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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-10-11

The hand of the law has fallen
heavily upon DR.. Henry Seligman,
Nathan Erliche and Lazarus Jacob
son, members Of a Brooklyn IN. W
draft board, for accepting bride for
the exemption Of a man whom they
examined. They were each sentenced
to two years in the penitentiary and
in addition, Seligman was fined $4,000
This was the maximum penalty which
the Judge could enforce, but he re-
GREETED that he could not give them
life Imprisonment. The law should be
amended so as to permit judge to
infict heavier penalties in such cases
as those above recorded. ,...
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-10-11
A Patriotic Governor.

Burnquist! Remember the name. It
belongs to the patriotic executive of
the commonwealth of Minnesota.
Swedish, or Norwegian or whatever
his blood or ancestry, clearly he is a
fullfedged American, Of the robust
Knute Nelson type, and of whom it
will be written: "He feared his God
and bravely played the part he had to
play" ...~ .@
Playing his fine part, he says to Sc
dition and treason: "Get thee hence
out and gone and dare not show your
ugly heads in these parts"
), To Heirs Lochner and Berger, and
others of the tribe of disloyalty, n.y.
-phenated and unhyphenated alike, OPP
Grating in the name Of a Peoples
Council of America for Peace and
Democracy, in effect paraphrasing
Shakespeare, he gives, this admoni-
ton: ....%
"The governor so likes your music
that he desires you, for peace sake,
to make no more noise with it.
Or, in other words, by proclamation,
he brands the activities of that pro-
German and un-American organiza-
ton as tending to give aid and COM
fort to the enemy and provocative OF
riot and bloodshed, and so he forbids
it to hold a meeting in Minneapolis or
the state.
Even the doors Of New Ulm, still the
abode of Hohenzollernism, according
to report, are thus closed to the treas
enable malcontents.
Oh, for Burnquist as the executive
head of every state of this loyal union!
Seattle Post Intelligencer.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-10-11
After the Tax Dodgers.

Evidently the State Tax commission
is not satisfied with the returns made
to the assessor for money and credits in
the village of Princeton assessment
district, and a special agent Of the
commission, Mr.. H. H. kaufman, is
here for the purpose Of unearthing more
money and credits to tax. AS an in
ducemtnt for honest returns the rate
Of taxation on money and credits is abb
normally low 80 cents on each hundred
dollars. It seems hardly worth while
to commit perjury for the sake OF
avoiding the payment Of such an in
finitesima1 tax. But most people con-
slider it their bounden duty to lie to
the assessor.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-10-11

Representative Ernest Lundeen has
not decided whether he will return to
Minneapolis now or wait until the
Christmas ss.-Washington Dis
patch to Pioneer Press.
If Ernest takes our advice he will
sneak out of the country between two
days on a fast steamer bound for some
German port and thus avoid meeting
his constituents in Minneapolis, who
are anxiously awaiting to give him an
ovation. The ova Of the hen, 1900
vintage, we are told, has already been
purchased in large quantity to put the
finishing touches on him.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-10-11

A she-anarchist was arrested in Chi
cago for disloyal utteranees and the
police matron discovered several Sc
ditious pamphlets stuffed inside the
woman's patriotic" stockings-silk
castings emblazoned with stars and
stripes. She was sentenced to 80 days
in jail for disloyalty, but an additional
penalty should have been imposed for
insulting the colors.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-10-11

Oscar E. Smith, postmaster at Les
ter Prairie, has received a dose of
medicine in the shape of an custer pill
from the government for disloyalty.
The ''booting" of Smith should prove
an incentive to other postmasters who
are inclined to be enemies Of the Unit
ed States to refrain from making
derogatory remarks against the gov
eminent.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-10-11
* * *
Trying to Put One Over.

Mr.. Townley of North Dakota is try
ing to confuse the public mind by MAX
ing it appear that the farmers Of the
northwest" and the Nonpartisan
league are synonymous. Oh, no, Mr..
Townley, it won't work. The very
large majority Of the farmers of the
northwest are intensely patriotic, and
the people know it.-Red Wing Repub-
lican. u . <z%S
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-10-11

Another daily paper has been sup
pressed by the postofice department
for advocating treason and sedition.
It is the Milwaukee Leader and, under
the lazy, it can neither be circulated
through the mails, by express or car
rier..l The government has list of
numerous other: anarchistic sheets
which will likely be compelled to shut
up shop ere many weeks elapse. It is
well. --
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-10-11

In Deuteronomy 24:5 you will find
these words: "When man hath TAX
en- new wife, he shall not go to war,
neither shall he be charged with any
business; but he shall be free at home
one year, and shall cheer up his wife
which he has taken" But times have
changed and this sort Of stuff cannot
be ''put over" in A. D. 1917.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-10-11

From October % to 27 will be pota-
to week, when it is suggested that,
in the great wheat conservation
scheme, people substitute murphies
for -four Next it would not surprise
us to see a week for eating acorns set
apart, also an alfalfa week, "bran''
week., "ensilage" week, ETC. But it. is
absolutely necessary that we conserve
wheat, brothers and sisters.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-10-11
Two Divers.

A man who was showing off by
diving into the sea and staying under
water for time after one dive cameup
and found that he had remained under
water for two minutes.
"That's going some" he Dragged,
.I'll bet that's record around here"
ooh, no, it amt" replied a specta-
tor. "a man dived in here this time
yesterday and he amt come up yet. .
-Pittsburg Chronicle.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-10-11

An attempt is being made to organ
ize new national party consisting of
prohibitionists, progressives, socialists
and Independents. To a man up tree
it looks like an admixture that will
fail to blend.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-10-11

Those Willy-Nicky" letters SAVIOR
somewhat of having been written by
some penny-a-liner in the employ of
our press associations. Have you no
ticed that the letters apparently bear
the earmarks of garnet space writer :?
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-10-11
No Such Animal Extant.

Wanted-To correspond with limo
type neutrality-suspicious. who is also a
good printer, a bachelor and prefera-
bly, a Mason and sportsman; must be
a southerner, a democrat, and a man
of good morals and refinement.
American Press.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-10-11

/ Old Horace Greeley once upon time
told the readers Of his paper that, so
far as he was concerned, they "could
go to hell" Horace, even in those
early days, had come to the conclusion
that there was no such place. And
we defy any minister Of the gospel to
prove that there is.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-10-11

A Michigan paper says that the
American eagle has a superlative
voice. It should be added that the old
bird. also has magnificent talons and
a propensity for raking the enemy.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-10-11

A spinster is an unmarried woman
of twenty-five summers who has had
her hope box full to running over for
some twenty-five years or more.-St.
Paul Dispatch.
But, withal, she is not so dangerous
as the vivacious widow of 10 whose
husband died IS years ago.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-10-11

LaFollette, translated from the
French, means 'the little fool" He is
fool all right; but he is also one of
the most vicious anarchists this coun-
try ever produced. 1t would not sur
prise us to find that he is member
of the Dynamiters' society.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-10-11

China is prepared to furnish 20, 0Q0,-5
900 men to work as common laborers
III Europe, and the government would
probably be glad to get rid Of them.
As it takes 20 Cinnamon to do the
work Of one Irishman this would mean
SO far as results may be expected, a
force of 100000 workmen.%
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-10-11

With the embargo recently agreed
upon by the United States and her
allies prohibiting exports to northern
European neutrals, it is not difficult
TO see that the worst is yet to come
for Scandinavia and Holland, which
even at this time are suffering from
a serious shortage Of foodstuffs and
other commodities.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-10-11

Draft evaders in this country have
but small chance of escaping the law.
They may do so for a time, but the
authorities will eventually apprehend
them and they will be treated as de-
serters-locked up in some federal
prison.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-10-11

An exchange says that cit behooves
LaFollette to be on his guard or the
anarchists will get him." Anarchists
have never been known to do violence
to their brothers, but Leavenworth
may get him unless he mends his
wayS.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-10-11
Or Possibly Held Conference.

Of all the close figuring we have
ever heard of, the New Ulm painters
easily take the cake. The county
board advertised for bids for painting
the interior of the court house. Three
New Ulm firms submitted bids as fol-
lows, 81 ,848, $1,855. and $1,860. They
must have used the same pencil
Springfield Free Press. "
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-10-11

Since Farley Dare died the Union
misses the pointed paragraphs that
our lamented brother injected into his
editorial columns. Dare was not only
a born humorist, but he possessed to
high degree those imaginative quail
ties which go a long way toward max
ing neWspaperman. -" 49,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-10-11

General 'Aig," says Tommy in:
the trenches, "is not bad one at all,
I fancy" But the enemy is inclined to
differ with Thomas.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-10-11
Had Him freed.

care you quite sure that this is an
alligator skin" she inquired.
Positive, madam" quoth the dealer.
II shot the alligator myself"
..Itlooks rathersoil said the lady.
..That, madam, is where it struck
the ground when it fell off the tree.
Companion.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-10-11

Judge Niece, when Albert .Pfaender
was being examined by the safety
commission upon charges of disloyalty
fired this missile at the New Ulm Of
fender: "You are a traitor and ought
to be stood up against avail and shot, u
And most people are inclined to agree
with the Judge. * 49,, ...- ....
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-10-11

Secret service men are fast bagging
t'lesser microbes" and Shadow Huns
and are close upon the heels of others
of the same ilk. .... -,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-10-11
Be Cautious.

Your wife will scarcely ever object.
to your placing flowers upon the bier
of a deceased female friend, but don't
let her catch you handing q bouquet to
live one.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-10-11
And why not call him Herr Won
Hohenzollern LaFollette?

That man Bolo Pasha, who was a,
sneaking tool Of Bernstorf and the
kaiser, should be boloed into eternity.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-10-11
Well Furnish the Rope.

In LaFollette's opinion the sinking
of the Lusitania was justified, and in
our opinion if justice ever gets around
to LaF gillette he will be hanging at
the end of a rope.-Hibbing Tribune.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-10-11
A Good. Suggestion

Our Uncle Samuel has finally de-
cided to go. ''over the top" and get the
I. w. w. traitors, and he'd better start
in on some of the MEMBERS Of con
Marquette mich. } Chronicle.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-10-11
But No Man Can Do It.

When man has missed his train
and slips on the sidewalk and smiles
without swearing he has reached the
point where he needs watching Nc
Intosh Times.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-10-11
The Main Trouble.

The trouble with COMMUNICATIONS
is that they can't realize that the
United States, and not Germany, is,
their country. Hokah Chief.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-10-11
OPINIONS OF EDITORS.
Forced to the Wall.

That growl Of the I. w. w. has
turned into whine Daily Virginian.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-09-06
Two Million Bushels Increase.

An increase of over two million
bushels in the buckwheat crop
of Pennsylvania is indicated by
the figures compiled by the Penn
sylvania Department of Agri-
culture from the reports on the
condition of the crop early this
month. The estimate places the
crop for this season at 6,440, 600
bushels as compared with 4, ,4S0,-
900 bushels last year.
When the appeal by Secretary
of Agriculture Patton to the
farmers to increase buckwheat
acreage went out it was accom-
panied by the announcement that
seed could be furnished by the
Department at Harrisburg at
cost and many bushels were sent
to all parts Of the state. In
many counties where buckwheat
had not been grown before, the
farmers responded to the call and
an increase of fifteen per cent.
In the acreage for the entire State
is shown in the reports. Last
year the acreage was 279,970
acres while this year $4,000
acres will be harvested.
There is not one county in the
entire State that has not otreported
an increase in acreage and aver
ages of increase run from seven
to fiftv-seven per cent. Some of
the counties showing increase of
twenty per cent. and over are:
Allegheny, Beaver, Bedford,
Blair, Cambria, Elk, Erie, Fay
cite, Fulton, Greene, Lawrence,
Mexican, Schuylkill, Somerset,
Susquehanna, and Westmoreland,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-09-06
A Pretty Wedding.

On Saturday at twelve O'Clock
in the Leister House Parlor in
Huntingdon, Prof. j. Martin Bar
ley, of Bakers Summit and Miss
Zola F. Gibson, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. j. w. Gibson, of Wells
Tannery, were united in marriage
by the Rev. w. w. Willard, of
Warriorsmark. The brides faith
er and mother stood with them
and the beautiful ring ceremony
of the Methodist Episcopal church
was used. The groom has been
a teacher in the public schools
at Loysburg, Pa, for the past
two years and the bride is one
of the most respected and esti-
mable young women in her home
community. After dinner at
the Leister house the happy
couple left for Harrisburg and
Atlantic City where they will
spend several weeks. When the
couple return from their bridal
trip, Mr.. Barley will offer his
services to the Army. Th e
friends of both young people
wish them long and continued
happiness.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-09-06
PLAN FOR SEED CORN NOW.
II Should Be Taken From Stalks Stand.
ing Where They Grew, Be-
fore Cntting.

The acre yield of corn in the
United States could and should
be greatly increased, according
to the, United States Department
of Agriculture, which states that
the proper selection of seed is of
primary Importance in improving
the yield. The average produc-
ton for the country is 26 bushels
an acre, though yields as high as
200 bushels have been made by
contestants in boys corn clubs.
Seed corn should be selected
from stalks standing where they
grew, according to the corn
specialists of the department.
This is necessary because it is the
means of making sure that the
seed will have the power to yield
well, as shown by the superiority
of the stalks over surrounding
ones that grew under the same
conditions. This sort of seed in
herits high producing power.
1t must be understood, says
the department, that like pro-
duces like, and that an early
maturing corn yielding abund-
antly on short, thick stalks is
likely to repeat these same char
acters in the next generation.
For example, seed corn should be
taken from stalks without suck
ers; such seed may produce some
stalks with suckers, but it will
invariably produce fewer suckers
than seed from sucker-bearing
stalks.
All seed corn should be select
ed by hand, as a special task,
and not incidental to husking.
The corn should be gathered as
soon as thoroughly mature and
before the first hard freeze.
Enough should be gathered for
two seasons planting, to insure
supply of seed, if, for example,
the first planting is drowned out,
or if the next crop should be hurt
by early frost.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-09-06
Soldiers Reunion.

Owing to rain, the program
arranged for the 1917 Soldiers
Reunion was not carried out. A
crowd of almost record breaking
size greeted the Veterans in the
forenoon. A feature of . tn e
day was'the presence of an un-
usual number of small children.
Perhaps this was a protest
against a repetition of last years
edict forbidding the asse mblage
of children at public meetings.
Another feature was the in
creased number of autos parked
by the hundreds in the grove.
This feature alone has changed
the appearance of the grove more
than anything else during the
past ten years.
After dinner, the speakers be.
gan taking their places, but Old
Boreas evidently thought that
he had better get busy along the
line of food conservation after
what ne saw consumed in Hoops
Grove that day. Accordingly,
he tilted over his watering can
and let the contents spread over
the fields and gardens with a
large surplus to run down the
backs of the thousands attending
the picnic. After it was realiz.
ed that all were in for a good
ducking, the good natured crowd
started out to make the best of
the situation by poking fun at
each other, each claiming that
the other presented a more re-
diculous appearance than he or
she. No doubt that the milliners
of the county are doing a rushing
business repairing damages to
milady's headgear.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-09-06
Preliminary Meeting.

The first preliminary meeting
of the teachers for the ensuing
term in Fulton county was held
at Harrisonville on Saturday,
September 1st. Superintendent
j. Emory Thomas called the
meeting to order and Prof.
Lewis Harris was elected presi-
dent.
Drill was the first subject dis
cussed. 1t was agreed that
some well defined course of drill
should be followed so that at
the end of each day, week, and
month, a satisfactory answer
may be had to the question
What have | taught"
In the discussion of spelling,
the phonetic method was empha-
sized. The phonetic and object
method for teaching reading was
advocated, but the Fulton county
teachers seem to have found the
word method most satisfactory
during the first two months, to
be followed by the alphabetic
method as the surest of success.
After each discussion, and at
the close of the meeting, Prof.
Thomas gave very valuable sug-
gestions. Teachers present
were: Lewis Harris. A. E. De-
shong, John Kelso, Kenneth
Glazier, Harvey Raker, Stanley
Humbert, Willis Daniels, Scott
Alexander, Wilmer Mason, Jane
Cromer, Gertrude Gelvin, Esther
Welsh, Retha Mellott, Cora Mes
bit, Jessie Cutchall, Edith Fix.
Rebecca Hockinsmith, Hazel
Reeder, Myrtle Alloway, Dorothy
Kirk, Maye Pittman, Daisy
Strait, Hazel McQuade, Thelma
Metzler, Vernona Mellott, Alice
Cutchall, and Anna Howard
Alice Cutchall, Sec.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-09-06
S. ". Kirk Appointed.

Governor Brumbaugh has man,
ed lawyers in every draft dis
trict to take exemption appeals
from the local to the district
board. These lawyers represent
the government and it is their
business to see that when the
appeals 60 from the local to the
district boards all of the facts
are made a part of the record.
All exemptions granted by the
local boards on the grounds of
dependency are appealed by the
government to the district boards
as a matter of routine. Among
the lawyers appointed is Hon.
S. w. Kirk of McConnellsburg,
who will handle the appeals
from the exemption board Of
this county.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-09-06
High Purpose.

The Sabbath School lesson for
September 9th is taken from the
first chapter of the book of Dan
iel. But Daniel purposed in
his heart that he would not de-
file himself with the portion of
the Kings meat, nor with the
wine which he drank" What
a splendid thing it would be if
every boy and girl would have
instilled into them the principles
of righteousness as young Daniel
had! No doubt that Daniels
parents had obeyed the command
of God in regard to teaching
their children His commandments
and laws. They were command
ed to teach them diligently and
frequently. Thou shalt teach
them diligently when thou sittest
in thy house and when thou walk
est abroad" At least Daniel
was able to say mo" when the
test came to violate his conscience
and to cast aside his early religi-
Gus training. and from the mom-
ent he declared his purpose he
began to climb to fame, honor
and power and won en- immortal
place in history.
God will honor those who hon.
or Him. 1t is to be hoped that
everySabbath school superintend-
ent and every teacher will pre-
pare himself to teach this
lesson in the most earnest and
emphatic manner possible, that
the idea of a high purpose in life
may be riveted upon the minds
and hearts Of the pupils so that
when they go out into life with
its temptations and stern realiti-
es they will have built up for
themselves character that will
stand the test. For, be sure
that time will come to every one
in life, and if ever the rising
generation needed the guardian
ship Of maturer years it is now.
People (thoughtful people, every
where are deploring the demor-
alizing effect rum and the war
are having upon the young. Let
us do what we can to raise up a
man and woman like Daniel and
Hannah.
G. j. BREWER,
Temperance Supt., Fulton Coun-
ty Sabbath School Association.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-09-06
Bob McCandIish at Fort Myer.

Last weeks Hancock News
says that R. j. McCandish, who
left the Cashiers desk in the
First National Bank at Hancock.
to offer his services to Uncle Sam
is now at Fort Myer taking a
course of intensive training to fit
himself for command in the new
army.
Being commissioned officer in
Uncle Sans army is not as
much of cinch as it might ap-
pear. 1t takes about the first
two months pay for equipment.
A first lieutenant's salary is ST.
600 a year. A second lieutenant
commands $1,70O Uniforms
alone cost from $40 to $3.50.
Few makers of officers overcoats
ask less than $45 and as high as
S1OO a garment. Leather goods
of all kinds have been doubled
during the last eighteen months.
Ordinary army shoes sold for
$3.50 a little more than a year
ago. Now the same kicks"
are worth from 81 to s. so. Put.
tees in some cases have tripled in
price.
Only commissioned officers are
required to buy their own equip
ment. Supplies, including cloth
ing, are furnished non.commis-
stoned officers and privates by
the government.