The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-10-16
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DAYS mere JnlS week on bnelr re- !
turn from a trip to Baltimore.
B. f. Simpson spent a few
hours in town Monday. He lost
valuable horse last Wednesday
from lung fever. The prospect
ors for coal have not abandoned
their work.
Miss Myrtle Stevens, teacher
of the Clear Ridge school, called
at the News office q minute while
in town last Saturday.
A total eclipse of the moon will
occur soon after midnight on Fri
day morning of this week, and
will be visible here if it is not
cloudy.
j. N. Nelson, of Huntsville, Lo.
gan county, Ohio, is visiting
friends in the Cove after an abb
sence of eleven years, looking hale
and hearty. He has four brothers
two sisters and many other rel
atives, and host of friends here.
D. D. G.. NJ, j. V. Deavor in
stalled the following officers at
McConnellsburg Lodge 1. 0. OF.
last Friday evening N. G., Geo.
B. Daniels, V. G., DR.. w. L. Nc
r Kibbin; secretary, L. H. While ;
= treasurer, G. B. Stevens Rep. to
G. L., Geo. A. Comerer.
: John T. Kerr, Esq, of Aurora,
! ILL.,, is visiting here, the first time
; for 30 years. He left here after
= making a fortune at teaching
' school in Ayr and Bethel town
! ship, and went west; and was, fol
several years, largely engaged IL
the tile business in his city, a.
Ii which he has been very success
> full and has materially added tt
his fortune.
The first local institute of tht
e present school term in Licking
It Creek township was held las
|. Friday evening at Sloan, which
proved to be one of great sue
/. cess. 1t was very well ATTENDED
Ie by the patrons of the school, anC
Is the topics were very well dis
cussed by the fourteen teacher
e. present. Much literary work wa
~ we'll rendered by the pupils o
he school, which was very mucl
g enjoyed by all. The audience ad
IS iourned feeling much benefited
st and wishing others to follow il
having institutes.
a. In one of Editor Barron's let
" ters some time ago, he referre'
to the time fifty or more year
I'd ago when he found himself u
Ia against Davy Gillis at spellini
S, school over in the Dutch Corner
Mr.. Gillis was in the News offic
Is few days ago and spok
H. of that spelling school, an
nj of the advance that had bee
r. made in public sentiment in re
gard to popular education sine
,, that time. Said Mr.. Gillis, "
= was just thinking the other da
10 as read in the NEWS the name
90 of the men who were candidate
- for school director at that frs
:, election in 1851. John Barron
80 Editor Barron's father, one {
u the most intelligent and progress
i've men in the township, ma
whose sons have risen to EN-
nence and usefulness through til
of fact that the father recognize
"a. the value of education-John Bal
was defeated for the office {
no school director by large majo
ne ity. l went to school in the towl
ship the following winter" col
of tiuued Mr.. Gillis, "and one of tt
n. men who had been chosen mstea
er of Mr.. Barron, came into tt
school, and because he had hear
le that some one of the boys ha
nj. brought a Smiths Grammar
nd school with a view to learnir
how to use his mother tongl
no with some degree of CORRECTNESS
nd gave the teacher to understar
in very much more emphatic thu
polite language that there wou
to- be no new tangled notions put !
Id, to the heads of the scholars
a that school. The grammar hi
OF to go. OF course, we studio