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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-08-10
Terrible Auto Accident.

The Mount Union Times last
week tells of a shocking automo-
bile accident that occurred be-
tween 6 and 7 o'clock Sunday
evening, July 30th, near Allen
vile, Huntingdon county.
Samuel L. Smith with his wife
who was Currance Bumgarner, a
daughter of the late Scott Bum
garner of Belfast township, this
county, and their three children,
the youngest of whom was two
years Of age, were driving along
the highway in Mr.. Smiths auto
mobile. Ahead of Mr.. Smith
and family, going in the same d.
rection, was Harry Speck's auto
mobile driven by Harry's son-in-
law, Chester Simms, accompa-
MED by the latter's son, Chester
Speck. Mr.. Smith desired to
pass the Speck machine, and
made the attempt; but the road
was very narrow and Mr.. Smith
ran his machine into a ditch,
struck an old tar barrel and tore
one wheel off his machine.
Mrs. Smith who is a large, hea
Wy woman, was thrown headlong
into a barbed wire fence. The
baby Harold was thrown out, his
side striking some hard obstruc-
ton, instantly killing him. Mrs.
Smith received a bad cut down
through the forehead and her
skull was fractured. She receiv-
ed a barbed wire cut which rip
ped her mouth wider on each
side. Another wire caught her
above the mouth and tore a cut
upward across the cheek bone,
toward the eyes. The biceps
muscles of one of her arms was
literally torn in shreds. She sus-
tanned two bad cuts in the lower
part of the abdomen, running up
ward in two directions.
Mr.. Smith had an ugly bruise
near one of his eyes. His son
Clair and daughter Edith were
not hurt much. Mrs. Smith was
soon to become mother, and her
condition is such that there is lit
tie hope for her recovery.
Mrs. Smith has seven children
living besides the little bov who
was killed in the accident. Sam
uel Smith is a brother of ex-
Sheriff Smith of Huntingd on
county.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-08-10
TrOup Reunion.
A. G. HORTON,
Benedict, Neb.

The annual Troup family re-
union was held on a farm near
Hagerstown last Saturday. About
80 were in attendance. Mrs.
David M. Kendall whose
MAIDEN name was Troup, and two
daughters, Misses Ethel and Ella,
represented Big Cove at the re-
union. Miss Ella, who is a
trained nurse in Philadelphia,
came home last Friday for a va
cation and the three ladies at
tended together. Another daugh-
ter, Mrs. (Dr) r. w. McKibbin,
of Waynesboro, met them at the
reunion and came home with
them.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-08-10
DeShong.-.Barber.

James F. Deshong, son of John
c. and Lillian May Deshong, near
Saluvia, and Miss Flora Iretta
Barber, daughter of Elliott Bar
Der (deceased). and Mrs. Eliza
beth Barber, of Licking Creek
township, were married by JUS
tice-of- -the-Peace T. A. Weight,
in Three Springs, August 2, 1916.
The bride and groom and the
BRIDES mother have been living
at Coles Summit, Huntingdon
county, where Mr.. and Mrs.
Deshong will make their home.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-08-10
Rare Old Coins.

Adam Kelner felt that he need
ed a little extra exercise last
Friday, SO he walked from his
home near Saluvia to McConnells
burg, and said he intended to
walk the return trip. While in
the NEWS office that day, he
showed us three rare old coins.
One is an old copper cent bearing
date of 1884. The second is al
so a copper cent, but bears the
legend Millions for defense, but
not one cent for tribute" and is
dated 1897. Mr.. Kelner found
the latter piece while cutting
corn in field near Hustontown
few years ago. The third coin
is also of copper, about the size
of a dime, and is very probably,
an Austrian coin, dropped by a
foreigner on the street in Cum
berland, Nd, where Mr.. Kelner
found it several years ago. The
two old copper cents are about
the size of silver quarter dollar.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-08-10
TRIP THROUGH THE WEST.
A. c. Horton Writes from Benedict, Ne
braSka Under Date Of August
tie Second.

INNOhhs
DEAR EDITOR: Perhaps some
Of my friends in Fulton County
would like to know something
about my trip west. left Mt
Dallas at $40 July 10th. Went
to Bedford, then over the Mid
land to Altoona, arriving there
at $50 p. m. took No. 5 to Pitts
burgh, arrived there 9:45 eastern
time. Left at nine p. m. Central
time for Chicago, got sleeper and
went to my berth and slept to
Fort Wayne, Ind. Arrived there
without a stop 320 miles. Got
there at 1850 Tuesday morning
and left 4:55. The next stop
was Engelwood, seven miles of
Chicago. Arrived at Chicago at
9:46 a. m. Tuesday.
The crops look fine through
Indiana and in Illinois. Corn
certainly is king. left Chicago
1905 a. m. over the C. B. and @.
IR. r.. crossed Mississippi river
at Burlington Iowa at 2:57 p. m.
The corn crop looks good through
Iowa. The wheat is a big crop
in this state. 1t has to be seen
before you can grasp the great
ness oft. Wepassed on through
Iowa to Omaha. Part of Iowa
is broken and rough along the
railroad. We crossed the Miss
ouri river to Omaha, Neb., at
1901 Wednesday morning, and
reached Lincoln at 1;50 a. m. Ju-
ly 11th. | staid in the depot till
daylight. Could not get train
to Benedict until II o'clock. Took
q trolley to Havelock five miles
out from Lincoln, found my old
friend Fletcher Miller, and took
breakfast with him, AS | had
not slept any Tuesday night, l
went to bed and slept until 80.
Spent the afternoon and night
with him. Mrs. Milleris a daugh
ter of the late Joseph Cornelius
of Tecumseh.
Wednesday forenoon went
back to Lincoln, took the IL O.
clock train to Benedict, 67 miles
farther west where my brother
in-law George Keith lives. Found
them all well. July 22nd Keith,
his wife, and | went to Loop
City, Ncb., to visit their son-in-
law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Plants. While there ! found
Mr.. Taylor Gibson who used to
live in Everett. | had a very
nice visit with him. The corn
and wheat crops are extra in
Nebraska, Wheat yields 20 to
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-08-10
Chickens Stolen.

On Wednesday night of last
week, a thief stole fifteen or
twenty chickens from B. w.
Logue, on south Second street.
The thief, who has big feet, was
tracked by foot prints and feath-
ers back through the Washa-
baugh farm to a point south of
the Trout farm, where the track
was lost. One chicken was
dropped by the in one of the
fields. 1t had been killed.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-08-10
NUMBER AZ
The MICROSCOPE.
Little Talks on Health and Hygiene by
Samuel G. Dixon, NJ. D., IL. D.,
Commissioner Of Health.

No single invention has made
possible greater saving of human
life than the microscope. It's Or
igin dates back to antiquity.
There is every reason to believe
that the ancients had some knowl-
edge of the use Of the single
lens. The compound microscope
was probably invented shortly
after the middle ages. The Ital-
ians and the Dutch both claim
the discovery.
These ancient microscope, were
very crude instruments compared
with those of to-day. They were,
however, sufficiently powerful to
reveal myriads of living things
in the clear atmosphere as well
as in a clear tumbler of water,
but they left us to imagine great
unseen living world beyond the
power of the new instrument,
and that is even so to-day with
our most improved microscopes.
In the hands Of scientists the
microscope has revealed from
time to time a teeming life Of
bacteria everywhere present.
Some Of these minute organisms
are the friends and some the
deadly foes Of man. Vegetable,
and, indirectly, animal life, de-
pends upon their work.
Typhoid fever, tuberculosis,
typhus fever, tetanus, and other
diseases are the result of certain
of these bacteria which can only
be seen by the aid of the micro
scope. There is evidence, but as
yet no positive proof, that they
are responsible for many other
diseases, the aetiology of which
is yet unknown.
An army of scientific workers
is to-day occupied in the study of
bacteriology for the purpose Of
discovering the organisms that
produce the different diseases,
and then to push on with the idea
of discovering that which would
produce immunity or cure. This
work is vital to the welfare of
humanity-indeed it is that which
forms the foundation of prepar-
edness.
There is a constant warfare be-
tween these little single celled
organisms and man. The bac-
terra have the advantage of re-
producing themselves in untold
numbers and of adapting them
selves to different environments,
and whenthe conditions surround
ing them suit their existence they
produce great epidemics of dis
eases that man is unable to re-
sist. The fight is an interesting
one as man has already discover
ed how to combat successfully
many diseases which for centur-
les baffled the skill of science.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-08-10
JULY HONOR ROLL.
Names Of New Subscribers and Others
Who Paid Subscription Dnring
the Month Of July.

The months come and go with
such rapidity that it keeps one
busy to keep pace in the race
with Time. This list was due to
be published last week, but it
was forgotten. If you have paid
subscription recently and your
name is not in this list it is be-
cause you have paid since the
last day of July. Your name, in
that case will appear in the Au-
gust list to be published in the
first week in September, unless
we forget it like we did this time.
An old colored preacher forgot
his sermon. He justified himself
by telling his congregation that
forgetfulness had run through
the human race from early bible
times; for you know" said he,
that Adam "forgat, Seth, and
Seth "forgat" Enos, and Enos
"forgat" Cainan. O yes, bred
dern we are all forgetful crit
ters.'"
The expenses of the newspaper
publishers 90 on in hot weather
just the same as at other times,
and he appreciates the money
that comes in at that time.
Look at the label on your pa
per. If you are paid up, or in
advance, you have cause for self
congratulation. If you are be-
hind, do not put off squaring up
the account and paying year
in advance. Do not think that
because it is only a dollar or two
that the publisher can get along
as we'll without it. Not so. With
the constantly advancing cost of
paper, ink, type, labor, and ev-
erything else that enters into the
cost of production of newspapers
the publisher needs every dollar,
and needs it bad. The subscrip-
ton price of dollar newspapers
all over the country is being
changed from S1.00 to $3.50.
Many of the City Dailies have
changed from one cent to two
cents copy, and it is only a
question of a short time when the
FULTON COUNTY News will be
obliged to follow in the footsteps
of the Bedford papers, the Ev-
erett papers, the Mount Union
Times, and dozens of other pa
pers, and go from a dollar, to a
dolla1. and q half q wear
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-08-10

j. L. Garland and son Floyd,
near Mercersburg, came to this
side of the mountain last Friday
and were the guests that night
of the formers son Dale, north
of town. Next day the Garlands
bargained for the purchase of a
horse from Calvin Clevenger.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-08-10

-
ment being made in the Sideling
Hill cemetery. Rev. J. C. Gar
land. assisted by Rev. John Mel
lott, conducted the services.
Besides his parents, Clyde is
survived by the following broth
ers and sisters: Charles Reed, of
near Johnstown; Lewis F., War
fordsburg; Daniel B., Jesse ",
William B., James S., and Silas
NJ, all of Belfast township, and
Elizabeth, wife of Martin Sipes.
of Franklin county.
WALTER E. JONES.
Walter E. Jones, grandson of
Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Gress, of
York, Pa, died Sunday, July 80,
1916, at the home of his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Jones in
York. He was aged % years
and death was caused by tuber-
culosis.
He was affiliated with Chosen
Knights commandery No. ia,
A. and |. Order Knights of NAL
ia, and Washington camp No.
66S, P. o. S. of A. He was also
a member of Trinity Lutheran
church, Linden avenue and West
street. Funeral services were
held Wednesday afternoon at2:30
O'Clock in Trinity Lutheran
church, following brief services
at his late residence. The Rev.
DR.. Frederick G. Gotwald, pas
tor, was assisted by the Rev.
George Livingston, of Mt. Wolf,
in conducting the funeral servi-
ces. Besides his parents he is
survived by one brother and one
sister, Carl Jones and Pauline
Jones. both at home.
ELLA IRWIN PORTER.
Ella Maria Irwin, wife of John
Porter, died at their home near
Wellington, Kansas, Sunday, Ju-
ly 30, 1916, aged Sc years, 9
months, and 10 days. The de-
ceased was a daughter Of the
late Samuel and Susan Irwin, and
she was born in McConnellsburg,
October 20, 1859. Ella was mar
ried to John Porter a son of the
late ex-Associate Judge Jere Por-
ter, and from that time until the
end of her life was a resident of
Kansas.
Besides her husband, she is
survived by the following broth
ers and sisters: William, Altoona;
James H., Washington, D. c.;
John A., McConnellsburg, Pa. ;
Mrs. Catherine Comerer, Dixon,
ILL.,; and Miss Anna, Harrisburg,
Pa.
Early in life she became a
member of the Presbyterian
church of which her father was
an Elder, and was faithful and
devoted christian woman.
EDGAR SPRIGs, Jr.
Edgar, Jr., son of Fan Sprigs
(colored) died of bowel trouble,
last Saturday, aged 8 months and
25 days, and was buried next aft
ernoon in the colored peoples
burial ground on Sprigs' Hill near
their settlement on the Ridge
west of McConnellsburg. Rev.
]. L. Grove oficiated.
incidentally, this is the seven
teeth interment in that place at
which Rev. Grove conducted SER
vices during his pastorate in Nc
Connellsburg, thirteen of them
being children,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-08-10


OF germs
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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-12-07

Result of Number of Investigations Shows the Readers
to BE the MOneymakers.

WORTH He doesn't say i don't know,
what will you give?' but he names the
price quoted that morning in the
market. He says his lambs are a lit
tie better than the average. therefore,
he wants more. | cannot make a
price for such a man as that, but
II | want the lambs ! have got to give
full value. because that man Is post
ed. knows what the lambs are worth
and he knows that In these times he
can get market prices"
Every farmer should keep him
self fully posted day by day, or week
by week, about market prices. He
ought to know what is being paid for
stock or grain and have these facts
constantly In mind. He should be
able to follow these market reports
~intelligently and he should be a good
enough Judge of livestock to know
whether his cattle or hogs measure
up to the requirements of the market.
However, the way some people read
papers and the line OF thought they
get reminds me OF a story | heard in
Baton Rogue not long ago:
One OF our new railroads In Louis
lana strikes some of the towns about
a mile from the business center so
that II is necessary to run a bus line.
A salesman stopping In Baton Rouge
recently asked a negro bus driver
about II.
Say Uncle. why have they got the
] X. e. n. depot way out here in the
country?"
After a moments hesitation the old
darby replied well Boss, | dunno,
unless dey wanted to git It on the
railroad"
Some years ago Gov. w. d. Hoard.
owner and editor of Hoafd's Dairy
man brought out some interesting
facts In this connection in regard to
dairy farmers which will be found In
Bulletin l64 of the Bureau OF Animal
Industry of the u. S. Department OF
Agriculture on Dairy Herd Records.
In his summary in this bulletin Gov.
Hoard says: "The one great and
paramount conclusion, overlapping all
others Is that loss Of profit In dairy
Ing liz occasloned In nine cases In ten
by a lack of sound dairy intelligence
on the part OF the farmer who is be-
hind the COW. This bulletin to which
! refer Is a COW census of investiga-
lions made In Iowa. Wisconsin. In
diana. Ohio. New York. Pennsylvania.
Connecticut. Vermont, Minnesota,
Michigan, New Hampshire, Massa-
chusetts and Illinois. The observa-
lions cover a period of 10 years from
1899 to 1908 inclusive. They repre-
sent the work OF rs district enumera-
lions and include 2.l63 herds CON
tanning 2S.447 cows. The farms were
visited and Information was obtained
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-12-07

In this enlightened age theirs Ia
scarcely any intelligent person who
does o appreciate the value OF read
fng and keeping himself posted. The
man who reads is usually the one who
succeeds. Last month | read a story
In the Rural New Yorker entitled
The Confessions OF a Country Buyer
which shows how true this is ever
for the average farmer. Not long ago
says the Editor of the Rural New
Yorker. we had a call from a country
buyer who down TO look over
the auction market. This man was
a very shrewd and capable farmer who
had for years been buying stock and
general produce from all over his
home country. II vas interesting to
hear this man talk about the way he
was able to make good bargains. He
said the gerat trouble with most farm
~rs is that they do not know the pre-
vailing prices, and thus do not know
what their stock Is worth. He never
sighted farmer who is able to inform
himself, but his money IL made By
dealing with another class who do not
know what their stock Is worth, and
who have no ability to conduct a
trade.
when | go out hunting calves or
lambs" he said, Il Judge a good deal
bs the appearance OF a mans farm.
III everything Is kept up slick and
meat. the tools under cover, and the
women well satisfied, | know | have
n business farmer to deal with. He
usually has a telephone or takes a
daily paper, and watches the market,
and IL will be hard to TOOL him on
h value of his stock. Again | often
come TO a farm not looking very we'll.
Things are a little slack, buildings
mo well painted. and there IL a gen
sral appearance about the premises of
"A man who IL not up-to-date. II
find him down In the field looking ov-
or a bunch OF lambs, | generally, az
4 approach him ask him the time of
day and lead up TO the subject grad
Mally. We then look the lambs over
and l ask him how much they are
worth.
when he shrugs his shoulders and
says. i don't know, what will you
Sivey | know | am going to make
Soma money out of that man. He Is
moi posted. doesn't know the value of
his stock. and before get
through with him | Will get It out OF
his hand for less than II Is worth.
when | go to the other kind OF
farmer, where things are kept up In
nice shape. where they take a daily
PAPER and where the women take an
active interest In their business. |
have a harder proposition. ask the
szme question. What are your lambs
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-12-07

direct from the farmers and dairy
men visited From a canvass of nine
counties and 100 herds containing
Soz cows in Iowa II was found that
dairy farmers who read dairy litera-
ture obtained 9 times the net profit
OF the non-reading dairymen. Those
VINO @ a made 28 cents on the dollar
net profit, while those who did not
e made only 3 cents on the dollar.
The ratio of profitable 10 Improbable
diaries was more than 3 times as
great among readers as among the
~non-readers. This means that dairy
men who read dairy literature stand
more thar 3 times as much chance of
making a porfit as those who do not
read.
In canvass No. 5 conducted in
Susquehanna county, PENNSYLVANIA.
IL was found that in so herds of 663
cows all owners Of dairy type herds
were readers and that the average net
proht OF the dairy type herds was IL
times that Of the owners of scrubs
who did not read.
In No. 7 conducted in
Onandago county, n. Y. out OF so
herds OF 948 cows the owners who
were readers received nearly three
times the average net profit of the
n~on-readers while the ratio of profit.
able to Improbable herds among the
readers was more than twice as great
as the corresponding ratio among the
non-readers.
In canvass No. 10 Of As additional
herds In the Onandago Milk Associa-
tion containing 1,022 cows the ayer-
age gain OF those who read over those
who did not read amounted to 81. O6
per year for each COW. The two men
VINO were especially noted as great
eader and students of dairying re-
ceiVed' respectively 1921 and s2.37
Tor each dollar spent In feed.
In canvass No. ~ conducted in
Geauga county, Ohio, out of 100
nerds or l,O27 cows readers OF dairy
literature received four times the net
profit OF those who did not read.
In canvass No. Is conducted in
the central and northern counties of
vermont among patrons of four
creameries out of 100 herds contain
ing 1914 cows. it was found that men
who read dairy bulletins and other
dairy literature earned with each dol
lar spent In feed As cents more thar
men who did not read.
In canvass No. Is in Waukesha
county, Wisconsin. out of 40 herds
OF Boo cows the seven readers of dairy
literature received a net profit OF
$i2.s2 a year per COW more than the
owners who did not read. For the
average OF IA cows this means $50
SO added to the owners profit for
studying his W business.
In canvass No. % In three coun
ties In the northeastern part of Iowa
out OF 1862 cows it was found that
there were 80 herds OF $50 cows
whose owners read dairy papers and
dairy literature. These produced
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-12-07

taking these reading courses. From
10 to 20 bulletins are usually requir-
ed for each subject and these are mail
ed out from time to time, as the far
mers get ready for them. We have
many unsolicited testimonials from
them testifying as to the benefits they
have received from these reading
courses. AM investigation reveals
the fact that these farmers who are
reading and studying how to improve
their methods of farming are the ones
who are prospecting and making mon
ey. 1t is just as essential for farmers
to read and keep themselves posted as
it is for doctors, lawyers and all
classes of professional men to keep
up with the times. We have entirely
too many farmers who cannot tell you
how much it costs them to produce a
pound of butter, beef, mutton or pork
or how much it costs to produce a
bale of cotton, or a bushel of corn or
other grain.
The federal government and the
experiment stations of all of our ag-
ricultural colleges as we'll as the
editors of the farm papers should put
forth every effort possible to help
farmers acquire the reading habit
and thereby bring about better farm
ing and a greater national prosperity
than has ever been known before
John w. Wilkinson, State Supervisor
Farm and Home Study Clubs. Louis
lana University, in The Agricultural
Review.