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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-07
Raiding Gardens.

Some people look at garden
products as almost common prop
erty. The host of people who
are putting hard labor into gar
den this spring are beginning to
ask just how safe their products
are going to be in the dark of
the moon by and by, when vege-
tables and fruits are matured.
In the outskirts of the larger
towns there always seem to be
people who know the location of
all the promising crops, and who
can do a very good stroke of
business on a dark night with
capacious bags. Some of them
go in automobiles too, indicating
that they are not always people
on the hunger fringe of life.
Their point of view is, that the
owner of a good big field of pota-
toes will never miss a few pecks.
Raids by boys on fruit trees
are often condoned by people of
high respectability. When a
man comes back after a success
ful life to receive honors in his
home town, he is apt to brag
about the apples and pears he
stole at the tough kid of the
neighborhood. And he is sp-
plauded Tor it too. But the boy
who makes free with grapes and
plums may later conclude that
the owner of the cash drawer
will never miss some of his shiny
coins.
In former years fruit and vege-
tables were so abundant that
they were given away. Great
quantities of them rotted on the
ground. The prices were so low
that it did not pay to hire labor
to pick them up. Under these
conditions it was perfectly nat.
ural that they were looked at in
a different light from ordinary
forms of property.
Food supplies are now short,
labor scarce, and every garden
now being planted will represent
effort and some money. Raiding
it will be just like rifing a cash
drawer. One result of the school
garden movement has been to
change the feeling of children
about stealing fruit. After they
have put labor and pains into
their little tract they get the
point of view of the owner. The
many people who are gardening
this year will demand protection
and they are entitled to it.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-07
Nyce' ..HOke.

Miss Katharine Hoke, daugh-
ter of William E. and Laura
Spangler Hoke, of Montgomery
county, Pa, was married at Col
legeville, Pa, last Saturday
afternoon to Mr.. Wallace E. Nyce
of Philadelphia. After the GER
emony, the happy couple started
away on a motoring trip to spend
their honeymoon, and arrived at
the home of the brides uncles
and aunts, Mr.. and Mrs. John B.
Runyan and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
ii enry, in McConnellsburg,
where they remained until this
morning, when they left for
Wells Valley to visit their uncle
and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry +.
Spangler; thence they expect to
visit other points of interest.
After their return they will be at
home to their friends at 394l
North Delhi St., Philadelphia.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-07
Easy Picking.

Drivers of automobiles are
separated from thousands of dol
lars every year-not entirely on
account of ignorance of law, but
more frequently on account of
carelessness or deliberately TAX
ing chances. An unusually
large number of motorists were
on the road last Sunday and Of
ficers in many towns gathered in
fine quantities of shekels. D. A.
Warden, of Mercersburg, was
fined five dollars for having too
much dust on his license tags;
Otto r. John, of Chambers burg,
paid a fine of $25 and costs for
speeding; another driver paid a
fine for passing a trolley car that
had stopped to discharge passen-
gers; another, for an accident
that happened while he was
driving on the left hand side of
the street; another for not being
able to show his licence card
when it was demanded; another
for not sounding his horn when
approaching a street crossing.
Nearly all boroughs and cities
(including McConnellsburg) have
an ordinance against a speed of
more than Is miles an hour, and
notices are posted. This regula-
tion is violated every day, and
the drivers may thank the laxity
of the application of the law,
that they do not pay fines more
frequently than they do.
Your license card is apt to be
in your "other suit" when it is
wanted. A good plan is to have
it tackled securely to the under
side of the seat board, or else
where about your car, so that it
will always be get-at-a-ble when
wanted.
Don't run your car at night
with the headlights in full glare
when another car is approaching,
unless you want to blind the 9TH
er driver and see him dash into
your car, or over the bank trying
to escape you. Running your car
at night through cities and most
towns with your headlight on
full, is likely to cost you a ten
spot.
If you drive a car, it will pay
you to read the law once a week,
and heed its provisions.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-07
Was Near Tornado.

A few days ago, we received a
copy of the Wichita Beacon, E"
sent by our friend and subscrib-
er, John Holman, of Valley Gen.
ter, Kansas, R R, 3. The paper
gave details of the ruin and
death that followed in the wake
of a tornado that recently swept
across the prairies near him. In
it's travels, the "twister" was
headed straight for Valley Cen
ter, but before reaching that
town it bore to the right and this
may be the reason why Mr.. Hob
mans name did not appear in
the list of sufferers.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-07
Went 10 Gettysburg.

A motoring party consisting of
three cars made a trip to Gettys-
burg last Saturday and spent
several hours upon the famous
battlefield. In the first car were
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel B. McQuade
their daughters Hazel and Flor
ence, and Mrs. Nicholas Holman;
in the second, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
Wilson Souders and sons Don
and Paul, and daughters Hazel
and Olive; and in the third, Mr..
Stanley Humbert and brothers
Ormond and David, and sister
Margaret.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-07
Family Reunion.

Wednesday of last week was a
happy day in the life of Mrs.
Maria Palmer, near Needmore,
this county. Her children, not
an exception to those of many
other families, have all married,
and part of them are located in
different cities. The coming OF
Mrs. j. w. Lake (Mattie), from
her home in Illinois, was the
signal for the other children tc
return, and at dinner on the
day above named, Mother Palmer
had the pleasure of being seated
at the table surrounded by al
her children and part OF her
grandchildren, namely, Mrs.
Harriet Dixon and daughter Ma.
bel MRS. John +. Glass; and
MabePs children-Harriet and
Robert-all Of Chambersburg
Mrs. Frances ?. Hart and son
Floyd and daughter Esta-all Of
Needmore; Mr.. and Mrs. J. c.
Mellott (Margaret) Needmore R
R /; Mrs. j. w. Lake (Mattie)
and son Newton, of Kansas, ILL.,.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Newton Palmer
Portage, Pa, and DR.. and Mrs.
]. j. Palmer and son Paul, Need
more, R. R. l.
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Safe Across The Atlantic.

Mrs. Sappington received a
cablegram from her husband, DR..
William F. Sappington, a few
days ago, stating that he had
arrived safe at Liverpool, Eng
land.
DR.. and Mrs. Sappington re-
sided at Webster Mills, this coun-
ty a number of years where the
Doctor had large practice. In
order to. be in closer touch with
his practice in the southern end
of the County, he removed to
Hancock some two years ago.
Like many other physicians he
responded to his Country's call
for volunteers, and received his
commission with orders to go to
France, to serve during the war.
1t doesn't take much thought
to realize what it means to have
the three. thousand miles expanse
of the Atlantic ocean between
him and his good wife, and to
leave the emoluments of a prac-
tice that it had taken years of
hard work to build. Of course,
he did nothing more than thous-
ands of other physicians have
done; but it should stimulate
others to do their bit"
If you should awaken some
night and find that a band of
bad men were on your premises
with the intent of carrying away
and destroying your property,
would you sit supinely by and
submit to thelr depredations, or
would you defend your property
and your wife and children to the
last ounce of your strength?
1t is only because an army OF
brave men are standing between
your home and Germany that
your property and family are be.
ing protected; and should the
Germans be successful in over.
coming thsresistance, everything
thot we have would be swep,
from US.
Let those who cannot shoulder
a musket and go to the front, be
willing to lend the Government
fifty dollars, a hundred dollars,
a thousand dollars all the money
you can spare. The safest in
vestment in the world and 81
percent. interest. So, that in
buying a Liberty Bond, you not
only make the safest kind of an
investment for yourself, but you
are doing what you can to show
your patriotism. Any postmas-
ter or any banker can tell you
just how to do it.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-07
Found Young Eagle

While fighting fire recently
on Evitt's mountain. Joseph F.
Snyder, of Snake Spring town
ship Bedford county found a
young Eagle in its nest that
measured % inches from tip to
tip of its wings. In the nest
with it was found a dead grey
squirrel, a carrier pigeon, with
a band on it, numbered 6O77.
The bird was taken to Everett
and sold to Mr.. Christopher, Of
Hopewell,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-07
Concert on The Mountain.

The Queen City Band, Cham.
bersburg's excellent musical or
ganization, is contemplating the
giving of a sacred concert at
Turcarora Heights on the divid-
ing line between Fulton and
Franklin counties along the
Lincoln Highway. This would
no doubt attract hundreds of au.
tomobile parties. The purpose
is to hold it some Sunday after.
noon when the weather gets
warmer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-07
Had Foot Crushed.

Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Ehalt and
no little children returned to
eConnellsburg last Friday after
avIng spent some time in JEAN
e''e' Pa, where Mr.. Ehalt had
np'yoment in a rubber factory.
Two weeks ago, a rubber tire
~ me core on which it was be-
3 3 made' total weight 25O pounds
tfee feet and landed on one
Ehalt's feet, crushing
'at member severely.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-07
creamery Re.Opened.

la' Monday, the McConnells-
cooperative Elgin Cream
Y %mpany re-opened their
the southern edge of the
'sVasn. An expert but t e r
from State College has
eeured to take charge of
nufacturing end of the
and instruct Clarence
Of MccOnnellsburg, in
ot butter making until he
''''eS proficient in the work.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-07
CONSERVATION OF EDUCATION.
I,tls Talks on Health and Hygiene BY
Samuel G. Dixon, NJ. D., IL. D.,
Commissioner Of Health.

The physical and menta
..rengtb of a student is rarely
considered by the educator. The
rssuIt Of this is that we have
vsst number of nervous wrecks
.burden to themselves and tt
the public because they are too
veak, either physically or men
tsllv, or both, to stand what is
pIaced upon them by the teach
ers. Many of them, if strong
enough physical, have not been
born with sufficient gray matter
ever to apply the higher educa-
ton with which it is sought to
eduip them; should they live
though the ordeal.
\. Reaching does not produce
brain substance, but only arms
the brain with tools for the strug-
ole of modern achievement. Not
only are children forced by teach
ers beyond their natural aptitude,
but frequently to death.
Along the tracks of education
/ there should be many stations
/ where children could be discharg-
1 ed, fitted to fill situations consis-
/ tent with what nature had in
| tended them to perform. To ac-
complish this in public school ed
ucation, the curriculum would
have to be adjusted so as to
round up certain degrees of edu-
cation essential for them to pur-
,ue successfully some of the les
ier positions in life.
The present system of having
! continuous chain of study from
he primary school to the high
,chool leaves no link that is COM
olete within itself to provide for
many Of the occupations which
IRE humble but but still indis-
pensible to our existence in civ
lied life.
Those sufficiently endowed with
natural ability to make use of the
higher education really represent
. minority of our children. Those
with weaker mentality, who are
forced to keep up with those
more richly endowed so that they
may graduate from our high
lchools, are often rendered too
proud to seek the more humble
positions in life. Many of these
pho Ind themselves in that po-
lt'on become a burden to the
public and often tumble into
paths Of dissipation.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-07
Smilh...CrawfOrd.

Albert Smith, near Robinson
vile, Bedford county, and Miss
Mary, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Levi Crawford, near Amaranth,
this county were married on
Tuesday of last week at Berkley
Springs, W. Va. The bride and
groom are worthy yong people
and have the best wishes of
their numerous faiends.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-07
Cyrus E. GeIwickS.

Cyrus c. Gelwicks, one of the
organizers of the st. Thomas
Bank and for several years its
president, died at his home in st.
Thomas Monday morning at $3.50
o'clock. His illness dated back
over a long period and much of
that time he was a constant suf-
ferer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-07

Miss Blanche Smith, Warfords-
burg R R l, spent last week in
Bedford county attending to in
terests connected with the dis
charge of duties connected with
her work as Missionary Super
intendent of the Southern Penn
sylvania conference of the Christ
ian Church.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-07
New Bridges ia Fulton.

Among the permits issued last
week by the State water supply
commission, were two for Fulton
county as follows: Concrete arch
bridge over Tonoloway creek at
Daniels fording, Bethel township,
and bridge across a branch of
Brush creek, in Brush Creek
valley.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-07
Good Work.

bns bU,Sse out on Lloyd Rays
ssa IN Tod township last
sss, ses,rnoon, but with the
Rs.a RH0s'On of Firewarden
str a.. and willing neigh
Itas tre ' as brought under
sssa ~ having burned over
u'ee acres of ground.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-07
|

nome n of the officiating
Nev. 7. P. Garland at
re e, on Friday of last week,
OleVenger son of Oliver
erva Norris Clevenger Of
Sp!'lngs, was married to
daughter of Daniel
a '''srlne s1r True - Mellott,
n VI Union township.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-07
NUMBER SO
ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW.
Snapshots at Their ComingS and ioings
Here for a Vacation, or Away
for a ReStful Outing.

Mrs. E. r. McClain came home
last Friday after having spent
four weeks in Philadelphia.
T. X. Downs, ESQ.,, of Belfast
township, was an early morning
visitor on our streets last Tues
day.
Miss Rose Fisher, of Cham
bersburg was a guest last Sunday
in the home of her uncle and
aunt Mr.. and Mrs. S. B. Woollet.
George Layton, near Locust
Grove, was in town on business
last Friday and this office ac-
knowledges a pleasant call from
him.
Edward D. Sinner, employed
in the State Insurance Depart
ment, at Harrisburg, spent the
weekend at home in McCon-
nellsburg.
Monday morning, Mrs. Ham,
mond Prosser, pearl Logue)
who is visiting in McConnells-
burg, went to Philadelphia to re-.
main a week.
G. d. Hixson came home from
Akersville to see his son Her.
man c., graduate last week.
Frank Jackson, of Akersvilie,
came with him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Houpt, and
children, of Mercersburg, spent
a few hours Monday in the home
of the latter's father, R. C. Nc
Quade in the East Extension.
Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil Sipes, of
Franklin county attended the
graduating exercises of the High
School Class of which tn e ir
daughter Anna Mary was a
member.
Lloyd Andrews, of Meningitis
town, Pa, and Alvin Sheets, of
Franklin county, were among
those from a distance who attend
ed High School Commencement
at McConnellsburg last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. R. Spangler
were looking for a house in Nc
Connellsburg in which to make
temporary stay until their new
house is completed. Hope they
will be successful.
Mrs. e. P. Tritle and son Ed
gar and daughter Miss Ursa mo-
tored over to Cumberland County
last Friday and spent the time
until Saturday evening in the
home of Mrs. j. J. Conrad and
family.
Chas. w. Mellott and wife of
Belfast, were in McConnellsburg
last Saturday to meet Mrs. John
Yeager, of Chambersburg, who
came to visit her mother Mrs. J.
w. Deshong, and other relatives
in Belfast township.
Charles w. Mellott and wife,
of Belfast drove their new Buick
to Hollidaysburg last week and
called on Charles two sisters,
Mrs. VIM. Greenawalt and Mrs.
Ralph Laidig. Ralph and wife
and son Harold accompanied them
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. c. McCandlish
and daughter Sarah and son Rob-
ert, Jr., accompanied by Mrs. w.
F. Sappington-all of Hancock,
motored to McConnellsburg last
Sunday and spent the afternoon
in the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilson L. Mace.
Mrs, Raymond Paylor (Maude
Rinedollar) and son Robert, and
Mrs. Paylor's mother Mrs. d. L.
Rinedollar, went to Everett last
Saturday and spent the time un-
til Monday in the home of w.
Scott Rinedollar, when Mrs.
Rinedollar returned home and
Mrs. Paylor is remaining until
the last of this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Linn, of
Maddensville, Huntingdon Coun-
ty motored to McConnellsburg
on Thursday of last week and
spent the day in the home of
their son ]. W. Linn, proprietor
of the Central Garage. Not
withstanding the fact that y.
R." is past his three score
years and ten" he handles a car
with the skill of a boy in his
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-07
WHAT THE WAR MEANS.

We are facing a grave national peril
which may have the direst conse-
Cuences. For nearly three years Ger
many has waged the most terrible war
in history. It is a question today
whether Germany is more nearly ex-
hausted than the allies. The United
States has joined hands with the allies
in the fight to save the civilization of
the world and We must win the war.
Hon. James ". Gerard, our recent
ambassador to Germany, who knows
oetter perhaps than any other Ameri-
can the inside of German intrigues.
says: "It is no secret that if the
kaiser wins he expects to compel the
United States to pay the cost of the
war" Should he be able to make
good his threat. how will it effect the
American farmer? Upon him de-
vslves the mighty task of feeding the
United States and her allies in this
world In this most important of
all tasks he must be assured protec1
ton in his rights. Can he be assured
of such protection unless the defense
of our nation is at one placed upon a
safe basis?
Should Germany win in this war. its
naval forces, supplemented by addi-
lions taken from the allies. could in
wade our shores and compel the pay
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-07
TO HOLD HORSES NAME.

BE sure to keep the horses names
out from under their collars was the
INDUCTION L received from my father
many times, and also from other men
for who l drove horses. / always
tried to do SO, but the heavy-maned
horses would get their names under
their collars in spite of all l could do,
and sore shoulders we're sure to re-
suit. This vas true until 1 found
better way.
My fathers way vas to throw the
name V e the bride checks as he
hitched up. This did fairly we'll some
times, but sometimes the name got I'M
der the collar anyway. And if it got
under the collar it made sore should
ers. even if one did stop and take it
out every two or three rounds.
One summer I began working for a
farmer in another part of the State.
He had a different way of solving this
problem. When he harnessed a horse
with a moderately long name. he took
it out from under the collar and laid
it back over the collar and buckled the
hame ove it so as to hold it firmly
between the collar and hame. He did
not draw the name tight, but left a
little clack so that the slight move
ments of the solar would not pull on
it. That was all the attention the
name needed hat day, and it never
got under the collar, not even a few
stray hairs.-R. H. Birlingmafr in
Farm and FreSide,
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-07
FALL TOMATOES MAY.
BE HAD FROM CUTTINGS.

Tomatoes grow readily from cut
tings, and an early fall crop may be
had by making cutting from the
spring crop. Seedlings are hard to
raise during summer unless they arc
given special care. But plants from
cuttings are comparatively easy to
obtain. Then when roots have form
ed the plants are two or three weeks
ahead of plants from a seedbed made
at the same time.
Probably the easiest way to obtain
plants, according to G. K. McQuarrie,
State Agent for the University of
Florida Extension Division, is to bend
the old vine over and cover a portion
of it with earth so that the top pro
trudes. In a few days roots will have
formed and the. top may be cut off
with the roots and set. A more diff
cult way, is to make cutting several
inches long and to set them in sand
until they are rooted. They should
be watered frequently and protected
from the sun.
Where the old PLANS are not dis
eased they may be pruned back tr
eight or ten inches and allowed &c
form new tops. This will perhaps give
the earliest tomatoes. In the home
garden this pruning may be extended
over several weeks so that a success.
sion OF tomatoes may be had. The
cutting may be made with the same
view.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-07
THE SOUTH SHOULD MAKE A
RECORD HAY CROP THIS YEAR,

What with moving armies and SUD-
plles for armies. it is highly probable
that he railroads of the country his
tall and winter will not have either
the time or the facilities for hauling
Northern and Western hay to South
ern farmers. In other words, hay will
probably be high-priced. and hard to
get at any price-So hare to get, in
fact, that the Southern farmer does
not raise it will in all likelihood have
to do without it.
: Still another reason for raising a big
crop of hay lies in the Fact that grain
IS extraordinary high-Griced and
should, in so far as practicable, be
suplanted by cheaper rough feeds,
thus releasing the grain for use as
human food. The farmer who next
winter has large stores OF good hay
may we'll sell off some of the high
priced corn.
The stubble lands especially should
be put to woTn making a hay cror as
soon as the small grain is OF. AS we
have often pOinte dout. the man who
is content with an oat crop and a weed
crop is getting only about half the re-
turn for his land should be giving him:
AIhSW1SSS let US uII1IZ0 u Iu0 1ulI0SC
the. wet spots that are found on most
farms by putting them 60 work grow
ing hay.
For a hay cron after cats OF wheat,
our first choice would be a legume,
preferably cOwpeas or soy beans
These. when cut at the right stage.
furnish a hay that will veIy largely
take the place of the high priced grain
feeds, particularly for animals not do
ing heavy work. While seed are high
priced, it will unquestionably be good
business policy to buy them if they
are needed. Economy in seeding
makes it necessary to plant in drills
and cultivate. rather than liant broad
cast.
Sorghum and millet for hay are
other crops that may De used. While
not as high in feed value as the le-
gumes. and at the same tine more eX-
haustive of soil fertility. these non
legume hay crops will be iT Immensely
valuable in having feed bills neyt win
te rand spring. Sudan grass, too. is
an excellent hay crop, we'll adapted &c
nearly all parts of the South, though
seed, this year are rather expensive.
Every farmer in the South. We re,
peat. must this yea provide for a his
supply of home-raised rOughage or else
go without it. That we may be fully
: supplied, with a surplus f0r Cur towns
and cities, let every MAJ plan now fol
the biggest possible hay crop.-Pro'
gressiye Farmer.