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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-03-04
The Lenten Services.

The Lenten services in the Re-
formed and in the Presbyterian
church conducted by Rev. Year
ick have been we'll attended and
are full of interest. On account
of the inclemency of the weather
DR.. Rose was not here to preach
in the Reformed church las
Wednesday evening as had been
announced, and the sermon was
preached by Rev. Yearick. DIR.
Rose will be here later. For the
ensuing week, services will be
held as follows: Friday evening,
illustrated lecture for the young
folks in the Reformed church;
Sunday morning, sermon in the
Reformed church, by Rev. Year
ick; Sunday evening, sermon in
the Presbyterian church by the
same; sermon in Presbyterian
church next Wednesday evening
by Rev. F. W. Bald, pastor of
the Reformed church, Mercers-
burg.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-03-04
Common Sense.

Longfellow could take worth
less piece of paper and write
poem on it and make it worth
$65, 000-t that's genius. The e
are some men who could write a
few words on a piece of paper
and make it worth $S,000,0 600
that's capital. The United States
can take an ounce and a quarter
of gold and make it worth $40
that's money. A mechanic can
take material worth $5 and make
it into watch springs worth 81,
600 that's skill. There is a man
in Chicago who can take a fifty
cent piece of canvas, paint a pic
ture on it, and make in worth
81, ,000- that's art. A Greek can
take an article worth Toe and sell
it for 81 that's business. Avo-
man could purchase a hat for 75c
but prefers one worth $27-that's
foolishness. A ditch digger ham
dies several tons of earth for
81, so a day that's labor. The
author of this can write a check
for $4,000, 900, but it wouldn't be
worth dime that's rough.
There are people who will tell
you that other papers are as good
as this-that' t'snerve. Take $1.0O
and get years subscription to
the FULTON COUNTY News
that's common sense.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-03-04
DANGERS OF SPRING.
Little Talks on Health and Hygiene by
Samuel G. Dixon, M. D., IL. D.,
Commissioner of Health.

When nature arouses from her
winter lethargy and the first
faint promises of spring soften
the wind, man in common with
all animal life harkens to the
foretokening.
The desire for change and re-
lief from the winter routine is
strong in us all and while this is
the time when caution should be
exercised our impulses seem to
lead US to cast it aside. The
high death rate of pneumonia and
tuberculosis which is the inevi-
table accompaniment of the ear
ly spring months is an irrefuta-
BILE evidence that this change
from winter habits requires the
exercise of caution to prevent
evil results.
The city dweller in particular
is apt to over-eat and under-exer-
else during the winter season.
AS a result when spring ap-
proaches his physical strength is
below par, he becomes easily ia
tigued and, therefore, suscepti-
BILE to the attack of disease germs
Old people who suffer from the
cold during the winter, and who
do not appreciate that ventilation
needs not mean exposure, are
apt to suffer from the sudden
changes Of temperature at this
season of the year. 1t is parti-
cularly due to these winter hab-
its of poor ventilation and insult
ficient exercise that when spring
arrives we feel debilitated.
The sensible liver who sleeps
the year round in the fresh air,
eats in moderation, and exercises
nationally, is far less subject to
spring fever and spring ailments
than the more self indulgent in
dividual.
During March when fiuctua-
tions of the temperature are fire.
quent, care should be taken to
maintain an even bodily tempera-
ture by proper protection in the
way of clothing. Better some
slight discomfort at noon than to
be chilled on the way home from
work at night. Moderation in
diet is also advisable. This with
a reasonable amount of exercise
and we'll ventilated sleeping room
will aid in resisting the dangers
accompanying the approach of
spring.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-03-04
Oar Honor Roll.

Elsewhere in this issue will be
found a list of new subscribers,
and others who have renewed
their subscription during tn e
month of February. The princi-
pal object in doing this is to give
the subscriber an opportunity to
compare the date given here with
his receipt. If there is anything
wrong, he can drop US a postal,
and we shall be only too glad to
make it right. Then, this list
serves as a kind of reminder. It
sometimes causes persons to look
at the label on their own paper,
and to say, my name will be
on the March list which will be
published the first week in April. "
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-03-04
Mail Order FakirS.

Even though an enorm o u s
sum of money is still being taken
from the public by mail order
fakirs, the practice is yearly be-
coming more dangerous to the
operators, according to statistics
prepared by the postoffice depart
ment.
In 1914 a total Of $6S,0O0, 600
was secured by such swindlers,
as were actually arrested, while
in 1918 the public was mulched
to the extent of $54, 600, 600. Last
year 702 arrests were made, re-
sulting in $40 convictions. In
1918 only $40 arrests were re-
corded and 304 convictions secur-
ed by postal investigators.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-03-04
Fire Near Saluyia.

On last day..afternoon fire
that wiped out the principal
building on the Ned A. Mellott
place, situated along the noun
tain road one mile south of the
Austin place at Saluvia, originat-
ed from sparks that fell from the
chimney to the roof of the dwell
ling house.. Famed by a strong
wind, the flames soon spread to
the barn and buildings. Both
of our reporters say that owing
to the rapidity with which the
fire burned, very little of the
contents of any of the building
were saved. Mr.. Mellott carried
some insurance in the Friends
Cove Company, but not enough
to cover all loss.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-03-04
Wife Has Her Way.

The other day a gentleman
called one of our doctors and said
he was not able to work, and de-
manded a prescription telling his
wife that he must not work, so
the doctor wrote a prescription
something like this: He must
not work only to pump and carry
in water, run the washing ma
chine and dig potatoes. = The
fact is. that was all his wife
wanted him to do.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-03-04
Hard Cider.

A Licking Creek township wri-
ter who, evidently, has suffered
at the hands of parties who drink,
and furnish, hard cider, gives
warning that the sale or gift of
the stuff is illegal, and that in
case "A word to the wise"
should prove insufficient to stop
it, other measures to rid the COM
munity of a nuisance may be ex-
pected. A letter from that Sec
ton to this office reads as fol-
lows:
Il think that the people who
furnish intoxicating drinks to
those who have not the will pow
err to refuse it are on a low plane
of civilization. There are people
who would try to lead a better
life if the tempters- workers OF
his satanic majesty-were not
ever ready and willing to drive
them from the sober path. This
refers to those who store cider in
their cellars, and when it is
good" sell it for a few miser-
able dollars. They had better
take warning in time, for trouble
is brewing which may cost them
more than the amount received
for their rotten stuff"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-03-04
Fulton County Soils.

AS clincher for the series OF
articles we have been writing
under this heading, and to sum
up our pleadings for soil improve
ment by the use of humus, we
will quote extracts from Alva
Agee's writings, the reliability
of which no one has any doubt.
Under "Office of Organic Mat
ter" he says: The restoration
of an impoverished soil to a pro-
ductive state is a simple matter
so far as method is concerned.
1t may be a difficult problem for
the individual owner on account
of expense or time involved, but
he has only a few factors in his
problem. Assuming that there
is good drainage, and that the
lime requirement has been met,
the most important consideration
is organic matter. A profitable
agriculture is dependent upon a
high per cent. of humus in the
soil. Average yields of crops are
low in this country chiefly be-
cause the humus-c content has
been greatly reduced by bad
farming methods,
Mature uses organic matter
in the following ways:
Il. To give good physical con-
dition to the soil. The practical
farmer appreciates this quality
in a soil. (Here follows a long
explanation of how humusi mel
lows soil.)
2. To make the soil retentive
of moisture. Yields of crops are
limited more by the lack of a
constant and adequate supply of
moisture throughout the grow
ing season than by any one other
factor. Decayed organic matter
has great capacity for holding
moisture, and in some measure
should supply the water needed
during periods of light rainfall.
3. To serve, directly and in
directly, as a solvent of the in
ert plant-food in the soil that is
known as the natural strength
of the land.
a. To furnish plant-food direct
ly to growing plants. y"
Of course, we did not quote all
he says concerning the uses Ma
ture makes of organic matter,
but the foregoing is sufficient to
convince thoughtful readers that
it will greatly reward owners Of
rundown soils if they will ar
range, in some way, to set aside
one field alta time, grow legumes
and plough down heavy growths
at least twice before taking a
pound of it off, in order that fu-
| ture crops may be doubled.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-03-04

P. P. Mann removed his stock
of saddlery and harness goods on
Monday, from the shop adjoining
the Fulton House to the room
formerly occupied by him in the
Comerer building on south Sec
ond street. The vacated shop
will be occupied as a barber shop.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-03-04
Railroad Meeting.

Durg and vicinity are interested
in the progress being made to-
wards getting railroad, was
evidenced last Friday night by
the crowded condition of the
Court House-every seat being
filled and more than a score hav-
ing to stand.
The meeting was addressed by
Hon. John P. Sipes, Hon. D. H.
Patterson, George A. Harris, E.
j. Post, and L. T. Peck. The
last named gentleman represent
ed the Westinghouse Electric
Company, and it is no reflection
to say that it was the prospect of
hearing him explain modern,
mountain climbing m ach merry
that induced the 300 men and
women to brave the fierce wind
that night to hear what he had
to say.
For many years, it had been
the belief that Cove mountain
could not be negotiated by loco
motives. That was before we
heard of the electric locomotive.
Mr.. Peck's description of how
these little giants do not have to
depend upon low grades. and his
citations cf railroads that are u.s.
ing them, completely convinced
the audience that the proposition
to haul Cumberland Valley freight
cars across Cove mountain de-
pends upon nothing more than
that the people of this county
shall give their hearty encour-
agement to those who are pro-
noting the enterprise. Mr.. Peck
is not a promoter" his mission
at that meeting was to confirm
what we have been hearing about
electric railroads-not simply the
kind we see on the streets of our
cities, but the kind that differ in
no way from steam roads except
that a different type of locomo-
tive is used. Who has not rid
den up hill and down hill on COM
mon trolley cars? To haul freight
trains over the same tracks re-
quires but a slight difference in
the application of power. Long
before we began to plan for this
road, estinghouse people had
hill-climbing methods reduced to
a science, and all Mr.. Peck had
to do was to state how his COM
pany figured out the size and
power of the motor we would
need after his company has been
given the factors of the problem.
A stationary power house will
furnish power to lift freight over
steep grades at a lower cost than
by the use of steam locomotives.
This explains why steam roads
are electrifying hilly sections Of
their sys tens.
Meetings of similar character
were held at Webster Mills and
at Burnt Cabins last week.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-03-04

Our old friend L. L. Cunning
ham, who now lives in Akron,
o., sends us dollar, and along
with the dollar comes the follow
ing Spiel" l notice that the
label on my paper indicates the
necessity of my contributing
something to assist in getting a
Continued on page 8.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-03-04
Recent Weddings.
CHILCoTE-CARoUTHERs.

week, FRANK ". CnllcOJe dnU
Miss Minnie Carothers were mar.
ried in McConnellsburg by Rev.
j. V. Rover on the 18th Of Feb
ruary. The groom is a son Of
Joseph and Laura Chilcote OF
Hustontown, and the bride, a
daughter of Bruce and Efie Ca
routhers, of Mill Creek, Hunting
don county. Since the death of
her father, Minnie has made her
home with her uncle and aunt
Mr.. and Mrs. George N. Sipes
near Hustontown. Mr.. and Mrs.
Chilcote are industrious young
people and expect to go to house
keeping near Hnstontown about
the first of April. They have the
best wishes of their many friends
for a long, happy and prosperous
life.
BIvENs -MELLoTT.
Mr.. Elmer Reid Bivens and
Miss Edna Algie Mellott, both of
Ayr township, were married in
McConnellsburg, Thursday even
ing, February rs, 1916, by Rev.
Robert E. Peterman, of the
Lutheran church. The bride is a
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. G..
Johnson Mellott, and the groom
a son of Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard
Bivens-all of Ayr township.
The bride and groom are excel
lent young yeople and will go to
housekeeping on the old Patter-
son mansion farm at Webster
Mills now owned by the groom's
father. The father, will move
into the DR.. Sappington property
recently purchased by him.
WINTER-SNIDER.
A quiet but very pretty we'd
ding was solemnized at the brides
home on Thursday, March a,
1915, when Miss Orpha Snider
became the bride of Mr.. Morgan
Winter, of Union township. The
ceremony that united these young
people in wedlock was performed
by Elders Smoot and Funk of the
Primative Baptist church. Mr..
and Mrs. Winter will 60 to house
keeping soon on the Hays Nor
gret farm which they recently
purchased, two miles north of
Needmore.
SOwERS-FITTRY.
Albert Sewers and Miss Ozie
Fittry-both of Ayr township
were married by Rev. ]. V. Roy.
er in McConnellsburg on Tues
day. The bride is a daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Fittry.
GARLAND-PLESSINGER.
Mr.. Daniel C. Garland and
Mrs. Ollie Layton Plessinger,
both of Belfast township, were
married in McConnellsburg on
Thursday of last week by Justice
of-the-P Peace John P. Conrad.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-03-04

.nree hundred pheasants were
n'pped I into Maryland last week
onlef Game Warden George
sssops. I, The birds were shipped
. New York game breeder.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-03-04

Mary Ellen, adopted daughter
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Peck,
vas born December 20, 1914, and
led February Z, 1915, aged l
pon' md 18 days. Interment
aS e at Mt. Zion cemetery.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-03-04

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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-12-10
Severe PUNISHMENT
Of Mrs. Chappell, Of Five Years
Standing, Relieved by Cardui.

Mt. Airy, N. C.-Mrs. Sarah NJ. Chap
pell Of this town, says: 81 suffered ioi
live years with womanly troubles, alSt
Stomach troubles, and my punishment
was more than any one could tell.
| tried most every kind OF medicine
but none did me any good.
Tread one day about Cardui, the wo,
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had not taken but about six bottles until
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Begin taking Cardui to-day. Yot
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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-12-10
COUNTRY LIFE YESTERDAY
AND TODAY

GRESS IN HOME IDI

Rand might mean rain that would save
that field of late corn?
If you have done any or all of theS !.
things didn't you resolve to seek the
ease and comfort you know CD were
enjoyed by city folks?
One could go on asking questions
ad infnitum, and in turn ask equally
as many to show up the disadvantages
of the city, but my contention is that
the influx to the cities is seeking
after bodily comfort.
1t is to be recognized, of course,
that in individual cases a desire for
educational or spiritual Growth is the
motive. but as rule the wish to be
comfortable is the trap that snaps the
victim. In that desire may be wrap
ped al sorts of illusions which are
made easily visible by Ambition, that
creature that wears goggles big
enough to see all over the world; yet
why, indeed, should the city not lure
one away from a morning just des,
scribed!
1t is true that once in a while you
see an owner of a farm sell it and
take his family to town, but educa-
ting the children is invariably the
excuse.
However. the question is not so
much how we shall keep the owner
a country dweller, as it is how the
man that tills the soil, the laborer
shall be made content to give US of his
labor that the world may be fed. Not
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-12-10

Statisticians and sociologists tell
sus that eighty-fve per cent of men
FARMERS and nearly all women farm
Sers are leaving the beauties and de-
Flights of the country for the bodily
comforts of the city. At least they
don't say it that way, but that's what
zthey mean.
Now of course they are talking
about the average country person. So
am l, which means owner as well as
II tenant. | do not know how many Of
these statisticians and sociologists
never lived in the country, but here
are a few questions l would like to
ask them and get truthful answers.
Did you ever live in ramshackle
old house where the wintry winds
III drove the snow through the cracks
y and covered up the kindling which you
n had by the hearthstone to kindle the
Fl fire in the morning? And did you
n ever get up about 4 a. m. after one
II of these nights and pull the kindling
n out from under the snow to start the
M fire?
Did you ever flop around an ole
II barn crunching the ice and mud an.
L try to shuck corn and feed the stocE
when YOU had to shuck awhile and pu'
A your hands in your pockets awhile?
Did you ever plan weeks ahead t
90 to big meeting and have tn,
horse you expected to drive lie dow
and die the night before maybe be
cause YOU had no veterinary service?
II Did you ever see one you loved be
come violently ill far from medica
aid?
II Did you ever sit and watch the SIX
Il with prayer on your lips that tn
II cloud you saw no bigger than a man
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-12-10
AN APPRECIATION OF
GOV. PARK TRAMMELL
C. D. Clough in Lakeland
News Tells of His Boy
hood Chum.

NY mind carries me back thirty
odd years ago when Park Trammell
and myself were small boys living in
the country in Polk county. We were
farmer boys. In those youthful days
we played together and worked to-
gether. 1 chummed with him, plow-
ed with him, chopped wood with him
and we hunted together in the woods.
We packed oranges together and one
season when work was scarce we
went to the woods with our axes and
cross-cut saw and cut wood and sold
it in Lakeland for livelihood. Later
in young manhood we were in the
newspaper business together. have
set type at the case with him. read
proof with him and we have mingled
cur editorials on the same country
weekly. Shortly after | had married,
and he, too, had entered into welded
Hiss, we rented together and lived in
the same house. With these rrefa-
tory remarks | think l may say that
| am we'll acquainted with Park Tram
nell, Florida's present governor.
think | may say that | know him as
but few others have had opportunity
to know him, and now as | start to
write this sketch about my lifelong
friend, this boyhood chum of the days
back on the farm, this associate Of my
young manhood, this manly nan who
has grappled with unusual difficulties
and has wrested from life unusual
successes, | am reminded that Park
Trammell's brilliant career is one
worthy of mention as splendid ex-
ample of the great possibilities for
the American boy, however humble
his early surroundings may be.
would like for the public to know some
things l know of Park TrammelFs
interesting career which heretofore
have not been generally known
Hence | write this sketch.
IN early boyhood he lived in a log
house in the country and his school
advantages were those Offered by the
short term schools of the pioneer days
Of South Florida, but even these were
his for limited while. He began to
make his own living when "A boy. He
worked on the farm, chopped weed,
packed oranges and clerked some. He
never considered himself too good to
do any kind of honest work. When
about sixteen years old he went to
Tampa to take position in general
mercantile store.
From his earnings in Tampa where
he filled different positions for about
five years he assisted in meeting his
fathers obligations and saved the
money with which he paid his way
through law school. To better eIuip
himself with an education, he often
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-12-10

Capt. j. D. Rainier, general passen-
ger agent of the Florida East Coast
Railway (Flagler System) has recent
ly issued a unique circular to en-
ployes of the line, and one whose adj
vice it would be well for employees of
other lines in Florida to follow. He
asks employees to be uniformly polite
in all their intercourse with patrons
of the line. Capt. Rahner's circular
follows:
"To all Agents, Ticket Agents, Bag
gage Agents, Conductors and Bag
gagemen:
"The beginning of another season.
is fast approaching and we are en-
couraged in the belief that we will
have more than the usual number of
strangers among us, so we take the
opportunity to point out that pas
senger always appreciates thoughtful,
courteous treatment at the hands Of
ticket agents, baggage agents, or
trainmen-because often they do not
expect it; smile or pleasant word
sometimes comes in the nature of an
agreeable surprise.
"There are some conductors who
say Thank you,' every time they take
up a ticket, even when they are in
hurry, and this applies to the local
passenger in the day coach as well as
to the through traveller in the draw
ing room. A conductor with kind
lily, genial wholesouled attitude makes
no distinction in persons and treats
all alike. We wish every ticket
agent on the Florida East Coast Rail-
way would say Thank you,' when re-
ceiving money for ticket, whether
it is 25c or $4,000. The largest re-
tail cigar store corporation in the
United States, with hundreds of stores
/ from Maine to Florida, rigidly re-
quires that their clerks thank a GUS
toner for his purchase; their i'm
mense business has been largely due
to the courteous treatment of patrons
at all times and under all circum-
stances.
at is easier to\ speak pleasantly
than in a short, abrupt tone, and it is
surely more pleasing to passenger.
Be thoughtful and show desire to
relp those who need it, by sugges-
ton, little advice, or an appropriate
act. Remember railroad is fire.
quently judged by its representatives,
no matter what their position is. Let
us all try to worthily represent the
great railroad for whose success and
reputation we are working"