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VOL. XX. NO. 11.
McCONNELLSBURG, PA., DECEMBER 1918.
$1.50 A YEAR.
RECORD OF DEATHS.
Short Sketches of the Lives of Per
sons Who Have Recently
' Passed Away.
Miss Elizabeth Hohman.
Miss Elizabeth Hohman pass
ed away at her home on the
southeast corner of Walnut and
First Srreet, on Monday morn
ing December 2, 1918, after a
short illness of broncho-pneumonia,
aged 76 years, 10 months
and 2 days. The funeral, con
ducted by her pastor, Rev. Wm.
J. Lowe, of the Reformed
Church, took place Tuesday
afternoon, and interment was
made in the graveyard at the
Reformed church. The deceased
was a daughter of the late Al
bert Hohman, and she is sur
vived by one sister, Mary wife
of John V. Stouteagle.
William T. Jones.
William T. Jones of Pittsburgh
died at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Olive Cunningham in Al
toona, on Sunday morning, No
vember 24, 1918, aged almost 70
years, At the time of his retire
ment two years ago, he had a rec
ord of fifty-two years of con
tinuous service with the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company. Olive
is the wife of Ralph Cunningham,
formerly of New Grenada, and
son of L. L. Cunningham.
Frank Lindsay.
Word was received here Mon
day morning that Frank Lindsay
had died at a State Institution
for Feeble Minded, at Polk, Pa.
The deceased was born in this
community and spent bis life
here until a very few years ago,
when he was placed in the above
named institution. He was aged
about 65 years.
From Der Soldier Boy.
On the 29th of November, Mrs.
Thomas F. Sloan, received a let
ter from her son Thomas F. Sloan,
Jr., who is a veteran of the Spanish-American
War. Among oth
er things, Frank said in his letter,
which was written on the 11th
of November, the day the last
3hot was fired: "I am well and
happy, and glad the war is over.
This morning, I helped to flash
the good news along the Front to
"cease firing at II o'clock." I
have been in the advance zone
since last May, and have not, dur
ing that time, been out of the
sound of the big guns. The
French are celebrating in great
style. All our boys are happy
and talking about going home to
the good old U. S. A. Our bat
talion was among the first 300,
000 to arrive in France, so they
expect to be among the first to
get home."
Over the L p.
The President of the Junior
Red Cross acknowledges, with
thanks, receipt of eight dollars
from Miss Cora Nesbit, teacher
of Jugtown school. This means
that Miss Nesbit ha3 enrolled ev
ery pupil in her school as mem
bers of the Junior Red Cross,
thus reaching the one hundred
per cent, mark and winning' a
Junior Red Cross Certificate.
Conserve Sugar.
To conserve sugar when cook
ing prunes soak them for forty
eight hours before cooking. By
doing this no sugar will be re
quired and they will be just as
sweet, the syrup just as thick as
if sugar was used. Less time for
cooking will be required, thus
saving fuel, too.
(In warm weather keep them
in the ice box, otherwise the
water will become sour.)
Baraer Stroup
- Mr. Edward Isett Hamer an!
Miss Grace Helen Stroup both of
Williamsburg, Pa. were united in
marriage by Rev. John L
Grove on Nov. 27th 1918 at the
home of the officiating clergyman
In McConnellsburg, Pa.
Subicnbo lor the JNxws
RAN INTO STORM.
Lieutenant Reed with His Airplane
Spent Last Friday Night ia
Wells Valley.'
An airplane passed over Mc
Connellsburg going westward
about 1 1 o'clock last Friday
morning. It was piloted by
Lieutenant Reed who was mak
ing a trip from Mineola. L. I. to
visit his home folks at Connells
ville, Pa. On account of the
rain storm on Thursday, he
alighted in afield just north of
Chambersburg and spent the
night in that town. Leaving
Chambersburg Friday morning
it took him more than an hour to
reach McConnellsburg owing to
dense fog clouds and when at
tempting to clear the mountains
west of McConnellsburg he be
came enveloped in the fog again
and circled back over the Cove
valley, gaining a higher alti
tude and finally getting his
bearings, sailed away to the
westward.
There was an unusually strong
and boisterous wind that day,
which made it some job to
handle, and as he cleared the top
of Sideling Hill mountain, he
espied a pretty little valley
nestling off to his right, and he
swooped down upon it and cir
cled around looking for a soft
spot to alight. An ideal place
was found in a field on George
W. Sipes' farm east of Wells
Tannery, and he came down and
remained until Saturday morn
ing. The storm had then passed,
and he again took to the air. As
the day was ideal, he completed
the journey in a few hours.
During his stay in Wells Valley,
the plane was visited by hun
dreds of persons, and the man
bird was made to feel at home.
The flight of airplanes is be
coming more and more a com
mon sight, and will soon at
tract as little attention as auto
mobiles or trains of Govern
ment trucks.
It is said that the Govern
ment has on hand thousands of
planes many just new, and all
in good condition. In addition
to this equipment, it has thous-
ands of trained aviators. The
logical things is, therefore, to
utilize this equipment for mail
service, and other machines con
structed for passenger service.
Birthday Party.
A birthday surprise party was
given Mrs. Harry L. Peck last
Saturday evening at her home
near Needmore. Those present
were, Misses Florence and Mada
line Truax, Vernona- and Blan
tina Mellott, Ira Holden, Gladys
Sipes, Katherine Hart, Pearl Mel
lott. Ireda Garland, Marie Mel
lott, Cleo Bard, Edith and Pearl
Peck, Pansy Powers, Mildred
and Katherine Dixon, Mrs.
Claude Mellott, Mrs. G. E. Sipes
and Mrs. Sam Hess, Mr. Sam
Hess, Blaine Mellott, Ralph Mel
lott, Wayne Mellott, Blair Hess,
Charles and Howard Sipes, Ray
mond Mellott, Edward Fisher,
Clem Lake, Duffy and Clyde Mel
lott, Glenn Powers, Paul Palmer,
Fred Dixon, and Harvey Hill.
Mrs. Peck was the recipent of
many beautiful presents. An en
joyable time was reported by all
present
Victim of Fin..
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Chamber
lain and their little son, of Pitts
burgh, went to Wells Valley a
few days ago to visit Mr. and
Mrs. James Chamberlain and oth
er relatives in this county. Two
days after having reached the
Valley, Mrs. Samuel Chamber
lain took the flu and on Wednes
day of laBt week passed away.
The funeral which, of course, was
private was held on Friday, and
interment was made at Breeze
wood. Mrs. Chamberlain's maid
en name was Miss Alda Mellott,
near Saluvia. . She was aged
about twenty years,
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Itkihodists to Raise WOO.O'O.
At a meeting in New York City
last Saturday, the Joint Centen
nary Committee of the Methodist
Episcopal Church announced that
one-fourth of the churches of that
denomination in the United States
are without pastors, and plans
have been made for a campaign
to recruit 53,000. religious work
ers. The recruits, 13,000 of
whom will be clergymen, will be
uti'ized in helping to raise $S0,
000,000 to advance the cause of
Methodism throughout the world.
The fund will be in honor of the
one hundredth anniversary of the
first Methodist mission in this
country.
The war's great drain on Meth
odist educational institutions was
shown by the report that from
forty-two colleges and univer
sities of the church, 9617 men
had gone into military service
and 6287 more were enrolled in
the Students' Army Training
Corps. Candidates for the minis
try being drawn from the forego
ing student group, it was said,
there are no men to replace pas
tors who hsve retired and chap
lains who have gone abroad.
Forty thousand of the workers
now to be recruited will consist
of deaconesses, medical mission
aries, teachers and laymen.
They, will man the hospital.0,
schools and churches to be estab
lished here and abroad. Bishop
Theodore S. - Henderson, of De
troit, and Rev. Dr. J. Franklin
Ream, of New York, are in charge
of the recruiting campaign.
Sheeder Fix.
At the home of the bride's pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. George
Fix, near Harrisonville, on last
Saturday evening, their only
daughter Miss Edith, was united
in marriage to Mr. Roy Arthur
Sheeder, of Kearney, Pa. The
ceremony was performed by the
bride's pastor, Rev. E. J. Croft
in the presence of her family
and a number of invited guests.
After the ceremony, a sumptuous
wedding supper was served, and
later the inevitable Calithump
iansmade their appearance and
did their bit making a noise.
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RED CROSS WORK.
Public Sale at Court House Square Last
Friday Afternoon Yielded $157.00,
Caring for the dead and dying
on the field of battle is only one
of the many phases of Red Cross
work. The great underlying
principle of the Red Cross organ
ization is, the relief of suffering
humanity in whatsoever form it
may exist. The terrible earth
quake in San Francisco, the de
vastating forest fires in Wiscon
sin, and the disastrous conflagra
tions that have occurred in our
large cities have shown to. the
world what have been the accom
plishments, of this grand organ
ization of unselfish workers.
The devastation brought about
by the last four years of war calls
in loudest tones for immediate
and continued help; and it was
this condition that led citizens of
Ayr township, under the auspices
of their local auxilairy, to arrange
for a sale last Friday afternoon,
as wss announced in the County
Papers in advance. Donations
of live stock, grain, fowls, dairy
products, etc., were made and the
same offered at public auction.
The heifer donated by C. J. Brew
er, was purchased by W. H.
Woodal, for $44.50. Two 8
weeks' old pigs, donated by J.
H. Kendall, brought seven dol
lars apiece. A shote, given by
Conrad Glazier, brought $14
Butter brought 70 cents a pound,
and celery. as high as a dollar a
stalk.
Auctioneer Harris did. his bit
by "crying" the sale, there was
a good crowd present, everybody
had a good time, and the sale was
a success.
Otto Benson, Thomas Benson
and wife, David Gladfelter, and
George E. Tice all of the north
ern end ot the County, were in
town last Saturday. Mr. Tice
had bought Thomas's farm, and
the latter was making arrange
ments to advertise the sale of
his personal property, which
will take place on the 14th of
December,
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Florida Passes Dry Amendment.
The following states have rati
fied the national prohibition to the
constitution of.the United States.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Mississippi Jan. 9.
Virginia Jan. 10.
Kentucky Jan. 14.
South Carolina Jan. 23.
North Dakota-Jan. 20.
Maryland-Feb.13.
Montana Feb. 19.
Texas March 4.
Delaware March 18.
South Dakota March 21.
Massachusetts April 2.
Arizona May 21.
Georiga June 25.
Louisana August 8.
Florida-Nov. 27.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
Total number of states for
amendment, to date, fifteen.
New York and Rhode Island
sidetracked the resolution.
There are twenty-seven dry
states. Six of nine wet states
which must be won to make na
tional prohibition effective have
already ratified the amendment.
They are Texas, Kentucky, Dela
ware, Maryland, Massachusetts
and Louisiana.
Total number of states nec
essary to carry amendment, 35.
Florida is the fifteenth state to
ratify the national prohibition
amendment, both branches of the
legislature having approved the
measure Wednesday, the house
voting 61 to 1 and the senate-25
to 2. Florida is a dry state, the
people ' having voted for state
wide prohibition at the last elec
tion. Twenty-eight other states, 22
being dry, are regarded as sure
to ratify, making a total of 43,
where only 36 are needed. The
issue is likely to be settled early
in 1919, as 33 state legislatures
meet in January.
Donald Nace, a student at the
Mercersburg Academy, accom
panied by a school chum, Mr.
Cecil McChite, of Dayton, ,0.,
spent the time from last Wed
nesday evening until Friday
morning in the home of Don
ald's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Horace U. Nace, West Lincoln
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Shot His Thumb Off.
Cloyd Marshall, aged about 17
years, son of Thomas Marshall,
of Todd Township, "was out hunt
ing Tuesday accompanied by his
neighbor, , Lawrence Snyder,
Bon of Stanley Snyder. Stop
ingfor a little breathing spell,
Cloyd rested his gun on the
ground, keeping hold of the
barrel with one hand his thumb
being over the end of the muz
zle. In some unoccountable
way, the load was discharged
with the result that Cloyd's
thumb was Bhot off. Dr. Mos
ser was called, and he, with the
boy's father, hurried Cloyd to
the hospital at Chambersburg,
where his wounded hand was
dressed. The boy's father came
home yesterday morning and
said the boy was resting com
fortably. War Insurance Continues.
It is well not only for return
ing soldiers but for their fami
lies to understand that the War
Risk Insurance which has been
taken out by nearly every officer
and enlisted man in the service
does not stop with demobiliza
tion, but will continue on its
present basis fsr a maximum of
five years, Bhort of which time
it is expected that a new ar
rangement will be made.
It appears that nearly every
man in the army has taken out
an insurance of $10,000 for
which the average cost is about
$8 per month, retained out of
pay. If we take the maximum
deaths at 75.000 this means
that $750,000,000 will have to be
paid out by the government.
This estimate is excessive, but
Buch a sum will be available by
the time the demobilization is
completed and a good surplus
will have accumulated. It
should be remembered that this
insurance is not paid in a lump
sum, but in monthly instalments
running over about fifteen years.
Secretary McAdoo has called
attention to the fact that insu
rance will continue and urges
all soldiers and sailors to keep
up payments. The law pro
vides that inside of five years
some plan be adopted for con
serving the insurance of war
survivors. The Committee in
charge has not yet reported a
plan, but it is certain that no
soldier is expected to lose any
thing he has invested.
Already private insurance
companies are making pro
posals for taking over this in
surance in large groups, the
government continuing to collect
premiums and do all the clerical
work. Doubtless the principal
sum will have to be reduced, but
those who started right are as
sured of having the cheapest in
surance the world has ever
known, and so many plans will
be offered that it will be an in
vestment. The Government
now has an idea o f insurance
payable at 61. That is an in
centive to live long and get the
principal rather than let your
heirs receive it. Uncle S am has
made the most liberal provisions
for his soldiers ever known in
the hope of averting pension
scandals in the future.
Mr. O. II. Hewett, Jr., a Y.
M. C. A. secretary from Camp
Pitt, left here on Wednesday of
last week, after having spent
ten days in the County boosting
the Y drive. Mr. Hewett prov
ed himself a real soldier; for in
spite of a wreck of his motor
cycle, from which he received
painful injuries, he addressed
two meetings that afternoon and
evening and did not refer to his
injuries. While here Mr. Hewett
received word of the death
of his brother Captain Ben
jamin H. Hewett in France.
Capt. Hewett had been wounded
at the Front and had been taken
to a Red Cross hospital, and
while there the Germans blew
up the hospital and all the pa
tients were killed,
ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW.
Saapshots at Their Comings and Co'ngs
Here for a Yacatiw, or Away
for 'a Restful Outing.
Robert A. Johnston and family
near Newville, spent TiLriks
givihg Day with their home
people in the Cove.
, A. Warrie Johnston and family
of Newville, spent some time
duj ing the past week among rel
atives and friends in theCovo.
Editor F. McN. Johnston of the
Fulton Republican, attended the
Ceremonial Session of the Shri
ners at Harrisburg on Wednes
day of lart week.
Mr. end Mrs. J. C. Hixeon,
Lewi3 StahleandE. J. Bennett
all of Union township, motored to
McConnellsburg last Saturday
and attended to business a fcv
nours.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Skiles of
Pleasant Ridjre, accompanied by
John H. Strait and family, mo
tored to McConnellsburg last
Saturday and spent a few hours
shopping.
Mr. and Mrs. George Layton
and their little son William, r.nd
the latter's mother, Mrs. W. L.
McKee-all of Whips Cove, mo
tored to McConnellsburg one day
last week.
George K. Nelson and Paul
Shinier, both of whom are em
ployed at the Bethlehem Steel
Company's Works at Steelton,
Pa., spent Thanksgiving Day
with their respective families in
this place.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Martin,
accompanied by Mrs. Charlie
Gordon and Mrs. Wesley McKee
of Needmore, took advantage of
the nice weather Monday and
made a trip in their automobile
to McConnellsburg.
Mr. Geo. W. Barnett, former-'
ly near Saltillo, is now located
in Youngstown. O., in the em
ploy of the Union Wholesale
Lumber Company, capitalized at
more than a million dollars. He
says Youngstown is a very busy
city.
Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Reisnor
and son William H. Reisner, Jr.,
of Ilagerstown, came to McCon
ellsburg on Wednesday of lart
week and spent the Thanksgiving
holiday in the home of Mrs.
Reisner's mother, Mrs. Josephine
A. Sloan.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hamil,
formerly of the City Hotel, Mc
Connellsburg, but now of tho
Hotel Montgomery, Chambers
burg, have received word that
their son Sergeant Ross Hamil of
base hospital, 123 has arrived safe
in France.
. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gladfelter
and daughter Edna, came over
from Altoona in their automobile
to spend Thanksgiving with Mrs.
Gladfelter' parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Daniel Laidig, near Saluvia. On
Saturday Frank brought his fam
ily and his wife's parents to Mc
Connellsburg.
Will Deavor and family accom
panied by their neighbor, A. J.
Hess all near Ilustontown, mo
tored to McConnellsburg, Tues
day. Mr. Hess hes not heard
from his son Russell, who is in
France, since before the war clos
ed, and of course, feels more or
less uneasy about him.
t
Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Kendall,
and daughter Miss Ethel, accom
panied by Miss Mary Kendall,
motored to ' Waynesboro last
Thursday morning, reaching that
town in time to attend the
Thanksgiving services at the
church and later ro enjoy a big.
turkey dinner at the home of Dr.
and Mrs. R. W. McKibbin.
C. E. Starr and wife of Three
Springs, have received word that
their son Charles Harry has land
ed safely overseas. Harry was
called to service August 27th be
ing among the'first of the June
registrants from that section of
the' county. He thoroughly enjoy
ed every day of the six weeks ,
spent at Camp Lee and was vgry
anxious to see the other side.