, DooTer'j, Great Achievement.
In the light of the letter of Mr
Hoover to the President no one is
going to complain that food prices
have increased. It is a marvel
ous record of achievement which
he reports on the part of the
Food Administration. .We have
been sending across not only in
creasing amounts of food of all
kinds to our allies, but more than
was requested although not
more than was needed. This was
possibla only through the lessen
ed consumption in this country.
. Statistics are not always en
tertaining, but here is an in
stance where everyone is inter
ested since all of us by our more
or less compulsory self-denial
have aided in the cause.
The food shipped abroad was
valued at $1,400,000,000 and this
has no reference whatever to the
supplies sent our soldiers. The
increase in meats and fats as
well up to a billion pounds and
the total was more than ) three
billion pounds figures which we
cannot grasp.
The Allied nations asked for an
increase of 75,000,000 bushels of
wheat. We sent 85,000,000 and
ten million bushels more to neu
tral countries. The result is all
the more remarkable because our
last harvest year was not a nota
bly good one. Wheat was noto
riously short and much of the corn
failed to mature sufficiently to be
used for human food. This year
the wheat crop will be fifty t per
cent greater than last and corn
promises well, although it is late.
It is evident that but for our
help in this direction all of the
Allied nations would have been
in sore strfits. We must do as
much this coming year and as
our soldiers require much more
food than ordinary persons there,
is little likelihood of a surplus.
We must face continued high
prices and so far as they are
necessary there will be no com
plaining. To win this war we
who stay at home will mind no
sacrafice. The Nation is to be con
gratulated in having at the head
of one of its most important
agencies the man who kept Bel
gium from starvation and is now
doing the same good work for
nearly all of civilization.
The person who in these days
complains of short rations is dis
loyal Most of us have been
eatiug too much anyway and it
would be hard to find anyone
who has actually suffered from
food regulations. Most of us are
all the better for them. Phila
delphia Inquirer.
Mr. and Mrsl George Layton
and daughters Irene and Alice,
and son William came over from
their home in Whips Cove last
Monday morning in their Ford in
an hour and a half crossing the
mountain at the Lanehart place.
SALUVIA.
John C. Deshong who has
beeu so seriously ill ot uraeuiic
poisoning for several days is a
little better at this writing. ,
Veterans Joseph Wyles and
John H. Hauraan are both still
critically ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mel-
' lott's child is very ill. Dr Robin
; son was called.
j Claude D. Metzler of Philadel -'
phia is visiting his parents Mr.
1 and Mrs. Geo. F. Metzler. Miss
IThelma Metzler of Paradise, Pa,
is also visiting her parents ex
Commission Metzler and wife.
She then expects to locate at
Wilimington, Delaware.
Mr. and Mrs. Eckman of Car
lisle, accompanied by Mr.' and
Mrs. West of same place visited
Mrs. Eckman 's brother Mr. E W.
Bair andfamily over Sabbath last.
Mrs. Rhoda Keefer of near
Cbambersburg is visiting rela
tives in this county. A. J.
Pittman, K. R. Sipes, Joseph
Sipes, Homer L. Sipesand oth
ers.
Mrs. Caleb B. Hock'ensmith
and son Nevin and grand son of
,of Johnstown, are visiting rela
tives inthis sectioo, Mr. andMrs.
L I. Deshong, Mrs. J. A. Stew
art and others.
Mrs. W. E. Bair was com
pletely surprised Thursday
night last when the following
friends arrived Mr. and Mrs
Jones atd tseir three children of
Fannettsburg: Mrs. Wm. Evans
and son Paul and Harold; Mrs.
Bjswel), Miss Strain, W. Shaw
all of Hustontown, and Miss
Mumma of Wilkinsburg, Pa.
Mi s. Bair, Miss Nellie, and Max,
highly entertained them with
music on the piano and phono
graph, and after a respast of
good things was served, all the
guests departed feeling it was
a good thing to be there.
Mr. and Mrs. Abram Mellott,
of Pittsburg, paid both his and
her parents Mrs. D. R. Mellott
and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sipes
and other relatives in this section
an extended "visit after which
they returned home a few days
ago.
Miss Nela Bair accompanied
her aunt and uncle Eckman to
their home at Carlisle After a
stay with them, she expects to
visit other aunts and uncles at
Lancaster, Newport, Ickesburg,
Tyrone, Beavertown, Everett
after which she expects to take a
course at some good business
college.
In the Saluvia items last week
it was noted that Mrs. Edwin
Deshong was called to go to see
her father who was critically ill
with pleuro pneumonia. On ac
count of Mrs. Deshong's illness,
she did not get started until Sab
urday and it was Saturday even
ing when they reached the home
of her brother Edwin at Beach
Valley, Pa , where she learned
that her father had died on Fi i
day. On Sunday morning, the
remains of her father were
brought to the home of her broth
er Edwin, from which place the
funeral was held, and she had the
opportunity of being present.
Her father, Mr. Joseph Schrein
er, spent several summers with
her at her home at Harrisonville,
and he was highly esteemed in
this neighborhood. He attended
service at both churches at
Greenhill regularly while in this
neighborhood. The loss of her
father is a heavy stroke to Mrs.
Deshong, who is much weakened
physically by the c instant care
and nursing of her little daugh
ter duung her illness last winter.
Explanation of Army Terms.
An army corps is 00,000 men.
An infantry division is 19,000
men.
An infantry brigade is 7,000
men.
A regiment of infantry is 3G00
men.
A battalion is 1000 men.
A company is 250 men.
A platoon is sixty men.
A corporal's guard is eleven
men. .
Afield artillery brigade com
prises 1300 men.
A field artillery has 195 men.
A firing squad is 20 men.
A supply train has 283 men.
A machine gun battalion has
290 men.
An engineers' regiment has
1098 men.
An ambulance company has 66
men!
A field hospital has 55 men.
A medicine attachment has 13
men.
A major general hesdsithe field
army and also each army corp.
A brigadier general heads each
infantry brigade.
A colonel heads each regiment.
A lieutenant colonel is next in
rank below a colonel.
A major heads a battalion.
A captain heads a company.
A lieutenant heads a platoon.
A sergeant is next below a
lieutenant.
Salted tie Calf.
The Valley Time-Star publish
ed at Newville, Pa., says:
"A farmer near our town re
cently hired a lad to help him do
chores. One morning he told
him to take some salt and salt a
calf out in the pasture. The boy
took a quart of salt with him and
thoroughly rubbed it all over the
calf, working it into the hair.
A gang of colts in the pasture
scented the salt and got after the
calf. They licked all the hair off
the calf and nearly took the hide
off too."
Uncle Sam needs it for war purposes.
Every ton you save this summer can be
used to heat your home next winter.
Save it
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range. That won't be a hardship, but a big advantage. That
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country contributed all sorts of
strange pets to the White House
collection. N
One of the prime favorites of
Quentin was a beautiful little
pony which had been given to
Archie, his oldest brother, by
Secretary of the Interior Bliss.
Once, when Archie was ill, Quent
in became possessed of the idea
that his brother's recovery de
pended on seeing the pony,
Wherefore, he managed to get
the little animal into the private
elevator in the White House and
took him to the bedroom on the
upper floor where the sick boy
lay.
One of the old family friends
told today of the scene in a Wash
ington street car caused by the
discovery that young Quentin
was present on his way to the
White House with a hive full o
very active honeybees.
Dressed in' Indian garb, with
trailing turkey feathers down his
back and an Indian headdress
Quentin 6rganized a band of In
dians from the small boys of his
acquaintance living in the neigh
borhood of the White House and
many were the fierce tribal bat
ties fought under the ancient elms
of the White House private
grounds. A pet snake was one
of the lad's favorite possessions,
and it was said that he had more
than once created panic in his
school by producing this reptile,
which he had concealed in his
clothing.
Quentin was a public school
boy, his father believing that was
the true school of democracy
His schoolmates recall one day
when the teacher was asking the
class to state the occupation of
their fathers, and at Quentin's
turn he nonchalantly replied:
"My father is just it."
It was difficult to keep Quentin
out of the war, even when it was
confined to the central powers
and the entene; when America
entered that was no longer pos
sible.
WEST DUBLIN.
Ira Lake and family and Bern
ard Foreman aod wife motored
to Wrodbury on Sunday, July
14 and visited relatives of Mr.
Lake that day.
Harry Laidig and family of
Sterling, Illinois and Bertha
Morebead and Miss Mumma,
of Jeannette visited relatives in
this township last week, Mr
Laidigr and family made the trip
from Sterling by auto.
A nu mber of our people attend
ed the Red Cross picnic st Cente
last Saturday. They report a
good picnic ample provision
had been made in the way of re
freshments.
Mrs. Clara Mulhollen of Al-
toOna spent a.few weeks recently
at the home cf her parents Daniel
Liidig and wife.
Edctie Batdorff of Harrisonville
spent Sunday at the home of bis
uncle John J. Mumma.
Robert Miller wife, and daugh
ter near Three Springs, and
Oscar Cromwell and family of
Woodvale, vi9ited at David Her
shey's last Sunday.
Let all who can, uttend the Red
Cross Picnic at Hustontown Sat
urday, July 27. The cause is
most worthy of support.
Fink Lauffar postmaster at
Export, and John Bollmau and
Jones of Eist Pittsburgh
with their wives pent last
week at the Fulton County U )d
and Gun House on Sideling Hi.l
Mr. Bolloun is a railroad en
gineer. His oldest son, eight
teen years old has been a year in
the U. S. Calvary stationed along
the border in Texas Mr. Jones
is a foreman in the Wasting
house All three are pleasant
gentlemen.
Ruth Lyon and a lady friend
of Pittsburgh are visiting Ruth's
parents James E. Lyon and wife
Liuth and her friend are employ
ed with the same firm.
Ethel Hershey, who had been
employed in McConnellsburg the
past two, months has come home.
Our farmers have finished hay
and grain harvest and are vrish
ing for rain.
Eev Strain preached a sermon
full of good suggestions at Fair
view on'Sunday afternoon from
II. Cor. 8: 9. 0.ie of the llJustra
tions given might ba an example
ot "Crazy Patchwork" on the
part of the woman who didn't
trut banks. And yet many in
other ways, would be just as In
excusabl).
HISTORIC FREDliRICKSr.URO.
Continued from page 1..
little city of Mercersburg, that
bear the name of General Mer
cer. My school room which is
about three-quarters of a mile
from my dwelling house, is the
old drug store of Gen. ' Mercer,
and in the last year or so, there
has scarcely been a day when
there have not been visitors to
look at the old fashioned window
sills, windows and doors and the
old fireplace about which Mercer
and Washington used to sit and
discuss political affairs. The
building in which Washington
went to school still stands, just
a short trip across the fields from
where I live. President Monroe
lived here and went from here
to Congress. Chief Justice
Marshall and -Commodore Maury
were both residents of ' Freder
icksburg. We had a manufactory
for arms during the Resolution,
and we even have an old Inn
which dates back before the
days of the French and Indian
War. Mary, the mother of Wash
ington, is buried here, and her
old home still stands as it has
stood for 150 years. We have bur
ied here the body of a German
prisoner, but that does not mean
a prisoner who has died in this
war. This prisoner was killed
by falling from a scaffold in 1778
whlie working on a house erected
by Fielding Lewis, a brother-in-law
of George Washington, and
is buried in the back yard.
Our chief claim to fame how
ever is that we were the battle
center of the contending armies
of the 60's, and more blood was
shed in this county, and more
lives lost during the Civil War,
than any spot of similar size the
world around until this present
great war struggle. A number
of our houses are still battle
scarred, and every Sunday morn
ing as I go by the Presbyterian
Church I can see two "cannon
balls sticking in the church wall
These things don't make a
town. The people who live in a
town make it for better or for
worse; and while Virginia is
noted for her hospitality, and
Fredericksburg the most hospi
table town in the state, I may
confess that McConnellsburg is
even more hospitable than Fred
ericksburg. I can never forget,
and do not care to forget, the
hospitality I received at the
hands of your good people and I
made debts at old McConnells
burg that I can never repay.
George Reisner, little George
whom I used to take on my
shoulder and carry to his father's
store, is at Camp Lee, some 80
miles from here. His cousin,
who lives here in town told me
some weeks ago that he expected
George to visit him, and prom
ised to bring him down to see
me. I have wondered what has
become of all the young men who
were children when I was last in
your town. I have, wondered if
like George they have placed
themselves in the service of the
country.
I wish that if you see Jake
Reisner you will tell him that my
sister Hettie's only child and son
is now in France, a member of
the Engineer Corps. His father
who is a physician, is a Major
Doctor in the same regiment.
Mrs. Reisner I know will be in
terested in this piece of infor
mation because my sister was
named Henrietta after her.
I have been to Pennsylvania a
number of time3 in recent years,
but have never had the opportu
nity nor the time to cross the
mountains into your little valley;
but if God spares me until my
next vacation - time I certainly
will leave here headed straight
for the old town, If you see any
of my friends I wish you would
remember me kindly to them all.
I hope I have not burdened you
by sending you this long letter,
and that you will not be wearied
by reading it. Iam
Yours sincerely,
Charles II. Wissner.
P. S. If you ever see Jake Hess
who, I believe, is still in your
county, give him my regards. I
will be glad to welcome you or
any of the good people of your
town who may come this way.
Card of Thanks.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
The Fulton County Bank
of McConnellsburg,
Fulton County, Pennsylvania, at the close of business
June 29, 1918.
' RESOURCES.
Reserve Fund : . '
Cash,- specie and notes $18 632 60
Due from approved reserve agents, ... 33,790 25
ijegai reserve securities at par 23,000.00
Nickels and cents
Chesks aud cash items
Due from banks, trust cos., excluding reserve.. ..
Bills discounted: Unnn nnn immo i r-
Bills discounted: Upon two or more names 21 VG7"
Time loans 12,675 S
Call loans with collateral 25,892 65
Loans on call: Upon one name 36 25681
Loans on call: Upon two or more names 'l2148l 37
B;inds m,m.zi
Mortgages and judgments of record 124,96840
rurnuureanaoctures 1400 00
Overdrafts 8711"
73.422 85
314 24
261 31
3,144 62
David Clugston and family de
sire to express their gratitude to
the kind friends and neighbors
for help and sympathy during the
illness and death of the wife and
mother.
Total 566 0aa27
LIABILITIES
Cipital stock paid in cash ' $ 50,000.00
SurPlus 37,000.00
Undivided profits Jess expenses aad taxes paid.... '7,81670
Demand Deposits :
Deposits subject to check ; . . . $108,517.97
D jmand certiheates of deposits 327,388 72
bavmgs fund deposits 85,309 88 471,210.67
Total. 56G,W3:i7
State oe Pennsylvania. County oe Fulton, ss:
1, Wilson L Nace, Cashier of the above named Bank, do sol
emnly swear that the abovo statement is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
WILSON L NACE, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 8th day of July, 1M8
M. Ray Shaffner, Notary Public.
C. R. Spangleu,
S. W. Kikic,
B. W. Peck,
A. U. Nace,
J. A. Irwin,
Directors.
Franklin County Farms.
100 A limestone five miles from Shippensburg. 2 miles from R. R. n
grain market, large bank barn and frame house, not rough, along main ro
$10,000,00, will loan purchaser $5,000.00.
240 A Slate and crave! lnnrl In TiiMsrlr.nn. t,.tr,ci,;., i
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frame house, running water at the bul'dings, public road between house a id!
barn, 20 A timber, close to school. DO hUlfl. ft!). (Kin fin will liinn fha titiKoU: J
$7,000.00 on easy payments.
05 A slate and gravel land, Dear Upper Strasburg, with frame house ind
small stable, 15 acres of timber and running water, possession in thirty dan,
$1,200.00 easy terms.
2 A noar Scotland, with frame house, on cross roads, closo neighbor
s$65. Possession in thirty flays.
12 A limestone land In Guilford Twn S mllna mil nf nhnmW0v....,r in,.,
frame house, ban' barn, splendid truck and poultry farm $1200.00.
1 A limestone land with good 6-room frame house and other buildings,
5 miles from Chambersburg $700.00.
5 A gravel land with good frame house, stable and abundance of fruit
and good water, less than 11.400.00. '
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