The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-08-12
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Saxton, Bedford county, is to
fave bank with capital of $780,
900.
Harry Mumma who had been
in the Cove few days went home
last Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Cutchall
of Greencastle visited Robert and
VIM. Cutchall last week.
Miss Annie Sheets of Franklin
county, is visiting among friends
in this place.
Miss Cora V. Shoemaker, of
Philadelphia is visiting her broth
er and sisters in this vicinity.
Mrs. w. l.. Sloan who had bee n
spending a couple of weeksamong
friends returned to. her home in
Buffalo, N. Y, last week.
Mr.. f. r. Grove of Muddy
Creek Forks, Pa, mas been visit
ing in the family of Rev. j. l..
Grove, his uncle.
Mr.. K. w. Mellott and daugh-
ter Mary of Pleasant Ridge were
pleasant callers at the News of.
fee last Thursday.
Misses Mary and Bess Patter-
son entertained number of their
lady friends last Thursday after
noon at their home just below
town.
The Bedford-Fulton Telephone
Company have their line complct-
cd as far as Crystal Springs. The
company is now erecting line to
Clearville.
ln getting Mr., McGowan's S age
over the phone last week we
misunderstood the sender, and
got too much. 1t should be a
years, / months, and 10 days.
Misses Anna and Mary Park,
daughters of Rev. Thomas Park,
d. D., of Allegheny City, Pa, are
spending couple of weeks with
their friend and college classmate
Miss Mary l.. Grove.
On the first of this month, j. G..
Rankin, Esq, who had been edit
lug the Mercersburg journal for
two or three years, retired from
that position, and he has been
succeeded by Mr.. S. NJ. Robinson
of this place, who has been fore
man in the journal Office for sew
eral months. Mr.. Robinson is a
newspaper man of many years
experience and is familiar with
every detail of the business from
writing the editorials to washing
the rollers.
The total number of lynchlngs
in this. country since January ] is
81. OF this number 45 of the vic
tins were negroes and six whites
OF this number 40 occurred in the
South and II in the North. The
total number of lynchings las
year was 90, 81 in the South anG
6 in the North. Of victims 8!
were negroes and 9 were whites
One woman. was lyoched in South
Carolina. The number of lynch
ings decreased each year since
1898, when there were 200.
Several school boards ln Kan
sas have inserted in their con
tracts with teachers this yeal
clauses that prohibit either court
ing or marrying by the teacher
in the school term. Many school
were badly interrupted last yea
by the marriage of the womel
teachers, most of whom at one
resigned. Others neglected thei
school duties and gave their tim
to courting. The boards are noN
making the salary contingent al
on the teachers of both sexes re
framing from marrying. Som
of the teachers object to the cor
tracts, but the majority sign ther
Grand Army posts throughou
Pennsylvania have received
printed letter from the Burea
of Pensions, signed by Commi'
sioner Ware, notifying them
be on the lookout for youn
man with blue or gray eye
brown hair, smooth face, aged
to 35 years, 5 feet & or 9 inches
height, weighing 1875 to Il