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VOL. XIX. NO. 37.
McCONNELLSBURG, PA., JUNE G, 1918.
$1.50 A YEAR.
WAR SAVINGS DAY.
far Savings Meetings Will be Held la
Fulton County un rnaay
June 28;h.
President Wilson has issued a
'reclamation, making June 28th,
k'(;,nnl War Saving3 Day. In
his proclamation President Wil
son asks the people to attend a
meeting at the nearest School
Iou3e on the evening of June
'Sth, and to subscribe, during the
'emainder of 1918, War Sav-N-GS
Stamps to the maturity
alue of $150,000. So that this
imount may be subscribed for
ircong tne different parts of the
county, a quota hos been assign
ed for each district. The amount
)( this quota will be stated at
he opening of every meeting on
une 2Sth,
In order that we may raise the
imount allotted to us it will be
necessary for each district to
subscribe. . This w ill not impose
(i burden on U3 as it is our patriol
e duty to invest our savings in
War Savings Stamps. They
'pay 4 per cem. wiereia cuni-
lounded quarterly. Let us show
he balance of the United States
hat Fulton County is in the front
Sine trenches and will Go Over
he Top with all patriotic citi
zens.
. 'Merrill W. Nace.
war Savings Chairman for Ful
ton County.
Do Yen Want Ii?
Does your community want
the Farmer's Institute this year?
bf course it does. , There was
ii time when there was little in
vest That was before farmers
,ad found out the value of these
leetings. It has been customary
or the Chairman to spend a day
it McConnellsburg to receive ap-
ilications. . That time is past.
rhese are war times. If your
:ommunity wants the Farmers'
institute this year, ehoot a letter
Sa to Frank Ranck, County Chair-
pan, Hancock, Md., not later
pan the middle of June, and
fell him you would like to have
Dt. It will help him to arrange
Jthe itinerary. Do it now.
C. D. Booker.
Mrs. Wm. Heefner near Hi-
jram, received word a few days
ago that her brother Mr. C. D.
Booker had died of epinal men
ingitis at his. home in Bel
grade, Mont, on the 22nd of May,
pged about 5.4 years. Thp de
ceased went west about 30 years
ago, where he resided until the
time of his death. He was a son
of the late Mrs. Maria Doran of
Taylor township who died about
two months ago.
Forest County "Drj"
Forest county joined the dry
counties of the State Monday
when Judges Hinckley and asso
ciates Carson and.Cook. handed
jdown decisons in favor of the dry
forces. Fonr applicants were re
fused. (
License for liauors will there
fore be knbckod out in the county
July 1.
Only two counties in north
western Pennsylvania Erie and
McKean-are in the wet class.'
Lick Out ht It.
The most interestinor astro
nomical happening that has oc
curred upon this continent for
several years is the total eclipse
of the Sun thuf: fnlrpq nlnpfi npvt
Saturday, lasting from half past
six until about quarter past eight
me evening, as this part of
the country is cnnwrnpd.
There will not be another just
"se it for five years.
Ml Ps, A 1 - B T1.ll. -I
township in his automobile
.-louay Wi 'ast weeK, Drougm
w town Mr. and Mrs. George
W.
way and their son George
Mrs. Blanche PlpasinirPiv
and
Mr.
V " vwwirf
tand Mrs. Gray accompanied
s ww son to town, and he lef
; th the other boya for Colum
KO. on Friday.
At Camp Lee.
We left Fort Loudon at 3:13,
arrived at Harrisburg at 6:17,
left there at 10, and arrived at
Camp Lee next day at 11. We
were very tired but are in much
better shape now. We shed' our
first blocd when our train killed
a horse at the Mercersburg junc
tion. Wish it had been the
whole German Army.
There are eight of us Fulton
County Boys together. So it
seems like home.
I saw Floyd Hart Thureday.
Was surprised at seeing him so
tuddenly. . Our officers say this
is the best bunch that has come
to Camp Lee. There are abc.ut
81,000 men here in Camp. There
are hundreds leaving every day
for the front. I have had one of
my over-sea examinations and
passed O. K. Believe the Huns
will set up and take notice when
we tret there! There are about
390 men in our Company. Our
officers are all nice men.
From all my friends who read
this, I would appreciate a letter
now and then. It is impossible
for me to write individually to
all. Myi address is:
Private Levi II. Garland,
31 Co. 8 Tr. Battalion,
155 Depot Bri&ade,
Camp Lee Va.
Births in May.
May 2nd. daughter to Rev. W.
V. and Eva Marshall Grove,
McConnellsburg.
May 8th, son to Albert and
Gertie Brubaker Cooper, Ayr
township.
May 11th, son to Thomas J. and
Jessie Mellott Keefer, Ayr town
ship.
May 13th, son to Ed and Ida
Rotz Lininger, McConnellsburg.
May 21st, son to Maynard and
Lily Houpt Crouse, Big Cove
Tannery.
May 21st, daughther to Elvie
and Regina Decker De3hong.
May 22nd, daughter to Elim and
Minerva Walker, McConnells
burg; May 23rd, son to George B.
and Maggie Deshong Souders,
Ayr township.
May 23rd, daughter to Calvin
and Bessie Cooper, Ayr township.
May 30th, daughter to Roy
and Elizabeth Nelson Kendall,
Ayr townsMjp.
Knitting.
The Red Cross chapter has just
received 240 pounds of yarn valu
ed at $570.00. One half of this is,
dark gray for socks, the other
half ' is brown for sweaters,
wristlets and helmets.
This yarn has been divided as
equally as the hanks permitted
among the auxilliaries and Mc
Connellsburg. The Red Cross room, near the
Court House, will be open every
Thursday and Friday evenings
from 6:30 to 8:30 at which time
McConnellsburg people will have
an opportunity to' call for the
yarn they wish to. knit.
We would like to have the yarn
all knitted and returned by Oc
tober 15.
Knitting Committee
Twentj-fivs Years.
Dr. Nathan C. Shaeffer last
Saturday completed twenty-five
years service as State Superin
tendent of Public Instruction,
the longest service of any head
of department in the history of
the Pennsylvania State govern
ment. The doctor is now dean
of heads of departments at the
State Capitol and he received
many congratulatory messages.
He was first commissioned by
Robert E. Pattison. June 1, 1893,
and has been reappointed by every
governor since. The Dactor is a
grand old man-old only in years,
but young in heart and intellect
ual vigor.
Mrs N. f!. Trout, of Fairfield.
Pa., spent several diys during
the past week in the home of her
mother-ia.law Mrs. M. B. Trout
memorial Services in McConnellsburg.
Of the many beautiful Memo
rial Day services held in McCon
nellsburg, perhaps never was one
so impressive or interesting as
that last Thursday. On account
of the Great War, the air is
charged with patriotic interest in
everything pertaining to the great
struggle now on for the preser
vation and perpetuation of de
mocracy. The committee in
charge were wise in their choice
of the speaker of the day, Rev.
Dr. Rose, of Mercersburg, whose.
only son is clad in khaki arid
marching :th his comrades
against the arch-enemy of liber
ty and world-wide democracy.
Dr. Rose was accompanied to Mc
Connellsburg by the wlerceraburg
Band, one of the finest musical
organizations in the State, and,
they added muh to the inspira
tion of the occiiiiun by the excel
lent music produced-and, it
bhould be paid right here, that
thoy did not come' to McCon
nellsburg for hire. It was pure
ly their desire to be able to "do
their bit" in awakening the pub
lic to greater effort in helping to
win the war that they came with
out any cost to McConnellsburg
for their services and transporta
tion. As a slight token of ap
preciation, McConnellsburg en
tertained the band at supper at
Hotel IlarrU.
Dr, Rose is a man of fine pres
ence, a finished scholar, and a
brilliant orator, and these quali
ties combined with a burning zeal
for the welfare of hig country,
makes him a power for good as
he goes about addressing large
audiences in the interest of war
activities.
The formal exercises of the day
were held in the Auditorium, and
in addition to Dr. Rose's address,
M. R. ShtfFner, Esq., delivered
a splendid eulogy in honor of
those connected with our local
post who had passed away during
the year, namely, Vet. John H.
Truax, Vet. A. V. B. Souders,
and President of the Soldiers Re
lief Corps, Mrs. S. B. Woollett.
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
was delivered by Ruth, daughter
of Hon. and Mrs. S. W. Kirk,
and a poem written by William S.
Clevenger, entitled "A Tribute
to the Boys of '61 and 'IS," was
delivered by his daughter Amy.
The girl3 who did the reciting,
"did splendidly" is what every
one said; and when the audience
realized that the author of the
beautiful lines was none other
than our own Billy Clevenger,
the applause was as generous as
it wa3 deserving.
Formal Reception.
The Federated congregations
of the local Presbyterian and Re
formed churches, assembled in
the Refurmed church last Thurs
day evening to extend formally
the "glad hand." to Rev. Wm. J.
Lowe and family-Mr. Lowe hav-
ingbeen recently installed a spast-
orof the joint congregations. In
addition to the federated congre
gations just named, Reg. J. L.
Grove, formerly pastor of the U.
P. churches in town and the
Cove. Rev. C. F. Jacobs, of the
Lutheran Church, and Rev. Wil
son V. Grove, present pastor of
the United Presbyterian church
es, were present and joined in
happy addresses of welcome to
the new minister and his family.
The meeting was in charge of
Mr. C. Murray Ray, a member of
the consistory of-the Reformed
church, who proved himself equal
to the occasion, and the fine
music rendered by the choir add
ed to the pleasure of the audi
ence. Then last, but not least,
was the serving of an abundance
of Seylars Velvet Ice Cream and
War Wafers great big ten-cent
saucers and a second serving to
those who wished it.
After having spent two weeks
very pleasantly with friends in
Chambersburg, Mercersburg and
McConnellsburg, ,Mr3. L. C.
Bailey returned to her home in
Saxton, Pa. last Saturday.
HONOR ROLL.
Names of New Subscribers and Others
lha Have raid Subscription Dur
ing the Mouth of May.
Another Honor ' Roll reminds
us that another Month has
ROLLED by leaving us that
much nearer the end of the year.
No column in the News i3 scan
ned mere closely and with more
intereFt by more readers than
the column containing the month
ly honor roll. It is in the Honor
Roll that you seem to have a
moathly meeting with your old
friends; and just as you are af
forded pleasure by finding their
names in the paper, they are
just as much interested when
thoy pee yours. When they see
ycur name, Uieytake it for print
ed that you are livi-ig, and if
you are paid a year or two ahead,
thoy know you are prosperous,
and not a laggard in ycur busi
ness habits. At no time in the
history of tho world have news
papers been nought with greater
interest and read with greater av-
iditv. It h the County Paper
aftor all that is most indispens
able; for it not only gives you a
faithful chronicle of the home
happenings that are weekly be
coming local history, but it gives
yon in a eondonsed form every
thing in connection with the war
that is vital, and at a much low
er co3t. The combination of the
News and the THRICE-A-WEEK
WORLD at $2 15 .for a whole
year is the greatest bargain we
know anything about. With
this combination you have afresh
city paper every other day, and
a first class weekly at a cost of
little more than one-third what
a regular city daily costs.
But here's the Honor Roll.
See if you can find your name!
Aller, James A. 2-1-10
Aller, Nevin 2 2 21
Baker, Mrs. Calvin 5-23 19
Barnett. W. H. 7-21-19
Benson, James A. 7-16-19
Black. D. A. 14-19
Brakeall, M. M. 4-1-19
Clevenger, Mrs. Alice P. 1-1-19
Comerer, Henry A. 5 8-19
Corbin, Mrs. Mary E. 5-15-19
Cutchall, Jacob 4-25-19
Dotterman, Rev. A. 2-1-19
Eader, John P. 7-13-18
Everts, Harvey 5-25-19
Everts, Dennis 5-23-19
Feight, Mrs. Elsie 5 27-18
Fisher, D. H. 10-28-18
Fix, Howard 9-7-18
Foreman, James K. 5-1-20
Foster, Mrs. Thornton 5-20-19
Foutz, Mrs. J. F. . 5-8-18
Fraker, Hunter 7-15-18
Fraker, Mrs. Dyson F. 4-20-19
Funk, Mrs. J. II. 5-20-19
Garland, D. S. 1-9-19
Helinan, Harvey 4-18-19
Hershey, William 3-14-19
Hess, Samuel A. ' , 4-2-19
Hill, Oliver 1-2 19
Hollinshead, J. C. 11-11-19
Hot-ton, Mrs. Mary C. 2-17-18
Busier, Mrs. Thomas 9-1-18
Keith. Jesse M. 4-3-20
Kline, David M. - 4-1-19
Lake, Abner M. 5-15-18
Linn, J. W. ' 2-8-19
Linn, J. Calvin 5-9-19
Little, P. T. 5 15-19
Mann, U. S. G. 1-2-19
Marshall, Thomas 2-1-18
Martin, Mrs. Lydia 5-15-19
Martin, Miss Barbara 3-17-19
Martin, David W. 6-1219
Mellott, Mrs. William 4-10-19
Mellott, Miss Zoe 9-20-1S
Miller, D. J. . . 7-1-19
Motter, John D. 4-27-19
Mumma. L. D'. 8-16-18
Munima, Mrs. Mack 5 20-19
Ott, William E. 4-1-19
Plessinger, Mrs. Blanche 3-18-19
Pittman, A. J. 4-1-18
Rinedollar, W. Scott 5 22-18
Rinedollar, J. W. 6-1-19
Ritchey, Mrs. Anna L. 5-1-20
Robinson, Bennett W. 1-1-16
Roudabush, U. W. 6-1-19
Rupp, A. E. ' ' 6-1-19
Schenck, Geo. H. 4 25-19
Secrist, John 5-16-19
Sharpe, Mrs. E. M. 4-1-19
Sipes, Allison 2-20-19
Sipe3, Geo. C. . 5-25-18
Spadss, Frank 4-11-19,
NEW DRAFT CALL.
12,500 Fennsvlvanians Will Go to Three
Cantonments During Month
Of June.
Harrisburg, Pa., Juno 1.
State drsft headquarters today
announced that Pennsylvania
would te called upon to furnish
12,500 men for three camps dur
ing the month of June, and that
the quotas would be worked out
within a few days. These men
are all to Le white except COO,
who are to be colored. The state
ment issued today says:
"Call No. CG2 for 9000, to be
sent to Camp Lee, Petersburg,
Va,, during the five-day period
beginning June 24.
"Call No. C73 for 3000 men, to
be sent to Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.,
during the five-day period be
ginning June 21.
"Only white men and men
physically qualified for general
military service are to be fur
nished under these two calls.
Practicable men completely and
assiduously engaged in the plant
ing ana cultivation ot crops
should not be Entrained unless
absolutely necessary in order to
fill the allotment.
"Call No. G51 for 500 .colored
men. to be sent, to Camp Sher
man, Chillicothe, O., during the
five-day period beginning June
19. Only colored men and men
physically qualified for general
military service are to be fur
nished under this call, and men
engaged in farming should not
be entrained unless absslutely
necessary to fill the allotment."
Calls for more than 1900 gram
mar school graduates, to report
for special instruction for train
ing in various branches at the
University of Pittsburgh, Lafay
ette College, Carnegie Institute
and Erie High School, were also
issued today. These men must
beinducted by June 7 and report
June 15. These calls are i sep
arate from those issued a few
days ago for men with certain
qualifications to be specially in
ducted for the spruce production
divison of the aircraft bureau by
June 4.
Feed Mills.
It hag come to the attention of
the County Food Administrator
that there are a number of feed
mills in the county being operat
ed without a license from the
Food Administration. Under the
rules of the Food Administration
it is unlawful to operate a
feed mill and grind for the public
without first taking out a license
with the United States Food Ad
ministration, Law Department
License Division, Washington, D.
C. The owner of a mill may
grind his own grain'for his own
use without taking out a license,
but if he sells feed or grinds for
other people he must have a li
cense. '
All owners of feed mills in the
county are hereby notified to im
mediately comply with the above
instructions. Unless the grind
ing for the public is an important
part of your business you should
confine your grinding to your own
grain and save yourself the
necessity and trouble of taking
out a license.
John R. Jackson,
Federal Food Administrator for
Fulton County.
Mr. and Mrs. John Lachman
(Minnie Mock) of Pittsburg,
motored to McConnellsburg last
Thursday and spent a few days
visiting relatives and other
friends.
Spade, Chester A. -5 919
Spencer, Asie 7-11-19
Thomas, John 3-1-19
Tritle, C. P. 5-9-19
Truax, Bert v 3-4-19
Truax, Miss Ella 6-15-19
Truax, Samuel 5-29-19
Truax, C. W. ' 9-1-18
Wagoner. Geo. W. 2-5-19
Wilds, Miss Alice 4-10-19
Wolford, Mrs. Amy 1-4-18
Wright, John 5-1-19
GERMAN GAS.
Huns Are Using It All Orer This Coun
try. Yea Don't Want to Help
' Them Along.
The following article is written
by Harvey O'Higgins, Associate
Chairman, Committee on Public
Information, and deals with the
propoganda of the enemy in our
country.
Washington, June 2. Mr.
Citizen, you are now on the fir
ing line. ;
Imperial Germany is not mere
ly attacking on the western front.
She is attacking in every com
munity in the United States.
Her assault is under the direc
tion of the German general staff.
It has been prepared as carefully
as the strategy and tactics of a
military drive. As in Russia and
in Italy, so here also a campaign
of German propaganda a gas
attack of poisonous lies and ru
mors and false reports has been
launched successfully and is now
under way.
The collapse of Russia wa3 not
a victory for German arms. It
was a triumph of German propa
ganda. And the defeat of the
Italian armies was achieved only
after German agents, working
with rumors, slanders, counter
feit newspapers, forged letters
and all the other weapons of
German treachery, had opened
an impregnable Italian position
to the successful assault of an in
ferior German force.
America is now the strongest
enemy that Germany has. A
weakening of our public morale
is as necessary to German suc
cess as the weakening of Russia
was. And the attempt to weak
en us has already developed two
main lines of movement.
The first aims to destroy our
unity of action with our allies by
setting us against the French,
the British and the Japanese.
The second proposes to destroy
our domestic unity by encour
aging among us " every sort of
class dissension, religious, dif
ference, racial prejudice and
political quarrel.
The officials of the Red Cross
report that many loyal mothers
are refusing to let their daugh
ters volunteer as nurses in France
because of rumors of immoral
conditions in the hospitals there.
A detailed story has been circu
lated to the effect that 200 Red
Cross nurses have recently been
returned on a transport from
abroad and secretly removed to
maternity hospitals here as pa
tients. -
There is not a word of truth
in the story. It has been investi
gated by a federal grand jury
in New York City and found
to be false. German sympathi
zers caught circulating it have
been interned. The nurses in
service in our hospitals in France
have the same discipline and pro
tection that they have here and
need it as little. The story has
been invented to hamper the
work of the Red Cross and to pre
judice us against our French al
ios.
A similar aim is evident in the
reports of drunkenness and im
morality among our forces at the
front. These charges, most cir
cumstantial' made, were even
taken up by the national leaders
of our prohibition societies and
purity leagues, and an appeal
was sent out to the readers of
the religious press asking them
to protest to President Wilson.
The number of these protests
showed the success of the slander.
As a matter of fact, no liquor
ration is served to our troops
either here or abroad. By Gener
al Pershing's orders, our soldiers
in France are forbidden "either!
to buy or to accept as gifts from 1
the inhabitants, " any "alcoholic;
beverages other than light wine 1
or beer."
Twins a boy and girl came to
the home of Mr. and Mrs. John
Cuff near Cito, on May 18th.
Both are healthy babies.
FIREARM LAW.
Governor Brumbaugh Calls Upon Offi
cers to See to It That Deadly
Weapoiis Be Not Carried.
Governor Brumbaugh calls up
on all mayors, burgesses, police,
officers and all others charged , .
with the public safety of the
people to aid in the enforcement
of the laws relating to the use
and possession of firearms and
other deadly weapons. The gov
ernor asks that pains be taken
to acquaint the people of the
state with the provisions of the
various statues that apply in tho
aase. In summarizing the stat
utes now in force, he says:
"The act of March IS,' 1S73,
prohibits the carrying of any
deadly weapon concealed. x
"The act -of May 8, 1909, aa N
amended by the act of July 11,
1917, makes it unlawful for any
unnaturalized foreign born resi
dent within the commonwealth
to either own, or be possessed cf
a shotgun or rifle of any make;
or a pistol or firearm of any kind.
"The act of June 6, 1913, pro
hibits the discharge of a shot- .
gun or rifle' or firearm of any
description upon grounds of a
hospital, park or any such pub-.
lie resort.
"The act of July 11, 1916,' pro
hibits the use of a gun, cannon,
revolver or other explosive de
vices at any wedding serenade '
in this commonwealth.
"With those comprehensive
measures provided by the legis
lature, it remains but for the
constituted authorities in the
various parts of the common
wealth to enforce their provisions
in-order to insure the continu
ance bf the peace and safety of
the people, 'and this they are
called upon to do."
The Army.
The American Red Cross has
been asked by the Army Medical
Department to secure 25,000
nurses for the Army Nurse Corps
by January 1,1918. These nurses
are needed for service in army
hospitals both in this country and
abroad.
Next to the enlistment of sol- .
diers and sailors there is not a
greater patriotic duty than an
adequate enrollment of nurses.
This is the only group of women
recognized as part of the military
establishment. Uponthem de
volves to a great degree the
health, morale and lives of the
men fighting for America. A
privilege unsurpassed in the his
tory of the world awaits the
nurses of this country.
While thousands of nurses are
needed by the Army Medical De
partment, the number is relative
ly small compared with the num
ber of women who must stand
back of them and make possible
the service for which they are so
greatly needed at this time. No
more urgent need exists today
and no factor can be more impor
tant in the winning of this war
than adepuate care of our sick
and wounded. Furses who res
pond will have the infinite satis
faction of knowing that they are
lessening the sufferings of the
men "of our own county; those
bound by ties of blood, friendship
and national brotherhood.
Nurses of America your coun
try calls you!,
(Signed) W. C. Gorgas,
Surgeon-General U. S. A..
Lightning's Pranks.
Last Thursday aftrnoon during
the electrical storm in McCon
nellsburg, a house on West Wal
nut Street, owned by T. J. Com
erer and occupied by Harry Hull
and family was struck by light
ning. The bolt hit the chimney,
ran down and scattered soot out of
all the stove pipe holes covering
the beds with soot, and then
took the 'spouting and ran down
within a few feet of the' ground
when it tore the end of the pipe
off and disappeared into the
ground.
Stbacribe for tne Mxws.