VOL. XIX. NO. 22.
McCONNELLSBURG, PA., EfliRUARY 14,1918.
$1.50 A YEAR.
RECORD OF DEATHS.
Short Sketches of the Lives of Per
sons Who Dave Recently
Passed Awey.
Miss Emma J. Fraker.
Miss Emma J. Fraker, one of
the most generally known and
respected business women o f
Chattanooga, Tenn., passed
away at the Woo'.ford-Johnson
infirmary in that city at an early
hour, Sunday morning, February
3, 1918. after having hovered be
tween life and death for many
days. On the following Monday
afternoon her remains were laid
to rest i n the beautiful cemetery
at Forest Hills in the evening
shadow of the historic Lookout
Mountain.
Miss Fraker was a daughter
of the late David and Frances
Charlton Fraker, and she was
born near Fort Littleton March
23, 1867, hence she was aged 50
years, 10 months, and 11 days.
During the school years of
1887-88-89, she taught in Dublin
township respectively in the
st-hool at Smiths, Battle Ridge,
aid Mudlevel. The winter of 88
9, when she taught at Battle
Rdge, was one of much snow.
E'nma boarded at home. Pro
viding herself with a pair of gum
bo; ts, she walked to and from
her school round-trip distance
of ight miles a day, thus early
in life evidencing those traits of
character that later made her
ake rank with the successful
ncn and women of her day.
After the close o f her school
vork in Dublin township, she
vent to Knoxville, Tenn., where
lar only sister wa3 living, and
Smma took a course of study
ir'd graduated from the Knox
;il!e Business College, and in
IS91, uccepted a position a s tell
er in the savings department of
the Ciiizens Bank and Trust
C)mpany, where she served for
anumb?r of years. From the
first, she applied the principle of
putting her savings to work, and
her investments proved profita
ble, until the time came when
she found herself i n possession
of a r.ice fortune.
Miss Fraker was a consistent
member of the Presbyterian
2hurcb,aiid in her busy life gave
of her time and means to help
along t he cause of Christ.
She is survived by one sister,
Ella (Mrs J. Calvin Linn), near
Maddensviile, Pa., who was at
the bedside of her sister when
the spirit took its flight.
Mrs A. P. Doran.
Mrs. Rm Doran, wife of A.
P. Dwsn, near Burnt Cabins,
died on Tuetday night, February
5. after a brief illness. She was
ased abnut G5. Funeral services
at the Presbyterian church in
B irnt Cabinn, on Saturday. De
ceased is Btir ived by her hu3
bind, and 2 daughters, Mrs.
Cleveland Hayes of Iowa, and
Miss Bes?, at home. More ex
tended notice next week.
Elliott N. Peightel.
E'liott Newton Peightel passed
away at the St. Margaret Mem
trial Hospital, Pittsburgh, Sun
day, January .27, 1918, aged 74
years. 8 months, and 15 days,
he had been in failing health for
several mont h?, brought about by
a weak heart. Funeral services
were held on the following Tues
day evening and interment was
made on Wednesday in a cemetery
in Allegheny.
The deceased wrs a son of Sam
uel and Elizabeth Myers Peightel,
and was born at the old Peightel
home at the corner of First and
Market streets, McConnellsburg.
Fifty years ago he .vent to Pitts
burgh, where he resided the rem
aindcr of his life, being a foreman
in the Keystone Bridge Works for
thirty years.
Mr. Plightel was a consistent
member of the Christian church
and a first class citizen. His wife
died fourteen years a ?o. He is
survived by the following chil
dren: Lucy wife of a Mr. Brock
way.Pittsburgh; Augustus, Pitts
burgh; Norma, at hijrao; Howard,
at Grafton; Elizabeth married,
and living in Grafton; Carrie at
home; Nellie, widow of a Mr. Jen
kins, and Spenser, residing in the
state of Washington. His broth
er David, died just one year pre
vious to Elliott's death. Three
sisters, Misses Sue and Annie,
in the old home place and Mrs.
Lourona Smith in Altoona are the
last survivors of the old Peightel
family.
Mrs. James G. Kline,
Sarah Alice, wife of James G.
Kline, died at the home of her son-in-law
Stewart Little in Easton,
Pa., at midnight of Tuesday
night January 29, 1918 from a
complication of diseases. The
funeral took place on the follow
ing Saturday afternoon and in
terment was made in Hays cem
etery, South Easton, Pa. The
deceased was a daughter of the
late Jesse and Mahale Mellott of
this county. She was born
March 2, 1856, hence she wa3
aged 61 years, 10 months, and 28
days. Besides her husband, she
is survived by the following child
ren: Bertha Frances, wife of Ful
ton Gordon, of this county; Oscar
H., Greencastle, Pa.; Clara, J.,
wife of Stewart Little, Easton,
Pa. ; Lillie Maye Amanda, wife of
Harry Nerwarth, Easton, Pa.;
Newton H., Nazareth, Pa.; Anna
Amelia and Isa Ruth, at home.
There are 28 grand children and
two great-grand children. She
has one sister, Mrs. Anna Truax,
of this county. Mr. and Mrs.
Kline moved from this county
several years ay;o and are remem
bered by a large circle of relatives
and friends who extend sympa
thy to the bereaved husband and
children. .
Emmanuel Wible.
Emmanuel Wible died at his
home at Cohick, Va.,v on Saturday,
January 5, 1918 after a week's
illness of pneumonia, aged 53
years, 11 months and 22 days.
The deceased was a son o f the
late James and Martha Anderson
Wible of Clear Ridge, this county,
and was married to Miss Florence,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ever
ett Brown of Maddensviile, who
surtives, together with, one ad
opted daughter. The following
brothers and sisters are living,
namely, Porter and Emory, Mad
densviile; Harry, Three Springs;
Wilhelmina, wife of Henry Wil
son, Clear Ridge; Sarah, wife of
Jefferson Leader, Meadow Gap,
Pa., Jennie, wife of Amor Mc
Cormick, Tescott, Kans. ; Fannie,
wife o f Frank McGinniss, Upper
Sandusky, 0. ; and Rosena, wife
of Howard Brown, Meadow Gap,
Pa.
Miss Catherine Miller.
At the ripe age of 80 years, 6
months, and 3 days, Miss Cath
erine Miller passed away a t her
home on South First street, Mc
Connellsburg, Tuesday evening,
February 11, 1918, after an illness
covering a period of many years.
The funeral took place yesterday
afternoon, the service beiog con
ducted by Rev. C. F. Jacobs o f
the Lutheran Church, and inter
ment was made in the Reformed
graveyard.
The deceased was a daughter
of the late Nicholas and Marga
ret Heinbaugh Miller, and she is
survived by twb sisters, Miss
Fannie at home, and Mrs. Eiza
Hoover at West Dublin.
Elijah Wink.
Elijah Wink, aged 31 years, 9
months, and 20 days, died at the
home of his mother Sunday after
noon, February 10, 1918, after a
protracted illness of Bright's
disease. The funeral took place
on Tuesday and interment was
made in the cemetery at the
Sideling Hill Baptist church. The
deceased was a son of the late
William H. Wink. He is sur
vived by his mother and three
brothers.
Miss Rose Fisher, of Cham
bersburg, spent the time from
Saturday until Monday evening
in the home of her uncle and aunt
Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Woollet.
Poultry Dcaleis Attention.
The United States Food Ad
ministrator has issued the fol
lowing order concerning the sale
of poultry.
"The licenses shall not between
February 11, 1918, and April 3 0,
1918, purchase, sell or negotiate
the sale of any live or freshly
killed hens or pullets, provided
however, that, this shall not pre
vent the purchase shipment, or
sale between February 11,, 1918
of hens or pullets, which were
either killed or shipped prior to
February 11, 1918, to markets
for eal'-: as food and provided
further that nothing in this rule
shall prevent the purchase, ehip
ment, or sale of live hens or
pullets for egg production pur
poses, effective February 1 1 ,
1918."
Signed
Howard Heinze," Federal Food
Administrator for Pennsylva
nia. The County Food Administra
tor asks all persons affected by
this rule in the county to cheer
fully comply with the same. The
Government believes that it is to
the vital interest o f the country
that the egg supply be kept as
high as possible and the price of
eggs, within the reach of -ill
classes o f people. These r t
suits can only be obtained if the
hen is kept on the job. It is per
missible to sell roosters, and
other poultry, than bens and
pullets.
John R. Jackson
Federal Food Administrator
for Fulton County.
Food Consen:tioo Wetk.
A special drive for food conser
vation will by made during the
week of February 17. AH the re
tail dealers and all manufacturers
and wholesalers of flour and
foods, are asked to join in this
patriotic work. All persons who
are familiar with conditions, know
that we must save large quanti
ties ofwheat, and all other foods,
and do it now or we are lost in
this war. It is the duty of every
man o r woman in the County
who has read and studied the
situation sufficiently, to know the
necessity for food conservation
to help impress your neighbor or
friend with the importance of
food saving. It is no use to wait
till the pinch of hunger reaches
Fulton County to commence to
talk and practice food saving.
Now is the time to talk it and
talk it out loud, and perhaps we
can save thousands in Europe
from starving and may save many
in America from suffering. Let
the intelligent people of this
county wake up to the realization
that we must all save food and
do every thing possible to help
the government win this war,
and insist on the grumbler and
unpatriotic, if there are any, do
ing his share too.
John R. Jackson,
Federal Food Administrator for
Fulton County.
WeaverHill.
Miss Verna C. Hill of Cumber
land, Md. and Raymond S. Weav
er, of Columbia, Pa., the latter a
member of the flag division of
the United States Battleship Con
necticut, were married on Tues
day, January 29, 1918 at Keyset
W. Va., by Rev. H. V. Givler of
the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Mr. Weaver arrived i n Cumber
land the previous Saturday o n a
furlough, at the expiration of
which he returned to report for
duty.
. His bride is quite well known
in Cumberland, and is a daugh
ter of D. Howard and Nora Run
yan Hill o f Warfordsburg, and a
niece of Mr. and Mrs. John B .
Runyan, ofthisplace. For some
time Verna had been filling a
positiou as stenographer in the
office o f Division Superintendent
Brooks of the B. & O. railroad,
which position she will continue
to hold awaiting Mr. Weaver's
return from the war.
Subscribe lor Uitj News.
OFF FOR CAMP LEE.
Tea. More Fulton County Boys Left
McConnelMurg Monday to Go in
to Military Training.
Without the blare of trumpets
or the blowing of horns, yet with
the warmest interest of those
they were leaving behind, ten
more Fulton County boys left
McConnellsburg Monday after
noon, and entrained at Fort
Loudon for Camp Lee to hel-met
the Kaiser.
Fulton County's total quota in
the present draft is 73. Of this
number, 4 responded at the first
call, 15 at the second, 29 at the
third, and now ten more making
a total of 58. Ten more will be
sent within five days after the
2.'5rd of February.
Too much praise cannot be given
to the Fulton County boys for
their promptness t o report be
fore the Board. Notwithstand
ing the worse than bad condition
o f the roads, every boy was
"Johnnie on the Spot" when his
name was called.
The names of the boys who
went Monday afternoon are:
Jacob A. Deshong, Licking Creek
township; Frank B. Hampton,
Ayr; John E. Divelbiss, and
Mort Clyde Harr, Bethel; Robert
1. Edwards, James K. Alloway,
t A Mack Alloway, Well, and
Jo. a 'M. Deneen and Chester
Bishi?, Union.
Importance of Lincoln Highway.
A striking indication of the
tremendous growth and present
extent of long distance automo
bile travel on the Lincoln High
way between New York and
San Francisco h revealed in the
report of H. C. O verman, field
secretary, concerning new hotels
and garages along the route in
the course of the past year.
M r. Osterman states that a
sum aggregating $4,000,000 is
being expended to provide addi
tional comforts for Lincoln High
way tourists. Eleven new and
modern hotels have been placed
in operation or are to be opened
in the course o f the 1918 season.
These have cost from $25,000 to
$500,000, according to the loca
tion and size, total expenditures
for new hotels running up to
$1,015,000.
"It is safe to estimate that
over $2,000,000 has been spent on
new garages." Mr. Osterman
says. "There is not a town on
the Lincoln Highway, particu
larly westof theMississippi river,
where there i s not a new garage
being constructed or completed.
Many are very handsome struc
tures." It is obvious that the definite
establishment of the highway as
a through, connected route of
travel from the Atlantic to the
Pacific has been responsible for
a tremendous business boom i n
all lines catering to the traveling
public. Tourist traffic has in
creased from 200 to 600 per cent,
each year shice the dedication of
the Lincoln Highway in 1913.
Millions of dollars are spent an
ually b y the motorists and every
indication points to a continued
increase in their numbers.
War conditions have increased
rather than held up the growth
of this movement as Americans
are now forced to do their travel
ing at home in place of previous
trips to Europe for recreation.
Have Given All Ilitir Sons.
Francis M. Taylor, of the State
Highway Department, returned
to Harrisburg Tuesday evening
after having spent a few days
in his home on East Lincoln Way.
M r. and Mrs. Taylor are among
those who are doing their bit i n
winning the war for democracy.
They now have given all their
sons to the service of our country
Earle with the Emergency
Fleet at Hog Island; Wayne, a
member of an Aviation Corps a t
Camp Hancock, Ga., and John in
the 22nd; Reg. U. S. E., "Some
where" i n France.
Are Yon Doing Yonr BIL
The Philadelphia Inquirer says
that city has contributed only
63 cents per capita, in the cam
paign for War Savings Btamps
while every individual is expect
ed to subscribe at least $20 to
these little bonds. This means
that you should save forty cents
a week throughout the year, and
this applies not only to wage-
earners, but to every member o f
their families. As the average
family has about five members it
means that $2 each week must
be invested in stamps. How
many have you purchased thus
far?
Our record compared with that
o f Great Britian with smaller
population and wealth is a poor
one. On the first of January the
British Government began a cam
paign of selling bonds so-called
"tanks," or automobiles. They
went around the streets dispos
ing of the actual securities and
thrift stamps or taking applica
tions. I n two weeks more than
$.'500,000,000 was subscribed.
It is a curious fact that Union
county, in this State, has thus
far made the largest subscription
per capita to thrift stamps of
any county in the country, but
even there the total is less than
$2 per capita. At this rate,
however, the entire 'quota will
soon have been taken. Phila
delphia has done just a third as
well as Union county, which is
so largely composed of farmers.
The paramount duty o f every
person is to begin to save sys
tematically to secure these baby
bonds. Twenty-five cents get a
6tamp; sixteen stamps and a few
cents get a $5 stamp, and twenty
of the latter make up a bond
that will be cashed in five years
hence for one hundred dollars.
This is not only a good way to
save, but it is imperative that
Uncle Sam should have the
money. Start your campaign
today.
Spring Typhoid.
The news of the loss of our
transport reminds us of the way
in which we are to be robbed of
our young people during this
war and shall awaken us, who
remain at home, to the necessity
of guarding our lives and pro
tecting ourselves against dis
asters no less dangerous. From
now on, Typhoid must be care
fully watched as an enemy.
Old Winter ha3 stored the filth
of the season on our hillsides and
along the banks of our streams.
With the melting of the snow
and ice in the Spring, all of this
filth will be washed into the
streams and carried to our water
works. This will test the filter
plants to their capacities, many
of which have too small a margin
to rare for an excessive flow of
filth. Breakdowns will occur and
the people must be prepared to
protect themselves by boiling
water for domestic purposes up
on the first indication of trouble
with their local water supplies.
, Birthday Surprise.
A very pleasant surprise
party was held at James
Appleby's, near Huston,town, in
ho.vr of their son John, this
being his sixteenth birthday.
Those present were, Minnie
Grove, Minta Miller, Emma
Grove, Merrill Henry, Rilley
Brown, Grace Henry, John Fields
Clarence Mellott, Firman Mellott,
Mack Henry, Maye Kneppcr,
Odu3 Kerlin, Fred Carmack,
Luther Grove, Lessie Bolinger,
Elvy Cutchall, Pearle Cutchall,
Russell Kerlin, Howard Knepper
Gertrude Gelvin, La'ura Knepper,
Walter Brown, Mame Stevens,
Himmel Brown, Ermin Knepper,
Irene Ramsey, Eunice Brown,
Edna Carmack, Smith Henry,
Ambrose Brown, Harris Grove,
Mr. and Mrs. Appleby and child
ren. The evening was spent in
playing games. A very beauti
ful supper was served about 11
o'clock. Everybody reports hav
ing a good time. John received
many gifts. We wish him many
more happy birthdays,
WELLi TANNERY.
Roy Foreman, who had been
engaged in electrical work in
Washington, D. C, is spending
a few days with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Fore
man, prior to going into camp.
Frank Sprowl received a tele
gram informing him of the death
of his nephew, William Mitchell
in Altoona.
Robert Gracey, a native of
Taylor township, now residing in
Philadelphia, is spending the
week visiting among the Sprowl
families. Robert figures among
Fulton's progressive business
men.
A dozen of Evelyn Horton's
friends, assembled st her home
last Saturday evening to cele
brate her eighth birthday. The
little girls had a delightful time.
Mrs. Zola Gibson Barley re
ceived a telegram from her hus
band that he had sailed for
France. Martin had been in
training at Camp Lee.
The book called Whistling
Mother sent out by the Red Cross
Society, is being read i n Beven
homes per week. We try to imi
tate her; but there is quite a con
trast between setting type and.
smiling when you say "Good bye"
to loved ones who go out from
the home nest to suffer hardships,
and probably shed their precious
blood for our country.
Last' Saturday was the fiftieth
wedding anniversary of our
worthy friend Mr. and Mrs. Alli
son S. Greenland. Their
nieces, Mrs. Geo. W. Sipe and
Mrs. J. C. Kirk managed a com
plete surprise for them, and i t
was a surprise; for when the
guests began to arrive they found
Mr. and Mrs. Greenland sitting
cosily by the fireside, their minds,
perhaps running back a half
century whenAllison took"Baby"
from her home at the foot of Old
Sideling Hill, to Everett, where
the words were pronounced that
made them husband and wife.
In less time than it takes to read
this, fires were installed in other
rooms, and very soon the old
house bore the air of joy as in
days of yore. Mr. and Mrs.
Greenland have occupied the old
home for forty-nine years. They
are among our best citizens, and
we sincerely hope they may be
spared to enjoy many more an
niversaries. The following per
sons were present: Mr. and
Mrs. N. S. Edwards, Mr. and
Mrs. E. A. Horton, Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Barnett, Mr. and Mrs. J.
B. Horton, Mr. J. N . Duvall,
Mr. M. H. Romig, Mr. and Mrs.
V. D. Schenck, Mr. and Mrs. W.
H. Baumgardner, Mrs. Amanda
Snow, Mrs. W. L. Sprowl, Mrs.
Ellsworth Batdorff, Mr. and Mrs.
G. W. Sipe, Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Kirk, Roy Earley, Ellis Sprowl,
Eleanor Sipe, Alice Bridenstine,
Martha Edwards, Marjorie Kirk,
Amy Horton, and Stella Horton.
The institute held at No. 1 last
Friday evening was a great suc
cess. The Misses Alice and Jessie
Cutchall deserve much credit for
the work they are doing.
Zero weather and snow drifts
have no terrors for the Stork in
Wells Valley, and he goes about
just as happy as in the good old
summer time. It was o n that
coldest morning that a man made
a drive of 36 miles to get Dr.
Campbell, of Hopewell into and
from the home of Rhea Sprowl.
O f course, the little soldier boy
was worth all the effort and
then some.
Mr. and Mrs. William Sprowl
and Frank Sprowl attended
William Mitchels funeral in Altoo
na. Date Changed.
The several Farmers' Institut
es which were advertised to
have taken place' in this county
in January which were cancelled
on account o f the blizzard, will
be held as follows: McKendrie,
March 11; Buck Valley, March
12 13; Rehoboth, March 14-15.
The same program as had been
arranged for January will be
carried out.
WAR BREAD.
Little Talks on Health and Hygiene bj
SamncL G. Dixon, M. D., LL. D.,
Commissioner of Health.
Facing the great economies
that must be practiced in the
time of war and in the future a s
the population increases and the
natural productions of the earth
become depleted, it will be nec
essary for us to adjust what we
have in the ways of essentials,
especially i3 this so of foodstuffs.
It therefore becomes import
ant to know what combinations
can be made and the relative
food value of such combinations
with our standard foodstuff"
One of Philadelphia's able cu
ists has given me a brec .a
bination, which he has ,.orked
up with his wife's co-operatioV.
They use corn flour, which
heretofore has been almost un
known in our domestic bakeries,
and it would seem to open the
way for a very large saving of
our wheat flour. It must be
distinctly understood first that
there is a great difference be
tween corn flour and corn meal.
The corn flour in composition is
practically the same a s the corn
meal, but it contains a little
more protein and starch, -and a
little less moisture and fat, the
shortage of fat being due to the
fact that the germ is extracted
before grinding. It must be
further understood that you can
not replace all of the wheat flour
with corn flour, as the corn con
tains no gluten, which is the con
stituent in wheat flour that
makes it possible to obtain a
raised dough.
However, bread and rolU made
with twenty per cent of corn
flour have little or no corn taste,
and this is the percentage, whioh
has been found after long exper
iments, to produce the best
bread. The same proportion can
be used also for griddle cakes,
pastry and cakes.
To make bread as. it is made
in the average household, where
a sponge is set and no accurate
measure of the flour is made,
the better plan is to mix a quan
ity of the two flours,' keep it on
hand, and use the mixture in
stead of wheat flour. For a
twenty per cent mixture, take
one quart of corn flour and four
quarts of wheat flour, mix thor
oughly, preferably by putting
through a flour sifter three or
four times. Of course, larger
quantities may be mixed at one
time, keeping the proper pro
portion. In pastry even larger
proportions of the corn flour may
be used. In making bread,
pastry, etc., use this mixture in
exactly the same proportions and
treat it exactly as you would
dinary flour.
In nutritive value, tlv (...ffer
ence between the mixed flour
bread an d all-wheat flour bread is
very slight. Their food value is
the same appearance as the all
wheat bread.
This bread has a decided ad
vantage for every day consump
tion over most of the war breads
made of whole wheat, oat flakes,
bran, irritating when used meal
after meal and day after day and
would not be apt to tire of eating
it every day.
Corn flour can be obtained from
grocers, or they can get it for you
aa it is regularly cn the market
and is being made by a number of
milling companies and in cost
should be cheaper than wheat
flour. It should be ground as
fine, or nearly as fine, as the
wheat flour which you are in the
habit of using.
This bread makes a twenty per
cent saving of the wheat with no
practical loss in food value and
without any of the objectionable
features of the coarser meals.
John Mock of Todd township,
lost a valuable horse a few days
ago valuable in what he had
been in his long life of service of
34 years and 10 months first to '
John S. Nelson, who raised the
anmial, and latterly to Mr, Mock,