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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-03-27
Breezy Lane,

Breezy Lane not being repre-
sented in the columns of the
News" l will try to post you
concerning the happenings of
this important geographical cen
tire.
News is scarce this week; peo-
pie are busy doing up their spring
jobs.
Sheridan Deshong and James
III. Fagley are exercising their
muscles putting up garden fence.
e. r. Fagley, our enterprising
young carpenter, has just com
pleted his new barn. OF course
he ought, he rises early enough.
Any one desiring to hear good
music, can crafty their wish by
calling at the home of Scott Mel.
lott, where they will be entertain
ed by the melodious strains pro-
ceedlng from the artistic touch of
the owner.
William r. Mellott sings "West-
ward Ho," every other Saturday
night,
The marriage maniais fastover-
spreading this community.
George r. Fagley has worn
blisters on his hands sharpening
his ak to cut pines.
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Pleasant Ridge,

Andrew Truax contemplates
going to Somerset county soon.
A certain young man seems to
have some attraction over the
mountain as he went over Satur-
day and he didn't get back till
Tuesday. What is it Andy?
Aaron Garland, while coming
from town last week, lost one of
the files he had purchased and
had to go back and hunt it the
next day. What was wrong Aa-
ron?
Fl. d. Shives expects to go to
Franklin county to work.
Michael Mellott has moved in
to Reuben Deshong's house.
Mrs. Florence Wink spent Sun
evening at D. p. Deshong's.
d. r. Wink spent Sabbath at
j. w. Lakes.
would say to the correspond
ent at Hyndman that B. A. Truax
is still living yet, and is well and
hearty.
w. f. Wink, wife and son Harold
spentSunday visiting Mrs. Wink's
father Morgan Deshong.
James B. Mellott is moving to
Daniel Mellott's.
Joseph Strait is helping B. A.
Truax put up his limekiln this
week.
John F. Garland, wife and fam
lily, and Mrs. VIM. Wink, spent
Sunday afternoon at Mr.. George
Morton's.
Mrs. Florence Wink spent Sat
urday afternoon helping Miss
Lima A. Deshong quilt.
Me- srs. Kaufman and Ham
are moving their shingle mill to
B. F. Daniels; as they expect to
saw a large lot of shingles.
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GEM.

The farmers are pleased to see
such fine weather.
Our merchant, G. j. Mellott,
auctioned off some Of his old
goods last Friday and Saturday
afternoon in order to make room
for his spring goods.
Mrs. Nancy, Peck, who has
been spending some time with
her son, M. L. Peck, was accom-
panied home last Saturday by
her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Jennie
Peck, of Pectonville, Md.
Mr.. Calvin Mellott is suffering
very severely from a cut in the
knee.
Mr.. William McEldowney of
Waynesboro, son of Mr.. William
McEldowney of Gem had the
pleasure Of bringing his wife
home last S ,turday. The boys
also had the pleasure of "belling"
them Saturday evening. We
wish the happy couple a long,
prosperous, and happy life.
Among the guests at Mrs. Sny-
der's last Sunday were Miss Cora
Funk and sister Matte, Miss
Bessie Morton, and Millie Lynch.
Harvey Snyder and sister TEN.
pie, called on the Misses Noel
downey Sunday evening.
Mrs. Jennie Peck spent Satur.
day evening with her sister Mrs,
w. H. Peck.
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Laidig.

Mrs. Andrew Brandt visited
her sister, Mrs. Frank Davis, one
day last week.
David Stevens, who has been
i'll for some time, is improving
Miss Lydia Mumma, who has
been at Chambersburg, is home
visiting her father, DlvidMumma.
Miss Nettie Foreman of Altoo-
na is home visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. James Foreman.
Mr.. and Mrs. James l.. Hamp-
ton have moved off the farm into
Laidig. Welcome, our new neigh
bors.
A taffy party was held at Mrs.
Demaris Davls's one night last
week.
The ladies near here went visit
ing one day last week. Having a
lusty hostler, who was afraid to
get in behind the horse, he led
the animal through Laidig, and
as he couldn't keep up with the
horse, the ladies' got out and
walked and he turned and led the
horse back home.
Professor Ranck will soon close
his school at this place, after
which he will move to Hopewell
where he has a job awaiting him.
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Locust Grove.

.Quitea number of sick people in
theCove just now;lots of whooping
cough. 49,. j. S. Akers and B. w.
Morris have erected a shingle mill
at Locust Grove. :. C. w. Mckee
has purchased pair of fine driv-
ing colts. :. Some of the Mount
Airy boys say there is a ghostover
that way. Henry Deshong
passed through the Cove enroute
to Crystal Springslast Saturday.
.Logue Plessinger has moved
to the Holly farm. +. .Russel Lay
ton WAS a pleasant caller at Harry
Plessinger's lastSunday and Sun.
day night. Harry says he is get
tig tired cutting wood for the
parlor stove. Levi Smith came
in contact with James Akers
shingle mill last week. James
A. Delhi Is improving our road.
VIM. Engle has purchased
the Barney horse from George
Diehl.
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Brush Greek.

Our good housewives are be-
ginning to plan their seed beds
for the annual production of gar
den ''sass and SIGH. -. ..P. V.
Barton of this place has gone to
Iowa to seek employment.
The genial mail carrier has also
gone west. Good luck to you d. II.
-. Prof. Chas. Barton of Ship
pansburg and brother p. Il. Bar
ton of Hustontown made short
visit to their old home near this,
place recently. Piper Barton
and friend Miss Hanks spent Sun
day with friends in the vicinity Of
Akersville. :. Mrs. Il. b. Nc
Graw of this place has been very
i'll with an attack of appendicitis.
She is now improving slowly.
Lucinda Ensley, an aged lady
of near Emmayille, died rather
suddenly on Thursday Of last
week. Funeral took place at Nc
Kendre on Saturday. Services
were conducted by Rev. g. III.
Campbell. f. j, Clevenger Of
this place has gone to Pittsburg
10 resume work ct the carpenter
trade. y.
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Cards are out announcing the
marriage of Mr.. S. Martin Myers
of Mercersburg and Miss Mabel
Kendall, Tuesday morning, April
9th, at the home of the brides pa
rents Mr.. and Mrs. r. M. Kendall.
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VOLUME 3.
1T SUITS HIM.
And He is Not United Presby.
terian. Either.

And He is Not a United Presby.
terian. Either.
We give space to the follow ing
comments on Rev. j. l.. Grove 5
sermon which appeared in the
"News s"of March 13.-EDIToR.
Having just finished reading
Brother Groves sermon, l feel
that would like to express my
appreciation of its merits.
1t certainly is a masterpiece of
deep well chosen expressions
from Gods word. Few men of
Brother Groves calibre, outside
of the Primitive Baptists are to be
found. So many are afraid to de-
clare the whole council of our
Lord. The sermon is certainly
replete with the absolute predes.
tination of all things-that man
is in His presence, as the grass
of The field.
Man was created upright, but
by his own perverseness has gone
astray; but Notwithstanding his
apostasy from his original state
God loves him still, and gave the
life of his Son, a ransom for him
to be testified in due season.
That man is, and what he does, is
proof of what he is.
No man can do the things set
forth in the latter part of Broth
er Groves sermon, except he be
taught of the Lord-except he
has come up out of great tribula-
tion-has had his robes washed
and made white in the blood of
the Lamb. | heartily concur
with the Brother, that the work
of the Lord is perfect, converting
the soul. The motive in every
work is perceptible; though not
No man can know himself as he
is, except for the mercy of the
Lord. He must be with his Lord,
in1order TO app eciate His suffer
ings; he must be born again-not
of the will of the fesh--but by
the word of the Lord which liveth
and abideth forever.
Surely, then, itmust be true that
all his children must be taught of
the Lord, and great shall be their
peace. He goeth before them.
He calleth them by name. AS a
shepherd, he divideth the sheep
from the goats. Every child Of
grace knows the utter depravity
of the human heart, but no one
else knows, no one having ever
yet confessed that his heart was
wicked above all things, but the
child of God.
He knows experimentally that
this world is only crust getting
thinner and thinner as the years
go by, that this is not his home,
but only a prelude to mansion in
the beautiful beyond.
In conclusion, | think if all were
as fearless to speak the truth as
our brother has been in regard to
the life hereafter, the devil would
be cheated out of a lot of business
in the years TO come.
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William Rinedollar who has
been good neighbor and excel
lent citizen of our locality for
some years removed to the Swig-
ert farm near Mercersburg last
week, -Greencastle Press.
New-York tribune., 1902-07-03
GR4U OPERA COMPANY WINS SUIT
ROOM BEHIND SEATS is NOT A
PASSAGEWAY

Justice Bolte yesterday handed down his decision
in the test brought by Fire Commissioner
Sturgis against the Maurice Grau Opera Company
ruling in favor Of the company. The case was in
stuted in the Eighth Municipal Court, to determine
the validity of the law prohibiting the sale OF
standing room tickets.
The contention of the Fire Commissioner was
that the part of the floor behind the orchestra
chairs that is occupied by standing room patrons
was a passageway for the of the audience, and
therefore, under the fire protection law, could not
be obstructed The former decisions on the oo-
struction of passageways, presented by the cor
poraton Counsel Justice Bolte held to have no
bearing on the case account of the construction
of the opera house wnere door is provided at the
entrance to every aisle on the ground hoor Inc
justice decided it not necessary for any one
to pass through the part Of the theatre used tor
standing room in order to go in or out
AT an opera performance it often happens
said Justice Bolte in commenting upon his opinion
last night that many OF those in the audience
prefer standing in the rear of the orchestra 10
sitting down nearer to the front And it was with
this idea in view that the architect of the Metro
politan Opera House designed the ground floor.
There is violation of the law as the aisles ana
passa geways are not obstructed. You might as
well consider the spaces between the seats pas
sageways S TO designate the space at the rear
of the theatre such The blocking OF this space
does not interfere with the egress from the mouse
although it would if the management permitted
patrons TO stand in the aisles connecting these
spaces. , l., a., oo otor. o,,I,r IN nassaeeways
and is the that created after the panic IN
the Park Theatre in Brooklyn in 1870, when @ tne
audience was occupying the aisles. in which loose
chairs had been placed, 2S1 people being burned IN
the panic that followed a FIRE that started In the
scenery.
scannen against the 0pers House company. at
Twenty-third-st. and Eghth-aVe. | upheld Mr.:
ScanneH in my opinion declaring violation Of
the law in that Instance. Chairs had been placed
in the aises which were hve feet wide the de-
fendant holding that the provision Of the law was
for three feet aisles They occupied two feet OF
these Messages with loose chairs but these chairs
might have become an lmpeGiment by falling over
into the rest of the aisle
New-York tribune., 1902-07-03
KILLED BY A BEACH TRAIN.
BROOKLYN MAN AND HIS HORSE DIE
WOMAN INJURED.

A Manhattan Beach train, bound east. was
crossing New Lots Road at Vesta-ave. about
615 o'clock last evening. when it crashed into
a horse and carriage driven by William F. Roth,
thirty-two years old. of No. 100 Fifty-seventh-
St. Brooklyn who was accompanied by Lizzie
McGovern, seventeen years old, of No. 312 Six
teenth-st., Brooklyn.
The carriage was wrecked, the horse killed
instantly and Roth badly mangled that
he died before the arrival of the ambulance
which was called Miss McGovern escaped with
a lacerated scalp and severe contusions. She
was attended bv Ambulance Surgeon Flannery,
and was removed to ST. Mary's Hospital.
Henry Long, thirty-three years old, the engi-
neer of the train, of No. 6S12 Ewen-st., Brook
lyn, was arrested by the police Of the Sixty
sixth Precinct, and held on technical charge
of homicide to await the action of the coroner.
Charles H Morrison, twenty-three years old, of
No. 696 Bergen-st., Brooklyn, the hagman sta
toned at the crossing was arrested, and held
on a charge of criminal negligence.
New-York tribune., 1902-07-03
THE NEEDS OF TUTUTLA.
CHANGES IN FORM OF GOVERNMENT sUG
GEsTEp BY VICE CONSUL Blackjack

CHANGES IN FORM OF GOVERNMENT sUG-
GEsTED BY VICE CONSUL BIACKLOCK.
Washington. July 2.-William Blackjack United
States vice consul and fiscal agent at Apia and
Tutuila Samoa, has arrived here TO lay before the
proper officials a statement Of conditions in Tu-
tuiIa and series Of suggested amendments 10 the
present scheme OF government OF the island which
experience has demonstrated 10 be necessary. It
is thought 10 be desirable that the present system
of absolutely naval control the entire island
be modified 50 as to limit the naval commandant
in the exercise of his purely naval functions to
the naval station proper, leaving him to exercise
the powers Of a civil governor in the remainder Of
the island. II also is deemed well to give the white
natives and the few white civilians some sort Of
representation in the conduct Of local affairs
through the creation of advisory council to the
governor wider discretionary power also is
the natives never have received any acknowledg-
ment from the United States Government of their
voluntary submission to American sovereignty, and
Mr. Blackjack believes that to retain their good
viii this should be remedied.
But the crying need of Tutuila, according to Mr..
Blackjack, is modification OF the present naval
order regarding the supply OF refreshments to
visitors of the island The Oceanic line Of steam
ships having dropped Apia in favor OF Tutuila as n
port of call, many tourists and business agents
were coming to the latter place, and the trade Of
the island rapidly developing. in some measure
the expense OF German Samoa, when all this
checked by naval order prohibiting the sup
ply wines other liquid refreshments at the
hotels. The immediate effect to close the
hotels, and Mr. Blackjack is here to urge the State
and naval officials to return TO the old order.
New-York tribune., 1902-07-03
FEDERAL SUGAR STOCK INCREASE
AMENDED CHARTER RAISES CAPITAL FROM
100000 TO 100000.

AMENDED CHARTER RAISES CAPITAL FROM
100000 TO $5OOOOOOO
Trenton, n j., July "A large increase of capital
stock was announced in the Secretary of States
office to-day in the form of amended charter by
the Federal Sugar Refining Company whose
thOriZed capital stock is increased from 100000 to
$50 900 900 The amended charter provides that the
capital shall be divided into s 100000 of pre-
ferred stock. bearing per cent cumulative divi-
dends and $25 100000 of common stock. but the hold
of preferred stock may any time, except
when the books closed for dividends, demand
its exchange, share for share for common stock
This exchange is to be effected by cancelling the
preferred stock to be converted, which, it Is ex-
pressly provided shall not be reissued under any
circumstances, common stock being issued in its
place.
There is also a redemption clause in the charter
empowering the company 10 retire the preferred
stock in such quantities and in such manner as
may be decided. the payment of all accrued divi
dends and $125 in cash for each share. The holder
however, may in such a case waive his right to
the $25 premium, and insist on the privilege for
merIy expressed. of converting his preferred into
common stock.
The corporators in the amended charter are
Everitt Jackson of New-York; Charles T. Bingham,
of Brooklyn. and Pierre J. Smith of Morristown.
The objects mentioned in the charter the
same as those in the original certificate, and fail
to give any intmation the specific intentions
of the company, although il has been generally
companies Incorporated here recently will operate
in opposition TO the American Sugar Refining Com
pany.
The Federal Sugar Refining Company the offices
Of which are at No 13S Front-st, this city has
nearly completed Yonkers small refinery
which Will have total capacity of thousand bar
rels of sugar day. The refining is TO be done by
patented process. by which 1t is asserted the
use of bone-back will be rendered unnecessary and
a saving of cent pound will be effected This
process is the invention of chemist named Kern
One of the principal men in the new company is
c. A. Spreckels son of Claus Spreckes the well
known California sugar refiner. c. A. Spreckels
however, has not for many years been associated
Gus enterprises. ~
Mr.. spreckels when asked who were the officers
or the company, answered: The board of dirac-
tors tors OF the Federal Sugar Refining Company con
slstS OF the following gentlemen: John w MacLav
Sir William c. Van Horne Dumont Clarke Edwin
Hawley, William w. Cook and myself | am pres
ident Of the company and Mr. Mackay is vice-presi-
dent - 49, ~ 'NSi-
New-York tribune., 1902-07-03
NEW-Y0RK LOSING CANAL FREIGHT
COMMITTEE OF PRODUCE EXCHANGE AD-
YANCES A FORCIBLE ARGUMENT
FOR REBUILDING THE ERIE
WATER COJTRSE
WATER COURSE.

The canal committee Of the Produce Exchange.
which. together with the Canal Association of
Greater New-York and various other similar or
ganiZations is working to have the question of the
rebuilding of the Erie Canal referred the people
at some date soon. has prepared a table showing
the movement Of the principal grain shipments for
the week ending June 2 and comparing the
amounts passing through Canadian and American
ports. It is declared by the canal enthusiasts
that present conditions are good deal like those
existing at the time of Clinton, when the opening
of the canal made an end of the shipment of
American goods and products by the Canadian
routes existing at that time for they observe that
Canadian routes of the present are drawing more
and more American traffic away from American
routes
As the first canal resulted in a general lowering
of rates. and the transfer of a vast amount Of
business 10 the port of New-York. and the
present tendencies drawing traffic away from
this port they hold that the rebuilding of the canal
carry I.O00-ton barges. would again lower
rates, and recall the traffic of this port.
The present Canadian routes that cutting
into rail and canal shipments to New-York are by
way Of Georgian Bay and the st. Lawrence River.
The rate Liverpool by this route is present IL
cents a bushel cheaper than by way Of New-York.
and the Canadian shipments for the week covered
by the committees table greater than New
York's by 617143 bushels. and greater than those
OF all the chief American ports by 259.l59 bushels.
The figures of 1l2 cents bushel are on the basis
of the minimum rate arranged by the ship
ping combine recently announced The table for
the week ending June 2S is as follows:
New-York tribune., 1902-07-03
STREET SWEEPERs WIN AGAINST CITY
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS MUST BE PAID THEM
BECAUSE TAMMANY LAID THEM OFF
A DAY A WEEK.

BY a decision handed down yesterday in the Su-
preme Court by Justice Barrett. in the case of
Patrick Downs. a street sweeper in BROOKLYN all
the street sweepers in Brooklyn who were COM
PEELED IN 1900 and part of 1901 to accept one days
leave OF absence week without pay in order TO
reduce the expenses of street cleaning in BROOKLYN
to the amount of the appropriation allowed by the
Board of Estimate are declared entitled to recover
slS5 SO each The total amount is than $50 900.
The Downs case was a test case, and the ruling
applies 10 more than six hundred street sweepers
similar state Of affairs existed in other bor-
oughs, and the sums claimed by the eweeners will
run up into hundreds of thousands of dollars
New-York tribune., 1902-07-03
Ea0NTAyN STEA8lB0AT G0llPANY


For Block Island r. l. Orient Greenport Shelter Island
Southold and Sag Harbor L I
Steamers Will leave New York. Pier r.. near
Wall St. week days. except Saturdays "a
az $50 p NJ. On Saturdays and July Sd a p u.
The steamer leaving Tuesdays Thursdays anf Saur-
days will not stop at SCuthold.
ADDITIONAL SERVICE TO BLOCK IsLAND-Oa
saturday June 18th on Thursday. july Sd. on sat-
srdays durng July and August excepting Saturday July
the OF the Montauk Steannboat
line Will connect at Mcntauk. I. l. with Long
K r. train No Isl. leaving New York S4th St E r.
lZO p. NJ. Pier l3. foot Wall St at 100 p. 81
Elatbush ave. Brooklyn. 119 P NJ arriving at Block
Island at T.0O P. NJ. -
On Mondays the steamer Shinnecock' will leave Pier
To- r. n. Pt SUO A NJ; returning leave Sag Harbor
ouo p NJ Excursion tickets good only soltl
going and returning by s2OG Going by boat and
returning by Z /. r. r. same day. S3. 90
New-York tribune., 1902-07-03
REPUBLIcANs TO HOLD FESTIVAL.

The annual summer night festival of the East
Side Republican Club Will be held at Sulzers Har-
lem River Park and Casino Tuesday evening
July Is. This is known Captain Goddard's
club. The organization recently went record as
opposing the granting of perpetual franchise by
the municipality. and il requested William J.
Whitaker, alderman of the X&th Assembly Dis
trict to work against granting any perpetual
franchise 10 the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
TO any other corporation or person" Alderman
Whitaker has said that he would oppose meas
ure looking 10 perpetual franchise OF any kind.
New-York tribune., 1902-07-03
STATE DEMOCR4TS AT ODDS.
TROUBLE OVER ELECTION OFFICERS BE-
GINS EARLY

TROUBLE OVER ELECTION OFFICERS BE
GINS EARLY
Albany, July (SpeciaD.-The Democrats of
Albany have begun their fall campaign with a
quarrel. This quarrel has been caused by the
Democratic City Committee naming election Of
fcers, inspectors, poll clerks and ballot clerks
with no representatives among them Of the Her
rick Democrats-the friends of Judge D. Cady
Herrick, of the Supreme Court.
The city committee is controlled by Patrick T..
McCabe, follower of David 3. Hill and op-
ponent Of Judge Herrick. Mr. McCabe desires to
be reelected as a member of the Democratic
State Committee from Albany County The
Herrick men control the organization Of the
Democratic party in certain wards of Albany.
and thought they were entitled to the election
officers of the Democratic party in those wards
Herrick Democrats were named to the secretary
of the Democratic City Committee, but none
OF them were appointed to an election Office.
New-York tribune., 1902-07-03
sHEEDY GOING TO BUEyos AYREs

Pat" Sheedy, the ex-gambler. he wishes him
self TO be known sailed the 81. Louis for South
ampton yesterday. Sheedy said he was going to
Buenos Ayres. where he interested in soma
emerald mines.
Il am out OF the gambling business for good -
he said but want IL understood that I have NOT
reformed. Nothing like that. you know
New-York tribune., 1902-07-03
TO START A JEWISH RENAISSANCE.
rHE ORDER OF BNAI BIRTH UNDERTAKES THAT
WORK

At meeting in the assembly hall of the Educa-
tional Alliance. East Broadway and Jefferson-st,
speakers last night urged the Hebrews OF the East
Side TO organize in their interest and start
, Jewish renaissance in this city. Justice Lodge
No. 5s2. Of the Independent Order of Bnai Birth
had distributed circulars announcing that the or
der had taken itself the mission OF uniting
Israelites in the work of promoting their highest
interests and those Of humanity: of developing, ele
waiting and defending the moral character of the
race; OF intoxicating the purest principles OF phian
thropy honor and patriotism Of supporting science
and art, alleViating the wants of the poor and
needy, visiting and attending the sick going the
rescue victims of persecution. and providing for
and protecting the widow and orphan the broad
est principles of humanity.
The PRINCIPAL speaker Leo y. Levi president
Of the executive body Of the order in the United
States He comes from Galveston. Tex. Simon
Roeder. president of Justice Lodge, in the
chair