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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-09-19
A Quiet W sdding.

On Sunday morning Scptem.
Der 8, 1907, at 6 o'clock at Han
cock Md. Mr.. Davey Nelson Stew.
ems of Woodrow, w. Va. and
Miss Leila Maude Clark of Nc
kibben, this county, were hap.
PLY united in the holy honds of
matrlmony by Rev. D. NJ. Dloble
of the M. f. church of Hancock,
Md. The wedding march played
by Miss Fannie Red daughter OF
MIR. j. w. Rled of Hancock.
The bride was beautifully gown
ed IN white China silk with hat
and gloves to match. The groom
wore the old time black.
The happy couple took the early
Sunday morning excursion for
Washington d. G. on their we'd
ding tour, and returned on Mon
day.
They both are well-to.do people
aud have the best wishes of their
many friends
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-09-19
Teachers Meeting.

The teachers preliminary
meeting for Brush Creek, Lick
ing Creek, Belfast and AYR town
ships, was held at Needmore,
Thursday, SEPTEMBER 9th.
The meeting was called to or,
der by Supt. Lamberson. S. L.
Wink was elected president.
The questions - Preliminary
Work, FIRST Days Work, The
Program, Teaching of Algebra,
anr many other important sub.
jects were discussed by the teach.
ers present.
Arrangements were made for
Local Institutes in townships rep.
resented - except Ayr, after
which Prof. Lamber son gave o
closing talk, which was very In
structive.
The meeting then closed, and
the teachers returned home great
ly benehted by having been pres.
ent MARGARET DANIELS,
Secretary.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-09-19
DOTT.

MISS Llzzie Lafferty and neph
ew Rexie Hess have returned af
ter spending some time at Allan
tic City and other points in New
Jersey.
Mrs. Aaron Hess and children
spent day recently with the
family of Reuben Layton.
Frank Ranck, of Warfordsburg,
spent a Sunday recently the
guest of Mrs. Maria Spencer.
Misses Jessie Lewis and
Mayme Golden, of Franklin
Mills, spent Sunday recently
with the family of Charles Hess.
MIR. and Mrs. j. G. Fisher
spent q day recently in Washing
ton d. o..
Mrs. Mary G. Winter spent
Sunday with the family of Jot
l.. Garland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. II. Sharpe
shent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs
James Truax near Pleasant
Grove,
Messrs Archie and Gayle Fish
er spent day recently with Mr.
Alfred Mellott.
Geo. F. B. Hill is improving
the appearance of his property
by painting his house and barn
We are glad to welcome Miss
Sadie Kirk as teacher of Noun
AIRY school this year. Wish yor
success Miss Sadie.
Mrs. Elliott Akers VISITED hel
son in law Charles Golden Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Mckee, OF
Kansas are visiting relatives and
friends here.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-09-19

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry j. Mellott,
who removed from Licking Creek
township to Deshler, OHIO, about
SIX years ago are with their sons
Herbert and Norman, visiting
among their old friends and
neighbors in this county. Mr..
Mellott was in town Tuesday and
speaks very highly OF his western
home. He says the yield of oats
this season is about 30 bushels To
the acre-about half crop, and
corn about 40 bushels of shelled,
which is a two.thlrds crop, The
difference in price between tins
and former years will however,
compensate for the shortage in
bushels.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-09-19

The pure food law does not per.
NIT the outside display o. perish.
able goods especially those dis
played In front of grocery stores
unless they are enclosed in case
which will not permit flies, dust,
etc, getting on them. Products
that have to be peeled or pared be-
fore cooking can be put outside,
but must be 10 inches above the
sidewalk and out of reach of dogs,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-09-19
Farming: A Laggard Industry.


1t may be reasonably asked :
Why is it that new knowledge,
demanding new capital for gam
full uses, has not created that
capital in needed volume? The
answer is that economy on the
farm, In factories and mills, has
not kept pace with economy In
the modern nine, smeltery, blast
furnace, or railroad. FIRST of all,
to take an extreme case, when
the railroad engineer takes up
light rails and lays heavy ones,
he reduces the cost of haulage
one-half. No such prize may be
so readily grasped by the wheat
grower or the dairy man. Then,
too, a great trunk line, such as
the Pennsylvania, has a property
worth hundreds of millions, on
which the utmost possible net in.
come Is to be earned, despite ris.
ing wages, advancing prices for
coal, steel and ties. Such cor
poration, both in it's finances and
engineering, Is directed by men
of the highest ability; part of their
daily work is to examine complete
and accurate accounts of receipts
and expenditures, of profit or loss
in each department, In every new
path of experiment. A salesman
with new form of rail, or switch,
signal, car, brake, engine, or dyn-
amo, goes first to such buyers,
because their business is best
worth while. Compare that busi-
ness with the sale of new wind.
mills, or pumps, to thousands of
scattered farmers, whose cash
surpluses. tor the most part, al g
small. Itwould undoubtedly pay
we'll thoroughly to improve the
common roads of America, so as
to bring all to the excellence of
the best. But who is to educate
and persuade the thousands of
municipal boards concerned, the
millions of taxpayers, jealously
guarding county funds?
Selected seed In planting wheat
or corn means 25 per cent, or so,
more harvest; and yet selected
seed is planted much less gener-
ally than it shoald be. In the
Northern States and Canada crop
rotation, on the best lines, returns
about one fourth more than the
average crop, and yet the lesson
makes converts but slowly. It's
because a basic production, such
as farming, hangs behind the
quality of derived industry,
such as transportatios, that new
capital Is asked for by railroads
faster than it is created in the
grain field. From "Why Is In
terest High ?" by George Hes, In
the American Review OF Reviews
for September.
Card Of Thanks.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-09-19
commlsslo1 10 Revise School Laws.

Governor Stuart has appointed
the following mem bers of the Com
mission to Revise, Collate and
Digest the Public School Laws
DR.. M. Q. Brum baugb, of Phila.
delphia; State Superintendent OF
Pu bic Instruction N. G. Schaef.
fer, Of Lancaster; David B. OH
YER, OF Allegheny; William Laud.
er, of Riddles burg, Bedford coun
ty; John S. Killing, of Erie; DR..
&, M. Phillips, of West Chester;
James M. Coughlin, of Wilkes
Barre.
The commission Is created by
a resolution of May 8, 1907. The
com mission is to collate and re,
duce into one act ali the acts and
statutes, or parts thereof, relat-
ing to the public schools. The
work is designed to facilitate ref
erence to the school laws and the
new act is to be systematically
arranged. The mission has
an appropriation of S., 900.
The commission is. to organize
within thirty days. and the re
suit OF It's work 10 to be reported
to the Legislature before Febru
ary 1, 1909.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-09-19
THE DODDER- PEST.
An Exceedingly Mischievous Plant That
Has Made lis Appearance in This
County.

IT would certainly be the part
Of wisdom for our farmer trends
10 look we'll to their young clover
tins fall, as an exceedingly mis-
chlevous pest b. name of Dodder
has come into many of the fields
of this community. 1t is geuer-
ally introduced by sowing cheap
and infe. ior clover seed, infested
with the Dodder seed, which
looks very much like genuine clov
er seed. The plant is yellow vine,
which twines around the clover
plant and becomes a parasite,
sucking the juice through feelers
on the vine until the clover is dead
when the Dodder ripens an I'm
mense crop of seed and waits to
continue it's destruction the fol
lowing year.
Prof. H. A. Surface, E ,onomic
zooIogist of the Department OF
Agriculture at Harrisburg, says
of it, that it should be cut with a
scythe, and burned. or the spots
will be much larger ano her year.
SUBSCRIBER.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-09-19

them serving as pail bearers at
the interment IN Union Cemetery
on Thursday morning, at 10 o.,
clock.
Farewell, old nelghbor and
friond To you, death is only
transition and promotion. Our
loss Is your eternal gain.
5. M. @.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-09-19

Elder, Elkins. w. Va, Mrs. Geo.
ID. Woodrow, Baltimore; Mrs,
John Elder, Mr.. and Mrs. G. p,
Speer, Miss Grace Speer, Cham
bersburg; Mrs. j. Wilson Hum
bird, of Cumberland, Md; DIR.
and Mrs. W. Dufiield Robinson,
Miss Nan Robinson and Miss An.
gusta Robinson, PhiladeIphia,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-09-19

At the request Of a number OF
citizens there will be another fe+-
tival at the Spring in the rear Of
Geo w. Smiths store, On Satny-
day evening next. loo Cream,
Cake, &C., will he served.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-09-19
Card Of Thanks.

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Comerer
desire to thank their many kind
friends for the assistance render
ed during the illness aud death
of their aunt, Elizabeth Runyan.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-09-19

w. w. Hoover, Of Hustontown,
was in town Tuesday on his way
returning for another years work
as student 10 the Mercersbure
Academy.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-09-19

Inc many former schoOlmates
and friends of Noel L. Matthias,
will be glad to read the following
extracts from q personal letter
received recently by the Editor
from Mr.. Matthias. The unfor.
tunate young man was student
In the Summer Normal schools at
McConnellsburg several years
ago, and was one of the brightest
and most promising young men
in the schools. He is son of
Mr.. NJ. l.. Matthias, of Huston.
town, and is confined in the Penn
sylvanla State Lunatlc Asylum at
Harrisburg. The extracts fol-
low:
81 have been here in this State
Asylum since May II, 1901, and
am able to be up around and do
some work, as | with my compan-
ion and room mate, Lewis w. Rice,
of Reading, Pa, did about a year g
work. We began on the second
or third week of August, 1904,
and worked with the men upon
the lawns and did other duties
around the buildings during the
summer, aud assisted In the
butchers shop during the winter
as well as to shovel snow, ETC.,
around the buildings.
81 have been here now some
time, and close to the Capital City
of the State, but know very little
OF Harrisburg. One thingl know
it is this | know what the P.
S. L. A. is, and that it is conduct
ed differently from what it was
recon mended or described to me
before / was brought here.
"Mr. Peck, some time when
you come to Harrisburg on busi-
ness or some other OCCASION,
please come across to this Asy-
lum and give me a call, as 1t would
rejoice me to meet you and have a
good talk with you.
81 often see IN the Fulton
County News, familiar names, as
well as names Of acqualntances
and schoolmates of nine, and see
what they are doing and that they
are meeting with su:ess in edu.
cation and employment, while l
am confined in this Asylum.
"rhe special visiting days, or
times when visitors are allowed
to enter or come IN to see friends,
are Wednesday and Saturday of
each week, from 9 until 5 O'Clock
p. m. All persons are required
by DR.. Fl. l.. Orth to have a writ
ten PERMISSION from the parents
or some authority of the patient,
before he will allow a visitor to
enter to see a patient, who is not
a relative.
"One thing often think of +: /
was compelled to give up my
studies, but / cannot be compel.
led to abandon my worship or
service to the true and living God,
as | and my roommate are trying
to perform our duties and hold
out true Christian Soldiers at all
times and IN all places.
81 was pleased to learn thai
Prof. B. Q. Lamberson was elect
ed County Superintendent OF
Public Schools. May he meet
with success in his work and
please the teachers and all. +"
Most respectfully, yours
N. l.. MATTHIAS.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-09-19
Sunday School Workers To Meet In
Uniontown, October oil.

onuuhy oSuOOt WOFkeTS 10 meet w
Uniontown, October oil.
The Pennsylvania State Sab
bath School Association, with
headquarters in the city of Phila-
delphia, rs one of the greatest, if
not the greatest organization Of
Christian workers in the State.
Its annua! conventions bring to.
yether a larger number of deleg.
tcs than any other religious or
ganization. With auxiliary as
soclatlons IN all of the sixty sew
en- counties aud these subdlvided
into district associations, it has
a system of organization that car.
RES it's benefits to every local
school no matter where it is 10 ,at
ed.
Pennsylvania is the largest
Sunday School State IN the Union.
Within the borders of the State
are eleven thousand and sixty five
schools enrollin. 1,692, 497 mem.
bers, nearly one-fourth of the
population. This vast organlza-
ton will hold it's Forty-third An
nual Convention in the city of
Uniontown, Fayette county,
October 8, 10 and IL, 1907.
Unlontown, therefore will be
the mecca toward which the Sun
day School workers, regardless
of denomlnational creed or name,
will journey from every comfy
in the State.
A program of unusual strength
has been provided. Melvin E.
Trotter rescue mission worker
of national, wide reputation will
direct the spiritual and devotion
al part of the convention. Grant
A. Tullar and Owen Meredith, of
the firm Tullar and Meredith,
New York music publishers will
have charge of the music. The
executive and business part will
be looked after by Hon. John
Wanamaker and Mr.. H. j. Heinz,
the former Honorary President
of the State Association.
The program also contains the
names of DR.. Martin 9. Brum.
baugh, Phlla.; w. c. Pearce,
Chicago; Mrs. M. G. Lamcreaux,
Chicago, and many other workers
of note and prominence.
Uniontown is preparing
through a carefully selected com
mittee to entertain this gathering
IN manner never before equal
ed. For forty-three years this
convention has annually held it's
meetings.. All the important cit.
les IN the State have been visited;
Uniontown, therefore, Is endea-
vorlng to do the thing just lit
tie nicer and Just little better
than all the rest.
The Fulton County Association
is entitled to five delegates. Gre.
dental cards emitting holders to
reduced rates on all railroads and
special entertainment rates al
Uniontown can be secured from
Miss Maude E. Baumgardner,
Wells Tannerv, Pa, the County
Corresponding Secretary, OF
from w. G. L lndes, General Sec
retary, Witherspoon Bldg, Phila'
delphia, Pa.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-09-19
NUMBER 5a<
ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW
Snapshots al Their comings and Goinr@
Here for Vacation, or Away
for RestfuI'0uting.
NAMES OF VISITORS AND vsE

Mrs. d. g. Fleck, of Fort Lit,(
tleton, spent Friday in this place
the guest of friends.
Flank Hess, of Pleasant Ridge,
was an early Monday morning
McConnellsburg business visitor.
George w. Hixson and his
brother Jerry spent few hours
lntown Monday attending to busi-
ness.
Dennis Slpes, of Saxton, was
visiting his brother, Ex.Sheriff
ID. V. Sipes, west of town, last
week.
Misses Emma Ray and Ethel
Freeman of this place left Tues
day morning for trip to Phfla-
delphi.
David E. Strait and James
Chestnut, of Hustontown, made
business visit to McConnellsburg
Thursday.
Miss Elizabeth Nelson left
Monday morning for two weeks
visit with relatives and friends in
Pittsburg.
George B. Mock and family
left Monday morning for weeks
visit among relatives in Allen.
town and Philadelphia.
Mrs. James Snyder. of Cham
bersburg, is spending the week a
guest in the home of James Rum
mel, South Second street.
Miss Florence Hamill, who has
been visiting her uncle and aunt
Mr.. aud Mrs. d. A. Nelson, has
returned to her home Ia Zanes-
vile. OHIO.
John Spangler, who has been
spending his summer vacation
with his parents here, left for an
other years work at the State
College yesterday.
Mrs. p. P. Mann and children,
of this place, are spending the
week with Mrs. Mann's mother,
Mrs. Emaline Daniels, and other
friends in Licking Creek town
ship.
Mr.. Cyrus Gordon, who has
charge of the Law Library at
Chambersburg, and his daughter
Mrs. FL. W. Harper, are spending
this week at the Washington
House.
Miss jessie Wish ut and broth
er Nat, who had been spending a
short vacation with their PARENTS,
DR.. and Mrs. II. S. Wishart, this
place, have returned to Pittsburg
where they are employed.
Charles Mcdonald, wife, daugh-
ter, and two sons, who had been
visiting Mrs. McDonald's broth
er and sisters and other friends
in Huntingdon county and Fulton,
and IN Mercersburg, have return
ed to their home In Illinois.
T. Eddie Johnston and wife:
o. r. Dunlap. wife and son Har-
old; and Mr.. and Mrs. Craig Nc.
Cutcheon and daughter Maye-
all of whom had been visiting at
the home of Mrs. Kezia Johnston
and other friends in the Cove for
several weeks, left from their re-
ectlve homes Monday morning.
Miss Lizzie Nelson and her cous-
In Florence Hamll, accompanied
the party as far as Plttsburg.
On their way home Eddie and
wife expected to visit the James.
town Exposition, and the rest of
the folks, were gong to see the
Gettysburg battle field. Prof.
Oscar S. Johnston and family
who had planned to be here with
the other brothers and sisters for
this family reunion, were unfor-
tunately detained at Newport
News, Va, on the account an at.
tack of typhoid fever which sent
Mrs. Johnston to hospital. A
late letter from Oscar savs she is
convalescing and that they hope
10 reach here IN about a month.
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The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-27
nULTIMILLloNAlRE OF WHOM
LITTLE is KNOWN.
Could Become One Of Worlds Richest
Men by Forming Lumber Trust
Which He opposes-Proud OF
His Five Sons.

Minneapolis, Mimi have no re.
spect for men whose sole object is
gain and control over other men for
their own personal aggrandizement.
Such purpose in life is false. and
contempt is its Just due. | shall. II
oossibie. make such an arrangement
as will forever prevent the lands which
{ now own from passing into the con-
troll of those who might abuse them
Or the people who require their prod
ucts."
This is the remarkable utterance OF
A man whose wealth is estimated at
at least $4O,000.OOO, and who, though
inconspicuous, ranks among the ma.
tlon's richest captains of industry. BY
the single stroke of his pen, Thomas
Barlow Walker, who owns more tim.
ber land than any other man in the
country, might stack his millions in
equal numbers with those OF John d.
Rockefeller or Andrew Carnegie.
Like all men OF vast wealth esti-
mates of Mr.. Walkers wealth vary.
Some place II as high as 100000. 900.
but S40,0O0,000 is a very conservative
estimate.
In an interview at his home. in this
city, the timber king discussed the
great economic question of the day
and explained his own position. De-
spite his enormous wealth he is little
known outside of his immediate
business and home circles.
In lumber circles the unsolved ques-
tion has been why lumber trust was
not formed along the lines of other
big industrial corporations. In an in
terview Mr.. Walker gave the answer.
for the first time publicly. He said
"As long as | live there will never
be a timber trust II can prevent 1t.
Il have been approached repeated
| ly to head a combination that would
control practically all the lumber sup.
ply of the United States and Canada.
have as often positively refused TO
even consider the proposition
Mr.. Walker is the largest individual
owner of timber beyond question.
When asked about his five sons and
their association with his enterprises
a great pride shone in his eyes.
Yes. the boys run the business
now. AS they returned home from
school they entered into my business
with me, and to-day they understand
1t so thoroughly that l really believe
am no longer necessary to its con
tinued success"
Each son manages departments
that in themselves singly constitute
east business enterprises such as
many millloned men would view with
envy.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-27

dose only, just enough to make him
unconscious for short while. AS
the chloroform was beginning to wear
on DR.. Irvine suddenly pushed the
man of the operating table so that
he struck the floor with a thud. This
awakened the crazy cop" In a
jiffy.
Get up and hurry over 10 that
doorl" commanded Mr.. Connaughton.
who was present during the expert.
ment.
Ennis walked to the door. Just as
you or would, in natural way. He
had forgotten all about the hobbllng
and the crouching-and that was his
undoing.
"oh, you fakir!" yelled the experts
and Connaughton. You fakir! We
found you OUT"
The moment Ennis realized that he
had been caught with the goods on"
as big Bill" Devery would have said
had he been on hand, he turned as
white as a sheet. Nobody realized bet.
ter than he did that his end was at
hand.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-27

solution Of the case. But two months
under the guidance of the experienced
attorney.at-law had made an absolute
ly positive change for the better. The
miserable life of the prisoner was
saved by a method that Is only too
often applied in cases which are con
sidered desirable The defendant, in
stead of being put TO death, is now
serving a life sentence in Sing Sing.
There are others OF his kind there.
Nobody knows that better than does
the shrewd Connaughton, the principal
keeper of the prison, or as he is often
called. the "P. X"
1t is not always that the murderer
succeeds in carrying his shamming
game TO a successful termination. I
recall well the case OF Policeman Will
liam H. Ennis His is considered the
most remarkable of all the shamming
cases that ever came under the OBJ
servation of the officials in Sing Sing
Ennis was Brooklyn policeman. He
was married man. and as far as his
police record went a good policeman
But he would get drunk, and when he
was in his cups there was no telling
what he would not do.
The bluocoat and his wife did not
get along well. Some said It was a
case OF too much mother.in.law.
Whether that be true or not, Ennis
shot and killed his wife. and then shot
his mother.in-law, who recovered.
! When arrested Ennis slammed sui.
cidal mania. He was put on trial.
nevertheless. His defense was insan.
ity. He was convicted. Throughout
| the entire trial the fellow sat beside
his counsel as though in a trance. His
lawyer pleaded and pleaded with great
Carnestness. Alienists swore the DO.
liceman was surely mad His friends
also testified that In their opinion he
was OF unsound mind Ennis never
said word. There were many in that
crowded courtroom who, after looking
| at the man. insisted that ha was sure.