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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-10-14
Why West Should Vote for Him.
The st. Paul Pioneer Press. Sept. 81
speaking Of the National Irrigation Act

Speaking OF the National Irrigation Act,
said:
THAT Theodore Roosevelt was one Of the
foremost to appreciate the benefits and that
he lent most powerful reinforcement to the
society In It's finally successful appeal to
Congress, Is not the least Of his claims to
the support Of the Republican people. The
setting apart Of the proceeds Of public lands
40 Z fund to be used in the construction
Of Irrigation works-a fund which comes
back to the government through the sale
Of the, irrigated lands at advanced prices as
NAM given The Anal imnetns nsedsd ~
carry the dreams Of the early irrigatiouists
to q 6nal cOnsummatiOn."
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-06-29
ACCIDENT IN HAYFIELD.
Oliver Mcpherson Run Down by Hay
Wagon and Arm Broken.

Last Saturday afternoon while
Morrow Kendall's men were busy
making hay, a storm came up,
and of course, they were anxious
to get as much into the barn be-
fore it would get wet as possible.
The last wagon was about half
loaded when the rain began to
drop, and they started with the
team on a run for the barn.
Oliver Mcpherson, one of the
men, ran and attempted to board
the wagon, but missed his hold
aud fell under the wagon, the
hind wheel passing over his arm,
breaking 1t between the elbow
and shoulder, and otherwise
bruislng his body. DR.. Mosser
mended the injured man, but he
is not likely to do much more
harvesting this year, and is con.
gratulatlng himself that it was
his arm and not his neck that the
wheel ran over.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-06-29
FOURTH OF JULY.
Big Celebration at Hust0ntOwn: Music,
Speeches, WatermeIOns and Fireworks.

The enterprising citizens of
Hustontown will not let the most
important of National Holidays
go by unobserved, but are making
preparations to have big old
fGs. ioned time all day on the
Fourth" as the following pro
gram will show:
Beginning at $50, there will be
grand fantastic parade led by
the Darktown band, after which
DR.. A. X. Davis will deliver an
address of welcome: and other
addresses in The morning, will be
delivered by Rev. B. A. Salter
and Hon. S. w. Kirk. Time will
be given you at the middle of the
day to get a good dinner right at
the grounds; and then, beginning
at two o'clock, addresses will be
delivered by Rev. j. V. Adams
and John p. Sipes, Esq.
For the further entertainment
of the great crowd, there will be
bicycle and watermelon races,
pigeon shooting, sack races, greas-
ed pole contests, etc, etc.
Then, in the evening there will
be an address by Rev. A. B. Wolf,
a grand display of fireworks, a
cake walk, and big festival will
be going on, and there'll be hot
time IN the old town generally.
Everybody is invited to attend
and bring the children.
You can get plenty to eat and
feed for your horses.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-06-29
WELLS TANNERY.

Mr.. Samuel Russell of Salt
Lake City, spent a part Of last
week with the Wishart families.
He was on his return from a Law
University in Virginia, where he
recently graduated.
Miss Edith Hall of Huntingdon,
is visiting Miss Maud Baumgard
ner.
Mrs. John Ashcroft of Texas
and Mrs. Theophilus Houck ol
Saxton, are gnests IN the homo
of Mr.. and Mrs. A. F.. Baker.
Mack Stunkard made hasty
trip to South Fork few days ago
Alfred Stunkard, who has been
in West Virginia for several
months, has returned home. He
reports work hard to get there.
Mrs. Belle Gracey and Mrs. j.
N. Duvall visited IN Saxton a few
days last week.
Mr.. Harvey Wlshart attended
the Convention in Chicago, and
visited his son Howard, who is in
business there.
G.. e. Truax and j. A. Wishart
have greatly improved their
dwellings with new porches aud
other additions.
Aaron Kelly, Mr.. and Mrs. S.
p. Wishart, Misses Maud Baum.
gardner and Edith Hall attended
the Bedford county S. S. Conven.
ton IN Everett Friday and Satur-
day of last week.
B. G.. Horton, successor to
Frank Sprowl, serves Evans Ice
cream every Saturday evening.
Mr.. V. D. Schenck was in
huntingdon one day recently to
consult DR.. Sears about his eyes,
and has been kept in doors for
several weeks. Norelef yet.
Miss Margaret Stunkard OF
Enid, spent Sunday with her un
Gle. w. b. Stunkard.
Mr.. Kaufman of Mt. Union
made an interesting talk to Ep
worth Workers in Pine Grove M
e. church Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Margaret Morgert o.
Shermans Valley is visiting Mrs
George Young and other relatives
Mr.. Harvey Wishart returned
last Saturday from two weeks
visit IN Chicago.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-06-29
Lookout For Swindlers.

The crop OF SWlndlers working
in farming districts seem to be
greater than ever this Spring,
says the Cumberland (Maryland)
Daily News. Here are two of the
latest A number of men are
working IN different states selling
a stock remedy on this plan.
They appoint a local agent and
offer to supply him with a stock
of the remedy to be paid for after
it is sold, but they require sig
nature to a contract ordering a.
bout 500 worth of the stuff to be
shipped prepaid. At the end of
month the farmer agent is noti-
fed that he is indebted to the
concern for the amount of the
contract (which by the way is IN
the hands of the swindler, the
farmer agent having been given
no duplicate), and suit is brought
for a smaller amount so as to
keep it in a lower court. The
other swindler offers to set out
an acre or more of trees and take
half his pay from the crops OF
fruit. His scheme is to ask about
one-half more than the trees are
worth on the plea that they are
some new and wonderful variety
and hence are sold at half(:) price,
the other half to be paid, as stat
ed, from the fruit. Suffice 1t t.
say this swindler having collected
his price for the trees, which are
generally OF inferior sorts, never
turns up for his shareoft thecrops
Better confine purchases to loca
dealers or to men who advertise
ia papers of reliability and le
general agents with wonderful
propositions alone.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-06-29

The base ball season will open in
McConnellsburg on July 4th at 2
p. M, when the local team will
cross bats with Hancock. We are
Il little late getting started this
year, but owing to the wet wealth
er it was impossible to get the
grounds into good condition; we
will, however, give the people OF
the town plenty of ball games
through July and August, proyid'
ed that the people patronize the
games. We are at big expens,
every time we play ball at home
and IN order To meet this we mus,
again say that we hope the people
will not watch the games from IN
outside fence in order to escape
paying ten cents, which amount Is
the price of admission. The team
this season is one of the strongest
in recent years, and let every per
son come out to the field on tn,
afternoon of the Fourth and sc,
them win the opening game. Ad
mission, 10 cents; grand stand, l5
MANAGER.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-06-29
Annual School Picnic.

The members of the McCon.
nellsburg Normal school, held
their annual picnic in Sheriff Ma
sons orchard lastFrlday evening.
The weather was ideal, snd the
bright moonlight completed the
conditions for making it a most
enjoyable occasion. The Japan
ese lanterns that had been hung
around soon found that they
could not cut much digger" in
competition with thoround bright
face of the "free silver" moon, and
gave 1t up and went out. The
boys and girls played Bingo,
Copenhagen, Drunken Sailor, and
other innocent games until mid.
night, and would have stayed lat.
er, but the big town clock held W
its hands and told them twelve
times to stop their racket. Ol
course, they obeyed, and went
home happy in the thought thai
they had had the time of theil
lives.
The girls had baked a lot o.
cakes, and the boys had furnished
a generous supply of icecream
all of which were very much en-
ioyed about eleven o'clock.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-06-29
Childrens Day Services.

The annual Children's Day SER
vices were held in the Lutheran
church last Friday evening; IN the
Reformed church on Sunday
morning, and in the Methodist
church on Sunday evening.
These services are becoming
more popular every year, and
with every year more attention is
given to making the program
more attractive, and the decora
tlons more beautiful.
The respective churches were
scarcely able to accommodate the
large number of persons who ap
Piled for admission, and on Sun
day evening, especially, many
persons could not find room in
side the church.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-06-29
FEUDS THAT WERE COSTLY.
Within Sight of the White House and
Thwarted by Personal Enemies.

49, ~ ~ y s.SSe OSo'aFo w oiSiO III
the Philadelphia Public Ledger
of the 5th inst, Rufus Rockwell
Wilson tells how men who have
been apparently within easy reach
of the presidential chair, have
been compelled to ''go way back
and sit down" on account of a
personal enemy who had been
waiting an opportunity to get
square. He told how Burr and
not Jefferson would have been
third president, had it not been
for Alexander Hamilton; how
Clay could not overcome the per-
sonal influence of Andy Jackson,
and thatth Filmore-Weed quar-.
rel made it possible for Frank
Pierce to be selected in 1852. In
go, Greely knocked out Seward,
and in '6S Tilden broke up the
Chase boom, which was revenged
eight years later by Mrs. Sprague
through her influence with Conk-
ling, making 1t possible for Hayes
to carry away the honors of an
Office that had been given to an
other by over quarter of mil
lion of the popular vote.
But what to US has a local in
terest is the fact that John Cess.
na, a former member of the
Fulton county bar, and well known
to the older people of this county,
was the man who gave Jim Blaine
the solar plexus blow that knock
ed him out of the race in 1876.
When John Cessna was in Con-
gress, JamesG. Blaine was Speak
er of the House, and John wanted
jim to make him Chairman of the
Judiciary Committee of the House.
Blaine declined and gave the
place to another man. When the
Republican National Convention
opened in Cincinnati, in 1876,
Cessna was a delegate. 81 want
to be Chairman of the Com mittee
on Rules" said he to the anti
Blaine men, "and If don't beat
Blaine you can take my head for
a football" q" Cessna was made
Chairman of the Committee, and
IN that capacity brought IN rule
to the effect that after any State
had cast it's vote Tor President,
that vote could not be changed
until the result of the whole bal
lot had been announced. Few in
the convention were alive to the
import of this rule when it was
reported and adopted-but it,
and it alone, defeated the nomi
nation of Blaine. The original
plan of the Blaine men was tC
force a choice on the first ballot
Ito get enough changes to theil
candidate to make his nomination
certain before the result was an
nounced. The stampede to Blaine
could not be started, and he was
beaten. 81 guess" said Cessna
as he witnessed the operation o
hi, scheme, "Jim Blaine is no
much ahead of me now.'
This feud was followed up, ant
IN 1880 when Blaine again asked
for the nomination, so persisten
was Conkling and his friends tina
Blaine finally threw his forces t.
Garfield and abandoned hop'
that had been fondly cherished
many years-that he would SOM
day be president of the Unite'
States.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-06-29
CONSCHOH0CKEN.
Rev. S. L. Baugher Tells About Their New
Home in Montgomery County.


Dear Editor:-I wish with your
permission to speak to my many
friends IN Fulton county through
the columns OF the News. Con-
shohocken is in the Schuylkill
Valley, fifteen miles from Phila-
delphia. The Schuylkill River
divides the town. On the east
side of the River there are 5000
inhabitants and on the west side,
including WIlsontown and Rebel
Hill, about 3, 500.
This is a manufacturing town,
containing numerous steel and
iron plants, carpet and woolen
factories, and many other indus.
tries. 1t has fine railroad facili-
tles-trains running between
here and Philadelphia every half
hour.
We are four miles from Norris.
town, the county seat of Mont
gomery county, a beautiful town
10000 people, and "a 500,0O0.00
court house. This county has a
ten months term of school. The
roads are fine. | counted six
automobiles pass our parsonage
yesterday in two hours time.
We are very pleasantly located.
The Gulf church is in a beautiful
place on Rebel Hill, with a large
Sunday school room seated with
chairs; about 1870 enrolled IN the
Sunday school with seven classes.
| teach one Of the classes and
Mrs. B. one.
1t is, indeed, a heavenly prlvl-
lege to spend an hour in the Sab
bath school every Sunday morn
ing reading and studying Gods
word together. We have Ladies
Aid society of 50 members, and
prayer meeting every Wednesday
night.
The church building cost so,
600. | have seven persons tt
baptlze next Sunday afternoon
The church Is built with a pool o
water in it called baptistry, anC
the baptism is performed in the
presence of the congregation il
the church. This church sup
ports a missionary in Japan. W.
have an interesting G. e. society
1t is only eight miles from here
to Valley Forge. Presiden'
Roosevelt was the guest OF Sena
tor Knox at that place last Satur
day night, and on Sunday morn
ing made a nice address IN the
church.
This is historic ground. About
quarter of a mile from the par
sonage Is a monument weighing
1913 tons. On one side is lnscrlb.
ed: Gulf Mills. The main Con
tlnental army manded by
General George Washington en-
camped in this m mediate viclni
ty from December ID, to Decem.
ber 10, 17717, before going into
winter quarters at Valley Forge.
l have had some pleasant hours
making pastoral calls among the
embers of my flock. Ia every
home when the pastor calls wheth
or for half hour or an hour, the
family will be assembled and the
pastor Is expected t0 conduct
short service of worship.
We appreciate the weekly visits
of the Fulton County News.
/ will say to the mem bers o.
Damascus church that Rev. p. II
Fleming, d. D., of Burlington, n
c., will be on hand to dedicate
the church at the time set.
We hope that the good editor
of the Everett Press will copy
this.
God bless all the readers of tn,
News.
REV. 5. l.. BAUGHER.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-06-29
REV. 5. l.. BAUGHER.

Capt. a. Dotterman will hold
preaching services on Timber
Ridge at John Caroaugh's grove
Sunday at l0:30 a. m, and at 2:l5
p. m.. also there will be preach.
ing service at tie Salvation Army
church near Big Cove Taunery,
at 3 o'clock p. m.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-06-29
Marshall McKlbhin. 4

Marshall McKlbbin, popular
young salesman for a steel roof
ing company 10 Pittsburg, is
spending his summer vacation
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
George McKibbln in Union town
ship. Marshall was in town a
day or two this week, but seemed
to be in hurry to get home, as
he said, to "help his father har'
vest"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-06-29

County Superintendent Barton
returned Saturday evening from
Indiaua, Pa, where he was on the
board of examiners last week for
the Indiana STATE normal school.
Mrs. Barton and their little son
George, arevisitlng Mrs. Barton's
parents at Newport, Pa.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-06-29

Mr.. Hugh w. Ewing, who re.
Gently underwent an operation in
the Children's Aid Hospital at
Chambersburg, came home last
Friday, and says he feels like
''another man" now.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-06-29
THE IMMORTAL WASHINGTON.
The Story OF His Life Familiar TO Ey'
cry Nation.

. Wflttcn Tor lne fultOH county news uN
Charles Henry Wlssner,
The proclamations issued to
the people of the Philippine Is
lands by their leaders during the
progress Of the war with the
United States teen with the
name Of George Washington
There is something almost pathet
ic in the way in which appeals
were made to the Filipinos to re.
member the story of Washing
tons 5 resistance to the power of
Great Britain and to the Amerl.
can soldiers to remember that
they were enjoying the blessings
of that liberty for which Wash
lngton fought and that like him
they should only bear arms to en-.
free and not to enslave. General
Lukban, the dictator of Samar,
issued but few proclamatlons to
the people of that island in which
he does not call their attention to
some incident IN the lite of Wash
ington as an encouragement to
them or mention the fact that the
war being waged upon him was
in direct contradiction to the
teachings and deeds of wash
ington's noble life"
In 1900, two American soldiers
held as prisoners at Tacloban,
Leyte, under the charge of hav-
ing robbed the post'otfice at that
place, that separates that Island
from the island of Samar joined
the guerilla band of Colonel
Abuke near the town of Basey.-
Abuke who was one of General
Lukban's subordinates forward.
ed these deserters to him with a
statement that they had display
ed a spirit cha' actertistlc of
true sons of the I'm mortal Wash.
lngton. The colonel, of course,
was ignorant of the fact thai
these men were but fugitives
from justice. AS soon as Lukbar
/ had interviewed the deserters h,
published his famous proclama
, ton to his people IN which h,
urges them to continue the strug
gle and tells them of the arriva
at his camp of two American des
erters whom, he borrowing
Abuke's phrase also terms "true
sons of the immortal Washing
ton"
Abuke's note to Lukban apt
the Generals proclamation botl
fell INTO the hands of the Amerl
cans when LUX bans stronghold
was captured in August 1901 ant
after that time the troops of the
United States in the island of Sa
mar were accustomed to refer Il
these deserters in jesting man
ner as "true sons of immorta
Washington" One deserter was
killed by the Americans in fight
near the bloody field of Balangiga
and the other by his own com
mand of insurgents in the noun
tains OF Leyte.
While the terms applied othese
criminals by Abuke and LUX
ban seem ridiculous, yet there is
something of the pathetic about
it after all and one is impressed
with the thought that there are
few corners of the world into
which the lessons of the life OF
George Washington have not
penetrated.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-06-29

Mr.. Kyner of Cham bersburg
came over last Saturday, and on
Sunday returned home accompa'
MED by Photographer A. l.. Rog-
ers who had been spending a
week here.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-06-29
HOT WEATHER FOR JULY
With Many Severe Storms. lnclud-
ing Hail.
PREDICTED BY REV. IRL K. HICKS.
A Mars EquinoctiaI Period Covers Almost
the Entire Month Of July
and into August.

In Word and Works for July
Rev. Irl Il. Hicks says:
This month begins IN the last
stage of storm period central on
June 29th. Storms and perturba-
tions of this period will be well on
their way toward the Atlantic by
the 1st and 2nd, with fair and cool.
er weather following from the
west.
A reactionary storm period is
central from the 4th to the 9th.
As the Moon is on the celestial
equator on the 4th, we may reason
ably calculate on decided rise in
temperature, ending in thunder
and rain storms during these reac-
tionary days.
A Mars equinoctial period COW
ers almost the entire month of Ju-
ly, being central on the 2Sth and
running into August.
About the 18th to 14th, the cen
tral dates of the second July storm
period, no one should be surprised
by wave of excessively warm
weather, eliminating in many
threatening storms and violent
dangerous clustering. Some local
cloudbursts are probable here and
there, but we do not believe that
sufficient rains will occur at this
time over wide extremes of the
grainproducing regions. Heavy
hail storms, especially to the west
and north, will most likely attend
these disturbances, in which event
temporary change to much cooler
may naturally be expected. The
18th, 18th and 14th are the days
on which the eliminating crisis of
this period is to be looked for
Change t. higher barometer, west
erly winds and cooler would be
the normal order progressively be-
hind or west of the centers of
storm areas.
On and touching the 18th, 18th
and 10Th the temperature will
greatly increase, moving like a
wave from west to east. Baromet-
ric unsteadiness and final fall to
low readings will accompany the
warmth, and many threatening
storm clouds with thunder and
bluster will take up their march
eastwardly across the country
Heavy local concentrations of rain
and hail will touch scattered local
tiles, but we fear that there will
be serious lack of general, diffused
rains.
a regular Vulcan storm period
covers the 21st to the oath, having
its center on the 22nd. The most
casual observers and readers OF
weather reports will see that g
wave of increased warmth, attend
ed by falling barometer and Other
storm conditions, will organize il
the west and pass eastwardly
across the country on and touch
ing the above days. More threat
ening summer clouds, with thun
der, some ram and severe bluster
will break out along the paths o
actual storm areas.
On and touching the 9th ant
2Sth reactibnary storm condition
will return with more than ordina
~ intensity. AT this time tn
earth will be nearing the opposi
ton of Saturn-that is,passing be
tween the Sun and the great plan
ct. Saturn. The Moon will also b
in opposition with Earth and Sun
or at its full, and the Mars perio
will be exactly central. Grea
warmth will, in every probability
reach a climax on and next to thes
dates.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-06-29

Mrs. Rachel Hill spent last
week with the family of Frank
p. Lynch, and on Saturday went
TO Hustontown to visit her daugh-
ter Mrs. Simon Fix.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-06-29

Miss Mabel Trout Is attending
the Commencement exercises at
the Shippensburg state normal
this week.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-06-29
Mr.. Ernest Greathead of Scht

nectady. N. Y, who easily tai es
rank with the most artistic job
printers ip the country, Is spend
ing his summer vacation with his
parents, Mr.. aud AIRS. George
W. Grcathead OF this place.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-06-29

County Superintendent Barton
aud G. b. Stevens made little
trip to Orbisonia Tuesday.