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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-10-15
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A Card Of Thanks.

Mrs. j. H. Snyder an d family
desire to thank their friends and
uelghbors for their kind assist
ance during the sickness and
death of the husband and faith
er, Mr.. Joseph Snyder.
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Executors Notice.

Letters testamentary on the estate of 10 n
G. Metz er. late OF Licking Creek townsh p.
Fulton county, Pa, deceased, have been.graI T.
ed oy the Register OF Wills of Fulton county,
to the undersigned all persons indebted TO 81 ID
estate are requested to make immediate pt v
ment, and those having legal claims agai st
the same viii present them without delay.
THOS. S. METZLER, Executor
i0s-6t. Harrisonvllle, Pa
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John McF'adden, residing at
Charlestown, near Foltz, Frank
In county, was found dead in his
bed last Wednesday m Jrnlng. He
had been In Ill health for some
time.
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NUMBER THREE.


Proposing amendments to sections eight
and twenty-one of article four, sections
eleven and twelve of article five, Sec
tions two. three. and fourteen of article
eight section one OF article twelve, and
sections two and seven of article four
teen, of the Constitution OF Pennsylva-
mia, and providi ; schedule for carry
ing the amendments into effect.
Section l. BE It resolved by the Senate
and House OF Representatives of the
Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania in Gem
eral Assembly met, That the following
proposed as amendments to the Con-
stitution OF the Commonwealth OF Penn
sylvania, in accordance with the proyi-
sions OF the eighteenth article thereof
Amendment one-To Article -Four. Sec
ton Eight.
Section ?. Amend section eight OF arti-
Gle four of the Constitution of Pennsyl-
yania, which reads as follows;-
"He shall nominate and, by and with
the advice and consent OF two-thirds Of
all the members of the Senate, appoint a
Secretary OF the Commonwealth and an
Attorney General during pleasure, Su-
perintendent of Public instruction for four
years. and such other officers of the Com
monwealth as he Is or may be authorized
by the Constitution or by law to appoint
he shall have power to I'LL all vacancies
that may happen. in officeB TO which he
may appoint uuTlnB tne recess OF thc
Senate. by granting commissions which
shall expire at the end OF their next ses-
sion; he shall have power to III any va
cancy that may happen. during the recess
VI the Senate. in the Office OF Auditor
General, State Treasurer, Secretary OF In
ternal Affairs or Superintendent OF Pub
lie instruction, In a judicial office. or In
any other elective Office which he is or
may be authorized TO fll II the vacancy
shall happen during the session OF the
Senate. the Governor shall nominate to
the Senate, before their nnal adjourn
ment, a proper person TO fiil said vacancy:
but In any such case OF vacancy. In an
elective Office, . person shall be chosei.
to said office At the next general election.
unless the vacancy shall happen within
three calendar months Immediately pre-
ceding such election. IN which case the
election for said office shall be held at the
second succeeding general election In
acting on executive nominations the Sen
ate shall sit with open doors. and in con
nrning or rejecting the nominations OF
the Governor. the vote shall be taken by
yeas and nays and shall be entered on
iha Journal so az To read as follows:,-
He shall nominate and, by and with the
advice and consent Of tworthirds OF al
the members Of the eenate, appoint
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A MENDMENT TO THE CoNsTITU-
"A TION PROPOSED TO THE CITI-
ZENS OF THIS COMMONWEALTH FOR
THEIR APPROVAL OR REJECTION
BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENN
SYLVANIA, PUBLISHED BY ORDER
OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COM
MONWEALTH, IN PURSUANCE OF
ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CONSTITU-
TION
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NUMBER TWO.
A Joint RESOLUTION

Proposing an amendment to the Consti-
tuition OF the Commonwealth. allowing
counties. cities, boroughs. townships,
school districts, or other municipal or
incorporated districts, to increase their
Indebtedness.
Be 1t resolved by the Senate and House
Of Representatives of the Commonwealth
Of Pennsylvania in General Assembly
iuet That section eight. article nine, of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, read
ing foliows:-
"Section s. The debt of any county,
city, borough. township school district
or other municipality or incorporated dis
trict, except as herein provided, shall new
er exceed seven per centum upon the as
sessed value of the taxable property
therein; nor shall any such municipality
or district incur any new debt or increase
its Indebtedness to an amount exceeding
two per centum upon such assessed valu-
alton of property, without the assent of
the electors thereof at a public election
in such manner as shall be provided by
law; but any city. the debt of which now
exceeds seven per centum of such as
sessed valuation, may be authorized by
law to increase the same three per CEN
tum, in the aggregate, at any one time,
upon such valuation" be amended, In ac-
cordance with the provisions of the eight
eenth article of said Constitution, so that
said section, when amended, shall read
as follows:-
Section s. The debt Of any county. city.
borough, township, school district, or
other municipality or incorporated dis
trict. except as herein provided shall new
er exceed ten per centum upon the as
sessed value of the taxable property
therein nor shall any such municipality
or district incur any new debt or in
crease its Indebtedness to an amount ex-
ceeding two per centum upon such as
sessed valuation Of property without the
assent of the electors thereof at public
| vided by law.
| true copy of Joint Resolution No. q
ROBERT McAFEE.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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NUMBER ONE.
JOINT RESOLUTION

Proposing amendments to the Constitu-
tlon OF the Commonwealth of Pennsyi-
vania 20 as to consolidate the courts OF
common pleas of Philadelphia and Alle-
gheny counties. and to give the General
Assembly power to establish separate
court In Philadelphia county with Grim
inal and miscellaneous jurisdiction.
Section |. BE II resolved by the Senate
and House Of Representatives in General
Assembly met. That the following amend
ments TO the Constitution of Pennsylva-
MIA be. and the same are hereby. pro-
posed in accordance with the eighteenth
article thereof
That section six OF article Ave be amend
ed by striking OUT the said section and
inserting In place thereof the following:
Section 6. In the counties of Philadel-
phia and Allegheny all the Jurisdiction
and powers now vested in the several
numbered courts OF common pleas, shall
be vested I'm one court Of common pleas
in each OF said counties. composed of all
the judges In commission in said courts.
Such jurisdiction and powers shall ex-
tend to all proceedings at law and in
equity which shall have been instituted
IN the several numbered courts. and shall
be subject to such changes as may be
made by law, and subject to change of
venue as provided by law. The president
Judge of each of the said courts shall be
selected as provided by law. The number
of judges in each OF said courts may be,
by law. increased from time to time. This
amendment shall take effect on the first
Monday of January succeeding its adop-
tion.
Section 2. That article five section
eight. be amended by making an addition
thereto so that the same shall read as
follows:
Section g. The said courts in the coun-
ties of Philadelphia and Allegheny re-
spectivey shall from time to time. in
turn, detail one or more of their judges
to hold the courts OF oyer and terminer
and the courts of quarter sessions of the
peace OF said counties, in such manner as
may be directed by law Provided. That
in the county of Philadelphia the General
Assembly shall have power to establish
a separate court consisting of not moro
tran four judges, which shall have ex-
elusive Jurisdiction in criminal cases and
IN such other matters as may be provid-
ed by law.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. l.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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C. M. RAY,
AuCtiOr7eer,

Fifteen Years Experience Owing to the in
creasinV number of calls for my services. L
have decided TO notify the public in this man
public sales auctions, &c, Prices moderate,
ana satisfaction guaranteed
4-l-Os, ly.
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A MENDMENT TO TIE coNsTITU.
a TIOH PROPOSED TO THE crit
EMS OF THIS COMMONWEALTH FOR
THEIR APPROVAL OR REJECTION
~ THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
rHE COMMONWEALTH OF PENN
3YLVANIA, PUBLISHED BY ORDER
OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COM
MONWEALTH, IN PURSUANCE OF
ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CONsrITU-
rTON
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-10-15
secretary Of the Commonwealt

A MENDMENT TO THE CONSTITU-
"A TION PROPOSED TO THE CITI-
lENS OF THIS COMMONWEALTH FOR
THEIR APPROVAL OR REJECTION
BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENN
sYLVANIA. PUBLISHED BY ORDER
OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COM
MONWEALTH. IN PURSUANCE OF
ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CONSTITU-
TION.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-01-30
I. N. Black Marsh al

Hope, Jan. 29.-T. N. Black. a former citizen of Nashville, has been elected marshal of Hope, to fill the unexpired term of John Hamilton, who was killed by Will Green in this city last Wed. nesday.
 Mir. Black has had much ex- perience as a peace officer, and is peculiarly fitted for the posi- tion to which he has been elected by the city council. He was a deputy under the late Capt. Kyle, who said he was one of the best officers he ever saw.
 The term to which Mr. Black has been elected does not expire until April, 1909.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-01-30

attorney, the correspondence I have had in reference to this matter, for such use as they may see lit to make of it, upon the agreement that it shall not be used in such a way as to incrimi- nate me, or to cause any one else to do so. Some of the let. ters 1 have received hare been sent back to Arkansas. I have today met Rev. James Thomas, face to face, in company with MT. M. W. Davis, my attorney, Mr. V. M. West, attorney for Rev. James Thomas, and also a gen tleman introduced to me as Dr. C. c. Golden, of Arkansas. And. pursuant to our conference, I have authorized and directed my attorney to arrange with the at torney of Rev. James Thomas, for a settlement of the suit of James Thomas vs. myself n the Hot Springs Circuit Court of Arkansas. In addition to the above facts 1 desire to state that many statements credited to me by the newspapers of Arkansas, Tennessee and Texas, misrepre- sented me, and the statements credited to me were not made oy me or by me authorized.
 Il have made four copies ot this affidavit at San Antonio, Texas, this 18th day of January, 1908.
 (Signed) c. W. HESTER Subscribed and sworn to be fore me. this the 2Sth day ot January, 1908.
 (Signed) T. H. WEST.
 Notary Public, Baxter County Texas.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-01-30
News of Hope.

Frtm the Star
 H. A. Sykes of Prescott, was here yesterday.
 MT. and Mrs. Fred Webb and Miss Hattie Webb visited rela tives at Prescott Sunday.
 Gordon Powell, who is now salesman for a leading mercan- tile establishment of Gurdon, spent Sunday in Hope.
 Mrs. D. B. Thompson is enjoy ing visit from her sister, Mrs. J. V. Tedford and daughter, of Salt Lake City, Utah.
 Miss Josie Brock, who has been visiting in this city the past few days, returned home to Nash vile this morning and was ac- companied by Mrs. Geo. Sande- fI1r
The Prescott daily news., 1908-01-30

Bluff to the effect that a farmer living in the Saline river bottoms came to that city yesterday and reported that he had seen a ne gro lurking about the woods on his farm. He said that the ne- gro acted suspiciously and could not be approached. He states that the minute any one started toward him the negro would hurricdly disappear in the depths of the forest. It is be- lieved by some that the negro is Green.
 It is said that the officers at Hope were notified at once of the report from the bottoms, and that constable from Hope had gone to Pine Bluff yesterday and with two deputy constables from Pine Bluff had started out to search for the negro in the bot. toms.
 Sheriff Philpot and other off cers of Pine Bluff, who have been hunting for Green the past few days, have as yet found nothing of the negro, although they think they have been on his track.
 Marshal Marsh, who returned from Little Rock today, states that he talked with the party II miles below Little Rock yester- day and gave him a description of the negro Green, and that it corresponded with the party seen in the Saline river bot tom, and to whom the above ar ticle refers.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-01-30
Prof. Doyne's Successor
Special to the News.

Little Rock, January 30.-Hal- ter Brothers, of Conway, con tractors who will erect the $ tate Normal School, begun work there today, with large force of laborers, on the excava tiOns for the foun dations. IL uild- ing, which will cost upwards of $50,000 is to be completed on or before September 1. Prof. J. J. Doyne, now superintendent of public instruction, will, on July 1st, become president of the state normal and it will be in cumbent upon Governor Pindall, or Governor Little, if he has re- turned tc the Cows offceby that time to appoint Prof. Doyne's sue cessor for the regular term, and in all probability, the Governor, recognizing the will of the party, will appoint the nominee to fill out the uneXpired term of Prof. Doyne.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-01-30
MORE RUMOR OF GREEN
Marshal Marsh Talked With Party Over
 Phone at Little Rock Yesterday

Little Rock, January 3O.-WiIl Green, the negro who killed City Marshal John T. Hamilton of Hope last week, and for whom posses from Camden, Hope and Prescott have been searching, is reported to be about II miles from Little Rock and headed this way. He is thought to be be- tween here and Pine Bluff, and, according to unauthentic reports last night, is attempting to reach this city to find refuge. Mem bers of the Little Rock detective force, it is said, intend to start out from here this morning on a search for Green. They have his description.
 Green is thought to have been at Pine Bluff yesterday. A white man giving the name of Frank Morrison was walking along the Iron Mountain tracks carrying a loaf of bread when a negro ac- costed him and asked for the bread he was carrying. Mor- rison refused and the negro pulled a gun and shot him through the arm, grabbing the bread immediately afterward and running off down the track. The police, who have Green S description say that it tallies with that of the negro who at tac%ed Morrison.
 Information was received in this city last night from Pine
The Prescott daily news., 1908-01-30
RETRACTS STATEMENT
G. w. Hester s Mistaken Regarding the
 Identity of Rev. Jas. Thomas.
Special to the News.

LhuUlc leOCh, Jd1. oO. 0eOfSe w. Hester, the banker of De- vine, Texas, has failed to sustain his allegation that Rev. James Thomas, of Arkansas Metho- dist church, and the notorious Otto Brook is the same individu- al, and the suit for damages against Hester, instituted last November at Malvern, by Dr. Thomas charging libel and slan- der, has been compromised, and a judgment for $1,OOO against Hester will be entered in the matter in the Circuit Court of Hot Spring county at Malvern. This statement is made upon au- thority of an affidavit, and agree ment signed by Mr. Hester, the former setting out the fact that MT. Hester has been mistaken in identity of pr. Thomas, and that he is ready to make retraction of the statements made at Malvern, and elsewhere. Below appears the affidavit signed by MT. Hester, at San Antonio, Monday:
 MT. c. w. Hester states on oath as follows:
 II am the same G. w. Hester of Devine, Texas, who made an affidavit on November 10, 1906, in which I stated that I had recognized Rev. James Thomas, of Texarkana, Ark, as being one Otto Brock, who used to live at Carrizo Springs, Texas.
 T now state that upon furth- CT investigation and after read ing the depositions of J. c. Rus sell, V. H. West, Judge X. F. Vandervoort and others, 1 have changed my mind, and now fully believe that my former affidavit was a mistake and that the Rev. James Thomas is not Otto Brock. This affidavit is made for the pur- pose of correcting my former affidavit. 1 think it due to my self and to Rev. James Thomas and to the church to make this statement as to how 1 became connected with this matter.
 The first I heard of the mat ter. a man named Rev. Franklin Moore came to my house at De vine, Texas, in the year 1906, and talked with me about my knowl- edge of affairs in that section of the country, and led up to my acquaintance with Otto Brock. After that time 1 received sev- eral letters from different par ties of Arkansas, including Key. E. M. Pipkin, and Rev. Franklin Moore, inviting me and insisting that I come to Arkansas to see this man Thomas, and to state what I thought of him. made a trip to Arkansas a few weeks after and made this said affidavit above referred to. Since that time 1 have had correspondence with Rev. Franklin Moore and Rev. E. M. Pipkin, until the last few months. Since that time 1 have also had correspondence with J. $. Hawkins. 1 had sev- eral letters from Rev. E. NJ. Pipkin, inviting me to Malvern, to the conference held there in November, 1907 Pursuant to his letters, attended the con- ference and while there made great many acquaintances among the Methodist preachers, excepting a few. I have deliver ed to Rev. James Thomas. or his
The Prescott daily news., 1908-01-30

Full line of butter cup candy at Geo. J. Terry X Co.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-01-30
Hotel Arrivals.
MILLER HOUSE

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New-York tribune., 1908-08-09
ARHORRED IN AFRICA.

IN England whistiing is very common among
all classes. and, indeed, it is rare in London to
sec a butcher or grocer boy on his daily
err anGs whose lips are not pjrsed up for the
purpose Of emitting the whistling notes of the
comic song Of the hour. SO prevalent is the
iaIit that in hotels. ana even il clubs. requests
are posted up to refrain frcn whistling
Here in the United States the practice is
much less general. even among young men and
BOYS They are nearly all too much concerned
about some object in hand. CT some aim which
thev have IN view to admit OF that condition of
mind which finds its expression in whstng
ana then. too, undoubtedly the cigarette habit
fnterferes with this form of melody. In fact. if
there IS any particular clement of the Ameri
can reputation that seems to find satisfaction
in this species of music-the most ancient in
the world-it is the negro whose character still
retains much of the happy -Go-lucky. free-frorn-
care disposition Of old slavery days. when all
his wants we're provided for by his owners
Yet in Africa, from which the negro popula-
ton Of America was originally drawn. whist
ling IS &bhorred, as it is by the duslIy races all
the world over, save in the United states. Even
among the aborstres of Australia, who are
justly regarded rs constituting the very lowest
type of humanity. whlstl:ng is abominated. and
the black man of the Antipodes holds that the
shriu sound undermines any cliff in the vicin-
itv and hurls ii down the performer. BY
most of the more or less barbarous tribes Of
Africa whistling is regarded as a practice Of
fensive to the deities, no matter what the char
acter of the latter Moslems all over Asia and
Africa consider whistling in the light of a sim
calling for publication by penance and among
the more fanatic tribes Of Arabia. of Tripoi
and Of Morocco whistlins entails real peril
since it is held to indicate that the whistler is
possessed of a demon that can be exercised only
by means of extreme personal violence.
Sir Richard Burton. If l remember Alright
mentions in the record of his wonderfully dar-
ing trip to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina
in the guise OF a dervish how he almost be-
trayed himself one day II an inadvertent whis-
tie a sound OF which true believer and de-
vout pilgrim would have rendered himself
guilty. In India and IN Central Asia it is held
that If a husband whistles some harm will hap
pen to the wife, while II children whistle their
New-York tribune., 1908-08-09
EARRINGER OF Ill LUCK.

OF all whistling. however. the most objection
able is that of the fair sex. and l recall an old
peasant woman in Ireland stopping a woman
who was with me from whistling to her dog
with an expression OF alarm saying that
for sure every time a woman whistles the
heart OF the Blessed Virgin bleeds." This pos
sibIy has some connection with the old tradi-
ton according to which stood by
and whisted while she watched the nails of the
cross being forged An ancient Norman proverb,
dating from the time Of the Conquest, that is
to say nine centuries ago. associates a whist
ling woman and a growing hen boding mis-
fortune to the house to which they belong. and
expression was given to this belief in the days
of the Covenanters by the lines according 10
which
\ whistlng woman and a crowing. her,
Recall the Old Gentleman out of his den.
Although whistiing has been in use in the
navy for hundreds of years past as a of
enabling warrant officers, such bosuns and
quartermasters TO signal orders which. owing
to the noise OF the elements. they could not
communicate by artIculate speech. the attempts
made to establish similar methods in the army
or on land have failed; and when in France, at
the time of the abolition of the drum some
years ago the whistle was suggested the feel
ing was so strong against il that the idea had
TO be abandoned To the landsman soldier II
suggested the idea that he being put on
the same level as a dog. to be whistIed for in
this and that direction, and the buse was
adopted in it's stead. Save at sea, human be
ings deeply resent being whistled for CT whs-
tied at and many IS the servant who has
thrown UP his job for no other reason than his
Indignation at being wEistled for by some i'll
bred employer. In fact. to be whistcd at i'm
plies 80 much contempt. especially in the Con-
tincrtal countries Of Europe. that the audi
ences at theatres and music halls. instead of
giving vent To their disgust with perform
ance or a performer by means of hootng or cat
calls. devote all their energies to the shrillest
kind of whistlirg.
Inasmuch as whistling is held in the Orient 10
betoken the presence of an evil spirit il may be
added that yawning is severely condemned.
the ground that il constitutes the preparation
for the reception of that evil spirit the presence
OF which is subsequently demonstrated by means
Of whistling. There has always been sort OF
underlined connection between the grotesque per-