mt VOL. XIX. NO. 29. McCONNELLSBURG, PA., APRIL 4, 191S. $1.50 A YEAR. RECORD OF DEATHS. ftort Sketches of the Lives of Per sons Who Have Recently Passed Away. Mrs. S. B. Woollet. . Elizabeth J., wife of Sylvester B, Woollet, passed away at their home "The Washington House" McConnellsburg, on Tuesday evening, April 2, 1918, aged 78 years, 1 month, 21 days. While, during the past three years, Mrs. Woollet did not possess the vigor of former years, she was up and about the house doing lfght work until the 5th. of January, when she became suddenly indisposed, took her bed and was confined thereto until the end came. The funeral services conducted by Rev. W. V. Grove of the U. P. Church and Rev. Edward Jack son of the M. E. Church will take place Saturday morning at 10 o'clock, after which interment will be made in Union cemetery. Mr3. Woollet was a daughter of Andrew and Catherine Ready Fisher, and was the last surviv ing member of a family of eight children. She was married to Putnam Richardson during the early part of the Civil War, who died soon thereafter. On the Oth dav of October. 1806 she was married to Sylvester B. Woollet, who purchased the Wash ington House and they moved in to it in the spring of 1S80 where they resided, until some three years ago, when they re tired from hotel keeping. The Washington House was known far and near as a real home ho tel, and Mrs. Woollet was an ideal landlady, whose death will bring a pang of sorrow to thous ands of persona who have en joyed the hospitality of her home. Mrs. Woollet was a membsr of the Presybterian church and while health permitted, took an active part in all its activities. 100,000 Smiths la The Army. Washington, March 31-The army has more than 100,000 "Smiths," 1500 William Smiths. '000 John Smiths and 200 John i. Smiths. It has 15,000 Millers. 5.000 Wilsons and 2G2 Juhn J. )'Briens, of whom 50 have wives named Mary. There are 1000 John Browns, 1200 John John sons and 1040 George Millers. These figures on indentical names were cited today by the bureau of war risk insurance as a reason why applicants for government soldiers' insurance, or for allot ment and allowance payments should sign their full name rath er than initials only. Gold in Old Well. An iron pot containing $115,000 in gold coin, was unearthed a few days ago on the Isaac Shaffer farm in Lawrence county, a3 the result of a blast by a limestone company. - In 1888, Isaac Shaffer, a rich cattle buyer, died. Stricken by apoplexy he managed to mumble "Gold, motioned toward his farm and fell dead. During the past thirty years his heirs have ex plored the farm many times, hop ing to find the treasure. The gold has been deposited in a New Castle bank. Heirs of Shaffer have claimed the treasure. Up in Massachusetts. Corpal James D. Hoop, who went to Camp Lee last summer with the first installment of Fulton County boys, has recently been detailed to Camp Devens, Mass, to help drill the new men for the 602nd. Eng. It may be remem bered that Jim had three years in ihe Regular Army before go ing to Camp Lee, and the experi erce gained while there, makes bin: useful now as a trainer, The snow and ice up in Massa chusetts, was not an agreeable change after having spent the winter in Virginia. Mrs. C. B. Stevens spent a few Jays in Harrisburj: visitinr rela ' Ives last week. Will Take Cure of Themselves. In thanking the Pennsylvania Committee of Public Safety for services rendered to war truck convoys passing through the State, the War Department has made itplain that furtheraervices from the Committee will be re quired only in case of emergency. Convoys will hereafter travel under service conditions, which means that they will take care of their own commissary and other arrangements. The thanks of the War Department were ex tended through Colonel C. B. Drake, of the Quartermaster's Corps, who has written as fol- ows: "This Department desires to express us Bincere appreciation of the good and loyal work done by the Committee of Public Safe ty of Pennsylvania, and the vari ous chapters of the Red Cross, as well as the public generally, for the entertainment and asr.ist- ance rendered tne motor uuck convoys passing through the State of Pennsylvania. "Now that weather conditions are becoming settled, instruc tions have been issued that all motor convoys travel under ser vice conditions, and for them not to call on State C ur.cils of De fence or Red Cross Committees except in case of emergency." Ramsey GljdfcUer. At the homo of the bride at Clear Ridge, this county, Ralph Ramsey and Miss Minnie Glad- clter were united in marriage1 by Rev. G. B. Reidell pastor of the M. E. Church, Hustontown. Both of the contracting parties are well known among the your g- er set of their community, and both are excellent young people. 'ollowing the bounteous wedding supper which was served to the following guests, Mr. and Mrs. John Gladfelter son Norman and daughter Grace; Emmanuel Sipes, Mr. and Mrs. I. B. Bow man of Harrisburg, Rev. and Mrs. G. B. M. Reidell, son George, Jr; and daughter Mar-, garet Elizabeth; Mr. and Mrs. James Mc Elheny daughter Leona and son Grant; Mrs. Ramsey and daughter who were immediate riends of the parties the guests returned to their respective homes wishing the happy couple many years of wedded life. Educational Meeting. The seventh Local Institute of Taylor Township was held Fri day evening, Mar, 22, at Gracey School. The Literary work did credit to both teacher and pupils. The topics were: Reviews, Value of, how often given: Civil Government, how taught? The topics were well discussed by teachers and patrons. Teach ers present were: n. r. Uarton, U. G. Wink, Thad Winegardner, Howard B. Knepper, Olive Clev- enger, and Myrtle Alio way, from Taylor. Alice and Jessie Cutch all from Wells, and R. D. Hess from Huntington County. Teacher, Thad Winegardner; president, Howard B. Knepper; and secretary, Myrtle W. "Al loway. t . Newspaper Man Dead. Isaac Newton Swope, a well known citizen of Huntingdon County, who founded the Maple ton Item twenty-nine years ago and conducted the same until few weeks ago, when he sold the paper to Editor Riddle, of the Semi-Weekly-Nev. s Huntingdon, died at his home in Huntingdon on Thursday of last week, aged about 58 years. He was a grad uate of Dickinson Seminary, edi tor of the Mount Union Times four years, principal of th Mapleton schools for five years, and six years prothonotary of Huntingdon County. Mrs. Louise Powell, who has been spending two months in this county partly on a visit among hor friends, left for her home in Dixon, 111. Tuesday morning. PLEASANT LIFE IN FRANCE. Interesting Letter Writt:u by Newt Murtui to H s Sister Miss Joan of McConnclbburg. While everybody else in the tent is busv with everything from shaving to studying French, I will write a few lines. If there are mistakes, don't blame me, as it will be the fault of the band. never could do anything but isten, when I hear music. The war surely gives the car toonist lot . of material to work on. I received several comedies f Camp Meade a few days ao. 'hey were taken from one of the larrlsburg papers and certainly were fun. y. It reminded me of ne an English "Tommy" told me about oi.e of their soldiers who was washing pome mud from is clothes in tho trenches, when n officer called out, "What tho blootnin't-lldoyou mem, va?hin' in the same water we have to eop in?" and another tlnw teM on a newly arrived "Swnrm " who was walking alm'.g with l.i.i eyes cn the road ii front of bin when he bappenvd to pass a Scotch HUhlundt-r witli his 'Kilties" on, dor.g guard duty at the hide of rone!. Ti e S.inimy noti-.M-tg oi.ly the skirt, raistd his hit to lv polite and was about to converse with the maiden (?)" thereby al noli causing international complica tions. Work is g ;ing fine. It i.i very ritcrestiiig to note wia.t chano few li'ioiitivt nuke. When I tliiuk tht on'y i ftw month" ' ;ro, one cr u.M wa'ic u;i the road to.vaid our C;.mp wil n ut wir.g arylkirig to attract iitU'iition but ,me forests on both yidea of the oad except now and then to Fee Frenchman pass on his bicycle or a French woman walking along busy with her knitting, glancing around now and then to call Alter! to her ox team which is yoked to a two wheeled cart about the only style of wa.?on used) loaded with ferns gathered n the woods and used for litter. arther on, perhaps, ono would iass a peasant patiently watch ng his herd of cows, busying himself making baskets from rye straw or a kind of meadow grass bound with shreds cut from iriars, making a very neat look ing job. Undoubtedly, off to one side, one would see a Hock of nice white sheep grazing among the pines. The flock is being watched by a dog and a peasant. The shepherd is busy with some thing and one finds when going closer that he is making yarn from the wool. lie ha3 a bunch of wool wound on his arm, and carefully separating it into a nar row string with his fingers, he gives the ball on which he has the yarn wound a little spin, then testing it to eee if it is strong, he continues the same process over and thus utilizes his time which, otherwise, would he taken up wholly by his flock of sheep. but now there is much more signs of activity than we experi enced before while watching the few, but ever busy French peas ants. To the side oi the same road that before was quiet, there now is a narrow gauge railroad running to the station of the small village not far distant from Camp, and a dinky engine with its string of big cars loaded wilh lumber, goes screaming by. The buzz of the big motor trucks has even ceased to be a novelty to the little French children. Fhe maratime pine trees so much prized by the French are rapidly being felled and as rapidly taken by log cars to the mills which have been established for the purpose of transporting them in to all kinds of available materia for war purposes. There are also others besides our company, in this section and in other sections of France doing the same kind of work; so yqu can get a Blight idea of the im Traffic on the Lincoln Highway. A few days ago one of the Hagerstown newspapers gave to its readers the astounding infor mation that seven new Reo cars all in one string passed through that city over the National pike enroute to some eastern city for distribution. That reads like a paragraph that might have ap peared in the News, ten years ago with the "Lincoln Highway" substituted for the "National Pike." The bulk of traffic on the Lin coln Highway during the past year or more is astonishing to the residents along this great transcontinental thorofare, and qoite unbelievable to persons in other sections of the country who knew it during the toll-gate days of a quarter of a century ago. There is practically a constart stream of motor vehicles, on the road now, com posed of new cars of every known make trucks from the light Ford skeletons to th.- gmt Goodrich of the Akron Boston line with its 10 inch piiou matic.i. " Included in this are the trains of ponderous r.rmy t'ackard trucks that go thunder ing through the town with a jar that makes the windows rnttle. McConnellsburg lady who hv kept carefull tally, reports th. during the three months pre cede the first of April, thirty one a o:y-truck trains passed eastward through McConrells- burg. Ihes-'e trains were con voyed by a cs nipany of soldiers averaging ab;..ut 85 men, and the train was composed of 32 trucks. Thus, during the three months a!ou:st a tho'.iasnd army trucks, and mere than twenty-five hun dred soldiers, passed over the road on their way t o join 'ershing. A la.ly in St. Thomas, a town on the Lincoln Highway fifteen miles east of McConnellsburg, kept accurate account of the au tomobiles passing through that town last Friday, and her report is 1050. Notwithstanding the unusal snowfall of the past winter, there were very few days that the road was impassible.- It is remarkable that with all the traffic, and mountainous con dition of this part of the State that there should have been so few accidents. The first acci dent of any consequence happen ing to an army truck occurred at Grandview, east of the top of the Allegheny mountain last week, when a driver who had the lower side of the road swung too far to the right to allow a cro wding up- the-mountain truck to pass, and he plunged over a 300 ft. em bankment. When the driver of the army truck found he was in for it, he quickly turned his steer ing wheel so as to go straight over the embankment and the heavy truck mowed down all op posing objects and landed up with a smashed wheel and a bent axle. The monon the ear escap ed without a scratch. The truck passed through McConnellsburg a day later on its own power. mense amount of material need ed. I think I told you in a letter of an earlier date about the amount of material we cut here, etc. If I didn't I'll have to leave it for another letter as it is now time for "taps". If you don't know what that means it wouldn't take long to learn, because after that sounds at 9.30 and all lights aren't out. the guard's clear ringing voice can be heard break ing on the still night air "Hey! douse that gleam in there!, I don't want to tell you again", But I might add, they merely have thoise hard boiled tones for cases of emergency and are per fectly harmless. By what I hear you must be having all kinds of "less" days back there but "snowles3 ones." We are having very nice weather and we are all in the best of health, as you can ' see by my picture. MARCH HONOR ROLL. Names ef New Subscribers and Oth ers Mo Have Paid Subscription Dur ing Month of March. More new subscribers have been added to the Fulton Coun ty News subscription list during the month of March than during any like period in its history, out side of five years aga when the contest was on. This shows that Fulton County people no matter what other papers they take want to see the News. The News plays fair. If a subscri ber says he wants his paper dis continued when the time is up, off it comes without any back talk. The New3 never puts the names of people on the list and sends them the paper without permission, and then expect them to pay for it. The News aims to get its papers to its subscribers before it is a week old. and be fore everybody has heard the happening before they see the paper. If you like the News tell your friends about it if it's a t ood thing, pass it along. But here we go again. We started out to give the names of those who had become new sub Fcribers or had p&id subscription to the News during March; and then get off the subject. Here are the names you know many of thern. Akers, Hyson Atherton, G. P. Austin, Ed R. 4-1-10 3- 1-19 5 1-19 3 20-19 2-18-19 1-7-19 4- 1-19 Barmont, Daniel Bennett, Harvey Jeatty, W. E. Benson, Harry Bergstresser, Mrs Annie 10-19-18 Bergstresser, Ed W. 3-14-19 Bishop, John 2-20-19 Bowman. Mrs. I. D. 3-18-19 Cluck, Mrs. Mervin 9 7-19 Comerer, Miss Elizabeth 8-22-18 Covalt, J. II. 4 519 Cromer, II. H. 1-1-19 Crouse, Chas. 4-1-18 Cutchall, W. F. 1-1-19 Cutchall, R. J. 10-1-18 Cutchall, Robt W. 11-23-18 Cutchall, C. V. 3-11-19 Deshong, W. H. 1-1-19 Dixon, R. C. 12 1-18 Dohner, Mrs. R. J. 9-1-18 Doyle, John H. 10-7-19 Duvall, J. N. 7-21-20 Engie, John S. 4-1-19 Everts, Mrs. Addie 4-1-19 Everts, Jacob 1 2-19 Fields, W. L. 4-1-19 Fields, G. C. 4 26-18 Foster, E. G. 12-14-18 Gillis, Daniel A. 12-25-18 Glenn, Geo. W. 4-1-19 Golden, Chas. E. 10-21-18 Gregory, Roy 2-10 19 Gutshall, F. W. 3 1-19 Hann, M. L. 1-1-19 Hann. W. M. 4-1-18 Harris, Miss Elizabeth 7-1-19 Harrier, Mrs. Orin 4-21-19 Heinbaugh, John C. 4 2-19 Heefner, Geo. D. 3-2G-19 Heeter, J. W. 4 1-19 llenderahot, E. W. 3-13 19 Henderson, Mrs. Emma 12 14-18 Hess, O. G. Hill, Mrs. David Hixson, C. E. Hoop, J. D. (home) II ..op, J. D. (army) Ho'nshead, J. E. Hull, Scott 4-1-18 4-1-18 4-1-19 12-1-18 1-8-19 2- 10-19 4- 22-18 1-1-20 10-12-18 5 8-19 3-2-19 5- 27-17 3- 20-20 Johnston, T. E. Jones, Mrs. Nettie Keebaugh, J. C. Keefer, A. B. Kelso, V. E. Laidig, John W. Lake, Mrs. Maye Lake, W. B. Largent, W. W. Layton, A. S. Layton, Wilbert, Lee, Mrs. F. M. Long, Curtis D. Lynch, Blanche Mathias, N. A. Marshall, Mrs. A. C. May, Albert McKee, James P. Mel lot t, Milton Mellott, E. L. Mellott, T. S. Miller, Robert ' Miller, Grover Morgret, Mrs, Lizzie Mumma, Mrs, Fannie 1-21-19 3-21-19 10-1-18 5-8-19 10-8-18 4-1-19 1-1-19 3-21-19 6-12-18 11-5-18 4 419 2-1-19 4 5-19 3- 1-19 58-19 5-15-18 4- 1-19 4- 1-19 5- 8-18 Seed-Corn Problem. Mr. Editor: That there are three great questions or condi tions confronting the world to day, there can be no doubt. The first is, the settling of the temper ance question; the second, the dreadful war, and the third, farming along broad lines. If we are not able to get seed-corn that will germinate, and if the farm ers are not on their job in this matter, we are doomed to face the shortest crop ever known in this country. If this grest war should con tinue for some time, and we do not have a great crop of wheat this combined with a short corn crop, we will face such con ditions as this country has never seen. Taking the view of con ditions as they are before us to day, every farmer should be sure that his seed-corn will germinate. Most of the corn in the frost belt will not germinate to the extent of fifty per cent, and some of it will not do anything but rot, while a small percentage may send up a sickly stalk that cannot develop. The man who goes to his crib, as usual,- in the spring of the year when he is ready to plant, and selects his corn as he has been accustomed in other years, is doomed to failure. Any one who has seed-corn that was grown along the moun tain side or where it was not in jured by frost and was shucked oefore the severe winter set, in, should make it known. If you have not time to plant all you can, test it by the Longenecker plan, which is, to lift the kernel and see if the germ is white; if so, it will grow; but both ends of the germ must be white. If the germ is black, or amber-colored, be assured that it will not grow. I have tried it out and know what I am talking about. I have examined corn from several cribs, and find, generally, that the corn is frozen and, consequently, of no value as seed. Try it for yourself and you will see how easy it is to miss your guess. Some of the very finest looking ears ears that you would think couldn't help but grow will, when submitted to test, show nothing but a yellow, shriv-eled-up germ that will not can not grow. Yours, for the welfare of the Country, C. J. Brewer. Ayr township. Mr. Brewer has no seed-corn to sell; in fact, will have to buy some for his own use. Vernon Wink of Camp Lee, Va., passed through McConnells burg Monday afternoon going out to Hustontown to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Grant Wink. Oakman. Mrs. Oliver 7-1-19 Oliver, Thomas 5-22-19 Palmer, F. E. 7-25-18 Palmer, J. W. 3-22-19 Palmer, Roy O. 12-25-18 Parks, Isaac 5-8-19 Powell, Mrs. Louisa 12-1-20 Powell, Jacob A. 10-1-18 Price, Mrs. D. B. 2-6-19 Reily, Mrs. A. E. 8-2-18 Rupe, Mrs. Wilmer 1-1-19 Schooley, J. V. 4-9-18 Seelar, J. J. 4-1-19 Seville, Frank 10-1-18 Shadle, Milton 4-1-19 Shafer, Roy C. 3-1-19 Sigel, Joab - 2-1-19 Sipes, Frank 2-1-19 Sipes, Geo. W. (Okla) 3-1-20 Spriggs, Alonzo 7-15-18 Staines, Rosswell 2-1-19 Stenger, Cloyd 5-8-18 Swope, Mrs. Ruth W. 6-12-18 Thomas, J. Emory 2-14-18 Truax, Shade 5-10-18 Truax, Oscar 3-19-18 Truax, Howard W. 9-21-18 Unger, H. S. 1-20-19 Van Cleve, John H. 1-1-19 Wible, Ed 2-20-19 Williams, George 10-1-18 Williams, John 3 20-19 Wilkinson, A. B. 3-23-18 Winters, Mrs. Bessie 2-2-19 WAR SAVINGS STAMfS. Fulton CoiiGtj's Per Capita Much Above . Tnat of Mirny Oilier Coun ties in the State. E!k county is starred in last week's report of War Stamp sales in Easten Pennsylvania. That community's per capita for the week was seventy-four cents. This shows an increase of over 75 per cent, for the month of March. The sales during one week in Elk County exceeded those in six of the forty-eight counties in Eastern Pennsylvania for the entire sixteen weeks of the cam paign. Union county continues to lead the State in stamp sales with an average for each inhabitant of $5.28 to date. Columbia con- tinues in second place, her per capita being $.'5.87. Elk's big drive put that county in third place with an average of $3.20 per inhabitant. For the waek the sale3 in the district totaled $002,420, an av erage of ten cents per inhabitant. The district sales to date amount to$G,81!),G10. Counties report sales to date as follows: Adams .83 cents, Bed ford $1.4(5, Berks $1.10, Blair. !5, Bradford .80, Bucks $1 53, Cam bria .90, Cameron $2.4G, Carbon $2.50, Centre $2.00, Chester .04, Clearfield .83, Clinton $140, Cumberland $2. 2 1, Dauphin $1. 02, Delaware $1.11, Franklin .00, Fulton $1,10, Huntingdon $1.4(3, Juniata .53, Lackawana .51, Lan caster $1.48, Lebanon. 71, Lehigh .87, Luzerne $1.03, Lycoming. 90, McKean $1.81, Mifllin $1.15, Monroe $1 89, Montgomery .87, Montour $2 55, Northampton $1.12, Northumberland .92, Per ry .80, Philadelphia $1.20, Pike 4 $1.73. Potter. 83, Schuylkill $1.19, Snyder $2.20, Susquehanna .07, Tioga $1.27, Wayne $1.51, Wyo ming $1.50, York $1.3.'). Be A Money Lender. The way to accumulate for old age is to be industrious and eco nomical during your younger years. No one is getting poor erthat has more money or oth er property at the end of the year than at the beginning. The man with a small income can save something as well as the man with a larger. Just as soon as possible, put your surplus money at work. At this time, there is no better place to put it, than to lend it to the Gov ernment to help meet the expens es of the war. You will be sure to get your principal back, and to get a good rate of interest. And, then, you do not need wait until you get a hundred dollars to gether, before you make a loan. The Government will borrow any money you have to spare, even if it be only twenty-five cents. Your postmaster will tell you how it's done. Eary. The following figures give a definite idea of what fifty or more dollars will do, when invested in a Liberty Bond, and used by the War Department. One $50 bond will buy trench knives for a rifle company, or 23 hand grenades, or 14 rifle gre nades, or 37 cases of surgical in struments for enlisted men's belts, or 10 cases of surgical in struments for officers' belts. A $100- bond will clothe a sol dier, or feed a soldier for eight months, or purchase 5 rifles or 30 rifle grenades, or 43 hand gre nades, or 25 pounds of ether, or 145 hot-water bags, or 2,000 sur gical needles. A $100 and a $50 bond will clothe and equip an infantry sol dier for service overseas, or feed a soldier for a year. Two $100 bonds will purchase a horse or mule for Cavalry, Art illery, or other service. Three $100 bonds will clothe a soldier and feed him for one year in France, or buy a motorcycle for a machine-gun company. Four $100 bonds will buy an X ray outfit. One $500 bond will supply bi cycles for the headquarters com-, pany of an Infantry regiment.
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