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The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1916-05-04
Fight Fire Blight now

Fire blight has appeared in the or
chards this spring and every affected
twig or branch should be removed be-
fore the disease has a chance to spread.
During the last few years this disease
has done a great deal OF damage in
pear and apple orchards and the Mis-
souri Agricultural Experiment Station
finds it appearing again this spring.
It's effects are not usually observed by
the orchardist until May or June, when
many OF the irdit clusters and young
young twigs begin to die suddenly as
| il they had been scorched by fire.
The earlier symptoms which should
have warned him 10 cut back the di-
seaSed parts at once or the flow Of a
gumlike or even a thin saplike liquid
from the bark, or the appearance OF
beads OF honey material on the
newly formed apples. This material
may spread like a soft varnish, cover
ing the fruits instead Of remaining in
beads.
The only known means Of checking
blight is TO cut and burn all the aftec-
ed parts before the disease is carried
to the rest Of the orchard by bees and
other insects, or has chance 10 spread
through the twigs themselves. The
pruning tools may carry the germs il
not carefully disinlected by either dip
ping them into or 1000 solution Of
corrosive sublimate, or wiping them
with a rag or sponge which has been
dampened with such a solution carried
in a small bottle for this purpose.
Corrosive sublimate also called bi-
chloride OF mercury-may be purchas'
ed at any drug store in small bottles
containing about twenty five tablets
apiece with directions for dissolving
these tablets and making solutions O
any desired strength.
Pruning tools should be disiniected
after pruning each tree so that the di
sease will not be carried from tree to
tree, and should be disiniected still
oitenr than this TO avoid carrying the
disease from one part to another Of the
same tree, as the pruner finds that he
Is cutting through diseased wood.
The blight usually passes the winter
in pear trees, but may live through in
Jonathan, Ingram, Yellow Transparent
and similar apple trees.
Orchards affected by blight last year
should be very carefully watched now
and pear trees which show blight scars
or cankers should be examined first O
all. Blis,ers may form under the bark
then burst after the trees have begur
to grow. From these places there
flows the honey like liquid which con
tains the bacteria! germs Of bligh
which the bees and other insects arr
likely to carry from tree TO tree. Tn,
bees carry these germs TO the howe
clusters ,f pears and apples and th'
newly formed fruits may have tn,
beaded or vanished appearance which
they are growing should be cut ant
burned at once.
The grower should not wait for tht
blighted part to die and turn brown o.
black. To keep the blight iron
spreading through the whole orcharc
it is necessary to find and cut out tht
few early infections here and there
These early infections may be locate'
by observing frui, clusters where tn
. stems Of the fruit look slightly dis
, colored and show the sticky exuda
tions.-J. c. Whitten, Missouri Co
. lege OF Agriculture.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1916-05-04

A progressive caucus recently held
in a Maine city comprised sixteen
men-who proceeded TO name nine
delegates and nine alternates 10 a
State convention. Wonder who the
other two were.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1916-05-04

country will give their support 10 the
Republican party this fail on account
of the unproeressive policy Of the
present post office management"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-12-14
Will Visit Panama Canal.

Peter C. Former, a United
States Marine from McConnells-
burg, will visit the Panama Can
al, when the huge battleship Ver-
mont completes her cruise in the
West Indies and sails for the
Isthmus, in accordance with the
winter schedule of the Atlantic
Fleet.
Peter, who is son of the late
David Former of McConnellsburg,
enlisted in the United States Ma
rine Corps at its Waynesboro re-
cruiting station on August "a,
1916, and he will perform his
regular military duties aboard
the Vermont while the dread
naught steams through the wa
terway from coast to coast.
Comparatively few Americans
are favored with an opportunity
to visit the great canal, and this
trip to the tropics, which has
been aptly timed to avoid the
rigors of a northern winter, will
doubtless prove very interesting
to Peter.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-12-14
Railroad News.

Very little is to be told in ad-
dition to that related in the NEWS
last week. Contractor Coon who
went away to get money to pay
his subcontractors, has not re-
turned. Tuesday upon execution
issued by the Lemaster National
Bank, 20 mules, 5 horses and
other personal effects of Coon
were sold by Sheriff Garland.
The mules brought from $25 a
head to 1852 a pair, and the
horses sold around $3.50 piece.
The sale amounted to a bot t
$4, 100000
1t is believed by some, that
Coon will turn up one of these
days with money to pay up
everything and finish the rail-
road. If that should prove to be
the case the NEWS will let you
know.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-12-14
Motorcycle Accident.

A serious accident befel Arthur
Shields near Burnt Cabins on
Monday the 4th inst. Arthur's
friend Paul Snyder owns a motor
cycle and on the day named was
giving Arthur, who is a cripple,
a ride on the State Road between
Burnt Cabins and Shade Gap.
Arthur, who, of course, was rid
ing behind. lost his balance and
in falling, pulled the heavy ma
chine over onto him breaking his
right leg above the knee. Mr..
N. A. Matthias happen along
with his touring car about the
time of the accident and look the
unfortunate man to his home.
When DR.. Hines of Shade Gap
saw the condition of the injury,
he advised that Arthur be sent
to the Blair Memorial hospital at
Huntingdon and in that institu-
tion, Arthur's right leg was
amputated the following day.
Arthur is aged about 40 years
and unmarried.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-12-14
SIDELING HILL.

Mrs. Amos Layton is again on
the sick list. We hope for her
speedyTecovery.
Ross Bernhardt Is burning a
limekiln In Pigeon Cove.
Riley Lynch had the mlsfor-
tune to hurt his back while haul
ing lime stone.
Miss Maud Layton, of Dott,
spent Sunday with MISS Hazel
Hess.
Miss Pearl Carnell, of Dott,
recently visited her parents, Viii.
liam Carnell and wife.
Several persons near here are
suffering with measles.
Amos Seville has returned to
McConnellsburg after having
spent several weeks during the
hunting season here. MIR. Sc
vile was one of the few who got
a nice fat turkey.
Mrs. George Wilson, ear
Dott spent a day last week with
friends here.
Miss Lola Giffin Warfordsburg
r. F. D. was a Sunday visitor at
the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. William Glffin.
Frank Fost and family attend.
ed the funeral of Mrs. Fost's
mother Mrs. Rachel Hughes at
Warfordsburg last Saturday.
Orvllle Beatty of near Need
more, made a brief visit to this
place Sunday. He was accompa
MED by Miss Virgle Gress who
returned to her school.
Webster W. Mellott passed
through Warfordsburg last Fri
day with carload of teachers
returning from the County IN
stitute.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-12-14
From harry |. DeuiSar.

Dec. 2nd:-I see by the label on
my paper that Il am in arrears; so
| am sending a money order to
put my name on the Honor Roll.
My address is Jordan, Mont,
instead of Antler, N. D. / am
on my way to my homestead of
800 acres, which is II miles from
a town and 80 miles from rail-
road. My nearest railroad town
is Glasgow.
shipped 2 emigrant cars to
Glasgow. have II head of cat
tie and 10 horses. We are now at
the Missouri river. We have
been here waiting for it to freeze
so we can cross. The river is 80
rods wide, it is frozen so the
ferry cannot run, but not hard
enough to carry horses and cat
tie. There is one man here that
is going to try to take his house,
hold goods across to-day and |
will try crossing about the first
of next week if it keep on freez-
ing.
| was born in Fulton County
and lived there 18 years, left
there in August 1900 and lived in
Illinois four years and in Iowa
six years. Then | moved to
North Dakota and have been
there six years. The FULTON
COUNTY NEWS is like a weekly
letter from home. 1t is the first
paper | look at when the mail
comes and always see something
about people | used to know.
| came from Antler to Glasgow
in my new 1917 Ford touring car
"a distance of 1862 miles. The
roads were so bad and so drifted
with snow that it took US three
days to make the trip.
There is lots of homestead
land here that is not taken; so, if
you know of anyone there that
wants to get a home of their
own send them to Jordan and |
will help them to get one.
would like to go back to Full
ton County to visit, but not to
stay. l like the wild a d
woolly west"
Wishing you a Merry Christmas
and Happy New Year, l am,
Yours truly,
HARRY |. DENISAR.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-12-14
SALUVIA SUMMARlZINGS.

Mr.. and Mrs. G. M. Hunt,
their son +. G. Hunt and wife
all Of Eaton Rapids, Mich, en-
route to Miami, Fla, were guests
at the Green Hill House last
Thursday night. They were
much pleased with the Pennsyl-
vauia section OF the Lincoln High
way, and were enthusiastic in
their praises of the beautiful
mountain scenery-so attractive
to people reared in level coun-
try. They expected to go on
through Gettysburg, Washing
ton, Richmond, and then follow
the Coast route.
The epidemic of measles is still
spreading like wildhre IN the
Licking Creek Valley. Thus
far, there have been no fatalities
except the death of Mrs. John A.
Deshong, noted elsewhere IN the
NEWS.
1t is reported that Mss Laura
Decker, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Milton Decker has scarlet fever,
and that the home is quarantlned
AS this is being written she Is
better and on a fair way to recov.
cry.
Sunday, December l7th at 2;30
o'clock will be Rev. Yearick's
regular time to preach at Green
hill. Everybody cordially iuvlt-
ed.
Mrs. Amos Palmer and others
from Belfast township, were
guests recently IN the home Of
Ex- County Com missioner and
Mrs. George f. Metzler.
After having spent some time
visiting relatives and friends in
this county, Frank Mellott and
family have returned to their
home at Deshler, o. They we're
accompanied as far as Chicago
junction by Mrs. Maria Ham.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-12-14
Get Busy.

Less than a week from this
time the Goth of December will
be here and the subscription price
of the Fulton County News will
be 81. so a year. If you do not
get the News for a year or two
longer at a dollar it will be your
own fault, for we are accepting
and will continue to accept SUBJ
scriptions at a dollar a year up
to next Wednesday evening. We
have entered the names of more
new subscribers on our list dur
ing the last two weeks than in a
long time. Persons that have
been thinking seriously about
taking the NEWS, now find that
if they wait longer they must
pay more money, and they are
coming in while coming is good.
Very many who were in ar
rears a year or two, have paid up,
and have paid a year or two in
advance. We hope by next
Wednesday to have a paid up
subscription list and then our
subscribers will feel better and
we shall have a merrier Christ
mas and a happier New Year.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-12-14
---------------
Enters Suit for Libel.

Geo, A. Harris, president of
the Fulton County Bank, yester-
day, through his attorney, 0. G.
Bowers, entered a suit for libel
against the Franklin Repository
for alleged damages sustained
on account of statements pub
lished by the Repository in which
it was stated in substance that
Harris had given notes in con-
nection with the failure of the
McConnellsburg and Fort Lou
don Railway. The truth about
the matter is, that Harris never
gave his own individual note nor
endorsed for others.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-12-14
WELLS TANNERY.

Mrs. Joe Horton remains IN a
critical condition at the Roaring
Spring Hospital.
Mrs. Layina Farley is suffer-
ing from a severe attack of spi-
nal trouble.
aarvey Hickman was taken to
the Mason Hospital two weeks
ago for treatment for stomach
trouble.
Mrs. Anna Denisar Reese who
had been visiting her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Deuisar,
returned to her home In Altoona
last Monday.
Mrs. Rody Gibson Of Sixmile
Run Is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. j.
w. Gibson.
Mrs. Alice Schetrompf, and
children, of Everett, are visiting
Mrs. Schetrompf's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. A. 0. Griffith.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-12-14
WAS IN ERROR.
Fulton Republican Makes Correction Of
Article Published in Its Columns
Last Week.

The following correction and
apology will appear in this weeks
FULTON REPUBLICAN:
In last weeks issue we pub
lished an article on the failure Of
the Lemaster National Bank and
the McConnellsburg and Fort
Loudon Railroad, which article
was, in part, copied from Frank
lin Repository, daily paper pub
lished at Chambersburg, Pa.
In said article it mentioned the
name of Geo. A. Harris, of this
place. who was quoted as having
signed or endorsed notes in con-
nection with same. We have been
informed that Mr.. Harris is not
connected in any way financially
with said bank or railroad and
has not signed any notes or be-
come liable in any. way. We
copied the article from the Cham
bersburg paper as a matter of
news. We are sorry this has
happened and want to assure
all who read same that it was
not done to harm Mr.. Harris. d"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-12-14
Barnett...Chesuut.

On Tuesday, November %,
1915, Rev. Geo. B. Nc. Reidell,
Hustontown united in the bonds
of holy wedlock, Mr.. George N.
Barnett, son of ex-County Com
missioner z. B. and Elizabeth
Huston Barnett. and Miss Nora
E. Chestnut, daughter of Auction
eer James M. and Mrs. Malinda
Sipes Chestnut. The bride and
groom are popular young people
and begin their married life on
the Geo. w. Barnett farm re-
Gently purchased by the groom.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-12-14
NUMBER I3
THE SERIOUSNESS OF SNEEzlNG.
Little Talks on Health and Hygiene by
Samuel G. Dixon, NJ. D., IL. D.,
Commissioner Of Health.

Let the innocent bystander
beware of the careless or ignor-
ant individual who takes no pre-
caution to cover the nose and
mouth to catch the spray when
sneezing. Sue h carelessness
should be resented as you would
resent the dangerous habit Of
splitting.
When you sneeze, a spray of
the secretion from the mucous
membrane of the respiratory
tract and the throat is thrown
into the air for quite some dis
tance around you. This spray
often carries germs of diseases.
From some forms of leprosy and
tuberculosis, thousands of germs
that will produce those diseases,
are breathed in by those who
are standing within the zone of
the spray.
Many of the infuenzas or So
called colds are communicated
from one person to another in
the same way. Some healthy
people have disease producing
organisms that are sneezed out
and if taken into the respiratory
tract of others who have less re-
sistance, they will fall victims to
whatever form of disease that
germ produces.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-12-14
From North Dakota.

CANDo, Dec. Al see by the
paper that you are going to raise
the price of the paper after the
goth, so | am going to make use
of the time left, and as the old
saying is, Take the OK by the
horns" by sending enough to
last until the war is over and we
get back to cheaper rates again.
So here goes a money order for
$500, just push my subscription
as far ahead as it will reach.
Our crops last summer were
almost as bad as a failure on ac-
count of the blight and rust. 1t
killed the grain just in the milk
stage, and it shrank up almost to
nothing. There was a heavy
stand of straw, making the crop
expensive to harvest and thresh.
A good many farmers did not
get enough out of it to pay har-
vesting and threshing expenses.
We had about $4,000 bushels of
grain-all kinds-but of a very
poor quality. We got from nine
ty.six cents to a dollar and forty
seven cents a bushel for wheat.
Cattle have been a pretty good
price here and the pasture was
good last summer. Stock of all
kinds did well, and are still doing
good as there is abundance of
hay and rough feed on the fields.
We had about two hundred acres
of wheat that we did not cut and
the stock is feeding on it, there
being no snow yet. Isold 8 9head
of young cattle this fall for $509
and am wintering 81 head of
cattle and 45 head of horses and
colts.
We are trying to turn this into
a stock country instead of raising
so much wheat.
Climatic conditions seem to be
changing against the raising Of
| wheat.
With best wishes to the NEWS
and all our old friends, Iremain,
Yours truly,
VIM. KING.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-12-14
ENID.

Mrs. John Stuukard, Sr., is
visiting relatives at Hustontown,
McConnellsburg and Chambers
burg for a short time.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Scott, of
Trough Creek spent a couple of
days with W. r. Foster last
week.
Mrs. David Keeper, of Taylor
spent few days at her old home.
Mrs. Lavlna Early, who Is un-
der the care of DR.. Davis of Six
Mile Run is not improving as fast
as her friends would like. She
has been confined to her bed the
last week.
Mrs Anna Axon and children,
of Broadtop city are spending
some time with friends here.
Hunter Truax, who is employ
ed at Saxton spent the week. end
with his family. The stork visit
ed their home Satui day night
leaving young son.
Mrs. Roy Barnett, of Miners.
vile is visiting her parents Mr..
and Mrs. II. H. Bridenstine.
Alice Brldenstlue who had
been with her sister at Punxsu.
tawney for some time is at home
now.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-12-14
Hale and Hearty.

Squire Daniel E. Fore, North
Second Street, who celebrated
his ninetieth birthday on the 26th
Of last June, called at the NEWS
office last Saturday afternoon and
after paying his paper up to date,
ordered it stopped. Chats
all right, now! If you take it an
til you are ninety years old, you
may stop it too and we'll not
kick about it.
After we had given him a re-
ceipt for the trife due on his
paper and assuring him that we
neversent the News to any one
after having been told to stop it,
he settled down in an easy chair,
and entertained US delightfully."-
with stories of his earlier life;
for the Squire's head is as clear
as a bell and he remembers and
describes events that occurred
three-score-and-ten years ago
down to the minutest detail with
perfect accuracy.
Mr.. Fore was a Forty-niner in
California during the gold ex-
citement. Having left his Full
ton County home, he was living
at Fairfield, Iowa, when he was
seized with a desire to see Cali
fornia. There was no fast trains
(nor slow ones, either across
the continent at that time, and
the walking was not good; hence.
Mr.. Fore worked his way down
to New Orleans, where he found
a trading vessel just about to
leave for California via the Straits
of Magellan. Being a carpenter
Mr.. Fore struck the Ships Cap
tain for a job. One of the Ships
carpenters had left the vessel at
New Orleans and the Captain
was only too glad for an oppor-
tunity to hire Mr.. Fore. The
long journey was made without
any unusal incident and he reach
ed California safe. While on
the Coast, he turned his hand
to various things, among others,
carrying the mail a distance Of
many miles into the interior of
the State on three mules.
After satisfying his spirit of
adventure and accumulating
$4,000, which sum it took to
bring him home, he embarked
on a vessel forAcapulco, Mexico;
thence, he travelled overland by
way of the city of Mexico, and
reached the eastern shore at
Vera Cruz; thence by boat to
New Orleans.
While Undertaken Villa m
Stoner is regarded as one of Nc
Connellsburg's oldest citizens,
Squire says he has it on Bill by
a year and three months, as Mr..
| Stoner was horn in Septemher
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-12-14
OAK GROVE.
now.

Those who we're visiting last
Sunday in this nelghoorhood
we're Mr.. aud Mrs. Thomas Ben
son and family at James Ben.
sons, Mr.. and Mrs. James Clutch.
all and son Norman at D. NJ.
Blacks, aud Mr.. and Mrs. G. N.
Barnett at Bruce Shores.
Mrs. Charles Lam berson aud
children visited Mrs. Clyde
Plummer last week.
Preparations are being made
for a grand Christmas entertain.
ment at Zion this year.
Miss Berthe Andrews OF War.
tordsburg Is spending the winter
at 332 S. Second St., Bellwood,
Pa. The News will keep her IN
touch with Fulton County do.
ms. "
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-12-14

Mr.. E. F. Over, a native of
McConnellsburg, but for a num-
ber of years a resident of Bed
ford, was in town on business
Monday. Edgar has built a large
garage in Bedford, which he con-
ducts in connection with the sell
ing of the Studebaker and the
Maxwell car. Edgar's is the
first garage Fulton County peo-
pie see when entering Bedford
from the east, and it is located
on the right-hand side of the
Lincoln Highway east Pitt street.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-12-14

A. little party composed Of ia
cob Peck, Samuel A. Hess, Rach-
ell Mellott and Joseph and Sebina
Mellott, did the butchering for
Charlie H. Mellott on the N. H.
Peck farm in Belfast township,
last Thursday. Charlie had four
small pigs, the runtiest of which
weighed 443 lbs.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-12-14

George Rexroth and sister, Miss
Maggie. of McConnellsburg, are
on a trip to Philadelphia. Mr..
Rexroth will have his eyes treat
ed while in the city. He recent
ly underwent an operation on his
eyes from which he is recovering
nicely.