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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-09-01
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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-09-01

Miss Annie D lyle and sister
ln.law, Mrs, John Doyle, of
Princeton, ILL.,, are visiting friends
IN this place. This is Mrs.
Doyle's first visit to our town
since they moved to Princeton IN
1903.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-09-01
INTERESTING PARAGRAPHS
nj csI and General Interest, Gathered
al Horne or Clipped frm our
Exchanges.
CONDENSED FOR HURRIED READERS
rho doc davs have ended.

ers' picnic.
Asiatlc Cholera has carried off
over $4,000 victims to thus date.
The Sheets Stage Line takes
YOU to Mercersburg for 80 cents.
n E. M. Hoover, of West Dub.
I'm was a Saturday visitor to
town.
r II Farley, of Wells Tannery,
was a County Seat visitor on Sat
urday.
Daniel Cunningham, of Enid,
was registered at the City Hotel
on Friday.
S. E. Walters, Of Akersvllle,
was seen on our streets on FRI
day.
Mrs. Kate Locke of Fort Little
ton, has been under the Doctors
care during the past two weeks.
Ernest Linn of Harrisburg, is
visiting his mother, Mrs. John
Linn in this place.
Miss Daisy Mellott who resid-
ed with " m. Woodall's family is
at her home ill with typhoid fever.
Seven young men were held IN
5000 bail for stoning automobiles
near Caledonia park, Franklin
county, last week.
John E. Locke who went to
Michigan ten days ago, has return
ed on account of his mothers Ill
ness.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mccoy and
daughter, Miss Elsie, were visit
ors to the county seat last Thurs
day.
Mrs. S. w. Kirk and little son
Malcomb are visiting Mrs. Kinks
mother, Mrs. E. III. Lodge, in
Brush Creek township.
Cal Morgret, wife and children
Frank and Earle visited Mr.. and
Mrs. A. j. Mellott and wife of
this place over Sunday. Mrs.
Morgret called at this Office on
Monday and advanced their sub
scrlptlon to the NEWS.
For bowel complaints IN chill
dren always give Cham berlain's
Collc, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem
edy and castor oil. 1t Is certain
to effect a cure and when reduced
with water and sweetened is
pleasant to take. No physician
can prescribe a better remedy.
For sale by all dealers.
The Everett Republican of last
week says: ga card party was
gwen by Mrs. w. Scott Rinedol
lar at her home on Hopewell
street, on Wednesday evening, In
honor of her guests, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Cal Diehl and Miss Nellie
Boor, of NJ Monessen."
Diarrhoea is always more or
less prevalent during September.
Be prepared for 1t. amber.
lain's Collc, Cholera, and Diar-
rhoea Remedy is prompt and ef-
fectual. 1t tcanalways be depend
ed upon and is pleasant to take.
For sale by all dealers.
After having spent several
weeks of his summer vacation
with his parents Mr.. and Mrs. j..
g. Relsner, of this place, Ed. e..
Relsner, returned to New York
city Tuesday, where In connec
ton with continuing his studies
In Columbia University, he is sec
retary of the Society for the
Promotion of Industrial Educa.
tion.
WANTED-Cosmopolitan Maya.
zlne requires the services of a
representative In McConneIls-
burg to look after subscription
renewals aud to extend circula-
tlon by special methods which
have proved unusually successful
Salary and com mission. Previous
experience desirable but not es.
sential. Whole time or spare
time. Address, with references,
d. Z. Campbell, Cosmopolitan
Magazine, 1889 Broadway, New
York City. 9-1-t2.
The meeting at Laurel Ridge
closed last Sabbath evening. Or
saturday night'the services wer,
asI
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-09-01

OeO. w. Olenu, Oh wooster
Mills, was a town visitor on Sat-
urday.
Martin Matthias, of Hustontown
was a business visitor to town on
Saturday.
We had very pleasant call on
Saturday from John M. Kerlin,
near Knobsville.
A nice new school house is be-
ing erected at the Second Mill, by
contractor w. S. CIevenger.
w. H. While, of Dane, was a
business visitor to town Satur.
day.
j. Frank Hess, of Andover, was
a guest at the City Hotel on Sat
urday.
D. FL. Fraker, of Fort Littleton,
was at the County Seat on Satur-
day.
A. D. Fraker, of Fort Littleton,
was among the town visitors on
Saturday.
Wm. Harr OF Ayr township
was the guest of his daughter,
Mrs. Grace Bender, on Monday.
Mrs. r. G. Smith and daughter
Miss Dora, of Altoona, are visit
ing Mrs. Smiths sisters, Misses
Sue and Annie Pelghtel.
George D. Kirk, wife, and their
two little sons, Donald and Rob
ert, of Pigeon Cove, spent Mon
day with the Mason family.
Miss Eva Bedford, of Need
more, was the guest of her broth
er S. l.. Bedford aud family at
Foltz few days recently.
Mrs. Chas. Gress, who lives
where the old tollgate was west
of town, is spending this week
with friends in Franklin county.
Mrs. Samuel Gress and two
children, Roselete and Valora, of
this place, are visiting friends in
Welsh Run and Greencastle.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. L. Dunkle, of
Harrisburg, spent from Satur-
day until Monday, the guests of
Mrs. M. B. Trout, in this place.
Mrs. Minnie Relsner Marshall,
of Shlppensburg, is visiting her
brothers Jacob and George Refs.
her, in this place.
Miss Mary Sloan left last week
for a months visit to friends IN
Belletonte, Birmingham, State
College, and Hollidaysburg.
The McConnellsburg and Mer-
cersburg automobile started on
Monday morning on its regular
trips. There were a number of
passengers.
Ruth V. Peck, daughter of q.
Wilson Peck and wife, went to
Philadelphia last week to spend
some time with her grandmother,
Mrs. Sue Patterson.
August cold weather records
were broken last Saturday morn
ing, when the lowest temperature
was 45 degrees in McConnells-
burg.
Miss Minnie e. Nj ock left on
Thursday last for Macungle, Lee
high county where she has been
elected as teacher IN the public
schools for a term of nine months.
Miss Jessie Mason, of this
place, left last week for Vande-
grip, Pa, where she has accepted
position as teacher IN the public
schools.
Rev. ]. V. Adams, a former
minister of the M. E. church at
this place, spent several days
last week the guest Of 9. B. Ste
vens and wife.
Mrs. Mary A. Kelly, of this
place, and her sister, Mrs Isaac
Cutler and son Lloyd, Of Plum
Run, visited relatives and friends
at Charleston, Mercersburg,
and Bridgeport, last week.
Chas. McCurdy and family left
on Tuesday for Mercersburg,
where they will make their future
home. Mr.. McCurdy having Sc
| cured employment in The Tan
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-09-01

Mayor Gaynor left the hospital
in Hoboken n. j., last week.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-09-27
IMMENSE CHUTE FOR TIMBER

One of the longest and largest TIM
Der chutes in the northwest, is located
on the klamath river, in the extreme
northeastern corner Of Siskiyou coun-
ty, California 1t is used almost on
tirely for Shooting" saw logs from
the top of mountain down into the
Klamath river. In total length this
great chute is about 5000 feet, and in
places it assumes an angle of about
45 degrees. The chute resembles 0
huge trough more than six feet wide
between the two sids at the top. The
bottom and tides are about 18 inches
thick, all very securely jointed and
fitted together and, at short inter
walls, strongly anchored to the steep
mountain side.
Most of the shooting" is done du-
ring the winter months when the
chute is coated with snow and ice,
or kept wet by rains. When big
log is started down the steep slippery
way it gains tremendous rate of
speed before reaching the rolling
stream at the MOUNTAINS ,base-more
than 5000 feet below. So fearful is
the swiftness that the friction often
scorches both the chute and the bark
on the logs. Only a few seconds are
required for the big log to make it's
journey from top to bottom.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-09-27

court, Champagne, was Laurent's
home; his house and lands were sold
after his flight to Switzerland He al,
so had lands at Vassy and in three or
four other jurisdictions, and he also
owned land in the town of Flournoy,
also spelled Flornoy, Flowrnoy, Fleur-
noy and Flowrnois. A member of the
Flournoy family at Geneva has map
and views of this old town, where
one member of the family is now liv-
ing, an old lady, who was born Flour
noy.
The interesting part Of the Flour
noy story, or one of the points to men.
ton, is the derivation of the name,
THE flower of the walnut is the
literal translation, and the name, first
Fleurnoix went through several
changes before becoming Flournoy.
The arms are blazoned: Azure, q
chevron argent, in chief, two chains
of walnut flowers, in pale, a walnut
Of the same (same color, argent
Motto: Elk fore fructus-" From
the flower. fruit"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-09-27

| Andrew Simpson had eight chill
dren; one was Josiah, brave soldier
In the French and Indian war. and
the Revolution. He removed to
Maine and was the father Of ten chill
dren, some of whom became found
ers of the family in far western states.
Andrew and brother Thomas were
agents of the towns of Nottingham
and Deerfield"
Heitman's Officers of the .Ameri-
can Revolution" gives the names of
| Ensign Andrew Simpson, 1881; Sur
geon John of Connecticut, and Captain
| Thomas Of New Hampshire Captain
Michael Simpson was also a member
of the Continental army, and with
Arnold at Quebec. Michael, one of
nine children, was the son of the i'm
migrant Thomas, who was the son of
John, born in Scotland, but who lived
and died in Ireland His two sons,
Thomas, just named, and John came
to America, 1920, and settled in Ches-
ter county. Pennsylvania. Michael, the
soldier, became the owner of land, and
a ferry in York county, Pennsylvania
Simpsons ferry. it was called
| Another patriot was George Simp-
son Of the Pennsylvania branch
The Simpsons of New England were
no less patriotic than their brethren
of Pennsylvania When the news of
Lexington reached Deerfield Major
John Simpson shouldered his gun.
The Simpsons are prominent in Vir.
ginia, and related to the Peytons, who
| numbered many Revolutionary SOL
| diers. and received large grants of
land in Virginia, for services in the
war Among marriage connections
| in Pennsylvania, are the McLeans,
Murrays, Hamiltons, Espys and Elders
Sarah, daughter of Mary Simpson and
| Rev. John Elder, married Cen James
| Wallace, who was prominent in the
Revolution, and member Of the house
| of representatives.
Arms are blazoned for the Simp-
sons. and Simsons, also the Symsons
of buckingham, Durham, York, Litch.
field, London and Scotland and Ire.
land
The one illustrated is:: Argent; on
a chief indented, vert, three crescents
of the first.
| Crest: A crescent, or.
Motto: Tandem Implebitur-ai
length he shall be filed. Other mot
toes of the family are: Je Suis Pref
II am ready. Nunquam Obliviscor-l
will never forget; Perseyeranti Dabi
turf will be given to the perseve
ring; Ais Nutrior--I am fed by birds
The coat-of-arms of the Scottish
| branch is similar to the one illus
trated. It is argent; on chief, vert
three crescents of the first. Crest:
a falcon, proper. Motto: Ais M.
trior. The motto shown with the IL
lustration is also used by Scottish
] Simpsons
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-09-27
NEW WAY TO COMMIT SUICIDE

After no fewer than six unsuccess-
full attempts to kill himself sailor
named Leon Weiss has finally com
mitted suicide in an original fashion.
A month ago he threw himself into
canal at Rheims, but was rescued. A
few days later he hanged himself by
his braces on tree in a public
square, but his braces broke. He did
not despair, however, and, drawing a
revolver, shot himself twice. He was
taken to the hospital, where he was
cured of his wounds. A few days aft
erward. at Loan railway station, he
shot himself just as train was COM
ing In, hoping to fall beneath the
wheels, but again his life was saved
and he was taken to the hospital. He
managed to tear off his bandages and
swallowed them. Then he obtained
some water and drank it, and this,
with the cotton wool he had swallow
ed, suffocated him Thus his seventh
attempt was successful
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-09-27
Corner in Ancestors
Simpson Family
loOpyright by Mcclure syndIcatel
By ELEANOR LEXINGTON

Simon's son easily becomes Simson,
Simpson or SIMPSON. Another ortho-
graphy is Simptsen.
One branch of the Simpsons dates
to time Of Edward the Confessor, and
from Archil, Saxon thane. He pos
sessed the manor of Clint, in York
shire, where, his descendants living
in the thirteenth and fourteenth CEN
turtles, called themselves de Clynt."
One of the family was Symon, son Of
William de Clynt, 1900. Symon's son
came to be known as Symson If this
tradition is as true as it is interesting
the first Simpson were de Clynts.
quite aristocratic!" do you say? Yes,
indeed.
Sims, Shines and Symonds are said
to be variations Of the name Simpson,
or like it. They trace back to Isl
mons SON." Simpson is the name of
a parish in Buckingham, and at
Knaresborough, is one seat of the
Simpsons Another, is Foston Hall,
Yorkshire.
Searching the records, for early IA
theirs, we find that John Simpson
came over in the "Truelove," 1886,
with wife Susanna. They had six
children, and after Johns death, his
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-09-27

The name Flournoy is not common
either in this country or in Europe
but those who can claim Flournoy
lineage, if not the name, are found
probably in every state in the Union
From Virginia the family went farthe,
south, to Kentucky and Tennessee
and now every state, without doubt
has it's branch of the family, which
traces back to Jacques or to his uncle
Jacob
In Europe. there are some Of the
name in Switzerland, and in Austria
A genealogy of the family was com
piled by Galiffe, entitled Some gen
ealogical accounts of Genevan fam
lilies from earliest times to the pres
ent day
From the Galiffe book we learn
that Flournois, or Flournoy was a vii
lage of 80 households, between Join
vile and st. Dizier, France. Altai
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-09-27
HOW SNAKE WAS CHARMED.

Singing Nearer, MY God. to Thee"
three women charmed rattlesnake
that had just crawled from beneath a
cushion, upon which one of them was
seated, out on the Vale ranch, near
Salt Lake City, the other week
Mrs. F. P. Dunlap and two lady visi-
tors were seated on a lounge under the
trees when Mrs. Dunlap perceived the
snake. Instantly she thought Of music
charming reptiles, and she whispered
Let's sing" She commenced to hum
the sacred air, and the others, not
knowing why, took it up. The snake,
with head poised, paused and Mrs.
Dunlap slowly arose and beckoned the
others to follow, which they quietly
did. After having gained safe dis.
lance the others discovered with as
constituent what their danger had
been. Armed with clubs the women
then killed the snake
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-09-27
sAGAcIoUs DOG.

A remarkable story of dogs hon.
ing instinct and sagacity comes from
Tarbert, Scotland. Several months ago
dog was obtained from Tarbert
lady and taken by its new owner by
steamer and train to Clydebank. The
animal has just turned up at its Tor
mer home at Tarbert in a much ex-
hausted condition, but showing unmis-
taxable signs of its joy at meeting
old friends. At is was not observed IN
any of the steamers and arrived very
late at night, the inference Is that II
journeyed all the way from the city
overland, 100 miles. The mystery Is
how it found its way back alone by
.circuitous and almost tracklesa
route round the heads Of the long
Clyde lochs.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-09-27
FIournov Family

Every Flournoy in America is de-
scended from Laurent Tourney and
his wife Gabrielle Mellin. Laurent
fled from the Champagne, France, to
Geneva, Switzerland, after the Duke
of Guise massacred the Protestants at
Lassy, in 1862; thus the F1ournoys
were early sufferers for their religion.
His wife Gabrielle was born in Ly-
ons. They had two sons, Jean, born
1874, and Gideon. Jean married Fran
ces Mussard, and they had Jacques,
born 1908. He married Judith Puera-
ri, or Puesary. Their son Jacques,
born 1857, married Julia Eyrand
1t is interesting to note that Julia"
is name, which Joined to Eliza
BETH" has been perpetuated to the
present day. In every generation
there is an Elizabeth Julia.
Laurent was a lapidary, and his
sons followed the same trade. The
son of Jacques and Julia was Jean
Jacques, born November II, 1865. He
Is one of the progenitors Of the Amer
lean branch of Flournoys. Jean JAG
CUES married in Virginia June 20,
1920, Elizabeth, daughter of James
Williams and his wife. Elizabeth Buck
ner, and widow of Orlando Jones'
Jean Jacques, immigrant, and Eliza
beth had ten children-sons and
daughters. The sixth son and young
est child was Colonel Thomas, an an
cestor to anchor by. He is wise de-
scendant who claims him--if he can!
Colonel Thomas held Offices of vari-
Gus kinds. He was born November
20, 1913.
These dates are given for the pur-
pose of filing up aching voids on fam
lily charts. He married Anne Martin,
who survived him, dying June 1914
Their children were David, Jean JAG
ques, Elizabeth Julia, Mary, Anne
Lucy Faris and Marcia Martin.
Colonel Thomas led the strenuous
life, That he usually spelled his
name rather laboriously Flowrnoury
is neither here nor there. He was I'M
der sheriff of Prince Edward county,
and later high sheriff; in 1880 he was
member of the house of delegates; in
1777 he was captain of militia and in
1888 commander-in-chief Of militia of
Prince Edward county.
1t is an unreasonable grandchild
who demands more in the way of a
career, from an ancestor
The same year that Jean Jacques
came to Virginia or earlier, his uncle
Jacob, born in 1868, came over with
''sa famine, deux gareous ct deux
files" and made home at williams
burg. Jacob was son Of jacques, born
1908, and Judith Puerari His two
boys were named Francis and Jac-
CUES, and his girls Jane and Frances.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-09-27
HOUSE BUILT FROM ONE FIR.

A fourteen room, two and half
story house, built entirely of the lum-
Der from single fir tree, was recent
ly finished at Elma, on the west
coast.
The tree was giant Douglas fir
and was felled west of the town 1t was
marvelously straight and when scaled
was found to contain 10000 feet of
serviceable lumber. Inside the bark
the stump measured seven feet and
nine inches in diameter, and the total
height of the tree was over 300 feet
At the standard price of $25 thou
sand the lumber in this tree was
worth more than $1,000, Elma is in
the midst of the great fir timber belt
on the west slope of the Cascade
mountains.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-09-27

Old Podkins lay bacl his chair
In calm content, and though his wife
was quite near him he was happy. for
she had not broken the silence for
nearly FIVE minutes.
He had been married for five-and-
twenty long years, and Mrs. Podkins,
almost daily during "a of them, had
disturbed the domestic peace by too
full exercise of her tongue.
MY dear" broke in Mrs. P,
thinking it time she said something to
interrupt the quiet, 4 see by the pa
pers that petrifed jaw two yards
long has been found In Cornwall"
What. cried Podkins, starting mp.
Now know your secret. But you
never told me your ancestors came
from that part of the world"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-09-27
A BOX or MYSTERY.

A rather creepy thing happened a.
italy, Tex, one day recently. A large
square box which was unloaded py
mistake more than year ago and nae
been stored all that time in the freight
house of the railroad, was opened by
the station agent to ascertain its con
tents and see if they could give any
clue as to the owner The agent got
queer shock when he opened the boz
and its CHASTITY contents were revealed
to him. It contained the naked AND
mummified bodies of woman and
child.
The mysterious box was unloaded
from an express car at Italy because
the address upon it had been obliter'
ated. An effort was made at the time
to discover the person who had
shipped it but the search was unsuc'
cessful.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-09-27
Simpson

widow became the wife of George
Parkhurst. Waterfowl, Mass, was
the home Of John and Susanna. Fran
els Simpson of Salem was worried
as Quaker" This was about 1913.
Alexander of Boston, 1859, was born
in Scotland, which was also the native
land of Andrew, who was living in
Boston, 1725. He married Elizabeth
Patten, and they became founders of
the New Hampshire branch of the
Simpsons, making their home at Not
tingham, NJ H.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-09-27
SWALLOWING TEETH FATAL

A remarkable story was told at an
inquest held at Enfield, England, on
Mrs. Kate Methuen. In 1908 she was
knocked of her bicycle and had four
false teeth and a plate knocked Out
Of her mouth. Two of the teeth and
part of the plate were found, but the
others were not discovered. While
fastening her bootlace some weeks
ago blood suddenly flowed into her
mouth, and she subsequently entered
a hospital, where she died. A post
morton examination revealed the two
missing teeth and piece of the plate
fastened in the gullet Of the earoat
around which an abscess had 6svel-
oped. Death was due to blood poison
ing set up by the abscess.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-09-27
BIGGEST or APPLE TREES

On the farm of Trembley brothers,
near Albright, w. Va. is growing
what is claimed to be the largest APP
pie tree in that state. The tire is II
feet in circumference four feet above
the ground 1t has four limbs which
are from four to six feet in circum-
ference, and has one branch four and
one-half feet in circumference 20 feet
from the ground. The tree has spread
81 feet and is 40 feet high. The esti-
mated age of the tree is 125 years. 1t
is in fine, healthy condition.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-09-27

1t was Annals first visit at the sea-
side. She was only little girl, and
very enthusiastic over the long-looked-
for opportunity to go into the water.
They came too late the previous
day for dip in the surf, SO Anna was
up early, and as she put on her bath
ing suit while the rest were at break
fast some one questioned her as to
her haste.
We'll, you see, replied the thought
full child, Il want to hurry and 60 in
before SO many people get in and get
the water cold
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-09-27
LEASE RUNS TO FINAL DAY

Remarkable terms of q lease grant
ed by Welsh landowner to the true
tees Of Congregational chapel ana
graveyard at Beulah, near Cardigan,
have Just been disclosed. In 1860 the
lease was made out for ninety-nine
years, but recently the landlord was
asked to extend it, so that they might
not be disturbed in their last resting
place, at least before the Resurrection
morn" He asked if the afternoon of
the Resurrection Day would not be
better, and acting upon that sugges-
ton the lease was made to run to the
afternoon Of the last day.