' ggB HTLTOIT 60PHTT PBWi, HiCOHliaLIJlUlO, ML INTERESTING PARAGRAPHS tfL'cal and General Interest, Gathered , at Home or Clipped from onr Exchanges. ftpNDENSED FOR HURRIED READERS f . f More Ladies' Coats at J. K. Johnston's. There will be a Christmas ser vice at the Pleasant Grove Chris tain church on the evening of December 25. Warm Blankets and Bed Com forts at J. K. Johnston's. Rev. and Mrs. J. L Yearick, of Bos well, Fa., spent the time from Sunday until Tuesday after noon, among their former parish ioners in this place. Four Buckle Arctics and "Hi Bootee" at J. K. Johnston's. Mr. and Mrs. Riley Hess and daughter Nellie, of Hiram, Pa. spent a few hours in town last Saturday, and Mrs. Hess and Nellie were pleasant callers at the News office. Jam93 H. Kendall and family motored across the mountain to Franklin County Monday morn ing and spent the day in the home of Mr. Kendall's sister, Mrs. Laura McDowell. Ex-County Commissioner Amos Sharpeand son Virgil, of Thomp son Township, spent a few hours in town Monday. While M r. Sharpe has plenty of avoirdupois, he says his health is not very good. Mrs. G. W, Mellott and daugh ter Clara Hazel near Cito, spent a few hours in town Monday, and called at the News office to ad vance her subscription. Mrs. Mellott said her son Carl, who is in the Navy, left Newport News on the 16th of October for a sec ond trip to France. Carl is a wireless man. After having been in Uncle Sam's service about three months, Andrew M. Sipes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Berkeley Sipes near Huston town, returned home Monday with an honorable discharge in his pocket. Andrew had spent his time of service in the Univer sity of Pittsburgh, taking a spe cial course in auto-mechanics. Landlord James of the Travel lers' Home on East Lincoln Way, took his son George to Philadel phia this week to the Wills Eve Hospital. George has been em ployed in a large baking estab lishment in Chambersburg for sometime, but his eyes have been giving him some trouble, and it was thought wise not to defer having them treated. A postal from Mrs. Marshall McKibbin (Kit Cook) Washing D. C, says that Miss Emily Greathead, who had been visit ing Mrs. McKibbin a few days, went to Norfolk on Monday of last week to spend some time in she home of her brother "Newt." The postal, also stated, that her husband, Captain Marshall Mc Kibbin was due to be home from the Service on Monday of this week "for good." Federated Churches of McCon nellsburg, Rev. William J. Lowe, minister. All the services of Sunday, December 15 will be held in St Pauls Reformed Church. Sunday schools at 9 30: Preach ing service at 10 30: Christain Endeavor at 6 p. m. and evening service at 7. The subject of the sermon at the evening service will be, "Temptations", it being the third sermon in the series; "Lessons for today from the Life of Joseph". Our friend James S. Brattan, formerly assistant editor of the News, and now managing editor of the Mount Union News, had a six weeks' spell of sickness, and was just getting on his feet again, when a big touring car ran him down in one of the streets of that city, and just stopped in the nick of time to sava crushing his life out. We are giad to note that he is again on the job, and good as ever. DR. FAHRHEV HAGERSTOWN, MD. OIAGPSJIGSAS! Specialist in Chronic Diseasn Acute diseases get well of themselves or run into chronic form. There is always a cause and you can not get well until the cause is removed. Cause and effect is the great law of nature. You know the effect "-find the cause. Send me your name and. address and let me study your case, Consultation Free Men's Overcoats and Macki naws at J. Kf Johnston's. Mrs. Leslie W. Seylar returned home last Saturday evening after having spent ten days very pleas antly with friends in Philadel phia. Earl Palmer, Thomas Mellott, Mrs. Norman Akers and Miss Lola Deahong all of Sipes Mill, motored to McConnellsburg last Saturday. Ensign Ira L. Peck, U. S. N., spent a few "days at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jona than P. Peck near St. Thomas during the past week. Mr. Ross King accompanied by Mrs. Martha Laidig and her daughter Miss Edna, near Hiram, motored to McConnells burg Tuesday for a few hours' shopping. McConnellsburg Charge, M. E. Church, Rev. Edward Jackson, pastor. Regular services Decem ber 15th as follows: Fort Little ton, 10:30; Knobsville, 2:30; Evangelistic services at Knobs ville at 7 in the evening. Bro. E. C. McKown, of Waynesboro will speak at all these services. Five Fulton County girls look after the appetites of the board ers and transient guests in one of Mount Union's big hotels one by assisting in cooking, and the others as waiters in the dining room. A few days ago there were six one being a visitor. On that occasion, a former Mc Connellsburg man went into the dining room, seated himself at a table, and while waiting to be served, drew from his pocket a late copy of the Fulton County News and began to peruse its columns. In a moment the ser vice in the dining room was for gotten, and six pairs of eyes were eagerly scanning the pa- par to see the latest, Fulton County happenings, much to the consternation of the other board ers who saw a chance to miss getting their dinner. The! names of the girls are Dorothy ! Richards, of McConnellsburg; Alice and Frances Keebaugh, , Burnt Cabins; Hazel and Delia I Camel, near Warfordsburg, and the visitor was Miss Pearl Car nell. la Memoriam. In sad but loving remembrance of my dear brother Dr. Blair W. Truax, who departed this life one year ago December 7, 1917. Death has robbed me of my brother Whom I loved and cherished bo; ,It was Slalr, my brother, Can I help but shed a tear? Brother, dear, you'r not forgotten, Nor never will you be; For, as oag as life and memory, I'll always thick of thee. His willing1 hands aro folded Ills toils on earth are done, His troubles are all ended, His heavenly crown is won. I did not know the pain he had, I did not see him die. I only kcew he passed away And tetersald oodbye. 1 mourn for h m in silence None shall see me weep; But on my sorrowing heart His loving memory I shall keep. Of.ohcia, Notice to Shareholders. Tb.3 regular annual meeting of the shareholders of the first Na tional Bank, of McCaanell'JbiKg, Pa , for the election of directors for the ensuing year, will be hold in the Bankiog Rooms of said institution on Tuesday, January 14, 1919, between the hours of 12 o'clock noon and 2 o'clock, P. M. Mei.rill W. Nace 12 12 4t. Cashier. Notice to Shareholders. . The regular annual meeting of the Slnrofnllers of tbeb'aHon County Dink, :f McCnne!U burg, Pa , for the election of di rectors for the ensuing year wilj be held in the banking rooms of said institution on Tuesday, January 14, 1919 between the hours of 1 o'clock and 2 o'clock, P. M. - Wilson L Nace, 1212 4i Cashier. Suitcase Lost Between Thomas Marshall's in Tod township and St. Thomas last Friday afternoon, a brown suit case. It contained clothing for Mr. Marshall's son Cloyd who is in the hospital at Chambersburg, and the finder will very much oblige the family by returning the suit case to the family or to the News office. War Motes. Mack Morton, who had been in one of the southern training camps for several months, came home a few days ago with an honorable discharge. It is reported here that James C. Davis's mother, who is now Mrs. Sherman Clevenger in Brush Creek Valley, received official notice from the War Department a few days ago that James had been killed in battle in France on the 10th of November-just the day before the war closed. The body of Carl Wilson, who was in a training camp in Texas, was brought to the home of his parents, near Dublin Mills a few days ago, for burial. It is reported that Herbert Cooper, son of Mr. and Mrs. James K. Cooper, of the Cove, is in a hoppital in France from hav ing been wounded in battle. The old Indian school property at Carlisle has been fitted up for use as a Government hospital, and the wounded boys from this section of she State are likely to be cared for there.- The British Government has placed several of their best liners a,t the disposal of the Unit ed States to aid in the Bpeedy transportation cf troops back to their homes in this country. Germany Miscalculated. The Allies and, America will have to agree on a receiver for Germany if Great Britain is go ing to press a claim for 40 bil lions, and the French claims are to be "indefinitely larger" than the British, and the Belgian claim is for more than a billion on ac count of property taken or de stroyed, without regard to Bel gium's war costs, and we shall have a right to claim 20 billions or. something like that. As the avowed purpose of Germany was to "bleed France white," and incidentally destroy England, and collect the entire German war costs, with war profits annexed at the usual rate?, from us, Ger many will have no right to com plain whatever America and the Allies do. But, of course, it will complain; it has never been able to see why it should not denounce when practiced by other nations those things which it does, or threatens to do if it should get a chance. Philadelphia Record. Predicts Open Winter. Jacob Linder, a resident of Luzerne County the past seventy five years and who has watched weather conditions closely for more than half a century, pre dicts that the coming winter will be mild and that this section of Pennsylvania will have a green Christmas. According to Lind ner there will be but one bliz zard and that in the first half of February. He bases his proph ecy o n astronomical calcula tions and signs of nature. Lindner says that the weeds in the fields are short, showing that seed pods wiM not raise high, as there will be no deep snow. He finds that squirrels did not store up nuts so industriously this year as last- Chickens are slow in moulting and taking on their winter coats of feathers and horses d o not have the thick hair they get when severe weath er is due, d eclares the aged ob server. 175 lb Buck. A party of our town boys com posed of Reynolds Forner, Rus sell Sipes, Clarence Shimer and Bruce Shimer, and three from Fort Loudon, killed a fine three- pronged buck Tuesday that weighed 175 lbs. after the en trails had been removed. The lucky shot was made by a Mr. Robinson, the garage man at Fort Loudon,. The deer was killed near the four-mile post on the Lincoln Highway, on the east side of Tuscarora mountain. DeshODg Kline. George J.Deshong, son of Mrs. Elizabeth Pittman and her late husband John Deshong, was mar ried to Miss Effie Agne3 Kline, daughter of Mrs. Eliza Jane Funk Kline and her late husband Samuel C. Kline. The ceremony was performed at the home of the officiating clergyman, Eld. J. Calvin Garland on Monday, De cember 2, 1918. Mrs. Geo. B. Mellott is visiting her daughter Mazie, Mrs. C. E. VanHart at Lambertville, N. J. We Obeyed Orders. With the elimination of most of the restrictions on the sale of sugar, the County Fond Admin istrator feels it is due the mer chants and patriotic people of Fulton County to let them know something of our record. I can say that we have kept within our allotment in every instance. When the final tabulations are all made by the Food Adminis tration, you can rest assured that Fulton County will have an hon orable position among the coun ties of the State. This will be a direct reflection of the patriotism and honor of our merchants and the purchasing public. The good people that have saved sugar, and helped to keep Fulton Coun ty on the honor roll, will always have the satisfaction of having a clear conscience, and knowing that they contributed toward bringing the war to elope. To all such merchants and consumers the County Food Administrator expresses his most sincere thanks. John R. Jackson, County Food Administrator. Turning Over Planes. The surrender of the 2000 Ger man airplanes required under the terms of the armistice, has been proceeding during the past week and it is expected the full com plement of the enemy machines will soon be in allied hands. Some light is thrown upon what this surrender of aircraft means to the Germans by the official figures of air fighting up on the British western front from January 1, 1918. to the date o f the armistice. These figures show the number of enemy machines destroyed i n aerial combat by the British to have been 3.0G0, while the enemy machines driven down out of control were 1174. Ger many is known to have lost over G000 airplanes destroyed and surrendered during the present year. On the other hand the I resources of the allies are being ! reinforced by 2000 German ma chines of modern type and in good condition. The Red Cross Christmas Roll Call. The Christmas Roll Call will be gin December the lGth and will continue until December 23rd. At the call of the Chief Ex ecutive of our nation every Amer ican is aked to join the Red Cross and thus send greetings to the whole human family. A prompt response to this most urgent call is only a small portion of our ap preciation and gratitude for Vic tory and peace. Some of our boys have already returned from military service. By January 1, 1919 many more will have arrived. They will ex pect to see a 1919 Red Cross button on every adult at least. Do not disappoint them. Should the Enrollment Com mittee of your Auxiliary fail to ' reach you, kindly send your En ' rollmcnt fee, one dollar, stating i the township in which you live, to j Mrs. B. Frank Henry secretary of the Fulton County Chapter land receive in return the 1919 Red Cross button. Roll Call Chairman McConnellsburg Pa. Read "Lost Island." The boys and girls and grown ups, too will take special delight in reading "Lost Island," begin ning next Sunday in "The Phila delphia Record." It is a thrill ing story of adventure, with the lure of sunken treasure and the tang of the sea, recalling the fas cination of "Treasure Island." The fiction now being published in the special magazine section of "The Record" is some of the best that ha3 ever been published by a newspaper. Adv. Card of Thaiiks. The family of Mrs. Annie Win ters desires through the columns of the News to thank the many kind friends and neighbors, who so willingly lent a helping hand amidst the sickness and death of their beloved mother. The Children. THE HOMESEEKER'S OPPORTUNITY. $l00 Nicely arranged well b j ll ojsy 8 room boufe on an elegant lot near churchei and so ool, with concrete walks ' to eBch, located on a residential stret - city water and a desirable home in every nay. Possession given In CO days. Call and examine. F. M. rAYLQK. ' MoConnelUburjr, Pa. Farmers' Institutes. There will be four days of Farmers' Institutes in Hunting don county this year. Decern ber 18 and 19 at Hustontown and Dec. 20 and 21 at Cedar Grove. Every farmer in Fulton county and every one interested in farm work and farm life is invited to attend these meetings. Subjects of special interest to farm wo men and to the farm boys and girls will be discussed of both, meetings. The important prob lem of marketing farm crops will be presented by men ex perienced and trained in this work. Evening sessions will be held both days of each meeting and we should like to have the entire communities turn out to these evening meetings. There will be something interesting ev ery minute of the session. Arrange to leve your farm work for two days and let us meet together and talk over the problems which are coming up in our practice every day on the farm. The other fellow may help you to work out some of your difficulties. Come to every session prepared to ask plain practical questidns and take an active part in all the discussions, These institutes are planned for the farm people and those who take the most active part are the ones who receive the most bene fit. See the posters in your stores and post office for further notice of these meetings. Remember the time and place, Hustontown, Decembar 18 ar.d 19. Cedar Grove, December 20 and 21. Use Every Precaution. While the Flu epidemic has prevailed to some extent in this County, the fatality has been light when compared with many other places; and while we would not unduly alarm our people, we would caution every citizen in the county to take every precaution possible to keep from getting the disease, and to keep from spread ing it, if once it is in the family. Itwas hoped that with the com ing on of winter, the scourge would be abated, but in the ab sence of the cold freezing weath er that usually prevails at this season and most of us have rea son to remember something of the kind of weather we had just one year ago the epidemic seems to be breaking out afresh -in some instances taking whole families. Health officer D. M. Crist, of Gettysburg reports that four Get tysburg physicians are attending no fewer than 198 cases, of which 50 are in the town. Some cases have appeared at college with the result that the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house is again being used as an infirmary. In the county there are report ed to be 550 cases now under treatment. These are scattered over a wide radius, though New Oxford and nearby sections, and Gettysburg and the rural districts immediately adjoinning it, are regarded as having the greatest number of patients. Reports from Franklin County are to the effect that it is extend ing out into the rural districts to an alarming extent. ' More Sugar Restrictions Removed. Dealers may purchase sugar now without certificates, but should limit purchase to a thirty days' supply, till Jan. 15, 1919. Consumers are no longer limit ed to four pounds per month, and dealers may sell a consumer a thirty days' supply to meet all legitimate needs. The counter Registration records is no longer necessary. Restrictions governing use of sugar in public eating houses are removed. The sugar bowl may be placed on the table, and ho tels and restaurants are no long er limited' to four pounds of su gar for each ninety meals served. If the people only purchase su gar to meet their needs, the Food administration believes there will be sugar for all. The law against hoarding is still in effect, and persons found guilty of violating the law will be se verely dealt with. The price regulation continues. Merchants may now sell con sumers sugar for preserving meats and other preserving needs, without a special permit from the Food Administration. John R. Jackson, County Food Administrator. Bnbacr'be for the News Racket Store We started last week to lellyou something about Fall Underwear but got too busy to get it to the printer. We - wish now to say that we were fortunate in getting WOOL UNDERWEAR for men at $2.25 each, and the Wool Union Suits at $3.50-and these ARE WOOL, too. Men's cotton union suits 1.75 to 2.25; Men's heavy fleece-lined shirts and drawers at 98 to I 20. Boys' and Misses' underwear separate and union 18 to 1.00 each. Men's sweaters 1.50 to 4.50. BLANKETS Horse Blankets, 1.08 to 7.00. Bed Blankets, 3.75 to 7.50. LMen's and Boy's Mackinaws 1.50 to 10.00. Men's Cord pants lined all through, 3.90. Men's 36 inch work shirts 1.25. Siniile-barrel SHOTGUNS 1G and 12 gauge 7. 50, fullchcked, shells of all kind?. We have a full line of Never-slip goods this season and at the right price. 50-lb. heavy tinned lard cans G5 cents; butcher knives 15 to 35 cts. Coal oill3cts. a gallon; holdfast shoe nails 5c. The heaviest stovepipe at 25 cents a joint; elbows, 20 cts. Eureka fodder yarn-nice goods not all tar, 21 cents a pound. Rubbers Rubbers We have a nice lot of rubbers of all kinds, and at the right pi ice. We handle Goodrich and Ball Band goods. Shoes Shoes Our line of shoes never was in better shape than this fall. Some of them are higher in price, but wc would rather they would advance the price and keep up the quality, than keep the price down and take it out of the shoes. Just received a nice lot of MISSES UNION SUITS at 45c suit, and some Men's Heavy Under-shirts at 75c. Come in and we think we can save you a good day's wages and show you some goods that you wont see in all the stores. Thanking you for past favors, we are at your service. HULL & BENDER A Market for your MILK $3.60 per Cumberland Valley Creamery and Dairy Company. First Class Officer. The following item appeared in the Kelly Field Eagle, under the date of November 7, 1918, published at Kelly Field, Texas: "Section L, under the com mand of Lieutenant John W, Mentzer, was awarded the de cision over he other sub-sectiens under the command of Lieuten ant Oran G. Kirkpatrick, Sec. 2, Air Service Mechanics School, at the weekly review last Thurs day, and will have the honor of carrying the United States flag and the Sections colors until A ft v A A V A V Boginning Novombor 15 the C. V. Cream ery and Dairy Uo. will buy all your whole milk at their McConnellsburg plant at hundred This is the opening price and is sure to go higher as tho season advances it is pre dieted tho price will go near tho $4 mark within a few weeks. Deliver all your milk to our McConnells burg plant it means more protit for you. See our manager, Mr. Frank Tritle for furthor information. supplanted by another outfit. Every Thursday when tho troops are reviewed by Majcr Geo. E. Stratemater, command ing officer A. S. M. S., the honor goes to the Bub-sertion that pre sents the most military appear ance and the strightest line." , Lieut Mentzer is a son of Asenath Mentzer, east of town. Be Patriotic and Tie-as. There will be a patriotic enter tainment and pie social at Mc- Govern's School, Todd Townhi; on Thursday evening, Decern ty 19th at 7:30 In the interest or Red Cross.
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