m tvltq commr mm. McorittLiit xa, fx INTERESTING PARAGRAPHS ill neal and Qeieral latereit, Oithered at Home or Clipped from oar Ezchaacei. CONDENSED POR HURRIED READERS U.G. Humbert and son Stanley lower Ayr township, were in town last Friday. John Heinbaugh, near Cito, suffered from a severe attack of in digestion recently. urant Shoemaker and son Joseph and daughter Precious of Fort Littleton, were in town last Saturday. Miss Ethel Kendall is spending a few days with her sister, Min erva (Mrs. R. W. McKibbin,) Waynesboro, Pa. Rev. Croft will preach next Sunday at Mt. Zion at 10:30; at Needmcreat3.00; and at Bedford Chapel at 7:00 in the evening. Calvin E. Clevenger. cleric in Over's Grocery in Chambersburg, spent last Sunday in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ahimaaz Clevenger West Market Street HIDES. Frank B. Sipes pays the highest market price tor beef hides at tbeir butcher shop in McConnellsbnrg, also highest price paid for calf skins sheepskins and tallow. AdTartliement. Charles E. Heeter arrived in McConnellsburg last Sunday morning from Camp Lee, Va., and at once started for his home in Taylor township for a five days' visit with his home folks. The new price for milk in Al toona is fourteen cents a quart, following a rise of one cent by the milk dealers' Association. This is the third increase in the price to the consumer in six months. . Landlord Brodbeck, of Burnt Cabins, was in town arranging for the advertising of his person al property at public sale on Fri day, February 15th. Mr. Brod beck intends to move to Clear field County. On the fifth page of this paper will be found the new advertise ment of Ge'o. W. Reisner & Bro., for many years established in business in McConnellsburg. Their large and varied assort ment of goods makes their store a desirable place at which to deal. Earl Barmont, who came home hat Saturday evening from Camp Lse to spend a few days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Barmont, woke up the iiext morning with a fine dose of maasles and a quarantine of six teen days. With a ten-days furlough, he stands between Dr. Mosser and the guard house. Attention is directed to Chas. Huston & Bro's advertisement on the last page of News. The Huiton boys need no introduc tion to the people in the upper e nd of the County, and the large business they have built up with in a comparatively few years is evidence that they have played a f Air game with their patrons. Paul Ott now an enterprising vouog farmer of Illinois, son of John Ott, of this plaae, is visit ing his father's family. Paul has been in "the west" for eight years andthis is his first visit home in four years. He is feed ing a hundred hogs, . eighty five of which will weigh 250 punils, which he expects to ship to Chicago on the February market Mr. George E. Stevens landed in .McConnellsburg yesterday morning from Dixon, 111. on his way t visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Stevens at Laidig. George has been in the West six ypars and this his first trip home. The way the railroads are tied up by the blizzard, he was lucky to got through Cthis time. He snpnt the time from Sunday un til Wednesday morning getting from Chicago to McConnellsburg. DIED OF HEART FAILURE. at George W. Cooper Pasd Away at Bis Horns in Oklahoma Citj Wed nusday Moroin?. A telegram from John Fields dated Oklahoma City, Okla, January 30th, 11:12 a. m., says George Cooper died of heart failure this morning. Burial Hagerstown." George Cooper is a native o this county and well known For several years he owned and conducted the City Hotel in this place. He was married to Miss Mary Demick of McConnellsburg, who survives. A few years ago he closed out his real estate hold ings here and went to Oklahoma City, where, it is said, he cleaned up a good deal of money in'rea estate. Tractors from America. To increase France's crops and to lighten the burden of toil on her old men, women, and chil dren 1,500 farm tractors will ro to that country from the United states, ine nrst numired are already on the way, and the whole number will be in France by March, in time for the spring plowing. Deck space was pro vided for the first shipment on a naval transport Schools of in struction will be organized. The acreage sown to crops in the uninvaded portion of Franre m 1U17 was about 10,000,000 acres less than in 1913, or 24.4 per cent. The increased pro duction through the use of trac tors this year is expected to greatly improve the food bitua tion. Sergeant Maj jr. Ira L. Peck, son of Mr. and Mrs, Jonathan P. Peck, enlisted into the navy less than eight months ago. Having success ully passed an examination for promotion, he has just received notice that he has been made Chief Yeoman with the rank Sergeant Mojor, and placed charge of the Receiving Ship, now lying at Cape May, N. J. Roy. and Mrs. J. L. Yearick of Boswe'l, Sjmerset County, spent the time from Monday to Thursday of last week in town getting their household goods ready preparatory to their being removed to their new home. Scott Alexander was to take them in his motor truck, but the condition of the roads has been such that he is not willing to risk the trip. Mr. and Mrs. Yearick have secured a cottage along the Lincoln Highway, con venient to his work, and expect to be housekeeping as soon as they get their furniture. Friday, February 15th at 1 o'clock, rain or abine, R. W. Brodbeck, intending to leave the hotel and move to Clearfield County, will sell at his residence at Burnt Cabins 1 horse, 6 cows, 6 yearling ewes, 1 gasoline en gine (H hp) lot of galvanized roof ing, household goods, consisting of stoves, chairs, tables, carpets, sewiDg machines, organ, three guns, cash register, typewriter, protectograph, potatoes, and many other articles. Credit 6 months. J. M. Chesnut, auc tioneer. Webster Mellott, son of Hon. and Mrs. G. B. Mellott is spend ing this week in the home of his , parents in this place. Webbie is in training at Camp Greene, N. C, and left that place last Sunday but on account of the blizzard, he did not reach home until Tuesday evening. Other Fulton County boys who were transferred from Camp Greene are Duff Sipes, Orville Mellott and John Tritle. WAR RISK INSURANCE. Eolistcd Men Hast Act on or Before February 15th If They Are to Have frotectioa. Unless quick action is taken by fully 750,000 enlisted men ft large proportion ol whom are Pennsylvaninas, they will, shoul they be killed or disabled in the service, deprive their families or dependents of millions of dollars that Uncle Sam is willing to con tribute to their support. They will lose this aid by fal ure to obtain protection of the War Risk Insurance. A tim limit has been fixed for the issu anco of this insurance. The Pennsylvania Committee of Publ'c Safety is authorized to announce that men who entered Vie service on or before October 15, 1917 will not be able to bp cure War Risk insurance aft Februarv 12. This protection H oCNrea by the Bureau of War Risk Insui anceof the United States Treas ury Department and is backed by the entire renounces of the nation. It is a form of insurance easily obtained It is low priced In proportion to the protection given, it is pia over in a way that safeguards a man or his family for the term of bis tota disability and up to years in cine ot permanent disability Families, in event of an enlisted man's death, are also protected for 20 years by monthly benefits All men in the army and navy and also armv and navy curse may obtain Wir Risk Insur-tnce provided they apply within the the time limit, which extends 120 days after the datof their entry ints the service. More than $3,700.l'V.000 of War Risk Insurance hat blreadv ooen tan en. The ins 'ar.ee plan in simple. For examp , an ennstoa man -aged zo years iiiy obtain what is classed as a $10,- 000 policy upon payment of pre miurasof G60 per month. In case of totul pernnnett disability he would bi entitled, uader thu pV.icy, to receive monthly bene fite of $57 50 for 20 yoifs. Should the disabled man die in 10 months, by way of illutra tion, his boneficiary would con tmue to receive the monthly bene tits for the balance of the 20 year period. Total disability that results from illness counts the same as that due to injury and brings the same monthly bene fits, lnrurarc may be taken in amounts of $500 or any multi pie of it up to $10,000 and the monthly benefit is paid at the rate of $5.75 for each $1000 of insurance. There is no lump sum payment of insurance at any time, the plau being devised to give the ujsured or his benefici ary a fixed income covering the period ot disability. Monthly premiums are graded according to age. The lowest charge is 63 cents per $1000 for men agod 18 A man of 80 pays 69 cents, and the rate at 40 years is 81 cents per thousand. Any or more of the following may be named as beneficiary by the person taking the insurance Wife, husband, child, grand child, brother, sister, adopted brother, adopted sister, step brother, stepsister, parent, grandparent, step parent of the insured, parent, grandparent, or stepparent of the insured's wife or husband. Liberal adjustments are made to meet all contingencies. There is a 81 day non-lapsing feature which protects against forfeit ure In case or delay in payment of premiums An insured man may leave the service and still carry the losuraoce. War Risk Insurance is sep arate from the pensions and othir compensations provided for by the Government and does not interfere with them in any way nor with service or retire mont pay. A Natural Fortification . If you catch colds easily, if troubled with catarrh, if subject to headaches, nervousness or listlessness, by all means start today to build your strength with which is a concentrated medicinal food and building- tonic to put power in the blood, strengthen the life forces and tone up the appetite. No alcohol in SCOTT'S. Tht Imported Norwrrfaa end Urcr oil uwd In Scott '9 EmmUimn U now nflaed la our ewa Amtricaa bboratotic which ruaranteea it J s (rum impuritiaa. Scott ft Bewn. BlMB&tld, N. J. . 17-U Broken Dishes. A lady in one of our neighbor ing towns has found a sure cure for broken dishes. If the dish to be mended can be tied to gether with a stout string, then placed in boiling milk and left one hour, you never can tell the dish had been broken and it can afterwards be put in boiling water without the pieces coming apart. This experiment says the Valley Spirit, has been tried and proven and many are the broken dishes which were thought to be useless which are now as good as new. SAVE WHEAT FOR OUR SOLDIERS THEY MUST NOT SUFFER! USE CORN FLOUR Two Wheatless Days Each Week and One Wheatless Meal a Day Will Give Us 90,000,000 Bushels - For Our Own Boys and the Allies. 300C "All of our surplua wheat from tht 1917 crop tiai a-lreadj gone to the al lies or to the bottom of the aea. And there wasn't enough to feed them If It had all reached Us destination. Thero Is dire diutreia anion our friends across the soa. Italy la today In a state of semi-starvation and France and England are undergoing the severest prlratlons. I aly'a defeat was largely due to lark of food and not to lark of skill in warfare or fight ing spirit among Its pecple. T. e Rus sian collupte was chiefly the result of desperate hunger. To fail to supply the needed bread to England, France and Italy would be to invite more dis aster, and possibly complete defeat and ruin." Thus spoke Howard Heinz, Federal Food Administrator for Pennsylvania, la an appeal for Increased con servation of food by t!ie American people with particular reference to wheat. "We need to save many things by self denlal and substitution," said Mr. Helm, "meat, fats and sugar, but the all-important thing for the next few months la wheat and more wheat. "Our own boys are 'over there' new," continued Mr. Helns, "our own eons and brothers to the number of some hundreds of thousands, and more are going every week. A col lapse or even a serious defeat on the allied front, through failure to sustain the man power on the fighting lino and behind It with sufficient food, would involve our own mm In the general loss, as we.ll as those who have fought our battles for us for so long. "Such a misfortune, must never be Jlowod to befall its through the sel fish indulgence of those of us who are nfely comfortable here at home. We ran savo enough to meet the crisis. We mnst do it and we will. "American pntrlotlsm Is strong enough to measure up to all the de mands that may be made upoa much more to a demand that Involves so little sacrifice as Introducing two wheatless days per week and one wheatless meal per day. Many ot us will volunteer even more. It Is only a question of bringing borne clearly te every individual mind a realization of the fact that It Is the Individual sav Ing that will save the situation and that only the Individual saving can save It. What one person or one fam ily can save amounts to a little In Itself, to be sure, but the aggregate amount of the little daily savings of a hundred million patriotic people Is vast enough to meet our need. "The American people as Individu als must wake up to the situation as they have not waked up yet. The so lution of Uils food crisis Is not up to the nation or the state or to any of ficials. It Is not to be solved by the few or by your neighbors. It Is a question for you, American Fathers, Mothers, brothers, sisters, frlonds, of the brave American boys who have gone forth to make the supreme saert ftro that you may continue to live In peace under free American Institu tionsto yon, every one Individu ally. "This means to the housewife, the cutting out on wheatless days and at wheatU-ss meals of white bread, rolls and pastry, Including pies, also such foods aa macaroni and spaghetti on the home table the regular purchase of at least one-third and better, one- half as much wheat flour as before from hor grocer to this extent. It means using in place of, or In combl nation with, wheat flnur, more corn meal and corn and barley flour, more rye. burkwhoat and rice, more oat meal and other cereol tubstltutea for wheat In the every day mnti. "May the response of Pennsylvania In this hour of grave dsnger to our cause be Immediate and generously worthy of our great State." 8 RACKET STORE Well, last week we told you about glass jam, tin cans, jar gums, coal oil, etc. We can still sell you glass jars quarts at 60 cents, and half-gallon at 85 cents; jar rings at 5 and 8 cents a doz. or 35 cents a pound. Tin cans at 50 cents. Coal oil U 12 cents a gallon, now. Underwear Shoes and Clothing. We are in shape to save you some mony on un derwear, shoes, and clothing. We bought all these goods early, and we are going to give you the ben efit of the nice saving. 'You want to see the Men's fleeced underwear we have for 50 cents each; also, the one at 65. Men's union suits at $1.25, $1.35, $1.90, $2.50 and $3.75. Men's wool shirts and drawers $1.00 and $1.35. Children's separate underwear, 15 cents and 35 cents each. Bovs' union suits 55 cts.; Misses heavy, 55 and 65 cents. Boys' sweater coats, 50 cents to $1.25. Men's sweater coats 50 cents to $3.25. Boys' sport coats, $3.25 to $7.50. . . Men's heavy Overalls $1.00 and $1.25. Gallon crocks 10 cents Men's work shirts 60 cents. Men's wool shirts 95 cents and $1.98. We think we can save you, also on Shoes for the Whole Family These goods are hard to get, but we expected this and bought heavily, and we are now very glad we did. We have just received a work shoe for men that was ordered three months ago that is hard to beat and we can sell it at $2.60. 50-lb. lard cans 55 cents, butcher knives 10 to 25 cents, same kind and same price as last year. Linoleum 85 and $1.00 a yard, 100 split rivets 5 cents, corn bushel basket 95 cents, bed blankets $1. 25 to $3 horse blankets $1.25 to $2.50, Buggy harness $18.00, $20.00 and $22.00, set bunch straps 10 cents, Fire Extinguisher. We have a good fire extinguisher. ' Any one that owns an automobile should have one. They cost but 35 cents and one might save the price of a new machine. If you have rats, why not try Rat Corn? It will kill them, and you won't have a smell cither only 20 and 45 cents a box. This is the time of year to get your stock and chickens in good condition for the winter. Just try Dr. Hess's remedies. 25, 60, and dollar sizes. HULL & BENDER McConnellsburg, Pa. Geo. W. Reisner &Co. HAVE A FEW Ladies' and Misses' Coats left that you can buy at a bargain, as we want to clear them out en tirely. It will pay you to look them over - Suits and Overcoats We can save you $3.00 to $5.00 on a suit or overcoat. Some elegant values in these goods. - Dress Goods for spring are coming in. These goods were bought very early aVid are cheap compared with the pres ent market. fL4lbber of all kinds, stock yet. The best and a fair Come in Geo. W. Reisner & Co., McConnellsburg, Pa. ri 300C r -1 4i THE! UNIVERSAL CAR. Get Your FORD While Getting is Good. We are issuing this notice to intending buyers that they may protect themselves against delay or disap- v pointment in securing a FORD CAR. Delay in placing your order at this time may cause you to wait several months when you want a FORD. The unusual winter demand for FORD CARS makes it necessary for us to confine the distribution of cars only to those agents who have orders for imme diate delivery rather than permit any agent to stock cars in anticipation of later spring sales. If, therefore, you are planning to purchase a FOKD CAR we advise you to place your order to-day with our authorized FORD agent listed below and don't be disappointed later on. Immediate orders will have prompt attention. PRICES : Runabout - - - $345.00 Touring car - - 360.00 Ford One-ton Truck - - 600.00 ALL F. O. B. DETROIT. May we not have your order for one? We pledge Ford owners the reliable Ford service at our authorized agent listed below as he carries a full line of genuine Ford parts at standard Ford prices: also, a full line ac cessories and skilled workmen to give you ef ficent ser vice, any time, any where, i FORD MOTOR CO. . Ford Sales and Service Agent, EMORY A. DIEHL Locust Grove, Pa., controlling the territory of Brush Creek, Union, Belfast and Bethel town ships, Fulton County, Pa. Administrators' Notice. Rst.te of Mra. Martha SWIea, late of llelfast towr.ahlp, decerned. Notloe I. hereby riven, that Letter, of Ad' ministration upon the .hove estate hare been K ruined to tne unuerniKnea. All persona hay inK claim airainm nam estate will present (arm property aumeniioainu ior aeillciuent. and ttioa. owing theeame will please o.U and ettle. F D. BKII.KS. 11 L. SMITH. HMl, Administrator.. Trespass rptices for Bale at the News office 6 for a quarter. Sent prepaid by mail if cash ac companies the order. Western Maryland Bailiay. In Effect January 6, 1918. Subjeot to ehanf. without nolle. Train, leay. B.noook a. follow i : No, t 1 12 p. m. (dally) for Cumberland. (Teat Virginia Dolati, and Pittsburgh, Chloaio and the Watt. Ho. I-30 . m. (dally) for Hageratown, Wayneaboro, Cbamberab.rf , Ueitvi burg, Hanoyer, Ualtire, Waahington. Philadelphia .nd New Yoik. ""BK"X S ENNES. Ueoaral Manag.r O. F. STEWART Gen'l Paaienger Ag't Subscribe for the News.
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