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VOL. XIX. NO. 38.
McCONNJF.LLSIiUUG, PA.. JUNE 13, 1918.
$1.50 A YEAR.
RECORD OF DEATHS.
Sort Sketches of the Lives of Per
sons Who Have Recently
Passed Away.
Harvey L. SirES.
Harvey L. Sipes died in Green
castle, Pa., on Thursday night of
a9t week as the result of a fall
the evening before in which bis
aU nil was fractured. His remains
were taken' to the home of his
brother Frank B. Sipes in Mc
rnnnellsbunr on Sunday morning
L U 4-Vta fiinoril lit a a
jheld on Monday morning and in-
terment was made in the family
lot in Union cemetery. Rev. John
McClay Diehl, of the Presbyteri
an Church, Welsh Run, Pa., con
ducted the services.
Harvey was a son of Jame3
and Martha Lay ton Sipes and was
hnmin McConnellsburg on the
S20ih day of January 1855; hence
at the time of his death he was
aged 63 year3, 4 months, and 17
days. He served one term as
County Treasurer of Fulton
County, he wa a capable officer,
and a popular Citizen. Since the
death of his father, ho and his
mother (up to to the time of
her death a few months afro)
and his niece, Mies A. Gertrude
Sipes, lived at the National Ho
tel, Chambersburg, thus being
nearer to their farms in Cumber
ing fnnnfw Thou nlun nwnprl
jthe old home property in McCon
jnellsburg. j Harvey was a victim of alco
holism which is perhaps directly
responsible for his premature
jdcath.
Grant Fix.
Grant Fix diod at the Cham
bersburg Hospital, where he had
ibeed receiving treatment for an
jinjury received when struck by a
(plow handle. Mr. Fix entered
jthe hospital a week ago and was
successfully operated upon.
However, complications followed
and his death occurred early
Tuesday morning.
Mr. Fix was aged 50 years and
resided along the Lincoln High-
jway, about four miles west of
McConnellsburg. He i3 survived
by his wife who is a daughter of
Oliver Oakman, and a number of
children. One son is in the army
and is now in France. The body
was taken to his home Tuesday
afternoon and the funeral will be
held on Friday afternoon at 2:30.
Interment at Bethlehem.
Clarence C. Palmer
Word has been received that
Clarence C. Palmer, atred about
33, son of the late Amos Palmer
was killed on Wednesday of last
week in an accident, and that he
was buried in Pittsburgh on Fri
day. At time of going to press
we do not have any further par
ticulars. Letter of Acknowledgment.
June 11. 1918
Mrs. Nettie Truax,
My dear Unknown Friend:
I am a young man enlisted in
the Tank Corps, and am one of
the fortunate boys who received
a pair of socks. Now. I want to
thank you, and to assure you that
i appreciate the socks, as I know
they will come in handy when I
Ko across, which we all hope will
"o soon. Tiw iboya m my
received socks and sweaters
And will say thnt we are Dleased
to be taking a part in this great
worlds war, with such good
women as yourself behind us;
ana, futhermoro, permit me to
add that bova alone cannot win
this war. The women and people
at home who cannot go to the
front, will have to cheer the boys
uP-a thing you have done to-day
when we received the socks and
sweaters.
Hoping that you women may
keep the good work up and help
"a Doys end this war, I am,
Mylan P. Metzkus,
u 304 B.. N. Co. B. '
Heavy Tanks, Gettysburg, Pa.
r- "J. 1 am a Pennsylvania boy.
wy hornets In Pittsburgh.
Fr. m John Q. Taylor.
Mrs. F. M. Taylor, East Lin
coln Way, received a letter Tues
day morning from her son, John,
written on the 23rd of May, and
Mrs. Leslie W. Seylar received
one from him written on the
lGth of May. John is Bome-
where in France, but evidently
where there is something doing
about all the time. To Mrs.
Seylar, John says, "It certainly
was a treat to receive a letter
from home the first I have re
ceived for a month.
"Yes, Mrs. Seylar, I am just
where you think I am, and am
doing my best. I saw a battle
between German airplanes and
those o f the Allies yesterday,
and could see the shells burst
that were fired at the German
planes. It was a grand sight
and a most exciting event. Of
course, airplanes are buzzing
through the air here every day,
ike swarms of bees but they
are rather large. Some of the
McConnellsburg boys who got a
ot of fun out of a 25-cent cannon
cracker, could here get all the noise
they want for a dozen Fourth of
July cele brations for nothing.
The constant clatter of smaller
gung makes you think you are out
on the Meadowgruund mountain
the first day of the hunting sea
son. The place at which I am lo
cated is something l'ke theAugh-
wick Valley, and I am working
hard every day."
In the letter to his mother,
John says: "I have just received
your letters of April 7-11 23; also
one from Bessie, Mid, Mary and
Orlcn, and was sure glad to hear
rom you, for it was the first
word I had received from you for
a month. I think I told you in
my other letter that I am at the
Front now. I have seen several
air battles all in our favor. We
are working at present with
pick and shovel. I go to work
about the same time Ross and I
used to start out, and come in
about the same time we came in.
We are furnished plenty of music
from the big guns. I haven't
heard from Newt Morton for
some time. The boys must have
had some real experience in push
ing the war trucks through the
snows on the Lincoln Highway
last winter. Well, it is only a
foretaste of things to come. My
address is,
John Q Taylor,
Co. B. 23 Eng'rs, '
Am. E. P. A. S.
France.
Republican Devil.
The caption does not mean that
he was a devil of a Republican,
for we are not real sure whether
he was a republican or not, but
the following letter received by
Frank B. Sipes, of this place a
few days ago may throw some
light upon the subject:
"Dear Sir : A cousin of mine
living at Apollo, Pa., kindiy sent
me two copies of the Fulton
County News, one of which
contained an advertisement of
yours. Now, if you are the same
Frank B. Sipes that I used to
know when I worked in the Re
publican office as a "devil" I
would like to hear from you.
That is a long time ago; but I
guess you will remember me. I
am still at the printing game,
and I see by your advertisement
that you are still in the butcher
ing line.
' Where is Will Teeter? and
whom did he marry?
.Tell me all about yourself and
any whom you think I knew at
that time. I will answer prompt
ly and tell you a few of the many
moves I have made since I last
saw you."
Editor's Note. Frank Doyle,
was working in the Demo
crat office at the same time Bill
Carr'was "deviling" the Repub
lican, and is now foreman' in
the office of the Fulton County
News.
There will bo a festival at Cito
M. E. Church Saturday evening.
June 15th. Proceeds to be used
(or painting the Church.
C. L. S. C. BANQUET.
Delightful Social Occasion Ms T'.vcn
' tj-tight Dollars and Fifty Cents
to the Ked Cross Fucd.
The inital letters "C. L. S. C."
stand for the word3 Chautau
qua Literary and Scientific Circle,
an organization formed by
Bishop Vincent away back in
1878, and now having a member
ship of hundreds of thousands.
Bishop Vincent was a scholar
and philanthropist, lie recog
nized the faot that most people
rcsd; that the advantage derived
from reading depends upon the
quality of literature read; that
comparatively few people are
able to secure a college education;
that there are many notable ex
amples of men who figured con
spicuously in shaping the desti
nies of nation!?, who acquired
much of their knowledge by read
ing goods books by the home fire
ride. He, therefore, conceived
the idea of planning a course of
reading covering a period of four
years, which should include tho
best in classic., history, science
and art- the books to be written
in such style as to make them
casiiy understood. This course
r f reading may be followed by
the individual or, wh'itis better,
for several persons in the com
munity to organize a local circle,
meet once a week, and discuss
the reading of the past week.
The cost of the outfit books,
periodicals, etc., is $.100 to each
individual. Vi?re there are
more than one member in a home,
one set of book3 will answer for
the family. At the end of the
four years' course, a diploma id
awarded.
During the past, three years
McConnellsburg has had a local
Circle, and the members are
moat enthusiastic in their prais
es of the advantages derived.
The course covers a period of
nine months each year. It 'has
been the custom of the local Cir
cle to give a banquet at the close
of each year's work. In sym
pathy with the many d2tnands
fur money to help win the war,
the local Circle determined to
hold their annual banquet at
Hotel Mellott and donate the
proceeds to the Red Cross Fund.
Hun. and Mrs. Geo. B. Mellott
very generously place dat the dis
posal of the Circle their spacious
dining rooms, serving rooms and
lobby free of all cost, and on last
Friday evening the Circle with
about fifty invited guests nssem-,
bled in the banquet hall, partook I
of a splendid supper, and each
person present including the
members of the Circle chipped in '
a half-dollar making a total of
$2S.59 alt of which went into,
the treasury of the Red Cross
Chapter the Circle bearing the
expenses of the supper.
The banquet was a delightful
social occasion. The dining hall
was brilliantly lighted, the tables
were tastefully decorated, the
menu, elaborate, and the service,
FRIDAY, JUNE 28TH, X
At Every Schoolhouse in the County.
Pursuant to the proclamation qf the President
of the United States, and the Governor of this State, X
meetings will be held in every Schoolhouse in Ful- g
ton County at 8 o'clock, p.m.. on Friday, June 28,. t
1918, to secure subscriptions for War Saving3 X
Stamps in the amount which the United States X
Government expects to borrow from the people of
Fulton county. All person in the county will be I
notified to attend the meeting at the most conveni- j
ent schoolhouse in their home district promptly at
8 o'clock on June 28th. 1
In order to raise the total quota for Fulton i
County it will be necessary that each district sub- t
scribe the amount allotted to it. If each person t
will do his or her duty, this will not impose a bur- J
den on any person in the county. X
NATIONAL WAR-SAVINGS COMMITTEE,
. Merrill W. Nace, County Chmn., f
McConnellsburg, Pa. ,
Visiting; His Old Haunts.
George J. Hertzler, a former
Burnt Cabins boy, a son of the
late II. H. Hertzler, arrived In
this county last Sunday, took
dinner at Hotel Harris, and then
started out for the upper end of
this County, end for Hunting
don County, to find his old time
friends and relatives. Thirty
eight years ago, when George
became 21 years of age, his father
led him out to the top of a hill,
showed him the world and said.
"This is yours, George, ,go to
it." Guorge'went to Nebraska,
grew up with the country, and
is now in comfortable circum
stances. His wife dying about a
year ro, he rented his farm
stocked, and decided to come
kick and spend the summer
amonif his Pennsylvania friends.
Just before coming eaat he vinit
ed Daniel Barmonl's at Harvard,
Neb. Daniel is a brother of Hen
ry in Todd township, and U anoth
er Fulton County boy who mace
good in tha Went. Daniel and
his wife placed their farm in
charge of their son Harry, and
have gone to town to live. Their
daughter Miss M-ugaret is a
teacher in the school? at Har
vard , snd Iran's at hcrre.
tbd 1'linsant Trip.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Hill and
Will Mellott of Belfast township,
went down to Greencitle last
Thursday in Mr. Hill's cat. Fri
day morning they went by train to
Horshey, Pa., where they spend
the time until Sunday attending
the annual seession of the Breth
ren Conference. They had a
very pleasant trip. There were
some 15.000 or 18,000 persons in
attendance, representing almost
every state in the Union. Mr.
Hershev, the Chocolate King wan
at the meeting on Sunday when
they t ick up the special collec
tion for the Red Cross Fund. Be
fore they passed the hat' Mr.
Hershey arose and made a spe
cial plea for a libera! contribution,
saying that he would match every
dollar they choosed to give.
When the contribution was count
ed it wa? found that the audience
had given $8,000.00. Mr. Her
shey nlade his word good, and
gave a like sum. making the
total contribution $17,800.00.
Mi?s Carrie Greathead, who
has completed another year's
work teaching in the Johnstown
public schools, is home for her
summer vacation.
line. Not the least enjoyable
part of the occasion was ' the
splendid literary part of the pro
gram which followed the ice
cream. Prof. Admiral Smith
was toastmaster, and a hearty
greeting was extended by MiFS
McGovorn, president of theCirclr.
This was followed by addresses
by Rev. Ed'. Jackson, Mrs. II.
L. McKibbin, Rev. W. V. Grove,
Hon. John P. Sipes, Mrs. Harry
Hull, B. W. Peck, M. R. ShafT
ner, E?q., Rev. C. F. Jacob.0,
Rev. W. H. Lowe, Hon. D. II.
Patterson, and Hon. S. W. Kirk.
ANNUAL SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION
Every One in Attcudance Delighted with
the Hospitality of the Good Peo
ple of Hustontown.
The 38th Annual S. S. Conven
tion was held at Hustontown,
May 28, and 29, 15)18. The con
vention opened with a very good
representation of State and Coun
ty workers, but the reporttif del
egates was not equal to the prep
aration that was made by the
people of Hustontown, for we
were royally entertained by them.
I hope to have a report from each
school in the County before July
1, 1918. Will the Superintend
ent or Secretary attend to this as
soon as possible?
Rev. C. A. Oliver, of York, Ta.,
one of the State workers, made
an earnest appeal in his address
es for more Teacher Training
Clauses; at the same time, ex
plaining the need of more Teach
er Training work.
Mr. W. D. Reel, of Philadel
phia, delivered an address on,
"The Patriotic Sunday School."
He said that the Sunday Schools
of America must take a very ac
tive part in keeping the Home
Fires burning, while the boys are
away, by building a stronger and
better organization that will stand
by the fundamental doctrines of
Christianity and build up chris
tian character. Mr. Reel also
gave several practical illustra
tions of the working of the Home
Department.
Hon. S. W. Kirk addressed the
convention pn "The Call of To
day." He emphasized the fact
that every individual was called
to some special work by the
church and nation.
Rev. W. V. Grove, who has
been very active in Teacher
Training work, delivered address
on "Training to Serve," which
clinched the remarks of Rev.
Oliver.
Safety First" was the subject
of an address given by Rev. Ed
ward Jackson, who explained to
the convention the necessity of
safety first in the Sunday School.
Mr. C. J. Brewer gave an . ex
cellent address on "Temperance
in the Sunday School" giving
reasons why temperance should
be taught in the Sunday School
one reason given was, that our
Nation's salvation depended on
the youth of the Sunday School.
Rev. Strain, of Hustontown,
delivered an address on "The O.
A. B. Class" showing by his re
marks the necessity of Organiza
tion in the S. S. and what the O.
A. B. Classes are doing for the
S. S. and Individuals.
R. R. Hann, Chairman of the
nominating committee reported
the following list of officers, and
on motion were elected.
OFFICERS.
President Rev. Wm. J. Lowe,
McConnellsburg, Pa.
Vice President Geo. W. Fish
er, Hancock, Md.
Secretary Geo. A. Comerer,
McConnellsburg, Pa.
Treasurer Wilson L. Nace,
McConnellsburg, Pa.
FIELD FORCE. '
Superintendent E 1 e m entary
Grade Mrs. B. H. Shaw, Hus
tontown, Pa.
Supt. Home Department Mrs.
C. B. Stevens, McConnellsburg,
Pa.
. Supt. Teacher Training Rev.
W. V. Grovel McConnellsburg,
Pa.
Supt. O. A. B. Class-Jonh P.
Sipes, McConnellsburg, Pa.
Temperance Supt. C. J. Brew
er, McConnellsburg, Pa.
Supt. Secondary Grade Mrs.
Geo. W. Reisner, McConnells
burg, Pa.
Supt. Rural Schools Frank P.
Plessinger, Locust Grove, Pa.
Missionary Supt. Miss Blanche
Smith, Needmore, Pa. ,
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Child ren's Day services will be
held at Damascus Christian
Church Sunday morning, June
16th.
Ayr W. C, Patterson, McCon.
Statement
The Fulton County Chapter of
the American Red Cross was or
ganized one year ago. The fol
lowing statement will be of interest:
Annual members, to date 1,480
Subscribing members, to
date . .18
Contributing members, to
date . 5
Total membership, to date 1,503
MEMBERSHIP OF AUXILIARIES
Taylor, 11G
Dublin, 120
Union 1G2
Bethel, 107
Belfast, 123
Brush Creek, 183
Wells, 183
Theannual due3 are now be
coming payable and can be hand
ed to the Secretary of the Auxil
iaries, or to the Solicitors, who
will give a receipt. Renew your
subscriptions and solicit new
members, with the aim of having
every man, woman and child
join the Red Cross.
Mrs. B. Frank Henry,
Secretary.
STATEMENT OF TREASURER.
Receipts to Relief Fund
to June 1st $1,295.90
Expenditures for Relief
Fund 1,293.90
Receipts to General Fund
to June 1st 1,47.98
Expenditures from Gen
eral Fund to June 1st. 1,110.17
Balance in hands o f
Treasurer 357.81
' II. U. Nace, Treas.
Red Cross Party,
One 'of the pleasantest fea
tures of the Red Cross Work in
our township was held Friday
Friday evening June 7th, when
Mr. and Mrs. Emory Diehl en
tertained in their home a number
of young people.
A number of jolly games were
played, some excellent music ren
dered and a delicious lunch ser
ved after which a sum of money
amounting to $10 was raised for
the benefit of the Red Cross, and
at a late hour, all returned to
their homes, doubly thanking
Mr. and Mrs. Diehl for such a
delightful evening.
Those present were: Misses
CarrieBarkman, Lula Schenck,
Celia Barton, Louise Kregar,
Maud Kregar,, Adrienne Har-
man, Mary Plessinger and Rin
tha Diehl, Roy Hixson, Glenn
McKibbin, George and James
Barton, John Hoop, Percy Hix
son, John Kregar, Ernest Spade,
Robert Smith, Upton and Ellis
Plessinger, Marshall Diehl, and
Carey Carbon.
nellsburg.
Belfast-J. P. Garland, Need
more. Bethel II. K. Marklcy, War
fordsburg. Brush Creek M. A. Barkman,
Akersville.
Dublin J. H. Covalt, Ft. Lit
tleton. McConnellsburg A. U. Nace,
McConnellsburg.
Licking Creek R. R. Sipe,
Harrisonville.
Todd Cyrus Wagner, Knobs
ville. Thompson Amos Sharp,
Sharpe.
Taylor Erra Clevenger, Hus
tontown. Wells-J. N. Duval!, Wells
Tannery.
Union J. C. Parlett, Lashley.
Officers elect please take note
of this list.
The resolutions read by Mrs.
B. H. Shaw, Chairman of Com
mittee, were very good and were
heartily accented by convention.
A vote of thanks was extended
to all that took part in the con
vention, and to the folks of Hus
tontown for their royal entertain1
ment. The convention adjourned to
meet at McConnellsburg in 1919.
Geo. A. Comerer,
Cor, Secretary,
COSING INTO THEIR OWN.
Coon ted Pest 'Already Sentenced, .
Shearer, and Myers Will Get
Theirs La!er
Tired of the opprobrium at
tached to living in the "county
without a railroad" citizens of
McConnellsburg were ripe to lis
ten to the smooth tones of one
Edward J. Post and his "friend"
Samuel B. Shearer, who appear
ed upon the scene four years
ago, and promised the people of
Fulton County that all that was
needed to have railroad commu
nication with the outside world
was money. He assured us
that he had friends who had
"barls" of money to build rail
roads, and all that was needed x
was, that our home people should N
"put up" for the preliminary ex
penses just to show that we had
interest enough in the project
not dig up the track after itwa3
built.
We bit. McConnellsburg peo
ple may be depended upon to
bite.
Later there appeared upon the
scene, one Clyde Coon, a practi
cal railroad builder and coturact
or. More than a hundred thous
and dollars of good money wa3
spent.
Then the work stopped on the
railroad and the doors of a cer
tain bank known as the Lemast
er National Bank in Franklin
County closed its doors. There
was a bhortage with the cashier,
Mr. Enos D. Myers was asked to
explain. He said Coon did it.
Coon said Post and Shearer
helped.
The United States Court called
these gentlemen in for an expla
nation. As a result, two weeks
ago, Coon was sentenced to the
federal prison Atlanta, Ga fcr
nine years. It took the jury just
forty minutes to return a verdict
of guilty in six counts. Judge
Witmer at once called the con
vict before him and before pro
nouncing sentence the court
scathingly rebuked Coon, ar
raigning him severely for the
part he had played in .wrecking
the bank and bringing distress to
scores of people.
At Willaimsport on Thursday
of last week. Edward J. Post
wa3 sentenced to six years in a
federal prison.
There was nothing brought out
in the case to show that Tost had
ever been convicted of a crime
prior to this one. Judge Witmer
said bo could show no mercy, for
he was a man of intelligence and
had deliberately chosen the
wrong path. As Post was taken
from the court room he broke
down and sobbed and wept.
The trial of Samuel B. Shear
er ha3 been continued until the
October session at Scran ton.
The sentencing of Emos D.
Myers, the cashier of the Lemas
ters Bank at the time of the
crash, has been continued until
the October session. Myers
pleaded guilty at the May session '
of federal court held in Harris
burg and sentence was then de
ferred until the various trials of
others.
Better Balanced Farming in South.
Here is good newa from the
agricultural front in Southern
Alabama. Four years ago not a
carload of hogs was shipped from
17 counties in that section of the,.
State. In the year ending April
1, 1918, 2,352 carloads of hogs
were shipped from these 17 coun
ties. This change, illustrating
the better balanced agriculture
made necessary by boll-weevil
ravages, is accredited by officials
of the States Relations to the
efforts of the county agents of
the Department and the State
agricultural colleges in demon
strating hog production to far
mers and showing them how to
ship hogs cooperatively.
Miss Emma R. Sloan, who has
been teaching 'in Johnstown, is
spending her Bummer vacation
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Sloan.