(XCE3ESI1NG PAEASSAPES lLocfl and (leueral Interest, Gathered at Home or Clipped from oar Exchange!. CONDENSED FOR HURRIED READERS R3V. E J. Croft will preach next Sunday mornin? at 10: 30 at Ebsnezrjat Aibiry at 2:33, and at Siloam at 7:00 in the evening. Harry W. Shaw and Maurice E. shaw, near Hancock, Md., were quests in the home of ex Sheriff and Mrs. J. G. Alexand er, of McConnellsburg Sunday night. Miss Samantha Mellott, of Chambersburg, spent the time from Saturday uutil Sunday afternoon in the home of her pa- rents, Hon. and Mrs. Geo. B. Mellett. "We have reached the time in our national life when no loyal citizen in the country can afford to spend a dollar for wasteful luxuries. Such an expenditure re solves itself into a disloyal act." Cardinal Gibbons. HIDES. Prank 13. ' Sipos ov tbe highest market pries for he t hMes at tioir hutcher ihop m McOonnellsburf, sJso btgtiet price pai J for call Bkins irieeptkins and tallow. AdvertilHeniHDt, If every home there are 20, 000,000 of them - should waste on the average one-half cup of milk daily, it would mean' a waste of 2,600,000 quarts daily 912.500,, 000 quarts a year the total pro duct of more than 400,000 cows. Of course, when you go to Chambersburg for anything i n the house-furni9hing line, you do i" t decide upon a purchase un ti' you have looked over the stock a' Sierers' big st)re. See the n; vertisement at the top of p.ve 5. There will be roprerching ser vi, 3 in the Reformed nor in tiie Tii ibyterian church next Sun day. Sunday school in the morn ing md afternoon rrd Christian Em'.mvor in the e r'ng all in the Informed churcii. No heat in thj Presbyterian. Washington, D. C Thous ands (if American airp'ane3 are fl,iMg above the American forces in E n ope today; thousands more v.il! be added by June; still more thdus! nds will pour across the Atlantic as fast as the coordinat f 1 fact )rie3 in this country can turn th;m out. The T.acket Store people have a new advertisement in this week's paper that it will pay you to read As long as you see a business man'a advertisement i n the pioc, you may depend upon if. that ht is "alive and kicking" and duin' business at the old stand. Alton D. Neidigh, farmer, who liV23 oa a farm West of Blain, Ptjrry ounty, killed a hog a few days ago which dressed 784 p iuikK Tie hog was about four years old ai:d was thebiggest ever kn nvn t; In raised in that sec tion. The butchering was wit nessed by atout seventy-five peo ple. To 3 poor to take the home pa per? Well, hat is a distressful cjnditijn. Puy a hen, feed her crumbs and aste from the kitch en and she wi I lay eggs to pay for a year's subscription; then work h or up into a lotpia and she will p.iy I ci fi st cost; so the paper will be clear p-ofit. Repeat this process year after year, mean while learn wisdom and cease to be pocr. Mrs. Rilh I win, of Bartles ville, O i!ithorn t, claims to be the c'.i.iniDi hi knitter of the country. She Lases her claim on the fact that she knitted a man's cuv.ple'e sweater, with out a llivr, in ;ght hours and forty-five minutes. She has knitted fi.'un sweaters in twelve days. T!. first one wes c.mp!etn! in n.'! teen hours and the second in ft-iuteen. It now o k? cc: 'air, a review er in Lunci-tfr c 'n'.ry states, that tri;r? will 1h n t it-petition of the p it.it i' u'i' of last year. Potato? are sv.-iiin,,' at less than half the fumvs tha: prevailed at thitir:ip Ir-f. vi'ir. The cellars of the tainvr.-i are f;ill of them, and no srivtncn in price is looked for. Prices i'i the cil'ea have not go'i up to a'ny extent and ship ment i Invo 'h' n!o'w. The p-es-'ett price is $1.15 on board cars. In addition to the names of the boys published in last week's News who went with the Aero Squadron last Friday was that of E.Kvood Wilkinson. They all, "stuck" except Charlie Gold-1 smith, who returned home Sat urday, he having failed in the phy6icial examination at Harris burg. A wide-a-wake 18-year-old boy down in Preston county, W. Va., sets a good example to his fel lows of similar age in all the nearby states, by his activity and success last year. The re port states that without help he nrenared all the eround and planted four acres of potatoes, I 10 acres of buckwheat, 18 acres of corn and 28 acres of oats, lie also hauled and Bpread 200 loads of manure. He selected his seed corn in the field. The yield be fore he began selecting was 4 0 bushels per acre; now it i, GO bushels. He uses four horses on the plow, and ties three spring tooth harrows together and uses six horses abreast when harrow ing. He is president of tbe White Oak Boys' Club. "Oldfashlincd" inter. Records made by U. S. weath er observer at Chambersburg, which is only 18' miles east of the Fulton County line, and which are practically true of this county, January had two records: one, for the coldest day of the year; the other, for the greatest amount of snow in forty j ears. On January 21,, the mercury dropped to eleven below zero, and thirty-eight inches of snow fell throughout the month. The summary for the month shows: Mean Maximum.- . 17,4 Moan minimum . . Mean Maxi.num Minimum Greatest daily rage. .31 degrees Precipitation .. .. 4 03- in Greatest in24h;5 LIS in. j Total enow . in. I Nine c'ar d:y eight partly I clo'.irfy and f.-nrtaen clou iy. There ha3 been a snowfall of 58 inches this winter, and about an average depth of 2S inches on the ground now. The ground has been covered continuously for nine weeks, and many of the lateral roads are so bad'y drifted as to be practically im possible. 'Thousands of dollars have been ppent by the State Highway department in efforts to keep the main their roads open for through traffic. . The Groundhog saw his shad ow "good and plenty" last Sat urday, and we may expect a thaw and some mild weather i n about six' weeks. S o, cheer up, be happy, and be thankful it's no worse. Sanation Threatening in Mexico. With its attention diverted to more personal and important matters, the public has conceiv ably forgotten all about Mexico, but that unhappy country is still on the map, and conditions there, according to .the report of a representative of the New York Sun, who has just return ed from a tour of observation, so far from having improved, are worse than ever. Owing to the failure of last season's corn crop food is so scarce that thousands of people are on the verge of starvation, and so desperate are the finan cial straits of the Carranza gov ernment that wholesale confisca tion is being practised under the guise of taxation. By a law which became operative on the first of the present year taxes in the federal district, where most of the corporations have their headquarters, were increased tenfold. A tax of 12 ppr cent, was imposed on the capital stock of all corporations within the provincial jurisdiction, and al30 on all invested capital, i,n amounts ranging from $100 to $10,000. In addition to this, the Carranza administration collects, or tries to collect, a surtax of 50 per cent. It is no wonder that businesses at a standstill and that the merchants and compan ies thus being robbed are up in arms. It is not, however, from these sources that the federal treasury derives the larger part of its in sufficient revenues. To impose a confiscatory tax is one thing, to collect it is quite another. It ........ 18.1 1 . 41 j . minus 11 1 is no easier to extract blood from a turnip than it is to obtain an v.-1 come from business which is not i being done, and all that eavits. the Carrarza stror box frcm absolute etiiplirie:;?, is the revenue derived from the oil v ells in toe region of Tamjico. Toat these wells are eMiaorcir arily pro ductive is a well-known fact, and no approach to a full reali zation of their potentialities has yet been made. It is stated by the correspondent from whose dispatch this information is gath ered that with sufficient ships and storage they could be made to yield 200,000,000 barrels a day. This seems incredible, but al ready the product is immense ! and on every barrel exported Carranza collects 11 cents, while another tax of unknown magni- j tude is levied by the revolution-! ary general who controls the oil producing territory. It is an anomaly that a coun try whose natural resources are so immeasurably great should be povrty-strioken and starving. Had Carrarzi chosen to culti vate friendly relations villi th.j United States s'.nd to conduct his government on tiio p'inci;,les of tqnity and j:i:-tiv, American crpital wr uM lu.ve Ixi'ii forth coaling fur tu:vo!ipni:nt, an. before now proM)"ri?y vooli have prevailed, t ut ho and hit revolutionary suporte; s, liutin;.: tiii;? country as tiny l o, lrve greedily lisfcned to the lit" the Germans have told them. They are maintaining an altitude cf hostility toward the United States in anticipation cf a . Gor m;.n victory, which would avenge them on the detest.';! "Gringo," a:id llierj is r ly rt o Ai'xic.'.n of any proniuci.ee Pablo Gonzales who h.w . nse m.oogh to s t! "e vo c-.u.'itrk'n ;;r ;o ii 1 I iii.it i p. t;i the iutnro ot iM'.xi;. depondd.1'nii.. del; 'iiia Iniu.rer. Ssvi!;:. One of t'.e iv. '.r !.r.i r: if t y to Mr. a;. u )J.;.rcy i:. ; o oif Ayr t.v.;:: hip, oi.d Tiai!.v. i f ircrmi n. The ;'ut;ual la.!; y'.zcc jtsku'r-y -t d h tern.et;i was in;u!.: in U. k i ('eiiielery. J. 11. V;.n Clove's PUBLIC SALE Thursday, February 21, '18. The U..dersiii!d having rent er h'o farm and intending to re move to Iowa, will su'l at his resi ritxee on what is ki.o'vn as tlm James Henry farm 1 niilo north oistof Knobsviile, 10 Head of Horses and Colts, ousistmg or 1 Gray Man- 8 .yours old, .'ood leader, weight 1L0 ; 1 LJty horse 8 v'rs old, youd kudiT, weight 1500; 1 Hocre! huibv, (5 ,i rars od, food clTsirlo worker, tino driver, weight 10OU. 1 C.iy Mare 5 year 'ild, weighl 1-00, wilt wo: If any where hitchud; good drafty 2-year-old oo!ls, (u:t, a in tire, the othor a gfddinsr it piri)ij Colts. 18 HEAD of CATTLE. These are well-mod (Jvoi uucys ami Sborlhorr.fi, cousislint!r ei G'o id Milch Cows, fomij of wko.i will be fresh by day of tali & l tho others c!o-o sp i: ;.". f. 1 roj.'is tort d C uo.natsy Ha.l ;.rs o;d, and 1 yearling (.Jia-.le '. Iioit. Bu I; 3 fat bters atjj ii if u'ei n 2 yea1 s nlil Oueof tl.o hi if-;rs will be f: esh in the ti-ntig spring a' d nun ci.r ( u.c.-i 11 InaJ of f;ooJ big Hi ft 1 ; K vt': t G Head i.f I Jogs t:o:m Urjr of T puie b.'d I ii'ltsh vo Urood tio vs, 3 of which arc Uted to far row in Match aid 2 Ja'.or. 1 i?-rii-teretl O I. C toar. 1!, BliOPts woifiirt: from 110 to li t) los. 100 Cli.eii.ns. Farm Jla chincry, consktiutc t oi.o 8 It. nut JJeei -ltigi'.ider, 1 r.ow0..la rio drill, 1 0-;borrv3 Mower, 1 nnailv now di -.c iw, ow, 1 Ij-stc tion tprirg too-h harrw.v, 1 mvd Deoru corn planter, 2 w.ilkii g corn plows, 1 good Oiivnr eh ilk d p;ow, 1 htiyrpke, it. ch tie--.d wagou, i:e'.r)y t ow with wron box O .t: 3 itu h tro td wognn. 200 bb's cf con., bO t,u--. cf oat-', and Kortf, po'.aeev, 1 d dfi'3,.1 tntinre wai.or, 1 f i od surrey, 1 stick v.;i;:or, 1 prrc ftone,.J trardon plu "', II;.rcess, household f.-Oud-', TOl'; IhtllV ul stoves, cnptiof d, tsblos, chairs, carpets, &c , &!., IV e furniture 13 nearly new but must be sold. Terma made known on day of sale. John H. Van Cleve. Wlble and Harris, auctioneers. KGuS CARD TELLS HOW THE HOUSEWIFE CAH 'HELP THE SOLDIERS WIN THE WAR Feed Director Heinz Makes Conserving Wheat, Meat, Asks Ycu to Send Now, It's up to the hoiiBowlfc! President Wilson nnil Herbert Hoov er Imvo told m tliut KOOD WILL W'l.V TMH WAU, mul tliey luive told uh how to umu the pri'siMU supply of loud to m:ik. a wnr victory poKHilile. Howard Hi'ili., Director of t lie Food Supply Department, Pennsylvania Committee of Public Safety, and Fed eral Food Administrator for Pennsyl vania, recently Issued the text of the second Home Curd. The curd has on It u full explanation of what Ilia I'nlted States Food Administration wants you to do to 'conserve food. HANG THIS IN YOUR KITCHEN UNITED STATES FOOD ADMINISTRATION HOME CARD 1918 WHAT YCU CAN DO TO HELP WIN THIS WAR Our Problem Is to feed the Allies and our own soldiers abroad by Ben:!!iii! them as mu h food as we can of the most concentrated nutrlc'vo v.-'kie in 'ilie least shippiiiK spa; e. These foods are wheat, beef, pork, butter and pimar. Our Solution is to e:t le. s of these and as lilt lo of nil foods as will support lioa'th and si r. in;.h'. All wiving counts for .victory. The F oiid Atiinii'i:; rition a-.k-s every loyal American to help win the war by maintaining rigidly, as a minimum of saving, the following pro Kiam: , Have TWO 'WHEMXESS DAYS (Monday nnil Wednesday) every vek. and 0N2 WHEATLESS MEAL In every day. IvvphinaUim On "Wheat; :ix" days ami in "Wlieatle. r" menls of nC'c.1 day i use no cr:i l;ers, p istry, macaroni, breakfast food or other cereal food containing wheat, and use no wheat Hour In any fo-m except the small am unt 'hit may he noeded for thlckonlng oii) i or gravies, or fur a b'n ler in corn bread and other cereil h-c:!di. As to briad, if you bake It fit home, use other cereals than v.lieat. and If you buy II, buy only war bread. Our object Is, that vo should liny and consume one-third less wheat products than we did last year. Have ONE- MEATLESS DAY (Tuesday) In every week nnd ONE H" T ATLFS3 MEAL In every day. Haw TWO PORKLESS DAYS (Tr'-d:i;. cid Sttii't'av) 'n every week. T'xplnna'inn "Meatless" means without any cattle, bop or sheen pro.l'o ts. On other dy use mutton and lamb In preference to beef t nerk. "T'orU'ss" mc'-ns without pork, bacon, ham, lard or pork preil 't is. f:-es'i or pv s.'i v m1. I'so (lnh, poultry and pkrs. As a na tion v.e eit an w-ste nearly twice as much meat 89 we need. Malic every day a FAT SAVIN'S DAY (Huttcr, lard, lard -substitutes, etc.! i:x;il vn:'n- Fiy less: h'ike, broil, boll or Rtew foods Instend. S-ve ;ie::' ''' o;rn in - th o and vegetable ol's for conkinc In rt !.;! i f 1 '. '. er ! - f ' 1 vain- vital to children; therefore. ! - re'ii' 'i f f a-. ViV;' t ! o . e h f t a-. ''e M::l.e -ve-v v a r,UCA3.SAVIN3 CAY. ii mi-'' e Ui s i :ar. I.e s sweet drinks nnd candy con t; !o' - .j ; -.ho i'd li use I lii war time. As a nation we have u ,e i iv.'.t-' mm h 'ii'ar as we need. Vse rr?C!T3. VEO-TA.LES and POTATOES abiimlant'y. . ..i ,-.;;. i-(-;., ':o; are heill!i:'iil and plentiful, nnd, at the Fnri" ti' i. n nly l i'n' the p! i y of other foods which wo must save. Itat.-e all you can for l.onv use. r. fc'll.K w!--'y. Kvplaivilon tT o all of milk: waste no part of It. The chil dren inntit luive whole milk. Use sour and skim milk In cooking and for cottage cheese. HOARDING FOOD. Any one buying and holdlnR a larper supply of fond now than In peace time, except foods canned,, dried or pre served in r:e homtf, Is helping to defeat tbe Food Administration in Its attempt to secure a just distribution of food nnd thi estab lishment of fair prices. The food honrder Is working against the common pood and even against (he very safety of the country. Hoarding food In households is both selfish nid unnecessary; the (iovcrnmen! Is protecting the food supply of its people. T.ovaltv In little things Is the foundation of the nntion.nl strength. PIS I.OVAI.TY IN' LITTLE THINGS CS1VKS AID TO TUB ENEMY. KEEP Tin-: ri.KPCE. po not limit the food of growing I Treach nnd practleo the "gospel of ihil.lren. ... , . , ! the clean plate." Rpr siitile out food to ma'ntiln I ' he-!t'i; the nation needs strong I Housekeepers should help the stores people. I to out down deliveries. Co-onerate with voir loal and ' Use local supplies; this saves rail- ,.r;,i fiv' at ni n s rators. Take I , , ... their ndvlce. I r0!"l transportation. Report to the nearest food administration officer the name and address of any person discouraging the production or saving of food. WHY WE MUST SAVE FOOD To the Members of the United States Food Administration: Hie lir-n of 'he Allied Nations a:o lighting; they are not on the farms. Even the men of the European neutral countries are under arms. The fields of both Allies nnd nen'rals lack mm-power, fertilizer nnd machinery. Hence the production of food by th sr countries has stendily lessened ever since the beginning of the war, while, nt the same time, the shortage of shipping has grown more an 1 nin e serious, with the consequent, s??ady Increase of difficulties In bilnging Mod from the faraway markets of India, AusiT'lla nnil the Argentine. Tlk sl'ui'tion has b 'camt' cK'cl. There is simply not enough food In Europe, yet the soldiers cf thu Allies must be maintained lii full strength; their wive; and children at l:rm. must not face famine; the friendly neu tra's mmt not be starved: and, finally, our own army in France must never lack a needed ounce of food. There is jus1 on' wiv in which all these requirements enn be met. North Miic-Ica must furnish the fond. And wo must, furnish it from our snvle-s ' - .use we have a'r -uilv sent our normal surplus. We ilo not need to starve our own people. We have plenty for our selves eel if Is t c flrri io!lcv of tilt) Food Administration to retain tor our neonle hv l!s cmrr.ii of cxpir's. a silMlclent supply of every essential foodstuff We w"ut ivibotly !n our country to eat 1-ss than is nec.'sary fo good health and fu" si-englh. for Amerlcn needs the fu'l tirodnc'ive power cf all Its r"np' Mncii of the needed saving can bo effected by sub tltnt ln one 'kind cf fond fcr nnoiher. Tint the time has come to put aside all selfishness -nil d;lov:!!.v. T o t'm has come for sacrifice. The Vl'os iv;l na to meet nph- th-dr absolutely Imperative neetls. T''ey nre r-trirtli'"- the etvunipMon if heir own people to He miiilm"ni n saw for lieil'h nnd strmtfh. Th ? are coiitrc'Ung their food hv drastic riivcna-'i'it vo-nbtlon. Ther? is ev e actual privation among their women nud "MM-" ' 'her.. I-.- s'arva'lon In h- 'cium. The V s ned whea and m"nt rntl 'ats nnd sugar. They must, hnve more of all nf th; ' than 've have been s-:nd!i g. more than we shall be ah'o to RTid unleri! " e rostrlcf on" own con unietlon. We can do It without harm, for as n nation, we are today eating and wasting much more food thnr we need. TV who'e great nrcb'em of winning the Tar rests primarily on one thing; the lnynlty nnd sacrifice of tV American neoplo In the matter of foed. It Is not a' government resp-'ns'blllty, It Is the responsibility of each Individual. Each P"imd of fond saved by each American citizen Is a pound given to the support of our army, tho A.lHes and the friendly neutrals. Esch pound wa ited er eaten unnecessarily Is a pound withheld from them. It Is a !li-i" f it."'""n! obM"i'.lon on t! e part of each of us to some one in Eurnp" whom r; --o -id to hel-i If w nre , h t v -v'i c":e'- s we nre a'sloynl. we nre the enemy nt homo. N't "-' 's th" '' ' '' o-ir t'''-'i:o;. i,Pt ,:8 make It the hour of our victor v "-' ( 'ves: vii lory over the Enemy of Fro -dom. TIOWAr-' '"IVZ, ' HEH:"!nRT C HOOVER, Fede-a! i'o..i ' o;il 'i 'sir.itor for United Stales Food Administrator. j ,- , v-nla. If the mother would have her children susceptible of training, let her make her own life what it should ba. Let pure and holy thoughts fill her mind; grand and noble deeds enter into her life. Just as surely as "like produces like" in the vegetable kingdom will the life of the mother be re flected in that of her child. Public Latest Program For Fats and Sugar He For Receipt Book. Read every word of It, then read It again. I Clip It from this newspaper and j hang it In the kitchen until the regu lar pasteboard card Is mailed to tliogu ' patriotic women who Binned the pledKfl card last November. Tlio Food : Administration In Philadelphia will ' mall a recipe book to each housewife i who sinned the pledne card. If you didn't sign, send your name to Food ' Administration, Bulletin Building, ' Philadelphia. The contents of the card, ni an I nouueed by Mr. Heinz, are ub follows: t'l I: ' Waste no snap; it Is f all :a't. .e use and waste two and a nt'il, That Evan Hawkins has a pair of Perchercns that are some pull era, is proved by the fact that one day last week a big gasoline truck, which with its load, weigh ed 11,000 pounds, stuck in "the snow up at the Alexander tollgate east of town. Mr. Hawkins just hitched his percherons to it and dragged it down into Linn's garage. T-;f n imujiMf fiiwiji -min GeooW.Reisner&Co. 1 HAVE Ladies' and Misses' Coats I left that you can buy at a bargain, S 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 for spring aru coming in. These goods were bought very early and are cheap compared with thj pres-N en t market. - - - - - Foib!oe-r3 of all kinds. The best and a fair stock yet. ------ Com Geo . W. Beisner $ Co., McConnellsburg, Pa. TIIESUNIVERSAL CAK. Get Your FORD We are issuing this notice to intending buyers that they may 'protect themselves against delay or disap pointment in securing a FORD CAR. Delay in placing your order at this time may cause you to wait several months w hen 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 10 D CAR we atlvis? you to place vour order to-day with our aphorized FORD agent listed below and don't be disappointed later on. Immediate orders will have prompt attention. PR! Runabout - - car ford One-ton Truck - - GG0.00 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 fi:li 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, j FORD MOTOR CO. Ford Sales and Service Agent, EMORY A. DIEHL Locust Grove, Pa., controlling the territory of ' Brush Creek, Union, Belfast and Bethel tpwn ships, Fulton County, Pa. Administrators' Notice. Kstnte of Mm. Martha Sklte. lute of Belfast tOWCSlilp, (lCUFUHUll, Notion I" hnrphy ulvf n. that Lot ten of Ail- nilMiKtmtliiD upon tli uhove estiai1 Imve boen iintntr rt to th uuilrrHlirned. All pi-rsonH lmv- m k.' claims iiimtriNt mini t'stute will present them uriiui-r.v mi t hen Homed for Hfttlenieni, and those owing tho sume will plcaso cull und nettle. V D. Slffl.KS, M L. SMITH.' .lCM3t, Administrators. Trespass notices for sale at the News office 6 for a quarter. Sent prepaid by mail if cash ac companies the order. v piflipi"iit B-'n1"1!1;?"; :.irrn-t A FEW Goods While Getting is Good. 5 - - $345.00 360.03 Western Maryland Railway. In Effect January 0, 1918. Subjoot to ohunge without nolle. Trains leave Banoook aa follow! : No, 31 12 p. m. (dally) for Cumberland. Wen Vlrinla points, and Pittsburgh, Chlongo and the Weal. No. S SOT p. m. (dally) tor Hageratown, Wayoeaboro, Cbkmbf rfburg, (ietivf burit. Hanover. HMtlre, Wanhluulou, I'hiludolphiu and Now Voik. O. F STKWART S ENNRS, Geu'l faaaenger Ag'l Unnernl Manager Subacribo lor tfie Nxws. v. 0