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LOYSVILLE ORPflANS' HOME BAND.
Grand Concert at the Court Bouse
Square Saturday Afternoon
and Evening.
By the efforts of some of the
citizens of McConnellsburg, this
Hand has been secured for Satur
day August 10th. It is composed
of 39 boys with a Band leader
and has come to be recognized
as one of the leading Bands of
the State.
The boysMvill come to McCon
nellsburg on a return trip from
Pittsburgh. They need no in
troduction i n McConnellsburg,
having Bpent an evening here
last October. This will be a
rare treat. Go and hear the
boys. The Droeram wlil be as
follows:
2 to 3 o'clock Band concert
3 to 3:30, Amusements.
3:30 to 4, Patriotic music with an
offering for the Red Cross.
4 to 5, Amusements.
5 to 8, Serving of Refreshments.
8 to 9, Band concert with an offer-
ing for Loysville Orphans
Home.
Sandwiches, Coffee, and Ice
Cream will be served during the
, afternoon and evening.
Come and help a good cause
"Lutheran Parsonage Fund."
ItOMBING PLAMCS
WOKKINii INSQUADRONS.
There were no aerial bombing
organizations in the allied fly
ing corps during the first year of
the war. Practically all the work
in the air was in the nature of
observation. . No pilots could be
spared for anything else. To
day probably 25 per cent, of ! the
aeriallarms are bombing squad
rons of 12 machines per squadron.
The first bombing wss done by
volunteer pilots who flew over
the German lines and dropped
three or four bombs, made from
artillery shells, on concentration
camps, and cantonments. Show
ers of small steel arrows were
spilled sometimes on convoys,
troop trains, and bodies of mas
sed men. The Germans began
day bombing of cities in 1915, and
the allies bombarded Karlsruhe
in reprisal later in the same
.year. Since then evolution in
organized bombing developed
rapidly and the French began
night bombing, but this was not
undertaken by the Germans un
August, 1916.
At the present time large
groups, including several squad
rons of bombing machines go
over the lines from time to time
and completely destroy their ob
jective, be it a city or a camp, a
column of troops, or a trench
system. Unfortunately the
allies' air forces have to travel
for many miles over hostile terri
tory defended by anti-aircraft
guns to attack German cities,
while the enemy can attack
French cities by flying only a
short distance beyond the allied
lines.
The allies are developing large
bombing planes which carry
sufficient fuel for long excursions
and armament to protect them
when they are attached by fight
ing airplanes. Bombing squad
rons are escorted usually over the
lines by fast fighting squadrons
of 18 planes to a squadron, and
then left to their own devices for
the fighters seldom carry suffi
cient fuel to permit them to ac
company the bombers on the
round trip.
The dropping of the bomb is
similar to shooting a ri fie. First,
you set your sights and wind
gauge, you hold the rifle proper
ly, and finally you pull the trigger
at the proper moment. If your
ammunition is standard, your
Bights correct, you hit the target.
So with bombing. . If you set
your sights correctly, fly your
plane correctly over the objective
and drop the bomb at the proper
time you will hit the target. If
the (ammunition manufacturers
gave you good bombs the ob
jective will be destroyed.
Red Cross Picnic.
The Junior Red CrosB will hold
a picnic in the Buck Valley Park
Saturday afternoon and evening,
August 3rd. Good music, able
speakers, and abundant refresh
ments. Don't miss it.
Card of Hacks.
Charles A. Mumma and family
deiire to express their sincere
thanks to the friends and neigh
bora for sympathy and help dur
ing t' e Hlneis and death of Geo.
V, Mumma.
Notice To Farmers And Millers.
The United States Food Admin
istration, at Washington, has just
announced the following new
rule governing the Exchange
Milling." Rule No. 29 just issued
reads as follows:
"When a farmer brings to the
mill wheat grown by himself,
the miller may deliver to him, on
a toll or exchange basis, a suffici
ent amount of flour without sub
stitutes to provide 8 pounds per
month for each person in his
household or establishment, until
October 1, 1918, provided that
the farmer signs the following
certificate and that the miller has
reasonable cause to believe the
truth thereof."
The millers will provide them
selves with the certificates called
for in this regulation, and all
farmers making exchange trans
actions with the miller will be re
quired to fill out the certificate
before he can secure any flour.
The substitute rule remains the
same as before for all classes of
trade except that . mentioned in
the Rule 29.
John R. Jackson,
Federal Food Administrator for
Fulton County.
Sugar Substitutes For
Sweetening Ice Cream.
Following are two sugar sub
stitutes for the sweetening of ice
cream, which will be beneficial to
hotels, restaurants and all per
sons manufacturing ice cream
either for sale or for use in their
own homes.
1. Take 10 pounds of honey,
5 pounds of maple syrup, 5
pounds of corn syrup. Add this
to your ice cream base. After
wards add your chocolate, fruit
juices, etc. The above win
sweeten about 24 gallons of ice
cream.
2. Take 1 quart corn syrup, 2
quarts cream, add your choco
late, fruit juices, etc. The above
will sweeten 5 quartsof ice cream.
The above substitutes for sugar
are especially recommended to the
Red Cross Society and all other
organizations holding picnics and
festivals. Do not be afraid to
try these formulas as all the lead
ing hotels and restaurants are
using these substitutes with great
success.
Howard Heinz,
Federal Food Administrator for
Pa.
John R. Jackson
County Food Administrator.
Get Big Increase.
' Wasbingtoo, July 25 Wages
of railroad shopmen wore increas
ed to 68 cents an hour yesterday
by Director General iMcAdoo,
with proportional advances for
assistants and miscellaneous
classes in mechanical depart
ments. The new rates, which
are retroactive to last January 1,
are from 5 to 13 cents an hour
higher than wages paid thcpe
men in most fehopi under the
general wage advance allowed
two months ago by tho director
general, but are somewhat less
than the labor orgimzations
sought.
.Beginning August 1, eight
hours will be recogmz d as a
standard working day and over
time, Sundays and holiday work
will be paid for at the rate of
times the usual rate. Back piy
will be given the men as soon as
it can be calculated.
The advances apply to about
500,000 men in all sections of the
country, despite local differences
prevailing heretofore. The ad
dition to the aggregate annual
payroll is estimated at nearly
$100,000,000.
Next Year's Auto Tags
Will Be Black-Red
Pennsylvania's automobile
license tags for 1919 will be black
enamel with red letters. The
general style will be similar to
those now in use, which are a
dark blue with white letters.
They will also bear tho keystone
for the manufacturer's number.
Bids will soon be asked for fur
nishing the tags. Of late they
have been furnished by the state
prison labor commission, which
has manufactured them at the
shops of the Huntingdon re
formatory. The state has had red, blue,
yellow, olive and similar colored
tags in the last ten years.
The order will call for 400,000
tags, the largest number ever
ordered. This year it is expected
that fully 850,000 will be needed.
State Agricultural Notes.
There has been a slight in
crease in the sweet potato acre
age in the State this year a3 com
pared with last.
The condition of the grape crop
in July was not very encouraging
with about 55 per cent of a nor
mal crop estimated.
It is estimated that American
farmers plant upwards to 7,000,
000 tons of seed each year.
It is estimated that the 1918
tobacco crop in the State will
amount to approximately 68,000,
000 poundp, almost ten million
more pounds than last year.
It is estimated that there are
10,000 acres sown in soy bears
this year, an increase of 2,000
acres over last year. Thirty
eight per cent, of this acreage
is sown with other crop3.
It is estimated that over 5,000
acres are sown in cowpeas this
year.
The production of honey this
spring and summer has been un
usually good with an estimated
surplus of thirty pounds per
colony up to July 1 as compared
with fix pounds last year.
The leading states in the pro
duction of staple crops are:
Corn, Iowa; wheat, Kansas; oats,
Iowa; barley, Minnesota; rye,
North Dakota; bnckwheat,
Pennsylvania; potatoes, New
York; sweet potatoes, Albama;
beans, California; hay, South
Dakota; tobacco, Kentucky.
The average yields of wheat
per acre in Pennsylvania since
1909 were: 1909, 17.5 bus; 1910,
19 bus., 1911, 16 3 bus.; 1912,
181 bus.; 1913, 16 5 bus.; 1914.
18.5 bus.; 1915. 19 bus. ;;i91G, 18.7
bus.;' 1917, 18 4 bus.
Soads.de Markets.
In certain localities along the
main highways of the State there
are splendid opportunities for the
development of roadside markets
where farmers can sell their sur
plus vegetables and fruits right
on the farm. If your farm is
situated on a good road where
there is very heavy automobile
traffic and if you have vegetables
and fruit3 for sale, have you ever
considered trying to dispose of
those products at a profit without
taking time to go to market?
borne well located tarms in
Pennsylvania, and numerous oth
ers in Maryland. New Jersey
and Long Island are disposing of
their entire surplus of vegetables
and fruits through some type of
roadside market. To be able to
sell products to advantage with
out taking a man's time irom the
farm is particularly desirable dur
ing the present shortage of la
bor, and roadside markets where
the women and children can do
the selling, provide such an out
let.
A sign along the road stating
that you have vegetables or fruit
for sale; a simple but attractive
sheltered display of the products,
or a combination of signs and
displays will be all the advertis
ing that should be necessary to
tempt the passing automobiles.
Thi3 automobile trade usually de
mands the best quality of pro
ducts and is willing to pay good
prices for well graded and packed
goods. Make every effort to
establish a name for the relia
bility and quality of your prod
ucts and they will sell them
selves. If your farm is properly locat
ed on a well trav? led automobile
road and you think you would
like to try out a roadside market,
write the Bureau of Markers of
the Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture for further information.
Mailing Yourself Money.
Every time you stick a Thrift or
War Savings Stamp on your card
you are mailing money to your
self, to be received later with in
terest. Cashing in these stamps
is going to be better than" get
ting money fromhome," for with
the money comes the reminder
that you contributed to the great
victory which then will have been
completely won.
Public Sale.
The Dubln school board wil
offer for sale at public outcry the
Smith school house near Charles
Wbitgel'd on Saturday, August
17, 1918, at 1 o'clrc'i in the after
noon tohe hi. hest responsible
bidder. Secretary.
8-2-2t.
Bubicnbi tor tot Nxws.
Your Own Judgment
Nine times out of ten It pays to back your own judgment, especially m financial affairs. It's your money
you spend and if you tail, you will have learned a lesson, and will profit by tho experience.
When you permit other people to invest your money for you, you ususlly pay dea'ly for their service.
Our bank does not invest your funds for you. We merely safeguard your, money until you are ready to invest
it yourself. Then it you want our advice, we will givo it cheerfully and to the best of our ability, but our first
care is to safeguard our depositors' funds and to offer all other accommodations of modern banking. Can wo bo
of any service to you? , . " ,
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FULTON COUNTY BANK
"OLDEST AND STRONGEST"
Capital, Surplus and Profits - - - - . $95,000.00.
Cumberland Valley State Normal School,
' SHIPPENSBURG, PA.
Now Id tho tune to prepare fop teach Ing and at the same tlnn
secure a good general education, lilting one for business, jirof-is-Hional
life, or college. Normal school g ad u ates are In great do
.iiniod. ncint graduates have jjnl been elected to positions at sal
arieg ai high as $120 a month. Positions a e poinianmit, Dot de
pendent upon duration of wur or present himlncHs conditions.
FHKIi TUI HON to sturienU 17 or mora years of uge who ex
pect to teach. $1 50 per week to others,
$4 75 per week pays for boarding, furnished room, heat, light
and laundry. 111)5 covers all these ertp-nnes, Including registration
feo for entire school year of forty weeks. Full credit for work satis
factorily completed in high school, fall term of lif.oen weeks opens
Monday, September 0, 1018.
Last jear 20 students from Fulton county were Id attendance.
For catalogue and other information write to
K.riA LKHMAN, Principal.
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Profits may be considered
from two angles:
7sf Their effect on prices;
2nd As a return to investor
When profits are small a3
compared with sales, they have
little effect on prices.
Swift & . Company's profits
are only a fraction of a cent
per pound on all products sold,
and ,if eliminated entirely
would have practically no
effect on prices..
Svrift & Company paid 10
per cent dividends to over 20,000
stockholders out of its 1917
profits. It also had to build
extensions' and improvei ;ents
out of profits; to finance largo
stocks of "goods made necessary
by unprecedented requirements
of the 'United States and Allied
Governments; and to provide
protection against tho day of
declining markets.
Is it fair to call this
, profiteering?
Swift & Company, U.S. A.
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A splendid assortment of House
Dresses, Children's and Misses'
Dresses, Middy Blouses, beautiful
Waists in various Materials, Wash
Skirts, and Dress Skirts all at ex- 1
ceedingly reasonable prices.
A LARGE LOT
of Piece Goods for Dresses, Suits,
and Waists that will certainly ap
peal to you.
A NICE LINE
of Ladies', Misses' and Children's
Shoes, for quality they can't be beat.
Our Clothing Stock
has some splendid picking. We are
selling lots of them at prices far
below present value.
THE BEST
Wall Paper Stock
we have had for several sea
sons, and the price no higher than
last year, although there has been
quite an advance this season.
Floor Coverings Plenty.
Respectfully,
Geo. W. Reisner & Co,
McConnellsburg, Pa.
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Haste is Now the Cry.
Haste is now the cry in Wash
ington. Until the Germans began their
offensive in March ships had been
carrying cargoes rather than
troops. In February we sent
only 48,000 men. But with the
rapid progress made by the Huns
a wave of alarm swept the Allied
military staffs. In a twinkling
ships were switched to the trans
portation of troops. England
pinched herself on supplies and
added a vast tonnage to that con
trolled by the United States.
March saw 83,811 men sent to
France. April produced 117,212,
May, 244,345, and June, 276,372.
July will almost certainly dupli
cate the June figures, if it does
not surpass them.
We can keep up a steady stream
of troops across the Atlantic, be
cause we are beginning to turn
out ships. They are leaving the
ways every day. In a short time
they will be taking their places
in the transport service. Where
are crews to man them obtained?
From the navy. The navy has
grown until it aggregates half a
million officers and men. The
navy supplies the crews for trans
ports and troop ships. And while
transports are building, destroy
ers are being constructed at a
raoid rate.
It is a wonderful work the
United States Is accomplishing.
Philadelphia Inquirer,
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Franklin County Farms.
100 A limestone five miles from Shipp(DHbunr. 2 miles from R. It. a
(Train market, largo bunk burn and frame house, not rough, along main wl.
$10,1:00,00, will loan purchaser $."i.000.0:
240 A Slate and gravel land In Lettcrkenny township, hank barn H
frame house, running water at the bul dings, public road between house awl
burn, 20 A timber, close to school, no hills, !l,li(l0.00 will loan the purulia
$7,000.00 on easy payments.
05 A slate and gravel land, near Upper Strasburg, with frame house and
small stable, 15 acres of timber and running water, possession In thirty flu"'
$1,200.00 easy terms.
2 A near Scotland, with frama houso, on cross roads, close neighbors
tOV. Possession in thirty days.
12 A limestone land in Guilford Twp. ft miles out of Chambersburg, larf
frame house, bam barn, splendid truck and poultry farm 11200.00.
1 A limestone land with good 6-room frame house and other building
5 miles from Chambersburg $700.00.
5 A gravel land with good frame house, stable and abundance of fml
and good water, less than ll.4CO.00.
Home, in all parts of Chambersburg ranging In price from $'500.00 w
U,UlU.UO.
We Want Your Business You Need Our Service.
HAFER REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE AGENCY,
Chambersburg, Penn'a
Don't Forget
the exceptionally good prices we have In all Sllverwarp, In Knives,
Forks and Spoons, and In all Hat pieces. Our Storo Is larger and
better than ever.
It will pay you to make our store your stopping center when In
town, and learn our method of doing business.
Our principal aim is to please our patro'n, and nothing is too
much trouble to enlighton you. Our workshop is the peer of per
fection and at your command.
Service Is our Watchword,
SH INN EM AN
McConnellsburg. :. Chambpreburtf.