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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-09-24
Number Two.
A JOINT


Proposing an amendment to section
eight of article nine Of the Constitu-
ton Of Pennsylvania.
Section 1. Be 1t resolved by the
Senate and House Of Representatives
OF the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
in General Assembly met, That the
following is proposed as an amend
ment to the Constitution Of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania, in accord
ance with the provisions Of the eigh-
teenth article thereof
Amend section eight, article nine OF
the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania. which reads as fol-
lows:
Section s. The debt OF any county,
city, borough. township. school dis
trict, or other municipality or incor-
porated district, except as herein pro-
vided, shall never exceed seven per
centum upon the assessed value OF
the taxable property therein. nor shall
any such municipality or district incur
any new debt, or increase It's indebt-
edness TO an amount exceeding two
per centum upon such assessed valua-
ton of property, without the assent
OF the electors thereof at a public
election in such manner as shall be
provided by law; but any city, the
debt of which now exceeds seven per
centum of such assessed valuation,
may be authorized by law to increase
the same three per centum, In the ag-
gregate, at any m time. upon such
valuation, except that any debt or
debts hereinafter incurred by the city
and county of Philadelphia for the
construction and development of sub
ways for transit purposes. or for the
construction of wharves and docks, or
the reclamation of land to be used in
the construction of a system Of
wharves and docks, MS public improve.
ments, owned or to be owned by said
city and county Of Philadelphia, and
which shall yield to the city and coun-
ty of Philadelphia current net reve-
nues In excess OF the interest on said
debt or debts, and of the annual in.
stallments necessary for the cancella.
ton of said debt or debts, may be
excluded in ascertainlng the power OF
the city and county Of Philadelphia
to become otherwise indebted: Pro
vided, That a s%inking-fund for their
cancellation shall be established and
maintained" so that It shall read as
follows:-
Section s. The debt Of any county,
city, borough, township, school dis
trict or other municipality or incor-
porated district, except as herein pro.
vided, shall eve exceed seven per
centum upon the assessed value of
the taxable property therein, nor shall
any such municipality or district in
cur any new debt. or increase It's In
debtedness TO an amount exceeding
two per centum upon such assessed
valuation Of property, without the con.
sent Of the electors thereof at a public
election In such as shall be
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-09-24
HORRORS OF THE SOLITARY"
Mostly Are Only Unfortunate
lie Censured.

Imagine yourself not speaking tot a
soul for weeks at a time, shut In a
dark cell, your food thrust to you
through a grating, and your only exer-
else obtained through parading round
and round a little ten-by-ten-foot yard
with walls that reach seemingly to the
sky; and then ask yourself, Is this
the way to get into the better nature
Of a man, to search for and nourish
whatever little good there is in him?
Think of the old 'solitaire"-soli-
tary confinement-of the Eastern State
penitentiary, Philadelphia, and many
other prisons. / have met men who
have openly told me that If they could
get so and so they would be happy to
die-and would die smiling, II. B.
Warner writes In the National Maya
zine. The 80 and so" referred to was
invariably a prison official. The men
had committed crime, If you will, any
thing that had offended against the
laws, and they had been so brutally
treated In prison that they had come
out of prison no longer men but beasts
worse, far worse, than when they
went In.
So many people excuse themselves
by saying, why should we bother
about prison reform? The man has
offended; he has been proven guilty;
he must be punished" But let them
pausedor a moment and consider how
many men-and women, too, for that
matter-have been mentally and phys
ically ruined by that one word pun
ished. Is 1t not possible to correct
rather than to punish?
The majority Of those who go 10
jail are not necessarily criminals in
the true sense They are the unfortu-
mates of the world. Show them the
error Of their ways, correct them, help
them to help themselves.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-09-24
Number One.
A JOINT RESOLUTION


Proposing an amendment to section,
one, article eight of the Constitu.
tion of Pennsylvania.
Be 1t resolved by the Senate and
House of Representatives OF the Com
monwealth Of Pennsylvania in General
Assembly met, That the following
amendment to the Constitution of
Pennsylvania be, and the same is
hereby, proposed, In accordance with
the eighteenth article thereof
That section one OF article eight,
which reads as follows:
Section 1. Every maleN citizen
twenty-one years OF age, possessing
the following qualifications, shall be
entitled to vote at all elections, sub
Ject, however, to such laws requiring
and regulating the registration OF
electors as the General Assembly may
enact:
First. He shall have been a citizen
Of the United States at least n
month.
Second. He shall have resided In
the State one year Tor, having pre-.
viously been a qualified elector or
na%tive-born citizen of the State, he
shall have removed therefrom and re-
turned, then six months) Immediately
preceding the election.
Third. He shall have resided in
the election district where he shall
offer to vote at least two months i'm.
mediately preceding the election.
Fourth. II twenty-five years OF age
and upwards, he shall have paid
within two years a State or county
tax, which shall have been assessed
at least two months and paid at least
n month before the election" be
amended so that the same shall read
as follows:
Section 1. Every citizen, male or
female, OF twenty-one years Of age.
possessing the following qualifications,
shall be entitled TO vote at all cleo
tons, subject, however, to such laws
requiring and regulating the registra'
tion Of electors as the General AS
sembly may enact:
First. He or she shall have been a
citizen OF the United States at least
one month.
Second. He or she shall have re-
sided In the State one year Tor, hav-
ing previously been q qualified elector
or native-born citizen Of the State,
he or she shall have removed there
from, and returned. then six months)
Immediately preceding the election.
Third. He or she shall have re-
sided In the election district where he
or she shall offer to vote at least two
months Immediately preceding the
election.
Fourth. II twenty-five years OF age
and upwards, he or she shall have
paid within two years a State or
county tax. which shall have been
assessed at least two months and
paid at least one month before the
election.
Fifth. Wherever the words he"
"his," him." and himself" occur in
any section Of article VIII Of this Con-
stltution the same shall be construed
as If written, respectively, "he or she.'
"his or her." him or her." and him
self or herself"
A true copy Of Joint Resolution No. 1.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary Of the Commonwealth.
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provided by law; but any city, the
debt Of which on the first day of Jan.
uary, one thousand eight hundred and
seyenty-four, exceeded seven per cen
tum OF such assessed valuation, and
has not since been reduced to less
than such per centum, may be author.
lied by law to increase the same three
per centum In the aggregate, at any
II time, upon such valuation. The
city of Philadelphia, upon the condl
tons hereinafter set forth, may in
crease its indebtedness to the extent
Of three per centum in excess of seven
per centum upon such assessed valua'
tlon for the specific purpose of pro
ylding for all or any of the following
purposes=to-wit: For the eonstruc'
ton and improvement Of subways,
tunnels. railways, elevated railways,
and other transit facilities; for the
construction and improvement OF
wharves and docks and for the recla.
nation Of land to be used In the con.
struction of wharves and docks, owned
or to be owned by said city. Such
increase, however, shall only be made
with the assent of the electors thereof
at a public election, to be held In such
manner as shall be provided by law.
In a%scertaining the borrowing capacity
of said city of Philadelphia, at any
time, there shall be excluded from the
calculation a credit, where the work
resulting from any previous expendi.
ture, for any M or more OF the spe-
cifc purposes hereinabove enumerated
shall be yielding to said city an an
nual current net revenue; the amount
of which credit shall be ascertained
by capitalizing the annual net revenue
during the year Immediately preceding
the time of such ascertainment. Such
capitalization shall be accomplished
by a%scertaining the principal amount
which would yield such annual, cur
rent net revenue, at the average rate
of interest, and sinking-fund charges
payable upon the Indebtedness incur.
red by said city for such purposes,
up to the time of such ascertainment.
The method of determining such
amount, so to be excluded or allowed
as a credit, may be prescribed by the
General Assembly.
In mourning indebtedness, for any
one, or more OF said purposes OF
construction, Improvement, or recla.
nation, the city OF Philadelphia may
issue its obligations maturing not
later than fifty years from the date
thereof, with provision for a sinking.
fund sufficient to retire said obliga.
ton at maturity, the payments to
such s%inking-fund to be in equal or
graded annual installments. Such OBJ.
legations may be in an amount sufii.
Client to provide for and may include
the amount of the interest and sink.
ing-fund charges accruing and which
may accrue thereon throughout the
period of construction and until the
expiration of one year after the com.
pletion OF the work for which said
Indebtedness shall have been incurred;
and said city shall not be required
to levy a tax to pay said interest and
sinking-fund charges, as required by
section ten OF article nine of the
Constitution Of Pennsylvania, until the
expiration Of said period of one year
after the completion of such work.
A true copy Of Joint Resolution No. 2.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-09-24
Number Five.
A JOINT RESOLUTION

A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Con.
~stitution of this Commonwealth in
accordance with provisions Of the
eighteenth (XVIID article thereof
Section /. BE II enacted by the
Senate and House Of Representatives
Of the Commonwealth OF Pennsylvania
in General Assembly met, and 1t is
hereby enacted by the authority Of
the same, That the following is pro.
posed as an amendment to the Con.
stitutlon of the Commonwealth OF
Pennsylvania, in accordance with the
provisions Of the eighteenth (XVIID
article thereof
AMENDMENT.
Laws may be passed providing for
a system OF registering, transferring,
insuring Of and guaranteeing land
titles by the State, or by the counties
thereof, and for settling and determin.
Ing adverse or other claims to and in.
terests in lands the titles to which
are so registered, transferred, insured,
and guaranteed; and for the creation
and collection OF indemnity funds;
and for carrying the system and
powers hereby provided for into effect
by such existing courts as may be
designated by the Legislature, and by
the establishment Of such new courts
as may be deemed necessary. In mat.
tiers arising in and under the opera
ton of such system, judicial powers,
with right of appeal, may be confer
red by the Legislature upon county
recorders and upon other officers by
II designated. Such laws may provide
for continuing the registering, trans.
ferring, insuring, and guaranteeing
such titles after the first or original
registration has been perfected by the
court, and provision may be made for
raising the necessary funds for ex.
penses and salaries of officers, which
shall be paid out of the treasury OF
the several counties. y
true copy Of Joint Resolution No. 5.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-09-24
J0SEPH'S WELL STILL THERE
Historic Spot Of the Bible May Easily
Be Located, Even at the
Present Day.

Louis Parker's play, Joseph and
His Brethren" with its scenic splen.
doris, including a representation Of Jo-
seph's well, reminds one that the re-
mains of the original we'll are to be
found at a spot situated directly on
the canal route from Shechem to Mem.
phis, about two miles southeast Of
Cairo. The we'll itself Is in the court
yard Of some barracks belonging to
the army Of occupation.
Near by is "the citadel" the second
largest mosque in Egypt. The well
bears signs of having been bricked up.
Yet It is easy to see that Joseph's dis
comfiture could not have been SO
great as one might imagine. For this
well, like all the wells of Egypt, is Of
q circumference much larger than
those of today and Joseph would have
been able to exercise his limbs with
ease by walking around 1t. Moreover
when the Nile is low these wells are
quite dry.-London Correspondence to
the New York Sun.
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Helped by Llohtnlnq Stroke.

Some have had physical reasons to
rejoice that they had been struck by
lightning. De Quatrefages mentions
the case of a telegraph employe at
Strasburg, who was struck senseless
and remained paralyzed until the next
day, but thereafter enjoyed better
health than ever before. In Marti-
nique a NJ. Roalde was deprived by
lightning of the use of his limbs for
three hours, but, having previously
been a man Of weak health, was much
stronger from that time on. Several
authors refer to cases in which rheu-
matism was cured by lightning. And
in this respect, also. trees seem to
be as men. Arago saw a poplar, one
Of an avenue Of 1900 nea Tours,
which, having been struck, developed
such vigor that its trunk Don far sur
passed in dimensions those of all It's
neighbors.
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Messrs. j. R. Grub and E. v.
Snyder, of Clearville; W. H.
Clark, of Matte, H. l.. Carpen-
ter, of Buffalo Mills; and Protho-
notary A. S. Guyer, of Bedford
a jolly bunch of Bedford county
fellows in a big Pierce-Arrow,
stopped in town a few minutes
Tuesday afternoon. They had
been on a business trip to Read
ing, and then ran down to Allan
tic City. They had the pleasure
of meeting a bunch of Jersey Of
ficers who relieved them of Sc. sc
just because they were letting
their motor out on piece of good
road.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-09-24
Number Three.
A JOINT

Proposing an amendment to section
twenty-one Of article three of the
Constitution of Pennsylvania.
Section /. Be II resolved by the
Senate and House Of Representatives
of the Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania
in General Assembly met, That the
following amendment to the Constitu.
ton of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania be, and the same Is hereby,
proposed, in accordance with the eigh.
teenth article thereof
Amend section twenty-one, article
three OF the Constitution of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania, which
reads as follows:
mo act Of the General Assembly
shall limit the amount to be recovered
for injuries resulting in death, or for
injuries to persons or property, and
in case of death from such injuries,
the right Of action shall survive, and
the General Assembly shall prescribe
for whose benefit such actions shall
be prosecuted. No act shall prescribe
any limitations of time within which
suits may be brought against corpora
tons for injuries to persons or prop
erty, or for other causes different
from those fixed by general laws reg.
ulating actions against natural per,
sons, and such acts now existing are
avoided" so that II shall read as
follows:
The General Assembly may enact
laws requiring the payment by EN-.
ployers, or employers and employees
Jointly, Of reasonable compensation
for injuries to employees arising in
the course Of their employment, and
for occupational diseases of employees,
whether or not such injuries or dis
eases result in death, and regardless
of fault of employer or employee, and
fixing the basis of ascertainment of
such compensation and the maximum
and minimum limits thereof, and pro-
viding special or general remedies for
the collection thereof; but in no other
cases shall the General Assembly limit
the amount to be recovered for in.
juries resulting in death, or for in.
juries to persons or property, and in
case of death from such injuries. the
right of action shall survive, and the
General Assembly shall prescribe for
whose benefit such actions shall be
prosecuted. No act shall prescribe any
limitations Of time within which suits
may be brought against corporations
for injuries to persons or property,
or for other causes, different from
those fixed by general laws regulating
actions against natural persons, and
such acts now existing are avoided
A true copy Of Joint Resolution No. 3.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-09-24

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. C. Comerer,
of Thompson township, spent Fri
day and Saturday with the lat
ter's mother, Mrs. Sarah Pitt
man, in this place. Mr.. Conner
err and wife recently returned
from a trip to Colorado where
they visited Edward Pittman.
Ed has his own private irrigation
plant, so that he is entirely indie
pendent of rain for his crops.
He raises from fifty to sixty bu-
shells of wheat, and one hundred
and twenty bushels of oats, to
the acre, and he cut one hundred
tons of hay from %seventy-fve
acres.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-09-24

Miss Bess Taylor intended to
leave early this week for Phila-
delphia to enter an Industrial
School of Art. Among her prep
arations was vaccination. 1t
made her pretty sick, and she
may be a few days later in going.
We hope for the best. Her moth
er will go with her to visit her
uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Falcon, and other rela-
tives.
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Blame Put on County.

The case of MCGEE VS.. Jones coun-
ty before the supreme court of Al
bany presented a unique question that
has arisen once before in New York
state. The plaintiff, while driving a
blind horse onto a bridge suddenly
lost consciousness, and the horse
walked off the approach of the bridge,
which was left unprotected because Of
the negligence of the county to pro-
vide guards. The court held that the
accident was due not to the blind
ness of the horse or the plaintiffs
loss of consciousness, but to the coun-
tvs negligence, and said:
while the highway is primarily
for travellers and vehicles under con-
troll, yet the defendant must be held
to anticipate that horses may get be-
yond control of their drivers because
Of fright, accident or mishap, and the
plaintiff was no more at fault, nor he
and his horse any less entitled to pro-
lection, because he lost control
through a faint, than had this acct
dent occurred owing to some accident
to his vehicle or the frightening OF
the animal"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-09-24

Ex-County Treasurer AdamIC.
Lauver, near Fort Loudon, visit
ed this place Monday. After
having spent ffty-three years in
this county, Mr.. Lauver removed
to his present home, where he
burned many thousands of bu-
shells of lime and renovated an
old farm, making it one of the
most productive farms in Frank
lin county.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-09-24

Russell Runyan, civil engineer
with the N. Y. & L. E.. railroad,
with headquarters at Beaver
Falls, writes his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. B. Runyan, that he has
been transferred to Pittsburgh
where he will be close to the tech
nical school which he attends at
night.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-09-24

The Editor had the pleasure
Tuesday of greeting William O.
Lohr, a former Licking Creek
township boy, who fourteen years
ago, went to Illinois, and, as he
says, has had no reason to regret
it; for it was there that he found
a good wife, who has helped him
to establish a good home. He is
now back in Fulton County to
visit his mother, Mrs. Sarah Lohr,
who lives in the home of her
brother-in-law Charles Schooley,
and whom he has not seen for
eighteen years.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-09-24

Garland and wife, Gilbert Mel.
lott, wife and three children, r.
Layton, wife and two children,
Wllbert Layton wife and child,
Reuben j. Layton and wife, Sam.
uel P Winter, wife and two chill
dren, Misses LIZZIE Lafferty, Yer.
da Sharpe, Maud Layton, Flora
Truax Eliza Mellott, Samuel Car.
nell, Omer and Howard Layton,
Ross Bernhart, Marel Winters,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-09-24

Among the society events since
last issue were: A luncheon by
Mrs. H. B. Trout, at The Willows,
Wednesday afternoon; a similar
entertainment jointly by Mrs.
John P. Sipes and Mrs. B. G.
Lamberson at the formers home
on Court House Square, and a
tea party by Mrs. Nettie Alex
ander Saturday evening.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-09-24

When Justice of the Peace Bert
Ham, was in town the other day
a friend tried to sell him a rifle.
Bert declined the offer, giving as
his reason that the temptation to
kill deer would be too great if he
should take a rifle with him while
cutting trees on Sideling Hill for
Reichtly Bros. He sometimes
sees three deer at a time.
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tive department, ONCE, or officer, shall
be transferred tc such other depart.
ments, Offices, or officers of the State,
now or hereafter created, as may be
directed by law.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 4.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary OF the Commonwealth
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-09-24
Number Four.
A JOINT


Proposing an amendment to the Con-
stitution of Pennsylvania abolishing
the office of Secretary of Internal
Affairs.
Be 1t resolved by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in
General Assembly met, That article
four of the Constitution of Pennsylva-
MIA shall be amended by adding there
to section twenty-three. which shall
read as follows:-
The Office Of Secretary of Internal
Affairs be, and the same is hereby,
abolished; and the powers and duties
now vested In, or %appertaining or be-
longing to, that branch of the execu-
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DROpOSED AMENDMrNTs

DRoPosED AMENDMENTS TO
Il THE CONSTITUTION SUBMIT
TED TO THE CITIZENS OF THE
COMMONWEALTH FOR THEIR APP
PROVAL OR REJECTION, BY THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF. THE
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLr
WANNA, AND PUBLISHED BY ORDER
OF THE SECRETARY OF THE
COMMONWEALTH, IN PURSUANCE
OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THU CON.
STITUTION.
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Published Weekly. $500 per
Annum in Advance.
Entered at the Postonice at McConnsllsbur
Pa, as second-class mail matter.

]. C. Maun, travelling mill
wright, came home Friday to
meet his son Hollis and wife who
have a new baby that they want
ed Pop to see. Hollis is head
miller for Armstrong, Lee & Co.,
GAINESVILLE, Ohio.
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Ray aess and Henry Fost, Jr.
Dinner consisting of everything
good was served on a large table
beautifully decorated with flow.
ers and foliage. All present had
q very pleasant time and were
sorry when time came 20 go
home. Mr.. and Mrs. Layton
treated their guests royalty.
Russell Layton had the misfor-
tune to lose a fine horse Monday
Of this week,