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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-08

unprecedented move.
A1aaAa sid WorlA Craiso.
Tho armada took Its departure from
Hampton Roads, Dec. Is, 1907, and
after wholly successful voyage around
tie Horn, Of about twelve thousand
miles, It dropped anchor in San Fran.
cisco Harbor May 8. 1908. The ships
that form the four divisions Of the feet
In this rscord-makine cruise are: The
Connecticut, Louisiana, Maine, Mis-.
souri,, Georgia, New Jersey, Rhode Isl,
and. Virginia, Alabama, Illinois, Kear-
sarge, Kentucky, Ohio, Ainnesota, Kan.
sas and Vermont. To which were add
cd the 5Nebraska and the WISCONSIN, al,
ready in Puget Sound, thus making a
dsets Of eighteen hrst-class modern
battleships in perfect condition.
There were already in the Pacific
and Oriental waters the aps armored
cruisers West Virginia, Colorado, Ma
ryland and Pennsylvania. Their two
sister ships, the California and South
Dakota, .xsrs also On the P4ciflc, and
IT, peHsfful Walhington 4n s Tenpe -
- vent from the Atlantic e join the
armada. thus making eight armored
.'csarspissrss to y, added to tie Eighteen
battisskips. q IA iaddition there wire in
u flsiAc several protected cruisers.
gSaboats and other Lesser craft. All
telA there were ten hundred and nifty
oacers ald ninetssn Thousand sAye hun
.d.ea nss.
II due tine the main Aeet q war
ships resumed its western course and
Win touch It the leading ports Of China
ald Australia, passing On east By way
X ~ vet, and coming finally to Nal
e ana Gibraltar, where It will coal
ara Ultimately return to Ito starting
psint 1t HamptoB Roads, some time Inc
(, early nsxt February.
= Ills expedition the Republican
Dese1 has d policy which projects itself y Ell
NJ iats m future. but Il y an entire
|. 1lasai ssanlias Of the whole scheme
IVY 1surSpS3s 6at'it ID aimel narrowly
s 4RhifSy at my single power. its
- U 49, rsbuak obstructive poll
-. e disparity ekaesd n world liss1::
4 nsrs :sf t1Alsatien thar q
tAsaat - AL e4ls1tRg. s9yssrpem 1.s q
s. =, ~ 1.rit ~, H f;ilss;s
eur Asjp via absofSinne Mtsrsst. Ole
81. tie srsaf advaiSdtaiiSeS Gafled' by thls
eetuiss ~ IL cordial Swiielcans and close
acquaintance which 1t has evoked from
tAs sovernmenss and peoples of the
chisf rsDuhies Sf Latin America. To
tie Brasilians, the Argentines, the Chi
iians ana the Peruvians, tie mighty re-
public q tRs. a9 \ hsd ben ssn merely I
name or 9 dim nsare. powerful and
honored perhaps, but not actually
known. For years there had been lit
lie or ~ visible evidence Of the wealth.
3 authority Of the United States, in
~ chief South American ports. Dyt
TOY wsfs all visited BY swift and
stately liners, Tying the Gags Of liz
nlaritine powers Of Europe
1T every South American port the
leet, our navy. our government, our In.
atitutiens. cur psople, our ains, our
Industries. our trade eyery eonceiyabls
tAi1g that y our, have bsea discusses
J 8 tlsy 4eyer were before. "a thai
without suspicion Of our Political md
Gplanatic Intentions. One business
Mouse Il New York stakes that Ia
0s1th AnsrjcaA eerrsspoDAence has IN.
eSSased fourfold since the Aset waited
- A. -
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-17
BRUSH CREEK.
MRS, LIB. V. SHIvES.

The soil Is very dry on account
of no rainfall for "a number of
days.
The farmers are engaged in
sowing their grain and reaping
the crops of buckwheat.
Miss Ella Barton, of Crystal
Springs, is spending few days
with friends at Akersvllle.
A revival service is now IN pro-
gress at Akersville M. e. church,
but there was no preaching last
Saturday and Sunday evenings,
on account of the absence of the
pastor, Rev. G. F. Weise.
Reuben Buzzard and family, OF
Clearvllle, spent Sunday In the
home of John N. Hlxson.
Herbert jackson and family
spent Sunday In the home of G.
II. Akers.
Misses Besse and Esta Akers
spent Saturday and Sunday with
friends in Wells Valley.
Hunter Jackson is on the sick
list.
Miss Name Jackson, of Ohio,
spent last week with friends IN
Brush Creek.
N. B. HIxson spent Sunday af-
ternoop with Russell Akers.
Walter Barton and Howard
Conner spent Sunday afternoon
with Haslet Walters.
A number of young people
from EN- mavllle and Wesley at
tended prayer meeting at Akers-
vile on Sunday evening.
0. A. Barton and wife spent
Sunday IN the home of George
Akers.
Crlst Spade, of EmmaviIle,
spent Saturday evening and Sun
day with a friend near Akersville.'
There is an immense crop of
apples in the vicinity of Akers-
vile to be stored away for winter
use.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-17
Summer Trip.

Mr.. Editor AS so many of our
friends have asked us to give
through the News an account of
our trip, l will ask your iudul
gence for the following: Mr..
Shives and 1 left McConnellsburg
on the 26th of August for Allan.
tic City VIA Hancock, so we could
take in Washington and Balti-
more on our return. Owing to
the fact that we found the wealth
er unpleasant at Atlantic City,
we remained there but a few
days when we returned to Phlla
delphla on Saturday evening and
were entertained at the beautiful
and hospitable home of DR..
Cham bers-our own Gally and
wife and three children. They
have indeed a model home, and
are very happy family. Sun.
day Gaily took us to the Calvary
NJ. E. church. This edifce cost a
hundred thousand dollars, and is
a very imposing structure. Mon.
day we went through the Unlver.
sity Of Pennsylvania, and at noon
left tor Princeton, N. j., where
we were welcomed by the Mar.
gerum 's-Mrs. Margerum being
former Fulton County woman
and cousin of the editor of the
News. From there we went over
to New York, crossed the Great
Brooklyn Bridge, and saw many
other interesting sights in the
great metropolis, when we re.
turned toPrinceton, spending a
night, and thence on to Baltimore
where we were met by Mrs. p.
M. Frey and Mrs. A. F. Little,
the latter of whom being IN the
city at that time, and we had a
very pleasant stay in the Monu-
mental City. Then we came on
to Washington. When it comes
to telling about all the interest.
ing things one sees in this city,
we are reminded that the limits
of this sketch forbids even an at
tempt. Suffice it to say that we
had royal time, and are very
much indebted to all the friends
we visited for the good time they
showed us.
MRS, LIB. V. SHIvES.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-17
Alaska Wheat

The Department of Agriculture
at Washington has made thor
ough investigation of the alaska
wheat referred to recently in the
NEWS IL was said this wheat
would yield 200 bushels to the
acre which now proves to be a
fake. The department warns
farmers not to buy 1T for seed at
$50 a bushel, the advertised
price, for fear they will have 81
worth of wheat and $40 worth of
experience. We hope no Fulton
county farmer has been deceived
In purchasing any of this wheat.
This supposedly remarkable
wheat was alleged to have been
discovered in Alaska and devel.
oped after years OF culture at
Junateca, Idaho. But DIR. Gal
loway, chief of the Bureau of
Plant Industry, says this variety
OF wheat has been known for
many years both in this country
and Europe. 1t has been tried
at several experiment stations In
the west, but no where has it
shown sufficient merit to attract
attention. In certain heavy un.
drained soils it yields rather bet
ter than other val leties, but 1t is
one of the poorest -four wheats
and is not grown where other
wheat will thrive. Farmers IN
this country were deluged with
this Identical wheat twenty years
ago, when it was called Egypt
an" wheat and was said to have
been discovered in Egypt. And
so 1t turns out that the Alaska
wheat" discovery was but a shah
by trick to deceive the farmer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-17
Triple Birthday Party.

A day long to. be remembered
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
q. Barton in Brush Creek Valley,
was the Goth of August, when a
large mum ber of friends assem-
oled to celebrate the 10th ami
versary of their daughter Sadie
and her cousin Nellie Barton,
and the 23rd birthday of their
cousin Howard Deshong. A jolly
good time was had and the prin-
cipals received many NICE pres
ents. The refreshments were
very nice. Those In attendance
were Marden Stouteagle, Grace
Hixon, Amy Lodge, SSue Mills,
Gertrude Barton, Ada Barton,
Mary Clevenger, Olive Barton,
Ella Barton, Elsie Whitfield, Iva
dixon, Francenia Whitfield, Clara
Hixson, Lille Whitfield, Minnie
Lynch, Louie Davis Nellie Bar
ton, Grandoline Barton, Cecilia
Barton, Mrs. Haywood, Mrs.
Robinson, Mrs. DAVIS, Mrs.
Sarah Barton, Eva, Laura, and
Ida Barton; Fred Lodge, Cristo.
pher Spade. Ralph Hixson. Will
liam ana Elmer Clevenger, EN-
berry, Talmage, Fl. N, Ross,
Bruce, George, and James Bar.
ton, Russell and James Akers,
Howard Whitfield, Ralph ROBIN
son end George DAVIS.
ONE WHO WAS THERE.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-17
New Grenada Winning.

The New Grenada baseball
team played the Woodvale team
on the latter's grounds on the
forenoon of Labor Day. The
game was very close until the lat
ter half of the fifth inning, when
the New Grenada team began to
get IN their work, and the game
ended in a victory for New Gren.
ada. Some of the First Team of
Robertsdale beng present, a
challenge was issued to New
Grenada to play the Robertsdale
team a. Robertsdale the follow
ing afternoon. This game was
played and another victory scor-
ed for New Grenada. Last Sat
urday, New Grenada defeated
the Hustontown boys on the
formers grounds. This game
was very harmonious throughout
and was witnessed by the largest
number of people, of any of their
games of the season. The line
up was as follows:
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-17
When Game May be Killed.

The law In regard to killing
game is the same as last year, as
follows:
Black. birds, all kinds, unlimit.
ed, Septemb ber 1 to January /.
Doves (Mournlng or Turtle),
unlimited. September 1 to Jan.
uary 1.
Deer, male with horns, one
each season, Novem ber Is to
December 1.
English, Mongolian, or Chinese
Pheasant, five III one day, twenty
IN one week aud fifty in one sea.
son, October Is to Decem Der 1.
Grouse (Ruffed), commonly
called Pheasant, five in one day,
twenty in one week and fifty IN
one season, October to Decem
ber 1.
Hare or Rabbit, unlimited,
October Is to Decem Der 1.
Quail, com monty called Virgin
ia Partridge, ten in one day, for
ty in one week and seventy-five
In one season, Novemb Der only.
Webfooted Wild fowl of all
kinds, unlimited, September 1 to
April 10.
Wild Turkey, one in a day, four
in one season, October Is to De.
Gem Der l.
Wookcock, ten IN one season,
October to December l.
Squirrel, Fox, Black or Grey,
SIX of com bined kinds IN one day,
October to Decem Der 1.
Shore birds, unlimited, Sep
tember 1 to January 1.
Snipe, Jack or Wilson, unlimit.
ed September 1 to May /.
Plover, unlimited, July Is to
December L.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-17
NntDMoRE.
ONE WHO WAS THERE.

Misses Rose Foltz, of Illinois
and Mabel Dixon, of Chambers
burg, are visiting In the home of
DR.. Palmer.
Preaching services here Sun
day evening we're we'll attended.
Some Of our farmers have fin
ished seeding.
Miss nellie Morton has accept
ed our school. We would that
the store-bpx class had an in
structor, also.
e. b. Fisher hulled clover seed
here Saturday.
Earl Shlves, of Illinois, is visit.
ing DR.. j. j. Palmer.
Grant MeIlott is on picture
taking tour at Pleasant Ridge.
Esta Hart is visiting her uncle
]. W. Lake, at Pleasant Ridge.
h. M. Snyder and MISS Minnie
Funk, spent last Sunday evening
1t N. H, Evans's.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-17
wrieht's Triumph.

Mr.. Orville Wright has demon
strated that the heavier than AIR
aeropIane is not only capable OF
sustained fight, but that it can
travel at high rate of speed.
He can stay in the air as long as
he wants to, can guide the mach.
Inc at will, and travel forty miles
an hour. That Is triumph for
the aeroplane, and one that is
not likely to be beaten soon, al.
though there are many people
experimenting with flying ma
chimes. At present the aeropIane
can serve no practical and useful
purpose. 1t is too light; it must
be light in order to lift and sus-
tain itself. Its liftlng power is
not very great. la this it differs
from the diriglble balloon which,
although 1t IS of great volume,
can also lift an i'm mmense weight
and travel very swiftly, as Count
Zeppelin demonstrated.
The great and unavoidable
weakness of airships and dirigi-
bles is that they are practically
useless IN a moderately high
wind. The dlriglble, with its i'm.
mense unbroken surface of gas.
bag, is helpless when the wind
blows more than moderately.
The aeroplane presents a very
small resisting surface, but 1T is
so light and 50 slight that 1t, toe
is very easily buffeted about, and
1T would be foolhardy to attempt
a flight in a strong wind. But
the secret of aviation-the thing
that has eluded man for centu.
rles-has at last been discovered,
and no man can predict whittier
further experiment will lead,
Aviation Is only in It's infancy,
and the aeroplanes are only weak
and imperfect torerunners of the
flying machines to come. 1t will
be remembered that once it was
predicted and proved by theories
that railroad train could never
be useful. Bearing that in mind
one must not hastily conclude
that flying machines will never
be seful.-The Star-Independ-
ent.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-17
Buchanan and the CowbelI.

Rev, DR.. Frederick Cast, pro.
fessor emeritus of Hebrew IN the
Reformed theological Seminary
at Lancaster, Pa, is one of the
very few persons living who were
intimately acquainted with Pres
ldent Buchanan, and he has a
large stock of stories about the
Pennsylvania that have never
appeared IN print.
Buchanan was born in a sparse
ly settled part of Franklin Coun.
ty, and IN his youth his mother
was accustomed to place around
his neck a COW bell, so that it's
tinkling announced his where
abouts whenever he wandered In
to the woods surrounding the
family cabin. Nelghbors' chill
dren, nearly all of whom were of
German parentage, invariably
thereafter called him "Chimmy
nit de bells on" a nickname
which later in life led him into
one OF the tiercest political feuds
that ever existed in the Keystone
State. Thaddeus Stevens and
Buchanan were practicing law
yers IN Lane lster, and were init
mate friends until one day, op.
posed to each other IN the trial of
suit, Stevens banterlngly refer.
red to his friend as "Chlmmy NIT
de bells on.
Buchanan made no reply IN
court, but as soon as the trial
was ended he lured his insulter
into an alleyway and gave him a
drubblng which Stevens had rea-
son to never forget. Thereafter
the two were lmplacable enemies.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-17
Prophesies Hard Winter.

UnmistakabIe sigps lead local
weather prophets to predict a
severe winter. An old weather
wise farmer remarked that the
weeds have grown unusually high
which he said indicates a long,
severe winter. He said nature
causes the weeds to grow tall so
that birds can feed upon the
seeds when the ground is cover
ed with snow. Another indica-
tim, he continued, was the fact
that squirrels are carrying their
winter supply of grain into hollow
trees. When they deposit them
In less secure places, a mild win.
ter may be expected.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-17
Which viii II Be +?

The old political managers that
have been guiding the hands OF
politics for the last twenty years
are entirely at sea so far, and
whether the current will SWING
to Mr.. Taft or Mr.. Bryan is the
deepest kind of puzzle. In 1896
and again in 1900, the Republi.
cans accused Mr.. Bryan Of "be-
ing scared" and in fact so scared
that he had to take the stump and
work like a Hercules night and
day. Mr.. Bryan himself admits
that he twas scared" in those
campaigns and the results show
that he had mighty good reasons
for beng scared. Now Mr.. Taft
has changed his plans of a front
porch campaign" such as McKin-
ley had in 96, and has decided to
stump the country from Ocean to
Ocean and end to end. Mr.. Taft
is going from New York to Cali
fornla and make speeches in ev-
cry important, doubtful state.
This all leads to the question is
Mr.. Taft very GLADLY scared"
and so far nobody has been able
to answer 1t. The labor vote is a
great factor IN this campaign and
it is well known that they con-
troll two million of votes. Mr..
Gomrers, president of the Amer
lean Federation Of labor and thus
the head of this great army of
two million voters, is working
with all his might to deliver this
vote to Mr.. Bryan. If he can do
so, there is very little doubt but
what that will mean his election.
However, there are very few
votes that any one man Can deliv-
er in these days. Every Ameri.
can is in the habit of delivering
his own vote, and according to
his own opinion. Another puzzl.
ing thing IN this campaign is the
''negro vote" and while Mr.. Taft
was Secretary of War, when the
NEGRO" regiment was dismissed
in disgrace by his own act, 1t is
not believed that the negro votes
will be cast in lump for the
Democratic party as has been
claimed. There is no doubt, how
ever, but the negro vote wll be
divided and probably equally d.
vided between the candidates.
There are a good many colored
ministers and leaders who be-
lieve that this is the wlsest thing
for the negroes to do, as they will
be likely to get favors then from
both parties by making his vote
an uncertain quantity.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-17
coUNTERFEITERs NEW SCHEME.
How the Smooth Demonstration Gets His
Victims Coin.

"One of the latest schemes of
the counterfeit money swindlers
Is to show gullible people ma
chime with which they can print
for themselves large size bills,
initiative of Government curren-
cy," said Capt S. F. Rhodes, for
merly of the secret service. "This
money producing machine has a
smooth demCnstrator who will,
after getting a prospective victim
interested, turn the crank and
grind out a $50 note, which. 1t is
needless to say, is genuine. The
victim shows the bill to a bank
cashier, and hears it pronounced
good, and his mercenary nature
being aroused, he sees visions of
gigantic wealth, and hands over
to Mr.. Sharper $500, or at least
$3.50, for the instrument that is
going to make him Rockefeller.
It Is needless to say that the sub
sequent specimens turned out are
such miserable limitations that
they would hardly fool a blind
man, but the lgnoramus is IN a
place where he can't make roar
for his lost monev.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-17
A New Comet.

Dispatches from the Harvard
Observatory to Prof. Apple, of
the Daniel Scholl Observatory,
Lancaster, state that Morehouse
of Yerkes has recently discover
ed a comet in the northern sky.
The time since first seen is too
short to predict it's orbit very ac-
curately, but Judging from it's
present motion it will pass the
point nearest the sun about Jan
uary 5, 1909. It's distance from
the sun then will be some what
greater than the earth's. 1t Is
as yet invisible to the naked eye,
but is growing brighter. 1t may
not become conspicuous at all--it
may prove a bright one, no one
can tell as yet. Though already
it has caused not little STIR
among the astronomers all the
way from Greenwich to Lick.
Tho comets position Septem ber
2, at midnight, was right ascen-.
sion 3 hrs, 20 min, and declina.
ton 90 deg, 81 min. north; vn the
morning OF September 5 at 2 o.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-17

w. Fl. Morris, of Shippsnsburg,
plead guilty in the Cumberland
county court Monday 10 selling
hquor without a license. and the
Court suspended sentence. 1t
appeared that the defendant act.
ed under orders Of his employers
and under the advice that he
might lawfully take orders and
deliver lptoxlcants.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-17
Fire In Fairfield.

Tuesday afternoon a fire broke
out IN Fairfield, Adams county,
and word was received here in
the evening that the whole town
was afire, and that the water sup.
ply was entirely exhausted. Fair.
field is the home of our former
townsman, DR.. N. q. Trout.
About half past ten o'clock, E. r.
McClaln, brother-ln-law of the
Doctor, and Walter r. Sloan left
here IN the formers automobile,
and ran over to Fairfield, return
ing about seven o'clock, Wednes-
day mornlng. When they reach
ed Fairfield, about two o'clock,
Wednesday morning, the fire was
under control, and the damage
TO the town, although bad enough,
was not so great as was feared.
About Twenty-Five houses and
stables had been on fire, but less
than dozen were totally de-
stroyed. While the fire reached
the house next to DR.. Trout's
residence, no injury was done to
any of his property.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-17

James Slpes and son Harvey
made an automobile "trip down
through Franklin and Cumber-
land counties last Saturday In
search OF a good farm. They
were shown some nice ones, but
81 yet, have not seen just what
they want
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-17
Your School Tax.

The taxpayers of this county
should not forget to pay their
school tax before the first OF Oc-
tober If they want to get the i've
per cent. Oft. 1t was Franklin
who said that penny saved was
twopence earned, and 1t makes a
difference Of two dollrrs, If your
tax is twenty, whether you pay
IT IN September or wait until
November.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-17

Mr.. Samuel Q. Dickson and
sisters MISS Sadie and Mrs. w.
Scott Alexander were guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Lyon at West
Dublin from Saturday until Mon.
day,