VOL. XIX. NO.
50.
McCONNELLSBURG, PA., SEPTEMBER 5, 191S.
$1.50 A YEAR.
HONOR ROLL
Karnes of New Subscribers and Others
W ho Peid Subscription During the
Month of August.
Notwithstanding the torrid
month of August, a very credi
table number of our friend3 did
not forget that we need money to
meet our expenses in hot weather
as well as in cool, and they
"came across," as the following
list of names will show. Look
over the list and renew the ac
quaintance of your friends.
War conditions are making the
lot of the newspaper publisher
harder every day. Help is be
coming scarcer, expenses of
every kind connected with the
publication, is daily mounting,
and the end is not yet. The Gov
ernment is doing its best to help
everybody to conduct his busi
ness eo as to effect the greatest
saving for the necessities of war.
The Government has told you
how much flour you may buy,
how much meat you may use,
how much sugar you may have,
and this has not hurt any one;
it has saved these important
foods for our brave boys across
the seas. But there is a great
scarcity of paper, and of
the material from which
paper is made; and to relieve this
situation, the Government has
ruled that publishers shall not
waste papers by sending them to
people who do not wish them bad
enough to subscribe and pay for
them. Hence, as will be seen in
a notice elsewhere, publishers
are ordered not to send news
papers after the fir3t day of Oc
tober to any one who is not paid
up to that date, and, that does
not keep paid up after that time.
Most ot the people who are in
arrears for their newspaper are
so from pure carelessness. It is
not because what they owe for
their newspaper is so much for
it is not likely as much as the
cost of a new hat; but is just
neglect. Of course, you know,
just on the quiet, that there
are a few persons who do not ex
pect to pay not because they
can't pay, but because they are
not built that way..
Now, you do not wish that the
News shall cease coming to your
home on the first day of October;
hence, just while it is fresh in
your mind write a little check
for the amount due, including a
year's subscription in advance,
mail it, and we'll do the rest, be
sides thanking you for helping to
make our compliance with the
Government's order that much
easier.
Don't forget to look over the
Honor Roll your name may be
in the next.
Alexander, E. A. ' 9-23-19
Ambrose, Mrs. M. J. 8 1-19
Austin, II. S. 7-1-19
Awkerman, N. B. . 1-13-19
Balser, Harry 9-15-18
Barnhart, Mrs. Etta 6-24-19
Barnhart, Russell 2-20-19
Barton, S. C. ' 7-1-19
Bishop, Corp. J. C. 8-1-18
Black, D. M. 4-10-20
Bradnick, Mrs. Frances 4-17-19
Brant, Clem . 11-23-17
Brown, -William ' 5-8-19
Campbell, Miss Mary E. 11-25-19
Chamberlain, Earl 5-8-19
Clugston, DdviJ 5-22-19
Comerer, Miss Elizabeth 3-22-19
Crouse, C. W. 4-18-19
Crouse, John A. 5-1G-19
Dawney, S. H. , 2-18-20
Deshong, Mrs. Rebecca 7-1-19
Dixon, Mrs. Rachel 10-19-19
Uixon, Dr. S. G. 6-1-19
Dwire, Mrs. A. E. 6-4-19
a vans, Mrs. W. R. 9 22-19
Fagley, Geo. 9 1-13
Felcon. Mrs. do. S. 7-1 1:)
Fisher, A.' A. 17 20
Fleming, B S. S 22 19
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frank, Mrs, A. L. 8-1-19
Caster, Edwin S' 12 20-13
Gladfelter, John . 80 2-19
Glenn, Ralph 1-12-19
Gre3S, Prof. Harry E. 7 2-20
wess, Mrs. Casper 1-1-19
Creathejd, Mrs. G. W. 9-21-19
Kissinger, J. f . 1-1-19
Grisisnger, C. 0. 1 1-19
I IMPORTANT NOTICE ;
U. S, ORDER ON NEWSPAPER PAYMENTS
The United States war industries board, through
the pulp and paper section, has made this ruling :
"Discontinue sending papers after date of expira
tion of subscription unless the subscription i? re
newlH and paid for. (This ruling to be effective
October 1, 1918)."
t This will effect every Fulton County NkwsshS-
scriber. It means that every subscriber mil it keep
paid up to date. Beginning October 1 all subscrip
tions must be paid to date, or in vlvanc?. Consult
the label of your paper. If it shows you are in ar
rears, arrange to pay this arrearage before Octo
ber 1st, and to pay in advance, for a? long a period
as you desire.
This is a ruling of the United State? Government
and it must be complied with by every newi ijjer
in the country. The publishers are obliged to en
force it and any violation of the order mea:i3 a dis-
continuance through the
that disregards it. We
t a3k every subscriber to
October 1st and as far
after keep paid up, or
discontinued.
Roy Eogen? Duvall.
Roy Eugene, little son of Roy
and Retta (Drake) Duvall, died
at the parental home, at Akers
ville, oh Saturday,. August 21,
1918. He was born at Akersvilie
August 20th, 1916 being aged 2
yerasand4days. He is survived j
by hi3 parents and the following j
brothers and sister: Ernest,
Orville, Porter, Norman Ray-
mond and Mabel. Funeral ter-j
vices were held at Akersvilie on
Sunday afternoon, Rav. Moyer
officiating.
The grief stricken' parents
have the sympathy of their many
friends.
Juniata County Fair.
The Juniata County Fair will
be held at Port Royal on
Wednesday, Thursday, F r i
day, and Saturday, September
11-14. $2450.00 in purses for
racing. Splendid line of Amuse
ments. High Class Bands, Ad
mission to grounds, 25 cents for
adults; children under ten, free.
Hamil, Mrs. Margaret 8-15-
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Hixson, Mrs. Louie B. 9-1-
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Hockensmith. T. R. 71
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Ilorton, I. N. 4-1-
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Johnston, R. A. 3-21-Kirk,
N. M. S-l-Kline,
Uriah W. 3-1-
Kuhn. Miss Jennie ' 1-1-
Litton, W. E. 10-18-
Mason. W. F. 8-12-
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Mayes, Mrs. C. E. 9-22
McClellan, Mrs. Anna R. 1-1-
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McKibbin, Capt. Marshall 5-1-
Mellott, Mrs. Lester R. 8-1-Mellott,
Geo. C. -8-17-Mellott,
Geo. S. 10-12-
Mellott, Rev. E. F. 1-1-
Mock, Clarence T. 1-13
Morgret, G. D. 10-20
Morgret Hayes 6-10-
Ott, Miss Mary 0. 8 20-
Ott, John 1-1-
Palmer, F. E. 7-25
Parsons, Mrs. Geo. W. 8-1
Patterson, T. Elliott 12-25
Paylor, Bruce 8-26
Powell, J. M. 8 26
Remsburg, Dr. A. J. 3-1
Sharpe, Mrs. Roland R. S-20
Shaw, W. II. 6-1
Shimer, Rev. Geo. M. 9-21
Shives, Frank R. 7-15
Sipes, Miss Maggie 9-13
Skiles, F. D. 5-4
Snider, Jesse B. 1-25
Souders, C. R. 3-1
Sowers, Mrs. Jos. 9-1
Spade, Grant F. 8 20
Spriggs, Lon 11-17
Strait, D. E. 9 1
Taylor, Orville 8-24
Truax, H. M. 6-14
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Unger, Mrs. Amanda 3 21
Wakefield, A. B. 8-2.
Wible, Robert 4-18
Williams, Alvah ' 4-18
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mails of the r.ewppapor
are therefore compelled to
pay up all arrearages tj
ahead as suit, and there
the paper will have to be
NEVILGIK I1LGLLA flU.NS.
Oily Twenty Tcr Cent cf Jybstl'.utes
to II; Required Hereafter.
New. wheat conservation regu
lations which became effective
Monday have been annouced by
the Federal food administration
for Pennsylvania. Consumers
are now required to purchase on
ly one pound of substitutes with
each four pounds of wheat flour,
except when they take rye flour
a a substitute, when they must
purchase two pounds of rye flour
with every thrca pounds cf wheat
flour.
Wholesalers no longer are re
quired, on the sale of wheat flour
to bakers, to demand that they
take substitutes with it or furnish
certificates that they have suffi
cient substitutes on hand. 4
The substitutes which the re
tailer new is permitted to sell to
the consumer along with straight
wheat flour are corn flour, corn
meal, barley flour, ri.:e flour, po
tato fiour, buckwheat flour, oai
flour, peanut flour, bean flour,
milo flour, kaffr flour, and fet
erita llour3 and mcab. '
l'linfy of Sugar.
There is no sugar to waste ir,
food luxuries, but there is plenty
of sugar to can and nre?erve food
for use next winter. This is the
gist of the sugar ruling made
yesterday by Howard Heinz,
Federal Food Administrator for
Pennsylvania.
"Every pound of foodstuff that
can be preserved should bo put,
up now; Washington has placed
sugar at our disposal for this
purpose, and the Food Admins
tration y. ill co-operate with the
housekeepers to the utmost in
their efforts to preserve food so
that the supply will be adequate
next winter," said the Food Ad
ministrator, calling attention to
the necessity of preserving
fruits and vegetables for winter
use.
"I want to emphasize the fact
that all dealers in the State must
have canning certificates, so that
they will be in position to supply
sugar for canning qnd preserving
upon request. Anyone who can
not secure sugar for thi3 purpose
is urged to take up the matter
immediately at the office of the
County Administrator, and he
will see that it is obtained. '
. Must Mako Maatlily Reports.
Secretaries of Red Cross auxil
iaries are being notified that they
are expected to make reports
monthly of their financial condi
tion and work to the secretary cf
the Chapter at McConnellsburg.
Necessary blanks and other in
formation are being sent to them.
TfiE REAL THING.
Airplane Folldwing the Line of ths Lin
coln Birliway, Passed over Mc
Cunnslkbu;, Monday Evening.
The shout of some one, "There
goes p.n airplane," coupled with
the faint whirr of the propeller
caused residents of McConnells
burg to turn, their face3 skyward
shortly after 6 o'clock, Monday
evening. Sailing like a majestic
eagle, the b'g mru-hine which did
not lock lf.r;;c r than a good
iz:d toy, glided through the
air at a height of about 1800,
fcot, parsing out. of sight ever the
top of Cove Mountain.
An .'lir-rHp pa?s.-jd over the
Cove north of McConnellsburg
revera! weeks ago, but it was a
mere "gas-brig" compared with
a real airplane. The machine
Monday evening was the first one
of the kind, many of our people
ha I seen.
The aviator Monday evening
wrw Major Henry Abbey Jr,.
witn Seryeant Grenz a? bin me
ehar.ie. The Mrjor had left
liuntoul, III. at (i:U0 o'clock, Mon
day nu.rning for an aerial trip to
Mir2'.:U, Ism?. Island, N. Y. He
reached Cliainbjnsbur. about 7
o'clock, and decided to land, lcok
their machine ever, and get some
g-s r.nd o;I. After" encircling
the town they alighted in a fiold
bock of the soap factory on West
Loudon Street. It was the first
Government machine for Cham
bersburg, as well a3 for McCon
nellsburg, and as snon as it was
?ec-n to alight, hundreds of peo
ple fell over themselves to get a3
close to it as possible. The re
sult was, that the aviators were
obliged to "shoo" the crowd
back, and take to the air again.
They then sought a more retired
place. About three miles east of
Chambersburg on the Falling
Springs road the pilot saw a good
field, but in attempting a landing,
the machine caught in a ditch
and was wrecked as to one wheel
and the propeller. After learn
the extent of the damage, the
machine was put in a safe place
and the aviators went to Cham
bersburg to stay until new parts
couid be received from Washing
ton. Tarty for Soldier.
Private Ross J. Barton of
Veterinary Corps, Camp Lee,
Va, received a pass which en
abled him to spend from Friday
August 23rd. until Sunday with
his parent?. Mr. and Mrs. M. E.
Barton.
He been has more than eleven
ponth3 in Camp Lee, and he is
the only one of the Fulton County
Boys who went at the fame time,
who is still stationed at Camp
Lee.
In order that he might enjoy
his short visit more, a party in
his honor wa3 given Saturday
evening, August 21th at his
heme.
The evening which passed all
too quickly, wa3 spent in social
ehat and games, after vhich all
returned home feeling they had
spent a very pleasant evening.
Those present were: Mrs.
John Lucas and daughter Sura,
Mr. and Mrs. II. M. Barton, Mr.
find Mr?. Brice Horton, and Mar
shall Hixson; Elizabeth Hixson,
Carrie Bark man Mary Rohm,
Minnie Lynch, Lula and Hattie
Schenck, Mary Jackson, Celia
Barton, Anna Wilkinson,
Clara liixsor, Louise Davis,
Adrienne Harman, Goldie Plcss
inger, Anna Holden, Iva Horton
and Kathryn Hoop, Ross Barton,
Carl Rohm, Earl Ritchey Roy
Hixson Glenn McKibbin, Mar
shall Lodge, Peicy Hixson, Har
old Akers, Jacob Eatkman,
Hobart Virgil and James Barton,
John Hoop, Joseph Deshong,
Upton Plessinger and Alvin
Fletcher.
Miss Barbara Martin, one of
Blair County's most successful
teachers, is spending some time
with her mother Mrs. Lydia
Martin and her brother Rev. A.
J. Martin in the Cove.
HOUSEWIVES, CAN ALL YOU CAN!
If You Put Up More than Y.ur Family
Needs, You Can Readily Dispose
of it to Advantage.
It is urged upon each woman
in the County that she can, dry,
and preserve all the fruit and
vegetables that she can get her
hands upon. Do not let the
matter of your own family needs
enter into the question of how
much you put away. The
Woman's Committee of the State
assures us that in the early fall
there will be arragements made
for what they call "A Clearing
House forCcnr.ed Goods," when
either by sale, or exchange, any
woman having a suplus may
easily dispose of it. If by ex
change, then you who have a
surplus of say, tomatoes, may ex
change a given number of cans
with' Mrs. B., who may have
beans but no tomatoes! and so on.
Thus the mattermay be equalized.
Or, if you prefer, your surplus
may be sold outright. Remem
bering how canned goods, pre
serves, jams, and so forth, are
always sold very readily at our
local household sales, there is
not likely any question as to the
disposal of the goods right here
at home: but if we cannot dis
pose of them here, then the
Committee assures us, they will
be taken where they can be sold.
So, as one of our best means
of flighting the Kaiser right here
at home, can and dry and pre
serve, and then do it all over
again. Somewhere, somebody is
h.ungry for just the things that
you can put up to-day.
Sometime before, or by, the
first of October, will you please
send in your report of what sur
plus you will have to Mrs. Mer
rill Nace, McConnellsburg.
Moonlight Party.
A number of young people
gathered at Oscar Houck's, New
Grenada to enjoy themselves last
Saturday evening and they did
by eating chicken, roasting ears
and sandwiches, and by playing
games. Those present were
Misses Laura and Reba Earley,
Vera Foreman, Eleanor Sipes,
Olive Shaw, Ole Thomas, Queen
Houck, Vera and Alice Shore,
Louise Montgomery, Mildred and
Mary Stevens, Louise Crown f el
ter, Zola Bollinger, Edna Mc
Clain, Edna Watkin, Alice and
Anna Anderson, Katherine Thom
as and Gladys Alloway; Guy,
Paul and Malcolm Alloway, Don
Houck, Berlin Thomas, Roy
Shaw; Arthur, Willie, Wilda and
Fred Bollinger; Foss Chamber
Iain, George Earley, Harry Bur
kctt, Ellis Sprowl, Hartman
Anderson, Raymond Roher, Otto
Benson, Harry Newman.
One Who Was There.
Close Call.
A large touring car that had
just made the descent on the
Lincoln Highway from the top of
Tuscarora mountain, on Tuesday
stopped in front of J. K. John
ston's store, when a fierce blaze
broke forth from one of the rear
wheels, the ignition having been
caused by overheated brake
bands. The prompt application
cf several buckets of water and
the contents of a fire extinguisher,
saved the car apd perhaps the
tourists. Had the fire occurred
out on the road, the car would, in
all probability, have" been des
troyed. When will motorists
learn not to drive down these
mountains "in neutral" and de-
pend upon the brakes to hold
the car!.
Salkeld Spade
Lloyd Salkeld of Breezewood
and Bessie Spade of Emmaville,
were married in Cumberland,
Md., on Thursday, August 29,
1918.
Kulin Knable.
William Lee Kuhn, of. Huston
town, and Ruth Knable, of Cito,
were married in Hagerstown,
Md., on Friday, August 30, 1918.
ON THE FIRING. LINE.
Fulton County Boy in Sixteen Days of
Hardest Days of Fighting. Had
Some Experiences.
From a letter written to his
sister, Mrs. Gaily Chambers,
Corporal Cyrus C. Covalt, Hefrs.
Co., 109th U. S. Inft., Am. E. F.,
son of J. H. Covalt, formerly of
Thompson Township, we are
premkted to publish the follow
ing: i'
'To-day is the first chance I've
had for a long time to write home,
and I am only allowed paper for
one letter now, so you may pass
this on to Daddy.
Iam well, and all together. I
suppose you know more about us
from the newspapers than we do
ourselves, and I have no doubt
that you are scanning the casu
alty list each day with more than
ordinary interest; but I am thank
ful to say that I have just come
out of sixteen days of the hard
est fighting in the history of the
war and find myself sound, and
all together. Many of ' my best
friends, however, have gone
gloriously doing their bit. My
best friend and "bunkie" of
many months Bob Hunsworth,
of Roxborough was seriously
wounded, and another, killed
besides me, the first day of the
battle, July loth. I have been
unable to find in what hospital
Bob is, or whether he is living.
But, believe me, we haveopen
ed the eyes of the Crown Prince
and the pick of his army. In
cidentally, our regiment, the
109th, has done mo3t brilliant
work, and made a name for it
self against great odd3. Perslv
ing's "Iron Men" they call us;
and when you see the list of
Philadelphia. Scranton and Okla
homa boys, just figure six dead
Prussians for each one of us and
you will know what these hills
are covered with to-night.
War is awful a thousand
times more horrible than any
outsider can imagine; but after
the first baptism of fire, fear
leaves and we get mad. The
first deaths fill you with horror;
but when your best friend falls
against you, and you feel his life
blood splashing in your face,
there comes a desire for venge
ance quick and awful. After
a few escapes from machine gun,
shell, etc., you get the feeling
that your keeping is in the hands
of another more powerful than
any War Lord; and all the skill,
craft, and endurance of the mili
tary training you have had,
comes and whispers "Do your
best."
The Bosche is whipped here in
this sector, and he knows it; but
while retreating, he does his best
to kill. We gave him no rest
day nor night and he is in terror.
With all his craftiness and
treachery, he has gained but
little-and that little, at an awful
cost to him..
Here is just one of their tricks:
Two stretcher-bearers wearing
the Red Cross, carried a litter,
covered with a blanket, across
our line of fire one day, and we
ceased firing until they were
safe behind a hedge. ' A minute
later a machine gun opened up
there, and when we took the bill,
there lay these two bogus first
aid men by the gtin w hich they
had carried into position on the
stretcher the men being expert
machine-gun men wearing the
Red Cross as a guise. I mention
this incident to show you what
we are up against.
Individually, the Huns are
whimpering cowards when cap
tured, and beg for mercy with
tears in their eyes; and we grant
it poor fools that we are. The
prisoners say they had been told
vhat the Americans were half
Indian, savage, and would kill
the German prisoners and scalp
them.
We have been pitted against
the pick of the German army,
and have beaten them. They are
not old men and boys. That is
all newspaper lies. The prison-,
ers we have taken are just aa I
AEOU HOME YCC KNOW.
Snapshots at ThJr Coinings and Gcicss
Here for-a Vacation, or Away
for a Restful Outing
Paul Shimer, of Steelton, Pa.,
spent the time froi Friday until
Monday with his family in thi3
place.
Mrs. Amy Foreman of Fort
Littleton spent laat week with
her son Alex and family at Six
mile Run, Pa.
F. M. Taylor, of the State
Highway Deparlmer.t. Harris-
burg, spent a few days at homo
during the past week.
Mr. Martin L. Clever.ger. of
Fayettcviile, Pa. visited hi3
brother Ahimaf.z and other
friends in town and the Cove last
Saturday.
Philip Rotz and family, accom
panied by Mrs. Rotz's mother,
Mrs. John S. Nelson, motored to
Carlisle yesterday to visit in tho
home of Mrs. Nelson's brother,
Mr. S. K. Pittmnn.
Miss Lena, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert W. Mellott, of
Ayr township, wa3 taken to tlvj
Chamber&burg hospital last week
for treatment for a serious at
tack of typhoid fever.
Mrs. Margaret Smith, her son
Harry and daughter Laura, and
a grand Bon, after having spent
ten days at Atlantic City, stayed
a few days with her niece, Mrs.
Margaret Johnson in the Cove,
Mr. and Mrs. William Shaffer
and their sons Paul, Thurman
and Burke, spent a few days
during the past week with the
Nesbit families in town and the
Cove. Mrs. Shaffer was form
erly Mis3 Ida Nesbit.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Chamber
lain, accompanied by the form
er's brother Forest who was on
his way to Camp Lee,, and by
their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
James Chamberlain all of Wells
Valley, motored to McConnells
burg Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Foreman
and sons Raymond and Willard,
accompanied by Edgar Hopkins,
wife; and baby, of Sixmile Run,
motored to Fort Littleton last
Sunday and spent. Sunday and
Monday very pleasantly in the
home of John A. Foreman and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Shaffner
of Huntingdon, motored to Mc
Connelhburg Monday afternoon,
spent Monday night in the home
of Allen's uncld and aunt, Attor
ney and Mrs. M. R. Shaffner on
Court House Square, and on Tues
day morning, accompanied by
the latter named, they all went
on to Philadelphia for a few days'
outing.
Herman Hixson of Hagers
town, one of Leiter Bros, capable
clerks, accompanied by his friend
Jesse Berre, spent the time from
Saturday evening until Monday
in the heme of Herman's parents.
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Hixson, East
Lincoln Way. Herman and his
friend were met in Chambers
burg Saturday evening by Floyd
McQuade and Miss Mildred Hix
son, and they all came to McCon-
uellsburg in Floyd's car.
healthy and husky ss we are.
and have the added advantage of
experience; but we counter bal
ance that by genuine "Yankee
dash and get there."
I am now getting a rest behind
the line,. and hope to get another
chance at Fritz before he dig3
trenches again.
Must close with best wishes.
Don't worry. I will write a3
often as possible. Just now am
out of paper. We cant keep
anything long not even our
clothes rain, mud, cooties, and
midnight calls to arms, causes us
to throw away everything we can
possibly spare. I carry my
razor in my pocket, and frequent
ly that is'all I have in my pocket.
We sleep anywhere and are
healthy and happy will tell you
all about it when I get home.
Good bye.
Cyrus,
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