have the sincere eym-
diy of their many friends in
a sad loes of their first-bcrn.
Amos Hixson.
Vmos Hixson, one of Brush
?ek township's representative
izens, and a member of one of
v Valley's oldest families, died
his home hear Crystal Spring,
Saturday, December 29, 1917,
d about 78 years. The fun
.1 took place the following
esday and interment was made
the cemetery at McKendrce
ireh.
.'he grandfather of thedeceas
Timothy Hixson, Sr., came
m Virginia soon after the
se of the Revolutionary war,
1 settled in Brush Creek Val
i on the farm later owned by
thony Spade. Sometime
erward, be purchased a tract
wn later as the Enoch Hix-
(farm. Ammghisscrs was
hrai.n, the father of Amos
tson, the sjl jtict ofthis sketch.
Jowirg in line of giandfather,
her f.nd son-they v. ere all
mer-LiacksmitliS each having
rned the trade from his fath-
i
imos Hixson mmied Rebecca
am" in 1852, who survives,
.ether v kh the following chil
rn: Grant; Nellie, wife of
orge Rihm; Gra:e, Ernestand
we. Three children are dead.
November 28, 1864, he answer-
his country's call and went in
the army to help put down the
'lellion, becoming a member of
pipany 1, 82nd Regiment,
Jinsylvania Volunteers, and
rved to the close of the war,
Ing honorably discharged on
e 14th day of July, 1865.
Mr. Hixson was a consistent
imber of the Methodist Episco
L I Church, an upright citizen,
fid a man who had the confi-
nee and esteem of a Wide circle
friends.
Miss Mary Cohick. .
MissMaryCohick was born near
blumbia, Pa., October 20, 1853,
ad died at Fort Littleton, Pa.,
Sunday, December 23, 1917,
;ed 64 years 2 months and 3
ys. She spent her childhood
lys in Lancaster and Perry
(unties, removing with her par
its to Fulton County during the
iiddle sixties. In 1866 she
itered the S. L. Buckley home
I Fort Littleton where she be-
ime as one of the family, and
1 which home she spent the re
mainder of her life in loving
aithful service that endeared
erself in the , home. Such ser
Ice cannot be measured by dol
ts, nor can it ever be forgotten,
he identified herself maiy years
.hce, with the Methodist Epis
fpal church, but being of a very
etiring disposition, she never
hk a verv active Dart in the re-
iious activities of the church,
Vt was always willing and glad
tjl contribute of her income, time,
na strength in tue support of
e church. Many a house in her
immunity in w hich sickness or
eath had entered in the days
'one by will affectionately recall
er kindly sympathetic ministra
'ons. Hers was an exemplary
fe of good deeds well done; of
jying service well performed.
I.er motto lived, not preached,
jjas the comfort and welfare of
jliers first her own ' last She
mves the following brothers and
iters to lament her death: John
?jhick, Three Springs, Pa.; Mrs.
jnnis Hess, Hustonta-ePa.;
Irs. Silas Heas, Coalrtr1'" Pa.,
3 J Mrs. John Rotz, Decatur, 111.
To Cut Salaries.
Director General McAdoo ex
pects within the next year to cut
millions of dollars from the pay
rolls of the railroads. Included
in those to suffer will be railroad
presidents, freight solicitors, and
expert financial agents paid large
salaries for their money getting
powers. Many others will either
have to be transferred, to step
out for the duration of the war,
or be listed with the dollar-a-year
men.
General division officers on the
railroads of the country last year
received $53,200,650 or two per
cent, of the money paid to all
railway employes. All others
received $1,412,579,190 or an av
erage of $868.69 per person per
year. Four big railroad presi
dents receive $75,000 a year, ten
receive $50,000, while others are
scaled down between $25,000 and
$50,000.
Millions spent in great national
advertising campaigns of the
railways will be saved.
Dad Good Thanksgiving Dinner.
Harry Bender, a member of
76 Co., 6th Reg. Am. Ex. Force
"somewhere in France" in a re
cent letter to hi3 grandfather,
Martin M. Bender, says. "Did
you have a nice Thanksgiving
Day? I had a fine time. We had
races and an athletic meet in the
morning between platoons of our
company; then, a good big tur
key dinner. Perhaps you do not
know what a turkey dinner
means in an army camp? Here's
the menu: Roant turkey, bread
filling, cranberry sauce, baked
sweet potatoes, lettuce, apple?,
raisin pie, and cigars. After
dinner we had a base ball game
in which our company won. I
will look for an answer soon.
Harry M. Bender.
Yoaog Men Have Their Troubles.
George S. Mellott and son Fos
ter of Sipes Mills were in town
last Saturday. Foster is one of
the draftees of this county, and
a week or more ago, received his
questionnaire, which he filled up
and fired back to the board.
Then, he betook himself off to
the western part of the State to
spend sometime visiting h i s
brothers at Ambridge. He had
scarcely gotten his overcoat off
out there until he received a tele
gram 1 0 report at McConnells
burg. Of course, he reported,
which took but a few minutes
when he came before the Board,
and then returned to Ambridge
to complete his visit, unless he
meets with an unexpected inter
ruption again.
RamseyBelz.
Miss Eleanor Betz, granddaugh
ter of Henry Betz an old soldier
of Fulton county who resided for
many years on "Betz Hillj" just
east of Harriaonville, and Roy
Ramsey, son of the late D. Rus
sell Ramsey, who conducted a
jewelry store in McConnellsburg
several years ago, were married
in Philadelphia, where both have
been living for some time.
D. W. Ott and Mr. Etter, near
Mercersburg, called at the home
of the former's father William
E. Ott of Back Run last' Satur
day. Daniel was accompanied
home by his si3ter Clara.
She will also be greatly missed
by a large circle of friends and
in the home which she spent ho
many years of her life, and, es
pecially, by the children who left
motherless on April 2nd, 1881
were the recipients of her moth
erly care and affection ddring
their rearing, and on whom
largely devolved the preservation
and continuation of the home.
They, as well as the father, will
ever hold her in grateful remem
brance. Rev. Jackson assisted by Rev.
Cline conducted the funeral ser
vice at the house and her re
mains were laid to rest in the
Buckley burial lot in the Fort
Littleton cemetery.
J30-PEN5ION TO ALL VETERANS
Brodbeck Eill Introduced in Cause
weald Make Sweeping Provis
iou for Th.in.
Congressman Brodbeck has in
troduced a measure into Congress
which provides that practically
all veterans of the Civil 'War
shall receive a pension at the
rate of $30 par mon.th. The Con
gressman feels that as the ave
rage age of Civil War Veterans
is 73 years, which of itself in
capacitates them from earning a
livelihood, and because of the
fact o? the great service that
was rendered to the country, it
is only fair that in their declining
years they should have roper
recognition.
The bill which Mr. Brodbeck
introduced is as follows:
"Be it enacted by the Senate
and Houee of Representatives of
the United States of America in
Congress assembled. That al
persona who served ninety dnys
or more in the military or naval
service of the United States dur
ing the Civil War and have been
honorably discharged therefrom,
:nd who have attained the sre
of severity five years or may here
after attain that age, or who are
now or may hereafter be suit
ing from a muital or physi'.l
disability of a permanent
character, not the result of theii
own misconduct, which incapac
itates them from performing
manual labor in such deirrce aa
to render them unab'e to earn a
support, shall, upon proof of such
facts according tof-uch rule3 and
regulations as the Secretary of
the Interior may prescribe, be
placed on the pension roll at the
rate of $30 per month.
"Pension under this act shall
commence from the date of filing
the application in the Bureau of
Pensi6ns, subsequenttoits
passage.
No pension attorney, claim
agent, or other person shall be
entitled to receive any compensa
tion for service rendered in pre
senting any claim to the Bureau
of Pensions, or securing any
pension under this act, except in
applications for pension by per
sons who have not heretofore re
ceived a pension, and in no case
shall a fee in excess of $10 be
contracted for or allowed."
Should this bill pas3, and it
has been referred to the Com
mittee on Invalid Pensions for
consideration, old soldiers will
not from time to time have to
present additional evidence for
the purpose of securing increases.
Under the law aa it now is the
veteran of 70 years w ho served
90 days receives $18 per month;
6 months, $19; one year, $20 one
and one half years $21.50; two
years, $23; two and one half
years. $21; and threw years $25.
Upon attaining the age of 75
years, there ia an automatic in
crease under the existing law
which provides as fellows: for a
service of 90 days, $21; 6 months
$22.50; one year, $24; one and
one half years $25; two years $30;
and for all service over two years
$30, with no provision' frr a vet
eran receiving incrensod pension
if he is incapacitated from earn
ing a livelihood owing to physical
disability, unless such physical
disability is the direct result of
disease or injury incurred while
in the service.
Congressman Brodheck expects
to appear before the Committee
on Invalid Pensions early in Jan
uary and urge favorable action
on the bill that he has introduced.
Charged with Forgery.
Charged w ith forgery by the
Citizen's Bank of Dry Run, Enos
Myers has been re-arrested on an
alleged transaction mode by My
ers while he was cashier of the
Lemasters National Bank, which
was wrecked by Myers and oth
ers. Bond was furnished by
Myers for his appearance for
trial in court. The amount of the
alleged forgery on two notes is
five thousand dollars.
From Our Distant Subscribers.
Mrs. J.' B. McDaniel3, Harris,
Iowa, December 26th. I em en
closing money. order for $1 50 to
pay another year's subscription
to the News. It U just like get
ting a letter from my old home
which uped to be Hustontovvn.
Harris is located in north west
ern Iowa, only about five miles
from Minnesota line. We have
very cold weather here. It has
been a3 low as 32 degrees below
zero. So far, this winter, we
have not had much snow. We
hud no crops this year as we
were hailed out. It was a dread
ful storm. Sixty-seven barns
were blown down. The main
crops here are oats and corn.
Market prices are about the same
here as in Pennsylvania. We
are limited now in the purchase
of sugar anu flour. .
Walter S. Hays, Johnstown,
Pa., December 28th I am send
ing you a post office order for
$1 50 to renew my subscription
for another year. We are always
glad to get the News. It is just
like getting a letter from my old
home town. Our old neighbor
and fiu-nd Alrx Sloan stopped oil
to pco us iit his way home from
a vi-iit to his brother Morse in
Murraybville. lie stayed from
SMurriay noon until Sunday noon
with us and we were glad to see
him and have an old time talk
r.bout home.
O. B. Huckensmitb, Johnstown
Ph , Dec. 28th-Enc!oaed I am
senoi-ig three dollars to run my
subscription from January 1, 1918
to January 1, 1920. As I have
been taking the News ev r since
it started in 1899, I do not want
to miss a Firu'lj copy if I can
ho'p it. I like to hear from the
people in old Fulton County.
Wishing you a prosperous new
year, I am yours truly.
Sipe Juhason.
Mr. John W. Sipe and Miss
Ethel M. Johnson were united
in marriage at the M. E. Parson
age at Ottumwa, Iowa, by Rev.
Day on Monday December " 24,
1917. The contracting parties
are both of Packwood, Iowa.
The groom is a son of M. P. and
M. A. Sipe, formerly of this coun
ty, and the brido is a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Johnson,
prosperous farmers. The bride
has been a successful teacher in
a High School for six years, and
the groom will be remembered
by his Fulton County friends as
having left for the "wild and
woolly west" some six years ago,
and he has made good.
The young couple will take
charge of a large farm and go to
housekeeping about the fir of
March. The News extend, con
gratulations. Motored from 0!ip
On Christmas morning C. Rur
sell Souders and friend Dewey
Robbins, left the former's home
five miles west of Fostorin, O.,
7 o'clock and landed in McCon
nellsburg at 5 o'clock Thursday
evening, having covruM a dis
tance of 425 miles in 23 hour3
actual running time. They came
by way of Cleveland and Brent
the first night in Yi ui.gstowi),
O.; the second night in Greens
burg, Pa. Notwithstanding the
snowy condition of the roads and
the temperature, they did not
have a minute's machine trouble.
They made the trip in a Chevro
let and burned 22 gallons of gas
oline. Laiilig-Aluwaj.
Brmton Dallas Luidig and Miss
Viola Alloway woiv quietly mar
ried by Rev. S M. Mase, pastor
of the second Reformed church,
Gieensburg, l'a., Thursday, De
cember 20, 1917.
The groom u, son of Mr. and
Mrs. George LiiUig of near Hus
tontown, the bnJe a daughter of
Mrs. Newton Alloway of Gracey.
Both are excellent young people
and have the best wishes of their
numerous friends for a long and
prosperous jjurney through life.
GOLDEN WEDDING.
The Home of Mr. end Mrs. David M.
Kendall the Scene of a Delightful
Social Occasion.
The last hours of the last day
of the last year marked the fif
tieth anniversary of the marriage
of David M. and Lydia Troup
Kendall, and the event was de
lightfully celebrated in their com
fortable home on West Market
street on Monday evening.
The guests numbering almost
half a hundred were composed
largely of those persons who had
experienced golden weddings or
were living in hope of pulling
one off on their own account
within the next very few years.
As the bunch was looked over, it
was found that Hon. and Mrs.
D. Hunter .Patterson were the
next eligible candidates, Tommy
and Mrs. Hamil and B. W. Peck
and wife following in easy suc
cession. But there's many a
slip, and consequently, none of
these named has any notion of
issuing invitations until nearer
the time.
The formal, exercises were
opened by prayer by the pastor
of the worthy host and hostess,
Rev. W. V. Grove, of the U. P.
Church. Hon. D. Hunter Pat
terson, who is a pastmaster at
the business, performed the du
ties of toastmaster, and neat
little speeches were made by Rev.
J. Leidy Yearick, Rev. C. F.
Jacobs, Rev. Ed Jackson, Rev.
J. L. Grove, Attorney John P.
Sipes, and the editor of the
News. When this bunch was
through with them, Mr. and Mrs.
Kendall were very sure that they
had performed a mission in life
much beyond the privilege of
most people, and doubly assured
that the guests present really
wished that the lives and
health of the good couple might
be spared twenty-five more years
and that they as guests might be
n hand to help celebrate their
Diamond wedding.
"V o judge the past by the present
Of a long and useful life
Thfl words we turn are but recent,
'' r him and bis faithful wife
Thro j'h fifty years of storm and calm
At v .-Mil friends wish It long
Ui-foie tl e 'marrlue of the Lamb'
Yil u'l Hum both to 'Come.' "
( J Fastened Winter.
We are having one of those
winters c nr grandfathers tell us
about. F t number of snows,
quanity of precipitation, low tem
perature, ai d scarcity and high
price of fuel-this has 'em a 1 1
skinned. V e winter program
was opened on the 25th of Octo
ber, unusally early for this coun--,
by the falling of asnowrang
. r.-m nine inches in the val-k-j.-
:i 14 and 20 inches on the
higlit yotlnds.
During i. first twenty days
of Noven Ui. il -re was no pre
cipitatian, ar.ci kt 1 r got well
on with their con 1 ..rg and
fall ploughing. From the latter
part of November to the pre
sent time the temperature has
been much Lelov normal, aud
the ground has been cover
ed with snow most of the
time. During the month of De
cember the temperature at Mc-
'.Connell&burg averaged 9 degrees
above zero at 6 o'clock in the
morning, and 28 at noon. The
highest temperature registered
during the month was 49, and
thev lowest 10 below last Sunday
morning.
There has been great loss in
the freezing of potatoes and can
ned fruit stored in cellars, and
there is an alarming scarcity of
fuel.
FixDecooraan. .
Robert Fix, son of Mr. and
Mrs. George Fix of near Harris
onville and Misa Josephine De
cooman of Kearney, were mar
ried at the home of the bride's
parents at Kearney, Pa., Decem
ber 25th, or Christmas day.
Miss Martha Kendall left Mon
day to resume work as teacher of
Latin and History in the High
School, at Venice, Pa.
doing to India.
Miss Helen McCain Kendall
spent a few days during the past
week visiting among her relatives
and friends in town and the Cove.
Miss Kendall is a native of Ayr
township, being a daughter of
the late William and Hattie Ken
dall. A few years ago her heart
became deeply impressed with
the thought that she should give
her life work to the cause of
Foreign Missions. Carrying this
determination into execution, she
completed a course in Bible Mis
sionary Study, graduating from
Wooster College, O., 1914. Fol
lowing this preparation, she took
a three years' couree in Presby
terian Hospital Training School
for Nurses in New York City and
graduated from that institution
in 1917. She was immediately
assigned by the Board of Foreign
Missions of the Presbyterian
Church to India where she will
be engaged in hospital work at
Mirsj, two hundred miles south
of Bombay.
Miss Kendall expects to sail
from San Francisco on the 23rd
of this month on the S. S. Korea
Maru, and reach India by the
Pacific route.
It was in the northern part of
India (Allahabad) that Miss
Alice Wishart of Wells Tannery
spent several years.
In addition to Miss Wishart
and Miss Kendall, just mention
ed, Fulton County has to her
credit the follow ing missionaries:
Mrs. Humphries (Maude Baum
gardner, Wells Tannery) in
China! Bertha Grove, McCon
nellsburg, in Egypt; Charlie
Pittman, McConnellsburg, in Per
sia; John H. Reisner, McCon
nellsburg, in China.
Inspiring CLristmas Exercises.
The Union Christmas Services
of Whips Cove and Jerusalem
Christian Churches was held in
the Jerusalem Church on Christ
mas eve. The pleasant evening
brought a nice congregation; but
what was still nicer than that,
was th.; rendering of the service.
It was truly spiritual throughout,
and not a service of the coming
of old Santa Claus, as some are,
but it was a service of the com
ing of the Christ the King, and
the receiving of him into the
heart that makes the life useful.
Though the service lasted nearly
three hours, yet was the order
excellent. All who attended eith
er of the Sunday Schools received
a treat, and the most hearty good
will prevailed. So complete was
the cooperating of the two schools
that it was difficult for the pas
tor to distinguish the one from
the other in fact, they were
one one in heart to glorify God
in the remembrance of his best
gift to men, and this we are sat
isfied they succeeded in doing,
for it was one of grand success.
The superintendents and mana
gers are to be commended for
their skill and management.
' The schools remembered the
t o superintendents and pastor
vi.i a sealed envelope that con-
taii od a sum of money, which
was Ritived with great appreci
ation. Eu.'Tjbody seemed to
have caufel.t the true Christmas
Spirit and we tiust that it will
last all through the year, and
years. May God bles3 the Sab
bath Schools, is the prayer of the
pastor.
Lewis A. DuVall.
Pneumonia Takes Soldiers.
Deaths from diseases in the
national army during the week
ending December 21 numbered
118, against 97 the week before,
and in the national guard, 122
against 165. as shown in a sum
mary of army health conditions
made public last Friday by the
war department.
Of the national army deaths,
77 were due to pneumonia and of
those in the national guard, 87.
Mabel, little daughter of Roy
M. and Elizabeth Nelson Kendall I
is said to be suffering from a
bad attack of pneumonia.
ENEMIES IN THE B.0M2."
Little Talks on Health and Hjgiene bj
Samuel G. Dixon, M. 0., LU D.,
Commissioner of fcallh. .
The modern method of pre
paring drugs for family use has
its attractions, yet it has been
the cau83 of many deaths, often
from the fact that so many drugs
are put up in form and color to
resemble each other. One may
be innocent, and the other dead
ly poison; as for instance, cal
omel, an innocent form of
merc-jy.and bichloride of mercury
one of the most deadly of po j
ons.
One of these drugs rt':. '. be
picked up for tho other in the
dark or even in the day time, if
the label waa not carefully read
by the one seeking to take the
medicine. This has resulted in
an innocent father killing his
child or perhaps his wile, or in
some cases, himself.
Another great mistake is to
change a drug from one bottle to
another without altering the la
bel. It is often done in dividing (
up the contents of a rare drug
with a neighbor. The one re
ceiving the unlabeled bottle de
pends upon his memory, which
often fails him apd a fatal mis
take results.
A very short time ajyo I knew
of a generouo d::ir dividing up
a rare drug he had with on. of
his colleagues, intending to label
the bottle he kept fur himself.
He neglected to do so and not
long after he wanted to use the
drug and picked up what he be
lieved to be the proper bottle,
but which proved to contain an
agent active in its power to de
stroy tissue. This he dropped
into his eye and only escaped
having his eye destroyed by a
narrow margin. y
Now this is quite a common
mistake and people have been
made blind by this carelessness.
Drugs that are most useful are,
as a rule, most dangerous, and
should always be kept under
lock and key and plainly labeled.
At present we are being robbed
enough of the members of our
families during the war so that
we should have no patience with
the killing of the innocent at
home by simple carelessness, and
it i3 this common everyday prac
tice of confusing drug bottles
that I warn you against. It can
all be done away with if you will
only give it reasonable attention.
In The Good Old Long Ago.
In striking contrast with the
present prices cf farm produet3
are those of the first week in De
cember forty years ago. Pu'-Ji'
.was from 30 to 35 cents n.i egga
were 27 and 28 cents a dozen.
These were considered very high
prices. Turkeys ran from 12 to
14 certs a pound and chickens
were the same prices. Sausage
was 12 and 13 cents and scrapple
7 cents a pound. Potatoes sold
at from 40 to 0 cents a bushel,
whiie turnips were 25 cent3. A
dressed hog was worth frcm 5 to
6 cents a pound and lard was 6
cents. A first class hind quarter
of beef was sold at 9 cents a
pound and front quarters were 7
cents. Lower qualities were 5
and 6 cents a pound. Lancaster
New Era.
Ohio Visitors.
Our old friend Isaac B. Wolf
made the News office a very
pleasant call last Friday. He
made sale twenty-three years ago
last March at his home in Taylor
township and went to Ohio where
he has since resided. He is con
ducting a big farm near Bucyrus,
right on the Lincoln Highway.
He and Mrs. Wolf came to Three
Springs last Monday night aweek
and have since been visiting his
brother Scott and sister Mary,
both near Gracey and numerous
others of his oldtime friends. It
had been thirty-two years since
he was in McConnellsburg. He
was brought to town by his neph
ew David Strait,
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