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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
Mrs. Rachel Miller.

Mrs. Rachel Miller, of Fannetts
burg, Franklin county, died at
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Naugle, IN Burnt Cabins, OIL
Thursday, July 81, aged 70 years
) months, and 81 days. She was
born IN Strawsburg, Franklin
county, and her maiden name was
Doris. She was a consistent
member of the Presbyterian
church for so years.
Mrs. Miller was sufferer fer
many years, and bore her atflic =
tion with christian tortltude.
She Is survived by one son,
Charles, of Fannettsburg, and
four daughters, namely: Mrs.
Margaret Speck, of Burnt Cab.
ms; Carrie Miller, of Ohio; Laura
Wehn, of Huntingdon, and Mrs.
Mary Naugle, of Burnt Cabins.
She was inferred IN the GENE
terry near Fannettsburg, her pas
tor, Rev. Wainrlght, officiating.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
Good Roads.

We quote the following from a
speech by Hon. William Sulzer,
IN the House. of Representatives,
June 9, 1910.
One of the crying needs in this
country, is good roads. The es-
tablishment of good roads would
in great measure solve the ques
ton of the high price of food and
and the increasing cost of living.
BY reducing the cost of transpor
tation it would enable the farmer
to market his produce alta lower
price and at a larger profit at the
same time. 1t would bring com.
munltles closer together and in
touch with the centers of popula
ton, thereby facilitating the com
merce of ideas as we'll as of ma
terial products.
When the agricultural produc
ton alone of the United States
for the past eleven years totals
81, 900, 100000, sum to stagger
the Imagination, and it costs more
to take this product from the
farm to the railway station than
from such station to American
and European markets, and when
the saving 10 cost of moving this
product of agriculture over good
highways instead of bad would
have built a million miles of good
roads. the lncalculable waste of
bad roads In this country is shown
/ to be of such enormous proper
tons as to demand immediate re
formation and the wisest and
best statesmanship; but great as
is the loss to transportation, mer
cantile, industrial, and farming
interests, incomparably greater
is the material loss to the women
and children and the social life,
a matter as important as clvlliza-
ton itself. The truth Of the de
claratioD of Charles Summer
fifty years ago, that "the two
greatest forces for the advance
ment OF clviiIzatlon are the school
master and good roads," is EN-
phasized by the experience of the
Intervening years and points TO
the wisdom OF o union Of the cd
ucatlonal,! commercial, transpor
tation, and industrial interests OF
our country in aggressive action
for permanent good roads,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
Snake Stories.

AS little grandson of Squire
Geo. w. Wagner, of Todd, was
entering the stable to assist his
grandfather to put the horses
away after the days work was
done, few days ago, he found a
large copperhead snake lying on
the door sill, which struck at him.
Fortunately the boy had his shoes
on or would have been bitten as
the snake struck him on one of
his feet.
While grading oats IN field
near his home at the old toll gate
west of town last Saturday, Chas
Gress cut over two large copper
heads. A short time after he
heard his dog bark little ways
ahead of him and on lnvestiga.
ton found large rattler. He
succeeded IN killing all. The
rattler had 6 rattles and a button.
On Tuesday last when J. G.
Spannuth and Kerlin Bros, who
have threshing outfit commence
ed the seasons work at the farm
of David Kelso, just eastot Knobs
vile, had started the machine
andput about half a dozen sheaves
through, a SIX and a half foot
blacksnake ran out of a sheaf and
into the mouth of the machine.
When the fragments of his snake
ship got through the machine 1t
was fine as sausage meat.
AS r.. N. Simmer was walking
across one of George w. Mock S
fields, north of town, on Monday
evening, he almost stepped
on blowing viper, one of the
most poisonous species Of the
reptile family. He succeeded in
killing it.
A few days ago little daugh-
ter of Geo. w. Wagner, of Todd
township, was picking raspber.
rles near the house when she
saw large blacksnake on tree.
She ran to the house and told her
father who took his gun and went
to the tree and saw the snake out
on limb about 30 feet from the
ground. The Squire took aim
and brought a 81 foot snake to
the ground.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
WHIPS COVE.

The farmers of the Cove are
getting along fine with their work
James Layton and wife aud Thorn
as Downes and BERTHA Truax, of
lido, came over last week and
hauled their grain in on the
Squire Layton farm. B. W. Nor
ris Is busy threshlng now, and 1t
will not be long until the granar.
les will be groanlng under their
burden OF golden grain.
Hester Mellott, who spent some
time in the home of D. G. Mallott,
returned to her home at Pleasant
Ridge, Monday.
Leslie Hart is quite Ill at this
writing.
The large crowd in attendance
at the funeral of Esta Starr, at
the Whips Cove church, the 18th,
were mortified when the little cas-
ket went crashing to the bottom
of the grave, shatterlng the glass
cover. The casket had to be rails
ed and the corpse taken out, in
order to remove the broken glass
and dirt.
Denton Hoopengardner was ov
er Sldellng Hill one day last week
Logue Wink and family visited
Alfred Layton and wife a couple
days last week.
III M. Spangler, of Altoona, din
ed at d G Mellott's last Thurs.
day.
Aaron Hess and Maggie Wolf,
Of EN- maville, were IN the Cove
Saturday evening.
Cecil Clark made a business
trip to Everett Saturday.
II. r. Starr and wife and N. w.
Mellott and wife visited Mr..
Starts brother Joseph, in Snake
Spring Valley, last Monday.
Sunday visitors aud visited I;
Hays Morgret and wife, of Nc
Klbbin, at George Diehl's; Nettie
a
Diehl and little son Curtis, at Bob
Dlehl's; Albert Plessinger and
wife, son Ellis, and daughter Ach
sab, at Watson Plessinger's; e A
Hoopengardner and family, d. q.
Mellott and family, e f. Mellott
and Will Dlehl at Emory and Sam
uel Diehls; e A. Diehl and family
In the vicinity of Emmavllle;
George Layton and family at
Will McKees; Silas Holly and wife
at N. W. Mellott's.
Mrs. Caleb Mellott spent part
Of last week IN the home Of her
son 'in'Iaw Alvy Lake.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
The cow.
The Farmers Best Friend, and Most
Valuable Of Domestic Animals.

The dairy COW, If able to ex-
press herself In way which the
human family could comprehend,
might well lay claim to being
mans best friend. She might
establish such claim by calling
attention to the fact that from her
product and from her carcass
man manufacturers more of the
necessities of life than from any
other similar source. She fur
nishes these necessities to him
from infancy until such time as
temporal things are no longer as
sociated with his existence, and
she does 1t ungrudgingly and con
stantly.
In addition to contributing to
mans necessity and bis pleasure,
the prosperity of an agricultural
community is more closely ldenti
fed with her than with any other
of the domestic animals. The
horse is quite essential in tllllng
the soil, but where necessity re.
qulres 1T the sturdy son of the
COW can take his place, as he has
done IN every agricultural section
on earth. The horse can only fur
nlsh labor and can only return a
profit to his owner when condl-
tlons are right for returning sat
isfactory gram crops. 1t is a
we'll known fact that the dairy
COW is the salvation of the farmer
IN times Of poor crops, as she is
able to convert the rough crops
which are never a total failure,
into dairy products which always
have a cash value.
In addition to this she furnish.
es skim milk and butter milk for
the calves, pigs and poultry, and
fertility for the soil, without
which a farm becomes less valu-
aole each year and the whole coun
try less prosperous.
The elimination of the dairy
COW would necessitate an almost
revolutionary readjustment of
mans tastes and requirements.
1t would mean untold suffering
and hardship. OF course she
will not be dispensed with, but
her value can perhaps best be ap
preciated by contemplating such
a loss.
She will con tinue to be man 8
best friend as long as the human
family exists and will keep on
supplying him with his greatest
needs just as she has done
through all the ages,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
HOrtOn---Henry.

At the home of the brides pa.
rents, Mr.. aud Mrs. John Henry
of Clear Ridge, Tuesday morning,
Rev. Luther McGarvey, of the
Methodist Episcopal church, Illus
tontown, united IN marriage their
daughter Miss Gertrude and MIR.
Elmer Horton, of Pitcairn, Pa.
The bridal couple went to Three
Springs, took the 9:26 train and
are now spending their honey.
moon in Washington, Atlantic
City, and other places of interest.
The groom is a fireman on the p.
r. r.. and ready to take hold of
the throttle as soon as a vacancy
occurs.
Both bride and groom are ex-
cellent young people, and have
the very best wishes of wide
circle of friends and acquant.
ances for their abundant pros
perlty and happiness.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
Post Card Shower.

While journeying along life's
pathway on the 10Th INST, Mr..
N. M. Kirk, of Hustontown,
paused for rest in the shadow of
the tifty-thlrd milestone. While
sitting there q cloud passed
across the sky, and presently
there came downpour. Now,
Mr.. Kirk has peen afflicted with
rheumatism for several years,
and he doesn't like to be caugh In
a shower If he can help 1t, but
strangely enough, after this
shower had passed over, his
"rheumatics" felt better than
for long time. 1t turned out to
be a post card shower, and when
the cards were gathered up and
counted, it was found that two
hundred and sixty SIX of his
frlends-from the Atlantic to the
Pacific, and from Canada TO the
Gulf had thur kindly remem bered
him. Through this little notice
he wants to assure his friends
that his heart was made glad by
their kindly remem brance.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
SUNDAY FIRE.
Steam SawmiII Belonging to George c.
Fraker and Walter N. COmerer
Burned Sunday Afternoon.

Fraker q Comerer have had a
steam sawmlll on the Bratton
farm near Dublin Mills for some
time. The mill had been closed
down for several days, but they
had a man burning the saw dust
and doing other work about the
place last week. On Sunday aft
ernron fire broke out, and before
1t was brought under control it
had destroyed the mill and injur-
ed the engine. Fortunately, not
much lum Der was burned. We
are informed that there was no
insurance on the property.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
WEST DUBLIN.
body.

AIDA Blake, of.OrbIsonia, spent
last week visiting friends and rel
ahves in this community.
Edith Reeder, of Hustontown,
spent a few days last week with
her sister Goldie at Casper
Brant's.
Harrison Hoover who had been
attending the Ohio Northern UNI
versity is visiting the family of
his mother Mrs Eliza Hoover at
this place.
Our farmers have had good
crops of gram and good weather
for harvesting the gram. A good
RAIN is much needed at present.
A few of our people attended
the picnic IN Wells Valley on Sat
urday and enjoyed 1t very much.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28

She was a bright glrl, and they
were at base ball game. She
had won his enthusiastic heart
by understanding the game right
off, and he loved her even more
than If she had been his sister.
ut reminds me of the house
hold" he says. 1.-THE plate, the
batter, the fouls and the flies. "
"And itreminds me of marriage, "
she added. 'Flrst the diamond,
when they are engaged; then the
struggle and the hits, when the
men go out, and finally the diff
Guilty in getting home. Then he
sat and thought and thought.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28

II. G. Booker, wife and son Of
Gothenburg, Neb., were callers
at our Office this week. Mr..
Booker was a former resident OF
this section, having taught the
Red Hill School in Germany VAL
ley in 1876 and 1877. From here
they went to Gracey, Fulton
county where his mother, Mrs
James Doran resides. Mr.. Book
er IS a hustler, and is making
good In the west, He,is postmast
er OF has town, which office ranks
alittle ahead of ours. He is also
the editor and publisher of the
Gothenburg independent, and
besides is interested in the In
surance business and Is agent
for the Florence Gold Claims, oi
Golconda, Nevada. While In this
section, Mr.. Booker visited the
Booker boys IN town and in Hi
Valley, they beng relatlyes.--
Mount Union Times.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
MILLIONS SPENT ON FRAUDS.
Fake Consumption Cures Cheat Public
of Sl5,O0O,OOO.

VINO exploit ana adVertlSe 1ake
consumption cures, according to
II statement issued to day by the
National Association for the
Study and Prevention of Tuber
culosis; and for this vast sum the
victims receive nothing in return,
but are often permanently injured
and IN the majority Of cases
cheated out of the chance for a
real cure. Worse still, most Of
this money is paid by those who
can least afford 1t.
The National Association has
investigated several hundred so.
called 'cures" and treatments"
for tuberculosis now being ad
vertlsed throughout the country,
and finds that more than S3,000,-
900 year is being spent in solic
ting the patronage of the public.
On examination, 1t has been
found that the great majority of
these "cures" contain harmful
and habit. forming drugs, such as
morphine, opium and chloroform,
None of them will cure consump
tlou. The only cure for this dis
ease that has ever been discover
ed Is the com blnatlon of fresh air,
rest and wholesome food. All of
the "cures" that attempt to de
stroy the tubercle bacillus with
out these or to stop the progress
of the disease IN some mysterious
way are branded as frauds, and
lmposltions.
Three classes of "cures" are
distinguished by the National AS
soclation. In the first class are
included devices and drugs which
can be bought for any sum rang
ing from ten cents to five dollars
at a drug store. The United
States Department of Agricul
ture has just issued bulletin in
which some of the most used OF
these drugs and remedies are an
alyzed and condemned. The
second class of "cures" includes
the institutes, professors" or
companies of doctors" who for
consideration guarantee to cure
consumption by some secret
method of which they are the
sole proprietors. There are near
ly one hundred and fifty of these
Institute frauds IN the United
States, cheating the people out
of millions of dollars annually.
In the third class of "cures'
are placed a number of home
made remedies, which either
through ignorance or superst'
ton have been advanced as treat
ments for tuberculosis, Some
of these are, onions, lemons, rat.
tlesnake poison, coal dust, lime
dust, pigs blood, dog oil, milk
"stripplngs," and even alcohol.
These will not cure consumption
declares the National Association.
No drug, gas or other material
has yet been discovered, which,
when eaten, inhaled or injected
into the body, will kill the germs
of tn berculosis. Fresh air, which
contains more oxygen than any
substance known, will destroy
the germs of tuberculosis, if 1T is
breathed continuously for long
enough period, and If rest and
wholesome food are employed at
the same time to build up the
body.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
ANOTHER UNWRIT-
TEN CODE VICTIM.
The Woman in Question a Daughter Of
Former Fulton County Man.

A few days ago a murder was
committed at Romney, w. Va,
IN which the principals were two
men by the names of Blake and
Fletcher. The latter having shot
the former tor invading his home
and destroying his domestic
peace. The mere fact, that a
man IN West Virginia had IN hot
blood, killed a scoundrel who had
followed him from one State to
another, and who In all likelihood
richly deserved his fate, would
mean little to the readers of the
NEWS except that a study of the
life of the criminal is an oppor-
tunity of delivering "sermo-
nette" on wrong doing; and of
proving that the way of the
transgressor is hard"
Those who do not belong to the
Younger set can recall murder
committed IN the Little Cove
about fifteen years ago, when a
man named Blake was killed on
his return from the penltentlary
by two men named Baker and
Manning one of whom was living
with his wife. These two men
we're tried IN the Franklin county
courts and served time tor this
crime.
The man who was KILLED IN
West Virginia was the son of the
elder Blake who lost his life in
Warren township.
Some years ago he was brought
into the llmellght by stealing a
lot of bacon, lard, ETC., from the
Misses Cutler of Little Cove,
having crossed the mountains
from Dry Run, Md, with a wag-
on with which he removed the
'swag' and having overloaded the
horse, was arrested before reach
ing home. In this he had an ac.
compllce named Wiley-who
served two and one half years.
while Bake beng considered
leader of the enterprise, got three
years IN the penitentiary. He
got his liberty about one year ago
and at once put himself on the
trail that led to his death at the
hands of Geo. Fletcher.
Fletcher was born and reared
near Dry Run, Md, and lived
there until few years ago, about
one mile from the homes of Blake
an Wiley.
Just here let us insert a fact,
that gives this vile chapter ol
crime a touch of local color.
Fletcher was married to daugh
ter of William Jones, once a res
dent of the Corner" in Ayr town
ship, and man of doubtful repu
tation.
Aftec his marriage he lived
with his family in Mercersburg
and Charlestown, after removing
TO Romney, w. Va, in order tc
Z protect his family from the In
fuence of Blake who was entirely
too attentive to Mrs. Fletcher
Blake followed the Fletchers tc
their new home and boarded
with them. The tragedy is the
result. This history of crime IL
father and daughter, and in faith
er and son, furnishes a most IN
teresting study In heredlty, ant
the further proof that those wht
sew the wind will reap the whir
Wind"
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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28

The Hagerstown Mail says that
Alex. Linn, one of the best known
conductors on the Cumberland
Valley, bought the largest trout
IN many day. The trout was
taken at Shlppensburg and meas
ured the tribe OF nineteen and a
half inches. Its weight was about
three pounds and II was so beau
tifully marked that 1t was almost
q shame TO cook II. #
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
Liquid Weed ExterminatOrS.

hf'1AtA WV
AS was to be expected, the
presence of liquid weed eXtermln
ators on the market has resulted
In considerable inquiry as to the
effectiveness of such materials
for the killing of weeds.
Prof. H. A. Surface, State 10.
ologlst, replied to request for
information, received from a
Philadelphia banker, in regard to
a certain "extermlnator," as fol-
lows:
"Replying to your recent letter
asking as to the basis of the So
called weed extermlnators, [ can
say with certainty that it's chief
ly iron sulfate or copperas. One
hundred pounds of sulfate Of iron
in fifty gallons of water will de-
stroy weeds of certain kinds, es.
pecially of the mustard family
1t is also recon mended to destroy
weeds of other kinds, but the sub
ject of weed destruction by the
use Of chemicals or spray liquids
has been entirely overdone. Like
everything else, some unscrupul.
Gus persons have taken advantage
of the fact that there is some vlr.
tue IN the process, and they are
trying to make out that it will
apply to any weeds and be bene-
fetal in getting rid of them, and
they are trying to make money
on this basis.
81 think you are certainly rea-
sonable in saying that you have a
feeling of dlstrnst of the com mer
cial article, and | can not see why
man can not make his own ma.
terlal much cheaper, than he can
buy 1t, and thus be sure of the
ingredients and the efficiency of
it. In making this statement |
am liable to incur the enmity of
the manufacturers and agents,
and you would, indeed, be sur
prlsed to know what an immense
amount of trouble l have brought
upon myself by faithfully doing
my duty IN replying to such com
municatlors as yours. l can not
see why practical man is un-
willing to use some of the efficient
materials that are advised, and
easily procured at an inexpensive
rate, instead of paying their hard
earned money TO some firm or
putting up the same kind of prep
aration IN the commercial form
and selling the material ata much
higher price. However, the man.
ufacturers and their agents take
the view that it is not my business
to talk about price, but that |
should merely encourage the use
of materials regardless of cost.
81 have met with exactly the
same difficulty in regard to oil
sprays. Some of the manufac'
turers have apparently been so
hard hit by my positive state
ments of the occasional injurious
effects of oils, that they have gone
so far as to publish misleading
insinuatlons about me, even re
flectlng upon my character. How
ever, | shall try to do my duty
while it is possible, and believe
that the good citizens of this State
will stand by me as long as that
| ie nonSctantiou lu parfor m ad "
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28

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