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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30
TIMELY WARNING TO HUNTERS.
Farmers Should and Must Be Protected
Against the Careless Hunters.

With the hunting season fast
approaching and with all kinds
and conditions of men and boys
planning to get into the woods
and fields in search of game, 1t
may interest all nimrods to know
that they are subject to certain
laws governing hunting, which
some of them at least forget or
overlook from one season TO an
other. Most important is the
trespass law. Farmers and 9TH
er land owners may under the
provisions of the law, prevent any
person walking over or upon their
lands by posting notices warning
all persons from trespassing
thereon. The notices must be
placed IN conspicuous parts of
the land to be effective.
Already many farms are pla-
carded aud year by year the land
which may be hunted over grows
less IN extent. This is due for
the most part to the fact that
farmers fear to permit hunters
on their land lest their property
be destroyed by fire or otherwise.
Hunters of the amateur grade
who go upon the land of the farm
er are likely to set fire to barns
and other pu ldings and break
down fences or do other mischief.
To protect themselves and their
properties the farmers take ad-
vantage of the law which prohlb
it's trespasslng, and the reckless
or careless hunter Is partly re-
sponsible for the passage of this
law.
Another law IN which hunters
are interested is that relating to
forest fires. This law was pass.
ed for the purpose of protecting
the forests of the state from de
structlon from fires set by care.
less hunters and others. In the
hunting season, with the woods
filed with hunters whose only de
sire Is to kill game, there are GER
tain to be many fires started in
the woods and thoughtlessly left
to burn or be imperfectly extln-
guished. To put al end to this
| the law punlshes those responsi.
BILE for the fires. If, eventually,
the hunter is excluded from farm
ers' lands, 1t will have been the
result of their own disregard for
the rights of other people.-The
Valley Times.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30
Worked New Game.

George Q. Thompson, of Phila
delphia, worked a new flm-ham
game on the farmers of Bucks
county by which he secured a
pleasant summer Ipclu din g
board. The game consisted of
gong to an express office and
sending a package of blank pa
per to the treasury department
at Washington, telling the ex.
press agent the package contain
ed $50, 900 in United States bonds.
With the receipts for the "bonds' u
IN his possession Thompson work
ed the farmers until he was ar.
rested. A clerk in the treasury
department testified Thompson
had sent in a million dollars
worth. II George sends any
more he will have to send them
from the Bucks county jail, as he
is In for three years.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30
TOO MUCH ARITHMETIC.
suoerintendent Brumbaugh Does Not Be.
lieye in the Braiu.Racking, Nerve.
Torturing Examples"
PAY MORE ATTENTION TO LANGUAGE.

Have you ever sat on school
bench chewing your pencil, gaz-
ing alternately at a smudgy slate,
then out of the window, trying to
solve a problem in cube root or
figure out PROPAGATION in medal
proportion?
If you have you will be glad to
know that a merciful decree Is
about to go forth simplifying the
arithmetic course in public
schools, in Philadelphia, at least.
superintendent Brumbaugh
does not believe IN the brain. rack
inc, nerve. torturlng "examples" "
which are of no practical value IN
a Students after-hfe, and which
only befog his mentality and make
school a bugbear. He will call a
meeting of principals and teach
ers to decide what superhuous
branches of arithmetic can be
eliminated IN order to simplify
the course and give more time to
essential English studies.
Compound ratio, compound pro
portion, bank discount, cube root,
medal proportion, are a few OF
the rules that will be stricken of
the common school arithmetic.
No child whose later need of arlth
metic will be limited to addition,
multiplication, subtraction and
DIVISION, will be asked to figure
out the universal price of nine
horses and seven COWS sold at
$500, and sixteen horses and thlr
teen cows sold for the same sum.
TOO much emphasis has been
lald," said DR.. Brum baugh, "and
too much time spent on arithme'
tic problems, which only serve to
perplex the pupil. English
branches have been neglected on
this account, and the children
have not had the necessary edu-
cation in reading, writing. and
speaking English correctly. The
very phrasing of the problems is
so involved and so complicated
that the child loses sight of the
mental process IN untangllng the
language"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30
BUR IT CABINS.

Miss Mary Peterson, of Orbi-
sonia, spent Saturday with
friends here.
Ed. Welch, who has been en-
ployed in Mount Union, has re-
tuaned home.
Miss Blanche Cromer, of Fort
Littleton, spent part of last week
with her sister Mrs. John Bald
win.
James Waters, Jr., daughter
Margaret and son Donald, spent
Sunday IN the home of Mr.. Wa
ter's parents near this place.
George Charlton and wife, OF
Knobsville, spent Sunday with
the latter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Dennle Finley.
Sam. Bowman, who had been
Ill, is able to be about again.
Frank Bare, of Fort Llttleton,
passed through our town last
week one evening, on his way
home, with his new automobile.
We were sorry to lose Warren
Welch who has gone to w ashlhg
ton, d. @. to attend school. Mr.
Welch was superintendent of the
M. e. Sunday school.
Blaine Matthias who has beer
absent for some time, has return
ed home.
We are glad to state that Mrs
Mary Copendaver, who had beer
Ill, is slowly improving.
Mrs. Anna Houck and daugh-
ter Esther. Mrs. Dora McGowar
and daue hters Martha and Vara
Mrs. Laura Welch, Mrs. Maggie
Briggs, and Ruth Mumma, spen1
Sunday afternoon very pleasant
ly In the home Of Roy North and
wife near this place.
| The social that was to be heid
on the 18th inst, will be held OF
Saturday, October 2ud, in tn,
home Of Rev. Pittlnger. Come
one. Come all.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30

AS Mr.. and Mrs. j. K. John.
ston, and brother, o. S. Johnston,
IN an automobile, were passing
through Foltz, on their return
Tuesday evening from DR.. Vests
funeral in Mercersburg, Mrs.
Johnston was struck in the lace
by stone thrown by boy on
the sidewalk. The stone broke
Mrs. Johnston's spectacles, and
inflicted painful bruls e. While
the boy Is only four years of age,
there is evidently enough deprav
ity In his makeup to insure his
entry into State Reformatory.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30

desire of DR.. West only a few
weeks ago, they were unostenta-
tlous. AT the grave, the usual
ritual service was read by Rev.
DR.. Rose; the twenty third psalm
was read by Rev. DR.. Reed, of
Newvllle; prayer was offered by
Rev. DR.. Cham bers, of Harris.
burg, and the benedlction was
pronounced by Rev. DR.. Maj tin,
of Shlppensburg. Among those
present as the last sad rites were
being performed were many rep
resentatives from McConnells.
burg, Welsh Run, and Path Val.
ley-former rastorates.
The deceased was born at Land
isburg, Pa, February 8, 1925,
and at the time of his death was
aged 81 years, Z months, and
day. In the same year that he
was born, DR.. Vests parents
removed to Warm Springs, Per-
ry county, where they renamed
until 1886, when they removed to
New Bloomfield to obtain better
school facilities. In his nine
teenth year, he having decided
that his life work should be that
of minister of the Gospel, he en-
tered the Freshman class in Mar.
shall College, Mercersburg, Pa,
and graduated from that lnstltu-
tion in his twenty fifth year. I'm.
medlately following this, he took
three years course in the West
ern Theological Seminary at ALE
! gheny, Pa. On the 18th of April,
1852, he was licensed to preach
the Gospel, by the Presbytery OF
Carlisle, at Hagerstown, Md. On
the 23d day of June, 1858, he was
installed pastor of the Upper Path
Valley church, and renamed
there for more than twenty years.
The seventeen years OF his lfe,
next following, was spent IN llar
risburg doing missionary work
under the auspices of the Market
Square, and the Pine Street,
church. His work IN Harris
burg was eminently successful.
After leaving Harrisburg, Mr..
West, took charge of the Second
Presbyterian Church, Carlisle,
during the absence of It's pastor,
Rev. Geo. Norcross, and served
it somewhat over year. The
next five years he spent as pastor
of the Robert Kennedy Memorial
church at Welsh Run, Pa. The
next two years he was President
OF Metzgar College, Carlisle,
Pa. His last pastorate was
that of the united churches oi
McConnellsburg and Greenhill
which he began April l, 1900, and
closed finally on the first day O.
November, 1907.
DR.. West has been the stated
clerk Of the Carlisle Presbytery
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30
RECORD OF DEATHS.
Persons Well Known TO Many OF Our
Readers, Who Have Answered
Final Summons.
ALL SEASONS ARE THINE, o DEATH.
Mrs. LYDIA SWoPE

AT her home IN Licking Creek
township on Wednesday, Septem
ber %, 1909, Mrs. LYDIA Swope
died at the age of "A years, and 9
days. About a week previous to
her final dissolution, she had a
stroke of paralysis, and from that
time until the hour of her death,
she could not eat, move, nor
speak.
The deceased was married to
William Swope October Is, 1858,
her husband dying several years
ago. To this union were born
ten children-slx boys and tour
girls-all of whom grew to man
hood and womanhood before there
was a break in the family by
death. Since that time Death
has taken two sons and two dauA b
ters, the father, and now the
mother. 1t has been but short
time since the death of one daugh
ter and two of her loved grand
children.
Mrs. Swope was a consistent
mem Der of the Methodist Epls.
copal church at Ebenezer ever
since her glrlhood, and she al
ways attended the public services
in the church as long as her
health would permit. Iu he1
home she was noted far and wide
for her generous hospitality; she
was a good neighbor, kind wife
and mother, and always had a
kind word for every body, so that
her friends were numbered only
by her acquaintances.
The children surviving are: Et.
ia, wife of H. Truax; Ella, wife OF
E. Mellott, of Pleasant Ridge;
Watson, an eminent physician
and surgeon in Pittsburg; Rich
ard, of Plttsburg; Robert, OF
Puritan, Pa; and Edward, at
home. She leaves, also, twenty.
one grand children, and five great
grand. children.
Funeral was held last Thurs
day at IL o'clock, services con-
Quoted by her pastor, Rev. Nc
Garvey, assisted by Rev. Mellott,
a Dunkard minister.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30
REV. WIN. A. WEST, D. D.
Died at the Summer Residence OF His
Son-in-Law, W. W. Jennings.
at DuncannOn, Pa.
ON LAST SABBATH MORNING.

Rev. William A. West, D. D., a
former pastor of the Presbyter-
ian church at this place and at
Greenhill, died at the home of his
son in law, William w. Jennings,
at Duncannon, Pa, last Sabbath
morning. His remains were
brought to Mercersburg on the
2:28 train Tuesday afternoon, and
lnterment was made in the family
lot IN the Mercersburg cemetery.
The services at Mercersburg
were In charge Of Rev. DR.. Rose,
and in obedience to an expressed
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30

George F.. Bloser, a Greencas
tie jeweler and member of town
Council, has been made the de-
fendant in a quo warranto pro
ceeding to show cause why he
should not be removed from Of
fee. 1t is alleged in the writ
that as a mem Der of town Coun.
Gil he accepted salary of $50 a
year as clock wlnder. The facts
are sworn to by George M. He'll
man, of Greencastle. The writ
is retunable October 26.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30
WHEEL WENT DOWN.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. L. Bedford Had AutOmo.
bile Trouble on Way TO Get e.
tysburg.

The Foltz correspondent IN last
weeks Mercersburg Journal
says that Mr.. and Mrs. s. L.
Bedford, accompanied by Mr..
and Mrs. Fields, left home Sab
bath morning IN Mr.. Bedford s
automobile, intending to spend
the day on the battlefield at Get
tysburg. All went lovely until
they were within a mile of Fay
etteville, when one of the wheels
collapsed, the machine, of course,
was out of business. and the visit
to Gettysburg postponed to some
other time.
They went to work and slowed
the machine IN nearpy shed, re
turned to Chambersburg by troll.
ley, thence to Greencastle, where
they were met by Mr.. Bedford s
team that had been summoned
by phone, and the party were
safe at their home at Foltz by sew
en- o'clock IN the evening, thank
full that they had escaped from
what might have been very SER
ious accident. Ol Monday morn
ing Mr.. Bedford had the car ship
ped to the Crawford factory at
Hagei stown for repairs.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30

r. Holmes Thompson, a former
typo IN the NEWS Office, but now
one OF the clerks in the postoffice
at Tyrone, Pa, left for that city
this week after having spent sew
eral days very pleasantly iu the
home OF his mother and sister in
this place. Before coming tc
McConnellsburg Holmes visited
Niagara Fall and TORONTO.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30

for over thirty years, position
he occupied at the time of his
death. He was also a mber of
the Board of Trustees of Wilson
College, and for many years was
it's honored President.
DR.. West had the honor, re.
spect and esteem of every one
who knew him. He was the salt
of the earth IN its truest sense.
During his long life of over eighty
years, of which almost sixty were
spent In the ministry, he went
about doing good, not IN any os'
tentatlous manner, but in his own
quiet and gentle way. What he
accomplished for humanity will
never be known except in the re-
cords'above. He was an example
to ali mankind. HIS death re-
moves a figure that has been most
prominent IN the affairs of the
Presbyterian church IN the Cum
berland Valley.
DR.. Vests wife preceded him
by several years. He leaves
three daughters, Miss Annie, q
missionary in Japan; Mrs. VIM.
jennings, OF Duncannon; Mrs.
Sharpe Patterson, Of Newvllle-
He was also the father OF four
children, all OF whom are dead.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-09-30
NEWMAN.

Blanche May, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Newman, died
at their home in Waterfall, Thurs
day, September 23, 1909, aged A
months. Funeral at Zion M. &.
church, Friday afternoon, and
the services were conducted by
Rev. Fleegal, of Three Springs.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-05-27

Trent, Bailey, T'elt and Hale, valued
at &c. taxes, costtnl penalties included
in description below.
Hodge, Vim NJ, 20 acres, bound by
Rives, Rivc~, Rlves ind Rives, valued
at 900, total taxes, est and penalties,
including above description, j.27
MathprIy, Arthur, ] acre bound by
Brown, Eadons, Shipley and Shipley,
valued at 50, total taxes, cost and pen
alues, 3.49
ELEVENTH DISTRICT
Rose, J P, 116 acres bonnd Bv
Barns, Crump, Pickens ana Boring,
valued at 500, total taxes, cost and pen
alties, l1.88
TWELFTH DISTRICT
Hale, HERS Cd p, 35 acres bound by
Barnes, Barry, Archer aud Hale, val
ued atsj0, total taxes, cost and penal.
ties, 90.
FOURTEENTH DISTRICT
Bacon, Mrs Amanda, G8 acres bound
by Bacon, Bacon, Bacon add Keebler,
valued at 1000, total taxes, cost and
penalties, 1901.
| FIFTEENTH DIsTRICT-IN INSIDE
Martin, W P, colored, lot bound
by railroad, street and railroad, valued
at 400, total taxes, cost and penalties,
893.
Stewart, Lucy, colored, 1 lot bound
by Gresham, Gresham, Gresham and
road, valued at $50, total taxes, cost
and penalties, 2 50
FIFTEENTH DISTRICT OUTSIDE
Johnson Phelix, acre bound by
Cunningham, road, Collins and road,
valued at 80, total taxes, cost aud pen
alties, 800.
Oliver, John, 2 acres bound by Fine,
Taylor, Oliver and Fine valued at 40,
total taxes, cost and peoeltiee, "a
SIXTEENTH DISTRICT
Campbell, VIM, 96 ceres bound by
Cauley, Mottern, Mottern and Gasbe,
valued at 500, total taxes, cost and pen
alties, s &c.
If said sale is not completed
on the said Monday in June
the same will be continued from
day to day until completed.
H. c. JACKSON, Trustee.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-05-27
DELINQUENT TAXPAYERS Take Notice
ON THE FIRST MONDAY IN JUNE

Next at the Court House door in Jonesboro Washington
County will offer for public sale all the real estate belonging
to Delinquent Taxpayers for the year 1908 The following
is list Of such denquents the district which the property
is situated and the number Of acres in each tracts
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-05-27
FIFTEENTH D1sTRIcT-oUTsIDE
SIXTEENTH DISTRIC

Campbell, VIM, 96 ceres bound by
Cauley, Mottern, Mottern and Gasbe,
valued at 500, total taxes, cost and pen
alties, S.63
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-04-02

With this issue lhs
Witness changes iis pes
ton from Arcaiia o. lsta
size and general aHtafaaF
somewhat Ike the AilEsf
ness is the official ofgaa 81 tf
Baptists. a very s}rusg ed
body Of Christian prFf p
US that the Witneia aai a.
now being issued irom lhl ~
ought to b. abe b. AL g
work for the Lord UE cn
pie Of the State hsFs E
have a means q fgFiheff
moral and relgios mogs9
forms which Frora % $50
This is their OPpoFtm.g tH
ness and the Advecais b.
da like the dew
There viii b. no
which either enc of hth 81
and every home In the HsN
reached through he mea
champions Of righiooanea
movement that iooks o. CO
the race. We pray uhat at
Bros. Edwards and Rrllaa -
the presence and comia1 e ~
in their work, and We tri
may make the Winea
helpful 70 their consuiafI
hope the people WiII a'y %
port, both with money sns 81
otherwise. FLORIDA Chnaiaa
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-04-02

some newspapers insist that the
CogpeFs who killed Csrmaek and got
tNenty years each. viii never be pun
hAed. bgl win finally 'beat the case. "
Bui that Is not the way for newspa-
PeFa % talk. fOF the cumulative effect
~ spinions Ike that is to create the
ufmg hind Of public sentiment, the
kiad lhas anticipates and predicts the
sssknsa Of law, and thus helps bring
aboai he very result il would avoid.
casiaRi ihsistenee on the enforcement
~ hs, without any qualifying predic-
tioas that Il won't be enforced, is the
uEhi policy Tor al people and all pa
psn
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-04-02

The "ShOrt Talks" man on the Times
Union has long been pleasant and
highly-respeeted mystery, as to his per-
sonaity, with a large majority of the
brethren of the State press. His calm,
clear, judicial style and rare faculty for
getting at the meat of a subject and
putting it in admirably condensed form
before the reader; his quiet humOr and
amiable satire, sparingly INDUCED; and,
above all, his fine, philOsOphic spirit,
with no alloy OfpassiOn or prejudice, or
the small resentments that mar the
work of too many press writers, make
this unknown of the Times Union dis
tinctly favorite with the readers of
that paper. But he has been unmasked
at last, as witness the following from
the 0cala Star:
"Mr. Edgar is the Short Talks edi-
tor of the Jacksonville Times Union,
and through his innate mOdesty there
are but few who have met him, and few
who ever knew his name, always re-
ferring to him as the Short Talks
Man. His column is the first to be
scanned BY the editors, and no other
writer on the Times Union has his
matter so widely copied. Mr.. Edgar
is loved by the press gang for his uni
form courtesy and kindness in dealing
with the State press and the matters
which concern them. He inspires, en-
cOurages, and is always helpfuEand is
vet to say the first unkind word about
any newspaper in the State, or any
city, village or hamlet which that pa
per serves"
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-04-02
In Msi. Buffers BaiIiwick.

The MaSOns Of Inverness propose to
build large three-stOry brick and &C.
ment building. The first floor will be
used as the Chronicles office, and sec
Ond floor for offices and the third a
Masonic temple. Inverness is growing
and the way the Chronicle is spreading
out is marvellous. The editor Of the
Chronicle is so busy with the duties of
clerk of the court he had no time to
edit his paper and has imported G. S.
McAfee, of Kentucky, who arrived be-
fore the holidays and has proved q
cracker-jack editorial writer, while Ma
jOr Butler, than whom there is no bet
ter local editor and news gatherer in
the state, is building him an up-tO-date
bungalow in the suburbs of the town.
Sure there is thrift and growing pros
perity to all who are allied with the
Chronicle. -0cala Star.
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-04-02

We note that the Pensacola News,
the Live Oak Democrat and the Gaines
vile Sun have been discussing the pres
idency Of the State university and init
mate that DR.. Sledd is not the man
suited for that important position
Palmetto News
You didn't see any such intimatiOn in
the Democrat. There was not a line
of criticism of DR.. Sledd in any any
thing we said, for we knew nothing to
his 6scredit or disparsgement, and not
even did we hint that he was not the
right man in the right place. In what
the Democrat said it confined itself to
an expression of opinion as to what
kind Of man should be president of the
university in order to promote its sue
cess.
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-04-02

The indications are growing that the
present State pension law will come in
for some very pungent criticism during
the next session of the legislature, and
it is is not improbable that it may be
materially changed. That there is rea-
son for such change has been clearly
pointed out, but that law is LOADED, I"
ana it will take a legislator of almost
heroic mould to monkey with it in a
hostile spirit. 1t will be universally
conceded that the man who earned a
pension by actual service as a soldier
during the war, and who really needs it
now for the support Of himself and
and family, if he has a family, should
get q pension from the State; but why
the people should be taxed to give pen
sions 70 those who cannot meet these
two conditions IS proposition Dy no
means so clear. There are plenty Of
stories ahOat of men on the State pen
sion rolls who saw no real service as
soldiers during the war and are too well
fixed to need the assistance Of the
State, and if the pension law shall be
80 changed as toexclude this class there
win doubtless be no protest from the
people who pay the freight" And to
cut of this element might be to make
Il possible to increase the pittance now
paid to the really deserving veterans
without adding to the burdens OF the
taxpayers.
Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-04-02
Economic Side of Murder.

It would be interesting to know what
expense the county has been put to in
the trial of murder cases since the first
day of May, last year. And this ex-
pense will continue so long as the muir
dererS are set free and patted on the
back. There is a commandment, Thou
Shalt Not Kill, " and in nine cases out
of ten there is a way of avoiding the
killing of a fellow being. Those kill
ings that could have been avoided are
the ones that should be condemned.
There hasn't been a self defense plea
borne out in a murder trial in Dade
county in a long time. When will this
life taking campaign eeases.-Miami
Metropolis.