AT V Vf . I 111 r 5 i fife w- v VOL. XX. NO. 13. McCONNELLSUURG, P., DECEMUER 10,1918. $1.50 A YEAR f ' ! to RECORD OF DEATHS. Short Sketches of the Lives of Per- sons Who Have Recently- . Passed Away. Mrs. William Davis. -Mrs. Susan J. Welsh Davis, wife of William Davis residing at the old Kegarise place just west of the top of Sideling Hill on the Lincoln Highway, died Wednes day morning. December 11, 1918 of broncho-pneumonia, aged abuut 38 years. Mrs. Davi9 had an attack of influenza which brought on par turition and a child was born that lived about 21 hours; this was followed by pneumonia and death came two days later. Mrs. Davis came of a family of twelve children, she having seven sisters and four brothers-all of whom are living, namely, Mrs. Ella Diehl, Everett; Mrs. Sarah Kline, Greencastle; Mrs. Emma Logue, Clearville; Mrs. Mary Shearer, New York; Mrs, Nellie Auld, Newcastle; Mrs. Margaret Spade, Emmaville; Amanda and George Welsh, Ellerslie, Md.; Charles Welsh, Everett; Ray mond, somewhere in France, and Russell, at Hopewell. The deceased was the mother of ten children, two of whom died in infancy. The others, to gether with the father, survive her, namely, Certha, Hazel, May, Oneida, Grant, Grayson, Paul and Roy all at home. Mrs. Davis was an affectionate wife, a care ful loving mother, and a good woman as far as the- neighbors around Saluvia knew, where the family live about three years. The funeral wai held on the 13th. Rev. James Logue came from Clearville on that very inclement day and held the services in that 'onely mountain home, bearing a Tiessaee of comfort to the mem bers of the afflicted family, aft er which Undertaker Homer L. Sipes and Edward R.Hendershot conveyed the remains in an auto truck to the Rockhill Christian church cemetery in Bedford County where interment was made. The infant was buried in the cemetery at Asbury on Tuesday evening the 10th. James Raymond Tritle. James Ravmond Tritle was born March 21, 1901 and difd TWmher 13. 1918. aifed 17 years, 8 months and 22 days, The cause of his death was in fluenza and tuberculosis. Ray mond was a son of James M. and Mary Ott Tritle of Ft. Lou don and he is survived by hi3 pa rents and two sisters and four brothers. The sisters are Mrs. Clarence Zsger, of Ft. Loudon, and Mary, at home. The broth ers are Merrill, Charles, Reed and Kenneth all at home. One Mster. Mrs. B. F. Miller, died on the 4th of November of the same disease. His eldest sister, Mrs. Clarence Zseer. is very, ill with influenza and pneumonia, and has not been informed of Raymond's death. His eldest brother Merrill is very sick at his home with influenza and pneu monia on one lung. Raymond was a member of Trinitv Ev. Lutheran Church. Funeral services were conducted by his pastor Rev. W. G. Slifer, and interment in Ft. Loudon cemetery Sunday afternoon. Raymond was a quiet young man and was well liked by all who knew him. Feter Stains. Peter Stains, of Springfield township Huntingdon County Pa, died Wednesday, December 11, 1918 of Spanish pflurrzi, aged 44 years, 10 months nnd 3 day. He leaves to mourn hn death his wife Arnar.da (Donr-lson) Stains; one son, Peter 1). Stains, and the following brothers and nister; Snsan (Stains) Bsith -f Lock Haven; William and Cath arine Stains of Springfield town ship: Roswell Stains of Wells Valley; Samuel and Newton Stains, of Three Springs; Eliza beth (Stains) Jones of Cooks Town Carbon township; and Gar field Stains in Michigan. The deceased gave his heart to God t-everal years ago at Wal nut Grove in the Church of God, and lived a faithful servant to the time of his death and died in that faith. Peace to bis ashes. Jon Mixloi r. Job Mellott of Bethel township passed away at the home of his son John D. Mellott. of Necd- morp. December 3. 1918. st?ed 85 years, 9 months and 22 days. His death was due to a stroke of paralysis. He was a member of the Chris tian church for forty-five years. His wife preceded him to the spirit world about ten years ago. The deceased is survived by three sons and one daughter, namely: John D. Mellott of Needmore, Joseph E. Mellott of Needmore, Route 2; Wm. Mellott of War fordsburg, Route 1, and Emma, wife of John Harman, of War- fordsburg. He is also survived by twenty-two grand children. The funeral took place Decem ;r 5th, at Cedar Grove ceme tery, where Rev. J. C. Garland preached a very comforting ser mon to a large concourse of sor rowing friends. Henry Spancler. Henry Spangler died at his home in Mercersburg Thursday evening at 5 o clock in his 7th year, having been born April 1, 1842 His death was the culmi nation of an illness extending over a number of years. Until recent years he was closely iden tified with many business activi ties of his community and was at the time of his death director of a number of local enterprises. He served as a member of the board of regents of Mercersburg Academy for a period of 20 years. He was long an elder in the Re formed Church. G. II. Wilson. George Henry Wilson, died at the home of his parents at Cleve land, O. December 9 th, 1918. He was born September 24, 1900 near Clear Ridge, Pa. He was a grandson of Henry and Wil helmina Wilson of Clear Ridge. He is survived by his parents, one brother Merrill, and two sister?, Wilhelmina and Mabel. His funeral was -conducted at Clear Ridge Friday by Rev. Morgan. George was a good Christain boy. He gave his heart to God four years ago, and was bap tized in the Calvary Baptist Church, where he was a faithful member in all church dntics. He knew he was going home and bade all his friends goodbye. John Bender. A letter received last Saturday, brought to Mr. Martin M. Ben der the intelligence that his son John, aged 47 years and 0 days had died at his home in Burling ton, Wis., on the 8th day of this month. The deceased went to Wisconsin about ten yoirs ago and was employed at a rower on a railroad. Ho is survived by his widow and three small chil dren at home, and by one Bon, Harry in France; also, by his father and one brother, Harvey Bender, of the firm of Hull & Bender of the Racket Store. Miss Laura M'. Black. After an illness of but four days of influenza, Miss Laura M. Black died at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Black, near Waterfall on Tues day, November 19, 1918, aged 30 years, 1 month and 9 days. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Hugh Strain of the M. M. Church on the following day, and her remains were laid to rest in the cemetery at the Center M. E. church. Besides her parents, she is Burviwd by the following brothers and sis ters: Meade, living on a farm ad joining the home; Charles, liv ing near; .Emma, wife of Charles Cutchall, lives in the same neighborhood; Bessie M., re cently married to David Strait Is still at home, and Roy, the Fullcn County Ca?naIli;S. The casualty lint during the past week has contained the. fol lowing names of Fulton County boys in France: Corp. Ralph E. Fraker, Fort Littleton, wounded severely) Robert II. Williims, Andover, wounded severely; Mar slu'.ll Sigel, Bunk Valley, wound ed slightly; Herman Craft, l'leas and Ridge, wounded slightly; Herbert Fulton Cooper, of Ayr township is reported nl-Hng in action. Marshall Whorley, grand son of the late Benjamin Shimcr, who is an assistant in the medi cal department of one of the hos pital. in France, wrote lofiicnds in Mcajonneiisuurg uiai ueruen n rtcuonroiMuurK it "'"-" I had been in the hospital, but tnai , j V , t . , he had returned to the Front, an gone into a battle in which he is now reported missing. Distrcssfog Circumstances. About six wtvk a?,o. Albert Byers who had live! thvio years in one of Davie Nelson's tenant houses, in Ayr township moved to Sandy Ridge nar Orbisonia. Two weeks ago, Mrs Byors'and their baby went t Orbisonia t) help care for members of the family of Albert's parents who were down with Fl'i. leaving Al bert and two daughters one 7 and the other 12 at their home. A few days later, Mrs. By era and the baby went to bed with the disease, and soon thereafter the two little girls at home took it On Tuesday morning of last week, Marurarct. the younger died, and the father after having washed and dressed his little daughter, carried the child in his arms'to the home of the undertaker, win lived about a mile and a 'quarter away. The following evening at (5 o'clock, Bessie, the elder of the little pirls died, and the father took this little girl to the under taker's in a buggy. The funeral, which of course, was private, twk place on Friday, and biter - ment was made in the cemetery , Sonic descriptions of Colonel Her at Orbisonia. ! ton's part in these Indian wars Mrs. livers' name is Olive, and she is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elida Knable. of Ayr township. As soon as Elida heard of the death of the younver girl, ho and his w ife and son Walter and wife, and the hitter's son Sylvester, started to attend the funeral, but when they arrived at the home of the Bvers's they found that two had died, instead of one as they supposed, whe-i they left home. About a wek previous to the sickness in Albert's , family, the family of one of his brothers, was completely broken up by the Ho the father, mother, daughter and infar.t, dying wihin a period forty-eight hour, the funeral of the four taking place at the same time. . youngest of the family, is yet with his parents. While the deceased was the fourth child in her father's family, she was .practically the nurse of the family and will te greatly missed in the home. , Mus. S. E. Bowman. Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Bowman, wife of Samuel E. Bowman, died suddenly fit her home in Burnt Cabins, December 9, 1918, aged 78 years, 5 months and 2 days. The funeral was conduct ed by her paster Rov. Ira Du vall in the M. E. church Wed nesday morning after which the remains were taken to the ceme tery at Shade Gap, Pa. Mrs. Bowrrjan was a daughter of Robert and Sarah Morrow of Shade Gap. She was a member of the M. E. Church at Knobs ville, for many years. Besides her husband, she is survived by the following children: David P. of Decorum; Charlie M. near Neelyton; Viola, wife of Pres ston Cowman, BurntCabins; John M. and Miss Savilla; at home. There are nix grnnd children, namely, Fred, and Gilbert Bow man in Illinois, Mrs. Goldie fihoop, at Willow Hill; Mrs. Nellie Null, Mount Union, and Helen and Augusta Bowman near Neelyton, Pa.; also eleven great-grandchildren. She leaves two brothers -McGinniss and John Morrow in Hamilton, Ohio, and one sister Mrs. Emily C. Appleby at Neelyton. DEATH OF COL. IiORTON. Was Eldest Son cf tlic Ute Nathan V. llorloii, and Urrllr.r of L:. A. ilor ton, Veils Valley. Kn.ni tin; Albany .Iminil The death of Colonel Samuel Miller Morton, surgeon, U. S. army, retired, which occurred on Saturd.iy at Iih place of reside n- icey, The Knickerbocker, Jay ! street, marks the passing of a Iwdl known army surgeon and wars. Colonel Horton was born in ISIS near Johnstown. Pa. He received his early education at Uvt;b,,rg college and later en- , , , r tered Ji Hereon M'dic nl college from which he wm graduated in lSiil. After practicing medicine for a short time in Ithaca, he entered the regular army in Au gust, l.v()l, as assistant surgeon, with rank of fint lieutenant, with successive promotions to captain, major, ligutenant-colon- el and deputy surgeon-general and colonel. During the early period of the Civil war he was detailed to hospital duty in the South and MiJdle West, being later present at the siege of Vicksburg. He was brevetted major for faithful and merito rious service during the war. During the series of Indian wars which closely followed the Civil War, Colonel Horton as for many years on the western front participating in these cam paigns. It was during this pe rjlKi that pioneer work of estab- iidiing and (xtending railroad connections through the west was in progress. Coionel Horton was post surgeon at Fort Phil Kear nev at the time of the Fort Phil Kearney massacre, when some 80 officers and soldiers, under Cap tain Fetterman, were massacred by the Sioux Indians. He also participated in the White river ' cxpodition in the winter of 187!). appears in Cyrus Townsend Bra dy's book. "Indian Fights and Fighters," and also in "Army Life on the Plains," by General Carrington. Following his earlier Indian campaigns, Colonel Horton was stationed at many army forts and garrisons, including Platts burg barracks, Fort McKavett, Texas; Fort McIIenry, Mary land; Fort Douglass, Utah; Fort Biley, Kansas, and Fort Adams, R. I. Colonel Horton, after retire ment from active army service in 1S!)1, made his home for some years at Coronado Beach, Cal., and later in New York city and Bi.i-ton. During the past two and a half years he had resided in Albany. He is survived by his wife, a daughter, Mrs. Her hert Dabney, of Boston, and two sons, Tlu'odore Horton of Albany, u;(l James I). Horton of Wash ington; also by three grandchil dren. Mrs. Laura C. Dickson, widow of T. SpfT Dickson is a sister of the late Col. Horton. rrifpid Dud iu Street Jacob Ambrose, figed 74 years, dropped dead at the corner of Church and Market streets, Camp Hill, Pa, on Thursday of last week, death being due to heart failure. t The deceased was a native of Licking Creek township, this county, and lived for many years in Dublin township where he op erated a farm and a sawmill. lie had resided nt Camp Hill for sev eral months living by himself in a house on Church street. The body was taken to the homo of his son Jacob O. Ambrose in Har risburg, where the fnneral was held on Saturday aud interment was made in the cemetery at Pax tang. Five children survive, namely, William E. Ambrose, Greensburg, Pa ; Elward Am brose, McKeespoi t, Ta. ; Jennie McGuigan, Wilmington, Del., Co ra, widow of the late David Croft, near Dane, and Jacob, in Harris-burg. Soldier's Letter. The following letter written "somewhere in France" on the 17th of November by J. Newton Morton, has just been received by his parents.-Hon. and Mrs. Peter Morton. "I received your letter of the 21st ult. yesterday, and was glad to hear from you,x yet sorry to hear that the influenza epidemic is spreading so rapidly. You should be careful; it is a dread d disease. There is scarcely any of it here now, although there was quite a bit of it during the spring and Bummer before you got it in the States.' I can hardly realize that '.'be guerne finis," that was all you could get out of the French the day the armistice was signed. It means the war is finished. ' We are still working here and have about three months more work and hard to say how much more. I think we ought to get back so I would get my chin greased with buckwheat cakes. I 3aw in a paper night before last where a prominent man in the States made a speech in which he said the soldiers should be held here for two years after peace, He should run for cilice now to see how poiular he made himself with the soldiers. Too bad he is not over here wading in the mud getting one dollar and ten cents a dav. I heard him called some names that was not as compli mentarv as names could be. am sure none of them would look good in print. When the boys saw that statement it sure made them hostile and I don't think it would have paid him to be in camp. Everything i3 going the same as usual here. I will probably get back before so many months and tell you all I haven't written. I am well and sincerely hope you are all enjoying the best of health. Lovingly your Fon J. Newton Morton. Busy Winter In Lime Belt. Hundreds of abandoned lime kilns throughout Pennsylvania will be fired again this winter and next spring, according to opinions expressed at the December meet ing of the State Commission of Agriculture. There will be a great demand for fertilizers of all kinds next spring, as thous ands of acres are being prepar ed for seeding, and as the suply and price of agricultcral lime have been reported unsatisfac tory, steps will be taken to bring about a revival of the business. Experience gained during the past score of years shows that nothing pays so well on the slate land of Fulton County as lime; and the increased production ot wheat and hay, and the additional production of live stock, which follows as a natural consequence, is nowhere more marked than in Belfast, and in Licking Creek, township. The use of lime as a fertilizer has increased enorm ously in Pennsylvania within two years. The Christmas Koll Call. The Christmas Roll Call for 1918 is a universal Call to the peo ple of the United States to enroll themselves in the grandest min istry of service that the world has ever known. The present indications are that this call is being responded toby the American people during this week in a most remarkable man ner. We believe in completing the work which we began when we entered this war. The people of Fulton County have borne their sharp of the bur den in all former drives, during this war, and we are going to do it again. We could not afford to fail in this drive. Every auxili ary in Fulton County is expected to do its best this week. , Roll Call Chairman McConnellsburg Pa. Subicr'b for tba News Soldier's Letter. Sergt. J. D. Hoop, Co. C. C02 Engrs., Am. E. F., writes from Some where in France under date of November 7th: DuAit Mr. Peck '.-Sometime has elapsed since I last wrote you, but the wtws is reaching me regularly, and has followed me to the Front. After a few quiet weeks of training in the farming districts of France, wo cinifj to the Front on the 25 of September to take part in the big drive that started on the following day. Coming, as we did, from a quiet French town, and plunging into one of the worst battles of the war was some experience. We are at this minute under fire; but of courEP, not firing at this minute. I am sitting in a Bmall w'ood-and-plast- er Bhack. The time is 4 o'clock in the morning, and I am writ ing by the dim light made by a tallow candle partly concealed in a Hun helmet, to keep the light from binning through the many hole3 in the top and sides of the shack, and thus making a target forthe aim of some wily Hun. In our old school readers we used to read about "cannon to the right of them; cannon to the left of them" but if the author of that poe.n were w riting to-day, he might say "batteries to the right of them; batteries to the left of them," instead of cannon. I know he would wind up by writing a whole stanza telling of our monster guns that bark at irregular intervals and bite great holes in the earth several leagues back of the Hun lines. Lordy, how the Huns do hate those big guns! They are trying by every means at their command to get them first by shell fire, and then by airplane but all to no good, ffurther than affording air bat tles of almost hourly occurrence I shall not attempt to describe a battle. It's something that can't be done. Too terrible, in all its conditions to be accurately described by pen. It would be like trying to describe the glow of a sunset, or the hidden emo tions of pent up feelings. No one can ever know just what a terrible battle means without go ing through the actual experi ence. The feeling of fear that takc3 hold of you as the first rain of shells begin to drop around you and explode with terriflic vio 1 e n c e, soon vanishes. Even though, some of your comrades have fallen, you find that you have not been hit, and somehow other, you do not expect to be. Then an indescribable excitement and determination to crush to death the foe, makes you forget all danger, and you throw jour whole being into the fray. As the hours pass, you settle down to a quiet contemplation of the events taking piece, and work at the game as though you were working by tho day and not by the job. And bo, whole days and nights have slipped away almost before we knew it-and we have emerged from one of the most terrific bombardments of mod ern times. Of course the Hun3 did not break through our lines, and we knew they wouldn't. On the first of this month we launched another big drive. For hours the air was full of explod ing shells, and the earth trembled with the vibration caused by the belching fire of our great guns; but, the lines of the Huns began to weaken, our boys pushed for ward, and soon the Huns were showing their heels and our boys are keeping them on the run. Although we are victorious, there is much about the .game that is not play, Before the bat tle, there are long, long hours of suspensive waiting, as we were in position to hear what we could not see. It was work, work, work day and night night un til rest came like an opiate, Withal, the boys in the army are a jolly happy set, bubbling over with the energy and vitality of young manhood. The tales of individual bravery and accon ABOUT IEOPLC YOU KNOW. Snapshots at Their Comings and Goings Here fur a Vacation, or Away for a Restful Outing. Rev. and Mrs. John Mellott and sons Webster and Calvin, near Pleasant Ridge, spent a few hours in town Monday. H. C. Brant nnd wife 9nd E. II. Kirk and daughter Miss Mar garet, -all of Hiram, motored to Chanibersburg hat Saturday. Russell Nelson left New York Wednesday of list week on a Steamer on the While Star line, fur France, to enter upon his du ties as Secretary of Y. M. C. A. work. Mr. and Mrs, Geo. W. Sips and daughter Miss Eleanor, of Wills Valley, with Mr. Horrold Veatch at the wheel, motored to Mercersburg Monday to attend the funeral of Henry M. Spang ler. Mr. and Mrs. Orville R. Beat- ty, Needmore R. 1, spent Sunday niiht in the home of Mrs. Beat- ty's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Char- ie Cress, near Knobs ville, and were in to An a few minutes Mon day morning on their way home. Miss Lillio Sipes of Huston- town, and her nephews Bruce and Orrin Shaw, snent a few hours in town Monday. Miss Sipes' sister Mrs. Sadie Shaw, and son Russell have just passed through an attack of pneumonia, and seem to be convalescing sat isfactorily now. Mr. and Mrs. Ceo. S. Mellott of Sipes Mill, left yesterday for Ambridge, Pa., where they ex pect to spend the ho'idays with their children, Dr. Albert N., Howard S,, end Lester. They will be joined in Ambridge by their daughter Miss Zoe, a sten ographer in the hospital in Mon gahela City, who will take her holiday vacation at that time. Mr. and Mr. Silas Mellott, and their son-in-law and daughter Chester II. Carnell and wife, and Miss Eva Carnell-all of Need more R. 1, motored to McCon nellsburg last Saturday. Mr. Mellott was soliciting contribu tions of funds for the cleaning and care of the cemetery at the Sideling Hill Baptist church. This is one of the oldest burying ground in the County, and if ev ery person who has friends lying in that yard were to contribute even as small a sum as fifty cents, there would be plenty to keep the yard in a creditable condition. pliahment are astonishing, yet true; and the boys of the Key stone State have written a page in the annals of history that will grow brighter as the decade3 roll on. The time is near when the Kai ser's dreams of world power will fade away, and he will awaken to' the realization of the prodig ious miBtoke he made when he launched this terrible conflict on the world. Soldier's Lsltcr. On Active Service with the American Expeditionary Force, November 17, 1918, to his pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. James K. Cooper. My dear Parents: -I will now drop you a few lines to let you know thatlamstiil s."fe and all right, although I had some very narrow escapes. I am feeling fine, and expect to be home soon. I was at the Front when the war came to a close. I was in a hard fight on Sunday the day . before the end came. I guess you will all be glad to hear that I carno thru safe. ' I expect to be home by Christmas. I will write and let you know what time I sail for home, if I find out in time. I think if nothing takes place, I will have some good news for you spring. y'' Walter S. Coopfp ' Co. F, 6t!f . A. E. F A. V!
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