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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-21
Will TO 70 India.

On May II, 1917, Miss Helen
Mccain Kendall, daughter of the
late William and Hattie Kendall,
of Ayr township received her
diploma from the Presbyterian
Hospital of New York City, and
a few days later she received her
appointment from the Presby-
terian Board of Foreign Missions
to work in the Western Mission
in India. Just recently she was
in attendance at a conference of
outgoing missionaries.
Miss Frances Goheen, a young
woman born in India, and whose
parents are still there, has been
appointed to the same Mission.
Both Miss Kendall and Miss Co.
heen graduated from Wooster
University. Ohio, and both are
graduates of the same hospital
trained and consecrated friends
ready to show to all with whom
they come in contact the joy of
serving that Friend who is closer
than a brother.
They do not expect to sail for
India until next spring.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-21
After al Absence Of Twenty Years.

After an absence of twenty
years, during which time she
has been a resident of Rogers
vile, Tenn, Miss Kate Allender
spent the past ten days among
former Fulton County relatives
and friends at Fort Littleton and
McConnellsburg. Before going
to Tennessee, Miss Allender was
teacher in the pubic schools in
this county teaching one or more
terms in the McConnellsburg
schools.
Miss Allender took advantage
of the excursion rates given to
the eX-Confederate soldiers to
their reunion at Washington D.
c., and she and Miss Campbell,
spent a few days in the Capitol
City very pleasantly.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-21
Women INST Register.

Herbert C. Hoover who is in
full charge of the government
food conservation movement gave
out a statement in Washington
last Saturday calling upon every
woman in the United States to
support his plans.
All women will be asked to
sign a pledge, which if observed,
Hoover says, will save as much
in a year as was asked for the
Liberty Loan. He asks them to
pledge themselves to carry out
the directions and advice of the
food administration in the con-
troll of their household. Hoover
states the general principles of
the instructions are: save wheat;
save meat; save fats; save trans.
portation.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-21
Young Men EnIiSting.

Young men are neede d
in the military service of the
United States. They have been
asked to volunteer. If a sufici-
ent number do not enter the
service voluntarily. the deficiency
will be made up in a draft. Dur
ing the last week many young
men have enlisted. They argue
that if they enlist they have the
chance to choose the branch of
the service which they prefer; if
they are drafted, they will 20
wherever it suits the govern
ment best to place them.
Enlistment5 may be made for
the army or thenavyw which incIud-
es infantry, cavalry, artillery,
coast defence, signal corps, air
servlce-in fact, you have the
choice of fighting on water, un-
der the water, on land or above
the land. Fulton county men en-
listing in the infantry service
will be sent to Gettysburg where
they will probably be stationed
for six to eight months, and men
from the same neighborhood will
be assigned to the same company
if they so desire.
Enlistments may be made for
the Signal Corps Army Balloon
School, Fort Omaha, Neb., of
men who are qualified as lathe
operators, drill press operators
and machinists.
Every postmaster is an author
lzed recruiting agent; hence you
need not 90 farther than your
home post Office, to get started.
Tell your postmaster. He will
do the rest. Postmaster Lamber.
son has from the first of April
to June 10th, 8 recruits to his
credit; Grant Mellott at Need
more, 2; DR.. Enfield at Bedford,
2; and Bob Speer at Everett, s.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-21
Dangerous Sport.

Far be it from US to curtai
legitimate sports of our boys in
vacation time, but when children
from eight years old upwards
carry, and fire, real rifles on our
streets, as seen and heard daily,
we would be negligent if we did
not protest. These rifles are
powerful enough to penetrate
several boards, and would kill
men and horses if hit with a bull
let. The use of powder rifles, as
we'll as that of air rifles, inside
borough limits is unlawful, made
so by recent acts of the legisla-
ture. In at least one recent in
stance, a bullet entered a distant
door and narrowly missed killing
a man. Parents, can you afford
the risk of arrest, or a lifelong
regret for life taken?
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-21
The Red Cross Work.

AS will be noticed elsewhere in
this paper a meeting will be held
in the auditorium in the school
building Saturday evening at
1880 for the purpose of effecting
apermanent organization for Red
Cross work in this town and sur
rounding community. AS the
NEWS stated last week, Fulton is
the last county.in the state to take
up this work. Huntingdon has
a membership of more than 1000.
and Franklin nearly double that
lumber. Not only are County
Seats effecting organization, but
the smaller towns and villages
are taking up the work.
Last Saturday sixty young wo-
men made a house to house can
vass. of the town of Huntingdon
and secured between five and six
hundred new members.
Every man, woman and child
in Fulton county should join the
Red Cross. President Wilson
asks it; Governor Brumbaugh
urges it, and the Committee of
Public Safety of Pennsylvania
urges it. 1t costs you 81 90 to
join. One-half of this amount
goes to the Red Cross headquart-
ers in " ashington, the other one
half rema'us here to purchase
materials " Nich our women will
make into ga ,1ents for war re-
lief. MemberSalp places you un-
der no obligation whatever. If
you want to work there is plenty
to do. Neither the Red Cross
society nor the Government has
any hold upon you and expects no
service that is not entirely vol
untary. You may not be able to
join the armed forces, you may
not have felt able to buy a Lib.
erty Bond. Every member of
your family can be a member of
the Red Cross and so help in that
way. This is your war, and the
whole country must help win it.
Every one can do something.
Will you not join?
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-21
Joy Turned into MOurniug.

AS happy brides, Mildred Sny-
der aged % years, and her sister
Bertha, left the home of their
father, Samuel l., Snyder, Penn
sylvania Railroad superintendent
at Petersburg, Huntingdon Coun-
ty, on Wednesday the 9th of
June, they having become the
wives respectively of w. Carey
Shoemaker and Chester Stryker
of the same place.
Travelling together on their
honeymoon, they reached Phila-
delphia in the evening. Shortly
after supper Mrs. Shoemaker
was stricken with acute appendi-
citis and was operated on the
same night in the Jewish Hos
pital. She fingered until Tues
day, when she died.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-21
Family Reunion.

A pleasant family reunion took
place yesterday in the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. D. M. Kendall, in
Ayr township, all the children
being present. Beginning with
the oldest and naming them ac-
cording to age, they are: Mrs.
A. M. Malcolm edith of Al
bia, Iowa; Mrs. Thomas Shep-
herd (Katharine) of New Con.
cord, Ohio; Mrs. r w. Nc
Kibbin (Minerva) of Waynes-
boro; Mrs. j. H. Atchinson (Jes-
sie) of Abba, Iowa.. The next
are twins-Miss Ella, of Phila-
delphia and Mrs. John Rhoades
(Fannie) of Mercersburg. Miss
Ethel is the youngest and lives
at home. Several grandchildren
were present.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-21
War GarmsaiS Made Here.

The McConnellsburg branch of
the Needlework Guild Of America
shipped the following new gar
ments and other hospital supplies
to the War Department last Sat
urday: 16 sheets, 8 pairs of bed
socks, | dozen handkerchiefs, /
dozen body binders, II hospital
bed shirts, 21 kimona shirts, -
nights shirts, and s suits of paja-
mas. The boxes were shipped
to the New York City Office of
the Guild where they will be
turned over to the Red Cross.
For several years, the local
Guild has been making new gar
ments and quietly distributing
them to the needy, and this is
the first time that the ladies have
given of their work to Uncle
Sam.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-21
Will Fix Prices.

Secretary Daniels has ordered
coal and oil producers to supply
the enormous quantities needed
by the navy at prices to be fixed
later by the president, when the
federal trade commission has de-
termined a fair rate. The navy
will use 1,750,000 tons of coal and
so, 600, COO barrels of oil, purchas-
ed under this application of his
authority granted by congress.
Similarly, steel for the entire
navy building program is being
bought at a rate fixed when Sec
retary Daniels rejected the pro-
posal of the steel makers as too
high.
The arrangement regarding
steel orders, the secretary said,
leaves a handsome profit" for
the producer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-21
Entertainment Postponed.

Last week the local Chautau-
qua Circle announced the James
Whitcomb Riley entertainment
in the Auditorium for June 22nd.
Owing to unavoidable circum-
stances, the entertainment has
been postponed until June 26, at
which time the lecturer, Humph-
rey G. Deibert, will be with US.
This entertainment is of a highly
refined, educational nature that
may be enjoyed by old and young.
Price of general admission Is
cents; reserved seats 25 cents at
Trout's drug store.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-21
SilO Profits.

Results in Lancaster county
last year showed that a silo was
worth $40 per steer. The uni
versal use of silage throughout
that county during the past sea-
son would have meant an in
creased profit to the county of
5000, 900. A man feeding thirty
steers would have paid for his
silo with an extra profit made
possible by feeding corn silage.
Applying similar standards on
a Statewide basis to all counties
in which steer feeding is practi-
cal would show a proportionately
greater saving through feeding
silage.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-21
Notice To Farmers.

There is a shortage of seeds,
especially buckwheat and beans.
Many farmers have a few seeds
left after planting which they
think are of no use. If you have
your supply of seed, estimate your
needs closely and report any sur
plus to w. r. Sloan, Secretary
Committee Of Public Safety in
Fulton County, McConnellsburg,
giving name, price and kind Of
seed. Don't let your surplus
seeds waste-yourne neighborsneed
them. The lot of available seeds
will be open to all farmers in the
county.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-21
Men Wanted.

The following notice was sent
to the NEWS by the War Depart.
ment:
The cavalry, engineers, coast
artillery, signal corps and quar-
termaster corps of the Regular
Army have already been brought
to war strength.
'45, 600 recruits are needed at
once to complete the new regi-
ments of infantry and field ar
tillery.
"25, 600 additional recruits are
desired at the earliest practicable
date to fill vacancies in order that
the war strength of 100000 men
may be maintained.
Facilities are in readiness for
placing these 10000 men under
proper training.
Any delay in obtaining this
number will necessarily cause the
loss of invaluable time.
1t is the earnest desire of the
War Department that 10000
single men between the ages of
Is and 40. who have no depend
ents and who are not engaged in
professions, businesses, or trades
vitally necessary to the prosecu-
ton of the War, be enlisted in
the Regular Army before the Both
of June, 1917.
NEWTON D. BAKER,
Secretary of War;"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-21
Brothers Enlist.

Ira L. Peck and Wilbert D..
Peck, sons of Mr.. and Mrs. JON
athan p. Peck, of Chambersburg
K r Z, but formerly Of this coun-
ty, have rendered their service
to Uncle Sam and the same has
been accepted with appreciation.
Ira, who is at the head of Com
mercial Department of the Cham
bersburg High School, will be
assigned to the Naval Coast De-
fence Reserve Corps, for the
fourth district which includes
the coast from Barnegat Bay, N.
j., to the shores of Virginia,
with Philadelphia as headquar-
ters. Wilbert, who is a junior
student at Lebanon Valley Col
lege, goes into the sameibranch
of the service and will be called
to Philadelphia soon where he
will spend six months in train
ing for work as Wireless Oper-
ator for merchant ships. One of
the boys exchanges a position at
a hundred dollars a month for
one at $27, so, and the other steps
away from college when he is on
the threshold of the senior year.
They have the spirit!
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-21
Are YOn Patriotic?

Authority having been granted
to organize the Fulton Chapter
of the American Red Cross Soci-
ETY., there will be a public meet
ing in the School Auditorium
Saturday evening, at 7:30 o'clock
for the purpose of effecting a
permanent organization.
This is the week set aside by
President Wilson as Red Cross
week and every patriotic citizen
should feel it his privilege to at
tend this meeting and participate
in the noble work of the Red
Cross.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-21
Booze or Bread!

Mrs, George A. Dunning, chair
|nan Of the Philadelphia branch,
Eaid IN a recent interview IAN
Pnrelenting campaign against
he use of alcoholic drinks during
he war is being pushed by the
Woman Suffrage party. 1t is
hs fBt departure from our ma
1onal platform of suffrage only.
II the national amendment
rohibiting the manufacture and
Ne Of Intoxicating liquors dur
3 the war is not passed by
0ngress, the suffragists will try
boycott the use of liquor by
'klng people to pledge them
lves to abstain from purchas-
q or using any form of alcohol
liquor during the term of the
sr.
When it comes to a question
booze or bread, there is no
'ua where any sensible person
'nds' All the men and women
my acquaintance have come
FSard to indorse the move
Rnt Many of them have
sq been accustomed to a
''0 Use of liquor in their own
mes But they are now strong
pohlOition during wartime,
'suse they feel that the effici-
the nation will suffer if
neasure is not passed."
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-21
Alfalfa Luncheon

Alfalfa was served to Ken
lucky farmers in the form of hot
biscuits. doughnuts, cake, and
candy, at luncheon during the
recent annual farmers week ex-
hibition of the Agricultural Col
lege at the state university, as
told in the July Popular Mechan-
les Magazine. The progressive
young women of the domestic
science department took care of
the cookery and convinced their
farmer guests that very palatable
products may be obtained for the
table from their alfalfa crops.
The flour of alfalfa is Of a
creamy tint before cooking and
a light green afterward, and
while peagreen biscuits may not
at first appeal to the average
housewife the flavor is regarded
by many as rich and delicious.
Food requirements may easily
result in greatly increased use of
alfalfa for flour in the near fu-
ture. The recipes used in cook
ing it are about the same as those
for wheat -four. Alfalfa candy
is made from a glucose pressed
from the stalk.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-21
SchOOley.'.FickS.

On June Ia, 1917, Mr.. Harvey
Watson Schooley and Miss Stella
Blanche Ficks were united in
marriage by the Rev. George B.
M. Reidell at the parsonage in
Hustontown. The groom is a
son Of c. w. ard Jennie School
ey, and the bl3e is a daughter
of Grant and Flora Ficks-all
near Harrisonville.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-21
Garry Your Card

Men between 21 and 81 years
of age who complied with the
registration on June 5, should
carry their registration cards
with them, especially if they 60
away from home. From this
date a sharp lookout, especially
in the larger towns and cities,
will be kept for "slackers. The
officers will not hesitate to re-
quest any person whom they sus-
pect of having failed to register
to display his registration card.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-21
Waite...GreSS.

On June 19, 1917, Mr.. Cyrus
Lewis Waite, of Three Springs,
and Miss Mabelle Ruth Gress,
daughter of w. A. and Catharine
Gress of Todd township were
married at the Reformed Par
sonage in McConnellsburg by the
Rev. j. l.. Yearick.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-21
TIE DISEASES Or WAR
i Talks on Health and Hygiene by
SnusI G. Dixon, NJ. D., IL. D.,
Commissioner of Health.

tuberculosis has a hold on the
ceople of France both of the
amy and the civil population.
While French psychologists
have been conspicuous among the
world scientific investigators the
PrAnch health authorities have
not fOllowed up their preventive
work by educating the people
how to build up a resistance to
the disease. This calamity to
the French is a warning to US
that holds not only in regard to
tuberculosis, but other diseases
that are spread nationwide dur
Ing vars.
Pennsylvania fortunately has
a great Statewide system to
|dght tuberculosis and other dis
eases During war times W e
|nust ask the closest cooperation
|oi our citizens and others living
la our midst.
There is no time to lose in pre-.
pairing against the spread of
disease. Our happiness and cur
national strength in our army,
|navy. on the farms and in indus
trial plants, all depend upon our
|health. Without it victory can
hot be ours.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-21

Bitter complaint has reached
this Office that parties on their
way from Hancock to their homes
in this county break beer bottles
in the road for horses to tread
on and ruin their feet. Many
auto tires have also been damag-
ed. Several persons are being
watched and prosecutions may
follow.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-21
Forest Fire.

Monday evening fire broke out
on Henry Taylor's timber land
along the Lincoln Highway at
t h e summit of Scrub Ridge.
Fire Warden Linn Alexander and
a force of men were rushed to
the spot by j. W. Mellott and in
a reasonably short time the fire
was under control. The total
area burned over was about three
acres.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-21
,Old Engineer here.

'sv days ago, a gentleman
A'AstO be about seventy years
es Popped at the ]. K. John.
Oline fountain in Nc
'l'burg and during a brief
s'is'tiOn he disclosed the in.
'a:'''n that he was A. L.
the man who engineer.
''s = 'urvey and route of the
S9Ofh Penn railroad from
4 ',eofg @ to Pittsburgh more
@rty years ago. For a
made McConnellsburg
'sr'ers and boarded at the
s''s'On House. Since then
y snglneered the construc-
n 'ne greatest electrical
|p,,s l 'ne ne world-the one at
'Rss Falls Also had a aiG hand nd
lc,ssO construction of the New
,,,.S sladucts that supply
4 :; ~l'n water from a dis
Y cI. Svsr one hundred miles.
rs,c ,cIs%ins ss9 N inspected tn e
dooeS y ro"5 Ulner remains of the
e!s county last week. WEI i,.''n
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-21
Arm Broken.

uays ago, Ben Lucas
/ ~; repairs on a Ford
LINN garage and when
III to crank the ma
N became .sll "crankey"
kicked" Ben is
his right arm in a a
Eng' for a fracture to
4. larger of the two
u vi, forearm was broken
kess stlst rs as a result of
BY the crank handle lie
slne back. fired.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-21
Forage Crops For Sheep

Rape may be used during the
entire season. 1t produces a
crop if sown at any time from
early spring until September /.
Rye, sown in August, furnishes
an excellent early spring pasture.
If corn is used, it should be graz
ed when eighteen inches high.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-21

A few days ago. Chas. Elite
miller and wife, of Mercersburg,
brought the formers mother to
stay with her sister, Mrs. Henry
A. Comerer, for a few days.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-21

AS if to show his contempt for
law, some thief sto le a very lib
eral mess of onions from Sheriff
Garland's garden one night last
week.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-06-21
NUMBER 40
ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW.
Snapshots at Their COmirgs and GOings
Here for a Vacation, or Away
for a ReStfM Outing.

MISS Pauline Lyle, of st. Louis,
Mo-, is visiting her sister, Mrs. H.
l.. McKibbin, in McConnellsburg.
Mrs. w. C. Lynch and son
Rowe, of this place spent the
time from Thursday until Sunday
with friends at Fort Loudon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Black went
to Williamson last Friday to
visit in the home of their daugh-
ter Mrs. Scott Souders for sever
al days.
Cleo. Bard who lives with Mrs.
d. E. Little spent the weekend
at her home near Sipes Mills and
attended children's services on
Sunday.
Mrs. Harry Mock Myrtle Sny-
der) and two children, of Altoona
are visiting in the home of Myr-
ties mother, Mrs. Rebecca Sny-
der, East Lincoln Way.
Floyd R. Garland and mother,
Mrs. j. L. Garland, near Mer-
cersburg spent Saturday evening
and Sunday with the latter's
son Dale in Ayr township.
Mrs. Edgar Hoover, of Altoona,
returned home Monday after
having visited for a week in the
home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Neal Grouse, at Webster
Mills.
Mrs. Margaret Johnston and
Miss Ruth Kendall attended a
missionary meeting this week at
Hopewell U. P. church, York
county. They were delegates
from the First and Second United
Presbyterian churches of Big
Cove.
Mr.. Watson G. Peck ''hitched
up" his automobile last Saturday
morning and brought to town his
wife and children Edna and Frank
and Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbert Lay
ton and son Marvin. They were
pleasant callers at the News
office.
Harvey Helman, wife and chill
dren and Mrs. Helman's mother,
Mrs. DeHart-all of Mercers-
burg-Mrs. Joseph Doyle of Har-
risburg, Miss Bess Helman and
Miss Nell Umbrell, both of Mer-
cersburg; were guests last Sun
day of Mrs. Matilda Helman.
Mr.. Herbert Duffy and moth
er Mrs. Catherine Duffy, of Web
ster Mills, Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan
Everts, of Harrisburg, and Miss
Mary j. Johnston, of McConnells-
burg, went to Altoona last Fri
day, making the round trip drive
from Webster Mills of 160 miles
in one day.
Miss JeannetteStouteagle went
to Everett last week to be
guest in the home of DR.. Hanks,
for two weeks. His daughter
Miss Helen recently graduated
with first honors from the High
school and Miss Stouteagle will
attend the commencement before
returning home.
B. M. Dawney, of Chicago, is
in Pennsylvania. Last
week he came to Pittsburgh,
picked up his cousin Ben Stenger
and took him to Willow Hill, in
Path Valley, where the latter
formerly lived. They stopped
n McConnellsburg a few hours.
Mr.. Dawney returned to McCon-
lellsburg Monday and remained
lfew days in the home eofex-C -Coun-
" Treasurer and Mrs. C. b.
Stevens. He will visit his broth
,r Brown, in Philadelphia latter
part of this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Boyd S. Jackson
Ind son Ralph, of Everett, ac-
,ompanied by the formers moth
n, Mrs. j. r. Jackson, of Akers-
lille, motored to McConnellsburg
asst Sunday to spend the day
With Mr.. Jackson's brother, At
orney John R. Jackson and fami-
y. On their way to McConnells-
'urg they had the misfortune to
urn out a bearing, which kept
hem here until Tuesday. They
zere accomnanied home bY C.