The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
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John A. Henry of Clear Ridge,
was a County seat visitor on Wed
nesday.
Misses Nellie and Lillian De-
Hart, and Harvey Helman and
Joseph B. Doyle, were among
those who attended the Fire
Company's big day at MERGERS
burg, on Saturday.
&C Pence, of Braddock, Pa,
spent the time from Friday until
Monday, the guest of Rev. J.L
Grove, of this place. Mr.. Pence's
parents were members of Mr.
Groves church when he was pas
tor of the church at New Whining
ton, Pa, several years ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Karns,
and daughters Grace and Lulu,
and Mr.. Clayton Karns-all of
Everett, came to McConnellsburg.
in Mr.. Karns's touring car and
spent Sunday with John OFT and
family at McConnellsburg, and
with other friends IN this place.
Uncle John Tice, of Knoosville,
was in town Monday attending to
business, and getting ready for
the threshing season, which is
now about to begin in earnest.
Mr.. Tlce threshed the first crop
of the season last Friday for John
w. Snyder, which yielded about
400 bushels market measure.
There will be an unusually large
yield of wheat this season, and 1T
has never been harvested in pet
ter condition.
Greencastle; which for num-
ber of years enjoyed the distinc'
ton of being the only town IN the
valley without cent of bonded
or floating indebtedness, now
holds the distinction, unique in
the state, of not having alevy nor
levylng a single mill of borough
tax, the income from the water
plant being amply sufficient to
carry on the municipal govern
ment.'
Recently there has located In
Cham bersburg DR.. j. A. Thorn,
a New York eye specialist of some
note, who has leased and filed up
with modern appliances, a large
Office on N. Main ST., in the Rose
dale Building, Cham bersburg.
The doctor has moved his family
there, has taken a house on S.
Nam ST., and located permanent
ly.
Some boys do not earn $50 a
year, yet they can afford to smoke
cigarettes and to use tobacco In
other forms. Little boys should
think it over seriously before com
mencing to use tobacco. Boys
who do not use the weed or loaf
continuously on the streets are
much better models to follow. No
boy should wish to pattern after
profane, foul.mouthed, worth.
less street loafer.
Three Altoona shopmen were
fined 1858 by Justice of the
Peace Croyle at Petersburg for
fishing in the Juniata river with
untagged outlines, the informa.
tion was made by Fish Wardens
j. D. Slzer and j. Fl. Morgan.
The fish laws are very strict and
great care should be exercised by
lovers of this sport in order to
avoid being caught in some un-
lawful act.
Mrs. Mary Golden, aged 81
years, duplicated her glrlhood's
woi k in the harvest field on the
farm of her son, Isaac Golden, in
Adams county, and bound sever
al sheaves of wheat just to show
the younger generation that she
had not forgotten how to take ur
the work that In her younger
days was the common work Of
the women on the farm. Mrs.
Golden enjoyed this recurrence
TO old times and was with diff
Guilty persuaded to desist from
her seli.lmposed tasks.
The Police Department of Wash
ingdon, d. G., and Waynesboro
are looking for Edgar w, Foster