The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-11-18


Ordinarily, hundreds of rabbits are
available for purchase, but this year,
owing to the strictness with which the
law is being enforced, the cottontails
are hard to get. except from farmers
who shoot them.
With his Minorca hen, "Queen
Elizabeth" w. S. Geremeyer, of Car
Isle, claims to have beaten the
worlds egg-laying record recently
established by Lady Englantine, at
Delaware College. Queen Elizabeth"
is said to have eclipsed the Englantine
record by laying 943 eggs in 94S con.
secutive days, the former record be
ing 314 eggs in 365 days.
Religious holidays, carefully OBJ
served in the Connellsville coke region
by hundreds of workers, cut down pro:
duction last week, in spite of the fact !
that four hundred ovens which have
been idle for long time, were placed
in operation. The $1,000 active ovens
have weekly capacity of approx
imately 100000 tons.
Plans for extension of work among
young women in cities were outlined
at conference at Harrisburg of rep
resentatives of the Y. w. c. A. in
most of the cities OF the State. 1t
was arranged to have a celebration
with Maryland and Delaware of the
fiftieth anniversary of the organization
of the association next year.
Frank L. Rimel. the eleven-year-old
Chester county boy who raised 14S
bushels of corn on one acre of land,
has written to Governor Brumbaugh
telling him how he did it and the Gov
ernor has told him that If he looks
after his work so well he will become
one of the most successful farmers of
Pennsylvania.
The Pottsville School Board decided
to ask State authorities for one years
grace for the establishment Of Con
tinuation schools" as required by the
new child labor law. To accommodate
the pupils in this industrial district, it
would be necessary to erect new
building, as all of the Pottsville
schools are overcrowded.
State investigation into the cause
for the large number of typhoid fever
cases in South Philadelphia, conducted
under the guidance of DR.. Samuel G..
Dixon, Commissioner Of Health, re-
vealed that the eating of fruits and
vegetables purchased from the curb
markets without cooking was the cause
of many of the cases.
Orders have been received in Sharon
by Superintendent w. c. Fletcher to
get the local plant of the American
Steel Foundries Company ready for
immediate resumption at full capacity.
The plant, which has been idle for
thirteen months, employees about 900
men.
Some of the turnpike companies Of
the State are showing a disposition to
fight back in the complaints made
against them before the Public Serv-
ice Commission. Several have asked
that the commission send inspectors
to see il the charges are sound.
There has been effected an organiza-
tion at Nesquehoning, called "The
Federation of New Citizens" the aim
Of which is "to promote citizenship
among the Slavs and to prepare all
who desire to become citizens"
At the meeting of the Berks County
Conservation Association. movement
was started to acquire mountains
surrounding Reading and plans were
made for the planting Of 100000 young
trees in Reading and vicinity.
Litltz, one of the most thriving Dor.
oughs in Lancaster county, will be di.
vided into wards. Recently. the vii
lage of Warwick and other land ada
cent, was annexed.
Three men are under arrest and sew.
eral strangers are being watched close
ly as a result of the finding of trunk
full Of dynamite at the home of Eugene
English, of Peckville.
B. Frank Roeller, of Royersford, has
been appointed deputy factory inspec'
tor in the Department of Labor and
Industry.
Mrs. Allen Peters is the champion
woman corn husker in Berks county
Just having completed nineteen days
of husking on farms In Maxatawny
Township.
The Lands Tool Company under an
order of court. has released from the
receivers the Flinchbaugh Manufactur