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0NDCNSCD FOR HURRIED READERS
Don't forget Nellie Peck's
sale of her household goods at
the Bridge west end of town,
Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock.
lie. Croft will preach at Mt.
Zion next Sunday .morning: at
10:30; at Needmore at 3; and at
Bedford Chapel at 7:30.
Mrs. S. C. Kline and son Floyd,
Needmore R. R. 2, spent a few
hours of the last day of the old
year in McConnellsburg.
, Mr. Isaac G. Waters, of Monte
Vista, Colo., .is visiting: among:
his old time relatives and friends
'in Burnt Cabins and vicinity.
Margaret Ellen is the name of
the little daughter born to Mr.
and Mrs. Daniel W. Ott, near
Mercersburg on Thursday of last
week.
Mr. Dennis E. Seburn, Mill
stone, Md.t enjoyed a good
Christmas dinner in the home of
his lady friend, at Mr. and Mrs.
Ira W. Zimmerman's.
Mrs. John K. Rhoades, of
Mercersburg, attended the Gol
den Wedding at the home of her
'pueits Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Ken
dall Monday evening.
Walter Wigfield of Union town
chip was a business visitor in
Chamhersburg and McConnells
burg last week, and made the
News' office a pleasant call.
Be sure to go and see the knit
ted garments at 2 o'clock Satur
day, January 12th in the base
ment of the United Presbyterian
ch'irch. . Chocolate and wafers.
KIOES. Frank B. Sipes
k 2 th '.licrbrM. market pnco
Vy, ,)!!!. it ipjr butcher
: 'WwirtlVhun', ilao
.- paid for rulf i!"tns
l-0,hs in v.:rt ia'!w
AdvertUoment.
Mr. Thompson W. Pck, of
Needmore, submitted to a seri
ous surgical operation at the
hospital in Martinburg a few
days ago, and at last report was
doing as well as might be expect
ed. Miis Lucille Johnston returned
to Washington, Pa., Monday,
lifter having spent theChrisfmas
holidava witn her parentf, Mr.
and Mrs. J. Houston Johnston
at Webster Mills. Miss John
ston is attending the High School
in that city.
Mr. Samuel Knox Houston,
youngest son of Rev. S. B. Hous-,
:on formerly of the Cove, now at '
Connellsville, Pa., is among
the soldier boys encamped on
foreign soil. He is a member of
the Field Artillery Medical Am- j
bulance Corps.
Dale Garland, tenant on the
Patterson farm south of town .
loBt a valuable horse a few days
ago. He turned it with one oth-1
er into the barnyard for a little
exercise, and in their frolicking
around one was so badly kicked
that it had to be killed.
Mrs. Nellie L. Peck and daugh
ter Miss Ruth Virginia, of Phila
delphia came to McConnellsburg
last Saturday, and Mrs. Peck
will sell her personal property at
her late residence at the Bridge
in the west end of town at 1
o'clock, Saturday afternoon,
after which she expects to reside
permanently in Philadelphia.,
Mrs, Edgar MrKnight and son
George, of Washington, D. C,
spent last Saturday night in the
home of her brother.-in-law and
sister Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Harris
at the Harris house. Mrs. Mc-.
Knight made the trip to 1 this
county on account of the illness
of her father Mr. J jhn S. Sipes,
of Licking Creek township.
Are Yqmf Lzmgs Strong?
Do colds go down to your throat? Are your bronchial
tubes easily affected? Above all, do colds settle on your
chest? Then your lungs may not be as strong as you
expected consumption often follows. . ,
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Mr. D. B. Mumma, formerly
of this county, but now of Mow
ersville in' advancing his sub
scription, says they are having
"some winter" just now zero
and below.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ranck of
Hustontown were visited by their
grandson John Mark, who is
working in Huntingdon, and by
John's uncle Cyrus Mark, a pros
perous farmer of the same coun
ty. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Sipes
of Hustontown ate Christmas
dinner in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Ranck, and the day
following the Rancks and John
Mark, George N. Sipes and
wife and George Summers all
took dinner with Mr. and Mrs.
George W. Sipes. .
Walter A. Peck who recently
removed with his family from
Needmore, writes to have the
address on his News changed to
7141 Fleury Way, Pittsburgh,
Pa. He and family are well. It
is very cold there. He said that
his wife's aunt was a victim of
the big street-car wreck in that
city on the 24th of December in
which 21 persons were killed and
80 injured.
The following persons from a
distance attended the funeral of
Miss Mary Cohick at Fort Little
ton on Wednesday of last week:
John Cohick and wife, Three
Springs, Pa. ; Harry Hess, Coal
mont, Pa. ; H. W. Karper and
wife, Chambersburg, Pa.; Mrs.
A. C. Coolidge, Smith Center,
Kans., and Ed A. Buckley, of
Crook, Colo.
W. W. Cessna and Harlan
Wishart drove down from Wells
Valley Sunday and spent the
night at the Fulton House. Mr.
Cessna, has sold his farm to
Luther Kirk of Hustontown, and
was in town arranging for the
advertising of his sale which will
be on the 30th of January.
While he has not fully decided
as to where he shall go, it is
probable that he will locate in
Somerset County.
William X. McGovern, Bristol,
Tenn., spent a few days during
the past week vith his sister
Miss Emma and brother Clark,
West Lincoln Way. Twenty
four years have elapsed since Mr.
McGovern first cast hislot with
the business interests of the
South and in that time has been
a very busy man, and is thor
oughly conversant with condi
tions in that section of our great
country.
From the Chronicle, published
at Bound Brook, N. J., we learn
that Frances is the name of a
little daughter that has come to
brighten the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Meulendyke, of that
city. Baby Frances was born at
Muhlenburg Hospital, Plainfield,
N. J., on the 10th ult Mrs. Meu
lendyke will be better remember
ed by her many friends in this
county as Miss Jessie Gienger,
of Union township. Frances is
grandchild No. XIV to Jessie's
mother, Mrs. Achsah Gienger.
Willing to Take Dis Medicine.
John H. Baldwin and sons
Stull and Kalb, were in town
Monday. The father had brought
the boys to town the first named
to appear before the Registration
Board with his Questionnaire,
and the second to return to Ship,
pensburg where he is attending
the State Normal.
While Mr. Baldwin, like most
fathers, has use for his boys at
home especially in the milling
business the young man went
before the board with a "Here
1 am I" that placed him in Class 1.
' It is refreshing to find a boy oc
casionally that does not spend
. his time in hunting excuses for
allowing some one else to stop
the Kaiser's bullets.
and weak lungs while its glycerine
510?
Bonqaets for Uncle Billy.
The "North Side News",
published at Jerome, Idaho, has
this to o y of a former resident
of Fort Littleton:
"A very interesting as well as
happy ceremony was performed
at a recent meeting of Jerome
Lodge No. 129, I. O. O. F., the
occasion being the presentation
of a beautiful twenty-five-year
veteran jewel to Brother W. M.
Cunningham, a member of Pit
cairn, Pennsylvania, lodge, But
a resident here. Past Grand
Cunningham was taken complete
ly by surprise and it was with
difficulty that he mastered his
emotions sufficiently to respond.
A quarter of a century of good
and faithful and active work in a
worthy order was thus fittingly
recognized. W. M. Cunning
ham is now interested in the
Pastime Lunch room. 'Uncle'
Billy does not need any make-up
to typify the appearence of the
ideal caterer and the customers
Bay appearance in this case is
not deceiving."
War Paragraphs'.
"Ligbtless nights" are plai.n
ed by the Fuel Administration as
an additional measure for sav
ing coal.
Tho number of men now beirg
served by American Red Croa.s
canteens in France is more than
15,C00 a day.
Gasoline production m the
Uuited State has increased from
25,000,000 to 70,000,003 barrels
a year since 1914
Disctrdod civillian clothing of
National Army soldiers will be
shipped to Belgium for relief of
sufferers there.
There nasi been a hea y slump
in the demand for grapefruit
since powdered sugar for '"eot
ening is often unobtainable.
Total acceptances of recruit ?
for the Army December 13 nura
bered more than 14 300 the
largest number accepted in one
day in tho history of the country.
More than 50 night classes
hiiva been eatabli tied to train
radio ar" buzzer operators for
the United State Army, wlih
an enrollmeat of about 3,000!
men.
Proposal h to .ave coal by clos
ing schools la Northern and Cen
tral States during January ar d
February have not been met
wilhfpvorby the Fuel Admin
istration. According to new regulations
in England, women's shoes
must not have uppers of leather
exceeding 7 inches, nor of any
other material exceeding 8 inch
es in height.
Cantonments throughout the
country are beiug searched to
secure all colored men with tech
nical training now in service for
the formation of an artillery re
giment at Camp Meade, Md.
Within 12 hours after receiv
ing news of the Halifax disaster
the woman's committee of the
Council of National Defense had
equipped a relief steamer and
started it to the scene of the
disaster.
The war has called back into
service nearly 500 retired officers
of the Navy and 138 former offi
cers who resigned to enter civil
life, including 32. rear admirals,
18 commodores, and 34 captains:
Retail dealers of insecticides
are exempt from the licensing
regulations covering trade in
white arsenic and arsenic insec
ticides. The only co mpanies re
quired to obtain licenses are
wholesalers and j brers.
Late reports oa health coidi
tions at Army camps and canto
ments show the epidemic of
tneasela to be greatly decreasing.
In several camps where measles
has extensively prevailed the
number of cases ot peneumotua
has decreased.
All official motion pictures on
var activities in the Urated
Slates bear the narao of the
Committee of Public Information
and are distributed only through
the com mittee'a divisional head
quarters or by State council of
defense.
Dancing is one form of amuse
ment being provided on , a large
scale for the men of the Army
and Nevy It is one of the ways
the war earn pa community ser
vice, under direction of the War
and Navy Department?, provides
wholesome l leisure for the
troops. -
Letter from Rev. E. t. Mellott.
Standfordville, N. Y. Dec. 24.
Dear Eeitor:-I shall have to
ask you to change the address of
my paper from Clinton Corners
to Stanfordville, N. Y. Schultz
ville and vicinity are served by
four rural routes, starting
from Clinton Corners, Stanford
ville, Staatsburg and Rhinebeck.
The recent shaking up of the
rural routes by Mr. Burleson,
makes it necessary for us to
change routes.
We have had real winter weath
er here for the last month; in
fact we have had very cold
weather the greater part of the
fall. Last Friday a week found
us in the grip of a genuine bliz
zard which tied up trains, block
ed highways and paralyzed traf
fic in general for a time. The
mercury dropped to twenty be
low zero, with a northeastern
gale driving at a rapid rate,
characterized by a penetration
which in comparison would make
the Fulton County or westerners
seem a bit milder when we
wound the hills and climbed the
mountains in other days. The
extreme shortage of coal caused
a great deal of suffering in times
especially among the poorer class
es; but there seems to be more
coal in sight at present than at
any time previous.
This Christmas finds our com
munity with many sad homes.
Our boys from Camp Upton, L.
I., are home for X mas and ac
cording to the intelligence re
ceived from their superiors on
their leave taking it will be the
last home-coming until they re
turnif it be their good fortune
to return from Europe after the
war. The impending draft is
destined to strike home with tell
ing emphasis, the reality of this
terrible war. Our former com
placency may prove an immeas
ureable detriment a.d the abor
tive name of pacifism which has
played so largely on many sensi
tive and peace loving minds may
be conducive to deeper suffer
ing and greater sacrifices. The
philosophy that cries peace when
there is no pass is a degenerate
and an out law.
Have all the correspondents,
from western Fulton in particu
lar, gone to war or have they
just goneover? . The News is an
indispensable caller .keeping us
in touch with the doings of little
Fulton.
With best wishes for a merry
Christmas, a happy New Year
and a hot Fourth of July, I am
Fraternally,
E. F. Mellott.
Jews Slain is Jerusalem.
Thirty Jewish men and women
were executed by the Turkish
Army that surrendered Jerusalem
to General Allenby December 10,
according' to an announcement
made here by the provisional ex
ecutive committee for general
Zionist affairs. Included in the
number massacred were some of
the most prominent residents of
the Holy City and its suburbs, it
was stated.
The father and sister of Aaron
Aaronsohn, head of the Palestine
agricultural experiment si'. n,
which is subsidized by the Unit
ed States Department of Agricul
ture, were among the victims of
the atrocity, according to the an
nouncement. Mr. Aaronsohn is
now in Washington.
The retreat .of the Turks
through Galilee drove 12 000 Jew
ish survivors northward, where
they are in dire need. The com
mittee has undertaken ( furnish
a minimum of $30,000 monthly
for their relief, it was stated.
Liquor License.
Notice is he "eby given that the
llowicg named persons have
ed their petitions in the office
rl the Clerk of Qu.i lor Sessions
of Fulton Conntv, lnna , pray
ing the Court to KMUfc to them
license to keep an ;.u or tavern
and tosell liq'v- md that the
same will bo pre -anted to the
said Court on Tiifiaday the loth
day of January, 19 IS at 1 1 o'cloclt
a m.
Wilbur K. S' IT. er, Mansion
House, Brmt. Cabins, Pa.
Charles F. K Fultou House
McConnellsbiiT, Pa.
Jefferson llarn, City Hotel,
McUonne.'lsburr, Pa.
13. Frank Henry,
Clerk Q. S.
Clerk's Office
McCoi iifl'hbtirp, Pa.
Die. 24, 1917.
AH Railroads Under
Government Control.
President Wilson has set a good
example in red-tape cutting.
Through the War Department he
has taken over the railroads of
the country.
He did not wait upon debates
in Congress. Red tape methods
would have required that he ad-'
dress Congress, 6tating his in
tentions and asking legislation to
carry into effect his plans to
guarantee the railroads a net in
come equal to the average net
for three years preceding June
30 last. Red tape would have
kept him dancing upon the whims
of Congress upon arguments
for and against; upon speeches
detailing the schemes of individ
ual Senators and Representatives.
The situation demanded action
in every direction and the Pres
ident took action. He gave no
tice that the railroads would pass
under government control. This
much he accomplished with the
stroke of a pen. He will expect
Congress to support him in what
ever way may be necessary.
The President, we believe, has
chosen to take the sane, safe and
proper step. Government own
ership is not involved. It is gov
ernment management that is
created. It is the plan virtually
adopted by England, where the
government took possession of
the roads and has managed them
guaranteeing dividends. In Eng
land the proposition was simple.
Here it is more intricate for our
roads cover a vast territory.
The principle is the Bame, how
ever. What is it that is the matter
with the railroads? This: They
have not been able to develop
as they should have done be
cause the wooden-headediness of
the Interstate Commerce Com
mission would not allow them ad
equate transportation rates. Na
turally there is great congestion.
The railroads have been exceed
ingly patriotic. They have been
willing tc do everything that lay
in their power, but laws against
pooling and combinations have
stood in their way. The spirit
of coordination was present, but
it could not be put in practice ex
cept in a minimum degree. There
were serious questions of com
pensations rearrangements of
charges and of a "dislocation of
earnings," as the President put
it. But all these problems evap
orate under government manage
ment. The roads can and will
be run as a single system with
out regard to their individual
profit or losses. The rights of
stockholders will be preserved.
The equipment will be kept up,
The net income will be guaran
teedif Congress indorses the
President's plans, and of course
it will do so, and do so promptly.
Technically the railroads pass
into physical possession of the
War Department. They thus
become an engine of war meth
ods. War measures for running
them can be enforced. The draft
can be applied if necessary.
Strikes can be handled under
ir conditions. But the War
1 . r-tment will have control
onl technically for Mr. McAdoo
becomes Proctor General, while
maintaining )' presrnt office of
Secretary of Hit: T'sury. The
Treasury is thus yv "n close con
nection with rail"'vl manage
ment, insuring perfect coopera
tion. Director General is a rather
high-sounding title. Indeed it
carries exclusive dictation in its
meaning but Director General
McAdoo's mission will lie in his
power to coordinate' all railroad
Interests rather than in the ac
tual running of the roads. There
are capable railroad men in this
country and these capable men
will not be disturbed. They
know how to get the last pound
of efficiency out of their plants,
but they have been all bound up
with ti e red tape of the law.
That red tape now disappears.
Authority is vested in them
through the Director General to
consolidate all lines and run them
as a single system solely in the
interests of the country at war,
and without thought of the finan
cial outcome for that is to be the
affair of the government.
It is results that the govern
ment wants results and nothing
else. It is results that govern
ment control seeks to produce,
and the railroad presidents and
managers, with no one to look to
for sanction except Mr. McAdoo,
with no intricacies of anti-trust
and anti-pooling laws to bother
them, will be expected to produce
those results. Philadelphia Inquirer.
GET READY FOR
Fall and Winter
by buying your Dress Goods, Ginghams, '
Outings, Blankets, &c., now. We bought
all these goods very early and we know
that prices have been wonderfully boost
ed since then, but we can and will sell a
lot of goods this season at prices actually
Under Wholesale Prices
obtaining to-day. With no break in sight
and the possibility of still further advan
ces in some lines, it will pay you to see
our stock before long.
IN UNDERWEAR
our entire line, which is now in, compris
es all the best standard makes, goods that
will fit and wear, and much cheaper
than we can get them now.
Shoes For The Family
i nis wm Depone ot tne naraest, it not the
worst, proposition the buyer will have to
face this fall, but we can ease the situa
tion a great deal for you out of stock
bought before the leather market got so wild.
That you should take this matter serious
ly, goes without saying. Come here and
let us help you.
Geo. W. Reisner & Co.,
McConnellsburg, Pa.
Protect Yonr Buildings from Fir .
Use Gould's Fire Resisting
Paint in all colors. It preserves,
beautifies, and wears as long or
longer and is cheaper, than
other standard paints. On good
surface a gallon will cover 300
square feet two coats. Roof
paint, too, in all colors. For
Sale by
G. W. Reisner & Co.
6 14 -tC. McConnellsburg, Pa,
ENID.
F. E. Cunningham of New
York City spent his Christmas
vacation with his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Edwards
are visiting their daughter Mabel
and niece Bessie Willett of Akron
O., for the Christmas season.
Boyd Stevens is still in the
hospital in Altoonabut is expect
ed home soon.
The Auxiliary chapter of the
Red Cross of Fulton County in
the valley now numbers oves 100
members although Taylor auxili
ary got credit in the News for a
number of names that belong to
the Valley.
Marian Edwards of Defiance
High school spent Christmas
week with her father and sister.
Harry Zern was called to Pitts
burgh by the serious illness of
his mother.
Reed Edwards Bpent from Fri
day until Tuesday at his home.
Mrs. Mary Keith and daughter
Mrs. R ,pe Lockard have moved
to the late Wm. Lockard proper
ty. Mrs. Thornton Fo?ter was the
guest of her daughter Mrs. James
Shuke of Coaldale Christmas
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Deshong of
Wells Tannery were calling Sun
day afternoon on the letter's
parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Z. B. Barnett of
Taylor visited Ed Horton's re
cently. SIDEUNQ HILL.
Henry Deshong of Big Cove
Tannery spent a day last week
with his mother at Dott.
Miss Nannie Spencer of Dott
was a pleasant visitor at this
place Monday of last week.
Mrs. Riley Garland and chil
dren of Hagerstown, spent part
of last week with the family of
Charles H. Hess.'
Ira Hess has purchased a
"Ford" of agent Emory Diehl,
of Locust Grove.
Charles Golden and family,
Willard Palmer and family near
Warfordsburg. and Samuel Car
nell and wife of Dott, spent
Christmas day with Mrs. Nora
Akers and son.
Ross Bernhardt has returned
to his employment at Pittsburgh
after having spent Beveral days
with his parents Mr. and Mrs.
Alexander Bernhardt.
Mrs. Jeremiah Golden of Dott
is on the sick list
Mrs. Ira D. Mellott has re
turned from the hospital at Cumberland.
Wanted, For Sale, For Reel,
Lost, Found, Etc.
RATES One cent per word for each
Insertion. No advertisement accepted
lor lest than 15 cento. Cain must ao
company order.
For Automobile, tire and life
insurance, see John R. Jack
son, Agent. 6 28 17 tf
Wanted men to cut', mine
props and ties. Good price. Ad
dress Ed Ii Whiting, Hopewell,
Pa. 15-20-6t.
Fulton House, McConnells
burg, Pa. for sale. Apply to D.,
H. Patterson, Real Estate Brok
er, vv eoster mms, r&.
11 6-tf
Farm for Rent, containing
143 acres, good buildings, soil in
fair state ot cultivation, good
chance for right party. ' The
farm is situated 1 miles south
west of Hnstontown, Pa. For
further information address Box
20, Hustontown, Pa. 12 27 tf
Men. Wanted Laborers, Car
penters Helpers, Mechanics Hel
pers, Fireoen, Trackmen, Stock
Unloaders, Coke Oven Men, and
other help. Good wages and
steady employment Apply to
COLONIAL IRON CO., Riddles
burg, Pa. 8 2atf
Wanted, Married man as
farmer to live in tenant house,
nnu team and farm implements,,
on farm of Moses Hess, deceased,
in Bethel township.' Applicant
must be honest and indastriottfcV
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