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VOL. XIX. NO. 39.
McCONNELLSBURG, PA., JUNE 20,1918.
$1.50 A YEAR.
ANDREW J. FOOTE AND WIFE.
Bora ia Wells Yalley, Lived to a Good
Age, sod Died in Lyons, Kansas.
Andrew Jackson Foote, Bon of
John Foote by his fir9t wife, was
born in Wells Valley, August 31,
1635. On the 15th day of August,
1856, he was manied to Miss
Kate M. Ros3, and they went to
Illinois. In 1861, he enlisted
from Aledo, III., in the 102 Illi
nois Inft, and served during the
war. In 1872 he and his family
settled on a homestead six miles
west of Lyons, Kans., where
they lived until 1893 when the
family moved into Lyons. On
the 11th day of May, 1918, he
passed to his reward at the age
of 82 years, 8 months and 11
days. He is survived by one
brother, Greer Foote, and one
sister, Mrs. Mary Day both of
Lyons, Kans. Mr. Foote, for
more than three-quarters of a
century was a devoted conscien
tious member of the Presbyterian
Church. His father John Foote's
second wife was Jane Dickson, a
Bister of the late Hon. Mark
Dickson, of McConnellsburg, and
to this union three daughters are
living, Anna, wife of Gideon
Ritchey, Altoona, Pa,; Harriet,
widow of Jonathan Barnett, and
Laura, wife of Isaac Baker, near
Waterfall, this county. James
Foote, a brother of the sister just
mentioned, diedat Hyndman,
Pa., a short time ago.
Kete M. Ross, wife of Andrew
J. Foote, was born in Wells Val
ley, January 11, 1837 and died
April 2, 1916, aged 79 years, 2
months and 22 days. She is sur
vived by one sister, Fannie, wife
of Miles C. Greenland, of Bed
ford, Pa., and one brother
Benjamin Ross, of Everett,
Pa. Of Mr3. Foote, herhome
paper says, that she was
known and loved by a large num
ber of friends, and words seem
inadequate to describe her lofty
Christian character. The Foote
Brothers, Evangelists, who did
such splendid work in McCon
nellsburg during the 80's were
cousins of Andrew J. Foote, and
sons of John Foote, of Fairfield,
Iowa.
Kohr Adams.
At the home of the bride's pa
rents, Rev. and Mrs. J. Vernon
Adams in Williamsport, Pa., on
Sunday,- June 16, 1918, Miss Hen
rietta Adams wa3 united in mar
riage to Lieutenant Russell Kohr,
whose parents reside at New
Cumberland, Pa., but the Lieu
tenant has been stationed at
Spartanburg, S. C.
The Rev. Mr. Adams was a
former pastor of the McConnells
burg M. E. charge, and his
daughter has many warm friends
among the younger set here.
The groom was a graduate of the
New Cumberland High School
and a student of Dickinson Col
lege where he enlisted.
JuhnkeMorgret.
Pearl Morgret, formerly near
JNeedmore, Pa., daughter of
Hayes and Gertrude Morgret, and
Walter A. Juhnke. Chief Phar
macist Mate, U. S. Navy, of
Cleveland. 0. were haDDilv wed
ded Tuesday, June 11 1918 in
Philadelphia, Pa. The young
couple left for New York imme
diately after the ceremony, where
they will BDend their honevmoon
until the bridegroom leaves for
ranee, after which the bride
will return to Philadelphia to
uve with her mother.
Lambert Button.
At the Presbyterian manse,
Md., on Wednpsrinv pveninff.
JUie 6th. Rev. Dr. flear united
h marriage, Harry D. Hutton, a
popular insurance man, of Mar
tinsburg, W. Va.. and Mrs. Cor
olla Palmer Lambert daughter
Mr. and Mrs. William Palmer
I Warfordshnro' Mr and Mrfl.
button will make their home in
nuntingdon.
Bbioribe for t JNw.
From "Somewhere" in France.
Sgt. T. F. Sloan, or Frank as
he is more familiarly known, is
now in France. He was in the
training camp at Chillicothe, 0.,
and his regiment was sent "over"
a few weeks ago, In his first
letter to his mother, Mrs. Jose
phine A. Sloan of McConnells
burg, Frank writes: "I can
hardly realize that I am actually
in Francev - It seems that I have
lived a whole lifetime since we
left Camp Sherman, The trip
across the Atlantic was fine. The
weather, during our first five
days out to sea, was ideal. This
was followed by a few days of
very stormy weather; but, I did
not have a bit of seasickness.
Having second-class passage, 1
had a cabin with-five other ser
geants 1st class. Our boat, a
former famous liner, was splen
did, and we enjoyed the trip very
much.
This is a very pretty country.
The peculiar dress of the peas
antsespecially their wooden
Bhoes gives to them a very odd
appearance. As soldiers,' we
know nothing of our future move
ments. We are quartered in bar
racks built by ' Napoleon ,for his
troops, and of course, they bear
the marks of antiquity."
In a second letter, written
eight days later, Frank says:
"Well, we have settled down
for a short time, at least. Dare
not tell you the name of the place
but it is a typical French town.
Everything seems very odd to us.
The buildings are all very old.
Most of the people wear wooden
shoes, and seem to take life easy.
Few men are to be seen. They
are all in the army. Women do
all the work in doors, and out.
From the summit of a hill near,
we can see hundreds of acres of
good ground lying idle. No one
to work it. The people are sup
plied with bread tickets and
they are allowed but a small por
tion a day. Eggs may be had
for 80 cents a dozen in American
money. UI course,, rrencn
money is in circulation here, and
I get badly tangled up when it
comes to making or receiving
change. I am going to try hard
to learn to speak French; you
really have to, in order to get
along.
I have seen a great deal of
France, and it is a wonderful
country full of interesting
sights.
Am just as well as can be, and
am standing the life just as well
as the younger fellows. Frank
is a veteran of the Spanish
American War.
Mail will reach me if address
ed:
Sergt. Thos. F. Sloan,
Co. B. 319 F. S. B.
Care Chief Signal Officer,
American Ex. Forces.
Injarj by a Fall.
Last Saturday afternoon while
Mrs. James A. Stewart, who is
now in her 84th year, was out in
the chicken yard looking after
some little peeps in which she
was much interested, she made a
misstep and fell.
At first it was thought that
she was very much injured, but
as one of her arms became much
swollen and very painful, Dr.
Mosser was'summoned, who
after reducing the swelling found
that a probable dislocation of the
shoulder had taken place. It
was at first thought that an arm
was broken.
Active Nonogenarians.
Two youngsters, active for
their age, are Mr. Benj. F. Wible,
of Knobsville, and Mrs. Sarah
Pittman. of McConnellsburg.
They are both about ninety years
of age. and last Saturday Mr.
Wible came to McConnellsburg
and visited in the home of his
son Auctioneer A. L. Wible, and
on Sunday, Mrs. Pittman took a
stroll over to the home c f her
daughter Winnie (Mrs. Winifred
Kendall) where she was a guest
at dinner,
Visitor from Canada.
Several years ago Henry J.
Mellott and family moved from
Licking Creek township to Ohio,
While they were doing well
enough in Ohio, they wer.e at
tracted to tho rich farming lands
in Canada about six years ago,
which at that time could be pur
chased at a price that looked
fcood. Henry and his family
wont over and purchased a hun
dred acre;; later another hundred,
and thi3 land they are now cul
tivating in addition to the same
number of acres leased. They
are located 15 miles north of Lake
Erie and 30 miles east of Detroit,
on land having a slope of 4 feet
to the mile. One of the first
things after clearing the land is
to tile it. The first tiling is done
with 4-inch tiles every eight rods.
Later these strips of land are
split with another set of tiles the
same size, which now makes your
land tiled every four rods. When
this i3 done, you have a soil which
for fertility and sure crop raising
is unsurpassed. Four years ago,
Mr. Mellott cultivated 150 acres
in corn and got a crop of 9,000
bu.sheU of shelled corn.
The plowing is done with gang
plows, and here id where the
tractor gets in its work, although
Mr. Mellott has been doing his
work .with horses. With two
men, ten horses, and two gang
plows he plowed 70 acres in 9
days, making the furrows 7 inch
es in depth and 12 inches in
width.
Of course, Mr. Mellott is a
foreigner" in Canada; and a
recent ruling of that Government
made it necessary for every one
not a native born of the country,
to prove up his nationality, or to
become a naturalized citizen of
that country. As Mr. Mellott did
not feel like surrendering his
birthright as a "Sammie," he
came back "to the "States" for
the necessary papeYs to allow
him to live in Canada, and still
be a citizen of the United States.
Thirteen More.
Thirteen more Fulton County
boya will leave McConnellsburg
next Monday afternoon for Camp
Lee. Fourteen have been sum
moned to appear at McCon
nellsburg at 3 o'clock Sunday aft
ernoonone whom will be used
as an alternate, and only thirteen
will go to Camp. Just which one
of the fourteen boys will be kept
at home will not be known until
the day of the leaving.
The names of the boys sum
moned to report are: Percy Ment
zer, of Ayr: Frederick Irvin Mel
lott, of Belfast; Bretherd - Hill,
of Bethel; George N. Barton and
Harry N. Hanks, of Brush Creek;
Raymond C. Hauraan, of Licking
Creek; Henry Scott Alexander,
of McConnellsburg; Buhl Roher
and Russell E. McClain, of Tay.
lor; Brenton B. Regi and Jonn W.
Kelso, of Todd; William C. Heck
man and Jesse Alvin Barnett, of
Wells; and William Ambler Fish
er, of Union.
Some Photograph.
Mrs. G. Wesley Mellott near
Cito, came in to the News office
Monday morning to show the ed
itor a photograph she had just re
ceived from their Bon Carl E.
Mellott, who enlisted last June in
Illinois, and is now at Norfolk,
Va. She wants to take good care
of it as she can until they get an
addition built to the family
album, for the photograph is five
feet in length, by about ten in
ches in width, and shows 800 men
with the buildings tents, trees
and other . surroundings with
accuracy in every detail.
Card of Thanks.
We wish to express our ut
most thanks to friends for kind
ness and sympathy during the
illness and death of our beloved
husband and father, MRS.
Grant Ficks and Family.
Miss Ella Kendall has returned
to Philadelphia, after having
spent Beveral weeks in McCon
nellsburg.
MONNEUSBl'RG 55 YEARS AGO.
As Reflected from an Old Copy of the
Niton Republican During the
Civil War.
A few days ago we were shown
a copy of the Fulton Republican
published in McConnellsburg on
Thursday evening, May 7, 18G3,
by M. Edgar King, who then
lived in the house now residence
of Geo. W. Hays. The Repub
lican tflbe was "up-stairs" in
the brick building on the corner
of the alley that leads down to
the Diilfiild or later known as
the Dickson spring. It was a
six-column, four-page paper, not
half as large as the Fulton
County News, and yet the price
was $1,50 in advance; $1.75 if
paid within six months, and $2.00
if not paid within the year. Thus
it will be seen that the town pa
pers are cheap now at $1.50, when
compared with the size and price
of the town papers at that time.
From this copy of the Repub
lican we learn that the lawyers
who practiced at the Fulton
County bar at that time were
Alexander King, M. Eigar King,
F. M. Kimmell,, Gjo. A. Smith,
John Cessna, Chaa. M. Barton.
Alex McClure, Henry G. Smith
;ind Wm. S. Everett. Miss Nan
Irwin was the milliner, The Ful
ton House, "newly refitted and
refurnished; was conducted by
Henry M. Hoke, and Scott
Fletcher, who kept one of the
leading dry goods stores in the
town in the room now occupied
by A. U. Nace, advertised a full
line of the latest style "shakers"
(some of the older ladies can tell
you what a shaker wa3), and Drs.
Duffield and Trout were associ
ated in the practice of medicine
and dentistry. Among others do
ing a retail business in McCon
nellsburg at that time were,
Richard Cohill in a building now
occupied by Abram Runyan's
residence; Jymes King, the hat
ter, where Mrs. Emma Robinson
now lives; George King, where
Trout's Drug store now is; David
Shoemaker, where News office
now is, Anthony Shoemaker, in
room now occupied by Peigh-
tel's restaurant, Lew. Hoke &
Co., in room now occupied by
Racket Store; T. & J. W. Great
head now occupied by the Ful
ton Republican printing office.
Other stores in the County were,
Bridges & Henderson at War
fordsburg; Lemuel Hill at Side
ling Hill; James Gregory and
Bazil Cattlett in Belfast town
ship; Rowland Austin at Saluvia;
Peter Gordon at Harrisonville,
James Lyon & Son, at West
Dublin; Thomas Kirk at Huston
town; Doyle & McNeal, at Em
maville, Lyon & Whitehill, Wells
Tannery; Abednego Edwards and
Jesse H. Akers, at New Grenada;
M. Barndollar at Waterfall; Isaac
Taylor at Fort Littleton; James
Kelly and David Welsh at Burnt
Cabins; Samuel Summey at
Knobsville; Wm. M. Patterson,
Webster Mills and S. & J. Robin
son at Big Cove Tannery.
How high party feeling ran
during that period is well re
membered by the older citizens of
to-day, and is shown by the way
the editors of opposition papers
threw bouquets at each other.
In the issue of the Republican
just mentioned is the following:
The pompous Copperhead (Henry
G. Smith, editor of the Fulton
Democrat) down street last week
became terribly incensed at the
flaying we gave him the week be
fore, and hissed out a column and
a half of the foulest abuse upon
us. Even his favorite subject,
'The Constitution" did not
escape his treason sympathising
fangs in efforts to annihilate us.
But we still live. Much as we
abhorred the handling of this
loathe Bome Copperhead, we were
forced to deal him one blow with
the rough unhewn club of truth,
and from the way he wriggled
and squirmed last week, we flat
ter ourselves that the blow was
Dretty effective."
' A paragraph in another part
of the paper reads: Twenty'
T
t 'WAR SAV 1NGS DAY'
Proclamation Calls on People of Penn- ,
sylvania to Buy Stamps on
June 28th.
HARRISBURG. Pa., June 15.-Friday, June 28, was to
day proclaimed as "War Savings Day" in Pennsylvania in
a proclamation issued by Governor Brumbaugh. The pro
clamation makes a special call upon the people to buy war
savings stamps and says it is incumbent upon them to buy
far in excess of the allotment made by the government to
this commonwealth. The governor makes a special call for
the purchase of as large an amount as possible each month.
The proclamation is as follows :
"Whereas, In compliance with the proclamation wish of
the president of the United States it is determined that the
people of this commonwealth shall have in this month the
opportunity of expressing once more their love and loyalty
to this republic in its hour of supreme need by making, to
the point of sincere sacrifice, contributions to its support
and thus acquiring the habit of saving and serving, and
providing in a practical and effective way the funds essen
tial to a successful issue in this world war, and
"Whereas, True patriotism will mainfest itself only by
making such sacrifices by denying one's self the accustomed
good usually enjoyed. Unless we give until we feel the
giving keenly, we have not given worthily. Unless we love
our country enough to suffer' for it we are its unworthy
sons. Unless we give beyond the nation's urging we have
not really supported the government. Unless we all sense
this war obligation as our own, the nation will falter and
perhaps fall, and
Whereas, The war Ravings stamps place before every
citizen a simple and effective means of aiding the govern
ment, it is incumbent upon us to purchase these stamps far
in excess of the allotment made by .the national government,
thus making manifest our solid support of the nation in its
holy enterprise, and securing to ourselves the consciousness
of patriotic purposes and national loyalty.
"Now, therefore, I, Martin G. Brumbaugh, governor of
the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do hereby call upon all
people, men, women and children, to observe Friday, June
28, 1918, as war savings day, upon which day or sooner, at
the place and in the manner directed by the state directors,
let our people pledge themselves to purchase, month by
month, as large amount of war savings stamps as our re
resources, our sacrifice and our patriotism will permit. Let
no one in Pennsylvania own less than his allotted amount of
these, evidences of national fealty. I call upon all our peo
ple to make it a personal example. This splendid common
wealth should, as so frequently in the past crises of this na
tion, lead all the rest."
Might Dave Been Worse.
Carpenter R. N. Fryman was
working upon repairs at Hal
Trout's barn last Friday, when
in stepping on a decayed piece of
timber it broke, giving Mr. Fry
man a fall af about five feet. He
is now taking an enforced vaca
tion nursing a badly sprained
wrist, and coaxing the soreness
out of several bruises.
Mrs. Margaret Lynch, near
Big Cove Tannery, and her grand
daughter Helen Bivens, near Mc
Connellsburg. were pleasant call
ers at the News office, Monday
morning. Mrs. Lynch is the
widow of David Lynch and a
daughter of William and Tena
Peck Gordon; and while she is
not just as young as she was
when she lived in the boyhood
home of the Editor, she is well
preserved, and we trust she may
be spared to see many more
years.
Lightning struck two trees out
on Hal Trout's farm last Friday
morning.
six ablebodied colored men left
Mercersburg Monday last for
Boston where they will be mus
tered into the service of the Un
ited States. These, together
with the squad mentioned in our
last issue, makes fifty-two black
men who have enlisted from that
borough. We repeat the ques
tionHow many men like Hen
Smith of the Democrat would it
take to make one of these nig
gers?" Of course, the Republican pub
lished jokes and the following
a sample; "Papa, didn't you
whip me once for biting Tom
my?" Yes, my child, you hurt
him very much." "Well, then,
papa, you ought to whip sister's
music teacher, too. for he bit sis
ter yesterday right on the mouth,
and I know it hurt her, because
she put her arms around his neck
and tried to choke him."
NAMED BY GOVERNOR.
X
Painful Accident.
Last Thursday morning Mrs.
Frank Bumgarner went out to
feed the chickens at her home in
Belfast township and stepped on
a rolling stone that caused her to
fall with such violence as to
fracture one of the bones be
tween the knee and ankle in her
right leg. Upon realizing what
had happened, her first impulse
was to lie still and fill herself
full of trouble; but before she
had indulged in this luxury very
long, it occurred to her that
there were thousands of men
over in France that were get
ting bigger hurts than hers, and
she had never heard of one of
them playing the baby. With
this thought in mind, she picked
herself up, started off to milk the
cows, determined to make her
self believe nothing had happen
ed; but when a thoughtless cow
bumped her, this time causing
the fractured bone to protrude
through the flesh, Mrs. Bum
garner docided that it was time
to send for Dr. Fisher.
Mrs. Bumgarner is in bed, but
she will be alright just as soon as
the bone knits itself good and
strong and the swelling disap
perrs. Notice to all Egg Dealers.
I am in receipt of the follow
ing communication fr m Howard
Heirz, Federal Food Administra
tor for Pennsylvania; "Please be
advised that all handlers of ezgs,
other than retailers including
country buyers, are Bubject to
license and should have applied
for same to the License Division,
United States Food Administra
tion, Washington, D. C, prior to
June first."
All buyers of eggs in Fulton
County are requested to immedi
ately make application for a li
cense to the License Division, at
the address given above. State
the nature of your business; that
is, whether you are a huckster or
a merchant Do not fail to at
tend to this matter Immediately.
John R, Jackson,
County Food Administrator.
THE NATION'S BIRTHDAY.
In the Interest of the Red Cros., 17c
Connellsburg Will Hold Big
Celebration.
If ever in the history of the
United States the spirit of the
Nation should find expression in
a fitting observance of its birth
day it is now, when we are fight
ing desperately against a power
ful and unscrupulous foe for the
very existence of those principles
upon which our Government is
founded.
McConnellsburg will hold a
regular, old-fashioned Fourth of
July Celebration lacking, of
course, the usual pyrotechnic dis-.
play to conserve the supply of
powder for our armed forces on
the far-flung fields of battleV
but a real celebration -a big day
with amusement and entertain
ments that will thrill the heart
of every regular, red-blooded,
true-blue, 100 per cent. American
who loves his country and the
flapping, snapping old flag!
The big idea in the minds of
the promoters of this undertak
ing is to "keep the home fires
burning," and the program of
patriotic, pulse-stirring diversion
will amply repay anyone in the
county for a visit to the County
Seat on that day.
McConnellsburg and those in
charge of the celebration will
gain no more than those in at
tendance from the most remote
parts of the county a day of rec
reation, and a service rendered
to a noble cause for the pro
ceeds are to be donated to the
Red Cross to meet the call for
help from every war-torn nation
in the Allied cause the S. O. S.
from soldiers (among them Ful
ton County's own sons) whohavey
grimly faced the gleaming bay
onet steel, the poison gas, and
the screaming shells, and who
now lie with parching throats
and throbbing wounds; the plead
ings of mothers in pillaged zones
of war whose hearts and souls
have been made dumb with
horror, and from the little chil
dren, orphaned, homeless, slowly
starving day by day by tens and
tens of thousands.
A complete program of the
day's doings will be announced
in next week's County papers.
Arrange now to go to McCon
nellsburg on the Fourth you
will be delightfully entertained
and amply provided with re
freshments. Your presence snd
your help will be appreciated.
Break the Chain.
The Pennsylvania Committee
of Public Safety has been advis
ed by the Federal authorities that
a chain letter plan "for the pur
pose of founding a special hos
pital in France, for treatment of
wounds in the face and jaw,"
should be discouraged. Receip
ients of the letter were request
ed to send twenty five cents to
the French Consul at Seattle,
and to write five friends to do
likewise. Thi3 letter was put in
circulation through a misunder
standing. It links the name of
the Red Cross with the enter
prise but the American Red Cross
announces that it has never
agreed to help finance such a hos
pital. The Red Cross and the
French Ambassador are anxious
that the chain should be broken.
The Treasury Department has
authorized disapproval of a chain
letter plan which has been start
ed by Borne enthusiastic workers
for the sale of War Savings
Stamps. The National War Sav
ings Committee also wishes the
public to understand that it did
not instigate such a plan. In
fact, the Federal authorities are
opposed to all chain letter
schemes.
Mr. William Seibert, of Clear
spring, Md., Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Brewer of El Paso, 111., and Mr.
and Mrs. Daniel Brewer, of Cin
cinnati, 0., spent last Friday .in
the home of their uncle and aunt,
Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Kendall,
West Market Street.