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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-17
MEMORIAL DAY ARRANGE.
MENTS.
From Fulton Republican.

From Fulton Republican.
Memorial Day will be appro-
priately observed in this place.
The G.. A. II. announces that a
committee has been appointed to
secure speakers for that day to
deliver addresses and the me-
mortal Grafton.
Rev. H. M. Ash will preach the
annual memorial sermon to the
old soldiers on Sunday evening,
May q, in the Methodist Epis-
copal church in this place. The
children of the different Sunday
schools will be asked to decorate
the graveyards of their churches.
An invitation is to be extended
to the band and all the orders of
the town to participate in the GER
emonies
The speaking will begin in the
Court House promptly at 1870 p.
NJ, the decoration of the graves
of the dead comrades to follow
Immediately thereafter.
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SIPES MILL.

General Pedden and Captain
Dotterman, Salvation Army
workers of Knobsville, spent Sat
urday, Sunday, and Monday,
May 5, 6, and Z, with their many
friends in this place They held
services during the evening,
which were as usual largely at
tended. They were requested
by the Christian Church here to
hold services a few evenings;
but, as their time was limited on
account of campmeeting which
they expect to hold at Knobsville
in the near future, they were un-
able to remain, a fact that our
people greatly regretted. They
expect to hold q campmeeting in
June in the woods near Morton S
Point schoolhouse, to continue
over two Sundays.
There was a large attendance
at the May Meeting at the Bap-
tist church. Three preachers
were there-two from West Vir-
ginia and one from New York.
On Friday, the funeral of Jacob
f. Garland was preached; on Sat
urday, that of Mrs, Rebecca Mel
lott, and on Sunday, that of 81
mon Starr. Among the many
strangers present, we notice Mr.
and Mrs. 2. p. Mann and their
little son Harold, of McConnells.
burg.
Ross and Newt Bard go to Pot
ter county this week.
Miss Orpha Snyder and Mr..
Thomas Wink were the guests of
Mrs. Effie Wink last Saturday
and Sunday week.
This community was shocked
by the death of Samuel TruaX.
While he had been sick a long
time, no one was expecting his
death at this time.
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SIDELING HILL.

Planting corn is the order of
the day with our farmers,
Preaching next Sunday night
at Bedford Chapel by Rev.
Hughes.
Walter WEIGHT, Roy Garland,
Russell Layton, and Samuel Win
ter, with their lady friends, at
tended May Meeting at Sideling
Hill last Sunday.
The Sideling Hill post office is
again moved to its old stand at c..
f. b. Hills, and is again under a
careful manager.
Lewis Sipe and wife, of Laidig,
were visiting Jacob l.. Hess and
family, Sunday last.
Jonathan Sipe, of Davis, w. Va.
has moved to his farm in upper
Bethel. Welcome back, brother.
Nathan Hill, of Black Oak
Ridge, was visiting Mr.. Ezra
Pittman; Sunday last.
Albert Hess has purchased a
new wheel.
Jacob l.. Hess and A. II. Lane
hart peeled four tons of bark in
one day last week and they say it
did not peel good either.
Rev. Funk, of Timber Ridge,
made flying trip through this
section, Monday.
Mrs. Reuben Mellott is on the
sick list.
Mabel Winters was visiting at
Warfordsburg Saturday last
Grace Layton visited Albert
HiXson's family Saturday
Job Mellott visited his daugh-
ter Mrs Bernhard of this place
Saturday.
Albert Hess and A. III. Lane
hart attended preaching and bap-
tism at Mays chapel Sunday.
Lillian Fisher, of this place,
visited friends at Franklin Mills
recently.
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Denton Gam BILE.

On Thursday last, May 10,
1900, Mrs. Andrew Fraker, of
Taylor township, received a letter
from her brother, Mr.. Matthew
Gamble, of Stanton, Nebraska,
which conveyed to her the sad in
telligence of the death of her
brother, Mr.. Denton Gamble who
died at Kansas City, April goth.
He had taken lung fever and was
only sick about a week. On
April 30, his remains were placed
in u beautiful casket covered with
flowers, and laid to rest in nice
cemetery overlooking the Mis-
souri, River.
Mr.. Gamblewas born in Frank
lin county, Pa; and from there,
moved to this county where he
resided with his sister, who
lived on the farm now owned and
occupied by A. j. Fraker. About
thirty-five years ago, Mr.. Gamble
left Pennsylvania for the West
ern States. He first went to
Sandusky, Ohio, and lived there
several years. From there, he
went to Kansas City, where he
lived until his death. He mar
ried lady in Kansas, and to
them six children were born.
All are dead but one boy, and
now, the father, being the sixth
one of that family to pass away.
He leaves kind wife and one son
to mourn his loss; also three
brothers and three sisters,
namely, Matthew Q. Gamble,
Stanton, Nebraska; Mr.. William
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-17
OUR LITTLE MARY.

The home Of the Editor, du-
ring the past week, has been a
sad one Mary Theresa, seven
and a half year old daughter of
the editors 5 brother, Silas E. Peck
has had her home during the past
three years in the EDITORS fam
lily, and by her gentle sweet man
ner, had greatly endeared her
self to the home. Ten days ago,
she began to complain of a
pain in her head which grad
unlly developed into an acute in
ilammation of the brain, produc.
ing commissions and paralysis.
AS we go to press, Wednesday
noon, she is lying in an uncon.
scious condition.
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L4AIDlG.

Last week and this week Mr..
Hockensmith with Il force Of
hands has been trying to make
better roads.
Miss Isa Stevens will go to
Philadelphia this week where
she will be employed for some
time.
Edwin and Maggie Clevenger
attended May Meeting on Sun
day.
Fannie Deavor visited relatives
at Fort Littleton on Sunday.
Last Tuesday evening quite a
fire started from logs which
Stephen Chilcote was burning.
1t burned over quite lot of
woodland. Had it not been for u
little shower of rain, much dan
ger might have resulted.
Some of our farmers have fin
ished planting corn. Others are
waiting for rain before they fin
ish.
The Epworth League of Fair
view met at j. FL. Edwards s Sun
day evening to conduct praise and
prayer service
Hiram Clevenger and N. f. M,
Hoover spent few hours with
George A. Harris Sunday
aftern oon.
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NEEDMORE.

Funk's mill has been moved to
Eli Hams, There will be a nice
bunch of lumber to cut there.
Rev. Calvin Funk lost a valu-
able COW last Thursday night.
Mr., and Mrs. Benjamin Gar
land spent last Thursday at
Enoch Mellott's. Mr.. Garland
expects to move on the home
place next week.
Mr.. Moses Hill expects to
leave for Potter county on the
fifteenth inst.
Jim Mellott, George Wink, and
Charlie Garland were in McConn-
ellsburg last Saturday.
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IN MEMORIAM.

In sad but loving remembrance OF our dear
sister Comfort Phebe Virginia Cattlett
who departed this life May 49, 1883
Just seventeen years ago to-day
You closed your eyes in death,
While we stood at your bedside
And saw you draw your last breath;
And, O! what pangs of sorrow
There came into our hearts,
AS we realized the terrible fact
That we on earth must part.
No, at death she did not falter,
For her Saviour led the way;
And she reached the golden portals
Just about the break of day.
Dear Jennie is sleeping, so free from
all pain,
o, wake her not sweet spirit, to suffer
again;
She slumbers so soundly, O let her
sleep on;
Her sickness is ended, her troubles all
gone.
Think how she suffered, yet bore all
her pain,
In the long night hours, as we soothed
her in vain,
Till God in his mercy sent down from
above
An angel that whispered message of
love.
BY her sister Lily May Fisher,
May Is, 1900.
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HIGH POINT.
Hot and cold weather.

Hot and cold weather.
Plenty of work for them that
want it.
II. M. Cline, merchant, is doing
a fine business and we think by
his trips to Knobsville he is look
ing for an assistant salesman.
That's right.
We understand the Salvation
Army will open their meeting at
Knobsville the Goth inst. We al
so understand Ed Fore will run
restaurant close the ground.
Right, Ed.
Bark peeling is about played
out. Fraker Bros. are doing fine
work.
Grain is looking poor; corn is
coming up; candidates are scarce.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-17
CENTRE.

Jacob Winegardner has inn
proved his barn by having new
spouting attached.
Joseph d. Stevens is still very
sick. We hope for his speedy
recovery.
Theodore Thompson and wife
of McConnellsburg, took dinner
last Tuesday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Harvey Berkstresser.
Catharine McClain has a very
sore finger, the result of a tur-
key "bite.
David Knepper has sold his
Belfast mare.
Frost has damaged the peach
crop up this way.
b. S. Winegardner is our cham
pion rail splitter.
Last Thursday, Mrs Ander-
son went in search.of one of her
turkeys that had been missing
for several days. She at length
found the turkey with its wing
cropped, penned in an old stable.
The turkey would soon have been
dead from starvation. 1t was a
thoughtless piece of cruelty on
the part of some miscreant.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-17

Gamble, West Newton, Pa; Mr..
Alex. M. Gamble, Shade Gap, Pa.
Mrs. Elizabeth G. Fral1er, Clear
Ridge, Pa; Mrs. Lima Alexander
Willow Hill, Pa; and Mrs. Mar
rietta Morrison, Pemberville,
Ohio.
He was about sixty years of
age. Plastering was his occupa-
ton. His many friends and rela-
atives are sorry to hear of his
death.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-17

From the minutes of the last
General Assembly, the Presby-
terian Church is composed of 81
synods, 232 presbyteries, 1857
churches, 7,312 ministers, 2S,
252 elders, 9,S47 deacons and 0s3, =
9O7 communicates
The synod of Pennsylvania has
1,1S7 churches, l,159 ministers,
4,S13 elders, l,O37 deacons
and 213,7O1 communicates.
1t includes all the churches in
Pennsylvania, in addition to those
in the northwestern part of
West Virginia. 1t meets annu-
ally.
The presbytery of Carlisle, or
ganized in 1856, includes the
churches in the Counties of
Adams, Cumberland, Franklin,
Fulton, Dauphin, Lebanon, Perry
and part of York. 1t has 80
churches, 81 ministers, 219 ell
ders, AZ deacons and 9,107 com
municants. The presbytery of
Carlisle is represented in the
General Assembly this year by
Rev. Frank II. Wheeler, of Bloom
field, Rev. John Ii. Croft, of Mid
dletown, DR.. j. Nelson Clark, of
Harrisburg, and Hon. W. Scott
Alexander, of McConnellsburg.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-17
DEATH RECORD.
THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY.
Frederick Miller.

Mr. Frederick Miller was born
at Fannettsburg, Pa, October 18,
1914, where he spent the early
portion of his life, and learned
the trade of shoemaker. AT the
age of twenty four, he was united
in marriage with Miss Sarah Ann
Barkley, of his native village,
and they came to Burnt Cabins,
where they began housekeeping,
and where he resided up to the
time of his death which occurred
last Saturday, May -, 1900, at
the advanced age of 50 years, 6
months, and % days.
About one who was so long and
favorably known as Mr.. Miller,
little that we can say here will
add to the lustre of his character
In early life, he became a mem
Der of the M. b. church, and at
once took rank among the leaders
of his congregation. Being a
good singer, and a man of deep
piety, he was useful as choir
leader and served as a class lead
er almost half century.
He took an active interest in
the erection of the old M. f..
church at Burnt Cabins, in 1851
and presented the congregation
with a nice pulpit bible, which
remained during the life of that
building.
AS a result Of the union with
Miss Barkley, ten children were
born-John, of Burnt Cabins;
Ellen (deceased) married to Sam
uel w. Bender, of Ayr twp;
Mary, wife of George Reese, Day
ton, O; Agnes, wife of Abram
Runyan, of this place; the next
three-Esther Belle, David, and
William-died of diphtheria in
1864, within space of six weeks;
the next two are James and Rob
Nert, both of Akron, o., and
Charles, the youngest, of Bow
ling Green, Ohio.
Sometime after the death OF
his first wife, already mentioned,
which occurred twenty years
ago, he married Miss Mary
Strahm, who, with six children
as the result of this marriage
namely, Minnie, Olive, Guy, Ger
trude, Edith and Eunith survive
him.
Mr.. Miller's father was a sol
der in the war of 1912; and, while
the deceased was beyond the age
of military service in the Rebel
lion, he was full of patriotism, ,and
delighted to meet the boys witt
fife and drum and engage in mar
tial music.
His interment took place at the
Cabins on Sunday. Services
conducted by his pastor Rev
George M. McIlnay.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-17
HOW A MAN SPENDS HIS LIFE

From New York World
An ordinary man would laugh
away as preposterous the sugges-
ton that he was likely to spend
twenty years of his life in sleep.
But that is because he does not
conduct his life according to a
schedule and really has no idea of
how he does spend it.
AS a matter Of fact, most men
over sixty years old have already
spent more than twenty years in
bed. Which is only one of the
surprises in store for the man
who sets himself to work to dis
cover how those twenty-four
hours that daily slip by 50 myster-
iously, are disposed of.
BY painstaking study of av-
erages, a skillful statistician has
recently arrived at the conclusion
expressed in the following fig
ures. They apply to the Ameri-
can man of sixty years of age.
They do not accurately represent
his life today, because his years
of infancy and childhood are in
cluded in the computation. They
will apply neither to the same
man of leisure nor to thelaboring
man. But perhaps the average
man who both works and plays,
will recognize himself in them;
Twenty years in sleep.
Three years nine months in
eating and waiting for the waiter.
Seventeen years six months in
pursuit of pleasure.
Six years three months is
walking and other exercises.
Two years six months in max
ing ones toilet.
Two years six months doing
absolutely nothing.
The item of toilet may be sub
divided into seven months for
shaving, eleven months for wash
ing, one year for dressing.
The little table becomes more
intelligible, if less impressive,
when it is reduced to a scale of
days. In which case, it stands
as follows:
Eight hours sleeping.
One hour thirty minutes eat
ing.
Seven hours working.
Three hours amusement.
Two hours thirty minutes eX-
ercise.
One hour toilet.
One hour doing nothing.
The average man, if confronted
with this, will doubtless claim
that he does not spend eight
hours in sleep You may retort
by telling him that it is doubtful
whether he spends seven at work
but in his youth he slept more
and worked less, and all this is
taken into account in estimating
averages.
An elaboration in any direction
of the statistics given above is in
teresting.
For instance, it has been com.
puted that in single year, a man
may speak II, 100000 words and
give 1900 handshak es. The TO-
tai energy dispensed in this
fashion alone duri ng fifty years
would be sufficient to raise $500
tons.
Then again, one may open and
shut the eyes 100000 times
during a single year. The force
thus expended yearly through
sixty years, would be, If accumu-
lated, sufficient to lift a cable car
filed with passengers, good
many feet.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-17
NUMBER IS.
PERSONAL.

Mr.. Aaron Layton, of Whips Cove,
was in McConnellsburg, Tuesday.
Mr.. ID. a. Garland, of near Need
more, was in McConnellsburg last
Thursday.
Nora Watson, of this place, is Wis
iting her grandfather and aunt at
Foltz.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ. Corbin, accom-
panied by their adopted daughter,
spent Wednesday in town.
Mr.. and Mrs w. F.. Hart, and Mr..
Ahimaaz Runyan, of Needmore, were
in town Wednesday
Mr.. NJ. d. Matthias and daughter
Miss Millie, of Hustontown, were in
town Monday.
Mr.. Geo. L. Clouser, one of Ayr
townships successful teachers, spent
last Saturday in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben Sipes and
family, of Licking Creek township,
spent Saturday in town.
Miss Rebecca Rotz, of Tod township,
left on Tuesday for visit among re-
latives in Franklin county.
Mrs. James Daniels, of Pleasant
Ridge, spent part of the past week in
McConnellsburg visiting friends.
Captain and Mrs. Dixon, of Sipes
Mills, favored the News Office with a
very pleasant call one day last week.
Mr.. John Hartman, of Fredericks-
burg, Virginia, is visiting his daugh-
ter Mrs. j. G. Reisner of this place.
Mr.. Albert Wilson, who has been
at his Pittsburg residence for few
weeks, is again at McConnellsburg
Our friend John F. Johnson, of
Laidig, was an early Monday morn
ing visitor to the county seat this
week.
Mrs Fred Truax and daughter Vir-
gle, of the Meadow Grounds, we're
pleasant callers at the News Office, on
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles OFT and their
little son Maynard, of Everett, were
visiting the family of j. Nelson Sipes
the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Finley Johnson, of
the Cove, left day or two ago for
visit among friends in the western
! states.
Mr.. and Mrs, George Snyder, of
Tod, left Wednesday of this week for
u two weeks outing among friends in
Bedford and Blair counties.
Miss Lois A. Caldwell, who has
been absent several weeks visiting
friends in the central part of the State,
returned home Tuesday evening.
Mr.. George Kriechbaum and daugh-
ter Nellie of Lehmaster, spent Satur-
day evening and Sunday among
friends on this side of the mountain.
Rev. Charles Mayne, accompanied
by his mother Mrs. Alex Mayne, of
Fort Littleton, spent last Friday with
the family of Albert stoner of this
| place.
] 'T' ''' NNh dllh sun w uIIer ar
rived in this place Friday evening of
last week, being summoned here on
account of the illness of Mr.. PecS's
little daughter.
Rev. j. l.. Grove, of this place, is
one of the representatives of his pres
bytery in the General Assembly of the
United Presbyterian church, which is
in session at Chicago.
Mr.. II. II. Iinn, of Altoona, one of
the p. r, r. Co.'s lumber inspectors.
took dinner Tuesday with his brother
in-law and sister, Rev. and Mrs. ID.
F. Drawbaugh, of this place.
Owing to the critical illness of our
little Mary this week, the Fulton Re
publican kindly allowed us to print
our edition ON their press, for which
courtesy, we are exceedingly grateful.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-17

Some starved scoundrel broke into
the granary at the barn of David Ev-
ans of Belfast township on last Friday
night, and stole every bit of meat they
had, except two or three little pieces
in the kitchen. There were twelve or
fifteen nice hams and shoulders.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-17
|lgvCRAL ASSEMBLY.
|yG At ST. LOUIS THIS WEEK
Court of Final Appeal.

(utlTI W ihNh ANff~ohs
te General Assembly, the
Iaost iudicatory of the Presby-
H. Church of the United
H. which meets in annual
N5op. at st. Louis, Missouri,
H.. consists of 638 Commits
H., an equal number of min
H. and elders from each pres
Iry, each presbytery sending
i minister and elder for every
&ntv.four ministers in the
4sbytery. Every Commission
vhether ministerial or lay,
m have a right to deliber-
! and vote upon all questions
Biug before that body. The
Neral Assembly shall receive
4 issue all appeals and refer
n which may be regularly
8rebt before them from time to
4 from the inferior judica-
les. They shall receive the
BIRDS of every synod, approve
|pnsure them; they shall give
tradvice and instruction in all
es submitted to them in
Hiwmity with the consti-
bon of the church, and they
TcOnstitute the bond of union,
bee correspondence, and mu-
lcOnfdence, among all church
E6the General Assembly also
bugs the power of deciding in
@ntrOversies respecting doc
and discipline;.of reproving,
ning, or bearing testimony
hSt error in doctrine, or i'm
rality in practice, in any
rch, presbytery, or synod; of
Ctng new synods when it may
judged necessary; of super
ending the churches, on such
Eects as may be agreed upon
the Assembly and CORE
|ndmg body; of suppressing
smatical contentious and dis
htOns; and, in general, of rec
nending and attemptingrefor
ton of manners, and the pro
bon of charity, and holiness,
pugh all the churches under
fcare. Before any overtures
egulations by the Assembly
established as constitutional
shall be obligatory on the
l'Ches, it shall be necessary
transmit them to all the
Oyteries, and to receive the
llnS of at least a majority OF
IN writing, approving
IeOi.
De present General Assem-.
promises to be one of the
important meetings held
ng the past quarter of a cen,
lhe variety and interest OF
lOplcs on the programme,
ulescope and possible effects
Wy OVertures to be present
Will make it a memorable As.
'ly Among the most i'm
dlt Items of interest will be
uOrt TO reconstruct the West,
S'ef Confession, catechisms
creed. Men bearing the
soyterlan name, though most
:. uell originating from other
"''latlOnS, are clamorine
reconstruction of these
yards, The Confession OF
l"nd the catechisms are ven
"uocuments that should not
'apered with, except by the
and best men of the
X'n as a break once made
'uese ancient landmarks
!, iead to lasting dissensions
dsruptions.
o,lng together such a large
men, representing every
VI our great country, and
u'olh them for a period o.
'ceRs' is, of course, attended
10 little expenses; for the
expenses of the mem
.Na paid, as are, also, an al
'0 oi one dollar and a half {
W. board. A fund for this
MI ' Is provided by eacf
H., paying annually six cent,
'io, Stu member on it's records
saa 'ug as this tax may seem
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-17

Following is q list of the dead d
soldiers whose remains lie in the
different cemeteries in town.
We have endeavored to secure
the names of all those deceased,
but there may be and doubtless
are, veterans buried here whose
graves are unmarked as yet, and
a record of which we have not
been able to obtain. If there are
any omissions, we will deem it
a favor if relatives or friends
viii hand us the names of those
so omitted.
REFORMED GRAVEYARD NEW
George Barmont, Geo. f.. Misel.
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RELIEF MUST BIZ HAD.

1t will not do for those in this coun-
ty who brought about the revaluation
In real estate, or who uphold and de-
fend it, to shield themselves behind
the assertion that a former city assess
ment was unjust. Two wrongs
made a right, and never will, and all
the specious arguments which can be
brought to bear will not remove from
the sight of all classes and conditions
of our people the fact that there was
no necessity for saddling nearly rour
additional millions upon the taxpayers
under the pretense of equalization. The
people without regard to party are dis
gusted and denunciation of the act
can be heard daily on the corners Of
the streets. Redress and relief must
be had, and if 1t is not forthcoming
those who fail in this duty will be held
to q strict accountability.
That members OF the Board Of Cam
missioners were not oTlyS advised 81
what vas going on. but aadsS end abek-