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McC0NNLLSI3URG, PA.. OCTOIJER 17, 1918,
$1.50 A YEAR.
H20M OIK FRIENDS.
ABOUT rCOPLE YOU KNOW.
BUY MORE BONDS.
RECORD OF DEATHS.
Short Sketches of the Lives of Per
sons Who Have Recently
Pssed Away. '
John L. Fleming.
Jonn Leroy Fleming who
left McConnellsburg on Friday,
July 20, 1918 with about twenty
other Fulton County boy?, and
on the 27th at noon landed at
Camp Lee, Va., died at the base
hospital at that camp October 2,
1918 at 10:45 p. m., he being ab
sent from home two days less
than ten weeks. He was a son
of Mrs. Mary E. Fleming of Clear
Ridge; his father, T. E. Fleming,
Esq., died May 5, 1911. John
was born at Clear Ridge. When
about 18. years of age, he with
his brother Robert went to Mc
Connellsburg and opened a black
smithing and general repair shop,
where he remained faithful to
duty until failing health (an af
fection of the heart) caused him
to quit work and seek a restora
tion of health. He tried in turn,
Chambersburg, Baltimore and
Philadelphia. In April 1917 he
seemed to receive benefit at the
Medic o-Chi in Philadelphia, and
returned home staying with his
mother until he went to Camp
Lee as before mentioned.
John was a member of I. 0.
It. M., No. 474, of McConnells
burg; a member of McConnells
burg, Lodge No. 744 I. 0. 0. F.
and a . member of the Methodist
Episcopal church in that town. He
was a y6ung man of commend
able habits, and at all times in
spired the love and respect of his
acquaintances. His worth to his
lirief stricken mother, brother
and sisters can never be replaced.
His remains escorted by a sol
dier, reached Fort Loudon Sun
lay October Cth, and it was con
veyed to the home of his mother
it Clear Ridge, from which place
.he funeral took place the follow
ing Tuesday. At the time of his
death he wa3 a member of Com
pany K, 18th Training Battalion,
Infantry Replacement Camp, and
was expecting to besentto France
loon. Besides his mother, he is
survived by the following broth
ers and sisters: Robert J., Mc
Connellsburg; Braidy S., Waynes
boro: Llovd. at home: David D.,
Turtle Creek, Pa.; Adda, wif of
T. C. Appleby, Hell wood, i'a.;
Missc3 Lillian and Zelpha, at
home. The funeral services were
conducted by Rev. Edward Jack
son of McConnellsburg, and his
remains were borne to their last
renting place beneath the flag and
a wealth of floral tributes.
John M. Andrews.
Mr. M. M. Bender received a
letter a few days ago which
brought the intelligence that his
brother-in-law, John M. An
drews died at his home in Jersey
City, N. J., on Sunday, Sep
tember '6, 1918, aged about 80
years,
years.
Mr. Andrews wa3 married to
Miss Annie Bender, of McCon
nellsburg, who died abvut eight
or nine years ago, and for sever
al years Mr. and Mrs. Andrews
were residents of Chambersburg,
Mr. Andrews being a pas3enger
conductor on the Cumberland
Valley railroad.
The Peceased is survived by
one daughter, Miss Flora An
drews, who kept bouse for her
father. II13 remains were plac
ed in the family lot at Philips.
burg, N. J. beside those of his
wife.
. Ellis E. Parton.
Ellis E. Barton, of Philadel
phia, died in the Pennsylvania
hospital on Friday October 4 1918
of pneumonia following an p.ttaok
of Spanish uA'mn.zx. 11c leave
t mrurn his death his wife,
and two children. Elvaand E'-ii
also his father, Timothy II. Bar
ton, of Cossarto. Pa, and th
following brothers and eidters
Geo. W. Barton, of Berwyn, Pa
Jesse A. Barton, of Coatesville,
a Mrs. E. B. Brantner. near
Lreezflwood. He was a native o
Brush Creek township. thi3 coun
ana went to Philadelphia abou
w. years ao.
Lieut. Grover C. Kirk, of Bethel Town
ship, writes the following from
Camp Sherman, 0.
Just a few words concerning
the epidemic at Camp Sliermmar,
as we have had more cases and
deaths here than at any other
camp
This epidemic has doubts a
been started by Borne German
plot. It 14 not known whether
they put the bugs into the water,
or virus, into the typhoid ner J n;
but we all know that it wai
efinitelyproved that ths y started
the cerebrospinal meningitis in
the South last winter 'by putting
the germs into the virus. This
is the kind of a dirty gang we
have to fight and conquer.
Buy More Bonds.
It might bo well to make peace
with Bulgaria, Austria-Hungary,
and, even Turkey; but peice
hould never be concluded
with Germany until th"y have
heen thoroughly punished for
their cowardly crimes.
Buy More Bond1).
There was a time when you
were asked to Do your in
but that is now absolete. The
watch-word to-day is "Do your
best."
The Buffering and distress
has been awiui. iNeany a thou
sand Boldiers are dead, and oth
ers are dying at the rate of one
every five minutes. However,
the epidemic has been checked
at its Bource, and practically no
new cases are being reported. I
had the "Flu" and bronchitis,
and then the worst type of pneu
monia in both lungs. That is a
bad combination and very few
S3 than five out of a hundred
with this combination puled
through.
The pneumonia 13 largely a
measure of grit. If, when told
that you have pneumonia and
hey tell you in the army you
will think, well, there will be a
time come when my breath will
be short, I will have to cough and
be very weak, but it matters not
how tough it gets I will never
. 1 11 mi a.
give up positively never, inai
attitude helps you win. The
medical dicers Bay that the ones
who fight have a chance and the
others don't.
One t dicer here was rattled and
got up several times during the
night and put on his uniform
and was leaving. The orderlies
caught him and put him to bed.
Finally the doctor said,
Lieutenant, if you don't stop
putting on your uniform you will
die."
The Lieut replied, 1 "Well I al
ways did want to die with my
boots on."
'Well we will leave your boots
handy replied the Doctor, but
relieve you of the rest of your
clothing."
He got well.
A private said: "The Ger
mans killed my one brother in
France, and the other one has
just died in Texas on account of
their epidemic. I am not going
to die? and if America makes
peace with Germany before I get
over there, I am going over arid
declare an individual war on Germany."
He is likely to recover.
This slaughter will be a losing
game for the Germans. They
will kill a few thousand Ameri
cans here but they v ill raise the
fighting spirit of the Yanks that
they will never be held. The
officers can hardly hold them
now, but they will be worse.
I hope it will have the same
effect on those who are buying
bonds. Get in earnest and "Do
your best."
If you could see. it like the
officers and men in the army see
it, there would be no trouble.
Practically all the officers I
know are taking out their living
expenses and investing all that is
left in Liberty Bqnds.The men
are just as loyal, bit" theyliave
none to invest.
The treatment of the officers
How Much Would the
- KAISER
Tax Your Business ?
Think this thought twice over: "If we should
fail to win this war what would happen to my business?"
What is left of business in the invaded districts
of France and Belgium? What will be left of business here,
if we fail to crush the sinister power of Prussian militar
ism? How much would you have left after paying the
taxes and levies imposed by a victorious Germany?
Defend Yourself With
LIBERTY BONDS
This is not only a war for Democracy and Liberty,-
but a war of self-defense. Germany menaces our rights, our
self-respect, our homes, and our means of livelihood.
Every citizen every business man has weapons
of defense ready to his hand. These wcr pons are Liberty
Bonds. We cannot all fight with guns and bayonets but we
vcan all fight with Liberty Bonds.
. Buy to Your Utmost
Of course you have bought Liberty Bonds. Every
one has. But how many more will you buy? The success
of the Fourth Loan and of the war itself depends on your
answer to that question.
Buy all the bonds you can. Go to your bank and
make your arrangements. Buy more than you ever thought
you could buy. .
Buy to Your Utmost
was very good considering the
great rush, but the poor privates
suffered terribly. Some of them
died before they could reach the
receiving ward and be examin
ed. The medical officers' and army
nurses certainly nave done a
noble work. Several doctors
a bored on after they had been
elllictcd and only stopped to die,
and many nurses have answered
the List call.
The women of our country are
doini' a noble work.
Are all the men and women at
home making a financial sacrifice?
There is no reason why they
should not.
Buy More IJonds. "Do your
best.
The officers who have passed
through the mill have it pretty
nice now. We sit in easy chairs
on the front porch and eat fried
chicken and ice-cream; but my
smokes taste just like the corn
silk I smoked when a kid.
Now to return to the import
ant Eubject the Fourth Liberly
Loan We are all duly proud of
little Fulton's rf cord in the War
Savings Stamp 'Drive, so lut us
all fall in line and add new luster
to her already fair record.
Oir quota is $213,000. Let us
"Do our best" ho wo can all
take olf our hits and nhout
'"HURRAH FOR LITTLE FUL
TON. SHE HAS GONE 'OVFR
THE TOP'."
Card of Thanks.
Wo wish in this manner to ex
press our . Bincere gratitude to
everyone who so freely and kind
ly came to our aid, with willing
hands and sympathetic words,
in the time of our almost over
whelming sorrow on account of
the death of our son Howard
while engaged in the service of
his country. To the host of
friends who assuaged our grief
in some measure by their letters
of condolence, we also want to
acknowledge a lasting debt of
gratitude.
iMic. and Mrs. E. II. Kikk, and
Family.
This Space Contributed to Winning the
Soldier's Letter.
From Corporal Ray W. Weller,
Co. R (52 Infantry, Am. E. F.
My dear Mother.
I just received my first mail a
few day's ago since I have been
in France. I was very glad to
hear from you all and was sorry
to know that aome of you were
corning to Camp Upton to soe me
and I could not be there. . I left
New York July 5th.
I am in good health and work
ing hard and getting, along fine.
The weather is very warm, but
the nights are cool.
You spoke of sending me a ring
and testament. I did not get it,
don't know if it will be sent to
me or not. If not, I guess it will
be sent back to you. The Y. M.
C. A. gave me a testment. The
Y. M. C. A. is a wonderful thing
to us soldiers.
I am so glad Willie got' along
with the harvest so well. How
much buck wheat did you how this
year? Take good care of it. I
will be home this winter to help
eat the cakes.
I am chid to hear Wilson is
getting better. How is uncle i
John this summer.' Is Alonzo
Funk in the hospitul?
What are the boys names that
have been called from around
home.
Tell everybody to write Llove
to get the news. It surely cheers
us boys up when the mail arrivess
I send my love to all. Your loving
fon Ray.
Slight Fire in Ttwa.
About two o'clock on Thursday
afternoon of last week fire was
discovered on Paul Wagner's
premises, but it took but a few
minutes to get a stream from a
noarby fire plug, which happen
ed not to be out of commission,
and the fire was soon under con
trol. The loss consisted of Mr.
Wagner's corncrib, part of his
woodhouse, one-half ton of bone
dust and two barrels of seed
c.;rn, which altogether repre
sented a monetary value of about
a hundred dollars. No insurance.
War By
Soldier's Letter.
From a letter written on the
25th of Auf?ust by J. Newton,
Morton, Co. C, 10th engineers
Forestry. A. E. F.. to his pa
rents. Judge and Mrs. Peter
Morton.Newt says:
"I have just returned from a
peven-davs' furlough spent at
Aix les Rains at the base of tho
French Alps near the Swiss an
Italian border, was on Mr.
Renard from which' one can eeo
Mt. Blanc, was also on Dent d
Chat which is 5000 ft. elevation,
Another interesting thing wai
the old Chatian; also, Huntcomb
Abbey which is the property of
the king of Italy, we were es
corted through it by a couple of
monks. I snapped a picture of
them. If it is good, will send
you one. There is an old Roman
archway in town which marks
the burial place of some Romans
of the '31 and 4th centuries
I was certainly glad to get
back to the mountain. If you
have an idea you don't like them
just go where you don't Bee any
for awhile. All I had seen binco
lnavinir Americe was a climDse of
the Pyrenees and a few hills in
Scotland and England.
A few days yet and I will have a
year's foreign service to my
credit. After each six months
foreign service, we are entitied
to a small gold service chevron
The news from the front is
looking bright these days.
The Roche has found he can't
hold the ground for which he
paid so dearly last spring.
The Americans are more popu
lar than ever. They pat us on
the back and say "Americans
trir tur bon soldater" they all
have something to say about the
good American soldiers.
We are making some big cuts
now and turning lumber Out very
rapidly. The docks, ware houses,
hospitals, etc. should be going up
like mushrooms. If not, it isn't
our fault.
I am well as you will see by
the picture. I can Btill cast a
shadow without standing up
twice. Hope this finds you all
well."
Scokcas Piiled 1'p Here and There
out i f Letters Revived f cm Sib
scr.b.rs Pajiug Subscription.
Horace N. Sipes, Pittsburgh,
Pa. "I would not like to bvj
without the News, for I always
enjoy leading it. I think the
Government has, done u good
thing for both subscriber and
publisher in making everybody.
pay up and keep paid up."
Mrs. 0. R. Dunlap (Njra John
ston), Pittsburgh, Kan. "Am
enclosing post cilice order suffi
cient to tend my subscription be
yond the duration of the war at
.'att, here's hoping. 0 ir coun
ty has sent something like 2100
men and bovs into the Service
and this countly alone is ex
pected to contribute $2,000,000
n the Liberty Loan drive. We
happcred to have a better crop
than u ual. By machine measure,
the average was 00 bushels to the
acre."
Rev. C. W. Summcy, Apollo,
Pa. "Mrs. Summey and I are
both enjoying good health. I
wa3 glad when Fulton County
pained into tho dry column. I
think the day is not far distant
when we will have National Pro
hibition."
Mrs. C. R. Ilixson, Tifiin, O.
"I see by the News that some of
the Fulton County boys have
made the supreme sacrifice in the
great struggle for world-wide
democracy. So far. only two
Tifiin boys have died 'over there'.
The women of Ohio are sure do
ing their bit. Many have taken
the places in the field of labor to
fill the places of the boys called
into the Service. We received a
letter last Saturday from Harry
A. Funk. He is in a hospital at
Camp Jackson, S. C, for treat
ment for an attack of stomach
trouble, but be hoped to be out
soon. Harry is a son of James
Funk. We live within fifty
yards of the main lines of the R.
& O , and the P. R. R railroads
over which are passing almost
daily trainloads of troops, be
sides army trucks, ambulances,
and other war supplies."
Achsah E. Wentzel, Monroe
ville, N. J. "Enclosed, I am
sending check to pay up for the
News and some to keep it com
ing. It is s) easy to neglect our
duty these busy times. As I
remember when I was a little
girl going to school, your coming
to visit our school as County
Superintendent, our getting the
News now is almost like getting
a personal letter from you each
week. I hope you may have
many many more years of good
health and an abundant share of
the richest blessings of life."
W. Howard Wagner, Harris
burg: "Please find enclosed
check for $3 00 for which con
tinue sending me the Nkws.
While I have been absent from
the County for more than twenty
seven years and very many of
my former acquaintances have
passed to the far beyond, yet the
family names recalled by reading
the News appeals to' me with
new and increased interest as
time passes rapidly by."
C. E. Steven, Crafton, Pa. "I
have read the Nkws continuously
since its first issuo more than
nineteen years ago for several
years in my father's home, and
later in my own home. It will
be nino years in January Bince I
left Fulton County, and I have
only made two visits back in that
time. I called to Bee you at your
office about a year ago, but you
were not in. The appearance of
the farms and buildings in the old
County shrws mirkeJ improve
ment." Miss Jessie B. Wishart, Wash
ington, D. C. "I am greatly in
terested in reading in the News
abstracts from letters written by
Fulton County boys overseas and
in the training camps. I con-
gratulate you on the number cf
years you have been spared to
shove the quill, and hope you
Snapshots at Tlkir Comings and Go'ngs
Here for a Vaeatijn, or A aj
for a Restful Outing.
Miss Elsie Wagner, of Knobs
ville is spending some time with
her sister Mrs. E. J. Crort at
D inc.
Mrs. J. W. Carmack and son
Scott, and Mrs. Jjhn P. Kerlin
and sjn Arthur all of Clear
Ridge, made a Motoring trip tj
McConnellsburg last Saturday.
Charli'i Shank, Charlie and
Harry Hendendiot and John B.
Hebner were a bunch of Union
Township boys that motored to
McConnellsburg last Monday to
appear before the local examin
ing board.
may yet have many more years to
pend the 'News' from home to the
many who.su stops have taken
them from dear old Fulton Coun
ty."
J. L. Spade, near Hagerstown,
Md.; "Wheat in thij section
yit Ids an average of about 2
biuhels to tho acre; oata, about
50; and corn, about 10 bbls. to tho
acre. Iri?h potatoes are rather
a small crop, but sweet potatoes
did well. We raised several that
weighed four pounds apiece. Wo
have good neighbors, a good
market, and like it here first
rate."
Harvey A. Black, Ebensburg,
Pa.: "Here's another dollar-
and-a-half, I don't want my
paper to stop. I look anxiously
for it every Friday. I have been
oir work for over a week nursing
two fingers which I got cut badly
in a machine. Otherwise, I am
well and ho ie you and all the
rest of my McConnellsburg
friends are the same."
W. T. Runyan, Chester, Pa.:
"It may be interesting to News
readers to learn that we have just
finished and shipped out one mil
lion riiles. The accomplishment
of this enormous output was
made tho occasion for celebration
exercises last Monday at which
Secretary Daniels and other men
of national prominence were
present and made speeches.
Probably as many as four thous-'
and female workers are employed
in this plant."
Mrs. Minerva McKibbin, Way
nesboro, Pa.: "I am enclo.-ing
check to keep the" good News
coming. "A letter from my good
husband I Lieut. R. W. McKib
bin) states that he is still at Fort
Worth, but expects to be sent to
Chicago booh."
Edward Ilarr, Riddlcsburg,
Pa.; "The liberty bond drive is
how on. We have an organiza
tion called the Knights of Liberty, v.
and those who do not "sign up"
we go uftor at midnight like a
beast after his prey. We had u
drive for tho Emergency Fund
which netted a handsome sum.
This community has no use for
slackers, but, of course, we have
a few that wont put on the uni-form-they
are fun shy."
C. Hoover, Burnt Cabin.s Pa.;
"Enclosed find my check for
$1 50. i am (io j ears of age and
I am cuttirTg that may shocks of .
corn every day to help the Kai3cr
out-out of Germany I"
Miss draco Wright, Cleveland,
O.: "You will find enclosed
three dollars which will'put mo
"in good standing" and u year
ahead. I always look forward to
the coming of tho dear old News,
for each week it brings to mo
letters and messages from so
many of tho schoolmates of my
childhood days., Borne of whom,
I notice by your paper have gone
"over there.".
Job Truax, Warfordsburg, Pa.
R. R. 1. "Here'B two dollars to
keep the News coming. By-tho
way, Rev. T. K. Downes had tho
misfortune, a few days ago to
lose a mighty fine pig. The pig
came to its end by drowning i n
a ten-gallon jar of cider. vOf
course, it was a loss to Tern my,
fo 'pigs is pigs' and cider is
ciderv