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VOL. XIX. NO. 17.
McCONNELLSBURG, PA., JANUARY 10, 1918,
$1.50 A YEAR.
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RECORD OF DEATHS.
Short Sketches of the Lives of Per
ims Who flare Recently
Passed Away.
Mabel Louise Kendall.
Mabel Louise, aged 3 years,
and 18 days, ' daughter of Roy
McNaughton and Elizabeth Nel
son Kendall, died at the home of
her parents in Ayr township last
Friday afternoon. The funeral
services conducted 'by their
pastor, Rev. Wilson V. Grove,
of the United Presbyterian
Church, took place Sunday after
noon, and interment was made
in Union cemetery. Mabel was
an unusually bright little girl and
was in usual health until a week
prior to her death when she was
suddenly attacked by cerebral
meningitis induced by pneumo
nia, a form not contagious. The
parents have the sincere sympa
thy of many friends.
' No More Calls Until February 15th.
It has been decided that there
will be no more formal calls ' for
deferred percentages of the
present draft quota before Feb
ruary 15th. While Boards should,
until they have enough men final
ly classified in Class 1, send for
ward promptly men selected
under the old regulations to make
ip deficiencies in calls already
made, the result of this decision
will be that the benefit of the
new classification system shall
be given to all men whose order
numbers are so to place them
within deferred percentages of
the present call. Calls will,
however, be made very shortly
under the provisions of section
149 for the special class of men
there mentioned. For the sake
of composing the public mind,
and for the convenience of regis
trant, this information ought to
be gived wide dissemination.
Granary Destroyed.
Last Sunday -night about 6
o'clock, the granary on the prem
ises of the late James T. Con
nelly Licking Creek township
was totally destroyed by fire.
The fire is supposed to have "or
iginated from some ashes that
had been carried out from the
house. The loss included about
100 bushels of grain besides some
other things stored in the build
ing. Had it not been for a
drizzling rain, it would have
been almost impossible to save
the houseand barn, as a shower
of sparks fell on the roofs of both
buildings.
Salkeld-Shullz.
p The Altoona Tribune of Wed
nerday morning says Mr. Ira S.
Salkeld, of Breezewood, Bedford
county, .and Mrs. Florence Ethel
Shultz, of 702 Fifth avenue, were
united in marriage at the Sim
pson Methodist parsonage, at 12
o'clock yesterday by the pastor,
Rev. J. Emory Weeks. They
were attended by Norman Hart
ley and Miss Edith Shultz, both
of this city. The groom is at
present employed in the Penn
sylvania railroad shops. .They
will reside at 702 Fifth avenue.
-Everett Republican.
"Knitting"
Bring your knitting when you
come to see tho Red Cross work
in the U. P. church January 12th
at 2 o'clock and have a real knit
ting social.
Anyone in McConnellsburg or
in any auxiliary, who has not
Bent in garments for the January
12 shipment, please have them
delivered to Miss Ruth I. Kendall
by January 30th ready for the
February 1st shipment.
Shot to Death.
On Wednesday night of last
week Guy Jusulac, an Italian
with a family of five children
wa3 shoV and instantly killed by
another Italian at Woodvale,
Huntingdon County. The
murderer was arrested o n Sat
urday and is now confined la the
punHngdoQ County Jail,
The Fnltoo Conoty Sabbath Association.
The above named Association
held its annual convention on
last Friday evening in the United
Prebyterian church and carried
out a well arranged program.
The .Secretary's report 6howed
that the work of this association
is largely one of cooperation with
the Lord's Day Alliance of the
State, to whose efficient influence
we are indebted for much of the
enforcement of the Sabbath law
of the State, and to whose vigi
lant efforts we owe the preserva
tion of the best Sabbath law of
any State in the Union. In the
last legislature five bills were in
troduced, the passage of any one
of which would have been oper
ative to invalidate the Sabbath
law. By the enemies of the Sab
bath such efforts come into every
legislature, and are defeated by
the faithful efforts of the Lord's
Day Alliance. It is, therefore,
very worthy of our liberal sup
port
Since the last convention con
tributions have come in from the
following churches, viz. The
Cove United Presbyterian $4 85
2nd United Presbyterian Congre
gation of the Cove $3 .65; McCon
nellsburg M. E. $2 00; Fort
Littleton M. E. $1.75;-Knobs-
ville M. E. $1.75; Cito M. E.
$1 40. From these and the offer
ing of the last convention we have
been enabled to help the Lord's
Day Alliance of the State to the
amount of $20, leaving in our
treasury a balance of $1.53.
The present affairs of the
association were re-elected for
another year.
The convention agreed to ear
nestly appeal to every pastor in
the county to preach to his con
gregations on the subject of the
sabbath on the first sabbath of
May next or as soon thereafter
as his appointments will .permit,
and receive an offering from his
people for the sabbath cause.
sending the same to the Secre
tary, Rev. J. L, Grove McCon
nellsburg, Pa. An offering was
taken amounting to $3.25. The
address of the evening was given
by Rev. W. V. Grove on "The
Best Means of promoting the
sabbath cause." The president
was authorized by the convontion,
and appointed a law anw' order
committee consisting of three
laymen viz, John P. Sipes S. A.
Nesbitand, Geo. W. Reisner,
whose duty it shall be to look
after any infractions of the sab
bath law, and secure its enforce
ment by the proper officials.
After the reading and approv-
ng of the minutes, the conven
tion adjourned and was dismissed
by the covention.
. Secretary.
Dome for Christmas.
After an absence of eight years,
Carl E. Mellott ate Christmas
dinner in the home of his pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. G. Wesley
Mellott in Ayr township. Carl
was living in Illinois until last
July when he enlisted to fight the
Kaiser and became a member of
Co. C, 20th regiment. He was
assigned to the Radio service,
and is now in training at Cam
bridge, Mass.
Wolfe Fleming.
On Saturday evening, Decem
ber 22, 1917, at Annapolis, Md.,
Mr, W. A. Wolfe of Washington,
D. C. was married to Miss Vera
E. Fleming, daughter of Editor
and Mrs. Geo. A. Fleming of
Mercersburg. Mr. Wolfe sever
al years ago was employed in the
office of Mercersburg Academy
and is now enlisted in the 437th
Engineer Depot Department at
Washington.
Killed at Woodvale.
On Thursday of last week a
young man named John Williams
was instantly killed in a coal mine
at Woodvale, Pa., by a fall of
rock. His death cast a gloom
over the place, as he was well
iked. His parents, brothers and
Bisters have the sympathy of
their many frindi,
FARMERS' INSTITUTES.
la Brash Creek, Union and Thompson,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday, January 1519.
With practically the entire
world looking upon the American
farmer to supply the greater part
of food stuffs during the year,
more interest than has ever be
fore been shown is manifest in
the series of Farmers' Institutes
which are to be held in Fulton
county beginning Tuesday, Jan
uary 15. The opening meeting
on January 15 will be held at Mc-
kendree church in Brush Creek
Valley, and on January 16 and
17 there will be sessions at the
Buck Valley M. E. church and
on January 18 and 19 at Reho
both church in Thompson town
ship. The Pennsylvania Department
of Agriculture which supervises
the meetings, is being assisted
by able speakers from the United
States Department of Agricul
ture and representatives of the
Pennsylvania Committee on Pub
lic Safety.
Director of Farmers' Insti
tutes, C. E. Carothera has placed
J. Stuart Groupe, of Jersey
Shore, Pa., in charge o" the sec
tion of the State of whici' Fulton
county is part, and County Chair
man, Frank Ranck, of L-'hel
township, has arranged attract
ive programs for the entire series
of meetings. Mr. Groupe is an
expert on .soil fertility, potato
cultur, hog breeding and corn
culture.
The instructors assigned for
the Fulton county meetings are,
M. H. McCallum Warnersville,
Pa., and Theo. Wittman, Allen
town, Pa. Mr, McCallum will
talk on the use of lime, fertiliz
ers, potato culture, alfalfa, soy
beans and commercial plant
foods. Mr. Wittman is an ex
pert poultryman and his subjects
are especially timely with eggs
scarce and bringing good prices.
He speaks on up-to-date ways
and methods that make poultry
pay, and varieties and types of
poultry.
No farmer in Fulton can afford
not to attend the meetings at
one of the three designated pla
ces. - A Cripple for Life.
Dr. McGarrah, of Robertsdale,
took Oscar Houck, who is
employed in the coal mines at
Robertsdale, to the Roaring
Springs hospital on Friday, where
he was entered in the surgical
ward. Mr. Houck was the vic
tim of an accident that will make
him a cripple for life. A prop in
the mine broke, leaving a ton
of stones, etc., loose on the un
fortunate man. Upon examina
tion at the hospital it was found
he sustained a compound fracture
of the left leg - above the knee,
the knee joint entirely lost and
the heel torn off .Everett Press.
Whilfield-Salksld.
A very prettv home wedding
was solemnized at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Salkeld,
at Breezewood, on New Year's
Day, when their daughter Ruth,
was wedded to Mr. J. Russell
Whitfield. Rev. H. C, Moyer of
the M. E. church performed the
ceremony in the presence of
friends and relatives of the con
tracting parties. Both bride and
groom are well known young peo
ple of Breezewood and have a
host ct friends. A sumptuous
wedding dinner was served after
the ceremony.
Decker jlaon.
At the residence of the bride's
parents on Thursday, January 3,
1918, by Justice-of-the-Peace W.
B. Ranck, Mr. Riley Decker and
Miss Daisy Mann, both of Bethel
township, were united in mar
riage. The bride is a daughter
of Mr. Job H. Mann and the
groom a son of Henry Decker.
The News extends congratulation!,
Somewhere in Erance.
The following letter written
on the 15th of December by
Newt Morton, Co. C, 10th Engi
neers (Forestry) American
Expeditionary Force, to his par
euts Judge and Mrs. Peter Mor
ton near town, was received last
week.
"I received your most welcome
letters of November 20th and
22nd today. I surely was very
glad to hear from you and to
know everything is going well,
do not know why you shouldn'
nave roi more mail from me
since I came here, because I
have been writing at least once a
week home and as I found time
have written to my brothers and
sisters. 1 have been receiving
your mail rather regularly ex
cept now and then one is delayed
somewhat so you no doubt wit
get my letters sometime. It is
natural that they would be held
up some since there is so much
mail coming from this side. We
have not received the boxes yet.
Cal Middour from Waynesboro,
Pa. who i3 with Newt got
paper today dated August 6th.
We had quite a laugh about it
We haven't had any snow. It
was rather frosty this morning,
but gets very nice by noon. I
imagine we should not have any
snow. You spoke of sending
sweaters. Don't send anymore
39 I received one from the Dis
trict of Columbia Red Cross
Society and I have enough com
ing now that 1 will De well pre
pared to make atrip to the North
Pole after we "Get the Kaiser."
That might be a good place to
take him and let him stay there
sometime the sudden change
he would have after he died and
is transferred, might be a little
worse punishment.
.When you asked whether there
was anything I wanted, it re
minded me of what one of the
fellows Baid the other day. Some
one asked him to let them know
what he wanted, and he wrote
and told them "Peace" was the
only thing of which he could
think. But we will, no doubt
have that sometime. I saw by
the paper that the English had
taken Jerusalum and the Ger
mans were preparing a drive on
the western front. I think if
they try that they will surely be
out of luck as they can't get
away with it at this stage of the
game.
"There is an interesting article
on the 19th Eng. Newt's Regi
ment in the Philadelphia Ledg
er, the issue ot November nth.
Perhaps tho' it was in the Press,
if not, you can no doubt get a
Ledger of that date. I do not
know where Pete Forner is. I
wish you would send his address.
I might run on to him sometime,
but I doubt it very much.
"Everybody in our tent is
writing letters tonight. We
haven't got our electric lights
yet and our tent looks like a
Catholic church with candles . in
every corner. I hope you are
all well. I wish you all a Happy
New Year. Don't worry aboit
my health as I've always felt fine,
I cannot write anything concern
ing the war, on account of the
strict censorship, but don't worry
about me as I'm well and safe.
Write whenever you can as one
of a soldier's desires is to get
mail. It surely makes a differ
ence. Lovingly,
A "Newt"
Stella Girtrodd Stevens.
The family of Nathan Stevens,
of Taylor township, desire to ex
press their thanks to their
friends and neighbors for their
kind sympathy and help during
the illness and death of their
only daughter, Stella Gertrude,
who was born on the 30th o f
December, 1917 and died on the
1st day of January, 1918, aged
43 hours.
Subscribe for th Nsws,
WAR APPEAL TO CHURCHES.
All Denominations Aked to Act To
gether in Face of World Crisis.
A New Year appeal to Ameri
can churches, irrespective of de
nomination, to act concertedly
has been issued by representa
tives of various communions in
the United States and Canada.
Among the signers is George
Wharton Pepper, of Philahelphia
besides more than eighty promi
nent clergymen and laymen o
this country.
The world crisis confronts the
church "with the possibility o
coming forth from the war either
with a diminished or a vaster
power." the appeal says. While
it points out that a "divided
church cannot stand." The sug
gestion is made that coal. and
light could be conserved if con
gregations consented to worship
together this winter.
Watch Unlicensed Agents.
Solicitors representing them
selves as agents of certain nur
series and not carrying a State
license have been reported to be
working in certain sections of the
State, and the Pennsylvania De
partment of Agriculture through
the Bureau of Zoology is carry
ing on an investigation.
It is the purpose of the De
partment to protect the public,
as well as all bonafide nursery
i
men anu aeaiers, against irre
sponsible and dishonest agents,
and prosecutions will follow as
soon as agents are apprehended
Fruit growers and farmers should
report all persons soliciting with
out license cards. The law amp
ly protects any who place orders
with strangers, as all agents for
certified nurseries, or dealers in
nursery stock, are required to
carry signed license cards from
the Department of Agriculture
showing what dealers or nursery
men they represent Persons
soliciting orders who are unable
to produce such cards are violat
ing the law and should not be
patronized. Rigid enforcement
of the law has been ordered by
Secretary of Agriculture Chas,
E. Patton and unscrupulous
agents will be prosecuted.
War Saving Stamps.
The plan of the government to
raise funds through the sale of
war savings certificate stamps is
one of the most commendable
plans yet instituted. The sale of
iberty bonds was and is neces
sarily circumscribed because these
bonds could not be issued in small
denominations sufficient to in'
elude the small savings of the
millions who handle only small
means, With the savings stamp,
however, all can have a hand in
financing their government, Mil-
ions who felt themselves unable
spare the amount of a bond can
contribute through this channel.
And the fact that every penny
invested in these stamps is so
much saved and invested at a
profit, should inspire in the
American people a spirit of thrift
and saving that heretofore been
tota ly foreign to our natures.
The r srnnse should be univer
sal.
Two Bits a Day Club.
Oot in Phoenix, Ariz., a move
ment has been inaugurated for
the formation of "Two Bits a
Day" clubs, the members of
which are to buy a quarter's
worth of Thrift Stamps every
day. Three men each took a
hundred Thrift cards, pasted one
stamp in each card, and sold the
entire lot before two blocks had
been covered.
'Two bits" is the old term,
dating back to the early days of
he country for a quarter of a
dollar end is still used in the
South and West Every patriotic
American now wants "to do his
bit;" the members of these clubs
are carrying out this idea finely
in doing their "two bits" every
day. It is hoped that "Two Bits
a Day" clubs will be formed all
over the country in the great
war-saving campaign,
Your Income Tax.
About 400,000 persons in this
country know something about
making up their income tax
schedules, although if they posses
large and complicated fortunes,
it is going to be difficult to fill
out the new ones. But there are
perhaps twenty millions of peo
ple who know of the income tax
only Vaguely and who must fill
out schedules for 1917 even if
they are not liable to tax.
Every person with an income
of $800, if unmarried, must
make a return. As this means
an income of only $16 a week,
it is certain to include a grea
share of all wage-earners in the
country. All over $1000 is taxed
unless there are exemptions. The
married man gets an exemption
of $2000 and something extra
for dependent children, but most
of them will have to fill out a
blank.
Blanks are ready at any time
but the government is not com
pelted to send you one. The ob
ligation is on you to secure one
from the Collector, who may be
found at the Post Office at Mc
Connellsburg.
jnow is the time to make up
your accounts. Do not put it off,
or you are certain to regret it.
iou must include gross revenue
from all sources and make such
deductions as the law allows
and state plainly the sum on
which you are to be taxed and
the total amount. You must do
your own bookkeeping in the
first instance, but if there is any
reason to suppose you have made
an error the government will
come down on you in a hurry.
Since Uncle Sam wants the
money, and as it is best to get
disagreeable things out of the
way early, the wise plan is to
file your account early and pay
it as soon as you get the bill.
Only those doing business in a
large way save anything by
waiting until June 15, which is
the last day for payment
Tbe People Are Saving;.
It has been pointed out a3 evi
dence of how strongly the duty
of saving had been imDressed
upon the English people by the
war-savings campaign in that
country that in the year 1916,
although purchasing billions of
dollars af war bonds, the small
savings-bank depositors in Eng
land increased their deposits in
savings banks over $60,000,000.
this in face of the fact that the
English have been noted as a
spending rather than as a sav
ing people.
It seems that a similar process
has taken place in America. Two
great Liberty Loans were floated
in the year just closing, and
nearly $6,000,000,000 of Liberty
Loan Bonds were purchased by
the people. Yet instead of being
depleted the savings-banks de
posits of the country have been
increased. The president of one
of the large New York savings
banks is quoted as saying on
December 20, 1917:
"One of the most remarkable
things about the Liberty Loan
campaigns is the small effect
they have had on the savings
banks accounts, which show an
increase. This we lay to the
appeals made to the American
people to purchase the bonds out
of their earnings. Davine for
them from week to week or from
month to month. The people
appear to be doing as they have
been urged, purchasing the bonds
;rom current savings."
Cheer Up.
With the prevailing high prices
of everything to eat and wear,
we should thank our lucky stars
that we are not living in Ger
many. Information just received
by the food Department coming
trough a responsible source.
says that in Berlin butter is sell
ing for $2 25 a pound; sugar 56
f6 ll (I pUUUU, BUgCM UV
cents a pound; ham and bacon ana fceptemoer.... 8Mb
$2.11 a pound and soap at five,Novembe'
December. 51 G7
bars for $1.12-reducea from
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WAR DANGERS.
Little Talks on Ikalth and fljgiene by
Samuel G. Dixon, M. D., LI D.,
Commissioner of Health.
During a great international
war, such as we are in at present,
we are prevented from taking
ordinary precautions to guard
against th" transmission of dis
ease. Notwithstanding the great
interchange of men from all
parts of the world we have rrfore
communicable diseases in our
midst than ever before. This
behooves the individual to look
out for himself, otherwise he is
apt to fall a victim to one of the
miserable diseases which are be
ing carried by men from all
parts of the world. -
In some of these places from
which we are importing labor,
chronic and disabling diseases are
very common. For example,
trachoma and ulceration of the
mucous membrane of the eye
which is easily transferred from
one to another, which terminates
in blindness. It was only a short
time ago that our Government
had to return a lot of laborers
who came from one of the most
infected trachoma centers in the
world. Many of these men had
gone to restaurants ' for their
meals. Their finirerH U'pr in.
fected from ruhhinir their nWr.
ated eyes and from these fingers
tney imparted this disease,
trachoma, to the fork, fmnona
and knives and frequently to the
cups and plates, often deeply
fissured With cracks whpra tho
ordinary washing in cheap res
taurants is not sulllcient to dis
turb the trerms which nrndiipa
the disease.
Every individual, therefore.
eating at a public restaurant
should enter a protest against
cracked cuds and nlatea that thin
one source of danger mfght be
eliminated.
To Control Binder Twine.
The Food Administration has
arranged to control during 1918
the supply of binder twine. Rea
sonable prices-though not so low
as former ones are expected.
This control will be effected
through voluntary agreements
the binder twine makers have
made with the Food Administra
tion which will centralize the
buying and eliminate competition.
Henry Wolfer. former warden of
the Minnesota State penitentiary,
where he built up the largest
binder twine manufactory in the
world, will have charge of the
work in the Food Administration.
An official announcement say9
the Food Administration's ar
rangements will stabilize prices,
prevent undue advances, elimin
ate waste, speculation and hoard
ing and give the product to the
ultimate consumer at the lowest
price possible.
It gives warning.- however.
that higher cost of materials and
reasonable differentials for man
ufacturing will not premit the
price to be as low as in former
years.
Do Chickens Pay?.
From Shlppensburg CUronlole.
There is no doubt that the
chicken business, if properly con
ducted, i3 a money maker, at
least Mr. S. S. Rolar of near
Mainsville thinks so and he can
prove that his assertions are cor
rect, He started with 170 hens
and 10 Cockrells. From this
flock he raised 200 chickens, had
as many eggs for the table and
cooking purposes as he wanted,
enjoyed as many meals of Roast
chicken as he and his family de
sired and with all that has a net
balance of cash, derived from the
sale of the eggs of $592.14. Fol
lowing is the schedule of his sales
by months.
January..... $42.00
February 31.22
March 55.83
April..:...... ; 83.67
toay .................... '89.52
June.' .... , 56.70
July...,
"V HJ.uu
48.00
Total $592.14