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VOL. XIX. NO. 48.
McCONNELLSBURG, PA., AUGUST 22, 1918.
$1.50 A YEAR.
RECORD OF DEATHS.
Short Sketches of the Lives of Per
sons Who Have Recently
Passed Away.
Emma Spade.
Emma Spade, daughter of Ja
cb and Mary Lahla Spade, of
Emmaville. died at the Western
Maryland hospital, Cumberland,
on Wednesday evening August 7,
1018 of mastoid abbess. She was
b'nrn at Emmaville December 11,
100 1, hence she was aged 13 years,.
7 months and 2G days. She is
(survived by the following broth
ers and sisters: Christ Spade
and Mrs. Klioda Schulehite, of
Illinois: Walter, of Locust Grove;
Mrs. Stella Eobert, of Maryland;
Frank, in France; Bessie, Nora,
Jessie, Annabel!, Helen and
Archie, at home. Funeral ser
vices were held the following Sat
urday afternoon in the Amaranth
church, Rev. Lawia Duvall offi
ciating. Bradnick.
Eddie, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ceorge Bradnick, died at their
home near Knobsville, Sunday,
August 18, 1913. The funeral
took place Monday afternoon,
and interment was made in the
cemetery at Knobsville. The
grief-stricken parents have the
sympathy of their many friends.
Had Bad News.
Mention was made in the News
last week of the visit to McCon
nellsburg of Lawson and Addison
Cunningham. While in Pitts
burgh last Sunday on their re
turn from Fulton County, the
former received a telegram bear
ing the sad intelligence that his
daughter Mrs. Maude A. Neal
had died at 6 o'clock on the morn
ing of that day.
Mrs. Neal and her husba-id
lived in Akron, 0.", where they
owned a large millinery estab
lishment Her father has been
with them for some time as
cashier, and he was returning
from having spent a few days'
vacation among friends and rel
atives in this county, when he
received tKe shocking news. We
have no information as to the
circumstances concerning her
death. A formal obituary notice
will appear next week.
Family Reunion.
John Young and Elizabeth
Hileman were married in 1842 at
Fr,ankstown, Blair County, Pa.,
near which place they went to
housekeeping later removing to
a farm midway between Holli
dayaburg and Altoona on the
Plank Road, where- they resided
until the death of the husband In
18C7. To Mr. and Mrs. Young
were born eiirht children, one of
whom died in infancy. The rest
grewto manhood and womanhood,
and all are living at this time ex
cept William, the eldest who died
a few years ago. Those living
are Maria, wife of K. W. Peck.
McConnellsburg; Sarah, wife of
- H. Kendall, Altoona, Pa.;
Frederick D.. married to Miss
Ellen Harnish. and HlairB.. mar
ried to Miss Maude Amick, reside
in Hollidaysburer: and Calvin C:
married to Miss Celesta V. Har
rington, and Si
ft. Campbell, reside near Holli-
uaysburg.
John Young and Elizabeth
Hileman. h unfa era hnth nofld
The six brothers and sisters
named above, with their respec-
tivewivesanH KnolvinHa nro nil
living, and with their children and
Krand-children, now representing
fifty-three persons, have a family
organization, and durinor the rast
Beven years have had an annual
reunion. The reunion of 1013
was held nt- th
- v miv living VI vaoni
; Young, last Friday and thirty-
"ine ot the fifty-three member
were present. Not the lontt
Pleasinir feature nf
9 the assembling of the entire
family around a table under the
wanchea of apple trees in Cal
JA b orchard and partaking of a
mnner fully In keepintrwith the
War Savings Stamps.
How many books of War Sav
ings Stamps do you own? Of
course, they look good to you.
They are just like so many five
dollar bills, with the exeption
that you realize that the money
you paid for them is "out on in
terest." Then the satisfaction
that you are able to lend the Gov
ernment to help carry on the war
is worth something.
It is wonderful how popular
the War Savings Stamp is! Ev
erybody rich and poor alike-
children as well as adults buy
War Savings Stamps. Then, it
is a matter of local pride that Ful
ton County is in, the fore-front,
and is holding its ground. Of the
forty-eight counties comprising
the eastern district of Pennsylva
nia, only one county Union
ends Fulton. Union has pur
chased $21 31 for each one of its
nhabitants, and Fulton, $14. -14.
Our neighboring counties show
up as follows: Franklin, $3.07;
Bedford. $5.08; Blair, $6 98, and
Huntingdon, $0 15. The follow
ing shows the amount of stamps
sold at the post offices in the
County during the months of
June and July:
June.- July.
Amaranth 47 44
Akersville 107 , 02
Andover 14 78
Big Cove Tannery 38 ,102
Buck Valley 20 20
Burnt Cabins 570 2:2
Cito 80 82
Clear Ridge 430 52
Crystal Springs 20 45
Dott 170 78
Emmaville 181 CO
Enid 28 " 145
Fort Littleton 210 205
Gracey 02 101
Harrisonville 100 922
Hiram 12 180
Hustontown 1883 385
Knobsville 89 70
Laidig 223 07
Lashley 190 189
Locust Grove 325 334
McConnellsburg 2104 1430
Need more 747 877
New Grenada 98 170
Northmft 00 32
Pleasant Ridge 38 99
Plum Run , 80 277
Saluvia 45 7G
Sideling Hill 91 30
Sipes Mill 83 520
Warfordsburg 292 450
Waterfall 402 388
Webster Mills CO 43
Wells Tannery 190 95
Law Points Decided.
Judge Gillan, of Chambersburg
has decided . that a supervisor,
when he finds the roads drifted
with snow, has no right to take
down fences without the consent
of the owner, in order to make
nassacre for travelers. It is his
business to keep the roads open.
Judge Gillan decided that wit
ness fees before magistrates are
50 cents per day instead qf $1.50,
as allowed by some magistrates.
Johnnie Martz, one of Dublin's
hustling young farmers, passed
through town Tuesday . with a
load of 181 bushels of wheat on
his "Flivver," which he took to
Mercersburg, and after awhile he
came back with a half a ton of
phosphate on the same machine
He has just finished the burning
of another limekiln, which will
be cool enough to handle by Sat
urday the 24th, and any one that
wants some of it had better look
after it in time.
CeciJ Mellott, son of mail con
tractor G. Johnson Mellott, of
Big Cove Tannery, secured em
ployment with C. V. R. R., com
pany at the close of the C. V. S.
N. school term. He is located
at Marysville, Perry county and
will remain with the railroad
company until the opening of the
Fall term of school. He is draw
ing a salary of $100 per month.
J. Calvin Fryman and daugh
ter Ethel and her husband John
Hoopengardner ef Berrien
Springs, Mich., are visiting Cal's
brothers and sisters in Pennsylvania,
CIVIL WAR KEC01LECT10NS.
Louis C. Kelly Gives Names of Dublin
Township Ska Who Served During
Civil War.
Mr. Louis C. Kelly, formerly
of Burnt Cabins, but now resid
ing at302G, E. 23rd St., Kansas
City, Mo., writes under date of
August 14th. as follows: "Hav
ing noticed a statement in the
Nkws of August 8, 1918, made
by our muUal friend Rev. Wes
ley M. Cline, of Fort Littleton I
am inclined to agree with him,
regarding the'quota from Dublin
Township in the Civil War,, com
pared with the County up to this
date. While I was only a boy at
that time from 8 to 12 years of
age, I have a very vivi l rcco'lec-
tion of the times, and it brings
to my mind boj hood recollec
tions. 1-1 order to refresh Broth
er Cline's memory, as well as to
give information to some of qir
younger peo lie, I will give the
names of some who enlisted, or
was drafted at that time in the
vicinity of Burnt Cabins. This
is not a full list, and only ex
tends about halt way to Fort
Littleton. I waiit to say, how
ever, that the greater portion
were enlisted men. There are
probably some that I have for
gotten, but the following names
I readily recall:
John Reese,
Robert Bjyle?; (killed)
John Dotan,
Solomon Wilt,
Nathan Wilt,
Andrew Wilt,
Joseph Markey,
Walker Welch, (killed)
Albert Dubbs,
Henry Anderson,
James Deahong,
Isaac Houck,
Henry Wagoner,
Samuel Cowan,
Alfred Cline, (killed)
William J. Cline,
Wesley M. Cline,
John Cline, (killed)
Clubertson Spitzer,
John B. Miller,
David Miller, '
Wm. Matthias,
David Matthias,
Harrison. Mort,
Jacob W. Miller,
Jacob Trout,
Nicholas Trout, (killed)
Robert Welch,
Conrad Orth,
Israel Brown (killed)
Smith Thompson,
Elliott Walker,
Len. Brehm, (wounded)
Warning U Ketailcrs.
The Potter county sealer of
weights and measures has issued
warning to all retailers, which
warning is as "good for every oth
er county in the State where the
law is enforced, that they will be
promptly prosecuted for weigh
ing and selling with their other
comodities paper plates, boxes or
twine. A recent court ruling
forbids eelling wrapping material
with other goods.
The court says:
"The law does not contemplate
that a dealer should use a wooden
dish, or a dish of any kind in
weighing a commodity. The pur
chaser, muat receive the full
amount for which he pays and
the law in any of its provisions
does not permit the dealer to
charge the weight of a container
in which the article might be
sold."
Dtnny Oeil Quits.
Highwdy Commissioner J.
Denny O'Neil has filed with
George D. Thorn, chief clerk to
the Secretary of the Common
wealth, his withdrawal as candi
date for Governor on thej Roose
velt progressive ticket.
In a statement .issued Com
missioner O'Neil said that he is
going to give as much of his time
as he possibly can during the
campaign to the support of State
Senator William C. Sproul .and
the entire Republican ticket.
Snbmnba tor the Niws.
ANNUM, REPORT.
County Snp:rfatcndcnt, J. Em:ry Thom
as Submits !!is Annual Ilcsune of
the Schools of lulton County.
We have just finished another
chapter in the history of the
schools of our county. We do
not claim that all has been excep
tional brightness. The schools
have had their triumphs, but as
well their discouragements.
Some mistakes and failure?
cutr.e through causes unforeseen
but far the greatest obstacles in
the way arose from conditions
over which we had no control.
I find that the percentage of
attendance of school chiMren is
lower during the year that has
ju.st closed than the preceding
year. This is a matter over which
we had no control. Nearly all
our schools are rural. Many of
the pupils have a distance of three
miles or more to school and are
outside of the compulsory attend
ance law. The winter was ex
tremely severe, the township
roads being impassable a great
part of the winter and borne of
the state highways in our county
being impassable practically all
winter.
The result was as rtated above,
a lowering in percentage of at
tendance throughout the county.
This, of course, had its effect up
on the schools.
The greatest difficulty which
confronts Our cqunty in the finan
cial means with which to run the
schools. School boards have to
use too great economy in order
to m ee t financial conditions.
This necessarily brings about in
efficiency in the schools and re
tards progress.
This financial difficulty compels
most of our school boards to pay
the minimum salary to teachers.
This salary gives the greatent
number of our teachers a fraction
over two dollars per day. This
is lees compensation for services
rendered than any other class ot
laborers in the county receives.
Such a condifon is driving our
experienced teachers, both male
and female into other occupa
tions. Their places must be fill
ed by unexperienced teachers.
This results in lowering the
standard of the schools.
The Millage in one of our dis
tricts, at least, is nearly the limit,
but the decrease in the valuation
of taxable property is partly re
sponsible for the high rate of
millage.
It must he borne in mind that
Fulton County is unique in many
respects. It is a fourth class dis
trict and nearly all its schools are
rural. We have no means of ac
quiring money for school purpos
es exct-pt by direct taxation and
state appropriations.- The mill
age is generally on the increase
and the districts generally in
creasing their indebtedness.
I notice that the assessed valu
ation in some districts is about
sixty percent, of the real valua
tion. A re-adjustment of these
valuations upon cash values would
protfuc abundance o f revenue
with which to run the schools,
but the complaint now through
out the county is excessive taxa
tion and the raising of taxes by
increase in valuation would not
alleviate the condition of the
taxpayer, but would cause the
cry of excessive taxation to be
even more marked than under
present conditions.
The Code imposes upon school
directors certain requirements.
It fixes the length of the school
term, building specifications, the
teachers' salary, etc. The ex
ecutive authority sees to it that
we comply with these require
ments. About this we raise no
complaint. But if present con
ditions continue until next year's
school letting, it is beyond my
power of comprehension to see
how we will be able to fill the
schools even by lowering the
standard of qualifications.
The legislature will have to
come to our financial aid and that
quickly to help us to retain our
Continued on paje 8.
FROM OIK SOLDIER COYS.
Extracts fr m Leiters Sent to Friends;
also, Their Address, if You Wish
to Write Them.
Sgt. James D. Hoop, Co. C,
002 Eng., Am. E. F., via New
York, writes the following while
crossing the Atlantic a few week
ago: ,
"If all goes well I will see lard
in a few days, and this letter w ill
go back on the same ship that is
taking us to France. The voyage,
so far, has been fine, with very
little to break the monotony of
ordinary ocean travel. The sec
ond day out, found a great many
of the boys sea-sick. Two or
three days later, we ran into a
choppy sea, which brought back
the sea-sickness to some of them.
It is a grand sight to see the
huge ships plowing their way
through the waves from day to
day, with nothing in view but a
wide expanse of water. It en
ables me to realize more fully
what a proposition the Govern
ment has in moving such a vast
army across the ocean. We are
now in the War Zone, but every
precaution for our safety is taken;
and the boys are all in excellent
spirits. Keep the Fulton Coun
ty Nkws following me. You do
not know how much I appreciate
it. It reaches me a little late,
but I do not miss many copies.
Prvt. Roland Mellott, Hq. Co.
18, Inf.. A. E. F., France, under
date of July 3rd, writes his moth
er, Mrs. Delia Cook Mellott, near
Hiram as follows: "I am well,
and hope this may find you all
the same. I received two letters
Pfrom you last week and was sure
ly glad. I have not written you
every week, but will try to do so
from now on. I am writing this
in a dug-out "somewhere" in
France. I suppose you will be
done harvesting by the time you
get this letter. I had a letter
from Mr. Catron some time ago,
and. was sure glad to here from
them, as they write such nice
long letters.
Mother, I am sending you a ci
tation I got sometime ago, and
hope you will keep it for me, for
I value it highly. It is very nice
weather here now, but very hot
and dry. Good bye. Write soon.
,The citation referred to was
given by his Division Command
er Major General Bullard on the
31st of March, and reads as
follows: "The Division Com
mander cites the gallant conduct
of Private Roland Mellott, Hq.
Co., 18th Inf., who performed his
duties as Gas Runner courageous
ly and faithfully under exception
ally trying and hazardous cir
cumstances." Roland enlisted in
Jefferson City in March 1917,
served on the Border a short
time, and has been in France
since June of last year. Editor.
Peter C. Forner, Casual Co. 1,
C. O. D., S. O. S., A. P. O. 720,
Am. Ex., F., France, in writing
to his mother, Mrs. Lucina
Forner, says: I am still in the
hospital, but my wound is all
right. My eyes are being treat
ed now, and I will be here for
probably a month yet I have
been in the hospital six weeks.
I am in Vichy. It is a fine place.
I have been working in the kitch
en ever since I came. I came
here on a Thursday with a shot
through the leg. and started to
work the next day. So, you see,
I was not hurt very seriously. I
am sending with this letter a
picture of me and my French
girl, so you can see how I am
making out.
"Mother, can you send me my
birth certificate before December.
I must have it, and I will write
and tell you later what I need it
for. I have almost done my share
at the front. I certainly have
seen, and gone through with,
something that is worth while. I
have been where the bullets were
whizzing like bees and never got
hit, while some of my comrades
A Sofia's Chances.
A statement issued by tho War
Department states that tho ex
perience of tho Allies during the
four years of the war has been
that of those reaching tho hos
pital for treatment, fewer than
ono in twenty dio.
"Of all iho soldiers sent to ir e
hospitals" tho statement con
tinued, "only 45 in every 1000
'lie.'' Theso include thnso who
die of di.-taso as well p.a those
who die of wounds. Of all sol
Mors wouudod in action more
four fifths return to service,
many of them in loss than two
months.
were falling at my side, but I
could not stop to help them.
"Answer soon, as I have not
heard frpm yoi) for about three
months. I am not sure whether
the censor will let this letter
through or not."
Eeitor's Note. Mrs Forner
received a letter from Peter Mon
day morning saying that he had
left the hospital. The address
given at the beginning of this
letter is his present address.
James Edgar Tritle, Co. B, 8th
M. G. Bn. Third Division, Am.
E. F., via New York, in a letter
written July Slst to his mother,
Mrs. C. P. Tritle, of Ayr town
ship, says: "I have just return
ed for a little rest, from the front
where I have been for some
time.
Well mother, I have been see
ing some very real war service
lately practically living under
the big guns, and getting knowl
edge of war at first hands. We
have just been sent back from
the front for a rest and as the
weather is fine, the nights are
just right for sleeping.
I think it would do the people
back at home good if they could
see. how the Allies have the Ger
mans on the jump. The Huns
are certainly giving back a lot of
ground, which, judging from the
quanity of big shells and all other
kinds of war material scattered
about, they intended to hold. The
star of the allies is in the ascend
ancy, while that of the Germans
will soon pass down behind the
western horizon.
Is father done harvesting?
When you write, tell me how the
crops are. The French farmers
are harvesting now. Just now
an old French farmer passed
where I am writing. He had a
load of rye on a great big cart,
with wheels as high or higher
than' I am tall. " The load was
drawn by two horses hitched
tandem.
Instead of wire fencing, the
fields are enclosed by stone walls.
The buildings are practically
all built of stone-even the roofs,
in many cases are made of red
tile. On many farms, the baro, ,
stables, dwelling house and pens
are all under one roof, and you
see horses, cattle, men, women
and children all in the same
building just a stone wall sep
arating the kitchen from the
stable. In some of the smaller
villages, I have noticed many
people wearing wooden shoes.
This is a great country for
wheat, rye, and oats, although
wheat is the main crop. 'I have
seen but one small patch of corn
since I have been in France.
Here one sees acres of grapes,
which accounts for so much cheap
wine; but be it said to their cred
it the American boys do not in
dulge much in wine drinking. The
American army is certainly one
to be proud of.
I saw several of the boys of my
old Company in the 4th infantry,
a few days ago, and had time to
speak a few words with them.
We were very glad to see each
other; believe me, it's almost
like meeting a brother to meet
one's old comrades after a long
time.
I often think of the time I spent
in Gettysburg-of the long hikes
our regiment took over that bat
tlefield. But, I must close. Write
soon, Edgar, I
MARSHALL I"0CilT GREAT SOLDIER. ,
Some of the Elements That Make fur
Success tii she Leader of lh&
Allies.
Marshall Foch i3 universally
recognized today as the supremo
soldier of hi3 time. He ha3
taught the elements of war to
those who believed themselves
its absolute masters. And tho
whole French system is a re
flection of his genius, for he was
for years head of the republic's
famous war college, and implant
ed in the minds of the future
staffs the daring yet simplo
doctrines which underlie his suc
cess. Let us give an illustration, says
the Philadelphia North America.
In one of his lectures he declar
ed that until late in the nine
teenth century the theories upon
which French war instructions
were based were wholly incorrect.
Study and practice were concen
trated upon the material factors
influencing results number of
troops, armament, commissary
arrangements, physical features
of the battlefields, and so on;
moral factors were recognized,
but were eliminated from con
sideration, because the aim wa3
to create a science of war. Thus,
said Foch:
Defeat was classified as tho
product of material factors alone,
whereas we find it really to be a
purely moral result the result of
a state of mind, of discourage
ment, of fear brought on thu
vanquished by a combined use of
moral and material factors em
ployed simultaneously by the
victor. These theories, believed
to be true because founded on
mathematical bases, were entire-
Iy wrong because they had not
considered the most important
factor of all, the human factor.
They were fundamentally wrong,
because they tried to make of
war an exact science. Thus
came these exclusive studies of
ground, defenses, armament, or
ganization, . administration, a 1 1
more or less scientific, but deal
ing only with the physical side of
war. As to the moral side, the
side which results from human
action, it was neither understood
nor explained. The French had
been influenced, of course, by
the triumph of Prussiani3m in
1S70; unconsciously they had been
trying tc apply to their race the
principles which were fit only for
a people like the Germans, to
whom a machine-made war is
alone conceivable.
But the doctrines and utter
ances of Foch provide even clear
er answers than this to the state
ment which disclosed President
Wilson's error. War, said the'
president, in the belief that he
was offering a profound and
stimulating admonition, "is un-
dramatic, practical and of scien
tific definiteness and precision."
Contrast this with the views of
Focht, after a half century's
study and practice of war. In
the beginning of one of his books
he placed as a text this quotation
from Joseph de Maistre, a noted
writer and diplomatist: "A
lost battle is a battle one believes
one's self to have lost. In a
material sense battle can be lost.
A battle, then, can only be
lost morally. If so, it is only
morally that a battle can be won."
War undramatic and of scien
tific precision? "Nobody would
think to-day of claiming" says
Foch,, "that there can be a
science of war. That would be
as absurd as a science of poetry,
of painting, of music." The
very essence Of his doctrine is
found in a quotation he repeated
ly made from Antonie Henri
Jomini, a famous Swiss, who was
one of Napolen's leaders and be
came one of the greatest of mili
tary theorists: "Far from being
an exact science, war is a fright
ful and passionate drama." The '
leader who deals with a drama of
human passion as though it were
a manifestation of mechancial
forces is already beaten, if he
Continual on eighth pogo.
t