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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-10-12
NEW GRENADA.
Advertisement.

S. S. Alloway's new home IS
progressing rapidly and will soon
be ready for the plasterers.
The Ladies AID Society has in
stalled new stoves IN Zion NJ. E
church.
Eldon McClain IN employed in
McClaln & Henry store at Rob-
e tsdale.
Mrs. Joe DAVIS and children of
Robertsdale spent a few days
las week ia the home of her
falher Mr.. Geo. Shater.
The Consolidated Mutual Tele.
phone Company held their aunu-
Al 5lecuou last Saturday after
noon.
S. A. McC.aiu, who Is employ
ed at Mt Union, is spending a
few days IN his home,
Geo. Shafer, wife and daugh-
t9r Edith, spent Saturday and
sunday in Shade Gap
sLr. and Mrs. Henry Black and
daughter Elsie and son Harvey
spent Sunday with J. S Black
Mr.. and Mrs. Jessie Keith and
children of Trough Creek Valley
spent Sunday IN the home of Mr..
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Goes To State Asylum.

Frank Lewis, overseer of the
poor in Bethel township, accom-
panied by DIR. A. j. Remsburg,
and James r. Sharpe, all of
Bethel township, were in town
Wednesday on a sad mission.
They brought Rose Ann Giffin,
aged about eighty years, to Nc
Connellsburg to be taken charge
of by the State on account of
mental deficiency of such a ne
ture that she can no longer be
cared for in a private home.
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GOrdOu...Kershner.

Morgon Gordon, son of Charley
Gordon, and Miss Carrie Kersh-
ner, daughter of Charley Kersh-
ner, both of Needmore. Pa, were
united in marriage October 10,
1916, at Dane, Pa, by Rev. E. ].
Croft. Both are excellent young
people and we wish they a hap
py and prosperous life.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-10-12
SOMETHING WORTH WHILE.

"You say that fellow in the limou.
sine is popular author?"
eyes"
"Look at himl Rolling in luxury,
and daresay his books are not worth
reading"
"You shouldn't be hard on him.
He still has ideals"
"Nonsensep
"He says that after he turns out
one more best seller he expects to
write a book that hardly anybody
will read." Birmingham Age-Her-
aid.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-10-12
Hunting Season Opens on 10Th.

Since October 18th comes on
Sunday, the shooting season opens
on Monday 16.h. According to
official statement before US, the
game that may be legally killed
on that day includes, bear, black
birds, pheasants, quail, raccoon,
squirrels, wild turkeys, and
woodcock. Rabbit season opens
November 1st. Deer, December
1st.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-10-12
The New Station.

By the time this reaches the
hands of many of our readers,
part of the roof of the new rail-
road station house will have been
completed. This certainly looks
like business to the watchers for
the coming of the road. Work
of the grading is going on as rap
idly as possible. This brief state
ment covers about all there is to
say this week.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-10-12
Number Two.


IA JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Con-
stitution OF the Commonwealth OF
Pennsylvania so as to consolidate
the courts of common pleas OF
Philadelphia County.
Section 1. Be It resolved by the
Senate and House Of Representatives
Of the Commonwealth Of Pennsylva-
MIA in General Assembly met, That
the following amendment to the Con-
stitution Of Pennsylvania be, and the
same is hereby, proposed, in accord
ance with the eighteenth article
thereof
That section six Of article FIVE be
amended so as to read as follows:
Section 6. In the county of Phila-
delphia all the Jurisdiction and pow.
ers now vested In the several mum.
bered courts Of common pleas Of that
county shall be vested in one court
OF common pleas, composed OF all
the judges In commission In said
courts. Such Jurisdiction and pow
ers shall extend to all proceedings at
law and in equity which shall have
been instituted In the several num-
bered courts. and shall be subject TO
such change as may be made by law
and subject to change OF venue as
provided by law. The president Judge
OF the said court shall be selected as
provided by law The number OF
judges In said court may be by law
increased from time to time. This
amendment shall take effect on the
first day Of January succeeding its
adoption.
In the county OF Allegheny all the
Jurisdiction and powers now vested
in the several numbered courts OF
common pleas shall be vested in one
court OF common pleas, composed OF
all the judges In commission In said
courts. Such Jurisdiction and powers
shall extend to all proceedings at law
and in equity which shall have been
instituted in the several numbered
courts, and shall be subject to such
change as may be made by law, and
subject to change of venue as provid-
ed by law. The president Judge Of
the said court shall be selected as
provided by law. The number OF
judges in said court may be by law
increased from time to time. This
amendment shall take effect on the
first day Of January succeeding its
adoption.
A true copy Of Joint Resolution
No. 2.
CYRUS ID. WOODS.
Secretary Of the Commonwealth
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Do YOu Know That.

The Constitution of the United
States doesn't mention health.
Procrastination in sanitary re-
form is the thief of health.
Not everybody can achieve
greatness but everybody can be
clean.
Americas typhoid fever bill is
more than S27O, 900, 900 a year.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-10-12

Keith's parents Mr.. and Mrs A.
D. Keith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Drake and
children, William Duvall at the
wheel, all motored from Three
Springs to New Grenada last
Sunday.
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DRoPosED AMENDMENTS TO

DRoPosED AMENDMENTS TO
L THE CONSTITUTION SUBMIT
TED TO THE CITIZENS OF THE
COMMONWEALTH FOR THEIR AP.
PRovAL OR REJECTION. BY THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYL-
VANIA, AND PUBLISHED BY
ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF
THE COMMONWEALTH, IN PUR
sUANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF
THE CONSTITUTION.
Number One.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to article
TX of the Constitution OF Pennsyl-
vania.
Section 1. Be II resolved by the
Senate and House OF Representative
In General Assembly met, That the
following amendment to the Constitu-
tion OF Pennsylvania be, and the
same Is hereby, proposed, in accord
ance with the XVIII article thereof
Section l6. The State, or any mu-
nicipality thereof, acquiring or appro-
priating property or rights over or In
property for public use, may, In fur.
therance OF its plans for the acquisi-
tion and public use of such property
or rights, and subject to such restric.
tions as the Legislature may from
time to time impose, appropriate an
excess OF property over that actually
to be occupied or used for public use,
and may thereafter sell or lease such
excess, and impose on the property
so sold or leased any restrictions ap-
propriate to preserve or enhance the
benefit to the public Of the property
actually occupied or used.
A true copy Of Joint Resolution
No. /.
CYRUS e. WOODS.
Secretary Of the Commonwealth.
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Administrators Notice.

Estate OF Mrs. becca j. winters, late
OF Thompson township, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that lettersoi Admin
istration upon the above estate have been
granted to the undersigned All persons hay
ing claims against said estate VIII present
them properly authenticated for settlement.
and those owing the same will please call and
settle.
GEORGE A. WINTERS,
o-ssl6t Administrator.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-10-12

Buy Pfncs Albert eyery-
piere tobccco 10 sold Ia
f95pyrsd bags, Sci eidy red
fins, Zoe; handsome pound
and half pound tin huni-
dors-Gnd-f.iat coTking fine
pound crystal gloss h1sai-
dor with sponge -1soisfsncS
TOP that kaeps the tobacco
in srch cieOsrts.1s -oiLDaYs!
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-10-12

Mrs. H.-Writing your husband
again? But you wrote him yester-
day for money.
Mrs. WI find it advisable to
use a thorough follow-up system.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-11-28
REAL CAUSES FOR GRATITUDE
Thankfulness for the Vaster Blessings
Of Life Should Be the Duty
Of All.

To give thanks for the more particu.
lar benefits, valuable in a small way in
our own lives, would seem to me dis
pensable, and of proportionately little
value; but to show gratitude and ap.
probation for the vaster blessings with
which the life of each one of us is
enriched, this, it would seen to me, is
Indispensable.
We are usually down on our knees,
thankful If some project of our own
succeeds, if something we desire for
ourselves or for our friends comes to
pass; but high Moons and sunsets,
stars and great rivers, cities glittering
in the night, plains and valleys silent
under the moon, dawn across the sea,
the mantle of the storrn and fringeS of
the rain, and a world made new each
day, and that large companionship of
JOY and sorrow and hope shared with
men and women whose lives merely
brush ours in passing, and in whose
faces we may perhaps not look again
for these, these royal gifts, what graf
itude of high anG noble living do we
offer?-From the Delineator.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-11-28

was, and he soon had it slung from his
rifle barrel over his shoulder and was
picking his way down the mountain
side to find the trail at lower point.
1t was moonlight when he reached the
hog-yard, and then the house, with his
trophy, which was now quite still. Hav-
ing exhibited the bird to his mother
and young sister, he laid it in the hay
loft in the stable, and, after a full
recital of his hunt, went to bed, as
tired a boy as ever bagged a turkey,
and probably more tired than any boy
who never did.
Now, most surprising thing hap
pened the next morning. When Bob
opened the stable door the turkey was
still there, but it was standing on both
feet and with one wing trailing on the
ground. And, instead Of tluttering
away as regular wild turkey should,
it looked UP at him with d look half
curiosity and half appeal. 1t hoped
a few steps away when he approached,
and then allowed Bob to touch it with
his hand.
swell, fellow" said Bob, "you don't
seem to be very much a-scart."
He looked at the wounded wing, then
scratched his head moment, and then
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-11-28

same to you, ma" he said that night,
"rd ADJUST as soon have bacon fer din
ner tomorrow"
GAIL right, sonny" the mother laugh
ed and agreed. And that is how Yank
became member of the Scott family.
For Yank he was named. To Southern
partisans it was a term of opprobrium,
but to Bob a term Of affection-so ev-
erybody was satisfied.
BY good financiering in the spring
Mrs. Scott was able to add a small
flock of fowls to the Scott possessions.
including some turkeys. With these
Yank mingled, not without tinge of
condescension. He never did recover
the use Of that wing, but he could run
like dog, using the good left wing as
a plane now and then to lift him to
the top Of fence. If Olive Chanute,
the inventor of the aeroplane, had seen
Yank, we might have had that inven-
ton q half century before we did.
Yank showed no disposition to leave
the Scott place, seeming to prefer the
good corn to woodland pickings.
1t was seldom that any word or ru-
NOR trickled through from Bob's fa-
Their, and then there was a silence Of
months that left the Scott household
very solemn indeed. The sympathies
Of the neighbors were Southern; but,
be it recorded to their credit they
treated the SCOTS with just as much
kindness as if the head Of the family
had not gone into the Union army But
when the guerrillas began to operate
in the valleys below, there was reason
for some uneasiness, regardless of
ones sympathies.
One morning just ut the break of
dawn, there was q cautious knock on
the cabin door. Trembling with appre-
hension, the family reused itself. The
latch lifted, but the man who entered
was clothed in blue. Bob could scarce
was his father.
His story was short and soon told.
He had been wounded and Separated
from his regiment. When he recov-
cred he was assigned, quite willingly.
to 4 detail to round UP the guerrillas;
and, as he was familiar with the vi
cinity he was now scouting on their
trail. He was to lie quiet that day,
gathering such information as he
could, and return to his comrades that
night.
II tell you, pop" cried Bob. '.rll 60
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-11-28

deer as friendly contribution to-
ward the feast. And this is presumed
by many persons to be the first real
Thanksgiving day in America. Yet,
since there was no special religious
service upon this occasion, recognized
! authorities disclaim this theory o.
the origin.
Rather, they point to July 3d. 1923,
when Miles Standish returned from q
voyage with sadly needed provisions
and the glad tidings that ship was
nearing the shore. When this ship,
the Anne. had anchored, and relatives
and friends necessarily left behind in
Holland because the Mayfiower could
not accommodate all those seeking re-
ligiOus freedom in the new world, had
joined the little colony at Plymouth,
the colonists were so overjoyed that a
public service of prayer and thanks
giving was considered meet. This,
holding both religious and social ele-
mentS, is in the minds of New Eng
landers, the basis of the national cele-
bration today.
Long Time Between Celebrations.
But two centuries and half elapsed
before the nation as q unit followed
the early example. Local celebra-
tons throughout Massachusetts be-
came common meanwhile, and in 1880
a public Thanksgiving day was held
in Boston by the Bay colony, though
the first written record Of such a day
still remaining in the colonial records
Of the Bay state credits February p,
1881. This had been appointed as a
fast day by Governor Winthrop on ac-
count of the severe reverses with
which the colony had met. The wealth
err had been unusually cold the entire
winter, game was scarce and the
Lyon, which had been dispatched to
England for food, was given up as lost
on the high seas. The children had
come to digging muSSelS out Of the
frozen ground as help in sustaining
life, and finally five kernels Of corn
were given out as the daily ration of
each colOnist. The fast day appointed
then was not merely for abstinence
from food, for that was practically i'm
perative anyway, but it was to be
special day of supplication for food
and greater comfort. A day or two be-
fore the appointed time the long
looked-for Lyon came. sailing into the
harbor laden with provisions and the
fast day became feast day instead.
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down below and see what i can see
and let you know" 1t appealed to the
boys desire for adventure and to the
soldiers desire for information. So,
after some reluctance and many eau
tons, the boy was allowed to go. To
divert suspicion, for the turkey would
attract more attention than the boy,
Yank was permitted to accompany him.
The boy and the bird were familiar fig"
ures in the neighborhood.
Three miles from home a voice
laughed, "Here's turk. fer your din
ner, captain" and Bob found he had
walked into hornets, nest. They took
the two to a cabin little back from
the pike and asked the boy few ques-
tons, without gaining any information.
Nor did he loose his hold on Yank,
though the bird struggled to be free. A
black-browed giant entered.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-11-28
(Copyright. 1916, Western NEWSPAPER Union

There have been times in the history
Of the country when Thanksgiving day
was rather the occasion Of expressions
of hope for blessings to come than of
gratitude for those being enjoyed, but
even so the nation has not been I'M
mindful of its peculiar position as the
most fortunate of the countries of the
earth. Much more, then, should there
be thankfulneSS on every side today
when not only are the people of the
land enjoying peace while thousands
mourn abroad. but with peace is plenty
in contrast with the hunger that stalks
elsewhere to carry out the horror that
shot and shell did not complete.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-11-28
BRONZE BEST liked
Beautiful PIumage and Large
Size Has Given This Tur. =
key First Place. Il
|HE bronze turkey holds the

THE bronze turkey holds the
place of honor among it's tribe.
1t is q cross between the wild
and the tame turkey. Its beau
tiful, rich plumage and it's size have
come from it's wild progenitors. To
maintain these desirable qualities
crosses are continually made. In this
way the mammoth size has been gain
ed. Their standard weight ranges
from 16 to SO pounds, according to age
and sex. Probably more of this variety
are grown each year than Of all others.
The coloring of this variety is Il
ground Of black, blazoned or shaded
with bronze. This shading is rich and
glowing, and when the SUMS rays are
reflected from these colors they shine
like polished steel.
The Narragansett turkeys are next
in size to the bronze. They are Of
black ground color, each feather end
ing with band Of steel gray, edged
with black. This imparts a grayish
cast to the entire surface plumagc.
| NAiACu NllIL tulS tllC llAlSll liz
tal.ic black and bronze luster.
The standard weights of this variety
are, for males, from "a to so pounds !;
for females, from II to IS pounds.
Some old males Of both this and the
bronze variety weigh over 40 pounds.
The buff turkey is not generally
known throughout the country. In
many localities 1t is almost unknown.
The standard calls for a pure buff col
or throughout, but this shade Of color
ing is seldom seen. AS bred for mar
ket these turkeys are of a reddish buff
or light chestnut color mixed with
| white and some dark standings. They
are highly valued in some localities for
their quick. growth and for their at
Effectiveness when dressed. Their av-
erage weight is several pounds less
than that of the Narragansett.
The slate turkey might be called q
blue turkey. They about average in
size with the Bluffs and blacks. They
range from 10 to % pounds, according
to age and SEX The black color ranges
from small spots to larger markings,
but the less of this the better for ex-
hibition purposes. 1t might be sur
missed that the slate turkey originated
from a cross of white and black tur-
keys.
In America the white turkey is called
the white Holland turkey. The reason
for this is not apparent, though some
think it is so called because it origi-
nally came from Holland. White tur-
keys were formerly quite delicate and
rather small, but now are more gener-
ally developed. The standard of
weight Is less for the whites than for
other varieties. They range from IL
pounds for young hens to 26 pounds
for old toms. In color of plumage
they should be white throughout lex
cept that each has black beard on
the breast), with shanks and toes pink
iSh white.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-11-28

the whir change to flutter, and the
flutter to thuG, and the thud to a
struggle in the brush down the hillside.
He followed the sound Of that strug-
gle Till he came upon the bird, and bird
It was, a turkey not so big of body as
its spread of wings had indicated, but
a turkey none the Tess fit to grace the
Scott Thanksgiving board.
The shot had broken its right wing.
The boy decided to tote 1t home as It
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-11-28
Turkey.Producina States.

It may be surprising to learn that
only per cent of the New England
farms produce turkeys. Texas leads
in raising this fowl with over $4,000
to her credit, while Missouri, Indiana,
Illinois and Kentucky follow her close
"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-11-28

was off to the
cabin on a run,
shutting the sta
BILE door behind
h | IN. When he
returned he went
to work with BAN
dages. He may
not have been
much of q sur
geon or a bone
setter, but what
he lacked in Skill
he made up in
good Intentions.
Meanwhile his en-
thuSiasm regard
ing the Thanks
giving feast rath-
err oozed away
from him.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-11-28

was hopeless.
Then he thought of Yank. Hardly
knowing why, he let 60 his hold.
There was a squawk and a flut-
ter, man at the door was nearly
Knocked from his feet, and feathefed
thing that half ran and half few made
for the pike and the woods beyond.
"He got away!" "Thar goes your
dinner, captain" and a half-dozen
shots all came at the same instant. As
for the boy, he poured outdoors with
the rest and plunged into the woods
back of the cabin.
Two hours later turkey, both of
whose wings dropped now, the left one
stained with blood, fluttered into the
Scott clearing. To go to the boy was
the fathers first thought, to go for help
the SECOND and better one. It was a
bit risky, but over the ridge he went
and down the mountainside.
Bob circled and crossed the pike a
mile above. On a white stone by the
road he saw drop of red. 'Well, they
hit him but didn't git him." he said.
That evening, just as the sun dipped
to the West, there was another hor-
nets nest on the ridge. But this time
it was the enemy that walked into it.
There was time for only Il few shots.
But the guerrilla captain heard them in
the valley below and decided that it
would be well to move on, leaving his
missing men to join him as best they
could.
But they never did, Next night, 20
miles away, the captain turned to one
of his men and asked:
"Do you reckon that fool bird had
anything to do with it?"
AS for YanlS, the battle-scarred vet.
eran, what was one wing more or less?
He lived to see peace return to the
mountains, and to all Tennessee, and
to the nation. And you may be sure
he never played the principal part in
any Thanksgiving dinner.
\
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-11-28
Just a THOUGHT.

The Puritan fathers couldn't really
have been such ascetics as they made
themselves out to be, according to the
feast which they left to their descend
ants, one of their chef memorials.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-11-28

heard a racket Off
there to the east
of the trail
"Whir-r-r-r-"
Some great l;v-
ing thing swept
across the ridge
like a cloud. Bob's
gun was UP to his
shoulder in an in
slant, although he
shook with rs bad
n case of buck f.
yer as n boy ever
had. "Bang!" he
blaZed away ut
the flying cloud.
1t did not stop.
He must have
missed. But as
the report died
AWAY no hoard
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-11-28
MY THANKSGIVING

70, all the good my days afford.
For all the blessings on me poured.
For every kindly act and word.
THANK Thee. Lord. sae
THANK Thee. Lord. 10, thought. that roam
Beyond til. narrow walls Of home
To gather good from days to come.
And from the past.
THANK Thee. Lord. for length Of days.
For guidance through life. deviou, ways.
And in the darkness for the rays
OF light and love.
THANK Thee cen fos hours Of gloom. {
For crushing grief. and dsrkened room;
For in the shadow Thou did.s come
To heal and bless.
thank Thee .ha. the weight Of shinss
No longer binds my souls f,ee winsa
Than she can soar. ard soaring anss
Thy praise. O LoIdl
That sea and mountain. flower and tree.
Their message bring to me Of Thee.
And 6ll my soul with ecstasy.
thank Thee. Lord.
And 60 not only on this day. IS
When many heart. thanksgiving say.
But now forever and alwsX
lthank Thee. Lordl