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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-11-30
Vicious Horses Wanted

at the Pennsylvania Fruit, Stock
and Dairy Show, to be held at
Duquesne Garden, Plttsourg,
January 1920 next, the noted
horse trainer, Prof. Jesse Beery,
of Pleasant Hill, Ohio, will give
three lessons and exhibitions in
the art of breaking and training
horses. He asks those who have
vicious or unruly horses to bring
them to the show and he agrees
to cure any horse, however VI
ciods or whatever his bad habit,
of his evil ways and make him
useful. Come on now with man.
eaters, bakers, shyers, strikers,
runaways or any other kind Of
Ill tempered or spoiled horse, the
worse the horse the better for
the demonstration. Prof. Beery
agrees to forfeit 500 for any
hrose he fails to conquer and re-
form. For further particulars
address Il. d. Harman, Jr., Man
ager, ITO Shady Avenue, East
End, Pittsburg, Pa.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-11-30
Hunting Season Spoiled.
b. Z. LAMBERSoN,
Co. Supt.

After having spent three weeks
among their Fulton county
friends, Mr.. and Mrs. James G..
Kline and son Newton, passed
through McConnellsburg Mon.
day returning to their home in
Bucks county. They were &C.
companled home by Mrs. Kline S
sister, Mrs. Amelia Bealman, of
Covalt, and by Mrs. Khne's
grand daughter, Miss Mamie
Gordon, of Dlckeys Mountain.
Mr.. Kline came to Fulton county
to have a good time hunting deer.
But one never knows when he Is
going to have bad luck. When
the first day of the hunting sea.
son came, he started out bright
and early to the mountain and
was in the woods but a short
time when a big four-pronged
buck ran up against HIM. Mr..
Kline knew very we'll that If he
killed the buck. his hunting
would be allover for the year 1911.
He reasoned, also, that if he
chased the buck away, he might
not have another chance as good,
hence he blazed away, and down
came the buck. Mr.. Kline took
part of the carcass, and the hide,
along to his home IN Bucks coun.
ty to prove to his friends down
there that it means something to
go to Fulton county to hunt deer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-11-30
No More at Present.

The offer extended for the past
two years to fruit growers and
orchard owners generally, made
by Prof, IL. A. Surface, Economic
Zoologlst of the State Depart
ment of Agriculture, to assist in
starting the practical work in the
care of orchards and exercising
supervision over them, will now
be temporarily suspended as no
new engagements of this kind
can be made until next year be.
cause of the large number of ap
plicants for this service, all Of
which have been accepted. TO a
recent correspondent asking for
the Model Orchard service the
Professor replied as follows:
"In reply to your request to
have your orchard added to our
Model Orchard list / regret to
have to say that | cannot do so at
this time. We now have nearly
14oo orchards on the list, and
this is as many as we can ar
range to carry with the present
number of demonstrators IN our
employ. You will readily see
that since the bulk Of the work
done IN these orchards must be
performed during the dormant
season, which includes the win.
ter months, much of which time
Is unfit for outside work, 1t will
be barely possible for us to get
around to each of these before
the buds again open in the spring.
Your application, however, will
be put on file, and as soon as a
vacancy occurs shall take pleas.
ure III extending you the service
you ask. Pending that time /
shall be glad to give you all the
assistance possible by CORES
pondence from this office and |
would ask that you command me
at any time when in need of in
formation along the line of my
WORK."
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-11-30
Special Farmers Institutes.

Attention Is called to the fact
that Special Farmers Institutes
will'be held in this county as fol.
lows:
December 18th, at the Court
House, McConnellsburg, Pa.
December 18th. at the School
house, Webster Mills.
December 18th, at Fort Little.
ton.
December 14th, at the Bethle-
hem Church, Tod township.
The program will be adhered
to as far as possible, but may be
varied If circumstances seem to
demand. The Dairy, Fruit, and
Poultry business If tins section
demands the largest attendance
possible. There Is never any
trouble getting farmers to at
tend these meetings who have at.
tended them before; 1T is only
those who have meyer attended
that do not know that they are
missing, 1t will cost you nothing
to attend except the time you
lose, you will be we'll repaid In
the pointers you get.
For programs, and further IN
formation apply to
W. @. PATTERSON,
McConnellsburg, Pa.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-11-30
County Institute. December 4~.S.

In The preparation Of the pro.
gram Tor this years institute,
have tried to secure material that
will supply the needs o. the coun.
ty. 1t Is OF course a teachers
institute, and for that reason the
teachers have been the principal
factor IN determining my actions
by reading the program you will
ind that the subjects to be dis
cussed by the instructors during
the day sessions, Is such that will
be Of interest to all.
| cordially invite all to attend
the sessions. Ii you are inter.
ested in the educational welfare
OF the children Of the county,
come and spend the week. Pupils
attending school will find a week
of very beneficial instruction for
them. Parents will find in the
addresses, answers or solutions
to many of the difficult problems
that confront them during the
school term.
Directors will find the meeting
to be both interesting and bene-
hclal to them. | invite all direc-
tors to attend. l especially urge
as many of the mem bers of the
new boards as can arrange to
come, to do so. All directors will
be considered the guests of the
superintendent. Call upon him
for tickets for the night sessions.
Tickets on sale at Trouts' Drug
Store, 10 a. m, Monday. Price
same as last year. FIRST in first
served. See Board for your
choice.
Thanking the public for its
support in the past, and trusting
that the attendance at this lnstl.
tute will eclipse that of any form.
er meeting, l am,
Yours very truly,
b. G. LAMBERsoN,
Co. Supt.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-11-30
Good Sized POrkers.

Notwithstanding the fact that
young hogs cost ten cents a
pound last spring, and corn not
less than dollar a barrel for fat.
tenlng, the usual mum Der of large
hogs have been butchered this
fall. George Steach killed three
for Landlord Harry lIamil that
dressed l, ,405 pounds, and from
Which nine cans of lard were OBJ.
tanned; Charlie Steach butchered
two that cleaned 642 pounds;
David Rotz, two that dressed $50;
Barber Downes, three, not quite
eight months old that dressed
275, 279, $50 respectively; Wilbur
Grlssinger two that dressed Coz:
Amos Wilkinson, two, 64S; G. w.
Peck two, GOO; Ex-Sheriff D. V.
Slpes, two that cleaned 300 and
80 respectively; Bert Shaw at
Hustontown two, that cleaned
4l9 and 431 respectively; and Will
Fix one last Wednesday that he
got from the Magsam brothers
that dressed 575 pounds. A fat
hog that would have dressed over
BOO pounds died for District At.
torney Frank p. Lynch last Sat-
urday night.
Fat hogs are bringing from 5
to D! cents a pound on foot, and
and Z cents, dressed.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-11-30
Birthday Dinner.

|
A birthday dinner was made in
honor of Mrs. e. l.. Wink last
Friday. Those having the mat
ter IN charge thought to give her
q stunning surprise, but Mrs
Wink is not always asleep when
her eyes are shut; and conse
quently, when the crowd began
to assemble and get funny, Mrs.
Wink did not go into mysteries,
but joined right IN and helped to
make the scheme a big success.
AT dinner, she was asked if
she knew anything about it be
forehand, and she "fessed up, ("
and admitted that she was "onto
It,"
Notwithstanding the lnclemen.
cy OF the weather, every body had
a good time and felt that it was
worth turning out IN the rain for.
About noon the dining room door
swung open and there stood a
table groaning with its weight of
roast chicken, roast guinea, and
all the "trlmmins" that only
those good women know how to
prepare. And outside stood a
hungry crowd groaning for a
chance to get at 1T. 1t Is said
that Big Bill and Andy distln-
gulshed themselves as the cham
plon trlmmers, and when they
Strengthened themselves and took
a long breath, there was a pile of
bones In front of their plates that
nearly hid them from view.
Mrs. Wink got a lot of mighty
nice presents. Those present
were: f. l.. Wink and wife; D. II.
Wink, wife, and two children
Robert and Martha; Dick Mellott,
wife and son Floyd; Mrs. Joseph
b. Mellott. Mrs. Hester Mellott,
Mrs. Harriet Mellott, W. Il. Pal
mer and wife, j. G. Giflin, VIM.
Wink and wife, Andrew Lam Der.
son and wife, Mr.. aud Mrs. Lam.
berson brought their talking ma
chine, winch added very much to
the pleasure Of the company.
ONE WHO WAS THERE.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-11-30
MADE NUBBlNS FLY.
Iowa Man HuSked Two Hundred Thirty.
five Bushels of Corn in a Day.
Beat Former Record

j. Frank Mayne, formerly of
Fort Littleton, but now p-omi.
nent business man IN Shelby,
Iowa, sent a copy of an Iowa,
newspaper IN which an article
was marked. Frank said, "Mr.
Peck, please copy the article
marked to show the Fulton Coun.
ty boys the gait Iowa fellows
have" This is the article:
Hamburg, Ia, Nov. 23-Husk-
ing against a 81 900 wager to sus.
tam a record made by himself
two weeks ago, Bert Van Hou
ten yesterday husked 235 bush.
els otcorn. cyan Houten husked
for the worlds record two weeks
ago, getting 2lo bushels and fifty
pounds, yesterdays wager being
that he couldn't hold up that
record again. lie averaged TWEEN
ty'fve bushels an hour for the
first nine hours"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-11-30
Wink..-0akman.

Mr.. Arthur Wink and Miss
Estella B. Oakman were married
at Berkley Springs, W. Va, No.
vember %, 1911.
After the ceremony, they re.
turned to the home of the brides
uncle, Mr.. W. w. H. Cline, OF
Buck Valley, where their friends
and a bountlful supper awaited
them. After receiving the best
wishes of their friends, and do.
ing jnstice to the supper. They
enjoyed the music of a callthum.
plan band.
The bride is a daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Delimer Oakman, and
one of Buck Valleys most esti-
mable young ladies.
The groom is an enterprising
young man of East Providence
township, Bedford county, and
by his manly appearance and
happy greeting, has won many
friends In our valley.
The bride was handsomely at
tired IN blue silk.
The happy couple left Friday
for the groom's home, followed
by the best wishes of a large Cir.
Gle of friends. G.. B. M.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-11-30
Let Us have Cheap Rates.

Although the opening of the
Panama canal is some time ahead
the controversy over the rates to
be charged by the United States
for the passage of vessels through
1t has already begun. These
rates will be hxed by Congress,
probably at the coming session.
Others besides the Government
are interested IN them, some for
high rates and some for low
rates, and there will be a struggle
between them TO influence Con-
gress. The rans.contlnental
railroads, which did all in their
power to prevent the making of
the canal, because 1t will compete
with them for traffic to the Pa.
cltic coast, want rates not lower
than they themselves charge,
while shippers and those intend.
ing to establish steamship lines
through the canal favor rates
that will make transportation
cheaper than by railroad. The
latter say that the Government
should not seek to make a profit
out of the canal, but should charge
merely enough to pay the expense
of operating it and keeping in re.
pair. The railroads argue that
the charges should he high
enough to pay the many millions
of dollars the canal has cost. OF
course, this view is not on account
of any especial regard the rail.
roads have for the Government,
but Is solely a matter of selfish
interest. The canal will not be |
of very great commercial benefit
unless traffic by 1T will be cheap.
er than by railroad. The puolic
is interested in cheap rates.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-11-30
Shall There Be a Settlement +?

The question as to whether
'here should be a settlement by
,ne district auditors Monday,
december 4th., when the new
Scnool boards organize Is answer.
Gu by the Department at Harris.
Uurg' IN a letter to Superinten.
uent Lamberson as follows:
Where there is no treasurer
VI 'ne board elected, there Is no
necessity for an audit"
We infer from the above that
u the new boards elect a new
treasurer, then the auditors will
u "eet and settle the accounts of
'ue retiring treasurer before the
q &c" ofhclal takes charge of the
finances. '
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-11-30
NUMBER II
BOLD THEFT.
Miss MOllie SeyIar'S Home Ransacked
Last thursday Night, and Money
and Other YaInabIeS Taken.

When Miss Molhe Seylar, who
resides on north Second street.
arose last Friday morning and
came down stairs her attention
vas directed to a general topsy-
turvy condition of things, and it
did not take her a minute TO dis
cover that she had visitors during
the night; that the visitors had
not left their cards, but they had
left a lot Of burnt matches and
such other evidence as indicated
that they had taken plenty of
time to ransack the lower part of
the house IN great shape. Among
the things missed were articles
Of clothing, a pocket book, chate-
laine bag, cash, and In the kltch-
en-, they had taken meat, bread,
preserves, butter-ln fact, she
did not have enough left for
breakfast.
No arrests have yet been made,
but it was done by some one en-
tirely familiar with the premises.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-11-30
DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.
Deer Hunter Killed Last Thursday in
Huntingdon County by One Of His
Closest Friends.

Walter Metz, a popular barber
of Petersburg, huntingdon coun.
ty, was accidentally shot and
killed by his close friend Gustave
Grafius while hunting deer last
Thursday.
Graffius, who had been watch.
ing a crossing, sat down TO eat his
lunch, placing his Savage rifle
across his knees ready for instant
action should the coveted buck
hove in sight. Shortly after he
had seated himself, two does
came out OF the thlcket and play.
fully capered near HIM.
Immediately afterwards, Graf.
iius heard a rustlIng again in the
bushes and raised his gun IN an.
hcipation Of a pair of prongs
coming out from the thlcket but
instead, he saw 1t was Metz and
lowered his gun. In putting the
gun down, 1t exploded, the ball
evidently from the wound, strlk-
ing a stone first and then hitting
the unfortunate gunnet.
The shot from the high power
gun pierced Metz through the
abdomen and then took a down
ward course, lodging just under
the skin at the hip. Death re-
suited in a few minutes. Metz
was 30 years of age and leaves a
wife and a son eight years of age.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-11-30
Local Institute.

The fourth local institute of
Bethel township was held at
Warfordsburg last Friday even
ing. The meeting was called to
order by the president, E. C.
Ham.
The questions for discussion
were; l. How do you teach nam
Der work IN chart class? 3. HIS.
tory. 3. Discipline Of restless
pupils.
The following teachers we're
present. Bessie Morton, Mary
Myers, Kathryn Yonker, and E.
@. Ham.
Much credit is due both teach.
er and pupils for the good liter.
ary program which was render.
ed by the hool.-Kathryn Il
Yonker, teacher.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-11-30
Lodge Entertainment.

Saturday evening, November
l1th, sixteen of the members OF
Harrisonvllle Lodge, l. o. o. Il.
and one member OF McConnells.
burg Lodge we're entertained by
the Fort Littleton Lodge at the
hotel at Fort Llttleton. After a
sumptuous supper had been
served, the visitors met with
their Fort Llttleton brothers IN
the latter's Hall and had a good
time. Among the speakers of
the evening were Hiram eleven.
ger, uestor OF the Harrlsonville
Lodge; the orator of Harrison.
vile Lodge, Hon. ~Jno. p. Sipes;
their poetical mem ber, George
W. Slpes, and the worthy Chap
lain, Ephraim Mellott. Others
were Hon, S. L. Buckley, DR.. A.
X. Davis, aud Dyson Fraker, of
Fort Littleton Lodge. Squire
Thomas K. Downes, of Belfast
township travelled the greatest
distance to be present on the oc-
caslon.
The visitors we're delighted
with the royal treatment they
received at the hands of their
Fort Llttleton brethren.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-11-30
For These Things We Give Thanks.

Thanksgiving day we should
all be able to give thanks to our
parents for these things;
For a clean name, unsulhed by
questionable transactions, honor.
able in human relations.
For an untalnted birth, with
such health as purity transmits,
and for the brooding tenderness
that guarded and cherished US
before birth and made careful
preparation for our coming.
For wholesome food, sufficient
clothing, and comfortable shelter
until our coming of age, or dur
ing the lifetime of our parents.
For education, according to the
best standards of which they
knew suited to our individual
needs and possibilities, and pre-.
parlng US to earn our own hvings.
For such knowledge of our
bodies and minds, and such rev.
erence for them as make lntem.
perance impossible.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-11-30
Had Stroke.

n. MRS. Rachel Hart, widow of
~ pnralm Hart, late of Whips
SO'e' has since the death of her
husband, W. lived on the old home
r r'aOe' One day last week she
W., "eu' out to the barn to feed the
po r,sS' and while there she had a
sa'ytlc stroke and sank to the
s,OuIo Sno where she lay for some
A,T O oeiore she was discovered
~. 'as' q. report, she is in a critical
=, Iu''lon' ~ Her son Darlington.
"a, Irr@uen, :, N. j., and her daugh-
Cha na'e' Mrs. Jonathan Cope, of
boa b9'er county, arrived at her
W.T. e last Saturday and are now
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-11-30

One of the election boards in
Carlisle at the election on Novem-
ber 9TH solved the question of as.
sistance to voters IN the booth
very satisfactorily. This board
decided as soou as the voting
commenced that any elector ask
ing for assistance would have to
declare his disability to the board.
and If the disability were that he
could not read or write, that he
would have to make affidavit to
that fact. In this day of popular
education 1t Is to be presumed
that every man can read and
write. Furthermore this excuse
is the most common cause of
corruption and vote-buying. The
election board therefore wisely
decided to exert its legal powers
to the utmost to have an honest
election. It's perhaps unneces-
sary to state that not one voter
during the entire day was grant.
ed assistance for any other cause
than blindness. Several asked
for assistance but were unwilling
to swear that the could not read
or write.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-11-30
new ORGANIZATION.
Tile New Directors Of the Fulton County
Bank Met Last Friday and
Elected Officers.

AT a meeting of the Directors of
the Fulton County Bank last Fri.
day, the following officers were
elected
President, Geo. A. Harris.
Vice President, G. h. Spangler
Cashier, Wilson L. Mace.
Attorney, j. Nelson Sipes, Esq
Under Its charter, 1T will begin
business as a State Bank on the
first day of January, 1912.
The new officers have all he'd
considerable experience in the
banking business, and all are sue
cessful business men. The Pres
ident of the institution, Geo. A.
Harris, Is known to everyone in
the County, and is emlnently quail
lled for the position, he having
served nine years as Prothonota
ry of this county, and will leave
that office with the reputation of
having been one of the most eff
cient officers the county has ever
had, and he is acknowledged to be
among the best business men in
the County. In 1906, he, with a
few other business men of town,
conceived the idea of two banks
IN the County, and assisted IN tae
organization of the FIRST National
Bank, of McConnellsburg, and l.,
was, until a few months ago, a di
rector and the Vice President of
that bank, and had much to do
with the financial success OF that
institution.
Mr.. Harris was the first man
to demonstl ate that the Real Els.
tate business was not only ne.
cessity IN our county, but that 1t
could be made a permanent busl
ness; and for six years, he has sue
cessfully conducted a real estate
business with reputation for
fair treatment to all his clients.
After January first Mr.. Harris
will devote his entire time to the
of the bank.
Mr.. G. h. Spangler, the Vice
President, Is recognized as one of
the most successful and conserva
tive business men IN the County.
For about twelve years, he has
successfully conducted lum Der
and has been closely
Identified with the Fulton Coun-
~ Bank for nearly six years as a
director. Mr.. Spangler's wide
business experience will be q val
liable asset to this bank.
Wilson l.. Mace the Cashier Is
v ell trained in the banking
BUSINESS. He was the efficient
Cashier of the bank
or five years, and after the death ,
,f William Ii. Nelson, he was at
,nce elected Cashier. He has /
proven himself to be an accurate
md accommodating officer, ready T
Vt all times to be of service to its :
many patrons. +
The directors have retained j. :
Nelson Slpes, Esq, as attorney /
or the bank. Mr.. Slpes has been /
President of the Fulton County :
Bank since It's organation In 1887, I
nd Is recognized as a tinancier of c
reat ability. His wide exper.
ence as a banker and attorney
will be of great value to the
Ulcers and Directors.