The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-02-19

0'AN AOtA "ieA iIOOhCDCl OIuACls
Russia the greatest liquor con-
Stunning country on earth is a.
Weakening to the evil, and is plac-
ing restrictions on the sale of the
stuff. In our own country it is
beginning to cost the liquor peo-
pie so much to defend their bust
ness that many are getting out
of it.
Path Valley, like this county,
has a long way to go to reach a
railroad, but the hustling people
of that place now enjoy the SER
vice Of two auto-bus lines which,
in some respects, are superior to
the trolly, as the BUSES can 90
out of the way to stop at any
door.
Getting tired of a bad stretch
of road, the farmers near Pitman
New Jersey, offered their teams
to haul the gravel, if the town
would furnish the gravel and la
Dor to make the road good. The
offer was accepted, and the road
is now good, and no one misses
the small loss.
Neither in Bedford nor in Milf
film county have there been a sim
gle application for liquor license.
In these counties the attitude of
the court is so well understood,
that the liquor sellers do not
think it worth while to put up
any money making an effort to
secure license.
Geo. W. Reisner & Co. are TAX.
ing invoice and their advertise.
ment next week will tell Of some
dig bargains IN odd lots Of just
such things rs you will want in
Dress Goods ends, Domestics,
White Goods, Embrolderies, Ia
derwear, Made up Stuffs, Blank
cts; Clothing. adv.
Mrs. Margaret Davis, and her
seven children ranging in age
from five to eighteen years, were
taken from their home in Dick
son City, last Saturday, to the
tuberculosis Sanatorium atMount
Alto. The older boys and girls
Of the family had been employed
in the mines and mills of the vi
cinity in which they lived.
The snowstorms of last Friday
and Friday night put the mails
on the bum. The five o'clock, a.
m. hack could not get out of this
place for Mercersburg, no trains
arrived at the latter place until
late in the afternoon Saturday;
and, consequently, we received
no mail from the east until near
ly night.
That class of citizens who
cheerfully get up and go to the
barn at five o'clock these zero
mornings are the ones whose o.
pinions should be respected when
making out the lists of candida
ties to fill Offices of public trust;
they are the we the people"
when the question is sifted down
to brass tacks.
E. C. Grouse, postmaster of
Spring Run, has put on an auto
bus in Path Valley, making regu-
lar trips daily between Dry Run
and Richmond. He leaves the
former place each morning at
$50, arriving in Richmond at 1880
he remains there until the even
ing train arrives, and reaches
Dry Run about eight o'clock:
John T. Matt, a member of the
present legislature from Bedford
county has received the appoint
ment of Deputy Revenue Collec-
tor in the Ninth District of
Pennsylvania covering the coun-
ties of Bedford, Huntingdon Milf
fin, and Juniata. The salary is
81, 900 a year, with an allowance
of $500 a year for expenses.
We know how hard it is to
break away from corn, wheat,
oats, or any crop with which we
are familiar, even when we know
that our farm is better adapted
to something else. If any of our
readers anywhere. have q short