McCONNELLSBURG, PA., FEBRUARY 28,1918. $1.50 A YEAR. VOL. XIX. NO. 24. RECORD OF DEATHS. Short Sketches of the Lives of Per sons Who Have Recently Passed Away. John H. Truax. John H. Truax died at his home in Charlestown, Franklin Coun ty, Saturday February 16, 1918. He was born in this county April 18, 1834, hence he was aged 84 yeara 11 months and 28 days. The deceased lived in the MeadowgroundB, for a period of forty years and only about t welve yeara ago he had sale and moved to Franklin county. He was married to Sophia Mellott who together with five c ildren survive. They are Ja iuj H. of North Dakota; James H of Thomastown; Catharine, vu.'eof John Houpt, Mercers burrj; and Jennie, wife of Lewis Cru ise of Ayr township. He is also survived by 47 grand chil dren and 28 great grand chil dren. Mr. Truax was a member of the Methodist church, a good citizen kind and loving father and husband and a friend to all of hi. acquaintances. Furwal services were conduct f d at tr e home Monday and the remains were brought to the Ikion c metery in Ayr township, vnore ii.'rerment wa3 made. Mrs. Webb Sipes. Mrs. G-orgia Deshong Sipes, wife of Webb Sipes, passed away 1 1 their h me on Saturday, Feb ; jary 23. 1918, after two days of : idecribabto sufferingduetohem rrhages resulting from parturi .un. After their house burned last : ummer, Mr. and Mrs. Sipes liv i i in the hone with the latter'a . ather Benjamin F. Deshong at .vndover, Mrs. Sipes being a aughter of Mr. Deshong by his l.rst wife Mrs. Louise Strait Des Long who died several year ago. The deceased was aged 20 yeara, 9 months, and 22 days. Besides her husband, father, and stepmother, on brother Harry Deshong; and one Bister Edith Deshong, surviv. Funeral ser vices were held nr. Siloam Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev. E. J. I'roft and inter ment of the mother and infant was made in tho cemetery at that church. Mabel Virginia Myers. Mabel Virginia, i'ged 6 years nd 4 month?, dnuuhter of John M. and Mabel Kendall Myers, died at the family home in Mer cersburg, Sunday evening Feb ruary 24, 1918, after a short ill- neis of scarlet fever. The fu neral took place Monday after noon. The grief stricken par ents have the sincere sympathy of their many friends. In the homes of the two sisters, Mabel (Mrs. J. M. Myers), Orpha, (Mrs. Ben Sliimer), a.d their brother Rjy M. Kendil!. were eight little girls, from t to nine years of age, of whom i he pa rents were justly proud of the eight little cousins. Within short month, dt ath has r.-moved one from the home of Roy! and now onefrom the heme ot vlabel, and about two years. ao,one was taken from Orpha'd home. la H'ffljr if the Coys. A very interesting and impres sive service was held at the Pine Grove M. E. cMirch in WtlLj Val ley lastSutiday morning at which time the Young Men's Bible Class of the school, presentel to the school and the church, a beauti ul service nag containing seven itars. representing seven b.)s belonging to the church or Su lay school who have gone to serve heir country under the "Star uid Stripes." The boys repre tented by the stars are Rjre Gui ard, Charles Sip?. Ry Foreman Rodey Gibson, Jay S'unkar Matthew Corbin. nnd Jason Richey. Next ? unday another star will be aided to the Pug, which will represent A. Franklin Baker, who left with the boys yesterday afternoon for Camp Lee. SHOCKING SHOOTING ACCIDENT. Kiss Teressa Boling?r Lores Life as the Result of Small Boy Play, tog soldier. A shocking accident occurred at 7:30 o'clock last Saturday even ing at the home of Andrew S. Brant in Taylor township, in which Miss Teressa Bohnger, aged 18, lost her life as a result of a boy's handling a loaded gun. Miss Bolinger was a domestic in the Brant home, and was in the kitchen in the act o f placing a ish in the cupboard. I n the same room was Earl Keller, aged nine and a half years, a grand son of Mr. Brant, playing soldier with a 22-cal. rifle. The gun was discharged, the ball entering the back of Miss Bolinger be tween the clavicle and the vert abrae, and passing through the heart, killing her almost instant- An inquest was held on Sun day afternoon by Justice of th.? eace George Deshong, with the following persons as jurors: H. Barton, B. H. Shaw, John Howard, Dr. H. C. McClain, William Deavor and II. A. Strait. After examining into the cir cumstances, they were led to a verdict that the killing was pure- accidental. Miss Bolinger wae a daughter of John and r!izabeth Wilson olinger, the father dying a few years ago, and the mother living at Dublin Mills. The funeral took place on Tues day and interment waa made at Dublin Mills. t Back to Iowa. John H. VanCleve and family went to Hancock Tuesday to en train for Iowa. John is a son of the late B. Frank VanCleve a na tive of Ayr township, and he is married to Miss Carrie, a daugh ter of George W. Humbert. hree years ago, John sold his arm i n lowa, came to uuon County and bought the James lenry farm near Knob3ville, which he operated until a few weeks ago when he rented it to John Snyder, made a sale of his personal property which amount ed to about $4G00 00, and is now returning to Iowa, where farm work is a little easier. John is a tiustler and has no regret from a financial standpoint that he spent three years in this County. He advertised his sale well, and his property brought good prices- sheep, $36.60 a head, the bidder taking the whole flock at that price; corn, $2 95 a barrel, and he got over a hundred dollars for his chickens -an average or about 30 cents a pound. Oat la Colorado. In a letter from S. M. McEIha- ney in which he asks to have the address of his News changed from Delnorte, to Montevista, Colo., he adds: "We have had a verv prosperous year in this section. We had a Live Stock Show last week at which a ram donated to the Red Cross and then auctioned off to the highest bidder, was knocked down at $4,100.00. A Hereford Bull that was donated, brought $5, 000 00. Shoats weighing 150 lbs. brought $250. 00 each. Could you do that well in McConnellsburg?" O yes, Sam; Bheep bring good prices in Fulton County. Dur ing the past year, a great many have been sold for $5 299.60. Not Half Bad. Mr. David P. Bowman, who owns the old Widney farm morth of Burnt Cabins had twenty ewes. In closing books for the years 1917, he found that froni these ewes, he had sold $467.00 worth of lambs, and $80.80 worth of wool. He would have done better, but he lost one lamb. Up to this time in 1918 from his twen ty ewes, he has 24 lambs living, he lost 6 lambs, and two ewes are to have lambs yet. John Nesbit, of the Cove, spen Monday in Chamberabarg. Letters of Appreciation. The following letters from "boys" at Camp Hancock, show how much they appreciate w hat is being done for them by the members of the Hod Cross Soci ety. Camp Hancock, February 20th. Dear Mrs J. G. Reisner: I am sure you will be surprised at hearing from me. but I hap pened to be one of the lucky boys that got one of Red Cross sweat ers. The one I got was made by you, and I wish to thank you for it. When I got it I just hap pened to notice your little card, and I felt it my duty to send you a f ew lines and thank you for the beautiful garment. I am sure the boys all appreciate the good work tho Red Cross is doing for them. I am in the Motor Me chanics regiment at Camp Han cock. I came from Massachusetts, and expect to leave for France the last of February or early in March, bo you see I shall have much use for the sweater. Thanking you again, I am, Trvt. Georce Grmiam. Camp Hancock, February fc')th. Dear Mrs. Ross Doyi .'cr ust a linn of thanks on be.v.lf of my men for the kind donati of sweaters. The bnyg are hign y pleaded to know the women of the Northeast r.re su'p irLng them. They are from Texas, and appreciate tlihps from other states very highly. You may feel sure that your sweaters will soon bring much comfort t o the men who received thorn, for i n about three weeks they v. ill be on their wry to France. Agiin thaaki O' ", I am, Sam ,1. Klotz, Capt, Commanding 1.131. Camp Hancock, February 12th. Mrs. Mary A. Kelly: Your ed Cross sweater is now worn by one of the newest arrivals to this detachment from FortLogan, Colo. I need not waste words in telling you that he appreciates your workmanship and the spirit that goes with so excellent a gar ment. On behalf of the man, and on behalf of the Service he represents, I thank you. Walter W. Loxgwell, Capt. of Inf. Nat Army. Mas Nice Position. Mr. N. E. Hoover took advant age of a business trip east to go to Hustontown and spend a day with his father John Hoover last week. Norris went to work with the Westinghouse Manu facturing Company in Pittsbnrgh a few years ago, and his capabil ity brought him one promotion after another until now he is Government Inspector of me chanical stokers, and is sent from one plant to another as supervising inspector. He spent several months up in New York state, and, more recently, he has been at their plant at Eau Claire, Wis. Fulton in the Drj Column. At the license court held in Jan- uary, license to sen intoxicating drinks was refused to Shaffner at Burnt Cabins. Jeff Harris at the City Hotel, McConnellsburg, and the application of Chas Ehalt at the Fulton House, was held under advisement. Last Thurs day, Judge Mcl'herson gave no tice that the Ehalt application had been refuse! With the ex piration of Jeff Harris's license the first of April, Fulton County will be in a cla3s with old mother Bedford, her sister Huntingdon, and Washington county, Md. , Drop in Eggs. An eighteen-and-a-half-cent drop in the city Monday, sent the price of eggs in McConnellsburg down eight cents Tuesday, and now the "fruit" is bringing 40 cents a dozen. A further drop is expected. This is a little hard on local dealers who paid 48 cents. Walter Johnston spent Saturday in Shippensburj. last MIGHT BE WORSE. Records Show That Other Winters, Not So Long ago, Have Had More Snow fall and Colder Weather. A rigorous winter has excited a rather unusualjamountof positive ly stated weather comparisons, with the general opinion that it is a winter unlike others within the memory of the oldest inhabi tantunlike in the amount of December snow fall and in the intensity of December and Jan uary low temperatures. But weather memories are notorious ly uncertain. Dr. William Frear, in charge of the weather observatory at the Pennsylvania State Cdlege agri cultural experiment station, which has continuous records be ginning with 1S80, states that the snowfall for December 1917, was 13 0 inches, and for January 1918, 25 75 inches. Neither of these amounts is record-breaking for these months in Central Pennsylvania. This December figure was excelled in 18S0, 1890, 1S91. 1S98, 1903, 1906 and 1910. In 1890, 32 65 inches of snow fell in December. The average snowfall for December, from 1S90 to 1913 inclusive, was 8.95 'nches. The average snowfall Junnary during the same pe ' .var, 12 32 inches but in that mora ii of 1910, 3'i 0 inches fell, an .mount one-half greater than fell ust month. The minimum temperature on )ecernber 30, 1917, was 13 de grees below zero, in.it u tne owest recorded for a December day in this locality since these re cords were begun. But 8 degrees below zero v. as the low record for J j n uary last. Other January records fall much below this: 17 degrees below zero in 1886 and 1912; 15 degrees below in 1917; and 9 degrees below in 1888 and 1899. Texas Leads in Peanuts. The peanut crop is a food and feed crop which will stand even greater drought than cotton and will make a crop when cotton will not. The nuts are valuable for the oil they contain and the cake produced is a fine feed for stock, while the hay has high value as forage. Last year Texas produced a huge crop, the largest of all states, 16,200,000 bushels, whi!e the acreage was 600,000 accord ing to government figures. The yield averaged 27 bushels to the acre at a price of $2.23 a bushel, showing a money value to the acre of $60.21, as compared with broomcorn of $45.50 and cotton, $36.04. Cotton will yield a mil lion tons of fats which the world cannot do without, as fats may be the deciding factor of the war. Peanuts actually meet this need better than cotton and are there fore equally a war crop. Okla homa Farmer. B:n Franklin's Simple Diet. It is amusing to read how Bei Franklin thrived on a biscuit, or a slice of bread, a handful of rais ins, or glass of water, varied at times by boiled rice or a potato, or a hasty pudding of his own making. Upon this fare grew America's greatest statesman and the world's greatest philoso pher. The rich and ambitious youth of these days would scorn such a diet, holding that it was the eating that made the man. But Benjamin not only saved time and money by his new diet, but as he says: "I made great er progress from that greater clearness of head and quicker ap prehension which generally at tended temperance in eating and drinking." This abstemious life did not seem to detract from his health, bnt rather contributed to his longevity, for he lived to be eighty-four years old. Samuel Glass, of Chambers burg, spent a few houra last Sun day in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey O. Unger, East Lincoln Way. The I9i3 Home Cards. Howard Heinz, Federal Food Administrator for Pennsylvania is distributing 1,000,000.000 of the new home cards for 1918. These are being mailed to all who signed a pledge card and it is hoped to place one of these instruction cards in every house hold in Pennsylvania. There is being distributed with the home card to each family a new recipe book and two leaf lets describing the use of corn and oats as wheat substitutes. The reverse side o f the card contains a statement on "Why We Must Save Food" by Her bert Hoover. Mr. Hoover says that the situation has become critical and states further; "There is simply not enough food in Europe, yet the soldiers of the Allies must be maintained in full strength; their wives and children at home must not face famine; the friendly neutrals must not be starved; and, finally, our own army in France must never lack a needed ounce of food. There is just one way in which all t h ese requirements can be met. North America must furnish the food. And we must furnish the food. And we must furnish it from our sav ings because we have already sent our normal surplus." As to the solution of the difficulty Mr. Hoover says, "The whole problem of winning the war rests primarily on one thing; the loy alty and sacrifices of the Ameri can people in the matter of food." Time Extended to April I. If your income is taxable and it must be a modest one to es cape taxation under the War Revenue Act of October 3, 1917 don't wait to be notified that you must pay an income tax. The Government is not required to seek the taxpayer. The tax payer must seek the Government. The Bureau of Internal Rev enue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, has extended the time for filling in come and excess profits returns from March 1 to April 1, 1918. You may file your return any time before April 1, but if you wait until April 2, you are sub ject to a fine of not less than $20 nor more than $1,000 and an ad ditional assessment of 5 0 per cent of the amount of tax due. Returns are required of every unmarried person man or wo man whose net income for the calendar year 1917 was $1,000 or more and of every married per son whose net income was $2,000 or more. The rate of tax is a t least 2 per cent, on net incomes' of un married persons in excess of $1,000 and on net incomes of married persons in excess of $2,000. Payment must be made on or before June 15, 1918. The estimated revenue to be collected this year under the War Revenue Act is $2,500,000,000, of which $666,000,000 is in indi vidual inoome taxes. Last year CO, 000 persons paid income taxes; this year it is estimated the number will be more than 6,000,000. If you are one of them remember that your dollars are for the support of the war. By promptly filling your return and promptly paying your tax you are helping the Government to early victory. Pay your income tax in the same spirit in which you bought your Liberty bond. The proceeds are for the same purpose to make the world safe for democracy. Most Severe Critics, It is a well known fact that the most severe critics of the public schools and the churches are the people who have never taken the trouble to enter the doors of the institutions that they criticise. They stand outside and bark in stead of entering and learning for themselves the truth about mat ters. It ia far easier to set up a hue and cry than to make a thorough investigation. Triumphant March of the Great Marauder The triumphant march of the Great Marauder into Russia i a well advanced. Poor Russia! Dismembered, rendered helpless, sold out by a pack of anarchists led by Trotzky and Lenine, she is torn with civil strife and lies bleeding under the feet of the most cruel foe that ever cursed the earth. Now that their capi tal, Petrograd, is in danger, there are signs that a glimmering of comprehension is returning. Hav ing subscribed to the fiction that the German armies wouid not invade a Russia that had virtually disbanded its forces, the Lenine Cabinet now calls upon the country to rise in its weakness and repel the hordes of savages that are occupying the Baltic ports and are turning their feet in the direction of Petrograd. Too late! Trotzky and Lenine German agents or anarchial fanatics have made successful resistance impossible. The Hun will take what he pleases and from his conquered cities hurl defiance at all the world. Not only is the Hun let loose in Great Russia, but his equal in bloodthirstiness, the Turk, comes into possession of the portions of Armenia from which he was driven by the Russian troops. On with massacre! . It has been declared time and time again by France, by England and by President Wilson that there can be no lasting peace until German militarism has been crushed. The President himself has promulgated terms of peace that included a free and inde pendent Poland; free and inde pendent Balkan states; an Ar menia freed from Turkish barbarism. What is to be done? Are we to sit meekly down and permit America to be given over to mur der and Poland driver's whip? Or are we to carry this war to the finish? Are we to continue to fight until Germany is ready to suggest peace upon terms made in Berlin, or are we to stick man fully and courageously to our an nounced determination to have no dealings with the German des pots and to force lasting peace through the political destruction of the powers of evil? Can there be any doubt as to what we should and will do? Then let us get over the academic notion that we are not fighting Germany as a people, let us for get the word peace and let us make it our business to drive the Germans over the Rhine. Then, and not until then, with an uncon ditional surrender on the part of the Kaiser, can we put an end to military despotism and in very truth made the world safe to live in. Philadelphia Inquirer. Red Cross. Latest acquisitions to member ship: Prof. Emory Thomas, Mrs. Cyrus F. Wagner, Bessie McQuade. Union A u x i li a r y .- Charles Stoner, Oscar Barney. Wells Auxiliary. Alice Ander son, Mary Anderson, Mrs. Belle Gracey, Mrs. W. L. Sprowl, Mrs. Albert Helsel, Mrs. S. A. Amick, Nannie Stunkard, Blanche Black burn, Mrs. John Galbraith, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Gibson, Hayes Bivens, Charlie Sprowl, James A. Woodcock. Deaths But 7 Ter Cent. Now that American troops are taking their places in the trench es, attention is directed to an estimate by the Secretary of War, that the losses up to June 1, 1917, of the British expedition ary forces from deaths in ac tion and from wounds amount ed to but 7 per cent of the total of all men sent t o France since the beginning of the war. The ratio of losses of this character today, because of im proved tactics, ia less than 7 t o every 100 men. Subioriba tor the Niws, DR. DIXON ILL. His Weekly "Talk" ia the NEWS Will be Discontinued Until He Gathers More Strength. The readers of the News will learn with regret that Doctor Samuel G. Dixon, Commissioner of Health, is seriously ill in the University Hospital of Philadel phia. Doctor Dixon wa3 on one of his trips of inspection of the State's Sanatoria last summer, when he was stricken while at Mont Alto. He remained there several week and later recov ered sufficiently to go to his home at Bryn Mawr. During his ilii.es, covering ia all, about six months, Doctv Dixon has been i n daily t i til with his office and haseaJi week written his little "Talks on Health" in which he is so much interested. For the present, however, hi3 physicians have requested him to conserve his strength, feeling that the writing of these "Talks" taken with his many other nec essary duties was not fair to the treatment nnd, as a consequence, the Weekly Talks will be discon tinued until his health has suffi ciently improved to permit his resuming the work without unduly taxing his strength. First Rest for the Sammies. In the mountains of Savoy, says the Philadelphia Inquirer, the first American troops to reach France are taking a well-earned rest in the Y. M. C. A. encamp ment which has been prepared for them and which is in charge of a well-known Philadelphian, Mr. Franklin Spencer Edmunds. The news which passed the cen sor gives a little light on hitherto unknown facts. As the process of entry into the village was headed by a colored band from this country, we may assume that among the troops are the negro regiments of regulars which served on the Mexican border. An interesting event of the first night's entertainment was the appearance of Mr. E. H. Sothern, the distinguished actor whose father was a friend of Abraham Lincoln and who, if memory serves, was playing at Ford's Theatre on the night of the assassination. Mr. Sothern was born in England, but now is an American and has a double interest in the progress of the war. There are those who wonder why it is that soldiers behind the lines should be given so much entertainment and at such great cost. Many persons imagine that not only is there a waste here, but that it is hardly in keepir. ;, with the seriousness of war. plain truth is that all thb effort is put fourth to cure soldiers of the most disastrous of all dis easeshomesickness. It has taken the world a long time to learn that the soldier needs rec reation to keep him from be coming gloomy. Parents of boys at the front will be glad to know that after the hard work and danger of the trenches there is a breathing spot where the lads can regain normal composure. A soldier is not a machine. To fight his best he must keep near the normal, and that is the work the rest camps are doing so admirably. No Graia For Beer. It may be interesting to Sun day school workers, and to the Church generally to know that the Food Administration has officially notified all makers of brewed liquora not to purchase any more grain to be made into liquora. This ia done to insure a greater quanity of cereals to meet the requirements of the wheat flour order. Since the distillation of whisky was stop ped several months ago, and now the making of beer, the United States is free from the manufacturing of all intoxicating lquora during: the war.
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